I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
President Obama!
No more of that gimpy wilderness stuff for U.S.
http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
It's not that predicting that the CEO gets paid for, it's the finding a way to send the profits offshore, sillies.
They can always use $100's to wipe their tears away.
After all, the rich are very different from us.
I smile when the Dow goes down by five hundred points because I know somewhere a plutocrat is crying.
Anyone who predicted negative consequences to very bad behavior is a dirty fucking hippie. QED
After all, the rich are very different from us.
Sufferin' Succotash
If someone asks if they are cut do they not bleed, I'll suggest we run the experiment.
There's a blog called "nobodycouldhavepredicted.blogspot.com" ... doesn't look like it's been updated in a while though.
I don't smile when the Dow drops by 500 because it'll be the serfs that take the biggest hit in the end.
I smile when the Dow goes down by five hundred points because I know somewhere a plutocrat is crying.
Anthony McCarthy
The world's smallest violin and it's playing just for them:
http://thumbsnap.com/v/w02t8lCH.jpg
just saw this:
Official: MSNBC pundit may seek Pa. Senate seat
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania Democratic party leader says MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews may be considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports Matthews met with state party leaders this past week in Washington to discuss a possible bid to unseat Republican Sen. Arlen Specter.
Party official Mary Isenhour says she left the meeting feeling that Matthews still hadn't made up his mind.
The 62-year-old Matthews hosts MSNBC's "Hardball" and provides political commentary on NBC's "Today." He ran unsuccessfully for a Pennsylvania congressional seat in 1974.
There was no immediate comment from Matthews on Saturday. A reliable home telephone number could not be located and a representative of MSNBC did not immediately return a call.
If someone asks if they are cut do they not bleed, I'll suggest we run the experiment.
Anthony McCarthy
Can't we just waterboard them instead?
Market forces. Free Market forces. So Free and perfect.
Some of us made the rules, made our money, and are still making money, thanks to US Taxpayers. Freedom Markets!
"Nov 29th, 2008 | ROME -- An Italian chef joined soldiers battling militants at a Mumbai hotel to bring milk to his wife and infant daughter who were trapped during the siege."
Wow.
If I had predicted that nobody could have predicted, would I be rich?
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania Democratic party leader says MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews may be considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.
No.
Just, no.
I don’t, personally, believe that there’s anyone like that out there. So nobody should be blamed for failing to live up to that hype. But people can be blamed for participating in the hype and profiting from it.
To quote E. M Forster: "O machine! O machine!"
People make lots and lots of money from the god of the marketplace. And when that god fails to pay off, or withholds benison, government steps in to tide us over until the god of the marketplace smiles upon us again. And nobody's to blame because, after all, they aren't prophets or something!
Pretty sad to soil a man's reputation just because you want him to be responsible for what the god does. Isn't that how it's supposed to work?
BTW, can "nobody could have predicted" be added to the list of banned words at the end of the year? Kthxbai.
There will be NO playing of "The Blame Game"!
So it shall be written - so it shall be done!!!
Anthony: the plutocrats don't care much if the Dow goes down. It's a buying opportunity, and they can hold their assets until the market rises again, rather than sell them at the bottom.
The people who really get hurt are the ones who watch their 401K vanish, and have to access it to buy heating oil, food and medication, while their property taxes rise. They're in big trouble.
DT'd, but worth copying, I think:
Modern society is fucked up, in general. Gomez was very upset about the Walmart stampede yesterday. Let's face it: Black Friday (as it has become known) is an absolutely insane and shallow commemoration of a day that honors the superficiality of shopping for material goods at cheap prices. Most of the items people clamor for are unecessary plastic obects or clothing (and let's be honest, most people have too many clothes to begin with).
So he was saying that he wishes we could do something about that, but I told him that there's nothing we can do, because you can't really treat the symptom. We need to treat the root of the problems: avarice, selfishness, a lack of charity, loathing of looking inward, and most importantly, a lack of spiritual connectedness to those things that are other worldly.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania Democratic party leader says MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews may be considering a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.
I don't wish anything bad on Arlen Specter, but I have the feeling he's not going to be around in 2010.
Why can't Tweety just wait and run as a Repig? He has MUCH more in common with THEM.
I smile when the Dow goes down by five hundred points because I know somewhere a plutocrat is crying.
And for each plutocrat there are thousands of regular folk taking a big hit on their 401Ks
It was not a liberal who made this asinine statement.
Gomez was very upset about the Walmart stampede yesterday.
Vicki, everyone with a heart and a conscience was.
It was so unnecessary.
Richard Morgan wrote a v good novel called 'Market Forces'
basically the endpoint of neoliberalism where to get ahead to have to literally kill your opponent
It was not a liberal who made...
No, it's a socialist.
dt'd:
Of course the prof says it better than I can. But a small disagreement, prof-- anyone who has a garden knows that vegetarians kill all sorts of animals. I wash my lettuce, the slugs come off, down the drain where they no doubt die a cruel death (for a slug); I pick aphids off my beans, worms off the apple tree; I encourage lady bugs to kill the aphids, and that attracts the bats that eat the lady bugs... it's like we're all connected or something.
Tis true.
A lot of people did.
Even though this guy sort of over emphasizes the people that were reporting on what, IMHO, was the basis of our woes, the mortgage market.
What really did it it (again IMHO) were the unregulated derivatives of that market.
If you have a spare couple of minutes please read the whole thing.
(h/t Jay Rosen.)
I wash my lettuce, the slugs come off, down the drain where they no doubt die a cruel death (for a slug); I pick aphids off my beans, worms off the apple tree; I encourage lady bugs to kill the aphids, and that attracts the bats that eat the lady bugs... it's like we're all connected or something.
Moe Szyslak, eiditer | Homepage | 11.29.08 - 11:21 am | #
oh the humanity
I want my free Dr Pepper!
FOX News asking "would stocks rebound if President-Elect Obama cancels tax hikes?"
For those living in a reality-based universe, the stock market rose 17% in the past 5 sessions since Obama started naming his economic team and setting out his policies. According to MSNBC, that is the largest 5-session gain in 70 years. Headline you'll never see on Fox this weekend: Obama works magic on the Dow Jones.
i eat meat lol me a bad person but i can't resist a steak or a roast dinner
i know i'm weak and it'll probably kill me and its not environmentally friendly
oh well i'm going to hell
I'm confused about this "market forces" thingie.
Whenever a Democrat gets elected President they get replaced by a lot of vague pop psychology bullshit about "confidence" and "reassurance".
How does that happen?
No socialist would make such an asinine statement either.
Moe--
It's more than aphids that die making a veggie meal. Those soy fields are home to many a bunny, and those combines don't have little escape hatches for them.
(condensed from below.)
heh i watched Puppy cam all evening
its terribly addictive
listened to Mozart, puppy cam and a single malt whisky
nice!
