Then you dissed her and dismissed her now she's jocking Jay...
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:01 pm | #
so, hypothetically, congress learns of bush admin torturing people and is outraged, orders him to stop. he refuses. they get an injuction, it goes to the sup ct. the sup ct cant refuse it for being a political question, can it?
pretzel | 07.10.09 - 2:59 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
Federal courts would throw that case out because COngress does not have standing and/or the issue is not justiciable as a political question.
a victim could bring a case.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:02 pm | #
Sequel to BJ and The Bear...Ali and the Bear
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:02 pm | #
How else do you propose to resolve a standoff between Congress and the President? Thumb wrestling?
C/T, translator | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 2:48 pm | #
so, hypothetically, congress learns of bush admin torturing people and is outraged, orders him to stop. he refuses. they get an injuction, it goes to the sup ct. the sup ct cant refuse it for being a political question, can it?
pretzel | 07.10.09 - 2:59 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
they cant get an injunction. the president cannot be enjoined in his official duties. that case would never be heard anyway as it is not justciable. Congress cant be a party in taht case.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:00 pm
but he's acting outside of his official duties. and if he's violating treaties and the constitution, why wouldn't it be justiciable?
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:03 pm | #
Ha! I did it for the greater good of the community. xxJayAckroyd
Libby, |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:03 pm | #
From below:
It's a patronizing contempt. "Well, WE know she's an idiot, a liar and a thief, but the rubes seem to like her."
Gummo
Well, I'm not a rube.
Because I can't stand the bitch!
Terry C - Castrating B*tch* |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:03 pm | #
that was me, pretending to be Anonymous.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:03 pm | #
when it says
libby libby libby
on the
title title title
you will like it like it like it
at least you
might'll might'll might'll
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:03 pm | #
change those two "ee"'s to an "a" and you've got my attention.
pooping, slowly |
07.10.09 - 3:04 pm | #
but he's acting outside of his official duties. and if he's violating treaties and the constitution, why wouldn't it be justiciable?
pretzel | 07.10.09 - 3:03 pm | # [kill][hid
someone could sue if they were injured. it wouldnt be COngress.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:04 pm | #
Oh Libby
you gave us a thread without taking
but you had to get Jay...
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:04 pm | #
How else do you propose to resolve a standoff between Congress and the President? Thumb wrestling?
C/T, translator
I'm gonna be a bachelor for 18 hours, or so. Not feeling up for fast-paced, rural, west-central Wisconsin this weekend.
AndyG |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:04 pm | #
i thought the political question doctrine applied to actions that were within the normal scope say of the executive or congress. bush was clearly acting outside of the law. it just kind of blows my mind that the only remedy would be impeachment.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:04 pm | #
Both Lincoln and Andrew Jackson got away with out and out defying the court and FDR scared the shit out of them.
The fact is that if Congress is too crappy to assert its own rights, the courts can't do anything.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:04 pm | #
Impeachment.
Anonymous | 07.10.09 - 3:02 pm | #
off the table. it's too divisive.
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:04 pm | #
Sequel to BJ and The Bear...Ali and the Bear
olexicon, mike sass
in the sequel, the bear is smarter than the human.
Ali |
07.10.09 - 3:05 pm | #
One of Harper's chief communications aides, Dimitri Soudas, said he had mistakenly informed the prime minister that comments by an academic about Canada's irrelevance in the G8 were actually Ignatieff's.
The academic said Canada is at risk of being shut out of such international councils.
Harper took those comments and ran with them in both official languages during his closing news conference at the Group of Eight summit.
He accused Ignatieff of being "irresponsible," saying the Liberal leader is "supposed to be a Canadian."
Shortly after the 45-minute news conference ended, Soudas rushed to inform Canadian media that he'd misread an email, wrongly attributed a quote to Ignatieff and then advised the prime minister to comment publicly on the matter.
Liberal foreign affairs critic Bob Rae said that the matter showed Harper's true character.
"I think all Canadians have to recognize that we have the smallest man on the world stage that it's possible to imagine, and that's Stephen Harper," Rae said in an interview.
"He never misses an opportunity to stoop. Not to conquer, just to throw mud."
but he's acting outside of his official duties. and if he's violating treaties and the constitution, why wouldn't it be justiciable?
pretzel | 07.10.09 - 3:03 pm | # [kill][hid
someone could sue if they were injured. it wouldnt be COngress.
euphronius failure
Congress doesn't have standing. The remedy then is impeachment, not recourse to the courts.
Rmj, Love Stupid Theologist |
07.10.09 - 3:05 pm | #
Libby does have a beautifully plaintive tweet.
Like Obama, I would definitely ogle it.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
07.10.09 - 3:05 pm | #
in the sequel, the bear is smarter than the human.
Ali
He is obviously after your pick-a-nick basket
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:05 pm | #
It's like a freekin' country bear jambaroo around here!
AndyG |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:05 pm | #
Hey peeps!!!! My solar panels are ON! I'm generating power! Since 11 am I haven't used any utility power, and my inverter says I've saved 16 lbs of carbon already today.
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:06 pm | #
3 hours until opening night
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:06 pm | #
he's acting outside of his official duties. and if he's violating treaties and the constitution,
The torture was in violation of signed and ratified treaty law.
Yogi |
07.10.09 - 3:06 pm | #
"Posted by" distracts from the headlines. No sir, I don't like it!
Waaah
vanityimpaired |
07.10.09 - 3:06 pm | #
Anonymous,
I never heard your solution.
C/T, translator |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:06 pm | #
I have yet to pack my suitcase
but I have all my stuff ready
just gotta focus tomorrow, after my manicure and pedicure
Feeling kind of lonely over there. Half my followers are spam bots.
Libby, |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:08 pm | #
My solar panels are ON! I'm generating power! Since 11 am I haven't used any utility power, and my inverter says I've saved 16 lbs of carbon already today.
I never heard your solution.
C/T, translator | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:06 pm | #
Impeach and/or cut off funding.
