This is all excellent news for Rudy Giuliani.
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03.21.08 - 5:50 pm | #
1500 homes is a lot of mouse droppings.
leibniz♘☮ |
03.21.08 - 5:51 pm | #
the chris wallace rebellion on Fox is shocking.
rootless-e |
03.21.08 - 5:52 pm | #
christ, the communities and lives that are being uprooted by this mess. the wapo has an interview with alan greenspan today -- he refuses to recognize accept any responsibility.
nona |
03.21.08 - 5:52 pm | #
We can't have all these eyesore abandoned houses everywhere, dammit!
So, when you leave, toss some kerosene and a couple road flares in, m'kay?
Abbi Tatton just looked at me
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03.21.08 - 5:59 pm | #
I very nearly lived in Indio. I like it there. A wonderful selection of date shakes, too.
Barmpot Shouty-Crackers, PhD |
03.21.08 - 5:59 pm | #
Dust to dust
Sir Oolius |
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03.21.08 - 5:59 pm | #
Heard a report on NPR this morning that the companies which maintain abandoned properties are making a killing.
Molly Ivors, Sick |
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03.21.08 - 5:59 pm | #
Well, the Bushistas were determined to turn the US into a third world country.
Looks as though they're succeeding.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 6:00 pm | #
BTW, for those asking how bad can it get (weather department), here's the latest from snowy Brew City:
If you're in Burgundy there's no escaping it. But why would you want to?
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03.21.08 - 6:00 pm | #
Rep. Henry A. Waxman , D-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, demanded that the State Department release the names of the companies through which passport records for the three presidential candidates were breached.
“I am writing to request that you provide the Oversight Committee by Monday with the identities of the companies involved in these breaches,” Waxman said in a letter to Rice. “I also believe this information should be made publicly available.”
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman , D-Calif., said his panel also would investigate the breach.....
This all reminds me of the Watergate break-in story that said some low-level burglars had broken into the office of the Democratic National Committee. Is this breach the new break-in for the computer age?
Heard a report on NPR this morning that the companies which maintain abandoned properties are making a killing.
I was talking to a fella a couple of weeks ago who works for a company that goes into abandoned/foreclosed homes and secures them; empties them of any toxic substances, locks them down, etc. He said that he used to do maybe a handful a week, and now is doing upwards of 50.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:01 pm | #
Heard a report on NPR this morning that the companies which maintain abandoned properties are making a killing.
How? Who is paying them? The former homeowners probably arn't. The banks probably arn't? Who? The taxpayers, again?
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 6:01 pm | #
I wish they'd condemn the damn things, pay cents on the dollar for them, bulldoze the houses, and plant trees.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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03.21.08 - 6:03 pm | #
Jeebus, Roadmaster!
I have a friend in Pleasant Prairie--he'll be none too happy about this.
Molly Ivors, Sick |
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03.21.08 - 6:03 pm | #
Third rate burglary=imprudently curious low level employees.
breaking news - March 21
2:02PM: Grannies given citations. The two others are in custody.
1:24PM: A KBOO reporter has been arrested, and one protester. The recruiting center has been painted with red hand prints.
1:10PM: Legal observers reporting that the Seriously Pissed Off Grannies are being arrested at the recruiting center at NE Broadway and 13th.
go grannie go grannie go grannie go!
ErinPDX |
03.21.08 - 6:04 pm | #
How? Who is paying them?
The guy I talked to gets his work via contracts with lenders, mostly, although he did mention doing a few jobs for counties and municipalities as well.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:04 pm | #
Or revert them back to farmland. The local mall is on what used to be a dairy farm and up until 10 years ago, you could see them bail hay across the street from the mall. Now it is all condos and crap apartment complexes.
sekmet |
03.21.08 - 6:04 pm | #
I wish they'd condemn the damn things, pay cents on the dollar for them, bulldoze the houses, and plant trees.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Start with a "ranch" in Crawford.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 6:04 pm | #
Blue skies outside. It is like the sky on 9/11.
leibniz♘☮ |
03.21.08 - 6:05 pm | #
I have a friend in Pleasant Prairie
my bro lives there
ErinPDX |
03.21.08 - 6:05 pm | #
The snow is falling, but it isn't super heavy at this time.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
03.21.08 - 6:05 pm | #
Start with a "ranch" in Crawford.
Preferably with the occupant still in it.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 6:06 pm | #
I didn't ask, but assumed that the county/city jobs were those that had been seized for nonpayment of taxes, not foreclosure.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:06 pm | #
If somebody is injured in an abandoned house, who would be liable?
sekmet |
03.21.08 - 6:06 pm | #
What happens when they serve liquor at a church social and Tillie Gribble has her camcorder... It's so bad it can't be a parody:
You guys nailed it.
Marcellina |
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03.21.08 - 6:06 pm | #
This is Dejavu. During the 80s, our subdivision experienced the walk aways and many of the units and homes were completely empty. In this case, the market went way up, people invested and then the market spiraled down. Military folks who also bought in were suddenly screwed when they found the house had declined to half it's purchase price at the end of their tours. Again, they walked away.
We had a party house going two doors down, RE management folk ringing the door and asking us who lived in the units next to us, gang activity including a major fire in our units, apathetic non-resident landlords and so on.
For the residents in a neighborhood, it can be terrifying and very depressing.
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:07 pm | #
We were lucky, I guess. Officially we got about 4 1/2 inches of snow today.
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03.21.08 - 6:07 pm | #
88F now - lovely. Time to spa. Springtime is so pleasant here.
Barmpot Shouty-Crackers, PhD |
03.21.08 - 6:07 pm | #
Indio. Yeah, that pretty much has been a wasteland since forever.
cahuenga |
03.21.08 - 6:07 pm | #
go grannie go grannie go grannie go!
ErinPDX
The Little Old Ladies are Pissed-of-Dubya.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
03.21.08 - 6:08 pm | #
If somebody is injured in an abandoned house, who would be liable?
sekmet
What was the injured party doing in the abandoned house?
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 6:08 pm | #
Indio was a good place to walk away from long because the mortgage meltdown....
Phila, Container Driver |
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03.21.08 - 6:08 pm | #
Baptized, catechismed, confessed, communioned, confirmed, and married in the Church.
And that's where it ends.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
03.21.08 - 6:11 pm | #
Okay, I'm going to try to sleep off this sinus headache.
If Thers comes by, ask about his cool new hat. He's giddy as a schoolgirl over it.
Molly Ivors, Sick |
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03.21.08 - 6:11 pm | #
Update: Johnny Dollar has audio of Wallace calling into Kilmeade's radio show — Kilmeade talking about the divergent opinions on this, and noted, interestingly that he was "honored that we had a real conversation on the air rather than off the air." Kilmeade and Wallace agreed with each other about the content of the show, and then there was a funny moment: Wallace asked, "How mad is Doocy at me?" and Kilmeade said, "He's mad. I'll be honesty, he's really mad," but then said that, hey, it was healthy to "mix it up once in a while." Kilmeade said he was glad Wallace spoke up even though "I'm in a minority on our show" — to which Wallace added: "And some of the executives." Oh, zing!
Wallace also said that he didn't agree that the Democratic nomination was over, because the superdelegates were still a wild card. Also a funny moment where Kilmeade said that he'd never be on Wallace's show, and Wallace said, "Well, that's true." Ha.
Also, one other note: Gretchen Carlson was smiling through Wallace's criticism, which seems sort of inappropriate. But is apparently just par for the couse with her. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
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03.21.08 - 6:11 pm | #
Well, the DOT just closed another bridge in the state. Same designer/problem (more or less) as the 35W one.
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03.21.08 - 6:12 pm | #
noblejoanie, thanks for the cookie recipe! I'll give it them a try soon.
Marcellina |
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03.21.08 - 6:12 pm | #
If Thers comes by, ask about his cool new hat. He's giddy as a schoolgirl over it.
Molly Ivors, Sick
Over a hat? What does it look like?
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:12 pm | #
88F now - lovely. Time to spa. Springtime is so pleasant here.
Barmpot Shouty-Crackers, PhD
**makes 100 snowballs, puts into freezer, and dares Dr. BS-C to come to the Midwest AN-Y-TIME...***
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
03.21.08 - 6:12 pm | #
"A new law goes into effect April 4 targeting abandoned homes with overgrown landscaping, stagnant pools and other eyesores that scream "empty" to squatters."
How does landscaping become overgrown in a desert? It's normally maintained only through copious sprinkling, right?
gobacktotexas |
03.21.08 - 6:12 pm | #
Gretchen Carlson was smiling through Wallace's criticism, which seems sort of inappropriate. But is apparently just par for the course with her.
Oh, the ex Miss America?
She's creepy anyway!
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 6:13 pm | #
Looks like UConn is going down. 13 over 4.
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03.21.08 - 6:13 pm | #
I wish they'd condemn the damn things, pay cents on the dollar for them, bulldoze the houses, and plant trees.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
i said this once to an art professor who was heavily involved in some chicago urban photography project to revitalize rundown areas.
he looked at me like i was crazy man.
charley |
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03.21.08 - 6:13 pm | #
Over a hat? What does it look like?
