Seder V. Maron 11am Tuesday

Thanks for the heads-up, Sammy.

edit: p.s. Twitter->Jabber IM is working, at the moment.

Dr. Jeff Sachs has been a vocal critic of the Iraq War. If Sachs is bad, then I am part of the bad club. I believe that we can -- and must -- do better.

I think providing medical care and feeding people are parts of the solution. Yes, we can make a difference.

(I know there are some who argue that poor people should not be saved. Better to let'em die today -- rather than giving them false hope about living in this world.)

Yes, Sachs can be bold and he has the audacity of hope. However, I would rather live with hope and fight for social justice. I like many of his ideas and I applaud him for boldly suggesting that we can end poverty -- if we choose to do so.

For the record, I disagree with some of Sachs' ideas that he suggested approx. 20 years ago. However, I believe his ideas have evolved since that time (based on his articles, books, and interviews).

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America's Ignorance is a Threat to Humanity

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Excerpts:

But the U.S. government's intelligence failures extend far beyond the CIA and the countries where America is at war or chasing terrorists.

In the world's poorest regions, from the Andes to Central Asia, the U.S. government seems to operate almost blindly, facing challenges that it simply does not understand and therefore can't resolve.

This isn't a problem that started in this Bush administration, though the combination of ignorance and arrogance in President George W. Bush's foreign policy has proved especially lethal.

The undoing of U.S. foreign policy is captured in the budget numbers.

Long gone are the Marshall Plan times, when America dedicated several percent of its gross domestic product to European reconstruction.

The United States will spend about $450 billion this year on the military but only $15 billion on official development assistance.

The 30-to-1 ratio is mirrored by a similar imbalance in American thinking. America's military expertise is undoubted. America's ability to understand what exists before and after wars in low-income countries is nearly nonexistent.

Changing all of this will require much more than recognizing the errors of the Iraq war.

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Link:

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0608-05.htm

America's Ignorance is a Threat to Humanity

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Excerpts:

A good starting point would be to rebuild USAID into a pre-eminent agency for understanding and resolving human catastrophes and security threats arising from extreme poverty.

This agency requires a professional, nonpoliticized leadership and staff; a new mandate to study a world economy of startling inequalities; increased financial resources to help fragile and impoverished countries before they fall into chaos; and a rank as a cabinet-level department, so that expertise gets a hearing at the centers of power.

[John Edwards would possibly be a good candidate for a cabinet-level position of this type.]

America's efforts will need to go beyond one agency, however.

The United States must have leaders who recognize that the problems of the poor aren't trifles to leave to do-gooders, but are vital strategic issues.

For the first time in decades, America must strive to understand problems - tropical disease, malnutrition and the like - that are unfamiliar to Americans but are urgent concerns of billions of people abroad.

In the case of a superpower, ignorance is not bliss; it is a threat to Americans and to humanity.

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Link:

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0608-05.htm

It is tedious, isn't it now.

Banning trolls is not an infringement on free speech.

It's a sign of one's respect for basic civility.

Damn fine job son!

Keep it up. ;)

JIM WEBB ON LETTERMAN TONIGHT!

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

It's about time Sammy Banned somebody ! :)

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

Which troll is from Albuquerque?

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

:)

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

Sammy Banned somebody

Sounds like they were all the same body.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

You have that right,Meg.. :)

I can't remember what troll is from ABQ..

War puppy is from Hell,isn't he ?

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

so ya show up and I gotta go, sorry.

I've gotta free up the line and get ready for bed here in CentralTimeLand, me be scheduled to work in the morn.

later brother :)

Ugh. Me too.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

:)

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

:)

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

The Metamorphosis of the Conservative Movement
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
May 19, 2008

Excerpt:

In theory conservatives adore the Constitution and seek to protect it with appeals to “original intent.” In practice conservatives hate the Constitution as the protector of homosexuals and abortionists. Conservatives regard civil liberties as coddling devices for criminals and terrorists. They see the First Amendment as a foolish protection for sedition. The neoconservative magazine, Commentary, has called for the New York Times to be prosecuted for informing Americans that President Bush was illegally spying on them without warrants.

The conservative assault on the US Constitution is deeply entrenched. The Federalist Society, an organization of Republican attorneys from which the Republican Party chooses its Justice Department appointees and nominees to the federal bench, was organized as an assault on the checks and balances in the Constitution.

Con't

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts05192008.html

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

staying up to watch Jim Webb on Letterman.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

my best guess...

evening folks!

I know I'm not from Albuquerque. But I did get a msg that I was not authorized to post here today..So I'm checking..

Vito Fossella, New York Republican, Won't Run For Re-Election: Report

The AP is reporting that Republican Congressman Vito Fossella will not run for re-election after revelations that he fathered a child with his mistress and was arrested for drunk driving:

New York Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election after a series of damaging revelations about a child from an extramarital affair, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/19/vito-fossella-new-york-re_n_102...

Rocks. On replay at:
http://www.green960.com/

I can't post under Alice...

Did I get banned, Sam Seder?

Two times Alice posts don't go through today..

Could it be because my IP is in the banned range for the Albuquerque person?

My IP is the same at home or at work..my nic shouldn't matter...So that means Alice couldn't post at home once and at work once...so something is wrong...

I've gotten the spam thing before..too fast..too many links..etc..But not this one:

"You Are Not Authorized to Post a Comment Here"

A follow up on Toni's post last thread..

Waxman discloses evidence that White House influenced EPA California waiver
Posted by Frank O'Donnell

It's been a matter of extreme controversy since last December, when EPA -- confronted with an impending front-page Washington Post exclusive -- suddenly announced it was denying California's request to enforce its greenhouse gas standards for motor vehicles.

After months of dogged investigation, California Rep. Henry Waxman disclosed today that he had evidence that the White House tampered with the decision. The issue is certain to come up tomorrow as EPA Admistrator Steve Johnson appears before Waxman's panel.

Con't

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

was using other peoples email addresses to get a new nic.

"More recently, we've both had fun, me with messing with your nic, you continually signing up new nics with other people's email addresses."

What troll was from ABQ ?

Thanks.. :)

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

MMR

Don't worry about it.. :)

I get that notice about every other week..

Too many links gets me..

I have a few Open Mic's with a bunch of links..

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

Delegates: Obama
Pledged 1,612.5
Super 302.5
Total 1,915
Needed 110

Clinton
Pledged 1,442.5
Super 276.5
Total 1,719
Needed 306

Remaining 189 217 406

does'nt ring any bells
Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:32am
*******
Thought you would know..War puppies from the Mid-west..
I know that much..

But,like I said before..

Aren't trolls from Hell anyways ?

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

Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:27am.
"More recently, we've both had fun, me with messing with your nic, you continually signing up new nics with other people's email addresses."

evening my freind!

that's a quote from sam

from the top of this thread.

You get this one MM?

I'm sure you aren't banned.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

got logged out and logged back in..

see whitch of the twerps don't post.

Gloria La Riva was born in Albuquerque....

bans a certain ip range.

Don't worry about it Sappho..

It will go away..

If not..It's been nice knowing ya ! ;-)
Just kidding !

Really,it will go away..It's a glitch..
Unless you post too many links on a post..
Even then it will go away..
Relax.. :)

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

Another Rethuglican bites the dust.
Submitted by edna ellen poe on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:18am.
Vito Fossella, New York Republican, Won't Run For Re-Election: Report
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Oh..Them Family Values !

Oh..Them Family Values !

