Maron V Seder TODAY AT 11:30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aprils fool!

#1 again.

Former spy gives US intel D+ in exploiting open info
Nick Juliano

The US intelligence community is slowly coming to the realization that most of its vital information does not have to be stolen from a secret vault in an enemy country but is available by surfing the Web.

Since 9/11, the exploitation of so-called "open-source intelligence," has increased among intelligence agencies, but many obstacles remain. Primary among those is a bureaucratic culture in which analysts dismiss documents not marked "classified" or "eyes only." USA Today reports that this intelligence, known within the intel community as OSINT, is becoming a fixture among the Intelligence Community.

Open sources can provide up to 90% of the information needed to meet most U.S. intelligence needs, Deputy Director of National Intelligence Thomas Fingar said in a recent speech. Harnessing that information "is terribly important," he said. "It ought to be a normal part of what we do, not being fixated on secrets dribbling into the computer's in-box."
But progress has been slow.

Robert David Steele, a former CIA and Marine Corps intelligence officer, gives the intelligence community a D+ for its use of information available from the Internet, commercial satellite imagery and other open sources.

"There's still a cult of secrecy — nothing is seen as important unless it's classified," says Steele, founder of OSS.Net, a commercial intelligence provider for private companies and the government.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Intelligence_agents_lag_in_exploiting_info...

new
Submitted by smcgee43 on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 10:35am.

Sammy, dear Sammy - why is AAR not back up yet?

Jonesing here.......

Democrats Hit the Campaign Trail in Pennsylvania

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By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Published: April 1, 2008

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — The Democratic campaign took on the feel of the early voting states on Monday, back when the candidates’ buses would crisscross paths in a single state. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama were both in eastern Pennsylvania courting voters, on a day in which Mr. Obama gained a superdelegate.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton stopped Monday at the Capitol Diner in Harrisburg, Pa., on the first day of a three-day campaign trip across the state, which holds its primary on April 22. More Photos »

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota, announced her support for Mr. Obama in a conference call with reporters, describing him as “a new kind of leader — he speaks with a different voice, he brings a new perspective.”

Ms. Klobuchar described both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama as friends and colleagues but said, “To continue to stay silent would be, as my 12-year-old daughter, Abigail, likes to say, ‘Awkward, Mom, awkward.’ ”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/us/politics/01campaign.html?_r=2&adxnn...

I had that same problem last night
when I wanted to check out the site.

i made you look i made you poop
Submitted by Lucille on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 10:28am.

it worked but it was still buggy. I got seder on sundays to listen to. It will be great once the bugs are out.

Clinton: Obama Tries to Deny Voters a Say in Nomination

Amy Chozick reports on the presidential race.

Speaking via satellite to television stations in North Carolina, Montana and Indiana on Monday, Sen. Hillary Clinton accused Sen. Barack Obama of trying to deprive voters in the remaining states of having a say in the Democratic presidential nomination by urging her to withdraw.

“I didn’t understand why Sen. Obama and some of his supporters wanted to prevent you and other states from actually being able to vote,” she told a Wilmington, N.C., television station. Over the weekend, Sen. Obama told reporters, “My attitude is that Sen. Clinton can run as long as she wants.”

“A lot of Sen. Obama’s supporters want to end this race because they don’t want people to keep voting,” Clinton said in an interview with a television station in Billings, Mont. “People don’t want this election taken away from them by the media or somebody sitting in an office in Washington.”

“The most important question is who can best be the commander in chief,” she told a station in Terre Haute, Ind.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/03/31/clinton-obama-tries-to-deny-vot...

Poll: Iran, Iraq, China top US enemies
China replaces North Korea among 'top 3 US enemies' in a poll of Americans.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/_Poll_Iran_Iraq_China_top_0401.html

UPDATE: today at 11:30 *

and I am ready in bed to watch Sammy and Marc

A Group of Georgia Third Graders Plot To Attack Teacher

By Angela Williams
First Coast News

WAYCROSS, GA -- It's the type of news you don't expect to hear coming out of an elementary school. Nine third grade students suspended at Center Elementary in Waycross for an alleged plot to attack their teacher.

