Murmur, Instigate, CLAMOR!!
I know King David. King David is one of my ancestors. Komrad Sanford is no King David.
Da!
More ignorant asses, no make that ignornat Aussies:
Men at Work accused of plagiarizing kids' song
Australian rock band Men at Work are fighting accusations that the melody of their 1980s international hit, "Down Under," was stolen from a popular children's song about a bird.
Publisher Larrikin Music is suing for compensation from royalties earned by Men at Work.
On Friday, lawyers for the band's recording companies — Sony BMG Music Entertainment and EMI Songs Australia — asked for the case to be dismissed.
They reject Larrikin's claim that the distinctive flute riff in "Down Under" was copied from the refrain of a 1934 children's tune, "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...54D72.DTL&
tsp=1
How about we make all songs free or something? The music industry benefited Micheal Jackson, enabling him access to molest children. And it ultimately killed him.
This lawsuit is bullshit. I had to sing Kookaburra in grade school, and I can't think of anything in this song that resembles Down Under. Nada.
And shouldn't there be a 5 year limit as to when a suit like this can be filed?
Interesting that you picked 5 as the limit.
I'll have to poke back through my long ago handwritten materials about pentatonic (5 tone) folk music but here's the deal; music based on the same chordal structure changes will invariably have a bound melody.
In other words, there's only so much you can do.
SBT - I'm sure you can better elaborate on the 1-4-5 rock-n-roll chord structure.
So, if I can prove ancestry to whoever can be identified as the 'inventor' of music, I can sue everyone, right? Everyone outside a small circle of friends, anyway.
Do you know a good geniologist? And then a good lawyer? And then a good banker? And then a good tax guy?
And if you peruse the comments in the song I just posted, you can see something I have suspected for a long time: That without context, many works of art are easily misunderstood.
Good lord - those people never heard of Genovese, that's for sure. Wow.
And you know what? I only know one good lawyer out of the bunch you mentioned above, and she quit practing law. Dang!
Well, one thing we know for sure, MJ was a little boy diddler, and therefore made no positive contribution whatsoever to pop culture. Everything is either or. You're either with us, or against us.
Black-White.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z...h?
v=ZI9OYMRwN1Q
Simon says!
Being SF Pride weekend, here is someone who I have seen in concert several times. And on several times, he has insisted that he has the best ass in the world. This created great internal conflict for me as his is one of my favorite groups of all time, and yet, I knew that my ass was much better than his.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5...h?
v=5J3gX47rHGg
And I just checked his Facebook and yep, he's still referring to his ass (see what he wrote under his photo).
Kind of explains the name of the band. Oh, he turned 65 this week. I'm thinking of sending Ray a bungee-support thong as a belated birthday present.
God, you all are getting old.
Well, one thing we know for sure, MJ was a little boy diddler, and therefore made no positive contribution whatsoever to pop culture. Everything is either or. You're either with us, or against us.
Black-White.
green libertarian | 06.27.09 - 1:15 am | #
Well, in the case of fucking 5 year-old children, yes it is either-or for me. Call me old fashioned.
God, you all are getting old.
Gary SF | Homepage | 06.27.09 - 1:16 am
Yep. And we're dragging you with us. 
As regards the MJ controversy; there is always a range of injustice and wronging. In the cases of irreparable harm or innocence deranged, I'm on the side that would say that the minimal goodnesses done by the perp do not outwiegh the harm, and thus cast to the other side of the bright line of "acceptable."
MJ didn't make world peace or solve cancer; he just sang and danced and entertained for the most part, so I don't think there's any license for any huge wrongs that he may have done.
And even were he to have solved the problem of cancer, would the price have been worth the innocence or harm to a young life?
I personally think "No."
Why in the bloody hell don't the "old" In Living Color Fly Girls have their own YouTube channel? They were THE pioneers of hip-hop dance.
Competitive health care:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u...h?
v=uZihmHZtEPM
Pre-op transexual and the "sacrament" of marriage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1...hqDKojAQvk&
NR=1
No fear! Old is a state of mind much like the state of Utah.
G'mornin'! 
Great post Kelly. I love to mock hypocritical Republicans, seeing them mocked, watching them fall into the mock pit, watching them struggle helplessly to get out as they sink further and further into the mock ...
