I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
no vote
no recess
extended tours for trips
extended tours for the Senate until a vote on withdrawal.
Make the Goopers really filibuster...late at night and with cots and everything.
Congress should stay in session and not go home like the Iraqi Parliment.
who whoooooooooooooooo
home run!
first in a long time for me.
and for a very good cause!
No Vote--No Recess.
Keep the Senate in Town.
Sometimes it's better to just keep your head down and enjoy the perks of the greatest job on Earth, US Senator.
.
I wonder if Harry can hear me?
starting to think that you never launch a new idea on a new thread in the summer.
nice to see you, Agent Orange.
Congress should stay in session and not go home like the Iraqi Parliment.
peterboy
Our Commander in Chief also plans on taking the entire month of August off. That's so.....French?
.
Maybe we should go downstairs and invite the kids to join us?
nice to see you, Agent Orange.
peterboy
Out of town all week. Peeked in last night but I'm baaaaaack.
.
But he was soooo cool in his red and black checkered hunting jacket! He could walk around Manchester NH singing "kiwl da wabbit" and everybody smiled.
Lamar's a lumberjack and he's okay
He works all night and he sleeps all day
Anybody who drops in that can shed some light on the benchmark about OIL. I would appreciate it.
I heard that it is all about letting non-Iraqi companies profit rather than having the $$$ go to Iraq.
Lamar Alexander is the Barry Manilow of the senate.
Not so fun to be in the minority party and facing the prospect of not having your own dictator to swear fealty to, eh?
lamar may be out of plaid shirts and deciding to run the harvard of the south.
Maybe he's on the madame's list.
The Claude Rains of Senators.
The laundry lost Lamar's flannel shirt. Without it, he's just another Washington insider.
Its as simple as ABC! Um, maybe not.
gonna suit up for a run. been an ugly day on the homestead and a run always makes the rest of the day shine.
rather do that than start drinking at 1:45 in the afternoon, even a sunny summer Saturday.
How long can I run for, anyway at 57.
Time for a celebratory nap. Everybody else in the household's having one already.
Maybe he's on the madame's list.
Only two were. And they've both been identified. Hey, Jim DeMint. 
I'm sure that somebody else has said this, but I'm going to say it again. Notwithstanding Alexander, every sentient being in the country needs to go see SiCKO. If you don't emerge from the theater outraged there's something wrong with you.
One old timer in the crowd last night said that every Senator and Congressperson should be forced to watch the movie whether they like it or not.
From downstairs:
Oh, man, I'm sure that i work with some people who are memebers. Silly and sad.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
I'm glad there weren't more pictures... I'm sure I'd recognize a passel of folks from the Overpriced Cabernet section of my department.
Tennessee hasn't had a decent Senator since Gore. Maybe we can find some progressive democrat to run. I know I'm a dreamer, but ...
Tennessee hasn't had a decent Senator since Gore. Maybe we can find some progressive democrat to run. I know I'm a dreamer, but ...
Don't go looking in the usual places and you'd be surprised what you might find.
One old timer in the crowd last night said that every Senator and Congressperson should be forced to watch the movie whether they understand it or not.
The Jester
fyt
Anybody who drops in that can shed some light on the benchmark about OIL. I would appreciate it.
I heard that it is all about letting non-Iraqi companies profit rather than having the $$$ go to Iraq.
peterboy | 07.14.07 - 4:45 pm | #
Well, I can give you the Iraqi feelings about that draft oil law.
Thankee for the correction. I would hope that even the hardest McConnelized heart would watch that picture and be moved.
I know I'm a dreamer, but ...
mer
you're not the only one?
Hi all. No one downstairs ever explained what UNC actually meant. I want to know where all these genetic paragons come from.
One old timer in the crowd last night said that every Senator and Congressperson should be forced to watch the movie whether they like it or not.
The Jester
The attacks from CNN were just bizarre. No reason given, no facts, just lashing out.
Hi all. No one downstairs ever explained what UNC actually meant. I want to know where all these genetic paragons come from.
Finny
University of North Carolina.
This is a nice thing to happen. I wish more senators would just retire out of the blue. We need new blood in the government. Not more of the same old same old.
I think UNC is another yuppie college full of I'm sure, some number of wonderful people and a whole lot of empty headed rich kids.
It might be instructive to watch 2 or 3 hours of CNN programming and see how much is brought to us by our beloved Pharma industry.
P.S. Please send rain!
Why doesn't mer run for the senate? I could then say "Damn mer, damn her to the senate!"
Maybe Lamar! is too moderate for the pond scum republicans in the Senate right now.
Wait is that UNC at Chapel Hill?
That's not a terrible school.
Hi all. No one downstairs ever explained what UNC actually meant. I want to know where all these genetic paragons come from.
Finny
University of North Carolina.
jac
Why, that's where the loathesome little creature at LVN was "educated."
My sister got her PhD at UNC
Microsoft's Vista stores much more data—and may affect the discovery process
By Jason Krause
Vista—Microsoft’s latest operating system—may prove to be most appropriately named, especially for those seeking evidence of how a computer was used.
http://www.abanet.org/journal/
er...jy13tkjasn.html
University of North Carolina
I see. I had no idea people in North Carolina were so waspy. Up here you hear Carolina and think of, well, not that, anyway.
"Why doesn't mer run for the senate?"
--spinoza
mer is a much more behind the scenes person. mer would never run for office, though mer does work for people who do.
mer is a much more behind the scenes person. mer would never run for office, though mer does work for people who do.
Well, I merly suggested mer recruit the candidate, not be the candidate.
Vista—Microsoft’s latest operating system—may prove to be most appropriately named, especially for those seeking evidence of how a computer was used.
It's not just an operating system, it's a spyware machine!
A little history on the mid. east from juan cole's new group blog:
http://icga.blogspot.com/2007/07...-bin-
laden.html
Vista- a steaming pile of bloatware
Vista—Microsoft’s latest operating system—may prove to be most appropriately named, especially for those seeking evidence of how a computer was used.
It's not just an operating system, it's a spyware machine!
smalfish,teetering
I always assume that whatever I do on a computer is public information.
thanks, diane of cab drollery.
now off in my sneaks
Windows systems have been replicating data similarly in recent releases, but Vista makes it easier for forensic examiners to find deleted data.
You don't think......Naaa! The DOJ would never have any input into a computers operating system!
Not ever! This is the free market we're talking about!
There is one liberal democrat who ran for mayor in Knoxville a couple of years ago who I worked for. I can't remember how much she lost by, maybe 5-10% or so, which is amazing for this area. I'll give her a call. All of TN is not red.
I see. I had no idea people in North Carolina were so waspy. Up here you hear Carolina and think of, well, not that, anyway.
Finny
How to describe it? Pre-Civil War, most Southern states had one "University" for liberal arts and business education, and one "Land Grant College" for ag and tech education. In North Carolina, "Chapel Hill" was the University, and NC State was the Ag/Tech.
Over the years, the "University" in Southern states became where the kids with money gravitated. UNC also is a "safety school" for a lot of suburban DC kids.
How to describe it? Pre-Civil War, most Southern states had one "University" for liberal arts and business education, and one "Land Grant College" for ag and tech education. In North Carolina, "Chapel Hill" was the University, and NC State was the Ag/Tech.
jac | 07.14.07
Interesting model, jac. Thanks.
I always assume that whatever I do on a computer is public information.
Yes. To an extent I agree. But I also like to be able to know where my information is being kept and how to delete it so I cannot be incriminated by my own fucking computer.
Smalfish, I really figured the only way to eliminate that is to either overwrite the drive or remove it. Scary, isn't it?
"I've long been puzzled by Lamar Alexander's tenure in the Senate. He went from being somewhat of a national figure to being almost invisible."
Maybe he's fed up with what the GOP has become.
I also like to be able to know where my information is being kept and how to delete it so I cannot be incriminated by my own fucking computer.
smalfish,teetering
A hammer is pretty effective. Software solutions? Not so much.
Windows systems have been replicating data similarly in recent releases, but Vista makes it easier for forensic examiners to find deleted data.
Just one more reason I don't use Windows.
Well, off to walk the dogs by Lake Michigan. Y'all can come along if you want: beautiful day here. (And the water is around 70 degrees. Warm enough to swim in)
otherwise, keep 'em flyin'
Vista-FireFux-Google. The axis of evil.
"Automatic transmission. How does it KNOW?" Larry King.
"Maybe he's fed up with what the GOP has become."
--Terry C
I think that may be the case. He's conservative, but not a wacko.
Maybe he's fed up with what the GOP has become.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign Now
In Lamar's case I bet that's right. He's always struck me as someone who sticks to certain principles, not just spewing whatever the party machinery tells him to. So he probably went silent when the Bush cult took control in order to keep his head on. But it's a coward's path, serving in silence an organization you don't agree with. No doubt leaving for academia would be tempting.
Who funded the Taliban before the 911 attack? George Bush did.
A report on this, at the Cato institute.
http://www.cato.org/pub_display....php?
pub_id=3556
I think our bush grade president's wagon wheels have already fallen off.
Isn't it long overdue to convict him of treason and hang that monkey?
Smalfish, I really figured the only way to eliminate that is to either overwrite the drive or remove it. Scary, isn't it?
Just removing the drive does nothing.
I wonder just how a MAC os is any different in keeping your data from incriminating you?
Freepers contemplate evolution and find it lacking.
How to describe it? Pre-Civil War, most Southern states had one "University" for liberal arts and business education, and one "Land Grant College" for ag and tech education. In North Carolina, "Chapel Hill" was the University, and NC State was the Ag/Tech.
Not just the South. Jayhawks and Wildcats get it on in Kansas, too. Snob Hill versus Silo Tech...
Yes. To an extent I agree. But I also like to be able to know where my information is being kept and how to delete it so I cannot be incriminated by my own fucking computer.
Stop using windows.
http://www.sidux.com
This is an easy to install Debian/sid/linux distro.
There are log files, but
they are well documented,
and in text format, so they
can be edited, and even removed
easily. Also even though this
distro comes out of Germany,
the whole development team
is across the world. On their
chat line, you can find both
an info bot, and humans that
can answer questions that the
bot cannot, 24/7/365.
Ubuntu is also good.
Freepers contemplate evolution and find it lacking.
Love the picture of Tarzan and Jane fighting off the dinosaur. Lilly white an all.
Freepers contemplate evolution and find it lacking.
trifecta
Well, it obviously didn't work out too well for them.
How well does Linux run windows games?
I wonder just how a MAC os is any different in keeping your data from incriminating you?
smalfish
MacOS is Unix. No commercially available operating system "deletes" data as such.
"Deleting" a file in DOS/Windows simply changes the first character of the file name to a "$" (i.e. from "filename.ext" to ($ilename.ext") which tells the OS that it's OK to put data in that sector.
The OS can be written to seek "empty" sectors before reusing "deleted" sectors. And since hard drives are much bigger these days than most people need, you may never actually overwrite a sector with a new file - meaning all your "deleted" data is still there.
Unix/Linux/Mac works similarly.
must see TV!!
Tough Talk on Impeachment
TOUGH TALK ON IMPEACHMENT BILL MOYERS JOURNAL explores the talk of impeachment with Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION's John Nichols, author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT
part 1 then click on part 2 when ready.
It's a great show (an hour long)
Has anybody heard anything out of Cheney? Somebody a week or two ago was noticing that Cheney hadn't made any public appearances for a month.
Trifecta, the Grand Canyon is a marvel. God made it during the Flood, you know...
And then hid the Colorado River's delta where people can't find it because it doesn't look like a delta...
I wonder just how a MAC os is any different in keeping your data from incriminating you?
Incriminate you how? What the heck are you doing?
I wonder just how a MAC os is any different in keeping your data from incriminating you?
smalfish,teetering
Mac OS X provides secure delete trash, encrypted home directories and a "private browsing" mode in Safari that has the browser not remember anything. Spotlight (the file searching) is a privacy issue, but it can be disabled.
No computer is safe from forensics, although one thing that makes the Mac a better choice is very few of the tools police use work on Macs. It's an increasing problem for them since more and more people are using Macs.
Has anybody heard anything out of Cheney? Somebody a week or two ago was noticing that Cheney hadn't made any public appearances for a month.
trifecta
It's bound to be hunting season somewhere.
Spotlight (the file searching) is a privacy issue, but it can be disabled.
How?
Hi, folx.
I wonder just how a MAC os is any different in keeping your data from incriminating you?
My data ever tries to rat on me, it gets taken for a "ride."
You won't see it no more.
and for a very good cause!
No Vote--No Recess.
Keep the Senate in Town.
peterboy
I'm with you, Peterboy! They should not take the month of August off and keep the troops in Iraq at 130 degrees +full battlegear.
And leave no troops behind. Leaving a residual force is an absolutely insane idea. They will be targeted!!!! Duh!!!
Will all OS systems, if you don't periodically scrub the erased portions of the disk, the data is there for anyone with the determination, time and money to hunt for it. But... what a computer forensics expert ends up pulling from those parts of the disk tend to be in a very messy format. Like reconstructing what a business does by emptying out the dumpsters the day before garbage pickup, at the skyscraper building the headquarters of the business has a floor on.
Vista makes this too easy.
This is all about disguising your hunting for dirty pictures like the ones you used to download overnight from alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.hamster, isn't it? 
"Deleting" a file in DOS/Windows simply changes the first character of the file name to a "$" (i.e. from "filename.ext" to ($ilename.ext") which tells the OS that it's OK to put data in that sector.
The OS can be written to seek "empty" sectors before reusing "deleted" sectors. And since hard drives are much bigger these days than most people need, you may never actually overwrite a sector with a new file - meaning all your "deleted" data is still there.
Interesting.
Partitioning is your friend?
smalfish:
Windows File System
Linux File System
I ask you: What kind of world is it, when it's no longer cost-effective to employ armies of pedophiles?
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
Partitioning is your friend?
smalfish,teetering
No effect.
Basically, both XP/Vista and Linux log every change to your hard drive. I assume Mac OS does as well.
Get a hammer.
I wonder if Harold Ford Jr will make another run at the Senate - if Lamar steps down.
I'd like to see a real progressive in there - someone with the qualities of Al Gore.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
rorschach, infogit
What's a charitable organization doing with $600 mil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
rorschach, infogit
And don't forget, it's the "one true church."
Vista makes this too easy.
MS had some bug up their ass a few years ago about keeping pirated software off your machine, but I guess the outcry was so great they decided that this was the next best thing? Or was it a presidential request?
Format c:
Freepers contemplate evolution and find it lacking.
trifecta
Gawd. When numbtards bring up the second law I just want to hide under the couch with my cat....the earth is not a closed system cause of that shiny thing in the sky and.....
Cool, my laptop fits under here.
To disable Spotlight indexing certain drives/folders, use the privacy tab in the Spotlight System Preferences.
Spotless is shareware that will enable/disable Spotlight easily.
If you are comfortable in the terminal, you can follow the instructions to manually disable Spotlight.
What's a charitable organization doing with $600 mil.
Gomez | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:31 pm | #
Buying Ratzi lots of sexy shoes.
I'd like to see a real progressive in there - someone with the qualities of Al Gore.
Is Al Gore a progressive?
/runs from room looking back for Vicki chasing me.
It's a great show (an hour long)
portia
Just watched it, portia. If we don't impeach Bush and Cheney, this republic can look forward to many, many more Bush-like presidencies.
It is our duty to impeach. As Burns said, don't mix up the disease (bad government) with the medicine (impeachment).
Impeachment is a good thing.
What's a charitable organization doing with $600 mil.
Gomez
The Archdiocese of L.A. owns a lot of land, some of it it prime property.
What's a charitable organization doing with $600 mil.
Gomez
Read recently that the diocese of Los Angeles has more liquid wealth (mostly in real estate) than the Vatican.
Diane: A half glass of coke?
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
rorschach, infogit
What's a charitable organization doing with $600 mil.
The catholic church is iirc the second largest landowner in NYC. And if you go up the Hudson, they have a shitload of riverfront seminaries full of old drunk priests and such.
Is Al Gore a progressive?
/runs from room looking back for Vicki chasing me.
spinoza
You're lucky. She's taking a nap.
Diane: A half glass of coke?
Cookie Guggleman
Fine by me!
What's a charitable organization doing with $600 mil.
Sadly, not giving it to me.
Format c:
Formatting is not an end all. I think you need special software to actually erase the drive.
Read recently that the diocese of Los Angeles has more liquid wealth (mostly in real estate) than the Vatican.
Cookie Guggleman
Speaking of liquid wealth, it's time for a beer run.
Format c:
Gomez
That's not good enough. You have to overwrite the drive like seven or more times to obliterate the data (another security feature Apple provides in their disk utility).
Where I work we are forbidden from letting anyone have our old drives, we use a drill press to shatter the platters.
Arrrgh.
I hate it when I sleep all day.
Formatting is not an end all. I think you need special software to actually erase the drive.
smalfish,teetering
I heard that the only sure way is the software that turns all the 1's to 0's.
There are ways to do formatting at a low level that can make retrieval tough, but it's hard to do that and have an operating system work, too.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/
si...g_lamar_1.shtml
What's a charitable organization doing with $600 mil.
Sadly, not giving it to me.
Your rates would go up considerably from fiddy cents.
Format c: does not remove anything from the disk. You need to use a disk erasing utility, that over-writes at least once deleted files.
Data can be recovered from a disk that's been formated. I've done it myself. There used to be a fairly effective and inexpensive data recovery tool, that only cost $100.00 that was on the market. It was pulled (it always was a one shot that ran off of a floppy drive, so you had to pay $100 every time you used it) right after 911. I found that odd.
There are other 'professional' tools that do the same but they cost much more. Those can still be bought.
I hate it when I sleep all day.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:36 pm | #
I understand all those words individually, but I don't understand them as you have put them together.
Freepers contemplate evolution and find it lacking.
I am wondering to which closed system that freeper is referring when he applies the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. The closed system in that conversation is his intellectual system.
And I believe it has attained maximum entropy.
Impeachment is a good thing.
Shaw Kenawe, Part II
I'm watching it again - I missed the first part, last night.
Bill Moyers gives a great talk at the end of the show about PBS and how they showed the impeachment hearings during the day and again at night - so that the people in the country could watch. It was that important.
We need to contact our reps on the hill and tell that for the good of the country we need to impeach!
I am terrible at links but the link to knoxnews is all about Lamar in my local Knoxville paper.
So, two of the largest archdioces in the US have all this real estate, and pay no taxes whatsoever on that wealth.
Something to considerate upon.
while {
!{bool Worldend()==1};
print (&nl; "The world is going to end!");
}
end
It's been so long I can't remember my syntax anymore, sheesh!
