I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Sardine time.
Investigate.
Incarcerate.
Investigate.
Incarcerate.
Anonymous
Incinerate...
The Wonkette take on the SECRET PROGRAM:
"Can’t tell you what the program was, but man… that was… whew… holy fucking shit… just damn.”"
"Can’t tell you what the program was, but man… that was… whew… holy fucking shit… just damn.”"
Good evening Atriots.
That Anonymous was me. Playing two extra hours of radio tonight.
Roadie, did you have to haul two suitcases into the studio?
I'm shocked, shocked, I say ...
Two small boxes (45s) and one large one (LPs).
Did you catch any of the interview?
Who gives a shit what Newt thinks? The guy's been a useless talking head for years now. He's just another Limbaugh, but with less box office.
Republicans lie for good patriotic reasons! Dems are treasonous.
-Newtie Newt
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Did you catch any of the interview?
Roadmaster
/looks down at toe scratching in the dirt/
No, I spaced it.
sardine.
Are you blogging from an urban hellhole?
I just love the whole drip...drip...drip of the revelations.
It tells me that the people who were too scared to talk for 8 years are starting to tell stories.
And they'll turn Sy Hersch's stomach.
Lightning and thunder finally arriving in Philly.
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Newt's a professional asshole.
"Lightning and thunder finally arriving in Philly."
the gods are celebrating the victory of the mighty Phillies!!
/looks down at toe scratching in the dirt/
No, I spaced it.
dmark
I just love that newfangled thing we have here that archives our stuff.
Now I can shame folks into listening AFTER THE FACT.
Here's some late Saturday night catblogging: Sweet little Frango mint, my elderly gentleman.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/QHbf5uVE
Efforts to reach Mr. Cheney through relatives and associates were unsuccessful.
Though they did apologize as they plucked the bird shot out of their faces.
[looks around cautiously for snake goddess]
Out for the evening. Night, bats...
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher
Did get your message on DL. Marcellina planning on the 21st iirc?
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republicans lie for good patriotic reasons! Dems are treasonous.
-Newtie Newtad
man, we had a lot of elevated terrorist 'threat level' alerts in 2003-2004 ...
"Mr. Panetta, who ended the program when he first learned of its existence from subordinates on June 23, briefed the two intelligence committees about it in separate closed sessions the next day".
Am I the only one who wonders why it took this long for the Director of Central Intelligence this long to learn of a special super-secret program?
Really. WTF kind of country are we running here?
"Marcellina planning on the 21st iirc?"
correct
Investigate, fuck it, let's cut to the chase:
EXTERMINATE!
Newt's a professional asshole.
Assholes render a useful service. Newt should only be as useful as an asshole.
man, we had a lot of elevated terrorist 'threat level' alerts in 2003-2004 ...
focus, schmart too late
Wanna buy a few crates of duct tape...cheap?
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Am I the only one who wonders why it took this long for the Director of Central Intelligence this long to learn of a special super-secret program?
Really. WTF kind of country are we running here?
Zeke's
The School of the Americas appears to have had a bumper crop of CIA students.
Really. WTF kind of country are we running here?
Zeke's
the term "Banana Republic" pops into my mind.
Actually, the lesbian teenage witches are, er, kinda fun.
My elder daughter (19) went to Philadelphia in May with a college organization. She had a blast and bought a Phillies shirt.
She was wearing it on the way home yesterday, and when we stopped at a convenience store, some "old" guy asked her if she was really a fan. "No," she said, "I went to Philadelphia and just bought the shirt."
We laughed about the fact he even asked the question.
Actually, the lesbian teenage witches are, er, kinda fun.
Moe Szyslak
Who knew?
The School of the Americas appears to have had a bumper crop of CIA students.
Roadmaster, radioactive | 07.12.09 - 12:32 am | #
I think they accidently recruited from the Culinary Institute of America.
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Actually, the lesbian teenage witches are, er, kinda fun.
Moe Szyslak
Why do i think that the people who just got here are going "Wha?"
It would appear that the graveyard shift, better known as the Eschaton Overnight Committee, has come on.
Let's hope the trolls aren't staying up late.
Hey sallyh!
"She was wearing it on the way home yesterday, and when we stopped at a convenience store, some "old" guy asked her if she was really a fan. "No," she said, "I went to Philadelphia and just bought the shirt.""
Tell her we welcome her to Philles nation!
We laughed about the fact he even asked the question.
Integral ♠ Lit |
Grrrr.
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The moral of the story is: you shouldn't cast spells willy-nilly, unless you want to have hot lesbian sex, in which case, go for it.
I think.
Let's hope the trolls aren't staying up late.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 07
Atrios should be getting up soon. Did I miss any meal platter photos?
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Now I can shame folks into listening AFTER THE FACT.
I am suitably shamed.
You gonna make it to the Radiators tomorrow?
Don't feel bad that she's not a "fan." I don't know if she's ever watched a full MLB game at all. Oh wait, we did go to a Twins game once and a Mariners game once. But she wasn't there for the baseball, just the experience.
Now fastpitch softball - that's a different story!
The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
I can't seem to find that "Vice President is in charge of CIA" clause in the constitution.
Sleepytime, batses. Flitter free.
Let's hope the trolls aren't staying up late.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
Heh. Tobes showed up late in the last thread and was, I tell you, so resoundingly, utterly, monumentally, and downright thunderously ignored that he withered up and vanished after about 3 posts.
it was inspiring to watch, and should be studied by later generations as a testimony to our abilities and Powers when we act in unity.
Why do i think that the people who just got here are going "Wha?"
dmark
Did I miss something at La Fete tonight?!?!
If they tell you about the secret CIA program they will have to kill you.
Toby is not worth talking to
never has been
nite sidhra
You gonna make it to the Radiators tomorrow?
dmark
Would love to...But money is pretty uncertain for me 'til Wednesday evening.
