I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
good morning.
On the Frist day of Christmas my billing agency sent to me...
Holy crap.
I just got an email from the scheduler of a presidential candidate re: EschaCon.
Holy crap.
I just got an email from the scheduler of a presidential candidate re: EschaCon.
Tancredo's guy's got time on his hands?
Ron Paul trolls, no doubt, Molls.
No, I don't think so.
And it's someone I like a lot.
And people say recipes aren't important!
Blackberry Way sounds like some serious Beach Boys Vocals.
The inspiration for Sgt. Pepper's concept album?
Discuss...
I just got an email from the scheduler of a presidential candidate re: EschaCon.
Will there be a secret handshake that everyone will use so you know who's who?
Blackberry Way sounds like some serious Beach Boys Vocals.
The inspiration for Sgt. Pepper's concept album?
You really don't want me to get anything done today, do you?
What kind of cookies?
Are you making soft ginger snaps?
"Raspberry Beret."
Will there be a secret handshake that everyone will use so you know who's who?
last time, we had badges with our nyms and gravatars.
You really don't want me to get anything done today, do you?
Molly Ivors |
Eating cookies sounds like a very good plan.
Out most of the day. Kid, having mailed off her final papers to the hard masters at Hopkins, wants to go to the big ol' outlet mall in Michigan City.
Farewell to the family quatloos...
Back this afternoon, maybe...
Nabisco Ginger Snaps used to be real - the last time I bought them, they were deliberately underbaked, and the little fissures ginger cookies
get were stamped in.
Oatmeal scotchies and peanut blossoms, tomato soup mini-cupcakes (like a lighter, less weird fruitcake--I soaked the raisins in brandy), and some commercial holiday-themed cupcakes (Rosie's idea).
What about chocolate chip oatmeal raisin cookies?
afternoon moonbats
Well, there's no question that the American and British psychedelic movements were watching each other very carefully, and that the Beatles bridged them, to some extent.
I just got an email from the scheduler of a presidential candidate re: EschaCon.
Holy crap.
Molly Ivors
Wow.
"Don't blame me, I'm with stupid..."
Finger pointing to the right of you.
Sounds like a good badge for Eschaton's konvention.
What about chocolate chip oatmeal raisin cookies?
Ick.
Afternoon, Moon; Holiday Festivities underway?
I just got an email from the scheduler of a presidential candidate re: EschaCon.
Holy crap.
Molly Ivors
*
AWESOME! I am going to start some PR down my way to tip off some of the local Dirty Fucking Hippies about teh greatness only 90 days away.
last time, we had badges with our nyms and gravatars.
Molly Ivors
Oh, crap, I thought I had an idea.
*sigh*
the scheduler of a presidential candidate
Is the ID of this candidate a secret at this moment?
Maybe it should be.
Well, there's no question that the American and British psychedelic movements were watching each other very carefully, and that the Beatles bridged them, to some extent.
The Bee Gees put flasher lights and platform shoes on that bridge...
My award for the Week's Best Rant goes to...(opens envelope)...Res Ipsa Loquitor for her firey and eloquent (yet concise) going off on a troll who was justifying middle-aged men dumping their middle-aged wives.
It was classic. To find it, search Thursday afternoon's threads for multiple uses of the word 'fuck' and the number '18'
Afternoon, Moon; Holiday Festivities underway?
plantsman, bulbalicious | Homepage | 12.22.07 - 9:26 am | #
not quite heh my sister is away at the Olympia Horse Show in London and won't be back till tomorrow and my brother is coming down here on Christmas Eve
so at the moment is quiet, I still have to wrap my presents 
I just got an email from the scheduler of a presidential candidate re: EschaCon,
This is weird and interesting, considering that no one expects the nomination to be "in the balance" by the end of March.
The BeeGees were so morose before disco.
Lady Moonbootica, How is the job going?
Former prime minister Tony Blair has converted to Roman Catholicism after years of speculation over his faith.
Mr Blair was received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor during Mass in the chapel at Archbishop's House in Westminster on Friday night.
The Cardinal said: "I am very glad to welcome Tony Blair into the Catholic Church.
"For a long time he has been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family, and in recent months he has been following a programme of formation to prepare for his reception into full communion.
"My prayers are with him, his wife and family at this joyful moment in their journey of faith together."
http://news.sky.com/skynews/
arti...1298177,00.html
This is weird and interesting, considering that no one expects the nomination to be "in the balance" by the end of March.
Yeah, it's seven weeks after Super Tuesday.
I expect much will depend on how that plays out.