"This plot was uncovered at the point that something dangerous was brought to the school," says Lt. Dwayne Caswell with Waycross Police.

Police say the students were hatching a plan to harm their teacher Friday morning. They even brought items from home to carry out the plan.

"They had a broken steak knife, a crystal paper weight, toy handcuffs, several items and tape and stuff," says Lt. Caswell.

Ware County School officials say a classmate told the principal about one of the students bringing a weapon to school. The discovery was later made that more students were in on the plot. The school says it’s a matter they are not taking lightly.

"Some might say 'They were young and in the third grade and how serious could it be?', but anytime our students' safety or our teachers' safety is compromised we obviously have to take that very seriously," says Theresa Martin with Ware County Schools.

The school district says all the students are suspended until further disciplinary action is decided.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=...

lets start without marc and go an extra half hour!

Judges can still punish acquitted defendants
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In refusing to consider a Wisconsin man's appeal, the Supreme Court says jurists can issue prison sentences even if the jury has cleared a defendant of certain crimes.
By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 1, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court declined Monday to reconsider a legal rule that might surprise most Americans: Judges can punish defendants for certain crimes even after a jury has acquitted them of those charges.

In recent years, the justices have described the right to jury trial as one of the bedrock principles of American law. At the same time, they have been unwilling to say that a jury's not-guilty verdict on some charges means the defendant cannot be punished. Instead, the court has said judges may take into account "acquitted conduct" when they decide on a prison term.

The case of Mark Hurn of Madison, Wis., provides a stark example of the rule.

Hurn was given an additional 15 years in prison for possessing crack cocaine, even though a jury acquitted him of the charge. He was convicted of having powder cocaine in his house, a charge that would warrant between two and three years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scotus1apr01,1,1982...

get out and make another..you got all the time in the world...poor me!!boss is up and down this morning getting on my nerves!!

nothing surprises me

checkin out the strippers on the Opie & Anthony show ! ;)

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

I think that would be fun, like romper room

The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War
By Zbigniew Brzezinski
The Washington Post

Sunday 30 March 2008

Both Democratic presidential candidates agree that the United States should end its combat mission in Iraq within 12 to 16 months of their possible inauguration. The Republican candidate has spoken of continuing the war, even for a hundred years, until "victory." The core issue of this campaign is thus a basic disagreement over the merits of the war and the benefits and costs of continuing it.

The case for U.S. disengagement from combat is compelling in its own right. But it must be matched by a comprehensive political and diplomatic effort to mitigate the destabilizing regional consequences of a war that the outgoing Bush administration started deliberately, justified demagogically and waged badly. (I write, of course, as a Democrat; while I prefer Sen. Barack Obama, I speak here for myself.)

The contrast between the Democratic argument for ending the war and the Republican argument for continuing is sharp and dramatic. The case for terminating the war is based on its prohibitive and tangible costs, while the case for "staying the course" draws heavily on shadowy fears of the unknown and relies on worst-case scenarios. President Bush's and Sen. John McCain's forecasts of regional catastrophe are quite reminiscent of the predictions of "falling dominoes" that were used to justify continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Neither has provided any real evidence that ending the war would mean disaster, but their fear-mongering makes prolonging it easier.

Nonetheless, if the American people had been asked more than five years ago whether Bush's obsession with the removal of Saddam Hussein was worth 4,000 American lives, almost 30,000 wounded Americans and several trillion dollars - not to mention the less precisely measurable damage to the United States' world-wide credibility, legitimacy and moral standing - the answer almost certainly would have been an unequivocal "no."

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=55899

Man Caught Having Sex with a Picnic Table

BELLEVUE, OH -- A man in central Ohio is accused of having sex with his picnic table.

The investigation began when a tipster gave police three DVDs showing Arthur Price having sexual intercourse with a metal round table on his deck.

The incidents occurred between January and March 2008.

Police say the DVDs show Price involved in a sex act in his bedroom. He walks out to his deck, tilts the table on its side and has sex with it.

