LiveBlog for Wednesday, June 17, 2009
• David Horovitz, Editor-In-Chief for “The Jerusalem Post,” calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the impact of Obama’s Cairo speech in Israel, and Netenyahu’s two-state solution.
• Warren Eckstein, pet expert and national radio host, calls in at 7:06am Pacific to talk about house training Steph’s puppy Oliver.
• Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about health care reform.
• Karl Frisch, Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the growing tide of hate that the Right Wing Media is spreading against Obama.
• Thousands of Iranians planned to protest for a fifth day today against an election they claimed had been manipulated – even as the government stepped up its crackdown, hauling dozens to jail, banning international journalists from filming rallies and blocking access to social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook.
• President Obama will sign a memorandum today granting health care and other benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees.
• Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) admitted yesterday to an extramarital affair last year with a woman who had worked for him. Ensign has made it clear he does not plan to resign. Ensign had previously suggested that Former Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) resign after Craig was arrested in an airport bathroom sex sting.
Tags: Barack Obama, David Horovitz, Frank Pallone, Iran, Jerusalem Post, John Ensign, Karl Frisch, Larry Craig, Media Matters for America, Warren Eckstein
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MILLER TIME
ever wonder who polishes and inventories the toys that are strewn about in the polynoidal cystine echo chamber? – here, with tweezers at the ready, are circle jerk acolytes dennis miller, and mark steyn. – you’ll notice immediately that they fare equally well at trying to pull off a british accent. – mark steyn does regular fill-in for rush limbaugh, always with the same discount consignment shop accent, causing a slow, stilted, protractedly anticlimactic speech pattern that forces one to wnder, with these incredibly long pauses, why doesnt mark steyn just get on line and do some research, instead of just finishing the material at hand ? – no answer to that is imediately available, but what results is a sort of a slow-motion grind that might not even pass muster for the firesign theater. – steyn’s method of rambling entails the same slow, plodding, anticlimactic pacing, minus the wacky character names. the ill-chosen attempt at imitation of a british accent, layered onto it all, is just painful. – teamed with this steaming pile in this video clip, is steamed colleague dennis miller, who completely fails to pay attention to the content of steyn’s ramble. – i ask of the listener to endure for a full four minutes. – almost two minutes in, a caller conflates the huigurs (asian refugees from chinese persecution) with afghan islamicists. – neither miller nor steyn seem to notice that the trolley should at that point be placed back onto the rails. – instead, steyn pointed conflates the huigurs (conspicuous examples of those detained for purely mercenary reasons), with suspected combatants. – this is not mere passive ignorance. considering that the difference is what has finally predicated the huigurs’ release, it is patently willful ignorance of very mainstream developments in the news. – from there, miller and steyn provide a drift of even more involuntary entertainment: get ready, because this is where dennis miller gets really witty. the huigurs are taking refuge in bermuda, a very nice place in the atlantic ocean, and so this made mark steyn think about the pacific ocean because that’s another ocean. okay, get ready now, because they’re going to say something really witty here, and you may burst out into laffter. it involves that famous movie, “south pacific”, which is about a lovely tropical place. so check this out. watch how cleverly the connection is made from the lovely atlantic place called “bermuda”, to the idyllic south pacific. you can tell it’s really funny, and clever, because dennis miller gets the laff going. – and i dont know what happens past four minutes, but anybody who’s that curious, please let us know if steyn learns to get the accent right. okay brace yourself. you can tell be how much dennis miller chuckles, that this is well written and well executed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=224XkKew1hU
Gooood morning all!
Media whore strikes again. Two nights in a row on Ed! With a not-anywhere-near-as-tooly right wing tool. Someone has got to give that woman her own show.
I can only blame this on the incompetence of the Bush-run FCC. WHDH had to file for special permission to fire up their old UHF-DT transmitter yesterday after numerous complaints from people not being able to receive the new VHF-DT transmitter. I understand this is not an isolated incident as many stations that moved from UHF back to their old VHF channels on June 12 are in the same predicament. Since it’s the FCC that determines what power a station can use, its obvious someone did a “heckuva job”. I suppose if you were told you could either broadcast on UHF at 950,000 watts or go to VHF and only need 30,000 watts and get the same coverage area, you might think it over. Then again, I might question that if I’ve been running at 300,000 watts on that same VHF channel for the past decades. I’m also sure that there were intensive design efforts behind today’s Chinese built ATSC tuners with maximum performance in mind. *cough* *gag* *choke*
hi rabbit. sorry things are botched on the tv front, but as i’ve often said, they’ve already canceled “barney miller”, and all the best “eliot” porn from “scrubs” has been cached on the interweb, so i’m having trouble relating to all the stress – meanwhile, on the opposite end of the crital spectrum from the dennis of iniquity, here’s a good sharp deputy fife/fred sanford type nip-it-in-the-bud smackdown of a bizarre budding talking point. presenting:
JAKE AND THE FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvTc7VpzUCc&NR=1
Hey flombaye, I could see this coming. When you presume the viewer is going to have an outdoor antenna 30 feet up and calculate things accordingly, you are doomed to fail. I can only laugh.
Keep in mind that you’ll get the best picture by receiving the signal over the air (as opposed to cable where they recompress the video) so if you’re a real sports fanatic and have a big enough screen to notice, you’re going to put up that antenna even though you have cable.
4: i suppose i could qualify as a “sports fanatic” by the old soviet vernacular, since i still have my wall of spasskey posters. – i doubt that it’s a mir coincidence, for here is a video i must recommend for its great concision in conveying clues about the cultural textures of the headline characters in iran:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfhg8zBzBa8&NR=1
Unfortunately the YouTubes are blocked here, so I have to hope that I remember to check when I get home, but many times I forget.
Also keep in mind that you pay over $20 on each DTV for royalties to ATSC (hmmmm, still wonder why that system was chosen? sounds like the royalties you pay for HD radio, another total boondoggle), which make the Chinese whine because it cuts their profit. FCC, the best regulation money can buy.
rabbit, write down “green tsunami”, as a reminder. it’s the colloquial name for modernization of iran, used in the third clip, and the image of the persian woman at the end wrapped in a green tsunami, is alone worth the price of admission. – now, a speculation to consider: mir hossein mousavi as a future husband for steph. – they might be required to change their names to MIR HOSSEIN HUSSEIN MO’ SAVVY
and STEPHANIE HOSSEIN LOUISE MIR
In contrast to the European market, the American TV consumer is getting ripped off.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/75374
the new talking point, “iran’s election wont matter; they all want to nuke israel”, which gets so adroitly smacked down by “jake”, is presented by the ever unquestioning john bolton.
And another part of the reason for the ripoff …. speculators
http://broadcastengineering.com/hdtv/beware-trolls/
good morning flom and Paul,
Re Chris’ notes above, looks like someone else owes Bill Clinton an apology:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/john-ensign-affair-gop-se_n_216451.html
yay!
The Rhode Island legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto of a medical marijuana law Tuesday afternoon by an overwhelming margin, paving the way for state-licensed medical marijuana shops to begin operating.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/rhode-island-will-license_n_216450.html
good moanin’ and among the many things for which various inadequate persons owe clinton an apology, there is the failure to understand the predictable course of combining home-run technology with faith-based initiatives. as the onion mentioned, “9-11 hijackers surprised to find themselves in hell”. here’s a syudy on one of their’s who is still meandering around:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVMgfDDTQcw&NR=1
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Hi Carol!
Why should Ensign resign? Unless he carried on his affair in an airport restroom. Otherwise, it’s OK when they do it.
