NEW BLOGOSPHERISM

:)

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

Just a different server ?

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

I think

Torture Hearing Video now in the DUNGEON.

Am I wrong? John Yoo was the guy who approved his own memos out of the OLC because no one else was cleared?

;)

And,NO I Don't want a Lionel DVD ! !

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

to be all boarded up.
lo and behold
sam seder show's open for business

let me put this little
gold star right in the middle of your
forehead. :P

I ran out of major prizes and fragiles, but
you just can't have too many versions of this.
Pressure Drop by The Specials (MP3-6MB)

if this were a business we would see some donate or cart button. Sam's a bastard for making us sit here and wait to die to pay for this.

yep,
would that make us suckers or what? LOL

Ah camping...back to what? server updates? Any news on Sammer's job prospex?

My late wife Loved that Movie,Cat Chew.. :)

Impeachnow,you can put it on my Irish Ass ! I Kid ! I Kid ! ;-)
My forehead will be fine.. :)

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

and was I surprised to be redirected to the `Quacken Gallery Home'...

I thought the trolls took over, but now I assume it was part of the upgrade process.

then, I was afraid that Sam shut down the blog after hearing about Scalia and his second amendment ruling.

Crank Bait is lurking out there somewhere...

Submitted by MMRules on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 10:48pm.
...you can put it on my Irish Ass...
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...where it will become hopelessly lost amongst the freckles.

CB do you ever tire of people telling you how funny
you are cuz that one there was just....
well lets just say i'll probably be laughing
for the next couple days

George Orwell's famous 1938 account of the Spanish Revolution and Civil War, from his point of view as a volunteer in the POUM militia

[Thanks, Annette!]

Global Research Editor's note

We bring to the attention of our readers David DeBatto's scenario as to what might occur if one of the several contingency plans to attack Iran, with the participation of Israel and NATO, were to be carried out. While one may disagree with certain elements of detail of the author's text, the thrust of this analysis must be taken seriously.

When A Republican says "I think the White House got a better deal than even they had hoped to get," about FISA, you know the Democrats really went out of their way to suck balls...

blog's working fine
good job Incubi
catch ya later sederites!

ColorOfChange.org

After Senator Obama won the Democratic nomination, he and his wife gave each other a "pound" in front of the cameras—a Fox anchor called it a "terrorist fist jab." Then last week, a Fox News on-screen graphic referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama"—an attempt to associate the Obamas with racist stereotypes.
Tell Fox News chief Roger Ailes to stop racism before it hits the airwaves, and make it clear that you'll take action when another racist smear happens.

Petition-Please Sign-Thank You !

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

can a new home for the Seder vs. Maron show be far behind?? (fingers crossed.)

invited Yoo and Addington to Foreign Relations committee hearings. I definitely smell upcoming subpoena's when they say no.

if Seder v. Maron was an option there...

Fingers & Freckles crossed ! :)

Just kidding impeachnow..Sorry..I was just jonesin for the blog to be back up..Needed to let loose some sarcasm..

And,needed to give Crank a straight line.. :)

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

All aboard,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPrmD2g3KNc

ah, those were the days.

Don't try to console me. I'm reeling from today's market and compulsively checking the global markets to see if life as we know it will end tomorrow morning.

If "what's good for GM is good for the country" then Dubya is pretty much good for nuthin'.

There is too much stuff roiling in my head for any one thought to linger. Whatever ill will a person might harbor for the Saudis and OPEC, they left skidmarks in their shorts today along with everyone else. They can buy only so many diamond-studded Ferraris and 747's equipped with hot tubs. The oil barons don't have mattresses large enough for all of their cash so they invest most of it in the markets.

No one wants to see this economic carnage come to fruition. Even the most money-grubbing mercenaries need the markets to function in order to grub more money.

And as a parting shot at Conservatives and Republicans alike who love to spout the trite phrase, "creating a future for our children." Guess what? The Conservatives and the Republicans are not creating a future for our children. They have fucked up the futures of recent college graduates, never mind the next generation.

>>Tell Fox News chief Roger Ailes to stop racism

yes, and then we'll tell R.J. Reynolds to stop selling tobacco...

that's their job. appealing to americans' most base and horrible instincts. it's what they do for food.

why not Seder and Maron??

