I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
i can't believe i'm still awake.
just me and six visitors.
yes, very talkative indeed.
Morning, Atriots.
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3 visitors.
hi john.
Hello, Ali. Not much is going on in the weekend news cycle. Someone here will have to submit a subject for discussion.
How much is too much to spend on the Inauguration?
Jonathan Turley tut-tuts at a high estimate of $160 mil, but I say Hank Paulsen already spent $350 bn, enough to have an inauguration more than 2000 times already, and for a followup, he's getting money for 2000 more.
Where's my stack of invites? Where's yours?
Hey!~
I'm still awake...
Oh hell, it's early saturday, idn't it?
5 Visitors Online.... hhhhmm.
Hey Ali!
Guess I should cut out for awhile.. muchos gracias.
Let's rename everything "Reagan" for "Dubya".
From Krappy (but it's being heard from multiple sources in the GOP echo machine)
Vindication is being expressed not in words but in deeds -- the tacit endorsement conveyed by the Obama continuity-we-can-believe-in transition.
It's not just the retention of such key figures as Defense Secretary Bob Gates or Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner, who, as president of the New York Fed, has been instrumental in guiding the Bush financial rescue over the past year. It's the continuity of policy.
It is the great care Obama is taking in not preemptively abandoning the anti-terror infrastructure that the Bush administration leaves behind. While still a candidate, Obama voted for the expanded presidential wiretapping (FISA) powers that Bush had fervently pursued.
he (Obama) declined George Stephanopoulos's invitation (on ABC's "This Week") to outlaw all interrogation not permitted by the Army Field Manual. Explained Obama: "Dick Cheney's advice was good, which is let's make sure we know everything that's being done," i.e., before throwing out methods simply because Obama campaigned against them.
The Democrats now own Iraq. They own the war on al-Qaeda. And they own the panoply of anti-terror measures with which the Bush administration kept us safe these past seven years.
Which is why Obama is consciously creating a gulf between what he now dismissively calls "campaign rhetoric" and the policy choices he must make as president.
Why do the dogs want to go out at 4:00 bloody AM?
Have to get up to take kid to track meet so I can use my own fucking car
grrrrr
Hello
GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE!
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I saw the week's TDSw/JS, and last night's epi of BSG, already online!
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morning, all 8 of you.
Just was reading the latest horror story about Gitmo, that Diane will be posting in another hour at the cab, the kid went to the U.S. forces asking to be rescued from the Taliban. This is the 'worst of the worst'. This occupied WH is mentally deranged.
They gotta poop -
aww, Uncle Blodge, that's sweet
"aww, Uncle Blodge, that's sweet"
funny
I find it irritating
that was snark, btw
Uncle, goes with the territory.
yes it does
It's real tough; 'The global economic crisis has cost Arab countries $2,500bn (£1,690bn) in the last four months alone, according to Kuwait's foreign minister.' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...ast/
7834829.stm
I feel so sorry for them. the indoor ski slope is in big trouble.
I'm delivering an outhouse to customer this morning. Gonna find out where to dig the hole. Bodacious!
A green outhouse? how conscientious of you all.
Probably gonna paint it red, with a white door, maybe put a brass knocker on it!
And morning peeps.
Probably gonna paint it red, with a white door, maybe put a brass knocker on it
Don't forget the crescent moon in the door.
ql, is it warm there yet? We are over the worst of it here. But I recall one year living in D.C. suburbs when the ocean froze out a few feet.
Barndog, daemon, I have a friend with a family farmstead, and she has one of those bad boys with the crescent out back, still. Painted white tho.
Bro has one at his camp/cabin in the western U.P.
Gets mighty cold to sit there in the mornings.
6° currently, but going up to 20° later today. They're looking for people to attend a rally for Obama & Biden this morning. Way too cold for me!
4 balmy degrees here, woodstove has been kept well fed the last couple days.
We had one at summer camp here, with several holes in a long plank. Never tried it in winter.
Outdoor rally? that's crazy. But I like the call for service. Just what they oughta.
My grandma's outhouse still stands, but hasn't been used in 10 years, since she passed away.
Heh!
L.E. likes kaleidoscope-like patterns.
Sesame Street was coming on, and there was a PBS promo geared to kids that had him riveted.
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A real functioning outhouse calls for corncobs, of course.
Here's some Curly.
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L.E. likes kaleidoscope-like patterns.
Sesame Street was coming on, and there was a PBS promo geared to kids that had him riveted.
There's a cat with potential. 
JP, scooting has to be chilly lately. Skritches to kittehs. Didja see my Friday cat yet?
A real functioning outhouse calls for corncobs, of course.
Or, a Sears catalog on a string.
Ruth: JP, scooting has to be chilly lately. Skritches to kittehs. Didja see my Friday cat yet?
Didn't scoot today. High was like 16°F.
THAT IS A EATER CAT!
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Brrrr, but less so.
So, no pardons yesterday. I'm surprised. Maybe he really won't issue any. Or maybe my guess of Sunday or Monday is correct.
Or, a Sears catalog on a string.
montag
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History just sings sometimes.
There will be no blanket pardons. He doesn't think anybody did anything wrong.
Eater kitties haz nice eyes. and getz multi cheezeburgerz
Ralphie gets extra points. If he really, truly believes, then he can't issue pardons, it will prove the lie.
Ruth: Eater kitties haz nice eyes. and getz multi cheezeburgerz
I suppose you saw one of the most popular videos of 2008, right? The lion reunion?
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Exactly!!
Hell, the Tampa Bay Buc's fired Jon Gruden yesterday.
History just sings sometimes.
Or, at least, rhymes.
My dad said granny would put the sears catalog in the outhouse, but would tear out the bra and bloomer section, so the boys wouldn't "sin" while in there!
Hell, the Tampa Bay Buc's fired Jon Gruden yesterday.
Another lucky ducky. Or bucky.
There will be no blanket pardons. He doesn't think anybody did anything wrong.
I have the feeling that Shit-fer-brains is going to have some doubts about Addington's advice about that--some time around late Sunday afternoon....
Distributing anti-semitic lit! Holy ... So glad I won't be watching Rick Warren and chilling out; 'the comic also twists Biblical scripture in a highly deceptive manner which associates the Jewish Pharisees with the devil, represented in Manga Messiah by Beelzebub.'
http://multi-medium.net/2009/01/...-driven-
bigotry
montag, rhymes with mystery is about all I know of.
Montag, I disagree. He just can't think that way.
Man, that nude Madonna photo is, um... well...
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Be sure to write to Rove this weekend.
He says he'll deliver your thanks to the Chimperor on I-Day.
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Montag, I disagree. He just can't think that way.
I guess we'll find out soon enough, one way or the other.
We will.
montag, rhymes with mystery is about all I know of.
Just an oblique reference to Mark Twain. He said history may not repeat itself, but, it does rhyme.
Nice goodbye-o-gram, JP
Who was telling us last night how Cheney had gotten a cold shoulder from his BFFs as the polls went basementwards? Shields? I have to check back.
If Bush is prosecuted for his misdeeds later, will his pardons be null and void?
I hope SOMEbody up there realizes it's their DUTY to investigate these crimes.
Fascinating that Condi helped write the ceasefire res that she later abstained from voting from, yet the occupied WH denies Ohlmert's claim that he told w to call her off.
Not surprised that Rove is being treated as an outcast. Apparently, Abu Gonzonles is as well. About time.
Ruth: Who was telling us last night how Cheney had gotten a cold shoulder from his BFFs as the polls went basementwards? Shields? I have to check back.
I didn't hear clearly what Shields said. I was busy picking up my dropped teeth after hearing how "turned" BoBo seems to be after one li'l dinner date with Mr. Obama...
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I hope SOMEbody up there realizes it's their DUTY to investigate these crimes.
Duty is passe.
If Bush is prosecuted for his misdeeds later, will his pardons be null and void?
Um, no. His pardon authority is vested in him by the Constitution as President, and it's about as absolute as it gets.
Sorry, I meant Cheney. Obviously, I need more caffeine.
Krugman and Conyers were all over it, daemon, Diane and I both posted about their calls for prosecution,
and both were up for our posts at memeorandum, where there was a big collection of Prosecute! blogs
Cheney/Rove/the devil all the same thing.
I can't believe people on my local craigslist, trying to sell cheap Chinese scooters for $100s more than their online retail prices.
*sigh*
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Ruth, I hope they stay on it. The idea of W getting retirement pay chaps my ass worst of all.
Eight degrees above zero. Warm.
JP, Brooks has been turning on his buds for awhile, the lies are getting too hard to believe. And he is no Geo Will! he hopes we believe.
