I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
FU's for all!
oUT TO LUNCH?
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Thoid
Interesting little graphic device.
Strawberry Friedmans forever ...
[trippy musical interlude]
China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
money...cnchina107a.xml
Whoop! Whoop!
Anyone seen this mentioned in the US media?
Strawberry Friedmans forever ...
"I.....buried......Friedman...."
That's quite good.
Tommy Friedman, what a dreamer.
That's a big chart. It's gonna take me about six months to read it all.
The Repubelick "Field":
They got Freddy and Rudy and Mitt.
These are men who can fondle a tit.
And if these assholes fail,
Mr. Newt will prevail.
Dumbocrat chances ain't worth a shit.
Ah. Talabani. Remember him? Good times. Good times.
Um....
I'm not sure I want to see pretty pictures of Friedman's unit.
Rogue Billionaire Tom Friedman embiggens the war.
We saw it a while ago because we read loony conspiracy theory sites. The new hotness there of course is that a British vaccine lab "accidentally" released foot and mouth disease. But then on the tee vee they had this watrer buffalo calf that got away from both lions and a crocodile...
Unnnnnghhh! "Hulk SMASH!"
Holy Fuck, "Friedman Unit" indeed. How many times is he in this timeline, I've lost count.
"I.....buried......Friedman...."
attaturk | Homepage
Cranberry Friedman.
A bust of Friedman will be placed on the enormous sundial in Baghdad's new Liebermanplatz, to symbolize the always-present 6 months.
The Friedman, or Friedman Unit (F.U.), is a tongue-in-cheek neologism coined by blogger Atrios (Duncan Black) on May 21, 2006.[1]...
The term is in reference to a May 16, 2006 article by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) detailing journalist Thomas Friedman's repeated use [10] of "the next six months" as the period in which, according to Friedman, "we're going to find out...whether a decent outcome is possible" in the Iraq War. As documented by FAIR, Friedman had been making such six-month predictions for a period of two and a half years, on at least fourteen different occasions
Yay!!
China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales
You have to wonder just how serious the Chinese are.
First.
http://www.communitygarden.org/
'The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities.'
Since China now grows so much of our food, I suggest you find yourself a community garden near you and start planting.
That's really unbelievable. I hope KO picks this up and runs with it, or Jon Stewart, or someone ... I mean, we need to be throwing this in their fucking glib-ass faces every chance we get.
Their "F.U." game is what makes this photo so poignant ... and so unnecessary.
China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ money...cnchina107a.xml
Whoop! Whoop!
Bush would default on the loan, based on his history.
China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales
So ... no Eagle Time?
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I'm not sure I want to see pretty pictures of Friedman's unit.
Holden Caulfield
The Unit of Understanding
I'm going to guess iara's on dial up.
I mean, we need to be throwing this in their fucking glib-ass faces every chance we get.
Better hurry. The pro-war fringe is shrinking rapidly.
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Every goddamn time I type more than twenty words!
From below:
The anti-trust exemption for MLB is a judicial product, not legislative. The Holmes opinion in the Federal League case, which was decided unanimously, was based on the understanding of interstate commerce that prevailed until well into the New Deal. (The idea was more or less that, if a business COULD be conducted without crossing a state line, it was not interstate. In the same volume of U.S. Reports, the Court used the same notion to hold that coal mining was intrastate and to free a union leader who had been prosecuted under the Sherman Act.) Since then, the courts have said that Congress can change this if it wants, and nothing has happened.
Bo Dietl: "And I'm sorry, if I see two guys that look like Aba Daba Doo and Aba Daba Dah, I'm gonna pull 'em over, and I wanna find out what you're doing."
If you pull anyone over and detain them for any reason, I will do everything in my power to make sure you are arrested for impersonating a police officer and kidnapping. I will also offer to help the victim sue you for false arrest/imprisonment.
You're fucking retired; go play golf, racist.
Dog damn it that makes me furious.
What's going on in DC in September? Furious minds want to know.
Since China now grows so much of our food, I suggest you find yourself a community garden near you and start planting.
The owner's bil just brought in five bags of veggies from her garden - fabulous and fresh. We'll be feasting for several days.
Spencer Ackerman
Now that's how you show you're committed to fighting terrorism: by pulling out of a tribal council convened to... fight terrorism.
That's what Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan announced today. Indicating his displeasure with accusations from the U.S. that he's acquiesced to the entrenchment of al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in his country's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Musharraf cited "engagements" preventing him attending a joint Afghan-Pakistan tribal conference aimed at cracking down on jihadists. On Monday, President Bush and Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai expressed high hopes for the joint "jirga," conceived of by the three leaders in 2006.