I'm assuming it's a cost issue. Neither of them want to work for radio money when they're used to real show business money.

BRAINS!!! Must... eat... brains...

Oh, wait...
I was confusing Americans with zombies.
Nevermind.

*

Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature - by Murray N. Rothbard

This article, which first appeared in Modern Age for Fall 1973, is collected in Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays.

>>most base and horrible instincts

It's startling to see how much of the country is still racially motivated. One of the cable news channels did a story on this a couple days ago. ( http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/story?id=5202366 )

but instead of asking people if they were racist, they asked if they were `racially sensitive'...I guess they diodn't want to upset the racists?

(I think I heard about the poll on the Daily Show or the Colbert Report.

Submitted by impeachnow on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:00pm.
...well lets just say i'll probably be laughing
for the next couple days
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Freckled white butts are funny. It's a cheap joke that always works.

Good Job Incubus!

Evening all!

>>Freckled white butts are funny

see?

this is the sort of racially insensitive thing I was talking about!

There are black people with freckles, you know!

8

Obama donates $4,600 to Clinton's debt relief By NEDRA PICKLER and SARA KUGLER, Associated Press Writers
47 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will help pay off Hillary Rodham Clinton's more than $20 million debt, personally writing a check in a gesture meant to win over her top financial backers.

Obama met with more than 200 of Clinton's biggest fundraisers at Washington's Mayflower Hotel, the first step in a two-day push to bring her supporters onboard his general election campaign. Behind the scenes, the two sides were negotiating her future involvement with the campaign.

Some Clinton donors had been frustrated that the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting had not done more to help her pay the bills even as they are expected to help fund his campaign.

Obama received a standing ovation from the crowd of more than 200 when he said he would enlist his supporters to help pay off her debt.

"I'm going to need Hillary by my side campaigning during his election, and I'm going to need all of you," Obama said, according to a report written by the only reporter allowed into the event and shared with other reporters afterward. He recounted how he had told his top fundraisers this week "to get out their checkbooks and start working to make sure Senator Clinton — the debt that's out there needs to be taken care of."

In a symbolic gesture, Obama delivered a personal check for $4,600, for himself and his wife, Michelle. The maximum individual donation allowed by law is $2,300.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_el_pr/obama_clinton_14

This Just In: Senate Republicans block Medicare bill
John Aravosis (DC) · 6/26/2008 10:12:00 PM ET · Link
30 Comments · reddit · FARK · Digg It! ·

From Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office:
REID: SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCK IMPROVED CARE FOR SENIORS AND ALLOW CUTS FACING DOCTORS Washington, DC — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today after Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would prevent the impending 10.6 percent cut in payments to physicians who care for the 44 million American seniors in Medicare, and to make other key improvements to the program: “Our seniors and the health-care providers who care for them have only Senate Republicans to blame when Medicare payments are cut and other key protections expire. The House overwhelmingly passed a good bill in bipartisan fashion that ensures Medicare works better for every American senior and saves taxpayers billions of dollars – but Senate Republicans insist on standing with President Bush to protect insurance companies at the expense of patients and providers. This is nothing short of putting politics above the seniors and people with disabilities who depend on Medicare.”

http://www.americablog.com/2008/06/this-just-in-senate-republicans-block...

Sign them or not,it's up to you..

It's still a free country,sort of..

I would like to see a boycott of Faux Noise's
advertisers..
Until then,I'll sign just about anything that tells
Fascists News to stick it up their ass !
Next.. :)

Knock yourself out Crank.. :)

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

Sadly, not for me. I just tried it on the off chance. Stalled. "Buffer is empty. Wait until it refills" message when the progress bar and my memory minder are telling me it's filling up faster than our Civic. I can start it again momentarily by clicking on either Marc's or Sam's screen, but it doesn't last. [sigh}

Yeh, now it looks like it would be the only option...note that XM dumped calling it "Air America" for the old name "America Left" to go into effect sometime in July...good on them to drop that ridiculous network, although I could think of a thousand better names than "America Left"...