It's warming up, here -- 20°F. High of 46°F forecast.
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The idea of W getting retirement pay chaps my ass worst of all.
Damn unions.
Eight degrees above zero. Warm.
Supposed to be 20 today.
Might have to break out the shorts.
Ruth: JP, Brooks has been turning on his buds for awhile, the lies are getting too hard to believe. And he is no Geo Will! he hopes we believe.
Yeah, but... he was actually praising Obama! It's one thing to call a nut a nut, and he's slowly been doing that the past year or so, but this...?!
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Off to the Grille for biscuits and gravy - yum! Have a great weekend, ya'll
Diane posting on Gitmo prisoner who came to us for help, got blitzed. http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Snowing.
Ruth, I hope they stay on it. The idea of W getting retirement pay chaps my ass worst of all.
They can't take it from him unless he's impeached and convicted by Tuesday morning. Hell, even Nixon got his retirement.
Overall, it's a small price to have the SOB gone. If someone goes after him in the courts with civil suits later, they can take a lot more from him than his retirement (which I'd dearly love to see, frankly).
Although, my truck is in the shop for the 3rd day in a row... since the hood latch was frozen (replaced) - but the problem of it not fully latching has not been rectified.
You can't sue his legacy away. He owns it, all of it.
I'd like to see Bush's and Cheney's financial carcasses stripped clean in civil courts. Make `em hurt so bad that they'd be happy to work as greeters at the WalMart in Waco.
It's the least we can do.
BD, bungie cords.
JP, yes, but for personal stuff, the pragmatic mantra. We can work with this guy! Seems like another attempt to bring out the Center Right stuff.
Barndog: Although, my truck is in the shop for the 3rd day in a row... since the hood latch was frozen (replaced) - but the problem of it not fully latching has not been rectified.
I bent the shit out of the hood of a 1978 Bonneville with one of those frozen hinges, once.
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Okay, furnace is working again. It was under 50 in here. Snow was blocking the air intake pipe.
Time to move south.
There will be no civil suits. They'll keep their pensions and health care and live out their days in a bubble community never fully realizing just how despised they are.
Okay, furnace is working again. It was under 50 in here. Snow was blocking the air intake pipe.
Too.Much.Snow.
Baling wire! No, not the legacy, but that wouldn't hurt.
Prisoners in there own homes.
Ruth: JP, yes, but for personal stuff, the pragmatic mantra. We can work with this guy! Seems like another attempt to bring out the Center Right stuff.
Someone on Rachel or Ifool last night said they thought he'd be a suck up for a couple of months. Then he'd butt heads with Boehner or someone, and then the knives would come out.
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Prisoners in there own homes.
Way too good for `em. I propose they be prisoners in my home.
Too.Much.Snow.
montag |
I have learned that a 65 lb. lab puts off some heat.
I added more blankets and a dog to my daughter.
Then he'd butt heads with Boehner or someone, and then the knives would come out.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
I have great confidence in Obama's ability with those knives, politically speaking of course. or would it be a razor?
Then he'd butt heads with Boehner or someone, and then the knives would come out.
Boehner would have his tan scraped off. Then he would cry.
Ruth: I have great confidence in Obama's ability with those knives, politically speaking of course. or would it be a razor?
Oh, I think so, too. He's smarter than any of those GOP clowns in Congress, and he'll draw them into the traps they used to set for us, allatime. But his traps will at least help the people, and not just the privileged few.
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JP - the hood LATCH, not the hinge.
Every GM car made has an inside the vehicle hood latch release, with a cable running to the latch.
The cable is SUPPOSED to be freeze proof.
But, it isn't. At least, that's the only issue left to resolve. If so, I'm going to run it right up GM's asshole(s). There is no other way to open the hood beside that cable/lever.
One must attempt to stick their hand/arm through the grill, or, from under the vehicle to open it. I forgot to mention - while reaching up as far as you can..
A feat for those who have far more flexibility, and arm length than I at 6'6". I'd like to see a mechanic do that myself. It would make for a great youtube video....
ms fahrenheit, is your back better? that snow is pretty hard on backs.
cats are good warmers too, but not big enuff sometimes. Put on the kettle!
Barndog -- Sorry. I thought you had both a latch and a hinge issue, there. I misread.
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WSJR telling me BankofAm gave a $.01 dividend after getting bailed out.
My back (the stabbing in the shoulder) is from sitting....here, while driving, and at school. Maybe moving around will help.
Truly the snow is pretty but it is causing some major hell. Thanks for asking. What a winter!
Boehner seemed to be backing away from the foaming at the mouth types last week. Even dimmed the tan.
Snow angels are the solution.
Ruth: cats are good warmers too, but not big enuff sometimes. Put on the kettle!
They're tougher to maneuver and place in a spot where YOU need their warmth, too.
Funny -- on the sofa, L.E. wants very much to lay on or next to my head.
In bed, he would rather spoon with me, with his little kitteh noggin right under my chin.
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Kid dropped off
thinking about getting back in bed for a bit
good morning all.
So is fixing the FDA anywhere near the top of Obama's agenda? Something has got to be done about the food industry continuing to poison people through negligence and nastiness.
Reporting from Fayetteville, NC, where it is a whopping 15 Freedom™ degrees.
Sure is cold up here in the north part of the south!
I have learned that a 65 lb. lab puts off some heat.
I added more blankets and a dog to my daughter.
The dog reminds me. I've told this story before, but, in the long distant past, when I was living in upper western Michigan, we had a helluva storm with lots of lake-effect snow that slightly predated the blizzard of `78.
The guy next door was living in an old concrete-block former schoolhouse. He was a Cook County cop supposedly on disability who was trying to get himself back in shape to get back on the force (mostly, he was just a drunk).
The ground floor of the house was five feet off the ground, and it had twelve-foot ceilings. At the very top of the north ceiling, there was a single row of clear glass blocks.
Well, there was no snow on the ground New Year's Eve, after the guy really tied one on and went to bed, after celebrating in his particular fashion.
Overnight, during the early morning of New Year's Day, the snow had come down so heavily that it had drifted all the way up to the north top edge of the schoolhouse.
The guy woke up about 9:30 in the morning, looked up and saw my dog looking in the block windows at him, and he thought he was having DTs.
VforVirginia: Sure is cold up here in the north part of the south!
[shakes fist at Alberta]
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hey V
Bob Herbert: Zimbabwe Is Dying.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/1...?_r=1&th&
emc=th
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/70...873/snow_angel/
15. I would love to see that again!
JP, my kittehs can curl contentedly around my back area when encouraged, much handier than chinning. You need to be less agreeable! or colder.
-21 Commie degrees in the soggy Atlantic.
The guy woke up about 9:30 in the morning, looked up and saw my dog looking in the block windows at him, and he thought he was having DTs.
montag
Hiya, Uncle B!
Ruth: JP, my kittehs can curl contentedly around my back area when encouraged, much handier than chinning. You need to be less agreeable! or colder.
I rarely allow them in the bedroom these days, since L.E. still tends to want to mess with the CPAP hose.
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The guy woke up about 9:30 in the morning, looked up and saw my dog looking in the block windows at him, and he thought he was having DTs.
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Good story.
Ferry captain Vince Lombardi?
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foolme1ns, when the cretin in chief got into office, he began overturning regulation of all kinds, making it voluntary. That's why we're in a ditch. All will have to be returned to public interest from corporate welfare.
-9 here. Fuck. The house did not hold the heat very well in this weather.
Gonna make breaky.
bbl
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I was gonna warn V not to eat at the Chi-Chi's in Fayetteville, but then I remembered the "scallion salmonella" outbreak finished them off.
V4VA, you must be a roadie this a.m. Got MrV a coat yet?
So, is it that I let the car run, or start it and pull out. You guys debate everything and sometimes I leave before someone 'wins.'
Herbert's column is horrifying. Sure hope Gail Collins is her usual quirky self.
ms f, I can warm the air faster by boiling a pot of water; or oatmeal!; the moisture makes the air hold warmth better.
Your lubricating oil will be very viscous in the cold.
Recommend you allow the car to idle at least a couple minutes.
Also, V4V is there a dress code for tonight?
-21 Commie degrees in the soggy Atlantic.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
Talked to my friend in Montreal last night. She said it was 14 Commie degrees inside her apartment. She also said, and I quote, Fuck you, you're not moving to NS.
Well, I'll go make coffee and put the chicken in the pot back on the stove.
Talking to Jon Turley about the need to prosecute The Bushies and Darth for War Crimes, Keith quoted from Kroogy's column.
