I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
I was just totally fucking robbed by Haloscan!
...well, you were still first...
...the decent thing would be to go call sheety owls...
beep beep
I'll go do that...
...the decent thing would be to go call sheety owls...
Jack K, the Grumpy Forester
Shitty towels!
Horns add nice color, and some oomph.
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Broder would say "as a nation, we should realise that our leaders, especially saints like McCain, should be forgiven for all their trangressions because they are truly in the realm of bipartisanship. But fuck those mean Democratic liberal commie bastards and their extreme agenda.".
Horn honking and Tim Russert's dad. That's a bit of a jumble.
Honk, honk!
"Shave and haircut: two bits!"
As I said at Digby's place, I wonder how many pedestrians Russ has run over out of respect for 9/11.
I might honk every week or two, usually at some jackass who's on the cell phone or combing his/her hair and wandering into my lane.
...out here in Central Orygun, we like people who honk their horns...
...gives us a target for that sound shot with the aught-six...
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By "Not honking his horn", he means he has not visited any prostitutes.
Oh, sure... like fat Timmeh blows his own horn, anyway.
Hey, is there some kind of spell-check in HaloScan now?
Probably wouldn't have been at the top of my HaloScan wish list....
I don't think I ever honk my horn.
spinoza | 05.19.07 - 12:13 am | #
Wonder how many prostitutes have visited Russert...
I've stopped farting to honor the sacrifice of the FDNY and NYPD on 9/11.
If I've honked my horn more than 5 times, aside from announcing my presence in front the the homes of people I was picking up when I was younger, I'd be surprised.
And, you had "Mr. Microphone" hooked up to your car speakers too didn't you?
Wonder how many prostitutes have visited Russert...
Lots. Although Katie O'Beirne had to pay him to sit on his face.
I wonder if one can devote one's horn abstention to just any cause, or does everyone assume you're following Russert?
I am going to solemnly vow to never say 'ratatouille' ever again as a sign or respect for those who lost their lives.
I've stopped farting to honor the sacrifice of the FDNY and NYPD on 9/11.
Well, that explains why you look like a blimp.
I haven't honked my horn since Dec. 29th of 2005. Or driven for that matter...
What a paean in the ass.
My coming bumper sticker, "Honk, if you hat Timmah!"
Just yesterday I honked my horn in support of anti-war demonstrators, and I also honk in support of striking union workers.
well, it's pretty obvious that you don't drive in NYC, atrios.
Mr. Russert's faith seems a rather paltry and trivial thing, doesn't it?
What a strange idea... how much stranger still that he's not embarrassed to publish it.
Well, that explains why you look like a blimp.
It also gives me the ability to fly, though I can only go in the direction of the wind. Unless somebody pokes me with a needle.
Timmeh may not have honked his horn since 9/11, but he's blown lots of Republicans.
I walk around NYC with an air horn and blast people slowly walking 4 abreast on the sidewalks.
I haven't used my emergency brake since 911.
On c-span2/BookTV this weekend
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
From the Studio Museum in Harlem, Ishmael Beah talks about his life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone. After fleeing rebel soldiers during the civil war there in the 1990's, Mr. Beah was picked by government forces at age thirteen and made to join the army. He spent three years fighting in the war before being picked up by UNICEF and eventually brought to the United States.
(Saturday 10 PM, Monday 2:45 AM ET)
Victor Gold, Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP
Republican political operative Victor Gold is critical of the GOP, and argues that evangelical Christians, foreign policy neconservatives and lobbyists have damaged the party. Mr. Gold believes the Republican Party should embrace the vision of Barry Goldwater.
(Sunday 7 PM, Monday 7 AM ET)
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic
Chalmers Johnson
From Berkeley, California, Chalmers Johnson talks about the third volume of his trilogy on the American empire. In "Nemesis" Mr. Johnson argues that the U.S. is in now on the verge of internal collapse, due in large part to the vast expenditures required to maintain its ever-expanding empire. He discusses his book with California based author Gray Brechin at an event hosted by KPFA Radio and Global Exchange.
Chalmers Johnson is currently the president of the Japan Policy Research Institute. He taught Asian politics at the Berkeley and San Diego campuses of the University of California for thirty years before retiring in 1992. Mr. Johnson is the author of over a dozen books, including "Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire" and "The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic," the first two books in his Blowback Trilogy. For more information, visit: americanempireproject.com.
(Sunday, May 20 at 1:15 am)
http://www.democraticunderground...&
mesg_id=919329
I keep my glove compartment closed out of respect for Father Michael, who died in the collapse of WTC2.
I haven't jerked off with my left hand since 9/11.
My coming bumper sticker, "Honk, if you hat Timmah!"
attaturk
...I'd rather 'shoe' him myself, but that wouldn't make any sense on a bumper sticker...
I recently honked my horn in agreement when I saw a sticker on a car which read, "Don't Believe Everything You Think."
Evening all.
I've been gone all day...
has the Irk Walked Among Us?
And I won't blogwhore, but...
well you know what.
Isn't honking your horn illegal?
I haven't left the back seat of Elvis Costello's Lexus since 9/11
I just read the post by Russert. That has to be one of the stupidest things I've ever read. It sounds like something from a really bad made for TV movie, or from a 3rd grader who doesn't know to write yet.
I haven't bathed since 9/11.
Omg, I didn't realize it was Tim "I have gravitas" Russert who said such a stupid, incomprehensible thing about honking. That whole screed reads like some sort of satirical blog parody.
And like we're supposed to believe he isn't chauffeured around all the time.
I haven't jerked off with my left hand since 9/11.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 12:19 am
Mazel Tov!!!!
Why are you all still here on a Friday night? I'm not.
I'm in my C cups.
I honked at a bunch of lame comedians last night...
It was the funniest thing of the night...
And from below, why won't Bush discuss the NSA wiretapping program if Fredo discussed it in front of Mrs Ashcroft at the hospital?
I have also not made love to Milla Jovovich since 9/11 to honor the dead.
Ever since 9/11, i've honored the memories of the dead by only communicating with a clown horn, ala Harpo Marx.
I have not blogged since 9/11.
I stopped using turn signals and disconnected the brake lights in honor of the twin towers.
I have also not made love to Milla Jovovich since 9/11 to honor the dead.
He KNOWS it's a multipass!
Is Timmeh running for the GOP nomination, so he has to talk about his "faith"?
Horn honkers are assholes!
A little beep if you have not seen the lite turn green. OK.
But, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!
Fuck You.
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I haven't linked to NTodd's blog since 9/11
McCain complained that Cornyn was raising petty objections to a compromise plan being worked out between Senate Republicans and Democrats and the White House. He used a curse word associated with chickens and accused Cornyn of raising the issue just to torpedo a deal.
Is that chickenshit or cocksucker?
McCain, a former Navy pilot, then used language more accustomed to sailors (not to mention the current vice president, who made news a few years back after a verbal encounter with Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont).
“[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room,” shouted McCain at Cornyn.
What a measured response; it certainly represents an elder statesman's sense of the senate.
Atrios has not linked to me since 9/11 as a sign of solidarity with the 9/11 widows.
I stopped using turn signals and disconnected the brake lights in honor of the twin towers.
I cut your brake lines in honor of WTC7.
Rory has refused to be circumsized since 9/11.
I cut your brake lines in honor of WTC7.
So you work for the Illuminati, then?
aiiight, peace out. i'm beyond tired at this point.
I haven't been sober since 9/11.
Ever since 9/11, i've honored the memories of the dead by only communicating with a clown horn, ala Harpo Marx.
watertiger That's maybe what Tim Russert ought to have done on TV. Refused to talk, just honk away poignantly at his guests.
I haven't calculated my alternative minimum tax liability since 9/11.
Cheney's Bitch doesn't honk his horn, and remembers fondly how the father of Cheney's Bitch joined the Army after Pearl Harbor, like millions of other American males.
and despite never having worked as an actual journalist, this political hack is the managing editor for GE News.
man, being Cheney's Bitch is hard work.
The Jews haven't started any of the world's wars since 9/11.
I fall symmetrically into bed in honor of 9/11.
-mimi
since I have been indulging in my vile habit of attempting to tease some opinions out of the inhabitants of right wing blogs, i inadvertantly learned something in the past two days.
I innocently referred to our Dear Leader as "President ChickenHawk". This unleashed a torrent of anguished and hurt anger that has not abated in a day and a half. They "demand" that I retract this "vile slur"! The entire blog has been taken over by indignant discussions of the baseness of liberals in slandering Our Dear President. I was only trying to see if they would actually condone President Yellowlegs attemp to cut down the %3.5 percent pay raise proposed by congress to %3. After much yelling and screaming, I finally got one of them to answer:
Can someone explain to [this troll] that the difference between a 3% pay raise and a 3.5% pay raise is hardly a matter of life and death? There have been times in my life when a raise was .5% or 1% or 2% smaller or larger than expected, and it really didn't make much difference to my wellbeing either way. When the difference is 5% or 10%, that's important, but .5% -- [this troll] obviously cares more about petty partisan advantage than about the troops. I think it's a safe bet that 98% of them would rather be paid .5% less and win the war than be paid .5% more and come home as losers.
Brave, brave chickenhawks! Supporting our servants, uh, troops all the way!
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I fired a couple shots from a grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza in order to prove that WTC Building 7 was brought down by the Masons.
Haloscan hasn't functioned properly since 9/11.
"I cut your brake lines in honor of WTC7.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii"
Thanks. A lot.
Something I was gonna try was stopping at green lights and driving through red lights. Just for the up coming holiday.
The homeless people in NYC haven't wiped their asses in honor of 9/11.
I haven't changed my kitchen trash bag since 9/11.
Why should anyone care what the oversized zit Timmeh says about ANYTHING.
Fuck his millionaire ass.
What a paean in the ass.
R. McGeddon | 05.19.07 - 12:16 am | #
Dat's funny!!
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Catherine McCormack hasn't left my bed since 9/11.
Ah! Chickenshit is the word!
I wuz rakkin' my braynes...
The tastee freeze has banned ball gags since 9/11.
One particular day provided some clarity. September 11, 2001. I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
It's an example of amurkin exceptionalism *and* and emetic, all in one!
And yet we learned much about each other. The bravery of the first responders who went up the stairs of burning buildings. The heroic selfless souls on United flight #93. The patience of tens of thousands of drivers who left the devastated areas in an orderly way.
You learned nothing, Tim-meh.
I have not honked my car horn since September 11 as a gesture of respect to all of them.
Tim-meh: I have not honked a horn nor picked up a phone to follow a political story since 911. Out of respect for my friends, the political elite.
Just for the up coming holiday.
Shavuot?
Okay, now I'm really gone, daddy, gone.
I think it's a safe bet that 98% of them would rather be paid .5% less and win the war than be paid .5% more and come home as losers.
Spoken by someone who was never in the military.
H O N K
Something I was gonna try was stopping at green lights and driving through red lights. Just for the up coming holiday.
Teemu and Eino were driving their pickup truck to Michigammee. When they got to the traffic light in Negaunee, Teemu drove right through the red light. Eino cried, "Holywha, Teemu, what are you doing?" Teemu kept driving and replied, "Don't worry, my brother taught me to drive". When they got to the light in Ishpeming, Teemu drove through another red light. Eino asked, "Why do you keep running red lights?". Teemu said, "Don't worry, my brother taught me to drive". When they got to the light in West Ishpeming, Teemu slammed on the brakes and screeched to a halt at a green light. Eino asked, "Teemu, why do you drive through red lights but stop at green lights?". Teemu replied, "My brother might be coming the other way".
