I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Oh, double sheets it was.
Hallooo?
Heh.
HOME RUN!!!!!
HICA?
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every saturday morning we go thru this media matters stuff.
why not friday, or tuesday?
Shit. I should have checked my ski bag before leaving the house. Now I have one right glove and one right mitten.
ok, I'll read the link now.
Miss Vicki should step forward and make her breasts clean about her improper sexual entanglements with McStain. I'm not buddy-buddy with Jesus, as most Repukkkelicans are, but I'm guessing that that's what He would want her to do.
the planted fake story was all about getting the fascists behind mcstain since it was painfully obvious that dems would easily out donate the reps...
read today's headlines - they are all about how much money mcstain is getting...
pathetic
It's not a fake story. Or planted.
blerb: Shit. I should have checked my ski bag before leaving the house. Now I have one right glove and one right mitten.
When scooting in cold weather, I have a mitten on the left, a glove on the right.
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Didn't Flowers endorse Senator Clinton for president. Maybe she was really sleeping with Hillary
Day Three of Telcom Lobbyist Barbie Held Hostage.
When will she come forward?
Put the mitten on the left hand after turning it over.
Eh, they're both whores.
afternoon moonbats 
Bill Keller said the readers didn't understand the story.
Isn't that the job of the editor to make sure it is clear.
heh my cat George has this special meow he uses when he sees our two resident fat pigeons walk around the garden
its quite adorable, but i think he wants to kill them.
they are tormenting him, he behind glass and them enjoying the garden, it pains him so much he has to look away after awhile
Bill Keller said the readers didn't understand the story.
Isn't that the job of the editor to make sure it is clear.
Liars for McCain | 02.23.08 - 9:44 am
Bill Keller and Fred Hiatt might not agree with that job description.
To some extent it's an editor's job AND a reader's responsibility.
FEC warns mccaint on campaign spending
The nation's top federal election official told Sen. John McCain yesterday that he cannot immediately withdraw from the presidential public financing system as he had requested, a decision that threatens to dramatically restrict his spending until the general election campaign begins in the fall.
The prospect of being financially hamstrung by the very fundraising system he helped create is the latest in a series of bitter challenges for the presumed GOP nominee, who still faces a fractured conservative coalition as he assumes the mantle of party leadership.
Yesterday, McCain blasted the New York Times for an article that alleged that he had an inappropriate, romantic relationship with a female lobbyist eight years ago. With his wife, Cindy, standing next to him at a Toledo campaign stop, he called the report "untrue" and assailed the newspaper, saying it was waging a "smear campaign" against him.
coinkydink? i think not
wasn't mccain crying about obamania needed to keep his promise to only use public funds for his erection campaign
Mornin', Moonbootica!
Anyone been reading Taylor Marsh lately?
Holy Shit!!!!
http://www.taylormarsh.com/
Poor George -- he can't know that if he killed them, they wouldn't be there to excite him so.
When scooting in cold weather, I have a mitten on the left, a glove on the right.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Being left handed, I usually opt for the reverse configuration. Alas, my glove and mitten are both for the same hand. Oh well, one more line to wait in, one more money hit to take. The whole skiing thing is such a massive green hemorrhage anyway, an extra pair of gloves hardly matters.
Bill Keller said the readers didn't understand the story.
What's to understand? Woman lobbyist suckers old fool politico into sweetheart deals.
Oldest story in the book.
Hoist by his own Saint-tard, a fitting fate.
The whole skiing thing is such a massive green hemorrhage anyway, an extra pair of gloves hardly matters.
blerb
You should take up golf.
: rolls eyes :
blerb, Duluth Trading Co. has their "Leather Spare Pair" on 60% off sale right now!
my dad is off on his second skiing holiday next Weekend
this time in Italy
Reposted from dead thread:
Hugecrowd of TX kids marches to vote in early primary (and shuts down highway in process).
Republicans piss pants.
Good times.
The old Clinton Rules:
1. If any part of an alleged scandal turns out to be true, the media behaves as though the entire story is true.
2. Media parse every statement by progressives in response to controversy, looking for something to ridicule -- whether the ridicule is fair or not.
