HULK SMASH!!!
happy 4th
I'm here by myself?
I'm still waiting for that "Mothers of Snorg Girls" site...
Oh, someone is here.
Oh, trademark Dave, have I got SOMETHING for you.
A 21 Bun Salute!!
(downloading pics now from my neighborhood parade- bunnies wuz there)
Still time to check out the 4th of July Jukebox!
Oh, camera, please hurry.
Wow.
Amazing. Obama can't keep the same position for five minutes, so the left is determined to pretend McCain has changed his positions in any significant way. Obama's Iraq rhetoric doesn't match his own website.
http://www.spectator.org/blogger...sp?
BlogID=13438
He may be identified as being from San Jose, but he's really a native son of Vallejo - just like Sly Stone!
Excuse me, no comments?
My ass there's no comments.
Now playing on the 4th of July jukebox: "Deja Vu" by John Fogerty.
If there were justice in the world, it woulda been Number One.
Still no statement from Chimpy on Jesse Helms
Let's see how the media handle Jesse Helms now. They didn't do so well for oh, about the past 50 years or so:
"And the man ABC News now describes as a "conservative icon" (8/22/01) in 1993 sang "Dixie" in an elevator to Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the Senate, bragging, "I'm going to make her cry. I'm going to sing Dixie until she cries." (Chicago Sun-Times, 8/5/93)
More recently, when a caller to CNN's Larry King Live show praised guest Jesse Helms for "everything you've done to help keep down the n****s," Helms' response was to salute the camera and say, "Well, thank you, I think." (Wilmington Star-News, 9/16/95)
From "Media Downplay Bigotry of Jesse Helms", FAIR, 8/31/01
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1871
where do bad folks go when they die...
bit by a dog with a rabid tooth...
Andrea Mitchell moistens when she sees "Big Al" at full mast.
Imagine what her fantasies of McCain must be like.
One by one, I see the old ghosts rising
Stumbling 'cross Big Muddy
Where the light gets dim
Day after day, another Mama's crying
She's lost her precious child
To a war that has no end
Did you hear 'em talkin' 'bout it
On the radio?
Did you stop to read the writing
At The Wall?
Did that voice inside you say
"I've seen this all before"?
It's like Deja Vu all over again...
Fireworks I'd like to see....
my rocket to the sun taking off with trollz inside
Still no statement from Chimpy on Jesse Helms
He won't be sober for some time...
hello again
for some reason haloscan mucked firefox or something did, as my computer just seized up
the ad currently displaying on Eschaton is of a virtual lady in black hotpants and a itsy bitsy red jacket and is slightly reveling her boobs
its for a computer game
she's either wearing tiny hotpants or a micro skirt
Echidne has the sexiest mosquito bites.
Wait, I'll come in again!
OK, Dalmatians are barking, meaning dinner is served shortly. You folks have a great 4th. Later.
Whew. Some escaped from Cindy McCain's net.
Well crap, one of my better sililoquies in the last month gets deadthreaded. 
mosquitos are bastards
when i hurt my knee in Switzerland I was laid up in hospital for a bit and i got bitten to death by a fraking mosquito and what was worse I was on some form of painkiller and half sleep half awake staring into the darkness and all i could hear was this loud buzzing and i woke up next morning with like 30 bits covering my body.
*bites
the ad currently displaying on Eschaton is of a virtual lady in black hotpants and a itsy bitsy red jacket and is slightly reveling her boobs
I see dead people.
i woke up next morning with like 30 bits covering my body.
A shave AND a haircut!
Revenge of the dead-threaded:
Well, yes, I think you could say I've been provoked by Friedman.
A blunder into the middle of a Fresh Air interview one time, as the interviewee was expounding at length. At first it sounded rather profound, then a couple of glossy generalities were thrown out and, finally, in response to a question from Terry, some simpering and giggling and a utter babble.
"Whoever this is, is a flippin' idiot", I said to myself, then Terry said, "We'll continue our interview with Tom Friedman after this break".
To hear him live is to know that he is the Great American Twit.
I have fireworks on my homepage. A pic taken by a friend.
Who can I insult on this thread?
Is Echidne here? I could say something nasty about the Finns.
.
The RNC is sending out "Hairspray" DVDs to help mobilize the base
with the message being elect McCain or everyday will be "Negro Day".
Here's hoping Barack
nominates Motor Mouth Maybell for secretary of state.
i woke up next morning with like 30 bits covering my body.
A shave AND a haircut!
No PEEKing or POKEing!
you could insult the Brits
i wouldn't take it personally lol
I have fireworks on my homepage. A pic taken by a friend.
SillyString™ fireworks!
Echidne has the sexiest mosquito bites.
Wait, I'll come in again!
I look like a collapsed Julie Andrews right now, so all I have are the itchy bites.
A shave AND a haircut!
TWO BITES!
.
make me fries!
101.9 playing "Yellow Ledbetter"...
Is Echidne here? I could say something nasty about the Finns.
I'm all ears (covered by the nun hairdo).
Is Echidne here? I could say something nasty about the Finns.
not if you ever hope to have a crowded house.
I look like a collapsed Julie Andrews right now, so all I have are the itchy bites.
mind you it could of been the drugs making me think i had more bites than I actually had
i was pretty out of it on the first night there
you enter this weird state where your there but not there
you could insult the Brits
Nahhh, there's no fun in that.
Perhaps the Manx...
.
Who can I insult on this thread?
Insult 4legs - even more vile than me.
I want to go back to talking about kicking Freidman in the balls.
could hear was this loud buzzing and i woke up next morning with like 30 bits covering my body. - Moonbootica
If they were naughty bits the problem was something other than a mosquito.
I wonder if the idiot in chief, George W. Bush will celebrate the fourth of July by shoving M80's down frogs throats and blowing them up like he used to as a kid?
I want to go back to talking about kicking Freidman in the balls.
baba durag | 07.04.08 - 5:10 pm | #
I saw his house in Bethesda last month. You wanna see middle class values of hard word and furgality personified - go somewhere else.
I'm dead.
-
word -> work
rootless-e | 07.04.08 - 5:12 pm |
Can I kick him now?
Wait, I'll come in again!
U won't fucking BELIEVE the photo I took this morning.
Well, I've wracked my brains and I can't come up with a single bad thing to say about Finland.
I think I'll concentrate on the Manx.
They have impaired cats.
Hah!
.
A shave AND a haircut!
watertiger
30 bits would be 7 1/2 Tastee Freez tickets at the new rate.
Insult 4legs - even more vile than me.
Go play on the freeway Elias.
Well, I've wracked my brains and I can't come up with a single bad thing to say about Finland.
Dark. Cold. Mosquitoes the size of tigers. Lots of drunken people.
Spider bites are worse than mosquito bites. They itch so much, you scratch in your sleep.
I want a moratorium on the phrase "to be continued." Who's with me...??
Fjnns spkel fowney.
the Isle of Man is a self-governing Crown dependency. The island is not part of the United Kingdom, but foreign relations, defence, and ultimate good-governance of the Isle of Man are the responsibility of the government of the United Kingdom.
I want to go back to talking about kicking Freidman in the balls.
I have some poin-ted shoes...
"Well, I've wracked my brains and I can't come up with a single bad thing to say about Finland."
Q: What's the closest thing to a fish's asshole?
A: A Finn
I have some poin-ted shoes...
watertiger
I repeat - ROWWRRR!
U won't fucking BELIEVE the photo I took this morning.
Of Echidne's mosquito bites?!
Dark. Cold. Mosquitoes the size of tigers. Lots of drunken people. - Echidne
Hard to say bad things about a country where the justices say you have the right to call a cop a horsecock to his face in the local dialect.
The Crown Dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.
Being independently administrated jurisdictions, none forms part of the United Kingdom or of the European Union.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Cro...rown_dependency
" is for America to take the lead in solving the world’s problem."
My god, it was always right there in front of us. We just failed to see the simplest answer to everything.
Contessa Brewer.
I would have gone for a stage name meself.
However, Contessa would be a good chapter president of her local Movers and Shakespeares chapter.
NEW YORK: A just released report by the US Army makes a severe indictment of the planning and conduct of the Iraq war. Both the civilian and military planning for a post-Saddam Iraq was inadequate, and that the US Army commanders didn’t foresee the full spectrum of operations needed to bring stability to the country, it said.
