Friday, March 30, 2007
Friday: Take Off Your Pants
It's casual Friday, and Sam's relaxing so much, he's even letting his back hair down. Give us a call, we're taking all comers, at 866-303-2270. In the first hour we'll welcome Joe Conason in studio, and after that, we'll host our very own Sam Seder Show Purity Ball. Bring the kiddies close to the radio transmitter, and we'll cleanse their souls. Or at least give them a good bath.
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Former DoJ Official: Department Used to "Skew" Elections
By Paul Kiel - March 30, 2007, 12:40 PM
Straight from the horse's mouth.
Joseph D. Rich was chief of the voting section in the Justice Department's civil right division from 1999 to 2005. Today he penned an Op-Ed in The Los Angeles Times, and he didnt' mince words:
Over the last six years, this Justice Department has ignored the advice of its staff and skewed aspects of law enforcement in ways that clearly were intended to influence the outcome of elections.
It has notably shirked its legal responsibility to protect voting rights. From 2001 to 2006, no voting discrimination cases were brought on behalf of African American or Native American voters. U.S. attorneys were told instead to give priority to voter fraud cases, which, when coupled with the strong support for voter ID laws, indicated an intent to depress voter turnout in minority and poor communities.
And Rich gives a specific example of the type of U.S. attorney this administration prefers -- a "loyal Bushie" to be sure:
More here, he's angry
http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=17068&cat=1
Lift sanctions on Zim: Sadc
From Innocent Gore in DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
SADC yesterday stood firmly behind the Government and called for the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by the West. In a communiqué released at the end of a one-day extraordinary summit attended by 10 heads of state and government here, Sadc also appealed to the British government to honour its obligations and release funds to compensate former commercial farmers whose land was acquired for resettlement.
The summit "noted and appreciated the briefing by President Robert Mugabe on the current political developments in Zimbabwe".
"The Extraordinary Summit recalled that free, fair and democratic presidential elections were held in 2002 in Zimbabwe. The Extraordinary Summit reaffirmed its solidarity with the Government and people of Zimbabwe.
"The Extraordinary Summit reiterated the appeal to Britain to honour its compensation obligations with regard to land reform made at Lancaster House.
"The Extraordinary Summit appealed for the lifting of all forms of sanctions against Zimbabwe," read the communiqué.
The Sadc heads mandated Sadc executive secretary Mr Tomaz Salamao to undertake a study on the economic situation in Zimbabwe and propose measures on how the regional bloc can assist the country to recover economically. This is the first time that Sadc has collectively called for the lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe and come up with a proposal on how the effects of those sanctions on the country can be countered.
The sanctions against Zimbabwe by Britain and her allies follow a bilateral dispute between Harare and London after the country embarked on land reforms in 2000. The British government of Mrs Margaret Thatcher promised to release funds for land reforms at the Lancaster House constitutional conference that culminated in Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980 after a protracted armed struggle.
However, the Labour government of Mr Tony Blair has refused to honour that obligation and has instead mobilised its allies — the United States and some countries in the European Union — to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe.
Sadc has previously made it clear that the problems in Zimbabwe are a result of a bilateral dispute with Britain, mainly arising from the land reform programme, but had not pronounced itself explicitly on the need to have the sanctions lifted.
The Government has said it will not compensate the former commercial farmers for the land because it does not have the money to do so, but that it will pay for the improvements on the land such as dams and other infrastructure.
On the political situation in the country, the summit mandated President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa to continue to facilitate dialogue between the MDC and the Government and report back to the troika on Defence, Politics and Security on progress. "The Extraordinary Summit also encouraged enhanced diplomatic contacts which will assist the resolution of the situation in Zimbabwe," read the communique.
The summit was held in the wake of a protracted media onslaught on Zimbabwe by the West, with the international media, particularly the BBC and CNN, speculating that President Mugabe had been "summoned" by Sadc leaders to be "dressed down" or "shown the exit". But sources who attended the meeting’s closed-door session said President Mugabe briefed the leaders on the political situation in the country and the MDC terror campaign that has seen the opposition party petrol-bombing police stations in Harare, Chitungwiza, Gweru and Mutare.
Suspected MDC supporters also petrol-bombed a Bulawayo-bound passenger train and a supermarket in Warren Park. Speaking to reporters on arrival at Harare International Airport, the President said the summit had also urged the MDC to desist from violence and to recognise him and his Government as he was legitimately re-elected by the people of Zimbabwe in 2002.
He said President Mbeki would talk to the opposition and see whether there is need for dialogue with them, but warned them against engaging in violence. The summit also got briefings on the political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lesotho by the leaders of those countries, President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili respectively.
The leaders resolved to render unconditional support to Mr Kabila’s government in its quest to restore law and order, maintaining peace and stability and spearheading national reconstruction. It reaffirmed the sovereign right of the DRC to have a single national army and urged former Vice President Jean Pierre Bemba to integrate his remaining armed elements into the national army or to be demobilised. They also appealed to other armed groups in the DRC to do the same. The summit reiterated that the rule of law in the DRC must be observed and respected by all parties in conformity with accepted international conventions. It expressed concern on the loss of lives and urged all parties to respect the sanctity of human life and the principles of human rights.
