I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Impeach!
Sing it, bruthuh!
Your Senators need to hear from you
I don't think I have blogrolled you yet, Avedon. My oversight. Did you know you are one of the top hits in Google for "not atrios"?
Barry will make them all hold hands and sing Kumbaya!
See, there's Edwards problem right there. You can't talk about all that suffering and then smile. It's jarring. I like him but he has a style problem.- Culture of TrÜth
I remember a Twain story about folks looking down from heaven lamenting the fate of a soldier who was born to be the greatest military General in history, unfortunately for him and the rest of his countrymen he had neither lineage nor legacy and the powers that be had relegated him to a grade II cook ...
im-pear
(well, it seemed funny a second ago)
You were one of the top hits - apparently not anymore.
Gregoire is going to lose, unfortunately.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 9:48 pm | #
Really?
Haven't been following it.
Oh god Hillary is going to sing.
Ok, no she isn't.
But if she did the tune would be "fuck you south carolina."
Hillary's not going to sing is she?
hey scumborrough, did you hear the word "congratulate" you faceless fool tell the shill from NPR too ...
Evening, all.
Been away since mid afternoon. Anything irksome happening I should know about, aside from NTodd saying that I'm Russ Meyer?
That was kind of scary wasn't is, CoT?
3 years into Obama's term, Giuliani will say that it's part of his strategy and he is well positioned.
msbsc cuts Clinton - fox stays on the speech ...
Where is Tweety?????
Howling at the moon?
Off his meds???
Blowing Rudy?
Anything irksome happening I should know about
550,000 South Carolinians cast their votes today. 100,000 more than did so last Saturday. The majority of them for Barack Obama, but that really isn't important right now.
Tweety is em-ceeing some hoity toity dinner in Philly tonight.
Not present!
.
msbsc cuts Clinton - fox stays on the speech ...
That was such a bad tactic from the Clinton campaign. You have the chance to get your full, shaped message out in free cabloid time, and forego it.
I don't think there was anything more perversely sexy than when Linda Fiorentino put her cigarette out in the dude's mother's apple pie in The Last Seduction.
THE GOVERNMENT TOTALLY SUCKS, YOU MOTHERFUCKER, THE GOVERNMENT TOTALLY SUCKS...
Let me tell you bout the government (Unh hunh?), they're fucking up the environment (say what?), they're taking all the fucking beautiful animals (Yeah?) AND MAKING THEM FUCKING EXTINCT (OH NO!!!)
More voted for Obama than cast votes in the 2004 primary.
Hey, that was pretty good.
Gregoire is going to lose, unfortunately.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
No one could have imagined that pandering to the horse's ass would cost her votes.
Edwards say he "started the week" behind.
Ok.
Dood, you're from North Carolina!
The dem turnout is yet another big story ignored by the msm.
3 years into Obama's term, Giuliani will say that it's part of his strategy and he is well positioned.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 9:56 pm | #
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My agent told me I would be remembered forever if I died in a horrible car crash in my 20s.
I have massive nostalgia for early 80s video arcades.
Tralfaz | 01.26.08 - 9:57 pm | #
I liked Galaga
That was such a bad tactic from the Clinton campaign. You have the chance to get your full, shaped message out in free cabloid time, and forego it.
pseudonymous in nc
What'd she do? I couldn't take the blather from the commentators.
The dem turnout is yet another big story ignored by the msm.
Surely a coincidence...
He did it again.
Smiled when he talked about poverty.
Stop. It. John.
pseudonymous in nc,
Good point. She could have given a campaign speech - fucking free national advertising!!
I shall be flamed for this.
So be it.
How old was Caroline Kennedy when her father died?
5? 6?
All she knows about him is what other people have told her and what she's read.
Don't forget that if it wasn't for Daley in Chicago and voting shenanigans in West Virginia JFK would have never been president.
Has anyone said "this is good for Giuliani" yet?
Who linked us to the Zombies YouTube video? That was really good.
Evening, all.
Been away since mid afternoon. Anything irksome happening I should know about, aside from NTodd saying that I'm Russ Meyer?
steve simels
Nothing irksome, sweetie. Obama had a big win in SoCarolina. Caroline Kennedy said Obama reminded her of her father.
I'm on my second vodka.
How are you?
550,000 South Carolinians cast their votes today. 100,000 more than did so last Saturday. The majority of them for Barack Obama, but that really isn't important right now.
Snow, Sombody's Gerry | 01.26.08 - 9:57 pm | #
Does this translate into a high dem turnout if hrc is the nominee?
Macaroni has endorsed Edwards.
My agent told me I would be remembered forever if I died in a horrible car crash in my 20s.
James Dean
...well, it worked. I love your Pure Pork Sausage!
...well, it worked. I love your Pure Pork Sausage!
Jack K., the Grumpy Forester | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:04 pm | #
Jimmy Dean!
Does this translate into a high dem turnout if hrc is the nominee?
There is little data to predict that far into the future. Presidents don't get elected in a vacuum.
I'm on my second vodka.
How are you?
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:03 pm | #
Good, thanks. I'm about to emjoy an adult beverage as well. Perhaps a Ripple Blanc....
Well he was murdered after only 1,000 days in office. But he accepted responsibilty for the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and he was not going forward into Viet Nam (according to his brother, after JFK's death) and he was going forward with Civil Rights.
But he was murdered.
He did give this country hope and got many young people involved in politics.
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 9:59 pm | #
Thanks for the answer. I, of course, realized he didn't get to carry out everything he would have liked. As I said, not living through the time sometimes makes it hard to fully understand the events of that time. Can you imagine trying to explain the Bush years to someone born in 2010? You can give them the facts, but the true experience can't be duplicated.
Jonathan Coulton is awesome.
Don't forget that if it wasn't for Daley in Chicago and voting shenanigans in West Virginia JFK would have never been president.
Not true. And there's a reason Nixon didn't contest.
TCM follows up an excellent Earnest with a story about WHAT COLOSSAL FUCKING PUSSIES POST-IX/XI AMERICANS ARE, or, really a short subject about the remarkably bright and businesslike British under the Nazi bombings.
The British NuLab government after the more recent bombings tried to pussify and instill panic and they had to pack in their domestic terror shortly after beginning. Getting stuff open and working again, refusing to look hurt or scared, refusing to panic.
Republican-style bipartisan negotiation and compromise
You mean like Hillary wanting to include MI & FL delegates against the decision of the DNC?
That kind of negotiation & compromise?
Macaroni has endorsed Edwards.
Culture of TrÜth
And the, uh, rubbah schwan is, uh, Romney's.
How old was Caroline Kennedy when her father died?
5? 6?
All she knows about him is what other people have told her and what she's read.
I lost my mother when I was younger than Caroline. But I still remember her warmth. And I miss her still.
My sister often tell me what she was like. And it gives me great comfort. It also is quite real. Their memories have become mine.
Good point. She could have given a campaign speech - fucking free national advertising!!
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:02 pm | #
Her astute political sense will serve her well against the pukes.
Hey, that ass clown dude from Utah that was all over the news some time ago for selling videos with all the sex/bad words removed and the studios were trying to shut him down - remember him?
"Thompson, 31, and Isaac R. Lifferth, 24, were arrested in Orem this week on suspicion of having sex with two 14-year-old girls."
On c-span2/BookTV
Chomsky, Noam Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Linguistics
Interventions
Noam Chomsky talks about U.S. foreign policy and other matters at an event hosted by Back Pages Books in Waltham, Massachusetts. Professor Chomsky talked to Back Pages owner Alex Green and then took questions from audience members.
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This is good writing. I am envious.
From calculated risk:
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Besides classic trolls, we have a few resident long-winded bores who believe that the rest of us have never been exposed to some trite, shallow, bombastic rant they just heard on the radio or read in Reader's Digest or saw in a vision, and feel compelled to share with the rest of us. These people lack any possible sense of context or audience; they are incapable of noticing that the bulk of our commenting community has been exposed to the world for a while now and is not interested in any comment that starts "there is one simple answer to this the rest of you aren't getting." It does you no good to respond to this type either; they'll just re-write the same comment again, at the same length, saying the same thing, until you "get it." They are bores with no self-awareness.
http://
calculatedrisk.blogspot.c...commenting.html
Yowza !!!!!!!!!
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:06 pm | #
Jesus Christ, another hypocritical, GOP asshole caught!
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:06 pm | #
Neff, you have a link?
Still, HBK, I think Caroline is the sanest of the Kennedy's. And she rarely takes sides like this, so her endorsement is notable.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:06 pm |
Heh.
Walter Neff i read about that on Atrios' blog
Watch the 14-year-old girls be charged with abusing cretins.
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Not true. And there's a reason Nixon didn't contest.
Avedon | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:05 pm | #
In those days, Democrats cheated back instead of nobly conceding.
Edwards up on CNN
Still, HBK, I think Caroline is the sanest of the Kennedy's. And she rarely takes sides like this, so her endorsement is notable.
True.
Never mind, just saw the link....
I shall be flamed for this.
So be it.
You'd deserve it.
Just sayin'...
"You mean like Hillary wanting to include MI & FL delegates against the decision of the DNC?
That kind of negotiation & compromise?
Whatevs"
I think he means the voters obama wants to disenfranchise as get back for not voting for him. That would be the two states that have nore voters than the other early primary states combined. That would be the states everybody [with a brain] knows will be seated despite obama's willingness to cancel their votes.
evening bats
what's shakin'?
Actually, JFK was not considered to be a particularly good president at the time. He was cautious on pushing civil rights, and he was a pretty dedicated cold warrior.
However, he kept cool head and was sane during the missile crisis - had Junior been in office at the time, all our asses would be radioactive. And he showed signs of growing in office and leading the country in a new direction, especially on Vietnam.
Like Reagan, his time in office has been obscurred by the legend that grew. In JFK's case it has provided a source of idealism and hope. In Reagan's, it has assisted an assault on the welfare of the country and the world.
That would be the states everybody [with a brain] knows will be seated despite obama's willingness to cancel their votes.
But... but... HITLERY!!!!!! CLINTORIS!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
Walter, you can't make this shit up:
The booking documents state Thompson told the 14-year-olds that his film sanitizing business was a cover for a pornography studio. He asked the girls if they would participate in making a porn movie, but they refused, the documents state.
Police found a "large quantity" of pornographic movies inside the business, along with a keg of beer, painkillers and two cameras hooked up to a television. Thompson told police he didn't know the teenagers were under 18 or that they were paid for sex. He said pornography found at the business was for "personal use," according to the documents.
http:// calculatedrisk.blogspot.c...commenting.html
Yowza !!!!!!!!!
Doug Watts
Didja read the comments?
One of them remarked about how hard it is to read the comments here because of all the Frists and inside jokes.
I wonder who Bob Kennedy Jr. will endorse? Ah his wouldn't be important anyway.
I liked Galaga
Gilly Gonzylon
There's a Galaga game in one of the arcade game emulation applications for facebook. But it looks like it won't play without a Java update that I can't seem to get to install on my Mac. Hmmmm....
Kennedy is remembered in history as a great president. I'm sure he had his faults, just like Clinton wasn't the great liberal champion history seems destined to view him as.
My question is this: when JFK was running for president and nobody knew what kind of leader he was, how was he perceived? Just because Obama has a cult of personality around himself doesn't mean much in terms of how he'd end up doing as a president. I'm just wondering what kind of vibe JFK had during his election.
(And for the record, I think it's clear that Hillary is willing to engage in the sleaziest kind of politics necessary, a real LBJ-style of getting things done no matter the cost.)
My porn is for professional use. I have Citizen Kane for personal use.
That would be the states everybody [with a brain] knows will be seated despite obama's willingness to cancel their votes.
Didn't the party in those states sorta do that to themselves?
What we heard when that appeared on Fark the other day was that they paid that poor girl twenty dollars. Can you fucking imagine? Twenty dollars? They screwed that girl worse than they fucked her. They're not just self-righteous two-faced paraderainers, not just child-rapists, they're fucking cheap.
Don't forget that if it wasn't for Daley in Chicago and voting shenanigans in West Virginia JFK would have never been president.
That basically cancelled out Rethug vote fraud in other areas. That's why Nixon didn't push it - all the cheating might have come out.
Doug Watts | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:13 pm | #
Grand Old Perverts....
evening bats
what's shakin'?
Shake-n-bake politics, I think.
One of them remarked about how hard it is to read the comments here because of all the Frists and inside jokes.
flory
I've seen that several places.
Didn't the party in those states sorta do that to themselves?
No. The legislatures in those states did the screwing.
"But... but... HITLERY!!!!!! CLINTORIS!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
dave™©"
You missed it. Everybody is rushing out to buy their outfits for obama's presidential ball.
Oh - I met "the boyfriend" the other night, her first (she's 26). The first thing I said to him: "I own a baseball bat"
I adore Chomsky.
I think he means the voters obama wants to disenfranchise as get back for not voting for him. [...]
hadenough | 01.26.08 - 10:11 pm | #
Wow. That is the most dishonest possible framing. The DNC asked the candidates not to participate. They all agreed. Obama and Edwards took their names off the ballot. Clinton did not, claiming "participation" was campaigning. Now, she wants to overrule the DNCs prior decision not to count delegates from those primaries. And you cast it as Obama seeking revenge? Wow.
Didja read the comments?One of them remarked about how hard it is to read the comments here because of all the Frists and inside jokes.
flory | 01.26.08 - 10:13 pm | #
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Sadly, No !!!
despite obama's willingness to cancel their votes.
hadenough
Oh brother. Is this where you claim Obama chose to stay on the ballot in Florida, or where claim a post quotes Clinton and Obama but one quotes Clinton and the other quotes some newspaper?
Oh - I met "the boyfriend" the other night, her first (she's 26). The first thing I said to him: "I own a baseball bat"
I assume there was no need to mention the shovel leaning by the door.
Real professionally run grown-up prostitution is between $200-400/hr, and can skyrocket from there.
Oh - I met "the boyfriend" the other night, her first (she's 26). The first thing I said to him: "I own a baseball bat"
And how did he answer?
My question is this: when JFK was running for president and nobody knew what kind of leader he was, how was he perceived? Just because Obama has a cult of personality around himself doesn't mean much in terms of how he'd end up doing as a president. I'm just wondering what kind of vibe JFK had during his election.
Much the same as Obama. JFK was young, sexy, inspiring and exciting to young people, and Jackie was va-va-voom.
