I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
first!
yay moon!
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no, no no, you let her post three times before interupting, that way it hurts more.
Now to read the post.
being stupid in wingnutland is a badge of honour
Ironic, isn't it, that the neocons who so very much hate affirmative action insist on it on the op-ed pages of the NYTimes...
From below:
Repukkke voters appreciate someone who doesn't come off as a pointy-headed know-it-all.
Lime Rickey
Where "pointy-headed know-it-all" means "being on speaking terms with a book"
Oops. My bad.
BTW, Roy's comments have some discussion of doughboy's NYT review.
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re-HICA!
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Tell me more about this "accepting ambiguity" trick, it sounds strangely fascinating
It is absolutely necessary to be stupid to find wingnuttery rational. Because it isn;t. Q.E.D.
There are about five "national greatness" conservatives out there. Four of them now have columns in the WaPo or NYT: Kristol, Brooks, Krauthammer and Gerson.
Yes, they provide many great hours of humor here.
Poor Andrew's brain has turned to fetid, alcoholic mush.
It is absolutely necessary to be stupid to find wingnuttery rational. Because it isn;t. Q.E.D.
Ruth
It depends on what you mean by "stupid", many of them have mastered basic grammar and arithmetic.
btw, ifthethunderdontgetcha, WaPo has an op-ed today about it's 10 'most popular posts', determined by # of clicks. Not a single commenter stoopid enuff to let that one go by.
The liberal New York Times has hired the liberal William Kristol as a columnist.
Goddamned motherfucking liberal media.
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OT: An al Qaeda-linked militant commander has denied any involvement in the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
"I strongly deny it. Tribal people have their own customs. We don't strike women," Baitullah Mehsud's spokesman Maulvi Omar said.
The Pakistani government said Mehsud was an al Qaeda leader responsible for Bhutto's killing as she left an election rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, close to Islamabad.
The former prime minister's death on Thursday has plunged the nuclear-armed country into crisis and triggered bloody protests.
Al Qaeda is thought to be actively trying to destabilise Pakistan and there have been several assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf.
But Mehsud's spokesman said Bhutto was a victim of "a well-planned conspiracy carried out by the intelligence agencies, army and government for their own political motives".
Ms Bhutto's party has also dismissed the official explanation.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/
arti...1298633,00.html
I'm gonna go wander around the city. See ya'all later.
Ironic, isn't it, that the neocons who so very much hate affirmative action insist on it on the op-ed pages of the NYTimes...
Beautiful.
So, the sole reason they hired Kristol was to balance the Shrill One?
Speaks volumes about the state of the media, don't it?
National Greatness?
We don't strike women
You fucking liar.
JR, my cats know 'food' and 'no' and can tell time. They still don't get to vote, unlike wingnuts. But are better qualified.
"I strongly deny it. Tribal people have their own customs. We don't strike women," Baitullah Mehsud's spokesman Maulvi Omar said.
Unfortunately, Bhutto believed that, too.
when the last Sulzberger is strangled with the entrails of Bob Herbert, they'll have to find some other publication at which to shake their fists.
That was a line worthy of Wolcott.
Repukkke voters
All those K's got me thinking, if the NYT hires enough wingnut columninsts, could we start referring to their editorial page as a Repukakke?
kristol's picture should be in the dictionary next to "smug".
Jump starting the kidneys.
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Police in England and Wales seized the equivalent of 6,500 pints of alcohol from under-age drinkers during an autumn crackdown, the Home Office says.
The month-long campaign between October and November saw officers from 21 forces confiscate more than a pint for every teenager stopped.
They used new powers to disperse groups suspected of alcohol-related disorder.
Ministers say it shows they are dealing with under-age drinking. Health groups say alcohol prices need to be raised.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/71.../uk/
7163718.stm
JR, my cats know 'food' and 'no' and can tell time. They still don't get to vote, unlike wingnuts. But are better qualified.