Good morning Mama, Mooks and our Mooketeers on the Live Blog! I hope everyone is having a great morn.
Kudos on Steph’s appearance on The Ed Show. She was smart, direct and didn’t accept Susan Molinari’s spin. I will at least give Susan credit for not sounding as screechy as the Heidi Ho.
mornin’ shaf!
Morning shaf.
Looks like work is gonna be beckoning in a few minutes. Have fun all, will try to get back in time to vulture sparta.
Paul, enjoy the sunshine today…..more soggy coming.
#16, why do I want to break into a Cab Calloway song when I hear that nickname?
#2 You have to wonder if is wasn’t the FCC’s plan all along; to limit the range of existing TV stations (perhaps with an eye to auctioning-off some more spectrum in formerly-covered areas). *pulls foil hat close around ears for maximum protection*
G’morning, gang! Another in-and-out day today (without the burgers).
#12 Carol, #16 trojanrabbit, Looks like ol’ John Ensign should’ve paid more attention to spent more time down in the ship’s laundry room constructing a firecracker with fulminate of mercury to throw under the captain’s bunk, or putting marbles in the captain’s overhead, instead of swiping Mister Robert’s bourbon to chase nurses at the island hospital. Oops, different Ensign.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_Pulver
#19 Yep, we’ve gotz the soggy in Ohio today. It’s headed east.
Hi Juliet, good review of Roe v Wade yesterday. Thanks.
Oh, lordy, will courageous leadership get us out from under the health care industry, (I can hope) or are our legislators in this secret meeting figuring out ways to keep the money going to their lobbyists?
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dem-gop-centrists-meet-in-secret-2009-06-16.html
#24 Hi Carol, Thanks, sorry about the rant but the rightwing simplification of abortion rights drives me crazy– they don’t READ the decision, they just react to the idea that abortion is legal at all and make stuff up.
The real life situations doctors and mothers and fathers have to face with pregnancy are much more nuanced and complicated, and Roe v. Wade was written based on the science available at the time with flexibility for future medical developments.
Oh, yeah, I goofed, that would be Paul Polanski who lived 20 minutes after the Manson murders, Sharon Tate had planned to name him after her father. I think Bugliosi did include a count of murder on his behalf based on that medical evidence.
20: why you want to break into a cab calloway song when you hear the name “heidi”: it’s a swiss name. the swiss make those 28 function army knives. hal sparks does 28 different things really well. hal sparks is as queer as folk. folks like sexy people named “miller”. the most prominent sexy person named “miller” was played by hal linden. hal linden was in “the pajama game”. pajamas reminded you of sleep. “according to jim” makes people want to sleep (or die). jim belushi reminded you of his dead (and still funnier) brother john belushi. john belushi is a blues brother. blues brothers dress like bing crosby. in the days of walter winchell, bing crosby was paramount to being the old man of the entertainment mountain. mountain climbing makes people fall down and go “boop”. betty boop likes cab calloway.
simple really.
Obama’s nominee to head the FCC comes out against the Fairness Doctrine, just like he must have heard Mama say.
Now, if he would just explain the regulations he plans to slap on the industry…..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/obama-fcc-nominee-comes-o_n_216485.html
26: manson murders? why do i want to break into a jackson 5 song whenever i hear that name?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQY-uzzm7GA
Good morning, it’s a beautiful morning here in southern New Mexico. Hopefully we’ll have some rain or at least cooler temps. The lawn needs some moisture. I have to go to the feed store this morning for wild bird seed. Believe it or not, we’ve been going through almost 50 lbs of bird seed each WEEK here! And we are on our second brood of barn swallows, with their mud nest above the east door of our sun room.. We have plenty of birds, actually hundreds on four different feeders. Our cats really enjoy the show, so I guess it is worth $50 a month for the birds. We are on a half acre, just right for plenty of birds!
I asked Gail the other day if she ever looked up and heard a Hickcock theme in the background, with the doves all sitting on the back fence, and watching her very suspiciously.
Actually, I’m afraid if we cut back on the bird seed, the neighbors will find both of us with our eyes pecked out. Extortion!
Good morning fellow live blogospherians. Back today after taking my mom to the orthopedic-type guy to find out how her broken foot is healing. Interestingly enough, this is costing her next to nothing because she’s on Medicare (and has supplemental insurance). Would that everyone in the country would be so fortunate….
Morning all, momma did good on the Ed show. Susan wasn’t as annoying as Heidi Ho.
#26 flombaye,
#29 flombaye: “manson murders? why do i want to break into a jackson 5 song whenever i hear that name?”
I shudder to think!
I missed all of momma’s appearances the past few days. Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Funny, I want to break into a manson murder whenever I hear a Jackson 5 song.
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No, shaf. As with Katrina, I’d rather say it’s more Bush-era incomptetence than anything.
Morning board!
Yay, it’s Miller Time!
Tel Aviv, Hello!
Oh, boy, I love the laughs first thing in the morning.
What a clever, good-looking group!
Have you noticed a curious coincidence? Virtually ALL those resisting universal health care (or ANY change toward it) HAVE their own insurance? Look particularly at Congress – these people DO have the best health care on the planet, so why should they give a rat’s hind end if 47 million Americans are without any coverage at all?
I suggest, if we cannot get health care for all Americans, it is time to put Congress in the same boat – let them provide their own, seeing as how it is so easy and the private insurance companies are so efficient and all. Of course, most of them are multi-millionaires and can afford it, or can afford to pay their own way. But it might stop some of them from being such goddam hypocrites about it.
Yep, the obligatory Frank Stallone reference.
#41 Yep. Sauce for the goose!
Hi Carol! All my life I’ve said someone should be following me around and writing me down.. Now with the blogs, it’s effectively happening, even if I’m the one doing the writing..
Actually, I’m hanging with this hip group in hopes that some of their coolness and smarts will rub off on me. (Ladies, I’m not really groping, I’m rubbing..).
Frank Stallone…wow…talk about dragging out something from the past.
And in defense of Ensign, he was separated from his wife at the time he had the affair. That does make a difference.
Good work Shane-O!
Awesome work, Shane-O!
If you’re still married, it’s still technically adultery.
Is he a romantic? Perhaps.
morning all
Hmmm. Stephanie Sparks? Oh my.
Nothing new with Republicans being grand hypocrites about most everything, but it is particularly true when it comes to SEX, and double particularly extramarital sex. As you know, the Republican Party agrees with the Southern Baptist Church – if it makes you grin, it’s a SIN! So, I find it particularly tasty whenever one of these bastards gets caught with their hand in the COOKIE!
Sorry, my little black liberal heart showing again.
(I’m a bad boy. I need a ‘panking..)
what Chris are you agreeing with Rush
“Stephanie Miller, who is pretty on some days.”
Shane-WOW ever my hero and mentor. I love your work.
#35 PeterW: “Funny, I want to break into a manson murder whenever I hear a Jackson 5 song.”
#30 Ivan, We also have Must-see Kitty TV, a family of cardinals we feed on the deck to amuse the kittehs. I would name them after the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff, like this Cornell ornithologist who writes my favorite birding blog does, if they had a pitching staff….
http://www.lauraerickson.blogspot.com/
in Urdu??
wonderful, bastids
a gay friend of mine was beaten to death .. it was a hate crime
I’m going to have to leave soon to take son to work … but all be back!
#57 I’m speechless, Cindy. When did this happen? Regardless of when, you are correct, it was a hate crime.