"All That's Left" comes to mind...feels like that anyway

you gotta be kidding

John Conyers grills John ‘torture’ Yoo: ‘I think we understand the games that are being played… He stonewalls
By: John Amato @ 4:53 PM - PDT

Rep. John Conyers grilled former Bushie John Yoo, who was a major player in instituting torture as US policy today’s hearing called: “Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.”

Watch Yoo stammer and stonewall Conyers repeated efforts to get him to admit what he said previously. That the president could torture whenever he thought it was just and he could do it in the most heinous way possible.

Conyers: It was reported that you were asked if a president could order a suspects child be tortured in a gruesome fashion and you responded that “I think it depends on why the president thinks he needs to do that. Is that accurate?

Yoo: Mr. Chairman, I don’t believe it’s accurate because it took what I said out of context. (I see) The quote stopped right before I continued to explain the number of things which I appreciate the opportunity…

Conyers: So far what I read was accurate, but there was more?

Yoo: But it stops at mid sentence, I mean I finished the sentence during the debate but I didn’t get a chance to…

Conyers: OK, thank you…Is there anything professor Yoo that the president can not order to be done to a suspect if he believed it necessary for national defense?

Yoo: Ahhh, Mr Chairman, I think it goes back to the quote you just read because..

Conyers: No, I’m just asking you the question, maybe it doesn’t, but what do you think?

Yoo: I think it’s the same question I was asked..

Conyers: Well, what’s the answer?

Yoo: First, can I make clear I’m not talking about…

(Read the rest of this story…) and video at link

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/26/john-conyers-grills-john-tortur...

John Aravosis (DC) · 6/26/2008 10:12:00 PM ET · Link.

toniD on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:37pm.
did you see it? Have you sat through it? It's 3 hrs long.

Isn't it crazy?

>>Sign them or not,it's up to you..

Don't worry, I signed it.

I just don't think they care what people like me who are outside their key demographic think.

one problem of a boycott of FOXnews: most the people who would boycott FOX haven't watched in years.

>>do you ever tire of people telling you how funny you are...crank

He can't hear you, he has a banana in his ear.

now who's driving the boat?

wat up ?

________________________________

“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” –Helen Keller

WTF does that mean?

>>people telling you how funny you are...crank

this rings the bell of a far off memory...I think Crank (years ago) told of the dangers of telling a child they were funny. Did Crank use the `Banana in my ear joke' as a point of reference in the tale? I think so.

But there is a danger in complimenting a child on his/her humor: They will spend the rest of their life trying to recapture the moment.

kind of like giving a dog Doritos or rubbing a cat's belly...

Boycott Advertisers, Chubbs..

I'm sure there's a way to find their advertisers without watchin the Crap.. :)

Marge is on !
:)

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

Just Yoo stonewalling Conyers.. :)

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

Addington has consistently advocated that under the Constitution, the President has unlimited powers as commander in chief during wartime. He is the legal force behind over 750 signing statements that President Bush has added to bills passed by Congress. Addington was a legal advisor to President Reagan, and suggested that such signing statements be used to exempt President Reagan from responsibility for the Iran-Contra scandal.

>>WTF does that mean?

an inside joke, I hope Crank got it, `cus if he didn't get it, no one did.

I 1/2 way explained it in my last post.

do you ever tire of people telling you how funny you are...
Submitted by mhappenow on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:35pm.
you gotta be kidding
------
I got tired of waiting for people to tell me how handsome I am.

Addington is an arrogant bastard

and Yoo is scared shitless. (Subpenas and closed session with him.) But what he said is the most cold blooded things I ever heard. A child tortured?

Addington threw him under the bus but the Dems gave him a hard time too. I'd like to punch his arrogant mouth a few times.

*

I think bibi is flying out tomorrow to move to her new home...

Submitted by Chubby Bubba on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:50pm.
Cat Chew: "WTF does that mean?"

Bubba: "an inside joke..."
------
She's tormenting you, Rajah. She knows that joke better than we do.

I got tired of waiting for people to tell me how handsome I am.

I just got called an awesome chick the other day.
You never know...

with Colbert. Did anyone watch it?

you didn't hear? Crushing the testicles of children in front of their parents. Legal if you might gain information. Yoo memo 2 I think.

