I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
aha
Foist?
Damn, missed it by thaaat much.
I appreciate that there are people who are smarter than me and more expert than me in every subject.
Thank you very much, you're too kind.
Gillian Anderson is the prez of PBS?
Who knew?
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I don't get it.
Were you yelling at me?
Sounds like the MO of Pumpkin Head.
I'm talking about people who have a speaking, writing, or lecturing style which is always about projecting a bunch of misconceptions onto the crowd and then doing them the service of correcting their errant thoughts.
i understand where you are coming from, but you couldn't be more wrong.
Fools! Dittoheadism is the highest calling.
Should I "out" you on my bloggie, or no?
.
Jeffraham Prestonian
Does it make me look like Kim Basinger? Because those are pretty much the only photos I want published.
(Send it to me so I can see how dreadful it is, OK?)
I bet you all think I'm smarter than the average bear.
Ethics have become a sport in USA politics.
The Dark Overlords are using the George Wills ilk
as buffers and they are failing.
i understand where you are coming from, but you couldn't be more wrong.
Hee- welcome to teh patriarchy....
The fact is, Gary Ruppert has a perfect IQ score.
(Send it to me so I can see how dreadful it is, OK?)
V for Virginia, discouraged
without even looking, i can promise it will look a lot better to us than to you.
I like to wonder what prompts posts like these.
Sort of like wondering if Hitler got out of bed one day after a bad night, and decided Poland would pay.
History is made of small things.
Well, a lot of us DFHs thought repukes were stupid to continually back bush, and of course, we were proven right again.
And repukes are still stupid.
I'll bet most of you dickheads think the earth is flat, but that's not exactly the case.
"average bear."
No bear is average, they are all special.
dirk is one funny mofo, fer shure.
The fact is, Gary Ruppert has a perfect IQ score.
melior
000
Alrighty then!
I share a half-birthday with Flag Day.
Just sayin'
dear idiots at msnbc,
if you want to honor Russert's memory, get back to work
V for Virginia: (Send it to me so I can see how dreadful it is, OK?)
Do I have your e-mail? It it w/Earthlink...?
.
without even looking, i can promise it will look a lot better to us than to you.
dirk gently, melancaholic
Hmmmm. . . trying to figure out how to let you down gently (hah!) without sounding falsely modest . . .
I bet you all think I'm smarter than the average bear.
Shaw Kenawe
i can haz picnic basket?
George Will's vocabulary killed and ate his compassion as a small child.
JP yep, you have it.
I meant, of course, the kind of "average" bear that jumps on trampolines.
Hee- welcome to teh patriarchy....
GWPDA
What she said.
Happens on almost a daily basis.
Not as bad as when I had two college juniors living at home, but still.
History is made of small things.
Rmj, Eschatonian Theologist
Matter of fact, everything is made of small things.
The fact is, Gary Ruppert has a perfect IQ score.
melior
And accordingly, 6 is a perfect number
Atrios, just let me say that you think you know something, and you're WRONG! WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
Which is to say that my approach is to be helpfully informative to those who who may have errant thoughts, but not assuming that I know with certainty what those errant thoughts are.
You know, like those idiots out there who think they know the difference between an X Wing and a Y Wing, but very obviously do not.
Now, let's talk about tanks vs. armored personnel carriers...
Anyone for a rattling good near-future paranoid nightmare?
Execution Channel by Ken McLeod, just out in paperback.
Now at these fine stores.
I meant, of course, the kind of "average" bear that jumps on trampolines.
I think you meant an av-err-rage bear that has a hat and a collar and a tie, right?
Know what time it is?
Matter of fact, everything is made of small things.
"Bet yer ass" -- Democritus
Know what time it is?
/eeerre
trying to figure out how to let you down gently (hah!) without sounding falsely modest . . .
V for Virginia, discouraged
it's a fact of life - beautiful people never realize that they are. for some reason, they think they shoulde resemble someone other than themselves - or more often some two dimensional representation of someone other than themselves.
Lemme guess..Howdy Doody Time!!
George Will's vocabulary killed and ate his compassion as a small child
Interesting if provable, as the dominant paradigm is that Will was born a sour old fart, and was never a small child at all........
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Execution Channel by Ken McLeod, just out in paperback.
Now at these fine stores.
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash
I really liked Engines of Light but couldn't finish Stone Canal.
Am I the only one who remembers that on Flag Day in grammar school in the Boston area (this is a long while ago) the boys tried to pull up the girls' dresses and look at their underpants?
This was some sort of tradition.
Maybe it's just a false memory.
And accordingly, 6 is a perfect number
left field, hatin on whitey
then why isn't it #1?
Matter of fact, everything is made of small things.
It's turtles all the way down.
/eeerre
Zap Rowsdower...True Story!
I miss you.
Interesting if provable, as the dominant paradigm is that Will was born a sour old fart, and was never a small child at all........
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Cynicus
I think the same thing about Robert Novak and John McLaughlin.
then why isn't it #1?
dirk gently, melancaholic | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 4:26 pm | #
Cuz 1 is the loneliest number.
I've often fantasized about giving Will's bow tie a good spin so that it dices and slices his head into itty-bitty pieces.
I meant, of course, the kind of "average" bear that jumps on trampolines
Tramp-a-mo-leen! Tramp-a-mo-leen!
Matter of fact, everything is made of small things.
melior
And damned if those small things don't have small vibrating "strings" in them.
But I may have dreamed that...
It's turtles all the way down.
The Great A'Tuin?
This was some sort of tradition.
Maybe it's just a false memory.
Shaw Kenawe
I'm not aware of this honorable tradition. But I'm not from Bawston.
"George Will's vocabulary killed and ate his compassion as a small child."
You saying he is one of those guys who always eats beef and never chicken so he doesn't have to use Fowl Language?
Cuz 1 is the loneliest number.
left field, hatin on whitey
And it's easy to be hard, easy to say no.
And accordingly, 6 is a perfect number
left field, hatin on whitey
then why isn't it #1?
dirk gently, melancaholic
1 is the loneliest number.
The Great A'Tuin?
Capital J | 06.14.08 - 4:28 pm | #
yurtle.
I had the misfortune of listening to Bob Grant last night.
Oddly, he was criticizing his callers who were bashing Obama, but only in a indirect way, since he said Obama was very smart but too scary and unknown to be President.
But his callers! Ooh! One said he couldn't be President cause he had never been mayor or Governor, which naturally led to a round of bashing on Mayor Dinkins. Another caller started in with how wonderful the founding fathers were, and how they gave their lives for our freedoms and how we must cherish our liberties, and I thought where is this going.... english as the national language, of course.
Not sure what this has to do with Atrios' post, but I agree with what he said.
I miss you.
Hey...I'm prepping my liver for the next EschaCon! Soon enough, sweets.
/looks down at bloated right side of torso
Eeeeeeep!
Cuz 1 is the loneliest number.
left field, hatin on whitey |
perfection is lonely. believe me, i know.
I had the misfortune of listening to Bob Grant last night.
Is that miserable old fuck still around?
I thought he'd kicked the bucket years ago.
Now I can't read anybody's post because teh cat is standing in front of the monitor looking at me.
Saaaaaaaaaaam!!!!!!!
two can be as bad as one. it's the loneliest number since the number
one. ber.
"cat is standing in front of the monitor looking at me.
"
Well, at least you have the front and not the back view.
You saying he is one of those guys who always eats beef and never chicken so he doesn't have to use Fowl Language?
EkCenTriK
He saves that for umpires he disagrees with.
And why is Bob Grant so ashamed to be Italian?
Because that is not his real name.
Is this Atrios' obit for the latter part of Russert's career?
cat is standing in front of the monitor looking at me.
You may pet me now, human.
Cuz 1 is the loneliest number.
left field, hatin on whitey
1 is the loneliest number.
Rmj, Eschatonian Theologist
We *might* spend too much time here.
Just sayin'.
I joke, of course.
Is this Atrios' obit for the latter part of Russert's career?
skiddie
The latter part of Russert's career was as a fluffer for Bush, Cheney and their kind.
Is this about George Will?
Hey...I'm prepping my liver for the next EschaCon! Soon enough, sweets.
DeeCee, we're thinking!
I really did mean to replace the Canadian ensign with teh Stars 'n' Stripes this morning, but stuff happened. Happy Flag Day.
how wonderful the founding fathers were, and how they gave their lives for our freedoms and how we must cherish our liberties, and I thought where is this going.... english as the national language, of course.
