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By Nicole Belle Tuesday Jan 13, 2009 9:30pmApropos of nothing political, but sometimes things like this just make you go "Wow!"
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$20 million is not bad for a lifes work.
that's pretty trippy. there is no such thing as nothing.
Clinton let Regan and his cronies off the hook in order to 'help heal' and 'look forward' and you can see how the Republicans treated him.
If Bush as his cabal are allowed to shit all over the constitution and the only consequence is that you have to clean it up, then its just going to keep on happening.
let conyers and sheldon whitehouse get on it. it's important very important. let Obama get the economy going and let congress/progressives look into BUSH/cheney. i hope to see Obama make some moves early though: address torture,the law the executive follows and accountability.
Rofl, I was thinking what a crazy dude but um the 20 mill changed my mind, now I think the collector is the crazy 1. How would you ever start to do something like that. I say good job tho, man, awesome work.
I just read in the patriot news paper today about an Attorney Corky Goldstein, he has decided to battle the government and private sector corruption in the central PA area!!!!!! Or at least wrote an article concerning such things. Thank GOD.
Good find Miss Belle.
Here is 1 for you I found. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
I think I inhaled her.
Chokes me up.
It sucks.
Just a little. Maybe the way I like it.
Wow! Those things are almost as tiny as the amount of credit Obama gets.
for real, though.
and artistry, something that is hardly known and less appreciated in this country.
Unless and until some dollar metric is applied, then we have the standard American measure of the worth of the human being.
In Europe they appreciate art in a less commercial manner.
The artist is compelled to manifest and release the vision in the mind, the reward is the completion of the work.
He is an artist.
Our reward is to know of such people.
Bravo!
Berlin's annual public funding for art is more than that of the entire U.S., and that's typical of Europe. Europeans, and many others, appreciate art on a more commercial level because they help the artists make a living while the artists are making art.
Here in the U.S., unless you can sell it, it's worthless, and if you can't sell your art, you're a worthless artist. U.S. artists will still create, but without health insurance, rent money, etc. Says volumes about our culture (or lack thereof), no?
Just goes to show that the public school system is not capable of recognizing true genius.
just a title suggestion.
BTW Muchas Garcias Nicole for bringing this wonderful story to our attention,
Amazing people out in this world.
Wal-Mart's CEO says consumerism has its drawbacks. Will the Dems pull a January surprise on Bush? [Maybe they were lying about impeachment, because they were hoping he wouldn't be smart enough to pardon himself?] The first white guy on Death Row to have his conviction overturned, due to bias against black jurors? On a related note, the first guy who got his sentence overturned due to DNA evidence died. States are trying to revive the specter of the Internets sales tax. Barry really needs to work on his background checks. Will Madoff actually do time? The one promise Obama can't break. Arnie is making
legal residents leave Cali. Gordon Brown is ok with Prince Harry's racial slurs. The Vatican is denying family planning services for victims of human trafficking. Article on the non-Establishment Clause. The Brits claim Pakistan isn't connected to the Mumbai attacks. Will Obama directly help the tired, huddled, and poor?
Your peanut butter might have salmonella. Obama brings a gay bishop to the party.
i suspect BUSH will provide a blanket pardon within the next week.
The Huse and Senate are meeting tomorrow I believe.
I think he's scummy enough to pardon people, but, at the same time, he's arrogant enough to believe he didn't do anything wrong, and thus he won't be prosecuted, anyway. Therefore, in his warped mind, there's no need for a pardon. I mean, shouldn't he have gone all the way with Libby, for example? Anyway, people are getting over-charged for under-valued homes.
The President doesn't have the legal authority to issue a pardon for international war crimes. The President can only issue pardons for violations of US laws. I think the real issue here is whether or not the American courts will have the balls to extradite any of these people.
good article by lisa margonelli in The Nation. she mentions some interesting ideas regarding the electrical grid. the cost of power outages have cost up to $180 billion a year while the energy wasted during transmission has doubled since the 1970's. the article also gets into deregulation and the secrecy involved in pricing basically low income customers are subsidizing high quantity users. the article ends by
explaining the future needs. each home would be fitted with a "smart meter" able to see the price and orgin of their electrical power.
currently there are two areas involved in a pilot program: boulder and washington's olympic peninsula apparently the smart meter has shown savings of 10-40% on electricity. with more plug in vehicles coming onboard this will have to be addressed.
first, on amc.com, they have posted the entire original series of the prisoner, in preparation for their remake...you can watch it here
http://www.amctv.com/videos/the-prisoner-1960...
mr mcgoohan was 20 years ahead of his time, both politically and creatively
second, tomorrow night, pbs begins a 6 hour retrospective of comedy in america....more here
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/makeemlaugh/
tv may be dying...but there are still some things to watch
The change we need
More at link.
..the Gore Regime
President Al Gore from the parallel universe has a gotie and is evil.
The Bush with gotie is good and smart.
Actually, I think that was South Park. ;)
of the original star trek.
