For Ethan

Love Ethan!!

Hope he can look in on the blog to see his name here!

Hello

I love your show can i make a bumpersticker
out of your Show logo?

LMAO!!

the pic didn't load

(ono one)
(war-dog zero)

Did you see that Glenn Milne article I posted for you?

I know him! I met him in 1979 in San Francisco. We corresponded for a few years after but Australia and Illinois are 1000's of miles apart.

Have you heard of him before?

I have his business card around here somewhere.

Here's the link again

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22618829-5001031,00....

I did not lie, but your post did inspire me to do 1 thing.

From now on, I'm using my real first name in here. No more mousey. From now on, please call me Annette.

Thanks,

A.

(my kitties definitely do the face patting thing. )

we're in bed together now

: )

Please, the truth! Have you heard of him before? He should be in his mid 60's now if it's the same man.

no more of that funny stuff!

u guys crack me up!

Vegetarian chili... Sounds like what I want for dinner.

yes ono
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 9:32pm.
no more of that funny stuff!

.Great Guava!!

new
Submitted by 60th Street on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 8:14pm.
Lol! I remember that! :)
*******

Getting old sucks,Man !

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

although, i don't read many newspapers

i've heard of him

that video cracked Bgurl up.

she thought Ruzz had found the carefully stashed "ball of squeeking doom" that sounds exactly like that cat in the video!

we have to keep it away from her because the plastic is so hard it makes her gums bleed as she tries to chomp it.

He was not a journalist when I met him. He was a book seller as I remember. I have to find that business card.

Ring of Fire right now.

Opus!
At last, a candidate that doesn't ponder to special interests.

G'evening, Toni :)

and mail him to Sam!

sam could feed him cheesy bits and keep him in the studio as the in house producer.

You're recalling 1979? That's great!

They say the difference between intelligent people and dumbasses like me, is their memory capacity.

I need more RAM. :-)

How's the weather by you? We are expecting more rain.
You're State had some bad weather the other night.

go with the flow, son

our greatest ever fast bowler, dennis lillee

was hell on wheels

then as he aged, he used guile

thinking the batsmen out

also, he suffered an back injury that could have ended his career

"what!? lillee without his ball-tearing pace - sacre bleu!"

he became an even more effective bowler

more accurate, more deadly

Kudos on the memory, tonid
new
Submitted by Annette on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 9:41pm.
You're recalling 1979? That's great!

They say the difference between intelligent people and dumbasses like me, is their memory capacity.

I need more RAM. :-)

He was cute! I always remember the cute ones :) And he also was intelligent and travelled the world so he was also interesting.

:D :D :D :D
Going to be giggling about that one for days to come.

you saw elvis in the flesh

from there, everyone you meet is downhill

I did see Elvis in the flesh!

But variety is the spice of life!

Warm, clear and beautiful in my part of the state, for the most part. Even that storm system that was supposed to hit us last week ended up as a day of light rain. I still find temperatures in the 80s in late October-early November unsettling.

Those shots kick in yet? Hope you're feeling better.

and mail him to Sam!

sam could feed him cheesy bits and keep him in the studio as the in house producer.

http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html

It was 80 here today. But it's supposed to be 40 by Wednesday.

The heat this late in the season is unsettling. Even the trees and animals are confused.

//Getting old sucks,Man//
Submitted by air-ono on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 9:44pm.
go with the flow, son

our greatest ever fast bowler, dennis lillee
*******
Me in about 5 years !!

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Again !! :(

Please send some rain our way !

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

I heard from my daughter and she is okay. Lives near Calabasas. She said the fires are over the hill in Malibu

here's the great man...

the chant of: "lill-ee!, lill-ee!, lill-ee!"

This place rocks!

as in cricket bowling
new
Submitted by air-ono on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 10:10pm.
here's the great man...
*******
;)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

hamburger with the lot

btw, toni

that bird was a cockatoo

not a cockatiel

your education is utmost in my mind

: )

MMR
Submitted by toniD on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 10:07pm.
I heard from my daughter and she is okay. Lives near Calabasas. She said the fires are over the hill in Malibu
*******

which blow east to west..She should be fine in Calabasas..

The only thing Santa Ana winds are good for is surfing..Winds blow offshore..

During fire season,which seems to be almost all the time now,Santa Ana winds are very
dangerous..Very dry hot winds..
The Oh Shitski winds !!

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

i gtg

Take er easy ! :)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

I have a cockatiel, and I typed that instead of cockatoo.

Posted too fast.

MMR, When I lived in Riverside, CA, we used to see the fires up by Mt Rubidoux. August through October.

Late Edition: Hoekstra and Harman Denounce Bush Administration for Leaks of Israeli Bombing of Syria
By: Nicole Belle @ 6:30 PM - PDT

Download (272) | Play (243) Download (414) | Play (128) (h/t BillW)

Wolf Blitzer had on Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI02), Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA36), of the House Committee on Homeland Security, to discuss the troubling and selective leaking of classified information coming from the White House about Israel’s bomb attack in Northern Syria of alleged nuclear facilities, prompting Hoekstra and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (also a Republican) of a scathing rebuke in the Wall Street Journal (subscription req’d.)

You know when a Republican like Hoekstra is blasting you for leaking information that all is not well in the Republican party…but how pathetic is it that Harman only knew about it from what she read in the media?

Blitzer: Can you tell us, Congressman Hoekstra, if there was evidence that the Syrians were working with North Korea and/or Iran, were actually in the process at that facility of trying to build a nuclear bomb?

Hoekstra: Wolf, I can’t get into any of the details that we’ve been briefed in on. You know, that’s why this spot declassification that the administration is going through is so troublesome. They can leak bits and pieces of the program. Those of us who have been briefed on the program, we can’t say anything about what we know or when we knew it.

Rats are jumping, Mr. Cheney…

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/21/late-edition-hoekstra-and-harma...

Valerie Plame On 60 Minutes: “The President Is Not A Man Of His Word”
By: Logan Murphy @ 7:17 PM - PDT

Outed CIA covert operative Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, Joe Wilson, gave an interview to Katie Couric on 60 Minutes. In the first segment, Plame Wilson spoke frankly about being betrayed by this administration, as well as her assessment of the damage done to the nation’s security by revealing her identity:

Part One: Download (156) | Play (149) Download (182) | Play (72) (thanks to BillW for videos)

But the second segment is where Couric goes off the rails and shows her flair for White House talking points. It’s almost as if she implies that Plame Wilson should have expected the White House to out her because the work she did touched on the question that sent her husband, Amb. Joseph Wilson, to Niger.

COURIC: You never for a moment thought this could potentially jeopardize my career?

PLAME: It’s called ‘living your cover.’ This had nothing to do with what I was doing. He was part of the debate.

COURIC: But admit it, it comes awfully close to what you were doing, even covertly. I mean, you were trying to ascertain if Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He’s writing an article saying ‘it’s really not valid, this one assertion.’ I mean, can’t you see how those two things might collide and in a very dangerous way?

Part Two: Download (106) | Play (64) Download (31) | Play (53)

Couric should be embarassed for her arsenal of GOP talking points disguised as an interview. Seriously, this is a covert agent telling you that national security was compromised and you think this is the kind of question that needed to be asked?

Can you understand how people just were turned off by that whole thing? They felt “Gee, maybe she’s enjoying her celebrity a little too much.”

She even at one point accused Valerie of being very partisan and Joseph Wilson of still seething… can you believe that hackery? Did it ever cross her mind to ask that of President Bush in her softball interview from Iraq? Of course not.

To the end, the Wilsons held strong to the truth and never backed down, even when the CIA made it difficult for her to publish her own book on the events, Fair Game, eventually redacting 10% of it.

Couric: “Do you think President Bush was in on this?”

Plame: “I don’t know about that, but I, like most other Americans saw President Bush say on TV that he would fire anyone from his administration found to be involved in the leak of my name. It turns out, the president is not a man of his word.”

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/21/valerie-plame-on-60-minutes-the...

down here in East San Diego county..One in Spring Valley/Julian area,and one in Potero(sp?).Down by the border..

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Another Tool !!

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

I think in asking these questions in this manner, Katie is trying to give Wilson and Plame the chance to answer the rightwing attack machine. I don't see Katie as the problem. I see her as presenting the far-rightwinger's case in a way that allows Joe and Valerie to answer it. Katie and CBS must believe that a good deal of the viewers of 60 Minutes listen to rightwing radio all day during the week - and that's probably true. So a lot of their audience probably has these questions about this couple's intentions. It's good they got a chance to answer these kinds of questions, really. It'd be bad if they weren't given a chance to answer them.

- jayson

GOP Rivals Argue Who's Most Conservative
Forbes - 1 hour ago
By LIBBY QUAID 10.21.07, 9:24 PM ET Republican front-runners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney defended their conservative credentials in the face of pointed attacks from their rivals Sunday night in the most aggressive debate to date...
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This is where they are: "My Conservative penis is bigger than your Conservative penis."

"My flag lapel pin is bigger than your flag lapel pin."

"I will spend more money on defense than you would."

"I won't abort more babies than you won't abort."
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More telling than this pissing contest pandering is what it says about the sheep.

Editorial

Published: October 20, 2007
Every now and then, we are tempted to double-check that the Democrats actually won control of Congress last year. It was particularly hard to tell this week. Democratic leaders were cowed, once again, by propaganda from the White House and failed, once again, to modernize the law on electronic spying in a way that permits robust intelligence gathering on terrorists without undermining the Constitution.