Did anyone watch Countdown w/KO a yesterday? He was interviewing Jason Bateman and David Cross came out to anounce he and Jason were geting married.

I have a feeling it's a joke, but still...it is possible.

I bet Sam could shed some light on the subject.

Submitted by toniD on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:52pm.
Addington is an arrogant bastard...
-----
That's putting it mildly. Your restraint is impressive.

>>I just got called an awesome chick the other day.

people were complimenting me on how quickly I drenched my shirt with sweat while carrying boxes up a 20 foot ladder a couple days ago...

the also admired how I spent more time recovering my breath than climbing the ladders.

those are kind of the same as `awesome', right, CC?

Submitted by Cat Chew on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:55pm.
I just got called an awesome chick the other day.
You never know...
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awe:

2.) [Archaic]
a.) The power to inspire dread.
b.) Dread.

Addington puts on quite a show
By: Steve Benen @ 3:00 PM - PDT
At this point, we can finally agree that Cheney is the Vice President, and the Vice President is part of the executive branch, right? Apparently not. Cheney’s reclusive chief of staff, David Addington, told the House Judiciary Committee this afternoon that the VP is “attached” to the legislative branch.

In fact, Addington had all kinds of odd things to say today, including his inability answer questions about torture policy because “al Qaeda may watch C-SPAN,” and his alleged unfamiliarity with the Unitary Theory of the Executive, which Addington has used for years to justify all kinds of shameful behavior.

Just as an aside, I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen any government official express the kind of contempt for Congress as I’ve seen from Addington today. Every response to every question is soaked in pure revulsion. I keep expecting him to spit at the members of the committee after every exchange.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/26/addington-puts-on-quite-a-show/

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

Clinton was forced to look the other way, will Obama?

Obama would ask his AG to "immediately review" potential of crimes in Bush White House

Obama sent a clear signal that -- unlike impeachment, which he's ruled out and which now seems a practical impossibility -- he is at the least "open to the possibility of investigating potential high crimes in the Bush White House."

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Barack_on_torture.html

>>Crushing the testicles of children in front of their parents.

the insanity of this. If this sort of power got in the hands of the wrong sort of person...

and lonly the wrong sort of person would want such power.

It is disappointing that America lost it's values so quickly and it took so very long for the process to rebuke the fascist power grabs.

But, it is heartening that the process to reverse it has started.

>>b.) Dread.

like the Awesome Scott Case

you meet a hot younger lady and find out she's a grandmother.

oh, and the next President is your own age. (47).

Quote of the Day: Vice President Is a "Barnacle" on the Legislative Branch
By Kate Klonick - June 26, 2008, 2:35PM
Between David Addington failing to submit testimony, and John Yoo forgetting his words, not a whole lot was cleared up by the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay.

But on the bright side Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), did manage to clarify a very important question. Just what branch of government is the Vice President in?

Cohen: Mr. Addington, what branch are we in?
Addington: Ah, sir, perhaps the best that can be said is that the Vice President belongs neither to the executive nor to the legislative branch, but is attached by the Constitution to the latter. That's from two legal opinions issued by the office of legal counsel to the Department of Justice dated March 9th, 1961, and April, I believe, it's 18th, 1961 by, I believe, Mr. Katzenbach if I remember. . .

Cohen: So he's a member of the legislative branch?

(cross talk)

Addington: No. I said attached by the Constitution to the latter. He is not a member of the legislative branch because the Constitution says that the Congress consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Constitution further says that the Senate consists of Senators and the House of Representatives consists of Representatives and he is neither a Senator nor a Representative.

Cohen: But he is attached to the legislative branch?

Addington: That's the quote I read you.

Cohen: So he's kind of a barnacle.

(voice off camera): Kind of a what?!

Addington: He is attached. . . the word was attached by the Constitution to the latter. I don't consider the Constitution as a barnacle, Mr. Cohen.

Cohen: No, the Vice President. Since he's really not fish or fowl, he's just attached to something.

But don't take our word for it: video at link

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/06/quote_of_the_day_vice_...

No, I don’t suppose that’s going to happen any time soon. But it should.

