HULK SMASH
First?
Hello.
Woo hoo!
For once the dreaded HaloScan has not lied to me.
The Happiest War on Earth
I just need to know how many tickets you want, Duncan.
Over that same period of time I have effectively ignored Nightline as a teevee news program.
Hell, I didn't even know they still broadcast it.
Nightline is still covering the hostage crisis in Iran.
what war?
very cool pics of the Space Shuttle Endevour
totally awesome!!!
Of course, Disney doesn't want to dirty our fucking minds.
not greedy. 2 tix.
Sad state.
Hi Oyster!
Well, Nightline got in trouble for giving the dead soldiers names and faces. They learned their lesson from their Republican opressors.
ery cool photos of the space shuttle Endeavor
Can anyone identify the coastline in the second photo?
I got $105 million, you assholes. Elect me because I've got th heart of the common man...(not light that half-breed nigger)
Gorgeous Friday Cat Blogging 
very cool pics of the Space Shuttle Endevour
totally awesome!!!
Moonbootica
The hurricane photo freaked my shit.
Monica A. has been heeding Pat Buchanan's advice and is now paying her reparations to Whitey.
not greedy. 2 tix.
No problem. They'll be waiting for you at the box office. Membership does have its privilege.
Creating their own reality, one "news report" at a time.
Hey Scout and Oyster!
NOLA in da house!
(And will be on the radio - with Dr. Ike of Ponderosa Stomp on the 19th!)
Over that same period of time I have effectively ignored Nightline as a teevee news program.
Hell, I didn't even know they still broadcast it.
Holden Caulfield
Yeah, that Ted Koppel has got to be a fossil by now...
FIRS.....oh never mind.
It isn't just Nightline. All MSN ignores the war. It doesn't appear to sell anything for them.
Since I don't watch "Nightline," I hadn't noticed.
Teh awesome surge is working.
What else you need to know?
Besides the Iraq story doesn't have any compelling visuals, y'know? It's TeeBee, baybee!
...is HaloScan especially constipated this afternoon, or what?
Can anyone identify the coastline in the second photo?
I actually thought it was your neck of the woods when I looked at it.
Damn sheets!
Wombat from below: It should occasion moral outrage and an urgent effort to correct the injustice and prove responsibility.
Not to mention pitchfork-and-torch wielding mobs.
It's very third-world. I feel like we're in the Soviet freaking Union.
I see I owe Holden a refreshing beverage.
Damned waves of coincidence!
Chimpy
Americans of Scottish descent have made enduring contributions to our Nation with their hard work, faith, and values. On National Tartan Day, we celebrate the spirit and character of Scottish Americans and recognize their many contributions to our culture and our way of life.
...
National Tartan Day is an opportunity to celebrate all Americans who claim Scottish ancestry, and we are especially grateful for the service in our Armed Forces of Scottish Americans who have answered the call to protect our Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 6, 2008, as National Tartan Day. I call upon all Americans to observe this day by celebrating the continued friendship between the people of Scotland and the United States and by recognizing the contributions of Scottish Americans to our Nation.
hey oyster! 
Monica A. has been heeding Pat Buchanan's advice and is now paying her reparations to Whitey.
HA!
Ouzo and I signed up for the classical music concerts. I get all these great deals on shows we're never going to go to.
Ani DiFranco: not going
Duran Duran: out of the question
Gipsy Kings: Got our tickets
what war?
Well, not to begin the picking of the nits, but there is no "war." There is an occupation, however, and it's not going too well.
Koppel was fired for mentioning dead soldiers.
Echidne,
I have sent you pics of two of my parrots for Friday critter blogging. Hope you can use one!
I found the link at Ski and Snowboard forum Snowheads, really interesting stuff gets posted there, its the same place I found the Nekkied Austria Ski Instructor Calendar
It's very third-world. I feel like we're in the Soviet freaking Union.
res ipsa loquitur
When you've got to read between the lines of every newspaper and read the body language of every news pundit on TV just to figure out what's really going on ....
it is the Soviet Union.