In the civilian arena, this is particularly true in the case of refugees, millions of Iraqis who had to flee their own country in desperation. According to official estimates Iraqi refugees now total almost 5mn people, and are part of one of the most tragic humanitarian crises in the region.
According to Amnesty International, countries are evading their responsibility towards Iraqi refugees by promoting a false sense of security in Iraq, which is neither safe nor suitable for their return.
The organisation stressed that the world’s richest countries are failing to provide necessary assistance to Iraqi refugees, "most of whom are plunged in despair and hurtling towards destitution".
According to the most recent estimates of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of Iraqis who have fled their homes has now reached 4.7mn. This is the highest number since the US-led invasion and the subsequent internal armed conflict in Iraq.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m4542...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
Dark. Cold. Mosquitoes the size of tigers. Lots of drunken people.
There's a magical-realism novel there.
You'd have to write it in Spanish, of course.
Gabriel Garcia Pekkonnen.
.
Of Echidne's haircut?!
watertiger |
feathered your trim
I'm dead.
-
Jesse Helms
How could they tell?
/channeling Dorothy Parker re Calvin Coolidge
Gabriel Garcia Pekkonnen.
spork_incident
I dated her once. Dark. Bumpy.
Ok. I'm going out now. In a baseball cap.
Pekkonen
feathered your trim
Hey, now!
Deep Thought:
"Why didn't Melanie Daniels just leave Bodega Bay?"
Go play on the freeway Elias.
fourlegsgood, exuberant | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:14 pm | #
Not elias. When I got banned from Shakepeare's sister today, one comment was that I was horrible, but not quite as bad as you.
Shows I have to work harder.
oats and carrots?
oats and apples?
oats and peas?
baloney and ham?
baloney and pepperoni?
apple and carrot pie?
[the girls are playing a horse castle make-believe, and are discussing the menu]
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been...a Racist?
What Jamison Foser said is all true, of course, but it won't matter. Yes, yes, the media worship the ground McCain walks on (when he isn't walking on water). Yes, yes, criticism of McCain is verboten. Yes, yes, criticism of Obama is to be encouraged, especially when someone who is known to support him says anything whatsoever about McCain.
Won't matter. McCain's gonna lose, and if the media canonize him, they're gonna lose as well.
Works for me.
Wife and BBQ call. Gotta go.
Have fun, Echidne. We love ya.
Let's see how the media handle Jesse Helms now. They didn't do so well for oh, about the past 50 years or so:
"And the man ABC News now describes as a "conservative icon" (8/22/01) in 1993 sang "Dixie" in an elevator to Carol Moseley-Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the Senate, bragging, "I'm going to make her cry. I'm going to sing Dixie until she cries."
Talk about a Macaca moment. Too bad Bono wasn't around to explain to him why being a close-minded hateful bigot was bad.
Can I kick him now?
baba durag | 07.04.08 - 5:13 pm | #
Please.
Well, I've wracked my brains and I can't come up with a single bad thing to say about Finland.
Isn't it pitch-black there about 364 days a year?
Whew. Some escaped from Cindy McCain's net.
watertiger | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:04 pm | #
Campaign song versions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G...h?
v=GZHFP1B0Okc
Hey, now!
watertiger |
I changed it from 'tassels'!
bo -
Your take on Friedman was dead on.
I dated her once. Dark. Bumpy.
The tiger-sized mosquitos, no doubt.
.
feathered your trim
That kinda tickles...
Of Echidne's mosquito bites?!
Noes.
Bunnies.
I changed it from 'tassels'!
My personal grooming habits are between me and that Korean lady at the salon.
The going rate of exploitation
That kinda tickles...
"Why didn't Melanie Daniels just leave Bodega Bay?"
Because Hitchcock had her chained.
.
Bunnies.
Echidne had bunny bites?
I think the Finns tax alcohol at a pretty high rate.
no doubt, spork
"Why didn't Melanie Daniels just leave Bodega Bay?"
She was all aflutter.
RIL, I wondered that too.. Also, the entire scene in the diner, with the creepy old ornithologist-lady, seems weird. Was that dialog an allegory for political apathy?
Coulda been--Hitchcock might have been that subtle about politics as well as scariness.
Contessa Brewer is a 3rd rate journalist.
That said, as long as I have a head on my shoulders, she'll have a place to sit.
Yes, yes, the media worship the ground McCain walks on (when he isn't walking on water).
When reegun would give pressers and speeches, I would cringe.
In retrospect, considering the republic presidents since Nixon, reegun at his most senile was a great communicator than any of the rest of the douchebags.
McCain't is laughable. How his useless, stupid, sorry ass can be put on a pedestal by anyone is unfathomable.
I think the Finns tax alcohol at a pretty high rate.
leibniz leibkins
You got proof of that?
Speaking of bunnnies, we're babysitting our grandbunny, a black dwarf sweetie named Osita!
Was that dialog an allegory for political apathy?
I don't know, but I'm glad that Temptress Melanie Daniels smacked the hysterical hausfrau who kept saying that people were "scaring the children" when it was she who was so obviously scared out of her wits.
Was that dialog an allegory for political apathy?
"Stop it! You're scaring the children!"
Bunnies.
Bunnies!
.
reegun was more of a great communicator...
Okay, at last, pictures:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...th-of-
july.html
pictures that even trademark dave will love.
echidne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l...h?
v=le5uCYIHs6Y
Anyone who does not scream EEEEEEP after looking at my bunny pics is an asshole.
The end.
Holy moley, those poor rabbits!
Rod Taylor annoys me for some reason.
.
Strangely quiet fourth of July here. A few years ago it was like riding through a war zone.
Holy moley, those poor rabbits!
No, they loved it.
They're sitting on ice packs so they're nice and cool and everyone was petting them and fussing over them.
The fucking loved it.
Those are mighty mellow bunnies. Our grandbunny won't even stand for the special flip 'em over and hypnotize 'em trick that always worked on my pet bunnies.
Strangely quiet fourth of July here. A few years ago it was like riding through a war zone.
Lumpenprolitariot
Have you seen the bunnies?
EEEEP!
Those are mighty mellow bunnies. Our grandbunny won't even stand for the special flip 'em over and hypnotize 'em trick that always worked on my pet bunnies.
Apparently the trick is to put them on an icepack.
"Strangely quiet fourth of July here. A few years ago it was like riding through a war zone."
8 years of a Bush presidency has left most of us feeling less than patriotic.
BUNNY IN A TANK!
Apparently the trick is to put them on an icepack.
Worth a try!
How funny is the bunny in the tank?
His name is.... no lie.... BRADLEY
Apparently the trick is to put them on an icepack.
Bunsicles.
BUNNY IN A TANK!
WEARING A HELMET!!!!
Whoever put those rabbits in those outfits came within a hare's breadth of animal abuse!
How funny is the bunny in the tank?
His name is.... no lie.... BRADLEY
Only way that would be more amusing is if his name was Dukakis
His name is.... no lie.... BRADLEY
E-e-xcelent.
everybody wants to be a cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e...h?v=eSX8eWZ8-
wI
later
Sadly, trademark dave will never see these patriotic bunnies because I'm probably still killfiled.
tant pis
Finnish bunnies the size of mosquitoes?
.
mosquito bunnies
Whoever put those rabbits in those outfits came within a hare's breadth of animal abuse!
Now THIS is animal abuse:
http://smg.photobucket.com/
album...nt=IMG_7343.jpg
just pic
Our cockatiel is going nuts to the soundtrack of that movie!
Oh my dog, those bunnies are hilarious and adorable!
BjorkBjorkBjorkBjorkBjork
.
(Trying to think of more rabbit puns.)
Oh my dog, those bunnies are hilarious and adorable!
They seem to retain their dignity.
.
(Trying to think of more rabbit puns.)
You're just lapin' it up.
BjorkBjorkBjorkBjorkBjork
SwanSwanSwanSwanSwan
.
I say again: zero comments my ass!
Oh my dog, those bunnies are hilarious and adorable!
I haz doggies 2
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...2-you-
noes.html
(Trying to think of more rabbit puns.)
You're just lapin' it up.
watertiger
I'd pun, but I don't know jack about rabbits...
What if you dressed one of those rabbits up as Bugs Bunny in "Water, Water, Every Hare" ("Oh my, what an innnnnnnnnnnteresting monster!")
"He had a name...twooo names!"
ID that movie!
.
spork_incident: SwanSwanSwanSwanSwan
Is that the wanker from OrangeSatan?
.
I say again: zero comments my ass!