The task before Congress was to review and improve an update to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA, that was pushed through the Capitol just before the summer break. That bill endorsed warrantless wiretapping and gutted other aspects of the 1978 law.

House Democrats drafted a measure that, while imperfect, was an improvement to the one passed this summer. But before the House could vote, Republicans tied up the measure in bureaucratic knots and Democratic leaders pulled it. Senate Democrats did even worse, accepting a Potemkin compromise that endorsed far too much of the bad summer law.
Con't-NYT

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

It's still part of your standard psych test. "Do you ever get the feeling the government is watching you?" And it means something if you do. Like, it's a sign that you think you're so important that the govt. would be watching you. You've got an inflated ego or something.

But in this day and age, isn't it kind of, I dunno, irresponsible or something to assume that the government isn't spying on you?

Maybe the people who believe the govt. isn't spying on them - maybe THEY have an out of whack ego. Maybe they need help!

- Jayson

I see Chubby got out of the joint. I hope he rehabilitated, will get a job now, and start fitting into society. More power to him if he does.

My repub. conserv. sis told me today that one of the routine vaccinations was made from aborted babies. Dammit, which one was it? MMR - no, that one causes autism allegedly... oh hell, maybe it was chicken pox. Can't remember what she said. Why does it matter what they made the vaccine from, if it keeps children from getting sick, is what I want to know... same with stem cell research.

But don't get me wrong. I love kids. Kids are, to me, what cats are to Alice. I have testified in committees to legislators for this group (www.safekids.org)before...highly fun, got to see the capitol building, got hugged by 2 legislators who had liquor on their breath, and 1 who didn't. It was awesome. :-)

Either you Uphold it,or you don't !

I'm for Upholding it!

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

The Red Sox are just on fire!

Hopefully they can keep it going in The World Series!

I am a Red Sox fan but,I was hoping Cleveland would get to the
World Series this year,and win..

I like to root for teams that either haven't won The Big One yet,or it's been a long,long
time since they have..

Again sorry man..

Also,is the 3rd baseman Blake on Luids,or something..He had a bad game..

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

from your condescending attitude I can tell you are a true moron.

Sounds like War Dog?

at any rate, I want you let you know that the penal system has NOTHING to do with rehabilitation.

"Some people have asked if some vaccines have components derived from human fetuses.

"In fact, some vaccines are grown in cell cultures that were originally obtained from two human fetuses. In addition, the rubella virus used to make rubella vaccine was isolated from a third human fetus. This article describes the origins of these vaccines."

[snip]

"Summary: Some vaccine components have been derived from human fetuses. The abortions were not conducted for the purpose of vaccine discovery or vaccine production. Additional abortions are not needed for the production of these vaccines. In the case of rubella vaccine, abortions are prevented by the use of the vaccine."

More here: http://www.immunizationinfo.org/vaccine_components_detail.cfv?id=32

Did Chubby kill him in self-defense?

Submitted by Chubby Bubba on Sun, 10/21/2007 - 11:53pm.
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Hubba-Hubba Bubba, the Rajah of Svelte!

How's it going? Good I hope.
SJ came down and hung out with ya,right? Cool.

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Chubby Bubba - I'm Annette - I understand you're in need of a slimmer nic. Congrats on that. :-)

I'm new here, but I plan on sticking around a good long while. There's some nice folks in these parts.

I would stick around, read, post, learn your thoughts on subjects I know little about (you're alot stronger than I on world news subjects) etc., but I have a hangover from last night - damn things last longer than a day now that I'm old...so I'm turning in.

Goodnight, all.

eew-- I can tell from your attacking attitude you didn't benefit much from your detention.

That's too bad. Just do the best you can.

he died of a drug overdose 15 months later.

Anonasshole vindictus.

a toothless predator that sucks it's prey's hearts out of their assholes.

usually sneaks up on them when they're unaware.

and I can tell from your passive agression that you are a punk-assed bitch!

Thanks for the post - rubella, eh? Odd - wonder how that works... and why they would care. I mean, nobody wants their kid to get that stuff, and babies are going to be aborted regardless.

But yeah, I'd better go. I'm losing coherency.

You have made that quite obvious.

.

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

you back down south i guess.

Poor Peter Dragon. I hope his wife removed all of the sharp objects from their house for a few days.

Hi Annette.

I appritiate your high praise, but it may be a little misplaced.

especially right now, I'm not really as `newsy' as all that.I'm just one of the many bloggers here and we all learn from each other. I have to admit, my rep around here has really benefitted from quite a bit of positive buzz lately.

I don't think I can really live up to the image of me that's been portayed lately.

F'rinstance: dispite all the buzz, I am not God...merely rather god-like

Thanks for mentioning it. I'd never heard that before, so I looked it up. G'night and rest well. :)

yes, Jim. Looking on the Craig's list, doing the job search. Here's one I emailed w/a resume: Technical Sales Consultant for Linux Servers & Storage

XXXX XXX XXXX Linux is a manufacturer of Linux servers and storage systems based in XXX XXXX, XX. We have a current opening for a Technical Sales Consultant. This is a full time position. Hours are from 8AM to 5PM.

In this position, you will be working in our sales group talking with new and past customers regarding their upcoming server projects. The position requires someone who enjoys helping customer solve their IT needs and possesses a strong knowledge of computer hardware. This is a perfect position for a computer geek who wants to get out of the server room and into a fast-paced environment solving real world problems for established companies.

Responsibilities include:
- Communication with customer over email or phone to understand their IT challenges.
- Working with the engineering team to develop a solution that meets the customer's needs and budget.
- Quoting a solution in our internal sales system
- Assist production team with ensuring the customer solution is built to the customer's specifications
- Assist customers post-sale to discuss service needs and issues
- Enjoy the praises and thanks from customers who stay on schedule and on budget because of you.

Qualifications:
- Experience working hands-on with rackmount servers and storage solutions in an IT capacity.
- Previous experience with Linux or Unix OS a big plus, but not required.
- Enjoy tinkering with the latest Intel or AMD processors and other computing advancements.
- Strong communication skills

Benefits include health, dental, vision and 401(k).

...and on better terms with Whiskers, our feline overlord,
than many of us.

...seeing my cats again. they are looking really healthy, but they told me they want to come home.

Rusty also said he wants me to proofread the manuscript for is book.

Double-parity RAID, commonly known as RAID 6, safeguards against data loss by allowing up to two consecutive drive failures
What is RAID 6?
RAID 6 eliminates the risk of data loss if a second hard disk drive fails or an unrecoverable read error occurs while the RAID array is rebuilding. In a RAID 6 enabled system, a second set of parity is calculated, written, and distributed across all the drives. RAID 6 is obviously more secure than RAID 5, but do you pay a performance penalty for this added security?

RAID 5 vs. RAID 6 Performance
Because RAID 6 requires a second set of parity calculations, this additional step slows the write performance. Performance benchmarks show that a typical RAID controllers can suffer more than a 30% drop in overall write performance in RAID 6 when compared to a RAID 5. However, RAID 5 and RAID 6 read performance remain unaffected. AMCC/3Ware has implemented sophisticated advanced stripe handling technology that maximize RAID 6 performance by dramatically minimizing the write performance penalty. Simultaneous parity calculations and dedicated silicon-based stripe handlers radically reduce the write penalty on 3ware controllers to less than 10% between RAID 6 and RAID 5.

Summary
RAID 6 represents an incredible change in the RAID landscape. It provides customers with higher levels of data protection, data availability and fault tolerance than RAID 5. By assuring data availability following a second drive failure, users can rest assured that they are enjoying maximum data protection, both in normal and degraded modes. And, with RAID 6 enabled AMCC/3ware controllers, RAID 6 will not cripple performance. However, it is important to remember that RAID 6 does not come without costs. RAID 6 requires the equivalent capacity of two drives in the array to be dedicated to storing only parity information. Also, most RAID 6 systems carry a write performance penalty due to the additional parity calculation. AMCC/3Ware simultaneous parity calculations mitigate these performance impediments to provide the fastest RAID 6 solution available.

looks like a goodun.

lemme know if you need some tech articles.

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

you blink your eye for 10 months and they've rolled out a whole new RAID array!

Don't that just go to show ya?

that write to two or more drives in a typical comp are somewhat slower due to the write time to each drive. the AMCC/3Ware card seems to mitigate that speed slowdown.

http://podcast.rbn.com/airam/airam/download/archive/2007/10/aass102107.m...

G'night, y'all.

sweet dreams!

catchew!

I'm going to have to sign off in a minute, too!

luck on the gig!

I'll be up and at 'em early tomorrow!

But had to sign in so i didn't look like that Asshole Anon
What a total bastard that guy is!

I wanted to pass on some info for Chubby
Not sure your skillset but if its computers or tech stuff I would check out hospitals especially like here in California
the University of California has hospitals up and down the state which pay decent with great benefits
I think sometimes people don't think to look in hospitals

Good luck and welcome back, hope everythings going ok for you

good luck too!

Have a good one.. :)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Good luck !

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

night gang,

cya in the AM!

:)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

The organizers of a four day protest "October Rebellion" accused the IMF and WB of provoking misery and poverty to millions of people in the world.

