Still not back in the swing of things. I'm on quasi- Hiatus. But wanted to update you all.
1. The new blog will roll out within three weeks, maybe earlier. It will allow for sub blogs or diaries.
2. Seder on Sundays will debut in about a month.
3. I am starting to look real good in the Gonzo is GONZO pool. My favorite moment from the hearings yesterday was watching Lindsey Graham (sam gets up closes the closet door) offer Gonzo an incredibly lame alibi (paraphrasing)..."US Atty's got put on this firing list becasue they were having personality conflicts, isn't that the case?"
4. Abramoff continues to sing and now Renzi is reducing his workload.
While it's not criminal to be Republican, it's clear Republicanism is a gateway activity to crime.
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Jesus and dino
Giddy up
The conservative solution to gun crime
CharlieNine, thanks for the heads up on Flanders.
I wasn't going to listen to the radio,
but Laura having the independent media movement
as her topic sounds too good to miss.
I'd Just Like To Say Hello To My Uncle!
I'm seriously thinking about buying this commemorative Paul Wolfowitz mug. I don't know, it seems like a good deal, plus, when Iraq becomes the greatest success story in history, the mug will probably be worth a lot.
Paul Wolfowitz commemorative mug
This past week has been hellish for me
I don't know about anyone else
I am not going to get into details, but man, it has been a hellava week
-conbo
I didn't realize it untill I just sat down and thought about it
Maybe cancelling Sam's show messed up the universe
I hope ARR is happy
They messed up the universe
Yes, they did, #.
I've had a helluva week, as well.
Paper: Blair set to end ten year reign as British PM on May 9th Josh Catone
Published: Sunday April 22, 2007
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will step down on May 9th, reports the Sunday Mail.
The decision, according to the paper, was made to preempt any charges in the "cash for honors" scandal.
"That will trigger a seven-week leadership election process in the Labour Party and a new PM – probably Gordon Brown – will move into 10 Downing Street at the end of June," writes Rob Gibson.
The Crown Prosecution Service is unlikely to make a decision about whether to bring criminal charges against some of Blair's aides for allegedly taking kickbacks, despite ample evidence to do so, until Blair leaves office, reported the paper.
The Mail quotes an anonymous Labour MP who says that Blair will leave office on May 9th, as the Northern Ireland Executives take power.
"He wants to go out on a high note, not wait around to hear if or when the CPS are going to prosecute any of his friends," the MP is quoted. "That would be the worst possible way to bow out."
Blair's heir-apparent, Chancellor Gordon Brown, would be expected to take power in June.
While most are in agreement that Brown will be Blair's successor as Prime Minister, there is disagreement over what Brown will bring to Downing Street.
"Conservatives have been busy over the last few years predicting that Brown will swing Labour to the left, ushering in a period of business-unfriendly, bureaucratic centralization," notes the Press Association, even though Brown has voiced support for nuclear power, nuclear weapons as a deterrent, and calls for a "Britishness day."
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These people are nuts!
Pro-gun lobby strengthened following US campus shooting
Published: Sunday April 22, 2007
The powerful US gun lobby, far from being weakened by last week's tragic college campus shooting, actually has emerged stronger, gun advocates said Sunday, stepping up calls for a better-armed US citizenry to prevent future attacks.
Gun rights advocates said that following last week's massacre in which 23-year old Cho Seung-Hui fatally shot 32 victims at Virginia Tech University, gun control forces will be hard pressed to make the case for tighter restrictions.
"This is a huge nail in the coffin of gun control," said Philip van Cleave president of the gun rights group Virginia Citizens Defense League.
"They had gun control on campus and it got all those people killed, because nobody could defend themselves," he told AFP.
"You want people to be able to defend themselves -- always," he said.
Van Cleave said the tragedy could give a boost to a years-long effort in Virginia to pass legislation allowing students to carry weapons on campus -- especially since existing laws failed to prevent Cho's murderous rampage.
"Gun control failed. That student under university rules was not to have a gun," Van Cleave said.
"Come legislative season, which is in January, we're going to be fighting to get a bill put in again -- the third year in a row now and hopefully this time it will pass -- that would let students that are over 21 with a permit ... carry concealed self-defense," he said.
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toniD said...
Good Afternoon Sederites!!
Ah,it's nice to be called something other than a"simi-old Guitar player on Disability"Ofcouse,I've been called worst than that too.
air-ono:Thanks for the "linking for Dummies leason".I'll get it one of this days.I've been listening to Sammy clips on AM1090,crying into my coffee,and haven't been practicing my links.
And,Hey Sammy can you put a Damn Spell-checker on the New and Improved Blog??Just kidding,maybe!
toniD said...
These people are nuts!
I don't own a gun.But,does that mean that if I go back to school I have to Buy a Gun??Happy Hunting Everyone!Damn,recess is over!
Save Small and Independent Publishers
Stop new postal rules from stifling America's independent media
In an unprecedented move, the agency that oversees postal rates in the United States has quietly attempted to unravel much of what the founders accomplished. Earlier this year, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) rejected a postal rate increase plan offered by the U.S. Postal Service. Instead they opted to implement a complicated plan submitted by media giant Time Warner. (Click here [PDF file] to read the decision and click here for a timeline)
Under the original plan, all publishers would have a mostly equal increase (approx. 12 percent) in the cost for mailing their publications. The Time Warner plan overturned this level playing field to favor large, ad-heavy magazines like People at the expense of smaller publications like In These Times and The American Spectator. It penalizes thousands of small- to medium-sized outlets with disproportionately higher rates while locking in privileges for bigger companies.
More here.
Sign a letter to stamp out this rate hike here.
I serve by farting lavender
//WaitingForCicero said...
Yes, they did, #.
I've had a helluva week, as well.//
Maybe next week will be better
Maybe Jesus will come this week with a mighty trumpet. And a herd of My Little Ponies. That would be so cool
-conbo
semi*-see I wasn't kidding about the Damn spell- checker.That's why I need to buy a gun,and go back to school..Pencil's-Check.Books-check.Eraser-check.Gun-check.OK,I'm good to go!
Maybe, #.
I've always hoped that the big J.C. would throw convention to the winds, and come back to the sound of a tuba, or a glockenspiel, or something.
Trumpets are just so passe.
Evening all!!
Waxman to former Bush Chief: You'll talk on the Daily Show, but not to me? Michael Roston
Published: Friday April 20, 2007
Rep. Henry Waxman announced today that he'll consider issuing four subpoenas in a meeting this coming Wednesday, April 25. In a letter to one subpoena target, the Oversight Committee Chairman complained that a former White House Chief of Staff appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, but has so far refused to testify before his committee.
"On April 16,2007, you appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and discussed the leak of [former covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame] Wilson's identity," Waxman (D-CA) wrote to Andrew Card, the former White House Chief of Staff. "[White House Counel Fred] Fielding's position appears to be that it is appropriate for you to discuss these matters on The Daily Show, but not before a congressional committee. You will not be surprised to learn that I take a different view of this matter."
Card served as Bush's chief of staff from the President's inauguration until April 2006. In March, Waxman sought "an on-the-record interview regarding the disclosure of Ms. Wilson's covert identity and the White House procedures for handling classified information," with Card.
But the White House Counsel rejected the request because "former senior White House officials such as the Chief of Staff to the President have historically not been available to Congress to testify, or to be interviewed, about their activities in serving the President," according to the Congressman's letter.
The leak of Plame's identity came up on Card's show on Monday night.
"It was [former Deputy Secretary of State Richard] Armitage who was the one gave Bob Novak the name," Card told Stewart when asked about the Plame leak. "I don't think people at the White House knew the name, I don't think we knew her name."
Stewart then joked that Card was going back into "the mode" and suggested he should move away from "the dark side." Card insisted he was telling the truth.
Watch the video here
Border Patrol growth worrisome
50% expansion in Bush plan raises fear of 'recruits with integrity problems.'
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mmrules,
write this down or copy it.
to make a hot link:
you are going to use the < > but in order to shoe you how I have to use these ( ) in place of these < >
(a href="http://www.rawstory.com/")name of link(/a)
Try one. But don't forget to replace these ( ) with these < >
Cat Chew said...
Save Small and Independent Publishers
Stop new postal rules from stifling America's independent media
Cat Chew:Thanks.I sign up,and on.
And,posted Stamp on my blog.
signed*Man I really need a spell-checker today.
"posted Stamp on my blog"
Good idea.
MMrules, you might want to check out FireFox browser (freeware), it has a built-in spellchecker. If you misspell a word in the comment box, it'll be underlined in red.
FireFox download page
WordWeb Free, a dictionary program.