I'll try.
Did I miss something at La Fete tonight?!?!
Roadmaster
Na, Moe's watching teenage lesbian witch movies.
We laughed about the fact he even asked the question.
We then bound him in duct tape and left hima Howard Johnsons bathroom.
G'night sidhra! Sweet dreams!
I can't seem to find that "Vice President is in charge of CIA" clause in the constitution.
Moe Szyslak | Homepage | 07.12.09 - 12:38 am | #
That is the real question. Who is in charge if the CIA?
I think they accidently recruited from the Culinary Institute of America.
Waterboarding with duck sauce?
We then bound him in duct tape and left hima Howard Johnsons bathroom.
leibniz leibkins ♘☮
Was that you? Sorry. Glad to see you got free!
Would love to...But money is pretty uncertain for me 'til Wednesday evening.
Hey, a half tank of gas and I'll buy the beer
We laughed about the fact he even asked the question.
We then bound him in duct tape and left hima Howard Johnsons bathroom.
leibniz leibkins
Hmm mmm mm hmmmm mmm mmmmm!
some 'old guy'
O! Hawt MWILF! (Mother witch)
And am I mistaken, or did Robin Tunney get a boob job half way through filming?
I can't seem to find that "Vice President is in charge of CIA" clause in the constitution
Neither is the CIA itself, which should be disbanded. It was a cold war expedient, that has long passed it's use.
Take the spooks and if they won't retire, put them in canvas bags with rocks and toss them into the Potomac river.
I don't believe that I am an automaton. I understand that given my circumstances I should be fearful. The concept of fear does not analyze for me.
newsflash: Dick Cheeeney is a Dickhead
like wow we never knew this
UGH!
Wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m...h?
v=meqmRAgOYlc
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I don't believe that I am an automaton.
You don't suffer from anomie?
Hey, a half tank of gas and I'll buy the beer
dmark
OK. I can scrounge enough pocket change for that!
Or, if Mustapha doesn't make it here for HIS shift, I may be joining you for breakfast.
Witches are hawt and everything, but man, there's just too much drama involved. Always some shit going on.
It's not so much who's in charge of the CIA, but who's in charge of the people in charge of those people.
Or, if Mustapha doesn't make it here for HIS shift, I may be joining you for breakfast.
Roadmaster, radioactive
Shit, I didn't realize you were still at the station.
It's not so much who's in charge of the CIA, but who's in charge of the people in charge of those people.
Constitutionally, that should be the people of the USA, but being a secret apparatus, who does run the CIA, and should the CIA exist at all?
Hi Sidhra!
Sorry, was working some Latin squares.
Shit, I didn't realize you were still at the station.
dmark
Ayep.
The CIA exists solely to commit acts of war. Even the supposedly benign intelligence gathering and such are acts of war. Undeclared. Without the consent of the people.
Neither is the CIA itself, which should be disbanded. It was a cold war expedient, that has long passed it's use.
Take the spooks and if they won't retire, put them in canvas bags with rocks and toss them into the Potomac river.
Doug | 07.12.09 - 12:44 am | #
You must be kidding. 86 the CIA?
They did such a brilliant job in predicting the fall of the Soviet Union and preventing 9/11.
Quoted it before and I'll quote it again.
"The CIA has a foreign policy that sometimes coincides with our own."
-- Mort Sahl, 1958
Witches are hawt and everything, but man, there's just too much drama involved. Always some shit going on.
Moe Szyslak
pictures a newt in a little bitty trenchcoat, wearing a teeny fedora with a card bearing the word PRESS stuck in the band...trying to get those sticky-tipped fingers to hold a 4x5 Graflex and work a keyboard.
They did such a brilliant job in predicting the fall of the Soviet Union and preventing 9/11.
They were helped by the sharp analytical mind of Condi Rice.
Hey Steve!
Currently on-air with Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q LP!
Holder : CALL OFF YOUR DOGS. America is in no mood for a witch hunt.The only one who will be hurt by your snooping under the bed will be Obama. Back off.
Hey Steve!
Currently on-air with Preston Love's Omaha Bar-B-Q LP!
Roadmaster
I'm listening to it right now!
Good night all. I have to get up in time not to go to church.
The One's "Science Advisor" advocates Communist China style 1 child rules. I bet he also agrees with the Sanger/Bader Ginsburg Eugenics philosophies too.
The thought behind the CIA, is that there are scary; people, goverments, and forces at work against us.
Myself, I'm more worried about the rat turds in my peanut butter, skin cancer, and the idjit, who wants to tee-bone me at a traffic light. Those are real threats, to my health and well being.
here's the reference.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
The rest of the threats could be handled more effectively by a free press (yeah I know the press has been a corporate creation) and some cop's shoe leather.
Oh boy, a late night gift from Sphincter Ablazing.
Does anyone watch the show Eli Stone?
there are several ways to control population growth, famine & wars are the quickest.
Hooray!
Mustapha IN DA HOUSE!
I sleep tonight.
Back from date with 23 year old.
Hot.
Funny as hell.
Fierce makeout sesh in the cab; professions of seeing each other again and having had a great time.
Overall rating of night: 8.
there are several ways to control population growth, famine & wars are the quickest.
1Watt, Hermit | Homepage | 07.12.09 - 1:05 am | #
Um ... birth control is the quickest, actually. The other two methods reduce population, they don't control it.
Does anyone watch the show Eli Stone?
Integral ♠ Lit | 07.12.09 - 1:05 am | #
Never heard of it or him?
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Completely OT:
WHOMADEWHO - "Keep Me In My Place", my new fave video.
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Thank you, BG.
Apparently contraceptives are bad bad bad because they allow women control over their own bodies.
Sasha is laughing.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/o1QvLAnS.jpg
A bit less then 9 weeks old at the time of that picture.
Why is the President of the United States supporting a Marxist criminal in Honduras?
