HULK SMASH!!!
Is Obama patriotic? This picture speaks volumes....
WHEEE! Yeah, today was awesome!
Bush patriotic? Look here:
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport...images/
flag.jpg
Sam Seder is still on (til 6 ET):
http://sh3.audio-stream.com/tune...80/
playlist.pls
doesn't it embolden the terrorists when the stock market takes a dive?
I could stand a little less excitement.
No, really.
doesn't it embolden the terrorists when the stock market takes a dive?
tlsintx
They hate our freedoms to lose our money in the market.
Is Obama patriotic? This picture speaks volumes....
Jimmy Crackcorn | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 4:12 pm | #
OMG Obama is HUGE!! he must be like 9 feet tall!
He should add footage of the traders clapping.
I hope Atrios has a good chiropractor.
Looks like Hillary plagiarized McCain's own "3am" video from January..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G...h?
v=GPadP7eAO9Y
I'm never going to be able to retire.
...ok, so that little blue dancing ball following the graph line is kinda cool...
12,266.39
-315.79 (-2.51%)
It's just a correction.
{rolls eyes}
So, I just called Nim's cell phone -no answer.
I'm assuming baby business is happening.
I don't know, though.
wheeeee! fixed it.
http://thumbsnap.com/v/XzABmImc.jpg
Is Obama patriotic? This picture speaks volumes....
I hope Obama knows what he's doing is illegal in Italy.
WTF is this shit about a 'National 9/11" museum?
I've never heard of this shit before.
batguano --
And let's not forget this HIGHLY ILLEGAL show of disrespect:
http://www.fridayfishwrap.com/ wp...signs_flags.jpg
I am so glad my NFP had to go from a defined benefit to a defined contribution pension about two years ago.
401k just keeps growing...
Easy to explain to employees, too.
er, is three percent worth bothering about?
Is Obama patriotic? This picture speaks volumes....
Jimmy Crackcorn
did you look at who also didn't have their hand on thier heart, are you also implying that Georeg HW Bush is nnot patriotic, becuase the poicture speasks volumes about that as well
trying looking for juxtapositions first
WTF is this shit about a 'National 9/11" museum?
You sure that's not the memorial people have been wanting at the WTC site?
WTF is this shit about a 'National 9/11" museum?
I thought he already dropped out of the race...
Oops, I meant this HIGHLY ILLEGAL show of disrespect:
http://www.fridayfishwrap.com/
wp...signs_flags.jpg
I hope we use today's "correction" as an opportunity to remind people that Bush wanted to put eveyrone's Social Security in the stock market.
Here's the post wherein Atrios lent Nim his blog to propose to Jen.
The thread is fucking hilarious, too.
Who IS that guy in the blue shirt?
I guess when investors heard Commander Codpiece say yesterday that he hadn't heard that gasoline would be $4 a gallon by this summer they finally realized that he was, in fact, a brain dead idiot.
i had 4 people on this am's doorknocking ask about the pledge and obama.
You sure that's not the memorial people have been wanting at the WTC site?
I saw a blerb on HNN about a sign directing people to the WTC site, was removed due to construction - and would be placed in the National 9/11 museum.
I don't think it's one in the same.
Is Obama patriotic? This picture speaks volumes....
So patriotism = putting your hand on your chest?
Pathetic.
The little people are encouraged to continue the dollar cost averaging strategy. Meanwhile, the big players are pulling out, taking their cash and sitting on the sidelines, but we small fry should keep dumping our dollars into the flushing toilet.
I'm sure that's the smart move.
Oops, I meant this HIGHLY ILLEGAL show of disrespect:
He's writing his phone number, right? I think the next pic shows him making a telephone gesture with his thumb and pinkie and mouthing the words "call me."
yes sethie, uncle bushie invaded Iraq to punish the bad mans.. from your other posts , well, there you have it.
No one could have anticipated that a dry drunk illiterate functional moron with massive daddy issues and a mother who makes Marie Antoinette look like Mother Teresa would have treated the economy like a bullfrog, stuck a cherry bomb in its butt and lit the sucker up.
Did that baby come today? That'd be so cool.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if this were the case (MarketBeatBlog):
Rob Booker, writing on his Piptopia blog, wonders about traders that let bad positions run and run until it consumes them (or their firm, as Societe Generale and MF Global have become the latest to find out. “Humans want to give their genius ideas a chance to succeed. We naturally want to believe that if we let it go a bit longer, that things can turn around,” he writes.
I hope we use today's "correction" as an opportunity to remind people that Bush wanted to put eveyrone's Social Security in the stock market.
Southern Beale
YES! Every time they say shit like "allow people to invest part of their [social security, health insurance, etc.]..."
This needs to be brought up loudly. Under Republican plans, Dow goes down = You lose social security; Dow goes down = You lose health insurance.
LUCKY WE NO LONGER OBSERVE PRIMA KNOCKED DAY - HELL KISSING CUSSINS A THING OF THE PATS - BECAUSE THE HAM HOCK OF LIBERTY WAS MY CREATIN
CONGRATULATIONS ANYWAY TO "VIET" NIM - GET MARRED SOON
Merkin Patriot | 04.07.06 - 3:23 pm | #
I meant this HIGHLY ILLEGAL show of disrespect
Like, calling it illegal and unpatriotic to not recite the Pledge or stand with your hand over your heart during the National Anthem?
It is not a requirement. Period.
Looks like the market is down on fears that Bush's tax relief won't be made permanent. If you care more about the economy than politics, contact your senator and ask them to keep tax relief permanent.
Did that baby come today? That'd be so cool.
I know! I'm auntsy!
The thread is fucking hilarious, too.
Dang, even I commented on that thread.
I've been commenting over here WAY too long. This is scary.
Looks like the market is down on fears that Bush's tax relief won't be made permanent.
Dude, pass what you're smokin' over my way ...
What we need is a National 9/11 Amusement Park Fun Ride!
You ride through a darkened tunnel while jets crash over your head and dust & body parts rain down on you; animated terrist mannequins jump out at you and yell "ALLAH SAY BOO!"; little blue-suited Republican puppets sing "It's a Scary World After All!" and then, when the ride's over and you stagger off, you discover they picked your pocket, too.
If you care more about the economy than politics, contact your senator and ask them to keep tax relief permanent.
American Hawk
Shorter American Hawk
"Let's make the problem worse before we make it better"
Can't help but notice how much people resemble their pets.
Nobody is facing that flag in the picture.
Actual News makes The Onion Unnecessary:
Bush finds out about $4 gas forecasts
"That's interesting. I hadn't heard that."
President Bush, saying he was unaware of predictions of $4-a-gallon gasoline in the coming months, told reporters Thursday that the best way to help Americans fend off high prices is for Congress to make his first-term tax cuts permanent.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/28/
...sion=2008022813
This will be good for the Republicans
Oops, I meant this HIGHLY ILLEGAL show of disrespect:
That's the pic that needs showing.
Writing on the flag. Only a dunderheaded, self-absorbed asshat would do something so stupid.
SHITPILE UBER ALES
Thanks, Chris.
I'll try to figure that out by Monday.
Oops, I meant this HIGHLY ILLEGAL show of disrespect:
But if the President does it then it's NOT illegal ... by definition. That's what Tricky Dick said.
No one could have anticipated that a dry drunk illiterate functional moron with massive daddy issues and a mother who makes Marie Antoinette look like Mother Teresa would have treated the economy like a bullfrog, stuck a cherry bomb in its butt and lit the sucker up.
Wow. That's Michael Stipe-worthy stream-of-consciousness stuff there.
Pay back time?
Ralph Nader loves John McCain
In 2004, Nader asked McCain to help his campaign -- and the senator rushed to his side. Is the consumer advocate now returning the favor?
By Joe Conason
http://www.salon.com/opinion/con...9/mccain_nader/
...where today we learn that, added to the long list of things it's not, American chickenhawk is not an economist...
every time the damned thing drops i have to raise another 100K
If you care more about the economy than politics, contact your senator and ask them to keep tax relief permanent.
American Hawk
It's pretty unpatriotic to charge your pet war on my children and grandchildren's account.
9/11™ museum?
I'm so tired of this.
"Sam Seder is still on (til 6 ET):"
thank you.
so, i go upstairs to get some coffee. wife is at the dining room table, doing the books. i come up from behind, wrap my arms around her, kiss her neck softly, nibble her earlobe, she moans gently.
i tell her i wanna practice my love on her, and she says 'haven't you heard of independant study'?
so much for that....