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

LMAO.. :)

so i'm thinking it's a distinct improvement.

SJ! How are the lungs?

Sappho! I had no idea you know Alice...?

Everyone else! Happy Monday! Unless it's Tuesday in your area...

I saw somewhere you said that the FireFox & add-ons wasn't working for you. Drop me a line at spunkmonkey2-at-gmail.com if i can help you figure it out, or help you roll back to what works for ya.

by digby

There has been a lot of chatter over the week-end about the apparently startling notion that Democrats winning in conservative districts might produce more conservative Democrats. I posted about it here. Matt Stoller wrote about it here, Jason Rosenbaum, here. It's an interesting dilemma for progressives in the Democratic Party which is, as far as I can tell, encouraging all the candidates to run on a vague "change" agenda rather than explicit progressive policies. So, you get a bigger majority, but it's less clear what it's going to do. I guess we'll see.

Con't

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

--work hours
Submitted by klevenstein on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 4:21pm.
Well, I miss my daily Sam Sedar fix (downloading podcast at work), but in the new time slot, maybe I can finally watch Sammy Cam, call in to the show and catch live blogging.

-long-time lurker in Albuquerque--

..only nic I see mentioning Albuquerque so far...

*

Hiya Spunk Monkey.. KNOW HER?! Didder...!
(heh)

Yeah don't make me tell all my nics...it's usually pretty obvious..and I would tell..I'm not hiding anything..except the love of the freedom Sam used to give more freely in the past..but we still have now...to change our nics.. :)

How's you bein' this eve?

Lungs fine,

sanded so much today

i sanded off my fingertips!

By David Swanson

David Murfee Faulk was a translator in the Navy, working in Arabic and Iraqi dialect. In April 2004 he began working for the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Gordon outside Augusta, Georgia. (He now writes, under the name Murfee Faulk, for the Metro Spirit newspaper in Augusta, but he has never written about what he did for the NSA.)

Faulk says that in May 2004 he found an extremely large text file containing grid coordinates for alleged chemical weapons sites in Iraq. Faulk showed it to his supervisor, who was surprised. But he was not surprised that the file existed, only that it had not been deleted. The supervisor said he had believed all such files had been deleted, and that there had been a great many of them. In fact, according to this supervisor, U.S. Special Forces had gone to the locations and found nothing.

That's what usually happens, Faulk's supervisor told him, when you get something from the Israelis. "Four out of five times it's complete and total bullshit."

I asked veteran Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst Ray McGovern what he made of this, and he said that there is "no such thing as a 'friendly' intelligence service. Reporting from liaison services always needs to be taken with utmost reserve. That goes in spades for what comes from the Israelis, the more so since they have unique, yes unique, access to the White House and Pentagon, and are thus able to circumvent the intelligence bureaucracy set up to vet and evaluate raw intelligence and prevent unverified and/or tendentious 'intelligence' from reaching senior officials, lest they be misled."

Con't-AfterDowningStreet

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

Meanwhile: Clinton is trying to bribe super delegates.

Obama to reach delegate milestone Tuesday
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama will reach a significant milestone Tuesday as he marches toward the Democratic nomination for president — a majority of the pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses.

Obama will still be short of the overall number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination, unless he were to suddenly receive an avalanche of endorsements from the party and elected officials known as superdelegates. But the Illinois senator's campaign is touting the delegate milestone as a big step in defeating his rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

"A clear majority of elected delegates will send an unmistakable message — the people have spoken, and they are ready for change," Obama campaign manager David Plouffe wrote in a memo to supporters Monday.

"As we near victory in one contest, the next challenge is already heating up," Plouffe wrote. "President Bush and Senator McCain have begun coordinating their attacks on Barack Obama in an effort to extend their failed policies for a third term."

Con't-AfterDowningStreet

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

I tip my hat (if i were wearing one)... i barely remember my login creds as it is. If it wasn't for auto-fill i'd be locked out of here. Oh, and that pinball event over the weekend was wicked-hot, but my friends who went had a great time. They said it was hot enough their shirts were caked with salt (ewwww) Did you decide what to move back in? I was worried that you had moved the computer out as well.

SJ- that will be me next weekend. I plan to get some paint on the car if it kills me.

Dumb question time..

If you change your Nic can youu
still Edit your Open Mic's under your old Nic ?

I doubt it..But,I was just wondering..

I have "Schnikes" Debs as my new nic.. :)

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

I just saw an ad for something called "Popeye's Buffalo Nuggets".

Methinks Popeye's needs to seek a new marketing firm.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

Glad somebody got it ! :)

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

I once sanded off a fingernail. Literally. THe belt sander snatched away the little piece of wood I was working on and before I could react my fingernail was gone.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

Isn't that where Maron is from?

The Bush administration on Friday proposed keeping potentially oil-rich wetlands in Arctic Alaska off-limits to drilling because of their ecological sensitivity, a reversal of its earlier plan. The Bureau of Land Management proposed a 10-year leasing moratorium for 430,000 acres of wetlands north and east of vast Teshekpuk Lake in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Environmentalists and local groups hailed the decision.

..I don't get it..did last week the Tard chew out Congress for not allowing this in order to not be dependent on 'foreign' oil?

What gives...?

this is the 4th complete color sanding!

two more to go. then paint.

no flaws is the goal.

I made a great joke with a Popeye reference to two of the kids today...no reaction...I said, "You don't even know who Popeye is do you...?" I feel ike when kids are born they should catch up to the rest of us.. (haha).. :)

are you Sappho Marx too ?

Man..am I out of the loop !
I know one of your other ones but,
didn't know about this one....
I'm abit slow sometimes..
That's my excuse and I'ma stickin
to it.. ;)

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

Yep..

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

fingernails down to the nubs mostly.

worth it though. love finessing

these old 60's muscle cars.

no bondo on this one!

Alice doesnt live here anymore

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

Which is actually less than the last time I thought the house was at bare minimum...Got rid of two couches and two tables..and tons of 'stuff'...it's only like 850sq ft in here... way small for too many stuffs... :)

Are you Fingerly Challenged ? ;-)

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

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mNBKM5so8tQ

Drive - Rem

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LnlAHrPUD2c

U2 & REM - One LIVE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A6P2jy_dzkM

U2 - One

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JFWPeVfWB9o

Rare U2 Pride In The Name Of Love Live 1984

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r8Pnlhs7grQ

u2- live - with or without you

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Ye8GLPUVsM

:) Feels Breathier and roomier

remember when Christopher Walken hosted SNL the last time..A few weeks ago? And the monologue was that he had written his own questions from the audience to himself? And that was the 'joke'..anyway..He had someone ask him what his favorite color was...And he made the joke that it was a dumb question..(get it? he wrote the questions himself? -- yeah der..we all know that one...)..So he then offers that his favorite color was "BURNT-UMBER"...and I wanted to register that nic here SO BAD...and NEVER got a confirmation password...So technically Sam Seder fucked up my joke on a joke... :) He owes me now...

No, it grew back. Then several years later I lost another fingernail when I was bitten by a dog. But that one didnt fall off right away.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

Me too Bob..I took care of this girl's cat once years ago..and her apt. was so empty I loved it and have always wanted a house like that...So I'm still trying...

What does your house look like Bob? One story? Two? More than one bathroom? Carpet? Curtains or blinds?

of the nearly ready for paint body

http://www3.telus.net/Art-Adventures/67CamaroC/100_2933.jpg

I got a nasty shiver reading that!! I hope it grew back eventually? I used to do fine-detail metal sculpture which required a lot of detail buffing, and for a while i had the shiniest fingernails...