Bush was able to unconstitutionally exercise power because the Congress was supine. Congress was supine because it's a deeply corrupt institution. Court decisions, even if we could expect that Alito court to act with any morals or insight, can't remedy that.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:08 pm | #
Twitter is great for finding barely legal studs!
Barney Frank |
07.10.09 - 3:09 pm | #
Like Obama, I would definitely ogle it.
Me, I'd be checking out SoBeale's solar panels...
jayackroyd |
07.10.09 - 3:09 pm | #
This is like...low-grade stand-up comic fodder going on here ^_^
Nim, ham hock of liberty
Hopefully not the beginning of a long comic weekend for you. The picture Vicki posted of the cabin looked like there was no parking and you'd have to hike in a mile.
ErinPDX |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:09 pm | #
"Immigints, even when it was da bears I knww it was dem":
Get Eurass back to Eurasia!
AndyG
"Your Parents are Herb and Judy Nahassapimapetalon"
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:09 pm | #
you guess is as good as mine as to wwhat the "political question" doctrine is.
the SC uses it with "smelly" cases it doan want to touch.
euphronius failure
The courts have no enforcement powers. For that, they rely on the executive.
The legislative (federal, anyway) can take away their jurisdiction. So they have to be even handed to both, and stay out of their business as much as possible. Or at least not be seen to directly involve themselves in matters traditionally left to the other two.
Hence the "political doctrine."
Rmj, Love Stupid Theologist |
07.10.09 - 3:09 pm | #
And just for blow jobs.
Terry C - Castrating B*tch* |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:09 pm | #
The torture was in violation of signed and ratified treaty law.
Yogi | 07.10.09 - 3:06 pm | #
yeah i know. i guess the president could be removed quickly if he or she were somehow determined to be not competent. but damn, impeachment can take years. what if it were somebody worse than bush? palin, maybe, if she ever got in, decides to invade russia cause russia looked ominous that day.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:10 pm | #
Me, I'd be checking out SoBeale's solar panels...
jayackroyd
"She's got 'uuuuge ... solar panels."
dan mcenroe |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:10 pm | #
"Impeachment."
Anonymous | 07.10.09 - 3:02 pm | #
"off the table. it's too divisive."
--dirk gently, antiskeptic
Well, it was for Bush. Im not sure about Obama. I'm thinking they'll try anything.
mer |
07.10.09 - 3:10 pm | #
They only impeach when it's a Democrat.
And just for blow jobs.
Terry C - Castrating B*tch*
Turns out they were disgusted because the sex was so boringly normal.
Who could have guessed....
Gummo |
07.10.09 - 3:10 pm | #
"nice rack...of solar panels"
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:10 pm | #
Yay SoBeale. Solar rocks.
Libby, |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:10 pm | #
aslo, not mentioned: the AG could prosecute the president.
special prosecuter? or was that a clinton-only thing?
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:11 pm | #
They only impeach when it's a Democrat.
And just for blow jobs.
Terry C - Castrating B*tch*
Now they're going to get the black guy for checkin' out some ass.
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.10.09 - 3:11 pm | #
Me, I'd be checking out SoBeale's solar panels...
jayackroyd
It need not be an either/or situation.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
07.10.09 - 3:11 pm | #
The legislative (federal, anyway) can take away their jurisdiction. So they have to be even handed to both, and stay out of their business as much as possible. Or at least not be seen to directly involve themselves in matters traditionally left to the other two.
Hence the "political doctrine."
Rmj, Love Stupid Theologist | 07.10.09 - 3:09 pm | # [kill][hid
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Congress cant take away jurisdiction explicitly mentioned in teh constitution. cite some old case i forgot. also they cant take away the SC appellate power on federal issues. again some smelly case.
needless to say though, COngress could make their life very mean and nasty.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:11 pm | #
a house just outside of our cul de sac had solar panels fitted
Moonbootica, Avout |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:11 pm | #
special prosecuter? or was that a clinton-only thing?
dirk gently, antiskeptic | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:11 pm |
sure. it was before clinton too.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:12 pm | #
The right to freely exercise one's religion "does not relieve an individual of the obligation to comply with a valid and neutral law of general applicability," the 9th Circuit panel wrote.
"Any refusal to dispense -- regardless of whether it is motivated by religion, morals, conscience, ethics, discriminatory prejudices, or personal distaste for a patient -- violates the rules," the panel said.
Good language, although they were just overturning an injunction and there are other issues below
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:12 pm | #
The world's oldest dinosaur burrows have been discovered in Australia.
Three separate burrows have been found in all, the biggest 2m long, each built to a similar design and just big enough to hold the body of a small dinosaur.
The 106-million-year-old burrows, the first to be found outside of North America, would have been much closer to the South Pole when they were created.
That supports the idea that dinosaurs living in cold, harsh climates burrowed underground to survive.
The only other known dinosaur burrow was discovered in 2005 in Montana, US.
Described two years later, this burrow dated from 95 million years ago and contained the bones of an adult and two juveniles of a small new species of dinosaur called Oryctodromeus cubicularis.
Congress cant take away jurisdiction explicitly mentioned in teh constitution. cite some old case i forgot. also they cant take away the SC appellate power on federal issues. again some smelly case.
needless to say though, COngress could make their life very mean and nasty.
euphronius failure
Rmj, Love Stupid Theologist |
07.10.09 - 3:12 pm | #
Billy b, you still around?
Just heard from the missus that we do indeed have mail today....
needless to say though, COngress could make their life very mean and nasty.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:11 pm | #
They could add 10 members and make the salary minimum wage.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:13 pm | #
Her plaintive tweet called to me....
Languorously.
-
QuentinCompson, Retributionary
Some would call it mellifluous.
