I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
PELOSI!
I would like to thank you, Atrios, for a wonderful place to vent.
And wish you happy holidays!
And screw haloscan!
Snacks still suck here.
anchovies!
Last-minnit GIFTS!
Barely have to leave the house!
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TOW, glad to hear you are well.
this is nuts!
Why aren't you the moral compass/America's blogger anymore, NTodd?
(that thread was nucking futs)
PELOSI! - NTodd
On a spit!
I never, ever knew when the light went out of the world you would chase it.
Dear love, my brother.
Why aren't you the moral compass/America's blogger anymore, NTodd?
Oh, I forgot to change my nym yesterday.
ErinPDX, how are you doing? Yes, this is nuts!
I shoveled the driveway this afternoon, but you can't tell by looking at it now. 
From Below
How's Sconie?
Andy, I've been working with my wine all day, I'm not getting the reference...
AndyMN: Why aren't you the moral compass/America's blogger anymore, NTodd?
If he's not, I have to give someone else credit if I see a mass back-turning on that religious son-of-a-bitch on I-Day?
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Oooooookay, why not this?
http://www.vanityfair.com/images...fey-0901-
01.jpg
dt'd
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"Snacks still suck here."
you volunteered to live in the ass end of nowhere...
Oh, I forgot to change my nym yesterday.
Fuck yeah! Because you choose speak for everyone that's ever come to this blog, per some comments.
I shoveled the driveway this afternoon, but you can't tell by looking at it now.
Me too, but the neighbors were looking at me really weirdly when I dragged that shovel against the bare concrete...
ErinPDX!
hey dearie
NTodd, you at your in town manse or the rural dacha? Right at 0° here; -3° in the parking lot at On The Rise bakery/jazz club in Richmond.
I shoveled the driveway this afternoon, but you can't tell by looking at it now.
I've shoveled the path and the sidewalk four times now. Still snowing.
Hit and run.
I was trained as a theoretical physicist, but I grew up in New Orleans, and I am quite a bit more superstitious than I should be. Voodoo was very real in my childhood. I could tell you a couple of stories you wouldn't believe.
I think Andy should get the sheets. I think they'll bring him and Zapette good luck. Anyway, I hope so.
Goodnight, all.
"I've shoveled the path and the sidewalk four times now. Still snowing."
snow sucks
I shoveled the driveway this afternoon, but you can't tell by looking at it now.
TOW, I did the same, and it's drifting in as well as filling with new snow. So What, I am Not going anywhere tomorrow.
Y'all are making me have PTSD symptoms. That's Post Traumatic Snow Drifting...
I shoveled the driveway this afternoon, but you can't tell by looking at it now.
It took me several attempts to get the car in the garage. I shoveled, and it's all for nothing. We're a foot above normal on snow this year...and it's only December. Ugh.
NTodd, you at your in town manse or the rural dacha? Right at 0° here; -3° in the parking lot at On The Rise bakery/jazz club in Richmond.
Chez NTodd. -2F. Dogs peed very quickly this evening.
Warm person wants me to get in warm bed. Night, bats...
I think Andy should get the sheets. I think they'll bring him and Zapette good luck. Anyway, I hope so.
Oh, lord. The Duggars are selling their lucky sheets?
OH MY! How ConvieeEEEEEEEEeeenient!
Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash
Snowing here since about 3:20, only about 1.5 new inches so far, and no real wind here so far, and I still have power! 
Atablarasa, I grew up in Illinois. PTSD must be what I have too. I swear I was having childhood flashbacks while shoveling.
Awww...thanks Derbes. I put my bid in to Auntie.
"Chez NTodd. -2F. Dogs peed very quickly this evening."
wow - better you than me.
btw things are cool.
btw things are cool.
Sweet.
put my bid in to Auntie.
Ah. Much better.
freezing rain is solidifying the snow on my car right now. Downtown P won't get it for a day or so, KGW say.
Rove IT consultant crash and burn:
Algorem (1000+ posts)
Sat Dec-20-08 09:39 PM
Original message
19 News Cleveland says a Connell friend warned him that someone may
be tampering with his plane and that Connell canceled a couple of flights because he thought someone may have tampered with his plane.Reported that at 10pm,didn't say where they got info ,didn't say it was an "exclusive".I doubt it's on their website yet or if it will be or if that story is all over the place already.Their news is on at 10 on channel 43,then at 11 on 19,so I suppose they'll repeat the story at 11.
http://www.woio.com/Global/categ...gory.asp?
C=4397
i'm too lazy too look all over their website for it because their website is a pain and it's probably not there anyway.
http://
www.democraticunderground...mesg_id=4693892
Even the paranoid have enemies.
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Gee, what a surprise.
The required transfer in four weeks of all of the Bush White House's electronic mail messages and documents to the National Archives has been imperiled by a combination of technical glitches, lawsuits and lagging computer forensic work, according to government officials, historians and lawyers.
But archivists are uncertain if the transfer will include all the
electronic messages sent and received by the officials, because the administration began trying only in recent months to recover from White House backup tapes hundreds of thousands of e-mails that were reported missing from readily accessible files in 2005.
In case anyone wants a snack, I haz cookies. Did a lot of baking while the furnace was on the fritz.
Ah. Much better.
C'mon...you know me better than that!
About once a year (so far, anyway) the Superstitions and Four Peaks get snow on them. That's about 10 miles from me at the closest, and about 3,000' higher. And that's just about as close as I want it to get. If I want snow, I'll drive up to the mountains, play around, and drive home to my nice relatively warm home.
My wife makes noises about missing the seasons, but then she never had to scrape an inch of ice off the windshield, either...
C'mon...you know me better than that!
AndyMN
I do, and wish you guys all the best. Stay warm and hold each other close.
atablarasa, my parents are in So. AZ now, were in So. NM yesterday.
Thanks, Gromit. You too!
herz langy. brolthy. ah haa haa. lickihg hearse. worz ha hilliiszz. zzzz, xxzza.
Then the fucking dude looks up and says, "Hey brother!"
I have a theory
The economic crisis was generated for the express need to break everyone's finances, thus preventing them from affording and reading all the tell all books that will be coming out after Bushco is no longer in power.
Tlaz, just swinging through?
Did we break Haloscan again?
Snowing here since about 3:20, only about 1.5 new inches so far, and no real wind here so far, and I still have power!
Tlazolteotl
...I would offer either you or Erin the use of my snowblower, but both the Medford and Pendleton Weather Service forecast offices say that I will be needing it tomorrow...
So far, the snow has been dry and easy to shovel. The ice tomorrow is what's really gonna suck. 21 degrees here.
atablarasa-
It freaks me out a little reading the comments the Northerners make about their dangerous weather. We're so much safer here, as long as the water doesn't run out and Sheriff Joe keeps his pants on.
Do you folks in the PNW normally lose power in two inches of snow? 
Tlaz, just swinging through?
Yeah, they have two feet of snow at home in Utah, so they're staying south of it. They are in Safford.
AndyMN, no it's the ice storms and high winds that take down the power lines.
We're so much safer here, as long as the water doesn't run out and Sheriff Joe keeps his pants on.
Uh, eww. That was not an image that I needed...
I was at the light parade a couple weeks ago and heard people booing as he went by. That's not something I'd heard before. Maybe the sheriff is running out of happiness...
Do you folks in the PNW normally lose power in two inches of snow?
They are predicting winds later up to 50 mph, with the snow possibly turning to sleet. Sounds like a recipe for power outages to me.
The Dirty Birds are smokin' the Cowpokes.
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30 days left my friends, thirty days.
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30 days left my friends, thirty days.
29 days and some hours too freakin' long...
A couple years ago we got snowed in at Kohl's Ranch outside Payson. 31" of snow. It buried my Corolla. The highway down to Phoenix was closed for awhile and I missed a day of work because I couldn't get back to town.
Jack, I'm sure you will be needing it. As long as we have power, we will be OK, I have groceries for a week.
Yeah, they have two feet of snow at home in Utah, so they're staying south of it. They are in Safford.
Sounds like a good plan, other than not being home for Christmas, maybe...
The ice storms are the worst. Snow, cold, wind you can deal with pretty well so long as you have the electricity.
I can't quite imagine being happy somewhere you weren't supposed to get snow in the winter...
Yes, andy when the ice rain comes da powah gonna go.
no it's the ice storms and high winds that take down the power lines.
Ah...I forget that temps tend to hover around freezing out there (haven't been to the PNW since the "days of rage" with the WTO in '99).
29 days and some hours too freakin' long...
atablarasa
Indeed.
Weirdest Bush moment? The OB/GYN thing.
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nick carraway: I can't quite imagine being happy somewhere you weren't supposed to get snow in the winter...
We usually get just enough, for me.
Slim to none.