According to the group's spokespeople, this situation has reached inhuman proportions.

BRITISH special forces have crossed into Iran several times in recent months as part of a secret border war against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Al-Quds special forces, defence sources have disclosed.

There have been at least half a dozen intense firefights between the SAS and arms smugglers, a mixture of Iranians and Shi’ite militiamen.

There have been persistent reports of American special-operations missions inside Iran preparing for a possible attack. But the sources said British troops were solely stopping arms smuggling.
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On The Road With Cindy Sheehan

...
“Wait until after the election, when we have a Democrat in the White House.”

“How many soldiers, how many Iraqis, will die before then?” she asked.
...

by John Pilger

...
Moore’s “threat” is his unerring view from the ground. He abrogates the contempt in which elite America and the media hold ordinary people. This is a taboo subject among many journalists, especially those claiming to have risen to the nirvana of “impartiality” and others who profess to teach journalism. If Moore simply presented victims in the time-honored, ambulance-chasing way, leaving the audience tearful but paralyzed, he would have few enemies. He would not be looked down upon as a polemicist and self-promoter and all the other pejorative tags that await those who step beyond the invisible boundaries in societies where wealth is said to equal freedom. The few who dig deep into the nature of a liberal ideology that regards itself as superior, yet is responsible for crimes epic in proportion and generally unrecognized, risk being eased out of the “mainstream”, especially if they are young — a process that a former editor once described to me as “a sort of gentle defenestration”.
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Anarchists arrested for resisting forced psychiatric treatment

Industrial Worker - Issue #1700, October 2007

Featured Articles:
Chicago General Assembly shows growth
Two years of organizing the NYC food industry
India free trade zones cause unrest, inequality

National Tree Week is celebrating its 30th anniversary starting on 21st November and the National Tree Council wants as many people as possible to get involved. Their target is to get one million trees planted by the beginning of December.

"Every thought we think changes our biochemistry. Your hormones are all affected by your thoughts. Pay attention to things that bring you joy. When I read the newspaper, I look for the good news."

— Dr. Christiane Northup

gotta get some sleep. > <

Why Leaves Change Color

For years, scientists have studied how leaves prepare for the annual show of fall color. The molecules behind bright yellows and oranges are well understood, but brilliant reds remain a bit of a mystery.

In response to chilly temperatures and fewer daylight hours, leaves stop producing their green-tinted chlorophyll, which allows them to capture sunlight and make energy. Because chlorophyll is sensitive to the cold, certain weather conditions like early frosts will turn off production more quickly.

"If making the anthocyanins helps the leaf stay on the tree a little longer, it may help the tree absorb some of the good things before it falls off. The tree can use those resources for the next growing season." - Paul Schaberg, U.S. Forest Service plant physiologist
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Have a good one :)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Video

Your up late,and Green.. ;)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

The US and conservation groups will cut $26m (£12.8m) from Costa Rican debt in return for the country spending the same sum on forest protection.

Costa Rica will spend the money over the next 16 years on large swathes of its tropical forest.

It hopes to help conserve such endangered species as the jaguar, squirrel monkey and scarlet macaw.
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I probably should go to sleep before midnight... until then...you're stuck with me..I mean unless you ditch me... :)

what a cutie! The little chimp..You too,ofcourse ! ;)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

"A postcard that a Japanese soldier mailed from a Southeast Asian battlefront during World War II has reached a recipient in Japan 64 years later."

I have to make it down to Costa Rica one of these days..

I was asked to go on a surf trip down there when I was younger.
But,didn't have the money to go..
My friends took trains,and buses all the way down there,with knee boards..
The almost got killed,I think twice but,they had a Great time..I wish I could have gone.
One day..

My Dad,before He passed away,always wanted to move down there..
I wish He could have..

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

a blogger from here moved there...sent some pics and wow...lovely Finca...

My dad wanted to be a forest dept ranger guy... :)

see all that time between mine and your last posts? That's how long it took to get the whole page to load...

But then I made that post and look how fast it did it this time...makes no sense...

*sigh*

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Ladybugs Used in Place of Insecticides in NYC
To avoid using chemical insecticides, groundskeepers at one of New York City's biggest apartment complexes have released 720,000 ladybugs to help control pests like aphids and mites.

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The Fish That Can Survive For Months In A Tree
It's one of the golden rules of the natural world. Birds live in trees, fish live in water. The trouble is, no one bothered to tell the mangrove killifish.

Scientists have discovered that it spends several months of every year out of the water and living inside trees.

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Researchers Studying How Singing Bats Communicate
Bats are the most vocal mammals other than humans, and understanding how they communicate during their nocturnal outings could lead to better treatments for human speech disorders...

Thousands of bats native to Central Texas fly overhead each night singing songs of complex syllables - but at frequencies too high for humans to hear.

I didn't think I could go wrong with that one...sight/site unseen... :)
..

OK..so I'm going to poemhunter to get a random poem for the Blog and see what comes up...

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Friend

Art thou abroad on this stormy night
on thy journey of love, my friend?
The sky groans like one in despair.

I have no sleep tonight.
Ever and again I open my door and look out on
the darkness, my friend!

I can see nothing before me.
I wonder where lies thy path!

By what dim shore of the ink-black river,
by what far edge of the frowning forest,
through what mazy depth of gloom art thou threading
thy course to come to me, my friend?

Rabindranath Tagore

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Oh that was a good one...
Good night All... xo

:)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Afterdowningstreet.org
.

http://www.anationdeceived.org/category/swanson

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Inch by Inch, Great Lakes Shrink,
and Cargo Carriers Face Losses
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/nyregion/22oswego.html

The Future Is Drying Up
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/magazine/21water-t.html

Just listened to October 2nd episode, citing Jimmy Breslin's book.
Good stuff. Thanks, MMRules.

I tried to send you some rain but it stalled over the oasis.

http://podcast.rbn.com/airam/airam/download/archive/2007/10/aarf102007.m...

More info here:
http://ringoffireradio.com/

Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections.

The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on with the Open Content Alliance, a nonprofit effort aimed at making their materials broadly available.

More here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22library.html

http://www.opencontentalliance.org/

Halliburton's move out of US paying rewards already
by Chris in Paris · 10/22/2007 03:38:00 AM ET

Now remember, as a US citizen this is completely illegal and not allowed though for businesses, it's perfectly OK to pack your bags and stop paying US taxes. US citizens are required to file US taxes regardless of where they reside and even if you rescind your US citizenship, you are required by law to continue filing (and possibly paying) for 10 years.

Why corporate America is allowed to operate with such different terms speaks volumes. Halliburton must be so happy to have saved $133 million in taxes. Why does Halliburton, who has profited so handsomely courtesy of the US government, hate America?

http://www.americablog.com/2007/10/halliburtons-move-out-of-us-paying.ht...

Poland rejects radical right extremist
by Chris in Paris · 10/22/2007 03:28:00 AM ET

What a sigh of relief. Poland had been going down a very confrontational and extreme right wing path with the Kaczynski twins. The Polish voters turned out in high numbers (for Poland, or America) yesterday to vote in Donald Tusk with a 9 point advantage. Tusk is already calling for Polish troop removal from Iraq and is seeking a balanced relationship with Washington. George isn't going to like hearing that his junior lapdog in Europe has lost.

http://www.americablog.com/2007/10/poland-rejects-radical-right-extremis...

Far right in Switzerland wins in elections
by Chris in Paris · 10/22/2007 03:59:00 AM ET

The Swiss People's Party, the party that ran with a hard line anti-immigrant platform, rolled to victory yesterday capturing 29% of the Swiss vote. The party, locally known as SVP, was infamous for their campaign posters showing three white sheep and one kicking out a black sheep. Anti-immigrant fever in Europe continues.

http://www.americablog.com/2007/10/far-right-in-switzerland-wins-in.html

Bloggers Without Borders...

Syria is a beautiful country- at least I think it is. I say “I think” because while I perceive it to be beautiful, I sometimes wonder if I mistake safety, security and normalcy for ‘beauty’. In so many ways, Damascus is like Baghdad before the war- bustling streets, occasional traffic jams, markets seemingly always full of shoppers… And in so many ways it’s different. The buildings are higher, the streets are generally narrower and there’s a mountain, Qasiyoun, that looms in the distance.

The mountain distracts me, as it does many Iraqis- especially those from Baghdad. Northern Iraq is full of mountains, but the rest of Iraq is quite flat. At night, Qasiyoun blends into the black sky and the only indication of its presence is a multitude of little, glimmering spots of light- houses and restaurants built right up there on the mountain. Every time I take a picture, I try to work Qasiyoun into it- I try to position the person so that Qasiyoun is in the background.

The first weeks here were something of a cultural shock. It has taken me these last three months to work away certain habits I’d acquired in Iraq after the war. It’s funny how you learn to act a certain way and don’t even know you’re doing strange things- like avoiding people’s eyes in the street or crazily murmuring prayers to yourself when stuck in traffic. It took me at least three weeks to teach myself to walk properly again- with head lifted, not constantly looking behind me.

It is estimated that there are at least 1.5 million Iraqis in Syria today. I believe it. Walking down the streets of Damascus, you can hear the Iraqi accent everywhere. There are areas like Geramana and Qudsiya that are packed full of Iraqi refugees. Syrians are few and far between in these areas. Even the public schools in the areas are full of Iraqi children. A cousin of mine is now attending a school in Qudsiya and his class is composed of 26 Iraqi children, and 5 Syrian children. It’s beyond belief sometimes. Most of the families have nothing to live on beyond their savings which are quickly being depleted with rent and the costs of living.

