thus demonstrating the classic counterintuitive notion that in a group of 30 or so, it's more likely than not that two will share the same birthday...
ProfWombat |
10.20.07 - 11:11 pm | #
Hah. I never liked Yes, my friend a huge ELP fan. He loved Asia, I knew they were shit from the get-go.
puppethead |
10.20.07 - 11:11 pm | #
Thanks. I'm 60 today. A real leftover from the radical 60s.
Toucari, fka cosmic tumbler
Wow, I think you and Simels are really twin sons of different mothers. I think he said he's sixty too
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:11 pm | #
Quick comment: I met Steve in Washington in September and loved him immediately. Happy Birthday Steve, hope you check in.
Toucari, fka cosmic tumbler |
10.20.07 - 11:12 pm | #
Well, its interesting that the unknown anthrax terrorist targeted Democrats and was never caught.
rootless-e
Not just Democrats, but also the teebee news media. ABC News, NBC News, and CBS News among others.
Another interesting fact is that Dead-Eye and the Cod Piece let a contract to Mitchell Wade's company, MZM, to screen their mail for anthrax. MZM had zero experience at this sort of thing. The cost? Precisely the amount of money necessary to buy Duke Cunningham's payoff yacht, $145,000.
The only reason one would let a contract for what appears to be a critical service to a git like Wade is because you don't ever expect to need the service. I.e., the White House KNEW who had done the anthrax killing and KNEW they had nothing to fear.
R.Manhammer: Muffin |
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10.20.07 - 11:13 pm | #
Oh look, Asia's going on a reunion tour.
puppethead |
10.20.07 - 11:13 pm | #
Dodd roting for the Sox? I wish he wouldn't use up his karma on the game -- I also wish Senators Clinton & Obama would join Biden in supporting his filibuster against the majority leader! (which I REALLY wish wasn't necessary!)
WTF is the point of electing a Rockefeller if they are not too rich to be bought?
Prior Aelred |
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10.20.07 - 11:13 pm | #
Happy birthday all!
“They should have probably called up the National Guard in those days. Maybe we would have done better in Vietnam.”
Had they done so, we might not now have the Shite House run by criminals.
JT |
10.20.07 - 11:13 pm | #
And really, I liked Evan Almighty just fine!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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10.20.07 - 11:13 pm | #
Happy Birthday, Steve, a classic in every sense of the word
New Frank Rich is up at the Times. Good piece from what I could make myself read. I lost heart after about two thirds of the way through. It deals with corruption in Iraq and the Prince Group's involvement and such.
Too disheartening for me at this moment.
God, I HATE what they have done to my country.
DWD - Hating Their America |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:14 pm | #
Steve Simels: now older than dirt!
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
10.20.07 - 11:14 pm | #
Thanks. I'm 60 today. A real leftover from the radical 60s.
Toucari, fka cosmic tumbler
You look mah-valous!
That's quite a milestone! Good on you!
Shaw Kenawe |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:14 pm | #
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Sallyh! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Resting that ankle, I hope.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:15 pm | #
60 is the new 40.
puppethead |
10.20.07 - 11:15 pm | #
Er -- "rooting"
Yes was pretentious
Asia didn't even get to pretentious
ELP as pretentious, but _sometimes_ had just cause (IMHO -- of course, I liked Willa Ford, so there's that ...)
Prior Aelred |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:15 pm | #
Happy Birthday to you as well. I hope this day has been special and that every day from now on is as well.
DWD - Hating Their America |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:16 pm | #
And really, I liked Evan Almighty just fine!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Someday, somebody is going to figure out how to use Wanda Sykes in a movie or TV show. I look forward to that day. She cracks me up.
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:16 pm | #
WTF is the point of electing a Rockefeller if they are not too rich to be bought?
Prior Aelred
An excellent question. Perhaps instead of bribes, they took the other Soprano route and intimidated him? After all, they routinely spy on all their political opponents. It is the NSA, after all (New Spying Agency).
R.Manhammer: Muffin |
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10.20.07 - 11:16 pm | #
What a singularly terrible music video.
Enoch Root |
10.20.07 - 11:17 pm | #
What a singularly terrible music video.
Enoch Root
Of course. It's for Simels.
R.Manhammer: Muffin |
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10.20.07 - 11:17 pm | #
Toucari, fka cosmic tumbler | 10.20.07 - 11:12 pm
Steve and Toucari and Slutty Jewish Girl and Tobes have never been photographed together. By five lesbian koalas.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:18 pm | #
I had no idea about the connection to Asia and ELP, Yes, etc
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:18 pm | #
Thanks Shaw and DWD.
I'm off to get my birthday present.
Toucari, fka cosmic tumbler |
10.20.07 - 11:18 pm | #
This is not looking like a good night for the Indians
I am going to go to bed -- it can't hurt the Indians & it night help me get to church in the morning!
The New Spies are TIA, which keeps accidentally disappearing laptops and is genuinely new; NSA = No Such Agency.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:19 pm | #
It's unimaginable that the US government would be involved in the anthrax plot. Why next you will come up with ridiculous fantasies about sending cakes and missiles to Iranian mullahs or giving stingers to Bin Ladin or breaking into psychiatrists office to spy on dissidents or locking people up in secret prisons or something.
rootless-e |
10.20.07 - 11:19 pm | #
Heat of the Moment.
I knew Asia had an even cheesier song!
(That I know all the words too)
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:19 pm | #
Perhaps I WILL have a beer.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:20 pm | #
Perhaps I WILL have a beer.
In heaven, there is no beer.
That is why we drink it here.
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:21 pm | #
Steve and Toucari and Slutty Jewish Girl and Tobes have never been photographed together. By five lesbian koalas.
Now, mutant Martian bears, that's a different story.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:21 pm | #
I don't know about beer, but I've got some excellent pomegranate martinis happening over here, and no one to help me drink them.
ThinlyVeiled, Vaginal American |
10.20.07 - 11:25 pm | #
I don't know about beer, but I've got some excellent pomegranate martinis happening over here, and no one to help me drink them.
ThinlyVeiled,
Do you make those with some kind of liqueur? Or just pom juice?
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:26 pm | #
Okay, how many blogs is Thers posting to at this moment? Here, FDL, ...
You thought you knew Planck's constant?
((thers postings/(Irish Children)*(posts/pi))/NTodd blogs=1
spinoza, non ridere, non luger |
10.20.07 - 11:27 pm | #
and no one to help me drink them.
ThinlyVeiled, Vaginal American | 10.20.07 - 11:25 pm | #
if i could just find those damned keys i'd be right over...
fokowi |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:29 pm | #
Funny you should mention poms; the Blogdiva just posted about'em.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:29 pm | #
Pomegranate liquor must be more expensive than fermented incubus sperm. A glass of that "Pom" tea is three bucks, and the other day we came across a bulb (literally a philtre, not something worthy of the name "bottle") of pure pomegranate juice smaller than an actual pomegranate for twenty bucks.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:29 pm | #
Link some more Spoon for Simels... he's only heard one of their songs.
