I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
someone spoke to a lawyer
and was astounded by the number of 0's
homerun?
Triple
Geez, I wouldn't go back to that dump on a bet!
whatever.
A triple's the most exciting play in baseball, they say.
lbDt:
David Derbes: I respectfully disagree. The Church Commission outlawed such things. Beyond that, the reference to "Munich" (the movie) leads me to think that people were gunned down not in Iraq, but elsewhere (maybe Germany, where several of the 9/11 hijackers had lived), and that others died besides the so-called bad guys.
If Cheney ordered this stuff, and if the US follows its own laws, Cheney is in serious trouble.
I see your point, but it assumes a whole lot more detail than what's outlined in the WSJ article (which I maintain was written as cover for what REALLY got Panetta hot, and caused Cheney to break the law... all of which could fit nicely in the framework you outlined).
I asked, and we have received. Thank you, Liberal Blogger.
'Safe environment' means the white folks are notified in advance.
(which I maintain was written as cover for what REALLY got Panetta hot, and caused Cheney to break the law... all of which could fit nicely in the framework you outlined).
Jeffraham, public option | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 8:33 am | #
Agreed. Cheney had a DOMESTIC spying program almost certainly.
Karatist Preacher: 'Safe environment' means the white folks are notified in advance.
Bingo.
Well, that's the Republican thing to do, eh? When you are caught breaking the law or acting in a manner that could be interpreted as breaking the law, you go for a do-over.
Mark Sanford paying back the money he used to visit his mistress in SA. This swim club hoping to make amends (and avoid the inevitable law suit) now wants to make nice.
You really get one chance to do the right thing without being corrected: if you blow it, then the consequences are yours.
If Cheney ordered this stuff, and if the US follows its own laws, Cheney is in serious trouble.
We can hope.
When will Boner make a statement that he doesn't believe any of this and that Pelosi owes the CIA and the republics an apology?
Dear AssHead Pool Manager,
You had your shot, and you fucked it up.
"NEGRO DAY!"
What white kid wants to swim in nigra or spic pee?
Billy B: When will Boner make a statement that he doesn't believe any of this and that Pelosi owes the CIA and the republics an apology?
He did that last week. Probably again, tomorrow.
norm, howdy.
Have some foxes, courtesy of Damned at Random.
Karatist Preacher: 'Safe environment' means the white folks are notified in advance.
Bingo.
Jeffraham, public option
So they can stay home on those days. Which is what will happen, so the pool won't be "crowded."
There is a pool additive that turns pee dark blue, it's been around for decades.
hey QL!
*hug*
are you on facebook?
plantsman: There is a pool additive that turns pee dark blue, it's been around for decades.
It causes cancer, though. Or white mice, one.
He did that last week. Probably again, tomorrow.
I should have mentioned that. The statement from Boner last week was the second similar statement concerning Pelosi and the CIA he'd made.
It should be pointed out that Boner is calling Panetta a liar when he says he doesn't believe the story.
heh.
As lousy as things have been during the Bush administration, and even for the past forty years, on this one front we seem to have made real progress:
Institutional racism is now recognized as wrong.
I think even personal racism is widely acknowledged as wrong, and a personal failing.
Let's say your son or daughter has fallen madly in love with someone, and brings them home to meet you. This person is charming, bright, funny, and clearly loves your son or daughter. But at some point during the dinner, drinks, whatever, she or he makes a remark that leads you to think that this otherwise attractive person is a racist.
That would probably be enough to me to not want my kid to continue in this relationship, despite all the other positives.
By "safe" do they mean they're going to teach the day camp kids to be afraid of the dark skinned people?
It does have the effect of discouraging pool-peeing, in many cases.
cokie roberts is a republican.
Cokie Roberts is also a well-known moron.
see your point, but it assumes a whole lot more detail than what's outlined in the WSJ article (which I maintain was written as cover for what REALLY got Panetta hot, and caused Cheney to break the law... all of which could fit nicely in the framework you outlined).
Jeffraham, public option
And now I see yours, Jeffraham, that this is a sort of "limited, modified hang-out" in the Nixonian vocabulary. Very probable. I was too dumb to see this; thanks for the clarification.
But I don't think it will work, because Hersh probably has a story rarin' to go.
We'll see. There may be a lot of news today.
n-el quilt on fb
Hmm. Posting ".jpg's" but not mentioning what they are. Uninformative, yet novel.
plantsman: There is a pool additive that turns pee dark blue, it's been around for decades.
Does this work on all pee, or just on nigra and spic pee?
plantsman: Hmm. Posting ".jpg's" but not mentioning what they are. Uninformative, yet novel.
I don't usually click on troll links, regardless, but even from the regulars, I don't click unless I have some explanation that might compel me to do so.
I skip almost all the YouTube links, 'cause most of them are posted with no context.
I believe we can be almost certain that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions will make a complete as of himself today as he tries out his Grand Inquisitor shtick on Judge Sotomayor
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel...ic-food-
parties
All pee is chemically similar, and your use of archaic ethnic slurs distasteful.
David Derbes: We'll see. There may be a lot of news today.
And thank you for your clarification, as well. I hadn't even considered that the article might contain a "grain of truth," but given that it may, it is likely only the "tip of the iceberg."
I believe we can be almost certain that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions will make a complete as of himself today as he tries out his Grand Inquisitor shtick on Judge Sotomayor
plantsman, mad google skillz | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 8:47 am | #
Miz Sotomayor, I have a piture here of justice alito curled up in a little ball, weeping his haid off. Why did you have to make him cry?