Gromit, I tried to find res' rant and firefox got all hung up. Do you think you can make a link?
My award for the Week's Best Rant goes to...(opens envelope)...Res Ipsa Loquitor for her firey and eloquent (yet concise) going off on a troll who was justifying middle-aged men dumping their middle-aged wives.
Yes! It was a thing of beauty. You know, the way she does.
Former prime minister Tony Blair has converted to Roman Catholicism after years of speculation over his faith.
Mr Blair was received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor during Mass in the chapel at Archbishop's House in Westminster on Friday night.
Yeah, but does he have it in him to get drunk, morose, and guilt-ridden?
Because that's how you really tell.
lemme see if I can find it....
BREAKING NEWS: Blair anointed Left Footer
I'd say if he-or-she is still in by then we'd love to see them.
I hope I know who it is
My mother's middle name was (pathetically) Webberdean. I doubt that had much to do with anything other than she seldom used it . . . .
I expect this candidate thinks they will be far ahead by then.
hey if the shit works....if stupid tabloid stories sell advertising to GE, then what the fuck? it's a for profit business....even KO said that ge does not diss him cause he is making them money....money money money, that's ALL that matters
I expect this candidate thinks they will be far ahead by then.
Molly Ivors
Ooh, the suspense!
I expect this candidate thinks they will be far ahead by then.
Molly Ivors
Well... we know Hillary wuvs dKos better than us, so it can't be her.
we know Hillary wuvs dKos better than us,
Does she? Well, they're much cleaner fucking hippies than we are.
Plus, they hardly ever swear.
Well... we know Hillary wuvs dKos better than us, so it can't be her.
I'm guessing Edwards.
Mutiny
Lady Moonbootica, Employed
*
SHITE
as if that story will get on teevee
Kossacks are so earnest it's depressing.
Most modern day groups of beetles have been around since the dinosaurs.
It was thought that today's beetle lineages evolved alongside the arrival of flowering plants, some 140 million years ago.
However, a report in the journal Science has pre-dated their appearance by 110 million years, back to the Jurassic period.
Very soon after beetles originated, they evolved into the lines that persist today, researchers say.
Co-author Dr Johannes Bergsten from Imperial College London, UK, told BBC News: "We found that five small families, that are the oldest lineages to the rest of the major beetle group, go back over 250 million years."
There are more than 300,000 species of beetles on Earth, accounting for a quarter of all living things.
The reason for this large number of beetle species has been debated for many years and never resolved.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scien...ure/
7154642.stm
I was thinking this song sounded like ELO. Thought I saw Jeff Lynn in the effects at :38 sec. Perhaps I'm mistaken.
That was a groundbreaking band.
Simels saved quite a stocking stuffer for the holiday season.
You may have the courage or disrespect for the entire course of human evolution needed to watch this Tony Blair video
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
tol...icle3049007.ece
During the December 20 edition of Hardball, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough explained that "the difference between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is Barack Obama is man enough to stand up in a debate and say 'Hillary, you are not being consistent.'"
To be excoriated by scum like Scumborough is, like, the last straw.
goldman sachs 69 million dollar man
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein received about $69 million in compensation this year, the largest payday ever for the head of a Wall Street firm and a far cry from many of his rivals, some of whom are forgoing their bonuses in acknowledgment of a devastating year.
[Lloyd Blankfein]
Mr. Blankfein's compensation, which was revealed late Friday in a regulatory filing, encompasses $26.8 million in cash and $41.1 million in stock and options awards.
In addition, the 53-year-old chief took home a base salary of $600,000, and donated an additional $200,000 of his pay to the firm's newly formed charitable organization, Goldman Sachs Gives.
the dude made 69 million and he gives away 200k and THAT is news?
USA! USA! USA!
wt,
You want a link for that?
So, you don't think Republican women get fair treatment compared to the Democratic women?
Generally speaking, no, I don't.
I agree with you. Now, let me ask you a question you've probably heard 500 times: you have been called a trophy wife quite a bit during this campaign. Do you find that insulting given what you've accomplished in your life?
You know, your perspective changes as things in your life change. At first, it was kind of a strange experience to go through, but now, after being on the bus with the boys, and being 41 years old with two kids under 4, I am thinking that's not such a bad thing to be said about me.
(Laughs) Yeah, it is kind of a backhanded compliment, isn't it?
(Laughs) As I said, my perspective has changed and I'm not so sure it's bad. All my girlfriends and my aunts have been telling me, "You know what? You'll look back on that and you'll be happy..."
BAGHDAD (AFP) — When he introduces himself, the young man in military fatigues and black leather jacket instinctively pulls out his ID card, ready for the inevitable incredulity.
