I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Former French prime minister (76-81) Barre is dead
Kuwaiti health minister steps back-she was the first female in office
Kurds and Turks clash-10 dead Kurds, 2 dead Turks.
[Maliki]
Word up. If not, he really doesn't need to renew any magazine aubscriptions.
V for Virginia | 08.25.07 - 6:02 am | #
I suspect some of his bodyguards have suddenly come into funds.
Who are Carl Levin's foreign policy advisors? Nitwits like Michael Cohen?
Who are Carl Levin's foreign policy advisors? Nitwits like Michael Cohen?
rootless2
I give up. Also a couple of D congresscritters who ought to know better.
One step forward, two steps back.
"Democratic strategist"
The very term is a bitter joke.
Morning, all...
Morning Steve.
What movies did you view yesterday?
mornin', malcontent's...
'morning, steve, fokowi.
sometimes i snarkly ask if there are any intelligent life forms in here...
guess, i'll simply ask if there are any life forms in here?
mornin', V.
mornin', V.
fokowi at lake cabin
Are you planning to terrorize the fish today? Or just "think?"
"Darcy Burner grew up in a blue collar military family in rural towns across America. She started with next to nothing ...."
Ok now if it is true that Burner was in a military family her father a retired Air Force veteran then it may be questionable about the "next to nothing" claim.
Military personnel and their families are in many ways taken care of quite adequately. Elementary schools on the bases are low in teacher to student ratios compared to public schools.
The tax free low cost Commissary/PX benefits are very good. Health care, housing allowances, college tuition grants, and many other freebies would seem to be counter to an almost poverty existence.
So, though I have been marked by Duncan as a troll, it just seems smart to actually evaluate these claims on their merit. If I can pick these potential discrepancies out, surely a well financed Republican opponent can too.
Would a fully retired Air Force veteran like Burner's father be at risk for a medical bills financial disaster? I suspect this might not be exactly true, won't someone question the veracity of Burner's web site info.
mostly just think... just put some elton john music on. listening to levon right now. never been able to figure out what that song is all about, but i love it.
lake is dead calm. crickets singing to each other. head throbbing a bit.
otherwise, paradise.
you?
Is there a clueless sauce that Democrats in the Senate have to drink each morning.
From Max:
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) quickly dismissed President Bush's attempt to compare the war in Iraq to past military conflicts in East Asia ignores the fundamental difference between the two," he said. "Our nation was misled by the Bush administration in an effort to gain support for the invasion of Iraq under false pretenses, leading to one of the worst foreign policy blunders in our history.")
mostly just think... just put some elton john music on. listening to levon right now. never been able to figure out what that song is all about, but i love it.
When I hear any part of that album I am magically transported across the decades to 1972. I am in my friend's basement bedroom and we are dressing to go Out. My fingernails are either pearlescent black or green, and I am wearing a lot of makeup.
thanks for the visual... 
so, are you for sure going to dc the 15th?
thanks for the visual... so, are you for sure going to dc the 15th?
fokowi at lake cabin
Yep -- gotz tickets, gotz room in DC.
Really looking forward to it.
Morning Steve.
What movies did you view yesterday?
ql-was in NY | Homepage | 08.25.07 - 6:26 am | #
The Nanny Diaries, which is surprisingly good (especially on class issues) and Laura Linney is brilliant. So is Paul Giamatti.
also
Mr. Bean's Holiday, which I adored (and I hated the first one). Sweet, smart and funny.
Plus there's a couple of great songs on the soundtrack.
Charles Trenet's "La Mer" and a new one by...
well, check the homepage. My new fave....
wish my life wasn't so fucking hectic, or i would surely be there...
at least i will get to live vicariously thru all you fine people.
Please donate to Darcy. Make Michael Cohen cry into his mother's old panties
Mr. Bean's Holiday, which I adored (and I hated the first one). Sweet, smart and funny.
Oh, that's good to know! Now I won't positively refuse to see it.
MSNBC was reporting repeatedly about the Amtrak
Acela's 55% share of Washington/NY/Boston business traffic yesterday, attributing it to the airlines' recent dreadful on-time performance - but whining about the longer journey on train - but it seems to me if you factor in getting to and from the airports, going thru security, and all the hassles involved; the trains, running downtown to downtown, are the clear winner. And, as Moe might note, much more earth-friendly, no matter the source of their power than planes.
Is it wrong that I think Darcy Burner is incredibly hot?
Not wrong -- odd, perhaps.
sitting here in the most peaceful spot on the planet... trying to imagine how they're all getting along 'over there'.
i'm guessing i'll never understand how the world really works.
hmm
I am in my friend's basement bedroom and we are dressing to go Out. My fingernails are either pearlescent black or green, and I am wearing a lot of makeup.
V for Virginia | 08.25.07 - 6:44 am | #
You scamp...
You scamp...
steve simels
Retired scamp. And it's clear I'm nearly (although not quite) as, er, mature as you!
hey, simels...
where do you reside? you know...besides in here?
Retired scamp. And it's clear I'm nearly (although not quite) as, er, mature as you!
V for Virginia
What with you just finishing up school I had assumed you were a very mature twenty something. 
Welcome to my world.
What with you just finishing up school I had assumed you were a very mature twenty something. Welcome to my world.
ql-was in NY
I'm a relatively immature 53, thanks so much! 
So nice GWPDA was able to de-assimilate from her Borg, after all. She seems to have calmed noticeably as a result.
hey, simels...
where do you reside? you know...besides in here?
fokowi at lake cabin | Homepage | 08.25.07 - 7:05 am | #
Currently Jersey, but mostly Manhattan. I plan to die there....
Retired scamp. And it's clear I'm nearly (although not quite) as, er, mature as you!
V for Virginia | 08.25.07 - 7:04 am | #
My dad used to say "never trust a woman who doesn't have a past."
Maliki's government falling apart - I guess this proves the surge is working.
Of course, the whole point of the surge was to bring down the violence so political progress could be made. Doesn't seem to be working out so well.
Currently Jersey, but mostly Manhattan. I plan to die there....
cool. been to manhattan once. really had a great time, but i don't think i could cut it there. found out just how naive i really am about life...
i don't think i could cut it there. found out just how naive i really am about life...
fokowi at lake cabin | Homepage | 08.25.07 - 7:15 am | #
I'm sure you're just being modest....
Oish, I need a nap. Talk to you guys later....
Aiight. Back to the book for a bit. bbl.
Haha, those are some funny bloggers for sure! Go Darcy!
cool. been to manhattan once. really had a great time, but i don't think i could cut it there. found out just how naive i really am about life...
fokowi at lake cabin
I was there, once, for an afternoon, when I was 16. Visited a friend's grandmother and got some ice cream.
It sounds like Mecca; it also truly intimidates the crap out of me. I have the sense it would chew me up and spit me out -- I'm really a small-town girl.
coldplay on cd now.
'the speed of sound'
How long before I get in?
