I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
RIP
RIP
yuck.
peace.
. . . I am sorry for him and those who loved him.
RIP
(he was too young and too valuable--this sucks)
Best wishes to Jen and Steve's family. He's had a rough few months.
Here's to his life and his family.
Peace.
RIP, Steve. You will be missed.
Was a reader of Steve's blog and thought it was very good.
Very sorry to hear this news.
Isn't it inappropriate for me to want to see a picture of Steve?
I feel as if I lost a friend and don't have the slightest idea of what he looked like.
One of the best pure writers in the blogosphere.
Fuckity fuckity fuck.
, Steve.
In Gilliard's honor, I have just one thing to say:
FUCK THE FUCKING YANKEES!!!
He'd love their meltdown this season...
RIP, Steve. I'll miss you.
jharp -
Here.
One of the best pure writers in the blogosphere.
Fuckity fuckity fuck.
I agree. He had an innate sense for finding the truth, too.
Sorry. I mentioned it on an earlier thread (I didn't refresh). I am absolutely heartbroken. I didn't know him personally but his writing was great. Even when I didn't agree with him. Godspeed Steve.
i didn't read the newsblog regularly, but when I did it was powerful writing
Steve Gilliard, he fought the good fight. As should we all.
~
Thank you, jac.
Safe home, buddy. You did nothing but good.
.
Isn't it inappropriate for me to want to see a picture of Steve?
I feel as if I lost a friend and don't have the slightest idea of what he looked like. | jharp
Not inappropriate at all, IMO:
Steve Gilliard
I've had a lot of death around me this year. Every time I hear something like this, another alarm goes off in my head that rings, "CARPE DIEM."
But I've been depressed, so I've been doing a lot of sleeping and nothing.
I hate the irony here, so much.
RIP Steve. His is a voice that will be sorely missed.
Damn. Fucking damnit.
but he seemed to be a more gentle soul at heart.
This is definitely true. This is horribly sad.
God, I'm so sorry-41 years old! My deepest sympathies to his family.
Forty-one years old. Damn. I read his blog everyday. He has many admirers. Reading the comments, when Jen would post an update on his condition, everyone was so upbeat and Fuck the Fucking Yankees.
This makes me sad.
Rest in peace, Mr. Gilliard, and may others be inspired by your voice to continue the struggle.
plantsman,
You are a gentle reminder. It is much better to celebrate his genius and courage than to mourn his passing.
The good die young.
Steve was passionate, full of righteous anger and with a big heart. Wonderful chef. A complicated person and a good human being.
I've been hoping Steve would come back to us. I read him every day.
Steve's remarkable series on colonialism deserves to be reprinted.
Vicki:
I'm so sorry to hear that you've been depressed.
It's a bitch feeling like that.
Terrible, terrible news.
His blog got me permanently interested in the blogosphere, and it rekindled my belief in real-world political analysis and action.
He could produce an incredible passionate rant or cool, insightful analysis.
I learned many things from reading him. I will miss him -- nothing can replace him completely.
Peace and love.
I know its a bit cliched - Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone
Really one of the best writers out there.
This absolutely sucks. What else can one say? I got into him from a DKOS link and enjoyed his writing alot.
I had been going to his site first for several months. This is such a loss. Am I crazy for first of all being sorry that he won't know how so many things turned out.
It's really bogus and unfair. Peace be to his friends and family.
And quite frankly, makes this 37yo think way too much about his own mortality. As if I haven't been thinking about that a lot the last few weeks anyway.
But I've been depressed, so I've been doing a lot of sleeping and nothing.
I've been very down as well, Vicki. But the thing that keeps me going are my friends and family and reaching out to connect with others.
Steve will be sorely missed. His acerbic body blows were pure enlightenment.
DEATH be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
Rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,
And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,
And better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then;
One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
Best I can do.
Little rock nine on cspan...
fittingly so with this news.
His was a unique voice. I always stopped by the News Blog for his take on things. This is very sad. Best wishes to his family, and to Jen.
why do good honest people like Steve die but old wretched things like Cheney persist?
Steve could piss me off at times, but that is why I kept going back to read him. I didn't always agree with him, but wanted to hear what he had to say.
why do good honest people like Steve die but old wretched things like Cheney persist?
Moonbootica, Graduee
And O'Reilly, Hannity, Rush, etc., etc., etc. live on and on?
Well, Keith Richards will never die either.
And quite frankly, makes this 37yo think way too much about his own mortality. As if I haven't been thinking about that a lot the last few weeks anyway.
If you had a blog, you could write about your existential problems.
Well, Keith Richards will never die either.
trifecta
Keith never hurt anyone.
Well, Keith Richards will never die either.
trifecta | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 4:31 pm | #
thats true
Steve could piss me off at times, but that is why I kept going back to read him. I didn't always agree with him, but wanted to hear what he had to say.
Yes. He also had the ability to learn and to develop his ideas in a different direction. He wasn't just playing a game of debate. He was after the truth.
God, this is so sad! I'll miss arguing with him--he was one of the best.
Well, Keith Richards will never die either.
Because he avoids solvents.
RIP: Steve Gilliard
Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living.
Jesus H. Christ.
I loved this guy.
Don't know what else to say, but that I promise, I swear, I'll keep fighting.
Sending all my love and positive vibrations to Jen and Steve's parents.
The Newsblog was one of my top five blogs to read. There are several bloggers out there that are better writers than Steve, but I learned more from his blog than probably any other because of the unique insights (at least among the blogosphere) that he provided. He will be greatly missed.
terrible news. when I think of steve, "big heart" seems to sum it up. RIP, and condolences to his family & friends.
When things were looking pretty dark, Steve lifted our spirits with his feisty posts about politics. His other posts about food, sport and daily life reminded us to enjoy life and keep things in perspective. And he had more ways to say "what the fuck???" than anyone.
RIP, Steve.
If you had a blog, you could write about your existential problems.
Indeed. Or a podcast. I've had one rattling around in my rather empty head, and this might be the catalyst that produces something. Or maybe I'll just drink.
I always felt proud when he took note of my comments. I loved the way he brought up different stories, like about parenting and adoption and stuff.
He and Molly Ivins must be rippin' Bush a new one beyond the Pearly Gates.
Seething Webb duly hoisted in memory.
Thanks, Terry C.
I've been very down as well, Vicki. But the thing that keeps me going are my friends and family and reaching out to connect with others.
I'm sorry, watertiger. If it's any consolation, I sympathize, sincerely. I know what you mean about friends and family - I've been avoiding them, and I know that's not good.
I'll probably lose everyone I love before I'm out of this funk. But I made a commitment to myself to set goals and start achieving them again.
Anyway, I wish you the best, and {{{hugs}}}!
And seize the day, when you can, when you start to feel like it. I know I will keep trying.
I loved talking football with him. He was at his best during the World Cup.
I don't want to think about Steve's death too much. I am just a couple years younger than Gilly was myself. Will think about his life instead.
Blah.
Don't know what else to say, but that I promise, I swear, I'll keep fighting.
Meander, deeply embittered
Perhaps the best legacy of all.
I always felt proud when he took note of my comments. I loved the way he brought up different stories, like about parenting and adoption and stuff.
Margaret
Yes, he was very engaged with his readers--one thing that made his blog so great.
I loved talking football with him. He was at his best during the World Cup.
Monica_A:Black & Crusading | 06.02.07 - 4:34 pm | #
yes I was quite delighted that the world cup was being blogged by an American 
I'm out.
Thunderstorms are looming.
Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton are allowed to walk the Earth unfettered by the chains of death, but good people like Steve and Molly Ivins leave us far too soon. Unfair!
Oh, and DWD,
E-mail me and tell me if you liked your mmpc doc!
One of the first voices I found in the blogosphere, and what a voice he had.
Rest in peace.
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
I know what you mean about friends and family - I've been avoiding them, and I know that's not good.
No, it's not. They're the ones who don't (or shouldn't) judge you, who will embrace you when you need a hug the most.
Or kick you in the ass and tell you to get off the couch.
Actually, my last conversation with Steve was about the men's national team.
They are playing China tonight on the deuce for the other three americans who follow the sport.
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Terry C - End Bush's War Now! | 06.02.07 - 4:36 pm | #
heh Craig Murray is skeptical
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Pretty much. Even my Libertarian brother-in-law thinks it's crap.
RIP Steve.
Or kick you in the ass and tell you to get off the couch.
watertiger,
This is what I need.
