I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
wow
I even read the post.
triple?
I hereby dedicate this threat to our lord and savior fabio.
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I waited for you. Seemed the right thing to do...
or thread. fabio is a threat however, not to be taken lightly.
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YEAH!!! A home run!
thanks dave.
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No to SChip on CA
to http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Aha. I'll call sheets.
No charge!
Although someday, and that day may never come, I may call on you to do ME a favor...
Off to the Red Cross to donate platelets.
No one knows any of the names of the transition team because they're all muslim terrorists he met at the madrassa.
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Why with a Facebook account would I not go there, but I don't. I do not get it.
Actually, it was probably a tweet, which updates Facebook as well.
I didn't realize this, and was surprised to get FB forwarded email in response to a tweet.
On another topic, does somebody happen to know what GM's price to book ratio is? Seems to me that it has to be one, or less. Good time for the government to do a hostile takeover, appoint Amory Lovins CEO and Ralph Nader chairman of the board.
IPO in 2015.
The bad news is, I misused the phrase deux ex machina on the thread below.
The good news is, it was deadthreaded anyway.
Yes, my response to his appointments has also been a resounding "who?"
Yes Atrios, that makes perfect sense.
Young Clinton staffers, who were in their 20's and 30's in the 90's, should be great. They have experience in the executive, other experience the last 8 years, and now it's time to use that experience helping Obama.
My recollection is that the Clinton administration was pretty good at running the government.
We're not gonna have a liberal paradise, and I hope Obama isn't quite the centrist Clinton was, but there's a lot to be said for plain old competence.
Debbie Howell is either the stupidest fucking person on the planet, or she is doing a great Doug Feith impersonation.
dt'd
As if on cue, NPR is doing a piece on the old Depression song, "Brother, can you spare a dime?"
Once I had a railroad, made it run,
Made it race against time,
Once I had a rairoad, now it's done,
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower, to the sun,
Bricks and rivets and lime,
Once I built a tower, now it's done,
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Can we uze the D word, nao?
Debbie Howell is either the stupidest fucking person on the planet, or she is doing a great Doug Feith impersonation.
trifecta
No, they can't take that away from The Feith.
It's an impersonation.
As if on cue, NPR is doing a piece on the old Depression song, "Brother, can you spare a dime?"
I really need to own a copy of Bing Crosby's version of that song.
On another topic, does somebody happen to know what GM's price to book ratio is? Seems to me that it has to be one, or less. Good time for the government to do a hostile takeover, appoint Amory Lovins CEO and Ralph Nader chairman of the board.
IPO in 2015.
jayackroyd | 11.15.08 - 9:26 am | #
They have $50B in explicit debt and a much larger sum of contractual obligations and underfunded pensions. But, you are right: a sane government would tell the stockholders, too bad for you, invest smarter next time, tell the lenders the same, send the management to Gitmo, and assume operation of the company.
I did not know Truman Nationalized the railroads until yesterday.
Debbie Howell is either the stupidest fucking person on the planet, or she is doing a great Doug Feith impersonation.
The former.
I got an email from her last week. The entire message: "Didn't anyone ever teach you manners?" I guess she didn't like my suggestion she fuck herself up the ass with a rusty chainsaw...
What did little Debbie do Now, trifecta?
Oh, and I just signed up Karen Tumulty and Jay Rosen to a post election talk on Thursday. It'll be about "balance."
Howell's engaged in a Feith Based Initiative. (groans at his own shit).
Hillary as SecState does not seem like such a good idea to me, though. I think she belongs where she is.
Howell's engaged in a Feith Based Initiative. (groans at his own shit).
mofo
[torn between pun admiration and pun nausea]
"I did not know Truman Nationalized the railroads until yesterday."
iirc, he tried to nationalize the steel industry, too, but scotus overuled him.
Debbie Howell's latest.
Where's the talk going to be Jay? Online streaming?
York: Palin, the Governors, and the New Power in the Republican Party
I notice, Byron, that you single out Palin from the rest of the GOP governors. Are you in the grip of her legs, too?
", but they won't all be the same Clintonites we've been seeing all these years, if that makes sense."
the wife reading me from the paper as story about the SoS saga, quoting lanny davis.
fucking bunch of drama queens.
Ah, yes, thanks rootless. I was thinking of all their physical plant.
Unfunded health care and pension liabilities. Given to workers in lieu of wages. In a different setting, that would be bleakly looked upon. Like reneging on a contractual commitment to paying a credit card bill.
These are indeed the kinds of things that governments handle pretty well, though.
Hillary as SecState does not seem like such a good idea to me, though. I think she belongs where she is.
blerb | 11.15.08 - 9:29 am | #
It's considered ban manners around here to mention Hillary's disgraceful support of the War, her cheeze-whiz cheering for the Surge, her pandering on Iran, and her horrible response when the Code Pink and NOW women tried to talk to her as if she was an adult and they were citizens and discovered she was an angry sullen aristocrat who resented their temerity in questioning her.
OK, you folks are helping me write my article this week. Does this make sense? Close enough?
There is a parallel Halifax occupying the exact same space and time as our Halifax, just a couple of random quantum events removed. This other Halifax has the same crappy weather, the same crappy politicians, the same crappy classic rock radio stations. Were you to slip across the dimensions, through, say, a momentary disruption in the time-space continuum as you were crossing the Macdonald Bridge, you wouldn’t even know you were in the parallel universe. Until, that it, you arrived downtown.
Good morning.
I've been hoping to hear Bill Bradley's name mentioned, too. He was an early Obama supporter and shares the same kind of no-drama smarts as he.
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Moe --
It works.
iTunes has Der Bingle croonin' Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? for 99 cents.
I remember when someone wrote a response to Thomas S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions with the title, "Brother, can you paradigm?"
Debbie Howell's latest.
trifecta | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 9:31 am | #
I'm going to have to make fresh coffee before I subject myself to more Debbie Snackcakes.
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Where's the talk going to be Jay? Online streaming?
Second Life. And simulcast on blog talk radio. Thursday, 9 pm eastern (the usual time.)
