I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
I flicked on Gleen Beeks show just before turning off the tv. Beek was on along with John (full of shit) Stossel and Penn Jillette were on.
They were discussing National Healthcare.
(full of shit)Stossel comes up and say National Healthcare would be the same as having National GROCERY Insurance..... what the fuck!
In the Facebook Living Social poll "Which CNN anchor keeps it real?" I voted for Lou Dobbs and added the comment "Keeps it really racist."
You all are invited to do the same.
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More Sussman.
BS: I despise some of the practices that are out there in terms of
sexual orientation and sexual lifestyles of all different types, both
homosexual and heterosexual but I don’t hate. It’s called loving the
sinner hating the sin. I have no problem with that.
SIF: Brian do you understand that you have that choice to say that but
you don’t have the choice to dictate how I live my life. I mean you
have absolutely every right to
BS: You’re right, you have a thing called choice, you’re absolutely
right. But in the mean time I can stand up for the rule of law and I
can stand up for for I can stand up for the laws and I can stand up
for morality and I can stand up for tradition. I can stand up for all
of that and I can be as in your face as I would like to prevent you
changing the laws of the land to completely destroy and pervert this
country. I can do that. I have a right to do that, but I’m not going
to hate you in the process.
Johnny Cash was intense.
He walked the line.
Nighty.
(full of shit)Stossel comes up and say National Healthcare would be the same as having National GROCERY Insurance.... what the fuck!
pigboy
Gee, that would be a radical idea indeed! What if we called it, oh I dunno, maybe something like "food stamps"?
/turns POS Stossel into tadpole. (Have not progressed in witchcraft to "newt" level)
nice depressing song.
nice depressing song.
rootless-e, appikouros |
You betcha! (still watching Fargo)
Xan | 07.17.09 - 2:30 am | #
Well the thing is, they are just a bunch of idiots who haven't any thing of substance to support their position of NOT having a single payer healthcare system.
Heh. The number five trending topic on Twitter right now is "IE6 Must Die..."
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You betcha! (still watching Fargo)
racymind
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Hey Racymind. How's the kidney's today?
Here's some Beek at his best:
Glenn Beck Shrieks Like A Little Baby When Challenged By Caller
http://crooksandliars.com/logan-...tle-girl-when-
c
Dear Medicare Recipients,
Why are you people living so long?
Don't you know that Al Gore's Precious Fragile Planet offers only limited resources to care for your useless, aging bodies??
My Glorious ObamaCare Program will provide you with the physical means to do the right thing for Our Precious Fragile Planet--euthanize yourselves.
The courage and sense of duty to kill yourselves must come from you...
Sincerely,
Emperor And Supreme Leader Hussein Jiveass-Narcissus Mugabe-Carter
Hey Racymind. How's the kidney's today?
spocko
The kidney is good. But I will need to throw some drugs at the piranhas chewing on my left side pretty soon.
Still kinda weak. I had to go to the mall to do some walking today, try to get my endurance up. Too hot to do it anywhere else.
You take care of your self.
I'm off to bed.
Still kinda weak. I had to go to the mall to do some walking today, try to get my endurance up. Too hot to do it anywhere else.
racymind | Homepage | 07.17.09 - 2:42 am | #
Someone forgot to put the oven timer on for Tejas this year.
Someone forgot to put the oven timer on for Tejas this year.
rootless-e, appikouros
The really hot shit started too early this year. Driving me crazy, it is.
Is it still bad where you are rootless? We got a break here in w. TN...usually whatever you have, we get 2 days later. This time there came a cold kink in the jet stream and we got some very nice air down out of Canada.
In fact I have hesitated to say this but this is the second year in a row that the weather Just Does Not Seem Normal to me. I hesitated because 10 years is not a reasonable baseline, but it's all I have to go on.