The summit also expressed support to the ongoing efforts for the economic reconstruction of the DRC.
On Lesotho, the summit agreed to send a Sadc delegation at ministerial level to assess the situation as requested by the opposition political parties who want the regional bloc to help in dealing with post-election tensions.
The other leaders who attended the summit were host President Jakaya Kikwete, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi, President Armando Guebuza of Mozambique, President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia, Prime Minister Themba Dlamini of Swaziland and President Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia. Botswana was represented by its Vice President, Mr Ian Khama, while Angola was represented by its Minister of External Affairs, Mr Joao Bernardo Miranda. Madagascar and Mauritius were represented by their ambassadors.
President Mugabe returned home last night and was met at Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, the Minister of State Security, Land Reform and Resettlement, Cde Didymus Mutasa, the Minister of Information and Publicity, Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, service chiefs and senior Government officials.
Don't push it Jim. Maybe some of the kids in the neighborhood can help you.
getting thin on the hood kids.
growing up, getting apartments of their own. about the third set since we moved here.
need another crew here soon. it'll be fun. i do stuff in the shop and they pop up. i'm on the hood cruise.
Meet John D'oh: Michelle Malkin is Watching You (49 comments )
"We are coming to a new order of things. There's too much talk been going on in this country. Too many concessions have been made. What the American people need is an iron hand." -- Someone in Frank Capra's Meet John Doe, but Not the Good Guy
Most Americans just rolled over and surrendered when Arab terrorists took over the government and the media, but not Michelle Malkin.
She's fighting back. By starting a club.
All you have to do to join is report everyone you see who seems to be a foreigner. Or who seems to tolerate foreigners. Or who may be thinking foreigner-tolerating thoughts.
It's like the Junior Spies in 1984, only totally fun.
It's called The John Doe Movement and it's got an oath and everything. And if you join not only will you fight Islamofascism, but you can also come to Michelle's house after school, have a healthy snack, and play with her Breyer Horses. Well, not play with them. But, you know, look at them.
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It's like the Junior Spies in 1984, only totally fun.""
if we join do we get to do callins on her show?
You also get a button. Wanna sign up?
Here's the pledge:
"Dear Muslim Terrorist Plotter/Planner/Funder/Enabler/Apologist,
You do not know me. But I am on the lookout for you. You are my enemy.
And I am yours.
I am John Doe.
I am traveling on your plane. I am riding on your train. I am at your bus stop. I am on your street. I am in your subway car. I am on your lift..."
(Now, I know what you're thinking: That sounds like a lot of travel. And who says "lift?" Are you Madonna? But don't get hung up on that. Let her talk.)
" ... I am your neighbor. I am your customer. I am your classmate. I am your boss."
(I am Polly Pocket.)
if we join do we get to do callins on her show?
March 30, 2007 2:57 PM
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Sure, Jim ... read on ... and take the pledge... please.
"...I am John Doe.
I will never forget the example of the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 who refused to sit back on 9/11 and let themselves be murdered in the name of Islam without a fight.
I will never forget the passengers and crewmembers who tackled al Qaeda shoe-bomber Richard Reid on American Airlines Flight 63 before he had a chance to blow up the plane over the Atlantic Ocean.
I will never forget the alertness of actor James Woods, who notified a stewardess that several Arab men sitting in his first-class cabin on an August 2001 flight were behaving strangely. The men turned out to be 9/11 hijackers on a test run..."
(I will never forget James Woods having coke-crazed hate sex with Sean Young in "The Boost." But that's my problem. And a whole other club I'm part of.)
"... I will act when homeland security officials ask me to "report suspicious activity."
I will embrace my local police department's admonition: "If you see something, say something."
I am John Doe..."
(And I tend to repeat myself.)
"... I will protest your Jew-hating, America-bashing "scholars."
I will petition against your hate-mongering mosque leaders.
I will raise my voice against your subjugation of women and religious minorities.
I will challenge your attempts to indoctrinate my children in our schools..."
(Wait a second. This is getting boring. I thought we were going to be spies.)
(Actually, you kind of started losing me when we had to embrace the admonition at the police department. I started picturing cops hugging. And then I started thinking: Can you be dull and shrill at the same time?)
(And then I started thinking about "The Boost" again.)
(Oh damn, there's more.)
" ...I will combat your violent propaganda on the Internet.
I am John Doe.
I will support law enforcement initiatives to spy on your operatives, cut off your funding, and disrupt your murderous conspiracies.
I will oppose all attempts to undermine our borders and immigration laws.
I will resist the imposition of sharia principles and sharia law in my taxi cab, my restaurant, my community pool, the halls of Congress, our national monuments, the radio and television airwaves, and all public spaces..."
(Okay, now this has just grown wheels for feet and a balloon for a head. Where in Crazytown is the pool where they're imposing sharia law? What national monument do the Sunnis control? Fort Pulaski?)
