Tuesday, January 3, 2006
More popcorn
It's all coming down:
Is that the sound of hammers in the distance? I believe I hear them building the gallows.
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Also of interest: Steven Griles, former number two at the Dept. of the Interior; Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT); Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA) and his wife, Julie; two of DeLay's former top deputies, Edwin A. Buckham and Tony C. Rudy; and DeLay's wife, Christine. Also in the crosshairs are Tony Rudy's wife Lisa and Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA).
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Is that the sound of hammers in the distance? I believe I hear them building the gallows.
Tempus fugit...
Obituary in the LATimes
From men of a certain age (ahem!) who got their first inklings of sexual pleasure with that picture held proudly aloft in one hand, a reverent moment of silence.
Vaya con Dios, Candy.
Candy Barr, 70; 1950s Stripper and Stag Film Star Personified the Joy and Danger of Sex
Barr developed her trademark costume - 10-gallon hat, pasties, "scanty panties," a pair of six-shooters and cowboy boots (my em) - and quickly became a favorite with fraternity boys, Dallas crime figures, businessmen and political leaders, who booked her for stag parties.
From men of a certain age (ahem!) who got their first inklings of sexual pleasure with that picture held proudly aloft in one hand, a reverent moment of silence.
Vaya con Dios, Candy.
Freeping Murtha
The lovely and courageous Pam documents the wingnuts freaking out over Murtha's statement he wouldn't volunteer for military service if he were of age today.
These clowns ain't fit to lick the sweat off John Murtha's balls.
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"Same here. Defeatists in war nauseate me. If he doesn't support the goal of bringing freedom to Iraq, then he should come out and say so. But to just sit there and whine that it can't be done while there are young men literally dying to achieve it, and still pretend that he's on their side, is just contemptible."
"Murtha probably wouldn't have joined back then either if he was the person then that he is now. If he thinks Iraq is wrong, then Vietnam must've been far worse."
"Knowing Marines, my uncle was a marine in the pacific in WWII, I can say with great knowledge that this man would be rejected by the Marines today. He wouldn't have to worry about enlisting."
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These clowns ain't fit to lick the sweat off John Murtha's balls.
Impeach, Then Stuff Him...
Katrina Vanden Heuvel has a good article about the current and rising discussion of impeachment for the Criminal-in-Chief in The Nation. It's encouraging, and you should go read.
I found this under "Comments" and simply had to share:
[HOLIDAY RECIPE FOR LAME DUCK
Choose from the following foul:
Dead or sitting duck, big turkey, or chicken-hawk
(Guts will already have been removed from chicken-hawk, so stuffing may proceed immediately)
Remove backbone, but bind the bird with Duck Tape in hostage posture to give structure and an impression of unity.
For an unexpected taste sensation, marinate the bird-brain in alcohol
forming it into a pretend head-shape,
placing where the head would ordinarily be.
Expect brain to shrink further in the heat.
Pluck bird, and feather the nests of the already wealthy and well-connected.
Create a stuffing of Rummy Rice and selected nuts.
Simmer in a cup of extra virgin 10-40 oil.
Then bake in white phosphorus (if unavailable, substitute napalm).
Line and press stuffing into every open pocket.
Turn heat setting to intolerable.
Place bird on rack and torture out of sight until skin falls off the bone or until Constitutional lawyers stop you.
Skewer the wings together. Once bird is done, remove the left wing completely and discard.
For flambe or blackened bird, toss in an I.E.D.
Cover duck, or duck and cover, as you wish.
Offer the bird to members of the press when they start to ask real questions.
Invite lobbyists to dinner first, and save them the most tender flesh.
Serve lying repeatedly on a bed of Saudi sand, and present with straight face and talking points.
When all have gathered, prey over the community.
Follow the same recipe for Cooked Goose, but invite a few grunts on their third military tours for a last supper.
Send carcass and leftovers (if any) to New Orleans for a homeland gumbo or stew.]
I hope Bush et al can use this recipe to make crow edible in '06.
I found this under "Comments" and simply had to share:
[HOLIDAY RECIPE FOR LAME DUCK
Choose from the following foul:
Dead or sitting duck, big turkey, or chicken-hawk
(Guts will already have been removed from chicken-hawk, so stuffing may proceed immediately)
Remove backbone, but bind the bird with Duck Tape in hostage posture to give structure and an impression of unity.
For an unexpected taste sensation, marinate the bird-brain in alcohol
forming it into a pretend head-shape,
placing where the head would ordinarily be.
Expect brain to shrink further in the heat.
Pluck bird, and feather the nests of the already wealthy and well-connected.
Create a stuffing of Rummy Rice and selected nuts.