If yer gonna do it, do it right - English as the national language, but it MUST be the English of circa 1780. In all spellings and usages. With no additional vocabulary developed since.
That'll fuck those dammed bloggers.
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I hate bastards who think X, when they should be thinking Y.
I appreciate that there are people who are smarter than me and more expert than me in every subject.
Thank you very much, you're too kind.
The Kenosha Kid
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He was talkin' about Shaft.
I just saw on MSNBC that Obama rejected McCain's proposal to hold 10 town hall meetings; instead he counterproposed with just one on the 4th of July weekend.
I think that's about right. Obama doesn't need to debate McCain.
DeeCee, we're thinking!
Awesome...another town I've never been to that I can tarnish!!!
Wait, it's D.C. I've got my work cut out for me.
You may pet me now, human.
He's got that expression like Joe Stalin's right after he took over Eastern Europe.
I had the misfortune of listening to Bob Grant last night.
i know many of you believe that bob grant is a human being, but research shows that contrary to this common belief, he is an animated puppet possessed by a retarded demon.
he said Obama was very smart but too scary and unknown to be President.
"scary" has its own subtle appeal, but for some reason "unknown" is the one I like the most.
It's just such an . . . odd quantifier.
From the LA Times, discussing successors to Russert:
Speculation on possible successors centers on three on-air personalities already under contract to NBC: David Gregory, the former White House correspondent recently given his own MSNBC show, "Race for the White House"; Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's long-running "Hardball"; and Joe Scarborough, the former congressman and host of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, according to talent representatives who declined to speak on the record for fear of jeopardizing relationships with network management.
It's considered less likely that NBC would reach outside for a brand-name talent, such as CBS News anchor Katie Couric or George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC's "This Week," the No. 2 Sunday show. Stephanopoulos is believed to have two more years on his ABC deal; a network spokeswoman would not comment.
Popular MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is likewise considered a long shot, largely because of his open espousal of liberal viewpoints.
So, Olbermann isn't qualified because he's a liberal (which he's not) but Scarborough, Republican ex-congressman, is okay?
If yer gonna do it, do it right - English as the national language, but it MUST be the English of circa 1780. In all spellings and usages. With no additional vocabulary developed since.
That'll fuck those dammed bloggers.
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Cynicus
I am readye sor mye cloase-upp!
I had the misfortune of listening to Bob Grant last night.
Doan worreee, the damage to UR brain will wear off in a week or so
it MUST be the English of circa 1780. In all spellings and usages.
Great. Now we'll have to get used to writing "Congreff".
It'll be Gregory.
No bleepin' way Tweety gets that job.
I hate bastards who think X, when they should be thinking Y.
Richard
X&Y is the name of the CD I am playing right now.
Zap. I'm sorry you couldn't make it to my talk at the NCMR. I went to the party that Media and Democracy put on and met a member of a famous boy band. I don't want to say which one, but they were Huge in the 1990s. He was very nice and enthusistic about media reform and liberal politics.
He was talkin' about Shaft.
spo cko
Shut yo' mouth!
Am I the only one who remembers that on Flag Day in grammar school in the Boston area (this is a long while ago) the boys tried to pull up the girls' dresses and look at their underpants?
This was some sort of tradition. ~ Shaw Kenawe
Yeah, I do remember that, along with another tradition: The Celtics winning the freaking Championship!
It'll be Gregory.
No bleepin' way Tweety gets that job.
Well, either would suck.
And I'll continue to NOT watch it.
If they put Sleazeborough on MTO, it will get the same kind of ratings that his (former) evening show got.
If yer gonna do it, do it right - English as the national language, but it MUST be the English of circa 1780. In all spellings and usages. With no additional vocabulary developed since.
But how would you be able to tell the difference between fuck and fuck?
X&Y is the name of the CD I am playing right now.
You're making me conflicted!
I think that's about right. Obama doesn't need to debate McCain.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
The town hall thing could just get completely bogus. I don't mind seeing some debates, though. In fact, the idea of seeing the two of them side by side kinda gives me the giggles.
How you doin'?
Popular MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is likewise considered a long shot, largely because of his open espousal of liberal viewpoints.
the mainstream of the media
is so far to the right
that olbermann looks like abbie hoffman
Isn't that the straw man gambit, Atrios?
"scary" has its own subtle appeal, but for some reason "unknown" is the one I like the most.
It's just such an . . . odd quantifier.
"Scary" is for the rubes. It's a code for "black".
"Unknown" is the buzz word for he Village. He's not a villager, not openly beholden to particular corporate purses..... hell, nobody in the Village even knows if he really means all he says campaigning.
For the inside-the-Beltway crowd, "unknown" is the ultimate scary. It's the D.C. new black. Or sumpin.
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So, Olbermann isn't qualified because he's a liberal (which he's not) but Scarborough, Republican ex-congressman, is okay?
LIer
Actually, Olberman lacks the "gravitas." Not that Timmeh ever seemed to have any, to me; except he took himself and his guests (well, the 'right' guests) very seriously. Gregory is good at that, too. Matthews has proven himself a loose cannon. He's out. Scarbrough...nah!
Gregory wins, IMHO.
It'll be Gregory.
Imus.
Tanned.
Rested.
Ready.
I think that's about right. Obama doesn't need to debate McCain.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I fully expect McCain will try to cancel the remaining 4 after the first bloodbath.
Cynicus
They are worried he will "trash the place" and it's not even his.
How you doin'?
Groovy! Just got back in from a day of running errands. And then I worked out for an hour. A little pooped.
How you doin'? I need to get into facebook and finish our games! I love to play, and I get so caught up in it, that after a weekend marathon, I take breaks.
Friedman. God, that way he has of saying "okay?" every sentence. Like, are you people keeping up with my great thoughts?
For the inside-the-Beltway crowd, "unknown" is the ultimate scary. It's the D.C. new black. Or sumpin.
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Cynicus | 06.14.08 - 4:37 pm | #
new black, indeed.
It will be Brit Hume or Tony Snow.
Yeah! Like when all we heard for months was that if we supported Clinton we were racists.
"Imus.
Tanned.
Rested.
Ready"
That will get the "wears cowboy hat on the john" demographic fer sure.
/tries to type with cat sneezing on me
spo cko,
Sorry I couldn't make it, either. It's not super easy for me to get over to Minneapolis sans car...especially on the weekends.
In fact, I have to figure out how to get over to my folks' apartment tomorrow. It'll take me a good three hours to get maybe 20 miles.
They are worried he will "trash the place" and it's not even his.
Well, it isn't.
It's theirs.
I think Michelle Obama will need to start sucking up to the REAL power in Washington D.C. Like that one lady what's here name that has all the cocktail parties. Because you KNOW that Cindy McCain will. Cindy will be "the taste maker" rich, tall, blonde. Everything that the semi-powerful want in their parties.
Michelle, DFH, and a black one at that.
I bet the new host of MTP will be Katie Couric.
What I don't appreciate are people who assume that many people in the room are much stupider than they are and deliberately or inadvertently make this clear.
so, been reading Daily Kos? The Washington Post? or watching too much PBS?
I don't recall ABC News doing a 24 hour marathon when Peter Jennings died. This over the top non-stop broadcast is embarrassing.
They are worried he will "trash the place" and it's not even his.
Ayup.
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Olbermann takes forever to ask a question--he's just not a sunday morning gasbag interviewer.
I don't recall ABC News doing a 24 hour marathon when Peter Jennings died.
ABC doesn't own a 24-hour news station.
I agree, it's over the top; but it's this or "To Catch A Child Predator". No good options but to turn the TV off.
For the inside-the-Beltway crowd, "unknown" is the ultimate scary. It's the D.C. new black. Or sumpin.
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Cynicus
I think that's about right. And it's a dog-whistle for instituting the American caliphate, forcing people to gay-marry across racial lines, confiscating 97% of all citizens' income; that sort of wild-eyed radical notion. Because he's only been in the Senate; who can say?
Like people knew for a fact the preznit would invade random countries and shit on the Constitution.
I don't recall ABC News doing a 24 hour marathon when Peter Jennings died. This over the top non-stop broadcast is embarrassing.
This would not be so bad if the news were ridiculously slow and they had to fill all that airtime.
But fracking Iowa is floating to fracking New Orleans at the moment, and all hell is breaking loose, along with prisons, in Afghanistan.