Feel like chattin

Albequerque
Submitted by zeek on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 1:21am.
Isn't that where Maron is from?

I don't know..but at times I've suspected Sam's comedy pals being contrarians here...

do you assist with the rebuild?

...

$%*()(*&^%$%^&*(*&^%

!

Oh thanks for scrambling that whole phrase up in my brain! :)

But the Danger is Even Worse Than You May Realize....

Guest Blogged by Michael Dean..

The software most likely to steal elections is the BALLOT DEFINITION SOFTWARE loaded onto paper-based optical-scan and DRE (usually, touch-screen) voting machines in county elections offices across the U.S. just before the machines are sealed with security tape and transported to election polling locations.

And yet, the frightening reality is that there is little or no oversight of that software itself, nor of the people --- usually sub-contractors, who could be anyone from a non-U.S. citizen, to a criminal, to a political party operative --- who program that ballot definition software. Moreover, there is little or no testing of such software, despite the fact that it stores the ballot positions for all candidates and initiatives on every ballot, on every voting machine, and tallies the votes for all of them on election day.

For all of the concerns about election fraud, via the electronic voting systems in use across the nation today, and the eye on the source code for the software itself, few seem to have their eye on the ballot definition software, which can --- even on e-voting systems where the hardware, and main program software has been tested, certified, and audited --- succeed in flipping an election without detection, either by error, or on purpose.

Concerned yet? Read on...

Con't-BradBlog

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

From your insurance?

I am curious because I am thinking of buying in to the insurance thing and might get renters insurance soon...wondering how good yours did with your theft recently...

not on this one.

often do. nice installs my specialty.

So he then offers that his favorite color was "BURNT-UMBER"

But you know, it probably is his favorite color.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

You saw me standing alone...

Yep..my widget says full moon tonight...Sure.. I could go open the door and look....but with my widget..I don't have to SEE the moon to know what phase its in...

;)

pass tonight if you don't mind.

getting bleary eyed already.

I thought he was addressing Maron.

I have felt like Janeane has snuck in here now and then.

Sadly there is a NOLa classic by Eddie Bo called "Check Mr. Popeye" but I can't find it.

by Chomsky, Noam
Source: Democracy Now!

Noam Chomsky's ZSpace Page

Audio interview w/ Transcrip

[Note: Talk starts 20 min. 15 sec. into program] In a major address, Noam Chomsky says there has been little change in the conventional debate over a US invasion abroad: from Vietnam to Iraq, the two main political parties and political pundits differ only on the tactics of US goals, which are assumed to be legitimate. On the other hand, public opposition to war has also remained consistent, Chomsky says, but, whether Iraqi or American, ignored.

http://www.zcommunications.org/zaudio/2521

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Winter Soldier & Blackwater

March, 22 2008 By Jeremy Scahill
Source: The RealNews

Jeremy Scahill's ZSpace Page

Clinton vs Obama on Blackwater

Jeremy Scahill is the author of the bestselling Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now! Jeremy discusses why no presidential candidate plans on fully leaving Iraq.
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This month, for four days in Washington, DC, beginning on March 13, there was a second Winter Soldier gathering -- 37 years after the first. Organized by the protest group Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan since the 9/11 attack on New York will testify about their experiences.

They presented photographs and videos, recorded with mobile phones and digital cameras, to back up their allegations -- of brutality, torture and murder.

The veterans are not against the military and seek not to indict it -- instead they seek to shine a light on the bigger picture: that the Abu Ghraib prison regime and the Haditha massacre of innocent Iraqis are not isolated incidents perpetrated by "bad seeds" as the military suggests, but evidence of an endemic problem. They were tasked to do terrible things and point the finger up the chain of command, which ignores, diminishes or covers up routine abuse and atrocities.

http://www.zcommunications.org/zvideo/2584

I like to think it is... :)

Will we ever really know?

Oooooh, i so wish i could work for you... ;-)

Will Sadr declare open war?

April, 24 2008 By Patrick Cockburn
Source: The Real News

Patrick Cockburn's ZSpace Page

Who is Muqtada al Sadr?

http://www.zcommunications.org/zvideo/2649

:)

Anything crazy happen recently? "_

I hope you know I was just kidding.. :)
I put your post together with the McCain
Chinese finger torture pic one....

Ouch..That must have hurt..Sorry..

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

but soon. I have to call them with one more serial number. Couldnt call today. Too busy all day.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

One crazy thing is that a few parents have complained that the lib. allows people under 18 on to myspace...As it is noww, the parent(s) either say 'yes my kid can be on the internet when I'm not there' -or 'No they cannot be...'
One parent thinks NO kids should be allowed on myspace in the lib., whether their parents say it's ok or not...And is willing to petition for this....

Thoughts? You don't have kids right? Me either...so I sometimes tend to think from their perspective...

i enjoy the fun of it

and i love building a good performer.

we're not giving you money for that thing that was stolen?' That's good news then...Maybe I can trust them...

Are you going to be able to actually go out and replace what was stolen with what they give you - do you know?

I would probably pay money to know for sure if JG ever blogged here...and as what nic...

The Chinese finger trap was just my dads twisted idea of playing a practical joke on an unsuspecting toddler.

Kind of like the time he ripped tags off a pillow and made me cry because I thought he was going to get arrested.

I wasn't a really smart kid.

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

gnite

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson

...
It makes no sense to ask how the democratic citizen could 'participate' substantively in imperial politics; hence it is not surprising that the subject of empire is taboo in electoral debates.

No major politician or party has so much as publicly remarked on the existence of an American empire."
...

Inverted Totalitarianism: A New Way of Understanding How the U.S. Is Controlled

:)

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

I think that's Obama's biggest problem.

which was Hillary...And the God Damn America guy, which was that Rev that Obama chose to shun.

...so i can't really say much about it directly. But my gut reaction is that if most parents say it's alright, then it should be alright for those kids. It would seem to me that any parent who objects beyond the reach of his/her own child is being a massive doodie-head, trying to override the values of the other childrens' parents. Still, not the first time that's happened. ;-)

Perhaps there could be a compromise, using some kind of language filter? Those don't really work, but might appease the annoyance. Just a thought, no idea if it's feasible.

go to sleep, like I "should"..

That's what we used to do when the moon had us restless. Or go hang out in the cemetery.

I must be a mock-rebel then..cuz I could do that..but I just don't want to... ;)

Do you feel afraid of Iran?

Goodnight, Blog...xoxo

I'M OUT!

Description: Opens with Boujeloud whipping at the camera. like Pan Boujeloud whips with a branch of leaves bestowing fertility and good luck.
This clip is the last 6 minutes of a 2 hour performance. The musicians hardly move while they create the intense force needed to drive Boujeloud, or Pan from their village.
Boujeloud dances in a frenzy in the dark.
The clip opens with Boujeloud whipping at the lens. Boujeloud imparts fertility and blessings with flicks of his stick. In Joujouka it is said that if Boujeloud’s flailing branches touch a young women she soon be pregnant.

Boujeloud dances as The Master Musicians of Joujouka play in an informal session. Billy Corgan speaks Moroccan at the end.