We have not had a tornado warning all year. This is--not to seem ungrateful mind you, but--odd.
we're in a string of 100+ days with no rain here in the People's Republic of Austin. The creek looks like a New Mexico river. grass is turning brown. caliente
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c...h?v=c-
D9SPn1M0Y
Guess Jeffra was finally overwhelmed by his responsibilities of tomorrow and faded out....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z...h?
v=zqWsAYPWzNI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...h?
v=nrhf_zgtmAg
Oh, we had a string of hot too. Anyone doubting this is invited to send a contribution to help with my electric bill that just arrived. Went from $80 the month before to $176. Ouch, given that my "new project" that was supposed to be producing income in late June is now listed as "starting July/August." 
night all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_...h?v=_Hs7-
HyAgVs
night all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_...v=_...h?v=_Hs7-
HyAgVs
rootless-e, appikouros
Okay, I think the earlier claim that there has not been a Happy Song written since 1968 is hereby refuted.
I mean, it's about falling into a totalitarian state, but then again we've been through that, and we're still here and occasionally feel moments of happiness. Or something. also. right?
geez, I think I'm gonna go listen to some L. Cohen to cheer up.
Where the hell is plantsman, or Barry from Alaska? I stay up this late I expect the overnight crowd dammit.
inCats is initialized with an allocation of 2. acceptable values, then, range from 0 to 2, although a value of less than 2 inCats at midnight is considered less than optimal and will generate a non-fatal error
where are the cats?
.
Mine are angered that the crock pot containing assorted chicken parts being rendered into stock was left on a setting just warm enough to preclude their efforts to raid it overnight.
Other cats are probably elsewhere, albeit engaging in similarly forbidden exercise.
ah well, fading out here too. sorry tacitus horus... 
fade peacefully, Xan...
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Hmmmm, snap-shots. Dash Snow died of an overdose this week. A retrospective post can be viewed here:
http://www.tinyvices.com/blog/20...009/07/14/dash/
I just read the Greenwald-Todd transcript. I was surprised at my reaction. While I still think Todd needs to retake his political science and journalism classes (and who doesn't at this point?) and I still think Todd needs to spend more time looking at the documents in questions--the Constitution, Bush-era executive, judicial, and military documents relating to torture, and, doh, the federal prosecutors firings legal paperwork--I'll probably read a bit of Todd, instead of ignoring him because he seemed fairly honest in the Greenwald interview. Todd's not all there, no, but he's making some effort to be a journalist. I have a clearer idea of his views on executive exceptionalism and I know he just doesn't do his homework and/or doesn't understand legal history/process. So, he gains a quarter, maybe, of a listener.
Based on the transcript, I'd say the only part that was really jarring was Todd's praise of Greenwald and his suggestion that Greenwald should have called Todd before blogging. If Todd reads Greenwald, then WTF didn't he just say "I think you are right. So, what do I need to do to do a better job?" If he reads Greenwald, they WTF didn't Todd know what Greenwald was going to say? Was he expecting to clear up some detail that he failed to communicate on TV?
It's not as entertaining--or as wide ranging and, um, deep--as the Sanford post-Argentina press conference but it's slightly less depressing than, oh, Jake Tapper's tweets.
inCats++; // percy came home!
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CK
fokowi
tacitus
it may be possible to return the cat device to a Known State simply by pinging an open catport
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hiya mimi
what up?
.
not too much tv
I took the day off
the tour de France is coming through this area
what's up with you tv?
bicycle enthusiasts wearing stretch euro velo outfits are becoming more popular in ca
in our office one guy even has an outfit covered with fake logos for the pro look
.
seriously?
you know this all started because the French used bicycles a lot. they were poor and couldn't afford cars
same old same old
i was just finishing up working on my own software for the night
these days i come home from regular work and work on my own stuff, unless my wife requires me for cocktail parties
.
requires you to do what at cocktail parties? entertain or be present?
what is your own project? something fun I hope
your work colleagues seem intelligent though. that's nice
Hi mimi, how's tricks? Dashboard says it's only 59 F. (15 C.) in Paris.
cocktail parties are fun except my wife might want to be at two or three a week, which is too much fun
i'm working on my text processing software. i made the first two versions public domain and free. this time no more mr nice guy
.
yes it's cold here today, CK.
how's the weather in Alaska?
hey tv, are these cocktail parties political events?
do you have a link to your software, the free version?
sounds like an interesting project
seriously?
sans blague!
hey tv, are these cocktail parties political events?
nope. play cards, get drunk, play music, talk
do you have a link to your software, the free version?
shhhhh!