GOD BLESS JIM AND NEN AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA FOR ITS A SCARED MOMENT WHEN TWO SOULS UNTIE IN HOLY MATTRESMONY
Merkin Patriot | 04.07.06 - 3:34 pm | #
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Here's a comment Mary made on that Nim and Jen thread:
We should have a Scrabble night at EschaCon II, I'll bet we have some really hot shit players here.
NYMary | Homepage | 04.07.06 - 2:37 pm | #
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And look at the lot of them now, playing Scrabble on line!
gotta' love the juxtaposition of the Wheeeeeee and the pic of the ennui stricken Atrios
Invest in railraods
Short selling, beeyotches. Bush making 'em rizz'ich.
If you care more about the economy than politics, contact your senator and ask them to keep tax relief permanent.
American Hawk
Two peas in a pod.
President Bush, saying he was unaware of predictions of $4-a-gallon gasoline in the coming months, told reporters Thursday that the best way to help Americans fend off high prices is for Congress to make his first-term tax cuts permanent.
i tell her i wanna practice my love on her, and she says 'haven't you heard of independant study'?
Translation: You do know where the hand lotion is, right?
And look at the lot of them now, playing Scrabble on line!
The future is here!
Wow, Vicki, that is some rock. You could put someone's eye out with that.
How did the Scrabble game turn out?
:D
This needs to be brought up loudly. Under Republican plans, Dow goes down = You lose social security; Dow goes down = You lose health insurance.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
But if everyone claps their hands, then the Dow goes up and everyone gets a pony!
Dang, even I commented on that thread.
I've been commenting over here WAY too long. This is scary.
Southern Beale
I was thinking along those lines, looking at who was posting (and wondering what else I was doing that day..)
Feels like family somedays. Today is one of them.
If you care more about the economy than politics, contact your senator and ask them to keep tax relief permanent.
Do you even recognize the vast stupidity of such a comment. You don't even think; you just follow talking points. You are an embarrassment to this country.
SHORTER AMERICAN HAWK
"Smithers: Sir, bad news from accounting: the economy's hit us pretty
hard.
Burns: Heh, tough times, huh? I've lived through twelve recessions,
eight panics, and five years of McKinleynomics. I'll survive
this."
It's pretty unpatriotic to charge your pet war on my children and grandchildren's account.
Falstaff
It's pretty fuckwitted to think that more of what already hasn't worked will solve the problem.
tell her i wanna practice my love on her, and she says 'haven't you heard of independant study'?
so much for that....
Who IS that guy in the blue shirt?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
The datestamp makes me doubtful of the authenticity of these pictures. I suspect kerning issues as well, although I haven't had time to investigate fully.
Two peas in a pod.
Squawk: dumber than dog shit.
Just like his ol' buddy George.
what was does that episode say when they check the stock ticker? "amagalmated steel?"
aiiight, gotta run.
here's to the latest edition to the Atriot Varsity Squad!
2/29, 2/29, 2/29!
laterz.
Ralph Nader loves John McCain
If 'Nabler loves the Saint, why's he running?
the new bush twins:
http://editorialcartoonists.com/...splay.cfm/
49708
Revenant, there's also thumbsnap.com.
If you can find the name of your image on your computer, you can upload it via the thumbsnap webpage.
Vicki, tell Nim and Jen that I want to be an aunty too.
Yup, imagine if your retirement plan consisted heavy investment in these guys:
American International Group posted a $5.3 billion fourth-quarter net loss, primarily the result of more pronounced stress in its portfolio of credit default swaps (CDS) it underwrote on collateralized debt obligations, which resulted in an $11.1 billion pretax unrealized valuation loss.
In case you're wondering the head of the AIG Financial Division is retiring in March, but he'll be a consultant til the end of the year. I knew you all would be concerned.
i wish the comments sections were searchable as a whole. i dont even remeber my first post here. had to have been in 2002 or so. 2003?
Embarrassment to this country? I meant an embarrassment to the human race. I feel so sorry for you and I don't like feeling sorry for pathetic cowards.
She sees this, she is so going to bawl her eyes out.
And then ball Nims nuts off.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | 04.07.06 - 2:43 pm
(I forgot how long I've loved Al Gore...posting like that way back then...)
"Translation: You do know where the hand lotion is, right?"
i buy oil by the gallon...
You just know she's sitting there with KWYJIBO.
JeffCO | 04.07.06 - 2:44 pm | #
jdw, try Steve Martin's penis cream.
i wish the comments sections were searchable as a whole. i dont even remeber my first post here. had to have been in 2002 or so. 2003?
Yeah I was here in 2002. Scary as hell to think about.
new couch?
I probably started in 2003
I think for every Obama pic in some kind of traditional garb shot or photoshop shot in said gear the sane blogosphere should repost those pics of bush in saudi garb and holding hands with suadi pprinces and laura in hajib - seems fair and makes the point imho
If I was of immediate African descent I'd use any excuse to wear those clothes - they look cool and comfy
of course we are all of African descent
http://raceproject.aaanet.org/
Atrios likes red. Is he a communist? It would be wrong not to speculate.
I started a long time ago too.
Went thru 2 other nyms before I settled on this one.
I had to 'find myself,' as the kids say....
I remember simels posting from Hackensack during the great flood. He said the music on the ark sucked. Apparently Noah was into Yanni.
This is truly GREAT news, atrios.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I estimate that among the ongoing fallout effects of this decline will be an approximate loss of employment of roughly 10 % of this sites regulars. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !
9/11™ museum?
I'm so tired of this.
HoneyBearKelly, GrendelKhan
be sure to check out the George Bush memorial baby changing station ...
Judging by that cat in the picture, that is one tiny blogger.
What with the talk about posting images, if you use Mac OS X, you really do need Skitch. Seriously, it's a killer app for image posting.
http://skitch.com
Apparently, they're offering the beta to everyone these days.
Went thru 2 other nyms before I settled on this one.
Me too.
And buy my fine songs here:
http://www.americanhawk911.com/
Help keep me in beer money.
i still say friday profit-taking.
good thing many americans think democrats are smug and republicants are truth-tellers...a more ignorant culture may not be known to exist
I started a long time ago too.
Went thru 2 other nyms before I settled on this one.
What's that you say, bj?
What's that you say, bj?
Billy B
[looks around innocently, whistling...]
The glamorous life.
That looks like a $2000 Gucci sweatshirt.
Help keep me in beer money.
I don't feel that sorry for you.
President Bush, saying he was unaware of predictions of $4-a-gallon gasoline in the coming months,
I saw that presser - Bush is losing what's left of his mind. He snapped at the reporter who asked him about $4/gal. gas, demanding to know the names of the analysts who were saying that was coming. He's entering Captain Queeg territory and fast - all he needs is a pair of ball bearings to play with.
Heck of a job, Georgie!
This can only be good news for the GOP.
Have they actually done anything at the WTC site?
He's entering Captain Queeg territory and fast - all he needs is a pair of balls to play with.
dan mcenroe
"Judging by that cat in the picture, that is one tiny blogger."
--EkCenTriK
foreshortening.
Hey David Derbes,
I hope you saw my apologies the other day about "The Wire" thing. I was really sorry I let slip with that post.
I estimate that among the ongoing fallout effects of this decline will be an approximate loss of employment of roughly 10 % of this sites regulars.
can i be 1st? cause i do need a swift kick in the ass to get me outta this country for good
employment ain't life
Have they actually done anything at the WTC site?
Still a hole in the ground I think.
i was always thus. euphronius started in 1995. or 96. possibly 97 or even 2000. most likely 1999.
Help keep me in beer money.
[unzips fly, pulls out johnson]
psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
[shakes johnson twice, puts it up, zips up pants]
Fuck you.
developing........
possible terrorist activity in las vegas.
Layoffs at Intel here in the Silicon Forest.
"Judging by that cat in the picture, that is one tiny blogger."
--EkCenTriK
That's actually a maimed Panda.
He's entering Captain Queeg territory and fast
he always was Lord Helmet
We should have a Scrabble night at EschaCon II, I'll bet we have some really hot shit players here.
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I just read William F. Buckley's obit and I'm dying to find an actual use for the word "sesquipedalian".
developing........
possible terrorist activity in las vegas.
taNK | 02.29.08 - 4:38 pm | #
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is cheney there? bush?
I keeps my beer money, jerk.
What to say?
Wowie Dowie?
Dowie Zowie?