These dumbshits have really screwed the pooch with the Timmehgasm that's ongoing.
we don't know all that much about mccain
for example: why is his mental health record secret? Does it indicate that the North Vietnamese may have programmed something into him? Does it show the roots of his volcanic temper?
I'm guessing Andrea Mitchell.
99.999% status quo...
I think that they should look at Michelle as "the new Jackie"
(Michelle is the new black?)
Small childeren in the WH again!
Maybe we can get a shot of them playing under the White House desk, like John, John.
I strangely can't stop watching Denise Richards show on E!
"I see truths nobody else sees" is pretty much the mission statement of Slate.com.
I don't recall ABC News doing a 24 hour marathon when Peter Jennings died. This over the top non-stop broadcast is embarrassing.
As i said, i just got off work, so i'm not up on things.
Are they using this as the "missing white woman" to do a news dump on some icky little Administration thing w/o notice?
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My cat just threw up three times. BRB.
I feel kind of bad for the Obama children--if their father wins, their identifies are set for life: presidential children--and they have no choice.
For the inside-the-Beltway crowd, "unknown" is the ultimate scary. It's the D.C. new black. Or sumpin.
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Cynicus
Well, the MSM knew Bush was from Texas (not really), could speak Spanish (not at all), and that nothing Molly Ivins had to say about him was worth reading (not hardly).
And they knew nothing about Bill Clinton.
"Unknown" means they don't like you, and don't want a reason not to.
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Friedman. God, that way he has of saying "okay?" every sentence. Like, are you people keeping up with my great thoughts?
Terry
Could be worse.
He could be saying "right...am I right?"
"I see truths nobody else sees" is pretty much the mission statement of Slate.com.
Dave J.
I've built my blog audience of 6 people on it....
"I see truths nobody else sees" is pretty much the mission statement of Slate.com.
Dave J. | 06.14.08 - 4:44 pm | #
Many hippies, in their uninformed drug addled daze, believe that our war in iraq was motivated by some dark conspiracy around oil or so-called imperial power because they don't have my insider understanding of how Washington operates and the moral caliber of high officials and instead rely on facts and logic.
/Slate
My cat just threw up three times.
I'm sorry you had to mention that.
My cat's sitting right in front of my keyboard at the moment and the thought of him flashing the hash is--to say the least--somewhat disconcerting.
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Boy, is this fucking stupid.
"I see truths nobody else sees" is pretty much the mission statement of Slate.com.
Dave J.
Hee hee. I hadn't even thought of Slate, but you're dead on.
What I thought of was listening to Chimpy on NPR this morning lecture the people and government of Iran as if they were rowdy middle-schoolers and he was their assistant principal was about TO START WRITING DOWN NAMES, PEOPLE!!!
I don't recall ABC News doing a 24 hour marathon when Peter Jennings died.
And HE deserved one much more than Timmeh does.
Who says I am easily knocked down?
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton Friedman | 06.14.08 - 4:46 pm | #
a lack of belief that can be cured by blowtorches and needlenosed pliers
/General Pinochet.
Michelle, DFH, and a black one at that.
spo cko
You have NO IDEA how happy it would make me for her to be first lady.
NO IDEA.
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton Friedman
Or, rather, that freedom is necessarily a virtue.
I prefer Sartre's understanding of freedom, that it is nothing more than responsibility. For most people, the "free market" means: "I'm not responsible! The market did it!"
In case you haven't had enough disgust in the past day, check out this week's This American Life and listen to the story of the reporter who talks about being illegally wiretapped by the US government and how they *still* to this day don't know much more than jackshit about our actual enemies in al qaeda.
I feel kind of bad for the Obama children--if their father wins, their identifies are set for life: presidential children--and they have no choice.
Cookie Fleck `08
That Clinton kid seems to have turned out OK, and I would say her 8 years in DC were sub-optimal.
I prefer Sartre's understanding of freedom, that it is nothing more than responsibility.
I thought freedom was just another word for nothing left to lose.
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Underlying most arguments against an unregulated free market is a reading of history and a realist's understanding of human nature.
"A lack of belief in freedom itself" is not what makes a parent forbid a toddler to paint the walls with shit.
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Cindy will be "the taste maker" rich, tall, blonde. Everything that the semi-powerful want in their parties.
In other words, a younger Nancy Reagan.
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of a trust fund.
Milton Friedman
Found your tampons.
the story of the reporter who talks about being illegally wiretapped by the US government and how they *still* to this day don't know much more than jackshit about our actual enemies in al qaeda.
They don't want to know.
If they knew, they might wipe out AQ and if that happens, no more GWOT.
Can't have that.
A link to an example would have made this blog-post a lot better.
ooo boldies. That's different.
I think Michelle Obama will need to start sucking up to the REAL power in Washington D.C. Like that one lady what's here name that has all the cocktail parties. Because you KNOW that Cindy McCain will. Cindy will be "the taste maker" rich, tall, blonde.
Michelle has more style and class in her big toe than Cindy could ever purchase with her $100 million fortune.
Feh.
atrios, usually an example of what you're talking about helps clear up most misunderstandings.
the corollary of what you describe is:
person1 surmises what's what and person2 esssentially says: you're wrong, but I'm not going to tell you where you got off track.
and ya wonder where LIVs come from?
meh. who needs em?
i have a feeling we're gonna find out real soon.
In case you haven't had enough disgust in the past day, check out this week's This American Life and listen to the story of the reporter who talks about being illegally wiretapped by the US government and how they *still* to this day don't know much more than jackshit about our actual enemies in al qaeda.
JeffCO
I had just assumed that. After all, most dictatorships survive only by holding all the physical/military/police power, not by superior intelligence gleaned from pervasive surveillance.
All that surveillance is never anything more than an exercise of power, anyway. What it produces is usually nothing more usefull than the paranoia of a James Jesus Angleton.
In case you haven't had enough disgust in the past day, check out this week's This American Life and listen to the story of the reporter who talks about being illegally wiretapped by the US government and how they *still* to this day don't know much more than jackshit about our actual enemies in al qaeda.
JeffCO | 06.14.08 - 4:48 pm | #
No thanks. I've had enough of disgust this week.
Think I'll go swimming instead. ciao
Michelle has more style and class in her big toe than Cindy could ever purchase with her $100 million fortune.
Feh.
fourlegsgood
The Bushes have proven that you can't buy class and style.
JeffCO. We should write a "This American Life" show.
"Mr. Spocko didn't start off to kick media giant Disney in the pocketbook. It all started with a simple email."
I'm talking about people who have a speaking, writing, or lecturing style which is always about projecting a bunch of misconceptions onto the crowd and then doing them the service of correcting their errant thoughts.
There's a lot of people like that down here. I had to walk two miles to get a drink of water, and when I got there it wasn't actually water but horse urine with mushrooms growing in it.
This place is going to take some getting used to. My advice to the living: don't dip your lobster in the butter.
I thought freedom was just another word for nothing left to lose.
JeffCO
Same song, second verse.
This American Life has a way of giving you reasons to kill yourself while making their elucidations enjoyable.
Fuck You! My crystal ball and Magic Turban are infallible. I do see inside your mind. You just don't understand what you're thinking.
So there.
Free trade is Loud Obbs god. Except when it comes in the form of Mexican trucks.
Funny how "spo cko" is now lacking a gravatar.
Cookie Fleck: I strangely can't stop watching Denise Richards show on E!
She is t3h h4w+!
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I thought freedom was another word for something left too loose.
Who says I am easily knocked down?
Strawman | 06.14.08 - 4:48 pm
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I get knocked down, I get up again.
Apropos of nothing, Walt Whitman's Niece just came on the iPod.
I get knocked down, I get up again.
Talk Radio Strawman
I get knocked up, but I get down again.
"Mr. Spocko didn't start off to kick media giant Disney in the pocketbook. It all started with a simple email." spo cko
Why the fuck have you not been on TAL? For that matter, why are you not a media advisor to the Obama campaign? Who's a guy gotta nerve pinch to get some appreciation?
Freedom is what you get on the side when you order a burger.
oops that's me, wrong email
I said Gregory yeserday. In fact I sid Gregory for Imus' seat. I was wrong about that, but hey.
Funny how "spo cko" is now lacking a gravatar.
He does it b/c ABC, etc. always google his handle. Seeing where he's been commenting, etc.