.
It's been rock'n weather here mimi. Last year was cold and grey - this year has been sunny and bright. The temperature has been above 70 F (about 21 C.) for the last 2 weeks. Nice for me, but it's probably not so good for much of the flora and fauna.
merci tv
Name:
Anonymous
CK, you're probably right about that
okay guys
it was wonderful talking to you
I am going back to bed for a bit
have a good night and hope to talk to you soon
Paul Krugman: The Joy Of Sachs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/1...?_r=1&th&
emc=th
okay guys
it was wonderful talking to you
I am going back to bed for a bit
have a good night and hope to talk to you soon
mimi
A nap at 10:30h? Glass of wine first?
PM - www.bugmenot.com is handy if folks want to bypass NYT login to read Krugman.
Rachel takes on "Uncle Pat:"
(video at page bottom)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
20...h_n_237036.html
A teacup mastiff puppy.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/GYU0YHpM.jpg
http://thumbsnap.com/v/bLjHz8GO.jpg
It crackled, thundered and boomed tonight, and we got about 1/2" of rain out here, per the rain gauges I have out front.
Trying to chew that damned cup...
Desert natives are adapted to make quick use of any rain that falls their way.
More Sussman.
BS: I despise some of the practices that are out there in terms of
sexual orientation and sexual lifestyles of all different types, both
homosexual and heterosexual but I don’t hate.
Despise/hate, what's the diff? Either way, the dude is seriously disturbed, as is anybody who gives a rat's ass what others do in privacy.
I've already heard the froggies singing outside tonight for the first time this year.
What I came home to tonight, a dogawful mess.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/W3R8OijU.jpg
Which is already cleaned up.
A cute mess, though
Time to develop a booming "No!" for such situations. Resist the temptation to boom "Bad!"
Rachel's latest on The Family:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/2631...15908/
#31952963
anybody who gives a rat's ass what others do in privacy
i am trying and failing to think of what pathology would impel a person to be preoccupied with other people's private lives. some type of displacement, perhaps?
.
Several takes on a WTO/trade/copyright/on-line gambling issue between the US and Antiqua.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/200.../21/antigua_us/
http://www.techdirt.com/
articles....shtml#comments
http://www.antiguawto.com/
and a site from Antiqua, that's taking what the RIAA, is saying an unfair advantage of the situation, and agreement.
http://www.zookz.com/
A story for Barndog and chidy: "Ex-Marine fends off starving Mountain Lion with Chainsaw."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3195...s/us_news-life/
A story for Barndog and chidy: "Ex-Marine fends off starving Mountain Lion with Chainsaw."
There is no such thing as an ex-Marine.
I was just quoting the Headline.
It's a shame suicide-bombing caught on among Islamists; now several dead in fancy hotel 'splosions in Jakarta.
I know plantsman. Those stupid fucks wouldn't understand anyway.
I wonder if Mr & Mrs Virginia have started back to Florida yet?
Weren't they swinging by Liberal Mountain first?
Yes, and Mr V had some friends in the area also. They were supposed to attend some Gaelic (or someting) festival with Molly & Thers, if my memory serves me correctly.