Owie Dowie?
possible terrorist activity in las vegas.
taNK
Doesn't matter. It can't possibly spread.
Because....
what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!
Thank you! I'll be here all weekend! Try the buffet!
Dow done fell down.
Have they actually done anything at the WTC site?
Still a hole in the ground I think.
The Old Man From Scene 24
They're finally moving forward. It just that it's become such sacred ground that you can't do a damn thing without having to get approval from everyone in the tri-state area. There were some insurance issues as well. I've seen (this week's) final designs for the site and they look quite nice, actually.
Went thru 2 other nyms before I settled on this one.
I had to 'find myself,' as the kids say....
Gummo
Been through 6 or 7 nyms, depending on how you count, since '03.
I know I'm out there somewhere
Somewhere
Somewhere...
"Fuck you."
--Billy B
{{{{hugs to one of the best}}}}
Went thru 2 other nyms before I settled on this one.
I had to 'find myself,' as the kids say....
Gummo
I tried posting as Harpo but then I couldn't think of anything to say.
Have they actually done anything at the WTC site?
Still a hole in the ground I think.
oooooo, if you take the path from wtc to jersey, in the 1st part of the ride there are weirdo videos on the wall selling you shit
Help keep me in beer money.
[unzips fly, pulls out johnson]
psssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
[shakes johnson twice, puts it up, zips up pants]
Fuck you.
Billy B
That's why I don't ask people to buy books, you know?
She just went back to the hospital, and they're sending her home...
She's frustrated.
possible terrorist activity in las vegas.
Maybe this could helpfully jog the memories of some reporters about those pesky unsolved anthrax attacks a few years back. Could happen.
I tried posting as Harpo but then I couldn't think of anything to say.
George Johnston
there are weirdo videos on the wall selling you shit
mogwai
The Red Line tunnel between Central Square and Harvard, same deal. Most recently, it's the state of Vermont advertising, um, itself.
Mostly I am DWD but sometimes when I feel like it, I am
foreshortening.
I didn't know Atrios was Jewish.
possible terrorist activity in las vegas.
So why haven't Bush's unconstitutional imprisonment, torture and domestic spying protected us from this "terror"?
Beowulf Schaeffer-
The Beowulf to have when you're having more than one! (TM)
OH NOAS
the comments for 2002 and stuff are GONE.
this is a CRIME OF HISTORY
I've a friend who works for The Department of Design and Construction (NYC city agency) who, after reading Brunelleschi's Dome (marvelous book, by the way. Highly recommended!) commented that NOTHING has changed.
The whole "Freedom Tower" project is identical to what went on in Florence a few centuries ago. Two archetects who loathe each other, a city agency who can't get the project started, et cetera, et al.
So, essentially, nothing is happening at Ground Zero in NYC.
So why haven't Bush's unconstitutional imprisonment, torture and domestic spying protected us from this "terror"?
The Old Man From Scene 24
No profit in it for'em.
She's frustrated.
Vicki, Who ♥ new nephew
I imagine she's at the point where she's had enough of this goddamned miracle already and the little bugger can get out, now.
I remember my wife going through that stage very clearly...
Hey David Derbes,
I hope you saw my apologies the other day about "The Wire" thing. I was really sorry I let slip with that post.
Glenn
Hiya, Glenn; I'm sorry if I was a mite grouchy. Didn't see it.
My apologies to you.
Let's face it, on "The Wire", probably they nuke Baltimore on the last episode...
Freedom Tower is a stupid name.
stupid.
So, essentially, nothing is happening at Ground Zero in NYC.
Not accurate. There is quite a bit of construction going on down there, including said "Freedom Tower," unfortunately.
The Beowulf to have when you're having more than one! (TM)
Jay C.
A character from Larry Niven's TALES OF KNOWN SPACE series. A pilot for the defunct Nakamura Line. Gets into all sorts of interesting adventures with the Pearson's Puppeteers and Elephant.
Have the brave warriors of the Yahoo Finance comments section given their St. Crispins' Day speech yet?
American Chicken Hawk makes Billy Ray Cyrus sound like Mozart.
Vicki, I'm sure they told her to keep walking, moving. Maybe do a Pearl Buck thing and go out in the fields to harvest some rice. 
I remember my wife going through that stage very clearly...
dan mcenroe
Did your's do the Linda Blair thing too? GET ME ICE CHIPS!
(It just dawned on me: I really am a geek!)
Have the brave warriors of the Yahoo Finance comments section given their St. Crispins' Day speech yet?
"All those who have not lost their shirts today will hold their manhoods cheap that they were not among us!"
Took a lot of reading :
OMG Hell Yes!!!!
(sorry about the scrabble incident)
WOOO HOOO !!!!!
Don't let the practice labor get you down, Jen.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/29...otel/
index.html
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- A man who stayed in a Las Vegas hotel room where ricin was found is in critical condition at a hospital, where he has been since mid-February, said a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department official.
...
The FBI said it was treating the matter as a criminal investigation and terrorism was not suspected.
Looks like Hillary plagiarized McCain's own "3am" video from January..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G...h? v=GPadP7eAO9Y
enabled | 02.29.08 - 4:17 pm | #
Looking at the McCain video:
What the heck is a terriost group?
Glenn and Derbes-
I promise to keep my big fat mouth shut regarding the last epi of "the Wire" after I see that sonofagun on Monday. Although I hear rumors that McNulty wakes up next to Suzanne Plechette
When one of ours was born, we were watching the season finale of Battlestar Galactica in the delivery room. I shit thee not.
Did your's do the Linda Blair thing too? GET ME ICE CHIPS!
It was more like, "Get OUT already! I need a fucking drink!"
Mostly I am DWD but sometimes when I feel like it, I am
Beowulf Schaeffer
Watch out for that gravity storm, 'wulf...
Let's face it, on "The Wire", probably they nuke Baltimore on the last episode...
David Derbes, algebratin'
No problem, pal. I was the stupid one for posting the thing without thinking somebody might be looking to see it later.
Oh, and the Las Vegas thing? Dow in the crapper. Their loverboy Drudge catching hell 'cause he doesn't love the troops. Obama blasting away at both the Chimp and his organ grinder (heh).
Must be time for a terrorist alert!
yeah!!!! barack is coming to my high school tomorrow!!!!!
Freedom Tower is a stupid name.
I think the should just call it 'The Finger'.
sometimes i forget and i think his first name is Obama.
TTYL Moonbeams. Gotta run and go pick up MY baby (20 years old!) from college for the weekend. Her laundry must have piled up.
including said "Freedom Tower," unfortunately.
I really hate that thing.
Hello, I am Beowulf, and this is Sparta.
Beowulf Schaeffer - hint: General Products hulls are not impervious to gravity, so be careful around neutron stars.
Glenn and Derbes-
I promise to keep my big fat mouth shut regarding the last epi of "the Wire" after I see that sonofagun on Monday. Although I hear rumors that McNulty wakes up next to Suzanne Plechette
Jay C.
I haven't seen it.
I suspect McNulty winds up sharing a bed with the Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, if you get my drift...
Hello, I am Beowulf, and this is Sparta.
B1 Bummer | 02.29.08 - 4:47 pm | #
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Feels like family somedays. Today is one of them.
noblejoanie
And if we survive this primary intact we'll know we're a strong family.
Maybe they should call it the mottled, lumpy phallus of freedom.
Have the brave warriors of the Yahoo Finance comments section given their St. Crispins' Day speech yet?
wanna-be's, the real monied never feel teh pain
Why do the markets hate America?
Res, are they really building on the site?
I was sure it'd be another few years or so, MUCH closer to the 10th anniversary before any actual construction began.
I have to say, "Freedom Tower" is shit ugly. And the whole "1776" feet tall thing annoys the goddamn hell out of me.
When my wife was in labor the first time, I leaned down to give her a peck on the cheek and she said, totally out of character:
"Get the fuck away from me! No really!"
After that I just held her hand. When she wanted me to.
I think the should just call it 'The Finger'.
America Gives the Finger to Osama bin Laden Tower.
Vicki,
I know that Nim and Jen will find little consolation in this bit of information but for Young DWD Mrs DWD started labor at 2:00 PM on March 31 and he was born at 4:00 PM on April 1. . . .
(But it was a blast making those phone calls anyway)
When one of ours was born, we were watching the season finale of Battlestar Galactica in the delivery room. I shit thee not.
One of my kids was due in mid October a few years back. I told my husband his only responsibility was to make sure I had access to the Red Sox play offs on a tv or I was having it at home.
