HULK SMASH
Silly
Friday
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Baaaa!!
BOO!
Al Gore!
Zero comments my Liberal butt.
o hai
Check out this magnificent yet humble little project:
http://www.self.org
Oops, they just put a hold on your paycheck, bozo.
My flight?
Our corporate overlords are doing their best to mimic their Republican handlers.
Pfizer Exec Arrested On Child Pornography Charges
A Pfizer vice president has been arrested on charges of receiving, possessing and distributing child pornography. Alan Hesketh, 61, was arrested at JFK airport by federal agents Wednesday and is being held without bond, reports the newspaper The Day.
Hesketh, who works on patent issues in the firm’s offices in New London, Conn., is currently on leave from the company, a Pfizer spokesman told the WSJ . The company is “cooperating fully with authorities,” the spokesman added.
A call from the WSJ Law Blog to Hesketh’s lawyer wasn’t immediately returned this morning.
Hesketh is accused of posing as a 28-year-old woman in online chats while trading images of children engaged in sexual acts, according to a court document filed in the case. He signed on as “Suzybibaby” from his home, as well as from an Internet address registered to Pfizer in New York.
If indicted and convicted, he could face a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years for receiving and distributing child pornography and a maximum of 10 years for possessing child porn, the WSJ Law Blog says.
Basra seige unleashes storm of protest.
Haloscan seems confused at the current moment.
If only her name were Terri Schiavo:
Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit
It's ALWAYS good to remind war-supporters what all that money could have done for developing energy-independence, first-rate education around the country, etc.
There isn't a Clinton supporter who doesn't know the tough road ahead. Obama's crafted it this way by stiffing Michigan and Florida, because if they had re-votes Obama's advantage would change dramatically.
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet...
Out of curiosity, [former Bush administration economist Alan] Viard asked a research assistant to put together a list of spending cuts and revenue hikes to cover the cost of making the Bush tax cuts permanent. Her findings? For starters, the government would have to slash benefits for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
"Any such package is political death," Viard said. "Not to put too fine a point on it."
You know what's awesome? We haven't even started paying for the war yet - it's all on credit, and the interest is racking up.
OK, I have a shitty definition of awesome.
A Friday off! Happy day.
The politics of depoliticisation
Of the three candidates, budget analysts said McCain has been most aggressive at identifying ways to reduce spending. "We have to cut spending everywhere," said McCain's top economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
Hey, you can't get more specific than that.
It's ALWAYS good to remind war-supporters what all that money could have done for developing energy-independence, first-rate education around the country, etc.
Actually, most war supporters hate that shit so it probably is a smart political move for McCain. More oil! More home schooling!
Bosnia Loves Hillary [VIDEO Confirms Danger!][Updated 3x]
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3...3/26/12370/
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Bosnia Loves Hillary [VIDEO Confirms Danger!][Updated 3x]
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3...3/26/12370/
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There isn't an athletic supporter who doesn't reek of the tough road ahead. Obama's craft is this way. Stiff in Michigan and Florida. If only they had the votes, Obama's advantage would change dramastically.
Dead-threaded from below (but always on topic):
The thing about the trollies is that talking about them is as stimulating to them as talking to them.
So, please ignore the trolls.
Soprano, not at Eschacon (sob) | Homepage | 03.28.08 - 4:46 pm | #
Spend it on bail!
Ever notice that in usage 'terrific' and 'terrible' are antonyms but 'horrific' and 'horrible' are not? 'Awful' and 'awesome' appear to be of the former type of language drift enabled pairs.
It's ALWAYS good to remind war-supporters what all that money could have done for developing energy-independence, first-rate education around the country, etc.
you are suffering under the delusion that pro-war people think that those things are good.
Comment by Bugs blocked.
FORP.
It appears our little picnic has an ant. A rather stupid ant.
The theater of noise is proof of our potential. The circulation of autotypes. The golden talisman underfoot is phenomenon approaching.
For starters, the government would have to slash benefits for Social Security,
Uhm, slashing SS payments shouldn't help with shortfalls in general revenue. That's simply not the way the budget process is designed to work. (yes, I know, I know, but that's not the design.)
The 'unpleasantness' in Iraq is slowly being pushed down the list on most major news sites.
The American public is like a cartoon I once saw from WWII. It shows this rather daft rich woman playing the piano and singing. As this is going one, her doting husband tells a friend, "Haven't told her about the war. Would only upset her."
holy shit, southern beale. i'd thank you for the link, i guess, but now i'm just depressed.
Friday Nudibranch Blogging.
Do what you must.
"Ever notice that in usage 'terrific' and 'terrible' are antonyms but 'horrific' and 'horrible' are not?"