Lighter fluid.
I heard that the only sure way is the software that turns all the 1's to 0's.
Gomez | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:36 pm | #
I have software that turns all the 0s and 1s into 2s.
Very advanced stuff.
Several of the founders were opposed to tax free status for churches btw.
Many of them would shut down though if the tax basis changed.
Portia, make sure Cheney goes down first...
But I agree. Pelosi needs to stop playing Barney Fife by taking all the bullets out of the gun and then waving it at the administration.
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/
si...g_lamar_1.shtml
Your rates would go up considerably from fiddy cents.
I could make it up on volume.
I have software that turns all the 0s and 1s into 2s.
Very advanced stuff.
rorschach, infogit
Heh.
Several of the founders were opposed to tax free status for churches btw.
Many of them would shut down though if the tax basis changed.
Upwards of 90%.
I heard that the only sure way is the software that turns all the 1's to 0's.
Gomez
I have software that turns all the 0s and 1s into 2s.
Very advanced stuff.
rorschach, infogit
I've got a hammer.
im in ur drivz
beetin ur data
I have software that turns all the 0s and 1s into 2s.
The Ties That Bind?
I could make it up on volume.
NTodd, Bilker
Offer a nickel back.
I have software that turns all the 0s and 1s into 2s.
Very advanced stuff.
Turning good food to shit is what every vertebrate does well.
We should get 10% of the donations the churches get given to the federal government. Let's call it tithing.
I have hardware that turns all the beer into pee.
I understand all those words individually, but I don't understand them as you have put them together.
What's more amazing is that the girls didn't wake me up, even though they didn't get breakfast and were forced to subsist on kitten kibble.
He's been "dead man walking" for a while now. And he can thank whoever came up with that brilliant "Lamar!" idea. Nothing kills your political credibility like making yourself the object of ridicule. Unless, of course, you're Marion Barry.
Nick Kasoff
The Thug Report
I have hardware that turns all the beer into pee.
I can't pee if unless it's software.
One of the big scams of especially the cult of personality churches is to put the mansions, cars, planes under the name of the church. There should be some limits.
He's been "dead man walking" for a while now. And he can thank whoever came up with that brilliant "Lamar!" idea.
Someone needs to tell Rudy!
What's more amazing is that the girls didn't wake me up, even though they didn't get breakfast and were forced to subsist on kitten kibble.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:43 pm | #
Wow. Very sedate.
Anyway, do not fret. Though you slept the day away, there's still a few hours until "Supergator" comes on Scifi.
One of the big scams of especially the cult of personality churches is to put the mansions, cars, planes under the name of the church. There should be some limits.
trifecta
Maybe someday they'll all be prosecuted for fraud and made to get real jobs.
Freepers contemplate evolution and find it lacking.
trifecta | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:19 pm | #
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How cute! In a couple million years they'll sprout legs and leave the oceans. Keep at it guys!
One of the big scams of especially the cult of personality churches is to put the mansions, cars, planes under the name of the church. There should be some limits.
If we closed all the loopholes, how could anyone hole loops?
New Bin Laden tape. Sigh.
When you think about it, is there a bigger scam than getting everybody to believe in something that doesn't really exist?
I turned my daughter onto playing the computer game Descent today.
I think it turned her brain to mush.
One of the big scams of especially the cult of personality churches is to put the mansions, cars, planes under the name of the church. There should be some limits.
trifecta
Just like there should be limits on how many tv and radio stations can be owned by an entity, including churches.
I just want to know how the president lives with himself after condemning Karla Faye Tucker to die, even though she seemed to have turned her life around, while at the same time letting an unrepentant criminal like Scooter Libby go scott-free?
There's a fundamental inconsistency exhibited here, and I'd sure like to know how Mr. Bush reconciles the two cases. If he is able. Near as I can tell, the difference is that Libby has rich and powerful friends whereas Tucker did not. Hell of a way to administer a system of justice.
(Note to the intern reading this: It is not too late to save your soul! Your oath to Bush is not binding and you can re-enter decent society if you want to. You just have to want it bad enough to make it happen!)
New Bin Laden tape. Sigh.
trifecta
Bid Laden to the rescuuuee!!!
Wow. Very sedate.
Anyway, do not fret. Though you slept the day away, there's still a few hours until "Supergator" comes on Scifi.
No, I think they were up playing, they just left me alone.
Or maybe they didn't, and I slept through it.
I may have to see the late showing of Supergator. I kind of want to go see Harry Potter.
New Bin Laden tape. Sigh
How are the vocals? And has Simels weighed in on it?
Spy Squirrels
http://news.sky.com/skynews/
arti...1274983,00.html
New Bin Laden tape. Sigh.
Campaign material!
I may have to see the late showing of Supergator. I kind of want to go see Harry Potter.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork
Your cats must hate those owls.
is there a bigger scam than getting everybody to believe in something that doesn't really exist?
Gomez
Yes.
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist."
Jester, we're all cardboard to Bush - he's a sociopath. So it's *all* head games to him and none is real.
Format c:
Gomez
Sysinternals has Sdelete (DOD compliant deletion tool) among many other free under the hood tools.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet...ls/
default.mspx
New Bin Laden tape. Sigh.
Right on Q
Does anyone really think these were not make in Washinton?
Does anyone really think these were not make in Washinton?
sally
Karl Rove has a whole CD of them somewhere just waiting to get out.
I may have to see the late showing of Supergator. I kind of want to go see Harry Potter.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:48 pm | #
Very well done movie, in my opinion.
Damn. I have a new neighbor who has a yappy little dog.
I hope the dog settles down once he gets used to his new home.
Sysinternals has Sdelete (DOD compliant deletion tool) among many other free under the hood tools.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet...ls/ default.mspx
Way cool. Thanks.
You'd think the eggman would have a siren up.
He must be blowing someone.
Very well done movie, in my opinion.
I loves me some Harry Potter.
There's a fundamental inconsistency exhibited here, and I'd sure like to know how Mr. Bush reconciles the two cases. If he is able.
He's not able. He has no empathy. He's a predator. And he didn't commute Libby for the false excuses he made about his years of service, he commuted Libby to keep his mouth shut. It was a selfish act to protect Bush's own hide and had nothing to do with Libby.
Your cats must hate those owls.
Gomez | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:49 pm | #
Ahem. We do not say the "o-word" unless there's a new thread.
That's even worse than flirting.
Mitch THE BITCH McConnel is raking in the dough. Looks as if big bidness is betting on his bitchness to save them from the liberal socialist communist Democrats.
Mitch and his Ho labor wife will come through. Ain't that a joke? Putting his wife on as labor boss. Like putting KKK Rove in charge of democratic fund raising.
Lamar is sort of the GOP's Lem Dumont, that guy Lieberman beat in CT, even tho Dumont had all the nutroot support. You must remember Lem Dumont?
Mah kittehs are NOT liking this barking doggie.
"Hai doggie, k it's time to shut U trap or we hert U and U no can has cheezburger"
Ahem. We do not say the "o-word" unless there's a new thread.
That's even worse than flirting.
rorschach, infogit
Sorry. Then I won't tell everyone how the rain is coming down here either.
New Bin Laden tape. Sigh.
Right on Q
Does anyone really think these were not make in Washinton?
sally | 07.14.07 - 5:51 pm | #
1. US decides to pull out of early September ASEAN conference.
2. Chertoff has a gut feeling
3. New BinForgotten tape
4. ???
5. Petraeus reports on Iraq war?
Way cool. Thanks.
smalfish,teetering
YVW
Yeh, it's kind of neat to load up filemon, registrymon and see what windows is really doing in real time.
Where's the link to the Bin Laden tape story?
Mitch THE BITCH McConnel is raking in the dough...
I read that and, for a second, thought we were starting a "Real Genius" discussion.
Wrong.
I may have to see the late showing of Supergator. I kind of want to go see Harry Potter.
NTodd's Pa and I are seeing it tomorrow.
How's it feel to be on the same side OBL, you twats?
I hate Mitch McConnell.
He's a smarmy ass little twat.
How are the vocals? And has Simels weighed in on it?
spinoza
Well, they didn't use dobly did they. Use what? Dobly, Y'know.
How's it feel to be on the same side OBL, you twats?
Leninsky
Why are you asking us? Your guys are the ones who let him get away.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/me...ideo/
index.html
NTodd's Pa and I are seeing it tomorrow.
I probably should wait and go see it tomorrow. The theatre will be crowded tonight.
Heh. Ripley is sitting it the window looking toward the sound of the barking doggie.
She does NOT look amused.
How's it feel to be on the same side OBL, you twats?
Leninsky
Osama is from Saudi Arabia not Iraq. And last time I looked we weren't at war with Saudi. Besides he was a Reagan Freedom Fighter.
FOUND IT. BIN LADEN TAPE STORY
How's it feel to be on the same side OBL, you twats?
Dunno. We're not on his side.
How's it feel to be on the same side OBL, you twats?
Osama has good talking points. Too bad he is a fundamentalist baptist err...Muslim.
Buzz,
You twats get your panties bunched every time OBL rears his ugly raghead, because you think it helps Bush's WOT, and you think anything that helps Bush is bad.
How's it feel to be on the same side OBL, you twats?
That is so incivil.
We need a blogger ethics panel.
Buzz,
You twats get your panties bunched every time OBL rears his ugly raghead, because you think it helps Bush's WOT, and you think anything that helps Bush is bad.
Leninsky | 07.14.07 - 6:02 pm | #
Racist much?
You twats get your panties bunched every time OBL rears his ugly raghead, because you think it helps Bush's WOT, and you think anything that helps Bush is bad.
We wear boxers. And nothing helps chimpy's ineffectual flailings about.
Doesn't mean we enjoy seeing the skeletor Chertoff on our teevee.
You twats get your panties bunched every time OBL rears his ugly raghead, because you think it helps Bush's WOT, and you think anything that helps Bush is bad.
Cue commercial:
hello caller, you're on the air.
You're an idiot!
Bar
ok, "turban"; that PC enough for you?
How's it feel to be on the same side OBL, you twats?
Couldn't tell ya. Ask Zombie Ron.
So I guess the trolls thinks it's GOOD news that Osama is still on the loose.
That's rather odd.
Shows what a traitor he is.
You twats get your panties bunched every time OBL rears his ugly raghead, because you think it helps Bush's WOT, and you think anything that helps Bush is bad.
Leninsky
If Bush had any balls, he'd capture or kill Bin Laden.
ok, "turban"; that PC enough for you?
Leninsky
Sure, but it doesn't make you any less of a stupid sack of shit. Go away.
Here we go... the local news in high def bullshit
If Bush had any balls, he'd capture or kill Bin Laden.
That's against the rules of the game.
Saudis don't wear turbans either.
Feh. Trollz are such stupid fucks.
The clip is part of a 40-minute film "Scent of Heaven" from al Qaeda's as Sahab video propaganda arm discovered on the Internet by Laura Mansfield of Strategic Translations
People that live in caves should not use the word "scent."
Bush has no balls.
Sorry. Then I won't tell everyone how the rain is coming down here either.
Gomez | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 5:56 pm | #
And I will not say "shit" in the style of El Gato Negro.
You twats get your panties bunched every time OBL rears his ugly raghead -Leninsky
Don't go sticking your imagination on others. Its...
A:Foolish
B:Phyiscally Impossible
C:Rude
D:Ineffective and old method of political attack (what Pundits do)
Bar
ok, "turban"; that PC enough for you?
Leninsky | 07.14.07 - 6:05 pm | #
Our govt. knows exactly where OBL is, yet does nothing to capture and prosecute him. Why is the republican party of George W. Bush so cavalier about the threat of terrorism? I guess being bogged down in Iraq doesn't help, huh?
Does it feel good supporting such an incompetent bumbler?
Even your Mommy Pelosi voted to bump the price of OBL's turban to $50M. Aren't we getting all atwitter, as Democrats? Wouldn't it be better to build the Baghdad Center for Non-Violence, Gender Awareness and Queer Studies?
You twats get your panties bunched every time OBL rears his ugly raghead, because you think it helps Bush's WOT, and you think anything that helps Bush is bad.
No, every time OBL rears his ugly head, it's more proof that Bush's GWOAT is shit.
Does it feel good supporting such an incompetent bumbler?
Barbarism Begins at Home
Clearly it does.
Last time we saw the Binmeister it was four days before the 04 election.
Wouldn't it be better to build the Baghdad Center for Non-Violence, Gender Awareness and Queer Studies?
That would be a good idea after we fix up our own house.
Check out this giant bamboo forest in India.
http://www.frogview.com/uploadim...iew-
gallery.jpg
Wouldn't it be better to build the Baghdad Center for Non-Violence, Gender Awareness and Queer Studies?
The troll has hit the trifecta. Racist. Sexist and Homophobe.
Even your Mommy Pelosi voted to bump the price of OBL's turban to $50M. Aren't we getting all atwitter, as Democrats? Wouldn't it be better to build the Baghdad Center for Non-Violence, Gender Awareness and Queer Studies?
I'd rather spend the money on reeducation camps for brain dead zombies like you.
Went to HP on Wednesday. Liked it, though the book and therefore the movie aren't as perky as some of the others...
Going back to see it IMAX 3D on Sunday. That and the book next weekend makes it a very nice couple of weeks.
Toddler Blogging: Tastee Freez edition.
No, really.
I ain't got no twat, although my dick sometimes smells like one after it has been vigorously engaged, if you care to suck it. You Sally.
Doug, that's a long way from ocotillo...
We'll know its authentic if he's ditched his walkie-talkie for an iPhone.
Even your Mommy Pelosi voted to bump the price of OBL's turban to $50M.
Someone else wanna explain turbans to this tard.
Editions of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy often have excessively small print. Why? The major works by those authors are long. Larger print will make the volumes too long and thus too expensive. Perhaps more importantly the volumes will appear too forbidding to the average buyer.
But isn't miniscule type for Raskolnikov hard to read? Ah...most of the people who buy the book don't read it. If miniscule type gets them to stop reading sooner rather than later, you might even call it a Pareto improvement.
Self-help books almost always have reasonably large print or even ridiculously large print. The author doesn't have much to say and the publisher wishes to pad the book so it looks real. Furthermore most self-help books are read (at least in part), so to keep the reader happy the print should be large.
Progressives! Don't be chickenhawks! Travel to Iraq and spread your message of Peace, Non-violence, Social Justice, and Sexual Freedom to the masses of Shia, Sunni and Kurds in that troubled country!
boring. next.
Leninsky
Dumbass is, of course, too stupid and cowardly to enlist.
I hope the Democrats can pick up the VA and Tn seats. Lemonade stand kids laugh at Warner's total
Warner a doddering old fart like Murtha
Warner is retiring. The other Warner is a shoe in if he wants the seat.
Even your Mommy Pelosi voted to bump the price of OBL's turban to $50M. Aren't we getting all atwitter, as Democrats? Wouldn't it be better to build the Baghdad Center for Non-Violence, Gender Awareness and Queer Studies?
Leninsky
Pelosi as mommy?
heh. As opposed to little boots as Uncle Ernie and Pork Chop Pacemaker as your daddy?
That's all I got to say to you, you simple motherfucker.
Warner a doddering old fart like Murtha
Leninsky
They both served.
Have you, cheetos-breath?
Warner's been smoking Beltway dope way too long
Good Ev-en-ning.
{pretends to be Vincenza Price}
Good Ev-en-ning.
{pretends to be Vincenza Price}
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Hi, Angel Face.
Jim Gilmore quit his presidential campaign today. Not that it's so surprising, but I wonder if there's any connection to the Warner retirement rumors?
Progressives! Don't be chickenhawks! Travel to Iraq and spread your message of Peace, Non-violence, Social Justice, and Sexual Freedom to the masses of Shia, Sunni and Kurds in that troubled country! Leninsky
As I recall it this was a conservative plan was to free Iraqis from an oppressive dictator. And for the record I agree with Brent Scowcroft when he said a war in Iraq would undermine the GWOT. And it has, we now see Al Qaeda blooming on the Pakistan border while we are involved in a quagmire in Iraq. But don't let facts get in the way of a good trolling Leninsky.
I love queer Leninsky
Progressives! Don't be chickenhawks! Travel to Iraq and spread your message of Peace, Non-violence, Social Justice, and Sexual Freedom to the masses of Shia, Sunni and Kurds in that troubled country!
Better to start here, where our own society is militarized.
Jim Gilmore quit his presidential campaign today. Not that it's so surprising, but I wonder if there's any connection to the Warner retirement rumors?
Barbarism Begins at Home
He should go beck to Pink Floyd.
Isn't there some stupid movie called "The Big Leninsky," or something like that?
I love queer and gay Leninsky
Warner a doddering old fart like Murtha.
Shorter moronic brownshirt fuck: I'll slime whoever I'm paid to.
He should go beck to Pink Floyd.
Gomez | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:22 pm | #
Punk Floyd
Of course, when peace actionists DO go to Iraq, they're called Peace Creeps, even though they're putting their lives on the line more than the REAL chickenhawks.
I think Leninsky is a closet liberal just yearning for some kind tree hugger to bring it to our side. After all, its name is a conflation of two (far) leftists.
Is it crying for help?
Pat Barker began reading newspapers when wrapping fish and chips as a Teesside teenager and, encouraged by her grandma and her grammar school, soon progressed to Dostoevsky. She won a place at the London School of Economics and wrote three unpublished novels before Angela Carter spotted her on a writing course and encouraged her to stick at the gritty, feminist realism with which she made her name.
Born to a single mother, Barker never knew her father, but she has remained firmly rooted in north-east England all her life. Now 64 and about to publish her 11th novel, Life Class, she can't leave her home in Durham at the moment because her husband David, a retired academic zoologist, is ill upstairs. Her daughter, Anna Ralph, is in on our interview. Ralph's first novel, The Floating Island, came out in the spring, and Barker is more than happy to share the limelight.
In Western countries such as the United States, Canada, Europe, etc., men seen wearing turbans in public are likely to be Sikhs, who wear turbans to cover the long uncut hair worn as a sign of their commitment to the Sikh faith.
A Sikh (English: [siːk] or [sɪk]; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, sikkh, IPA: ['sɪk.kʰ]) is an adherent to Sikhism, a monotheistic faith started in the 15th century India by Guru Nanak. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit "shishya", which means disciple or learner. A Sikh can easily be recognized by their turban, beard, or a steel bracelet on the right wrist.
Most Sikhs come from the Punjab region of India, although significant communities exist around the world
Diaper me
I think Leninsky is a closet liberal just yearning for some kind tree hugger to bring it to our side. After all, its name is a conflation of two (far) leftists.
Trotskin must be taken.