Then, they were heading south.
http://www.comedycentral.com/
(Jon Stewart takes on the Sotomayor hearings)
Even the Defense Secretary doesn't want more F-22s:
http://www.latimes.com/news/
nati...0,3848424.story
The Times of London is citing unnamed Western diplomats as saying that the deal between Israel and the West on the issue of Palestinian statehood is taking shape, and that Western officials are offering to back an Israeli attack on Iran in return for certain concessions, including the recognition of some of the Palestinians’ land claims
www,amtiwar.com
Among other anonymous quotes about Lindsey Graham, Stewart said he appears on a list of "Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians."
I had to cull males out of my seedlings yesterday.
Running about 60% females. Pretty decent average.
Next up: starting Swiss Chard and Collard Green seeds Ruth brought me.
YAY!
That is a nice ratio. Kid in the next apartment is throwing a screaming fit.
If I'm not mistaken, the Times of London is a News Corp. property -- meaning owned by Rupert Murdoch -- meaning the veracity of "news" it reports is not always to be believed.
Kid in the next apartment is throwing a screaming fit.
Lucky you.
Sheesh.
Good morning folks.
The WaPo has former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert (you know, the one forced from office in disgrace) explaining to gullible Americans that Israeli Settlements in The West Bank are not an impediment to peace. Right.
Craphammer is whining about "why did we desert The Moon?" when we're going back in 2020.
Milbank says Ricci fizzled in ruining Sotomayor's chances:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...id=opinionsbox1
i am trying and failing to think of what pathology would impel a person to be preoccupied with other people's private lives. some type of displacement, perhaps?
tacitus voldebaer
I'm no psychiatrist, but I think it's a combination of guilt and projection, guilt beaten into them as kids by authoritarian religious parents. At least that seems to be the most charitable explanation ....
Morning peeps.
Obama's NAACP speech was rousing, and he didn't give the GOP much ground in his Warren, MI event.
Dolphin Lady visits Morning Joe today, so maybe she'll say something stupid we can giggle about.
Firefox version 3.5.1 available.
Did the Firefox update; how'd your VA appt. go?
This was just stuck in my brain today:
Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel,
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya'
'Bout the raising of the wrist.
SOCRATES, HIMSELF, WAS PERMANENTLY PISSED...
VA appt. was not real good. More surgery in my near future.
from yesterday evening. It needs repeating"
The truth is also that we can afford what we want. We've been able to afford wars. We've been able to afford huge tax cuts for the rich. We've been able to afford trips for white men to the Moon and we've been able to afford bridges to nowhere.
We could afford health care for mothers and babies and wounded vets and for grandmothers if we wanted those things as much as we want war and investigations into steroid use in baseball.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.16.09 - 8:57 pm
And then there's this:
I've often said that statistics be damned, it's apparent as hell that Canada is wealthier than the US, precisely because that bottom run of society-- poor women who can't gain access for health care for their children, elderly people afraid that health care issues will cause them to lose their house, etc-- simply doesn't exist here.
Moe Szyslak
Yesterday's Rudeness:
http://www.rudepundit.blogspot.com/
Best Outcome, Ralphie.
Excellent reposts of recent wisdom from Eschaton, QL.
Good morning to all!
From The Rude Dude:
2. Al Franken is smarter than almost every other Senator there. He was funny, sure, but compared to Arlen Specter, who acted like an old fucker no one likes who bitches that he doesn't get enough visitors at the nursing home, Franken was a model of decorum and preparation. And he broke Democratic protocol by taking head-on a right wing talking point, asking, "Do you believe that the Constitution contains a fundamental right to privacy?"
Rachel had Uncle Pat dead to rights last night, and she and TPM are doing their best to look under the rock that is the family.
Best thoughts to Ralphie. Not pleasant at all.
Yesterday in 100 Seconds:
http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/
plantsman - would you know if the willow tree contains the same chemical, which is found in most commercial rooting hormones?
I would not. The bark of willows contains the precursor chemicals of aspirin, and "curly willow" has a marked ability to sprout from what appears to be dead, dried out sticks -- so perhaps so.