A hockey helmet. Came free in a case of Labatt's.
Molly Ivors, Sick |
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03.21.08 - 6:13 pm | #
So the corporate cop just stopped up here to tell me to get my ass on the road stat - said it's icy.
I'm out.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
03.21.08 - 6:13 pm | #
"A hockey helmet. Came free in a case of Labatt's.
Molly Ivors, Sick "
And he is going to want us to respect him for it isn't he?
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:14 pm | #
watertiger posted a picture of Manhattan ca. 1940, IIRC. Everybody wore hats back then.
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:14 pm | #
A hockey helmet. Came free in a case of Labatt's.
Does it say Labatt's on the sides?
Marcellina |
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03.21.08 - 6:14 pm | #
On the back, I think. I should clarify: it *looks* like a hockey helmet, but it's fleece.
A damned sight better than the inflatable Green Bay Packer helmet my spouse wore around one SuperBowl weekend.
noblejoanie |
03.21.08 - 6:18 pm | #
Carlson in 1989
Damn, she wasn't even pretty then. I always thought maybe she just didn't age well. I guess ugly really does come from the inside.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:18 pm | #
Is he bringing it to Philly?
I'd bet money on it.
Molly Ivors, Sick |
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03.21.08 - 6:18 pm | #
it *looks* like a hockey helmet, but it's fleece.
It also looks like a very old-timey football helmet.
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:19 pm | #
Irrigation on a timer. Most of that area out there uses "reclaim water", not fully treated, no drinky.
cahuenga | 03.21.08 - 6:16 pm | #
A little rain and you can get a mass of high weeds in the desert on land like abandoned lawns. Turn into a nice fire hazard too.
rootless-e |
03.21.08 - 6:19 pm | #
Carlson in 1989
Damn, she wasn't even pretty then. I always thought maybe she just didn't age well. I guess ugly really does come from the inside.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette
As far as I'm concerned, the best looking Miss America of all time was the still gorgeous Vanessa Williams (1984).
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 6:19 pm | #
Got an awful lot of tiny new tomatoes on the plants as well. They're so cute!
Barmpot Shouty-Crackers, PhD
NobleJoanie, got any spare room in YOUR freezer?
**Calls bakery across the street and sees if they have room in their freezers for a couple thousand snowballs**
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
03.21.08 - 6:20 pm | #
I wish they'd condemn the damn things, pay cents on the dollar for them, bulldoze the houses, and plant trees.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 6:03 pm
Dayton's getting a lot more agressive about tearing down abandoned homes.
I wish they'd do something about the empty lots, though.
Buckeye Hussein Stingray |
03.21.08 - 6:20 pm | #
Got an awful lot of tiny new tomatoes on the plants as well. They're so cute!
Winter is definitely over from the looks of all the scantily clad coeds in town today.
cahuenga |
03.21.08 - 6:22 pm | #
I wish they'd do something about the empty lots, though.
Put four of 'em together, and you've got yourself a nice little baseball field.
Of course, the kids are all inside drinking soda, watching American Idol, or playing WoW.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 6:23 pm | #
Bill has to keep that beard - handsome!
WalterStingray, looking sharp |
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03.21.08 - 6:23 pm | #
Heh. Rep. Silvestre Reyes writes to the Strib to take Michele Bachmann to task for lying about the "PAA" nonsense.
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 6:23 pm | #
Carlson in 1989
Yeah...she's "one of us" (Minnesotan).
We're so proud.
Zap Rowsdower
I remember the night.
First runnerup was Myra (yep, Myra) Walker from Colorado.
A "proud member of Concerned Women for America"
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03.21.08 - 6:23 pm | #
I wish they'd do something about the empty lots, though.
My city is pretty good about getting rid of abandoned homes, or older ones that just aren't fixable. But, yeah, lots of empty lots for sale. They require that any new structure built on those lots meets certain requirements as to the stlye of the neighboorhood (lots of older Victorian homes, such as ours). We considered buying the vacant lot at the end of our block after we moved in, so that we could use it for a huge garden, but were told by the city that was a no-go; had to actually build something on it. Someone bought it and now there's a nice home there, but still. Could have fed the whole neighborhood with what I could've grown there.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:25 pm | #
Bill has to keep that beard - handsome!
WalterStingray, looking sharp
Richardson?
Yes, I like the beard. On him, it looks good.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 6:25 pm | #
Carlson in 1989
Hell!, that picture looks like Rudy in Drag.
jus saying |
03.21.08 - 6:25 pm | #
Heh. Rep. Silvestre Reyes writes to the Strib to take Michele Bachmann to task for lying about the "PAA" nonsense.
Shorter Reyes: This woman cannot speak truth to save her worthless life.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 6:25 pm | #
I stopped watching those meat shows years ago. Gracie Lou Freebush indeed.
catalexis |
03.21.08 - 6:25 pm | #
These fucking Republicans won't satisfied until the whole fucking country looks like Kansas circa 1934 so they can buy up the rest of it at bargain basement prices and be done with the little guys once and for all. They are so fucking stupid that they think piling all of the manure in their corner of the garden will benefit them. Jesus, didn't these fuckers ever read any history at all?
angryspittle |
03.21.08 - 6:25 pm | #
Hats were highly impractical and came to represent the old ways of doing things that were being rolled back. There's never any place to put them, they're easy to lose or have stolen, and unless you have a good fit they'll make you bald.
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 6:26 pm | #
Jesus, didn't these fuckers ever read any history at all?
Actually, this works in our favor, as they'll happily board the tumbrels thinking it's like a coach ride in Central Park.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
03.21.08 - 6:27 pm | #
Winter is definitely over from the looks of all the scantily clad coeds in town today.
cahuenga
I love the prima vera.
jac |
03.21.08 - 6:27 pm | #
Woman may have to return 1965 Ford Mustang coupe
she has been restoring since her dad bought it for her 38 years ago
because it was stolen
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 6:27 pm | #
Josh Marshall overlooking something here. It's Good Friday. A lot of people got off work early and are away for the weekend.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:29 pm | #
"Jesus, didn't these fuckers ever read any history at all?"
--angryspittle
Evidently not. They're from the NCLB mentality.
mer |
03.21.08 - 6:29 pm | #
I love the prima vera.
Those girls were bundled up compared with what I saw today.
cahuenga |
03.21.08 - 6:29 pm | #
this is tucker carlson?
leibniz♘☮ |
03.21.08 - 6:30 pm | #
Josh Marshall overlooking something here. It's Good Friday. A lot of people got off work early and are away for the weekend.
That was kind of an odd post by him.
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 6:30 pm | #
These fucking Republicans won't satisfied until the whole fucking country looks like Kansas circa 1934
Good news for Toto?
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:31 pm | #
Josh is having a stupid day. He's entitled to a couple of DUH! moments. I don't think he's used up his stash yet, I might be wrong about that.
catalexis |
03.21.08 - 6:32 pm | #
I'm going to firmly establish right here that I am not fond of radio stations doing gas promotions. 93.7 cents a gallon? All those cars idling in line?
Maybe I should worry about more important things...
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 6:32 pm | #
Josh Marshall can kiss my grits.
I'll wait until this is played out, thankyouverymuch.
He's displayed such great judgment in the past.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:33 pm | #
"Jesus, didn't these fuckers ever read any history at all?"
I listened to a well placed, well compensated individual giggling at the fact that salaries will drop and the average guy will just have to get buy on what they make period. He was relishing the fact in terms of business overhead.
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:33 pm | #
Maybe I should worry about more important things...
Yeah, like missing white women.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:33 pm | #
Yeah, like missing white women.
*psst*...it was the Stingrays.
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 6:34 pm | #
I love grits.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:35 pm | #
"He was relishing the fact in terms of business overhead."
--EkCenTriK
If his company is selling anything but groceries or gas, he's fucked.
mer |
03.21.08 - 6:35 pm | #
Brian Williams, once again reporting the important stuff.
"2008 a great year for political cartoonists."
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 6:36 pm | #
I listened to a well placed, well compensated individual giggling at the fact that salaries will drop and the average guy will just have to get buy on what they make period.
Like consumption is only 70% of the economy. What happens to all the stuff at Best Buy etc. if people rely only on their paychecks?
What a maroon.
We are overdue for some serious class warfare.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:37 pm | #
I love grits.
And piss and vinegar.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:37 pm | #
Rachel Maddow is hosting Juan Cole next.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants |
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03.21.08 - 6:38 pm | #
Wow...Lieberman, McCain, and Sarkozy. The Mount Rushmore of ugly.*
Hey res, I posted this at the end of the last thread, wasn't sure you saw it. Great with coffee or hot tea.
"I like bars:"
--res ipsa loquitur
Try these, they are delicious and easy to make.
Chewy Nut Squares
1/2 cup butter...1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar...1 cup flour
2 eggs...1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar, divided...1 tablespoon flour...1/4 teaspoon baking powder...1/4 teaspoon salt ...1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts...1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy. Gradually beat in 1 cup flour. Pat into bottom of 8x8x2-inch pan. Bake 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly. In bowl beat eggs slightly. Stir in sugar, flour, baking powder and salt until well blended, add nuts. Pour over crust. Bake 30-35 minutes until brown and set in center. Cool completely before cutting into squares.
mer |
03.21.08 - 6:38 pm | #
Gloria Borger is so dumb.