Well, the good news is that they are hoping to prosecute in the guy's death. The bad news is that the folks who need prosecuting are WALMART ... and I'm sure they will be protected.
Dear God, where is that crowbar to pry my ass off the sofa???
It's more than aphids that die making a veggie meal. Those soy fields are home to many a bunny, and those combines don't have little escape hatches for them
Sounds like a Bunny Day to me.
[just bein' silly]
Well, the good news is that they are hoping to prosecute in the guy's death. The bad news is that the folks who need prosecuting are WALMART ... and I'm sure they will be protected.
Southern Beale
Oh, I'm sure WalMart has a nice fat insurance policy on the fella who was killed.
I have a wonderful piece of software on my main computer called Radioshift, made by Rogue Amoeba. With it I can tape shows that run from say 5-7AM on Saturdays, like Michael Tearson's Saturday Morning Sixties on WMGK, Philadelphia.
As I'm reading all this financial stuff, comes now George Harrison, via Radioshift and Michael, singing Beware of Darkness.
Good advice, especially these days.
I have an on-topic question. When was "the Big Shitpile" coined?
I figure it had to be sometime around mid 2007, or shortly after AIG's CDS unit in London posted a 3rd quarter loss.
No socialist would make such an asinine statement either.
El Fredo
Yeah, when I need lessons in socialism I don't take them from a National "Socialist" hiding under a poncho.
Puppies are growing like weeds.
It's more than aphids that die making a veggie meal. Those soy fields are home to many a bunny, and those combines don't have little escape hatches for them.
(condensed from below.)
jayackroyd
Oh, of course. Not to mention that farming destroys habitat (on land, in the water, and in the sky) for all sorts of creatures. The very act of being alive kills animals. Of course, we can lessen our impact...
The bad news is that the folks who need prosecuting are WALMART ... and I'm sure they will be protected.
WalMart's already using the "he wasn't an employee, he was a contractor, and we did all we could" bullshit.
Seriously, where's the Weather Underground when you need them.
Pretty sad to soil a man's reputation just because you want him to be responsible for what the god does. Isn't that how it's supposed to work? ~ Rmj
Yes my friend, it's sometimes called The Invisible Hand.
Originally coined by Adam Smith, defined by Wiki:
He argued that each individual maximizing revenue for himself maximizes the total revenue of society as a whole, as this is identical with the sum total of individual revenues.
The Invisible Hand is omnipotent, thus is never, ever to be questioned. Think of it as the Holy Trinity, along with deregulation & tax cuts for the wealthy.
Yeah, when I need lessons in socialism I don't take them from a National "Socialist" hiding under a poncho.
Anthony McCarthy
OR lessons about the REAL world.
Can we haz tumbrels now?
No.
Just, no.
Southern Beale
Can't get out of this state fast enough, although I may want to work for the person running against him.
Puppies are growing like weeds.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Puppy and dandelion salad is pretty delicious.
*duck*
Did not Our Host coin the term "The Big Shitpile"?
He certainly put it into the public discourse.
After issuing the usual perfunctory statement of regret, Wal-Mart Central went on to note that the squished worker wasn't actually one of its employees.
Heh.
I'm sure WalMart has a nice fat insurance policy on the fella who was killed.
Since he was a contractor, not an employee, probably not. So a small silver lining...
Seriously, where's the Weather Underground when you need them.
dave™©
I understand the pregnant woman DIDN'T miscarry after all.
If she had, I wonder if the anti-choice nuts would have demonstrated outside the WalMart.
trifecta,
Your diaries are my favorite over at you-know-where.
You're always on the rec list, too.
's more than aphids that die making a veggie meal. Those soy fields are home to many a bunny, and those combines don't have little escape hatches for them.
I believe most of the soy produced in the United States goes to animal feed for the production of meat and dairy. So, using this as an argument against vegetarianism is flawed.
Moe and jay: agreed entirely. I was trying to say that, apologize for not making it clear, and thank you for clarifying my point.
It isn't hard to demonstrate that human activity, regardless of vegetarianism/veganism, or relation to food production, impacts animals adversely in countless ways. Doing the best you can is just about the only way to live. But I'm really not sure what that is, or how to judge your idea of 'best' against mine, in such things. I've heard, for instance, that the act of having children is so harmful to animals and the ecosystem that it should be frowned upon. I've heard that all food should be eaten raw and uncooked, for ecological, philosophical and nutritional reasons. Road kill; loss of habitat; use of sonar near whales. And so on. THe examples are myriad.
I guess I'm trying to say that we should be generous with each other, and that we should avoid gratuitous greed, cruelty and despoliation, while being mindful of the fact that an absolute, universal, satisfactory definition of such conduct is elusive, and likely to remain so.
i suppose our equivalent to Wal-Mart is Tesco's
but we also have ASDA, which is owned by Wal Mart
The problem with the puppy cam is that it makes me want a puppy...
Lew Ayres should be on this case.
No, he was Dr. Kildare.
oh well i'm going to hell
Moonbootica, Cocktail Queen
I'm going with you.
I understand the pregnant woman DIDN'T miscarry after all.
If she had, I wonder if the anti-choice nuts would have demonstrated outside the WalMart.
As long as their pharmacies don't sell birth control pills, they could give a fuck.
Did not Our Host coin the term "The Big Shitpile"?
This is why I'm asking here. I did poke the archives at one time, but didn't have much luck.
Can we haz tumbrels now?
Apprentice to Darth Holden
We haz. But so far they are only transporting the common man.
We needz the special platinum 'n diamond enkrusted ones for to haul away Masterz of Universes.
The problem with the puppy cam is that it makes me want a puppy...
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | Homepage | 11.29.08 - 11:29 am | #
i know, i joked i had ordered a puppy to my parents LOL
This barmaid in the local pub predicted all this shit five years ago, but everybody just stared at her boobs and didn't listen.
The problem with the puppy cam is that it makes me want a puppy...
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Showed my niece a You Tube of a giant pouched rat trained to find land mines, she wants one.
Anyone have a clue as to where the term Shit Sandwich came from?
WalMart's already using the "he wasn't an employee, he was a contractor, and we did all we could" bullshit.
It's a well known fact that employers have absolutely no obligation to their contractors. Wheee.
i know, i joked i had ordered a puppy to my parents LOL
I'm serious. If I get weak moment, I may go out and find one. I don't need one, but maybe one "needs" me? 
Anyone have a clue as to where the term Shit Sandwich came from?
Sufferin' Succotash
If Peggy Noonan was coming to lunch.....
I guess I'm trying to say that we should be generous with each other, and that we should avoid gratuitous greed, cruelty and despoliation, while being mindful of the fact that an absolute, universal, satisfactory definition of such conduct is elusive, and likely to remain so.
ProfWombat
You had left before I posted my response to you earlier this morning....
Well, life's a bitch, and then we die.