Well, if res ipsa can do it:
Left Blogistan and 60 Minutes have laid out an appalling misuse of prosecutorial power. It should occasion moral outrage and an urgent effort to correct the injustice and prove responsibility.
ProfWombat
It should. But if recent history has taught us anything, it's that such things only happen in fiction. Thomas More's speech about the devil and the forest of the laws is a fine speech; in a play by Robert Bolt.
In reality, nobody talks that way.
The only time such justice is done in reality is when the powerful can blame those with less power, and thus be seen as "moral" themselves.
If you talk about the war, the masses might start questioning it, and that's a bad thing for Bush Crime Families and other bloodsucking, parasitical things.
Once more, with feeling:
Georgie wishes he had friends.
http://swimmingfreestyle.typepad...ture-for-
2.html
Dowhat war now?
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Monica_A,
You serious?
What's the coastline in that second photo?
Moe Hussein Szyslak
Left Blogistan, of course.
Can anyone identify the coastline in the second photo?
Moe Hussein Szyslak
Northern tip of Scotland, I think - around Thurso and Wick.
Think about the political ramifications were every last 18 year old subject to a draft. No loopholes, no lottery. They pull you out of the drum, son, pick up your khakis and let the man buzzcut you.
I don't like the idea for other reasons. But there's no way we'd still be there if there was a draft, and the same number of seniors from, say, Greenwich (CT) High School were called to serve their country as from Boys and Girls HS in Bed-Stuy.
On National Tartan Day, we celebrate the spirit and character of Scottish Americans and recognize their many contributions to our culture and our way of life.
Like the bloody kilt? See a lot of those on Americans, do you?
Hillary's appearance on Leno was terrible. She looked bad she sounded bad and even irrational. Leno set her up by explaining carefully that all Dems had agreed Florida and Michigan wouldn't count and she went forward with her stupid answer that these people would be disenfranchised. She certainly didn't help herself.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, ... do hereby proclaim April 6, 2008, as National Tartan Day.
Geez, he actually avoided by two days declaring the 40th anniversary of MLK's assassination "National Tartan Day." After seven years, our presnit are learning.
what war?
Well, not to begin the picking of the nits, but there is no "war." There is an occupation, however, and it's not going too well.
ThinlyVeiled
Its not a war, its an authorized use of military force.
Damned waves of coincidence!
Rmj, Unfashionable Theologist
I think we're both watching The Daily Show and Colbert instead.
What's the coastline in that second photo?
Moe Hussein Szyslak
If the sun is setting behind it: Vietnam.
Nightline began airing during the Iran Hostage "crisis". Seems I remember that's all Koppel talked about every night for more than a year.
Glenn Beck, "I have yet to see
what the government does with gasoline tax." Apparently the Interstate
Highway System is hiding from Glenn Beck.
"I have yet to see
what the government does with gasoline tax."
He's probally referring to maintenance and such.
billy b
come on over and jam some real blues with me baby
Can anyone identify the coastline in the second photo?
Moe Hussein Szyslak
Coastline?
That's not Denny Hastert?
Mission Accomplished!!!!
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"Nightline" is just getting around to covering John McCain's return from Vietnam.
OT:
From something I posted yesterday about Popline, a federally funded reproductive health search engine run by John Hopkins banning 'abortion' as a search term, even the Dean of the School of Public Health is pissed:
I could not disagree more strongly with this decision, and I have directed that the POPLINE administrators restore "abortion" as a search term immediately. I will also launch an inquiry to determine why this change occurred.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/200...-public-health/
I think we're both watching The Daily Show and Colbert instead.
Holden Caulfield
Until he showed up on NPR spouting Kissingeresque realpolitik pronouncements, I thought Koppel was dead.
Apparently the Interstate
Highway System is hiding from Glenn Beck.
kei & yuri nobunaga
wouldn't you?
Apparently the Interstate
Highway System is hiding from Glenn Beck.
Glenn Beck's best friends have to identify themselves by biting him in the ass. It's the only way he remembers.
Monica_A,
You serious?
YES! The tickets will be waiting for you at the box office at the Mann Center on June 18th. Bring a form of I.D. to pick them up. Someone needs to get use out of the tickets. We've gone to exactly one concert since we've been members. Don't even think about paying me back. Consider it a gift.
