October 24, 2007 11:30 PM
Open Thread
Click for larger. From the ever-brilliant Dr. Zaius.
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Happy Weekend Eve. Open thread below. Whatcha got?





When I listen to Rush, I get the strange urge to overdose on painkillers.
When i feel like laughing, when our the entire office feels like laughing, we turn on rush (well, except this one guy who has a picture of gw in his office)
I don't see those "W" stickers as much as I used to. And when I do, it's a sun worn, peeling pace of crap. Very symbolic.
That looks like Darryl Kagen...the woman who used to work at CNN....the one who dated Lush...and admitted it on TV.......then suddenly she was gone....(i know it's supposed to be Lois Lane)..But I like the thought of Kagen blowing chunks after dating Lush.
Condi tells the Turks to invade another country:
http://tomburka.com/archives2/2007_10.php#001040
A school teacher shooting in Iraq. It's nice to know they're embracing our "freedom". Dems still can't get Republiscum to save the children. At least one price-gouging corporation is being held accountable for once....Primates are dying out. Even more recalled toys.
‘GLOBAL WARMING DENIER’ GEORGE WILL APPEARS ON ‘THIS WEEK’ WITH NO PANTS
mudshark @ 3:
I think you mean Daryn Kagen.
The Dems delay the Armenian Genocide resolution until 2008. Many Americans aren't just religious, but superstitious as well.
Apparently, there are health benefits from global warming according to the latest WH liar, Perino.
And now to deal with my tequila dilemma . Shots or margaritas. Hmmm.
I wonder tonight
If Condi Rice
Is dreaming of hands bloodied
Extended
Pointing at her
Not allowing her to hide
Inside her new shoes
Snuggled deep down inside her guilty pleasures
Lies her guilt
And now
Can she sleep?
Without the image
Hands masquerading as her own
Imposters because of their outrage
While her hands feel none
Numb
Can she sleep the deep sleep of the dead?
As the Iraqi’s do?
I hope she can not
I love Superman.
A true comic hero that's not gay... Robin, Dingledick aside.
Unless of course... No! Couldn't be! The Man of Steel light in the loafers? Say it ain't so!
A few drinks and Lois's head blocked by a fedora? Give me a break CLARK :(
StirFry @ 9:
WTF..... who the hell is this woman kidding, I've been wearing my longjohns since the end of september.
As for the tequilla go for the shots....I'd join you but I'm on medication right now...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt744_3AbHM
GonzoD @ 1:
No need to kill yourself if you find yourself listening to Rush Limbaugh and can't change the station, just carry a fork you can jam in your ears, an olive fork or the little fork they give you with crabs legs works best and with the least amount of pain...actually the pain is still pretty bad, but if you have your pain killers handy you can handle the pain OK! AND your free from Rush!
Dahgrostab'ph-r-i @ 14:
Chopsticks also work very well!
GonzoD @ 7:
oooppss...Yep...thank you...
Dahgrostab'ph-r-i @ 14:
Might i suggest using the forks on the sound system's speakers instead?
I just saw the headline on Yahoo: Report: Apes, monkeys teeter on brink of extinction - I wonder if Michael Casey realized when he wrote the report that he could have included Man right along with them?
sorry to be so negative, but the more I see the more I believe we are way past the tipping point on Global Warming.
Hey by-the-way when Glenn Beckkk said that if he heard Global Warming one more time blood was going to come out of his eyes, didn't you just wish someone in the studio would have said Global WarmingGlobal WarmingGlobal WarmingGlobal Warming until blood was coming out of every hole that dip shit has!!!
or was it just me?
GonzoD @ 15:
I've considered Ice picks...but you have to get them red hot first...you know...can't get an ear infection.
GonzoD @ 15:
I always preferred eastern medicine, thanks for the tip
Glenn Beck can go to hell.
xoites defends Constitution @ 17:
heyyy...theres an idea.......and I could save the ice pick too.
Rudy says the blind should be able to pack heat:
http://www.gunguys.com/?p=2593
here's the top ten signs that dumbledore is gay.
skippy @ 24:
Oh, those were bad!
GonzoD @ 23:
that's about right and the Deaf should carry walkmens
this isnt really very intelligent, but im gonna say it anyway, cause its how I really feel:
Dick Morris is an idiot.
