I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
it's early and I just woke up
oh, yeah, first
Alberto Gonzoles visited our state capital two weeks ago, and got a tour of a state office by my wife, the ex asst. to one of our state govt. leaders. Her only comment? "he's shorter than me!" and she's about 5-2!
anyone there, anyone, bueller?
I feel like an atrios god!, five in a row.
les insomnia
Just read a report on Truthout about the evangelist extremists using Pentagon personnel and property to proselytize. An alliterative, adavistic activity paid for by our tax dollars.
And then there's the business of the millions of missing emails from the White House. They've "accidently" lost millions of emails, in violation of laws demanding that all Presidential records be archived.
What a bunch of loosers!
You'd think life would become more familiar as we live longer, but in America it just becomes stranger. I'm at a loss to explain how we got here from there. These evangelical extremists. Were they off multiplying like rabbits through the 80's and 90's?
How do tolerant people tolerate intolerance? This needs to be addressed, and 5 a.m. on a hot Saturday in early August is my time to address it, God help me.
Or perhaps I'll just get a glass of milk and go back to bed...can't face the lonely echo of my own voice reverberating down these empty hallways.
I'm just a ghost in this house....
Me too. HICA!
After a day like yesterday, it's amazing to me that I can't stay in bed this morning.
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oh yeah, my life is exciting...watching an Austrailian Football tv channel!
jesus, i need a life!
Primary Challenge Red Meat-
From El Diablo Naranjo:
No Republicans voted against the bill. The following Democrats voted for it: Evan Bayh (Indiana); Tom Carper (Delaware); Bob Casey (Pennsylvania); Kent Conrad (North Dakota); Dianne Feinstein (California); Daniel Inouye (Hawai‘i); Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota); Nancy Mary Landrieu (Louisiana); Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas); Claire McCaskill (Missouri); Barbara Mikulski (Maryland); Bill Nelson (Florida); Ben Nelson (Nebraska); Mark Pryor (Arkansas); Ken Salazar (Colorado); Jim Webb (Virginia).
There ees jour USDA Primary choice cuts right there.
¿Who weel be the ones to get "Liebermanned" een 08?
(choplick)
Oh, y tambien, thees ees just the Senate, there are many other choice targets available for primaries een the House too.
*Cough**Cough*Tauscher*Cough**Cough**Cough*
so.
So I'm still dumbfounded that the Senate voted to allow Gonzales and McConnell spying privileges without having to go to FISA within 10 days.
SPINELESS!
yes, atrios, yes, you should. Sleep well and deeply, and, most of all, sweetly.
Oh, y tambien, thees ees just the Senate, there are many other choice targets available for primaries een the House too.
*Cough**Cough*Tauscher*Cough**Cough**Cough*
so.
¡El Gato Negro! | Homepage | 08.04.07 - 5:51 am
DiFi. Is there a reason California has to live with a BlueDog?
"After a day like yesterday, it's amazing to me that I can't stay in bed this morning."
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--Jeffraham
Hey Jeffraham, are you a free man?
And I'm stunned that Webb left me without FISA protection for an extended period of time.
Overseas Americans look to be open targets for surveillance now.
and to leave the keys with Gonzales, even if McConnell gets the second set, is just wrong wrong wrong. Ain't no way that the Republican Senate would have ever given the Clenis powers like this.
Been sleeping on the back porch with Zoe.
Can't believe the time
5am here.
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Morning, all.
There ees jour USDA Primary choice cuts right there.
¿Who weel be the ones to get "Liebermanned" een 08?
Mary Landrieu of Louisiana - She's the only one of that group up for re-election in '08.
I'm also very disappointed with Claire McCaskill, Bob Casey and Jim Webb - our new dems. The others often straddle the line the two Nelsons,
This was the time to take a stand!!!
The law sunsets in six months. All this talk of a coming attack and then the urgent need for the bill. If the Dems hadn't passed it the rethugs would have spent the entire month of August saying the Dems are soft on terrorists. Of course they'll say that anyway. In fact, a deal had been negotiated with the House that w pulled at the last moment saying it didn't go far enough. I'm thinking they wanted unlimited power or none.
morning peeperz ...yes i wake up early onthe farm like QL katz want food
No Republicans voted against the bill.
