HULK SMASH
Single Arab Girl is my biggest concern.
comparing the polls in the primaries to the actual results, i get an estimate of about a 2-6% win for barack in nc, and a 8-12% win for hillary in indiana
.
toid
INFLATE THIS COMMENT!
The other 53% are concerned about Britney Spear's snatch.
Inflation, where have you been so long?
-
ifthethunderdontgetya wrote:
Wanker of the Day
Fred Hiatt.
-Atrios 14:17
----------------------------
Congratulations, Fred. Yet another well-earned WOTD award for you.
You are truly a chickenhawk's chickenhawk. Donald Graham must spank himself each morning when he recalls the day he snatched your cowardly, lying self from the Washington Star.
~
(I despise that fuckwad. I try to just ignore it, but they keep drawing me back in!)
~
No, you must be mistaken, Atrios. Americans only care about Rev. Wright. I heard David Gregory "joke" today that they'd get over that story around about August.
Hillary Clinton is on the phone.
No really. I suspect it's a recording.
I's heard that the economy was the most important issue, but not "inflation" ... I am skeptical
But if you strip out food and fuel, we aren't experiencing inflation.
Silly Americans.
Gosh bless all of those poll scientists that CNN employs.
Hillary Clinton is on the phone.
Check out Chelsea these days.
Off to dress for dinner and the symphony.
Which tux shall I wear tonight?
Later, gators
if by "inflation" you mean flagpins - then yes ...
Oh man, I just hate that 'the sky is falling' attitude.
If you don't include food and gas prices everything is just fine...... oh and that pesky mortgage thing too.
The price of wine has gone up...
You should probably strip out the cost of health care and college too.
I thought people want to know who white rural voters in Pennsylvania consider "electable."
I was sure that was still the #1 issue in America.
Would somebody give me a heads-up when the Derby is about to start, please?
That's because we all have to buy food and fuel, and both have skyrocketed.
The price of wine has gone up..
Esp. if you like imported, like, say, oh, French.
Hecate, hope you're having a lovely day 
People care about inflation because they've heard of it before and have a vague idea of what it is.
Talk about dying to take a shower....
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05...kbr-electrical/
fuck kbr
I have to admit that Hillary's chances have improved, both due to the tempest in a pulpit and the increasingly dolorous economy.
Still think Barack gets the top slot. I really hope they do the Dream Ticket thing. I think Barack has earned the top, but I don't care really who is the pres. candidate. Just want 'em to win.
I thought people want to know who white rural voters in Pennsylvania consider "electable."
I was sure that was still the #1 issue in America.
If I were an Obama supporter, I'd be temped to say that we've already, as Churchill noted, established that. All that we're arguing about now is the price. It's my curse to love snarking even more than my own side.
People care about inflation because they've heard of it before and have a vague idea of what it is.
JeffCO
Those of us older than my briefcase (i.e., older than 40) remember inflation real bloody well.
The Bush administration is anti-gun.
Why can't Madhi Army members keep their guns? It's Un-American for our troops to require Iraqi's to give up their guns!
Would somebody give me a heads-up when the Derby is about to start
Watch for Mary Tyler Moore tossing her cap into the air.
Those of us older than my briefcase (i.e., older than 40) remember inflation real bloody well.
Sure you're not thinking of stagflation?
Esp. if you like imported, like, say, oh, French.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Oh my, yes on occasion... they keep the good stuff for themselves. The grocery store French wines I try have been off.
BTW, nice Tarot deck on the Chelsea link
Hecate, hope you're having a lovely day
Sallyh! G/Son is off visiting his other grandparents. They totally deserve a chance cuz they don't get to see him nearly as often as I do, but I still kind of miss him.
Talk about dying to take a shower....
Well, what is more important, to build a functioning aircraft carrier or to protect our soldiers from accidental death?
Ql, I never knew about your experience on 9/11. When did you finally get your ankle treated?
In this picture, Chelsea looks a lot like my daughter, except my kid's even better looking. And no, I'm not linking to her picture, so fuggedaboudit.
I guess that I'm younger than RMJ's briefcase. The things I learn here...