The 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is evidence that, while the founding fathers were brilliant men, they could have used an editor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgm9H3hmH1o&NR=1

Reuters

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation that directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use all its authority, including the agency's emergency powers, to "curb immediately" the role of excessive speculation in energy futures markets.

Hedge funds, pension funds and other speculators have been blamed by many lawmakers and some energy experts for doubling the price for crude oil in the last year. The Bush administration disagrees, saying high prices are the result of world oil production not being able to keep up with growing global fuel demand.

The bill easily cleared the House in a 402-to-19 vote. The Senate must still take up the measure.

The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, would require the CFTC to act against "sudden or unreasonable fluctuations" in energy futures prices and other trading activities that "prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities."

"It opens up a set of new tools they are not using," said Maryland Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen, referring to the agency's emergency powers.........

Free Democracy

Congress passes Iraq war spending bill with new GI benefits, jobless aid

CHARLES BABINGTON
AP News

Jun 26, 2008 21:23 EST

The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office.

The bill, approved 92-6, includes a historic boost in college aid for troops, plus a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits and $2.7 billion in emergency flood relief for the Midwest.

The Senate, however, narrowly failed to approve a House-passed bill to cancel a scheduled cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.

It also failed to resolve differences over home mortgage legislation and the administration's electronic surveillance program. Those matters will await lawmakers when they return from a 10-day July break.

The spending bill will bring to more than $650 billion the amount Congress has provided for the Iraq war since it started more than five years ago. For operations in Afghanistan, the total is nearly $200 billion, according to congressional officials.

Last week, the House approved the war funding measure, 268-155. The domestic add-ons were approved separately by a 416-12 vote. The White House has said it supports the combined measure, which technically allowed the measure to advance without senators having to vote specifically for the war funding, a distasteful matter for many Democrats.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/06/congress_passes_iraq_war_spend...

Obama donates $4,600 to
Submitted by toniD on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:30pm.
Obama donates $4,600 to Clinton's debt relief By NEDRA PICKLER and SARA KUGLER, Associated Press Writers
47 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will help pay off Hillary Rodham Clinton's more than $20 million debt, personally writing a check in a gesture meant to win over her top financial backers.

Obama met with more than 200 of Clinton's biggest fundraisers at Washington's Mayflower Hotel, the first step in a two-day push to bring her supporters onboard his general election campaign. Behind the scenes, the two sides were negotiating her future involvement with the campaign.

Some Clinton donors had been frustrated that the Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting had not done more to help her pay the bills even as they are expected to help fund his campaign.

Obama received a standing ovation from the crowd of more than 200 when he said he would enlist his supporters to help pay off her debt.

======================================

Hillary Clinton's primaary campaign debt breaks down this way: 1) She has an open-ended amount of time to pay back the poor venders she stiffed. That means she can string them out for years; and, possibly, even have the latitude to go to court and try to get the court to okay her paying a fraction of the vender debt (do I hear ten cents on the dollar?) And 2) Hillary only has the next couple months to pay off her primary campaign loan to herself, because that's the rules about personal loans to one's primary campaign.

The example of a 1) I heard given was Senator John Glenn who retired his primary campaign debt to venders over many years.

So, this check Obama gave to Clinton -- I'm not convinced it's going to go to the balloon vender someplace in middle America or whatever. I think, since Hillary has only a couple months to repay her loan to herself, the generous gifts sent to Hillary will really be for Hillary.

LA Governor Jindal Signs Bill Allowing Castration For Sex Offenders

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/21656994.html

The Supreme Court Erased 13 words from the Constitution...and nobody seems to care that much.

TPM

By freaktown - June 26, 2008, 1:29PM
The Second Amendment reads as follows:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

If, as the court said today, the right to bear arms is an "individual" right, then why did the founders bother with that whole spiel about "A well regulated militia being necessary to the securtiy of a free state?"

Why wouldn't they have just written "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"?

If that had been in the constitution, the i would agree with the court's ruling. However, that's not what the amendment says.

Can someone explain this to me. This seems an awful lot like "judicial activism" to me. I mean, the supreme court just erased 13 words from the constitution.