Before it starts, before I begin?
How long before you decide?
But, before I know what it feels like?
Where To, where do I go?
If you never try, then you'll never know.
How long do I have to climb,
Up on the side of this mountain of mine?
cool song.
Of course, the whole point of the surge was to bring down the violence so political progress could be made. Doesn't seem to be working out so well.
ql-was in NY
Sure; it's ass-backwards. The violence exists because there's no political reconciliation available. It has to work the other way -- the Iraqi people who long for peeance and freeance and a pony have to actually behave as though that's a possibility.
Otherwise it's just a huge, bloody game of whack-a-mole with our troops in the middle.
I have the sense it would chew me up and spit me out -
ditto, that.
HICA!
Strange dreams, all night long...
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I'm a goofy blogger.
I'm also a goofy goober, thanks to SpongeBob.
Most people can make it in a big city, even though they think they can't.
Whether they'd enjoy it--that's another matter.
I'm now living in the biggest city I've ever lived in, and loving every minute of it.
Oh, wait, except when the Tube breaks down .....
Darcy's needin' on the wrong pay period, unfortunately.
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smitty w: I'm now living in the biggest city I've ever lived in, and loving every minute of it.
It's like the 2nd or 3rd largest on the planet, innit?
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So Bush told Warner to "Suck it." Wants to know if Warner has "broken with the president politically?"
Warner should say, "Yes." It's not like he's running for anything. And the whole country save the 22-percenters, Barney, and that moron gay Republican I used to call "friend" hates Bush.
And can someone please explain why Allawi, who was once unacceptable, is suddenly acceptable again.
01-20-09!
res ipsa loquitur: And can someone please explain why Allawi, who was once unacceptable, is suddenly acceptable again.
It's called desperation.
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simels,
I think it's actually cooler to die in Brooklyn at this point.
Smitty -- the thing is, every big city we've visited we've really enjoyed. I've been perfectly comfortable in Paris, London, Chicago, Montreal, DC . . . there's some particularly intimidating thing about NYC. Some mystique, I guess.
JP - tell about weird dreams, quick, before you forget!
You party animals missed my party animal last night.
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Morning, and shit.
Evening news discussing friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.
US bomb kills 3 British soldiers and wonds 2 others. People start questioning excessive use of US air power and unnecessary "collateral damage".
res ipsa loquitur: And can someone please explain why Allawi, who was once unacceptable, is suddenly acceptable again.
Kind of like people who divorce, and then re-marry. I know several couples like that.
V for Virginia: JP - tell about weird dreams, quick, before you forget!
Oh, I dunno... people pissing in dark basements, scooters turning into cars and back again... it's all a jumble.
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Ralphie: Kind of like people who divorce, and then re-marry. I know several couples like that.
To be fair, Allawi may have finished his coursework in being a western puppet, online, at Phoenix University.
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I drove 'em off, Ethel!
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US bomb kills 3 British soldiers and wonds 2 others. People start questioning excessive use of US air power and unnecessary "collateral damage".
Tom - 大肚腩
Outrageous. Unbelievable.
'morning, Bardog!
Had to switch to AFP, since the US based ones didn't have the story.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
2007...in_070825081817
:::Investigations were under way Saturday into the killing of three British soldiers in a bomb dropped by a US fighter jet and intended for Afghanistan's Taliban rebels.
The "friendly fire" incident in the southern province of Helmand late Thursday was one of the deadliest in a string of such mistakes in the intensifying international campaign against the Al-Qaeda-backed Taliban.
The British soldiers were struck by a bomb dropped by a US F-15 jet called in to help during a fierce battle near the massive Kajaki Dam, which troops are fighting to secure from the hardline Taliban militia.
Three were killed outright and two wounded. The injured were Saturday at the main British base in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion in Helmand, awaiting repatriation.:::
Morning all.
I was at the bar last night...
So was I.
Morning, all
I didn't see you, Moe.
Must be that different bar, eh?
I didn't see you, Moe.
He was bar tending.
Quite a bit of tornado damage, all around where we live.
Brick house blown down, barns destroyed, apt complex out by my Dr's office had a few roof ripped off.
Right when it started, I hear a motorcycle race up my road. My friend Gary, had just rode through it.
He said the hail was painful.
One problem with big cities is that they can be very lonely places.
He was bar tending
Moe is a cross-dresser??? I was sure Beth was behind the bar.
I couldn't see much by the end of the night.
He said the hail was painful.
Barndog, Farmed Out
Yikes.
Good time for the Red Cross to send me somewhere, as I'm unemployed. Wish they'd call me!
I didn't much care for LA. Not because of the size, or even the car culture (I had no problem taking the bus or walking pretty much everywhere I had to go). What bothered me was the plasticity of the place, and the people.
I was trying to wait up for the Tigers -v- Yankees game to begin.
Went 11 innings, and lasted until 0330.
"What bothered me was the plasticity of the place, and the people."
Isn't that like complaining about all the gambling in Vegas?
As Reagan was dying, and the TV newspeople set up all around his LA house, I realized what a verdant, lovely place that part of town is -- something you don't normally think about regarding LA.
Vegas is pretty plastic, too; with that faux New York, and all.
plantsman,
Do you work at/own a nursery -- do landscaping?
Lots of cool places in LA. Griffith Park is great. I used to walk over the hill, from Westwood to the valley, every couple of days, just for the hell of it.
The canyons between LA and the Valley are actually very nice ... rustic, woodsy. The hills above the city are nice, too. The beach are obviously nice. But the basin? Not so much.
"Vegas is pretty plastic, too; with that faux New York, and all."
Kinda why I like it as a place to visit. Wouldn't live there full time though. Besides, it is changing again and I am not sure if it is my cup of tea anymore.
Used to manage and run a nursery, but put way too much of my time and soul into it. Extreme hypertension and a mild stroke took care of that; body won't tolerate the physical part of landscaping anymore.
Britain has become a Clockwork Orange:
There are 3,200 private homes on the Croxteth Park estate. But its neat avenues and closes are bookended by Norris Green and Croxteth, areas that know the meaning of deprivation. Both districts have their gangs: the Crocky Eds and the Nogzy Eds. And they loathe each other.
Great. Weatherman: "Will feel like 100+ this afternoon."
Have outdoor event to attend later. Can't wait.
Crooked Timber notes Balloon Juice getting shrill
:::I am firmly convinced it is only going to get worse from this administration and the nutjobs at the Weekly Standard. That is, unfortunately, a given, as we know how low they will go- as low as they possibly can. The only interesting question for me is how far will the lunatic fringe 28% crowd in the blogosphere go? How outrageous will the rhetoric have to get before the Malkins, the Hewitts, and all the rest of them say “Wait a minute- that crosses the line?”
