HULK SMASH!!!
frist ... and last?
ME!!!!!!!
You!!!!!!!
scrubs ...
Still "Snow Plus in Seattle"?
in case she's here: Erin has mail
Letitsnow, letitsnow, letitsnow.
Snow, rain, a little of this, a little of that.
stopped snowing.
Bah. You probably actually looked. I just guessed.
Halloooooooo!!
Still "Snow Plus in Seattle"?
it will be a lot warmer in Oklahoma ...
stopped snowing.
I want to see a snowman in front of Chez Walt by tomorrow morning!
I think we need a new thread..Such wit cannot be contained in merely one thread...
it will be a lot warmer in Oklahoma ...
We can pay for heat with the half billion dollars we aren't spending on an arena.
Letitsnow, letitsnow, letitsnow. Echidne
Le tits now? Some kind of Franco-Finnish flirting?
I'm reading All The King's Men.
Le tits now? Some kind of Franco-Finnish flirting?
It's like penis, mightier than sword.
Which is really very funny when you think of it.
Billionaire investor George Soros last week said global losses are likely to top $1 trillion from the subprime mortgage crisis, which he called the "worst financial crisis of our lifetime."
Already, Marenzi expects at least 100,000 job losses at U.S. commercial banks, or companies that lend or collect deposits. That figure could rise to between 150,000 and 200,000 in the next 12 to 18 months, he said.
"Banks have been reluctant to reduce headcount because they are waiting for a turnaround," Marenzi said. "I don't think we will see a huge uptick, and if anything, conditions are actually deteriorating, not improving," he added.
I didn't know the great orange satan was on Maher tonight.
I didn't know the great orange satan was on Maher tonight.
MikeJ
Sat right next to Cornel West.
Well, apparently I'm old, and I'm prety sure I've screwed my own damn self because I've cut my hair so short as to be automatically dismissed as an old butchie broad, (it wa just a wild hair to see how it would feel to be crew-cutted), so now I'm in a sociological experiment that I really wasn't thoroughle prepared for.
I'm kind of scared to go out in public without a hat.
Still, I think I'll get some good stuff out of being a --badass--old broad.
I think it's getting me some cred among my daughter's pals.
Already, Marenzi expects at least 100,000 job losses at U.S. commercial banks, or companies that lend or collect deposits. That figure could rise to between 150,000 and 200,000 in the next 12 to 18 months, he said.
People in the industry are very, very worried. The first rounds of firings have already happened.
The BSG "revelations" season is moving right along, with not one but two major shockers tonight.
I'm not telling, though.
Sat right next to Cornel West.
Catching the replay, suffering through tweety now. I like Cornel West tho.
Messiah GodDamnAmerica FuckSmallTownAmerica Obama: a pussy-whipped wimp-ass letting Billary bitch-slap him around? Where's the beef?
People in the industry are very, very worried. The first rounds of firings have already happened.
Echidne | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 2:17 am | #
That's a shitload of $300K a year jobs.
Well, apparently I'm old, and I'm prety sure I've screwed my own damn self because I've cut my hair so short as to be automatically dismissed as an old butchie broad, (it wa just a wild hair to see how it would feel to be crew-cutted), so now I'm in a sociological experiment that I really wasn't thoroughle prepared for.
I'm kind of scared to go out in public without a hat.
Still, I think I'll get some good stuff out of being a --badass--old broad.
I think it's getting me some cred among my daughter's pals.
Just wear really long dangling earrings if you are worried. They balance it all out.
Does no one care that I shaved my head?
Jeebus, somebody put Tweety out of our misery. I dislike Hillary as much as the next person, but Tweety's a fuckin maroon.
Does no one care that I shaved my head?
helena handbasket | 04.19.08 - 2:19 am |
Offset it by wearing an orange robe.
That's a shitload of $300K a year jobs.
Yeah. Supposedly many in the first round were the older and higher earning people. The next round will cut into the younger group, too.
Where's the beef?
Lubyanka
Up your ass.
Tweety's a misogynist.
I've never had medium long hair. Only really long hair and pretty short hair.
Oh yeah, I already raalized that my tasteful pearl stud earrings aren't quite the right note with the buzz cut. So I'm borrowing some danglies from my daughter, but I don't quite have a style down, jsut yet.
Earrings, doncha know, are key to the message of the haircut.
even Tweety wonders about Messiah Obama's cojones, if any.
Bitch-slapped into weakness by a weak candidate....you go, GDAmerica Obama Dude!
Oh yeah, I already raalized that my tasteful pearl stud earrings aren't quite the right note with the buzz cut. So I'm borrowing some danglies from my daughter, but I don't quite have a style down, jsut yet.
You will have fun experimenting. Scarves can also take a much bigger role with less hair.
You do know that Kaus is a hack, don't you? Just checking.
People in the industry are very, very worried. The first rounds of firings have already happened.
I think there are a lot more to come.
So glad I work in a completely different industry. I went through one bad time on Wall Street in the 80's.
It was horrible.
Messiah Obama: allows Michelle to henpeck him like Hillary?
what is it with this Messiah?
Offset it by wearing an orange robe.
Being an elitist, I'm just wild about saffron.
So glad I work in a completely different industry. I went through one bad time on Wall Street in the 80's.
It was horrible.
The personality mix isn't helpful, either. Too many people are unable to cope with the bear market or something so they blow off their heads all the time.
and saffron's wild about me..