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Terry C - End Bush's War Now! |
heh Craig Murray is skeptical
Moonbootica, Graduee
I LIKE how he THINKS!
cheerful Bonus Saturday Cat Blogging
watertiger-
You snark therefore you are. You also bring a tremendous taste of humanity and decency to the blogosphere. Just contrast yourself to NTodd, who when asked at the local Baskin-Robbins for his favorite ice cream flavor, said " moose brains". You are the saving grace against moose brains.
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Once again, we've proved we're great at catching dimwitted terrist wannabes who couldn't plot their way out of a paper bag.
hang in there vicki...thinking of you
My young darlings, I'm sorry, but this is when it begins for you - when a friend your own age dies and shouldn't. I'm sorry. Steve was a peach, and I'm sorry that this is the way it begins.
Be good.
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Oh, yeah. So do the "authorities":
Homeland Security sources said there is no current threat at the airport and that the attack as planned was "not technically feasible."
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Pretty much. Even my Libertarian brother-in-law thinks it's crap.
Monica_A:Black & Crusading
Another diversionary tactic that ain't gonna work.
Steve once responded to me that he would make the deviled egg recipe I posted on one of his "what to make to take to a potluck dinner, or some such." I was, oh my. Then, for some reason, I was banned from commenting on his blog for six months.
Makes me smile now.
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Terry C - End Bush's War Now!
Well, let's see: never got beyond the planning stages, and the FBI seems to have known about it almost from the beginning, and there was never any risk it would come to anything.
And the last one, even the neighbors knew the FBI was watching the suspects. They watched 'em for over a year.
So, yeah, I smell a rat.
Once again, we've proved we're great at catching dimwitted terrist wannabes who couldn't plot their way out of a paper bag.
Cookie Guggleman
What our guvmint THINKS terrorists are SUPPOSED to be.
Steve once responded to me that he would make the deviled egg recipe I posted on one of his "what to make to take to a potluck dinner, or some such." I was, oh my. Then, for some reason, I was banned from commenting on his blog for six months.
mer
He must not have liked the deviled eggs 
Vicki,
I'll kick your ass if you kick mine.
I like the idea of remembering Steve by sharing poems. Here's one...
In Remembrance
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glint on snow,
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle morning rain.
And when you wake in the morning's hush,
I am the sweet uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night,
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die.
Anonymous
Don't know what else to say, but that I promise, I swear, I'll keep fighting.
Meander, deeply embittered
This is what Steve would probably like best. For us to keep fighting.
I'm giving you all a psychic bear hug. This hasn't been the best day.
I'll kick your ass if you kick mine.
Turn on the webcam!
watertiger: how's your brother?
Vicki, you have mail
I am sorry, but Jack Bauer masturbating in a restroom in JFK is not a threat to western culture.
Spinoza,
{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}
Vicki,
I'll kick your ass if you kick mine.
This sounds like something I can promote at Eschacon II. Don't give away what we can sell tickets to, girls!
Then, for some reason, I was banned from commenting on his blog for six months.
Love that Hell-o-scam!
I am sorry, but Jack Bauer masturbating in a restroom in JFK is not a threat to western culture.
spinoza
Wipes....wine...from....monitor.
Damn.
"...it seems the good they die young
I just looked around, and he's gone."
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit? | Terry C - End Bush's War Now!
Mais oui. Here's my Huffington Post comment; at least one HuffPo wingnut troll-- named SmellyOne-- dismissed it as typical libtard spew:
4. LittleBrother
First there was that guy who was going to take down the Brooklyn Bridge with an acetylene torch, and now this!
That settles it! No more loose talk of restoring habeas corpus! The last thing we need to do at this juncture is tie the hands of our superhero War Criminal-in-Chief and his Attorney Genicle-- so named because he's the Commander's left ball!
June 02, 2007 at 01:10pm PM EDT
--------------------------------------
PS: Why do wingnut trolls choose pathologically self-deprecating handles like SmellyOne, I wonder? 
Perhaps this is the same HuffPo troll that used to go by "Farts".
I've been expecting this for weeks now. Peace at last, he's earned it.
ProfWombat,
He's doing okay. Chemo wasn't working, so he's on a very regimented "alkalyzing" diet.
He feels really good.
Again, my troubles are de minimis compared to others, but when it's 4 in the morning and I'm alone with my thoughts, they're huge.
Spartakus
Lovely: I have entered it into the file of Atriot's favorite poems. Thanks.
Vicki,
I'll kick your ass if you kick mine.
watertiger
Ladies' rasslin'!
I am sorry, but Jack Bauer masturbating in a restroom in JFK is not a threat to western culture.
spinoza
I've never watched "24" - now I'm glad.
And yes, Steve wasn't very well for a long time.
Doesn't make it any easier, but it certainly makes it understandable.
Really, really bad news. For a while I've dreaded clicking the link and having that sad news appear.
I'd hoped he'd pull through but alas his struggle was too much, for too long. He was a strong man. His stilled voice will leave a great void.
My thoughts and deep sympathies to Jen, his family and the News Blog community.
PS: Why do wingnut trolls choose pathologically self-deprecating handles like SmellyOne, I wonder?
Perhaps this is the same HuffPo troll that used to go by "Farts".
Little Brøther
Truth in advertising:
like "dipshit" and "pud."
Vicki,
I'll kick your ass if you kick mine. - watertiger
I'd offer to kick both your asses, but on sight of one of them, I'd probably do like Rorschach's cat in his picture yesterday.
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit?
Once again, we've proved we're great at catching dimwitted terrist wannabes who couldn't plot their way out of a paper bag.
It seems every single "foiled plot" I can recall involved folks whose ambition was to appear on the Darwin Awards website.
It seems every single "foiled plot" I can recall involved folks whose ambition was to appear on the Darwin Awards website.
Thanks, Richard. That made me smile.
BTW, they've got a picture of Gilliard up at Kos.
Apparently, the only known picture of him (it's the only one I ever see).
Guess he was one of those "camera steals the soul" guys...
wt: your troubles are, of course, yours. There are a lot of people I care about feeling down around here today. What say we all go out and celebrate a few lives worth living? If I get drunk enough, I can even get through the entire 'If I Were King of the Forest' aria...
Wonder what Mr. Gilliard would have said about this sterling act of self-censorship?
It seems every single "foiled plot" I can recall involved folks whose ambition was to appear on the Darwin Awards website.
Richard
"Hey Y'all - WATCH THIS!"
Spinoza,
{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}
wt-
me too. Take care of yourself.
PS: Why do wingnut trolls choose pathologically self-deprecating handles like SmellyOne, I wonder?
Yeah, that's pretty fucking weird.
"Hey Y'all - WATCH THIS!"
"Here, hold my beer..."
but when it's 4 in the morning and I'm alone with my thoughts, they're huge.
watertiger
4am? That's when the paper guy arrives and Arthur starts shouting in surprise at an event that takes place every morning. Flinching! That's how to start the day off right....
my troubles are de minimis compared to others, but when it's 4 in the morning and I'm alone with my thoughts, they're huge.
Kiddo, you've got talent up the wazoo and you're gorgeous to boot. Not to belittle your problems, but you've got a lot going for ya, too.
Same for Miss Vicki.
'NTodd' isn't pathologically self-deprecating?
my old childhood friends of mine, mother passes away from a second bout of breast cancer a month ago.
she and her younger sister are set to take part in the Race for Life in Reading in her memory, they has a sponsorship page - Clare and Beth's race for life
They'd be Jamaica Bay crab food if the Mafia guys found 'em first.
Walk for life last night had a lot of musicians playing at the nearby park...
I am sorry, but Jack Bauer masturbating in a restroom in JFK is not a threat to western culture. - spinoza
Are you sure?
I quess your right. It's more a sign of its demise.
Walk for life last night had a lot of musicians playing at the nearby park...
How do they expect people to talk?
And, I wish all you sad people would come out here and sit in my pool. I'm gonna mow the lawn too and everything! And I'll turn on the misting umbrella so you can stand the heat.
watertiger and vicki,
You gals want to trade four AM thoughts for a while? Lord, you should feel mine. This darkness I feel is new and I am not even sure what it is let alone what to do with it.
But we are still here.
guess you're... feh
I didn't read the newsblog, but I had heard Steve was unwell. What took him over?
Again, my troubles are de minimis compared to others, but when it's 4 in the morning and I'm alone with my thoughts, they're huge.
watertiger | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 4:43 pm |
Still heading out to Australia?
An Upbeat And Insightful Interview With Steve Gillard circa 2000.
Gillard's writing was always passionate but moderated with common sense and graceful humor, accurately reflecting the compassionate and practical nature of the man if this interview is any indication. Steve's not gone, he's just off to a new gig.
Peace, Steve, from one of your many fans.