Didn't the party in those states sorta do that to themselves?
Bjorn,a poor young country boi
The option in Florida would have been to hold the Dem primary on a separate date, much later.
Shake-n-bake politics, I think.
Echidne
sounds fattening
"Didn't the party in those states sorta do that to themselves?
Bjorn,a poor young country boi"
The dem voters didn't. The DNC fucked up. Hundreds of thousands of dem voters will not be shut out of the convention. Won't happen.
Didja read the comments?One of them remarked about how hard it is to read the comments here because of all the Frists and inside jokes.
Eli must be stopped from referring to pantslessness and no more bacon for Thers till he learns to be more inclusive.
The first thing I said to him: "I own a baseball bat"
Yeah, but it's your first at bat.
Oh - I met "the boyfriend" the other night, her first
Echidne:
"I'm sure you do."
He had a Jim Morrison button on his khaki coat so I let him live.
Gregoire is going to lose, unfortunately.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
huh? if you mean incumbent gov of WA, i would think she'll win unless she makes toll roads the focus of her campaign.
Actually, JFK was not considered to be a particularly good president at the time. He was cautious on pushing civil rights, and he was a pretty dedicated cold warrior.
On the other hand he introduced the Civil Rights Act and signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
With the changes he was trying to make -- ending oil depletion allowance and other policies considered "anti-business", he definitely was putting stuff off for the second term and having to nudge along an electorate schooled in the Cold War and wage delicate behind-scenes battles with entrenched power bases in Washington.
I came to politcal consciousness under Kennedy so my idea of a president is one who educates and inspires. I think his daughter may be seeing some of that in Obama when she says he's a candidate like her dad.
.
Jackie was va-va-voom.
Well really, who *doesn't* look goodin a leopard-skin pillbox hat?
my brother, who's in federal LE, plans to have a few buddies over, all "tac'd out" cleaning their M4s when his daughter gets picked up for the first time
I've seen that several places.
V for Virginia
I saw it frist ...
"Oh brother. Is this where you claim Obama chose to stay on the ballot in Florida, or where claim a post quotes Clinton and Obama but one quotes Clinton and the other quotes some newspaper?
Culture of TrÜth"
I don't claim it. He did. And yes that's me always claiming. And there's you the truth detector.
Chomsky actually has a couple of weaknesses but none are the things
he's attacked for regularly and regardless of responses, such as the
idea that he's a Holocaust denier or a supporter of Pol Pot. It is
truly enlightening to see him hide that pompous Bill whasisface on the
two-part debate about Vietnam on YouTube.
He had a Jim Morrison button on his khaki coat so I let him live.
He may think he's the lizard king and can therefore do anything.
my brother, who's in federal LE, plans to have a few buddies over, all "tac'd out" cleaning their M4s when his daughter gets picked up for the first time
::matthew | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:19 pm | #
I'm sure she'll love that.
my brother, who's in federal LE, plans to have a few buddies over, all "tac'd out" cleaning their M4s when his daughter gets picked up for the first time
Now that could actually work. "Have her back on time. Don't make us come looking for you."
huh? if you mean incumbent gov of WA, i would think she'll win unless she makes toll roads the focus of her campaign.
notaboomer
The $7 toll (not a tax!) on 520 probably cost her King County.
Kennedy established the Peace Corps, signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty and sent us to the moon. Those three things alone are pretty good accomplishments.
I [fart] am also [smell] disturbed by the lack of [armpit fart sound] weightiness here. [poopy joke that goes nowhere]
If AP says "Clinton campaign strategists," who would they mean? There can't be that many "strategists" in a campaign--so who?
Who would be that stupid?
jawbone
David Espo and Charles Babington who kept selves onwire payroll with updates on the GOP putting Gay Voting on the 2004 state ballots...
...so insightful of them to say anonymous Clintons are race bating.
Nice of you to repeat it for them as well...
Only important in a symbolic way, but JFK also started the Peace Corps, didn't he?
Actually, Florida does not let you remove your name from the ballot unless you drop out of the race in every state.
Didja read the comments?One of them remarked about how hard it is to read the comments here because of all the Frists and inside jokes.
flory | 01.26.08 - 10:13 pm | #
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Sadly, No !!!
Doug Watts | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:16 pm | #
It is generally true. I've struggled at times to follow the thread (I am a little dense, however.) And if you are an outsider, or piss off the regulars, they tend to freeze you out.
Yes, I forgot about the space program under Kennedy.
Actually, Florida does not let you remove your name from the ballot unless you drop out of the race in every state.
Snow
I'm pretty sure the whole bunch was on there when I early voted
Kennedy was careless and damaging at first, but learned quickly, and demonstrated a new paradigm that terrified the cold warriors in the mold of Truman: he was willing to actually make deals, back down from crazy MacArthurish cliffs and deal with the Soviets rather than just constantly attack them hoping for a real but winnable war.
Well really, who *doesn't* look goodin a leopard-skin pillbox hat?
JeffCO | 01.26.08 - 10:19 pm | #
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Sese Seko Mobutu ?
http://www.dittatori.it/mobutu3.jpg
That's crap, I posted the proof you demanded last night and I'm not going to bother again. You are not an honest poster anyway.
A win for the picket crossers...
I've seen that several places.
V for Virginia
So we're having an ongoing conversation around here. What's so difficult to understand about that?
"If AP says "Clinton campaign strategists," who would they mean? There can't be that many "strategists" in a campaign--so who?
Who would be that stupid?
jawbone"
I believe that would be the SC town drunk Craig Crawford talks about:
http://mediamatters.org/items/20...ms/
200801260001
Don't forget that if it wasn't for Daley in Chicago and voting shenanigans in West Virginia JFK would have never been president.
That basically cancelled out Rethug vote fraud in other areas. That's why Nixon didn't push it - all the cheating might have come out.
sister of ye | 01.26.08 - 10:14 pm | #
Yep.
And as a former Chicagoan I'd like to point out that there was a lot of voter fraud in Texas in 1960 as well.
I know Daley gets all the credit, but ...
What Kennedy really brought was this totally different approach and view of things, which was instantly recognized and loved all over the world.
k&y,bunburies | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:24 pm | #
Unlike the current occupant who seems to want to bomb everybody, and thinks diplomacy is for fags...
Jackie was quite Stepford-wivish, though, when she was the First Lady. At least she sounds like that on the videos I've seen, with the sort of out-of-breath little girl voice and indirect language.
But the times were quite different then and she changed later.
Sese Seko Mobutu ?
That's not a pillbox.
JFK was running for president and nobody knew what kind of leader he was, how was he perceived?
I remember listening to my dad at the time. He disliked Kennedy, hated his dad, thought he was a typical sell-out politician with mob connections to boot. I'd say my dad was a wee bit more radical than Kennedy.
On the other side, conservatives and other religious bigots were pushing the hysterics of "the pope will be coming over to take over America!"
As I recall when reading back, the press seemed to like him because he was dynamic and his wife was hot.
Essentially, his actual good and bad points have been lost in The Legend, which has had far more influence than his reality has.
"But... but... HITLERY!!!!!! CLINTORIS!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
dave™©"
You missed it. Everybody is rushing out to buy their outfits for obama's presidential ball.
hadenough | 01.26.08 - 10:15 pm | #
I prefer Obama but have to agree with the sentiment. February 5th will likely dash the hopes of those audacious supporters.
So we're having an ongoing conversation around here. What's so difficult to understand about that?
It's not like [insert name of favorite blog upon which all blogs should be modeled.].
That basically cancelled out Rethug vote fraud in other areas. That's why Nixon didn't push it - all the cheating might have come out.
sister of ye | 01.26.08 - 10:14 pm | #
Democrats used to play hardball with Republicans - and win.
ike and his joint chiefs drafted a plan to bomb miami and blame it on the cubans...what if nixon had been next in line?
"That's crap, I posted the proof you demanded last night and I'm not going to bother again. You are not an honest poster anyway.
Culture of TrÜth"
You are telling me obama is not on the FL ballot? Is that what you are saying? Cause that's what I'm claiming.
JeffCO:
Hadn't thought of that. And now, he must die.
rootless-e | 01.26.08 - 10:26 pm | #
They stopped that because it was too partisan.
It is generally true. I've struggled at times to follow the thread (I am a little dense, however.) And if you are an outsider, or piss off the regulars, they tend to freeze you out.
Shared Humanity | 01.26.08 - 10:23 pm | #
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Sorry. It's not intentional.
I'm pretty sure this blues song doesn't have the words I hear: Don't mind people grinning at your feet.
Don't forget that if it wasn't for Daley in Chicago and voting shenanigans in West Virginia JFK would have never been president.
This is debatable. Nixon pursued a recount in Illinois until he determined it wouldn't make a difference in the outcome.
Meanwhile, in Hawaii, Kennedy did demand a recount and the state flipped to him.
.
Would anyone but Kennedy have gone after the mob?
Democrats used to play hardball with Republicans - and win.
But then after the Civil Rights Act, they all joined the Republican Party.
But the times were quite different then and she changed later.
Echidne
She was thirty one and alla sudden found herself the center of attention from that newfangled teevee thingy.
Sheltered upper class girl like her was prolly scared shitless at first.
Kennedy also sent the 82nd Airborne to Oxford to remind us who's boss, a clarity I appreciate.
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he $7 toll (not a tax!) on 520 probably cost her King County.
what $7 toll?
Don't mind women calling you Pete ?
Sorry. It's not intentional.
I was saying Boo-urns.
Actually no. Kennedy had 303 electoral votes. If Illinois and it's 27 electoral votes went for Nixon, Kennedy would still have won with 276.
Another republic myth destroyed. Nixon plain old lost and they need to get over it.
i say it's high time for obama to roll out the centerpiece of his platform to curb carbon emissions: tax credits for hemp farmers!
FYI, Quadrophenia is on FLIX right now.
Only important in a symbolic way, but JFK also started the Peace Corps, didn't he?
Karin
For the CIA, as a way to put agents on the ground around the world.
It is generally true. I've struggled at times to follow the thread (I am a little dense, however.) And if you are an outsider, or piss off the regulars, they tend to freeze you out.
Shared Humanity | 01.26.08 - 10:23 pm | #
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Sorry. It's not intentional.
Doug Watts | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:28 pm | #
No offense taken.
Democrats used to play hardball with Republicans - and win.
rootless-e | 01.26.08 - 10:26 pm | #
Now they've become dry powder collectors.
We must not allow a hemp farm gap.
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So we're having an ongoing conversation around here. What's so difficult to understand about that?
flory
It's a different flow than most places. What we lack in quality we make up for in quantity.
Volume! That's our advantage. 
Don't mind people grinning at your feet.
Nice shoes. Wanna fock?
No offense taken. Shared Humanity
That's it - you're troll-rated.
"But... but... HITLERY!!!!!! CLINTORIS!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEVILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
dave™©"
As a former president, Bill campaigning for his wife is unfair and a perversion of the political process.
I learned that on dkos.
You are not honest because I have already explained to you that he cannot withdraw his name.
BTW, did you claim a post quoted Clinton and Obama when in fact one quoted Clinton and the other quoted some newspaper?
Another republic myth destroyed. Nixon plain old lost and they need to get over it.
TheOtherWA
An excuse to apologize for the landslide.
Victim's narrative.
I was saying Boo-urns.
JeffCO | 01.26.08 - 10:31 pm | #
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This sentence contains ten words and ends in a period.
For the CIA, as a way to put agents on the ground around the world.
Sometimes. I'm pretty sure my niece is not CIA.
Would anyone but Kennedy have gone after the mob?
k&y,bunburies
Kefauver?
.
FYI, Quadrophenia is on FLIX right now.
The Kids Are Alright was on TCM last night. Which I guess doesn't help you now.
For the CIA, as a way to put agents on the ground around the world.
I thought that was AID?
LBJ took the IRT
Down to 4th Street USA
When he got there
What did he see?
The youth of America on LSD
LBJ IRT
USA LSD
LSD LBJ
FBI CIA
FBI CIA
LSD LBJ
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They stopped that because it was too partisan.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 01.26.08 - 10:27 pm | #
God knows, we can't have that.
"BTW, did you claim a post quoted Clinton and Obama when in fact one quoted Clinton and the other quoted some newspaper?
Culture of TrÜth"
I don't which comment you are talking about. But if that was the case I'd certianly correct it.
Chris Tucker | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:31 pm | #
I like that film because the accents are so thick. I can understand the Cockney, East End accent very well.
If it wasn't for me Kennedy would have lost, the '27 Yankees would have lost, Lindbergh would have gotten lost (though Earhart would have been found) and the people on Lost would likely remain lost.
Kennedy definitely did some good things, and was indeed growing in office. I just wanted to point out that his reality was a mised bag. His assassination mostly dropped the bad things out of memory.
The space race was wondrous and produced a lot of technological benefits. Keep in mind, however, that it's roots lay in cold war competition, and its purpose was at least as much military as scientific.
The Kids Are Alright was on TCM last night. Which I guess doesn't help you now.
JeffCO | 01.26.08 - 10:34 pm | #
Fortunately, there's been movement to the Left
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT HERE
Satellite could plummet to Earth
No details of the satellite were given
A "large" US spy satellite has gone out of control and is expected to crash to Earth some time in late February or March, government sources say.
Officials speaking on condition of anonymity said the satellite had lost power and propulsion, and could contain hazardous materials.
The White House said it was monitoring the situation.
We have quality here - we have puns, recipes and occasionally very funny and/or wise political commentary.
LSD LBJ
FBI CIA
FBI CIA
LSD LBJ
You just gave me a flashback.
I'm pretty sure the whole bunch was on there when I early voted
They remained on the ballot after the deadline because Bill Nelson and others filed suit against the DNC, which they eventually lost.
For Hillary's camp to talk about Florida as if it's being conducted under the same conditions as the other primaries is just stupid.
I really don't have a dog in this fight, but in tactical terms, this has been a rotten week for the Clinton campaign. They've just set themselves up for being included in a 'repudiate Bush and everything that preceded it' message.
For the CIA, as a way to put agents on the ground around the world.
Peace Corps might be a prime hunting ground for assets, but it would be poor cover for an agent.
Volume! That's our advantage.
V for Virginia | 01.26.08 - 10:32 pm | #
Lose money on each item and make it up in volume.