Happy Birthday, Steve Simels, and many more! As they are trying to teach me to say,
Поздравляю вас с днем рождения!
which is Russian for take me to your leader, or something. (Well, it's supposed to be Happy Birthday, but I am not a very good student...)
David Derbes |
10.20.07 - 11:32 pm | #
Haven't seen Eric Gagne yet tonight. There's hope...
ProfWombat |
10.20.07 - 11:32 pm | #
Wizards, on the other hand... I don't know why I thought that was so cool at age 13. After all, I'd yet to drop acid!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:34 pm | #
I'm going to hurt you.
That's over the course of about a year.
I had no idea. This was the first time I've looked at it in some time.
I was shocked to discover that "Santa Homer" video had about 4400 "hits."
The same melody as Bob Marley's "Buffalo Soldier"
Gilly Gonzylon |
10.20.07 - 11:35 pm | #
oh, fuck, Gagne's in! Cleveland might yet have a shot...
bill buckner |
10.20.07 - 11:35 pm | #
So it's the slutty jewish girl's birthday also? May she have a wonderful Long Island birthday.
spinoza, non ridere, non luger |
10.20.07 - 11:35 pm | #
Wow, SNL goes repeat four weeks into the season. Commitment to their craft.
puppethead |
10.20.07 - 11:36 pm | #
Steve Simels and Toucari
Happy Birthday to you. All the best.
Peace.
Bobby, Who ♥ Kucinich |
10.20.07 - 11:36 pm | #
My only question is how did Rush Limbaugh and Peter Pace's pet charity become the greatest way ever to honor "the troops." The first half of their name refers to the Marines. That's the "MC" part. The "LEF" part is the federal Law Enforcement part of the equation. Which is half of the equation. "Law Enforcement" workers are not "the troops." They might more precisely be considered to be "the cops."
So for every dollar donated to "the troops," "the cops" get 50¢. Are there really no other charities on earth dedicated to helping the children of fallen soldiers and cops? And why are there no prominent Democrats or Liberals on the board of directors, or among the officers?
Moreover, since these are scholarship funds, what happens in 12-18 years when the kids decide to, say, not go to college? The MC-LEF boasts they have "no overhead" because they don't retain staff. So who decides which claims are real, and who's going to be around as these kids hit college age?
Mr Blifil |
10.20.07 - 11:36 pm | #
I like the lime with the pomegranate. But then again, I ain't right.
ThinlyVeiled, Vaginal American |
10.20.07 - 11:36 pm | #
Coke to Wombat...
bill buckner |
10.20.07 - 11:36 pm | #
...remember how Bush said he would carry George Howard's police shield and that dead guy's mom was in the audience?
...remember how years later, Bush's pockets were fucking empty?
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:37 pm | #
Wow, SNL goes repeat four weeks into the season. Commitment to their craft.
puppethead | 1
watching TDS and Letterman, I wonder if young comedy writers consider SNL a sort of "safety school"
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:37 pm | #
My FDL post this week is pretty grouchy... maybe it will cheer Dave up.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:37 pm | #
I like the lime with the pomegranate. But then again, I ain't right.
ThinlyVeiled, Vaginal American
Difference in taste is the spice of life. Enjoy!
melior |
10.20.07 - 11:38 pm | #
bill b: spike that sucker, buddy...
ProfWombat |
10.20.07 - 11:38 pm | #
You thought you knew Planck's constant?
spinoza, non ridere, non luger
I spend all my time at the h-bar.
That's 1.0546 times ten to the minus 34 joule-seconds to most people, but to me it's a place for a cold one. Or two. Or who's counting?
David Derbes |
10.20.07 - 11:38 pm | #
Trademark Dave! Gilly! Hecate! DWD! Prior Aelred! What a crew. I'm sure I've missed others.
I just got done reading Dr. Krugman's FDL book Salon Q&A. It was fun. And then I read Glenn Greenwald bit on Howie Kurtz. I the Glenn Greenwald comments someone made a point about Rush and his auction of the letter from Reid. Anyone following that story?
Spocko |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:38 pm | #
Happy happies to Toucari and Simels!
I'm right behind you and closing ground fast.
SteveLG |
10.20.07 - 11:38 pm | #
Yes, happy birthday. May you live long and live well....
pigboy |
10.20.07 - 11:39 pm | #
I'm sure SNL took the week off to let everyone cheer on the Yankees in the playoffs. Oh, wait...
puppethead |
10.20.07 - 11:39 pm | #
The greatest way to honor the troops is to give them full benefits, and to end the goddamned war and bring them home.
ProfWombat |
10.20.07 - 11:39 pm | #
Delmar: Well that’s it boys, I’ve been redeemed. The Preachers done washed away all my sins and transgressions. It’s the straight and narrow from here on out and heaven ever lasting is my reward.
Pete: Delmar what are you talking about? We got bigger fish to fry.
Delmar: The Preacher says all my sins is washed away. Including that Piggly Wiggly I knocked over in Yazoo.
Pete: I thought you said you were innocent of those charges.
Delmar: Well I was lyin and the Preacher says that sins been washed away too. Neither God nor man got nothing on me now. Come on in boys the water is fine.
pigboy |
10.20.07 - 11:39 pm | #
OK, here's one:
Another Girl Another Planet, with one of my favorite leads of all time:
new bosses just slightly less rancid than the old bosses
Syd B |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:42 pm | #
Delmar: Well I was lyin and the Preacher says that sins been washed away too. Neither God nor man got nothing on me now. Come on in boys the water is fine.
pigboy
A wonderful film. Somebody ought to do a double header of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and the old Brad Dourif version of Flannery O'Connor's "Wise Blood".
The South is not merely a different country, it is a different galaxy, and I speak as one who grew up there.
David Derbes |
10.20.07 - 11:42 pm | #
see Rendition
K. & Yuri Waterhouse,
Meryl Streep as Condi Rice? I bet Teh Stanford Virgin is most displeased.
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:42 pm | #
Wheee! We threw Simels a surprise party and he was SURPRISED!
watertiger |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:43 pm | #
Evening, Spocko, Hope you are living long and prospering.
DWD - Hating Their America |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:43 pm | #
Wheee! We threw Simels a surprise party and he was SURPRISED!
watertiger
Cool. Good on ya!!
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:44 pm | #
The greatest way to honor the troops is to give them full benefits, and to end the goddamned war and bring them home.
Communist!
spinoza, non ridere, non luger |
10.20.07 - 11:44 pm | #
Meryl Streep is amazing. Her character isn't Ricey at all, she's more like the head of a CIA office (in other words, not in the least airheaded or yessy).