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But it's hard to pick a favorite.
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The economic crisis was generated for the express need to break everyone's finances.
This is why Robert Hemphill stated the following in the forward of Irving Fisher’s book, “100% Money,” when he was the Credit Manager of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia:
“This is a staggering thought. We are completely dependent on the Commercial Banks. Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. If the Banks create ample synthetic money we are prosperous; if not, we starve. We are absolutely without a permanent money system. When one gets a complete grasp of the picture, the tragic absurdity of our hopeless position is almost incredible, but there it is. It is the most important subject intelligent persons can investigate and reflect upon. It is so important that our present civilization may collapse unless it becomes widely understood and the defects remedied very soon.”
Well, one of the many fine things about living (or working, or hanging out) in Chicago is that the city clears those streets, by God, and Mayor Daley will be out there with his own monogrammed snow shovel if need be, because, by God, the snow *must be cleared.* A certain 11th-ward Dem was unceremoniously thrown out of office -- with prejudice! -- in a mayoral primary not that long ago because the snow *was not cleared.*
People who have to get to work in the snow have good memories for that kind of thing.
So far, the snow has been dry and easy to shovel.
You're lucky. It's packed slush here. And it's about to start snowing again.
We were living in northern NY in 1998 and went thru this.
We lost power for 2 days and a lot of my coworkers went 2 weeks.
The hospital I worked at lost power, too. Even out back-up generator failed, so the hospital was dark for a night. Next day a local company shipped in a big-ass generator to get us going again.
Sounds like a good plan, other than not being home for Christmas, maybe...
Is okay, they have teh kittehs with them.
Everyone remembers Ned's Atomic Dustbin, right?
The last time we were snowed in, we made cocktails with the snow...
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A couple years ago we got snowed in at Kohl's Ranch outside Payson. 31" of snow. It buried my Corolla. The highway down to Phoenix was closed for awhile and I missed a day of work because I couldn't get back to town.
That was probably one of the times that I was enjoying the snow on the Superstitions...
Nick, absolutely right about the ice. I left Wichita for here just after one of the worst ice storms on record there. The tree branches were lined up on the streets so high and deep that it looked like everyone had suddenly decided to build woven fences at once. And it warmed up just enough in the day following to smooth out the ice so that the snow that came in wouldn't really grip it at all.
But we do have seasons here. There's summer oven, followed by summer monsoon, followed by beautiful fall, followed by cool Christmas, followed by beautiful spring...
We don't get snow cleared really here. Too hilly, a lot of it. And o beat all, our major hospitals are all on one of said hills, dubbed "Pill Hill" by locals.
But tonight after supper I went outside (before the cold front comes through) and cleared the little inch of powder that fell today. It was still, and calm, and quiet, and the streetlights sparkled on the snow. It was so pretty.
Tomorrow it won't be so nice.
You're lucky. It's packed slush here. And it's about to start snowing again.
You're shoveling...?
Something like 15" on the ground here, although it is currently being rearranged into drifts and thin spots as I type. We were lucky to get a bit of a thaw which took most of the first 6-7". Shaping up to be the second straight long hard winter in a row. At least we're going into this one with a decent stack of firewood.
Wichita never had good snow removal either. It usually only snowed a few times a year. The rest of the time it was just cold with a big-ass wind chill. So they never budgeted for it. Then we'd get a bid storm and the whole place would be paralyzed for a few days.
Sort of like what happens when it rains in Phoenix. Nobody knows how to drive highway speeds so the freeways all go to gridlock immediately.
When I was 15, we had a (locally) famous blizzard on Halloween. Got 32 inches in one day.
Almost as bad as the Armistice Day Blizzard.
Nick-
When we lived in the Adirondacks we heated with wood. I'd buy 10 or 15 cords each spring, stack it in an open shed, and let it dry over the summer.
bbl, or bed!
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Is okay, they have teh kittehs with them.
And that's really all that matters!
:D
You're shoveling...?
I don't know that any of it is "shovel-able". It fell all day yesterday and then turned into ice pellets and got all tamped down. There was about an inch of packed slush everywhere. Then it froze ...
If you ever want to have fun being snowed in, try it with rambunctious toddlers! It's fun!
Thx for reminding me to rain-x the car windows
I remember not having power for one full week in 1978 -- ice storm on Long Island in either January or February. Can't remember which. It was freezing, too.
Thers is the hardest working man in fatherhood.
If you ever want to have fun being snowed in, try it with rambunctious toddlers! It's fun!
WHy not just chuck them out in the snow?
I don't know that any of it is "shovel-able".
I know well the NYC phenomenon.
The coldest I've ever been in my life was walking near the Twin Towers in February -- the wind would be like a big giant freezing razor blade. The way that plaza was designed, it just funneled cold air in from the water. Misery.
Yeah, the WTC plaza sucked. The whole "superblock" sucked. It was freezing in the winter and it was horrible -- horrible -- in the summer. A gigantic football field of concrete with nothing breaking it up except asshat i-bankers.
shirmplate: About a quarter of the farm is in woodlot, and another quarter or so in pasture & woods. No shortage of material, but the time is always the problem. Last fall the harvest got so dragged out I had practically nothing on hand.
Chore one day, plow snow the next and cut wood the third. & then all over again. Hashing around in- I dunno, two feet of snow looking for a halfway decent dead oak to cut up. from saw to furnace all winter long. Never again, I said, and got off my ass early for a change.
later
WHy not just chuck them out in the snow?
It would only make them stronger and whinier.
WHy not just chuck them out in the snow?
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 12.20.08 - 11:49 pm | #
And you, a lawyer. Sheesh.
Just to rub it in....
Went to the Water Ranch in Gilbert this morning and spent an hour or so wandering the ponds. A pair of peach-faced lovebirds were nestled in with about two dozen red-winged blackbirds (yup, four and twenty of them). The mallards and the grebes were in one pond and the rest of the water birds were in others as if to stay away from the crazy ones. Hummingbirds were buzzing me because I'd put on my Santa hat. The mockingbirds were getting it on, as were the grackles, so there was quite a concert.
Oddly, the great egrets and great blue herons were mostly abscent...
And you, a lawyer. Sheesh.
The courts give parents a lot of leeway on how to raise their kids.
A pair of peach-faced lovebirds were nestled in with about two dozen red-winged blackbirds
NO FLIRTING.
I think, on the evidence of my spelling, that it's about time to call it a night...
Hey res
The courts give parents a lot of leeway on how to raise their kids.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 12.20.08 - 11:54 pm | #
I was thinking about the tort claims of the neighbors.
The Armistice Day blizzard was nasty... really nice in the morning and the kids went to school without the heavy coats etc. Then the blizzard blew in out of nowhere-- & I don't think there were too many buses...
A pair of peach-faced lovebirds were nestled in with about two dozen red-winged blackbirds
NO FLIRTING.
Lots of flirting there, and considerably more than that in some places. They come down to breed, and they get right with it!
Have updated my blog with a pic my parents sent me of their kitties. Traveling obviously stresses them out!
atablarasa-
There's a couple palm trees nearby that have become lovebird condos. There's some black-faced ones there too, but the vast majority are the cute peachy ones.
I was thinking about the tort claims of the neighbors.
rootless-e, complex | 12.20.08 - 11:56 pm | #
Ha! I finished my drink so I couldn't spit it on the monitor!
Hi, Sallyh. 
Tlaz, yes, they look very stressed. *snort* So where do your parents sleep? Do the cats share?
I think I remember that 1978 storm. It was so warm one day that we had all our windows open, and the next day we were stormed in.
Tlaz - cuties! And the parrots, too!
Shrimplate, what part of the Valley do you call home?
Have updated my blog with a pic my parents sent me of their kitties.
So..they're claiming that darkish, inert lump near the headboard is a cat?
I was thinking about the tort claims of the neighbors.
I thought of "The Ransom of Red Chief".
THERS: "I'll tell you what. YOU pay ME and I'll take them back inside."
If you ever want to have fun being snowed in, try it with rambunctious toddlers! It's fun!
No such thing as "snowed in" here, but when it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, the boys entertained themselves by running down the hall and launching themselves across the room onto the sofa. Over and over and over and over and over...
I've also updated my blog, ala Zap. I just complain about weather.
Blogwhoring the homepage. Highlights from Jan/Feb Foreign Affairs "Beyond Iraq." Two excerpts from the article:
But the situation remains fragile, and the need to pursue a host of second-order tasks should preclude more than modest reductions in U.S. combat and support forces in Iraq through 2009. By mid-2010, however, the Obama administration should be able to reduce U.S. forces significantly, perhaps to half their pre-surge levels. This would be consistent with the accord governing the U.S. troop presence that is currently being negotiated by U.S. and Iraqi officials. In the meantime, the highest political priorities will be ensuring communal reconciliation and an equitable sharing of oil revenues. Diplomatically, as reconciliation gains traction, Iraq's Sunni Arab neighbors will have to be persuaded to work with Baghdad's Shiite-led government.