Do you suppose Lowe's or Home Depot sells those little magnetic door closing thingies? These new/old shutters I've got will only open to one side, instead of in teh centre, so a hook and eye won't work.
I'm watching a string of recorded Flight of the Conchords.
a timmeh free zone
If they knew, they might wipe out AQ and if that happens, no more GWOT.
Can't have that.
Requires someone to be clever and in control.
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".
Rather than conspiracy, remember that staying in Langly making up "sky-is-falling" reports alternated with "happy-days-are-here-again" reports, using each as needed for the office politics of the moment, is safer, easier, and quicker to get you promoted than to search out all sorts of facty things.
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Do you suppose Lowe's or Home Depot sells those little magnetic door closing thingies?
GWPDA
Yep, they got a whole aisle of 'em.
This American Life has a way of giving you reasons to kill yourself while making their elucidations enjoyable. - V for Virginia, discouraged
The Adultary segment was on while I was driving to this volunteer gig. Excruciatingly hilarious. The writer of that has have great balls to recount that.
I thought freedom was another word for something left too loose.
I am reminded of the words of the prophet Kenny Rogers, "You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel!"
"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".
The two are not mutually exclusive. Bushco has certainly proven that dozens of times over.
The sky in my world varies in color from Gitmo Orange to Terrorist Red.
And a fizzy to Melior, 'cause I was just thinking that.
I thought freedom was another word for something left too loose.
I am reminded of the words of the prophet Kenny Rogers, "You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel!"
JeffCO
Or the sage advice from my childhood:
If you love something, set it free.
If it doesn't come back to you, hunt it down and kill it.
The sky in my world varies in color from Gitmo Orange to Terrorist Red.
Tom Ridge
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, waiting to take you away.
I get knocked up, but I get down again. - melior
Helloooooooo, Mrs. Duggar!
Vicki
I had drawn even in games with your sis until this weekend. Now she's killing me.
Do you suppose Lowe's or Home Depot sells those little magnetic door closing thingies?
They do.
My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
I remember listening to a podcast of This American Life on (one) of the planes back from Philly, and hearing a story about how this guy went to extraordinary lengths to find a woman who once babysat him.
It's an incredible show...the things they convey that would normally be so mundane are suddenly so captivating. /doffs hat at Ira Glass
Do you suppose Lowe's or Home Depot sells those little magnetic door closing thingies? They do.
Just make you get one positive and one negative or you'll never get the damn shutters closed!
bo -- you've reminded me that I'm behind on my TAL podcasts.
Plus, I don't always mention it, but you crack me the fuck up. So for life.
I always think Atrios is talking about me when he gives these stern lectures. He could say, "I disagree with those who say we should eat children," and I'd immediately wonder where I wrote that.
Mormon guilt. It's happenin'.
My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
Dick Cheney
Longterm exposure to shower curtains now believed to cause brain damage.
When you visit Slate the homepage banner is "Welcome Morons!"
What I don't appreciate are people who assume that many people in the room are much stupider than they are and deliberately or inadvertently make this clear.
-Atrios 16:04
I'll bet you thought no one would take this as a challenge, did you Atrios? Well, you were wrong!
and yes I am that egocentric.
mon General,
We should all be so lucky to feel such guilt.
I remember listening to a podcast of This American Life on (one) of the planes back from Philly, and hearing a story about how this guy went to extraordinary lengths to find a woman who once babysat him.
That was a good one, though I was disappointed she hadn't ended up as an alcholic whore dying of AIDS in the gutter until he found her and his love redeemed her and they lived happily ever after for the few short weeks of life she had left.
Life really should be more like the TV Movies of the Week I grew up on.
I always think Atrios is talking about me when he gives these stern lectures.
Me, too. On the other hand, maybe it's just some of that world famous interaction with his commenters...
"I'm an expert on bathroom cams"-Fred Hiatt
He could say, "I disagree with those who say we should eat children," and I'd immediately wonder where I wrote that.
Mormon guilt. It's happenin'.
Jonathan Swift: Mormon ahead of his time
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Mormon guilt. It's happenin'.
patriotboy
Hi, you great person you!
I feel the same way: "What'd I say? What'd I say?
Not so much the Mormon thing; more like some kind of misguided assessment of my significance in the grand scheme of things.
Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped
The Associated Press - 9 hours ago
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan police chief says almost 900 prisoners have escaped in a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison
Teh surge is working teh surge is working teh surge is working teh
Wow, all y'all are still here?
about cats vomiting...
mine were doing it constantly for a couple of years. someone suggested it's because they were eating too fast so i now give them smaller portions of wet food three times a day instead of two (just a couple of teaspoons each) and it worked... NO vomiting now.
Longterm exposure to shower curtains now believed to cause brain damage.
I heard that - goddam PVC dust! I expect a massive discount at Bed Bath and Beyond The Grave.
zap-happy half birfday. Have some cake.
I feel the same way: "What'd I say? What'd I say?
Not so much the Mormon thing; more like some kind of misguided assessment of my significance in the grand scheme of things.
V for Virginia, discouraged
I just assume it means he's reading my blog.
and yes I am that egocentric.
patriotboy
Jesus winked at me.
Wow, all y'all are still here? Allie
I've just been waiting for you to post more parade pics.
Life really should be more like the TV Movies of the Week I grew up on.
Chief? McCloud???
Thanks, ql! *mwah*
Would some French Silk pie suffice? I want to honor my dear wife who's in gaii Paireeeee right now.
Um, cat...it's kinda hard to type when you're lying on my hand.
A caller to Bob Grant said he was very worried that if Obama was elected several American states would, get this, secede from the Union. And the first, would be, get this, Vermont.
This guy was absolutely serious.
It's gonna be a loooooooooooooong 6 months.
I just assume it means he's reading my blog.
Rmj, Eschatonian Theologist
How could he when you DON'T POST THE URL IN YOUR SIGNATURE???????
and for good measure,
?????????
('cuz I've read a bunch of stuff you wrote and liked it, but I'm not bright enough to find my way back on my own)
I remember the first time I saw Atrios posting in comments. Shook me so badly I stopped commenting for a week. Who knew Atrios read comments?
I can't remember how to do the quote thingies...
'I've just been waiting for you to post more parade pics.
JeffCO'
Long memory, Jeff, my love.
A caller to Bob Grant said he was very worried that if Obama was elected several American states would, get this, secede from the Union. And the first, would be, get this, Vermont.
Culture of TrÜth
Fucking NTodd with all his threats.
Chief? McCloud???
McMillan never seemed all that affectionate with his wife, if you ask me.
"Hmmmm....
Tiger never vomits at home..."
It's gonna be a loooooooooooooong 6 months.
Culture of TrÜth
But there will be much hilarity. And the bobbling will be spectacular.
if Obama was elected several American states would, get this, secede from the Union. And the first, would be, get this, Vermont.
[cue Twilight Zone soundtrack: doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo]
('cuz I've read a bunch of stuff you wrote and liked it, but I'm not bright enough to find my way back on my own)
V for Virginia, discouraged
Keeping up with which computer has what information on it is such a pain in the....
Zap, sure, and I've got a nice bottle champagne that's waiting for a new administration.
Tiger never vomits at home...
"Daddy says I'm the best..."
"I'm talking about people who have a speaking, writing, or lecturing style which is always about projecting a bunch of misconceptions onto the crowd and then doing them the service of correcting their errant thoughts."
Pssst!!!!
I think he's talkin' about Republicans....
Um, cat...it's kinda hard to type when you're lying on my hand.
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash
Indeed; this is central to my point.
Long memory, Jeff, my love. Allie
*mwah* You never forget your first sharpshooter.
McCain Criticizes Supreme Court's Guantanamo Detainee Ruling
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
Issues call for indefinite detention of 5 justices.
Save it for 1/22, qlª. I'll manage to survive 'til then.
about cats vomiting...
mine were doing it constantly for a couple of years. someone suggested it's because they were eating too fast so i now give them smaller portions of wet food three times a day instead of two (just a couple of teaspoons each) and it worked... NO vomiting now.
lurker
I assume you're talking about me...
A caller to Bob Grant said he was very worried that if Obama was elected several American states would, get this, secede from the Union. And the first, would be, get this, Vermont.
Once upon a time, the idlers and the better classes of society took tours of Bedlam and other asylums to laugh at the mad.
Today we have talk radio and daytime television of the Springer variety, and the idlers don't have to leave home to laugh at the mad.