Well, I was mostly just thinking she's not really enough of a team player to work well in such a subordinate role, but there is all that too.
David D -- the segment of NPR I heard in the car this a.m. was sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security.
{sigh}
Via the Human Rights Campaign, a list of businesses to avoid.
I'm sure someone will quickly notice the funniest name on it...
"Halifax" made me think of the Parallax View, a good Warren Beatty anti-gov movie but w/ a squishy ending.
It's not the transition team that I'm worried about. They'll be gone in 5 weeks. It's the people whom he'll be appointing to his Cabinet and I get the dry heaves every time I hear Hillary Clinton's name mentioned in connection with Foggy Bottom.
I was never too impressed with his pick of Biden, who's the ultimate Beltway insider. Rahm Emmanuel's a notorious dick-twister from way back.
Change the final "it" to "is" and you're there.
What a minute....I can't teach in a Catholic school if I'm in a teacher's union?
that *is*, obviously...
that it
that is
crossing the Macdonald Bridge, you wouldn’t even know you were in Parallel Halifax. Until, that is, you arrived downtown.
Moe Szyslak, hookers & blow |
annoying editorial suggestion and fixed typo.
Thanks, Gummo!
Sparkle--Plus Bill Bradley would come in handy for pick-up WH b-ball games.
across the dimensions, through, say, a momentary disruption in the time-space continuum as you were crossing the Macdonald Bridge, you wouldn’t even know you were in the parallel universe. Until, that it, you arrived downtown.
And then you realize that the codfish have come ashore to control the town.
Dave bang?
Hey, rootless, is Gail Collins talkin' about you?
I know, my little Obama hyperpartisans. You spent a year of your lives trying to keep Hillary out of the White House because she voted to let the Bush administration invade Iraq. And now, your man is talking about letting her be the point person on foreign policy. What happened to the transformative change?
Personally, I'd prefer they make her secretary of defense. Better fit.
Bill Bradley is a likely. One of Barack's earliest and most important supporters was John Rogers of Ariel Capital Management, who has known Michelle for about a billion years, and who routinely plays basketball with our next president. Michelle and John and Bill are all extremely hard core Princeton people.
So, I think Bill Bradley will be, if not part of the Obama administration, at the very least an advisor.
Btw, add this to Blackwater's impressive resume of criminal activity: Gun-running in Iraq. Yes, Blackwater's smuggling guns and silencers into Iraq in sacks of dog food in a manner akin to drug dealers.
I'd like to see what Obama and this new Congress will be doing about the complete lack of oversight of criminal enterprises like Blackwater.
Sorry, back OT, I too wish for the liberal part of the Dem party to have a small majority over the rest.
Well, don't leave us in suspense, Moe.
What would they see in parallel Halifax?
Gail Collins is a putz.
"Larry Johnson Construction" jumps out at me.
It's a pretty putzy job today, yes.
As you go down the list, you do get sort of a "Village People" mental image.
sacnt mention during campaign of parallel "contractor" (polite word for mercenary) universe at play in Iraq & here & everywhere, if mentioned at all.
Dave bang?
Oh, I missed that one!
I was thinking of "Cal Fruit".
"Dix Machine Shop" is good, too.
What would they see in parallel Halifax?
Cod with little tiny goatees hanging people from clotheslines to dry out for later consumption.
(Did actually see the cod on the clotheslines in Nova Scotia.)
The last sentence of Collins' piece is that the best reason for making Hillary SoS is that she might do a terrific job with it.
I like her better for HHS, unless Dr. Dean would want that. Best of all I like her for Majority Leader.
To hell with Harry Reid.
"discovered she was an angry sullen aristocrat who resented their temerity in questioning her."
rootless-e, mooslamisist | 11.15.08 - 9:33 am | #
Have some issues don'tcha?
Well, that was a fun interlude.
Heard voices too close to the house, and when I looked out there was a little crew of kids and an adult, all wearing dayglo vests, doing a beach cleanup. Except they were on the dunes. Great: Teaching moment!
I went out and thanked them, and then talked a little bit about being careful of the cactus and the little white flowers on the plant that will cause you pain if you touch it, and then told them a bit about how we'd worked with the state and the county to plant native species that help the dunes. "So, what we do is, we try to put our feet where there isn't any vegetation."
And as I'm thanking them again and feeling quite good about myself for not going ballistic, I realize that I'm standing on a fire-ant hill.
What a doofus.
(benadryl cream, aspirin; can't take any benadryl PO because I have to work and it knocks me out . . .)
Interesting that some of the names appear on two or more groups. Wonder how that works.
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An advantage for HRC in State is that the rest of the world's leaders knows her already, and have a sense of where she's coming from.
No. Not HHS. If they must appoint a he-man republican to the fucking cabinet, then let it be at HHS.
What would they see in parallel Halifax?
I'm going to take them on a tour of all the big developments---gigantic office buildings, hotels, condos, about a dozen projects-- that have been approved but never built, because the economics don't make sense.
The point being that it isn't an "anti-growth" city council that is preventing growth of downtown, but rather, simple economics. There's this myth that heritage preservation folks derail every project in town--- they've stopped exactly one from being built.
It's a pretty putzy job today, yes.
That is probably too kind.
I realize that I'm standing on a fire-ant hill.
I like is [sic], Moe! 
Not HHS; Republicans don't believe in Health or Human Services.
An advantage for HRC in State is that the rest of the world's leaders knows her already, and have a sense of where she's coming from.
Yes. This is the strongest argument for her in the slot, IMO. 'Course, still stronger for Bill.
i think hrc would be great as sos, but i sure wonder about the process.
it sounds like the vetting you have to undergo is about as rigorous as one could imagine, and unless they have already done that with the clintons, i can't possibly see how the job was offered.
V--did any of the young'uns see the doofusness, and/or shout out "Or where there's Fire Ants!" or some such.
V for Virginia, YES WE DID! |
Oh, you poor thing.
But, still -
Oh V, ouch!
Who is MORE vetted than the Clintons?
(Did actually see the cod on the clotheslines in Nova Scotia.)
jayackroyd |
Not in the last ten years you haven't. No cod.
rootless was obsessing on how dreamy Ron Paul was a few months ago. I just take it with a grain of salt.