[snip]
Preventive military action against Iran by either the United States or Israel is an unattractive option, given its risks and costs. But it needs to be examined carefully as a last-ditch alternative to the dangers of living with an Iranian bomb. To increase Israel's tolerance for extended diplomatic engagement, the U.S. government should bolster Israel's deterrent capabilities by providing an enhanced anti-ballistic-missile defense capability and a nuclear guarantee.
Lovebirds come originally from Africa; Nairobi area I think. They travel there in large flocks that can pick over crops rather badly.
Imported here as pets, but a few escapees have settled in quite well in Phoenix.
Ali, it did keep them amused, I assume
Nowdays not only do the kids not have to walk to school they don't even have to ride the bus... if I happen to be in town when school gets out it's a veritable parade of newish cars being driven by munchkins talking on cell phones.
The school buses are nearly empty in the evenings...
I think I remember that 1978 storm.
My family slept in our den -- where there was a big fireplace -- for a week. My mother was cooking in that fireplace. It was fun for about two days. Then, not so much. There was a blizzard at the end of the week, so we got ANOTHER week off from school.
Dolls with movable limbs and removable clothing date back to 200 BCE.
atablarasa-
Central Phoenix here. Sounds like you're in the East Valley.
res, I remember the 1978 storm. We had no heat or light for three days.
The trees in our yard were totally iced over. Made for some interesting photos, but otherwise, not much good to say about it.
Ali, it did keep them amused, I assume
Sallyh, Sad Grandmere
Apparently!
Surprising our furniture holds together at all, really.
Repair and restoration of antique and other dolls is carried out at doll hospitals, many of which have been operating for decades. Henri Launay, who has been repairing dolls at his shop in northeast Paris for 43 years, says he has restored over 30,000 dolls in the course of his career. Most of the clients are not children, but adults in their 50s and 60s.
Here' something about that 1978 ice storm.
Funny. I remembered that it started on Friday the 13th and the day that Hubert Humphrey died.
I was thinking about the tort claims of the neighbors.
Our children would go all Lord of the Flies within minutes...
Thers, in our family's case, that was the status quo.
Imported here as pets, but a few escapees have settled in quite well in Phoenix.
Yup, but they're putting some pressure on the local birds that nest in the saguaros.
And I'm basically at the Loop 202 and Broadway, so between AJ and Mesa (not that you can tell the difference!).
You must be close to GWPDA, then.
Our children would go all Lord of the Flies within minutes...
I thought they already have.
Yes, that black blob is 'Trouble.' The yellow tabby and white Scottish fold is Angus.
res ipsa-
I was in Potsdam NY for that 1978 storm. It's cold and snowy there anyways.
shrimplate, I still have some pictures I took of that storm. The trees were beautiful ... but a lot of them wound up losing limbs and some of the smaller ones bent right over to the ground.
Here' something about that 1978 ice storm.
That was the one in the Ang Lee movie, right?
That was the one in the Ang Lee movie, right?
I think it was, yes.
You must be close to GWPDA, then.
atablarasa
I believe so, though I haven't pried. They mentioned the Food City on Central & Dunlop earlier today, and that's the closest one to me.
Chilies roasting in those big cylinder things.
Over and over and over and over and over...
LOL
oh can i relate
Key Parties!
Surprising our furniture holds together at all, really.
Don't assume adult children are any better. First time I went to visit Mr. Snugglebunny's family at home for Christmas, his parents had just bought a new couch.
Let me preface this all by saying the smallest sibling is the daughter, at 6'1". The boys run 6'2" to 6'5". They are not small people.
By the end of the night, the new couch was broken, thanks to Mr. Snugglebunny and his older brother, who decided to - and I am not making this up - WRESTLE EACH OTHER on it. I believe control of the remote was up for grabs.
They were 31 and 32, resepectively, at the time.
The young one has a sleepover guest here tonite. Very civilized they are. Tossing them out will probably not be a necessary consideration.
Wow...it's already -8. And the Strib's printing Lutefisk recipes. I think that's a health code violation.
http://
peripateticphotos.blogspo...blackbirds.html
I'm working on the site at the home page and hope to get it updated with a birding page in the next week or so, but for now this link is to the birds on my blog...
-8. Los Yikes!
It's hard for me to believe that I used to do a lot of outdoor activity in that kind of weather.
Just put in Sloan...rockin' the Rowsdower household!
They were 31 and 32, resepectively, at the time.
Snugglebunny
Oh, I did NOT want to hear that! 
Snuggleunny, there's something about returning to your parents home. People revert to childhood behaviors. I know my sister and I certainly did. We lived over 1,000 miles apart, but within 10 minutes of being back home, we were arguing as if we'd never left.
Furniture wasn't usually damaged, however.
Off to bed. Be good and love each other. But not like a gynecologist would practice his "love" with his patients if he could. That's just wrong.
-8. Los Yikes!
It's hard for me to believe that I used to do a lot of outdoor activity in that kind of weather.
Ditto. I'd go out for a nice four-mile run in that kind of weather. Yak trax on my feet if it was icy... Come back with my face mask frozen to my beard and my nose hairs... Well, anyway, I don't miss that, though I do miss the ability to go for that kind of a run...
The house is all quiet now.
I'm going to go practice my scales and think about sleep.
I will be wishing good things to those of you in the frozen northern regions. I've been there and done that, and it can be teh suxor. Be well, all.
On Jan. 20, I'd like to hear 200K devices play the TThhAAt's AAll Folks, ending to the cartoons.
Furniture wasn't usually damaged, however
It does seem like a reasonable limit to set, doesn't it? And yet.
Andy's a tough kid. -8 is really, honestly better than -30. This has been a really fucked-up winter. So early for this shit.
Andy's a tough kid. -8 is really, honestly better than -30. This has been a really fucked-up winter. So early for this shit.
Andy may be a tough kid, but he shares teh gai music.
So early for this shit.
Same in upstate NY. Bitter cold started in October. Not like your bitter cold, but out of season for us. The cold is a good 1-2 months early.
I am really hoping this just means an extended cold season, not that the temperatures will plummet even more come Jan/Feb.
Sleep well, Shrimplate. Thanks for the good thoughts.
And I'm out too. Santa will at least have plenty of landing space for his sleigh... Best wishes to you all, and to all a good night!
(not a T-R-O-L-L was stirring!)
atablarasa, I love the gila woodpecker pics.
Andy may be a tough kid, but he shares teh gai music.
You know I love you, Monica...but dem's fightin' words.
I'm off to bed too. Tomorrow's gonna be busy clearing ice and snow. Stay warm everyone!
I'm going to bed. Further bulletins as events warrant.
not a T-R-O-L-L was stirring!
'Twas the blog before Xmas
And all across Blogger
Not a brownshirt was stirring
They were all playing Frogger...
it's really been a tortuous week - I think Barrack will pursue the torturers - much more division ahead sadly - So, who would jesus strip naked, put in stress positions, manacle from the ceiling so he couldn't sleep and beat every time hr walked into the room?*
*see Taxi to the Dark Side
Nosferatu look-alike contest:
Alan Greenspan (emphasis added)
http://bp1.blogger.com/_H2DePAZe.../
nosferatu2.jpg
Hank Paulson
http://www.nypost.com/seven/0331...hotos/
bus0a.jpg
Neal Kashkari (TARP Bailout Czar)
http://cache.daylife.com/imagese...5sN2fH/
610x.jpg
Gary Gensler (Obama pick for Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
http://cache.daylife.com/imagese...aG84Xe/
340x.jpg
There be blood-sucking vampires are on Wall Street!
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gawd, I dislike Macs.
Anyhoo, an update on the recount. Kill me now.
not a T-R-O-L-L was stirring
trolls don't stir! They shake and trundle and drag their useless appendages.
atablarasa, I love the gila woodpecker pics.
Tlazolteotl
My woodpeckers are bigger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C...h?
v=CKzTvymxKzo
'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
ccokzblog
All other things being equal, 1watt, I would expect that your pecker's bigger than .... nevermind.
We put some Hem on. Neat band.
Hey now, I try to keep it clean here.
no not my pecker, well yes my pecker. Oh never mind.
I'm still on my way to bed, but I just have to say that my pecker seems to be more talented...
poop
seems like it is switching to freezing rain
30 days, then we're whole.
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A freezing rain troll would be a welcome change. The real deal, not so much.
Now we're listening to our wedding song: Dance With Me, Now Darling by Hem. Can't seem to find a youtube link of the song...but it's good.