G'evening toniD, #, Wfc :)
toniD said...
mmrules,
write this down or copy it.
to make a hot link:
tonid:Thank you.It's starting to make sense now.Thanks again,all of you,for the help.
But,when I start hot linking,as they say,I might post up some goofy links that I find.All in the name of The Funny!
I mean you guys get a bit too serious sometimes!Just kidding:)
Evening, Mme. Chew!
Just heading out in a bit for a show.
Hope everyone has a fantastic night!
bbl
Cat Chew said...
"posted Stamp on my blog"
Cat Chew: You are soo Right!
I need to step away from the other "Dark Side",Internet Explorer.But,I've been scared to.I worry that if I get rid of IE,not only will "they"continue to tap my phone,and internet.They will send the Black Boats to my door,and take me away!:)
Have a good time, WfC!
Boots*Jezz!!Firefox spell-checker here I come!
//Maybe, #.
I've always hoped that the big J.C. would throw convention to the winds, and come back to the sound of a tuba, or a glockenspiel, or something.
Trumpets are just so passe.//
Maybe he will come back the To The Little Black Peas song...what is it? Um.
Lady Humps!
"You don't want no drama!"
hahahaha
I so need to stop
When I die I swear I will be forced to read all the things I wrote on this blog and maybe be encouraged to apologize
But what if there are My Little Ponies in Heaven? You never know.
-conbo
bye WFC
have fun
-conbo
//I need to step away from the other "Dark Side",Internet Explorer.//
Internet Explorer is evil?
What about MoZilla
I think MoZilla is creepy because it corrects my spelling
-conbo
conbo:Hey,ya need what ya need,what ya need,somedays.
Indeed
:)
-conbo
mcjoan at the Daily Kos:Book Review: Kim Todd's "Chrysalis"
-conbo
when # finally dies
up to heaven she'll fly
my lil ponies will escort
singing her praises of course
while she tries to remember her lines.
nepotism worked for me said...
I'm seriously thinking about buying this commemorative Paul Wolfowitz mug. I don't know, it seems like a good deal, plus, when Iraq becomes the greatest success story in history, the mug will probably be worth a lot.
Paul Wolfowitz commemorative mug
April 22, 2007 7:57 PM
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To: Elizabeth Cheney, Nepotism worked for me
From: Kevin Kellems, Keeper of the Comb
Dear Elizabeth,
Hi! It’s Kevin at the World Bank. As requested, I have attached my resume for your review. Since it appears that Paul will be sacked soon (and I do not mean by Riza, his neo-concubine), I would appreciate your assistance in finding an appropriate position for me too. I would like to continue my career in public service.
Since I have previous experience as the "keeper of the comb" for Paul, I am positive that I would be the perfect candidate to be the keeper of your new Paul (fool for self-luv) mug. Thanks for your assistance. I look forward to bringing you coffee soon.
Yours truly,
Kevin
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"Consider Kevin Kellems, his public affairs officer at the Pentagon, who had guided conservative media from that perch and is known as 'keeper of the comb,' for having been the person to hand Wolfowitz the infamous comb he licked before slicking down his hair in the Michael Moore film 'Fahrenheit 9/11.'
Kellems was given a salary of $240,000, at least equal to what World Bank vice presidents with years of service earn."
hahahaha!
good one Sunny
-conbo
this could be from the Onion
Dad Wants $20K, Says Lesbian Book Disturbed Teens
Man Says Lesbian Book Caused 'Sleepless Nights'
A Bentonville, Ark., man is seeking $20,000 from the city after his two teenage sons found a book on lesbian sex on a public library bookshelf.
He also wants the library director fired.
Earl Adams said his 14- and 16-year-old sons were "greatly disturbed" after finding the book, titled "The Whole Lesbian Sex Book." Adams said the book caused "many sleepless nights in our house." Adams said the book is "patently offensive and lacks any artistic, literary or scientific value," according to a letter he faxed to Mayor Bob McCaslin. He said the teenagers found it while browsing for material on military academies.
Adams wants the city to pay $10,000 to each of his sons. That's the maximum allowed under the Arkansas obscenity law. However, the city's attorney dismissed Adams' claim as baseless. She said the book is not pornographic.
"There is not a valid legal concern here," Camille Thompson said. "In fact, (the request for money) made me question his motivation."
The library's advisory board voted earlier this month to remove the book from circulation. Board member George Spence said he found the book crude, but said it could be replaced with one taking a "more sensitive, more clinical approach."
In an e-mail Thursday, Adams said that "God was speaking to my heart that day and helped me find the words that proved successful in removing this book from the shelf."
He said he would fight any effort to put the book back on shelves.
"Any effort to reinstate the book will be met with legal action and protests from the Christian community," Adams wrote in the e-mail.
The book, by Felice Newman, is a sex guide deemed suitable for all public libraries, according to the Library Journal, which the Bentonville library uses to decide what to place on its shelves.
Suter said the library aims to have books and other materials to serve a diverse group of library users.
Dad Wants $20K, Says Lesbian Book Disturbed Teens
God told him to sue for $$$$
hahahahahaha
-conbo
Turgid member!
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Greetings and compliments.
I am Patrick Joop , a solicitor at law. I was
the personal attorney to Eng. Gilbert M. Reain, a
national of your country who used to work with an oil
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Eng. Gilbert M. Reain, 62 years of age made a fixed
deposit of fund valued at USD$12,500,000 (Twelve
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
Only) with a Finance Company here in Europe and
unfortunately lost his life in an Egyptian charter
plane Boeing 737 which crashed into the Red Sea early
on January 3 shortly after taking off from the resort
of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all the 135 passengers and
13 crew members aboard, Ref: (View:
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He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except
some vital documents related to the deposit still in
my possession.
Recently, the governing body of the Finance Company
contacted me on this matter, requesting that I should
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Doods and doodettes!
The blog's been spammed!
Either that or we're all gonna be rich....
Blog death. Not pretty.
blog death
bad breath
hairs in nostrils
something awful
blog death!
was a gorguss start to earth week!
grass was a foot tall in spots.
a thousand dandelions
now composting
and making soil
and my bees are delightful
you want scary though?
"Noble Resolve 07: Four days of “simulated” nuclear terrorist scenarios in the US & Europe
By DL Abrahamson
Global Research, April 20, 2007
False Flag News
From April, 23 to April 27, the elite echelon of the military are running Noble Resolve 07, a four-day marathon of “simulated” terror attacks across the US and Europe. This includes a simulated detonation of a “loose” ten-kiloton nuclear weapon Virginia harbor, smuggled in by a “foreign nation.”
This week Dick Cheney has also been warning of the “very real” threat of a nuclear attack on an American city. Could the Nobel Resolve drills be used as a screen for a false-flag attack to be blamed on Iran, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, or sheep-dipped Americans like Adam Gadahn?
The drills are being run by Joint Task Force Command (JTFCOM), Northern Command (NORTHCOM), J9 Joint Innovation and Experimentation Directorate, FEMA’s command bunker, the Department of Homeland Security, and Virginia police.
The US Marines are also running “Emerald Express 07” in Virginia on April 24 as part of their Urban Warrior 07 drill package.
It is important to note the “Nobel Resolve” drills are dominated by NORTHCOM, the branch of “homeland defense” based in Colorado and responsible for shutting down the United States under martial law, as well as ushering in the merger of the US, Canada, and Mexico via the SPP.
Meanwhile the J9 Directorate, formulates various terror scenarios and uses advanced computer modeling to run drills and predict human reactions; Recent articles highlight how they are using virtual environments to create and manage realistic war scenarios with millions of “people.”
Some key quotes from the article:
“He said the scenario of the experiment’s first phase starts with multinational partners and goes down to individual municipalities. It begins with a threat that originates in Europe and travels toward the United States.”
“Kersh said that as the scenario progresses, other agencies and other layers of government become involved.”
“The problem eventually arrives at the commonwealth of Virginia with that threat making it into port and then blowing up. This will cause us to work the consequence management part of the problem”
“The fusion center is in a state police headquarters and it’s collocated with Virginia’s emergency operations center.” (ed: Mount Weather)
“coordinated with DHS, possibly to coincide with one of that department’s major exercises.”
We must remember that CIA agent Philip Giraldi warned the American Conservative magazine that STRATCOM would launch a nuclear attack on Iran in the wake of a new WMD-style attack on American soil.
And the Russian media and former Russian military members continue to warn that an American and Israeli strike on Iran is imminent.
While many drills are run every month, Nobel Resolve 07, with it’s “realistic” scenarios, comes at a time of increased geopolitical tension. It is reminiscent of the drills in 2005, where a ten-kiloton nuclear weapon was “simulated” to explode in South Carolina. Some speculated that four-star Gen. Kevin Byrnes, of the Fort Meade TRADOC command, was fired due to his exposure of the drill.