If it wasn't for me Kennedy would have lost, the '27 Yankees would have lost, Lindbergh would have gotten lost (though Earhart would have been found) and the people on Lost would likely remain lost.
The Yankees won? Oh noes.
My candidate is the messiah. Your candidate sucks.
So when are these primary shits over?
How 'bout that failed Hillary presidency?
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If it wasn't for me Kennedy would have lost, the '27 Yankees would have lost, Lindbergh would have gotten lost (though Earhart would have been found) and the people on Lost would likely remain lost.
Are you a Stonecutter?
It is generally true. I've struggled at times to follow the thread (I am a little dense, however.) And if you are an outsider, or piss off the regulars, they tend to freeze you out.
Shared Humanity
Nobody's trying to freeze anybody out. But this has been an ongoing conversation for five years now. You can't expect to wander in and jump right in. Takes time to understand the culture and the crosscurrents. No different than being the new kid at school really.
USAID is a CIA front. The Peace Corps is highly questionable, but we were once told by a totally biased source literally sleeping with the Company that
the separation oof Peace Corps and CIA was real, respected, and that the CIA would not hire PC former volunteers. Missionaries are such totally compromised actors that we would execute and ban them.
International business lawyers, that'd be good cover for an agent.
My vote is so coveted that it's mentioned in the 10 Commandments.
We have quality here - we have puns, recipes and occasionally very funny and/or wise political commentary.
No to mention advice from licensed sykiatrists!
My vote is so coveted that it's mentioned in the 10 Commandments.
Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's neff?
The finance plan assumes a round-trip toll of $6 to $7 during heavy commute hours, starting next year. Of course, they are slated to start after the elections...
GOP Upbeat on Terror-Trial Bill (Charles Babington and Jonathan Weisman, September 23, 2006)
That worked out great for Rove, THE MATH stenographers helped as well.
So Babington says a Clinton staffer said that?
We have quality here - we have puns, recipes and occasionally very funny and/or wise political commentary.
That, and we are flippant assholes.
Stonecutters cut it on stone
Woodpeckers peck it on wood
There's nothin' so bad for a woman
As a man who thinks he's good!
Kennedy is loved by dems and repubs alike because he was an Archetypal president. Good looking, tall, well spoken, pretty wife, 2 kids. Heroic goals - put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
So when are these primary shits over?
Echidne
NEVER!!!!
flippant assholes
I thought we were silly sphincters
International business lawyers, that'd be good cover for an agent.
Snow
And game show host.
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I don't know why, but I think k&y would particularly enjoy this.
A collection of images of a ruined Statue of Liberty as the quintessential icon of apocalyptic disaster since the 1940s.
And game show host.
A business lawyer would make a poor game show host. Sorry.
Kennedy is loved by dems and repubs alike because he was an Archetypal president. Good looking, tall, well spoken, pretty wife, 2 kids. Heroic goals - put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
Gilly Gonzylon
I still shed tears every November 22.
International business lawyers, that'd be good cover for an agent.
Ambassador's wife used to work...
All the neighbours covet Neff
And if you are an outsider, or piss off the regulars, they tend to freeze you out.
I don't see freezing out too much, but I do see way too much use of shouting down as a tactic around here. Berating people in the hopes that they shut up and stop verbalizing their disagreement.
That, and we are flippant assholes.
I generally put it - I hang out in the rowdy part of the liberal blogosphere. But your phrase sums it up pretty good.
From slashdot:
None of the coverage speculates on how big the satellite is, but Wikipedia claims that US spy satellites in the KH-11 class, launched up to the mid-90s, are about the size of the Hubble — which is 13 meters long and weighs over 11,000 kg.
We have quality here - we have puns, recipes and occasionally very funny and/or wise political commentary.
Goddesses and witches too. We got more of those per capita than any other blog.
"For Hillary's camp to talk about Florida as if it's being conducted under the same conditions as the other primaries is just stupid.
pseudonymous in nc"
Didn't happen. Of course you could prove me wrong.
A business lawyer would make a poor game show host. Sorry.
Just because he would find some clause that would make the potential winner ineligible?
Pat Buchanan is shaking in his boots. He keeps saying Obama is angry and digging at the Clintons in his speech when he says we're up against the kind of politics where it's okay to say anything to get elected.
I didn't hear that at pointed at the Clintons, but at the way politics have been played for far to long by just about everyone.
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No to mention advice from licensed sykiatrists!
Karin
AND wannabes -- even better!
But then after the Civil Rights Act, they all joined the Republican Party.
Avedon | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:28 pm | #
I don't think you are seeing the big picture. They were not unreasonable.
I thought we were silly sphincters
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:41 pm | #
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pusillanimous pubey pluckers ...
Goddesses and witches too
Hecate turned me into a newt
A business lawyer would make a poor game show host. Sorry..
No, Drew Carey is a poor game show host....
Just because he would find some clause that would make the potential winner ineligible?
Nah. No sense of humor do they have.
Pat Buchanan is shaking in his boots. He keeps saying Obama is angry ...
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Heh.
But if that was the case I'd certianly correct it.
Like hell you would. But you could start by correcting your statements about Obama/Edwards and Florida.
Anyway, I encourage all lurkers just to dive in. The water is warm! And NTodd is not here so nobody has peed in it.
"Pat Buchanan is shaking in his boots"
Well it looks like a nice shawl and wheel chair at happy acres for Pat if the Dems steamroll the Repubicans.
No, Drew Carey is a poor game show host....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
What percentage of the American public thinks he has a game show?
In the movie Cloverfield, once the face of the Statue of Liberty lands on a street, it is immediately photographed by vapid people with their stupid camera phones.
Hecate turned me into a newt
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
Newt Neff?
Hunh.....
I like a dry wit; that's why I once married a woman named named Sherry
but I do see way too much use of shouting down as a tactic around here. Berating people in the hopes that they shut up and stop verbalizing their disagreement.
Richard | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:42 pm | #
you think?
George Johnston | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:45 pm | #
Probably very small. Watched around 10 minutes the other day, and man, he was lethargic. Made Barker look like an artist.
I don't know what that has to do with the SC primary, but....
Who ARE all these lurkers, other than our NSA minder who shuts us down every so often for bathroom breaks, and, evidently, laundry?
Barack n Roll ?
No, Drew Carey is a poor game show host....
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Maybe he needs to sexually harrass the women on his show.
Like his predecessor did?
The water is warm! And NTodd is not here so nobody has peed in it.
Echidne
Inside joke violation!
Two demerits.
Well it looks like a nice shawl and wheel chair at happy acres for Pat if the Dems steamroll the Repubicans.
EkCenTriK
Oh, wouldn't that be lovely? I've been listening to that crank since Nixon's days.
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The 89 visitors online include all people reading any Atrios comments threads so there are probably not that many lurkers on any one thread.
I am a lurker. People here usually don't like it when lurkers post.
Give Drew a break, wouldn't you be lethargic too if you had to do that kind of thing every day for a living? I don't know how much money it would take for me to sign me life away and do it for years.
Halloooooo!!
What's up?
Anyway, I encourage all lurkers just to dive in. The water is warm! And NTodd is not here so nobody has peed in it.
Echidne
[pulls out tropical fish tank pH kit to check the water, just to make sure]
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Today on the Teevee I learned there is a celebrity named Brit-knee or something and another celebrity who died or something. Dang I feel so edified.
man, Bill Clinton a racist. I still can’t wrap my head around it ...
I like a dry wit; that's why I once married a woman named named Sherry
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:45 pm | #
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Portly ?
Like his predecessor did?
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:46 pm | #
Richard Dawson? The was a rumor floating around that he was Billy Idol's father.
In the movie Cloverfield, once the face of the Statue of Liberty lands on a street, it is immediately photographed by vapid people with their stupid camera phones.
k&y,bunburies | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:45 pm | #
Is that movie any good? The trailers look kinda cheesy, and the hand-held camera reminds me (in a bad way) of Blair Witch Project.
Kevin Drum:
I just got back from a house party where the guy who
founded the Irvine Housing Blog told me that, yes indeed,
they get a huge spike in traffic every time Atrios links
to them. IHB performs the valuable public service of
exposing the soft underbelly of the housing bubble, and
you should check it out if you want to have your opinion of
yuppie strivers lowered even further than it probably already is.
I am a lurker. People here usually don't like it when lurkers post.
Welcome, lurker. Have some of this very excellent halva I'm drinking.
I am a lurker. People here usually don't like it when lurkers post.
That's ridiculous.
Post away! I, for one, love to hear from lurkers.
every day
several times a day: they do those shows one after another: not one a day.
Like his predecessor did?
Terry C - Edwards 2008
Richard Dawson? The was a rumor floating around that he was Billy Idol's father.
Gilly Gonzylon
No, Bob Barker.
Just because he would find some clause that would make the potential winner ineligible?
Actually, we enjoy lurkers who join us.
dddd - new posters are fine as long as they say something pithy, funny, kind or insightful. if they just throw out a baseless claim or act pissy they are in trouble here. we have a good and honorable tradition here of asking for citations/links to support things that aren't widely known and that makes this a quality blog, when we're not just all being pissy...
We haz teh ringwurm ...
Boy, Pat Buchanan is loony.
No offense taken. Shared Humanity
That's it - you're troll-rated.
JeffCO | 01.26.08 - 10:32 pm | #
OK. I'm deeply offended. Does that get me into the club?
Oh, fuck it, I just don't make the grade.
Who ARE all these lurkers, other than our NSA minder who shuts us down every so often for bathroom breaks, and, evidently, laundry?
TEBB
Agents of the Great Orange Satan....?
Halva has pistachios in it, says Wikepedia. How do you drink it without choking?
TEBB | 01.26.08 - 10:47 pm | #
Doing a game show every day does become tiresome, but Drew knew what he was getting into.
Richard Dawson? The was a rumor floating around that he was Billy Idol's father.
Gilly Gonzylon | 01.26.08 - 10:48 pm | #
He was great on Hogan's Heroes!
if they just throw out a baseless claim or act pissy they are a regular here
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Hmm ...
We haz teh ringwurm ...
No, that's Angel. The dog that Auntie might adopt to go with Arthur. All those As.
I am a lurker. People here usually don't like it when lurkers post.
I don't think that's true. It's just that we have so many incredibly stupid trolls that some people get wary when they see a new name.
I will grant it's a bit scary making your first comment. But we all went thru it and survived.
I am a lurker. People here usually don't like it when lurkers post.
dddd
If Obama said 'say anything to get elected' it was definitely aimed at Clintonland. He's a sore winner, but he has the MSM narrative down pat.
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I am a lurker. People here usually don't like it when lurkers post.
dddd
I simply do not think this is true. When people contribute interesting or funny things in the vein of the thread, I certainly appreciate it. I don't always respond to it, but that's not because it's someone I haven't seen before.
dddd - new posters are fine as long as they say something pithy, funny, kind or insightful.
Oh, I think that's setting the bar way too high.
Lurkers should feel like they have to say something hilarious or brilliant to join in.
God knows the regulars (me included) say plenty of perfectly inane things.
Blair Witch Project.
Barbarism Begins at Home | 01.26.08 - 10:48 pm | #
The most overrated piece of shit ever...
That reminds me - I am putting together a new game show called "Who Wants To Be A Pundit?"
Whoever gets away with the largest unfounded opinion gets to ask Pelosi or Reid to kick a football.
What's up?
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
We gotz lurkers.
You gotz Caturday kittehs?
good song but sometimes people (for whatever reason) want to have their brains eatin
Halva has pistachios in it, says Wikepedia. How do you drink it without choking?
I cut it with tequila. Learned that today here on the threads.
It's a feeble attempt at a joke, really. I eat it. It's very good, I forgot just how good it is.
He was great on Hogan's Heroes!
Barbarism Begins at Home | 01.26.08 - 10:50 pm | #
Billy Idol was on Hogan's Heroes? 
Pat Buchanan is going to the mat for the Clintons. Hysterical.
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I'll say anything to get laid, but not elected. To get elected, I'll say most anything.
Who ARE all these lurkers, other than our NSA minder who shuts us down every so often for bathroom breaks, and, evidently, laundry?
TEBB
Agents of the Great Orange Satan....?
flory
The people who go to other blogs and discuss how trivial the threads here are?
Doing a game show every day does become tiresome, but Drew knew what he was getting into.
The first 30 years fly by.
Would you drink Halva?
I'll tell you what DOES piss me off though.
It's when CoT does not put up regular pictures of Tiger.
BUY THAT FUCKING CAMERA AND GET WITH IT DOOD.
I like a dry wit; that's why I once married a woman named named Sherry
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:45 pm | #
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Portly ?
Doug Watts
I heard she wuz winey....
I love how anti republican Larry David is on his show.
Echidne - I think she uses all those "A" names so her dogs will be first in everything at school! Wish my folks had thought of that before they named me Zelda.....
The 89 visitors online include all people reading any Atrios comments threads so there are probably not that many lurkers on any one thread.
Echidne | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:47 pm | #
That's true but it has been my experience that threads die very quickly when new threads are posted.
And TKK cheats but I'm too dense to figure out how.
new posters are fine as long as they say something pithy, funny, kind or insightful.
or mention me
Cloverfield is worth a drunken viewing in the theatres but it'll look like shit on a small TV.
TEBB, I know that most of the people here are pithy, funny, kind or insightful. That's why I lurk!
Didn't happen. Of course you could prove me wrong.
quibble on this:
Then Wolfson says this: "Regardless of today’s outcome, the race quickly shifts to Florida, where hundreds of thousands of Democrats will turn out to vote on Tuesday. Despite efforts by the Obama campaign to ignore Floridians, their voices will be heard loud and clear across the country, as the last state to vote before Super Tuesday on February 5th. This remains a delegate fight, with 1,681 delegates at stake on February 5th, and 2,025 needed to secure the nomination -- and we are ahead in that fight."
That's Wolfson saying, Florida counts, Obama's ignoring Florida.
Oh, fuck it, I just don't make the grade.
Shared Humanity
You used a curse word!!
You're in.
We gotz lurkers.
You gotz Caturday kittehs?
I just got home. Gimme a minute.
I like a dry wit; that's why I once married a woman named named Sherry
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:45 pm | #
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Portly ?
Doug Watts
I heard she wuz winey....
flory
Sounds like sour grapes.
you think?
Yes indeed. Deciding that everyone better listen to your righteous wisdom or shut the fuck up isn't exactly conducive to healthy debate.