Ruth
If cats could vote, they'd vote Natural Law Party, though.
and that isn't even taking into account all the free dispatches Michael Yon will demand the Times run when the eschaton is immanentized.
We is immantednized now?
"I strongly deny it. Tribal people have their own customs. We don't strike women," Baitullah Mehsud's spokesman Maulvi Omar said.
Well not too often. Because they are so terrified they usually don't make trouble.
The Diana-isation of Benazir Bhutto begins
Thanks Ruth, I've been reading about the Redskins. I'll wonder over to the op-ed section to spread some holiday cheer shortly.
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"I strongly deny it. Tribal people have their own customs. We don't strike women," Baitullah Mehsud's spokesman Maulvi Omar said.
Unfortunately, Bhutto believed that, too.
pie
When she said that, I got the sense she was trying to shame the fundies into behaving according to their religion's dictates, not that she believed they would.
kristol's picture should be in the dictionary next to "smug".
rootless-e
It would have to be moved from "asshole".
So, the sole reason they hired Kristol was to balance the Shrill One?
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'The shrill one' being who? K-man?
Atrios, hater that he is, completely overlooks Kristol's tenure as Chief of Staff to Dan Quayle, who once served honorably as this nation's Vice President.
I expect apologies to be forthcoming.
a nice little account of the mood on the street:
Encounter #1: Corner of Remsen and East New York Avenues in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. December 26th—6:30 p.m.
I found myself here picking up a few things the day after Christmas while on the way to my mom's house for some extra family commiserating and all that involves. Walking out the door with an armful of paper towels and aluminum foil, and “tupperware”-ish leftover-savers, I slowed down as I spied a elderly man behind me using a walker. He was nearing the door slowly, with a small prescription bag, so I waited for him while holding the door for him to exit. He took a while moving forward—three furtive, baby steps for each walker slide, and as he exerted himself a bit hurrying, I told him to just take his time—“I'll wait.”
He finally got to the door and shuffled through as I walked down the ramp to the sidewalk.
“Thank you, son. Thank you for waiting. I really appreciate it.”
“Not a problem.”, I said. “Happy New Year to you.”
“Oh, it should be.”, he replied. “'Round this time that Goddamned Bush'll be outta there. We can fix things...'stead a' blowin' things up.”
And with that, I stopped, I looked back at the old man. He looked to be in his mid-seventies at the least. A bag full of medicines, and extreme difficulty walking, this old man had. He wore a heavy, deep olive-colored car coat and a plaid newsboy-style cap to blunt the raw chill in the air.
I turned and smiled, saying to him, “You're my kinda fella.” “Hey, I may not be here much longer, but who wants to see the world go to hell? Whoooooo, I can't wait to get in that votin' booth!”
http://www.groupnewsblog.net/
The US has returned 10 Saudi detainees from the prison camp in Guantanamo Bay to their home country, US and Saudi Arabia authorities say.
The release brings the number of Saudis remaining in the prison to around 13, Reuters reported.
Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz, the Saudi interior minister, told the Saudi Arabia's official news agency that efforts were under way to bring home those Saudis still detained at Guantanamo.
About 60 more foreign prisoners are eligible for transfer from the facility, the US defence department said.
Discussions with various countries on repatriating the prisoners were ongoing, it said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...2AA38B40124.htm
Nancy,
Yep.
Natural Law would be better than corporate welfare, I maintain, JR.
thunder, I trust you on that.
When she said that, I got the sense she was trying to shame the fundies into behaving according to their religion's dictates, not that she believed they would.
I'm sure you sense correctly.
The details as to why those damned loans were pushed so hard:
Why was there a bubble in mortgage lending? Because mortgage lending, particularly products like option ARMs, was wildly, shockingly profitable. According to John Diamond, a Chino broker, while a broker might earn $4,500 for selling a $300,000 fixed-rate loan, the commission could total $12,000 on an option ARM of the same size. "These loans drove the whole industry from late 1999 through late 2006," Diamond said. "It was just about the only thing any broker wanted to sell."