Ralphie, positive thoughts here for a smooth and successful surgery.
I can vaguely remember the chemical name of the active ingredient in rooting compounds, but it's obscured behind the stroke haze -- I do recall that many nurseries often have small packets of the stuff available under the name "Dip 'N Grow."
This is the most commonly available rooting stimulator:
1-naphthaleneacetic acid
Pope Benedict broke his wrist in a fall during his Alpine Vacation.
Morning,
Why are all of the web sites (liberal) posting excerpts of Pat Buchanan's racism? Hasn't that already been established?
And remember when John Kerry lost his bid for the presidency and was on the Sunday Morning talk shows every week?
Mousavi is due to appear in public at Friday Prayers in Tehran. Somethng could develop....
twitter's gettin' googled. $1B is the number.
Because Rachel Maddow challenged Buchanan about it calmly and directly last night and said some things people haven't said to Pat before to his face.
I picked the wrong profession.
Morning Integral Lit, nice to see you among the "morning" peeps.
Rachel confronts Pat:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
2631...952924#31952924
NASA lost my car keys
(I love when Judge Sotomayor gets that
"WTF is this asshole talking about?" look.
Pat, in 2010, 1960 will be half a century ago.
Plantsman, as I have often expressed: you are much more tolerant than I am of these people.
I have been so disgusted by the TV that I have not watched ANYTHING in more than a week: I did read a half dozen books though. (Now I hafta go to the bookstore for more. . . .)
And remember when John Kerry lost his bid for the presidency and was on the Sunday Morning talk shows every week?
DWD-YDWETAKIT?
Yeah, I remember. And his wife was on the same shows talking about the CIA and national security.
Good times.
Good morning....
I watch for Rachel's view, not Pat's; he talked as quickly and as loudly as he could -- and she bested him.
Morning, rational people.
(tries gently to rouse Molly)
Diane,
Not very rational lately, sorry.
I still cannot believe that the chasms between reality and the media-version, the haves and the have-nots, and the reasonable people and assholes are not going to end in violence of some sort. . . .
The Beeb has a story about Canada taking on Facebook.
Morning, folks. Not much time this morning-- I'm off in a bit to tour the sewage plant.
Took a walk along the waterfront last night-- it was pretty cool (I had a sweatshirt on), so that kept the smells down. I only found a couple of places where it was noticable, but the tourists seemed not to care-- they were happily mobbing the tall ships. Hopefully it won't get too warm this weekend.
DWD, I understand.
I get the impression that we're all at the point of exhaustion in dealing with the tension between reality and the unreasonable facsimile thereof that the media is foisting on us.
The Beeb has a story about Canada taking on Facebook.
Our privacy officer.
Don't know if it's still the case, but Toronto used to lead the world in per-capita Facebook users. That's kinda sad.
The health debate is my favorite: we are (and have been) spending a ridiculous amount of money fighting an illegal war as well as a pointless one: yet we cannot provide health care to our citizens at a far lower price?
And these Blue Dog Dems NEED to be primaried and removed.
(And California, for all of its wonders, NEEDS to get some dynamic people in the Senate. Feinstein is a joke and Boxer is a wallflower. )
Rachel has been on fire this week about The Family, The Sotomayor hearings, Buchanan's ridiculous yet dangerous rant, and more.
I voted for Boxer the 1st time she ran for Congress, and every time I could thereafter - a Wallflower, she is NOT.
morning, all.
The storm has gone by, here, now, so I'm back for now, anyway.
Diane posting on the mental health disaster of our wars, disasters enuff in themselves.
http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Hi, Ruth! Your garden survive?
plantsman, mad google skillz
Have not heard her name mentioned nor seen her in about six months. Maybe that is my fault.
Our junior senator, Stabenow, is much more visible AFAIK.
I voted for Boxer the 1st time she ran for Congress, and every time I could thereafter - a Wallflower, she is NOT.
plantsman, mad google skillz
What plantsman said.