You get used to it, V
Well, up to about minus 10. Past that, it's unbearable, but it's only for a few weeks each year. My plan is to be outtahere for those few weeks.
hate to be so egocentric, plantsman, but Zimbabwe is the extreme of letting psychotics into power. We're in early stages here, and thankheavens, reversing it.
p'man we walked to Ruby Tuesday. It was close and we are still alive.
Ruth -- we didn't find exactly what we were looking for, but he did buy a sort of trench coat for $8 at a new thrift superstore he discovered. Can't wait to get down there myself. And my $3.50 thrift store shoes (cute!) are so comfortable!
The story of the hospital being without running water or functioning toilets since August is simply unimaginable.
Holy crap -- weather channel guy says 6 below in Pittsburgh.
ms f, isn't it all Obama t-shirts?
ms f I think we're wearing jeans sort of dressed up or something. I dunno. Not dressy, I don't think.
Are you staying where we're staying, or are you at the friend's house tonight?
Gail Collins: Imagining The Inaugural.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/1....html?th&
emc=th
The timing to pressure release of the $350 Billion from Congress is just too coincidental even though BofA seemingly paid a huge penalty wiping out a tremendous amount of equity with their fall in stock value.
Maybe the evil SOBs just wanted to buy back their stock cheap knowing it will rebound quickly?
WOULD EVERYBODY WHO HASN'T GOT BUSINESS HERE PLEASE GO BACK TO PHILADELPHIA? 'Enkew.
WOULD EVERYBODY WHO HASN'T GOT BUSINESS HERE PLEASE GO BACK TO PHILADELPHIA? 'Enkew.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
Out traffic just went completely insane, too. I guess the snowbirds hit all at once.
Collins is in her usual, droll and dry, form.
V4V
My plan is to stay in Gettysburg, but I don't have the room yet. (There is availability.)
Okay, jeans, heels, and some nice shirt. A coat that matches and is warm enough will be interesting to find.
I hope all the churches are open and letting people in. I'm kind of pissed I didn't know to check the 'air intake.' Obviously the snow is deeper than usual. Can you imagine an elderly woman, well older than me, waking up to that?
WOULD EVERYBODY WHO HASN'T GOT BUSINESS HERE PLEASE GO BACK TO PHILADELPHIA? 'Enkew.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
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GWPDA, our snowbird traffic is down because of the drug wars in the border area. Not a recommended way to affect the traffic, imho.
Holy crap -- weather channel guy says 6 below in Pittsburgh.
VforVirginia
It sounds colder if you call it minus 21.
Our highways are traffic-free. Well, except for the highway to the airport.
It sounds colder if you call it minus 21.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
It really does.
Also, it doesn't take as long to get places in Km as it does in miles. Did you ever notice that?
Gimlet, like Israel all over Gaza, BofA and co. are getting in their licks quick before adults get into power.
-6 Pgh
-9 here
-21 Moe
Makes sense.
GWPDA
I thought you would have been inviting people.
V4V
How many hours driving today?
Don't imagine chidy will feel like going to Circuit City to redeem her gift card -- but she should.
It's 283.7 Kelvin here, and I've had to put on a robe.
Mornin' Atriots! A balmy 4 freedom degrees here in southcentral PA.
GWPDA, go back to bed. What is it, five o'clock?
Moe's -21 is actually about the same as Pgh's -6.
Ruth
I'll take two Obama t-shirts, and leave two for the girls to wear when they skip school on Tuesday.
-40 is -40
WTF is Time Machine backing up?
plantsman
I need to start using snark tags again, I see.
Gimlet, like Israel all over Gaza, BofA and co. are getting in their licks quick before adults get into power.
Just once (since I haven't seen it happen in more than thirty-five years), I'd like an American president say to the leader of Israel, "you can't have any money for arms until you start behaving like a mensch. Ask your rabbi what that means."
Flippin' flapjacks and nukin' snausages.
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I remember seeing that on big enameled-tin thermometers.
JP
I have some blueberries for you to put in those flapjacks, if you make me some.
My snark-o-meter seems to require more caffeine.
Where was I, oh right, God damn Christian assed motherfuckers, God hates you, Christ disbelieves you and the fucking Holy Ghost could care less. Seems about right.
5.14am, Moe. Still dark.
This - http://www.circuitcity.com/closed.html - is interesting as a means of announcement.
Anybody want to buy me an inauguration t-shirt? I'd wear it under my Citizens Party hoody I got from LaDonna Harris.
montag, from your keyboard ...
Bill Moyers was giving a sampling of the deluge of comments he got after berating Israel for brutalizing civilians in Gaza last week. It's a twisted mess to try figuring out, but as he said, he asked a 'ME authority' who was telling the truth, and got the answer "They all are."
In hopeful news, Krugman's column from yesterday is "most emailed" at the NYT.
My snark-o-meter seems to require more caffeine.
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I need more too.
GWPDA
I'll get you one as a thank you.
The vet my doggie has here thinks he looks like a Rotweiller, but not mixed with a black dane. That's too small, instead with a harlequin great dane.
Kitties!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/
ob...e=dayinpictures
BTW -- That "Jim Parkey" fellow is a devoted wingnut.
No, our Canadian operations will continue. They are not affected by the liquidation of Circuit City's U.S. operations. The Canadian operations employ approximately 3,000 associates.
Too bad, really. They bought out all the Radio Shacks in Canada and call it "The Source from Circuit City." Try to imagine the customer service of Circuit City rolled into the narrow offerings of Radio Shack, and you get the idea.
-40 is -40
Ralphie
depends on the wind chill
Wooooohoooooooo!!!
Doug, what doggie?
With the wind chill, the summer temps in Phoenix are only 125F.
The same gene that produces Harlequin Great Danes produces "Parti-Colored" American Cocker Spaniels. -- useless dog knowledge.
Any business that calls its employees "associates" deserves to go bankrupt.
Speeder, he's still with me.
But the vet must want him to get larger, he's still being treated with steroids.
Wondering if C-span is going to do coverage of the inaugural balls--don't see anything on their site about what they're covering that evening, though I can never find the info I want on that site.
Bliss.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wau...a/
37716414.html
We are trying to dissuade people from moving to Phoenix, that's true. Some incoming thru Yuma and Kingman, but not too bad yet. Of course, every snowbird on the ground now, from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Kansas are making plans to buy a nice little foreclosure and move here permanently.
Yeah, "associates" means you don't get shit in pay or benefits, but they're trying to fool you and the customers into thinking they give a shit.
Try to imagine the customer service of Circuit City rolled into the narrow offerings of Radio Shack, and you get the idea.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
It'd be easier to buy a Heathkit and build your own DVD.
Disney calls its employees "cast members."
harlequin great dane.
Stately, elegant dogs....a little clumsy.
Disney calls its employees "cast members."
Cookie Fleck-Obama
Yep. And they have "auditions."
Disney calls its employees "cast members."
Which means you may be called upon to be the one to wear the mickey-mouse goofy suit.
Ah! Good breaky!
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Harls have a tendency toward freakishness.
But the vet must want him to get larger, he's still being treated with steroids.
Good - sounded as tho you had a new puppy there, instead of your good old puppy. Steroids are great things for man and beast, with care. I'm glad your veterinary is good. Did you see Oso? http://aawl.org/pet_detail.asp?id=2203
"a little clumsy"
Yep that's Speeder, especially when he stomps on your bare toes.
Now, I admit that I'm pretty much out of it, but, how did I miss the Ramones' "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg?"
Oso is a BIG old thang!
GWPDA
You've got mail.
good morning, everyone.
made it through another night with pipes intact.
-12 here but supposed to get up to 20 today and 30 tomorrow, so i may be out of danger soon.
I'm trying to convince Mr. ql we need to go someplace warmer for next January. Not having much luck. He hates sand and beaches.
Ina -- you must be putting that whole "trickle down" theory into practice!
Did you see Oso?
OMG, I slept with him last night.
I've got to run. There is OT today, a new (translation, totally fscked up) program to work on this saturday.
How about Central American mountains and jungles?
made it through another night with pipes intact.
Always wise to take one's triumphs in stride, and a day at a time.
Mr. V is going to trip this mess on my head.
Check in before check out.
Love yas!
Amazing what a few degrees will do. Now Curly is actually out on the balcony!
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BTW, whose been to Talouse France?
My pipes have been frozen for quite some time.
Here's somebody who needs a home - http://aawl.org/pet_detail.asp?id=2266
Can someone translate V4V for me?
BTW, whose been to Talouse France?
Doug
I don't know. Who?
Glad Malia's admonishment to Obama "First African-American President -- Better be good" got the play it deserved.
Any business that calls its employees "associates" deserves to go bankrupt.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
I hate the term "human resources." We're human beings, not resources. These are RAND Corp terms. I think they're all UFO type aliens that work there who come up with this language to make everyone crazy. They turned the word "citizen" into "consumer," for instance.