3. Allegations that turn out to be unproven, or even false, are used by the media as evidence in support of future allegations.
The new Clinton Rule:
1. The GOP was gonna do it anyway.
Still up on the HRC campaign site:
http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/b...08/02/22/
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In Case You Missed It: “Obama once visited '60s ‘terrorists’.”
What's to understand? Woman lobbyist suckers old fool politico into sweetheart deals.
Oldest story in the book.
Lime Rickey | 02.23.08 - 9:47 am
No wonder her boss said she was so effective. Knew the easy marks with control of the levers of power.
I'm much more conserned about the facts that I have skied like once in the last three years and that I'm totally out of shape. That, and that they're predicting an apocalyptic blizzard will hit the Sierra starting early this afternoon, and where we're staying is still over an hour's drive from the resort.
Oh piss. Here's the link (of the kids marching to vote).
It's all so very, very discouraging.
Skiing and Italy! (faints)
yeah my father is a bit of skiing fanatic
he checks the daily snow reports and is a memeber of the Downhill Only Club and the Ski Club of Great Britain
res -- where is that story? Sounds like a good antidote to the MM thing.
Never skied in Europe. I have skied in Canadia, though. They gut some purdy mountins up there.
V for V: here.
Passengers travelling between EU countries or taking domestic flights would have to hand over a mass of personal information, including their mobile phone numbers and credit card details, as part of a new package of security measures being demanded by the British government. The data would be stored for 13 years and used to "profile" suspects.
Brussels officials are already considering controversial anti-terror plans that would collect up to 19 pieces of information on every air passenger entering or leaving the EU. Under a controversial agreement reached last summer with the US department of homeland security, the EU already supplies the same information [19 pieces] to Washington for all passengers flying between Europe and the US.
But Britain wants the system extended to sea and rail travel, to be applied to domestic flights and those between EU countries. According to a questionnaire circulated to all EU capitals by the European commission, the UK is the only country of 27 EU member states that wants the system used for "more general public policy purposes" besides fighting terrorism and organised crime.
The so-called passenger name record system, proposed by the commission and supported by most EU governments, has been denounced by civil libertarians and data protection officials as draconian and probably ineffective.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/
200...rorismandtravel
Today might be an "Enchanted April " kind of day. Moon, have you seen that?
Completely OT, but did anyone watch Maher last night?
The panel was:
David Frum (barf)
Some wingnut Congressman from GA
and some quasi-liberal chick who spoke about 3 times the whole show.
Frum and Wingnut bashed Obama the whole time (wingnut even brought out the Barack Hussein Obama chestnut), while the quasi-liberal chick just sat there quietly.
I just don't get his panels sometimes. I like Matt Taibbi, though.
In Case You Missed It: “Obama once visited '60s ‘terrorists’.”
Chino Blanco
the last paragraph of the story says the people of Hyde Park think Obama is too conservative so what is the point of this story anyway. Why not just say Jane Fonda gave Obama money instead
Moon, I hope he's somewhere around 2000M up, because it's very warm lately.
And warm means avalanches, too.
Today might be an "Enchanted April " kind of day. Moon, have you seen that?
plantsman, silly | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 9:52 am | #
its a bit grey and windy here
The way the Cascades where Whistler is tower over Vancouver is lovely.
Enchanted April: Unlikely group of English women decide to share a holiday Villa in Tuscany for an April. Magic ensues/
Moon, I hope he's somewhere around 2000M up, because it's very warm lately.
And warm means avalanches, too.
Marcellina | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 9:53 am | #
my father is skiing at Arraba (Marmolada - Dolomites)
in Italy it has been colder than in Switzerland and Austria
the forecast for the end of nxt week is cold, freezing at village level and snow
Why, oh WHY, cannot the name/e-mail/url remain in place as it used to? I'm sure I've killed whichever cookie was involved, but why is it not now re-installed?
Doncha HATE that!
