Murmur, Instigate, CLAMOR!!
Soupy Sales? That frikking HILARIOUS SBT!
And wait till you see; I have such a sad and pathetic report about the wingnuts., They can't even sing frikking "Happy Birthday."
More later. Just wanted to check in.
KC
Kelly,
Soupy Sales was the highlight of my day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5...h?
v=5hOFZz5oNB8
Elsewhere.
Morning Unrulies 
Just to let you know I'll be working pretty much all day. I'll start counting cans as soon as I get home.
Hey, dude, My kid deleted My speial evMail addys---send it again--please---everything else I need to know I reMeMber--lol
Just send to the reg or the ac ady
isses ya'll. Feel like I know nothing working 90 hour weeks....3 weeks to go, then done. I aM hoMe for the weekend picking up sove More necessities and flying out tonight. LATER
MAC ADDY---sorry
One More thing---if Bush had used ObabaM's video and post crew---Bush would still probably be here------Media savvy. A necessity
Voila! Wingnuts horribly butchering "Happy Birthday to You, Amreica.
A great post at AlterNet about some paleontologists who went to the Creationism Museum in Akron, Ohio.
Adam and Eve Did What? A Visit to the Creationism Museum Makes Scientists Laugh, Cry
The museum argues, among other things, that war, famine and natural disasters are to blame on belief in evolution.
" "It's sort of a monument to scientific illiteracy, isn't it?" said Jerry Lipps, professor of geology, paleontology and evolution at University of California, Berkeley.
"Like Sunday school with statues... this is a special brand of religion here. I don't think even most mainstream Christians would believe in this interpretation of Earth's history."
The 27 million dollar, 70,000-square-foot (6,500-square-metre) museum which has been dubbed a "creationist Disneyland" has attracted 715,000 visitors since it opened in mid-2007 with a vow to "bring the pages of the Bible to life."
[...]
Lisa Park of the University of Akron cried at one point as she walked a hallway full of flashing images of war, famine and natural disasters which the museum blames on belief in evolution.
"I think it's very bad science and even worse theology -- and the theology is far more offensive to me," said Park, a professor of paleontology who is an elder in the Presbyterian Church. I think there's a lot of focus on fear, and I don't think that's a very Christian message... I find it a malicious manipulation of the public."
[...]
Daryl Domning, professor of anatomy at Howard University, held his chin and shook his head at several points during the tour.
"This bothers me as a scientist and as a Christian, because it's just as much a distortion and misrepresentation of Christianity as it is of science," he said.
"It's not your old-time religion by any means." "
RevPhat did a post a couple of years ago about a similar museum in Kentucky Kentucky Fried Creationism, and I assume that there are several more scattered around the US. If they're costing in the range of $27 million a pop, don't you think that the fundy churches could be putting those dollars to better, more Christian uses? Like maybe feeding some poor people, or building some low-rent housing or even free shelters for the homeless?
Just saying.
Gravatar Voila! Wingnuts horribly butchering "Happy Birthday to You, Amreica.
Kelly Canfield | Homepage | 07.05.09 - 8:24 pm | #
Ummmm, what?
All in all, it's a Monday morning in July. 
So did MJ's death make all the troubles in Iran go away? Did MJ single handedly solve the economic crisis? Amazing how a death of a celebrity can cure the world of all it's ills.
Right you are Ellie. I say they resurrect Jacko and kill him every week until all the world's problems are solved.
BTW Firefox fans; there's a new major update available, v. 3.5. To get it, open FF and under the Help Menu choose "Check for Updates." Even if you don't take advantage of any new features it's a good idea to update your software regularly just so you get whatever bug fixes have been included. The updated computer is a happy computer.
Well, that crazy ass Pete King is, as TPM puts it, courting the anti-MJ vote, calling Jackson a "pervert" and a "pedophile."
Be that as it may, I wonder what statements he's made about Sanford, Ensign, Vitter, and Craig.