People in the industry are very, very worried. The first rounds of firings have already happened.
Echidne | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 2:17 am | #
Nobody coulda anticipated that a pyramid scheme was not a good basis for an economy.
Being an elitist, I'm just wild about saffron.
Do you gather it, stamen by stamen, at the hour of the early dew? Coz if not, then you are no elitist.
OTOH, Saffron's wild about me.
root:
the twats getting fired now should have anticipated it all--it was a credit cluster-fuck for all to see
In the eighties, I was all about the scarves, but those are all long gone, even though I had some super excellent gorgeous scarves.
I could still do scarves though, That's a good idea, thanks.
scarves..
The personality mix isn't helpful, either. Too many people are unable to cope with the bear market or something so they blow off their heads all the time.
We had one guy in the arbitrage group who developed chronic fatigue syndrome from the stress of always worried about getting laid off.
Eventually he had to quit.
Did any of you read the story about the woman with two different DNAs?
Coz if not, then you are no elitist. Echidne
I was making another of those musical allusions you never get to a 40+ year old song possibly about a sex toy.
I was making another of those musical allusions you never get to a 40+ year old song possibly about a sex toy.
I have no ear for music at all, sorry. I grew up in a world of no music. So.
..they call me Mellow Yellow...
Did any of you read the story about the woman with two different DNAs?
How can someone have 2 DNAs?
you seem bitter about my being so popular with the "wine drinking set".
what is it with this Messiah?
Lubyanka
dude, what the fuck is wrong with you? I mean, why are you like the way you are you are today? - always just searching for a little more insight ...
So. Echidne
I have seen you shimmy, but I can't say I noticed what your ears were doing.
How can someone have 2 DNAs?
It seems that you can, because of that absorbed identical twin thing. She was tested in some sort of maternity/paternity thing and they came to the conclusion that she wasn't the mother of her sons, even though she was.
The DNA was different based on what part of her body it came from.
I have seen you shimmy, but I can't say I noticed what your ears were doing.
They are just lying there, quietly.
I was making another of those musical allusions you never get to a 40+ year old song possibly about a sex toy.
That song was about a sex toy?
foc:
the real question is: what is it with the idiot Obamagasmics, Obamaholics, Obamaddicts out there, looking for some kind of "Messiah"?
The DNA was different based on what part of her body it came from.
Echidne
Biology is so cool. Just when you think you've got it figured out, it's inherent squishiness blows our categorizations apart.
It seems that you can, because of that absorbed identical twin thing. She was tested in some sort of maternity/paternity thing and they came to the conclusion that she wasn't the mother of her sons, even though she was.
Oh, gross.
But wouldn't it have to be an absorbed fraternal twin? not identical?
Cause identical twins have the same DNA.
That song was about a sex toy?
fourlegsgood, randomly bitten
"I got the D-Cell Blues"?
I have no ear for music at all, sorry. I grew up in a world of no music.
How is that possible?
But wouldn't it have to be an absorbed fraternal twin? not identical?
I think you are right. The way it was explained was that it was like the Siamese twins, except that one had been absorbed back into the other, so the person consisted of bits of each twin now.
That song was about a sex toy?
So say some.
That song was about a sex toy?
fourlegsgood, randomly bitten
"I got the D-Cell Blues"?
No, that Saffron song.
I always thought it was about some hippie chick named Saffron.
I have no ear for music at all, sorry. I grew up in a world of no music.
How is that possible?
No music at home at all. Only a little at school, like silly anthems and stuff.
I didn't have a radio or anything.
Finland is 1 and America is dead last in high school science education.
I think you are right. The way it was explained was that it was like the Siamese twins, except that one had been absorbed back into the other, so the person consisted of bits of each twin now.
I know this guy who sez he absorbed his twin. He brags about it.
I think it's the creepiest thing ever.
I know this guy who sez he absorbed his twin. He brags about it.
I had a boyfriend with a twin between two of his toes, too.
I didn't have a radio or anything. Echidne
Did Kevin Bacon ever move to your town and try to shake things up?
the saffron song is about LSD, nitwitties
No music at home at all. Only a little at school, like silly anthems and stuff.
I didn't have a radio or anything.
My real parents sucked but they both loved music.
Lots of music around. My dad sang and so did I.
Finland is 1 and America is dead last in high school science education.
Yeah. Finland pays teachers a very high salary and the school day is much longer than here. But then there's less poverty and problems linked to it.
jeff
LOL re Kevin Bacon
I had a boyfriend with a twin between two of his toes, too.
Did you call him twin kill toes?
Happy Reading!
Duane V, Bitter Classist |
Thanks. Sorry that it wasn't more clear that I was referring to the white working class vote, which the referenced article was about. The first link to Time is about Yoots only and does not anywhere mention white working class.
The second link to Salon does not mention any primary. The third link to Huffnpuff similarly does not anywhere mention white working class.
So I would have to say that all three of those are 100% nonresponsive to:
Which is why they, together with the youth vote, have embraced Obama.
Duane V, Bitter Classist
I don't recall this happening in any of the 30 primaries so far. Do you have a link?
So let me clarify: is there a link to data etc. showing a primary where Obama carried more of the white working class vote than Hillary, as a minimum indication of "embrace Obama"? I call myself paying attention to that sort of shit and I simply do not recall it happening so far, but 30 primiaries have a lot of tabs etc.
