Myla has a rash

Uno

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NYT

THE curse continues. Regardless of party, it’s hara-kiri for a politician to step into the shadow of even a mediocre speech by Barack Obama.

Senator Obama’s televised victory oration celebrating his Chesapeake primary trifecta on Tuesday night was a mechanical rehash. No matter. When the networks cut from the 17,000-plus Obama fans cheering at a Wisconsin arena to John McCain’s victory tableau before a few hundred spectators in the Old Town district of Alexandria, Va., it was a rerun of what happened to Hillary Clinton the night she lost Iowa. Senator McCain, backed by a collection of sallow-faced old Beltway pols, played the past to Mr. Obama’s here and now. Mr. McCain looked like a loser even though he, unlike Senator Clinton, had actually won.

But he has it even worse than Mrs. Clinton. What distinguished his posse from Mr. Obama’s throng was not just its age but its demographic monotony: all white and nearly all male. Such has been the inescapable Republican brand throughout this campaign, ever since David Letterman memorably pegged its lineup of presidential contenders last spring as “guys waiting to tee off at a restricted country club.”

For Mr. McCain, this albatross may be harder to shake than George W. Bush and Iraq, particularly in a faceoff with Mr. Obama. When Mr. McCain jokingly invoked the Obama slogan “I am fired up and ready to go” in his speech Tuesday night, it was as cringe-inducing as the white covers of R & B songs in the 1950s — or Mitt Romney’s stab at communing with his inner hip-hop on Martin Luther King’s birthday. Trapped in an archaic black-and-white newsreel, the G.O.P. looks more like a nostalgic relic than a national political party in contemporary America. A cultural sea change has passed it by.

The 2008 primary campaign has been so fast and furious that we haven’t paused to register just how spectacular that change is. All the fretful debate about whether voters would turn out for a candidate who is a black or a woman seems a century ago. Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama vanquished the Democratic field, including a presidential-looking Southern white man with an enthusiastic following, John Edwards. What was only months ago an exotic political experiment is now almost ho-hum...........

Free Democracy

;)

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swamped with work and movie night stuff, with a head cold to top it off. (okay, i'll shut up now)

heard this yesterday listening to old This American Life episodes and was surprised. never knew about this when i was in cambodia. buy cambodian!

Act Two. Dreams of Distant Factories.

Rachel Louise Snyder reports on the struggle to save the Cambodian economy. Right now, Cambodia is competing with other nations for the business of big clothing companies all over the world—buyers like the Gap, Nike, Adidas. But they've vowed to follow fair labor practices, which, while eliminating sweatshops for workers, also makes their costs higher. Other countries end up with the contracts—and the profits. So an official Cambodian committee sets out on a mission to convince the U.S. Congress to give them a special trade agreement, before time runs out.

Welcome to Better Factories Cambodia
Better Factories Cambodia aims to improve working conditions in Cambodia’s export garment factories. It combines independent monitoring with finding solutions, through suggestions to management, training, advice and information.

oh, and sunshine, thank you for the beautiful valentine's day flowers. i was indeed upblog catching up.

time to drag my sorry self to the work computer.

have a great tomorrow, everyone.

Sammer!

best butt fix for rash is cornstarch.

and let her run around without a diaper for a bit.

lazy american girl!!!

snarl!

sorry for getting personal when i demanded the dog's extraction

but, ya know, i had ta get ya attention

had ta go for the jugular...

eh!

regards to myla

got any new docos on the horizon

muddy so cool
they bury him in antarctica

antarctica not any colder,
no...
it's cooler

he aint' cold, he cool
sure nuff
*twang*

oh, lord

[eh, i can't reproduce the music so listen to his songs, then re-read]

then if need be, eh,
throw a rotten egg

unfortunately, I thought I saw PissPot 97's nic on the
blog last night or this morning,after Sam said he banned him..
So who knows ?
Hopefully,it's just a delayed banning !

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Online users
air-ono
gotkids
Penny_Lane
BarbinMN
MMRules

got kids
got barbs
got rules
got money
got air

that was his zombie body lurking

nothing to worry about

your Airness ? ;)

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Up late, kids asleep and the wife thinks I don't love her any more because I'm staring into this computer.

Never heard of corn starch, but suspending the diaper and A&D ointment is the way to go.

Watching the minutes pass without telecom immunity and wondering when AT&T will finally suspend my e-mail which has 3,500 messagees languishing on their servers over the past two plus years.

because I'm staring into this computer.""

umm, lessee.

a- stupid computer

b- way cool babe with attention deficit.

c- one would think a sexually active young snort could come up with something.

how mmrules fucked up his back

: )

Myla has a rash
Submitted by SEDER on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 12:28am.
discuss

This is going to be archived forever in the tubes.
Unless you're really wonderful and/or lucky...
she is so going to get you for that.
(At adolescence, or maybe a bit later
when you can plead senility,
if you're lucky!)
Let's be careful out there.

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Horizontal dancing, Ono !

I kid,I kid :)

The Ramones-I Wanna Be Sedated

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We can't keep up with the demand!

We Recycle!

How high are you?

i like bricks

gnite babies!

gotkids said "Watching the minutes pass without telecom immunity and wondering when AT&T will finally suspend my e-mail which has 3,500 messagees languishing on their servers over the past two plus years."

