I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Ugly is going to get uglier.
Does anyone who is not seriously deluding themselves really think that we are not going to be in a real, honest to goodness recession (instead of something that just feels like one) sooner rather than later?
It's the "Ownership Society". Remember that?
I don't hear that term too much these days, I wonder why that is.
The Bush legacy: failed war, failed economy.
Heckuva job!
And, of course, the word "subprime" will be used against those messed over by the businesses who made the loans, even those who then resliced and repackaged them into things which cannot be evaluated.
It's all the fault of those damn poor folk and the DFH-influenced libs.
Can't be the fine upstanding Gordon Geckos of this economy.
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Brrrrrrrr! poop
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Oh, and those ratings agencies? Can't be their fault, either.
Just the little people and the DFH's.
Somehow this WSJ excerpt makes Bush look like a hero.
Rupert!!!!
Atrios, are you here right now?
I think I got something interesting i would like to bass along.
And yet people were still rushing the stores at 4:00am yesterday. My dad, visiting, had CNBC on yesterday, and they actually had a guy talking about holiday spending say that if you were watching him on a flat screen TV at an electronics store you should buy that TV to do your part for the economy.
Priceless!
Heh! Pardoned that turkey.
/burp!!!
So far the main media focus has been on how Wall Street bonuses will be down this Christmas.
'cause nothing says sexy like subprime market lending analysis
Why isn't 'flipping' illegal everywhere?
(it is in Minneapolis)
If the Social Security trust fund was put into housing...
The solution is obvious.
We must deregulate everything!!!!
well this news is excellent for Republicans
Big banks and investors who made subprime loans or bought securities backed by them are reporting billions of dollars in losses.
But we can't expect them to absorb any of those losses. "Personal responsibility" is only for the brown folks and the poor people, and the pregnant teen girls.
I know how Obama feels. I'm the blacksheep of our family.
Correction to the nym! I've fallen below 1,000,000 again on the Amazon Sales Rank, and I blame the subprime mess. With housing prices falling, people just aren't ready to spend money on expensive, esoteric books anymore!
Stagflation
its WHATS FOR XMAS
The solution is obvious.
We must deregulate everything!!!!
steve simels
you're so hot when you channel uncle Milton
Isn't the paper version of PC Magazine an oxymoron?????
Pakistan -- once again the central front in the waronterra
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south...sia/
7110557.stm
It isn't over till the fat lady barfs.
and thanks fo' the love you guys...
I'm a blushin'
larry kudlow says everything is fine and dandy!
So there's this big article on the last two FU's of the Bush junta in today's Chicago Tribune. And they talk about how tough it will be for Bush to get much done, and all the bad stuff he has to deal with, Iraq, lingering nastiness from Katrina, Congress falling to the Democrats (sorta.)
But wait, what is not even mentioned?
Correct. The economy.
I have two good friends who work for the Tribune, and it pains me that the paper occasionally seems completely disconnected from reality.
If the economy goes tits up, it's the fault of consumers for not buying enough stuff on credit.
Morning, bats. How was everybody's holiday?
A.
I see that God is punishing California again with the cleansing power of the flame. Sinners better repent!!!!!
hey, it's free market capitalism at it's best.....this is america...we are teaching the world how to live better...at least according to larry kudlow, and steve moore....two of the countries least knowledgeable people when it comes to the economy...have known kudlow for 25 years and marvel at how he lands on his feet despite a horrible track record...
I LOVE Willie Nelson:
Willie Nelson is looking to become dog's best friend. The country music star has filmed a television spot supporting an anti-dogfighting bill that is moving through the Georgia Legislature.
In the ad, Nelson looks into the camera while "Georgia on My Mind" plays in the background.
"Dogfighting is against the law in Georgia, but the laws are so weak, the beautiful state of Georgia has become a haven for dogfighters from around the country," he says.
The bill would make it a felony for anyone to sell, trade or transport dogs for the purpose of dogfighting.
Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization, produced the piece and asked Nelson to participate.
State Sen. Chip Rogers, the bill's author, hopes to get the spot on TV and radio around the time of the Dec. 10 sentencing for suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge.
The bill has passed the state Senate and will go before a House committee in January.
Latest count from John Howard's seat
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/.../guide/
benn.htm
It isn't over till the fat lady barfs.
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she is the only one with a STRONG constitution
I see that God is punishing California again with the cleansing power of the flame. Sinners better repent!!!!!
Pat 'God's Choice' Robertson
Your god is a mean-spirited evil douchebag.
I want no part of him.
I just wish all of this could have taken place before the County Assessor re-did all the tax rates.
the Bush administration is pushing lenders to loosen terms and keep people from losing their homes.....with the same kind of fervor that they pressured Musharraf to restore democracy in Pakistan, no doubt.
Terry C, that's awesome.
A friend who has rescued pit bulls lost one of them once, and told me that before they found her (she'd just run over to the neighbors') they were afraid she'd been taken for use as bait in a dogfight.
Lovely, gentle dog, too. Hangs out with the ferrets and doesn't make a peep.
A.
and the Bush administration is pushing lenders to loosen terms and keep people from losing their homes.
Isn't this what is causing the big shitpile?
aw, I was just catching up with the last thread and pickles and all. That was a lot more fun.
I was listening to Larry Kudlow last Saturday -- don't ask why -- and he was railing about McCain/Feingold and he actually said "I don't want the government regulating elections. Heck, I don't want the government regulating anything."
I was stunned, frankly. How do these people not die of stupidity?
Oh, and then he followed up by saying he prefers candidates who are religious because they tend to be more moral than candidates who aren't...
I put my money into Euros. They have the best smokes in Sweden.
Morning, bats. How was everybody's holiday?
A.
Athenae
I served turkey to 80 hungry locals. Or as I call them, my staff.
Morning, bats. How was everybody's holiday?
A.
Athenae | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 10:45 am |
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holiday fine
news from peaceful eyeraq
they blew up people and critterz in a PET MARKET yesterday
im totally sickened
steve, if he'd thrown in some rhetoric about homosexuals shoving their lifestyles down his throat you'd have hit the coveted Wingnut Hat Trick.
A.
"...the Bush administration is pushing lenders to loosen terms and keep people from losing their homes before the next election."
Fixed.
I was stunned, frankly. How do these people not die of stupidity?
steve simels
You don't die of stupidity until you can't swallow anymore. These guys are stupid, but unfortunately not that stupid.
I was listening to Larry Kudlow last Saturday -- don't ask why -- and he was railing about McCain/Feingold and he actually said "I don't want the government regulating elections. Heck, I don't want the government regulating anything."
It's a shame we can't find all such people and give them a country of their own to live in. Not that I would wish a horrible salmonella induced death on anyone ...
"While modification may make sense in some cases, he says, it may also simply postpone the inevitable or reward borrowers who didn't manage their finances wisely."
Oh yes, don't toss the life preserver to the silly jerk who drank too much and fell overboard. It would just encourage them.
Biofuels will surely solve the problem, bitches!
I can't wait to get into that adopt-a-dog program in prison.
Lovely, gentle dog, too. Hangs out with the ferrets and doesn't make a peep.
A.
Athenae | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 10:46 am | #
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all ive seen are SMART and wunnnerful pets
its the owners fault if they are not
Oh yes, don't toss the life preserver to the silly jerk who drank too much and fell overboard. It would just encourage them.