"Safe environment" means: on Tuesday mornings at 6:00 before any of our white patrons can show up and be offended.
Hear the Repukes on the news this morning, running hard against "empathy."
You just can't make this stuff up.
Go for it, boys.
The wounds were made, they cannot be unmade.
Yeah, Sociopathy is what 'pukes look for in a judge.
Cokie wanted to tell us that if the House passed a bill and the Senate left on vacation, that would leave the enormously expensive house proposal up to be pummeled on costs.
I think it's going to be interesting to see the Senate place its vacation ahead of getting a health reform bill.
Whas up, ma uighers!
Liz Cheney:
Asked at a NATO meeting in France in April whether he believed in American exceptionalism, the president said, "I believe in American Exceptionalism just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." In other words, not so much.
The Obama administration does seem to believe in another kind of exceptionalism -- Obama exceptionalism. "We have the best brand on Earth: the Obama brand," one Obama handler has said. What they don't seem to realize is that once you're president, your brand is America, and the American people expect you to defend us against lies, not embrace or ignore them. We also expect you to know your history.
To defend us against lies, the first step would be to stuff a gag in your fucking mouth.
Morning, all.
Apologies for the blogwhore, but over at Box Office I sing the praises of the greatest dramatic film ever made about rock and roll -- which has, inexplicably, never been on home video, either tape or DVD. Complete with clip of the amazing Screaming Jay Hawkins in full mau-mau regalia.
http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve...-the-70s-
ro.php
Comments? Dig 'em the most to say the least....
E.J. Dionne is spot on today, that rarest of qualities in a white man at the WaPo:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...9071201530.html
steve simels -- Did you see the docu on the metal band, Anvil? I was told by a couple of the scooter folx that it was a life-changing film (which seems difficult to believe).
I am having Toles withdrawls, though.
steve simels -- Did you see the docu on the metal band, Anvil? I was told by a couple of the scooter folx that it was a life-changing film (which seems difficult to believe).
Jeffraham, public option | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 8:57 am | #
I did indeed and it's as good as you've been led to believe.
http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve...wood-
ending.php
The Rude Pundit has a lot to work with today.
I see this as a teachable moment. The camp should accept the offer and let the pool step up to make it right.
I'd much rather everyone learn from this than punish.
Steve,
I still have (in the garage I believe) the two record soundtrack from that film.
It was a very good film - I remember it well.
So, who the fuck is John?
Good morning, all.
~
White racism is nearly immune to learning, I have observed.
It was a very good film - I remember it well.
DWD-YDWETAKIT? | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:01 am | #
Yes, indeed. Scandalous that it's not on video, I think.
You just can't make this stuff up.
Go for it, boys.
The whole notion that all Dems are activist judges is a farce.
I really wish the Dems would gin up the intestinal fortitude to call the republics on this nonsense.
John is somebody Pratt, who believes he is a celebrity of some sort.
I really wish the Dems would gin up the intestinal fortitude to call the republics on this nonsense.
Billy B | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:03 am | #
Alas, this will happen on the same day the Dodgers return to Brooklyn, the Pope announces "Sex OK --in fact, lots of fun!" and frozen yogurt goes on sale in Hell.
I'd much rather everyone learn from this than punish.
noblejoanie
Sorry. What lesson would that teach then? It's okay to be a racist as long as you are not caught at it?
And if you are caught breaking the laws of this country and the social mores, a do over is just the ticket to avoid responsibility for your actions?
No. I believe the place should be sued and the day camp end up owning the place while the members pay their dues to the day care and their lawyers.
That is a teachable moment.
Jeffraham : I skip almost all the YouTube links, 'cause most of them are posted with no context.
I skip 'em because there's no sound on my work PC.
~
If there's anything "exceptional" about you, Liz, you're hiding it well.
Alas, this will happen on the same day the Dodgers return to Brooklyn, the Pope announces "Sex OK --in fact, lots of fun!" and frozen yogurt goes on sale in Hell.
heh...heh...heh...
Liz Cheney's going to be on Morning Intern Killer tomorrow?
That should be...surreal, for want of a better word.
Okay, LaborReady: Takes apps on Mondays and Thursdays, between 4:30 and 8:00 a.m.
So now I know what I'll be doing, Thursday morning!
Both sound reasons; I mostly skip them because people's tastes in music often frighten me.
I see this as a teachable moment. The camp should accept the offer and let the pool step up to make it right.
I'd much rather everyone learn from this than punish.
noblejoanie
You're sweet. I'd like to see them sued into oblivion and then paved over. That'll teach 'em.
(Not. They never learn, they just live for resentment.)
~
That should be...surreal, for want of a better word.
Or par for the course being as the people on the show are republics.
Liz Cheney: "Daddy Darth wouldn't hide things from Congress, and even if he did, he was VP, so it was OK."
plantsman : John is somebody Pratt, who believes he is a celebrity of some sort.
Yes, I saw that. Har. It hurts my soul that some small part of me reconizes that Pratt prat.
~
DWD--you assume everyone at the pool club feels the same. I don't. And even if they did, the chance to see past their blinding bigotry might make a difference.
I remember the civil rights days, watching those brave souls integrate U of Mississippi, George Wallace and the like. I'd like to think we can get way beyond that if the pool club members are challenged to step up and behave.
Plus I think this could be important for the camp kids. It might give them a chance to show some dignity.