Police say Price lives near an elementary school.

Price admitted that he had sex with the picnic table when police questioned him.

He confirmed to police the incidents caught on the DVDs and said he had also had sex with the table inside the home.

Price faces four counts of public indecency. He is free on a $20,000 bond.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/mostpopular/news-article.aspx?storyid...

Pennsylvania Turning Bluer and Bluer

by Jonathan Singer, Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 12:23:51 AM EST

I had forgotten what a 16- or 17-hour travel day can do to one's system. But here's to getting back on the blogging wagon (or is it falling off the blogging wagon?).

As much as I believe there is credence to the argument that a protracted Democratic primary can have a deleterious effect upon the party's ability to win back the White House this fall, particularly as the longer the battle draws out the shorter window of time the eventual nominee will have to unite the base, reports like these remind us that the seemingly never-ending battle to be the Democratic Party's standard bearer this fall has some positive consequences as well.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=55888

and is tons smarter that Joe

Saw that header @ RawStory, but didn't read. FWIW - I've been to Waycross a few times & used to have friends living there - it's a teeny, tiny town on the border of FL & used to be a railroad center - & it's also extremely racist, which is why my friends no longer live there.

& that latimes.com story brings to mind the Al Arian case - jury acquitted him, but he's STILL in prison & he & his family are desperate....

HAHAHAHAHAHA...any male here living in ohio?

i couldnt tell...she never seems to finish her sentences so i never get to understand what she is saying!

to experience Barack going up against McCain. McCain will probably leave him alone about the pastor deal or he will have to go into Hagee and all the other nutcases who support and endorse him

and the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Mika's dad is a super smart guy....a little scarey but wicked smart.

and the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Mika's dad is a super smart guy....a little scarey but wicked smart.

...a faithful re-creation of the iconic guitar from1967, based upon artwork commissioned by the late George Harrison of The Beatles, for the giant, world famous, mural painted on the wall of London’s famous Beatles-owned Apple Boutique by the Dutch art collective, known as “The Fool”.

The art collective went on to re-create the vibe of the Apple Boutique mural, in miniature, on one of George Harrison’s guitars, which Harrison had given to his friend Eric Clapton.

The guitar has come to be known as “The Fool” after its creators. The original guitar was used almost constantly by Eric Clapton in Cream (view photo), and eventually ended up in the hands of legendaryUS performer, Todd Rundgren.

maron was with Opie and Anthony, alienating all of womanhood, so probably still doing their aftershow?...I dunno what goes on with that...only caught a few minutes in the car.

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

At the Santa Monica Civic for $3.50. It was amazing. Ginger Bakers drums broke my eardrums....but I didn't mind, I was 17.

Are you in CA now?

is begging for money. Needs $3 million in the next three weeks.

"We’re at the moment when Hillary needs Obama more than the world needs Hillary"
----
One election at a time...

Embarrassed US Starts to Disown Basra Operation
by Gareth Porter

As it became clear last week that the Operation Knights Assault in Basra was in serious trouble, the George W. Bush administration began to claim in off-the-record statements to journalists that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had launched the operation without consulting Washington.

The effort to disclaim U.S. responsibility for the operation is an indication that it was viewed as a major embarrassment just as top commander Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are about to testify before Congress.

Behind this furious backpedaling is a major Bush administration miscalculation about Moqtada al-Sadr and the Mahdi Army, which the administration believed was no longer capable of a coordinated military operation. It is now apparent that Sadr and the Mahdi Army were holding back because they were still in the process of retraining and reorganization, not because Sadr had given up the military option or had lost control of the Mahdi Army.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=55895

what the hell??? I thought i was doing something
wrong on my end....... see ya @ 11:30am

near Lake Tahoe since 92. before that I was ensconced in Pasadena CA. I was a major groupie (not the sexual kind) and went to the Sunset Strip every weekend to listen to music. I had a friend who was dating the creator of Pinnacle Concerts and we got lots of free tickets. I saw everyone. I was in the orchestra pit when Jimmy Hendrix performed. My friend dug fingernail marks in my arm over the excitement of it. We were just 4 feet away from him....amazing.

didn't know that was even possible.. WOW

The US Attorney who wasn't fired: How Bush pick helped prosecute top Democrat-backed judge
Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane

The Permanent Republican Majority, Part IV: How corporate-GOP interests sought to topple Democrats in Mississippi

Since the deregulations of the Reagan era, the electoral strategy of the Republican Party and the interests of the corporate lobby have become intimately entwined.