I really do care who is elected and I do not want another Clinton. She would be a disaster. I am tired of all this 'let's us all just get along'
That's what got us here in the first place.
Sure you're not thinking of stagflation?
JeffCO
I remember both.
Which tux shall I wear tonight?
The baby blue with velvet is always nice!
Hello, this is Hillary Clinton and I am calling on behalf of my campaign to ask for your vote in Tuesday's North Carolina primary. The election is extremely close and every vote will count. If you give me the chance to be your president, I will tackle our toughest problems head on, and make America work for everyone again. I will stand up and fight for America's hard working families. If you stand up for me on Tuesday, I will stand up for American families every day.
(the text of the Clinton call I just got).
nice Tarot deck on the Chelsea link
Isn't that gorgeous? If she ever puts that deck on sale again, I'm buying it. I have one of her gorgeous rosaries and I gave DiL a Bridget rosary by her when DiL was expecting. Worry beads.
Sure you're not thinking of stagflation?
I'll bet a buck he is.
So, who cares?
-
Hecate, is that story about Churchill or George Bernard Shaw? Hmm... time to ask the Oracle, aka Google...
Bernanke needs to resign
Would somebody give me a heads-up when the Derby is about to start, please?
helena handbasket | 05.03.08 - 5:41 pm | #
Just wait for the whiff of glue...
(the text of the Clinton call I just got).
trifecta | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 5:46 pm | #
That's reasonable.
Does she go on to promise war with Iran?
marcellina
How long did that take you?
Marcellina
A long time.
But I really thought we were under attack, I was in shock from the ankle, and just kept trudging.
Kids & Mr. ql were home in Queens and there was no way for me to get there as traffic was closed off in that area of the city. My mom made me a chicken pot pie in the microwave and served it with Budwiser. My older girl made white russians and linguini al fredo herself, Mr. ql and her sister, figuring WWIII had just started and they might as well live it up while they could.
qlª | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 5:42 pm | #
TOW - Four weeks later. It was just a hair line fracture. Nobody thought it was broken cause I kept walking on it. We figured it was just a bad sprain. Never even got a cast.
David,
I always heard Churchill, but I'd be happy to be corrected if I've been telling it wrong all these years.
Well, what is more important, to build a functioning aircraft carrier or to protect our soldiers from accidental death?
leibniz♘☮ | 05.03.08 - 5:45 pm | #
They told the parents of the dead soldier that his son died when an 'electrical appliance' that he took into the shower shorted out!
Would somebody give me a heads-up when the Derby is about to start, please? - helena handbaske
ok ... now!
Mme. Wagstaff is off to the airport to collect my deranged MIL. I see another magical evening in my future.
The next year will be a contest between the forces of maximum last-minute banditry by the ruling crass versus the forces of boosting, floating and flogging an economy through an election and by some miracle retaining control of the money machine.
Inflation is just the offspring.
-
The things I learn here...
Zap Rowsdower
Stagflation was no fun, especially when you had to inform your customers of price increases every few months.
I guess that I'm younger than RMJ's briefcase. The things I learn here...
Zap Rowsdower, aka Habeas
Kindly remove yourself from my lawn lest I release the hounds; who are quite a bit younger than my briefcase, and not nearly so stuffed.
Would somebody give me a heads-up when the Derby is about to start, please? - helena handbaske
Start your engines ..... oh, oops. Wrong race.
MLB Wagstaff,
As someone who's very definitely not your attorney, my advice is to begin drinking LSRW heavily.
(On another note, I'm pleased at your rare weekend appearance here.)
my favorite churchill quote is his answer to an editor who "corrected" one of his speeches because he objected to churchill ending a sentence with a preposition, one of those meaningless "rules" of syntax that linguists deplore. churchill's reply?
"this is arrant pedantry, up with which i shall not put!"
.
The only way to whip inflation is with austerity. We can start by breaking the unions and welfare moms.
I'm rooting for Big Brown because I think it's time a Big Brown one something in this country for chrissakes.
"Hillary Clinton, Fairy Princess
Can we please stop pretending she has a plausible chance to win the nomination?