We should not live in a constant state of panic and fear, or make any irresponsible predictions about Noble Resolve 07. But in the coming days, we can email this information to blogs, media outlets, friends and family. Congressmen, and others to help inoculate against any possibility that rogue “red teams” inside the drills may be activated."
I thought my lizard changed sex and laid an egg. However, it was just a huge uric acid crystal.
What a relief. The last thing I need are more white-throated monitors running around the house.
Hey! Best of Sam on Nova M right now.
the plain fact
is we have too many
arrogant assholes running this show.
Jim reminded me of
A short interview of Kurt Vonnegut from January 2003.
Excerpt:
JB: That said, do you have any ideas for a really scary reality TV show?
KV: “C students from Yale.” It would stand your hair on end.
JB: What targets would you consider fair game for a satirist today?
KV: Assholes.
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President Bush - the C Student Video
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Bloppo said...
Hey! Best of Sam on Nova M right now.
Oboy, Casual Friday with Joe Conason! Thanks :)
//Hey! Best of Sam on Nova M right now. //
I heard that on my way home from work
Sam will find a new radio home soon
This show was just his practice run
:)
-conbo
Sunny J
you may the only person on the planet that I know who is not completey miserable
Its just in the air
Oppresion
Its like holding everything down
Feels like an invisible hand
pushing down on the atmosphere, trying to smother us all and getting delight out of it...hahahahaha
look at those idiots
-conbo
ok so I may be the only one
who feels exactly like that
-conbo
//"Noble Resolve 07: Four days of “simulated” nuclear terrorist scenarios in the US & Europe//
My God
the Crazy freaks are going to do this!
well that explains my feeling of impending doom
hahahahahahaha
Doom is being planned
-conbo
Just planned tho-maybe it won't actually happen
the more peeps know
the more pressure is there to stop them.
this is a huge group of people who've sucessfully conned most of the USA.
or at least they think they did.
which is fine with me.
look at this BS diary:
How Harry Reid Blows it Time & Again: He's Uneducated In Neuro-Associative Science
Harry Reid needs to start lying! That is what the dems need! Better lying techniques.
Can you believe this?
-conbo
DISGUSTING
look at this BS diary:
How Harry Reid Blows it Time & Again: He's Uneducated In Neuro-Associative Science
Harry Reid needs to start lying! That is what the dems need! Better lying techniques.
Can you believe this?
-conbo
DISGUSTING
my guess is they want a nice excuse in case they need one like that stand down "confusion" on 911.
crazy crazy everyone has gone crazy
even the daily kos
look at how many people rec'd that diary
-conbo
yup, good post, good article, wayyyy good comments section.
tanks #!
still oriented to confrontational techniques though.
does'nt anyone study Judo anymore?
night all
mass snoozicity decending!
i must succumb! may the farce be with you!
Nite Sunny
I have no problem with defensive techniques
I do have a problem with attempting to control public thought with Dembrand propaganda
That makes us no better than Republicans
-conbo
Bloppo said... //I thought my lizard changed sex and laid an egg. However, it was just a huge uric acid crystal.//
you ain't lived until you've scoffed down a huge uric acid crystal & green ham
//That makes us no better than Republicans//
eya, connie
that counterproductive nonsense needs to be nipped in the bud before it blossoms into a hedious demague
the problem is due to the republicans dissemination machine which is impervious to truth
you're dealing with psychopathic idealogues who have no shame
so returning lies with more lies is a recipe for unmitigated disaster
//so returning lies with more lies is a recipe for unmitigated disaster//
If this becomes a trend in communication: branding, framing, lying ect.- no one is going to be able to understand each other!
Maybe that is extreme.
But think of all the words have lost meaning or changed meaning because of this type of common language destruction
-conbo
//If this becomes a trend in communication: branding, framing, lying ect.- no one is going to be able to understand each other!//
my point exactly!
if language loses all meaning, i have a plan...
(come closer)
we'll all speak greek
: )
no sight of shelly
i hope and pray she's ok
*
*
omg
the author of that diary attacked me...fairly... sort of
i was a bit toasty last night but no one would have known if I had not made a reference to it
basicly he says whatever I say does not count because of that
oh well
he does have a point
i invalidated myself
-conbo
here is thread:
thread
well I certainly do a good job of screwing myself over
i do it consistently
i am my own worst enemy
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Republican Party Officially Classified As Cult
Washington, D.C. - The American Psychiatric Association today officially listed the Republican Party as a cultist organization and said that membership in the Republican Party constituted a psychological disorder requiring immediate treatment.
Dr. Frederick T. Collins, one of the world's most renowned psychiatrists and recognized leader in the field of human deviant behavior, commented on this groundbreaking decision by saying, "The American Psychiatric Association had no choice but to list the Republican Party as a cultist group because they fit the profile perfectly. Members of this cult accept the diktats of their leaders without question. They disregard inconvenient facts and believe outlandish stories that even an eight year old child would laugh at. They even have their own system of reinforcement called the Fox News Channel where their fantasies and extremism are constantly fed by a steady stream of misinformation that includes the character assassination of their opponents. We have seen this behavior in other countries at various times in history and the outcome is never good."
The American Psychiatric Association advises all members of the Republican Party to seek professional help from mental health experts as soon as possible.Assimilated Press.
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made
No Rain, Blind Melon
hey WFC
how was the show?
-conbo
The show was great, #. Good friends, good music, great venue. Can't ask for much more from a Sunday night.
My date (note: date is probably the wrong word to use here, but whatever) got a little housed and had to be carried into the house at the end of the evening, so I'd say the night was tip top.
Another Good sign
John Gorenfeld came on and insinuated that it was a cult
Im not offended
No one was being a dick
The diarist was defensive and went for the jugular
As for drunk blogging
yes
not good
-conbo
ono, since I know you love this tune:
Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell
Wow. She should be careful!
What if she was on a date with someone else?
Well. I have decided I have a real problem now, and I need to adress it. I don't know why I have started doing this...just stress maybe. I didn't even do this as a teen!!!!! Or during other stressful phases in my life. I am really not happy with myself right now. Just utter stupidity.
-conbo
Sorry, connection dropped
Iron Man, Black Sabbath
---
Can't say I disagree, #. Her mother, : ], would probably agree. I would not vouch for the actions of anyone else in the same circumstances. Just not safe.
As for problem, rule out stupidity. Stress is probably the greatest motivating factor, though it's probably not the only one. I have a tendency toward addiction, so I have to be really careful. I wasted several years as a tweaker. Go easy, you've got a lot on your plate.
MSOC: probably one of my favorite writers at kos, even some of her opinions on the kosfather. I think she's way too wildly manic, but I'm glad she hasn't been banned yet. She will be, though. If Armando isn't safe, no one is.
dino boy woke up
later Ono! Im glad you are popping in again. :)
also-WFC-
You shouldn't care what anyone thinks of you at Kos,here,or in real life
You should only care what you think of yourself
Something I realized this past week...
Sounds trite, but its actually true. People will think what they want to think and the harder you try to alter opinions the worse it is. That doesn't mean hate everyone or anything just don't let their opinions of you make or break yourself
-conbo
:)
i have a tendency towards addictive behaviors too
just never really manifested itself in my life until the past year
but it is not going to win
I am going to win
:)
see you later on
-conbo
Thanks, #.
I'm not gonna change who I am, but I would be lying if I said i didn't care what at least some of the folks here think of me. There are some good people here whose opinions mean a lot to me.
GAP and War Dog that immediately come to mind.
Have a good night/day.
---
Road To Nowhere, Ozzy Osbourne
Your a good soul, #.
Many blessings and many good thoughts.
Keep The Faith, Bon Jovi
Weve got to hold on
Ready or not
You live for the fight
When its all that you've got
We're half way there
Livin' On A Prayer, Bon Jovi
Since I'm doing some cock rock
Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard
Hysteria, Def Leppard
Hmm...
Cat Scratch Fever, Ted Nugent
Stranglehold, Ted Nugent
Yes, I'm aware he's a wanker.
'k, well, everyone's gone so...
Here I Go Again, Whitesnake
Since hair music reminded me of Nobs
Hava Nagila, Dick Dale and The Del-Tones
If I Were A Rich Man, Chaim Topol, from Fiddler On The Roof
Former World Bank execs call on Wolfowitz to go. A group of 42 top former World Bank executives — including Shengman Zhang, the former World Bank No. 2 official under Wolfowitz — has written a letter urging Paul Wolfowitz to resign:
He has lost the trust and respect of bank staff at all levels, provoked a rift among senior managers, developed tense relations with the board, damaged his own credibility on good governance — his flagship issue — and alienated some key shareholders at a time when their support is essential for a successful replenishment of the resources needed to help the poorest countries, especially in Africa. …
There is only one way for Wolfowitz to further the mission of the bank: he should resign.