Our man Mushy.
Sha-la-la-la, live for the next six months...
You have to wonder just how serious the Chinese are.
smalfish,suspect at all times | 08.08.07 - 2:03 pm |
You have to wonder how serious the establishment is of losing everything they own and which defines them. If China asked for human sacrifice tomorrow, the Useless Democrats would set up neutralizing channels for wearing out dissent, the Republicans would redefine sending your kid as a manhood test, and people would resign themselves to the inevitability of compliance...
Off topic — and generally depressing — but if you haven't seen the Jane Meyer piece in The New Yorker (that's also linked to by Digby today) be sure to take the time and read it.
And then remember what you've read every time you see or hear some administration liar say "we don't torture."
What's happened to us?
Joe Klein:
"The Preacher and the Presidents
That's the title of a new book, written by my supremely talented colleagues Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, about Billy Graham and his relationships with Presidents of both parties, going back to Dwight Eisenhower."
Apparently they fluff Billy G something good.
Fact is, the Chinese more than anyone else in the world need a strong, stable dollar...
"Friedmans yesterday, Friedmans today, Friedmans forever!"
- George Wallace
Are those dehydrating devices that dry fruits and vegetables worth the cost or can you do it in your own oven just as well?
Since then, the courts have said that Congress can change this if it wants, and nothing has happened.
I love how the congress pulls out the threat every now and then to get whatever league had fucked up at the time to comply with something the congress wanted. Yet it never changes. But since major sports players are now so very fucking rich, they don't put up so much of a fuss anymore.
The pro-war fringe is shrinking rapidly.
The Unit of Understanding does not have a problem with shrinkage.
What's happened to us?
Glenn | 08.08.07 - 2:07 pm | #
We've allowed our country to be run by sociopaths.
Our man Mushy.
Holden Caulfield | Homepage | 08.08.07 - 2:06 pm |
To the contrary, if Bush, Karzai and anyone named Ackerman say it fights terrorism, we bet all our money that it is terrorism. Pervez Musharraf is the kind of man Bush could not be in a million years of trying: university education without a Yale legacy, seized power without the aid of his supreme court or an army of handlers, actually fighting the terrorists in his own country instead of sendomng bombs away to the other side of the world. We don't trust him as far as we can throw him but we trust him more than Bush.
Joe Klein:
"The Preacher and the Presidents
That's the title of a new book, written by my supremely talented colleagues Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, about Billy Graham and his relationships with Presidents of both parties, going back to Dwight Eisenhower."
Apparently they fluff Billy G something good.
Culture of Truth
For the record, that post actually was written by Karen Tumulty.
Fact is, the Chinese more than anyone else in the world need a strong, stable dollar...
ProfWombat
They hitched their cart to the wrong horse.
That was quite an amazing timeline. It'd be funny if it wasn't so depressing.
Fact is, the Chinese more than anyone else in the world need a strong, stable dollar...
ProfWombat | 08.08.07 - 2:07 pm |
Indeed, far from being some kind of mysterious "rise" that's supposed to have been happening for the past thirty years with the average Chinese still ingesting food fertilized with shit, the Chinese are dependent on us and would be devastated by serious problems here.
Are those dehydrating devices that dry fruits and vegetables worth the cost or can you do it in your own oven just as well?
sekme
Convection works best, as i understand (our oven has a setting for it); we've never used it because so far it's been a titch humid in our kitchen.
I don't think you can dehydrate fruits in the oven. Maybe if it is gas and you can set it at a very low temperature.
Wow. I did that with a term paper too.
1. "I just need a couple more months to finish it."
2. Couple Months go by, no work on term paper.
3. Go to 1.
Alan's back, bay-bee!
Supporters of Alan Keyes plan to attend the Iowa Straw Poll Aug. 11, to get Keyes' name before the public as a possible Republican presidential candidate.
"We Need Alan Keyes for President," an organization of grassroots volunteers conducting a petition drive to draft Keyes, will hand out literature, donation forms, and sign-up sheets and show video clips of the former Reagan administration diplomat.
Keyes — who in 2000 drew 14 percent in the Iowa Caucus and averaged 16 percent in his best ten states during the presidential primaries — says he is open to the possibility of running, if enough support exists at the grassroots for his candidacy.