She's drafted a lot of good legislation and pushed it through on care for veterans and their families from her position on the Senate Armed Forces Committee.
She also wasn't a wall flower back in the day when she grilled Condee Rice during her confirmation hearings for Sec. of State.
Have not heard her name mentioned nor seen her in about six months. Maybe that is my fault.
No, it's the media's fault.
And now I'm off for work.
Enjoy the day, bats.
My Stars and Garters! Guvnah Sanford Traveled In Style On Taxpayer's Dime:
http://www.politico.com/news/sto...0709/
25073.html
Ralphie, so sorry yu have health problems, wish you had come to the Blissfest, too
This is pretty ridiculous. Not only do I have to prove that Mr. ql and I are married to keep him on my insurance plan, I also have to prove that we are still living together. It's really none of anybody's business.
Get on Boxer's email list. They won't leave you alone!
My main concern is that the rich fokes either don't get "it" or give a shit.
Lear International - a corporation in bankruptcy - is demanding of the BK judges that it be allowed to give bonuses totally 30 M to its executives.
I really do not know what to say here: if they had done their jobs properly, the company would not be BK. If running the company into the ground is a good thing: then reward it. Otherwise, cut their salaries, replace them with competent people (and there are OODLES of them around at this point) and STFU.
This week, the Obama administration approved the sale of timber in a roadless national forest in Alaska. The Tongass National Forest is a 17 million acre temperate rain forest in southeast Alaska, which is home to both endangered species and native Alaskan tribes.
This is not what I voted for.
The garden is overgrown, I neglected it too much with all my running about.
I also have to prove that we are still living together.
You could put together a pretty hilarious video-- both male and feminine hygiene products in the bathroom, evidence of "sheet wars" in the bedroom, beer steins and wine glasses in the kitchen cabinet, etc.
Ralphie, so sorry yu have health problems, wish you had come to the Blissfest, too
Thanks, Ruth. I hope I'm able to attend next year. I hope I can attend anything next year.
Nobody is getting everything he or she wants in total. Still, it's by far preferable to the alternative we were offered.
Gardens do that, salvage what you can and compost the rest.
The insurance companies are all insane, my experience lately is proving. But proving you live together? I like the pics of hygiene items together, how about Mr and Mrs. towels too?
Feral is in cherry and black raspberry wine heaven, from what I've heard.
A snapshot of K-Y "Yours and Mine" might be good, too.
heh, yeah, I could take pictures of his dirty laundry beside the laundry basket. But seriously. I mentioned this yesterday and several people mentioned that they or a friend were being asked the same questions. I've had him on my insurance for decades. We share the same address and last name. That should really be sufficient.
Sarah was twittering as she went to bed last night, probably after a bottle or two of Gallo.
Anyway, she's kinda promising to take the gloves off once she's out of office in this tweet. It's from the middle of her rant, so the beginning doesn't make sense unless you read the previous one. Anyway:
"elected is replaceable;Ak WILL progress! + side benefit=10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State site about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry "
Less PC tweets from Palin, oh dear! Any guess what her first naughty word might be?
Good morning, good people. And good vibes for positive outcomes to you, Ralphie.
Hi, Barry, cute - Sarah will run free, there's a treat for you.
I get the sense the Ins. Cos. are making people jump through hoops they won't be able to after reform passes, when they should be trying to make policyholders feel well cared for, in a sane world.
plantsman -
Heh, indeed. I'll be getting the cherry in the primary fermenter this weekend. Picked another 4 lbs of black and 2 lbs of red raspberries yesterday.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Of Sachs.
http://www.politico.com/news/sto...0709/
25073.html
Try calling Krugman anti-semitic.
Hi, Feral, and cherry blackberry grape heaven it was, we did take care of all your lovely wines, indeed.
Mrs. Moe set up a bank account before I moved up here, then after I got here she put my name on it. Most of the money is hers-- she gets paid twice what I do.