I, IV, V - ubiquitous progression it's true, but it's surprising how many variations can be imposed on it by changes in rhythm and melody. The epitomy is usually cited as the Kingsmen's Louis Louis (1965.) A very popular piece of rank cheese at the time. I'm pretty sure I could learn the piano part in about a minute, and I don't play piano. The song was covered by The Beach Boys and The Kinks, among others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0...h?
v=0WcgqXMncf4
I, VI, II, V is even more popular and underpins the structure of about half the pop music of the fifties and sixties. At one time if you could play a I, VI, II, V rhythm on guitar in any key you could get a gig. Standards are much higher now, but there aren't any dives where you have to put chicken wire across the front of the stage either.
Happy Pride, SF!
hmmmm, I'm preaching on David through most of the summer. Food for thought or something 
Gift idea for the men who golf in your world.
RevPhat,
Assuming you're preaching on the Biblical David, allow me to direct your attention to the series Kings (Saturday evenings at 8 pm on NBC) http://www.nbc.com/Kings/episode-guide/ for a revisionist, 21st century socio-political narrative about David Shepard and King Silas of Shiloh, set in a modernized, semi-fascist biblical mode, basically rewriting the Books of Samuel and the Books of Kings. Staggering!
Hey Indigo, I think you and I are the only ones who watched Kings. I heard it was cancelled. If I remember correctly this coming week I'm preaching on David's grief over the death of Saul. The text suggests the need for a national grief process in the aftermath of a tragedy. Exactly like what we were deprived of post 9/11.
Gary, don't think that'll work for this lady golfer. My hubby and I have seen those. The trick is not to confuse that club with the one you store your liquor in.
RevPhat, Kings is back from hiatus. Check it out, catch up with the online reruns. It's getting grittier!
A little birdie told me that, well,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLIE!
(I think).
Good evening!
If Sanford is King David, which of his sons' lives does he want God to take, and how does he plan to arrange to have his Argentine mistress' husband killed?
Or did Sanford not think that one through?
You mean Maria didn't get divorced and stayed married as Sanfraud says he argued for her to do, for the sake of her two boys?
Shocking.
If Looks Could Kill, They Probably...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b...h?v=bz-
qeJOo7cs
My intent to wake up in 30 minutes got foiled by my waking up 90 minutes ago.
I wonder what those street preacher guys with the "repent" signs felt at the local Pride parade yesterday. . .
Homage to the First Nerd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=y...player_embedded
I'm sure the cop wouldn't lie. . .
Overlooked in the court hearing that ended in former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle being ordered tried for murder in the slaying of Oscar Grant was testimony about another officer's explosive outburst just 30 seconds before Grant was shot.
One of the videos made by riders at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland early New Year's Day caught Officer Tony Pirone standing over the prone Grant and yelling, "Bitch-ass n-."
Pirone and his attorney say he was parroting an epithet that Grant first hurled at him - though Grant's voice is not audible on the tape.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...8EMPH.DTL&
tsp=1
Hey everyone go recommend Kelly's post at FDL: http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/6004
Bernie Madoff got a 150-year sentence for his multi-BILLION dollar Ponzi investment fraud, and the Dow Jones is up today by about a percentage point. Coincidence? I think not. What could erode confidence more than a signal that people could get away with shit like that and not be punished?
Oh right - they still haven't punished the bullshit artists at Goldman Sux and IAG. If they did maybe the Dow would go back to 10,000+ again.
I think we can afford to keep him in for the whole 150 years. Maybe he'll get twenty or thirty lopped off at the end for good behavior, and that's acceptable, too.
He can go hang out with Ken Lay in 2129.
How much is it costing Club Fed to keep Mr. Madoff safe from the Russian mafia as well as his wife's wrath? I say release him on the streets. He won't last.
How much is it costing Club Fed to keep Mr. Madoff safe from the Russian mafia as well as his wife's wrath? I say release him on the streets. He won't last.
Indigo | Homepage | 06.29.09 - 5:41 pm | #
LOL!
Supposedly Madoff facilitated a $50B Ponzi scheme?
Where's the fucking money, Lebowski?
Whoever was in early on the game, including Madoff, should have tons of money, yet I've nothing about anything but chump change being recovered.
WTF is this?
$50B just disappears? Even the mafia keeps books, good ones actually.
$50B is a lot of chocolate!
G'mornin'!
I got a big bar of chocolate (extra dark) for $3.99 yesterday.
Good morning!
By the way, the best version of the story of David might be Joseph Heller's God Knows. I think the pitch is something like, "What if David were a smart ass Jewish kid from the Lower East Side?"