Gee, thought you "progressives" were not ones to throw homophobic comments around. You're so morally pure, so enlightened, so , so
NTodd, I thought your sig said biker and I thought you'd taken up the pedals again...
Is it crying for help?
Barbarism Begins at Home
Nah, just crying.
It needs to have its diaper changed.
Isn't there some stupid movie called "The Big Leninsky," or something like that?
Shut the fuck up, Vicki.
Beer mission accomplished.
Anyone else spend time at rest stops like my GOP closeted gay brothers?
Gee, thought you "progressives" were not ones to throw homophobic comments around. You're so morally pure, so enlightened, so , so
Leninsky
Your mommy's calling you for din din.
Nah, just crying.
It needs to have its diaper changed.
Diane C. Barking-Mad | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:26 pm | #
Hey babe. What kinda baby powder do you like?
Baby need changey!
NTodd, I thought your sig said biker and I thought you'd taken up the pedals again...
SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! KILL HIS MIC!
Read this.
You'll be glad you did. A comparison of Al Gore's energy plan to the plans of Edwards, Obama, and Clinton.
W
Forgot about Friday the 13th yesterday... here's a blast from the past!
One of the big scams of especially the cult of personality churches is to put the mansions, cars, planes under the name of the church. There should be some limits.
trifecta
It's worse than you think. There is no oversight whatsoever. Unless a church believes an employee is embezzling, there is no forensic or outside accounting done by anyone, ever.
Separation of church of state. Seems to be going all one way these days.
Powder me
gullycat, it's a noble attempt, but trying to educate a wingnut troll on the differing faiths and ethnic groups in the Middle East (who wears turbans and who does not, etc.), is like trying to explain algebra to a chicken.
Newest reality show. Snoop Dogg.
Shoot me somebody.
Yeah, Vicky, thanks: was looking for an insomnia killer. The Tennessee GasBag's "Energy Plan" oughta work just fine
trifecta | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:29 pm |
He's pretty smart and funny, fo shizzle
Yeah, Vicky, thanks: was looking for an insomnia killer. The Tennessee GasBag's "Energy Plan" oughta work just fine
Figures that Leninsky would not only be in denial, but would actively avoid learning something.
Okay, I'm out.
Yeah, Vicky, thanks: was looking for an insomnia killer. The Tennessee GasBag's "Energy Plan" oughta work just fine
Leninsky
*Gomez giving troll Last Rites*
I always liked Lamar Alexander. He wore that cool red checked shirt.
Newest reality show. Snoop Dogg.
Shoot me somebody.
trifecta | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:29 pm | #
Hey man, don't trip. Just take a hit of the sticky-icky-icky.
Hey Gas bag, it's "Vicki," not Vicky.
You have no right to address me unless you can spell my name correctly.
You have no right to address me --
You really could have ended it right there...
like trying to explain algebra to a chicken.
Buzz Bomb | 07.14.07 - 6:29 pm | # Don't say mean things about chickens.
Newest reality show. Snoop Dogg.
He had a pretty funny comedy show on (IIRC) MTV for about ten minutes.
Gomez,
I looked at the white water pics. You can pick them out of the batch if you look for the guide with the red hat.
They were interesting, though, if unflattering. Pics of me hot, wet, and tired ain't exactly entries for the Playmate of the Month.
Sorry to have hit that, uh, twitchy nerve there, Vicki
Pics of me hot, wet...
Oh yeah, baby!
Pics of me hot, wet, and tired ain't exactly entries for the Playmate of the Month.
As the photo editor of Playboy, I demand you send them to me so I can be the judge of that!
Trademarked one, I always have and always will love you.
They were interesting, though, if unflattering. Pics of me hot, wet, and tired ain't exactly entries for the Playmate of the Month.
We'd be glad to put in our comments, though!
Time for a little nap for me, now that the soup is done.
For those who missed it earlier, it appears the US has found a way to get some of the warring factions in Iraq to agree on something.
I always liked Lamar Alexander. He wore that cool red checked shirt.
Chris Matthews
He also smelled of Aqua Velva.
I always have and always will love you.
Ixnay on the ovelay with omezgay isteninglay!
Weird
I am sitting here watching the History Channel ("Dogfights"). They are going through Duke Cunningham's Mig kills.
So how many A-list bloggers hate me today?
Good afternoon/early evening, bats.
I see that Saturday Laff And A Half Troll Theater is in full swing...
Hey Vitter, wanna come on my show?
Moore/Gore '08--the perfect ticket
Hey, Leninsky:
www.goarmy.com
Don't be afraid.
I love Leninsky's lesbian mother
Mystery Porn Troll Theatre Last Century, wherein you watch idiots who live under the bridge masturbate while eating day-old Cheetos.
Despite the unusual circumstances, a rather impressive performance...
Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_...h?
v=_ul7X5js1vE
"So how many A-list bloggers hate me today?"
--Vicki,
Why would anyone hate you? I wish you were my next door neighbor.
Cunningham an amalgam of patriotism and corruption--a sad mysterious story
Yeah, Vicky, thanks: was looking for an insomnia killer. The Tennessee GasBag's "Energy Plan" oughta work just fine
Leninsky
Al Gore?
Good lord, boy.
The republics have trotted out Mitt the Marmun, Fred the teevee actor, and Lewdy JulieAnnie for president.
Douchebags Deluxe.
heh.
Bring it on.
Let's roll, you stupid motherfucker.
Hey, Leninsky:
www.goarmy.com
Don't be afraid.
DJ
Until they ask him to turn his head and cough.
Organized religion is one of the props of decaying capitalism, diverting discontent away from the real cause of oppression and poverty—the capitalist system of private property—with the promise of a better life after death.
Hand in hand with the capitalists and landlords, the churches of many persuasions serve to enforce Capitalist morality, to maintain the subjugation of women in the family, to relegate them to the home and exclude them from participation in political and social life.
Alexander the Not So Great
An oldie but a goodie:
Pyramid of Capitalist System.
Speaking of porn, I assume you all heard about Jim Mitchell passing away yesterday.
If I had a spare C-note, I'd make a memorial donation down at the O'Farrell...
Until they ask him to turn his head and cough.
Gomez
It's really not that bad.
OK then: Gore/Moore '08--a Ticket for the Ages. The Tennessee GasBag managed to lose his own election in 2000. Let's try again!
Finally the troll makes sense
Lorelei dropped out?
Damm, I really thought he had a shot.
If Alexander doesn't run I hope Harold Ford Jr. gets beat in the primary. I know you have to thump the Bible once in awhile in Tennessee to get elected but he is a walking evangelical meeting. Gaggy.
My favorite pic of the Mitchells.
Is that Mike Love on the right?
Why would anyone hate you? I wish you were my next door neighbor.
I can be controversial on occasion because I speak my mind, passionately.
You are sweet, and I'd love you to by my neighbor, too! Coffee! Cherries!
"progressives" hate Harold Ford for just that reason
Further proof we are winning in Iraq:
"State orders flak jackets in Baghdad's Green Zone
By Mike Drummond | McClatchy Newspapers
The dress code at the Blue Star restaurant inside Baghdad’s Green Zone now calls for vest and hat. Flak vest and Kevlar helmet, to be precise. And it’s a good thing. At least four mortar rounds hit inside the Green Zone about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, killing two Iraqi civilians. Meanwhile, a State Department official, after initially denying that State had ordered its 1,000 Baghdad personnel to wear protective gear, said that a copy of the order obtained by McClatchy was an undiscussable security breach."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/s...tory/
17960.html
So how many A-list bloggers hate me today?
Only the sucky ones.
From trademark Dave's Jim Mitchell link:
But then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein did not see much humor in the peddling of porn. Her attempts to shut the brothers down came to a head when her unlisted phone number was placed on the theater marquee with the words "For a Good Time, Call ..."
Can't say that they didn't have a sense of humor...
pigboy | 07.14.07 - 6:43 pm | #
Heh! If leninsky was there, he could keep us free!
Next time Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck pimps the fact that global warming is a myth, I'm going to call in to their programs and ask them how much energy we're wasting by fighting in Iraq.
it must be raise the Army and Marines' spirits to know that you "progressives" are so solid behind their work in Iraq.
*Gomez eating all of Atrios' trail mix*
Democratic radio address:
Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Urges President Bush and Senate Republicans to Change Mission in Iraq
On my flight home this week, I sat next to an Army sergeant. She was a flight medic--charged with saving lives on the battlefield. She told me that she was on her way back to Iraq after taking her two weeks of leave. She had spent the past ten months there, and was returning to complete her last five. When I asked her how she felt about it, she explained that she had a young son at home who will now spend a second Christmas in a row without his mother. She said she was tired of watching her fellow soldiers die in front of her. And she said that no matter what she or anyone else did, nothing was changing in Iraq. Then she just looked at me, as if no other explanation was needed, as if I understood. And I did. Because I've been there.
It is time for the President and those in his party, including those running to be the next Commander-in-Chief, to support changing the mission in Iraq. For the sake of our national security, we must begin bringing the troops back home.
But then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein did not see much humor in the peddling of porn. Her attempts to shut the brothers down came to a head when her unlisted phone number was placed on the theater marquee with the words "For a Good Time, Call ..."
Don't start me on that blue-nosed fucking prude...
*Gomez eating all of Atrios' trail mix*
Gomez | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:45 pm | #
I've got Craisins - cranberry raisins....Mmmm
Meanwhile, a State Department official, after initially denying that State had ordered its 1,000 Baghdad personnel to wear protective gear, said that a copy of the order obtained by McClatchy was an undiscussable security breach."
An undiscussable security breach.
These guys are hilarious.
I don't recall Atrios offering me any trail mix!
I thought trail mix was more up NTodd's ass, ur, alley.
"I can be controversial on occasion because I speak my mind, passionately."
--Vicki, Who ? Al Gore
What's wrong with being controversial? You have always been one of my favorite commentors on this blog. You're so upfront sometimes, it knocks my socks off. But that is good.
*SNORF*
Don't start me on that blue-nosed fucking prude...
I always got a kick out of Jello Biafra running for mayor in the 80s and going over to her house with a bunch of cleaning supplies.
Heh! If leninsky was there, he could keep us free!
Gilly Gonzylon | 07.14.07 - 6:44 pm | #
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You bet... as I stand and salute my monitor.... thank gawd for leninskies of the world....
Until they ask him to turn his head and cough.
That part, Leninsky enjoys. As long as the hands are warm.
Feinstein was a well-known police groupie in SF. She used to like riding around with the boys in blue on night patrol, wearing a cop hat.
If it hadn't been for Dan Fucking White, she would be president of the goddam Seacliff-Presidio Republican Women's Club right now...
Is haloscan working as well for everyone else as it is for me right now?
Reward good behavior.
(Strokes haloscan lovingly. Here's a cookie.)
If it hadn't been for Dan Fucking White, she would be president of the goddam Seacliff-Presidio Republican Women's Club right now...
dave™©
Blame it on the twinkies.
Hand in hand with the capitalists and landlords, the churches of many persuasions serve to enforce Capitalist morality, to maintain the subjugation of women in the family, to relegate them to the home and exclude them from participation in political and social life.
Leninsky | 07.14.07 - 6:37 pm | #
Told you it was a closet liberal......
Hey, Vicki, I can't remember if you were around when I was pimping this over 4th of July, but you might like this radio station out of Mendocino.
it must be raise the Army and Marines' spirits to know that you "progressives" are so solid behind their work in Iraq.
Leninsky
Over 200 millions baby.
Against you.
How about them apples?
Way off topic, but hey, maybe they should have done something about this in the beginning:
LOS ANGELES - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday.
Attorneys for the archdiocese and the plaintiffs are expected to announce the deal Monday, the day the first of more than 500 clergy abuse cases was scheduled for jury selection, according to two people with knowledge of the agreement. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the settlement had not been made public.
The archdiocese and its insurers will pay between $600 million and $650 million to about 500 plaintiffs _ an average of $1.2 million to $1.3 million per person. The settlement also calls for the release of confidential priest personnel files after review by a judge assigned to oversee the litigation, the sources said.
dave: lol; if Dan White had kept selling hot dogs on Pier 39, we wouldn't have this embarrassment Feinstein in the Senate.
Blame it on the twinkies.
No reason to get all homophobi-- oh, you meant Twinkies™!
Evening, moonbats
So how many A-list bloggers hate me today?
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
This C-list commenter thinks you're nifty keen boffo.
No reason to get all homophobi-- oh, you meant Twinkies™!
dave™©
Yeah. Remember the defense?
it must be raise the Army and Marines' spirits to know that you "progressives" are so solid behind their work in Iraq.
Leninsky
Leninsky, did ya read this?
On my flight home this week, I sat next to an Army sergeant. She was a flight medic--charged with saving lives on the battlefield. She told me that she was on her way back to Iraq after taking her two weeks of leave. She had spent the past ten months there, and was returning to complete her last five. When I asked her how she felt about it, she explained that she had a young son at home who will now spend a second Christmas in a row without his mother. She said she was tired of watching her fellow soldiers die in front of her. And she said that no matter what she or anyone else did, nothing was changing in Iraq. Then she just looked at me, as if no other explanation was needed, as if I understood. And I did. Because I've been there.
It is time for the President and those in his party, including those running to be the next Commander-in-Chief, to support changing the mission in Iraq. For the sake of our national security, we must begin bringing the troops back home.
1-800-GO ARMY!
"to maintain the subjugation of women in the family, to relegate them to the home and exclude them from participation in political and social life."
Sounds like the main platform from the Repugnican Party.
Feinstein was a well-known police groupie in SF. She used to like riding around with the boys in blue on night patrol, wearing a cop hat.
Damm that sounds like fun
A new star rising on the political horizon.... to save us... just like leninsky:
"Strom Thurmond Jr. considers a state Senate run
By Aaron Gould Sheinin | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Wed, July 11, 2007 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Strom Thurmond Jr., son of the South Carolina political icon, is considering a bid for the state Senate.
"I am considering running, and I've received a lot of encouragement," Thurmond, 34, told The State on Wednesday.
The former U.S. attorney, now a lawyer with a private practice in Aiken, S.C., declined to comment further.
If Thurmond runs, it will be as a Republican in a special election to fill the seat left vacant by Tommy Moore's resignation Saturday. Moore, the unsuccessful 2006 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, resigned to take a position with a national payday lending trade association."
It don't sound like either of these guys are winners. Payday loan.... what crap.
Meanwhile, a State Department official, after initially denying that State had ordered its 1,000 Baghdad personnel to wear protective gear, said that a copy of the order obtained by McClatchy was an undiscussable security breach."
An undiscussable security breach.
These guys are hilarious.
pie | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:46 pm | #
That doesn't sound at all promising...
Feinstein was a well-known police groupie in SF. She used to like riding around with the boys in blue on night patrol, wearing a cop hat.
Damm that sounds like fun
Chris Matthews
Did she search people.....like Christy Todd Whitman did?
if Dan White had --
-- gone to your parents' house instead of SF City Hall? Yes, we'd all be much happier today, that's for fucking sure...
Pie: anecdotes don't cut it
What's wrong with being controversial?
She who shall not be named was very unhappy with me for being honest about something on this blog that annoyed me, though it annoyed several others, as well. She sent me a ammo round of e-mails telling me I was wrong, and that I was a bitch. My intention was not to hurt anyone, but rather to try to make the conversation around here a little less angry and a little more civil, but apparently, one of the (former) kewl kidz didn't agree, so she attempted to bully me. Didn't work, other than maybe to crank her blood pressure to new levels.
I had too much going on in my life at the time to take the bullshit with anything more than a grain of salt - new job,my dad was dying, and all of that.
Nonetheless, I'm honest. I try not to be painfully honest, but my personality can hit like a ton of bricks, and I can't change who I am, nor do I want to.
I thought trail mix was more up NTodd's ass, ur, alley.
Bags of GORP! Fiddy cent!
So how many A-list bloggers hate me today?
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I think you're peachy keen.
But, hey, what do I know?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/200/s...tory/
17873.html
"I can be controversial on occasion because I speak my mind, passionately."
Controversial? Not as far as I'm concerned.
Passionate? Most definitely.
Has someone been harrassing you? 
Did she search people....
I can't recall specifically, but I do think they let her do some "pretend" policing.
Pie,
Ignore the troll, you can't win cause they don't know when they is whupped.
Nice day on this side of the state, decent on your side?
Pie: anecdotes don't cut it
Leninsky
Then what you got?
pigboy | 07.14.07 - 6:53 pm | #
Hope the RNC tests his DNA. Just sayin...
if Dan White had kept selling hot dogs on Pier 39, we wouldn't have this embarrassment Feinstein in the Senate.
Leninsky
Mosconi and Milk's lives reduced to a troll's attempt at humour.
How disgusting.
anecdotes don't cut it
Who the fuck are you to decide "what cuts it"?
Oh, I know. You're some lonely jackass that comes to comment sections on blogs to pick fights. What a life...
The City Paper is a winger fantasy rag. They also gushed that Frist would be perfect for the job, so don't read much into that.
.
Never mind.
Has someone been harrassing you?
Just my mother!
No one! I've been busy as hell, which is why you haven't seen much of me.
New Nixon tapes released!
He calls McGovern a "son of a bitch".
He said he in 1972 he could end the war in one week!!
I love this stuff!!!
Do not taunt Happy Fun Troll™
This may end NTodds hope of ever starting his own blog:
"Over the limit: Comcast says man using too much bandwidth
By Ben van der Meer | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thu, July 12, 2007 email | print tool nameclose
tool goes here
MODESTO, Calif. — Ken Glover admits he's on the Internet a lot: downloading movies and songs, surfing sites, playing "World of Warcraft."
Comcast says he's on too much, and they'll cut him off if he doesn't cut back.
"To me, `unlimited' means whenever I want," said Glover, 35, of Modesto. "When I'm not at work, I'm on my computer."
When his $55 monthly service was shut down last month, Glover said, he called Comcast to find out why.
A company official told him that he'd gone over the "limit" for using Comcast's high-speed Internet service. So the company was exercising its right, listed in the contract's terms and conditions, to shut him down temporarily."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/200/s...tory/
17927.html
Vicki, sorry for the missspelling, and meanwhile I think you're great. If blogs aren't a place for blinding honesty and controversy, what is?
I can be controversial on occasion because I speak my mind, passionately.
You need your own talk show!
and meanwhile I think you're great.
Oh, great, I know on what side of the bench I sit! A troll admires me!
She sent me a ammo round of e-mails telling me I was wrong, and that I was a bitch.
Oh, jeez.
Sorry you had to go through that. I'd really like to know why she "chose that route"...
There's a great word I like to bandy about when I'm out and about bandying about:poltroon. There's no wiki entry to date but Webster's says: agj:characterized by complete cowardice see leninsky
Apply where needed.
