HULK SMASH
yo
surely I'm not first
indeed I was not
sorry virgo
I'm handling it
Where's the stinkin' youtube video, man?!
It's only 9:15, barely late evening.
Would it kill Atrios to refill the snack bowl?
Conason, via Digby:
Why otherwise would the campaign press corps have demanded the Clinton tax returns while nobody insists that McCain release the returns filed by him and his beer heiress wife, Cindy? When the Arizona Republican releases his 2007 return, as he has done today, will anyone urge him to cough up returns from previous years, as the Clintons did? It is an act of transparency that he has neglected to fulfill for the past quarter-century of his public service, without a peep from his press fans (despite the precedent of his wife's highly questionable shopping-mall investment with savings and loan crook Charles Keating).
And having raked Bill Clinton's charitable foundation for evidence of conflicts of interest, when will the press corps take another look at McCain’s "Reform Institute," the nonprofit think tank that has served as a soft-money conduit and cushy sinecure for his political advisors?
Will anyone ask McCain why he doesn't wear an American flag pin, the burning question that the ABC anchors pressed on Obama? Perhaps the former POW deserves a pass on that issue, but it is interesting to note that photos of McCain with a flag pin are very scarce -- which may simply prove that not every patriot must constantly sport Old Glory on his lapel.
It would be refreshing to place the likes of Gibson and Stephanopoulos and their peers on the witness stand for a change to explain their choices and prejudices. Why did they require Democrats to make tax-cutting pledges that are based on bad economics and worse journalism? Why should they focus on Obama's tenuous connection with a reprehensible but inconsequential figure like former Weatherman Bill Ayers, when they have never mentioned the White House coddling of Cuban exile terrorists? Why do they obsess over the "bitter" gaffe by Obama while passing so lightly over the confusion of Sunni and Shia groups by McCain, supposed master of foreign policy?
Details may be different but the double standard remains the same. If the coverage of this election already induces a nauseating sense of déjà vu, be warned. It will only get worse.
Would it kill Atrios to refill the snack bowl?
It's still 3/4 full. There are only seven people here.
It is so not late night.
Oh- 6:30 AM wake-up call has it's cost!
Young kids just can't hack it!
SciFi Movie. WWII Women Air Corp ferrying bomber in the Pacific, with an all woman crew, male supercargo and a MYSTERIOUS cargo.
Land on an island full of dinosaurs and Japanese soldiers.
Hijinx Ensue!
No hot woman scientist. Likely 0% boobage. Lots of eatage more than likely.
MYSTERIOUS cargo, probably an A-Bomb.
Here's one.
And, here's another one.
Gowan - Moonlight desires
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E...h?
v=Elbpw3d2qEk
Featuring Jon "Yes" Anderson.
Not late here!
Snack bowel, why?
I just ate a WattaBurger with jalapenos.
Hi Sallyh!
"...Details may be different but the double standard remains the same. If the coverage of this election already induces a nauseating sense of déjà vu, be warned. It will only get worse." --Digby
--SteveLG
She's right about the media, I'm hoping/thinking the voters aren't buying it this time around.
GAHHHH
I come into
the party and get Gowan
Kim Mitchell, as apybak
http://youtube.com/watch?v=s4DYEVvuB7o
WASHINGTON — Nancy Larson’s most difficult conversation was, by far, the one with Chelsea Clinton.
“It was just heartbreaking,” said Mrs. Larson, a Democratic National Committee member from Minnesota and more to the point, a superdelegate who had initially pledged herself to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. This was last Saturday, after the former first daughter learned that Mrs. Larson would be shifting her allegiance to Senator Barack Obama.
“She is a delightful young woman who loves her mother very much,” Mrs. Larson said. “She was really pushing me. She kept asking me why I was doing this. She just kept asking, ‘Why? Why?’ ”
because your parents are craven assholes?
to Sallyh and GWPDA. And, well, everyone else.
Evening, peeps.
I'd like some vinegar and sea salt flavored chips.