As opposed to SoBe's diaphanous panels.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
07.10.09 - 3:13 pm | #
Tags are telling me it's time to go:
Congress cant take away jurisdiction explicitly mentioned in teh constitution. cite some old case i forgot. also they cant take away the SC appellate power on federal issues. again some smelly case.
needless to say though, COngress could make their life very mean and nasty.
euphronius failure
Congressional control over the courts is limited, but they have enough control to mess 'em up good. Likewise the executive wouldn't want to ignore court directives, but they can mess 'em up in carrying out directives to detain people, execute court orders (directed at others, I mean), etc.
It's a balance.
Rmj, Love Stupid Theologist |
07.10.09 - 3:13 pm | #
Blue-ribbon panel, bitches!
AndyG
In Canada we call them "Royal Commisions"
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:14 pm | #
They could add 10 members and make the salary minimum wage.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math | 07.10.09 - 3:13 pm | #
the new ones, yeah. not the old ones. they keep same salary.
cite some old case i forgot.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:14 pm | #
for southern beale.
dan mcenroe
THANKS I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT!!!!
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:14 pm | #
I think our British MPs should be on the minimum wage
Moonbootica, Avout |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:14 pm | #
the new ones, yeah. not the old ones. they keep same salary.
cite some old case i forgot.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:14 pm | #
A good fraction of the universe's first stars may have been born in pairs, a new study suggests.
Since each star in a pair is likely to be smaller than a single star created from the same natal material, the work may help explain why so far no evidence has been found for exotic physical processes thought to occur in super-heavy stars from the early universe.
It may also mean the star pairs could be detected by the gravitational waves they would emit at the end of their lives.
Not much is known about the universe's first stars. It is theoretically possible to see them with telescopes by looking for objects that are extremely far away, since their light takes billions of years to reach Earth. But today's telescopes are not powerful enough to see the dim objects.
I think our British MPs should be on the minimum wage
Moonbootica, Avout
Then you'd have the Texas Lege. Believe me, you don't want that, either.
Rmj, Love Stupid Theologist |
07.10.09 - 3:15 pm | #
doan make me look up the case rootless.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:15 pm | #
the fundamental problem is that the congress does not function very well - and the fundamental problem there is the senate which has an average IQ of 30, maybe 50 if you don't count Inhofe.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:16 pm | #
Gallup Management Journal
It’s Time to Brand Yourself
July 9, 2009
obama could appoint a bunch of stoner slackers, if congress added 10 members and made the salary minimum wage.
"hey clarence how come you never say anthing, dude? and tony, man you need to lighten up, hey, want some pizza?"
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:16 pm | #
Impeachment I think, is a less than ideal solution, for a number of reasons. Yes, the Supreme Court is bad because of Cruikshank and Bush v Gore, but Congress has its own 200 yr non-blemish free track record, not to mention their recent impeachment of Bill Clinton.
So while imeachment favor the President, given the hurdles, it puts the final decision in hands of Congress. Which has it pluses and minuses.
If the President and Congress cannot decide whether a given law is Constitutional, I would still prefer to give the Court the final say, but I would also recommend they avoid questions purely involving power struggles between the two other branches.
C/T, translator |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:17 pm | #
no I don't like politicians these days
they are lower than estate agents
Moonbootica, Avout |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:17 pm | #
doan make me look up the case rootless.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:15 pm | #
So you think the SC could compel congress to pay its salary?
Sorry dude, Congress appropriated $3. Take it or leave it.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:17 pm | #
interesting you know that the Constitution gives Congress the power to try an impeachment, and not the SC. though i suppose the CJ presides.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:17 pm | #
the senate which has an average IQ of 30, maybe 50
Max Baucus is no prize.
Yogi |
07.10.09 - 3:17 pm | #
HIGH-ENERGY laser weapons have been hailed as the future of anti-missile defence, but they may be further from being battle-ready than military chiefs hoped.
In recent tests, several prototypes have suffered serious damage to their optics at intensities well below the expected levels of tolerance. "Optical damage has been quietly alarming upper management in most major programmes," Sean Ross of the US Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico told a meeting of the Directed Energy Professional Society in Newton, Massachusetts, last week. There are also big problems managing the waste heat generated by high-intensity beams.
Max Baucus is no prize.
Yogi | 07.10.09 - 3:17 pm | #
Chuck Schumer is in the top 10% of smarts and integrity in the US senate, a ranking he could not attain in the average county jail.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:18 pm | #
Hey Jay -- you put me in touch with your brother, didn't you? For help on the solar issue? Or was that another Atriot?
Hard to believe I've been working on this for an entire year!
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:19 pm | #
If the President and Congress cannot decide whether a given law is Constitutional, I would still prefer to give the Court the final say, but I would also recommend they avoid questions purely involving power struggles between the two other branches.
C/T, translator | Homepage | 07.
well sure, but basically bush was acting like the other two branches didnt exist.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:19 pm | #
not all law is enforced. International law, for example.
If the President and Congress cannot decide whether a given law is Constitutional, I would still prefer to give the Court the final say, but I would also recommend they avoid questions purely involving power struggles between the two other branches.
C/T, translator | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:
thats how most laws are figured out. if they apply to individuals they can sue and take it to fed court.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:19 pm | #
of course, congress COULD stop cost-of-living raises etc to scotus. when was the last time they got a raise?
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:20 pm | #
In Canada we call them "Royal Commisions"
We fought a revolution so we wouldn't have to do that.
Southern Beale
That's why we still have things like "Prince Edward Island" and in my hometown "The Windsor Hotel"...best dive bar in Humboldt
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:20 pm | #
Scientists are attempting to discover exactly what makes cheetahs the fastest running animals on the planet.
A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) team is using high-speed cameras and a sensitive track to monitor the big cats as they sprint.
Cheetahs can reach speeds of at least 104km/h (64mph) and they can achieve their top speed in just a few paces.