I was not aware that Comcast had a "limit" for their Internet service.
anecdotes don't cut it
What cuts it?
Victory? When? How long? How much more is it going to cost us?
Billions and billions of dollars and human lives.
Such tragic waste.
Nonetheless, I'm honest. I try not to be painfully honest, but my personality can hit like a ton of bricks, and I can't change who I am, nor do I want to.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
All that I know is that at the EschaCon panel you said about the (then ongoing) Katrina disaster something like, "The stench of this administration is the stench of the corpse."
It was so cathartically on the mark that I left the room for an angry weep.
How can I not love someone who can do that for me?
If blogs aren't a place for blinding honesty and controversy, what is?
Awww, isn't it cute?
An attempt at a pity fuck.
Leninsky, you're a goofy guy.
You need your own talk show!
dave™©
For me it was either that or that or the Happy Valley Rest Facility.
I think everything worked out!
"Over the limit: Comcast says man using too much bandwidth
People gotta read their contracts. Nothing new: back in the day Netcom started charging more for high-usage when they found 3% of their customers were using 33% of their resources. And I noticed in the VZ wireless broadband contract, they reserve the right to shut you down temporarily if you go over 5 gig.
Leninsky, I love you, queer boy.
I was not aware that Comcast had a "limit" for their Internet service.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign Now | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:57 pm | #
At a local Skippers, at one time, they had an "all you can eat" salad bar and the manager came up to me and said I was eating too much salad......
People gotta read their contracts. Nothing new: back in the day Netcom started charging more for high-usage when they found 3% of their customers were using 33% of their resources. And I noticed in the VZ wireless broadband contract, they reserve the right to shut you down temporarily if you go over 5 gig.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:59 pm | #
2.0!
For me it was either that or that or the Happy Valley Rest Facility.
I think everything worked out!
Chris Matthews | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 6:58 pm | #
lol
I've often marvelled at folks who complain when a bathroom stinks.
I am supporting Clinton for president, and will still support her as my first choice even if Gore gets in the race. Having said that, though, I applaud Gore for having the best climate policy
A comment on the Gore thread at kos. I just gotta say that I admire this person for stating who he supports without reservation, and then complimenting Gore's climate policy!
I love well-reasoned comments like this!
billy b-monkey man--any relation to McChimpBusHalliburton?
I am still not giving that troll any of my trail mix.
Uncle Smokes,
Thanks.
I did not know that my comment moved you.
All I remember about that fiercely intense weekend is the outrage over the hurricane. It was so fresh...
I've often marvelled at folks who complain when a bathroom stinks.
Although those little reed diffusers work wonders.
Quick: all you Christopher Lowell-types out there:
What kind of green would go well with natural woodwork in a living room?
billy b-monkey man--any relation to McChimpBusHalliburton?
Leninsky
monkey man is a Stones tune, ignatz.
A weak attempt the ad hominem dodge.
At a local Skippers, at one time, they had an "all you can eat" salad bar and the manager came up to me and said I was eating too much salad......
Mr Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film, The Neverending Story.
Wouldn't it be awesome if there were more competitors in the broadband cable market?
In Grand Rapids, we have exactly one service provider.
Comcast.
Maybe all the Comcast folks should revolt. C'mon, pie, and Terry C, and Gomez, and you (I'm looking at you!),
What does a girl have to do to get a drink around here?
Zap, stay away from the blue greens. Go with something like a light Dill or something with red/yellow tones in it.
Hey I'm new to this whole blogging / internets thing.
You guys have actual trolls??
Are they like in the movies, you know short an ugly and live under bridges?
That is so amazing!
I love interwebbing!! Ha!!
At a local Skippers, at one time, they had an "all you can eat" salad bar and the manager came up to me and said I was eating too much salad......
Mr Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film, The Neverending Story.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:04 pm | #
Your honor, I'd like to cite the case of finders vs. keepers.
What does a girl have to do to get a drink around here?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
What'll it be, Goddess?
What kind of green would go well with natural woodwork in a living room?
What kind of wood? What are we painting: the walls, floors, ceiling?
What does a girl have to do to get a drink around here?
Flash her bazooms!
(BTW, Stef says she reads your blog all the time and thanks you for the BSE reminders.)
billy b,
Oh, I'll have whatever you're having.
Mr Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film, The Neverending Story.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:04 pm | #
Doh..... maybe I shouldn't have used that wheel borrow....
Go with something like a light Dill or something with red/yellow tones in it.
I told Zapette maybe an olive-drab (an homage to my commie roots ), or something along that line.
Thanks.
What does a girl have to do to get a drink around here?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Sidle up to the most gullible rube dumbass at the bar (i.e., me).
Sorry you had to go through that. I'd really like to know why she "chose that route"...
"I was trying to save that blog"
- a humble comment about Eschaton left on a thread at another blog by the "A-List bloggers hate you all!" person.
Stef says she reads your blog all the time and thanks you for the BSE reminders
The BSE reminders rock (especially since I've encountered breast health issues in the last year). I see Hecate's blog linked all over the place - I think I told her that before.
It's one of my absolute favorites.
Stef says she reads your blog all the time and thanks you for the BSE reminders
That is like the coolest thing, ever. I'm glad you two are still reasonably friendly. I always like to stay friends w/ my exes. After all, by the time that you divorce someone, you know them pretty well.
"This week they could certainly feel that way, after voicing their "concern" over the actions of a huge union-busting public relations company headed by Sen. Hillary Clinton's top political strategist, Mark Penn -- and getting no satisfactory response."
http://www.salon.com/opinion/con..._and_mark_penn/
What kind of wood? What are we painting: the walls, floors, ceiling?
Pine (floors & window frames).
And just the walls.
Maybe all the Comcast folks should revolt.
Actually, Comcast works pretty well here.
We just turned them down again for a package that included phone service and more channels (waste of money). Vonage is working out very well and is cheaper.
What does a girl have to do to get a drink around here?
Hecate
Here...in honor of our preznit, it's a shot of Butterscotch schnapps with Bailey's irish cream layered on top.
[It's called a "Cowboy Cocksucker," but back in the day when everyone was ordering it at the gay bar, I was too encumbered with Southern manners to ask the woman bartender for it by name, and settled on "CCS."]
"I was trying to save that blog"
- a humble comment about Eschaton left on a thread at another blog by the "A-List bloggers hate you all!" person.
Richard | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:07 pm | #
Who is this mystery woman? I missed all the entertainment, apparently.
Someone was looking for an inexpensive laptop last night.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/
T...roductDetail.do
I have to go to the story.
Out of cat food and getting some dirty looks.
We just turned them down again for a package that included phone service and more channels (waste of money).
My bill went up to $ 135 with the premium channels, so I just called them and cut it back to basic cable. With Internet and basic, I'm paying $ 104.
The BSE reminders rock
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy?
STORE, not story.
Although the guy who runs the corner store is such a gossip, I'll hear a few stories.
"I was trying to save that blog"
Okay. She said some pretty far out stuff, but, if that was indeed her, takes the cake.
Zap,
I have pine floors and this walllpaper on my walls. It's actuallly a bit darker than it shows up here, at least on my screen.
Richard, it's really not necessary to comment about the comment.
It's over. Move on.
It's called a "Cowboy Cocksucker,"
They named a drink after Bush?
So buying Fair Trade Coffee is a good thing, right?
Here...in honor of our preznit, it's a shot of Butterscotch schnapps with Bailey's irish cream layered on top.
[It's called a "Cowboy Cocksucker,"
I am sooo ordering that the next time that I'm out.
After all, by the time that you divorce someone, you know them pretty well.
My ex and I were friendly until his new woman came on the scene. She hated my guts because she thought I wanted him back. [Rolls eyes.]
She was all sources of a fucking nightmare until his order to pay child support ran out when Aud turned 18.
She blamed me for their precarious financial situation, although he was only paying $ 75/week, and then it went down to under $ 50 after his biz went bankrupt.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:10 pm | #
Me likes!
It's actuallly a bit darker than it shows up here, at least on my screen.
Yeah, that doesn't look very dark. Thanks for the tip.
STORE, not story.
Although the guy who runs the corner store is such a gossip, I'll hear a few stories.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign Now
That's the kind of word play that makes my day: "Gotta go see the gossipy guy who runs the corner grocery story."
Could easily be a song lyric...
"I was trying to save that blog"
- a humble comment about Eschaton left on a thread at another blog by the "A-List bloggers hate you all!" person.
[chokes, makes 'jerk off' motion]
That is like the coolest thing, ever.
What makes it cooler is that she doesn't really read blogs.
I'm glad you two are still reasonably friendly. I always like to stay friends w/ my exes. After all, by the time that you divorce someone, you know them pretty well.
We just had dinner on Wednesday. Hey, we still love each other, it's just that we have divergent paths is all. We're in a good space now.
who ever she was.... I would just like to thank her for saving this blog....
With Internet and basic, I'm paying $ 104.
Internet and a medium digital package (no movies) is $101, but we're near A2.
Damn Gilly, I looked at the laptop again today. I have the money and it is a really nice machine. I just don't have a USE for it. (always wanted one but . . .)
It's called a "Cowboy Cocksucker,"
I really had one of those once (when my old band played a gay club in town).
But I was underage, so of course it was good...
We just had dinner on Wednesday. Hey, we still love each other, it's just that we have divergent paths is all. We're in a good space now.
NTodd Sobchak
The first thing that popped in my mind was the Muppets' "Pigs...In...Spaaaaace!"
That doesn't mean anything. It's just how my free-associated brain works.
DWD, I believe, also has Comcast.
Interesting how the pricing packages differ between regions. I think Gomez is paying a little less than I am for the same, exact services.
We just had dinner on Wednesday. Hey, we still love each other, it's just that we have divergent paths is all. We're in a good space now.
That is really great. With the first ex-Mr. Hecate, we have to stay friends, because we have a Son and a G/Son together. Plus, his husband is a v. great guy; I like him a lot and he gives me gardening advice. The second ex-Mr. Hecate is still a bit angry w/ me, but we still get along reasonably well.
I just don't have a USE for it. (always wanted one but . . .)
DWD - Education Geek | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:13 pm | #
Then no need to buy.... There's always a deal on computers.
who ever she was.... I would just like to thank her for saving this blog....
She gave her life for this blog.
[sheds lone tear]
But he was soooo cool in his red and black checkered hunting jacket!
Lamar - the candidate for Rethugs so stupid they would vote for a fucking shirt.
Vicki,
Thanks! And, tomorrow, be sure to tune in for mid-month kegel blogging, a feature I introduced last month!
[sheds lone tear]
You are such a brat. It's part of the reason I love you. Plus, you are mad, wicked, intelligent.
She gave her life for this blog.
[sheds lone tear]
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:15 pm | #
OMG who? who?????
/juvenile rant
She gave her life for this blog.
[sheds lone tear]
NTodd Sobchak
No one left to speak Truth to Power *sob*
We just had dinner on Wednesday. Hey, we still love each other, it's just that we have divergent paths is all. We're in a good space now.
NTodd Sobchak
Pull yourself together, man. Yuck.
[sheds lone tear]
NTodd Sobchak
Dust in the wind.
As long as this blog survives there is alway hope for a refund......
Vicki: With Internet and basic, I'm paying $ 104.
I pay $55 for the same thang here in Gashvegas.
.
She gave her life for this blog.
[sheds lone tear]
NTodd Sobchak
Ha! That really reminds me of that scene in Star Trek Two. I love movies!
Comcast's customer service is THE worst customer "service" on the face of the planet. I have Comcast and I hate them with a red hot passion.
All my exes live in.........Minnesota.
/goes back to rhyming drawing board
Tonight- ABC
Freaky Friday
A stressed-out mother (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her sullen daughter (Lindsay Lohan) magically swap bodies in this charming remake of the 1977 comedy. Curtis and Lohan are superb. Based on the novel by Mary Rodgers. Directed by Mark S. Waters.
But I was underage, so of course it was good...
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody
Those shots made me ill but were tasty.
The next fad that hit the bar was the B-52.
My (now deceased and sorely missed) friend and I had so many of those one night that we fell off our tall barstools at the same time--simultaneously smacking our asses down on the floor, collapsing in a fit of giggles.
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end....
Qwest: 26.99/month for "life".
We can live with that.
It's over. Move on.
pie | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:10 pm | #
Your problem, pie, is that you don't understand what an incredible triumph it is that we've finally purged Eschaton of egotism, self-importance, wrongheadedness, and unnecessary drama.
i'm out. date time. later batz.
Pull yourself together, man. Yuck.
I truly hope you are being sarcastic, because I think it's totally cool and mature that he's able to be at peace with his ex-wife.
Had I been able to live the last ten years at peace with my ex-husband, it would have saved so much useless energy expended on stressful situations.
I don't necessarily blame my ex, it's his wife who firmly believes that it isn't *right* for exes to be friends. She's a Republican, too, and is a global warming denier because Glenn Beck says it ain't happening.
Sometimes, I feel sorry for the guy. He's relatively intelligent and liberal, and he's pussy whipped to this moron, but I digress.
Uncle Smokes,
Those sweet drinks will kill you.
I truly hope you are being sarcastic, because I think it's totally cool and mature that he's able to be at peace with his ex-wife.
81% Sarcastic
may you see at least one butterfly this weekend...
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.13.07 - 10:16 pm |
Saw two of them this morning, so I stopped to watch them dance across the street.
I thought of your blessing.
Vicki,
For a while, the second ex-Mr. Hecate hooked up w/ a bible thumper. It wasn't pretty. I tried to tell him, but he wouldn't listen. She left him when she realized that he wasn't going to marry her.
This blog's theme song should be "Alcohol" by the Barenaked Ladies.
"Alcohol, my permanent accessory..."
Buckeye,
That's so cool. My budaleia bush is just startging to bloom, so I'm hoping to see one, too.
Those sweet drinks will kill you.
That's why we take our Stoli straight up or in an extra dry martini. Which is almost the same thing
If anyone here has an account at Daily Kos, and if you agree with the message, please recommend this diary:
Compare and Contrast: Gore vs Top Three Candidates on climate change
Lots of good ideas.
That's why we take our Stoli straight up or in an extra dry martini. Which is almost the same thing
Um, is it okay that I'm having some Popov straight up?
That's why we take our Stoli straight up or in an extra dry martini. Which is almost the same thing
You got that right, babe! I'm going over to see G/Son tomorrow morning. Should be hot enough to play in the wading pool w/ the plastic sea creatures.
I view wallpaper as a personal threat.
But is what I'm going to have my tile guy lay down for the fireplace hearth. Finally. NO MORE BROWN.
She left him when she realized that he wasn't going to marry her.
Man, it's always better to move on umder those circumstances. Sounds as if he dodged a bullet.
Uncle Smokes,
Those sweet drinks will kill you.
Hecate
Oh, not to worry. I don't do that nonsense anymore.
On the rare festive occasion I will enjoy a few Brandy Alexanders, which is a smooth way to sneak a lot of brandy into your system, a liquor that hits the devil-with-heart-of-gold receptors in my brain--as opposed to the just plain devil receptors.
All alcohol is poison...a lovely warm-in-the-tummy-toast-your-good-health poison.
That's why we take our Stoli straight up or in an extra dry martini. Which is almost the same thing
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
I :heart: this blog and its denizens....
GWPDA,
Those are gorgeous! They'll go great w/ the brown!
GWPDA,
It probably goes without saying, but you have fabulous taste in tile!
Hecate, the wading pool is teh shit.
I actually filled it with fresh water for myself today (Gorgeous Granddaughter is with Mommy and Other Grandma today).
If the Stoli on ice doesn't do it, I plan to head for the pool. And yes, Monsieur has arrived home to find me lounging in the kiddie pool, sipping a martini and reading a very bad novel
Buckeye,
That's so cool. My budaleia bush is just startging to bloom, so I'm hoping to see one, too.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:24 pm |
I miss having a reall backyard and a real garden.
There are a couple of streets on my walk where there are probably butterflys, they're just hanging out in the backyard gardens, not following me.
I am accompanying Mrs. Blues to a Vietnamese restaurant this evening to visit some of her friends.
Zap, raise a Popov to your new status as homeowners
Uncle Smokes,
When I was young, I liked to drink grasshoppers. Those are really sweet.
I dunno, the older that I get, the less that I'm into sweet. At the end of a meal out, I'd much rather have the cheese tray, these days, than dessert. Even champagne can taste too sweet to me. There's some really sweet dessert wine that Son loves and D-i-L and I always wince; it's soooo sweet.
If the Stoli on ice doesn't do it, I plan to head for the pool. And yes, Monsieur has arrived home to find me lounging in the kiddie pool, sipping a martini and reading a very bad novel
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
Ah, the things I miss by living like a hermit...
I don't drink, but I'm having fun just being part of the interweaving set!
And yes, Monsieur has arrived home to find me lounging in the kiddie pool, sipping a martini and reading a very bad novel.
Viva life!!
GWPDA,
Those are gorgeous! They'll go great w/ the brown!
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
'Enkew. I was leaning toward some pretty granite or another, until I thought how lovely against the oak floors a nice dab of Talavera gold would be - along with the new gold upholstered chair. And that shade of blue is always good, in moderation. It's just the hearth too, be about 2'x 4'.
I am accompanying Mrs. Blues to a Vietnamese restaurant this evening to visit some of her friends.
Deacon Blues | 07.14.07 - 7:29 pm | #
Vietnamese is tres yummy
All alcohol is poison...a lovely warm-in-the-tummy-toast-your-good-health poison.
Uncle Smokes
The universal solvent.
Okay. She said some pretty far out stuff, but, if that was indeed her, takes the cake.
Posted over at Aventus.
Vietnamese is tres yummy
Gilly Gonzylon
Menu and/or drink suggestions?
Deacon Blues, I get the impression you're looking forward to this with the same anticipation that Monsieur has for his 'spouse of faculty member' stints.
The universal solvent.
groans.........
Don't get them going on solvents, man.
The universal solvent.
gullycat | 07.14.07 - 7:31 pm | #
Let's not start that up again....
All alcohol is poison...a lovely warm-in-the-tummy-toast-your-good-health poison.
To alcohol...the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!
/Homer J. Simpson
Sorry.
we've finally purged Eschaton of egotism, self-importance, wrongheadedness, and unnecessary drama.
My jaw hit the floor, and then I realized you were kidding.
Hecate, one of the things that's scared and saddened me this year is the lack of hummingbirds. No rain has meant my African flame tree hasn't bloomed, so no nectar for the lovely creatures. They're the one bird I truly cherish and enjoy.
I'm taking my celebratory champagne out with me to water the crops. Chuy it's hot!
And muggy too.
.