The link would need to address at least one primary result and its white working class vote breakout, say by exit poll or whatever. And btw, that Jed Report link also does not anywhere mention the white working class. And thanks for the effort - if it has happened I would sure like to see it, because I may have missed something.
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Did Kevin Bacon ever move to your town and try to shake things up?
Wasn't a town, exactly.
http://allintense.blogspot.com/
http://www.rawstory.com/news/
moc...__04182008.html
I'll leave you all with this..'Night!
Mellow Yellow was a double entendre song, but that was the big deal then.
Did you call him twin kill toes?
I should have. The toes were webbed together. That's how they found out about the twin.
I had a boyfriend with a twin between two of his toes, too.
I read about this guy who had a big tumor and when they removed it it turned out to be his twin. Had teeth and hair in it.
GROSS!!!
That would be like having Voldemort growing in you.
What part of KISS MY ASS don't you understand?
Billary on white trash vote:
"screw 'em"
No, that Saffron song.
I'm just wild about about Saffron?
And thanks for the effort - if it has happened I would sure like to see it, because I may have missed something.
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QuentinCompson, Negatory
I'm sure you'll continue to..
Sunshine Superman is such a cool window into pop music ca. '66.
I should have. The toes were webbed together. That's how they found out about the twin.
EWWWWWWWWW!!! CREATURE FROM TEH FINNISH LAGOOON!!!
barry, yes
No music at home at all. Only a little at school, like silly anthems and stuff.
I didn't have a radio or anything.
Echidne
trippy
Watching the replay of Real Time,.... has Cornel West ever been quiet for more than 5 minutes?
Hee. A very cute creature, if I remember correctly.
Is that "Elite" thing sticking to him yet? No? Damn! Well just keep repeating it until it does!
So will Bobo Brooks obsess about HIllary's closed door tape dissing Move-On?
Donovan Leitch, composer of "Mellow Yellow", et. al., intimidated Dylan nearly to (even more) insanity. Dylan knew the guy had it, for what that's worth.
Then there's "Hurdy Gurdy Man"..
So, which industry should I get into so that I can succeed in the coming global financial crisis. I'm think republic neocon pundit.
Don't have to be right
Your books don't have to be good
You will have speaking opps
You will get jobs at universities
When the Democrats talk office you will always have an opportunity to comment on them.
I can't find anything wrong with my logic here.
I'll leave you all with this.
No linkee?
Not too surprised.
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Watching the replay of Real Time,.... has Cornel West ever been quiet for more than 5 minutes?
No.
I kind of had the same reaction that Maher did.
Cornel West = a living argument against "affirmative action"
So, which industry should I get into so that I can succeed in the coming global financial crisis. I'm think republic neocon pundit.
Oil. They rule the roost.
All's I know is that "electrical banana" is gonna be a sudden craze.
So will Bobo Brooks obsess about HIllary's closed door tape dissing Move-On?
fourlegsgood, randomly bitten
Magic 8 ball says: All signs point to yes.
I kind of had the same reaction that Maher did.
fourlegsgood, randomly bitten
I musta missed that part, didn't get in on things till the last half.
I can't find anything wrong with my logic here. Spocko
Were your logic flawed you wouldn't either.
Cornel West = GodDamnAmerica FuckSmallTownAmerica Obama, in academia..i.e., anothe jiveass fraud...
I can't find anything wrong with my logic here. Spocko
It's odd how markets don't have to work in the conservative politics area. Losses everywhere! But that's perfectly fine.
I musta missed that part, didn't get in on things till the last half.
Maher asked about the "Obama is an elitist" nonsense and West went off on a rant that I'm sure was brilliant, but I'm tired so I didn't understand a word he said.
My answer to everything now is, "When I can get to it."
Well, seein' how shit's kind of gone South here, I think I'll retire and go to my repose.
Good night, all ye good folks.
Maher asked about the "Obama is an elitist" nonsense and West went off on a rant that I'm sure was brilliant, but I'm tired so I didn't understand a word he said.
fourlegsgood, randomly bitten
Sounds like typical Cornel. 
How could a US Senator be in the elite?
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It's odd how markets don't have to work in the conservative politics area. Losses everywhere! But that's perfectly fine.
Has anyone done any research on that?
seriously
Sounds like typical Cornel.
Yep.
Has anyone done any research on that?
seriously
I don't know about academic research. But I've seen data on how their magazines wouldn't survive without handouts and about the bulk purchases of the books.
I don't know about academic research.
U could probably win a prize if you could come up with a theory to explain it all.
Oh, got called by the Alaska Democratic Party today, asking me to please attend a presser by Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich next Monday.
There is only one thing he can possibly announce, and its a terrific thing: He's abandoning his Exploratory Committee, and gonna announce that he is running full tilt against Ted Stevens for the Senate.
I'm gonna be there for that!
Yum, yum, Lubyanka.
.
What's that thing they call "the most exclusive club in the world"?
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U could probably win a prize if you could come up with a theory to explain it all.
In '66, there was Tommy James and the Shondells.
But, of course, they were all just fronting before that blitzkrieg that was teh Beatles.
I think we're all doing live-action research on it right now, 4LG.
Adieu, all. May we all dream of a world without Republicans.
What part of KISS MY ASS don't you understand?
There is only one thing he can possibly announce, and its a terrific thing: He's abandoning his Exploratory Committee, and gonna announce that he is running full tilt against Ted Stevens for the Senate.