Karl Rove – President George W. Bush’s former Deputy Chief of Staff and campaign maestro – capitalized on this alliance in Texas in the early 1990's, when he made campaigning against "activist judges" a cornerstone of Republican victories. He then applied the same technique in Alabama, where he and Republican consultant William Canary began systematically working in 1994 to elect pro-business judges.

As reported in Raw Story’s The Permanent Republican Majority - Part One, Canary reemerged in 2002 as the advisor to Alabama Republican gubernatorial candidate and now governor, Bob Riley. Canary’s wife, Leura, meanwhile, used her position as the US Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama to investigate Riley’s Democratic opponent, incumbent governor Don Siegelman, helping ensure his defeat and leading to his prosecution on bribery charges, conviction, and imprisonment in 2007.

During the mid-90s, a serious of state lawsuits against the tobacco industry delivered a heavy blow to American business interests in the South.

Initiated by Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore, they sought compensation for the costs of smoking-related diseases. Other state attorneys general joined the suit, and eventually the industry was forced to settle, culminating in a Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement that exempted the tobacco companies from liability in exchange for a $246 billion dollar payment and other concessions – the largest settlement in US history.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/How_Bush_US_attorney_riddled_with_0401.htm...

'the psychedelic supermarket'- at least, i think that's what it was called - in Boston, fall of '67.

i think they may have been touring with Donovan.

And Jimi too... Lucky you & V. COOL...!

...off to do some work til the show...

Just a few questions I got for the guy:
1) could he not afford a blow-up doll? I've heard they're much softer, and fewer jagged edges
2) why was he making DVDs of it...and if he wasn't why the hell was someone else?! And how were the DVDs being disseminated? Is there a market out there for "table-porn"?! If so, I'd like to conduct a study on them.

and a couple about the article generally:
1) what's with the reference to the fact that he lives near an elementary school? Is that in some way meant to say he is also accused of being a kiddie-fiddler? If it's not relevent then why make it look like he is...it's just going to encourage people to fire-bomb his house or something else f'n ridiculous like that
2) whatever happened to "what happens in my yard, stays in my yard"
3) Is he also accused of having sex with it inside his home? If so, can that really go under a public indecency charge, since it was within his private property? Just asking...

and very crazy...I am glad I lived through it and made it out alive.

Saw Spirt there..
And,Big Brother & The Holding Co.without Janice :(

Man,wish I had seen Cream there..

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

Was that at The Hollywood Bowl or Santa Monica Civic..
I don't remember the Civic having a orchestra pit..

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

the Big Oil committee today. At least the start of it.

Bin Laden Took Part in 1986 Arms Deal, Book Says

By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 1, 2008; A12

Osama bin Laden flew to London in 1986 to help negotiate the purchase of Russian-made surface-to-air missiles to be used by Arab fighters then battling the Soviet military in Afghanistan, according to a new book on the bin Laden family.

Bin Laden and his half brother, Salem, met several times with the contacts at the luxury Dorchester hotel in London, according to "The Bin Ladens," by journalist Steve Coll. "Don't do any jokes with my brother," Salem is said to have told the others. "He's very religious."

The deal for Russian SA-7 missiles was arranged via "contacts" with the German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch, through an associate of Salem bin Laden, the book says. It suggests that payment for the weapons was made by the government of Saudi Arabia and that the weapons eventually were purchased in South America.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR200803...

I was there for spirit too...I think big mamma thorton played with Big Brother eh? my memory i shot though too much mary jay.

