tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post5876391749448613982..comments2024-02-14T05:00:22.385-05:00Comments on The Sam Seder Show: Thursday ThreadSEDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209128119920712777noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-43763363881680844082007-11-20T17:13:00.000-05:002007-11-20T17:13:00.000-05:00[img]http://a501.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01...[img]http://a501.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/60/l_38d79b2eb51edb69b6a1498ae302ddcc.jpg[/img]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-53663111744329034372007-03-02T17:51:00.000-05:002007-03-02T17:51:00.000-05:00the "road seldom traveled"comes to mind regarding ...the "road seldom traveled"<BR/><BR/>comes to mind regarding the net.<BR/><BR/>Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.<BR/> <BR/>The Road Not Taken<BR/> <BR/> <BR/>TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, <BR/><BR/>And sorry I could not travel both <BR/>And be one traveler, long I stood <BR/>And looked down one as far as I could <BR/><BR/>To where it bent in the undergrowth;<BR/><BR/> 5<BR/> <BR/>Then took the other, as just as fair, <BR/><BR/>And having perhaps the better claim,<BR/> <BR/>Because it was grassy and wanted wear; <BR/><BR/>Though as for that, the passing there <BR/><BR/>Had worn them really about the same, <BR/><BR/>10<BR/> <BR/>And both that morning equally lay<BR/> <BR/>In leaves no step had trodden black.<BR/> <BR/>Oh, I kept the first for another day!<BR/> <BR/>Yet knowing how way leads on to way, <BR/><BR/>I doubted if I should ever come back. <BR/><BR/>15<BR/> <BR/>I shall be telling this with a sigh <BR/><BR/>Somewhere ages and ages hence:<BR/> <BR/>Two roads diverged in a wood, and I...<BR/><BR/>I took the one less traveled by, <BR/>And that has made all the difference. <BR/><BR/>20Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-6462607341725215032007-03-02T17:42:00.000-05:002007-03-02T17:42:00.000-05:00ha! reading further!the actual art came from Todd ...ha! reading further!<BR/><BR/>the actual art came from Todd at Deviant-TV <BR/><BR/>http://deviant-tv.net/<BR/><BR/>"Quality low brow entertainment"!Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-15865639893538762112007-03-02T17:30:00.000-05:002007-03-02T17:30:00.000-05:00from crooks and liars blogrollfrom skippy the bush...from crooks and liars blogroll<BR/><BR/>from skippy the bush kangaroo<BR/><BR/>to curt at the 'groovy age of horror' <BR/><BR/>"condi the she-wolf!!!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>curt at the 'groovy age of horror' brings us condi rice in a tribute to the ilsa naziploitation series.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://bp3.blogger.com/_0NhYEqw2Ahw/RehdlDLd4BI/AAAAAAAAAJg/t2n7MuBFrYI/s400/CONDI.jpgSunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-48074034536044872962007-03-02T16:31:00.000-05:002007-03-02T16:31:00.000-05:00Sunlight Foundation website:http://www.sunlightfou...Sunlight Foundation website:<BR/><BR/>http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-20217145564110279202007-03-02T16:29:00.000-05:002007-03-02T16:29:00.000-05:00now the really interesting part of that last post ...now the really interesting part of that last post was the Sunlight Foundation website.<BR/><BR/>their using the Web 2.0 model and the site works wonderfully!<BR/><BR/>whenever a 'personality' is discussed an info blob pops up, links are part of the text, and the website info panels are superb<BR/>and up to the minute news on congress.<BR/><BR/>a nice model for any blog in functionality.<BR/><BR/>but almost no comments!!!<BR/><BR/>this is like a used <BR/><BR/>sports car in the back<BR/><BR/>row of the cosmic car lot <BR/><BR/>with less than 500 miles on it <BR/><BR/>and selling for a fraction of it's value.Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-87992986338125299912007-03-02T16:16:00.000-05:002007-03-02T16:16:00.000-05:00some more info on those fired US attorneys via Pau...some more info on those fired US attorneys via Paul Blumenthal and his excellent post at the Sunlight foundation site which i learned about from an interview with Allison Fine i read.<BR/><BR/>http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/node/2225#comment<BR/><BR/>"Purged U.S. Attorney Carol Lam has been the lead prosecutor in the Randy “Duke” Cunningham case that has led to the indictments of Cunningham (also convicted and sentenced to over 8 years in prison), Brent Wilkes, Mitchell Wade, and K. Dusty Foggo. <BR/><BR/>Lam was purged immediately after she indicted Wilkes, a top government contractor with ties to many California Republicans including Appropriations Ranking Member Jerry Lewis and Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter, and Foggo, the former number three at the CIA. <BR/><BR/>TPM Muckraker has been following this case diligently and as they point out, the Iglesias revelations make the removal of Lam incredibly suspect. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps she was getting too deep; this San Diego Union-Tribune article from today notes that the case is incredibly sensitive as it could potentially reveal the identities of CIA operatives because the indictment alleges that Foggo gave the confidential information to the contractor Wilkes. <BR/><BR/>It should be noted that Wilkes was a 2004 Bush “Ranger” (he raised more than $200,000).