HULK SMASHED
Impeach. It is not too late to share the love.
FIRST!
So I have a buncha pics from my Amtrak ride, Code Pink video and catblogging at the Homepage. Fuckers.
billy b
should be here now
olah
no comment?!
Haloscan must be a politician.
Frist? D'oh!
Noooooo/
dshhds
That's weird.
shorter Obama: Florida is now my state, bitchez!
billy b
should be here now
ErinPDX | 05.24.08 - 12:38 am | #
Erin, check out Digitech RP series multi-preamps. Cheap and good. RP50, 250, etc.
Stick a fork in her.
She's a smore.
shorter Obama: Florida is now my state, bitchez!
Shorter NTodd: bitchez!
Who's a smore? Hillary or Joan of Arc?
Who's a smore?
Mmmmm, s'mores.
The Wicked Anti-Witch is Dead...
This energy thing can be solved. But it will not be solved by dreaming it away with pet projects and pie in the sky ideas. Practical ideas and innovative technologies will do it. But we need to do it now.
A series of steps and a general plan will suffice. The idea of subsidizing high efficiency cars and furnaces and other high energy use systems is a good start. It will put people to work and this will have a multiplier effect on teh economy.
Alternative energy sources for electricity for electric cars such as wind power and solar power and hyrdoelectric power generated by in-stream and in-current and in-tide generating systems can also work. Geothermal systems can add to this as well as biomass generation.
Alternative transportation systems: buses at first and trains and even trolly systems in the cities.
But doing what we are doing (nothing) and having politicians as silent as death about it is not going to work.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonl...30/771/5/
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again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=4...feature=related
The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl 1988 Live
It may not help Haloscan, Snake Goddess, but it helps us primitive rural lurkers...
http://www.internalcombustionbook.com/
Good evening, moonbats.
i can haz ronjazz, phila,
to help me?
NTodd: still on the train.
It may not help Haloscan, Snake Goddess, but it helps us primitive rural lurkers...
I was a blogger on dial-up for two years. Finally got enough donations to afford wifi.
I hear NTodd pulled a train...
{{{Ali}}} You ok?
don't know exactly where jack the sweet forester lives, but i guarantee it's beautiful
Shorter bitchez: Bi!
Was hapnin, Ali?
Oh, Echidne, thanks for remembering. I am fine. Really. It's all for the best.
OK, team, heads up. Now we're gonna tear each other apart for another three weeks for the good of the team. Henderson! Eyes front.
Then after that, we're gonna pretend that we like each other. Upup! Yes, we like each other. Cuz the big game is coming up, full pads, what we talked about. Your parents will be watching.
Erin, check out Digitech RP series multi-preamps. Cheap and good. RP50, 250, etc.
ronjazz | 05.24.08 - 12:39 am | #
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Diditech makes some good shit! I have a Digitech Vocal 300 vocal effects processor pedal and an older Digitech rack mount DSP 256 multi effects processor.
ron, got stuff to work thru the pa - oldie but goodie peevey
i'd rather play/sing that be a fuckin roadie
Why did Obama get Secret Service protection?
Why did Obama get Secret Service protection?
take a guess.
It's still hard, Ali. So take care of yourself.
...Digitech...
What happened Ali, if you don't mind? If you do, it's cool...
Thanks, Snake lady. I'm touched you remembered.
I found out something good today: If you microwave a choccy bar and then pour it over ice-cream it freezes back and you get a yummy ice-cream sandwich.
Nothin much Elias, just an imploded marriage.. you know, the usual.
take a guess.
I think Hillary needs to ask herself that question. Obama has already received more death threats than any political figue since Martin Luther King.
Elias, you suck.
Sort of like a Klondike bar, Ech...
i'd rather play/sing that be a fuckin roadie
ErinPDX | 05.24.08 - 12:46 am | #
that's why I got the Bose L1 system. no more amps for me. Good processor, good mic, good to go. 15-minute setup and breakdown. No feedback, no monitors, no soundman, no backache, no van.
No-brainer.
Why did Obama get Secret Service protection?
jk | 05.24.08 - 12:46 am | #
I'm not sure I want to know the answer to that question.
The chocky thing sounds amazing! Too bad the store is closed here. *plots*
Sort of like a Klondike bar, Ech...
Except with much better chocolate. I used Lindt's.
Why did Obama get Secret Service protection?
jk | 05.24.08 - 12:46 am | #
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Thats not very reassuring. A story came out last week about some racist secret service police.
They joked about a missile hitting a plane that Jesse Jackson was flying in and that it wouldn't be an accident, hung a noose in a conference room where a fellow black secret service policeman was suppose to hold a meeting. Sick f**ks!
NTodd is a trannie?
It's OK, Ali.
You know what they say about time.