The enterprise entered a parallel universe and everyone was evil and had a gotie. Even Lt Uhura.
That 20 million that paid for the collection. It came from the missing TARP money. Your hard earned tax dollars at work.
charged by the collector for managing the tiny microscopic bank accounts of Americans who some day hoped to have an income high enough to curse Obama when he let the Bush tax cuts expire.
seriously though !what ever happened to thoes two semi-trucks loaded with skids of american 100 dollar bills taken by sadams sons from the bank of bagdad? just before bagdad fell?answer me dam you!
an area of interest being looked at by Obama and his people is providing more broadband. this is of big interest to smaller rural towns. the cities are getting too big. there are plenty of demographic studies that show they're going to get bigger. one of the challenges for rural communities is comprehensive healthcare one answer to this complicated issue is live video real time medicine. this would make smaller towns more appealing and help out the healthcare debacle. so putting more glass in the ground will be a good investment.
I don't, for some reason, get a graphic of your open thread videos. Since you don't say what it is that you've posted - I can't go looking for it at another site, youtube, whatever.
So whatever it is that you think is nice enough to end the day with is always invisible and unattainable for me.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdGJxSDgWlo
Sorry to understand that you seem to have a bug having it's way with your browser :(
... NoScript or an Ad blocker?
For me, politics came way before teh internets. So even though I've tried to learn enough to be functional, I'm still not too good at what I'm sure is simple stuff. I have some questions, and please pardon if they seem kind of stupid.
1. What is the difference between the standard C&L and the Video Cafe?
2. With the new "indent threading" (there's got to be a better description). I check for new comments by doing a "Find on this page" search through my browser (Firefox). I get plenty of unnecessary stops on the word "new" but it basically works and I find the comments with the red "New" with little problem. Still, is there a better way?
3. My real problem is when a thread extends into two or more pages. If I click "load new comments" on one page, it seems to load all of them on every page, but after I review one page for new comments then check the others, the "new" designation doesn't seem to work on the second or third pages. I've tried opening each page in a separate tab, but no luck.
I'm confused; any advice?
Bush's new portrait
I have an HD TV. Lately I've noticed a lot more snow in my picture on many channels. Are they duping us and the people that don't have HD?
Has anyone else noticed in there visuals on TV?
..between now and Feb 17th. I don't know, but I hope that's all it is.
My brother's owned a HD television since 2006 (his new flat screen seems to receive signal far better than the big box he had before), but I noticed that my 7-yr-old 17" still has a clearer and less snowy picture quality than even his newest set.
If we get to the date that everything is to change and I have to deal with the snow, I'll for one be pissed. I didn't have all this snow until about 3 months ago.
The better the resolution on the screen; the more the imperfections will be noticable.
Sounds like a complexion ad.
is supposed to be gone by March ;)
Two-headed fish in Australia!
By a Reagan judge.
You know what, I think that Bush, Cheney and their cronies are banking on "mainstream America" not giving a shit about a possible 20th hijacker being tortured. After all, it was 9/11 and those ragheads deserve a little payback, right? In their minds, 9/11 justifies anything and the polls probably support them.
upchuck upthread (heh),
I would rather my tax dollars be spent on something like this than any more be given to crooked, rapacious bankers, if that's the choice.
This artist has more talent, integrity and grit than the whole Shrub lineage.
Good for him and thanks, Nicole, for sharing this.
That was really enjoyable, thanks! They have a lot of sculptures like those at the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City, CA but nothing that detailed/small.
I know that the congress is poised to pass the cigarette taxes to support the CHIP program that Bush vetoed. I read this in the New York Times today and thought it was interesting -
"In Florida and many other states, tobacco money has often been used like an inheritance from a distant uncle. A 2007 report from the Government Accountability Office found that only a third of the settlement money paid out nationally from 2000 to 2005 went to health care or tobacco control."
So, money that has already been given to the states for healthcare has been spent elsewhere. Why should we believe that taxes collected from smokers would be used correctly? This is another example of the majority abusing the minority, just as California voters did to gays.
That should end the outrageous taxes.
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... 147 pages long!
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/c...
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Toyota's latest Big Three Killer. An "activist" legislator wants same-sex marriages to be legal in Maine.
Why would ANYBODY ever want to dine with William Kristol?
they were rehearsing and getting their lines/blocking down to better fool the rubes and masses.
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This goes to show that everyone has some talent but most never really find what it is.
This was a man with learning disabilities, the teachers made him feel small, but look what he has been able to do.
I bet he made more money then all his teachers.
Good luck.
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/story/84900...
And call me a non-PC a**hole if you will, but shame on the boy's grandparents (I presume) who named their daughter Aquanetta. Geez, and I thought Trip and Trig were bad...
5 Days until the United States of America joins the 21st Century....
Everything Changes After Jan. 20, British PM sees 'historic opportunities' to address climate change with Obama. - http://www.grist.org/news/2009/01/13/uk_obama...