Sigh, summer's well underway, and no sign of Jump to the Left. Guess she might not be coming back. Good health and other best wishes for her.
I miss Jump. I miss AmG'lug too. 
tireiron chef | 07.06.09 - 1:14 pm | #
For the first time ever, I agree with Peter King on MJ. We sure as hell complain about Catholic priests who molest children, but if you are a successful singer, you get a pass.
Nope, I was wrong. "A pass" doesn't begin to capture it:
"Because Michael Jackson was an icon to us," said one neighbor. "To Stockton, Michael Jackson meant more to us than Jesus, to some people. I think they're both about even."
--from an article titled Family Sees Image Of Michael Jackson In Tree Stump
Torchwood: Children of Earth, Episode One just became available on bit Torrent - a mere 18 minutes after it finished being broadcast on BBC 3.
If you're not already a fan of this brilliant adult-oriented Doctor Who spin-off, I urge you to check it out. There's a very good tracker that specializes in British-produced TV, film and music at http://thebox.bz/ it requires you become a member, and it's a bit of a pain building up an early upload/download ratio, but it's definitely worth it. They just do things that can only be described as daring compared to the stuff you see on commercial-driven North American productions.
If you're a gay man I think you will absolutely love John Barrowman's portrayal of the flamboyantly bisexual Captain Jack Harkness. Even I think he's a hunk.
This would also be a great time for anyone to join The Box, because the Children of Earth episodes will all be 'free leeches' - which means the download won't count on your ratio, but any seeding you do to upload to others will. And this will be a very popular series worldwide. I joined the swarm with 92 seeds available, by the time I'd finished downloading the episode there were nearly 1,400.
Do it. You'll thank me, profusely.
[-Gary SF | Homepage | 07.06.09 - 10:33 pm-]
I so totally agree. Being a musician I've met quite a few people who were quite brilliant, even virtuoso - but if you got to know them they were lower than the bottom of a snake pit. It turns out being a nice person is not a requirement to be blessed with talent in any sphere. It's bizarre that some people either don't know that or won't accept the obvious.
Wagner, anyone?
The thing is that there's no reason to agree with King just because his views might align with yours. It's easy to find something that anyone says that we can agree with--Limbaugh probably actually has a statement or two condeming lynching, even as his words and actions in fact encourage lynching. There are so many sex predators out there to condemn to begin with, and King's singling out of MJ in light of his presumed forgiveness for his fellow Party perverts is just an attempt to score points for himself.
Oh, so my point is, screw King, no matter what he says.
Sometimes death is convenient for others.
British weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly was writing an expose about his work with anthrax and his warnings that Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction at the time of his death in July 2003, according to a report published in a British newspaper. http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009...or-dead-expose/
I like John Barrowman. Unfortunately, he's already got a partner. Today, however, I've got to go to Homo Depot and return a set of under-cupboard lights that are the wrong kind and get the right kind. I don't know the details, the handyman told me to. He's no John Barrowman, however. In fact, I suspect him of str8tness. Maybe it's the girl-friend or the ex-wife or the kid. But perhaps I stereotype him. My bad! Then I need to find some daikon radishes, I'm about to attempt to make Takuan pickles. It's a busy day in a busy week. Poor John Barrowman, I'm too busy to stalk him. He'll just have to go on without me.
Oh! Is this thing on . . . ?
tireiron chef | Homepage | 07.07.09 - 12:54 am | #
Well, I don't see parity between the acts of consenting adults who may be hypocrites and those of child molesters.
Yeah, there's that. I wasn't equating them, though--at least not the acts. But I guess I'm thinking in terms of these Republicans' greater "body of work" and the harm that their rantings and votes do. One person I forgot to mention was Jim Gibbon, who beat up his mistress in a garage. Is he worse than a child molester? One would viscerally believe that battery is not as bad a pedophilia, but somehow it seems like we're falling into a particular sort of trap if we accept that equation.