1Watt, forgot to say that it's cool video, BTW! Thanks for sharing!
(It's not everyone that would post a video of a big pecker like that one for everyone to share...)
Now, g'night...
Cripes, the driving I did on black ice up there before I knew better. One trip from NW Portland to PGE's Trojan Plant with US30 iced from pdx to Scappose. Another time over Cornelius Pass. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
AndyMN | Homepage | 12.21.08 - 12:34 am | #
Nate Silver, who has been so reliable in election-result projections this year, is still putting his money on Franken:
Franken is Winning, and Coleman Knows It
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2...n-knows-
it.html
I wish the FBI and the federal prosecutor in Minnesota would give Coleman the Blagojevich treatment -- complete with perp walk and the criminal indictment delivered to the media Patrick Fitzgerald style -- even before the vote count is completed...the sooner the better!
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Hey late shifters -
Bathroom is clean(er).
Weather is better here than in Minnesota, but gonna get nasty in a few hours.
I await the recipes for homemade head cheese.
bo, we've had about a foot of snow on the valley floor since this AM and now it looks like it will be covered w/a layer of ice. Kids were out of school all week. Also strong east winds. Younger son's bday party in progress, now drying clothes and baking more in case we lose power. They've had a ball tho. As long as one isn't trying to drive.
Mister X!
Got a key lime fizzy?
How is Clan X?
Black Ice is a bitch. I remember one time in Little Rock, was doing fine until the accelerator cable iced up on the 6 lane. Luckily I was going slow and was driving a 5-speed, so could gear down or up to keep it straight.
I wish the FBI and the federal prosecutor in Minnesota would give Coleman the Blagojevich treatment -- complete with perp walk and the criminal indictment delivered to the media Patrick Fitzgerald style -- even before the vote count is completed...the sooner the better!
Remember who the USAG from MN used to be? Rachael Paulose! That flippin' office is tainted.
As far as the Senate race, I just want it to fucking end. I don't even care who wins anymore. I'm so sick of it. Thanks, Norm...you wore me out.
YTD so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O...iMeMV4_M&
fmt=18
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
ccokzblog
ccokz
I will not believe in black ops.
I will not believe in black ops.
I will not believe in black ops.
How is Clan X?
Sallyh, Sad Grandmere
ChezX is currently getting over the latest elementary-school-cooked-up virus, and are eagerly awaiting the Christmas week...
*slides a frosty Key lime fizzy down the bar, with optional mini-wreath attached to the straw*
How's bayou?
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Do keep'em off the damn road. Dr. Peck was a really fine surgeon and human being that worked on both of the ex's parents and her lost his only son to a glare ice spinout. We also lost a great neighbor to bad tires, bad judgment and an ice patch up around Zigzag.
'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
ccokzblog
ccokz
No. Nothing suspicious THERE! Not at all.
Quentin, I just watched that on the teevee.
Me 2 - nice bass.
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We just put on some Ron Sexsmith. Good, laid-back stuff.
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
ccokzblog
ccokz
I will not believe in black ops.
I will not believe in black ops.
I will not believe in black ops.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office
Didn't Frank Gaffney tell Tweety the other day that 4200 Americans soldiers 'had to die' in Iraq. What's one more death?
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Karl Rove was powerful enough to get Scooter Libby to take the fall for him. He was powerful enough to take something like 8 bites of the apple testifying to the grand jury.
The VP of the White House, the most powerful man in the world covered for Karl, so I think that makes Karl even more powerful.
Do I think that this was just an accident? Yes. These things happen. It's just an accident.
Had the foresight to make the bed earlier while I had some energy. Time to go enjoy the fruits of my labors.
G'nite, All.*
* This offer does not apply to troll, 'Thuglican, or spittle-flecked Fundies.
await the recipes for homemade head cheese.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office
Well, duh:
Head-Cheese: Boil in salted water the ears, skin and feet of pigs till the meat drops off. Chop like sausage; season with pepper, salt, cloves and herbs. Mix all together; put it under pressure to cool. Cut in slices for the table, cold.
--The Home Manual, or, the Economical Cook and House-Book by Elizabeth Nicholson, Philadelphia, 1865
Didn't Frank Gaffney tell Tweety the other day that 4200 Americans soldiers 'had to die' in Iraq. What's one more death?
That has to go down in American history with "There are known-knowns, and there are the unknown-knowns" Rumsfield bit as the most embarassing time in American history.
Let's erase the oughts from our collective memory.
Mister X, mostly okay.
Glad we're leaving town for the holiday week.
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
At least they have one deposition from him. But he was a fundie nut that thought that preventing abortions was more important than saving the constitution.
Connell's friend had warned him about someone trying to tamper with the plane, and Connell had canceled a couple of recent flights.
OTOH: big bad weather.
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Remember who the USAG from MN used to be? Rachael Paulose! That flippin' office is tainted.
AndyMN | Homepage | 12.21.08 - 12:54 am | #
OMG -- I forgot about her! What a nasty piece of work.
Oh, well, so much for perp walks and dramatic readings of the indictment for the media....
Paulose is probably the reason the indictment is taking so long -- they must have enough evidence on Coleman's illegal ties to Nasser Kazeminy to indict him up to his eyeballs.
Kazeminy is Coleman's very own Tony Rezko -- or maybe Jack Abramoff would be a better comparison -- anyway, they're all crooks.
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Meh...I'm still not convinced that Wellstone was convinced. You're not gonna win me over on an IT guy.
What the frick is wrong with my grammar?
Oh yeah...I'm drunk.
Kazeminy is Coleman's very own Tony Rezko -- or maybe Jack Abramoff would be a better comparison -- anyway, they're all crooks.
A-yep. Laurie Coleman (aka: Angela from The Office) is going down, too.
--The Home Manual, or, the Economical Cook and House-Book by Elizabeth Nicholson, Philadelphia, 1865
Xan
Or:
HOOFDKAAS (Head Cheese)
Clean head, tongue, and heart of porker. Soak in water a few hours. Drain and boil until meat slips off the bone. Chop fine and season with salt, pepper, and cloves. Mix well and pack into moulds. When cold slice and serve.
- Hollandsche Kookerij Boek (A Book of Dutch Recipes) Collected from the Dutch housewives of Holland, Michigan by Mrs Rena Dieters and published by the print shop of Steketee - Van Huis, Copyright 1936.
Hmmm. Most folks drop out with head cheese recipes.
We may have a new troll-prufe formula!!
he was a fundie nut that thought that preventing abortions was more important than saving the constitution.
1Watt, Model 271
So good riddance to bad rubbish.
Mister X, mostly okay.
Glad we're leaving town for the holiday week.
Sallyh, Sad Grandmere
As usual, all good thoughts going to you. It's the best we can do.
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You want to know the story behind this Connell guy's death? Google "gwb43.com".
Fourth story down is this summary of what we knew about this back in 07. Corrente fucking owned this story back then, and if I may be so immodest as to say so about 80% of it was my work.
I don't know who to be more enraged at, Lambert for fucking the place to shit or myself for giving up and walking away. Just google that "gwb43.com" though, it's all in there.
there's some people in Chattanooga who are either very nervous or very relieved tonight, in any case. They own the backups to all this data.
I'm going to bed. I just posted an angry rant on the Pioneer Press' site. Apparently, if you're a minority or poor, you're automatically a bad driver, and should get your car towed. Oh, and you're on section-8. These knobs kill me.
Good night.
Roadmaster
Now if we could figure out something to get rid of the poop troll that would be GREAT!
These hot flashes are draining me.
POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!
--The Home Manual, or, the Economical Cook and House-Book by Elizabeth Nicholson, Philadelphia, 1865
- Van Huis, Copyright 1936.
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office |
ahem. Same recipe. I have the clear lead, by better than half a century, in date of publication. I feel obliged to sue on behalf of Ms. Nicholson's estate for plagiarism.
Good night, dear friends.
Deviancy amplification spiral (also simply called deviance amplification) is a media hype phenomenon defined by media critics as an increasing cycle of reporting on a category of antisocial behavior or other "undesirable" events. In 1972, Stanley Cohen wrote a book, Folk Devils and Moral Panics, whose thesis is that moral panics usually include what he called a deviancy amplification spiral.
These hot flashes are draining me.
Terry C ♥s Pres. Obama | Homepage | 12.21.08 - 1:24 am | #
A nice, stiff, gin and tonic can be very therapeutic....
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Sallyh just ate a loaf of bread.
These hot flashes are draining me.
Terry C ♥s Pres. Obama | Homepage | 12.21.08 - 1:24 am | #
A nice, stiff, gin and tonic can be very therapeutic....
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Sarah B. | 12.21.08 - 1:32 am | #
You think? My family accuses me of being bi-polar.
shoes
Poop on me!