"My name is Saddam Hussein," he says proudly, flashing the card to prove his claim.
In Fadel, a Sunni Muslim working-class quarter in central Baghdad, memories of the late dictator are fond, and a return to the past is the dream of the 6,000 or so families who live here.
The quarter, roughly four square kilometres (1.5 square miles) of narrow streets, two-storey buildings and alleyways running with raw sewage, has long been considered one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in Baghdad.
Its residents have been fiercely anti-American and backers of the pro-Saddam insurgency among Sunnis that followed the ouster of the dictator in 2003. Yet now, its new enemy is Al-Qaeda.
Assault rifle resting in the crook of his arm, Saddam and his keffiyeh-clad comrades from the self-proclaimed Army of National Liberation patrol the streets, controlling access to Fadel and protecting the dozens of shops that open on to torn-up sidewalks.
The streets and buildings show the ravages of the many past battles against "pro-Iranian' Shiite militias bent on putting an end to "true Iraqis," the Sunnis, Saddam says.
Along the main street of Fadel, the facades of the low-set buildings are peppered with bullet holes. The columns of the arcades that shade shops and homes have been riddled by machinegun fire.
Here and there can be seen small posters bearing the photograph of the dictator whose regime fell to US-led armies in 2003. A caption says: "Many dogs (considered unclean by Muslims) have danced on the corpse of the lion."
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m3944...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
Plus, they hardly ever fucking swear.
Uppity libs...
I am so TIRED of the bullshit that I _______________. On TPM they have Mitt Romney citing the Detroit Free Press for confirmation of his father's marching with Martin Luther King, Jr. I am not sure who in the Romney campaign is connected into the editorial office of the Free Press but this is their original story on the media flap. (I saved it because it did disappear)
He has marched with Martin Luther King through the exclusive Grosse Pointe suburb," Hess and Broder wrote in "The Republican Establishment: The Present and Future of the GOP."
Free Press archives, however, showed no record of King marching in Grosse Pointe in 1963 or of then-Gov. Romney taking part in King's historic march down Woodward Avenue in June of that year.
George Romney told the Free Press at the time that he didn't take part because it was on a Sunday and he avoided public appearances on the Sabbath because of his religion.
Romney did participate in a civil rights march protesting housing bias in Grosse Pointe just six days after the King march. According to the Free Press account, however, King was not there.
Broder could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.
Our news is controlled. But why is it controlled by a candidate for office?
TROLL RATE PLANTSMAN!
Jeff Lynne was in The Move, yes. But he didn't really take prominence until after Roy Wood left.
Do Ya is actually a Move song that ELO covered.
Ironic? You make the call.
It's like raaaaaaaain on your wedding day
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
Does she? Well, they're much cleaner fucking hippies than we are.
She was at YearlyKos back in August and her folks prolly figure this is more or less the same thing.
They haven't heard about the ferrets.
You want a link for that?
No. I'm cranky enough as it is.
wt: a man shouldn't snarl at his daughter like that.
Meanwhile, turns out that if your apartment building is foreclosed and the new owner's a company in another state, you should probably buy a gew extra sweaters:
Tenants in some foreclosed Boston apartment buildings are living without adequate heat because the new landlords - mortgage companies often based in other states - have not repaired broken systems or paid for the delivery of heating oil.
Karla Herrera, who gave birth to a daughter Wednesday, has lived without heat in her Roxbury apartment since November, when the system broke. "Sometimes, I turn on the oven for 20 minutes for heat," she said in Spanish, speaking through an interpreter.
Some foreclosed buildings also lack electricity, or hot water, or even running water, and the tenants may have no one to call: The new landlords often fail to provide tenants with a contact number, as required by Massachusetts law. And when landlords can be reached, the response is often so limited - half a tank of heating oil, for example - that the problems recur within a few days.
City officials say they have dealt with a dozen cases in the last two weeks of utility problems at foreclosed apartment buildings.
http://www.boston.com/business/g...n_foreclosures/
Take the money and run. It's what made America great.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — The lives of millions of Iraqi children are still blighted by violence, poor nutrition and disrupted education more than four years after the US-led invasion, UNICEF said on Friday.
The United Nations Children's Fund said in a report that few teenagers took their final exams last summer, safe drinking water remained scarce and about 1,350 children were detained by the authorities in 2007.
It also said that on average 25,000 children and their families were forced out of their homes each month to seek shelter in other parts of the country.
UNICEF said that the current reduction in violence provided a chance to help Iraqi children, gain access to those in detention, and strengthen government structures focused on young people.