Good ... evening? I haven't even had dinner yet.
She's right about the media, I'm hoping/thinking the voters aren't buying it this time around.
mer |
The quote is actually Joe Conason, but I'm inclined to agree that people have, in great numbers, started to understand that they're being lied to not only by their government, but by its media lapdogs.
McCain is in for a long, hot summer, lasting all the way into November, I believe.
I've got hot coffee, with whiskey, raw sugar, and chilis in it.
Kim Mitchell? That's just mean.
“She was really pushing me. She kept asking me why I was doing this. She just kept asking, ‘Why? Why?’ ”
Pretty scummy and desperate to have Hillary's daughter begging superdelegates.
I've got hot coffee, with whiskey, raw sugar, and chilis in it.
Doug, cholla jumper
I'd like to make you my god. Is that okay?
The third King Kong is on one of the movie channels. It hasn't really grabbed me.
Habs are winning! Barely.
JUST consider yourself lucky I didn't break out Loverboy or Glass tiger
Gowan is now the lead singer of Styx.
and is called "Lawrence"
Pretty scummy and desperate to have Hillary's daughter begging superdelegates.
puppethead
She's a grownup. She should be able to handle it, if that's her choice.
I'm listening (for the first time) to a Philly rapper called Slo-Mo.
He plays lap steel. Sorta unusual in a rapper.
Staying classy:
On his train tour Saturday, Senator Obama continued to condemn the petty distractions that keep Americans from focusing on real issues. He decried Clinton's "tactics of Washington," in which she attacks him with every possible weapon. "She's got the kitchen sink flying, the china flying. The buffet is coming at me…when we get involved in the constant distractions the petty tit for tat politics…that may be good for the television ratings, but that's not good for you."
While the candidate was denouncing the distractions, his aides were promoting them. Three veterans of the Bosnia conflict joined for a conference call to explain just how crucial this particular distraction was, and why we should ignore Senator Obama's guidance and get obsessed with this issue.
Major General Walter Stewart explained that because Clinton had fabricated on the issue of sniper fire, Clinton would not be able to perform the traditional ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier who, he averred, was undoubtedly killed by sniper fire. "She will lack the moral authority to lay the wreath on Memorial Day," he said. She would also be unable to honor the veterans remembered on the Vietnam memorial because many of them had also been killed by sniper fire. Captain Aaron Clevenstine offered a variation on this theme: "As someone who trained snipers, I take offense to the notion that she was under sniper fire." Michael Kotyk, a retired veteran of the Navy broadened the significance of Clinton's yarn: "We've had 8 years of dishonor. We need honor. If you're going to tell stories then you're not displaying honor."
http://www.slate.com/id/2189485/
Oh crap, it's tied again.
Olexicon, I saw Max Webster play approximately 1,349 times in my youth. I didn't mind so much. 
It's like comparing cumquats and bananas..
Habs are winning! Barely.
Ali, now a habs fan
I thought the scorewas 2-2.
Gowan is now the lead singer of Styx.
DeYoung has that weird light sensitivity ailment, IIRC...
I love jazz, but singers like Tony Bennett and Sinatra leave me cold. Give me Karrin Allyson or Shemekia Copeland any day.
(OK, maybe it's the gender).
Karrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k...h?
v=kXVWtePwWyE
Shemekia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h...h?
v=hVMGAqrK514
Well, even I will admit i like "go for a soda"
She's a grownup. She should be able to handle it, if that's her choice.
SteveLG
Not talking about Chelsea. Scummy to use her to prey on the emotions of the superdelegates.
I am not a white-slave marketeer!...
It would appear that some of the Amazon reviewers are possibly more interesting than most of the books they sell over there.
{FYI/FWIW, stumbled across this while looking over the works of the folks who write for eXile.ru. The 'War Nerd' is coming out with a book in June, dontchaknow!}
I'd like to make you my god. Is that okay?
I don't know, do I have to do tricks(miracles) for this honor?
