YKos day three

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Too many YouTube vids on the last one. Horrible problems with page loads.

Any chance yesterday's videos will be available again? I missed them.

Page 52

Willfulness. A conviction for statutory criminal contempt cannot be sustained unless the failure to appear before the committee, to produce documents, or to respond to questions is a willful, intentional act.323 However, an evil motive does not have to be established.

Congress’s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure

don't know if we recorded them- i think so

For Anonymous poster's. Otherwise your Blog is going to get screwed up.

Free Democracy

it's "Patooie!"
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 11:48pm.
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It's p'tooie, diminutive of p'too.
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 12:29am.
Wikipedia page on spittoon:
Spittoons appeared both in the United States and the United Kingdom under the same name about 1840. It has been suggested (perhaps humorously) that the name was in part onomatopoeia.
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It's "Ptui"
Submitted by Catharine on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 12:42am.
This is what is the generally accepted spelling. The NYTimes even had that as an answer in their crossword puzzle this past Sunday.
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I hesitate to admit that I had a nagging feeling that the correct spelling of ptui/p'tooie/patooie/patooey begins with "pt". (I hesitate because, if Catharine is correct, no one will believe me after-the-fact.)

Catharine--Does the NYTimes use the Oxford as a reference? Does the NYTimes use a consensus of several different references? I don't know but I believe that the NYTimes crossword puzzle uses solid research to prevent hate mail from frustrated crossworders.

The "p'tooie, diminutive of p'too" comment is funny and clever. I had already explored "spittoon" for a connection owing to its own possible onomatopoeic root but I had not considered the diminutive angle (and overlooked a good joke in the process).

Unless someone can trump Catharine's spelling source (or is willing to call her a big fat liar), I'm going with ptui. It fits with my vague memory and belief that the most common spelling is short and begins with "pt".

Does anyone know if sam's doing his aar show tomorrow?iv'e been out of town

I think we are on a slippery slope Crank ... 8-)

Acronym Definition

PTUI Physical and Tangible User Interfaces
PTUI Plain Text User Interface
PTUI Posted Time Update Interval (aviation)
PTUI Python/Tkinter User Interface

has tried all of this before - Page 3:

In Sinclair v. United States,9 a different witness at the congressional hearings refused to provide answers, and was prosecuted for contempt of Congress. The witness had noted that a lawsuit had been commenced between the government and the Mammoth Oil Company, and declared, “I shall reserve any evidence I may be able to give for those courts ... and shall respectfully decline to answer any questions propounded by your committee.” The Supreme Court upheld the witness’s conviction for contempt of Congress. The Court considered and rejected in unequivocal terms the witness’s contention that the pendency of lawsuits provided an excuse for withholding information.

America needs more Sam Seder, on the radio (and video) and not just on Sundays.

Submitted by Fernando on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 11:13am.
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Your citation is interesting in this light: Admiral Poindexter and Ollie North had their convictions overturned due to the prejudice of their cases created by their Senate investigation testimony under immunity.

"A Senate investigation resulted in the conviction of North and Poindexter on charges of obstructing justice and related offenses, though their convictions were later overturned on the ground that testimony given at their trials had been influenced by information they had supplied to Congress under a limited grant of immunity."

This seems to apply as a circumstance similar to the Mammoth Oil case though in reverse.

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(sounds like a reasonable suggestion, but so far nobody on the progressive side has figured out how).

Even as they tried to fight off Republican accusations of heavy-handedness, Democrats sought to portray their first months in charge as a success...

maybe what the dems need is to be a lot more heavy handed. the neocons were for the last god knows how many years and it hasn't hurt them. pelosi, boxer, reid, clinton, schumer, kennedy all need to stop worrying so much about what the press thinks of them.

oh, and would somebody tell that idiot from south carolina to stfu about a good report from petraus hurting the dems.

Sorry if I go on but I have a summer cold and took an expectorant. Does this mean spit comes from the ptuitary gland?

Try googlin 'spit three times' and see what comes up.

dan,
On one side of the political influence balance there is the cash and lobbyists of wealthy citizens and companies.

On the other side is a large group of people gathering together with a common goal.

The cash and lobbyists continue to work for their wealthy masters while the wealthy masters are on the golf course, whereas the large group of people must take a day off from work.

The deck is kinda stacked...

I'm not a constitutional lawyer either but your comment was based on obstruction of justice wasn't it?

That's not the same as being held in contempt, although one might see it as a motive for contempt.

Submitted by zeek on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 11:41am.
Sorry if I go on but I have a summer cold and took an expectorant. Does this mean spit comes from the ptuitary gland?
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(zeek's been salivating over the opportunity to cough up that pun)

contempt are specifically, that you can deny testimony if in fact Congress is asking you for information regarding pending suits, which is directly supported by overturning Admiral Poindexter and Ollie North's convictions.

That is where the line is.

Findings of contempt for not showing do not approach any such limitation. There is no pending suit regarding conspiracy within the Justice Department. They are investigating whether that is happening. Clearly, in my mind, it has already happened.

hmm, have your people call my people?

what you say is true. nicky rose was challenging me to rise up and lead the charge after i ranted on the other thread about this fisa scrum that we seem to be having this weekend.

Fernando,

The nuances of law and precedence are many, so I don't doubt that I'm missing something important.

The connection that I see is:

Mammoth claimed that it was withholding testimony from the Senate in anticipation of using the unexposed (and untainted) testimony in a courtroom.

North and Poindexter gave testimony to the Senate which was determined to have tainted their trials in a courtroom.

I think?

my mp3 collection seems to have gotten its tags messed up with the latest version of itunes. i have sets of mp3 files which were previously recognized as a single album now being recognized as multiple albums with no rhyme or reason to the split.

i am playing with something called the magic mp3 tagger this morning but was wondering if anyone has ideas on this.

traditionally i like / use a file heirarchy of group / album / cd#.track#.title and use a nn format for cd and track numbers. to fit on an ipod i will truncate album names leaving off words like the. i don't use itunes consolidate feature. i don't want several thousand files in a single directory.

Fernando,

You wrote: "you can deny testimony if in fact Congress is asking you for information regarding pending suits, which is directly supported by overturning Admiral Poindexter and Ollie North's convictions."

Forgive me if I am remembering this inaccurately (and forgive me for not rereading the entire Iran Contra mess to find the facts).

I think that the charges against North and Poindexter went to trial as a RESULT of the Senate investigation findings. I (kinda, sorta) don't think that their trials were pending when the Senate was investigating Iran Contra.

I will look into it more. There is a very distinct line of authority there.

I love you, Sam!

[echoing the anonymous sentiment above]

How's the weather out there? You diggin' that 70+° dew point?

thou, the referenced PDF IS the summary presented to Congress regarding how to proceed.

WHAT 1340 AM, used to be the AirAmerica Affiliate. Now it just plays ass-kick musique non-stop, available to all on le web:

http://skinradio.com/listenlive.php

is kicking some major butt at YKOS. Very passionate. Amazing real progressive stuff.

Hey Sam: Just want to echo the last comment--I love you! couldn't "cliquez" on the video stream from YKos but will keep trying, and plan to tune in around midnight Sunday (Paris time) for your AAR show.
Temp around 80° today and sunny; Parisians are happy. It's been a cloudy rainy summer, not to mention the gloom after the French elections.
Nancy Cadet

PANDEMIC!

August 3, 2007
Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Police said they recovered firearms linked to the slaying of an Oakland journalist during a series of early morning raids Friday targeting members of a Black Muslim splinter group that operates a chain of bakeries.

Colleagues said Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, 57, had been working on a story about Your Black Muslim Bakery before he was ambushed and slain Thursday morning near the Alameda County courthouse in downtown Oakland.

love you in paris
Submitted by Nancy Cadet on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 12:42pm.
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...pronounced "Ca-day" for the time being...

And Now, Moulitsas Says He "Would Not Have A Problem" Supporting Clinton's Candidacy. Markos Moulitsas: "I would not have a problem getting behind Hillary and I don't think that many people would." (Salena Zito, "Hillary, Unpreconceived," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/29/07)

So why does Reid have to be in D.C. this weekend "for a vote", but Clinton does not?

August 3, 2007
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC.— Political observers say they have observed cherry picked intelligence linked to the slaying of countless Iraqi citizens and close to 3,600 American soldiers during a series of strategic releases and cynical manipulation of public fear and opinion.

Colleagues said Richard Perle, William Kristol, noted idiot Douglas Feith, and other members of the Project for the New American Century had been working on a story about remaking the Middle East. They sold the film rights to the Bush Administration who within 5 years time blew the thus-far over trillion dollar budget and have yet to produce anything but death, destruction, disease and auto-ethnic cleansing. When plague theory ultimately runs it's course, the film reportedly will finance itself with untold reserves lying beneath the sand and corpses.

--no link. see? any monkey...

"The only solution for pollution is a people's humane revolution!"

-Bobby Seale, Black Panthers

1961
Huey Newton, a black militant activist student, meets Bobby Seale while attending Merritt College (Oakland, California). Both join the Afro-American Association, a black cultural organization led by Donald Warden.

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Cops: Editor's killer confesses Officers say bakery handyman, 19, angered by Bailey's reporting

OAKLAND — A 19-year-old handyman at Your Black Muslim Bakery admitted to police Friday night that he ambushed and killed Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, investigators said.

Police said Devaughndre Broussard told them he killed Bailey because he was angry over stories the journalist had written about the bakery, its employees and leaders in the past. Investigators said Broussard was also concerned about stories that he thought Bailey might be working on. Bailey had apparently been working on a story about the group and its finances, authorities said.

Broussard made the admission to Sgts. Derwin Longmire and Lou Cruz.Broussard had been arrested at his home Friday morning in the 1000 block of 59th Street, where police recovered the shotgun that they believe was used to kill Bailey the day before.