"Iraqi children are paying far too high a price," said Roger Wright, UNICEF's special representative for Iraq, in the report.
"A new window of opportunity is opening, which should enable us to reach the most vulnerable with expanded, consistent support."
UNICEF said its research showed that only 28 percent of 17-year-olds sat their school leaving exams this year, and that in south and central Iraq just 40 percent achieved a pass grade.
The number of primary school age children not in education in 2006 was 760,000, but this figure has grown over the past year as more displaced children had their schooling disrupted, the report added.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m3943...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
No. I'm cranky enough as it is.
Sorry. Would an oatmeal scotchie help?
And I quote...
"Male bodies expire after their last breath."
Hmmmm...are you a man? Are you still able to fuck like you were when you were, say, 18? I can still fuck like I could when I was 18. And I'll still be able to fuck like I could when I was 18 until I draw my last breath. You? Not so much.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 12.20.07 - 2:09 pm | #
Good on you, Res. (Remind me not to get on her bad side)
"Split Ends" was a good Move album.
(Remind me not to get on her bad side)
Always good advice.
Hmmmm...are you a man? Are you still able to fuck like you were when you were, say, 18?
Better.
I wasn't shit when I was eighteen.
City officials say they have dealt with a dozen cases in the last two weeks of utility problems at foreclosed apartment buildings.
http://www.boston.com/business/g...n_foreclosures/
Take the money and run. It's what made America great.
ProfWombat
This, uh, pisses me off. A little bit. Just a touch. A small amount of pissed off, is what I get. Angry, you might say.
Taking stock in the library of the Oxford Union Nick Griffin had good reason to be cheerful. The chairman of the British National party, who scored a resounding victory in a summer leadership challenge, had just given a confident performance in front of some of the brightest students in the country and was looking forward to the next day's headlines.
Three weeks later, however, and the political landscape on the far right has changed. The BNP is engulfed in a bitter factional war which threatens to tear the organisation apart.
This week the leadership was accused of spying, theft and money laundering and dozens of key organisers have resigned the party whip and are now calling themselves the "Real BNP".
Labour MP Jon Cruddas has handed a dossier of evidence to the Electoral Commission and the Metropolitan police that he says contains evidence of "alleged illegal activity and financial irregularities".
Cruddas, who has several BNP councillors in his Barking constituency, told MPs in the House of Commons: "What's been uncovered in the internal workings of the BNP appears to be systematic illegality in terms of data protection, bugging, money laundering, theft and the operation of the Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2000."
Detectives in Nottinghamshire have confirmed they are investigating claims that a BNP security team stole files and computer equipment from the home of a regional official. The Metropolitan Police said it had responded to the allegations but added it was not investigating the matter "at the current time."
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/
f...2231430,00.html
Sorry. Would an oatmeal scotchie help?
sadly, no.
Donate to Media Matters. We've lost over 20 progressive talk radio stations in the past year
I just got an email from the scheduler of a presidential candidate re: EschaCon.
Holy crap.
Molly Ivors
Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Morning all.
Take the money and run. It's what made America great.
ProfWombat | 12.22.07 - 9:38 am | #
You can tell a lot by consequences of law breaking. Fail on a legal obligation to a lender - lose the building. Fail on a legal obligation to tenant - maybe get a letter.
Some foreclosed buildings also lack electricity, or hot water, or even running water, and the tenants may have no one to call: The new landlords often fail to provide tenants with a contact number, as required by Massachusetts law. And when landlords can be reached, the response is often so limited - half a tank of heating oil, for example - that the problems recur within a few days.
those Lords of the Lands ought to be forced to watch The Super over and over for 24 hours straight
"Are you still able to fuck like you were when you were, say, 18?"
i can, if i'm careful not to throw my back out.
those Lords of the Lands ought to be forced to watch The Super over and over for 24 hours straight
mogwai, cloud 9 dweller
Watch it, my ass; live it, is more like it.
the dude made 69 million and he gives away 200k and THAT is news?
Bob Herbert writes about Nightmare Before Christmas in relation to the sinking fortunes of the US middle class today.
"Are you still able to fuck like you were when you were, say, 18?"
Fast, drunk, and in the back of a car?
No.
Arizona Woman Charged With Going 68 In A 45 Zone - On Her Bike
http://www.rockhillbikes.com/ari...one-on-her-
bike
She was going down a hill.