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:44 pm | #
Proof that chimp likes to blow people up.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
10.20.07 - 11:45 pm | #
I went to the movie, Rendition, today and was unhappy to hear one of the actors say that rendition had begun during the Clinton years. (It's Clinton's fault). The claim is really bogus in the context and here is what Media Matters had to say about it.
A wonderful film. Somebody ought to do a double header of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and the old Brad Dourif version of Flannery O'Connor's "Wise Blood".
The South is not merely a different country, it is a different galaxy, and I speak as one who grew up there.
David Derbes | 10.20.07 - 11:42 pm | #
I just googled "Wise Blood". I had never heard of it but it sounds like a film worth watching.
pigboy |
10.20.07 - 11:45 pm | #
Good call.
melior | 10.20.07 - 11:44 pm | #
Hee hee. Saw 'em in 1986. Waited an hour in the 50 degree Columbus, OH rain to get in. Good show. No talking in between songs. They did rousing covers of "Hitching a Ride" and "Take Me Home, Country Road".
Gilly Gonzylon |
10.20.07 - 11:46 pm | #
Jackson | 10.20.07 - 11:45 pm |
Oh for Nader's sake, what the movie actually said was that it technically began under Clinton as an extra-ordinary emergency measure, not that "it's Clinton's fault," and that its present form is very much a result of IX/XI. This is as Ebert said a perfect movie.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:47 pm | #
Brad Dourif is one of my favorite actors.
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:47 pm | #
"The 11%-approval Get Along Gang in Congress."
But Pelosi and Reid were able to take a morally repugnant stand in order to side with the highly unpopular Bush.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:47 pm | #
We threw Simels a surprise party and he was SURPRISED!
Aha! I think I figured it out!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:48 pm | #
Wheee! We threw Simels a surprise party and he was SURPRISED!
watertiger
Did he have enough breath to blow out the 100 candles?
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
10.20.07 - 11:48 pm | #
I went to the movie Rendition today and was really surprised to hear that "Rendition began in the Clindton Administration". It is a bogus claim and here is what Media Matters said about it when the claim was really made a couple years ago.
From the Greenwald comments section< Garry Owen
Regarding Rush's ebay letter scam
A 501 3c tax exempt non-profit (Casey Foundation) plunks down roughly 72 percent of all the assets of their organization to buy a piece of paper from Rush Limbaugh who just happens to be a director on the board of the 501 3c tax exempt non-profit that will get the money (Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation.)
The reason given by the Casey Foundation for this astounding and organization-ruining financial give-away?:
“to support Rush Limbaugh, his views and his continuing education of us.”
Now I've known some executive directors of 501 3c's in my six decades on this planet, and I can't think of one of them who would take 72 percent of their capital assets and transfer it to another 501 3c, leaving them to take care of all operating expenses, fund raising, staff salaries, facilities management and other capital outflow on the remaining 28 percent of the monies that has been contributed to their charitable organization.
They in essence just bilked their donor base for a piece of paper. I can't imagine that if Casey Foundation has a board of directors that they would let their chairperson give away almost 75 percent of their capital in one fell swoop!
[Snip}
1. Rush Limbaugh is a director on the board of the organization that will get the money.
2. The total revenues of the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation before this gift was $5.2 million.
I just googled "Wise Blood". I had never heard of it but it sounds like a film worth watching.
One of John Huston's last films, and a worthy addition to his long string of literary adaptations. Not on DVD, last time I checked...
bill buckner |
10.20.07 - 11:49 pm | #
The reason given by the Casey Foundation for this astounding and organization-ruining financial give-away?:
“to support Rush Limbaugh, his views and his continuing education of us.”
Yup. When you get them to answer honestly, without thinking about and weighing their words, this has fuck all to do with Our Troops. It's a big tribalist pie fight, and Our Troops, to these people. are just pie.
Jim, Collieresque |
10.20.07 - 11:51 pm | #
What's the pain level like today? You doing okay?
Spocko |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:53 pm | #
The digital channels that vanished? They're all part of Comcast's pay-per-view setup, and I can see them when someone else is watching. I know this, 'cause the movie I just came across? Someone paused it, rewound it, and started it, again. Hilarious.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:54 pm | #
See you tomorrow, Tribe...
ProfWombat |
10.20.07 - 11:54 pm | #
It's a big tribalist pie fight, and Our Troops, to these people. are just pie.
Jim, Collieresque
And apparently some of it is phony pie, according to a drug-addled fat bald guy who's afraid to go into a kitchen because of a cyst on his butt.
melior |
10.20.07 - 11:55 pm | #
Hiya, Hecate!
It was nice to go out as an adult with other adults. And steve was genuinely verklempt.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:55 pm | #
See you tomorrow, Tribe...
I have a new assignment to start early Monday morning. Think they'll mind if I show up reeking of beer, and still wearing my colors?
bill buckner |
10.20.07 - 11:56 pm | #
It was nice to go out as an adult with other adults. And steve was genuinely verklempt.
Molly Ivors,
i just got here. What did you do for his bday?
plum p, plummy pudding |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:56 pm | #
Someone paused it, rewound it, and started it, again. Hilarious.
That's apparently a fun way to watch cable. Most on-demand stuff is broadcast clear QAM, so anyone can watch it. The cable companies assign arbitrary channels for each user when they get a show, but the computer-based clear QAM video things can hook into them.
puppethead |
10.20.07 - 11:56 pm | #
Spocko,
It is okay this day. I took less pain medication than usual and managed a nice walk in the beautiful fall woods with my love and the dogs: a good day.
I have decided to turn my anger over everything into work again. I will begin reworking one of the four major novels I have completed on Monday. It is time that I worked on something substantial, and I need a place to aim my fucking arrows anyway.
In about sixw months or so (and if my other blog friend from here wants to help) the new book should be done. Sorry in advance if I bug everyone: I am the worst salesman in the world.
DWD - Hating Their America |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:57 pm | #
bill b: there's going to be a fair amount of absenteeism Monday around Boston...
ProfWombat |
10.20.07 - 11:57 pm | #
i just got here. What did you do for his bday?
A bunch of us met up at his fave watering hole to surprise him for his birthday.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:58 pm | #
DWD... keep up the good work.
Being still stuck in technical writing hell, I'm envious and jealous of you working on a novel.
But then..., you're an inspiration, too.
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:59 pm | #
puppethead: That's apparently a fun way to watch cable. Most on-demand stuff is broadcast clear QAM, so anyone can watch it. The cable companies assign arbitrary channels for each user when they get a show, but the computer-based clear QAM video things can hook into them.
Apparently my new HDTV can do it on its own, just as well. No wonder I couldn't figure out what pay channels I was getting for free -- these flicks aren't on any schedule!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
10.20.07 - 11:59 pm | #
A bunch of us met up at his fave watering hole to surprise him for his birthday.