I have the same dilemma. Even stuff from 2004. I figure it might take a half a day to download all my mail into Mozilla Thunderbird Mail.

Get Thunderbird

CORNSTARCH = GOOD ITEM

searching for a miss money penny video...

can you say "fetish"

click on

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we all like being laid

Brick is a euphemism for something nasty ain't it?

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well, you knew i was a 3 minute classic

when we met at the in-and-out burger

[the relationship goes belly up]

oh, screw you

i'm not eating that

and stop picking your nose

sucking your thumb is more theraputic

depending on the quality of your bridgework

nose LOL ... I stopped sucking my thumb LATE until I discovered guys. "hubba" ;)

thank you
Submitted by FilthyRich on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 10:41pm.
http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2436

How the spooks took over the news
For the first time in human history, there is a concerted strategy to manipulate global perception. And the mass media are operating as its compliant assistants, failing both to resist it and to expose it.

The sheer ease with which this machinery has been able to do its work reflects a creeping structural weakness which now afflicts the production of our news.

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Jamesbennett

Mystery: NY Results Say Obama Got Zero Votes In 80 Districts

Black voters are heavily represented in the 94th Election District in Harlem's 70th Assembly District. Yet according to the unofficial results from the New York Democratic primary last week, not a single vote in the district was cast for Senator Barack Obama.

That anomaly was not unique. In fact, a review by The New York Times of the unofficial results reported on primary night found about 80 election districts among the city's 6,106 where Mr. Obama supposedly did not receive even one vote, including cases where he ran a respectable race in a nearby district

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/16/mystery-ny-results-say-o_n_8702...

And to all a Good Morning

By forcing repeat combat assignments to Iraq and Afghanistan – and by winking at torture and indiscriminate killings – George W. Bush is degrading the reputation of the U.S. military, turning enlisted soldiers and intelligence officers into murderers and sadists.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/021208.html

re Bob26003 on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 6:30am.

Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote

Black voters are heavily represented in the 94th Election District in Harlem’s 70th Assembly District. Yet according to the unofficial results from the New York Democratic primary last week, not a single vote in the district was cast for Senator Barack Obama. .....

“They steal votes for elections like Assembly District leader, where people have a personal stake,” he said.

morning bob : )
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Jamesbennett

I don't buy it.

Something is up. This is outrageous!!!!!!!!!!

the terrorists didn't attack even though fisa expired. how can that be. bush would never lie to us.

But I have ducttaped all my windows and bought plenty of canned goods just in case :D

pfffffft

"In a time of universal deceit, TELLING THE TRUTH is a revolutionary act."

George Orwell

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by David Swanson

http://www.opednews.com

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren wants Cheney and Bush impeached, removed from office, prosecuted, and incarcerated, and she won't admit it. Nine members of the House Judiciary Committee on which she serves want Cheney impeached, or at least want to begin impeachment hearings (which everyone knows comes to the same thing). And once you impeach Cheney, the crimes will be on the table and the rest will almost certainly follow.

Lofgren has always seemed to be on the fence. Two years ago, she signed and unsigned John Conyers' resolution for a preliminary impeachment investigation (she said it was a misunderstanding). And now she's written a letter to Conyers asking him to hold a hearing on a report that the Judiciary Committee's staff published in 1974 on "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment". At the time the report was produced, Lofgren was serving as a staff person for Congressman and Committee Member Don Edwards.

Lofgren has issued a press release on the topic. She has posted a PDF of her letter to Conyers. And she has posted a PDF of the 1974 report "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment".
Con't

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Morning blog.

..and as an added bonus, I'm sitting upright and taking solid foods. That's always a good thing too!

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Hope your doing well !

Hey,have you ever been to SXSW ?
I'm thinking of going this year..
Some very good bands playing there this year..
REM,The Black Keys,Iggy,The Jobenet,Moby,X.. etc..
Let me know if you've gone or are going this year..
Maybe we could meet up..
Thanks :)

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... they smoke marajoowanna at those things, run around nekkid and have orgies with real sex.

Just so you know... ;-)

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Thanks,MB ! :)

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Is America ready to go on a diet?

Has anybody been to a grocery store lately? People eat too much. I saw a dozen people that weighed 400 Lbs.

Yikes.

popping in for a little need to take the curlers out soon

thats because he is in africa!!

Hope everyone's doing well.. :)

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grover is making himself some grits...yuurgh i dont know how he can eat that stuff, no offense to anyone one!

shouldnt you be getting ready for church? sup rules?

... is their own fault, people on the right would say. No, it has nothing to do with free market capitalism fueled by transfat fixated fools. No, government has no bidness regulating cheap unhealthy foods, schools have no bidness teaching and providing good nutrition and for God's sake, don't let these fat people get free healthcare to help get them out of their slovenly ways!
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Lucille
red
mltrump
MMRules
burepe

...and the ever popping in 'n out Fernando.
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thank god they walked to the store though!

:)

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havent seen you here before....(and i live here) how you doing?

... because it was also wine bottling, seed planting and errand running day. I'll prolly drop in from time to time looking for ideas if I have problems filling the time. In the meantime good bloggin' to one and all!