Officials say ten passengers were taken to Denver Health and 15 passengers were taken to the Medical Center of Aurora, with minor injuries. University Hospital in Aurora took in eight passengers, all in fair condition. Four passengers were taken to Swedish Hospital, all in fair condition.
Captain Brian Gallager of the Denver Police Department says the most serious injuries were a head injury and one patient who was having shortness of breath.
Crew members on the plane had to activate the evacuation chutes, according to DIA officials, in order to get everyone off the aircraft safely.
Denver Fire Chief Patrick Hynes says firefighters were met with heavy flames when they first got on scene and the entire right side of the aircraft was engulfed. He says fire spread as passengers were evacuating.
Once all of the passengers had safely evacuated, Hynes says the fire had spread inside the plane and firefighters had to go onboard. He says the fire was so hot, it had melted the luggage compartments, which began to drop down onto the seats below.
"It was like a movie scene," said Hynes.
One of the passengers, Maria Trejos, tells 9NEWS the plane was trying to take off, got into the air for a few seconds and then slammed back down into the ground into a ravine off the runway. At that point, she says there was some sort of explosion on the right side of the plane and she saw a big ball of flames.
Maria Trejos says the plane then skidded to a halt after it went off the runway. Passengers were then evacuated to emergency exits and also the slides.
Buzzkill
Terry C ♥s Pres. Obama | Homepage | 12.21.08 - 1:37 am | #
I find that the occasional G&T is a nice treat, but I should have qualified my comment to include that it might not work well for everyone -- it all depends on how you're affected by gin... or vodka, for that matter.
You might need to experiment, safely, of course, and see if it makes you feel cooler and more relaxed.
If you do experiment, try to find Stirrings brand of tonic water -- it's the best! No high-fructose corn syrup like Schweppes and Canada Dry, which are loaded with the stuff. I think a lot of people get higher off the HFCS than they do from the gin!
Cheers! -- and if it works out well, have one for me.
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Afghanistan? Fuck Afghanistan! the war on terror should be focused on the White House, duh!
Yup
Damned kids needed to go pee. If they're not back in 10 minutes I'll have to put on shoes & break them loose.
A nice, stiff, gin and tonic can be very therapeutic
diet tonic water over ice does it for me
Heya SarahB, wasn't sure you were still around. Howzit?
I want to nominate 'Bad Girls From Mars' as the cheesiest movie ever made.
I rented a half dozen movies for the weekend, picked it up as a SciFi Comedy, it's a celebration of tits.
Xan | 12.21.08 - 1:58 am | #
I'm good, but I don't recognize your name right off the bat -- have you posted under different monikers? Refresh my memory....
And have you always been such a fan of head cheese?
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Xan | 12.21.08 - 1:58 am | #
I'm good, but I don't recognize your name right off the bat -- have you posted under different monikers? Refresh my memory....
And have you always been such a fan of head cheese?
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Sarah B.
IIRC a cohort of ChiDi @ Correnti.
All I want to do... is take your money,
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Mother breatsfed me until I was twelve.
I hate Mort Kondrake!
So on talk radio they did a bit about how they wanted Dana Peroxide to come and be their press sec. They talked about how they wanted full frontal nudity from her during the show. Then they talked about how she had a great rack and they one of the other hosts wanted to know about her nudity.
Then the segued into an ad. Now I thought I'd do them a favor and contact the white House and see of she appreciated the request and would she want to come work for them.
What do you think the White House Response would be?
SarahB, I yam what I yam as it were.
Formerly of Corrente? In another life runs a Civil War website with a heavy concentration on 19th century cooking?
Apologies if I am confusing you with another Sarah. No harm intended in any case. And I don't eat the results of all the recipes I post, this one was just a request. From Roadmaster.
IIRC a cohort of ChiDi @ Correnti.
1Watt, Model 271 | Homepage | 12.21.08 - 2:03 am | #
I'm not understanding your comment -- please explain....
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I don't know who to be more enraged at, Lambert for fucking the place to shit or myself for giving up and walking away. Just google that "gwb43.com" though, it's all in there.
Larry Johnson's "Get Stalin" videotapes will, according to vastleft, finally be the end of the Queen of Finland's nefarious rule. if only we had enough tinfoil to get out the truth
What do you think the White House Response would be?
spocko
Per usual incompetence & ignorance.
Xan,
Maybe you're thinking of SarahDeere
Xan | 12.21.08 - 2:06 am | #
Actually, I think you are confusing me with another Sarah -- I have never posted at Corrente. I basically comment here and at Digby and that's about it these days.
I used to comment regularly at AmericaBlog until John Aravosis changed the format and essentially killed his own blog. It still exists, but it's a weak imitation of its former self and all the fun and interesting have deserted like rats vacating a sinking ship.
But, hey, no harm, no foul....
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I'm
watching
Miami
Vice
and
the
slow
talking
Horatio
Larry Johnson's "Get Stalin" videotapes will, according to vastleft, finally be the end of the Queen of Finland's nefarious rule. if only we had enough tinfoil to get out the truth
mrs. ibrahim al-jafaari
And this has what, precisely, to do with the death of Mike Connell in a plane crash yesterday?
supporting data:
http://people-press.org/report/4...-public-
opinion
scroll down to the one word description.
Okay SarahB, I think Kidnap is right and I misread the B for a D. I would blame late hour and drink were it not that Simels would be offended.
He would find it irksome, then regret the error.
Time to fade out it appears. Any posts hereafter purporting to be from me [I really don't know what's up with Gravatar, I signed up for a new one last week and it's never made an appearance] is Not Me.
Night all.
You all exhaust me.
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A true measure of "Heck of a job Bushie"
Speaking in Moscow on Tuesday, chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, General Nikolai Makarov, just about lifted the veil on the geopolitics of the Afghan war to let the world know that the Bush administration was having one last fling at the great game in Central Asia. Makarov couldn't have spoken without Kremlin clearance. Moscow seems to be flagging its frustration to Obama's camp. Makarov revealed Moscow had information to the effect that the US was pushing for new military bases in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Coincidence or not, a spate of reports has begun appearing that Russia is about to transfer the S-300 missile defense system to Iran. S-300 is one of the most advanced surface-to-air missile systems capable of intercepting 100 ballistic missiles or aircraft at once, at low and high altitudes within a range of over 150 kilometers. As long-time Pentagon advisor Dan Goure put it, "If Tehran obtained the S-300, it would be a game-changer in military thinking for tackling Iran. This is a system that scares every Western air force."
It is hard to tell exactly what is going on, but Russia and Iran seem to be bracing for a countermove in the event of the Obama administration pressing ahead with the present US policy to isolate them or cut them out from their "near abroad".
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Sou...a/
JL20Df01.html
Webster - 1828
"condiment - Seasoning; sauce; that which is used to give relish to meat or other food, and to gratify the taste.
"'As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment.' Bacon"
1Watt, Model 271 | Homepage | 12.21.08 - 2:35 am | #
This....a response to Bush's anti ballistic shield ...??
Small, small, small...
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Jefframam..
saw this....thought of you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koo...eekoo/28862673/
whatcha eatin tonight , jeffraham? i have been able to take some solid nourishmnt for the first time in six days, just a few minutes ago.
saltines, yum
you ?
Well, fucking don't all say fucking hello at fucking once, fuckers!
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dusty c.: saw this....thought of you.
Pretty! Yamaha Majesty 125 -- not available in the U.S.!
Nice cat. Also.
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Kidnap: whatcha eatin tonight , jeffraham?
I had a mess of chicken and tots, just a while ago. With BBQ sauce and malt vinegar.
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vinegar, no ketchup
This....a response to Bush's anti ballistic shield ...??
dusty c. |
No, It's been Cheney's project for years. Caused the Georgia war, creating a Russia push into Central American & Cuba.
Kidnap: vinegar, no ketchup
Out of the red stuff.
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Out of the red stuff.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Rule #1, never run out of salsa.
Out of the red stuff.
Rule #1, never run out of salsa.
i buy it by the quart
1Watt: Rule #1, never run out of salsa.
I purposely stay away from salsa, since it makes me want corn chips.
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it's great on eggs, served up on some flour tortillas
Kidnap: it's great on eggs, served up on some flour tortillas
It is, yes... but I prefer something more concentrated on eggy burritos w/cheese.
Del Taco's Inferno Sauce is good.
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My butcher offered to sell me a 40# box of beef for a $100. Mixed: ground beef, steaks, roasts. Can't decide. I've got a 1/2 pig ordered, that won't be much over a 100, but will be about 90#'s.
jeff, me no likee my food too hot
1 watt, thatsa lotta meat
Del Taco's Inferno Sauce is good.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
That'd go good with chicken & tot's. Just pick up extra when you get your breakfast burrito. I'd have a refig. shelf full of that stuff.