"... I will not be censored in the name of tolerance."
(Or logic. Or so as to not make a fool of myself.)
"... I will not be cowed by your Beltway lobbying groups in moderate clothing.
I will not cringe when you shriek about "profiling" or "Islamophobia."
I will put my family's safety above sensitivity. I will put my country above multiculturalism."
"I will not submit to your will. I will not be intimidated.
I am John Doe.
Pass it on."
Stirring words. It's like Pat Benatar wrote Braveheart. And it can obviously leave us with only one question: Is there something stronger than Ritalin?
Does Michelle Malkin believe the things she writes? Is she five? Is she living in a parallel universe where Afghanistan is occupying us? Can you sit down and type, "I will not submit to your will," to a hypothetical Arab teenager and not feel a little ... silly?
And that's where the cognitive dissonance of racism kicks in. If you're an Arab man, she can't believe you're not a jihadist. And since she's an Asian woman, we're surprised that she's such an idiot.
Hey, Movie Lovers!
Frank Capra's Meet John Doe is a minor but muddled classic of '40s cinema. It concerns a journalist who creates a populist movement, only to discover that she, and her creation, are being manipulated by a right wing media empire.
Which of these best describes the film's moral:
I Hate Tolerance
Three Cheers for Racism!
Foreigners: They're Always Up to Something
James Woods: Praetorian Guard of a Nation
Keep Our Pools Judeo-Christian
Answer:
Well, Capra said Meet John Doe was about, "contemporary realities: the ugly face of hate; the power of uniformed bigots in red, white, and blue shirts; the agony of disillusionment, and the wild dark passions of mobs."
But what did he know?
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Video Extra!
Michelle Malkin can use her superbrain to spot an America-hater a mile away. And she's made a video mash up of the big speech from Spartacus to inspire you to do the same.
How many Communists did it take to write Spartacus?
1
2
Answer:
2, but don't tell Michelle Malkin
Quit that crap. Air America won't last much longer, its a friggin failure. You guys don't stand a chance against Limbaugh, Hannity, Liddy and Savage.
What a joke and a lousy excuse for radio. If I wanted to listen to the communist crap you guys sprout, I'd have tuned in to Radio Moscow in the 80s.
Posted by: Gareth at April 9, 2004 11:06 PM
What a joke and a lousy excuse for radio. If I wanted to listen to the communist crap you guys sprout, I'd have tuned in to Radio Moscow in the 80s.
Posted by: Gareth at April 9, 2004 11:06 PM
March 30, 2007 3:12 PM
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Oh. Was that doody-head Gare?
Is the stream just totally gone or is it just me?
Bush put a tariff on coated paper coming from China today. We need tariffs all the stuff China sends us. Re CNN the Lou Dobbs show.
Also, the pet food that has been hurting and killing the dogs and cats here, the grain it's made from comes from China and it contains melomine. China uses it for fertalizer. But it is like poison to animals. And it may go further than that if humans are using that grain for anything.
Bush sent memo on truth about Tillman’s death. “Just seven days after Pat Tillman’s death, a top general warned there were strong indications that it was friendly fire and President Bush might embarrass himself if he said the NFL star-turned-soldier died in an ambush… The memo reinforces suspicions that the Pentagon was more concerned with sparing officials from embarrassment than with leveling with Tillman’s family.” A White House spokesman said “that a review of records turned up no indication that the president had received McChrystal’s warning.”
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White House Privately ‘Frustrated’ And ‘Impatient’ With Gonzales
Publicly, the White House continues to claim that President Bush supports Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Today, Press Secretary Dana Perino said the President “has confidence in” Gonzales and “believes the attorney general can overcome the challenges that are before him.”
Privately though, reports indicate that the White House is frustrated with Gonzales. On March 14, Bush told the nation, “Al was right, mistakes were made, and he’s going to go up to Capitol Hill to correct them.” But 16 days later, Gonzales has still not been to Congress to talk to lawmakers. His next scheduled appearance is on April 17, when he tesitifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Yesterday, ABC News reported:
The White House is getting increasingly impatient with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Officials are frustrated that Gonzales is taking so long to get up to Capitol Hill to attempt damage control on last year’s controversial firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
Additionally, at a meeting with House Republicans yesterday, Bush refused to expess confidence in his Attorney General:
Asked about Gonzales during a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on Thursday, Bush did not defend his longtime friend, according to one official who attended the session and demanded anonymity because it was private.
Instead, Bush tepidly repeated his public statement: The attorney general would have to go up to Capitol Hill and fix his problem, according to this official.
After yesteday’s testimony by his former deputy Kyle Sampson — who testified, under oath, that Gonzales’s statements about his involvement in the prosecutor purge were “not accurate” — Gonzales will face a much tougher time “correcting” his mistakes to Congress.
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U.S. government 'outsourcing its brain'
RAW STORY
Published: Friday March 30, 2007
Due to its increasing practice of contracting out to private firms and agencies, the U.S. government is quickly losing its expertise and competence in vital national security and defense programs, according to a Wall St. Journal report.