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I'm a wandering Catholic..Just haven't wandered into a Church in quit awhile..

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i used to hang out with the corner boys (block huggers) and we used to smoke weed from a perfectly made 750ml bottle neck (used as a pipe) it was genius the way they made it....shit used to kick my ass...but needed to show that i was down with the crowd! became a girl soon after that---couldnt stand being high!

Bush hates being irrelevant
by Chris in Paris · 2/17/2008 08:10:00 AM ET · Link
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Put aside his false statements (OK, lies) that the abstinence programs work and put aside his strange comment about not wanting to give money to people who steal from the people (cough, Iraq, cough Halliburton, cough) and you still have an amazing quote from Bush. He has to be the center of attention and it must be driving him mad that he's become a complete has-been and is irrelevant.
At the news conference, both leaders dodged a question about the presidential race in the United States and the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., whose father was Kenyan.

Bush, momentarily taken aback by a question about the excitement surrounding Obama's candidacy, said: "Seems like there was a lot of excitement for me."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080217/ap_on_re_af/bush_africa

yeah me too...started going big time last year in preparation of south africa! my family is very staunched, and my kids could not make the sign of the cross...so i preped them ahead of our travels, am now lazy again!

no church....ooooo im telling!

when your show was on..
Instead I clicked on your brr link and there u is !

Good music..Thanks :)

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hahahahaha that was funny!

no lie as nosey as my behind is i have never clicked on the brr ever ever never before...is that what its about...ma bad!!you go boy!

Suicide Bomber Kills 80 in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, a governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

Officials said the attack apparently targeted a prominent militia commander who had stood up against the Taliban. He died in the attack.

Several hundred people _ including Afghan militia leaders _ had gathered to watch the event on the western edge of the southern city of Kandahar. Witnesses reported gunfire from bodyguards after the blast; it was not immediately clear if the bullets killed anyone.

Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid said 80 people died in the attack. Abdullah Fahim, a Health Ministry spokesman, said 70 were wounded.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/17/suicide-bomber-kills-80-i_n_870...

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Interrogators got intelligence from detainees that helped U.S. troops in Afghanistan attack Taliban fighters last summer _ and they did it through casual questioning and not torture, the military's chief interrogator here said.

In a rare interview with The Associated Press, veteran interrogator Paul Rester complained that his profession has gotten a bad reputation due to accounts of waterboarding and other rough interrogation tactics used by the CIA at "black sites."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/16/gitmo-interrogator-descri_n_870...

Analysts say FISA will suffice

Many intelligence scholars and analysts outside the government say that today's expiration of certain temporary domestic wiretapping laws will have little effect on national security, despite warnings to the contrary by the White House and Capitol Hill Republican leaders.

With the Protect America Act expiring this weekend, domestic wiretapping rules will revert to the 30-year-old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which requires the government to obtain a warrant from a special court to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance in the United States.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080216/NATION/847451166/1002

What a Jackass !

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I lived in Austin while I went to College. They have live music every day of the week playing in the street there. It is a fantastic city, one of Texas best. You will enjoy it if you go.

maggiesboy, I'm always on :)

Because Congress failed to act, it will be harder for our government to keep you safe from terrorist attack. At midnight, the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence will be stripped of their power to authorize new surveillance against terrorist threats abroad. This means that as terrorists change their tactics to avoid our surveillance, we may not have the tools we need to continue tracking them — and we may lose a vital lead that could prevent an attack on America.

going to watch the dirty sunday talkies---

I believe the Gov HEAVILY subsidizes the red meat and dairy and sugar and corn syrup industries.

Far more than say broccoli.

McCain will be on ABC
Mike McConnell (co conspirtator) on FNS
http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/17/sunday-talking-head-thread-89/

But,have never been to SXSW..
Did you go to UT ?
My Dad did..

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I love it there. I go when ever I can.

The Nation | Editorial

03 March 2008 Issue

Americans are worried about the impending recession and the Wall Street crisis, as well as the exhilarating and unpredictable presidential contest. But another threatening force is bearing down on the nation: our out-of-control military machine. The ever-voracious Pentagon is using this fragile moment as cover for seizing an even greater share of the nation's dwindling resources-trillions more in federal indebtedness to fight a phantom "war on terror." In constant dollars, next year's proposed military budget will be the largest since World War II-around $700 billion.

It reveals not only bureaucratic greed but clever politics. What makes the money grab scary is the silence. Only recently has Barack Obama begun to link the money drained by the disastrous Iraq War to the need for universal healthcare and other domestic proposals. But neither Obama nor Hillary Clinton has been willing to criticize this year's bloated military budget and declare, "Not on my watch. Not if I become President." The military planners think they have Democrats in a box; any candidate who raises questions now can be accused of aiding terrorists. But the obscenely expensive weapons systems (designed to combat a Soviet military long gone) have nothing to do with terrorism. If the generals get away with this, the next presidency will be wretchedly compromised before it starts.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021508G.shtml

came over Ohio gov. Strickland on FNS when asked about the rumors that Hillary will ask him to be Vice President?

Good Mornin' everyone.....

Mike McConnell has been sent to scare us.
I think he said they still don't need warrants for another year...

Vice President?

- some ugly pale soft piece of shit named Mike.