No links, no clever phrasing, just the truth. Can I get an Amen?
skippy @ 24:
Top Ten Reasons I don't give a shit:
10. I am not Homophobic
9. I am not a Republican
8. I am not a Gay Republican who voted against gay rights.
7. Fictional characters who are verbally outed by their authors may be entirely unaware they are gay.
6. Dumbledore was not a pedophile (he was gay, so of course he wasn't.)
5. He looked good in flamboyant robes.
4. He had a sense of style.
3. He was educated.
2. He knew how to throw a good party.
1. He was a great character in a book series that got millions of children interested in reading.
Mike the Canuck @ 12:
She's not a very good liar. They're not even trying anymore....where's the pizazz? I guess Rove was good at that.
Anyways, I'm ahead of you on the shots, i'll shoot one for ya.
6. Dumbledore was not a pedophile (he was gay, so of course he wasn't.)
So gays cannot be pedophiles?
Thank you Dr. Jung.
GonzoD @ 23:
It figures.
And speaking of Judy....
John Gotti wanted to whack him when he was a prosecutor. Rudy was/is knee deep in organized crime. He's the worst possible candidate.
Ron Jeremy @ 30:
This from Ron Jeremy. :)
StirFry @ 9:
Saw Perino spewing this bullshit yesterday. Laughed my ass off. They don't even try anymore, do they?
Perino: "We're announcing US sanctions against Iran because (cough, cough) blubblub (cough)."
Reporter: "What was that again, Ms. Perino?"
Perino: "Um....what we're we talking about again?"
Who the f*ck is Goyal?
He seems to be Perio's go to guy to ask inane questions, like: Also, in New York also, the President of Iran sounds like Hitler of the 1940's and he said that as far as the nuclear issue is concerned his country -- it is a closed issue. -- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070928-3.html
the thought of limbaugh has caused many a beautiful young woman to puke.
"Revealed: the little-known device used to block Democrats in the House"
Republicans use obscure motion 16 times in a year, compared to just 14 for the Democrats in more than a decade of opposition
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2198227,00.html
> I don’t see those “W” stickers as much as I used to. And when I do, it’s a sun worn, peeling pace of crap. Very symbolic.
I (here in Houston) haven't seen one of those in probably a month. But about a week or two ago, I saw a 'Bush/Cheny04' sticker on a vehicle. Luckily, the driver had his window open, and I was able to yell "*TRAITOR!*" at the moronic traitor.
Does anyone know where to find the video of Cheney falling asleep during the Cabinet meeting about the California fires? It shows how much he cares about his fellow Americans.
American kestrel vanishing from Yukon?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/10/25/yk-kestrel.html
Yukon women's group 'shocked' by return of former Liard chief
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/10/25/liard-morris.html
It's interesting to see the progression of infotainer talk show hosts selectively pick up questions from previous interviews of Valerie Plame and the absurd questioned designed to shift responsibility of a treasonous act by a vindictive and criminal white house , by asserting the Wilsons " should have know " " didn't you realize " after ( joe Wilson ) husband wrote his op ed exposing bush Administration, would be attacked and you outed as a cIA spy . Asserting they shouldn't have been surprised , this loud mouth Mathews copying Blitzer's same line of BS , that they should have expected to be attacked the way they were .
However since Valerie Plame is ten times smarter and even though Mathews interrupts and tries to dominate the interview , she still said nobody could expect they would out a CIA agent and break the law . This disgusting and disingenousness line of thinking done by Blitzer and Mathews (and others,) shows how this controlled media echo chamber works to diminish the facts that challenges and exposes power .
Brawlin_Dem @ 39:
If it ain't about bombing Iran, shooting old men in the face or coming up with novel ways to subvert the Constitution, Dick just can't be bothered to pay attention.
Perino is a medical mystery. The first known case of colon cancer of the cranium.
The world is a much more dangerous place today. Bush's SoCal visit, and his pompous yet irrelevant, megalomanical yet pitiful, attempts at pronouncements, 'It's important that I personally inspect.....', etc., reveal the awful truth:
The Nut has Cracked.
While the Law of Unintended Consequences still reigns, the probability of a radioactive Teheran (and Washington) has dramatically increased.
One can only pray that a mutant giant squirrel munches-out on the exposed nutmeat, soon.
It may be a faint hope for mankind, but let's all bow our heads, possibly for an eternity of regret and recognition of our past ignorance and stupidity in permitting this abortion of an administration to determine our fates. Don't bother praying to a 'God', this administration and The Dummy are living proof that no 'God' exists.
Just close your eyes and imagine blowing on the dice, and Hope Like Hell that this is all a delusion.
Daily Reading pt 1...
White House Censorship Of Global Warming Science Nothing New - http://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com/2007/10/white-house-censorship-of-gl...