"Since the 2001 terrorist attacks and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the federal government's demand for complex technology has soared," writes by Bernard Wysocki, Jr. for the Journal. "But Washington often doesn't have the expertise to take on new high-tech projects, or the staff to oversee them.
"As a result," he continues, "officials are increasingly turning to contractors, in particular the hundreds of companies in Tysons Corner and the surrounding Fairfax County that operate some of the government's most sensitive and important undertakings."
The number of private federal contractors has now risen to 7.5 million, which is four times bigger than the federal workforce itself, the report indicates. Such a trend is leading the government to what Wysocki calls is the "outsourcing [of] its brain."
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Haven't heard much out of Ann Coulter since she called John Edwards a faggot.
Her access to cameras and microphones seems to have been lessened.
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FDA tests reveal chemical used to make plastics found in recalled pet food
Feds say melamine-tainyed wheat gluten also shipped to firm that makes dry pet food
By ANDREW BRIDGES
Associated Press
March 30, 2007, 3:45 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- Recalled pet foods contained a chemical used to make plastics, but government tests failed to confirm the presence of rat poison, federal officials said Friday.
The Food and Drug Administration said it found melamine in samples of the Menu Foods pet food, as well as in wheat gluten used as an ingredient in the wet-style products. The FDA was working to rule out the possibility that the contaminated wheat gluten could have made it into any human food, but was not aware of any risk to people.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the melamine was the culprit in the deaths of more than a dozen cats and dogs and the illnesses of hundreds more, said Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine.
In a news conference, FDA officials said that the apparently melamine-contaminated wheat gluten also was shipped to a company that manufactures dry pet food, but they would not name the company.
The FDA is attempting to determine if that company used any of the wheat gluten, imported from China, to make dry pet food, Sundlof said. The head of Menu Foods, the manufacturer of the recalled pet food, said Friday it had dropped the U.S. supplier of the imported ingredient. Paul Henderson also suggested his company would sue the unnamed supplier.
Wheat gluten, a source of vegetable protein, is also used in some human foods, but the FDA emphasized it had found no indication that the contaminated ingredient had been used in food for people.
Still thinking about what I would take away from here if it were just gone one day....
Feds say melamine-tainted wheat gluten also shipped to firm that makes dry pet food
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And why hasn't this food been slipped to War Dog yet?
ooh! they posted the latest
podcast!
i am going hear how dumb I was!!!!
-conbo
does anyone remember what hour it was?
-conbo
oh god
i found the hour
-conbo
oh that wasn't bad!
and they cut me off when I tried to argue with Sam!!!!
hahaha!
'Oh no Sam, it's real!!! It is real!!!"
hahahahaha
i am such a jackass
-conbo
thank you for cutting me off
Lauren and Sam!!!!
as seen on tv said...
Haven't heard much out of Ann Coulter since she called John Edwards a faggot.
Her access to cameras and microphones seems to have been lessened.
March 30, 2007 3:48 PM
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Kinda ironic when you consider she's a failed transvestite.
CPAC the The Unauthorized Documentary
you can see Coulter here...it's after she made the Edwards comment too
She is still a hero in the conservative circles...OR they haven't had the courage to tell her to go to hell yet...either or
-conbo
Connie, I talked to Bill today. He's doing well. Sending me CDs of his albums.
He's got 2 grandkids from his son from a first marriage, a daughter in college and one in high school.
It was good to talk to him. And now we'll keep in touch.
When can we put our pants back on, Sam?
Hi Cathy!!
How're you doing?
You Go TONID!!!!
WOOOOOOOOT
happy happy joy joy!
-conbo
Bush Repeals Emancipation Proclamation & 15th Amendment
Washington, D.C. - In the latest move by the Republican Party to prevent Black voters from participating in elections, President Bush today announced that he had repealed both the Emancipation Proclamation and the Fifteenth Amendment by signing an executive order that had been authored by his chief political adviser, Karl Rove. The repeal is slated to take effect shortly before the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.
You heard it here, folks.
Hi Toni, hi Conbo. I've missed you all..
hi Lilly
:)
-conbo
so you were on Sam's show, conbo? Which day/hour? I think I can listen to the podcast.
seriously watch the CPAC vid
the Nation guy nails her good!
And Michelle Malkin
-conbo
If you missed it Lilly, then lucky you ;)
-conbo
will do... be back in 8 minutes...
Anonymous said...
seriously watch the CPAC vid
Remember how -B used to give us a running report onfuture space cadet his nervous breakdown?
I wonder what happened to that cat?
Iraq government racing against `despair' By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 24 minutes ago
Suicide bombers and militiamen fought back ferociously in the seventh week of the Baghdad security crackdown, killing at least 508 people in the past six days, but the government vowed Friday it would win the race against terrorism and despair.
As the deadly week drew to an end on the Muslim day of rest and prayer, radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr blamed the United States for the violence and called for a huge anti-American demonstration April 9, the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.