The study is being carried out with North African cheetahs from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
Professor Alan Wilson, head of the structure and motion laboratory at RVC, said: "The cheetah is fascinating because it can run 50% faster than any of the other animals we are familiar with, so in terms of understanding what limits how fast you can run, the cheetah is a wonderful animal to study."
needless to say though, COngress could make their life very mean and nasty.
euphronius failure
Turn the Scotus building into a tourist food court and pay SCOTUS judges the median wage in th countryy?
leibniz♘☮ |
07.10.09 - 3:20 pm | #
9th Circuit Court rules that pharmacies MUST stock & sell emergency contraception!!
I had a few words for the fundie pharmacists about that...
Libby, |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:21 pm | #
interesting you know that the Constitution gives Congress the power to try an impeachment, and not the SC. though i suppose the CJ presides
House charges via articles of impeachment.
Senate sits as jury during trial (House managers act as prosecutors).
Chief Justice does preside.
Anonymous |
07.10.09 - 3:21 pm | #
The calls by Congressional Dems for investigations into this "secret CIA program" even Director Panetta did not know about for 4 months are somewhat heartening.
plantsman, mad google skillz |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:21 pm | #
but basically bush was acting like the other two branches didnt exist.
pretzel | 07.10.09 - 3:19 pm | #
congress took itself off the table, and hid under it.
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:21 pm | #
ok its in the constitution. the congress and the president both agree the sup ct gets $3. so how does the sup ct enforce it?
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:21 pm | #
The calls by Congressional Dems for investigations into this "secret CIA program" even Director Panetta did not know about for 4 months are somewhat heartening.
plantsman, mad google skillz
And even Harry Reid is urging Congressional Dems not to worry about Republican votes on the health care bill.
But of course the Blue Dogs are still wringing their hands....
Gummo |
07.10.09 - 3:22 pm | #
Scientists are attempting to discover exactly what makes cheetahs the fastest running animals on the planet.
ok its in the constitution. the congress and the president both agree the sup ct gets $3. so how does the sup ct enforce it?
pretzel
Start over with a grownup country?
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:22 pm | #
tee hee - French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as penny-pinching, rude and terrible at languages, according to a new survey.
The study by travel company Expedia asked 4,500 hotels worldwide to rank tourists on their behaviour.
Japanese tourists - seen as clean and tidy, polite, quiet and uncomplaining - came top for the third year running.
French travellers made amends on elegance - classed third - as well as for their discretion and cleanliness.
But the French were the least ready to try a new language, unlike US tourists who were most likely to swallow their pride and order a pizza, baguette or a paella in the local lingo.
Scientists are attempting to discover exactly what makes cheetahs the fastest running animals on the planet.
I thought it was the extreme flexibility of their spines, which serves like a spring to lengthen their stride. IIRC cheetahs have an extremely long stride for their body size compared to other animals.
Toonscribe: domestic shorthair |
07.10.09 - 3:23 pm | #
It did annoy me that my recommndation of the court, ideally as the institution to resolve legal questions, with such incredulity, because of Bush v. Gore, as if the other branches were problem-free. Ideally, it would be the court, and ideally it would be right and the other branches would follow. If Congress is a "deeply corrupt institution" then impeachment is hardly better.
C/T, translator |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:23 pm | #
ok its in the constitution. the congress and the president both agree the sup ct gets $3. so how does the sup ct enforce it?
pretzel | 07.10.09 - 3:21 pm | # [kill][hide
Yeah that was me. I will tell Rok that you succeeded. Family get together at the end of the month. Whole lamb on a spit. Spinakopita. Swarms of mosquitoes the size of small birds, given the amount of rain we have had.
jayackroyd |
07.10.09 - 3:24 pm | #
congress could pass a law requiring justices to wear ithcy woolen longjohns under their gowns.
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:24 pm | #
I don't know exactly how fast Widget runs, but he can reach full speed in a step or two.
go on strike. HAH!
/crabapple.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
er, robes. the cat distracted me.
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
If Congress is a "deeply corrupt institution" then impeachment is hardly better.
i dont know what the solution is, but bush sure highlighted a lot of potential faults in the system.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
Her plaintive twhat called to me?
Duane V, pissed |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
unlike US tourists who were most likely to swallow their pride and order a pizza, baguette or a paella in the local lingo.
We will proudly butcher your native tongue in the name of peance, freeance and goodwill toward ferners!
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
Thanks. Am I following you? Can you send me a msg at FB with your user name if I'm not?
Libby, |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
HIGH-ENERGY laser weapons have been hailed as the future of anti-missile defence
Unless it's cloudy.
Or raining. Or snowing.
What a bitch.
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
Power doesn't corrupt. It draws the corrupt.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
Family get together at the end of the month. Whole lamb on a spit. Spinakopita.
A big fat Greek barbecue? Yummmm!!!!
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
Obama tells Pope he wants to reduce abortions in the U.S.
Hesiod |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
If Congress is a "deeply corrupt institution" then impeachment is hardly better.
C/T, translator | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:23 pm | #
They all suck, but when the public gets upset Congress changes faster than the SC.
I think that there is a tendency to overrely on the courts. If the executive is evil and congress is under the table having a few cold ones, we're fucked. Proof: 2000-2008.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
AndyG, is Marty Moon one of his followers?
And I'm very excited to see Margo finally take on the Dalai Lama.
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
Power doesn't corrupt. It draws the corrupt.
B1 Bummer
A koan from the Bummerman.
Gummo |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
teh SC could just refuse to work.
lol
go on strike. HAH!
/crabapple.
so then obama appoints 9 progressives. i wish.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
Am I following you? Can you send me a msg at FB with your user name if I'm not?
I don't think you are, I will IM you ...
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
leibniz
Dood, we were worried.
QL- |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
HIGH-ENERGY laser weapons have been hailed as the future of anti-missile defence
Otherwise known as Redbull.
Hesiod |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
Obama tells Pope he wants to reduce abortions in the U.S.
Did Ratzo tell him some camps might help with that?
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
Twitter is painfully slow this afternoon btw ...