She was all conspiratorial until she found out they looked at McCain's too.
Sounds like the perfect cover to me to indicate this wasn't political at all.
angryspittle |
03.21.08 - 6:38 pm | #
"If his company is selling anything but groceries or gas, he's fucked."
Unfortunately, I am well aware of that.
The cognitive dissonance is strong.
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:38 pm | #
And piss and vinegar.
Yes, but not in the grits. IN those I like butter.
mer,
Oh, those look so good. I'm copying that. Thanks.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:39 pm | #
Saddam Hussayn's conquest of Kuwayt -- and the massive systematic looting that went on there -- was really an attempt to maintain his people's standard of living. Scott Ritter noted that nearly a decade after the media-ending of Desert Storm (which technically didn't end), Iraqis who were desperate in other ways traded in real Rolexes and other luxuries left over from the looting and never recovered.
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 6:40 pm | #
I like italian grits aka polenta.
trifecta |
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03.21.08 - 6:40 pm | #
Sounds like the perfect cover to me to indicate this wasn't political at all.
So Clinton, Obama, and McCain didn't reject their citizenship?
What were these people looking for?
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:40 pm | #
Lieberman, McCain, and Sarkozy. The Mount Rushmore of ugly.*
Somehow I just can't imagine Alfred Hitchcock shooting a scene there.
Really, cheese grits is a delicacy. Souffle-like.
mer |
03.21.08 - 6:41 pm | #
Yes, but not in the grits. IN those I like butter.
And parmesan.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:41 pm | #
I'll wait until this is played out, thankyouverymuch.
He's displayed such great judgment in the past.
pie
it's played out. all the ugly is showing. meanwhile mccain is being lauded for making a fool of himself.
the only way she wins is thru the back door. then the real ugly starts.
she'd be fine, can't be as sure about him, but he has the potential to be great.
now she'll go on to win PA, some others all the while undermining him, all because she thinks it should be hers... if the situation was reversed he'd drop out...
anyone who wants the ring that much should not have it.
charley |
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03.21.08 - 6:42 pm | #
Polenta kicks ass either as a side dish or as a main course.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:42 pm | #
I don't think the convenience store/gas station owners make much money on selling gasoline. They use it as a lure to get you to come in and buy the stuff in the store.
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:42 pm | #
"We are overdue for some serious class warfare."
Well, if people have to eat at home, cook with staples and not prepared meals, drop fast food, yep, we are in trouble.
And as much as I respect the gentleman in question, he is looking at the world from on high and not getting the point.
I am surprised he hasn't started pissing and moaning about the cost of doing Europe this year.
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:42 pm | #
What were these people looking for?
You know, back in l-school when I had Lexis access they had voter registration files for a lot of the states. We used to look up all sorts of famous peoples' registrations. I remember looking up BTK's registration when he got snagged (registered Republican, btw, as though you'd be surprised).
Not saying this is innocent, but it's possible that it was a bunch of jackoffs.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
I love grits.
res ipsa loquitur
You're dead to me.
Even with sugar and butter, you're dead to me.
jac |
03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
I make my polenta with rosemary and thyme.
Cook the polenta in chicken broth and the chopped herbs, finish with copious amounts of parmesian cheese and a dash of heavy cream.
I roll that way.
trifecta |
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03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
it's played out. all the ugly is showing
Hello?
It's bullshit.
You don't have to like her. But stop with that crap.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
NBC Nightly News has a report on the corruption of Detroit's black Democrat Mayor.
spinch |
03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
3 AM Girl Doesn't Approve Hillary's Message- New Video Ad!
Someone just shoot me.
Tread
Sure, her picture was in the public domain, but how would you feel if your image had been used in that manner by a candidate that you don't support. Good on you 3AM girl.
ErinPDX |
03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
Yes, parmesan.
And yeah, polenta is awesome, too.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
Well, if people have to eat at home, cook with staples and not prepared meals, drop fast food, yep, we are in trouble.
There are people out there who may have to learn how to wash and iron their shirts at home someday.
Marcellina |
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03.21.08 - 6:44 pm | #
I wish they'd do something about the empty lots, though.
My city is pretty good about getting rid of abandoned homes, or older ones that just aren't fixable. But, yeah, lots of empty lots for sale. They require that any new structure built on those lots meets certain requirements as to the stlye of the neighboorhood (lots of older Victorian homes, such as ours). We considered buying the vacant lot at the end of our block after we moved in, so that we could use it for a huge garden, but were told by the city that was a no-go; had to actually build something on it. Someone bought it and now there's a nice home there, but still. Could have fed the whole neighborhood with what I could've grown there.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette | 03.21.08 - 6:25 p
I suspect that in some Dayton neighborhoods that is also the case. But this is Dayton, they're never going to have to population we once did, so why not allow the neighbors to buy the lot and use it for garden, or a garage, or whatever?
Buckeye Hussein Stingray |
03.21.08 - 6:44 pm | #
NBC Nightly News has followed its report on black democratic corruption in Detroit with the problems in Obama's campaign.
spinch |
03.21.08 - 6:44 pm | #
"There are people out there who may have to learn how to wash and iron their shirts at home someday."
Iron shirts? Does not compute. I like the rumpled look myself.
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:44 pm | #
I roll that way.
I'm down...just not with polenta.
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 6:45 pm | #
"Well, if people have to eat at home, cook with staples and not prepared meals, drop fast food, yep, we are in trouble."
--EkCenTriK
What scares me is I wonder if enough people know how to cook at home anymore with buying chips and nacho sauce.
mer |
03.21.08 - 6:45 pm | #
Not saying this is innocent, but it's possible that it was a bunch of jackoffs.
It's also a republican-controlled State Department.
The fact that they admitted it is too convenient.
pie |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:45 pm | #
Iron shirts? Does not compute. I like the rumpled look myself.
EkCenTriK
Do they still sell irons?
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:45 pm | #
Phila,
Re that post this AM, you were not the one driving that spat.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:45 pm | #
Um, if the wheels fall off a consumption-based economy a lot of peoples' food choices will consist either of The Garbage Can Over Here or The Garbage Can Over There.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:46 pm | #
NBC Nightly News says Obama has been criticized as for his radio comment that his grandma was a typical white.
spinch |
03.21.08 - 6:46 pm | #
Cafferty calls bullshit on the stupid emphasis on Fla and Mich.
angryspittle |
03.21.08 - 6:46 pm | #
Iron shirts? Does not compute. I like the rumpled look myself.
I do too, actually. But I know people to take their cotton shirts to the cleaners every weekend. To save themselves the trouble.Which is OK as long as money grows on trees.
Marcellina |
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03.21.08 - 6:46 pm | #
Why would they cop to looking at everyone's file?
The whole thing is weird.
And yes, I'm suspicious just b/c of who's running the joint.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:47 pm | #
Phila,
Re that post this AM, you were not the one driving that spat.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 6:45 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
NBC Nightly News has followed its report on black democratic corruption in Detroit with the problems in Obama's campaign.
As I posted earlier, the police and firemen's pension fund had 13,500 shares of Bear Stearns.
Bear Stearns, my friends, is corruption.
pie |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:47 pm | #
NBC Nightly News has followed its report on black democratic corruption in Detroit with the problems in Obama's campaign.
"In other black politician news..."
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:47 pm | #
When I referenced some of the issues with food, I am also thinking of collateral products.
For example, Restaurant equipment. Low customer count, no new store openings, no need for new items meaning lowered manufacturing demand. Then move out from there. Steel. Someone will feel the pinch when the call for stainless steel lowers. Etc, etc, etc.
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:48 pm | #
black democratic corruption
Caught in the watermelon patch, no doubt....
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 6:48 pm | #
Which is OK as long as money grows on trees.
Everyone knows that money does not grow on trees. Pickles grow on trees.
I have a gherkin tree in my backyard.
Ralphie |
03.21.08 - 6:48 pm | #
Have you ever seen a live performance of a really good Big Band?
oliver |
03.21.08 - 6:48 pm | #
Cafferty calls bullshit on the stupid emphasis on Fla and Mich.
angryspittle
Those making the argument that the Michigan delegates should be seated because of the January vote are being ridiculous. Obama's name wasn't even on the ballot, because the DNC had ruled beforehand that the vote would not count.
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:49 pm | #
Time to leave for home.
EkCenTriK |
03.21.08 - 6:49 pm | #
For a long time now living in South-Eastern Michigan you hear a lot of outraged white people who never go anywhere near Pyongyang breathlessly complaining about our Glorious Leader, but lately there are a lot of vocal Black critics too, and the local alternative press is united as far as we've surveyed
in saying "Just Go." All signs from the mayor's office indicate that Kwame thinks he can beat this and he intends to try. They'll have to drag him out by his ridiculous gangsta pyjamas.
Obama's name wasn't even on the ballot, because the DNC had ruled beforehand that the vote would not count.