"I've told my supporters — who, by the way, are undertaking this effort on their own — that if they can demonstrate sufficient grassroots support for me to run, I will do so," Keyes commented.
please run please run please run please run ...
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
The Chinese economy is also entirely dependent on the American export market...
I don't think you can dehydrate fruits in the oven.
Like V said, the convection ovens do have a setting for it, but I never tried it with mine.
Pervez Musharraf is the kind of man Bush could not be in a million years of trying
Dood, he's a dictator who protected the worst nuclear proliferator in world history from the long arm of the law and is currently sheltering al Qaeda.
Rent a clue.
That timeline is reality-based and therefore biased.
Alan Keyes would surely predominate the encomium of executive establishmentarianism.
That's just sickening.
America should be ashamed.
Enough!
Thanks for the correction. I could have sworn it said Joe Klein when i was there earlier.
They hitched their cart to the wrong horse.
doncjesuis who ♥Tina Fey
Nah - they're neutralizing the US in its quest for hegemony over scarce resources during the 21st Century.
Chinese contracts for oil/gas in Canada and South America sure make the Monroe Doctrine look pretty quaint. With the US neutered, China can focus its economic efforts against Russia from 2010 through 2050 - leveraging both Japan and Europe.
Thanks. I may look into canning too.
Supporters of Alan Keyes plan to attend the Iowa Straw Poll Aug. 11, to get Keyes' name before the public as a possible Republican presidential candidate.
Okay this is hardly the time for satire... oh wait this is real...this borders on slapstick.
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If you aren't on that timeline, you are not serious.
1. "I just need a couple more months to finish it."
2. Couple Months go by, no work on term paper.
3. Go to 1.
elkal
That's just plain Loopy!
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the Chinese are dependent on us and would be devastated by serious problems here.
Any economist types know how long it would take for the Chinese to mitigate whatever negative issues arise from severing their special relationship with the US economy? Could they restructure their economy so as to make this more feasible?
Y'know those counters that show how many days 'til the end of the Bush administration?
We should do one for the end of the war. The coding's easy:
A jpeg showing six months remaining.
Thanks. I may look into canning too.
sekmet | 08.08.07 - 2:14 pm |
Well then get your Ball jars ready
http://www.homecanning.com/
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Hahaha!
Colbert: "For those of you who don't know what a 'blogger' is, it is someone who has a laptop, an ax to grind, and their virginity."
Are those dehydrating devices that dry fruits and vegetables worth the cost or can you do it in your own oven just as well?
I prefer an oven
-Sylvia Plath
"you live up to my most vivid Tom Selleck fantasies"-David Broder to Tom Friedman
How can you get an electric oven to not go over 200 degrees? Ignoring the energy consumption an oven would use, I mean.
On Monday, President Bush and Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai expressed high hopes for the joint "jirga," conceived of by the three leaders in 2006.
Bush couldn't get the joint jirga off his mind.
Fact is, the Chinese more than anyone else in the world need a strong, stable dollar...
ProfWombat
It could be that the Chinese are on the verge of finding themselves holding nothing but worthless paper in the form of U.S. Treasury Bonds. I read somewhere, can't remember where, that the Chinese government owns about 80 percent of all U.S. Treasury bonds ever issued. They can't afford to make war on the dollar, I suspect — and that's given my very limited understanding of economics, international or otherwise.
I do know this much, the same type of fantasy world that's led to the crunch in the sub-prime mortgage business may well apply to the international monetary situation. Perhaps it's just all paper and all meaningless. We just need to keep clapping louder and louder....
And whistling while we work.
From the previous thread.
"Look - Romney's an idiot. But the question over why his son's didn't enlist is a question for them. This is the kind of ad hominem guilt-by-association bullshit that makes Dems and Progressives look like assholes.
iconoclast"
It IS a question for him to answer.
If he's so willing to send our sons and daughters to DIE to keep the Scary Brown People in their place, then he should be willing to send his own sons, if he feels that this was is so important to preserving Western Civilization.
Icononclast, your deep and sincere concern has been duly noted, and will be given the most urgent and attentive deliberation at the HIGHEST LEVELS!
<sound of toilet flushing>
More canning
http://www.bellaonline.com/artic...les/
art2816.asp
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Dood, he's a dictator who protected the worst nuclear proliferator in world history from the long arm of the law and is currently sheltering al Qaeda.
Rent a clue.
Holden Caulfield
(weighing in although I couldn't buy a clue on the rent-to-own plan)
It looks to me like he's in a bind: He can't tell the US to fuck off, and he can't really go after the Bad Guys or the fundies in his own country will go off (and they're going to eventually anyway).