Apparently Broussard had found out where Bailey lived and before the killing Friday morning had gone to the newspaper offices to see if he was there. When he found that Bailey had not arrived at work yet, he began driving around in a van looking for him and spotted him in the 200 block of 14th Street, where he confronted him on the street and shot him several times with the shotgun.

Spent shotgun shells found at the scene were matched to the shotgun recovered at Broussard's residence, police said. Broussard had worked at the bakery as a handyman and occasional cook for eight months before leaving in March to find other employment. But when he could not find a job here turned to the bakery about a month ago and was given a post again, police said.

Broussard is currently on probation for a robbery conviction out of San Francisco. He is scheduled booked on suspicion of murder today. Six other people who were arrested in a raid at the bakery Friday morning were still being interviewed lateFriday night, but no one else was expected to be booked on murder charges.

Those arrested included Yusuf Bey IV, the son of the Black Muslim Bakery founders.

Those in custody Friday were arrested for past assaults, gun attacks and a kidnapping. Two others are still being sought by police. Lorna Brown, an Oakland attorney who has represented the Beys in the past, did not return calls for comment.

Bailey, 57, a former Oakland Tribune reporter, was walking to theOakland Post when he was gunned down at 14th and Alice streets about 7:25 a.m.

Walter Riley, an attorney for the Oakland Post, said Bailey had been working on a story about "the financial status of the organization" and the "activities of a number of people who were working in the organization," including possible criminal activity.

Riley said the newspaper was unable to verify key details of the story and decided not to run it, possibly abandoning the article altogether.

Bailey was known for not shirking from any source, said Donna Ayo, a founder of the community group BARONS, or Brave Academic Rise of N'powered Students. Bridges, who knew Bailey for 14 years, said that included the Black Muslims.

"He was forthright and gave (the group) their due when they were doing positive things," she said. "When they started doing negative things, things that harmed the community, he had to notify the community. ... He made a decision."

Ayo knew Bailey's reporting had angered people affiliated with the Black Muslim Bakery.
...

--I've decided
Submitted by bibimimi on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 12:37pm.
I love you, Sam!--

:) Morning, Miss B...

bibimimi,
Not just any monkey writes a goody like that one.

I been meaning to get back 2Y'all. I may have post vacation d'presshun.

Y'ever C Red Rock?

The hotel is curved so every room faces the Mountain.

YKos is in LVNV next yr. I will be there by then. I'm goin', dammit!

Who's wid me??

I'm not sick. I feel better this morning than I did yesterday morning when I was sure I was in for a full on bronch. cold...so from experience now, I can endorse Dr. Weils solution of as soon as you feel a cold, eat raw garlic on sliced bread... :)

-Crank?), the result...

I go the LONG way around the block to kick shin for not linking a story.

I could look myself, but I'm depressed.

teeheeteeheeteeheeteeheeteeheeteeheeteehee

who's playing? :) Is there a 'more left' mosh pit?

LMAO... :)

My sister is quick with the slice o' garlic with zinc for a sore throat. tabasco tea for chest congestion, etc.

wow. now there's a stage dive waiting to happen!

that could have helped too then...

Alice,

I don't remember the subject of the post you reference but I remember choosing the verb form "have affected." Did I blow it?

illness fears you!

effected and affected, Crank..

That's bunk! I was sort of looking forward to calling in sick Monday.. :)

talk about yr market segmentation! I want a t-shirt!

[sick, a? sheeeee...do it anyway!]

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-6382017046181229327&hl=e...

Such a great movie...! documentary...more footage of John Lennon that I've never seen...

http://akamat.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/hellonusvrjlenin/

effected = physical or tangible, obvious, active

affected = largely emotional, interpretive

Fear does make people (and illnesses)do nutty things...I swear..in that doc..Hoover and Nixon and the despicable G. Gordon sound just like now..in fact, Gore Vidal points that out in the film...

effected = physical or tangible, obvious, active

affected = largely emotional, interpretive

I see now.

It was funny..in the movie it looked like Yoko had to read sheet music to play the bongo drum in the song.. :)

sorry, i'm not a dancer, but i take it from the tone of your response that you approve of the shrubs actions. disappointing to say the least.

(sounds like a reasonable suggestion, but so far nobody on the progressive side has figured out how).

Tag! You're it. At least that's what Hartmann would say. And I am with him on this.

Alice,

I don't know that there is a simple way. I always remember that affect is the verb (requiring action) and effect is the result...but that isn't particularly helpful for people who can't remember which one is the verb. I have zero confidence is my ability to correctly spell the various forms of "occur", so I feel your pain.

I know that I happen to use the word effect (properly, I hope) far more often than I use the word affect. I don't know if this is true for most people.

a new puzzle... hmm...

It has absolutely no effect on me! I'm an

animal!

..and good morning.. :)

I'm watching that doc now. Excellent 4 VH1, really.

Kitties always welcome.

I have seen yer little blue eyed babes on sonora cat blog.

! * !
Submitted by Alice on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 1:18pm.
"The only solution for pollution is a people's humane revolution!"

-Bobby Seale, Black Panthers

1961
Huey Newton, a black militant activist student, meets Bobby Seale while attending Merritt College (Oakland, California). Both join the Afro-American Association, a black cultural organization led by Donald Warden.

Stop posting this communist revolutionary stuff, young lady.

yesterday night I had to give the two boy kittens to the newest member of the group...he is from Redwood City...they bring them down there and s/n them give them 2 rounds of shots, and micro chip them (which I'm not sure how I feel about) and then they adopt them out for like 100 sometimes...

After reading bibimimi's comment, it occurs to me that I never use effect as a verb. (Probably learned to play it safe in Sr. Mary Helen's class by using "cause" as a substitute.)

Re: Dan. It was something from last thread. Something about certain elected officials and heads on plates.

"Better Red Than Dead"

:)

What is your agenda, by the way?

RadioNation, with guest host, Esther Kaplan this week and next

Laura will be back August 19th. In the meantime, stay up to date with the content of the program, by visiting www.thenation.com. And stay tuned for updates.

Weekly, on Air America Radio and across the country.

Affect is to Act
Effect is to Accomplish

He told a sad story that affected the audience.
They cried. The desired effect.

C9

Thanks for the nuance. Seriously.

Free Mumia, or smell smoke in the breeze.
Cause and effect.

"I used these resources to effect change within my community."

Times Online

Tibet’s living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China’s atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing’s authority over Tibet’s restive and deeply Buddhist people.

“The so-called reincarnated living Buddha without government approval is illegal and invalid,” according to the order, which comes into effect on September 1.

The 14-part regulation issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs is aimed at limiting the influence of Tibet’s exiled god-king, the Dalai Lama, and at preventing the re-incarnation of the 72-year-old monk without approval from Beijing.

It is the latest in a series of measures by the Communist authorities to tighten their grip over Tibet. Reincarnate lamas, known as tulkus, often lead religious communities and oversee the training of monks, giving them enormous influence over religious life in the Himalayan region. Anyone outside China is banned from taking part in the process of seeking and recognising a living Buddha, effectively excluding the Dalai Lama, who traditionally can play an important role in giving recognition to candidate reincarnates.

Free Democracy

wore nice pajamas

invented. I hope you can't see me today.

Al-Qaeda has no presence in Ramadi anymore -- US Commander

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (KUNA) -- A US Commander in Iraq said on Friday that al-Qaeda has no presence in Ramadi anymore in spite of its efforts to claim back the capital of Anbar province.

"I can safely say that throughout my area of operations, which is essentially the central portion of Al Anbar, al-Qaeda has been defeated. There are no operational cells within the city, and there are no areas out surrounding the city that have any al-Qaeda influence," said the Commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Colonel John Charlton via videoconference from Ramadi......

Free Democracy

"We are going to Atlantic City."

--TV Funhouse

When people tell me I'm affected...

It has absolutely no effect on me! I'm an animal!

Submitted by Peter Dragon on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 1:48pm.

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effected and affected
Submitted by bibimimi on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 1:38pm.
effected = physical or tangible, obvious, active
affected = largely emotional, interpretive
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Thus: "I affected his attitude when I effected new rules..."

No, wait. That doesn't seem right.

"I effected his attitude by affecting his..." Nope. That's definitely not right. Give me one more shot at it. I can do this.

"To affect his attitude, I effected new rules and the effect was a change in his affect." (Thank god for the infinitive or I'd still be awash in doubt.)

can u get yer $ back?

affection vs. affectation

affection = love or deep regard

affectation = guitarist bites lip during solo

Senegal Parrot, will be 10 in July 2008.

Very sweet and affectionate, but I don't have the time to care for him anymore. And it's a "him" because I never got to make an omelet...

Senegal Parrots can live up to 30 years.

Cage is just starting to rust and needs replacement.

He loves affection, but can play by himself too as needed.

I do have plenty of bedding and toys; he LOVES swings and does not care to chew on much - except for baby carrots. He also loves a tethered hollow rubber ball; he'll swing on it for hours.

He is more a 'one person bird'.

Local (MN) only, please.

PM if interested.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&add...

to use effect as a verb
Submitted by bibimimi on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 2:08pm.
"I used these resources to effect change within my community."
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(Insert wrong-o buzzer sound here.)

Your example is inherently ambiguous. You could be creating new change (effect) or altering change (affect) already in progress or destined to occur.

...I think. Kinda.

Faking affection is affectation,
How pretentious.

Submitted by bibimimi on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 2:24pm.
affection vs. affectation
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I can do that without looking them up. I think.

Affection is a fondness for or the fondness of or the expression of the fondness for/of.

Affectation is a noticable/outstanding trait/habit, usually used in the derogatory sense.

What do I win?

I was close enough to avoid being depantsed (another word that is spelled various ways).

