There was a cat in the upper left that didn't move for nearly three hours. The only way you could tell the camera was actually working was you could see the reflections of people walking past the windows.
No precip, so far.
Revenant |
11.24.07 - 9:46 am | #
JR keeps talking about how hard it would have been to sink The Lindblad Explorer.
This is what convinces me mimi was aboard.
plantsman, bulbalicious |
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11.24.07 - 9:46 am | #
The boy king's loony pals in Poland are gone too.
klyde |
11.24.07 - 9:49 am | #
I predict our election day will turn out similarly. the dem candidate will get 54% and the repuke 46% but don't worry, the gasbags will claim it's no mandate and demand an investigation into cackling-cleavage-clapping-gate...
joker |
11.24.07 - 9:49 am | #
Never forget, Dumbya "got" 50.5%, declared it mandate, and that he had Political Capital to spend.
plantsman, bulbalicious |
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11.24.07 - 9:50 am | #
Can you imagine Bush trying to pronounce anything other than "chop suey"?
so does the Aussie Labour party have anything to do with labour? or is it like the British Labour party?
euphronius |
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11.24.07 - 9:53 am | #
Notice the complete and total silence about Issue X...
Indeed, it's most disturbing that a blogger who makes lots of ad revenue cannot be bothered to cover my pet issue, or even fucking link to my pet pictures.
NTodd, Boxer-Briefed |
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11.24.07 - 9:54 am | #
so does the Aussie Labour party have anything to do with labour?
OK, it appears that to continue my Mac ways, a mac mini with a DVI monitor may be the best I'll ever be able to do.
plantsman, bulbalicious |
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11.24.07 - 9:59 am | #
Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and withdraw Australia's combat troops from Iraq.
Labor Party head Kevin Rudd's pledges on global warming and Iraq move Australia sharply away from policies that had made Howard one of President Bush's staunchest allies.
Rudd has named global warming as his top priority, and his signing of the Kyoto Protocol will leave the U.S. as the only industrialized country not to have joined it.
Rudd said he would withdraw Australia's 550 combat troops from Iraq, leaving twice that number in mostly security roles. Howard had said all the troops will stay as long as needed.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
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11.24.07 - 10:07 am | #
44 years later and I still shed tears over what we lost that day.
He wasn't perfect, but look what the fuck we have now.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
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11.24.07 - 10:09 am | #
Unplug it from the computer and plug it in again. Sometimes you have to give it a nudge.
watertiger | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 9:53 am | #
Yup -- it's working now.
I tell you, those little gizmos are squirelly.
They have gremlins, or something...
steve simels |
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11.24.07 - 10:10 am | #
Send spork to The Hague.
NTodd, Boxer-Briefed
dude, score some for me while you're there!
racymind |
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11.24.07 - 10:10 am | #
Snowing in Kansas City...
Missouri Bird |
11.24.07 - 10:11 am | #
How to win friends and influence people:
Barry Bonds' penchant for turning longtime friends into bitter enemies might come back to hurt him in at least two significant ways at trial.
Steve Hoskins was once Bonds' closest friend and served as best man at the slugger's first wedding.
Then, there's Kimberly Bell, the home run king's girlfriend of 10 years, who dated him even after his first wedding. In fact, Hoskins' sister introduced Bell to Bonds after a San Francisco Giants game in 1994.
Each had a nasty falling out with the notoriously prickly slugger, and each is now expected to be a key witness for the prosecution if Bonds goes to trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. He was indicted last week for allegedly lying when he told a federal grand jury he never knowingly used performance enhancing drugs, and is likely to face prison time if convicted.
Hoskins and Bell each claim to have firsthand knowledge of Bonds' steroid use, making them extremely valuable witnesses. Yet both also are vulnerable to attack by Bonds' lawyers because of their severed relationships with the former Giants star and their own personal problems.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
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11.24.07 - 10:11 am | #
I tell you, those little gizmos are squirelly.
They have gremlins, or something...
Watch it! You're coming dangerously close to uttering a discouraging word about Technomessiah Steve!