Link

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

Would it be wrong of me to say, I wouldn't mind if they had his address when he was home alone?

What irks me is that he and people like him jeopardize all of US. These cowards talk a good game but use all of US as their personal shields. They think nothing of saying "bring it on" and would have no hesitation of throwing an innocent in the way to take the impact while they run. "Have I told you lately how much I hate these people."

Bee's feed us

Anyone have an ice cube?

Like a rocket up in this place now...

I noticed that too. Wha happend?

"people were complimenting me on how quickly I drenched my shirt with sweat while carrying boxes up a 20 foot ladder a couple days ago...

those are kind of the same as `awesome', right, CC?"

Not sure what was in the mind of the person who said it. It might be I impressed them in a similar fashion. I think they were expressing something different, but I'm not Criswell or Lamont Cranston. Eh. Chubby, I had no idea you had so many problems with me. I am probably a bit too snarky sometimes but I haven't meant to denigrate or offend you. I was just noting that someone called me "awesome" and that's very unusual, and I'm pretty sure the person meant it as a compliment, and that's also unusual.

"awe:

2.) [Archaic]
a.) The power to inspire dread.
b.) Dread."

Yes. I don't mind thinking that either. ;)

"In my lifetime we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. If this is evolution, I believe within twelve years we'll be voting for plants."

- Lewis Black

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

>>I had no idea you had so many problems with me.

I'm not aware of any...

Sorry if my snarkiness was misinterpreted.

I just wanted to chime in with how profoundly out of shape I felt.

As heard on The Mike Malloy Show:

The question is: Why does the leadership and the majority of the "Opposition Party" support the policies of a president who has the lowest presidential approval rating in history?

"Policies," in this instance, is a convenient catch-all word representing the ongoing High Crimes and Misdemeanors of the Bush Regime.

The leadership and the majority of the "Opposition Party" have consistently approved every single dollar that funds the illegal war in Iraq even though the Senate Intelligence Committee released their report stating that Bush, Cheney, and other administration officials lied the United States into that war.

The leadership and the majority of the "Opposition Party," including their presumptive nominee for the presidency, refuse to consider impeachment even though George W. Bush admitted to breaking the law by authorizing a secret domestic spying program.

The leadership and the majority of the "Opposition Party," including their presumptive nominee for the presidency, actively support sacrificing the rule of law and the Fourth Amendment.

Con't

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

The new server Fernando .... Speee Deeeee!

Scalia: Gore to blame for 2000 decision
Stephen C. Webster

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has claimed, in a recent interview with the UK newspaper Telegraph, that then Vice President Al Gore was to blame for George W. Bush being declared the victor of the 2000 presidential election.

"Richard Nixon, when he lost to Kennedy thought that the election had been stolen in Chicago, which was very likely true with the system at the time," said Scalia. "But he did not even think about bringing a court challenge. That was his prerogative. So you know if you don't like it, don't blame it on me."

Recently, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean claimed the 2000 election was stolen by 'five intellectually bankrupt judges.' Sclia, on the other hand, argued that if a critic wanted "to look for partisan decisions," the Florida supreme court's ruling on the 2000 elections would be a prime candidate.

Scalia continued, claiming that 'of course' he regretted the Supreme Court becoming involved with the 2000 presidential election. "But I don't know how we could have avoided it," he said. "Could we have declined to accept the case on the basis that it wasn't important enough? ... I think our decision in the case was absolutely right. But if you ask me 'Am I sorry it all happened?' Of course I am sorry it happened, there was no way that we were going to come out of it smelling like a rose."

READ THE REST.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Scalia_Gore_to_blame_for_2000_0626.html

you might have a point.

Me too.
So can we just get along?
(Don't make me post a cute kitten picture here to emphasize my point.)

Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:19pm BST

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Flabbergasted" NASA scientists said on Thursday that Martian soil appeared to contain the requirements to support life, although more work would be needed to prove it.

Scientists working on the Phoenix Mars Lander mission, which has already found ice on the planet, said preliminary analysis by the lander's instruments on a sample of soil scooped up by the spacecraft's robotic arm had shown it to be much more alkaline than expected.