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I've found that periodic scritchums can keep teh cat from actually lying on the keyboard.
Regardless, Franny's done puking. But it was clear. I swear I'm taking good care, feeding/watering them, cleaning out teh litter, etc...
Issues call for indefinite detention of 5 justices.
melior
He called it the worst ruling evah! I, of course, can think of a much worse Supreme Court ruling for which we will paying indefinitely.
"Longterm exposure to shower curtains now believed to cause brain damage."
PVC shower curtains?
Well, duh!!!
Get some shower curtains made out of something called "cotton".
I've heard it's relatively safe...
It's gonna be a loooooooooooooong 6 months. Culture of TrÜth
I've already been practicing laughing in people's faces, a la Cliff Schecter.
Steve LG, it was a salesperson at the pet food store, but it seems you've had the same experience!
I, of course, can think of a much worse Supreme Court ruling for which we will paying indefinitely.
George Johnston
[uncontrollable sobs]
He called it the worst ruling evah!
Where's Roger Taney now that we really need him?
"someone suggested it's because they were eating too fast so i now give them smaller portions of wet food three times a day instead of two (just a couple of teaspoons each) and it worked... NO vomiting now."
I think this only works if you wear an amulent of garlic cloves and have a Brazilian power crystal...
How about this for a new reality show? Send a bunch of trolls to a liberal blog and the last one to be killfiled by all the regulars wins!
I adore my new/old shutters. Such a deal - originally set into a single frame, cut apart I now have two complete sets that fit my windows perfectly. Perfectly! Solid wood, louvers perfect, opening/closing thingies perfect - all I need to do is sand them down and TSP them a little bit and then give them a fresh coat of paint and get Tony Vadino to hang 'em. I do love saving $700!
I think he's talkin' about Republicans....
George Will is a member of that set.
I, of course, can think of a much worse Supreme Court ruling for which we will paying indefinitely.
George Johnston
I retain hope that Vincent Bugliosi's book will someday be taught to future children who wonder about the insanity of the '00s.
JeffCO. I went to Daily Kos with the intention of maybe getting that kind of work. I even told some of them my real world background so they could see I had chops. I talked to the people at DFA. I said, "Let me work with canididates." But it was all, "Well have you worked in DC before? On a political campaign?"
No and No.
"Well okay then. Keep fighting the good fight. We'll use your techniques to go after the people who really count, TV!"
Now I'm fine with that, really I am, but Kos' book, Crashing the Gate, is really true. The people in the campaigns really don't WANT the bloggers telling them anything. They really want to go with the tried and true failures. (See Bob Shrum).
I also don't like pushing myself on them. They are too self absorbed to recognize the one person who kicked talk radios' ass and has real world background in areas that they can vett for other examples that I'm not a one trick pony, well they are the losers.
I'm also actually reluctant to push myself. I can point to my successes and can say, "This is what I can do." but I can't force them to be smart and hire me.
It's kind of like writing a book. There are plenty of better writers and books out there. Eric Boehlert's Lapdog's, Eric Klinenberg's "Fighting for Air"' We don't really NEED another book, but in the world of "experts" that is what you have to have to then become an expert. So you can get on the talk shows so that... what? A book publisher told me, (I kid you not) "Nobody reads books anymore, they just use them to talk about ideas in them." ARGHHHHH!
Then why bother writing one? "So you can get coverage in the media about the ideas and so that you can then go on a lecture circuit and make money in some other way." WTF? I already did all that stuff.
Hell, I already spend too damn much time alone and in my head. Should I spend another 18 months working on a book nobody will read?
On the right they do books as loss leaders. They suck and sell a million copies. On the right they sell 10,000 copies and they are HUGE (for us)!
That is because those people actually read them and often work their asses off to make them good. Critically acclaimed, read by 1,000 people!
Athenea is a better writer than I will EVER BE and her book should be on the GD best seller lists and made into a movie. She should be lecturing at college campuses and journalism conferences. She should be paid by newspapers as a consultant on how to actually DO journalism. But they won't.
It's just messed up.
I used to say I'm bad with money. I realize that's not totally true. I'm bad with figuring out how to get money in a legit fashion. I think I want to believe in figuring out the right way to do things. Like America used to be when we didn't torture at the drop of a scarf.
How about this for a new reality show? Send a bunch of trolls to a liberal blog and the last one to be killfiled by all the regulars wins!
George Johnston
We played that one last night.
Vincent Bugliosi's book will someday be taught to future children who wonder about the insanity of the '00s.
Appropriate, especially since we've been dealing with the constitutional equivalent of the Manson Family.
Concerned how?
Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/1...&hp&
oref=slogin
V for V,
Oh, gorsh. :blush:!
Hey, you're tops in my book, too.
Too much voting by dark people threatens our democracy.
Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern
VWB
They really want to go with the tried and true failures.
James Carville's career in 11 words.
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[inappropriate s p o c k o worship]
[makes a drink]
evening moonbats
just been watching a DVD, State of Play, LoveFilm (who are teh best)
really excellent series and outstanding acting
Driveby. G/Son's on his way over. Thunder here.
I'm gonna take a nap. Later.
I am happy, been feeling pretty negative these past couple of days, a case of 'everything and everyone sucks'
Spocko,
Have you reached out the Obama campaign?
Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.
A caller to Bob Grant said he was very worried that if Obama was elected several American states would, get this, secede from the Union. And the first, would be, get this, Vermont.
damn, if you thought you'd seen stupid these past eight long years, i'm guessing we haven't seen anything yet. we're about to witness a level of ignorance that will make you wonder how they figured out how to breath.
a uk paper has a quote from some west virginny good old boy that if obama gets elected, all the white people will be enslaved.
I think I was in a bit of a sucky mood as soon as my government decided to extend detention to 42 days!
I mean fuck thats longer than most countries and they have not even used up the 28 days, so why increase it to 42?
its drives me fucking insane
Concerned how? Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern
You know what could redeem Hillary? Having Obama announce she will be working the next 6 months to ensure that every single person who wants to vote will not be fucked over by GOP secretaries of state. And then exposing the massive disenfranchisement of African American voters by the systematic quasi-legal tactics of the GOP.
[makes a drink]
V for Virginia, you know
A fine idea. The poolside beckons and the sunshine winks.
Smooches til later, lovely moonbats.
my Nixon D40x had to be taken in for repairs, well rather the Lens was buggered so its gone to be fixed
so am without my super duper camera for a couple of weeks 
but at least its still under warranty, so won't cost a penny
if obama gets elected, all the white people will be enslaved.
Prooooooojeeeeeccccctiooooooonnnnnn!
I think I was in a bit of a sucky mood as soon as my government decided to extend detention to 42 days!
There's something terribly wrong with your country, isn't there?
a uk paper has a quote from some west virginny good old boy that if obama gets elected, all the white people will be enslaved.
In that case, i plan to sell myself to Chicago Dyke.
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Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern
How dare they try to subvert democracy that way!
its drives me fucking insane
Moonbootica, Latitude 2008 | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:24 pm | #
How long are the remaining unions going to stick with the labor party?
Obama hits McCain, oil companies...
"In Quincy, Obama helped volunteers fill sandbags that are being trucked to reinforce levees on both sides of the Mississippi River, less than a mile away..."
Why is Obama wasting his time filling sandbags?
He should be beating McCain with that shovel...
I connected the Obama campaign new media guy, Josh Orton, with a guy who does SEO techniques. I thought it was one way that they could have a leg up on the other folks who didn't understand the power of "teh google" and search engine optimization techniques.
The Obama campaign doesn't need me.
Now I'm fine with that, really I am, but Kos' book, Crashing the Gate, is really true. The people in the campaigns really don't WANT the bloggers telling them anything. They really want to go with the tried and true failures. (See Bob Shrum). spo cko
A real 50 state strategy would include dumping the millions of bucks currently spent on a handful of useless DC-based consultants into the laps of thousands of people like you who could make a real difference instead of simply the appearance of making a difference for long enough to get elected.
I am happy, been feeling pretty negative these past couple of days, a case of 'everything and everyone sucks'
Moonbootica,
I'm sure part of that is because the job is no longer new and it's a bit depressing to think that that is what you will be facing for the rest of your life. I promise things do get better.
Thunder here.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
You'll have to tell that thunder a thing or two!
I've found that periodic scritchums can keep teh cat from actually lying on the keyboard.