EkCenTriK
Great analogy.
We spend far too much time and energy in this country trying to find the distinction between those deserving and those undeserving of our aid.
It doesn't say much for us.
hi honeybear.
steve, if he'd thrown in some rhetoric about homosexuals shoving their lifestyles down his throat
So it's better if they shove it where the sun doesn't shine???????
Didn't this same sorta shit happen under Bush I?
"Bush administration is pushing lenders to loosen terms and keep people from losing their homes."
Geez talk about biting the hand that feeds him..... Oh forget that home lenders are not big oil companies which are gouging the fuck out of us too.
all ive seen are SMART and wunnnerful pets
its the owners fault if they are not
sittenprettyfarmeress
We have folks here in my town with pit bulls and every one of those dogs is lovely/
We had one fella walking a pit bull pup a couple of summers back and he was ASKING the kids to come over and pet her, etc. He wanted her socialized and used to children.
I can't wait to get into that adopt-a-dog program in prison.
Here's a suggestion, you sack of shit: Start with Hand Banana.
A.
Ha!
"Howard suffers 'comprehensive defeat.'"
Fuck off, you Bush-lovin' schmuck!
‘Wave Of Violence’ Against Women In Iraq Undercuts White House’s Claims Of Success »
In recent weeks, the Bush administration has cited declining violence in Iraq as evidence of the success. Earlier this month, President Bush said that Iraqis are slowly “taking back their country.”
But last night, NBC Nightly News aired a segment about a “wave of violence that’s gone largely unreported lately against women in Iraq.” The report noted that Iraqi women, once “the most emancipated in the Arab world,” are increasingly unable to walk around without a hijab, wear cosmetics, or work. Watch the report:"
http://thinkprogress.org/
And didn't this same sorta shit happen with Granpa Bush?
Generational bank robbers.
Didn't this same sorta shit happen under Bush I?
Troutski
It was mostly commercial real estate then.
"Howard suffers 'comprehensive defeat.'"
To quote one of my commenters: "Howard's End."
Hi fokowi.
Ha!
The Beeb's segment about government's spying on citizen's is called "The Prying Game."
Athenae: Best writer on the internets.
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it.
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"It doesn't say much for us.
Adam Hominem"
Seems to be part of the culture over the last twenty or so years. Right up there with the blame game and tit for tat in the workplace.
We have become petty.
The report noted that Iraqi women, once “the most emancipated in the Arab world,” are increasingly unable to walk around without a hijab, wear cosmetics, or work.
Mission Accomplished!
Didn't this same sorta shit happen under Bush I?
Troutski
It was mostly commercial real estate then.
Adam Hominem
Not here, it wasn't. It was everything that had been financed thru a savings & loan. Remember the Resolution Trust Administration?
And didn't this same sorta shit happen with Granpa Bush?
Generational bank robbers.
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ya know i must ask a foolish question...after SILVERADO....why were not ALL THE BUSHES SHUNNED?
And didn't this same sorta shit happen with Granpa Bush?
Generational bank robbers.
We prefer the 'highwaymen' reference more than the coomon folksy 'robber'.
Howard's biggest mistake was underestimating the Vegemite Bloc.
The report noted that Iraqi women, once “the most emancipated in the Arab world,” are increasingly unable to walk around without a hijab, wear cosmetics, or work.
The fundies here must be SO envious.
Aw, spork, come on. RMJ kicks my ass every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
A.
Oh, BTW -- before the Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan
there was a trailer for what looks like an incredibly intense flick starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as two working class brits who are plotting to murder a rich uncle for his money...really gritty and down and dirty.
Turns out its the new Woody Allen movie, and its NOT a comedy...
Could have knocked me over with a feather when his name came up at the end....
Yesterday I heard a report by the BBC (on NPR) talking about the possibility not of a recession but a depression. The reporter asked a bunch of man-on-the-street, wall street types about their concerns for the economy. THey all said it would be fine. Couldn't come up with any reasons. Just everything is gonna be fine. Then they talked to some high level people who were scared to death. The D word. Yikes.
OT from below, I just snet Woodward this note
Bob,
Once you stood for something. Stand up again, please. America needs you to start to tell the truth again. You have lost your way.
My high school English teacher assigned us to go see the movie All The Presidents Men. How horrifying it is to now know that you are one of them.
Nancy
ya know i must ask a foolish question...after SILVERADO....why were not ALL THE BUSHES SHUNNED?
Because the sheer BALLSINESS of 'em engenders admiration?
A.
Howard's biggest mistake was underestimating the Vegemite Bloc.
I'm going to have a vegemite sandwich to celebrate. I've kind of gotten to like it.
Not here, it wasn't. It was everything that had been financed thru a savings & loan. Remember the Resolution Trust Administration?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
There was a lot of "investment", financed as you say, through the newly deregulated S&L's, some of it in commercial real estate. I think Dallas was especially hard hit when the whole house of cards collapsed. Lots of vacancies and foreclosed properties.
Anyone need a fuzzy?
I gotta go clean, etc.
bbl
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there was a trailer for what looks like an incredibly intense flick starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as two working class brits who are plotting to murder a rich uncle for his money...really gritty and down and dirty.
Turns out its the new Woody Allen movie, and its NOT a comedy...
Could have knocked me over with a feather when his name came up at the end....
steve simels
Woody needs to take a break from comedies. His last few, alas, have been disappointing, to say the least.
The report noted that Iraqi women, once “the most emancipated in the Arab world,” are increasingly unable to walk around without a hijab, wear cosmetics, or work.
You have to admit that it does eliminate a lot of carnal interest and thus sin.
Malibu burning again, Santa Anas back in action.
Yesterday I heard a report by the BBC (on NPR) talking about the possibility not of a recession but a depression. The reporter asked a bunch of man-on-the-street, wall street types about their concerns for the economy. THey all said it would be fine. Couldn't come up with any reasons. Just everything is gonna be fine. Then they talked to some high level people who were scared to death. The D word. Yikes.
Neponset | 11.24.07 - 10:55 am | #
I speak with my former colleagues on Wall Street (retired last year) and they are worried...but CNBC can't sell it because viewership will drop thru the floor...keep the circus alive and hopefully sheeple will not notice...
Wave Of Violence’ Against Women In Iraq Undercuts White House’s Claims Of Success »
Heard that thru the BBC also. Since July 44 women have been killed in Basra. Some in front of their children. Some along with their children. Bring that information up and your an america hating doom and gloomer.
I wouldn't call Matchpoint and Scoop comedies but they were pretty awful.
I think Woody Allen's best period was when he was just being silly. Take the money and run, bananas, what's up tiger lilly etc...
Back from the Saturday AM chores.
I work harder at home than at work.
Enjoy it much more.
Woody needs to take a break from comedies. His last few, alas, have been disappointing, to say the least.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
Woody Allen is living out his caricature in Stardust Memories, where all his fans kept saying, "I love your films, especially the early funny ones."
steve, if he'd thrown in some rhetoric about homosexuals shoving their lifestyles down his throat you'd have hit the coveted Wingnut Hat Trick.
A.
Athenae | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 10:48 am | #
Hah!
But last night, NBC Nightly News aired a segment about a “wave of violence that’s gone largely unreported lately against women in Iraq.” The report noted that Iraqi women, once “the most emancipated in the Arab world,” are increasingly unable to walk around without a hijab, wear cosmetics, or work. Watch the report:"
http://thinkprogress.org/
pigboy | 11.24.07 - 10:52 am
And on the Friday after Thanksgiving, this will get real primetime attention from the viewing public....