Again, my troubles are de minimis compared to others, but when it's 4 in the morning and I'm alone with my thoughts, they're huge.
I woke up at around 4am a few days ago. All my thoughts were devastating. My life was miserable. I had no where to go. I had to get out of bed slowly not to disturb mrs. spinoza. And all I could do was sip a little vodka and wait for the sun to come up. And hopefully I could go back to sleep for a few hours and accomplish something in the day. I was horrified by this. Only when the the coffee kicked in was I able to function.
So sorry to hear the news.
What an important and clear voice we have lost.
Too young. Way too young.
hey hellkitty
Steve was a morbidly obese diabetic on dialysis, who for the second time got an infected heart valve needing replacement. A tough, tough time...
Still heading out to Australia?
oh yeah.
Why do these arrests always require "plots". Christ, a fucked up student at VA Tech with two handguns was able to murder 32 people. What kind of plotting does that require?
I think 32 dead Americans killed by a terrorist(s) would be adequate to get the MSM and the Nation to go beserk.
If one or more terrorists who are willing to die want to kill Americans it can be done at will.
.
'NTodd' isn't pathologically self-deprecating? | ProfWombat
Well, I did specify "wingnut trolls", but if the strait-jacket fits...
"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said at a news conference, calling it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
I believe KOOL-AID is the new universal solvent.
He will be missed. A generous and insightful blogger who had passion and humor.
hey hellkitty
Steve was a morbidly obese diabetic on dialysis, who for the second time got an infected heart valve needing replacement. A tough, tough time...
ProfWombat | 06.02.07 - 4:53 pm | #
Hi Dr. Wombat, that's a hard way to go.
Godspeed is all I can say.
watertiger and vicki,
You gals want to trade four AM thoughts for a while? Lord, you should feel mine. This darkness I feel is new and I am not even sure what it is let alone what to do with it.
But we are still here.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Dar...ght_of_the_Soul
Okay, just fuck this fucking year already. GOD.
Can we fast-forward to 2008, when hopefully whatever planetary alignment that is making shit things happen nonfuckingstop has rearranged itself?
A.
Joe Hill said it best:
"Don't mourn - ORGANIZE!"
The greatest memorial to Steve will be to continue and escalate the asskicking he did so well.
Salute.
I woke up at around 4am a few days ago.
I wouldn't be able to do that, given I'm generally up until 6am these days.
For reasons I still don't understand, I was up until 2 last night, and up at 7 this morning.
The resulting lack of sleep has left me physically feeling anxious, as if something really bad were about to happen and I was just waiting for it to get me.
Otherwise, I'd be my regular ol' "I can't go on; I'll go on" self.
"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said at a news conference, calling it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
She has to say that, or Gonzo will fire her.
watertiger, how about this:
A duck walks into a drugstore and asks for Chapstick™.
The cashier asks, "Cash or charge?"
The duck replies, "Just put it on my bill."
[rim shot]
I hope someone's gonna publish a collection of Gilliard's writing. I used to bring it up in comments occassionally. I also told him if he didn't want his "political" writings published, maybe he could do a book on food. He's too good a writer to just have his stuff disappear into the ether.
Of all the people who "own" blogs, he's the one I really wanted to go out and down a few with (Simels, of course, doesn't officially "own" a blog).
Of course, I'd love to meet and chat with Atrios, but you know, economists...
If I may, I would like to share a music clip as well, to remember Steve...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A...h?
v=A5ASRaHKOj0
as if something really bad were about to happen and I was just waiting for it to get me.
After my grandfather died, I felt like this all the time for about two years. I jumped every time the phone rang.
We should organize a First Draft insomniac chat. I was up at 2 a.m. today.
A.
my sleeping pattens went right out the window when I was writing my dissertation, I'd stay awake till 7am, fall asleep, wake up at 2pm and contiue writing (i showered and ate food)
but I pulled quite a few all nighters when it came to essays.
Mauskopf
MOUSEHEAD?
Mouse-brained, for sure.
I think that it is the fact that we have just had our second full moon of the month last thursday. I know I have trouble sleeping when that happens.
Okay, just fuck this fucking year already. GOD.
Can we fast-forward to 2008, when hopefully whatever planetary alignment that is making shit things happen nonfuckingstop has rearranged itself?
A.
Athenae
Dese are de conditions dat prevail. Kind of like in Matthew's gospel, where the birth of the Messiah is accompanied by a slaughter of all the 2 year old and younger males in Bethlehem.
It's always non-stop with the happenings....
i've only these past 2 weeks just manage to reset them.
I went to the NewsBlog looking for the latest and found it draped in virtual black bunting - it felt like a kick in the stomach.
This sucks, and I can't add much to what was said upstream, except that I read Steve daily from NetSlaves days, and always enjoyed reading him - even when I didn't agree with him.
Also: He was younger than I, so that's a little freaky.
Just doesn't seem fair at all.
RIP, Gilly: May your memory be for a blessing.
[...] I'm gonna mow the lawn too and everything! And I'll turn on the misting umbrella so you can stand the heat.
GWPDA, Roving Historian
I could watch you mow the lawn from poolside all day. 
OK, I'm going off to make a few trips around the beads for Steve.
And this time I'm not going to be embarrassed about my blatant blogwhore: we need some bedrock changes in this nation, as Steve Gilliard made clear. Let's begin with working to make peace high on the agenda.
We should organize a First Draft insomniac chat.
Could you do it here, and flush out the trolls?
Of course, Barry's usually here around then, too... he might like a few friendly voices for a change!
I recently downloaded Tromatic Reflexxions by Von Südenfed (Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner (of Mouse on Mars), and Mark E. Smith, leader and vocalist of The Fall.)
Barndog and I already apologised THREE TIMES for taking everybody's sleep last night. M'kay? We're sorry. We're really, really sorry about it. You can have it back tonight. We're really sorry.
.
Steve is probably watching the ballgame on Jesus' plasma TV. The Red Sox put over a run last inning the old fashioned NL way, base hit/bunt/fielder's choice. He'd have liked that...
Anyone else think this whole John F. Kennedy Airport thing is sheer bullshit? Funny you should ask. The Plot of the Month Club
RMJ, yeah, I know, it's just ... fuckity fuck fuck fuckers, you know?
A.
Still heading out to Australia?
oh yeah.
watertiger | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 4:53 pm |
That's good, out of the States, hanging around with your sister on boat. Not soon enough, I imagine.
There is some sort of funk going around. Even at work. People are resting in the truest sense of the word.
(here HS, have a Thin Mint, you bastard)
"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said at a news conference, calling it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
Oh yeah? There are some guys out there who have a plot to send the entire Milky Way galaxy crashing into Andromeda using the psychic power of Xenu. That's what I call chilling.
We have all been saved again. Another deadly terror plot has been uncovered in its early stages, with plotters planning to blow up airliners/JFK/The NY Subway/Sears Tower (delete as appropriate). Doubtless Khalid Sheikh Mohammed confessed to it already.
Tell you what, you all run around being terrified, I need an afternoon nap. Maybe I'll wake up to find we've invaded another country, or at the very least introduced the State of Emergency in the UK which Blair and Reid have been asking for.
http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/
arc...ing_news_a.html
I hope someone's gonna publish a collection of Gilliard's writing.
He'd talked about doing something at some point. I just hope that his family don't object to the archives staying up, because they deserve to stay around.
Gilliard's big argument about blogging was the need to create structures to support people who had a voice and a purpose. That was something he brought to the table from NetSlaves and his experience of the whole Silicon Alley bullshit of the late boom.
It might be presumptuous to talk of such things, but I'd like to see a Steve Gilliard Fellowship that puts a laptop and scratch money in the hands of someone who'd not be writing otherwise.
I think that it is the fact that we have just had our second full moon of the month last thursday. I know I have trouble sleeping when that happens.
therealhellkitty
ftr It's not like the Full Moons are happening more often when 2 occur in one month.
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I didn't get all these shots in my arm for nuthin', buckeye.
yeah, i think a lot of people are burning out and need to regroup, myself included.
Oh yeah? There are some guys out there who have a plot to send the entire Milky Way galaxy crashing into Andromeda using the psychic power of Xenu. That's what I call chilling.
It ain't chilling if you have an intergalactic spaceship that can take you all the way out to Galaxy 4792 in the Fucktardicron Quadrant.
"The Plot of the Month Club..."
The Islamic janitor of death follows last month's Islamic pizza delivery man of death.
What is it about 4:00 a.m.? Paul Simon mentions it in "Still Crazy After All These Years", Elton John mentions it in "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", now Atriots are all in a bunch at eight bells.