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Bunnies or birds, not asses. Please get with the program.
alright, who wants Maddie?
she is too big to be doing this
BjorkBjorkBjorkBjorkBjork
SwanSwanSwanSwanSwan
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spork_incident | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:39 pm | #
And yet back in the 70s, nobody gave Elton John any grief about that stupid duck suit.
Founders wouldn't be impressed, poll shows
Right. Because they liked walking around with smelly assholes and dying of old age at 45.
"He had a name...twooo names!"
ID that movie!
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spork_incident | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:40 pm | #
I have no idea...this is irking me.
"liked walking around with smelly assholes and dying of old age at 45."
The Republican Plan for a Renewed American Prosperity?
And yet back in the 70s, nobody gave Elton John any grief about that stupid duck suit.
It was the 70's.
We were all high
8 years of a Bush presidency has left most of us feeling less than patriotic.
macacawitz
That and we just got past the one year mark of the flood.
I haz doggies 2
Very happy to see the canines represented!
And yet back in the 70s, nobody gave Elton John any grief about that stupid duck suit.
I did. I thought it sucked.
I have no idea...this is irking me.
Hint: Scottish movie.
.
Very happy to see the canines represented!
I haz more, but they'll have to wait until later.
Holy crap, I got more comments on my post at barackobama in one day than my blog has gotten in one month...
HAID! PANTS! NOW!
I suppose I should go outside at some point.
Hint: Scottish movie.
Gone with the Hagus?
"This house is clean."
I love Bjork
always has, ever since i was young
when all my friends were obsessed with boybands I was listening to Bjork (and her earlier post punk band The Sugacubes), Blur, Pulp and lots of punk, my dad had a brill double CD of punk hits
So I Married An Ax Murderer?
CNN reports, you decide:
'Cindy Brady' halts radio chat to vomit
I suppose I should go outside at some point.
I was actually out of the house at 7:30 am.
Can you believe that?
I was actually out of the house at 7:30 am.
Well, sure. It's Texas. After 7:30, it gets to be, like, 140º.
Hint: Scottish movie.
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spork_incident | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:44 pm | #
Local Hero?
Braveheart?
Lorna Doone?
i've just been watching a BBC Four Session with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and following that a show call 'songwriters circle' which features Nick Cave, John Cale and Chrisse Hyde
He's probably upstairs cryin' himself to sleep on his huge pilla.
Local Hero?
Braveheart?
Lorna Doone?
steve hüssein® simels
Trainspotting?
He's probably upstairs cryin' himself to sleep on his huge pilla.
It's got its own weather system!
Hint: Scottish movie.
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spork_incident | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:44 pm | #
Trainspotting?
Well, sure. It's Texas. After 7:30, it gets to be, like, 140º.
THat's not usually enough to get me up that early on a holiday.
a coke to racymind
I suppose I should go outside at some point.
watertiger
Heh. There's a big cookout down by the pool. I had to tell them that since we're having another party tomorrow, tonight is out. Can't expect me to be nice & sociable two days in a row. Enough is enough with all these nice people.
Rabbits make great house pets! If you're thinking of getting one, check out your local shelter first - rabbits aren't usually thought of when people go looking for a pet and so, unfortunately, they're more likely to be euthanized.
My lovely wife esp. liked Gen. Bunny...
Gregory's Girl?
"Perhaps we should put it out of it's misery."
"What do you mean?"
"Hit it with something heavy."
"We just did that with a two-ton automobile."
.
Fourth of July in flg's neighborhood is a harey experience.
But if someone is tempted to start with the rabbit puns, I think we should ask them to lepus alone.
a coke to racymind
Moonbootica, Latitude 2008 |
Thanks ... make sure it's a cold one, since it's 140 degrees and all here.
My lovely wife esp. liked Gen. Bunny...
He's the cutest thing EVAH!!
and very friendly.
the rabbit people were doing an adopt a rabbit thing as well.
Congrats, Steve.
"Local Hero" it is.
.
Thanks ... make sure it's a cold one, since it's 140 degrees and all here.
Feh. Houston's like 160º.
But if someone is tempted to start with the rabbit puns, I think we should ask them to lepus alone.
bo
It's the last time we'll warren you.
Some days, it's just not worth it to chew through the leather restraints.
.
Feh. Houston's like 160º.
Nawwww, Houston is only 110 degrees, but it feels like 160 because of the humidity.
Gregory's Girl?
Marzipan!
.
199 days left, btw.
Congrats, Steve.
"Local Hero" it is.
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spork_incident | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:50 pm | #
Which scene?
I love that movie, but the line really didn't ring a bell...
There was a D&D variant we used to play in Tempe back in the day. It was called Bunnies and Burrows. Watership Down was all the rage then.
When Andrea Mitchell and Bob Schieffer are finally tossed into the Duck Pit to meet their well deserved fates, they'll still not understand why it's happening to them.
Nor will any of the other Villagers who stitting in the tumbrels, awaiting their turns.
So -- what? Bodega Bay is Chernobyl?
Bunny Lebowski
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/
video...rady.radio.kktv
This 'Cindy Brady' thing is beyond fucked up. Susan Olsen -- evidently a woman who likes some wine (THE BEST KIND MY FRIENDS, THE BEST KIND) -- decides to be on some dork's radio show, drinks too much the night before, and bails out midway to puke out her hangover.
The DJ is flipping out, claims it's the "weirdest thing he's witnessed on the show in 20 years." Seems like a tall order, no? He explains that "this wasn't a rock star, this was Cindy Brady!"
In fact, Cindy Brady is a fictional character on TV.
Who is the genuine retard among this cast of characters?
Feh. Houston's like 160º.
[subliminal move-to-new-york move-to-new-york]
watertiger
I hear it's only like 110 in New York.
200 days too many, wt.
Moonbootica: Bunny Lebowski
Let me find an ATM...
.
Local Hero?
Braveheart?
Lorna Doone?
steve hüssein® simels
Trainspotting?
racymind
Rob Roy
Feh. Houston's like 160º.
watertiger
You can fry an egg on my thighs here...
So -- what? Bodega Bay is Chernobyl?
Seagulls are Commies.
Feh. Houston's like 160º.
watertiger
One of the few places where humidity can be over 100%. Definitely not a dry heat...
There was a D&D variant we used to play in Tempe back in the day. It was called Bunnies and Burrows. Watership Down was all the rage then.
I still have my Warren Master's Guide.
You can fry an egg on my thighs here...
Aaaaaaaaaaand we're back to mosquito bites!
Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars.
Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited.
Bunny Lebowski: Brandt can't watch, though, or he has to pay a hundred.
Brandt: Ah haha. That's marvelous.
The Dude: Uh, I'm just gonna go find a cash machine.
Steve -
It's when Gordon serves them the rabbit for dinner.
.
It's a sweltering 77 degrees here.
Nawwww, Houston is only 110 degrees, but it feels like 160 because of the humidity.
fourlegsgood, exuberant |
Damn.
Seagulls are Commies.
Proof: all that red during the telephone booth scene.
noblejoanie, Roadmaster was proposing a get together at La Fete next sunday. Were you planning on going?
You can fry an egg on my thighs here...
Where do I put the breakfast link?
I'm debating, should I go downtown and photograph the fireworks like I always threaten to but never do?
You can fry an egg on my thighs here...
Oh, my...
.
Aaaaaaaaaaand we're back to mosquito bites!
watertiger
Well, it is Houston. West Nile virus and stuff like that.
(no malaria)
(no malaria)
I'm debating, should I go downtown and photograph the fireworks like I always threaten to but never do?
How about a bats-fireworks combo?
Someone took exception to my belief that Thomas Jefferson would have opposed FISA telecom immunity.
Where do I put the breakfast link?
Stunt Woman
Didja see my scooter dealer?
.
I must tell you that it's only 90 degrees here.
So there.
Aaaaaaaaaaand we're back to mosquito bites!
But are the eggs the size of drunken tigers?
.
From InfoMania, patriotic Exploding Mannequins for your Fourth of July
http://current.com/items/
8907161...ding_mannequins
You can fry an egg on my thighs here...
watertiger
No flirting!
I'm debating, should I go downtown and photograph the fireworks like I always threaten to but never do?
I'm drawing them on a dry erase board in honor of a true patriot.
Steve -
It's when Gordon serves them the rabbit for dinner.
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spork_incident | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:54 pm | #
"There was every chance for a full recovery!"
You can fry an egg on my thighs here...
invitation or promise?