On topic:
Boo (man)!
We clearly don't know anything about Obama or who he associates with.
Dix Machine Shop?
(benadryl cream, aspirin; can't take any benadryl PO because I have to work and it knocks me out . . .)
Ouch. You have any hydrocortisone cream or ointment? That'll knock out the inflammation quicker.
rootless was obsessing on how dreamy Ron Paul was a few months ago. I just take it with a grain of salt.
trifecta | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 9:46 am | #
The stupidity is sometimes awesome.
I definitely think Monaca Lewinski should get her old job back. That would make it all TEH exciting.
Now now, kids, if you can't play nice on a Saturday morning, I'm going to turn this Haloscan window around and go right home!
"rootless was obsessing on how dreamy Ron Paul was a few months ago. I just take it with a grain of salt."
Jeebus, more serious than I thought.
Standing on a fire ant hill ... a good metaphor for the last eight years.
Not in the last ten years
Correct!!
1992 was the year we rode the ferry north.
Disappointing, The ferry. When I was a kid, it was glamour incarnate. In the event, it was kinda crowded and unpleasant.
Going all E/TMZ on ya: What's Monica up to lately? Is she still making purses (or was that Tripp?).
Freeper attacks Clinton:
The Clinton years were good because the US and the world were going through a transformational economic age that Clinton had NOTHING to do with.
The INTERNET (and personal computer). It sparked the development of thousands of new companies, new jobs, new stock incentives, and wealth.
All money generated by the Internet and PC’s were ADDED to the US economy, which also enjoyed a $250 billion bonus thanks to the ‘peace dividend’ from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Clinton was like that guy who stands on the seashore and orders the tides to move, and then thinks he was responsible.
Maybe Dumbya shoulda spent more time at the seashore instead of wasting time on that dusty fucking fake ranch.
Going all E/TMZ on ya: What's Monica up to lately? Is she still making purses (or was that Tripp?).
mofo
I'd rather hear she was making purses OUT OF Tripp.
I'm going to turn this Haloscan window around and go right home!
Are we there yet?Are we there yet?Are we there yet?Are we there yet?Are we there yet?Are we there yet?Are we there yet?
On clinton in the cabinet, I don't see how Bill doesn't have to shut down the foundation, and stop the speaking gigs.
IOW, non-starter.
Dave, bang
Cal Fruit!
Standing on a fire ant hill ... a good metaphor for the last eight years.
megisi
Or Being forcibly restrained atop a Fire Ant Hill, if you ask me.
Isn't Monica married and doesn't she have a master's degree?
1992 was the year we rode the ferry north.
The fishery collapsed in '93.
I still haven't been on that ferry. Hope to take it down to Portland sometime, just to spend the weekend. Kinda pricey, tho.
Ah.
I see Trademark had already said Dix Machine Shop.
Keith or Tweety quoted Tripp on Obama last night.
Monica designs handbags.
Morning all.
Been away more or less since early yesterday.
Are we hating on anybdy I should know about?
V--did any of the young'uns see the doofusness, and/or shout out "Or where there's Fire Ants!" or some such.
mofo
Hah! No, I was cool about it.
Gummo -- it''s pretty funny.
billy -- good idea, I think I've got some of that somewhere. I'll check.
billy -- good idea, I think I've got some of that somewhere. I'll check.
V for Virginia, YES WE DID!
Hydrocortisone is a damn miracle drug.
Has Sallyh been posting? She's only about two miles away from the Sylmar fire.....
Simels, whatja think of Quantum?
there is some new ant invasion of ants that eat fire ants.
Oh, and the Mark Kurlansky book about the history of cod is really good.
I did not know until I read that book that Cartier had to dodge Basque fishing boats on his way to claiming Canada for France.
The INTERNET (and personal computer). It sparked the development of thousands of new companies, new jobs, new stock incentives, and wealth.
Of course, the creation of the internet was a humungous socialist endeavor, using publicly financed universities, the military...
Are we hating on anybody I should know about?
Linda Tripp, rootless, fire ants, the gods, T. Boone Pickens.
OK, I sort of added that last one.
Not in the last ten years you haven't. No cod.
Moe Szyslak, hookers & blow | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 9:45 am | #
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Overfishing? Pollution? Nobody knows yet?
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Of course, the creation of the internet was a humungous socialist endeavor, using publicly financed universities, the military...
Moe Szyslak, hookers & blow
Freeper:
[fingers in ears] LALALALALA ICANTHEARYOU LALALALALA
Moe - that's really an excellent idea, and I love the approach.
You could almost be a profesionul riter!
Sallyh has not been posting today.
Michelle Bernard was saying on Tweetie last night that Hillary, if named SoS, would "run a parallel government".
heh...heh...heh...
Are we hating on anybdy I should know about?
The usual. Gail Collins. Little Debbie. Plutocrats.
Are we hating on anybdy I should know about?
steve hüssein® simels
Yes, the designer of Boxoffice.com.
I tried to leave a comment using Firefox, Internet Explorer and Netscape. 0 for 3.
rootless fire ants?
Poor things. It's that damn cosmopolitan fire ant lifestyle.
El Ranchito will be sold to one of Cuckoo's big cash supporters (forgot what they're called) at a huge discount.
Then this person will turn around and sell it at a huge profit.
It's some underhanded gooper version of paying it forward.
The return of Monica would make some villager heads explode.
All fall down, go boom.
I loathe all the speculation going on on my telly these days. I watch for a few minutes, hear a bunch a yakkers talking out of there hats and switch to almost anything else.
This morning someone on MSNBC asked a guest to predict whether Repubs would pick of seats in 2010!
Good grief.
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1992 was the year we rode the ferry north.
Disappointing, The ferry. When I was a kid, it was glamour incarnate. In the event, it was kinda crowded and unpleasant.
jayackroyd
funny. i'll have to check, but i think '92 is the year i drove from here to halifax and back in a weekend, with a friend who was looking at the art school there.
there was some driving unpleasantness, but peggy's cove was nice. and halifax seemed groovy (though in my mixed up memory vaults, it reminds me of ashville, nc)
Been away more or less since early yesterday.