The present economic order isn't sustainable. Ultimately, *no* economic order is sustainable so far as any individual goes... there's going to be struggle, misfortune and death, no matter what. Consumerism, like religion, is an attempt to avoid that reality.
Maybe if we could just realize the battle will always be lost, we could get around to treating each other a little more decently.
Moe Szyslak, eiditer | Homepage | 11.29.08 - 8:53 am | #
The elite and wealthy do not fear another 500 point drop in the DOW. They lie awake at night worrying about crowds that may storm the Bastille.
This barmaid in the local pub predicted all this shit five years ago, but everybody just stared at her boobs and didn't listen.
That's not surprising. After all, how many doods go to pubs to hear lectures on macroeconomic policy?
...sigh
Mental health professionals are going to be busier than ever over the next month or so.
The seasonal sadness is going to be hard enough, but with the economic disaster looming for such a large proportion of the population, well, there's going to be some serious problems.
I'm beginning to see some of that already, even on line.
Did not Our Host coin the term "The Big Shitpile"?
I do believe he did.
The Daily Puppy today is a Shiba Inu.
Beautiful dog:
http://www.dailypuppy.com/puppie...Inu-_2008-11-
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Did not Our Host coin the term "The Big Shitpile"?
Research done a few weeks ago came up with a date on or about Nov. 10, 2007. I seem to remember Paul Krugman regretting that since he worked for a family newspaper, he could not use the term in his column. But I do like Krugman's recent comment on the "we never saw it coming" evasions. Krugman replied "what do you mean by 'we' white man?"
Moe, Prof-
And I am going back to an earlier theme. If I missed a relevant comment I apologize.
I claim that the real culprit here is the development of centralized agriculture and that centralized agriculture ("civilization") is not sustainable.
About fifteen years ago, that argument looked unimpeachable. As the UN projections now show population peaking around 2050, we should know whether people have exceeded the carrying capacity of their habitat sometime around then.
Two tribunals at the centre of efforts to bring war criminals to justice are under threat because of insecurity among staff, the Guardian has learned.
The international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) face losing staff at a record rate, putting existing trials, including that of the former Bosnian Serb president, Radovan Karadzic, in jeopardy, sources inside the tribunals say.
Many staff contracts are due to end next month, reflecting the tribunals' initial mandate to complete their caseload by the end of 2008. Despite extensions allowing the cases to continue at least until the end of 2009, up to 40% of foreign staff are expected to abandon their jobs, uncertain whether their positions will be renewed. Turnover rates topped 14% in 2007 and are expected to be even higher in 2008.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/...al-under-
threat
The problem with the puppy cam is that it makes me want a puppy...
That's the point, of course. And not just any old puppy--- they want you to buy a Shiba Inu, in particular. But not from a puppy mill! But if Shiba Inus become popular, then puppy mills will cater to the demand....
Ezra Klein gives Atrios credit for coining the term "Big Shitpile" as far back as last November ...
Nobody could have predicted that the Bush crime syndicate apologists would rush to cover their collective asses.
That's not surprising. After all, how many doods go to pubs to hear lectures on macroeconomic policy?
Sufferin' Succotash
If I had used my head, I could be sittin' pretty today.
Ooops. I screwed up the link. Well, go google it yourselves, you lazy wankers.
I gotta get my ass off the sofa.
This barmaid in the local pub predicted all this shit five years ago, but everybody just stared at her boobs and didn't listen.
Lime Rickey
Lime Rickey: You predicted it. Atrios predicted it. Paul Krugman predicted it. Dunno about you, but neither Atrios nor Nobelist Paul haz boobs, and my guess is you neither.
In this we must listen to the voice of The Boxer, Paul Simon: A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest.
Boobs are not required for willful disregard. Admittedly, they make a lovely distraction for some people, but even if your bartender had looked as unlovable as me, no one would have paid the slightest attention.
They. Did. Not. Wish. To. Hear.
From the owners of the puppies, today:
Also, a few people have been asking about when the pups will start leaving our home. Sorry to say that the first couple pups will likely start going to their new homes next weekend. 
Do note that my wife and I *have* decided to keep one of the litter (yay!) so we'll likely have the webcam positioned in different rooms so you can tune in and what the pup grow. =)
Moe: if we treat each other more decently, then, I'd say the battle's been won. If the battle is defined as that which would enable us to continue living just as we've been living, but more so, and enabling everybody in China, India, Russia, Africa and elsewhere to do it, too, then we'll lose not just the battle, but the war.
Fortunately, I don't think abandoning that latter fantasy requires a cheapening or decline in the worth of human life, or even the possibility of its enjoyment. Quite the opposite, in fact.
The seasonal sadness is going to be hard enough, but with the economic disaster looming for such a large proportion of the population, well, there's going to be some serious problems.
Add to that the endless playing of sappy 1940s-vintage Xmas tunes and you've got a sharp increase in the suicide rate.
"If I get weak moment, I may go out and find one. I don't need one, but maybe one "needs" me?"
The very best kind to get, as my experience has taught me. Every shelter or rescue dog we have ever had the pleasure to share our lives with has been marvelous. Dogs from breeders, not quite so much but they are all loved the same way, 100%.
Shiba Inu does have a rescue so you might get a rescue puppycam type of puppy or older dog. The adults are one of the only breeds that look nearly the same as their babies.
Krugman replied "what do you mean by 'we' white man?"
Thread Theorist
The single funniest line I have read by Krugman.
If there are any young 'uns who haven't heard the joke to which this is the famous punch line, chime in. One of the old farts will repeat it.
That's the point, of course. And not just any old puppy--- they want you to buy a Shiba Inu, in particular. But not from a puppy mill! But if Shiba Inus become popular, then puppy mills will cater to the demand....
Moe Szyslak, eiditer
My former brother in law and his partner adopted what they were told was a Shiba Inu mix fromt the local shelter about 7 years ago (just what she needed - two gay men to spoil her rotten).
I took a look at her and said she looked like a purebred Shiba Inu to me. The vet they took her to said pretty much the same.
My local newspaper listed "fur coat" under the classified ads for pets.
lol.
Teh Google seems to agree. Mid November 2007.
Thanks.
"Scenes We'd Like To See", Lone Ranger and Tonto.
Add to that the endless playing of sappy 1940s-vintage Xmas tunes and you've got a sharp increase in the suicide rate.
Sufferin' Succotash
True enough, but I must confess that suicide isn't on my mind whenever I hear "The Little Drummer Boy" played non-stop...
I claim that the real culprit here is the development of centralized agriculture and that centralized agriculture ("civilization") is not sustainable.
About fifteen years ago, that argument looked unimpeachable. As the UN projections now show population peaking around 2050, we should know whether people have exceeded the carrying capacity of their habitat sometime around then.
jayackroyd
I dunno, really. In some ways agriculture has never been sustainable, in the true sense of the word. Maybe it can be tweaked to provide for all... but I think you're right; we've reached "peak earth."