The tastee freeze has banned ball gags since 9/11.
spinoza
NTodd hasn't used the "safety word" since 9/11
H O N K
Culture of TrÜth
CoT hates America.
NTodd hasn't used the "safety word" since 9/11
FLÜGGÅƏNK∂€ČHIŒβØL∫ÊN is hard to say with your mouth full of softserv.
There's an obscure Stones song called Far Away Eyes, where Mick Jagger is parodying a fundamentalist Christian where he says "The man on the radio said you'll always have the Lord on your side, so I ran 20 red lights in his honor". Sounds like Timmeh.
The twin towers, when they were first built, were looked upon in scorn by progressive NYers who nicknamed them "Nelson and David," in a mocking nod to the rockefeller family, who's blood fortune helped build the towers.
Bottom line. I’m working hard, laughing often and praying with purpose. On with life!
Cringe-inducing.
And of course everybody knows that i haven't had sex with Selma Hayek since 9/11.
No matter how much she begs me.
Anyway, 'batses, I must off to the Party of Beer, Cards, and Jazz
laters!
Timmeh thinks he's a great American...
Here's a real great American....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2...related&
search=
Wow.
Apparently I have to set myself on fire to get noticed around here.
Guess I'll go to bed...
Orrin Hatch hasn't put out any gospel albums since 9/11.
The twin towers, when they were first built, were looked upon in scorn by progressive NYers who nicknamed them "Nelson and David," in a mocking nod to the rockefeller family, who's blood fortune helped build the towers.
Not just when they were first built. They were fucking ugly, and the plaza was a wind swept cold piece of concrete.
Hey. I am never here at night, so I thought I'd stop in and see what goes on. Pretty much the same...
Anyhoo--I think that Russert is trying to say that he is trying to be less Type A after 9/11/01
Apparently I have to set myself on fire to get noticed around here.
Simels stopped setting himself on fire since 9/11.
Teemu replied, "My brother might be coming the other way".
Esther and Mabel were in Boca Raton, driving to the diner for their daily blue plate special. They came up to a red light and Esther kept right on, ignoring the light. Mabel felt a little concerned.
They came up to the next intersection, and sure enough, Esther drove through without stopping. Mabel thought about speaking up, but said nothing.
They came to a third light, and like the two times before, Esther blew through the intersection. Mabel could no longer contain herself.
"Esther," Mabel cried, "you just drove through 3 red lights!"
"Oh," Esther replied, confused. "I'm driving?"
I just can't tear myself away. I'm writing this in my sleep.
One particular day provided some clarity. September 11, 2001. I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
I am so motherfucking tired of 9/11 wallowing. My parents suffered far worse during WWII and never turned into puddles of whining, crybaby, bedwetting curs as shitstains like Timmeh have.
Fuck my generation is filled with people like Timmeh totally unworthy of the freedom and liberty they've been handed on a fucking silver platter, with no sacrifice whatsoever on their part.
Fuck them all. I'm tired of being associated with them in any way.
Best comment on Digby's site:
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Tim, you know what would make God really, really happy?
If you stopped using your brakes, too.
Try it! The result for the media will be heavenly! - Mooser
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I haven't read a student paper since 9/11.
He KNOWS it's a multipass!
watertiger
I look forward to seeing Luc Besson's recent movie, Angel-A.
I have not honked my car horn since September 11 as a gesture of respect to all of them.
I'm fucking gob-smacked. Even if you get drunk enough to agree with his notion that writing a book "affirming his Dad's life" was a remarkable and notable gesture, what the fuck does this mean?
Goodnight, fine rational people.
"Oh," Esther replied, confused. "I'm driving?" - watertiger
Swear to God, the real estate agent who took me out to look at houses was Esther brother. The next day, he called up saying there was a house he HAD to show me. I insisted on taking a second car. Sure'nuff, he had a wreck right after showing me the house. Totally his fault.
Sung to the tune "Fascination:"
It's just bloviation, I know
That causes Timmeh's car horn not to blow
It is retardation, I think
That makes him feel that his poop doesn't stink...
Elvis Costello and the Impostors on Letterman. It's Elvis going back to his original sound, most awesome.
Simels stopped setting himself on fire since 9/11.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 12:33 am | #
I have no idea what that means, but in the meantime Elvis Costello is on Letterman!!!!!
Now that’s a journey I never expected, but one which is so meaningful—perhaps even more important than my “career.”
Putting “scare quotes” around your “career”--a further step on the path of humility, etc.
One particular day provided some clarity. September 11, 2001. I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
...I'm willing to bet that my wife's mother, aunts, and now-departed maternal grandparents felt a far greater sense of pain and anguish when they received the telegram telling them that their cherished Joe - the apple of all their eyes, I am told - died on the black sands of Iwo Jima than they felt on 9/11...
Pain and anguish come in a lot of different flavors and colors...
I honked my horn earlier tonight at some jackass pedestrian who didn't have the common sense to get off the fucking sidewalk.
You know, it just dawned on me that Letterman is the show to watch for excellent music. SNL long since stopped having anything but the pop band of the moment, but Letterman (Paul Shaffer, actually) has all kinds of good bands including giving some not-so-well-known ones huge exposure.
One particular day provided some clarity. September 11, 2001. I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
He apparently doesn't know the full richness and expressiveness of English.
Elvis Costello and the Impostors on Letterman. It's Elvis going back to his original sound, most awesome.
puppethead
Missed it.
This Years Model?
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18 across in today's NYT crossword is " Site of Ataturk's mausoleum".
Iowa?
puppethead | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 12:42 am | #
You're right. He is nothing like SNL, in terms of musical guests and actual laughs (Letterman is much funnier).
18 across in today's NYT crossword is " Site of Ataturk's mausoleum".
Iowa?
Youngstown.
Bush attacked by a Dalleck!
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Bush's current hope is that history will vindicate him, even if 2008 may not. If he uses LBJ and Nixon as his measuring sticks, however, he will find that history is far more likely to condemn him -- not just for manufacturing reasons to fight an unsuccessful war, and not just for bucking public opinion, but also for failing to think seriously about the past. "Nations and governments have never learned anything from history," Hegel said. Historians like to think that's not true, but there are times when it's hard to believe otherwise.
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But Bobby feels the need to be "serious" and distinguish himself from us dirty hippies before reaching his conclusion.
Apparently I have to set myself on fire to get noticed around here.
I gave up after the 3rd fry.
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http://www.sickomovie.com/
Cybersquatter!
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Apparently I have to set myself on fire to get noticed around here.
No, you just have to tap into the current vibe of the thread, or say something particularly witty or cogent.
Or be a particularly fucktarded troll.
This TCM movie, Man on a String, is good cold war garbage.
18 across in today's NYT crossword is " Site of Ataturk's mausoleum".
Ho Chi Mihn City.
Um, if someone is about to carreen into the side of my vehicle, I'm gonna honk my horn at them so that they hopefully wake the fuck up and I can live. I don't find that disrespectful.
What was this guy doing before 9/11--honking at people to drive faster or something? Honking has a place in driving: to avoid an accident by warning another driver they're about to do something really dangerous. I can't see anything disrespectful about that.
spinoza | 05.19.07 - 12:50 am | #
Speaking of Cold War garbage, Red Dawn was on a few days ago.
Hilariously bad.
No, you just have to tap into the current vibe of the thread, or say something particularly witty or cogent.
Or be a particularly fucktarded troll.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Like you know.
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This TCM movie, Man on a String, is good cold war garbage.
This TNT movie, Reign of Fire, is particularly dismal SF/Medievalist crap.
I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
I think I had suitably articulated my own feelings of sorrow and disgust at the time; however my sadness and revulsion toward these subsequent 5 years has superceded the force of any words I can find...
Speaking of Cold War garbage, Red Dawn was on a few days ago.
Red Dawn is great because it sneakes the entire rationale of the current situation in Iraq right past the rightards and they never suspect a fucking thing.
Ernest Borgnine is an amazingly good actor.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 05.19.07 - 12:53 am | #
Iraq was going to invade after 9/11, but Bush saved us!
Speaking of Cold War garbage, Red Dawn was on a few days ago.
Hilariously bad.
Hey! Charlie Sheen's fur hat alone makes it one of the classics of the cinema.
Hey! Charlie Sheen's fur hat alone makes it one of the classics of the cinema.
And then C Thomas Howell takes on a Hind with nothing but a RPK.
Iraq was going to invade after 9/11, but Bush saved us!
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Nah, Patrick Swayze sums up all the reason the Iraqis have a right to oppose the occupation army.
"Because we live here."
The rightards NEVER get that point.
For reasons unknown, by the year 2050, every baby born in the the city of Baltimore will resemble Ernest Borgnine.
For reasons unknown, by the year 2050, every baby born in the the city of Baltimore will resemble Ernest Borgnine.
Wow, this is a serious bucking of the Winston Churchill thing.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 05.19.07 - 12:56 am | #
You're right....
"Because we live here."
The rightards NEVER get that point.
They don't know how to put themselves in the shoes of another. Projection ain't exactly the same thing...
Nah, Patrick Swayze sums up all the reason the Iraqis have a right to oppose the occupation army.
"Because we live here."
The rightards NEVER get that point.
You put a Russian military vehicle on every street corner in the US and we would have IEDs coming out of Rush Limabaugh's ass.
That dreaded Russian invasion never happened, right, or did we miss it?
There was a miniseries called Amerika, which was about a Russian takeover of the country. Man, the 80's had all those cheeseball, right wing shit movies.
Rocky won the Cold War, you know, along with Reagan and Chuck Norris.
We have bases in Germany and Italy. Can you imagine a German military base in Iowa?
Ernest Borgnine is an amazingly good actor.
I never took him seriously until I saw him die in the desert in the original Flight of the Phoenix. I was too young to have seen Marty, and only knew him from McHales's Navy.
You put a Russian military vehicle on every street corner in the US and we would have IEDs coming out of Rush Limabaugh's ass.
No, he'd never volunteer to be a suicider. I'm sure his excuse would be anal cysts...
And then C Thomas Howell takes on a Hind with nothing but a RPK.
Then we have that classic scene where it is revealed that the Ruskies tracked down all the folks with guns by using gun registration rolls. Yeah, if not for those damn liberals with their gun control laws, them beer guzzling recreational hunters could have fought off the entire Soviet army.
You put a Russian military vehicle on every street corner in the US and we would have IEDs coming out of Rush Limabaugh's ass.
spinoza
He would be hiding under his bed.
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Borgnine was great in The Wild Bunch and The Dirty Dozen.
I have no idea what that means, but in the meantime Elvis Costello is on Letterman!!!!!
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Elvis used to do this song which went something like
You're real fascinating, let's go out to dinner, and
bring along your girlfriend
Hey, think you'd like tickets to this show,
and bring along your girlfriend
and so on.
........
I'm giving up Lent for Satan.
I was too young to have seen Marty, and only knew him from McHales's Navy.
bunny shit | 05.19.07 - 1:00 am | #
Now I have that theme song whistling in my head. Thanks. As if I'm not already obsessed with bad comedies from the 60s.
There was a miniseries called Amerika, which was about a Russian takeover of the country. Man, the 80's had all those cheeseball, right wing shit movies.
KRIS KRISTOFERSON, BITCHES!
And Spenser for Hire, and Bueller's Mom, and whatshername from Twin Peaks and Wayne's World...damn, what a great mini. Oh, and Sam Neil!
John Milius wrote and directed Red Dawn. He's a totally militaristic, right wing guy. He wrote the original Apocalypse Now as a counterpoint to the hippie movements, but when Coppola got a hold of it, he made it into a hallucinatory film about many things, including the madness of war.
