I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Damn you TKK!
I come in peace for all mankind. Now who is Kay Hagan?
BEBE!
Oops.
So does Cornyn in TX.
I thought it said Hay Kagan. We don't need another Kagan.
Clinton 47, McCain 38, Undecided 11.
Obama 46, McCain 40, Undecided 9.
New LA Times national poll.
Liddy Dole:
"Please take pity on me because I had to put up with Bob for all these years."
OT: Lebanon's western-backed government was reeling yesterday after Hizbullah guerrillas seized control of Muslim west Beirut in a significant victory for the Iran-supported Shia movement.
Security sources said at least 11 people had been killed and 30 wounded in three days of battles between pro-government forces and fighters loyal to Hizbullah, in the worst internal clashes since the end of the 15-year civil war in 1990.
The Hizbullah takeover - described by some as a coup and others as a "show of force" - broke months of political deadlock that reflects Lebanon's deep internal divisions and the ambitions of neighbours such as Syria and Israel, as well as Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US. But, as an uneasy calm returned to Beirut yesterday, it was unclear what the change would mean.
The political situation in Lebanon has been paralysed for months, with government and opposition at odds over the choice of a new president. "These events will make it harder to agree on that," said Nadim Shehadi, an analyst at Chatham House, London. "Hizbullah enjoys a lot of legitimacy as the group that led resistance to Israel. Now it has shown another face."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/.../
lebanon.syria1
this is Pentecost long week-end in most of Europe
GravatarClinton 47, McCain 38, Undecided 11.
Obama 46, McCain 40, Undecided 9.
This proves how electible Undecided is.
So does this topic mean that we are quitting the cynical, wrapped in self pity, persona that permeated the threads last night?
If not, I'm going to go work in the yard.
except of course where the "Heretics" rule
Is this the race that will make Lieberman irrelevant?
Still waiting for "unnamed Democrat" to swoop in and grab the nomination at a brokered convention.
McStain, would you let your daughter marry a white man or a black man or neither?
Quand un homme du Texas feint pour être un ingénieur canadien, ses testicules se ratatinent jusqu'à la taille d'un pois.
Is this the race that will make Lieberman irrelevant?
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
New LA Times national poll.
trifecta | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 9:49 am | #
And this, more than anything, explains the fierce nature of the Democratic primary. Either of our exceptional candidates will kick McCains ass and they know it.
Still waiting for "unnamed Democrat" to swoop in and grab the nomination at a brokered convention.
Shhhh! You'll get Vicki all worked up again.
I'll check with my mom, who lives in North Carolina. She loves her some Liddy.
trifecta, better, but still no cigar
and why are you obsessed with my genitals?
not getting any?
meow/sound of whip cracking
This is good news for Jesse Helms.
I'm a Gore aphobic.
Wow. I thought she was invulnerable.
So Obama now leads in superdelegates.
But Clinton carries on.
You know, I blame her more for surrounding herself with sycophantic, faux-entitled idiots than for her own personal ambition.
In today's "Viiiiiiittttttto!" news:
Vito apparently told his gummar that he was separated from his wife. Turns out that wasn't true. Meanwhile, Vito's wife knew he had a roving eye, but didn't know other parts of him were roving, and certainly not to the point where they were producing offspring.
And there's also this from the Daily News:
Fossella banded together last month with a group of lawmakers who demanded HBO apologize for what they called an "offensive anti-Catholic rant" by "Real Time" host Bill Maher. Fossella took HBO to task for "insulting the Pope, mocking the Catholic religion and Catholics."
McStain's ready for this "change" election.
Cindy has to change his diapers every hour or so.
Either of our exceptional candidates will kick McCains ass and they know it.
Shared Humanity
And remember Americans that although the 2006 elections looked like a win for Democrats, the voters elected conservative democrats.
This was really good news for Republicans, right Cokie?
I'm a Gore o-philiac
I'm sure mimi has lovely genitals.
Not sure why I said that, but there it is.
Comme Ann Coulter, votre personnification d'une femme est tous deux qui dérangent et qui intriguent.
OT: It is being billed as a "low-key" event, which is perhaps odd for a wedding with 200 guests, 14 quasi-bridesmaids, a bride's dress made by a top New York designer and a limestone altar carved for the occasion in the shape of a giant cross. But then this is Texas, where nothing is done in half-measures.