Let's see if there's any follow-up.
Fave tactic of the MCM*, like politicians, is to release bad news late on a Friday.
*MCM--Mainstream Corporate Media
I walked down madison avenue yesterday and the designer shops were deserted. maybe the richie-riches know something we don't know.
All right, time to get this house cleaned up. If any of you want one, there's a dingo at the homepage.
Love all the lovely bats.
A.
You have to admit that it does eliminate a lot of carnal interest and thus sin.
Pat 'God's Choice' Robertson
Oral Roberts' organization seems to know a lot about those two subjects.
Moe: A satellite? What do we do? What do we do?
Ned: [thumbs through manual] Discotheques, Frathouses, Malibu[?]
-- nothing about satellite fires.
Apu: Let's just spray it with water, already.
Then they talked to some high level people who were scared to death. The D word. Yikes.
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YES the ubber rich,like tweety and Beckola...will just hunker down,and repeat talking points as faxed to them
I'm going to have a vegemite sandwich to celebrate.
Eeewew.
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November 5, 2008 NYT headlines:
"Republicans Suffer Comprehensive Defeat. Democrats Hold White House, Senate, and House by Wide Margins."
--Party Thoroughly Rebuked by U.S.
--"It will take nine generations to rebuild." --Mitch McConnell
--"George W. Bush is like Harry Truman!" -- Ken Mehlman
--"Wow. We really suck." --Rick Santorum
I think Woody Allen's best period was when he was just being silly. Take the money and run, bananas, what's up tiger lilly etc...
Last time I thought he was really, really funny was Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy.
I think Woody Allen's best period was when he was just being silly. Take the money and run, bananas, what's up tiger lilly etc...
trifecta
"I really like your films, especially the early, funny ones."
I think Woody Allen's best period was when he was just being silly. Take the money and run, bananas, what's up tiger lilly etc...
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yea he should have never done analysis
alright, before i crash from the Labor victory high, I'd better get my butt to the gym.
laterz.
Woody Allen not as sharp? Oh come on:
So you want me to tie you up?
Yeah, tie me up.
l'd like you to hit me...
and give me a blowjob.
A blowjob, then hit you.
No.
Hit me and then the blowjob.
lf the order's not right,
it's no fun.
"Permanent Republican Majority."
As If.
Bring that information up and your an america hating doom and gloomer.
Neponset
I'm going to bring it up anyway.
Fuck these uber-patriot types if they can't stand the truth.
Last time I thought he was really, really funny was Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal
I liked "Deconstructing Harry."
"They can't handle the truth!"
ya know i must ask a foolish question...after SILVERADO....why were not ALL THE BUSHES SHUNNED?
Because the sheer BALLSINESS of 'em engenders admiration?
A.
Athenae | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 10:56 am
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terror...that thought terrorizes me,for Darth has the 2 ton balls of steal...(typo on purp)
maybe the richie-riches know something we don't know.
joker |
They keep voting Repug.
They don't know shit.
oh for pete's sake stop with the woody allen bs already
I walked down madison avenue yesterday and the designer shops were deserted. maybe the richie-riches know something we don't know.
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thats what is so stupid
they have killed off the REAL BUYERS
(middle class)
oh for pete's sake stop with the woody allen bs already
grumpyoldvet
damn, who asked for your signing bonus back this morning?
"All right, time to get this house cleaned up. If any of you want one, there's a dingo at the homepage. "
All I see is a ferret who looks like he found the scotch bottle last night.
Caleefornia is burning!!!!!!!!
Lets talk about food.
thats what is so stupid
they have killed off the REAL BUYERS
(middle class)
sittenprettyfarmeress
Chimpy's corporate puppetmasters call it Operation Weimar.
Ohmigod.
Over at Miss Havisham's place, she's quoting from an article about how most of Giuiliani's hires as mayor were crooked cronies.
Her comment at the end is the most hilariously stupid thing she's ever said. Words fail me...
oh for pete's sake stop with the woody allen bs already
grumpyoldvet
Hey, you are in a bad mood. You-you-you must be getting your period.
I'm not getting my period. Jesus, everytime anything out of the ordinary happens,you think that I'm getting my period!
With all these fires in SoCal, it's going to be the best mushroom season ever next spring.
Her comment at the end is the most hilariously stupid thing she's ever said. Words fail me...
Don't make us go. What did she say?
All I see is a ferret who looks like he found the scotch bottle last night.
EkCenTriK
That's a great photo!
richie-riches vote dem. matt drudge told me so. it's on his homepage today but I don't do the linky thing to self-loathing queens.
Bet the house!
Hey, you are in a bad mood. You-you-you must be getting your period.
I'm not getting my period. Jesus, everytime anything out of the ordinary happens,you think that I'm getting my period!
Thats why women can't handle being president.
Her comment at the end is the most hilariously stupid thing she's ever said. Words fail me...
Don't tease us, man! Or else we'll end up going over there ourselves and boost her sitemeter.
richie-riches vote dem. matt drudge told me so. it's on his homepage today but I don't do the linky thing to self-loathing queens.
joker
I would love nothing more than to bury Matt Sludge up to his ears in shit.
damn, who asked for your signing bonus back this morning?
racymind | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:05 am | #
Hah!
simels,
How was the Dylan thing?
Thats why women can't handle being president.
Rudy Giulianus
So what's Bush's excuse?
Beverage for Molly.
I had the guts to go over there:
More in the article. This is an aspect of the Giuliani candidacy we need to study carefully.
Jeebus.
You guys got a signing bonus???
This time the fire in Malibu seems to be burning lots of houses. The last time, they lost only six in Malibu.
I would love nothing more than to bury Matt Sludge up to his ears in shit.
unfortunately, he'd probably like that...
Signing bonus????
I can't recall a time when a contemporary Woody Allen movie was greeted with mass acceptance by other critics or the public, "Annie Hall" and "Hannah and Her Sisters" being the obvious exceptions.
When those "earlier, funnier films" were first released, they were pretty much ignored or derided. He made some incredibly perfect movies in the 80s - "Broadway Danny Rose", "Purple Rose of Cairo", and "Radio Days" - that sank like stones. In the 90s, you've got "Mighty Aphrodite", "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Deconstructing Harry", maybe even "Everyone Says I Love You" that are all good, solid comedies. More recently, there's "Small Time Crooks" and "Match Point". Hell, I even liked "Hollywood Ending."
The guy's a fucking genius, and that's the end of it.
This is an aspect of the Giuliani candidacy we need to study carefully.
She gives vaginas a bad name.
More in the article. This is an aspect of the Giuliani candidacy we need to study carefully.
Jeebus.
Zap Rowsdower
What part of "he hires crooks" needs to be studied carefully, do you suppose?
"Annie Hall" and "Hannah and Her Sisters" being the obvious exceptions.
"Manhattan?"
Or were all the characters (w/the exception of Mariel Hemingway) too awful?
Sorry, that should be "either critics or the public."
simels regrets etc...
She gives vaginas a bad name.
If Bon Jovi had balls, they'd have recorded THAT song.
I only get $.04 a comment. You guys make more????
OT:
But it's day two of Zapette's jewelry sale here at chez Rowsdower.