"I strongly deny it. Tribal people have their own customs. We don't strike women," Baitullah Mehsud's spokesman Maulvi Omar said.
well, uh, that's doubtful.
in fact, untrue.
Kristol--smarmy as well as smug.
David Hicks, the only Guantanamo inmate convicted of terrorism offences by a US military tribunal, has walked free after more than six years in prison.
The 32-year-old left prison in his hometown of Adelaide on Saturday after he completed a nine-month-sentence in his native Australia struck under a plea deal.
Hicks was captured in Afghanistan in late 2001.
He spent five years in Guantanamo before becoming the first person to be sentenced under the alternate war crimes tribunals created by the Bush administration to try non-American captives.
The former kangaroo skinner admitted training with al-Qaeda and meeting its leader Osama bin Laden, whom he described as "lovely", according to police evidence given to the court.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...17FE3AF94AF.htm
The problem is it will take 20 conservatives to balance out one Krugman.
opps, should have read the link foist.
~Drive by on my way to the family holiday gathering #3
kristol's picture should be in the dictionary next to "smug".
Or hanging next to Goring and Jodl.
(Did I just say that?)
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The latest video footage from Benazir Bhutto's assassination in Pakistan appears to show the moment her killer attacked.
The images capture a man aiming a pistol and firing at least two shots, just yards from the opposition leader. An explosion can then be seen.
Al Qaeda-linked militant commander Baitullah Mehsud has denied government claims that he was involved in the attack.
Meanwhile, a row has erupted over exactly how Ms Bhutto died, while emergency talks into whether a January election should be go ahead loom.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/
arti...1298653,00.html
The former kangaroo skinner...
I'll take "Jobs I Never Thought Existed and No Way In Hell I'd Take" for $400, Alex.
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wÒÓ†
Improved nipple technology, I see.
Natural Law would be better than corporate welfare, I maintain, JR.
Ruth
The Rhino Party would be better than the current corporate rule.
wildly, shockingly profitable
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I DIG THAT PHRASE!
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has ordered firm action to crack down on unrest following the death of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Mr Musharraf said looters "must be dealt with firmly and all measures be taken to ensure [the] safety and security of the people".
Some 38 people have died in violence that has broken out since Ms Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday.
Meanwhile, her party has rejected the government's explanation of her death.
A government spokesman said her head was slammed against her vehicle by the force of a bomb - but colleagues said she died from bullet wounds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...sia/
7164138.stm
GWPDA, the Barney Frank bill would prohibit rewards in the form of higher rates going to sales agents for more expensive mortgages. I doubt it will ever see the light of day, but he's spot on.
In my opinion the very term "private sector," in regard to such entities, is grossly misleading. Big business interests whose profits depend on direct subsidies and protections from the state are, in fact, a part of the state. If Marx was right in calling the state "the executive committee of the ruling class"--and I think he was--then the owners and managers of the corporate economy make up the lion's share of that ruling class. Corporate directors and senior management from the state capitalist sector constantly shuffle, in classic revolving door style, into political appointments in the state apparatus and then back to "private" employment.
http://mutualist.blogspot.com/20...k-
doctrine.html
Or hanging next to Goring and Jodl.
spork_incident
No argument here. Kristol and Wolfowitz's thought up the great Mesopotanian Clusterfuck; that makes them pretty damn complicit in my book.
Crap crap crap crap shittity crap...
Goring wasn't hanged, of course.
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The Diana-isation of Benazir Bhutto begins
Moonbootica, Employed | Homepage | 12.29.07 - 11:18 am | #
i followed the link.
other than a dig at george galloway i'm not sure what that column accomplished at all.
Must go do the Saturday stuff, but do drop by Diane's post on the troops great expectations denied by the occupied WH at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Goring wasn't hanged, of course.
Cyanide gets the same result.
the political party benazir bhutto headed was a family franchise.
of course corrupt as all 'heck.'
but nevertheless:
a woman educated in the west who was not a raving religious fundamentalist super-jihadist with cherries on top.
