I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Me!
you
I told.
First!
good
I just came back in
very slow day today
Just kidding.
So, all this talk of knitting last night convinced me I should try and hand quilt one of my dozens of quilt tops waiting to be quilted. Maybe then I can watch teevee during the day.
qlª
Gotta hoop? Alum? Cotton thread? Time to party!
Vicki how's the hotel search coming along?
The Big Lake is quiet today: anyone want to go salmon fishing?
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/webcam...bcams.php?
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Vicki was just joe king
GWPDA,
About my boyfriend...I was told that he has his ears to the ground.
Vicki,
John Gorka is playing at the Howmet Playhouse in Whitehall tonight. Tickets are only $16. Von and I will be there.
Vicki how's the hotel search coming along?
It's done, afaic. 
I have the contract at work - just need to fax it over. Rates are looking a bit better - something like $ 159/night as opposed to over $ 200.
DWD
that dock looked like it had ice and snow on it.
No way that I would be out on it.
Oh, dead-threaded.
I'm just here to blogwhore this sad, sad story.
John Gorka is playing at the Howmet Playhouse in Whitehall tonight. Tickets are only $16. Von and I will be there.
That sounds like a good deal!
I have plans to bake copious amounts of Christmas cookies with an old friend, however.
So are the Lott resignation and the McCrery "retirement" related events? If you know what I mean...
the republican candidates remind us that God, in his wisdom, has created a wide variety of scumballs, not settling for a single type but ranging from the reptilian cold evil of Duncan Hunter to the smoldering volcano of hatred that is Rudy Julee and the cheerfully bubbling cornucopia of lies that is Mike Huckerbee. Praise be.
joe,
You just dress warmly - and drink warm things. (See Aesop - Fable of the Sun and the Wind)
By normal, do you mean "meth-covered espresso-bean" normal posting?
Shit. One of the strangest people I know, and a great friend from my California days, has died.
You just dress warmly - and drink warm things.
And always bring an iPod. It distracts you from the frostbite.
Sorry for your loss, Moe.
By normal, do you mean "meth-covered espresso-bean" normal posting?
Yes, presumably.
I have plans to bake copious amounts of Christmas cookies with an old friend, however.
That sounds fun. I wish I had a cookie helper besides me baking and the spouse just eating...
Vicki - I'd think 12th December would be a date of interest, meself.
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Indians used to put their ears to the ground to discern the approach of U.S. Cavalry.
They could tell how many soldiers were on the way and what weapons they were carrying. Plus color of eyes.
Well, everyone knew he was going. He lasted about ten years longer than he should've of-- busted liver, ya see, from all that drinking.
I'm just here to blogwhore this sad, sad story.
Awwhh, that is sad. We had a 25 yo Islamic student from GR jump in front of a train in Chicago this week. He was set to graduate in sports medicine from GVSU next semester. You wonder what the hell....
Vicki that's so great!
About the hotel I mean.
GWPDA,
You know he released another video at Current? This time, about religion in politics.
How you loving that MacBook, HBK?
Mrs DWD (The non-political person) just observed: "The Democrats had it all in their hands and they decide to nominate either Hillary or Obama, neither one who can win. Sheesh!"
I only pray Al will change his mind because I agree.
I think, stood aside any of the possible GOP nominees, either Hillary or Obama COULD win.
Democrats want to turn Americans into American'ts.
I only pray Al will change his mind because I agree.
DWD - Visiting from the 12 C
It depends. The Repukkke batting order ain't all that fearsome.
Sorry, Moe. It's sad to lose an old friend, and then you are left as the only caretaker of the memories. I'm starting to understand how old people must feel, when all their friends die off.
Gooper troll spews rancid talking points.
Gotta hoop? Alum? Cotton thread? Time to party!
GWPDA
No, but that can be easily remedied. Got lots of hand quilting thread thanks to you m'dear. BTW, the scissors are absolutely the bestest I ever have had. Thanks.
I'm assuming that Gomez was here last night?
I worked until 8:00 PM last night (writing deadlines yesterday, but I finished the projects, and my efforts have been submitted for approval, so it's all good).
After I work and write hard for several days in a week, my brain becomes very tired. So, I left work, grabbed a quick bite, and went home and went to bed. Slept great until some kids freaked the hell out of Audrey by knocking on her bedroom window...after which, a loud teen party ensued in my living room.
Yes, I got out of bed and told them to shut the hell up.
"Get offa my porch!"
Vicki, somehow, I'll bet you're still the "Cool Mom", anyway.
Well, I have to run. Going to pick up a new couch, and then off to NYC to meet up with watertiger, Brooklyn Girl, simels, and other music lovers for the concert event of the season.
Have a lovely day!
I totally don't stop in here enuff anymore. Vicki, when did you turn into a cranky old man? ::ducks::
I'm starting to understand how old people must feel, when all their friends die off.
Karin
And family as well. Part of the reason we could leave NYC. Only three or four good friends left and no family.
Silleigh, 
I, for one, miss you.
{{{{Silleigh!!!}}}
Haven't seen you in a blue moon! ('Course, I haven't been around much lately, especially at night.)
"let's watch the game film"-David Broder to Fred Hiatt as the pop in the DVD of Post bathroom cam footage
plantsman,
They know when they push the envelope, I think.
If they don't, they know you'll tell them.
and then you are left as the only caretaker of the memories. I'm starting to understand how old people must feel, when all their friends die off.
Karin
Yes. When you realise that there's no one who has any memory of your childhood or youth - it's when you become completely detached.
Mer! I miss yous, too.
Either life got busier or I got lazier, can't figger out which.
Always good to drop in and see the old names floating around, though. Somebody needs to write a biographical digest of what's goin' on with folks here. So lazy asses like myself can keep up.
How you loving that MacBook, HBK?
plantsman a helluva lot.
But now I get so frustrated at my peecee at work that I just want to throw it out the window.
Ha!
Window.
Windows.
It's a P.O.S.
Steps in Overcoming (pardong the pun) Masturbation
In doing some research on Mitt Romney, I came across this, a guide written by Mark E. Peterson that instructs young Mormons on how to overcome masturbation.
It's the most unintentionally funny thing I have ever read.
Your laugh for the morning.
Well, we could bring in Moonbootica to tell us how passe the Mac/Windows thing is, or JR to tell us how Macs blow -- but let's not.
gutless fucking cowards:
Hill Close To Deal on War Funds
Democrats Would Drop Iraq Timeline
By Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, December 8, 2007; A01
House Democratic leaders could complete work as soon as Monday on a half-trillion-dollar spending package that will include billions of dollars for the war effort in Iraq without the timelines for the withdrawal of combat forces that President Bush has refused to accept, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said yesterday.
In a complicated deal over the war funds, Democrats will include about $11 billion more in domestic spending than Bush has requested, emergency drought relief for the Southeast and legislation to address the subprime mortgage crisis, Hoyer told a meeting of the Washington Post editorial board.
If the bargain were to become law, it would be the third time since Democrats took control of Congress that they would have failed to force Bush to change course in Iraq and continued to fund a war that they have repeatedly vowed to end. But it would also be the clearest instance yet of the president bowing to a Democratic demand for more money for domestic priorities, an increase that he had promised to reject.
"Normal blogging" ?
"Jumbo Shrimp" ?
plantsman I think it's more of an equipment thing than an OS thing.
My peecee at work was industry standard.
15 years ago.
Shrub only learned about eyeran last week and learned about the CIA tapes yesterday.....
I guess he was born yesterday.
I forced myself to stay abed until 1:30, because the midnight wake time interferes with watching Keef, and I won't give that up willingly.
a guide written by Mark E. Peterson that instructs young Mormons on how to overcome masturbation.
Overcome, like overkill?
Morning, lovelies
So there's this story that the CIA ignored the White House's request and destroyed the interrogation tapes.
Anyone else feel their antennae twitching? Like the WH is trying to make the CIA look bad after the CIA insists on the release of the NIE on Iran?
Vicki - that video was taped at the same time as the others (same writing on the white board...) Wonder why the selective release?
Steps in Overcoming (pardong the pun) Masturbation
Wow. Love the part about tying one hand down. (Teaches you to become ambidextrous.)
If you click through to the whole article, you will discover to your amazement that women never masturbate! Either that or someone wrote a guide somewhere just for women...
HICA!
53.6°F.
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noblejoanie...good sniffer, there.
Think you may be correct.
Democrats want to turn Americans into American'ts.
Victor V for Iraq Victory
sad pathetic sloganeers is all the right has been since 1980 - no substance and they hate the freedoms enshrined in the US Constitution - no one is listening any more -
"tax breaks for the rich! kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out!"
The Regurgitators! Bwahahahahahahaha!
Krudlow:
Down in Washington, Democrats are stuck with a Keynesian message of economic pessimism, spending increases, and tax hikes to finance their big government proposals. Unfortunately, they still refuse to acknowledge that tax rates have a profound effect on behavior. This kind of tax and spend, big government, Walter Mondale approach may come back to haunt them at the polls next year.
The GOP, on the other hand, has a positive supply-side message of limited government, lower spending, and lower tax rates. And while it's true that the recent Republican-led Congress failed to adhere to its fiscal lodestars, the statute of limitations is quickly running out on that score.
Incidentally, Democrats have not offered a single spending cut proposal during their time at the helm. Not one. That's just one reason why—not to mention what I expect to be continuing growth in 2008— I believe the economic pendulum will soon swing in favor of the GOP.
There's no recession coming. The pessimistas were wrong. It's not going to happen. At a bare minimum, we are looking at Goldilocks 2.0. (And that's a minimum). Goldilocks is alive and well. The Bush boom is alive and well. It's finishing up its sixth consecutive year with more to come. Yes, it's still the greatest story never told.
What's your obsession with Goldilocks?
Do you and your wife play a little game where you dress up as a bear and try different sitting positions?
Fine. Tie your hands behind your back. Prepare to learn about "nocturnal emissions."
I forced myself to stay abed until 1:30, because the midnight wake time interferes with watching Keef, and I won't give that up willingly.
Didja see his "Special Come On" last night? We cracked UP. I never watched Arrested Development but am now tempted to.
Wonder why the selective release?
GWPDA,
I keep thinking "The Assault on Reason." Radical difference. Does that make any sense, or am I being too hopeful?
Steps in Overcoming (pardong the pun) Masturbation
Didn't know you could Over come but either way keep masturbating - It's good for your prostate
Silleigh: If you click through to the whole article, you will discover to your amazement that women never masturbate! Either that or someone wrote a guide somewhere just for women...
My entire pr0n collection is a LIE!
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Assistance, please--before the family actually stirs from their comfortable nests this subzero morning, is it safe to use two-year old frozen wild blueberries in the muffins that just came out of the oven? What's the worst thing--freezer burn is all I can figure and they showed no evidence of that.
Kudlow quoted an average dollar benefit to "all Americans". Of course, 99% of us didn't see any of that, but we should be so happy for the fortunate few!
noblejoanie, I don't think two year old frozen blueberries will harm you. Might not have quite the antioxidant properties of freshly picked blueberries...
Tune in as {{{{{Jeffraham}}}} collapses in a fog of delusionment...
The baking should have sanitized them in any case.
What's your obsession with Goldilocks?
Do you and your wife play a little game where you dress up as a bear and try different sitting positions?
Lime Rickey
We prefer to think of it as "home invasion" and have exercised our Second Amendment rights to personally deal with it if she ever shows up again here.
No, but that can be easily remedied. Got lots of hand quilting thread thanks to you m'dear. BTW, the scissors are absolutely the bestest I ever have had. Thanks.
qlª
Excellent. Let me recommend you find a good stand hoop, one that is sturdy enough so that you can use both hands for the quilting. Either that, or build a real frame....
The Bush boom is alive and well. It's finishing up its sixth consecutive year with more to come. Yes, it's still the greatest story that never happened.
Fricasseed yonder telegraph...
Here's a nice one on Huckleberry Hound:
Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients
AP Exclusive: Huckabee Advocated Isolation of AIDS Patients in 1992 Senate Race
Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could "pose a dangerous public health risk."
Talk about your compassionate conservatism at work...
Thanks, Vicki. I guess we can choke them down with or without the antioxidants!
I am not about to waste these berries--picked them in 90+ heat, post-bike ride, which meant I was encased in my lycra shorts!
MSNBC: "Will Oprah help Obama shine?"
WTFF?!
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Well, that's what loving Xian Thelma Richardson says, too!