Sometimes it just doesn't get here soon enough.
Keep groovin on Spearhead...
The chocky thing sounds amazing! Too bad the store is closed here. *plots*
Ali, spiritual advisor
Cherry Mash, directions on the wrapper.
Why did Obama get Secret Service protection?
jk
All serious Presidential candidates get Secret Service protection.
Since Truman's admin, IIRC.
Don't they all get secret service protection? I would think it's standard, this close to an election.
You guys have a history of shooting political figures. Even the white ones.
I was a blogger on dial-up for two years. Finally got enough donations to afford wifi.
Echidne
It does challenge, doesn't it. I've been lingering in this bloggy world since 2001, and the only hope for high-speed out here in the wildlands of South Central Orygun is satellite. Mrs. Jack K. has assured me that my little on-line vice will not be sustainable at that price....
Night, all
Peace.
Except with much better chocolate. I used Lindt's.
Echidne | Homepage | 05.24.08 - 12:49 am | #
A good chocolate makes all the difference. I've gotten into Scharffen Berger.
Oh, I owe MP an beverage.
And Elias, I am still grooving on Spearhead. My kids sing along now, too. 
What country you from, Ali?
All serious Presidential candidates get Secret Service protection.
Obama got it last year, way before any of the other candidates (except, I assume, Clinton because of her status as a former First Lady).
I am Canadian.
Night, all.
Bands of angels sing thee to thy rest...
Except for the troll assholes.
Better bands of angels than semi-nekked Finnish guys calling themselves steel concrete.
That's what I thought, Ali. Good for you...
Very much missed-the-thread, but Azerbaijan for the Eurovision win. You heard it here first.
NTodd is a trannie?
Where've you been living, a cave? We've all known this for a while
Where've you been living, a cave? We've all known this for a while
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 05.24.08 - 12:54 am | #
A Brazilian she-male, iirc ...
A trannie with a goatee? Only in Vermont.
ntodd is all like 16 cars long. too bad, so sad.
ronjazz and erin, my baby bro worked as a roadie for one summer. Said he never worked so hard for so little money, and he had a ton of fun doing it. Of course, he was 23 at the time.
Serious was probably not the proper term. But the SS gives bodyguard protection once it's clear that they may be preserving the life of the future President.
Better bands of angels than semi-nekked Finnish guys calling themselves steel concrete.
And singing about heroic, manly men riding, riding.....
Just spent a wonderful evening at a Little Village restaurant named Mi Tierra with my wife and an amazing assortment of beautiful Mexican women who work with her. Great food, Mariachi music and far too many margaritas and shots of tequila.
Anybody who has a problem with immigration can go to hell. These people are the salt of the earth.
thanks ron
saved info for when i can digest
But the SS gives bodyguard protection once it's clear that they may be preserving the life of the future President.
the point is that Obama got the protection before that point because of the death threats.
Ech, some to the best treats are discovered like that.
Try this. Pour some real maple syrup over walnuts. A great natural dessert. It's such a great combo, like grape jelly and PB...
I see the late night crew is here. plus, ntodd took the train today.
memorial day bbq recipes: bring it on, motherfuckers!
some "of"...
Hilary has had SS protection for 16 years.
These people are the salt of the earth.
Salt of the earth goes nicely with the tequila.
Sorry, Shared Humanity, couldn't resist. Sounds like a fabulous evening.
don't know exactly where jack the sweet forester lives, but i guarantee it's beautiful
ErinPDX
...thirty miles south of Bend, Erin, dear...
...and the beauty was somewhat mitigated by the fact that it snowed - hard - here from 0630 until about 11 am today. Moving back to PDX country started to seem like a really attractive option, even considering all the people and traffic and hassles of urban life...
Try this. Pour some real maple syrup over walnuts.
Honey walnut prawns....
Elias, sugared pecans are my weakness. I'll put some sugar in a small pan, add the pecans, and wait for the sugar to glaze them. Yum.
I have a recipe for spicy maple roasted pecans. To die for.
It's too bad the railroads don't still have special cars. We could rent one for the next eschaton.
jeebus, snow in Oregon today? I gotta move back to the Northwest, dagnabbit.
Ali! How are you tonight?
Elias, sugared pecans are my weakness. I'll put some sugar in a small pan, add the pecans, and wait for the sugar to glaze them. Yum.
Try it with Xian babies. Yum.
What country you from, Ali?
Elias
Mrs. Peel, check out these two they are just wild when they get together and elias is great at anagrams too...
Leibniz, no club cars anymore?
Too bad. They could make a fortune off this crowd
Snow, Tony Snow.
I'm fine thx, Sallyh. And how's things down the I5?
Liebniz, pecan encrusted Xian fetus. Mmm, tasty!