1 watt, thatsa lotta meat
Kidnap
That's why I bought a freezer. Keeps stuff for 6 months or more. & I ain't a skinny guy.
130 lbs of meat for 190 dollars is a good deal if it's all usable
130 lbs of meat for 190 dollars is a good deal if it's all usable
Kidnap
It's the best way to go if you can. I got a grain fed beef year before last, 560#'s of very good beef for$1.69 a #.
It's all trimmed & freezer packaged. I split the beef with relatives.
grain fed is the way to go
that price is incredible
that price is incredible
Kidnap |
Steers are 30 cents a lb. cheaper this year, but gain was so high nobody could afford to raise one & sell it so cheap.
does such a lot of meat get freezer burn if you store it so long?
1Watt: That'd go good with chicken & tot's. Just pick up extra when you get your breakfast burrito. I'd have a refig. shelf full of that stuff.
I actually do. They usually put about 3-4 times as much as I'm going to use on my food in the bag when I go through the drive-thru, so it feels less like stealing when I let them give it to me.
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Anyone know how to add a pop-up window to Blogger?
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http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/20...ext-
window.html
does such a lot of meat get freezer burn if you store it so long
Not if it's wrapped well. Mine usually comes double freezer paper wrapped.
Last batch was single sheeted, and I lost some of it to freezer burn.
WE just ordered a whole hog. BIL charges around $1.00/lb With processing, around $2.20/lb - including smoking the bacon, hams and chops.
I love pig shit.
/waves hands in semiphore method
Jesus fuck. This douchebag never sleeps does he?
How the Farm Bill killed the oil speculators:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonl.../284/915/
675384
kidnap - I do know some people who will vacumn-seal the meat when they get it home. That'll also give it a longer shelf life.
Kidnap: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/20...ext- window.html
One of teh first hits on Google I found, yeah... but they don't tell you how to make a pop-up for Blogger. They tell you how to make hyperlinks and text give a "tool-tip."
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Kid Rock has no talent what so ever! He is about the biggest moron alive. He reminds me of another loser.... Madonna..... like her, he only sings off of controversy.... has to add that F word so he can be percieved as cool. What a freaking idiot!!! What is more scary are the idiots that made his album sell. Didn't realize there were that many red-necks still alive. Anyone who gets into a fight at a Waffle House is about as stupid as a rock....yes, a kid rock
steve w/I.Q. of 13....talk about a moron (you)...how in the world did you come up with Madonna as the loser you choose to compare to Kid Rock??? Have you ever listened to his albums or seen him in concert??? He is a very talented writer, musician, and a hell of an entertainer...now I would agree the moron part came into play with Pamala Anderson...but, what do you know, he even came out with a pretty good song there also....
I've never been fond of Kid Rock's stage/off stage demeanor - but he does seem to have a decent amount of talent.
Now, if he could only check his ego a little, his stuff would be more widely accepted.
Me - I usually don't go to mainstream music shows. You'll find me at bluegrass shows, and very small venues.
oh pooooooooooooooooooooop
I hear Kid Rock can fit two pot-bellied pigs in his ass without grease.
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infintesimal
Larry King has him beat, though. Larry King? Four pot-pellied pigs. Right in his ass. No lube, at all.
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I dun fucked up my mandolin playin' hand (not the picking side, the fingerboard side).
I can hardly move my fingers from shifting the tractor and, adjusting the snowblade.
whoops sorry jeff
hope you find what you need
barndog, 1 watt, how long would that meat last two adults?
Barndog: I can hardly move my fingers from shifting the tractor and, adjusting the snowblade.
Alternating hot and cold might help.
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I fucking LOVED watching my alma mater beat Texas in Houston in b-ball yesterday.
barndog, 1 watt, how long would that meat last two adults?
Kidnap
Well, there is typically 2 of us here (unless daughter drops in to live for a few months) - and a side (1/2) beef will go over a year.
Pork sides generally go about the same. Beef is longer, usually because it's twice/3x the size of a pork side.
Tried the hot/cold JP. It's just stiff and sore like a motherfucker. I must have pulled some tendons in my wrist or something.
Burrrppp
who in their right mind wouldn't buy it then
that is a huge savings
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
that is a huge savings
Oh hell yes it is. The other bonus is - you probally know what went into that meat also. All the beef/pork I buy is from family, and I know what they use in their livestock.
we only get our meat at wf so we know (to an extent) what went into it v impotyant, i agree
it is pricey
but we don't eat meat every day
Here is a prime example of stupid republican laws:
Brighton bans being annoying in public
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs...12190459/&
imw=Y
tried an acewrap , bd?
Happy solstice all. IMHO solstice is a competitive thing and it's all down hill from here. Hell, on March 20th we'll move ahead of all you "outsiders" (and I'm not talking about the Permanent Fund)
The Blessing of the World Economic Forum at Davos: Rick's Debut
He was an invited speaker at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. This is the locked down gathering of the "globalization" elite who created and maintain the current state of economic chaos. Davos is isolated, very expensive, and totally off limits. The elite attendees and those who serve them are the only outsiders.
Rick Warren was begat of Billy Graham and anointed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He was on track to be the new "national preacher" until his nasty attitude was exposed. Who, asks Michael Collins, will pray with our presidents if Rick gets the hook?
High priest of the "war of civilizations", Prof. Samuel P. Huntington of Harvard, says that "Davos people control virtually all international institutions, many of the world's governments and the bulk of the world's economic and military capabilities" (LA Times, Jan. 21, 2007)
What better place for America's preacher in chief.
http://www.apj.us/index.php?opti...d=2094&
Itemid=2
but we don't eat meat every day
We don't either. I fish alot during spring/fall, so there is always soem fresh salmon or trout in my freezer.
I don't mind eating vegetarian at all. It's just after 2-3 days in a row of it, I need a steak, or a pork chop....something meat.
Tofu does not do it for me at all.
I only eat beef from vegetarian cows.
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tried an acewrap , bd?
Yeah, but I think limiting the mobility may cause it to stiffen up too much.
I'll get over it. Eventually. Just part of having RA I guess.
we probably have meat three times a week, and then not a whole lot of it
we are not vegetarians, just prefer pasta, eggs, rice
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/stor...ory/
630066.html
I only eat beef from vegetarian cows
That's me too. And, no drugs either. My cows must be vegetarian and sober.
Watch live, solstice in Ireland"
http://www.servecast.com/opw/211...1208/
index.html
Just part of having RA I guess
1Watt: Watch live, solstice in Ireland
Don't we wanna see it live, from Stonehenge?
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1Watt: Watch live, solstice in Ireland
Don't we wanna see it live, from Stonehenge?
Can't be nearly as much fun as watching it live in Anchorage. Hehe.
CityKid: Can't be nearly as much fun as watching it live in Anchorage. Hehe.
Will Barry only be getting 4 hrs. of daylight, today?
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Oh, and... GO TITANS!
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Will Barry only be getting 4 hrs. of daylight, today?
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Depends on where he's at. I don't think he flies north of here and if he's on his regular sched he's enjoying mucho daylight down in the midwest.
Speaking of which, I will mosey, soon, so I can get up to watch the epic struggle.
I think the Squealers have only won one out of seven games played at LP Field...
I saw 'em get beat in the 2003 playoffs, here.
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CityKid: Depends on where he's at. I don't think he flies north of here and if he's on his regular sched he's enjoying mucho daylight down in the midwest.
I think he's home until 2009.
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Newgrange is 5000 years old, predating the better-known Stonehenge in the neighbouring island of Great Britain by more than a thousand years. This makes it the oldest megalithic monument in the world with a known astronomical function.
I think he's home until 2009.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
That's possible, I know he takes a vacation break at some point. We have not talked lately except here when he pointed out that State Sen. John Cowdery (Squarbanks politico) had plead guilty. See: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nat...be_N.htm?
csp=34
SOLSTICE WEBCAST: Dec. 21st is the northern winter solstice. In less than one hour you can watch a live webcast of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange, a prehistoric tomb in County Meath, Ireland. A beam of sunlight will travel down an 18 meter tunnel to illuminate the tomb's inner chamber as shown in this photo by Cyril Byrne (courtesy of The Irish Times):
http://www.spaceweather.com/
night all, i'm fading fast
thanks for the company and info
enjoy the solstice
g'nite
enjoy the solstice
Kidnap
Toodles. I can't see the solstice, since it's snowing out.
Bet if I smoke some weed, I'll see it...
1Watt: SOLSTICE WEBCAST:
By the time I found the link, it had concluded.
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Bet if I smoke some weed, I'll see it...
Barndog, feeling okay
Works almost everytime!
Works almost everytime!
Jesus, with this stuff it does.
Son of a bitch.