Kudlow quoted an average dollar benefit to "all Americans". Of course, 99% of us didn't see any of that, but we should be so happy for the fortunate few!
plantsman, bulbalicious
Kudlow have any thoughts on the significant loss of value of the dollar to the euro?
s it safe to use two-year old frozen wild blueberries in the muffins that just came out of the oven?
Think of them as being dried. I'd probably soak them in a little water before putting them in the mix, the way you do with raisins.
noblejoanie,
You do remind me that I should probably clean out my freezer. I cranberries tucked away since probably 2000.
No wait ~ fridge broke and needed replacement this year, so I guess I'm in good shape.
Does America really want a presidential candidate who openly hates?
"The Regurgitators!"
Half-naked, disheveled with cheetohs stains on their fingers! Who were these people who took their marching orders from the planet's most savage and murderous white collar criminals to ever walk the earth?
"The Regurgitators!"
Coming soon to a theatre near you!
Dad's wife loves Damson "plum" preserves and I always try to get her some.
And speaking of insensitive commercials, Comcast's got a new one where they stage an intervention for an old guy who hasn't ordered digital cable.
.
I keep thinking "The Assault on Reason." Radical difference. Does that make any sense, or am I being too hopeful?
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
No, I don't think so.
Does America really want a presidential candidate who openly hates?
Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo say "YES!"
And speaking of insensitive commercials, Comcast's got a new one where they stage an intervention for an old guy who hasn't ordered digital cable.
.
Jeffraham Prestonian
That IS insensitive. I must make folks who live in non-cabled areas feel terrible!
If you click through to the whole article, you will discover to your amazement that women never masturbate!
That's bad news for these folks...
Well, if I'm not back here later, it was the blueberries (riffing off Monty Python's, It was the salmon mousse...but I didn't have the salmon mousse.)
Only Comcast cable subscribers see it.
That's sad news, Moe. My condolences.
That Comcast Digital Voice commercial sucks, too, JP.
Just what I need: Comcast calling the phone companies "Big Old Phone Companies." Pot kettle..
plantsman: Only Comcast cable subscribers see it.
I think if I'd ever been through the hell of trying to help a loved one with an addiction problem, I'd be writing an angry letter or two.
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Does America really want a presidential candidate who openly hates?
I have developed a horrible habit: reading the local Craigslist rants & raves. (Perhaps my hands should be tied down to prevent this?)
In my opinion, a surprising amount of them do.
It is disturbing as hell to read things written possibly by the guy next to you in the grocery check-out and see how much hate is roiling around behind the masks of everyday people.
Vicki: That Comcast Digital Voice commercial sucks, too, JP.
"Roger, you tiger now!"
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Here's a gooey Christmas Cookie:
7 Layer Cookies
Rich, but delish.
Big Old Expensive Phone Companies .
I've already lost 2 very close friends. Luckily, I grew up in a close knit community, so there are dozens of people who share my childhood memories.
Hucksterbee, what a guy:
Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could "pose a dangerous public health risk."...
Also in the wide-ranging AP questionnaire in 1992, Huckabee said, "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."
Morning, all.
Been more or less gone since this time yesterday.
Anything irksome happened I should know about?
I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."
Keep telling yourself that, Huck. It will never kill the Gaiii in side you, though.
oh,my.
George ain't the cat's meow with military families?
Molly's picking up a new couch and then coming to accompany you to the best concert of the season.
In fact, here's an excellent link if you like to bake cookies:
A Bazillion Cookies
Humbly submitted by your favorite Ho, Ho, Ho.
Silliegh!
There's a nym I haven't seen in a while.
How are you?
steve simels: Anything irksome happened I should know about?
I thought this was irksome.
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Vicki - that's a funny thing - our flory's been absolutely unable to locate butterscotch chips for her ginger cookies. You'd think beautiful and swanky SF would have them, but noooooooooooo.....
Attaturk owes me a hot chocolate (posted that about 5 minutes ago).
I've got wild blueberrries more than 2 yrs old in my freezer, and they are perfectly good, just like new.
Attaturk owes me a hot chocolate (posted that about 5 minutes ago).
Vicki
Hey, I had to write a blog post to whore first!
Grumbles over warming milk.
No butterscotch chips to be had in SF? That seems hard to believe. I will investigate....
our flory's been absolutely unable to locate butterscotch chips for her ginger cookies.
Heck, I can send her some chips. If I see her on line, I'll offer. There all over the place here.
Karin, make something fabulous!
{{{{HBK}}}} Doin' fine, thanks. I see you're happy with a new laptop?
I have one with a crappy aircard and am going to get off it by the end of the year or die trying.
Fav Xmas confection at chez nj's is the peanut butter kiss cookie which we like to call Tit Cookies.
Concert of the season?
Qué?
wild blueberries hot,
wild blueberries cold,
wild blueberries in the freezer,
two years old.....
wild blueberries hot,
wild blueberries cold,
wild blueberries in the freezer,
two years old.....
steve simels: Anything irksome happened I should know about?
I thought this was irksome.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 10:24 am | #
I'd like to think that was the result of somebody being fucking ignorant, not simply a racist fuckwit, but given the current climate...
wild blueberries in the freezer,
two years old.....
roffles
Well, Brooklyn Girl and Watertiger are also attending said concert, so....
Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said homosexuality could "pose a dangerous public health risk."...
Also in the wide-ranging AP questionnaire in 1992, Huckabee said, "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."
MSM: But he smiles and seems like a good guy!
Hitler with a happy face.
Hi-ho, Steverino!
Something very irksome happened 27 years ago...
Anything irksome happened I should know about?
Well, you already know about Le Resistance du Saline.
noblejoanie: Fav Xmas confection at chez nj's is the peanut butter kiss cookie which we like to call Tit Cookies.
I haven't had one of those in years. Them's gooooood.
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Mmmmm, butterscotch chips.
Do they get rid of extremely nasty cold viruses that The Peanut brought home for daycare that just won't go away?
Urp, those wild berries are just fine!
/passes muffin platter around (desperately trying to one-up sallyh!)
This is probably my favorite Christmas Cookie:
Russian Teacakes
They melt in your mouth.
plantsman, I generally use them for pancakes. But sometimes I surprise everyone with a blueberry pie during the season when you least expect it, like now.
Concert of the season?
Molly's favorite band of all time, apparently.
Silleigh: roffles
Snausages!
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"I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and being God and all, what I believe goes!"
Happy Immaculate Conception to all the Blessed Virgins out there!
HBK has mail coming.
for=from
simels, lack of sufficient caffeine, said really nasty cold virus, etc.
Hi-ho, Steverino!
Something very irksome happened 27 years ago...
dave™© | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 10:27
Indeed.
Molly's favorite band of all time, apparently.
New Pornographers?
I will absolutely make coffee, now.
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Jeffraham--give me your address at my gmail.com account and I'll send you some.
gwpda - how does this look?
Concert of the season?
Molly's favorite band of all time, apparently.
watertiger |
Which is?
MSNBC built a $20 million studio so they could talk about Jennifer Love Hewitt's butt.
But they have been "following this story since it broke."
Something very irksome happened 27 years ago...
Yeah, I'll never forget that day. He'd be 67 now...
Remember, kids - just 9 shopping days 'til Saturnalia!
Mmmm. Roffles & snausages. The dawg is getting hungry.
Red Kross
Molly's favorite band of all time, apparently.
watertiger |
Which is?
sdf
Pablo Cruise?
Vicki, if you like the teacakes, you should try making Vienna almond crescents. They're my favorite. There are recipes on the internets, but the one I use is from the Settlement Cookbook. I can get it for you if you want.
MSNBC built a $20Million dollar studio in 30 Rock so they could shut the money pit in Secaucus down and sell it.
Which is?
you have to guess.
Hey -- it's Saturday. I'm allowed to bash you know who.
But I'm not in the mood, for some reason...
I'll never forget that day.
We were listening to "A Hard Day's Night" when one of the roommates came into the room and said Howard Cosell had just announced Lennon had been shot...
I love Mike Huckabee. He is one of the best things the Democrats have going right now. Infact, if Giuliani of Romney win it, I think he owes it t his knuckle-dragging constituency to run as an independent.
Remember, kids - just 9 shopping days 'til Saturnalia!
We've taken to a simple celebration of Consumermas this time of year.
Jingle Bells
Play with it, dammit!
Whoo-hoo! The light rain should end this afternoon, allowing for primo scootin' for errands, groceries.
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Also in the wide-ranging AP questionnaire in 1992, Huckabee said, "I feel homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."
Thugs are great users of this rhetorical device of something that is "almost true" and gains credibility by being so close to truth. If you just replace "homsexuality" by "republicanism", you get something that is true and important.
Red Kross
The Kenosha Kid |
Awesome. Didn't know they were still around. I'll have to see if I can find Third Eye among my pile of old disks ...
Howard Cosell had just announced Lennon had been shot...
Nice setup for a comedy routine
If Huckabee gets elected...
Terry Nichols will get out of prison.
you have to guess.
Oooooooh - I know!
The news was bad enough as it was without having to hear of it from Howard Cosell.
Whenever my kids say I grew up in a more enlightened time, I point out that most of my heroes were assassinated or OD'ed. Got suffer to sing the blues.
Karin,
I like almond, so I'll look into that one. I haven't had it before, at least that I recall.
I'm having the family at my house for Christmas this year, so I have to be armed with delectables.
watertiger:
Are we meeting up to go to Brooklyn, or is it every man for himself?
I'm having the family at my house for Christmas this year, so I have to be armed with delectables.
I'll send you my mother's recipe for lemon bars!
Didja catch The Golden Compass yesterday?
simels,
i'll shoot you an email.
Whenever my kids say I grew up in a more enlightened time, I point out that most of my heroes were assassinated or OD'ed. Got suffer to sing the blues.
noblejoanie | 12.08.07 - 10:35 am | #
I don't know why people romanticize the 60s. As Joseph Heller put it in CATCH-22, the bastards were trying to kill us.
don't know if this will end up in Coke's being owed but the oft-mealy Kevin Drum sums up the CIA-Tape crime quite well:
So here's what the tapes would have shown: not just that we had brutally tortured an al-Qaeda operative, but that we had brutally tortured an al-Qaeda operative who was (a) unimportant and low-ranking, (b) mentally unstable, (c) had no useful information, and (d) eventually spewed out an endless series of worthless, fantastical "confessions" under duress. This was all prompted by the president of the United States, implemented by the director of the CIA, and the end result was thousands of wasted man hours by intelligence and and law enforcement personnel.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com...7_12/
012662.php
Here's another cookie I like -
Cherry Winks
The news was bad enough as it was without having to hear of it from Howard Cosell.
Oddly enough, Cosell was pretty shaken up by the news. I remember he had Lennon on once to do a quick little interview.
gwpda - how does this look?
qlª
That's a good one. If you get it, you might want to put an additional brace at the legs - that's where the wobble can happen. But you'll be happy with that (for awhile anyway.... soon enough you'll want one like this... )
MSNBC built a $20 million studio so they could talk about Jennifer Love Hewitt's butt.
Is it missing?
The next congress should make the new ethics legislation retroactive so anyone who served in this congress could not lobby for a two year period.
Something very irksome happened 27 years ago...
dave™© |
I'll send you my mother's recipe for lemon bars!
Go for it!
(I'm writing a cookbook in 2008, did I tell you that?)
Is it missing?
No. much of it was on display below her bikini bottom.
The news was bad enough as it was without having to hear of it from Howard Cosell.
Oddly enough, Cosell was pretty shaken up by the news. I remember he had Lennon on once to do a quick little interview.
dave™©
I really remember that moment. But don't know if what I remember about the small things jibes with my memory.
I seem to recall the MNF game was New England at Miami and Fran Tarkenton was the color guy and blurted out "terrible" or "horrible" or something in shock.
Here's another cookie I like -
Cherry Winks
I prefer Cherry Poptart, personally.
And her mom? rrrrrrrrrrrrrrAWR!
Byron York:
Romney ran for governor in 2002 as a solid pro-choicer; he did, after all, vow to "preserve and protect a woman's right to choose" five times in a relatively brief exchange during a debate with his Democratic opponent. Only later, as he geared up his presidential campaign and took a stand opposing a stem-cell research bill, did he change position. That is the core of his problem with social conservatives in Iowa today.
In debates and in public appearances, Romney often says flatly, "I was wrong." So why not say, in his ads, that he has become a dedicated convert to the pro-life cause? As it is, having an announcer with a stereotypical political-ad voice reading a stereotypical corner-cutting political ad leaves the impression that Romney is a stereotypical politician.
Whereas everyone knows that he was assembled to put on an unstereotypical face.
