I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
KABUL—A homemade bomb killed three U.S. soldiers
Damn those Zionists!
My favorite boobies:
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http://vtwayback.blogspot.com/20...h-
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Afternoon, Moonbats.
Dear President Obama,
Please bring our troops home. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Hecate Demetersdatter
Damn those Zionists!
why, are they trying to take Afghanistan tto?
another drive-by blogwhore:
I will be photoblogging the inauguration beginning Friday January 16:
http://www.30fps.com/f-stop/
come on by!
I have enabled Twitter and Flickr so that I can post to the blog while away from the computer on the evening of the 19th and all day on the 20th.
Let's Go, TITANS!
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Victory!!!
Let's go CHARGERS!
This wouldn't happen if the troops were wearing those nifty Red State patches.
Simple things in life:
Kid wants ride to work = kid can shovel driveway.
I have no vested interest in the football games, and my loyalties are available for rent.
Let's go CHARGERS!
Vicki
I had no idea you were a Charger fan.
Two points for those of you coming to DC,
I was up on Capitol Hill today. It is not true that there are no porta potties, but no way are there enough porta potties. This weekend, an even larger contingent of Canada Geese than normal have settled on the Mall. Wear boots.
It is pretty exciting to see the huge banners hanging from all kinds of buildings celebrating the Inauguration. The Corcoran, the Newseum, and the Teamster's Building were all neat. But it's the bigger than life size pictures of Jack and Jackie at his Inauguration in the window of Brooks Brothers that made me cry, for some reason.
Kid wants ride to work = kid can shovel driveway.
Vicki
You don't have to be Spock to see that logic.
Did she ever get her license?
Afghanistan slip sliding back into the 13th century with the narco-terrorists, aka, The Taliban, resugent.
Heckuva a job Bushboy!
toppled the extremist Taliban regime in late 2001,
Might be overstating it just a tad.
I can't see how an escalation in Afghanistan is going to help anyone
shit its not like our fellow NATO allies are making an effort, no they stick to the 'safer' parts and so the burden falls on British and Canadian troops
and yet they want to pour more troops into the country?
what the fuck is up with that?
Greetings from the windy western San Fernando Valley.
And a hearty "go Titans!"
Drive by blogwhore. Let me entertain you. Some stuff you've seen and some you probably missed.
BBL
Dear President Obama,
Let's quit shedding blood to fertilize the ground in foreign countries.
Bring the troops home; spend the money at home. Rebuild our country; employ our people.
XOXO
Vicki
(I realize that's simple, but I don't have to go into the why part of that letter; he already knows.)
Simple things in life:
Kid wants ride to work = kid can shovel driveway.
Vicki | 01.10.09 - 4:27 pm | #
!! You will scar your child for life!!! Shovel snow! How cruel.... what next!?! Demand he clean his room?!?!? When will it end!?!?!
Did she ever get her license?
Gromit
Failed. Twice.
We're going to try again in the Spring.
I love the idea of a "Dear President Obama" thread.
The only way an escalation of troops in Afghanistan makes any sense is if you believe the surge worked in Iraq.
For the record, I was against invading Afghanistan from the beginning. Never thought you could fight terrorism with an army.
G/Son is coming over tonight. Maybe he and I will write a Dear President Obama letter. Might as well have some mail waiting for him when he gets to 1600 Pennsylvania.
I had no idea you were a Charger fan.
Alfred Pupunu
What people who don't know me don't know about me could fill the Smithsonian.
Dear President Obama:
Please openly mock "journalists" who ask you bullshit, loaded or misleading questions during pressers.
Thanks and good luck to us all,
Virginia
But it's the bigger than life size pictures of Jack and Jackie at his Inauguration in the window of Brooks Brothers that made me cry, for some reason.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
it's 'cause you're old.
teasing, i saw your homage to black civil rights pics.
lot of tears these days. happy and sad.
Whoa:
President Bush deflected a secret request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran’s main nuclear complex and told the Israelis that he had authorized new covert action intended to sabotage Iran’s suspected effort to develop nuclear weapons, according to senior American and foreign officials.
White House officials never conclusively determined whether Israel had decided to go ahead with the strike before the United States protested, or whether Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel was trying to goad the White House into more decisive action before Mr. Bush left office. But the Bush administration was particularly alarmed by an Israeli request to fly over Iraq to reach Iran’s major nuclear complex at Natanz, where the country’s only known uranium enrichment plant is located.
The White House denied that request outright, American officials said, and the Israelis backed off their plans, at least temporarily. But the tense exchanges also prompted the White House to step up intelligence-sharing with Israel and brief Israeli officials on new American efforts to subtly sabotage Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, a major covert program that Mr. Bush is about to hand off to President-elect Barack Obama.
FDR made a huge mistake not prosecuting the corporate titans that attempted a coup in 1933 and wanted to join up with the fascists. If repugs do anything illegal, Obama had better prosecute them.
Up to 200,000 protest Israeli aggression in Central London
Many a Steeler fan curses my name.
"Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, was forced to step back from voting in favour of the Gaza ceasefire resolution at the UN Security Council after orders from Washington, diplomatic sources said yesterday......
But before the vote was due, word began to circulate that America was not going to vote in favour after all. The change of heart came about with a phone call from George Bush to Ms Rice in which he said don't veto the resolution but don't vote for it either."
http://www.independent.ie/world-...re-
1597805.html
Maybe he and I will write a Dear President Obama letter. Might as well have some mail waiting for him when he gets to 1600 Pennsylvania.
When I was 7, I wrote Ethel Kennedy a letter because I was upset about the assassination of her husband. My mom helped me mail it.
She wrote me back.
I still have it.
Bushboy neglected Afghanistan and deceitfully and stupidly invaded Iraq. Obama will not let the Taliban retake power in Afghanistan, and will leave Iraq within two years.
We wrecked Iraq and owe it to them to get out. We owe Afghanistan something better than a return of the Taliban.
4:30???
I'm 10 minutes late!
I love the idea of a "Dear President Obama" thread.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Me too, I'll play in.
Dear President Obama:
Please stop placating the GOP. It's a loser's game. Just take charge. We need a leader, not a referee.
Love,
Libby
it's 'cause you're old.
It's true; I am! I just don't want this young, charismatic president with a beautiful wife to be taken from us.
FDR made a huge mistake not prosecuting the corporate titans that attempted a coup in 1933 and wanted to join up with the fascists.
The Titans are about to get prosecuted.
Never thought you could fight terrorism with an army.
Aaaaaa-Men to that!
Wrong frame all this time - AQ is a big gang - Mafia, as it were. To mix metaphors, you aren't using the most efficient means to hunt duck when all you have are M-16's....
uh the Taliban already have regain quite a substantial control of the country and Karazi is little more than Mayor of Kabul
T.I.T.A.N.S!
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its hopeless fighting a war in Afghanistan
the British tired it and got its arse roundly kicked several times in the 19th century
the Soviets had a go and ended up losing
and now we think we can do better?
jeebus fuck
Chuy.
This kind of thing - I don't really want to go outside any more.
Bill, you might want to try reading a little Edmund Burke.
JimParkey
you might try reading a little Alan "A flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works" Greenspan, or perhaps some John Maynard Keynes
burke on limited government:
"Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. "
-Edmund Burke
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"Edmund Burke's philisophy might have been realistic more than 200 years ago when he died..."
tacitus voltage
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing"
Edmund Burke -- who is as relevant today as he ever was.
T.E.T.O.N.S.
The Titans are about to get prosecuted.
The Kenosha Kid
Quoth the Raven.....nevermore.
Oh, how I wish Comcast would let me watch this game in HD.
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most conservatives probably have not read Burke, Smith, Hayek et all properly or fully or skipped the parts they didn't like
with a beautiful wife to be taken from us.
And you may ask yourself.....
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing"
And yet, there goes Bush, Cheney, Rice, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Rumsfeldt....
If we abandon Afghanistan it means The Taliban takes over the country and become hosts for Al Qaeda once again and grow and ship enough heroin to match the revenue of an oil rich country.
With this money, the can sponsor worldwide terrorism. More 9/11s. More chaos. While Osama directs the death squads and smiles.
I don't think Obama can or will allow that to happen.
Bill, you might want to try reading a little Edmund Burke.
JimParkey
I'd rather quote Arthur Bremer.
I'd rather quote Arthur Dent.
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sorry i just don't support further escalation in Afghanistan
For the record, I was against invading Afghanistan from the beginning. Never thought you could fight terrorism with an army.
Libby, getting older
True about fighting a concept but the Taliban were letting bin Laden hang out and they had already fucked up Afghanistan by taking people back to the dark side and blowing up those Buddist statues and generally being a bunch of shitheads.