But all the mail for the account now comes addressed to me.
File this under whatever you want.
My insurance company (BC/BS MESSA) has been wonderful.
I have been sick - going on the third year - and they have paid for literally everything. Whatever procedures my doctor ordered, were covered.
I have been receiving (first) weekly checks and now monthly checks from them with only a form filed every six months from my doctor stating that my back and heart have not undergone regeneration.
The eight day hospital stay cost less than $100 total.
But I guess this is not the point: I want everyone to have what I have. (and that is the point)
But laughable assertions that if you get sick, no matter what, you are screwed are not helpful.
plantsman, the link took me to Politico, think you mixed it up with Krugman
Hi, Barry, cute - Sarah will run free, there's a treat for you.
Ruth
It could be a lot of fun. Hee, some of her supporters formed a group called "Sarah Palin Internet Coalition", aka SPIC.
How's that for Un PC?
Oops. Try this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/1...tml?
ref=opinion
Ruth, that's what it was there for. I love to share it and see people realize how good homemade wine can be. And all the wines I make are from "free" fruit, not including the time to raise and/or gather it.
this reminds me of Stephen Jay Gould who had pancreatic cancer.
he was told that only 5% or so of people with his condition were alive after 5 years.
he decided he would be one of those 5%.
Ibelieve he started eating anti-cancer foods en masse, like bbroccoli and garlic tablets
he lived about 15 years more.
I'll bet Red Lion Nectarines would make good wine.
thkz, plantsman, that worked.
insurance should pay for expenses - but so far I am not at all pleased that for his insurance to pay for my auto repairs, because I was hit by another driver, I give up my car as salvage, meaning that I have no value in it should I ever have to trade it in.
I'll bet Red Lion Nectarines would make good wine.
I planted a nectarine tree at the FeralFarm with wine in mind.
I believe that's called "sticking it to you coming and going."
Krugman is not happy Goldman Sachs is allowed to run roughshod over taxpayers, and he's not afraid to say so.
Report: Cheney's CIA Death Squads Could Have Operated Anywhere, Even Within The U.S.:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpoint...ere.php?
ref=fpb
and it's our privilege to enjoy those wines.
DWD - you're fortunate in that you have gotten that kind of treatment. Not all insurance companies are out to gouge the consumer. With the public option, insurers will have a greater incentive to treat people as you've been treated as if they don't people will abandon them because they have a viable alternative which isn't the case now for people carrying insurance through their employer.
My insurance company has never been a problem.
Josh also posted an update on the new hires TPM will be adding; saying they have over 250 apps for 7 positions, and that they're getting top reportorial talent applying.
Sure, but your bank's not Commie!
FeralL - Blissed,
I know I am fortunate (The Republicans in our legislature are out to end my fortune as well.)
Still, I thought it should be said that insurance companies are not ALL evil, greedy bastards.
(And the SMARTEST thing I ever did in my life was pay for short term and long-term disability as an option)
Moe, let's hope we have similar alternatives soon.
Actually, my bank is a credit union, dating back to the old co-op days of Nova Scotia. But they've pretty much given up on their social mission. Pisses me off.
I hadn't realized your tall-ships were slave ships, until I checked in at The Coast and read a bit
When the insurance co's lost big bucks during the dot.com bust, they raised premiums here, in TX, saying that unusually bad storms had cost them - tho it was proved later by DMNews writers, that no unusually bad weather had occurred, just unusual losses.
These particular tall ships are mostly recreations, I think.
Report: Cheney's CIA Death Squads Could Have Operated Anywhere, Even Within The U.S.:
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Who could have predicted?
Jon Stewart's riff last night was priceless, particularly the savaging he gave Lindsey Graham:
http://www.comedycentral.com/
Good, I would not want to enter the haunted hold of the real thing.