The instrumental music in Joujouka forms two distinct repertoires with very different origins. Firstly there is the music called Boujeloudia which is traditionally performed annually on the Islamic feast of Aid el Kebir. This suite of music is played while a boy sewn into fresh goat skins dances in frenzy. The music is used to keep the goat-man at bay. The music for Boujeloud, or the Father of Skins, is frantic and has six movements which would equate to a symphony or the score of an opera if it were European classical music. The festival and ritual originate in the worship of the God Pan. Pan was evoked in the springtime to ensure the fertility of both the crops and the people. The people of Joujouka have kept this ancient tradition alive.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=211159...

on the Mallory replay.. :)

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

Open and play the Joujouka video in two windows, and then play the Alan Watts video Alice posted upthread over that. Adjust volumes, and enjoy.

Maybe throw some of this in, for good measure. Ginsberg reading Howl.

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

That's been a while... nighty-night all!

Yakety-yak, don't talk back.

No reason, I just felt like saying that.

What is Grameen Foundation?

Founded in 1997, we accomplish poverty-reduction by supporting and advancing microfinance, a proven strategy that empowers the world’s poorest people to pull themselves from poverty by starting, expanding or sustaining very small businesses.

We also provide the rural poor with means of communication and access to vital information through technology and technology microbusinesses.

What does Grameen Foundation do?

We provide funding, technology, technical assistance, training and information services to a network of 53 local microfinance institutions (MFIs) in many countries.

These partners then give very small loans and other financial services and support to the world’s poorest people to start very small businesses to pull themselves out of poverty.

Thus far, this network has impacted an estimated 20 million lives in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East.

More than 90 percent of the network’s clients are women because they have proven to be the most effective in fighting poverty.

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For more information:

http://www.grameenfoundation.org/

'Sup?

I'm up. Eating a banana. Making tea. Deciding if I should start reading the Lord of the Rings again.

I've been reading this book of articles written by Crowley. Did you know Aleister Crowley used to write for Vanity Fair? I didn't know that. Fun stuff, written in a different style, for a more cosmopolitan audience than his usual stuff.

You still doing the blog by phone slow upload time thing?

maybe we'll be at about the same speed this way.

Sometimes I feel like Tom Bombadil. I think we all do, sometimes.

Ya...still doing the primitive thing...wish I hadn't given the laptop to the kid...

Long distance is free for me at the moment though if that would be easier...

If not meh... I can handle this for a while gonna sleep in the nest 30... Just wanted to catch you while I could :)

"Alice in Wonderland sister"

The answer was Lacie, as in Elsie, Lacie and Tillie, in the Dormouse's story. I thought it was a pretty obscure one, even for the Times crossword.

They lived on treacle, at the bottom of a well, you see.

I shouldn't get on the phone now, I should get to bed, have to be up pretty early. Not much happening here to speak of, anyways.
We could talk about politics, but from reading your posts, I think we're pretty much on the same page when it comes to that stuff. "Sometimes you have to let the kids fuck up" is my feeling on the matter as well.

Give her a break huh....
She's been singing for about 3 months now !

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

Cat does.

Found a bass player I liked, then a drummer, but the bass player ended up not liking the drummer. So now I have a drummer, and we're trying out a keyboard player and another guitar this week. So basically still the same old music bs.

It's like you guys don't really want to win.

I really should sleep, it's almost 4 here. Tomorrow night, around 1AM my time is good for a phone call. Hopefully talk to you then...

Things are pretty much beyond politics now anyways...

Ought to do the phone thing sometime soon though... More in a spiritual mood due recent happenings...

Got my sword out of storage the other day...it had rust on it

(Shakes his head woefully)

May ol men bow, old women wrinkle their nosean, women giggle, men laug and the children stare in amazement at your passing

(Tosses a flaming brand into the air as if to juggle then scampers away as if afraid of being burned)

Night old friend

Herugrim (Fierce Sword): A sword that belonged to King Théoden of Rohan. He had entrusted the blade to Gríma Wormtongue for safekeeping, but Gríma hid it away and allowed it to rust. When Gandalf restored Théoden to power, the sword was renewed as well.

Night...

USA Today leads with word that only one in five detainees currently being held by U.S. servicemembers in Iraq are members of al-Qaida or Shiite extremist groups. As a result, U.S. officials have stepped up efforts to separate extremists from the regular detainee population so they can rehabilitate and release those that aren't deemed to be a security risk. In the past 10 months, the U.S. military has released 8,000 prisoners and there's been a recidivism rate of less than one percent.

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"I'd appreciate it if you could call it a day and you would leave now. Thanks."

Spectral 19 (11-0.5.7.7)
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yellow magnetic human ~ kin 92

UNIFY in order to INFLUENCE,
ATTRACTING WISDOM
seal the PROCESS of FREE-WILL
with the MAGNETIC tone of PURPOSE.
guided by the SAME power DOUBLED.

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◄ 12.19.15.6.4 ≈ hoo kan ►

I'm thinking it is War Dog and his many nics. He said he was from the Kansas City area, but that could have been a big lie.

It sounds to me like Sam was the one that took down the War Dog nic on this newer blog so that started the POT 97 persona. Maybe POT 97 got banned and he switched to War Blue Dog.

Just my assumption. Could be wrong.

The phrasing and the spelling was a dead give-away between those two nics though. Still think he was foreign born though.

Soros blames central bankers for credit crisis
by Chris in Paris · 5/20/2008 04:23:00 AM ET · Link
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That would be Mr Bubble himself, Alan Greenspan. The same Alan Greenspan that McCain loves and is going to follow for his economic guidance. Notice how Soros, a trader himself, is not calling for "lower taxes and less regulation" as we hear from McCain? Just the opposite, Soros is calling for better regulation.
Mr Soros believes that central bankers are partly to blame for the credit crunch because of their past behaviour in bailing out the financial sector whenever it got into trouble for over-lending, the so-called moral hazard problem.

He said that the central banks should explicitly target asset bubbles such as housing booms and try to stop them getting out of control, which is something they have resisted doing so far.

And he said that tougher but smarter regulation would be needed in the future in order to reduce the excess supply of credit in the economy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7408620.stm

US to spend over $1.5 billion per day this weekend
by Chris in Paris · 5/20/2008 03:24:00 AM ET · Link
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But remember, inflation isn't much of a problem. It's all just a baseless conspiracy without any support, right?
The per diem charges Memorial Day last year saw motorists pay about $1.285-billion. In 2006, the cost was $1.122-billion; and in 2005, it was $832-million. If one goes back to 2002, the daily cost of gasoline was about $534-million. Before prices top out, we could be making $1-billion more per day in gasoline payments than we made six years ago.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/24666542

Obama calls out McCain on Social Security
by Chris in Paris · 5/20/2008 01:00:00 AM ET · Link
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Hell yeah. McCain wants to throw the entire system to the dogs and just let people fend for themselves against the same Wall Street goons that gambled and lost. The same Wall Street crowd that had to be bailed out would love to have America's Social Security money so they can cook up a new scheme to squeeze even more money from regular people so they can continue to live their luxurious lifestyle. McCain, like his mentor Bush, loves the idea of privatizing everything but unlike the McCain family or the Bush family the rest of the country does not have trust fund cash to spend on hiring teams of accountants and tax attorneys and investment directors. Those people are expensive and considered normal to wealthy elitists like McCain and Bush, proving again just how out of touch McCain is with the middle class.

Once again, if Wall Street wants to make money, let them make money the old fashioned way by earning it. Quit sponging corporate welfare from the damned middle class. I see how Wall Street and the GOP would love this plan but what about everyone else? McCain has some explaining to do, especially in light of the recent Wall Street collapse.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_el_pr/democrats;_ylt=ApmlfCBEm...