Because he is himself one right here in my country.
Boy, you're gonna carry that weight a long time.
Hot.
Funny as hell.
Fierce makeout sesh in the cab; professions of seeing each other again and having had a great time.
Overall rating of night: 8.
ebullience
Honey, all that and you only rank it an 8??
either your expectations or your previous experiences must be phenomenal indeed. Congrats in either case. In the morning, send flowers.
That's so stupid it's not even worth commenting on.
Honey, all that and you only rank it an 8??
She was super cute and cool, but... I have to be honest, she doesn't have the look that makes me week in the knees.
All American midwestern cuteness she has; I LOVE mixed race women.
But I can transcend.
The toby douchebag put in a full twelve hours here today, so I guess he doesn't have a job anymore and is one of the millions of victims of the Bush Economy!
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Kraftwerk: Truckstop Gondolero.
God I love this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=C...feature=channel
In the morning, send flowers.
No way! You'll seem desperate. Play hard to get.
But I can transcend
can you transcend yourself up to women your own age?
Apparently contraceptives are bad bad bad because they allow women control over their own bodies.
John Holdren would say control is bad, any woman that decides to have more than 1 child is a "traitor against Gaia".
Tobes showed up late in the last thread and was, I tell you, so resoundingly, utterly, monumentally, and downright thunderously ignored that he withered up and vanished after about 3 posts.
That's odd. I thought I stopped commenting to go make a turkey sammich and then got caught up watching an old Police concert. But do go on with your weird fantasies, "Xan."
Xan = Mandarin for "wanker"
Vivir sin aire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=8...feature=related
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No way! You'll seem desperate. Play hard to get
nah, he's trying to attract women who want a daddy, so he should shower her with shit and play the game if that's all he cares about
The toby douchebag put in a full twelve hours here today, so I guess he doesn't have a job anymore and is one of the millions of victims of the Bush Economy!
I'm a white collar kinda guy, jagoff. This is Saturday, a.k.a. the weekend.
Look into it.
You don't have to sell your body through the night.
Fierce makeout sesh in the cab; professions of seeing each other again and having had a great time.
Did you grab a boob?
famine & wars are the quickest
Slow is fast.
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can you transcend yourself up to women your own age?
Nope.
Lots of guys LOVe older women - god bless them.
I like younger women.
I just do.
I make no apologies for it.
Look into it.
Toby Petzold
So this is your part-time job?
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She's 23, you're ...?
I toured Pompeii with a guy from Dearborn named Mustapha. Thanks for reminding me of his name.
Arf. Arf. Arf.
So a 25 YO called me today about going out. I friend gave him my number. I said, "I'm 50!" and my friend said, "he's very mature."
When he called I told him I'd call him back because I was watching my daughters play softball. He asked how old they are and I said, "19 and 16" and started laughing. I added, stating the obvious, "you're much closer to their age than mine."
He said, "that's okay, I'll try anything."
I haven't called him back yet. Can't get past the laughing out loud stage.
She's 23, you're ...?
39.
Would like to find a single youthful 30 yr old, but they're all locked down in serious relationships (or at least the ones I meet).
So this is your part-time job?
No, this is my avocation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1...h?
v=1OLA6AiZlVw
HA! You're worse than me! My bf is 25. You're a cradle robber, at least mine can like rent a car and stuff. :P
Fierce makeout sesh in the cab
Way back a million years ago, I used to drive cab. Lots of making out, and more. I always worried about the seats.
Once, this couple were at it, he for some reason has to home, sends her along to her house, with me. "I have to pay him to give him a blow job," she shrugs, kinda annoyed.
"Er, how much?" I asked.
Put on the red light! Put on the red light!
Would like to find a single youthful 30 yr old, but they're all locked down in serious relationships
"Youthful 30 yr old"? What about a nice old hag 30 yr old?
Hey Moe, when did Canada discover blow jobs?
"Er, how much?"
brownchickenbrowncow
Sweet Jesus on a cracker, did the New York Times do a job of not telling us exactly what program Cheney & the CIA had going or didn't they? Not one hint, or speculation, or "some say" to be found, unless you count "some Democrats have said (the program) was properly classified". Oh? Which Democrats exactly? And we ALL know what program they're talking about, don't we? Hey, Scott Shane . . . say it along with me -- "Assassination Squad". And I wonder just how many "enemies" were assassinated? And I wonder if any were American citizens?
"can you transcend yourself up to women your own age?"
That's very enlightened of you.
The CIA was created to do one legitimate job: help prevent another Pearl Harbor. How did that work out?
Wellstone could have been one of the targets.
Did you grab a boob?
Penguin Fan
originally, I thought I had but after an 1/2 an hour I realized it was just on her bulgy, but shapely, leather purse-still was good when I believed though...
Pushing 40, 23 sounds like abt 12 to me.
I like women to be able to opine abt something besides shoes and goddamned TV shows.
I just do
whatever lights your board
"Youthful 30 yr old"? What about a nice old hag 30 yr old?
I'm a go0d-looking, insanely well preserved 39.
Freakishly so. College friend told me I haven't aged a day since undergrad - and he was seriously disturbed by it.
Full head o hair, not a wrinkle, 6'3" 194.
I count my blessings.
Hey Moe, when did Canada discover blow jobs?
John
11:24pm, airc.
Rash of Saturday night dog arsons.
Wha! Integral Lit's a girl?
Jaysus!
6'3" 194
Too skinny.
Full head o hair, not a wrinkle, 6'3" 194.
Except for the wrinkles, sounds like my grandfather and he died at 89!
Do you have proud, firm buttocks, too?
I like women to be able to opine abt something besides shoes and goddamned TV shows.
Have you met young women of this generation?
They are absurdly vital, smart, successful, ambitious.
It's actually awesome to be around them.