Within a month of our being here, we began hearing talk about Syria requiring visas from Iraqis, like most other countries. Apparently, our esteemed puppets in power met with Syrian and Jordanian authorities and decided they wanted to take away the last two safe havens remaining for Iraqis- Damascus and Amman. The talk began in late August and was only talk until recently- early October. Iraqis entering Syria now need a visa from the Syrian consulate or embassy in the country they are currently in. In the case of Iraqis still in Iraq, it is said that an approval from the Ministry of Interior is also required (which kind of makes it difficult for people running away from militias OF the Ministry of Interior…). Today, there’s talk of a possible fifty dollar visa at the border.

Iraqis who entered Syria before the visa was implemented were getting a one month visitation visa at the border. As soon as that month was over, you could take your passport and visit the local immigration bureau. If you were lucky, they would give you an additional month or two. When talk about visas from the Syrian embassy began, they stopped giving an extension on the initial border visa. We, as a family, had a brilliant idea. Before the commotion of visas began, and before we started needing a renewal, we decided to go to one of the border crossings, cross into Iraq, and come back into Syria- everyone was doing it. It would buy us some time- at least 2 months.

We chose a hot day in early September and drove the six hours to Kameshli, a border town in northern Syria. My aunt and her son came with us- they also needed an extension on their visa. There is a border crossing in Kameshli called Yaarubiya. It’s one of the simpler crossings because the Iraqi and Syrian borders are only a matter of several meters. You walk out of Syrian territory and then walk into Iraqi territory- simple and safe.

When we got to the Yaarubiya border patrol, it hit us that thousands of Iraqis had had our brilliant idea simultaneously- the lines to the border patrol office were endless. Hundreds of Iraqis stood in a long line waiting to have their passports stamped with an exit visa. We joined the line of people and waited. And waited. And waited…

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

Another Iraq Vet Steps Up To Challenge GOP Rep. Roskam
By James Lambert - October 19, 2007, 10:24AM
Roll Call reports that Democrats are lining up another Iraq veteran to challenge freshman Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) — Colonel Jill Morgenthaler, a deputy chief of staff for public safety to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Morgenthaler has yet to make her candidacy official, but reports say that she will likely make the bid.

Democrats hope that they can put Roskam on the defensive in this Democratic-trending district, but it remains to be seen whether Morgenthaler has the right profile to inspire local activists. She was at the center of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal as an army spokeswoman, and a Web journal that she had during her time in Iraq features a good deal of criticism of the media for what she perceived as negative coverage of the war.

One such nugget from her journal: "As people get upset about Abu Ghraib, one thing that should never be forgotten: these are men who have murdered Americans and would continue to murder Americans if given the opportunity."

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/another_iraq_vet_steps_up_to_chall...

Slowly Going From Nixon to Mr. Burns

Act 1: The Daily Show- Banned Aid–Bush vetoes SCHIP
Act 2: Mike Malloy - Republicans Hate Children
Act 3: Rachel Maddow - Eight states sue Bush over SCHIP
Act 4: Randi Rhodes - Bush Declares Childrens Health Day, Vetos SCHIP 2 Days Later
Act 5: Rachel Maddow - Childrens Health Care, Luxury or Necessity?
Act 6: Sam Seder - Panel on SCHIP Veto (part1)
Act 7: Hardball - Maddow Pwns Pat Buchanan on SCHIP
Act 8: Sam Seder - Panel on SCHIP Veto (part2)
Act 9: Associated Press - Veto Sustained
Act 10: Mike Malloy - Killing Our Own Kids

It's time for our pre-blog warm-ups.

1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3

Shake it out

Goooood.

the Iraq War...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-REM00YbY

//WAKE UP BLOG//

that's zesty

and thanks for the Best of the Left Podcast

(if you are one & the same)

Pressure mounts on Turkish government to launch offensive

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Turkey's government was under intense public pressure on Monday to launch a major cross-border operation to crush Kurdish guerrillas operating from northern Iraq after they killed 17 Turkish soldiers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/ts_nm/turkey_iraq1_dc;_ylt=Apdgo2ejj...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVAPfYaD_yA

Modern marriage habits put
family structures in catch-up mode

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Marriage has changed more in the last 30 years than in the previous 3,000, with major economic and social consequences for how families work.

http://www.alternet.org/sex/65402/

2 US sailors killed
on Bahrain base

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Two U.S. Navy sailors were killed and a third was critically wounded early Monday in a shooting incident on a U.S. military base in Bahrain, the U.S. Navy said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_re_mi_ea/navy_shooting;_ylt=Ah...

US troops being
force-fed Christianity

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At Speicher base in Iraq, U.S. Army Spec. Jeremy Hall got permission from a chaplain in August to post fliers announcing a meeting for atheists and other nonbelievers. When the group gathered, Specialist Hall alleges, his Army major supervisor disrupted the meeting and threatened to retaliate against him, including blocking his reenlistment in the Army.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/65597/

Marriage has changed more in the last 30 years than in the previous 3,000, with major economic and social consequences for how families work.

By Stephanie Coontz, Greater Good. Posted October 22, 2007.
I know Stephanie Coontz from college.

Robert Kennedy speaks out against Retroactive Immunity

The very idea of "retroactive immunity" for lawbreaking corporations is so radical, so repugnant to the most basic principles of the "rule of law," that only one prior attempt can be found in recent history (at least from my research): the efforts by some in Congress in 1965 to enact a law retroactively legalizing the mergers by six large banks which clearly -- as a federal court found -- were illegal under our nation's antitrust laws.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/10/21/kennedy_amnesty/index....

Is anybody having trouble getting to RAWSTORY site?

I think my ISP might be fking around with me,

He was brought in to clean up the corruption
By Frank Rich
Sunday 21 October 2007

//It was one of those stories lost in the newspaper’s inside pages. Last week a man you’ve never heard of — Charles D. Riechers, 47, the second-highest-ranking procurement officer in the United States Air Force — killed himself by running his car’s engine in his suburban Virginia garage.//

it's ok...

i didn't think it would connect at first

just showed a white screen

then it appeared

Bear Stearns, Citic to form partnership By STEPHEN BERNARD, AP Business Writer
2 hours, 6 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. and Chinese bank Citic Securities Co. said Monday they will form a strategic partnership that includes $1 billion in cross-investments and the creation of a new Asian joint venture.

Citic, which is owned by the investment arm of the Chinese government, will invest in Bear Stearns through 40-year convertible trust preferred securities that will convert to about 6 percent of Bear Stearns' outstanding shares. Citic could potentially increase the stake to 9.9 percent.

Bear Stearns will acquire a similar stake in Citic through a six-year convertible debt security. Bear Stearns will also have options to acquire additional shares.

The announcement of the deal was fairly swift, as Vice Chairman Jiang Dingzhi of the China Banking Regulatory Commission said last Tuesday at a Communist Party meeting that Citic was interested in investing in Bear Stearns.

Aside from the cross-investment, the pair will form a new joint venture based in Hong Kong that will offer capital markets services across all of Asia. Bear Stearns will contribute its current Asian operations in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore to the new joint venture. Citic will contribute its operations in Hong Kong and pay Bear Stearns a financial consideration for the new 50-50 joint venture.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_bi_ge/bear_stearns_partnership...

working fine on my side here!!!

i checked it, red
new
Submitted by air-ono on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 9:50am.
it's ok...

i didn't think it would connect at first
--

Do you guys think they started the throttling / anti - net - neutrality stuff ?

Ive heard some rumors.

my DSL speed test shows very fast.

who knows.

Conservatives boo the American public. During a GOP presidential debate last night, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said, “I think the American people — if we as a party realize this and understand it — seventy-some percent of the people in America want the war over with. They’re sick and tired of it. And they want our troops to come home.” Paul was immediately drowned out by a chorus of boos from the audience. Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/22/conservatives-boo-the-american-publi...

UPDATE: Carpetbagger has more from the debate.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13315.html

Today's Must Read
By Spencer Ackerman - October 22, 2007, 9:08AM

How did Blackwater end up guarding U.S. diplomats in Iraq? The answer's becoming clearer.

The Washington Post reported yesterday that the State Department, under the gun to create an embassy security staff after the Coalition Provisional Authority disbanded in June 2004, decided to stick with the CPA's Blackwater bodyguards, awarding the firm a no-bid contract. That much State Department logistics official William H. Moser told Congress earlier this month. But the Post supplies a wealth of detail about just how dependent State is on security contractors for conducting diplomacy in war zones.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004515.php

what a bunch of dumb fucks---

my mate, roop's

News Corporation has become the largest capitalized media corporation in the world, surpassing rival Time Warner, $67.79 billion to $67.32 billion.

"that's bonza, possum"

* Hijacked airliners flew all around the eastern U.S. for hours without any military response??? How could Osama bin-Forgotten make our air force stand down, or did Cheney do that???
* The Pentagon was struck by a “hijacked” airliner 45 minutes after two other “hijacked” airliners struck the WTC, without the airliner being intercepted, approached, chased, or even seen by our air defenses?
* The Gov't still refuses to release clear video of whatever happened at the Pentagon to this day, six years later??? Why???
* The massive WTC-7 building was 350 feet from the nearest tower, was not hit by a plane, yet it imploded in a controlled demolition at 5:20 pm??? It housed many gov’t offices, & the over-insured owner said the building was “pulled.” Why???