Hey Mike, If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won. - S. Reyes Intel Chair

He has pedophile written all over him IMO!

I could be wrong though.

But I definately would not be suprised.

There is something very creepy about that demon.

Submitted by Bob26003 on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 10:03am.
I believe the Gov HEAVILY subsidizes the red meat and dairy and sugar and corn syrup industries.

Far more than say broccoli.
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i think a piece of red meat occasionally or a fat free yogurt is OK nutritionally.

Its the processed foods snack foods candy / cookie aisle that i think is problem. plus bakery doritos aisle

you just dont see walrus sized humans in other counries. Americans are getting to big. . Were another species now. Mega-Sapien.

I think the government subsidizes High fructose corn syrup which is in everything. maybe that is the problem.

is as big as it ever was. - Stoopid soft bed wetter.

Sleep well? Checking in from the North Coast.

George on ABC just asked McCain about economics. Prepare to be befuddled.

Check out her eyes next time you see her..

Labor Sec.My Ass ! Anti-Labor Sec.is More like it !

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Citibank blocks investors from removing money
by Chris in Paris · 2/17/2008 04:32:00 AM ET · Link
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There were a few real estate related funds in the UK that took similar actions last month. As much as the big financial companies would like us to believe they're OK, this is alarming. This is not that different from a traditional run on the bank.
Citigroup has barred investors in one of its hedge funds from withdrawing their money, and a new leveraged fund lost 52 percent in its first three months, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The largest U.S. bank suspended redemptions in CSO Partners, a fund specializing in corporate debt, after investors tried to pull more than 30 percent of its roughly $500 million of assets, the newspaper said. Citigroup injected $100 million to stabilize the fund, which lost 10.9 percent last year, the newspaper said.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/23180611

McIdiot just called GE the worlds largest company. It's number 11. But what's ironic is he said it on ABC.

And now babbling about what the definition of "wealthy" is. The nerve of that demented old man to minimize the growing gap between the haves and the have nots.

The McConnells are wearing matching colors!!

This always bothered me when couples wore matching colors or outfits. Don't know why, but it freaked me out.

Is there a Seder show today?

Durbin and Schumer.

This interesting article says x-spy chief believes Pervez will go down in the Fall..... October surprise?

Bush-FDA to make it easier for Big Pharma
by Chris in Paris · 2/16/2008 08:55:00 PM ET · Link
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Obviously the FDA isn't paying attention to the abuses by the pharmaceutical industry. They run tests to solve one problem and then out of the blue, they start selling it for yet another problem. Maybe it works out OK but maybe it doesn't. Keep in mind that the US spends more per person on pharmaceuticals than any other country on the planet. This move is all about keeping the money train moving and has very little to do about saving lives.
A 2006 study estimated that more than 20 percent of all prescriptions written by doctors were for unapproved uses.

But drug makers have in the past abused doctors’ discretion by telling them that some medicines were appropriate for patients in whom the drugs may have caused more harm than good. In 2004, Pfizer paid a $430 million fine to resolve criminal and civil charges that it marketed its epilepsy drug Neurontin for conditions in which the company’s own studies suggested that the drug was ineffective.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/business/16drug.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slog...

Bush-FDA to make it easier for Big Pharma
by Chris in Paris · 2/16/2008 08:55:00 PM ET · Link
Discuss this post here: Comments (51) · reddit · FARK ·· Digg It!

Obviously the FDA isn't paying attention to the abuses by the pharmaceutical industry. They run tests to solve one problem and then out of the blue, they start selling it for yet another problem. Maybe it works out OK but maybe it doesn't. Keep in mind that the US spends more per person on pharmaceuticals than any other country on the planet. This move is all about keeping the money train moving and has very little to do about saving lives.
A 2006 study estimated that more than 20 percent of all prescriptions written by doctors were for unapproved uses.

But drug makers have in the past abused doctors’ discretion by telling them that some medicines were appropriate for patients in whom the drugs may have caused more harm than good. In 2004, Pfizer paid a $430 million fine to resolve criminal and civil charges that it marketed its epilepsy drug Neurontin for conditions in which the company’s own studies suggested that the drug was ineffective.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/business/16drug.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slog...

Texas does not have a caucus. 2/3s of the delegates come from a primary, the other third comes from a state convention that happens this summer. All of the delegates from Texas are not selected March 4th. I don't understand why the media always mis reports this.

Submitted by MMRules on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 9:45am.
when your show was on..
Instead I clicked on your brr link and there u is !
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I try to do a new 3 hr show every Saturday. It loops continuously until I get around to doing a new one. The basic format consists of a 3 minute "blurb" followed by ~ 20 minutes of music. Someone asked me once "What kind of music do you play?", "Good music", I replied. Anything from the legendary bluesmen of the 20's through today is fair game in the genres of folk, blues,bluegrass, jazz, real country music, album oriented rock and whatever else I run across. Just no rap or hip hop, while I respect it, I just don't get it. I feel the same way about polka music so don't try to hang that rap on me! ;-)

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CIA set up 12 bogus companies mostly in Europe after 9/11: report

Following the September 11, 2001, attacks, the US Central Intelligence Agency set up 12 bogus companies in Europe and other parts of the world in the hope of penetrating Islamic organizations, The Los Angeles Times reported on its website late Saturday.