Me, I couldn't fuck at all when I was eighteen, for psychological rather than physiological reasons. Took me a bit longer than most, in the late sixties milieu. Meanwhile, I was, of course, paralyzed with lust anyway. Nowadays, lust remains easily provoked, but no longer omnipresent and itself constantly demanding my attention, and far less likely to provoke selfish, boorish or stupid behavior. So, on balance, glad I'm not eighteen anymore. And I'm astonishingly well-preserved and remain rougishly handsome...
Fast, drunk, and in the back of a car?
That's no way to go through life, son.
the dude made 69 million and he gives away 200k and THAT is news?
Goldman Sachs employees got an AVERAGE of 200K this year.
Big fucking spender.
If Iowa is the heartland of the country, and Florida is its wang. does that make New Jersey the upper or lower intestines?
Lime Rickey
.
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I don't know about that but Missippi is the asshole
"Fast, drunk, and in the back of a car?"
haha.
in a way, that sounds strangely appealing...
And I'm astonishingly well-preserved and remain rougishly handsome...
So I hear.
Would anyone go back to 18? Ugh, I wouldn't.
If Iowa is the heartland of the country, and Florida is its wang. does that make New Jersey the upper or lower intestines?
the duodenum.
Arizona Woman Charged With Going 68 In A 45 Zone - On Her Bike
I've got 56 downhill. With my brakes on. That's too fucking fast.
Wombat, are you sure you're not me?
Would anyone go back to 18? Ugh, I wouldn't.
Molly Ivors
The beginning of the worst 7 or 8 years of my life.
Not for all the tea in China.
I wonder if they have any sense of how much difference even $5K--chump change, to these guys--would make in the lives of most people.
Hasn't New Jersey always been the Armpit?
"Would anyone go back to 18? Ugh, I wouldn't.
Molly Ivors
The beginning of the worst 7 or 8 years of my life."
on balance, i had a great time in those years. it vwas all about excess.
And I'm astonishingly well-preserved and remain rougishly handsome...
ProfWombat
I suggest losing the rouge.
New Jersey had the world's first taffy pull.
Bob Herbert writes about Nightmare Before Christmas in relation to the sinking fortunes of the US middle class today.
billy b |
it is truly sad to think that we the people have sold our democracy to whomever would pay.
Ah, shit. There's a bird in the chimney, right down by the fireplace insert. It's panicking, screeching and batting its wings.
Any advice?
I got an Xmas bonus of a sort. A polo shirt with the company name on it and a gift card for Safeway. I haven't been working long so that's as more than I expected.
I didn't mind being 18
I didn't like 13-17
it is truly sad to think that we the people have sold our democracy to whomever would pay.
mogwai, cloud 9 dweller | Homepage | 12.22.07 - 9:48 am | #
And the check is in the mail.
Any advice?
Molly Ivors
Time to go shopping?
Ah, shit. There's a bird in the chimney, right down by the fireplace insert. It's panicking, screeching and batting its wings.
Any advice?
They generally figure it out after a while. They'll either get tired and calm down, then do the math, or they'll get tired and you can go in and rescue.
I've never gotten a Christmas bonus.
They tend not to do that in education.
SteveLG: I can't help but notice, in my travel plans, a marked dearth of Francophone destinations. That, I believe, alas, distinguishes us...
"Any advice?"
tennis racket.
My brother got a nice bonus, for training up some Indian employees of JP Morgan
it is truly sad to think that we the people have sold our democracy to whomever would pay.
Yep. With the overwhelming approval of the electorate.
There's a very heavy fireplace insert--I don't think I could get it out without hurting the bird.
on balance, i had a great time in those years. it vwas all about excess.
jdw
The psychic consequences, for me, were pretty grim. Yes, there were some amazingly good times; unfortunately I'm fuzzy on a lot of the details.
I was an immature, selfish, narcissistic, dependent, self-indulgent, lazy mess. In fact some of my behavior was close enough to borderline to convince me that people can outgrow it. (Many seem to.) I was pushing 30 before I really got my feet under me.
But I'm feeling muuuuuuuch better now
They generally figure it out after a while. They'll either get tired and calm down, then do the math, or they'll get tired and you can go in and rescue.
True. Except for the rescue part.
SteveLG: I can't help but notice, in my travel plans, a marked dearth of Francophone destinations. That, I believe, alas, distinguishes us...
ProfWomba
Then we must have been separated at birth.
Molly, close the flue or stuff something in the bottom opening of the shaft, so the only light it can see is aw the top.
Also, look outside to see if there are thousands more on the way. /Hitchcock
and he starts a permanent job at JP Morgan on the 2nd Jan in the Settlements Department
so he and I are going to go out on Christmas Eve and toast our good fortunes
Light a newspaper and hold it under the bird's ass.