I seem to recall the MNF game was New England at Miami and Fran Tarkenton was the color guy and blurted out "terrible" or "horrible" or something in shock.
Cosell said something about the football game not really mattering.
Bet ABC loved that!
MSNBC built a $20 million studio so they could talk about Jennifer Love Hewitt's butt.
But they have been "following this story since it broke."
They want to make sure they get into every crack.
Lennon did appear on MNF.
Alas, no youtube clip.
Something very irksome happened 27 years ago...
dave™© |
December 4 was the 38th anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton.
Urine Van Der Sloot is free! Run! Run!!!!
and then you are left as the only caretaker of the memories. I'm starting to understand how old people must feel, when all their friends die off.
Karin
Yes. When you realise that there's no one who has any memory of your childhood or youth - it's when you become completely detached.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 10:01 am
I hate it.
I'm going through the old slides, now trying to organize them and the now-scanned pics. And I have no idea what/where the majority of thes pics are, anymore. And I can't call up mom and dad to ask.
I suppose I could try a ouija board.
My favorite film reviewer, Stephanie Zacharek, gave TGC quite a negative review, citing reasons which sound all too plausible, unfortunately.
Weitz may have been trying to make a movie that would both engage adults and not confuse or terrify children. The movie he has made (which has a PG-13 rating) hovers in a nowheresville that's like a long, tedious dream. I can't tell who this thing is for: I can't imagine it will make much sense to anyone who hasn't read the book.
I'm sure I'll go see it with my daughters a week from Monday, nonetheless, but not expecting magic.
I don't know why people romanticize the 60s. As Joseph Heller put it in CATCH-22, the bastards were trying to kill us.
steve simels
Yeah but isn't that because you were making some noise, fighting back. In the 50s it was McCarthy and 70s was all Studio 54.
Ha ha that's just my impression.
It is kind of sad that The Fella was given one of those framed, gold-plated Imagine discs with Lennon's face engraved in it, and the first time the kids saw it they wanted to know why we had a gold Harry Potter record hanging on the wall...
I wonder if these are good?
Butterscotch Cheesecake Bars
Via Democracy Now, the transcript of Cosell's announcement:
HOWARD COSELL: Yes, we have to say, remember this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City, John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of New York City, the most famous, perhaps, of all of the Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead on arrival.
Steve's movie reviews:
ATONEMENT
Keira Knightly looks real purty in 30s period clothes. Other than that, don't remember much.
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Clearly, the greatest movie featuring CGI polar bears EVAH!!!!
JUNO
Sweet and very funny. It's like a much more plausible version of Knocked Up.
Pat Buchanan is very very very sad at the idea that Republicans might be prejudiced against people because of their religion.
I love Mike Huckabee. He is one of the best things the Democrats have going right now. Infact, if Giuliani of Romney win it, I think he owes it t his knuckle-dragging constituency to run as an independent.
blerb
There appear to be enough knuckle-draggers in Iowa to plow all the cornfields for next year manually.
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Clearly, the greatest movie featuring CGI polar bears EVAH!!!!
But what about "Lost"?
Via Democracy Now, the transcript of Cosell's announcement:
HOWARD COSELL: Yes, we have to say, remember this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City, John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of New York City, the most famous, perhaps, of all of the Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead on arrival.
I really remember the last phrase delivered in Cosell's distinctive voice and delivery...
"dead..on...arrival"
afternoon moonbats
i sure suffer withdrawal symptoms when I'm away from this place
Zacharek's conclusion, re TGC:
With his brother and directing partner, Paul, Chris Weitz has made some terrific pictures, including "American Pie" and "About a Boy." It's possible he just doesn't have a feel for fantasy. The movie's scale seems to have overwhelmed him: He has made a spectacle with no heart, no brains and no soul. All we can see is machinery.
*sigh*
Glad you're back, Moonbootica. Where'd you go?
I love Mike Huckabee. He is one of the best things the Democrats have going right now. Infact, if Giuliani of Romney win it, I think he owes it t his knuckle-dragging constituency to run as an independent.
blerb
Since each one of these special fellas brings something special, I think all of them should run independent campaigns in the general.
There appear to be enough knuckle-draggers
I don't know that it's that as much as the fact that people who listen to talk radio and people who are involved in religious fundamentalism are prompted by their causes to get active and vote.
It's a damned shame that 85% of the people who listen to Rush and Hannity are voters, because when you think of their audience (15,000,000 per se), it's a small segment of the population, but within that small segment, a large portion vote. Our country, imo, isn't as polarized as they like to tell you - it's just that those people who follow the cultists tend to be more involved in the political process. For worse, to be sure, but still.
Glad you're back, Moonbootica. Where'd you go?
plantsman, bulbalicious | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 10:47 am | #
my laptop power adapter has stopped working, so am without a way to charge up my laptop, and it has a rubbish battery life so i keep it attached at all times.
so i've been using my dad's power lead (except when he is using his laptop).
I've ordered a new one, but that won't arrive here till next week
so i have been on the internet sporadically
*sigh*
SteveLG |
that's too bad.
simels, any rebuttal?
I iz on borrowed power heh
Ah, that's a shame. Still, you'll make it. Did you find out anything about doing volunteer work?
Winds strong enough to damage properties and bring down trees are set to lash the UK this weekend, forecasters said.
The south west of England is expected to bear the brunt of the storms, building up on Saturday night and into Saturday, with winds reaching speeds of up to 80mph, according to forecasters MeteoGroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association.
Snow is also expected to fall on the Pennines and further north in Scotland, with Wales also receiving a flurry before the snow turns back into rain.
Marco Petagna, forecaster for MeteoGroup, said: "Tonight we have outbreaks of rain preceded by snow moving north across parts of Scotland and the Pennines as well as the hills of Wales before turning back to rain.
"Tonight and tomorrow very strong winds will come across Devon and Cornwall with gusts of between 70mph and 80mph.
"Those sorts of winds could cause problems, with the potential to cause damage, a chance of trees coming down, particularly with the ground being wet, and certainly roof tiles being blown off.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
uklate...7137456,00.html
Must go take nice, warm shower. Nice seeing all you kids! Be good to each other.
::pinches cheeks of everyone who has posted::
::gets slapped with a harrassment lawsuit::
Ah, that's a shame. Still, you'll make it. Did you find out anything about doing volunteer work?
plantsman, bulbalicious | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 10:51 am | #
they sent me an information pack, so have been reading that
1. Simels has mail.
2. Note to self: when shaking a bottle, make sure the bottle cap is actually ON.
I'm joining Silleigh in the shower.
It's teh cold here.
BTW, here's the transcript of Democracy Now's segment on Lennon a couple of years ago...
Ah, the Catholic League. Always playing the false victim, trying to squash thinking.
Groups such as the Catholic League for Religious and Spiritual Rights don't agree, and say while the film is notably more "watered down" than Pullman's books are, both are still highly "anti-Christian and pro-atheist."
"Our fear is the parents who don't know what's actually in these books and don't learn about it from the film may think [the books] are great stocking stuffers for their kids on Christmas morning," Kiera McCaffrey, the spokesperson for the Catholic League, told ABC News.
"Every single religious character is a terror in these books," said McCaffrey. "There isn't one who isn't. And the heroes of the book – the children – are taught that churches are all the same and that they obliterate good feelings."
McCaffrey said that the Catholic League has distributed thousands of copies of pamphlets about the film in hopes of discouraging people from seeing "Compass" and is also telling people to boycott the film and books entirely. "This isn't just a book that promotes atheism," said McCaffrey. "It denigrates faith – particularly Christianity. If there was a trilogy of books that were racist or anti-Semitic we wouldn't say 'lighten up' or 'let's let kids see another viewpoint.'"
Questioning religion is like racism. Gotcha.
Morning bats!
We ended our silent retreat today with our celebration of the Conception of the BVM (somewhat muted by the news of the death of Br Martin's stepmother early this morning).
How is everyone's Saturday so far?
'mornin'
People romanticise the times in which they were young. When I was practicing surgery, it wasn't uncommon for me to hear a lovely old guy reminiscing about the 'good old days' of the Great Depression and World War II. In changing times, with which we've been gifted and cursed, there's a point at which the rules change to the point when you don't understand them viscerally, without forethought, anymore, and you get uncomfortable.
1968 entirely broke my heart, seven ways from Sunday.
Ha!
The radio just played a song by The Beautiful South.
Haven't heard them in years.
Seems like the only FReeper complaint against Huck is that he's insufficently insane.
If you can believe that.
More than a quarter of adults in Britain do not know where Jesus was born, a survey has suggested.
The poll found that 27% of people were unable to identify Bethlehem as his birthplace, rising to 36% of people aged between 18 and 24.
The poll, for public theology think tank Theos, also found 27% did not know who told Mary she would have a son.
Last week a Sunday Telegraph survey suggested only one in five schools is planning a traditional nativity play.
The majority of the 1,015 adults questioned, 52%, could not name John the Baptist as Jesus's cousin.
When asked where Joseph, Mary and Jesus went to escape from King Herod - which was Egypt - more than three quarters of people, 78%, gave the wrong answer.
The majority, 52%, thought they escaped to Nazareth. Only 12% of adults could answer all four questions about the Christmas story correctly. Theos said the findings showed the Christmas story was still "very much" in the "cultural bloodstream" of the nation.
Paul Woolley, director of Theos, said: "The fact that younger people are the least knowledgeable about the Christmas story may reflect a decline in the telling of Bible stories in schools and the popularity of nativity plays.
"No one seriously thinks that being a Christian or a member of the established church is the same thing as being British today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/71.../uk/
7133785.stm
I'm joining Silleigh in the shower.
Got showercam???
Check out
http://internationalaurora.blogspot.com/
Comment by Econ 102 blocked.
Speaking of holiday cheer!
Questioning religion is like racism. Gotcha.
Love me or burn!!
Something very irksome happened 27 years ago...
Yeah, I'll never forget that day. He'd be 67 now...
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Something else very irksome happened 40 years ago Monday.
Otis Redding would be 66 today.
http://internationalaurora.blogspot.com/
No, it's crap!
Aw. The Ombudsnackcake says "sorry" to Obama.
they sent me an information pack, so have been reading that
Moonbootica, Heterodox | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 10:52 am | #
the US higher educational system has a huge advantage in flexibility. People here can transition to science/engineering degrees from liberal arts.
"Love me or burn!!
God"
Ha.
my niece is coming round Chez Moonbootica later
Paddington, the bear from Peru, will be arrested and interrogated over his immigration status in a book marking his 50th birthday.
Paddington Here and Now, due to be published in June 2008, is set around the bear's home at 32 Windsor Gardens, Notting Hill, west London.
It will mark the 50th anniversary of his debut in A Bear Called Paddington.
Author Michael Bond, 83, who lives in London, said while the world had changed Paddington remained the same.
This will be the first book about the marmalade-loving bear to be published since Paddington Takes the Test came out in 1979.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/engla...don/
7134165.stm
Since only three people saw this photo of LarryElvis, I think it's safe to re-pimp it.
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Aw. The Ombudsnackcake says "sorry" to Obama.
watertiger |
shocked, shocked they were.
Stories about rumors are tricky and easily misconstrued. A Nov. 29 story and headline that explored Barack Obama's "connections to the Muslim world" and rumors that he is Muslim were met with a swift Internet reaction that left some staffers stunned at its ferocity.
Libruls are supposed to be quiet and docile!
Wow!
I just miss Vicki AND Silleigh!
Timing really IS everything!
Oh, fer crying out loud!!!!
Limpballs' cousin get a big promotion
"President George W. Bush this afternoon nominated Missouri Supreme Court Justice Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. to be a U.S. District Court judge in Missouri’s Eastern District."
"This will be the first book about the marmalade-loving bear to be published since Paddington Takes the Test came out in 1979."
Maybe the royalty checks have been getting thin lately.
Now, who buys a factory on a credit card?
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rumors that he is Muslim were met with a swift Internet reaction that left some staffers stunned at its ferocity
"Funny, Jim NEVER vomits at home!"
Vicki - try this Rugelach receipt.
Here it is, Vicki.
Vienna Almond Crescents
1 1/4 c. flour
1 cup blanched & finely ground almonds(I use the coffe grinder)
1/4 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. butter
Cream butter. Mix together dry ingredients and blend w/butter. Knead until smooth. If you find the dough is too crumbly to hold together, adding 1 egg yolk is optional. Form into a long thin roll,and cut into short sections, forming each one into a crescent shape. (the cookies are about the size of my forefinger, but I've got small hands, to give you an idea)
Bake at 325 until they are just starting to get a little beige looking-you don't want them to be brown. Roll in powdered vanilla sugar while still warm. You can make them ahead of time, they get better sitting in the tin soaking up the vanilla sugar.
melanie phillips: brand new conspiracy theories for 2008
A Nov. 29 story and headline that explored Barack Obama's "connections to the Muslim world" and rumors that he is Muslim were met with a swift Internet reaction that left some staffers stunned at its ferocity.