I am betting they will never find a line they will not cross- this is not about Iraq or domestic politics anymore. This isn’t about the soldiers and it isn’t about the prospect of Democracy in Iraq. This is about being “right” in the face of evil leftists. This is about “winning.” This is not about what these policies and this vile rhetoric are doing to this nation and our standing- this is about saving face and their own personal stake in what they have attached themselves to in the course of achieving “victory.”:::
well.... duh!
So, how long does Eschatonia's European Vacation last, I wonder?
If I wanted to take all the fun out of fishing, I'd become a bass fisherman.
Both districts have their gangs: the Crocky Eds and the Nogzy Eds. And they loathe each other.
All under the control of one Mr. Ed, and his able assistant, Bill Bixby.
I'm fascinated by roadside memorials. I first recall seeing them in Mexico, and they migrated up to the states. Nowadays they're common place everywhere, apparently. They have them in England.
plantsman: So, how long does Eschatonia's European Vacation last, I wonder?
Good question. I've never had a vacation, proper (long periods of unemployment, yes), that lasted anywhere near that long in my entire working life.
Not that it matters... as long as we get fish eyeballs.
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All under the control of one Mr. Ed, and his able assistant, Bill Bixby.
Ralphie-Waterlogged | 08.25.07 - 8:11 am
All this time I thought Bill Bixby was Eddie's father not his assistant.
How outrageous will the rhetoric have to get before the Malkins, the Hewitts, and all the rest of them say “Wait a minute- that crosses the line?”
Come on. Malkin has called for internment of citizens.
How much lower can you go?
I suppose she could say, "Put 'em all up against the wall and shoot 'em," but even she wouldn't allow that to be memorialized anywhere.
Note that I didn't say she wouldn't think it -- or say it in friendly company. Just that she won't memorialize it.
I talked to a "liberal hawk" journalist friend last night who just got back from Iraq. And he said one thing that made absolute sense, which is that the U.S. will NEVER leave Iraq — that is, no administration, Repub or Dem, will ever surrender the Green Zone, the airports, or the fourteen bases. Not. Going. To. Happen. That's what we all need to understand.
BD, To take all the enjoyment from fishing you could spend weekend mornings watching bass fishing programs on tv.
For me, it's the troll encroachment when Atrios is away that bugs me.
Beware the TAIL O' DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! It's Maddie!
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I wonder if maybe they aren't there for a long term assignment. It was mentioned that they have a stove, which says to me a residence or apartment.
That is a LARGE image file!
There was a horrible accident here last week that killed a kid, and the reporter at the local daily made a point of mentioning that there was *not* a roadside memorial, as if it was some kind of failing on the kid's friend's part. Then, after two days of pointing it out, the friends put up a roadside memorial, and the reporter noted that in a subsequent article.
i thought she wouldn't have them so soon but last night she went into labor...
momcat and kittens
http://i33.photobucket.com/
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kittens closeup
http://i33.photobucket.com/
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EEEEEEEP!
I'm fascinated by roadside memorials. I first recall seeing them in Mexico, and they migrated up to the states. Nowadays they're common place everywhere, apparently. They have them in England.
Moe Szyslak
Here, they tend to involve a cross. The correct response is to cross oneself.
moi, thank you
: ) eeeep x6
292 KB cat tail. One of the largest I've seen.
I'm all for breastfeeding in public. But I dunno, maybe if you have eight breasts you oughtta find a room or something.
I wonder if "Rapper DMX's" distressed pit bulls fought Michael Vick's pit bulls?
To take all the enjoyment from fishing you could spend weekend mornings watching bass fishing programs on tv
Quite a few years ago, I watched some idiot catch a bass - from a golfball, with a treble hook drilled through it.
He even tee'd off when he drove it into the golf course pond. Incidentally, a bass nailed the ball immediately upon entering the water.
Come on. Malkin has called for internment of citizens.
How much lower can you go?
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 08.25.07 - 8:14 am
Just remember this is John Cole @ Balloon Juice saying this. ya know... a war blogger is saying these things about Hewitt and Malkin.
no administration, Repub or Dem, will ever surrender the Green Zone, the airports, or the fourteen bases
I agree that that's the intention. I'm just not willing to give up without a fight.
no administration, Repub or Dem, will ever surrender the Green Zone, the airports, or the fourteen bases
I agree that that's the intention. I'm just not willing to give up without a fight.
V for Virgin
Can we all say "insurgents"? The Americans can *intend* to do anything they want. Actually doing it is another matter entirely.
hey moe check out my everbearing strawberries(and some blackberries)!
http://i33.photobucket.com/
album...akittens101.jpg
kittens closeup
http://i33.photobucket.com/ album...akittens111.jpg
moi
Ack, eeeeep, ack, eeeeeeeeep!
I wondered how long it would take for someone to combine bass fishing and golf. Two exceptionally dull sports combined into one. Truly must-see TV.
The thing is: Staying in Iraq will prevent us from doing anything we want to accomplish domestically. It's insane.
Wow! You still have strawberries! I gotta get some of those ever-bearings.
G'morning.
Is Castro dead yet?
moi, those are the berries!
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yeah i'm loving the strawberries
Do the ever-bearing have a long life?
Can we all say "insurgents"? The Americans can *intend* to do anything they want. Actually doing it is another matter entirely.
Moe Szyslak
Room on the roofs of that embassy compounds for lotsa helicopters.
This is what I don't get about the "redeploy and leave a small contingent behind" strategery. If a relatively small number of troops are having this much time pacifying the country, wtf is an even smaller number supposed to accomplish?
Do the ever-bearing have a long life?
Yes.
mornin on my way to the fair again!!!,am not gonna stay long ...cause its teh hot,but i bring you PONIES!!!!
http://kissmecat.blogspot.com/20.../08/
ponies.html
Barndog, do you have sour cherries?
As great as Greenwald's statement is here I am afraid it doesn't anywhere yet get to the depths of these people.
"The whole media/Beltway edifice is built on this rotating, interconnected filth."
i don't know since i planted them this spring. next year we should have scads. they are throwing off lots of runners
plantsman: For me, it's the troll encroachment when Atrios is away that bugs me.
I haven't noticed any increase. Then again, I can ignore almost all trolls except fy, and then I bust out killfile until he gets tired, and goes back to Mom's basement.
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Barndog, do you have sour cherries?
Indeed I do.
Is Castro dead yet?
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Yeah, since 1981. Cuba's being run by the CIA to protect the money they're making on the black market. "Fidel" is an impersonator.
Catch up :>)
AT THE FAIR ONE BOOTH HAS THIS
http://images.google.com/imgres?...l%3Den%26sa%
3DN
i shall NOT partake!
Malkin reminds me of a Mason girl.
Incog was back, and started in on my with the "house fag" stuff within about 24 hours of when I first noticed him. BDG stopped by and name-stole Ruth and killed her ex (but not).
Huh. I'd think that if they were putting all that energy into berry production, they wouldn't have much root development and such. But I guess not.
I'm making my strawberry even larger this fall. Maybe I should look for those ever-bearing.
Is Castro dead yet?