Its a funny feeling realizing I won't be going back to Uni in Sept.
Aw, shit shit shit.
Just a drive-by, and a hell of a thing to see as I do so. Fare well, Steve, and thanks so much for all you did and how you did it.
Shit.
Gilliard's big argument about blogging was the need to create structures to support people who had a voice and a purpose. That was something he brought to the table from NetSlaves and his experience of the whole Silicon Alley bullshit of the late boom.
It might be presumptuous to talk of such things, but I'd like to see a Steve Gilliard Fellowship that puts a laptop and scratch money in the hands of someone who'd not be writing otherwise.
Yeah, I agree.
NTodd, you have mail.
ftr It's not like the Full Moons are happening more often when 2 occur in one month.
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Agent Orange
Yeah, that happens like what? Once in a blue moon?
ftr It's not like the Full Moons are happening more often when 2 occur in one month.
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Agent Orange | 06.02.07 - 5:02 pm | #
I know it just seems like it. Months are, after all, human not natural constructs.
Steve was pretentious, at times infuriating, and alternately either completely aware of what he was doing and at other times completely lacking in self-awareness. Some days, he was right on. Other days, I found his opinions (usually when he strayed from politics) the result of brashness than thoughtfulness.
At the same time, his blog was, 11 months out of 12, required reading and one of the few tier-one political blogger that wasn't using his blog as a vehicle for self-promotion. He actively avoided trying to make himself famous and instead focused on cultivating his audience of readers. He was a good guy who left before his time.
Jen sounds like she had a hard time dealing with his family when it came to visiting him at the hospital and giving updates about his condition to his readers.
NTodd, you have mail.
Liar.
Thanks, dave™©
I had to meet with a Mr. Maus at work this week, and when I greeted him I pronounced it "mouse" in approved German II-class tones.
He pleasantly replied, "It's 'moss', but I'll answer to anything."
And I left it alone, suppressing the childish smarty-pants Master Know-It-All impulse to remark, "But you do know that your surname is German for 'mouse', don't you? And people must often pronounce it 'mouse', right?"
It's so hard to swallow even ephemeral, microscopic doses of one-downness at times.
I didn't get all these shots in my arm for nuthin', buckeye.
yeah, i think a lot of people are burning out and need to regroup, myself included.
watertiger | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:02 pm |
My boss was so looking forward to her vacay three weeks ago. She and her hubby picked up some virus right before the cruise, and she is still having GI problems. They'll probably have to have another vacay to recover from this one.
And I don't get to go to Chicago until October. I'm not gonna make it.
NTodd, you have mail.
huh? that's weird.
stoopid yahoo!
cellphone handy?
am currently watching a documentary on BBC Four called Once Upon A Time In New York
Director Ben Whalley travels to New York for the closing of the club CBGB, first opened in 1973 and to find out how punk, disco and hip hop all emerged in 1970s New York.
During the 70s a new wave of punk rock evolved in lower Manhattan including The New York Dolls, The Ramones and the Patti Smith Group. While downtown loft parties spawned the birth of disco, Bronx DJs such as Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa created their own block parties, heralding the birth of hip hop.
i think a lot of people are burning out and need to regroup, myself included.
A friend in my neck of the woods just got his working visa for New Zealand.
Things like that make me think about regrouping. Getting the fuck out of Dodge, finally.
Because our A. is A., I vote he be in charge of the Steve Gilliard Blogger Development Fund. He can (as I have suggested more than once to him) set up a small not-for-profit to collect funds and distribute them. Easy-peasy - doesn't have to be a federal not for profit, a state will do just fine.
I am deeply saddened. I loved reading his stuff. He will be missed.
Months are, after all, human not natural constructs.
Well, calendar months under our current system, yes. But MOONths were based on moon cycles in many cultures...
yeah, i think a lot of people are burning out and need to regroup, myself included.
Oh, yes.
Buckeye, drop me a line when you're in Chicago. We can have coffee.
A.
pseudonymous in nc | 06.02.07 - 5:08 pm | #
what will he do there? workwise, I mean.
Leading the charge from Cheney's office to bomb Iran, Wurmser
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In interviews, people who have spoken with Mr. Cheney's staff have confirmed the broad outlines of the reports, and said that some of the hawkish statements to outsiders had been made by David Wurmser, a former Pentagon official who is now the principal deputy assistant to Mr. Cheney for national security affairs. The accounts were provided by people who expressed alarm about the statements, but refused to be quoted by name.
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The NYT has taken notice.
Well, calendar months under our current system, yes. But MOONths were based on moon cycles in many cultures...
NTodd, Fart Smeller
And we thought they were lunatics...
g8-summit
It's not like the Full Moons are happening more often when 2 occur in one month.
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Why isn't the "new moon" called the "empty moon"?
Things like that make me think about regrouping. Getting the fuck out of Dodge, finally.
Mr. A and I keep talking about either moving house, or selling the house and all our shit, and taking a three-month trip somewhere.
It seems like it's a time of transition for a lot of people.
A.
OT: Iran's Interior Minister, Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, has started promoting temporary marriage as a solution to the country's social problems.
Shia Islam allows a man and woman to marry for a fixed period of time, ranging from an hour to a century.
A man can also have any number of temporary marriages - or sigheh, as they are known.
However, Iranian society still looks down on temporary marriage as a cover for prostitution.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...ast/
6714885.stm
I'm sure Googling will turn up a treasure trove of information on the subject, but off the top of my head I believe that 4:00AM is traditionally considered "The Hour of the Wolf", because supposedly many people die during that hour.
I don't know if this is a traditional notion, or something modern derived from actual data (e.g. hospital records, police reports). Isn't it more or less the hour that is "darkest before the dawn?"
Not to get all Joseph Campbell about it.
Why isn't the "new moon" called the "empty moon"?
Elmer, PHD
Because the full moon is the mid-point of the lunar cycle. The "old moon" is the end.
Months are, after all, human not natural constructs.
Well, calendar months under our current system, yes. But MOONths were based on moon cycles in many cultures...
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:09 pm | #
are there calendars without humans to mark the passage of time or provide the framework?
Why isn't the "new moon" called the "empty moon"?
Elmer, PHD |
And why is it called first quarter when it's half way to being full?
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"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said at a news conference, calling it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
Somehow this thing just smells funny.
People caught on to the authoritarian "alert colors" and tired of that. People caught on to 9/11 being an inside job and the republicans lost their ass on that. The most truly terrifying aspect of the synthetic terror industry underpinning our New Economy is that in order to convince everyone to hand over their Constitution, taxes and firstborn child to maintain the sweet, sweet profit/control nexus they've got going here, the real terrorists have to sustain the level, but human beings adjust and adapt to anything in an amazingly resilient way, so the terror industrial complex, like the oil/war paradigm, has to keep ratcheting and dramatizing to maintain the consensus opinion that we "need" ever-higher and, naturally, more intrusive levels of "protecting. It's a protection racket, and this JFK thing may very well have been legit, which highlights another aspect of the gambit: the meme automatically generates a bunch of copycats and wannabees on their own, so its all a zero-sum game no matter how you look at it, except of course, for the profiteers. They're loving it.
Someone linked to Gilliard once and after I read him the first time he became a four or five times daily necessity for me.
He was smart, he wrote very well and about the only time I didn't read him was when he went prolix on a subject that I didn't know anything about.
I know I am far from alone in saying I will miss his commentary because I have missed it, tremendously, since he became ill.
Sleep well and peacefully, Steve. You will be missed.
Why isn't the "new moon" called the "empty moon"? | Elmer, PHD
Because traditionally, the "new" moon is considered an aspect of a physical transformation from a ginormous green cheese to a new potato to small to be seen from Earth.
Why isn't the "new moon" called the "empty moon"? | Elmer, PHD
because all you might see is the circular outline.
Mr. A and I keep talking about either moving house, or selling the house and all our shit, and taking a three-month trip somewhere.
It seems like it's a time of transition for a lot of people.
Y'all wanna work in South Cackalacky?
And why is it called first quarter when it's half way to being full?
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Agent Orange
And where the fuck does "gibbous" come from?
Hmmm, perhaps I should compose another in my series of made-up answers, claiming a connection with gibbons.
"The devastation that would be caused had this plot succeeded is just unthinkable," U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said at a news conference, calling it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
I guess I would have someone close the valve feeding the jet fuel to the fire.
btw You want devastating, think LNG storage tanks...reallly big LNG tanks.
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He pleasantly replied, "It's 'moss', but I'll answer to anything."
Knew a fambly from Kentucky, had a daughter named Charlotte. Pronounced--and they brooked no argument on this--"Shalottie". Famblies have their reasons, I suppose...