Ohhh, looks fancy. Guess I'll have to wear shoes instead of flipflops.
http://www.sfinedining.com/
Menu and/or drink suggesti0ons?
Deacon Blues | 07.14.07 - 7:31 pm | #
I'd be the wrong guy to ask, as I'm a vegetarian and I don't drink much. (I'm still one hellova badass, though)
we've finally purged Eschaton of egotism, self-importance, wrongheadedness, and unnecessary drama.
What are we over here for, then?
Zap, raise a Popov to your new status as homeowners
Really?
Hurray!!!!
Deacon blues, flip flops are always de rigeur.
Well, if you're in math/stats. Computer geeks can get away with it, too.
Posted over at Aventus.
Richard | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:31 pm | #
Y'know, just for the record, there are plenty of people here who say dumb, silly, or self-important things, and some of 'em don't have even 50% of Tena's good qualities.
Obsessively mocking her is childish, IMO, and invites comparisons that are not necessarily flattering.
You guys are making me thirsty.
And hungry.
So I'm off to indulge myself.
Peace and blessings to all of you.
Deacon Blues, I get the impression you're looking forward to this with the same anticipation that Monsieur has for his 'spouse of faculty member' stints.
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
It's a couple we've known for at least 15 years. I've never really warmed to either of them, but they're nice enough and Mrs. Blues works in the same industry with her.
But is what I'm going to have my tile guy lay down for the fireplace hearth. Finally. NO MORE BROWN.
Nice.
Chuy it's hot!
Had a couple in the store today from Scottsdale (the wife grew up here). They're driving home this week and said they were going to take their time getting there.
pie,
Closing on the 31st. Just found out this morning that seller accepted all of our "demands" .
Still hasn't sunk in yet...
Oh please. Tena's a good person. I'm not going to go there.
Deacon,
Looks yummy, esp. : Ca Ri Ca, a Chilean sea bass in spicy curry sauce with lime cilantro infused broken rice.
Ralph Kiner night!
My jaw hit the floor, and then I realized you were kidding.
pie | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:32 pm | #
Yeah, just a little bit....
...I always wince; it's soooo sweet.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
As a lad, I did not understand dark chocolate, now I can't get enough--with a cup of sturdy coffee, mmmmmmmm...nummers!
By the way, for those not familiar with the "Bartender's Cure," you take a few drops of bitters and fill the rest of the glass with soda.
This is not a drink to enjoy, but to be gotten through.
After about 15 minutes, the horrid sick feeling that sweet liqeurs leave in your gut will vanish.
You're welcome.
Deacon blues - They have their menus in PDF format on the website.
Y'know, just for the record, there are plenty of people here who say dumb, silly, or self-important things, and some of 'em don't have even 50% of Tena's good qualities.
Obsessively mocking her is childish, IMO, and invites comparisons that are not necessarily flattering.
Amen.
Isn't relentless mocking of people you disagree with a republican/trollish thing?
4Legs, what's on tap for Scifi tonight?
There damn better be something, or I may have to spend that time in the kiddie pool.
Deacon blues, flip flops are always de rigeur.
Well, if you're in math/stats. Computer geeks can get away with it, too.
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
I splurged on new Tevas for the summer. They're very comfortable and the blue color goes perfectly with denim.
Quick: all you Christopher Lowell-types out there:
What kind of green would go well with natural woodwork in a living room?
Zap Rowsdower
Zap, you 1912-home-owning motherfucker:
(a) A fine bourbon is being quaffed - QUAFFED, I say! - in your and Zapette's honor.
(b) Old. House. Journal.
They had a gorgeus, authentic green on their cover recently. I'll send it to you tomorrow.
Deacon Blues, good liquor was made for nights like you're going to have
Deacon Blues, I get the impression you're looking forward to this with the same anticipation that Monsieur has for his 'spouse of faculty member' stints.
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere | 07.14.07 - 7:31 pm |
My boss, her hubby is about to be named dean of his dept, this means more of that sort 'supportive spouse' attendance at functions. She's actually good at that sort of thing, she just doesn't like it.
Deacon Blues, I've got 4 pairs of Tevas. I love them.
And 15 pairs of flip flops.
I may be a geek, but I'm a geek with a shoe fetish
Oh please. Tena's a good person. I'm not going to go there.
Sallyh
*
thanks Sallah.
lets be charitable to old friends and hold their temper tantrums in perspective...best ignored, IMO.
Isn't relentless mocking of people you disagree with a republican/trollish thing?
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:37 pm | #
Yes. Unless it's NTodd.
Menu and/or drink suggestions?
Deacon Blues
Don't ask me: It's all fried things and sweet drinks that will kill me if the gravy doesn't get me first.
They had a gorgeus, authentic green on their cover recently. I'll send it to you tomorrow.
Schweet....thanks!
Deacon, start with the Dau Hu va Nam, followed by some Bun Dau Hu Xao Xa with maybe a side of Mi or Pho Xao Chay
Deacon,
Looks yummy, esp. : Ca Ri Ca, a Chilean sea bass in spicy curry sauce with lime cilantro infused broken rice.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Thanks for the tip... impressive menu at this place.
McCain shows Bush league leadership skills...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp...ml?
hpid=topnews
After weeks of internal struggles over who would run John McCain's presidential campaign, three key aides went to the candidate in January and told him he had to take action. Rick Davis, the campaign's chief executive, they said, should be pushed aside, and McCain had to make it clear that Terry Nelson, the campaign manager and a veteran of President Bush's 2004 team, was in charge.
But the senator from Arizona refused, telling the three aides -- John Weaver, Mark Salter and Nelson -- that he would not strip Davis of his title or empower Nelson. "You're all equals," McCain told them, according to one participant. "Work it out."
For McCain, the onetime insurgent then firmly ensconced as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, it was a fateful decision. Instead of easing tensions among his most trusted advisers, it only exacerbated them, and for the next six months two warring factions clashed repeatedly as McCain's fundraising stalled and his poll numbers dropped.
Sallyh, everyone used to rave about Reefs, but I had a pair that wore out really too fast, and they were overpriced.
Obsessively mocking her is childish, IMO, and invites comparisons that are not necessarily flattering.
How is it "obsessive" any more than it's "constant"? It ain't. It comes up sometimes, like all topics and old jokes. Big fucking deal.
What kind of green would go well with natural woodwork in a living room
*
going with a range of khaki to olive just make sure that it has plenty of brown in it.
Deacon Blues | 07.14.07 - 7:39 pm | #
And if anyone at the table is in a bad mood, you can quip "I know your name in Vietnamese - Pow Ting"
Isn't relentless mocking of people you disagree with a republican/trollish thing?
fourlegsgood
I prefer to relentlessly mock people I agree with.
Deacon, start with the Dau Hu va Nam, followed by some Bun Dau Hu Xao Xa with maybe a side of Mi or Pho Xao Chay
Gilly Gonzylon
How in the world do I pronounce that? (Taking notes)
Unless it's NTodd.
[sobs, runs from room, grabs crotch, trips, just lies there contemplating karma]
Alexander shoukd have been on the POTUS ticket, but there was a big effort to putsch AWOL in place because he was was less responsive to oversight and opinion.
How is it "obsessive" any more than it's "constant"? It ain't. It comes up sometimes, like all topics and old jokes. Big fucking deal.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:41 pm | #
Wicked!
Vermont, Bitches!
NTodd Sobchak
Ain't y'all seceded yet?
Y'know, just for the record, there are plenty of people here who say dumb, silly, or self-important things, and some of 'em don't have even 50% of Tena's good qualities.
Do you withhold criticism of those folks, if they exceed the 50% level?
4Legs, what's on tap for Scifi tonight?
There damn better be something, or I may have to spend that time in the kiddie pool.
SUPERGATOR!!!
Looks to have lots of extreme eatage.
In fact Lamar should have arguiably been in Cheney's spot.
Zap,
You going to post a pic? 1912 is right in the middle of the arts & crafts phase. I'm dying to see what you bought.
How in the world do I pronounce that? (Taking notes)
Deacon Blues | 07.14.07 - 7:42 pm | #
Ya got me, bro. I'll bet you'll entertain the hell out the wait staff if you try.
Closing on the 31st. Just found out this morning that seller accepted all of our "demands" .
Yessssssssssssssssss!!!
Congratulations! Tell me when the housewarming party is going to be.
[sobs, runs from room, grabs crotch, trips, just lies there contemplating karma]
While you're lying there, perhaps you could contemplate how it is unkind to be mean spirited?
Deacon Blues, Reefs? Those are way overpriced.
I get my flip flops at Target, CVS, the supermarket, Costco, wherever they happen to have a cute pair.
The 15 is an approximate measure: it's actually 15 - whatever Mlle is 'borrowing' at the time.
*arguably
Closing on the 31st. Just found out this morning that seller accepted all of our "demands" .
Congrats!!
I must go out for kitteh food and vittles. BBL
4Legs, we're so watching.
Isn't relentless mocking of people you disagree with a republican/trollish thing?
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:37 pm | #
Yes. Unless it's NTodd.
Phila, Part of the Problem | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:39 pm | #
I only mock NTodd's taste in movies, because it reveals deep flaws in his character.
Ya got me, bro. I'll bet you'll entertain the hell out the wait staff if you try.
Gilly Gonzylon
There is a huuuuge Vietnamese population in Westminster and nearby Garden Grove, so I suppose the proprietors of this place will have to know what they are doing.
Okay, I'll walk to Sahib's, now.
bbl
.
Deacon Blues, and I'll have you know, I haven't bought a new pair since...well, last Sunday.
Deacon Blues, Reefs? Those are way overpriced.
I agree.
And Teva flipflops are way more comfortable. Much squishier.
Isn't relentless mocking of people you disagree with a republican/trollish thing?
Mocking David Broder makes us trollish Republicans?
I only mock NTodd's taste in movies, because it reveals deep flaws in his character.
Ntodd's gonna watch Supergator with us?
4Legs, we're so watching.
Yep.
See ya shortly.
Gotta do dinner. laterz!
The best flip flop type shoe is a Mephisto. But they're like $200, so it's not as if I can purchase them every time I get a shoe urge.
I'd like to, but my bank account won't hold.
Zap,
Here's a great resource.
Do you withhold criticism of those folks, if they exceed the 50% level?
Richard | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:43 pm | #
Nine times out of ten, yes.
We all have moments where we are over the edge and say things we regret. As a great loser once said, "Who among us doesn't love NASCAR?"
Well, I just celebrated Bastille Day by preparing a delicious, albiet modified, Salade Nicoise. It had pretty much everything in it 'cept them durned whatchamacallit olives. Didn't have any of them around. Other than that it was, like, totally authentic.
And Teva flipflops are way more comfortable. Much squishier.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork
Oh yyyesssss... These have a woven strap that is very soft between the tows and across the foot. Not sure of the material, I suppose polyester but feels more like cotton.
While you're lying there, perhaps you could contemplate how it is unkind to be mean spirited?
I have, and rejected your notion of what it entails.
Look, her crit was beyond the pale in my opinion. You don't like it, but whatever. I didn't like what she said, how she said it, and I will certainly mock her and that moral high horse she rode in on.
Save this blog? That's fucking batshit.
And please note that nobody here is being "obsessive" about it. As I said, this subject sometimes comes up, just like every other fucking thing here. Life's a bitch.
Lands End used to make these amazing flip flops that had, basically, walking shoe soles. They were the most comfortable shoes, ever. Of course, they improved them by making the straps different and now they don't fit me.
I wish there was a law that required companies to send you an email before they discontinued shit you like so that you could go buy a lifetime supply. I'd have bought, like, twenty pairs of those.
Evening, rational people.
Bonus Critter Blogging is up and is for you folks who haven't called your Congress Critters to urge them to get cracking on the latest Oceans treaty.
I only mock NTodd's taste in movies, because it reveals deep flaws in his character.
I'm watching the XXX version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire right now. It's called Almost Legal Hermione and the Asshole of Fire.
Hecate,
We'll get some pics for y'all. Not too comfortable linking to my future address because it lists the actual addy.
I believe all mocking should be directed towards Atrios' eyebrows.
And please note that nobody here is being "obsessive" about it. As I said, this subject sometimes comes up, just like every other fucking thing here. Life's a bitch.
NTodd Sobchak
...and now we can get back to making puns about using solvents as biofuels.
Also, it's only fair to point out that Tena qualified her statement about "saving the board" almost immediately, acknowledged that it was unrealistic, and pointed out that she felt that impulse mainly because she had so much affection for the people here.
Which really doesn't seem all that outrageous or arrogant, to me.
Ntodd, can I borrow it when you're through?
For our trip to Colorado, we bought what I call hiking sandals, Keen's, at REI. They're great, comfortable, waterproof, you can plunge your hot swollen footsies right into the stream, or cross said stream in them.
I'm watching the XXX version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire right now. It's called Almost Legal Hermione and the Asshole of Fire.
I told you to watch Letterman the other night.
Also, it's only fair to point out that Tena qualified her statement about "saving the board" almost immediately, acknowledged that it was unrealistic, and pointed out that she felt that impulse mainly because she had so much affection for the people here.
Which really doesn't seem all that outrageous or arrogant, to me.
Phila, Part of the Problem | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:52 pm | #
I agree. I dig Tena and am sorry she left.
Also, it's only fair to point out that Tena qualified her statement about "saving the board" almost immediately, acknowledged that it was unrealistic, and pointed out that she felt that impulse mainly because she had so much affection for the people here.
Which really doesn't seem all that outrageous or arrogant, to me.
Yes, if that comment were in a vacuum, sure. But the overall context of everything she said was about some Discovered Truth, and then she spun lies and misrepresentations elsewhere (e.g., about a "mailing list" that the "kewl kids" had and "kicked her off").
Also, the fact that she's exiled herself rather than trying to engage with the people she allegedly cares about is more than a tad annoying.
Anyway, we're going to continue to disagree on this. But please refrain from hyperbolic descriptors as "obsessive" just because some people happen to have long memories and won't stop talking about something or someone that doesn't meet your strict criteria for what's worthy.
Do you withhold criticism of those folks, if they exceed the 50% level?
Richard | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:43 pm | #
Nine times out of ten, yes.
Phila, Part of the Problem | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:48 pm | #
I should add that I usually withhold it when they're at or below that point, too. Not 'cause I'm so wonderful or patient or saintly, mind you, but because I don't have the energy or the time.
Ntodd, can I borrow it when you're through?
IT'S STICKY!
It's called Almost Legal Hermione and the Asshole of Fire.
NTodd Sobchak
Is that the one where Prof. Snape lifts his robe to reveal NToddemort's face on his ass? I love that one!
[Sorry for the spoiler.]
Zap,
Understand. Is it a bungalow?
Ad from a "family friendly" Craig's list clone.
Cute and Adorable English Bulldog Puppy. Very socialized with kids and other animal. She is vet check and all her shots are given up to date. We are willing to give her to a christain family only.
Is it a bungalow?
Nope. 2 1/2 story a-frame.
But please refrain from hyperbolic descriptors as "obsessive" just because some people happen to have long memories and won't stop talking about something or someone that doesn't meet your strict criteria for what's worthy.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:55 pm | #
I think my hyperbolic descriptors are worth about as much per pound as yours, and will use 'em as I see fit, thanks.
Nine times out of ten, yes.
If someone is, in your opinion, being a dumbass/jerk, why withhold criticism? Why treat certain people with kid gloves? We're adults here, well, at least some of us are.
Is that the one where Prof. Snape lifts his robe to reveal NToddemort's face on his ass? I love that one!
Yes, but much of that scene was left on the editing room floor, so you need the Director's Cut to get the full effect and context.
Did someone say there was a mini Eschacon in Albequrque this summer? Will Woody be invited? Or will he just show up with a bomb under his shirt? I miss the guy and agreed with 99% of what he said and how he said it.
We're adults here, well, at least some of us are.
Richard
Like SallyH, Sarah, Hecate...
hmm, I see a trend.
I believe all mocking should be directed towards Atrios' eyebrows.
gullycat
Nonsense...Atrios' eyebrows glisten with lunky intensity.
Did someone say there was a mini Eschacon in Albequrque this summer? Will Woody be invited?
Gwpda is putting it together and WGG is involved.
JR, I see a common variable...
Curried English Bulldogs are a favorite at UU potluck dinners, so I can see their point.
While you're lying there, perhaps you could contemplate how it is unkind to be mean spirited?
fourlegsgood
*bites hand*
I think my hyperbolic descriptors are worth about as much per pound as yours, and will use 'em as I see fit, thanks.
It was merely a simple request because it's been a long time since the subject even came up, and only was raised because somebody asked Vicki why she thought she was considered 'controversial', and Tena naturally was a part of that given an offline conversation they'd had. But if you want to use the word, go right the fuck ahead. I ain't the boss of you.
And if the subject comes up, I'll keep right the fuck on talking about my perception, thank you very fucking much.
Gwpda is putting it together and WGG is involved.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Cool. Wish I could go. When is it?
We are willing to give her to a christain family only.
Bwhahhaha. Xians and bulldogs. So happy together. I bet that violates a law in whatever district it's in.
And if the subject comes up, I'll keep right the fuck on talking about my perception, thank you very fucking much.
Your use of profanity upsets me, you fucker.
And Phila, are you ever going to take time out from scolding us for talking about Tena and post some bullshit on the goddamned motherfucking peace blog?
When is it?
Mid September, I think.
Your use of profanity upsets me, you fucker.
Your obsession with my constant use of profanity is batshit insane.
If someone is, in your opinion, being a dumbass/jerk, why withhold criticism? Why treat certain people with kid gloves? We're adults here, well, at least some of us are.
Richard | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 7:57 pm | #
Well, a number of reasons. First off, like I said, I usually don't have the energy. Second, I recognize that some of these debates are matters of opinion and not worth getting people angry over. Third, I get very tired of the jockeying for position that goes on, and don't want to seem like I'm playing that game. Fourth, given that I was basically born an obsessive asshole with anger-management problems, I don't think that obliges me to act like one.
Fuck the trolls, let's drink
Your use of profanity upsets me, you fucker.
Your obsession with my constant use of profanity is batshit insane.
NTodd
Your obscenity-laced, bugfuck crazy posts annoy me no end. Unclefuckers.
There's too many kings wanna hold you down.
Ad from a "family friendly" Craig's list clone.
Cute and Adorable English Bulldog Puppy. Very socialized with kids and other animal. She is vet check and all her shots are given up to date. We are willing to give her to a christain family only.
trifecta
What's the URL of said CL clone? Got to be a plenitude of comedy gold strewn about.
English Bulldogs are as sweet as goat meat. Actually, in spite of the name they are pussycats, no relation to Staffordshires or those kind of dogs. Boxers, too. They will kill you to death with their wagging tails if they aren't cropped. Total loveys.