Catalexis died on the 13th of a heart attack. Meilor's father died (I believe) yesterday, perhaps day before.
Don't know if you caught either bit of info.
GWPDA -- Sallyh was on late last night.Around midnight eastern.
Overfishing?
Yes.
"Pioneers"?
Thanks, V, I'll work on it.
Overfishing? Pollution? Nobody knows yet?
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ifthethunderdontgetya
Overfishing. A handful of academics warned that it was coming, but the industry and politicians said, "hey, you're crazy, why just look at all these fish we're pulling out, no problem at all."
Let Monica alone. She was just a nice girl who wanted to give Big Dog a BJ.
One of the most interesting parts of the Obama story was the idea --this was his time because he is young and not as influenced by the structure of DC --I liked that.
What???
Good grief.
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Sparkle Plenty
The absurdity of a 24-hour news cycle coupled with slashed budgets so you can't actually report real news.
You're left with a bunch of arbitrarily-anointed "experts" endlessly prattling on about hypothetical situations they know nothing about.
Yes, the designer of Boxoffice.com.
I tried to leave a comment using Firefox, Internet Explorer and Netscape. 0 for 3.
Culture of TrÜth
you are a good friend.
give Big Dog a BJ.
.......visions of Santorum creeping into my brain...
Off to the market! See ya in a bit.
Hi-ho, Steverino!
Verdict on the Bond movie?
is this Valerie Jerret the white woman Obama has been doing?
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
She did comment last night.
drive to Halifax
The ferry from Portland makes sense for the same reason the ferry from Long Island to CT makes sense. The watery part is the hypotenuse.
Now, the ferry from Juneau is absolutely necessary. Unless you have Cindy's plane handy.
Off to the market!
To buy a fat pig?
Via the Human Rights Campaign, a list of businesses to avoid.
I'm sure someone will quickly notice the funniest name on it...
dave™©
Yikes!
What's with all the dentists on that list?
Valerie Jarrett's great uncle is Vernon Jordan, pud.
".......visions of Santorum creeping into my brain..."
Did Santorum have a dog?
Clinton was like that guy who stands on the seashore and orders the tides to move, and then thinks he was responsible.
Dream on little man, dream on. My neighbor, a man that hates Democrats, maintains to this day that "Reegun set all that up".
I laugh derisively at the bastard when he says that BS.
i am making 2 gallons of split pea soup right now. Good late fall dish. Freezes well.
My dentist thinks Opus Dei is too squishy soft! Wingnut city every visit (but he's been too good to quit, dammit).
Overfishing. A handful of academics warned that it was coming, but the industry and politicians said, "hey, you're crazy, why just look at all these fish we're pulling out, no problem at all."
Moe Szyslak, hookers & blow | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 9:55 am | #
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Good thing we is smart species.
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Catalexis died on the 13th of a heart attack. Meilor's father died (I believe) yesterday, perhaps day before.
Don't know if you caught either bit of info.
GWPDA -- Sallyh was on late last night.Around midnight eastern.
Snugglebunny | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 9:55 am | Catalexis died on the 13th of a heart attack. Meilor's father died (I believe) yesterday, perhaps day before.
Don't know if you caught either bit of info.
Snugglebunny | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 9:55 am | #
No, I didn't.
Did anybody here know Catalexis personally?
What was that movie with the torturing dentist; The Marathon Man ?
"hey, you're crazy, why just look at all these fish we're pulling out, no problem at all."
More every year!!
("But, look, they're getting smaller."
"Never mind that.")
They're never coming back either. The niche is being occupied by a different cod species. Smaller, less appetizing.
You need to have thugs, like in the Maine lobsta business, to keep a fishery going, IMO.
Diane C. I was thinking the same thing.
Also on that list is something called "The Vineyard Group".
They do consulting for a lot of other firms.
Did Santorum have a dog?
pud.
i am making 2 gallons of split pea soup right now. Good late fall dish. Freezes well.
Got a recipe?
Today feels like a good day for soup.
What was that movie with the torturing dentist; The Marathon Man ?
plantsman
Little Shop of Horrors.
Have some issues don'tcha?
Counseling
Why, yes, yes he does.
Frankly, by winning the election Obama gets to choose whoever he wants. If he thinks Hillary would be effective as SofS and she wants it, then that's that. Their foreign policy positions were never that different to begin with. I'm sure Hillary would have no problem tweaking her positions to conform with Obama's.
I'd still rather see her nominated for SCOTUS, but apparently that's not what she wants. And, haha, she's not going away just because some people don't like her.
Today feels like a good day for soup.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Yes. Grey & rainy here.
Wow.
It just started raining really hard here.
Yes, the designer of Boxoffice.com.
I've tried comments, too. No great loss, but they didn't post.
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El Ranchito will be sold to one of Cuckoo's big cash supporters (forgot what they're called) at a huge discount.
HoneyBearKelly
Pioneer or Ranger (depending on the level of bundled contributions).
"Who is MORE vetted than the Clintons?"
nonsense. did you see the vetting info? obama's team wants to know if you've ever sent a freaking email that might be embrassing, traffic tix, for god's sake.
and the financial disclosures, including family members, are very thorough.
no, i'd say this reeks of bo/hrc having a discussion and the drama queens overplaying what was meant.
for instance, that these bullshit quotes from a clinton insider:
"Clinton's response to Obama's overture is unknown, but sources said the New York senator left the meeting with the impression that if she were interested in the post, it would be hers. Watch more on the speculation surrounding Clinton »
Under these circumstances, one source said, a president-elect does not meet with potential Cabinet secretaries unless he is serious about making an offer."
...that's very different then stating that an offer was made. this is the downfall of asking the clintons to be involved in anything: leaks, her own cadre of shitheads and the endless little dramas.
What was that movie with the torturing dentist; The Marathon Man ?
plantsman
Little Shop of Horrors.
Jack!
GWPDA
Do you have a way to contact Sallyh?
Marathon Man///Sir Laurence in full-meanine glory, AND Little Shop of Horrors (the Bill Mirray mascohistic patient, no?)