Swing by and buy something, dammit! Each sale gets me a little closer to Philly, and her a little closer to Edinborough.
"Manhattan?"
No, but less so.
Actually, it's not one of my faves.
"Stardust Memories," however...!
steve, I gather your boy Klein got spanked pretty hard over his FISA bullshit.
I liked match point even though it was a re-hash of crimes and misdemeanors. and I love the one where diane weist keeps telling john cusack, "don't speak!"
Dave have you seen Scoop?
It's bad, bad, bad.
I had a soft spot for "Manhattan"
steve smiels...
never got a signing bonus..just that damned letter from "the president" welcoming to his fraternity....had to go to some far flung outpost, sit in the jungle and wait for charlie to start his shit...born too soon I guess...oh well, that's my lot in life....
but woody was funny a long time ago but not so much anymore...
I was just going to write about this WSJ article. Somehow that paper showed up on our doorstep, either misdelivered or a freebie. Anyway, more from the piece I found even more disturbing, if that's possible:
"The projected supply of foreclosed homes is equal to about 45% of existing home sales and could add four months to the supply of existing homes, says Dale Westhoff, a senior managing director at Bear Stearns. This is a "fundamental shift" in the housing supply, says Mr. Westhoff, who believes that home prices will drop further as lenders "mark to market" repossessed homes."
Via Rising-Hegemon--this from Juan Cole. The numbers are mindboggling (I typoed "mindbobbling" which kinda works too).
http://www.juancole.com/2007/11/...ot-
counted.html
Check out what Attaturk has to say.
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/
HBK,
Czech your email re movie possibilities.
How was the Dylan thing?
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:10 am | #
I've been ranting about it for hours.
Short version: It's great, and I could watch Cate Blanchett stagger around as a skinny Jewish guy all day.
2nd best line:
Cate as Bob (at a Warhol party): "Hey, I want you to meet Brian Jones. He's in that cute covers band."
Best line:
Cate as Bob (with David Cross as Alan Ginsburg) stumbles upon a statue of the crucified Christ: "Hey, do your older material!!!"
"The guy's a fucking genius, and that's the end of it.
dave™© "
I just don't get it. His work bores me completely.
Now that sounds nasty, but I have accepted that there are things that appeal to some people and not so much to others. Woody Allen seems to be one of those things.
i did my morning online reading rounds and came away with only one problem area today.
there ain't near enough alcohol in my house.
maybe chuggin' will do it...
Just one more very strange Bernie Kerik transaction
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/2...on/
24kerik.html
have you seen Scoop?
It's bad, bad, bad.
No, but I've seen "Celebrity", as well as "Curse of the Jade Scorpion," and they suck.
I can still name a dozen of his films off the top of my head that are stellar. Not many other contemporary directors can lay that claim.
I loved Broadway Danny Rose.
The first time I ever saw it, I couldn't believe Tina was played by Mia Farrow.
She was that good.
There is one theater in the entire Houston metro area, 4th largest city in the USA, playing the Dylan movie...
Cate as Bob (with David Cross as Alan Ginsburg) stumbles upon a statue of the crucified Christ: "Hey, do your older material!!!"
Talk about your Woody Allen references!
I just don't get it. His work bores me completely.
No worries. I feel the same way about the entire sci-fi genre, although I did enjoy that re-released "Blade Runner."
I loved Broadway Danny Rose.
That movie truly is his most underappreciated masterpiece. Why it isn't shown on network TV every Thanksgiving is beyond me...
The projected supply of foreclosed homes is equal to about 45% of existing home sales and could add four months to the supply of existing homes,
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WOWSER!
I can still name a dozen of his films off the top of my head that are stellar. Not many other contemporary directors can lay that claim.
dave™©
Funny, the critics didn't like "Shadows and Fog".
I checked it out to see how "bad" it was.....and thoroughly enjoyed it.
"The guy's a fucking genius, and that's the end of it.
dave™© "
Yup...so he's uneven. So's Altman. So are the Coen Brothers. Their good films are out of this world...
Why it isn't shown on network TV every Thanksgiving is beyond me...
Oh yeah... totally true that!
i did my morning online reading rounds and came away with only one problem area today.
fokowi lurking sporadically | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:17 am
Care to share your morning online reading rounds?
I always start with TPM and used to go to Antiwar.com, but that can take forever--so much war news, so little peace....
As I said:
Too much money in too few hands chasing too few investment opportunities. Which resulted, of course, from too much money being in too few hands to begin with. When the masses are tapped out, it becomes hard to find places to stash cash that will produce a return.
It's far from over. We're in for a capital R recession, if not worse.
my fave Mia/Allen movie...is Alice
I can still name a dozen of his films off the top of my head that are stellar. Not many other contemporary directors can lay that claim.
He's no Uwe Boll.
"although I did enjoy that re-released "Blade Runner.""
Oh hell, you just reminded me, the new DVD set is supposed to be out.
"No worries. I feel the same way about the entire sci-fi genre,"
And I find that strange, but I accept it.
I think the one that gets me worked up are people who just hate to read period. I can't imagine it.
"Love And Death" is my all-time favorite Woody Allen movie.
I understand it's his personal favorite.
I'm starting a pool on where Kerik will be found dead by the end of the year from something "self-inflicted".
East River? Underneath the Colgate clock in Jersey City? The Cyclone's ballpark?
The guy's a fucking genius
I don't about "genius," but he's a very, very, very, exceptionally good film maker. His visuals are amazing.
Take the Money and Run is on tonight 9:15 p.m. CST on Bravo.
Did someone already mention this?
I think the one that gets me worked up are people who just hate to read period. I can't imagine it.
EkCenTriK
I don't understand that, either.
Reading, to me, has always been as natural as breathing.
Same with my daughter.
There is one theater in the entire Houston metro area, 4th largest city in the USA, playing the Dylan movie...
racymind
Years ago, I had the unsettling experience of looking at the Houston movie schedules and realized I had already seen every movie playing.
...he critics didn't like "Shadows and Fog".
I checked it out to see how "bad" it was.....and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Really? I'll have to try it. It's based on a play I wasn't fond of, so I skipped it.
There is one theater in the entire Houston metro area, 4th largest city in the USA, playing the Dylan movie...
racymind | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:18 am | #
It's only playing in two theaters in NYC, one of them with an insultingly tiny screen.
my fave Mia/Allen movie...is Alice
sittenprettyfarmeress
I liked "September"
"Love And Death" is my all-time favorite Woody Allen movie.
Mine too.
And a certain rock critic from Noo Yawk...
"I'm starting a pool on where Kerik will be found dead by the end of the year from something "self-inflicted". "
Things would be different if Guiliani was associating with the mob. At least they are normally an efficient and competent form of criminality. Kerik is a dufus.
Shit, I even liked "Interiors."
Shit, I even liked "Interiors."
res ipsa loquitur
I liked that one, too!
Houston is the US's fourth largest city? Why?
did anyone see this
great cast...Mia is superb
teh funny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali...%281990_film%
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I stopped going to the movies when I stopped being able to eat raisinettes. It just didn't seem worthwhile.
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Hey, Steverino - Blithering Misogynist Idiot just deleted my comment.
Guess she didn't like my remark about how, if Ghouliani had a big set of tits, she'd be all over his ass.
Such delicate sensibilities!
steve,
I'm making Thers take me to see Across the Universe tonight.