Man having sex with picnic table
Submitted by DM on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:11am.
Just a few questions I got for the guy:
*******
Enquiring minds want to know ? ;)

Gad ! I hope he used some lube ! ;)

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

Military Report: Secretly 'Recruit or Hire Bloggers'

fA study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested "clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers."

Since the start of the Iraq war, there's been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs -- and the servicemembers who want to keep them. One faction sees blogs as security risks, and a collective waste of troops' time. The other (which includes top officers, like Gen. David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. William Caldwell) considers blogs to be a valuable source of information, and a way for ordinary troops to shape opinions, both at home and abroad.

This 2006 report for the Joint Special Operations University, "Blogs and Military Information Strategy," offers a third approach -- co-opting bloggers, or even putting them on the payroll. "Hiring a block of bloggers to verbally attack a specific person or promote a specific message may be worth considering," write the report's co-authors, James Kinniburgh and Dororthy Denning.

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/report-recruit.html

Man having sex with picnic table
Submitted by DM on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:11am.
Just a few questions I got for the guy...
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Disadvantages: Table flat as a board, unresponsive.
Advantages: Beer and pizza located within reach.

Marc got caught sleepin' in, eh?

"Fuck! Where's my COFFEE! Gimme 30, east-coaster. It's still dark out HERE."

*snark*

At the Civic. the big room (pinnacle concerts) and the more formal venue with seats....if I remember correctly (see above). It is like another lifetime ago.

...He laid the table on its side, therefore the beer and pizza would fall off, bit of a blow to that plan..

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After Removing The Tablecloth
new
Submitted by Crank Bait on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:20am.
Man having sex with picnic table
Submitted by DM on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:11am.
Just a few questions I got for the guy...
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Disadvantages: Table flat as a board, unresponsive.
Advantages: Beer and pizza located within reach.
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up shop now.

..

coming on

Pentagon balked on gay partner travel
By PATRICK O'CONNOR & DAVID ROGERS | 4/1/08 4:30 AM EST
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Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi aides said their boss was simply asking the defense secretary to follow a precedent established by her predecessor. (Jay Premack/Politico)

Prior to the Easter recess, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to intervene with Defense Secretary Robert Gates in order to get Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s domestic partner on a military flight for a congressional fact-finding trip to Europe.

The speaker succeeded, but the issue continues to simmer for both sides. The Pentagon appears to be self-conscious about transporting gay domestic partners at a time when it continues to enforce a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in its own ranks. The speaker is sensitive to the gay rights issue but doesn’t want to be drawn into a situation where it appears she is dictating policy for the use of military planes.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9296.html

Ha!

looks like they got cam and audio on the first try.

is it frozen? looks frozen

has a pretty new haircut!

washoe county? me too.

I don't think so..
But,I could be wrong..
Don't remember..
Spirit I remember,cause I really liked them..

Saw them again with Hendrix at Newport 69..
Hendrix was a hour late..
I read somewheres he was late because his manager wouldn't
let him play until they got paid..I guess they (Hendrix)had been stiffed before..

But,Hendrix at The Santa Monica Civic !
Man that must have been Awesome..That place is so small..
Good for you !
I wish I would have known you back then.... :)

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

in Los Angeles on October 19 1968, the farewell tour.

was sitting about 30 ft from Ginger Baker.

was a drummer and got to check out his style.

April fool Marc!! Heh!

...gets his jollies fucking w/ Marc.

Bruhahahahaha!

Get this thing to flow smoothly. Jesus.

www.sigzone.blogspot.com

did us like an Ohio'n does a picnic table.

bwahaha, sam got me, too~~then when I tried to post I got an error page. So Sam got me and then the page did, too.

What did Sam do ?
April Fools Joke ?
Thanks..

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

under the bus.

I was starting to get mad at Sam for blaming Marc again!
Ha!

Here are ten enduring, kudzu-like myths about the state of the Democratic nomination race, with the debunking they sorely need.

Myth: This race is tied.

Myth: Okay, the popular vote is tied.

Myth: Fine, but what if we count electoral votes? Now Hillary is ahead!