Lawrence Olivier played a Nazi dentist who tortured Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man.
Is it safe?
I'd still rather see her nominated for SCOTUS...
I want to see her in whatever post guarantees the most exploding wingnut heads.
Don't look at the Doppler Radar, HBK; unless you wanna get depressed.
Did anybody here know Catalexis personally?
No. But he had a facebook account with his (I assume) real name.
I didn't know this. He was saying he felt bad, people here were telling him to get to the hospital.
Aw, fuck.
the Bill Mirray mascohistic patient, no?)
That was Jack Nicholson.
I recall that in High School American History classes there was never enough time to get through any material past Truman. Within 8 years no voter under 35 years will have any real memory of Ronald Reagan.
I find that dentists today really do run the Little Shot of Horrors and it's unreasonably expensive by the way.
Ms. Farenheit, we're fine. We're below the fire line by a couple of miles.
However, re boxoffice.com, I can read the entire page in my window now. So there's that.
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The fire evidently gained force after midnight last night. http://www.latimes.com/news/
loca...0,3384965.story
gives you a direct live link to KTLA coverage. Most of the power's gone. This fire is covering the north San Fernando Valley and moving very fast.
what's the frequency, kenneth?
Just started pouring here.
Did anybody here know Catalexis personally?
Sallyh had his name - Geoffrey R-something..last name escapes me. She could not come up with concrete contact info. Ntodd had a facebook connection and sent a feeler out to see if the family would respond.
If anything comes back, I think we'll know pretty quickly.
Ms. Farenheit, we're fine. We're below the fire line by a couple of miles.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 11.15.08 - 10:04 am | #
Thank god, and thank you for showing up.
On c-span2/BookTV now:
Live coverage from the 2008 Miami Book Fair International featured book talks by authors, interviews with authors, and telephone calls from viewers.
Saturday coverage included:
10 am ET Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
http://inside.c-
spanarchives.org...ecord=567899462
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How did the Sylmar Fire start? Do authorities know?
Got a recipe?
Today feels like a good day for soup.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Yes, a basic one I do.
1 Smoked ham hock. You can do smoked turkey wings if ham ain't your thing.
3 pounds split peas
3 large onions (chopped)
8 stalks celery (diced)
1 pound carrots (chopped)
1 bulb garlic (minced)
24 cups chicken stock (water with bouillion will work too)
Oodles of Tabasco chipotle sauce
Bring the stock to a simmer, add the ham hock, onion, celery, carrot, garlic, and chipotle sauce. Then add more chipotle sauce. Keep at simmer for at least an hour. Add split peas, cook for 45 min to 1 hour. Remove ham hock.
Puree in batches, or with wand blender. Add diced bits of meat from the ham hock, or serve as is. Freeze the copious leftovers in quart sized freezer bags. You can also add herbs and such to the soup recipe. I do mine fairly basically.
nuh-uh: Murray & St. Martin:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/
The rain is getting through a the little crack in the window.
Crap.
This apartment gets like a furnace if I don't leave the window open a bit.
And for anyone who wants to see the source of my sexist, unbalanced, grievance against Hillary on the war, just watch this through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c...h?
v=cZcY6TGfAxE
I like Hillary Clinton, but I think she would be all wrong for Secretary of Killing Whitey.
Um, folks...it's just now 7 AM on the West Coast. If Sallyh was on late last night, it's possible that she's still sleeping.
And I hope it's in her own bed in her own house.
Got a recipe?
Is there a Trader Joe's near you? The recipe on their bag of split peas is excellent.
Or there's these guys.
This apartment gets like a furnace if I don't leave the window open a bit.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants
Can you open'em a little from the top?
Sometimes that works.
Auntie GWPDA, I have some things I need to get done on Wednesday (committee meetings). I didn't end up having to give a talk.
I have no idea how long this fire will burn or how fast it will move. Our power flickers on and off. We're being watchful.
Thanks, trifecta!
Do you soak the legumes overnight first?
Sallyh, you might want to leave?
Buellton!
Catalexis died? How sad. I'm so sorry . . .
.
is this Valerie Jerret the white woman Obama has been doing?
pud
You're a blithering idiot.
There are four mistakes in your one question.
Does Michelle "Hooker heels" Obama know about this Valerie woman?
No, I never soak split peas. You don't need to, as you would do with beans.
I think she would be all wrong for Secretary of Killing Whitey.
Perfect, however, for Secretary of Running a Parallel Government and Undermining Obama So I Can Steal the Presidency in '12...
I just left a message on catalxis' facebook wall too, in the hopes of hearing something back.
As I was doing that I noticed that he had just last month joined my blog network. Now I'm almost in tears.
Catalexis' name is Geoffrey Rilesouth.
nuh-uh: Murray & St. Martin:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091419/
mofo
That's the remake. The original had Nicholson as the masochistic patient.
There are four mistakes in your one question.
David Derbes, hopeful | 11.15.08 - 10:08 am | #
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That's just average for Pud.
The Hillary Haters are rising from their hidden lairs.
My, you're a nasty little chickenshit worm, puddy.
Oops...you guys type too damned much faster that I do.
Sallyh, I'm glad you checked in. Getting out to your end of the county by bus woulda been a bitch.
I mean, hearing something back from whoever might go there to clean things up.
Gummo the windows in this apartment are all fucked up.
And they're relatively new.
The landlord go hosed.
If I wanted Shrillary to be SOS, I would have voted for McCain.
Only Shrillary and McCain were qualified. Dont you remember her campaign talk.
Please Obama, dont select her for anything and dont help her with her campaign debts.
Split peas can be treated similarly to lentils; i.e. they rehydrate and cook rather quickly.
Damn, Sally!
Please let someone know if you have to evacuate -- we'll be worried.
Standing corrected, gratefully. Gotta watch my nuh-uh impulse.
"There are four mistakes in your one question."
what a maroon.
obama sure loves strong women.
That's just average for Pud.
rootless-e, mooslamisist
Actually, I thought it was a personal best for him. He's hit seven or eight in four words.
Thanks, Dave!