Oh, the old "Hire'em thru a temp agency" benefits dodge.
Liz Cheney's going to be on Morning Intern Killer tomorrow?
Liz:So Joe, did you eat the intern's heart or just drink the blood?
Joe:Well Liz, I know that blood drinking is important in the Cheney family
[laughter]
Mika: Oh joe, you're such a joker. [moves chair]
and for something less sick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d...h?
v=dBo_dZAnjoc
http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Diane is working on that Cheney view as well.
I still cannot get over the Cheney rules all the world crap. Talk about your abuse of power!
Silly peoples.
John is Simels.
I usually click on all links but I don't know if it's because I'm curious or because I want to learn about new things.
Sorry about not adding a description earlier. I was laughing too hard.
Kind of amusing that a lawyer is arguing against litigation. I must be getting old.
Greeks: "We ain't exceptional. All out smart guys are dead."
While I won't be able to watch it, I think the fact that Pork Chop, Jr. is going on a national TV show to shill for the old man is great, if that's what she does.
I can't believe his lawyers haven't put a stop to this. Can't be real helpful to his case to air it in the press.
Arianna's a smart Greek who's alive.
Liz Cheney has that "Insane yet Affable PitBull"thing going on.
Arianna's a smart Greek who's alive.
She's also exceptionally hot for her age.
Arianna is attractive for a woman who has had children. 
Cripes. Page barely loads, HaloScan ready to plunge into the abyss....
Arianna's a smart Greek who's alive.
She's also exceptionally hot for her age.
Lime Rickey | 07.13.09 - 9:14 am | #
Al Franken, who I believe has an important new job of some sort, once referred to her as "the most upwardly mobile Greek since Icarus."
Paul Krugman is my hero.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/1...ugman.html?
_r=1
plantsman, : Liz Cheney: "Daddy Darth wouldn't hide things from Congress, and even if he did, he was VP, so it was OK."
I was sneered at here when I suggested that Darth wouldn't go quietly. I was wrong. He left on time - they only had to break his foot to convince him.
Now I'm betting on a full-scale Mad Scientist / Doomed Dictator / BWAHAHA ending for him in the next year.
He'll show them, he'll show them all.
~
Helen Mirren is also totally hawt for a woman of her vintage.
I hate that these kids had to go through this once. And now they have to be magnanimous and go there again to help the white folk feel good?
I'm old. I remember Little Rock. How come we're still asking kids to show us how to be dignified?
.
Trip to vet--kitten shots. Later, taters
He'll show them, he'll show them all.
~
Meander | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:17 am | #
You rats, you dirty rats!
there are lots of attractive older women. I've always said that it's not the looks but the attitude or energy that attracts people. And I see it every day with some really fabulous older women around town.
Arianna's a smart Greek who's alive.
She's also exceptionally hot for her age.
Lime Rickey
Crazy hot. I would have a real problem if she had stayed a Republican.
~
He'll show them, he'll show them all.
~
Meander | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:17 am | #
You rats, you dirty rats!
rootless-e, appikouros | 07.13.09 - 9:19 am | #
You and me, Ma. Top of the world!
~
Sparkle Plenty--not show us what dignity looks like--rather, feel it themselves.
Sue away. But the older I get, the less that gets you where you want to go. The pool closes, the members go elsewhere. So what have they learned? Be more subtle next time? Not going to reach the pockets of the pool members, after all.
Depends what you're after.
He'll show them, he'll show them all.
~
Meander | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:17 am | #
You rats, you dirty rats!
rootless-e, appikouros | 07.13.09 - 9:19 am | #
"Made it, ma -- top of the world!!!"
"Dick Cheney....he finally got to the top of the world and it blew up in his face."
And I see it every day with some really fabulous older women around town.
mimi | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:19 am | #
Despite the restraining orders? You're pushing your luck, Heinrich....
And I see it every day with some really fabulous older women around town.
mimi
What town would that be?
I say, let the kids decide whether to go back or not, they know how they feel.
Paul Krugman is my hero.
Mine too. But his column this morning was so depressing that I had to stop reading it 3 paragraphs before the end.
plantsman : I say, let the kids decide whether to go back or not, they know how they feel.
They kan haz flamethrowers?
~
everyone's ears "prick" up with that last comment.
you guys are funny.
lol:
btw, it's Geneva.
Moe said it might not be depressing enough, actually.
I say let the kids go back, have lunch with them and be invited to become full members!
Cheney: You fools, you think lead bullets can kill me? Haa ha hah ah!
Holder: Ok, you can use the silver
[shots]
Cheney: You cursed brat. Look what you've done. I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little democrat like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness
He'll show them, he'll show them all.
~
Meander | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:17 am | #
You rats, you dirty rats!
rootless-e, appikouros | 07.13.09 - 9:19 am | #
"Made it, ma -- top of the world!!!"
"Dick Cheney....he finally got to the top of the world and it blew up in his face."
steve simels
"Twas beauty that killed the beast.
Coke Zero Cherry, thankee.
~
I think "Kumbaya Moments" have to be spontaneous, not to feel yucky and contrived.
Any news on jobs? Other than Bankers and Investment Brokers?
Hmm. We haz the odd "dripping sun" weather icon today.
btw, it's Geneva.
mimi | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:23 am | #
Which is in Saskatchewan, last time you looked.