Ina -- you must be putting that whole "trickle down" theory into practice!
quakerboy; yoobegone
indeed.
Always wise to take one's triumphs in stride, and a day at a time.
montag |
i opened the trap door in the bathroo floor for the night, and each time i got up to go pee, that shiny new piece of copper pipe winked at me.
Both Baracks look like nice guys.
Now I'm out and gone.
Bye!
Good morning to the early 26.
Maybe Malia should write the speech--she seems more mature than her father's boy speechwriter.
V has been at a motel and chain restaurant in Fayetteville, NC; and now she's headin' out.
How have you been Gromit? I haven't been checking in much lately.
I'm trying to convince Mr. ql we need to go someplace warmer for next January. Not having much luck. He hates sand and beaches.
ql |
Forests!! Rocks! Central Mexico can get a bit rainy this time of year, but warm!
for great weather without the sand and beaches, try Chile.
our harlequin GD was a lovely tempered leaner who also liked laps. Both kinds.
Oooh, 2 degrees above zero.
[goes to find shorts and sandals]
i opened the trap door in the bathroo floor for the night, and each time i got up to go pee, that shiny new piece of copper pipe winked at me.
You have so many admirers, why not one more.
Curly is *still* outside...!
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I'm going to Argentina and Brazil next January.
good morning, everyone.
i was just hit by a blinding stroke of the obvious... i've been thinking "i can't stay" at gc on monday afternoon because i need to go to annapolis and see this person and do this and i'll get home around eleven and...
...and i just realized i'm not going anywhere in the car in arlington virginia on monday night, least of all to and from maryland through d.c.
so i am available to party non-stop from monday late afternoon through wednesday morning.
Bush has astonishing 22% approval in the latest CBS poll.Impressive.
[goes to find shorts and sandals]
Got my Tevas & shorts ready to go already.
You have so many admirers, why not one more.
montag
if you're trying to cheer me up, it's working
Wow. He stayed out for at least seven minutes. Impressive!
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Ruth! A great dane on your lap?!
Plantsman
Thanks. While Stoat seems to own the Michelle O love, I think you have adopted the Obama kids.
How have you been Gromit?
M'ok, thanks. Flying to Florida early tomorrow. Hoping to take my GF out on a date tonight.
There was the woman in the fur coat who asked a stranger to go back inside the slowly sinking plane to fetch her purse.
Mr. ql can't take humidity. My grandma used to winter in Florida on her own. It was the only time she was separated from her husband. I may do something similar if I can't get him to budge. Or not. After this cold snap passes I'll probably forget the whole thing.
Virtually all at MSNBC (aside from the "Moanin' Ho"
crew) decided Bush's Farewell Speech bit butt.
so i am available to party non-stop from monday late afternoon through wednesday morning.
stoat | 01.17.09 - 7:39 am |
whoohoo!
have great time. i sure wish i could teleport*...
*is that the word i mean? it doesn't look right to my frozen fingers.
Bush has astonishing 22% approval in the latest CBS poll.Impressive.
Astonishing that he's suckered that many people in the country....
You could dress this guy up in a plaid suit, white shoes and a white belt, and he couldn't sell ice to Africans.
Central Arizona is known for its low-humidity and extreme sprawl.
And there's.... http://aawl.org/pet_detail.asp?i...?id=2258:
http://aawl.org/pet_detail.asp?id=2261,
and http://aawl.org/pet_detail.asp?id=2262
Puppehs!
“My daughter said, ‘Daddy, the plane turned into a boat,’ ” Mr. Sosa recalled.
I'm an avid traveler and will pretty much go anywhere, but there's something about the desert that freaks me out.
Malia teh puppy does not look quite "there" yet.
W's farewell address was sheer lunacy. The clips I've seen (haven't watched a single presser;SOU address since 2000) take first prize for mendacity. Arianna's take that Bush is "divorced from reality" is too kind. He's just plain nuts. Cheney isn't crazy -- he's just plain evil.
Mr. ql can't take humidity. My grandma used to winter in Florida on her own. It was the only time she was separated from her husband. I may do something similar if I can't get him to budge. Or not. After this cold snap passes I'll probably forget the whole thing.
ql
The desert, then.
Mrs. Moe seems ok with the idea of me going south for the month of February, and she'd come visit during reading week. Now, I just have to figure out how to make that happen.
Cookie Fleck: there's something about the desert that freaks me out.
It's that horse with no name.
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“My daughter said, ‘Daddy, the plane turned into a boat,’ ” Mr. Sosa recalled.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
Trying to cheer up Gromit?
I love the desert.
She's not even two months old, plantsman!
"It's that horse with no name."
yah but at least there ain't no one for to give you no pain
moe--where are you getting these quotes? i swear in one of the on-the-wing pictures i saw a woman with a very large bag.
Jeffraham Prestonian: In the desert you can or can't remember your name? I could never figure that one out.
Ina: There's a story in this morning's NY TImes about what transpired on the plane. Great story.
ina:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/1...&
pagewanted=all
And:
Dave Sanderson, 47, a salesman for Oracle, said he saw a woman in her 60s pulling her luggage out of the overhead bin. “I just started screaming, ‘Get out, get out!’ She said, ‘I need my stuff,’ ” Mr. Sanderson said. “Another gentleman who did a great job — he’s a hero — actually picked her up and threw her on the lifeboat.” Her luggage was floating in the river.
Moe, if I get the shed converted, you can come and stay there. Going to have a kiva fireplace put in for those chilly mornings in December, too.
There was this youngish dude with angled Star Trek sideburns NBC taped during the Hudson rescue who got taken by a Circleline boat to NY, but who got separated from his Dad who was taken to NJ. By "Dateline" NBC had their tearful reunion on tape.
so i am available to party non-stop from monday late afternoon through wednesday morning.
This is good news! Par-tay!
Cookie Fleck: Jeffraham Prestonian: In the desert you can or can't remember your name? I could never figure that one out.
Dunno! I'm not a lyrics guy, at all.
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(readies elaborate Kachina costume for dance)
thanks cookie & moe.
will check it out.
i am very impressed with all the rescue personnel, but even more impressed that all the passengers didn't kill each other trying to be first out of the plane.
"CAN"
Gromit
You have had a very unusual month. Take care.
Movie night?
Mrs. Moe likes New Mexico. That'd work for me.
"CAN"
plantsman
If you can remember your name why mention it in a lyric?
One of my favorite comments about the plane was that Americans got to see what sheer competency, effort and service can do. After 8 years of W, it is a fantastic prelude to Obama. Wish I could remember who said that.
Interesting how all those ferry and tugs didn't question what the best political solution would be before they acted. Quite different from Rove and Cheney figuring out how to make the Mississippi gov look good and the Louisiana gov look bad BEFORE taking steps.
Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.
La-LA,....
My ex in laws still live in Phoenix.
sorry... nice place to visit I guess but...
Then again maybe I've been sniffin too many dry erase markers
The pilot and the flight attendants had beckoned Mr. Campbell to the front, and he ended up on the same raft as the pilot.
“I said, ‘Thank you,’ and held his arm,” Mr. Campbell recalled, “and he said, ‘You’re welcome.’ ”
Ina: Yup, it's a story about the best in human behavior, which, for us cynical folks, is always good to hear.
just back with breakfast
ms f, the way a GD gets into your lap is creeping up from the side a little at a time, wagging and being very very humbly friendly.
I kinda have this idea that the Tombstone area would be nice this time of year.
In the winter Phoenix can be sublime if one avoids driving; With the SUPERTRAIN, one could.
I kinda have this idea that the Tombstone area would be nice this time of year.
I'd rather not discuss it.
bog help you if the damn great dane wasn't friendly...
Mrs Gromit back from Nicaragua with medical mission, a movie will be nice. enjoy
At a downtown hotel where survivors waited to meet with airline representatives, one passenger ordered a martini. Before long, nine of the passengers were exchanging stories, and wine was poured, and someone decided he had seen enough of New York City for one day, thank you. The group returned to La Guardia, where they boarded US Airways Flight 2591 to Charlotte, which took off just before 10 p.m.
“They applauded us,” said Mr. Wentzell, the door salesman. “We had some wine and we thought about just how great it was to be alive.”
I hear Sicily is very temperate this time of year. I've only been there in the summer.
Movie night?
Movie or dinner. Mebbe both.
Is there someplace where you can go see a movie while soaking in a hot tub?
(Besides here, that is)
The citrus begins ripening and the citrus flowers blooming....
Ina: Yup, it's a story about the best in human behavior, which, for us cynical folks, is always good to hear.