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:26 pm | #
ok its in the constitution. the congress and the president both agree the sup ct gets $3. so how does the sup ct enforce it?
pretzel
SCOTUS doesn't enforce anything. That's up to the executive.
If Congress passes a spending bill that allocates just $3 to the SCOTUS, and the president signs the bill, then that's that. The SCOTUS has to tighten its belt and start clipping coupons...
Sometimes court decisions don't take effect until the executive decides to send in the troops to enforce them, like Brown v. Board of Ed.
I also recall a lot of calls from the republican legislators for the sherrif to not enforce the court decision in the Schiavo case.
smarty jones |
07.10.09 - 3:27 pm | #
i know "stupid people deserve representation, too", but why is politics such a klown kollege?
.
tacitus volt bear
Stupid folks are definitely overrepresented in Congress. Baucus comes from a state where the prairie dogs outnumber the people 5:1...
Duane V, pissed |
07.10.09 - 3:27 pm | #
sometimes I ponder why we have a political class in the first place
Moonbootica, Avout |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:27 pm | #
Obama tells Pope he wants to reduce abortions in the U.S.
Hesiod
Then he'd better do something about birth control and family planning.
pie |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:27 pm | #
High energy space lasers are also great for making popcorn.
trifecta |
07.10.09 - 3:27 pm | #
If Congress passes a spending bill that allocates just $3 to the SCOTUS, and the president signs the bill, then that's that. The SCOTUS has to tighten its belt and start clipping coupons...
The SCOTUS could, though, rule that to be an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers. Assumming they did not all recuse themselves first.
Hesiod |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
go on strike. HAH!
/crabapple.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:25 pm | #
It seems like under article 3, the congress can say, there is an inferior court with jurisdiction over armenian maritime law we designate the current SC as that court and ask the prez to nominate a new SC.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
HIGH-ENERGY laser weapons have been hailed as the future of anti-missile defence
... because they're really, really expensive.
dan mcenroe |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
sometimes I ponder why we have a political class in the first place
Moonbootica, Avout | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:27 pm | #
where else are you going to learn this stuff?
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
why we have a political class in the first place
This makes it easy to know who to hang.
Doug |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
HIGH-ENERGY laser weapons have been hailed as the future of anti-missile defence
Then he'd better do something about birth control and family planning.
pie
Federally funded daycare and a living wage for all fulltime jobs.
Gummo |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
High energy space lasers are also great for making popcorn.
One of my favorite 1980's movies!
Hesiod |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
If I had the keys, this blog would be exciting again.
Stunt Woman |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
Ultimate birth control: You can have all the sex you want so long as Ratzo gets to stand there and watch.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | #
what could happen is Roberts as himself could sue the US Treasurer to force him to cut a check for the guaranteed monies.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:29 pm | #
"Obama tells Pope he wants to reduce abortions in the U.S."
--Hesiod
Who does not want to reduce abortions? But that might include sex education and contraception, so no deal with the pope. Right?
mer |
07.10.09 - 3:29 pm | #
... because they're really, really expensive.
dan mcenroe
Wait . . . I know: lets put them IN SPACE!
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.10.09 - 3:29 pm | #
Federally funded daycare and a living wage for all fulltime jobs.
Oh, yes. Put your money where your mouth is, as it were.
pie |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:29 pm | #
is Marty Moon one of his followers?
I'll bet he is.
Me, I'm more enthralled by the current Mary Worth storyline. Those guys with bad haircuts are no good. Time for some non-descript salmon squares!
AndyG |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:29 pm | #
Baucus comes from a state where the prairie dogs outnumber the people 5:1...
Duane V, pissed
and score higher on standardized tests
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
07.10.09 - 3:29 pm | #
High energy space lasers are also great for making popcorn.
trifecta | 07.10.09 - 3:27 pm | #
if only we were invaded by popcorn
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
Libby, I can't IM you on Twitter for some reason, your name doesn't show up on my list. You must not have enabled e-mail on your Twitter account or something.
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
It seems like under article 3, the congress can say, there is an inferior court with jurisdiction over armenian maritime law we designate the current SC as that court and ask the prez to nominate a new SC.
rootless-e, anti-chaos-math | 07.10.09 - 3:28 pm | # [kill][hide co
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no, theyd have to be impeached to be moved off the supreme court.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
Me, I'm more enthralled by the current Mary Worth storyline. Those guys with bad haircuts are no good. Time for some non-descript salmon squares!
AndyG
Mary is vibrating with rage over the thought of some joker with a bowl cut horning in on her meddling!
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
can scotus rule on something if no ones brings the case before them?
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
Or they could, you know, paint a mirror finish on their missiles or something.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
sometimes I ponder why we have a political class in the first place
Moonbootica, Avout
When you figure that out, please let me know.
Duane V, pissed |
07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
can scotus rule on something if no ones brings the case before them?
dirk gently, antiskeptic | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:30 p
And you thought No Prairie Dog Left Behind would be a failure.
Toonscribe: domestic shorthair |
07.10.09 - 3:31 pm | #
can scotus rule on something if no ones brings the case before them?
dirk gently, antiskeptic
Wow. Talk about "activist judges."
dan mcenroe |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:31 pm | #
What we really need are some X-wing fighters n' shit.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:31 pm | #
Wekk, props to Greta at Fox for calling out that picture of Obama checking out a girl's ass as a lie.
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:31 pm | #
Or they could, you know, paint a mirror finish on their missiles or something.
B1 Bummer
DISCO BALLS OF DOOOOOOM
dan mcenroe |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:31 pm | #
PLAIN SPOKESPERSON SNARKS AT LEVI
"“It is interesting to learn Levi is working on a piece of fiction while honing his acting skills,” Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.'
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:31 pm | #
Remember how during the 2008 campaign a lot of people suggested that Obama could prove to be an excellent role model for African-American men who have often been deemed less than responsible as husbands and fathers? Wouldn't it be great if white Evangelical Republican men could come up with a role model like that too?