Cut Them Down to Size, Another last-minute Bush change threatens forests in Oregon. - http://crosscut.com/2009/01/13/science-enviro...
Thank God....Obama Shelves Jobs-Credit Proposal, Democrats Said $3,000 Tax Incentive Could Be Abused by Businesses - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...
Bowing to widespread Democratic skepticism, President-elect Barack Obama will drop his bid to include a business tax break he once touted in the economic stimulus bill now taking shape on Capitol Hill, aides said last night.
Bush appointee saw Justice lawyers as 'commies,' 'crazy libs,' report says. Bradley Schlozman, who supervised civil rights and voting rights lawyers, broke the law by considering political affiliations in deciding who can serve, an inspector general's report says. Prosecute the High-Pitched Schlozman, Bush, Cheney, Et Al, or You are Ignoring Your Constitutional Responsibilities, Barack.
- http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/natio...
Basically, he's the kind of guy women would throw their drinks at, and guys would ask to step outside....
Israel's free ride ends - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifam...
As Israel pulverises Gaza, questions and doubts about Israeli policy are becoming more prominent in the American media. The failure of the war in Iraq and the attendant discrediting of neoconservatism has opened up new space in the American conversation. With the American right dejected and weakened, there's less pressure on the press to display the kind of boorish one-sidedness that self-congratulatory conservatives like to call "moral clarity".
Israel's disproportionate retaliation in Gaza is increasingly recognised as both brutal and, in all likelihood, ultimately futile. In destroying Gaza, Israel is also destroying the American taboo that has ensured the country such unstintingly favourable media coverage.
Democrats seek criminal probe of Bush 'abuses' - http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-...
"The incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security, a House Democratic report said Tuesday. President-elect Barack Obama has been more cautious on the issue and has not endorsed such a recommendation."
CREW Victory on White House Records - http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/38911
Yesterday, in a major victory for open government and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a federal judge ruled against the Bush Administration latest attempt to keep secret the identities of White House visitors and declared the White House illegally deleted Secret Service computer records.
Even though the good guys won the legal battle, the Bush Administration did succeed in dragging out the case until the very final days in office.
If the police get their tower, what does that make us? - http://obrag.org/?p=3323
Unabashed Racism in the Bush DOJ Civil Rights Division - http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/i...
Pathetic: Israeli Prime Minister Brags That He Got Bush to Leave a Speech to Force Rice to Abstain on a Call for a U.N. Ceasefire. It is Astounding that a Head of State Would Brag About This and Humiliate Both Rice -- And Bush.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/washington/...
"A federal judge says the incoming administration of Barack Obama must be given copies of documents the Bush White House has been withholding from Congress on the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. Tuesday's order by U.S. District Judge John Bates is a minor victory for the House Judiciary Committee's effort to get the documents as part of an investigation that led to the resignation of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales."
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_...
Action in Minnesota's continuing U.S. Senate contest centered on the state Supreme Court today, with Democrat Al Franken asking to be certified as the winner of the election and several dozen people who say their ballots were wrongly excluded seeking to have their votes counted. Franken asked the court to order Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to issue him an election certificate while Republican Norm Coleman wages a court battle to overturn the results of the election recount.
- http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/...
If this wasn't going on, what would Fox Noise report about????
Senator Whitehouse: If Obama doesn’t investigate Bush’s crimes, I will. - http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/13/whitehous...
Green Ballin' Barack Obama. Obama's presidential inauguration aims to be the greenest ever. - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/12/11...
Detroit Auto Show 2009: New 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid Will Get 50 MPG, Optional Solar Roof - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/2010-...
20,000 Gallon Per Year Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Project Opens in South Dakota - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/20000...
Political Irony: http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/13/great-mo...
http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/11/the-wron...
Detainee was tortured, U.S. official says
Trial overseer cites 'abusive' methods against suspect in Sept. 11 attacks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28649218/
Interesting admission. Now read the comments. Truly scary.
http://pwtenny.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/...
I read the comments , yes america is filled with haters
praise main stream media and the droolers thev've helped create
I have a "9-11 was an inside job" bumper sticker, right next to my veitnam veteran license plate , yet i get the worst replies imagineable, most from little old ladies
this man surely put a smile on my face today
uneducated maybe, but talentless, no way
found the creator of my penis
Nothing to do with this topic, but I just got an e-mail that's probably going around in rightist circles.
It purports to be a history of presidential limousines, and shows each vehicle used by U.S. presidents from Truman through Dubya. Then it shows a really tacky Cadillac, jacked up to accomodate the huge rims that would never fit in the wheel wells.
The caption reads: GUESS WHO? I can't believe my mom would forward this kind of straight-up racist shite to me . . .
This guy can't read or write, but he just sold his stuff for $20 MILLION DOLLARS! Incredible! Guess that shows us that it's more important to follow your star than to listen to the crowd.
They're about as small as the amount of good the Bush administration did!
That was amazing!
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