Must not get sucked into the Atriomatrix. Must bring out recyling. Really out for now.
Osama is likely dead, and we have no say in what happens in Afghanistan ultimately, any more than the Soviets did.
I'd rather quote Arthur Dent.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
I'd rather read Vogon poetry.
supply and demand 
I'd rather quote Arthur Dent.
I'd rather quote Pepsodent commercials.
"Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety."
Edmund Burke
against jeebus!
"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."
Edmund Burke
but mr cheney is defending us against tourism!
"It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere."
Edmund Burke
communist!
Rudy, you are correct, except that under the Taliban, heroin production was lower (I believe). The Taliban did not fund Al Queda, bin Ladin did.
That Burke guy got quoted a lot.
blowing up those Buddist statues
I recall at the time learned sage Bill Mahrer asserting that was none of our business.
If we abandon Afghanistan it means The Taliban takes over the country and become hosts for Al Qaeda once again and grow and ship enough heroin to match the revenue of an oil rich country.
With this money, the can sponsor worldwide terrorism. More 9/11s. More chaos.
Dude
What do you think's happening right now w us there?
For the record, I was against invading Afghanistan from the beginning. Never thought you could fight terrorism with an army.
Libby, getting older
I was opposed to the invasion of Afghanistan when the Russians did it.
Or the English. Three times.
i'm sorry if that makes me a heartless bitch but i'm tired of people being sent to war, killing and being killed
enough is enough
I'd rather quote Arthur Dent.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
I'd rather read Vogon poetry.
Alfred Pupunu | 01.10.09 - 4:40 pm | #
NO! Vogon poetry! If you do I am opening the airlock!
CNN headline
Ellen DeGeneres dances with Wolf
God, I hope they mean the animal.
Titan up!
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Why would that make you a heartless bitch, moon?
Far from it.
"Dear Mr. President, there are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot."
True about fighting a concept but the Taliban were letting bin Laden hang out and they had already fucked up Afghanistan by taking people back to the dark side and blowing up those Buddist statues and generally being a bunch of shitheads.
footloose | 01.10.09 - 4:40 pm
(Damn. Sucked in.) But we didn't get him. AQ still exists. It morphed into Iraq. Taliban back in control. Narco-state. Billions of tax dollars down the drain. Hundreds of thousands dead. Bad strategy. There's a reason the CIA invented assassination squads.
"Dear Mr. President, there are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot."
"...to the sickos at Modern Bride Magazine."
Well said, Libby.
We could send Rubin to Afghanistan. And Bush. And Rice. And everyone else who did so well in the last eight years.
i would of preferred a bottom up approach
top down never ends well, and worse it insults the people who live there
OTOH we have a considerable debt to many nations and peoples for either directly or indirectly supporting, funding, training, and otherwise propping up their oppressive regimes, including in Afghanistan.
OTOOH, we can't seem to help without fucking up things worse.
...If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white,
Remember it's ruin to run from a fight:
So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
And wait for supports like a soldier.
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier . . .
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier _of_ the Queen!
-- Rudyard Kipling
Funding schools and commerce (besides heroin) makes more sense to me, and is not as costly and deathly and what we are doing now.
i would of preferred a bottom up approach
Drinking is no solution.
I opposed the Vietnam War and the Iraq War as futile and purposeless. I don't feel the same about Afghanistan.
I think it's too dangerous to leave the Taliban and Al Qaeda a sovereign state to occupy.
And what about the people of Afghanistan? We let them go back to the brutal oppression of these religious maniacs?
in fact a better chance for the country if India and Pakistan got its shit together
its sphere of stability would spread to the surrounding region I imagine
i mean fuck follow the money and you'll find a Saudi
Ellen DeGeneres dances with Wolf
God, I hope they mean the animal.
That was Kevin Costner
Did she ever get her license?
Gromit | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 4:28 pm |
Over Christmas, my friend's in-laws joked that the best thing to happen to them was their 16 year old daughter getting her license. They helped her get a used car, and now she can drive herself to her practices (good thing, with her mom's health issues).
It's true; I am! I just don't want this young, charismatic president with a beautiful wife to be taken from us.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
i know. had that thought too.
dear mr. president,
please don't allow torture to be u.s. policy anymore.
is that asking too much?
We haven't been effective in Afghanistan.
Bush fucked up. I don't see how that's fixable, without wholesale change.
The soldier boy for his soldiers pay
Obeys the sergeant at arms whatever he says
The sergeant will for his sergeant's pay
Obey the captain 'till his dying day
The captain will for his captain's pay
Obey the general order of battle play
The generals bow to the government
Obey the charge you must not relent
What of the neighbors and the prophets in bars?
What are they saying in the public bazaar?
We are tired of the tune
You must not relent
i was pretty wasted late last night. that is all...
most conservatives probably have not read Burke, Smith, Hayek et all properly or fully or skipped the parts they didn't like
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
if conservatives actually read the books they swear by, how would they know that jeebus wants us to kill so many people?
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Ellen DeGeneres dances with Wolf
Colbert doing the Ellen boogie during the writers strike was the funniest thing I saw on TV last year.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator:
May I add my signature to that letter?
They are my sentiments exactly.
i was pretty wasted late last night. that is all...
fokowi
Well, that troll thinks you're gonna marry her, so you better take heed...
And what about the people of Afghanistan? We let them go back to the brutal oppression of these religious maniacs?
Rudy
If I thought we could do any lasting good I'd be all for it. But the revolution has to come from the Afghans themselves. Outsiders will never able to bring about lasting change.
It morphed into Iraq.
It didn't morph - A lot of Americans supported bush when he supposedly went hunting for bin Laden in a place that was being taken over by religious zealots. Just as many people saw the escalation of Iraq bullshit for what it was. But to question his motives was seen as unpatriotic.
I think it's too dangerous to leave the Taliban and Al Qaeda a sovereign state to occupy.
And what about the people of Afghanistan? We let them go back to the brutal oppression of these religious maniacs?
Dude,
Seriously, what do you think's going on now w us there?
I can't see how an escalation in Afghanistan is going to help anyone
I don't either, Moon.
The Taliban are outsiders. They brought lasting change.
Afghanistan is tricky. There was a window for something very different at the beginning, because people were tired of the wars they had just had.
Rudy:
What qlª said.
The Taliban are outsiders. They brought lasting change.
annie
The same could be said about the US and Iraq.
As I said fokowi, you wake up from your haze, and she follows you...
smells like teen-mimi-spirit.
At every stroke of the bell in the tower there goes
Another boy from another side
The bulletins that steady come in say those
Familiar words at the top of the hour
The jamming city increases its hum
And those terrible words continue to come
Through brass music of government hear those
Guns tattoo a roll on the drums
No one mentions the neighboring war
No one knows what they're fighting for
We are tired of the tune
You must not relent
like i said if India and Pakistan like stopped niggling each other and instead focused on establishing some stability in the region, it would help Afghanistan
You getting married, Fokowi?
Congrats!!!
Between Bush I and Bush II, the record shows if you let them install a government anywhere it will be a weak, bound to fail puppet whose job #1 is to sell the place off to them. Or to enrich the Crime Family business.
Afghanistan is a failure of America policy going back to Reagan and his arming the religious fanatics and war lords. If Obama can turn that around it will be a miracle. He can get us out of Iraq but I don't see how he can get us out of Afghanistan, at least not under the present conditions.
Atrios never updates us on what's going on in Panama. Or Grenada.
Seriously, what do you think's going on now w us there?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
We are not there in significant numbers. I'm not sure what it will take to stabilize Afghanistan. If we try, we must get substantial foreign participation.
But I dread what will happen if we do nothing and withdraw.
Rudy, you are correct, except that under the Taliban, heroin production was lower (I believe). The Taliban did not fund Al Queda, bin Ladin did.
JimParkey | 01.10.09 - 4:41 pm | #
among many other Saudis, mostly Bush's friends.
FDR made a huge mistake not prosecuting the corporate titans that attempted a coup in 1933
Prescott Bush was heavily involved in that, was he not?
in fact i have a bloody great idea for reducing terrorism, cut off its Saudi funding
its Saudi money which funds these bastards in the madrasses, its Saudi ideology which inspires them
the country is ruled by a corrupt monarchy and is just as much a hellhole as Afghanistan except it has oil and shiny buildings and is a 'western' ally
instead of going after 'terrorist', because everytime you arrest one, another pops up
deal with the money side
but the government don't have the balls to stand up
There was a window for something very different at the beginning, because people were tired of the wars they had just had. Echidne
There was a window here too, during which much good for our country and the world could have been accomplished. Instead the thugs looted the coffers at home and shat upon the world.