But ideologically, having both David Brooks and Bill Kristol as the sole representatives of the right-of-center is to focus on a very small neocon niche in a conservative world that is currently exploding with intellectual diversity and new currents of thought.
Exploding w/intellectual diversity? What kind of bullshit is that? Economic policy of all them, every friggin one of them, for every friggin problem is Tax Cuts. Foreign policy for every one of them is fuck the world and if they don't like that we'll nuke em. And not one of them wants you, Andrew, to be able to get married. That guy needs an intervention.
Good morning! This made me chuckle - 50 most evil people http://www.buffalobeast.com/122/
...thsome2007.html
Hill Nancy and Harry made the list! Deservedly so.
Shhhhh..........don't mention Malkin's name. The Washington Post may give her a column.
Good morning! This made me chuckle - 50 most evil people
How many days before a coke demand expires?
Exploding w/intellectual diversity? Neponset
Sure. Answering the key question of "how many times can someone be completely flat-ass wrong about everything?".
Cyanide gets the same result.
Would that Dick Cheney read that.
Though, unlike Dick, Goring had morals.
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I'd go ahead and sue right now, JR.
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MSM has finally figured out that outrageous people and opinions = traffic = money.
I see George made #1 on the 50 most evil list.
Nice to know they have their priorities straight.
Maybe the NYT just needed someone to watch the boilers in their swank new digs.
Good morning, friends.
The U.S. is GETTING there:
Japanese Woman Dies Searching for Care
By CHISAKI WATANABE, AP
An 89-year-old woman died after an ambulance crew spent two hours trying 30 hospitals before finding one that would accept her for treatment, Japanese officials said Friday.
The woman's family called an ambulance early Tuesday morning after she became ill with vomiting and diarrhea, said Hideto Matsumoto, a fire official in Tondabayashi City, Osaka prefecture (state).
The ambulance crew and local fire department contacted 30 hospitals before one finally said it could admit her, Matsumoto said — about two hours after her family had called for an ambulance.
The woman's heart stopped when she was taken to Osaka Minami Medical Center, according to Matsumoto.
She was resuscitated at the hospital but died Wednesday, according to hospital official Hiroshi Tone, who refused to disclose the woman's name or cause of death, citing privacy reasons.
Matsumoto said the other hospitals rejected the woman because they were full or their doctors were not immediately available to treat her.
Last year, a pregnant woman in western Japan died after being refused admission by about 20 hospitals that said they were full.
The latest case underscores Japan's health care woes, in part created by a shortage of doctors in the country's rapidly aging society. Critics say long working hours and a government policy change several years ago to keep the number of doctors down are to blame.
I'd go ahead and sue right now, JR.
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ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©
Can't get blood from a turnip.
House prices fell for the second month running in December, in a further sign that the market is cooling off, Nationwide building society said today.
The 0.5% fall follows a 0.8% drop in November and brings the annual rate of price growth down to 4.8%, from a peak of 11.1% in June and 10.5% in December last year.
The three-month rate of growth, seen by commentators as a better guide to the market than monthly figures, fell from 1.4% in November to 0.9% in December, Nationwide said.
The average cost of a property in the UK now stands at £182,080 - £8,334 higher than at the end of last year.
Nationwide had predicted a rise in prices of between 5% and 8% this year, with double digit growth in the first half of the year giving way to lower increases in later months.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/
...s.housingmarket
Shorter Sully: stoopid 5th column traitors didn't give me my own page.
Can't get blood from a turnip.
LittlePig
I just want some coke to go with this rye.
I guess Brooks was too old and senile to be the balance to Krugman so the Righties demanded the Times hire Smirkey McNutcase.
And the entire Fox News network is needed to counterbalance one Keith Olbermann, too.