China Banks Extend Emergency Loans, Ease Repayment Terms After Earthquake China's biggest banks are providing emergency loans, easing lending requirements and improving repayment terms on credit cards for people affected by the nation's most powerful earthquake since 1950.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aBpy4HLMI6jk&refer=n...

You would think the US would do something like this to help the people that were foreclosed by the banks. And also the people recovering from the Hurricanes.

Puerto Ricans Help Pick Democratic Nominee They Can't Vote for in November From San Juan's streets to muddy backroads that skirt Puerto Rico's coastal farmland, backers of U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are wooing voters with dueling salsa and reggaeton tunes, thousands of flags and placards, and convoys of loudspeaker trucks and honking cars.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=ao0mP6ntt_H8&refer=p...

Senators Dodd and Shelby Agree on $300 Billion Mortgage-Insurance Measure U.S. Senate Banking Committee leaders moved closer to passing housing legislation that would stem foreclosures by insuring as much as $300 billion in mortgages and create a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aU326QIxnbTo&refer=p...

That was fun,in the early 70's one of his close student's, Ken Cohen would camp out at Pyramid Lake, (Black Rock Desert, NV) near us and teach Qigong and talk alittle about Mr. Watts Great Meaningless Life.

McCain targeted for opposing vets college aid bill By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer
Tue May 20, 12:10 AM ET

Democrats and their allies are ready to convert Sen. John McCain's stance on college aid for military veterans into a presidential campaign cause.

McCain, the all-but-nominated Republican presidential candidate, opposes a Democratic-backed bill that would significantly expand the breadth of education benefits for veterans, first adopted for those returning from World War II. Democrats want the proposal included in a war spending bill the Senate is scheduled to vote on this week.

Sen. Barack Obama, McCain's most likely general election opponent, already has raised objections to McCain's resistance. And on Tuesday, a veterans' group that has been critical of the war in Iraq is launching an ad in Washington to pressure McCain to change his mind.

By taking issue with McCain on the subject of veterans, Democrats hope to weaken one of his biggest assets — his personal biography as a former Navy pilot who became a prisoner of the North Vietnamese and endured torture at the hands of his captors.

The legislation, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia and Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, also veterans of Vietnam, would guarantee full tuition payments to veterans at any public school in their home state. Its expected cost is $52 billion over 10 years.

McCain says the legislation is too expensive and has proposed his own version, which would increase the monthly benefit available to most veterans to $1,500 from $1,100. It would not offer the equivalent of a full scholarship.

The ad by VoteVets.org Action Fund, features Iraq and Afghanistan veterans noting that both McCain and President Bush oppose the bill.

"McCain thinks covering a fraction of our education is enough," one veteran says. Another one, pictured recovering from head wounds, adds in a voiceover: "We didn't give a fraction in Iraq. We gave 100 percent."

"Senator McCain" an announcer concludes, "we respect your service. Please respect ours."

The ad is running Tuesday and Wednesday on broadcast and cable television stations in Washington, primarily during news broadcasts. VoteVets is running a similar ad targeting Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in San Antonio and Waco — two Texas markets with military bases.

Other veteran's groups — from Veterans of Foreign Wars to the American Legion — support the Democratic bill. But VoteVets, which has been aggressive in its criticism of Bush's war policies, is the first to take McCain on directly.

"He's trying to run interference for the White House with a watered down bill," said Jon Soltz, an Iraq war veteran and chairman of VoteVets.org. "How could this not be an issue in the presidential campaign if he doesn't vote for this bill? There is no way for this to go away if he votes against it."

VoteVets is a nonprofit corporation and part of a Democratic-leaning coalition of war critics that has vowed to spend millions linking McCain to Bush's war policies. Earlier this year, VoteVets ran an ad on Washington cable stations urging McCain to abandon his commitment to Iraq.

The Pentagon opposes the Webb-Hagel bill, saying the benefit could hurt retention by encouraging members of the military to leave after serving only three years.

Obama, campaigning in West Virginia last week, said the bill is necessary to make veteran's benefits match the rising costs of tuition.

"I have great respect for John McCain's service to this country and I know he loves it dearly and honors those who serve," Obama said. "But he is one of the few senators of either party who oppose this bill because he thinks it's too generous. I couldn't disagree more."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_veterans_1&printe...

Special Note: This is to my friend from Albuquerque. There have been times in the past when I have been protective of you, when I felt your prescence was interesting and challenging. More recently, we've both had fun, me with messing with your nic, you continually signing up new nics with other people's email addresses. Sadly, it's become tedious, I'd appreciate it if you could call it a day and you would leave now. Thanks.

Sam was protective of War Dog? or is it someone else? I am rather confused. Can anyone analyze the above statement?

*TLL*

I believe it was War Dog to which Sam was refering. War Dog has been with us almost from the start of Sam's MRR blog. Always the ditto headed contrarian. Sam seemed to protect his being on the blog even though we would try hard to get Sam to ban him. He even posted photos of himself on the MRR picture blog but I am even doubting that now.

read my post above for more info:

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3109#comment-204682

And I am sure that the oldtimers on the blog will add their opinion.

Obama eyes media with promise of antitrust push

Jeff Mason
Reuters US Online Report Top News

May 19, 2008 08:14 EST

PENDLETON, Oregon (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama said on Sunday he would pursue a vigorous antitrust policy if he becomes U.S. president and singled out the media industry as one area where government regulators would need to be watchful as consolidation increases.

"I will assure that we will have an antitrust division that is serious about pursuing cases," the Illinois senator told an audience of mostly senior citizens in Oregon.

"There are going to be areas, in the media for example where we're seeing more and more consolidation, that I think (it) is legitimate to ask...is the consumer being served?"

Obama, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination to contest November's presidential election against Republican Sen. John McCain, criticized President George W. Bush's administration for lax supervision of major mergers, though he did not cite specific examples or companies.

"We're going to have an antitrust division in the Justice Department that actually believes in antitrust law. We haven't had that for the last seven, eight years," Obama said.

"Some of the consolidations that have been taking place, I think, may be anti-competitive."

Obama advisers have also said he would crack down on any competition lapses in the energy sector that have resulted from big corporate mergers.

In a position statement for the American Antitrust Institute issued previously, Obama highlighted drug and insurance companies, saying his administration would work to prevent agreements that kept cheaper generic drugs from entering the market.

He also said his administration would ensure that drug and insurance companies were not abusing monopoly positions by instituting "unjustified" price increases.

Obama told reporters a new approach to antitrust policy in general may be needed.

"We live in a globalized economy and we probably have to update how we approach antitrust to figure out what is truly uncompetitive behavior on the part of monopolies or oligopolies and what are just big successful companies that need to be big in order to compete internationally," he said.

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

you wanna bet that murdoch has a bad case of brown trousers.

its about time they did something to decentralize and bust up media. bring real people and small markets back to news and radio.

The Louisiana National Guard unit called home after Hurricane Katrina “was ordered yesterday to prepare to return to Iraq for its second tour.” The unit is part of about 40,000 active-duty and National Guard soldiers who Pentagon officials notified yesterday that they will be “deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the upcoming months and years.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080520/FOREI...

maybe there's the glitch

hit record

hit record

hit record

(Please Sam.)

I'm not quite sure what the ratio of blog reminders is to IM reminders, but I decided to err on the conservative [;)] side. (For instance, the other day I hit the Hillary-sponsored link on Google a full 5 times. [Hey, I'm not a MONSTER!].)