They vote as a block - there's an enormous amount of power in that.
The Ds know that they'll do it, so they cave on these votes.
Shame on the Democrats who voted for this bill!!
Bill Nelson of Florida - He should have had a primary challenger in'06!!
Katrina
Tanking economy
Infrastructure failing
No Child Left Behind a failure
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
9/11
Is there nothing the cabal can't fuck up?
More outrage.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2...over-
bitch.html
"Many of us feel very badly burned because of what both Justice Alito and Justice Roberts told us about their belief in stare decisis," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a Judiciary Committee member who voted against both nominees. "So we will be very very cautious with respect to the next nominee — very cautious."
In 1998, Southwick joined a ruling in an employment case that upheld the reinstatement, without any punishment whatsoever, of a white state employee who was fired for calling an African American co-worker a "good ole nigger." The court's decision effectively ratified a hearing officer's opinion that the slur was only "somewhat derogatory" and "was in effect calling the individual a 'teacher's pet.'" The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously reversed the decision.
In 2001, Southwick joined a ruling that upheld a chancellor's decision to take an eight-year-old girl away from her mother and award custody to the father, who had never married the mother, largely because the mother was living with another woman in a "lesbian home." Southwick went even further by joining a gratuitously anti-gay concurrence which extolled Mississippi's right under "the principles of Federalism" to treat "homosexual persons" as second-class citizens. The concurrence suggested that sexual orientation is a choice and stated that an adult is not "relieved of the consequences of his or her choice" – e.g. losing custody of one's child.
At the confirmation hearing, Sen. Dick Durbin asked Southwick for an example of when he stepped up to defend the powerless and he couldn't think of a single example. Today, Durbin revealed that he, in fairness, asked Southwick for an answer in writing, to give the nominee time to think of a good example. Again, Southwick was unable to think of a single episode.
But Sen. Feinstein had a meeting with Southwick and he assured her that he is "not outside the mainstream." Despite her promise to be "very, very cautious" with Bush's nominees, Feinstein voted with the unanimous GOP to send Southwick's nomination to the Senate for a vote. When she announced her vote, she conceded that she "could be wrong" and that "maybe" she's been wrong before.
It was a hoot hearing the Tuckers and Buchanans and Barnicles slam the yearlykos yesterday, there was a distinct tone of fear and envy to the criticism.
mer -- Sort of.
Sorry... butterbar is on strike, and I've started something else on another blog.
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I nominate Tucker Carlson for the post of "Most Prolific Builder of Straw Men" in our universe.
"relieved of the consequences of his or her choice"...
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That's just beautiful. The conservatives think the right thing to do is to choose the appearance of heterosexuality and conservative family values, and then sneak out to their male escorts on the side. THAT'S fine for them, since they all keep doing it.
JP - Don't drive to the DMV. You're so close to having all your troubles taken care of.
It was a hoot hearing the Tuckers and Buchanans and Barnicles slam the yearlykos yesterday, there was a distinct tone of fear and envy to the criticism.
plantsman, areligious | 08.04.07 - 6:24 am
And well they should be fearing.
Though there is still a long ways to go.
And I really don't understand why California keeps sending DiFi back.
As for putting someone up against Landrieu. How liberal are we gonna get out of Louisiana? Especially with so many vote disappeared by the failure of the Busheviks to do their job for humanity.
ql: JP - Don't drive to the DMV. You're so close to having all your troubles taken care of.
It's not an option. If I am pulled over right now, all I'm gonna get is a ticket, I promise.
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I'm become used to heterosexuals assuming I'm a lower form of life because I'm queer - but I hate the hell out of it!
It was a hoot hearing the Tuckers and Buchanans and Barnicles slam the yearlykos yesterday, there was a distinct tone of fear and envy to the criticism.
plantsman, areligious
This is the way the influence of Kos and liberal blogs go the way of Michael Moore. Even O'Reilly has joined the attack as seen in the Chris Dodds video yesterday.