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Hank Paulson "Needs More" to Knife Wolfowitz: How About Wolfowitz's Employment Contract that He Be Allowed to Take Speaker Fees?
Secretary of the Treasury "Hank Paulson can easily control his enthusiasm for Paul Wolfowitz," according to a source close to Paulson, "but he does not have enough yet to stick the final knife in."
Next week, a special subcommittee will further investigate and advise the Board of the World Bank on what to do with the embattled World Bank President who has shaken the confidence and trust of his own employees as well as client and stakeholder governments of the Bank.
Graeme Wheeler, a Managing Director of the World Bank of one of two of Wolfowitz's top deputies, has publicly called for Wolfowitz to resign. Bank staffers are now wearing blue ribbons inside the bank, in the same manner as red AIDS awareness ribbons or yellow ribbons commemorating soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, to protest Wolfowitz's nepotism and support the World Bank Staff Committee. (This morning I ran with a group of about 50 runners and one prominent former World Bank official was wearing his blue ribbon on his running shirt.)
Sidney Blumenthal has written a devastating indictment of Paul Wolfowitz's earlier misjudgments involving girlfriend Shaha Riza, who is Libyan and raised in Saudi Arabia. According to Blumenthal, Riza was hired by defense contractor SAIC at the instruction and through a contract issued by Douglas Feith's office. She would have needed a security clearance for this work and according to State Department officials, that clearance would have been provided by the Department of Defense and then recognized by State. Again according to Blumenthal, details of that clearance -- in required correspondence between the two departments -- cannot now be found. Nonetheless, State Department officials have confirmed to Blumenthal -- and additionally to me -- that Shaha Riza had "unescorted access" at the State Department when then working with Elizabeth Cheney.
Contrast the potential national security breaches by those at the top of the ladder to those further down the food chain.
A well respected Foreign Service officer, Donald Keyser, who also had a girlfriend problem and who mismanaged intelligence responsibilities far less severely than former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger and former CIA director John Deutsch, nonetheless is now serving jail time for his error. The judge in the case made it clear that he felt the government attorneys had over-reached and that the law was being misapplied
But in the Wolfowitz-Riza case, his interventions on her behalf produced unfettered, unescorted access to the State Department -- and we still don't have information on whether her clearance was even valid at DoD or State.
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You should only care what you think of yourself
Something I realized this past week...
Sounds trite, but its actually true. People will think what they want to think and the harder you try to alter opinions the worse it is. That doesn't mean hate everyone or anything just don't let their opinions of you make or break yourself
-conbo
April 23, 2007 6:18 AM
No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.
Reid blasts Bush. The president is in "the state of denial."
by Joe Sudbay (DC) · 4/23/2007 08:09:00 AM ET
The House and Senate will be taking up the Iraq spending bill this week. That spending bill could change the course in Iraq, but Bush won't do it. He's going to veto the legislation because it's his war and no one else can tell him how to run it. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is laying down the terms of the debate based on excerpts from a speech he's giving later today. The Democrats have the upper hand here:
Reid's speech blended an attack on Bush, an appeal for patience to the anti-war voters who last fall gave Democrats control, and an attempt to shape the post-veto debate.
"I understand the restlessness that some feel. Many who voted for change in November anticipated dramatic and immediate results in January," he said.
"But like it or not, George W. Bush is still the commander in chief — and this is his war," Reid said.
Reid said Democrats have sought Republican support for their attempts to force Bush to change course. "Only the president is the odd man out, and he is making the task even harder by demanding absolute fidelity from his party."
Looking beyond Bush's expected veto, he said, "If the president disagrees, let him come to us with an alternative. Instead of sending us back to square one with a veto, some tough talk and nothing more, let him come to the table in the spirit of bipartisanship that Americans demand and deserve."
Reid noted disapprovingly that in a speech last week, Bush repeatedly said there were signs of progress in Iraq in the wake of a troop increase he ordered last winter.
"The White House transcript says the president made those remarks in the state of Michigan. I believe he made them in the state of denial," said Reid.
Lies and denial have been the Bush Iraq strategy. It is way past time to change the course.
LINK
Rove: Sheryl Crow came over to insult me and succeeded
Asked to comment on the battle with Crow, Rove told one reporter, "She came over to insult me and she succeeded." Crow and David have a full account up at the Huffington Post blog.
LINK
Congress set to
defy Bush on Iraq war
A fight between the U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush over the Iraq war is set to come to a head this week when Democrats are expected to send him $100 billion to pay for continuing combat while setting timetables for withdrawing troops.
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Bush administration
awash in scandals
Campaigning in 2000, Texas Gov. George W. Bush would repeatedly raise his right hand as if taking an oath and vow to "restore honor and integrity" to the White House. He pledged to usher in a new era of bipartisanship.
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FDA Was Aware Of Problems Long Before Peanut Butter, Spinach Outbreaks
Washington Post | April 22, 2007 11:36 PM
The Food and Drug Administration has known for years about contamination problems at a Georgia peanut butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks that killed three people, sickened hundreds, and forced one of the biggest product recalls in U.S. history, documents and interviews show.
Overwhelmed by huge growth in the number of food processors and imports, however, the agency took only limited steps to address the problems and relied on producers to police themselves, according to agency documents.
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Later
I can't stop pooping!
Sam,
What can i do to get you back on the air in the mornings? i am not happy at all with air america right about now, and dont think i will be for a long long time to come...i refuse to listen any longer to any one, coz they are phoney and would rather have rush limouph on then great people like you!!!
blah blah blah said...
lets hope war with iran doesn't start at 5:45 tonight...
seriously, i would expect gonzo to be gone by the end of the day.
March 20, 2007 1:00 PM
Tried to be generous and say he "meant end of the month"...or "end of A month"...but getting late!
Mission Possible
By Daniel Pinchbeck
When people in our culture want to be enthralled and inspired by a story, we run to the movies, where dramas of life, death, and redemption are played out at pulse-pounding high speed. Most of us do not fully realize that we are currently participating in a real-life thriller that could go as down-to-the-wire as any episode of Mission Impossible or Star Wars. The crux of this plot line is whether global humanity can awaken from its current trance — our fixation on materialist progress and economic growth — in time to salvage the biosphere, and our own future.
According to current calculations, 25% of all species will be extinct within 30 years, at present rates. All tropical forests will disappear within 40 years, as all ocean fisheries collapse within the same timeframe. As climate change accelerates, it is creating unpredictable feedback loops, potentially leading to global food shortages as droughts and deluges affect agricultural tables. Mass species extinction could also cause feedback loops that would make life on earth untenable for large mammals such as ourselves. The large-scale disappearance of amphibians, butterflies, and honey bees in recent decades seems an unambiguous warning signal.
Confronted with the frightening evidence of planetary decimation, many of us prefer to flinch away and retreat into our private concerns. We have to find the courage to overcome this tendency. Instead of inciting pessimism or fatalism, the dire predictions can compel us to deepen our commitment to transformation. If a few decades are all that separates us from cataclysm, then the “ecological U-turn” in global consciousness must be accomplished in the next few years
One way that massive change could happen quickly is through a paradigm-shift in the mainstream media. While the United States has lost much of its standing in the world in recent years, we still operate the controls of the collective dream-machinery for the planet. The blueprint for a better life now being pursued by the masses and entrepreneurial classes across Asia, India, and the Third World is the “American Dream” of unlimited affluence, promoted by our television shows and films over the last half-century. A transformation of values — a spiritual revolution — in the US could initiate a global shift in priorities. If we used our genius for marketing and storytelling to project a different vision and value system, we could repattern and reprogram the collective psyche in a very short period of time.
This new media paradigm would encourage participation over passivity, collaboration over individual success, attunement to local differences over acquiescence to mass marketing, and sufficiency over abundance. The “new news” would focus on trends that support sustainability and higher consciousness, and relentlessly expose techniques of fear-mongering, social control, and “greenwashing.” Rather than exploiting violence and sex to grab at the public’s fleeting attention, our media would present strategies of conflict resolution and nonviolent practices, while offering a positive revisioning of eroticism as a tool for personal growth.
Responding to the necessity of the planetary crisis, the reinvented mass media would promote the attainment of happiness through nonmaterial means. Such a proposition may seem unrealistic — but at a time when our future as a species is imperiled, we might want to reconsider our concept of “realism.” A drastic change in media messaging to align with the real needs of people and planet is preferable to system crash and biospheric meltdown. Corporate decision-makers are also parents and grandparents, who presumably want to see the world continue for their descendants.