But citing current and former CIA officials, the newspaper said the agency had now shut down all but two of them after concluding they were ill-conceived.

The firms were part of an ambitious plan to increase the number of CIA case officers sent overseas under what is known as "nonofficial cover" in order to increase the agency's potential for penetrating Islamic networks, the report said.

According to the paper, the agents posed as employees of investment banks, consulting firms or other fictitious enterprises with no apparent ties to the US government.

But the plan became the source of significant dispute within the agency, The Times noted.

The CIA-run "companies" were located far from Muslim enclaves in Europe and other targets, and their size raised concerns that one mistake would blow the cover of many agents, the report noted.

In addition, because businessmen don't usually come into contact with Al-Qaeda operatives, the cover didn't work, The Times said.

Officials say the CIA's efforts to use corporate disguises have yet to produce a significant penetration of terrorist or weapons proliferation networks, the paper pointed out.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/CIA_set_up_12_bogus_companies_mostl_0216200...

with the Superdelegates and the delegates from Michigan and Florida.

This greatly worries me.

is talking now on Meet the Press

Clinton aide changes Mich., Fla. stance

Clinton Adviser Argues for Seating Michigan, Florida Delegates After Previously Voting No

HOPE YEN
AP News

Feb 16, 2008 17:06 EST

Harold Ickes, a top adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign who voted for Democratic Party rules that stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates, now is arguing against the very penalty he helped pass.

In a conference call Saturday, the longtime Democratic Party member contended the DNC should reconsider its tough sanctions on the two states, which held early contests in violation of party rules. He said millions of voters in Michigan and Florida would be otherwise disenfranchised — before acknowledging moments later that he had favored the sanctions.

Ickes explained that his different position essentially is due to the different hats he wears as both a DNC member and a Clinton adviser in charge of delegate counting. Clinton won the primary vote in Michigan and Florida, and now she wants those votes to count.

"There's been no change," Ickes said. "I was not acting as an agent of Mrs. Clinton. We had promulgated rules and those rules said the timing provision ... provides for certain sanctions, automatic sanctions as a matter of fact, if a state such as Michigan or Florida violates those timing provisions."

"With respect to the stripping, I voted as a member of the Democratic National Committee. Those were our rules and I felt I had an obligation to enforce them," he said.

Clinton won after all the Democratic candidates agreed not to campaign in either state because they violated the party rules. Clinton, who flew into Florida on primary eve but did not hold a public rally, tried to argue that Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois had violated the pledge by airing a national ad campaign that also showed on Florida television stations.

Ickes' dual positions on the issue illustrate some of the internal division within the party as Clinton and Obama run neck-in-neck in the Democratic presidential race.

Some Democratic leaders have expressed concern that the tight contest might ultimately hinge on the positions of some 700 party insiders known as superdelegates. Civil rights leaders also have been somewhat split on whether seating the Florida and Michigan delegates would unfairly disenfranchise minority voters.

As of Saturday, the delegate count stood at 1,280 for Obama and 1,218 for Clinton. If the DNC were to award Michigan and Florida's 313 delegates based on the vote in their primaries, she would be ahead because she won both states.

On Saturday, Ickes reiterated the campaign's view that new "redo" votes in Florida and Michigan aren't necessary. He said many superdelegates are elected lawmakers or governors who are supposed to exercise their independent judgment to vote contrary to public opinion if they believe another candidate has a better chance of winning.

In response, the Obama campaign said Ickes' viewpoint runs counter to democratic principles.

"The Clinton campaign just said they have two options for trying to win the nomination — attempt to have superdelegates overturn the will of the Democratic voters or change the rules they agreed to at the 11th hour in order to seat nonexistent delegates from Florida and Michigan," said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe. "The Clinton campaign should focus on winning pledged delegates as a result of elections, not these say-or-do-anything-to-win tactics that could undermine Democrats' ability to win the general election."

http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Clinton_aide_changes_Mich_Fla_stanc...

to SPIT!

Hey did you see this open mic I did on your picture posting?

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picks troll guts from in-between his toes.

Novak is on now. I wouldn't mind kicking him right in the ass.
Why anyone has him on T.V. or in the the paper (Chicago Sun-Times)
is really beyond me...

that is very cool.... thanks.

How do you do an open mic????

Because many Repugs see dishonesty and the ability to stab others in the back as a positive character traight.

Many blame drugs for the 3% but I think people join the 3% because they have been rejected by society.

That can happen for many reasons!

Click on "CREATE CONTENT" on the upper left hand column to create an Open Mic. You can also go to Open Mic and create one there but that takes longer to load.

But other are rejected because they are lazy. Others just can't hold a job. Even others are rejected by family at an early age.

It is after the rejection that most 3%ers turn to drug, and learn to hate the government that would arrest them and put them in jail.

his Charles Barkley interview

After rejection by the 97% the hate begins. The drugs start, and the cycle of isolation and remorse set in.

In the old days the 3% would pull the shades and hide, alone and in isolation, but on the Internet, they cluster in tiny groups and post their sad messages of hate.

just threw down big time on CNN. Called Christian Conservatives hypocrites and declared his candidacy for Alabama Gov in 2014. He said he was pro-choice and pro gay marriage.