TC reports:
"I got a big bar of chocolate (extra dark) for $3.99 yesterday."
Therefore $50B = 1.25B bars of chocolate, more or less?
Well, I've meen MIA, but now I want to put in my two cents about MJ and then I'll move on to other relevant stuff.
I got sick and tired of his whining and pissing and moaning about what a horrible childhood he had, and how abused he had been. Waaa, waaaa, waaaaa.
Millions of kids are abused and grow up in bad homes. Few of them have the opportunity to sing and dance on the Andy Williams show, develop their talents and become one of the most well known wnad wealthist men of our time. (not to mention having the 'political capital' to get away with molesting young boys and abusing prescription drugs.
He had rare talent, but he squandered it and abused his fame by wallowing in his own mess.
Does Madoff have to make restitution of any sort, in addition to his jail term?
The situation is Honduras is getting worse-- it is turning violent. Interesting how there is very little on the lamestream news, and it is being played down. Where are all the CNN reporters with hardons over a military coup? Oh wait, it's because the U.S. supports the illegal takeover of a ny democratically elected/supported President in Latin America.
http://rightsaction.org/Alerts/
H...rt5_062909.html
[Therefore $50B = 1.25B bars of chocolate, more or less?]
I think that with that one cent short of $4.00, we could get considerably more, at least actual numbers, though perhaps not in terms of taking something to two significant figures. . .
Let's see. . . .
50,000,000,000 ÷ 3.99 = 12,531,328,320
which is 31 1/3 million bars above 1.25B.
That's more than I can eat.
He took a state economic development trip to South America in 2008 and the relationship became physical, after which their e-mails reflected his anguish over what they'd done. "Now I am frightened," he told the AP, describing his state of mind at the time. "It was before safe. But now it's not safe. We gotta put the genie back in the bottle."
...
In early 2009, after Jenny Sanford discovered the affair, the couple went into counseling. She has told The Associated Press that he asked her several times to visit the mistress and she refused.
Hoping for a threesome?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...14D54.DTL&
tsp=1
Yep, definitely looking to have a threesome.
A photo of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford's Argentinean mistress has finally surfaced, and, if nothing else, his taste in women remains constant. Belen Shapur looks strikingly similar to his wife Jenny. http://www.examiner.com/x-7311-C...-his-wife-
video
Mark Sanford Sings parody of Kenny Chesney "We went out last night"...........I flew out last night, like I swore I wouldnt do it again, turned off my phone in flight. couldn't tell the staff where Id been ..The girl was from Argentina that I saw.She aint my wife and thats against the law.but when we get together man we have a ball...Yea I flew out last night .I left my 4 boys home with their mother .out last night . we could keep our hands off each other..now my face is in the tabloids hers is on the tube. shes got the curves and Im still a boob. theres nothing that we didnt do when I went out last night. Well you know Im an elected man.Im the Governor of the Palmetto state.but I forgot all that.
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j...h?
v=j4EFAZJ8xok
TPM:
Minnesota Supremes rule unanimously for Al Franken.
For all of the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court that Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled under Minn. 32 Stat. § 204C.40 (200 to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the State of Minnesota.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar...ar...14D54.DTL&
tsp=1
tireiron chef | 06.30.09 - 1:22 pm | #
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found out about the affair.
...
In early 2009, after Jenny Sanford discovered the affair, the couple went into counseling. She has told The Associated Press that he asked her several times to visit the mistress and she refused.
But the governor claims he wanted to end the affair in person and, with his wife's permission, went to New York with a "trusted spiritual adviser" serving as chaperone. The three went to church and dinner together and parted ways the same night.
Whatdaya wanna bet Sanfraud got together with Maria afterwords?
I'm disappointed that he has so far only been forced to admit that he lied about how many times he saw this mistress. I'm looking forward to later in the week when there's news of another another woman.
I wonder if anyone is tracking down the records of Sanford's flights and hotel stays. I wonder where he got the cash to pay the hotel bills. And do you think he left a tip for hotel staff?
Chaperone aka "spiritual advisor" = witness
I can see it now: Chaperone hangs out with them all day and most of the evening, to provide an alibi, then,
"So, you two wacky kids, I'm going to turn in for the night. Don't do anything I wouldn't do" wink wink
Ellie,
The Onion said it best:
"50 year old rock stars dies at the age of 12."