I think the should just call it 'The Finger'.
Falstaff
If I were the architect, I would make two smaller Freedom Towers on each side of it.
"Fuck you."
--Billy B
Everyone's a critic.
I don't feel that sorry for you.
Snow (D-SC)
You would if you knew what I really looked like. There is no such thing as an American Hawk. I'm a fraud.
I'm just a puny Kestrel. A Sparrow Hawk. The smallest Falcon in North America. It didn't sound cool or look right on the bass drum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Ame...merican_Kestrel
:-(
Res, are they really building on the site?
I've been down there to film it. There's a whole lot of something going on. No idea what, but they're hammering and welding away.
When my wife was in labor the first time, I leaned down to give her a peck on the cheek and she said, totally out of character:
"Get the fuck away from me! No really!"
After that I just held her hand. When she wanted me to.
Glenn
Yep. Been there, done that, got the college tuition bills to prove it...
Beowulf Schaeffer - hint: General Products hulls are not impervious to gravity, so be careful around neutron stars.
The Old Man From Scene 24
Think 'tides'.
.
"My hair hurts!"
Must be time for a terrorist alert!
Glenn
preparation orange?
When my wife was in labor the first time, I leaned down to give her a peck on the cheek and she said, totally out of character:
"Get the fuck away from me! No really!"
After that I just held her hand. When she wanted me to.
Glenn | 02.29.08 - 4:48 pm
Mine look at me and with a Linda-Blair-Exorcist-voice said, "It's all your fault!"
I saw that presser - Bush is losing what's left of his mind. He snapped at the reporter who asked him about $4/gal. gas, demanding to know the names of the analysts who were saying that was coming. He's entering Captain Queeg territory and fast - all he needs is a pair of ball bearings to play with.
dan mcenroe
He's not even trying at this point. Just trys to stay sober enough in public for it not to be too obvious and runs out the clock on everything else.
I have to say, "Freedom Tower" is shit ugly. And the whole "1776" feet tall thing annoys the goddamn hell out of me.
Chris Tucker
No shit.
Chris, I caught your comment about your letter from Abe LIncoln to McClellan. Sorry I missed the snark.
Back to our regularly scheduled program:
Apropos a tower 1776 feet high, do you know how many steps the Lincoln Memorial has?
87.
Think about it.
"Get the fuck away from me! No really!"
After that I just held her hand. When she wanted me to.
--Glenn
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I remember saying that too. No offense intended, just I've got business to attend to.
The Atrios family at home:
http://img.skitch.com/20080229-
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favorite patriotic saying:
"Let's roll!"
or
"America! Fuck yeah!"
They should steal Florida's nickname and call it "The Wang Of America" or "The Wang Of The Free"
ql--*mwah*
87.
Think about it.
Adam Hominem,unbanned since 08
four score and seven or The age of McCain's socks?
Beowulf Schaeffer - hint: General Products hulls are not impervious to gravity, so be careful around neutron stars.
The Old Man From Scene 24
Yeah, but at least I can blackmail Nessus and the Puppeteers. . . .
True: My wife went into labor on Memorial Day, Monday, 25 May 1987, about 5 PM.
Catherine was born 12:30 Wednesday morning, 27 May.
Yeah! Let's roll Osama's yard! That'll show him!
With the last child, which we knew would be our daughter, we checked into the hospital and also knew it wouldn't take long. Previous child, her first, came in after four hours of labor.
The hospital wanted me to sign papers; I said where is the maternity ward, the birthing room, whatever, because I'm not going to miss the birth of my daughter.
They chased me down the hall, waving pens and papers and jumped on the elevator with me. I scribbled things, got to the room as the doctor — standing across the space at a sink washing her hands said:
"Okay Virginia, you can push now....whoa..."
And reached over in time to catch our little Kate and keep her from falling to the floor. We had been in the hospital 16 minutes before she was born.
Adam, think nothing of it!
If I got paid to be a professional humorist, I'd have starved to death decades ago,
Besides, I've been wanting to use that "Army of the Potomac you have" line for ages.
When my wife was in labor the first time, I leaned down to give her a peck on the cheek and she said, totally out of character:
"Get the fuck away from me! No really!"
I was a wreck in the delivery room - I hated seeing my wife in pain and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. The nurse said, "I feel for you - sometimes I think its worse on the fathers."
I looked over at my sweaty grimacing wife who had about ninety different wires and tubes hooked up to her and said, "Um, no, I don't think so."
To which my wife added, "YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT!"
Yeah, but at least I can blackmail Nessus and the Puppeteers. . . .
Beowulf Schaeffer
(Whirls around and strikes with single hoof. Then curls into a ball.)
I told my husband his only responsibility was to make sure I had access to the Red Sox play offs on a tv or I was having it at home.
Neponset
In 2004, Tom Verducci wrote a great article after the World Series. He described a couple who rushed to South Shore hospital for a delivery during Game 4. Good times!
They should steal Florida's nickname and call it "The Wang Of America" or "The Wang Of The Free"
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
Does it still look like Kryton's penis?
Heh. Doctor explained very carefully to Mr. ql that drugs would interfere with a total breech delivery and Mr. ql agreed. Doctor said there was at least another hour and then left to get some coffee. I was so fucking pissed I started to push and poor Mr. ql had to go running down the hall yelling for the doctor to come back. Kid was born about five minutes later.
I felt like a big stupid paperweight. But there's nothing unusual about that.
Yeah, but at least I can blackmail Nessus and the Puppeteers. . . .
Beowulf Schaeffer
(Whirls around and strikes with single hoof. Then curls into a ball.)
batguano
Is Nessus still runnin' that dry goods and cleaning place where you get shirts for your husband?
Could someone send Laura B. his card?
And reached over in time to catch our little Kate and keep her from falling to the floor. We had been in the hospital 16 minutes before she was born.
Glenn
Wow. Scary and yet, cool.
After the shootings at Northern Illinois University earlier this month, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made statements about guns. Still, gun control has hardly been a big subject in this year’s presidential primary. It isn’t just the presidential candidates who have tried to finesse the subject. Congressional Democrats have also been wary.
For example, a major and seemingly non-controversial bill to change the way the federal government manages public housing programs made it to the House floor for final debate this week. But the measure was suddenly pulled back. The reason: Republicans had offered an amendment focusing on the fact that many public housing authorities across the nation have long chosen to ban firearms. The amendment sponsor decried this as a form of discrimination “against the poorest in our nation.”
The Democratic leadership — well aware that the gun issue is a potent one in a lot of swing congression districts — was in no mood to fight on this particular political terrain.
The retreat was not an isolated incident. Guns are being systematically raised in bill after bill lately by Republicans, with Democrats showing no sign of the resolve they brandished over a decade ago to enact the now defunct ban on high-powered assault weapons.
TTYL Moonbeams. Gotta run and go pick up MY baby (20 years old!) from college for the weekend. Her laundry must have piled up.
Henry Flower | 02.29.08 - 4:46 pm | #
Mr. Soprano is dong the exact same thing with our 20-year-old. Spring break! And she wants to spend it at home! Yay!
Freedom Tower is a stupid name.
stupid.
euphronius
Supersized French Fries Tower.
She just went back to the hospital, and they're sending her home...
She's frustrated.
Rats.
I have to say, "Freedom Tower" is shit ugly. And the whole "1776" feet tall thing annoys the goddamn hell out of me.
They should've made a Freedom Latrine lined with hundreds of porcelein busts of George Bush.
So, why hasn't anyone made a decent Science Fiction movie out of some of Larry Niven's stuff?
Hell, the Long Arm of Gil Hamilton would be a great feature. Organleggers? We are almost there already.
Neutron Star? There is a Tide? Becalmed in Hell? FLATLANDER!
Damn! I could do a script if we have any movie makers hanging around.
Wow. Scary and yet, cool.
V for Virginia
Yeah, it was. I tell Kate, who'll turn 20 next Thursday, that the doctor could've used a catcher's mitt to deliver her.
Res, are they really building on the site?
Yes, and "WTC site" is the proper name for it, not "Ground Zero" which is a media marketing term for a component of Brand 9/11. Makes me ILL.
The site is a fucking mess, actually.
Spring break! And she wants to spend it at home! Yay!
Soprano, sempre libera
Well, with the dollar in the shitter, it ain't like you were going to Europe.
And reached over in time to catch our little Kate and keep her from falling to the floor. We had been in the hospital 16 minutes before she was born.