Molly Ivors
Hey Hecate I read you post about nuns
For awhile I corresponded with
"the brilliant Joan Chittister",
who you wrote said
[she] urges sisters to live their Monastic Profession through its three dimensions of stability, obedience, and conversatio morum in their present day commitments. “Do what these values demand, in this culture, on this planet, at this time, in this civilization, in the here and now.”
After I saw her on Bill Moyers I wanted to see MORE of her going up against these people who call themselves Christians who encourage war and kill day after day.
I'm sorry that I didn't see more of her mixing it up with the Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwell (DRIP)
Spocko |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:00 am | #
Hi molly. have fun?
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:00 am | #
oh, and you missed this when i posted it earlier (stolen from Cute Overload), this is a must for any cat owners who wakes up with a headache
PlumP, that had me laughing out loud, all by myself. Thanks!
ThinlyVeiled, Vaginal American |
10.21.07 - 12:00 am | #
because i do wake up with a headache often. Now i know it's Henriette's fault!
plum p, plummy pudding |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:02 am | #
Goin' to watch the rerun of Bill Maher and enjoy another martini. Back later if I stay conscious.
ThinlyVeiled, Vaginal American |
10.21.07 - 12:03 am | #
Technically, the bump isn't "dancing."
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:03 am | #
she was dancing on the tables. It was kind of funny.
watertiger
photos were taken i hope!
plum p, plummy pudding |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:03 am | #
K&Y,
The new book is called, CAPITAL and the subject (although it is fiction) is basically economics. Wow! Action adventure and economics: a combination made in ?
DWD - Hating Their America |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
Did you see the movie, asshole?
Jackson |
10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
Respected Wombat: It's less counterintuitive if one points out explicitly that an arbitrary date is not just thrown out to the group, but that one member states his/her birthday and then it is seen whether that date is shared by another member.
tracy |
10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
Hey Hecate I read you post about nuns
For awhile I corresponded with
"the brilliant Joan Chittister",
Joan Chittister was on a MTP panel on "faith" with Plumpkin Russert, Jon Meacham, and an obnoxious priest whose name escapes me, he's the head of the Newman Foundation, IIRC and a frequent talking head.
In the roundtable, Obnoxious Priest ended his statement with a call for civility, a willingness to listen to one another, et brodera cetera. He then spent the next five minutes interrupting and talking over Joan Chittister. The moderator did not see fit to rein in his boorishness.
Jim, Collieresque |
10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
The new book is called, CAPITAL and the subject (although it is fiction) is basically economics. Wow! Action adventure and economics: a combination made in ?
DWD - Hating Their America | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
When does the movie come out?
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
Prior A has wonderful things to say about Joan Chittister, IIRC.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:07 am | #
Janis Ian.
Philistine.
watertiger | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:06 am | #
Phylis Stein?
Bjorn,a poor young country boi |
10.21.07 - 12:07 am | #
Janis Ian.
I meant the Muppet...
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
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10.21.07 - 12:08 am | #
What, she doesn't have any Janice Ian?
It was this or the Indigo Girls.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:08 am | #
I just donated to Dodd. What he's doing at least has me interested and impressed; Hillary and Obama and Edwards...not too much.
jeff |
10.21.07 - 12:08 am | #
So what do you have to say for yourself?
.
Jeffraham Prestonian |
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10.21.07 - 12:09 am | #
K&Y,
The new book is called, CAPITAL and the subject (although it is fiction) is basically economics. Wow! Action adventure and economics: a combination made in ?
DWD - Hating Their America | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
All the best we kinda have to take this other call knock em dead kid etc
Did you see the movie, asshole?
Jackson | 10.21.07 - 12:04 am | #
We quoted from memory from having seen the film, which is the reason we wrote a review for it and are endorsing it here.
Now, imagine for a moment a powerful, relevant, brave, brilliantly written, perfectly directed, masterfully acted flick comes out and the only thing somebody wants to say about it is that it describes an act of President Ford as one of President Nixon, and this is after all INACCURATE!!!!!!!!! Is it irresponsible to speculate that this person is a German national who attempts to sting vendors at farmer's markets for altering their prices? Christ on a cactus, it would be irresponsible not to speculate!
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
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10.21.07 - 12:09 am | #
The intuition is that 30 people are unlikely to cover all 365 days. The key is to consider, rather, the number of pairs possible amongst 30 people, which is more than 365, thus making it obvious.
ProfWombat |
10.21.07 - 12:09 am | #
After the Indigo Girls, we're going to watch Ellen Degeneres show reruns.
watertiger |
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10.21.07 - 12:09 am | #
Hecate
What is frustrating is that when you find a good spokesperson who might be able to push back on the nonsense of the Christian right they don't get invited on to say, "Are you serious? Right to their face" because they aren't pushing themselves to play that game.
I think it was in Kos' book or Lakofts book the talked about the left infrastructure (especially the religious) doesn't want to spend money in that way, it brag about how much money goes to directly serve the poor, not to how many appearances they can get on the cable shows. And if they DO get too noticed then they have to respond FOR the WHOLE church.
"Sr. Joan, what's the deal with the Priest's and scandals? Blah, blah, blah."
Spocko |
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10.21.07 - 12:09 am | #
The Final Countdown by Europe...
My goodness, that was just sooooo deliciously awful on so many levels.
Toonscribe |
10.21.07 - 12:09 am | #
Buenos noches, goddess!
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:09 am | #
After the Indigo Girls, we're going to watch Ellen Degeneres show reruns.
watertiger
that poor little puppy...
plum p, plummy pudding |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:10 am | #
My goodness, that was just sooooo deliciously awful on so many levels.
Toonscribe
Indeed. And from the FINAL COUNTDOWN WORLD TOUR no less. I expected those guys to get whiplash from the hair-banging...
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MisterX |
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10.21.07 - 12:11 am | #
"Walker" coming up on Sundance. Music by Joe Strummer. Directed by Alex Cox. Whatever became of Alex Cox?
bill buckner |
10.21.07 - 12:12 am | #
God, don't you wish it was true....
Gotta love John.
angryspittle |
10.21.07 - 12:14 am | #
I think you got a bad microdot.
Jackson |
10.21.07 - 12:14 am | #
BATON ROUGE, La. - U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana governor's race Saturday, becoming the nation's youngest governor and the first non-white to hold the state's post since Reconstruction.
Gilly Gonzylon |
10.21.07 - 12:14 am | #
I expected those guys to get whiplash from the hair-banging...
I kept thinking that the person who teased their hair must have carpel tunnel syndrome. That had to take hours of repetitive motion.
Toonscribe |
10.21.07 - 12:15 am | #
Molly, I'll wear plaid flannels for you! You have only to ask!
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
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10.21.07 - 12:16 am | #
Face it, Thers. Only a womyn knows how to truly satisfy another womyn.
watertiger |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:17 am | #
the smallness of these people somehow still shocks me
Rumsfeld’s revenge.