I heard Kate Anne call the Jon Elliot show last week.

today

He moved to Amsterdam in 2004 after residing in New Orleans for over a decade.

Senate Gives in on Wiretapping. 16 Dems Go Along

by Daily Kos (reposts)

Saturday Aug 4th, 2007 10:52 AM

The Senate has surrendered to Mister Bush on domestic spying, yielding ignominiously to the White House’s demands that the unitary executive be given more authority when it seeks to wiretap suspected terrorists without warrants. The vote was 60-28.

you are ambiguous because your parents were...

for those following along.

So wry it was dry?

Still not feeling great. My friends Caroline and Lezli are in the pool now. I tried to hang with them but the sun beat me down so I came in. My buddy called this morning with Linkin Park / My Chemical Romance tickets for me to go with him and his girlfriend, her treat. So I didn't want to be rude and said I would go even thou I don't feel great.

Should I get back in the pool with my friends, rendering myself worthless for a concert. Or should I wimp out on them and keep what strength I have for tonight?

suck at advice! Where's the raw garlic potion?

Find inner strength: do both.

;) (does that help?) giggles ;)

Miyagi: First, wash all car. Then wax. Wax on...
Daniel: Hey, why do I have to...?
Miyagi: Ah ah! Remember deal! No questions!
Daniel: Yeah, but...
Miyagi: Hai!
[makes circular gestures with each hand]
Miyagi: Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Don't forget to breathe, very important.
[walks away, still making circular motions with hands]
Miyagi: Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off.

If you are really in need of advice on what to do .... you must really be sick. Eat some raw garlic and go to bed.

Myself I would be enforcing my nude only swimming rule and would be in the pool with the two women.

8-)

Back to the baseball game ... wishing I was at Fernando's house.

Free Democracy

no so smooth ... ;)
...this and recent above post is mine, WiccanDruid (eye-roll)

try not to wax off too much...

change can be effected, to be moved to tears by that change is to be affected by it.

my carrots need no polish

Misleading crap in the first five paragraph seems to be a rule or standard formula now. Have a look at this:

With New Rules, Congress Boasts of Pet Projects

Some old school first five graphs tips:

http://www.northernstar.info/nina/highschool/write.html

Seems leading with misleading tripe is intentional. Anyone want to deluge the public editor at NYTimes with email?

PUBLIC EDITOR
To reach Clark Hoyt, who represents the readers, e-mail public@nytimes.com or call (212) 556-7652.

Safe Sex does not get out of
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 11:18am.

Safe Sex does not get out of Hand!
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concerts r a waste of energy, linkin park is good tho'

engage. in. blog. repartee.

must. go. score. cove molding goop...

bathroom redo.

i just glued my hand to my knee,

totally destroying my reputation as a meticulous craftsman.

(in front of eyewitnesses)... think the old "this is an example of what not to do" trick will work?

HAHAHA

8-)

(((JIM))))

One election at a time...

The M200X volantor has completed over two hundred successful test flights. It has been extensively hard-tooled so that derivatives not requiring FAA certification are now available.

Recreational and utilitarian models include:

* Demonstrators for use over one’s own property (M200D)

* Versions that operate within ground effect--approximately 10 feet AGL (M200G)

* Experimental or homebuilt variants (M200E)

* Rescue configuration capable of docking with skyscrapers (Firefly 3)

Depending on the number of orders received the prices could vary between $125,000 for the M200G to $450,000 for the Firefly 3. Information on potential military and/or para-military applications of the M200R and M200M are welcome.

*Video Footage*

http://www.counterpunch.org/
(And more, on HC, Obama...)

I [Alexander Cockburn] vividly remember Sen. Harold Hughes of Iowa, a great man, being asked on a Sunday show years ago whether he was ready to run for the nomination. He answered, “When I tell you that if as President I was told that the Russians had launched a nuclear strike, and that missiles were speeding towards America, I would order that we not launch nuclear missiles in retaliation, you will understand that I am not a candidate for the presidential nomination.”

In other words Hughes was saying correctly that since he wasn’t a deranged mass murderer he could not possibly qualify as presidential timber.

http://www.counterpunch.org/ross08042007.html

A man who just died is delivered to a Kentucky mortuary wearing an expensive, expertly tailored black suit.

Bubba the mortician asks the deceased's wife how she would like the body dressed.

He points out that the man does look very good in the black suit he is already wearing.

The widow however, says that she always thought her husband looked his best in blue, and that she wants him in a blue suit.

She gives Bubba a blank check and says, 'I don't care what it costs, but please have my husband in a blue suit for the viewing.'

The woman returns the next day for the viewing. To her delight she finds her husband dressed in a gorgeous blue suit with a subtle chalk stripe; the suit fits him perfectly.

She says to Bubba, 'Whatever the cost, I'm very satisfied. You did an excellent job and I'm very grateful.

How much did you spend?' To her astonishment, Bubba presents her with the blank check.

'Dere's no charge,' he says.

'No, really, I must pay you for the cost of that exquisite blue suit!' she says.

'Honestly, ma'am, Bubba says, 'it didn't cost me a thing'.

You see, a deceased gentleman of about your husband's size was brought in shortly after you left yesterday, and he was wearing an attractive blue suit.

I asked his missus if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black suit instead, and she said it made no difference as long as he looked nice.'

'So, I just switched the heads.'

Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 4:34pm.
i just glued my hand to my knee...(in front of eyewitnesses)... think the old "this is an example of what not to do" trick will work?
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Sunny J: "I meant to do that. Now give me a hand."
Bgurl: "No way!"

Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 4:34pm.
i just glued my hand to my knee...
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...could be an opportunity to hone your Charleston talents (might need to glue the other hand to the other knee).

REFRAIN:
Don't stop, hungry dancer
Come and do the Charleston
Modern day romancer
Get back to the Charleston

Don't stop, rehab maker
Tho' hand is glued to knee
Modern day adhesives say
Acetone sets you free

Congress should stop funding George & Dick's Military Misadventures. A trillion dollars might not go as far as it used to, but we need it here!

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

There seems to be a consensus among members of the "legacy media", bloggers and D.C. insiders: The Republicans want to block any legislative progress by the Democrats before they go to their home districts for vacation. The theory is that Democratic politicos will either be able to brag to their constituencies or will be assailed for accomplishing little.

I don't have hard evidence to indicate that this is more often a Republican tactic than a Democratic one. I'm sure that the Democrats have engaged in obstruction on many occasions.

However, the Democrats have been the legislative majority in modern history more often than not. It makes me wonder if the Republicans know more about standing in the way than creating acceptable legislation. Perhaps it has become the Republican M.O. through habit?

Whatever the case, the whole mess is looking like governance for party, not country. If the Republicans are functioning as obstructionists in an effort to make Democrats look bad, all of that patriotic hogwash they spew is pretty empty.

I am certain that individual Republican politicos will claim that they are protecting the country from bad Democratic legislation. It's too bad that the average voter does not understand or does not see party power maneuvering for what it is.

And if the Republicans tend to obstruct when their party is weak, look for plenty more to come. Their party is really, really weak right now. Like a cornered and frightened dog, they will bite anything within reach; even a helping hand.

keiran
Drink a coupla margeritas. Everyone knows tequila kills germs dead. Then you're good to go.
Linkin park rules.
So do friends in pools.

;)

Rats, I forgot to sign in...
I Be WiccanDruid

I have been eating a few cloves of raw garlic almost every day for a couple of years (with pretzels, oddly enough). I am not prone to colds and flus, so raw garlic hasn't changed anything on that front.

But I can say this: Ever since I began eating raw garlic, I have not had your problem of scantily clad women hanging around for hours on end.

Hope this helps.

23 Skidoo 2 U Nicky Rose
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;)

Rats, I forgot to sign in...
I Be WiccanDruid

We need your submission.

Congresswowman Nancy Pelosi has a sound mind, but when anyone mentions impeachment she behaves more like HAL in Kubrick's Space Odyssey. Has the DLC programmed Madame Speaker to create an omnipotent political party led by a unitary executive?

Close the pod bay door, HAL.

(ARTICLE)

let's put $1 TRILLION into perspective....

Take every woman, man, and child in the United States, 300 million people.

And then have a lottery where you take 1 in every 300 people and give them $1 MILLION tax-free. 1 in 300!!!

Now imagine how THAT would stimulate the economy....

http://www.620kpoj.com/

There is an interesting woman talk show host who is on for Peter B. Show, which KPOJ plays a delay from 4-7 on the weekends.

KSAC 1240

And then have a lottery where you take 1 in every 300 people and give them $1 MILLION tax-free. 1 in 300!!!

Now imagine how THAT would stimulate the economy....

You are talking like a supply-sider,

Christine Craft is the host. Good community activism going on in Sac-Town.

If not then, go to the pool! Are you crazy? Have some Margaritas or Mimosas in the pool. It is Healing. Really ::nod::
I need to join you. I have in freezer, weeks eek old, one glass of a mixed margarita , so for me "yippie" -- when next I go downstairs. I will report. :) More for me than you. TeeHee ;)

bloody "L", i forgot to sign in ... Cheers, It's Me, WiccanDruid

http://www.1240talkcity.com/

more like 'I burned the leftovers and they's in a box out by the curb.'

Christine Craft Yea. I use to listen to her and Bernie Ward at night ... YEA! I am trying to see what Mark Green has to say. I see reason... although some actions I am sad for, Mark Riley, especially.:( ... ;)

According to Wikipedia, the slogan for Theodore Roosvelt's aggressive foreign policy came from the West African proverb,"Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far". Using invasion, nuclear annihilation, etc. as bargaining chips, some of our present-day candidates have been playing a perverse form of poker. Are we to conclude that they are boisterous pacifists or simply desperate for attention?

bibimimi: affectation = guitarist bites lip during solo
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You are really good at this. I laughed bigly. It's too little too late but I'd like to add this:

affectation---Paris Hilton carrying a book.