Hey, it's freaking early, I don't know where I'm going with this, other than that Pete King's an asshole who I'd like to stfu, and maybe it's a good thing I'm not a DA.
I made kimchee the other day with an expensive farmer's market daikon. It's still fermenting, but it seems to be working out.
TC, That's encouraging. This is going to turn out like kimchee but I'm using daikon from the neighborhood Vietnamese grocery store. $1.80 per giant root.
And yeah, Pete King's a jerk. MJ is dead. It's over. Nil nisi bonum de mortuis! except for jerks like Pete King.
Excuse me now. I have to go get ready for the TV funeral. It'll be sad but with nice music.
I just looked up takuan. The process sounds involved--hanging it up in the sun for several weeks?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuan
I'm working two methods, one with dried shredded daikon and the other like you said. Drying things in the sun is no problem in Florida. If I get it right, it should come out as a sponge-like chunk of pickle used to clean the food bowls after eating oryoki style (Zen ceremonial meal). No hurry. But first . . . to sun-dry the root. We'll see how it goes.
Meanwhile . . . The Memorial.
I just don't know if I'd have the patience to hang something for several weeks.
Meanwhile, ruminate on MJ and Sarah Palin:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog...-keeps-
spinning
Please read this. 
http://sparklepony.blogspot.com/...s-part-
one.html
WAPO is hawking special edition MJ souvenir copies. MJ has usurped the Obama souvenir market. Obama is sooooo 2008 now. (in souvenir world)
OMG, Tireiron that Family Circus bit was hysterical! Thanks for sharing.
Quitters never prosper.
Look at the 2009 toll so far. One 2012 Republican wannabe, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, announced he would not seek re-election next year. One of the top woulda-beens, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, quit his job to join the Obama administration and left the country and the hemisphere.*
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter quit the party. Last month, Nevada Sen. John Ensign had to resign his Republican leadership post to spend more time with his sex scandal. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford resigned as head of the Republican Governors Association. After this week's disastrous AP interview, Sanford soon may have to step down as governor as well. As his Argentine mistress said, you can't "put the genius back in the bottle."
When did the GOP become such a bunch of quitters? What ever happened to the party of Larry Craig and his you'll-never-take-me-from-this-stall-alive spirit?
Some Republican strategists insist that resignation has its virtues. Mary Matalin told the New York Times that Palin's "brilliant" move will free her to camp out alongside Mitt Romney on the campaign trail. Certainly, we can all relish the next two years of watching the Romney and Palin broods go five-on-five across the heartland. But Romney himself is proof that quitting is no way to win. In 2006, he passed up a second term so he could campaign full-time in Iowa and New Hampshire. He lost them both.
,,,
http://www.slate.com/id/2222230/
[One of the top woulda-beens, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, quit his job to join the Obama administration and left the country and the hemisphere.*]
Poor Mark Sanford. If he'd played his cards right and established himself as a smart guy, maybe he could have snagged an ambassadorship somewhere. And heck, might as well start around the top of the alphabet. . .
Sanford, however, despite abandoning his post and actually stealing public monies to pay for his hobby is merely being censured by his state Republican legislators.
Hey Unrulies Work started a little crazy this week, but I'll have the updated count up just as soon as I can. Thanks for understanding.
Ain't it the Rev's birthday?
The Lord's work is never done, eh Rev?
Finally got around to watching Jesus Camp, the whole thing. Holy Christ, it's sick and frightening.
Do NOT go see the new Warlock Harry Potter movie. It's of the Debbil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u...h?
v=uOIYsGVyg8M
" Ain't it the Rev's birthday?
[-Kelly Canfield | Homepage | 07.07.09 - 10:07 pm-]
Good call. Indeed it is. A belated (by about 6 minutes) happy birthday to you RevPhat, and many happy returns.
Is it safe to come out now? Has the funeral and period of respectful mourning ended?