That Nixonland actually sounds like a really good book. Why, it's not about Barack Obama at all! ;)

just in time for hurricane season to kick in on June 1

makes the usual twisted sense we've grown accustomed to with these bastards in the white house and their crime families

“Just a few years after the Republican Party launched a highly publicized diversity effort, the GOP is heading into the 2008 election without a single minority candidate with a plausible chance of winning a campaign for the House, the Senate or governor,” notes the Politico. This dry spell is the longest since the 1980s.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10464.html

I believe I am the one from Albuquerque that Sam is addressing. Hint: I am not War Dog or any of those other personas you all so love to think is one person, although I would not be surprised if Sam is conducting a purge of anyone who challenges you all and that he's also banned War Dog's new blue-nic.

I think Sam is entering a new phase now and has less patience with those who might put out interesting challenges to his blog. Most of the regulars in here are such blind hypocrites who just spout the same old tired, brain-dead, whacko lefty talking points and links. It's not hard to challenge most in here.

Anyway, this is Sam's blog. He's gone to the trouble of asking me to leave and I'll obey his request.

Adios!

Senior Israeli official: ‘Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term.’
The Jerusalem Post reports that a senior Israeli official said that President Bush and Vice President Cheney are of the belief that military action against Iran is necessary and that such an attack could be coming soon:

US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran in the upcoming months, before the end of his term, Army Radio quoted a senior official in Jerusalem as saying Tuesday.

The official claimed that a senior member of the president’s entourage, which concluded a trip to Israel last week, said during a closed meeting that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that military action was called for.

However, the official continued, “the hesitancy of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice” was preventing the administration from deciding to launch such an attack on the Islamic Republic, for the time being.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/20/senior-israeli-official-bush-intends...

Blackwater “has run into heavy local resistance to its efforts to set up military and law-enforcement training facilities near San Diego’s major Navy bases.” Mayor Jerry Sanders “is moving to stop the company over permit problems,” stating it didn’t get the “scrutiny appropriate for a facility for firearms training.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121124284018705553.html?mod=todays_us_pa...

This campaign has always been about more than just an election.

When Barack and I first talked about doing this, we agreed that there was a unique opportunity for change in this country -- a real chance to move beyond the divisive politics of the past and bring people together around our shared hopes for a better future for all.

Today, America is watching Oregon.

All across the country, people are following the results of this primary and waiting to see if voters like you are ready for real change.

Send a message that you're ready for a new kind of leadership and a new kind of politics. If you haven't already, drop off your ballot today -- and make sure your friends and family return their ballots as well.

Use our online tool to find your ballot drop location:

http://or.barackobama.com/ORlookup

We've come a long way since we started this campaign last February. And today, the goal of real change is within reach.

But there's still a lot of work to do -- and today, we need you to turn in your ballot and make your voice heard.

Look up your ballot drop location and vote today:

http://or.barackobama.com/ORlookup

Thanks for everything you've done,

Michelle

P.S. -- Here are a few details that should help make Primary Day go smoothly. Be sure to share these with your friends:

*TLL*

What was WD doing now to get banned? I went back a few threads and could not find anything that outlandish.

*TLL*

seems straightforward to me - sam has had it with the asshole with multiple nics posting from an albuquerque ip (sam either doesn't know or doesn wanna mention any more specific identifiers) and finally banned him/her after our repeated complaints and maybe the nazi picture posting as a reference to obama large crowds in Kentucky was the last straw, thogh i am not sure it was him or her or whichever of their impersonation it was that posted that picture.

I myself think that using more than one nic is not cool, what would be the purpose if not sneaky attempt at gaming the discourse, trying to fool the rest of the bloggers (of course unless it's done in jest!) the purpose might be to reinforce one's message, to give the impressione one's opinion is shared by at least another albeit a fake another, who knows, in any case i don't like this tactic, because it goes against the blog camaraderie somehow, we have a mental picture of one another, gathered through various blogs interventions, comments, embeds, writing style and all of this mental imaging goes with one's nic. We don't have much else to go by in forming opinions and feelings of friendship affinity or even dislike with one another. Using a different nic throws a wrench in this mechanism and is not cool... MHO

i would say that if obama is ahead in all the polls leading up to the election that its pretty certain. but not for the reason you might think.

despite protestations bush is very concerned with his legacy. he knows he has screwed up royally but thinks the blur of fifty years will rehabilitate his presidency. while most of us would firmly disagree, its he who has his finger on the button. if he believes obama will win, then he knows iraq is over. that will lead him to double down and take on iran as a last desperate gamble to create the new american century's flower in the desert.

ybe the nazi picture posting as a reference to obama large crowds in Kentucky was the last straw

I didn't see that. I usually don't pay attention to annoying trolls anyway. *TLL*

your statement:

Most of the regulars in here are such blind hypocrites who just spout the same old tired, brain-dead, whacko lefty talking points and links

makes me wonder why you would wanna hang out with us, think and think but can't figure this out

war dog as war dog hasn't been around for a while since his nic got banned or signed up by someone else when the new blog came into existence. however with the new blog we have had pot97 who bears some strong resemblance to the dog but at one point i believe someone who knows (i might be remembering this wrong) let it slip that pots ip address was from the nyc area.

in the past two to four weeks, maybe more we have had a profliferation of new nics but they all spout the same right wing talking points. it sounds like some logs were checked and it was determined that they were all coming from the same computer despite different email addresses and nics. whether its wd or pot or some wannabee, who knows.

last night!!

morning yourll!

i think its something particular to wingers. personally i've never really cared about visiting freeper land and attacking wind mills.

to the 2 men hugging? just my thought, coz that was really fucked up!

i get a kick out of that handle everytime i come across it. we've got some pretty creative people on the blog.

ones i had spoken to in the past...she said her supervisor will send me the RA number thru my email...so i will wait and see, just seemed way to easy...i let you know

thank you

so i dont need head phones for the show today...i am putting on blast....

McCain Hits Obama's Ex-Terrorist Ties

By Craig Crawford | May 20, 2008 6:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (140)

Twice in recent weeks John McCain or his aides have shown considerable eagerness to raise the issue of Barack Obama's past associations with an "unrepentant domestic terrorist."

Responding over the weekend to Obama's attacks against the presumptive Republican nominee's ties to lobbyists, McCain aides emailed this nugget to reporters: "Just a few years ago when Barack Obama was beginning his career in politics he was launching it at the home of William Ayers, an unrepentant domestic terrorist who his chief strategist said Senator Obama was certainly friendly with."

McCain himself recently brought up the Ayers matter, indicating just how aggressively the Republicans plan to keep pushing this story. Ayers was a leader of the Weathermen Underground, an anti-war group responsible for bombings of the New York City police headquarters in 1970, of the Capitol building in 1971 and of the Pentagon in 1972.

Obama has appeared on panels with Ayers, served on a foundation board with him and held a 1995 campaign event at the home of Ayers and his wife, also a former Weather Underground member. Ayers gave a modest sum of money to one of Obama's campaigns.

At a recent debate Obama minimized his ties Ayers, saying, "The notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense."

McCain apparently sees it differently. Last month he said Obama should give "not only repudiation, but an apology for ever having anything to do with an unrepentant terrorist."

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=59768

That sounds a lot better than what you got the first time.

(((LU)))

Stay on them.

gravitas/intellect/several other nics.