The Bush/Cheney cabal used 9/11 as the pretext to brazenly subvert our U.S. Constitution, launch illegal invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq, (Iran?), & grant themselves dictatorial powers here at home! They have committed high treason & must be impeached & imprisoned while we still have the Bill of Rights!
I implore everyone to watch "Loose Change" free on the web for proof that 9/11 was an inside job! Also Google terms like “911 truth” & visit www.911truth.org & other patriotic sites!
Wake-up! Do your research & learn the facts for yourself!
We must defend the Constitution, our nation, & our freedoms now!

I have the lowest cost dsl from now AT&T. Since AT&T took over SBC and offered 3 different speeds, I've noticed my dsl speed get slower. It is better than dial up but not much.

These telcoms are playing around now and trying to get people to spend more for higher speed. When you have to budget your money and everything is going up, it's difficult.

My home page used to load immediately, now it takes 2-3 minutes.

This is even more true now that it's clear that Hillary will be the Democratic nominee.

One thing about Hillary that I take great comfort from is that she is not, unlike other recent candidates, a naive idiot.

She understands power politics.

She would keep us in Iraq as well.

And if she says otherwise now on the campaign trail, well, remember that she is a Clinton.

Legal experts say the granting of retroactive immunity by Congress is “unusual, particularly in a case involving private companies.” Glenn Greenwald notes that former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy spoke out forcefully against retroactive immunity.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/10/21/kennedy_amnesty/index....

Following a cross border raid by Kurdish militants from Iraq killed 17 Turkish soldiers yesterday, pressure increased for Turkey to launch a strike into Northern Iraq, but Turkey’s Prime Minister delayed a decision after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice personally intervened.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/world/europe/22turkey.html?hp

“The U.S. military has increased airstrikes in Iraq fivefold this year. … Coalition forces launched 1,140 airstrikes in the first nine months of this year compared with 229 in all of last year.” After a “major bombardment” near Baghdad killed 49 people, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for U.S. military restraint.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/10/22/maliki_urges_us_militar...

Firefighters from the Orange County Fire department work a 3,800-acre brush fire near Irvine, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across southern California Sunday, killing one person near San Diego, destroying several homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu, and forcing hundreds from their homes.

October 22, 2007 3:36 AM

ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Rob Reiner sang a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday, Mrs. President" in honor of Senator Hillary Clinton at his Brentwood, California, home on Sunday evening.

Celebrities came to see to see Clinton, D-N.Y., and to celebrate in advance of the former first layd's 60th birthday. Although they didn't bring gifts, celebrities from Jamie Lee Curtis, Magic Johnson, Ted Danson, Bridget Moynihan and Chelsea Handler raised a half a million dollars for the Clinton campaign and enjoyed cocktails and hors deouvres in return.

Despite the massive fires miles away in Malibu, guests were greeted by men dressed in head to toe white, with lavender bow ties saying with "Welcome to the Reiner's," as they shuffled up and down the street parking Bentleys, Porsches, and BMWs.

In a town where loyalty is split between Clinton and rival Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., the famous actor turned director Reiner made the push for his candidate in this Hollywood crowd.

"This is a tough time right now and we need the best woman qualified," Reiner said.

Clinton thanked Steve Bing and other guests at the event before delivering her standard stump speech. About 250 people applauded as Clinton outlined her disapointment with the Bush administration.

"kiss me, sam"

"kiss me, my darling"

i'm working for the gutter press, now

: )

There are more anon's here than Registered Users at any given time.

You people need to get over the fact that you can't control every post in this chat room.

Discrimination comes in many forms. If you're not willing to move past discriminating against people that are different than you, than you really aren't as progressive has you thought you were.

Most of registered users here have their heads firmly planted up their ass.

Kid Rock arrested for fighting in a Waffle House in Atlanta. How Cliché.

well, remember that she is a Clinton.

~-~-~

So, in other words, you're comfortable with another liar-in-chief.

That purdy much says it all.

Morning everyone. :)

STOP THE WAR ON ANON's.

Fighting the Anon's is a silly, shitty game that does nothing but cause bad feelings. It's a form of discrimination.

But then most of you already know this and come here just so you can pick on people you perceive as not towing the line.

You have taken it upon yourselves to self regulate a blog that does not belong to any of you. You lash out at people whom you've never met and post shit that you would never say to a person face.

There are few registered users that have left because of the bullying that goes on here.

Take bridge for instance.

Tonid didn't like her here, so her and crank bait went out of their way to make sure she left. They blame it on an Anon. As always. However who's to say one of the them wasn't the Anon that posted their mean remarks so that everyone could read the back stabbing going on and Bridge would feel so awful that she would leave. Nice plan and it worked.

Not to progressive at all. Not very kind or understanding.

Then they continue to post as if nothing happened. After all their feelings weren't hurt. That's their job. They're the only ones allowed to make hurtful comments.

It's really very ugly. What's worse is that it's been going on for years, and they have learned nothing from their actions, except how to crank up the insults.

currently 4 users and 21 guests online.
Online users

* Alice
* Fernando
* GBC
* air-ono

Don't be a naive idiot. BE a winner this time, not a loser. Jump on the bandwagon. You know you will have to in the end, do it now so you don't look so bad later.

Last spring, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) berated Democrats for “blocking his proposal requiring Members to disclose the existence and value of their personal residences.” McHenry, however, has not disclosed at least three pieces of property “that he owns worth more than $300,000 combined.”

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_46/news/20596-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

In his new book, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton writes that in 2004, “then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell secretly attempted to shift U.S. policy on Iran by telling key allies he wanted to offer ‘carrots’ to the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear ambitions.” Bolton said he “worked hard to thwart Powell’s plans — only to discover, to his dismay, that Powell’s replacement, Condoleezza Rice, would pursue the same approach.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR200710...

Mornin,' Sederville. :-)

Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen expressed concerns that the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan had undermined the military’s ability to prevent other conflicts. “Because we have had such an intense focus on the Middle East and Iraq and Afghanistan, there is risk associated with those other parts of the world,” Mullen said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/washington/22mullen.html?ex=1350792000...

'We're a temp provider,' CEO says

Under fire for his company's role in the unprovoked killings of more than a dozen innocent Iraqis, the founder of private security firm Blackwater says responsibility for direct oversight of the hired guns lies with the government's command in Baghdad, not the company itself.

"We're a temp provider," Blackwater CEO Erik Prince said.

Prince, a 38-year-old former Navy SEAL, denied that his family's political connections helped the company amass more than $1 billion in government contracts since 2001 in an interview with the Detroit Free Press's Todd Spangler . The Prince family is well known in national GOP circles for its giving to Republican, Christian and conservative causes, but the Blackwater CEO said his connections aren't behind the company's success.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Blackwater_eschews_responsibility_for_Iraq...

Wild Rhesus macaques monkeys attacked a senior government official who then fell from a balcony at his home and died Sunday in New Dehli - NYT

have a positive outlook about their cancer are just as likely to die as people who are depressed about their disease, report US researchers.

Where's "Alice"?....Need some "explanation" for this. Given how Comrade Chavez represents the future of "democracy and social justice" in SA...think maybe he's taking his cues from...

Bush?!??!

Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez slammed the nation's Roman Catholic Church leadership as "morally unacceptable" late on Sunday for criticizing his proposal to rewrite the constitution to scrap term limits.

Chavez's reform plan, which voters are expected to approve in a December referendum, also includes allowing security forces to detain citizens without charge during political "emergencies" or major natural disasters.

Church leaders on Friday issued a strongly-worded statement accusing Chavez of seeking to concentrate power with an "authoritarian" proposal to overhaul the OPEC nation's constitution that he helped rewrite in 1999.

"Discrimination comes in many forms. If you're not willing to move past discriminating against people that are different than you, than you really aren't as progressive has you thought you were."

I like that. Discrimination against the anonymous! Now that's thinking meta!

Don't take it so hard, little guy, Anons are like mosquitoes. Some fuck with you, some don't, and more the former than the latter. Those that do, well, they get slapped. Do I discriminate? Well, sure, swatting one here and there is discriminatory, so what? Should I feel bad about it? I guess I could, but I don't. I feel worse about having to wipe your guts off my face.

I hear ya, though, junior, you're fighting the establishment and that's never fun. As luck would have it, there are systems in place for that here in Amurca.

Marc Mukasey’s Sensitive Assignment: ‘Distance Giuliani From All Allegations About Kerik’
Marc Mukasey, the son of Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey, has been tasked by Rudy Giuliani to “to keep an eye on” former NYPD police commissioner Bernard Kerik’s criminal investigation.

Earlier this month, media reports said that federal prosecutors were prepared to file charges against Kerik “that will likely include allegations of bribery, tax fraud and obstruction of justice.” Kerik, whose nomination as homeland security secretary in 2004 ended in scandal, pleaded guilty last year to two misdemeanor charges of taking payments from the same company that is alleged to have bribed him.