<BR/><BR/>Another purged Attorney, Bud Cummins, U.S. Attorney from Arkansas, stated that he was pushed out to make way for a protégé of White House strategist de jour Karl Rove. The Rove protégé, Tim Griffin, was formerly an opposition research specialist at the Republican National Committee, a purely political position. <BR/><BR/>Griffin has since withdrawn his name from consideration for a full time position blaming the politicization of the process by Arkansas’ two Democratic Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln. <BR/><BR/>He is currently the interim U.S. Attorney from Arkansas."Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-61915429917686990242007-03-02T14:36:00.000-05:002007-03-02T14:36:00.000-05:00tell ya who i miss is Molly Ivins...been going bac...tell ya who i miss is Molly Ivins...<BR/><BR/>been going back and re-reading her broadsides.<BR/><BR/>Molly got down to the essentially ridiculous irony of the shituation everytime.Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-35714775261771921682007-03-02T14:18:00.000-05:002007-03-02T14:18:00.000-05:00Caller yesterday said that Maureen Dowd never clai...Caller yesterday said that Maureen Dowd never claimed that Gore invented the internet.<BR/><BR/>March 24, 1999: "Recently the Vice President has repeated the mistake he made with ''Love Story'' and drawn ridicule by boasting that he was the father of the Internet and a master at cleaning hog waste and plowing farmland with a team of mules."<BR/><BR/>April 28, 1999: "It's easy to understand how the Father of the Internet [Gore] could be so taken with the imaginative hit movie that is a video game writ large...."<BR/><BR/>May 16, 1999: "It's painful to picture the coiled Vice President trying to uncoil. Will the Father of the Internet soak in a soothing aromatherapy bath or ask those Buddhist monks for a mantra? Will the hero of ''Love Story'' try reflexology on his feet? Will Farmer Al darken his West Wing office and get daily 90-minute massages with that New Age music that sounds like whales mating?"<BR/><BR/>March 26, 2000: "W. gleefully demanded to know why the Inventor of the Internet [Gore] was lost in cyberspace."<BR/><BR/>Dowd's superficial, breezy style makes it difficult to tell whether she's mocking her subject or just being silly. Either way, it's junk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-2383557087942877132007-03-02T14:13:00.000-05:002007-03-02T14:13:00.000-05:00fell asleep reading the paper and lissining to sam...fell asleep reading the paper and lissining to sam and thom.<BR/><BR/>felt good, was up early getting "she who must be obeyed" to the train.Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-21378636026939944122007-03-02T11:44:00.000-05:002007-03-02T11:44:00.000-05:00Things will get worse i said... A bit of good w...<I>Things will get worse i said...<BR/><BR/> A bit of good weed. Quit your job. Drop out of school. And you too can be a middle aged failure. Plenty of room at the bottom, no lines, no waiting.<BR/><BR/> Nothing left to do but wait to die. </I><BR/><BR/>Sounds like a plan. I think you should go for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-31424647647377587152007-03-02T11:35:00.000-05:002007-03-02T11:35:00.000-05:00" Get a life I said... I visit many blogs durin..." Get a life I said...<BR/> I visit many blogs during the week. They are all alive and well."<BR/><BR/>hahaha! What a lie. You do nothing but hang out here, posting comments about how anyone who hangs out here is lame. You're our jester, making an ass of yourself everyday for our amusement.<BR/><BR/>I see you, chuckles.<BR/>Here's the judgement: You were a rotten brat of a kid, and now you're a rotten adult. And you're jealous of happy people. <BR/><BR/>Stick around, maybe some positivity will rub off on you.dadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905208653678940716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-55087663056995031352007-03-02T11:05:00.000-05:002007-03-02T11:05:00.000-05:00A bit of good weed. Quit your job. Drop out of s...A bit of good weed. Quit your job. Drop out of school. And you too can be a middle aged failure. Plenty of room at the bottom, no lines, no waiting.<BR/><BR/>Nothing left to do but wait to die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-25054699828906379232007-03-02T10:52:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:52:00.000-05:00I hear ya Jim. I'm making some changes this year.....I hear ya Jim. I'm making some changes this year.....<BR/><BR/>... tired of the rat race.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-74018939479361411082007-03-02T10:44:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:44:00.000-05:00San Diego Diocese plans bankruptcy filing: Move in...San Diego Diocese plans bankruptcy filing: Move intended to put off going to court in priest sexual abuse cases 2-28 POAC<BR/><BR/>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17371250/Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-76043283605235355192007-03-02T10:32:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:32:00.000-05:00i just refused to do this without having some fun ...i just refused to do this without having some fun and i payed my dues in full so far.