The so-called passenger name record system, proposed by the commission and supported by most EU governments, has been denounced by civil libertarians and data protection officials as draconian and probably ineffective.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/ 200...rorismandtravel
Moonbootica, Employed | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 9:52 am | #
Ya know, I love England. Have traveled there several times, have family and friends there, but I don't know that I would ever go back now. The Big Brother-ism really creeps me out.
I feel like this sort of thing is really gonna hurt tourism, and maybe international business as well, and to what end? I just don't get it.
That's good to here, Moon. It was around 19°C here today, no lie.
The way the Cascades where Whistler is tower over Vancouver is lovely.
plantsman, silly
Indeed it is, although my own Canadian skiing experience was in the Banff area. From the top of Sunshine, you can see Mount Assiniboine really well. It looks just like the Matterhorn.
totally bonkers - Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have begun investigating 57 young men who were arrested on Thursday for flirting with girls at shopping centres in Mecca.
The men are accused of wearing indecent clothes, playing loud music and dancing in order to attract the attention of girls, the Saudi Gazette reported.
They were arrested following a request of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
The mutaween enforce Saudi Arabia's conservative brand of Islam, Wahhabism.
Earlier in the month, the authorities enforced a ban on the sale of red roses and other symbols used in many countries to mark Valentine's Day.
The ban is partly because of the connection with a "pagan Christian holiday", and also because the festival itself is seen as encouraging relations between the sexes outside marriage, punishable by law in the kingdom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ast/
7260314.stm
Why not just say Jane Fonda gave Obama money instead
Crap, that's even better, hang on a sec while I write that down, I gotta ask Howard why he didn't think of that first, he'll get a good laugh before he runs with it, thanks.
Today might be an "Enchanted April " kind of day. Moon, have you seen that?
plantsman, silly
I just saw the Annapolis Colonial Players' production and it was lovely. Great community theater. I only went because my daughter was helping with tech and doing scene changes (it was being directed by one of her 'co-stars' from "Kindertransport") but it made me smile like anything.
Friday night's her opening night, by the way, in the Dignity Players' production of Jean Anouilh's "Antigone" (I'm going to go Sunday and next Thursday). I hope she's not as nervous as I am.
Well, at least we know the Republicans are people of principle. I mean support has nothing to do with John McCain's beliefs or actions.
Just whether or not the New York Time's does a negative report on him.
Remember when it only took a story from the National Enquirer to get Clinton on the grill?
-GSD
my father is skiing at Arraba (Marmolada - Dolomites)
in Italy it has been colder than in Switzerland and Austria
the forecast for the end of nxt week is cold, freezing at village level and snow
Moonbootica, Employed | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 9:55 am
Sister in law just spent last weekend skiing at Cervinio (italian side of the matterhorn) and had plenty of snow.
Ya know, I love England. Have traveled there several times, have family and friends there, but I don't know that I would ever go back now. The Big Brother-ism really creeps me out.
I feel like this sort of thing is really gonna hurt tourism, and maybe international business as well, and to what end? I just don't get it.
Barbarism Begins at Home
Funny you should say that. I hear people saying the exact same thing about traveling to the U.S.
my dad went skiing in Wengen (in the Bernese Oberland), Switzerland last mont
Yes to all Foser wrote, but what do you do about it?
Does it matter that we won't hear about Clinton scandals some more if the media trumpet non-scandals about Obama? Dems will still find themselves on the defensive unless we figure out a different strategy.
Enchanted April: Unlikely group of English women decide to share a holiday Villa in Tuscany for an April. Magic ensues/
plantsman, silly
Colonial Players' production did in fact feature a Full Moon, but not the Full Monty.
V for V: here.
res ipsa loquitur
Now I'm crying.
It's thrilling, is what it is.
Hope is not just a pretty word.
We outnumber Republicans significantly now. Let's not forget that.
Iraq's foreign minister has warned that any escalation of Turkey's operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq could destabilise the region.
Hoshyar Zebari told the BBC Iraq did not approve the "limited" raid into a remote, uninhabited area, and said it should end "as soon as possible".