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash | 06.14.08 - 5:13 pm
This doesn't work with Brego. If he's in front of the monitoring and I'm petting him, he gets so happy he starts rolling, in my direction, which means down onto the keyboard. H then gets upset with the noise I make.
I'm thinking of buying a D40!
Do you like it, other than the repairs?
JeffCO | 06.14.08 - 5:24 pm
Here here!
Spo cko, you're right about publishing. The other side is that in non-fiction, being an "expert" isn't enough. You need fame, also known as a platform.
Just knowing stuff and knowing how to write a book doesn't cut it. You have to do something flashy and be all over the teevee to sell your proposal.
There's something terribly wrong with your country, isn't there?
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash | 06.14.08 - 5:26 pm | #
that ain't the half it, I mean I have always had the feeling that fascism would have an easier time taking root here than in the States
it saddens me to see this creeping authoritarianism, in the space of a week Gordon Brown and his fuckheads have shit on the Magna Carter and a history of liberty
mer, if you're here, come on down to Music Nite tonight? OK?
I'll send you another e-mail too.
-S
spo cko,
Ah, good to know.
What about Rachel Maddow for MTP host?
Or Eugene Robinson?
a uk paper has a quote from some west virginny good old boy that if obama gets elected, all the white people will be enslaved.
In that case, i plan to sell myself to Chicago Dyke.
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Cynicus |
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I think we all will do that.
I'm hoping to be enslaved by Halle Barry.
The Obama campaign doesn't need me. spo cko
[checks for eeyore gravatar]
We all need you and they especially do. You should have been spending the past year at weekend retreats with the few Dems who do manage to get on TV, helping them to understand what works and what doesn't. The incoming tidal wave of fresh-faced Dems in the next Congress will need you more than ever.
Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern
How dare they try to subvert democracy that way!
Democracy?
"I don't think that word means what you think it means" / Andre the Giant
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People get paid for SEO? I just do it as a hobby...
How long are the remaining unions going to stick with the labor party?
rootless-e, texican | 06.14.08 - 5:27 pm | #
Hard to say
perhaps this might be a bit more illuminating Unions and New Labour: the far left case against disaffiliation
"Companies get OK to annoy polar bears
WASHINGTON - Less than a month after declaring polar bears a threatened species because of global warming, the Bush administration is giving oil companies permission to annoy and potentially harm them in the pursuit of oil and natural gas..."
Well, duh!!!
Republicans are the experts at annoying other species...
A real 50 state strategy would include dumping the millions of bucks currently spent on a handful of useless DC-based consultants into the laps of thousands of people like you who could make a real difference instead of simply the appearance of making a difference for long enough to get elected.
JeffCO
Start this movement! I'll be your number one minion.
I'm thinking of buying a D40!
Do you like it, other than the repairs?
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:27 pm | #
I have been very impressed with it, non fussy to use, takes excellent photos and well its just great!
I'm hoping to be enslaved by Halle Barry.
Spocko's view, post enslavement...
http://us.i1.yimg.com/
us.yimg.co...atwoman250e.jpg
Thanks, Moon!
I always like to begin my talks with "As any fool can plainly see..."
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/
20...=googlenews_wsj
Let's get Rachel on as a guest and work our way up.
Democracy in the EU Institutions
"Sex trade thrives in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - The girl was 11 when she was molested by a man with no legs..."
That's odd!
I thought Bill O' Reilly had legs????
I'm thinking of buying a D40!
Do you like it, other than the repairs?
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:27 pm |
Wd-40?
I'm hoping to be enslaved by Halle Barry.
I have a dream?
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it saddens me to see this creeping authoritarianism, in the space of a week Gordon Brown and his fuckheads have shit on the Magna Carter and a history of liberty
Moonbootica, Latitude 2008
Oh, honey, honey, honey. Do we feel you.
"I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all" --
The Sun: the cream of British journalism
I always like to begin my talks with "As any fool can plainly see..."
Gimlet
"You halfwits don't know this, but ... " is also quite effective, I find.
I connected the Obama campaign new media guy, Josh Orton, with a guy who does SEO techniques. I thought it was one way that they could have a leg up on the other folks who didn't understand the power of "teh google" and search engine optimization techniques.
The Obama campaign doesn't need me.
spo cko | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:27 pm | #
What about locally?
(Hell, come to Ohio, we need you)
I mean I have always had the feeling that fascism would have an easier time taking root here than in the States
Jesus, I hope not. Chez nous The Supremes can--as we've just seen-- smack down despotic bullshit enacted by Congress. But I guess if Parliament wants to pass something denying habeas corpus then it's pretty much the end of the story. Or is it?
Prooooooojeeeeeccccctiooooooonnnnnn! Hecate
Hecate - did you hear the good news? There really was no sexism in Hillary's media coverage! Thank goodness it appears we were all making it up!
Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, said: “I have not had a lot of regretful conversations with high-ranking media types and political reporters about how unfair their coverage of the Hillary Clinton campaign was.”
Among journalists, he added, the coverage “does not register as a mistake that must not be allowed to happen again.” [snip]
Keith Olbermann, the host of “Countdown” on MSNBC, said that while there were “individual, sexist, mistakes,” there was no overall sexism. Any suggestion that MSNBC “was somehow out to ‘get’ Senator Clinton is false and unfair,” Mr. Olbermann wrote in an e-mail message. “We became a whipping boy.”
Phew!
This headline is unintentionally hilarious:
Democrats' Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern
Are you concerned? Me, I'm terrified. Just think: Karl's plan to let Katrina turn New Orleans into a GOP stronghold might not succeed. And that would be really troubling, wouldn't it?
it saddens me to see this creeping authoritarianism, in the space of a week Gordon Brown and his fuckheads have shit on the Magna Carter and a history of liberty
Moonbootica, Latitude 2008
Well, the Nazis were Europeans, but terrorists are scary furriners!
It's unlike any threat ever known!!!!
perhaps this might be a bit more illuminating Unions and New Labour: the far left case against disaffiliation
Moonbootica, Latitude 2008 | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:30 pm | #
Interesting. Seems like they have no idea what do to politically other than give their money to Gordon Brown and get pissed on.
Hey Speedy, I'm here, trying to catch up on reading. Not sure if I'll make it tonight, spouse is not feeling well, and I don't think I want to drive that far by myself. But thanks, we will meet one day, I'm sure of that.
It's unlike any threat ever known!!!!
Rmj, Eschatonian Theologist
It may not look like it, but it's for your own good...
Buoyed by the popularity of Senator Barack Obama, the drive has raised complaints from registrars about large numbers of duplicate, invalid or incomplete applications, and has led to an investigation by the Louisiana secretary of state, Jay Dardenne, a Republican. Election officials have expressed concern that large numbers of people who believe they are registered will show up at the polls in November, only to find that they cannot vote because their application had been improperly submitted.
Because voter registration should be complicated, difficult, and easy to screw up.
Is this a great country, or what?
I think I owe somebody an adult beverage...
Jesus, I hope not. Chez nous The Supremes can--as we've just seen-- smack down despotic bullshit enacted by Congress. But I guess if Parliament wants to pass something denying habeas corpus then it's pretty much the end of the story. Or is it?
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash | 06.14.08 - 5:35 pm | #
according to my dad there is some talk of taking this to European Court of Human Rights, whether it can work well we just don't know
on the other hand the Tories have a good chance of winning the next general election and have said they would change it back to 28 days, which is still an abuse
Hey all. Apparently, the Army is operating paycheck to paycheck.
Maybe they should have a bake sale?
It's unlike any threat ever known!!!!
They want to cut our heads off!!
(sorry, repost)
Someone tell mer I'm not speaking to her.
She knows what she did.
A rather fetching looking Russian soccer fan...
http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/phot...h_16&
prov=getty
...like when Bush ("le moron stupide")
says "...what you gotta unnerstan..."
I especially love this part:
It remains unclear whether election officials will be prepared to handle more registrations and the potential for overwhelming turnout on Election Day, Mr. Slater said. “Party politics is driving up registration at unusually high rates,” he said.
Dammit, people! Curb your enthusiasm!!!!
The Supremes can--as we've just seen-- smack down despotic bullshit enacted by Congress.
Alas, the despotic response was expressed by Unca Joe Stalin when the Poep rebuked him - "How many divisions does the Pope have?"
How many troops does the SCOTUS have?