Eh... we always have enough to eat. No need to make a fuss for just me and the boys.
I'll bet you didn't hit the malls at 6am yesterday, either...
You bet correctly! It was colder 'n a well-digger's ass at 6 a.m., as it is, now!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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11.24.07 - 10:11 am | #
Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and withdraw Australia's combat troops from Iraq.
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at least they get it in the southern hemisphere...mebbe they could adjust our vapors
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:11 am | #
Cornholer O'Sullivan
to signs of a late swing to Howard. Labor's lead of eight per cent last week has been cut to four per cent which, in the Australian system, is close to a dead heat. The Australian's report online said: "Pollsters said the survey, which came a week after a Newspoll showed former diplomat Rudd ahead by a winning eight-point lead, reflected a major shift in the key states of Queensland and Western Australia." It might be an exciting night, after all.
P O'Neill |
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11.24.07 - 10:12 am | #
"I tell you, those little gizmos are squirelly."
nonsense. all apple products are perfect. further, they are intuitive, meaning that the most obvious fix would have been to unplug it and plug it in again.
jdw |
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11.24.07 - 10:12 am | #
I don't know about the rest of the country, but every place I've lived TV weather bobble heads always seem to be upset by snow and rain, no matter how needed the precipitation is. Heck they do this even if there are local forest fire conflagrations.
Doug |
11.24.07 - 10:13 am | #
Barry Bonds' penchant for turning longtime friends into bitter enemies might come back to hurt him in at least two significant ways at trial.
I love it when that happens.
SteveNS |
11.24.07 - 10:13 am | #
It was colder 'n a well-digger's ass at 6 a.m., as it is, now!
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cold here too,but suns out
get out the crock pot,and all those soup recipes ...todays a good day to experiment
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:13 am | #
Heh. I wonder if the exit polls were correct in Australia. So far the only country that has got em wrong has been the U.S.
ql vaginal American |
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11.24.07 - 10:14 am | #
I'm probably the only guy in the world that hates that little wheel thing on an Ipod.
Okay -- I've got iTunes up, and my iPod is plugged in.
Why isn't it charging?
You have to really jam that USB cable into the onion.
Tralfaz |
11.24.07 - 10:14 am | #
gosh almighty i miss Bigvic,she was one of the sweetest kindest smartest peeps here
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:15 am | #
I don't know about the rest of the country, but every place I've lived TV weather bobble heads always seem to be upset by snow and rain
Yeah, same here. It's like the only "good" weather is 70F and sunny. Shit man, I love snow and rain.
NTodd, Boxer-Briefed |
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11.24.07 - 10:15 am | #
Cornholer O'Sullivan
Go be a meteorologist, you dumbuck. You can be wrong all the time and still get paid.
has the article from the new republican about how hillary treats the press corpse been discussed? the hilarious money shot is anne kornblutt thinks hillary has an ominous awareness of her whereabout and proves it by commenting on her wardrobe. you can't make this shit up...
"Sometimes, Hillary even gets in the act. According to Gerth and Van Natta, Kornblut was just back from a planned vacation she took after her story appeared when she ran into Hillary in a hotel. Referring to Kornblut's casual attire, Hillary cracked, "Anne, I thought you left Barbados"--revealing an ominous awareness of the reporter's movements. "That's their imprimatur," says the Democratic strategist with presidential experience. "When there's a story they don't like, they seize on it and turn it back on the reporter, and make it about the reporter." (As First Lady, Hillary called for a public "frontal assault" against The Washington Post's lead Whitewater reporter, Susan Schmidt, according to the Post's Howard Kurtz, though the plan was never enacted.)"
joker |
11.24.07 - 10:16 am | #
To be a Cornholer you have to have been wrong about everything every time.
HoneyBearKelly |
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11.24.07 - 10:16 am | #
I don't know if you guys were up when I got home last night and started ranting about the Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan movie...