The only one I know that's been rejected was that loser who was rejected big time by the host of the Sam Seder Show. Does anyone know a bigger reject loser than someone who returns to a blog after being banned?

I am reality. I am the truth detector!

It's on through facing reality that the 3% can hope to return and be welcomed into the Real World!

Yeah for da big guy!

sounds A GREAT DEAL like a substance abuse problem!!

'nuf said

shouldn't i b in church?

Submitted by Peter Dragon on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 8:33pm.
think plumbing. Has it been brought up to code? You can get
into a lot of probs with old plumbing.
--------
[Insert Flomax advertisement here]

the ravages of mental disorders in this case spans broad categories of delusional reality and spelling turrets. I'm pretty sure the problem is not just environmental. There has to be a genetic deficiency or crack baby history.

It has been a tough slide for Sam as well. From a daily national radio show to a weekday podcast?

That's rough! Sam can still be helped as well, the bottom is near.

But we must focus on the larger 3%.

Those who have no meaningful job or family.

Those who sit all day self-medicated.

Those who make themselves sick with hate and envy!

Toni,I took that stuff for years !
I never knew they were prescribing it for uses not
approved..
I was using it for a approved condition..Chronic pain..
Thanks for the Article. :)

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

This is church. We worship truth, justice, and compassion. Now, get on 'yer knees and open 'yer wallet!

Honestly, I start to feel that this is a form of self-flagellation after a while. The pain, sadness, tragedy gets to be too much. I often think of Jackson Browne's song "Doctor My Eyes".

Only when you give up your socialist and communist dreams and come back to capitalism will you find redemption!

Our great system is not going to change for you!

You must learn to compete like the animals in wild if you want to prosper in this country.

You want to live like the animals in the zoo where every need is provided for you.

Maybe a return to God will be your first step in returning to the Real World.

God will forgive all!

(I promise that this will be my last post until this afternoon. I've got to get off my butt!)

The only two indications that Gabapentin (Neurontin) has been shown to be effective for are: certain types of seizures, and neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain results from either direct (trauma) or indirect (Diabetes, Alcohol Abuse, etc.) injury of the nerves themselves. It is ineffective for stuff like arthritis and muscle injury. The company got into HUGE trouble for (falsely) touting it's effectiveness in Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety disorders, etc. It kinda reminded me of that old SNL commercial for a product that was not only a floor wax, but also a dessert topping.

Learn from the final rejection of the 3% by the Democrat Party.

Living in a Pretend World where you call yourself a Democrat can not go on forever.

FDA--Neurontin
new
Submitted by MMRules on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 11:59am.
Toni,I took that stuff for years !
I never knew they were prescribing it for uses not
approved..
I was using it for a approved condition..Chronic pain..
Thanks for the Article. :)

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

That's how I feel about the vioxx drug.

This government oversight is the most lax ever! Just like everything else they do, it's a failure.

They failed all of us and air headed people, like the one here, fell for their lies.

I'm really sick of this government and all those idiotic people that voted for them!! At least some of them woke up.

What No San Diego on your listener roll call ??
What am I Chopped Liver ? ;)

Cool shoe by the way ! Thanks again.. :)

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

saw "Smokin' Aces" last night. I'm thinkin' the kid with the nunchucks.

this place is no more immune to whackery than yer average mall parking garage or or subway car.

There's a difference between the inappropriate approval of drugs like Vioxx by the FDA and docs writing Rx's for unapproved (off-label) uses of medications.
'Approved' uses result from a drug company pursuing an indication for a drug. The drug may have other clinically proven uses, but the drug company may not pursue an FDA approval for that indication if it's not cost effective.
We frequently prescribe meds for off-label indications, but must inform the patient that that is the case, and make them aware of all the significant risks.

they all Scream Less/No Regulations..
But,they are Too Stupid to figure out they accrue Huge Costs
associated with Lax regulations..
Law Suits,Medical Costs,Deaths,Lawyer Costs,jack off trolls etc..

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

the Lost American Way!!

Superman = Jesus

Great things are fantastic!

REM-Superman

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

Myla got her rash now,

same place I got mine.

Sam,

consider an overseas education, won't u?

together, we can do Great things!

(¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø°`)

it ain't some bullshit bank slogan anymore!!

how you feeling this morning?

"We frequently prescribe meds for off-label indications, but must inform the patient that that is the case, and make them aware of all the significant risks."

And many Doctors were given money and favors for prescribing these new medicines that were haphazzardly passed by the FDA before testing was complete. I'm sorry, but the doctors have to take some of the blame for accepting what these drug companies told them about the drugs.

I had no idea, nor was it presented in the pamphlet that came with vioxx, that it would effect my heart. Now I have problems I never had before after having taken vioxx for 4 years. And because of this, it is costing me and medicare more than if I had not taken it. I now have another medical condition I probably would not have.

gotta go cook am making chicken biryani---

how cold is too cold for hiking

tryin' 2 stay warm, Lu. sometimes resorting 2 quilts and irish whiskey. how u?

i have shit 4 blood. preznit's wkend. you know...

alimony road...

thats exactly why i posted it---HA you smart...hope you feel better ma!

Usury: Study says Payday lenders more prevalent in areas of high Christian Conservative power.