Ya ever notice how you PARK in the DRIVEway, and DRIVE in the PARKway?? lol! What's up with that?
Feet smell, noses run
Maybe appeal to them this way: How much are we willing to spend to kill one terrizt? How many millions? How many millions should we spend to blow up a hut somewhere.
"Ever notice that in usage 'terrific' and 'terrible' are antonyms but 'horrific' and 'horrible' are not?"
I find that just awfic, myself.
Maybe appeal to them this way: How much are we willing to spend to kill one terrizt? How many millions? How many millions should we spend to blow up a hut somewhere.
Yeah because asking how many innocent lives are expendable for one actual terrorist just draws the blank stares.
An "ethereal" 10 second clip of a woman singing a French folk song has been played for the first time in 150 years.
The recording of "Au Clair de la Lune", recorded in 1860, is thought to be the oldest known recorded human voice.
A phonograph of Thomas Edison singing a children's song in 1877 was previously thought to be the oldest record.
The new "phonautograph", created by etching soot-covered paper, has now been played by US scientists using a "virtual stylus" to read the lines.
"When I first heard the recording as you hear it ... it was magical, so ethereal," audio historian David Giovannoni, who found the recording, told AP.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/techn...ogy/
7318180.stm
How many millions per day to keep doing the same thing?
Maybe appeal to them this way: How much are we willing to spend to kill one terrizt? How many millions? How many millions should we spend to blow up a hut somewhere.
Eh, if it's the right hut, a fair amount. It was a bullshit argument when the rightards used it against Clinton.
I'd love to see a missile dropped on bin Laden, even a billion dollar missile. Sadly, Bush and the republicans don't care about that.
ethereal is a beautiful word.
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"How many millions per day to keep doing the same thing?
B1 Bummer"
Only a soulless monster would put a price tag on the safety of our families and children.
/halliburton
Does that mean Edison has to give back the money he made?
An "ethereal" 10 second clip of a woman singing a French folk song has been played for the first time in 150 years.
The recording of "Au Clair de la Lune", recorded in 1860, is thought to be the oldest known recorded human voice.
A phonograph of Thomas Edison singing a children's song in 1877 was previously thought to be the oldest record.
Heard that recording on the radio this morning. It was eerie.
Edison recited "Mary Had a Little Lamb." He didn't sing it. Minor point, but annoying.
oh for fuck's sake. one troll isn't enough, so you have to troll the troll?
So, please ignore the trolls.
Soprano, not at Eschacon (sob) | Homepage | 03.28.08 - 4:46 pm | #
Can't I smash a couple over the head with a club, just for fun?
Is this the famous Atrios blog as mentioned in the New Yorker article on the demise of the print newspapers and the rise of the new media?
Eh, if it's the right hut, a fair amount. It was a bullshit argument when the rightards used it against Clinton.
No, no, no, MikeJ --
Clinton wanted to blow up a tent. Don't you see? That makes all the difference.
[/wingnut]
The Wright issue will hurt Obama in November. That's where the damage will be.
"Is this the famous Atrios blog as mentioned in the New Yorker article on the demise of the print newspapers and the rise of the new media?
Ed"
Yes. Yes it is.
Please have a seat and make yourself comfortable. Enjoy the discussion about the fiscal policy of the war.
Please refrain from using any uncouth or vulgar language, however.
Is this the famous Atrios blog as mentioned in the New Yorker article on the demise of the print newspapers and the rise of the new media?
No, this is the room for an argument.
Can't I smash a couple over the head with a club, just for fun?
left field, dfh | Homepage | 03.28.08 - 4:57 pm | #
You can, but you may not.
[/Mrs. Sherman, 6th grade]
Things like that are amazing. An older guy told me that his old school attic had piles of wax cylinder recordings. They just threw them away. I'm not sure what happened to the pile of shellac 78s my grandparents had. Being indistructable unless dropped, they're probably at my dads place somehwere.
Cubans are to be allowed unrestricted access to mobile phones for the first time, in the latest reform announced under new President Raul Castro.
In a statement in official newspaper Granma, state telecom monopoly ETECSA said it would offer mobile services to the public in the next few days.
Some Cubans already own mobile phones, but they have had to acquire them via a third party, often foreigners.
Cuba's rate of cell phone usage remains among the lowest in Latin America.
Now Cubans will be able to subscribe to pre-paid mobile services under their own names, instead of going through foreigners or in some cases their work places.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ameri...cas/
7318774.stm
Obama had his face work on, during his 3 day vacation. Is he "lighting?"
Please refrain from using any uncouth or vulgar language, however.