<BR/><BR/>it's more a question of attitude than activities.Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-31684358424509162832007-03-02T10:31:00.001-05:002007-03-02T10:31:00.001-05:00Investigators Break Up $15 Million Wall Street Ins...Investigators Break Up $15 Million Wall Street Insider-Trading Ring.<BR/><BR/>many of us are swimming in a sea of red ink from hedge fund manipulation of the market by the big guys (you know the ones who get a salary of 40M a year) and they throw us a bone. when you read the fine print it looks like a dozen people made something under 1M by manipulating inside information.<BR/><BR/>i'm not saying its right, it isn't but i think its ignoring the elephant in the room, something that seems to happen an awful lot the past six years.blah blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843172754553794111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-5597236750914864322007-03-02T10:31:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:31:00.000-05:00Investigators Break Up $15 Million Wall Street Ins...Investigators Break Up $15 Million Wall Street Insider-Trading Ring.<BR/><BR/>many of us are swimming in a sea of red ink from hedge fund manipulation of the market by the big guys (you know the ones who get a salary of 40M a year) and they throw us a bone. when you read the fine print it looks like a dozen people made something under 1M by manipulating inside information.<BR/><BR/>i'm not saying its right, it isn't but i think its ignoring the elephant in the room, something that seems to happen an awful lot the past six years.blah blah blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843172754553794111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-44584557925680629732007-03-02T10:30:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:30:00.000-05:00Look at the news of the day:Bus plunges off Ga. hi...Look at the news of the day:<BR/><BR/>Bus plunges off Ga. highway ramp; 6 die<BR/>20 dead as tornadoes hit Ga., Ala., Mo.<BR/>Blizzards, wet snow hit Midwest, Plains<BR/><BR/>Most weather related. It's really been an odd year weatherwise. Global instability. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday there was an earth quake in SFO Bay.toniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-35994299509706911852007-03-02T10:22:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:22:00.000-05:00jim,you're having too much fun...or, i'm not havin...jim,<BR/><BR/>you're having too much fun...<BR/><BR/>or, i'm not having enough.<BR/><BR/>*note to self*<BR/>*get new life*<BR/><BR/>:cheese:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-3952771775823168252007-03-02T10:21:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:21:00.000-05:00Sam otter do webclam wed and fri's and do intervie...Sam otter do webclam wed and fri's and do interview thursdays.Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-83309701115275108792007-03-02T10:20:00.001-05:002007-03-02T10:20:00.001-05:00Hi jenise!:cheese:Hi jenise!<BR/><BR/>:cheese:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-70878241572539707452007-03-02T10:20:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:20:00.000-05:00Terror expert: Insurgents have won 'hearts and min...<A HREF="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Terror_expert_Insurgents_have_won_hearts_0302.html" REL="nofollow">Terror expert: Insurgents have won 'hearts and minds' of Iraqis</A>toniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-47677207486553310822007-03-02T10:18:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:18:00.000-05:00Precise and thoughtful in real life, Joel in the n...Precise and thoughtful in real life, Joel in the non mundane world is actually Conan the Barbarian in his 40's.Sunshine Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774366230290685787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260223047421551014.post-47312973553582102212007-03-02T10:16:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:16:00.000-05:00Investigators Break Up $15 Million Wall Street Ins...Investigators Break Up $15 Million Wall Street Insider-Trading Ring<BR/>Associated Press | LARRY NEUMEISTER | March 1, 2007 10:46 PM<BR/><BR/>Investigators have broken up what they call one of the biggest Wall Street insider-trading rings since the 1980s -- a sweeping, $15 million scandal that involved power brokers at some of the nation's top financial firms and two lawyers.<BR/><BR/>In announcing the case Thursday, authorities described a criminal operation that used insiders at Morgan Stanley and Co. and UBS Securities LLC to steal valuable secrets from the companies. Prosecutors also alleged a Banc of America Securities LLC broker accepted cash kickbacks and two former representatives of Bear Stearns & Co. obtained UBS inside information.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070301/securities-fraud" REL="nofollow">LINK</A>toniDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610588627997158628noreply@blogger.com