"...,Steve Gilliard Fellowship that puts a laptop and scratch money in the hands of someone who'd not be writing otherwise."
--pseudonymous in nc
i would throw some dollars at that.
Hmmm, perhaps I should compose another in my series of made-up answers, claiming a connection with gibbons.
Little Brøther | 06.02.07 - 5:18 pm | #
when the sky is red from lots of volcanic activity what does that look like?
i think a lot of people are burning out and need to regroup, myself included.
A friend in my neck of the woods just got his working visa for New Zealand.
Things like that make me think about regrouping. Getting the fuck out of Dodge, finally.
pseudonymous in nc | 06.02.07 - 5:08 pm |
Can your friend adopt me? I think I need three months in Abel Tasman NP alone.
And where the fuck does "gibbous" come from?
Hmmm, perhaps I should compose another in my series of made-up answers, claiming a connection with gibbons.
Little Brøther |
iirc it comes from the Latin (?) for doubly curved or something like that.
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Gibbous:
1. Convex, rounded, protuberant.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 167 In oon side he is gibbous, & in {th}e to{th}er side he is more playn. 1548-77 VICARY Anat. viii. (188
69 The forme of the lyuer is gibbous or bunchy on the back side. 1615 CROOKE Body of Man 636 The exterior superficies of this gristle is conuex or gibbous. a1646 J. GREGORY Maps & Charts in Posthuma (1650) 307 The Globe of the Moon..is as solid and gibbous as that of this Earth and Water. 1677 PLOT Oxfordsh. 117 In Cowley-common we meet only with the gibbous, and not the flat shell of the petrified Oyster. 1737 Gaudentio di Lucca 101 All the new Philosophers allow the Earth to be Spheroidal and Gibbous towards the Equator. 1766 PENNANT Zool. (176 I. 213 The gibbous substance on their head. 1849 MURCHISON Siluria ix. 195 That section..which has both valves gibbous. 1881 G. BUSK in Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. Jan. 8 The outer border..sharp and nearly straight, and the inner as it were gibbous.
b. Bot. ‘Very convex or tumid..this term should be restricted to solid convexities’ (Lindley).
1757 Phil. Trans. L. 66 The calyx is a gibbous permanent periantheum. 1805 J. GALPINE Brit. Bot. (1806) 274 Calyx gibbous. 1845 LINDLEY Sch. Bot. vi. (185 103 Corolla without a spur, gibbous at the base. 1861 MISS PRATT Flower. Pl. V. 327 Order Pistiaceæ..(Gibbous Duck~weed). Fronds inversely egg-shaped, hemispherical beneath. 1872 OLIVER Elem. Bot. II. 136 Observe [in Common Fumitory] the irregular corolla, one of the petals being gibbous at the base.
c. Astr. Said of the moon or a planet when the illuminated portion exceeds a semicircle, but is less than a circle.
1690 LEYBOURN Curs. Math. 449 She is liable to the same variety of changes as the Moon, sometimes almost Full, at other times Gibbous. 1755 B. MARTIN Mag. Arts & Sci. 122 She is then said to be gibbous; and this Phase or Aspect increases till she comes to the Situation E, where she is in Opposition to the Sun. 1834 SIR H. TAYLOR 2nd Pt. Artevelde V. iii, The gibbous moon was in a wan decline. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 3/1 Mars likewise appears gibbous when near the quadratures of the sun.
Comb. 1839 BAILEY Festus xix. (184 198 Many moons and planets full, crescent, or gibbous-faced.
2. Of persons and animals: Hunch-backed; having a hump. Of a part of the body: Hump-shaped. gibbous wrasse, a fish (see quot. 1769).
are there calendars without humans to mark the passage of time or provide the framework?
Yes, especially when they fall into Pope shit in the woods.
And why is it called first quarter when it's half way to being full?
because it's quarter of the way through the entire cycle.
or were you just being snarky?
note: it's always actually full. and never blue. and hecate can't turn me into a newt. i hope.
gibbous etymology:
[f. L. gibb-us hump + -OUS.
this is profoundly sad news. steve was, hands down, one of the best -- right up there with digby. his knowledge of military history and his refusal to wallow in despair at what has been done to our country -- reminding us that there have been much darker days that we have overcome -- are going to be terribly missed.
rest in peace, friend. safe travels.
when the sky is red from lots of volcanic activity what does that look like?
therealhellkitty |
Unnoticable during normal daylight hours (it's not really red) but weeks and weeks of unusually colorful sunrises and sunsets.
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Yes, especially when they fall into Pope shit in the woods.
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:21 pm | #
now you are really beginning to make sense.
note: it's always actually full. and never blue. and hecate can't turn me into a newt. i hope.
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:22 pm | #
There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.
Sailor, I like the cut of your gibbous.
or were you just being snarky?
Who me?
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Actually, the moon doesn't even exist.
when the sky is red from lots of volcanic activity what does that look like?
therealhellkitty |
Unnoticable during normal daylight hours (it's not really red) but weeks and weeks of unusually colorful sunrises and sunsets.
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Agent Orange
"They say the fucking smog is the fucking reason you have such beautiful fucking sunsets."
Actually, the moon doesn't even exist.
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:24 pm | #
its just your ego that causes the tides, right?
Actually, the moon doesn't even exist.
You take that back, Tastee Freez heathen!
- The Moon
Again, my troubles are de minimis compared to others, but when it's 4 in the morning and I'm alone with my thoughts, they're huge
I've been having lots of run away fantasies lately, too. And when I'm awake during the Hour of the Wolf it gets worse.
Steve G. was one of the first bloggers I read, and got me involved in all of this. Very sad news, indeed.
How does this relate to the ecclesiastical "gibbous this day our daily bread"?
"They say the fucking smog is the fucking reason you have such beautiful fucking sunsets."
jac |
Sure smog will cause dull reddening but the volcanic dust in the stratosphere makes for some pretty color combinations and the great sunsets (rises).
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its just your ego that causes the tides, right?
Not just the tides, babe. I make the entire Cosmos go 'round. Which means we're actually in a closed universe, so eventually it will collapse back on itself.
Indeed, all of history has led up to me. I am the ultimate culmination of all that has been and ever will be. Which is why I'm always puzzled that my blog doesn't get more traffic.
And when I'm awake during the Hour of the Wolf it gets worse.
Hard times in Babylon.
And why is it called first quarter when it's half way to being full?
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Agent Orange
Yeah, wazzup widdat?. "1st quarter moon" is viewed at 90 degrees, making the terminator vertical, making it appear as a half moon.
A couple of great posts from Gilliard's Daily Kos days.
That second one is esp. for Watertiger!
NTodd has photos of the moon on his nonblog. What does this mean?
Rest in Peace Mr Gilliard. Your words live on.
Indeed, all of history has led up to me. I am the ultimate culmination of all that has been and ever will be. Which is why I'm always puzzled that my blog doesn't get more traffic.
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:28 pm | #
you have a blog? who knew?
Not just the tides, babe. I make the entire Cosmos go 'round.
So Baby Doc Bush is your fault?
Sure smog will cause dull reddening but the volcanic dust in the stratosphere makes for some pretty color combinations and the great sunsets (rises).
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Agent Orange
*Ahem*
Yeah, wazzup widdat?. "1st quarter moon" is viewed at 90 degrees, making the terminator vertical, making it appear as a half moon.
Elmer, PHD |
And what about the 3rd quarter. Who skipped the 2nd quarter?
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Not just the tides, babe. I make the entire Cosmos go 'round. Which means we're actually in a closed universe, so eventually it will collapse back on itself.
Indeed, all of history has led up to me. I am the ultimate culmination of all that has been and ever will be. Which is why I'm always puzzled that my blog doesn't get more traffic.
NTodd
There is no NTodd.
Why isn't the "new moon" called the "empty moon"? | Elmer, PHD
because all you might see is the circular outline.
therealhellkitty
Which, in a Solar Eclipse, it just what you see. An empty Ring of Fire.
Cue Johnny Cash...
you have a blog? who knew?
Sorry "blog traffic" is a euphemism for "wild sex."
And what about the 3rd quarter. Who skipped the 2nd quarter?
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Agent Orange
Two quarters = fiddycents.
Need I say more?
speaking of movies, Godfather II is on tonight.
Who skipped the 2nd quarter?
Well, that would be the full moon . . .
People caught on to the authoritarian "alert colors" and tired of that.
It sure took Kevin Drum a while to "catch on", if he ever did; I well remember being astonished at his suggestion that it was a good idea in its way, provided it was administered responsibly.