Today, a little after sundown to allow for the dissipation of the oppressive mid-day heat, George Bush's daughter Jenna will become the 23rd child of a serving president to be married. But unlike the splendour, say, of Alice Lee Roosevelt's 1906 nuptials in the White House that were attended by foreign heads of state and swept the groundbreaking deal of the Panama Canal off the front pages, this will be a thoroughly private affair.
When President Nixon's daughter Tricia became the last incumbent's child to marry at the White House in 1971 there were 600 reporters present. Today, by contrast, there will be no cameras allowed inside the 1,600-acre (650-hectare) Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Maybe that's fitting for a woman who begged her father not to run for the presidency in 2000 on the grounds it would change her life.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/.../
georgebush.usa
Vicki has a very bad case of a Goraphilia
I'm sure mimi has lovely genitals.
...in jars, filled with formaldehyde.
First more Democrats, then better Democrats.
New LA Times national poll.
trifecta
One of them recently had Obama winning by 11 points. Even Gallup has him winning most of the time. Now that Hillary has pretty much been left alone in the room with the gun on the table, it's going to be all downhill for McStain from here.
For the love of Jeebus, can't these people just stop fucking already?!
Trifecta, no dice. It turned into a compliment!
And Sinfonian, thanks for the compliment!
Cllllllllllllasssy!
/readies noose
Zap, you can probably get a souvenir noose with Jenna and Henry's names on it.
Fossella took HBO to task for "insulting the Pope, mocking the Catholic religion and Catholics."
It would be funny if some HBO pr dude took Fossella to task for insulting the Pope, mocking the etc.
/readies noose
I love you, Zap. Here, have a cow skull.
I wonder if Henry went to Jareds.
Early Christians were supposed to be celibate, but the number of followers didn't increase very much that way. Also, nobody wanted to join.
Same reason they got rid of circumcision as a requirement.
Lebanon's western-backed government was reeling yesterday "
Prepare for Bush/Cheney Inc. to unleash their frustration on Iran and Syria. Bomb, Bomb, Bomb ....
Cindy has to change his diapers every hour or so.
Lime Ricky
I think we all know that Cindy has been hankering for years for a real man, like Obama.
With a capital O
Cllllllllllllasssy!
Betcha her bouquet is a tasteful arrangement of turd blossoms.
I wonder if Henry went to Jareds.
AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRH!
[runs screaming out of the room]
Here, have a cow skull.
Embossed with a picture of the bride and groom?
Obama Adviser Tied to Hamas Meetings Resigns
By Glenn Kessler
An informal Middle East adviser to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign resigned Friday after a newspaper reported on his regular meetings with members of the Hamas militant group.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/
t...o_hamas_me.html
For the love of Jeebus, can't these people just stop fucking already?!
Sinfonian, daddy
I declare a moratorium on the humping until we figure out that "food/air" thing
An informal Middle East adviser to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign resigned Friday after a newspaper reported on his regular meetings with members of the Hamas militant group.
For crap's sake, who cares? Gosh knows that 'peace' is such a fucking terrible thing.
McStain, would Cindy trust you to fly her fancy-smantsy airplane?
I kinda doubt it.
It's not the humping that's the problem, it's the conceiving
Prepare for Bush/Cheney Inc. to unleash their frustration on Iran and Syria. Bomb, Bomb, Bomb ....
montanaheadcold | 05.10.08 - 10:01 am | #
Possible? Sure, but not likely. The mood of this country is not right for this. The Repigs are fighting for their political lives in November and there would be no patriotic war bounce from this.
Care to make a bet on this race?
This is right after a hard campaign in which Hagan (pronouced Hiegan) spent beacoup bucks to beat the more progressive candidate.
Unless her face falls off in public Liddy Dole will still be in the senate
Embossed with a picture of the bride and groom?
scroll down.
Well, I don't know about genitalia, but how about a couple of great tits? (SFW)
Wait, you mean she's not going to win? But don't people understand? She's a major former politician's wife. Those are the rules - they automatically win.
scroll down.
Oh, fuck.
/tightens noose
Unless her face falls off in public Liddy Dole will still be in the senate
nauh
Have you seen Liddy lately? That's a distinct possibility.