It's not that hot here, but it's wicked humid.
How about a bats-fireworks combo?
Oh, I dunno.
I'm so tired and the traffic is going to be brutal.
95.5°F in the 37209.
.
It's not that hot here, but it's wicked humid.
hence my reluctance to go outside.
Where do I put the breakfast link?
Oh, my...
.
BAGHDAD — Abu Omar can’t stop the bitter half-smile that curls his lips every time he hears of the much-heralded efforts the Iraqi government exerts to lure back millions of people who fled the war-ravaged country over the past five years.
"The government is calling refugees to return to their country, but I would advice them to invite just the wealthy ones," Abu Omar, 43, told IslamOnline.net from his shelter home on the capital’s outskirts.
"The government cannot take care of those who are already suffering in their own land."As the Iraqi government seeks to stream back some three millions of people who fled the country over the past years, nearly two million Iraqis internally displaced inside the country are still struggling to find shelter and aid.
Abu Omar has lost his home and shop to militias in the capital, and since March 2007 he is living with his family in a shelter outside Baghdad.
He believes the government lacks a mechanism to settle property disputes if former residents return.
"If more people under the same circumstances return to Iraq, we will plunge further into misery."The government has earmarked some $195 million to facilitate refugees' return.
Officials expect more than 120,000 people to return to Iraq this year under the apparently improved security situation.
"Iraqis should return to the country and have the minimum of dignity they aren’t receiving outside," Abdel-Rahman Abdallah, a senior official in the Ministry of Displacement and Migration, told IOL.
"We aren’t only allocating funds to refugees but also to displaced families inside Iraq," he affirmed.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m4541...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
I'm drawing them on a dry erase board in honor of a true patriot.
Stunt Woman
A true patriot would try to do it on an Etch-a-Sketch.
its not hot here
in fact its a odd mixture, cold yet humid, warm but rainy and just muggy
95.5°F in the 37209.
Jeffraham Prestonian
SsmOkin'
we don't get proper summers anymore
its just sucky
Today... is our... Independence... Day!!
91 here, heat index is 94.
4LG, save the gas and the agita, stay inside and drink.
You know there will be a traffic jam.
Here in America's 5th largest city*, it looks like serious thunderstorm activity....
*cf: Welcome Back, Kotter
Today... We celebrate... Our... Independence!!!
91 here, heat index is 94.
Oddly, it is only 80 in Houston.
i don't know whether is mind playing ticks on me but summers when i was growing up seem to be always sunny and last forever
"There was every chance for a full recovery!"
:-D
Casserole de Lapin!
.
I'm so tired and the traffic is going to be brutal.
fourlegsgood, exuberant | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:57 pm | #
Downtown Austin? Today?
No fucking way.
Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.
Afghan children were not only caught up in fighting between Taliban rebels and international forces, but there was evidence of an increasing number ending up on the frontlines.
Radhika Coomaraswamy, the UN's Special representative for Children in Armed Conflict, said Afghan children were the "forgotten victims" of three decades of war and violence.
"I can't think of any country in the world where children suffer more than in Afghanistan," Coomaraswamy told reporters.
She said her organisation was to present a comprehensive report on the plight of children in Afghanistan to the United Nations Security Council in October.
Children in Afghanistan are suffering "not only because of the terrible violations due to war, but also the terrible poverty and hard work they have to endure," she said.
"When meeting with children (here), it takes a lot of time to make them smile," she added.
Coomaraswamy said she met many children who became victims of violence by Taliban and other anti-government factions as well as operations by international forces.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m4540...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
Steve, I was flipping through channels once and saw Gabe Kaplan playing poker.
He plays professionally apparently.
"Good to see you all here. It's nice we're having weather."
4LG, save the gas and the agita, stay inside and drink.
I may go take some from farther away, like around Enfield.
I'm so tired and the traffic is going to be brutal.
I'm a skeert is gonna rain here.
Haloscan tried to eat this...
I'm drawing them on a dry erase board in honor of a true patriot.
Stunt Woman
A true patriot would try to do it on an Etch-a-Sketch.
George Johnston |
A true patriot would send 'em special delivery to bush and his henchman.
[Not a threat, NSA, a metaphor]
All the real aliens don't want to take over our country, they just want to landscape your lawn or serve you hamburgers for $5.50 an hour.
Don't tell the Republicans, though-- they'll get upset.
Houston, so damn hot and sweaty at my Uncle's Ordination in June, '58 that the polkadot print of my Great Uncle's skivvies was plainly visble through the seat of his seercucker suit. No AC in the Church in West Columbia.
Downtown Austin? Today?
No fucking way.
I noes but I wants FIREWORKS PICTURES.
WIll I go to Town Lake?
not bloody likely.
Downtown Austin? Today?
No fucking way.
beg to differ, blot boy.
Just drove home from Austin. too many peeplz everwhare thare.
Oona goota, Solo?
Okay, since my new, new gravatar isn't showing up yet, perhaps I'll go see about dinner.
Dig you all later, perhaps after the fireworks....
Oh, and in the meantime, there's a fun new Listomania over at the homepage.
While at Box Office, I sneer at one of Joe Don Baker's most slovenly performances while paying hommage to the greatest revenge movies ever!
http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve...istomania-
1.php
Like it would kill you to go leave a comment, already?
Today... We celebrate... Our... Independence
Today we celebrate calling King George a tyrant for fucking with the judiciary, suspending habeas corpus and impressing Americans into fighting his imperial wars.
Steve, I was flipping through channels once and saw Gabe Kaplan playing poker.
He plays professionally apparently.
trifecta | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 6:01 pm | #
Has for quite a while, I believe.
Judd Hirsch in Independence Day gave one of the worst performances in screen history.
Oona goota, Solo?
Alright, buddy-- I'm not going to try that same trick I tried on your cousin in that space-cantina.
How'd you figure out my pseudonym, anyway?
What a day. Oh, What a night.
.
simels, you're the only one who doesn't see your new grav.
beg to differ, blot boy.
Just drove home from Austin. too many peeplz everwhare thare.
virgotex | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 6:02 pm | #
Not really sure how that is differing; seems to me you're saying just exactly what I was.
Meanwhile, my house is only a few blocks from Lake Winnebago, which is where they're doing the fireworks here, so I'm all set.
Any resemblance to present day is purely a matter of tyrants are so fucking predictable.
91 here, heat index is 94.
Oddly, it is only 80 in Houston.
you have the prevailing breeze
we have not just a lack of breeze but a prevailing convection/vacuum
i don't know whether is mind playing ticks on me but summers when i was growing up seem to be always sunny and last forever
Moonbootica, Latitude 2008
Life is always sunny when you're a kid, but it doesn't last forever...
The good news is: I went to our new favorite playground yesterday with the girls and a friend. We had the place to ourselves, playing in the rain (we left when it started to thunder -- all the equipment at this playground is the cool, old metal kind}.
I see your gravatar, simels. it is very simelsian.
Judd Hirsch in Independence Day gave one of the worst performances in screen history.
trifecta | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 6:04 pm | #
An insult to annoying Jews everywhere.
the Devlin/Emmerich team that made that movie are legendary for having the worst ethnic stereotype characters in film history.
Ever see Godzilla? Why the Italian-American Anti-Defamation League didn't sue their asses is beyond me...
seems to me you're saying just exactly what I was.
so there.
i win.
why do you hate america?
I think Matt Y's blog is pretty good. Don't know about that shirt he wore in that vlog yesterday, however.
[translated from Wookiee]
I see your gravatar, simels. it is very simelsian.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 6:06 pm | #
No...I just posted a different one. Hasn't shown yet....
Mamma mia. Thatsa big lizard!
why do you hate america?
virgotex | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 6:07 pm | #
I figure, why not?
Watertiger,
I had the best roast beef sandwich today. The meat was so tender. It was a good piece of meat.
Yep, seeing the Grav.
.
Judd Hirsch in Independence Day gave one of the worst performances in screen history.
Speaking of hell, FX is playing the "extended" special version of Independence Day.
I really should get up and find my remote.
Jeffra, how snarky do you want me to be on Channel 5's comment board? And what easily-googleable link do you want me to use to point out--politely and gently, well sorta anyway--that they could have found this out fairly easily on their own.
That is to say, without the help of some schmuck 90 miles away who never watches their lousy station anyway because they won't let the satellite company carry it to people this far out?
How can anyone hate a country that puts rabbits in tanks?