Gotta love the Onion, Indigo! LOL
I stand corrected on the Honduras situation-- it looks as though the International community is rallying around Zelaya. But this does point out that the School of the Americas remains an active and dangerous force in Latin America. I wish Obama would talk about closing that institution down as well, and bringing its war criminal graduates to justice.
[I'm looking forward to later in the week when there's news of another another woman.]
Okay, so it's not later in the week, and there's not only another another woman, but at least another another another woman.
But you know, he did not have sexual relations with those women.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he "crossed lines" with a handful of women other than his mistress — but never had sex with them.
The governor says he "never crossed the ultimate line" with anyone but Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine at the center of a scandal that has derailed Sanford's once-promising political career.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...her.php?
ref=fpa
I guess you haven't considered the possibility that the situation in Honduras might be a good thing.
(Hey, what's a few deaths and dismemberments of Spanish-speaking brown Chavez lovers, anyway?)
CLINTONIAN!
Oooh, I missed this part:
During an emotional interview at his Statehouse office with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sanford said Chapur is his soul mate but he's trying to fall back in love with his wife.
Zelaya was elected in a narrow victory over his neocon supported opponent who had been linked to the drug cartels, illegal logging and other "vices". Zelaya, when he was elected, was a moderate, and was backed by such U.S. "Clintonian liberals" as Kathleen Kennedy and James Carville. (Carville spent a LOT of time in Tegucigalpa that summer, advising Zalaya). He was not supposed to get so unruly!
I doubt that the Clintonians are amused that he wants to follow the lead of other leftist leaders in that region. But he is their man, so they can't very well jump on the coup wagon. It will be interesting to see just how far the U.S. will go to support Zalaya.
Oops, I meant to say that it's now later in the week, not that it's not later in the week. Five minutes later is indeed later. . .
[he's trying to fall back in love with his wife.]
She should dump this presumptiously pompous ass. Instead of sending him to NY with a spiritually enlightened chaperone she should have sent her attorney along to explain to him the terms of the settlement and custody arrangements.
I kind of hope he crossed lines with this woman.
Obviously, the smart thing to do if you don't love your spouse but have met your soulmate is to get a divorce and be with your soulmate. Plenty of divorced parents have good relationships with their children, and the Sanfords aren't doing their kids any favors by staying together.
But if they stay together, then I can credit these "sanctity of marriage" fanatics for staying in their marriage and laugh at them for making themselves miserable.
By the way, remember all that bullshit about Michelle Obama's sleeveless outfits?
http://www.examiner.com/x-7311-C...ia-Belen-
Shapur
Here's how I see it: remember the Club of Rome report in the 1960s, now alledgedly discredited? The Club of Rome report said that the international economy benefits from a war as the flywheel to sustain production during down time. Thus the fighting in Vietnam was used by the capitalists to generate productivity artificially in order to sustain a faltering economy. The report has since been discredited by Our Betters, yes, but it's a reasonably appealing analysis, nevertheless.
Could it be that by repositioning troops in Iraq, Our Betters find need to generate a fresh arena of turmoil in order to maintain the productivity of international industry? What better arena is there for the convenience of the United States than turmoil in Central America? Thus it has been from the beginning and thus will Obama have a shield to duck behind as his program falters.
Meanwhile, in Fort Worth, the anti-gay pogrom begins. Thank you, Mr. President. You've had quite an impact for a one-term wonder.
TMTOH? (too much the old hippie?)
I don't give much credit to the alleged discrediting of the Club of Rome report. It may be out by 10 - 20%, but does that really invalidate the gist of the analysis? It's only likely to mean that the consequences of global overpopulation it predicted will happen 5 to 10 years later. Woo Hoo!
Over at Glennzilla today, he finally gets down to the nitty gritty of the torture debate.
The suppressed fact: Deaths by U.S. torture
" So often, the premise of media discussions of torture is that "torture" is something that was confined to a single tactic (waterboarding) and used only on three "high-value" detainees accused of being high-level Al Qaeda operatives. The reality is completely different.
The interrogation and detention regime implemented by the U.S. resulted in the deaths of over 100 detainees in U.S. custody -- at least.
[..]
Those arguing against investigations and prosecutions -- that we Look to the Future, not the Past -- are thus literally advocating that numerous people get away with murder. "
As Glenn points out, talking about the issue as if it was a Cheney-esque "splash of water" in a few faces is "a critically important deficiency int the public debate." I doubt that the truth will change much though - the LaMe are programmed to ignore the fact that US agencies have been murdering mostly innocent detainees.