We can also change the old paradigm through the accelerated development of new media channels and interactive formats on the Internet. Historically, when a major new media technology emerges, it leads to profound changes in the social system. Just as mass democracy was made possible by the Gutenberg printing press, a new politics with new organizing principles may arise out of the instantaneous interactivity and reputation systems of the Internet.
We are reaching that point where, as the social ecologist Murray Bookchin put it, our world “will either undergo revolutionary changes, so far-reaching in character that humanity will totally transform its social relations and its very conception of life, or it will suffer an apocalypse that may well end humanity’s tenure on the planet.” Despite the system’s inertia, we have the capacity to restore the natural systems we have corrupted, and create a new planetary culture based on communality of interest.
In my head, I keep writing my own movie or reality TV show of the next few years. In this gripping adventure yarn, the ticking time-bomb of ignorance and greed gets defused at the last moment by teams of stylish secret agents of consciousness and compassion, working in coordination across the planet. These tantric technicians create wilderness corridors for endangered species, end sectarian conflicts among warring factions, deploy alternative technologies at appropriate scales, and generally transmute negative vibes to harmonic frequencies. Our current world-movie appears to be moving toward a major show down. As the virtuosic director of this spectacle, God (or Brahma, or the archetypal Self, or whatever name you care to use) is sure to produce some great and unexpected plot twists in the final reels.
Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism (Broadway Books, 2002) and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Tarcher/Penguin, 2006). His features have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Wired and many other publications.
Sam Seder fans -- keep calling (212) 871-8290- and emailing AAR to bring back Sam to the weekly lineup. Don't let off now-- keep the pressure up -- drive AAR nuts!
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
Video of Podcast Hotel Vlogging Panel
The State of Vlogging: What’s new?
How is the community evolving? How can artists get into vlogging as a way to promote themselves and their work? We will address how enabling technologies have changed the way we view and create video content online; are broader audiences ready? Will there be increased demand as with online video sites? How will this impact news distribution in the future?
happy lupercalia myron!
a worthy procrastination if i ever saw one!
eya A.!
good morning!
beautiful outside is'nt it?
toga, toga, toga
Good morning, Blog! I went to the ocean for the weekend...
Here's my favorite tree in 2002
Here he is Saturday...
High Heart & Sylvia (she's on your left)...
beautiful outside is'nt it?
April 23, 2007 10:48 AM
Mornin' SJ...Yup....:)
Pacific Grove Groove!
wind and wood,
peaceful.
World's Top 100 Most Livable Cities
A new Mercer study ranks cities by the quality of life they offer expatriate executives and their families across the world
What foreign postings are most coveted by expatriate executives? To find out, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, which provides advice to multinational companies on international assignments, has come up with a global ranking of the world's most livable cities based on 39 key quality-of-life issues. They include political stability, currency-exchange regulations, political and media censorship, school quality, housing, the environment and public safety. Mercer collected the data between September and November of 2006 and considered 215 cities around the globe. Switzerland's main commercial and cultural center, Zurich, topped the list this year, followed by Geneva, and Vancouver and Vienna, which tied for third. To see how other cities fared, check out this interactive table.
myron zeder, pres. procrastinators inc. said...
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
April 23, 2007 10:27 AM
The biggest thing I love about this blog is the whimsy and humor! Couldn't get thru the day wothout it!
It sure is...plus we got to meet EB' cat Cheddar...(Chedrick to his close friends...) & we saw his new train....
This is in my other friend's garden...
just got a call from a friend up at whistler, the BC ski resort.
amazing place, runs all year on the lifts, amazing lifts, heated gondolas!
still have'nt gotten up there despite living here for a decade and a half.
rofl said...
myron zeder, pres. procrastinators inc. said...
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
April 23, 2007 10:27 AM
The biggest thing I love about this blog is the whimsy and humor! Couldn't get thru the day wothout it!
April 23, 2007 10:55 AM
I agree, that was funny.... :)
Chedrick the cat!
handsome little fella eh?
that plant picture is a real beauty!
what is that?
As I watched some of the coverage of the Virginia Tech incident this past week, I could not help but be reminded of another massacre that occurred thirty-seven years ago next month at Kent State University. On that day I was being pepper gassed as I marched in solidarity at Michigan State with my fallen comrades at Kent State who were massacred by a government which at that very moment was murdering thousands of Cambodians, dropping bombs it swore it wasn’t dropping and lying through its teeth to the American people in the throes of the Vietnam War. Today I teach with a colleague who on May 4, 1970 took a stray bullet at Kent State and became permanently disabled as a result.
http://civillibertarian.blogspot.com/2007/04/101-ways-to-massacre-students.html
I'm not sure what it is..that's he & his neighbors garden....must be some sort of veg.
tanks anon
good article there.
http://civillibertarian.blogspot.com/2007/04/101-ways-to-massacre-students.html
Bush pinata creates controversy in high school, smashed anyway
Sunday, April 22 2007
Yesterday, April 21st, a benefit concert to raise funds for the American Anti-Slavery group and raise awareness of modern day slavery was held at Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, NJ. Called Emancipation Rocklamation, this event is held annually at the school, but in recent years has shifted in focus from genuine but reformist concern with the issue of slavery to simply a ska concert. Interested in calling attention to all crimes against humanity, and the slavery of not just those focred into servitude all over the world but of wage laborers and prisoners as well, anarchists, anti-capitalists and members of the school's chapter of Students for a Democratic Society set up a table full of anarchist propaganda, posters, zines, and other pamphlets.
Next to the table, an effigy of George W. Bush was strung up over a basketball hoop.
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070422102512953
A Terrorist Goes Free
AFTER the attacks of Sept. 11, President Bush forcefully argued that it was every country’s duty to fight international terrorism. He made the case that sponsoring terrorism or simply looking the other way when it happened were equivalent acts, and the United States would stand for neither. But holes have started appearing in that principle, courtesy of a single Venezuelan terrorist, released this week from a New Mexico prison on bail.
In early 2005, Luis Posada Carriles, a Venezuelan with a long history of violent attacks in Latin America, sneaked into the United States and was soon arrested. Mr. Posada had escaped from a Venezuelan prison while awaiting trial in the bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976 that killed 73 people, including all 24 members of Cuba’s youth fencing team and several Guyanese medical students. This was the deadliest attack on a civilian airliner in the Western Hemisphere in history — until 9/11.
Upon Mr. Posada’s capture, the government of President Hugo Chávez demanded his extradition. But the Bush administration has refused to extradite Mr. Posada to Venezuela or Cuba, claiming that it fears he will be tortured in those countries. In fact, Washington’s reluctance is more likely linked to Mr. Posada’s history as a Central Intelligence Agency operative and a darling of extremist sectors of the powerful Cuban-American community in Florida (he tried to assassinate Fidel Castro with C-4 explosives placed in an auditorium packed with students in Panama in 2000). Twenty-two months have passed since Venezuela formally asked for his extradition, offering 2,000 pages of documentary evidence to substantiate its claim, yet the State Department has not even acknowledged receiving the request.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/21/opinion/21herrera.html
Sam, We have to get you back on... it's getting too too depressing ...now there's no need to turn on the radio in NY...and we're left with just KeithOberrman on weekdays and he, as much as I suspect he'd rather do more, is limited by constraints of very little time, msnbc, and additionally no live give and take with his audience like you gave us...things are bleek...we have to get you back ...immediately...
i'm celebrating the second day of Earth Week!
i have dirt under my fingernails, my bee ladies are going strong and i have a white dog in my lap!
Bush just told Gonzo he's doing a heck of a job. He's gonzo now
"The Attorney General went up and gave a very candid assessment, and answered every question he could possibly answer, honestly answer, in a way that increased my confidence in his ability to do the job," the President said in a brief press stake-out.
Bush continued to be pegged to the idea that the no wrong doing would be found in the firing of 8 US Attorneys that was organized by Gonzales' lieutenants in the Justice Department.
"As the investigation, the hearings went forward, it was clear that the Attorney General broke no law, did no wrongdoing," the President added.
bizzaro bizzaro bizzaro: that would be my ugly alter ego, the one that denys reality and thinks things have never been better :)
SAM!! I MISS YOU!!
It's not bad enough that every morning at 6:06 AM I say to my cat, "It's six past the hour and this....is Morning Sedition", now when I'm pulling in the parking lot at work at 9:06 AM I say, "It is [day]...in the era of Republican corruption...."
"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.
April 23, 2007 8:47 AM "
+++++
But they can try.
Sam, please find a way to get on the air NOW! We're dyin' over here . . .