I've always loved green pea soup. My mom was never a soup maker, so I've mostly only had Campbells, but I'd like to try to make a batch.
I also have some ham for 16 bean soup, too, which I may make today, and then make a loaf of bread.
Sallyh, another r in the last name, no?
There are four mistakes in your one question.
David Derbes, hopeful | 11.15.08 - 10:08 am | #
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That's just average for Pud.
rootless-e, mooslamisist
He usually manages to fit in 1.5 errors for every word, which I find quite remarkable.
Inmate Escapes Jail by Mailing Himself Out In a Box
A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug
dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail.
The 42-year-old Turkish citizen - who was serving a seven-year sentence
- had been making stationery with other prisoners destined for the shops.
At the end of his shift, the inmate climbed into a cardboard box
and was taken out of prison by express courier. His whereabouts are still unknown.
Hillary is not mortal you fools.
obama sure loves strong women.
jdw
One of the easier ways to differentiate liberal men from freeper men.*
Most liberal men love strong women.
(*Another is the freeper drooling and the cheetoh stains in unfortunate places.)
Perfect, however, for Secretary of Running a Parallel Government and Undermining Obama So I Can Steal the Presidency in '12...
dave™© | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 10:09 am | #
Oh, c'mon. Do you really think that the Obama people are so naive and stupid to let that happen? Stop being so divisive. It is everything Obama is against.
No, I never soak split peas. You don't need to, as you would do with beans.
Cool. All the better.
bo's first weekend address as pres elect:
http://change.gov/newsroom/entry...resident_elect/
it is funny, i always thought catalexis was a woman: cat-alexis.
If I wanted Shrillary to be SOS, I would have voted for McCain.
Only Shrillary and McCain were qualified. Dont you remember her campaign talk.
Please Obama, dont select her for anything and dont help her with her campaign debts.
No to the corrupt Clintons
"At the end of his shift, the inmate climbed into a cardboard box
and was taken out of prison by express courier."
I'd buy that dude a joint.
CoT--that's the kind of prisoner who deserves a least a brief interlude of being on-the-lam before recapture, just in honor of his cleverness.
obama sure loves strong women.
puddy-pie shits its pants in fear when it comes to strong women. Or men. Or goldfish.
Vicki -
1 bag split peas - soak for a few hours. Drain. Cook in water at low-medium heat. Add water as they cook (so they don't burn), salt, pepper, celery seed (or chopped celery tops), toward the end of cooking, a can of chicken or beef broth. Then, add a chopped carrot, bits of ham if you have any, and milk, to thin. Cook together, gently. Split pea soup.
puddy-pie shits its pants in fear when it comes to strong women. Or men. Or goldfish.
billy b
Well, sure.
A strong goldfish might look at you funny.
And that way madness lies.
Do you really think that the Obama people are so naive and stupid to let that happen?
If you click on "View Source," you can see the [snark] tag...
catalexis became Pithy for a few days recently and posted a very serious series of things. I shall miss his gravatar.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©
Has your big wheel rolled you to any Phil shows lately..?
In the 2d version is was Steve Martin and Bill Murray
gummo:
Bing Crosby "Brother, can you spare a dime?"
Meanwhile, over there:
US mil: Marine killed by roadside bomb in Iraq
BAGHDAD: The U.S. military says an American Marine has been killed by a roadside bombing west of Baghdad.
A statement says the Multi National Force — West Marine died Friday as a result of wounds suffered in the explosion.
It says the blast occurred in Anbar province, a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad that has seen a sharp drop in violence since a U.S.-funded Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq.
The death raises to at least 4,198 members of the U.S. military who have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. That's according to an Associated Press count.
End the war ASAP! Bring home all the troops - leave no residual troops behind!!
Um, I don't like pea soup.
Got any Campbell's Chicken Noodle?
Celery Seeds aren't.
thought that cnn interview with pickles was cute.
she said she 'showed michelle the closets, the kind of things women are interested in'(paraphrasing).
sweet jeebus. michelle musta been really biting her tongue.
Hello peeps. I am in the Miami airport. It's busy but not as busy as one would expect for a Friday morning.
What's the latest?
If you soak the beans you hasten the cooking time and as well, get rid of any stale beans. It's not obligatory with split peas - they'll still cook pretty fast. For most of the hard beans, it's a good idea, mostly as well because the acids in the beans will also be soaked out.
If you click on "View Source," you can see the [snark] tag...
dave™© | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 10:14 am | #
So sorry.[crawls under the couch and hides]
Or goldfish.
Or kittehs.
Auntie, we may have to, and we're prepared to, but no evacuation orders have been issued for my neighborhood.
One thing we did last night was close up the house and put the AC on; Monsieur could barely breathe. Still, you can smell it inside, and when you step outside, as I did a few minutes ago to have a cigarette, you're covered with soot within moments. Sky is totally obliterated.
Prevailing winds to the northeast at 13 mph with heavy gusting up to 45 mph. I live to the south of the fire. I suppose it's a slight improvement over last night, with 20 mph prevailing winds to the south and gusts up to 70 mph.
When do we get to see inside Condoleezza Rice's closet?
Oh, c'mon. Do you really think that the Obama people are so naive and stupid to let that happen?
That's what I meant by 'heh...heh...heh...'
sweet jeebus. michelle musta been really biting her tongue.
Michelle is a classy lady I'm sure she handled herself beautifully.
at first glance, the college f-ball schedule today seems lacking in must-sees, tho its always fun to see the Ol' Ball Coach return to the swamp (they are in Fla, no?).
Anyone spotted any good games?
Pickles told Michelle about Space Bags , I feel almost sure.
Virginia, if all else fails, I can blog from my iPhone.
I thought it was Saturady, SB?
my favorite soups are simple cream soups. It's typically onion, quart of chicken stock, herb, and a pound of main ingredient, puree, salt and pepper, dash of cream.
Hello peeps. I am in the Miami airport. It's busy but not as busy as one would expect for a Friday morning.
What's the latest?
The new is, it's Saturday!
Thank you, I needed something to make me smile just now.