Moore makes great points, but they are now dismissed out of hand because this type of campaign has succeeded.
Now there is no need to address the issues Moore raises.
plantsman: I'm become used to heterosexuals assuming I'm a lower form of life because I'm queer - but I hate the hell out of it!
Am I glad I missed the genesis of this comment? Have we had trolls, this morning... already?
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Right after the MN bridge collapse, I dashed off an
e-pistle to the local daily about a crumbling, frightfully narrow bridge nearby -- and they're going to publish it. This conversation about funding infrastructure maintenance is so long overdue , I'm quite glad we're having it.
I don't think so, JP; there's a comment above referencing some people justifying treating homosexuals as second class citizens with some historical tripe -- my comment is not totally off the wall. Driving again, are you?
JP, see Gimlet's comment ar 6:22, I commented on a quote from that and I think plantsman was commenting on the comment. The whole idea of conservative family values is a luagh, because it's all appearance. I actually feel sorry in the people who get caught up in it and are not strong enough to break away, but the politicians who vote against gay rights and then get caught with their male prostitutes; well, it's so common that there's no surprise to it anymore.
plantsman: I don't think so, JP; there's a comment above referencing some people justifying treating homosexuals as second class citizens with some historical tripe -- my comment is not totally off the wall.
NO; I didn't mean to imply that it was -- only that I'd missed the offending comment. 
Driving again, are you?
Scooting; not legally, yet. Couldn't possibly be until Monday morning, at the earliest.
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I can tell now that fist thang this morning, I have to get some generic Claritin-D. Sneezing my fool haid off.
Whether cats, last night's 60oz. of Sweetwater 420, or a combo... my sinuses are wreaking havoc.
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When I lost the privilege of driving (a long, sordid, boring tale) I thought sure the adjustment would break me. And though the 6-bus-line round trips to Costco are arduous , I'm walking more and managing to live. It's not nearly as bad as I feared it might be.
I nominate Tucker Carlson for the post of "Most Prolific Builder of Straw Men" in our universe.
plantsman, areligious | 08.04.07 - 6:26 am | #
Tucker Carlson is difficult to explain on so many levels.
I don't have a car. My apartment is close enough to workplace that I can walk or cycle, and the buses and trains get me most everywhere I need to go. Yes, it takes a little planning and extra time but I rarely wish I had one.
When thinking about Mr. Carlson, it is well to remember he is the libertarian heir to the Swanson pot-pie fortune.
plantsman -- The good news is, if I'm defiant enough of the law, maybe next year, I can get off scot-free, like Kista London did this year.
See -- that was my problem, this time. I simply wasn't desperado enough for tender mercy.
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Tucker Carlson's hair frightens me.
More freedumb in America
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonl...8/3/03736/
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Welcome to another creeping slide towards the big brother state. On August 2, 2007 over two dozen agents of the TSA setup two checkpoints at bus stops in Indianapolis Indiana and searched passengers who wanted to ride on city buses. Federal agents, including Air Marshals were present and patted people down, looked in bags, and performed "behavior" tests for the stated purpose of finding weapons and people who were a threat to public safety.
Here in the US, I'm damned lucky to live in a community which has public transit. When I lived in Berlin sans auto it was fine!
plantsman -- What's your walk to the nearest bus stop, again?
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But JP, doesn't Gnashvegas have one of those "Fugitives-Surrender-At-Churches" programs going on right now?
$1252.00? Goddamm man, I wasn't even fined that much for driving intoxicated - let alone just for a couple minor tickets.
(marks down to never move to Tennessee)
When thinking about Mr. Carlson, it is well to remember he is the libertarian heir to the Swanson pot-pie fortune.
plantsman, areligious | 08.04.07 - 6:47 am
And Tucker Carlson is to news what animal hairs and insect parts are to Swanson Pot Pies.
The nearest bus stop, which is in the Portlandish direction, is just around the corner. But my diabetes makes my muscles scream with pain with the slightest exertion. The other direction's stop is a tad farther away.
junior wakes me up every morning
And Tucker Carlson is to news what animal hairs and insect parts are to Swanson Pot Pies.