You don't have to say anything brilliant or funny (we already have those covered ). Just say whatever, but be prepared to be drawn and quartered if it's nasty. And be prepared not to get direct responses to most comments you make. The majority of mine float straight down the Great Toilet.
Larry David and Cady Huffman - hilarious
The most overrated piece of shit ever... -Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
uh, let's wait till November ...
TEBB, I know that most of the people here are pithy, funny, kind or insightful. That's why I lurk!
dddd
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and nTodd didn't scare you off?
...I do so wish that Keith O would walk onto the MSNBC set right now and start slapping around Joe and Pat...
If Obama said 'say anything to get elected' it was definitely aimed at Clintonland. He's a sore winner, but he has the MSM narrative down pat.
Oh, nonsense. He's been talking about the need to transform the way politics is done for years. The way wedge politics have been undermining our progress has been a major theme of his.
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Deciding that everyone better listen to your righteous wisdom or shut the fuck up isn't exactly conducive to healthy debate.
That's it, cut his mic.
God knows the regulars (me included) say plenty of perfectly inane things.
You could come here and say 'goo goo gaa gaa" if you want, you've got the most gorgeous cat photos on the internetz.
man, Bill Clinton a racist. I still can’t wrap my head around it ...
focus | 01.26.08 - 10:48 pm | #
focus - don't you worry none - this primary season will be over and we liberals can go back to our warm and apologetic embrace of bill clinton...
What's the under/over on when Buchanan drops the n-bomb?
"Like hell you would. But you could start by correcting your statements about Obama/Edwards and Florida.
Culture of TrÜth"
Like hell I would. That wouldn't stop a creep like you from running around posting your trash. And now I'll correct your record on obama and edwards: They are both on the ballot in FL
Even more:
obama has broken his pledge not to advertise or campaign in FL.
Obama also appeared to violate a pledge he and the other leading candidates took by holding a brief news conference outside the fundraiser. That was less than a day after the pledge took effect Saturday, and Obama is the first Democratic presidential candidate to visit Florida since then.
Obama and others have pledged not to campaign in Florida until the Jan. 29 primary except for fundraising, which is what he was doing in Tampa.
But after the fundraiser at the Hyde Park home of Tom and Linda Scarritt, Obama crossed the street to take half a dozen questions from reporters waiting there.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007.../?news-
breaking
another interesting bit:
"TAMPA - Barack Obama hinted during a Tampa fundraiser Sunday that if he's the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he'll seat a Florida delegation at the party's national convention, despite national party sanctions prohibiting it."
Not an obama quote. And of course I didn't say it was.
I posted after about 4 - 5 months of lurking: I was petrified. Now I have a book deal.
The majority of mine float straight down the Great Toilet.
Echidne
Wonder what that would be like . . .
Larry David and Cady Huffman - hilarious
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 10:54 pm
"What's that picture of George W Bush doing on your vanity table?"
Saturday kittees for whiny Flory:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...y-
caturday.html
Who is TKK? Never heard the name before.
I posted after about 4 - 5 months of lurking: I was petrified. Now I have a book deal.
And this should be made into one of those "poor boy makes it" movies.
Any Scrabulous action going on?
(I've been searching around for facebook game applications.)
How can a person come home with honor, when there is no honor to come home to.
Now I have a book deal.
Wait a fawkin' minute. There are book deals?
Of course lurkers are welcome. Have something to say besides reichwing talking points, and you'll be fine.
By all means, participate in the conversation.
Sour Grapes - directed by Larry David. See, all comments have a sixth degree of separation
You could come here and say 'goo goo gaa gaa" if you want, you've got the most gorgeous cat photos on the internetz.
Well, dis is true.
And that, dear lurkers, is a delightful example of a comment of sparkling intelligence and wit.
TKK stands for some horribly dirty sex act that Dan Savage made up.
I posted after about 4 - 5 months of lurking: I was petrified. Now I have a book deal.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
Shit, man, I guess I should have tried lurking longer...
Saturday kittees for whiny Flory:
Whining werks!!
U bought a new comforter just for teh kittehs?
Awfully nice of u....
"We are looking at potential options to mitigate any possible damage this satellite may cause," said Gordon Johndroe, who speaks for the US National Security Council.
Sour Grapes - directed by Larry David.
And a movie deal too?!
Sometimes things just get lost because they don't fit the prevailing mood... there are people whose comments nearly always get play, but that tends to be because of the personal relationships built up over the years-- quite a few of the regular commenters have 'real world' friendships-- and you can't (or at least I don't) *expect* to be part of that...
Spy satellite stuff.
Name: USA 193 Daniel.
Type: KH12a
On orbit photos here.
Solar panels failed to unfold on orbit.
Batteries died within hours. Now it's just a lump of metal and glass.
A $800,000,000 to $1,200,000,000 loss.
Isn't Larry David the retarded black asshole who's like an Oreo colleague of
Armstrong Williams and Steadman? Or was that Larry Elder?
!!!
Wait a fawkin' minute. There are book deals?
Snow, Sombody's Gerry
Soros.
U didn't get the email?
I never saw Sour Grapes.
Kind of want to.
What's the under/over on when Buchanan drops the n-bomb?
And they've got his right arm strapped down to the chair arm.
ten tons of failure....
!!!
The Kenosha Kid | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:00 pm | #
Frist you!
Anyhoo, I'm glad Obama won, and I'm glad he didn't just win with the black vote, but the over the top Clinton hatred gets on my nerves.
"We are looking at potential options to mitigate any possible damage this satellite may cause," said Gordon Johndroe, who speaks for the US National Security Council.
Darryl, skywatcher | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 10:59 pm | #
Why do I get more worried the more I hear about this satellite thing? The doublespeak is even more rampant than usual when they talk about it. I know it's classified and all, but could there be more to it than meets the eye?
Isn't Larry David the retarded black asshole who's like an Oreo colleague of
Armstrong Williams and Steadman? Or was that Larry Elder?
k&y,bunburies
Larry Elder.
U didn't get the email?
I never get the damn emails!
MSNBC people are talking about Hispanic voters. I never knew that Hispanic people and African Americans were at odds. I guess I have a lot to learn about animosity.
Oh, nonsense. He's been talking about the need to transform
Not nonsense. Sure he talks reform and I'm all for his visions, but that 'say anything' meme is repeating abundantly lately - out of the mouth of Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Wolf Blitzer, Sean Hannity, Tim Russert, numerous Obama surrogates, etc. and I recognize that as the Mighty Wurlitzer at work, which unfortunately is not nonsense, respectfully.
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I have discovered that book deals are easy: I am one for one. And I think I may hold the Jack Cafferty record: three in one show.
the over the top Clinton hatred gets on my nerves.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
Mine, too.
From BOTH sides.
this primary season will be over and we liberals can go back to our warm and apologetic embrace of bill clinton... -Syd B / Go Edwards
sure the Media will finally get its “pound of penis” and a President McCain to boot but most important it gets what it failed at before the destruction of one of our finest presidents (and believe it or not - a human)
What's the under/over on when Buchanan drops the n-bomb?
And they've got his right arm strapped down to the chair arm.
Karin
Eschaton readers dig me because I rarely wear underwear, and when I do it's usually something unusual.
ten tons of failure....
Darryl, skywatcher | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:01 pm | #
May it land on GWB.
U bought a new comforter just for teh kittehs?
Awfully nice of u....
No, iz for me, but of course Ripley thinks everything is for her.
My mom bought me a shirt at Kohls, so I had to drive out to the dreaded burbs to return it.
They had down comforters on sale 1/2 price, and I got a summer weight one, which I've been looking for anyhoo.
Disabled Spy Satellite Threatens Earth
Best headline since "Coward is Hero"
Tralfaz -- I'd play a game but I won't be awake much longer.
Soon, though!
Blair Witch Project.
Barbarism Begins at Home | 01.26.08 - 10:48 pm | #
The most overrated piece of shit ever...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 01.26.08 - 10:51 pm |
That, and Tears of Endearment.
With Blair Witch I was yelling at the screen: You're in a state park! In Maryland! Pick a direction and follow it, you'll run into civilization.
Eschaton readers dig me because I rarely wear underwear, and when I do it's usually something unusual.
Richard | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:02 pm | #
Mill Burray ?
...an uncontrolled re-entry could risk exposure of U.S. secrets, said John Pike, a defense and intelligence expert. Spy satellites typically are disposed of through a controlled re-entry into the ocean so that no one else can access the spacecraft.
No way McCain wins. When this becomes one on one he will become Grandpa Where Am I in about a week.
He will not win.
You'd be surpised how close i am.
You should come back to visit and we could hang out with David Rees and Rachel Maddow.
One time I came to Eschaton with my girlblog and this big bully kicked sand in my face. So that's when I said, "Okay, Mr. Thers, I'm willing to gamble a quarter and get your book !!!
Eschaton readers dig me because I rarely wear underwear, and when I do it's usually something unusual.
Richard
U wear pantz. How would we ever know?
I never knew that Hispanic people and African Americans were at odds. I guess I have a lot to learn about animosity.
I think that's just the MSM trying to find something, anything, to hang their "TEH DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS FRACTURING!!" meme on.
They're fucking desperate.
Night all, gonna spend some time with my kids. May all Republicans have a fitful, dream filled sleep that leaves them unrefreshed in the morning.
MSNBC people are talking about Hispanic voters. I never knew that Hispanic people and African Americans were at odds. I guess I have a lot to learn about animosity.
That should be Chomsky's next book title:
The Manufacture of Mistrust
He will not win.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:04 pm | #
We can only hope.
...an uncontrolled re-entry could risk exposure of U.S. secrets
If China gets to it first, that will be the third time we know about that they punked Bush.
ten tons of failure....
I remember when Skylab came down back in the summer of '79. They had no idea where that was going to land either. I remember a local TV station doing an all night Skylab watch with sci-fi movies.
Echidne...! Your gravatar is a pleasure to see!!
No way McCain wins. When this becomes one on one he will become Grandpa Where Am I in about a week.
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Bad Touch !!! Bad Touch !!!
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 01.26.08 - 11:03 pm | #
Most overhyped film ever, most overrated ever. Truly awful, not just thematically but technically as well. Sure, it's low budget, but that doesn't mean it has to look like absolute zero.
The cinematography in Blair Shit Project made Clerks look like Apocalypse Now.
And Blair is a blatant ripoff of Cannibal Holocaust, a much scarier, gruesome, and depressing film.
Spy satellites typically are disposed of through a controlled re-entry into the ocean so that no one else can access the spacecraft.
Darryl, skywatcher
When they say they're trying to control the damage, what they really mean is they hope not to have to kill too many people who try to get near the wreckage.
One time I came to Eschaton with my girlblog
Watch this roundhouse kick.
ok, everyone is back to sleep
Disabled Spy Satellite Threatens Earth
Best headline since "Coward is Hero"
The Kenosha Kid
what did batboy do this time?
an uncontrolled re-entry could risk exposure
We have guys for that.
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How do you get a gravatar?
I remember when Skylab came down back in the summer of '79. They had no idea where that was going to land either.
Probably because the math perfessor on Numb3rs was still in grade school.
If China gets to it first, that will be the third time we know about that they punked Bush.
Snow, Sombody's Gerry
spy plane! spy plane!!
They had down comforters on sale 1/2 price, and I got a summer weight one, which teh gurlzz have been wanting anyhoo.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
formatted yer towel
Echidne...! Your gravatar is a pleasure to see!!
Isn't it? I sent the haloscan people 25 smackers.
Soon, though!
V for Virginia
no problem! sweet upcoming dreams!
How do you get a gravatar?
dddd | 01.26.08 - 11:06 pm | #
3000 posts, then a barefoot walk across a glacier.
Hispanics hate Blacks is the new wingnut meme.
No way McCain wins. When this becomes one on one he will become Grandpa Where Am I in about a week.
He will not win.
I agree.
He becomes Mr. "old fart who hugged chimpy and wants to stay in Iraq for a 1000 years"
McCain does well in national polls because people are remembering 2000 John McCain. As Nicholson's Joker said, "Wait'll they get a load a me."
McCain will be pounded into the sand by Obama. Hillary will beat him by 3 - 4 states.
If China gets to it first, that will be the third time we know about that they punked Bush.
Snow, Sombody's Gerry | 01.26.08 - 11:05 pm | #
No one could have predicted a Chinese mole inside NSA (or NASA, or whoever the hell the satellite belongs to).
Gregoire is going to lose, unfortunately.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
Yipes! I know I'm late to the thread, but what happened? Didn't he do well in South Carolina?
Oh, wait.
I am not a political junkie. I can take it or leave it any time. Honest.
Planet Earth | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:07 pm | #
The MSM is grasping big time.
Anyhoo, I'm glad Obama won, and I'm glad he didn't just win with the black vote, but the over the top Clinton hatred gets on my nerves.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
That's how I feel, too. Though it also gets on my nerves when any critique is greeted with hostility.
I think we've all become habituated to the reactionary politics that have dominated the public square for so many years.
.
Tears of Endearment.
That film has the most irritating, cloying score in the history of planet Earth.
Isn't it? I sent the haloscan people 25 smackers.
Echidne
...not roundhouse kicks?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 01.26.08 - 11:03 pm | #
Most overhyped film ever, most overrated ever. Truly awful, not just thematically but technically as well. Sure, it's low budget, but that doesn't mean it has to look like absolute zero.
The cinematography in Blair Shit Project made Clerks look like Apocalypse Now.
And Blair is a blatant ripoff of Cannibal Holocaust, a much scarier, gruesome, and depressing film.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 01.26.08 - 11:06 pm
Couldn't even finish watching the movie.
Perhaps the Cloverfield monster ate them?
How do you get a gravatar?
dddd | 01.26.08 - 11:06 pm | #
3000 posts, then a barefoot walk across a glacier.
Gilly Gonzylon | 01.26.08 - 11:07 pm | #
I wanted one tonight.
How do you get a gravatar?
Go to gravatar.com and they tell you how to upload a pic and all that. It takes a few days before it works and you have to use the same e-mail addy you give them for commenting later.
How do you get a gravatar?
Go to gravatar.com and give them an email address and a picture for your gravatar. Once they approve it, you just have to fill in the email address and haloscan will display or not display your gravatar as it deems necessary and proper.
I guess I have a lot to learn about animosity.
Watch the prison specials, etc.