Vicki, Who ? Al Gore
I was wondering how long it would be till the next meltdown.
Iraq corruption whistleblowers face penalties
Cases show fraud exposers have been vilified, fired, or detained for weeks
One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted.
Or worse.
For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance says he was imprisoned by the American military in a security compound outside Baghdad and subjected to harsh interrogation methods.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20430153/
i shall NOT partake!
sittenprett
Of course you should. The Fair is only once a year.
hey moe check out my everbearing strawberries(and some blackberries)!
http://i33.photobucket.com/ album...akittens101.jpg
moi | 08.25.07 - 8:21 am | #
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moi...where can i get some bushes for my yard?
ps ...i have a whole box of ribbons ,if ya give me your addy ,ill send some for darling babbies!!!
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No one responded to her self-proclaimed birthday. Kind of sad, really.
If Castro dying means all those fucked up Miami wingnuts will go back to Cuba permanently I hope he is dead.
BDG did. Such luck.
Oh, those Cubans will go back, to "reclaim" "their" property. It'll be hell on Cuba.
res, I really wonder if they think they are going to go back to Cuba and reclaim their ancestral lands and re-institute the quasi slave system they had on the plantations. Crazy.
her is a pic of the plants. i couldn't resist letting them fruit. i planted 75 so if i lost a few i didn't care
http://i33.photobucket.com/
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I was wondering how long it would be till the next meltdown.
Sorry, I probably shouldn't have said that, but the *drama* queens (both male and female) who post their narcissistic and lunatic rants around here crack me the hell up. They are deserving of scorn and ridicule.
And plantsman, Incog being one of them. You don't deserve his bullshit. Rorschach doesn't deserve his bullshit.
Those folks are prickers on the Christmas tree, instead of ornaments.
UWWWWWWWWWWWWWW FOR BERRY GOOD COMPANY
http://www.beyondwonderful.com/
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Morning, rational people.
UWWWWWWWWWWWWWW FOR BERRY GOOD COMPANY
Now you're talking! Yum.
Crazy.
I'm sure they will be welcomed with open arms.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
sittenpretty has the munchies, it would appear.
i shall NOT partake!
sittenprett
Of course you should. The Fair is only once a year.
ql-was in NY | Homepage | 08.25.07 - 8:29 am | #
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QL .ive been a little too lax lately...the one they serve ,is enormous!
The himalayan Blackberries (considered an agggressive, invasive noxious weed hereabouts) are fruiting. Diabetically, I'll pick one every few days and eat it, up by the mailboxes.
i got the blackberries from norse. they are thornless. pretty iffy hardiness in central pa though.
i'm sure ketins(carbon county spelling) will enjoy some ribbons in a few weeks
sittenpretty: i shall NOT partake!
Why not?!
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I wish I could grow strawberries. The putting out shade has allowed squash and melon and cucumber production beyond my wildest dreams, but I'd really rather be able to grow berries. It's got to just be a trick of location tho - the house across the street has an immense blackberry patch that's just loaded. Damn things are always beeping and flashing.
res, I wonder if those Cuban exiles will actually return. I mean, they're able to wield a great deal of political power in Florida. Wouldn't they lose that by returning to Cuba?
sittenpretty has the munchies, it would appear.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | Homepage | 08.25.07 - 8:34 am | #
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not really,my tunny is kinda queasy actually,im trying to show the atmosphere and flavors of my country fair
did imention Cowzzzzzzzzzzz?
http://kissmecat.blogspot.com/20...-i-
rescued.html
sittingpretty - there is no law that says you must eat the whole thing.
Res, I don't think the current residents of Cuba are going meekly give up everything they have gained in the past 50 years.
Good time for the Red Cross to send me somewhere, as I'm unemployed. Wish they'd call me!
V for Virginia | 08.25.07 - 7:57 am |
are your skills in the medical field, or???
hadenough --
that whistleblower article is some fucked up shit. how many times can i think i've topped out on my rage-o-meter, and then a story like this just blows my mind. imagine the fucking levels of corruption within the ranks that these men were imprisoned and tortured. unfuckingbelieveable.
Raspberries and blueberries and blackberries are all grown commercially and by home gardeners in these parts. I had never before seen enough raspberries in one place to even consider making a pie, until I moved up here.
Incog was back, and started in on my with the "house fag" stuff within about 24 hours of when I first noticed him.
I didn't see it get to this point, but I thought you were doing an admirable job of ignoring his ass face, for the part I did see!
I have enough berries to sell at the farmers market. I haven't, though. Maybe next year.
I have new cat wrasslin' stills over at the place. Also got some video, but have to edit and upload it.
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sittenpretty: i shall NOT partake!
Why not?!
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 08.25.07 - 8:35 am | #
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my tummy is queasy,and the thing is hugggggggge
Hoekstra: Victory, Then Democracy, in Iraq
It's more important for Iraq to be stable and secure than to have a democratic government, U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra said Friday.
Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said the United States needs an ally in Iraq that will help it fight radical jihadists -- and not necessarily a democracy -- which is contrary to the goals of the Bush administration and a change of opinion for Hoekstra.
He said he would like to see a democracy develop over time, but said that can best happen when the Iraqi people feel safe. Americans need to focus first on battling jihadists, the Holland congressman said.
Why did we go to war, then? Democracy was one of Bush's central goals. We've failed miserably.
That's what happens when you conjure up George and Dick's wild adventure based on lies.
Diane,
You're right and I don't think they'll return either, except to try to claim that property QL mentioned.
But the result there is going to be the same as when I try to go claim my ancestral properties in Sicily and in lower Manhattan, which is to say, they will be laughed (or forced) out of Cuba.
Curly has world-class ear flattening skillz!
This is about being “right” in the face of evil leftists. This is about “winning.” This is not about what these policies and this vile rhetoric are doing to this nation and our standing- this is about saving face and their own personal stake in what they have attached themselves to in the course of achieving “victory.”:::
well.... duh!
Tom -
*
morning peeps
let me say this with Tom
WELL...DUH
PRESERVES YUM-YUM
http://kissmecat.blogspot.com/20...es-yum-
yum.html
No one responded to her self-proclaimed birthday. Kind of sad, really.
Moe Szyslak
mer did, proving, once again, that she is a much nicer person than I am.
sittenpretty: my tummy is queasy,and the thing is hugggggggge
It's the synthetic opioids.
That looks like a meal, but without a quarter beside it, it's hard to judge scale...
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But the result there is going to be the same as when I try to go claim my ancestral properties in Sicily and in lower Manhattan, which is to say, they will be laughed (or forced) out of Cuba.
res ipsa loquitur
Exactly.
I wonder who they'll get their hate on for when Fidel does die? His brother? Anybody who succeeds?
Without that hate, they lose some of the power they currently hold.
mer is a very nice person.
A FUNNY FROM THE FAIR
http://kissmecat.blogspot.com/20...-with-
ipod.html
he was a doll i might add!