A story in tomorrow’s Washington Post reports that early in 2004, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld became angry that the Pentagon was losing control over reconstruction efforts in Iraq. In return, he refused to provide military security for diplomats, forcing the State Department to rush to Blackwater:
(...)A new executive order, signed in January 2004, gave State authority over all but military operations. Rumsfeld’s revenge, at least in the view of many State officials, was to withdraw all but minimal assistance for diplomatic security.(...)
No, sadly I have written four major novels (Greater than 100,000 words and basically literary) CHALLENGE, CAPITAL, SANCTUARY, and DIAMOND'S LIGHT. Two adult science fiction novels ( THE CREATURE and THE JOURNAL) Three novels for young adults (THE HAUNTING, THE BUTTON BOX, and THE NIGHT OF THE CREATURES) One computer textbook, one book of philosophy, One book of fairy tales rewritten for young people. A bunch of short stories and poetry. And Silent Screams with Mitch. So far only one of the big books has been published and one of the small novels for young people. I have a significant backlog. (sigh)
DWD - Hating Their America |
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10.21.07 - 12:19 am | #
Face it, Thers. Only a womyn knows how to truly satisfy another womyn.
watertiger
i wish i was a lesbian
plum p, plummy pudding |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:20 am | #
Well...
That's a deep subject.
Darryl Pearce |
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10.21.07 - 12:20 am | #
It was delightful. watertiger and I have retired to her delightful pied-a-terre and are listening to the Scissor Sisters now.
Some say it is excellent apartment cleaning music...
George Johnston |
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10.21.07 - 12:20 am | #
Fred Thompson is just too sexy for a Republican.
MP |
10.21.07 - 12:20 am | #
They get so much done in a day.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:21 am | #
Rummie's in the kitchen
messin with the pans
Dickies in the back
stealin' everything he can
Gawd, what lyrics..
angryspittle |
10.21.07 - 12:21 am | #
Pfft. I'm done, cuz she's a lesbian.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.21.07 - 12:22 am | #
Oooo, cake!
Molly Ivors
that is so brilliant!!! did he cry?
plum p, better democrats pleas |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:22 am | #
Only a womyn knows how to truly satisfy another womyn.
Damn you and your use of consonants as vowels!
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
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10.21.07 - 12:22 am | #
Fogerty better watch his back.
angryspittle |
10.21.07 - 12:23 am | #
Rendition is an amazing movie and if you see it we promise you will not come out brainwashed to voting Republican. Quite the contrary.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
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10.21.07 - 12:23 am | #
i wish i was a lesbian
They get so much done in a day.
Molly Ivors, kid free!
Me go watch Borat now.
♥
Jeffraham Prestonian |
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10.21.07 - 12:23 am | #
I wish I was a lesbian, and not a hetero.
I wouldn't have to deal with men and all their come and go,
And all their yucky yucky facial hair and all their machis'mo!
I wish I were a lesbian and not a hetero!
I wish I was a lesbian and that I wasn't straight.
I'd sleep with women only. Man, it would be great.
I'd throw away my diaphragm, I wouldn't want to mate.
I wish I was a lesbian, and that I wasn't straight!
I wish I were a lesbian, I'd like to be a dyke.
I'd sleep with k.d. lang. Mel Gibson, take a hike!
I think it would be nice to love someone who was alike.
I wish I was a lesbian, I'd like to be a dyke
DWD - Hating Their America |
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10.21.07 - 12:23 am | #
did he cry?
I don't think so, but he was genuinely moved. Told wt it was his best birthday ever.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
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10.21.07 - 12:23 am | #
Too much fun to be had on the blog.
I think I'll go think.
G'night, bats.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore |
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10.21.07 - 12:23 am | #
Anyway, I look pretty freakin' good in a skirt. Better than Althouse, anyhoo.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
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10.21.07 - 12:24 am | #
Oooo, cake!
See..., the problem was that the data for a picture of a sailing ship was on that vinyl record.
But the guy at the cake shop took the instruction, "This is the picture" literally and put a picture of the record on the cake.
Darryl Pearce |
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10.21.07 - 12:24 am | #
wish I was a lesbian, that's why this song is sung.
It shouldn't really matter how somebody is hung.
Other things are more important- like how you use your tongue!
I wish I was a lesbian, that's why this song is sung!
I DARE Casey Kasem to play this!
I wish I was a lesbian, and not a hetero.
I wouldn't have to deal with men and all their come and go,
And all their yucky facial hair and all their machis'mo
(I hate that machis'mo!)
I wish I was a lesbian and not a hetero
DWD - Hating Their America |
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10.21.07 - 12:24 am | #
Presidential candidates hardly ever speak of the pompatice of love anymore.
MP |
10.21.07 - 12:25 am | #
Told wt it was his best birthday ever.
Molly Ivors
sweet! 52 or 53?
plum p,better democrats please |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:25 am | #
Yes and no.
It's a Kids in the Hall joke...
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:25 am | #
I wish I was a lesbian and not a hetero
DWD
who sang that song?
plum p,better democrats please |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:25 am | #
Anyway, I look pretty freakin' good in a skirt.
Thers, Last Ethical Man
I've seen you in pants and was not impressed. Good luck in your future.
Nobody |
10.21.07 - 12:26 am | #
Plum P,
That is the work of Louden Wainwright III
DWD - Hating Their America |
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10.21.07 - 12:26 am | #
And to all a good night...
bill buckner |
10.21.07 - 12:27 am | #
See..., the problem was that the data for a picture of a sailing ship was on that vinyl record.
But the guy at the cake shop took the instruction, "This is the picture" literally and put a picture of the record on the cake.
Darryl Pearce
In the future, Lt. Commander Data will be able to do a holographic scan of the picture of the record and reconstruct the ship image vectors and have the replicator bake the cake with the correctly reconstructed picture.
George Johnston |
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10.21.07 - 12:27 am | #
I've seen you in pants and was not impressed. Good luck in your future.
Good night, mom.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
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10.21.07 - 12:28 am | #
I had a great time.
We all did.
Now I have a headache.
Buenas noches.
HoneyBearKelly |
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10.21.07 - 12:28 am | #
Anyway, I look pretty freakin' good in a skirt. Better than Althouse, anyhoo.
Well, that's no challenge....
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:28 am | #
That is the work of Louden Wainwright III
DWD
Rufus' daddy! And speaking of him, i still can't get over how good his Going To A Town is. Indeed, i'm also very tired of America...
Anyway, I look pretty freakin' good in a skirt. Better than Althouse, anyhoo.
Thers, Last Ethical Man | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:24 am |
[unfolding hands in a dimly lit boardroom]
[Jack Palance voice]
The question is do you look better eating a sandwich and pretending to high outrage at the vulgarity of the internet trucks?
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
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10.21.07 - 12:28 am | #
Good night.
Toucari, fka cosmic tumbler |
10.21.07 - 12:30 am | #
Loudon made it big with "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road."