Was hanging out with female friends last night closer to my own age and convo was no deeper than the one I had tonight.
If you're going to date someone that young your goal should be to have sex with her that night.
No serious relationship is possible. So try to get what you came for.
If you're going to date someone that young your goal should be to have sex with her that night.
I am truly weird in that I love the makeout session with the new hottie almost as much as sex.
This seems to be relevant to the business w/ Cheney: The Hangman.
And the hangman stood at his usual stand
with the yellow hemp in his busy hand.
With his buckshot eye and his jaw like a pike,
and his air so knowing and business-like.
And we cried, "Hangman, have you not done,
yesterday with the alien one?"
Then we fell silent and stood amazed.
"Oh, not for him was the gallows raised."
People, as a general rule, tend to get suckier as they get older.
No serious relationship is possible
Define serious?
i don't know which time zone I'm in, but I'm going to bed. Later, all.
I'm a go0d-looking, insanely well preserved 39.
Then you would be married already.
It's actually awesome to be around them.
No offense, but what sort of an asshole refers to a "fierce makeout sesh"?
Sesh? Are you fucking serious?
What is this? Match.com?
I am truly weird in that I love the makeout session with the new hottie almost as much as sex.
Get a hold of yourself. Go rub one out and call us in the morning.
Define serious?
annie
six months.
"Sesh"? Why is that annoying me so much?
Anyone that refers to themselves as good looking is either stuck on themselves, a liar or both.
Then again there's always entertaining Urdu poetry.
it sez so right in the song, so... not to mention hot wymmen, dangerous & athletic dancing and fabulous scenery. Beats talking to, well, y'know.
How about Two Hangmen?
Friend's band does an excellent cover of this.
"Sesh"? Why is that annoying me so much?
Toby Petzold |
Because all you ever around here is "Toby you're 'sesh' an asshole".
OK people, I'm outta here. I'll leave you with a little music from tomorrows headliner at the Fete de Marquette: The Radiators.
I think the song title works for the evening's topics.
I am truly weird in that I love the makeout session with the new hottie almost as much as sex.
You weren't able to get her drunk enough to fuck you?
Ya know, I was just wondering what happened with Cheney. He was out there like old times a few weeks ago, then he dropped out of sight. What happened to the big honkin debate he was going to have with the President?
I'm an insanely good looking 6' tall Swiss model.
Srsly.
Save yourself the trouble. Pay for it.
I've been dating him for five months. But he fell in love with me on New Years. So, is that long enough to be serious or what?
Cuz I dunno if I'd use time to define what's serious or not.
Don't be so envious, Penguin. Don't you always go hang out in chat rooms after your late night makeout "seshes" to brag abt them?
People, as a general rule, tend to get suckier as they get older.
In what way, Charlie?
Most people I know have gotten much nicer, more liberal and more loveable as they get older.
Don't be so envious, Penguin. Don't you always go hang out in chat rooms after your late night makeout "seshes" to brag abt them?
Toby Petzold
Kinda tough because the person I'd be doing it with would be posting here too.
I may have wandered into a men's locker room. Oops.
I may have wandered into a men's locker room. Oops.
Echidne
*snaps Echidne with towel*
Ween's "Sarah" is one of the most beautiful songs ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f...h?
v=f6TRJ0pFKNo
Kinda tough because the person I'd be doing it with would be posting here too.
That's nice, dear.
People get suckier because marriage, mortgages, children, and the jobs they need to support these, by-and-large, tend to make people more conservative. It also tends to make them stunningly boring.
Vicki is at Blissfest smoking hippie lettuce.
Number One reason Barack Obama is an asshole: he claims to read Urdu poetry.
"I may have wandered into a men's locker room. Oops."
It's a sauna.
People get suckier because marriage, mortgages, children, and the jobs they need to support these, by-and-large, tend to make people more conservative. It also tends to make them stunningly boring.
fred
And it hurts when you wake up.
*snaps Echidne with towel*
*takes pics*
Well I've only had one dalliance since being divorced and he is a couple years older. Great conversation, similar tastes in music, shared experiences, great physical connection - the brain sex is as good as the other kind... I really can't imagine that with someone a lot younger.
Vicki is at Blissfest smoking hippie lettuce.
Penguin Fan
And she's too old to be "absurdly vital, smart, successful, ambitious."
Dalliance? With ebullience?
Job-based health care is especially pernicious in fostering extreme cautiousness and docility. Pukes love that shit. Makes it easy to control their workers and exploit them a dozen different ways.
I dunno. She's pretty cute. That counts for a lot.
And she's too old to be "absurdly vital, smart, successful, ambitious."
Godfather of Love
God those are dumb words.
I think the song title works for the evening's topics.
dmark
it does indeed. As did the whole song. Nicely played. If I were in 500 miles of you I would go see this band. They are good.
Young people tend not to be consumed by cynicism, fear, and resignation.
Job-based health care is especially pernicious in fostering extreme cautiousness and docility.
Job-based health care was a way to retain workers during a time when salaries were capped. It survived, tax free. Don't knock it.
On TCM, Lilith.
And http://www.woot.com/ is five today.
So, extra bags of crap.
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Young people tend not to be consumed by cynicism, fear, and resignation.
fred
That comes later.
Young people tend not to be consumed by cynicism, fear, and resignation.
fred
Either are the *old* people I choose to hang out with.
Several portions of Sequoia National Park survived visit by the Surly Teenager and I.
That comes later.
Penguin Fan |
You're right. Six months...tops!
Sex isn't everything in a relationship.
Cheney may have tried to fuck with Obama's plane during the campaign.
Deacon! Welcome back! So the surly teen made it through electronic gadget deprivation?
Young people tend not to be consumed by cynicism, fear, and resignation.
The Hangover is the best film I've seen this year.
Sex isn't everything in a relationship.
annie |
Neither is money. Let's see, what else?