By Timothy Noah
Posted Friday, May 2, 2008, at 7:21 PM ET
"Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen."
—former President Bill Clinton, Jan. 11, 2008. Clinton was criticizing Sen. Barack Obama's claim to have opposed the Iraq war more consistently than Hillary Clinton. This claim was, Clinton said, "the central argument for his campaign. 'It doesn't matter that I started running for president less than a year after I got to the Senate from the Illinois state senate. I am a great speaker, a charismatic figure, and I'm the only one who had the judgment to oppose this war from the beginning, always, always, always.' " (Click here for the video.)
Here's a rule I would like every political reporter, campaign official, TV talking head, and politician in the United States to follow. Go ahead and say, if you like, that Hillary Clinton retains a serious chance of winning the Democratic nomination. If you say this, however, you must describe a set of circumstances whereby this could happen. Try not to make it sound like a fairy tale.'
http://www.slate.com/id/2190556
WON not one.
Crap. I ruined it.
:-(
Ok, I must accomplish something today, so I'm walking away from the computer now. Really, I am.
Now.
Stagflation was no fun, especially when you had to inform your customers of price increases every few months.
jac
I can remember wondering if the price would be higher the next day when I saw something at the store I had no cash for.
Sometimes it was.
"Welfare Moms"? What is it...1985?
The things I learn here...
I had to come here to learn what "MILF" and "teabagging" meant.
I guess I'm more innocent than I thought.
It's 1975, and the next president is going to pay the cost for this. Cater redux.
My older girl made white russians and linguini al fredo herself, Mr. ql and her sister, figuring WWIII had just started and they might as well live it up while they could.
That's a great story.
I know that I've told the story before about how my boss decided no work was getting done anyway so he'd take us all to lunch. Only restaurant in the city open was the Palm, which was his least-favorite steak house. We all went there and, completely contrary to firm culture, ordered drinks with lunch, lots of drinks. The Palm waiters, Goddess bless Tommy, were all in their white jackets and acted as if nothing in the world were going on. Cemented my loyalty forever. I do not care if Sam & Harry's is quieter.
cater= carter
Ok, I must accomplish something today, so I'm walking away from the computer now. Really, I am.
But wait, computers were supposed to make us more productive!
We have turned our weapons on ourselves...
Some horses received flyers saying that the race is tomorrow.
-
jac, if only we could give up eating. We'd save a lot.
Some horses received flyers saying that the race is tomorrow.
Y'all make me laugh. That's why I come here!
one of those meaningless "rules" of syntax that linguists deplore.
Rule of grammar. Invented by 19th century British grammarians, who were still so enamored of Roman rule they decided Latin was the perfect language, and since Latin syntax won't allow a sentence to end with a preposition, English syntax shouldn't.
Ergo....
(and why I don't think much of rules of grammar).
I guess I'm more innocent than I thought.
Southern Beale
Bukkake is not a Greek pastry!
What's the word from Guam? Anyone? Anyone????
I'm most worried about Repug election fraud.
MLS RIL,
I was just buying golf balls online, when I thought to see was hanging here.
Your advice for abundant lubrication will be observed strictly. Our table at Le Chat Noir will be ready at 7:00; my scotch will be served at 7:02.
It's 1975, and the next president is going to pay the cost for this. Cater redux.
leibniz
Whip
Inflation
Now
Ah, dinner is being served. Ciao bats.
The best way to tune up a car with loud exhaust is to repeatedly rev the motor past its maximum rpm for at least a half an hour.
At least that is how the moron next door tunes his car up.
If Jac is going to post Booker T & The MG's then I'm reposting my musical blogwhore. I think it's much better.
Am watching the old Moulin Rouge, the Mel Ferrar one.
Gah, Zha Zha Gabor's voice is grating.
OK that clearly did not work...
A musical blogwhore ....
MLB Wagstaff,
I think I am developing a taste for scotch.
You can blame Culture of Truth.
Skoal.
Hi, Hecate.
One site, a woman minister, cites Churchill; another, which seems to know a hell of a lot about Shaw, cites Shaw.
I don't know.