Pervez Musharraf is the kind of man Bush could not be in a million years of trying
Dood, he's a dictator who protected the worst nuclear proliferator in world history from the long arm of the law and is currently sheltering al Qaeda.
Rent a clue.
Holden Caulfield | Homepage | 08.08.07 - 2:13 pm | #
The sad thing is you are both correct!
"We Need Alan Keyes for President,"
We could definitely use an Alan Keyes candidacy.
A presidency, not so much.
hisstoryman,Hunter of Da Snark | Homepage | 08.08.07 - 2:14 pm | #
Did you vanish for several months or do I not hang around here as much as I think I do?
The best part of this is that the Wikipedia page on the F.U. is probably one of the most heavily - footnoted Wikipedia entry...
Time for a blogger ethics panel, I suppose.
They hate us for our Friedmans.
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Drudge and his boys are all over this like it is good news or something. Read the responses to the article they are amazing.
"A hint of more positive news for the Bush admininstration
We’re seeing some slight hints of positive news for the Bush administration. For one thing, Bush’s job approval rating has stopped its downward trajectory. Bush hit bottom with his administration low point of 29% in early July (based on our USA Today/Gallup poll readings). Now – in the data just about to be released from our weekend poll – Bush's approval rating has recovered slightly to 34%. That’s not a big jump, but it is the second consecutive poll in which the president’s numbers have been higher rather than lower."
http://blogs.usatoday.com/
gallup...l#uslPageReturn
The Chinese economy is also entirely dependent on the American export market...
Yeah. Each country has the other's dick in hand. Problem is,our government is starting to pull theirs off, and the Chinese have a firmer grip.
Thanks. I may look into canning too.
sekmet
In a previous life when I was big into big gardens I watched/helped my then wife do alot of canning.
I can be quite a project. And a hot one.
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Bush doesn't use the term ally the way you or I would.
You might think an ally would go after OBL.
To Bush a great ally is one who is willing to say that you, sir are a great president, and welcomes US businesses.
Why rock that boat?
Rent a clue.
Holden Caulfield | Homepage | 08.08.07 - 2:13 pm |
Yes, al-Qayda is the same thing as the ISI. Musharraf as an individual is still a better person than Bush (as was Hitler), and we stand by our analysis of whatever Bush says is bad for terrorism being like what GM saying that seat belts are inconceivably bad for cars. Let's not forget also that Musharraf has no control outside of his own green zone; he might essentially be choosing to consolidate his army in his own protection instead of sending it out to die in the mountains as would amuse Bush.
I have a store of canned jokes in case of emergency.
It looks to me like he's in a bind: He can't tell the US to fuck off, and he can't really go after the Bad Guys or the fundies in his own country will go off (and they're going to eventually anyway).
V for Virginia, MSW
True, but that does not mitigate the fact that he opposes democracy in his own country.
I can be quite a project. And a hot one.
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agave | 08.08.07 - 2:18 pm | #
Not to brag, right?
How can you get an electric oven to not go over 200 degrees
Mine could be set to 175 degrees.
Look - Romney's an idiot. But the question over why his son's didn't enlist is a question for them. This is the kind of ad hominem guilt-by-association bullshit that makes Dems and Progressives look like assholes.
iconoclast"
Posted, no doubt, from somewhere in the dangerous heart of downtown Baghdad.
I salute your service, sir!
Home dehydrating
http://www.dmoz.org/Home/Cooking...nd_Dehydrating/
http://www.budget101.com/
dehydra...rated_foods.htm
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Musharraf is making the best decision he can in his position (albeit for his own safety), and Bush is taking for granted that his servants can fetch him a sandwich when he wants one.
True, but that does not mitigate the fact that he opposes democracy in his own country.
Holden Caulfield
Sort of like Putin.
he might essentially be choosing to consolidate his army in his own protection instead of sending it out to die in the mountains as would amuse Bush.
Someone alert India that Kashmir is open!
Maybe iceboxes will come back. I was looking at a book on authentic bungalow design and many of them had an 'ice door' which the ice man could open and place the ice right into the icebox. Also some really clever ideas for air circulation like doors that were made of burlap that allowed air to circulate but gave some privacy.
I have a store of canned jokes in case of emergency.
Culture of Truth
it's taking all my strength not to post a "ball jar" joke...
Even if every Rethug and their kid was in Iraq, it would still be an unforgivable war crime for which they should hang at the Hague.