This is for all of Michael Jackson's victims. And for all of the spiritual leaders/impostors who are quick to soothe the 'hurt' that this very rich and capitalistic family are supposedly experiencing all the while ignoring the abused children, if you represent God, then he has a very sick sense of humor. Imagine how Michael's victims must feel with all this adoration. The Jackson estate should minimally pay for therapy for life for these people.
If pseudo-Gregorian is your thing, see this instead.
But hey, if you can sing, we'll cut you some slack on the child abuse thing.
[-green libertarian | 07.07.09 - 10:25 pm-]
Watching that evil woman spew about who the enemies of God were I couldn't help thinking of this quote.
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." -- Susan B. Anthony
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
[I notice it always coincides with their own desires.]
Well, gee, isn't that just proof, then, that they're godly people?
Did Reid get some balls from Minnesota?
Now that they have 60, Reid and Durbin need to remind Dem members that when your Leader files cloture, you support him. If you want political cover, vote against final passage. Fine. But opposing cloture means you're supporting a filibuster of your party's agenda.
From what I hear, they started delivering that message, if a softer version of it, earlier today.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...n.php?
ref=fpblg
And:
According to Roll Call Reid "ordered" Senate Finance Committee chair Max Baucus (D-MT) to "drop a proposal to tax health benefits and stop chasing Republican votes on a massive health care reform bill."
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.c...hip.php?
ref=fpa
Maybe we need to repent or kiss our asses goodbye:
Resistant case of swine flu found in S.F. teen
A San Francisco teenager has been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that is resistant to the common antiviral drug Tamiflu - an important milestone in the pandemic's evolution.
The case suggests swine flu - a form of influenza Type A, subtype H1N1 - is not only capable of developing drug resistance, but is capable of spreading between humans in that resistant form, said Dr. Arthur Reingold, professor at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. --SFGate
Palin says winning White House will shield her from ethics charges
Refers to nonexistent ‘department of law’
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009...ethics-charges/
If you really want to feel dirty, and not in a good way, find out how to meet girls if you're a married millionaire athlete.
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog...sign-of-a-
crime
Alaska has a Department of Law. And it's embroiled in a succession battle.
Palin's naming of new No. 2 raises questions
Skipping third in line under legal review
By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE
Alaska Legislators are questioning whether Gov. Sarah Palin can appoint the state's No. 2 elected official without their input.
When Palin's resignation takes effect, Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will automatically become the state's chief executive and vacate the office of lieutenant governor.
In her resignation announcement Friday, Palin said Commissioner Craig Campbell of the Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs would "assume his role as lieutenant governor."
It's not clear how that would happen, as the Alaska Legislature has already designated Commissioner of Corrections Joe Schmidt as next in the line of succession to be lieutenant governor. Deviating from the line of succession will take legislative approval, top legislative leaders say.
"I certainly think she can put Campbell into that position, it's a little bit more unclear whether he can take office without being confirmed by the Legislature," said House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski.
"I think the Legislature should confirm, at a minimum, and the question is when," said Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, House minority leader.
The Alaska Constitution and state statutes say that the governor should designate someone to step in as lieutenant governor in case the position were to become vacant. Palin named Schmidt to that position, and he was confirmed by the Legislature during the last session.
"We all voted to confirm Joe Schmidt and talked with him about filling the duties of lieutenant governor," Kerttula said. "As much respect as I have for Gen. Campbell, none of us have voted for him."
Chenault said confirmation may require a special session, if it is not Schmidt.
It is not even clear who would appoint a replacement for Parnell. Until the job becomes vacant with Parnell becoming governor, there's no job to fill.
Parnell's chief of staff, Jay Pullins, said they were reviewing the process with the Department of Law now.
"That's under review, we want to make sure everything is done correctly," he said.
...
http://www.juneauempire.com/
stor...460684529.shtml
Frankly, I don't see how SaraCuda has any legal right to name the 2nd in line, the "new" Lt. Gov.. That's the new governor's prerogative, with assent of the Alaskan legislature.