How is it, by the way, that people who think of themselves as "well informed" still deny, in public, the fact that the repigs stole two Presidential elections?
It's cause for must of us who were grownups the last time this happened, inflation was the most awful part. No justification for it, no control over it, just wild and unpredictible.
I first noticed its re-appearance some months back when the price of ordinary yellow mustard went from .59 to $1.19. No co-relating mustard blight of course. Sheer inflation.
OK, the "Single Arabs Online" adgirl should be wearing a burhka.
So no one else will realize what a smoking hot babe she is.
The best way to tune up a car with loud exhaust is to repeatedly rev the motor past its maximum rpm for at least a half an hour.
At least that is how the moron next door tunes his car up.
pigboy
Uh huh. And then he starts working on the "vintage" Harley
BTW, congratulations to Jay C. on his successful completion of the Brooklyn Half Marathon!
Whip
Inflation
Now
trifecta
Hint: lowering interest rates every quarter is NOT the way to do it.
Go Jay C!
Res, try the Lagavulin if you like peaty, smoky whiskeys; Macallen, if not; but my current fave is Highland Park.
The late Michael Jackson (not the singer) wrote several books on whiskey, and Highland Park he thought the best all around single malt. A man of taste.
E-mail subject line of the day:
"Best free pictures of your favorite celebrities"
Umm ... why would I want that?
Whip
Inflation
Now
The pins! Which we naughty highschoolers flipped upside down and it became NIM...
No
Immediate
Miracles
FYI, official post time for the Derby is 6:04 EDT...
Watertiger, I have to confess: I let my 2 year old granddaughter look at your blog. I've taught her to say 'bad people!' at all Republican photos.
I plan to continue to corrupt her.
People here post all the time about the "American People getting the government they deserve", or about how "stupid" Americans are for "electing" Bush two times..How self - defeating and elitist (aside from being factually incorrect) is that?
Uh huh. And then he starts working on the "vintage" Harley
racymind | Homepage | 05.03.08 - 5:58 pm | #
He's not that hip.... he's got a rocket bike he tunes up instead...
Here's a rule I would like every political reporter, campaign official, TV talking head, and politician in the United States to follow. Go ahead and say, if you like, that Hillary Clinton retains a serious chance of winning the Democratic nomination. If you say this, however, you must describe a set of circumstances whereby this could happen. Try not to make it sound like a fairy tale.
pigboy | 05.03.08 - 5:52 pm | #
barack starts consistently polling as losing to mccain in the overall count and state by state in an electoral vote estimate. hillary polling shows the opposite result. this, in fact, is where the polling is right now
in the remaining primaries after pennsylvania, where she ends up behind barack in the popular primary vote (excuding mich and pa) by about 1.8%, she manages to win enough votes to be ahead in the popular vote
if the barack is ahead in the pledged delegates, but hillary ends up ahead in the overall popular vote, how then do you figure out "the will of the democratic electorate"?
.
Hi - just dropping in to suggest you click on the link, read the short article, and watch the video.
Thank me later.
http://www.tothepointnews.com/in...=3114&
Itemid=76
BTW, congratulations to Jay C. on his successful completion of the Brooklyn Half Marathon!
Huzzah!
In re grammar, where the hell is my copy of Fowler & Fowler? I haven't seen it in years.
I missed the Tapper idiocy, but I learned something: if you were born abroad, and a citizen by descent, you my be entitled to vote in your parents' last state of residence even if you've never set foot in the US.
Of course, most expatriates ain't brown, like the Guamicans.
How is it, by the way, that people who think of themselves as "well informed" still deny, in public, the fact that the repigs stole two Presidential elections?
That one is easy. If they admit the elections were stolen then their entire worldview crumbles. But if they write it off as "sore losers" and "Democrats whining," then they can cling to the false notion that our democracy still functions and we're not slaves to the corporatocracy.
jac, you sexy thing, I see you''re doing as well staying off the computer as I am.
I'm justifying it by doing some work as well. Or at least convincing myself I am
Hint: lowering interest rates every quarter is NOT the way to do it.
Trying to put toothpaste back into the tube.