I'm gonna be there for that!
YAY!!!
four:
if you ever understand anything that jiveass Cornell West says, let the rest of the world know--he's the king of scam-whitey bogus academics, and exists in academia only because he's exploited white liberal guilt
Lookie, Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z5j3QOxwSqI
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Tommy Jones and the Shondells isn't who you think he is. He's not some genius songwriter with a whole string of hits. He's a loser with a couple of hits that's been playing small time nightclubs for 40 years.
Hey AEI think tank, how much money did you make last year selling your "products"?
What do you mean you have to survive on hand outs? What kind of organization ARE you. Begging for money all the time.
If you product was any good people would pay to buy it.
Oh, I see they DO get an ROI on their investment. Please specify for us, or is it all loosy goosey?
"We change people perceptions that rigged free markets are great and that not paying taxes is great for everyone (not just the corporations). For that they pay use 245 million a year. We are doing a pretty good job don't you think. They are happy with the ROI so we will get more money next year."
Tommy Jones
He's the Welsh "It's Not Unusual" guy, not Tommy James, who was the Dayton, Ohio guy.
FORP, loopywanker
Ooops. Late. Night all. Sweet dreams.
That was nice final rule: "I'm bitter cause twice shit kickers voted for a guy they wanted to have a beer with, and I got stuck with the consequences."
Who discovered Bob Dylan?
"It's Not Crystal Blue Unusual"--Tommy Jones
For your edification Mellow Yellow was not about sex toys or LSD it was about a prank to get kids to think they could get high by smoking bananas. google "bananadine prank"
Good night, bats.
MSM, despite nutroot hysteria, is humping humping humping for GodDamnAmerica FuckSmallTownAmerica Obama..
G'nite Echidne.
That was nice final rule: "I'm bitter cause twice shit kickers voted for a guy they wanted to have a beer with, and I got stuck with the consequences."
Yeah, cracked me right up.
Want to play, little boy?
Yeah, cracked me right up.
fourlegsgood, randomly bitten
Hee, did Watertiger send in the "Pope needs a slip" one?
Hey AEI think tank
Precismo.
All the RW fucktard nests should be asked for their business plans, their products/services, their break-even point, their time to payout. Who are their investors and what are they investing in? Exactly as you say, what is their ROI?
Those various institutions were key to keeping out-of-office/power Rs in circulation and on the payroll, painting the scenery for their next heinous act.
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Saw John Prine late tonight on Austin City Limits. He sang a new song he wrote coming back from a family visit to Ireland, "Some Humans Ain't Human."
Lyrics (iirc), "You're feelin' your freedom, the world's off your back, then the hot shot from Texas, starts his war in Iraq -- some humans ain't human, some people ain't kind."
Love that guy, have since I first heard him about 1976 -- an American treasure.
Hee, did Watertiger send in the "Pope needs a slip" one?
I dunno, but that wuz pretty funny.
The pope is one creepy motherfucker.
Those various institutions were key to keeping out-of-office/power Rs in circulation and on the payroll, painting the scenery for their next heinous act.
WIngnut welfare.
mkay, I'm outta here too, working much too hard on my days off
Tom Jones' cut of "You Can Leave Your Hat Hat On" really features his strong voice quite well.
Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey were born about 3 years and a few miles apart in Cardiff, Wales (1940, 1937). Guess they were handing out pipes and attitude for a little while in that corner of the world.
I'm creepier. Wonder where the troll went.
the bloom's come off the black rose, dudes...
and it's downhill from here..
The last time I noticed the trolls so terrified was right after Mark Foley was caught sucking off underage pages, and a calamitous November loomed. Good times.
I guess old Mark walked in to a black hole and has never been seen or heard from again.
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but the Dimocrat Donner Party Banquet Rolls On To Altoona....!
you go, numbnuts!
I'll shed a tear if I survive Tom Jones. He went with the Vegas money, but who the fuck am I to find fault with that?
He just seemed to be a good guy.
Who just happened to have young women throwing their underwear and room keys at him, while he was performing.
I'm really gay.
Letitsnow, letitsnow, letitsnow.
Echidne | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 2:09 am
severe tropical storm here.
Pretty damn windy outside.
Half the wingnuts are staying home in Nov rather than voting for pro-immigration liberal McLame!
Brilliant!!!!
I had to go look on IMDB. I'm definitely too old to be Ellie May. And not ditzy enough, though I admire her fondness for critters.
Tlazolteotl | Homepage | 04.18.08 - 6:34 pm
Perry Botkin Sr. Elly May's Theme
http://bakeyandbetty.com/botkin.html
Chops!
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McLame barely surviving at 45%, with nobody campaigning against him!
Obama attacked every day, but is untouched in the polls.
Obama = teflon pied piper
McLame = riding into the wingnut sunset
Lovin' every minute!!!
Luby,
People are already getting set for President Obama. Clinton, not McCain, is his biggest obstacle to the Oval Office.
McLame likes Mexicans
= Rusty Limbaugh's head explodes
= Wingnuts stay home in Nov
ROFL!!!
Brian's back!
Assmunchen .... In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, Obama leads Clinton nationally 46% to 41% (see recent daily Democratic Nomination results). New polling data released today, shows that Clinton’s lead in Pennsylvania is down to three percentage points. That same survey found that 57% believe the Superdelegates should honor the primary results and vote for Obama even if something happens to convince them that Clinton would be a stronger general election candidate. Rasmussen Markets data gives Obama an 84.3% chance of winning the Democratic nomination.