"We basically have found what appears to be the requirements, the nutrients, to support life whether past present or future," Sam Kounaves, the lead investigator for the wet chemistry laboratory on Phoenix, told journalists.

"It is the type of soil you would probably have in your back yard, you know, alkaline. You might be able to grow asparagus in it really well. ... It is very exciting for us."

Con't

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

That is speeding it up! ; )

>>So can we just get along?

Well, duh! ;)

New York launches HIV testing for all adults in Bronx

The city of New York on Thursday launched an HIV-screening campaign that aims to test every adult in the Bronx, the city's borough most affected by AIDS, the health department said.

Forty locations in the region north of Manhattan, including hospitals, clinics, health centers and places of worship, are offering systematic HIV testing to all patients or visitors -- the largest HIV testing initiative in the city's history.

The objective is to test everyone in the Bronx ages 18 to 64 within the next three years. About 250,000 people, or three of 10 Bronx adult residents, have never been tested, the city estimates.

"We'd like to saturate the Bronx with testing," said Monica Sweeney, assistant commissioner for HIV prevention and control.

"Knowing your status is one of the best things you can do to stop the spread of HIV."

Friday is National HIV Testing Day in the United States.

Several community groups are partnering with the city to conduct the tests, mostly administered orally, which yield results in 10 to 20 minutes.

In 2006, 3,745 New Yorkers were newly listed as HIV-positive -- one quarter of them from the Bronx.

Manhattan, the city's most affluent borough, has more HIV-positive residents but fewer AIDS deaths than the Bronx, where a quarter of those infected only learn of their status once they have full-blown AIDS.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/New_York_launches_HIV_testing_for_a_0626200...

Time to sleep, my eyes are closing. It's midnight here.

Later!

Later. Past my bedtime already.
Zzzzz.

Sincerely, Chubby Bubba, you are one of my favorite people to read here. Please ignore that icky Crank Bait fella and his posts that drive a wedge between us. I was not tormenting you, or trying to. I was just being a snotcakes about the "I can't hear you" banana-ear thingie. I couldn't help myself! It's in my nature.

G'night.

>>I was just being a snotcakes about the "I can't hear you" banana-ear thingie

I can't believe you'd joke about such a thing!

Is nothing sacred!?!

I like everyone here.

just like I tell Rufus and Rusty, I love everyone equally.

during Anti-War Protest Today!

The California Highway Patrol arrested six anti-war activists at a demonstration opposing the war in Iraq today about 12:15 p.m. at the State Capitol near Governor Schwarzenegger's office.

VERY URGENT NEWS ADVISORY
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Contact: Paulette Cuilla 916/956-8678 or Maggie Coulter 916/456-1420
**NOTE: Video of arrests available via an independent videographer**
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The California Highway Patrol charged the activists with several misdemeanors, including allegedly demonstrating without a permit and illegally entering the Capitol...
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The arrests took place following a "Freeze-In for Peace," where about two dozen people participated in a demonstration that required them to freeze in place for five minutes. Similar "freeze-in" actions for peace are popping up all over the country.

"This is absolutely linked the budget deficit mess in California.

Our share of the war in Iraq is $67 billion," said Maggie Coulter, one of those arrested. "In fact, just spending the money for these officers to arrest peaceful demonstrators doing little more than what happens in a legislative hearing is also a waste of taxpayers' money," she added.

>>that icky Crank Bait fella

He is a bastard, isn't he?

I really hate the way everyone keeps telling him how funny he is.

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Yeah - but it's fucking ambiguous. Amendment 2 musta been a hasty redraft that came out of the printer five minutes before the bus came. Ambiguous (and nonsensical): that's the problem with grammatical absolutes. (Explanation from Wikipedia:
'In "District of Columbia v. Heller", the Supreme Court majority held that The Second Amendment is formed with a prefatory clause, followed by an operative clause.[5] The prefatory clause serves to clarify the operative clause, but neither limits nor expands the scope of the operative clause.[6] Four dissenting justices strongly disagreed, calling the majority reading "strained and unpersuasive."
The prefatory clause is similar to a Latin grammatical construction known as an ablative absolute. Proponents argue that the significance of this grammar was understood to the framers who were more schooled in Latin grammar than is common in modern times. [7]')

At least the ambiguous (and shoddy) attempt at an important qualification to the central sense of The 2nd Amdmt is a participial absolute rather than one of those puzzling nominative abslolutes, which are starting to break out like herpes in the blog-burgeoning utterances of our written intercourse.