Fifteen minutes till Derby, acc to National Pinko Radio...
Uh huh. And then he starts working on the "vintage" Harley
racymind
He's not that hip.... he's got a rocket bike he tunes up instead...
pigboy
Vintage Harleys are cool. "Vintage" Harleys can be the curse of affordable neighborhoods like mine... just every once in a while.
Clydesdale commercials crack me up.
I first noticed its re-appearance some months back when the price of ordinary yellow mustard went from .59 to $1.19. No co-relating mustard blight of course. Sheer inflation.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian
IIRC, the basic attitude became: get you $$ now, because when the value goes down, you can offset the loss by having more.
Good times, good times....
As my friend the Kentucky Colonel once pointed out, why would you want to associate your product, a foaming yellow liquid, with draft horses?
Res, try the Lagavulin if you like peaty, smoky whiskeys; Macallen, if not; but my current fave is Highland Park.
The late Michael Jackson (not the singer) wrote several books on whiskey, and Highland Park he thought the best all around single malt. A man of taste.
David Derbes
Oban.
Apprentice to Darth H, brain bleach. Now.
True story: I saw a guy with a LOSE button on during the Ford administration. Told me it stood for "Lousy Officials Screwed up Everything."
"If you say this, however, you must describe a set of circumstances whereby this could happen. Try not to make it sound like a fairy tale."
pigboy |
But they can't because it IS a fairytale..
p.s., amy winehouse is a pop goddess
pls worship her at the pagan temple of your choice today!
.
NBC Sports has two Cuban dissidents that worked in concentration camps under Castro who managed to escape and wager 35k on their favored horse.
Res, try the Lagavulin if you like peaty, smoky whiskeys; Macallen, if not; but my current fave is Highland Park.
I don't know what I like, yet. Of the stuff we tasted that night, I liked the smoother sort of creamier stuff.
Is that girly?
BTW, congratulations to Jay C. on his successful completion of the Brooklyn Half Marathon!
Hurrah!
(I've written a completely à propos topic paragraph for this fellowship. Dint think I could. But I did too.)
Leibniz, trying to put toothpaste back into the tube: I had a undergrad lab partner who tried to do it while tripping one time.
Not successful.
I see you''re doing as well staying off the computer as I am.
Sallyh
Been on and off. Clearing out what will become our new office - time to strip the wallpaper, repair the plaster, replace the trim, sand the floors, etc.
Jackson thought Oban was the best? Or, you're plumping for Oban?
(I may have misremembered...)
barack starts consistently polling as losing to mccain in the overall count and state by state in an electoral vote estimate. hillary polling shows the opposite result. this, in fact, is where the polling is right now
in the remaining primaries after pennsylvania, where she ends up behind barack in the popular primary vote (excuding mich and pa) by about 1.8%, she manages to win enough votes to be ahead in the popular vote
if the barack is ahead in the pledged delegates, but hillary ends up ahead in the overall popular vote, how then do you figure out "the will of the democratic electorate"?
.
Tacitus Voltaire
So we're back to 'electability'? This is where I came in.
After all, that premise has worked so well for us for so long....
jac, that sounds too much like work to me.
(round of applause to Jay C)
gravatar test
MLS RIL,
You should thank CoT. Scotch is a very pleasant adult beverage. I cannot claim expertise-- Dewars or JW Red is just fine by me. Single malts are certainly nice, although Obans tastes to me like someone put out a cigarette in my drink.
BTW, just for the heck of it, here's my tri box:
Court Vision
Pyro
Big Brown
Sadly, no Derby for me this year, but my usual betting pals are up in Reno right now, and hopefully cashed in on at least one of the big exactas earlier...
res, it's only girly if you add an umbrella to it.
Yum Brands just fucked up the Kentucky Derby.
As my friend the Kentucky Colonel once pointed out, why would you want to associate your product, a foaming yellow liquid, with draft horses?
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Because everybody else already does? If you can't lick 'em, join 'em?
So we're back to 'electability'? This is where I came in.
After all, that premise has worked so well for us for so long....