Myth: But if we did do it like the Electoral College, that proves Hillary is more electable than Obama, because of states like California.

Myth: Very well, then, Mr. Smarty-Math. But if we counted Michigan and Florida, then Hillary would be winning!

Myth: Ah HA! So Dean is keeping them out just to help Obama! And Obama is keeping them out.

More proof that Hillary's toast, and what's worse is she knows it and doesn't care.

it was metal and he tilted it on its side

the surface would be smooth, prob'ly did frottage/rubbing

OR maybe it had a hole in the center for a sun umbrella?

slow down on the c word, please!

*

Was that you,emailing Marc ?

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

at least he was getting some.

safe sex?

Will these superdelegates come out of the political closet? Mike Lux at Open Left, on fearful superdelegates who want support Obama but would prefer to not publicly declare lest they piss the Clinton machine off:

There are plenty of people in the Democratic Party who think Hillary Clinton would make a better President, and/or a better general election candidate, than Barack Obama. There are also some folks who endorsed Hillary early on, and believe you have to stick with the candidate you endorse until the bitter end. There are even a few, although the number is shrinking daily, who still have not genuinely made up their mind. And some superdelegates in the remaining states want to wait for the voters in their own state to vote before they declare. But there are very few people I talk to who think Hillary can win without an utterly divisive fight that will likely tear the party apart. They know that from the perspective of what's best for the party, it's time to endorse Obama.

What those remaining undeclared folks are telling me in private, though, is that they hope the race will play itself out and Obama will emerge as the clear winner so that they don't have to piss the Clintons and their machine off.

Perhaps this is exactly what Samantha Powers meant by "monster."

*

to get him to respond to an email! :)

who would have thought

at least until the arrest :)

call it "the Thom Hartmann syndrome," Marc

balless criticism

www.sigzone.blogspot.com

c'mon marc, tuff it out,

it's just an element of the asshole coeffecient.

So the market is going crazy. Up to 250+

All because the banks raised capital.

But Aloha is going bankrupt along with other companies and people are still losing their homes to foreclosure.

he thinks like me---teehee!

Don't take the douchebags in life too seriously. Some people just don't get it and they never will.

It was you wasn't it ?

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

Being unenlightened about your self and the world in general leads to people voting for George W. Bush, denying what slavery has done to this country, putting a sticker on their car and believing they are patriotic. As long as people stay on a superficial level with their lives, our nation will not progress

sun umbrella hole sex.
Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:42am.
at least he was getting some.
safe sex?
-----
Where will it end? First tables, then safes...

I am in Minden....

umbrella hole?

...Guess it's still out there for the rest of us to find then..

UN World Food Program struggling
Millions in danger as costs of food, fuel skyrocket, people needing help surge.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-food1apr01,0,5185698...

Reno, here.

sweet sweet
new
Submitted by Fernando on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 11:54am.
umbrella hole?

Men don't care where they stick that thing!

really puts Spitzers questions in perspective.

For those us that were with you really enjoyed it.Thanks for signing the book on Sunday. You are doing the heavy work and that scares some people.

Thanks
www.ilostthewar.com

Feingold: McConnell Distorted Senate Surveillance Debate in Speech
By Paul Kiel - April 1, 2008, 11:23AM

As we've often noted here, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell has frequently gotten into trouble for making statements that were either impolitic or, well, not true. And last week, in his zeal to demonstrate the unreasonableness of liberal critics, he made a statement that was both.

Speaking at Furman University, he said (pdf):

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/feingold_mcconnell_dis...

mentions Sarah alot. Wonder how Nicki feels about that?

is his im

going to chip away at my co-pay this morning... got a suspicious 'lump,' might be a spider-bite, but i'm not going to let it go unexamined...

was it plato, or aristotle?

an unexamined lump isn't worth dying? biopsying?

Ever see this?

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/marc-maron-jesus-and-christmas/3409324...