Glenn | 02.29.08 - 4:53 pm |
I was the third. They wheeled Mom down the hallway dad filled out papers, and ran down the hallway, having just missed my birth.
Back then, they weren't fond of dads being in the room, and I was the first one of his that it would be 'common'. So of course, he misses it.
Which is good because it means no embarressing pictures, unlike my sisters.
wargaming the general suggests mccain stuck in the ditch
if you are not on the attack in politics, you are on the defensive. to put somebody on the defensive, you have to probe for weakness, which are not always as obvious as they may seem. while obama is surging and accumulating extraordinarily dedicated adherents, the mccain campaign is feeling around for the handhold it can get on obama's smooth surface.
the most obvious line of attack is experience, which mccain has already launched some missiles at. he might note that hillary has found that this line of attack does not, ahem, shall we say, have a dispositive impact, and her probing on this has given obama a chance to develop his defense for this. IMHO this has worked out well for obama since he has developed and deployed his response of ‘judgement’ already and is good to go.
but his best defense is to not act inexperienced. this is exactly how jfk overcame the same criticism. you looked at him on TV, and what you saw did not fit the criticism.
so, if inexperience is not going to work, mccain is in big trouble. the fact that obama's adherents are so unusually loyal means that mccain's attempts to peel them away will be counterproductive. there were no rapturous screams at kerry, gore, or dukakis rallies. introducing doubt in obama supporters will be a very different proposition than doing it with kerry supporters
mccain is left with defending unpopular policies. he has been harping on the iraq angle lately, but he is echoing the position of no more than 40% at most of the electorate here. the highly emotional and volatile issue of illegal immigration, the new racism, which kkkarl might have placed his hopes on, is utterly thrown away since that is exactly the issue which mccain is the most unnacceptable to the base on.
but do not think this will be easy. john mccain is not an idiot or a wimp. his best tactic, which he has already tried out on michelle, is to distort an insignificant detail and tempt his opponent to respond to it, blowing it up with outraged denials. mccain smiled seraphically at poor romney when he brought up the lie that mccain planted about his in regard to iraq withdrawl timetables. when he couldn't leave it alone, mccain knew he had got him. net/net – mccain has got to fight dirty to get anywhere, and he will
.
Am I correct in assuming that the Freedom Tower is surrounded by America's largest "No Protest" zone?
Neutron Star? There is a Tide? Becalmed in Hell? FLATLANDER!
Ringworld!
First babies always take a while. I for instance took 2 1/2 hours to be born, while my brother was a mere 30 minutes.
The big stupid building to ruin the skyline tower. And I've never even been to NYC.
Yeah, but at least I can blackmail Nessus
it sucks that it is closed source now that tenable owns teh code...oh you mean greek mythology, not geek mythology
Okay guys and gals. I'm heading home to take the family to dinner. I'll check with you later to see how America is doing.
peace and humptiness forever
Atrios is called "the couch" by his cat.
I hear rumors that McNulty wakes up next to Suzanne Plechette
Is that a new euphemism for dying?
Good point. Calling something "Ground Zero" is fucking stupid. It's like when the local news talks about the "takedown" of some drug dealer. Oooo-waaaah! Tough guys!
Now, it would be cool if they named it the Peace and Humptiness Tower.
Lots of good material to choose from.
(BTW, the script for Gone Baby Gone was the most vile and putrescent thing I have heard in a long time. Do these people honestly believe that people TALK like that?)
Yes, and "WTC site" is the proper name for it, not "Ground Zero" which is a media marketing term for a component of Brand 9/11. Makes me ILL.
The site is a fucking mess, actually.
res ipsa loquitur
What RIL said.
the whole "1776" feet tall
don't bother me, my town was more than 130 years old by 1776
longtime Hussein Obama supporter Tony Rezko's bribery/extortion trial starts Monday in that vaunted, idyllic heaven-on-earth: Obamelot, better known as "Chicago."
Just wait until Martin Lawrence buys the rights from Niven.
"BLINGWORLD!"
Ground Zero" which is a media marketing term for a component of Brand 9/11. Makes me ILL.
I told you about the tourist on Times Square who asked me, "How do I get to 9/11," didn't I?
Warner's is scheduled to release Ken Russell's THE DEVILS in May.
111 minutes, unrated.
V-Turn, but you can hold off if you like. I only have one active game going.
Yay for Ken Russell! Who else could make such classics as "Gothic" and "Lair of the White Worm?"
I told you about the tourist on Times Square who asked me, "How do I get to 9/11," didn't I?
Correct answer: Vote Republican
(BTW, the script for Gone Baby Gone was the most vile and putrescent thing I have heard in a long time. Do these people honestly believe that people TALK like that?)
Hmmm...I really liked that movie.
I told you about the tourist on Times Square who asked me, "How do I get to 9/11," didn't I?
dan mcenroe | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:03 pm | #
that's funny, if also pitiful
when we wuz there, the guide complained about new construction stupidities
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Correct answer: Vote Republican
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
Gummo had a great line: "Look in Giuliani's mouth!"
Ken Russell has this uniquie gift of bludgeoning the viewer with subtlety.
Beowulf Schaeffer :Damn! I could do a script if we have any movie makers hanging around.
I'd like to put in a request for On Basilisk Station, then. Honor Harrington movies, please.
Do these people honestly believe that people TALK like that?
Um, I was in Dorchester earlier today. And I hate to tell ya....
Wow. Boeing LOST US military contract for refueling aircraft...
TO AIRBUS. (With Northrup-Grumman input)
Turn out the lights. We've subcontracted our nation.
Well, with the dollar in the shitter, it ain't like you were going to Europe.
dan mcenroe | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 4:58 pm | #
True. I'm just kvelling that she wants to spend some time with her elderly parents.
Gee, doing the dishes was fun.
Playing the mandolin afterwards was funner though.
How to make "Lair of the White Worm": Start with obscure Bram Stoker story. Add Amanda Donaho as slinky evil snake vampire. Mix in dumb scots guy who digs up a giant worm skeletor. Sprinkle with Hugh Grant as descendant of the worm-slayer. Enjoy the glorious mess that ensues!
Just wait until Martin Lawrence buys the rights from Niven.
"BLINGWORLD!"
Chris Tucker
Ummm. I Think Larry Niven died but I am not sure.
Vicki, I am glad you liked the movie but do you know people who talk like that?
"longtime Hussein Obama supporter Tony Rezko's bribery/extortion trial starts Monday in that vaunted, idyllic heaven-on-earth: Obamelot, better known as "Chicago."
Lubyanka "
Who know Lubyanka, Maybe "Barry H." will have Vince Foster murdered again just to fulfill your fantasies?
Do these people honestly believe that people TALK like that?
One of the actresses in the film is from Dorchester. Affleck really liked how she talked and cast her.
Turn out the lights. We've subcontracted our nation.
Because we bought a better plane that is 25% built in the US?
Am I correct in assuming that the Freedom Tower is surrounded by America's largest "No Protest" zone?
Stunt Woman | 02.29.08 - 4:58 pm | #
non-northeasterners often forget that back there the blue collar workers are solidly democratic
the 'freedom tower' is being built by people with Fuck Bush stickers on their cars
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Alas, I must be off. Prescriptions to pick up, as well as some manner of take away food. I am SO not in the mood to cook tonight, I'm not even going to microwave anything.
But not until after iTunes finishes the Switched On Brandenburgs.
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With a "scary" tag at Fark"
Quaker fired for failing to sign loyalty oath.
Then, Vince Foster gets eaten by the giant snake-worm while trying to convert HRC from vampire-lesbianism!
Because we bought a better plane that is 25% built in the US?
The other 75% being built by slave labor at $1.20/day.
Yeah, real nice that is.
Wow. Boeing LOST US military contract for refueling aircraft...
TO AIRBUS. (With Northrup-Grumman input)
That is bad.
"longtime Hussein Obama supporter Tony Rezko's bribery/extortion trial starts Monday in that vaunted, idyllic heaven-on-earth: Obamelot, better known as "Chicago."
Lubyanka "
and the impact on the campaign?
(cocks ear and listens hard)
nothing at all!
.
If Obama was mixed up in this Revko business it would have come out in discovery. Since Obama has not been indicted it is all bullshit.
Off to drink copious amounts of wine. Have a good weekend, bats.
OT - i peed in a Duchamp urinal up in the bawston area yesterday, it was surreal
...looks like it's time to break out those "Will the last person to leave Seattle..." billboards again...