As to a recession, NYTimes biz reporter writes, the skepticism dripping from his keyboard:If the Fed is right, and the economy does stay out of recession, with the unemployment rate barely rising at all, then it will be the first time ever that a housing slowdown this severe has not coincided with a recession. In fact, there has never been a slowdown of anything like this magnitude until after a recession was under way.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/business/
24charts.html?ref=business
Russian police have detained opposition leader and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov.
He and other critics of President Vladimir Putin were arrested as police broke up a rally in Moscow organised by Mr Kasparov's Other Russia coalition.
Care to share your morning online reading rounds?
jawbone | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:20 am | #
the porn, too???
I liked "September"
Terry C - Democratic Bitch | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:23 am | #
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i shall rent it ...on your say so
My youngest wants to see NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. It is NOT playing here. It will necessitate a trip to the nearest LARGE city, Vickyville - forty miles Southeast of here.
I do love Woody Allen's work.
But lately his obsession with blank slate Scarlett Johnansen is creepy and doesn't make for good cinema.
Can anyone actually *like* "Interiors"? Isn't it more accurate to say it made you think?
sittenprettyfarmeress
Have never seen "Alice". Must remember to do so.
Sounds good.
Houston is the US's fourth largest city? Why?
O-I-L.
And, fertilizer.
Houston is the US's fourth largest city? Why?
Adam Hominem
One word: Urban Cowboy
"I'm making Thers take me to see Across the Universe tonight."
The album is fantastic.
Bananas - 1971
"You cannot bash in the head of an American citizen without written permission from the State Department."
Can anyone actually *like* "Interiors"? Isn't it more accurate to say it made you think?
Molly Ivors
Fair enough.
Bananas - 1971
"You cannot bash in the head of an American citizen without written permission from the State Department."
George Johnston
The Courtroom scene in that movie alone makes it worth watching.
One word: Urban Cowboy
racymind
Damn you John Travolta!
Houston is the US's fourth largest city? Why?
The great Astroturf boom of the late 60s?
i think Mia is teh underated as an actor
she can do it all
ps LOVE HER MOM
uh-oh
the a-man says, it's time to start stocking up on bicycle parts if you wanna stay mobile, working class twentysomething
Re "liking" "Interiors ..."
I watch it whenever it's on, which is, admittedly rare. There's something about it that grabs me.
Okay, "like" probably isn't the word.
It's quite pretentious, I guess. But who cares.
But lately his obsession with blank slate Scarlett Johnansen is creepy and doesn't make for good cinema.
Has anyone dared to listen to her album of Tom Waits covers?
/shudders at the mere thought
Houston is the US's fourth largest city? Why?
Adam Hominem
One word: Urban Cowboy
racymind
But Gilley's was in Pasadena.
"Deconstructing Harry" was pretty good, Dummie Moore notwithstanding.
Houston is miserable. Traffic jams plus soul sucking humidity.
I liked "September"
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
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i shall rent it ...on your say so
sittenprettyfarmeress
Good cast, fine acting...I enjoyed it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093940/
Soon to be seen disappearing from the comments section of the Blithering Misogynist Idiot:
To reiterate: if Ghouliani had a big set of knockers and was photographed with Bill Clinton, Blithering Misogynist Idiot would be all over him like flies on shit.
Hire a bunch of mobbed-up yahoos to loot and pillage: not so much.
Delete away, o blithering one! We all know you can't handle the truth (especially with one of those Saturday-morning-two-boxes-of-wine headaches)!
I watch it whenever it's on, which is, admittedly rare. There's something about it that grabs me.
It's like Bergman without the subtitles...
But Gilley's was in Pasadena.
George Johnston
what part of "one word: Urban Cowboy" do you not understand?
"Deconstructing Harry" was pretty good, Dummie Moore notwithstanding.
res ipsa loquitur
The scene where she says the Yiddish prayers before going down on her husband was soooooooo funny.
dave™© | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:31 am | #
Bravo!
Malibu fire -- so far, 1500 acres burned and 20 houses.
the porn, too???
fokowi lurking sporadically | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:25 am
Well, if it's pertinent.... Never know what Larry Flynt may have come up with....
I think I just sold a 9YO couch on Craig's for $199. Not bad.
i think Mia is teh underated as an actor
she can do it all
ps LOVE HER MOM
sittenprettyfarmeress
Maureen O'Sullivan was marvelous.
Malibu fire -- so far, 1500 acres burned and 20 houses.
Jeepers H. Crackers.
Houston is the US's fourth largest city? Why?
The Gingerman Ale Garden?
Okay, that's it. You ran me off. One more Woody Allen comment and I will be screaming.
Rats, too late.
SUN IS OUT
ITS GORGEOUS DAY and im going antiquing...bye yall
I think I just sold a 9YO couch on Craig's for $199. Not bad.
Res is buying this round!
ps buy antiques
they appreciate!!!
steve,
I'm making Thers take me to see Across the Universe tonight.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:25 am | #
I'll be very curious what you think.
A word of caution: the guy who plays Hendrix is fucking awful -- he didn't sink the movie for me (as you know, I think it's about half great) but I can see where he might ruin the whole thing for somebody else.
I think I just sold a 9YO couch on Craig's for $199. Not bad.
Saw a listing the other day saying for 75 bucks, some guy would stand in line for you outside Best Buy when they opened at some ungawdly hour yesterday...
ps buy antiques
they appreciate!!!
I'm not looking for gratitude.
In fact, there has never been a slowdown of anything like this magnitude until after a recession was under
W creates his own reality. And his reality does not include a recession. So there won't be one. Got that? Never mind those people living under that overpass. They aren't really there. It's just the media focusing on the bad news.
It's so predictable.
Delete away, o blithering one! We all know you can't handle the truth (especially with one of those Saturday-morning-two-boxes-of-wine headaches)!
dave™© | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 11:31 am | #
I love you.
Alright...must go get ready for the jewelry sale. I suspect half of the employees of the St. Paul Public Schools will be here shortly.
Later!
Hendrix was such an enigma. I can't imagine how one would go about playing him in a movie, even.
These big foreclosed homes with pools are now festering and causing a mosquito/West Nile Virus problem in some California cities:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/348...ory/
199310.html
Hendrix was such an enigma. I can't imagine how one would go about playing him in a movie, even.
Jennifer | 11.24.07 - 11:41 am |
It's not just he's a bad actor -- the guy can't fake playing guitar for shit...
It's not just he's a bad actor -- the guy can't fake playing guitar for shit...
steve simels
revoke his SAG!
GravatarThese big foreclosed homes with pools are now festering and causing a mosquito/West Nile Virus problem in some California cities:
Wow, interesting link. Betcha even Atrios didn't see that one coming.
From the NYT article re Howard's "Comprehensive Defeat:"
Mr. Rudd, 18 years younger than Mr. Howard, has a reputation as a cerebral student of policy, as opposed to the Liberal leader’s image of a hardened and aggressive political animal.
Mr. Rudd’s rather dry image was if anything enhanced by the revelation which emerged shortly before the beginning of the campaign that he had got drunk and visited a strip club when he was on a visit to Scores New York in 2003.
“He seems more personable, approachable,” Marcelle Freiman, a university lecturer with two children, who voted for Mr. Rudd in eastern Sydney said. “He doesn’t seem arrogant yet and I have respect for him.”
I bet Howard's people thought they were going to do him in with that. Ha! Ha! Buh-bye!