Complete with sickening autopsy reports, it's a MUST read.
I kind of hope he crossed lines with this woman.
Obviously, the smart thing to do if you don't love your spouse but have met your soulmate is to get a divorce and be with your soulmate. Plenty of divorced parents have good relationships with their children, and the Sanfords aren't doing their kids any favors by staying together.
But if they stay together, then I can credit these "sanctity of marriage" fanatics for staying in their marriage and laugh at them for making themselves miserable.
tireiron chef | 06.30.09 - 3:15 pm | #
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That article about SaraCuda was highly entertaining and VERY informative. Thanks.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politi...8?
currentPage=1
I tried to read it earlier, but the connection I had was really slow, and it took forever. The one I have now is a little better, so I'll give it a shot.
Josh Marshall has good commentary about that article and about Palin.
But this piece may bring home how truly shocking a decision it was for McCain to pick Palin. Not a bad decision or an ill-considered one, but one that in single stroke showed McCain had no business being president. An angry, resentful, small-time crooked pol. And she really could have been president because of McCain's recklessness. Read Purdum's piece.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...l.php?
ref=fpblg
What McCain should have done was run on his own till November 3 or so, then announce Palin as his "October Surprise" running mate. In those first hours there was enough excitement and so little dirt revealed about her that he might have gotten a few more votes.
Any chance Franken can get this guy in as the Senate chaplain?
Hi peeps! Lotsa news today; wow, still trying to grasp it all after me work day. But now - VACATION!
Spending a couple hours covering with the trusty cam, the Teabagger Event in Lincoln, NE.
Good morning!
Uranus, planet of unpredictable happenstance, goes retrograde today. We can hope that signals a less arbitrary summer than we've seen so far. Conversely, things could get mighty dull by Labor Day.
Good morning! The sun rises and I cook oatmeal, the results of the latter being be predictable. Whatever else happens under the sun may be more arbitrary.
Morning Unrulies, back to work today after my vacation. Although I predict I'll be spending most of my day like I did my vacation: blogwhoring Peace.
Happy Canada day to Sad and any other Canadian unrulies.
Can you believe it? Jenniloon made an appearance.
Good Morning
Happy Canada Day all you Canadians!
I don't mean to beat a dead horse (well, it isn't dead yet), but I am fascinated with the happenings in Honduras. Here's an op-ed piece on the situation:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar.../
EDGV18GCQ4.DTL
Canada Day comes and goes modestly every year. Sure, there are retail sales promotions and a long weekend. But there isn’t bluster or commodity in Canadian celebration. Canada isn’t big on bunting. Or jet flyovers, fireworks, marching bands or military pomp.
Canadians defer. We save our loonies and don’t jaywalk. It’s illegal, eh. We stand on guard at red lights, even when there is no traffic. We wait for clear, green governing lights to signal our turn and lead us on. Then we tuck our heads down, under wooly toques and worn-out scarves, one eye barely open, squinting headlong into the harsh prairie wind, cautiously, quietly, demurely Canadian.
-Rick Moranis
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/0...daday.html?
_r=2
I jaywalk a lot and have even been known to run the odd red light trying to push the 'amber zone.' Either I'm not typical or Moranis' definition needs to be tweaked a bit.
He's right about the bunting thing though. You seldom see the Canadian flag being flown anywhere other than schools, military bases and federal buildings - less than 1% of residences feel the need. And small businesses don't as a rule name themselves after the country. In any US phone book I've ever opened there is an American _______ listed under EVERY. FRICKIN'. BUSINESS CATEGORY from American Aardvarks LLC all the way to American Zymurgy, Inc.. You don't see that in any Canadian Yellow Pages. Businesses are much more likely to name themselves after the city or town they're in.
I guess everybody takes it for granted that if you live in Toronto, Vancouver or Winnipeg you're probably Canadian without having to declare it in block letters all the time. The way I see it could be compared to everybody in the Dallas/Fort Worth area feeling the need to call themselves Tex. It'd get kind of confusing, doncha think?
And we DO love fireworks, but tend to light them off more on the Victoria Day weekend.
Oh, and one other thing. While all y'all have been trying to perfect the next super-weapon, Canadian researchers at the University of Western Ontario have been quietly developing a vaccine to protect people from the ravages of HIV/AIDS.