Here's a hilarious graphic I found on Free Republic. Those ace sleuths have cracked teh terrorist plot against us!!1!!111!1
I guess the lesson of that graphic is: the more red arrows you put on a map, the scarier it becomes!
Apparently people are not aware that, military contracting ALWAYS goes to the lowest possible bid.
First babies always take a while. I for instance took 2 1/2 hours to be born, while my brother was a mere 30 minutes.
Snow (D-SC) | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 4:58 pm | #
Hour and a half for my older sister; 45 minutes for me (about 10 of which were at the hospital).
My sister had her one and only at age 39. One and one-half hours from slammed shut (no dilation at all) to delivery. That was intense, I can tell you. The nurse tried to send us home, but I knew baby was coming that night and quickly, because my sister had been awake ironing nightgowns when Mr. Soprano and I got back from the opera.
Mother and Grandma both ironed nightgowns on the nights their babies were born.
The nurse later apologized for her comments when I told her that.
See, they're just sucking as much money out of the US as they can while they can. When it's gone, they just go somewhere else.
"Will the last person to leave Seattle..." billboards again...
There's always Hempfest...
Meander,
I am talking of the ultra use of profanity. I worked in foundry for 13 years and I never heard men talk using that much profanity even among ourselves.
I am afraid that some writers have lost the idea that people can talk with interjecting the "F" work every other word.
When I read Stephen King I feel the same way. It is vile and offensive
Maybe I am just a prude though.
Yeah, probably my fault.
Oooof!
If only I could get Maddie to sit on my lap so calmly while I'm on mah laptop.
But noes!
She haz to bite mah fingers.
I Think Larry Niven died but I am not sure.
Still alive. He's younger than the 12 million dollar man, St. John McLame.
Afternoon, bats.
I hate Professional Development.
I worked in foundry for 13 years and I never heard men talk using that much profanity even among ourselves
Never been around drunken Sailors and Marines have you?
I am talking of the ultra use of profanity. I worked in foundry for 13 years and I never heard men talk using that much profanity even among ourselves.
On the other hand, I was a batboy for a pro baseball team for one season, and heard more profanity in one game than you'd hear in an entire season of "Deadwood."
Haven't seen Gone Baby Gone yet, but the Departed sounded exactly right to me.
Something familiar about Atrios' cat...
She haz to bite mah fingers.
It's your fault for being born yummy.
I am afraid that some writers have lost the idea that people can talk with interjecting the "F" work every other word.
I had no idea so many screenwriters read Eschaton threads.
How to make "Lair of the White Worm": Start with obscure Bram Stoker story. Add Amanda Donaho as slinky evil snake vampire. Mix in dumb scots guy who digs up a giant worm skeletor. Sprinkle with Hugh Grant as descendant of the worm-slayer. Enjoy the glorious mess that ensues!
I fucking LOVE that movie.
Iz gloriously campy.
It's 3:00 a.m.
It's not like Boeing is going broke. They're subs (to Lockmart) on both the F-22 Boondoggle and the F-35 ScrewTheTaxPayer.
Airbus makes a better plane for this mission, they're promising a good price, and they didn't bribe the pentagon to get it. Or at least they didn't get caught the way Boeing did.
It's your fault for being born yummy.
I find I haz no response to that.
Here's a hilarious graphic I found on Free Republic. Those ace sleuths have cracked teh terrorist plot against us!!1!!111!1
based on that proposition that racist fucks find so 'obvious': a-rabs look jest like messicans!
except they don't
.
Fuck-a-doodle-doo!
(just kidding)
I dunno, when I am writing I always imagine that I will have to show it to my mother at some point, you know?
Later, 'bats.
Peace.
Apparently people are not aware that, military contracting ALWAYS goes to the lowest possible bid.
...actually, under the Request for Proposal procurement format, the award can go to a contractor who has a better proposal, even if it isn't the lowest bid.
I hate Professional Development.
Molly Ivors, McLovin | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:13 pm | #
ever had to play the 'Colours' game?????????????
AAARRRGGGHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!
I hate Professional Development.
Molly Ivors, McLovin | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:13 pm | #
it could be worse. we have Continuous Improvement
.
It's 3:00 a.m. and you have copied a John McCain campaign video.
more profanity in one game than you'd hear in an entire season of "Deadwood."
Fuck! Thats a fucking lot of fucking swearing.
I dunno, when I am writing I always imagine that I will have to show it to my mother at some point, you know?
Isn't that just special?
It's 3:00 a.m.
juan no no nsense
Ahhhh!
Don't do that, you scared the liver outta me.
I hate Professional Development.
Molly Ivors
I can empathize with that. What'd they make ya do?
Fuckity-fuck! If I don't stop saying fuck, I'll turn into a fuckaroo!
a pro baseball team for one season, and heard more profanity
not exactly the sharpest tacks in the box, rich and good at what they do. but typically dumb as the girls they date
Here's a hilarious graphic I found on Free Republic.
I love those "staging areas" just south of the border.
Like the terrists are really gonna let everybody know where they have staging areas.
Like they're really gonna have "staging areas".
I am talking of the ultra use of profanity. I worked in foundry for 13 years and I never heard men talk using that much profanity even among ourselves.
C'mon. The movie wasn't set in your foundry during that period of time. It's in a pretty crappy place with pretty crappy problems.
it could be worse. we have Continuous Improvement
This is actually "Leadership Academy"--bleah.
I've been sitting here ten minutes and the ground is already covered with snow. I hope Thers hurries.
...looks like it's time to break out those "Will the last person to leave Seattle..." billboards again...
Jack K., the Grumpy Forester
Of course, Boeing's expen$ive corporate office move to Chicago - $ub$idized by Illinoi$ Taxpayer$ - Really po$itioned them well for the 21$t Century Marketplace.
Still alive. He's younger than the 12 million dollar man, St. John McLame.
Isn't Larry Niven a woman?
What'd they make ya do?
Powerpoint on our Foundation--where their funding comes from, how to get it, etc.
Like they're really gonna have "staging areas".
those Ecuadorian terris are tricksey.
It's 3:00 a.m. and you have copied a John McCain campaign video after criticizing your opponent for borrowing another politician's words.
Reading the article, the oath that math teacher was required to sign was very similar to the oath we took going into the marines.
Why is a math teacher being made to agree to the same oath servicemembers swear to before taking up arms?
not exactly the sharpest tacks in the box, rich and good at what they do. but typically dumb as the girls they date
That's every field. 90% aren't that smart, but may be good at some sub-specialty they do. Lawyers, programmers, ball players, you name it.
Well, sure. The terrizts can't fool the noble patriots at Freen Republic! They can intercept the terrizt fax machines and thus learn their nefarious schemes!
I hate Professional Development.
Molly Ivors, McLovin | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:13 pm | #
I (stupidly and uncharacteristically) shoed my extremely negative feelings about the last one of those offensive BS sessions that we had, and now our boss has assigned the next one to me.
My presentation topic: Body Language.
Bush patriotic? Look here:
Oh fer Krissakes!!
This is actually "Leadership Academy"
Jezuz - wife gets a 6 month course (1 afternoon a week) in 'The 7 habits of highly effective people'.
Then I told her I had experience with that at Marine NCO school. In 1982.
I fucking love profanity.
My presentation topic: Body Language.
Flip 'em the bird and walk out.
Oh NOES! does teh movies:
http://ohnoespolitiks.blogspot.c...-haz-
oskar.html
Hell, we have some clients from Dorchester who are big businessmen these days, and they can swear creatively enough to tear the paint off the walls. Damn Irish.
I am talking of the ultra use of profanity. I worked in foundry for 13 years and I never heard men talk using that much profanity even among ourselves.
[..]
Beowulf Schaeffer | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:12 pm | #
How George Bush talks.
There was a very funny Doonesbury about twenty-five years ago.
B.D. goes back to 'Nam for the first time since the peace. He's riding next to a guy still in the service. He says, "It's been so long I've forgotten how to use the F word." The soldier tells him, "Like a comma."
The first mainstream movie I know of with realistic amounts of cursing was "The Last Detail". My Russian language professor, a famous guy named Charles Townsend, a Ph.D. student of Roman Jakobson, told us to go see it.
My late and wise father said that you should use such language sparingly, or it lost its punch. He wasn't at all opposed to its use, but simply to take it out like the good silver, for special occasions. I try to follow this advice.
I fucking love profanity
A really good string of fucking profanity, is a fucking work of art.