You Are Heterosexual
As the sun of the earth must rise
To give sustaining warmth, light, and life
The son of man must rise
For he has a purpose too
To rise up and bring forth life
With all that God has given him
To Honor and Protect
To Defend the blood of his offspring
To give and receive this love
It takes a heterosexual
The blueprint of the Creator
You are heterosexual
Chinese police in Urumqi have shot 2 Uighurs dead.
Dick Cheney's last moments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b...h?
v=bytoID_SNnE
I really think they'll be very similar to the clip....
You must have puppies
Or you'll burn in Hell.
Dick Cheney's last moments.
I was hoping he'd drive to the Pentagon and set himself ablaze.
Which is in Saskatchewan, last time you looked.
heh.
Running back to Saskatoon.
Good morning!
What's the buzz, tell me what's'a'happenin'!
"God Fearing" looks great in Killfile.
What's the buzz, tell me what's'a'happenin'!
The usual: meme is going on about something and people are p0wning "her".
"God Fearing" looks great in Killfile.
plantsman, mad google skillz
I dunno, you're missing some funny stuff that way.
What's the buzz, tell me what's'a'happenin'!
Gummo | 07.13.09 - 9:32 am | #
Dick Cheney may be channeling Cody Jarrett.
Has Atrios went mad being from being in a socialist hell hole yet?
No, I've heard how I must be heterosexual many times before.
Good morning, Liberal Elitists.
Are we all ready for Professor Jay-uff Say-shuns' sure-to-be-interminable lectures about the dangers of prejudice?
Dick Cheney may be channeling Cody Jarrett.
steve simels
You're teasing me, right?
That's not nice.
I dunno, you're missing some funny stuff that way.
I liked the bad poetry. Then I killfiled him.
steve simels : Dick Cheney's last moments.
I really think they'll be very similar to the clip....
Really? I was thinking...
"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F...h?
v=FEiOjH0v0oM
~
Atrios likes SUPERTRAINED SOCIALIST HELLHOLES.
Gummo,
Wittle Wizzie is going on the airwaves to protect her Daddy. Little Ethnic children are being invited to swim at the club. Bankers are jovial about making money betting on whether I pay my mortgage and if I don't, all the while I get to pay a big tax fund for their bailout/cashcow. No jobs to be found.
Thanks, God Fearing, for providing a much needed chuckle to counteract the effect of Krugman's column.
Really? I was thinking...
"Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
I was thinking more along the lines of how people died on Mars in "Total Recall".
simels - you owe me a coke from 9:20
~
Are we all ready for Professor Jay-uff Say-shuns' sure-to-be-interminable lectures about the dangers of prejudice?
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:35 am | #
The Founders gave us slavery, and BY GOD, we're going to keep it.
/Jeff Sessions
British: "We was exceptional at one time, but we ain't so much anymore."
And now, once again -- Steve's Movie Reviews!!!©
Bruno -- Not as minty fresh as "Borat", and there's a thin line between making fun of homophobia and actual homophobia which gets blurred here. Nevertheless, often paralytically funny and any movie that posits that Ron Paul is a clueless bigoted idiot is by definition a good movie.
Transformers: Revenge of the FallenA civila war between giant talking General Motors cars? Genius! Incidentally, it's a breathless two and a half hours long, but it only feels longer than "Berlin Alexanderplatz."
When's the hearings start, and on which C-SPAN?
"Are we all ready for Professor Jay-uff Say-shuns' sure-to-be-interminable lectures about the dangers of prejudice?
res ipsa loquitur "
ROTFLMAOFF!!!!!!!!!!
Are we all ready for Professor Jay-uff Say-shuns' sure-to-be-interminable lectures about the dangers of prejudice?
I wsnt the Republicans to go on and on and on about how bad empathy is.
I wsnt the Republicans to go on and on and on about how bad empathy is.
Since they have none they probably will.
simels - you owe me a coke from 9:20
~
Meander | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:37 am | #
Noted.
I'm proud of you, simels. You got through both those reviews without using the word "perfidious" once.
And "Berlin Alexanderplatz" is currently the bane of my existence.
Good morning good peoples. Noblejoanie, thanks for posting the Krugman article.
I read it and then saw the link at the top of the Eschaton page for the American Clean Energy and Security Act, clicked on it, and sent a letter of disappointment to my representative who voted against it.
I feel I've done some good today, even if it will make no difference in the temperature of the water in the pot.
And "Berlin Alexanderplatz" is currently the bane of my existence.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:39 am | #
Somebody's making you watch it?
Doesn't seem right...
PeasantParty, thanks for the recap!
I wsnt the Republicans to go on and on and on about how bad empathy is.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
I hope someone on the committee has nandy that quote from Alito from his hearings, about how much compassion & empathy have helped him do his job....
But of course that's different. IOKIYAR.
You got through both those reviews without using the word "perfidious" once.
.
Somebody's making you watch it?
Doesn't seem right...
steve simels | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:40 am | #
Doesn't the UN Charter forbid "enhanced tedium"?
Didn't Bruno direct Berlin Alexanderplatz?
I hope the hearings will convince the 0.00001% of Hispanics that still vote for Republicans to switch to Democrats.
nandy = handy
Dammit, simels.
God Fearing | 07.13.09 - 9:29 am |
Also fears good poetry, apparently.
C-Span schedule sez 10 am eastern on plain ole C-Span.
CNN sez today is for committee member statements and questioning starts tomorrow.