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[checks for eeyore gravatar]
No, no. That's just me. But, thanks for noticing.
my father says that you only need 5% of the population to take to the streets to bring enough pressure on the government to change is position, to give way i.e. the French, who take to the streets at the drop of a hat and it works!
Buoyed by the popularity of Senator Barack Obama, the drive has raised complaints from registrars about large numbers of duplicate, invalid or incomplete applications, and has led to an investigation by the Louisiana secretary of state, Jay Dardenne, a Republican.
You'd better get your whacks in now, you useless piece of fascist shit, because you are headed for Wildernessville.
the Tories have a good chance of winning the next general election and have said they would change it back to 28 days
That puts Brits who are at once pro-civil liberties and leftish on the spot doesn't it?
How you gonna vote?
overwhelming turnout on Election Day
What a mortal blow to our freedom that would be.
That puts Brits who are at once pro-civil liberties and leftish on the spot doesn't it?
How you gonna vote?
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash | 06.14.08 - 5:41 pm | #
Dog knows, Lib Dems? lol its soooooooo hard
“Party politics is driving up registration at unusually high rates,”
I hate it when that happens.
Hey all. Apparently, the Army is operating paycheck to paycheck.
Maybe they should have a bake sale?
We should shut them down, bring them home, and hand it all over to the mercenaries, eh? Run it like a bidness, right?
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...like when Bush ("le moron stupide")
says "...what you gotta unnerstan..."
LizDexic
Sovereignty, bitches! That's what they have.
Spocko's view, post enslavement...
http://us.i1.yimg.com/ us.yimg.co...atwoman250e.jpg
Richard |
THAT'S what I'm talking about.
My favorite Halle Barry movie was Swordfish, but I found the nudity gratuitous and distracting.
/remember, Vulcans never bluff.
Monica_A: I owe you one.
the drive has raised complaints from registrars about large numbers of duplicate, invalid or incomplete applications, and has led to an investigation by the Louisiana secretary of state, Jay Dardenne, a Republican.
In response, we've doubled the number of employees in the more affluent precincts to handle the load.
108F is probably too hot to go outside, isn't it?
My favorite Halle Barry movie was Swordfish, but I found the nudity gratuitous and distracting.
I found the plot gratuitous and distracting.
Dammit, people! Curb your enthusiasm!!!!
I'm sure the GOP would enjoy nothing more than creating riots across the country as African American voters are turned away or otherwise discouraged from getting to polling places and voting in GOP-controlled districts. They know they are going to lose massively and want to kick off their wilderness tour with one last fuck you to democracy.
108F is probably too hot to go outside, isn't it?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian | 06.14.08 - 5:43 pm |
Yes.
108F is probably too hot to go outside, isn't it?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian
Nah. It's a dry heat.
108F is probably too hot to go outside, isn't it?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian
Are you trying to self-dessicate?
what is it with female actress who win Oscars, who then go on to pick real stinkers of a movie?
case in point Halle Berry
The Army is living "paycheck to paycheck" because the cretinous sack of deserting shit refuses to sign the bill that would solve the problem.
Maybe they should have a bake sale?
Southern Beale | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:38 pm | #
The McClatchy blog says "Congress has refused to pass" a bill which in fact Congress has passed and Bush has promised to veto.
I'm sure the GOP would enjoy nothing more than creating riots across the country as African American voters are turned away or otherwise discouraged from getting to polling places and voting in GOP-controlled districts. They know they are going to lose massively and want to kick off their wilderness tour with one last fuck you to democracy.
JeffCO
Well, all the voter registrars in Louisiana quoted in the article were identified as GOP. All had complaints about the voter registration drives.
Draw your own conclusions.
In response, we've doubled the number of employees in the more affluent precincts to handle the load.
Jay Dardenne
You can not be a free market conservative and support Barry.
108F is probably too hot to go outside, isn't it?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian
Depends on what you are trying to accomplish.
David Derbes!
Today when I heard that Thinly Veiled nephew suddenly died in a car crash I mentioned that many people here wrote me and had wonderful and helpful things to say. Your email to me still stands out in my mind as one of my favorites. I even passed it along to my siblings.
I wanted to thank you again for that note, it really was wonderful and it helped a lot.
The McClatchy blog says "Congress has refused to pass" a bill which in fact Congress has passed and Bush has promised to veto.
rootless-e, texican
Congress refused to pass a bill the POTUS would sign, which, you know, is what Congress is supposed to do....
You can not be a free market conservative and support Barry.
Texaschilibean
So?
Richard I clicked on the Russian chick photo and an ad on the right says, "His IQ is 125." and they are talking about Bush. I wonder where they got that info from.
I found the plot gratuitous and distracting.
Rmj, Eschatonian Theologist
Damn, you're on a roll! What wound your clock?
Did MoonB. post this jewel?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/...d-
Heathrow.html
he's still an asshole.
Hey all. Apparently, the Army is operating paycheck to paycheck.
Maybe they should have a bake sale?
Southern Beale
Let 'em apply for a home equity line of credit. That land is worth something.
108F is probably too hot to go outside, isn't it?
GWPDA
Did you make the trip to Baskin-Robbins? And do you have a report for us?
We visited Arches Nat Park last summer and it hit 107. Hottest I've ever been outside of a sauna. Still a beautiful place, though.
He was talkin' about Shaft.
spo cko
Shut yo' mouth!
Check out Skull Snaps at YouTube. (can't seem to make a link)
A further batch of secret government files have been found on a train, it was reported tonight.
The Independent on Sunday newspaper said that the papers, which were handed in to it, covered the UK's policies on fighting global terrorist funding, drugs trafficking and money laundering.
The paper said that they were discovered on a train bound for London's Waterloo station on Wednesday.
The documents apparently include briefing notes for a meeting of the international Financial Action Task Force to be held in 11 Downing Street next week.
They contained details of how trade and banking systems could be manipulated to finance illicit weapons of mass destruction in Iran.
They also discussed methods of terrorist funding and the potential fraud of commercial websites and international internet payment systems.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/
200...urity.terrorism
"She knows what she did."
--V for Virginia, you know
Richard I clicked on the Russian chick photo and an ad on the right says, "His IQ is 125." and they are talking about Bush. I wonder where they got that info from.
Fox news.
Mickelson quadruple bogey on 13.
Well, all the voter registrars in Louisiana quoted in the article were identified as GOP. All had complaints about the voter registration drives.
This is where real reporters, esp. given past history, would go to the registrars and ask to see the evidence.
Congress refused to pass a bill the POTUS would sign, which, you know, is what Congress is supposed to do....
Well, by Strict Construction of the Original Intent of the Founders, the function of the Senate is to approve when the Emperor makes a Senator of his horse and a goddess-wife of his sister..........
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Mickelson quadruple bogey on 13.
pear
I can do that.
free market conservative
Def: government's role in the market is to
1. protect the profits of corporations
2. limit the role of workers and consumers in the economy
3. apply every asset of the US government to the problems of business, not excluding invading countries and conducting intelligence operations
That's the free-est shit I ever heard of!
Hey all. Apparently, the Army is operating paycheck to paycheck.
Maybe you have some "used" equipment to sell cheap? Eh?
This is where real reporters, esp. given past history, would go to the registrars and ask to see the evidence.
Gromit
Most of the complaints are on the order of: "We never expected people to register to vote, and if they don't do it just right, it makes things hard!"
I.e., some legitimate, some whining; mostly, the system is breaking under the strain because it is been so little used for so long.
I can haz Abrahms tank?
Well, by Strict Construction of the Original Intent of the Founders, the function of the Senate is to approve when the Emperor makes a Senator of his horse and a goddess-wife of his sister..........
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Cynicus
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
an ad on the right says, "His IQ is 125." and they are talking about Bush. I wonder where they got that info from.
Well, first make sure that that '125' is in base 10 mathematics..........
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anybody watching MSNBC still? Have they quit yet?
Did you make the trip to Baskin-Robbins? And do you have a report for us?
We visited Arches Nat Park last summer and it hit 107. Hottest I've
ever been outside of a sauna. Still a beautiful place, though.
Alas no - I did pick up the cleaning and bought kung-pao shrimp at the Chinese fast food next door however. To-morrow morning, after 5.30am, I must go out to the farthest reaches of Scottsdale to the monthly Scouts' e-cycling festa, to get rid of a busted TV and a 19" CRT. On my return, I shall stop at BR for supplies.