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Evening, all
How do you get a gravatar?
U go to gravatar.com and register.
Then when U post, U have to put the associated email in teh box and UR gravatar will show up automatically.
Hispanics hate Blacks is the new wingnut meme.
"See? We're not the only ones!"
Watch the prison specials, etc.
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QuentinCompson
thriller!
"Terms of Endearment:
I...hate....that...movie.
Pat Buchanan is shaking in his boots. He keeps saying Obama is angry and digging at the Clintons in his speech when he says we're up against the kind of politics where it's okay to say anything to get elected. I didn't hear that at pointed at the Clintons, but at the way politics have been played for far to long by just about everyone.- Sparkle Plenty
yup, including Obama:
(AP) Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Monday disavowed a memo criticizing rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's financial ties to India, blaming his campaign staff for a "dumb mistake." In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama labeled the memo and its headline — "Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab)" — as "unnecessarily caustic."
Then when U post, U have to put the associated email in teh box and UR gravatar will show up automatically.
..after they f@ck it up once or twice..
Isn't it? I sent the haloscan people 25 smackers.
Echidne
...not roundhouse kicks?
Darryl, skywatcher |
I considered those in the negotiation stages but mostly I just used whining.
No one could have predicted a Chinese mole inside NSA (or NASA, or whoever the hell the satellite belongs to).
Hell, it could crash inside China. They don't need a mole.
It must be tough to be at odds, when you're both black & Hispanic, like many I know.
Terms of Endearment
Steel Magnolias
That film has the most irritating, cloying score in the history of planet Earth.
Richard | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:08 pm | #
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:09 pm | #
Not one of my faves either. Saw it once, have never felt the need to revisit it.
Why do I get more worried the more I hear about this satellite thing?
Barbarism Begins at Home
Your chances of getting hit by a falling spy satellite or meteor are lower than... uh... they're lower than..
I can't think of anything right now.
He becomes Mr. "old fart who hugged chimpy and wants to stay in Iraq for a 1000 years"
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
How? The Village loves him. Who's gonna spread the 'grandpa' meme? The Villagers won't...they're all practically his age....
..after they f@ck it up once or twice..
The Kenosha Kid
I was wondering what happened to yours...
I guess the only advice I'd give to the lurkers who want to comment is:
Don't be a dick.
Leave that to us professionals!
Terms of Endearment
Steel Magnolias
Darryl, skywatcher
Hate the former
Like the latter
Latinos hate Blacks is the new Blacks hate immigrants.
TEBB, I know that most of the people here are pithy, funny, kind or insightful. That's why I lurk!
dddd
i can haz sum of what ur smokin??
mostly I just used whining.
Echidne
Mmmm...., wine.
Where's mine?
McCain will be pounded into the sand by Obama. Hillary will beat him by 3 - 4 states.
Yes.
And anyone who thinks that dems are going to cross party lines to vote for a rethug who has supported chimpy 90% of the time is smoking crack.
Tears of Endearment.
That film has the most irritating, cloying score in the history of planet Earth.
Richard | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:08 pm |
Don't remember the score.
I don't understand how it won all those Oscars, was 1983 really that sucky in terms of movies?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 01.26.08 - 11:08 pm | #
I saw it in a theater (it looked like shit on the big screen), and people were booing it and talking through the movie. Usually this angers me, but I turned to my friend and said "they're right, this film sucks, let 'em boo".
There were a lot of pissed off people after that screening.
My gravatar is an applique work I did meself. The background is the coolest summer frock I ever owned and the other fabrics were bought from sally army.
How? The Village loves him. Who's gonna spread the 'grandpa' meme? The Villagers won't...they're all practically his age....
It doesn't matter what they say.
That's what people think when they see him.
Not one of my faves either. Saw it once, have never felt the need to revisit it.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Once was enough for me, too.
Your chances of getting hit by a falling spy satellite or meteor are lower than... uh... they're lower than..
I can't think of anything right now.
shawk | 01.26.08 - 11:10 pm | #
Well, I didn't mean personal worry, but just a general worry about why they're talking so shadily about it.
I worry a lot. What can I say?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 01.26.08 - 11:11 pm | #
The Academy awards don't always award good movies, as we all know.
How do you get a gravatar?
Go to gravatar.com and they tell you how to upload a pic and all that. It takes a few days before it works and you have to use the same e-mail addy you give them for commenting later.
Echidne
Do not, I repeat, do not use a dodecahedron as your gravatar...
Your chances of getting hit by a falling spy satellite or meteor are lower than... uh... they're lower than..
K.D. Lang turning hetero and doing me for 12 hours in a meat locker.
That low ...
"Terms of Endearment:
I...hate....that...movie.
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:09 pm | #
Also hated Officer and a Gentleman.
How? The Village loves him. Who's gonna spread the 'grandpa' meme? The Villagers won't...they're all practically his age....
Doesn't mean shit.
"Stay in Iraq" isn't going to play with the American public.
They've had enough.
Obama wins SC in a blowout--almost 60%
I am eating peanuts with chopsticks
I don't understand how it won all those Oscars, was 1983 really that sucky in terms of movies?
The greatest film ever made received no nominations this year. None, in any award presentation related program activity.
Also hated Officer and a Gentleman.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
A love story where the stars couldn't stand one another.
Anyhoo, I'm glad Obama won, and I'm glad he didn't just win with the black vote, but the over the top Clinton hatred gets on my nerves.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
That's how I feel, too. Though it also gets on my nerves when any critique is greeted with hostility.
I think we've all become habituated to the reactionary politics that have dominated the public square for so many years.
.
Sparkle Plenty
I think a lot of us are hanging onto the frayed threads dangling from the end of our rope. By our fingernails.
We all need to win. It's pretty intense.
Also hated Officer and a Gentleman.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
my mother wore out at least two VHS copies of that
I know it's classified and all, but could there be more to it than meets the eye?
The wikipedia entry on the KH-12 doesn't mention the power source (although supposedly it failed because solar panels didn't work). Well, that and the big chunk of metal coming down from re-entry.
I'm guessing the feds are more worried about where it will land from the standpoint of others getting intel from the wreckage.
That's what people think when they see him.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
I hope so.
Also hated Officer and a Gentleman.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
Kind of liked that one. Winger and Gere did hate each other, though, must have been fun for Taylor Hackford.
I am eating peanuts with chopsticks
WalterNeff
I've always kidded that this is why asian people are not as fat...
Your chances of getting hit by a falling spy satellite or meteor are lower than... uh... they're lower than..
K.D. Lang turning hetero and doing me for 12 hours in a meat locker.
That low ...
Yah. But the satellite will fall somewhere with the probability of one.
Also hated Officer and a Gentle Ben
FYT
If Obama does break his pledge with regard to Florida, I would condemn that; I can't tell what your position is - you rant that Obama wants to disenfranchise voters in MI and FL, now you seem upset because he doesn't.
Call me names like "creep" and "dipshit moron" if it pleases you to do so when I point where you are wrong -- I will still keep doing it. The fact remains both BO and JE did pull their names off the ballot in MI and were not permitted to do in FL, contrary to more of your posts than I can count.
I like Larry McMurtry, and I liked parts of the movie-like when Debra Winger confronts her cheating asshole husband on campus, dragging the kids behind her.
K.D. Lang turning hetero and doing me for 12 hours in a meat locker.
That low ...
Doug Watts
Lower than that, even.
I think a lot of us are hanging onto the frayed threads dangling from the end of our rope. By our fingernails.
We all need to win. It's pretty intense.
Yep.
I really don't want Clinton to be the nominee, because I don't want to hear the nonsense.
But to pretend that she and the Clenis are the most ruthless, awful, nasty people who ever walked the face of the planet is just crazy.
I don't understand how it won all those Oscars, was 1983 really that sucky in terms of movies?
Try Oscar Winner "How Green Was My Valley" - 5 - count'em 5 Oscars.
My gravatar is an applique work I did meself. The background is the coolest summer frock I ever owned and the other fabrics were bought from sally army.
When Radical Cleric Mike Huckabee amends the Constitution to conform with his view of the Bible, you will have to be executed for mixing fibers.
Do not, I repeat, do not use a dodecahedron as your gravatar...
Soda-----> monitor!
I don't understand how it won all those Oscars, was 1983 really that sucky in terms of movies?
1983 best picture nominees...
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
The Dresser
Obama got more votes. So that means Hillary gets more delegates?
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A love story where the stars couldn't stand one another.
Terry C - Edwards 2008
So wuz Dirty Dancing. That's why they call it 'acting'.
1984 Academy Awards:
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awa...Awards_USA/
1984
Your chances of getting hit by a falling spy satellite or meteor are lower than... uh... they're lower than..
K.D. Lang turning hetero and doing me for 12 hours in a meat locker.
That low ...
Doug Watts
Way lower.
Lower than a fatal paper clip accident.
Well, I didn't mean personal worry, but just a general worry about why they're talking so shadily about it.
everything BooshCo controls is a state secret.
I suppose we could make a list of things that fell out of the sky under Dubya's watch.
When Radical Cleric Mike Huckabee amends the Constitution to conform with his view of the Bible, you will have to be executed for mixing fibers.
By stoning, I guess.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 01.26.08 - 11:11 pm | #
The Academy awards don't always award good movies, as we all know.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 01.26.08 - 11:12 pm
Nope.
George Johnston | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:15 pm | #
You didn't like it?
Tender Mercies tweren't bad.
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When Radical Cleric Mike Huckabee amends the Constitution to conform with his view of the Bible, you will have to be executed for mixing fibers.
Snow
speaking of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...h?
v=V82I7vgzfgE
1983 best picture nominees...
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
The Dresser
Richard | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:16 pm | #
That's a pretty weak lineup.
1983 Oscars
DON'T GET ME STARTED
also, How Green Was My Valley is a good movie - Citizen Kane wasn't seen by enough Academy members. The animosity toward it has been overstated.
I don't understand how it won all those Oscars, was 1983 really that sucky in terms of movies?
Terms Of Enrearment also won many honors.
You want to know who's going to be making big bucks the next 12 months?
Paper shredding companies in the DC area.
A love story where the stars couldn't stand one another.
Terry C - Edwards 2008
So wuz Dirty Dancing. That's why they call it 'acting'.
flory
Is THAT what they were doing in
"An Officer and a Gentleman"?
Could have fooled me.
""Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab)" — as "unnecessarily caustic."
focus"
obama's karl rove style dirty tricks shop but out another 'not for attribution' memo on The Big Dog also. Just disgusting. The worst of the worst rat wing smears. adnag outing obama might be the first and last good thing adnag ever does.
Oh and obama never fired nobody.
you will have to be executed for mixing fibers.
By stoning, I guess.
Echidne
Hasn't killed me yet. I've tried.
That's a pretty weak lineup.
DIE!
By stoning, I guess.
Uh, I don't know actually. But I do know it should be in a private, family ceremony.
also, How Green Was My Valley is a good movie - Citizen Kane wasn't seen by enough Academy members. The animosity toward it has been overstated.
Took the words right out of my keyboard.
But to pretend that she and the Clenis are the most ruthless, awful, nasty people who ever walked the face of the planet is just crazy.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
And tiresome.
We all need to win. It's pretty intense.
V for Virginia
I think you're right. The other day I was raging about something and pulled myself up with the sudden thought I feel besieged just like the Nixon backlash folks must have felt at the end of the 60s -- or all the union folks who turned toward Reagan in 80. I don't want to resort to similar irrational choices out frustration, but there are moments when I feel some empathy . . .
.
Uh, I don't know actually. But I do know it should be in a private, family ceremony.
Good. My brother always misses.
Way lower. Lower than a fatal paper clip accident.
shawk | 01.26.08 - 11:16 pm | #
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See ? And people tell me I have no chance with K.D.
dang, Christian Brando died at 49 of pneumonia today. i spent 8 days in the hospital with pneumonia last year and kept wondering if it was going to kill me. of course, if that was likely they'd have had me in i.c.u. but when you're on serious painkillers you aren't too rational.
Echidne...! Your gravatar is a pleasure to see!!
Isn't it? I sent the haloscan people 25 smackers.
Echidne
Glad you're still here, goddess. Although it would have been inexpressibly cool to have been able to claim it as haloscan's birthday present to me.
DIE!
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:18 pm | #
I'm guessing you disagree?
1984 Academy Awards:
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awa...a...Awards_USA/
1984
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:16 pm
Well, I liked The Right Stuff and War Games, but maybe 1983 did suck.
The Academy awards don't always award good movies, as we all know.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Stanley Fucking Kubrick's only Oscar™?
2001. For Special Effects.
Is THAT what they were doing in
"An Officer and a Gentleman"?
Could have fooled me.
Terry C - Edwards 2008
There are rumors to that effect.
So, I go off to defend the Constitution with my life and my balls and I come home with one less foot, I want to vote for who, and why?
Maybe I just take your money. Get used to it.
speaking of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...h? v=V82I7vgzfgE
::matthew | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:17 pm | #
Blasphemy! Everyone knows President Bartlet taking on Dr Laura is the more appropriate reference.
I meant this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a...h?v=a0ygcUTZ-
Zk
But to pretend that she and the Clenis are the most ruthless, awful, nasty people who ever walked the face of the planet is just crazy.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
and racists, and murderers, and the illegitimate love children of poppy and Bar - this shit permeates every intellectual level of discourse - it is a fucking psychotic phenomena?
That's a pretty weak lineup.
That was the verdict at the time. It was basically seen as a forgone conclusion that Terms of Endearment was going to win it, with The Big Chill seen as a very distant 2nd place.
Nutroot-induced Hilarity--the Gift That Keeps On Giving!
Oh the humanity!
The horror!
HAPPY BIRFDAY Upsidasium! May your potato fields never run empty.
Christian Brando died at 49 of pneumonia today.
What a fucked up life he had.
Good. My brother always misses.
Oh. That may not be a good idea then. It might lead some to believe your are some type of goddess or something. That would be bad.
Just a point of order: Trolls are not regarded as regulars.
Why don't you get some real legislators in Congress, you assholes, instead of these pathetic pretenders like Pelosi and Reid?
Blasphemy! Everyone knows President Bartlet taking on Dr Laura is the more appropriate reference.
Snow, Sombody's Gerry | 01.26.08 - 11:21 pm | #
One of the greatest TV moments ever.
and racists, and murderers, and the illegitimate love children of poppy and Bar - this shit permeates every intellectual level of discourse - it is a fucking psychotic phenomena?