Moreover: David Addington is an Asshole. John Yoo (hoo?) has to settle for Adjunct Asshole.

Sorry for the pedantry, y'all. I'm checking into this late, FIFO. But this is LO for me tonight. Dozing.
ZZZ

Momentum Building For Bugliosi's Case Against George W. Bush For Murder.

by Linda Milazzo

For Vincent Bugliosi, one of America's foremost prosecutors and authors, George W. Bush's purposeful crime of misleading America into war is a vile, despicable and prosecutable act. It angers Bugliosi deeply. So much so that he's written a new book, "The Prosecution Of George W. Bush For Murder."

To be clear, this is not a partisan effort. Not Republican v. Democrat or an assault on political ideology. It's a legally binding and provable case for murder, that Bugliosi - an American patriot - would bring against any president regardless of any and all affiliation.

In Vincent Bugliosi's own words:

"I want to state that in writing this book my motivation was not political. Whether I'm giving a final summation to the jury or writing one of my true crime books, credibility has always meant everything to me. Therefore, my only master - my only mistress - are the facts and objectivity. And this is why I can give you a 100% guarantee that if a Democratic president had done what George W. Bush did, I would have written the same exact book."

It was obvious from his heartfelt delivery and palpable anger, that Bugliosi was telling the truth. The actions of George W. Bush have enraged him. Were Bush a Democrat, Bugliosi's wrath would have been the same. First and foremost Bugliosi is a patriot, seeking justice for his nation - which will come in the form of a conviction.

Con't-Afterdowningstreet

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

I am gonna go listen to me some sad songs ...

Night guys .. love the ones your with while you're with 'em .. cuz sometimes they leave.

Sad Songs to soothe a broken heart ...

Jolene
You Belong to Me
No Place Far
Why
I Need a Man to Stand Beside Me

I am a little too country ...

Wish You Were Here

But then again .. that is a pretty country soundin' Floyd!! Well.. you try not to listen to country when your heart is breakin' .. I dare ya! ; )

Thanks, Fernando
For fleeting moments (many), I KNEW WTF. It was Cosmic. Later, a nice earthy coupla cans of beer in familiarly peaceful surroundings helped soften the crash.

not too country, unless you start with the `boot up your ass, it's the American way'stuff

today now cannot fall asleep...boy what a problem child i am

Two more tree sitters were arrested at the UC Berkeley campus. Wow, doesn't that make you feel safer now?

Rule of law for all but the Power Elite white collar criminals and treasonists like Cheney, Rove, Rice, etc.?

Sheesh.

problems getting in..what the fuck is happening here?

COOL! cubes!!

tyme to try rocking meself to sleep!

There are two statues in a park; one of a nude man and one of a nude woman. They had been facing each other across a pathway for a hundred years, when one day an angel comes down from the sky and, with a single gesture, brings the two to life.

The angel tells them, 'As a reward for being so patient through a hundred blazing summers and dismal winters, you have been given life for thirty minutes to do what you've wished to do the most.'He looks at her, she looks at him, and they go running behind the shrubbery.

The angel waits patiently as the bushes rustle and giggling ensues.

After fifteen minutes, the two return, out of breath and laughing. The angel tells them, 'Um, you have fifteen minutes left, 'Would you care to do it again?'

He asks her 'Shall we?' She eagerly replies, 'Oh, yes, let's! But let's change positions.

This time, I'll hold the pigeon down and you shit on its head.'

A German Park? [insert *RIMSHOT!* here]

Now why I really came here ..

In Fight To Keep Credentials

"A Democratic National Convention delegate pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton says she hopes to fight off an attempt by Wisconsin Democrats to take away her credentials because of her past statement that she would vote for John McCain if Clinton wasn't the nominee.

She declined to comment on her previous comment, quoted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, that she would vote for the Republican McCain in November if the Democratic Party nominated Barack Obama for president. ..."

WTF??