Nim, ham hock of liberty
Yeah, fuck that stuff.
Come on in
I am too stupid to read the polls and live in the week before last.
Please have a seat and make yourself comfortable. Enjoy the discussion about the fiscal policy of the war.
Please refrain from using any uncouth or vulgar language, however.
And please ignore the effing trolls.
I want Obama to work on my face. I like it hot and sticky.
Oh, so presumably Haliburton KBR will now perform their services free of charge?
No, this is the room for an argument.
MikeJ
Then why do I keep getting hit on the head?
You can, but you may not.
[/Mrs. Sherman, 6th grade]
Soprano, not at Eschacon (sob) | Homepage | 03.28.08 - 5:00 pm | #
Well, hhrmmmmphh. You're no fun. But Mrs Sherman, they're just asking to be beaten up. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.
Wait, let me try answering again, tuned for New Yorker cartoons:
Is this the famous Atrios blog as mentioned in the New Yorker article
Christ, what an asshole.
I saw an article today that said the one thing not really being discussed a lot by John McCain's base is his age.
Do you think that we should elect a president who is over 70 years old? Do you think that is a legitimate concern? Do you think that his confusion about Iraq is a strategy or signs of aging and an inability to pay attention?
Is this the famous Atrios blog as mentioned in the New Yorker article on the demise of the print newspapers and the rise of the new media?
Ed
No, this is abuse.
It's ALWAYS good to remind war-supporters what all that money could have done for developing energy-independence, first-rate education around the country, etc.
Nah, I've tried that. They just trot out Heritage Foundation "statistics" (wink wink) which PROVE it's entitlement programs and Social Security which are bankrupting the country. If only we didn't have to pay for Medicare we'd have SO much more money to spend!!!
McCain's 100-year Iraq war @ $150 billion / year and 2.5% annual inflation:
Total cost, $64.9 trillion.
Please refrain from using any uncouth or vulgar language, however.
Fuckin'a.
No, this is the room for an argument.
I thought this was abuse.
I am too stupid to read the polls and live in the week before last.
Bugs | Homepage | 03.28.08 - 5:01 pm | #
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Who is using my handle? I it William H. Rehnquist?
(looks left, looks right) What trolls???
Lovely weather we're having...
Things like that are amazing. An older guy told me that his old school attic had piles of wax cylinder recordings. They just threw them away. I'm not sure what happened to the pile of shellac 78s my grandparents had. Being indistructable unless dropped, they're probably at my dads place somehwere.
One of my neighbors (over eighty now) has always lived in this area and when he was a boy they made silent movies in a nearby park. When the site closed he found some film and donated it to the local high school. It was a wild west story, set in Massachusetts.
It would be interesting to find out if the film still exists.
I don't have a problem with McCain's age so much as I have a problem with 100 years more Iraq war and "bomb, bomb, Iran."
Shy, slow-moving and virtually blind, the manatee looks like a walrus without tusks. They can weigh up to one tonne and can grow to be the length of a sofa. But despite their size they are harmless.
Ofori-Danson says hunting has made them fearful of humans, and this makes it even tougher for the Earthwatch team to study them. During the research trip the 10-strong team saw only three young manatees.
"We are working under very difficult conditions and we also have to educate the communities. However, in my view the study was successful despite the conditions," he says.
"They are quite elusive in our system here. We eat them; we hunt them; we exploit them – so they run away from us. They don't want us to see them, so it is more difficult to study them than [to study manatees] in Florida, for example. Also, the water here is murky, so you can't see the manatees even if they are very close to you."
Some river communities believe so strongly in the folklore surrounding the manatees that they would never dare harm them. People are reluctant to talk about manatees for fear of retribution, and look nervously at the ground when asked about them.
One fisherman from Akosombo, a town on the banks of the Volta, refuses to speak of mami water, other than to say: "It is not an animal. It is a woman."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/enviro.../mar/28/
manatee
Military Spending isn't spending, it's an investment in freedom.
Do you think that we should elect a president who is over 70 years old?
Not if he has an (R) by his name.
Do you think that is a legitimate concern?
yes.
Do you think that his confusion about Iraq is a strategy or signs of aging and an inability to pay attention?
the latter.
NEW YORK -- U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has added his voice to others in the party saying that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should abandon her White House run.
Leahy said there is no way that Clinton can win enough delegates to get the nomination. He told Vermont Public Radio in an interview that Clinton ought to withdraw and should be backing Sen. Barack Obama. But Leahy said that's obviously a decision only Clinton can make.
Under which pseudonym was the commenter who is borrowing my pseudonym previously posting? I insist on asking questions about issues that are almost epistemologically non-falsifiable.