Interestingly, older voters — many of whom supported Democrats over the years — seem reluctant to support Mr. Obama. Hillary Clinton has carried the vote of people over 65 in 26 primary elections. And looking forward to the general election, the national polls now show John McCain running better against Mr. Obama among this older age group — as well as among middle-aged voters and younger voters.
from the pew poll
speaking of bombing Syria and Iran, there are a whole bunch of great articles at Asia Times this week
www.atimes.com
There's an article making a case for the USA invading Myanmar, but that doesn't fall into the "great article" category
How do the Duggars support all those kids?
i hate to imagine the physical toll having 18 children has had on Mrs Duggar
who would want to be continually pregnant?
they are a very strange family
my mum was telling me that when she was pregnant with me, she put on a lot of weight and found it stressful, so after that she decided that i would be the last child she would have heh three was enough for her
Sinfonian, feeling a little randy?
"Possible? Sure, but not likely. .."
You're probably correct,Humanity, but my capabilities for amazement at the current administration's stupidity have inflated over the past eight years ... I wonder if GWB might not just want to leave office by creating and turning over yet another steaming pile to his successor.
Right back at you babe
Well, if Armando and Jeralyn say it, it must be true. Gosh knows they don't favor one candidate over another...
How do the Duggars support all those kids?
handouts. Seriously, they get a lot of other families donating to their cause.
Remember that couple that had the septuplets?
I really don't get this overreaction to speaking to Hamas.
if you look at the history of the conflict between the UK and terrorists in most cases its been brought to an end by early communication by the parties who should in theory shouldn't be talking to each other
so teh north koreans have handed over years of nukular records, to a US DIPLOMAT...i know our corporate government HATES diplomacy as it gets them nothing to sell or bombs to make; but see how shit gets done when you actually, you know, TALK!
Moonbootica, pregnancy affects different women in different ways. Some women love to be pregnant.
from the pew poll
Via Talkleft | 05.10.08 - 10:06 am | #
Oh my Gawd! It'll be a landslide for McStain! He leads in all voter categories!
http://leninology.blogspot.com/2008/05/crisis-and-
hegemony.html
How does an 'informal adviser' resign? And I think Barack has been cowed by the Israelis on this one, Hamas is the elected government of the Palestinians. No one says you have to approve of them or their policies to accord them their due as the legitimate recipients of delegated representation by election.
handouts. Seriously, they get a lot of other families donating to their cause.
Doesn't France give women who have more than six kids some sort of big stipend?
Morning, all.
Anything irksome going on I should know about? Last time I was here, the Austin Dog Burner(TM) was trying to get us to wish him luck on a date.
I have a lot of friends who come from large famiies and they all say the same thing at some point -that they didn't feel that they had enough attention from their parents, even though they might have had an older sister that acted as a surrogate.
My first thought was of G. Gordon, not Mrs. Dole. I guess I'm really old.
Oh, and I found a place where I can get Jenna mugs online. I'm thrilled. The only dilemma is whether to order ones now with the pic of Jenna and Henry or wait for the "Father of the Bride" version, coming soon.
What to do . . . what to do.
.
the national polls now show John McCain running better against Mr. Obama among this older age group — as well as among middle-aged voters and younger voters.
hows this: FUCK YOU!
younger voters like mcsame? you are nucking futs!
Remember that couple that had the septuplets?
watertiger
The McCaugheys. From Iowa.
I once was on a plane sitting one row in front of the dad and two of the kids. We chatted for a bit because my wife was expecting our first child - this would have been in 1999. Nice enough guy, I suppose ...
Some women love to be pregnant.
mimi | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:08 am | #
Not by you, Butler. Not by you....
Apu and Manjoola have it easy.
I should've nailed Mary Bono when I still had the chance.
France gives a large amount to families who have a third child, and Germany has followed in their footsteps.
France is a very child friendly country - easy to find daycare, long maternity leaves, etc
it has the highest fertility rate in Western Europe
I should've nailed Mary Bono when I still had the chance.
Bob Dole
I love it when the threads get all National-Lampoon-Letters-section.
Elizebeth Dole for years was THE goto Republican woman and has served in a number of Republican administrations as a cabinet officer. They are a creepy couple but she got elected because of who she is and being a native daughter of NC. I think we don't see much of her after the public meltdown during the last elections. Plus there might be something off (well more off) with Bob
cause he is usually out and about spreading every Republican lie especially likes to pimp the military gop like his pal McBush
I should've nailed Mary Bono when I still had the chance.
Bob Dole | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:12 am | #
I know the feeling...
I think in China you get a free abortion if you have more than two children.
Doesn't France give women who have more than six kids some sort of big stipend?
res ipsa loquitur
Yes - they get to sleep with the the President.