So anyway I here there is a lot of online-gaming played on this rock.
[translated from Wookiee]
John Edwards to debate Karl Rove?
I like Judd Hirsch usually btw. Was a fan of Taxi, and some of his film work.
Running on Empty for example was a great flick with great acting all around including Hirsch.
Koko Rescues Christopher Columbus From FARC Gorillas Using Sign Language
farc attempting to impose primate dominance/submission structure on communist humans
.
i rather enjoyed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
the second half is better than the first and it does reward you for your patience and i just loved the cinematography
good performances as well from Brad Pitt and Casey Afflect
I had the best roast beef sandwich today. The meat was so tender. It was a good piece of meat.
Ah, SHADDUP!
It was a good piece of meat.
Oh, my...
.
John Edwards to debate Karl Rove?
But it's in Buffalo.
"you're our Whitney Houston, we're your Kevin Costner"-cable news to McCain
watched Belle Epoque on Wednesday, a charming Spanish film, set at the start of the Spanish Civil War
Taken as a collective entity, the American Public may be too stupid to breathe.
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The poll also shows both candidates improving on their perceived weak points. The number of voters polled who think Obama has enough experience to be president has increased by eight points since March (40 percent to 48 percent), while the number of voters who say McCain cares about people like themselves has increased by seven points (51 percent to 58 percent).
McCain, however, still holds a sizeable advantage over Obama on the issue of experience, with 76 percent of those polled saying the Arizona senator has the right experience to be president.
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Jayzus
good old LoveFilm, sending me interesting movies
certainly cut down my DVD buying
Xan: Jeffra, how snarky do you want me to be on Channel 5's comment board? And what easily-googleable link do you want me to use to point out--politely and gently, well sorta anyway--that they could have found this out fairly easily on their own.
That is to say, without the help of some schmuck 90 miles away who never watches their lousy station anyway because they won't let the satellite company carry it to people this far out?
Have a blast, man -- I gots no friends on James Robertson Parkway. 
I just like that the anchor referred to scootrak.com in a veiled way there at the very end.
.
But it's in Buffalo.
Monica_A: Dammit
I just hope he does a better job with ROve than he did with Cheney.
Okay, dinner beckons.
Talk to youse guys later....
Ah, SHADDUP!
John Edwards to debate Karl Rove?
Now that would fucking rock.
GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 as part of the [University of Buffalo's] Distinguished Speakers Series, The Buffalo News has learned.
LOL, I'm sure that will be a fair fight. /snark
[translated from Wookiee]
It's a sweltering 77 degrees here.
rorschach | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:54 pm |
It's a little cooler, and wilder, on the South Island:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4607658a10.html
How can anyone hate a country that puts rabbits in tanks?
Especially ones the size of Finnish drunks.
.
The meat was so tender. It was a good piece of meat.
but can you fry it on Wt's thighs?
oh man. has anything gone right for him:
July 4th, 2008
No rain on McCain’s parade during wet Mexican press conference
by: Jeff Mason
Tags: Tales from the Trail: 2008
MEXICO CITY - Rain may ruin a parade, but it won’t ruin a press conference - at least not for John McCain.
The Republican U.S. presidential candidate closed up his short swing through Colombia and Mexico on Thursday with a “media avail” in a hangar, against a background of helicopters and fast police cars.
...But Thursday’s had an unexpected glitch from Mother Nature: pouring rain pounded down on the hangar, drowning out the journalists’ questions and the senator’s answers.
So he paused to wait it out. But there were schedules to keep, and once it seemed clear the clouds were not closing up soon, McCain motioned for the journalists to move up close to the raised platform where he stood.
So they did - sitting on the floor and tossing questions upward, which McCain answered over the noise. Odd venue or not, he didn’t make a lot of news, commenting on drug trafficking and a recent shake-up in his campaign staff.
But it's in Buffalo.
The ghost of Russert will moderate.
Ah, SHADDUP!
:-D
.
Like it would kill you to go leave a comment, already?
steve hüssein® simels
Done!
Now if you could return the favor... (hint: the post is about FISA immunity and Obama)
but can you fry it on Wt's thighs?
Not mine. racymind's.
but can you fry it on Wt's thighs?
Never really thought about frying things on someone's thighs.
Americans Celebrating 4th of Judy, 5th Of Scotch
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The ghost of Russert will moderate.
No, no, Rove will probably use Russert's coffin for a seat. That'll be Russert's part.
[translated from Wookiee]
Time to make dinner. Be good to each other.
Judd Hirsch in Independence Day gave one of the worst performances in screen history.
I thought ending it with a drunk American showing patriotism by becoming a suicide bomber was just terrific!
Not mine. racymind's.
watertiger
Thank you for defending my, uh, honor.
It's a little cooler, and wilder, on the South Island:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4607658a10.html
Buckeye. Dealer of Rare Coins | 07.04.08 - 6:12 pm | #
Which is where I was almost exactly 5 years ago. (Can't believe it's been that long.)
let's talk mosquito bites...
Belle Epoque (1992 dir. Fernando Trueba)
brief synopsis: The sultry Spanish countryside, 1931. The monarchy is ending, and the army and church reign supreme over Spanish life. In this tumultuous world, a young soldier Fernando (Jorge Sanz), decides to desert the army in hopes of finding a more pleasant way to live and seeks refuge on the farm of widowed Manolo. When the farmer's four beautiful daughters arrive (including Penelope Cruz), in turn they use their own unique charms to seduce (and instruct!) the handsome, exhausted yet willing young soldier. One particularly memorable tip requires a clean handkerchief! A charming, idyllic period comedy of young love and loving. Academy Award: Best Foreign Film.
http://www.lovefilm.com/product/
...roduct_id=25194
I chose Princess Bride as my favorite revenge movie
Independence Day puts the cheese in cheese
I just like that the anchor referred to scootrak.com in a veiled way there at the very end.
.
Jeffraham Prestonian
Um, wait, then that would defeat my whole argument. They said a "scooter tracker would soon be available." I thought yours, like, already was, a point they could have mentioned even if they didn't want to cite by name somebody who wasn't an advertiser. (yet)
Okay, not enough eggs to make ice cream, so made vanilla frozen yogurt. Anyone?
Never really thought about frying things on someone's thighs.
You're not thinking outside of the box.
.
Just announced: Nancy Reagan has offered to hump Jesse Helms' casket.
It's a little cooler, and wilder, on the South Island:
I shall be there soon...
The ghost of Russert will moderate.
So I guess they will have to start scoping out how to set up the camera angles so that they don't end up catching Rove's goons holding up suggested rebuttals written for him on big cue-carsa they're holding up over John's head.
hmm revenge movie?
Oldboy
Okay, not enough eggs to make ice cream, so made vanilla frozen yogurt. Anyone?
Wimsey
[raises hand]
You're not thinking outside of the box.
No.
You.
Dinnnn't.
WHO TURNED OUT TEH LIGHTS???
so made vanilla frozen yogurt. Anyone?
If you'd be so kind.
.
Don' know about frying an egg. Stirring a cream sauce, on the other thigh ...
Xan: Um, wait, then that would defeat my whole argument. They said a "scooter tracker would soon be available." I thought yours, like, already was, a point they could have mentioned even if they didn't want to cite by name somebody who wasn't an advertiser. (yet)
Still beta-testing the 2nd application, after the first seemed too unreliable to do what I needed. This new one relies on a server that I run, and has hella big feature set. "Geo-Fencing," and SMS alerts are a biggie.
.
big cue-carsa they're holding up over John's head.
Cue-cards, that is.
Independence Day puts the cheese in cheese
But isn't that, like, the script from which GWB's presidency has been adapted?
Never really thought about frying things on someone's thighs.
Me neither. Although I do admit to thinking about frying a red hot poker between Dick Cheney's butt cheeks.
Democratic/Republican Debate Will Feature Theme Of Battered, Traumatised Wife vs Sadistic, Drunken Husband
reject lorena bobbitt to represent dems in favor of famous neurotic franz kafka
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fried egg on toast served with bacon
yum
the onion:
http://www.theonion.com/content/
...erica_to_survey
Holy moley, those poor rabbits!
At least they're not hot and cross.
Unfortunately, we'll have to have Auntie GWPDA's choc chip cookies later. Bowls of fro yo all around.
I guess I would have to add Manon of the Spring as a great revenge movie if I could edit comments at Husein Simel's post.
let's talk mosquito bites...
baba durag - bzzzzzzz
Okay, but it's not too sexy.