From Here to Eternity was just scary
Borgnine was great in The Wild Bunch and The Dirty Dozen.
And Escape from New York.
Did Elvis stop the song and charge into a spirited "Radio Radio"?
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:03 am | #
I forgot he was in that.
That dreaded Russian invasion never happened, right, or did we miss it?
Typically, we only saw the standoff from our side. The Russian populace was probably thinking we were about to launch any second as well, what with their missile parades in Red Square.
I wonder if there was a "Duck and Cover" counterpart for their schoolchildren.
Now I have that theme song whistling in my head. Thanks. As if I'm not already obsessed with bad comedies from the 60s.
Remember It's about Time?
It's about time, it's about space, it's about a most unusual place.... I still can't get that one out of my head.
I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
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I was very upset on 9/11, but it was nothing compared to the anger and humiliation I felt during Katrina.
Never. Forgive. Them.
Flight of the Phoenix is one of my favorite movies.
Borgnine was great in The Wild Bunch and The Dirty Dozen.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
And Marty.
There was a miniseries called Amerika,
I wrote a well-received spoof of that miniseries in high school.
Tim Russert's head looks like a large, square block of pasteurized cheese food.
It's about time, it's about space, it's about a most unusual place.... I still can't get that one out of my head.
bunny shit
Oh. Thank you.
There's still a Purgatory ya know.
I never got around to seeing Marty, but I will.
The film was a surprise hit in its day, just about 2 lonely people told with a deep humanism (or so the reviews go). It came out in a time when big screen epics were all the rage.
Flight of the Phoenix is one of my favorite movies.
Mine too, in spite of the incongruousness of the song Sensa Fina showing up in the middle of the movie.
There was a miniseries called Amerika,
I wrote a well-received spoof of that miniseries in high school.
How can you spoof that shit?
Tim Russert's head looks like a large, square block of pasteurized cheese food.
Doug Watts
The human head is not supposed to sharply widen below the ear level. It's just not supposed to.
As I recall, Marty was originally a live TV drama. Rod Steiger played the title role on TV.
The human head is not supposed to sharply widen below the ear level. It's just not supposed to.
MP | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:09 am | #
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Unless you a chimpmunk with a mouth full of pine nuts or a star-nosed mole.
The human head is not supposed to sharply widen below the ear level. It's just not supposed to.
It's the effect of Katie O'Beirne sitting on his face.
The human head is not supposed to sharply widen below the ear level. It's just not supposed to.
MP
...well, at least not unless you're projected to go in the first round of the NFL draft...
Tim Russert's head looks like a large, square block of rancid pasteurized cheese food. - Doug Watts
Mo' bettah.
The human head is not supposed to sharply widen below the ear level. It's just not supposed to.
Unless you happened to have been drawn by John Kricfalusi.
Rod Steiger played the title role on TV.
Richard
I remember seeing Stieger doing it. Can't remember when. Maybe a rebroadcast in the 80's?
It came out in a time when big screen epics were all the rage.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Burt Lancaster of all people introduces the film in the copy I have. And you're right, it has the early 50's bustling big city movie vibe to it. Like Rear Window or Rope.
It's the effect of Katie O'Beirne sitting on his face.
spinoza | 05.19.07 - 1:10 am | #
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Wow ... that image makes me want to be celibate for the next 3 or so decades ...
Borgnine was great in The Wild Bunch and The Dirty Dozen.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
And Marty.
MP
And From Here To Eternity.
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The human head is not supposed to sharply widen below the ear level. It's just not supposed to.
Gravity is taking its toll on his doughy flesh.
"It's about time, it's about space, it's about a most unusual place.... I still can't get that one out of my head."
Now I'm going to have to cleanse my brain pallate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m...h?
v=mguzKze1sYo
Burt Lancaster of all people introduces the film in the copy I have.
He produced the movie.
If a was a kid with a father that looked like Timmeh, I'd running screaming from the room at the sight of him until I was old enough to drink.
After that, I'd just shake my head, walk to the liquor cabinet, and chug the Scotch.
I always liked Lancaster. Great actor, loved him in Atlantic City and Visconti's The Leopard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m...h? v=mguzKze1sYo
Gilly Gonzylon
Classical Gas! Cool link Gilly, brought back a lot of memories, thanks.
Gilly Gonzylon | 05.19.07 - 1:13 am | #
Thank you. I have that on vinyl (Smothers Brothers album), but don't have a working turntable.
Classical Gas! Cool link Gilly, brought back a lot of memories, thanks.
MP | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:17 am | #
I love that performance setup. LOL. Mason Williams surrounded by that short fence, protected from those evil orchestra players. Hee hee.
I have irritated bowel syndrome.
I always liked Lancaster. Great actor, loved him in Atlantic City and Visconti's The Leopard.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
I liked him also as the oil company executive in Local Hero.
I always liked Lancaster. Great actor, loved him in Atlantic City and Visconti's The Leopard.
He also featured prominently in The Sweet Smell of Success and Seven Days in May, two of my all-time favorite movies. Much to enjoy out of his career.
I have a clit the size of a bockwurst.
One particular day provided some clarity. September 11, 2001. I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
Good grief, what an insufferable ass. If he can't find the words to describe something, maybe he should go into a business that doesn't require the use of words. Like lumberjacking, or professional pig sodomy.
It's well past time for Tim Russert to retire, and spare us all from anymore of his stupidity. The last thing we need is a delusional fascist-enabling gasbag who likes to play "journalist."
Smart move there, NBC, assigning a lofty title like "Washington Bureau Chief" to someone who's never even been near a journalism school.
I have irritated bowel syndrome.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 1:19 am | #
NIC STEALER....
Richard | 05.19.07 - 1:21 am | #
Forgot about Sweet Smell of Success...
He was great in that...
NIC STEALER....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 1:22 am | #
We know, Janeane. You'd never say anything like that. (Not without a hell of a lot of preface, anyway.)
If he can't find the words to describe something, maybe he should go into a business that doesn't require the use of words. Like lumberjacking, or professional pig sodomy.
He did not say he couldn't fin the words. The entire language was lookin for them fookin words.
annielimpy | 05.19.07 - 1:23 am | #
Thank you for the compliment...
He was great in that...
Match me, Sidney.
I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic.
You're dead, son. Get yourself buried.
Good evening, all.
Are we miffed and/or peeved tonight?
Lanacaster: How many here have seen "Go Tell The Spartans"?
Thank you for the compliment...
You're welcome. (Now the troll will namesteal me.)
There was a miniseries called Amerika, which was about a Russian takeover of the country. Man, the 80's had all those cheeseball, right wing shit movies.
Amerika was supposed to be "equal time" for Reaganist fucktards who were deeply, deeply offended by The Day After which was hyped to the fucking stars as an anti-Reaganist film, mainly because it portrayed a far more likely scenario for the aftermath of a nuclear exchange that the shitheads of the Reagan "brain trust" fantasized. These morons imagined a survivable nuclear exchange, a winnable nuclear war.
One particular day provided some clarity. September 11, 2001. I don’t think the English language has yet found the words to describe the pain and anguish we felt that day.
The language was caught flatfooted, cuz it was still looking for its own words to describe the JFK assassination.
Richard | 05.19.07 - 1:26 am | #
They don't write dialogue like that anymore...
bo | 05.19.07 - 1:27 am | #
I saw it a long time ago. It's pretty good from what I remember.
Took place in Vietnam just before the escalation.
NIC STEALER.... - Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Obviously. If you had the condition, you'd know it is "irritable".
Allan Butler, please go crawl into a hole and die.
Thank you.
Asshole.
Wasn't Kris Kristofersson in "Amerika"?
I think so, and that's odd.
I'm old enough to remember when impressionists would have Lancaster in their repertoire. Matter of fact, I'm old enough to remember impressionsists.
I honk occasionally, usually when some stupid motherfucker in a gigantic SUV doesn't see me and is about to kill me.
fourlegsgood kittenslave | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:29 am | #
I can't honk because I don't have a car.
Honking in NYC is pointless, as everyone does it.
Good evening, all.
Are we miffed and/or peeved tonight?
I'm mostly tired.
It's been a long week for me. AND I went to commencement today. Blech.
Kris Kristofersson singer/songwriter
Take the ribbons from my hair...
Neither does Duncan.
Yeah, Kristofferson was in that, so was Spenser for Hire (Robert Urich), as the puppet ruler of "Heartland", one of the new US ministates set up by the Soviet dominated UN.
I'm mostly tired.
It's been a long week for me. AND I went to commencement today. Blech.
fourlegsgood kittenslave | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:31 am | #
Ditto here. Except I read a bunch of inane legislation instead of going to commencement.
Are we miffed and/or peeved tonight?
rorschach, foremost
what's this "we" stuff white man? well anyway, mostly vexed and irked but thanks for aksing...
I saw it a long time ago. It's pretty good from what I remember. - Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Interesting finding the Wiki. Didn't know the back story before. When watching it, I remember thinking, "how the hell did Lanacaster get involved in this? there're no other name stars". Thought the Abraham Lincoln character was an amazing part of it.
Wait... Wolfowitz is married?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
pages...in_page_id=1770
How did Robert Urich ever become a star? At best, he was a soap extra.
Are we miffed and/or peeved tonight?
I'm permanently miffed and/or peeved at Timmeh and all the other bedwetting 9/11 wallowers.
Only Timmeh could lament the alchemy of a day of pure clarity and no expression available to him to accurately describe it.
Okay, I just read the link.
Russert thinks not honking his horn honors the 9/11 dead?
What a fucking tool.
Lancaster chose projects well. He worked with 2 of the greatest Italian filmmakers as well, Luchino Visconti and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Leopard and 1900, respectively).
2 excellent films, but only in their uncut versions (both of them were cut for the American audience when released initially)...
How did Robert Urich ever become a star? At best, he was a soap extra.
TinyPorcelainMouse
I had a co-worker years ago who looked a lot like him. He didn't care to be reminded of it.
Wait... Wolfowitz is married?
And with a mistress.
Why do you sound surprised?
The deafening silence from the Dobsons and Robertsons and Falwe-- well, not so much Falwell anymore, heh-- means nothing at all. They couldn't stop yapping about Clinton, but a prominent member of the Bush regime provokes no comment from them at all.
It shouldn't be a shock that these people are the lowest form of hypocrites.
Only Timmeh could lament the alchemy of a day of pure clarity and no expression available to him to accurately describe it.
Accurite descriptions are antithetical to being on the teebee.
That article is 2 years old. Is Wolfowitz still married?
Wait, do I care?
FUCK NO.
They haven't really talked about Wolfowitz being married (even on the blog coverage of the scandal). The blogs have been concentrating on the horrible ethical lapses.
Wasn't Kris Kristofersson in "Amerika"?
Haven't you read the entire fucking thread, DOCTOR?
Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C...h?
v=CHQkYYIYue4
Rorschach, no atri-kitties again today.
I'd say that's a reason to be peeved and miffed.
It shouldn't be a shock that these people are the lowest form of hypocrites.
Claude Rains had NOTHING on these guys.
I had a co-worker years ago who looked a lot like him. He didn't care to be reminded of it.
I get reminded weekly that I resesmble "Tool Time Tim".
Coke Narc.
Teeth GahNash.
Rorschach, no atri-kitties again today.
I'd say that's a reason to be peeved and miffed.
fourlegsgood kittenslave | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:38 am | #
Indeed.
And that reminds me I need to post some pics too, since Miriam's abroad...
Haven't you read the entire fucking thread, DOCTOR?
Nope.
Oh, wait. I guess you're not talking to me.
