December 31, 2008 09:30 PM
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From the commenter formerly known as Che's Lounge.
New year, new name. Can't shut up.
"Someday somebody related to some of these sufferers, these victims, these collaterally damaged souls, may try to kill you. And I have to tell you, I think you’ll have it coming." - Christopher Cooper
May 2009 have one up on '08 for all!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
We're already one up on '08 (well, in 20 days) - we no longer have the to suffer the giggling killer in the White House! It's time for Obama!
And hey, if it wasn't for the .25 cents on the mag, I would have believed that was a real MAD cover.
The detail on the Mad lettering is cool!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
May the Bush dynasty be gone forever and all of th e neocon followers kiss my ass.
I'll drink to that.,,(hic)..
Be careful, you're behind the keyboard. LOL!
gosh, I remember reading that magazine as a kid. What a stinker it was. Waaaay ahead of it's time, and still is today.
I think this might be what the dumb ass repugs were trying to do with limpball's music they were circulating...but they just don't know how to do anything but cheat and steal, so it came off way short.
Happy New Year all. I'm looking forward to January 20th each second of the way. That's when the real "NEW YEAR" will beging for this country.
but in its absence I watched The Hour on CBC. George had Lewis Lapham, the head honcho of Harper's magazine, on the show.
What an interesting and funny guy Lapham is. He's old money rich (Texaco fortune, etc) from San Francisco. Anyway, he was talking about The War of 1812, when his great-great-grandfather was the US Secretary of State for War. He and his troops from New York were on the south side of the St Lawrence River from Montreal ready to invade Canada (in February 1813). When he gave the order, his men said 1) it's too cold, 2) they have guns, 3) they are our friends and we depend on them for trade, 4) we're the NY State Army, not the American Army, and 5) we're not going. Then they all went back home.
Lapham is a very charming man and he has surprisingly liberal views about life.
George's guest tonight is Sarah Palin. This could be interesting!
We are going to make you the designated commenter tonight. I already had two typos in the last sentence.
but don't ask me to drive! haha
not while you are behind the keyboard.
that wouldn't be prudent, ya know :)
than driving drunk. Ha ha.
I had to look it up and I was wrong. I thought Lapham might have been the Secretary of War whose son was executed for mutiny. But that was Secretary of War Spencer in 1842.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEWBlChry4
B WELL
C U LATER
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Some stuff you can't make up!
On Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista. (Go to article.)
On Jan. 1, 1895, J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924-1972, was born. Following his death on May 2, 1972, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Some stuff you can't make up!
When he died, I bet they buried him in his favorite dress.
It's 2009. CheneyCo principals are still at large.
and we haven't been blown to smithereens (yet)!
Cheers everybody!
..."Hope"...is... all we've really got.
4 simple pictures: http://www.dubyad40.com/2008/11/last-tuesdays...
And so it goes ~ HNY! ~ Δ
Loved it!
What a great shot. The two boys get it. Glad to see they brought their father's along for the ride.
Thanks for the link, AP.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I'm typing now, in hopes that this stuff won't be a concern in '09.
Looks like they really don't know how to manage the bail-out money. Can Obama save the unemployment trend? AIG is looking to rip off more stock-holders.
Hey, where is Alfred E. Neuman?
and he is in hiding until Jan. 20th
From 'Citizens for Change'
Foley the 'gift' that keeps on giving...
Washington 'Honey pot' hotels and the lobbyists entertaining,
I guess Abramoff wants out and is finally talking.
Abramoff, Rove, Foley and a slew of Congressional players :O
Sounds like the DoJ has been busy these last two years on the quiet, the clock was ticking and 09 would be their chance to pounce.
Will the MSM report on this or will they be chicken sh1t like they were in 87 about the Franklin child sex ring in Washington.
http://cfcamerica.org/index.php?option=com_co...
And it is apparently linked those memorable days in 2006
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/...
Theres more
http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/PhotographerTied.htm
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/09/b...
Maybe this is the reason those emails HAD TO VANISH.
Nothing worse than being caught with your trousers down, taking money is seen as naughty but normal, assorted sex scandals and kiddie sex by politicians is beyond the pale, even for red states and middle America.
Pardon yourself and your buddies out of this Chimpy, all those nice unpardonable broken state laws.
....New Year's gift it would be if some prosecutor, somewhere in America had the courage to stand up and indict all of these despicable people - Republicans and Democrats alike. I hope Abramoff is talking his head off along, with the person I read about who has the bank records showing all of the illegal money transfers to dozens of US government officials from AIPAC, et al.
Happy New Year, indeed.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Happy New Year Everyone!
I guess this is what happens when you go to bed at nine on New Years Eve night. You wake up early, bright eyed and bushy tailed while everyone else is saying turn that noise down and don't open the blinds.