When I was 7 mos. pregnant with my first child, I was at a wedding way up in Maine at some fancy house that regularly hosts such things. There were gorgeous balconies everywhere looking out over the water. At night I said I was gonna sleep out on one of them. After the sun set, I was attacked by mosquitoes that had to be the extra large Finnish kind.
I couldn't brave it so I retreated to my covered pick-up truck bed for the night.
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You keeeld my father. Prepare to die. After which I shall become a sort of shift supervisor to a bunch of misfit grim reapers. Apropos, no?"
No.
You.
Dinnnn't.
When I came up with it it was completely innocent. Truly.
Just before I clicked "Publish", though...
.
Just remembered: one week ago today I was eating a lime and chili popsicle in Oaxaca.
Oh.
Okay.
(deflates snarksaber, resheaths)
never mind.
Well, I think I need another nap.
When I came up with it it was completely innocent. Truly.
[arched eyebrow emoticon]
Beckham!!!!!!
He just gives meaning to the word bale in baleful....
Today in England they celebrate Good Riddance Day.
GravatarToday in England they celebrate Good Riddance Day.
Stunt Woman | 07.04.08 - 6:21 pm | #
heh
GWPDA, did U see teh bunnies?
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...th-of-
july.html
oh, just friggin' RAIN already!
jeeez.
[arched eyebrow emoticon]
[arched thigh emoticon]
The Church of England's General Synod has been urged to be a model of how Christians can "disagree in love" as it debates plans for women bishops.
The Rev Prebendary Kay Garlick, at the opening meeting in York, acknowledged the outcome would inevitably bring "hurt" to some members.
But she said the Synod should present a model of how Christians who disagree can respect and care for each other.
Some 1,300 clergy have threatened to leave the Church over the issue.
Ms Garlick, from Much Birch, Herefordshire, told the meeting: "The business committee [of the General Synod] have striven... to allow Synod to rise to the challenge of presenting to those who follow our progress a model of how Christians can disagree in love, respect one another's sincerity and care for one another as we try to discern God's will for our Church."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/74.../uk/
7489043.stm
ina, virtually serious
which thigh?
And Canada is celebrating Whew-Glad-We-Didn't-Go-Along-With-Them Day.
Sir and I are going for our evening walk, but he wanted to leave you with this in honor of the day:
Happy 4th!
More cases of the most dangerous type of malaria than ever before are being brought back to the UK from trips abroad, official figures show.
A Health Protection Agency study identified 6,753 cases of falciparum malaria diagnosed in the country between 2002 and 2006.
This is a 30% increase over 15 years, reports the British Medical Journal.
Experts said many of the cases arose from visits to west Africa made by people visiting relatives and friends.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/healt...lth/
7488018.stm
4LG-send those buns to CO- they are all very "disapproving" in their demeanor.
[arched eyebrow emoticon]
I have no way of proving my innocence, do I?
.
Well, I haz to go do stuffz.
You know how in all those old movies, the Secret Service agents are always wearing those hearing-aid looking transmitters, like the kind the Agents wear in the Matrix?
Well, now they have a variety that fits entirely inside your ear. I read about it in a little book called Jane's Special Forces Recognition Guide.
So Rove or any of those assholes can be getting play-by-play orders, tips, suggested lines, etc., on any of those shows, and it wouldn't be so noticeable.
You're not thinking outside of the box.
No.
You.
Dinnnn't.
watertiger
Box. That's the word I needed. I left a comment over at your place about that picture of McCain where he looks like he's standing in front of a giant box (I don't like the c word or the p word, and coincidentally for this thread, I have often referred to mine as my bunny...)
4LG-send those buns to CO- they are all very "disapproving" in their demeanor.
Ah, good idea.
And Canada is celebrating Whew-Glad-We-Didn't-Go-Along-With-Them Day.
Bay Area Mosquitos Too Busy Having Sex In Castro Stree Bars To Bother Humans
elitist revelers barbeque warm goat cheese, guzzle cotes du rhone, while planning communist takover and imposition of baroque concertos on innocent americans
.
I have no way of proving my innocence, do I?
None whatsoever.
There's a band called Good Riddance that is just a bunch of "girlfriend music," like the Descendents.
"fried egg on toast served with bacon
yum"
--Moonbootica,
Have you ever made yourself a gashouse egg?
Cut a hole with biscuit cutter or small tin can in a slice of bread. Over medium heat, melt some butter in a pan. Put bread in pan (place cut-out hole in there too). Break egg into hole. Cook till bread starts to brown, lift, add a bit more butter, flip and continue to cook until egg is done.
Pope Benedict XVI has agreed to take part in a Bible-reading marathon on Italian television in October.
The Pope will start off the event on 5 October with the first chapter of Genesis, read in Italian in Saint Peter's Basilica.
The Italian state radio and TV broadcaster Rai has organised the continuous reading of the whole bible.
It will go on for six days and six nights. After the Pope, a wide variety of people will take over the reading.
Rome's chief Rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni, will read from the text in Hebrew.
The organisers of the Bible marathon said that Muslims would also be welcome to take part if they were interested.
Other readers will include academics, students, politicians, sports stars, soldiers and factory workers.
They will each read passages lasting between four and eight minutes and there will be a brief pause for a musical reflection every 90 minutes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ope/
7490514.stm
Schweeet
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President Bush delivered a July 4th address before a naturalization ceremony for new citizens at Thomas Jefferson's home of Monticello that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters who called out "war criminal" and "impeach Bush."
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I have often referred to mine as my bunny...)
ina, virtually serious |
[Scribbles on notepad]
Moon, here is a sample sermon from the church of England.
which thigh?
baba durag
My new neighbors need to be shot into the sun.
You're not thinking outside of the box
i seen some cuties that made me think inside teh box
.
[Scribbles on notepad]
racymind
Don't worry, it responds to other names!
oh, just friggin' RAIN already!
Iz v lovely, gentle rain here to the south of u.
My plantz is loving it.
I don't like the c word or the p word
"Coordinate" and "preeminent"?
I'll give you credit for thinking outside of the box, though.
.
I have no way of proving my innocence, do I?
"tell us about the crimes you claim to be innocent of"
- The Trial, Franz Kafka
.
oh noez - The ancient city of Pompeii has fallen into such disrepair that the Italian government has declared a "state of emergency" in a bid to save the ruins.
Ministers intend to appoint a special commissioner to oversee the site, and have earmarked extra funding for it.
According to analysts, the ruins have suffered from lack of investment, mismanagement, litter and looting.
Pompeii was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79AD and was not rediscovered until the 18th Century.
The volcanic debris preserved many of the city's buildings, frescos, silverware, mosaics and other artefacts.
But experts complain that the relics are now in danger.
"Every year at least 150 sq m (1,600 sq ft) of fresco and plasterwork are lost for lack of maintenance," Antonio Irlando, a regional councillor responsible for artistic heritage, told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
"The same goes for stones: at least 3,000 pieces every year end up disintegrating," he said.
The ruins are one of Italy's biggest tourist attractions, and the newly-elected government has decided to act.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ope/
7490735.stm
President Bush delivered a July 4th address before a naturalization ceremony for new citizens at Thomas Jefferson's home of Monticello that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters who called out "war criminal" and "impeach Bush."
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bo
The newscasters were pointing out his clever line about freedom of speech we have here in America. Of course those who had chosen to speak out were being escorted away by police as he made the clever remark
Brings a new meaning to boxing day.
repeatedly interrupted by protesters who called out "war criminal" and "impeach Bush."
Tell me what a patriot looks like. This is what a patriot looks like.
It is raining hard here in NC, which is nice since we are in extreme drought and 9" down (uncut) so far for the year.
Han, what do you think happened to the Rodian?
That seemed pretty short-lived.
[translated from Wookiee]
Now, can I do red and can I do white?
Indian inflation set another record in the third week in June as prices of food, fuel and steel continued to rise.
Wholesale prices rose by a larger-than-expected 11.63% in the 12 months to 21 June compared with the same period the previous year.
The new record raises the chance of another interest rate rise, following two last month.
The inflation figure was up from 11.42% in the previous week, and is the highest since the series began in 1995.
Wholesale prices are more closely watched in India than consumer prices because the figures are published weekly and include more products.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/busin...ess/
7489248.stm
According to analysts, the ruins have suffered from lack of investment, mismanagement, litter and looting.
The world is littered with republicans apparently.
thigh, off to do chores.
bbl.