Like the bloody kilt? See a lot of those on Americans, do you?
Actually, around here, we do (home of Utilikilts).
And in addition to that, if you continue to badmouth my heritage like that, I will be forced to rent some bagpipes and torture you with my attempts at playing them!
I actually thought it was your neck of the woods when I looked at it.
Nope. Interesting river, eh?
i'm watching a show about Sacred Music, last week they covered Palestria and this week its Tallis and Byrd
Glenn Beck, "I have yet to see
what the government does with gasoline tax." Apparently the Interstate
Highway System is hiding from Glenn Beck.
kei & yuri nobunaga
He thinks it's a natural formation.
That's not Denny Hastert?
Holden Caulfield
They're using the Canada Arm to remove a pocket of sub-fold lint.
Moon,
Thanks for that link, those pictures are simply amazing.
I forwarded them to some co-workers and I can hear them gasping now!
Monica_A: Rainmaker!
How does one tell cynical sons of Nubia that Bush is using MLK day to honor an ethnic group that just happens to be white and not particularly marginalized or persecuted out of stupidity or innocence and not out of hatred that can afford to be lazy because of the power and treasure it sits on?
The gas tax is easily evaded and basically unenforceable.
The B-52's are doing "Love Shack" on the Ellen Degeneres show. They still sound great.
If there are any other Philadelphia residences who want to go to a concert at the Mann, please let me know.
Glenn Beck's best friends have to identify themselves by biting him in the ass. It's the only way he remembers.
ROFL! I snorted banana bread when I read that.
They're using the Canada Arm to remove a pocket of sub-fold lint.
Jay C.
+ Ew!
Gee, and during that time, there were even Americans "held hostage." Where were the yellow ribbons?
National Tartan Day is an opportunity to celebrate all Americans who claim Scottish ancestry,
Oh boy, that means the hot dreadlock dude in my borg will be in his kilt next week. Sweet!
monica,
wow. thanks very much. much appreciated.
Richard Desmond: the pornographer who funded New Labour
I forwarded them to some co-workers and I can hear them gasping now!
Gummo
or, the guy in the cubicle at the end had bean burritos for lunch...
War? wut war?
Nothing to see here, move along.
They sound great still.
FYT.
ROFL! I snorted banana bread when I read that
I bet that felt... well, unique at least.
Where were the yellow ribbons?
cervantes
Fucking everywhere, sad to say.
And in addition to that, if you continue to badmouth my heritage like that, I will be forced to rent some bagpipes and torture you with my attempts at playing them!
I went to The Citadel. Good luck with that.
Besides which, I said nothing disparaging about my heritage.
Um, MLK day celebrates Dr. King's birth, not his death.
monica,
wow. thanks very much. much appreciated.
Not a problem.
Monica_A, You're a wonderful human bean.
National Tartar Sauce Day?
And in addition to that, if you continue to badmouth my heritage like that, I will be forced to rent some bagpipes and torture you with my attempts at playing them!
If only the Geneva Conventions still applied!
Residents. Dammit!
I forwarded them to some co-workers and I can hear them gasping now!
Gummo
Here's some moar photos to maek U gasp:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...y-
caturday.html
From below, FWIW -
Looks like I stumbled into a music screed on Stones vs. Beatles.
I was thinking that the "undone" Stones record is "Return to 2120."
I'd like to see how the 2008 Stones would channel the 1964 Stones - and the blues artists they revered - in the building where they recorded their first US LP.
(And Billy B - the guitarist thing isn't that material - I don't think Keith would have any difficulty dropping into a JLHooker boogie shuffle.)
Monica_A, You're a wonderful human bean.
I have to do something to make up for my other horrible traits.
during which time more than 300 reports aired, Nightline has effectively ignored the war in Iraq as a news event.
Well, see. There's that damned liberal media for ya!
bloggus : The B-52's are doing "Love Shack" on the Ellen Degeneres show. They still sound great.
How awesome -- hopefully I can get a download of this later!
Monica_A ...you're a peach.