The Rasmussen Reports Balance of Power Calculator shows the Electoral College race remains a Toss-Up. Democrats lead in states with 190 Electoral Votes while the GOP has the advantage in states with 189. When “leaners” are added, the Democrats lead 260 to 240 (see summary of recent state-by-state results). Data from Rasmussen Markets gives Democrats a 59.7% chance of winning the White House in November.
Let us go to the secret place, lubya
, and I will use the Makarov on you, and then think about it and decide against it.
George Noury Rocks!!
I just heard a PSA from a mortgage counselor saying that 2 million subprime mortgages will reset in the next 18 months.
We're only 1/3 through this mess.
Repuke greed is crashing our economy.
I swear, KeithO's segment on Rumania's Music Idol American Idol knock-off was hysterical.
The poor gal took Nilsson's "Without You's" signature "I can't live!" line and mangled it into "Ken Lee".
final PA registration statistics
http://
www.democraticunderground...mesg_id=5575896
"Of the 218,923 new voters who registered between 01-01-2007 and 04-17-2007, 152,775 (69.8%) registered as Democrats. During the same period 164,026 previously registered voters changed their party to Democratic, outnumbering those who changed their party to Republican 11 to 1."
Poor Rs.
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QCN, is that really supposed to be 2007, or was that a mistake?
Oil $117 bbl. Up five bucks in one day.
Fucking Repukes.
outnumbering those who changed their party to Republican 11 to 1."
Poor Rs.
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QuentinCompson, Negatory | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 4:25 am
voting in a republican primary now is a waste. your vote will have no impact on November.
Dubrovnik, isn't that near Hamtramk?
8^)
The New York swells who clusterfuck our economy have got to make money somewhere. Since the stock market and investment banks are cratering, speculating on the price of oil is about all they have left.
Oh, and by the way, Republicans; Huggy Bear's budget numbers don't add up AT ALL.
I think a lot of wingnuts in PA are switching Dem to vote for Clinton -- they're terrified of Obama.
For good reason
Here's a very young man, just torching a Hendrix mix on a Telecaster.
Polls are conflicted: Gallup has Obama up by 3% nationally, Newsweek has Obama up by 20% nationally. Clinton may well win in PA, and still not gain the ground she wishes.
Dubrovnik, isn't that near Hamtramk?
Yea, like it's near the moon.
BBC: fresh clashes break out in Basra.
Look at all the progress we've made!
Goldie Hawn (Kate Hudson's mother) was The Girl from Dubrovnik once.
That guy who made $3.7 BILLION in one year by shorting subprime mortgages is the embodiment of pure Repuke evil.
I hope he dies slowly, painfully and all alone...very soon.
Evil like that should not be allowed to live.
I hope he dies slowly, painfully and all alone...very soon.
Given the nature of humanity and our society, this seems just but unlikely.
The TX court hearing claims of child abuse in the FLDS "Yearning for Zion" ranch case is allowing none of the kids to go back to the ranch, and will DNA test them.
Wild weather due today and tomorrow: snow, thunderstorms, highs in the 40s. Oh, boy!
Fucking Mormons.
Bunch of Repervs.
The clip of Jimi Hendrix backstage with Keith is a gem. But the clip of John Lennon and Bob Dylan in the back of the London limo has more, how you say, pop cachet.
Sitting through Tropical Storm Neoguri.
Wet and windy. Should see the swells on the harbour and the big bamboos bending over.
Bobby Dylan is waxed in that clip. John Lennon is constantly trying to bring him around.
Saw Hendrix and The Experience at Arizona State University with a Dutch Jazz Band, Soft Parade , I think it was, eons ago. Damn, my friend and I were stoned!
Twas a High-speed chase all about Southern California yesterday; CHP chasing a woman who stole a white GMC Yukon from a rental agency in Anaheim and was going over 100mph for over an hour. Finally stopped her with spike-strips . The gals at MSNBC liked to pass out.
Cold here, too. Only 41. One day this spring over 70 and I spent most of it cooped up.
I'm glad I'm no longer able to watch cable TV news. I'd rather paint.
Last Saturday was gorgeous and I made sure I got outside. Had the first "Wow, I'm not cold!" sensation of the year. Knew it couldn't last.
I understand that Barack Obama's rally last night was his biggest yet. 35,000 folks decided to go.
On my way to work there's a billboard advertising the Jethro Tull 40 Year Reunion Tour.
I saw them back in college.
I feel so fucking old. Where's my Geritol? Where's my walker?
Think I'll hike up my pants and go shake my fist at young whippersnappers.
Goddamn kids these days are baldvas a billiard ball. Grow some hair, punk!!
Yep. HuffPo's got a column on it. If Obama takes Philadelphia and the surrounding counties, PA might get interesting.
It's obvious that the biggest salvos across Obama's bow are being launched from his own party.
I'm not holding my breath, but I would so love for Obama to take PA, even if by a hair...
Tull was booked for a very long time at a crappy club in Phoenix when I was in high school. Went and saw them repeatedly, figured they got stranded out of money. I feel old, too.
It's uncomfortable to be less than enthused by the Clintons when many regulars are here -- but that's where I find myself.