I was in a job interview here the day it hit 122F. It was a dry heat too. The funnest part was having to shut down Sky Harbor Airport because it didn't have the FAA regs for temperatures over 120F. An enterprising air traffic guy called Riyadh - after those guys stopped laughing, they faxed the necessary paperwork to us....
Motorists face the growing prospect of continuing fuel shortages after it emerged that a second wave of strikes by Shell tanker drivers is planned for next week.
Downing Street said yesterday the government could get through the first round of strikes, which began at 6am yesterday, without an emergency plan to cap the amount of petrol customers can buy.
But in a sign the crisis could spread, haulage firms and petrol retailers not affected by the strikes said they were suffering knock-on effects from the action.
More than 600 drivers for Hoyer UK and Suckling Transport, the companies contracted to distribute to Shell filling stations across the country, began striking yesterday after pay negotiations broke down. During the Unite union's four-day action, set to last until Monday, drivers will be staffing pickets at about a dozen distribution depots and terminals
http://www.guardian.co.uk/busine.../
oil.transport2
Well, all the voter registrars in Louisiana quoted in the article were identified as GOP. All had complaints about the voter registration drives. Draw your own conclusions. Rmj
I'm 100% serious that *right now* is the time for Dean and Clinton and Obama and Emmanuel and Reid and Pelosi and every goddam one of the national Dems to be sending people into every district in every state to ensure that 1) people are registered properly and 2) the GOP is not setting up conditions to ensure a ginormous clusterfuck of an election in November.
I want someone in the Obama campaign to be in charge of knowing that every polling place in the country is adequately staffed and properly registering voters. I want them to be checking and doublechecking on the registration status of people who are newly registered. I want a website where anyone anywhere in the country can go on and find out their *correct* polling place and their status.
While I'm at it, I want a goddam notary public or somesuch at every polling place to track people's votes, not people employed by GE or Disney but independent verification that there is not yet another attempt at massive disenfranchisement or outright election fraud.
These campaigns have millions of dollars to spend - most of it does not need to be given to advertising firms and television executives. GOTV and follow the fuck up. Start now and don't wait till November to discover that half the places in the country have been rigged. Again.
Of course, that's just me. WTF do I know?
That's the free-est shit I ever heard of!
V for Virginia, you know | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:51 pm | #
Explanation set to music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i...h?
v=iPVMYDrbrCo
LTE from my local paper today; This oughta piss people off:
Sen. John McCain’s proposed gas tax holiday has been denounced as a gimmick by various pundits in the media and elsewhere. There is a way that the gas tax can be permanently reduced, however — no “holiday” needed.
Step one: quit siphoning off gas tax money to pay for mass transit. About 15 percent of the federal highway trust fund money is used for mass transit projects — not roads. The gas tax is supposed to be a specific user fee that drivers pay for the asset they are using — the roads. It isn’t supposed to be used for mass transit.
Step two: get rid of the Davis-Bacon Act. That legislation has been around since the ’30s and is nothing but a political giveaway to labor unions that essentially makes the taxpayers pay for higher priced union labor on every federal construction project.
Allow federal projects to use cheaper non-union labor and the construction costs — and the gas tax that funds it could be substantially reduced.
I found the plot gratuitous and distracting.
Rmj, Eschatonian Theologist
Damn, you're on a roll! What wound your clock?
V for Virginia, you know
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As Joe Bob Briggs used to say, "Too much plot to get in the way of the action."
"my Nixon D40x had to be taken in for repairs, well rather the Lens was buggered so its gone to be fixed"
You're having Nixon repaired? Oh nooooo!
I can haz Abrahms tank?
Gas milage on those puppies make a HMMWV look like a fracking hybrid.
Gallons per mile, basically.
However, they are ideal for getting around (as in over) gridlock.
Mickelson quadruple bogey on 13.
Doesn't he usually implode much later? Like Sunday on the 16th or 17th. Stick to the program Phil.
Well, all the voter registrars in Louisiana quoted in the article were identified as GOP. All had complaints about the voter registration drives. Draw your own conclusions.
The article was a despicable piece of shit, for one.
These campaigns have millions of dollars to spend - most of it does not need to be given to advertising firms and television executives. GOTV and follow the fuck up.
Crazy talk.
You're having Nixon repaired? Oh nooooo!
Lumpenprolitariot | Homepage | 06.14.08 - 5:56 pm | #
a Nixon is not reliable
boom boom!
thank you i'm here all week, please try the veal
and could lead to break ins sorry break downs
Auntie GWPDA,
When you are at Raskin Bobbins see if they have Mandarin Chocolate...'tis the yummiest.
*Nikon D40x
JeffCO,
Well said. I agree completely.
JeffCO | 06.14.08 - 5:55 pm
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AMEN! Say it brother!
(As we like to say at our Church)
/Not really, we are all very quiet and polite when someone speaks. And most of us are TERRIBLE singers.
Gas milage on those puppies make a HMMWV look like a fracking hybrid.
I am not sure I want to drive it around. I just want to park it in the back yard and lob shells a few miles into other back yards.
Hi, Spocko!
I'm glad. You are a hero to a lot of us here, me included.
It would be wonderful if you were to come to the attention of Ira Glass (This American Life), or better yet, the Obama campaign.
I don't really know anyone at either, but they're both Chicago based, and sometimes I bump into people...
Very best wishes to you and your family.
Cottage cheesy sheets
Well, all the voter registrars in Louisiana quoted in the article were identified as GOP. All had complaints about the voter registration drives. Draw your own conclusions.
David Dukes, Gooper and Klansman, is from Louisiana?
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My toddler is using the little metal trashcan from the bathroom as a drum.
He is loud.
Bush's IQ is 125?
In base 6, maybe. (125 in base 6 = 53 in base 10.)
Damn, second time this thread a quicker wit than me got to it...
Of course, the bar's not that high...
"Of course, that's just me. WTF do I know?"
--JeffCO | 06.14.08 - 5:55 pm
Maybe more than the Democratic party. That comment should be sent to all listed in your message. You want to do it, or should I?
When you are at Raskin Bobbins see if they have Mandarin Chocolate...'tis the yummiest.I must remember to take the ice chest with me.
What's her name on mSNBC says she named her daughter the name suggested by Russert but never had a chance to tell Tim that.
You can not be a free market conservative and support Barry.
Texaschilibean
I can do anything I want to do.
Think what I want to think.
And support any candidate I wish.
Fuck you and your kind!
JeffCO-- My first thought about volunteering with my local (and generally useless) DNC was: I wanna be in charge of the registration issue.
But you are exactly right: It needs to be addressed nationally and publicly as soon as possible.
What do we do about that?
Seriously -- you start the movement and I'll sing a few bars and sit back down.
Given what I have heard about Obama's mad community organizing skilz, I would be very surprised if they haven't already been doing this. But if so, they need to do it very loudly and publicly now.
I would be more than happy to get in the tent (as 4lg says) if I started hearing speeches being made that acknowledge the history of recent "voting irregularities" in GOP-run districts (like, say, Ohio and Florida) and that make clear that two-bit GOP minions and flunkies are on notice. We're watching, we're checking, and we're your worst fucking nightmare.
So, are we taking bets on how long the MSNBC "News" Channel is going to ignore the real "News" to placate their own egos with the "Timfest" yet?
David Derbes, ochen' pissed
Derbes, you magnificent bastard! How come you didn't tell me you were blowing through Boulder? I'd have been good for a beer....
Seriously -- you start the movement and I'll sing a few bars and sit back down.
I'm more of a lubber than fighter.
We need to (especially me) get off our asses this fall and work hard.
Gas milage on those puppies make a HMMWV look like a fracking hybrid.
I am not sure I want to drive it around. I just want to park it in the back yard and lob shells a few miles into other back yards.
leibniz♘☮ | 06.14.08 - 5:59 pm | #
There are areas of Dayton that look like that's what happened to them.
You can not be a free market conservative and support Barry.
You can not be a human being and support McStain.
We need to (especially me) get off our asses this fall and work hard.
Can't we just sit around here and bitch about Hillary?
What's her name on mSNBC says she named her daughter the name suggested by Russert but never had a chance to tell Tim that.
Lil' Punkinhead?
I see deep truths no one else can see but not when I'm on my medication
i have a little chart on my wall where i make a smiley face every time you post this same complaint in one form or another. you are really cheering up my dry erase board and i want to thank you for that.
Isn't that the straw man gambit, Atrios?
I see straw people! They're everywhere! They don't know they're straw.
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