It's quite an honor.
mimi,
Isn't there some sort of official designation -- like an award from the gov't ? I remember reading about it -- maybe in The Economist -- something to do with Szarko wanting to get rid of the subsidy on these rail passes or something?
Anything irksome going on I should know about?
Watertiger is dating Pinch Sulzberger
Morning, Moonbats! More rain here last night and this morning. Everything's so green!
Day two of Zapette's jewelry sale, so I must clean.
Later.
Read the poll and the piece in the Times . I just reposted it as it was printed.
its my mother's birthday tomorrow, got her a book with a controversial title, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe, cuz she is interested in Palestine
got her a few years back Palestine: A Personal History by Karl Sabbagh, which she really enjoyed
Day two of Zapette's jewelry sale, so I must clean.
Wa-pish!
Little Jrette., age 2.75, has begun to call everyone "girlfriend."
It's too cute.
I've worked with people who literally came off the plane from China. The "Little Prince" syndrome affecting the only children in a family is alive and well, let me tell you. Even other Chinese had a hard time getting along with them.
It will be interesting to see how this affects geo-politics - think of a billion NToad†'s vying for supremacy...
Tie Liddy to George W. Run some 'rubber stamp' commercials.
Want more economic ruin and war?
Liddy's your gal.
current administration's stupidity....... montanaheadcold | 05.10.08 - 10:07 am | #
It is certainly true that we have not yet plumbed the depths of this administrations stupidity and when you combine it with the obvious craven depravity they are, no doubt, capable of more evil.
I am counting on their desire for self preservation to restrain them because the mood of this nation is pretty ugly and getting worse.
res, maybe. I don't know about it though.
Moon, that very book is in my "To Read" pile.
The Iraqi Army has launched a major operation in the northern city of Mosul against al-Qaeda and its allies.
Around 10,000 Sunni tribesmen from Mosul who are loyal to the government are taking part in the operation with an armoured brigade of Iraqi troops.
Reinforcements are due to move into the area in the coming days for what is being called Operation Lion's Roar.
A curfew is already in effect in the city and judges have issued a number of arrest warrants for al-Qaeda leaders.
Over the past year al-Qaeda has lost its foothold in western Iraq and the northern city of Mosul is viewed as its last urban stronghold.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ast/
7393826.stm
As an only child myself ... well, I agree. 
Anything irksome going on I should know about?
Jenna Bush is getting married today.
Oh, and I'm dating Pinch Sulzberger.
Read the poll and the piece in the Times . I just reposted it as it was printed.
ahh yes, the old you report we decide, eh?
anyone who prints or writes that mcsame is leading among younger voters cannot be trusted for one speck of truth
BAQUBA, May 9, 2008 (IPS) - Water supply is drying out in what was once the agriculturally rich Diyala province north of Baghdad. Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for drinking and for irrigation.
Water supply has been hit by power failures. The central pumping station has been running short of electricity supply over the last two years.
The pumping station is located between two districts in conflict -- Hwaider, which is predominantly Shia, and Jupenat, mostly Sunni. For two years now, fighting between Sunnis and Shias here has led to reduced water supply.
"The Diyala river passes by the two villages before the pumping station," resident Zuhair Mahmood told IPS. "They try to change its stream to deprive the other of water for irrigating their farms. The diversions mean relatively little water can reach the station."
Often, Mahmood added, "farmers irrigate their farms by setting up pumps on the banks of the river, which further contributes to reduced supply to the station."
Some farmers have demanded that the pumping station be supplied directly from the Diyala river upstream of the conflict area.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m4390...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
The Order of the Golden Uterus?
Sinf, at least you're not a Leo...
I think all those posts by Bebe here at Eschaton have hurt Liddy's poll numbers.
Oh, and I'm dating Pinch Sulzberger.
watertiger | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:18 am | #
Is he the young one or the smart one?
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytim...tml?
ref=opinion
link for the story on pew poll
The Order of the Golden Uterus?
In case you missed, it, here's Miss Thing.
Heh. It appears that Jerome Armstrong is banning any "offensive commenter" who dares to suggest that Hillary's big margin in WVA is because that state is full of racists.
It is certainly true that we have not yet plumbed the depths of this administrations stupidity and when you combine it with the obvious craven depravity they are, no doubt, capable of more evil.
I am counting on their desire for self preservation to restrain them because the mood of this nation is pretty ugly and getting worse.