Depending on my job situation, I'm looking at getting a puppy/dog after the first of the year. Rescue type (even though I had a bad experience with the one pound puppy I got, back in '96).
Depending on my job situation, I'm looking at getting a puppy/dog after the first of the year or serving the neighbors hound for dinner.
I was just reading the obituaries in last week's Chicago Tribune and came across this note:
Robert White II, 93, prominent press-freedom advocate and a finalist for the ultimately abandoned Journalist in Space program.
I nominate Chris Matthews to be the ultimately abandoned journalist in space.
OMG.
It's Hypnocat!!!!
Hilarious.
OK I'm outta here for realz.
If Karma owes me a bit of good luck, Sinf, I ask Her to pay it to you.
oh well i'm going to hell
Moonbootica, Cocktail Queen
I'm going with you.
i've got a block of flats reserved. you're welcome to stay with me.
You fucking morons. Shit happens. NTodd gets syphilis, God dies, aliens invade earth and crazed American trample a Walmart employee to death. What is it in the American character that seeks to criminalize such foolishness.
suicide isn't on my mind whenever I hear "The Little Drummer Boy" played non-stop...
That's not 1940s Tin Pan Alley vintage. Traditional songs like Drummer Boy, Deck The Halls, etc.. actually perk me up. It's the White Christmas, Silver Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas stuff that brings on depressiive states.
Anyone else as sick as I am of looking at Holy Joe's face on the Credo ad?
I was considering switching till they started using him in their ads.
You're most kind, David. Thank you.
I'm hanging in there ...
Ian Welsh and Stirling Newberry should be on the list of people who predicted this quite some time ago.
Ironically, we're bringing our dog back to the shelter here shortly. Make sure you know what you're getting into.
It's the White Christmas, Silver Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas stuff that brings on depressiive states.
Sufferin' Succotash
White Christmas and Have Yourself are two of my favorite Christmas songs to sing. Plus The Christmas Song (Chesnuts roasting ...).
It's Hypnocat!!!!
"Brick wall! I must think of a brick wall!"
"Depending on my job situation, I'm looking at getting a puppy/dog after the first of the year. Rescue type (even though I had a bad experience with the one pound puppy I got, back in '96).
Sinfonian, day late $1 short"
Take some online quizzes to find out what kind of dog fits your lifestyle. Then go to their breed rescues and see if there are any available dogs or puppies you like. That's how we have gotten some of the most marvelous canines on the planet (sorry I am rather biased).
Do your homework and be patient, rescues are picky and will make sure you choose wisely.
Ironically, we're bringing our dog back to the shelter here shortly. Make sure you know what you're getting into.
AndyMN
I saw that on Facebook. Sorry to hear that.
Gotta run. Later, folks, and may the day go well for you.
Anyone have a clue as to where the term Shit Sandwich came from?
Sufferin' Succotash | 11.29.08 - 11:31 am | #
don't know, but maybe related s.o.s. (shit on a shingle = chipped beef on toast)
The Christmas Song (Chesnuts roasting ...).
Sinfonian, day late $1 short
My very favorite.
Nat King Cole left this world way too early, IMHO.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Possibly the worst one ever written. Absolutely can't stand it.
White Christmas and Have Yourself are two of my favorite Christmas songs to sing. Plus The Christmas Song (Chesnuts roasting ...).
No kiddin'?
Oh well, chacun a son gout...
Er, that should have read "Chestnuts."
Simels or one of his sockpuppets regrets.
It's the White Christmas, Silver Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas stuff that brings on depressiive states.
Sufferin' Succotash
"In The Bleak Midwinter" is bad enough, but hearing "Feliz Navidad" nonstop makes me want to hurt someone.
I got me an 11/4:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/
2007...721776227663069
I like "Go Tell It On The Mountain."
"Brick wall! I must think of a brick wall!"
Sufferin' Succotash
But the cat isn't blonde, right?
No worries.
(John Wyndham, The Midwich Cuckoos, made into the classic film Village of the Damned)
The old joke goes that the Lone Ranger and Tonto are watching a horde of Indian braves bear down on them in full battle fury. "Looks like we're in trouble, Tonto," says the Lone Ranger to his pal. "What you mean 'we,' white man?," Tonto responds.
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suicide isn't on my mind whenever I hear "The Little Drummer Boy" played non-stop...
did you hear faith hill sing it on letterman last night?
the "rum pa pum pums" were getting her just a little TOO ... excited.
"In The Bleak Midwinter" is bad enough
I just heard a Sarah MacLachlan version of that yesterday. Just lovely.
Hmmm ... I like all the depressing holiday songs. Maybe that says something about me ...
Sorry 11/10. WEEK of 11/4.
Well, you take the long view. So agriculture required human organization on a scale that hunter-gatherer culture didn't. And that has varied from reasonably tolerant to brutal; it's forced the notion of real property, for better or for worse; it's despoiled the land.
And, over the past few thousand years, we've had a bit of history; we've learned a little science; we've made a little progress. So you look in the old graveyards, and see all those little gravestones, all those young women died in childbirth. Lymphoma is curable, mostly, these days, and we don't chop women's breasts off, or allow them to rot. Choose your own example, but don't suggest to me that hunter-gatherers, who warred upon each other as did Jane Goodall's chimps, lived an ennobled existence from which we are cut off.
Short of recommending that nine out of ten extant humans die, that we close down every city, I'm not sure what the utility of decrying centralized agriculture is. Nor do I accept that centralized agriculture must, by its very nature, be irresponsible and non-sustainable. We can, have, and will learn how to do things better.
Silver Bells
Oh, forget that. The Regis and Cathy version of Silver Bells is emetic.
Upon reflection I have never actually fucked a moron. On the other hand, I have fucked some startlingly stupid individuals.
Hey kids - if it's Xmas music you want...!
Surfjan Stevens i quite like
oh and Thank God Its Not Christmas by Sparks
hearing "Feliz Navidad" nonstop makes me want to hurt someone.
And all this time I believed Steve Buscemi when he said that with Jose Feliciano you got no complaints.
Anyway, gotta go engage in leaf-related activities. 
Bientot, batsies.
Christmas songs I hate (no offense to those who like them):
Little Drummer Boy
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Do You Hear What I Hear
I nominate Chris Matthews to be the ultimately abandoned journalist in space.
AIRLOCK, NOW!
BTW, I'm somewhat reticent to admit I just saw that Toby Keith "War on Xmas" bit from Colbert's Xmas special the other day.
Is it number one on the country charts?
The only cure for this attitude on the part of the oligarchs is many lengths of stout rope tied firmly round their necks, followed by a short drop and a good, long paroxysmal bout of kicking. If we do that to half of them in front of the other half,the other half may just see the light.