"Any advice?"
Send Thers up the chimney and when he gets stuck himself, call a chimney repairman.
Otherwise, climb onto the roof, and drop a rope with a weight done it. Tie a wad of cloth a little smaller than the size of the chimney and pull it back up.
This should get the bird out.
Would anyone go back to 18? Ugh, I wouldn't.
Molly Ivors
I certainly wouldn't want to fuck anybody I was fucking at 18.
we had a customer send us a gift, a real nice set of pepper jellies from www.santafeschoolofcooking.com .
IS it true that banks don't have to pay the property taxes on homes they take possession of through foreclosure?
NTodd Johnson (hah!) is right -- give it some time to calm down.
Good thing you don't have cats. They'd be tearing through the wall to get at it right about now.
I was just glad to be getting fucked at 18 since all of my girlfriends started at 15.
we had a customer send us a gift, a real nice set of pepper jellies from www.santafeschoolofcooking.com .
jdw
I took some cooking classes there about 10 years ago. Great school.
Good thing you don't have cats. They'd be tearing through the wall to get at it right about now.
SP is intrigued.
i was not doing any form of fucking when I was 18
If I could be 18 again, and know what I know now, I'd get into much trouble.
Ex's parents had a guy get stuck in their chimney when he was trying to break into their house.
He demanded they get him out of their chimney...
They could hear a noise, some shuffling, and eventually a guy saying "heeeelp!"
"Well how did you get upo there?"
"How do YOU THINK I got up here... now heeeeelp"
This is an important piece by Charlie Savage, who won a Pulitzer with his story about Bush's signing statements. Turns out that Clinton, Obama and Edwards would continue to use them, though far less frequently than has Bush, while Biden, Dodd and Richardson reject them.
The notion that their use, even in some Democrats' take, would at the discretion of the President demonstrates how wounded Bush has left our country. Wounds heal, but need cleansing, occasional debridement and cautery, aggressive treatment, not a smile and a suggestion that we trust somebody to use this outrageously arrogated power more wisely. Trust isn't the issue. The rule of law is the issue.
http://www.boston.com/news/natio..._full_spectrum/
"How do YOU THINK I got up here... now heeeeelp"
"No."
They could hear a noise, some shuffling, and eventually a guy saying "heeeelp!"
"Well how did you get upo there?"
"How do YOU THINK I got up here... now heeeeelp"
Fucking Santa.
And I'm astonishingly well-preserved and remain rougishly handsome...
ProfWombat
I can vouch for this.
The point of the rant was not that I could still fuck badly. The troll was saying that women have an attractiveness shelf life and that men don't. Maybe that's true, but who the hell cares if the man stays attractive if he can't, ahem, get the job done? Yes, yes, he can pop Viagra all he wants, but trollie knows, deep in his heart of hearts, that it's OVER for him. For women, it's NEVER over, unless we want it to be.
Thanks, Gromit.
"I was an immature, selfish, narcissistic, dependent, self-indulgent, lazy mess. In fact some of my behavior was close enough to borderline to convince me that people can outgrow it."
well, yeah. after i cleaned up, people told me they thought i had a death wish.
but i think what it was for me was getting out of a very boring and oppressive environment and letting loose. i still admire people that could buckle down and study, etc at that age, but jeebus i pushed it to the edge.
merry gawdless, progressively secyewlarr xmas and winter solstice, y'all!
prediction for 2008:
nancy grace will become the next kathy lee gifford.
remember to keep "christ" outta xmas!
The reproduction of the class system in the United States
I've never gotten a Christmas bonus.
They tend not to do that in education.
Molly Ivors
Me either. My best Christmas bonus would be students not hounding me via e-mail about their grades. Unfortunately, judging from my inbox this morning, that's not going to happen.
As X is the Greek letter which begins the name of Christ, it honestly doesn't make any difference.
"I took some cooking classes there about 10 years ago. Great school."
sure looks nice. i'll have to buy some stuff from them now..
Unfortunately, judging from my inbox this morning, that's not going to happen.
I haven't opened mine.
Oh dear. I just went to Sadly, No! to discover that Red State founder "Erick Erickson" sort of resembles my ex. Ew.
And a very happy Hanuchrismakwansikaa to you, too.
The troll was saying that women have an attractiveness shelf life and that men don't.
If Fred Thompson is "attractive", then I'm the Queen of Sheba.
If Fred Thompson is "attractive", then I'm the Queen of Sheba.
Margaret Carlson is all over that.
Finally, NPR gets hip.