I need to keep an eye peeled for those Smucker's
Sugar-Free preserves!
plantsman: Curly has world-class ear flattening skillz!
They're such easy gnawing targets!
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Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said the United States needs an ally in Iraq that will help it fight radical jihadists -- and not necessarily a democracy -- which is contrary to the goals of the Bush administration and a change of opinion for Hoekstra.
Sure; he just got the phone call telling him what is opinion is now.
Speaking of mer, did sittenpretty meet up with her at the fair?
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mer is a very nice person.
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ah yup!
The "A. Gump" troll is more of a pineal cyst of a guy.
I need to keep an eye peeled for those Smucker's
Sugar-Free preserves!
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they are wunnerful,over Eddys (splenda) frozen yogurt
I needs to do some video editing, and make a backup of a DVD... bbl, mooks!
♥
Speaking of mer, did sittenpretty meet up with her at the fair?
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not yet,but we are going on a road trip to find the WORLDS TALLEST HORSE ,which you posted ,and now i must go...bbl
I used to eat a full, but not overly meaty, sandwich for lunch most days, but the bread was too much for my blood sugar. I've cut it down to half a sandwich, and even tho' I feared I wouldn't be able to do it -- it's working out rather nicely.
But the result there is going to be the same as when I try to go claim my ancestral properties in Sicily and in lower Manhattan, which is to say, they will be laughed (or forced) out of Cuba.
res ipsa loquitur
I'm not so sure of that. Well, yes, the people in Cuba will reject it out of hand, but those Miami Cubans will come with a full army, and with logistical and political support of the US government. It won't matter much what the people in Havanna think.
from beyond the pale:
“We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.”
Leona Helmsley
RIP, Queen of Mean.
RIP, Queen of Mean.
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Anyone else think the shell of the Deutsche Bank building is cursed? Man, I wouldn't want to be hit by a pallet jack that had fallen 23 stories!
Does anybody seriously think Bush would try another Bay of Pigs type operation if Castro dies? Maybe he would, he is trying to relive the Viet Nam war.
Does anybody seriously think Bush would try another Bay of Pigs type operation if Castro dies?
I do.
I'm not so sure of that. Well, yes, the people in Cuba will reject it out of hand, but those Miami Cubans will come with a full army, and with logistical and political support of the US government. It won't matter much what the people in Havanna think.
Moe Szyslak
Perfectly dreadful idea; therefore, sounds like a plan.
Please don't give Shrub any ideas.
Random thought:
But 12 homes were completely destroyed here in Michigan in Eaton County yesterday afternoon, and several more were damaged.
The homes that were destroyed looked to be in a modern surburban neighborhood - not exactly the size of McMansions, but certainly larger than a cracker-jack box house.
What amazed me was the quality of construction. These houses could have been made by two of the three pigs from "The Three Little Pigs" fable, the homes built of straw and sticks. There was nothing left of these newer homes, and the construction was absolutely a sham.
We are not America, the well-built these days.
plantsman! You have to eat more than that OR you have to eat more frequently. Eating too little is one sure way to go hypoglycaemic in two shakes.
more like this please
..."go along Congress"
what a bunch of sniveling invertibrates
Yet, the houses in the Yucatan with thatched roofs were relatively undamaged by a Cat 5 hurricane.
There was nothing left of these newer homes, and the construction was absolutely a sham.
They're made of beaverboard and styrofoam and stucco. It's absolutely crazy.
plantsman, How do you tolerate legumes, rice, etc?
TJ's has these great (I know it sounds icky, but it is NOT) pouch-packed Indian meals. All natural. Delicious. You eat 'em over rice. No sugar. Lentils. Chick peas. All kinds of legumes. Very filling, too. You just heat them (in boiling water) and eat 'em over rice.
Hell, those Miami Cubans are already armed and ready to go. I'm sure they have the whole thing planned out.
The heat index here will 105. Humidity ridiculously high. We may skip the vigil. Developing.
(I usually eat a nice mixed salad with my half sammich.)
That's right, plantsman. 5 meals a day. South Beach diet has good info on keeping blood sugar even with reduced intake of food. The method started out as a medical treatment.
We are not America, the well-built these days.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I know what you're talking about. The biggest construction craze in Los Angeles right now is slap-dash apartments and condos built right next to the various light rail stations.
Good idea, bad execution, especially in this earthquake prone area.
They're made of beaverboard and styrofoam and stucco. It's absolutely crazy.
Yes, crazy it is. And when you think about the extreme temperatures we have here - 100 in the Summer, -15 in the Winter - it seems like those cheap homes would not be energy efficient.
From Italian journalist:
"There is a lot of suspicion that these fires and previous fires from the summer have been set by arsonists. The suspicion is that people are setting fires in order to clear land for new developments."
Sad to see those olive groves go.
Legumes, well in moderation. Still have starchy carbs that must be accounted for.
That is what all those rethug Cubans in Florida have been waiting for I think for all these decades. Dirty water seems to float at the top.
res - those are delicious, but very high carb - and carbs are metabolised as sugar.
Something I did not know before I began the diabetic road was how severe and widespread diabetes was thruout India. It's not clear why, but it's surely predominant.
Sad to see those olive groves go.
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re: raging fire in Greece
"The majority of the dead and wounded in modern wars – up to 90 percent – are children."
http://www.thanhniennews.com/wor...=9&
newsid=31349
Even half that is 100% too much.
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Yes, I am aware that they are carbs and the way they are metabolized. However, after living with a diabetic for 25 years I know that some diabetics tolerate (or do not tolerate) different carbs in different ways, e.g., Daddy res could deal with legumes (except peas) quite well, Rice, not so much. Brown rice: better. Pasta: not at all.
What's the key to preventing diabetes? Weight loss? Exercise?
I just learned I'm pre-diabetic. So is my special *friend*. I need to nip that, if I can.
Walking in the ADA Walk on October 13th. My goal is to raise $ 500, to start.
The Fred Meyer (Kroger) house brand of EV Olive Oil is Fillipo Berio, exactly -- from all I can deduce from the label. Olives from Tunisia, bottled in Italy.
(I usually eat a nice mixed salad with my half sammich.)
plantsman, areligious
And this is good, but you don't need to calorie restrict - just space it out over the day. I tode you that.
"were imprisoned and tortured. unfuckingbelieveable.
linda"
It just keeps getting worse. But it won't make the cable shows or hate radio so as far as most people know it didn't happen.
Anyone suspect the NY fire in Deutsche building was, you know, a follow up from 9/11.
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Hell, those Miami Cubans are already armed and ready to go.
Yes, a bunch of fat old wingnuts with guns are going to go reclaim Cuba. Will be most amusing.
In his wandering around the globe in "The World Without US" Weisman goes to Crete. Englishmen have been buying up the Turkish-occupied coast line and building shoddy vacation homes. Much of the building material is taken from ancient nearby buildings. The construction is so bad, and the land titles so tentative (no country recognizes the occupation), that the houses are guarenteed for just *five* years. After that, all bets are off. For that, an entire ecological and historical gem is being destroyed.