I have a hard time with phrases like "national greatness conservatives" - it makes absolutely no sense and is an oxymoron - seriously, do these people even know the meaning of the labels the give themselves? How about deluded champions of the awesome white american race
"We don't strike women,"
At least not the ones who remain behind a man or under him.
Shorter Sully: stoopid 5th column traitors didn't give me my own page.
Culture of TrÜth
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winnah!
Precisely.
have a hard time with phrases like "national greatness conservatives"
Let's call ourselves "ice cream is good for you democrats". Has as much meaning.
The Rehydration of Jeffraham is on AMC. 
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Why anyone takes Sully seriously is beyond me.
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Experts are trying to identify a huge metal container that has been washed up on a beach in the Western Isles.
The tank, which is 27m high, has no markings and is thought to have fallen from a ship before being washed up on the west of Benbecula.
It was discovered by a dog walker on Poll Na Crann beach - known locally as Stinky Bay - near Griminish.
Stornoway Coastguard is using two numbers on the container to try to find out where the item has come from.
The beach is known as Stinky Bay because of the fermenting seaweed found there.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotl...nds/
7164220.stm
JP,
How was "Night on the Town" last night?
"We don't strike women,"
stones don't 'strike'
Best Year End read:
The 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007
http://www.buffalobeast.com/122/
...thsome2007.html
I have a hard time with phrases like "national greatness conservatives" - it makes absolutely no sense and is an oxymoron
Nuts!
Not an oxymoron so much as a euphimism. You were on the right track: a more honest name would be "Aryan Party".
JR, my cats know 'food' and 'no' and can tell time. They still don't get to vote, unlike wingnuts. But are better qualified.
Ruth
If cats could vote, they'd vote Natural Law Party, though.
JR, kerosene and a match
My doggie wouldn't.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/gB1MaIgq.jpg
"We don't strike women,"
No, but if say ten or twenty of them should be in the way of a suicide car bombing, well...that's just collateral damage.
david frost interviews benazir bhutto:
at the 5:30 mark (beginning) she says osama bihttp:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIO8B6fpFSQn laden is dead.
That rye is going to be pretty weak with all those cokes, JR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o...h?
v=oIO8B6fpFSQ
sorry. at the 5:30 or so mark (beginning of segment) she says osama bin laden is dead
That rye is going to be pretty weak with all those cokes, JR.
LittlePig
it's a large glass.
Malaysia has released four alleged members of a Southeast Asian "terror network" who had been imprisoned without trial for more than five years, according to a human-rights group.
The men were arrested in late 2002 under the Internal Security Act (ISA) during a crackdown on the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network.
The ISA allows indefinite detention without trial.
The four - Bakkery Mahhamud, Mohd Zamri Sukirman, Sabri Jaafar and Zamzuri Sukirman - were freed from a prison centre on December 19.
Freedom was granted on the condition that they report regularly to police and remain within the districts where they live, the Abolish ISA Movement said in a statement late on Friday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...A3399D47C23.htm
. George W. Bush
Charges: Is it a civil rights milestone to have a retarded president? Maybe it would be, if he were ever legitimately elected. You can practically hear the whole nation holding its breath, hoping this guy will just fucking leave come January '09 and not declare martial law. Only supporters left are the ones who would worship a fucking turnip if it promised to kill foreigners. Is so clearly not in charge of his own White House that his feeble attempts to define himself as "decider" or "commander guy" are the equivalent of a five-year-old kid sitting on his dad's Harley and saying "vroom vroom!" Has lost so many disgusted staffers that all he's left with are the kids from Jesus Camp. The first president who is so visibly stupid he can say "I didn't know what was in the National Intelligence Estimate until last week" and sound plausible. Inarguably a major criminal and a much greater threat to the future of America than any Muslim terrorist.
Exhibit A: "And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it."
Sentence: Dismembered, limbs donated to injured veterans.
I love it!
Just drink more rye, sez I.
Zap Rowsdower: How was "Night on the Town" last night?
Twisted. Had five pints of Blackston Maris Otter (fire sale pints), and then went closer to home for a pint of Sweetwater 420.