I'm happier with small miracles like this:
http://thumbsnap.com/v/7QE8Yc8E.jpg
Repodwhore: tonight's Paxcast.
3-3 now, Shaw. Goals are happening quickly here.
No to the Patio Lanterns, though.
Hey Cougarhutch, how goes it?
DeYoung has that weird light sensitivity ailment, IIRC...
If I recall correctly, he did want to rejoin the band at some point, but they turned him down.
I don't know, do I have to do tricks(miracles) for this honor?
I'm happier with small miracles like this:
http://thumbsnap.com/v/7QE8Yc8E.jpg
Doug, cholla jumper
Actually, those small "miracles" are what keeps me "clinging" to life instead of becoming "bitter."
*bows before Dougchollajumper, god of cacti*
agreed
now I gotta go take pictures at the MJHL/SJHL playoff for atrip to the RBC royal Bank Cup
Gromit, I'm partial to jazz guitar (acoustic).
Details may be different but the double standard remains the same. If the coverage of this election already induces a nauseating sense of déjà vu, be warned. It will only get worse.
SteveLG
BUT, THE RULZ FOR LIBRULZ ARE DIFFERENT!!! - MSM
The advantage of seeing how craven the press is this early? Lots of opportunities when the nets and cabloids send their 'election battlebuses' out from the confines of the studio to tell them that they're in the tank.
Scummy to use her to prey on the emotions of the superdelegates.
puppethead
Yeah, maybe... it's pretty far down on my list of Clinton campaign atrocities this year.
Nice.
G'night.
If I recall correctly, he did want to rejoin the band at some point, but they turned him down.
Wasn't there a lawsuit or something?
Michael Kotyk, a retired veteran of the Navy broadened the significance of Clinton's yarn: "We've had 8 years of dishonor. We need honor. If you're going to tell stories, then you're not displaying honor."
hadenough
She was lying for the Greater Good.
I like islands.
I hate Jazz.
NTodd, has anyone fetched you an eclair today?
Sallyh, if things were any better I'd be incarcerated.
Jazz makes me grind my teeth.
I sleep on my tummy. Hugging a down pillow.
I'm happier with small miracles like this:
http://thumbsnap.com/v/7QE8Yc8E.jpg
Plant erotica. Pushing, pushing into the fingers of the hot yellow sun. Opening, opening, opening.
Fetch me my dildo, woman!!
From wikipedia...
Two years later, in 1999, the band released its first new studio album in almost a decade: Brave New World. The album received a lukewarm reception, sold very slowly, and the single, "Everything Is Cool", failed to chart.
Once again, during work on the album, personality conflicts drove the band members apart. While Tommy Shaw and James Young's material followed a hard rock vein, Dennis DeYoung's penchant for Broadway styles infuriated his bandmates, and the dramatic differences in styles were evident on Brave New World.
Arguments over which songs to release as singles, the album's artwork, the track sequencing, and the omission of DeYoung's vocals and keyboards from many of the Shaw/JY tracks fueled the fire. The band was further hindered by a viral illness contracted by DeYoung which temporarily made his eyes sensitive to light. DeYoung asked his bandmates to delay touring.
Chuck Panozzo left the band in 1998 after revealing to his bandmates that he was gay and battling HIV. His public explanation came in 2001 at the annual Human Rights Campaign banquet.
Later that year, DeYoung was permanently replaced by Lawrence Gowan, though no official statement regarding a firing or replacement had been made. As a result of the replacement, DeYoung filed a lawsuit, charging that the remaining members of the band were using the Styx name without his consent, and he in turn was countersued by Shaw & JY for using the billing of "Dennis DeYoung, the voice of Styx" in his solo concerts. The suit was eventually settled on the grounds that DeYoung could bill himself as "performing the music of Styx" or "formerly of Styx", but not as "the voice of Styx", and Styx continued on with Shaw & JY at the helm.
Plant erotica. Pushing, pushing into the fingers of the hot yellow sun. Opening, opening, opening.
Echidne |
You're making me hot...