Marketplaces in Baghdad, Tal Afar and Khalis stood in ruins. Clean up crews shoveled broken glass and debris into wheelbarrows in bloodstained streets. Bomb victims in wooden coffins were hoisted atop cars and vans for the trip south for burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf.
In a sign of how deeply officials were shaken by the carnage, a top aide to Prime Minister Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Sami al-Askari, pledged that the government would not relent in efforts to curb violence.
"There is a race between the government and the terrorists who are trying to make people reach the level of despair," al-Askari said. "But the government is doing its best to defeat terrorists and it definitely will not be affected by these bombings."
The new U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, issued a statement blaming al-Qaida in Iraq for the week's first major suicide attack, a twin truck bombing that killed 80 people and wounded 185 at markets in Tal Afar in the far northwest of the country.
He said al-Qaida's leaders "once again displayed their total disregard for human life, carrying out barbaric actions against innocent Iraqi citizens in an effort to re-ignite sectarian violence and to undermine recent Iraqi and coalition successes in improving security in Baghdad."
You know the al Qaeda blame is a scare tactic again
I wanted to say this but my brain got in the way.
Remember how -B used to give us a running report on his nervous breakdown?
I wonder what happened to that cat?
I liked -B
he was cool
-conbo
Ann Coulter is right about one thing... Max Blumenthal is a "good lookin' fella"
That's all she's right about.
future space cadet said...
Remember how -B used to give us a running report onfuture space cadet his nervous breakdown?
I wonder what happened to that cat?
March 30, 2007 4:51 PM
I think he's been institutionalized!
did you see how he cornered her?
She is a gay man! But s/he had a sex change in order to fit in...
at least that is how I take him/er...And lord knows I am wrong 80% of the time. On good days...eh 60%
:)
-conbo
ANotherwords...s/he is a hypocrite...
Drats, gotta go... I'll check back in later. I'm trying to get used to this blog,
;-/
Do you remember the clueless and smarmy Ron Greenbaum?
The blog whould go nuts when he would come in and say the stupid things he said.
Greenbaum and Syna.
I got used to frank and celtic man, they were jerks but more human than the others.
And War Dog, I'm still not sure he's for real.
John Stewart: Iran...Come over here...On camera 3
i fear camera 3...
-conbo
From a Catharine post relaying tripe from Michelle Malkin espousing the John Doe Movement:
I am John Doe.
I am traveling on your plane. I am riding on your train. I am at your bus stop... I will not be censored in the name of tolerance...
March 30, 2007 2:58 PM
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This one is more fun:
I am cookie dough.
I am in your refrigerator. Top shelf. On the right. You will awaken in the wee hours and eat me raw. Standing at the sink. In your underwear. I will not be denied.
I am cookie dough...
(The cookie dough movement comes later.)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia may have won the National Invitation Tournament, but the Mountaineers' commemorative T-shirts are less than championship material.
They contain a misspelling.
The "West Virgina" printed on the shirts players wore after winning the NIT title with a 78-73 victory over Clemson on Thursday night is missing the last "i" in Virginia.
WVU sports information director Shelly Poe said the NIT printed the shirts.
Calls to tournament officials were not immediately returned Friday.
West Virginia coach John Beilein also could not be reached for comment. He and the team were on their way back to West Virginia on Friday after winning their first NIT title in 65 years.
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it.
- William James
news from the hills said...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia may have won the National Invitation Tournament, but the Mountaineers' commemorative T-shirts are less than championship material.
They contain a misspelling.
The "West Virgina" printed on the shirts players wore after winning the NIT title with a 78-73 victory over Clemson on Thursday night is missing the last "i" in Virginia.
Keith Olbermann just had this on his show. I can't remember who they are playing but Keith called them the......cocks! Heh
George Bush’s Land Mine:
If the Iraqi People Get Revenue Sharing, They Lose Their Oil to Exxon
by Richard Behan
George Bush has a land mine planted in the supplemental appropriation legislation working its way through Congress.
The Iraq Accountability Act passed by the House and the companion bill passed in the Senate contain deadlines for withdrawing our troops from Iraq, in open defiance of the President’s repeated objections.
He threatens a veto, but he might well be bluffing. Buried deep in the legislation and intentionally obscured is a near-guarantee of success for the Bush Administration’s true objective of the war-capturing Iraq’s oil-and George Bush will not casually forego that.
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SunshineJim said...
if the show ended tomorrow
what would you take with you?
March 30, 2007 10:18 AM
Noodles Jefferson said...
I will take the funny bickering between Sammy and Janey....the Sunny greetings from Jim for three years...Tonid's GREAT effort to keep us informed and snipe at trolls after she's been pushed to the hilt...the great discussions between dr and Nobs....Crank's sharp wit and terrific writing.....Chubb's ongoing
probs and frustrations and on and on and on.
This be da place!
March 30, 2007 10:27 AM
By Steve Connor, Science Editor
Published: 30 March 2007
It was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the only one of them to remain standing today.
Yet the story of how the Great Pyramid of Giza was actually built has remained a mystery for more than four millennia - until, perhaps, now.