It helps if you both like to watch the same TV shows.
Cheney may have tried to fuck with Obama's plane during the campaign.
Penguin Fan |
The St. Louis unscheduled landing? And is this speculation on your part or do you have a cite of relevant evidence or at least published rumor?
Several portions of Sequoia National Park survived visit by the Surly Teenager and I.
Welcome back
Sex isn't everything in a relationship.
annie |
I don't think the talk here is really bout relationships. More about sex and ratings.
It helps if you both like to watch the same TV shows.
Penguin Fan |
"Let's do it doggy-style
Let's do it doggy-style
Let's do it doggy-style
So we can both watch the Tee Vee!"
wow theres a beware the giant worm warning at the top of the thread, and im watching a movie about--giant worms!
The St. Louis unscheduled landing? And is this speculation on your part or do you have a cite of relevant evidence or at least published rumor?
Xan
Fuck no, I'm hurling poop. Duck.
Echidne
http://thumbsnap.com/v/o1QvLAnS.jpg
Well sweet dreams everyone. I'm off to bed. It's been, um, stimulating.
A lot of people get into trouble when discussing ideas because they fail to leave their egos at the door.
Tendencies and generalities exist, despite exceptions to them.
I admire people who are able to function well across generational boundaries.
Echidne
http://thumbsnap.com/v/o1QvLAnS.jpg
awwww.
Well sweet dreams everyone. I'm off to bed. It's been, um, stimulating.
Integral ♠ Lit |
That was in the key of C by the way!
sssshhh and g'night!
Obama better stop that Goddamn missile shield bullshit.
I don't think the talk here is really bout relationships. More about sex and ratings.
I rate my day a 4. No sex and I cleaned the furniture with one of those machines.
You know, in one way, Ron Wyden's health plan could end up stimulating the economy - he would end employer-based health insurance and asks them to give raises equal to the cost of insurance to the employees so they could purchase their own. I'm sure I could find a plan cheaper than 15,000 and would probably spend the rest of stuff we need.
i guess it depends on how many people could get cheaper insurance on their own.
See ya IL, try to go a couple of days without driving a thousand miles.
Erin, it would stimulate the profits, shareholders and the executive salaries of health "insurance" companies. And not one single god damn stinking other person place or thing on earth.
and no you could not buy better "insurance" on your own. Insurance is not the proper model for health care expenses. Those companies should stick to selling coverage for car accidents, floods, death, tornadoes and things like that.
and no you could not buy better "insurance" on your own. Insurance is not the proper model for health care expenses
I completely agree with you. Just am really motivated to get off the backs of employers. I do, however, feel I could get "insurance" that is just as good as what I have now. Orygun and other states offer plans direct to the public, so what if the deductible is high? I get nickled and dimed with co-pays and RX that I would meet the deductible anyway.
But I agree...healthcare is the issue and if you have the employer and an insurance co between you and your doctor, it sucks. And as a manager, I'd like to be able to give raises to keep pace with inflation rather than handing it over to these criminals. I was just speculating that Wyden's plan does have some positives.
In the old days (Iran/Contra) and in the movies (Clear and Present Danger) withholding covert ops from Congress actually had some consequences.
Nowadays, the only consequence of any investigation will be a tsk tsk from the Villagers about partisanship and looking backward not forward.
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Either haloscan is buggered or I have bored everyone into oblivion. Therefore...
Ah we're drinking and we're dancing
and the band is really happening
and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
she's the Angel of Compassion
she's rubbing half the world against her thigh..
Call it a song for Bobo. It's Closing Time.
Americans suffer deeply from battered citizen syndrome.
It lasted pretty long for a democratic republic.
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Has the plot thickened enough yet to serve?
Sadly, the Villagers depict and understand the plot only to the extent that a 5 year old understands The Simpsons.
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Cheney may have tried to fuck with Obama's plane during the campaign.
This is for real. I'm pretty sure that was Dick Cheney I saw trying to hump the front tire.
Everybody is asleep at their keyboards?
ellroon, i'm cleaning out old emails and pinching myself to stay awake...teens off at parties. No alcohol but they may be high on hookah.
I'm wandering though youtube on a Maná jag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=c...feature=related
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zzzzzzz
I think it's time I crawled into my man-sized safe.
I think it's time I crawled into my man-sized safe.
Ali
night Ali, stay away from the bears.
A few more hits and I can get the audio of Clavado en un Bar to synch with the video of Lilith.
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Watching the old movie Clue...
Gene Hackman and Warren Beatty in Lilith, foreshadowing.
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Poor Tony Blair
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/...-
president.html
i never saw the movie but i loved the book by j.r. salamanca.
I'm wandering though youtube on a Maná jag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=c...feature=related
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QuentinCompson, Retributionary
okay, this is the second Mana you have seduced me into listening to. I am in grevious danger of becoming hooked. this is good. I should be sleeping or watching anime, yet I still listen.
/shakes tiny fist, weakly.
Lots of apologies, it being the style.
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Corazón espinado-Maná-Santana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=h...feature=related
I don't see how a woman that age can even do that.
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Bendito du Luz ain't bad either.
now you have me corrupting others. Of course, it being the style after all I guess it's okay.
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Also.
day late dollar short I see...
kidz home, nite peeps
don't see how a woman that age can even do that.
do what, go out dancing or drive a car of that entirely awful color?
trusting it is the latter....
heya ellroon, Nick, did not mean to ignore yuz. It is of course Quentin's fault, corrupting influence that he is.
I was colluding to some earlier sexist ranting, which I probably should have let lie.
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don't mind me, I'm just home from the "beer tent" at the county fair. I don't expect to be real interesting... yeah, driinking makes me more honest. odd, that.
Don't feel ignored, just watching a movie...
nick, me too. My wildly exciting Saturday night, truth be told, has been spent jiggling an order for aquarium plants, balancing what I want vs. what I can pay the extortionate shipping charges from Arizona for.
curse all expensive hobbies, the blight of the unemployed class. Must stop now. nite all.