Short of recommending that nine out of ten extant humans die, that we close down every city, I'm not sure what the utility of decrying centralized agriculture is. Nor do I accept that centralized agriculture must, by its very nature, be irresponsible and non-sustainable. We can, have, and will learn how to do things better.
ProfWombat
Well, one thing that's absolutely necessary in order to do it better, is to have a lot fewer people. We're heading in the right direction, and I'm actually hopeful on that front. Everything else, less so.
Manheim Steamroller, bitches!!
So you look in the old graveyards, and see all those little gravestones, all those young women died in childbirth.
I love old cemeteries, but I must admit THOSE graves tend to depress me.
We have three old cemeteries in my town that I enjoy walking in.
The one Catholic cemetery has an entire section of young children who died of the Influenza Pandemic in 1918.
That section I tend to avoid.
Christmas songs I hate (no offense to those who like them):
Little Drummer Boy
No argument there...
Christmas songs neither improve nor exacerbate my impending sense of doom as winter approaches.
Christmas songs I hate (no offense to those who like them):
Little Drummer Boy
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Do You Hear What I Hear
Sinfonian, day late $1 short
I hate "The 12 days of Christmas."
Fucking song goes on and on and on.
Christmas songs that drive me bonkers:
The Little Drummer Boy
OK, that's one. I'll think of more later.
I dislike all the secular pop Christmas music; love the carols, all the old stuff. And I can't stand piped-in music in general, and Christmas piped-in music in particular.
That happened to me once, total bummer.
Rubinomics.
Then there's board member and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who has received over $100 million in compensation from Citi in 10-plus years, according to the New York Post.
"I don't feel responsible, in light of the facts as I knew them in my role," Rubin told the New York Times back in April. "In hindsight, there are a lot of things we'd do differently. But in the context of the facts as I knew them and my role, I'm inclined to think probably not."
Rubin is one of several directors, including current chairman Sir Win Bischoff, who've been on Citi's board for at least 10 years, the WSJ notes.
To this point, not one of the directors has been fired, stepped down or even had the decency to apologize to shareholders or U.S. taxpayers.
Winter? What's that?
(Sunny, breezy, 75° out right now. Windows throughout the house are open. This is why I live in Teh Glans™. Well, not really, but it's a nice perk.)
i have no personal likes or dislikes about Christmas music, its nothing i give serious thought about it
it be different if i worked in a store and it was pipped non stop
need food.
bbiam
The only cure for this attitude on the part of the oligarchs is many lengths of stout rope tied firmly round their necks, followed by a short drop and a good, long paroxysmal bout of kicking. If we do that to half of them in front of the other half,the other half may just see the light.
No, no, no.
Behaidings.
Because haids on pikes are a good reminder to those remaining.
"I don't feel responsible, in light of the facts as I knew them in my role,"
NONE of them ever feel responsible.
I'm in an argument about abortion on a local news form (TV 13). God, they hate me there. But they can't argue, so that start calling me names and accuse me of wanting to murder and abuse ALL children.
I love old cemeteries…
We have three old cemeteries in my town that I enjoy walking in.
Really? Not me. No way Jose!
The only cure for this attitude on the part of the oligarchs is many lengths of stout rope tied firmly round their necks, followed by a short drop and a good, long paroxysmal bout of kicking. If we do that to half of them in front of the other half,the other half may just see the light.
The guillotine does it much faster.
Purebred dogs tend to come from stock that has been previously bred to look good in the show-ring. Erect and forward posture; in other words, a somewhat aggressive display.
Generation after generation bred this way can cause dogs of all breeds to get "stubborn," for lack of a better word. That may be why mixed-breed dogs tend to be smarter and more people-pleasing.
I raised borzois and salukis for a while, and I edited the newsletter of a local kennel club for years. Now I have a black Lab and a Texas Blue Lacy, both rescued off the streets, and both wonderful.
Moe: I do think you can make the case that too much meat consumption requires too much meat production, which skews agriculture and aquiculture with bad consequences.
gosh the puppies are quite literally bouncing off each other and off the walls
Tomorrow I'll be in Tampa, enjoying the Bucs' hoped-for dismantling of the Saints.
Forecast: high of 74° with possible thunderstorms. Gotta love late November in America's Wang™.
One of my favorite recent Xmas songs is a little hard to find... Mariah Carey on the soundtrack of "Love Actually" churns out a great version of "All I Want for Xmas (Is You)" that's completely different from her "official" released version, in that, it's totally producer driven and treats Carey as nothing more than another instrument. In fact, I think the producer (unknown at this moment) just threw her into the studio, said "sing fast and don't fuck it up", started the tape, and after one take, said "here's your hat, what's your hurry?"
Worth seeking out (I think it's on the Brit version of the soundtrack)...
But they can't argue, so that start calling me names and accuse me of wanting to murder and abuse ALL children.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
That's all they know how to do.
It's their way or the highway.
Behaidings.
Because haids on pikes are a good reminder to those remaining.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Hey, I never said he had to cut 'em down right after stringing 'em up! But I suppose the full bodies would raise an unacceptable stench. Tell you what -- how about we hang 'em slow first and then behead them?
However, the researchers said it would be too early for people to start taking resveratrol in order to improve health, as the compound might interact with other drugs. However, if drugs containing resveratrol are not yet available, one glass of wine at dinner won’t do you any harm. Besides “warming” the atmosphere, there’s plenty of evidence showing that it protects your heart from aging and everybody needs a younger heart in order to have a longer life. Cheers!
If one glass of wine may improve your health, then surely half a dozen glasses will prove even more efficacious.
You don't need a big brain to figure that one out.
Make fun of me all you want. I like listening to Harry Connick Jr around the holidays, and I will never forget his back in that white shirt when he's dancing with Sandra Bullock.
Sorry, I said that out loud, didn't I?
But they can't argue, so that start calling me names and accuse me of wanting to murder and abuse ALL children.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Tell them you just want to murder and abuse their children. Gotta nip the wingnut flow in the bud, y'know.
i have no personal likes or dislikes about Christmas music, its nothing i give serious thought about it
Have you heard the Phil Spector Xmas Album?
A must-hear...
so that start calling me names and accuse me of wanting to murder and abuse ALL children.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | Homepage | 11.29.08 - 11:50 am | #
when i hear people say stuff like that (like when they say obama wants to kill babies) i tend to put on a quizzical expression and ask in a soft voice, "really? do you really believe that?"
then i shake my head slowly a couple of times in disbelief. it is amazing how effective this can be.
my cat George is a pedigree Abyssinian and Heidi is a pedigree Burmese and both are wonderful cats
If selenium is a micronutrient necessary for nervous system development, then it stands to reason that everybody would be smarter and get less Alzheimer's disease if they ate a dozen transistors every day...
Not to be nitpicky, and maybe it's just me, but is Obama making some really curious personnel decisions or what?
Excuse me, but why the fuck did the ox and lamb keep time for a fuckin' drummer?
THE DRUM KEEPS THE DAMN TIME!