1. Ahmadinejad Rally Photoshopped to Appear Larger
Juliet, I don’t think we’ve had any cardinals here, but we did see a gray cardinal like bird, can’t remember its technical sounding name. We have swallows, doves, a mockingbird, finches, desert wrens, robins, hummingbirds, sparrows, a roadrunner, and a small golden hawk. (I’m sure I’ve left something out.) When the hawk appears, he has the yard to himself, everyone leaves.
shaf – 1994
http://www.classreport.org/main/selectprofilemain.asp?dname=/usa/co/denver/shs/&clid=2392&cl=1981&hs=SHS&clr1=purple&clr2=purple&clr3=lightgrey&stcnt=378&item=770842
Shark monkey? *wahht*
BRB
#60, Great article. Mama, ProducerChris, look at that link!
#62 Thanks, Cindy.
anyone know if theres a steph chat room anywhere?
Oooh, I like that idea (setting my Twitter profile to Tehran time).
(I left out grackles..)
Apologies. Here I am talking about birds, and people are being beaten to death for their sexuality. It breaks my heart.
It also infuriates me further with the racists, homophobes, and ignorant haters and hypocrites in the right wing. This is fundamental in my disdain for the Republican Party (you may have noticed my “disdain” for them).
Grand Ayatollah Montazeri issued a statement that those using violence against peaceful protesters “receiving orders will not excuse them before god.”
Gonna have to skip the Jerusalem Post interview. The paper’s a right-wing rag.
#68 Just changed it (and removed my location info from my settings). Suck on that, I’m-in-a-dinner-jacket!
I’m not tweeting yet, but I might start, just to do that, to support the Iranians..
Problem is, I’ve already got a half dozen computer “crack houses” going now (this live blog is one of them) which keep me from being productive..
But if tweeting from an Iranian time zone would muddy the waters for I’m-A-Dinner-Jacket..
Good morning blogonauts! (note to Steph: it’s not morning in Israel … sorry)
I love the story about everyone resetting their Twitter settings to Tehran and Iranian time to confoozle the old guard Guardian Council that supports Imadinnerjacket. Kind of like Spartacus: I am Spartacus, and I’m in Tehran. Cool.
Fester, there is a chat room in the Steph Space online community. There’s a link on the home page. I don’t know if people use it.
Hey everyone,
Look at this video of Tehran police beating people. At the end, a woman is knocked down and beaten by police.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNizjlHWVo
okay i’m back.
35: mui ben.
40: dont forget trojan rabbit. he’s here too.
72: tweeting in farsi? could be very confusing.
i once encountered an ancient woman walking down the street
mumbling in vietnamese. it actually made me laff out loud
because it was a redundant way of being incomprehensible.
There really are few gays in Iran because most of them get sex change operations. Iran has more transsexuals than any other country.
Juliet, the same tactic as when we all decided to start using Hussain for our middle name.. We’re ALL Iranians.
Remember, right after 9/11 the FRENCH said, at this time we are ALL Americans.
Stuff like this encourages me, I know it’s a small gesture, but it reminds me that we are all indeed still humans, bound together.
74: it can be even more simple than that around here. – i predict a wave of “I’M SPARTA!”.
What does President Obama mean by discouraging peaceful dissent? Have you ever tried to have a peaceful protest in the United States of America? First off if a known diplomat or president is to appear in your area they have a designated area where they allow dissent. Try to have a demonstration that you do not have a permit for. The police would be busting heads the same as they are in Iran.
# 78 Rocky- Where did you find that info out? That’s really interesting.
STEPHY IS A LAY PERSON? I HAD THAT SAME DREAM.
82, I don’t remember where I heard that. I used to live in an area with a lot of Iranian Americans, and I knew a bunch of them at work. One of them probably told me.
82: it’s revealed in the madonnadinnerjacket video, “like a persian”.
#61, 69 Ivan LH Biggin, feeding the birds and caring about people being beaten to death go hand in hand. The majority of Americans go about their day blithely unaware of both.
I was in a BigBoxStore parking lot last year watching shoppers hustle in and out to their cars with a redtailed hawk circling about 50′ above their heads, riding the thermals and hunting in the green strip behind the mall. That’s a big bird with about 4′ wingspan. Astonishing.
“i need a typical cock”? – is that really what stephy said?
DKos’ Jerome a Paris made a statement on another venue (not Kos) that a lot of this is about having people in the right ministries.
Iran’s “reformers” are often quite crooked. Rafsanjani spent his time in office becoming a billionaire by suckling off the public teat. In addition, he makes vast amounts of money running a system of private universities, many of whose students are the driving force behind the green revolution. Ahmadinejad got into office on charges of Rafsanjani’s corruption, and on promises to distribute oil revenues to the poor, a la Chavez. Because of this Ahmadinejad is actually still popular among the poor.
Think of Iran’s election as having been between Mike Huckabee (religious right populist) vs. a Mitt Romney proxy (moneyed business interests), with no liberal or even moderate on the ballot at all.
Since he has been first elected, A-jad has apparently been placing – at Khamenei’s request – Rafsanjani’s people in the oil ministry with those loyal to Khamenei. At the same time, the Revolutionary Guard (from whose ranks A-jad came) has, under A-jad, developed a shadow economy of front companies.
So a lot of what’s going on is about wealthy entrenched factions trying to keep money power. Khamenei, using A-jad as a dupe, now has his people in the oil ministry at long last, and doesn’t want to surrender that power to a Rafsanjani proxy.
I have no doubt in the absolute sincerity of the students and protesters. With any luck, this uprising will become far bigger than the candidate they’re supporting.
But the guys at the top vying for power are deeply tainted. Even the ones we’re supposed to be rooting for.
I think Mama just said, “It’s a good day to die.” in Klingon.
88: ayatollah maserati needs to give those taints a deep tongue-lashing. must erk now. PLP.
#63: as in “Oh no! Oliver just whizzed on my shark-monkey loafers!”
That was a good guest. Nice get, Chris.
I listened to him while I was blogging. And I wonder about something. I’m wondering why oil prices haven’t spiked due to the unrest in Iran. Remember how just the threat of Iran doing something like choking off the Strait of Hormuz used to be good for a five buck pop in the price of oil?
Something for me to blog about later.
I did blog about the triple witching hour of economic data yesterday. Feel free to check it out at Triple Witching Hour of Economic Data
Thanks to those of you who visit. Now just leave some feedback!
I don’t think the Israeli expansion should be in your joke section – how about we make fun of the people who lost their own in 9-11? does that sound like a joke???
Oh Momma Such A Tease… “I could say something dirty”
…so what’s stopping you?
And I refuse to use twitter. Forget it. Talk about self absorbed. And this is from someone who put up a blog for ego gratification!
#91
A sort-of shout out from ProducerChris. PJ!
Tony, I think I read on KOS that oil prices were up in the $70 range again (from ~$32?) due to speculators, who believe that economic recovery is near and soon demand for oil will surge again..
Israel needs to stop building settlements. It’s Ethnic Cleansing.
It’s theft. It’s wrong. Sorry, that’s the way it is.
Ann Arbor… Represent!
I think Sanjaya has a book. Saw it in Walden Books the other day then proceeded to leave the store.
Steph RIGHT ON with the American Idol reference..
unrelated **urge to choke Fred Barnes**.. with my penis..
Oops. TMI.
97…yes, oil is way up. But back when oil was going to $150 a barrel, just talk of a problem — even if not true — would cause prices to spike by $5 a barrel or so.
Oil at $34 a barrel was not reasonable. That was an overshoot on the way down just like oil at $150 a barrel was an overshoot.
I think oil is priced fairly right now.
Hannity and his “free bird” chant of freedom/liberty. What a tool!
Right wing harpies ALL have that whiney voice that induces my urge to kick their asses.