Both Turkey and the rebels have given conflicting casualty figures.
The US has urged Ankara to limit the action and the UN chief says Turkey must respect international law.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ope/
7260478.stm
Passengers travelling between EU countries or taking domestic flights would have to hand over a mass of personal information, including their mobile phone numbers and credit card details, as part of a new package of security measures being demanded by the British government. The data would be stored for 13 years and used to "profile" suspects.
ironic how the fascists operate in different ways: that shit won't 'fly' (pun intended) here, but we ain't got cheap college and free healthcare...you picks your poison, i guess....sigh...Mauritius is nice right?
Funny you should say that. I hear people saying the exact same thing about traveling to the U.S.
Marcellina | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 9:59 am | #
Oh, I'm sure they do, and I don't blame them either. It's sad that our governments are so craven, and/or mad for power that they put these sorts of programs in place.
Barbarism,
There's a new Taibbi up at Rolling Stone.com. It's call "The Chickendoves." He bashes Reid and Pelosi but good.
Saw Obama in Austin yesterday evening - took my kid to see the next President. It was truly impressive
Also - got banned from TalkLeft for saying that people who would vote for McCain over Obama are not Democrats and need to volunteer to take my son's place in the war they are voting to extend for 100 years.
Marmolada is 3,343M, plenty of snow that high.
ironic how the fascists operate in different ways: that shit won't 'fly' (pun intended) here, but we ain't got cheap college and free healthcare...you picks your poison, i guess....sigh...Mauritius is nice right?
mogwai | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 10:01 am | #
well education has gotten more expensive and the NHS is being destroyed by fucking PFI
so its not all milk and honey.
the government lacks focus and so resorts to micromanaging their citizens lives, telling them how to get married, have sex, drink, raise children and so on
We outnumber Republicans significantly now.
That must be why we try so hard to help them out. Sense of fairness. Aren't we swell?
It's OBAMA - RAMA!!
Passengers travelling between EU countries or taking domestic flights would have to hand over a mass of personal information, including their mobile phone numbers and credit card details, as part of a new package of security measures being demanded by the British government. The data would be stored for 13 years and used to "profile" suspects.
The chutzpah of the British Government, which just "lost" millions of people's data in the mail, even suggesting such a thing is stupendous.
We aren't THEM.
Also - got banned from TalkLeft for saying that people who would vote for McCain over Obama are not Democrats and need to volunteer to take my son's place in the war they are voting to extend for 100 years.
rootless-e
For THIS you got banned?!?
Someone's afraid of the truth..
Oh, I'm sure they do, and I don't blame them either. It's sad that our governments are so craven, and/or mad for power that they put these sorts of programs in place.
Flying into European airports and being greeted by soldiers with guns was a bit off-putting, and this was before 9/11.
I'd still go in a heartbeat...
except for the euro. 
My daughter was very unhappy about the price of everything in Paris when she went last week. Nothing like 2000 when she was last there.
Barbarism,
There's a new Taibbi up at Rolling Stone.com. It's call "The Chickendoves." He bashes Reid and Pelosi but good.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 10:03 am | #
Thanks!
I'll check it out.
There's a new Taibbi up at Rolling Stone.com. It's call "The Chickendoves." He bashes Reid and Pelosi but good.
res ipsa loquitur
They NEED bashing.
Well, that link tired me out halfway through, excellent as it was.
For THIS you got banned?!?
Someone's afraid of the truth..
Duane V | 02.23.08 - 10:05 am
or this is only one side of the story. and he's sticking to it.
Auntie Beeb recently started airing a topical drama series about 'CCTV Britain'
called The Last Enemy (Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Last Enemy, a thriller about a man whose search for the truth about his brother's death catapults him into an international conspiracy - and a passionate love affair.
Britain has been transformed into a security state after a major terrorist attack, ID cards are strictly enforced and citizens' every movement is watched so the government can catch the terrorists before they strike again.
After four years abroad, Stephen is confused and vulnerable and doesn't know who he can trust.)
I am unhappy at the prices at the supermarket. We are clearly in an inflationary spiral and it's not going to be better very soon.