It's so hard to decide just how bamboozled We the People remain-- whether the effects of the 9/11 Ultra-Xenophobic Fear & Loathing Hysteria virus ever wear off. As preposterous and gimmicked-up as these public terrorism busts invariably prove to be, I'm not sure that they still don't reinforce idiotic submission to authority and law enforcement to protect Us from Them.
It seems certain that many ordinary citizens engage in routine doublethink, simultaneously accepting that we have to be Over There so They Don't Come Over Here, but also believing that They are coming over here in any case, which somehow proves the point and justifies the status quo.
I guess this is why it's said that Fear is the mind-killer.
That's sad. Rest in peace, Steve.
Sorry "blog traffic" is a euphemism for "wild sex."
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:31 pm | #
so, does the tastee freeze have one of those hit counters on the back door?
I've really been enjoying my "blog traffic" of late.
I guess this is why it's said that Fear is the mind-killer.
Actually, that was a mistranslation from the original Aramaic: spear is the mime-killer.
Here's a couple of brief "pop culture" posts from Gilliard.
Kinda neat...
Who skipped the 2nd quarter?
Well, that would be the full moon . . .
Snow, Picking Nits
Does the waxing crescent ever get a 'waxy buildup'?
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Actually, that was a mistranslation from the original Aramaic: spear is the mime-killer.
I thought shrinking invisible boxes were mime killers.
note: it's always actually full. and never blue. and hecate can't turn me into a newt. i hope.
NTodd, Fart Smeller
There's already one Newt, which is enough for any world. I have heard, though, about a frog shortage, so...tread lightly...
Does the waxing crescent ever get a 'waxy buildup'?
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Agent Orange | 06.02.07 - 5:34 pm | #
one carnuba know can one?
I've really been enjoying my "blog traffic" of late.
You realize you're nearing your credit limit, right?
so, does the tastee freeze have one of those hit counters on the back door?
No, I just put notches in my penis to keep track. I'm a traditionalist.
It's bad, bad news when we lose a brain and conscience like his. What a rare guy!
I'm still bummed out that Steve G. died.
Reading Jen's reports on his condition made me think he might never blog again, but I'm sad nonetheless.
Sad about Steve Gilliard.
Peace.
Para tí hermano.
People caught on to the authoritarian "alert colors" and tired of that.
Historically the alert colors will proove we were all insane - at least DHS was along with the White House.
btw Can anyone here can use a crate full of duct tape rolls.
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The Bene Gesserit had silvery teeth and spoke Aramaic, or did I used to splash on Aramaic in the 70s ?
speaking of movies, Godfather II is on tonight.
Fredo, you broke my heart.
Here's an ancient interview with Gilliard at Netslaves.
And a picture I'd never seen before!
Once again, the wrong people are dying.
So long, Steve. Thanks for everything.
RIP
with Lucia Popp as Sophia and Brigitte Fassbaender
Moonbootica, Brigitta Fassbaender is my boss! She doesn't perform anymore, but has established herself as a capable stage director. She loves Britten's music, by the way.
No, I just put notches in my penis to keep track. I'm a traditionalist.
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 5:35 pm | #
I remember the days when you would just tie a knot in it at equal distance apart. now that was old school
K-Lo in tears over HuffPo commenter meanies
War Criminal-in-Chief and his Attorney Genicle— so named because he's the Commander's left ball!
He was a good writer. He was a good voice. He was a good man. A great loss for all of us.
Damn, 41. And Crashcart will grunt his way to 90, probably.
I realize the Dems have their hands full already with Bush scandals, but I'd really like some hearings on the phony terror alerts that Bushco was calling at politically convenient moments. Funny how there hasn't been a single alert since the 2004 election.
Damn, I loved Steve Gilliard. Damn.
I guess this is why it's said that Fear is the mind-killer.
Little Brøther
And Mind is the fear-killer, so the universe remains in balance...
War Criminal-in-Chief and his Attorney Genicle— so named because he's the Commander's left ball! | P O'Neill
Hey, that's my line! Are you seriously saying that K-Lo cited it?
PS: I only know K-Lo through Eschaton references, but I think I did good!
The good die young; the bad, the spirits don't want.
BTW, Gilliard's old blogspot address is still up, if you want to check out his archives.
I've really been enjoying my "blog traffic" of late.
You realize you're nearing your credit limit, right?
I thought you'd canceled my account!
Moonbootica, Brigitta Fassbaender is my boss! She doesn't perform anymore, but has established herself as a capable stage director. She loves Britten's music, by the way.
Marcellina | 06.02.07 - 5:38 pm | #
cool
♥ Jenny from the Blog ♥
I think it would be appropiate that cnn, msnbc, etc. would announce that a major blogger had died.
You can get to know K-Lo real well at Rising Hegemon!
Just popping in to say I'm sad.
I didn't know Steve aside from a few e-mail exchanges but I admired his deep historical knowledge.
My best to Jen.
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I think it would be appropiate that cnn, msnbc, etc. would announce that a major blogger had died.
mer
They don't give a damn.
So far as they're concerned, it's less competition.
Hi, Jenny from the Blog.
However, seeing Jenny improves my mood somewhat.
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None of us know when our time is up. There's still some daylight left if you're in the Western Hemisphere right now. Walk away from the computer.Go out. Look at the scenery. Just live.
Tomorrow you can beat yourself up for not being where you want to be in your life, but for today, just breathe. Be happy you're alive.
It's not necessary that cable news note it, the people to whom it means something will find out on the tubes.
Caught myself thinking of Heinlein's "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", and another quote, having nothing whatever to do with RAH's favorite celestial body, popped into my head;
"Butterflies aren't insects. Ther are self-propelled flowers"
We now return you to all things lunatical...
I thought you'd canceled my account!
I never delete accounts in arrears.
None of us know when our time is up.
I do. It's part of the curse from the Gift.
Too much death. I'm almost afraid turn on the computer or T.V. any more. I'm just sick of it.
Scanning through the thread, this seems to me a fitting tribute to which I can add nothing except "me, too."
Farewell to "the real SteveG."
I never delete accounts in arrears.
NTodd is often arrears behind the tastee freeze.
"History teaches us that the advancement of weapons technology, rather than eliminating warfare - only escalates it. In an era of missiles and nuclear weapons, war has begun to threaten the existence of the entire global community. Such an eventuality can only be avoided by relying on reason and the cooperation of all human beings. At such a time, it would be better to reduce the number of spears rather than increase the number of shields; it is better to stop war than prepare for it; and it is better to seek collective rather than individual security." Yes, this bit of wisdom is buried in a rather pointed screed against the US hypocrisy on the issue, and, yes, the editorial for the most part is laced with anti-American venom, but the point is well-taken and well-expressed. -Cabdrollery
Yes and No. "Collective rather than individual security" writ large or small is the essence of the totalitarian globalist appeal. Life is not safe, and They who would trade etc. Entirely buying into the notion of security uber alles is part of an old, old agenda: http://www.CuttingThroughTheMatrix.net
Decentralized individual rights are what the American way has traditionally been about. We dirty fucking hippies and the genuine actual conservatives as opposed to the Thompson twins are a whole heck of alot closer on this than the media has or will ever let on.
"None of us know when our time is up."
--Marcellina
So very true. Car crash. Heart attack. Falling tree. Old age. Sickness.
As Vicki said upstream, live every minute to the fullest your live gives you.
Wiretap recording of JFK terrorists - "Even the Twin Towers can't touch it. This can destroy the economy of America for some time,"
Dare to be stupid?
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Too much death. I'm almost afraid turn on the computer or T.V. any more. I'm just sick of it.
We're living in ugly times. There's something in the air; everyone I know is in a funk.
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NTodd is often arrears behind the tastee freeze.
Notice, these kind of comments neve3r result in bans. Just the comments mentioning money.
Ban me forever, Wanker!
Quintessential Gilliard:
In a sop to the liberals, and NBC employee, Larry O'Donnell (producer of the West Wing) got an MSNBC show. It seems he got the Good Doctor Savage's spot. Anyway, he had a bunch of people on, including Penn Jillette... some California consultant named Flavia, Coulter and someone I forget.
At one point in the discussion, Coulter describes a Howard Dean rally as "like Nuremberg". No one, not O'Donnell, not this Flavia chick, no one challenged her.
That made me stop (what I was doing). I mean, that's crazy talk. And Larry and crew let it pass. Which is what they always do with crazy Annie. She's sitting in a East Hampton house, proof she has friends, of some sort, Crazy Annie says crazy shit and people either ignore it or get steamrolled.