I'm drinking a bottle of Newcastle brown ale.
bone swah
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The Able Archer nuclear exercise in 1983, which illustrates how dangerous our military is to humankind's security.
(things almost went boom!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abl.../
Able_Archer_83
One of the people on the Soviet side who adverted the disaster, showing how shakey things can be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Ole...Oleg_Gordievsky
sardine?
july sunday mornings in sweden are like july saturday nights in sweden i hear.
try the meatballs at the brunch. they are to die for.
no such thing as poor weather, only poor clothes
ken lay is tweeting. check it.
Frank Rich: She Broke The GOP, And Now She Owns It. (with great Barry Blitt cartoon)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/1...?_r=1&th&
emc=th
Pelosi has been fully vindicated.
Gingrich, if he were honorable, would do the right thing in the study with the window open, a tumbler of bourbon on the table, and a revolver in his hand.
But, because Gingrich is dishonorable pigshit, that will not happen.
Darth Cheney Central To CIA Deception of Congress:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/1....html?th&
emc=th
This is intense:
The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
Toby's denial of reality yesterday was pathetic yet scary -- as though he can't face the fact that the pigs he voted for destroyed "his country."
....Can't wait to hear Liz Cheney spin this.
This administration has been a disappointment in some respects (continuation of detention w/o trials, DADT, for two) but I am encouraged that Panetta immediately stopped the program and informed Congress the next day.
Eric Holder is now "leaning" toward a torture investigation, and putting Cheney at the helm of the CIA deception
will also increase pressure to get the real story out.
WV-That was my reaction as well. No matter how disappointed we may be, this administration is about 1,000% better than the alternative.
Morning peeps.
random night thoughts
when my father died i was on the other side of the country. a week or so after i heard about it i called his apartment where he lived alone just to see if i could find out whether his phone and therefore other stuff were still there. his disembodied voice answered me from his answering machine message
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It was Panetta who told Congress Cheney ordered the CIA not to inform them about the secret program. Methinks Leon has little love for Darth.
OHMOIGAWD! msnbc.com has no MJ headline!
Barack Obama: Rebuilding Something Better.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...id=opinionsbox1
late nite ctenophore blogging
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yay! Tony Blair will NOT become the President of the EU!
he should be on triäl for war crimes
It would be like a new beginning if Holder does actually appoint a special prosecutor to look into the torture policies of the previous administration. It would mean we once again have an independent A.G. doing the job as it is meant to be done. The A.G. was never supposed to be a WH lackey. Even John Ashcroft knew that.
And the CIA scandal is classic Cheney: Deceive, Withhold, Cover-Up, Repeat.
and 13 medical professionals are asking for an inquiry into the death of Dr.David Kelly. there was an inquiry, the Hutton Inquiry into his death, but the medical experts say that the conclusion of suicide is not valid.
David Kelly was a export in WMD and his death occurred at the start of the Iraq War.
Rich is smokin' good tearing Palin and the Palinistas apart, and the cartoon is like a cherry on top:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/1...?_r=1&th&
emc=th
this is one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/...ins-
fields.html
I must admit, the smaller-flowered sunflowers simply send me.
beautiful, non?
Oui.
Unsurprisingly, Bush-bot Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden insists Congress was adequately briefed.
he world's most ambitious green energy project is about to take shape. It is a plan for a chain of mammoth sun-powered energy plants in the deserts of North Africa to supply power to Europe's homes and factories by the end of the next decade.
In a few days' time a consortium of 20 German firms will meet in Munich to hammer out plans for funding the giant €400bn (£343bn) project, named Desertec. The scheme is being backed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government and several German industry household names including Siemens, Deutsche Bank, and the energy companies RWE and E.ON. The Munich meeting will also involve Italian and Spanish energy concerns, as well as representatives from the Arab League and the Club of Rome think-tank.
Energy experts have calculated that Desertec could meet at least 15 per cent of Europe's needs, and be up and running by 2019. By 2050, they estimate the contribution could be between 20 and 25 per cent. Although no host countries have been named, Desertec envisages a string of solar-thermal plants across North Africa's desert. The plants would use mirrors to focus the sun's rays, which would be used to heat water to power steam turbines. The process is cheaper and more efficient than the usual form of solar power, which uses photovoltaic cells to convert the sun's rays into electricity.
www.independent..co.uk
Choice Rich 'graph:
It’s more likely that she will never get anywhere near the White House, and not just because of her own limitations. The Palinist “real America” is demographically doomed to keep shrinking. But the emotion it represents is disproportionately powerful for its numbers. It’s an anger that Palin enjoyed stoking during her “palling around with terrorists” crusade against Obama on the campaign trail. It’s an anger that’s curdled into self-martyrdom since Inauguration Day.
"Would you, personally, like to see Sarah Palin be a major national political figure for many years to come, or not?"
Would 39%
Would Not 52%
"If Sarah Palin were to run for president in 2012, how likely would you be to vote her for?
Very Likely 19%
Somewhat Likely 24%
Not Very Likely 13%
Not at All Likely 41%
too close for comfort, if you ask me
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Dan Klaidman's piece on Eric Holder pondering a "torture prosecutor:"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/206300
Sarah has plenty of time to choke on her own poison.
too close for comfort, if you ask me
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tacitus volt bear
Naw, not to worry TVB.
Have you seen Frank Rich's Sunday Op_Ed?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/1...2rich.html?
_r=2
Plant's beat me to it, I should read up a bit before posting .
Not a prob; re-linking is all good, from my POV.
Amazingly, I slept eight full hours. Wow!
Did you git yer skoot?
The Guardian has video of a Chinese woman badly beaten by Uighurs who was separated from her newly-wedded husband and still does not know his fate. It's wrenching.
plantsman: Did you git yer skoot?