Tom - 大肚腩
lol!!!
Was there "chatter" about blowing up an Indianapolis bus??
plantsman: But JP, doesn't Gnashvegas have one of those "Fugitives-Surrender-At-Churches" programs going on right now?
Yes. I went. I got jack shit for doing so.
Barndog: $1252.00? Goddamm man, I wasn't even fined that much for driving intoxicated - let alone just for a couple minor tickets.
Well, keep in mind, this was for two tickets, with the maximum five violations each -- no proof-of-insurance, expired tags, and a variety of bullshit charges like "unregistered vehicle" (unregistered? who's name came up when they ran my fucking tag?) and "illegal use of license plate" (wtf?).
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Mmm..... Rat pot-pie! The urbanite's favorite!
Too good not to post here: (NYT, Sat 4 Aug)
To the Editor:
Re “Many Bridges Called ‘Deficient,’ in Ways Big and Small” (news article, Aug. 3):
As Samuel I. Schwartz, a former chief engineer for the New York City Department of Transportation, says, the percentage rates of national and statewide structurally deficient bridges are too high.
Add our nation’s aging underground infrastructure, such as New York City’s steam pipes, and we have a ticking time bomb that can only be defused by political leadership tied to a huge increase in allocated funds.
As the guy who wrote the emergency contract in the late 1980s to inspect all of New York City’s bridges after a driver was killed under the F.D.R. Drive by falling concrete, I eagerly await what I know will never come: President Bush declaring that rebuilding America’s infrastructure is an emergency condition that must be funded, no matter what the cost.
Financing the never-should-have-been-started, trillion-dollar war in Iraq? No problem. Making sure America doesn’t physically fall apart on his watch? Will never happen.
Steven G. Brant
Flushing, Queens, Aug. 3, 2007
The writer was the director, Office of Consultant Programs, Bureau of Bridges, New York City Department of Transportation.
And Tucker Carlson is to news what animal hairs and insect parts are to Swanson Pot Pies
I thought that was hot dogs, but I'll take your word on it, Tom.
plantsman: The nearest bus stop, which is in the Portlandish direction, is just around the corner. But my diabetes makes my muscles scream with pain with the slightest exertion. The other direction's stop is a tad farther away.
Mine's 1.5 miles away... except after 6 p.m. (when the buses all but stop running), where it's more like 3 miles away.
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I think baseball, he thinks Bertha
Bertha Butt
She was one of the Butt sisters
He didnt care
And Tucker Carlson is to news what animal hairs and insect parts are to Swanson Pot Pies
I thought that was hot dogs, but I'll take your word on it, Tom.
Barndog, fully Blissed | 08.04.07 - 6:55 am
Don't ask me to dig up the Consumer Reports on pot pies from when I was a wee lad, but it left a deep impression on me, since such things had acceptable limits in pot pies. EWWWWW!
When I lived in Berlin sans auto it was fine!
plantsman, areligious
I'm just back from Berlin (and Prague; both firsts).
Berlin has the best public transport outside of London and NY. Fabulous. The schedules are posted and followed to the minute. S trains, U trains, buses, all good with one multi-day ticket. Rode the hell out of 'em for four days.
Amsterdam, btw, builds levies to a 10,000 year standard -- with *gasp* tax monies!
The US ARMY CORPS of ENGINEERS builds levies to a 100 year standard, at most.
Hehheh, some tv personality Jim Cramer goes berserk about the market. Armageddon and all that, Demanding rate cuts. Is he always this animated?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G...h?
v=GKZgfrsItmw
Is he always this animated?
Only when he and Kudlow do big piles of cocaine.
I'm thinking more coffee is in order. It's almost light enough for me to attach the Shad, though!
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Illness strikes down firefighters' feline queen
Morning, all. I'm majorly pissed over the wiretap bill. Six months? I say 3 at the most.
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Berlin's big problem is that the giant subsidies the Bundesrepublik used to pour into West Berlin dried up after unification
E-commerce well done is a joy, indeed!