Shared Humanity | 05.10.08 - 10:17 am | #
I know it's crazy, but some deep childhood part of myself fears that the end of the Bush administration will not be an actual end... That it will somehow go on.
Is he the young one or the smart one?
the one who's getting taken for everything he's got by his soon-to-be ex-wife.
I hope the news about Obama's adviser meeting with Hamas means that if Obama is elected, the USA's policy in the ME will change. This one doesn't seem to work very well.
mimi, Here it is.
Pro-breeding policy in France carries particular symbolic value. The carte famille nombreuse was created in 1921, after the heavy population losses of the first world war. In 1920 the “Medal of the French Family” was devised—and still exists today—with a special gold medal to honour women who had eight or more children. In more recent times, France has put in place a generous system of crèche places, all-day nursery schools, family allowances and income-tax deductions for big families. Produce six offspring nowadays, and the SNCF discount reaches 75%.
All this has bred results. France now has the highest fertility rate in the European Union...
Shoot, Kill, Lie, Repeat: America's New Moral Universe
Chris Floyd , Empire Burlesque
I know it's crazy, but some deep childhood part of myself fears that the end of the Bush administration will not be an actual end... That it will somehow go on.
Matty
PTAD. We'll all suffer from it to some extent, no doubt.
oh Hamas is a third rail issue. It will galvanize the attention of the Homeland Security/Endless war on Terror folks to no end. Of course, they will leave off that bit about Hamas being the legitimate democratically elected government of the Palestinian Pseudo State...that slightly embarrassing result of our spreading freedom and liberty for all. Not so much.
Obama aid has a conversation with someone who knows someone in Hamas becomes Obama supports Hamas becomes Obama IS a sleeper cell memebr of Hamas in Illinois (HII). that'll be the meme.
watertiger,
I'm expecting great things from you today.
I know it's crazy, but some deep childhood part of myself fears that the end of the Bush administration will not be an actual end... That it will somehow go on.
Matty
This is textbook PTSD.
the one who's getting taken for everything he's got by his soon-to-be ex-wife.
watertiger | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:21 am | #
Be careful, he might put a video on youtube.
I'm gonna move to France and have 6 kids with Ludivine Sagnier and never pay tax again.
I think in China you get a free abortion if you have more than two children.
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:13 am | #
China has a "one child" policy that restricts all benefits from the second child. This only applies to the ethnic majority Han. Other ethnicities can have more children. This actually seems superior to our own approach that "de facto" restricts services to our ethnic minorities in disproportionate numbers.
Naah, it's PTAD. Giddit?
Hecate, That's Miss Thing post is funny.
Haloscan: I loathe you.
I'm expecting great things from you today.
check the homepage. it's an evening wedding, btw.
and now, i must be going.
behave yourselves.
I've worked with people who literally came off the plane from China.
mimi | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:15 am | #
Butler, the only Chinese people you've ever met were when you were working as a dishwasher at the Austin Moo-Shu Hut.
For the record, I'm a Scorpio.
And the White House says they "might" release a couple of wedding pics tomorrow.
I was close....
res, thanks.
There are railway cars specifically designed for famiies in France and Switzerland, but not in Germany. I heard the decibel level is quite high in these.
Of course, the fact that France has the highest % of Muslims in its population in Western Europe also helps its fertility rate.
watertiger would do better to go have a big gay wedding to soon-to-be-ex-Mrs.-Sulzberger in Taxachusetts.
Then she can live in ex-Mrs.-Sulzbergers' Central Park West apartment.
Turkey's military says it has killed at least 19 Kurdish rebels in air strikes in the south-east.
The raids took place in Hakkari province, which borders Iraq and Iran.
The military says it bombed positions of the PKK rebel group in response to an attack in the area in which two of its soldiers were killed on Friday.
The PKK, which is seeking autonomy for Kurds in south-eastern Turkey, is designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and EU.
More than 30,000 people have been killed since the group began its armed campaign in 1984.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ope/
7393620.stm
This can't end well, RIL.
I'm gonna move to France and have 6 kids with Ludivine Sagnier and never pay tax again.
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:23 am | #
I'm moving to France to marry, if not necessarily have sex with, both of these babes.
http://www.labeque.com/
I just read something (also in The Economist) that said if you factored out immigrant population in France that the birth rate would still be high.
I think the magazine approved of this.
interestingly, the Italians I know who live outside of Italy make trips home as often as possible, even the HOT single males. 
but Italy has the lowest fertility rate in Europe
I gotta go do stuff.