Oooh..."Fox On The Run" just came on the radio.
/rocks out
among many other Saudis, mostly Bush's friends.
ronjazz
The Bush Family never met a Saudi Prince with whom they did not want to hold hands.
Prescott Bush was heavily involved in that, was he not?
Him and some other industrialists wanted to stage a coup. There was a BBC radio doc about it sometime back. Interesting stuff.
The Taliban are outsiders. They brought lasting change.
annie | 01.10.09 - 4:49 pm | #
Wrong on both counts.
in fact i have a bloody great idea for reducing terrorism, cut off its Saudi funding
Of course. But it's not gonna happen unless we deal with the energy question first.
hah our NATO allies are not pulling a finger out to help us
no they swan about in the safer parts
load of balls 'international coalition'
its all bollocks
deal with the money side but the government don't have the balls to stand up Moonbootica
That's just crazy talk! Next you'll be suggesting the world needs to shift away from a geopolitics based in oil.
Really out. BBL.
but the government don't have the balls to stand up
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
You are wise beyond your years.
The Taliban are from Pakistan.
Oooh..."Fox On The Run" just came on the radio. /rocks out AndyMN
Sweet!
Well, that troll thinks you're gonna marry her, so you better take heed...
everybody is a troll bcept atrios, remember?
The Taliban are from Pakistan.
annie | 01.10.09 - 4:56 pm | #
originally.
lately i've been reading Richard Seymour's The Liberal Defence of Murder
his blogging alias is Lenin and he runs Lenin's Tomb
TD TITANS!!!!
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Prescott Bush was heavily involved in that, was he not?
Him and some other industrialists wanted to stage a coup. There was a BBC radio doc about it sometime back. Interesting stuff.
AndyMN
And we wound up saddled with his son and grandson as presidents.
How disgusting is that?
Afghanistan is tricky. There was a window for something very different at the beginning, because people were tired of the wars they had just had.
Echidne
bingo.
but we had to do iraq, "'cause who wants to blow rocks up a camels ass." or some such nonsense.
basically bush blew two wars.
not to mention fomenting the seeds of of even more terrorism.
i really hate that bastard. much of the damage can never be undone now.
Yes, Terry, I think he was alleged to be a part of it.
I'm a troll cuz you talked to me, silly boy.
It's worth it, to be a troll for you, fokowi, I'm the best, remember?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U...h?
v=UTY8gY1am0w
basically bush blew two wars.
Basically, Bush blows.
Go Titans!
If there was a burning Bush, I wouldn't piss on it to put it out.
cut off its Saudi funding
I was reading a short piece that Amory Lovins wrote in 1991 saying that if the reductions in oil consumption in the United States in the late 70s and the first years of the 80s, had continued during the Reagan-Bush I years that we could have stopped importing oil from the Persian Gulf countries.
So, the Republicans were also making certain that the money would keep flowing to the Saudis so they could fund our enemies as well as arming them directly.
Republicans are the enemies of the United States, that's the only logical conclusion. They've sold us to the oil interests and the Chinese government.
If there was a burning Bush, I wouldn't piss on it to put it out.
Rudy
I'd pour gasoline on it.
I am so very confused...I thought this mission had already been accomplished also...
How disgusting is that?
Terry C, Footloose & Fancyfree | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 4:58 pm | #
The Bush family thinks they're royalty. it would not be such a bad thing for the USA if they were treated as royalty, tumbrils and all.
john deere was as responsible for the dust bowl as mother nature was.
Hi,
If anyone is keeping track I am now down 105 lbs.
The Bush family thinks they're royalty. it would not be such a bad thing for the USA if they were treated as royalty, tumbrils and all.
ronjazz
Well, building the gallows and the guillotines WOULD provide jobs.
john deere was as responsible for the dust bowl as mother nature was.
Mother Nature was not responsible. It's her own lap, after all, and she can do with it whatever the hell she wants.
Bush family as royalty? Where's Madame LaFarge when you need her?
Sadly, Bush's isolation, incuriousity, incomprehension, and narcissism will prevent him from ever truly experiencing what it means to be less beloved by one's people than Mussolini.
DWD, are you in a hospital? And if not, why not?
Republicans are the enemies of the United States, that's the only logical conclusion. They've sold us to the oil interests and the Chinese government.
Anthony McCarthy
I've disliked Republicans ever since I was a kid.
I began to detest them since Nixon's reign of error.
I've hated them since Reagan was elected.
DWD,
mmpc Gastroenterology.
That. is. all.
(Good wishes to you, also.)
Actually the Secret Service will prevent Bushboy from ever feeling the full "love" of the American people.
DWD, are you in a hospital? And if not, why not?
Echidne
I really do not know. I am afraid, right now, that I am rounding the bend racing with the reaper - and he is winning.
I am just out of options here. No one seems to think this is a big deal but I am in dire straits.
what it means to be less beloved by one's people than Mussolini.
JeffCO
What's a Moose a lini?
Sadly, Bush's isolation, incuriousity, incomprehension, and narcissism will prevent him from ever truly experiencing what it means to be less beloved by one's people than Mussolini.
JeffCO
Pity he can't be given the Mussolini treatment.
Sadly, Bush's isolation, incuriousity, incomprehension, and narcissism will prevent him from ever truly experiencing what it means to be less beloved by one's people than Mussolini.
JeffCO
I like that Mussolini denouement for the Bush II saga better than the guillotine.
Actually the Secret Service will prevent Bushboy from ever feeling the full "love" of the American people.
Rudy
That won't last forever.
DWD,
mmpc Gastroenterology.
That. is. all.
(Good wishes to you, also.)
Vicki
Calling at the beginning of the week, Vicki. Thanks.
DWD, sending all the good energy I can muster. But you really must throw a temper tantrum NOW. Call a cab and give it the address of a major university hospital. Or do this as soon as possible.
There's nothing wrong with bush that spending the rest of his life in the hole from Cool Hand Luke wouldn't help. Actually, I don't much care whether it would help.
DWD, does Michigan not have any teaching hospitals at all any more?
Later, ya'll. Going back to bed again.
I am with you, if only in spirit,
Damn, DWD,, have the doctors said anything new?
DWD - SOS, I agree with Echidne, if you're down that far you need to be in the hospital.
If it's the hypothyroid you need to get the best help available. I know from personal experience how awful it is.
I hope you don't mind someone saying that they're praying for you, or sending out metta your way.
Wow.
Peace, DWD.
echidne, she is indeed a good girl, but can also go thru a mean ass bitch streak now and then.
echidne, she is indeed a good girl, but can also go thru a mean ass bitch streak now and then.
It's like a dog with fleas. We are the fleas.
i was against invading afghanistan on the principle that the Bush government could not do anything right.
the best way a country can proceed is to make sure not to be reliant on just one energy source and get its energy from as many sources as possible and be sure to have back ups
you know what is a scandal, the British government only has 9 days while in Europe they have 6 months to a year and why is this you ask? because private companies control the gas here and so have no incentive to like create more storage, in reality this should be a strategic government decision but they just pussyfoot around
so basically Britain will freeze its nuts off
FLAMING THUMBTACKS up by SEVEN!
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Fleas don't originate in the dog.
on the principle that the Bush government could not do anything right.
rootless-e, bourbonista
Not only couldn't, had no intention of doing anything right. They glory in plunder and pillage.
i was against invading afghanistan on the principle that the Bush government could not do anything right.
rootless-e, bourbonista
Hard to argue against, especially since History has proven this correct.
But Bushboy won't be running the next Afghan war.
you see in Europe they have state own gas companies, the UK doesn't
and so we're fucked
we're fucked because the private companies don't see any profit in gas storage and thus we only have 9 days worth of it
its shocking but the government will do fuck all about it, as usual
Sunny beaches.
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Fortunately, the weather in the UK is never too bad.
i don't want any more 'Afghan war'
you know what is a scandal, the British government only has 9 days while in Europe they have 6 months to a year and why is this you ask? because private companies control the gas here and so have no incentive to like create more storage, in reality this should be a strategic government decision but they just pussyfoot around
so basically Britain will freeze its nuts off
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
The rot in the American system is related to that in the British system. Pointing out that there are European governments that are better run and produce a better standard of living for their people is forbidden in the United States. It is forbidden for people who don't speak English to do anything well, unless it's a fascist government that our oligarchs want us to emulate.
and yet they want to pour more troops into the country?
what the fuck is up with that?
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
Question REALLY is, who is the U.S. selling arms and munitions to, and why?