Molly: When done by trainers, Powerpoint = filmstrips. I'm always tempted to say "Boooop" when they change slides.
Rich Lowry on William F. Buckley, Jr.:
"Buckley was a master debater who took on (and usually beat) all comers,"
(snicker, snicker)
And if we survive this primary intact we'll know we're a strong family.
qlª
Hi big sis!
My presentation topic: Body Language.
Flip 'em the bird and walk out.
Molly Ivors, McLovin | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:21 pm | #
It's 3:00 a.m. and you have copied a John McCain campaign video after criticizing your opponent for borrowing another politician's words.
juan no no nsense | 02.29.08 - 5:19 pm | #
did you read my post, above, about how mccain is fucked against obama in the general?
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I love Lair of the White Worm! And Rat Fink a Boo Boo! And the Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies, too! But I hate Manos. Any, White Worm is light years ahead of those other movies in every respect, but the fun level is comparable.
Molly: When done by trainers, Powerpoint = filmstrips.
Deadwood: best cocksuckin' Western I ever did see!
Maybe Rich Lowry's face won't have that glazed donut look in a few weeks, once WFB's cum wears off.
And if we survive this primary intact we'll know we're a strong family.
qlª
We will.
My late and wise father said that you should use such language sparingly, or it lost its punch. He wasn't at all opposed to its use, but simply to take it out like the good silver, for special occasions. I try to follow this advice.
David Derbes, algebratin' | 02.29.08 - 5:21 pm | #
Old theatre directing axiom:
If you do a piece of business 300 times, it's 1/300th as effective as if you do it once.
McCain: "I Obviously Do Not" Agree Completely With Hagee, Still Accepts Support
"Yesterday, Pastor John Hagee endorsed my candidacy for president in San Antonio, Texas. However, in no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee's views, which I obviously do not.
"I am hopeful that Catholics, Protestants and all people of faith who share my vision for the future of America will respond to our message of defending innocent life, traditional marriage, and compassion for the most vulnerable in our society
http://
tpmelectioncentral.talkin...do_not_agre.php
Man, that's weak.
"longtime worn out athletic-supporter lubeyankme’s goat-fucking trial starts Monday in that vaunted, idyllic heaven-on-earth: Mcdonald’s Conference room 1c,
A really good string of fucking profanity, is a fucking work of art.
Fucking swearing on Deadfuckingwood:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EsPYJIat0lo
Even now, William Buckley is being reincarnated as a parasitic worm in some dog's poo.
"Buckley was a master debater who took on (and usually beat) all comers,"
Stop it, you're killing me!
Deadwood: best cocksuckin' Western I ever did see!
Pity the old John Wayne films had to be censored. I actually like some of them, if I'm in the mood for cheese. But think how much better, "Let's make some fuckin' music Colorado" would have been.
I love Lair of the White Worm! And Rat Fink a Boo Boo! And the Incredibly
liquid sky? very good camp:
"invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual nymphomaniac lover, a fashion model. The aliens soon find the human pheromones created in the brain during orgasm preferable to heroin, and the model's casual sex partners begin to disappear. This increasingly bizarre scenario is observed by a lonely woman in the building across the street, a German scientist who is following the aliens, and an equally androgynous, drug-addicted male model."
McCain: "I Obviously Do Not" Agree Completely With Hagee, Still Accepts Support
"Sounds good to me!"
--Tim Russert
rotten kid
stop stealing my cloths.
We can all thank the Chimpster for the market news. After all, he acknowledged in his presser yesterday that "There's no question the economy has slowed down."
did I stretch out your sweaters?
Jeebus, the snow just started, and I can barely see 100 yards.
think how much better, "Let's make some fuckin' music Colorado" would have been.
Deadwood: best cocksuckin' Western I ever did see!
you gotta be a pro to blow Deadwood
And if we survive this primary intact we'll know we're a strong family.
qlª
We will.
Molly Ivors, McLovin | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:24 pm | #
only a few more days to go before it's all in the past
.
Liquid Sky contains the immortal line: "I kill with my cunt."
Best fucking show HBO ever aired.
And if we survive this primary intact we'll know we're a strong family.
qlª
We will.
Molly Ivors, McLovin | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:24 pm | #
only a few more days to go before it's all in the past
I wish we didn't have to "survive" it. I feel like I'm waiting to see if the patient either expires, or is killed by the party doctors.
Redonk.
"Buckley was a master debater who took on (and usually beat) all comers,"
Yea, like when Gore Vidal handed Buckley his ass, and Buckley did what all wingnuts do when they loose. Get violent.
Also, the music to Liquid Sky has to be heard to be believed. It sounds like some kind of asthmatic Gary Numan parody, minus the rhythm, tune, all that "music" stuff.
Liquid Sky contains the immortal line: "I kill with my cunt."
Liquid Sky will always remind me of midnight movies at the Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, but now everybody knows how old I am.
only a few more days to go before it's all in the past
"when is now?"
"soon!"
/spaceballs
I wish we didn't have to "survive" it. I feel like I'm waiting to see if the patient either expires, or is killed by the party doctors.
Redonk.
We've survived this much of Bush. We'll get through the primary. It will be okay.
I think half the crankiness is because we can't accelerate the time until Bush is DONE.
Jan 20, 2009 feels like forever.
More Spaceballs:
"Fuck! Even in the future nothing works!"
Liquid Sky will always remind me of midnight movies
i was only 13 when it came out, but they never cared at the midnight shows
I wish we didn't have to "survive" it. I feel like I'm waiting to see if the patient either expires, or is killed by the party doctors.
How about this:
Three week campaign period before each of three regional primaries: (1) All states east or mostly east of the Mississippi in March; (2) west of the Rockies in April; (3) states in the middle in May.
Concentions in June.
Everyone goes home until end of September. Written campaign materials concerning policy topics only and no more than 25 pages may be distributed during this period by mail or e-mail.
Campaigning resumes in October.
Election in November.
only a few more days to go before it's all in the past
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Tacitus Voltaire | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:28 pm | #
From your lips to God's ears.
I wish we didn't have to "survive" it. I feel like I'm waiting to see if the patient either expires, or is killed by the party doctors.
How about this:
Three week campaign period before each of three regional primaries: (1) All states east or mostly east of the Mississippi in March; (2) west of the Rockies in April; (3) states in the middle in May.
Conventions in June.
Everyone goes home until end of September. Written campaign materials concerning policy topics only and no more than 25 pages may be distributed during this period by mail or e-mail.
Campaigning resumes in October.
Election in November.
Jan 20, 2009 feels like forever.
Remember when Clinton won? Bush the smarter sent troops into Somalia. What do you think this Bush will do when one of "them" (black, woman) wins?
"Eggs! Eggs! Oh, help! God! God!"
I don't know what happened...she was supposed to be much smarter than this and her campaign has just gone KABLOOEY all over the place. The Clintons, whom it must be remembered I like, have come to remind me of nothing so much as the vaunted IDF flailing against Hezb'allah in Lebanon, announcing their intent to utterly destroy their opponent and just flat out failing to do so.
Boy, that's weird.
Haloscan posted the uncorrected version before I sent it ("concentions") and then posted the corrected version.
Very strange.
i was only 13 when it came out, but they never cared at the midnight shows
Well yeah, but the Orson Welles Cinema burned down sometime in the 80's.
Wasn't that Hamas? Anyway, that was a major fuckup.
What do you think this Bush will do when one of "them" (black, woman) wins?
MikeJ | 02.29.08 - 5:33 pm |
I'm afraid he'll turn Tehran to glass.
How about this:
Three week campaign period before each of three regional primaries: (1) All states east or mostly east of the Mississippi in March; (2) west of the Rockies in April; (3) states in the middle in May.
Rotate this every 2 or 4 years and where do I sign up?
Liquid Sky will always remind me of midnight movies at the Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge, but now everybody knows how old I am.
MikeJ
First time I saw Casablanca on the big screen was in that theatre, summer, 1972. Great locale, Mass Ave in the 1970's, pre-Starbucks. Wordsworth was still goin', you could get Baby Watson's cheesecake, the Co-Op hadn't sold out yet and had great math and physics, Schoenhof's sold a samizdat Dictionary of Russian Obscenities, the T was cheap as hell, Mr. Bartley's was really cheap, Grendel's Den a stone's throw, good times, good times...
However, in no way did I intend for his endorsement to suggest that I in turn agree with all of Pastor Hagee's views, which I obviously do not.
you mean like how all the born agains consider the catholic church to be the great whore? (which, in my opinion, it is).
how come obama has to denounce and reject, but st. mccain can accept and deny.
i tell you peter, before the cock crows you will deny me 3 times...