Talk about faint praise:
One thing Republicans agreed upon: Palin is not finished as a political force.
"In politics, everyone has a future until you're dead," said Suffolk Legis. Ed Romaine (R-Center Moriches).
http://www.newsday.com/news/
loca...,0,799200.story
In other news, dead puppies aren't much fun.
Power players. Obama and Putin seemed congenial enough towards each other. Obama's meeting with the Pope on Friday should seal the deal. They'll agree to disagree or something and express rmutual espect and negotiate how many votes the Pope will deliver in return for what special arrangements. It's the New World Order all over again and it's only Wednesday!
[dead puppies aren't much fun.]
Except for Sarah Palin-- she loves her some dead wolf puppy.
Did her puppy die late last fall? Is it still rotting in the hall?
She's got to have the backing of some very powerful group-- she is in the news every single day, and has been since the election-- by all logic, she should have slinked back to Alaska to never be heard from again. SOMEBODY is pushing her-- she's in no less than three stories in the WAPO today, and they have not one but SEVERAL large photos of her in the rag. She's on CNN every single day.
Somebody is pushing this "public fascination with Sarah Palin" meme down our throats. It's classic propaganda, and I'm predicting that she will be our first female (if you can say that without vomiting) President.
[Elie | 07.08.09 - 10:54 am]
In 2012?
She'll never be president of anything but whatever group or club or consulting business she founds. Meanwhile, holy moley, I didn't know that Oscar Meyer was a real person!
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd...8-062001/
278720
If she stays in public life, then she'll become a representative of some fringe group or other that gets a lot of media exposure. Think Concerned Women for America or Focus on the Family.
But I suspect that once she other like-minded crazies like Melanie Morgan, Glen Beck, James Dobson, Michelle Malkin, Ken Blackwell, and company spend any significant amount of time together, Palin is going to find out that she doesn't actually get along with them, and they're not going to be willing to appease Palin.
[tireiron chef | 07.08.09 - 12:42 pm]
That's a good insight. Sarah's ego-tripping with crazy causes for personality props. The others are team players for crazy causes, there's a big difference. She'll accuse them of trying to undermine her.
BTW, hopefully by accident, the Sandra Bullock vehicle "The Proposal" (movie) parodies wealthy Alaskan fabulosity to the max with Betty White for casutic subtext.. Youbetcha!
Sarah Insane and Tall. . .
Some immigration humor for hump day:
http://www.theonion.com/content/
...urce=videoembed
John Ensign write letter to his mistress:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/photo...9/jul/08/36540/
(I'm impressed that Ensign's not an illiterate on the scale of Duke Cunningham. . . .)
And the story:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/...-should-resign/
Awesome! Massachusetts is taking on DOMA in federal court!
http://www.seattlepi.com/
nationa...y_marriage.html
Finally got around to reading the NY Times article on the war criminal McNamara.
This little tidbit got me thinking:
“After the war, my wife and I both came down with polio, if you can imagine, infantile paralysis,” Mr. McNamara remembered in his memoir. “My case was relatively light; I was out of the hospital in a couple of months. But she was in the hospital for nine months, and they thought she’d never lift an arm or a leg off the bed again.”
Unable to pay the hospital bills on a Harvard salary, he accepted a job offer from the Ford Motor Company.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/0...&
pagewanted=all
If there had been universal health care coverage in 1945, perhaps McNamara would never have had to take the Ford job, and just remained a "systems" and numbers Prof. at Harvard, and would never have been the big star at Ford that Kennedy tapped for Sec. Def.
Never underestimate the stupidity of...
Seventy-six percent of GOP voters have a favorable opinon of Sarah Palin despite her sudden resignation as Alaska governor, according to a Rasmussen report released today.