Jay-uff Say-shuns: "Why, down on mah planta... ooops! I mean, mah farm,, mah forefathuhs learned all about the danguhs of prejudice afta Mistah Lincoln issued that treasonous E-mancipashun proclamation, which applied only to the states of northern aggression, of course. But our slav...ooops! I mean our valued EM-ploy-ees, they just up and quit aftuh that, which was a cleauh demonstration of they-uh prejudice against us, their legal own -- ooops! I mean, theyuh trusted friends."
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:42 am | #
If only we could get that much honesty out of Mr. Sessions.
CNN sez today is for committee member statements and questioning starts tomorrow.
Lindsay, clean fucking hippie | 07.13.09 - 9:42 am | #
You mean this is spend all day making boring and incoherent "statements" without even pretending to ask question day?
Nice Polite Republicans earning their keep today. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with co-host Steve Inskeep about the covert program that Dick Cheney ordered the CIA not to tell Congress about. Inskeep asked if the CIA has a duty to brief congress, to which Mary Louise said, “That’s not clear.” (????!!!) Then she said they only have to brief on “significant” matters and they must not have thought this was significant. Also, the CIA has been concerned that briefing congress would lead to leaks, and the fact that we are talking about the program today proves they were right! Fuck oversight, I heard someone say.
And raise your hand if you think the leak today that the program was to “kill or capture Al Qaeda operatives” was orchestrated by Cheney’s stooges to make congress, Panetta and Obama appear weak.
well thats something at least.
Res, speaking as a sort of Southerner (New Orleans is not really the South), I think you do a fine line in Foghorn Leghorn.
The Business Insider ^ | 7/13/09
The US needs $3 trillion this year alone. Who's going to lend it to us? A couple of months ago, we raised a question that John Mauldin has been hammering on: Where, exactly, is all the money that the world governments are borrowing going to come from?
There's this thing called a printing press. It's where all money comes from.
The claim leaked today makes no sense since we've been pursuing Qaeda with troops choppers planes and drones since shortly after 9/11. Also.
do yourself a favor:
DO NOT watch sotomoyor's confirmation hearings. it will be full of pointless grandstanding by the GOP that will give you ulcers.
TODAYS POINT: THE LIBERALS WOULDN'T LET CHENEY KILL BIN LADIN
PLEASE USE WIDELY
THANX
RNC
New Orleans was the french and spanish capital of Louisiana or New France. I dont know what spain called the area. probably Louisana as well.
I will let Ed, Keith and Rachel watch for me and show me the most over-the-top moments.
And raise your hand if you think the leak today that the program was to “kill or capture Al Qaeda operatives” was orchestrated by Cheney’s stooges to make congress, Panetta and Obama appear weak.
Newton Whale
But I thought everything Cheney & his cohorts have ever done -- from no-bid contracts to torturing children to eletrocuting American soldiers through faultily wired bathrooms -- was to kill or capture Al Qaeda operatives.
Why can't you America haters understand that every penny of Dick Cheney's stolen billions is dedicated to killing or capturing Al Qaeda operatives? He's like Batman that way; it's not his fault he resembles the Penguin.
Did you know?
'RIYADH/LONDON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will seek to reassure Gulf Arab states this week that U.S. dollar assets they hold in large quantities remain a strong investment.'
Arrghhhhhh! I wish somebody would assure me of that. I need a job and some idea that my life won't go down the drain!
You mean this is spend all day making boring and incoherent "statements" without even pretending to ask question day?
rootless-e, appikouros | 07.13.09 - 9:43 am | #
Otherwise known as Republican Moron Kabuki Theatre Day.
Well if this "secret program" was to kill Bin Ladin, clearly it was a failure as he's still alive and kickin'.
Bunch of fucking morons.
And raise your hand if you think the leak today that the program was to “kill or capture Al Qaeda operatives” was orchestrated by Cheney’s stooges to make congress, Panetta and Obama appear weak.
Well, the wisdom of having such a program at all is a different matter than the decision to keep Congress in the dark about it. Clearly it was illegal to not brief Congress about this since there's no way this is not a significant program.
I also think it's a stupid idea, although it would have been less stupid if someone besides Dr. Evil and his incompetent henchmen behind it.
DO NOT watch sotomoyor's confirmation hearings. it will be full of pointless grandstanding by the GOP that will give you ulcers.
euphronius
Indeed. The potential wanking factor (PWF) is off the charts.
Why thank yuh, Doctah Derbes. You're admiration is what sustains me in the face of Jay-uff Say-shuns looming lectures in "Liberal Racism".
Otherwise known as Republican Moron Kabuki Theatre Day.
heh...heh...heh...
My, aren't we on a roll today?
Otherwise known as Republican Moron Kabuki Theatre Day.
steve simels | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:49 am | # [kill
indeed. they already admitted she is qualified and will be confirmed. this is just BS.
I'm not watching, euph. I'm sure we'll get some live-blogging here.
I'm also sure the Republicans will attempt to provoke a race riot.
Could 40 V-22 Osprey's be missing?
Yep.
http://www.g2mil.com/V-22missing.htm
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this is good news?
a club cannot set its own membership policy without fear of being literally destroyed? and "liberals" rejoice?
what a bunch of hypocrites.
Things you won't hear from the press at the hearings today:
Republican opposition to Sotomayor is proof of their elite disdain for the working class and especially a working class woman.
I think they believe that's only possible if the woman is from Alaska.
Otherwise known as Republican Moron Kabuki Theatre Day.
steve simels
A wonderful phrase, since those days come up so often.