A French architect believes he has finally solved one of the most puzzling construction problems in history by working out how the ancient Egyptians built such a massive structure without the benefit of iron tools, pulleys or wheels.
In Paris tomorrow, Jean-Pierre Houdin will unveil the fruits of eight years' work by describing at a conference how the pyramid of the pharaoh Khufu was built from the inside out. He will propose that the Egyptians carried the building blocks up an internal ramp that formed a spiral tunnel within the structure's outer wall. These tunnels, he believes, must still exist today.
With the help of sophisticated computer software developed by the French company Dassault Systemes, M. Houdin has been able to reconstruct a three-dimensional simulation of how the great limestone and granite blocks of the pyramid were put together stone by stone.
The simulation shows the logic behind building such a pyramid from the inside out. M. Houdin even believes he has solved the mystery of the king's chamber - why it had five granite ceilings instead of one, and how these great granite blocks were lifted to such a height.
The first recorded attempt to explain how the Pyramid of Khufu was built came from Herodotus, the Greek historian, who travelled to Egypt in about 450BC. Herodotus said that thousands of slaves dragged the stones to the site, which were then lifted up from one step of the pyramid to the next by a series of machines. The trouble with this, however, is that it was written about 2,000 years after the great pyramid was built.
Mechanical engineers today believe that it was unlikely that this was done with the limited technology of the time, especially when some of the granite stones of the king's chamber weigh up to 60 tons.
Another theory is that a giant external ramp was built to take the stones to the highest points on the pyramid. But such a ramp could not have had an incline any greater than 7 or 8 per cent, which would mean it must have been a mile long to build a structure 146 metres tall.
Such a ramp would also require as much building material as the pyramid itself - an unlikely scenario.
Others suggested that the ramp may have been wound around the outside of the pyramid as it grew. But such a ramp would have been prone to collapsing without being firmly fixed to the pyramid - and there is no evidence of any fixing points remaining on the outside of the pyramid today.
An external ramp would also raise the issue of where the waste products from the building went. What happened to such immense volumes of waste material when the pyramid was finished? There is no evidence of it today.
M. Houdin's explanation is that the "spoil" has been left within the pyramid because the internal, spiral ramp built a few metres inside the outer wall was left behind and remains there to this day.
"I am an architect - in my brain I have a 3-D computer," M. Houdin explained in an interview with The Independent. "My idea is that the pyramid was two different projects. The first was to build the volume of the pyramid and the second problem was to build the king's chamber."
According to his theory, the first stage of construction used a traditional external ramp that led up to a height of 43 metres from the base. Once completed, this volume of material would account for more than 70 per cent of the pyramid's total mass.
The next stage involved building the internal ramp in the shape of a spiral. "It was like a tunnel with a covered roof, but open to the sky at the four corners of the pyramid so that the stone blocks could be turned," M. Houdin said.
He has calculated that at a gentle incline of 7 per cent, such a ramp would be about a mile long as it wound itself up to a point just short of the pyramid's summit. One-ton blocks were hauled up this ramp by teams of eight to 10 men.
M. Houdin believes that the stone blocks used to construct the external ramp were eventually "recycled" by taking them up the internal ramp to the upper parts of the pyramid above the king's chamber.
Once the bulk of the pyramid was finished, the open corners of the ramp were filled in as the pyramid was finished off, but the ramp's tunnels were left empty.
The crucial piece of evidence in support of an internal network of spiral tunnels comes from a microgravity test carried out in 1986, he said. French scientists found a peculiar anomaly - a less-dense structure in the form of a spiral within the pyramid.
"They had it in the drawer for 15 years because it could not be explained. But when we put my drawings over it, there it was," M. Houdin said. "It is strong evidence, but not proof, that the tunnels still exist inside the pyramid and that they were not filled in," he said.
As for the task of lifting the 60-ton granite blocks as high as the ceilings of the king's chamber, M. Houdin believes this was done using a system of counterweights dragged down the internal ramps as the granite blocks, which were attached by ropes on the other side, were hauled up.
He also believes that the reason for the five false ceilings above the king's chamber was to act as a weight-saving device. They prevented too much weight being brought to bear on the supporting arch above the chamber's ceilings.
M. Houdin now has to convince sceptical Egyptologists, who have been offered rival theories in the past, that his construction theory is correct.
Neal Spencer, of the British Museum, said that from what little he knows of it, M. Houdin's idea seems plausible. "It's not as outlandish as some of the theories put forward," he added. "Elements of the idea might be reasonable, but the thing is to find the archaeological evidence to support it."
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Following are the final paragraphs from:
http://www.npr.org/templates/
story/story.php?storyId=9163122
...The problem is that this usage of troops is only possible in the plural. One cannot refer to a single soldier as a troop. This means that calling 20,000 soldiers "20,000 troops" depersonalizes the soldiers as individuals, and makes a massive number of living, breathing individuals sound like some kind of mass or substance, like water or Jell-O, or some kind of freight.