Obama chose to remove his name. Three others didn't.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:51 pm | #
Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
A state that's becoming a real real estate mess
The shit hits the pile like a slug to ya chest
Pack your clothes in a suitcase when your home’s repossessed
We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat
The state where you’ll always find some houses empty
And banks be on a mission for them greens
Takin’ homes away from partyin’ teens
They’ve been in the game for ten years makin’ bad deals
Now all the wankers are gonna hafta get real
It's 2008 and the economy’s tankin’, bankin’
Motherfuckas will just keep on wankin’ but
It's all fucked, from Diego to the Bay
With homes gettin’ abandoned when their owners couldn’t pay
Throw up a finger if ya feel the same way
Just don’t get an A-R-M in Californ-i-a
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
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03.21.08 - 6:51 pm | #
(Seriously, the Glenn Miller "ghost band" in the 80s was fucking awesome.)
There's nothing like it when it's done right.
oliver |
03.21.08 - 6:51 pm | #
Were McStain's records looked at before or after Rudy and Mitt dropped out of the race?
He wasn't the favorite choice of the GOP base.
Lime Rickey |
03.21.08 - 6:51 pm | #
Obama chose to remove his name. Three others didn't.
pie
So compliance with the DNC rules should work against him?
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:52 pm | #
(smooch)
Phila
res ipsa loquitur |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:52 pm | #
[Apparently non-Korean] Schoolgirls develop nail polish that is red outside but turns transparent indoors to beat school ban on makeup (pics).
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 6:52 pm | #
I suspect that in some Dayton neighborhoods that is also the case. But this is Dayton, they're never going to have to population we once did, so why not allow the neighbors to buy the lot and use it for garden, or a garage, or whatever?
What I really don't understand is that we are by no means even a "large" city. I believe the population is somewhere near 30K. Also, the city is and always has been pretty much a shining example of local sovereignty, having its own (largely green) municipal utilities, etc. You'd think they'd be a bit more hip to the idea of putting otherwise wasted land to some use. Meh, whatever. I'll just grow what I can in my own yard. I wonder if they'd ticket me for growing corn on the easement...
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:52 pm | #
My family went through the Great Depression in the south and they seemed to have lived on beans, cornbread, milk, and fresh vegetables with an occasional deer shot by a hunting relative.
sekmet |
03.21.08 - 6:52 pm | #
Obama chose to remove his name. Three others didn't.
And you know, darling, that only one of those three is still in the race.
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 6:52 pm | #
So compliance with the DNC rules should work against him?
He wasn't complying with any rule.
pie |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:52 pm | #
I performed with a not-great big band as a college student.
It was a lot of fun, and really heartwarming to see the old folks take a spin on the dance floor, reliving their youths.
Marcellina |
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03.21.08 - 6:53 pm | #
Even Juan Williams on Fox thinks Obama is on the ropes and will never recover from the Wright fiasco. Obamamania is officially over. And out.He has two chances to become President : slim and none.
auggiesback |
03.21.08 - 6:53 pm | #
Just don’t get an A-R-M in Californ-i-a
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 6:51 pm | # [kill]
I've thrown my hands up in the air, and am wavin' the motherfuckers like I just don't care.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 6:53 pm | #
Here I am now. Entertain me.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 6:53 pm | #
And you know, darling, that only one of those three is still in the race.
Why does that matter?
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:53 pm | #
Yo. I have culture tonight. I am seeing Adding Machine at the Minetta Lane.
Do those sunny Broadway songfests make you want to gag? Would you rather go to the dentist than come to the cabaret, old chum? Maybe you secretly think that “Spring Awakening” is too treacly, despite the teenage sex-and-suicide angle?
If you could conceivably answer any of those questions affirmatively, please consider a visit to “Adding Machine,” the impossibly bleak, improbably brilliant little musical that screeched open at the Minetta Lane Theater on Monday night.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:53 pm | #
What were these people looking for?
You know, back in l-school when I had Lexis access they had voter registration files for a lot of the states. We used to look up all sorts of famous peoples' registrations. I remember looking up BTK's registration when he got snagged (registered Republican, btw, as though you'd be surprised).
Not saying this is innocent, but it's possible that it was a bunch of jackoffs.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 6:43 pm | #
Lots and lots of snooping at medical records as well, celebrity and non-celebrity alike.
People are nosy.
Buckeye Hussein Stingray |
03.21.08 - 6:54 pm | #
Later tonight, I think I shall check out the new Irish pub across the street that opened last week. I haven't been yet.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 6:55 pm | #
Did McCain get stung in the eyelid? Every pic of him from the last 2 days looks bizarre
OT but may be of interest to Scrabble players. I bought a downloadable version from Spin Top games and when I installed a new virus protection program today it detected a virus implanted in the game. Backdoor2.itg. It was putting a lot of spyware on my computer that I didnt' know was there.
McCain's face is slowly sliding off his skull.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:56 pm | #
Chorus: "You know you want to hit that."
Excellent.
Sinfonian, still Spanky
It was just made for you
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
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03.21.08 - 6:56 pm | #
There's nothing like it when it's done right.
oliver
Amen brudda.
My girlfriend and I would dance up a storm.
jac |
03.21.08 - 6:56 pm | #
Obama chose to remove his name. Three others didn't.
Pie, I don't know about the others, but both did sign agreements with the DNC both not to campaign in MI and FL, and to have their names removed from the ballots. Obama complied, Clinton did not. Whether that is cause for enmity is another issue, but that is the way it went down.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:56 pm | #
On Obama in MI. Is this incorrect?
Senator Clinton signed the pledge and kept it. Senator Obama signed the pledge and kept it in Michigan. But in so doing, Senator Obama decided to go further and made a voluntary decision to remove his name from the Michigan ballot. That was his right but it was also his decision. As a result, he denied Michigan the opportunity to vote for a slate of candidates.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
63-year-old man solves math
problem thought unsolvable for decades. You will now get off his lawn
at the exact time he determines, no matter what point on the lawn you
started from
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
And I've been there.
Marcellina |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
Refresh my memory, please: is it customary for a presidential candidate to travel abroad, visiting heads of state, more than seven months before the election?
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
McCain's face is slowly sliding off his skull.
res ipsa loquitur
That pic of him winking (or something) with Lieberman is STILL creeping me out.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
Did McCain get stung in the eyelid?
No, he's just melting. He'll be a blob of protoplasm by November.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
He wasn't complying with any rule.
pie
I don't know about that, but the Democratic Party in Michigan wasn't complying with any rule, that much is certain.
MP |
03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
What was the Glenn Miller "ghost band." I love Glenn Miller.
res ipsa loquitur |
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03.21.08 - 6:57 pm | #
You are an honorary wanker.
Richard |
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03.21.08 - 6:58 pm | #
As a result, he denied Michigan the opportunity to vote for a slate of candidates.
"He" did nothing of the sort.
The denying was done by your state's legislature and Governor.
Zap Rowsdower |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:58 pm | #
On Obama in MI. Is this incorrect?
Yes, that is incorrect.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 6:58 pm | #
For any recent comers, there is a Wank, Germany.
And I've been there.
Marcellina
Sadly, by any measurement, I am objectively NOT a recent comer.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:58 pm | #
Have Lieberperson's jowels reached his knees yet?
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 6:59 pm | #
Sure, her picture was in the public domain, but how would you feel if your image had been used in that manner by a candidate that you don't support. Good on you 3AM girl.
ErinPDX
That's not the point. It's ridiculous that this is a rec'd diary. I am so fucking sick of this shit on both sides.
Tread |
03.21.08 - 6:59 pm | #
Phila--love the nudibranchs. Any way to learn where they live?
noblejoanie | 03.21.08 - 6:54 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
I think that one's from the Red Sea, but they live in salt water all around the world...I think pretty much all the ones I post are in comparatively shallow water, the kind you'd go diving in, or in tidepools.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 6:59 pm | #
You don't have to like her. But stop with that crap.
pie
i liked her fine until the ugly started showing.
but i promised my self i wouldn't get into a pissing match about it.
she's staying in, and we will, whatever side we are on, just have to see how it plays out. but i think you can count on ugly, and bloody, and crappy.
frankly, in the beginning i expected her to easily walk away with it... i almost wish she had.
charley |
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03.21.08 - 6:59 pm | #
[Apparently non-Korean] Schoolgirls develop nail polish that is red outside but turns transparent indoors to beat school ban on makeup
I see applications for body painting
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 6:59 pm | #
Refresh my memory, please: is it customary for a presidential candidate to travel abroad, visiting heads of state, more than seven months before the election?
Sinfonian, still Spanky
McStain has two two suckophants with him to tell him what country's he's in.
Lime Rickey |
03.21.08 - 6:59 pm | #
I don't know about that, but the Democratic Party in Michigan wasn't complying with any rule, that much is certain.
I agree, especially after reading Levin and Debbie Dingell's excuse.
pie |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:00 pm | #
That's not the point. It's ridiculous that this is a rec'd diary.
Then piss and moan about Scoop sites, not the content.
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 7:00 pm | #
Jesus! It looks like there's some sort of alien gestating in there!
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 7:00 pm | #
Wer ist der Wankmeistergeneral?
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 7:00 pm | #
For any recent comers, there is a Wank, Germany.
And I've been there.