Your obscenity-laced, bugfuck crazy posts annoy me no end. Unclefuckers.
You fucked your uncle yesterday.
Hey, I'm an adult.
You can tell by my adult beverages and adult movies.
And Phila, are you ever going to take time out from scolding us for talking about Tena and post some bullshit on the goddamned motherfucking peace blog?
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:01 pm | #
I'm working on a post right now, which says that anyone who criticizes Tena should be boiled alive in hot fat.
Actually, I've just been too busy with renovation. But I'm getting pretty close to being finished (or broke, whichever comes first...)
Noir fans,
"Sorry Wrong Number" also on tonite
Fuck the trolls, let's drink
Okay, but I'll have to be pretty drunk to fuck trolls...
Even then, no guarantees that I can get it up.
Staffordshires or those kind of dogs.
????
Staffs are sweeties. What are "those kinds of dogs"? Pits? Pits are fine if raised by non-assholes. Kill you with their tongue.
I get very tired of the jockeying for position that goes on, and don't want to seem like I'm playing that game.
Come on, everyone wants to be the 500 lb silverback alpha-male gorilla.
Fourth, given that I was basically born an obsessive asshole with anger-management problems, I don't think that obliges me to act like one.
Phila, Part of the Problem
That's kind of where I'm at now. Going away for a while to cool off, while difficult, seems to almost always pay off.
Lamar is about as progressive as Tennessee will ever vote for, so it's probably better for him to run again. Lamar will vote 99% whacko right-wing but his replacement will be 100%. Lamar isn't too bad on environmental issues.
Noir fans,
"Sorry Wrong Number" also on tonite
Culture of TrÜth
...Reaching for the Tivo remote... TCM?
You fucked your uncle yesterday.
NTodd
You can't prove it.
We have a pit mix. She is friendly to everybody. Too friendly. She wants to french everybody she meets.
We rescued her during Katrina.
I'm working on a post right now, which says that anyone who criticizes Tena should be boiled alive in hot fat.
That's not entirely non-violent, but it's still an active form of protest, so go for it!
Actually, I've just been too busy with renovation. But I'm getting pretty close to being finished (or broke, whichever comes first...)
I recommend burning your house down. I'm doing that so I don't have to pack.
Fourth, given that I was basically born an obsessive asshole with anger-management problems, I don't think that obliges me to act like one.
Phila, Part of the Problem
If you're a lawyer and I needed one, you'd be at the top of the list.
Actually, I've just been too busy with renovation. But I'm getting pretty close to being finished (or broke, whichever comes first...)
Phila, Part of the Problem | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:05 pm | #
Come do my house next!
...batshit insane.
NTodd Sobchak
Why is batshit insane? Is bullshit more balanced?
Lamar is about as progressive as Tennessee will ever vote for, so it's probably better for him to run again.
Yeah...never mind that "Al Gore" feller.
This Lamar Alexander thread is lasting longer than his presidential campaign did.
Your obsession with my constant use of profanity is batshit insane.
Your obsession with my obsession is proof that you are a poopyhead.
You fucked your uncle yesterday.
NTodd
You can't prove it.
JR, kerosene and a match
I'm editing the video I shot right now.
Yeah...never mind that "Al Gore" feller.
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:08 pm | #
yeah, that Al Gore fellow who lost Tennessee in 2000 or he would be President today.
"She wants to french everybody she meets."
On Bastille Day, let's hope so...
I'm editing the video I shot right now.
NTodd
Hah, I know you're lying. You can't video through that much water.
If someone is, in your opinion, being a dumbass/jerk, why withhold criticism? Why treat certain people with kid gloves? We're adults here, well, at least some of us are.
Richard
*
the point would be that she ain't here.
That's the kind of word play that makes my day: "Gotta go see the gossipy guy who runs the corner grocery story."
Could easily be a song lyric...
Uncle Smokes
Ya wanna spread the news?
Telegram, telephone, or tell Lenny.
Unclefuckers.
JR, kerosene and a match
Oof...what?! Hey now!
Me first! I've been sick.*
[*Old SNL joke]
I worked my way all through college at a small aminal vet and the meanest dogs I ever had to take care of were junkyard shepards and one particular Staffordshire. This idjit nearly chewed through the stainless steel bars on his cage on night to "make friends" with the other dogs and kitties in the room. Probably in a carnal manner.
"Can I pet the little bunny, George?"
Strong as unholy shit, too.
the point would be that she ain't here.
Nancy Willing
What about people who are here, who do/say something jerkish?
Come on, everyone wants to be the 500 lb silverback alpha-male gorilla.
Richard | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:06 pm | #
I dunno. I get pretty passionate on certain topics, but it's almost like having Tourette's Syndrome. I'm not really proud of the stuff I end up blurting out.
Most times, my ego would feel much more gratified if I were more able to let stuff roll off my back.
Hah, I know you're lying. You can't video through that much water.
I had a Bathysphere.
Fuck the trolls, let's drink
Fuck everything, let's drink
(Curls up with buzz and hands him a martini)
Al Gore losing his own state in '00 tells all about the Tennessee GasBag
the point would be that she ain't here.
Neither is David Broder. I guess he's off limits now.
Actually, I've just been too busy with renovation. But I'm getting pretty close to being finished (or broke, whichever comes first...)
Phila, Part of the Problem | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:05 pm | #
Come do my house next!
rorschach, infogit | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:08 pm |
Aren't you moving?
"LycheeTini
Ketel One Citron and DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps with a splash of
white cranberry and lime juice shaken and served in an ice cold
martini glass"
I'm liking this place better and better.
I recommend burning your house down. I'm doing that so I don't have to pack.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:08 pm | #
Been there; done that. This place went from being burned down, to becoming dilapidated, with no period of completion in between.
Most times, my ego would feel much more gratified if I were more able to let stuff roll off my back.
Phila, Part of the Problem | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:12 pm | #
Alas, your totem is not the duck, but the nudibranche.
Ya wanna spread the news?
Telegram, telephone, or tell Lenny.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign Now
At the corner grocery story
You can get spread the naughty news
No telegram, no telephone, just tell Lenny
Public megaphone #1, he's the Bruce
Al Gore losing his own state in '00 tells all about the Tennessee GasBag
Leninsky
It says far more about Tennessee than it says about Gore. No martinis for you.
Did someone say there was a mini Eschacon in Albequrque this summer? Will Woody be invited? Or will he just show up with a bomb under his shirt? I miss the guy and agreed with 99% of what he said and how he said it.
Bad Art |
Word!
meanest dogs I ever had to take care of were junkyard shepards and one particular Staffordshire.
Junkyard dogs of any breed are not to be messed with. A guy I knew that ran a wrecking yard had someone try steal a truck out of it one night. Cops caught the guy when he went to get stitched up. Two shepherds.
All the Staffies I know are real sweethearts.
yeah TCM
"Cuckoo's Nest" on AMC
Al Gore losing his own state in '00 tells all about the Tennessee GasBag
No, it tells all about his state, and the electorate in 2000.
What about people who are here, who do/say something jerkish?
JR, kerosene
*
by all means have at it
I do once in awhile.
but it takes too much energy on average.
(Curls up with buzz and hands him a martini)
Sallyh for Hussein
Quit spashin' water all over my bad novel!
I had a Bathysphere.
NTodd
Hmm.. time to plate the hull....
Al Gore losing his own state in '00 tells all about the Tennessee GasBag
No, it tells all about his state, and the electorate in 2000.
NTodd Sobchak
Smart bad, stupid good.
the point would be that she ain't here.
She could come back. And we criticize in absentia all the time. Nature of the beast.
Neither is David Broder. I guess he's off limits now.
Richard | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:13 pm | #
Um, the obvious difference is that some people here consider Tena a friend as well as a political ally. Some of 'em have even spent time with her in person.
If any folks here have that sort of relationship with Broder, they're keeping quiet about it.
Alas, your totem is not the duck, but the nudibranche.
rorschach
*
see what Tena is missing!!!!!!!!!
French Prisons aren't very secure.
This story amazes me. From the beeb.
I s'pose there are some cokes owed.
Did someone say there was a mini Eschacon in Albequrque this summer? Will Woody be invited?
There is, and he's attending as far as I know.
What about people who are here, who do/say something jerkish?
JR, kerosene
It happens far too often to let it bother me. Best to just accept it as the nature of this place, rather than try to police the comments, enforce some kind of orthodoxy, or hammer everybody for every little offensive thing they say.
Another rocking Saturday night in my nonstop party existence. Whoo and hoo.
I imagine the strength it takes Tena to not come back here for a quick comment is matched only by the strength it takes yer typical 16 YO male not to touch "it" anymore.
French Prisons aren't very secure.
I wasn't very secure in that Turkish Prison, either.
Re GasBag Gore's loss of his own state in '00: Tennesseans, having seen the fat fraud waddle thru Congress for years, should know.
Typical "progressive" cant: blame the voters.
Anybody trying to enforce orthodoxy other than the sweaty one would be part of the problem no?
What about people who are here, who do/say something jerkish?
Those people are bastard people!
well I'm out to quaff a while at the music bar. I'll raise a few in abstentia
This may shock and sadden everybody, but former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore has dropped out of the GOP primary.
Speaking of security, did all y'all here about this?
The Staffies I've met have been sweet and well mannered. I've quite liked both of them. One was a little goofy though, loved to lick the owner's cat all over, all of the time.
French Prisons aren't very secure.
But the food wasn't bad.
sure that it has plenty of brown in it.
NO MORE BROWN. NO. MORE. BROWN.
trifect: Who????
Those people are bastard people!
I hate you...and I hate your ass face!!
This may shock and sadden everybody, but former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore has dropped out of the GOP primary.
trifecta
Who?
Typical "progressive" cant: blame the voters.
Leninsky
What do you have to say about the behavior of the voters in the 2006 election?
Exactly Bad Art. Exactly.
This may shock and sadden everybody, but former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore has dropped out of the GOP primary.
Damn, I was sure he was going to be the 44th preznit.
He was the boring middle aged white man who was balding. You may have seen him being ignored by everybody.
I recommend burning your house down. I'm doing that so I don't have to pack.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:08 pm | #
Been there; done that. This place went from being burned down, to becoming dilapidated, with no period of completion in between.
Phila, Part of the Problem | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:13 pm |
My friend rehabbed a house like that. 1880's, previous owner torched it to get the insurance money, friend bought what was left at auction for 10000. Did almost everything himself. Even bought broken down professional kitchen appliances: Viking ,etc. and rehabbed those.
Turned out very nice.
He was the boring middle aged white man who was balding. You may have seen him being ignored by everybody.
trifecta
Aren't the GOP candidates boring middle aged white men who were balding?
Except the doggie abusing Mormon.
She could come back. And we criticize in absentia all the time. Nature of the beast.
NTodd Sobchak
It's time to make supper.
Ya'll take care of your good selves, and please don't talk about me when I'm gone.
We've got our list of possible Oshkosh houses down to 19, all of which are at least twice as big as the Austin house, and cheaper.
Very exciting.
Typical "progressive" cant: blame the voters.
No, it's not blame. It's an observation that the voters, suffering from Clinton Fatigue and not seeing the same Al Gore we have today, decided Bush was a reasonable choice.
Tell me how Bush and Gore are polling in TN today...
People gotta read their contracts. Nothing new: back in the day Netcom started charging more for high-usage when they found 3% of their customers were using 33% of their resources. And I noticed in the VZ wireless broadband contract, they reserve the right to shut you down temporarily if you go over 5 gig.
Good thing we don't need net neutrality.
Um, the obvious difference is that some people here consider Tena a friend as well as a political ally. Some of 'em have even spent time with her in person.
I think people should simply be upfront about that rather than say arbitrary things like you shouldn't criticize her because she's not here.
It happens far too often to let it bother me. Best to just accept it as the nature of this place, rather than try to police the comments, enforce some kind of orthodoxy, or hammer everybody for every little offensive thing they say.
Buzz Bomb
I've mixed it up in equal parts with a couple of folks here, and it's not something I take personally or "seriously" (as serious as anything can get on the internet, which is not fucking much).
No, I'm talking about when someone goes way out of their way.
Oh ya.
Asshole Buzz: another strange thing about the 06 elections was the total silence from "progressives" re "election fraud". Seems that issue crops up only when you twats lose.
Whatever happened to that ad on the right side of this page with the really really rally cute girl with the BIG brown eyes who wanted to date liberal men? Can we take up a collection to have it run again instead of that kid "Susie" with the big head and the denim jacket?
We've got our list of possible Oshkosh houses down to 19, all of which are at least twice as big as the Austin house, and cheaper.
Very exciting.
rorschach, infogit | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:23 pm | #
Studies for everyone, and rooms for all the cats?
We've got our list of possible Oshkosh houses down to 19, all of which are at least twice as big as the Austin house, and cheaper.
I recommend you buy all 19.
Those people are bastard people!
Thers
No, I think their parents were married.
Well, I've never been a fan of people who deliberately stir the pot in order to increase their own idea of their self-worth. When it continues, at everyone's expense, it becomes far too tiresome for me to tolerate.
Goodnight.
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Asshole Buzz: another strange thing about the 06 elections was the total silence from "progressives" re "election fraud". Seems that issue crops up only when you twats lose.
Leninsky
Oh, I definitely think y'all had your thumb on the scale again. I just think you underestimated how much force was going to be necessary. (Karl's "math" was a bit off.)
Seems that issue crops up only when you twats lose.
Leninsky | 07.14.07 - 8:24 pm | #
Nope.
Only when there's election fraud.
GWPDA~ I once painted a lady's foyer in a color she chose off of a tiny tab - a light pastel green. Her hallway was dark wood and brick and it looked like shit because it could not carry off the red tones. A green with the brown-based green just means something not pastel or aqua or teal (unless you really know what you are doing). We repainted her hall in a richer, warmer tone towards a khaki and it worked.
For a pine wood you could go with less brown and still be safe.
We've got our list of possible Oshkosh houses down to 19, all of which are at least twice as big as the Austin house, and cheaper.
Go for the one that has the piped in beer.
Studies for everyone, and rooms for all the cats?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 07.14.07 - 8:25 pm | #
Some of them, pretty much yeah.
We've got our list of possible Oshkosh houses down to 19, all of which are at least twice as big as the Austin house, and cheaper.
Go for the one that has the piped in beer.
If it ain't got wall dildos, they ain't worth buying.
Go for the one that has the piped in beer.
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody
Good advice!
She could come back. And we criticize in absentia all the time. Nature of the beast.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:16 pm | #
Just to make it clear, everyone here has the right to criticize Tena all they want, whether she's here or not, and without worrying about whether I think some of those criticisms are petty, or hypocritical, or boring, or ungenerous, or what have you.
I mentioned a couple reasons why I personally find 'em...unedifying. If they're not compelling, so be it.
Nope.
Only when there's election fraud.
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Yep, and the Repukes can really only steal it when the elections are close. 2006 - that fucker wasn't even close.
Still no answer from the troll about the behavior of voters in 2006, instead he just resorts to name-calling, the last refuge of the stupid.
People gotta read their contracts. Nothing new: back in the day Netcom started charging more for high-usage when they found 3% of their customers were using 33% of their resources. And I noticed in the VZ wireless broadband contract, they reserve the right to shut you down temporarily if you go over 5 gig.
Good thing we don't need net neutrality.
1) Net neutrality is about the backbone, not about access.
2) This has nothing to do with categorizing traffic flows.
3) It's in the fucking contract, and if the dude wants a higher level of service he should...PAY FOR IT.
wall dildos
This may shock and sadden everybody, but former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore has dropped out of the GOP primary.
Fucking a'hole. Had his own Schiavo-type theatre while he was VA's governor. Left a huge debt for our next governor. I hope he dies.
Diaper me, mama!
GravatarGWPDA~ I once painted a lady's foyer in a color she chose off of a tiny tab - a light pastel green. Her hallway was dark wood and brick and it looked like shit because it could not carry off the red tones. A green with the brown-based green just means something not pastel or aqua or teal (unless you really know what you are doing). We repainted her hall in a richer, warmer tone towards a khaki and it worked.
We have alot of oak paneling in our house. The wife went out of her way to design a green color that matched, but never really cared for it. So she asked if she could repaint it. Being the generous guy I am, I said sure, just don't get me involved. She again went out of her way to invent a new color green and painted. Later, I took the door trim off and there was the original green under it. It was the exact same color!
Sorry, Wrong Number on TCM: Burt Lancaster was a hunk in 1948
We've got our list of possible Oshkosh houses down to 19, all of which are at least twice as big as the Austin house, and cheaper.
Go for the one that has the piped in beer.
If you find one with a working urinal in the garage, buy it. Pay any price.
Well, I think we're meeting some friends in a little bit for some drinks...
Later!!
Oh, I definitely think y'all had your thumb on the scale again. I just think you underestimated how much force was going to be necessary
Definitely the case in VA. They played all kinds of games w/ a "Green Party" that wasn't even the real Green Party. It's only issue was roads for northern VA. Oddly, it got just 2% of votes in every district. Yeah, those folks in SW Va were voting for a candidate who was for roads in NoVa. They just
"misunderestimated" the amount by which they needed to cheat. "THE" math was off, for once.
Buzz: you wanna hang your beret on the massive Democrat wins in '06? Beautiful. Meanwhile, I should mention there's this bridge in New York for sale, it's over the East River and I'll sell it to you cheap, real cheap. Cash only.
If you find one with a working urinal in the garage, buy it. Pay any price.
Buzz Bomb | 07.14.07 - 8:33 pm | #
Yeah, you're into the garage pissing, are ya?
Tennessee hasn't had a decent Senator since Gore. Maybe we can find some progressive democrat to run. I know I'm a dreamer, but ...
mer
Steve Cohen, TN's first jewish Rep. who took a pic of JFK passing by in Memphis when, Cohen was age five.
Worthy of turkee some day. His dad was a respected psychiatrist(did some work with Miami u when Steve was younger) so they have Florida roots. He brought an anti-adultery amendment up in State Leg. vs. the marriage amendment. Check his wiki reference, major health care mojo his way in practice and funding experience, plus judicial and law enforcement credentials and appearances as extras in grisham films. He's single too.
Very turkee worthy, IMO.
Bush's best friend is back...
CAIRO, Egypt - A new al-Qaida videotape posted Sunday on a militant Web site featured a short, undated clip of a weary-looking Osama bin Laden praising martyrdom.
The bin Laden clip, which lasted less than a minute, was part of a 40-minute video featuring purported al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan paying tribute to fellow militants who have been killed in the country. It was posted by the group's media production wing.