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The former kangaroo skinner admitted training with al-Qaeda and meeting its leader Osama bin Laden, whom he described as "lovely", according to police evidence given to the court.
I suspect bin laden is way less of a danger to the republic than bill kristol(nacht)
My doggie wouldn't
Where did you get that? Cafe Press?
That would have been my mother's favorite holiday present!
Her BD is coming, thanks for the idea.
The north African arm of Al-Qaeda has claimed that it killed four soldiers in Mauritania this week.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb made the claim on Friday in an audio recording aired on the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television channel.
On the tape a group spokesman said: "We are glad to inform our Muslim nation about the victories achieved by the mujahideen of the al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb through 15 simultaneous operations."
The television channel could not authenticate the claims.
On Thursday officials in Mauritania said that three soldiers died on Wednesday after desert clashes with armed men travelling in two vehicles.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...4E4DEC354BC.htm
I love it!
Terry C, Democratic Bitch
Lovely to see the plain truth printed, isn't it?
angry feminists to Michelle Malkin
This is one angry feminist who would love to slap the shit out of Michelle Malkin.
I love it!
Terry C, Democratic Bitch
Lovely to see the plain truth printed, isn't it?
LittlePig
Ooohhhhhhhh, yeah!
Describes the son of a bitch to "t".
Dammit...it's snowing again!!
We've had almost as much snow this month than we had all of last winter.
Al Gore, fat, etc.
Nepal's provisional parliament has approved a motion to abolish the monarchy and declare the Himalayan country a republic.
More than two-thirds of parliament voted to amend the country's interim constitution, allowing the government to abolish the centuries-old monarchy, after Nepal's political parties agreed the move earlier in the week.
Friday's vote ensures the king will be removed immediately after constituent assembly elections scheduled for mid-April next year.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...0F8A2AC4D7A.htm
do gracious feminists angrily submit?
I suspect bin laden is way less of a danger to the republic than bill kristol(nacht)
Nuts! |
Certainly less of a danger than George W. Bush.
I love it!
Terry C
Last year's Anne Coulter entry was funnier.
"deep-throating Satan's scaly cock"
Describes the son of a bitch to "t".
Terry C, Democratic Bitch
They nail Darth pretty accurately, too: Worst.President.Ever.
And "polling lower than HPV" is a damn good line.
The corporate media tends toward the "balance" that will sell the most advertising. The NYT thinks having Kristol on the payroll will bring more eyeballs to its pages and a solid foundation to its rates. The same goes for employing Krugman. That's the game they're in. It'd be nice to convince them that employing, say, Digby would sell more product. Heaven knows that would improve the writing quality they present, as well as a counter to Kristol's inevitable bullshit.
Pakistan has said the death toll from violence following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has risen to 38.
Protests against the killing of the opposition leader and former prime minister continued across the country on Saturday, with thousands attending angry demonstrations across the country.
In the eastern city of Lahore about 10,000 protesters gathered, chanting "Go, Musharraf, go" and burning tyres.
Meanwhile in Rawalpindi, police fired tear gas at around 3,000 people who tried to storm the house of a former minister after prayer services for Bhutto, AFP reported.
Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, told security forces that "all measures" should be used to halt the violence.
Iran, concerned about level of insecurity in Pakistan, has shut crossings be closed and cut access to a Pakistani port.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...F4880ECE6F7.htm
Well, the first wave of in-laws are coming over today. Better get ready...
Later.
"Why the 'new progressive movement' is fucked"
http://thescannerblog.blogspot.c...-is-
fucked.html
Last year's Anne Coulter entry was funnier.
"deep-throating Satan's scaly cock"
JR, kerosene and a match
Satan's a man of wealth and taste.
He wouldn't TOUCH Mannie Annie.
Let's call ourselves "ice cream is good for you democrats". Has as much meaning.