8 am. time to pull out old # 7...
Vicki, walking is very good -- and it needn't be extreme. Avoid carb binges. Learn about "insulin resistance" and always balancing carb intake with protein. That's a good place to start.
Morning, kids.
My donation fund is tapped out this week, alas. My brother's partner's dad died, and we donated to the hospice in lieu of flowers.
Whoops. Cyprus.
Olives from Tunisia, bottled in Italy.
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I just remember crossing over to Peleponesis, miles of olive groves sloping down to the sea.
Years ago, though.
Yes, a bunch of fat old wingnuts with guns are going to go reclaim Cuba. Will be most amusing.
Don't forget their Air Force, a few old Cessna Skymasters.
GWPDA is one of the world champeen pre-diabetics, so I've heard.
Avoid carb binges.
Thanks. That is what I figured.
Damn. No more winefests.
Yes, a bunch of fat old wingnuts with guns are going to go reclaim Cuba. Will be most amusing.
Red Zone Cuba!
Good morning.
Those Miami Cubans are going no fucking where.
They know they never had it so good. They might try to reclaim their lost property but have as good a chance as a snowball has of surviving in hell.
However if Fidel dies before Cuckoo Bananas leaves office there might be some American Imperialist move in that direction. After all the U.S. has been lusting after Cuba since James Madison's time.
Among alcohol, beer is carbiest, then wine, then liquor.
My dad could not tolerate wine at all. Brown liquors were off limits, too. But gin -- sweet gin -- he could deal with a shot of that a day.
Iraq forever. We will be there forever. True, we have to fight this. But it's sobering to think that NO ONE in the current race will EVER abandon the Green Zone, the airports, or the bases. Simply not in the cards, and I wish some journalist would ask the Dems point blank: What do you intend to do about the 14 bases?
I drink vodka + diet tonic in moderation. Wine's different, but you should be able to enjoy it sparingly. In my body, alcohol does not seem to affect my blood sugar much. Results may vary.
I've been wondering for a while what would happen when Fidel kicks the bucket.
The people who were adults in the first wave of immigration are old to dead now; the kids who came then have children and grandchildren. There are the Marielitos, but I'm not even sure how many of them would want to go back.
I know there's all kinds of paramilitary activity, but I'm not really sure how many bodies they could pull together to launch something like an invasion, and not sure how much enthusiasm in general for going back.
Molly Ivors,
Didja see my email re hotels, etc? Are you coming down any time soon. We can discuss ...
Good morning.
Those Miami Cubans are going no fucking where.
[snip]
HoneyBearKelly |
Exactly.
I've been wondering for a while what would happen when Fidel kicks the bucket.
Oh, we'll take care of the situation, for sure; but it won't have anything to do with those fat old wingnuts in Miami. What are they all -- one hundred years old at this point?
Yes, a bunch of fat old wingnuts with guns are going to go reclaim Cuba. Will be most amusing.
Well, the Americans have an army too. Not much of one, but one nonetheless.
I'd place money on it.
This administration might think it a jolly afternoon's work to start another commie defeat intended war. Just retread the Commie threat.
As a Cuban friend of mine in grad school once said, even if they could go back, it would be civil war and ethnic cleansing, for a couple of reasons. (1) If every nostalgic Cuban who claimed their family owned 5000 acres were telling the truth, the island would have to be the size of Australia, and (2) the "nice (read "white") ones were the ones who left: the island is full of "darkies" now (Miami is the only pace I ever heard that word used in conversation). They'd have to be put down and dispossessed before the rightful owners could return. Not pretty.
After all the U.S. has been lusting after Cuba since James Madison's time.
HoneyBearKelly
And the US hasn't achieved full-on widespread loathing in Latin America, so there's something to aspire to there, as well.
"What are they all -- one hundred years old at this point?"
But they have very greedy children.
Well, time for breakfast and then my first nap of the day.
I discovered that California is just as stupid as the feds when it comes to outsourcing government functions.
I need to sleep on that a while.
Have a great Saturday morning, bats.
Putin's already on reviving the Soviet menace.
res,
I did; you should be in touch with Vicki.
Drive-by whoring of my Arch picture. I've been trying to get this for about 20 years and this is the closest I've come. Every time I visit St. Louis I try again....
http://peripateticphotos.blogspo...l-
illusion.html
But they have very greedy children.
Who, trust me, have no desire to rebuild a third-world country.
Anyone suspect the NY fire in Deutsche building was, you know, a follow up from 9/11.
Pull It!
from NYT
The number of detainees held by the American-led military forces in Iraq has swelled by 50 percent under the troop increase, up to 24,500 today from 16,000 in February,
Mostly Sunni, 1,800 are Al Queda, 6,000 religious fanatics.
The vast majority are not inspired by jihad or hate for the coalition or Iraqi government — the vast majority are inspired by money.
The men are paid by insurgent leaders. “The primary motivator is economic — they’re angry men because they don’t have jobs,”
Easy choice: roadside bombs or starvation
Please. Their kids (it's their grandkids at this point) are busy trying to figure out a way to unload the shitbox condos they bought with subprime mortgages as "investment vehicles" to pay their kids' college tuition.
This would be a sad time to conclude we have been defeated. Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Post
When would be a happy time? Maybe around Christmas, the time of good cheer?
Putin's already on reviving the Soviet menace.
He himself is the bear.
The children of Cuban immigrants are not as loony over the patría as their parents.
Trust me. I'm one of them.
Hey I forgot that Maher came back this week.
Dear ReplutoCrats:
Iraq IS NOT ours, remember?
Did you know that CoT met Elizabeth Edwards on Wednesday?
He was utterly charmed by her.
Hospice is good, Molly. I won the Meek and Mild contest in the chili cook-off last week in honor of my dad - $ 500 went to Hospice. They brought in over $ 700, but a couple hundred went to cover the cost of organizing the event (tee shirts, serving cups, etc.). The chili cost $ 0.20 per taste in a Dixie cup.
Smith's Bayou Chili Cook-Off
I won the Meek and Mild contest
I'm sure that was a first for you.
The children of Cuban immigrants are not as loony over the patría as their parents.
Trust me. I'm one of them.
See?
It's a generational thing. You get here, you have kids, they have kids ...
It's like my Sicilian grandparents going on about the "lemon orchard" they owned back in the old country. When they died, my parents went back and it was a postage stamp with three trees on it.
But they have very greedy children.
Who, trust me, have no desire to rebuild a third-world country.
Molly Ivors
This is what I think, too. They probably have some one-off nostalgia for something that cannot be regained, if their parents were part of the tiny minority of very wealthy people who got out early. But they're not going back to a life of ginormous sugar plantations and glamorous casinos.
Trust me. I'm one of them.
Yeah, but aren't you New York Cubans a little, you know, weird?