She mentioned Eureka. I went to the KSAC site, Peter B's show was no where to be found. Perhaps he has an arrangement with Christine where she is doing some sort of a simulcast. Her local show is doubling for TPBC Show. It works.

keiran
That's what I am saying! Fern: Tomorrow you could get hit by a bus buddy! Live your life! I just spent 30 minutes in a tiny, unventilated bathroom with a 4 year old on her training potty reading Goodnite Gorilla over and over and over. There are no friends in pools or Linkin Park concerts for me. Get your ass in the pool! And down a margerita for me while you're at it!

keiran
Affect-facial expression indicating appropriate emotional response to a situation: the serial killer ted bundy showed no affect during his sentencing.
affectation: when a person pretends to have an emotional response to a situation via false indicator: a republican cries.

about Christine Craft, the early years.

Paris Hilton carrying a bible.

"I'll See Your Invasion and Raise One Nuke
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According to Wikipedia, the slogan for Theodore Roosvelt's aggressive foreign policy came from the West African proverb,"Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far". "

I understand the candidates not going to war but there has to be that type of "elan"... that type of fire i.e. the Art of War (The Dance. The Balance.) Even if against the battle, one must understand it -- at least Chess. LOL. Want to dance? ;)

that ßlubbering ßronzed puss, ßoehner...?

keiran,

Perhaps its original meaning was narrowly defined but it has a broader meaning now.
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af·fec·ta·tion (ăf'ĕk-tā'shən)
n.
1.) A show, pretense, or display.

2.)
a.) Behavior that is assumed rather than natural; artificiality.
b.) A particular habit, as of speech or dress, adopted to give a false impression.

I prefer warm sake and a joint. Tequila makes my crotch numb.

the serial killer ted bundy showed no affect during his sentencing...

I saw that last minute appeal of Bundy, in a videotape, where he was pleading to be spared. He wanted tclemency, he claimed, so that psychiatrists could study him. I was in college then. One professor I had at the time was an expert on serial killers. He said that Bundy was right where he wanted to be: at the pinochle of his career, the center of attention, in the spotlight, where he could express his psychosis to the world.

an orange silk ascot...?

listening to C.Craft or Bernie up in the mountains at night.
Nicky Rose, I just want you to know that I love the name ... KBOO ... they must have fun during Samhain. Yea Verily. Yippie. ;)

narcissist and sociopathic serial killer...let's keep one on ice in case another comes along, we'll have something to compare 'im to...

solid effing logic

house debates/votes FISA
c span now

listening to C.Craft or Bernie up in the mountains at night

I used to listen to a progressive SF station in the 1980s. On a clear night, the signal was clear. KGO, I think.

i can argue these be the root of any of our ills

it looks good, but its all a front

affectation: pretending to enjoy the 78th reading of Goodnite Gorilla.

(Alice will be sending you her pop-up copy of Bolivian Guerrilla any day now.)

narcissist and sociopathic serial killer...let's keep one on ice in case another comes along, we'll have something to compare 'im to...

solid effing logic

»You nailed that analysis. He was creepy. You would feel sorry for him, if you didn't know what he did. (In fact, Bundy stalked female students at the college I attended. He was a bigshot in the Washington State Republican Party, too.)

I am suffering from the effects of work. I am affected by work?

That has always confused me. effect, affect

English is a difficult language!

toniD: "English is a difficult language!"

(It's all Greek to h---never mind. I can't bring myself to finish it.)

Actually, Bundy's reasoning was valid--if you are against the death penalty. Keep him contained, and study his psychotic brain. Does Hannibal Lecter come to mind.?

keiran
bibi: yes and don't forget Topgun "the trust (sob) of my friends (sniff) and family"
crank bait: exactly. when a republican cries I think fits all definitions of affectation.
bibi: Pot gives me a numb everything. Tequila seems right for fernado, cause it KILLS GERMS and inhibitions...DEAD. I stand by my adice.
nicky:OK I'll change it to "serial killer and cannibal Jeffery Dahmer
showed no affect while family members of his victims (and meals) expressed their anger toward him.
sheesh you guys are tuff. gotta go...more potty time. errrrggghhhh.

Mike Malloy just gave a plug for Ed Schultz on the KSAC feed. I thought Mike despised Ed.

I am against the death penalty. Give the neocons life in prison after a fair trial, ala Nuremburg.

that's PRECIOUS.

Keiran:

lookout below, and as Stewie said "Don't forget the taint!"

[i forgot about that pink letch, Dukester]

Gonzales now says top
aides got political briefings
Justice Department officials attended at least a dozen political briefings at the White House since 2001, including some meetings led by Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, and others that were focused on election trends prior to the 2006 midterm contest, according to documents released yesterday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR200708...

Move slowly towards the exits.

and they are fed nothing but fried food and corn syrup products.

http://uglyradio.wordpress.com/2005/10/

lemme get my Pablo Cruise record

evening, Toni!

We have the best government, media and military money can buy. Yet most Americans are afraid of Dennis Kucinich and the significant change which he represents.

A New Ted Bundy: Bundy worked on the [1972] re-election campaign of Washington's Republican Governor Dan Evans. Evans was elected and he appointed Bundy to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee. Bundy's political future seemed secure, when in 1973 he became assistant to Ross Davis, chairman of the Washington State Republican Party. It was a good time in Bundy's life. He had a girlfriend, his old girlfriend was once again in love with him, and his footing in the political arena was strong.

Arguing on the floor of the House, saying shame on repubs for tearing up the Constitution.

Growing Number Of Newspapers Call For Troop Withdrawal From Iraq »

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HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | August 3, 2007 09:58 PM

A growing number of newspapers across the country are calling for the Bush Administration to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

Among them are newspapers from red states, including several (such as the Roanoke Times in Virginia and The Olympian in Washington state) that circulate in areas with large concentrations of military families.

Perhaps the most surprising paper to join the chorus calling for a troop withdrawal is the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, owned by conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/08/03/growing-number-of-newspap_n_591...

That's not a very flattering photo of her that he

keeps spamming. They are really hoping she gets

the nomination.The trash job they will do on her

will be like none we've ever seen. They won't

Swiftboat her...they'll nuclear sub her!

http://play.napster.com/track/19625561

the one where you could play handball against her face?

Emma who? E.L-Harris or whoever? ;)

~~Gonzales now says top
aides got political briefings
Justice Department officials attended at least a dozen political briefings at the White House since 2001, including some meetings led by Karl Rove~~

Because he thinks that Rove has exec. privilege.

In some secluded rendezvous
That overlooks the avenue
With someone sharing a delightful chat
Of this and that with cocktails for two

As we enjoy a cigarette
To some exquisite chansonette
Two hands are sure to slyly meet beneath
The serviette with cocktails for two

My head may go reeling
But my heart will be obedient
With intoxicating kisses
For the principal ingredient

Most any afternoon at five
We'll be so glad we're both alive
Then maybe fortune will complete her plan
That all began with cocktails for two

keiran
don't make me think about pablo cruise....my hub's obsessed with the movie cocktail..."ooh I wanna take you down to coca mo we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow" my kids are watching alvin and the chipmunks...I'm in cheezewiz pergatory...uhoh...more potty time. Fernando, I assume your absence from this thread indicates you went into the pool? vicarious living anyone?

and somewhere back east, Jack Abramoff was pushing a classmate of his down the stairs, and throwing his cello after him

As far as Hillary is concerned....

I think that the repubs want her as the candidate because they think, just in case she is elected president, she won't be that different from a repub. Sp they have nothing to lose.

I might be wrong, but that's the way I see it.

If Jane has to explain it ...

No Nukes For You!

bright spot: cheese BINDS!

Thomas B. Edsall
The Huffington Post •
Most Top GOP Presidential Candidates Duck Executive Privilege Question
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On July 20, the Bush administration took preemptive action designed to mute in advance charges of a cover-up in the likely event that the dispute over present and former White House aides' testimony turns into a head-on collision with Congress.

Top White House officials told the Washington Post that President Bush has the power and would use it to bar the Justice Department from prosecuting contempt of Congress charges against those claiming executive privilege.

This is a highly controversial claim. Mark J. Rozell, of George Mason University, told the Post that Bush's assertion of presidential power "is almost Nixonian in its scope and breadth. . . . It's allowing the executive to define the scope and limits of its own powers."

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Harvard professor of constitutional law Laurence Tribe was highly critical of the Bush administration's invocation of executive privilege. He described it as "promiscuous to the point of being frivolous and dangerous to the survival of the republic," noting that the use of executive privilege to cover up crimes could be an impeachable offence.

But, Tribe said, it is "within the power of the President" to determine whom the Justice Department prosecutes and whom it does not, based on Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution which declares that the president "shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed." This, then, is fodder for debate in the presidential campaign and the Huffington Post surveyed the top Republican contenders to get their views. Only one, Mitt Romney, was willing to take a stand. Matt Rhoades, Romney's communications director, provided a cautious response:

"If Congress' inquiry is related to the advice that senior staff gives to the President, that would be an encroachment into the affairs of the executive branch. There are three co-equal branches of government. It would be wrong for one branch to impede or interfere in the workings of another branch. As Governor, Mitt Romney stood up for the prerogatives of the executive branch, and he will do the same as President."
Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Fred Thompson all ducked the issue.
The Giuliani campaign wrote in an emailed response: "On background....Giuliani campaign had no comment at this time." Brooke Buchanan, press spokeswoman for John McCain: "no comment." Mark Corallo, spokesman for Fred Thompson: "Fred is not a candidate."

The Republicans will debate on Sunday, and the unwillingness of most of them to discuss this matter may prompt further questioning before television cameras. The controversy over executive privilege is currently on a glide path toward a constitutional confrontation between the White House and Congress.