It's a well known fact that employers have absolutely no obligation to their contractors. Wheee.
Southern Beale |
*
as Blackwater is to Bushie
...they can't argue, so that start calling me names and accuse me of wanting to murder and abuse ALL children.
If it's like most MSM "comment" boards, you can probably report them for "personal attacks". And you should.
Just to piss them off. "Free speech"? These motherfuckers don't know the meaning of the word, and trust me, they're reporting your every post. Count on it.
Purebred dogs tend to come from stock that has been previously bred to look good in the show-ring
I own a purebred Boston Terrier that I bought from a couple whose dogs had pups. I got to meet the parents and an older sister from a prior litter (she was about 2).
Nice, sweet dogs.
My first Boston Terrier I bought from a pet shop in 1990. He'll be gone four years in January and I still miss him like crazy.
Every dog is different.
Every dog is different.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama
Also, every sperm is sacred.
Would someone please post the link to the puppy cam. I lost it.
Believe it or don't, the only version of "Drummer Boy" I can halfway stand is Bob Seger's.
He's got the voice, but the arrangement's overblown...
if they ate a dozen transistors every day...
That's how robots stay so smart.
Sinf: gives me hope, actually, that grown-ups are running things, willing to work together. Maybe Power and Clinton have both learned something; maybe Obama will actually lead the government; maybe the chance to be in a government better than Bush's appeals to them, that they might actually accomplish something good in government service.
I'd have been more concerned were Power to have been offered no role at all.
Saw "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" last night. Quite a funny movie.
Also, Kristen Bell has regained the lead in my "Celebrity Exception" rankings.
Just to piss them off. "Free speech"? These motherfuckers don't know the meaning of the word, and trust me, they're reporting your every post. Count on it.
Dave is absolutely right about this.
Any board that is moderated and has even a handful of wingnuts (and the click to report feature) will have said sacks of pigshit clicking away like mad at anything that dares to challenge their tightly held and fervently believe lies.
my cat George is a pedigree Abyssinian and Heidi is a pedigree Burmese and both are wonderful cats
Moonbootica, Cocktail Queen
i love burmese. we're still on the fence about getting a new cat, but i know if i see a burmese that needs rescue i won't be able to resist.
(george: abyssinians are nice too)
"Every dog is different."
...every sperm is sacred.
Every move you make, every breath you take - I'll be watching you!
Moe: I do think you can make the case that too much meat consumption requires too much meat production, which skews agriculture and aquiculture with bad consequences.
ProfWombat
In the abstract, yes. But in the particular, not so much. For example, suppose I go vegetarian. That's one fewer customer for the local organic meat farm, the guy who's doing it right. It wouldn't take many of us in town to stop buying from him to make him go under; he'd either change to a conventional operation, selling into the continental meat market, or he'd sell to someone who would. My vegetarianism would have an adverse effect on the planet.
George's dad Mikkar Cherokee is a UK Grand Champion
his grandad is a UK Supreme Gran Champion, Mikkar Giddy Kipper
his family tree is laced with champions, international and UK
I'd have been more concerned were Power to have been offered no role at all.
ProfWombat
Indeed. However, I keep returning to the analogy of "avoiding the appearance of impropriety." I hope they really have mended fences, but I wonder if it would have made more sense to put Power elsewhere. I agree that her absence altogether would have raised eyebrows ...
If chromium in small amounts is necessary to maintain normal glucose tolerance curves, it stands to reason that diabetes can be prevented if you eat the bumper of a 1958 Buick every day...
Saw "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" last night. Quite a funny movie
i laughed, i cried.
my daughter liked it, but complained it had "way too much penis"
Every move you make, every breath you take - I'll be watching you!
It cracks Sting up that people play that song at their weddings.
"Free speech"? These motherfuckers don't know the meaning of the word
"Free speech" applies only to those who parrot right wing talking points.
At least, it does in THEIR atrophied brains.
my daughter liked it, but complained it had "way too much penis"
dirk gently, sociopathetic
You can never have too much penis.
Um, wait, that came out wrong ...
Sinf: we'll see. We're all so used to being disappointed, it's hard not to have that reflex when confronted with such things.
Google it, fuckwit. No one's going to waste a finger clicking and pasting for you.
it stands to reason that diabetes can be prevented if you eat the bumper of a 1958 Buick every day...
We cannot allow a 1958 Buick Bumper Gap!
i love burmese. we're still on the fence about getting a new cat, but i know if i see a burmese that needs rescue i won't be able to resist.
(george: abyssinians are nice too)
dirk gently, sociopathetic | Homepage | 11.29.08 - 11:57 am | #
yeah Burmese had great personality and are basically half dog heh
very chatty as well and wants to be you friend
Terry C-
Of course you're right, and I was making a pretty gross generalization. But I do think that too many purebreads can present behavioral quirks that your average mutt doesn't.
And many of the more popular breeds are so vast that the narrowly-bred show-ring behaviors aren't there. Retrievers, cocker spaniels, and even pitbulls have what seems to me to be just a larger gene pool than say for example, Ibizan hounds.
It cracks Sting up that people play that song at their weddings.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
When I was in high school, I played piano in a little jazz combo that did mostly wedding gigs and such. Most memorable "our song" that we had to learn?
Steve Miller Band, "Abracadabra." Yikes.
It cracks Sting up that people play that song at their weddings.
I read a thing in one of the local fishwraps the other day that, at wedding receptions, "You Shook Me All Night Long" is one of the most popular numbers.
Moe: yup. The calculus gets wicked complex, and is often counterintuitive.
I lost it.
One of the few honest things it's ever said.
You can never have too much penis.
on the contrary. i have just enough.
I figure the Great Awakening must be preceded by both the Great Accounting and the Great Atonement
There's a blog called "nobodycouldhavepredicted.blogspot.com" ... doesn't look like it's been updated in a while though.
who could have predicted that?
Steve Miller Band, "Abracadabra."
Good Lord! *choke*
Samantha Power is an intelligent person who I believe would be a worthy addition to any administration.
I'm more worried about the Rubinoids.
I read a thing in one of the local fishwraps the other day that, at wedding receptions, "You Shook Me All Night Long" is one of the most popular numbers.
dave™©
Some friends of ours ended their reception with Highway to Hell.
Wingnut welfare is alive and well in Florida.
I can haz $110,000/yr job for my political connections nao?
What drives 'em nuts is when I respond to their comments without attack, just facts.
That drives 'em crazy.
They can report me, but I've done nothing to get me banned.
tee hee actually some of te show names of George's grandparents and great grandpanrents are rather cool
for instance his mother is CatsMagic Alchemy Gold
and his paternal grandmother is Champion Mikkar Century Dawning
They can report me, but I've done nothing to get me banned.
Oh, absolutely. They, on the other hand, have.
Steve Miller Band, "Abracadabra."