Perfect, however, for Secretary of Running a Parallel Government
and Undermining Obama So I Can Steal the Presidency in '12...
dave™©
But not paralell parking. I covered this last night.
drizzle, cold here today.
maybe a batch of horse radish soup to go with the naan.
hen you step outside, as I did a few minutes ago to have a cigarette, you're covered with soot within moments.
Sorry to be flippant but I had an irony alert ...
Hope you are safe, Sally.
gummo:
Bing Crosby "Brother, can you spare a dime?"
whaleshaman
Thanks.
Goose bumps.
I've never seen Michelle Obama in high heels.
She's pretty tall.
Por ejemplo, I doubt you'd ever see her in these.
Obama has secretly offered to create a new post for Hillary: Secretary of Castration. Her job will be to deal with the DC pundit class and the GOP leadership.
Prevailing winds to the northeast at 13 mph with heavy gusting up to 45
mph. I live to the south of the fire. I suppose it's a slight
improvement over last night, with 20 mph prevailing winds to the south
and gusts up to 70 mph.
Sallyh, I used to live off Balboa. Keep KTLA on and get ready to move remembering that the freeways are closed. This fire is moving very fast.
A strong goldfish might look at you funny.
And that way madness lies.
heh.
pud just ran out the door at the thought of the fishy looking at it.
Southern Beale---if you're not from Fla, & its not a hassle re TSA, step outside & bask in our mind-numbing humidity & heat.
jdw, we'll take some of your rain, thanks.
Humidity is < 10% in these parts.
I'll betcha a whole poor family could live in just one WH closet.
It ain't right.
"It's busy but not as busy as one would expect for a Friday morning."
lose a day?
The new is, it's Saturday!
Oh, crap!!!!!
Good chili day here.
Wick Fowler's is a good starting point, but you have to build on it.
Auntie, I know it's moving rapidly. We already have 2500+ acres burned. I have KTLA online open and it updates every 2 minutes. We have the pet carriers at the ready.
On O's Energy and National Resources Team Leads:
David J. Hayes:
Looks O.K.
On Bart Chilton:
No time for the others.
Looks O.K.
I think.
maybe a batch of horse radish soup to go with the naan.
jdw
Horse radish soup?
Now that's a recipe I would like having.
I would like Hillary to have a blog wherein she denounces Andrew Sullivian to Hell.
So sorry.
Hey, not your fault - I hear they fix it in IE8...
Thanks I think I will pass on the mind numbing heat and humidity, sounds like Nashville in August. Been there, done that!
But I DO wish I could enjoy some famous Miami food. Sadly, the D terminal is not really cuisine central.
Secretary of Castration.
Whatta great idea!
Obama has secretly offered to create a new post for Hillary: Secretary of Castration. Her job will be to deal with the DC pundit class and the GOP leadership.
Hardly necessary in the case of the former. The bobbleheads have been a castrati chorus for years now.
Well, I have a sink full of dishes awaiting my ministrations if the missus is going to make breakfast.
But I really don't feel like doing anything at all.
oh, & SB--grab yourself a a cafecito-- shot of cafe cubano -- closest legal substance to cocaine.
"Horse radish soup?
Now that's a recipe I would like having."
i never even heard of it until we were in bavaria last year...OMG...and what it can do with a head cold is amazing.
I can provide, or just do teh google as i think that's where i found the recipe.
If you soak the beans you hasten the cooking time and as well, get rid of any stale beans.
I like to add a teaspoon of baking soda to the soak water to take the 'fire' out of the beans.
Gummo, yeah, neither do I. Besides, I'm doing the fire watch thing.
Sallyh we've been there; weren't as immediately threatened as you in '98, but it was hellacious across the river (and the fire jumped the river in a couple of spots), and the smoke and soot were awful. You'd wake up at 3 a.m. and walk around the house to make sure it wasn't burning, the smoke inside was so intense.
It is NOT fun.
Yes! On transition team:
"Linda Puchala joined the National Mediation Board in May, 1999, as a Mediator, working on both airline and railroad cases.
Currently, she serves the Board as the Senior Mediator responsible for the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program. In this capacity, she directs the Board's ADR training programs, develops and maintains the training curriculum, and delivers training to interested parties. She also remains active as a mediator in airline and railroad cases, and she conducts Interest Based Bargaining (IBB) facilitation and grievance mediation.
Prior to joining the Board, Ms Puchala had over 30 years of experience in Labor Relations, including work as President of a major airline union. 23 years of her labor relations experience has been spent working with the Railway Labor Act.
Ms Puchala holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration."
On Bart Chilton:
Children by the millions have been waiting for Bart Chilton to come around.
I'll betcha a whole poor family could live in just one WH closet.
I've never been, but isn't the White House actually rather small? Unless the closets are like the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, where its actually underground...
But I DO wish I could enjoy some famous Miami food. Sadly, the D terminal is not really cuisine central.
Southern Beale | Homepage | 11.15.08 - 10:21 am | #
There is some non-chain place there where you can get decent coffee con leche, at least.
sheets
A pot of chili sounds really yummy right now, too.
Audrey won't eat it, alas. I haven't had chili since she went no beef.
And I end up eating out almost all the time.
That. has. got. to change.
Virginia, nah, I'll admit it's not the most entertaining thing I've ever done.
Besides, I'm doing the fire watch thing.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Well, that's doing something, and that's important.
Geez, you're having a helluva year, aren't you?
I like to add a teaspoon of baking soda to the soak water to take the 'fire' out of the beans.
Absolutely correct. Neutralises the acid right quick.
SB--(negative-bragging): Nashville in August is what we call a "cold-front".
MIA cuisine sucks (local graft got bad restaurants the good spots, etc.) but do try the cafe cubano--you'll be awake for the duration of any conceivable flight.
Another winner on the natural resources transition team:
"Cynthia Estlund is the Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law.
She teaches Labor Law, Employment Law, and Property Law and has published numerous articles on the subject of Labor and Employment. In her book Working Together: How Workplace Bonds Strengthen a Diverse Democracy (Oxford University Press 2003), she argued that the workplace is a site of both comparatively successful integration and intense cooperation and sociability, and explored the implications for democratic theory and for labor and employment law. She has over twenty publications in peer-reviewed journals, including the leading law reviews.