A law professor and associate professor of geography set out to create the most comprehensive map of U.S. payday lenders to date. What they found, to their surprise, was "a surprising relationship between populations of Christian conservatives and the proliferation of payday lenders." And it's not a side effect of a poor population that happens to be Christian, according to the authors: "Our research showed that the correlation between payday lenders and the political power of conservative Christians was stronger than the correlation between payday lenders and the proportion of a population living below the poverty line."

Here are a couple of screen grabs from Google Earth—you can download and view the maps yourself if you want to explore them.

The authors speculate that this may be the sad after-effect of a political deal-with-the-devil a couple of decades ago—after all, Christianity has historically been against usury:

Peterson, who also holds an appointment at the University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, said he believes part of the explanation for their findings lies in politics. "When the Christian Right allied itself with conservative Wall Street business interests in the 1980s and early '90s, consumer protection law was placed to the side as an inconvenient sticking point. The laws allowing an astonishing number of triple-digit-interest-rate lenders throughout most of the Christian South and Mormon West are a legacy of that political alliance.

http://consumerist.com/357220/study-says-payday-lenders-more-prevalent-i...

whats up girl?

Im going to go look @ a house for sale. In the very early stages of
looking/buying one. My 1st!
Hope everything is worked out between you @ Annette.
I was in the dark about what was going on. i just wanted to let you know I
hope that things worked out.
Will blog ya all a little later.... Love, Me :)

Between Rap and Reggae

{col. writ. 2/8/08} (c) '08 Mumia Abu-Jamal

When we discuss the social and global impacts of both rap and reggae, we are looking at the art forms which share many similarities, but both also possess significant differences.

Initially, both rap and reggae are the productions of Black ghetto life, and are thus, cultural responses to the socio-economic conditions of exclusion, poverty, class oppression, and the de industrialization of the latter 20th and early 21st centuries.

Those similarities are offset by the cultural choices made by many of the early creators and modifiers of these art forms, however.

For while inner city poverty gave birth to a music that spoke to conditions of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and East Coast life in worsening ghettoes, reggae emerged from the slums of Jamaica, where the poor were informed, not only by their poverty, but by the decades long socio-religious movement of Rastafarianism, which, with its return-to-Africa ethos, gave a future vision of hope to people in largely hopeless conditions.

"Religion," Napoleon Bonaparte has opined, "has kept the poor from killing the rich."

It is this quality that distinguishes reggae from its American cousin, rap. For, while rap was born in the ghetto, amidst the most concentrated deprivations in modern American history, it hasn't stayed there. It is, today, a multi-billion dollar industry that sells its products around the world. And while its most recent incarnation may be laden with ghetto centric language and accents, the most successful practitioners live as far from the ghetto as their automobiles can take them. They live the lives of yesteryear's rock stars -of mansions, millions in disposable income, and conspicuous consumption.

http://prisonradio.org/MumiaRapReggae.htm

show off! good luck!

they all Scream Less/No Regulations.. But,they are Too Stupid to figure out they accrue Huge Costs associated with Lax regulations..Law Suits,Medical Costs,Deaths,Lawyer Costs,jack off trolls etc..

That's why they want ot do away with the right to sue. It's a win/win situation for them literally.

smcgee, ME TOO! Just got off the phone with a realtor!

I love buffalo

Head of GAO quits, citing censorship

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The head of the audit and investigative arm of the US Congress announced his resignation Friday, citing "real limitations" on what he could do.

David Walker, 51, a respected voice on fiscal matters, said he was making an early departure from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to head a new public interest foundation.

"As Comptroller General of the United States and head of the GAO, there are real limitations on what I can do and say in connection with key public policy issues, especially issues that directly relate to GAO's client -- the Congress," Walker said in a statement.

He did not elaborate but Walker last year issued an unusually downbeat assessment of his country's future in a report that drew parallels with the end of the Roman empire.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_french_p_080216_head_of_gao_quit...

Opus

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

Which is more expensive? Chain link fencing or wood privacy fencing?

wow you guys "big things" i could never afford a house here in the city--just barely paying my rent!

Lucille, What city are you in?

The only way I can afford a house is because I live in Memphis.

I wonder how I can help the wild buffalo?

Did you get my email?

By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer

Feb 16th, 2008 | WASHINGTON -- While arguing in court that states are free to enact tougher mercury controls from power plants, the Bush administration pressured dozens of states to accept a scheme that would let some plants evade cleaning up their pollution, government documents show.

A week ago, a federal appeals court struck down that industry-friendly approach for mercury reduction. It allowed plants with excessive smokestack emissions to buy pollution rights from other plants that foul the air less.

Internal Environmental Protection Agency documents and e-mails, obtained by the advocacy group Environmental Defense, show attempts over the past two years to blunt state efforts to make their plants drastically reduce mercury pollution instead of trading for credits that would let them continue it.

An EPA official said the agency's job "is not to pressure states."

The federal plan capped overall mercury releases from power plants nationwide. But it allowed plants to avoid reductions by purchasing emission credits. Critics have said that creates "hot spots" of mercury releases harmful to communities.

Many states did not want their power plants to be able to buy their way out of having to reduce mercury pollution.