Jesus fucking Christ, is that fucking bitch still doing that fucking peddling that pearl-clutching bullshit?
Blow it out your fucking ass, you dried up old cunt.
Seriously.
"This isn't just a book that promotes atheism," said McCaffrey. "It denigrates faith – particularly Christianity. If there was a trilogy of books that were racist or anti-Semitic we wouldn't say 'lighten up' or 'let's let kids see another viewpoint.'"
Well, Pullman actualises God, and angels, makes them tangible, physical things. You do that, seems to me, you make difficult an assertion of moral privilege for them against other physical entities, men, for instance. So you could sum up his stance by saying that if God and angels and the heavenly apparatus and its earthbound support system are reducible to the same stuff of which we are made, stuff that can be touched, felt, like that, then there's no a priori legitimacy whatever to a Magisterium (his version of a church-state) dictating to humanity.
Easy for a Catholic to get out of this, seems to me, simply by expanding your idea of God, and, not incidentally, your idea of man.
Loved Pullman's books unreservedly myself, from first sentence to last; that's a minority opinion on this board...
I don't know if the recipe made it clear, but the 1/4 cup of powdered sugar goes in the cookies. You need additional sugar for rolling them in afterwards.
There must have been really, really bad things in that CIA interrogation tape. Evil George reverted to the Ronald Reagan defense instead of his usual insults and threats.
Questioning religion is like racism. Gotcha.
Love me or burn!!
God
Oh, I forgot. Just to make it fun, you're not going to know which way is the way to love me.
Have fun, little peeps!
Loved Pullman's books unreservedly myself, from first sentence to last; that's a minority opinion on this board...
ProfWombat | 12.08.07 - 11:02 am | #
Me too
its a bit bizarre how worried they are about a couple of books
as I said yesterday, if your strong in your faith you shouldn't feel the need to a) insist you are the most Xian ever and b) be worried about books or art or films
Aw. The Ombudsnackcake says "sorry" to Obama.
watertiger |
"We should have been clearer about what it did and didn't say -- in the headline, through the display and in the body of the piece."
In other words,
Judge - "The jury shall disregard the innuendo they just heard."
Oh, OK.
Here's what we need:
Everyobdy stop talking.
Enough with the blather from the Eschatonians, the Russerts, the Broders...
Enough talking.
Discuss.
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Loved Pullman's books unreservedly myself, from first sentence to last; that's a minority opinion on this board...
ProfWombat |
Wombat, have you seen the movie yet?
"Oh, I forgot."
Aha!
El Rushbo tiene un culo putrefacto.
TM Dave, you really need to stop holding in your feelings. You're just going to get an ulcer doing that.
I iz planning to go see the Golden Compass when I go up to visit my sister at York
New York Times Savages Dirty Diplomacy
Discuss.
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spork_incident
How come you haven't posted a Saturday Palate Cleanser yet?
steve simels --
I want to see The Golden Compass (my favorite of the books) but the reviews seem to be all over the place! What one likes another hates -- curiously, The Guardian (usually a very tough audience) liked it!
Philip Pullman's grampa was an Anglican vicar & he describes himself as an Anglican agnostic -- his theological vision is really lifted from William Blake (who might have been mad but is definitely fun).
I don't remember the last movie I saw in a theater.
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Enough talking.
Discuss.
There is no talk. Only do.
Junior high trick with powdered sugar cookies: Sneak up behind your victim. Tap shoulder. As the victim turns, a quick puff across cookie sends powdered sugar flying turning the victim into Casper the Friendly Powdered Sugar Ghost.
There are a lot of reasons not to vote for Obama.
This is just bullshit.
There is no talk. Only do.
watertiger
Then I will put on my pants.
Haven't seen the movie yet; surely will.
Moon: I'd add that people secure in their own faith are far less preoccupied with the faith, or lack of it, of others, just as those secure in their own sexuality are less likely to go overboard bashing gays.
BTW, for all you cooking types, Meyer, the company that makes Analon, Calphalon, and - oooh - Rachel Ray cookware, among others, is holding their annual warehouse sale here in the little burg I live in. You can also get some pretty good deals at their online outlet. Not as good as if you drop by the warehouse, of course, but still...
Baklavablogging!
Anyway, good morning, all.
MSNBC Tips for Visiting the Mall:
1. Always stay near exits
2. Keep you family close by
3. Have your cell phone handy if you need to call the police (not mall security)
4. If you see something, say something!
Yikes. Three Mexican musicians killed this week.
wow. yahoo mail is even more fucked up than usual today.
Total Film gave the Golden Compass - Three Stars
How did pinking shears get their name?
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...you really need to stop holding in your feelings. You're just going to get an ulcer doing that.
You're looking at the heads, right? Sometimes, I go too far... but I'm the first to admit it!
racy -
In due time.
Oh, yes, IN DUE TIME.
[cackles madly]
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watertiger: wow. yahoo mail is even more fucked up than usual today.
Why not use Gmail?
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A Nov. 29 story and headline that explored Barack Obama's "connections to the Muslim world" and rumors that he is Muslim were met with a swift Internet reaction that left some staffers stunned at its ferocity.
Bullshit had a tendency to bring out the worst in people stepped in the truth.
Loved Pullman's books unreservedly myself, from first sentence to last; that's a minority opinion on this board...
ProfWombat |
Then we are a minority of two.
There is no talk. Only do.
Wax on.
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Wombat tip for visiting the mall: don't do it. It'll rob you blind while rotting your brain, and promote the further homogenization of American life. Go downtown instead; shop in stores owned and run by real people, if you can afford the markup from Wal-Mart...
dave™© - Where's the warehouse?
1. Always stay near exits
well, that's going to make shopping more difficult.
[rolling eyes emoticon]
Minority of three.
Howdy folks. Waiting for SO to get home.
Loved Pullman's books unreservedly myself, from first sentence to last; that's a minority opinion on this board...
ProfWombat
I eagerly awaited the publication of each and every one of them... that's certainly "love," where I come from.
I'm not sure how I feel about the series' conclusion... I expect it's time for me to reread them... but I've never ready anything remotely like them and would be a poorer person for never having done so.
The cut produced by pinking shears may have given its name to (or be derived from) the plant name pink, a flowering plant in the genus Dianthus (commonly called a carnation). The colour pink may have been named after these flowers, although the origins of the name are not definitively known. As the carnation has scalloped, or "pinked", edges to its petals, pinking shears can be thought to produce an edge similar to the flower.
Oh, yes, IN DUE TIME.
[cackles madly]
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spork_incident
I'm sorry there's so much pressure for you being at the top of my alphabetical blogroll
JP, perhaps this might help
The word pink is generally agreed to be derived from the similar Dutch word pinck. However, there are two theories about which sense of the Dutch word was involved, and how it became applied to the colour. One is that it came from pinck in the sense of “small” (which turns up in the modern English word pinky for “little finger”), through the expression pinck oogen “small eyes” — that is, “half-closed eyes” — and that this was borrowed into English and applied to the flowers of the common English cottage-garden species Dianthus plumarius, which has been called a pink since the seventeenth century. The other theory says it came from pinck in the sense of “hole” (which is the origin of pinking shears, the device used to make ornamental holes in cloth) and was applied to the flowers of Dianthus because they resembled the shape of the holes. Either way, the colour comes from the plant, not the other way round.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/ar...cles/
colour.htm
If the people who read Kos are Satan worshipers, what are we? Followers of a minor demon?
."This isn't just a book that promotes atheism," said McCaffrey. "It denigrates faith – particularly Christianity. If there was a trilogy of books that were racist or anti-Semitic we wouldn't say 'lighten up' or 'let's let kids see another viewpoint.'"
Haven't read the books myself, so I'm not sure exactly what this is about. But having said that, it does continually amaze me how persistently these jerkoffs attempt to conflate materials that challenge or meddle with a particular worldview with materials that encourage hostility towards or discrimination against people who hold that view. It is not your beliefs that are sacrosanct, dude. It is your right to hold them, which I'll warrant this movie/these books does not one thing to infringe.
a drink of choice to rorschach
There is no talk. Only do.
watertiger
Then, I shall go get the pickled peppers and walnuts I need from the bulk food emporium.
1. Always stay near exits
well, that's going to make shopping more difficult.
[rolling eyes emoticon]
watertiger | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:12 am | #
If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
--Mitch Hedberg
This conversation on MSNBC is bizarre.
They keep debating why these CIA tapes "got out" or whether they should be "released to the public" as if there no choice between either releasing them and destroying them.
We're the Monkey, House, Thor.
1. Always stay near exits
Stand by the mall exit, pay someone who looks about your size 10 bucks to try on the pair of pants you saw advertised and have them report back about how well they fit.
a drink of choice to rorschach
Moonbootica, Heterodox | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:13 am | #
It's early, so... absinthe.
And here's another sign that the nightmare still isn't over:
"MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison's top academic official is calling for a dramatic tuition increase to keep the state's flagship university competitive.
"UW-Madison Provost Pat Farrell said that the school's $7,188 tuition is the second lowest in the Big 10 Conference.
"He said that deprives the school of resources needed to compete against top universities and a $2,400 increase would bring the school up to the conference average."
http://www.channel3000.com/news/...203/
detail.html
Today's Tin-Ear Award Winner! (Sure, most college students can afford a 30% increase in tuition!)
as I said yesterday, if your strong in your faith you shouldn't feel the need to a) insist you are the most Xian ever and b) be worried about books or art or films
Moonbootica, Heterodox | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:04 am
This morning on the bus, had a couple of people going on about Jesus, the 'have you been saved? Do you believe in God', people who are in your face.
Terribly annoying.
Bush rule #1 still applies:
Top C.I.A. officials had decided in 2003 to preserve the tapes in response to warnings from White House lawyers and lawmakers that destroying the tapes would be unwise, in part because it could carry legal risk...Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., then the chief of the agency’s clandestine service, the Directorate of Operations, had reversed that decision in November 2005, at a time when Congress and the courts were inquiring deeply into the C.I.A.’s interrogation and detention program.
Jesus F. Christ
Hamilton said, "Reasonable people can disagree on this. But the people I have heard from are not reasonable. What I find especially disheartening is the idea that our motives are simply assumed to have been malicious."
People who live in glass houses and are allergic to criticism shouldn't engage in slander.
2. Keep you family close by
That way if terrorists strike you all 'go' together.
I did not think Pullman's books anti-christian, in that he doesn't even really deal with christianity -- they are, rather, anit-church. Which can be another thinbg altogether.
rorschach - Pink knitting wool (1100-1500 grammes) please!
"MSNBC Tips for Visiting the Mall:"
This country is so dumb.
Damn, I hate my boyfriend's keyboard! Typos abounding.
rorschach - Pink knitting wool (1100-1500 grammes) please!
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:16 am | #
I just caught your comment over at my place, dear. It shall be done.
3. Have your cell phone handy if you need to call the police (not mall security)
As opposed to the usual behavior of keeping the cell phone at home so you don't lose it.
blerb: to the extent that Pullman's universes distinctly don't include our own--we don't, so far as I know, have actual physical entities for God and angels, nor sentient subatomic particles, among much else--Pullman's vision doesn't threaten anyone's religion here. Hell, he could be read as playing off an expansive vision of God and humanity that the best of us have had, pointing the way outbound from religious authoritarianism of our past...
Why not use Gmail?
Jeffraham Prestonian
Good question. I sent her an invite years ago.
Omaha: An Alternative Universe [John Derbyshire]
Scrappleface has the alternate universe.
As Mr. Hawkins moved into the ideal sniper position on the upper deck, an unnamed middle-aged man emerging from the nearby Von Maur department store noticed his odd behavior and glimpsed the muzzle of the rifle peeking out from the sweater. Almost instinctively the man moved toward Mr. Hawkins, reaching to his belt to draw out a Springfield EMP, a small, 9mm semi-automatic handgun...
Wow! What might have been.
I guess Scrappleface was the unnamed middle-aged man, huh?
If the people who read Kos are Satan worshipers, what are we? Followers of a minor demon?
Supreme Commander Thor
I thought we were Druids?
Where's the warehouse?
Here.
BTW, I misspoke earlier. Meyer apparently does not make Calphalon.
Simels regrets the etc...