I reckon I had this thing about a quarter of the way out. It seemed to only move on its own terms. Pushing only resulted in severe pain. And it was too early to snap by wagging. I knew that the beast was thick and solid because I could feel it between my cheeks when I stood up. (I needed to rest my legs.)
I was stuck in a very awkward situation.
And that reminds me I need to post some pics too, since Miriam's abroad...
rorschach, foremost
Where is she, ror?
Miriam's abroad...
What are you doing with yourself?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 1:41 am | #
VERY BAD NIC STEALER....
The Poop Troll is back. Whenever this guy needs to get laid or masturbate, he talks about shit & shitting. Serious motherfucking toilet training issues there.
Where is she, ror?
MP | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:41 am | #
Miriam's abroad...
What are you doing with yourself?
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 1:41 am | #
Very little except for working and taking care of the cats, TPM.
Miriam's in Berlin right now, MP.
Bonnie & Clyde, very nice, merci.
"WASHINGTON, 23 March 2005 — Here’s a bit of news that had Washingtonians choking on their coffee this morning: President Bush’s neoconservative hawk Paul Wolfowitz, the Pentagon’s architect of the US invasion of Iraq, is dating a Muslim!......
But Wolfowitz, a married father of three, is said to be so blinded by his relationship with Riza, that influential members of the World Bank believe she played a key role in influencing the Pentagon official to launch the 2003 Iraq war. As his trusted confident, she is said to be one of most influential Muslims in Washington.
What they are said to share is a passion to establish democracy in the Middle East.
Riza, in her mid-fifties, was born in Tunis and grew up in Saudi Arabia. Her childhood is said to have done much to shape her commitment to democracy, equal rights and civil liberties in the Arab world based on her first hand experiences."
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&...d=23&m=3&
y=2005
Bonnie & Clyde, very nice, merci.
ronjazz© | 05.19.07 - 1:44 am | #
Cool song, still sounds oddly fresh.
Oh, TPM: Also smoking and drinking quite a bit too much.
And eating badly. And sleeping almost not at all.
Riza, in her mid-fifties, was born in Tunis and grew up in Saudi Arabia. Her childhood is said to have done much to shape her commitment to democracy, equal rights and civil liberties in the Arab world based on her first hand experiences.
Does she have a nice rack, is what I wanna know..
Miriam's abroad...
That's no way to talk about yourwife.
Oh, TPM: Also smoking and drinking quite a bit too much.
And eating badly. And sleeping almost not at all.
rorschach, foremost
so, the usual...
pigboy | 05.19.07 - 1:45 am | #
Bush sure can pick 'em, eh?
In Ex-Aide's Testimony, A Spin Through VP's PR
By Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 26, 2007; Page A01
Memo to Tim Russert: Dick Cheney thinks he controls you.
This delicious morsel about the "Meet the Press" host and the vice president was part of the extensive dish Cathie Martin served up yesterday when the former Cheney communications director took the stand in the perjury trial of former Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
Flashed on the courtroom computer screens were her notes from 2004 about how Cheney could respond to allegations that the Bush administration had played fast and loose with evidence of Iraq's nuclear ambitions. Option 1: "MTP-VP," she wrote, then listed the pros and cons of a vice presidential appearance on the Sunday show. Under "pro," she wrote: "control message."
"I suggested we put the vice president on 'Meet the Press,' which was a tactic we often used," Martin testified. "It's our best format."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...7012501951.html
Unrecoverable.
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That's no way to talk about yourwife.
Mr French | 05.19.07 - 1:47 am | #
Miriam's asexybroad.
Is that better?
It's nice having a raison d'être whilst the better half's away.
Taking care of the cats is noble AND fulfilling.
"Wolfowitz married Clare Selgin in 1968. But they have lived separately since 2001, after allegations of an affair with an employee at the School of Advanced International Studies where he was dean for seven years. .....
Yesterday, she refused to comment on whether her husband had been unfaithful before their separation, saying: "I really do not want to share this with you."
She also refused to confirm her marital status - reports of his appointment repeatedly describe Wolfowitz as divorced but The Mail on Sunday has been unable to find any records. Asked if she is separated or divorced, Clare replied: "That's my business." "
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
pages...in_page_id=1770
Bush sure can pick 'em, eh?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Good grief, who the fuck are all of these trainwrecks and why won't they leave?
Bush sure can pick 'em, eh?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 1:48 am | #
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He sure has a knack for it.
It's nice having a raison d'être whilst the better half's away.
Taking care of the cats is noble AND fulfilling.
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 1:48 am | #
True, and they keep me from going out all night, which I prolly would do otherwise. They're just so happy when I get home.
Is that better?
Much better.
At this point I was at the sink, looking at myself in the mirror, talking myself through it, washing sweat off my face, when I thought to take a look. I turned to see something resembling a tail. It was around the same size and shape of a cricket bat handle. The thing was massive. It didn't even flex from its own weight -- it stuck out at forty-five degrees. I almost laughed until I remembered that this was happening to me
Bush sure can pick 'em, eh? -Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
A's hire A's
B's hire C's
C+ Augustus hires F's.
Meanwhile, SnafuRetroKittyBlogging is up!
Shrub has surrounded himself with like minded people for sure or better yet Cheney has surrounded shrub with PNACers who know how to take advance of a self-centered, self-absorbed fool.
Teh Grindhouse tonight sucked!
With the werewolf sisters and whatnot.
Bush sure can pick 'em, eh?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
His King Midas in reverse syndrome extends to personnel.
I never would have known Wolfowitz was married.
Thanks liberal media.
Asked if she is separated or divorced, Clare replied: "That's my business."
No. It isn't. It is a matter of public record regarding a public official so just answer the fucking question.
Is there really a market for poop porn?
That's just the weirdest thing ever.
Is there really a market for poop porn?
There seems to be one in Europe.
Boy, there are some strange people there.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 1:50 am | #
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jeeze louise....... why not go with, "it was a dark and stormy night"
shitheads are into poop porn.
Meanwhile, SnafuRetroKittyBlogging is up!
rorschach, foremost
Just awesome. So comfy.
Is there really a market for poop porn?
There seems to be one in Europe.
Boy, there are some strange people there.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 05.19.07 - 1:53 am | #
Dude, what the fuck is wrong with Germans!?
/South Park
Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - 1969 annee erotique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j...h?
v=j8mXje7ATZo
Wow, she was quite the uber babe. That shy thing is hott.
Is there really a market for poop porn?
This ain't your daddy's Orville Redenbacher.
Is there really a market for poop porn?
Don't you remember Divine eating that poodle shit at the end of Pink Flamingos?
Shrub has surrounded himself with like minded people for sure or better yet Cheney has surrounded shrub with PNACers who know how to take advantage of a self-centered, self-absorbed fool.
Bush surrounds himself with like minded people, in other words, totally dim light bulbs and white trash...
Ooooh, these kitties are getting wild.
The Germans are well, different, in many ways.
Just awesome. So comfy.
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 1:54 am | #
Thank you, TPM. I feel bad for Zora (the poofmonster). She's afraid of everything in the world except for Miriam, and she's been very sad.
annielimpy | 05.19.07 - 1:55 am | #
I don't like that scene too much, but the rest of the film is actually damn funny...
Is there really a market for poop porn?
This ain't your daddy's Orville Redenbacher.
MP | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:55 am | #
come on.... every once in a while you will read a story about cameras being found in public port-o-potties where cameras have been found inside the toilet. It has to be about the grossest fucking thing possible.
I'm sorry, but people who think shit is erotic or sexy just confound me all to pieces.
I do not unnerstand.
Is there really a market for poop porn?
There seems to be one in Europe.
Boy, there are some strange people there.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 05.19.07 - 1:53 am | #
There are many people with coprographic tendencies in the world...I find it best to ignore them....
The Germans are well, different, in many ways.
So are their toilets.
I don;t even think I want to know why.
Dude, what the fuck is wrong with Germans!?
ESSEN MEINE SCHEISSE!
Best thing about today was this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p...h?
v=pS2RAc4Cu8U
The Germans are well, different, in many ways.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Sprockets.
Personally, I think it's a small percentage of people who get into coprography, but they make a lot of noise about it....
Ugh....
Now I'm talking about shit. That's enough. Finito. I need to sleep.
Bonnie et Clyde. Ooh, I love that tune.
.
You can tell a lot about a culture based on the kind of porn they like...
The Germans are well, different, in many ways.
So are their toilets.
And their funky drinking fountains in the hotel bathrooms...
There are many people with coprographic tendencies in the world...I find it best to ignore them....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 1:57 am | #
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yep, it is something I'd rather not spend any time on.
There are a lot of poop jokes in comedy nowadays...I think it's more reflective of our maturity level as a nation than anything else...
yep, it is something I'd rather not spend any time on.
Agreed.
This is why we're not fundies. We are capable of not constantly thinking about these things.
And their funky drinking fountains in the hotel bathrooms...
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 1:59 am | #
Um, dude...
Bonnie et Clyde. Ooh, I love that tune.
.
Sparkle Plenty | 05.19.07 - 1:59 am | #
Indeed...
I feel bad for Zora (the poofmonster). She's afraid of everything in the world except for Miriam, and she's been very sad.
Ah, poor sweet thing.
Ripley doesn't have that problem. She's a friendly little thing. Though it's nice to see her bonding with me and learning to love to be cuddled and scritched.
Her fur is also dramatically improved from the better nutrition. When I got her her coat was sort of rough- now it's silkier and shinier.
And their funky drinking fountains in the hotel bathrooms...
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii
Those aren't drinking fountains. They're for washing out your socks.
There are a lot of poop jokes in comedy nowadays...I think it's more reflective of our maturity level as a nation than anything else...
Matt and Trey.
Talk about arrested fucking development.
There are a lot of poop jokes in comedy nowadays...I think it's more reflective of our maturity level as a nation than anything else...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 2:00 am | #
I dunno.
There are a LOT of poop jokes in Shakespeare, and in Rabelais, for that matter...
There are many people with coprographic tendencies in the world...I find it best to ignore them....
I don't give a shit about them either.
I don't really like poop jokes and poop porn is just disturbing.
I don't give a shit about them either.
Mr French |
:-D
Ah, poor sweet thing.
Ripley doesn't have that problem. She's a friendly little thing. Though it's nice to see her bonding with me and learning to love to be cuddled and scritched.
Her fur is also dramatically improved from the better nutrition. When I got her her coat was sort of rough- now it's silkier and shinier.
fourlegsgood kittenslave | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:00 am | #
That is good to hear.
Gramsci (aka Mr. Chubbs) is pretty much all over me when I'm home. Tista has shed much of his aloof dignity as well. Zora, though... yeah, poor dear.
My favorite jokes are about my pinky-sized hemmoroids.
That's enough of this shit. I am going to bed.
I need my beauty sleep.
I need alot of beauty sleep.
I always look the very same afterwards.
But I am hopeful it just may work.
So I sleep.
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 05.19.07 - 2:01 am | #
Those two are obsessed with feces and shoving things up one's ass...
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:01 am | #
I don't remember poop jokes in Shakespeare, but the British love scatological humour.
I don't really like poop jokes and poop porn is just disturbing. - fourlegsgood kittenslave
And you've got a litter box to deal with.
Those two are obsessed with feces and shoving things up one's ass...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin |
Republicans. At least the latter act.
I don't remember poop jokes in Shakespeare, but the British love scatological humour.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 2:05 am | #
Oh, there are plenty.
And then, there's Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale"...
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 05.19.07 - 2:05 am | #
I can agree with that. I think they're George W. Bush admirers, but would never admit it publicly.
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:06 am | #
Hehehe....when the devil farts and all the friars come out of his ass...