Dear President Obama, Through the good offices of the United Nations, let's identify who is involved in the international sale of weapons, and put an immediate end to it. Including, obviously ourselves. Any "Peace" negotiations going on look, at this point, really schizophenic.
Oh, wow!
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
Dear President Obama,
please stop wars and focus on helping your citizens and providing peaceable efforts
please make the US the best it can be
and just don't let the military industrial complex call the shots
and yet they want to pour more troops into the country?
what the fuck is up with that?
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
Clearly, the mindless continuation of a failed,"Traditional" mindset/policy.
Fleas don't originate in the dog.
JeffCO
True. Maybe originally benign bacteria going haywire is a better parable.
Bush's farewell address has been leaked to the press. It currently reads:
"My fellow Americans. As I leave this office I am proud to say, you are now really and truly fucked. Heh." [flip bird to camera, stride away to waiting helicopter]
"Pointing out that there are European governments that are better run and produce a better standard of living for their people is forbidden in the United States."
I do it anyway.
Screw the wingnuts.
Maybe the solution for the American war mongers is for us to go broke too. No money to run any more wars.
Let a war monger starve, create jobs.
I was opposed to the Afgan invasion not for moral reasons, but because of the terrain there. I was in Peshawar in the early 60's with the Air Force, and I remember the mountainous country side. And the placques of all of the British Units that fought in the Khyber Pass I had real bad feelings about it.
DWD,
Call the woman whose name I e-mailed you, or e-mail her.
But please do it. She's willing to go out on a limb for you and make it happen ASAP, but you have to call.
note to gary larson: i'm getting pretty fucking tired of getting new year calendars with old far side cartoons.
Oh, wow! - Terry C
Cat gets drunk & thinks he's Rudy Ghouliani
yes why don't our leaders spend more time concerned about their own citizens, the ones who elected them instead of rushing off for a foreign photo opt
but alas bread and butter policies aren't glamorous and means they can play 'teh Great leader'
Larson stopped drawing years and years ago.
Cat gets drunk & thinks he's Rudy Ghouliani
bo
Well, at least he didn't think he was Sen. Vitter and put a diaper on.
Greetings from the windy western San Fernando Valley.
Toonscribe, I used to live out there, in Box Canyon, in my hippie/college daze. Windy down here in the O.C. as we speak.
True. Maybe originally benign bacteria going haywire is a better parable. Echidne
I was thinking more planned obsolescence. Safest route to ensure evolutionary diversity is a built-in kill switch.
You really can appreciate HDTV when watching football games.
Dan Dierdorff is an asshole at microscopic clarity.
domestic policies is not as 'fun' or as 'snazzy' as going abroad for photo opts and sprouting platitudes
i'd like the tax we pay to be spent helping its citizenry, not pissed away in some black hole abroad
Wow, I didn't know that they played football in Tennessee. I thought all they did was fuck chickens and pray.
(I'm KIDDING, Jeffraham! Put the socket wrench DOWN!)
Faaaaaak!
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I tried to sprout some platitudes but they never took. Too much watering maybe.
bo, i know. i was just bitching. in fact, i've had discussions with some of his folks about an online platform for his calendar. you'll probably see an online version someday. hopefully that will pull the fucker out of retirement.
Dan Dierdorff is an asshole at microscopic clarity. - MP
[Shudders at the thought of Mike Ditka would look.]
I think my cat George has designed me 'Feeder 2'
my mum is 'Feeder 1' and when she is away or out for an evening he is drawn to me and like demands to be fed and in return he showers love
like they say dogs have owners, cats have staff
"Maybe the solution for the American war mongers is for us to go broke too. No money to run any more wars.
Let a war monger starve, create jobs."
--Anthony McCarthy
I was thinking the same thing. Funding the military/war is not my idea of an enlightened country.
They're showing an ad where you can program your satellite TV choices from your laptop or cell phone.
Convenient? Yes. Machines pwning your life? Yes again.
tavern time.
peace
Right here in good old river city, we have the best gastroenterologists (in every area of specialty except the liver -- Ann Arbor has the liver cornered) between Cleveland Clinic and Mayo. Seriously. We also have a state of the art Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, with three of the best practitioners in the state.
They can help him, I believe, but he has to call them.
Convenient? Yes. Machines pwning your life? Yes again.
Skynet.
Birds RB got shanked.
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Man alive, it's cold. Booze will warm me up!
The cause of, and solution, to all of life's problems.
DWD shows an interesting contrast between public pleas for sympathy here, and a seeming reluctance to do for himself in some ways.
Best wishes for future good health to him. Hope he finds it soon.
Everybody right now cross your fingers and make a wish that I don't have to go to work in this blizzard!!!!
Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, and another British climber have been killed in the French Alps, the Foreign Office said.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that two British nationals were killed in an accident in the French Alps."
She was unable to confirm reports that the pair died in an avalanche.
Rob Gauntlett, of Petworth, Sussex, reached the summit of Mount Everest when he was just 19 in 2006.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ope/
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i really hate that bastard. much of the damage can never be undone now.
charley
Yes we can, charley. Our capacity for creativity is limitless, as should be our compassion for each other. And karma applies universally. He'll get his...
They can help him, I believe, but he has to call them.
Vicki
When you're that sick it's hard to work up the energy and enthusiasm. He really needs an advocate to help him along.
DWD shows an interesting contrast between public pleas for sympathy here, and a seeming reluctance to do for himself in some ways.
As well as a stubborn insistence that trained medical professionals don't take him seriously.
Gomit, I would never compare DWD to Draco (whom I liked), but it's a bummer to hear his blight and think he is not getting the help he needs. I think he has insurance.
Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, and another British climber have been killed in the French Alps, the Foreign Office said.
Rob Gauntlett? Was his friend's name Willie Makeitt?
Yes we can, charley. Our capacity for creativity is limitless, as should be our compassion for each other. And karma applies universally. He'll get his...
I would liketo believe this.
When you're that sick it's hard to work up the energy and enthusiasm. He really needs an advocate to help him along.
I have a practice manager who will get him in as soon as possible (within a day or two). All he has to do is call. He has been in correspondence with his symptoms with her, if not directly with her, then thru me.
These docs are good. Really good. My sis worked with them for years.
Chris Floyd - Moloch's Altar: Child Sacrifice and the War on Terror
hey, what's a few deaths in support of a neocon wet dream.
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Yes we can, charley. Our capacity for creativity is limitless, as should be our compassion for each other. And karma applies universally. He'll get his...
wiley | 01.10.09 - 5:29 pm | #
karma is a very convenient theory for rich people.
Vicki, you are DWD's advocate. I hope he takes your advice. You are a good person.
Dang!
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Yay!!
Like I need anymore snow to fuck with.
If these docs can't help him, they'll refer him. They won't dick around with him, I promise that much.
The mission is to "put patients first."
karma is a very convenient theory for rich people.
rootless-e, bourbonista
Agreed. After six decades or more of doing whatever I wanted to, I die.
Poo-poo for me.
Thanks, mer. I've been trying.
I can't drag him, though.
Arthur Silber - Reverse Minstrelsy
And, it may be that some here have misread what DWD just said. It's not that he now weighs 105lbs, but that he's lost that amount of weight over a period of time. They are both alarming, but the second rather less so. As someone who's lost 130lbs. But I know why my weight's dropped and he doesn't know why his has.
Vicki - can't your practice manager contact DWD's wife?
I can't drag him, though.
I can. I have a truck and chains.
The Slaughter of the Diseased Animals
Arthur Silber - Reverse Minstrelsy
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 5:37 pm | #
Missing the point by a galaxy or two.
And, it may be that some here have misread what DWD just said. It's not that he now weighs 105lbs, but that he's lost that amount of weight over a period of time. They are both alarming, but the second rather less so. As someone who's lost 130lbs. But I know why my weight's dropped and he doesn't know why his has.
Yes, I misread his post above, thinking that he now weighs 105 lbs. It's hard to feel powerless to help him. Weird, as I know we are just letters on the screen, but that's how I feel, powerless.
That's it, Fisher -- more pass plays!
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If the last two nights in the ER are any indication, tonight's full moon has me on high alert.
GWPDA, I did misread him, and I'll glad I did--105 lbs. sounded horrible for a man his size.
Yes, I misread his post above, thinking that he now weighs 105 lbs. It's hard to feel powerless to help him. Weird, as I know we are just letters on the screen, but that's how I feel, powerless.
Echidne | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 5:40 pm | #
You expressed this perfectly. I share this feeling with you.
What's wrong with DWD? Have the docs been able to pinpoint it?
My docs don't know what's wrong with me, either. Luckily, tests have ruled out anything major.