I already like this year better than the last one. In 19 days, it'll be even better.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Even if its snowing and or 100% cloudy, the sun is shining above the clouds, and in NINETEEN days...
2009 is going to be a good one, eight years of catching up to do.
And the news of the DoJ and the GAO looks promising, they seem to have been busy little bees.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/780681...
At least the Brits treated them as POWs and they survived the ordeal.
Happy New Year all
For our Chinese friends, Happy New Year in a couple of weeks as well.
I haven't gone out drinking in years - last night I downed a bottle of champagne in about an hour and I'll be dipped if I don't feel pretty good this morning. Must be because the sun is out and I feel more determined to make 09 better than 08. As mentioned by others earlier, I too look forward to the national enema that will take place on the 20th of this month.
Cheers and best wishes of good health to all!
BBH
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
to hope for a sane new year?
I hope that everybody has a peaceful new year.
Here's hoping that karma catches up to pols and pundits.
far worse than a hangover. And I don't have aspirin, etc at the house--aargh!!
Anyway, we made to the start of '09. Here's hoping we have no further "January surprises" (current Israel/Gaza crisis noted) from bushco before their departure.
Make it a good one!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
David Letterman on Bush's record, what he said vs. how he did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N8_u1FLu30
It's a new year and 20 days till this corrupt, deceitful, disastrous, destructive train wreck of an administration slithers out of Washington. Then the hard work really begins, having to pick up the pieces of what's left of our nation from from a decade of the GOP controlling all 3 branches of government.
But, he doesn't care.
The sick son of a Bush probably thinks that he's clever.
Not a happy start to the New Year:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
something like this happens every news years eve though.
elsewhere.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Bob lived in Chiang Mai, not Bangkok, so there shouldn't be any worries there.
Sad story however. 1 door in a club that went up in 10 minutes.
allegedly:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/...
From Jatropha, not bush's "family farm" in Saudi Arabia...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Sounds like it under another name, or very similar
50% oil by weight and grows nicely in arid areas.
Easy to refine, perfect biodiesel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jojoba_oil
The plant yields more than four times as much fuel per hectare as soybean, and more than ten times that of maize (corn). A hectare of jatropha produces 1,892 litres of fuel.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_oil#Use...
on former citrus orchards wiped out recently by citrus canker and citrus greening.
Not really sure the status of jojoba these days. Saw some out in desert between San Diego and Yuma along I-8, but not sure if it's going toward fuel or cosmetics.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_bi_...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Happy New Year to you and all Crooks and Liars aficionados and contributors.
Must be an interesting time to live in Chicago, DG. There's very little in politics more pathetic than a white man pulling the race card as Blagojevich is doing.
Love your series on him, btw.
JP
http://giveusthisdayourdailtydread.blogspot.com
and Happy New Year's Day to all...
and, best wishes for a great NEW year ahead...
i'm still holding my breath till jan.20, but HOPE-ful...
the Rose Parade just started... i'm going to try to be there next year, my son's home base for another 2 years... i'd love to see those floats in real life... and, of course, the MARCHING BANDS! w00t!
The GOP might've been a lot more successful last year with a few more topless shots of sarah like this.
The diaper's a nice touch.
But I'd prefer a cheerleader's uniform.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
with OC judge Jim Gray on failure of "War on Drugs" program. Worth a listen.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I enter 2009 a happy person personally, but morally can no longer be a Democrat.
While the politicians of the Right take us on a path of self serving power and greed wrapped up and hidden within a deity, the politicians of Left cowers like dogs under the dollars of AIPAC and a foreign Knisset born from Dr. Mengele himself..
To put their perspectives quite bluntly I'll give it to you as only a hard liner can, from a favorite Yiddish saying:
"Wen ich ess, ch'ob ich alles in dread.":
"When I am eating, everybody can go to hell!"
New Years Day and listening to all the George Carlin albums while thinning my books to sort the ones I will be donating to my public library. This way I know I will laugh, learn, de-materialize my apartment, and give a little back to my favorite public institution, and do it all in one day.
Happy New Years fellow travelers!
nt
Would that be kosher?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
In continuance of their Kosher News coverage , CNN blatantly lies with their title of the Israeli air strike on Nizar Rayyan , saying " ONE KILLED " a blatant lie on their web site .
Several of his kids and four women were killed at the very least and that's the minimum count , so was it a mistake or a purposely misleading LIE ? In context of their pro - Israeli news , ie never admitting during reports Israel stops them from entering GAZA , refering to being on Gaza / Israel Border , w/o just saying they are in ISRAEL and avoiding civilian casualties or pictures and just now adding the audio of the pain and misery . spin , spin, spin .
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