That I find rather amusing...South Park, no...
Pasolini made a film version of it in 1972 in the U.K.. Tom Baker (of Doctor Who fame) is in it, and he's naked in one scene.
Janeane, I do suspect W of being sexually...peculiar.
And I can't even bear to think about Big Dick (huh) and Lynn.
And their funky drinking fountains in the hotel bathrooms...
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii
um dude, those aren't hotels
oh, well, hell, I can't bear to think of any of the neocons being sexual. It's more than the mind can bear.
Serge Gainsbourg - Je suis venu te dire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c...h?
v=c_bGxQ5zqss
Spectacular performance. Goosebump time.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 05.19.07 - 2:08 am | #
Conservatives are usually the pervs...
De Sade wrote about people like them...
Janeane, I do suspect W of being sexually...peculiar.
And I can't even bear to think about Big Dick (huh) and Lynn.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 05.19.07 - 2:08 am | #
"And if thou gaze into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."
My little one poo-poo-ed in the potty today. So I have nothing left to prove to you fucktard douche-bottles.
Fuck that noise
I honk my horn every time an asshole is yapping on the phone when the light turns green or when an asshole tries to pull out in front of me.
Fuck this pious shit.
Those who wear their piety on their shirt sleeves are corrupt inside and don't understand the meaning piety.
"And if thou gaze into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:10 am | #
I pulled back just in time, but not without a bit of scarring......
Oh, and Sarah Deere, the bestest of blessings and love your way.
I went back to the toilet to give it one last try. I looked between my legs and the bastard was already in the water. I looked away, staring at the wall... this was it.
And I am waiting patiently until 3:30 for NTodd to make a bold statement.
Ripley's tail is beginning to poof out.
Tista's tail, meanwhile, keeps dipping into my bourbon...
I pooped in my Agincourt.
I pooped in my Agincourt.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii
Bold, but not quite bold enough.
Tista's tail, meanwhile, keeps dipping into my bourbon...
Maddie's tail is almost as big as the rest of her.
It's rather astonishing. Maxx had a nice tail, but Maddie's is in a class all by itself.
I pooped in my Agincourt.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii
Bold, but not quite bold enough.
TinyPorcelainMouse
Oh, sorry.
I POOPED IN MY AGINCOURT.
SWince the Dark Lord didn't give us any late-nite music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O...h?
v=O2vJUadjdmo
And I, taking the long view, am concerned that Miriam's return will entail a certain amount of broom-poking, given the appalling dearth of comments over at my place in regard to the catpix.
BTW:
John Fund is a fucking lying-ass prick.
And I, taking the long view, am concerned that Miriam's return will entail a certain amount of broom-poking
That's teh gay.
That's teh gay.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:21 am | #
It's bii. But in a good waii.
BTW:
John Fund is a fucking lying-ass prick.
Why yes, he is.
He's a smirking little asswipe. Seeing him on my teevee makes me want to fly to new york and take a 2x4 to his noggin.
So is Hawaii teh gay too?
It's bii. But in a good waii.
Your Engliish iis almost as bad as your Latiin pedantrii.
fourlegsgood kittenslave | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:22 am | #
That's why he's got a job at the WSJ...pricks only...
am concerned that Miriam's return will entail a certain amount of broom-poking
Just clean the kitchen and wipe off flat surfaces. Dispose of the beer and bourbon. Toss the crusty paper towels and vacuum. Easy as pie.
Why yes, he is.
He's a smirking little asswipe. Seeing him on my teevee makes me want to fly to new york and take a 2x4 to his noggin.
fourlegsgood kittenslave | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:22 am | #
I'm actually rather impressed that Bradley Whitford didn't just start pummelling Fund's lying face.
I'd've been hard-pressed to restrain myself.
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:24 am | #
Was Fund on Bill Maher tonight?
Just clean the kitchen and wipe off flat surfaces. Dispose of the beer and bourbon. Toss the crusty paper towels and vacuum. Easy as pie.
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 2:24 am | #
That sounds suspiciously like work.
[narrows eyes]
I'm actually rather impressed that Bradley Whitford didn't just start pummelling Fund's lying face.
Me too.
He certainly humiliated him.
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:24 am | #
Was Fund on Bill Maher tonight?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 2:25 am | #
Yeah, I'm watching the late-night repeat now.
So is Hawaii teh gay too?
Doii.
Maher semi-apologized to Fund in the last seconds of the show. Had to do a shot of Knob Creek.
Wikis are also gay.
Your Engliish iis almost as bad as your Latiin pedantrii.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:23 am | #
I decliine to replii.
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 2:26 am | #
Boo to Bill Maher....maybe he and Fund go to the same brothel...
All this Latin is making me feel, oh, I don't know, uneducatedii.
The fingernails also grow before birth, though not the beard.
All this Latin is making me feel, oh, I don't know, uneducatedii.
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 2:30 am | #
I've abandoned the intelligentsiia for the ignoratii.
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 2:30 am | #
Name a film in Latin other than Passion of the Christ...
You peeps best back up to the music thread I attempted at 2:19. Worth your while.
Name a film in Latin other than Passion of the Christ...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 2:31 am | #
That was Aramaic, not Latin, wasn't it?
Gee what a suprise a bunch of liberals jacking each other off in here...gosh that never happens
A miise once biit my siister.
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:32 am | #
It actually had both. But there was one film shot completely in Latin...
Name a film in Latin other than Passion of the Christ...
Oh-Ed-i-Puss-Rex
My eyes! My eyes! Christ on a stick, my fucking eyes!
The fingernails also grow before birth, though not the beard.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:30 am | #
According to Incog, my beard (miriam) grew before birth.
Gee what a suprise a bunch of liberals jacking each other off in here...gosh that never happens
Gee what a suprise a bunch of trolls jack off by coming here...gosh that never happens
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:32 am | #
It actually had both. But there was one film shot completely in Latin...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 05.19.07 - 2:33 am | #
Ah, interesting. I never subjected myself to that thing, so my knowledge is all second hand.
According to Incog, my beard (miriam) grew before birth.
rorschach, foremost
Now that is wrong on eighteen different kinda levels. Dude.
According to Incog, my beard (miriam) grew before birth.
He never saw a Slavic beard.
Now that is wrong on eighteen different kinda levels. Dude.
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 2:36 am | #
Heh. Yeah, it really is.
I still get hard thinkin' bout Pastor Ted...
Man, back about the Bill Maher show: Russell Simmons has gotten eighteen kinds of lame.
Freepers are the turds in a punchbowl.
Derek Jarman's Sebstiane was the film shot in Latin. Right wingers would love it. It's a homoerotic take on the Saint Sebastian life/legend.
I was thinking about buying his book for my brother. I'm gay that way.
rorschach, foremost | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:39 am | #
Simmons has always seemed too mainstream. Almost like the Cosby of the rap world...
Man, back about the Bill Maher show: Russell Simmons has gotten eighteen kinds of lame.
You shoulda heard Spike Lee talk about him.
Basically he said the same thing, but he was funny.
morning peeps
I was thinking about buying his book for my brother. I'm gay that way.
Well, I gather it's about yoga, nothing wrong with that.
I badly want to understand the principles of Buddhism, but I've never gotten past "The Tao of Pooh".
Good night guys.
Derek Jarman is a fucking genius, IMHO.
Let the Beagle soar...Time to convene another Blogger Ethics Panel:
Conference on State of Newspaper Industry Draws Huge Crowd
On May 14th, Stanford University and McClatchy Company co-sponsored a free community forum at Cubberly Auditorium to discuss the fate of the newspaper industry. Speakers included Bill Keller,Executive Editor of the New York Times, Gary Pruitt, Chief Executive Officer of McClatchy, Marissa Mayer, Vice President of search productsand user experience at Google, and Harry Chandler, a former executive at the Los Angeles Times. It was the 41st of such events sponsored by McClatchy.
Titled, "Pressing Times: Can Newspapers Survive in the New World of Journalism?," the event drew a capacity crowd and left the impression that these executives had very little hope for the newspaper industry of the future.
"The inevitable conclusion is that newspapers are dying," offered Pruitt. Joel Brinkley, a journalism professor at Stanford, gave a summary that the four panelists had a hard time denying — the survival of the newspaper industry is threatened, and the Internet is the cause of it.
Other assertions floated by Brinkley were that only newspaper reporters can do ethical journalism and that radio, television and online reporting routinely "lift" newspaper content. Newspapers and journalism were often conflated by panelists as one and the same without separating the craft from the medium. But Pruitt said "it's the business model that is under stress," and that was what is harming journalism, not simply heavy competition from other media....If you are going to do great journalism you need great journalists. Not business men," Keller told the audience. Speculating about the future of newspapers he compared his colleges to members of Alcoholics Anonymous in that they had to, "fake it 'till they make it." The crowd burst into laughter.
In a more somber tone he went on to criticize new media in saying that there was not a set of journalistic ethics and reporting standards that people could be held to. He gave a nod to the coverage that bloggers provided, saying that he is addicted to blogs himself, but said that what they couldn't do was the original reporting that newspapers can afford to fund; reporting with depth, context, skepticism and intelligence... It is clear that at least three out of the four panelists believed that newspapers as we know them will not exist for much longer, but their hope is that what comes will still be a venue for quality journalism, despite the loss of the printed word.
Linus wants a H/T.
morning peeps
trifecta | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:41 am | #
Morning, trifecta.
And good night, flg.
Speaking of Derek Jarman, have you put anything to film? Even the slightest 8mm kinda stuff?
Jarman is a very underrated filmmaker. The Last of England and The Garden are brilliant....
TinyPorcelainMouse | 05.19.07 - 2:44 am | #
You mean on DVD?
According to Incog, my beard (miriam) grew before birth.
yes, predestination is a dad fucker...
I'm curious cuz I want to get the little one a DVD recorder. I always felt that if I'd had a recorder in my hands at that age, I'd have prolly made some crappy porn.
Sebastiane, Jubilee, The Tempest, Edward II, and The Last of England are on DVD.
The Tempest DVD has some 8mm films that Jarman did in his early years.
Night, all...
Nite hobgoblin
Gillian Welch - "Time (The Revelator)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c...h?
v=cPsp3sytbX0
Haunting...really beautiful.
Serge Gainsbourg - Je suis venu te dire
good lord, I love the French
On Maher:
I'm not saying Whitley McActorboy looked like a liberal. Or Congresswoman TouchyMcfeely played a role, but the repug...he was as stereotypical AS THEY COME.
Must. Spoon. Wife.
Later bats.
Serge Gainsbourg - Je suis venu te dire
good lord, I love the French
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 05.19.07 - 2:54 am | #
Amen to that. My first girlfriend was from France. I used to have her talk dirty to me in French... yummy.
Must. Spoon. Wife.
That's so gay...
forking the wife is manly
Sigh. I've a fork and a spoon, but no wife.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/1...ion/
19sat1.html
NY Times getting shrill
Why is NTodd consistently mean to me? Have I no feelings? Why does NTodd oppress me so?
Why is NTodd consistently mean to me? Have I no feelings? Why does NTodd oppress me so?
Thers | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 3:07 am | #
He's pissed off because of your specious claims about dissertation rewards for a certain friend of his.
You'll be whistling this one for a while...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h...h?
v=hDXWLWAZzd4
Bear with it Thers.
Whoopsies. Here it is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5...h?
v=51V1VMkuyx0
NY Times getting shrill
Yeah, I blogged that 3 hours ago.
Why is more attention not being paid to my nudibranch?
Fuck all you hetero pukes.
Fuck all you hetero pukes.
Phila | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 3:11 am | #
That's gonna take a vagina and some ipekak.