Publicly, Giuliani has offered a strong defense of Kerik, recently calling him an “excellent police commissioner” and praising him for being “heroic” on 9/11. But privately, the Giuliani team is attempting to whitewash their ties with Kerik. The New York Post reports that part of Marc Mukasey’s “sensitive assignment” has been to thwart Kerik’s lawyer from interviewing witnesses who might help his defense because those witnesses are “linked to Giuliani”:

A source familiar with the Kerik probe said Mukasey’s role in monitoring the Kerik case is “obviously trying to distance Giuliani from all [the allegations about Kerik], although obviously it all occurred on Giuliani’s watch.” […]

A source said Mukasey has “made it impossible” for [Kerik’s lawyer] “to interview witnesses” who work at Giuliani Partners, the consulting firm founded in 2002 by the former mayor after he left office. Kerik had been a key player in Giuliani Partners before his fall from grace.

Mukasey is “basically shutting them down,” the source said.

Marc Mukasey is currently a partner at Giuliani’s law firm where is a leader of the firm’s “Special Investigations” practice. His father, Judge Michael Mukasey, has called Giuliani a “good friend” and has pledged to recuse himself from all cases that might involve the former NYC mayor.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/22/mukasey-son-giuliani/

George Allen Jr shivers in fear

Jeez, that must have been some Saturday night!

Fellow Anon'ers....

Don't be too surprised if, at the behest of his cultists, Sammy or his blog-gruppenfuerhers slam the lid down on Anonymous postings soon. As evidence by the old Majority Report blog, they'll probably "get over" their love of free speech eventually and "regretably due to the large amount of spamming from so-called anonymous posters, force all posters to register"....

followed closely by "regretably being forced to ban people for 'off-topic' and 'insulting' posts"....

followed closely by one voice, one thought, one mind blogging that a lot of the Seder-chips (and leftists in general) want from their echo chamber!

And if not....my apologies and big ups to Sam and his folks. Atleast you've shaken "Annatopianism"!

Or he wakes up naked on someone's front lawn in India

with a dildo in his hand!

Reinitiate the Draft.

My children, my life. Take them away, and I'll make a career out of making my government's life miserable. Move over Cindy Sheehan...only difference between her and I is I'm into action, not weeping or whining.

This little boy is dead.

You guys of course, hate Rush. See in living color the pain his words caused this young man... www.armyofdude.blogspot.com

Turkish Troops, Weapons Head Toward Iraq
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SIRNAK, Turkey — Dozens of Turkish military vehicles loaded with soldiers and heavy weapons rumbled toward the Iraq border on Monday after an ambush by guerrilla Kurds that left eight soldiers missing and killed 12. Iraq's president said the rebels would announce a cease-fire later in the day.

Turkey's military said it had had no contact with the eight soldiers after Sunday's clash and said 34 guerrillas had been killed so far in a counteroffensive. A pro-Kurdish news agency said the eight were captured _ a claim that would make it the largest seizure since 1995, when guerrillas grabbed eight soldiers and took them to northern Iraq.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071022/turkey/

Blackwater switches to ‘less threatening logo.’ Blackwater’s infamous logo — “a bear’s paw print in a red crosshairs, under lettering that looks to have been ripped from a fifth of Jim Beam” has “undergone a publicity-conscious, corporate scrubbing.” Branding experts say that the new look is “far less ‘kick your butt’ and much more ‘quarterly report.’”

Blackwater insists that it had been working on the redesign before the Sept. 16 shooting in Iraq that killed 17 civilians, but the new logo didn’t appear on the company’s website until afterward.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/business/media/22logo.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oObHTxN7iz0

US pressing Turks on Iraq issue

US in Diplomatic 'Full Court Press' to Stop Turkish Incursion Into Iraq

The United States has opened a diplomatic "full court press" to urge Turkey not to invade northern Iraq, the State Department said Monday, as tensions between the two countries soared following an ambush by rebel Kurds that killed 12 Turkish soldiers and left eight missing.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2007/10/us_pressing_turks_on_iraq_issu...

It was - great party. Our buddy who puts it on is a Gulf War vet. Great guy. Lost his hair and became sterile after his tour of duty, but he and the wife are tops.

That ain't no goddamn little boy!

It's a grown man who picked his fate.

You've got nothing on Cindy!

Dumbledore is gay and the Holy Land Foundation found innocent of supporting terrorism.

Anon, I'm hung over. Don't fuckwidme.

Weasel warining
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 10:50am.//

LOL!

This made me laugh.

Because of who posted it.

Anon, I'm hung over. Don't fuckwidme.//

I don't give a shit if you're hung over!

You decided to drink to much. And the Army dude picked to die.

That's why they join. What are wars for? Killing.

He is no better than anyone else who picks up a gun to kill someone.

So he did choose to die.

Anon.

Bush Ties Record Low Of 25% In New Poll
By Greg Sargent - October 22, 2007, 10:26AM
Yet another poll finds that only a quarter of the electorate approves of the job Bush is doing as President. The new American Research Group survey finds Bush's approval rating at 25% -- matching his low point in ARG polling.

Bush's numbers are also sagging (relatively, at least) among Republicans. His approval among GOPers has dropped to 67%, down from 80% last month.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/bush_ties_record_low_of_25_in_new_...

Your argument is enflamed with exclamation points and seeks to incite, but it is flawed.

1. I didn't decide to drink too much. You're assuming.
2. Did you know 'chevy'? Did he personally tell you that he picked to die? I doubt you're even qualified to serve.
3. They don't join to kill. They join because they need the money and there aren't any fucking JOBS here anymore because SOMEBODY keeps sending them to 3rd world countries that work for dirt. All the McDonalds jobs are taken by illegals.
4. Did he pick up a gun? Do you see a gun in that picture? Maybe he's a supply clerk.
5. Your flawed supports leads to a flawed conclusion. Go back to masturbating to pics of Coulter and leave me the fuck alone.

Good golly, Miss Molly, excerpted from 1.20.aught-six:

Molly Ivins: Not. Backing. Hillary.

... What kind of courage does it take, for mercy's sake? The majority of the American people (55 percent) think the war in Iraq is a mistake and that we should get out. The majority (65 percent) of the American people want single-payer health care and are willing to pay more taxes to get it. The majority (86 percent) of the American people favor raising the minimum wage. The majority of the American people (60 percent) favor repealing Bush's tax cuts, or at least those that go only to the rich. The majority (66 percent) wants to reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending, but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.

The majority (77 percent) thinks we should do "whatever it takes" to protect the environment. The majority (87 percent) thinks big oil companies are gouging consumers and would support a windfall profits tax.

That is the center, you fools. WHO ARE YOU AFRAID OF? ...

_________________

Despite Dems now having the majority, depressingly little has changed.

Cut to this guy, Kung Fu Monkey, a former stand-up road comic, now evidently a screenwriter, inna a coupla pieces on the topic of connecting w/an audience, written in Feb. 2006.

fwiw, this seems like purty straightforward stuff, but no one could ever argue that Democrats understood the simple art of making connections w/people, much less winning them over.

Incisive, colorful, clear-eyed non-excuse-makin' empirical exploration of Democratic rhetorical incapacity. The crux of the biscuit:

"that progressives aren't connecting on a primal level with great masses of people who should be in their camp 'n b/c of this, no matter how smart either the audience is or progressive policies are, they won't be won over; and that this situation is at least analyzable and perhaps manageable. And I'm basing this on years of winning over strangers [as a stand-up road comic]. If you have a different way of winning over strangers based on a decade's practical experience, bang it out on your blog and I'll link to it. If it's better, we'll study your process."

Very good stuff, imo.

(If you ain't inclined to read it, btw, you might brush this off as more "Mudcat Saunders" faux populist we-iz-gotta-connect-to-the-NASCAR-bubbas 'n poor-oppressed-white-males so's we can have-a-beer-wit-chur-preznit bullshit boilerplate. It isn't. It's about the principles back of makin' connections wit peeples about shit they actually care about 'n why just bein' correct on policy ain't near enough, either to win peoples over or to get past the cynical bastards who lie for fun and profit.)

an excerpt:

My point is not in how to fool rubes into agreeing with you. My point is that often, when communicating our ideas to other people, we do not stop and think of the best way to make clear that we already share the same ideas.

I used to mention in passing about how Canada had single-payer health care. Always got a few "socialism" catcalls from the audience. [War Dog's night out, no doubt.]

But as soon as I said, "It's wrong for you to lose your house if your kid gets cancer," you could feel the audience swing, sometimes burst into applause. For that group, at least, a little meme-seed had been planted. I could have gone on about bed/patient ratios and per capita expenses to my heart's content [you may rest assured Kerry woulda]. But that wasn't relevant to my audience.

Learn to Say Ain't

Feedback 'n Criticism

Ain't Redux

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1. Someone forced you to drink to much? LOL!

2.He did pick to die because he joined the service. I would not serve because I don't believe in war and killing.

3.I have worked in the service industry my whole life including your beloved McDonald's. I have worked with Mexicans, Indians, and a whole array of people, not once have I ever not gotten a job because of a illegals.

4.Doesn't matter if your a supply clerk you're still issued a gun when you join. and you're trained to kill. Doh!

5.You're typing after a drunken binge and looking for a fight while dreaming of masturbating to your beloved pic's of Ann Coulter.
You got more problems than dead killers and people not agreeing with your drunken point of view.

Registered User

Blackwater accused of tax evasion.