Have your cell phone handy if you need to call the police (not mall security)
because mall security guards will already be outside, running for their lives.
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest fell by 20% between August 2006 and July 2007, according to interim figures released by the Brazilian government.
It is the third year in a row that there has been a fall.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the new figures were good, but felt Brazil could have done more.
Environmental groups said the government is celebrating a past achievement when it knows the rate of deforestation is on the increase again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...cas/
7133957.stm
"As opposed to the usual behavior of keeping the cell phone at home so you don't lose it."
I keep mine in a safe deposit box. You know, just in case.
Well, I really liked "The Golden Compass" & enjoyed "The Subtle Knife" (but didn't think it was quite as good) & thought "The Amber Spyglass" the weakest of the lot -- maybe I ought to go reread them -- the armored polar bears were just great (IMHO)
I certainly hope the movie is good & hope they do the sequels (& I don't feel that way about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- although I thought Lucy stole the movie -- or at least every scene she was in)
Welp, gonna scare up some biscuits.
bbl
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if your strong in your faith you shouldn't feel the need to a) insist you are the most Xian ever and b) be worried about books or art or films
Moonbootica, Heterodox
To say nothing of the glaringly obvious truth that if you subscribe to a faith of which the establishment used to regularly torture to death any individual who dared question it any way, you are in no position to accuse those who might do it now of trying to oppress you.
I'm sorry there's so much pressure for you being at the top of my alphabetical blogroll
That's my brilliance!
A Spork In The Drawer.
Only numbers take precedence. Top of the list!
(There might be some more Ernie Kovcks.)
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Wombat tip for visiting the mall: don't do it. It'll rob you blind while rotting your brain, and promote the further homogenization of American life. Go downtown instead; shop in stores owned and run by real people, if you can afford the markup from Wal-Mart...
ProfWombat | 12.08.07 - 11:12 am
Does your family wear these t-shirts:
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/wom...opt_/c_666/
pg_2
(and you don't have to stand in line to get them)
I just caught your comment over at my place, dear. It shall be done.
rorschach
Oooooooooooooooooh!
Slanties!
No coffee yet...
"MSNBC Tips for Visiting the Mall:"
This country is so dumb.
Econ 102 |
"Yeah, but in the country of Europe we'd all have to speek French - and our capital would be named "Hungry!" They're SOOOO weird there!"
-forgettable ex-Idolist
A must read by Scott Horton:
The Scapegoat
As the story concerning the CIA’s decision to destroy vital evidence of its program of detainee abuse unfolds, the Bush Administration’s posture on the matter is shifting decisively. This is called “damage control.” The Administration’s initial posture was to have CIA Director Hayden put the best face on the situation and argue that everything that was done was perfectly legal and correct.
So now we come to phase two: the fall-back position. In phase two, we learn that the president and other senior figures in the Administration know nothing about it. Instead, this was all a rogue operation by a second tier leadership figure at the CIA. And indeed, by midday yesterday, White House off-the-record explainers were extremely busy pointing fingers at one man, the designated scapegoat. The New York Times has the story:
White House and Justice Department officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 against a plan to destroy hundreds of hours of videotapes showing the interrogations of two operatives of Al Qaeda, government officials said Friday. The chief of the agency’s clandestine service nevertheless ordered their destruction in November 2005, taking the step without notifying even the C.I.A.’s own top lawyer, John A. Rizzo, who was angry at the decision, the officials said. . .
Top C.I.A. officials had decided in 2003 to preserve the tapes in response to warnings from White House lawyers and lawmakers that destroying the tapes would be unwise, in part because it could carry legal risks, the government officials said.
But the government officials said that Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., then the chief of the agency’s clandestine service, the Directorate of Operations, had reversed that decision in November 2005, at a time when Congress and the courts were inquiring deeply into the C.I.A.’s interrogation and detention program. Mr. Rodriguez could not be reached Friday for comment.
do read the rest!!
Questioning religion is like racism. Gotcha.
Econ 102
Chris Matthews says so. He says you can't help how you are born so we should never question someone's religion.
Except for evil muslims.
Omaha: An Alternative Universe [John Derbyshire]
Of course, even if the Derb had been there packing shitloads of heat, he'd been too fucking scared to do anything.
Again, they want some Clint Eastwood type to step up and make the bad guy's day. Always lookin' for the Big and Powerful Daddy to keep them warm.
If the people who read Kos are Satan worshipers, what are we? Followers of a minor demon?
Supreme Commander Thor
I thought we were Druids?
jac | 12.08.07 - 11:18 am | #
Each of us is a god. But, then again, I'm an atheist.
My wife keeps telling me I need to believe in myself, but I can't.
Why not use Gmail?
I really dislike Gmail. Can't organize things the way I want. Probably my fault, but I'm just not gonna spend the time fucking around with it.
So there!
I certainly hope the movie is good & hope they do the sequels (& I don't feel that way about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -- although I thought Lucy stole the movie -- or at least every scene she was in)
Prior Aelred | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:19 am | #
many years ago (well in the 1980s) the Beeb adapted several of the Narnia books, my mum has them on DVD now.
I used to always love watching them, and ok some of it looks a bit ropey today but when your little it does appear magical
rorschach - Pink knitting wool (1100-1500 grammes) please!
Now I'm seeing GWPDA as Madame Defarge.
.
to the extent that Pullman's universes distinctly don't include our own--...Pullman's vision doesn't threaten anyone's religion here....
ProfWombat
Well then if you don't mind taking the time to explain to one who is ignorant of the particularsd, what exactly is it that these modern-day Inquisitors are on about?
Omaha: An Alternative Universe [John Derbyshire]
Scrappleface has the alternate universe.
As Mr. Hawkins moved into the ideal sniper position on the upper deck, an unnamed middle-aged man emerging from the nearby Von Maur department store noticed his odd behavior and glimpsed the muzzle of the rifle peeking out from the sweater. Almost instinctively the man moved toward Mr. Hawkins, reaching to his belt to draw out a Springfield EMP, a small, 9mm semi-automatic handgun...
Wow! What might have been.
I guess Scrappleface was the unnamed middle-aged man, huh?
Lime Rickey | 12.08.07 - 11:18 am
WTF?
Good question. I sent her an invite years ago.
because i'm on too many goddamned mailing lists to change it up.
and i'm lazy.
Each of us is a god. But, then again, I'm an atheist.
I'm not a god, but I played one who played one on TV.
Now now, she did admit she'd heard of Turkey, which might put her above a good percentage of the population.
Omaha: An Alternative Universe
"Shoot-Out at the Mall: Dozens dead, hundreds wounded".
Shouting tv guy yelling about "Mighty Putty." It seals everything even leaky pipes.
I wonder how much lead it has in it.
Derbyshire is a bad ass - he even fought Bruce Lee!
Each of us is a god. But, then again, I'm an atheist.
My wife keeps telling me I need to believe in myself, but I can't.
rorschach | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:21 am |
Do your cats believe in you?
I'm getting this T-Shirt with some of my Gran's Christmas money
my Grandparents prefer to give money and then buy the Christmas present you want
it is then wrapped up.
An Eschatonian Worship Service
Since you bastages didn't get it.
Almost instinctively the man moved toward Mr. Hawkins, reaching to his belt to draw out a Springfield EMP, a small, 9mm semi-automatic handgun...
Wow! What might have been.
I guess Scrappleface was the unnamed middle-aged man, huh?
Lime Rickey | 12.08.07 - 11:18 am | #
Almost instinctively, the man, a typical winger, pissed his pants and demanded in a querulous voice that Jack Bauer torture someone to protect him. The winger then shot a child by mistake with his handgun and blamed it on liberals.
Do your cats believe in you?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins | 12.08.07 - 11:23 am | #
At best, they believe near me.
This conversation on MSNBC is bizarre.
They keep debating why these CIA tapes "got out" or whether they should be "released to the public" as if there no choice between either releasing them and destroying them.
Culture of TrÜth |
I'm confused, what does that have to do with Jennifer Love Hewitt's butt?
Almost instinctively the man moved toward Mr. Hawkins, reaching to his belt to draw out a Springfield EMP, a small, 9mm semi-automatic handgun...
Wow! What might have been.
I guess Scrappleface was the unnamed middle-aged man, huh?
Lime Rickey
"Seeing the commotion, a woman in her 30s with a tow-headed child unstrapped her Uzi and immediately took out the Springfield 9mm shooter, Mr. Hawkins, three elderly women from St. Bernard's Friendship club, and 12 students from the Council Bluffs Holiday Choir."
Omaha: An Alternative Universe
"Shoot-Out at the Mall: Dozens dead, hundreds wounded".
Remember: Baghdad, and the rest of Iraq by default, is a perfect example of how polite an armed society can be.
omg, is that a 3-tiered wooden musical box you've got in the background of the baklava photo, rorschach? I've got a very similar one myself.
"Chris Matthews says so. He says you can't help how you are born so we should never question someone's religion."
Are you kidding? People may absorb the religion they are brought up with, but they still have a functioning brain. Matthews is being ridiculous if he said that.
So if someone's religion tells them that misogyny is OK (and, gosh, I just can't think of what religions are like that... Mitt), then we should just never question them?
rorschach....
2000 grammes?
and i can't close tags.
'Scrappleface has the alternate universe.
As Mr. Hawkins moved into the ideal sniper position on the upper deck, an unnamed middle-aged man emerging from the nearby Von Maur department store noticed his odd behavior and glimpsed the muzzle of the rifle peeking out from the sweater. Almost instinctively the man moved toward Mr. Hawkins, reaching to his belt to draw out a Springfield EMP, a small, 9mm semi-automatic handgun...'
In our universe: an unnamed middle-aged man, watching suspicious behavior on the part of a slightly browner, slightly noisier, slightly more pierced person reaching under his coat, blows the fucker away, only to find he'd been reaching for his wallet.
As Mr. Hawkins moved into the ideal sniper position on the upper deck, an unnamed middle-aged man... it's rising... emerging from the nearby Von Maur department store noticed his odd behavior and glimpsed the muzzle of the rifle peeking out from the sweater... it's getting hard... Almost instinctively the man moved toward Mr. Hawkins, reaching to his belt to draw out a Springfield EMP, a small, 9mm semi-automatic handgun... it's up! It's up in the air!
You have to imagine Rita Moreno saying all that for the full effect...
Each of us is a god. But, then again, I'm an atheist.
My wife keeps telling me I need to believe in myself, but I can't.
rorschach
Do your cats believe in you?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins
Why would a cat need to believe in its servants?
omg, is that a 3-tiered wooden musical box you've got in the background of the baklava photo, rorschach? I've got a very similar one myself.
Karin | 12.08.07 - 11:24 am | #
It is not musical, but it is a traditional German pyramid, which spins when you put lighted candles in it.
This country is so dumb.
Econ 102 |
And every time you post something, you subtract from the sum total of human knowledge.
You must be so proud...
Bonjour!
It's Ann Coulter's birthday today! the bitch is 46. You know what you can wish her...
rorschach....
2000 grammes?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:24 am | #
No prob.
Easy to blow Derbyshire away, wasn't it?
Cokes all around...
rorschach - Pink knitting wool (1100-1500 grammes) please!
Now I'm seeing GWPDA as Madame Defarge.
.
spork_incident
'Enkew.
Almost instinctively the man moved toward Mr. Hawkins, reaching to his belt to draw out a Springfield EMP, a small, 9mm semi-automatic handgun...
And then told the check out girl behind the counter, "I ain't paying $49.95 for this sweater, bitch!" and drilled her right between the eyes . . . then placed the blame on the crazy teenager who had been driven mad by liberals and Satanic bloggers.
It is not musical, but it is a traditional German pyramid, which spins when you put lighted candles in it.
rorschach | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:25 am | #
my mum has one of those, she brought it back with her from the Berlin Christmas Market last year
The clever money saver on the LOTR was Peter Jackson shot all the movies at one go! (which is why Tom Wilkinson was not in them -- he didn't want to spend that long a time away from his family) -- of course some people say that his King Kong proves that he is not the next Peter Jackson,either!
Karin -- you on gmail now? Have I not written you since I've been on gmail? My bad!
It's Ann Coulter's birthday today! the bitch is 46.
I'd say add four to that... at least!
Wow! What might have been.
"A 13 year-old cheerleader, impressed by the heroics of the middle-aged man, threw herself into his arms and yelled, "Take me right now, you studmuffin!'"
Derbyshire has some serious 'sues.
An Eschatonian Worship Service
I love Led Zeppelin!
.