Gromit, I'm partial to jazz guitar (acoustic).
Sallyh
Jeff Linsky is one of my faves, along with Charlie Byrd o'course. Earl Klugh can be great, if he's not overproduced, with syrupy strings and synths. Good music to work to.
Not talking about Chelsea. Scummy to use her to prey on the emotions of the superdelegates.
puppethead
Why don't they use more cold, hard cash, like Obama does? $600K and counting....
Cosmic, I prefer tropical islands. The kind with great beaches and crystal clear water.
I'm spoiled.
Plant erotica. Pushing, pushing into the fingers of the hot yellow sun. Opening, opening, opening.
Echidne |
You're making me hot...
Duane V, Bitter Classist
April is Poetry Month. Let's all get hot.
Johnny Hates Jazz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...h?
v=VRHLkLFJxaw
*!Caution!*
80's earworm.
You're making me hot...
Duane V, Bitter Classist
Cosmic, I prefer tropical islands. The kind with great beaches and crystal clear water.
I'm spoiled.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
That's where I am.
Jazz makes me grind my teeth.
Ali
Most jazz does the same to Dr Mrs Gromit. It can be hard to find music we both like that isn't boring as hell.
Cosmic, I hate you
Why don't they use more cold, hard cash, like Obama does? $600K and counting....
Susie from Philly | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 9:39 pm | #
He's the tool of the million plus special interests who contributed.
Gromit, is Dr. Mrs. Gromit on call tonight?
Plant erotica. Pushing, pushing into the fingers of the hot yellow sun. Opening, opening, opening
my little grass seeds are pushing up in the bald spots. nice to see them.
Funny how parallel they rise. They hit the ground at whatever angle, yet they respond to their space in the same way.
sun angle I guess.
Why don't they use more cold, hard cash, like Obama does? $600K and counting....
Susie from Philly
Because they don't have it.
That was easy.
There's jazz that doesn't make the teeth hurt. Stomach-sawing jazz, for instance.
Cosmic, I hate you
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
But, I love you, even from here.
That's where I am
fukker
olexicon, | 04.19.08 - 9:25 pm |
Fuck, olexicon...that made me SO happy! I loved Max Webster.
"She was lying for the Greater Good.
Duane V, Bitter Classist"
Classy.
Why don't they use more cold, hard cash, like Obama does?
Because we know she already has been?
I'm fascinated by the Hillary supporters who are so clearly displaying cognitive dissonance. It seems like there isn't a single thing she does wrong, ever. There's always a rationalization for it or an attack on Obama.
There's jazz that doesn't make the teeth hurt. Stomach-sawing jazz, for instance.
Echidne
It's good to have options.
A lizard just peed on my keyboard. This is not good.
There's jazz that doesn't make the teeth hurt. Stomach-sawing jazz, for instance.
Echidne | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 9:42 pm | #
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z...h?
v=ZO1uMjz3n3w
I was doing some garden cleaning today. Found a drowned mouse inside the watering can. Very sad.
NTodd, has anyone fetched you an eclair today?
No, all the anti-sexist bitches have been holding out.
Now it's 4-4. I can't handle the anxiety!
"I'm inclined to agree that people have, in great numbers, started to understand that they're being lied to not only by their government, but by its media lapdogs."
You have a great more deal of faith in the American people than I do.
I think we're stupid enough to put McSame into the White House because we put Chimpy there twice. We are too stupid to learn from our mistakes.
We are a nation of dumb fucks and we will get what's coming to us. Economic, environmental and social collapse, disaster in Iraq, even another 9-11.
We asked for it. We tortured and murdered and raped.
Maybe in a warped twisted way Robertson was right...we ARE being punished by God. But we are being punished for the sins of the right, not the left.
The Repukes won't be happy until they have completely destroyed the US.
here's the one with better sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f...h?
v=fDGRMQ8xKPA
April is Poetry Month. Let's all get hot.
One of my favorites.
sun angle I guess.
I love watching timelapse video of sprouting seedlings. It make them seem like sentient beings.