In a letter to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince today, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) says he has obtained documents “which suggest that Blackwater may have engaged in significant tax evasion” by labeling their armed guards “independent contractors.” Due to the label, “Blackwater may have avoided paying millions of dollars in Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, and related taxes for which it is legally responsible,” writes Waxman. DynCorp and Triple Canopy, “the two other major private military contractors providing security services to the State Department in Iraq,” classify their guards as “employees.”

just thanked me for the powdered sugar idea. Some people need the slightest amount of encouragement.

Dear Registered User: You're awesome at assumptions. Great job. Good luck in the 'service industry.'

By any chance, are you over 25? I hope not. If they do reinitiate the draft for 18-25'ers, I hope your last name starts with "Aa"

i would like to thank you too--whats the sugar idea?

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i see we have anonaselfrighteous here this morning and Gare is back after his second tear filled kiss off of the blog 3 days ago.

poor lonely trolls.

we'll need a dear abby thread for them eventually.

Naive?

If you say so. But I plan to stick by my principles and vote my conscience. If that means voting third party or write-in, so be it.

Have I ever said I won't vote for Hillary? No. I was simply pointing out (which pathological people like yourself tend to just overlook) was that you are comfortable with someone lying to you.

I'm not.

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Turkey confirms 8 soldiers are missing

Gates Sees no Imminent Turkish Attack

Iraq Protests Sadr City Deaths

U.S. Planners See Shiite Militias as Rising Threat

Minneapolis man raises ransom for 4 Americans kidnapped in Iraq

Roadside bomb kils 4, wounds 7 in central Baghdad

Six gunmen killed in classhes in Kerbala

Gunmen kill political advisor

Gunmen kill engineer in Iskandariya

Roadside bomb kills 2 men in Iskandariya

Two U.S. sailors shot dead in Bahrain

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The one biting my ass sells cheeseburgers for a living. How heartening. If it didn't hurt to laugh, I'd guffaw a bit. :-)

Do you treat any waiter or waitress like shit?
(Spit is tasteless in coffee)
How about the person behind any counter in any store?

Because people in the service industry know how you look down on them. What do you do for a living?

I picked a JOB in the service industry because I don't kill people. I don't pick up guns or learn to drive a tank because I don't want to live in world that people like you have tried so hard to create.

So your insults about French frys just shows how stuck up and thoughtless you really are. Just like Anne Coulter you think your shit don't stink.

Oh and by the way

the Military is a SERVICE JOB! Want a gun with that...

So are fireman, police, et all.

SERVICE JOBS!

DOH!

It's all about knowing your audience and being able to connect to them, to talk on their level. The first step is defining them.

Those who do this well, thrive. It's really a talent that either comes naturally or is honed after years of practice. As one famous orator told me a few months ago - 'you gotta find common ground, and then build on it. We all have *something* in common.'

what about it? sorry am confused did not follow that one---

is that sugar flying Lucille?

Service Job.

i love selling burgers myself, just not for asshole chains that treat you as a machine and then rip you off.

i ain't stuck in ol fart mindset despite accusations wildly flung around here occasionally.

i do this for myself, my kids, my grandkids and their kids unto generations in the future.

i think and plan looooong term and have a forty year headstart on most of the opposition.

love is ultimately what concerns us despite the nickel and dime illusions.

Spit is tasteless in Cheeseburgers too. :)

By the way... You're wrong, I don't sell Cheeseburgers.

My job is a bit hotter than that.

Blackwater accused of tax evasion. In a letter to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince today, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) says he has obtained documents “which suggest that Blackwater may have engaged in significant tax evasion” by labeling their armed guards “independent contractors.” Due to the label, “Blackwater may have avoided paying millions of dollars in Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, and related taxes for which it is legally responsible,” writes Waxman. DynCorp and Triple Canopy, “the two other major private military contractors providing security services to the State Department in Iraq,” classify their guards as “employees.”

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1562

Read the whole letter here.

http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071022094624.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft5vE5zC0JI

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Did you see the Riverbend post up Blog?

My babies. They are my legacy, my investment, my 401k if you will. I've nurtured them, I've educated them. And I'll be damned if they'll ever wear a military uniform. Does this make me anti-American? I don't think so.

I've already told my children how I feel about the matter. If they ever choose to try and enlist, they'd better wait until they're 18, and then they'd better hide from the Wrath of Mama. If they haven't made it to the recruitment office by the time I get wind of it, and if I think there's a shot of keepin' them out of that asylum, I'll kick their ass within an inch of their lives for their own preservation and not bat an eyelash. Does this make me a bad mother? I don't think so.

My children love me dearly, but they already know I'm a crazy mama. I'll stick my size 14 shoe up their size 1...and they know it.
I'm a warrior, not a weeper.

My kids are smart. At the end of the day, I honestly think they'll choose more valiant pursuits. Like education. Careers. Travel. Maybe even the clergy.

santa ana's...

that's a pile of energy conversion under that smoke.

anyone ever helped out with a brushfire?

takes yer bod about a week to recover

when it's all over. (cough, hack!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqVYm-srDck

Mario!

The good mama claim went right out the window with that remark.

So you want your kids to grow up and be pedophiles?

That's a new one

mornin!

yer reading my mind again,

(the paperback has better illustrations)

was gonna thank you for posting riverbend's post.

she's gonna get caught in that syrian passport BS we posted

a coupla days ago is'nt she? sheesh! the elites and their %$##*((! powergames...

if ever a group deserved to have their asses kicked it's that one.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

You have to wonder if the whole conservative movement in the U.S. is living in a weird alternate reality in which the only thing that matters is what you say, and facts, consistency and honor mean nothing.

The recent remarks by Rush Limbaugh in which he called military men who opposed the Iraq war "phony soldiers" is another example of the strange world in which he (and a lot of neocons) exist. The reason: Limbaugh could be the poster boy of a group of war cheerleaders (including Dick Cheney, Mike Medved, Sean Hannity, Paul Wolfowitz, Karl Rove, Mike Savage, et al.) who chose to avoid military service when it was their turn. Now that the coast is clear, they've all morphed into self-righteous war boosters sitting in comfortable offices lecturing the rest of us about patriotism and duty.

Picture Osama bin Laden acting that way, relaxing in a La-Z-Boy recliner and urging his followers to do what he never did. He'd be ridiculed. And, while there is nothing to admire in bin Laden's murderous ideology, at least he actually put his money where his mouth is and fought for his cause........

Free Democracy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAxWuMgv1g

U.S. launches 'full-court press' to persuade Turkey not to launch strike

Please... don't fuck up our war any more than we already have.

BAGHDAD - Iraq's president, a Kurd, said Monday that Kurdish rebels will announce a cease-fire, his office confirmed, as tensions soared over a Turkish threat to stage a cross-border incursion against guerrilla bases in northern Iraq.

President Jalal Talabani said the Kurdistan Workers' Party, know by its Kurdish acronym PKK, would make the announcement later Monday, a day after the outlawed group killed 12 Turkish soldiers and reportedly captured eight others.

CNBC on topic of Greenspan and inevitable market melt down: http://www.cnbc.com/id/21409489

I got one that I helped put behind bars, sitting in jail right now waiting to get out - time will tell if he decides to come try to kick my ass when he does. I doubt it. He ain't got the balls. Most twiddlers don't.

A wise man once told me that those who harp on a particular topic have a problem with that topic themselves. Anon - "Registered User" whatever - are you a kiddie twiddler? Wouldn't surprise me.

That service industry you work in wouldn't happen to involve children, would it?

Wants to remove teams from Iraq. CNN just now.

Who's left of the coalition of the willing?

dam anonapuke,

you whip that ol tar brush around pretty good don't ya?

you a product of our vaunted edicational syztum?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr80oRpD6vI

mornin!

Self-righteous warmongers phony patriots
Submitted by Kevin © on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 12:33pm.
Easy Chair Chickenhawks!

You birth them.

Thanks for over populating the planet

Breeder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjf05NBxrOM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OyQrBfEz5A

Do tell me your name. ;-)

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is their compassion and tolerance.

flat amazing ain't it? you'd think with all

the BS propaganda they swallow on TV they'd all be as

vicious as psycho wardogs like cheney and the PNAC chickenhawk pukes.

Aw, come on Anon "Registered User" - we could be the best of buds. Just tell me who you are. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG2Q7iAsYh0

your insults are child like and insane.

You must be an abusive mother.

No wonder your kids will go up to join the flock.

Submitted by Annette on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 12:52pm.//

You're saying all men are pedophiles?

It took a man to make you pregnant so you could have more pedophiles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6cO7AdozlU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QipAqdomO3I

Glen&Gary&Glen&Ross

(warnin': lotta cursin')

Anon "Registered User" I asked you if you were a pedophile, and you implied that you were. Then I asked for your name. In response you attack me personally, but you have yet to deny anything I've said.

So, does this mean we won't be on a first-name basis? If it's an unusual first name, then it's all I'd need.

*sigh* I miss my old forum. By now I'd have your IP, you perverted shitstain.

Call her a BREEDER again.

Should we call you a GELDING?

What a dip.

My daughter said it was over the hill (Small Mountain) from her but it still scares me.

So many homes and families having to leave their homes.

Right now the worst fire is going in a Northwest direction in San Diego.

This is horrible!

San Diego and Malibu!

morning gang
Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 12:01pm.

You don't think I'm going to leave the Sammy Blog (voluntarily that is)?