Here's some moar photos to maek U gasp:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...y- caturday.html
fourlegsgood, kittenslave
Sorry, no.
Your pictures don't make me gasp, they make me "EEEEEEPPPPSSS!"
I made Holden say "Ew."
For my next trick, it's outdoing bebe rebozo.
Okay, lunchtime over. BBL.
billy b
come on over and jam some real blues with me baby
I've got the Carvin Strat all set up and tuned in open E. I've got the slide in my pocket and I'm on the way.
billy b
come on over and jam some real blues with me baby
ErinPDX
No flirting!
Erin
Tlazolteotl, thanks. Check my homepage. The first post is parrots, the second is blond animals.
Enough with the complimenting! My head is already swollen.
The excitable Mrs London-Fife /
took after her husband with a knife / the reprehensible lout / had been
caught stepping out / so she cut at the root of their strife
If I had to pick a favorite flavor of yogurt I think it would probably be red rasberry.
The Hatfields and the McCoys were Scots. See the rich cultural heritage the Scots have brought to the US?
Meander,
They did two songs, I'm assuming the first one was a new song because I don't recall hearing it... sounded great.
Um, MLK day celebrates Dr. King's birth, not his death.
I know that. MLK day is in January.
It just so happens that April 4, 2008 is the 40th anniversary of MLK's death, leading to many remembrances. It would have been a bit tone deaf for the administration to toss National Tartan Day in there.
qlª
when are you coming out to see your daughters?
Glenn Beck, "I have yet to see
what the government does with gasoline tax." Apparently the Interstate
Highway System is hiding from Glenn Beck.
kei & yuri nobunaga
He thinks it's a natural formation.
Rmj, Unfashionable Theologist
"And on the 11th Day, God Created I-95. And it had no potholes until Satan began shipping apples in overloaded semis."
I've got the slide in my pocket and I'm on the way.
Yikes!
The Hatfields and the McCoys were Scots. See the rich cultural heritage the Scots have brought to the US?
Don't say that around my Senator!
Enough with the complimenting! My head is already swollen.
Monica_A: Rejuvenated!
You may all complement me instead.
Monica A. is the Godfather!!!!
Monica, you have more than made up for sniffing Atrios.
from below:
Speaking as a guitar player, they didn't get cranked up until Brian left and Mick T. joined the band.
BB, Bleed, Sticky, Exile
The Grand Slam of Rock and Roll.
Billy B |
nit-picking, but Brian was with the band for Beggar's Banquet.
Southern Culture on the SKids?
I want tickets for the Kingston Trio/dead kennedy's whenever they play together. I'll ask Monica for tickets.
Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right.
You may all complement me instead.
res ipsa loquitur
What if I mix in some "ironic quotes" and sarcastic italics when I do so?
On Sunday, Senator Jim Webb will sit down with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" to discuss the current situation in Iraq and upcoming Congressional hearings on Iraq with General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. Senator Webb will be joined by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who will be appearing via satellite from South Carolina.
Senator Webb has called for a broader regional approach that involves aggressive diplomacy when evaluating the progress in Iraq and solutions for reducing U.S. troop presence in Iraq and bringing stability to this volatile region of the world.
Most of the people the British used to abuse and oppress the Irish were Scottish or originally Scottish. A rich heritage that was then exported throughout the world.
All my joy in National Tartan Day is annihliated by its proclimation by a craven deserting shitbag.
yeah, but have they covered child molesters?
What if I mix in some "ironic quotes" and sarcastic italics when I do so?
You may all complement me instead.
res ipsa loquitur
What are you wearing? I will change into complementary colours.
The Hatfields and the McCoys were Scots. See the rich cultural heritage the Scots have brought to the US?
I's related to one of 'em famblies, but ah cain't member which'un.
nit-picking, but Brian was with the band for Beggar's Banquet.
hillbilly ragger
Barely.
Sadly.
This teacher sex story is completely outrageous! What the fuck kind of public school teacher has a silver Lexus SUV?
Day 126 of Iraq Held Hostage....
If any of you young Philadelphians need tickets to the Kimmel Center, I also have those. It's really a shame that I don't get out to more cultural events.