Cookie Fleck-Obama
In the bad ole days, there would have been a Nixon bag man on the plane and a mysterious large amount of cash would have been floating on the Hudson River.
McMenamins Kennedy School Brew-Pub in NE Portland, OR.
D.C. forecast for Tuesday: Mostly cloudy high of 30. Could be worse.
GD is definition of friendly.
Moe, Doug is only a hop and a skip from Tombstone - it is pretty nice. Small town with a little weirdness, but beautiful surroundings. Every so often, you'll see an ad for Marshall - which I think must be the bestest job ever to announce at the annual convention. "Hi! I'm Marshall of Tombstone!"
"In the bad ole days, there would have been a Nixon bag man on the plane and a mysterious large amount of cash would have been floating on the Hudson River."
Much more modern today. Hank just wires the funds. No need for bagmen or planes.
Boehner's anti-stimulus histrionics are becoming increasingly nelly.
Warm year round, dry, rural, inland, not desert.
That's a tough one. Ecuador?
"GD is definition of friendly."
most big dogs are. I used to work on a truck making pickups for a charity. Once we stopped at a place that bred saint bernards. The pack wanted to play and elected me a member...
to 10 minutes to get back in the truck. They did not want me to leave! Friendly all the time but wow
Mostly cloudy high of 30.
I packed my daughters hunting boots. Now what am I going to wear?
Gromit
Rent a room. (Hot tub and movies and room service.) Cool date.
Both of you deserve it!
Warm year round, dry, rural, inland, not desert.
That would be either Las Cruces, NM or Prescott, AZ. Little bit of snow in Prescott, but not much.
Never been to Greece. What's the humidity like there?
Warm year-round and dry kinda goes with desert in my experience.
Me mum used to live in Flagstaff, and Glendale, too.
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Moe might want rural, but I don't think ql does.
The ideal, in all seriousness, would be to simply drive around the desert, camping out here and there, staying in fleabag hotels, seeing the sites, lugging my laptop around and trying to write something.
I'm going to Argentina and Brazil next January.
Cookie Fleck-Obama
i've never been to buenos aires but i really enjoy mendoza that time of year. the city itself has many beautiful parks and more wineries than you can even think about a short ride away.
it's a big big country, let alone throwing brazil in. i predict you will love it. do not drink any water you haven't seen come out of a capped bottle. 
LOVED the Prescott/Granite Dells/ Jerome area as a kid. Highway 89A! (swoons)
The ideal, in all seriousness, would be to simply drive around the
desert, camping out here and there, staying in fleabag hotels, seeing
the sites, lugging my laptop around and trying to write something.
Wickenburg! Seligman! Salome Where She Danced! YUMA!
I hear many say they love the southwest. didn't get it.
All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia
I'd better have a nap, now.
brb
♥
I hear Sicily is very temperate this time of year. I've only been there in the summer.
Cookie
Excellent idea. We even speak Italian. I bet I could get Mr. ql to go for it in a heartbeat! The high today will be 59°
All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia
Excellent! The Plan is working!
You can have Yuma, thanks.
I was stationed there for 5 months in 1980.
The only good thing about Yuma is leaving. Aside from the fact they closed my favorite restruant.
All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia
Uncle Blodge, MTC |
[shakes head]
LAKE COMO!!!!!!
UncleBlodge, that sounds like the Animal Refuge, a friend of mine runs it, in Sadler. You walk in with hands over head, so they don't all try to run off with you. total loving attention.
The first morning I regained consciousness after a pre-dawn start in New Mexico, I thought we had arrived on the Moon; but over time, I came to deeply love and see the beauty of the desert.
Can someone translate V4V for me?
ms fahrenheit/kick his ass out
Er, "trim" my hair.
UncleBlodge, that sounds like the Animal Refuge,
Philadelphia?
I was up late reading a draft of Shrub's memoir. Not to be outdone, he's aptly named it, "The Audacity of a Dope". Crayon isn't as difficult to read as one might think.
LAKE COMO!!!!!!
ms fahrenheit/kick his ass out
remind me to show you my pictures from maggiore in 2004.
It's a trade off. As an LA raised guy, I wish it wasn't 6 here today. But on the other hand, I enjoy getting a white Christmas, the spring flower display, and the fall leaves here.
It's all good. It was 86 in my town in the LA burbs this week though.
Moe, check out the Big Bend area in SW TX. Even has an artist colony.
Boehner's anti-stimulus histrionics are becoming increasingly nelly.
Why is it that, when I read this, I think Boehner would be quite at home in a hoop skirt, beaded handbag, buttonhook boots and a parasol?
Lake como?
Those dark Blu Crayolas werk grate!
Er, "trim" my hair.
VforVirginia, VACAY! |
No flirting!
Just using the abbreviation V4V is bush league.
Northern Italy, George Clooney likes to chill at Lake Como.
Boehner's anti-stimulus histrionics are becoming increasingly nelly.
Boehner's been screwing the country for years now. Maybe a little less stimulation on his part is a good thing.
Really
I did not care for the southwest
some of my best friends live there, but I never will
ms f, http://www.arfhouse.com/, Sadler, TX
I'm think Laura's memoir might be titled "What Little I Can Remember Through The Haze."
Pickles is very medicated.
I avoid "artists colonies" at all costs, Ruth.
Wickenburg! Seligman! Salome Where She Danced! YUMA!
Exactly!
nice crisp winter morn', ahhhh. i like it when the temperature either stays cold or stays warm, it's the change that kills ya (kills me)
i think of dick proenneke at these times of year, how lucky he was, i remain convinced the hard work of living alone in the wilderness kept him young.
remind me to show you my pictures from maggiore in 2004.
stoat | 01.17.09 - 8:07 am | #
[sigh]
Boehner looks like he hung in the smokehouse one day too long.
After our daughter was born Mr. ql arranged for a long weekend in Como as a respite from being parents. As we had the kid along it wasn't much of a respite from parenthood, but it was a marvelous weekend, nonetheless.
That Space Motel in Gila Bend!
I could do northern Italy in a heartbeat. I understand you can order wine in English. Of course, getting Mrs. qb on a plane after the Hudson thing will be nearly impossible. And the no fatality argument doesn't seem to be calming or effective.
I wonder if the Baghdad Cafe is still around. It's probably changed.
Moe, Marfa also has alien visits.
That Space Motel in Gila Bend!
I'll bet there are very affordable weekly rates between July and September.
http://nature.wallpaperme.com/
32...Como_+Italy.jpg
What is not to love, I ask you?
quakerboy-When did we get hitched?
Mr. ql opined last night that it was fortunate the plane crashed after our trip west otherwise I probably wouldn't have gone.
The nevada desert is gorgeous.
Don't tell wifey about the Air Transat flight from Toronto to Lisbon that ran out of fuel and glided to a landing in The Azores, then.
There's a very grey Irishman on Cspan declaiming about blogs, Jane Hamsher, and why lefties read lefty blogs.
Back later
I could do northern Italy in a heartbeat. I understand you can order wine in English. Of course, getting Mrs. qb on a plane after the Hudson thing will be nearly impossible. And the no fatality argument doesn't seem to be calming or effective.
Just tell her you'll fly, and she can swim, and that she can catch up to you later.
Speaking of Boner, is it my imagination or did Obama shift his stimulous package more toward spending and remove some of the tax cuts when the Repugs began whining? I surely hope so. When I first heard the 80 vote bs, I was thinking he was nuts. Inquiring minds want to know!
What is not to love, I ask you?
the price of everything there. the rich snobs who pwn it all.
The shocking thing is that the "shovel-ready" portion of the plan is as small as it is and that the duration of the whole thing is so short. Krugman's right. Inadequate.
It's all good. It was 86 in my town in the LA burbs this week though.
trifecta |
yes, i agree with you. though when i moved east, my sister moved north and lives in mammoth lakes, ca. so she gets the seasons, mountains, and easy access to that 86 degrees, when she wants it.
Mr. ql opined last night that it was fortunate the plane crashed after our trip west otherwise I probably wouldn't have gone.
Mrs G had qualms when I booked my flight to Sarasota of friday night after the USAir incident. Especially when someone here pointed out that AirTran got its new name after ValuJet had its little incident in the Everglades.
Does anyone have the nerve to publicly suggest to Ahnold that way to increase state revenue would be a tax cut?
afternoon moonbats
been busy entertaining my darling niece, she and her dad are visiting us this weekend, as its her dad's birthday (he's 32 tomorrow), his g/f is joining us later on today
so we're having a kind of kid's party, with jelly and ice cream, coconut marshmallows, Cadbury chocolate fingers
and later takeaway Pizza
and tomorrow it will be birthday cake
so a action packed weekend!