God, rode the motorcycle way too fast, drank way too much, stayed
up way too late. It’s pouring rain, little dogs won’t go out to pee.
Hung Over.
Oh well, at least Steph’s on the Radio, the Goddess’s in her
Heaven and coffees on the boil
Sean Hannity, please die soon and take the rest of the Rethugs
with you to hell
Morning All!!!!! Darn these late starts all to HECK!! Hope all are well.
Hey Steph – this is a must watch…it’s like re-living the Palin campaign rallies with the Letterman Protest.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/letterman-protest-draws-m_n_216566.html
If Hannity had his way, many of these protesters would be DEAD, collateral damage of “shock and awe”.
Mornin all! Wow… what a bit to come in one… tihehe
Apologies for public expressions of my unresolved anger issues.
Reaching for another Zoloft as we speak..
#96 Yay! I’m just sorry about the sharks and monkeys that had to die for that joke.
Is that NU-CREAR PLO-RIF-ERATION (for K to the J)?
I believe God rides a motorcycle. I have met Him there, both on my old BMW R69S and my Husky 390 WR. He eased my tensions and put a smile on my face..
Shock and Awe was Cheney’s interpretation of Col John Boyd’s
towering work on war and competition. So was the entire Rethug
Bastard’s program. Only they left out Boyd’s number one point:
you must have integrity, you must be moral. But Cheney used the
tactic of ‘move fast, by the time they figure it out it will be
too late’
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein documented this, but I don’t
know if she realized it was John Boyd’s work that Cheney applied.
#97 I
think the speculators are an easy way for the oil companies to manipulate (with a little bit of money) alot of money!!!
#111 Maybe they just died of natural causes and their skins were recycled? (always looking for the up-side!)
The founders were white guys, but they were not rich. The wealthiest person in America had net assets of $700,000 in today’s dollars – and IIRC, a lot of that was in merchant vessels, which are a major liability as well. We call that “a small businessman”, not “rich”.
111…I ate their brains and fins so it’s all good.
In their tradition of grand hypocrisy, I’m sure you notice that the War Mongers are all non combatants themselves, not just never a soldier/marine/sailor but functional cowards in their everyday lives. I think they are trying to compensate, there’s probably a psychology term for that.
Zoloft and motorcycles can go a long way to helping you be ok.
That and kooky Momma being silly/slutty for us
Peter…that $700K back in 1776 is worth how much now? You gotta remember, inflation, my friend.
According to my back of the envelope calculations, assuming a three percent inflation rate, $700K back in 1776 is equal to 685,758,811.
I’d say that someone with assets of $686 million is doing quite well.
#121, reading comprehension: I said $700,000 in today’s dollars.
That’s not liquid assets, either. That’s capital assets like ships that need maintenance.
We are approaching the point where the US may make the critical mistake and have everyone else turned against them- besides Russia is waiting there at the corner
119 they ARE cowards, chicken hawks, evil scum.
They have no morals, they are the embodiment of the
height of hypocrisy, most of them seem to be closet
pedophiles, attacking gay people as a wedge issue
while cruising for underage congressional pages…
In my earlier days I discovered that a woman can be an acceptable substitute for masturbation.
In reality, I believe my first “physical” contacts with females started my chronic love of women. /Patton ON/ I do love them so. /Patton OFF/ It’s one of my prime addictions, to this day, I love women. Even the bitches.
123 Bush so f*#KKed us. And we’ve got plenty of enemies we
haven’t heard from yet
113: reminded me of the general convention of forming gods in one’s own image… then suddenly i found myself wondering, could steven wright’s god beat up howie mandel’s god? would either of them know the difference?
I know we joke about Hannity’s tic tac brain, but Glenn Beck might be even dumber.
There’s Beck. I had wondered what that sorry example of humanity had been up to lately.
I think Media Matters should play Steph’s clips and show even the bloviating wind-bag steals her stuff…
Yep, I heard Rush’s beaver comments last night on Countdown. I also said, “he’s stealing Mama’s bit!”
tough call richard… but I’d love to see the dumb-off contest…
132: dumb-off? see miller vs steyn (post 1)
Same for me, Mama. I know the names of all the dogs in my building but none of the dog owners. I guess that’s bad, huh?
Heheh. Googling to human is like dogs sniffing other dog butts!
Morning Mama, Mooks, and fellow Hussein bloggers
kids say the darnedest things, as when a child told art linkletter that his sister must go to the dentist because of her loose morals.
125 Woman: a cathedral built over a sewer
I think that was Oscar Wilde. Oh Momma!
Oscar apparently had little use for women
but I’m with you Ivan: it’s addiction, the best
kind. Beautiful Sluts make the world go around.
That’s not an insult. It’s just the truth. Who
needs the prim and proper ones? give me a girl
who’ll gladly put out I’ll actually work for her
what if it’s a human that looks like hannity or a kitten that looks like hitler youth?
I like this guy! Buster even sleeps in our bed.
Max and Oliver!
dogs are the best people
BTW, Obama has started to outline his proposal for preventing another Wall Street meltdown:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061601887.html?hpid=topnews
#141 I’d rather be with a dog than with most people I know.
One Nation Under Dog : http://www.onenationunderdog.com/Images/dog-plaque.gif
#144 Love it!
140 Buster! our Buster is a long coated chihuahua
Oliver: ‘not entirely housetrained’ typical Momma,
half did it, too wine drunk to actually finish. Love
you so Steph. Oh Oliver, do what you like, LaVort will
clean it up…
Was that what happened with Mama’s dating relationships? First few days are fine, then he start crapping all over the house.
“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.” -Alexander Pope
AND
“Never was it given to mortal man – To lie so boldly as we women can.” -Alexander Pope
Why is it that it’s cool to walk a dog, but if you walk a cat…and I’ve seen people do this…you look at them like they’re seriously messed up.
Actually, I agree. It’s retarded to walk a cat!
#146 Our Buster is a 14-15 year old beagle (we’re not sure because we got him at animal control 12 years ago, and he was already an adult).
“Weekly appointment”? is that what the kids are calling it these days…
#149 Cats are supposed to be let out at night so they can bring you presents the next morning.
#149 My old friend Steve used to walk his cat. And he WAS an idiot. So there you go..
Okay…Duke Ellington reference…where’s it going?
Billy Strayhorn, Capt. Kangaroo, and Ensign Pulver…hmmm….
148 ‘lie so boldly’ hee hee
play pen: our dogs had their house, a cage they were
never punished with, so it was their sanctuary
Steph I’m picturing you in your play pen
say it again
Wow Jim, Capt Kangaroo, Ens Pulver, nice obscure refs
Ensign Pulver: Jack Lemmon in Mr. Roberts.
Oops, back to 158: Is that really obscure?
When I was married we’d walk the terriers and the cat
would walk with us, but up in the bushes by the houses…
he didn’t want to be seen with the dogs
#160 What self-respecting cat would want to be seen with a dog?
I dunno, here everybody prolly knows Mr Roberts
but I think it’s obscure to most of the mouth breathers
out there, the great unwashed Limbaugh listeners
#152 I can’t disagree more, LeftCenter. Cats who spend unsupervised time outside live shorter lives. They get into fights with feral cats and other critters and risk becoming roadkill. Not good!
I’m still trying to find the relationship between Billy Strayhorn with Capt. Kangaroo and Ens. Pulver.
I have a Jackrussell terrior (named Snowball) that is so high strung he’s like Jimmy Hendrix doing acid.
#163 Speaking as a dog owner, I wouldn’t have thought of that.
He liked the dogs, but didn’t want the neighbors to know
Very Cool maine coon cat, his mother was feral, a barn cat.