Sorry, no.
Your pictures don't make me gasp, they make me "EEEEEEPPPPSSS!"
My work here is done..
you do understand, Atrios, that you are now beholden to Monica A.
Be prepared to make some sacrifices.
Barely.
Played a fine slide geetar on "No Expectations," though.
If I had to pick a favorite flavor of yogurt I think it would probably be red rasberry.
Columbo used to make peach melba. Yum. Haven't seen it for years, tho.
If any of you young Philadelphians need tickets to the Kimmel Center, I also have those. It's really a shame that I don't get out to more cultural events.
Jimmy Kimmel has a Center?
Most of the people the British used to abuse and oppress the Irish were Scottish or originally Scottish. A rich heritage that was then exported throughout the world.
The Irish are responsible for Pat Buchanan.
The abuse and oppression are more than justified.
I wanna hear another rendition of those great R&B numbers the Stones made beaucoup money on, like Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away", Slim Harpo's "I'm a King Bee", Neil Sedaka's "Oh, Carol".
They were a fucking glorified cover band in their early years. Blues rockers my ass.
I think the term we're looking for here is Republican-Owned Media. It's brief, it's accurate, and it's even an acronym. I think us DFHs should mention the ROM more often.
Years ago Dan Rather wrote the book "The Camera Never Blinks". The Racketeers have learned just to keep the lens cap on.
Peace.
I's related to one of 'em famblies, but ah cain't member which'un.
abyssgazer, DraftKang | 04.04.08 - 4:09 pm | #
Than how do you know who to shoot?
BTW -- let's get out of Iraq & then see how big a story it is!
Played a fine slide geetar on "No Expectations," though.
hillbilly ragger
One of my alltime favorite Stones songs.
Early evening,
April 4th
A shot rings out
In the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride.
when are you coming out to see your daughters?
ErinPDX
If all goes according to plan, next January. Mayhaps we can celebrate the inaugeral of a Dem president together.
And on the 11th Day, God Created I-95. And it had no potholes until Satan began shipping apples in overloaded semis.
I don't say "God bless I-35." I say "God damn I-35."
Jimmy Kimmel has a Center?
watertiger
Sarah Silverman tickets are available 360 days a year!
Monica A. is the Godfather!!!!
Someday, and that day may never come, Duncan, I'll call upon you to do a service for me. But, until that day, accept these tickets as a gift.
I's related to one of 'em famblies, but ah cain't member which'un.
abyssgazer, DraftKang | 04.04.08 - 4:09 pm | #
Than how do you know who to shoot?
better shoot 'em all jes t be on the safe side
The war in Iraq is no longer news. AFter all if you are going to be there for 100 years, it's not news.
Don't say that around my Senator!
Hecate
No shit:
The unifying theme of Webb’s fiction, his popular history of the Scots-Irish, and, especially, his opinion journalism has been that of put-upon people (the military, Southerners, white men) suffering the smug disregard of a hostile élite. In the Webb reckoning, much blame resides in nineteen-sixties-era liberalism, which has influenced the Democratic Party for a generation. That he now finds himself a Democratic candidate in a pivotal U.S. Senate race is a development that proceeds, by its own stubborn logic, from this insistent theme. Webb’s candidacy is partly a quest to reclaim the Democratic Party for what he sees as a natural constituency.
Bipartisan Holocausts aren't photogenic.
Let's watch the Daily Show instead!
No use permitting
Some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile away.
Come hear the music play.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
Come to the Cabaret!
Republican-Owned Media
I like it
The Kimmel Center is really quite splendid!
guess who said this:
They don't even do that. They take the side, they endorse the official conspiracy theory, they ridicule the alternative theory and they will not even report the evidence we use. They'll pick up a couple things they think are absurd and mention those, so they take the point of view of cheerleader for the official conspiracy theory and the debunker. So they're not even doing he said-she said, they're just saying he said and she's an idiot.
The Scots only started wearing kilts relatively recently, in fact later than the events of "Braveheart," according to that historical accuracy blip article somebody posted a week ago.
also the Scottish clan Menzies has a tartan made up of red splotches on white.