Later, ya'll.
I think the magazine approved of this.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:27 am | #
More French people means my high school French may be worth the trouble.
The Roman Catholic Church, for centuries a bastion of Latin usage, has given the ancient tongue a 21st Century boost by launching a website in Latin.
The Vatican website now has a section - Sancta Sedes (Holy See) - with Latin papal texts and religious works.
Pope Benedict XVI is an advocate of Latin, allowing Mass in the language.
But when a papal decree was issued only in Latin by mistake last June, there was confusion until the Vatican press office put out an Italian version.
"It caused a bit of panic for my colleagues who had no schooling in Latin," said the BBC's Rome correspondent David Willey, "until the official translation finally emerged."
The Vatican website already has sections in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ope/
7393548.stm
All this has bred results. France now has the highest fertility rate in the European Union...
That's because of the suggestive powers of the Eiffel Tower.
interestingly, the Italians I know who live outside of Italy make trips home as often as possible, even the HOT single males.
but Italy has the lowest fertility rate in Europe
mimi | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:27 am | #
I met a hot Italian filmmaker last night. I'm going to call him - better do it before he goes home.
res, ok. like I said, it's very child friendly in France.
in Germany, all my French friends complained that the opening hours in shops were geared to having women stay home .
I had to run to do my grocery shopping on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings because most groceries closed at noon on Saturday, and 7 p.m. on Fridays. closed all day Sundays too.
I think one of the reviewers at Box Office, where I'm now toiling, may be nuts.
From a review of SPEED RACER.
Many viewers will find the barely concealed sexual subtext entertaining, some will find it unwholesome, and it will add to a general sense of unease in others. You certainly emerge mindful that cars are to adolescent male desire what horses are to tween girls. A scene in which Speed and Trixie (Christina Ricci) are parked at Inspiration Point goes beyond coy innuendo and almost into kinky camp. Their relationship is overshadowed by the movie’s not-so-latent homoeroticism however. Racer X (Matthew Fox) might as well be wearing seat-less chaps and wielding a whip, ready to make his admiring protégé Speed submit. (A line about ripping a rival driver a new tail pipe is another obvious example.) Doubts about Racer X’s identity raise the specter of incest, as does the “you take my breath away” encouragement Mom Racer (Susan Sarandon) gives Speed....
The arousal gauge is purposefully shattered during the movie’s climax, which amounts to a protracted communal orgasm complete with fireworks. When Speed wins the Grand Prix, everybody’s world is rocked. If smoking weren’t a screen no-no, the checkered flag would be the cue to light up a post-coital cigarette and wash it down with a gulp of frosty-cold milk. Speed’s victory bliss involves more than the triumph of integrity over greed or the affirmation of top-notch driving skills and the appeal of clean-cut jocks who resist the call of illicit desire. Because everything is on or near the surface in Speed Racer, divining the Wachowski’s intentions or searching for hidden meanings is unnecessary. Above all, they succeed in reminding us that—despite the dominant role of computers in the moviemaking process—film is still a tactile medium and even PG-rated family movies are erotic at their core.
That last bit is absolutely bonkers, but trust me -- I saw the the film. It has no sexual subtext whatsoever. Hell, it barely has human beings in it...
as we used to say at Anzio, "mon dieu!"
Moonbootica, Latitude 2008 | Homepage | 05.10.08 - 10:22 am | #
Thanks, this should be mandatory reading for all Americans.
is an increase in fertility really something to be applauded though?
He makes it sound like a Hentai.
Attention..............
Nazi family wedding in Texas today.All guests must show their papers.
Are most of the surprisingly numerous people on pro-Hillary blogs saying they'll vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee actually Republicans in disguise?
Or have such a large number of Democrats really flipped their wigs and joined the Naderites of 2000?
If the former, wow.
If the latter, WOW!
Just heard on CNN:
"The West Virginia Democratic Primary on the CNN ELECTION CENTER. The best political team on television brings you the critical results!"
The results are critical? Really?
For the record, I lived in Vancouver and worked for a very large telecoms company.
In my department, there were 25 engineers - 23 Chinese, 1 person from India and me.
Some of the Chinese had been born in Canada, others had been there for only 2 weeks when they were hired.
It was in Vancouver that I got interested in learning to speak and read Chinese and in acupuncture.
The Chinese food was very good too.