If you weren't, here's the short version:
It's fucking amazing. And I could watch Blanchett stagger around as a skinny Jewish guy on speed like forever....It's like the sexiest thing I've ever seen
steve simels |
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11.24.07 - 10:16 am | #
Heh. I wonder if the exit polls were correct in Australia. So far the only country that has got em wrong has been the U.S.
The only conclusion that can be drawn is that God takes a more active hand in US elections.
It's basic math.
And in the Bible.
SteveNS |
11.24.07 - 10:16 am | #
I could watch Blanchett stagger around as a skinny Jewish guy on speed like forever....It's like the sexiest thing I've ever seen.
A court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in California would improve the business climate, says the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
The organization endorsed arguments filed in the state Supreme Court by Levi Strauss & Co. of San Francisco and a group called Out and Equal Workplace Advocates. Out of more than 40 briefs submitted in the case by civil rights and religious groups, legislators, law professors, local governments and others, the Levi Strauss brief is the only one from a business.
Support of marriage rights for gays and lesbians is "consistent with our organization's advocacy of policies that are inclusive and contribute to business' ability to attract and retain a diverse, talented workforce," Steve Falk, the chamber's chief executive, said in a statement this week.
The Supreme Court is reviewing lawsuits by groups of same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco claiming that state law, which defines marriage as a union of a man and a woman, violates the California Constitution.
Moe Szyslak |
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11.24.07 - 10:18 am | #
Today is a good day to clean the condo, in preparation for visitors from the East!
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you will clean for me and Tortie
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:18 am | #
Dots goot nyous!
Simple Mind |
11.24.07 - 10:19 am | #
I'm with the weather people on the sunny and 70 thing. Or 20, or whatever the fuck it is in Commie degrees.
Moe Szyslak |
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11.24.07 - 10:19 am | #
Attention NYC area Atriots:
At noon, channel 11 is airing the incredibly crappy Nicolas Cage action epic "Con Air."
You should watch it, however, for the chance to see Steve Buscemi utter this immortal line:
"Definition of irony: A bunch of morons on an airplane dancing to the music of a band that went down in a plane crash."
steve simels |
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11.24.07 - 10:19 am | #
If we had a democracy we would have been rid of Bush before he ever took office. Congratulations to Australia!
lipreader |
11.24.07 - 10:19 am | #
And I could watch Blanchett stagger around as a skinny Jewish guy on speed like forever....It's like the sexiest thing I've ever seen
steve simels
Cate Blanchett with a sock in her pants...I like it...
racymind |
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11.24.07 - 10:19 am | #
My cat is a much better weather forecaster than any of the schmoes on local TV or the weather channel. She can predict precipitation hours in advance. I know when I leave in the morning (unless it's absolutely freezing outside - she doesn't like being cold either) whether it will rain before I return home by whether the cat chooses to stay out or stay in. She's never wrong. She can even predict, somehow, if I'll be home a little early to let her in before the rain starts. I don't know how she does it.
Jennifer |
11.24.07 - 10:20 am | #
"Definition of irony: A bunch of morons on an airplane dancing to the music of a band that went down in a plane crash."
steve simels
You'd prefer Led Zeppelin?
lipreader |
11.24.07 - 10:21 am | #
Cate Blanchett wore a sock down her trousers to play Bob Dylan. The actress said it "helped me walk like a man."
racymind |
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11.24.07 - 10:21 am | #
"Definition of irony: A bunch of morons on an airplane dancing to the music of a band that went down in a plane crash."
I have seen the movie, and I agree completely. The only line of dialogue worth waiting for.
Cate Blanchett wore a sock down her trousers to play Bob Dylan. The actress said it "helped me walk like a man."
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proof gelded men can have deep voices...Bill Bennet comes to mind
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:23 am | #
incredibly crappy Nicolas Cage action epic "Con Air."
That's at least triply redundant. Maybe quadrupily.
Moe Szyslak |
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11.24.07 - 10:23 am | #
Cate Blanchett wore a sock down her trousers to play Bob Dylan. The actress said it "helped me walk like a man."
I find an English cucumber works even better.