This is the kind of ad hominem guilt-by-association bullshit that makes Dems and Progressives look like assholes.
No, Romney said that their campaign work WAS their service.
Missing the point is what makes iconoclast look like a fucking moron.
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How can you get an electric oven to not go over 200 degrees
Mine could be set to 175 degrees.
pie
Ours came with a little magnetic dealy -- a tube about 2" long -- that gets put between the door and the frame to keep it open just a bit. I'm sure you could use something like maybe a wine cork.
Did you vanish for several months or do I not hang around here as much as I think I do?
abyssgazer | 08.08.07 - 2:17 pm | #
Did a bit of a vanishing act... long story but I have been frequenting as of late.
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The American economy dwarfs the Chinese. Bushie fiscal mismanagement has limited the government's flexibility. But it's easy to lose perspective. Out largest trading partner, by far, remains Canada, for instance, a fact I'd guess many Americans would find counterintuitive...
Is site cans be Atrios'd teims now?
Wow. I got the first comment in over at "The Preacher and the Presidents," and I must have had the window open for 20 minutes.
I don't think they're getting the kind of traffic they'd hoped ...
Not to brag, right?
abyssgazer
I almost responded to that before I got it.
Hillary bashed Obama because what he said might rile up the fundies in Pakistan.
Then she proceeded to say, and by the way, they have nukes there, can you imagine if the muslim wack-jobs got their hands on those instead of our buddy Musharraf???
Which I'm sure thrilled them to no end.
But the question over why his son's didn't enlist is a question for them. This is the kind of ad hominem guilt-by-association bullshit that makes Dems and Progressives look like assholes.
iconoclast"
Triple the size of Gitmo; stay there forever; do it with other people's children; and HIS kids are kicking in to the effort by driving around Iowa in a Winnebago to get dear ol' dad elected?
Puhhhhleeeeeze.
'How can you get an electric oven to not go over 200 degrees
Mine could be set to 175 degrees.
pie'
Our ovens have digital controls and regularly set one of them at 160 degrees to warm dinner plates and serving pieces.
Also some really clever ideas for air circulation like doors that were made of burlap that allowed air to circulate but gave some privacy.
sekmet
These are also known as "curtains". Miraculous really.
Missing the point is what makes iconoclast look like a fucking moron.
"And I am the Iconoclast, an unconventional eccentric who marches to a different drummer."
Ours came with a little magnetic dealy -- a tube about 2" long -- that gets put between the door and the frame to keep it open just a bit.
NToddler offers something similar as a freebie at the Tastee Freez.
OK, I learned something new about drying food. But I think the specialized machine would be better in the long run.
sekmet: interesting; we occasionally need to be reminded that technology may have advanced considerably, but people haven't gotten any intrinsically smarter or more ingenious...
and HIS kids are kicking in to the effort by driving around Iowa in a Winnebago to get dear ol' dad elected?
This sounds like perfectly honorable service to me.
/GWB, AWOL
Snow, did you try making your own jerky again?
Missing the point is what makes iconoclast look like a fucking moron.
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Grand Moff Texan | 08.08.07 - 2:21 pm
Look like a fracking moron??
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Is site cans be Atrios'd teims now?
geor3ge
Uh-oh. We broke another one.
Thanks hisstoryman.
Mitt's dog suffered more for his country than the Mitt Jrs. ever will.
These are also known as "curtains". Miraculous really.
GWPDA, Roving Historian
Oh, a Wise Guy!
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You know, some days I kind of miss Patrice Lumumba.
Also some really clever ideas for air circulation like doors that were made of burlap that allowed air to circulate but gave some privacy.
sekmet
These are also known as "curtains". Miraculous really.
GWPDA, Roving Historian
I call them "formal wear."
/Laura Bush
That would be about as likely as Iconoclast playing by somebody else's rules besides his own, which he doesn't.
Musharraf as an individual is still a better person than Bush (as was Hitler),
Hey what was that loud bang?
Oh, Godwin's head exploded!
Drudge and his boys are all over this like it is good news or something. Read the responses to the article they are amazing.
Oh. Lord.
These people are delusional.
Snow, did you try making your own jerky again?
Venison jerky is to die for. But I let the pros at Pemmican make my jerky for me.
I hope GWPDA has a bottle of bubbly on ice in preparation for Friday's celebration.
Thanks hisstoryman.
sekmet | 08.08.07 - 2:25 pm
Fastest Google-er Eas of the Mississippi (tips hat)
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kos owls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'These are also known as "curtains". Miraculous really.'
haha This was a wooden door with a burlap inset but curtains could do the same trick.