Molly Ivors,
Yeah, I was gonna consult with Vicki on how best to get the hotels to cooperate.
Are you down here any time soon?
"When they died, my parents went back and it was a postage stamp with three trees on it."
the haze of nostalgia...
Are you down here any time soon?
I was hoping for Labor Day, but freaking Thers is coaching soccer, so it's going to be a bit weird.
Look, there's a huge number of wingnut (alleged) technocrats and ideologues just ready to rebuild Cuba, as they have (heh) Iraq. And there's billions of dollars to be made by lots of people, building hotels and such.
res,
I wrote some hotels for quotes on rooms, too.
If you want to send me some info, we can compare notes. Gomez gave me a book for Christmas that features "Democratic-leaning" places of business - we can check that out if you'd like.
Yes darling Molly we are weird.
Most NY/NJ Cubans were part of the entertainment world.
Plus most of my family came here pre-Castro.
Batista had it in for one of my uncles so they got out in the early 50's.
And there's billions of dollars to be made by lots of people, building hotels and such.
Sure, but they're not going to actually live there. And I'll bet precious few of them are actually Cuban.
If the US has designs on Cuba, I suspect they will enlist help, political or otherwise from the Cuban American community. That makes it different from Sicily, etc. I hope it doesn't happen and hope this administration has its feet mired in shit up to the knees and just won't get to it.
Most NY/NJ Cubans were part of the entertainment world.
I did not know this.
UTube is fast, today: Cat wrasslin' video!
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the haze of nostalgia...
yeah, they run away from a place they hate and spend the rest of their days daydreaming about the good old days there.
Moe,
I have no doubt that the U.S. will go to Cuba, but those fat old farts down in Miami won't have a thing to do with it, save waving a few flags. And yes, it will wind up a giant casino. Resources, after all, are there to be exploited.
I gotta go. I have to be outside almost all day. By the time I get back here tonight I will probably be exhausted.
Have a good day, y'all.
Oh, they'll enlist them ideologically, send Rick Sanchez, sensitive Cuban newscaster, to weep over his great-grandparents house or some damn thing, but it'll be more like the Marianas, with imported labor run by American globalists.
Does anyone care to comment on what the hell Hillary was thinking when she said that another terrorist attack will help the GOP?
That statement strikes me as a major gaffe on her part. It's like she's aknowledging weakness on behalf of the Democrats AND giving the GOP (I cannot, at this point, put anything past them) crazy ideas.
yeah, they run away from a place they hate and spend the rest of their days daydreaming about the good old days there.
We Irish have a touch of this our own selves.
UTube is fast, today: Cat wrasslin' video!
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Yeah; I could pretty much watch that stuff all. day. long.
I'm sorry, since Rick Sanchez was Tasered on camera, he just hasn't been the same. Try to watch KeithO on Countdown on NBC tomorrow at 7pm EDT.
Remember too, that even with a shitty, shitty economy, Cuba has a good public services system. Their literacy rate is significantly higher than the US's. I wouldn't expect the Cuban residents to acquiesce too quickly to being a service economy for lardbutts from Des Moines.
So... the re-inspections of the condos were to start at 8:00... no one's knocked on my door. I don't think I'm going to wait all day for that. I have scootin' to do, and Scottish opium burritos to eat!
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Damien Cave (NY Times) on Real Time - "Iraq is like a ball of mercury that's been hit with a bat."
This administration can't allow a good services, high literacy, national healthcare country to exist when it is so close to us and easy for the pickins I reckon. Bad PR.
"Iraq is like a ball of mercury that's been hit with a bat."
Or yellowjackets.
Romney is saying that we should leave health care up to the states.
That is such a stupid idea...
Chavez has been helping Cubans out a lot with his petrodollars.
Romney is saying that we should leave health care up to the states.
Why not? It worked out well with the slavery issue.
It is a smart idea to leave healthcare up to the states if the intent it to keep people sick, scared, in poverty, and obedient to their betters.
Why not? It worked out well with the slavery issue.
Because it's not fair on a national level.
Stephen Hayes is a slimy lying piece of shit.
I only wish that Tim Robbins had slapped him.
Romney is also suggesting that the money for health care should come from what is now used to cover the uninsured. Fairly simple calculations show that a) it will not be enough (because people will consume more when insured) and b) there will still be uninsured people (because Romney wouldn't make insurance obligatory) and then there would be no money to cover those people who I guess would just die in front of ERs.
Vicki, I'm not serious all the time. Although I'm a very serious person.
Any Repukkke health plan would be a scam wrapped in a confidence game.
It's like she's aknowledging weakness on behalf of the Democrats AND giving the GOP (I cannot, at this point, put anything past them) crazy ideas.
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Dunno, I don't get Times Select, but putting it out there might be a GOOD idea. Remember when Hill ranted about the "vast right wing conspiracy", of course that was when Bill was, you know.
She had a right to rant, but was right on.
And wrapped in an enigma.
Because it's not fair on a national level.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Also, you have to look at Medicaid. It's done state by state with block grants, and it's a clusterfuck. A genuine race to the bottom. And the federal gummint's perspective on funding it is about to become abundantly clear as the Chimp can't wait to veto SCHIP funding.
The "Clinton says terrorist attack would help GOP" is now under the Headlines/Latest News on CNN.com.
It used to be a side note.
FUCK!
God damn it, Hillary! What a stupid fucking shoot-yourself-in-the-face thing to say.
Hey, is Castro dead yet?
BTW for NYers
Albany County DA investigated the charges brought by Bruno and found no criminal wrong doing by Spitzer and was somewhat resentful that Bruno had him waste his time investigating a political spat.
And, according to the source, Soares is weighing voicing his irritation that Cuomo's investigation was so poorly done that his office "had to start from scratch
Schweet.
Hey, is Castro dead yet?
watertiger
Not sure; is it four o'clock your time, yet?
Well, I think 30 minutes is long enough to wait for the reinspection team. Scottish opium burritos up next!
bbl
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He is probably dead. After all, it is four o'clock somewhere.
Hillary's trying to show that she's tough on terror and has the experience to handle crises, but damn it already, her plays into the GOP are games and are fear-based. More of the fucking same old, same old.
I really hope she isn't the *one*.
All the Repukkkes have to do is use the term "socialized medicine," and the red-state rubes wet their drawers.
Not sure; is it four o'clock your time, yet?
Is that Eastern Symmetrical Time?
You know, we have a local county council member and former chair of our local (useless) DEC whose name is Bruno and who is a former Republican from NY. Every time I see that guy's name I wonder if there's any family connection.
Romney is also suggesting that the money for health care should come from what is now used to cover the uninsured.
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I liked when welfare was converted to workfare, WPA projects: programs designed to confront root issues. An overall approach to poverty. Health care is one in a bundle of issues.
Pols think they can just look at a spreadsheet and say, "how about we just pay for this with that?"
Hey, is Castro dead yet?
If you did beverages, you'd owe me one. That's how I woke up and greeted the board.