SteveNS |
11.24.07 - 10:23 am | #
Whoa -- waitaminnit.
Did something happen to her that I haven't heard?
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alas I JUST HAVENT SEEN HER POST HERE IN A TEH LONG TIME (so nobody starts any dirty rumors)
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:24 am | #
state law, which defines marriage as a union of a man and a woman
Well, since 60% of those marriages end in divorce, let's try something different.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
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11.24.07 - 10:24 am | #
that is sooo Spinal Tap
racymind |
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11.24.07 - 10:26 am | #
John Howard, Tony Blair, and Jose Maria Aznar walk into a bar and spot George W. Bush at the bar sippin' a soda...
twc |
11.24.07 - 10:27 am | #
Re: Con Air -- I'd forgotten this other great line (courtesy of my old colleage Maitland McDonagh at TVGUIDE.COM
It's almost worth seeing for the scene in which Cage rescues his daughter's birthday present from some smirking hard-ass or other. "Put... the bunny... down," Cage intones, voice trembling with suppressed paternal rage, as the plush toy dangles in mid air from an open cargo door. Mega-budget action extravaganzas don't get much sillier than this.
steve simels |
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11.24.07 - 10:27 am | #
I love snow and rain.
If I never saw either again, I would be happy.
And I hate cold weather, too.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
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11.24.07 - 10:27 am | #
Jennifer: My cat is a much better weather forecaster than any of the schmoes on local TV or the weather channel. She can predict precipitation hours in advance.
I've got one that can predict the exact score of the Super Bowl, but that's only handy once a year. Or so.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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11.24.07 - 10:27 am | #
Sometimes a guy just wants to see people staring slack-jawed at his crotch.
Call me egotistical.
SteveNS |
11.24.07 - 10:28 am | #
John Howard, Tony Blair, and Jose Maria Aznar walk into a bar and spot George W. Bush at the bar sippin' a soda...
twc
Bush looks up and chuckles "Heh heh, boys, never let them count the votes!"
lipreader |
11.24.07 - 10:28 am | #
Cable news deciding to push the Howard thing to one side with news that Natalee Holloway still dead.
P O'Neill |
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11.24.07 - 10:28 am | #
And I hate cold weather, too.
Terry C
Come sit by me.
Seriously, I moved to fucking Canada. Still can't figure that one out.
Moe Szyslak |
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11.24.07 - 10:29 am | #
If I never saw either again, I would be happy.
And I hate cold weather, too.
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after living in swampy Fla....i love the misty days...the cold>20f....and ALL THE SEASONS cept hot hot summer
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:29 am | #
Sometimes a guy just wants to see people staring slack-jawed at his crotch.
Call me egotistical.
SteveNS
You could try peeing your pants for the same effect.
lipreader |
11.24.07 - 10:29 am | #
Cable news deciding to push the Howard thing to one side with news that Natalee Holloway still dead.
P O'Neill
Unbelievable.
Thousands of kids go missing and are murdered every day, but I guess you only count if you can afford to go to Aruba for a senior class trip.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
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11.24.07 - 10:34 am | #
Got just the tune for the last two Friedman Units of the Bush junta:
Knockin' on Heaven's Door.
As it was with Howard, so 'twill be with our friends and benefactors, those stirling humanitarians, the Republican Party.
David Derbes |
11.24.07 - 10:34 am | #
“Essentially,” there was, said Perle. “The Iraqis actually tend to shoot weapons in the air rather than dance in the streets,” he observed.
So, you know, it's just an anthropological problem. A cultural difference.
The invasion of Iraq was actually quite a success, if you understand it from the Iraqi culture's point of view. And that's not Richard Perle's fault. I mean, what did he do?
Rmj, What, No Bosco? |
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11.24.07 - 10:34 am | #
That should be "ARE" exponentially worse off than under Saddam.
attaturk |
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11.24.07 - 10:35 am | #
Morning, all.
In local news -- Malibu's on fire again.
Toonscribe: Cartoon Liberal |
11.24.07 - 10:35 am | #
next time try putting the cucumber in the front...