Apparently, Rep. Tiahrt just assumes all African Americans were born to unwed mothers:
Arguing to restrict the public funding of abortions within the District of Columbia, Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kans., suggested on Thursday afternoon that if such "financial incentives" were available some 47 years ago, Barack Obama himself may never have been born. "If that financial incentive was in place, is it possible that his mother may have taken advantage of it?" Tiahrt asked. "Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court justice, if those circumstances were in place, is it possible that we would be denied his great mind?"
I think the professor's point is that the entire age of sail, and much of the founding of English America, was funded through the slave trade.
Certainly it was a part of it.
Ruth,
Having said something nice about my health insurance -https://www.messa.org/MESSA/Public/messahome.aspx (Basically a service co-run by the MEA and the BC/BS for teachers) let me reiterate that insurance companies are nearly completely odious.
Seriously, I am paying more than 4K a year for insurance that, if I actually use it, will either be canceled or raised.
Apparently it is their RIGHT to have me pay them essentially $100 a week for nothing.
(And my health insurance is pegged at 1300 a month of which I pay 150)
Total bill approaching 20K? That is absurd.
reading about Sanford's extravagant travel spending of South Carolina's taxpayers money while pretending to be such a frugal prude has made me mad all over again.
The republicans want to save taxpayers from the horrors of good jobs, while they spend taxpayer money on trips to see their whores in Argentina.
The USCG eagle was originally the Horst Wessel.
Halifax was founded for strategic reasons-- keep the french out. But the town really grew thanks to the slave trade. I haven't really look at the economics of it, so can't put a number on it. And there's a lot of grey area.
The 'Simels regrets' sign at Blissfest got us right where we were going.
Sure seems like the video-surveillance cameras that Florida couple that were murdered had certainly assisted police round up the suspects in a hurry.
I've gotta go. See ya'all later.
Seriously, I am paying more than 4K a year for insurance that, if I actually use it, will either be canceled or raised
Reminds me of the Monty Python sketch with the "no claim" clause.
Rachel and TPM are after The Family, and it seems high time someone went there.
But Moe, the problem is here is in generalizing: my people had NOTHING to do with slavery. Nothing.
(My families did not even come to this country until around 1900 from the Netherlands - where they were dirt-poor)
So the founding of America was predicated on money generated from the "Triangular Trade - a more accurate description, btw) So what?
We neither participated nor benefited from this abomination.
(And it is re-creations. Sorry! Hard to get the fucking teacher out of my system)
We had lunch out yesterday. A rare treat since retiring. I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich. It came with cole slaw, a pickle, french fries and split pea soup w/crackers. Way too much food for lunch. Cost $4.50. I brought the soup home for dinner.
The 'Simels regrets' sign at Blissfest got us right where we were going
Heh, I've got to get my pic of that on my Flickr site and post it.
DWD, I've been astonished at how bad ins. as an industry has become. When my roof was damaged by hail, this being the second time I've had that happen, what they paid for this time did not cover even half the cost of replacement. Several years back, it covered the entire amount.
I'm sorry the Pope broke his wrist, but when an old man traipses about in frocks and pointed red slippers, what can you expect?
SHEETS.
QL, I seldom eat out, too cheap, but do order the Seniors specials and find that a good deal usually.
We had lunch out yesterday. A rare treat since retiring. I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich. It came with cole slaw, a pickle, french fries and split pea soup w/crackers. Way too much food for lunch. Cost $4.50. I brought the soup home for dinner.
QL-
Grilled cheese sammiches are my staple food. I don't like much meat. I have been doing my best to cut down their caloric content though.
I now use fat free diet bread. Very very little butter. Wafer thin slices of expensive cheddar and for kicks, a four wafer thin slices of this: http://www.columbussalame.com/dy...detail/
194.html
I'm sorry the Pope broke his wrist, but when an old man traipses about in frocks and pointed red slippers, what can you expect?
In the bathtub?
You'd think they'd have put a rubber mat in it for him; he's not a young man...
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