Psychotic is right.
Say what you want about Bill, but after leaving office he could have gone off and make kazillions of dollars.
Instead he's continued with his public service.
In stark contrast to any living former rethug president. And in stark contrast to what chimpy will do.
He just wants to "refill the old coffers."
I"m hitting the hay, folks. Been a pleasure.
Sweet dreams.
Nutroot-induced Hilarity--the Gift That Keeps On Giving!
Oh the humanity!
The horror!
Lubyanka | 01.26.08 - 11:21 pm | #
Shouldn't there be two L's in "Hilarity"?
Ya know, to make it funny?
Just a point of order: Trolls are not regarded as regulars.
Echidne | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:23 pm | #
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Book of Armaments, Chapter IV.
But to pretend that she and the Clenis are the most ruthless, awful, nasty people who ever walked the face of the planet is just crazy.
Along those lines, dkos has been a rather shameful place in the last few weeks.
Right, the year 1941, it didn't hit me...Citizen Kane! Geez...
Sorry about that.
Also hated Officer and a Gentleman.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
my mother wore out at least two VHS copies of that
::matthew | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:14 pm |
I'm a woman, but the deliberately weepy, romantic crap has almost always annoyed me.
Didn't like Dirty Dancing, either.
Just me but I liked:
Never Cry Wolf
Blue Thunder
Flashdance
Return of the Jedi
The Right Stuff
Heart Like a Wheel
Rueben Rueben
Cross Creek
and
Trading Places
Better than Terms of Endearment
Hmm..., namecalling is evidence of a child-like frustration with life.
I meant this one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a.....h?v=a0ygcUTZ-
Zk
::matthew | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:21 pm | #
That's the one. Your sin is forgiven, my child.
The Right Stuff is my favorite movie.
Here's my top five:
1. The Right Stuff
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
3. The Third Man
4. Salesman (Maysles doc)
5. The General
brilliance from tnr:
White Men
One very important exit poll result, which I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more about in the days to come: Obama tied Hillary among white men.
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/t.../white-
men.aspx
Don't know what exit poll he is talking about and he doesn't tell us. But anyway there were 3 people in the race. Guess which one got more white males than obama or Hillary. At least according to cnn:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008...s/epolls/
#SCDEM
He just wants to "refill the old coffers."
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
Can u imagine that dolt writing a book? All by hisself?
Sorry, I liked that Officer & A Gentleman was about working class people. As a Cinderella story, it's a lot better than Pretty Woman.
DWD - helluva list. Thumbs up
Marlon Brando:
nutroot hippie Father Figure--all the right "progressive" causes
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
I fucking LOVE that movie.
My brother and I saw it in the theater when we were kids.
We laughed ourselves silly.
2001. For Special Effects.
shawk | 01.26.08 - 11:21 pm | #
Yup. Hell, in 1964 My Fair Lady won Best Picture (Strangelove was out that year).
My Fair Lady is entertaining, but it didn't have the impact Strangelove did (and still does).
Kind of like Valley and Kane. Valley is a wonderful film, but Kane is much more influential.
We could use a real President too... luckily, a year from now, we'll probably have one.
5. The General
Buster Keaton, or the Boorman movie?
Say what you want about Bill, but after leaving office he could have gone off and make kazillions of dollars.
Instead he's continued with his public service.
[...]
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:23 pm | #
The was a story in the WSJ about Bill cashing out his $20Million in profits in some fund he has been assisting because its deals with Dubai etc. might be a problem on the campaign.
Of course, it's nothing compared to Cheney retaining his Halbiburton stock while VP, but ...
One of the greatest TV moments ever.
In the top ten greatest tv moments, I think The West Wing might have a majority. Unfunded mandate is two words, not one big one.
brilliance from tnr:
The cartoonlike desire to turn everything into a dualistic simple thing pisses me off. It's not that simple, ever, and deciding it is and then going out to find an anecdote to support that plot is stupid.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:24 pm | #
Salesman is an interesting choice...an excellent film.
Can u imagine that dolt writing a book? All by hisself?
Don't worry, some sucker will write one for him and it will instantly end up in the remainder bins.
I'd have to have 20 or 30 top five lists depending on the genre or my mood
"Comment by Lubyanka blocked. [unkill][show comment]"
Another troll shows up, waving its tiny, useless penis, and runs headfirst into killfile, knocking itself even stupider than it was to begin with.
Man, that NEVER gets old!
The General is certainly funny, perhaps my hardest-laughed-at out of my seat etc.
Coulda been the dope though.
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5. The General
Buster Keaton, or the Boorman movie?
Richard
I did not want to know that about you.
Right Stuff is actually a pale imitation of Chuck Yeager's autobiography, which is truly fucked up. Just read it the other day. Really great book. His wife Glennis writes quite a bit in it. Fascinating woman.
Walter,
That list was culled from the IMDB list of nominated movies for '83. (But thanks anyway)
The Right Stuff is my favorite movie.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:24 pm | #
Really?
I thought it was overlong and tedious, but there's no arguing taste, as the Romans used to say.
2001 is more my speed as far as spacefaring movies go.
..but the deliberately weepy, romantic crap has almost always annoyed me.
---amen, buckeye. and i've never once read a "romance" novel. when i have a romance i enjoy the heck out of it and when i don't i don't want to read about some imaginary romance.
Thank you for all the advice. I have to say, it used to be that I liked the Clintons, but now I feel like turning off the TV whenever I see one of them. I'll vote for Hill if she wins, but I hope I can regain some enthusiasm. I thought Obama said it well when he called that kind of politics "depressing".
Yup. Hell, in 1964 My Fair Lady won Best Picture
That's one of my favorite movies. And is probably the first grown up movie premiere I ever went to.
I was six.
(Walter Neff will probably remember, but back in the 60's, when big films opened it was a big deal, with programs and everything)
Speaking of Oscars - Kevin O'Connell was nominated again this year. His mother recently died: she won't get to see him win.
19 noms - no wins. This year is his 20th nom. Sound/Sound Editing
Salesman
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
The soul of the GOP is contained within that film.
There are a lot of classic movies I've somehow missed thru the years.
Some of my favorite movies:
The Wizard of Oz
Airplane
Young Frankenstein
The Music Man
Galaxy Quest
Yeah, slanted toward the comic stuff.
.but the deliberately weepy, romantic crap has almost always annoyed me.
---amen, buckeye. and i've never once read a "romance" novel. when i have a romance i enjoy the heck out of it and when i don't i don't want to read about some imaginary romance.
Pick one up, a recent one. You might be surprised by what they have become. Mostly soft porn for women.
'night, bats.
A Soldier of Orange
Black Book
...two movies about twenty-five years apart but a perfect "double-feature."
Please don't quote the trolls.
It defeats the purpose of killfile and makes their tiny, useless penises all tingly like.
Thank you for your kind attention.
I see my gravatar didn't show up.
Christian Brando died at 49 of pneumonia today.
What a fucked up life he had.
MP
Used as a pawn by warring parents.
Small wonder things turned out the way they did for him.
Hard to really place them in any order, but here are a few of my favorites...
Paths of Glory
Dr. Strangelove
Seven Days in May
the Manchurian Candidate
the Thin Red Line (1998 version)
Kiss Me Deadly
Bullit
The Sweet Smell of Success
Kiss Me Deadly
the Godfather I and II
Apocalypse Now
Dark City
Oh noes!
A large maine coon kitteh is pawing at me, demanding mah attention.
Finger biting is immanent.
Don't worry, some sucker will write one for him and it will instantly end up in the remainder bins.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
Like those thoughtful Presidential letters of Reagan that just "turned up" last year. C'mon, even the Rethugs didn't fall for that pathetic horseshit.
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
From Durante "kicking the bucket" to Merman slipping on a banana peel, that is a funny, funny film.
Another troll shows up, waving its tiny, useless penis, and runs headfirst into killfile, knocking itself even stupider than it was to begin with.
Man, that NEVER gets old!
Chris Tucker
That particular mouthbreather is SO predictable.
.but the deliberately weepy, romantic crap has almost always annoyed me.
---amen, buckeye. and i've never once read a "romance" novel. when i have a romance i enjoy the heck out of it and when i don't i don't want to read about some imaginary romance.
Pick one up, a recent one. You might be surprised by what they have become. Mostly soft porn for women.
Echidne | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:29 pm |
Maybe after I finish His Dark Materials, re-read LOTR, and a couple of books on the Soviet Union (by sdf and GWPDA), maybe I'll hit the romance stuff.
"The cartoonlike desire to turn everything into a dualistic simple thing pisses me off. It's not that simple, ever, and deciding it is and then going out to find an anecdote to support that plot is stupid.
Echidne"
It's the script. The "liberal media" has a script. And it sure looks like race is what it is. And if that doesn't work they'll through in gender. In every dem contest record numbers have come out to vote. Not mentioned a whole lot. The repubs are barely a party any more. Everybody hates them. Not mentioned a whole lot.
I see my gravatar didn't show up.
It takes a while.
It will show up eventually.
2001, Ran (Kurosawa), Satantango, Lawrence of Arabia, Aguirre: Wrath of God, Solaris (Tarkovsky), L'argent, The Last Emperor, 8 1/2, Once Upon a Time in America.
Ironically, the MSM has selected red as the color to represent Obama's counties in South Carolina.
That poll doesn't tell us who got the white male vote, hadenough.
In every dem contest record numbers have come out to vote. Not mentioned a whole lot. The repubs are barely a party any more. Everybody hates them. Not mentioned a whole lot.
Iz true.
This is my new favorite movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0...h?
v=02CHxCIE2QY
Kiss Me Deadly
So good, I had to mention it twice.
Also...
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 version)
Days of Heaven
the Wages of Fear
From Russia With Love
sidhra صي ذ& | 01.26.08 - 11:32 pm | #
I would love to see that film on the big screen in a restored, 70mm, Cinerama print.
The best part is when Jonathan Winters destroys the gas station.
Chuck Yeager fell 50,000 feet in 51 seconds in the Bell X-1A over the Mojave Desert. He knew he was going to die. The entire plane was designed without an ejection seat. If the liquid oxygen tanks caught fire, he could not bail out. The guy was fucking crazy, but lived.
I'm going to watch "8 1/2", "9 and a Half Weeks", and "10"
if anyone is interested we can share what books we have in our individual "to be read" piles.
my includes:
1949: The First Israelis
Doubt
Of Moths and Men
hat poll doesn't tell us who got the white male vote, hadenough.
I think it went for both Obama and Edwards.
Obama did quite well with them, which is good news.
I suppose... posting a list of my DVD and CD would make for an interesting blog post.
It's the script. The "liberal media" has a script. And it sure looks like race is what it is. And if that doesn't work they'll through in gender. In every dem contest record numbers have come out to vote. Not mentioned a whole lot. The repubs are barely a party any more. Everybody hates them. Not mentioned a whole lot.
One retired editor told me that the writers are reluctant to work very hard. I didn't take her seriously but now I think she may be right. Certain themes are so easy to write about, or look like that at least (in fact, race and gender are really hard to write about, even after decades of study). So they go with those. Then you don't have to learn about the geeky differences in the health care policy proposals.
Some of my faves:
Love and Death
Annie Hall
White Mischief
M
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter
That Hamilton Woman
Edward My Son
Sunset Boulevard
Some Like it Hot
The Odd Couple
The Producers
Bugsy
Back Street (1961)
Spinal Tap
Zelig
Radio Days
Billary are in the process of reminding the rest of us of what we love so much about them--the bimbos, the mendacity, the triangulation, the bimbos, the blatant lying to Cabinet members, the bit lips, the utter lack of integrity, Fleetwood Mac, the mendacity, the hypocrisy, the implicit racism, the etc....
The Right Stuff: I saw Conti conduct his Oscar-winning score with the Seattle Symphony
Mad World - I took a film class from Kramer: great storyteller (I'm too lazy to spell ranconteur).
The Third Man - Best character entrance evah
Salesman - Everything a documentary should be
The General - pure cinema
I like Walter's signature flick, Double Indemnity. Steve Douglas was a real prick in that movie.
I'm going to watch "8 1/2", "9 and a Half Weeks", and "10"
Gilly Gonzylon
Not Oceans Eleven or Twelve Angry Men?
Lawrence of Arabia.
Love.
Young Frankenstein.
Adore.
"That poll doesn't tell us who got the white male vote, hadenough.
Karin "
page 5 at the bottom.
"Vote by Race and Gender"
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008...s/epolls/
#SCDEM
Duck Soup, Ordet, La Dolce Vita, The Man who Shot Liberty Valance, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Joe Dirt, All that Jazz, Death in Venice, Once Upon a Time in the West, Zoolander...
do they have movies in 70mm anymore?
I have a few feet of 70mm from the original star wars
Gilly
Turn your speakers all the way up to 11
TEBB, I have:
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lives of the Poets, something else somebody gave me
In 1940, Senator Harry Truman faced a primary challenger who was more or less backed by FDR (it was, as usual w/Roosevelt, hard to say for sure)... and in the midst of that, the Republicans who controlled his home county chose that particular time to foreclose the mortgage on his mother's farm, forcing her and his sister off the family land... so when people get all "depressed" about politics, maybe they ought to just suck it up and not whine, because it has always been, it will always be, a nasty business.
And he was a dick in The Apartment, as well.
Janeane - I liked Joe Dirt
In the top ten greatest tv moments, I think The West Wing might have a majority. Unfunded mandate is two words, not one big one.
Snow, Sombody's Gerry
Not one of the greatest but one of the strangest, and upsetting, moments in TV history I ever witnessed was a mid-1980s show with Gary Collins, (this only rememberized because he was just sentenced for DUI), his famous co-host?, and a doctor demonstrating why the procedure of blood donation was safe despite the AIDS outbreak (then at its peak). The Dr. tried to show how a syringe needle was methodically changed from patient to patient- and then inadvertently used same needle directly from co-host’s arm to draw from Collins’ arm ... dr. immediately realized mistake and went chalk white followed by co-host then Collins. it was unbelievably uncomfortable moment all around … the faces of uncomprehending questioning and some type of attempt at an unknowing reassurance to each other – yikes
A Soldier of Orange
Black Book
...two movies about twenty-five years apart but a perfect "double-feature."