I was contemplating going fishing on Friday (day after X-mas) - now the weather people say freezing rain/snow.
Argh!
Well, it's either coffee or bed.
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COFFEE! Make yerself a pot of expresso, JP.
Guess I'd better stretch the 100' electric cord out today, since it's going to be near zero the next couple days.
Ye Old' diesel likes it much better when the coolant is warmed inside the block to start it's day with.
Barndog: COFFEE! Make yerself a pot of expresso, JP.
Might just do. But then, I have to miss kickoff to get beer (which I would have to do, anyway -- no beer until noon on Sunday!).
Then, I can go to bed at 3:15, and get up a few hours later, and go to bed again by midnight?
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COFFEE! Make yerself a pot of expresso, JP.
Barndog, feeling okay
Go for it...it's the shortest day of the year - what more of an excuse do you need?
Then, I can go to bed at 3:15, and get up a few hours later, and go to bed again by midnight?
Something like that... I went to bed at 7 last night. My legs were twitching like I did a pound of cocaine. So, I downed an extra Soma.
Which worked fine until 3:30 a.m.
Barndog: Something like that... I went to bed at 7 last night. My legs were twitching like I did a pound of cocaine. So, I downed an extra Soma.
Which worked fine until 3:30 a.m.
RLS?
They checked for that on me when I got the studies for the apnea.
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Shortest day, longest night. Have an old acquaintance who got married on the solstice - so they could have the longest night in the year for their anniversary.
Too bad he was a republican.
Too bad he was a republican.
So Republicans know how to make love?
RLS?
Not really. I exhibit some symptoms, but mostly from back spasms.
I spent entirely too long outside on the tractor Friday, plowing snow.
I'm just now paying for it, if ya catch my drift. RA plays games with ya sometimes like that.
So Republicans know how to make love?
They did have kids, so apparently they did. At least twice.
They did have kids, so apparently they did. At least twice.
Barndog, feeling okay
Probably just mechanical (cynical Democratic view)
Yup, missionary position only w/ lights out.
Yup, missionary position only w/ lights out.
Barndog, feeling okay
Jeez, I hope you were not there at the moment of conception??????
I'm SO over the Watson's girl.
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So JP did you go with the espresso? My money says you did.
Jeez, I hope you were not there at the moment of conception??????
Thank Dog, I wasn't.
Thank Dog, I wasn't.
Barndog, feeling okay
Whew. After all looking at Porn is one thing, but watching Republicans - well that's a bit over the top.
CityKid: So JP did you go with the espresso? My money says you did.
I had a half-cup of joe leftover from today, so I heated and drank that.
I may go put on some more.
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After all looking at Porn is one thing, but watching Republicans - well that's a bit over the top
Good thing I'm not into pR0n.
I had a half-cup of joe leftover from today, so I heated and drank that.
I may go put on some more.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
In my experience - one good thing leads to another. After all, you can only celebrate the winter solstice once a year. I've also learned that rationalization is key to surviving in a technological economy.
Hell, guess I'd better git that pork loin outta the freezer for Xmas Eve.
CityKid: In my experience - one good thing leads to another. After all, you can only celebrate the winter solstice once a year. I've also learned that rationalization is key to surviving in a technological economy.
Maybe you could buy something from me, then?
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Good thing I'm not into pR0n.
Barndog, feeling okay
Well, speaking for myself - I'd rather be into porn than, oh say, having voted for McCain or thinking that bombing Iraq or Afghanistan was a good thing. I could go on, but..... according to legend I'm supposed to be rolling around in the grass naked because it's solstice. Problem is, there's a foot of snow covering the grass - so I'll have to drink some more wine and contemplate the situation further.
Maybe you could buy something from me, then?
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Jeffraham Prestonian
JP - I'm a photographer - so as I'm sure you are aware, I don't have any money. I would consider a trade though.
CityKid: JP - I'm a photographer - so as I'm sure you are aware, I don't have any money. I would consider a trade though.
You probably have Photoshop skillz, no?
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according to legend I'm supposed to be rolling around in the grass naked because it's solstice. Problem is, there's a foot of snow covering the grass - so I'll have to drink some more wine and contemplate the situation further.
This is why people living in snow environments need outdoor wood fired saunas.
morning, all,
and no way I'm rolling around in 19F out there. Having Costa Rica Sunset BocaJava and loving the indulgence, staying warm inside a throw.
You probably have Photoshop skillz, no?
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Jeffraham Prestonian
minimal - I shoot film.
and no way I'm rolling around in 19F out there
Ruth, where is your sense of adventure?
That's a common practice in the U.P. of Michigan. The Finnish and the locals take saunas, then roll around in the snow between each session.
Cleanses the soul it does.
wise move!
and no way I'm rolling around in 19F out there. Having Costa Rica Sunset BocaJava and loving the indulgence, staying warm inside a throw.
Ruth
LarryElvis, twelve hours ago.
It was dark then, too!
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My sense of adventure lives a quiet indoorsy sort of life, and is quite content with it, thankyew.
My sense of adventure lives a quiet indoorsy sort of life, and is quite content with it, thankyew.
Yes, ma'am.
My sense of adventure lives a quiet indoorsy sort of life, and is quite content with it, thankyew.
Ruth
Stumbling back to my "childhood" I do have some fond memories of saunas, snow, cold, and GIRLZ. But that was, as my SO says - a long time ago.
There is a multi-colored cat (Freckles) at my feet begging for attention.
Citykid, never did the second half of a sauna, that part where you go out and roll in the snow and stuff. Never suffered from the lack either.
Hey, Barndog, the colder it is the more cuddling my Cleocatra comes over for.
I see it's being blizzardy.
I see it's being blizzardy
Yes, it's supposed to turn blizzardly today, or something.
Citykid, never did the second half of a sauna, that part where you go out and roll in the snow and stuff. Never suffered from the lack either.
Ruth, they say that the rolling in the snow part (let alone the lashing with birch branches, or whatever) is good for the circulation. Worked for me back when, now, well I'll stick with you and the Costa Rican blend.
g'nite folks - it's a workday for me today (everybody wants everything before the Holidays).
- Keep 'm honest!
I see upthread that there are more sudden and suspicious deaths being celebrated in liebury circles. Soon there'll be nothing left for the cornerstone!
Ruth, that blizzardly thing.. well I think it's begun.
We'll be content here without the blizzars, thanks. Though I also see from upthread that FeralL got his furnace fixed before the worst of it hit. Glad of that but yikes!
Ruth, that blizzardly thing.. well I think it's begun.
Barndog, feeling okay
Is QL still held up in Donner Pass?
Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 10 am EST
Monday...
Snow showers are expected to continue across the area right on
into Sunday night. Snow accumulations of 2 to locally 6 inches of
snow is expected from late tonight through early Monday morning
West winds will increase this morning... and gusts to 40 mph will become
likely. These winds in combination with the falling snow will
produce a considerable amount of blowing and drifting snow.
Visibilities will likely drop to below a mile at times.
Bitter cold will accompany this storm with temperatures in the
teens and wind chill readings below zero.
Is QL still held up in Donner Pass?
I think so?
ql has vowed not to go to the NW in winter again, I see from yesterday's comments. Not getting out is another matter.
Man, I wish it was light out so I could see the effects of the wind and snow.
A blizzard of support for Obama's latest environmental pics ...
Can't wait for the 20th.
No one is better qualified than Lubchenco, either, to lead a national effort to restore ocean health. A member of the Pew Oceans Commission, Lubchenco understands the quadruple whammy of overfishing, pollution, coastal development and climate change -- and the steps we need to take to reverse the oceans' decline.
The 61-year-old professor is also ideally suited to help resurrect the dead zones that the Bush administration is leaving behind in a different sense, scattered across federal agencies. Across many areas of research, the administration has systematically suffocated science, when it was at odds with Bush policy.
And I see the TX stadium ending was a loss for the 'boys. awwwwwwww. Gloom prevails.
DFH, amazing isn't it, that the new admin brings in a return of science in all those arcane fields, like, say, the economy...
We have a long way to come back from. The right wing has proved it is wrong in every functional way.
Tweety; Obama';s team is telling us just watch what Bush did, that's what we're going to do. huh? the man's blithering idiocy out of sheer spite?
now clip of Nixon repeating The press is the enemy three times.
Heileman at NYT saying they were Bush=+, but with a smile, played it very close to the vest, and Tweety is askign everyone to compare Obama press techniques to w.
DFH, amazing isn't it, that the new admin brings in a return of science in all those arcane fields...
Ruth
How do we stop a repeat performance in the future, especially when the administration faces only a sternly worded reproach for ignoring subpoenas?
Gimlet, I have great hopes for teh Hague. I expect the world may make a few demands. The damage has been immense, in so many ways.