Jack K and Erin, I really like the Blue Mountains up above Pendleton, up around the La Ronde River, La Grande and Baker City and in between. And the coast. Haven't been to western Oregun much lately....but I guess I'll see a little bit at WEschaCon...
Ali, headed for Palm Springs tomorrow for the weekend, and hoping the weather's good.
sallyh,
I meant an attached coach, like the one Truman used in his 1948 campaign. FDR even had his own train station irrc, or maybe it was Vanderbilt. And they would attach the family car to the train.
Elias, sugared pecans are my weakness. I'll put some sugar in a small pan, add the pecans, and wait for the sugar to glaze them. Yum.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
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OK then, try this.
1/2 cup each of walnuts, brazil nuts, pecans and almonds + 1/2 cup dark raisons, saute in oil, garlic, ginger, tumeric.
When the raisins start to puff, sprinkle just a little bit of sugar and let glaze until nuts are slightly browned.
Pour over rice or just as they are.
Orgasmic.
I've never been west of Chicago. I'd like to travel the west one day, but whenever I've had the time and the money I've also had a need to see my family.
Leibniz, they're gonna need a bigger train. And more booze.
OK, let's buy an Airbus 380.
MLK spoke at Notre Dame when I was a high school freshman. Goldie, the woman who worked for my mom during football season when we had lots of parties for customers from out of town, was going to see him with her church, even though it was primarily a campus event.
My mom said something to her about how excited she must be to get to see him, but she said, "Oh, I'm afraid he's going to be shot."
Until she said it the idea had never entered our safe little white minds. It was October 1963. The next month JFK was dead.
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I have a recipe for spicy maple roasted pecans. To die for.
Ali, spiritual advisor
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Might have to bride that out of ya...
Echidne, there are about a gillion things to see in the western US.
The American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners, Inc.
there's even a link for cars available for charter, complete with pics!
pecan encrusted Xian fetus only works if you use the unborn Xian placenta to tenderize. then throw it down a well to tenderize more.
then, and only then, grille over coals greyed through the tears of the unborn.
oh shit, I forgotm beatings first, then fetus, placenta, tears. season to taste.
When I inherit my parents' place, y'all can come visit me, 20 miles from the north end of Zion National Park, 'kay? That goes especially for Echidne.
Go to bed, Simels...
Echidne, there are about a gillion things to see in the western US.
I know. One day I will buy a Winnebago and spend a year on the road.
oh shit, I forgotm beatings first, then fetus, placenta, tears. season to taste.
Great, now I'm hungry.
Are you still on the train, NTodd?
The American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners, Inc.
I'll be damned (at least more damned)
I know. One day I will buy a Winnebago and spend a year on the road.
Echidne | Homepage | 05.24.08 - 1:06 am | #
Christ, you'll have to load that thing with cocaine just to pay for the gas!
I've never been west of Chicago. I'd like to travel the west one day, but whenever I've had the time and the money I've also had a need to see my family.
Echidne
Soul Train.
Ech, got just the ride for ya:
http://www.veggievan.org/
Christ, you'll have to load that thing with cocaine just to pay for the gas!
Most likely. But dreaming costs nothing.
Are you still on the train, NTodd?
Nah, the train was late, but I'm in bed now at Code Pink. Alone.
I know. One day I will buy a Winnebago and spend a year on the road.
Better yet, get a small auto, and have a fully charged up debit card with credit privileges, and stay at nice motels, hotels, and B&B lodges.
This way you save on gas costs, and don't have to drive a monster RV down the road. This matters a lot when you get to the Cali traffic.
echidne
see Yellowstone, see Rocky Mt National Park, see arches and zion. see the Wind River Range, buy a beer in Cody, Wyoming, get a cup a coffe at Wall Drug after spending a few days in the Badlands.
wine country is good, but the beer garden above John Muir Woods is even better.
ali
elias
sallyh and me are friends,
we all just help each other ...with stuff
Elias, sounds delicious
Obama's speech on US policy in Latin America today is on cspan.
...actually, the most dramatic scenery you could find in the state is around Enterprise, Joseph, and Wallowa Lake (to the east of La Grand and Baker City). Huge craggy mountains right up in your face...
The Willamette Valley is an entirely different scene, but is interesting in its own way...
get a cup a coffe at Wall Drug after spending a few days in the Badlands.
You know why this is very funny? Because in the little coastal village in Finland where I grew up there is a signpost saying how many miles to Wall Drug.
See Bryce. And Lehman Caves. Grand Canyon, North Rim.
ali
elias
sallyh and me are friends,
we all just help each other ...with stuff
Mrs. Peel
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WTF?
NTodd, no. panty. stealing.
NTodd, no. panty. stealing.
It def is, Sallyh.
Jack K, the folks in Baker City are always talking about Wallowa.