We've got some interesting music lined up for this summer:
http://www.summerfest.com/flash/
Plantsman,
It is hard to be enthused by the Clinton's IMHO...heck I can barely speak without four letter words when I think of either of them.
Hillary is going to be teh sore loser of all time. I still think it wo't be enough to lose in November. But who knows?
Lucky Me! I looked for vacuum-cleaner belts at the
mega-market and they had them! Now I get to play Mr. Fucks-it!
Hillary is going to be teh sore loser of all time.
You say "going to be? "
Some perceived her turn on Colbert to be a "hit" --
but that's not how Colbert works, generally.
He lets people damn themselves with their own words.
She really has taken a lot of the steam (and money) from what should have been a knockout punch.
MP<
Hillary and her peeps thought all along that she was to be the next President of the USA. Simple, it was "her time".
Funny thing, the rest of the people didn't agree...
Oh well, maybe the next time the Rethugs fucking ruin our country to the point that even Rethugs hate it, we won't fuck around so much.
Saw Hendrix and The Experience at Arizona State University with a Dutch Jazz Band, Soft Parade , I think it was, eons ago. Damn, my friend and I were stoned!
plantsman
Soft Machine. English, actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sof...ki/
Soft_Machine
Watching the smug and smarmy GOP "strategists" on cable blithely explaining how McCain will walk away with this cracks me up. We've had the president "you'd like to have a beer with" for almost 6 years -- and it's been a disaster!
Look, Hillary, the country is starved for change, and you aint it.
You and yer husband had yer shot, step aside.
Soft Machine, indeed. I was (obviously) musically unprepared for them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z...h?
v=ZrcOEoFttWU
For almost 8 years -- Geesh.
I wonder how the fishing is going for Barndog and wife.
this one goes to 11!
vistors on line, that is...
Hillary is in bed with the Repukes and she is intentionally weakening the Dems to let McSame win. And it's working.
McLame probably promised her a Cabinet chair.
Fucking Arkansas stubborness is likely to kill us. Fucking Arkansas.
Must have like 1.3% of the population.
When Senator clinton gets through, she may well be the loneliest person in American politics.
Watching the smug and smarmy GOP "strategists" on cable blithely explaining how McCain will walk away with this cracks me up.
Whistling past the graveyard ...
Reminds me of the fed economists saying that everything is roses, there's no housing bubble a couple years ago.
When Senator clinton gets through, she may well be the loneliest person in American politics.
plantsman
Good. Because she's making sure not only to split the Dems, but she's also publicly propping up the enemy.
Fuck her. She's willing to scorch earth her way to the White House. Fuck her.
She's willing to scorch earth her way to the White House.
Bingo.
Bob Herbert has a good piece in today's e-NYT about this.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/1....html?th&
emc=th
Money paragraph:
So what are the Democrats doing? The Clintons are running around with flamethrowers, gleefully trying to incinerate the prospects of the party’s leading candidate, Barack Obama. As Bill Clinton put it last month: “If a politician doesn’t want to get beat up, he shouldn’t run for office.”
And if she gets the Oval Office, it will be with a lot of bad will, and a lot of dark debts to pay.
Some wise person needs to take her aside from her frenzy and tell her it's a fools errand.
Hillary is willing to destroy the Democratic Party to win.
Then she'll destroy the whole country.
Hillary is Chimpy in drag.
Hillary wanted a coronation, but reality got in the way.
Plus, Good Lord, with all of the Clinton machine in all of the big states, there hasn't been a clumsier run campaign in recent memory.
The absolute last straw for her was that "Obama's being elite" comment. Maybe after she loses she can a job at Fox.
Soft Machine-Why Am I So Short?
You may laugh at me
Say I don't deserve
All the things I've had
Sad...
I've got a drum kit and some sticks
So when I'm drunk or in a fit
I find it easy to express myself
I hit the drums so hard I break all my heads
And then I end the day in one of my beds
I'm nearly 5 ft. 7 tall
I like to smoke and drink and ball
I've got a yellow suit that's made by Pam
And every day I like an egg and some tea
But best of all I like to talk about me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=g...feature=related
And HuffPo has her on tape slamming MoveOn, in contradiction to her public statements. It's ugly out there.
Trivia question: What other band's name is a also William Burroughs' literary reference?
Naked Lunch?
steeley dan
Steely Dan is from Naked Lunch.
what do i win?
Told ya I'm over my head.
The satisfaction of knowing how smart you are.
It's so obvious that it's not about lifting up the sorely hurting Americans. It's about raw power, and the claws are coming out now.
I prefer Lydia Lunch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Lunch
What a nutbar.
what do i win?
tim
A luncheon date with Lydia Lunch!
I've gritted my teeth and borne what Bill and Hill have said -- but I'm done with them now.
I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.
Lydia Lunch
Good for her. I'll drink to that.
Crap. I'll probably be banned for what I've said tonight. But Hillary threw down the gauntlet. But not at John McCain, but at Barack Obama. And that pisses me off.
Worry not, M; Atrios does not ban lightly -- you may be shunned, I've endured that from several peeps lately.
Being shunned by hillbots isn't a bad thing.
Citicorp laying off 6000.
We will need another FDR.
Obama is the one for the job.
Morning, kids.
Idiot on my radio tells me that if Wolfe didn't win on the Plains of Abraham, Canada would now be "just like Algiers."
McCain's gas tax holiday is EXACTLY the wrong prescription. Gasoline waste should be discouraged, gas taxes should be collected and spent maintaining infrastructure.