If it was those nics, good riddance!

He/she/it had a wierd way of debating, and thought his views were right because of his reference to winger talking points.

I'm sure he was the one that posted the Nazi, Hitler post in responce to the Obama rally.

Arrogant to the end.

The AP is reporting that Republican Congressman Vito Fossella will not run for re-election after revelations that he fathered a child with his mistress and was arrested for drunk driving:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/19/vito-fossella-new-york-re_n_102...

one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighters. from the british monarchy perspective, most of the founders of this country were terrorists...
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How do you feel to shoot down your brother now
And bury us in cages of cement and steel
What do you see when you look at one another now
Who do you see tell me how do you feel

Sing a song for the children who are gone
Sing a song for Diana
Huntress of the moon and a lady of the Earth
Weather woman Diana

the two hardup penises underneath the picture of i don't even remember whom was particularly offensive - i thought of alerting sam at the time but then you know, usual lazyness and laissez faire attitude prevailed and said nothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2VqOXZd84

and i love the dick....just dont draw them for me!

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/19/us/0519-PURITY_8.html

the kitchen is clean, I am eating my breakfast, looking at Mika, and ready for the show...took me a while to sign out hubby....did not know where to do that....finally found it. I am on my old computer that Steve usually uses...my son is taking mine on a job with him...the sacrifices that a mother makes...

Did sam ban? or did he ask very politely for the troll to leave?

I would like to know what Sams rules for the blog are...

a repub for sure but feel sorry for the guy, looks contrite and after all he was a family or should say 2-family man, doesn't look like a bad guy, sure carousing and all that and a republican, did i say that, but for some reason i don't find him loathsome as some others mmmmm gotta wonder if it's that old ethnic connection mmmmmm a certain familiarity with country of origin......

hey hey time for maron seder

oh you dont have to go that far now..someone stays around 24/7 and will gladly invent them for you!

morning Michele

got mixed up with est central crap and thought time was up!

rule number one: there are no rules.

rule number two: see rule number one.

also the one about feeding a certain blogger setups...

seriously, i don't know that there are any real rules, the idea is that we're supposed to behave as adults and get along and in the process try not to be overly offensive.

that being said, everyone has different degrees of whats offensive to them but hey.

me thinks you'll need a 2nd pot of coffee or tea. we gots an hour to go.

Last November Fox Sports took science to new lows by launching a 50 mpg tennis ball at one brave man's balls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmIVSny4e2g

The World Needs More SEDER!

http://www.smackchannel.com/sidebyside_viewer_samseder_secure.swf

wacky blog and he said it is possible to list offensive bloggers and have them blocked on a personal level..so I could list anyone I did not like for whatever reason...I emailed sam about it and asked for Incubus addy but no one responded...so I surmise that everyone gets some kind of charge out of being in the controversy...fine with me...I am a real good spitter...

does anyone know how to embed a wave file on the blog?

of the constitution.

Torture - If we say
Illegal searches - If we say
Enemy - If we say

Look overthere - everyone is bad - we must kill them all - if we say!

There is not one sense of intelligent discussion in regards to any and all actions they are willing to undergo in the gise of fear and threat.

Is that I think alot of our Armed Forces do not even understand why they were the uniform and what they have sworn to uphold.

Conservatives want a ruler - not a president.

(PS - I should no - married to one!)

yes me me me please!!! its not over till this fat lady sings

man, that guy has a real exciting demeanor...how did he become leader of anything...

sounds like Elmer Fudd

LIEBERMAN CALLS ON GOOGLE TO TAKE DOWN TERRORIST CONTENT
YouTube Videos Are Produced by Al Qaeda and Other Terror Organizations; Videos Show Attacks on U.S. Soldiers, Civilians

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Monday called on Google to remove Internet video content produced by terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda. The videos – readily available on YouTube –show assassinations, deaths of U.S. soldiers and civilians, weapons training, incendiary speeches by al-Qaeda leadership, and other material intended to encourage violence against the West.

The videos are branded with Al-Qaeda logos – a practice detailed in a recent bipartisan Committee staff report entitled “Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat.” These production logos are easily recognizable, making it easy for Google to remove them from its Internet sites. Lieberman called on Google to enforce its own community standards against videos that show gratuitous violence or people getting “hurt, attacked, or humiliated.”

http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=PressReleases.Detail...

i think its been done but i'm guessing that you need to get the content out in a public location and then bind a quicktime widget or something like that to it. i would imagine incubus or fernando can tell you.

i always thought that having personal ignore lists would be a nice idea. if you've ever looked at the blog when its misbehaving and dumping sql statements out you can tell that every refresh and post are going into a database and that the page that is getting painted for you is being run through a db query mechanism. it shouldn't be that hard to have an additional table that associates ignore names with a given userid and filters the results of the query accordingly.

sorry Lu', this wave file is the sound of a man spitting a lougee (however one spells that disgusting function)

How often to bloggers get banned here? What crimes. The only rules I recall is: Do not feed Crank straight lines.

I would like to see a list of past trolls. For the fun of it.
*TLL*

he used to work at the gitmo prisoners now he is a scholar at the heritage foundation..he was defending torture--

man oh man the callers lashed his scont! most of them were heated and told him off..i enjoyed that after a long time!

Totally possible b/c you can do it on The Nation's blogs. If no one to do with this site knows(which I'm sure they do) they could maybe ask the webmaster over there.

Of course, a lot of the time you and up putting people back just so you can know what everyone is throwing snark about.

gravitas/intellect/several other nics.

What are some og them? I am curious yello.

*TLL*

just saw Mitch McConnel on the span
Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 10:17am.
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Will Mitch McConnell Be The Next Outed Gay Republican?

Voting-wise, Larry Craig's record is a bit to the right of Miss McConnell's but, when it comes right down to it, the two of them see almost eye to eye on everything: both are classic Bush-Cheney rubber stamps. Several of my friends can't understand why two closeted homosexuals have been so virulently anti-gay. I'm not a psychologist (though I gave it a shot yesterday) so let's just stick to the politics on this. And the GOP leadership is playing hardball-- against one of their own. After his pathetic "I'm not gay" press conference yesterday Tim Russert, on Nightly News, said "I talked to Republicans today -- they just want Senator Craig to exit, to leave."

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/61107/

just when i decided to take out the other half of my sandwich!

The Urban Dictionary is always so helpful...

what an idiot. you are talking about a video stream which uses the brain to decipher what is being viewed. the only way they could do this would be to manually review everything and censor it accordingly.

why is it that only wingers want to censor reality?

talk about what a nambie pie Barack is...pot calling the kettle black methinks...

Lieberman called on Google to enforce its own community standards against videos that show gratuitous violence or people getting “hurt, attacked, or humiliated."

Submitted by Lucille on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 10:18am

That might work...

you blog there too? just being my nosey self this morning

that most of those right wing republicans are supressed gays...they probably all get together and have very piss elegant parties with all kinds of nudity and make up and rubber.....I can see Mitch there...

Dialogue with Sen. Lieberman on terrorism videos
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Posted by the YouTube Team

(Cross-posted from the YouTube blog)

Last week, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) contacted us to voice his concerns about seeing videos from several Islamic terrorist organizations on YouTube. We appreciated our dialogue with Senator Lieberman and his staff and wanted to explain to the YouTube community how we responded to his concerns.