Karin, I think it's not easy to see in the photo, but ror's pyramid has wooden rotors at the top, like a helicopter, which spin from the candle heat and make the inside scenes turn. Vedy Chuhrmann.
As well as that little smoking incense man next to it! We have all that stuff too.
and i can't close tags.
watertiger
If you ever truly get over Yahoo, I believe you can simply forward that address to a new one. That said, I'm not sure GMail is so much better.
And I believe you can access both via a non-web-based mail client (Outlook, etc.) if you want.
It's Ann Coulter's birthday today! the bitch is 46. You know what you can wish her...
"You're so ugly you'd made a train take a left turn down a dirt road!"
(a comment that was left on her "Fuck you, Asshole!" card in Florida.)
In our universe: an unnamed middle-aged man, watching suspicious behavior on the part of a slightly browner, slightly noisier, slightly more pierced person reaching under his coat, blows the fucker away, only to find he'd been reaching for his wallet.
The president then decided to invade Canada, arguing that weapons of mall destruction had been found there.
HUCKABEE WANTED TO ISOLATE AIDS PATIENTS
I wonder if that applied to heterosexual females, who are more likely to get AIDS than their lesbian counterparts since they could sleep with bisexual men.
Thanks, GWPDA and Karin!
Sounds yummy!
From a McClatchy lead story:
U.S. officers in the neighborhood said that the Shiite Muslim-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is undermining American efforts to bolster the volunteers, who are predominantly Sunni Muslims. At the same time, U.S. soldiers acknowledged that some of the volunteers could be sympathizers of al Qaida in Iraq and other anti-government organizations.
Why can't Bush supporters read and thick critically?
May I just go on record as saying that everybody should go rent Paul Verhoeven's BLACK BOOK, just out on video?
Most entertaining movie I've seen this year...it's like an old fashioned Hollywood WWII spy movie, only with lots of sex.
Seriously -- you'll love it!!!!
The family of a British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay have said news of his imminent release has ended five years of misery and worry.
But Omar Deghayes's brother, Abubaker, said he would not celebrate properly until they had been reunited.
Scotland Yard refused to say whether Mr Deghayes and two other detainees, Jamil el-Banna and Abdenour Samuer, would be arrested on their return to the UK.
The Home Office says it is committed to protecting national security.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne...ews/
7134477.stm
Gomez
Wine me, bitch. I posted that an hour ago.
It's Ann Coulter's birthday today! the bitch is 46.
That the Nicole Kidman-portrayed villainess in His Dark Materials is "Mrs. Coulter" is reason enough to love Phillip Pullman.
Not sure there's any connection, but I believe in fateful coincidence.
It is not musical, but it is a traditional German pyramid, which spins when you put lighted candles in it.
rorschach | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:25 am | #
my mum has one of those, she brought it back with her from the Berlin Christmas Market last year
Moonbootica, Heterodox | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:27 am | #
Yeah, this one is kind of an heirloom; Miriam's folks are German. It was quite an ordeal trying to scare up all the fan blades for the thing--they were packed in a kinds of crazy places for our move up here (I'm rather surprised the thing survived at all).
"A 13 year-old cheerleader, impressed by the heroics of the middle-aged man, threw herself into his arms and yelled, "Take me right now, you studmuffin!'"
Hopefully she didn't crush the bag of cheetos in his inside jacket pocket.
It is not musical, but it is a traditional German pyramid, which spins when you put lighted candles in it.
Yes I know the type, the rising air from the candles makes it spin. Mine is a music box, you wind it and the 3 Kings with their camels on the 1st tier, and the Roman soldiers on the 2nd tier, all rotate around, with the manger scene on top. German, of course.
It's Ann Coulter's birthday today! the bitch is 46.
I'd say add four to that... at least!
dave™©
That's over 300 in dog years!
I just caught your comment over at my place, dear. It shall be done.
rorschach
Oooooooooooooooooh!
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:19 am
Which reminds that I want this for Christmas:
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Comp...97131063&sr=8-
1
May I just go on record as saying that everybody should go rent Paul Verhoeven's BLACK BOOK, just out on video?
Most entertaining movie I've seen this year...it's like an old fashioned Hollywood WWII spy movie, only with lots of sex.
Seriously -- you'll love it!!!!
steve simels | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:29 am | #
my father brought it on DVD a few weeks ago.
he hadn't seen it before and didn't know much about it
was a very good movie
Wine me, bitch. I posted that an hour ago.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
*hands Vicki beverage*
I added the lesbian monkey wrench though.
Rors, what part of Germany is Miriam from, more or less?
Hey, Steverino - what's going on at Blithering Misogynist Mental Patient's place?
Haven't checked her out recently. Still as batshit insane as ever?
It is not musical, but it is a traditional German pyramid, which spins when you put lighted candles in it.
I bought my mom one of those years ago...very German.
Cool.
That the Nicole Kidman-portrayed villainess in His Dark Materials is "Mrs. Coulter" is reason enough to love Phillip Pullman.
Not sure there's any connection, but I believe in fateful coincidence.
SteveLG |
Was just wondering that meself.
The family of a British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay have said news of his imminent release has ended five years of misery and worry.
But Omar Deghayes's brother, Abubaker, said he would not celebrate properly until they had been reunited.
Scotland Yard refused to say whether Mr Deghayes and two other detainees, Jamil el-Banna and Abdenour Samuer, would be arrested on their return to the UK.
The Home Office says it is committed to protecting national security.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne...ews/
7134477.stm
I didn't actually read TLTWATW either, but I found the movie version pretty boring. It wasn't that I was bugged by all the christian allegory, either. The plot was just so utterly strightforward that it held no intrigue whatsoever for me. There were no unlikely heroes or villains, no unexpected turns, no truly conflicted or even internally complex characters, no entertaining subplots, precious little comic relief, and no well-develped back story. Ho hum.
There is a diary on dKos about the CIA tapes -- says that they were not destroyed because they showed torture but because the fellows being interrogated told about their contacts with our "friends" in the Arab world who knew all about what was going on -- highly recommended (if you don't mind worshiping Satan, of course)
Gomez,
Thanks for calling last night. I waited up all fucking night and you stood me up.
(Actually, I worked until 8:00 PM, came home, and crashed.)
May I just go on record as saying that everybody should go rent Paul Verhoeven's BLACK BOOK, just out on video?
Haven't seen anything from him since the revoltingly misogynistic Black Widow.
Rors, what part of Germany is Miriam from, more or less?
Marcellina | 12.08.07 - 11:30 am | #
She's from Ann Arbor, but lived in Berlin for 4 years after high school. Her peeps are from Gronau and Koeln, mostly.
i read that Kate Bush actually *ASKED* to do a song for THE GOLDEN COMPASS (they didnt seek her out).
she's a big fan of the books.
(Actually, I worked until 8:00 PM, came home, and crashed.)
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I went to bed at 9:30, woke up, posted here, fell asleep, woke up, posted here, then went to bed for good.
Coulter was also the name of the man who invented the ubiquitous automated blood cell counters in medical laboratories everywhere...
At least 26 people have died in two blasts in Iraq's Diyala province. One attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber.
Both attackers struck members of US-backed local groups that have been helping to fight al-Qaeda.
A woman wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 16 people in Muqdadiya, 90km (55 miles) north-east of Iraq's capital, early on Friday.
The second blast - a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint - left 10 dead.
Seven of the dead were Iraqi soldiers and three were members of a local anti-al-Qaeda group, Iraqi officials said. Eight people were injured.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...ast/
7132111.stm
May I just go on record as saying that everybody should go rent Paul Verhoeven's BLACK BOOK, just out on video?
Most entertaining movie I've seen this year...it's like an old fashioned Hollywood WWII spy movie, only with lots of sex.
Seriously -- you'll love it!!!!
steve - I mentioned this last night - Downfall
Bruno Ganz - amazing.
.
Kate Bush did part of the soundtrack? I'm all over it!
Fucking Democrats are caving on the spending bill again. Tell me again why we support the Democrats instead of marching on DC with pitchforks.
I found the movie version pretty boring.
I did too, was very disappointed. (Had read them as a kid and completely missed the Christian parts, given that as a Jewboy I didn't know abut any of it.)
Also, the complete weirdness of Santa Claus giving them weapons really came through full bore in the movie.
Haven't seen anything from him since the revoltingly misogynistic Black Widow.
"Black Widow" was Bob Rafelson; you must be thinking of "Basic Instinct" or "Showgirls".
Hey, Steverino - what's going on at Blithering Misogynist Mental Patient's place?
Haven't checked her out recently. Still as batshit insane as ever?
dave™© | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:30 am | #
In a word -- yes.
She actually wrote the following -- talking about Thers -- on a thread yesterday.
it seems that you have a psycho-sexual problem that urges you to belittle a strong, successful woman who doesn't accept direction from men.
The combination of egomania and total lack of self-awareness is really astounding...
my mother didn't think the film version of LTWAW was as good as the BBC 1980s adaption
A woman wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 16 people in Muqdadiya, 90km (55 miles) north-east of Iraq's capital, early on Friday.
The second blast - a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint - left 10 dead.
Seven of the dead were Iraqi soldiers and three were members of a local anti-al-Qaeda group, Iraqi officials said. Eight people were injured.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middl...ast/ 7132111.stm
Moonbootica, Heterodox
The suiciders are leading the War on Christmas! We must not accept anything short of absolute victory! Sieg Heil!
- Holy Rollin' Bill O'Reilly
Fucking Democrats are caving on the spending bill again. Tell me again why we support the Democrats instead of marching on DC with pitchforks.
It is really hard to find a decent pitchfork these days at Home Depot.
I think that new secularist religion uses them for ceremonies...
.Coulter was also the name of the man who invented the ubiquitous automated blood cell counters in medical laboratories everywhere...
ProfWombat
Which have now evolved into the staggeringly complex and expensive Fluorescence-activated cell sorters that immunologists use for their experiments these days. I spent quite a few hours this week operating one of those.
Ann Coulter is 46
in dog years.
Vicki!
I thought you were going to go shower with Silliegh!
That was quick!
Which reminds me, ror. I've got a couple of German books in the house, and Miriam is the only one I can think of with the fluency and politics to appreciate them. Do you still have the same email addy? I'll send you details & you can see if she wants them.
On her first day at Basra University this year a man came up to Zeena, a 21-year-old Christian woman, and three other Christian girls and ordered them to cover their heads with a hijab, or Islamic headscarf.
"We didn't listen to him, and thought he might just be some extremist student representing only himself," she said. The next day Zeena and two of her friends returned to class with uncovered heads.
This time a man in the black clothes of the Shia militia stopped them at the entrance and took them aside. "He said, 'We asked you yesterday to wear a hijab, so why are you and your friends not covering your hair?'. He was talking very aggressively and I was scared," Zeena recalled.
The girls explained that they were Christians and that their faith did not call for headscarves. "He said: 'Outside this university you are Christian and can do what you want; inside you are not. Next time I want to see you wearing a hijab or I swear to God the three of you will be killed immediately'," Zeena recalled. Terrified, the girls ran home. They now wear the headscarf all the time.
In the past five months more than 40 women have been murdered and their bodies dumped in the street by militiamen, according to the Basra police chief. Major-General Abdul-Jalil Khalaf said that some of them had been killed alone, others gunned down with their children. One unveiled mother was murdered together with her children aged 6 and 11.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m3901...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
I read the Narnia books when I was 10-11, and really liked them, especially when they expand beyond the four kids. I thought I was incredibly smart to see the Christian stuff, and figured I must have been the first one to notice.
Romney, Republicanism, Religion and Revisionism
Here's a really good post that cuts through the religious goop and points out what the founding fathers truly believed. Something I've been harping about for a while now, since Glenn Beck likes to tell his listeners that this country was founded on Christian principles.
It's worth the read, and it's relatively short.
Peace.
i read thru Narnia books as well when I was younger
the Christian references completely passed me by
Haven't seen anything from him since the revoltingly misogynistic Black Widow.
rootless-e | 12.08.07 - 11:32 am | #
Wrong guy.
Verhoeven did ROBOCOP, STARSHIP TROOPERS...not BLACK WIDOW.
"Black Widow" was Bob Rafelson; you must be thinking of "Basic Instinct" or "Showgirls".
Supreme Commander Thor | 12.08.07 - 11:34 am | #
Being old and senile annoying: it must have been Fourth Man.
Prior, showered, shaved, shined, and clothed.
I lingered, too, because of the cold.
It was common practice in 1992 to want to isolate AIDS carriers so don't even try to hang that rapp around Mike Huckabee;s neck. He was saying then what everyone was saying. It's a not issue
Later folks, time for me to start dinner.