Naturally, Mrs. qb doesn't drink so pouring her into the plane is not an option. I worked with a guy who required at least three martinis before he would even go to the gate. More if we actually expected him to get on the plane. He drove from Phila. to St. Louis for a 2 hour meeting. Seriously.
Besides the skill of the pilot, I think the lack of fatalities also had something to do with putting the plane down on a flat river vs a bumpy ocean.
the price of everything there. the rich snobs who pwn it all.
mogwai | 01.17.09 - 8:17 am | #
Well yeah, there's that.
US Air 1549 points up the value a seasoned, well-trained crew can add, certainly.
and the next weekend is my birthday (25th January), which is also Burns Night in Scotland
I turn 23!
Salmonella in peanuts from Georgia! that proves it, Jimmy Carter is being stalked by the evil
my brother and his daughter came up on the train (she loves trains) yesterday
The peanut processing plant I saw was in Virginia.
My fave desert is the high desert of Eastern Oregon, down into northern Nevada. In the summer, too.
Moon, sounds like fun, though a dietician my suggest adding veggies and fruit. Enjoy!
Heathrow gets a third runway and a SUPERTRAIN!
Gotta do things now,
Diane posting this a.m. on the 'worst of the worst' at Gitmo, like the waif who tried to go to U.S. troops for help
at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Happy early Birthday Moon, and to your brother.
my brother and his daughter came up on the train (she loves trains) yesterday
Sounds innocent and delightful. Make the most of it.
love the 'corn refiners' commercials on how good HFCS is for you....marketing nation, we are:
clean coal
just drill baby
HFCS is G-r-r-eat!
Pish. Veggies on da Pizza.
Funny; even though I am generally the airline passenger flight attendants most want to push out the door at altitude, the USAir thing isn't bothering me a bit, in terms of my own terror. I actually think I've gotten better in the last few years.
And people who don't drink should definitely ask their doctors for a couple of Xanax. It won't completely solve the problem, but it does make things more manageable.
Heathrow gets a third runway and a SUPERTRAIN!
The train they already have to PAddington Station is pretty super. And they've been on the underground forever.
Compare to say, Dulles or Denver.
love the 'corn refiners' commercials on how good HFCS is for you
Yeah. Now all they have to do is explain why it's good to eat HFCS in every single thing you put in your mouth, even stuff that's not supposed to be sweet.
Beans? I can't buy BEANS without it? The FUCK?
I refuse to drink before flying. I find I handle the terror better sober. Night flights are good cause with a benedryl I just fall asleep.
When London Says UNDERGROUND, they mean it!
Buy dry beans.
Hmmmm...drastic increase in diabetes, but HFCS is the magical ingredient in all food? Don't know the physiology of diabetes, but it makes me wonder.
In their promo cam-cards for the Inauguration, MSNBC has Eugene Robinson's pic top left.
Buy dry beans.
plantsman
Usually I do, but not for chili. I had to buy organic at three times the price.
Nothing wrong with organic, but there's no reason for that stuff to be in there.
This plane crash doesn't freak me out any more than I was freaked out before. I mean, it's not news that planes fall from the sky.
Y'know, if we'd all had as much vacation time as Dubya, it wouldn't have seemed quite such a long fuckin' time since that bastard stole the White House....
When London Says UNDERGROUND, they mean it!
plantsman
Apparently, The Jam were all about the underground. "Underground", "Down in a Tube Station at Midnight"
V4V --- I already decided to get her some form of medication before we fly again. On our first trip together, she actually had dry heaves on the way to the airport. But she really did great on the way back -- I was extremely proud of her. And yes, I offered to turn around and cancel the trip. She's a trooper.
My fave desert is the high desert of Eastern Oregon, down into northern Nevada. In the summer, too.
Moe, the LAT has a list of '29 destinations to visit in 2009', including Virginia City. Might be just your cup of.
HFCS is in some way related to "insulin resistance" which underlies all Type 2 diabetes, but the exact mechanism is not yet known. We Type 2's are advised to avoid it and transfats studiously.
My house is finally 66 degrees. I need to put on layers and get something done.
I'll be stopping back in while traveling. Let me know what I'm missing since you will be seeing the coverage on TV.
Thanks.
I love Richard Lewis and his take of the last 8 years on Olberman's show.
There was an old turnpike-- "The Humboldt Road"-- that connected Chico to the Humboldt River. When silver was discovered in Idaho, they extended the road north. I've never travelled the whole length of it, but might.
I mean, it's not news that planes fall from the sky.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
At one time you could buy flight insurance before you boarded the plane at the airport for 25 cents now...
http://www.travelcoverage.com/
The odds must be greater under the Bush administration.
Something about the taxpayers paying to fly Poppy and Bar to Texas with W and Larra has me steamed.
Get off the damned teat, mf-ers!
Mrs. qb hates to fly but loves car trips. I loath car trips. Of course, if your car breaks down you call a tow truck. The consequences of a break down in a plane are usually more significant. I suppose I could fly and she could meet me in the car.
When silver was discovered in Idaho, they extended the road north. I've never travelled the whole length of it, but might.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
that would be a lovely trip.
Good god. I just read the Herbert article on Zimbabwe.
Life expectancy in Zimbabwe is now the lowest in the world: 37 years for men and 34 for women.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/1...?_r=2&th&
emc=th
Y'know, if we'd all had as much vacation time as Dubya, it wouldn't have seemed quite such a long fuckin' time since that bastard stole the White House....
montag
I think of it as my lost 8 years I'll never get back. None of us ever will.
The turnpike was a wagon road, is what I meant. They had to "clear" the Indians off the route, which they did with scalp bounties and all the rest.
You know, I wrote a whole thing on that. I don't think I've put it online. I should do that today.
quakerboy: SUPERTRAIN!
I finally feel up to finishing those damn enchiladas. All I have to do is fry the corn tortillas and cut the cheese.
Ms F and others-- Have a wonderful time at and round the inauguration.
Get off the damned teat, mf-ers!
Wouldn't a change in the law requiring private investment banks (such as Carlyle) to open their books be most revealing?
PHILADELPHIA - Barack Obama, who pilloried his soon-to-be predecessor’s policies during two years on the campaign trail, said Friday that George W. Bush is a good guy.
“If you look at my statements throughout the campaign, I always thought he was a good guy,” the Democratic president-elect said on CNN about the Republican president whom he replaces Tuesday.
“I mean, I think personally he is a good man who loves his family and loves his country. And I think he made the best decisions that he could at times under some very difficult circumstances.”
Best decisions he could? Obama lambasted Bush on the campaign trail for his decisions on a wide range of issues, including the Iraq war, financial regulation, climate change and the treatment of prisoners.
Obama made reference to those, too.
“Over the last several years, we have made a series of bad choices and we are now going to be inheriting the consequences of a lot of those bad choices,” the president-elect said.
the 'good guy' who when he sat down with larry king answered that he honestly didn't know if they ever got close to bin-forgotten
loves 'his' country; that of country-clubs and everyone he knows is an illionaire...yeah i would love it too if that were my base.
But she really did great on the way back -- I was extremely proud of her. And yes, I offered to turn around and cancel the trip. She's a trooper.
quakerboy; yoobegone
My experience has been that I do better on the return trip. I think it's because I don't fly very often and the old phobia has a chance to build up between trips, and then once I've done it one way I'm better.
I almost cancelled a trip from Houson to FL once because I was too scared to do it, but I went ahead because there was no way to reach my Mom and tell her to forget it (long before cell phones, and she was spending the day in Orlando shopping until my plane came in).
We flew into absolutely terrifying weather; they kept trying to go around it but eventually had to plow through. (2 1/2 hour trip took almost 4 hours.) The flight attendants were scared shitless. It was probably 10 years before I tried again.
yeah London Heathrow is getting a 3rd runway
which caused one MP to lose his cool - John McDonnell's Heathrow protest
The Herbert column is devastating; and, please do, Moe.
cut the cheese = cut up the cheese
Don't bother w/ the WAPOST this AM. Mass virtual Kool Aid suicide by the editors. It isn't pretty.
Fuck, Zimbabwe is fucked up. How do you fix that kind of thing?
A great many folks thought Heathrow should not increase capacity for environmental reasons, as I recall.
And I think he made the best decisions that he could
Sure, considering that he's a halfwitted narcissistic man-child with a mean streak and an utter lack of compassion or concern about the consequences of his actions.
there are many fucked up places
A great many folks thought Heathrow should not increase capacity for environmental reasons, as I recall.
plantsman | 01.17.09 - 8:38 am | #
yeah and also two villages will vanish from the maps
I remember a song by Toni Childs, " What Cha Gonna Do Zimbabwe" from quite a while ago.