The White House has come under fire for censoring congressional testimony on the public health challenges of global warming. But it's not the first time the Bush administration has tried to censor the inconvenient truths of global warming. In October 2004, NASA's top climate scientist revealed that a senior administration official told him in 2003 not to discuss dangerous consequences of rising temperatures.
A survey taken last year by ABC News, Time magazine and Stanford University revealed that almost seven in 10 Americans say the government should do more to address global warming. And what do you want to bet that those remaining 30 percent are the same Kool-Aid drinkers who get all their news from Rush and Fox?
Not a weather gig in her future: Dana Perino: 'There Are Public Health Benefits To Climate Change' For People Who Die From 'Cold' - http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/25/perino-climate-health-benefits/
First, these hazards are diverse, global and probably irreversible over human time scales. They range from increased risks of extreme weather, such as fatal heat waves, floods and storms, to less dramatic but potentially more serious effects on infectious disease dynamics, shifts to long-term drought conditions in many regions, melting of glaciers that supply freshwater to large population centres, and sea level increases leading to salination of sources of agriculture and drinking water.
Second, the health impacts of climate change are potentially huge. Many of the most important global killers are highly sensitive to climatic conditions. Malaria, diarrhoea and protein-energy malnutrition together cause more than 3 million deaths each year.
The "Hey, Haven't We Been Down This Road Before Award of the Day": "Iran Sanctions Are Meant to Prevent War, Bush Aides Say."
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR200710...
DEPLETED URANIUM Outrage is Sweeping Hawai’i - http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/depleted-uranium-outrage-is-sweep...
Slap on the Wrist: BP to Pay $373 Million in Federal Probe - http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIbWL76OB7cMmi18PjxD8UVTx7jQ
BP PLC is taking a multimillion dollar broom to sweep away a slew of federal charges linked to energy price fixing, a deadly refinery blast and pipeline leaks and focus on its energy business.
Additionally, it will pay $20 million in criminal fines and restitution to Alaska and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for pipeline leaks and spills at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, the nation's largest oil field.
"BP committed serious environmental crimes in our two largest states," Nakayama said. "Every entity that is subject to environmental laws has an obligation to comply. But global companies like BP, with their experience, technical capabilities and financial resources, have no excuse for committing environmental crimes."
Unconsciously, Many Favor Kucinich - http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071023/NEWS03/...
Daily Reading pt 2...
The final blow to the America we thought we knew. Breaking the Bank: The Rightwing Road to America's Privatized Future - http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1011-22.htm
Accumulation of massive debt is the number one priority of the Bush Administration - a deliberate, managed move toward its goal of an “ownership society” in which all aspects are privatized. And the "have's" will have all they need and the "havenot's" will have nothing at all. Welcome to Amerika, a government by the corporation for the corportation.
Giuliani: Blind Should Be Able to Carry Guns - http://www.gunguys.com/?p=2593
Next he'll be for blind airplane pilots....anything for a vote....that's a Republican
Franken and Coleman Make Minnesota Nation’s Most Expensive Senate Race - http://www.cqpolitics.com/2007/10/franken_and_coleman_make_minne.html
Because the Republican's can't afford to have his voice in Washington.... http://www.alfranken.com
Garrison Keillor: What the Republican Revolution has wrought; 'It's the I Got Mine You Get Your Own party, marching under a Christian banner.' - http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/10/24/gop/index_np.html
What? Blackwater Plans Live-Fire Exercises in Fire-Ravaged, Fire-Prone San Diego County - http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/BpT
Incredibly, Blackwater West Vice President Brian Bonfiglio says that Blackwater's planned mercenary training camp in San Diego County would decrease the risk of wildfires, even though the huge Blackwater facility would have live-fire exercises and ammunition dumps in the middle of a fire-prone canyon.
David Sirota: Endorsing Irresponsible Journalism - http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/10/endorsing_irresponsible_journa....
Romney's flip-flop on abortion dogs his campaign - http://www.mcclatchydc.com/election2008/story/20806.html
Richard Mellon Scaife Donated Millions of Dollars to Try and Impeach Clinton by Slandering Him and "Dirtying" Him Up, Now Scaife is Involved in a Tawdry, Nasty, Seedy Second Divorce That Has Pittsburgh Buzzing. "Allegations include that Scaife was fooling around with a known prostitute while married to his second wife. The WP calls the Mellon breakup a 'fabulously tawdry and surpassingly vicious spectacle.'" That is Why Scaife is Being Named the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.
- http://gophypocrites.com/2007/10/hyp07043.html
For right wingnuts & GOP apologists, the 3rd wife is usually the charm...but not always..