Canadian HIV vaccine ready for human tests
Kind of a nice thing to announce on Canada Day if you ask me.
Go Canada! SBT-- so true about all the flag and jingo hoopla in the U.S. I have never seen that kind of nationalism anywhere else that I've travelled, and when I have visitors from other countries, they almost ALWAYS ask me two questions:
1. Why do Americans fly the flag everywhere?
2. Why are there so many churches here?
In the "oh dear" department":
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar.../
BU2618GKE7.DTL
Somebody should tell CNN that Michael Jackson is neither going to come back to life nor get any deader than he already is. After several days of 24/7 coverage, is a story really news anymore? I think not. The only thing I can think of that could justify that kind of coverage is if they found one of O. J. Simpson's Bruno Maghli loafers jammed halfway up Jacko's ass, with the bloody weapon in the Nicole Brown/Ronald Goldman murder case lying nearby.
Or is CNN just using the MJ story as an excuse to avoid covering anything that would be an embarrassment to their ideological benefactors?
Offhand I think they might be able to find something to say about;
- the soon to be released CIA IG's report on torture, which admits that over 100 prisoners died in custody, none of them having ever been proved to be terrorists in a court of law
-the ongoing struggle between TPTB and common sense over providing quality healthcare to all Americans at a reasonable cost
-Todd Purdum's excellent article in Vanity Fair about the McCain Campaign and the multitude of ways that Sarah Palin fucked it up.
Or they could still be squeezing some juice out of the Mark Sanford affair. Or speculating about whether Mt. St. Helens is ever going to erupt again. Any of which would be more newsworthy than the endless post-mortem over a dead pop star.
This excellent diary at the OxDown Gazette squeezes some very good juice indeed out of the Mark Sanford story, and in doing so points out the very sad relationship between business and state and local governments in the US. Which incidentally may be even more dysfunctional than the relationship between big money and the federal government.
So, Now Sanford’s Affair is Why South Carolina Has 12.1% Unemployment?
SadButTrue | Homepage | 07.01.09 - 4:37 pm
That is so COOL!
I participated in the VaxGen trial down here; made the whole three years too. One was interviewed every 6 months and either got the placebo or the trial vaccine. They asked the last 3 visits if I thought I was getting one or the other, and my response was that since there was a very small reaction each time, I thought it was the vaccine, not the placebo.
At the last visit, they told me; nope, it was the placebo!
I've had quite a great respect for the "placebo" effect ever since. Nonetheless, I was so dissapointed when the study was published, and VaxGen wasn't viable.
I certainly hope that this Canadian trial works, and like a charm.
Very nice indeed, SBT.
It's the Canadian medical system that is keeping hope alive, so to speak, for preventing the spread of this disease. I'm sure the American model, the HIV "cocktails" treatment is far more profitable.
The Vanity Fair article on SarahCuda is getting a fairly good on-line media buzz, CBS, Politico, even Faux.
[-green libertarian | 07.01.09 - 8:04 pm-]
There was a cynical comment on the CBC article about the AIDS vaccine test that was not far from the mark - at least so far as the way things are done in the US.
" This will never see the light of day. Pharm. companies make money by treating diseases, not curing them. This will get very political very soon. "
Aren't you glad this is being done beyond the reach of American Big Pharma?
There is a glaring inaccuracy in the comment though - vaccines are not designed to cure diseases but to prevent your contracting them to begin with. Which is even less profitable to the drug companies. And sadly, no matter how effective the vaccine may be it will do nothing for those who are already HIV positive.
SadButTrue | Homepage | 07.01.09 - 8:33 pm
Concur. But it's huge when there is a wall between the disease/dispair happening at all such that then we only have to concentrate on the group who needs life & curing.
Just like nobody wants polio or "consumption" back; we know what to do now, and we keep both at bay.
And there will be those who claim that vaccines are a plot to control us, too.
It's international Big Pharma, SBT, but yeah. The big bucks are made here the US, on pharma, from every angle. It's American exceptionalism.
We're #1, see my flag? Proves it.
Thursday. Omigaud! I haven't got anything done all week except to go to the wax museum of 1930s gangster movies [translated: saw "Public Enemies"].
G'mornin'!
It's almost three day weekend time! Woo hoo!
Go home early, Ellie. Nothing gets done after lunch anyhow.