I see I came in at the right time...so to speak.
attaturk |
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11.24.07 - 10:35 am | #
Argh, gotta go, I have things to do.
Doug |
11.24.07 - 10:35 am | #
Corb Lund is playing here tonight. I might just go see him, dunno. But I've noticed that his new single "I want to be in the infantry" gets a lot of play, but the reprise, which is the whole point of the song and the entire album-- dark and talking about the stark reality of war-- gets very little play.
He's an interesting guy. Interviewed yesterday, he says, "I'm not political..." Huh? I don't get that at all, his songs are thick with meaning, the very definition of political in my mind.
Moe Szyslak |
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11.24.07 - 10:36 am | #
In local news -- Malibu's on fire again.
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mebbe the natl guard could help out.................oh wait
sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:36 am | #
Having run with the breaking news that Natalee Holloway still dead, cable news now doing those mysterious California wildfires, without any discussion of why the terrain is so dry. Ask any Australian.
P O'Neill |
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11.24.07 - 10:36 am | #
Argh, gotta go, I have things to do.
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sittenprettyfarmeress |
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11.24.07 - 10:37 am | #
The curled pinky reminds me of my dad, who had a tendon that tugged one of his pinkies into a permanently bent state.
One time he and I were teamed up in a game of Trivial Pursuit against my mom and sister. When he tried to signal me to guess "4" in response to some question, I interpreted his sign as "3 and a half".
He probably should have signalled with the other hand.
SteveNS |
11.24.07 - 10:37 am | #
Depressing subprime owls.
sdf (Stu), ASR #986,178 |
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11.24.07 - 10:37 am | #
Bush has largely ignored the deteriorating plight of Iraqi women
This is the same asshole who bitched to a reporter that Yale was "ruined" when it decided to admit women.
What the hell does he care about women's rights?
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
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11.24.07 - 10:37 am | #
I love racymind.
watertiger | Homepage | 11.24.07 - 10:34 am | #
I've said it before...
I would so switch teams for her...
steve simels |
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11.24.07 - 10:38 am | #
Muslim terrorists started the fires!
Moe Szyslak |
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11.24.07 - 10:38 am | #
"When there's a story they don't like, they seize on it and turn it back on the reporter, and make it about the reporter."
Yeah,like the story where Bill had those kids in Arkansas killed because they found out about his drug running. Why on earth would the Clintons be pissed about that. Or the one that had Hillary and Vince Foster as lovers. Or the Whitewater stories where they didn't actually do anything wrong but man they sure could have. Why, oh why would the Clintons not love love love the press to smithereens? Can't understand it myself.
Neponset |
11.24.07 - 10:46 am | #
I just sent Bob Woodward this note:
Bob,
Once you stood for something. Stand up again, please. America needs you to start to tell the truth again. You have lost your way.
My high school English teacher assigned us to go see the movie All The Presidents Men. How horrifying it is to now know that you are one of them.
Nancy
Nancy Willing |
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11.24.07 - 10:52 am | #
shit, where did everyone go....
Nancy Willing |
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11.24.07 - 10:56 am | #
But, but... Over on Little Green Footballs, they told me: “Whoever wins, the left loses.”
They always say that, of course. And they must find it so reassuring. (Except for the Australian conservative posters, who have the bad manners to point out that it was a clear loss for the conservatives.)
twc |
11.24.07 - 11:07 am | #
I love the comment from one Australian voter about Rudd: "He doesn't seem arrogant yet." The "yet" is always what gets ya...
jjcomet |
11.24.07 - 11:11 am | #
"shit, where did everyone go...."
ran off to try the onion thing...
jdw |
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11.24.07 - 11:13 am | #
Soon to disappear from the comments section of the Blithering Misogynist Idiot:
To reiterate: if Ghouliani had a big set of knockers and was photographed with Bill Clinton, Blithering Misogynist Idiot would be all over him like flies on shit.
Hire a bunch of mobbed-up yahoos to loot and pillage: not so much.