Simmer in a cup of extra virgin 10-40 oil.
Then bake in white phosphorus (if unavailable, substitute napalm).
Line and press stuffing into every open pocket.
Turn heat setting to intolerable.
Place bird on rack and torture out of sight until skin falls off the bone or until Constitutional lawyers stop you.
Skewer the wings together. Once bird is done, remove the left wing completely and discard.
For flambe or blackened bird, toss in an I.E.D.
Cover duck, or duck and cover, as you wish.
Offer the bird to members of the press when they start to ask real questions.
Invite lobbyists to dinner first, and save them the most tender flesh.
Serve lying repeatedly on a bed of Saudi sand, and present with straight face and talking points.
When all have gathered, prey over the community.
Follow the same recipe for Cooked Goose, but invite a few grunts on their third military tours for a last supper.
Send carcass and leftovers (if any) to New Orleans for a homeland gumbo or stew.]
I hope Bush et al can use this recipe to make crow edible in '06.
Greed kills
Heh...
I'll have my popcorn with extra butter please.
Update:
Alternate Universe (no relation) has a helpful chart.
...Between 2001 and 2004, Abramoff gave more than $127,000 to Republican candidates and committees and nothing to Democrats, federal records show. (my [Jane's] emphasis)
Enough with the docile repetition of "well you know Democrats are implicated in this too." They're not. The shameless perpetuation of GOP talking points in the guise of news by major media outlets is an embarrassment.
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I'll have my popcorn with extra butter please.
Update:
Alternate Universe (no relation) has a helpful chart.
Katrina, 4 months Later
The Rude Pundit is posting a series on his visit to New Orleans this past week. Go read.
Insights into Osama
Vanity Fair has an excerpt from a book by Peter L. Bergen:
The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda's Leader
Essam Deraz, an Egyptian writer and filmmaker, covered the battle of Jaji: They picked the site at Jaji because it was on the front lines. In '87, it was a very important battle. The Arab group fought against Russian commandos. Not more than 50 or 60 young Arabs, 21, 22 [years old]. Most of them students at the universities. [Bin Laden] fought in this battle like a private. The Russian bombing went on for one week. It was clear now he'd be the leader. I was near him in the battle-many months-and he was really brave. That's why he got respect from Afghans and Arabs.
Khalid Khawaja, a former Pakistani air-force officer who fought alongside bin Laden: I participated in the Jaji battle. I was introduced to [bin Laden]. First of all he's not a genius. He was 30 when I met him. He prayed a lot, always smiling. As a personality I never thought he would make a place in history-he is not charismatic. He is not very intelligent, but he is the most dedicated and self-sacrificing person, to a degree that is unparalleled.
Just a Little Blurb
Remember how Iraqi oil exports were going to help finance the post-war reconstruction effort? Well here's a teeny little story about it buried in the international section of the Scotsman:
Nope, nothing wrong here.
Iraqi oil exports hit a low
IRAQI oil exports have hit their lowest level since the war according to the latest figures.
Iraq exported 1.1 million barrels per day of oil in December, a senior oil ministry official said - less than any month since exports resumed in mid-2003 and about half the level seen during sanctions under Saddam Hussein.
Sabotage is damaging plants and blocking investment, keeping exports at a fraction of targets officials say should be met if Iraq's vast reserves are to provide its people with prosperity and stability.
Nope, nothing wrong here.
Where's Waldo?
read this slowly and carefully... your objective - find every waldo hidden in this picture...
Prof. Marcus makes some points about Homeland Security funding.
Yeah, why?
Jaye at Blondie's asks a question:
That's what bugs me most (aside from the normal civil rights worries). With this administration's penchant for PR, why haven't all (or any) of these folks they've been 'monitoring' been drug before the cameras in irons? Look at what we heard about the 'Lakawanna Six', about the 'Paintball Seven', Jose Padilla, and that nut in Ohio who thought he could take down the Brooklyn Bridge with a blowtorch. All the noecons were dancing around like the Rockettes when those arrests became public. Don't you think Bush, with all his cowboy bravado, would have pointed to something to prove his illegal data mining was indeed "protectin' the 'murican people"; especially at a time when he desperately needs a PR coup?
Because, as I hope we will find out sooner rather than later, this illegal wiretap had nothing to do with terrorism and everything to do with politics. The ghost of Richard Milhous is definitely haunting 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
...(Since the wire taps are allegedly on phone conversations between terrorist and American citizens, why aren't these terrorist part of the world wide round up against terror lead by Sheriff Bush?)...