Darryl, skywatcher | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:29 pm
I just finshed Black Book, need to watch Soldier of Orange.
Christian Brando died at 49 of pneumonia today.
What a fucked up life he had.
MP
...the first place that Mrs. Jack K. and I lived in as married people was along a little creek in Southwestern Washington State. Up the slope behind us was a nice cabin owned by the Marlon Brando conglomerate; it was mostly used by his family and friends as a remote mountain getaway. We never met anybody that visited, but the folks at the nearbye restaurant and bar and little country store had all sorts of stories about his son.
He was, according to their experiences, a pretty messed up puppy 25 years ago...
::matthew | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:36 pm | #
Malick's The New World was partially shot on 70mm.
First film since Branagh's Hamlet, which was shot completely in 70mm....
HillaRY TRYING TO CHANGE HER TONE AGAIN ON CSPAN.
EVERYONE OF THESE CANDIDATES, BOT REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT, IS TRYING TO BE OBAMA.
Janeane - I liked Joe Dirt
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:36 pm | #
Yucky Squared
I have a few feet of 70mm from the original star wars
No shit?
That is cool.
The best part is when Jonathan Winters destroys the gas station.
But... this is a little girl's bike.
Even businessmen, who rob and cheat and steal from people everyday, even they have to pay taxes.
ANY Marx Brothers movie.
Mrs. Parkington (Greer Garson)
The Apartment
Double Indemnity
Just about anything Billy Wilder directed
"That poll doesn't tell us who got the white male vote, hadenough.
Karin "
Oooops page 4 at the bottom.
Young Frankenstein: The Musical
Saw it in Seattle. Meh, except Sutton Foster's right eyebrow and both legs, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Megan Mullally
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:36 pm | #
Was wondering who would catch that...hehehehe...
Sorry, have to disagree, Spade is too smarmy for me...
HILLARY LACKS INTONATION AND RHYTHM.
Blank Man is tragically underrated.
Ikiru
Contempt
Ruby in Paradise
-
From Durante "kicking the bucket" to Merman slipping on a banana peel, that is a funny, funny film.
sidhra صي ذ& | 01.26.08 - 11:32 pm | #
Amazing cast of some of the funniest people who ever lived.
Jimmy Durante
Sid Caesar
Milton Berle
Dick Shawn
Buddy Hackett
Phil Silvers
Jonathan Winters
Terry Thomas
Selma Diamond (voice)
Jack Benny (cameo)
Jim Backus
"That poll doesn't tell us who got the white male vote, hadenough.
Karin "
Oooops: page 4 at the bottom
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:38 pm | #
I haven't gotten around to Ace in the Hole yet. Just got released on DVD.
You seen that one, Terry?
And did you see Fedora? I love that one.
HILLARY ON CSPAN SAYS SHE THINKS THE MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE INDEXED TO CONGRESSIONAL PAY RAISES.
Now listen to me, Mommy, listen to me close. You stay right there, because I'm coming, Mom. I'm coming to get you.
nick carraway, of course. but it's still depressing, I whine.
What the hell is going on? haloscan is more fucked up than usual?
Young Frankenstein: The Musical
Saw it in Seattle. Meh, except Sutton Foster's right eyebrow and both legs, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Megan Mullally
I have no interest in that. Yikes, why can't they just leave stuff alone?
I also heard that there's going to be a remake of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
Lev Spiro is going to direct.
Now why the fuck do they feel the world needs a remake of that? the original was a perfectly fine and pleasantly mindless and fun film.
Walken was funny in Joe Dirt, parodying his more than slightly mentally disturbed movie personna.
He would have been wonderful in Cuckoo's Nest, which was also a great flick.
Movies I watch over and over:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Buffalo Bill and the Indians
Ishtar
Smoke
Smoke Signals
Matewan
.
HILLARY SAYS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES CANNOT BE DETERMINING WHO LIVES AND DIES IN AMERICA.
A few years ago I saw a very nice print of Mad World at Paul Allen's refurbished Cinerama. He also screened the three projector version of How the West Was Won which looked like it was shot about three weeks before: I could see Stewart's nose hairs.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:40 pm | #
Well, they did make a musical out of Xanadu, which was an awful film.
Bill and Ted was mindless fun, why would they remake that? Geesh...
What the hell is going on? haloscan is more fucked up than usual?
hadenough
whenever I think it couldn't suck any worse, it always proves me wrong
HILLARY ON CSPAN SAYS SHE THINKS THE MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD BE INDEXED TO CONGRESSIONAL PAY RAISES.
priam
Well, considering the importance of the two I would rather than the minimum wage be equal to that of the congress. At least then it would be putting money in the hands of someone actually doing something productive and helpful to people.
Matewan - I have a signed screenplay.
Movies I watch over and over:
Pink Flamingos
Eraserhead
HILLARY SAYS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES CANNOT BE DETERMINING WHO LIVES AND DIES IN AMERICA.
priam | 01.26.08 - 11:41 pm | #
Jesus, are you like her personal play-by-play announcer, or what?
I nominate this as the best trailer for a bad movie..
The Thing With Two Heads (Trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g...h?
v=gWHNA_j7h5A
Amazing cast of some of the funniest people who ever lived.
And Spencer Tracy!!
HILLARY IS CALLING FOR A UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
I'm currently reading 'Blonde Faith' by Walter Mosely.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:42 pm | #
I have a signed laserdisc of Hellraiser, and a signed DVD of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.
In Cuckoo's Nest, the director really made you think those poor souls were nuts.
Well..., there are good movies.
And then..., there are guilty pleasures.
The Apartment
Double Indemnity
I'm very good in those.
HILLARY SAYS THE INSURANCE COMPANIES CANNOT BE DETERMINING WHO LIVES AND DIES IN AMERICA.
priam
No, we should leave that to hospital administrators and drug company executives and members of the AMA who determine their fees based on their portfolios. . . .
The life of brian
Star Wars
Beau Geste
The grapes of Rath
Godfather
Gilly Gonzylon | 01.26.08 - 11:42 pm | #
Flamingos is actually a very funny movie, consistently so.
Most people talk about the final scene, which honestly, is kind of unnecessary.
Bill and Ted was mindless fun, why would they remake that? Geesh...
I dunno.
I saw it recently on cable, and it's still funny.
HILLARY SAYS ANYONE WILLING TO FORGOE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THEIR LIFETIME INCOME TO A BANK SHOULD GET FULL FINANCING FOR COLLEGE.
I nominate this as the best trailer for a bad movie..
The Thing With Two Heads (Trailer)
Richard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y...h?
v=yXbFuNQwTbs
I know I'll have a strong box full of every format of "High School High" when they wheel my drooling, leaky ass into the nursing home.
And then..., there are guilty pleasures.
I never feel guilty about any of those.
HILLARY IS CALLING FOR MENTAL HEALTH PARITY.
Fourlegsgood:
******
Cat Blogging
********
HILLARY IS CALLING FOR A UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
priam
Tell you what, let's just take the kids out their mothers' wombs, put them in child rearing centers and teach them right then and there how to be good consumers and to not think: wouldn't that work better?
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:44 pm | #
It is funny in a mindless way. I wasn't really insulting it (surprising coming from me).
And Spencer Tracy!!
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:43 pm
Oh yeah! But he wasn't one of the funniest people who ever lived, though ...
"I'm comin' to get ya, mama!"
"Sylvesterrrrrrr!"
I never feel guilty about any of those.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
Come sit by me.
Matewan - I have a signed screenplay.
Walter Neff.
Wow. How did you come by that? My SO heard him read in Central Park once and said it was amazing. I love a lot of his stuff. My kids got me Return of the Secaucus 7 for Christams -- so much fun to have.
.
giant orange stupid is highlighting some exit poll stats. It was a blow out. Throw the stats out. obama doubled Hillary and edwards was 10 points behind her. What the hell is sense of 'obama lead in this catergory'? He got 55% of the vote!
OK -- the woman I didn't leave the monastery to marry used to teach Obama's kids in the University of Chicago Lab School -- knows Michelle, better (mothers do these things, right?)
Prior, you know I teach at Lab? Are you still in touch with said woman? Anytime you're in the neighborhood, drop by the Science Office, I'll buy you lunch...
With respect to Jesse Jackson's winning SC (twice, according to the Big Dog), I doubt it was by the margin Obama scored.
No matter who gets the nomination, Barack Obama made history tonight.
signed DVD of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.
That's tres cool.
and I raise you:
Screenwriter Stewart Stern (I've had lunch with him) signed my DVD of a film he wrote and was nominated for:
Rebel Without a Cause
A few years ago I saw a very nice print of Mad World at Paul Allen's refurbished Cinerama.
That movie is MEANT to be seen on the big screen.
THere's so much going on.
HILLARY IS CALLING FOR THE WIDENING OF I-75 FROM SAULT SAINT MARIE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS!
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World isn't always funny, but's consistently entertaining and never boring.
My favorite Stanley Kramer film is On the Beach.
If it wasn't raining, I'd be at a Macaulay Culkin film festival right now.
It will only depress you if you let it.
I just don't think there was ever a time when politics wasn't damned unpleasant, and the ugliest fights are often (not always) the most important.
Love to stay and play but I have to go to sleep.
Night, all
Peace.
Hillary sucks. One more corporate centrist. Go Hillary. The Status Quo forever!
The Great Race...!!
Sparkle Plenty:
a clarification: Not a John Sayles autograph - a Chris Cooper autograph.
The CAPSLOCK troll is too much for me right now. Goodnight.
"Tell you what, let's just take the kids out their mothers' wombs, put them in child rearing centers and teach them right then and there how to be good consumers and to not think: wouldn't that work better?
DWD"
Who's gonna pay for that?
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac | 01.26.08 - 11:46 pm | #
I can't really top that one. I have an Are You Being Served? book signed by John Inman (Mr. Humphries).
"I'm comin' to get ya, mama!"
Brooklyn Girl, hangin' out
"... that's why you had me"
Matewan - I have a signed screenplay.
When I lived in Hoboken, John Sayles used to hang out at the YMCA, play pickup baseketball games.
somehow I believe that paul allen would have the best theatre in the universe...and it's probably on a big assed boat
The Great Race...!!
Darryl, skywatcher | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:47 pm | #
My favorite movie as a kid. That and A Hard Days Night.
It is funny in a mindless way. I wasn't really insulting it (surprising coming from me).
Oh, I knew that.
Sometimes movies should just be silly and fun.
For the record, I also liked Time Bandits.
Why does jack think that YELLING makes his posts anymore intelligent?
Elvis beat Khrushchev. GE beat Elvis.
a Chris Cooper autograph
I like his work. Didn't he get a late start at acting?
I have a signed Robert Frost poem. The one about the calves.
I can't really top that one. I have an Are You Being Served? book signed by John Inman (Mr. Humphries).
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 01.26.08 - 11:47 pm | #
That's awesome! I still watch that show on PBS when it come on. Funny, funny stuff.
And now, I'm really out. 'Night.
I have a signed Robert Frost poem. The one about the calves.
Echidne
...two-headed calves?
to the Keys?
Odd, when ron Paul talked about the "NAFTA Superhighway", it was going to start on the Mexican border...
oh well, that makes it easier for the Cubans to get to Canada...
I have a signed Robert Frost poem. The one about the calves.
Echidne | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:49 pm | # '
I have a signed Bukowski book.
I'd say I enjoy 95 out of 100 films I watch...I'm just not that critical.
I just don't think there was ever a time when politics wasn't damned unpleasant, and the ugliest fights are often (not always) the most important.
nick carraway | 01.26.08 - 11:46 pm | #
You know what's really depressing?
When I wuz in the burbs tonight, I stopped at a Target and it seemed like every single person in there shopping had a baby and a couple of kids, and/or was pregnant.
Feh.
Guiltiest pleasure - Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982).
Hilarious.
-
Gravatars can take a long time to show up.
I've got a couple of autographs-Howard Zinn's autobiography, and a Hubert Sumlin album. And Oscar Maria Graf's autobiography, who no one has ever heard of.
I'd say I enjoy 95 out of 100 films I watch...I'm just not that critical.
::matthew | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:50 pm | #
--
Then you have not seen "The Bad Lieutenant."
Gravatars can take a long time to show up.
Kind of like Tiger pictures, eh?
The Great Race...!!
Darryl, skywatcher
here you could Leslie: Who's Minding The Mint
As a young kid, my favorite movie was Swiss Family Robinson. I must have seen it 5 times before the age of 7. I loved the treehouse.
Since then, I haven't seen it in at least 35 years.
I have a signed Bukowski book.
I think Gilly wins.
HILLARY IS CALLING FOR A UNIVERSAL PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
priam
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh, that's EDUCATING children.
Education is bad.
Judgment at Nuremberg is my second favorite Kramer film: tidbit - and you would know this if you read my column in Boxoffice magazine - as you may know, Judgment at Nuremberg was originally a live Playhouse 90 presentation. Claude Rains played the Tracy part. It was sponsored by . . . wait for it . . .
The American Gas Council.
I have a signed Don Martin. Honest.
I think the only autographed thing I have is a Peter, Paul and Mary album with Mary Travers sig on one side and Peter Yarrow on the other.
I think Gilly wins.
I want a rematch.
I haven't gotten around to Ace in the Hole yet. Just got released on DVD.
You seen that one, Terry?
And did you see Fedora? I love that one.
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Liked both of those.
Judgment at Nuremberg is my second favorite Kramer film: tidbit - and you would know this if you read my column in Boxoffice magazine - as you may know, Judgment at Nuremberg was originally a live Playhouse 90 presentation. Claude Rains played the Tracy part. It was sponsored by . . . wait for it . . .
The American Gas Council.
Holy cow!
I love that film too.
I have a signed Don Martin. Honest.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi
Doe he eat a lot?
I'd say I enjoy 95 out of 100 films I watch...I'm just not that critical.
I have a good success rate, because I'm rather picky and have a pretty good idea of which films I'm likely to enjoy.
Dr Hekyl and Hype. That was funny in a strange, twisted way.
Kinda like, Repo Man
I have a signed copy of Terry Dowling's last book.
Yes, Gilly wins.
But I want an honourable mention for sending sallyh a signed Brautigan
Judgment at Nuremberg is my second favorite Kramer film: tidbit - and you would know this if you read my column in Boxoffice magazine - as you may know, Judgment at Nuremberg was originally a live Playhouse 90 presentation. Claude Rains played the Tracy part. It was sponsored by . . . wait for it . . .