Neponset
An idea whose time has come! "We're going to sprinkle some goodness (and m&m's) on the nation... "
One scoop or two?
do gracious feminists angrily submit?
no no nsense
This one doesn't submit.
Regarding Rice singling out Amin Fahim, he is either saying, "Thanks, Condi, for painting a bullseye on my forehead." or the Pakistanis will assume he is working for the CIA.
Well, the first wave of in-laws are coming over today. Better get ready...
Damned Chinese, making our machine guns overheat...
Self-hatin' fool extraordinaire:
Dinesh D'Souza
Charges: Wrote a book blaming 9/11 on -- who else? -- liberals, because if we didn't live in a free society, then fundamentalists wouldn't dislike us so. Even conservative nuts blasted D'Souza's empathy for poor al Qaeda. Lately, he's been engaging prominent atheists in debates, revealing himself to be a pseudointellectual ass, and then declaring victory. D'Souza's master plan for attacking atheism is the ridiculous Pascal's wager: Atheists could be wrong, and then they'd go to hell, but if the religious are wrong, then they suffer no ill effect -- aside from living their lives in delusion, of course. And possibly going to someone else's hell for believing the wrong religion. D'Souza seems to think that if he speaks more loudly and rapidly than his opponent, he is winning, but his arguments are weak and idiotic, and he never even attempts to truly debate the existence of any god, which is the ostensible point of these debates. Instead, he likes to compare body counts -- Stalin and Mao killed more than the religious leaders of their time -- rather than actually debate whether there is a God, or for that matter a Jesus. This, of course, is because there is no case to be made.
Exhibit A: "[Atheists] are God-haters... I don't believe in unicorns, but then I haven't written any books called The End of Unicorns, Unicorns are Not Great, or The Unicorn Delusion." But what if everyone you met did believe in unicorns, and not only that, but worshiped a unicorn, held a book about unicorns to be the divine truth of the universe, invoked unicorns in political contexts, and speechified about how non-believers were indecent people waging a war on morality, which could only be predicated on the unquestioning belief in unicorns? Then, maybe, D'Souza would think about writing that book. But of course, that's not really true, because if that was the world we lived in, then Dinesh D'Souza would believe in unicorns.
Sentence: Spanish inquisition.
That Loathsome list was pretty funny.
We've had almost as much snow this month than we had all of last winter.
Al Gore, fat, etc.
Zap Rowsdower
We should start calling it global weirdness - you never know what's coming - in Montreal we had 2 big snow-storms and predictions of long cold old fashioned winter but then it gets stupid warm pours rain melts half the snow makes a huge mess and then freezes up again and then melts and next week it's supposed to be -15 for 2 days and then plus 10C for the next few - weird
Stalin and Mao killed more than the religious leaders of their time
Bush is giving them a run for their money.
xhibit A: "[Atheists] are God-haters... I don't believe in unicorns, but then I haven't written any books called The End of Unicorns, Unicorns are Not Great, or The Unicorn Delusion." But what if everyone you met did believe in unicorns, and not only that, but worshiped a unicorn, held a book about unicorns to be the divine truth of the universe, invoked unicorns in political contexts, and speechified about how non-believers were indecent people waging a war on morality, which could only be predicated on the unquestioning belief in unicorns?
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I dig a pony
bye for now
first they predict a bitter bitter winter here and now i hear a most 'mild' january approaches......
We should start calling it global weirdness
Destabilized system.
You won't know where (or when) it will stabilize again.
global warning.
watching the news last night about tens of millions of birds suddenly 'poof' vanishing across north america i resisted the urge to say 'we're fucked. so very fucked.'
because in fact we've 'fucked. so very fucked over the birds.'
and everything else
Love what the list said about O'Reilly
He's turned being a wanker into an art form.
On the plus side, the greenhouse effect should bring us lots of vegetables... but that will be a source of even more methane gasses (sorry for that!)
Sheeeets
TKK soiled sheets.
record high temps are predicted for many parts of the US today.
"Bill O'Reilly won't call us far left anymore!"-NYT
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