Marcellina
There was a Wank establishment of some kind (photo here) that I saw last year in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Naturally, I thought of you all.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:00 pm | #
This McCain eye is even worse than the one watertiger had
AAAAAAGGGGGHHHH! It burns!
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:01 pm | #
So what's up with the Republican contrition? Chris Wallace with the Fox morning show, David Brooks on Lehrer saying Republicans should know better, O'Reilly having great difficulty with this latest memo and at best saying the Obama speech had great moments, Andrew Sullivan, etc.
I do not trust any of them. Are they thinking they are losing too many votes and trying to get them back by being "reasonable," or are they bailing on McCain, or lulling progressives into a lethargic and hopeful sleep before nailing them in October? They are like little marching Nazis without an original thought, and every week the talking points are so obvious.
camelot |
03.21.08 - 7:01 pm | #
This McCain eye is even worse than the one watertiger had
Just like when George Costanza got that piece of pulp in his eye...
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 7:01 pm | #
McStain has two two suckophants with him to tell him what country's he's in.
Lime Rickey
And what holiday it is.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:01 pm | #
What was the Glenn Miller "ghost band." I love Glenn Miller.
res ipsa loquitur
Whoever owned the rights to the name "Glenn Miller Orchestra" kept a band together for decades, and toured. There may even have been a musician or two from pre-1944, though I doubt it.
In fact, there was an "all big band" radio station in Atlanta when I was at Auburn U. Occasionally they'd sponsor a concert at one of the hotels - great music, great dance floor.
They may still be doing it.
jac |
03.21.08 - 7:01 pm | #
Wer ist der Wankmeistergeneral?
k&y nobunaga | 03.21.08 - 7:00 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
At the Wanksee Conference.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:01 pm | #
In the McCain household, every day is Matlock Day.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:02 pm | #
The decision of the DNC diminished the significance of the Michigan primary.[5] On October 9, 2007, following Michigan's breach of DNC rules, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, and John Edwards withdrew from the Michigan Democratic Primary ballot.[6] Dennis Kucinich unsuccessfully sought to remove his name from the ballot.[7] Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd decided to remain on the ballot.[8] Although Clinton said she would honor a pledge that she and the other Democratic candidates had earlier made to refrain from campaigning or participating in Michigan,[8]
Honesty is the best policy.
pie |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:02 pm | #
You almost expect McStain to be carrying a steel ball that whizzes around sprouting little razor-sharp thingies that decapitate and disembowel people.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 7:02 pm | #
You almost expect McStain to be carrying a steel ball that whizzes around sprouting little razor-sharp thingies that decapitate and disembowel people.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 7:02 pm | #
McCain got Purim confused with a Jewish Halloween but quickly saved that it was more like a Jewish Easter. Every Jew who puts up with this asshole on the logic that he's murderously anti-Muslim ought to burn in a Buddhist Passover.
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 7:02 pm | #
"My family went through the Great Depression in the south and they seemed to have lived on beans, cornbread, milk, and fresh vegetables with an occasional deer shot by a hunting relative."
-sekmet
So did my parent's families. Now, people have guns, not gardens, and when they get hungry enough, they'll probably start killing their neighbors for food. god forbid.
mer |
03.21.08 - 7:03 pm | #
They are like little marching Nazis without an original thought, and every week the talking points are so obvious.
Could be that they are so vapid, nothing's grabbed their full attention until that speech. They may just jump on the Obama bandwagon as if nothing has happened in the last 7 years.
Marcellina |
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03.21.08 - 7:03 pm | #
My neighbors are too high in cholesterol.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
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03.21.08 - 7:04 pm | #
(
wer = "who" (wo or wohin = "where," wie = "how," warum = "why," was = "what") )
The Glen Miller Orchestra is the same thing?
sekmet
Cheers, mate. That's probably them.
In my record collection is a 78RPM of "In the Mood" my Dad owned.
Sadly, it's cracked. But I gots it.
jac |
03.21.08 - 7:04 pm | #
Honesty is the best policy.
pie | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:02 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
Seems like kind of a bind to put poor charley in...he's not being honest unless he doesn't think HRC's tactics have been ugly, and admits he just has a problem with her per se or is deluded?
That seems pretty harsh to me.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:05 pm | #
doncjesuis!
I finally remembered to give you that Tina Fey-related link I'd mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:05 pm | #
In the wake of the near-meltdown of the American financial system this week, economists are finally pointing the finger of blame at Alan Greenspan. As the Washington Post details, the former Fed Chairman once lauded as the "Maestro" is now facing withering criticism for helpful fuel the twin crises of the housing market and the financial system. That can't come as good news for John McCain, who recently summed up his minimal knowledge of economics by noting, "I've got Greenspan's book."
Not sure about your point. I didn't even see an ad on teevee, unlike the one someone did in Florida.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:05 pm | #
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A boater who was killed when a ray jumped out of the water in the Florida Keys and hit her face died of skull fractures and brain injuries, not from the animal's poisonous barb, a medical examiner said Friday.
Richard |
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03.21.08 - 7:05 pm | #
Jac, thanks, my new nym
The Glenn Miller orchestra is still around, they played in Munich last year.
Marcellina, euro-stalker |
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03.21.08 - 7:06 pm | #
wer = "who" (wo or wohin = "where," wie = "how," warum = "why," was = "what")
Right you are! Guess I was just desperate to make that lame joke.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:06 pm | #
I've thrown my hands up in the air, and am wavin' the motherfuckers like I just don't care.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 6:53 pm |
I live next door to an abandoned house, in the west San Fernando Valley. Once I realized it was empty, I started keeping an eye on it -- picking up trash on the lawn, taking restaurant flyers off the front door, that sort of thing. One morning I found something that suggested the house might have been broken into, and tried to notify the police. I was told that only the homeowner could make such a report. I repeated that the house was abandoned, and they said in that case the bank was the homeowner, and the bank would have to make the report.
Now, I just happened to know which bank owns the house, so I tried to alert them. Guess what? There is no way in hell to talk to this particular bank about a property you don't own.
I just hope the place doesn't wind up as a meth lab....
Roddy McCorley |
03.21.08 - 7:06 pm | #
Refresh my memory, please: is it customary for a presidential candidate to travel abroad, visiting heads of state, more than seven months before the election?
Sinfonian, still Spanky
Wasn't a big flap about John Kerry making phone calls to foreign leaders?
1Watt, Hermit |
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03.21.08 - 7:06 pm | #
he doesn't think HRC's tactics have been ugly
Have they?
pie |
Homepage |
03.21.08 - 7:06 pm | #
That "Liberals are Nazis" meme seems to be making the rounds again.
I guess the "cult" meme didn't quite get the necessary traction.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 7:06 pm | #
Every Jew who puts up with this asshole on the logic that he's murderously anti-Muslim ought to burn in a Buddhist Passover.
k&y nobunaga
"Fuck the Jews. They don't vote for us anyway".
--James Baker III, Bush family consigliere
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:07 pm | #
Yes. So...?
Look, you can't count me amongst the "Hillary bashers" here. I'm just trying to correct your earlier assertion that it was Obama who somehow violated that which he had promised, in writing, to do WRT MI and FL. They both agreed to the rules. Hillary violated them here in MI, both violated them in FL by leaving their names on the ballots. Personally, I think ALL of the candidates should have left their names on, just in case the DNC later ruled that the votes would count. That way, I could have voted for Edwards and had some shred of hope that the fucking State party/DNC dick-wagging hadn't completely fucked me.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 7:07 pm | #
I just watched my first campaign commercial. I'm in PA! It was a BO ad.
camelot |
03.21.08 - 7:07 pm | #
A boater who was killed when a ray jumped out of the water in the Florida Keys and hit her face died of skull fractures and brain injuries, not from the animal's poisonous barb, a medical examiner said Friday.
If only she'd gotten her head through the sun roof in time...
Marcellina, euro-stalker |
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03.21.08 - 7:07 pm | #
Is McBombBomb's mystery tour being paid by the taxpayer dime?
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants |
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03.21.08 - 7:07 pm | #
Wasn't a big flap about John Kerry making phone calls to foreign leaders?
1Watt, Hermit
At the risk of being redundant, IOKIYAR.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:08 pm | #
Have they?
pie | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:06 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
Well, ugly is in the eye of the beholder, and that's not necessarily the word I'd use. But have I been bothered by some of 'em? Sure.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:08 pm | #
Did McCain get stung in the eyelid? Every pic of him from the last 2 days looks bizarre
Nah...Leiberman tried to give him a hickey.
merry ken idle |
03.21.08 - 7:08 pm | #
Is McBombBomb's mystery tour being paid by the taxpayer dime?
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:07 pm | #
More like the taxpayer's $15 million.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
03.21.08 - 7:08 pm | #
Reagan was doing the foreign heads of state tour when he was a candidate in 1980. And Fred bothered Thatcher for her endorsement.
sekmet |
03.21.08 - 7:09 pm | #
I'm waiting for someone to explain why Hillary has been so evil. All I ever hear is Mark Penn and claims of terrible comments by Bill Clinton.
Hillary, surprisingly, hasn't been mentioned for doing the dirty deed.