No, no, no....I want to stick around for atleast a year, and watch you guys go even MORE wacko, as Sammy says "Okay, gang. SHE has the nomination, we must support her. No more of this 'Writing in Ralph Nader's name' stuff!"

and then laugh and laugh and laugh, as you tear each other apart between the Sammy loyalists and the "purest of pure" who refuse to follow orders.

jeez!

they get needier every week!

we should open a clinic for depressed trolls.

poor kids, watching their snug illusions crumble as

rush linytballs vision of Ameruka develops leaks and corrosion.

and we got another 20 years of this defluffing ahead of us. good thing we have a sense of humor.

Pony Up: Bush Wants $46 Billion More for Wars

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2007/10/bush_wants_46_billion_more_for...

But he won't sing S-CHIP.

Kudos, SJ. I really liked that! :-) Clever...

Not Guilty Verdict In Alleged Hamas Aid Case Charity Accused Of Aiding Hamas

WNBC

DALLAS -- Three former leaders of a group that was once the nation's largest Muslim charity have been acquitted on most charges of funneling millions in illegal aid to Middle Eastern terrorists.

The five former leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development are accused of funneling millions of dollars to the militant group Hamas.

The U.S. government designated Hamas a terrorist group in 1995 and again in 1997, making financial transactions with the group illegal.

The federal court jury in Dallas delivered a verdict to a magistrate on Thursday after 19 days of deliberations. It was sealed until Monday morning so that the judge and all the prosecutors who handled the case could be present.

Each defendant faced up to 35 counts, including conspiracy and money laundering.

morfternoon you irrascible grump!

always nice to have a sadistic gloomist around.

I mean Good Noon to all....I only wrote "Good Morning all" @ least an hour ago.
I barely got to listen to Sam yesterday. But what I heard was interesting.
Hope everyone had a good weekend. They go by soooo fast - or is it because Im getting older??
tonD what about those BEARS? They looked okay...from what I saw of the game

i was always fascinated by bellybutton lint.

i had one that looked like pacoima city hall once.

In case you missed it over the weekend, Larry Johnson on how "Valerie Plame Wilson Speaks Muzzled."

--David Kurtz

http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/oct/20/valerie_plame_wilson...

Game 1 of the World Series starts Wed.

GO ROCKIES !!!!
Sorry to all of our east coast friends

Break things!

Another job of the Army. It does not matter why you join. You do your job. Kill people and Break things. Now the folks on the other side have a job too! You know that as well. It's a high stakes job. It's a volunteer job, no matter what your job, the mission is the kill people and break things.

We have other folks who we pay to make nice, not the Army.

Probably still sucking on their mothers teets.

In Gare's case his Goldfish died from boredom quicker that I expected.

on Valerie Plame Wilson.
Shit I missed the 60 Minutes interview.

Sunshine Jim - How's it shaking???

YUCK!!!

The Associated Press
8:20 AM EDT, October 22, 2007

A fundamentalist church that protests at soldiers' funerals faces its first lawsuit today from the family of a fallen serviceman.

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church face trial in Baltimore for an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit filed by the father of a fallen Marine from Westminster. Albert Snyder of York, Penn., says the church interrupted his grieving process at the funeral for his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq last year. Church members say they were only exercising their free speech rights.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/carroll/bal-church1022,0,366866.s...

eya Kev!

doc spock would say we're overindulgent to our trolls.

i say any therapy that we come up with can't hurt and it might just help.

who needs love more than them? poor kids, much as i twit them when they're being uptight, their reality has to be the epitome of "fucked up".

been there. remember it well.

roflmao. :-) (ouch-still hurts to laugh)

i love sliding in a good gross out!

i blame it on my warped childhood.

The FBI has been called in to clean up after the CIA. In the terrorism cases against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 14 other accused Al Qaeda leaders being held at Guantanamo Bay, the FBI has stepped in to bolster the cases for upcoming war crimes tribunals. Much of the CIA obtained evidence is believed to be inadmissible, and officials fear that evidence obtained through torture will shift the focus of the trials. (LA Times)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror21oct21,0,379...

reading up on my neighbors this mornin', eh?

They're real winners.. you should see their compound. Well guarded.

Their web address really does say it all:

www.godhatesamerica.com

Maybe some of the trolls around here are members.

Senators Orin Hatch (R-UT), Trent Lott (R-MS), Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX), and Kit Bond (R-MO) have all donated thousands of dollars from their political action committees to Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) despite the fact that Stevens faces a looming FBI corruption probe. According to AP, “the Stevens campaign raised more than $463,000 since July 1, making it one of the senator's most successful fundraising quarters.” (AP)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_el_se/stevens_investigation

the Larry King show tonight. Might want to tape or tivo it.

I'm taping it.

what can he have on them??
fucking shy-sters

you are a wealth of information...Tanks

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Peter Dragon, an enthusiastic, confident and unreasonably hopeful Cleveland Indians fan has been placed on suicide watch. Unnamed sources indicate that Peter had been gorging himself on partially hydrogenated fats and Aspartame in a poorly planned effort to end it all.

Mental health officials have removed the drawstring from Mr. Dragon's pants and placed him in a small room emptied of all but a box of Kleenex, a notepad and a crayon. Every hour an attendant stands watch while Peter is forced to drink eight ounces of water to prevent dehydration due to excessive tearing.

Efforts to encourage Mr. Dragon to focus on football season have failed thus far due to the Browns' dismal record.

talk about fig newtons of their imagination...

and they think i'm delusional.

I didn't see the Bears game yesterday. How'd they do?

Submitted by Fernando on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 12:09pm.

Where's the pict of you with Powdered Sugar on your face along with the red mark from the handslap to it?

8-)

get him to register for this blog and we school him! Or maybe we lend him some books...

"I didn't see the Bears game yesterday. How'd they do?"
»

They beat the Eagles, and it was embarrassing.

they have www.godhatesfags.com too

Poor Peter :(

Sorry bibi! But we took some hits with the Cubs and Sox this year.

And last week's Bears game was embarrassing!

Happy Monday!

I cannot believe how every time I offer to help a patron with their laptop that they have the nerve to be late for, or not show up for our appointment...Where the F else can they get tech support for FREE? Rat bastards... ;)

Well, yeah, but I figured the first one was enough for the blog to puke at.

repost...

A Federal Magistrate Judge issued a recommendation that a temporary restraining order be issued that would prevent the White House from destroying back-up copies of millions of e-mails. The e-mails in question were destroyed from White House servers between March 2003 and October 2005 but are believed to be preserved on a back-up system. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is suing for the e-mails to be preserved. (Citizens For Ethics)

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/30309

Closest thing we have for baseball is the (ha!) Royals, and the closest thing we have for football is (ha!) the Chiefs.

Although the Chiefs remind us of just how bad the Royals organization has become. At least the Chiefs are still major league; they're still trying.

The Royals just got their new team manager from...Japan?

:-(

http://www.thesignsofthetimes.net

http://www.americaisdoomed.com

http://www.godhatesamerica.com

http://www.priestsrapeboys.com

http://www.godhatessweden.com

http://www.godhatescanada.com

http://www.godhatesfags.com/

Are these fires at all near you?

And Kevin...

Has it gone as far east as Riverside County?

Now I am worried about my CA bloggie friends!

I'm in North East Ca....they're all South of me...

no prob, toni. we had to listen to these radio mooks Friday say things like 'mortal lock' and denigrate the Bears and the stench of over-confidence was enuf 2 make U pass out.

i say it was unavoidable.

man i told you "i am slow" man---is it called powdered sugar?

threadie

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon is delivering a grim message: The largest oil producer in Latin America is running out of crude. ``Our oil reserves have been consistently falling,'' and the decline is ``severely threatening'' government finances, Calderon told a nationwide television audience in an address last month at the National Palace. That's the same place where seven decades earlier Lazaro Cardenas cemented the anti-American legacy of his presidency by nationalizing the petroleum industry.

and ALERT unlike anon prick

and my picture made it first as usual---go me!!!

For Peter Dragon, it was like a Blue Jays' deja-vu all over again.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals

...With the Royals down 3-games-to-one in the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Royals eventually rallied to win the series 4-3.

In the 1985 World Series against the cross-state St. Louis Cardinals – the so-called "I-70 Series" because the two teams are both located in the state of Missouri and connected by Interstate 70 – the Royals again fell behind 3-1...

...Following the tension of Game Six, the Cardinals came undone in Game Seven, and the Royals won 11-0 to clinch the franchise's first World Series title...

This morning there was a fire in Ontario and a fire has started in the Mountains in the area of Arrowhead.

The air around here is full of smoke and ash.

Nothing is close to me though.

The News is mainly just reporting on the Malibu/LA fires.

There are fires also in Irvine (Orange County) and down in San Diego has a big one or a couple of them.

Still is windy and the Santa Ana's are supposed to last till sometime Tuesday.

What Fred Phelps really meant to say was "*I* hate America, fags, Sweden, Canada, I rape boys, and oh yeah, we're all gonna die."

He's freakin' loony.

Ouch - Poor Peter.

I wasn't sold out on Cleveland, but I've been to the Rockies stadium. I like that team, the stadium, and *my God* you should see the awesome view of the horizon from a Rockie's seat. It's positively gawgeous. :-) Mountaintops, purple haze... *sigh*...

Eh, Boston's already won. Give someone else a chance, already.