I've been to the Willamette Valley, but not for years and years. It's probably changed some from what I remember, carpets of never-ending green....
NTodd, no. panty. stealing.
*pouts*
Code Blue...
I've never been west of Chicago. I'd like to travel the west one day, but whenever I've had the time and the money I've also had a need to see my family.
Echidne
May I recommend it? It's astonishingly different than the Midwest, and parts of the West are astonishingly different than other parts.
I suggest a road trip, before that becomes a privilege of the rich - start in southernmost California, head up Coast Highway 1 to San Francisco, find your way east on Interstate 80 through Nevada, Idaho, Utah, into Wyoming, and then toss the maps out the window and see what you find.
Well, maybe keep the maps...
That was strange . . . What I meant to say was that the only time I crossed the Mississippi was back and forth between Minneapolis and St. Paul. But I've taken a lot of back roads through the old, weird America on this side.
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I suggest a road trip, before that becomes a privilege of the rich - start in southernmost California, head up Coast Highway 1 to San Francisco, find your way east on Interstate 80 through Nevada, Idaho, Utah, into Wyoming, and then toss the maps out the window and see what you find.
In one of my dreams I was thinking of going down to Louisiana, then across and up California, then across the northern plains to make a circle.
This is one place I've got to see before I die. The Eastern Sierras:
http://www.thesierraweb.com/index.cfm
Has anyone been?
Aww...Poor Georgie
WASHINGTON - In a week of dramatic developments in the Middle East, the most dramatic development of all may have been the fact that the United States, long considered the region's indispensable player, was missing in action.
As its closest allies cut deals with their adversaries this week over the Bush administration's opposition, Washington was largely reduced to watching.
More painfully for President Bush, friends he's cultivated — and spent heavily on — in Lebanon and Iraq asked the United States to remain in the background, underlining how politically toxic an association with the U.S. can be for Arab leaders.
Also, I highly recommend driving through the mountain roads that wind through Santa Fe and Los Alamos in New Mexico. Beautiful country. Or the Sonoran Desert in Arizona in early October.
Good night. I love you all.
Wait a minute, I dislike some of you, I even despise others at times.
Come to think of it, go fuck yourselves.
In a nice way.
Ech, I would have never guessed. You seem so worldly.
Wall Drug is amazing, but you see signs miles and miles before you actually get there. camping in the Badlands gives you the geological reality of the West, and Wall Drug gives you the post-19thC. version of what the mid-19thC. version of South Dakota might have looked like, immediately following the decimation of the Lakota and their lifestyle by gold greedheads and the American taxpayers who stood behind them.
trust me, Badlands is way better than Wall Drug, but if you are driving from the east this dichotomy is what you get after leaving the plains. if you take the Northern route.
Interstate 80 doesn't go through Idaho.
Ech, I would have never guessed. You seem so worldly.
I'm very worldly. I come from Europe, you see.
I've been to Utah a bunch of times, and I'm heading back in June (fingers crossed). I love the desert. It's such a nice change from my soggy neighbourhood.
BTW, I feels I should state that was a joke. I really dig you guys.
Elias, our family traveled all over the West when I was a kid. I've been to the Sierras, but decades ago.
In one of my dreams I was thinking of going down to Louisiana, then across and up California, then across the northern plains to make a circle.
1986 in reverse. please, make those memories stop. please.
I'm very worldly. I come from Europe, you see
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Ba da bing!
I really dig you guys.
gaii
Meh, go fuck yourself MP.
More painfully for President Bush, friends he's cultivated — and spent heavily on — in Lebanon and Iraq asked the United States to remain in the background, underlining how politically toxic an association with the U.S. can be for Arab leaders.
I would think that emergency arms shipments to Israel in 2006 while Israel was generally kicking the shit out of Lebanon in a fit of pique, after invading two countries and making messes of both of them, might not endear Bush to the Arabs.
But, that's just a guess.
I really dig you guys.
gaii
Echidne
HOMOPHONE!
as far as I know, you can still get a cup of coffee for 5 cents at Wall Drug. all day, every day.
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WTF?
Elias
well, that us ... hip hip hurray cats and laterz fellow normal friends
My kids ate the Haagen Dazs. I hate those little bastids.
Shit, I gotta go to sleep. l8rh9rz.
as far as I know, you can still get a cup of coffee for 5 cents at Wall Drug. all day, every day.
The sign post said it was 3000 odd miles to Wall Drug.
Elias, Uncle Fester/Mrs. Peel thinks you and I are the same person.
Elias, our family traveled all over the West when I was a kid. I've been to the Sierras, but decades ago.
Tlazolteotl
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Our local museum has a digital photo exhibit of images from the ES. Mind blowing. Connor pass is so breathtaking. I've got to get there.