It's not just he's a bad actor -- the guy can't fake playing guitar for shit...
steve simels
Not up to the par of Academy Award Winning Lip Syncing?
RE Hendrix,
I had heard his music and seen pix of him, but never heard him speak until I saw tape of that Dick Cavett interview. I was struck by how sweet he was.
Gold is up 30% this year. And I thought all those Randi Rhodes' ads on Air America were peddling junk to the masses. Seriously. Sounded like the SelectComfort mattress huckstering.
"But lately his obsession with blank slate Scarlett Johnansen is creepy and doesn't make for good cinema."
gee, what's the attraction?
http://www.timboucher.com/
journa...sson_allure.jpg
Hendrix was an enigma hidden in a mystery wrapped in a Stratocaster.
So I click on this article thinking it's light reading. It's full of horrifying poverty statistics. There are so many problems w/our society that result in the obesity epidemic in this country. For starters if I was in charge I would make sure everyone has access to a grocery store. Not sure how I would do it but shopping in convenience stores is bad & expensive.
http://
promo.realestate.yahoo.co...ese_cities.html
"the guy can't fake playing guitar for shit..."
how does one fake fake guitar teeth playing?
Gold is up 30% this year. And I thought all those Randi Rhodes' ads on Air America were peddling junk to the masses. Seriously. Sounded like the SelectComfort mattress huckstering.
noblejoanie
I think it was stopped clock syndrome on the part of gold marketeers.
Steve,
I was thinking the other day: why don't you take out a domain name, STEVESIMELS.COM and post your music/movie/book reviews online and sell advertising to pay you for them?
(I know you are going to complain that you know NOTHING about such things but I also know that there are a BUNCH of people here who will help you do this. It should not cost you very much to start and if you have the reviews stored in either physical (ever heard of OCR software?) or data copies, it would not be difficult a task. I also know that with all of the good will and your excellent taste you have exhibited your fame has (and will) spread far and wide.
Neponset,
You need the DWD Solution to obesity: Price food according to its caloric content. Lettuce would be damned near free but butter would be ungodly expensive.
"Lettuce would be damned near free but butter would be ungodly expensive"
touch my butter and die!
"the guy can't fake playing guitar for shit..."
how does one fake fake guitar teeth playing?
The real test is during Purple Haze did it sound like "scuze me while I kiss this guy."?
afternoon moonbats
I mentioned in here a few weeks back that I was reading What is the What, the novelized account of Valentino Achek Deng's story of his flight from his boyhood home in southern Sudan at age 7, his 1000 trek to safety in Ethiopia, and his 15 years as an orphan in refugee camps, written by Dave Eggers.
I can't recommend this book highly enough. It is absolutely heartbreaking, but this man's voice comes through so clear. I can't imagine my nephew fleeing and being shot at by helicopters and being stalked by lions, yet he's already a year older than this man was when he was forced to flee. I'm making my soon to be 16 year old niece read it, because I figure she needs a wake-up call on the "poor poor pitiful me" front.
Not surprisingly, a Bush figures in all the misery.
Latest on Malibu -- now at 35 houses burned.
okay, 4 hours of crack den is enuf for now. Later.
The Fed is cutting the interest rate, and mortgages are resetting...upward. Well, sure, why not? Makes perfect sense...
I was thinking the other day: why don't you take out a domain name, STEVESIMELS.COM and post your music/movie/book reviews online and sell advertising to pay you for them?
Oish...I wouldn't be comfortable with that for a variety of reasons, but thanks for the idea.
Seriously...
The Fed is cutting the interest rate, and mortgages are resetting...upward. Well, sure, why not? Makes perfect sense...
Elmer, PHD
It is only called the "Federal Reserve" the more accurate "Bank Price Fixing Cartel" didn't focus group very well.
Gordon Brown's electoral advantage for Labour has been wiped out as the party's support drops to the rock bottom level it endured during the dying months of Tony Blair's government, a Guardian/ICM poll reveals today.
The survey, taken as the prime minister faces serious questions about the competence of his administration in the wake of Northern Rock and the lost child benefit records fiasco, shows that the "Brown bounce" of early summer has vanished.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/
l...2216363,00.html
I had a soft spot for "Manhattan"...
I often listen to the fabulous Mehta "Rhapsody in Blue" from that film while stuck in morning traffic.
These big foreclosed homes with pools are now festering and causing a mosquito/West Nile Virus problem in some California cities:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/348...ory/ 199310.html
steve EVfuture
Why does ANYONE need a half-million dollar house?
BESIDES showing off?
The Fed is cutting the interest rate, and mortgages are resetting...upward. Well, sure, why not? Makes perfect sense...
Elmer, PHD
This sure feels similar to the lies told in the runup to the Iraq invasion, doesn't it? If it's not making sense, it's because it doesn't make sense. That boulder chasing Indiana Jones is going to roll over him and all of us, I fear.
nj: I read that as 'God is up 30%'. Makes a screwy kind of sense in u certain times, actually...
A US military spokesman in Iraq has blamed Iranian-backed Shia militants for a bomb attack on a pet market in Baghdad that killed at least 13 people.
The bomb, hidden in a box of birds at the popular Ghazil market, also injured dozens on Friday.
Rear Adm Gregory Smith said four people had been arrested overnight and that confessions pointed to an Iranian-backed special groups cell.
He said the cell wanted the blame to fall on Sunni al-Qaeda militants.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...ast/
7110988.stm
"The Fed is cutting the interest rate, and mortgages are resetting...upward."
i was wondering the same thing. the article gave an example of a reset to 9.5 APR...
9.5?????????
You need the DWD Solution to obesity: Price food according to its caloric content. Lettuce would be damned near free but butter would be ungodly expensive.
That's interesting. I kinda like that. Now I have to go shopping (shudder). If I'm not back by dark send someone to look for me. Please.
I wouldn't be comfortable with that for a variety of reasons, but thanks for the idea.
Maybe older, way out of print reviews would work? It would be great to have a searchable version. Replete with misspellings 
Terry C: it isn't a matter of need, exactly, but a half-million isn't all that much for a house in suburban Boston, or LA or much of California, and so on.
ProfWombat--dyslexia can sometimes be one's friend or at least make life amusing.
Did Howard actually lose his seat in Oz?
The leaves aren't going to rake themselves, so I must away, much as I love the patter here, esp the movie discussion.
God is an overwhelming responsibility.
Cats are on the upgrade/upgrade...
Kirkuk, Nov 24, 2007 (VOI)- Kirkuk city, northern Iraq, has been placed under indefinite curfew for "security reasons" since last night, a police source said on Saturday.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m3855...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
Afternoon, all. Just checking in for a brief dose of sanity in an insane world ...
"The Fed is cutting the interest rate, and mortgages are resetting...upward."
i was wondering the same thing. the article gave an example of a reset to 9.5 APR...
9.5?????????
It makes sense when you realize the resets are to save the banks not the homeowners.
Recent reports of refugee and internally displaced families trickling back to their Baghdad neighbourhoods have brought some semblance of hope that the security situation is improving in the capital.
But "the number being displaced still far exceeds the number of returnees", according to a November report by the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, a Swiss-based intergovernmental organisation focusing on refugees and displaced persons. And aid for internally displaced Iraqis is not meeting needs, aid organisations report.
Hundreds of thousands of families remain in camps throughout the country, where young Iraqis do not have access to education and are vulnerable to disease, according to aid agencies.