Good morning all! SAM I MISS YOU BAD BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mrs. Waxman/feingold
"No laws were broken during the destruction of this
constitution!"
Hey anon: I'm calling right now!!!!!
Thank you for posting that number. I was calm, respectful, polite, and begged them to get Sam back on 5 days a week and to give him a raise and to publicly (sp? I'm such a tard) apologize to him for the way they have treated him. I lest my number and if they call me back I'll post what they say. Mrs. Waxman/feingold
ps
I am so down with pour some sugar on me and wanted dead or alive. And speaking of cockrock, how about we toss some Aerosmith into the mix???????
is this thing on? hello? anyone?
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!
eya keiran!
i was changing the cam bearings on the bloggie.
had it on stand by for a bit.
fire it up, this should
cure that 'clink'
noise maybe...
Nothing left is there?
gonzo is stayin...right in th confidence clubhouse next to rummy
Afternoon Sederites!!
bibi, girl!!!
How're you feeling?
I dig clams!!!
Sheryl Crow on Rove incident: “I thought it was very disappointing because, with leadership, you want to be able to engage. Because we’re all Americans here and we all have the same concerns. To be shot down, it was very disappointing.” Watch it:
Rove’s version: “She came over to insult me and she succeeded.” Rove is apparently very sensitive and easily insulted, particularly when discussing global warming policy.
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i'm good, but i hurt. have to keep taking things that end in "-cet".
how u toni?
had a tuff time getting in here from home. bloggoogglerblahblah.
Bush to Gonzales critics: ‘Screw you.’ One White House adviser explains that President Bush continues to support Attorney General Alberto Gonzales because a “resignation would embolden the Dems to go after other targets–like Karl Rove. ‘This is about Bush saying, “Screw you,”‘ said the adviser, conceding that a Gonzales resignation might still be inevitable. The trick, said the adviser, would be to find a graceful exit strategy for Bush’s old friend.”
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shell helped me!
Written for the Iconoclast
Thanks to George W. Bush children and young people in Iraq never have a 'normal' day, a day when they can feel safe and go about their lives. Every day in Iraq children, young people, women and the elderly along with good, decent, men simply trying to survive are snuffed out horribly. Their homes are invaded, going to the grocery store is fraught with fear; they live with one hour of electricity a day. That is how it is. When their loved ones are shot there are no counselors and George Bush, the man who did this to them and to us, leads no memorial service.
Now, more than ever, we need to remember what is happening to a country Bush decided to invade to alleviate his feelings about his father and help out his friends who wanted to ensure that the flow of profits from the lives and blood of Americans would continue. Bush and his friends have made violence an ordinary part of our lives. Children are dying of Bush Greed in Iraq every day.
BAGHDAD, 29 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - The Iraqi government, the United Nations and NGOs have condemned an attack against a girls’ school in Baghdad that left five students dead and more than 20 injured on Sunday. Parents, students and teachers were left horror-struck after the incident.
“BAGHDAD, 29 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - "I’m 11 years old and an only son. I’m a pupil at Mansour Primary School in Baghdad. Lately, I have been feeling very lonely in my class. This week, I was the only student in class because all my classmates didn’t come to school for various reasons.
Since last September, three of my classmates have been kidnapped and two have been killed. One was murdered with his family at home and the other was a victim of a bomb explosion a month ago.”
Those are children younger that those who died at Virginia Tech. Bush's war killed them. They bleed red and Iraqis love their children, too. Before we invaded Iraqis viewed America as a place of hope. That was true of us, too. Many things have changed and many truths are now obvious there and in America if you open your eyes.
http://howtheneoconsstolefreedom.blogspot.com/2007/04/bush-legacy-of-death.html
That thing I keep forgetting is right on the tip of my tongue, but my eyes have gotten so goddamn bad, I can't read the damn thing!
I'm doing okay bibi. Was concerned about you. I am sure you are hurting!!
Others have had problems getting on here.
I set up a gmail account and don't have a problem
ALICE!!!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!!
i thought you were dead
: )
: )
nothing can ruin my happiness
eleanor roosevelt said... to conbo @ 8:47 AM today
//No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.//
STFU!! MORON!!
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF RAPE!!
(your nifty saccharine saying bites the dust)
OH!!! WOW!!!
and bibi's here too!!!
: )
imma pour sugar on me & go back to bed
bibimimi troll'p said...
i'm good, but i hurt. have to keep taking things that end in "-cet".
April 23, 2007 2:13 PM
----------------------------------
Bait looks on quizzically
CRANKY!!!!!
pour some sugar on my balls
&
lick it off
listening to def leppard & drinking tea at 4.30 in the morning is so decadent
IT'S INSANE!!!
(yeah!)
The London Times reported that the White House is drawing up a list of candidates to succeed Paul Wolfowitz as head of the World Bank. “Most prominent on the list is Ashraf Ghani, the man credited with overhauling the economy of Afghanistan after September 11.”
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Bait gives ono a hand
“A dramatic pay gap emerges between women and men in America the year after they graduate from college and widens over the ensuing decade,” according to a new study. “One year out of college, women working full time earn 80 percent of what men earn.” Ten years later, that number drops to 69 percent.
LINK
//Bait looks on quizzically//
awwww
who gave you permission to be so cute
why fuck up my day!?
uh-ho
//The page cannot be displayed//
well, it was nice while it lasted
TONI!!
ring your boyfriend "shit-sam" for a new thread
(no please)
JUST DO IT!!
(please)
and while you're at it, stop
turning my world upside-down
: )
very picturesque, alice
when they turn off the water spiggot's here
AUSTRALIA 2008
we'll all be supermodels
however, starvation ain't so bad
after a few days the hunger pangs leave you
and you have plenty of time to reflect
AIR-ONO 2008
(feeding the birds)
For Crank. Don't know if you saw this one.
Cummins fears corruption investigation led to his firing
By Richard A. Serrano, Times Staff Writer
March 16, 2007
WASHINGTON — Still uncertain exactly why he was fired, former U.S. Atty. H.E. "Bud" Cummins III wonders whether it had something to do with the probe he opened into alleged corruption by Republican officials in Missouri amid a Senate race there that was promising to be a nail-biter.
Cummins, a federal prosecutor in Arkansas, was removed from his job along with seven other U.S. attorneys last year.
In January 2006, he had begun looking into allegations that Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt had rewarded GOP supporters with lucrative contracts to run the state's driver's license offices. Cummins handled the case because U.S. attorneys in Missouri had recused themselves over potential conflicts of interest.
But in June, Cummins said, he was told by the Justice Department that he would be fired at year's end to make room for Timothy Griffin — an operative tied to White House political guru Karl Rove.
In an interview Thursday, Cummins expressed disgust that the Bush administration may have fired him and the others for political reasons. "You have to firewall politics out of the Department of Justice. Because once it gets in, people question every decision you make. Now I keep asking myself: 'What about the Blunt deal?' "
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ok, thank you & goodnight
(the sleepers are kicking in)
you've been a marvellous audience
and remember if i've offended your pitiful life
made you feel uncomfortable & cheap
it's you, not me...
cuz
//No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.//
(burp!)
Ono, I don't call him, I email him. You can do the same. samsedershow@gmail.com.
Exclusive: Army Sgt. Questions Why American Flags Lowered For VA Tech Students, But Not Troops
Last week, President Bush commemorated the Virginia Tech massacre in his radio address, at the White House correspondents dinner, and in a speech at the college’s convocation. He also ordered that American flags be flown at half-staff for one week.
Today in a “rare opinion article” obtained by ThinkProgress HERE, Army Sgt. Jim Wilt commended the President’s honoring of the Virginia Tech students, but wondered why he — and the American public — don’t pay as much attention to the U.S. troops who die in Iraq every day:
Following the deaths of 32 Virginia Tech students, the President of the United States ordered that all American flags be flown at half-staff for one week. …
But I find it ironic that the flags were flown at half-staff for the young men and women who were killed at VT yet it is never lowered for the death of a U.S. servicemember.
Is the life of Sgt. Alexander Van Aalten, a member of our very own task force, killed April 20 in Helmand province not valued the same as these 32 students? Surely his death was as violent as the students.
Aalten’s death lacked the shock factor of the Virginia massacre. It is a daily occurrence these days to see X number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan scrolling across the ticker at the bottom of the TV screen. People have come to expect casualty counts in the nightly news; they don’t expect to see 32 students killed.
Six U.S. soldiers died on the day of the Virginia Tech shooting. In total, 3312 U.S. troops have died in the Iraq war and 337 in Afghanistan.
Last week, University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole also pointed out that Iraqis have to deal with these types of tragic massacres on a daily basis.