It is to laugh.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:10 pm | #
Judy Kay Zagorski, 57, a community leader around her hometown of Pigeon, Mich., was in the front of a boat going 25 mph on Thursday when a 75-pound spotted eagle ray leapt from the water and hit her in a freak collision.
Monroe County's medical examiner, Dr. Michael Hunter, determined that the cause of death was "blunt force" head injury and that the collision with the ray killed her off Marathon, about 50 miles northeast of Key West.
Hunter's report noted she suffered "multiple skull fractures and direct brain injury resulting in sudden death," said Jorge Pino, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
She was not stung by the ray. The collision knocked Zagorski backward, onto the floor of the boat, Pino said.
"The force of that impact was dramatic," he said.
Richard |
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03.21.08 - 7:10 pm | #
Target in sight! Where in hell is Major Kong?
batguano |
03.21.08 - 7:11 pm | #
But have I been bothered by some of 'em? Sure.
Poor baby.
Better get a thicker skin then.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:11 pm | #
Currently reading "The Real Book of Frank Zappa." ***This is without contest the coolest fucking book ever***. The beginning talks about growing up "ethnic" during World War Two, with Frank's Arab-Sicilian dad jumping between assorted wierd Army laboratory jobs, his Franco-Italian mother struggling to provide groceries on their solidly poor revenue and his grandmother grabbing his arm while screaming "Hairy Hand! Hairy Hand!" This, Frank explains, is what people were like before they had TV to watch.
My 13YO just now: "This is so cool, have you ever used one?"
She was digging through closets and found a typewriter.
camelot |
03.21.08 - 7:11 pm | #
Hey k+y, you should check out the Lovecraft cartoon at the bottom of my hope bloggin post.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:11 pm | #
Whoever owned the rights to the name "Glenn Miller Orchestra" kept a band together for decades, and toured. There may even have been a musician or two from pre-1944, though I doubt it.
There are a dozen 'Ink Spots' that tried to get royalties. Knew Johny Harris, rented an apartment to him, who claimed to be one of the originals. Played in Wichita back in the day.
1Watt, Hermit |
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03.21.08 - 7:11 pm | #
Hillary, surprisingly, hasn't been mentioned for doing the dirty deed.
It is to laugh.
pie | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:10 pm | #
The value of "surrogates".
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
03.21.08 - 7:12 pm | #
Better get a thicker skin then.
pie
Good advice for Hillary supporters, too.
merry ken idle |
03.21.08 - 7:13 pm | #
That's not the point. It's ridiculous that this is a rec'd diary. I am so fucking sick of this shit on both sides.
Tread
that about sums it up.
but, and i've followed politics since nixon when i was only 12, never voted, then watched reagan ruin this country, still didn't vote in 2000. wanted al gore to win, but really didn't care. in away 9/11 did change things, because you can bet your sweet ass i voted in 04. realizing, it actually does matter who's ass is in that seat.
charley |
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03.21.08 - 7:13 pm | #
***This is without contest the coolest fucking book ever***
That seems like a bit of a stretch....
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:13 pm | #
I'm just trying to correct your earlier assertion that it was Obama who somehow violated that which he had promised,
I never said that.
Good grief.
He didn't have to drop out. He did. Probably because he wasn't sure of the vote at that time, so uncommitted could mean anything.
I wouldn't have voted for him then. I supported Edwards.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:13 pm | #
it actually does matter who's ass is in that seat.
charley
Yeah. It does.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:14 pm | #
Hillary violated them here in MI, both violated them in FL by leaving their names on the ballots.
Sorry, thinly veiled, not to pile on, but I have to correct this.
I can't speak to Michigan's situation, but here in Florida, we had all candidates on our ballot -- even folks like Dodd and Richardson who had dropped out by then.
Under Florida law, in order to have your name removed from the ballot, you have to file an affidavit with the state affirmatively declaring that you are withdrawing from the race altogether, in every state. Obviously neither Clinton or Obama would do that; thus, their names remained on the ballot. It wasn't anything nefarious -- it was just compliance with Florida law.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:14 pm | #
Good advice for Hillary supporters, too.
Don't worry about us. We're just fine.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:14 pm | #
Its the "they both do it" construct. Right.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
03.21.08 - 7:14 pm | #
Hillary, surprisingly, hasn't been mentioned for doing the dirty deed.
pie
Richardson's endorsement was very interesting and surprising.
Whenever I feel sorry for Hillary, I remember who her friends are and I laugh at her pain.
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03.21.08 - 7:15 pm | #
I think my cousin-in-law, Harry Hershey, spent some time in the Glenn Miller Band, probably in the 60s or 70s.
Then he put together his own big band, which toured for years; it's now headed by his son David.
Of course, my favorite job of Harry's was when he played the organ for the Indians at the old Cleveland Stadium. So cool to hear family named on the PA! (They didn't wanna talk about the games in those days.)
Lindsay, clean fucking hippie |
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03.21.08 - 7:15 pm | #
I just hope the place doesn't wind up as a meth lab....
I think that may be your hook, call the police and tell them you suspect that may in fact be what has happened.
catalexis |
03.21.08 - 7:15 pm | #
Interspecies snorgling:
Hooked on a feline
One stands more than a metre tall, has paws the size of saucers and a tongue the size of a dish rag.
The other is a tiny ball of white fur, looks a bit like a discarded slipper and has ears the size of 20-cent pieces.
But size isn't everything, as they say. Not when it comes to friendship. "They curl up and sleep together," says owner Lorraine Robertson-Smith. "They're just really good friends. It's quite lovely, actually."
Goliath the Great Dane and Pollyandrew the tiny Tibetan kitten ... Goliath is one, Pollyandrew is six weeks - so perhaps don't realise the true ways of the world.
Instead, these two have become inseparable, Goliath often spotted carrying around his feline friend in his mouth.
Better get a thicker skin then.
pie | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:11 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
That's just silly. I'm bothered by 'em because they've created unnecessary anger and resentment and confusion, not because they've offended me personally.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:16 pm | #
it was just compliance with Florida law.
Sinfonian, still Spanky
The law is an ass. Certainly true in Florida.
I think that saying about never watching the making of sausage or legislation was made with Florida in mind.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:16 pm | #
it actually does matter who's ass is in that seat.
Apparently. Just as long as no one says anything the slightest bit negative about her.
merry ken idle |
03.21.08 - 7:16 pm | #
Of course, my favorite job of Harry's was when he played the organ for the Indians at the old Cleveland Stadium. So cool to hear family named on the PA! (They didn't wanna talk about the games in those days.)
Lindsay, clean fucking hippie
Since it's relevant, I'll toot my own horn ever so briefly. As far as I (or anyone) knows, I was the youngest regular organist in professional baseball history.
In 1980, I was the organist for the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Cardinals in the Class A Florida State League. I was 14 years old.
As I posted earlier, the police and firemen's pension fund had 13,500 shares of Bear Stearns.
Bear Stearns, my friends, is corruption.
pie
Forbes Standard & Poor's analysts tested the tree-falling-in-an-empty-forest scenario, as it lowered the outlooks for Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers to negative while markets were closed.
The slashed outlook may be especially difficult for Lehman Brothers to stomach. The financial services firm, whose business mix most closely resembles that of virtually collapsed Bear Stearns (nyse: BSC - news - people ), has dismissed recent rumors that it's headed down the same ditch as Bear (See: Financials Fall Into Bear Pit). Analyst Sprinzen says Lehman has done a better job managing its liquidity than Bear. As of Feb. 29, the firm's excess liquidity structure was $34 billion.
Sprinzen called Goldman Sachs' leftover mortgage and leveraged finance-related commitments "manageable" and praised the strength of its liquidity position.
"However ... the firm's emphasis on trading activities and its aggressive risk appetite leave it open to the possibility that major missteps could ultimately occur, leading to a change in investor sentiments," Sprinzen said.
Although Goldman is the most profitable U.S. broker-dealer, Sprizen said last quarter's profits were weak, with sales off 35% from the previous year.
Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday March 20 show that Goldman's President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Jon Winkelried sold some 30,000 shares at about $173.85 each, totaling approximately $5.2 million, from Wednesday to Thursday. Vice Chairman Michael Sherwood unloaded some 7300 shares at a per share price of about $174.85, totaling close to $1.3 million Wednesday. Goldman could not be reached for comment.
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03.21.08 - 7:17 pm | #
Instead, these two have become inseparable, Goliath often spotted carrying around his feline friend in his mouth.
Course, Goliath might just be waiting till the kitty gets a litter fatter...
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:18 pm | #
I think that saying about never watching the making of sausage or legislation was made with Florida in mind.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08
Now you know why Florida is America's Wang™, in more ways than one.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:18 pm | #
This is the DNC's fault for being so punitive. Why should states remain in the same batting order every turn of the cycle?
Toby Petzold |
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03.21.08 - 7:19 pm | #
"My misjudgment at the deepest moral level of what Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld were capable of - a misjudgment that violated the moral core of the enterprise - was my worst mistake. What the war has done to what is left of Iraq - the lives lost, the families destroyed, the bodies tortured, the civilization trashed - was bad enough. But what was done to America - and the meaning of America - was unforgivable. And for that I will not and should not forgive myself either." - Andrew Sullivan
Sure buddy, I'm betting you are losing a lot of sleep over it, you fucking snake.