Raised him up with the dogs, he thought he was one, sort of
149…cats should be indoor cats. They live a lot longer!
Ensign/Pulver in oh-twelve?
I teach in a rural community. Our ag teacher has both house cats and barn cats.
165 Russels are way too high strung, unless you got a rat you
want dead
#171 Terriers are just plain crazy. We had a terrier mix before the beagle, and my son and his fiancee have a cairn now. Both of them: just plain nuts.
following reports from Iran on twitter- very interesting
#169: D’OH! Correction: Ensign/Palin in oh-twelve? (damn Freudian slippage)
I’ve never known a cat that would allow itself to be walked. I have a harness for one of my indoor cats so he can wander around the back yard on a leash for a little while. And he always acts like the harness weighs twice what he does, slinking around like he’s under a crushing weight.
Although cats are really wild animals, I believe if you want one for a pet, it should be kept inside. Lose the testes and the front claws, and they live a long, happy, healthy life. And feed them dry cat food, never milk or table scraps..
#176, do not lose the front claws. Declawing a cat is equivalent to cutting off the last digit of its fingers; which (as a didigrade mammal) is what the animal walks on.
There are other methods, like cutting the tendon, which are less eggregious. But the best solution is something like Softpaws.
Agreed on the keeping indoors.
#176, oh, depending on the cat’s age, wet food might be superior. It helps with hydration, according to my vet, especially with cats with aging kidneys.
Does it come with coloring pages?
137 loose morals
the dentist can tighten those up for ya…
I dated a dental assistant. The dentist treated
the office staff as his harem, wrote them scripts
for percocet, did nitrous with them, had sex in the
dental chair, while his wife and kids waited at home.
nice gig if you can get it I guess
freaking dope addict whore dentist
176- Unless they do get stuck outside and have to defend themselves. De-clawing is like cutting your fingers off at the first knuckle. Let them be cats.
#170 Growing up, I had my share of farm cats as well. Ironically, my parents never had any of them spayed or neutered. They were just there to kill vermin. We fed them regularly, but that was about it. City cats definitely need to be inside, where they are safe and less exposed to disease.
I had Cairns for years, great dogs but feisty. Sadie lived
to hunt and scrap. That’s what killed her: bitten by a skunk
with the West Nile. She would not back down for anything,
took on a husky, a pit bull… Cairns are the aboriginal dog
of the Scots highlands. Sadie had a blue tongue. Maggie, Molly,
Bracken Brae, Valentine, Truff, Tomintoul, Cuckleburr… I miss
them all
I may have to have the declawing surgery done on one of my cats, but only for his dew claw. He is a polydactyl and sometimes, the dew claw gets caught because of the extra toe.
He won’t let me cut it, so I end up taking him to the vet once or twice a year to get it taken care of.
But it’s so cool watching him use his extra toe like a thumb!
#182, outdoor cats are a big problem with native bird populations – orders of magnitude worse than the dreaded wind-farm.
#183 My son’s cairn thinks she owns the airspace above their yard. They were away for the weekend a couple of weeks ago, so I went over to take her out. When she was done doing her thing, she started chasing after the birds flying over, including a flock of geese.
185 yes, cats predate on songbirds, put a bell on them!
even then they kill a lot of nice birds. It’s a bad problem.
Cats are secretly plotting to kill all of us. They have a
network. Once they figure out the opposable thumb/can opener
thing they’ll strike. They despise us for our weak teeth,
eyes, fur… naked monkey things. They can’t wait til it
can all go back to the days of the veldt, hunting us down…
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
Welcome back, Cindy.
#186 I once saw one of our barn cats jump up and snag a low-flying sparrow (who have a tendency to dive-bomb kitties walking in the open). It was quite a sight!
Republican Health Care Mini Poem:
If you’re sick
You better be Wealthy
If you’re poor
You better be Healthy
Thank you, thank you very much.
Maggie had the heart of a lion. She charge the thunder, bite
the tires of the lawn mower and the motorcycle to protect me
from them. I think she may have been half Skye Terrier, she
had that look. What a sweet girl. Lived to be 17. I had to
put her down a few months ago
Between the guy in the no piracy ad and the one for the ticket broker, they sure made good use of that toilet bowl they recorded in.
191: on the money
Our two cats, brothers, had front claws removed early, as well as testes. They can defend themselves quite well with their back feet. They just can’t climb the curtains any more.They’re very well adjusted, always indoors, and run the house. They clearly believe that Gail and I are also cats, but a lower cast of cats who refresh their water, food, and litter box..
We still have a few punctured and chewed lampshades and such, but overall they are not destructive at all. The cats did not suffer from their claw and neutering surgery. I was there, watching it all, it wasn’t cruel by any stretch.
If you have an indoor environment where the front claws can remain, fine. I’d submit that cutting tendons makes the cat equally as helpless as losing the front claws – with the claws still to maintain.
Like everything else, a pet must be properly maintained and loved.
#193 You would have to mention GetPreSales.com, LC!
#193 I know!!!! What’s with those ads?
Australian Gold Koala coin scam. What is that? A tenth of
an ounce for $98? not a deal. try your local coin shop I bet
you can do better
#192 It’s sad watching a good dog grow old. Buster has now had a couple of tumors and his trachea is weakening, but he’s still in pretty good shape and seems happy, but I’m dreading that day coming when we need to make a decision.
Again, with the shark-monkey!
191, sums it up perfectly. Ha, ha.
Oh what a tangled web we weave….
I always wondered how someone could wear sunflowers in their hair (if you’re going to San Francisco). Those things are huge, HUUUUUUGE!
Hey all—having breakfast wich y’all before I’m off.
So glad Steph and Thom are talking intelligently about health care.
Hey, folks.
I’m at home sick today, and I had a thought I felt like sharing with someone, and so I figured “Hey, my old buddies on the SM LiveBlog might care”.
I’m wondering whether this “benefits for same-sex couples” thing by President Obama isn’t a ploy to get more support on the conservative side for gay marriage.
Here’s my thinking: I’ll bet that the big talking point over the next few weeks is going to be “But what about the cheats, the people who will now obtain benefits for roommates and friends?”
And now that the right is offered, rescinding it would probably put the government at risk of costly law suits, etc.
Which means for fiscal conservatives (those who are primarily against wasteful spending, as opposed to those who feel some personal need to keep the gay man down), the only reasonable solution will be to be in favor of same sex marriage, so that the benefits can be restricted to only those couples who actually get married.
Because while there may be some straight people out there willing to claim a same-sex partner on a benefits form, I doubt there are many who would be willing to actually get married to someone of their own gender, run the risk of giving up half of their stuff in a divorce, etc, just to obtain these benefits. At least, there’d be no more of them than straight couples who are willing to get married just for the benefits.
What do you think? It’s probably a long shot, but it could just tip the scales in favor of gay marriage, ultimately.
Republicans are great at projecting.
Shaf- have you greened your pic on twitter in support of Free Iran
I just changed my settings
195—I could never declaw a cat. It’s cutting off their knuckles. I’m sure it hurts like hell after the pain meds wear off.
On the other hand you have two cats who would most likely be dead of you didn’t own them. I just wish declawing would be condemned by vets everywhere and put an end to that debate.
#207 Need a new profile pic (still dressed for winter!) So, it’s a good time to green it up.
For a thoughtful, articulate discussion of healthcare by a surgeon, take a look at Buckeye Surgeon’s blog:
http://www.ohiosurgery.blogspot.com/2009/06/rationing-or-intelligent-use-of.html
http://www.ohiosurgery.blogspot.com/2009/05/orszag-encore.html
Well worth the read, plus some really intelligent posts on the torture issue.