A classic.
atablarasa |
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10.21.07 - 12:30 am | #
did he cry?
I don't think so, but he was genuinely moved. Told wt it was his best birthday ever.
Molly Ivors, kid free! | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:23 am | #
I don't think he did, either. But he seemed to have a great time and loved, loved, loved his presents (he was still wearing the beret when we dropped him off ... it really suits him).
A nice way to kick off a big year.
Brooklyn Girl |
10.21.07 - 12:31 am | #
I forgot what a great smile Ray Davies has. I love the Kinks.
Brooklyn Girl |
10.21.07 - 12:33 am | #
G'night,Toucari! Happy birthday!
Molly Ivors
bonne fête aussi
plum p,better democrats please |
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10.21.07 - 12:33 am | #
The Bill Maher show is being disrupted by 9/11 conspiracy wackos.
Yeah, Bill showed off his comedian chops by handling hecklers like any stand up comedian would - he yelped for security...
George Johnston |
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10.21.07 - 12:33 am | #
Sure they're wackos?
I feel comfortable with that designation.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
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10.21.07 - 12:33 am | #
Thers, Last Ethical Man | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:31 am |
Maher lays out the smack.
(Actually, a minyan of mendacious Mossadites masked in moss mashed the "truther" and then altered the video.)
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:33 am | #
9/11 conspiracy stuff makes me post Asia videos.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:33 am | #
...because if the conspiracy is so big, why don't "they" just give us all lottery winning so we don't care?
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:35 am | #
Night all.
keep 'em flyin'
DWD - Hating Their America |
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10.21.07 - 12:35 am | #
The 9/11 conspiracy buffs have nothing to go on because Bush and Cheney publicly testified under oath about that day.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:36 am | #
9/11 conspiracy stuff is a distraction from the horrible stuff in the public record about Bush's performance on that day.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
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10.21.07 - 12:36 am | #
Thanks to you and Molly. Sounds like you had a great night with Steve!
I'm out of here.
Toucari, fka cosmic tumbler |
10.21.07 - 12:36 am | #
9/11 conspiracy stuff makes me post Asia videos.
Thers, Last Ethical Man | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:33 am |
We have the best IX/XI conspiracy explanation: we are not going to know all of what really happened in our generation and it's a waste of time to yammer about it. There are other things that are much easier to solve, like the magical disappearing Syrian nuclear facility or the new Turk-Kurd fun.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
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10.21.07 - 12:36 am | #
Days is my favorite Kinks song. wow.
plum p,better democrats please | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:34 am | #
9/11 conspiracy stuff is a distraction from the horrible stuff in the public record about Bush's performance on that day.
Some of us wackos entertain the reasonable theory that the Bush government did as much standing down as possible to let the worst happen. But until an honest, real investigation is done we'll never know.
Everything the Bush deathcult has done has been worse than anyone imagined, just keep that in mind.
puppethead |
10.21.07 - 12:38 am | #
Ever hear this version:
Bjorn
yes. And i remember seing Damon Albarn of Blur doing a good cover of it as well
plum p,better democrats please |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:38 am | #
My biggest ? is WTC 7.
WTF?
angryspittle | 10.21.07 - 12:35 am |
WTC 7 is actually pretty easily explained: it was subject to massive, almost decisive stresses and it really is overkill to insist that it had to require explosives. Giuliani put his love nest command post private spa on top of it, which of course required massive fuel tanks, and also some dumbasses knocked out a few floors to build a new stock exchange. Also the WTC was never built under any kind of code: it was granted special exemption because of its experimental nature.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
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10.21.07 - 12:40 am | #
I just can't believe that WTC 7 was built that shitty w/o meeting any kind of codes and such.
angryspittle |
10.21.07 - 12:42 am | #
Some of us wackos entertain the reasonable theory that the Bush government did as much standing down as possible to let the worst happen. But until an honest, real investigation is done we'll never know.
I'm in favor of a better investigation.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:42 am | #
Cyd Charisse knocked down some of the WTC with her legs by accident.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:43 am | #
Some of us wackos entertain the reasonable theory that the Bush government did as much standing down as possible to let the worst happen.
Which does not imply wiring a building to collapse.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:43 am | #
I'm in favor of a better investigation.
Thers, Last Ethical Man
That's all I want as well. I think the conspiracy theorists lose their credibility when they start citing specific details, because invariably they jump to wrong conclusions.
puppethead |
10.21.07 - 12:44 am | #
Cyd Charisse knocked down some of the WTC with her legs by accident.
I think that was Ann Miller.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:44 am | #
codes and such.
angryspittle | 10.21.07 - 12:42 am |
In mobbed-up NYC. But you can believe the explosive stuff?
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:44 am | #
We're now onto the Flight of the Conchords, if anyone is curious.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:45 am | #
Bush, Cheney & the rest of the possé have moved on... to the anger stage of grief.
Some of us are in the bartering stage of grief: that if we could just be good enough, people will like us.
And every attempt to shock-and-awe the enemy only antagonizes and confuses them further: whether it's us or them.
Darryl Pearce |
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10.21.07 - 12:46 am | #
Reasonable people will agree that the Clenis had to publicly testify under oath about a consensual affair but that a private, off the record conversation about Bush's dereliction of duty should quell all rumors about said dereliction. Take that, conspiracy wackos!
George Johnston |
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10.21.07 - 12:46 am | #
So you are telling me I can't trust any goddamned bulding in NYC not to fall down on me?
angryspittle |
10.21.07 - 12:46 am | #
I just can't believe that WTC 7 was built that shitty w/o meeting any kind of codes and such.
angryspittle | 10.21.07 - 12:42 am | #
It wasn't built shitty. However, it is perfectly reasonable for it to have fallen as a direct result of the twin towers collapsing. Two 110 story buildings that were right next to it crashed down and caused permanent damage to the building and its foundation. If you were personally familiar with the site, you'd understand that.
Enough of this. Please.
Brooklyn Girl |
10.21.07 - 12:47 am | #
I don't wanna comment - BUT
there was at least one investigation into why WTC7 fell. If you start with the assumption that it couldn't have fallen accepting the results of an investigation saying how it did becomes difficult.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher |
10.21.07 - 12:47 am | #
GWEN VERDON BROUGHT DOWN WTC7!
I knew she was working for Satan.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
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10.21.07 - 12:47 am | #
Some of us wackos entertain the reasonable theory that the Bush government did as much standing down as possible to let the worst happen.
When has Bushco ever required the luxury of careful planning in order to fuck things up six ways to Sunday?
MP |
10.21.07 - 12:47 am | #
So you are telling me I can't trust any goddamned bulding in NYC not to fall down on me?
angryspittle | 10.21.07 - 12:46 am | #
Now you are being ridiculous.