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Heh.
bo, apostate |
07.10.09 - 3:32 pm | #
i thought the supreme ct could take a case under some circumstances
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:32 pm | #
can scotus rule on something if no ones brings the case before them?
dirk gently, antiskeptic | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:30 p
state supreme courts can though. which is oodles of fun.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:32 pm | #
DISCO BALLS OF DOOOOOOM
dan mcenroe
"Woot! Woot!" is the disco call
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:32 pm | #
I like advisory opinions. They're a good time.
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:32 pm | #
Oh, man, the Palin bunch has so much class they should start a university.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:32 pm | #
if a case was filed in teh forest, and no one was there to see it, who would have jurisdiction?
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:33 pm | #
no
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:30 pm | #
that's what i thought. so if the pres and congress passed a bill cutting their budget to $3, how could they rule it a violation of the separation of powers? they can't bring their own cases.
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:33 pm | #
Oh, man, the Palin bunch has so much class they should start a university.
B1 Bummer
Barber or Clown?
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:33 pm | #
Well, gotta do some reasearch on pantry and kitchen cabinet inserts. Laterz, peeps.
Southern Beale |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:33 pm | #
Off to fetch the kid and start working on my thermonuclear disco ball death star. Have a good weekend, bats.
dan mcenroe |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:33 pm | #
Laser weapons require mirrors and lenses to focus powerful beams onto distant moving targets, and to compensate for atmospheric perturbations that can reduce the power they deliver. The higher the intensity of the beam, the more likely it is to damage the surface of its optical components.
Optical surfaces are designed to withstand powers up to a specific damage threshold, but tiny flaws or irregularities - which can be extremely difficult to spot - reduce this threshold by making them more vulnerable to heat. Contaminants deposited on the surface can also reduce this threshold by forcing the surface to absorb energy.
These problems have begun to stall the development of laser weapons. Earlier this year in the US, engineers halted tests of the $4.3 billion megawatt-class Airborne Laser short of full power to avoid damaging "a handful of optics in the turret", according to Mike Rinn, a Boeing vice-president who manages the programme. They realised that the optics, designed years ago, would be "frail" in the presence of any contamination, which would be virtually inevitable in flight. In the next week or so, Boeing engineers will install replacement optics and test them on the ground before running the laser at full power in flight.
even if a low court ruled in their favor, how would that decision be enforced. the executive just says nope, suffer.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:34 pm | #
Clown Barber. Somebody has to do those bizarre stick uppy hairdoes the clowns all have.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:34 pm | #
the just recuse themselves and sue as an individual.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:34 pm | #
Sure they can, when they're aggrieved parties.
Jay C. | 07.10.09 - 3:34 pm |
before themselves? wouldn't they have to recuse themselves?
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:35 pm | #
You can get your clown/barber/MBA in 4 years instead of the usual 5 to get all of them individually.
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:35 pm | #
Clown Barber. Somebody has to do those bizarre stick uppy hairdoes the clowns all have.
B1 Bummer
Or is that Red Barber's lesser known brother
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:35 pm | #
US tourists also got top marks for generosity, as the biggest spenders and tippers.
But they fell short on other counts as the least tidy, the loudest, the worst complainers and the worst dressed.
Britons came second for their overall behaviour, politeness, quietness and even elegance - second for dress sense only to the Italians.
But in Europe, the British were seen by the hoteliers as the worst behaved.
Jonathan Cudworth, the head of product marketing at Expedia.co.uk, said: "Being voted the worst tourists in the world by our closest neighbours highlights the fact that the 'Brits Abroad' moniker is a label we still haven't managed to shrug off.
I was surprised to see that on Fox. Especially from Greta.
Libby, | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:36 pm | #
yeah, it seems like she is such a right wing tool, normally. i'm not sure she's always been that way, or just saw it as a good career move.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:38 pm | #
That was good of Greta to call bullshit on that idiotic story. She will no longer have to be official clown pube waxer for at least a week or so.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:38 pm | #
And Canadians speak French sometimes, also
olexicon, mike sass | 07.10.09 - 3:38 pm | #
right! so that's all five.
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:39 pm | #
I was surprised to see that on Fox. Especially from Greta. - Libby,
unfortunately for the little-minds of their viewers that bell (or 'clang' as the case may be)cannot be unrung...
focus, schmart too late |
07.10.09 - 3:39 pm | #
right! so that's all five.
dirk gently, antiskeptic
Sean Hannity, however, remains in his position as anal shaver.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:40 pm | #
van susterren will probably get hate mail for exposing the lie.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:40 pm | #
Heh. My borg are currently discussing me on a conference call. The good news is they said, "...the only one in the office I'd trust to handle that and do it correctly is doncjesuis." The bad news is, it means they're scheming to dump even more work in my lap. My competence is a curse.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
07.10.09 - 3:40 pm | #
next thing you know, they'll be ordering kippers and pasties. why can't they just eat at kfc like everyone else in the world?
dirk gently, antiskeptic |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:40 pm | #
Isn't Anal Shaver the sister of Helen Shaver?
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:41 pm | #
Well, if it's matter of rapidity, waiting for a Congressional election, and then impeachment, sounds kind of slow.
In any case, my original post was in context of signing statement, and Presidential and Congressial abiities / duties to judge an action unconstitutional. Ideally, in a nation of laws, the institution set up to settle that very question would be the one doing it.
C/T, translator |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:41 pm | #
. My competence is a curse.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
IF you were sucky at your job you could be President of the United States (2001-200
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:42 pm | #
OMG IT WORKED!!
it was summoned!!
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:42 pm | #
they'll be ordering kippers and pasties
I made pasties the other night and brought one in to work for lunch.
The other people there said "what is that"?
Doug |
07.10.09 - 3:42 pm | #
/runs down to the OTB
AndyG |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:42 pm | #
OMG IT WORKED!!
it was summoned!!
euphronius failure
Euph is our new dark lord
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:42 pm | #
Beatlejuice just appeared. "It's show time!"