It'll be interesting to see how Republicans will try to oppose Sotomayor without alienating Latino voters. My guess is that they will throw away the Latino vote and also fail to block Sotomayor's confirmation. Win win.
what a bunch of hypocrites.
sebs | 07.13.09 - 9:51 am | #
Mooslamophiles, please.
i will read Soto's answers later. they usually give good answers that are pretty interesting insight to jurisprudence. usually.
"Why thank yuh, Doctah Derbes. You're admiration is what sustains me in the face of Jay-uff Say-shuns looming lectures in "Liberal Racism".
res ipsa loquitur "
LOL! Res, you're killing me! Did you come down here last year and visit Snow? Sheesh, I really wanted to meet up with you.
Mark B i think they are going the AA and "reverse racism" angle.
And they're going to trot out this Ricci guy, who has spent his life filing lawsuits rather than do the HARD WORK necessary to get promotions.
My, aren't we on a roll today?
Billy B | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:50 am | #
I thank you.
Incidentally, there's an ultra-rare song you need to download over at the homepage. You'll thank me, I swear.
Peasant Party,
Where is Snow?
On Atrios's topic - one of my favorite ironies was Tiger Woods winning the Masters just a short time after he would have been banned for membership at Augusta.
i will read Soto's answers later. they usually give good answers that are pretty interesting insight to jurisprudence. usually.
euphronius failure
Yes, that was how the country found out that Bork was nuts, and quite a bit to the right of Attila the Hun.
And why every Republican nominee for the bench since has lied shamelessly at their hearings.
Republican opposition to Sotomayor is proof of their elite disdain for the working class and especially a working class woman.
I think they believe that's only possible if the woman is from Alaska.
steve simels | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:51 am | #
Here's another forbidden press item: proposed tax increases are marginal and do not apply to the first $350,000 of income.
Ricci is a serial filer of suits? a serial suitist? IDNKT
a club cannot set its own membership policy without fear of being literally destroyed? and "liberals" rejoice?
The swim club has claimed it has a diverse, multiethnic membership, but Goldman, a member for two years, said she couldn't remember seeing a black member this year.
Hypocrites, indeed.
Well, it isn't often that the august members of our most deliberative and very silly body get to strut around in their full wanker plumage. Usually, they're just everyday wankers. But confirmation hearings turn it up to 11.
On Atrios's topic - one of my favorite ironies was Tiger Woods winning the Masters just a short time after he would have been banned for membership at Augusta.
Integral ♠ Lit | 07.13.09 - 9:53 am | #
because private property is ironic?
Incidentally, there's an ultra-rare song you need to download over at the homepage. You'll thank me, I swear.
Thanks for the heads up.
I'll have to wait until I get home as the work computer system won't allow it.
ABA also raised red flags over Bork.
PeasantParty,MADEINUSA?
Sorry, nah gonna happen. The RICH need your fucking money, K? (Get it and learn it.)
OK. Now it is time for me to don my teacher's hat and ask a question.
If this country has sufficient resources to perform the necessary functions critical to a society: police protection, paved roads, mass transit for the cities and supertrains for between cities with connector routes of either trains or buses, and national defense (Not national offense) AND we have people capable of performing upgrades to our world such as new parks, recreation areas, revamped school systems, a public health system that is fair and responsive: why don't we use our resources to perform that which is necessary utilizing the obvious surplus of workers?
res --
You think filing all those lawsuits ISN'T hard work?
Watch out, Ricci will be suing you next.
"Could 40 V-22 Osprey's be missing?"
They are probably slatted to carry those missing nuclear warheads. I mean, our Intelligence Agencies are so good they just haven't gotten to the source yet.
Res, I don't know where he is. I'll send him a private e-mail later and see if he breathes.
I think they believe that's only possible if the woman is from Alaska.
steve simels
. . . and white.
the township in which that pool is is 0.5% black.
euph,
Here.
Res, one of my earlier Latin teachers was from Nashville, and so old, we actually thought there might be truth to the rumor that she had been Caesar's nanny.
She conjugated thus: ah-MOE, ah-MAYUS, ah-MAYAT.
Drove me nuts. Pronounced the author of De Bello Gallico as Juhlayus SEEEZah.
Nice lady, knew her stuff, but her accent made me wince. Had her for two years in a row.
What did Dorothy Parker say? "That woman pronounces 'egg' with three syllables."
"Could 40 V-22 Osprey's be missing?"
The Marines are using the Jedi Mind Shit to keep them hidden. "These are not the Osprey's you're looking for."
DWD that would be a socialist nightmare. cant have that.
The swim club has claimed it has a diverse, multiethnic membership, but Goldman, a member for two years, said she couldn't remember seeing a black member this year.
Flicker of Fleas | 07.13.09 - 9:53 am | #
diversity = blacks?
the faculty of my department is one of the most diverse group of individuals you could imagine. just about every continent and ethnicity is represented. but it does not include any blacks. does that mean it is not diverse?
Mark B i think they are going the AA and "reverse racism" angle.
Yeah, that'll work with their base, but latinos will know that's bullshit.
Sounds like Mistah Duesler talked to his lawyer.
Don't settle!
Sotomayor, for all her talk of empathy and the real-world impact of judicial decisions, "demonstrated no empathy for the 'real-world consequences' of affirmative action on Ricci."
/palmface
You can bet the "regular" members will stay away in a bunch when the N*clang*s are there.