Scott Simon interviewing the head writer of "The Onion".
Always behind the eight ball, that Scott.
If Fred Thompson is "attractive", then I'm the Queen of Sheba.
watertiger
Attractiveness can be measured in dollars, too, don't forget.
Margaret Carlson is all over that.
She was out-boobed.
Attractiveness can be measured in dollars, too, don't forget.
And all those rich, middle-aged women?
If Fred Thompson is "attractive", then I'm the Queen of Sheba.
watertiger | Homepage | 12.22.07 - 9:58 am | #
Mrs. Fred is, what,50 years younger, and comprehensively unattractive.
If Fred Thompson is "attractive", then I'm the Queen of Sheba.
watertiger
Attractiveness can be measured in dollars, too, don't forget.
V for Virginia, dethroned
I hear he has bags of money.
"The troll was saying that women have an attractiveness shelf life and that men don't."
the troll was probably a kid. i think there is something to be said for hardbodies, but it's also nice to be a male in your 40's and notice and appreciate a range of attractive women from teens-60.
Digby put up this stuff (by Somerby, I think) about Margaret Carlson going on about McFuckSTick's lobster ravioli and it's got me really angry.
thanks res
back in a few
"I was an immature, selfish, narcissistic, dependent, self-indulgent, lazy mess. In fact some of my behavior was close enough to borderline to convince me that people can outgrow it."
But did you have any bad qualities for being that age?
That Vince Guaradi "O Tannenbaum" never gets old, Molly.
"Attractiveness can be measured in dollars, too, don't forget."
power. i mean, why else would that woman fuck rudy?
"Erick Erickson" sort of resembles my ex. Ew.
res ipsa loquitur
This is perhaps part of the reason he's an ex?
Good morning.
I'm Procrastinating.
Nice to meet you. 
asshole - The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, has described a rise in "fundamentalism" as one of the great problems facing the world.
He focused on what he described as "atheistic fundamentalism".
He said it led to situations such as councils calling Christmas "Winterval", schools refusing to put on nativity plays and crosses removed from chapels.
In his Christmas message, he said: "Any kind of fundamentalism, be it Biblical, atheistic or Islamic, is dangerous."
The archbishop said "atheistic fundamentalism" was a new phenomenon.
He said it advocated that religion in general and Christianity in particular have no substance, and that some view the faith as "superstitious nonsense".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne...les/
7156783.stm
the fuckhead repeats a mistruth, no one renamed Christmas Winterval, all that happens was a group of Businesses in Birmingham decided to boost their profits by calling it 'Winterval', it had nothing to do with atheists or the local council.
fucking tosser
In the Jeri Thompson interview I linked above, she cites Fred's acting as part of his prep for president.
And all those rich, middle-aged women?
watertiger
Oh, well, uh, aren't they supposed to be off doing charitable work, or something? Having lunch? Redecorating the master bath?
later bats...
Hiya HBK!
Vicki put the discount code up last night.
Will BAE Scandal of Century Bring Down Cheney?
http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=556340
Somewhat long and complicated, which tells me this will get no coverage in the US press.
Significant fact,
about $160,000,000.000.00 unaccounted for, at this moment was involved.
The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, - WANKER
This is perhaps part of the reason he's an ex?
Nah. He was really smart and funny, albeit slightly nuts. watertiger and Bklyn Girl actually met him two weeks ago.
I hear he has bags of money.
Molly Ivors
He has bags, period.
the troll was probably a kid. i think there is something to be said for hardbodies, but it's also nice to be a male in your 40's and notice and appreciate a range of attractive women from teens-60.
Stoya, people.
Stoya.
But did you have any bad qualities for being that age?
Mr.Murder
HoneyBear -- me, too. I have some candlemaking to do, but to get started I have to clear off some counter space, and to do that I have to unload the dishwasher and wash some pans, so I'm sitting here doing this instead.
Thanks Molly.
I reserved my room yesterday.
What were you teasing us about upthread?
He has bags, period.
Yes, yes he does.
"atheistic fundamentalism". - what bollocks
What were you teasing us about upthread?
Can't say, yet.
But we might be almost as popular as a county fair in Iowa!
Dr Morgan's Christmas message comes after the general director of the Evangelical Alliance, the Rev Joel Edwards, compared militant atheists to King Herod in their intolerance of religious faith.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne...les/
7156783.stm
fucking fuckers
welcome to the other side of the solstice, ya dfh's.
hi honeybear...
Yes, yes he does.
Exactly the pic I was thinking of.
Now we just have to photoshop Bubbles' cleavage as Gucci, and we're in business!