Why is NTodd consistently mean to me? Have I no feelings? Why does NTodd oppress me so?
Because you're a dork with no feelings.
Bear with it Thers.
Im scared of bears.
And of taking whiskey out of my babes' mouths.
baby tait is now asleep. hopefully soon I shall be doing the same.
Later peeps.
Because you're a dork with no feelings.
But I love you. You are much fuzzier than advertised.
Why is NTodd consistently mean to me? Have I no feelings? Why does NTodd oppress me so?
Thers
you two are too much the same and such samilarities repulse ... try disagreeing with him on something...
Watched "Bobby" this evening. Not good. RFK was great, but that was it.
"If I've honked my horn more than 5 times, aside from announcing my presence in front the the homes of people I was picking up when I was younger, I'd be surprised".
You're a liar. You claim to be, what, 35 years old? And you've only used your horn maybe 5 times?
Bullshit. Plain and simple.
You sound like Dick Cheney. Who do you think you're kidding?
What a ridiculous thing to say.
At any rate, there are still kittens.
you two are too much the same and such samilarities repulse ... try disagreeing with him on something...
With who...?
But I love you. You are much fuzzier than advertised.
That's gay and Irish.
With who...?
Thers | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 3:26 am | #
I think you're both right.
Shouldn't be "Wiith whoom"?
With who...?
Thers
a fallen bad joke ... you and NTodd ... nothin you should bother yer pretty head over. altmouse rules!
I ♥ bingerie.
Time for a YouTube break.
Shouldn't be "Wiith whoom"?
Only in Middle Latin.
G'night...gonna see if I can fit in some bingerie before bedtime.
Or failing that, some lingerie.
Shouldn't be "Wiith whoom"?
Only in Middle Latin.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 3:43 am | #
Or Old Entish.
Or Old Entish.
Only if we have a few days to kill for the first few phrases.
Or Old Entish.
Don't be hastii.
Ents are teh gaii.
A cousin to her husband: You know what the preacher said, 'til death do us part.
My uncle: Well it looks like death is on it's way.
I'm burning up the highway early this morn
I'm passing everybody oh nothing but corn
Man outa my way I don't drive with my horn-
(scrreeech-BANG!!tinkle)
oops its not it's. enkew.
16 Visitors Online
Ooh, fancy.
good grief, I wander off, come back, and you all are talking in tongues.....
18, now.
good grief, I wander off, come back, and you all are talking in tongues.....
Turns out, most human languages involve tongues. Including the Language of Love.
20.
22!
NTodd, most especially the Language (root word...tongue) of Love, thankfully.
I'd rather be doing other things with my root and my tongue, me.
fuckity-fuck-fuck-fuck.....I have insomnia once more, NTodd - WTF's your excuse for being up late enough that it's actually early where you are??
I'd rather be doing other things with my root and my tongue, me.
rorschach, foremost
hee hee....of course you would, being relatively sane and healthy.
hee hee....of course you would, being relatively sane and healthy.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 05.19.07 - 4:36 am | #
I applaud you for the inclusion of the word "relatively."
My new nym is of course in honor of you, which shows sanity and health.
My new nym is of course in honor of you, which shows sanity and health.
You don't make friends with the foremast jacks, lad.
I've gotcher mast swingin', NTodd.
Don't know if I like this count of how many people are online. It could be intimidating.
Morning peeps.
Morning, ql.
How's by you?
hey, ql...greetings and regards.
Mornin' ql.
...so...for ql it's morning, right?
For me, it's late night (1:45 a.m., but feels like late night).
We gotta be viewing "reality" through a completely different lens, eh?
Jeevan, I still have the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup for you.
Dear Sarah, it's Saturday. You can sleep in.
...so...for ql it's morning, right?
For me, it's late night (1:45 a.m., but feels like late night).
We gotta be viewing "reality" through a completely different lens, eh?
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 05.19.07 - 4:48 am | #
Welcome to my world, Deere!
It's been so strange doing the graveyard shift; miriam and i have been living past each other for months now. Her being in Germany isn't all that much of a change, really.
Jeevan, I still have the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup for you.
I don't think it's a good idea to be having Reeses at 5AM before heading to sleep--maybe later though. 
Well Jeevan, I offered it yesterday.
Looks like the upgrade worked. Kudos.
See, there were 22 visitors when I first came online, now there are only 15.
Ror, Mr. QL is a night person, I'm an early morning person. We frequently pass each other at 4 a.m. We usually meet up around noon.
ql,
sleeping in will be a relatibe thing. Must work tomorrow and Sunday...grants ndue...arrgghh.
But, still and all, yes. Won't be up before 10, PST.
ror, the nightshift, "graveyard" - yecchh. I wouldn't want it for long, me.
ror, the nightshift, "graveyard" - yecchh. I wouldn't want it for long, me.
Sarah Deere, Not Complacent | 05.19.07 - 4:59 am | #
I prefer it. Not a morning person.
But the summer gig looks to be a day job, more's the pity.
Ah well.
G'night then, all.
ror - sleep well. My dil is a nightingale, not a morning lark. I do understand. I can go there myself, easily. Just trying to be a morning person 'cause of work.
Better hit the hay myself.
Happy May 19th, everyone.
ql, best to you.
SD
Earth to 'bats, earth to 'bats - come in 'bats - this is drunken bear back from the party - over and out
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SUCCESS: LavaR8 Debug NO_INSTALL_BUILD build compiled successfully with your latest checkin
well alright then
(hic)
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hic
haec
hoc
huius
huius
huius
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Morning tacitus. I have a visitor count thingy but have lost the yellow bar. Poor Jeevan.
hiya quilt lady. as a software engineer, i have to have sympathy for jeevan and the crew at haloscan. we really put the strain on them at midday with our high rate of posting. every single post has to bounce off of the haloscan server and get broadcast out to 'batsville.
i must say, it's harder to type when one is drunk
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the lurker count thing is an interesting innovation, though...
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Thirteen visitors? Well, that is interesting. Morning, all.
I think I am gonna make it 12 visitors and get a couple of hours more sleep. Later, 'bats.
when i talk to you
am i hearing information or noise?
you left me hanging last saturday
but you said it was a good thing
your kindnesses
are a bit hard to take
does it taste better
if it's called ice cream?
if i can't trust what i see or hear
why don't i just drop acid and forget it
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disclaimer: any relevance of the above to any real people or events is unintended
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Didn't see you there, DWD - I hope your back is doing better...
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Comment Surrealistically Posted
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FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. May 15-16, 2007. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.
"If you were a member of Congress, which one of the following proposals on Iraq would you vote for? Setting a specific deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. Setting benchmarks for Iraq to meet to receive continued help from the U.S., but without a deadline for withdrawal. Giving the troop surge time to work before setting any benchmarks or deadlines."
Specific Deadline 39%
Benchmarks 32%
Give Surge Time to Work 24%
"If you had to choose, which is more important to you personally: for the United States to succeed and establish a stable Iraq or for U.S. troops to get out of Iraq?"
Succeed 34%
Get Out 46%
Both 16%
"Which one of the following best describes how you feel about the situation in Iraq? Do you believe the United States can still be successful in Iraq, is losing but has not lost, or has lost the war in Iraq?"
Can Still Be Successful 33%
Losing But Hasn't Lost 31%
Has Lost 26%
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"If the United States fails in its efforts to establish a stable Iraq, who do you think will be most to blame: President George W. Bush, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Democrats in Congress, Republicans in Congress, or reporters and the media?"
President Bush 37 %
Reporters and the media 8%
Democrats in Congress 7%
Donald Rumsfeld 5%
Republicans in Congress 1%
The Iraqis (vol.) 5%
Combination (vol.) 28%
http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
It's those liberals at Fox News, again...
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morning, all.
I like that '16 visitors online thingie.
Cspan doing the us attorne firing.
Eugene Robinson going 'god help us' on the AG
at http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...7051801394.html
I think it's finally coming home to the public in general that we're in crisis as to the rule of law.
Ruth, yes they are really covering the story non-stop. Now we all knew about it years ago. Would have been nice if they had given it equal time before the 2004 election.
I have having the number of visitors online known. I doubt very much if I'll post when it reads thousands of people are reading.
have=hate
see, would I really want it known to a brazillion people I can't type.
(Let a couple meds and supplements run out while waiting for the best day to get refills. Got 'em at last, started back up; hasn't been what I'd hoped -
blood sugar out of control. Try not to let it happen again, plants.)
Thus far, today feels a bit better; we shall see.
update, my email to sittenpretty on the suggestion she might activate Mia's site to help with my surgery on Fluffy;
hi, woody sent me this email address because I'm having surgery done on Fluffy, a cat that adopted me a few years back. Since he was fixed, at some time it seems he had a responsible ownre, but he had been coming around for some time then moved in. As I feed a cat outdoors that it took me more than a year to get to come up to me - and my neighbors tell me that she still doesn't let them get next to her - I get attention from strays. Fluffy is sweet and lovely, but seems to have been abandoned. he came up with a really severe limp and I took him to my vet - a rescuefriendly person - and find he needs a ruptured ligament fixed. This is $656+ stuff. Barry fromAlaska has already told me he will help. I sent an email to Woody, who volunteered to pitch in, but since he isn't that well off, I hate to ask. But did ask if maybe we could work with the people who'd pitched in for Mia. so am asking what can you put together to help Fluffy. Tnks. Ruth
Each "new" HaloScan feature gives me pause: (something else to go wrong).
Good morning.
btw, am an early person, not a late person. love early mornings like this in the 50's when it's so brisk - hate the 100's.
Good morning, dearest moonbats.
plantsman, stay on your meds properly. We need you here.
trifecta, Tait still wanting lotsa holding? I love that.
I just put him down again. He is a great baby though. He fusses, he is held, all is then ok in the world.
Or Old Entish.
I have a colleague with a zipper sweatshirt with the word STUDENTS on it, but there's a big space where the zipper is, and it reads STUD ENTS. Which always makes me think of a Tolkien porn film.
Ruth, thank you for the heads-up on C-Span. Interesting discussion.
And as I have not yet mentioned it today, I really detest the maladministration.
From "Let's Talk About Sex", A guest column in the NYT behind the "Select Wall":
One statistic seems to me to give the lie to all the rhetoric about abortion, and it’s this: one in three women under the age of 45 have an abortion during their lifetime. One in three. All politicians — Democrat and Republican — say they want to make abortion at least rare (as Giuliani did in Wednesday’s debate). On, this they could reach agreement. But it’s clear they haven’t been serious; the U.S. has 1.3 million abortions a year.
Reducing unintended pregnancy is the key — half of pregnancies are unintended, and 4 in 10 of them end in abortion. For a while now, we’ve had solid evidence about how to effectively do this. But it requires getting specific about two subjects that are perilous in politics: sex and contraception. That, politicians won’t do. So let me try to help with four facts everyone needs to know.
Imagine! Straight talk about sex, contraception and abortion, unpossible!
Each "new" HaloScan feature gives me pause: (something else to go wrong).
plantsman, plant geek | 05.19.07 - 6:41 am | #
it was ever thus with software
that principle rules my professional life
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What a perfect metaphor for Timmeh's great work at Meat The Press.... his complete inability to make his presence known as Bush and Cheney drive over the constitution.
Honk your horn goddamnit!
Imagine! Straight talk about sex, contraception and abortion, unpossible!
The truth will set us free.
Ratwingers, on the other hand....
Lindsay, thanks for the thought. I try to be good, and not take unnecessary risks, but sorting out my circumstances and meagre finances leads me into it sometimes, and it seems in this life the hard way is the way I learn most effectively.