Tell me what a patriot looks like.
Well, okay:
http://img.photobucket.com/album...08/
IMG_7321.jpg
Han, what do you think happened to the Rodian?
Never try to mess with a space cowboy.
Afternoon, folks.
Today I received a senior discount at the grocery store.
It was suppose to rain here today, but it hasn't. We really need some rain.
The President, who was talking part in Monticello's annual naturalization ceremony, was interrupted several times by protesters.
"War criminal!" one protester repeatedly yelled as she was escorted out by Secret Service members.
"He has brought fascism to this shore," another man yelled.
I'm sorry but ... did we have to send the third stringers to this one?
BTW, was that movie Aeon Flux any good? The Wookiee and I are considering, uh, distributing it, if you know what I mean.
It is raining hard here in NC, which is nice since we are in extreme drought and 9" down (uncut) so far for the year.
Sounds like someone needs to be ridden hard.
Of late I find myself saying, "He may be a hack, but he's our hack. Sorta."
bo
I'm definitely calling Obama's office again early Monday to throw my support behind his promised filibuster of any FISA bill containing immunity. Then I'll let his aide explain what he really meant.
Today I received a senior discount at the grocery store.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
Well, that's sort of a good news/bad news moment, isn't it?
Communist allies of India's government have given it a deadline to say if it will proceed with the civilian nuclear deal with the US.
The Communists, who say they will withdraw support from the government if it goes ahead with the deal, want the government to inform them by Monday.
The Communists have 59 members in the lower house of the parliament.
They say the deal would give the US undue influence over India's foreign and nuclear policy.
India is under pressure from Washington to sign the deal before the US presidential elections in November.
The government is holding talks with another party to bolster its support.
Reports suggest that the Congress party-led coalition would go ahead with the deal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...sia/
7489085.stm
bo
Iz not mah hack anymorz. Haz to vote for him. Doan haz to like it. Doan haz to write checks. Let him collect $$$ from the fundies. As if.
Never try to mess with a space cowboy.
Oh so he was there.
Or she, whatever.
[translated from Wookiee]
Today I received a senior discount at the grocery store.
I recently purchased reading glasses.
Sigh.
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repeatedly interrupted by protesters who called out "war criminal" and "impeach Bush."
http://www.afterdowningstreet.or....org/node/
34528
Bob Dole was also a war hero.
Or she, whatever.
I don't think Rodian women actually do stuff like this.
Just sit on eggs a lot, or something.
I'm sorry but ... did we have to send the third stringers to this one?
Were you there, helping out, first stringer that you are and everything?
If not, . . . .
Hecate--did you let him know?
Someone earlier posted that she emailed and called his campaign to let him know that she's sending her money that would've gone to him to organizations that support progressives.
Well, that's sort of a good news/bad news moment, isn't it?
ina, virtually serious
Actually, it was totally good news. And in just about 4 weeks I will have another senior moment: Metro will allow me to travel each month for only $14.
I'm beginning to enjoy this aging thingee.
The real war hero in the Senate is Daniel Inouye. His story reads like Audie Murphy.
Bob Dole was also a war hero.
So was Hitler.
Today I received a senior discount at the grocery store. Diane C.
Graduation can't be far behind!
i give barack a break for being centrist since he needs to take on protective coloration so that he doesn't taste too negro
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I hope if I'm ever stuck at a Bush speech I can come up with something a bit less clunkier than "He has brought fascism to this shore."
Like maybe "Fuck you Bush, you psychotic dipshit!!! GO FUCK CONDI AND LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!"
etc.
Graduation can't be far behind!
JeffCO
Were you there, helping out, first stringer that you are and everything?
I was there in spirit, thanks to my spirit sticks.
Today I received a senior discount at the grocery store.
that's what you get for listing to all that noisy rock 'n' roll music and wearing those blue jeans
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hope if I'm ever stuck at a Bush speech I can come up with something a bit less clunkier than "He has brought fascism to this shore."
Like maybe "Fuck you Bush, you psychotic dipshit!!! GO FUCK CONDI AND LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!"
etc.
When you do that I'll cheer you on. Meanwhile, you were at home and these patriots were being arrested after getting in Bush's face. I salute them.
It took dozens of rescuers, a Sea King helicopter and an awful lot of wrangling over the bill, but finally a bemused bullock soared into a blue Cornish sky yesterday afternoon, and was saved from a lingering death.
The 14-month-old bullock strayed from his herd, fell 46 metres over a cliff and landed on a ledge just above the level of high tide at Gwennap Head, near Land's End, on Monday.
Coastguards, firefighters and RSPCA officials spent three days trying to reach the stranded beast. They dropped food and drink but could not find a way to save the animal. They then asked Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose to provide a helicopter to winch the bullock from his precarious perch.
There followed something of a row. The Ministry of Defence balked at playing the bill - about £7,000. The RSPCA reluctantly agreed to pay but insisted it had never been charged before for such an operation. Vets were then able to sedate the animal before it was placed in a net and winched to safety.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/200...k/2008/jul/04/
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Unfortunately, my mixed ancestry does not qualify me for the señor discount.
The one heroic thing McCain did do was refuse his captor's offer to release him because his father was an Admiral. That action led to the release of 4-5 american serviceman in his place. I imagine we'll be seeing interviews with those men.
GO FUCK CONDI AND LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!"
Wait, Condi's straight?
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bye for now
a bit less clunkier than "He has brought fascism to this shore."
it does sound like it was translated from bulgarian or something
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Wow, I forgot what a foul human being Jesse Helms was. Thanks, NBC, for reminding me.
Hence the sorta, O Great Newterizer. Don't know if I'll even be setting foot inside the Obama HQ here. Things are solidly Blue. Pick and chose among the local races to keep building the Progressive farm team and definitely do stuff for Jerry McNerney and Charlie Brown. Keeping the former seat out of 'Thuglican hands and taking the other are important stuff.
Meanwhile, you were at home and these patriots were being arrested after getting in Bush's face.
I think Bush found them boring.
Someone earlier posted that she emailed and called his campaign to let him know that she's sending her money that would've gone to him to organizations that support progressives.
Oh, trust me, I called them. I got in their face at the farmers' market. They both told me the same thing: What are you going to do, vote for McCain?
It's a little cooler, and wilder, on the South Island:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4607658a10.html
Buckeye. Dealer of Rare Coins | 07.04.08 - 6:12 pm | #
Which is where I was almost exactly 5 years ago. (Can't believe it's been that long.)
rorschach | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 6:15 pm |
My friend was over, and wondering why I'd point NZ things to you. And I mentioned that you and Miriam had been there in July 03. And that you were probably thinking 'has it been half a decade already?
Someday, I shall go. Hopefully the plane tickets won't cost more than a small mortgage.
Oh, trust me, I called them. I got in their face at the farmers' market.
Did you see kos?
think Bush found them boring.
As, apparently, did you.
It's so easy to sit at home and sneer at the people who show up and get arrested. But, you know, blogging and bitching aint starting a revolution. I bet the emperor was pissed.
Gee, NBC News has footage of the fake hostage release, how convenient.
Oh, trust me, I called them. I got in their face at the farmers' market. They both told me the same thing: What are you going to do, vote for McCain?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Hoo boy! What a stupid response.
What might happen, doods, is progressives might just fucking stay home on election day.
Morons
winch the bullock
must be more of that weird british slang
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Did you see kos
Not at my farmers' market.
Oh, trust me, I called them. I got in their face at the farmers' market. They both told me the same thing: What are you going to do, vote for McCain?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Yuck, they really said that? Obama's worm sure seems to have turned quickly.
i give barack a break for being centrist since he needs to take on protective coloration so that he doesn't taste too negro
Waffling in the traditional Dem approach will do nothing to hide him. It will only hurt him. It's stupid, and it's wrong, and it will hurt him with the very people he may be trying to win over.
IMNSHO.
Gee, NBC News has footage of the fake hostage release, how convenient.
puppethead
McSame's Forrest Gump moment?
Sounds like someone needs to be ridden hard.
Oh.
My.
later, bats, the dog is begging for a stroll.
What are you going to do, vote for McCain?
and if jesse helms was running for president against joseph goebbels, we'd be hearing "of course i'm voting for helms - whaddaya gonna do, vote for goebbels?"
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Hey, kids - check out my blog at MyBarackObama.com!
Like maybe "Fuck you Bush, you psychotic dipshit!!! GO FUCK CONDI AND LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!"
etc.