Which reminds me, ror. I've got a couple of German books in the house, and Miriam is the only one I can think of with the fluency and politics to appreciate them. Do you still have the same email addy? I'll send you details & you can see if she wants them.
Karin | 12.08.07 - 11:37 am | #
Yes, I do, and I reckon she will. Thanks!
steve - I mentioned this last night - Downfall
Bruno Ganz - amazing.
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spork_incident | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:34 am | #
Thanks for the tip...I'll check it out.
Wow, the Republican field is actually Worse Than Bush.
(If that's possible)
.It was common practice in 1992 to want to isolate AIDS carriers so don't even try to hang that rapp around Mike Huckabee;s neck. He was saying then what everyone was saying. It's a not issue
sonny ablaza
In 1992? It wasn't even common practice in the early 80's when nobody knew what caused it yet. You are a lying sack of pig shit.
He was saying then what everyone was saying. It's a not issue
No, you're wrong. It was only common if you feared those who have AIDS.
It's Ann Coulter's birthday today! the bitch is 46.
I'd say add four to that... at least!
dave™©
That's over 300 in dog years!
Roadmaster, Milwaukee Office | 12.08.07 - 11:29 am
Ann Coulter is 46
in dog years.
Liars for Bush | 12.08.07 - 11:37 am |
Rum and Coke, please. Easy on the Coke.
It was common practice in 1992 to want to isolate AIDS carriers so don't even try to hang that rapp around Mike Huckabee;s neck. He was saying then what everyone was saying. It's a not issue
sonny ablaza | 12.08.07 - 11:40 am | #
Um, wha?
It was common practice in 1992 to want to isolate AIDS carriers so don't even try to hang that rapp around Mike Huckabee;s neck. He was saying then what everyone was saying. It's a not issue
sonny ablaza
Then do you isolate heterosexual women?
They're more likely to get AIDS than lesbians?
the Beeb's 1990 adaption of The Silver Chair featured Tom Baker as Puddleglum
yeah fond memories of the BBC productions, though I suspect if I watched them now I'd say 'god its a bit creaky innit?'
Me thinks the trollie does grasp the concept of 'everyone'.
I had heard that Kate Bush sang the theme song for The Golden Compass -- definitely a plus!
But she is a Roman Catholic! How can she be a fan of these books? (snark, people -- a young RC prof has written a book about the series & the need to kill our false understandings of God -- the Catholic League will probably try to kill her tenure track).
BTW -- for you Merkin's "Koeln" is umlautless German for Cologne (a paper model of whose cathedral Br Cuthbert has built).
I got "The Lives Of Others" from Netflix yesterday.
Have not watched it yet.
But the man that played the doctor in Downfall plays the listener in it.
Ulrich Muhe. Who passed away recently.
Yes. All the kids in 1992 were wanting to put AIDS patients on an island. It was just the thing at the time.
What the fuck are you talking bout? Are you insane sonny?
With all due respect, who cares about Ann Coulter?
She's like a mall murdered, imo. They more you talk about her or them, the more they get exactly what they want - attention for outrageous behavior.
Um, wha?
rorschach
Numbnuts just wants attention. Even the Reagans were visiting AIDS patients by '92, IIRC.
it seems that you have a psycho-sexual problem that urges you to belittle a strong, successful woman who doesn't accept direction from men.
The combination of egomania and total lack of self-awareness is really astounding...
steve simels
Self awareness? Let's say instead, awareness itself.... Does she intuit that the signal light turns to green when she approaches?
BTW -- for you Merkin's "Koeln" is umlautless German for Cologne (a paper model of whose cathedral Br Cuthbert has built).
Prior Aelred | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:42 am | #
I walked out of the train station there, and there was that cathedral. I stopped dead in my tracks and just said "holy fuck."
i loved "The Lives Of Others" and "Downfall"
'It was common practice in 1992 to want to isolate AIDS carriers'
Not so, except among the bigoted and know-nothing wing. There was never, that I can recall, anybody with any credibility who so advocated. If you can supply a cite, I'd be curious as to what you base this upon.
Ann Coulter may just be able to fit in my trunk.
We may have to cut off her legs.
The fuckwit's gone - ignore the post. It was just a fucking drive by hate post.
It was common practice in 1992 to want to isolate AIDS carriers so don't even try to hang that rapp around Mike Huckabee;s neck. He was saying then what everyone was saying. It's a not issue
sonny ablaza | 12.08.07 - 11:40 am | #
Wm F Buckley famously recommended that gay guys who were HIV positive have an A tattooed on their penis and buttocks.
Your thoughts?
It's a nut issue
Forked your tongue.
rorschach- I lost your email, darn it. Send it to me at karinannah at gmail.com
Green, a 22-year-old sergeant, kidnapped Helen Lynette Spencer on Little Rock Air Force Base, where he beat and kicked her as he tried to rape her in a secluded area. She broke loose and ran toward the barracks' parking lot, where he caught up with her and beat her with a pair of nunchucks.
___ He then stuffed her into the trunk of his car and left her there while he cleaned up. Several hours later, he drove down Graham Road, past Loop Road and stopped near a bridge in Lonoke County. Green told investigators he put her body in the front seat and raped her because her body was still warm.
___ He dragged Spencer out of his vehicle and put her in front of the car and ran over her several times, going back and forth. He then collected himself long enough to dump her body in Twin Prairie Bayou.
___ This is what the Rev. Johnny Jackson, interim pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Jacksonville, calls an accident, and apparently Huckabee believes him.
http://www.arkansasleader.com/fr.../
huckabee5.html
Are you kidding? People may absorb the religion they are brought up with, but they still have a functioning brain. Matthews is being ridiculous if he said that.
Well he did.
rorschach- I lost your email, darn it. Send it to me at karinannah at gmail.com
Karin | 12.08.07 - 11:45 am | #
It's rorschach782003 at yahoo dot com (this addy is also at the top of my blog if you happen to lose this comment.)
Gee, is Huckabee still likeable?
Speaking of Huckabee, did you hear him the other day actually say that the reason he's surging in the polls is because of divine intervention?
Seriously -- he said it was the same as Jesus feeding thousands with a couple of loaves and fishes...
Will someone in the so called liberal media please call him a nutcase who doesn't remotely deserve to be president, please?
I walked out of the train station there, and there was that cathedral. I stopped dead in my tracks and just said "holy fuck."
rorschach
Big, ain't it? And beautiful.
I kept backing up, trying to get some perspective on it. Simply amazing.
Kate Bush did part of the soundtrack? I'm all over it!
I'm all over Kate Bush!
[rimshot]
.
Wm F Buckley famously recommended that gay guys who were HIV positive have an A tattooed on their penis and buttocks.
His ignorance of sex is only exceeded by his ignorance of everything else.
Gee, is Huckabee still likeable?
Gomez | 12.08.07 - 11:47 am | #
I'm from Arkansas, so I can tell you truly: He never, ever was.
Matthews is being ridiculous if he said that.
A statement that could be used daily without fear of contradiction, and he can safely be trusted to provide a fresh "that".
steve: there's a lot that Buckley's said that, dragged out in the sunlight, would gag the strong. Recall all that acceptance of racism in the National Review of the 1950s and 1960s.
That, and that I'd never seen Paul Lynde and Buckley in the same place. Coincidence? I think not...
Wm F Buckley famously recommended that gay guys who were HIV positive have an A tattooed on their penis and buttocks.
That's so HE knows who not to fuck.
BTW -- for you Merkin's "Koeln" is umlautless German for Cologne (a paper model of whose cathedral Br Cuthbert has built).
Prior Aelred
Do you think Br Cuthbert would like a book called "Master Builders of the Middle Ages"? I am trying to divest myself of some books, and passing them on to folks who would appreciate them.
Big, ain't it? And beautiful.
I kept backing up, trying to get some perspective on it. Simply amazing.
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:47 am | #
Exactly, and you just can't. That building refuses all attempts at perspective. It is just THERE.
I'm from Arkansas, so I can tell you truly: He never, ever was.
rorschach
The only thing in that Rolling Stone article that wasn't common knowledge amongst the DFHs (at least this one) was that in addition to being batshit fundie nuts, was that he's a petty, vindictive SOB. and Taibbi had at least a couple of Republicans saying that on the record.
Will someone in the so called liberal media please call him a nutcase who doesn't remotely deserve to be president, please?
steve simels
If they do kneecap him, I'm confident that it won't be because he's a fundie whackjob but because he's supposed by some to be insufficiently interested in punishing the poor and lining fatcat pockets (other than his own).
Do you think Br Cuthbert would like a book called "Master Builders of the Middle Ages"? I am trying to divest myself of some books, and passing them on to folks who would appreciate them.
Karin | 12.08.07 - 11:49 am | #
Hey Karin,
This site may prove to be of interest to you. Miriam is an addict.
Rum and Coke, please. Easy on the Coke.
We're doing lines now?
.
The tax thing will kill Huckabee.
Did you guys see this video?
Very creepy.
I'm from Arkansas, so I can tell you truly: He never, ever was.
rorschach | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:48 am | #
That's how we feel about the toothy shithead from NYC.
RMJ: scale is a really fascinating thing. The notion of fractals comes into it, structures that resemble themselves at whatever level you examine them, be they Bonsai or redwoods, small town churches or cathedrals.
I recall seeing the redwood forests in California. They looked normal to my casual glance, until I saw a series of telephone poles traversing the area, trivial as matchsticks, providing scale...
Will someone in the so called liberal media please call him a nutcase who doesn't remotely deserve to be president, please?
steve simels
You mean like a sadistic, drunk, ignorant, lying sack of shit who was governor of texas?
That's how we feel about the toothy shithead from NYC.
Oh, come on! He's so...fuckable!
I'm from Arkansas, so I can tell you truly: He never, ever was.
rorschach | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:48 am | #
That's how we feel about the toothy shithead from NYC.
Brooklyn Girl, no longer sane | 12.08.07 - 11:51 am | #
The Repubs really do have a pretty crappy line-up, don't they?
Many Iraqi asylum-seekers in Jordan have fallen victim to resettlement scams in which they are approached by individuals claiming to guarantee their resettlement in a third country with the help of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), according to UN officials and Iraqi residents.
There are no exact figures about the number of those who have been defrauded but testimonies of individuals and police records show they are in the thousands.
Officials from the Ministry of Interior declined to say how many people have been arrested in connection with such scams.
"We heard… rumours from within the Iraqi community about certain individuals who charge money to asylum-seekers, promising to guarantee their resettlement with the help of the UNHCR. We are here to assure everybody that the UNHCR does not charge money for relocation applications or other procedures," said Imran Riza, the UNHCR representative in Jordan.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m3900...&hd=&size=1&
l=e
A remarkable life:
“It’s always very refreshing to be able to just make a clean break, start over again with something you’re completely ignorant about,” Dr. Benzer said. “That’s very exhilarating; nothing’s expected of you because you’re a novice; and, with luck, you come up with something that other people were saying was impossible because they know too much.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/0...?
ref=obituaries
rorschach -- Amazing innit?
They say that it still stood when everything around it was destroyed BECAUSE the British bombers used it as their aiming point -- partly true, but actually because it is so solidly built with so little burn (which did not, of course, survive)
But those towers are amazing (all built with muscle power, too -- which is even more amazing)
Moonbootica--
I think those BBC things are around over here -- very popular with church groups -- never saw them -- I thought Narnia was definitely for kids (not that's there anything wrong with that) but that there was much more subtlety in Pullman (also in the Harry Potter books as they progress -- the finale is a very different kind of book from the original, IMHO)
That, and that I'd never seen Paul Lynde and Buckley in the same place. Coincidence? I think not...
ProfWombat
/coffee spit-take/
I read an interview not long ago (couple years) of Buckley. He cocktails (scotch) started at four, and when the reporter left a couple hours later, the maid had just come in to ask his lordship which wines (red and white) he wished served with dinner. I could see Buckley putting on a Winston Churchill show for a journamalist, but I could also see him getting stewed every night.
(can you sense my jealousy? I hope not)
The tax thing will kill Huckabee.
Taxes? Fuck 'em.
ProfW--my only memory of the Koln cathedral is the impossibility to get perspective on it. It's huge (and I've seen the VAB in Florida, at NASA), but unlike that cube, beautiful and human scale at the same time.
It simply dominates its space; but it's inviting, too. An amazing feat of aesthetic and architecture and engineering. Truly, giants once walked the earth....
If they do kneecap him, I'm confident that it won't be because he's a fundie whackjob but because he's supposed by some to be insufficiently interested in punishing the poor and lining fatcat pockets (other than his own).