Bin Laden glorified those who die in the name of jihad, or holy war, saying even the Prophet Muhammad "had been wishing to be a martyr."
"The happy (man) is the one that God has chosen him to be a martyr," added bin Laden, who was shown outdoors wearing army fatigues and looking tired
Yeah, you're into the garage pissing, are ya?
rorschach, infogit
You laugh now...
Yeah, you're into the garage pissing, are ya?
rorschach
Well, beats trees, I suppose.
smallfish,
I assure you that it was a slightly different color.
When I bought my wallpaper, I kept switching between the green that I wanted and wheat color of the same wallpaper. Even my secretary, who makes all my final decisions for me, said, "Go with the wheat. The green's too dark. It will close up the rooms." At the last second, I went with the green. I adore it. It makes my home.
True story. When I was in the Army, we were out on a field excercise for 18 days. We finally get back to the barracks and I have to pee. I start to whip it out against a tree before realizing I can use toilets again.
We are such a product of conditioning.
1) Net neutrality is about the backbone, not about access.
The evidence says they're only in it for the money. Not to upgrade or anything. How long have they been kicking people off for "too much service"? Most people just barely use their service, but when one or two people want to use all they can, boy then the bitching begins. Net neutrality is a money maker just like limiting service is. To me, it's of a piece.
It was the exact same color!
smalfish,bikerider
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hahaha!
I have become pretty skilled at colors - and I love to mix my own.
now I gotta hit the bar before the cover charge goes into the equation
Okay, this restaurant looks chi chi. Guess I better go shave and find shoes. L8r all. Most, anyway.
I do know, even two Stolis in, that it's "its" not "it's". Really, I do.
Studies for everyone, and rooms for all the cats?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 07.14.07 - 8:25 pm | #
Some of them, pretty much yeah.
rorschach, infogit | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:28 pm
Cheaper housing markets are fun, aren't they?
Try and get one with a fireplace, wonderful for when winter sets in.
Gore/Moore 08 Moore/Gore 08 either way, bring the fat asses on! The Fat Ass Party! works altogether!
Buzz: you wanna hang your beret on the massive Democrat wins in '06? Beautiful. Meanwhile, I should mention there's this bridge in New York for sale, it's over the East River and I'll sell it to you cheap, real cheap. Cash only.
Leninsky
OK...the selling-the-Brooklyn-Bridge joke. Right...yes, I've heard that one before...is there a point to be discerned in this mess?
Still haven't answered my question, by the way. And you never will.
Net neutrality is a money maker just like limiting service is. To me, it's of a piece.
It's not of a piece. Regardless, you're against companies making money for services?
Just observationally, reading It Can Happen Here right after watching Bill Moyers and seeing An Inconvenient Truth is really, really depressing.
It will close up the rooms." At the last second, I went with the green. I adore it. It makes my home.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
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I have to say that I love your leafy pattern and the color. People are into the cinnamons and deep black-blues. I painted my downstairs in a blueberry - the dark purple-blue of the skin - and it is very peaceful.
Cheaper housing markets are fun, aren't they?
Try and get one with a fireplace, wonderful for when winter sets in.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 07.14.07 - 8:39 pm | #
Yep. Most of 'em have one. Some have two. And the locations are fantastic. Mere blocks from the lake, from the park, and from campus.
Hooray cheaper housing market!
a blueberry - the dark purple-blue of the skin - and it is very peaceful.
Oh, that sounds lovely. This green is cooling in summer and warm in winter. I hired amazing guys to put it up, they did a fansastic job. I hope it lasts forever.
OT, just watched De-Lovely. Ashley Judd in the wedding scene is so gorgeous that I'd fuck her and I'm completely straight.
Regardless, you're against companies making money for services?
Comcast advertises "Unlimited" internet, but in the EULA they limit. How is that service? That's either false advertising, or a ripoff. I hate paying for either.
Net neutrality is a money maker just like limiting service is. To me, it's of a piece.
Charging more for more service is not limiting service. Nor does it have anything to do with net neutrality.
ror,
Do any of them have screen porches? I'd buy the one w/ a screen porch. I live in mine from April thru October.
Hooray cheaper housing market!
rorschach, infogit | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:41 pm | #
Would you mind knocking that shit off until after I sell mine?
I'm down about 100K as it stands now....
Would you mind knocking that shit off until after I sell mine?
We're supposed to have tens of thousands in equity in our house. Everyday that goes by I see dollar signs slipping out from under the foundation.
Comcast advertises "Unlimited" internet, but in the EULA they limit.
"Unlimited" has never existed, despite ads (do you really believe what you see on TV?). It's based on normal usage patterns.
How is that service?
Because you're getting access to the Internet.
That's either false advertising, or a ripoff.
Read your fucking contract. And it ain't a ripoff if it's giving a reasonable level of service for the amount paid. If not, there are other options.
Basically, the guy's bitching about nothing. The Internet ain't free.
Buzz: you wanna hang your beret (again) on the massive Democrat tidal change in '06?
You know, the one where you twats got a pissant majority in the House and 1-vote majority in the Senate? Gee, doesn't take much for you limp dicks to crow, does it?
ror,
Do any of them have screen porches? I'd buy the one w/ a screen porch. I live in mine from April thru October.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:44 pm | #
A great many have what are referred to as "four-season rooms," which I gather are enclosed porches. And some have decks as well.
Do any of them have screen porches?
'Em er gud fer the skeeters and blak flies...
...doesn't take much for you limp dicks to crow...
Brownshirts talking to mirrors. Always a classic.
Charging more for more service is not limiting service. Nor does it have anything to do with net neutrality.
Watch out. If you say things like that, you're an asshole and corporate stooge.
hi folks.
totally self serving driveby blogwhore here, in which i refer to my new post on impeachment and another installment of "today on washington journal"
please enjoy both these posts and my absence from here for the remainder of the day.
i'm going to go have sex.
Would you mind knocking that shit off until after I sell mine?
It is indeed unkind to be mean.
Buzz: you wanna hang your beret (again) on the massive Democrat tidal change in '06?
You know, the one where you twats got a pissant majority in the House and 1-vote majority in the Senate? Gee, doesn't take much for you limp dicks to crow, does it?
It was a sea change, you denying fuckwit. And 2008 will be an even larger shift in the Dems' favor.
PBS Channel here is showing a special about Groucho Marx.
please enjoy both these posts and my absence from here for the remainder of the day.
i'm going to go have sex.
I love this blog.
I am so glad we got a smaller house and paid cash for it. No mortgage is a beautiful thing.
pissant majority = subpoena power
I'll take it
By the way, Rorschach, the American People are finally catching on to you goddamn academics...
Hi bats -- haven't been around much, but I'm getting a feeling that there's a Tena story I don't know -- if anyone wants to contact me privately, OK (or if it really is short enough to post here, that's fine, too)
Anybody got the keys to the linen closet? These here are getting rather shit-stained.
Hecate: the way you put it, "having sex" seems like a chore; too bad. Should be fun...
"That's either false advertising, or a ripoff."
Read your fucking contract. And it ain't a ripoff...
BZZZZZZZZZT! Ooooh, no, wrong, sorry.
The correct answer was, it's false advertising AND a rip-off.
We have a lovely parting gift though...
Hedey Lamar Alexander Graham Bell De Jour
Cheaper housing markets are fun, aren't they?
Try and get one with a fireplace, wonderful for when winter sets in.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 07.14.07 - 8:39 pm | #
Yep. Most of 'em have one. Some have two. And the locations are fantastic. Mere blocks from the lake, from the park, and from campus.
Hooray cheaper housing market!
rorschach, infogit | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:41 pm
When we lived in Chicago, the two homes we had had no fireplace but AC. When we moved to Dayton, no AC but fireplace. Should've been reversed.
Yes, screened porches should be on the list.
I don't remember a bug problem when camping in that area, but I was young and impervious.
Which lake?
Watch out. If you say things like that, you're an asshole and corporate stooge.
You're no corporate stooge!
four-season rooms," which I gather are enclosed porches.
Not really screen porches. Have those slatty windows that are impossible to clean. Not really warm in winter or really cool in summer. You want a screen porch w/ a ceiling fan. Much more impt. than a fireplace. Mine's got outlets, which makes blogging and playing music nice., too.
Lorelei Gilmore: we have no choice now but offer very strong empty platitudes on Iran - next thing you know Egypt will get the bomb and then maybe Israel
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Wallace: ok i am going to give u a really really really easy question do u wish there were more minorities voting Republican?
Gilmore: no fuck 'em if they can't be bothered to join teh GOP
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i'm going to go have sex.
Oooh, great idea!
I'll be back in a minute....
Hecate: the way you put it, "having sex" seems like a chore; too bad. Should be fun...
Leninsky | 07.14.07 - 8:51 pm | #
Check out the reading skills on Leninsky!
Bazzak from Sahib's.
.
Geezus, it IS better when you ignore them.
Reference to skeeters and blak flies should be credited to some of the fine Ozarks people I've met.
Good evening, Prior! How are you and Fr. Willliam doing?
Universalists are throwing people out almost as fast as VA Episcopalians.
Saw Harry Potter and highly recommend it.
The house next door to us is for sale again. One of you should buy it and babysit our children.
Geezus, it IS better when you ignore them.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign Now
It grows tiresome, to be sure.
Which lake?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 07.14.07 - 8:52 pm | #
Lake Winnebago. Also near Lake Butte des Morts.
I'm down about 100K as it stands now....
Same here.
Read your fucking contract. And it ain't a ripoff...
BZZZZZZZZZT! Ooooh, no, wrong, sorry.
The correct answer was, it's false advertising AND a rip-off.
Sorry, but you're wrong. You can argue the false advertising, but it ain't a ripoff. Internet access is still cheaper than breathing, and has consistently gone down in cost vs bandwidth/value.
Anyway, I would suggest people actually educate themselves instead of taking Google's word for it. You know, that corporation that's using inflammatory language to sway the masses because it doesn't want to pay for higher levels of service from providers.
Odd that you trust them when they're goal is to rule the world...
Hecate: the way you put it, "having sex" seems like a chore; too bad. Should be fun...
Leninsky | 07.14.07 - 8:51 pm | #
Your reading is almost as poor as your thinking.
MORE FROM GILMORE
Brit Hume: wow ok here's a really really detailed fictional disaster scenario but the real question is would u torture a prisoner
McCain: yes i would but we should never do it because we do not torture - u know i was tortured its about america - read teh army field manual its all in there
Hume: dood if you don't say u favor torture i will toss you off this stage right now
[throws pen down angily]
Guiliani: i would tell teh interrrogators to let their imaginations go wild
[ wild applause ]
The house next door to us is for sale again. One of you should buy it and babysit our children.
Thers, Man of Numenor | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:55 pm | #
Um, how can one person babysit 273 children?
No mortgage is a beautiful thing.
I hate you.
Nine more years to go.
Romney: i would deny them lawyers in fact i would double the size of Gitmo its faaaaaaabulous
Hume: dood tone it down
Hume: imagine a nightmare scenario in teh Dark Continent
Thompon: Colin Powell is black u know and if there is a country anywhere hostile to us if they're brown we should kill them!
Brownback: not only would i not go to the U.N. for authorization i would bomb Africa and then i would bomb the U.N.
Gilmore: i would go to the U.N but just to tell them to fuck off
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It's based on normal usage patterns.
Just what are "normal usage patterns", and who defines them? The city I live in bills me per month for water on an average of the months of peak usage. They take readings during a three month period of the year and go from there. My usage is different from everyone else's.
Check out the reading skills on Leninsky!
rorschach, infogit | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:53 pm | #
Leninsky must be a Grover Norquist employee. Grover, reportedly has a bust of Mr L. on his desk. Mr. L was in favor of stern measures to control leftism.
Hi bats -- haven't been around much, but I'm getting a feeling that there's a Tena story I don't know -- if anyone wants to contact me privately, OK (or if it really is short enough to post here, that's fine, too)
Prior Aelred
I too am a little short on the details, but I think this clip covers the emotional reality of the conflict...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eu-d15hRJrM
Odd that you trust them when they're goal is to rule the world...
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:55 pm | #
Geez, you know when gigantic multinational corporations square off, it is possible that neither is a white knight aiming to create social justice and fair play.
If you say things like that, you're an asshole and corporate stooge.
I'd rather be a commie stooge.
Jeffraham,
Did your bus adventure go well this day?
The correct answer was, it's false advertising AND a rip-off.
Sorry, but you're wrong. You can argue the false advertising, but it ain't a ripoff. Internet access is still cheaper than breathing, and has consistently gone down in cost vs bandwidth/value.
Anyway, I would suggest people actually educate themselves instead of taking Google's word for it. You know, that corporation that's using inflammatory language to sway the masses because it doesn't want to pay for higher levels of service from providers.
Odd that you trust them when they're goal is to rule the world...
NTodd Sobchak |
now what are you bitching about?
Lake Winnebago. Also near Lake Butte des Morts.
rorschach, infogit
Some good crappie fishing in those lakes, ror, iirc.
Cspan has the American Association of Atheism.
Also near Lake Butte des Morts.
rorschach, infogit
Some good crappie fishing in those lakes, ror, iirc.
Diane C.
Ror's pulling crappies from Lake Butte?
Much more impt. than a fireplace. Mine's got outlets, which makes blogging and playing music nice., too.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:52 pm |
Well, he's going to central Wisconsin, so he should go for both. Nothing better during a cold winter's night than being gathered around a roaring fire, sipping a drink of your choice, engaging in activities of your choice.
DWD: Did your bus adventure go well this day?
I didn't even start it.
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Wolf: Let’s meet the candidates!
Tancredo: hi im tom Tancredo and im the crazy one in this debate
Wolf: ok well i guess u can stay anyway
Brownback: hi im sam Brownback and I’ve given birth to five children with my fictional uterus which I like to point at
Romney: my name is Mitt Romeny and im yur neighborhood stalker
Giuliani: u all know me - vote for me or die
Huckabee: im mike huckabee and for 10 years I was a woman named Francine
Hunter: Im duncan hunter and I to want to bomb the shit out of something
Gilmore: im Lorelie Gilmore and u may know me from my tv show
"Unlimited" has never existed, despite ads (do you really believe what you see on TV?). It's based on normal usage patterns.
Actually, my service has no bandwidth caps. When I bought my service there was, but they took them off. Now, they do have limits on what you can use the bandwidth for ie, no servers, personal use only, if you want that kind of thing you pay extra.
Hecate: amid this chore of
"having sex," may you enjoy it greatly. Indeed, may it blow your socks off, if something you call "having sex" is capable of doing that...
You're no corporate stooge!
He's a godless heathen pantless stooge! And don't you dare cross swords with me on this.
Just what are "normal usage patterns" and who defines them?
The providers all collect usage data and make models to determine how the network is performing and whether they need to build more facility. Just like the phone company has for a century--that's how they were able to develop Erlang tables to decide where trunks between COs need to be deployed, for example. There's a lot of engineering behind all of this. After over a decade of mass Internet/web use, we have a good idea what the average web session is, how much data is transferred, etc.
So the providers base their service upon data they have. And anybody who bitches about their service after ignoring the EULA is a fool.
The city I live in bills me per month for water on an average of the months of peak usage. They take readings during a three month period of the year and go from there. My usage is different from everyone else's.
And? This ain't muni water we're talking about.
Odd that you trust them when they're goal is to rule the world...
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:55 pm | #
Shala la la
http://www.museum.tv/archives/et.../
familyties.jpg
My PBS is showing Lawrence Welk reruns.
Now this is what I call anal sex
The house next door to us is for sale again. One of you should buy it and babysit our children.
Thers, Man of Numenor | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 8:55 pm
You could buy it and store the overflow children there.
You leave them unsupervised, perhaps film it and get a reality tv show out of it.
After over a decade of mass Internet/web use, we have a good idea what the average web session is, how much data is transferred, etc.
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Do we? So the advent of YouTube and Skype and Itunes didn't change internet data usage?
Silly Thers.
When I was a little kid I was sure that lake was spelled Beauty More, because it was more beautiful than any place in the world.
Actually, my service has no bandwidth caps. When I bought my service there was, but they took them off. Now, they do have limits on what you can use the bandwidth for ie, no servers, personal use only, if you want that kind of thing you pay extra.
WHAT?!?!?! They make you PAY for value-added services? COMMIES!
Supergator on Scifi!
I hope Lamar has a sense of humor.
Hecate --
Fr Wm & I saw Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix -- I've been a fan of the books since the beginning (my excuse was to get them for my goddaughter & read them before posting them)
The sad thing is that when you get to my age, nine years goes past before you know it (Wells won't even be totaling the family car yet!)
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 9:03 pm
Lawrence Lenahan, 26, an Air Force captain from Hermosa Beach, Calif., in a telephone interview from his hospital bed.
Heh. Don't think it's gonna get you out of serving.
NTodd,
I agree with you (actually, I defer to you on these questions for obvious reasons) Unlimited means within "Normal" limits. I understood that when I signed on. I would hope most people would.
In Chicago they actually do not have metered water for 365000 homes. My sisters is one of these. She can use as much as she wants and pay exactly the same. (not true here in the hinterlands though)
The house next door to us is for sale again. One of you should buy it and babysit our children.
I'm selling my fucking house so I'm not tied down, otherwise I'd buy that one.
Really, you should just build The NTodd Extension on your house...
Lame couple making out near waterfall.
She thinks someone's watching.
Do we? So the advent of YouTube and Skype and Itunes didn't change internet data usage?
Well, avatars can fuck, and phone sex can be VoIPed...
She thinks someone's watching.
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere | 07.14.07 - 9:06 pm | #
She's....right?
Q: my little brother was killed in Iraq what would you do to bring our troops our home
Lorelei Gilmore: when I was on the tv show the set was so pretty I wish America could be like that
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Wolf: asshole I was asking why u lost in 2006
Gilmore: first they ousted Republicans and then they canceled my tv show its so sad I hate hillary
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Q: how do we rescue the GOP
Gilmore: when I wuz on the Gilmore Girlz we had high ratings because had nifty patter and that can save America
NTodd, what, I need to build an extension on my house?
We've talked about it for years...
Is this my excuse to actually call a contractor?
Sweet Mother, would someone tell the troll that I belong to a religion whose creed is: all acts of love and pleasure are rituals of the Goddess?
Troll, as others have noted, your reading skills leave quite a bit to be desired.
I can promise you one thing. You'll never have sex with me under the full Moon, in the woods, by the bonfire, to the rythm of the drums.
Now, go ESAD.
"Why do I always get bitten?"
"Because you taste so good."
The thing is that a source, be it a large entity like Google or a small entity like Bill's Lube Shop, should only pay for access. No one's packet should be treated differently based on how much they paid. Google's, Amazon's or Bill's Pizzeria and Mortuary.