First, some background: hundreds of thousands of videos are uploaded to YouTube every day. Because it is not possible to pre-screen this much content, we have developed an innovative and reliable community policing system that involves our users in helping us enforce YouTube's standards. Millions of users report potential violations of our Community Guidelines by selecting the "Flag" link while watching videos.

Senator Lieberman's staff identified numerous videos that they believed violated YouTube's Community Guidelines. In response to his concerns, we examined and ended up removing a number of videos from the site, primarily because they depicted gratuitous violence, advocated violence, or used hate speech. Most of the videos, which did not contain violent or hate speech content, were not removed because they do not violate our Community Guidelines.

Senator Lieberman stated his belief, in a letter sent today, that all videos mentioning or featuring these groups should be removed from YouTube -- even legal nonviolent or non-hate speech videos. While we respect and understand his views, YouTube encourages free speech and defends everyone's right to express unpopular points of view. We believe that YouTube is a richer and more relevant platform for users precisely because it hosts a diverse range of views, and rather than stifle debate we allow our users to view all acceptable content and make up their own minds. Of course, users are always free to express their disagreement with a particular video on the site, by leaving comments or their own response video. That debate is healthy.

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2008/05/dialogue-with-sen-lieberm...

The constant juvenile nature of disinformation was tiresome. Every single simple point was completely re-invented with a new historical diatribe. The "other points of view" were aimed more at dividing and irritating people than advancing a constructive position. Who needs that? It might have been acceptable if there was even one shred of humor or humility.

Good riddance even though the ego of that one will bring him/her back unfortunately...

No no no no no!!!! NO!!! We're NOT taking him!!!!!

He's also virulently anti-10-year-old-boy (Graham Frost), so maybe ole moon face is a pedophile instead? (I'm grasping at straws here...)

bad fuel day

The mood or feeling one experiences after having just filled his or her vehicle with $4.00+ per gallon gasoline. (Usually consists of a sense of great economic despair, impending doom, anger, frustration, depression and/or a combination of all the above)

"Leave me alone. I'm having a bad fuel day!"

Did Rupert Murdoch get his lapdog George Bush to blast NBC for him?
by John Aravosis (DC) · 5/20/2008 10:27:00 AM ET · Link
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Just seems awfully suspicious that a day after I read a big story about how Murdoch is all upset at NBC because Keith Olbermann is mean to O'Reilly, and the story details how Murdoch told NBC he was going to have the NY Post attack NBC if they weren't nicer, suddenly the White House is attacking NBC, and buried at the very bottom of the story we find out that the White House is upset at - who? Why Keith Olbermann!

Gillespie also used the letter to complain about other aspects of NBC News coverage and to lodge a complaint about "blatant partisan talk show hosts like Christopher Matthews and Keith Olbermann at MSNBC," both of whom have come under attack from Republicans.

It's good to be Rupert and have such a patsy in the White House.

PS Note to Washington Post: People didn't ASSUME that Bush's Hitler remarks were about Obama, as you claim in the story. The White House told people it was about Obama. But mentioning that fact would kill the appearance of impartiality that you like to give by never reporting the actual facts, and only reporting the spin.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/05/did-rupert-murdoch-get-his-lapdog.htm...

around Texas and Ohio time. Frosty Zoom totally had the scoop on "Naftagate."

I have been there less lately. Mask is a bit too omnipresent and in general it's such a boy's club.

KVH isn't perfect, or a super-duper journalist, but people just take any opportunity to savage her in a gender-based way. It gets tired.

has a good ring to it.

Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 10:27am.
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Indeed. Don't you think it's a little odd that Larry Craig and Mark Foley both belong to John Ashcroft's singing group,the Singing Senators. Trent "the cheerleader" Lott, I don't know, could be?

It is stunningly beautiful here in northern nevada. the air is crystal clear, the sierras are snow capped and my yard is full of yellow wild flowers amongst the sage...smells so clean...I am swimming after sam for sure...

something about his face

the hammer, what's his name...from texas...definitely gay...definitely, definitely

we have the same brain!!!

Submitted by Lucille on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 10:40am.
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Me thinks you're right Luce!

Yesterday's record heat (99) blended perfectly with the much cooler pool. I couldn't get out until it got time to grill. It was great. I'm taking Friday off for a four day weekend and really looking forward to it.

I wish Sam would put a show together for the holiday. That would really make my day.

I hope someone out there has their IM up and reminds Sam to hit record. I don't have access to IM where I am at.

so it is done....

sounds real nice. are you out by reno and sparks or even furthur north where there's nothing for miles around

has their IM up

hahaha....remind me to embed a 60's song later!

the bouffant hairdos are a giveaway
Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 10:42am.

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Muh ha ha ha!

Is that why so many of the evangelical preachers wear that do?

I am 50 miles south in Minden Gardnerville, a green belt with lots of alfalfa fields....I live next to blm so walk out in the wilderness all the time with my dogs...very republican here, but changing a bit to the left....it is really a superb of the bay area...lots of retired folks

up top section

yup, total fegala...

Is that why so many of the evangelical preachers wear that do?
lol
How could God,(or a close facsimile thereof) be expected to speak through a bald guy? Geesh....God has standards, ya know.

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cool. i was just google mapping it and you're not far from tahoe and yosemite. nice part of the country.

You lose your train of thought in talking with Maron.

It's annoying.

just as long as it doesn't include going back to law school because that would be such a waste of seder's talents

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3111#comment-204829

...that it was Gravitas/Intellect/Something-new-yesterday-i-don't-remember. If i had more time to actually engage the character i would have, since generally it was someone posting such easily refuted arguments and in general not being insulting. I tried countering a few posts and i saw many more people making honest efforts to respectfully engage, but whoever it was only seemed interested in posting ridiculous stuff and trying to create a wedge. Screw that.

I actually think it would be good if someone from "the other side" wanted to post, but only if we all remained respectful. And if that poster would respect verifiable facts at least as much as right-wing talking points.

But as long as i'm dreaming, i want a pony.

Oh...
yes...

That was a very good idea...

I recommend
Submitted by dada on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 2:46am.

Open and play the Joujouka video in two windows, and then play the Alan Watts video Alice posted upthread over that. Adjust volumes, and enjoy.
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Then go howl
Submitted by dada on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 2:49am.

Maybe throw some of this in, for good measure. Ginsberg reading Howl.

Watts and Ginsberg together is something too...(I noticed as I'm waiting for Joujouka to redownload..)

-alice why do you post under two different nics
Submitted by mire on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 9:17am.-

Hi mire,
There are more than two
and I guess because I choose to...
no special reason...

Submitted by Spunk-Monkey on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 4:28pm.
...I actually think it would be good if someone from "the other side" wanted to post, but only if we all remained respectful. And if that poster would respect verifiable facts at least as much as right-wing talking points.

But as long as i'm dreaming, i want a pony.
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Respect begets respect. An honest offering of opinion begets an honest offering in return.

When I was new to the blog I presented an argument defending the right and practice of not voting (and the apathetic non-vote) for various reasons. It incensed some people. They vigorously refuted my argument.

No blood was spilled and, to my knowledge, no lasting resentments exist.

Honest discussion can be done. It is a good idea to use and reuse the same carefully constructed phrases to present each point in your argument. (It is my opinion that; It is often the case; Statistics indicate that...etc.) By using the same phrases, one is less likely to allow emotionally-driven potshots to enter one's discourse (If you weren't so brain dead; If you'd take your head out of your ass; You have a point...on top of your head; etc.)

In conclusion, Spunk-Monkey, if you were any more full of shit, you'd be buried in a back yard.