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Senators Press for Answers on GSA Chief
By Paul Kiel - April 23, 2007, 1:23 PM
Move over, Al Gonzales, there's a new campaign for the resignation of a Bush appointee.
General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan shocked the world last month when she gave a performance at a House hearing that was enough to make even Gonzales cringe.
In January, Karl Rove's deputy, Scott Jennings, arrived at the GSA to give a briefing on Republican political prospects. After the presentation, Doan reportedly asked aloud what the GSA could do with its considerable taxpayer-funded assets "to help our candidates." When asked about the briefing at the hearing, Doan pleaded a fuzzy memory.
Ever since the briefing was revealed, Democrats have been vainly trying to get answers from the White House about this and other presentations. So today, 25 senators wrote the White House, demanding answers. You can read the letter here. "The Executive Branch is not an extension of the Republican National Committee," it reads, "nor of any political party. Those who treat it as such must be held accountable."
Also today, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) called for Doan's resignation -- because of the presentation... and a host of other reasons enumerated below the fold.
Any guesses on how long it is before Doan joins that"pretty small number" of administration figures in whom Bush has to express confidence?
Continue reading...
hey sunshine Jim!!!!!!!!!!!!love, keiran waxman
Video: 'Surge' soldier sees Vietnam in Baghdad RAW STORY
Published: Monday April 23, 2007
Security and violence in Baghdad remains unimproved despite a 'surge' in troops, and some soldiers are questioning the U.S. presence in Iraq, according to a report from CNN International's Your World Today.
During the report, CNN reporter Hugh Riminton accompanied soldiers in a humvee and narrowly avoided an IED attack and insurgent ambush.
"We've talked at length, my soldiers and myself, and a term that comes up often is this is our generation's Vietnam," said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew St. Pierre. "I don't think this can be won, we're caught in the middle of a civil war."
Video here
toniD,
The Missouri Driver's Licenses Offices scandal is an oldie but a goody.
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Regarding the elder Blunt:
Good Ole Boy Roy is a Bushie through and through (and a DeLay protege). If it has "Bush" written on it, Roy's all for it.
Recently I discovered that I agree with Roy on one issue; he opposes the sale of National Forest acreage in Missouri. This is a Bush administration proposal designed to increase ad valorem taxation in heavily forested school districts.
So far as I know, this is the only issue on which Roy openly disagrees with his Master. (I think he saw the angry Missouri villagers lighting torches...and knew that the proposal didn't have a prayer of passing anywhere in the U.S. anyway.)
I am struck by the irony that I have always disagreed with Roy except when he disagreed with Bush and that the only time he has disagreed with Bush, he was standing on safe political ground.
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WAXMAN: SYSTEMATIC SECURITY FAILURES
ARE OCCURRING IN BUSH WHITE HOUSE
Katie Couric likely to
be replaced at CBS News
So unfixable is Couric - the first woman to anchor a network nightly newscast solo - that she may leave CBS Evening News, probably after the 2008 presidential elections, to assume another role at the network, CBS sources say.
LINK
air-ono said...
ALICE!!!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!!
i thought you were dead
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nothing can ruin my happiness
April 23, 2007 2:23 PM
Now THAT'S a welcome back...! Thanks a/o! Here are my trip pictures... :)
http://www.pscelebrities.com/pacificgrove/
(I left out the only one of me..but it was taken in front of the GIANT ARTICHOKE, in Castroville....so you can just imagine it.. :)
Presidential Candidate Wants to Re-Tool Detroit
In March 2006 Stewart A. Alexander introduced an ambitious $75 billion plan to revive the struggling U.S. automobile industry, the plan was introduced as a proposed California- Automobile Industry Partnership.
Now Alexander, running as a Peace and Freedom Party candidate for president, wants to create a U.S. – Automobile Industry Partnership to save American jobs and to jump start the U.S. economy.
Stewart A. Alexander for President
Peace and Freedom Party
April 23, 2007
In March 2006 Stewart A. Alexander introduced an ambitious $75 billion plan to revive the struggling U.S. automobile industry, the plan was introduced as a proposed California- Automobile Industry Partnership. Now Alexander, running as a Peace and Freedom Party candidate for president, wants to create a U.S. – Automobile Industry Partnership to save American jobs and to jump start the U.S. economy.
Similar to his plan that was introduced while running as a candidate for California lieutenant governor, Stewart Alexander is presenting a ten year, $120 billion plan that will put General Motors, Ford and Chrysler on the forefront of manufacturing electric cars and hydrogen vehicles.
Within the next three years Alexander wants the development and manufacturing of electric vehicles throughout the United States. Alexander envisions small commuter cars that will be compact and electric, with seating capacity for four; charging stations would be everywhere, at home, work and in grocery store parking lots.
Debit card - power charging outlets would be in all public facilities and charging outlets would be available for every home and place of employment. Over half of all American homes would have an electric vehicle in their garage by 2015.
Presently there are more than 200 millions vehicles on American highways and vehicle emissions are seriously damaging the ecosystems of our planet. More than 20 percent of the world energy is consumed in the U.S.; Alexander says we must lead into the 21st and 22nd Centuries with smart technologies to protect future generations.
Alexander’s vision is three fold; first- it would be a series of bond proposals to create jobs and opportunities for investments, second- improved technologies would help to clean our air and environment, third- it will help the U.S. automobile industry and working families.
Alexander also notes that a stronger commitment must be made to advance hydrogen fuel; as he states, “I believe this nation must invest in research and science to develop clean burning hydrogen vehicles which will help us to reduce our dependency on oil.
Stewart Alexander recently entered the race for president and is employed as an automobile sales consultant. In the 80’s Alexander worked as a political lobbyist, activist and environmentalist working with the Florida Consumer Action Network in Florida, and the Long Island Citizens Campaign in New York.
For more information search the Web for: Stewart A. Alexander; California – Automobile Industry Partnership Proposed; Alexander Wants Electric Cars – Hydrogen SUV’s; Stewart Alexander Enters Race for President; Another Iraq Casualty: U.S. Auto Industry.
toniD,
You might enjoy hearing today's Fresh Air (NPR) interview of Bill Moyers:
Interviews:
Bill Moyers, Back on the Beat
Journalist Bill Moyers returns to PBS April 27 with Bill Moyers Journal; the first episode "Buying the War," a 90-minute examination of the role of the press in the run-up to the Iraq War.
Crank, Moyers will be on here, with the first episode, on Wednesday, April 25th.
Have to remember to listen to NPR.
Have to get ready for work. This is 5 of six days straight. One more day and I get one day off..
Later
Bush in Italian xlates to
CESSPOOLIO
bibimimi,
When you are feeling more jocular than morose, let me know. I should have the raptured cysts joke completed by then.
Have a few minutes b4 I go.
Randi just had Greg Palast on. They covered what I had already posted to my blog and more. His book, "Armed Madhouse", is out in paperback with a new chapter. Sounds interesting. Going to have to buy that one.
Here's my blog Post:
Gonzales testimony of "I don't recall" leaves questions unanswered.
Bush backs
Gonzales, says 'He's staying'
Gonzales has been under fire for what the White House acknowledges was his poor handling of the firing of eight federal prosecutors. He claimed dozens of times at last week's hearing that he couldn't recall key details about the prosecutors' firings or about a key November meeting that documents show he attended.
LINK
I should have the raptured cysts joke completed by then.
April 23, 2007 5:04 PM
i would have also accepted 'scrambled eggs'.
no shit momoent du jour:
CNN | April 23, 2007 03:54 PM
Former President George Bush told CNN Monday that the electorate may be experiencing "Bush fatigue."
And it may be the reason his son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is sitting out the 2008 presidential election, the 41st president said."
Bait: "How did you know that your cysts were raptured?"
bibimimi: "I saw their teeny-weenie shoes."
"Bush Fatigue" Says Bush Sr.
CNN | April 23, 2007 03:54 PM
Former President George Bush told CNN Monday that the electorate may be experiencing "Bush fatigue."
And it may be the reason his son, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is sitting out the 2008 presidential election, the 41st president said.
LINK
Congress To Pass Legislation For Iraq Troop Withdrawal By October
AP | DAVID ESPO | April 23, 2007 02:20 PM
Defying a fresh presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass legislation within days that requires the beginning of a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq by Oct. 1 and sets a goal of a complete pullout by April 1, 2008, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.
In remarks prepared for delivery, Reid said that under the legislation, the troops that remain after next April 1 could only train Iraqi security units, protect U.S forces and conduct "targeted counter-terror operations."
LINK
I can't wait for your new show! My days are so empty without the voice of Sam Seder!
boo hoo
Bait: "If you had bought American tubes instead o' them cheap Filipino imports, this wouldn'ta happened."
bibimimi: "You don't know much about anatomy, do you?"