Comment by Bugs blocked.
FORP
I'm not sure what happened to the pile of shellac 78s my grandparents had. Being indistructable unless dropped, they're probably at my dads place somehwere.
B1 Bummer | 03.28.08 - 5:00 pm | #
When my father died in 1951, Mother sold most of his record collection. I still have the rest of the 78s in a mahogany 2-door case about 4 feet high and 3 feet wide. Been hauling that around ever since Mother died in 1970. Obviously, I have a sentimentality issue. Some of them are really good recordings, though, if you don't mind the scratching sounds and changing the record every three minutes -- Rachmaninoff playing his own works, Jascha Heifetz, the young Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore. Not to mention the Carson J. Robison recording of "Mussolini's Letter to Hitler" and "Hitler's Reply to Mussolini" (on the flip side), a hilarious novelty song from 1943. Oh -- and some "party records" that were "not for radio broadcast."
A senior Bear Stearns executive with 20 years' experience has been accused of defecting to rival Morgan Stanley with so many print-outs of confidential client information that the troubled bank's Boston office ran out of paper.
A Massachusetts judge has granted Bear Stearns an emergency restraining order against Douglas Sharon, the head of its Boston office who resigned on March 17 - the day after the bank accepted a rescue takeover by JP Morgan.
In a writ which reveals the depth of turmoil within the bank, Bear Stearns has accused Sharon of aggressively recruiting colleagues to go with him to Morgan Stanley and of sending out a mass mailshot to Bear's clients urging them to transfer their allegiance.
Okay, I got a couple of answers. so here is another question. Do you think John McCain's age as a candidate is fair game for the democrats?
Nothing like a Dash-8 in the rain. I hate those fuckers.
Atrios,
Nice city you got here! I always forget how neat the old buildings are.
Our tires.
NTodd, без &
Now, where is the jack on this thing?
Do you think John McCain's age as a candidate is fair game for the democrats?
Only during his naptime.
This just in! Film historians have reconstructed an 1898 version of Manos, The Hands of Fate, apparently created by Georges Melies!
I just got to the hotel. Wow, what a flight!
Now, where is the jack on this thing?
Just arrived with the tech.
Since I can't talk about Philadelphia, I have to talk about the thread topic.
This always reminds me of a dimly remembered Pogo cartoon, where Howland Owl and Churchy LaFemme (or similar bright lights) are trying to solve a math problem, which won't solve because they have some numbers they don't know what to do with. At which point Churchy (or someone similar) helpfully suggests those numbers be put over here. Out of the way, they are no longer a problem.
Just never thought I'd live to see government run like a Pogo cartoon. It was supposed to be a joke, I thought....
defecting to rival Morgan Stanley with so many print-outs of confidential client information that the troubled bank's Boston office ran out of paper.
Dipshit's never heard of a pendrive?
Nothing like a Dash-8 in the rain. I hate those fuckers.
BUCKING BRONCOS! And I have a nice view of the engine cowling from my seat!
Namestealers! Only I can be the real Bugs because I love to spew totally baseless horse shit. Sometimes I have to make it up myself. Usually I just wait for orders from Karl Rove.
This just in! Film historians have reconstructed an 1898 version of Manos, The Hands of Fate, apparently created by Georges Melies!
B1 Bummer
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W H Y???????
1898????
I just got to the hotel. Wow, what a flight!
mimi
Do tel, a Ho tel?
If you google Dash-8, the second hit is a wikipedia article for "2007 Dash 8 landing gear incidents".
Well, hhrmmmmphh. You're no fun.
Well, since NTodd is trapped on a plane with a flat tire, why don't you meet me behind the Tastee Freez, and we'll just see about that.
Okay, I got a couple of answers. so here is another question. Do you think John McCain's age as a candidate is fair game for the democrats?
foolme1ns
I don't think Democrats need to overtly mention it. Late night comedians do that.
The other night, Craig Fergeson said "When John McCain first ran for the Senate, he was called a liar by the most famous comedian of that time: Mark Twain."
PW120'S on the Dash 8. I worked on that engine.
I hate it when the stubble on Karl Rove's testicles leaves my chin all red and itchy.
that engine has a lot of flame-outs too.
good luck!
One of my irrational wants is an early 60s cabinet console hifi. There's a wonderful example in "Kitten With a Whip." They're basically a large, extremely heavy piece of furniture that put out a sound that's not quite like anything else, with bottomless low end and a general smoothing of the edges. It's all the wood, I think. Anyway, you don't see many of these anymore. And they weigh a freakin' ton. And I've nowhere to put one. But to me, there was an elegance there.