.
TelltaleHeart |
03.21.08 - 7:19 pm | #
I'm Stanley Steamed:
Stanley Awarded $570 Million Contract to Continue Support of Passport Program
Over 15-Year History of Providing Passport Services Continues
ARLINGTON, Va., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stanley, Inc. (NYSE: SXE), a leading provider of systems integration and professional services to the U.S. federal government, today announced that it was awarded a five-year, $570 million contract to continue support of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs/Passport Services Directorate.
Course, Goliath might just be waiting till the kitty gets a litter fatter...
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08
That cat looks SO pissed off.
And Goliath is a perfect name for a Great Dane.
Terry C., Dislikes Republicans |
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03.21.08 - 7:19 pm | #
doncjesuis!
I finally remembered to give you that Tina Fey-related link I'd mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy.
Sinfonian, still Spanky
Merci!
A kindred spirit. A woman after my own heart. In a matter of speaking. If it were possible to OD on Tina, I think I'd be dead at this point. The hawtness, it burns. Anyone who doubts the sheer overpowering sexiness of the Fey needs to see that link. I swear she gets hotter every time I see her.
[pauses to wipe drool]
I have no idea what "bi-curious shoes" are, although I suspect they're related to Chimpy's pink socks...
In my house, though, EVERY day is Tina Fey Tuesday/Thursday.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
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03.21.08 - 7:19 pm | #
Now you know why Florida is America's Wang™, in more ways than one.
Sinfonian, still Spanky
Hell, it's been obvious to me since a certain day in November, 2000...
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:19 pm | #
Starbucks ordered to pay baristas $100 million in back tips http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20080...ks_tipping_suit
SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks Corp. to pay its California baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that the coffee chain paid to shift supervisors.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett also issued an injunction that prevents Starbucks' shift supervisors from sharing in future tips, saying state law prohibits managers and supervisors from sharing in employee gratuities.
Starbucks spokeswoman Valerie O'Neil said the company planned an immediate appeal of the ruling, calling it "fundamentally unfair and beyond all common sense and reason."
The lawsuit was filed in October 2004 by Jou Chou, a former Starbucks barista in La Jolla, who complained shift supervisors were sharing in employee tips.
The lawsuit gained ground in 2006 when it was granted class-action status, allowing the suit to go forward for as many as 100,000 former and current baristas in the coffee chain's California stores.
It was not immediately clear how many current and former employees are affected by the ruling.
"I feel vindicated," Chou said in a written statement released by attorneys. "Tips really help those receiving the lowest wages. I think Starbucks should pay shift supervisors higher wages instead of taking money from the tip pool."
Richard |
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03.21.08 - 7:19 pm | #
EGGS! Happy spring! May you hump like rabbits!
Echidne |
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03.21.08 - 7:20 pm | #
McStain reached out to Jew and Catholic hating pastor.
By all rights, this should put an end to McStain's career.
Lime Rickey |
03.21.08 - 7:20 pm | #
Apparently. Just as long as no one says anything the slightest bit negative about her.
That's such bullshit. I'm not even a Hillary supporter and I'm tired of the constant, daily personal attacks on her. Give it a rest, will ya?
Marcellina, euro-stalker |
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03.21.08 - 7:20 pm | #
A lot of huge dogs are herd dogs and instinctively protect smaller animals. There are several "counterintuitive" pictures of for example faithful German Shepherds watching over piles of bunnies.
k&y nobunaga |
03.21.08 - 7:20 pm | #
I know...let's talk about EschaCon! You know it's a week away, right? And your favorite Minnesotan will be attending.
And for that I will not and should not forgive myself either." - Andrew Sullivan
Now, that is funny! Did he just come out of a 5-year coma or something?
merry ken idle |
03.21.08 - 7:21 pm | #
just read the nyt account of the state dept description of the 'breach' of hillary clinton's records that makes aboslutely no sense. we're to believe that just the entry of someone's name pulls up their records? what bullshit:
Mrs. Clinton’s passport file was breached last summer during a training session for State Department employees. A trainee was encouraged to enter a family member’s name into the passport database for training purposes, Mr. McCormack said. Instead, the trainee entered Mrs. Clinton’s name. Mr. McCormack said the trainee was promptly admonished.
nona |
03.21.08 - 7:21 pm | #
Goliath the Great Dane and Pollyandrew the tiny Tibetan kitten ... Goliath is one, Pollyandrew is six weeks - so perhaps don't realise the true ways of the world.
At the Sedgwick County Zoo, a rhino had a pet house cat, had a picture of them , but lost it in a move.
1Watt, Hermit |
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03.21.08 - 7:21 pm | #
Stanley Awarded $570 Million Contract to Continue Support of Passport Program
Over 15-Year History of Providing Passport Services Continues
ARLINGTON, Va., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stanley, Inc. (NYSE: SXE), a leading provider of systems integration and professional services to the U.S. federal government, today announced that it was awarded a five-year, $570 million contract to continue support of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs/Passport Services Directorate.
You think so? I guess if all anger is by definition irrational, then that's a pretty easy call to make.
I suppose I should add that I think Obama's campaign's has made some of the same mistakes. Is that "hilarious" too?
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:21 pm | #
Hell, it's been obvious to me since a certain day in November, 2000...
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08
Yes, I was there ... in the county seat of Volusia County, no less, one of the Gore recount counties. I watched many press conferences live and in person that month ...
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:21 pm | #
And for that I will not and should not forgive myself either." - Andrew Sullivan
What a fucking tool!
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 7:22 pm | #
He didn't have to drop out. He did. Probably because he wasn't sure of the vote at that time, so uncommitted could mean anything.
Neither one of them "had to," but BOTH of them signed agreements with the DNC saying that they would. Simple is it. Really, it's nothing to argue over.
Sinfonian, I didn't realize that about the way FL worked. I can see why neither of them did that.
And, I don't think Hillary is evil. Never have. I do think she's run a lousy campaign and surrounded herself with some crappy people. That she didn't make better choices tells me a lot about, yes, her judgment. If that offends, I'm sorry, but it is just my lowly opinion as a voter.
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 7:22 pm | #
Do you really suppose a full fifth of all Hillary voters will switch to McCain if Obama takes the nomination?
Toby Petzold |
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03.21.08 - 7:22 pm | #
McStain reached out to Jew and Catholic hating pastor.
By all rights, this should put an end to McStain's career.
His plane was shot down and he was a POW, so it's OK.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 7:22 pm | #
OOGA-CHAKA-OOGA-OOGA-OOGA-CHAKA, BITCHES!
That cover does a disservice to the memory of BJ Thomas (presuming he's dead).
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 7:23 pm | #
And for that I will not and should not forgive myself either." - Andrew Sullivan
I could perhaps forgive him, if he would only STFU, forever.
That will never happen, I am sure.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:23 pm | #
Waaaaaaah, I cannot be at EschaCon.
To all of you who are going to be there... I HATE you with the white hot heat of a thousand suns!
On one plate there's a lobster roll and a baked potato and on the other plate is liver. Yum. Both equally delicious.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
03.21.08 - 7:24 pm | #
Yes, I was there ... in the county seat of Volusia County, no less, one of the Gore recount counties. I watched many press conferences live and in person that month ...
Sinfonian, still Spanky
You should write a book. Call it "The Death of America: I Was There".
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:24 pm | #
Of course Sully begs the question of how he came to "misjudge" Cuckoo Bananas in the first place.
Sufferin' Hussein Succotash |
03.21.08 - 7:24 pm | #
Restraining ourselves from implying Sullivan had something stuck up his ass...
k&y nobunaga
Will that be one wetsuit or two?
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:24 pm | #
It is obvious that Hillary hates Obama more than McCain. McCain and Hillary are BFFs according to Bill.
If she goes down she is taking Obama with her.
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03.21.08 - 7:25 pm | #
But according to Marketplace tonight (the NPR business radio show) the economy has "turned a corner" and we can all get back to business as usual. They say everything is back to normal, all hail Bernanke the savior.He has applied a tourniquet to the Bear Stearns wound, all is well. If you are struggling with foreclosure or job loss, you're just a loser shitbird and of no import.
Disgruntled |
03.21.08 - 7:25 pm | #
Anyway, what I think about HRC is beside the point. I just think it's kinda unfair to accuse charley of not being honest unless he agrees with you. It'd strike me as unfair coming from an Obama supporter, too.
But whatever...I'll vote for either one of 'em regardless of what they or their supporters may say, thanks to my "thick skin."
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:25 pm | #
Oh. Craterface Greenspan is as stupid as Gloria Borger. This is all innocent since they looked at McCain too.
Stanley Awarded $570 Million Contract to Continue Support of Passport Program
Remember how well that worked for the IRS, millions of files were hidden in a vault cause they couldn't do the work of those lowly government workers.
1Watt, Hermit |
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03.21.08 - 7:25 pm | #
It is obvious that Hillary hates Obama more than McCain. McCain and Hillary are BFFs according to Bill.
If she goes down she is taking Obama with her.
just saying
It's obvious that the world is flat.