I still feel pretty lousy each day.
Yes, I misread his post above, thinking that he now weighs 105 lbs. It's hard to feel powerless to help him. Weird, as I know we are just letters on the screen, but that's how I feel, powerless.
Echidne
It's a part of that community thingy that NTodd is always blathering about.
I can't drag him, though.
I can. I have a truck and chains.
Barndog, 0-16 | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 5:38 pm | #
It's a part of that community thingy that NTodd is always blathering about.
qlª
Yup. In all its ramifications.
karma is a very convenient theory for rich people.
rootless-e, bourbonista
Granted, yet it applies to every single one of us. Everything you think, say and do is a cause, and you circumstances right now are the cumulative effect. Cause and effect is the cornerstone of Buddhist thought, the nature of our collective reality.
It's an introspective practice.
Here we go here we go now
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MP, I remember reading that he said it might be some involuntary anorexic condition.
AndyMN, I'm glad is nothing horrible, but be sure and keep in regular contact with the medicos.
You guys going to that Italian place tonight?
I still feel pretty lousy each day
Have they done an RF factor test (for rheumatoid arthritis/related), or C reactive protein?
Barngod,
LOL.
Time to stage an intervention?
Wish I knew how to get in touch with DWD's wife.
MP, I remember reading that he said it might be some involuntary anorexic condition.
mer, in this context, anorexic just means involuntary weight loss.
Yes we can, charley. Our capacity for creativity is limitless, as should be our compassion for each other. And karma applies universally. He'll get his...
wiley
Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years. [Behaviourism (1930), p. 82]
i'm just saying you can't un-ring the bell. but i do take solace in the karma thing.
DWD, get to the doctor. you know they don't make house calls no more.
Trick play surprised the QB
hahahahahahahahaha
Whoopsie
Who knew the center was such an important position?
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Edinburgh Palestine demo, yesterday
FREAK!
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Hello again peeps, there's Weekend Rooftop Blogging at my digs.
GWPDA,
I think HIPPA compliance issues would prevent the practice manager from contacting his wife.
Barndog
I love you, in that community kind of way.
Echidne, if not, I never would have been able to sit beside you at dinner and carry on a conversation as if we were best friends. I would have been way too shy in you presence!
Whoops. I guess I have the Linkies.
qlª, you are too kind. It was fun, though, meeting you and mr ql.
Whoops. I guess I have the Linkies.
Marcellina
Linkies are curable, thank goodness!
Okay,
Gotta take the kid to work and then eat the lasagna I made.
And then do a little prayer to the full moon.
BBL
Curly gives you eyeball lovin'.
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You guys going to that Italian place tonight?
Doubt it.
Have they done an RF factor test (for rheumatoid arthritis/related), or C reactive protein?
Um, maybe? I've got the list somewhere of what they tested for.
I just don't like feeling like I've been kicked in the gut for hours on end.
Yup, I must be off as well. This is my night cooking.
30 hours til my honey gets home!
30 hours til my honey gets home!
Now the waiting gets fun.
Gromit
You have handled that very well. At least you have made it sound like you have. Isn't she calling tonight?
I have to go out to exchange presents. I don't look divine in celery green. Then I can get some books...
And dinner.
I'm baaaaack!
I think HIPPA compliance issues would prevent the practice manager from contacting his wife.
Mebbe. But what the hell's the point of having a legal partner if s/he can't take over when the other guy's non compos?
You have handled that very well. At least you have made it sound like you have. Isn't she calling tonight?
Thanks, my dear. She called this morning while I was out getting my ears lowered. They should be back in Managua by now, at their comfy hotel with hot showers, restaurant pool and bar, so I should hear from her one way or another.
Already sent her an email with the news and conveying the not so good news about my mom.
i'm just saying you can't un-ring the bell. but i do take solace in the karma thing.
And well you should. By the simple practice of the correct Dharma, you can enlighten your own past as well as your future. We create our own futures, whether we're aware of it or not.
I don't like the helmets of either of these teams.
Has anyone spotted Southern Beale in the stands?
hahahahahahahahaha
When there are problems finding or fixing medical issues, there really isn't much left except finding second (or third) opinions and other practitioners. I have seen it make a difference often enough.
Sometimes, of course, they just don't know what causes things. At that point, all we can do is what we feel is best for ourselves. Even if you are feeling ill, you have to make the best of your waking moments even if that means embracing your illness. Therapies often need to be emotional and spiritual more as much as anything else, perhaps starting with just knowing someone else cares.
This kind of stuff can be hard for the ailing to talk about. Heck, I find it hard to talk about.
I'm thinking of catalexis right now.
We create our own futures, whether we're aware of it or not.
So, when those Gaza residents get bombs dropped on them, killing their family members, they created that, eh? All those people who just got their retirement funds wiped out-- it's their own damn fault. Slaves made stupid decisions...
gromit
you are a good man.
We create our own futures, whether we're aware of it or not.
wiley
sadly, i'm to well aware.
i don't care, dr., laywer, beggar, king, it all ends the same way.
Granted, yet it applies to every single one of us. Everything you think, say and do is a cause, and you circumstances right now are the cumulative effect. Cause and effect is the cornerstone of Buddhist thought, the nature of our collective reality.
It's an introspective practice.
wiley | 01.10.09 - 5:44 pm | #
as if our own actions were the cause of our circumstances.
Just doin' what I can. But thanks.
*curtsies*
Vikings have cool helmets, as do the Philly Eagles.
The Titans' helmets look like shit.
Marcellina, beautiful place and fun shots!
I don't like the helmets of either of these teams.
MP
i don't like the ravens, which like the colts, do not exist.
They are both alarming, but the second rather less so. As someone who's lost 130lbs. But I know why my weight's dropped and he doesn't know why his has.
didn't he say sometime last week that he's still 20-30 lbs overweight?
Anyone here like The Redwalls?
I know a lot of Buddhists who are good people, doing good work. But frankly, their religion is full of shit.
Vikings have cool helmets, as do the Philly Eagles.
Their uniforms, OTOH....
i don't care, dr., laywer, beggar, king, it all ends the same way.
In that case, I'll take "king."
Just doin' what I can. But thanks.
I will soon stop worrying, mothering, and questioning you. I will also stop doting on you and go back to being my usual spoiled brat, smart-mouthed self.
Do the Steelers still have the label on only one side? WTF is up with that shit?
Marcellina, beautiful place and fun shots!
atablarasa, deeply unserious
added my homepage in case your were interested.
scroll back thru the older pages. like most of my life, my best years have obviously passed.
well, there is that lotto ticket.
In that case, I'll take "king."
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:06 pm | #
Good doggie
/Henny Youngman's Ghost
I don't like the helmets of either of these teams.
I was born with a built in helmet.
Curly gives you eyeball lovin'.
JP, I got a neighbor white cat named Riley, who has one green eye and one blue eye. I think she's the feisty reincarnation of Shiro, my white cat I had to put down because she had cancer on her nose eating her face. She's STILL pissed at me...
Russia and European Union officials have signed a deal, which could pave the way for the re-opening of gas supplies to Europe.
The deal, signed by Russian PM Vladimir Putin and Czech PM Mirek Topolanek, sets out how gas flowing to Europe through Ukraine will be monitored.
Hundreds of thousands of European homes have no heating after gas shipments via Ukraine were halted on Wednesday.
Mr Topolanek is now in Ukraine for talks with PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
The deal cannot work without Ukrainian agreement.
Ahead of the meeting with Mr Topolanek, Ms Tymosheno:"We are ready, as we go into this meeting, to take all political and technical steps so that Europe receives gas."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ope/
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Do not fuck with my Steelers please, and thank you.
The Titans' helmets look like shit.
Rumor is, blame owner Bud Adams. He vetoed the navy blue version.
Well, if I don't get some music, should I download Windows 7? Can't be worse than running Vista, can it?
Do not fuck with my Steelers please, and thank you.
ms fahrenheit/stop war
My hair is stronger than steel.
LONDON - More than two-dozen British schoolgirls have been suspended for using the Facebook website to engage in a hate campaign against their teacher, a school principal said.
The 29 girls were suspended from the venerable Grey Coat Hospital School in London for persecuting a member of staff, Principal Rachel Allard said Friday.
It was not clear what the girls wrote on the website but the Telegraph newspaper says the targeted teacher was forced to seek counselling.
LOL.
annie, how's the hangover today?
FLAMING THUMBTACKS!
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"Do not fuck with my Steelers please, and thank you."
hey I hereby name them my second favorite team!!
guvblago
You, my dear, are a freak of massive proportions.
I like how MLB and (kinda) the NBA mix up their uniforms every so often.