It's rather like the word news: there is no such thing as a "new," which is why news conveys a quickly passing blur of events leading one into the other, and also sounds slightly trivial. When something winds up "in the news," it sounds like it has taken a step down, been tatted up a bit.
And so it's almost fitting that it is in said news that masses of soldiers are typically referred to as troops. The Democrats are seeking to bring soldiers — persons — home, not troops. Mothers do not kiss their troop goodbye as he takes off for Anbar Province. One will never encounter a troop learning to use her prosthetic leg.
Using a name for soldiers that has no singular form grants us a certain cozy distance from the grievous reality of war. Meanwhile, it serves no purpose: It certainly isn't clearer than soldiers, and in fact is less clear, because one may wonder whether squadrons are meant rather than individuals.
Our national conversation about this war would be more honest if the usage of troops when one means soldiers was considered clumsy, and even rude. Our position on this war must be based on direct consideration of the fact that we are sending human beings to Iraq. After all, we do not designate the contents of a body bag as a troop.
(John McWhorter is a linguist and the author of The Power of Babel.)
That Was God Speaking
Michael "Wiener" Savage:
"Wiener" SAVAGE: It's becoming increasingly clear to me that God wants radical Islam on this planet at this time -- that it's not actually the scourge you think it is. What it is -- it's a counterpoint to the Romanization of the United States of America and the West. The collapse -- the spiritual collapse of the West, the death of the West in that regard, is being countered by the birth of fanatic religion, which is fundamentally a fanatic love of God, when you think about it.
[...]
Wiener SAVAGE: And God, who is the center of this monotheistic religion, has said, "Oh, you don't worship me anymore? Oh, you don't like me anymore? Oh, I don't exist anymore? Really? All right, I'm going to show you boys in Hollywood and you girls in New York City that I do exist. But since you're very hard-headed, stiff-necked people, and you don't really believe that I exist because you've gotten away with everything you've done all your life without any repercussions, I'm going to show you I exist in a way that you can't believe." Down came the World Trade Center towers. That was God speaking.
That was God speaking.
March 30, 2007 6:16 PM
Michael Weiner Savage is another classic case of a Frustrated Closet
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New Thread up. TONID responsible for pop up window. I'm going to have an announcement over the next couple of days but I wanted you guys to hear about it first. Management feels they can do better in this time slot. I have been offered a Sunday Show which I will accept.
First off-- this blog (s?) will remain in full effect and I will finally have some notion of my future enough to dedicate some time to fixing it.
Second, while this is not what I have been working toward over the past couple of years I am excited for opportunities that this may lead to- more on that later.
Third, I'm going to have the opportunity to spend more time with Alberto Gonzales family, which I am really looking forward to...
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Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president
George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.
The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.
His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz and to a hum of pre-election controversy.
I remember hearing about the hostage crisis in IRan during the late 70s and the moment Reagan got into office they were released. Politics is very powerful it's all just a show for us all to deal with. Maybe the powers of the world really do dislike each other and maybe some perceived enemy leaders really get along so they'll look good in front of their people and perpetuate war $$$ etc etc. God knows what the real truth is behind the grand curtain on the world stage? So much is utter bull shit and I wish we didnt have to deal with their shit but of course we do cause they have absolutely no regard or respect for the common folk. They stay powerful and rich and we lose power and lose more money. I wonder who the neocons are who are pulling the strings of the whitehouse and congress?
Wiener SAVAGE: And God, who is the center of this monotheistic religion, has said, "Oh, you don't worship me anymore? Oh, you don't like me anymore? Oh, I don't exist anymore? Really? All right, I'm going to show you boys in Hollywood and you girls in New York City that I do exist. But since you're very hard-headed, stiff-necked people, and you don't really believe that I exist because you've gotten away with everything you've done all your life without any repercussions, I'm going to show you I exist in a way that you can't believe." Down came the World Trade Center towers. That was God speaking.
March 30, 2007 9:16 PM
Actually, it sounds like a really really bad parent. "What? I let you get away with shit up until now? Well then now I'm going to shoot you if you write on the walls."
What kind of traitor (sam seder) would continue to protect the real mass murders of 911 by reiterating the false and fraudulent official story over and over again?
NO STEEL FRAME BUILDING IN HISTORY HAS COLLASPED DUE TO FIRE.
NO BUILDING IN HISTORY HAS COLLASPED AT FREE FALL SPEED WITHOUT HAVING ITS STRUCTURE BLOWN APART BY EXPLOSIVES.
NO PLANE WAS FOUND AT THE PENTAGON (THE OFFICAL STORY SAYS IT MELTED!!!!!)
MOLTEN METAL BURNED FOR THREE WEEKS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE TWIN TOWERS. jet fuel??? WE THINK NOT, TRAITOR.
7 OF THE 19 "HIJACKERS" HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE ALIVE AND WELL.
TOWER 7 “COLLASPED” IN SPITE OF NEVER BEING HIT BY ANYTHING.
SILVERSTEIN, THE OWNER/LEASE HOLDER OF THE TOWERS IS ON RECORD AS SAYING HE ORDERED THAT TOWER 7 BE PULLED. HOW COULD IT BE “PULLED” (DEMOLISHED) IN SHORT ORDER IF THE EXPLOSIVES HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN PLANTED?