Friday!
Trust not the buttahbar.
Hey, Barry! How's life in Palinland?
It's been acting up for a week; "Internal Server Errors", too.
I'm really glad Jamie Lee Curtis is so happy she can poop now, but...
Hey, Barry! How's life in Palinland?
Jeffraham, public option
Only 2 weeks left of it JP.
Unless it turns out she can't quit until the LtGov appointee can't get confirmed in time.
She's made a mess of things again.
Barry from Free Alaska: Unless it turns out she can't quit until the LtGov appointee can't get confirmed in time.
I can't see how that's her problem -- she's got books to sell, man!
Doesn't Alaska have a... whatever-it's-called (pre-coffee), so that if one office is vacant, one of the lower minions steps up?
Found a little glitch in Firefox 3.5. If I bink the "House" button, the background of Eschaton comes up, but I have to refresh to get the content. No biggie.
No binking!
It has a Lt. Gov., but still there are motions to be gone through.
"order of ascension" was what I was looking for, there. Yeah.
"I'm in charge here!" --Al Haig
I won't bing, so I'm gonna bink if I want.
I emailed Rachel's show to complain about MSNBC weekends, "The Place For Politics" it ain't.
Morning, all
Here's Lexi - the Rottweiler Puppy's version of teh "Stare."
http://smg.photobucket.com/
album...urrent=Lexi.jpg
So Britain, Sweden, and Barcelona have all been forwarded as possible secret locations for Atrios -- wonder where the F he is?
JP
No problem replacing Palin with Parnell.
But LT Gov replacement is an appointed one, pre approved by State Senate.
Turns out the guy in position (old HS buddy of hers and director of the State Prisons) didn't want to be perceived as one of Sarah's benefactors and declined, so she named someone else.
He's (head of AK Natl Guard)not pre approved, so will take special session of the Lego to get him approved.
What Sarah didn't count on was if the Lego meets for special session, they are going to override her veto's on Stimulus money. She didn't see that one coming.
That made Contestant #1 change his mind and say now he would move up to LtGov spot.
The State Atty Gen said "no dice, you already declined, no mulligans".
Now they are trying to figure if the Natl Guard guy can serve as acting LtGov, and get approved later.
I also referred to Alex Witt as a "transparently-conservative near-granny". Too.
looks like I'm apostrophe challenged this morning.
He's in sweden.
Barry from Free Alaska: Now they are trying to figure if the Natl Guard guy can serve as acting LtGov, and get approved later.
So, her razor-sharp political acumen shines again!
It occurs to me that since it is relatively quiet news wise. besides the W scandals, the media might just decide to run with them to fill the void. Probably wishful thinking on my part.
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2009...t-
hellhole.html
So that's why Heidi Gloom has been trashing Sweden.
pffft. I was just surprised this week by all the bad stuff I heard about Sweden by Swedish people.
Jeebus Barry, you guys are as fucked up as Texas and New York.
gotta make coffee -- brb
With a population smaller than SF's. Also.
OTOH, all this stuff is wunderbar fodder for TPM.
and speaking of how bad Sweden is, there's an article in Salon about how Ikea is as bad as Walmart.
so there!
Don't shop at IKEA, even though there's one up near the airport.
peoples just gonna have tah wipe that astonished look offen thur face and admit (not realize) that boy king was a mafioso, his dad was a RISK player on Isle of White and Cheney was a homeschooled murderer. Sir senior Bush was not only "In The Loop" he's been the hula hoop for all of them since his granny-dad refused broccoli and ran out to a western state, breeched military installations security, stole geronimo's skull and brought it back to the vault so's they could dance around in their underwear. grow up people ... these "bad actors" are homespun our town made. They're worse than the formica dogfood. Much worse. Challenge Cheney and you get taken hunting quail no less. In front of his "girly gun" that'll put some bb's in your craw for sure. Does anyone realize that shootee was involved in graveyards in two different states that threw bodies and parts into remote areas of the property to save money and space rather than bury them? Those same companies later got the contracts for hurricane Katrina victims in Mississippi and Louisianna
Have another drink Jeezit; you're beyond coherence.
Jeebus Barry, you guys are as fucked up as Texas and New York.
QL-
We give it out best QL.
Sarah's people are now calling all the folks that have filed ethics complaints "Terrorists".
So, I've suggested to the prominent AK Bloggers that we have a going away party for Sarah at the Best Western in Wasilla. It's on the same lake as her house, about 150 yards from where she resigned. There are a bunch of float plane slips that extend out into the lake, good view of her house and yard and easily within earshot.
We should invite all the people that have filed complaints to attend and call the evening "Pallin' around with Terrorists".
I don't know if it's gonna get legs though, the high power AK bloggers are a snooty bunch and mostly ignore me. Still, I like the idea.
Barry from Free Alaska: I don't know if it's gonna get legs though, the high power AK bloggers are a snooty bunch and mostly ignore me. Still, I like the idea.
I think that's an excellent idea, man.
Barry - you're back.
Leibniz was by yesterday; said he feels weak, but better.
I think that's an excellent idea, man.
Jeffraham, public option
She's going to be in Fairbanks on the 26th, her last day at the Governor's Picnic, where the new guy will be sworn in.
Don't know her travel plans, but she has to drive right up to the hotel and then hang a left to get to her house.
Would be great to have a banner out announcing the party for her to see when she goes home.
Typically in most state governments there are some old gals who actually run things for the elected officials.
(like a University dept secretary for the Uni folks here) If an elected official has any sense, and they want to get something done, they'd ask them how.
Obviously Sarah P. doesn't know this.
It's funny: I guess no one else sees the humor in the pic I posted. (I guess you have to know her: she is basically a chicken-shit, shy, and loving - to see her getting her "Rottweiler" on is unroariously funny to me)
She only gets aggressive and defensive when I buy her a super bone at the market. Then she chews on it and if you look at her, she gives you teh "Stare" and then the growl.