Soldiers with guns in public places was very common in Cold War Berlin -- and yes, tough for an "Ami" (American) rube to get used to.
i could see the SNL skit with obama: something about words, something about inexperience, something about cultist supporters: IOW, all ratwang talking points
got banned from TalkLeft for saying that people who would vote for McCain over Obama are not Democrats
Not a good way to win friends and influence people. Perhaps you should think of a different tact.
Wheat up 83% - nope, no inflation here!
GWPDA: Absolutely. That's been happening here for a year now. It's not getting better.
Well, that link tired me out halfway through, excellent as it was.
racymind
I hung in as long as I could, but I didn't make it to the end, either.
Funny you should say that. I hear people saying the exact same thing about traveling to the U.S.
Marcellina
It's happening world-wide, I'm seeing a lot more survelance wherever I go, much of it is private sector, not that it make much difference here in the U.S Most people seem not to be aware of this continual trend, it's sort of gradual, like the frog in water that's brought slowly to boil (does anybody actually do this shit?), folks don't seem to notice.
The new Clinton Rule:
1. The GOP was gonna do it anyway.
Moral relativism at work. Hillary is going to lose Texas and Ohio, if they keep this up.
Wheat up 83% - nope, no inflation here!
plantsman, silly | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 10:08 am
Some of this is a result of wheat farmers switching to corn to cash in on the biofuels, my bitches.
Flying into European airports and being greeted by soldiers with guns was a bit off-putting, and this was before 9/11.
As of a few weeks ago there were still soldiers w/AK-47s or something comparable patrolling the train stations and CdG.
a good book to read about Blair and NuLab's effect on Britain - Fantasy Island: Waking Up To The Incredible Economic, Political and Social Illusions of the Blair Legacy by Dan Atkinson and Larry Elliot
excellent in every way
We are clearly in an inflationary spiral and it's not going to be better very soon.
Someone posted an article yesterday about the CEO of Smithfield Foods, who warned of continued price increases in 2008.
For THIS you got banned?!?
Someone's afraid of the truth..
Duane V | 02.23.08 - 10:05 am | #
The level of Obama-hate over there is unbelievable and hard to comprehend.
They're siding with the Pentagon Bush spokesman against Obama on the Captain story. Basically, they have reached the level of siding with Freepers.
Yep, feeding this brood is getting increasingly unwieldy.
Not a good way to win friends and influence people. Perhaps you should think of a different tact.
pie | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 10:08 am | #
I'm still waiting for your list.
As of a few weeks ago there were still soldiers w/AK-47s or something comparable patrolling the train stations and CdG.
I doubt that's going to change any time soon, but I think most people become oblivious.
Turkey's army says its ground offensive in northern Iraq has left five soldiers and dozens of Kurdish rebels dead.
Turkey said its ground forces had crossed the border to tackle rebels late on Thursday after an air and artillery bombardment.
PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the offensive is limited in scale and troops will return as soon as possible.
The UN secretary general and the US have urged Turkey to show restraint in the offensive.
A Turkish army statement said: "It has been understood from preliminary information that the terrorists have suffered heavy losses under long-range weapons fire and air strikes."
It said that 24 Kurdish rebels had been killed in clashes, and at least another 20 by artillery fire and rounds from helicopter gunships.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europ...ope/
7260119.stm
Bravo, Rich! [Andy McCarthy]
"Re-Liberators," Rich's cover story in the new edition of NR about the state of things in Iraq based on his own in-country investigation, is at once clear-eyed, disturbing and optimistic. A great read and a poignant reminder of how much we owe our troops and how little those of us who haven't been there really know about Iraq.
Uh, sniffing soldiers' underwear is not the same as "investigating" Iraq.
I'm still waiting for your list.
Which list is that?
amtrak announced this week they would randomly screen baggage...from CT to NYC, there are gestapo cops on the train platforms with dogs
Flying into European airports and being greeted by soldiers with guns was a bit off-putting, and this was before 9/11.