Asshole.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:25 pm | #
There's no pleasing the Toddler, apparently. You're already getting a box lunch, dammit!
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 7:25 pm | #
Obama has big ears. And he wasn't in the Senate when they voted on Kyl-Lieberman, althought he was in DC. And he has all sorts of experience.
He's also going to change the environment in DC.
Hurray!
pie |
Gee, that's a low blow.
Do you think Hillary will tell us again how she had serious doubts about NAFTA from the very start?
merry ken idle |
03.21.08 - 7:25 pm | #
And, having said all of that, if Hillary ends up being the Dem nominee, I will vote for her. I mean, what am I gonna do, vote for McBush? I think the fuck not.
And, as a way of offering an olive branch to anyone who may have been offended by my opinions at any time:
I suppose I should add that I think Obama's campaign's has made some of the same mistakes. Is that "hilarious" too?
I don't care about the crap. I already decided whom I was going to support. This noise is just that: noise.
I'm not the least bit turned off because of Wright, although it will certainly turn others off. Pretending otherwise is dumb.
The howling about Hillary and Mark Penn and Bill is equally dumb and naive.
It's been eye-opening, for sure.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:26 pm | #
Do you really suppose a full fifth of all Hillary voters will switch to McCain if Obama takes the nomination?
Toby Petzold | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:22 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
Short answer: No.
Long answer: Of course not. What kind of a fucking moron are you?
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
You're already getting a box lunch, dammit!
Are you going to finish your sandwich?
NTodd† |
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03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
But whatever...I'll vote for either one of 'em regardless of what they or their supporters may say, thanks to my "thick skin."
Phila, Pizen Sarpint
Just wanna say that the tone here today is remarkably, and atypically, civil as far as this subject is concerned.
Good job, everybody. Take a bow.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
Reagan was doing the foreign heads of state tour when he was a candidate in 1980. And Fred bothered Thatcher for her endorsement.
sekmet
Reagan thought Thatcher was so wonderful, yet Thatcher had a low opinion of Saint Ronnie.
Evil she may have been but Maggie sure wasn't stupid.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
You should write a book. Call it "The Death of America: I Was There".
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08
I'll tell this story in greater detail at Eschacon, but during one such press conference, I had my then-15-month-old son with me. As the county elections supervisor was spouting some further inanity at the podium, I crept closer to the front, still outside the tent (this was on the courthouse lawn), and when we were about 15 feet to the side of the podium, Jr. started doing "raspberries" with his tongue. He'd recently learned the skill.
I'm quite sure the microphones picked it up.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
Mr. McCormack said the trainee was promptly admonished.
nona | 03.21.08 - 7:21 pm | #
imagine all the files of folks on the left that have been in the safety and trust of w's cronies over the past 7 years or so and who the fuck's been sniffing in them.
and that ain't no tinfoil hat fucking comment...
fokowi nomowo |
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03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
your favorite Minnesotan will be attending.
Really???
Bob Dylan's gonna be there???
merry ken idle |
03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
I don't understand.
Didn't he do the original version of "Hooked On A Feeling"?
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 7:27 pm | #
And, as a way of offering an olive branch to anyone who may have been offended by my opinions at any time:
I just think it's kinda unfair to accuse charley of not being honest
I didn't say that, either.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:30 pm | #
I'm quite sure the microphones picked it up.
Sinfonian, still Spanky
Awesome.
My daugher, at about the same age, was thrown off a tour --along with us, of course-- of Taliesen East (Spring Green, WI) for being insufficiently worshipful, in the same fashion as your child.
Haven't liked FL Wright as much as I did before, since.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08 |
03.21.08 - 7:30 pm | #
imagine all the files of folks on the left that have been in the safety and trust of w's cronies over the past 7 years or so and who the fuck's been sniffing in them.
and that ain't no tinfoil hat fucking comment...
fokowi nomowo
That's the first thought I had when this shit first came out.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 7:30 pm | #
Olestra: may cause anal leakage.
Funniest side effect ever. Even better than the RLS medication that may cause increased gambling or sexual urges.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:30 pm | #
Dizzy Gillespie's legacy Big Band
The band includes many Gillespie alumni including Musical Director, Slide Hampton, and one of Dizzy’s closest associates and collaborators, James Moody. Other alumni include Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Paquito D`Rivera, Roy Hargrove, Antonio Hart, Claudio Roditi, Douglas Purviance and the band’s Executive Director, John Lee, Dizzy's longtime bassist.
Many of the arrangements performed by the band are "vintage" and were written for Dizzy’s big bands of the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s—but they could hardly be described as old or dated. In fact, they continue to stimulate and challenge jazz musicians today just as they continue to dazzle and delight audiences around the world. Some were written by Dizzy himself, others commissioned
from among such distinguished arrangers as Quincy Jones, Gil Fuller, Tadd Dameron, Lalo Schifrin, Melba Liston, and Benny Golson. Newer arrangements have been contributed by Jimmy Heath, Dennis Mackrel and two-time, Grammy Award-winning arranger, Slide Hampton.
The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band features four winners of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Award: James Moody, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton and Paquito D’Rivera. The NEA award is the highest honor accorded to jazz musicians in the United States.
wanna bet they're getting hundreds of millions for a souped-up ms access program:
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nona |
03.21.08 - 7:31 pm | #
Your version sucks. Almost as much as your candidate.
Now THAT'S a t-shirt!
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 7:31 pm | #
I met Franken at the 1996 Texas Democratic Convention.
He was a smarmy prick then, too.
Toby Petzold |
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03.21.08 - 7:31 pm | #
That's the first thought I had when this shit first came out.
My first thought was "How does it feel, knowing that Bush's cronies are plowing through YOUR personal business, dear Candidates? Welcome to Teh Club."
ThinlyVeiled, Bottle Brunette |
03.21.08 - 7:32 pm | #
He was a smarmy prick then, too.
Toby Petzold
What a coincidence. So were you.
So much for temporary quasi-civility. Enjoy killfile, dog-burner.
Sinfonian, still Spanky |
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03.21.08 - 7:32 pm | #
Comment by just saying blocked.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt - wrong.
But thanks for playing.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 7:33 pm | #
Hmmm, a bit of projection Tobe?
angryspittle |
03.21.08 - 7:33 pm | #
Robert Zimmerman?
He renounced his birthplace long ago. I got no patience for that.
(and I was talking about Little Tommy Friedman )
Zap Rowsdower |
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03.21.08 - 7:33 pm | #
He was a smarmy prick then, too.
Toby Petzold
Coming from you, that's high praise indeed.
merry ken idle |
03.21.08 - 7:33 pm | #
If Obama not actually voting for the war is his biggest credential, then a lot of other people is this country should be running.
Unfortunately, that's not how it works.
pie |
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03.21.08 - 7:33 pm | #
CNN, standard-bearer of quality news, is airing a segment right now on the face of Jesus in some rock formation out west. Crikey.
Marcellina, euro-stalker |
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03.21.08 - 7:34 pm | #
Here's a reason for hrc to bow out:
Looking ahead to the General Election in November, John McCain continues to lead both potential Democratic opponents. On Friday morning, McCain leads Barack Obama 49% to 41% and Hillary Clinton 51% to 41% (see recent daily results). New polling from Minnesota shows a very close race in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. With those new poll results, Minnesota moves from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic in the Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator.
We need a single candidate to start going after mcAnus very soon, like now, before people get any more comfortable with the concept of a mccain presidency.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
03.21.08 - 7:35 pm | #
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nona
bet that's why there are 900K names on the no fly list.
1Watt, Hermit |
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03.21.08 - 7:35 pm | #
I didn't say that, either.
pie | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:30 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
You seemed to imply it. But screw it...if he doesn't care, there's no reason I should.
Look, the only real complaint I have with HRC in practical terms is that I know a few people who've become very unhappy with her recently. I suppose I could just tell 'em they're all idiots, or deluded, or brainwashed by the media, or whatever, but I don't think that'd be constructive, really.
I do defend her, as it happens...just not in that way.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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03.21.08 - 7:35 pm | #
That's the first thought I had when this shit first came out.
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul | Homepage | 03.21.08 - 7:30 pm | #
i've had the thought for quite a long time having been a sniffee awhile back...
looking back, there isn't one single area of the federal gov't. that bush hasn't politicized or abused. for anyone to think these guys wouldn't abuse the power of having access to political foes files would be uberfuckingnaive...
fokowi nomowo |
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03.21.08 - 7:35 pm | #
CNN, standard-bearer of quality news, is airing a segment right now on the face of Jesus in some rock formation out west. Crikey.
Marcellina, euro-stalker
That's news?
Jebus Chripes on iceskates!
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 7:35 pm | #
What are you lovely people still doing down here? There are sheeteses.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
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03.21.08 - 7:37 pm | #
McCain leads Barack Obama 49% to 41% and Hillary Clinton 51% to 41%
So they want eternal war.
How fucking stupid is this country?
Terry C - Hippie Fagsoul |
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03.21.08 - 7:37 pm | #
"goldilocks!"-Larry Cuntlow
jr |
03.21.08 - 7:44 pm | #
Nothing a little arson won't fix...
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03.22.08 - 6:59 am | #