Gromit, is Dr. Mrs. Gromit on call tonight?
Sallyh
Nope, she's sittin' right here reading. Were you hoping I could slip out?
A lizard just peed on my keyboard. This is not good.
Pet or wild?
Oh crap. Bruins scored again.
Gromit, nah, Monsieur will be home in ~4 hours.
I've been collecting wild flower seeds from all over this area, both by collecting them, and looking for places that will sell them to you. The idea is to increase the number of desert wildflowers that grow in my yard, for the parts of it that I'll leave wild. The rest? I'm planning some more patio space with a combo of shaded and sunny areas. There I'll be growing more traditional garden plants like roses. But in pots or in holes in the pavement. (I'm pouring my own pavers, so it's not to difficult to make a hole or to fill one in.)
A lizard just peed on my keyboard. This is not good.
Pet or wild?
Tlazolteotl
Wild. It was hanging overhead. Currently there is much commotion as my wife is running for a hairdryer.
Hey, does Steely Dan count as jazz? Because what Danny Diaz (sic) plays on "Your Gold Teeth" is from beyond.
Were you hoping I could slip out?
No flirting!!
Ali, I hate to tell you this, but I earned my grad degrees at UCLA.
Go Bruins
I still love you all, even though you hate jazz. Some of my best friends are Philistines.
Sallyh, but you didn't go to school in Boston, right?
So it's ok.
NTodd, have a fucking eclair.
Now you can't call me a sexist bitch
here's the one with better sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f...h? v=fDGRMQ8xKPA
This is neither tooth-drilling or stomach-sawing. But it fills up the upper body only. Still good.
A lizard just peed on my keyboard.
I think that's their way of being friendly.
Ali, undergrad at Boston College. Go Eagles
Hadenough has convinced me
through cold hard logic
Obama is satan
and HRC is The One.
I left a cup of wine out for her at the doorway this evening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q...h?v=qhK-
zYfFsIY
Jazz guitar? Martin Taylor for me... all else is commentary.
Here's two minutes of him putting I Got Rythym together... first the melody, then the bass line, then the chords, then all together for a few delicious moments.
For a complete song, here's Georgia On My Mind.
It seems like there isn't a single thing she does wrong, ever. There's always a rationalization for it or an attack on Obama.
puppethead
Well, the end would have justified the means, if she won...
Ah, crap. The Habs seem to be part of the conspiracy to ensure no Canadian team gets past round one.
It was about 88F in the desert early this morning, and the lizards were zipping around. They don't move much till it gets hot.
When Boosh flips the bird, it's at the press, and they enjoy it, so they keep it in teh closet so to speak.
-
Well, pseudo, they can win it at home now. Trying to be positive here. 
I love watching timelapse video of sprouting seedlings. It make them seem like sentient beings.
Mr French
They are..
I'm fascinated by the Hillary supporters who are so clearly displaying cognitive dissonance. It seems like there isn't a single thing she does wrong, ever. There's always a rationalization for it or an attack on Obama.
Why can't you stick with criticizing the campaigns instead of targeting the voters?
serious. This Slo-Mo stuff is great.
http://www.heyslomo.com/
Hey, does Steely Dan count as jazz?
It's definitely the jazzier and funkier side of pop. A lot of Becker's solos are very jazz-inspired.
IMO, much of the very best modern music draws from several traditions. My favorite piano music to play is by Hal Isbitz. The style is called 'Terra Verde", and it's a mix of ragtime, tango, Gottschalk, and Chopin, if you can imagine such a thing. Gorgeous rhythms and sounds. I'll go look for a link. BRB.
"It's important not to over - correct, 'cause when you over - correct, you end up in the ditch.." - Mensa Man
Here is some jazz that will get you right in your first few chakras:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3...feature=related
I'm fascinated by the Hillary supporters who are so clearly displaying cognitive dissonance. It seems like there isn't a single thing she does wrong, ever. There's always a rationalization for it or an attack on Obama.