The Twins are gonna wear their 1982 home unis this year as a "tribute" to their first year in the Metrodome (this is the last year they're playing there).
hey I hereby name them my second favorite team!!
Uncle Blodge, MTC | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:10 pm | #
Uh, okay....thank you.
No hangover, I got lucky. I also slept all day though.
Well, if I don't get some music, should I download Windows 7? Can't be worse than running Vista, can it?
NOES!!! IZ A MICRO$OFT BETA for the love of Mike! Doan touch!
And why does my haloscan suddenly lack italics and the ability to kill Elias & 'annie'?
Well, if I don't get some music, should I download Windows 7? Can't be worse than running Vista, can it?
AndyMN
It seems you have been thinking about this a lot today. Do it in a separate partition, what's the harm?
I don't really like Vista, but most of the time I dont notice the suckitude.
I know a lot of Buddhists who are good people, doing good work. But frankly, their religion is full of shit.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
In what way full of shit?
And which Buddhists.
Do the Steelers still have the label on only one side? WTF is up with that shit?
More rumor: when Pitt first got logos (1963, IIRC), they wore gold helmets. So they tested the logos by putting them on one side. They didn't like it, so they changed to black helmets for their "playoff" game. But for some reason, the "logo on one side" thing became a "tradition."
Could be bullshit, but I've never heard a better explanation.
Try ignoring me, works just as good as killfile I'd assume.
Well, if I don't get some music, should I download Windows 7? Can't be worse than running Vista, can it?
AndyMN
You'll get into that whirlpool of downloading a fix that Microsoft insists you must have, and the installation fails.
all religion is full of shit.
but that karma thing,
that's for real.
It seems you have been thinking about this a lot today. Do it in a separate partition, what's the harm?
1) I'm bored
2) I don't have a life
3) I'm bored
I think I'll leave it alone. I'm fine w/ Vista.
my sister is drawn to Buddhism, or at least if she had to pick a religion, that would be her choice
How many people in here send their children to exclusive private primary and secondary schools?
ok. i'm 15 minutes into "Sicko" and i don't know if i'm going to be able to finish it. i don't want to have to kill someone tonight; i'm in a good mood and i'd like to stay that way.
12" of snow on the ground here.
And I could have been house-sitting my brothers home in LA this week.
Ew boy...
wiley: JP, I got a neighbor white cat named Riley, who has one green eye and one blue eye. I think she's the feisty reincarnation of Shiro, my white cat I had to put down because she had cancer on her nose eating her face. She's STILL pissed at me...
That sounds awful!
Anyway, Curly's eyes are both vivid green. Usually, his tapetum lucidum reflect back green, (L.E.'s -- red) but I guess it's all in the angle of the reflected light.
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all religion is full of shit.
There is no field of human activity that isn't full of shit.
The Titans' helmets look like shit.
Rumor is, blame owner Bud Adams. He vetoed the navy blue version
Neponset's rule of football viewing says, and this is based on years of observation, always root against the team wearing powder blue. They're not gonna win. The Titans have been breaking my rule this year but they need to get their acts together soon.
In what way full of shit?
One platitude after another. Sort of like above-- we create our own future, blah, blah, blah. It's sorta like a groovy Calvinism.
And this town is overrun with them. Some prince or demigod or some such moved here back in the 70s or 80s, and a bunch of American Buddhists came after him.
Like I said, they do good work. I just don't want to listen to them blathering their bullshit.
Taoism
How many people in here could afford to send their kids to exclusive private schools but chose not to because of democratic and egalitarian beliefs.
"i'm in a good mood and i'd like to stay that way."
then I'd turn it off
Well, if I don't get some music, should I download Windows 7? Can't be worse than running Vista, can it?
Personally, I'm not big on "beta" releases... but I'm not much of an early adopter anymore...
It's been getting good rreviews... but if you insist, I'd definitely partition it off...
Microsoft releases the most beta shit you can imagine. After ballyhooing it to be fucking magic.
Chicago dyke
Watch it. I saw it in a theater and people laughed out loud, cried out loud, stood and clapped in the middle of the movie.......watch.
Like I said, they do good work. I just don't want to listen to them blathering their bullshit.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:15 pm | #
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it's your karma to have to listen to their dogma
No hangover, I got lucky...
annie
You mean, you got lucky with no hangover, or you got lucky some other way?
*wink wink*
WHAT A FUCKING GAME.
"partition"?
but that karma thing,
that's for real.
charley
Idi fucking Amin died in a palace, there's your god damned karma.
ChiDy, you're going to get a whole lot angrier before the end. Keep in mind, people left the theater pumped up and determined to do something about the state of health care in the US. It's worth watching, just brace yourself.
It takes at least 3 service packs to get a Microsoft OS anywhere near stable.
"I saw it in a theater and people laughed out loud, cried out loud, stood and clapped in the middle of the movie......."
I saw it by myself
and before the end I wanted to go beat the shit out of a republican
my sister is drawn to Buddhism, or at least if she had to pick a religion, that would be her choice
Moonbootica
tell her to move on. there's as much superstitious mythology and sexism in buddhism as any of the monotheistic faiths. only people in the west think otherwise.
There's a game?
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ok. i'm 15 minutes into "Sicko" and i don't know if i'm going to be able to finish it. i don't want to have to kill someone tonight; i'm in a good mood and i'd like to stay that way.
chicago dyke, snowed in
Wait til you get to the part where they take the boat to Gitmo.
And the part where he shows how affluent the drs are in the UK.
And the part...
i watched Sicko, he certainly painte a rosy picture of the NHS here
not that its all roses
or you got lucky some other way?
Not since well before Christmas, sigh. I'm just not slutty enough. I need to work on that.
Idi fucking Amin died in a palace, there's your god damned karma.
And I'm pretty much a "karma" guy...
we create our own future
Sounds like the Hollywood school of Buddhism to me. I don't find that kind of Buddhism particularly convincing either and annoying. If you've read any of the Theravada scriptures, listening to it can be pretty aggravating, especially since you know that a lot of people figure their blather is authentic or all there is to it.
If they're doing good work, well, that's something a lot of people aren't involved in.
my sister is drawn to Buddhism, or at least if she had to pick a religion, that would be her choice
Moonbootica
tell her to move on. there's as much superstitious mythology and sexism in buddhism as any of the monotheistic faiths. only people in the west think otherwise.
chicago dyke, snowed in
I think y'all are trying to say that Buddhists have done to Buddhism what Christians did to Christianity.
Bill Gates drank PT Barnum's milkshake.
Idi fucking Amin died in a palace, there's your god damned karma.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:17 pm | #
The book of Job.
I must be the odd DFH who cannot stand Michael Moore.
Perhaps, Blodge, you should be more social.
as if our own actions were the cause of our circumstances.
rootless-e, bourbonista
Duh. Forgive me if that appears to be taking too high a level of responsibility for our own lives. Scary and starkly intimidating sometimes, but that's the nature of honest self-reflection. Having a heart takes balls, on occasion.
There's a game?
Yeah, at eight o'clock. The Panthers are scrimmaging some bunch of guys.
There's a game?
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
The Titan's should just punt on 1st downs, same results.
Not since well before Christmas, sigh. I'm just not slutty enough. I need to work on that.
annie
Same here.
Blodge, that's exactly what's happening to me. i think i should go back to "angel" or perhaps even football with dad (snore). i really am getting the need to put the beat down on some insurance execs. hard.
1Watt: The Titan's should just punt on 1st downs, same results.
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I must be the odd DFH who cannot stand Michael Moore.
I don't worship at the altar of his wholly fatness, but he's good at what he does.
I also got in an argument with him once...still smarted by that.
I'm going back to 505 if it's a 7 hour flight or a 45 minute drive....
"i really am getting the need to put the beat down on some insurance execs. hard."
I showed it to my seniors last year
funnily enough i've moved on from Michael Moore
i mean i still enjoy his documentaries but i don't find him as well sophisticated if thats the right word, maybe it isn't, but i find him too simplistic at time and perhaps thats what needed but there you go
he's a good introduction and certainly got me interested in politics (Ken MacLeod too)
Stage a computer with XP.
Then go on Windows Update.
You'll get at least 140 hotfixes addressing where "somebody could take control of your computer".
Duh. Forgive me if that appears to be taking too high a level of responsibility for our own lives. Scary and starkly intimidating sometimes, but that's the nature of honest self-reflection. Having a heart takes balls, on occasion.
wiley
Look, buddy, we all do what we can do. But shit happens to people, and it has nothing to do with taking responsibility or having the right tantric penis alignment or whatever fuck you're on about. Why, just recently a bunch of nice folk in Gaza City had the Israeli Air Force drop a bunch of bombs on them. It was on the news, you might have noticed. Tell me how they're "responsible" for that turn of events.