The ranks of those in the Bush administration claiming executive privilege has been growing steadily, and now includes, among others, chief political aide Karl Rove, White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers. <>By leaking in advance its commitment to barring the Justice Department from prosecuting on contempt charges aides claiming executive privilege, the White House is attempting to make such an order less newsworthy and controversial when and if Bush gives it.

Both House and Senate Democratic leaders and committee chairs have indicated they are likely to try find one or more top assistants to Bush in contempt after their refusal to testify and, in some cases, their refusal to appear before Congress.

White House strategists know that even with such preparation, it will be difficult for Bush to win public support for an intervention blocking the normal workings of the legal system - especially after the strong negative reaction to the commutation of Scooter Libby's 30 month sentence on perjury charges. Jack Muse contributed to this story.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/08/04/most-top-gop-presidential_n_591...

keiran: "I'm in cheezewiz pergatory...uhoh...more potty time."
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Cheesewiz should put a stop to that.

keiran
is cheeze binds?

that guy was a Harvard man.

--Peter Griffin

Here is what Alexander Cockburn wrote about Hillary Clinton today:

The Politics of Hillary

One of Chicago's top Republican fund-raisers, Terry Duffy, has just announced that he’s endorsing Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for the 2008 election.

He’s the executive chairman of the entity formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), which respectively were the largest and second largest derivatives exchanges in the U.S.

Duffy says Mrs Clinton “understands the important role that financial markets play in our global economy as well as the economic opportunities and risk management benefits these critical markets create for all."

It’s true that Mrs C knows a bit about “risk management”.

Let’s say you want to turn $1,000 into $100,000 by trading in cattle futures. That’s risky. You might lose a bundle. On the other hand, you might manage your risk prudently by using as your commodities broker a man with close connections to an immensely powerful agribusiness eager to bring financial benefit and hence a feeling of profound gratitude and obligation to Mrs C and her husband Mr C, at that time inhabiting the governor’s mansion in Little Rock, Arkansas. That’s risk management.

let's say it slows down the mail and leave it at that.

Shit. I got joke scooped by the bibibonobo.

and, no, you never did anything to me to deserve this

Bush Overruled Own Spy Chief To Nix Deal With Dems »

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Talking Points Memo | August 3, 2007 05:58 PM

There's only one problem with Bush's statement: it isn't true.

A key Democrat in the negotiations, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), says that a deal had in fact been reached with McConnell, who has been busy lobbying Congress on a FISA update all week. "We had an agreement with DNI McConnell," Hoyer spokeswoman Stacey Bernards tells TPMmuckraker, "and then the White House quashed the agreement."

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003862.php

Cockburn had some good things to say about Barack in today's column.
www.counterpunch.org

that was rich with inter-reference

a joke burrito, if you will.

Once again he [Barack] is being flayed for his “inexperience”, first and foremost by Hillary Clinton, the risk taker.

It’s always been part of the hazing ritual inflicted by the pundit class on presidential candidates in America – particularly women –to get them to admit that they are entirely ready to drop nuclear bombs or launch nuclear missiles and thus kill millions of people.

Free Democracy

keiran
Thank you for the laughs. It is so funny to me that I launched a discourse on actual cheezewiz, I was referring to cultural cheeziness. Boy, I've learned something tonite...not sure what. For the record, as I'm sure the regular listeners know...I too love Sam.

While claiming Executive Privilege, Both-Side-Of-His-Mouth Bush and people who work with him claim no involvement in a laundry list of dirty dealings. Changeling Cheney has his feet in both the Legislative and Executive Branches, not to mention his sway on the neoconservative Judicial Branch.

Larisa Alexandrovna

Read the below article snip and tell me which country you think this is describing:

"[Blank] has approved a new law allowing the security services to intercept postal, internet and telephone communications. The law also establishes a state-run communications monitoring centre.

Officials say the new law is meant to provide security and prevent crime but critics say it is aimed at stifling opposition [to the President]. [Blank Country] is undergoing an economic crisis with hyper-inflation, fuel and food shortages and high unemployment."

Sounds like the US, does it not? Does the part about "allowing security services to intercept postal, internet, and telephone communications," make you feel safer, since the leadership is claiming it will make the public more secure?

A Mirror for Conservatives:

If you said yes, you feel safer (and you are likely either in need of medical care or are a neo-fascist "Conservative"), congratulations, you are now officially a citizen of Zimbabwe under the dictatorship of dictator Roberto Mugabe:

"Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has approved a new law allowing the security services to intercept postal, internet and telephone communications."
If you are a "Conservative" then pack your bags, because not only will you be "safer" but you will also get the following almost all-American services and programs:

-The right wing dictatorship in control hates gays too.

So you know these folks won't be passing legislation granting marriage rights to same-sex couples. They love the bible, love guns, and hate gays. Sound like heaven yet?

-The right wing dictatorship in control steals elections too:

"Mugabe defeated Tsvangirai by 56.2% to 41.9% amid violence and the prevention of large numbers of citizens in urban areas from voting. The conduct of the elections was widely viewed internationally as having been manipulated."

Sound familiar? Remember all of those African American voters standing in line for up to 11 hours in Ohio? How about those college students who also stood in line for up to 11 hours? Or how about the poor standing in line for hours and hours while their rich and/or white counterparts had a 20 minutes wait? Support that type of election do you? Don't like it when people different from you get access to voting machines? Like the idea better of innocent Americans being listed as felons (Democrats), stopped by police officers ONLY in Democratic areas, not provided with enough machines, and so forth? Well, welcome to Zimbabwe, where the right wing makes sure to never allow the wrong kind of people to vote.

-The right wing dictatorship in control hates freedom of the press too:

" The octogenarian Mugabe, one of world's oldest rulers, was hailed when he came to power as a "liberator" comparable with Nelson Mandela but these days he tolerates no criticism. His regime's "slum clearance" targets opposition strongholds and made 700,000 people homeless in 2005, but he describes it as a public health operation. The 2002 information law introduced strict monitoring of the media and is used to combat supposed foreign subversion. The 2003 ban on the country's most popular newspaper, the Daily News, was described by Mugabe as simply a bureaucratic move."
Sound familiar? Now you can have Fox on every channel and those damn treasonous journalists will be put in their place too.

More here...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/here-is-your-mirror_b_...

In this administration, even the fish are foul.

I wish that I could think of something intelligent to say but I suppose that would be asking for too much. Quoting the late Tom Syder, "beats the hell out of me ... ha, ha, ha."

just popped in to see wuzzup. Actually, I'm already apmed up for SAMMY tomorrow. Does anybody know what the story is? I though I heard that SAM would not be streaming? Is that true? Anybody?
Janice Brown

Bush and the religious right were pushing private schools and home schools. But to what end?

Private schools can set the agenda of teaching, and like Hitler did with the young, turned them into another army against the people of Germany by using the young to turn in people who were against Hitler.

Also, there is a similar problem in Pakistan with the madrassas which are run by Islamist extremeists that are teaching the children to hate Americans.

Just another way of turning future generations.

Submitted by keiran on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 9:31pm.
Thank you for the laughs. It is so funny to me that I launched a discourse on actual cheezewiz...
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Your funny line kicked it off. You know that you have hit the happy bulls-eye when everyone riffs off of it.

Sorry

I hope the House doesn't cave on the Fisa Act.

lol..Play that Funky Music,White Boy! :)

keiran
as far as I know sammy is not live tomorrow...he will be airing interviews from this last week of yk.
Crank, try this on for cultural cheeziness, now I have to go read limmony snickitt to my 8 yr old for 30 minutes. Not that I mind. It's an excuse to hang out with him.

keiran
don't cry sister! Hold it together baby! It is hard to be so shiny and so orangey-brown! Vigilence!!!

Who are the Dems voting for this bill giving Alberto Gonzales more powers.?
The signal seemed to be that the bill will pass. Conyers and Hoyer must know that some Democratic members will vote with the republicans. Who are they?

Put Down The Shovel
By Jane Hamsher on Sat Aug 4, 2007 at 06:00 pm
I think people were split as to who the debate, Obama or Edwards. Everyone pretty much agreed, however, that Hillary lost. Once Edwards opened up the challenge to her to refuse to take money from lobbyists, Hillary grabbed a shovel and just kept digging. After Edwards had her down Obama hit her, challenging her assertion that lobbyists had no undue influence on policy.

Dodd had a good moment when he called for public financing of elections. Also, during his blogger klatch he implicitly criticized the strategy of the Senate leadership for not forcing the Republicans to filibuster.

Edwards was funny and relaxed and had the crowd but I think Obama made a lot of people more comfortable about him with his willingness to challenge the existing power structure, especially the foreign policy establishment.

Matt Bai as a moderator detracted from the whole event with his penchant for inserting his ego in the debate as if he were hosting The Price is Right, something Anderson Cooper had the class and good sense not to do.

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/08/04/put-down-the-shovel/

Craft was informed that she had been demoted to reporter because focus group research had indicated that she was "too old, too unattractive and wouldn't defer to men." Craft decided to challenge the action of management, and when asked for a comment on why she was no longer anchor, told a Kansas City newspaper what had occurred.

(From zeek's link.)

It's weird for me to see all these people I admire here in my home town. McJoan, Christy Hardin Smith, Marcy Wheeler, John "effing" Dean for gods sakes. All the candidates and of course Sam.

Sam, didn't want to babble on because that's what it would have been if I talked a lot BABBLE. :-) Love your show hope AA reverses their mistake!!

Peace.

Thanks,

Tony

keiran
Bull's eye! They are so anti government (socialism) that they want to dismantle public ed. IT IS SO SICK.