SteveLG
Precisely. He, like Pat Buchanan and Ron Paul, is their worst nightmare because he dissects all the bigoted hate rhetoric away from the militarism and class warfare messages. They need to keep thos things all firmly bundled together to make their MO viable.
Over at his piece of shit blog, the Austin Dog Burner(TM) is aghast at homophobia.
Well…one can plainly see the importance that Iran’s sympathizers and apologists have invested this NIE with. The degenerate pacifists of Eurabia are determined to sell out their own civilization to keep the peace with Islamist psychopaths. Disgusting.
A couple of days ago, an Iranian ”supervision bureau” executed a 21 year-old gay man for sex-related crimes he supposedly committed several years before.
Government-ordered executions of homosexuals is one of those things one might suppose would anger the “progressive” West, but no. It’s more important to undermine Bush in his fight against the mullahcracy
Like I said, aghast at homophobia.
Just not here....
Moonbootica--
I think those BBC things are around over here -- very popular with church groups -- never saw them -- I thought Narnia was definitely for kids (not that's there anything wrong with that) but that there was much more subtlety in Pullman (also in the Harry Potter books as they progress -- the finale is a very different kind of book from the original, IMHO)
Prior Aelred | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:53 am | #
yeah
Salisbury Cathedral always has scaffolding
because it was made out of soft stone and bits keep falling off
lovely though, I sang there as part of a Church Choir festival
was interesting
Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20071...U9vg6CD4KSs0NUE
http://tinyurl.com/2ywpl4
Ah, bracing to wake up to Olbermann ranting about chimp being a bold faced liar.
Karin --
Just checked with Br Cuthbert -- he said, "Who's Karin?" So I explained & he said, "Sure."
Our mailing address is at my Homepage
Bells for church -- later bats (DV)
Gilly,
You are like the fourth person to owe me a glass of wine. And although it ain't noon, I'll take it now, please.
Oprah goes stumping in Iowa for Obama.She wins the election.Democrats dump her,ask Michael Vick to campaign in New Hamphire for them.
Prior,
Hell's Bells?
Arkansas should be apologizing to the rest of us --the Hutchison brothers and the Huckster.
when I go up to York to visit my sister I hope to go view the Minster
A kir royale for Vicki!
In order to prevent nym stealing, I introduce my new gravatar...will it work?
RMJ: a part of what drives my long-term optimism, and what drives me crazy sometimes, is that the preponderance of our attention in these fraught times goes to the lesser works of that querulous creature, man; that any sane appreciation of human achievement and human possibility allows for us to be far more than what we are. We should keep our eyes on the prize.
nope
Arkansas should be apologizing to the rest of us --the Hutchison brothers and the Huckster.
Liars for Bush | 12.08.07 - 11:57 am | #
Hey, Arkansas gave us Clinton.
Also, and more importantly, Johnny Cash.
heh Chez Moonbootica has 9 bottles of sparkling wine (two are actual Champagne and the rest is Cava)
plus bottles and bottles of wine
and beer!!!
Leffe and a Sainsbury Cologne Style Lager
BTW, we dirty fucking hippies got coverage in the local paper...
Tbogg gots a way with words
Romney campaign no longer buying green bananas
By: TBogg Friday December 7, 2007 10:04 pm
Comment by mimi blocked.
So long, motherfucker.
Give my best to Tofu Boy!
and lots of liqueur and spirits
Sainsbury Cologne Style Lager
Moonbootica, Heterodox | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 11:59 am | #
Mmm... Koelsch!
Not in the mood to tolerate a psychotic, European fuckwit who derails the threads with narcissism, so I'll be seeing you on the flip flop.
Peace out.
Mentioned this yesterday, but I heard Rush Limbaugh just about cuming all over Romney's religion speech.
I take that as a sign that the Republican establishment is getting behind Mittster, in the same way they cynically got behind Bush, and for the same reason -- he's an empty suit they can put up as a puppet.
In that sense, he's the inheritor of what would have been George Allen's nomination, had macacca not intervened.
Mitt Romney -- the Chauncy Gardiner Republican Candidate in 08.
Mark my words...
Hey, Todd, did you see the story in the Green Mountain about the VT state police going into pharmacies and demanding medical records, sans warrants?
gak. can't find link. think i nuked it.
That was downright creepy, the way mimimi showed up mere minutes after NTodd did.
The NIE says Iran halted its nuclear program, but is the intelligence correct this time? Campbell Brown investigates.
Uh, CNN, was the intelligence correct last time?
Alright, catch you moonbats later.
Campbell Brown investigates.
Having Campbell Brown investigate is like having your pet aardvark give you a blow job.
The NIE says Iran halted its nuclear program, but is the intelligence correct this time? Campbell Brown investigates.
jesus nuclear waste christ.
I'm glad I don't read Time magazine anymore. A boring mix People-style celeb-gazing with a little pretention to make it "serious" and Klein-ish Cokie-ish 'centrism'
To say nothing of their recent gobsmacking editorial dishonesty about Klein.
Coming at 2:57pm EST on c-span2/BookTV
Speech
Napoleons Egypt: Invading the Middle East
New America Foundation
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 199833 - 08/24/2007 - 1:12
Cole, Juan Professor, University of Michigan, Modern Middle East History
Clemons, Steven C. Senior Fellow and Director, New America Foundation, American Strategy Program
Juan Cole talked about his book, Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East, published by Palgrave Macmillan. He discussed the relevance and lessons of Napoleon’s expedition in Egypt to the current American occupation of Iraq. Steve Clemons offered comments and moderated the discussion. After his presentation he responded to audience members’ questions.
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org...an/
schedule.csp
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Arkansas also produced Howlin Wolf, Al Green, Levon Helm, Albert King, Pharoah Sanders, William Fullbright etc.
there are also a bunch of bad, nasty, dangerous, and ugly people from there.
this has all but been forgotten - Women and children injured by stray bullets and mortars during fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu are being turned back at military checkpoints as they try to reach hospitals, the United Nations children's agency said yesterday.
Describing the humanitarian situation in the city as the worst since 1991 - the last time Somalia had an effective government - Unicef's representative for the country said the restrictions meant "people are being left behind in the streets to die". The roadblocks are manned by government and Ethiopian troops, who are battling to contain a growing insurgency.
Article continues
"The lack of respect for basic humanitarian principles from all sides is horrific," said Christian Balslev-Olesen. "It's violence, harassment ... terror against the civilian population."
The conflict has already forced 600,000 people, more than half Mogadishu's population, to flee the city since February. More than a third of those fled in the past five weeks as fighting escalated.
Hopes of a ceasefire are dim. Somalia's transitional government has made little effort to reach out to political opponents or the guerrilla fighters, who in turn have vowed to fight until the Ethiopian occupation ends. The insurgency is broad-based, comprising remnants of the Somali Council of Islamic Courts (SCIC), chased out of Mogadishu by Ethiopian forces last December, as well as militias controlled by warlords opposed to the government.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
intern...2224137,00.html
where are all the cheerleaders now eh? they were all gushing over Christian Ethiopia defeating the 'evil mohamemdans'
Via AP:
After weeks of tough talk, Democrats appear resigned to back down again on providing money for the Iraq war.
What happened?
"Republicans, Republicans, Republicans," said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. "The real problem here is the president and his Republican backers" who have "staked out an increasingly hard-lined position."
Oooooh - that minority is SOOOOO scary! They're holding all the cards!!!
And of course, no one could have predicted that Harry Reid would fold like cheap patio furniture at the first opportunity.
Oh, and fuck you too, Nancy.
someone on BWW referred to Janet Huckabee as "Marie Antoinette as played by Lulu Roman"
ive been laughing all week over that!!!!
If the Dumond thing didn't kill Hucksterbee nothing will.
Coming at 2:57pm EST on c-span2/BookTV
Cole, Juan Professor, University of Michigan, Modern Middle East History
Ooh, ooh, ooh! Thanks for the heads up!
Kevin, him say;
"And just think: there's an entire political party in this country that still thinks this is OK."
I would say it's more like an entire sub-species of Home Sapiens, which we could call Homo Chickenshit. That they all belong to the same political party is, I'm sure, pure coincidence...
there are also a bunch of bad, nasty, dangerous, and ugly people from there.
rootless-e | 12.08.07 - 12:06 pm | #
Guilty as charged.
steve: you may be right. But Mitt strikes me as all too recognisable a business type, talking about 'his' success in an environment empty of others' labor, talking about paradigmatic shifts of rightsizing internal customer friendly outside-the-box self-serving crap, to generate much enthusiasm amongst even a jaded and ill-informed electorate.
That, and he's a poopy-head...
A warning from history: Poll: the Nazi NPD overtake the SPD in Saxony
Not in the mood to tolerate a psychotic, European fuckwit who derails the threads with narcissism...
That's why there's Killfile, babe!
jesus nuclear waste christ.
watertiger
I saw them on their 2000 Nuclear Winter World Tour. The light show was pretty impressive.
I love Pharoah Sanders and will gladly live in servitude to whoever finds a copy of "Love Will Find A Way" in electronic form.
Murder, lust, palaces and power – it seems the perfect concoction for a Hollywood blockbuster or a West End hit. And now, a Russian composer is about to fulfil his dream and stage as a musical the life story of Catherine the Great, one of Russia's best-known and most colourful historical figures.
Catherine the Great, the all-singing all-dancing version, covers Catherine's rise from "naive German princess to tough Russian empress", says Sergei Dreznin, who conceived the original idea for the show and composed the music. It will feature a full symphony orchestra, a singing cast of 45, a choir, ballet dancers and a rock band.
The show will open on 21 April in Ekaterinburg, the city in Russia's Ural Mountains where the last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were executed in 1918. During the Soviet period, the city was known as Sverdlovsk, after the Bolshevik Yakov Sverdlov, but in the 1990s, it was given back its tsarist-era name, Ekaterinburg, the city of Catherine.
http://arts.independent.co.uk/
th...icle3233331.ece
And on c-span2/BookTV at 8pm EST:
Forum
Our Dumb World
Texas Book Festival
Austin, Texas (United States)
ID: 202083 - 5 - 11/03/2007 - 1:00 - No Sale
The Onion Presents: Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth Date: Saturday, November 3, 2007 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 Location: The Sanctuary (1201 Lavaca, enter from Lavaca St.)
Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of The Planet Earth, 73rd Edition, features incorrect statistics on all of the Earth's 168, 182, or 196 independent nations. It also features maps, including a fold-out world map at actual size. Readers will learn about every country from Afghanistan, "Allah's Cat Box," to the Ukraine, "The Bridebasket of Europe."
Today's news-parody consumer cannot possibly understand made-up current events without the context of fake world history and geography. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us.
http://inside.c-
spanarchives.org...ecord=559020859
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sheetses
If the Dumond thing didn't kill Hucksterbee nothing will.
HoneyBearKelly
Never hurt him in Arkansas, which really says nothing good about the state...
Guilty as charged.
rorschach | Homepage | 12.08.07 - 12:07 pm | #
Really? Competition is tough: Sam Walton and Don Tyson - two of my favorite flint hearted business guys.
Hadn't realized that Eldrige Cleaver was arkansan.
Weirdest place I've ever lived.
Been to Ekaterinburg, where I stayed for 10 days while adopting my daughter. A curious place. There's a memorial to the Stalin purge victims deep in the woods, with names as on the Vietnam Memorial, built of local stone, on which, as a wedding ritual, flowers are left by all. There's a place where you can stand on a line demarcating Europe from Asia. There's the Black Tulip, an extraordinary memorial to the Russian dead of the Afghan war...
FACT: The Bush administration knew about the destroyed tapes before the New York Times ever did.
FACT: In the recent past, the New York Times has held back stories, as well as gone forward with stories, after getting approval or disapproval from the White House first.
FACT: In the past, through their surrogate Judith Miller, the White House has used the New York Times to manipulate it's case for war and to attack those who oppose it's case for war.
FACT: Valerie Plame Wilson was deliberately outed by the White House to punish her and the CIA for hurting the Bush administration's case for war against Iraq.
FACT: At the start of this week, a National Intelligence Estimate was put forth by the intelligence community (with the CIA taking a key role) that greatly damaged the White House's current case for war with Iran and hurt Bush's credibility further.
FACT: By the end of the week, info about tapes destroyed by the CIA in 2005 is leaked to the New York Times. The CIA's credibility is now under attack.
Can you put 2 and 2 together? The facts add up to the Bush administration once again trying to 'Plame' the intelligence community, only this time they are outing a past mistake of the CIA's, not an undercover agent.
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