I have a very nice dehydrator that works very well - but really no better than leaving food outside under a piece of cheesecloth. Of course, if you don't live in the desert, this may not work so well.
it's taking all my strength not to post a "ball jar" joke...
It's a plath to hell
You know, some days I kind of miss Patrice Lumumba.
steve simels
CIA stage a coup? The hell you say!
but really no better than leaving food outside under a piece of cheesecloth.
The cheapest and most energy efficient method.
steve simels,
The saloonkeeper of the DuPont Circle Drinking Liberally site is the son of the last Eisenhower ambassador to the Congo. The CIA was already fucking with Lumumba, but the really bad stuff came after he had left and JFK's guy was in.
The American economy dwarfs the Chinese. Bushie fiscal mismanagement has limited the government's flexibility. But it's easy to lose perspective. Out largest trading partner, by far, remains Canada, for instance, a fact I'd guess many Americans would find counterintuitive...
True. But that's not the point. China owns some 900 Billion dollars of our debt, and the news says their debating calling it in.
I need to go put up these cucumber pickles.
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I think burlap as potential
http://static.flickr.com/101/
295..._92a81b717e.jpg
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I don't think they're getting the kind of traffic they'd hoped
Heh. I just left a bit of snark.
or hemp
http://www.peopleshemp.com/
Adolph Hitler:
Joined the German Army, served at the front lines in WWI, was injured by poison gas, received a medal for his service and was honorably discharged.
George W.Bush:
Joined the Texas Air National Guard (with help from Grandpappy Prescott, the nazi-supporter) to avoid real service in Viet-Nam. Served WAY behind the front lines, got gassed regularly at the Officer's Club, went AWOL, still received an honorable discharge and was given someone else's medal.
We report. You decide.
Oh. Lord.
These people are delusional.
abyssgazer | 08.08.07 - 2:26 pm | #
Yep and it looks like they spammed the response section. Nothing but propaganda there.
True. But that's not the point. China owns some 900 Billion dollars of our debt, and the news says their debating calling it in.
smalfish,suspect at all times
You fucking Chicoms better not fuck with the U.S. of A.
smalfish: the Chinese won't call in our debt. That'd weaken the dollar, and cost the Chinese, who hold all those dollars, vast amounts of money, while weakening the American export market, both by weakening the AMerican economy and making imports more expensive. The Chinese will posture, perhaps even threaten; they want desperately to be taken seriously, and well they should be. But they don't have us where they want us; quite the opposite, methinks, though it's impolitic to say so.
Via WaPo
A decision by the Bush administration to rewrite in secret the nation's emergency response blueprint has angered state and local emergency officials, who worry that Washington is repeating a series of mistakes that contributed to its bungled response to Hurricane Katrina nearly two years ago.
State and local officials in charge of responding to disasters say that their input in shaping the National Response Plan was ignored in recent months by senior White House and Department of Homeland Security officials, despite calls by congressional investigators for a shared overhaul of disaster planning in the United States.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...ml?
hpid=topnews
Ran into this while checking out the timeline:
"The House Appropriations Committee only two weeks before the disaster reported on legislation that would fund the nation’s highway system and explained why they had included $631 million above the amounts requested by President Bush:
"It is well documented that our nation’s transportation infrastructure is aging and, as noted above, the investment needs of our nation’s highway and transit systems are significant... Without additional revenues for transportation investment, the nation will be unable to reduce congestion, maintain aging bridges and highways, or expand capacity."
The White House a few days later issued a stern veto threat against the bill, stating, “The administration strongly objects to increasing funds for the Federal Aid Highway program...” "
Why isn't this in the news???
http://www.americanprogress.org/
...investment.html
Friedman reminds me of my favorite bar sign, "Free beer tomorrow"
smalfish: the Chinese won't call in our debt. That'd weaken the dollar, and cost the Chinese, who hold all those dollars, vast amounts of money, while weakening the American export market, both by weakening the AMerican economy and making imports more expensive. The Chinese will posture, perhaps even threaten; they want desperately to be taken seriously, and well they should be. But they don't have us where they want us; quite the opposite, methinks, though it's impolitic to say so.
ProfWombat
Mexican Stand-off, or Chinese Firedrill?
FFU -> Forever Friedman Units?
You impatient bastids can't even wait 6 months!
Everything will be roses and sunshine in a meer 6 months so long as the hippies don't stop the war.
Nice presentation
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