A.J. and I did an interview with Sam Seder for his Air America radio show. It'll be broadcast on Sunday. We got to tell the story of how John started the blog -- and how much fun we have doing it.

A little Sam for you!

Good celebrity pic.

Time to start buggin' (NPI) dey asses to do something better in the next 6 months.

NR, that Craft case was pretty significant in its day and a harbinger of what was to come. I am glad she has moved on and is still active. She got a law degree after her case ended and I think she practices. She still subs at KGO in addition to her Sac'to duties.

Who dat with Tony?

President Bush has a Messianic complex or a variation thereof. In his mixed-up-mind, apparently he believes he's doing good, ignoring evidence to the contrary. Consequently, aliens demanding to see our leader might prefer a meeting with Neocon-in-Chief, Dick Cheney.

Oh yeah. Carrot top continues to ignore me. He is more interested in the gentleman in the suit. No sound! :-)

Weekly World News, RIP

Another thought I've had lately...
Submitted by toniD on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 9:50pm.
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I think that most people have become numb to the surreal religious ironies brought about by the Republicans, the Religious Right, the Neocons, nutbag Muslims and Bush.

They are worse than ironies. They are abject and unmistakable contradictions. I was dumbfounded when I heard Bush use the word crusade in a speech about Muslim terrorists. I am dumbfounded every time another Christian argues for injecting more of his/her religion into government and into our lives, In the same breath he will decry madrassas and tout school prayer. He will decry Muslim burkas and find skin-revealing American clothing sinful. I go slack-jawed by the absurd contradictions in their reasoning.

There is a very fine line between stoning a Muslim adulteress and the fantasies that some of our Christian brethren dream for our society. They have already made it possible for a raped woman to be tried for the murder of a non-person that is a part of her own body. How many clinics have been bombed; personnel shot? (They say, "The killer wasn't one of our guys" to which I say, "He sure as fuck wasn't one of ours.")

If the imposition of religious fanaticism is a bad thing, it is always a bad thing...anywhere.

President Bush has a Messianic complex or a variation thereof...

These so-called conservatives are so bound and determined to unregulate capitalism, while cutting social programs and taxes for the rich. You know the drill. They are the fanatics with an agenda. Been this way for a while, too.

Submitted by keiran on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 10:02pm.
keiran
as far as I know sammy is not live tomorrow...he will be airing interviews from this last week of yk.

Janice Brown

I hope that aliens come down and snatch Bush and Cheney--and the Supreme Court fanatics of the reactionary sort.

Ed Schultz?

Hits 755th, Hit Hank Aaron's record in front of 45,000 people.

for the KOS updates. SAMMY looks GREAT! I am so damn PROUD of our kick-ass Progressive hunks and hunkettes! So sexy!
Janice Brown

I have a ticket for Tuesday. I was hoping he would wait. And now I have to find a replay.

756*

Barry Bonds
Submitted by toniD on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 10:45pm.
Hits 755th, Hit Hank Aaron's record in front of 45,000 people.
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...and the crowd steroared.

is the best player in the steroids era.

Police find car with explosives. Shuts down highway!

Re: CNN

Worst comish of all time?

Clearly Barry is the cream of the crop.

As exemplified in the "The Power of Myth," religion fulfills a important need, including times when our very lives are being seriously threatened by forces of nature or our enemies. Even the highest forms of life must be fit to survive. The entity which has been created in our own image has helped humanity survive and even thrive through unbelieveably difficult times, yet there's a downside to this belief.

http://www.awalls.org/

In addition to being a bass player for Tower of Power, VC was also in a Bay Area band called the Pure Food & Drug Act.

That's what I love about ToniD. It really hurts to see the country take this insane turn. Especially for some of us who have been waiting for things to get better--as far as civil rights. Now, it looks like the rest of the middle class is getting ready to join us minorities. It is bleak, especially when you can see that there isn't a whole lot Democrats can do the stop these guys, either. Damn!

Janice Brown

This Can't Be Happening
Submitted by Crank Bait on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 10:35pm.
Another thought I've had lately...
Submitted by toniD on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 9:50pm.
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I think that most people have become numb to the surreal religious ironies brought about by the Republicans, the Religious Right, the Neocons, nutbag Muslims and Bush.

They are worse than ironies. They are abject and unmistakable contradictions. I was dumbfounded when I heard Bush use the word crusade in a speech about Muslim terrorists. I am dumbfounded every time another Christian argues for injecting more of his/her religion into government and into our lives, In the same breath he will decry madrassas and tout school prayer. He will decry Muslim burkas and find skin-revealing American clothing sinful. I go slack-jawed by the absurd contradictions in their reasoning.

There is a very fine line between stoning a Muslim adulteress and the fantasies that some of our Christian brethren dream for our society. They have already made it possible for a raped woman to be tried for the murder of a non-person that is a part of her own body. How many clinics have been bombed; personnel shot? (They say, "The killer wasn't one of our guys" to which I say, "He sure as fuck wasn't one of ours.")

If the imposition of religious fanaticism is a bad thing, it is always a bad thing...anywhere.

House approves foreign wiretap bill By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer
37 minutes ago

The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government's abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States.

The 227-183 vote, which followed the Senate's approval Friday, sends the bill to Bush for his signature. He had urged Congress to approve it, saying Saturday, "Protecting America is our most solemn obligation."

The administration said the measure is needed to speed the National Security Agency's ability to intercept phone calls, e-mails and other communications involving foreign nationals "reasonably believed to be outside the United States." Civil liberties groups and many Democrats said it goes too far, possibly enabling the government to wiretap U.S. residents communicating with overseas parties without adequate oversight from courts or Congress.

The bill updates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA. It gives the government leeway to intercept, without warrants, communications between foreigners that are routed through equipment in United States, provided that "foreign intelligence information" is at stake. Bush describes the effort as an anti-terrorist program, but the bill is not limited to terror suspects and could have wider applications, some lawmakers said.

The government long has had substantial powers to intercept purely foreign communications that don't touch U.S. soil.

If a U.S. resident becomes the chief target of surveillance, the government would have to obtain a warrant from the special FISA court.

Congressional Democrats won a few concessions in negotiations earlier in the week. New wiretaps must be approved by the director of national intelligence and the attorney general, not just the attorney general. Congress has battled with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on several issues, and some Democrats have accused him of perjury.

The new law also will expire in six months unless Congress renews it. The administration wanted the changes to be permanent.

Many congressional Democrats wanted tighter restrictions on government surveillance, but yielded in the face of Bush's veto threats and the impending August recess.

"This bill would grant the attorney general the ability to wiretap anybody, any place, any time without court review, without any checks and balances," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., during the debate preceding the vote. "I think this unwarranted, unprecedented measure would simply eviscerate the 4th Amendment," which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.

Republicans disputed her description. "It does nothing to tear up the Constitution," said Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif.

If an American's communications are swept up in surveillance of a foreigner, he said, "we go through a process called minimization" and get rid of the records unless there is reason to suspect the American is a threat.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_go_co/terrorism_surveillance&p...

Was Selig at the game? Sure, Bonds's accomplishments were performance drug enhanced, but Selig is in no position to speak out on the matter. As Bert Sugar says, Baseball did nothing in the 1990s when players left and right were hitting 50 or more homeruns.

And looked like the petulant jerk that he is. And that is kind of all I am saying. He probably was using as were many players including pitchers that he competed against. Also like his godfather Willie Mays, he did not play in stadia that gave up cheap homers.

A-Rod will pass him soon enough and all will be right with the world again.

Iraqi power grid nearing collapse By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 39 minutes ago

Iraq's power grid is on the brink of collapse because of insurgent sabotage, rising demand, fuel shortages and provinces that are unplugging local power stations from the national grid, officials said Saturday.

Electricity Ministry spokesman Aziz al-Shimari said power generation nationally is only meeting half the demand, and there had been four nationwide blackouts over the past two days. The shortages across the country are the worst since the summer of 2003, shortly after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein, he said.

Power supplies in Baghdad have been sporadic all summer and now are down to just a few hours a day, if that. The water supply in the capital has also been severely curtailed by power blackouts and cuts that have affected pumping and filtration stations.

Karbala province south of Baghdad has been without power for three days, causing water mains to go dry in the provincial capital, the Shiite holy city of Karbala.

"We no longer need television documentaries about the Stone Age. We are actually living in it. We are in constant danger because of the filthy water and rotten food we are having," said Hazim Obeid, who sells clothing at a stall in the Karbala market.

Electricity shortages are a perennial problem in Iraq, even though it sits atop one of the world's largest crude oil reserves. The national power grid became decrepit under Saddam Hussein because his regime was under U.N. sanctions after the Gulf War and had trouble buying spare parts or equipment to upgrade the system.

The power problems are only adding to the misery of Iraqis, already suffering from the effects of more than four years of war and sectarian violence. Outages make life almost unbearable in the summer months, when average daily temperatures reach between 110 and 120 degrees.

One of the biggest problems facing the national grid is the move by provinces to disconnect their power plants from the system, reducing the overall amount of electricity being generated for the entire country. Provinces say they have no choice because they are not getting as much electricity in return for what they produce, mainly because the capital requires so much power.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070802125037&pri...

I can't stand what is happening here, and then I see stories like this and my heart bleeds for these poor Iraqis. Could we live like they are?

http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=13452&sectionID=1

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070804_1_A1_hOkla8...

Oklahoma has the highest percentage of structurally deficient bridges in the nation.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Sixty-five Oklahoma bridges will be re-inspected, including three "deck-truss" spans that the federal government has suggested all states examine, an Oklahoma Department of Transportation official said Friday.

A U.S. Department of Transportation report ranks Oklahoma with the highest percentage of structurally deficient bridges in the nation. About 27 percent of Oklahoma's bridges are structurally deficient, the same rating as that given to a bridge that collapsed this week in Minneapolis...
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A quick quiz for the kiddies---

Which party has controlled Oklahoma for a very long time?