Is that Eastern Symmetrical Time?
watertiger |
[can't type while rolling on the floor]
From the AP:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Ted Haggard, who left the megachurch he founded after admitting to "sexual immorality," has asked supporters for financial assistance while he and his wife pursue their studies.
No comment necessary.
The major problem with Romney's plan is that he isn't showing where the money would come from. He's also not stipulating that people who can afford it must buy insurance (because of that libertarian thing), which means that there won't be funding and there will still be some uninsured people. Or many, depending on how the tax breaks are done.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Ted Haggard, who left the megachurch he founded after admitting to "sexual immorality," has asked supporters for financial assistance while he and his wife pursue their studies.
Now THAT'S chutzpah!
the term "socialized medicine
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Anything with the word "social" in it is not for them. Unless it is connected with coctail parties at the club.
Echidne,
You mean the major problem with Romney's plan is that there isn't a plan?
You mean the major problem with Romney's plan is that there isn't a plan?
Pretty much. His plan is not going to solve the problem.
The republican "States Rights" boys know what they are doing. It always makes social programs ineffective so they can throw them out.
Romney's an empty suit.
Exactly what the Republicans love.
Morning, everyone! I think this is the first thread I've seen where nobody yelled "first"! Now I'm gonna catch up and read the damned thing ...brb.
a) it will not be enough (because people will consume more when insured)
I have had students use this as an argument against health-care reform.
Now THAT'S chutzpah!
Tell him to get a job.
The republican "States Rights" boys know what they are doing. It always makes social programs ineffective so they can throw them out.
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I would like states rights if I paid the majority of taxes to the state. The US as a band of little countries might work better.
oh my, paula zahn's divorce about to get really ugly:
CNN's Zahn sues almost-ex to see what he did with her cash
BY JOSE MARTINEZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, August 25th 2007, 4:00 AM
Newswoman Paula Zahn has a tough question for her estranged husband: What did you do with all my money?
The ex-CNN anchor sued her soon-to-be ex Richard Cohen yesterday, demanding to know what the megabucks developer did with more than $25 million she invested with him.
"Were it not for the fact that Ms. Zahn and Mr. Cohen's marriage is ending, Mr. Cohen might never have been called to account for, among other things, the dubious investments he made with her money," the suit charges.
Tell him to get a job.
It would be uniquely American of him.
CNN's Zahn sues almost-ex to see what he did with her cash
He spent it all trying to get rid of Pale Male's nest on his building.
"I would like states rights if I paid the majority of taxes to the state. The US as a band of little countries might work better."
I think the South tried that once.
It would be uniquely American of him.
Only if he gets 3 jobs.
I have had students use this as an argument against health-care reform.
I guess they prefer to see people dying in the streets.
Only if he gets 3 jobs.
Ted's never heard of the work-study program.
It would be uniquely American of him
I thought it was only if they held 3 jobs or more.
I could be mistaken.
Now THAT'S chutzpah!
watertiger
if you haven't, be sure to read the letter soliciting the funds. he promises you'll be rewarded in heaven.
he is shameless. it will be interesting to see if there's actually a response to this.
What is Ted and his wife studying pray tell?
"And wrapped in an enigma."
let me get out my decoder ring: "be sure to drink your ovaltine."
hmmmm...enigma solved.
What'll it be, Ralphie?
Gonna get my mane shorn. See ya later. Mwah.
What is Ted and his wife studying pray tell?
Masters in Scamming.
What is Ted and his wife studying pray tell?
Cass
I think they're going to be therapists. Long line of folks waiting to get some of that action, no doubt.
Ted & Ted's Wife: They're called Federally Insured Student Loans. Look into them.
Ted could go into the meth and massage business. He has experience.
OT(s) but,
I liked that 17 year old kid sabotaging the iphone so he could hook it up to any network. And new businesses springing up to cook the iphone with software, fooling it into thinking it's connected to AT&T instead of network X.
NYT article concludes that soon our cells won't be network restricted.
Masters in Scamming.
IOW, Management.
Chimpy's allies
NYT --Similar bands of Sunni “guardians,” as the American military often calls them, have formed in Diyala Province and in Sunni areas in and around Baghdad.
Leaders from the groups have said they would like to join the government, but according to some American officers working with the groups, their most common demand has consisted of three things: money, guns and freedom of movement. It is unclear what they will do if they are not given what they consider a fair share of power.
simels,
I think it's actually cooler to die in Brooklyn at this point.
res ipsa loquitur
I certainly plan to spend the rest of my life here. Still NY's best-kept secret ... at least, for now ...
Somebody upthread said cities can be lonely places. I think small towns can, too, if you don't fit in. That's one of the things that makes this community so great.
I think they're going to be therapists.
Jeebus, that is downright dangerous to humanity!
oh, that's right. They were going to be therapists.
Maybe they can get jobs at the Rotenberg Center and spend the rest of their lives providing electric shocks to autistic kids.
After they bugger them.
Masters in Scamming.
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"Education" can also be code for "I need a big long break"
It is unclear what they will do if they are not given what they consider a fair share of power.
P O'Neill
"Unclear?" Really?
I could make an uneducated guess . . .
There seems to be a future in torture these days.
Have a nice day.
I need to go to the most beautiful place in the world - the farmers' market.
She's not my first choice, but she is probably the most capable declared candidate we have for president.
But why oh why does Sen. Clinton cry, "A new attack will help the GOP?"
Doesn't she realize that Osama votes Republican?
Has she forgotten the videotape released by Osama shortly before 2004's election, how it was deemed helpful (and in my opinion, might have been the edge) to Bush?
Isn't it obvious that Bush and Osama need each other, each feeding the other's ambitions and goals? Why in hell did we outsource the last squeeze of the vise in Tora Bora to Musharraf?
Because friends don't let friends get captured or killed in Afghanistan, that's why.
What'll it be, Ralphie?
Well, I'm about to shower, put on clean underwear, and go to my Saturday morning Martini Club. People wonder why I nap a lot on Saturday afternoons.
Why in hell did we outsource the last squeeze of the vise in Tora Bora to Musharraf?
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His country?
God damn it, Hillary! What a stupid fucking shoot-yourself-in-the-face thing to say.
Vicki, Who ? Al Gore
Really. What the fuck is wrong with these people?
I think it's actually cooler to die in Brooklyn at this point.
res ipsa loquitur
Only the dead know Brooklyn.
(h/t Thomas Wolfe)
avedon sheets
and go to my Saturday morning Martini Club
I was contemplating that myself, since I have to go to the baseball game with a whole shitload of the wife's place of employ.
Nothing like hanging out with a bunch of republicans, to ruin a perfectly good baseball game.
That sounds so rude, el.
Turkee for Darcy wending its way through the internets... and for Act Blue.
Would a fully retired Air Force veteran like Burner's father be at risk for a medical bills financial disaster?
The way this government takes care of its veterans, absolutely!
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