I was in a Value Jet trip from Florida to New Orleans years ago with the cabin filled with smoke. Then right beside me, a woman let an ear piercing scream like a banshee and then everybody stated screaming. (All but me.) Afterwards, thinking about it, I realized that all those planes crashes go down with people screaming. I haven't been on a plane since.
that MP, John McDonnell is a Labour backbencher and represents the constituency in which Heathrow is situated
Fuck, Zimbabwe is fucked up. How do you fix that kind of thing?
Last time? Reverted it to Rhodesia and re-placed it under Imperial government.
Don't bother w/ the WAPOST this AM. Mass virtual Kool Aid suicide by the editors. It isn't pretty.
Fuck `em. In six months, they'll be the way of the Post-Intelligencer and the Star-Tribune.
Then we get to hear them whine even louder, to no effect, and no reflection on their own role in their self-same demise....
Good morning.
I got to look at the Goya bean cans to see if they have HFCS.
Even though that would be no help to people west of the Mississippi.
Moon it seems there was a *lot* of hell raised about that runway.
Sure, considering that he's a halfwitted narcissistic man-child with a mean streak and an utter lack of compassion or concern about the consequences of his actions.
VforVirginia
I think that is what was implied. Acknowledging that he loves his family and his country doesn't reduce the depth and breadth of the misery he has caused.
Most of the time, there's nothing left of you after a plane crash of anything larger than a kneecap.
I was on a Delta flight that hit a wall-like rainstorm
just after take-off from Orlando and plunged, and a woman let out a bloodcurdling scream. Scared the shit out of everyone. Real Helpful.
aw bless my niece is playing the Tambourine
so the house is a little noisy at the moment lol
we also has a mini Xylophone and maracas
she is such a musical little girl
Goya is sold thru Amazon.
Nope, not there. Shit, now that I think about it, I only have hard copies of that stuff. I'll have to re-type it.
Oh, but someone posted something of mine from that era. It's not what I was talking about, but here's one of my Chico history pieces.
Acknowledging that he loves his family and his country doesn't reduce the depth and breadth of the misery he has caused.
Willendorf Venus
"Loves his country" covers a lot of ground, too. He very clearly has no regard whatsoever for the principles of the nation; he loves it the way someone with a big foam finger loves his/her football team.
OCR would be such a great technology, if it worked well.
OCR would be such a great technology, if it worked well.
Trust me - it does....
I ain't going out surrounded by screaming shrieking people.
Several commentators took Dumbya to task for his, "all y'all got to git over 9/11, but I never did" riff for its bald self-pity.
In its infancy, it did not. Could save Moe a buncha typing.
The OCR in Acrobat Professional works very well.
Heathrow doesn't need a third runway
So much for the shorts and sandals today.
It decided to snow another 4-8" through tommorrow.
Yippee.
Well, perhaps if The Coast has decent OCR, Moe can scan in his hard copy.
well the morning has been nice and sunny but we're forecast wind and gales later
Acknowledging that he loves his family and his country doesn't reduce the depth and breadth of the misery he has caused.
Willendorf Venus
"Loves his country" covers a lot of ground, too. He very clearly has no regard whatsoever for the principles of the nation; he loves it the way someone with a big foam finger loves his/her football team.
VforVirginia, VACAY!
the rich always love their country. what's their worry? which house to sleep in?
Several commentators took Dumbya to task for his, "all y'all got to git over 9/11, but I never did" riff for its bald self-pity.
plantsman
If people have gotten over it, it's certainly in spite of his efforts to keep people terrified.
That probably pisses him off.
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES!!!!!
I wish it would snow here. It hasn't since the 70s and global warming. I remember running around outside trying to catch a snowflake on my tongue. I don't know what y'all are bitching about. Bitching just to bitching, I guess...
It's lovely that the MLK, Jr. holiday falls just before Obama's Inauguration -- adds to the sense that it was "fated."
I've got my old computer up in the attic; it probably has the story on it. But, it's all floppy drives and no USB. I'm not sure what I would do with it.
Let me keep looking...
Dr. J guess Amazon would sell Goya.
At one time it was beans, water and salt but I don't eat beans very often so don't buy them anymore.
Gotta check that out. Good protein.
it's all floppy drives and no USB. I'm not sure what I would do with it.
email via teh intarwebs? network share?
Out West, we have S & W brand canned beans, which used to be unadulterated -- but I'll have to check the back of the cans.
V it's security theatre.
Give you a sense of fear and then make believe you're doing something about it.
Flying in the winter is a total drag.
But 75 hours left.
I love the simplicity of USB.
moe, cool reporting.
That's why I hung on to a 386 with 5.25 and 3.5 floppy drives....
I recently brought an 250 GB external hard disk
which is like very useful
means i have room to store bittorrents
which I haz been doing
OK, my (much) better half looks like he wants me to get a move on.
Check in from Arlington this afternoon. Ms f -- you've got my phone number if you want to call.
Love you, batties! Stay warm!
I see Sally Quinn has democratically lined her trenchcoat with her mink. Discreet.
Prices for 500G and 1TB drives have been plummeting, I'm going to try to scrape together the coin to get one, I hope.
Jeesh, there are a lot of misspellings in that piece. I'll clean it up and put it on my website, tho.
It's lovely that the MLK, Jr. holiday falls just before Obama's Inauguration -- adds to the sense that it was "fated."
plantsman
I was thinking the same thing last night.
I love the simplicity of USB.
so does conficker (on winblows PCs)
Moon I got greedy and bought a 1 terabyte.
My laptop has 180 gb and I thought I'd never fill it up.
Then I started torrenting classical music and it filled up pretty quickly.
When I encountered men in full-length mink in Germany in 1979-80, I was stunned.
Well ... Obama was a politician from one of the most politically corrupt states in the nation ...
HBK, you got the drive! Kuhl!
I love short histories like the Chico one moe posted. Was reading up on Seattle. At one point the census listed a couple hundred seamstresses but only 2-3 sewing machines.
plantsman yes I did.
Amazon was just reselling for J&R so I went there and got it.
Moon I got greedy and bought a 1 terabyte.
My laptop has 180 gb and I thought I'd never fill it up.
Then I started torrenting classical music and it filled up pretty quickly.
HoneyBearKelly | Homepage | 01.17.09 - 8:59 am | #
yeah, my problem was too many photos, my laptop kept running out of space and seizing up, so I decided enough was enough
my brother has a 750 GB, a Christmas pressie from the parents
he had already filled up one external hard disk
ql-- back in the day, I wrote one of these history pieces *every week*. Where did I find the time?
When I encountered men in full-length mink in Germany in 1979-80, I was stunned.
plantsman
gurl
...and frocks were so elaborate back then!
Bush’s swan song: Pride in country, few regrets
Christian Science Monitor - 23 hours ago
why the rich are given any quarter is beyond me - you are rich, now STFU before you get eated by we the starving.
That's why I hung on to a 386 with 5.25 and 3.5 floppy drives....
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian | 01.17.09 - 8:56 am |
I still have our 486 with those drives. Battery is dead, but my friend is going to crack it open and remove the hard drive, since there is still stuff on the drive that I need (stuff of/from/about my parents).
There is a mink farm down the road from me. Radical animal rights activists hit them a few years ago and unleashed about 10,000 minks on my neighborhood. Those little fuckers are some mean critters. The minks devastated the local small animal population before we could recapture all of them. It has taken a few years for the little brown bunnies, water muskrat, and a bunch of other critters to return in any significant numbers.
Dammit, HaloScan; if there actually is a new post, may I see it?
I found I did not enjoy seeing film of bird/jet engine
encounters much.
Freepers Flaying Nytimes Finances??
none | January 17, 2009 | urtax$@work
I received a nytimescorp. subscription sign-up in my mailbox last week containing advertisements about all the future news that would be available to me if I subscribed to their corporation news. It would contain, I assume Obama coverage (a little pic of him on the advert form).It also contained a return envelope that required no postal payment on my part.
So……….. I started cogitating about the unsolicited paperwork I was forced to deal with, yes forced because you HAVE to do something with the paperwork. Trash it /open it /etc. If you did nothing, your mail box would fill up/ or you desk would clutter up.
Then I thought about the return envelope provided to me. I asked a postal clerk what that envelope is called. She said it was a “Business Reply” envelope. The “no postage needed” label in the top right corner means the nytimescorp WILL BE BILLED by the postal service If I return it to them.
So, I clipped up the contents and returned the “Business Reply” envelope to the Nytimescorp. I can only surmise they will be billed against their budget for an unsuccessful attempt to sell their product.