The Fairgrounds Park Riot
African Americans were permitted to swim for the first time at St. Louis, Missouri's Fairgounds Park Pool on June 21, 1949. While approximately forty African American children swam at the pool that afternoon, nearly 200 whites surrounded the pool fence. Violence broke out later that day as the swimmers left the pool. Several men, women and children of both races were hospitalized; however, no one was killed.
Following the riot, segregation was re-instituted and remained in effect for the next twelve months. A federal court ruling in July 1950 by Judge Rubey M. Hulen mandated racial integration.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/220...@N05/
2460458327
why don't we use our resources to perform that which is necessary utilizing the obvious surplus of workers?
DWD-YDWETAKIT?
That's just crazy talk!
Where would America have been if we had tried that during the Great Depression....
Oh, wait.
Never mind.
Just in case you were wondering.
God Is Hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-...h?v=-
6KGZ4UQjgc
D. Derbes, Try taking German from an Italian.
"Could 40 V-22 Osprey's be missing?"
Those things are really fucking dangerous. The more that are out of service the better.
On Atrios's topic - one of my favorite ironies was Tiger Woods winning the Masters just a short time after he would have been banned for membership at Augusta.
Integral ♠ Lit
Tiger Woods is a pretty "Icky" individual. I have little respect for him as a person or a celebrity. Good golfer though.
(A lot of this stems from his suing a paraplegic man who makes his living by doing paintings at the same Augusta Golf Course you mentioned. The man had the temerity to "Use" Tiger's image without him being paid.)
Nice fucking guy, eh?
because private property is ironic?
sebs | 07.13.09 - 9:54 am | #
In a country stolen from the original inhabitants?
Yeah, I think irony is the right word...
You can bet the "regular" members will stay away in a bunch when the N*clang*s are there.
bo | 07.13.09 - 9:57 am | #
i doubt any of them have ever used that word. i never have, and i would certainly stay away that day.
does that mean it is not diverse?
No. It means you are a garden-variety, green-teeth, white cracker racist, Allen.
"demonstrated no empathy for the 'real-world consequences' of affirmative action on Ricci."
That's really not too different from one of my crazed relatives emailing me from their AOL address with something like "That's not really 'CHANGE' we can believe in, is it, LOLOLOL!"
interesting how a self described dyslexic aced the test.
All forms of Protestant are allowed.
sebs must buy his stupid wholesale.
Bruno -- Not as minty fresh as "Borat"...
I spent more time being amazed at his boundless chutzpah than I did actually y'know, laughing. Am I alone here?
Josh is already putting Senators' reactions to the "secret program" up at TPM.
D. Derbes, Try taking German from an Italian.
res ipsa loquitur
You win, O Res. Nolo contendere.
In a country stolen from the original inhabitants?
Yeah, I think irony is the right word...
steve simels | Homepage | 07.13.09 - 9:58 am | #
so, you are against private property? do you own any?
i doubt any of them have ever used that word. i never have, and i would certainly stay away that day.
Wow, a genteel racist!
worst troll ever.
...emailing me from their AOL address ...Jay C.
You know, it's the details that make good writing come alive.
Buckner! I visited Revere Beach yesterday afternoon, on those spanking-new Blue Line supertrain cars.
Part of the Summer of Classy Living.
OH BILLY B! -
"I think I busted a button on my trousers..."
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=250
"drain the pool after they leave"-white parents
"I think I busted a button on my trousers..."
Too cool.
Thanks, BB.
Jay C., Didja get a lobster roll?
Bruno -- Not as minty fresh as "Borat"...
I spent more time being amazed at his boundless chutzpah than I did actually y'know, laughing. Am I alone here?
bill buckner
I spent most of Borat feeling sorry for Cohen's victims, no matter how unappealing they were.
Watching him take advantage of more people for his self-aggrandisement isn't going to get me into a theater any time soon.
so, you are against private property? do you own any?
Allen changes the subject.
What a douchebag.
Jay C., Didja get a lobster roll?
I brought $2 and my T pass, so no lobster roll for this guy.
D. Derbes, Try taking German from an Italian.
res ipsa loquitur
I had an anthropology prof from Nigeria who learned English in Germany.
The syntax was...interesting.
Off to a meeting.
later..
interesting how a self described dyslexic aced the test.
euphronius failure | 07.13.09 - 9:59 am | #
i'm a dyslexic. i have an IQ in the 160 range, got 700s in the SATs and GREs as a second language, and have a PhD from one of the top five universities in the world.
It would be mighty nice if Hoss were to ban this racist piece of shit.
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so, you are against private property? do you own any?
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I own the King Ranch. I'd invite you to go quail hunting, but they're dangerous this time of year.
Gummo, I agree. Ali G is funnier than either Borat or Bruno. Part of the reason is that he's making fun of big-shots, where as Borat and Bruno are making fun of rubes.
Mark B.--Basshunter : It'll be interesting to see how Republicans will try to oppose Sotomayor without alienating Latino voters. My guess is that they will throw away the Latino vote and also fail to block Sotomayor's confirmation. Win win.
As someone born in the 60s and raised in the 70s - it's really hard to imagine an entire group doing something THAT politically stupid and toxic, but all the Republicans have left is their shrinking base of end-time Dominionists, braindead rednecks, and crazed militiamen, all of which are intersecting sets.
I think we're looking at a week of first-class stupid.
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does that mean it is not diverse?
yes.
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And "Berlin Alexanderplatz" is currently the bane of my existence.