Just like Algiers without the olive trees.
Idiot on my radio tells me that if Wolfe didn't win on the Plains of Abraham, Canada would now be "just like Algiers."
Moe Szyslak, cold | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 6:33 am
Ya mean Canada would have waited until the 60s to fight a vicious guerilla civil war?
What'd the Clintons do *now*?
Ya mean Canada would have waited until the 60s to fight a vicious guerilla civil war?
Tom
That was what he was saying.
All because someone played a version of "Laple Leaf Forever" without all the french-bashing.
Wiki explains:
CBC Radio's Metro Morning show in Toronto ran a controversial contest to find new lyrics for the song in 1997. The contest was won by Romanian émigré, mathematician, and now a songwriter, actor and poet, Vladimir Radian, who came to Canada in the 1980s. This version received its first full orchestral treatment on June 27, 1997 at a concert by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The new version removed references to British colonialism and the Union Flag, but added a reference to Quebec's provincial symbol, the Fleur de Lys.
This is politically correct nonsense, ya see.
*yawn*HICA!
Let's start the coffee.
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Americans don't realize English has a perfectly good word for Fleur de Lys : Lily.
This is politically correct nonsense, ya see.
Moe Szyslak, cold | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 6:41 am
So if you aren't proud of your British colonial history, then you would wind up with a Muslim nationalist insurgency?
Somehow I'm not connecting the dots.
They're funny about the french up here, plantsman. My province, for example, is named in Latin, which is just as foreign to either English or french, but the french decided they needed their own name for it.
There was a pretty funny article yesterday about how, nationwide, more people are watching the NHL playoffs on the french station than on the english station, basically because the CBC announcers suck.
Somehow I'm not connecting the dots.
Tom
It's attitudes like that that are going to allow Al Qaida in Hong Kong win.
I used to bank with Hibernia, many moons ago.
'morning.
It's attitudes like that that are going to allow Al Qaida in Hong Kong win.
Moe Szyslak, cold | Homepage | 04.19.08 - 6:48 am
I'm awaiting Michael Ledeen's article on this.
Oh wait, certain factions here provide vigorous funding for the Heritage Foundation and friends, so no chance the neo-cons will want to upset the status quo here with an invasion.
Maybe if we got democracy here, then the Busheviks would come over and invade to stop that sort of nonsense.
Well, Enterprise is making me go back to sittenpretty's this weekend, to pick up the bed liner that they installed without cutting holes in it to allow for the tie-downs to be accessed.
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V for Virginia -- We're still on for Thursday? Flying Saucer?
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ooops. JP.
oooh. big lightning.
last hour's rainfall here. whee over 40mm in the last hour.
http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/
rai...0804191830e.png
On the scoot?
Tom - 大肚腩 -- Had I been smart, I'd have taken the bed liner out here. D'oh!
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plantsman: On the scoot?
Carry a bed liner on a scoot? Haw! No -- I get to rent one of their cargo vans, since they're already re-rented the truck (which is obviously not impaired from such serviceability being sans bed liner, hm?).
Quite the racket they have, there.
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JP -- yep! I'll be there, and I think Paul's BFF's wife and her (grown) children are coming with me.
She asked if they could come, and I said, sure, but it'll be a bunch of people talking about politics and saying "fuck" a lot. Her son said that the FS is his 2nd favorite place to drink beer, that "politics, the F-word and drinking are his three favorite things."
I'm sure I'll be around here before then.
Yeah, I guess the wind resistance would present quite the obstacle. Where LE and Curly?
plantsman: Yeah, I guess the wind resistance would present quite the obstacle. Where LE and Curly?
Curly is on the balcony, trying to catch the early bird. L.E. is biting the top of my foot. Ow!
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morning, all.
Fleur de lys - I tho't it was an iris. certainly looks like it in pics.
WaPo approving cruel and unusual punishment by the KKKourt at http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...8041802901.html
WaPo approving cruel and unusual punishment by the KKKourt at http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp...8041802901.html
From the article linked above:
"In our view, states should not be in the business of killing anyone."
/Diane has found CA making a good step - to prevent canceling policies when claims are made. at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com
wiki:
The fleur-de-lis (or fleur-de-lys; plural: fleurs-de-lis) is a stylized design of either an iris or a lily and is used both decoratively and symbolically. It may be purely ornamental or it may be "at one and the same time political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic and symbolic",[1] especially in heraldry. While it has appeared on countless European coats of arms and flags over the centuries, the fleur-de-lis is particularly associated with the French monarchy on a historical context, and nowadays with the Spanish monarchy as the only remaining monarchs of the House of Bourbon (Anjou Bourbon). It is an enduring symbol of France, but, being regarded most notably as the emblem of the monarchy, was not adopted officially by any of the French republics. On the contrary, as Spain is a constitutional monarchy, the fleur-de-lis symbol is associated with the Spanish King Juan Carlos I (of French dynasty origin) and the Kingdom of Spain. In North America, the fleur-de-lis is often associated with areas formerly settled by France, such as Quebec and Louisiana and with the Francophones in other Canadian provinces. It is also the emblem of the Swiss Municipality of Schlieren, Zürich.
Good morning. Today is fiahing day. 9 a.m. launch and all that stuff..
That's fishing day.
Damm laptops.
"Iris" is spelled the same in both languages, as it turns out.
Good day, folks.