They had some stoopit songs before this, but this was definitely the final flying double twist over the shark.
Samantha Power is an intelligent person who I believe would be a worthy addition to any administration.
mostly, they desperately need her on the intramural basketball team.
i am playing with my new pen tablet. it is great fun, and gives more cardio benefits than a mouse.
plus, i've programmed a couple of gestures to copy, paste and insert italics tags. no more slanties! at least, not when i'm using the tablet.
it's amazing how much better image software is with a tablet. i can draw! well, not great, but better than with a mouse. even better than with a real pen!
Of course you're right, and I was making a pretty gross generalization. But I do think that too many purebreads can present behavioral quirks that your average mutt doesn't.
And many of the more popular breeds are so vast that the narrowly-bred show-ring behaviors aren't there. Retrievers, cocker spaniels, and even pitbulls have what seems to me to be just a larger gene pool than say for example, Ibizan hounds.
shrimplate
Oh, I know what you mean - remember when they made the live action 101 Dalmatians a few years ago?
A lot of people bought Dals - and they knew nothing about the breed. A lot of Dals wound up in shelters and in rescue organizations.
The "popular" breeds seem to have problems.
I get nerves with the increasing number of Boston Terriers I have been seeing in ads and commercials.
I've loved the breed since I was a little kid but I don't want them to get "too popular."
his maternal grandmother is Champion Abychat Abracadabra
All-Instrumental set on 10@10.
On now: "Classical Gas"!
I wanna reach out and grab ya.
There's an extent, I suppose, that Obama needs a few Rubinoids on board. They reassure the markets, which profoundly need such things. And they won't, in fact, be president.
But I wonder about Soros' notion of reflexivity, that the markets inevitably wind up talking only to themselves, and that leads to unsustainable flights from reality. I'd like to see Obama get some economic help from outside the system, given that system's manifest failures...
I lost it.
One of the few honest things it's ever said.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama | 11.29.08 - 12:01 pm | #
Someone just showed herself to be the liar. She did not killfile me. Liar, liar, pants on fire.
On now: "Classical Gas"!
dave™©
Um .... Mason ... Williams?
Moon:
I've always thought Abys looked like little cougars.
Very beautiful cats.
Sinfonian--
http://kroydblog.blogspot.com/
EJ Dionne thinks it's not just you. But, honestly, if you're surprised by any of this, I don't think you were paying close enough attention. Obama is doing just what he said he would do. In particular, if you thought Power was not going to have a role in the administration, you were mistaken.
Clinton won't care. Any more than Obama cares about some of the things she and Bill said.
I hate when the wind slams a door shut in the house. (Just happened.)
Freaks me right the fuck out.
A lot of people bought Dals - and they knew nothing about the breed. A lot of Dals wound up in shelters and in rescue organizations.
Chihuahuas are set for that, according to our local shelter. Although we already get a lot of chihuahuas as it is (and they adopt out pretty quick, too)...
I suppose I should get moving...need to walk the dog.
dirk, what brand did you get? I've been looking at the Wacom.
what i don't get its when politicians like Gordon Brown allow those who created this fuck up in charge of the recovery?
why employ those who were so very wrong?
The thing of 1,000 nyms calling ME a liar.
Whole lot of insanity there.
now given that the superior beings running our corporations get compensation in the many $millions to mega $millions PRECISELY to be able to foresee calamity and steer their corporations clear of them, I would think that "nobody could have predicted" dodge would be grounds for summary dismissal without golden parachute or severance. But being that in today's America, accountability is strictly reserved for commoners, and our ruling elite plutocrats are completely exempt, Rubin's dodge will be filed away and nothing will happen as a result: no penalty to Rubin for his failures, and no changes in governance at any level to prevent a recurrence.
i am playing with my new pen tablet. it is great fun, and gives more cardio benefits than a mouse.
yeah, that's totally aerobic!
Exactly ProfWombat.
I think these Rubinoids were so busy congratulating each other that they forgot to see the inherent bullshit in the system.
Um .... Mason ... Williams?
DING DING DING DING DING!
And now for "Double Jeopardy": "He was a writer on this popular 1960s television show."
plus, i'll never use arrow or function keys again! between the little macro hot spots, the pen shortcuts and the opera mous gestures (which also work with the pen) i am invincible! refresh? no more f5 for me! right button/up then down! home? top right corner of the pad! page down? the mark under the home spot. even copy, paste, delete - just pen squiggles.
it's quite cool. now i think i'll hook up a mic and add voice controls.
You can never have too much penis.
Our threadlice have too little.
Moon:
I've always thought Abys looked like little cougars.
Very beautiful cats.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama | 11.29.08 - 12:06 pm | #
yeah, i think its the colourings
Terry C., as I think I've told you several times in the past, I adore Bostons. Sweet, quirky, and with senses of humor that can be downright humiliating to their owners.
And now for "Double Jeopardy": "He was a writer on this popular 1960s television show."
dave™©
The Smothers Brothers.
The PBS affiliate in our area did a special on that show the other night.
I was wondering if that was the same Mason Williams.
And now for "Double Jeopardy": "He was a writer on this popular 1960s television show."
The Smothers Brothers
Grand Champion Chatalot Charley Chingwag (one of George's great grandparents)
I've tried using tablets, but I will NEVER get the hang of them. Too fucking old, I guess.
It's easier for me to draw something on paper and scan it in. I'm such a dinosaur...
The thing of 1,000 nyms calling ME a liar.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama | 11.29.08 - 12:07 pm | #
Oh no Terry. You showed all by your very own self that you are a liar. You said you killfiled me. You didn't. You lied in front of us all.
The Smothers Brothers
BZZZZZZZZT! I'm sorry, you have to answer in the form of a question...
The documentary about the Smothers Brothers show was interesting.
All the censorship was ridiculous.
Even then, the fundies complaiend about everything and anything.
Thanksgiving host decided that the Obama not wanting a 'girly dog'was going to get some negative traction.
wise, feathery creatures.
lied in front of us all.
El Fredo
Who the fuck cares?
Get a life, Allen.
dirk, what brand did you get? I've been looking at the Wacom.
mer | 11.29.08 - 12:07 pm | #
wacoms are good - better than mine, which is a u-c logic "digipro". only $60, though. it does everything it says and does it well, but missing some stuff. like, the surface always maps directly to the full screen - you can't attach it to a single window (like a drawing surface). oh, and it doesn't work with dual monitors.
The PBS affiliate in our area did a special on that show the other night.
Tommy and Dick just put out Season Three (the "political" one) on DVD.
I remember seeing Williams play "Classical Gas" on the show...
What was The Smothers Brothers?
Well, the football games aren't going to watch themselves.
Have a great day, all. Catch you patriotz laterz.
All the censorship was ridiculous.
Even then, the fundies complaiend about everything and anything.
What's even more hilarious is that Fox actually has a standards and practices office.