What a perfect metaphor for Timmeh's great work at Meat The Press
If It's Sunday, It's Time For: Get Depressed
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Wild with Slanties in the Mornin' -- jes' the way I like it!
plantsman, I hear you. It's just that I know what happened to me when I let my meds (for depression) slip. We're at optimum when the levels are steady; it will take a while for things to get back to "normal," so that adds to the time you miss.
So yeah, I learned the hard way too. What is it about us humans?
funny thing, I am just back after reading another op-ed from Colbert King, about a lady with 6 kids by 4 fthers, and it did elicit a response from me about the pro-lifers who want the kind of society that wants us to have all the kids by all the irresponsible fathrs in the world. And drowns the kittens.
Another "diabetic axiom" I have trouble getting my mind around is: "As a diabetic, your veins have difficulty relaxing their walls, promoting hypertension." I can observe it and do take supplements to reverse it - but it's odd.
All I know is, a thump upside the haid self-administered seems to stick in memory.
btw it is first light here, the birds are waking up and beginning to let it out. pretty wonderful
The NYT doesn't much like Gonzales, either.
Aw, Ruth; that's nice. We're about an hour away from mood indigo, out cheer.
Morning all. What's this "visitors" thing? I guess it's self-explanatory, but now I'll truly know when I'll be talking to myself.
wow, the hate the illeguls starts off agin.
Shoot them all.
/ Littel White Dove
Morning, Moe. Whaasup in Halifax?
Since I'm a resident, not a visitor, I expect I dont' count.
I wish it were warmer here so I could open windows and doors to hear the early-morning birds. But it will warm up later in the day and the birds will still be around.
morning, plantsman. Rainy holiday (Vicky's Day) weekend. I have some garden work yet to do, but it'll have to wait. Just as well, I have "real" work to do.
How are things in your neck of the woods?
News item from CNN Headline, about 12:30 pm yesterday
Woodchucks (aka groundhogs) have invaded a cemetery in Pontiac Michigan, where they have discovered several things:
1--The sides of wooden coffins are easy to chew through
2--Wooden coffins make good pre-fab burrows
3--Human bones, rearranged and bestrewn with select forest floor debris, make snug nests, ideal for both hibernation and baby woodchucks.
Some relatives of the "nests" are perturbed. They've taken to pouring ammonia down the surface holes, somehow thinking ammonia desecrates corpses less than do woodchucks
The police are staying out of the matter: "We can't find any crime in the statute books."
I hope Lou Dobbs picks up on this for a poll: "Would you prefer your bones lie undisturbed, or become a woodchuck haven? Call in now or vote online at...."
I just don't get it. To me it's clear that from the time The Republics took control of Congress in early '95 until they relinquished it early this year, the more of the "conservative agenda" they enacted, the worse things got. Violent crime went up, abortions went up, all kinds of unpleasant things. And ignoring the environment hasn't worked out too well, either.
There are three very old cemeteries within a block of my home. Back in the day, they didn't mark graves so well, and those that were marked kind of get moved around-- working their way down the hill, the tombstones get replaced/lost/moved, etc. I talked to a grave digger the other day, she said that when digging new graves they quite often come across the bones of old bodies.
1--The sides of wooden coffins are easy to chew through
2--Wooden coffins make good pre-fab burrows
3--Human bones, rearranged and bestrewn with select forest floor debris, make snug nests, ideal for both hibernation and baby woodchucks.
Some relatives of the "nests" are perturbed. They've taken to pouring ammonia down the surface holes, somehow thinking ammonia desecrates corpses less than do woodchucks
Ain't Nature a mother?
Morning, all. Beeper went off. Checking in while waiting to see if it's a go or not.
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We've had a spate of glorious Spring weather, the kind that lures nearly everybody outside into their gardens that's due to be briefly interupted by cool showers tomorrow, with a return to paradise all next week.
woodchucks will be disappointed, I have absolutely forbidden any funeral, burial, etc. for me - but having woodchucks playing with my bones woulde be fun.
I'm thrilled that the majority of our population understands what a disaster Bush has been despite all the lies of the corporate media. But I think we can't expect people to see the details of the disaster when the details are kept well-hidden.
I can't imagine what things are going to be like when the Dems can get into all the lies and cover-ups and find out what's really been going on.
When I get around to it, I'll write something up on "green" burials. They're effectively illegal in Canada. Not sure about down in the states.
Nope, i don't have to go in yet. Back to bed for another hour or two - gonna be a long day.
Later!
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I always rather liked those Arapaho Pyre/Platform
thingies, m'self
Moe, I just saw something on green burials on teevee the other day. They featured a place in, believe it or not, South Carolina. Very nice.
People should be allowed to biodegrade and REALLY "return to the earth."
We waste too much money and time to be buried.
Burn me, and call it good. Then, have a big ass fucking party.
Moe Szyslak | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 7:14 am | #
Sounds like the 5th act of Hamlet, when they're trying to bury Ophelia and keep finding grave-crashers. One, Yorick, they even recognize
green burials would be very much preferable to those cushiony coffins I used to play in at a friend's house - her dad was a funeral director.
I sure hope Jeevan didn't go into the software business for the accolades.
Lindsay-- that's great.
BD-- it takes a hell of a lot of fuel to burn a human body. Crematoriums are hugely polluting- the larger ones even turn up on the large single source polluting list here.
In England, green burials are routine, and the cemeteries are essentially forests. You get a GPS number for your loved one, and you stroll in the woods, under the trees that their ashes have fed.
What's a green burial.
Just putting the body in the ground without a casket?
On "How It's Made" this week - I saw how coffins are constructed.
The price has nothing to do with the quality of materials used. De Nadda. They're constructed using shit material - and the only thing of real value is the lining.
Wait, Moe; I'm not sure I understand -- The Brits are cremated, then turned into the soil?
Plantsman, be nice to Jeevan. He's really doing a heck of a job.
And I had fun yesterday googling for graphs on the 'costs of regulation'. you have to love the nutcases who do these things. heh.
Just putting the body in the ground without a casket?
ql in ny
Pretty much. They use coffins made of untreated wood.
Here's Wikipedia on green burials:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco...ki/Eco-
cemetery
I am getting to an age where I need to research the costs, because that certainly would be my preference. (As my mom used to say, bury me in the compost pile.)
I am being nice. When I stop to think of the complexity involved, it amazes me that HaloScan EVER WORKS. And I wasn't tossing brickbats at him yesterday when he was here. Just being snarky.
Oh, I shouldn't have said "ashes" plantsman-- their decaying bodies feed the trees.
Ah. Now that, as a gardener, I can understand.
I forget the 'average funeral' cost - but it's something in the $5-8k range.
Am I the only one intimidated by knowing how many people are reading the comments. I mean I always knew there were a bunch of lurkers, but having the number displayed makes it impossible to pretend that this is just a chat amongst like minded people.
From the
http://www.greenburialcouncil.or...ers.php\">green burial council:
The Green Burial Council Approved Burial Package, which bans the use of formaldehyde-based embalming, vaults, and caskets that are not biodegradable, is now offered by cemetery and funeral providers in the following states:
California
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
New Mexico
New York
South Carolina
Wisconsin
ql, there is a similar display at correntewire, hundreds reading and tens commenting.
Hi NSA! I'm about to go do the fire ants eliminating thing, tune in by satellite!
I might get intimidated when the numbers get a lot bigger. But having been a lurker for a good while before I got up the nerve to post, I figure some people are just listening while we chat.
I would doubt the proportion of non-commenters remains this high later in the day, but I could easily be wrong. When I think of the time it took me to get my web legs and feel competent commenting, I'm not surprised or intimidated.
Oooh, the "scroll troll" thing has been replaced with this pleasant comment:
Your comment contains too many line breaks and will not be added (you have 21 carriage returns)
and your original is left for you to re-format. Good job, Jeevan!
Good morning, all. A very sneezy morning here. A local wingnut radio talker was fired yesterday. Jessica McBride did a Horrible podcast about a 4 year old black girl who was killed by gunfire while jumping rope. She is being replaced by.....Dennis Miller. True progress.
Debbis Miller horrifically sucks
Now to see if when HaloScan "drops" a post it still says (tersely, I might add) "You've already said that." (Duplicate Post)
Ralphie, there does seem to be an endless supply of the wingnuts, doesn't there?
Sigh....
Who was the woman known as the scourge of the US funeral industry? Jessica Mitford, I think.
I remember her on TV once making fun of people who spend big bucks on hermetically sealed, vacuum-suctioned coffins, thinking they'll be preserved forever, better than mummies.
She tried to explain anaerobic bacteria and the slimy decompoisition caused by them, but kept interrupting herself with snorts of laughter
Ralphie, there does seem to be an endless supply of the wingnuts, doesn't there?
There certainly are more than the population requires. We have 2 wingnut stations in Milwaukee and most of the listeners and callers come from the lily white suburbs, not the city itself. Sennsenbrenners district is just outside the city. I guess that explains a lot.
30 visitors online?
uh, hi!
"Margaret Carlson likes to honk my horn"-Fred Thompson
jdw, 
'Mamber how Silent Spring author Rachel Carson was simultaneously celebrated and villified in the press? That's my first "eco-Celebrity" memory, so to speak.
This is difficult. I have been coming here for a while. Sometimes I think you are all related and it is some kind of club that you must earn entrance to be acknowledged. Sometimes people are warm and fun, sometimes I feel I must enter an IQ before anyone will respond to me. I do not enjoy the whole lurker aspect, as I feel like one and that is uncomfortable. In the end, I come here less often than I used to, but living in PA (not Pgh or Phil) is extremely difficult for a liberal who does not want to go insane. I needed like minds and found it but maybe everyone is paranoid of trolls. I continue to enjoy the site but do not pretend to be part of the gang. Also do not enjoy feeling as a lurker. I love the debate and hashing it out over issues. This forces me to clarify my thoughts. TY
Tweety was so durned taken with Fred Thompson's put-down of Michael Moore, poor boy!
I thought that every time you honk your horn an aborted fetus got its wings. That's wrong?
I really suspect that the wingnuts are dying out, since the highschool kids who were my kids' classmates were about half minorities. but they have a lotta confidence.
Do whatever feels right here. I know I'll never be a "Kewl Kid" here, and my intellect and edumacation don't measure up, yet I've been pretty well accepted as who I am - with the exception of a few trolls.
hi mer!!
dunno if the numbers mean much...i'll open a comment window, get called away by biz, and not reappear for hours......
Don't know how much weight to give it, but Weinstein is claiming that the government wants to censor Michael Moore's film "Sicko". Specifically, they want to cut out the last twenty minutes wherein Moore takes some 9/11 workers to Cuba for treatment.
I was too fearful to type comments at one time.
Then, I found cannabis. Wait... I found it long before that -
camelot, it can be difficult. I pretty much post just in the mornings; I can't keep up later in the day.
But it does, as you say, keep ya thinking.
Where in PA are you? (I gots relatives. )
hi, cmelot, and welcome. being liberal in a wingnut community, this place keeps my hopes alive.
welcome camelot. Most of us don't bite. Unless that is your kink.
Man accused of stabbing roommate has testimony cut short by judge
The testimony of a former Dalhousie University student accused of stabbing his roommate in 2000 was cut short Friday as it quickly began to resemble an award acceptance speech.
At the end of two hours of direct examination in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax, defence lawyer Jean Morris gave her client the chance to address the court, stressing he wasn’t obliged to.
But Paul David Kagan, on trial a second time for aggravated assault, jumped at the opportunity and turned, smiling, to Justice Glen MacDougall.
"It’s been a lengthy 6½ years," the 25-year-old said. "I would like to thank you for your time here, to stand trial."