Hey, I saw the WHOLE DAMNED THING in 2 sittings back when I was young and fearless! (Tho I don't think I've submitted to any Fassbinder since. Funny...)
it is quite possible a lobster could live forever in ideal conditions.
Ruh-roh, here come the credentials! Back away.
shit. 9:58. have a meeting at 10. gotta run.
Lovely headline on a front page article in the dead tree version of the SF Chron. Cracks show in state Republican party. Well duh, if it's a party of assholes, you're gonna see cracks.
Odd journalistic double standard. The HL for the on-line version is "GOP has tough row to hoe in California".
$2?
Sorry, DWD, I've always like Woods. I admired his decision this year to wait to return to the tour until his second child was born.
I think he was very young when he began being the super-golfer that he is and he's had to mature with the world watching.
I guess I really don't know who he is though. Unless we actually meet him, we all just pick the things we hear/read about him and make our judgments on those items we select.
And watching him golf amazes me.
Ya, real racists speak in code.
"Tradition"
"State's rights"
"Freedom from big government intrusion into local customs"
Oh ya, and racists are lovers of simple majority voting. Love to throw around democracy words as they vote to take away minority rights.
I'm the Queen of Roumania.
buckner,
The first episode nearly put me off the whole thing. I gave the second episode a chance and it got better. I'll probably make it the whole way through, but I'm not loving it or anything.
Watch c-span coverage of the confirmation hearings here:
http://www.c-span.org/Supreme-Co...n-
Hearings.aspx
so, you are against private property? do you own any?
sebs | 07.13.09 - 9:59 am | #
Way to miss the point, dude. And the irony.
Patrick Leahy's kind of wanting to make out with Sonia Sotomayor here.
A.
res ipsa loquitur : Gummo, I agree. Ali G is funnier than either Borat or Bruno. Part of the reason is that he's making fun of big-shots, where as Borat and Bruno are making fun of rubes.
You're right. And I didn't care for Ali G.
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the faculty of my department is one of the most diverse group of individuals you could imagine. just about every continent and ethnicity is represented. but it does not include any blacks. does that mean it is not diverse?
sebs | 07.13.09 - 9:56 am | #
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Another question that answers itself.
MSNBC.com is streaming the hearings. Sotomayor is speaking with Leahy.
i have an IQ in the 160 range
There isn't the remotest chance of that, and all the tests are meaningless after 145 or so, anyway.
$2?
Enough to buy me a beverage, and saves me from carrying the wallet to the beach (just not something I like to do when I'm alone). A quick trip, really. Only enough time to hop in, cool down, and then get back on the train.
sebs is a buttle troll.
best to ignore it.
but do whatever you want.
Hey, I saw the WHOLE DAMNED THING in 2 sittings back when I was young and fearless! (Tho I don't think I've submitted to any Fassbinder since. Funny...)
bill buckner | 07.13.09 - 10:03 am | #
Hey, I once sat through all fifteen chapters of a Republic Serial in a row without going to the bathroom.
i have an IQ in the 160 range
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i'm at home on the range
I'm deaf. I have a 190 IQ, perfect SAT, LSAT, MCAT, and GRE scores, speak nine languages, have three PhDs and conduct the London philarmonic when I'm not writing one of the sixteen books I write every single year. In my spare time, I sit in with the Stones when Charlie Watts is on vacation.
Sheets mofos!
I'm so in love with Cspan's new video interface I can't tell you. It's so much better than that tiny screen that rebuffered every 10 seconds on which I had to watch the 9/11 commission.
Shorter Leahy: Are we not going to confirm this kickass woman who could kick your ass? LOOK AT THIS FUCKING SUPREME COURT JUSTICE GODDAMN.
A.
So someone mentions dyslexia, and suddenly the troll is dyslexic.
How about if we discuss cranial anal cavititis?
I have an IQ in the 160 range
Fahrenheit or Celsius?
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i paid 5.50 for a Pilsner Urquell on friday.
meh.
Ack! 10-minute opening statements by each Senator?
Douthat shoes
Just an observation, but has anybody ever noticed that Sen Leahy sounds like Al Pacino as Mumbles in Dick Tracy?
Jay C., somone needs to invent waterproof something you can wear on y our person when you're swimming so you can stuff your keys, ID, and a couple of bucks in there when you go to the beach alone.
got 700s in the SATs
That's like retarded level dood. At the time you took it 1600 was perfect
bo : Lovely headline on a front page article in the dead tree version of the SF Chron. Cracks show in state Republican party. Well duh, if it's a party of assholes, you're gonna see cracks.
Odd journalistic double standard. The HL for the on-line version is "GOP has tough row to hoe in California".
It's precisely their intransigence that has driven California to where they are now, so...fuck 'em. Hope it hurts.
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I'm a techo-pop wizard and Formula 1 race car driver. I also disarm bombs in my spare time. My nose is more sensitive than the most trained blood hound and the police department uses me to track down escaped convicts.
Nah, I just made that all up.
See how easy it is?
Well you either protect your rights to your image or you don't - there's no paraplegic exception.
Part of the Summer of Classy Living.
As the esteemed Res has noted, Revere Beach's skeeviness is more than offset bu the presence of Kelly's Roast Beef and their otherworldly Lobster Rolls. (16 bucks, but I DON'T CARE!)
(I tried to be all purposeful and take in the Tall Ships yesterday, but it just wasn't happening...)
I hope the campers tell them to go cheney themselves. How stupid are these assholes anyway?
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