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.10.09 - 3:42 pm | #
CH Roberts could put a lien on teh White House.
Go after 'em in small claims court for each individual paycheck!
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:42 pm | #
Somebody's got to shave those baboons' butts, and Hannity is the man for the job.
B1 Bummer |
07.10.09 - 3:43 pm | #
OMG IT WORKED!!
it was summoned!!
euphronius failure
Watch out if it starts demanding to go to Satan's birthday party.
Gummo |
07.10.09 - 3:43 pm | #
I'm telepathic but I'm also hungry so bye
mimi |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:43 pm | #
"While we are in second place in the global best-tourist rankings, we clearly have a job to do to convince our European counterparts and those at home that we can be better behaved on holiday."
The model Japanese were followed by Canadians as the least likely to whinge when a trip goes wrong.
France's rivals for the world's "worst tourist" tag, Spaniards and Greeks, came near the bottom of the pack in almost every category.
Go, you little horse!
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:43 pm | #
Wekk, props to Greta at Fox for calling out that picture of Obama checking out a girl's ass as a lie.
Southern Beale | Homepage | 07.10.09 - 3:31 pm
I was surprised to see that on Fox. Especially from Greta.
Libby,
From earlier:
Once again, Obama proves himself a better man than me. I doubt that even fear of Michelle could have
stopped me from at least taking a look.
~
Meander |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:43 pm | #
CH Roberts could put a lien on teh White House.
I think Carter tried that but Reagan just took it off again.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan |
07.10.09 - 3:43 pm | #
CH Roberts could put a lien on teh White House.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:41 pm | #
the right wingers used to do this, file these bullshit liens, really screwed up the system in some places iirc.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:44 pm | #
OMG IT WORKED!!
it was summoned!!
euphronius failure
POSTED BY JAC
"Success." I do not think that word means what you think it means.
jac, satyrical |
07.10.09 - 3:44 pm | #
Go, you little horse!
Now with "E-Z Tear" tickets!
AndyG |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:44 pm | #
did somebody turn around thrice in front of a mirror?
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:45 pm | #
"says here this house has a mechanics lein on it for "emoluments and rights of office due the undersigned""
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:45 pm | #
Oil prices fell below $60 a barrel today, putting them on course for their worst week since January, as traders worried about the uncertain global economic outlook.
US light crude for August delivery dropped $1.54 to $58.87 a barrel this afternoon, a fall of 2.6%. Crude oil futures are heading for their biggest weekly fall since the start of the year.
In London, Brent crude was down $1.35 to $59.75, a drop of 2.2%.
The International Energy Agency predicted today that oil consumption would rebound by 1.7% next year but expected it to stay negative this year. The organisation said demand for OPEC oil will be limited this year.
It forecast world oil consumption next year would reach 85.2m barrels per day, up from 83.8m this year.
The prediction for this year remains at a fall of 2.9%, or 2.5m barrels per day from last year.
i wish that drop in oil prices would hit the gas pumps.
pretzel |
07.10.09 - 3:46 pm | #
yeah but you know the president has it in her interest not to piss off teh sc so much.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:47 pm | #
If I could, I would pick up this entire comment section, full of Atriotistas, and transport it directly into Digby's comment section.
Why is it always so tail-bitingly glum over there? It's like a meeting of marxist literary critics trying to argue over the finer points of the book of Revelation, only someone forgot to pay the light bill so they can't actually read the text.
-America is doomed for this reason!
-You are full of it! AmeriKKKa is obviously doomed for THIS reason".
-I am afraid that you, my friend, are letting your Barack-blinders blind you into not seeing the creeping over-ness of the AmericaNNN experiment, which was so over, years and years ago, like before Reagan!"
-Ohh, we are doomed! That's it, better move to Canada!
-Canada? Canada is for corporate oligarchs!
...and so on.
What a hairball-inducing pile of whiny creeps.
I swear to furry fuck, why would you even want to participate in blogs if all you see are doom and gloom? Just go stick your head under a truck, already.
¡El Gato Negro! |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:47 pm | #
Paul Broun (R-GA) is such an embarrassment.
Health savings accounts for Medicare and Medicaid?
Heh. Slapping a lien on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for failure to pay the full cost of toilets and fixtures in palatial new bathroom.
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:47 pm | #
Long a center of pilgrimage in the Ferghana Valley, in recent times Osh’s Sulaiman Too mountain has been subject to both Soviet revisionist history and picnickers keen to leave their mark.
Now, the spot -- where pre-Islamic rituals are blended with formal Muslim worship -- has been declared Kyrgyzstan’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 295-hectare complex, including the mountain, surrounding cemeteries and old residential districts, was chosen at a meeting on June 26 in Seville, Spain, for its historical and cultural significance to the Ferghana Valley.
First appearing in the region in the 17th Century, the name refers to the prophet Sulaiman of the Old Testament. Some say Sulaiman -- better known in the West as King Solomon, builder of Jerusalem’s first temple -- is buried on the mountain. ’Too’ means mountain in Kyrgyz.
Sulaiman Too "dominates the Ferghana Valley and forms the backdrop to the city of Osh, at the crossroads of important routes on the Central Asian Silk Roads," reads a UNESCO statement.
i wonder if the deed is even recorded for the White house. or if there is a deed. must be.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:48 pm | #
I swear to furry fuck, why would you even want to participate in blogs if all you see are doom and gloom? Just go stick your head under a truck, already.
¡El Gato Negro!
Because blog comments are important, and it's important to get everything on the record no matter how inane. History commands us!
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:48 pm | #
I tried some emoluments the last time I had a heat rash, but the hydrocortizone cream still worked better.
Gummo
I'm betting Bruno will make General before the last camo Camel goes out.
ignoreland |
07.10.09 - 3:49 pm | #
Well, it's an old government building in between a lot of other old government buildings. It's not like there was a ReMAX sign out front that said SOLD! WELCOME, PRESIDENT ADAMS.