Brooklyn Girl |
10.21.07 - 12:47 am | #
Absolute scumbag shit-heads on C-Span claiming that Iraq would forget about being invaded if we were more polite.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:48 am | #
"So you are telling me I can't trust any goddamned bulding in NYC not to fall down on me?"
If 2 110 story buildings fall down next to it and it burns for hours - yes it might well fall.
that is not "any goddamned bulding in NYC"
that is something specific.
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher |
10.21.07 - 12:48 am | #
So you are telling me I can't trust any goddamned bulding in NYC not to fall down on me?
I'm expecting watertiger's building to fall any second.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:48 am | #
How did buildings much older than anything in the WTC withstand the destruction? Like that church?
I am not trying to be an asshole, I am just curious.
angryspittle |
10.21.07 - 12:49 am | #
...I was just watching the the video of that song!
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:49 am | #
Bill Maher is an asshole.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:50 am | #
I am not trying to be an asshole, I am just curious.
70's construction was not always, shall we say, good.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:50 am | #
Okay, okay, let's talk about something else.
By the way we are getting mispelling underlining for "okay."
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:50 am | #
I am not trying to be an asshole, I am just curious.
Because amazing things happen.
I once survived a massive avalanche that knocked a river uphill.
Darryl Pearce |
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10.21.07 - 12:50 am | #
headline of the day:
Tony Blair: I'm like an abused and bullied wife
Explosive clashes, venomous plots and constant backbiting - the last few months of Tony Blair's premiership are laid bare in a sensational new book which looks set to reignite Labour party warfare...
poor baby, he only had 10 years in power, sniff
plum p,better democrats please |
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10.21.07 - 12:51 am | #
I'm expecting watertiger's building to fall any second.
Ask the sky not to fall on you.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:51 am | #
Absolute scumbag shit-heads on C-Span claiming that Iraq would forget about being invaded if we were more polite.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire
They're probably just referring to the dead Iraqis.
MP |
10.21.07 - 12:51 am | #
How did buildings much older than anything in the WTC withstand the destruction? Like that church?
Let's start with the giant cavity underneath the WTC site, for the subway and the parking and the storage and whatever else. The older buildings nearby weren't on such shaky ground. And then, as someone pointed out, the top of WTC7 was filled with diesel fuel. Churches don't generally have that.
puppethead |
10.21.07 - 12:51 am | #
I'm expecting watertiger's building to fall any second.
Hey, it hasn't been renovated since 1845. Anything's possible.
I'm in favor of a better investigation.
Thers, Last Ethical Man | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:42 am
First we have to discuss the proper vocabulary with which to ask unthreatening questions destined to not elicit complete and honest answers.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:54 am | #
I don't recall the top of WTC 7 burning.
angryspittle |
10.21.07 - 12:54 am | #
...did Gwen Verdon ever dance with O'Conner?
Darryl Pearce |
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10.21.07 - 12:54 am | #
I'm glad my wife is staying overnight with watertiger and not Kid Rock.
watertiger won't let Kid Rock back because he totally clogged th toilet last time.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:54 am | #
The Soup has a man who claims ineptly that roses provided by another man were actually sent by him. When pressed he claimed that Lawrence Fishburne -- Lawrence Fishburne -- of Othello, The Matrix and Peewee's Playhouse was the courier.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:55 am | #
How did buildings much older than anything in the WTC withstand the destruction? Like that church?
I am not trying to be an asshole, I am just curious.
angryspittle | 10.21.07 - 12:49 am | #
They were farther away from the site, and some of them were made of stone, not glass. The towers pretty much collapsed straight down, with large chunks of debris landing on certain buildings near the site (the World Financial Center's Winter Garden was almost completely destroyed; the Deutschebank building is in the process of being demolished since it cannot be repaired; the southwest corner of the Borough of Manhattan Community College building is still wrapped in netting). But fortunately, the collateral damage to many buildings in the area was minimal, due to the way the towers came down, which is actually a testament to the engineering that went into their construction. If they had tipped over, the entire area would have been destroyed, and thousands of more people would have died.
Brooklyn Girl |
10.21.07 - 12:55 am | #
watertiger won't let Kid Rock back because he totally clogged th toilet last time.
Molly Ivors
and not because he's a republican bastard?
plum p,better democrats please |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:55 am | #
First we have to discuss the proper vocabulary with which to ask unthreatening questions destined to not elicit complete and honest answers.
Tom
Too probing a question. Obviously is completely unserious.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:57 am | #
got teenage love angst over here
ErinPDX, L & R-brained |
10.21.07 - 12:58 am | #
Wasn't this the plot thread for some Bruce Willis movie?
Tom - 大肚腩 | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:56 am |
The first episode of the conspiracy spin-off of the X-Files was that a remote-controlled passenger airliner is crashed into the WTC to start WWIII and provide the excuse for a police state.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:58 am | #
...yeah, yeah. And middle-aged love angst over here.
Live never changes, kid.
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 12:58 am | #
Too probing a question. Obviously is completely unserious.
Tom
Seems reasonable to me.
Nobody |
10.21.07 - 12:59 am | #
there are some things moms can't fix.
ah
ErinPDX, L & R-brained |
10.21.07 - 12:59 am | #
...yeah, yeah. And middle-aged love angst over here.
Live never changes, kid.
Darryl Pearce | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 12:58 am | #
Ain't that the truth.
Brooklyn Girl |
10.21.07 - 1:00 am | #
there are some things moms can't fix.
[Spitting onto napkin, rubbing.]
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:01 am | #
I don't recall the top of WTC 7 burning.
angryspittle
It's not the fire, it's the weight. 43,000 gallons of diesel fuel is pretty damned heavy, at least 150 tons. If any of the tower's structural integrity was compromised it'd be pretty likely to add to failure.
puppethead |
10.21.07 - 1:02 am | #
time for bed. i leave you with the beautiful Pelican nebula
And now, I'm going to read. G'night, kids.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:05 am | #
May I just go on the record as saying that Thers has absolutely nailed my essence with this song.
A staggering work of heartbreaking genius...
steve simels |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:05 am | #
got teenage love angst over here
... and... whhyyy must - IIIII be, a teenager in angst?
Phil Specter's Toupe |
10.21.07 - 1:05 am | #
By the way, this conversation is why a real investigation is needed and why the NTSB takes months to analyze each plane crash. There are so many details and factors that have to be considered and checked out before definitive conclusions can be drawn.
puppethead |
10.21.07 - 1:05 am | #
British cumsock on "What Should We Do With Our Iraq That We Stole" Panel sez we don't know who the next American presidential candidates will be, and likewise we don' know how the Iraqi political process will ... start for the first time in its history, which is just like the primaries when you think about it after sniffing glue.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:05 am | #
Happy Birthday from the Northwest, Steve Simels
ErinPDX, L & R-brained |
10.21.07 - 1:06 am | #
Of course, the clip on this week's Soup with the midget getting the water toy shot out from under him was... amazing.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:06 am | #
Remember steve, don't mess with the ipod tonight.