DWD - yeah, there are lots of ways to bill for service, and it all depends on a variety of factors, including whether you live in East Bumfuck as you and I do!
Ah yes, eatage in the first 5 minutes.
An excellent sign.
Supergator
no dood she is NOT ok
Danger, girl in bikini!
Fake screaming. Bleedage.
Heroic bf trying to save her.
Really campy music.
Original signed limited edition of Oscar Wilde Picture of Dorian Grey.
12k.
4Legs, me likey
Also near Lake Butte des Morts.
rorschach, infogit
Wonder how many ijits had to jump/fall off that butte to get it named that...
Supergator on Scifi!
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
That's good eatage!
Time for some reading in a recliner, bats.
Have a good Saturday evening.
Buzz Bomb, sweetie, another martini to go with the eatage?
Do we? So the advent of YouTube and Skype and Itunes didn't change internet data usage?
Of course it changed usage. And not only is data on usage still collected, it's told providers that they need to offer different kinds of services to deal with the newest applications, oddly enough.
I'm selling my fucking house so I'm not tied down, otherwise I'd buy that one.
And where will the pack live?
I found a dollar, walking to Sahib's. If I were illegally riding a scooter, I would have totally missed it.
.
Danger, girl in bikini!
Fake screaming. Bleedage.
Heroic bf trying to save her.
Really campy music.
THIS makes me miss having TV...
Not to be a nitpicker here by whyinthehell weren't the Bush Father and son Fuck Up team at Lady Bird's funeral? One more case of disrespecting Dems?
Yeah, I get it: cretinous jackasses with the class of a fifty cent hooker on crack.
That's good eatage!
I am so proud to have coined that phrase.
Jeffraham, all such matters will soon be resolved
Sweet Mother, would someone tell the troll that I belong to a religion whose creed is: all acts of love and pleasure are rituals of the Goddess?
Christianity would be vastly better off if communion concluded with: "And this is some water-based lubricant.
Do...whatever floats your boat...in remembrance of me."
COMMIES!
NTodd
Well... yeah.
(smalfish is here, right?)
$0 co-pay.
*saltsalsalt*
Some fucking doofus forgot to put the parking brake on.
Our Wild Blue (satellite) broadband doesn't work when there are thunderstorms -- apparently anywhere in the tri-state area (here that's Michigan, Indiana & Illinois) -- it was slightly overcast today & the service kept cutting in & out -- happily my Mac is smart enough to dial up or hang up at need without being told (at least it is not talking to me yet -- I wonder what it watches when I'm away...)
Ur not in Kansas bonehead
"that's MR. Bonehead to you!"
Prior,
He's already growing up waaaaaaaaay too fast for his Nonna. I just donated a bunch of baby food, baby spoons, and formula to the local women's center. I bought it and he grew up too fast to use it.
Tomorrow, I'm going over to play in the wading pool w/ him. I bought a bunch of anatomically-correct sea creatures -- sting rays, blow fish, various sharks, etc. -- for us to play with.
It must be relativity. Even Son's growing-up didn't seem to be this fast to me.
Is it ironic that I'm about to eat some shark?*
*3.99 lb.
Is there the slightest chance in hell that Nancy Pelosi would listen to what was said and act as a person who loves the country more than the party or the position?
/rhetorical rant
The running of the bulls kind of reminds me of the morning Phoenix commute...
DWD - yeah, there are lots of ways to bill for service, and it all depends on a variety of factors, including whether you live in East Bumfuck as you and I do!
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 9:07 pm | #
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7...h?
v=72RaGiDCFhE
Sallyh: Jeffraham, all such matters will soon be resolved
But then... I won't find money! Except maybe at the laundrette.
.
And where will the pack live?
Many options, probably a synthesis of a subset of them: living at the Fortress, staying with NTodd's Pa, living at the ranch with Stef, traveling with me...
I've got a variety of safehouses lined up for me and them.
Google's, Amazon's or Bill's Pizzeria and Mortuary.
JR, kerosene and a match | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 9:07 pm | #
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I am not anxious to discuss with my Internet provider why the service that includes decent access to Digby/Atrios/Firedoglake is currently not available in my district so that full streaming access to Fox can be optimized.
Net neutrality is not about unmetered use of the internet, it is about the ability of the carriers to control content.
I'm in UR paradise eating UR peeps
/ supergator
Pickles and Bar went to Lady Bird's funeral.
Two women were the direct opposite of Lady Bird.
And? This ain't muni water we're talking about.
You're talking about flat rating the internet, based on usage. But that usage has some very low numbers that have to affect the overall average. I just don't see how that's fair to power users. If I'm limited to some arbitrary number of gigabytes per month, based on some gramama millie's email machine I don't think that's right. Ya, I know you're going to come back with a pay for the fucking premium package bullshit. I already pay pretty well.
Luckily, I've never ran into the situation we're debating, but the point is that we're all getting fucked by arbitrary numbers.
driftglass, Astroglide or KY?
Geez, you know when gigantic multinational corporations square off, it is possible that neither is a white knight aiming to create social justice and fair play.
Never said either was interested in social justice and fair play. Turns out, they're not charities.
JFK, 1961, "Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
GWB, 2007, "I do what I wahant. Talk to the hand."
Buzz Bomb, sweetie, another martini to go with the eatage?
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
Unfortunately I seem to be three hours behind you. Supergator isn't on here until 9:00. At the moment we have something called Creature. Certainly has eatage potential, though, I guess.
Yes to the martini, though!
For the men here, Hot Science Babe alert!
Pickles and Bar went to Lady Bird's funeral.
Two women were the direct opposite of Lady Bird.
chimpy wuz too much of a coward to show up.
He'd a got booed. Big time.
Ah yes, eatage in the first 5 minutes.
An excellent sign.
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork
Frankly, if you're watching a horror movie, and nobody dies during the opening credits, I figger it's a bust. Why wait for the ending? Hell, it's all CGI these days, you can kill as many as you want...
Net neutrality is not about unmetered use of the internet, it is about the ability of the carriers to control content.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Is it ironic that I'm about to eat some shark?*
Culture of TrÜth
Ironic?
No, more karmic.
We have you on our list.
Astroglide or KY?
As always, dealer's choice.
Buzz, I've got satellite, so I get to watch with everyone
whyinthehell weren't the Bush Father and son Fuck Up team at Lady Bird's funeral? One more case of disrespecting Dems?
Yup. We used to have vp s for this purpose but the current one can't even stay awake for important briefings. I know which funeral I hope is the next one that he attends.
PleasedontbanmeAtrios.
yeah the blond scientist is hot.
Sharks, leave the poor kid alone, he doesn't know any better.
How about some blueberry cobbler I just whipped up?
I promise not to tell.
Supergator can has cheezburger.
"I am catching some rays, but it's all part of the job."
Bikini alert!
Just a question, but what is a gator doing in Hawaii?
And why are they drinking at breakfast.
Geez I always there were lots of talented unemployed actresses in Hollywood.
"Scenery, that's what you see from a bus."
4Legs, first question is fair.
Second one is not
The movie did not shirk on the hot babes.
Frankly, if you're watching a horror movie, and nobody dies during the opening credits, I figger it's a bust.
What about Alien?
How about some blueberry cobbler I just whipped up?
I promise not to tell.
Sallyh
Well, if you insist.
But can we nibble him just a bit, a toe or two? Or have a basking shark gum him a bit?
Please?
Astroglide or KY?
Yes.
Hecate, you're not advocating anything but the luck of the Cosmic Dice Roll. And I soooo hope it comes up with snake eyes. Except that it wouldn't fix the country. We need a trial with no wimping out like Tricky Dick's...
Oh please. Tena's a good person. I'm not going to go there.
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
Me neither.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
NTodd Sobchak | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 9:14 pm | #
Got a cite or two? I'm willing to be convinced since I trust Google no more than the carriers. But the carriers, like the wireless operators, hate the idea of being mere bandwidth sellers. They understand that the real money is in the apps, and rather than competing for app money, they understand it would be easier to leverage their control of the pipes.
Candygram.
Sharks, a tiny little nibble.
Do not draw blood. that's for the movie.
Fresh whipped cream on that?
Btw, Sallyh -- nashvegasdaw contacted me and offered to help however he could with the legal questions.
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OH, poor new neighbors. Our OTHER crazy neighbor has already called the cops on her barking doggie.
tree climbing death flashback
didn't see that coming.
The US elected Saucy Jack as its President.
Hecate --
Yup -- the older one gets (& you will never catch up with me) the smaller % of what you remember a year (or month or whatever) becomes -- the odd thing is that one can remember things from one's childhood more clearly than where one put one's glasses...
Jeffraham, see?
Now let the boy help you
the photographer is Dr. Nick Riviera
You're talking about flat rating the internet, based on usage. - I'm talking about flat rates for access up to some particular amount of usage that can chew up resources, yes.
But that usage has some very low numbers that have to affect the overall average. I just don't see how that's fair to power users. - Power users consume more bandwidth. Thus, they pay more. As I mentioned waaaaay upthread, Netcom learned that 3% of their users used up 33% of their network resources. So they created a--GASP!--tiered system to balance service with cost.
If I'm limited to some arbitrary number of gigabytes per month, based on some gramama millie's email machine I don't think that's right. - You're not. You're limited based on an aggregate collection of data that allows for a reasonable model of the typical user. You go beyond that, you pay more. It's rather simple.
Ya, I know you're going to come back with a pay for the fucking premium package bullshit. - It's not bullshit. It's how the world works.
I already pay pretty well. - Good for you. And are you getting the value you expect?
the point is that we're all getting fucked by arbitrary numbers. - They aren't arbitrary. They're based on statistical models, just like all network design is. Google Erlang and you'll see we've been living quite well in the phone network for a century. Similar disciplines apply here, but it's an even dicier proposition because nobody is getting dedicated transport in a packet network--it's all shared amongst myriad users and applications with varied requirements. Good luck dealing with that if you don't have some sort of QoS tiering/categorization.
Oh please. Tena's a good person. I'm not going to go there.
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
PBS channel here showing "Young Frankenstein."
I will not chomp on these women's heads until they take their bikini tops off.
The gentlemen should not be complaining about lack of hot babes in this.
Oh please. Tena's a good person. I'm not going to go there.
Sallyh for Hussein, Grandmere
Me neither.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign Now |
Don't go there - blashphemy is such a short ride here in Atrios-ville
Sharks, a tiny little nibble.
Do not draw blood. that's for the movie.
Fresh whipped cream on that?
Sallyh
1) I little one
2) That's no fun
3) Oh, yes please.
Speaking of "all CGI", I just found "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" in the $5 bin. Live actors (Jude Law, Jolie!), but entirely blue-studio. Very film noir/comix steam-punky, and a box office flop. Why? I thought it was pretty good.
What about Alien?
Buzz Bomb
That's a real movie.
For these movies immediate eatage is required.
Sallyh: Now let the boy help you
That was never a question. Just not sure I wanna go to the employer's resources, for any number of valid reasons.
.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
You're gonna get a lot of Creamettes at this rate...
supergator pleez eat this photographer U know U want to
Geez I always there were lots of talented unemployed actresses in Hollywood.
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 07.14.07 - 9:16 pm | #
Having been married to one, I'd agree. Except for the talented part.
Got a cite or two? I'm willing to be convinced since I trust Google no more than the carriers. But the carriers, like the wireless operators, hate the idea of being mere bandwidth sellers. They understand that the real money is in the apps, and rather than competing for app money, they understand it would be easier to leverage their control of the pipes.
I wish I had a blog that discussed such things based on my knowledge of the technology and the industry.
Sharks, just a teeny tiny bit of blood.
I'll save the juices from the Korean boneless ribs, okay?
Very film noir/comix steam-punky, and a box office flop. Why? I thought it was pretty good.
I liked the original, 5-minute version (also on the DVD) better, myself...
Isn't shark VERY high in mercury?
The US elected Saucy Jack as its President.
MP
More like the SCOTUS appointed it.
Take that, Photographer Nick Riviera!
Speaking of "all CGI", I just found "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" in the $5 bin. Live actors (Jude Law, Jolie!), but entirely blue-studio. Very film noir/comix steam-punky, and a box office flop. Why? I thought it was pretty good.
Elmer, PHD
I liked it, too, although it might have been a case of me thinking "Oh, this is a terrible idea, it's really going to suck" and being pleasantly surprised.
Screamy girls!
Photographer in the water.
I wonder if the gators would spit him back.
Woo hoo!!
chompage!!
That's not a gator, that's a dragon!!
Sharks, just a teeny tiny bit of blood.
Sallyh
So, a baby toe would be OK?
A lot of people tell me I look like SuperIguana.
I can has new thread plz.
kthxbai!
And why are they drinking at breakfast.
You say that as if it were a bad thing.
Coughbloodymaryscoughmimosascoughboilermakerscough
I liked Sky Captain just fine. Fun. Picked up a lot of things right, like docking on the mast of the Empire State... Paltrow was good, too, and "Lens Cap" made our family short-talk for a while.
Aw man, this is killing me, not getting to watch the eatage. Stupid cable. I'll check in with y'all later.
That's not a gator, that's a dragon!!
dood U R wrong- no wings dragons have wings and shoot fire
getta grip
'Speaking of "all CGI", I just found "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" in the $5 bin. Live actors (Jude Law, Jolie!), but entirely blue-studio. Very film noir/comix steam-punky, and a box office flop. Why? I thought it was pretty good.
Elmer, PHD 07.14.07 - 9:20 pm'
My guess is that you were wrong -- it kind of sucked -- mind you, I only saw it on DVD & I didn't walk out, so it was better than some flics...
In 1945, an enormous mutant shark ate the heavy cruiser Indianapolis on its way back from delivering the first atomic bomb to Tinian island.
Isn't shark VERY high in mercury?
Prior Aelred
Only us lamnids are poikilotherms.
Prior Aelred: My guess is that you were wrong -- it kind of sucked -- mind you, I only saw it on DVD & I didn't walk out, so it was better than some flics...
I saw it once, unmemorable. Still have it here, somewhere...
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sheetz
I wish I had a blog that discussed such things based on my knowledge of the technology and the industry.
NTodd Sobchak
*******YAWN***********
The house next door to us is for sale again. One of you should buy it and babysit our children.
Thers,
I shall start a plush farm there.
What do you think?
Prior, you got Fraudband™ now? I was thinking of WB after I finally had enough of Huge, but there were too many horror stories in the forums. Glad I waited, and got EVDO with Sprint. No cap, no FAP. Now, if they just get that new tower up...
Man, ther must be some sort of weird drug in that wine I drank tonight. This thread has gotten completely unintelligable to me. Totally surreal. Later gators.
Sharks, just a baby toe.
You'll like the meat drippings. Bloody
I wish I had a blog that discussed such things...
One of the commenters at that non-existent blog pretty much nailed it:
The reason people don't want the telcos to treat the backbone solely as their property is that it's also vital infrastructure. I'd even be open to public subsidies to help defray the telcos' infrastructure costs if they weren't already some of the most obscenely profitable corporations on the planet!
So to recap: incredibly profitable telecommunications companies want to charge more for their product for no other reason than that they can and will, therefore, become even MORE incredibly profitable.
Capitalism? Not fucking really...
Isn't shark VERY high in mercury?
I broke down yesterday and ate swordfish kabobs. I know that swordfish are high in mercury, but, damn, they were good.
BTW -- I've been teaching vocationers to play euchre -- is it coincidence that the hero of "24" (cards in euchre) is named "Jack Bauer" (when the two high cards in the trump suit are the two jacks of that color -- the right bauer & the left bauer)?
You'll like the meat drippings. Bloody
Sallyh
You need never fear swimming, kind land mammal female.
Are you inferior mudbeings going to waste the whole night talking about intertubes?
The magnificence of my rod - THIS is what you must discuss!
Speaking of "all CGI", I just found "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" in the $5 bin. Live actors (Jude Law, Jolie!), but entirely blue-studio. Very film noir/comix steam-punky, and a box office flop. Why? I thought it was pretty good.
Chris Rock was right.
Studios like Jude Law.
Audiences don't.
BTW, I was kinda miffed that Howard Chaykin didn't get a royalty from "Sky Captain"... seemed very Chaykinesque, IMHO...
Wild Blue has very strict limits on bandwidth & says not to listen to internet radio or watch You Tube or anything else that people get broadband for -- if you exceed their limit, they cut your speed back to dial-up speed until you get down to 2/3 of their limit -- if it happens again, they reserve the right to discontinue service (but you still pay for the year) -- we've had better deals...
The flaw in your argument on net neutrality is in the wishful thinking of how access to tiers of service will be sold and what interest the carriers have in content control. In particular, you write
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Anytime a provider has done bad things, such as blocking VoIP phone calls from a competitor, the FCC slapped them down with current regulations. That won't change.
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But that's assuming the conclusion. Without net neutrality, what stops AT&T from signing a preferred provider contract with Murdoch? What prevents them from making the fee to offer e.g. crooks and liars level service too high to make commercial sense. The reason we have common carrier regulation of phone service is to prevent carriers from using the monopoly control of the last mile wire s to control commerce on the lines. The market does not assure competition without such regulation.
I only saw it on DVD & I didn't walk out, so it was better than some flics...
Oh, I got a whole rack of those. See, that's why I hang around the $5 bin. When a movie sucks, at least I didn't pay full price for it. And there are a few gems in that pile.
Yeah, I know, the math don't work, but there's a lot less disappointment in a $5 flop...
Studios like Jude Law.
Audiences don't.
HoneyBearKelly
Got a point there. Everybody else seemed to fit their parts better than he did.
Not to be a nitpicker here by whyinthehell weren't the Bush Father and son Fuck Up team at Lady Bird's funeral? One more case of disrespecting Dems?
DWD - Education Geek
Thise who carry the banner of The Southern Strategy know the code, they speak and act it.
Late to the thread, as always - but Lamar Alexander has always seemed like a very decent guy, of the old school sort of Republican. I met him years ago when he was writing books after being governor.
But he's been extremely quiet as a senator. It's pretty amazing to find him pushing a bit against the Bush war plan, if I can call it a plan.
On movies & the $5 bin - I just had a bonanza , with half-price used DVDs from a rental chain - so far, I've watched The Queen, and The Illusionist, both excellent - particularly - the Queen.
No one transforms himself from role to role in such a shapeshifter way as Edward Norton, though.
Also just saw part of the "All the King's Men" remake on cable - Jude Law didn't stand out, but maybe I didn't see enough.
MyDD identifies Alexander as the freshman Senator from TN. He's not. Corker (real name of the guy who beat Harold Ford Jr.) is.
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