What someone needs to do next time is this:
What? Did you just compare a gathering of Americans to a rally of Nazis? Let me understand you here, are you comparing Howard Dean and his supporters to the Nazi Party. The Nazi Party who murdered men, women and children? I want to know something, Ann. You went to Cornell, you have a law degree. Are words so cheap to you, so meaningless, you would defame Americans who are execising their civil duty to be involved in politics? You owe those people an apology. What you said was not only unfair, but completely uncalled for. Just like Joe Conason has no right to get into your sex life, you have no right to defame people who disagree with you with such savage, unfair language.
Larry should have cut off her mike for that. You wouldn't compare a Bush rally to a skinhead meeting, not even as a joke. As long as everyone treats her words as some sort of political freak show, she'll get away with this crap. Someone is going to have to either walk out or cut off her mike to get her to move towards some semblence of civility.
But you have to remember, these folks drink with her, fuck her, socialize with her. They may play liberal or conservative on TV, but in the real world, Crazy Annie is a member of the club... You have to realize that even if they exchange harsh words for your amusement, when they leave, it's all drinks and jokes and maybe a little slap and tickle.
That's how Crazy Pat Buchanan got away with his racist screeds for so long. People like him. He's a nice guy and his door is always open for his friends. When people had marriage issues or needed advice, he was the guy they went to. Until he wrote about fighting Stalin over Hitler and then people flipped. Coulter gets the same protecion. Until she really says something indefensible, and she's crafy enough to avoid it about blacks or jews, she'll get a pass. Either because they like her, or feel sorry for her or want to fuck her.
Ban me forever, Wanker!
Show.
Me.
The.
Money.
We're living in ugly times. There's something in the air; everyone I know is in a funk.
spork_incident
And we will not become One Nation Under A Groove until we Give Up The Funk.
Free Yo Mind And Yo Ass Will Follow.
Rest in peace, Steve.
RIP Steve - he had the best grasp of military history - he saw the folly as well as the sorrow, especially of colonial wars. I'd kick for some memorial.
or did I used to splash on Aramaic in the 70s ?
plantsman, plant geek
I gave myself a black eye with Hai Karate once, and nobody believed me. Nobody! Thay all said it musta been a doorknob...
Devastated.
I'm looking for my favorite Steve post right now and not finding it. It was one about how when you beat the Republicans on an issue like Katrina or Schiavo, you need to keep your knee on their throat and keep pounding them.
This is such sad news. Never met the man, but I very much admired Steve Gilliard's fighting spirit, clear thinking, and vivid, no-BS way of expressing himself. He will be greatly missed.
Condolences to Jen, the other News Bloggers and Steve's family.
I can't spell.
We're living in ugly times. There's something in the air; everyone I know is in a funk.
spork_incident
It ain't just that, it's having a minority in this country that revel in it.
I'm familiar with the actual etymology, but for all that I never will understand why butterflies aren't instead called "flutter-bys". 
This offends my sense of justice no end, comparable to my feeling for the abominable fluke that the mortal plague of "corporations" was released from the Pandora's Box of a clerk's hasty headnote in a SCOTUS decision. Thus was legal "personhood" conferred upon corporations, which proved to be an elixir far more potent than any steroid in promoting metastatic growth. And creating a sociotechnic predatory monster that devours and digests democratic capitalist nation-states.
Sometimes I have a little trouble with my sense of scale.
Ya'll want to come over to my house and get drunk and watch Harold and Maude?
Last night, Atrios linked to an ABC story about plans to keep troop levels high long past September.
Guess what happen to it...
ABC News publishes, then deletes Pentagon story to keep troops in Iraq beyond 2009
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonl...6/2/163815/
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"...Harold and Maude?"
--DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy
Yes.
"None of us know when our time is up."
--Marcellina
Somebody falls out of an airplane fucking well knows it by the time he hits the ground, you can bet on that.
And a character in a Heinlein or Niven novel would be trying to calculate the exact instant...
Ya'll want to come over to my house and get drunk and watch Harold and Maude?
DWD, what a great idea. I'm a little too far away to drop by, but I have the dvd, and I'll play it. A little bit of spiritual solidarity.
What are you drinking?
There's nothing I can add- sad about Gilliard.
I feel like I'm trapped in Hunter F. Thompson's raving reality, where good men die, and the righteous are mocked.
"Harold and Maude"
Watched it with my son. He loved it until maude died, then told me "why the fuck did you let me watch this" and did not speak to me for hours. I never could explain to him why the movie went like that.
Somebody falls out of an airplane fucking well knows it by the time he hits the ground, you can bet on that.
That guy who free-fell to earth after his parachute failed was quoted later as thinking, what a stupid way to die. And then he miraculously survived.
But what I actually meant was, one can plan for the future and still get hit by that bus tomorrow.
mer sez:
I can't spell.
I can't dance.
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R.I.P. - FTW
Unfortunately, with all of the medication I am taking, it is strictly coffee and water. But the thought is a good one.
Maude dying is sad but necessary. That is what I would tell him. We all die, at least she lived. Most people never live before they die and that is sad.
Watched it with my son. He loved it until maude died, then told me "why the fuck did you let me watch this" and did not speak to me for hours. I never could explain to him why the movie went like that.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher | 06.02.07 - 5:59 pm | #
That ending is a bummer...
Jun-07 2
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A new month starts.
Ya'll want to come over to my house and get drunk and watch Harold and Maude?
I think I'll do the same, while watching Borat. Door's open, beer is in the cooler by said door.
For those in the mood for Saturday eatage, "Deep Blue Sea" is about to come on.
I think I'll do the same, while watching Borat. Door's open, beer is in the cooler by said door.
Thanx. Where's the pisser?
"Maude dying is sad but necessary. That is what I would tell him. We all die, at least she lived. Most people never live before they die and that is sad."
tried it- no sale. eh - I get it and |I love the movie so maybe that'll have to be enough.
Barndog asks:
Ya'll want to come over to my house and get drunk and watch Harold and Maude?
I can be there in about ten hours. Is that too late?
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I am currently watching Sgt Pepper: It Was 40 years ago Today... on BBC 2
To mark the 40th anniversary of Sgt Pepper, its engineer Geoff Emerick heads back to the studio with today's top artists to create new versions of tracks from the album.
I am currently watching Sgt Pepper: It Was 40 years ago Today... on BBC 2
To mark the 40th anniversary of Sgt Pepper, its engineer Geoff Emerick heads back to the studio with today's top artists to create new versions of tracks from the album.
Moonbootica, Graduee | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 6:04 pm | #
Gilly turns green with envy....
Just came in to stir the brisket.... Outside, sitting in the pool, reading _The Assault on Reason_.
Ladies and germs, this is a campaign book, there is no doubt whatsoever in my mind. Last time I read anything along these lines it was _Conscience of a Conservative_.... No, it's not a comparison of content, but of intent.
All you people can have some barbecue here if you want. I've got some watermelon too, and I could stop and get some corn and roast it. And I have beer!
41!
fuck.
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Jun-07 2
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A new month starts.
Yes, but the daily average is less than one-quarter of May's, proving The Suuuuuurge is woooooorking!
BREAKING: MAN ARRESTED FOR PLANNING TO GIVE CHENEY A HOTFOOT.
I can be there in about ten hours. Is that too late?
Broccoli, swiss and ham Quiche, with hash browns for breakfast.
I saw Borat on DVD a few weeks ago. I bit too much over the top for me.
Yes, but the daily average is less than one-quarter of May's, proving The Suuuuuurge is woooooorking!
How would you know? You never died.
For those in the mood for Saturday eatage, "Deep Blue Sea" is about to come on.
Mmm...Saphron Burrows.
And best unexpected death scene EVAH!
I am currently watching Sgt Pepper: It Was 40 years ago Today... on BBC 2
VH1 is showing a Hootie and the Blowfish retrospective
Excuse me: Saffron. Just like my old cat. Not like how the vet spelled it.
Well, that's that then: Dinner at GWPDA and then a movie and refreshments here.
Damn Larry Niven: why didn't he just INVENT the damn transfer booth technology instead of writing about it.
I bit?
A bit.
Damn typos!
Yes, but the daily average is less than one-quarter of May's, proving The Suuuuuurge is woooooorking!
NTodd, Fart Smeller
But its only two days, and yesterday they were all in mosques.
Soon, they'll start arresting people for thinking rude thoughts about selected people.
Holy crap. Wonder if Vicki escaped that quarter sized hail.
Heading right my way too. Pray for the garden to survive. All that kale, collards, my tomatos... ARRRRRGGHHHH!!!!!!!!
Heading right my way too. Pray for the garden to survive. All that kale, collards, my tomatos... ARRRRRGGHHHH!!!!!!!!