Jay C. |
07.10.09 - 3:50 pm | #
If reports coming out of Astana are to be believed, corruption and mismanagement are eating away at the core of the Kazakh state. According to official information, bureaucrats -- from ministers on down -- have either been helping themselves to government funds or, at the very least, making ill-informed decisions that have incurred billions of dollars in losses. But some opposition figures believe the proliferation of corruption cases in Kazakhstan is an outgrowth of a behind-the-scenes power struggle.
A bevy of former officials are now confronting corruption charges. The most senior official to be arrested in the current drive has been Nurlan Iskakov, a former environment minister who went on trial on June 16 charged with embezzlement. Iskakov and his co-defendants -- who include two former deputy ministers, Alzhan Braliyev and Zeynulla Sarsembayev -- deny the charges.
ANNE ALTHOUSE BRINGS HER ANALYTICAL SKILLS TO OGLE IN ITALY-GATE
"Althouse, the most ridiculously puerile analyzer of still photographs ever*:
The foot closest to the woman, like Sarkozy’s, is planted and aimed forward, but the other steps off in the direction of the woman, bending the knee upward into a bit of a crotch-squeeze and forming the base of a dramatic tilt of the entire body into a flexible S-shape that leans toward the woman...His mouth is open as if to say: That’s what I want."
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:52 pm | #
maybe there is some arcane restrictive covenants. wouldnt that be fun.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:51 pm | #
The history of the Presidency is quite fascinating. If I were Presnit's kid I would get a PhD is presnital history and tell my profs, dood did you live in the freakign white house? didn't think so.
C/T, translator |
Homepage |
07.10.09 - 3:53 pm | #
maybe there is some arcane restrictive covenants. wouldnt that be fun.
euphronius failure | 07.10.09 - 3:51 pm | #
Hey peeps!!!! My solar panels are ON! I'm generating power! Since 11 am I haven't used any utility power, and my inverter says I've saved 16 lbs of carbon already today.
Southern Beale
Congrats, SB! Mine have been operational since '03, and I finally 'crossed the Rubicon,' so to speak, this summer, my production outpaces my use, grid-tied. My e-bills are now about $5/month, and I'm about to raise hell with SoCal Edison about even THAT. We share our power with our local neighbors. My array, they said, is the eqivalent of planting about an acre of trees...
wiley |
07.10.09 - 3:54 pm | #
no papists allowed
No pets.
No loud parties.
No overnight guests.
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MasterD, damn yankee
IF the Oval Office is-a-rocking don;t come-a-knockin
olexicon, mike sass |
07.10.09 - 3:54 pm | #
this just in: the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania just ruled that blog comments are banal, dipshitty.
euphronius failure |
07.10.09 - 3:55 pm | #
this is horrible - An Afghan law which legalised rape has been sent back to parliament with a clause letting husbands starve their wives if they refuse to have sex.
President Hamid Karzai ordered a review of the legislation after The Independent revealed that it negated the need for consent within marriage.
President Barack Obama described it as "abhorrent", Gordon Brown said Britain would "not tolerate" it, and other Nato countries threatened to withdraw their troops unless the legislation was drastically re-written.
The amendments were passed to the cabinet this week and signed by Mr Karzai on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said last night.
The women's rights activist Wazhma Frough, who was involved in the review, said that conservative religious leaders had pressured the Justice Ministry to keep many of the most controversial clauses.
"There have been a few little changes, but they are not enough," she said. "For example, if the wife doesn't accept her husband's sexual requirements then he can deny her food."
An Afghan law which legalised rape has been sent back to parliament with a clause letting husbands starve their wives if they refuse to have sex.
Wow, it's great we kicked the Taliban out.
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.10.09 - 3:56 pm | #
According to civil society groups, the law, which regulates the personal affairs of Afghanistan's minority Shia community, still includes clauses which allow rapists to marry their victims as a way of absolving their crime and it tacitly approves child marriage. The law sparked riots in Kabul. Hundreds of Shia women took to the streets in protest. They were attacked by mobs of angry men who launched counter demonstrations outside the capital's largest Shia madrassa.
It is due to be ratified by parliament, which first passed the legislation in March with hardly any debate.
"Violence against women is already endemic," said Razia Jan, who is building a women's community centre in Afghanistan's Shia heartland, Bamiyan. "Men pay thousands of dollars for young girls and they are treated like slaves. Women here are already so vulnerable."
Critics claim that Mr Karzai signed the law to appease Shia leaders, ahead of the presidential polls on 20 August.
uh so what exactly r we doing in Afghanistan again? beside bombing wedding parties and keeping prisoners in Bagraham that is oh and seizing Mung beans thinking they were opium
Moonbootica, Avout |
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07.10.09 - 3:56 pm | #
An Afghan law which legalised rape has been sent back to parliament with a clause letting husbands starve their wives if they refuse to have sex.
Cue Laura Bush telling us what wonderful things her husband's war did for Afghan women in 3, 2, ....
Gummo |
07.10.09 - 3:56 pm | #
uh so what exactly r we doing in Afghanistan again? beside bombing wedding parties and keeping prisoners in Bagraham that is oh and seizing Mung beans thinking they were opium
I'm for just killing every grown man who supports this shit. Really.
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.10.09 - 3:58 pm | #
"The Great War Primary Documents Archive seeks a three year NEH grant in the amount of $136,000 to complete a long term project which digitises and makes freely available public historical records of the Great War and its time."
Just say straight out what you want. Don't make 'em work for it.....
My competence is a curse.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
Only if the rest of the team is incompetent.
Clearly, you need to find another place to work.
Many of the Baby Blue Beelzebub Brigade suffer from the same malady. I'm happy to say that most of the folk I work with are quite competent. There are, of course, a few others.
In programming, 10% of the code does 90% of the work. In life, 10% of the work force does 90% of the work as well, and 10% of the jerks create 90% of the problems.
David Derbes, optimistic |
07.10.09 - 4:05 pm | #