#187: This just in: “Cats outsmarted in psychologist’s test” (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/16/psychologist-test-outsmarts-cats)
195- If you don’t want shredded furniture, don’t get a cat. I’m sure you love them, but why modify them to fit our lifestyle. I didn’t like neutering mine, but I did. That’s all that needs to be done. I keep min cats vaccinations up to date, he gets regular check-ups and he’s lived for 17 years with no problem, a lot of it outside. Of course he’s a 18 lb Maine Coon so he doesn’t get messed with much. He’s slowing down now ,but still healthy.
Republicrauts great at projecting or is spewing their views through the media. Be afraid if that group gets a really charismatic leader
Support the troops by withholding funding? WTF?
Is the Boner EVER totally sober?? He always sounds at least a little buzzed. Is he pouring Bourbon on his Corn Flakes??
I’ve done two 15 month tours in Iraq and work on contracts on my last tour. There is lots of money being spent on contracts and contractors. In order to withdrawal I think, unfortunately, us troops are going to have to get used to doing without some of the amenities we’ve gotten used to having the last few years. It sucks, but if it means getting out of Iraq…
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Dreadful Sara, Go The F#^K away you evil wench
David Letterman should have never apologized, Palin
should be made to wear a klown suit that grasping
amoral scum
#213 You mean Rush Limbaugh isn’t charsimatic?
You’re right, though, the right balance of charisma and extreme conservatives values could be deadly.
#158 LeftCenter: “Ensign Pulver: Jack Lemmon in Mr. Roberts.”
Another Mister Roberts fan
199: I’ve had a couple of beloved dogs, both were Doberman bitches, two of the sweetest souls I’ve known in my life. Take my advice, and be kind. In spite of how much you love your pet, be kind and do the most loving thing of all – put them to sleep when they are no longer viable. Yes, you’ll bawl for two days, and tear up when you think about them from then on, but they deserve your kindness, even in their death.
That’s the hell of it, being a serious pet owner, you love them like children, and when they die, it’s an horrendous pain. The sweeter and more loving their life, the tougher it is to lose them. But it’s always worth it.
#212 http://www.softpaws.com
They require regular maintenance (check once a week, replace where necessary), but if you keep up with it, you have a non-surgical way to control clawing.
Ronnie Wood’s new clothing line? It’s Shark-Monkey!
#218 I absolutely agree. His first apology was enough, just to explain to the world that they were blowing smoke by claiming he was somehow advocating statutory rape (although anyone with two brain cells to rub together already could figure that out).
The Palins are publicity whores, trying to spin everything in the way that will get them the most face time on TV while also casting them in the dual role of “victim” and “protector of the national values”.
They really need to drink a gigantic, steaming mug of STFU.
#220 Alllll right….Whooooo did it?
Is it ok to declaw 2 cats if they attack and slice up the third cat in the house?
#224 Okay, survey time. Who are bigger media whores, the Palins or Speidi?
2 Early Report Day 5: Children killed, people whisked away to secret prisons.
205 feel better!
199 the only bad thing about dogs is they don’t live as long as us
205—you’re right. On blogs people are already yelling, “Well than why can’t my hetero BF get benefits.” Hmm….seemed like if we allowed gay marriage that might save the gov’t some money and headaches.
208: we’ll have to agree to disagree on the cat declawing. I would never have it done if I thought it cruel. And I believe my cats would survive even if they were released right now.
No doubt, some have not had my particular experience, or a vet of the quality of mine.
#224 Since it’s the Palins, it has to be a big steamy cup of moose flavored shut the f**k up.
3. Iran: Wheels Are Turning
210—we cannot deal with articulate people.
Please! The RW prefers name-calling hotheads. It makes good television.
#234 Plus it’s easier to laugh and call the opposition names than come up with you own opposing ideas.
#229 I’m reminded of an episode of Twilight Zone written by Earl Hamner Jr. where the old man and his dog both drown. Once he realizes he’s dead (after the first half of the show), he talks to a person claiming to be St. Peter. When he’s told his dog can’t go in with him, he refuses to go in. He meets another guy walking down the road and learns that heaven is the other way and they welcome dogs.
I wouldn’t go to any heaven that doesn’t allow dogs.
I think that it’s because they know what makes good TV, and good ratings, and thus generates the all mighty dollar.
Seriously, we need to turn to places like NPR or PBS for serious analysis of what’s up.
Not good.
#210 Thanks, Juliet. I’ll check them out during lunch.
212—I save my furniture by only adopting females, they are a little more mellow than many toms, and by covering the arms of my sofa and chairs with covers.
Then I throw a throw on the back of the sofa to discourage clawing there. Then I put either clear packing tape or clear Contact vinyl on the sides. If someone looks at the sides of my sofa and wonders wbout the tape I simply explain, “Cats.”
The Palins are the perfect Republican Fambly – ignorant, arrogant, self-righteous, pious, and completely full of crap, as well as being grand hypocrites. If Sarah didn’t have her sex appeal, the Repugs wouldn’t have anything to do with her as a candidate.
Again, more reinforcement for my ill will toward the Republican Party..
When it comes to the Palins someone should tell them they’ve used their 15 minutes of fame, that includes their daughters and any children even they may have. I don’t want to see a political dynasty come from them.
Mister! You listen to me! You will not
write any more letters! [Jimmy Cagney voice]
You’re a smart boy, Roberts. But I know how to take care of smart boys. I hate your guts, you smart college guys! I’ve been seeing your kind around since I was ten years old… working as a busboy. “Oh busboy, it seems my friend has thrown up on the table. Clean up that mess, boy, will’ya?” And then when I went to sea as a steward… people poking at you with umbrellas. “Oh, boy!”, “You, boy!”, “Careful with that luggage, boy!” And I took it. I took it for years! But I don’t have to take it any more. There’s a war on, and I’m captain of this vessel, and now YOU can take it for a change! The worst thing I can do to you… is to keep you right here, Mister, and here is where you’re going to stay. Now, GET OUT!
BTW you all read my DailyKos diary on Monday right?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/15/742687/-Shots-rang-out-in-the-dark
it was part of the rescued diaries list that night
guess what?
at midnight I got an email from Afshin … at 2:15am EDT we were on the phone!
216—I think that’s only if the withdrawal plan is not well-planned.
Damn, Jim said my Blackwater electrocution joke before I could type and submit it.
4. Custer, Rape, Genocide, & Happy Meals
Nevada Nevada Nevadaaargh!
Like the fella once said, “Ain’t that a kick in the groin?”
Well, folks, it’s time for me to try to sleep again, see if I can wipe out this bug.
But hopefully Steph will mention my theory about same-sex benefits leading to more support of same-sex marriage on the air. That’d be cool.
Have a great day. Someone get Sparta for me.
Putrid Palin
Perfect for the rethugs, along with Mikey Steal,
Flush the Kingmaking rented f#*KK-head fluffer
they are all doomed
a triple pox on them all
great job shane-o
226—I would try all other methods first. Like should they each have their own litter box?
Great montage, Shane-O!
Lol,thanks for the news on South Korea, it’ll make teaching there again next week, ohhh….so…reassuring. Medical coverage, escape plans, gold coins and a sheltie. The latter is always take your best friend with you;)
227—-Palin. I’ll bet she’s really bored in Alaska.
MRI and alcohol, a great mixer!
Well, I’m off to work. See you guys.
LOL we do the gay-thing 365/24/7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Commando_Eagle
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Alcohol is naturally a liquid. How would you powder it? (I’d like to find out since I’m a chemistry teacher.)