'More spending by governments will be needed to stimulate worldwide economic growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the BBC.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he feared measures announced by the Group of 20 nations last month would not be enough. ' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/busin...ess/
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JokeLine telling us the character of w press relations was keep it all in and then Tell All, as with Woodward.
Wow. It really, really sucks outside.
Sending virtual snowplows, BD
Barndog: Wow. It really, really sucks outside.
Whaddya expect? It's December, and you live in southern Canada!
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JP, it is not scooter weather here either.
Whaddya expect? It's December, and you live in southern Canada!
It hasn't been bad like this in a long time.
Except for the western U.P. - they expect this on a weekly basis. Here, it's like an every 10-20 yr ordeal.
Tweety panel 8 to 4 Kennedy not as good as Clinton. JokeLine saying Kennedy was great because she's 'a wonk'.
Being a senator isn't about being a nuclear physicist, you hire a staff,
all the ladies,
the guys want some one who knows about policy
Tweety now to philosophy, we have a bad track record for experience.
Ruth: JP, it is not scooter weather here either.
It is here -- 30°F, but the roads are dry.
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Diane posting on justice for those criminals in high office, it's our duty - http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Morning, rational people.
Pretty quiet in here this morning. I guess folks partied last night.
Diane C.: Morning, rational people.
I'm not rational -- I'm barking mad!
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Funny how my cat knows it 7 a.m. - and that she is allowed to go outside now.
Love the Dallas financial page. The WiseOldMan is telling us that value comes from use, seems everyone has been asking him what to invest in, so he's talking about machinery. seriously.
I should have mentioned the cat in question is Eve.
Hi, Diane, my helloscum isn't refreshing, and besides, everyone is socked in with blizzards.
headline, NYT, "White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage" meltdown, last word I forget exactly. Goes on from there. 'Encouraged lax lending standards'
now they found out that TrickleDown is Insane.
at CSpan WashJournal
Interesting.
There's a user on Flickr that goes by "tim eschaton," and has a Kymco People 250.
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I'm glad that we finally hit the solstice. I could use a little more daylight. Maybe things won't look quite so bad.
Are you over your chest cold, tho, Diane? (Sending virtual camomile w/honey)
JP, you know what I would really like this morning: biscuits and gravy. I sure wish I had the fixin's for it.
I'm glad that we finally hit the solstice. I could use a little more daylight. Maybe things won't look quite so bad.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
Happy Winter 2008 especially to our friends in the frozen North!
[ducks from snowballs]
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No, I'm not over the chest cold. I did, however, finally get the bronchitis that allowed me to get some prescription cough syrup.
Diane C.: JP, you know what I would really like this morning: biscuits and gravy. I sure wish I had the fixin's for it.
I have the fixin's, but I've been up all night. That'd put me right to sleep, and then I'd miss the Squealers @ Titans game!
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JP, you know what I would really like this morning: biscuits and gravy. I sure wish I had the fixin's for it.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
Be strong. Resist the urge. It will pass.
It's a little chilly here in SoCal, it's just me again. Nothing like the northern tier, though.
Zero degrees here--I'll have to bundle up just to go out the front door to get the paper.
Neither the cat nor dog stayed out very long this morning.
Diane's arteries can just hush, she's earned biscuits and gravy, with hashbrowns.
good morning, all.
It's a little chilly here in SoCal, it's just me again. Nothing like the northern tier, though.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
it is so beautiful here, i'm lovin' all the snow. and it has started again...
i am a little concerned that the solstice bonfire will be canceled though...
Zero degrees here--I'll have to bundle up just to go out the front door to get the paper.
Missouri Bird
Yikes!
Although I remember those early morning temps from my childhood and youth in Milwaukee, I still have difficulty grokking zero degrees, especially since I know the wind-chill factor means it feels much colder.
I could use a little more daylight. Maybe things won't look quite so bad.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
Winter Solstice Fun Fact
Due to the shape and mechanics of the Earth's orbit for folks at mid latitudes (like the US) the latest sunrise is still about 2-1/2 weeks away and the earliest sunset already occurred 2 weeks ago.
Today is the shortest day of the year. True dat!
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WTF is a "brisk wind advisory"?
WTF is a "brisk wind advisory"?
Barndog, feeling okay |
Good sailing or kite flying weather I guess?
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Bundled up to get the paper, indeed. yesterday was balmy.
advising those brisk winds they better lay off or I'll get mad.
'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
Connell's friend had warned him about someone trying to tamper with the plane, and Connell had canceled a couple of recent flights.
Was Wellstoned.
Hi, ina, skip the candy canes in the ale tho, pls
Now we're pickin' up steam, people.
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to be macabre, after all it is the anniversary of Lockerbie today.
Now we're pickin' up steam, people.
You can say that.
Nice photo of Chimpy on this story about the White House and the mortgage meltdown.
“How,” Bush wondered aloud, “did we get here?”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/2...21admin.html?
hp
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Was Wellstoned.
DuaneV, AlfFan
You know, ten years ago I would have told you to loosen up that tin foil hat you were wearing, but now...I have to admit the possibility.
Hi, ina, skip the candy canes in the ale tho, pls
Ruth
ha!
i was lurking and thought to change it before i posted, but as always, i forgot!
You know, ten years ago I would have told you to loosen up that tin foil hat you were wearing, but now...I have to admit the possibility.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
GWB OK's a series of lies and willfull misrepresentations that have led to the deaths of 100,000s of people. They're blood is on his hands.
What's one more soul?
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'nice photo of Chimpy' is what is known as an oxymoron. in so many ways.
I've been thinking about ql. Yesterday about this time she was in the Tri-Cities area of Eastern Washington State, and headed for Seattle, if I'm not mistaken. That would have taken her right through
Snoqualmie Pass, a favorite snowy spot in Washington.
We have a fresh blanket of snow outside.
They're = Their damnit!
Off to get a double espresso - be back shortly.
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plantsman, got in my tulip and daffodil bulbs last week, then it went into the 60's and now its below 20F for a couple of nights. They have to be So Confused,
ql has vowed never to go NW in winter again.
in my fruitless attempt to out-blogwhore simels, here's some homepage action. if you leave a comment, simels gets his wings, or something...
the gingerbread house (just pics)
the wise men (just pics)
a holiday story (long-winded story and blurry pic)
but now...I have to admit the possibility.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
The possibility is made a little less likely, though, by their utter willful ignorance of any practical science and engineering.,,,
snow shoes...
Just downed some toasty oatmeal, my day is complete. sorta
ina, your handiwork reminds me I saw that FeralL was announcing his furnace is fixed, and he has lots of cookies they baked to keep warm. how xmassy
You know, ten years ago I would have told you to loosen up that tin foil hat you were wearing, but now...I have to admit the possibility.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
You would think if small plane crashes are a semirandom event, a Karl Rove or other evil figure would go down as well.
And it's even more amazing that these unfortunate events happen just before a big political shitstorm is due.
ql has vowed never to go NW in winter again.
Ruth
The hot springs at Doe Bay are open year around. Today there are probably naked hippies there alternately soaking and rolling in the snow
Mike Connell -- Key Figure in OH Voter Fraud and WH Email Scandals, Dies in Plane Crash
Connell, Karl Rove's IT guru--who was compelled six weeks ago to testify in an Ohio vote-tampering case--was killed late Friday night when his plane crashed into the garage of an empty house. Ohio's Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner had requested that Attorney General Mukasey put Connell and under Federal protection.
Per Cybrinth CEO Stephen Spoonamore, Connell was also considered "vital to uncovering the truth" about the missing White House emails considered a critical link to the Justice Department and White House's involvement in the firings of nine US attorneys.
According to Spoonamore, as reported by Rebecca Abrahams here at HuffPost, at an October 11, 2006 meeting between Spoonamore, Connell, and GovTech Solutions President Randy Cole--who ran and lost for State Representative in Ohio this election--
Connell asked him about ways to "permanently destroy hard drives." Spoonamore said "If this is what I think you're talking about, this meeting is over."
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board are on site today. Investigations typically take weeks and even months or longer to complete, according to an FAA spokeswoman.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/li...html?
view=print
always a gentleman, w now is having a series of misstatements about not looking forward to his wife's cooking, now apologizing. As if.
You would think if small plane crashes are a semirandom event, a Karl Rove or other evil figure would go down as well.
And it's even more amazing that these unfortunate events happen just before a big political shitstorm is due.
Gimlet
I thought it odd that right after Mike Connell was compelled to testify in Ohio's vote - tampering case, Karl Rove stopped saying the November election would be "a close, hard fought battle lasting well into the night.."
Nope. Landslide, but then we were watching all the right people. And look who won..
Guess the Repigs got their revenge.
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Genuine imitation Anti-Xmas Carols from around the world!
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