I guess the location has bad internet.
www.ilostthewar.com

Bush Softens on Spy Bill
By Siobhan Gorman
Word Count: 591

WASHINGTON -- The White House, seeking to break a months-long standoff, has signaled to Democratic lawmakers it is open to negotiation over a proposal to expand government spy powers, according to officials familiar with the conversations.

President Bush and his Republican allies on Capitol Hill have long called on the House to approve a Senate measure expanding warrantless surveillance powers in the U.S. and giving legal immunity to telecommunications companies that assist in the eavesdropping. House Democrats have repeatedly rejected the immunity provision, most recently last month.

Over the two-week spring recess, administration officials contacted Democratic leaders to suggest they ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120701821877779207.html?mod=rss_whats_ne...

some spider bites can be nasty.....

Clinton Likens Herself to Legendary Film Boxer Rocky, Says She Won't Quit

BETH FOUHY
AP News

Apr 01, 2008 09:55 EST

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has something in common with legendary film boxer Rocky Balboa — she's not a quitter.

Recalling a famous scene on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the 1976 Oscar-winning film "Rocky," Clinton said that ending her presidential campaign now would be as if "Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those art museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that's about far enough.'"

"Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people," Clinton said in excerpts of prepared remarks to be given Tuesday to a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.

Clinton warned that Democrats won't have an easy time against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain in the general, and implied that her rival for the nomination, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, may not be up to the task.

"The Republicans aren't going to give up without a fight," Clinton said. "And no matter how beautiful your rhetoric, the Republicans aren't going to turn off their attack machine — it doesn't have an off-switch."

"But one thing you know about me is that when I say I'll fight for you, I'll fight for you," the New York senator said. "I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down, and I never will."

http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Clinton_likens_herself_to_Rocky__04...

whoz she?

it bounces when he pounds on the table.

* pbtrue1
* DM
* rctowns
* toniD
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Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:02pm.

Thank You Mhapennow

www.ilostthewar.com

is Sarah Silverman, his old girlfriend, and very successful these days.

bloggerinos.

one for vid (Opera) and one for blog (FF)

Double the pleasure, double the fun

Hope it all works out ok..

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

Don't take the douchebags in life too seriously. Some people just don't get it and they never will.

I don't even need the video feed. If you can't perfect-- hell, "perfect"-- put the video feed at even a nominal functionality-- switch to pure audio.

www.sigzone.blogspot.com

and I don't have ADD so when I am on the blog, i lose what they are saying....uurrrggghhh

Do you have the latest Flash player ?

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

video is jumpy today
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is louder than Sam's and it is annoying because Marc screams into the mike.

Marc, lower your volumn please!

video is jumpy today
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adthiskeyoardisshot

Marc's side is fine. He's jumping around though!

the feed is pretty good today.
Marc is loud -

did the storm last night affect you?

Mystery die-off worries beekeepers

South Dakota Beekeepers Prepare for Honey-Making Season Amid Mysterious Bee Die-Off

WAYNE ORTMAN
AP News

Apr 01, 2008 03:07 EST

The California winter has been a tough one on South Dakota beekeepers like Richard Adee.

Last fall he sent 155 semitrailer trucks to California loaded with hives containing bees fit and ready to pollinate the almond crop.

"We lost 40 percent of the hives we sent there. We sent 70,000 out and lost 28,000," said Adee, whose Adee Honey Farms in Bruce is considered the largest beekeeping operation in the nation.

"I would say overall the losses of South Dakota bees — from what I've heard — from what they started in the spring of '07 until they came out of the almonds is at least 50 percent. It's not good."

Now, in preparation for the honey-making season in South Dakota, he's working to get back to full strength from a mystery called colony collapse disorder.

No one's really sure what's causing the disorder, evident when adult bees abandon the hive.

It's a concern for South Dakota beekeepers, who ranked third nationally last year for honey production and for the number of colonies.

"It's very serious," said Heath Bermel, a Java beekeeper and president of the South Dakota Beekeepers Association. "There's a lot of beekeepers all over the U.S. who are losing hives."

The U.S. Agriculture Department has earmarked money and research to solving CCD because it says one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants, and the honeybee is responsible for 80 percent of that pollination.

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