Years ago (ca. 197
, I and my girlfriend drove to some beaches in Baja. We were intimidated by the Mexican soldiers with automatic weapons. "What an awful country" we thought. When I mentioned it to a local, he replied basically, "You're an idiot, those soldiers are there not to intimidate you but to protect you!"
I love my dead, gay cat.
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I hung in as long as I could, but I didn't make it to the end, either.
V for Virginia, home again
I think the episode about that period that made me the maddest was the Bush Net's Guard crap. Truly, the "fake documents" and "kerning" crap was allowed to cover up his disappearing act.
The true history of his national guard time, drug use,and twisted world views will be something to look forward to in the coming decade.
Not a good way to win friends and influence people. Perhaps you should think of a different tact.
This advice? From you of all people?
Yep, feeding this brood is getting increasingly unwieldy.
You're just gonna need bigger breasts.
I just want to praise haloscan for knowing what style of sunglasses i wore in 1 9 7 8.
You guys should get a load of the subways here now. Cops all over the place. Big guns. Bomb sniffing dogs. Much more in the last few weeks, as the city got some sort of grant from the feds to do this.
"What an awful country" we thought.
How times have changed. Now the rest of the world says that about America.
Nat. Guard, not Net's Guard in my post..sheesh
Around where I work (Wall St.) there have been soldiers with semis and dogs since 9/11™.
Depressing.
HELOCScan sheets.
atm owls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The BushBots are well on their way to becoming McCrazies!
The level of Obama-hate over there is unbelievable and hard to comprehend.
Racism.
The thing which shall-not-be-named...
This advice? From you of all people?
You're the one that was bitching about being banned.
It's the Hillary hatred that puts me over the edge. And it hardly endears me to Obama. He's about fifth on my list of preferred candidates, so don't expect me to gush about him if he wins the nomination.
sheetzes.
1. Billion down the drain:
B-2 Bomber (flying wing thingy) crashes in guam, pilots ok
amtrak announced this week they would randomly screen baggage...from CT to NYC, there are gestapo cops on the train platforms with dogs
mogwai | Homepage | 02.23.08 - 10:12 am | #
"Papers please!"
And everytime I hear someone say, "well, at least it'll keep us safe", I have to resist the urge to slap them.
What cowardice.
I have to admit that I don't see many intimidating police in the German/Austrian airports or train stations. There are police, but they all look relatively civil and polite. Saw them take an illegal alien (no ticket, no papers, didn't speak German) off the train last month, and while they were less than gentlemanly, they did not threaten or draw guns, or handcuff him, even.
And everytime I hear someone say, "well, at least it'll keep us safe", I have to resist the urge to slap them.
What cowardice.
Barbarism Begins at Home
"You don't haf your PAPERS!?!?--- GUARDS!!!"
Understood, Tom; bread is still much more expensive, even for those of us without vehicles.
Great post by Jamison Poser.
The latest attempt by the culture of corruption Republicans to "rewrite" the Truth is their fear advertisement over Bush and Cheney not getting their way by not getting retroactive immunity for the telecom companies who've been illegally spying on U.S. citizens for the past seven years.
However, when I first saw this ad, my first thought was of the criminal incompetence of the Bush administration in its first eight months in office over seven years ago that got close to 3,000 U.S. citizens killed on 9/11.
Yes, criminal incompetence. The Bush administration obviously had different priorities after entering the White House than protecting U.S. citizens from the al Qaeda terrorist threat. Remember: Aug. 6, 2001 PDB: "Bin Laden Determined to Strike Inside the U.S."??? And how Ashcroft downgraded the terrorist threat??? And how Richard Clarke, the counter-terrorism chief, was demoted??? And how Condi Rice only held ONE cabinet-level counter-terrorism principals meeting ONE WEEK before the 9/11 attacks???
So, if any terrorist attacks occur on U.S. soil anytime between now and when the worst and most corrupt administration in American history leaves office, it will be the Republicans who will be solely responsible, just as it was criminally incompetent Republicans who got close to 3,000 U.S. citizens killed on 9/11!!!!
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