Duh. Forgive me if that appears to be taking too high a level of responsibility for our own lives. Scary and starkly intimidating sometimes, but that's the nature of honest self-reflection. Having a heart takes balls, on occasion.
wiley | 01.10.09 - 6:20 pm | #
Honesty requires people who are not enslaved, not starving, not currently dying in pain, who are in fact, relatively prosperous and safe to be very clear about their undeserved and unexplicable luck. Babies with WP burning on them or little children sold into brothels did not create their own worlds and it is exceptionally annoying to have smug rich people explain otherwise.
Idi fucking Amin died in a palace, there's your god damned karma.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
dr., lawyer, beggar, king...
jest say'n.
Heap is in a heap.
.
Idi fucking Amin died in a palace, there's your god damned karma.
Moe Szyslak,
But life ain't a spectator-sport, Moe. Self-reflection is a much more courageous, compassionate lifestyle.
Same here.
Elias
We should form a support group.
...shit happens to people, and it has nothing to do with taking responsibility or having the right tantric penis alignment
Well, hell...
i really am getting the need to put the beat down on some insurance execs. hard.
chicago dyke, snowed in | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:21 pm | #
Uhm, that would be the desired effect.
I must be the odd DFH who cannot stand Michael Moore.
Cookie F
actually, Cookie, he annoys me a lot. but that's not what's pissing me off right now. one ear, but not the other? a yeast infection "disqualifies" one?
blah, blah, i know all this, but still...seeing it in these polemical movie terms is doing exactly what it was meant to: make me sharpen my pitchfork and light my torch. and fuck it, i'll just say it: fuck obama for appointing Gupta to SG. blah blah, he doesn't set policy blah, but he sure as fuck sends a message to people like me.
he's a good introduction and certainly got me interested in politics...
Well, then, he did his job.
Is this gonna be one of those "boy, last night at Eschaton was horrible" kinda nights?
I am social!
Ok - anti social
These teams are beating the shit out of each other.
rootless-e, bourbonista
hey, don't be goin all Maslows' hierarchy on us.
Idi fucking Amin died in a palace, there's your god damned karma.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
dr., lawyer, beggar, king...
jest say'n.
charley
Well, fuck, aren't you profound? I'll still take "king" OK.
See, this is what I mean, just a bunch of bullshit platitudes-- we all die! Therefore, it doesn't matter how our lives proceeds!
fuck obama for appointing Gupta to SG. blah blah, he doesn't set policy blah, but he sure as fuck sends a message to people like me.
chicago dyke, snowed in
I guess it's fortunate that I was pre-disappointed in Obama so nothing he's dong is really surprising me.
oh noez one of my dad's front tooth has fallen out
no idea how, it wasn't rotten
chicago dyke, I rented it from the library and couldn't watch it for the same reason. The republicans have made this a third world country and don't even know it.
And the was before I experienced HMO HELL myself.
Collins has a nice touch for close passes.
You can't gun the ball at a receiver 8 yards away from you and expect him to catch it.
no blood, no pain and the roots are still there
he felt he had something stuck in his teeth
and the tooth is question wasn't loose or anything
looks like he'll need to see the dentist on Monday, maybe get an implant
ah, yes. investigating peoples' medical history to disqualify them from insurance.
thanks, obama! we really, really need computerized medical records, so insurance companies can make this process easier. /lights fire/
Oh...full moon. Never mind.
looks like he'll need to see the dentist on Monday, maybe get an implant
So does National Health cover that?
I am loving that Chi Dy and Moe are on my side right now.
Remember guys, I am a DFH and love you.
Please don't ever be against me, okay?
dodgeball anyone?
"oh noez one of my dad's front tooth has fallen out"
One the students (male 6'1" or so) got into it thursday with one of "my kids" (female about 5'6" at best)
She knocked his front teeth out
you people need some 50th anniversary miles.
So does National Health cover that?
dave™© | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:29 pm | #
well his dentist is private
in fact is very hard to find a National Health Service dentist, most have gone private, so you have to pay
Good challenge. He didn't have possession before he went out.
"dodgeball anyone?"
hey some of my best friends are dodgeball players
Collins has a nice touch for close passes.
I've always loved the way he throws the ball. I think he's incredibly underrated.
She knocked his front teeth out
Hits like a girl, love it!
Good challenge. He didn't have possession before he went out.
Tralfaz
He was out of bounds.
so its a mystery
i am a little worried, but he isn't in pain so thats a plus
but still not nice
fuck obama for appointing Gupta to SG. blah blah, he doesn't set policy blah, but he sure as fuck sends a message to people like me.
chicago dyke, snowed in
And if you were in his position, would you think that sending the right messages to lefties was the priority?
Let's see what Daschle actually does.
My province's health insurance covers dental for kids but not for adults. It doesn't cost that much extra-- $40 a month through Mrs. Moe's work (my work has a similar plan) gives us both dental, eyes, drug coverage and travel insurance.
I've always loved the way he throws the ball. I think he's incredibly underrated.
You like his balls.
You should see mine!
Well, fuck, aren't you profound? I'll still take "king" OK.
See, this is what I mean, just a bunch of bullshit platitudes-- we all die! Therefore, it doesn't matter how our lives proceeds!
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
well beat the shit out of me for just trying to have fun with people i thought i liked.
but no worries, that happens a lot to me.
karma.
we can't all be king.
in fact is very hard to find a National Health Service dentist, most have gone private, so you have to pay
Oooooh... bummer!
So since he's not in pain or anything, is everyone making fun of him now?
Help!!! Alert!!!
14YO just sprayed some nasty smelling shit.(perfume, hair product) Why did she bother showering, for god's sake? Asthma attack just waiting to happen. Good god!
I am downstairs from her. Aaaagh.
Moon: Scurvy?
Sheeeeit.
.
Oooooh... bummer!
So since he's not in pain or anything, is everyone making fun of him now?
dave™© | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:32 pm | #
not really, he's a little gloomy
Afternoon, friends! Just back in from a cruise on the bike around the neighborhood. Cooling off with a barley pop.
Ravens desperately need some offense now.
I don't think Gupta has been announced yet officially.
But he did say he'll take the job so somebody must have made an offer.
thanks, obama! we really, really need computerized medical records, so insurance companies can make this process easier.
I certainly appreciate your anger, but I should point out "Sicko" was made before Obama was even being mentioned as a "serious" candidate for President.
The shit that Moore talks about in that movie has been going on for YEARS.
See, this is what I mean, just a bunch of bullshit platitudes-- we all die! Therefore, it doesn't matter how our lives proceeds!
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
I'm on Moe's side in this discussion.
Unleash Flacco.
How many people in here could afford to send their kids to exclusive private schools but chose not to because of democratic and egalitarian beliefs.
me
and the kids did great
The Surgeon General should be a highly distinguished elder not some fake, clowning shithead.
not really, he's a little gloomy
Your a good daughter!
But he did say he'll take the job so somebody must have made an offer.
That's only because Prof. Wombat hasn't accepted yet.
Moon: Scurvy?
Gromit | Homepage | 01.10.09 - 6:33 pm | #
i hope not, thing is his teeth are generally ok, and like i said he has no pain
it just popped out
he felt something stuck in his teeth, moved his tongue about and thats when it happened
actually the roots are still there and some of the tooth is still about, its like its snapped off
My barber covers me in sheets then uses a jackhammer to give me a trim.
ANGRY WHOPPER!
.
"Hits like a girl, love it!"
earlier in the year he got decked by a girl - as the school cop said
"Mista L she two pieced his fucking ass!"
both are "my kids" so I'm as close as i get to not liking this kid.
the drama ain't over - word is the families are involved
How many people in here could afford to send their kids to exclusive private schools but chose not to because of democratic and egalitarian beliefs.
Oy, just off the phone with my mom, who's still having modem issues.
At least we think it's the modem. Hard to tell from here. Like diagnosing an illness over the phone.
so the dentist should be able to crown it or do whatever dentists do
ANGRY WHOPPER!
I saw a poster for that when I drove by a Burger King. What the hell are they talking about?
My wife misses that "Big Chicken" ad they used to have...
draco
Now *that's* unexpected!
I thought you had one of those, er, death issues?
Flacco, technically that's not a T for time out. It's more like a backwards L.
so the dentist should be able to crown it or do whatever dentists do
Bill you.
Dentists "bill" you.
"Idi fucking Amin"
There is also the karma that says, palace or no palace, Amin went through life with the equivalent of blown tweeters."