He probably was using as were many players...

I believe so. I think the people driving the anti-Bonds campaign are the greats like Aaron, Roboinson, Jackson, and others, whose numbers look weak in comparison to Bonds (and Sosa and McGwire...) It will even out in the long run.

42 Democratic Reps. Vote for dismantling FISA.

Michael Chertoff’s gut should be settling down. Now that the president's cabal has gotten its way, there should be no need for a terrorist attack this summer to bring congress back in line.

President Tells Terrorism Team To Stand Down; Fredo's Got The Pen

A quick quiz for the kiddies---

Which party has controlled Oklahoma for a very long time?

»Several months ago, Counterpunch had an article showing that up until the late 1970s, OK was a state with a strong progressive populist strain. It has been down hill ever since. Worse than Frank's Kansas, they said.

Their timing was a bit off. The Dem's caved before the report of the explosives in a car. No doubt there's some connection.

Oklahoma has the highest percentage of structurally deficient bridges in the nation.
May be. But they have a great [no joke] new license plate

You have to wartch this...He blames the Fed...

He says we have Armegeddon!

Watch!

http://www.carrottop.com/

House OKs new oil company taxes By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON - Declaring a new direction in energy policy, the House on Saturday approved $16 billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives for renewable energy and conservation efforts.

Republican opponents said the legislation ignored the need to produce more domestic oil, natural gas and coal. One GOP lawmaker bemoaned "the pure venom ... against the oil and gas industry."

The House passed the tax provisions by a vote of 221-189. Earlier it had approved, 241-172, a companion energy package aimed at boosting energy efficiency and expanding use of biofuels, wind power and other renewable energy sources.

"We are turning to the future," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The two bills, passed at an unusual Saturday session as lawmakers prepared to leave town for their monthlong summer recess, will be merged with legislation passed by the Senate in June.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070805/ap_on_go_co/congress_energy_10

wow, i heard he had a meltdown but i hadn't a chance to see it. sadly, i don't disagree with him. are there indications that hedge fund failure(s) are starting to accelerate?

Under the Bridge
By: Nicole Belle @ 6:05 PM - PDT Keith Olbermann had on Air America’s Rachel Maddow to discuss the meta-ramifications of our crumbling infrastructure, as evidenced by the collapsed bridge in MN.

Download (1280) | Play (1280) Download (697) | Play (854) (thanks to Heather for videos)

There aren’t Republican bridges and there aren’t Democratic bridges and there aren’t Republican sewers and Democratic levees. We’re a country that, as a whole, is paying this incredible, deadly price for a brand of American conservatism that hates and demeans government. And that has defined any sort of spending on anything for the common good as something that’s soft-headed and suspect. And it’s a brand of conservatism that goes back to you know, Reagan’s first inaugural where he defined government as the problem, and to Barry Goldwater before him and the Republican party defines as uncritical inheritors of that legacy. And while they may be benefiting from it politically, we’re all paying the price for it in terms of a country that’s just falling apart. It’s a national disgrace.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/08/04/under-the-bridge/

Cramer goes postal on TV
new
Submitted by dan on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 12:00am.
wow, i heard he had a meltdown but i hadn't a chance to see it. sadly, i don't disagree with him. are there indications that hedge fund failure(s) are starting to accelerate?

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If Cramer is scared...

We're really in trouble!

Bernie Sanders rips into Budget Office nominee
By: Nicole Belle @ 1:16 PM - PDT

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) does an incredible job of questioning Bush’s nominee for the White House Budgeting office Jim Nussle. Listen to him and please, if you’re so inclined, let him know how much you appreciate him looking out for the average American.

$32 BILLION to the Walton family alone, but we couldn’t come up with federal funds to fix the bridge in MN?

California pulls voting machines
Secretary of State also imposes limits, tests on remaining machines.

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com...

For what it's worth, Cramer has always (in my opinion) put a lot of blame and responsibility at the doorstep of the Fed. Cramer is a player in the game. He is less likely to blame, oh, I dunno, maybe the fuckwads who created mortgage parameters that serviced unqualified buyers?

They would also be players in the game.

The overarching problem (again, in my miserably unqualified opinion) is the weakened SEC and, in some cases like annuities (an "insurance" item), nearly zero regulation and oversight.

Somebody oughta be watching these rascals and reining them in when they over-excitedly launch new money making schemes and techniques that push the envelope.

The Fed can make a huge difference by lowering rates at times like this. Cramer is absolutely correct. But the Fed shouldn't have to jump in and bail out stupid, risky practices after-the-fact. The SEC should have been on top of this when the bubble was forming.

The calamity of disregard

It is now chillingly clear: MI6's pre-Iraq warnings were swept aside by an obsessed White House

Richard Norton-Taylor
Saturday August 4, 2007
The Guardian

In the run-up to war, senior British security and intelligence officials as well as diplomats made it clear that they were strongly opposed to the invasion of Iraq - though not clear enough. Why now, why Iraq, they asked; it would merely increase the terrorist threat, as the joint intelligence committee warned ministers less than a month before British troops and bombers joined the US attack on the country. Concern in Whitehall was shared by some perspicacious Americans, including General Tony Zinni, the former head of US central command, which is responsible for operations throughout the Middle East. He called it the wrong war, fought in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

Now comes fresh evidence that senior British officials tried to persuade the Bush administration to keep off Iraq and concentrate on Afghanistan, the real source of terrorist violence inspired by al-Qaida. On the Brink, the newly published memoirs of Tyler Drumheller - the CIA's chief of clandestine operations in Europe until 2005 - tells of a meeting on September 12 2001. The day after al-Qaida's attacks on America, George Tenet, then CIA director, met three British guests - Sir David Manning, then Tony Blair's foreign policy adviser; Richard Dearlove, then head of MI6; and Eliza Manningham-Buller, then head of MI5. "I hope we can all agree that we should concentrate on Afghanistan and not be tempted to launch any attacks on Iraq," Drumheller quotes the leader of the British delegation as telling Tenet.
In a recent article in the New York Review of Books on Tenet's autobiography, At the Center of the Storm, Thomas Powers points out that Tenet names his British guests but omits what was said at the meeting - while Drumheller reports what was said but was prevented by the CIA (which did not want to upset the British) from identifying who said it.

Powers says the appeal not to attack Iraq came from Manning. Drumheller does not dispute that. In his book he says Tenet responded to Manning by saying: "Absolutely, we all agree on that. Some might want to link the issues, but none of us wants to go that route."

A few days later, a group of diplomats and MI6 officers met their American counterparts at a lunch at the British embassy in Washington. Again MI6 expressed concern that the Bush administration had Iraq in its sights. A senior official (Drumheller, obeying instructions, does not identify the official or his nationality) went further, inquiring what the CIA was going to do once the US had "hit the mercury with the hammer in Afghanistan and the al-Qaida cadre has spread all over the world". The official asked: "Aren't you concerned about the potential destabilising effect on Middle Eastern countries?"

Questioned last week about just how far MI6 and other British officials tried to apply pressure on the Americans, Drumheller told the Guardian: "I think the British did everything they could to keep the US focused on Afghanistan. They understood Iraq much better than we did." One of the things they understood was that there was no link between al-Qaida and Saddam, an assertion made against all the evidence by Dick Cheney and his circle.

The worrying, even terrifying, thing about these and other accounts by former CIA officers is the ease with which America's intelligence agency was swept aside by cliques in the White House and the Pentagon intent on war. The CIA's weakness had a knock-on effect on MI6 as both agencies became victims of the blind determination of their respective political masters.

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co...

The Fed can make a huge difference by lowering rates at times like this. Cramer is absolutely correct. But the Fed shouldn't have to jump in and bail out stupid, risky practices after-the-fact. The SEC should have been on top of this when the bubble was forming.

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Is absolute;y right. Just like our gov't, there is no oversight!

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Ford Recalls 3.6 Million Vehicles Over Cruise Control Switch

August 03, 2007: 04:15 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP)--Ford Motor Co. (F) said Friday it would recall 3.6 million passenger cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans to address concerns about a cruise control switch that has led to previous recalls based on reports of fires.

Ford said the recall covered more than a dozen vehicle models built from 1992- 2007. The company said it was responding to concerns from owners about the safety of their cars and questions about the speed control deactivation switch in the vehicles that is powered at all times.

The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker previously had recalled nearly 6 million vehicles beginning in January 2005 because of engine fires linked to the cruise control systems in trucks, SUVs and vans.

"Customers remain concerned about the long-term durability of the speed control system and about the safety of their vehicles," said Ford spokesman Dan Jarvis.

He said the automaker had received "a few reports of fires" in Ford Crown Victoria passenger cars prior to the recall. He did not have a precise number.

The recall involves the following vehicles: 1998-2002 Ford Ranger, 1992-1997 Lincoln Town Car, 1992-1997 Ford Crown Victoria, 1992-1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, 1993-1998 Lincoln Mark VIII, 1993-1995 Taurus SHO, 1999-2001 Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer.

Also covered are the 2001-2002 Ford Explorer Sport, 2001-2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 1992-1993 E150-350 vans, 1997-2002 E150-350 vans, 1993 Ford F-Series pickups, 1993 Ford Bronco, 1994 Mercury Capri, 2003-2004 Ford F-150 Lightning, and 1995-2002 Ford F53 motor homes.

An additional 177,000 vehicles in Canada, Mexico and Europe are covered by the recall.

Owners will begin receiving recall notices on Aug. 13. Dealers will install a fused wiring harness into the speed control electrical system or replace the deactivation switch.

Owners with questions about the recall can contact Ford at (888) 222-2751.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200708031615DOWJONES...