The new conservative rap ‘sensation’ sweeping Fox Nation
Stephy you Commando Goddess
240 Palin sex appeal? I don’t think so
she’s so freaking dreadful
powdered box wine! who is Momma fooling? she’s not going to add
water, just pour the powder on her tongue
243—-OK. That’s amazing.
but animals is the new craze in Holland, chickens are pretty popular. Much better then the gay-thing
Dear friends, I must leave, I have to go get the wild bird seed for the month (200 pounds) and run other errands.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog entries, I’d dearly love to sit down sometime with you all and have coffee, tea, or something stronger and listen to you in person, hear about your pets, join in bashing Republicans, tell jokes, etc.
See you tomorrow, have a great day! Don’t you ever change a thing.
L.
gawd it’s MY HOUSE …. a house full of men and I’m the only woman .. they ignore me unless I”m yelling and then they complain that I’m always yelling
from twitter
thenation Let Tehran know that the world is watching. http://www.thenation.com/bl...
Fusing Rock ‘n’ Roll and floral patterns. That’s called dropping acid, I think.
262 Palin’s got a little sex appearl, she looks like Tina Fey – and Tina Fey is hot.
266—I would imagine that would be difficult. I’m so glad I had both a boy and girls. If I didn’t have my girls who would I ever go shopping with, or talk to about catty stuff at work with?
OK—I must go. Have a day peoples!
#268 I think it involves floral patterns and projectile vomit.
Chickens the new craze in Holland, okay. They might go well with Japan’s grass men? http://www.slate.com/id/2220535/
There you go…. Vomit Proof Clothing… perfect for Ron and Keith
Good thing the Fox camera men got lots of practice durning the teabagging protests.
15-25 from accounts (at the Letterman protest). The media out-numbered them.
Yay Harriet!
Howdy!
Did somebody say naked girls?
269 Tina is hot, sara is not. Character shows through.
Paris Hilton is not attractive IMHO
Steph you tease! Nekkid girls on the radio!
yeah… naked on the radio… not too interesting.
“That’s not my America” Harriet. I guess in her America you can’t make jokes about a teenage mother.
I keep hearing right wingers saying “Letterman couldn’t have said they about the Obama girls, he’d be fired already.”
Last time I checked neither of Obama’s daughters got pregnant or had a baby. Bristol Palin…not so much.
Details on powdered alcohol:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_powder
yeh bastids
Wonder if Palin will support PETA’s attack on Obama for killing a fly on camera? PETA wrote, `He isn’t the Buddha, he’s a human being and human beings have a long way to go before they think before they act.”
#293 Ah, cyclodextrines. I should have guessed.
Came for the SPARTA (and it’s lunchtime)
I’ll go back to this one: I heard Steph shaved her monkey
I just think that’s wrong. That poor monkey might catch cold.
I didn’t even know she had a monkey, I thought she had dogs.
WTF?
nathan hale .. linky> I can’t believe PETA would do that
I mean linky????
Is it time for you-know-what yet?? I might have to bail early to get lunch. I am SOOOOOOOOOOO freakin’ hungry.
#285 I hope no member of PETA ever kills a mosquito.
cyclodextrines! You ARE a chem teacher
I got no idea whut yer talkin about
SP…. SP….. SP…..
#246 Cindy, great link. I just finished reading “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” a couple of months ago, which tells the story of American westward expansion from the Indians’ point of view, looking eastward, and refers all the white generals and politicians by their Indian names–Long Hair Custer, General Three-Fingers Crook, etc.
The Washita massacre occurred after Chief Black Kettle had met with Gen. Hazen and was retreating to wherever he was supposed to go, in the predawn hours. The Sand Creek massacre, prior to that, was much the same. The mutilations were not exaggerated — we got the story that the Injuns scalped people, but they’d picked up the practice from the Spanish.
Hey LeftCenter:
Letttahman’s throwing his life aaaawwwwaaay!
Shaf:
FOX doesn’t know that If I want close shots of dumb crowds I’ll watch the Today Show!
Ooops back to work, bye again
I’m gonna give it a shot. Sparta?
283-shāf, I can hardly wait to sprinkle it on my ice cream! (Sparta!)
SPARTA!!
oooh since Capt left we haven’t really had ANYONE go to the penalty box … BUT MARK just went there #288
SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn missed sparta
oOPS…Sparta?
Missed it!
Word Up!
Woo-hoo! I done Sparta’d!
congrats Juliet
Way to go Juliet Hussein!
J H B did it! Congrats
Put your hands in the air and applaud Juliet Hussein Bravo, Spartan of the Day!
from twitter
nprnews Reports: Protesting Underway Again In Tehran http://tinyurl.com/n8vnqr
Nicely done, Juliet!!! Now I can go and eat EVERYTHING!!! See y’all on the morrow.
Mr Creosote Over and Out
JHB congrats! [from the penalty box]
#301 Whatever happened to Capt?
That’s me! Oh Harriet.
Thanks!
Too bad we can’t get Harriet on the horn.
Is Harriet related to Harvey Fierstein?
Hef Stack? I can’t wait!
315-He’s alive and still listening to Steph.
gawd she must smell wunnerful
Bye Mr. Croesote, bon apetit!
#315 We all miss capt, hope he comes back. He had some sort of disagreement about a post, whether it was his or not I don’t recall. Kind of like in Catholic school when the nuns do a sweep, I think he got swept
#312 I’ve been watching the #iranelection on Twitter. Fascintating stuff, when all is said and done there will be many books about how social networking effected the Iran elections. Especially if the oppositino ends up winning in the end.
#321 I was wondering where he’s been. Glad to hear he’s still listening. I miss his trips to the penalty box.
capt is cool
miss him
You all are also so cool
love you all
#323 I hope Capt comes back.
326-right back at cha
#260: if we can turn alcohol into powder, then we can make pills out of it. Is Mr. Wonka working on alocohol pills?
juliet no he didn’t write the post .. a newbie got into a debate with capt and called him something with the f-word in it and capt felt that not only was it inappropriate but that producer chris should have stepped in and banned the person
#326 One thing that’s good about teaching: at least I get a couple of months during the summer to hang out here.
This sucks…I was going to ride my bike to get a haircut and then to my PT appointment, but it is raining. Bummer.
Oh, well.
324-Cindy suggested I join “Go Green for Iran” on Facebook. I’m wearing green to support Iranians.
Love those Mommy Dearest drops!
332-Where are you, Tony?
#333 I changed my twitter account to Tehran timezone. I’ve never tweeted (I just use it to read lots of other twitters) but I’ve got 2 followers now.
My last public school position in Korea gave 3 months holiday, one month in summer, 2 in winter. There were also the teacher training days. Life can be good, if you know where to go.
Maryland, right outside of DC, Sarah.
John Hinkley getting more freedom
It’s so funny every political assassination in America is done
by a lone nut. Not a single one is ever done by anyone else.
The Bush Crime family is so damned transparent. Lunch with Hinkley’s
brother while Johnny tries to off Reagan, lunch with the bin Ladens
while New York burns… Hitler, Norriega, The Cali cartel, Barry Seal,
Saddam… Bush Crime Family business associates always seem to get
double crossed
where’s the nekkid girls Steph?
hate crimes- the right always shoots for the lowest common denominator- never after intelligent points- this anti intellectualism is anti American and leads to fueling the fires of hatred in the more simple minded (eg: my racist family in the South)
If you ask Limbaugh, von Brunn was a leftist.
where’s the nekkid girls Steph?
329 alcohol pills! better yet, alcohol powder like
those straws full of colored sugar the kids eat
#338 well then you don’t want to ride your bike, it’s occasionally raining outside.