Rmj, Bitter Theologist | 05.03.08 - 6:04 pm | #
what about this part:
if the barack is ahead in the pledged delegates, but hillary ends up ahead in the overall popular vote, how then do you figure out "the will of the democratic electorate"?
.
I missed the Tapper idiocy, but I learned something: if you were born abroad, and a citizen by descent, you my be entitled to vote in your parents' last state of residence even if you've never set foot in the US.
That's really interesting considering a Tennessee legislator wants to force Congress to take away the citizenship rights of the children of illegal aliens born here ....
Jackson thought Oban was the best? Or, you're plumping for Oban?
(I may have misremembered...)
David Derbes
I'm pimping Oban. Damn fine whisky.
dave, I have declined to stay out of the betting pool at work this year, but I hope some of my colleagues don't lose their shirts.
Some of these hats are truly revolting.
trying to put toothpaste back into the tube: I had a undergrad lab partner who tried to do it while tripping one time.
Oddly enough, it doesn't work also with ejaculate.
Why aren't the rich people being heckled at the derby? Why?
I went to Trader Joe's for the first time today. That place is crazy. I think I'm better off making one trip per year there.
What kind of anti-American bullshit is this? They stand for "My Old Kentucky Home"? No National Anthem?
Commies!!! I want flag pins!!!
"If they admit the elections were stolen then their entire worldview crumbles. But if they write it off as "sore losers" and "Democrats whining," then they can cling to the false notion that our democracy still functions"
But Southern Beale, I'm talking about liberals, people who post here on a regular basis, who still fall into the trap of conferring legitimacy on the Bush Administration, while denigrating their fellow Americans, the majority of whom voted against Bush, twice. This just sets the stage for the Repigs to steal it again, this time installing McCrazy.
p.s., electability
...does have its merits, so i have heard. and the superdelegates are, ahem, politicians
.
"Girly" and "scotch" does seem an odd combination.
I am suppressing a vision of my poodle drinking from the toilet though...
Res, try the Lagavulin if you like peaty, smoky whiskeys; Macallen, if not; but my current fave is Highland Park.
Laphroaig is the ONLY single malt.
Though I have something at home that isn't bad (but it's been in the pantry so long I can't remember what it is).
I don't care if it's girly. I just want to know if it is.
Why aren't the rich people being heckled at the derby? Why?
I'm sure they probably are. The po' folk are in the infield. The rich folk are in the boxes.
I've written a completely à propos topic paragraph for this fellowship
That's the difficult part; it'll be easy coasting from here on in.
I don't know what I like, yet. Of the stuff we tasted that night, I liked the smoother sort of creamier stuff.
Probably the Speysides: Glenlivet, Macallan, Glenmorangie. They're excellent. You'll have to try a bunch. Dunno if d.b.a. is still going, but I have heard they have a splendid bunch of whiskeys.
Is that girly?
res ipsa loquitur
In my fairly limited experience, mostly men drink the peaty whiskeys, the Islays and all (Lagavulin, Laphroig, Jura), but everyone drinks the Speysides.
barack starts consistently polling as losing to mccain in the overall count and state by state in an electoral vote estimate. hillary polling shows the opposite result. this, in fact, is where the polling is right now
in the remaining primaries after pennsylvania, where she ends up behind barack in the popular primary vote (excuding mich and pa) by about 1.8%, she manages to win enough votes to be ahead in the popular vote
if the barack is ahead in the pledged delegates, but hillary ends up ahead in the overall popular vote, how then do you figure out "the will of the democratic electorate"?
Multiply 12 apples by 1.558 decibals per second and subdivide using Kahil Gibran's 3rd book page total then add the calories in a Starbucks caramel low-fat latte with whipped cream and subtract the Iraqui deaths to date.
if the barack is ahead in the pledged delegates, but hillary ends up ahead in the overall popular vote, how then do you figure out "the will of the democratic electorate"?
.
Tacitus Voltaire | 05.03.08 - 5:59 pm | #
With so many Repukes coming over to vote just to get Clinton in office and the right wing attack machine running full steam ahead and the 'msm' aiding and abetting the party line. I cannot trust what I am being told anymore. I think Obama has far more support than is being admitted to.