The American Gas Council.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
Judgment at Nuremberg is another favorite....and Claude Rains is one of my all time favorite actors.
I have trouble sitting still long enough for movies or television, really.
I have a signed Don Martin. Honest.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/
m...in_don_frak.jpg
Jean Shepard autographed Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories for me.
I have a signed Don Martin. Honest.
Bjorn,a poor young country boi
Doe he eat a lot?
MP | 01.26.08 - 11:54 pm | #
Shlurp, shbloot, narknark, blunpfht...
Kind of like Tiger pictures, eh?
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
Hey, I just posted one!
Judgment at Nuremberg is my second favorite Kramer film: tidbit - and you would know this if you read my column in Boxoffice magazine - as you may know, Judgment at Nuremberg was originally a live Playhouse 90 presentation. Claude Rains played the Tracy part.
Who played Chris Dodd's dad's part?
fourlegs: good thing you don't run around in the same circle I do... most all my close friends have been having kids right left & center the last few years, plus I have a niece and nephew of fairly recent vintage.
I get a kick out of them all, they're going to be good people someday I think, but it doesn't make me want kids...
We should make John Gibson and Rita Cosby watch Ace in the Hole with their eyes pried open like A Clockwork Orange's Alex
I have an autographed copy of Robert Burns' poetry. Not autographed by the Bard. Whoever it was who gave it as a Birthday present.
Echidne | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:55 pm | #
Then you probably shouldn't watch Our Hitler: A Film from Germany. I just rented it, and it ran over 7 hours.
But it's brilliant, really stunning.
Movies worth watching more than once:
Seven Samurai (Kurosawa)
Stalag 17 (Wilder)
Casablanca (Curtiz)
Big Sleep (Hawks)
Klute (Pakula)
Z (Costa-Gavras)
Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick)
Witness (Weir)
Year of Living Dangerously (Weir)
Local Hero (Forsyth)
I have a signed Albert Goldbarth.
I have the autograph of the 1985 Nobel Prize winner in physics.
Jeffrey Hunter played Shatner's part
fourlegs: good thing you don't run around in the same circle I do... most all my close friends have been having kids right left & center the last few years, plus I have a niece and nephew of fairly recent vintage.
I understand that people want to have kids.
It's just that the planet is overcrowded and out it the burbs it's all about the cult of babies.
I have trouble sitting still long enough for movies or television, really.
Echidne | Homepage | 01.26.08 - 11:55 pm | #
Me too. Anything with a plot and I'm lost.
a clarification: Not a John Sayles autograph - a Chris Cooper autograph.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
Oh, I love him, too. He was perfection in Silver City.
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We should make John Gibson and Rita Cosby watch Ace in the Hole with their eyes pried open like A Clockwork Orange's Alex
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
Truer words were never spoken.
But I want an honourable mention for sending sallyh a signed Brautigan
I also got Zinn to sign a book for GWPDA, inscribed to her personally, 'to a fellow historian'.
HILLARY IS CALLING FOR BLOGGERS INSIDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
We should make John Gibson and Rita Cosby watch Ace in the Hole with their eyes pried open like A Clockwork Orange's Alex
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
Or just a dark screen. As long as the eye gadget is used.
MsCompson has some dirt from the boots of Joel Coen, circa O Brother, Where Art Thou?, whence she was an extra.
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Methinks I shall investigate this "kill file"....
Hey, I just posted one!
About goddamned time.
David Derbes, textifyin' -- That's a great list. "My Favorite Year" is another that's a shot in the arm for me.
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WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
With no doctor keeping their eyes moist. In Clockwork, there was a man next to Alex putting saline in his eyes. That was a real eye doctor who did that to prevent McDowell from going blind.
If I had posted my Ace in the Hole comment on Redstate there would have been a giant, thundering collective . .
"huh?"
"cult of babies"
oh yeah. That part gets old quick.
Richard - that's not possible: I don't sign anything
priam, STOP SHOUTING. 'Kay???
Thanks, Sparkle. "My Favorite Year" is excellent.
Or just a dark screen. As long as the eye gadget is used.
In flight school, they stick you in a room without a single source of light illuminated. Pitch black. You cannot see anything at all. Freaky feeling.
Has anyone seen "Gone, Baby, Gone"?
Heard it was good.
"cult of babies"
oh yeah. That part gets old quick.
Makes me want to barf.
I have an autographed copy of Robert Burns' poetry. Not autographed by the Bard. Whoever it was who gave it as a Birthday present. -Snow, Sombody's Gerry
see, that's funny - I have an autogrphed puck from Wayne Gretzky - Happy B-Day Great One!
n flight school, they stick you in a room without a single source of light illuminated. Pitch black. You cannot see anything at all. Freaky feeling.
Then something cold and slimy touches the nape of your neck...
You cannot see anything at all. Freaky feeling.
Snow, Sombody's Gerry
Very claustrophobic, I would imagine. Or maybe that was the test.
Thanks, Sparkle. "My Favorite Year" is excellent.
David Derbes, textifyin'
You're plastered!
So are some of the greatest erections in Europe!
I'm currently reading 'Blonde Faith' by Walter Mosely.
Karin
Is that the one that he says is the last Easy Rawlins novel? I've heard Mosley speak. He's great. Signed a couple of books for us, too.
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Cult of Babynality
...I would imagine that this probably isn't the place and time to declare my admiration for "Paint Your Wagon" and "Sometimes A Great Notion"...
Not to mention "Casablanca", although David Derbes covered it above...
"cult of babies"
oh yeah. That part gets old quick.
nick carraway | 01.27.08 - 12:01 am | #
I remember when holiday cards actually had illustrations on them. Now people send pictures of their kids. Frankly, I'm not that interested.
In flight school, they stick you in a room without a single source of light illuminated. Pitch black. You cannot see anything at all. Freaky feeling.
Did UR eyes start seeing odd things?
in flight school, they stick you in a room without a single source of light illuminated. Pitch black. You cannot see anything at all. Freaky feeling.
You can't hail from a really rural area. It was pitch black at night where I grew up.
Very claustrophobic, I would imagine. Or maybe that was the test.
Could be. Or it was that one night at Captain Flounder's.
I watched part of Top Gun today. It was hilarious.
Tom Skerrit looked like Andrei Tarkovsky.
Has anyone seen "Gone, Baby, Gone"?
Heard it was good.
Karin | 01.27.08 - 12:02 am | #
Yeah, it is. Ben Affleck should stick to directing. His brother is really good.
I remember when holiday cards actually had illustrations on them. Now people send pictures of their kids. Frankly, I'm not that interested.
Me either.
Sigh. My goddaughter had her first child last week. She extracted a promise from me that I would do his first baby pics.
Has anyone seen "Gone, Baby, Gone"?
Heard it was good.
Karin
I really liked it. It was painfully Southie sometimes.
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You can't hail from a really rural area. It was pitch black at night where I grew up.
Echidne
But very starry at times as well, I bet.
Did UR eyes start seeing odd things?
Didn't see a single thing. Then there was this really bright light . . .
Yeah, it is. Ben Affleck should stick to directing. His brother is really good.
I think he wants to.
And I think he's fine when he does smaller, character parts.
I used to watch "All About Eve" every time it was on teevee. Great movie ... acting, writing, costumes ... and Better Davis and Marilyn Monroe in the same movie. Talk about a study in contrasts ...
Witness (Weir)
I like his movies.
Gallipoli
Fearless
Master and Commander
good stuff.
You can't hail from a really rural area. It was pitch black at night where I grew up.
Echidne
But very starry at times as well, I bet.
Yes, of course. It was quite beautiful when the moon was out. And totally silent at night, too..
Since it's midnight, it's well past time for a less Republican video. And it's not even a blogwhore!
Thanks, Sparkle. "My Favorite Year" is excellent.
David Derbes, textifyin'
"Ladies are unwell, Stoneberg. Gentleman vomit."
I used to watch "All About Eve" every time it was on teevee. Great movie ... acting, writing, costumes ... and Better Davis and Marilyn Monroe in the same movie. Talk about a study in contrasts ...
Brooklyn Girl, hangin' out
The studio is still paying off the cigarette tab for that movie.
Is that the one that he says is the last Easy Rawlins novel? I've heard Mosley speak. He's great. Signed a couple of books for us, too.
I think it is. I love him. I saw him on an amazing panel discussion with Ishmael Reed on CSPAN once. They talked a lot about politics.
I used to watch "All About Eve" every time it was on teevee. Great movie ... acting, writing, costumes ... and Better Davis and Marilyn Monroe in the same movie. Talk about a study in contrasts ...
Brooklyn Girl, hangin' out |
I love Bette Davis.
Sometimes A Great Notion
I was at a stoplight once in Springfield, Oregon and I looked out the window and Kesey was there in a truck. He grinned at me. I lived off that for 18 months.
And I think he's fine when he does smaller, character parts.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 01.27.08 - 12:06 am | #
Oh, I think he's a decent actor. He mostly chose shitty parts. But his direction was really great.
Casey Affleck got an Oscar nomination for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Awwwww:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/20...g-der-own-doom/
Notice the little grabby feeties and claws.
You can't hail from a really rural area. It was pitch black at night where I grew up.
Starlight on a cloudy night would still provide a very little bit of illumination.
When the Redstaters get liquored up and post late at night do they share and banter about - what? Jeff Foxworthy and Mallard Fillmore?
When the Redstaters get liquored up and post late at night do they share and banter about - what? Jeff Foxworthy and Mallard Fillmore?
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
How much they would like to do Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin.
Nobody's gonna mention The Maltese Falcon?
Okay, I will.
Brooklyn Girl, hangin' out | Homepage | 01.27.08 - 12:06 am | #
Superb film. Great direction, dialogue, and acting...
The studio is still paying off the cigarette tab for that movie.
MP | 01.27.08 - 12:07 am | #
Heh.
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."
One of the all-time great movie lines.
They show Gallipoli in schools in NZ
Sometimes A Great Notion
I was at a stoplight once in Springfield, Oregon and I looked out the window and Kesey was there in a truck. He grinned at me. I lived off that for 18 months.
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
An interesting guy. Taught my future ex-wife how to read.
When the Redstaters get liquored up and post late at night do they share and banter about - what? Jeff Foxworthy and Mallard Fillmore?
Reagan. And how many chimpy is.
When the Redstaters get liquored up and post late at night do they share and banter about - what? Jeff Foxworthy and Mallard Fillmore?
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
They sure as fuck don't talk about seeing Ken Kesey at a stoplight.
You can't hail from a really rural area. It was pitch black at night where I grew up.
Echidne
But very starry at times as well, I bet.
MP
And it pitcher black (pitch blacker) after 50 when your eyes begin to go.
But, yeah, the stars . . . Last night they were amazing.
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When the Redstaters get liquored up and post late at night do they share and banter about - what? Jeff Foxworthy and Mallard Fillmore?
WalterNeff
Ross Douthat, who is I gather one of the conservatives that we're supposed to take seriously, said the new Rambo movie contains great insight into what Real Americans think of Iraq. Or something.
They show Gallipoli in schools in NZ
What about Breaker Morant. Another Lord Kitchner production.
When the Redstaters get liquored up and post late at night do they share and banter about - what? Jeff Foxworthy and Mallard Fillmore?
WalterNeff, dyscalculiac
"... did you see that B.C. about jesus? that was awsome."
"...jonny hart rulz!"
oh, oh i have one i have one!!
[frantically waving arm from back of the class]
Miller's Crossing!
and Barton Fink
Superb film. Great direction, dialogue, and acting...
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin | 01.27.08 - 12:10 am | #
And costumes by Edith Head.
sheets
said the new Rambo movie contains great insight into what Real Americans think of Iraq. Or something.
Holy shit.
Breaker Morant
Edward Woodward rulz all. Too bad about the wicker thing - the niavete, it burns!
Nobody's gonna mention The Maltese Falcon?
Okay, I will.
Jim, Collieresque | 01.27.08 - 12:09 am | #
Bogart. One of a kind. Not even good looking, really, but when he's on screen you can't take your eyes off him.
I could go out right now, with the snow on the ground, and walk wherever I wanted without a flashlight... in fact, I usually do that a couple of times in the winter.
Reagan. And how many chimpy is.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
How many what?
Kinds of stupid?
Let's see:
Wuthering Heights
Now Voyager
In This Our Life
Dark Victory
Casablanca
Bell Book and Candle
Blossoms In The Dust
The Oscar (guilty pleasure)
The Wicker Man (the original)
Just about any Vincent Price movie
Moist Towelettes!
How many what?
Kinds of stupid?
Well, that too.
I meant to type manly. BUT MADDIE WUZ BITING MAH FINGERS
Just about any Vincent Price movie
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.27.08 - 12:13 am | #
Did you see Conqueror Worm (aka Witchfinder General)?
Ed Wood
Isle of the Dead
Bedlam
Targets (all 3 Karloff films)
Sometimes A Great Notion -- Aka Never Give an Inch. That title was the one bad thing about the movie.
My partner had a correspondence with Kesey during his last years, and we met him in person when the drove Further to Cleveland to give it to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. He and his pals we some of the nicest people I've ever met, absolutely there.
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Did you see Conqueror Worm (aka Witchfinder General)?
Janeane The Acerbic Goblin
Didn't like that one.
My favorite Peter Weir films are The Last Wave and Picnic at Hanging Rock.
The Last Wave is especially good.
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.27.08 - 12:15 am | #
I liked it. The uncut version is slightly different than the American cut (though not by much).
Johnny Hart's getting rogered by Ayn Rand with a strap on while Reagan relives his movie career in one of Hell's poorer quarters right about now.
The Heiress
Shakespeare in Love
Infamous (the other Capote film)
Angel and Insects
Miracle on 34th Street
A Christmas Carol (1951)
Johnny Hart's getting rogered by Ayn Rand with a strap on while Reagan relives his movie career in one of Hell's poorer quarters right about now.
sidhra صي ذ& | 01.27.08 - 12:17
Reagan's getting rogered by Pinochet.
Pinochet.
Terry C - Edwards 2008 | Homepage | 01.27.08 - 12:20 am | #
Just got done with The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. Pinochet figures in there prominently....
How do you get a gravatar?
dddd
Globall Recognized Avatar
Pinochet - friend of Hayek and Friedman.
I love JoCo.
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