Hey Unrulies I've got a funeral in the morning which means I'm going to be pretty much awol until tomorrow afternoon. So if you all could pick up the slack and continue blogwhoring the Million Can March for me I'd appreciate it. Also go over to the facebook page and cajole all our new friends. http://www.facebook.com/group.ph...48500015&
ref=ts
Thanks
Just found a good resource site for the intersection of food and politics.
http://www.foodpolitics.com/
That's a cool site.
And here's an interview with George Takei.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar.../
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I'll tell my boss that you have authorized my "early release" from work, Indigo.
Most of DC is shut down by now-- all the Feds got to leave at 1:00. Our tax dollars oh-so-hard-at-work, you know.
Word to the wise: if you have any savings, put them into some currency other than the $US. UBC economists are predicting a sharp drop in the value of the dollar over the next month or two. I would attribute this to a complete failure to address the mounting public and private debt and continuing negative balance of trade, not to mention a less than spectacular 'recovery' from last year's severe economic crisis.
This information comes from The University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Economics who in my experience have made predictions for the $US that were better than how it ended up performing. Look at the various charts and what they're predicting today - the only currency UBC expects to do worse than the dollar is the Japanese Yen. Even the frickin' peso is expected to make relative gains.
Another big problem that isn't going to go away fast: The Situation is Bleak. As Economy Still Bleeds Jobs, Experts Predict Another Jobless Recovery. This is the direct result of a ruling class that takes care of Wall Street first and Main Street.. .. ..well, never.
Once again, I hope to hell I'm wrong about this. Maybe we should ask Krugman.
Or just try and get a job with Satan, Inc., Goldman-Sachs.
Any suggestions/recipes using Morel mushrooms? I've got a few ounces, dried, and I heard they're supposed to be soaked in brine for awhile before using them.
Tasted my first huckleberries of the season today, and picked up some organic Rainer cherries, which are to die for.
Funny you should mention Goldman Sachs, oh Green One
I just finished reading a great article by Matt Tabbi about G/S that was in this month Rolling Stone.
http://www.rollingstone.com/poli...e_machine/
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I just finished reading a great article by Matt Tabbi about G/S that was in this month Rolling Stone.
http://www.rollingstone.com/poli...li...e_machine/
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Comprehensive Comprehender | 07.03.09 - 12:05 am | # ?
Yeah, that's the article that really opened my eyes on G/S.
Matt Talibi is one of the best Rolling Stone writers/reporters EVER.
Matt Talibi is one of the best Rolling Stone writers/reporters EVER.
green libertarian | 07.03.09 - 1:12 am | #
Not HST good, of course, but damn good.
organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.
True dat.
Netflix is wonderful! I finally saw "Leaving Metropolis" yesterday evening. Canadian art film. Set in Winnipeg. I don't know if I liked it or not, it seemed suddenly dated, filled with snappy dialogue no longer in use. It was cutting edge in 2002 when it was released and still edgy but somehow already reminiscent of yesteryear. I knew people like that. They're all gone now. In only 7 years! How strange. It could evolve into a cult film like "Casablanca."
"Love you."
"Mean it."
Funny you should call Goldman Sachs 'Satan, Inc.', Green.
http://www.goldmansachs666.com/
Shocker!
Palin Announces She Will Resign As Alaska Governor
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.c...nor.php?
ref=fpa
What's going on?
Imminent news of an affair?
Throwing her lot in with the Alaska seccesionists?
Letterman's invisible hand?
Secret Russian lover?
It seems like a colossal sulk on Palin's part, or perhaps better to say an effort on her part to ingeniously combine anti-liberal media bias agitation with Christianist politics by portraying herself as having been crucified by the liberal media.
Said Palin, according to a reporter at the press conference, "You are naive if you don't see a full-court press on the national level, picking apart a good point guard."
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...d.php?
ref=fpblg
Thank you, Vanity Fair?
Does this mean that she blinked? If she can't handle the press, how can she handle a 3 AM phone call?
Maybe she's decided to become Sarah Connor?
Someone said she just made a rambling statement on CNN.
Am very surprised she didn't play the family values card, what with a special needs infant at home...
I suppose Mark Sanford will have to give another interview now to stay on top. . .
Can she make a statement that's not rambling?
Did you catch her statement after Letterman apologized? First, it wasn't a gracious acceptance, of course. But along the way, she managed to mention the heroic troops defending our rights or something like that.
Never mind, she did play the "I'm a victim, Trig's a victim" card.