Barndog, alpha hippy
Quick! Lay out the sheets and towels and blankies!
Anti-G8 protests, and a massive boost for the German left.
Who the hell is Saffron Burrows?
[...]
(checks the Google)
[borat]Very niiiice.[/borat]
(See how it all ties together?)
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Barndog, don't know what you guys are doing wrong but it is lovely here. Bright sun and light winds. The LAKE is as smooth as glass.
Saffron Burrows has been pretty damn busy. She's got 5 movies in the process of being made, and over 20 credits since 2001...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004787/
FYI I was joking about the Cheney story.
Upon further review, it sounded real enough that someone might actually think they arrested someone for plotting to give Cheney a hotfoot.
So, in conclusion, its just a JOKE.
OK, back to whatever you were doing...
"I am currently watching Sgt Pepper: It Was 40 years ago Today... on BBC 2"
You scared me for a second, Moon. I just had a horrible flashback to that BeeGees movie.
New thread above.
Saffron Burrows has been pretty damn busy. She's got 5 movies in the process of being made, and over 20 credits since 2001...
And all that while being my steady girlfriend!
And sheets, btw.
Saffron Burrows has been pretty damn busy. She's got 5 movies in the process of being made, and over 20 credits since 2001...
And all that while being my steady girlfriend!
NTodd, Fart Smeller | Homepage | 06.02.07 - 6:14 pm | #
You should see my girlfriend , Paprika Kerouac
• The Unitard™ recently cheerfully expressed the wish or intention to keep Iraq garrisoned with US military forces for the next half-century, i.e. until further notice.
• Georgeann Geyer recently reports that "Friends of his [the Unitard™] from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated 'I am the president!' He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of 'our country's destiny'."
• Not that it was exactly a secret, but just this week detailed images of the Amerikan mega-embassy fortress compound under construction in Baghdad were publicized.
Not to drift into unwelcome Woodyness, but this last item seriously calls into question the intent of our political elite to withdraw and truly diminish the Amerikan footprint in Iraq. The embassy is, I believe, exactly analogous to the Zionist practice in Israel of deliberately building homes, settlements, and communities on land upon which the occupants have no legal claim or entitlement, and have been expressly prohibited from using.
The point is to create a fait accompli, and of course it would be a shame to waste a perfectly lovely Death Star once you've gone to the trouble and expense of building it, no?
And there's no widespread public outcry. And concomitantly, there's no leadership from the complicit political elite-- which, face it, is the majority in both parties, and the party leadership-- challenging the status quo and appropriately decrying it to We the People.
Instead, there's a standing wave of acquiescence to the illicit authority of the ruling cabal...
OK, hold that thought, and I'll be back as soon as I can think of an upbeat closer.
I'm going to miss that guy. I'd agree with him one minute and vow never to read his blog again the next. Never did.
A great writer. For me his series on colonialism was a landmark of what blogs were capable of achieving. The sheer volume of information was amazing enough but his brilliant analysis took it to the next level.
Besides that he wrote some of the funniest photo captions I've ever read.
Thanks Steve.
I never had much to agree with in Steve's writing. I wasn't a fan, but I have a great deal of resepct for him. I've known him, in the online sense, since the NetSlaves days and he was always true to his convictions.
RIP
RIP Steve. The next chickenhawk troll I slap down somewhere will be in your honor.
I'm truly sad to hear of his passing. Strength and comfort to his family and friends.
"On not saving Darfur"
We can't even save New Orleans,
god I'm so sorry to hear this. Steve always spoke the truth. I've missed his voice over the past few months, and now it's gone.
Why does it sometimes seem like vampires like Cheney live on and on and the ones who are really good and bring something to our world are lost...rhetorical question, I know.
Good bye Steve. Jen, you are in our thoughts.
A wonderful person and a true American.
Steve was an online friend since the days of alt.showbiz.gossip. We never met, but he helped me find a job when I really needed it. He was a tremendous writer, full of passion and anger and joy, and I'll miss him.
Someone up above mentioned that wretched things like Cheney keep going.
It's weird but that kind of thinking really kept me from worrying too much about Gilliard -- I thought "oh, it'll be a bitch but they'll fix him up."
I'm devastated.
I'm doubly devastated for Jen and all that she has done.
I lost all four of my grandparents too young (although none as young as 41 -- they were between 64 and 69 when they died), and I have an idea of what Steve's family is going through.
We'll keep fighting Gilly, but it would've been better to keep fighting with you.
I'll miss you man. Your voice, your ideas. You rocked.
Sean
This is a terrible loss. I offer my condolences to his family, friends, loved ones, and Jen.
We have lost a really remarkable truth-teller.
Peace, brother. I'm going to miss you for a long time.
Oh god. This is horrible.
Steve and I didn't see eye to eye on everything, but he was honest and genuine about who he was and what he felt and saw. He was quite a voice of justice and calling hypocrisy when he saw it. He will be missed.
"But I've been depressed, so I've been doing a lot of sleeping and nothing."
"I've been very down as well, Vicki. But the thing that keeps me going are my friends and family and reaching out to connect with others."
"Steve will be sorely missed. His acerbic body blows were pure enlightenment."
watertiger
-I've had a close friend die within the past 48 hours; now this.
I am not in a good mood.
I enjoyed Steve's blog; good analysis, passionate in his beliefs, didn't suffer fools gladly.
I'm going to miss him.
My condolences to his family and friends.
this is really TEH SUCK. gilliard was really a guy with a lot of heart, and he will be missed truly!
Goddamned hell! This year has really, really sucked so far. God, you fucking owe us now!
My profound sympathies to Jen and Steve's family. Take good care of yourselves!
^^^^Marq
Wow, this is terrible. He was one of the more unique posters on the internet. The world will miss him.
Steve was an inredible writer and blogger (two very different things). He had a unique voice in the bloggosphere and he was extremely loving and thoughtful to his regular posters, often joining the comment thread to agree or disagree (firmly!) with them but showing he'd read and thought about their points and remembered them even if they posted infrequently. His interests were wide and his enthusiasms wider. He was, as atrios says, a streeghtfighter online but also a nice, generous, thoughtful guy. I'm crushed I never got to meet him. My thoughts are with Jen and his real world family, and his on line family. He was an incredible guy and he leaves a gaping hole in the bloggosphere.
aimai
Dear God:
I will gladly let you take Jeff Godlstein, Charles Johnson AND Acehole Spades, if you will only give us Gilly back. Thank you.
Fuck.
As someone who has enjoied his blog for years, I hope his friends and family can at least take comfort in knowing that his fearless spirit gave hope to many people during the Bush years.
Steve will be missed.
Damn! Damn! I was afraid of this. When I heard about how bad it was this time, I was afraid of this. He was a powerful, passionate voice against the republican machine. I will sorely miss reading him. He had fight. I was so hoping that fight would pull him through this.
I hope they don't follow through on the plan I saw to simply make the site go away after 30 days. Steve's words should be left out there for people to read, long, long after this.
for every gem he wrote he spewed 25 more
there are better voices for we liberals than someone who can't allow others to practice free speech when they disagree with him
rip? bfd.
There's a Harvey Keitel line in a Tarantino movie: "Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you have character".
Steve Gilliard was a character who had character to spare!
Sorely missed.
And nobigloss, you're a fucking waste of space.
I am so sad to hear this terrible news, I was so hoping Steve would pull through.
The man was a huge treasure and one of the great ones. I loved his mind, his commentary, and his generous spirit.
You will be missed greatly and I weep for your loss.
Stay strong, Jen, we are all here for you.
NBL- a true douchebag. Go fuck yourself.
Almost every day something happens and I wonder what Steve would have to say about it.
Fuck the fucking Yankees, and fuck the fucking fuckers...
I'm pissed off and sad beyond words. Steve Gilliard was one of the very best bloggers, and one of the handful I would check many times a day. Found him, like many others, in Kos before and during the Iraq invasion, and with Billmon, he was one of the only ones to see what was coming. And with Billmon, he was one of the 2 who was the most able to show what was wrong with the whole wingnut thing, with the war, and one of the 2 who had enough anger at what was going on to accurately represent how pissed I was and am with all of this.
Then Billmon went offline once and for all.
Then Gilly...
I so feared this day that I checked the site fewer times with every passing week, and had an awful feeling when Jen said she wouldn't report further.
Blog depression, damn...
I want to see Bush and his whole house of cards go down, go down hard, to vindicate Steve for all the crap he took from rightwing and Vichy Dems.
My thoughts and best wishes go to Jen and to Steve's family.
The world lost one of the very good guys.
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