Although 40 percent of voters said they thought Palin's resignation hurt her chances at a 2012 presidential nomination, the sweetheart of the Republican Party still earned favorable opinions from 76 percent of voters -- 45 percent of that being very favorable -- and 24 percent of GOP voters said they would vote for her in a 2012 state primary putting her in second place behind Mitt Romney.
...
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebig....asp?
source=rss
Waning Gibbous.
97% full.
The moon is a harsh mistress, indeed.
No that I had a lot of friends around here but I found all of you inforative, caring and human.Thanks for the good reads and the epiphanies.
Love you all,
Z
This is nucking futz!
Rachel Maddow has a story on a fundy group called The Family, whose involvement in reight-wing politics has been brought to the fore by the recent John Ensign and Mark Sanford scandals.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/2631...15908/
#31857408
This is the caliber of people you have running the country down there? Yer scrood, folks.
Worth a visit: http://margaretandhelen.wordpres...e-rabbit-lived/
The Family is psycho. It could be one of the most important stories to come out.
Let's see how this plays out. . .
Holder, 58, may be on the verge of asserting his independence in a profound way. Four knowledgeable sources tell NEWSWEEK that he is now leaning toward appointing a prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's brutal interrogation practices, something the president has been reluctant to do. While no final decision has been made, an announcement could come in a matter of weeks, say these sources. . . http://www.newsweek.com/id/206300
Holder's spouse will, I hope, influence him to prosecute. From the same article:
She grew up in the Deep South under Jim Crow—her sister, Vivian Malone Jones, integrated the University of Alabama—and has a fierce sense of right and wrong. At a recent dinner in a leafy corner of Bethesda, Malone drew a direct line from the sins of America's racial past to the abuses of the Guantánamo Bay detention center. Both are examples of "what we have not done in the face of injustice," she said at one point, her Southern accent becoming more discernible as her voice rose with indignation.
A full 87 percent of American scientists see their political alignment as Democrat or Independent, according to a new Pew Research poll.
Surprisingly or not, just six percent declared themselves Republican, and only nine percent overall expressed support of conservative ideology. http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/07...are-republican/
A sign for Gonzales?
My brother graduated from TTU Law School and he says this almost invalidates his degree. His Republican office mates, also TTU grads are pissed. Alumni have commented on the local newspaper site they will not longer be donating. We're pissed. He will not be getting a warm welcome here.
http://crooksandliars.com/commen...rmalink/
1200653
" While no final decision has been made, an announcement could come in a matter of weeks, say these sources. . . "
http://www.newsweek.com/id/206300
[-tireiron chef | Homepage | 07.11.09 - 4:35 pm -]
I dunno. Seems to me 'a matter of weeks' has come to mean never when it comes to matters like this.
If it does happen, maybe Holder could (he certainly should) branch out into investigations of thingsl like;
- the illegal deception leading to the Iraq war (tens of thousands dead as a result)
-the theft of $BILLIONS in Iraq - vanished into thin air under the nose of J. Paul Bremmer
-illegal warrantless wiretapping
-illegal use of the DoJ for strictly partisan witch-hunts
-etc., etc., ad infinitum
And I'm leaning to the opinion that the financial collapse leading to the many layers of handouts for Goldman Sachs, IAG, and other connected corporations that were 'too big to fail' was a deliberate setup to transfer $TRILLIONS of public money to the oligarchs. But how the fuck do you prosecute a kleptocracy that was in full-blown operation for at least eight years? And hasn't stopped just because the administration has changed, BTW.
" Surprisingly or not, just six percent declared themselves Republican... "
[-tireiron chef | Homepage | 07.11.09 - 4:42 pm-]
Not. Not at all.
3 from the Frogette and I!
Happy late, Late, LATE 4th.
Long but informative article on the real estate crash, and why it's not over. As SBT has mentioned, commercial RE crash is soon to be the next major issue.
These guys are promoting investments in THEIR chosen venues, whatever the hell they are, against RE investing, but still I think they make a compelling case.
If nothing else, take a look at page 24.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
160550...4_friend_send=1
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