Rocky Horror. We actually set fire to the theater, pulled the curtain down, etc. But they still showed it, so what the hey?
OMG Mccain slipped up today and said "I am proud conservative Liberal"
Holy shit what blunder!
Okay, I'm having a minor panic attack, but I won't put you folks through it. Later!
I don't know what happened...she was supposed to be much smarter than this and her campaign has just gone KABLOOEY all over the place. The Clintons, whom it must be remembered I like, have come to remind me of nothing so much as the vaunted IDF flailing against Hezb'allah in Lebanon, announcing their intent to utterly destroy their opponent and just flat out failing to do so.
catalexis | 02.29.08 - 5:34 pm | #
I'm not at all confident she is done, but isn't it better to have her moronic DLC command melt down in the primary and not during the general where would haplessly watch again?
Cool places hardly ever stay that way, do they?
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/
...lica_conse.html
Rotate this every 2 or 4 years and where do I sign up?
V for Virginia, home again | Homepage | 02.29.08 - 5:36 pm | #
Yes, they would have to be in rotation, for fairness.
the Co-Op hadn't sold out yet
Newbury comics still rocked last time I was in Cambridge. Not as much now I hear.
Isn't Larry Niven a woman?
Halfdan
You be the judge...
Sign of the times: My sister was line line at the grocery today and the woman in front tried three cards, none of which had more than $5 on them.
Remember when Clinton won? Bush the smarter sent troops into Somalia. What do you think this Bush will do when one of "them" (black, woman) wins?
MikeJ
A friend of mine claims they were loading and unloading stuff according to the polls.
I'm not at all confident she is done, but isn't it better to have her moronic DLC command melt down in the primary and not during the general where would haplessly watch again?
Maybe, but if she damages our chances for the fall, I'm going to be mighty pissed off.
Hamas is the Palestinians and is primarily Sunni. Hezb'allah is Shiite and is in Syria and Lebanon.
Don't panic, Molly. Simply take your towel and wrap it around your head.
YOR daily kittenz
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...ay-
kittenz.html
Tho they aren't actually kittez any moar.
sob
Well if she wins TX & OH, even by only a little, it will be hard for her to drop out.
Oh yeah, there is that, I won't miss the DLC.
the Co-Op hadn't sold out yet and had great math and physics, Schoenhof's sold a samizdat Dictionary of Russian Obscenities, the T was cheap as hell, Mr. Bartley's was really cheap, Grendel's Den a stone's throw, good times, good times...
David Derbes, algebratin' | 02.29.08 - 5:36 pm | #
The last time I was the Co-op bookstore the other guy digging through the math section was bitterly explaining to some woman who was happily looking through the biology books that at some point, you realize how boring all this shit is, and 5 years into the Ph.D. is a very inconvenient time to have that realization.
so if oliver chases the mouse icon as i move it across the screen, smart or dumb cat? he won't sit calmly on my lap, he is too demanding of attention
Saying Buckley was an intellectual and a master debater is like saying that the Nazi officers dressed well. He was a repugnant racist, a vile human being who probably had a copy of an Ayn Rand novel up his ass. He was the literary equivalent of the Simpsons' Monty Burns.
There used to be quite a few really good bookstores around Harvard Square. The rent got to be too much. McIntyre and Moore relocated a few stops away on the Red Line, Davis Square.
McIntyre and Moore is, roughly speaking, the East Coast branch of Hyde Park Powell's. The West Coast branch is in Porland and Beaverton, and you know all about it.
Yes. DLC. Democratic Loss Cooperative.
Well if she wins TX & OH, even by only a little, it will be hard for her to drop out.
She's not going to win texas.
What do you think this Bush will do when one of "them" (black, woman) wins?
I think he's gonna do everything he can to make sure that doesn't happen. Heard yesterday on CNN, I think, that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is very uncomfortable with the democratic candidates' plans for departing Iraq. I think this administration will do everything it can to swing things to McCain.
The National Assn of Secretaries of State have proposed a regional primary system:
http://nass.org/index.php?option...d=74&
Itemid=210
Heard yesterday on CNN, I think, that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is very uncomfortable with the democratic candidates' plans for departing Iraq.
Since it is both inappropriate and against military code for him to engage in politics that way, perhaps he should be relieved of command.
What do you think this Bush will do when one of "them" (black, woman) wins?
State of Emergency! 9/11! Terrists!
Well if she wins TX & OH, even by only a little, it will be hard for her to drop out.
And the delegate count will be basically tied (like it is now).
Oh, no - I mean, she MUST drop out! NOW!!!
Buckley was also an incredibly pretensious twit. And you're right, he was fundamentally repugnant, but somehow always got a pass for it.
This increasingly bizarre scenario is observed by a lonely woman in the building across the street, a German scientist who is following the aliens, and an equally androgynous, drug-addicted male model."
mogwai
mimi uncovered
Since it is both inappropriate and against military code for him to engage in politics that way, perhaps he should be relieved of command.
Agreed. I didn't hear it anyplace else so maybe someone told him to STFU. But not a good sign.
She's not going to win texas.
TEXAS DOESN'T COUNT!
I think half the crankiness is because we can't accelerate the time until Bush is DONE.
Jan 20, 2009 feels like forever.
noblejoanie
this is true.
i'd even give up my hope for obama if we could install hillary tomorrow.
State of Emergency! 9/11! Terrists!
Monica_A:Problematic Negro
Yep. They'll turn the terror level up to 11. Hopefully people have gotten tired of that particular dog whistle.
I have my own copies of such classics as Repo Man, White Worm, Doom Generation, and many more, but no Liquid Sky. This must be remedied!
Oh, dear, looks like Naomi Klein is not of the Body.
what happened...she was supposed to be much smarter than this and her campaign has just gone KABLOOEY all over the place.
Only in yer mind I am afraid. Show me KABLOOEY?
Oh, no - I mean, she MUST drop out! NOW!!!
Yes, I agree!!
She's not going to win texas.
most likely, but
"radio tranmissions from the future unclear at this time, sir!"
-flash gordon
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To repeat, last time: there are at least two sites on the web where you can often find that long lost book or LP or CD for usually not a lot of money. For books, try abebooks.com or bookfinder.com (I've had better luck at the former), and for music (and I think lately, movies) gemm.com.
I'm just a satisfied customer.
Only in yer mind I am afraid. Show me KABLOOEY?
11-0
I have my own copies of such classics as Repo Man, White Worm, Doom Generation, and many more, but no Liquid Sky.
you are da man with your camp collection...i recommend The Loved One also (david niven and roddy mcdowell in that one)
Buckley was also an incredibly pretensious twit. And you're right, he was fundamentally repugnant, but somehow always got a pass for it.
B1 Bummer
The standard American response of mistaking sesquipedality for sagacity.
owls!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sheets!
It would have been so much easier if one were a huck-a-muck and the other Hillary or Obama. We'd be having so much fun. Instead we got stuck with two good candidates. What did we do to deserve *that*.
I think Mitt Romney really had his finger on the pulse of the Middle East.
I mean read this brilliant quote:
"But I don't want to buy into the Democratic pitch, that this is all about one person, Osama bin Laden. Because after we get him, there's going to be another and another. This is about Shia and Sunni. This is about Hezbollah and Hamas and al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. This is the worldwide jihadist effort to try and cause the collapse of all moderate Islamic governments and replace them with a caliphate."
-GSD
that being Muslim is de facto a source of shame. Obama's supporters often say they are being "Swiftboated," casually accepting the idea that being accused of Muslimhood is tantamount to being accused of treason
Change the word "Muslim" for women and the word "Muslimhood" and talk about Hillary Clinton and that is also tantamount to being accused of being a treasonous incompetent woman when we all know the opposite is the truth.
Huckleberry jam!
(I can try for a new meme, can't I?)
The standard American response of mistaking sesquipedality for sagacity.
Damon Wayans used to do a character on "In Living Color" called the Oswald Bates. He reminds me of Buckley and Bush. Click and you'll find out why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O...h?
v=O7dPprbzNSc
McCain has clearly been put in to throw the game.
There is no other explanation for his ineptitude.
-GSD
A friend of mine claims they were loading and unloading stuff according to the polls.
Lumpenprolitariot
well, isn't that how they came in. iran/contra.
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
upchuck is just another food.
thank you reagan, er, bush.
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