That is ONLY time she does this. (She doesn't even bark much - without Nikki's lead, I doubt she would bark at all.)
Barry - you're back.
sarah deere
Never was completely gone SD.
Sarah D!
DWD, that is a puppy? seriously?
Reading the political tea leaves:
Cheney comes under investigation and refuses to testify because of his coronary problems.Just like any aging crime boss has done in the past.
And just like Ken Lay,and Reagans CIA director William Casey,he dies in his sleep.
And like Iran-Contra,it recedes into the past like a canceled TV program.
what happened to Leibniz?
DWD, that is a puppy? seriously?
mimi
Seriously. She is a puppy. (she sits on my lap most of the night when I watch a movie or something - all 110 lbs of her. She will be one this month.)
The big debate seems to be whether the top secret program was a database with 8,000,000 million names and locations of every person considered an enemy of the U.S., or an assassination squad. What's scary is that a lot of the people Palin calls terrorists might be on that database only because they called her on her ethics violations. I almost prefer that it was an assassination squad.
3 am here, better get to bed before the sun come up an a short while.
Later peeps.
Leibniz was exposed to Lyme disease. A week/10 days ago he became nearly paralyzed and his brother nearly had to break down the door to get to him to take him to hospital, where he has been since.
Oh, I need $2.
Darn WillendorfVenus for sending me this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=8...player_embedded
oh wow! poor guy. I had no idea. I am glad he is feeling better.
in other words plantsman knows exactly what I'm sayin
he always dismisses the obvious
Friday's Rude One is good -- About the Obama/Booty scandal hoax:
http://www.rudepundit.blogspot.com/
It was figured to be be Stockholm pretty shortly after the image was posted.
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The Rude One winds it up:
It's just kind of pathetic, this desperate attempt to mock Obama, as if catching him in a butt glance will mitigate the myriad sins of the Republicans. It's like seeing a limping frog trying to get to a quickly drying puddle.
However, if Obama had been checking her out, well, c'mon, can you blame him? Look at that ass.
speakin of Iran Contra
was that I don't like broccoli I saw in the hotel elevator in Paris going up?
he paid them to keep the hostages
Reagan was such a likable prez
if you like cardboard effigies for the supremes
(singin now ... I need love love to ease my mind I need some time time someone to call mine ... my momma said
Somebody give me a CHEESEBURGER! and call Koljack the nightstalker to rebury some of this evil!
Wonder how the Bliss-triots are doing?
Two girls injured in ATV accident in Sumner Co. One helicoptered to Vandy. Neither wearing a helmet, of course.
that's like saying what woman wouldn't "display" under the seein' eyes
Whatcha think? el donquo
dat's what butts is foe
ATVs flip over too easily with 1 rider, let alone 2. Poor, senseless kids.
plantsman: ATVs flip over too easily with 1 rider, let alone 2. Poor, senseless kids.
One of the local bloggers did this a few months ago -- same deal, no helmet. She wasn't seriously injured, thank FSM, but I let her have it.
The only thing worthy of going back to investigate the Bush cabal is the lies leading the nation to support an unecessary war in Iraq. Going after Cheney on whatever this latest mess is or on torture or whatever is a mistake. When the next terrorist attack occurs Bush/Cheney will claim that their actions even though illegal 'kept us safe'. Obama couldn't. FOXNews, CNN know exactly which buttons to push. The American people will buy into that completely and the entire Obama presidencey will be toast trying to defend itself against being weak on terror. Don't kid yourselves into believing that somehow the American people will be smarter this time. What the Bush/Cheney cabal can't escape is the unnecessary deaths of 4200 US soldiers, injuries to another 30,000, the deaths of 100,000+ Iraqis and 3 trillion dollars down the drain.
At best we're only going to get one shot at these bastards. Forget about, torture, watertboarding, warrantless searches. Make it over the war.
My 2 cents.
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Disagree. Investigate every crime they committed and lie they told -- add up the sentences, fit them for orange jumpsuits. YMMV.
Agent Orange, I think you're pretty spot on and it is the reason I haven't blown a gasket over the whole thing. However, I do like seeing Holder acting independently. It's what he is supposed to do. And, I would like to have some assurance that we have indeed stopped it.
yeah talk about seein a live reenactment of world war 2
every piece of filth under the rug came out in support of going nuts out toward (Iraq) of all places
it's become our country
the news now is on every other hepless country not our own
we get to know how their elctions went and their struggle and never look at our own miserable history recent or past
Wonder how the Bliss-triots are doing?
plantsman, mad google skillz
I REALLY wanted to go this weekend. Really.
But Mrs DWD is working 11 hours a day and on weekends she just wants time to "Not do anything" I cannot blame her.
My health - tired all of the time, digestive "Issues" and constant pain make such things difficult.
I am not a happy camper of late. Trust me.
I've noticed, DWD; and agree Mrs. DWD has every reason to be worn out.
religious skits and puppet shows are about battlescars
not any spiritual content or virtue
I think I'll have to cancel today's scooter ride that I hastily organized earlier this week. Looks like it's gonna rain on our parade.
religious skits and puppet shows are about battlescars
not any spiritual content or virtue
Jeezit! HolyCracker with a cru
WTF? You speakin' English?
Strikes me as "posting while wasted", so I Killfiled it.
DWD: WTF? You speakin' English?
I think The Jackal merged with k&y to form some super-non-sequitur troll.
sheets
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I found somewhere around 55 y.o. about all I could do was drag my tired butt to work and come home. Just didn't have anything left over. An hour and fifteen minute commute each way didn't help.
thanks dee dubya
I knew I could count on you
I almost called obi wan but you were closer and I had more bars
speak into this please
"hello mom"
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