A hired killer (take George Bush...please) is not a fully formed human being.
Love and hate can not exist in the same space.
There's some justice in that, it seems to me.
Like diagnosing an illness over the phone.
Are her eyes following the balloon?
The squash dish came out really well, even without the curry leaves (which I will try next time). This is Amanda Hesser's recipe:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
3/4 teaspoon lightly crushed cumin (I used 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin)
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
3 cups baked, braised or mashed butternut squash
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
1 red chili
10 curry leaves
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
Salt
1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium saucepan. Add the onion and cook over medium-low heat until softened. Stir in the turmeric, cumin and cayenne and cook for 1 minute. Fold in the squash and warm gently.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a small saute pan. Add the mustard seeds, chili and curry leaves. When the seeds begin to pop, stir in the coconut off the heat. Fold into the squash, and season with salt.
fuck obama for appointing Gupta to SG. blah blah, he doesn't set policy blah, but he sure as fuck sends a message to people like me.
chicago dyke, snowed in
It's who _could have been_ appointed -but wasn't - that frustrates me.
Someone like a dr Stephie Woolhandler who's fought for Single Payer for years. There seem to be no advocates that I can see on BO's team...
Hard to tell from here. Like diagnosing an illness over the phone.
Marcellina
Cue filkertom: "Tech Support for Dad'
i know i went last year for my annual check up at the dentist and it cost me £36 and the check up only took half and hour!
actually the roots are still there and some of the tooth is still about, its like its snapped off
Does he grind his teeth? That causes little cracks you can't even see until you bite on something and then you're spitting it out into your hand. I've done that. Sucks.
"Mista L she two pieced his fucking ass!"
I guess if he didn't learn after that, he did now. LOL.
actually the roots are still there and some of the tooth is still about, its like its snapped off
Moonbootica,
did he & mom get a little kinky last night?
Collins does have a gun for an arm...
Cue filkertom: "Tech Support for Dad'
Gromit
Good stuff....
I mean i'm lucky in the fact i have v little trouble with my teeth
but my sister has had problems like uneven enable and my mum, well she is having a root canal operation this week
me and my brother have escaped the curse of bad teeth
ANGRY WHOPPER!
Hedwig II
now is prolly a bad time for me to comment/blog.
And if you were in his position, would you think that sending the right messages to lefties was the priority?
people, children, who die needlessly simply due to insurance company greed? *not* a "leftist" issue.
or do you think rethugs who are poor don't suffer these same kinds of crap? c'mon, rootless. you're smart. universal single payer= a winner for any candidate, any pol, and gets the attention of 99% of the fucking population. if only some dem were savvy enough to understand how to beat the rethugs and media about the head and shoulders like Moore. but that's not your boy. no sir.
"I guess if he didn't learn after that, he did now. LOL."
I know this kid - I bet not
I'm on Moe's side in this discussion.
Toonscribe
surprised, i am.
i wasn't really taking or making sides, basically i agree with Moe also.
but i don't disagree with the notion that what you do in life, effects what happens to you in life.
actually the roots are still there and some of the tooth is still about, its like its snapped off
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
Just eewwwww. John Dufresne described a dream of teeth breaking apart and falling out. About the creepiest thing I have ever read.
Cue filkertom: "Tech Support for Dad'
I was laughing so hard that whole night at EschaCon. Him, the Rude One, Hamil, Ina, Sinf...
Does he grind his teeth? That causes little cracks you can't even see until you bite on something and then you're spitting it out into your hand. I've done that. Sucks.
Neponset | 01.10.09 - 6:40 pm | #
perhaps, my dad is the type to contain his emotions or at least he is not v expressive
I mean i'm lucky in the fact i have v little trouble with my teeth
You're a brit.
You're supposed to have bad teeth.
I saw a poster for that when I drove by a Burger King. What the hell are they talking about?
From the commercials I've seen, an Angry Whopper is basically a whopper with jalapenos and some kind of spicy, hot onions on it.
Both of these teams are having trouble moving the ball.
"Idi fucking Amin"
There is also the karma that says, palace or no palace, Amin went through life with the equivalent of blown tweeters."
A hired killer (take George Bush...please) is not a fully formed human being.
Love and hate can not exist in the same space.
There's some justice in that, it seems to me.
aeogia
I'm sure George Bush is very upset about it.
Oh, wait. No he's not.
But even if he was, let's tally up, shall we? One side, a million dead Iraqis, a sunken American city, a world economy in freefall, a nation that has embraced torture, etc. On the other side, George Bush feeling a little uneasy in the evening.
That's some bullshit justice, let me tell ya.
Afternoon, good people.
upstairs people.
She'd already been on the phone for hours with Apple support and Earthlink support, who told her the porblem soounds like it's the modem. And, true, the modem's lights aren't on or blinking anymore.
Ordered from Wal-Mart.com, but we used the store's computer. For some reason she seems paralyzed about just shipping the damn thing back, it's still under warranty. Asks, what do I think? And why would a 5 month old modem not work? I say, things are sometimes defective, send it back!
That's some bullshit justice, let me tell ya.
Yeah, but another turn of the wheel and he comes back as a downer cow.
Karma, baby!
I know this kid - I bet not
Is it that he likes girls and they don't like him, or that he doesn't like girls and they don't like him?
I'll probably try the Angry Whopper just to see how hot it is. Mrs. T's father's side is from Hunan, so we know from hot.
There ya go Ravens, nice screen.
Both of these teams are having trouble moving the ball.
Gromit
Awesome defensive game.
Except every time I see the Ravens, I see what the Browns _could_ have been if Modell hadn't screwed Cleveland.
Modell, stoonad!
"But even if he was, let's tally up, shall we? One side, a million dead Iraqis, a sunken American city, a world economy in freefall, a nation that has embraced torture, etc. On the other side, George Bush feeling a little uneasy in the evening.
That's some bullshit justice, let me tell ya."
I seriously doubt George W. has a moment's remorse about anything. But that only proves what a half-formed human being he is--and he pays a heavy price for that, whether he's aware of it or not.
"Is it that he likes girls and they don't like him, or that he doesn't like girls and they don't like him?"
mostly I think he's a fucking idiot.
he tried to intimidate me once. no sense, that one
you know for years i did not know my Nan and Grandad had dentures
never questioned that their teeth were in better shape than my maternal grandparents
i believe once their teeth started to go, they opted for dentures
Love and hate can not exist in the same space.
But they co-exist in all of us. Like a good dog and a bad dog inside us, always fighting. Which one wins?
The one we feed the most...
wiley out...
nobody called sheets up there, so I'll do it
Reintarnation: Being reborn a hillbilly in your next life...
May you all become happy
Meanwhile that other other war....Israel's war on Gaza:
http://english.aljazeera.net/
No one could have predicted that Afghans would have access to Aljazeera beamed into their homes by satellite in Kabul and Kandahar, and that they might take issue with the humanitarian catastrophe that the Great Satan and Baby Satan (from the Islamist perspective) have inflicted on the people of Gaza for the past two weeks with no end in sight...and that they might target US and NATO troops in retaliation. Could blowback against US troops happen in Iraq, too?
The BBC World Service runs a Pashto/Dari broadcast reporting news of Israel's war on Gaza on every laptop and radio 24/7, and Afghans are inclined to view this conflict as an Israeli-Zionist/US offensive against Muslims. Also, Pakistanis are watching the atrocities on Aljazeera and the BBC broadcasts an Urdu service into Pakistan, and the leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn has used the word "savagery" in its ledes on Gaza.
Certainly, first-hand reports from desperate and dying Palestinians and parents carrying dead infants and toddlers and endless scenes of brutality and carnage inflicted on the elderly and women and children of Gaza have a tendency to radicalize those who are already considered to be radical -- like the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and the Afghan war lords who are, after all, Muslims.
Documenting the atrocities:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/
...thepalestinians
800 Palestinians dead -- 3,100 wounded
13 Israelis dead (8 IDF soldiers, 4 by friendly fire) -- 62 wounded
And the war crimes:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/...ts-gaza-
zeitoun
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Maybe Hamas oughter stop it---fast!
http://www.theaustralian.news.co...0-
15084,00.html
are you a child murderer?
http://stopthatkilling.wordpress.com
neardeath | 01.10.09 - 8:19 pm | #
Thanks so much for that excellent link -- I've bookmarked it for future reference and political activism.
What a great list of Israel's sponsors and supporters to boycott starting right now and then letting them know the reason why you won't be buying their products!
It ties right in with Naomi Klein's latest piece for The Nation:
Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction
http://www.thenation.com/doc/
200...el=hp_currently
It's time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa.
Exactly!
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