The Making of Star Trek documents the batshit insane lunacy of 60's TV censorship practices. No belly buttons, please! No opened mouth kisses! Undersides of breasts...OK in moderation...
Who the fuck cares?
Get a life, Allen.
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama | 11.29.08 - 12:11 pm | #
That't what all liars say when they get caught is a lie in front of everyone.
Terry C., as I think I've told you several times in the past, I adore Bostons. Sweet, quirky, and with senses of humor that can be downright humiliating to their owners.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
And diabolically clever.
El Fredo | 11.29.08 - 12:14 pm | #
Butler still can't comprehend what "Go the fuck away" means.
Allen, I ask you nicely.
Please seek professional help. There is something seriously wrong with anyone who continues to hang out where they are not wanted.
Where they are reviled.
It's easier for me to draw something on paper and scan it in. I'm such a dinosaur...
dave™© | Homepage | 11.29.08 - 12:10 pm | #
yeah, but that's not the same thing. if you use photoshop (or like me, gimp) a tablet is WAY better. not to mention flash - you can't really animate a scanned image in the same way as lines drawn in the program on a tablet.
and the mouse still works at the same time. i think what i'll actually do is replace the mouse with a trackball now. the only reason i haven't is that it's hard to draw with a trackball. but i think the tb/tablet combination may be best overall.
Thanksgiving host decided that the Obama not wanting a 'girly dog'was going to get some negative traction.
deb | 11.29.08 - 12:11 pm | #
My husband didn't want a girly dog either, so we got a Great er Swiss. He's the biggest (literally) wuss in the house. The female pyr/lab rescue is a coward as well but the chichi rescue has the heart of a lion. She'll take on anything. Crazy...
Is it the Smothers Brothers show?
Of course it is! But all that "form of a question" nonsense...
us all.
What makes it think it's one of us?
What breed is Droopy Dog Lieberman?
What was The Smothers Brothers?
Nicely played, sir!
yeah, that's totally aerobic!
yeah - but instead of giving me carpal tunnel, it will probably tear my rotator cuff.
HBK
Where are you staying again? What time will you be available Monday?
Sorry Apprentice, Terry accused me of being a liar but she was the one who lied and then said who the fuck cares.
Maybe you think liars are okay, and liars who accuse others of lying.
I don't think liars are OK.
Which is why I think Butler should GO THE FUCK AWAY already.
Well, I had it on killfile except I started having trouble with Firefox and had to go back to IE.
I wish there was some way it could be banned, but since the cowardly piece of shit uses proxy servers, that isn't possible.
Let me see if I can get back on Firefox.
transit owls
Terry accused me of being a liar
No, I said you're psychotic.
One of the treasures of my personal library is "The Mason Williams Reading Matter".
Includes the classic poem:
"Them Toad Suckers".
What was The Smothers Brothers?
Nicely played, sir!
dave™©
Heh.
The present tense of that question was asked more than once by my suspicious father what now seems eons ago.
more coincidence.
mrs g and i just got the smothers brothers documentary. it's pretty good, but focuses almost entirely on the battle with cbs and the bits that caused it (like david steinberg's sermons). so you really don't get a feel for what i thought was the real broad appeal of the show - terrific writing, absolute silliness, honesty.
rob reiner was also a writer on that show, btw.
What makes it think it's one of us?
Terry C ♥'s Pres. Obama | 11.29.08 - 12:17 pm | #
For sure, I do not ever want to be one of your group. I don't associate with liars. But go on thinking all of the commenters here are liars like you.
Pathetic.
oh, fuck of fredo. jesus fucking christ on a tape recorder, i can only speak for myself but personally i am sick and tired of this shit. surely there must be some other subject you could post on besides your obsession with another commenter.
I think that maybe we need to relook the phrase, "too big to fail."
Perhaps that should be seen as a legal obligation on the part of the corporation's leadership and shareholders not to fail and end up bankrupt or begging handouts.
And by obligation, I mean capital crime.
If you don't want that obligation and the risk, don't get too big to fail.
Take a look at this largely laudatory Bloomberg article about (disgraced former Citigroup Capital Markets chief) "Tommy" Maheras from Sept., 2006. Apparently Bob Rubin was one of his biggest cheerleaders
Maheras, Citigroup's High Roller, Sheds Caution in Profit Quest
It includes this about Rubin:
'Lifting revenue, at least in capital markets, sometimes means taking more chances. That's where Maheras comes in. An ex-Salomon Brothers Inc. trader known to friends and colleagues as Tommy, Maheras is no stranger to risk. ``You have to stick your neck out in trading,'' he says. ``And in management.'''
'Maheras has an instinct for both, says ex-U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, now chairman of Citigroup's executive committee. ``When Jon Corzine was running all of fixed income at Goldman, he would walk the trading room and just know this stuff,'' says Rubin, who preceded Corzine, now governor of New Jersey, as Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s co-chairman. ``He had it in his bones. He had it in his fingers. And so does Tommy."'
anyone with commonsense could have predicted this mess. I mean, $500,000 (at least where I live) for a small ugly ranch. What were people smoking?
“Then there’s board member and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who has received over $100 million in compensation from Citi in 10-plus years…
“I don’t feel responsible, in light of the facts as I knew them in my role,” Rubin told the New York Times back in April. “In hindsight, there are a lot of things we’d do differently. But in the context of the facts as I knew them and my role, I’m inclined to think probably not.”
Gee, I'd swear I've heard this exact same sentiment before, but involving another right-wing-spawned disaster which has already cost American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars, with projections that the final cost will be in the trillions.
Oh right, the Iraq War.
No WMD ever found. No operational link to al Qaeda, nor any connection at all to the 9/11 attacks.
And then to add insult to injury, not enough troops sent to secure the "Arab street" in Iraq following the start of the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld-initiated hostilities in March 2003, with further insult being the Coalition Provisional Authority, with its neo-con Republican pie-in-the-sky plans for the "liberated" Iraq, an authority staffed with right-wingers who applied for their CPA job on-line at the Heritage Foundation, with many of them having no knowledge or experience, which just poured salt into the gaping Iraq wound.
One has to wonder if any Republicans or conservatives will look deep into their souls and someday accept responsibility for their actions that have done so much damage to our nation and the rest of the world.
Maybe a 12-Step Program should be established especially for them, as have others for recovering drunks or drug addicts?
But they'd never attend, just as George W. Bush, a drunkard for over twenty years, never attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting nor went through a 12-Step Program. He, like Rubin, like so many other conservatives (drunk on power and ego hubris), can't admit their own stupidity, their own wrongs that they've done to our nation and to so many other people around the world. So Congress should pass a law mandating that all these conservatives have to attend a 12-Step Program, and successfully complete each stage, during the evening, while during the day they have to go around and pick up trash on the streets and sidewalks (community service). Maybe, then, some humility might replace their blinding and dangerous right-wing denial and arrogance.
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