#339 Yeah, but they’re not palling around with terrorists.
338-Someday I’ll see Maryland and DC. I’d like to make the trip before the girl goes to college … in 2013. I guess I better start saving my pennies!
Amy, what’s your Twitter name? Name’s http://twitter.com/tshafer1
I have this terrible fear that the jerks at Fox News won’t be happy until some nutjob assassinates President Obama.
Von Braun, the German rocket scientist? The man was a practical soul, rockets first, politics second, the U.S was willing to pay for his work. Limbaugh if he ever had to tell the truth for a week, he’s take a holiday for fear of losing his job.
Morning all! This hate-speech goes on because people don’t protest and march on Fux News (plus O’Reilly/Hannity/Beck are slightly insane)
Amy and Tony are neighbors. Do we have any other bloggers on the “central coast” of California?
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great post @ #1 flombe, just stopped to read it
was Dennis Miller ever funny? No wonder Steph doesn’t
acknowledge him as her brother
Constellation Energy will have to file for bankruptcy if their nuclear power plant deal doesn’t go through. Constellation Energy, you say, where have I heard that before?
Jenna Bush’s husband is “an executive at Constellation Energy”. Guess he’s been asking his father in law for business advice. If it’s one thing GWB knows, it’s how to run a business/government into the ground.
348-aaarrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh
Good idea #338, bike ride, time to follow the path to the Christie cookie plant, all for exercise;)
Nudity for jimbo. hoo boy
351 I’d love to get my buddy Mike on here, he’s in Ventura, very
smart funny guy, don’t think he listens cause he teaches high school,
but he’s off now, maybe I can lure him in
My friend Amy is in San Diego, a stay at home Mom, I keep
trying to lure her also
not central coast but left coast anyway
Stephanie, I’m offended that you would call Fox fake news.
I prefer to think of it as bullshit with violence.
353-Dennis Miller absolutely used to be funny … very funny. When he had his late-night tv show, he was actually WARM. I don’t know what could have happened to him.
#347 AbsentAmy on twitter. I dont’ use it to tweet though, just to keep track of all the other people I follow. But it is an odd coincidence that once I changed my time zone to Tehran (which was suggested to confuse the Iranian government), I’ve got followers. Well they are going to get bored watching my page.
Nah…I think I’ll just have to postpone my ride until tomorrow. The rain doesn’t bother me so much as the douchebaggery that goes on with drivers. They are dangerous, man!
#354 When Bush was running for President, I told everybody I knew that if he ran the country the way he ran the Texas Rangers, the country would be in trouble. I was right. In fact he did an even worse job with the country than he did with the Rangers.
#288, #301: Now the shark-monkey, that don’t need no shavin’.
Yes, the Bushes have a gift as given by an angry old gypsy:)
358-I also extend my invitation to Mike and Amy, Mark. I hope they join us!
Sarah,
I can’t remember when Dennis Miller was funny. Maybe I missed him, then, but I honestly don’t ever remember him making me laugh.
The drivers are dangerous all over the world. I asked by students near Seoul, if they had bikes, no teacher, we want to live.
#363 Here I was hoping he’d run the country like the Texas Rangers, because I think they were the only business he ran that didn’t end in bankruptcy.
348 yes the rethug scum and the willfully ignorant yahoos
both do want the President dead, it’s painfully obvious
I hope his secret service detail is really really good
God Bless Barack Obama, the first President in my lifetime
since JFK who I can really feel is MY President. I really
think he’s smart and sincere and will do what ever he can
for this country in a time when we really need a statesman
362-That can be true in EVERY part of the country. The auto as weapon.
#366 No thanks, no California for me. I have an irrational fear of earthquakes.
#369 Yeah, but they sucked.
#372 Nevermind, you meant your friend Amy. Sometimes I forget there are others out there with me name.
370-Here, Here! (And Hear, Hear!)
Problem is, Hef is always picking (or is it creating) blonde buxon Playmates.
364 shark-monkey Owch! vagina dentata ref
372-Amy! It’s just a whole lot o’ shakin
In Portland the drivers are so polite they will give you a friendly “you first” wave right into the path of a speeding truck.
Hef comes as close to cloning as any scientist. Maybe that’s Playboy’s future business?
shāf, buxon is software … buxom is breasteseses
381-Oh, wait! It’s the same thing!
#330
I always enjoyed having Capt here, but he did have a tendency to be a bit sensitive. I was briefly a denizen over at 4F blog, but then he got all cranky about something I said and did it in such a way that I no longer felt welcome there (he having been a long time denizen and me having been about two weeks old on the site).
#330 Cindy, Thanks for the scoop — I miss all the exciting stuff!
367-Ron, circa his early SNL days.
#379, lol
#383 I guess it’s to my advantage that my exposure to Capt has been limited to here and the Thom Hartmann chatroom.
Bush screwed a bunch of people when he got the Texas Rangers
stadium built, used eminent domain to rip off people… always
with the criminal schemes, bushes
376 hef has really gotten creepy, and his dumb bimbos
aren’t attractive, they are the worst
give me a real woman with a brain and integrity, now
that’s attractive! drunk slutty and commando is ok too Steph
California’s Appalachia voted for Republican representation, now they have to deal with the consequences.
Who things this whole “Letterman joke scandal” Fox News successful attempt to change the subject from O’Reilly to Letterman?
Stay in school kids!!!
Wow…fastest three hours on radio. See you tomorrow!
see you soon
always great talking to you
330 & 383-producer chris could have stepped in, but he said we should work it out ourselves. The usual strategy is to stop reacting to the idiot bloggers. The theory is that they will get bored and go away. It still feels bad to be insulted, even if we know we need to ignore it.
Bye, bye.
have a good day all
Later, skaters. Have a good day. I’ll catch you tomorrow for a bit because I have an early morning meeting. In the meantime, please do check out my site!
#388 Amen on the Playmates. I don’t recall having found one attractive since the early 80s.
>> Sarah in Santa Cruz says:
>> 367-Ron, circa his early SNL days.
I didn’t realize he was on SNL. I must have missed his early career.
I’ve gotten rid of the TV for extended times during my life, I think I went about 10 years once. Maybe it was then.
Over already? Great show and blog (as always!)
Have an awesome day, everyone. Try the shark-monkey stew. It’s delish!
#394 We did work it out ourselves, actually. Capt was a regular there, I wasn’t, so I left. It was just easier.
I’m really not saying I’m glad he’s gone, I wish he was still here. I’m just saying that it’s not surprising it went down the way it did.
#381 Meant ‘buxom’, just finger-checked.
As a longtime inmate – er, resident, of La-la-land, I found people in Portland super-nice. Even the bus drivers, and especially those nice volunteers who pump your gas for you without being asked.
Amy- good idea. I forgot about the request to change twitter timezone to Tehran. It’s done now for me! I hope the iranian people overcome their government and throw out the high clerical order.
Flombaye, Steyn was not talking about the Uighurs (not Huigurs) shipped to Bermuda, he was talking about the Uighurs shipped to Palau. You know, in the South Pacific? I guess you don’t keep up with “manstram developments in the news”, but the first clue was that Steyn clearly said “Palau”. As for conflating Uighur Chinese with Afghan Islamicists, where do you think the Uighurs in question were picked up? Near the Afghan-Pakistani border, after fleeing from an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. I can understand why the father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan would be upset to learn that the people his son may have died fighting are being resettled–at taxpayer expense–in Bermuda, and Palau, and wherever the rest of them end up. Just try checking a fact or two before accusing others of ignorance.