That's what bugs me most (aside from the normal civil rights worries). With this administration's penchant for PR, why haven't all (or any) of these folks they've been 'monitoring' been drug before the cameras in irons? Look at what we heard about the 'Lakawanna Six', about the 'Paintball Seven', Jose Padilla, and that nut in Ohio who thought he could take down the Brooklyn Bridge with a blowtorch. All the noecons were dancing around like the Rockettes when those arrests became public. Don't you think Bush, with all his cowboy bravado, would have pointed to something to prove his illegal data mining was indeed "protectin' the 'murican people"; especially at a time when he desperately needs a PR coup?
Because, as I hope we will find out sooner rather than later, this illegal wiretap had nothing to do with terrorism and everything to do with politics. The ghost of Richard Milhous is definitely haunting 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Monday, January 2, 2006
Definitions
Ang reads the dictionary:
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WhoreMain Entry: whore
1 : a woman who engages in sexual acts for money : PROSTITUTE; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman
2 : a male who engages in sexual acts for money
3 : a venal or unscrupulous person
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More bullshit
I wonder how their followers feel about this?
If my spiritual leader sold out his principles to the Americans, I'd probably want to run him out of town. Hearts and minds indeed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 - A Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print positive articles written by American soldiers has also been compensating Sunni religious scholars in Iraq in return for assistance with its propaganda work, according to current and former employees.
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If my spiritual leader sold out his principles to the Americans, I'd probably want to run him out of town. Hearts and minds indeed.
Housekeeping
I've finally begun moving the blogrolls to Blogrolling. I have the 'Big Brass Alliance' and 'Liberal Coalition' already moved. Do me a favor, if you see something I fucked up with your blog link, or anybody else's links, please drop me an email and let me know. There are about 600 links so far and I don't have the motivation to check them all.
Oy, finally finished swapping links and updating things. My eyeballs are gonna fall out of my head.
The kid who went to Iraq #2
He finally made it home (I'd hate to be him now, I know what my folks would have done to me), but I hear all the talking heads, from the O'Brien Sisters (Soledad and Miles) to the GMA JV (Snow, Wier), saying how this isn't the way to do journalism. Guess what, idiots, he has better journalistic instincts than most of you pussies who hide in the Green Zone or sit in New York and Atlanta. One day, he'll probably have your job.
Losers
I never go to wingnut sites. Couldn't give a shit 'how the other half lives'. One of the few rules here at the Brain is I don't allow links to any right-wing sites. And I've said it a million times, I don't know how a lovely lady like Pam goes there for her 'Freeper Quotes' installments at the Blend, and still keep her lunch down.
That said, I was visiting the General this morning and I come across a post with pics of some of the 101st Keyboard Kommandos. To borrow a quote from my pal Jay, "are you effin' kidding me?"
What a buncha losers. They think their rifles make up for their deficiencies, judging by the way they hold 'em. Sorry to hear about your penises, guys (A favorite saying of Mrs. F's to men going through mid-life crises). Just an aside, don't look like any of these guys have seen their pricks in a long time.
Do they think they're soldiers? Do they think they're men because they shoot a Koran full of holes, stab it with a bayonet, and then set it alight? Real brave bunch they are. Just the guys I'd want to share a fighting hole with, if we could all fit in one. Yeesh, but this is what passes for 'men' on the right; same kinda 'men' who run the government. Fat clowns with too much time on their hands. Buncha chickenshits. It'd be something if they took all that fancy hardware and brought it to Iraq, maybe shoot at a few 'Hajis' instead of a defenseless holy book. Oh...sorry...I forgot...the 'Hajis' shoot back; don't they?
I wouldn't let one of these idiots carry my rifle. Losers.
That said, I was visiting the General this morning and I come across a post with pics of some of the 101st Keyboard Kommandos. To borrow a quote from my pal Jay, "are you effin' kidding me?"
What a buncha losers. They think their rifles make up for their deficiencies, judging by the way they hold 'em. Sorry to hear about your penises, guys (A favorite saying of Mrs. F's to men going through mid-life crises). Just an aside, don't look like any of these guys have seen their pricks in a long time.
Do they think they're soldiers? Do they think they're men because they shoot a Koran full of holes, stab it with a bayonet, and then set it alight? Real brave bunch they are. Just the guys I'd want to share a fighting hole with, if we could all fit in one. Yeesh, but this is what passes for 'men' on the right; same kinda 'men' who run the government. Fat clowns with too much time on their hands. Buncha chickenshits. It'd be something if they took all that fancy hardware and brought it to Iraq, maybe shoot at a few 'Hajis' instead of a defenseless holy book. Oh...sorry...I forgot...the 'Hajis' shoot back; don't they?
I wouldn't let one of these idiots carry my rifle. Losers.
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