So……what if lots of people did this. What would the impact be to a struggling business? What if you added extra “paperwork” to the envelope ? Would that add extra postage fees to the billing of the nytimescorp. ?
You fucking people are sick. Nothing pleases you more than to see businesses close and people thrown out of work.
plantsman, glad to see you in better spirits this morning. Yesterday morning you seemed sorta sullen.
my cat George loves Marks and Spencers Heather Honey & Ginger lakemead yogurt
he always watches me eat it and tries to paw it, so i give him the remander to lick
makes him happy
The well of conservatard pettiness and ill-will seems bottomless.
Jesus Christ, why the fuck are we allowing this? Oh ya, taxes are for the little people.
The culprits include some corporate giants who are receiving countless millions in bailout money, Leonnig notes.
Democratic Sens. Byron Dorgan and Carl Levin, who released the report, say that companies such as Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have set up "hundreds of tax haven subsidiaries" in such inconspicuous nations as Luxembourg, Mauritius and the Cayman Islands.
Others figuring prominently in the corporate tax-haven list are such varied firms as 3M, American Express, Caterpillar, Cisco, ConocoPhillips, Dell, Dow Chemical, Exxon Mobil, FedEx, GM, Kraft, Merck, Pepsi, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Wachovia, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which tallied a whopping 782 foreign subsidiaries in 14 countries.
Among the federal contractors listed are Boeing, General Electric, Goodyear, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, IBM, ITT, Motorola, Oracle, and Xerox.
"This report shows that some of our country's largest companies and federal contractors, many of which are household names, continue to use offshore tax havens to avoid paying their fair share of taxes," says Sen. Dorgan (D-ND). "[S]ome of those companies have even received emergency economic funds from the government.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/
Of...orate_0116.html
I have my moods, it's true; birthright of a Moon Child.
CNN Quick Vote
Do you agree with President-elect Barack Obama that President Bush is a "good guy"?
Yes 54% 64317
No 46% 54848
Total Votes: 119165
If anyone wonders why the entire planet is circling the bowl, one need look no further than the above.
autographed copy of the purple shamrock for $189 at amazon.
HuffPo is all over the "Tax Havens" story, as well.
Troutski, hfm | 01.17.09 - 9:09 am | #
its the same situation here, Cayman Islands is a fav tax haven
I hear ya.
Somewhere upthread, someone linked to an article about gays in the military and the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell."
I live in a red state near a military post. Interesting points were raised in that article.
As the article mentioned, the Army's integration in the '50s and '60s occasioned change in those states where they had bases. This could be huge!
What are welfare recipients in California supposed to do?
Starve?
I just don't get that.
ony Ericsson Posts $245 Million Loss
InformationWeek - 17 hours ago
Sales are dropping as consumers hold off upgrading their handsets, and Sony Ericsson expects 2009 to be a tough year. By Marin Perez Sony Ericsson continues to struggle as the global economic slowdown is hurting its sales in mature markets.
awwww. my teeny fiddle plays for you.
how about next time not promoting the kiss-ass idiots you always promote? and instead promoting people who have ideas?
See: "The Grapes Of Wrath." Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Jesus Christ, why the fuck are we allowing this? Oh ya, taxes are for the little people.
But the little people refuse to believe that.
Time to write up GWPDA to be included in newest NEH digital archives. We iz a resource!
There was a good OpEd in yesterday's e-NYT concerning gay rights.
Ya, that story is all over. We all should be repeating it often, because you prolly won't see it on CNN, FOX, or other corporate news because the parent companies are on the list of cheats.
Neat, GWPDA!
This is why you should not want your children to go to Harvard -- They might turn into David Brooks:
It’s also a sign that Obama can talk to and understand Americans at all social levels. For example, that night with us, he had an elegant dinner filled with sophisticated ideas and complex policy conversation with a bunch of right-leaning commentators. Then the next day, he had a meeting with some liberal commentators where, I presume, he was just as fluid while using much simpler sentences, shorter words and serving Froot Loops and Hostess Twinkies. There are pundits at all levels of cognitive distinction, and Obama has to learn to address all of them.
There may be a bigger anus at work at the NY Times, but I'll need some convincing.
Here it is: "Gay, But Equal?" by Mary Frances Berry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/1....html?th&
emc=th
Do you agree with President-elect Barack Obama that President Bush is a "good guy"?
I suspect several freed wealthy criminals will answer yes tomorrow.
Malia and Sasha are huge evidence of the quality of the Lab School.
citi announces $8 billion quarterly loss and receives a $20 billion tarp award. total assholish reward program
the next day, he had a meeting with some liberal commentators where, I presume, he was just as fluid while using much simpler sentences, shorter words and serving Froot Loops and Hostess Twinkies
i thought the left was all elite and ordered arugula and orange juice while the ratwang drank beer at bars? gawd i need to keep up.
Bill Kristol may well equal Bobo in asshole-ishness.
Comma Atack! Ack! I can't, edit, those, frakin' commas, when revising, because , I can't find, my reading glasses, again. Gotta see 'em to delete 'em.
Note to the youngsters - Growing old isn't for sissies.
David Brooks
I imagine Obama was thrilled when he watched you and George Will exchange your goofy fucking stares.
Good day, beautiful people!
The bad news is, I still have a cold.
The good news is, Interspar has heating wood again. Woohoo!
Brooks needs to retire his sneering disdain and have an eye exam.
it's all floppy drives and no USB. I'm not sure what I would do with it.
Add a network card and transfer everything interesting.
bye for now
plantsman, I agree with you that Kristol is an asshole. But he isn't nearly as smart as Brooks, and so the title really belongs to Bobo.
Erkältet? Das ist eine Schande.
Brooks needs to have the taste slapped right outta his mouf.
What a fucking idiot.
Das ist eine Schande.
Yes, it IS a scandal!
Wonderful. Jonah D.P. Goldberg on NPR.
Goldberg attempting to be funny.
A laugh riot.
Brooks does have a severe case of "Kewl KIds Derangement Syndrome."
A laugh riot.
I think it would be akin to fingernails scraping down a chaukboard.
In this case, the translation widget betrayed me, honest.
Does the translation widget do Tyrolean?
Ich bin a bissele erkaeltet, gaa?
That was its translation of "that's a shame. "
much to the chagrin of banks, whole bunches of folks with avg/good credit are refinancing their mortgages at the new lower rates.
Looks like Father Time was a little rough with Boy George.
Nein. But It has a remarkable nummer of sprachen it can botch, nonetheless
No, it's good! I love it when slight mistranslations take on whole new meanings.
I have been told of a young American woman who, not sure when the bus she was on would reach her stop (Bushaltestelle), asked the driver if he could tell her when they reached her Busenhalter.
That word means brassiere.
sheeties
transfreudian slip?
I asked a woman in a markt for honey, without specifying "bee honey" and got the damnedest dirty look. "Frisch!"
Funny, my friend who refied with BOA had a Countrywide mortgage. BOA bought Countrywide. So her refi was essentially a giant paper shuffle and her mortgage payment dropped significantly. She closed before Feb. 27 so there really wasn't much paperwork or checking on anything. Most of it was done over the phone except the notarized signing. After Feb 27 the mortgage rules tighten up nation wide. Prolly a good thing.
There may be a bigger anus at work at the NY Times, but I'll need some convincing.
Brooks is a simple SOB that has never done much of anything except sit around with jackasses like George Will and the like and run his mouth.
Speaking of jackasses, Atrios linked to Taibbi's review of the Pornstach of Freedom's (Friedman) latest tome yesterday. Highly recommended. Matt skins little Tommy alive.
I asked a woman in a markt for honey, without specifying "bee honey" and got the damnedest dirty look. "Frisch!"
plantsman
I was working on some copper pipes for this woman as a plumber. (Jack of all trades, master of none, me.) Needed to solder them but there was a constant drip of water. So, I needed some bread, mashed into ball, pressed into the copper pipe to stop the pipe up long enough from the constant drip to finish. So I asked the woman if she had any bread. She looked at me very concerned and said, "Well, sure honey, I have some bread."
Well, time to take care of kitteh comfort stations. BBL. By the way, I would consider it a kindness if folks would refrain from using the name "Kristol" and the word "smart" in the same post. Next to Doug "the stupidest fucking man on the planet" Feith, Kristol is the runner up. BoBo is, always has been and always will be an insufferable classless snob. I always think of Montey Python's Twit of the Year contest when I see/hear/read Bobo.
Have a great day! Be kind to someone for absolutely no reason today.
billy b -
Parcel received. Thankee. Haven't listened yet, but a BIG hit with the Aging Music Weasels last night. "I got somethin' you don't - nyah nyah nyah..."
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