Cynthia Estlund graduated from Lawrence University with a B.A. in Government, summa cum laude, 1978. She then studied government programs for working parents in Sweden as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow. She earned her J.D. at the Yale Law School in 1983, and was a Notes Editor for the Yale Law Journal. After a judicial clerkship with Judge Patricia M. Wald on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Estlund reported on the prosecution of human rights abuses in Argentina as a J. Roderick MacArthur Fellow. She practiced law for several years, primarily with the labor law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser.
Estlund joined the University of Texas School of Law faculty in 1989, and was Regents Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She subsequently joined the Columbia Law School faculty in 1999, where she was the Isidore and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and additionally the Vice Dean for Research, Columbia Law School, until her move to NYU in 2006.
Her husband Samuel Issacharoff is also a professor at New York University School of Law."
Feeling a little better ....
Anybody know of a good online liquor store?
I lost a bet.
With a gooper.
Oh the shame.
Absolutely correct. Neutralises the acid right quick.
I forgot to say to rinse the beans well to get rid of the soda before cooking them...
here's one:
http://www.horseradish.org/
Horse...up_recipes.html
Gummo, you have NO idea how much I want this year over.
Audrey won't eat it, alas. I haven't had chili since she went no beef.
For beef, subsitute - tofu!
Honest to God! The best chili I ever had was from a woman who used tofu instead of beef. She let it simmer overnight and the tofu broke down into the same crumbly substance ground beef would, plus it really absorbed all the spices.
but do try the cafe cubano--you'll be awake for the duration of any conceivable flight.
Thanks for the tip, mofo!!! I love you guyz!!!!!
Woman reaches US army's top rank
An American woman has been promoted to four-star general -
the first female to reach the US army's highest rank.
There are 21 female generals, most of them one-star, in the US army. Women make up 14% of the army's active service strength of more than 500,000 soldiers. "A Dunwoody has fought in every American war since
the Revolution," said army chief of staff Gen George Casey.
Gen Dunwoody is married to retired air force officer Craig Brotchie.
"There is no one more surprised than I, except of course, my husband,"
she told an auditorium packed with the military's top brass. "And you
know what they say, behind every successful woman there's
an astonished man."
Audrey won't eat it, alas. I haven't had chili since she went no beef.
For beef, subsitute - tofu!
Vegetarian chilli tip: use tofu SAUSAGE. It's spiced very nicely for chilli.
Hmmm ... mo' lawyers on the transition team. Can't tell much about this fellow:
"Mr. Swerdzewski obtained his law degree from Fordham University Law School in 1975. In 1993 President William J. Clinton appointed him General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority after confirmation by the United States Senate. He was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate for a second term in 1998. He is the only General Counsel to have been appointed for a second term. He is well known for his advice and policy issuances on labor relations topics for the federal sector, which he issued while General Counsel. His creative approaches to dispute resolution led to a significant reduction in case filings during his tenure. He left the FLRA in 2001 to become President and CEO of FPMI Solutions, a federal government human resource and training contractor. While leading FPMI through a period of significant expansion of its federal business, he also acted as a labor relations consultant to federal agencies and performed numerous speaking engagements nationwide. He is a much sought-after speaker, having presented over 200 speeches and seminars on labor and employment subjects throughout the United States and abroad. He started Joseph Swerdzewski and Associates (JSA) in July 2005."
Freeze the tofu first - it makes it super absorbent.
Another winner on O's transition natural resources team:
"Cecilia V. Estolano is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CRA/LA. With an annual budget of over $726 million and a work program covering 32 project areas throughout the City of Los Angeles, CRA/LA is the largest redevelopment agency in the State of California. Since joining CRA/LA in May 2006, Ms. Estolano has redefined the role of CRA/LA to encompass a broad mission of creating economic opportunity and improving the quality of life for current and future generations living in CRA/LA project areas. Under Ms. Estolano’s leadership, CRA/LA has focused on creating family-supporting jobs, producing affordable and workforce housing, promoting sustainable urbanism and delivering significant, transformative investment to areas of Los Angeles that have not shared in the city’s cycles of prosperity. During her tenure, CRA/LA has rebuilt its housing department, adopted a landmark policy on local hiring in construction jobs receiving financial support from CRA/LA, adopted a Healthy Neighborhoods policy as a blueprint for incorporating sustainability principles throughout CRA/LA’s practices, programs and projects, and created a $42 million Land Acquisition Fund to jump-start development in underserved markets like South Los Angeles.
Prior to joining CRA/LA Ms. Estolano was counsel in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Her practice focused on land use, zoning, redevelopment, municipal law, the California Environmental Quality Act and environmental permitting and regulatory issues.
From 2001 to 2004, Ms. Estolano served as Special Assistant City Attorney for land use, economic development and environment for Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, where she presided over a major restructuring of the office to create the Real Estate and Economic Development Practice (REED) Group. As Supervising Attorney of REED, Ms. Estolano managed 60 attorneys handling land use, real estate, redevelopment, economic development, public finance and environmental matters for the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency. Ms. Estolano was the City's lead attorney on all major land use, real estate and economic development projects. She was also the City's top negotiator in achieving a landmark settlement in Clean Water Act litigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. EPA Region IX, the State of California and the Santa Monica Baykeeper regarding the City's sewer system.
Prior to joining the City Attorney's Office, Ms. Estolano practiced land use, real estate and environmental law as an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office.
Ms. Estolano's public sector background includes experience at the local, state and federal level. Ms. Estolano served on the California Coastal Commission from 1999 to 2002 as an appointee of the Speaker of the California Assembly.
the obama team seems to be able to find highly accomplished people who have nothing to do with DC.
One very disturbing find -- Ivo Daalder. PNAC signatory
"I like my blood like I like my semen, old"-Joe Lieberman
if that makes sense.
NO!!! everyone on their merits please...don't give a shit if they've been there before as long as they're good and they're honest.
Atrios going Big Stupid on us?
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What's the world coming to when Government won't help big business?
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