The first time the Ontario native took the stand, four years ago, a jury found him guilty and a judge sentenced him to 10 months in jail, followed by a year on probation. Mr. Kagan appealed the conviction and won a new trial.
The kudos didn’t end with the judge, as Mr. Kagan shared his appreciation for the "$200,000" his parents have shelled out in legal expenses since he was arrested for the Dec. 8, 2000, assault.
Almost simultaneously, Justice MacDougall and the Crown interrupted, pointing out to the young man that such speeches are highly inappropriate in the midst of a trial.
Yew got a fair selection of hosers up there, eh?
"hi, cmelot, and welcome. being liberal in a wingnut community, this place keeps my hopes alive.
Ruth"
yes.
and then there's the bacon...
We allow Canadians to post here too. So, we are a pretty tolerant community
I thought that every time you honk your horn an aborted fetus got its wings. That's wrong?
CJD>T
No, no, no.
It only happens when George Bush milks a bull.
Welcome Camelot. The best thing about this blog for me was realizing I wasn't alone in Bush Derangement Syndrom (hereinafter BDS). I stopped whispering when ranting against the regime. And I'm in NYC and still felt I had to keep it quiet.
that the government wants to censor Michael Moore's film "Sicko". Specifically, they want to cut out the last twenty minutes wherein Moore takes some 9/11 workers to Cuba for treatment
I think that transposition shows the complete ineptness of our health care system. People who worked to save lives post 9-11 in NYC - who won't even get treated by those they served.
That shows how truly fucked this nations healthcare and governmental 'safety nets' are completely fucked.
only the kind of Canadian that was born on the right side of the border.
mimi, I'm kidding.
One of my favorite SciFi authors, C J Cherryh , describes the effects on humans of transit through hyper-space as very fuzzying, but in her conception house plants love it and go crazy with growth - I know not why.
I'm not Canadian.
/ducks, runs
and then there's the bacon...
I have bacon. And, sausage, ham, bratwurst, pork chops...
Mimi has not been heard from in a while.
only the kind of Canadian that was born on the right side of the border.
mimi, I'm kidding.
Ruth
Oh brother, now you've done it.
Hell, our Governor was born in Canada, eh?
no, but mimi is welcome. if she can't stand kidding, I'm sorry.
bacon isn't good for you. Try walnuts.
(channels GWPDA)
So, if I say that haloscan seems to be working this morning, will I jinx it?
Try walnuts.
Walnut smoked bacon, I'll have to try that.
see, i go away for a few minutes and the counter says 30. now it's at 42.
you liberals breed like rats...
no, but mimi is welcome
You must have missed the part where she went after Molly, accusing her of being a bad mother, and then went on to make racist comments about the Irish. She hasn't been back since.
you liberals breed like rats...
Gosh let's hope so!
bacon isn't good for you. Try walnuts.
Ruth
Walnuts? Have you ever tried to slice up and fry walnuts?
It doesn't work. Don't ask me how I know this.
Walnut smoked bacon
No thanks.
GO FIGURE!
Blair makes "surprise" Iraq visit, calls security improved.
WAIT FOR IT...
While he is there, three mortar shells hit his compound inside the Green Zone.
"Gosh let's hope so!"
now, there's 46.
it must be propogation thru cuttings...
Don't look now jdw - there's 46 of 'em.
heeeeeere's Lanny davis
CSpan
Actually, he's a nice guy. I worked for his campaign in MD once upon a time.
it must be propogation thru cuttings...
That damn plantsman is at it again.
Some countries are blocking certain websites.
The study did not attempt to chronicle the effectiveness of the efforts. Some technical approaches are better than others in blocking sites, but all can be bypassed by those with enough technical know-how to use "proxy" techniques or special software.
The organization said the list of regions chosen for review should not be considered comprehensive. It didn't include any countries in North America or Western Europe, on grounds that filtering practices there have been better known than elsewhere. It also excluded North Korea and Cuba for fear of risks to collaborators it would need in those countries.
I can only conclude that whatever Chimpy has is contagious, because just about everybody he's been in contact with seems to be terminally stoopid.
"Don't look now jdw - there's 46 of 'em."
can there really be that many lurkers? c'mon people, chime in.
Anybody else hear that 911 call from the cop who stole weed he'd seized in a bust, made brownies, shared them with his wife, got high and feared they would die?
He asked the 911 dispatcher the score in the Red Wings game.
Blair makes "surprise" Iraq visit, calls security improved.
While he is there, three mortar shells hit his compound inside the Green Zone.
attaturk
Ummm, yeah, sorry about that.
We thought you were Dick Cheney. We hate that fat fucker.
Blair makes "surprise" Iraq visit, calls security improved.
WAIT FOR IT...
While he is there, three mortar shells hit his compound inside the Green Zone.
attaturk
But! Nobody honked a horn! Nyah, nyah, nyah.
Tim Russert's brain is made completely of oatmeal.
can there really be that many lurkers? c'mon people, chime in
See - ya scared one of them off. Dammed ol' scary internets.
missed the molly as bad mother routine, but are you sure that was mimi?
okay, I have this fantasy where troll ingratiates itself and engineers a persona then tries to move commenters into some kind of position. Working on it.
Resist the Urge To Control The Lurkers.
missed the molly as bad mother routine, but are you sure that was mimi?
Yup, she forgot to change her home page.
"See - ya scared one of them off. Dammed ol' scary internets."
wow...looks like i did.
i didn't even like the internets at first, but then i found places where i could editorialize. i couldn't imagine not being able to shoot my mouth off.
It was mimi in Zurich the day of the French (run off) election. Said we were all old, disabled, divorced, alcoholics, got all snotty and left.
Now if we're gonna start resisting urges, I'm leaving!
missed the molly as bad mother routine, but are you sure that was mimi?
Yup, she forgot to change her home page.
ql in ny
Que?
It was mimi in Zurich the day of the French (run off) election. Said we were all old, disabled, divorced, alcoholics, got all snotty and left.
plantsman
I am NOT divorced!
"Said we were all old, disabled, divorced, alcoholics, got all snotty and left."
3 out of 4 ain't bad, for an internet diagnosis...
I'm old.
"Gosh let's hope so!"
now, there's 46.
it must be propogation thru cuttings...
jdw | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 7:54 am |
So when did Jeevan add this new surveillance thing?
Howdy jdw, how is NE Ohio?
And how are the fuzzballs?
Lurking? No. Was paying bills and just now logged on
Wow, a visitor counters. Just another thing to cause HaloScam to go tits up.
I'm snotty.
Hot Times on the Hill [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
A little immigration dish: On Brit Hume's show, Major Garrett reported this evening, attributing it to Republican sources that during immigration negotiations yesterday John McCain accused Texas Senator John Cornyn of trying to block the immigration compromise; Cornyn responded by noting McCain had been too busy running for President to have participated in the negotiations, McCain responded by using the F-word expletive to the Texas Senator.
I thought it was only libruls who used such despicable language on the Tubes.
It was mimi in Zurich the day of the French (run off) election. Said we were all old, disabled, divorced, alcoholics, got all snotty and left.
plantsman
I am NOT divorced!
jac
I'm NOT disabled!
I don't go to them fucking meetings!
Old Check
Disabled Check
Divorced Check
Alcoholic Not yet
Again with the "Enable Cookies to Post" shit!
mimi also said we were hypocrites and stupid.
Again with the "Enable Cookies to Post" shit!
plantsman,
You're being punished for not resisting the urge to control those not resisting the urge to control lurkers who resist the urge to post.
missed the molly as bad mother routine, but are you sure that was mimi?
Yup, she forgot to change her home page.
ql in ny
Que?
jac | 05.19.07 - 8:00 am
mimi has issues, whatever/whomever she is. But a couple of former ex-pats said that her writing on living in Europe sounded quite legit. So if she's a troll, she's really living in Europe. And apparently she hates civil engineers and moms shouldn't drink.
Lanny talking about the fact that had to put in the letter, not the report, that FBI violated law - and was treated by WH as staff.
"And how are the fuzzballs?"
fuzzy. i may be offline shortly. have a carpenter coming to install some crown and baseboard here in the office, which necessitated moving all this crap to the center of the room.
i gots about 10 years of cat hair around the edges.
my wife was smart enuf to get the hell out of the house for the next few days.
I'm not divorced, I'm gaily single.
Ol' yeller wanders away for long stretches of time, shows up whenever he wants, randomly.
Where do I pick up my "VISITOR" badge?
And apparently she hates civil engineers and moms shouldn't drink.
Buckeye
Who among us does not hate Civil Engineers?
I'm not divorced, I'm gaily single.
plantsman
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Where do I pick up my "VISITOR" badge?
In Jeevan's office.
"Alcoholic Not yet
Ralphie"
c'mon, you can do it!!! let's see some effort! you always were lazy, ralphie, and it's time you followed thru on your assignments...
Where do I pick up my "VISITOR" badge?
Right by the bio-metric Iris-Scan concession.
"And how are the fuzzballs?"
fuzzy. i may be offline shortly. have a carpenter coming to install some crown and baseboard here in the office, which necessitated moving all this crap to the center of the room.
i gots about 10 years of cat hair around the edges.
my wife was smart enuf to get the hell out of the house for the next few days.
jdw | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 8:05 am
smart woman.
My friend has suggested a very sensible way to rearrange the furniture in my living room. This would require moving everything to the center. I don't want to know what the accumulation of dust and cat hair looks like.
Where do I pick up my "VISITOR" badge?
See NTodd out behind the Tastee Freeze later.
And a happy birthday goes out to Ho Chi Minh and Saloth Sar, better known as Pol Pot. Oh, and Anne Boleyn got the whack today.
Where do I pick up my "VISITOR" badge?
Raul Jetski
Did you sign the loyalty oath yet?
Where do I pick up my "VISITOR" badge?
Raul Jetski
First, you have to attend a thread, where you say, "Hi, I'm Raul Jetski, and I'm a lurkerholic."
Then we say, "Hi, Raul!"
Then you show us your tits.
Or you can skip that last part by giving us all a Coke.
Holden has a copy of the other by-laws. And the ponies.
moms who don't drink beat their kids.
old, I'm only 62! and I am a hypocrite. I keep insisting I can live in wingnut land, be friendly with wing nuts and keep acting in their interests while they fight it.
Then we say, "Hi, Raul!"
Then you show us your tits.
Or you can skip that last part by giving us all a Coke.
It also helps if you scream "Fuck Bush!" at least once during the meeting.
Morning, rational people. I slept in a little.
Ha ha ha
Before: "I hate Michael Moore"
Then: Michael Moore anonymously pays his $12,000 medical bill.
Now: "I REALLY HATE MICHAEL MOORE!"
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonl...5/18/223744/
567
It also helps if you scream "Fuck Bush!" at least once during the meeting.
Supreme Commander Thor
I completely forgot that part. Sorry.
If you're having trouble working up to it, turn on CNN or MSNBC. Take about 15 seconds that way.
Not to defend mimi, but her objection was that Molly was drinking while she is still nursing. Like Molly would jeopardize her kids.
Ha ha ha
Before: "I hate Michael Moore"
Then: Michael Moore anonymously pays his $12,000 medical bill.
Now: "I REALLY HATE MICHAEL MOORE!"
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonl...5/18/223744/
567
so good ya said it twice.
From the May 17th Cursor
With 2 of the Big 3 network news broadcasts opting not to cover James Comey's testimony, 'Alberto G.' is sticking to his sworn statement that 'The President's Secret Program' had "aroused no controversy inside the Bush administration."
Have news media got their talking points yet on covering this?