"atheistic fundamentalism". - what bollocks
Lady Moonbootica, Employed
Sometimes words have to be redefined in order to make a particular case.
"Liberal fascism" springs to mind.
But we might be almost as popular as a county fair in Iowa!
The suspense is killing me.
Are we popular or are we mad?
militant atheists
There is no such thing.
Ah, and so it starts...
Giuliani cutting back on his campaigning for a few days following his "flu-like symptoms"...
hi fokowi.
You better come to Eschacon is all I'm saying.
Giuliani cutting back on his campaigning for a few days following his "flu-like symptoms"...
watertiger
Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease . . .
Are we popular or are we mad?
My favorite movie ever!
Giuliani cutting back on his campaigning for a few days following his "flu-like symptoms"...
watertiger
An Appeal for the "sympathy vote".
Giuliani cutting back on his campaigning for a few days following his "flu-like symptoms"...
Scratch a fascist, find a chickenshit.
wt has mail.
Rudy, you have to make a speech and tell us how you won't take orders from the Vatican.
Nataline Sarkisyan needed a liver transplant. But the California teenager, 17, died last night at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center without ever receiving one. A match was found weeks ago, but her insurance carrier, CIGNA HealthCare, said the procedure was “too experimental.” Now, noted attorney Mark Garagos wants to file murder or manslaughter charges against CIGNA.
http://technorati.com/tag/
natali...aline+sarkisyan
I think probably most of these guys want to be president but don't want to have to clean up this mess. They'd be crazy to want to.
Of course, anyone probably would. So I dunno . ..
He has bags, period.
Yes, yes he does.
watertiger
If I'm giving you such perfect lead-ins, shouldn't I get a cut of the profits?
wt has mail.
given that it's yahoo, i should get it this afternoon.
Giuliani cutting back on his campaigning for a few days following his "flu-like symptoms"...
Do we have a pool going on when he officially drops out?
Now, noted attorney Mark Garagos wants to file murder or manslaughter charges against CIGNA.
http://technorati.com/tag/ natali...aline+sarkisyan
Doug
I sure hope they do. This needs to be a Big Fucking Deal.
If I'm giving you such perfect lead-ins, shouldn't I get a cut of the profits?
Can I pay you in ginger cake?
Now, noted attorney Mark Garagos wants to file murder or manslaughter charges against CIGNA.
http://technorati.com/tag/ natali...aline+sarkisyan
Doug
That'll hurt.
I hope he does. And wins.
Can I pay you in ginger cake?
watertiger
Sure.
Prolly worth more than the dollar by now.
Insurance companies don't cotton to experimental procedures like operations and such.
honeybear. i'd love to, but can't commit for a couple of weeks or so...
if i am unable to go, i'll certainly contribute to the travel fund so that someone else may...
so what's the deal with google's logo?
Molly -- how do people sign up to be recipients of the travel funds if they need them?
hey, v4v...
what's with the dethroned thingee?
County records release ordered
Judge rules Democratic Party has right to inspect '06 election files
By Andrea Kelly
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.19.2007
Pima County will have to turn over electronic database records from past elections to the Pima County Democratic Party, a judge ruled Tuesday.
The county must release records requested a year ago, including copies of the Diebold GEMS databases for the 2006 primary and general elections, because they fall under state public-records law, Pima County Superior Judge Michael Miller said. That means the Democratic Party will have a chance to inspect the records for transparency and security.
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/216878
what's with the dethroned thingee?
fokowi
There was a flurry of royalty a couple of days ago and I can never remember to take it out.
Maybe I will, now.
flurry of royalty?
There's been a new thread for quite a while.
I'm gonna go ahead and take it personally that no one told us, and get on with stuff.
Later, folks.
Ciao, V
Get on with!
bigot buchanan has continued the theme this morning....
I don't understand what Foser ees getting so upset about, Kerrey created a reason for Greater Pundittia to spend all week talking about Obama's muslim father (and apparently troublesome middle name), and Tweetito and the rest dutifully spent all week talking about it.
It does not matter that Kerrey apologized, it doesn't matter that Tweetito was the one who first introduced the stupid matter of Obama's middle name into the campaign narrative.
Kerrey did it knowing it would be talked about all week, and the talking heads took the oppotunity presented to them.
For Foser to yell at Tweetito and the rest is like yelling at the horses for escaping the barn, rather than making sure the farmhands learn the consequences of leaving the door open.
Neither Kerrey nor Tweetito will face any consequences for their actions, and so joo can be fairly certain that they see no need to refrain from those actions een the future.
Pfffft.
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