Stunt Woman
That would be terribly uncivil, you know.
David Broder would not approve.
Sounds like someone needs to be ridden hard.
*raises hand.*
That would be terribly uncivil, you know.
Women are so bitter...
NBC Nightly News is portraying the initial days of the Iraq war in Baghdad as some kind of major battle and the soldiers that engaged in such as major heroes.
Oh, trust me, I called them. I got in their face at the farmers' market. They both told me the same thing: What are you going to do, vote for McCain?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Smug sonsabitches better watch their step. Their whole campaign strategy depends on a whole lotta happy volunteers out there.
I am always jealous of people like ror who refuse to pick a team
OK, time for me to start marinating my steak for tonight's apartment house bbq.
If you have the inclination, you might check out what the the real greatest generation did during times like these.
Republican, Democratis Candidates Report Success In Their Quest To Become Indistinguishable
say "we hear very clearly the american people's call for oatmeal"
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well, the girls are here giving me a foot massage and a message: turn off the computer and come play with us.
bye for now.
BTW, was that movie Aeon Flux
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No.
Bonjour my american friends
Jeffraham found this excellent clip showing the extent of the Bush disaster since a certain janueary night of 2001
http://jprestonian.blogspot.com/
...tire.html#links
the election is in 4 months. can't be worse!
(tap tap tap)
is this thing on?
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Chimpy
Throughout his long public career, Senator Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate for the people of North Carolina, a stalwart defender of limited government and free enterprise, a fearless defender of a culture of life, and an unwavering champion of those struggling for liberty. Under his leadership, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was a powerful force for freedom. And today, from Central America to Central Europe and beyond, people remember: in the dark days when the forces of tyranny seemed on the rise, Jesse Helms took their side.
Jesse Helms was a kind, decent, and humble man and a passionate defender of what he called "the Miracle of America." So it is fitting that this great patriot left us on the Fourth of July. He was once asked if he had any ambitions beyond the United States Senate. He replied: "The only thing I am running for is the Kingdom of Heaven." Today, Jesse Helms has finished the race, and we pray he finds comfort in the arms of the loving God he strove to serve throughout his life.
He was once asked if he had any ambitions beyond the United States Senate. He replied: "The only thing I am running for is the Kingdom of Heaven." Today, Jesse Helms has finished the race, and we pray he finds comfort in the arms of the loving God he strove to serve throughout his life.
/Projectile vomits
Jesse Helms was a racist, sexist, homophobic cretin. Or maybe i'm thinking about someone else
Throughout his long public career, Senator Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate for the people of North Carolina, a stalwart defender of limited government and free enterprise, a fearless defender of a culture of life, and an unwavering champion of those struggling for liberty.
Jesse Helms was a racist, fascist prick.
'Nuff said.
I just rewatched the movie Serenity http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/
That was good. I also re-watched Iron Man, not as good as the first time.
Tonight I'm going to the Castro to see the movie Brainstorm on the BIG screen. 70 MM print. Last movie with Natalie Wood. Christopher Walken, and Louise Fletcher. Really an interesting movie.
So anyway I here there is a lot of online-gaming played on this rock.
[translated from Wookiee]
Swan, if you were not such a lameass blogwhore, and were an actual SW geek, you'd know what the language of the Wookiees is called.
And no, I'm not going to tell you.
Jesse Helms was a rotten son of a bitch who loved America while hating 95% of the people living here . . . or as Jesse might say, "This is the greatest country in the world, but it'd be better if it weren't for the niggers and spics and queers"
Fucked your Taco, Chimpy.
So -- like it would hurt you to go over there and comment already?
Keep getting an error when I try to post -
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The requested URL /nospam.html was not found on this server.
Senator Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate for the people of North Carolina, a stalwart defender of limited government and free enterprise, a fearless defender of a culture of life, and an unwavering champion of those struggling for liberty.
The tragedy of Jesse Helms is the racist, fascist prick didn't die 40 years ago.
you'd know what the language of the Wookiees is called.
And no, I'm not going to tell you.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
C?
k&r
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He was once asked if he had any ambitions beyond the United States Senate. He replied: "The only thing I am running for is the Kingdom of Heaven." Today, Jesse Helms has finished the race--
Unfortunately he took a wrong turn and ended up in Hell, you fuck.
The tragedy of Jesse Helms is the racist, fascist prick wasn't stillborn.
fixed your typo.
U.S. deserter could qualify as refugee: court
The Federal Court has ordered Canada's refugee board to take another look at an American deserter's failed refugee claim.
In a ruling issued Friday, the court found the board had made a mistake in turning down Joshua Key's bid for asylum.
The court found that someone who refuses to take part in military action which "systematically degrades, abuses or humiliates" combatants or non-combatants might qualify as a refugee.
The court also determined that the board should hear evidence on whether deserters like Key can rely on the American government to treat them fairly."
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2...gee-
ruling.html
sadly, it's not from the american justice system.
but lucky for you, i'm still single and would marry to offer asylum (the offer goes for both sexes cause of course, gay mariage is legal here)
Today, Jesse Helms has finished the race, and we pray he finds comfort in the arms of the loving God he strove to serve throughout his life.
i weep for the satirists of the world.
/Projectile vomits - Hecate
Seconding Hecate.
What a disgusting hunk of humanity he was.
I always wondered what Jesse Helm's cock tasted like.
The answer: pretty damn good, for an old motherfucker.
By the way, it's true what they say about this place. Really damn hot and crowded. Reminds me a bit of Cancun, actually, but with more trailer trash.
Tim Russert | 07.04.08 - 4:18 pm | #
The Lehrer Newshour has Ramesh Ponnuro sitting in for David Brooks.
Just in case you want to get into the act.
Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right
Members: 18442 Access: Public Created: Jun 25th, 2008
Stop being such a Jar Jar, Rove.
Mopsy and Flopsy and General Bradley, all adorable.
Chocolate chip cookie dough cooling off in ice box preparatory to being baked.
It's only 105!
The Lehrer Newshour has Ramesh Ponnuro sitting in for David Brooks.
Sweet Mother of all the Gods.
Stop being such a Jar Jar, Rove.
Oh! Dis!
Heh, heh. I love that one!
Q: What's the difference between Jar Jar and Karl Rove?
Q: What's the difference between Jar Jar and Karl Rove?
A: Only Star Wars fans hate Jar Jar.
[translated from Wookiee]
Overall, NPR's story on the death of Jesse Helms was pretty disgusting. Emphasis on recollections by his friends, and of the well-known campaign ad that played off of equal opportunity law, they described it as "famous, or to some, infamous."
Very little said about the vile, divisive racist prick that he actually was.
well, since nobody here wants to marry moi, i think i'll go smoke some weed to laugh my sorrow away
à la prochaine les amis!
I always wondered what Jesse Helm's cock tasted like.
Oddly, I've never wondered that.
.
[high five]
Kitty, why is Lou forcing YOU to work on Independence Day while he lounges on his fat ass and gobbles hot dogs?
Have you ever heard of our sexual harrassment laws?
Jesse Helms was a racist, sexist, homophobic cretin. Or maybe i'm thinking about someone else
plum p,better democrats please
Its not an exclusive condition. He shares it with many a reupukkklican.
Wait plum_p! I'll marry you!
Ramesh Ponnuru's voice makes dogs bark.
remember how jesse said that if clinton visited military bases in carolina, he'd be shot?
There was never no salmonella until you arrived on the scene, Dumbya.
Are you trying to kill us all?
There might, or there might not be, post up above.
I always wondered what Jesse Helm's cock tasted like.
Oddly, I've never wondered that.
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spork_incident
One might speculate if that's because you know.......
Jesse Helms actually sounded just like a hog.
sheets
Throughout his long public career, Senator Jesse Helms was a tireless advocate for the people of North Carolina, a stalwart defender of limited government and free enterprise, a fearless defender of a culture of life, and an unwavering champion of those struggling for liberty.
Throughout his long public career, Adolf Hitler was a tireless advocate for the people of Germany.
He restored the German economy and built the autobahn. He made the trains run on time.
He was fearless defender of the arian culture, and an unwavering champion of those struggling for living space.
Holy crap, I had no idea Buster Keaton did a Twilight Zone episode.
every time I se a vet or active duty I want to ask him or her about Dole's comments re Purple Hearts. But rather than risk losing some teeth, I just bite my lip.
Shhhh! The delicate war hero is sleeping!
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