According to the United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, 15 per cent of Iraq’s population - about four million people - has fled their homes since 2003. Fifty per cent are children.
The IOM in Iraq reports that 2.25 million Iraqis are internally displaced. In September 2007, Amnesty International said that Iraq had the "the fastest growing displacement crisis in the world".
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m3855...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
Why does ANYONE need a half-million dollar house?
Well, if your name aint Jones, you gotta do what you gotta do.
And who said that $87K pile of warped SYP, partially fired, badly laid, bricks and swollen waferboard was worth $500K anyway? E-trade?
I often listen to the fabulous Mehta "Rhapsody in Blue" from that film while stuck in morning traffic.
bill buckner | 11.24.07 - 11:58 am | #
I don't if you've heard it, but one of my all time favorite CDs of anything is the version of "Rhapsody" with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the original small jazz band version with George Gershwin himself via piano roll.
An amazing and truly gorgeous performance...it's almost a different piece.
Brooklyn Girl,
Did you get tix for 12/8?
Black Friday: shockingly tame in my corner of the world. Admittedly, I didn't start till the early morning insanities were over.
GENEVA, November 2007 (UNHCR) – Amid media reports that thousands of refugees are going back to Iraq, the UN refugee agency said on Friday that while improved security conditions were welcome it was not yet time to promote, organize or encourage returns.
Spokeswoman Jennifer Pagonis told journalists in Geneva that UNHCR was ready to assist people who have decided, or will decide, to return to Iraq voluntarily, but the agency believed that large-scale repatriation would only be possible "when proper return conditions are in place – including material and legal support and physical safety."
She added that "presently, there is no sign of any large-scale return to Iraq as the security situation in many parts of the country remains volatile and unpredictable. "
According to a survey conducted by UNHCR staff in Syria, there are many reasons for returns to Iraq other than considerations of improved security. Most of some 110 Iraqi families interviewed said they were returning because they were running out of money and/or resources, they faced difficult living conditions or because their visas have expired.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m3854...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
Krugman noted this in passing on his blog, but he's right: I haven't read it anywhere else.
What "pain" are the lenders going through from their reckless bidness practices, if the gummint steps in a bails them out? Is that Sopranos reject still running Countryside? Is he still going to get an obscenely huge bonus this year? I bet he will.
In many places in the world, a half-million isn't all that much for a house.
Why does ANYONE need a half-million dollar house?
That's starting price in my area. You can get a handyman special.
a reset to 9.5 APR...
9.5?????????
It makes sense when you realize the resets are to save the banks not the homeowners.
George Johnston
Where you think they're gonna get the loot to pay for Big Shitpile?
McNabb is not playing against Patriots, probably.
Patriots by 40.
Is Thers around? You don't mind if the Eagles beat up on the 'Canes this afternoon, do you, Thers?
500,000 is a 3 bedroom starter house on half an acre here. and old.
Brooklyn Girl,
Did you get tix for 12/8?
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 12:04 pm | #
No ... my last experience there was just to pay at the door. If you think we need 'em, I might be able to swing by the club in advance ...
euphronius, 90 x 60 lot here, if you're lucky.
euphronius, 90 x 60 lot here, if you're lucky.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 11.24.07 - 12:10 pm | #
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yikes! Pheonix right? or sand diego?
euphronius , San Fernando Valley.
I don't if you've heard it, but one of my all time favorite CDs of anything is the version of "Rhapsody" with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the original small jazz band version with George Gershwin himself via piano roll.
An amazing and truly gorgeous performance...it's almost a different piece.
steve simels | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 12:04 pm | #
I have it and I LOVE it. It's incredible to hear Gershwin play his own music ...
The truth is that eating properly is ungodly expensive. Fresh fruits and vegetables are a lot more expensive than potato chips and hamburgers. The cheapest meats are the fattiest. (hot dogs, lunch meat, sausages and such)
People (who are ignorant) always look at fat poor people and rationalize their being fat as evidence that they are getting plenty to eat when the truth is that is their poverty that makes them fat.
My children in school had the most dreadful nutrition and soul food itself is really an abomination when it comes to good nutrition (Though I really LOVE soul food) But there is no way in hell that boiled cornbread and sugar rice with turkey knuckles and fried chicken and macaroni and cheese and greens are not high in calories.
If I were a paranoid person I would just say this is one more way that MAN keeps his food on the neck of poor people but that would be wrong, wouldn't it?
Is Thers around? You don't mind if the Eagles beat up on the 'Canes this afternoon, do you, Thers?
Still asleep, so beat away.
BG, Redd Kross generally sell out. I got 4 tix from the evil bastards at Ticketmaster, but that's not enough for all of us.
500,000 is a 3 bedroom starter house on half an acre here. and old.
euphronius
There's probably more than a few places around, where $500,000 is the broker's fee.
Why does ANYONE need a half-million dollar house?
Had a friend who sold an 1100 sq ft house in Glendale a few years ago for $420,000. It all depends on where you live. What would an 1100 sq ft condo go for in NYC?
An amazing and truly gorgeous performance..
Don't know that one, but I do have that "Gershwin Plays Gershwin" thing that Artis Wodehouse put together. I'll check it out.
(With Tower Records gone, where the fuck does anyone buy classical musical these days?)
(With Tower Records gone, where the fuck does anyone buy classical musical these days?)
The internets.
san fernando valley looks NICE. no wonder it is so expensive.
Oh, boy.
Just heard on radio ...
Feds want to test a program where by firefighters -- who do not need a warrant to enter your house -- would provide "intelligence" to feds on suspicious stuff they see when they go in your house.
OT: A woman who conceived a child after a one-night stand with a colleague and hid her pregnancy from everyone has won the right to keep the birth a secret from the father.
The woman, who is now 20 and cannot be named for legal reasons, became pregnant when she was 19, but did not realise until a late stage. She told no one, shunned medical help until she went into labour, and put the girl up for adoption as soon as she was born.
In September, after an application from the local authority, a county court judge ruled that the woman's parents and the father of the child should be told. But yesterday, three appeal judges overruled him and, in a landmark judgment, agreed that the mother has "the ultimate veto" over who should be told about her child.
They ordered that the local authority and guardian take no steps to identify the father or tell him about the birth of the girl, who is now 19 weeks old. They also banned the authority from introducing the girl to any of the mother's family to assess them as potential carers. Her family had found out about the child during the proceedings after the local authority wrote to them by mistake.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
gender...2216324,00.html
euphronius, it's mixed. And I don't live in one of the pricier areas.
What would an 1100 sq ft condo go for in NYC?
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal | 11.24.07 - 12:12 pm | #
Depends on the neighborhood. Half a mil doesn't get you half that much space in Manhattan.
its been quite cold today, real winter weather, wore my long coat for the first time.
3 years ago the Eagles lost to the Patriots in a even, exciting Superbowl. Tomorrow the Eagles will be the greatest NFL underdog ever going into Foxboro.
Heck of a job Andy Ried, Joe Banner. Heck of a job.
Depends on the neighborhood. Half a mil doesn't get you half that much space in Manhattan.
Exactly my point.
Two soldiers who smuggled stolen guns out of Iraq to sell as souvenirs were jailed at a court martial yesterday.