Jimmy: "To many banana daiquiris?"
Clark: "No. She just had a Crying Game experience, she walked in on Ann Coulter in the men's room."
SouthTxMan @ 2:
These days Bush supporters are further in the closet than Larry Craig, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham.
Iran: US sanctions "doomed to fail"
ccoaler @ 47:
It's what they're counting on.
1 GonzoD Says: When I listen to Rush, I get the strange urge to overdose on painkillers.
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Get out your instruction manuel for your radio. Figure out what you do to shut it OFF. That has worked for me for many yearss for many things I wasn't interested in listening to.
Good luck and have a happy pain free life.
btw: As a last resort you could just toss your radio into the trash can (where this program really belongs) and pollute the city dump.
Perfected: The Ann Coulter Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye_2a7Lrl80
Dr. Zaius rocks
HOLY CRAP! Stephen Colbert might win????
Zaius is the greatest Primate on the planet!
and for a visual representation of our Presidential candidates:
http://houserisingsons.blogspot.com/2007/10/presidential-rat-race.html
Fade @ 53:
And Chimpy is the WORST primate on the planet!
Hey boys and girls... It's Ron Paul spam! Needless to say, my name isn't Scott...
Ron Paul creaps me out just a little less than Rudy. He's on par with Mitt...
Clark Kent finally knocked up Lois?
Now we know why men used to wear hats all the time.
An article in my daily paper stated the guards who tasered student for asking question of John Kerry were cleared. It is such a sick joke that the excuse we are giving for incident is because this kid would not stop asking questions.
Actually Dumbledore's being gay makes sense. The books made it clear he was pissing off a lot of the wizarding world by openly supporting mudbloods, giants and werewolves and other outcasts.
Though I must admit I largely saw him as an asexual intellectual as Merlin was until he fell for Nyneve, and she used her attraction to entrap him in a tree, a column of air, a cave depending on the version you read.
Dumbledore also hated and fought authoritarian figures whether they were Voldemort or Cornelius Fudge.
The Democracy for America website has a pulse poll for the democratic presidential candidates. i've already voted but when i go back to look for current results i can't find any. it has the number of ppl voting so far but not where the different candidates stand in the poll.
if anyone here hasn't takent the poll yet - i think it tells the results just after your vote registers - if you could take those numbers down for others and post it here it would be swell of you.
thanks for any infos.
jenO
www.democracyforamerica.com/
I just heard a caller on the radio who claims that the fire refugees in QualComm stadium are being forcibly evicted so that the Chargers can play on Sunday.
It looks like this might be true.
From http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/5247424.html
After days of waiting and a slew of rumors, the Texans and San Diego Chargers just might end up playing their game exactly as scheduled.
Late Thursday evening, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said Qualcomm Stadium will be ready for kickoff at 3:05 p.m. Sunday. Sanders left the final decision to the Chargers and the NFL.
Qualcomm Stadium has been used throughout the week as a shelter for thousands who had to evacuate their homes because of the wildfires that have devastated Southern California. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported there were fewer than 400 evacuees still at Qualcomm Stadium on Thursday and that the shelter would close today.
"Should they decide to play in San Diego, the stadium will be ready on Sunday," mayoral spokesman Fred Sainz told the Union-Tribune. "It's their decision to play in San Diego or not."
StirFry @ 34:
Attack Iran and you attack Russia
By Pepe Escobar
The barely reported highlight of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Tehran for the Caspian Sea summit last week was a key face-to-face meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A high-level diplomatic source in Tehran tells Asia Times Online that essentially Putin and the Supreme Leader have agreed on a plan to nullify the George W Bush administration's relentless drive towards launching a preemptive attack, perhaps a tactical nuclear strike, against Iran. An American attack on Iran will be viewed by Moscow as an attack on Russia.
Thanks ed henry of CNN "news" for throwing what little objectivity you had, in the trash by repeating echo chamber misinformation calling bush the " comforter in chief " and ignoring an obvious PHOTO OP , in California .
Chubby Cheek Henry do you think , do ya do ya think everybody separated on cue , out in the open away from bush , so that he could get a good photo of himself and a couple weeping . Are you that much in denial ? You clowns did the same thing in New Orleans , providing the cover for a fake outdoor emergency center with food and bottled water , only problem a German NEWS crew (once again we have to get the truth from a foreign source ) ,reported that bush's advance team trucked in the tarps, the tables and water in advance and after the photo op was over , EVERYTHING was taken down and packed up again . It was all rigged for his photo op arrival .
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