During Politicized FISA Debate, Nadler Forced To Withdraw ‘Truthful And Accurate Statement’ That Bush Broke The Law
Yesterday, under heavy political pressure from the White House, the Senate approved a bill that provided expansive spying authority for the Bush administration. The White House had earlier rejected a compromise bill that provided powers sought by the Director of National Intelligence, opting instead to play politics with the issue.

Moments ago, the House passed the White House-backed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) bill by a 227-183 vote.

During the heated House floor debate over the legislation, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said the White House-backed FISA legislation was nothing more than a political ploy:

This bill is what Karl Rove and his political operatives in the White House have decided they need to win elections. That’s not national security. That’s political warfare.

I do not believe we will soon be able to undo this damage. Rights given away are not easily regained. This bill is not needed to protect America from terrorists. The only purpose of this bill is to protect this administration from its own political problems and cynicism, and its own illegal actions it has taken outside the law without any authorization.

In a symbolic move that reflected the efforts by many conservatives to politicize the FISA debate, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) immediately rose and asked that Nadler withdraw his statement that the Bush administration had conducted illegal activities.

After some pause, Nadler said he would withdraw his “truthful and accurate statements” in order to proceed with the floor debate. Issa, unhappy with Nadler’s retraction, said, “He is not withdrawing it if he claims they’re accurate.” Nadler responded, “I’m withdrawing them without any reservation but I retain my opinion.” Watch it:

Issa’s comments reflected the nature of the FISA debate — conservatives were more concerned with providing political cover for the White House than passing legislation that addressed national security concerns.

Nadler’s comments are hardly inaccurate. The current FISA debate was precipitated by the fact that a court had ruled the administration’s spying actions were outside the law. Just this week, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) revealed a secret court ruling that found “a key element of the Bush administration’s wiretapping efforts illegal.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/04/nadler-issa-fisa-politics/

Giuliani’s former anti-terrorism chief voices stern criticism. Rudy Guiliani’s former emergency management director, Jerome Hauer, blamed the former mayor for “locating the city’s crisis control room in the World Trade Center complex, even though it was a known terrorist target after the 1993 truck bomb attack which killed six people at the site.” Hauer said Giuliani rejected a facility in Brooklyn in favor of because “the mayor himself made clear that the site had to be walking distance from City Hall.” He added, “Rudy would make a terrible president and that is why I am speaking now.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/05/wrudy105...

Right-wing effort to embarrass Murtha fails. The Crypt reports:

House Republicans sought to rebuke Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) Friday night for his actions while presiding over the chamber earlier in the day. […]

Sitting in the chair, Murtha overruled GOP requests for a recorded vote to approve the previous day’s record despite an overwhelming majority of Republicans in the chamber, even though rules dictate the party with the majority can force a vote. […]

Republicans, still fuming over the contested vote, were upset all day that Democratic leaders chose Murtha to preside over the House, given his reputation as a hardball politician who once threatened a Michigan Republican on the House floor.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0807/Republicans_try_to_rebuke_Mu...

I may not have made it to Chicago this year, but I've learned a few things from the tubes about what the Democratic presidential candidates were up to at YearlyKos:

* Hillary Clinton's defense of accepting contributions from lobbyists was probably the day's most controversial comment. She seemed to get to the right answer, but it took a couple of tries.

* John Edwards was in his element today.

* Barack Obama was excellent in his private off-the-record session -- so much so that he probably shouldn't have been speaking off-the-record.

* When Bill Richardson touted his position on the Balanced Budget Amendment and the line-item veto, it may have been "the first fiscal policy booing on record." (YearlyKos attracts a smart crowd.)

* Clinton learned valuable lessons about healthcare in the early '90s, and the issue will be her highest domestic policy priority if elected.

* Chris Dodd was clever enough to hit Rupert Murdoch and Bill O'Reilly in a single answer.

* Dave Johnson types quickly enough to live blog a presidential forum really well.

* Mike Gravel seems to realize that this wasn't the right crowd to pitch a regressive consumption tax.

--Steve Benen

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/016212.php

It's been a very long day for me and my fingers are hitting the wrong keys so it's time to say Good Night.

Hope I will be able to sleep. I am so angry with the Dems for that Fisa Act. I did hear that it is only for 6 months, but this admin can do damage in a week.

Later

Submitted by toniD on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 12:53am.
I am so angry with the Dems for that Fisa Act. I did hear that it is only for 6 months...
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Bait: "Six months before the Dems have another opportunity to Big John."
toniD: "Big John?"
Bait: "Cave in."

So what is Cramer proposing, that the federales step in and cut rates? If it is left to market forces, if nothing is done, millions will be forced to default?

Issa’s comments reflected the nature of the FISA debate — conservatives were more concerned with providing political cover for the White House than passing legislation that addressed national security concerns.

Pressure the Democrats to hang the Republicans on their own petards on this FISAstuff. Illegal. Illegal. Illegal.

Secondly: Infrastructure breakdown due to mismanagement.

What else?

Bait: "Six months before the Dems have another opportunity to Big John."
toniD: "Big John?"
Bait: "Cave in."

Clever.

Just this week, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) revealed a secret court ruling that found “a key element of the Bush administration’s wiretapping efforts illegal.”

What did the opposition party do to exploit this?

Nadler did some good politicking: "I withdraw my truthful and accurate statement..."
My hunch is that this battle is not over. Continue pressuring your leaders.

Somebody pulled the Cramer coming apocalypse video.

During Politicized FISA
Submitted by toniD on Sun, 08/05/2007 - 12:40am

During the heated House floor debate over the legislation, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said the White House-backed FISA legislation was nothing more than a political ploy:

This bill is what Karl Rove and his political operatives in the White House have decided they need to win elections. That’s not national security. That’s political warfare.
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I wish Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) was my congressperson!This man knows what the Hell is going on!And,that snippy Repuke congressional Hack standing up a demanding that Rep.Nadler's remarks about Bush's illegal act's be taken out of the record!That makes me want to throw-up!"Patooie!"included!

That's like the second time in aweek some Republican Congressional Hack has stood up to do that!It might not be in the congressional record anymore Asshole.But,Anyone who dosen't have Political Syphilis of the brain knows Damn well those Statements are True,and Should be keeped in the Congressional record.Bullshit in,Bullshit out!Illegality in,Illegality out!To those Repuke congressional hacks damnding that the Congressional record be cleaned of The Truth,I say"Ihope your Children are Proud!"If they only knew Asshole!!

And,to "I withdraw my truthful and accurate statement..."Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
children.You should be Very Proud of your Father!He is a Very Good Man!

Nadler's withdrawal of his "truthful and accurate statement" is in the record. This just gives us more stuff to organize around.

This is like dan rather's report on Bush's National Guard record. True in the popular culture is true enough.

zeek: Thanks for the John Sinclair link...

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lemme get my Pablo Cruise record...-Bibi

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Saturday Night! Cocktails For Two
Submitted by Peter Dragon on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 9:11pm.

Nice.

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To Those Who Threw a Pie in My Face, Let’s Swap Recipes
by Medea Benjamin; August 04, 2007

Whoa!

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You would not believe this short movie...spectacular imo...it's called Most

http://www.mostthemovie.com/most.html

First we watched one called Return to Me...and it didn't have the certain coincidences or spiritual touch I would have expected from a movie with a heart transplant in it...

But then we watched Most and it had exactly what was missing from the first movie...really powerful - wonderful...

I am listening to an Ed Schultz repeat. He is calling for a new FDR (New Deal) jobs program to repair the nation's infrastructure. Got to do more than talk about it to get it done, Ed.
Good idea; old idea.

So why hasn’t Iran started by wiping its own Jews off the map?

...
A few weeks ago, as Israel’s military intelligence claimed — as it has been doing regularly since the early 1990s — that Iran is only a year or so away from the “point of no return” on developing a nuclear warhead, Netanyahu was at it again. “Iran could be the first undeterrable nuclear power,” he warned, adding: “This is a Jewish problem like Hitler was a Jewish problem … The future of the Jewish people depends on the future of Israel.”
...

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/08/israel%e2%80%99s-jewish-problem-in...

of govt on it?

Which one do you think you might prefer, Nicky Rose?

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I see you
working your way.
A long a crowed street
Your hair flowing
in the breeze
of a summers day.
On staffard street
in Walsall
far far way.
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-Roy Storey, 1939

of govt on it?

I am partial to Parecon. Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel worked it out theoretically. It goes beyond marxisn, libertarian socialism (anarchism), and the other systems. Incorporates feminist principles, anti-racist, and such. Basically, the economy will be in the hands of the people, organized through councils. It is hard to summarize. The dirty jobs needed by the community will be shared. Basic needs will be met. Councils decide much. I want to study it and really nail the understanding of it. But so far...

So why hasn’t Iran started by wiping its own Jews off the map?

Because they are Iranians who have lived there for 3000 years.

What is the basis for Israel’s dire forecasts — the ideological scaffolding being erected, presumably, to justify an attack on Iran? Helpfully, as George Bush defended his Iraq policies last month, he reminded us yet again of the menace Iran supposedly poses: it is “threatening to wipe Israel off the map”.

This myth has been endlessly recycled since a translating error was made of a speech Ahmadinejad delivered nearly two years ago. Farsi experts have verified that the Iranian president, far from threatening to destroy Israel, was quoting from an earlier speech by the late Ayatollah Khomeini in which he reassured supporters of the Palestinians that “the Zionist regime in Jerusalem” would “vanish from the page of time”.

He was not threatening to exterminate Jews or even Israel. He was comparing Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians with other illegitimate systems of rule whose time had passed, including the Shahs who once ruled Iran, apartheid South Africa and the Soviet empire. Nonetheless, this erroneous translation has survived and prospered because Israel and her supporters have exploited it for their own crude propaganda purposes.

http://samsedershow.com/comment/reply/990#comment-form

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