Just watched the whole thing.
My God. Creepy.
Rambling is being kind.
Palin's national aspirations have led to her ignoring her state duties. She's seen the books, she knows she has lit a fire in the living room, so she's slipping out the back door. As was once said on the original Star Trek, only a fool fights in a burning house.
Here's some good stuff of Palin fans bemoaning her resignation--you can read these rightwing comments without going to the rightwing sites!
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog...ailin-for-
palin
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...s.php?
ref=fpblg
BradBlog is now reporting additional information received from Alaskans who follow Palin: “I’ve now been able to get independent information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are said to be possible federal indictments against Palin, concerning an embezzlement scandal related to the building of Palin’s house and the Wasilla Sports Complex built during her tenure as Mayor. Both structures, it is said, feature the ’same windows, same wood, same products.’ Federal investigators have been looking into this for some time, and indictments could be imminent, according to the Alaska sources.”
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009...ceberg-scandal/
Well let's hope the Feds don't blow it, like they did with the Stevens case.
Happy Independence Day!
Morning Unrulies! Happy 4th!
Good morning!
Great piece here by digby about the doctrine of "acceptable" law-breaking for the good of the country, linking the Honduran coup (illegal, but don't expect prosecutions, since it was for the "good" of Honduras) and what Bush was and now Obama is doing.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2...by-this-
is.html
Happy Fourth of July! Fireworks everywhere. Florida law prohibits private fireworks. The law has a loophole providing for argriculutral use of fireworks to protect the crops from invasive animals. Everybody's a farmer this evening! Here in the suburban wasteland, the fireworks rival Beijing's displays.
The law has a loophole providing for argriculutral use of fireworks to protect the crops from invasive animals. Everybody's a farmer this evening!
Hilarious!
It's actually been pretty quiet here, still a couple of hours until dark however.
Tons of really explosive and aerial fireworks are available just 30 miles away on the Res... Illegal most everywhere around here.
Pets suffer enormously from all the bombs and booms...
In an extraordinary four-page letter, Alaska-based attorney Thomas Van Flein warns of severe consequences should speculation that until now has largely been confined to blogs about whether Palin embezzled funds in the construction of a Wasilla, Alaska, sports arena find its way into print.
“This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law,” Van Flein warned, citing Alaska liberal blogger Shannyn Moore.
Much like Palin did in her Facebook statement Saturday, Van Flein savages the news media in his letter.
“Just as power abhors a vacuum, modern journalism apparently abhors any type of due diligence and fact checking before scurrilous allegations are repeated as fact,” the Anchorage attorney wrote.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/sto...ixzz0KMs4pqUQ&
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Paranoid much?
Dan Savage is anticipating a sex scandal. (And I bet he'd be thrilled to have Palin sue him!)
She's been utterly shameless about everything else—appalling abuses of power, racist political demagoguery, campaign-financed shopping sprees—so what could possibly be coming out that would prompt her to resign? A sex scandal. It's pretty much the only thing that would cause the right-wing-religious nuts in the GOP base—pretty much all that's left of the GOP base—to abandon her.
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog...-come-in-
threes
It would be hilarious if Palin sued. Because wouldn't any trial pretty much require her to be at the plaintiff's table?
In related news, the New York Post reports that Levi Johnston, Palin's daughter's baby daddy, is planning to write a "tell-all" book about the Palin clan. No other details were available. http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07...ki-slams-palin/
It appears her decision was made rather hastily. Tawd was fishing and had to abandon ship.
In addition, earlier this morning I received an email from a friend who wrote, "I just heard from some of my friends that Todd was in Dillingham fishing and had to quickly abandon his boat and leave other people in charge of the setnet to get back to Sarah, doesn't sound like a planned resignation."
http://alaskadispatch.com/palin-...rs-to-
speculate
There may or may not be a scandal brewing, however I say again, this is about the money. Even if the scandal is nasty, the fundi-gelicals will continue to pay big money to see her speak, and will buy her book. She can make more money in a couple of months than she would in a couple of years being governor.
That's Todd's story. If there' s no FBI investigation--and I hope there is--then I hope it's a sex scandal. Actually, both would be cool. But if it's a sex scandal, it'd be cool if both of them cheated--here's hoping for Todd and Michelle Bachmann, though I suppose Cindy McCain is more likely. Sarah? I don't know, how about James Inhofe or John Cornyn?
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