LOL. The expert speaks.
I always forget how neat the old buildings are.
One of things I found interesting was to take a stroll through the Olde City section. Sometimes row home owners will place a sign in the window telling you when that particular house was built, who it was built for, and what they did a for a living.
It's sometimes odd to see an nice little row home and then see it was built in the late 1700's for a sailmaker or something.
mimi is Buckaroo Bonzai
The thread is painfully slow. Quick, Bugs, say something stupid.
Obama can't possibly win in November.
I thought Laurent and Mimi were in Philly?
"The thread is painfully slow. Quick, Bugs, say something stupid.
foolme1ns"
The effects of my loving discipline are being seen already.
I may sow pain, but we all reap dividends of joy.
Quick, Bugs, say something stupid.
foolme1ns | 03.28.08 - 5:15 pm | #
Your wish has been granted
Obama can't possibly win in November.
Bugs
I think Mimi just got to her hotel a little bit ago, if I am keeping up with the thread correctly.
Our tires.
Geez, the US airline industry, it's gotten kind of ghetto hasn't it?
a lot of engine surges on that model engine too.
that's when the compressor can't handle all the air coming in and hiccups the air through to the combustion chamber. it results in a huge banging sound but not necessarily any damage to the turbine.
flame-outs on the other hand, will burn your blades in a millisecond and lose all the power to the prop.
the 120 series is the worst p&w has. they should have stuck to a free wheel design instead of a 2 spool.
Isn't the Dash-8 the type of plane McSame flew in WWII?
Hillary can't possibly win in August.
B1Bummer:
Yes! With the sliding lid? Some had a folding lid. My aunt had one - I remember seeing the ubiquitous Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" album propped up against the cabinet. (my uncle loved that album cover)
NTodd, без &
Well, it looks like you're about on your way. Try to keep them all in line in PHL, I'll have to settle for waving from 295 on my way to NC t'morrow... enjoy.
A good global warming read:
http://www.thehfc.org/coda.html
Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For Fuck's sake, i've killfiled 3 Bugses now.
How many more can there be?
The Crazy Rev. Wright
By ISHMAEL REED
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2llqn2
Mr. Reed is kind of angry about the media crap swirling around this issue.
Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Green Zone
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That was a very positive moment.
In a previous life, I was a Basque rapper named Buxcs Txotxolo. But they paid me in patxaran, so I died.
I think Mimi just got to her hotel a little bit ago, if I am keeping up with the thread correctly.
foolme1ns
That's correct.
She piloted a Dash 8 across the Atlantic today. Landed on I-95.
She's checked into NTodd's room as his girlfriend, and is lighting candles, etc., for that "special night" she has planned for him.
For Fuck's sake, i've killfiled 3 Bugses now.
How many more can there be?
Ali
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I hates that rabbit!!!!
She's checked into NTodd's room as his girlfriend, and is lighting candles, etc., for that "special night" she has planned for him.
jac
eeeeewwwww.....d00d!
i can't possibly win in august
For Fuck's sake, i've killfiled 3 Bugses now.
How many more can there be?
Ali
Don't waste your effort.
He's wascally.
For Fuck's sake, i've killfiled 3 Bugses now.
Which killfile you using? They've all already been blocked for me, using "Haloscan comments repairs and upgrades" from:
http://www.userscripts.org/scrip...ripts/show/
3218
Incoming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Green Zone
This won't get better in McCains 100 years of war.
Yep, the repubs sure are good for the public safety.
well, we're off to find some bbq. Hope everyone who's going gets to Philly okay.
See y'all in a bit.
I am going out to see who I can recognize
Man, Tweety is doing his simpering "people at NBC are so smart" schtick for Craig Crawford and Mrs. Greenspan, neither of whom strike me as particularly bright. Gossip doesn't take great brain power.
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Did I tell you about the play I was in?
OT, but what the heck: The AOL main page has the headline "Snorkeler Nets Prehistoric Prize" above a picture of John McCain.
I'd agree with the prehistoric part, anyway.
I am going out to see who I can recognize
That is truly sad.
The new McCain ad is gawd awful, especially the voice over.
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Urban sheets.
The new McCain ad is gawd awful, especially the voice over.
But it *was* pretty bold for a Republican to use Harvey Firestein.
haha, i got a 10 buck meal voucher!
Thanks, Mikej. I forget which one, to be honest. I'll try the one you linked to.
Normally it gets em first time, I assumed it wouldn't if they changed emails or something.
Are you miketheliberal who commented? Just curious.
Illinois Nazis. Got it now, thx Grand Moff.