I'm posting something just because it's morning, even though we really don't seem to need clean sheets so much.
Just as the GOP gives insincere lip service to "Family Values" and the masses eat it up, I'm afraid leaders of the Democrats do the same for "Constitutional Democracy".
I love Berlin. And I admit I was delighted when I found a Dunkin Donuts at Potzdamer Platz.(You just can't find good old American doughnuts around these parts.)
The line in the streets showing where the Wall used to be is a nice reminder, when you look up and see all the shiny new buildings.
Berlin's big problem is that the giant subsidies the Bundesrepublik used to pour into West Berlin dried up after unification
plantsman, areligious
Seems to me that the difference between East and West is still quite evident, twenty years after the wall fell.
There is a path of bricks, two wide, set in the road to show where The Wall was. A large chunk of it, maybe a hundred yards, was visible from the hotel room (the East Side Hotel, simple, unpretentious, not expensive, good breakfasts included).
Weird to be in a very lush Galeries Lafayette about six blocks on the Russian side of Checkpoint Charlie...
At the time I "wohnt" in Berlin, the East Germans had decided to abandon the S-bahn, and the West Berliners had not yet decided to subsidize it. As it gathered speed, it sounded exactly like a salad spinner.
What happened to no-more-carte-blanche-for-the-president?
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I rarely drive anymore. Bus stop is 1 block away. City busses run until 1:30 AM. I ride my bicycle about 2500 miles per year. If I go out of town to visit, I drive, rarely at other times. I'm a lifetime member of the DAV and they pick me up for all scheduled visits to the VA hospital. I save lots of $ by not driving much.
they all are so wrapped up in maintaining their "positions it's a wonder wnything gets done ... come to think of it nothing ever does get done by the looks of it
Bush continues to say in essence "C'Moan and get me if you can".
I didn't buy any Dunkin' Donuts, but I was very happy to use their internet access (for 2 euros an hour, a steal).
The Burger King across from the Gedaechtniskirche
threw me for a loop!
Ralphie - don't you live with a couple miles of the VA Center in Milwaulkee?
Fuck, I wouldn't drive either.
I jus' loved Little Boots demanding The Congress stay in session until he gets his wiretap bill the way he wants it!
Let me amend that - I wouldn't drive much except for beer.
And he got it.
Good grief, they will not drop the voting error. I am appalled at the behavior of the rethugs in the House.
I jus' loved Little Boots demanding The Congress stay in session until he gets his wiretap bill the way he wants it!
plantsman, areligious
Make him show how he's used it before allowing it to continue.
running up and down the same old roads doesnt make any sense to me ... and nine times outta ten there simply isnt anything out there.
pot pies are easy to make minus the rat hairs and insect particulate
Just as the GOP gives insincere lip service to "Family Values" and the masses eat it up, I'm afraid leaders of the Democrats do the same for "Constitutional Democracy".
Gimlet
I rhink you're right. I look at the leadership and really, they don't come from small-d democratic backgrounds. Very few do, even if they started out that way.
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Riding the bus here means the view from the freeway is not all you see, and you notice how incredibly lush the growth is!
Are we not going upstairs, this morning?
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Ralphie - don't you live with a couple miles of the VA Center in Milwaulkee?
It's 8.5 miles away. Parking is terrible there. DAV van drops me of at the door.
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Let me amend that - I wouldn't drive much except for beer.
I have 2 local taverns and a liquor store within 5 blocks.
Yes he did, dammit, ql. Cue the Go-Go's "Vacation." (All I ever wanted!)
If anyone here is headed to (or lives in) Berlin, I want to recommend Marga Schoeller Bücherstube Knesebeckstrasse 33, S-Bahn Savignyplatz. Bought William Gibson's Spook Country in trade paper and Harry Potter 7 on 21 July.
At the end of Knesebeckstrasse (walking away from Ku'damm) is the Technical U. bookstore, terrific for us math/physics types.
Between 'em is a very fine restaurant called Sachs that was not very expensive and served tapas, among other good offerings.
so go to sleep then
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