Ask Susan Collins, Norm Coleman and John Sununu just how well the Democratic message on Iraq is selling
by John Aravosis (DC) · 4/23/2007 03:14:00 PM ET
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza writes that he thinks Harry Reid's, and the Democrats', opposition to the Iraq war is hurting Democrats. Well, rather, he notes the cases of Democratic Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), and Tom Harkin (D-IA) who are all, reportedly, facing some heat for the Democrats' anti-Iraq-war strategy.
But here's the rub. You can't judge the strategy based on the effects its having in only three Democratic races. I can cite three Republicans up for re-election who are crapping bricks right now expressly because they don't want to be seen as too close to George Bush on the war or anything else: Susan Collins (R-ME); Norm Coleman (R-MN); and John Sununu (R-NH).
The test of the wisdom of the Democrats' plan and policy isn't how it affects 3 races, it's how it affects all the races next election. The toughest job in Congress right now is being forced to defend George Bush and the war. And over the next year and a half, as the war drags on, worsening and worsening, that job is only going to get more difficult. There's more than enough reason to believe that given the choice between an Iraq-war cheerleader and an Iraq-war detractor, come 18 months the cheerleaders are going to be looking for another job.
LINK
Later!
Have fun bibi and Crank!
Bait: "Okay. We're going to try some free association. Respond with the first thought that comes to mind. Ready?"
bibimimi: "Ready!"
Bait: "Ruptured cysts."
bibimimi: "Bush fatigue!"
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(This stuff writes itself.)
Bait: "Ruptured cysts."
bibimimi: "Bush fatigue!"
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(This stuff writes itself.)
April 23, 2007 5:21 PM
wow. spontaneous evil!
someone help me out here. how in gods name does a story about sheryl crowe challenging karl rove on global warming get reduced to sheryl crowe doesn't want us to use tp?
sheryl crowe challenging karl rove on global warming get reduced to sheryl crowe doesn't want us to use tp?
April 23, 2007 5:34 PM
shit-centric msm?
MSNBC Ignores Their Success; Looks To Emulate FOX
By: Nicole Belle on Monday, April 23rd, 2007 at 1:03 PM - PDT
http://static.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/smerconish.jpg
Is this the face you want to wake up to every morning?
Well, according to Drudge (I know, I know, consider the source), MSNBC is strongly considering Michael Smerconish as the replacement for Don Imus.
What is it with these suits? Do they think we need another conservative talking head on TV? Do we need another fact-challenged pundit that goes out of his way to smear liberals? Have they not internalized the results of the last election? Why are they ignoring the fact that the show on MSNBC with the rising ratings in the money demographic is Countdown, a show thankfully devoid of conservative punditry in lieu of news? Why on earth would they want to go after FOX's audience, especially since their ratings breakdowns show that their viewers are far from the coveted 21-54 bracket?
So here's an idea, Mr. Bill Wolff, VP of MSNBC and Dan Abrams, General Manager: how about trying out media people who will bring in that sought after demographic? People like Sam Seder, The Young Turks, my buddy Cliff Schecter (who has appeared on MSNBC numerous times), or even better, how about MSNBC counter-programming to the egregious FNC's "It's Out There" and create "Crooks and Liars TV" where we connect the dots on cable news the way it hasn't before?
Please, unless you really want another apologist for the Republican party on the air, let the management of MSNBC know who you'd rather see get Imus's slot. Remember, nasty-grams are easy to dismiss and ignore. Being polite and reminding them of the advertising potential of the demographic they shouldn't be ignoring will get you much further.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/23/msnbc-ignores-their-success-looks-to-emulate-fox/
eya BB!
http://www.justinnewitter.com/stock/Pruple_Flowers_bumble_bee.jpg
Russia has again condemned US plans for a missile shield in Europe, warning it could be a "destabilising factor".
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov made the comments to his US counterpart Robert Gates in Moscow.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6583267.stm
A Book:
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
A massive and largely unregulated industry, the US non-profit sector is the world’s seventh largest economy. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often blunting political goals to satisfy government and foundation mandates. But even as funding shrinks and government surveillance rises, many activists often find it difficult to imagine movement-building outside the nonprofit model.
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded gathers original essays by radical activists from around the globe who are critically rethinking the long-term consequences of this investment. Together with educators and nonprofit staff they finally name the “non-profit industrial complex” and ask hard questions: How did politics shape the birth of the non-profit model? How does 501(c)(3) status allow the state to co-opt political movements? Activists or careerists? How do we fund the movement outside this complex? Urgent and visionary, The Revolution Will Not Be Funded is an unbeholden exposé of the “non-profit industrial complex” and its quietly devastating role in managing dissent.
blah cubed,
I read the toilet paper comment before it roiled over wagging tongues. I assumed that it referred (mostly) to women and urination though, even then, one perforated section seems to be more token than effective for the application.
Whatever the thought behind the statement, toilet paper does not seem to me to be a big issue.
The trees are farmed. The farmed trees produce oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide. Sure, there is bleach involved and energy consumption and a lot of other nasty stuff, but there are bigger fish to fry. Still, reducing the wasteful use (pun alert) of excessive amounts of toilet paper can't be a bad thing.
that whole “second amendment” thing
circlealpha @ 12:03 pm
I’m gonna go out on a limb her e and probably offend all the liberal-progressive types who think i’m a crazy radical anyway, and say that I completely and totally agree with the “conservative” arguments for why the virginia tech shooting is not a good reason for more “gun control”.
The difference, of course, is that - in addition to agreeing with them that gun control isn’t the answer, I’m oppossed to the entire concept of gun control itself for 1 simple reason:
The second amendment isn’t about duck hunting. it’s about the right of “we the people” to “alter or abolish” any government that becomes “destructive of these ends” - “these ends”, of course, being “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.
In other words, the anti-federalists - who were the actual majority in post-revolution America and included many of my ancestors - fought against the ratification of the United States Constitution because they believed that it would create a government too powerful & too centralized, a government that would slowly but surely become even more oppressive then the one they had just overthrown. The Bill of Rights was the concession that rose out of their struggle, which is why its a series of Amendments to the constitution and not part of the document itself. Reading hte bill of rights its immidiately obvious that the rights protected are exactly and precisely the rights needed by a nation to overthrow its government; which is why the anti-terrorist crap ios so foul. We have the constitutional RIGHT to revolution in America, it is the critical and most important part of our legacy of struggle from the revolutionary era, and a peice of our heritage that we have sadly neglected. The right to bear arms is a critical part of that legacy, and if we allow the State to take it away from us we lose far more then handguns, we lose our hidden strength, our ace in the hole, the one legacy we have left of our legacy as a nation born from anti-impirialist and anti-colonial struggle.
The mainstream left knows this, and that’s why they’re so obsessed with gun control - It wasn’t until the Black Panthers exercised their rights, after all, that Democrats decided guns were a menace to society. That’s a fact, check the chronology and the history yourself. It’s sad that the only people who still wupport this most fundamental garauntee of all civil rights - the right to bear arms and with it the right to revolution - are “conservatives”. It’s a pretty sick state of affairs, and just one more indication of how pathetically spineless and ethically bankript the liberal left in this country is. Not that the conservatives are much better, but at least they don’t pretend to care about working class people while simultaneously stripping us of our ability to fight back independantly.
Think about it.
Boris Yeltsin's last words: "Больше водочки! Оставьте бутылка."
Anonymous said...
April 23, 2007 6:03 PM
Thank you, Al Sharpton
crank bait,
agree with what you're saying. every little bit helps. my gag reflex kicked in because for me its msm using Reductio ad absurdum to totally destroy a serious story.
as for boris, i think i'll have what the man on the floor is having...
if you em, smoke em.
if you got em, smoke em.
http://akamat.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/nicole-cattell/
Sam's wife, Nicole - from Missy's blog
Synopsis
MERMAIDS: THE DOCUMENTARY is a sea-faring road movie through the oceans of the world in search of the original mermaid.
The film is currently in development. Please contact Nicole Cattell for more information at info@nicolecattell.com
Link
http://www.nicolecattell.com/film_mermaids.php
Can anyone imagine an example of when "explicate" is a better word choice than "explain" in any of their various forms (inexplicable, unexplainable, etc)?
The etymology for explicate is "unfold" and for explain is "super-duper clear" (ex, in the former case, means "not" and ex in the latter case means "extra"...as in more tra...[just joking with the tra comment. Extra has its own root.]).
It is inexplicable why we need more than one word for unexplainable. (I probably should dig up the word geek site that Alice provided and run this by the language Nazis.)
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