I've got Weekend Rooftop Blogging.
Barndog: Damm laptops.
You misspelled "damb."
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Thanks JP.
That's very beautiful, Marcellina.
Soon as this coffee kicks in, I'm heading out. I gotta buy some seeds, run over to the farmers market, and dig, dig, and dig some more in the garden. I hope to spend most of the day out there.
Fishing with laptops gets messy.
Barndog: Thanks JP.
Don't mention it! 
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Moe,
1) Happy belated birthday!
2) I've been meaning to ask you — do you have relatives still living in the Norfolk area? My sister recently forwarded some e-mail to me, and I noticed the name of an acquaintance of hers has your last name.
Have fun, Barndog! We're also hitting the road in a bit. Camp tonight and Sunday in Tennessee, and then on to annoy people in two more states.
Time to get the head right. Fish won't bite if your head ain't right.
Barndog: Time to get the head right. Fish won't bite if your head ain't right.
The Zen of Chest Wading
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Fishing with laptops gets messy.
Company laptop. Don't think it will make it to the boat, Ruth.
Morning peeps.
Moe, you've been nudged.
Oh no! V won't be around to play scrabble. Have a great trip.
Arrgh! Must! Fix! B! Key!
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Morning, kids!
V, do you go camping every weekend?
Marcellina-- yes, all six of my seven siblings, and my parents, and the wives/husbands and the next generation all live in Norfolk/Va. Beach. If the email had my name on it, it's most likely one of them, as it's an unusual name.
I'm going down to visit next month.
JP - taking my boat out today with the wife.
Yes, we will be in waders also (even the wife).
Moe,
Her name is Anne. Cousin, maybe?
Small world, eh?
Barndog: Yes, we will be in waders also (even the wife).
She loves you, very, very much.
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Morning, rational people.
Safe journey to the travelers, and happy angling to BD and wife.
Oh, boy; less than an hour 'til Alex Witt gives her slant on the news! More about the Papal Visit, no doubt.
Small world, eh?
I wouldn't want to paint it.
Obama rallies at Independence Hall
video is 23 minutes long
enjoy!
Anne's my sister. I probably got the same email.
She loves you, very, very much
Yes, and she still has her sense of adventure.
So when you say paint, Ralphie; you talking fine art or roller?
Speaking of cats...
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LOL! I have to tell this to my sister. How weird!
Purdy kittehs! (Those ads with the gentle cats batting at cartoon fish and butterflies are amusing.)
So this scrabble thing is a joke, right? Here are my letters:
I U U E E E E
I know I'm not supposed to give them away, but good god.
Molly, up for a game?
Molly -- not every weekend, but we've been making up for lost time since I've been out of school. It's almost the end of the season here 'cause it'll be too hot.
ql -- I'll be in the woods until Monday, but I'll be around the rest of the week some of the time. Also I'm taking the goodies to ship from Evansville.
Wish I was leaving in a lighter mood, but you go on vacation with the mood you have, not the mood you might want or wish to have . . .
ql-- turn.
The Scrab robot loves to throw only vowels and only consonants at you in succession -- and always has high-scoring letters to play!
V for Virginia: Wish I was leaving in a lighter mood, but you go on vacation with the mood you have, not the mood you might want or wish to have . . .
I'll see if we can round up Halfdan and Soprano for Thursday.
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I U U E E E E
That's happened to all of us at one point.
V is beating my by nearly 100 pts. I swear she has got hold of some facebook app that gives her all the good tiles and her opponent the shitty ones.
/too hot sounds good for outdoors... It's been pretty chilly here, good for my garden. And yesterday I took pics.
Roller.
V4VA has made the robot an offer it cant refuse.
ql, Sure!
V, people always look at me weird when I tell them I moved away from FLorida, but then I point out that down there there are also several months a year when you just don't go outside--just for a different reason.
Ah, okay; I was once in a relationship with someone with excellent eye/hand coordination. It was very frustrating for a non-artistic type like me.
Gardening is an art of its own.
Anyone else seen this anti-birth control ad on facebook? I'm trying to find it again.
plantsman - even we landscapers & nurserymen have talent with our hands, tho in a different artistic fashion.
cheesecake for breakfast! yes, I am decadent.
Molly, AC is at least as expensive as heat, too.
OK, the mister is making restless noises. I need to shower and get on the move.
Talk to you lovely folks soon. Have a nice Saturday!
Coffee, Moe?
Cannot type well on a laptop.
Bye, V! Kiss the dude for me!
And have a great time--you deserve it.
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I think I'll make a tomato and cheese ommelet for breakfast. My other choice is bratwurst.
BarnDog, my laptop is easier to type on than a keyboard, much softer touch. you just need practice.
Don't know whether to go back to bed for an hour, or scoot off for the prerequisite opioid burritos...
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sheets
Morning, all.
I'm still a little groggy, but anything irksome going on I should give a shit about?
Hee. Everyone has artistic ability. Even those who cultivate a styleless aesthetic, do it artistically.
From plantsman's Herbert link:
Bill Clinton tried hard to lose, with sex scandals and whatnot, during the 1992 campaign. But Ross Perot wouldn’t let him. Mr. Clinton won with a piddling 43 percent of the vote. For eight years, Mr. Clinton tried to throw the presidency away (with sex scandals and whatnot), but he was never able to succeed.
This is horseshit, Perot cost Clinton the majority, he didn't help Clinton win.
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