ON TAPES OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ONLY DECLASIFIED BY THE JUSTICE DEPT LAST YEAR, THE NYFD, CAN BE HEARD SAYING THERE WERE ONLY VERY SMALL FIRES AND THEY COULD KNOCK THEM DOWN WITH TWO LINES OF MEN.
THESE RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ARE CLEAR AS A BELL AND HAPPENED MOMENTS BEFORE THE “COLLASPE”. The radios appeared to be working fine that day.
Those same firefighters said they heard explosions going off in various parts of the building.
Physicist Steven Jones of BYU has published two papers that conclude thermite and/or thermate were used as part of the explosive charges that brought the buildings down. He was asked to retire early. He is a pioneer in fusion research.
The day before 911, Donald Rumsfeld announced the disappearance of over 2 trillion dollars!!!!
The Pentagon was hit exactly where those records were kept. No one has mentioned the missing 2 trillion since.
Most witness statements at the Towers and the Pentagon say that explosions were going off BEFORE the attacks. The clocks at the Pentagon were knocked off the wall and broken five minutes before the “attacks”.
The Smithsonian has displayed one such clock for years now.
You know the truth. FREE THE PEOPLE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO IT SAMMY
ALL IN CAPS scott
What kind of traitor (sam seder) would continue to protect the real mass murders of 911 by reiterating the false and fraudulent official story over and over again?
NO STEEL FRAME BUILDING IN HISTORY HAS COLLASPED DUE TO FIRE.
NO BUILDING IN HISTORY HAS COLLASPED AT FREE FALL SPEED WITHOUT HAVING ITS STRUCTURE BLOWN APART BY EXPLOSIVES.
NO PLANE WAS FOUND AT THE PENTAGON (THE OFFICAL STORY SAYS IT MELTED!!!!!)
MOLTEN METAL BURNED FOR THREE WEEKS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE TWIN TOWERS. jet fuel??? WE THINK NOT, TRAITOR.
7 OF THE 19 "HIJACKERS" HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO BE ALIVE AND WELL.
TOWER 7 “COLLASPED” IN SPITE OF NEVER BEING HIT BY ANYTHING.
SILVERSTEIN, THE OWNER/LEASE HOLDER OF THE TOWERS IS ON RECORD AS SAYING HE ORDERED THAT TOWER 7 BE PULLED. HOW COULD IT BE “PULLED” (DEMOLISHED) IN SHORT ORDER IF THE EXPLOSIVES HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN PLANTED?
ON TAPES OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ONLY DECLASIFIED BY THE JUSTICE DEPT LAST YEAR, THE NYFD, CAN BE HEARD SAYING THERE WERE ONLY VERY SMALL FIRES AND THEY COULD KNOCK THEM DOWN WITH TWO LINES OF MEN.
THESE RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ARE CLEAR AS A BELL AND HAPPENED MOMENTS BEFORE THE “COLLASPE”. The radios appeared to be working fine that day.
Those same firefighters said they heard explosions going off in various parts of the building.
Physicist Steven Jones of BYU has published two papers that conclude thermite and/or thermate were used as part of the explosive charges that brought the buildings down. He was asked to retire early. He is a pioneer in fusion research.
The day before 911, Donald Rumsfeld announced the disappearance of over 2 trillion dollars!!!!
The Pentagon was hit exactly where those records were kept. No one has mentioned the missing 2 trillion since.
Most witness statements at the Towers and the Pentagon say that explosions were going off BEFORE the attacks. The clocks at the Pentagon were knocked off the wall and broken five minutes before the “attacks”.
The Smithsonian has displayed one such clock for years now.
You know the truth. FREE THE PEOPLE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO IT SAMMY
ALL IN CAPS scott
Dear Sam,
I think that if the time comes to make a sudden change to the time slot 9am to noon,AAR.whoever you are,no matter how much the listeners love you, down you go.SO BEWARE! Going to miss you Mon...Fri.at the usual tme!!!
God bless maxinek58
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سنده ملت جهان تو کس ننه حافظان شریعت اسلام
کیر خوک تو کس ننه فاحشه => پاسدار یا بسیجی یا اطلاعاتی یا جاسوس اسلام یا سید یا حزب اللهی
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warning
This is a very important message about an Islamic terroristic grand Attack.
کیر بزمجه عربستان و مصر تو کس ننه هرکی سیده.
سنده ملت جهان تو کس ننه حافظان شریعت اسلام
کیر خوک تو کس ننه فاحشه => پاسدار یا بسیجی یا اطلاعاتی یا جاسوس اسلام یا سید یا حزب اللهی
گوه خوک تو ننه امام حسین شد امام حسن
سنده شیطان تو حلق محمد رسول الله قرآن شد.
خرطوم فیل تو کس ننه پیامبر اسلام.
الله اکبر
خامنه ای عنتر
مرگ بر دوست ولایت فقیه
درود بر آمریکا
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