I think one of the reviewers at Box Office, where I'm now toiling, may be nuts.
Maybe they had just read this gem posted by K&Y last night.
As Bob lay on her, his claw still clutching his pencil dick, Liddy remembered the soft murmurs of Strom as he nosed around in her crotch and spoke of "pickin' cotton'. Liddy has never given up hope that tomorrow will be another day. And this time Liddy's third nipple strategy will prevail.
Bob Dole hides penis pills in his pen like the prison break d00d
The only highly educated pot-smoking hippie I ever knew who held unabashed racist views was from West Virginia. It really is like an endemic disease there. Maybe it's the coal dust.
Nazi family wedding in Texas today.All guests must show their papers.
R.Mutt
And swear allegiance to the swastika.
I would have like Speed Racer okay, if they had turned the sound off. And trimmed about 45 minutes from the picture.
All the scenes with the kid and his chimp, anyway.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...0902334_pf.html
The U.S. military has, since 2001, cremated some of the remains of American service members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere at a Delaware facility that also cremates pets, a practice that ended yesterday when the Pentagon banned the arrangement.
The only highly educated pot-smoking hippie I ever knew who held unabashed racist views was from West Virginia. It really is like an endemic disease there. Maybe it's the coal dust.
blerb | 05.10.08 - 10:36 am | #
Goddamn Ron Paul supporters...
You can't have Speed Racer without Spridle and Chim-Chim. Too bad they fucked 'em up.
Simels,
Did you know that Katia Labeque is married to John McLaughlin? Lotta talent in thaqt family.
Jesus sheets
I'm sure Speed Racer is better than that planned Akira live action movie will be. That is going to be death to my childhood.
The only highly educated pot-smoking hippie I ever knew who held unabashed racist views was from West Virginia. It really is like an endemic disease there. Maybe it's the coal dust.
Maybe you are full of shit.
I don't know much about Kay but what little I've managed to figure out is that she might well beat Liddy, but I'm not so sure we'll be able to tell the difference if she does. I think she's got Blue Dog written all over her.
Depressing. She beat the pants off my candidate, Jim Neal.
The end of the Helmet-Haired Moron? Oh please ....
"but it appears Liddy Dole might have a wee fight in November."
it looks like it from that poll, but once she hairsprays up and hits the rubber chicken circuit with bob dole, all bets are off.
Remarkably content-free, OT thread here.
Hagan is a DLC clone, who comes from a political family. Not very inspiring to me as a candidate, but has to be vastly better than Dole as a Senator.
Hopefully has done as well on her own campaign and fundraising as she has with the Republican's senatorial fundraising.
" Not very inspiring to me as a candidate, but has to be vastly better than Dole as a Senator."
it's shaping up beautiuflly. make 'em defend every seat with little $ and lots of people pissed at goopers.
schweet.
I voted for Neal and was frankly shocked at how poorly he did, given his pre-primary publicity.
Liddy Dole has a reputation in North Carolina as an absentee Senator and for being in lockstep with the Bush Administration. In this informative post about Senator Dole on the BlueNC website, a good case is made that staying under the radar has helped keep her approval ratings up:
http://bluenc.com/dole-enables-b...ds-
consequences
Bringing more public attention to her voting record and to how little she's done for this state during her term will help ensure she doesn't get another one.
NC is an interesting state where Obama could have a strong impact. Hagan could tap into his fund raising ability and put together a war chest to challenge Liddy's. It's especially problematic with a Repub nominee who is going to be hammered in the fall as running on a platform that's a 3rd Bush Term. That's not going to be popular, but how far will Liddy run to distance herself from a dead lame duck administration and the party's nomination that could flame out. Hard spot for her since McCain will count on taking NC as part of her base, and the RNC will expect her to support him.
I think come the fall, a lot of seats that people didn't think were in play at the start of the year will turn out to be in play.
It's one of the sad things of the Dem nomination dragging out. Attention right now could be turned to building towards a rather massive sweep not only of the White House, but also in the House and Senate. Something that when combined with 2006 would match 1980.
You hate to see such an opportunity potentially impacted by an ongoing pissing contest.
A better link to the poll
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in North Carolina Hagan attracting 48% of the vote statewide while Dole earns support from 47%. A month ago, Dole led Hagan by thirteen percentage points.
I have nothing against DLC clones in states like NC, where the main thing is to just get those Pubbies out of office.
But DLC clones in safe states like NY or CT or MD - that's a different story.
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