The lance corporals from the Yorkshire Regiment drew up a homemade catalogue of the black market weapons which are thought to have been smuggled out of Iraq in the fuel tanks of trucks and armoured cars. Their plan was to make money from easy sales to colleagues in a battalion which, according to evidence at the court martial in Catterick barracks, North Yorkshire, was "riddled with drug abuse and dealing" at the time of the incident three years ago.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
milita...2216253,00.html
Feds want to test a program where by firefighters -- who do not need a warrant to enter your house -- would provide "intelligence" to feds on suspicious stuff they see when they go in your house.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 12:14 pm | #
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that's just stupid. they would end up needing warrents.
Great. The Lakers got spanked by the Celtics last night. Mlle will be unlivable.
no one wants to play with Kobe Bryant. they should have traded him and kept shaq. dumb dumb.
The Oxford Union has voted to let the British National Party (BNP) leader and a controversial historian speak at a free speech event on Monday.
Despite opposition, the Oxford Union Debating Society members voted by a margin of 2 to 1 to continue to extend an invite to the BNP's Nick Griffin.
David Irving, who was jailed for Holocaust denial, will also be invited.
The move was opposed by the Oxford Student Union and the university's Muslim and Jewish societies.
The Oxford Union Debating Society said it was important to give people of all views a platform.
Luke Tryl, president of the society, said: "The men were not being given a platform to extol their views, but were coming to talk about the limits for free speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...ire/
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The internets.
I knows. Just miss that wonderful sensation of walking into Tower and wanting say, the Mozart "Requiem," and having like 400 different recordings to choose from...
Just a couple of comments: FYI - Mortgage interest rates are tied to the Bond Market(yield), not the Fed funds rate. And when the Fed lowers its rate, it often ADVERSELY AFFECTS the bond market, by making stocks more attractive.
Given that it's obvious that the sub-prime mortgage problem was created by the lenders, why do you suppose the only "remedy" being considered (besides bailing out the lenders) consists of further regulation of mortgage Brokers (to the point of putting us out of business)? Could it be the amount of money & lobbying the lenders can use to influence law makers? And of course web sites like Atrios encouraging support of such legislation, although I have yet to read any stories about how a mortgage broker defrauded a borrower or lender like the mortgage Banker who did.
At least 15 people are feared to have been killed in two separate suspected suicide attacks against security forces in Pakistan.
A suicide bomber rammed a car into a defence ministry bus outside an intelligence service office in garrison city of Rawalpindi on Saturday.
Another bomber blew up his vehicle outside Pakistan's army headquarters.
Al Jazeera correspondent Kamal Hyder said: "The blast outside the intelligence agency was very powerful and the casualties are likely to be in the dozens."
Reports of the number of people killed in the attack varied, with the Reuters news agency reporting at least 15 people were killed.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...BCBFBB42163.htm
BG, Redd Kross generally sell out. I got 4 tix from the evil bastards at Ticketmaster, but that's not enough for all of us.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 12:12 pm | #
Okay ... how many more do we need?
judy, check the LAT. They've had stories.
Heck of a job Andy Ried, Joe Banner. Heck of a job.
euphronius
That's OK. Joe Gibbs half of the time acts like he doesn't even realize there's a football game going on right in front of him.
would provide "intelligence" to feds on suspicious stuff they see when they go in your house....
Hey, my neighbor is a firefighter. Wonder if I'm on a list somewhere because I watch the news and swear...
(With Tower Records gone, where the fuck does anyone buy classical musical these days?)
bill buckner | 11.24.07 - 12:13 pm | #
Amazon. They pretty much have everything....
Just miss that wonderful sensation of walking into Tower and wanting say, the Mozart "Requiem," and having like 400 different recordings to choose from.
I always loved record stores. Some of my fondest memories are of being 12 and 13 years old and walking down to the neighborhood record store and picking up the latest Beatles single. Good times....
I knows. Just miss that wonderful sensation of walking into Tower and wanting say, the Mozart "Requiem," and having like 400 different recordings to choose from...
bill buckner | 11.24.07 - 12:18 pm | #
In NYC, the Virgin Megastore still has a pretty good classical department.
I'm also told J&R downtown is good as well...
Feds want to test a program where by firefighters -- who do not need a warrant to enter your house -- would provide "intelligence" to feds on suspicious stuff they see when they go in your house.
res ipsa loquitur
And of course, there's no parameters for "suspicious stuff" or even "just cause for entry."
All Hail the Fatherland.
If I were a paranoid person I would just say this is one more way that MAN keeps his food on the neck of poor people but that would be wrong, wouldn't it?
DWD
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nope
WIC only added fresh foods to their "must haves" this past year.
My community center has fresh food give-aways once a week. The truck pulls up and (in one of the poorest Wilmington neighborhoods), the folks line up for the free veggies and fruits and sometimes get so riled up that police are called in to calm them down.
bill buckner:
Here's that Gershwin/Tilson Thomas small jazz band version..
http://www.amazon.com/Rhapsody-B...95924678&sr=1-
3
Trust me -- it's exquisite, and a real revelation.
Pope Benedict XVI has elevated 23 prelates from around the world to the position of cardinal and delivered a pressing appeal for an end to war in Iraq.
One of the new cardinals is Emmanuel III Delly, the Baghdad-based Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans.
During a ceremony in St Peter's Basilica on Saturday, the pope said Christians in Iraq were "feeling with their own flesh the dramatic consequences of an enduring conflict".
The Chaldeans are Iraq's biggest Christian group and the Chaldean rite is one of oldest in the Catholic Church.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
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I always loved record stores. Some of my fondest memories are of being 12 and 13 years old and walking down to the neighborhood record store and picking up the latest Beatles single. Good times....
Toonscribe
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we had a five and dime with 45s - my first buys were Smokey's Tears of a clown and something forgettable by Dave Cassidy.
sheets
no one wants to play with Kobe Bryant. they should have traded him and kept shaq. dumb dumb.
euphronius
Kobe Bryant has been coddled and pampered by the Lakers more than Kobe beef gets pampered by Japanese farmers.
Thanks, Steve...
In Boston, Virgin took over Tower's old massive space at the top of Newbury St., but they went bust within a couple of years. HMV similarly didn't last for very long. "Not a big college town..."
I always loved record stores.
Me too. Prolly explains why I spent FAR too many years working in 'em...
Amid media reports that thousands of refugees are going back to Iraq, the UN refugee agency said on Friday that while improved security conditions were welcome it was not yet time to promote, organize or encourage returns
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I assumed that it was BS efforts propping Bushie.
Here's Gershwin himself with the first recorded version of "Rhapsody in Blue."
this is what happens when republicans* pretend a fetal-alcohol retard with a long history of substance abuse, small business failure, and military desertion is qualified to be president.
*republicans: greedy assholes, violent wannabee fascists, and religious dumbshits.
Here's Gershwin himself with the first recorded version of "Rhapsody in Blue."
dave™© | Homepage
AHA!
I have a 33 1/3 disc with that roll (exceptional only in the poor quality), but which I still play once a week.
Afternoon, rational people.
Escuse me, but I didn't fall for the charade and I haven't missed a month's payment EVER on my mortgage.
Please explain to me why I should bail out (1) biog banks who lent to people who couldn't pay and (2) people who thought that they deserved a house they couldn't pay for.
Just a question. I mean, capitalism works when it rewards rational economic decision-making.
I made rational decisions and now I am supposed to pay for those who did not, both on Wall Street and on Main Street?
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