A neurotoxin linked to learning disabilities, mercury is most dangerous to fetuses, infants and small children, usually when pregnant women or children eat mercury contaminated fish. The National Academy of Sciences estimates that 60,000 newborns a year could be at risk of learning disabilities because of mercury their mothers absorbed during pregnancy.

"There was an extraordinary degree of aggressiveness by EPA in pressing states to abandon a more protective mercury program. EPA devoted enormous effort to preventing states from doing more," said Vickie Patton, a lawyer for Environmental Defense. The group obtained the documents through a Freedom of Information Act filing.

Con't

Sick Bastards !
The Anything For A Buck,Bush Administration !

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

new york

keiran
respect to corn starch, I have but one word for you Sam: Desitin.

to an inpatient mental facility for a few months.

The conspiracy theorists at the New York Times today tell us something is amiss, but proceed to ultimately tell us nothing about why it happened, suggesting that all is just fine...and that it'd be even better if the city "upgraded" to new electronic voting machines...

Myla may have an allergy to laundry detergent, laundry softener. Something in a certain piece of clothing.

Depends on where the rash is also.

sup girl? the kids?

dont forget to take your laptop with you, i would like to read all about it! psych!

I did Toni! And I just replied!

Oh golly Lucille! NOBODY can afford a house in New York!

The house I may be getting is a three bedroom and it's going for what a closet would cost in New York!

Bob, are you serious?

Ha! thats funny...i could never buy a twelve pack paper towels---i would not know where to put it..it will end up on the floor somewhere and the kids would use it a chair...

I may be going
new
Submitted by Bob26003 on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 1:07pm.
to an inpatient mental facility for a few months.

==

no way bob

theyll put you on zyprexa or risperdal consta...

theyll mess you up

stay on the outside

those docs love to prescribe too many drugs.

im in healthcare business, ive seen it

well are you? i hope you are kidding!

at 4pm...i really do not know why Samuel is not on AAR from 4-7pm here in NYC when the head quarters are based here, i cannot understand it..his only on from 6pm

Bob, if you are a danger to yourself or others you need to get help somehow.

You have my support. Get well.

If you need to,you need to..
I was in one for about 8 or 9 days acouple
of years ago..Depression,stress etc..
Your only human..
I meet some really cool people in there too..
Just try and make the best of it..
And,get some help..Ask for help.
Trust me,some days I wish I could go back for awhile..
Hang in there !
And,do what's best for you !
Don't worry about anything else.. :)

Keep in touch if you can..
We will be rooting for you !

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

Galactic 11 (8-0.0.4.7)
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Regarding that rash. I heard Myla has been ill a week ago. If the doctor gave her an antibiotic she may also be allergic to penicillin. It took about a week for my daughter to develop a rash due to penicillin when she was about two.

I have been inpatient a zillion times!

They won't give me the meds I need anyway.

Your right, they will try to give me more poison meds that don't work.

They have allready tried to get me on seroquel, risperdal etc etc,

You name it, Ive tried it. All junk

The only meds that work are the addictive ones. And you know how the Docs are about those, they would rather see you have a nervous breakdown than eat a valium or xanax.

LINK

By FRANK RICH
Published: February 17, 2008

THE curse continues. Regardless of party, it’s hara-kiri for a politician to step into the shadow of even a mediocre speech by Barack Obama.

Sign on as a plaintiff, toni!! Sicko also lightly touches on this issue (of meds) - very lightly, since that's not the main point of the film.
However, yes, it does mention large $$$ to AMA.
Also, docs get samples of drugs, another "incentive..."

BTW
just scrolling through now - - yes, toni, we do have a problem with the "superdelegates.."
Hillary also took the pledge not to campaign in FL, then shows up for "victory" celebration
MI has about 40% "Uncommitted"
Hillary's character is showing....

What kind of rash?...I know about these things, y'know....
I'll try to be back for the show...
Today I got my first fresh chicken eggs from the girls! 7 of them!!
Small but tasty!

Melina
www.RIPCoco.com
www.BrilliantatBreakfast.blogspot.com
www.SweetJesusIHateChrisMatthews.blogspot.com

Submitted by nightbird on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 2:27pm.
Sign on as a plaintiff, toni!!

But Merck, the maker of Vioxx, has made even that difficult. Everthing they do is geared toward them winning.

It's fixed in advance.

good, toni. k Yes, they have good lawyers - but plaintiffs have good ones, too, and, hopefully, better ones.

Late Edition: Senator Jack Reed Dispels GOP FISA Lies
By: Logan Murphy @ 11:00 AM - PST

Download | Play Download | Play

Democratic Senator and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, appeared on Late Edition and did a great job of debunking the lies and spin being floated by President Bush and the GOP on FISA. As Juan Williams did earlier on Fox News Sunday, Reed makes it clear that allowing the flawed FISA legislation passed last August to lapse does not mean the U.S. can’t do surveillance on suspected terrorists.

Host Wolf Blitzer floated out the exact same argument William Kristol did on Fox, which is this notion that Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, is some sort of apolitical figure and somehow that makes him more believable. Reed shot that down, reminding Blitzer that the previous FISA laws are still in place and that U.S. intelligence can still go after suspects for several days before requesting a warrant.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/17/late-edition-senator-jack-reed-...

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2441#comment-146044

a straight talker.

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