Actually, that is not cognitive dissonance, although I agree with most of your post.
A new Government Accountability Office opinion released yesterday finds that the Bush administration “violated federal law last year when it restricted states’ ability to provide health insurance to children of middle-income families, and its new policy is therefore unenforceable.” Twenty-two states already provide such coverage or want to do so, and several states have filed lawsuits challenging the Bush administration’s rules.
The next president will deal with it.
When Boosh flips the bird, it's at the press, and they enjoy it, so they keep it in teh closet so to speak.
-
QuentinCompson, Negatory
Makes me want to have a beer with him. And barbecue, don't forget the barbecue..Snort a few lines, maybe...
http://allintense.blogspot.com/
"Challah if ya hear me!" - Jewpac Shakur
Did I miss anything?
When Boosh flips the bird, it's at the press, and they enjoy it, so they keep it in teh closet so to speak.
Fuck that. They're all over Obama for it, and he didn't even flip it.
Fuck the press whores and their double standard.
Hecate! You have mail...
This is neither tooth-drilling or stomach-sawing. But it fills up the upper body only. Still good.
Echidne | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 9:48 pm | #
that's why there are different kinds of music. Sometimes we want to take the A-train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T...h?
v=Tjc7mu9leYw
and sometimes we want do take the mothership.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7...h?
v=7fdesO8CdC8
Manny Ramirez
"Hadenough has convinced me
through cold hard logic
Obama is satan
and HRC is The One.
rootless-e"
It was when I typed in "classy" wasn't it? I thought so.
Did I miss anything?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Martin Taylor playing They Can't Take That Away From Me.
Well, the end would have justified the means, if she won...
Duane V, Bitter Classist
I don't believe that. She lessens her character by doing this, or reveals her true nature. But if she does win she'll be a better president than any Republican. I think the reason I hate how she campaigns is because I thought more of her until I saw this. Idols with feet of clay and all that.
And for the record, I feel there are plenty of rabid Obama supporters who have the same problem of never seeing his faults.
It was when I typed in "classy" wasn't it? I thought so.
hadenough
It was because you used quotation marks. That imparts meaning.
It was when I typed in "classy" wasn't it? I thought so.
hadenough | 04.19.08 - 9:58 pm | #
I'm wondering if it was the 3 extra rounds of passover wine. A nice pinot noir. Baruch ha-shem.
And for the record, I feel there are plenty of rabid Obama supporters who have the same problem of never seeing his faults.
puppethead
I was being ironical.
My friend Christian is a jazz guitarist...
http://cdbaby.com/cd/christianpschorr
NTodd,
Thanks! That looks interesting!
Here's a link to the bit on NPR that turned me on to the music of Hal Isbitz.
http://www.npr.org/templates/sto...p?
saId=13618198
Stopped me in my tracks. What was very cool is that to get the music, you have to call or email Hal at his home in Santa Barbara, since he self-publishes. Felt like I was buying manuscripts directly from Beethoven.
This is the Amazon link for my favorite album, the only recording of Isbitz' work that I know of.
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Garde...z/dp/
B00000DG2V
Just returned from a weekend visiting relatives in SW Pa. In that area Hillary will stomp Obama! It is a possibility that Hillary will win Pa. with at least a 20% edge.
It is a possibility that Hillary will win Pa. with at least a 20% edge.
No way.
Dude, It's Saturday night; if you just returned, you didn't spend a weekend.
Hecate--I have a tulip question. Do you remember I had that lovely volunteer last year? You advised me to dig it up and replant it. Of course, I didn't. Now, it seems to have migrated about half a foot over the winter. It's coming up under a fence plank. Can I dig it up and move it now or is it all lost???
That's nice, Bugs. The adults are talking, so why don't you go play outside?
I didn't know Manischewitz made Pinot Noir.
Friday & Sat.
I work sundays
Ding Dong, the Wicked Witch!
Oh man, I keep forgetting to buy some Passover Coke, with real sugar.
I didn't know Manischewitz made Pinot Noir.