Tomorrow is soon enough.
Molly Ivors, kid free! |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:07 am | #
STEVE! Bonne fête!
MWAH! (that's a BIG french kiss, mon chaton!)
plum p,better democrats please |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:07 am | #
Steve got a new beret and an iPod? woah!
plum p,better democrats please |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:07 am | #
"I'm gonna have a dead midget on my hands!"
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:08 am | #
and that was the best cake ever, monsieur Simels!
plum p,better democrats please |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:09 am | #
... and... whhyyy must - IIIII be, a teenager in angst?
Time for me to go see "Killer Tomatoes" again and sing the song "Puberty Love."
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:09 am | #
Atrios is musically retarded. Tone deaf. That's okay, he does other stuff pretty alright.
gullycat |
10.21.07 - 1:09 am | #
Remember steve, don't mess with the ipod tonight.
Tomorrow is soon enough.
Molly Ivors, kid free! | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 1:07 am | #
Watching the TAMI SHow instead.
You guys...
steve simels |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:10 am | #
Atrios is musically retarded. Tone deaf. That's okay, he does other stuff pretty alright.
gullycat | 10.21.07 - 1:09 am
Like attracting the dumbest trolls on the intarwebs.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:11 am | #
and that was the best cake ever, monsieur Simels!
plum p,better democrats please | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 1:09 am | #
Not bad at all...
steve simels |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:12 am | #
Steve,
Hope you had a good time! God knows, we were miserable. Absolutely miserable. So miserable that we were driven to drink.
bon nuit et bon anniversaire, you master of millinery!
Economists are historically unmusical.
Milton "Hitler" Friedman's favorite musician was the creator of the "Chicken dance." JK Galbraith's was Lawrence Welk. JM Keynes deep into twelve tone modernism and Thorstein Veblen was devoted to Wagner. Marx of course listened to random burps from other radicals in Soho pubs. (this is not actually true.)
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
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10.21.07 - 1:14 am | #
Meanwhile, in total birthday serendipity --
I just got notified by the Universal Music Group that I can download for free--
The Southside Johnny album they did right after Columbia (which I really love)
and Nils Lofren's first solo album -- the one with Keith Don't Go and the wonderful cover of Carole King's Goin Back...
Excellent!
steve simels |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:15 am | #
Regarding the 9/11 debate:
There's only one important question concerning the attacks, did the US gov't allow/participate in 9/11?
The answer to that query would explain the illegal wire-taps, suspension of habeas corpus, banning of books like "America Deceived" from Amazon, detaining of dissenters in fences miles away from events, and multiple wars based on lies.
How can the gov't be innocent in 9/11 when we have caught it lying so many times (WACO, Ruby Ridge, no WMDs, USS Liberty, Operation Northwoods, Gulf of Tonkin, Pearl Harbor, ETC.)?
In law, if you determine a person lies ONCE during his testimony, it can be assumed that he lied in the remainder of his testimony. How come we do not hold the gov't to the same standard as it holds us to?
The gov't lied to us about Iraq and more Americans have died there than in 9/11. If the gov't lied about Iraq then why is everyone so reluctant to believe that the gov't lied about 9/11?
Final link (before Google Books bends to pressure and drops the title): America Deceived (book)
Hank D |
10.21.07 - 1:17 am | #
bon nuit et bon anniversaire, you master of millinery!
watertiger | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 1:13 am | #
Just so long as everybody got home safe...I'm worried COT missed his bus...
steve simels |
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10.21.07 - 1:17 am | #
How can the gov't be innocent in 9/11 when we have caught it lying so many times (WACO, Ruby Ridge, no WMDs, USS Liberty, Operation Northwoods, Gulf of Tonkin, Pearl Harbor, ETC.)?
That's just silly.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
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10.21.07 - 1:18 am | #
(this is not actually true.)
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 1:14 am
Kind of like the assertion that atrios chose the music for this post...
Tom - 大肚腩 |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:19 am | #
Like attracting the dumbest trolls on the intarwebs.
Tom - 大肚腩
Cool. Ya wanna talk Walter Piston or George Russel?
gullycat |
10.21.07 - 1:20 am | #
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?.... I thought a cake made by a cat would look a lot worse.
Darryl Pearce |
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10.21.07 - 1:20 am | #
Steve got a new beret and an iPod? woah!
Wow! cool.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:20 am | #
There's only one important question concerning the attacks, did the US gov't allow/participate in 9/11?
Well, it's kinda obvious the events of 9/11 were allowed to occur.
If it was planned, I don't think "they" let Bush in on it.
MP |
10.21.07 - 1:20 am | #
Steve, happy birthday!!
Lookee what RIpley made for U
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 1:19 am | #
That is one exceptionally talented kitty. Give her my best...
steve simels |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:20 am | #
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?.... I thought a cake made by a cat would look a lot worse.
She's full of suprises (and tuna).
Oy, U should see teh kitchen tho. Quelle horreur!!
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:21 am | #
Kind of like the assertion that atrios chose the music for this post...
Tom - 大肚腩 | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 1:19 am
An academic distinction: the choice was clearly in reference to Atrios' very well established tendencies. It's like this is the one convenience store he hasn't knocked over and ir cannot exonerate him for the rest.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:22 am | #
I am sad.
U are all in NYC and I am here.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:22 am | #
For you, fourlegsgood, some Bob Fosse....
Darryl Pearce |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:23 am | #
Sheets. And one for the Simels.
Thers, Last Ethical Man |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:25 am | #
For you, fourlegsgood, some Bob Fosse....
Damn but he was brilliant.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:27 am | #
The conspiracy advocates seem to dismiss the Spanish/American War.
The battleship Maine sank in Havana harbor because the crew didn't secure the ship properly.
Don't underestimate the ability of those in charge to fuck up immensely, then blame it on others.
MP |
10.21.07 - 1:28 am | #
An academic distinction: the choice was clearly in reference to Atrios' very well established tendencies. It's like this is the one convenience store he hasn't knocked over and ir cannot exonerate him for the rest.
K. & Yuri Waterhouse, Esquire | Homepage | 10.21.07 - 1:22 am
Nah. Atrios, I believe, would have gone for the unadulterated Yes.
Perhaps this for Simels (unsure which turn of the century would be appropriate one for simels)
and gullycat, -5 for misspelling while namedropping. p.s. I studied with one of Piston's students.
Tom - 大肚腩 |
Homepage |
10.21.07 - 1:29 am | #
Remains of Halley's Comet to Rain Down Sunday Morning
Gilly Gonzylon |
10.21.07 - 1:46 am | #
Russel Crowe sang for Asia?
NSA |
10.21.07 - 8:38 am | #
Happy birthday Steve. And many more.
Even if your birthday weren't near it, Halloween would still remind us of you.
NSA |
10.21.07 - 8:39 am | #