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Thursday, July 06, 2006
Double O oh, licensed to thrill. Yesterday a great love of mine (mainly a love of my eyes...and loins) turned 60 years old. It was 'born' shortly after the first post-war nuclear tests by the USA on Bikini atoll in the South Pacific. Words like 'atomic' weren't yet commonly used, either by the media or anyone else, but the atoll's name was used to describe something sensational...(Bikini Atoll is located in the central Pacific and is one of the 29 atolls and 5 single islands that form the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Bikini is perhaps best known for its role in a series of nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, now something of a diving/ holiday paradise)
...the bikini made its first proper introduction to the world of fashion design on July 5, 1946, as it is was worn and displayed at a Paris fashion show by French model Micheline Bernardini. Reaction to the bikini was immediate and explosive...so says The history of the bikini, and the history begins far before the official introduction of the bikini swimsuit in the summer of 1946...Brigitte Bardot made the wearing of less more acceptable and it soon became more popular as other famous beautiful stars in big films wore them (the BBC link in the first line of this post has one of the most famous: Ursula Andress in Dr. No; the bikini even became furry with the help of another bombshell Rachel Welch and of course it's birthday is news in whatever language you speak (French, Spanish, Portuguese) presumably because it is a good excuse for lucious 'eye candy' pictures for those males of the species who just love the sight (site) of scantily clad ladies ...hmmmmmm. The research was enjoyable...even Wiki articles like these: Evolution of the bikini and the Microkini
26 comments:
- Paul said...
- Thu Jul 06, 02:49:00 pm BST
Span, you've got a one track mind !
- Thu Jul 06, 02:59:00 pm BST
- Span Ows said...
curmy! how could you...it's at least 3 or 4 track...all connecting lines too :-)
Baldino...thought that said 'Span!' first time I read it! Thinking it disapproval of my post!...now I see it says 'Snap!' I shall be over to ogle
You'll both no doubt not be surprised that if my plane wasn't delayed I would have missed it this afternoon! I was happily 'researching' when I realised it was 4:15pm...my flight was due to leave at 6pm, doesn't sound too bad except that I hadn't finished packing, needed a shower and was sat naked at home whilst posting; arrived at the airport in record time probably picking up several points on the way...a ban may go hand in hand with my court appearance in Salisbury due in August (speeding last weekend whilst visiting my 'other' home) DOH!...I shall post about it in due course no doubt.
- Thu Jul 06, 05:13:00 pm BST
- Gavin Corder said...
Span, the thought of you posting in your underpants is terrifying enough, naked is beyond the pale!
It's not fair! I now have a vision of Tinky Winky minus the purple suit, sprinting across the departure lounge clutching a red handbag!
Anyway, don't forget, if you show your lardy arse in England, you owe me a beverage and a book!
- Thu Jul 06, 07:19:00 pm BST
- The Great Gildersleeve said...
Interesting and humorous at the same time.
Yes, I was once done for speeding "I'm innocent..honest I am!"
Maybe so but I did not have the knowledge to argue the point and all because I was doing a good deed by presenting an extra Radio Request show on Hospital Radio one Sunday Morning(it was a professional sounding station)
No Dave Double Decks on the air there "Yes indeedy!"(Reference to an old Steve Wright character)
Good to see that you get over here now and again but not if you have the boys in blue after you...
Hope you are not affected too much and that by now you are somewhere that you wish to be and you caught your plane...
- Fri Jul 07, 12:46:00 am BST
- Span Ows said...
hello Gildy, I'm in Milan en route to Buenos Aires (??!!) Your 'doing a good deed' is very pertinent because I was driving back from Gatwick to pick up the son of a friend that had been 'put on a plane' back to the UK from Antigua; it appears he'd been a naughty boy and wa supsetting family there...on the way back...still onlt 9am...we got 'done'.
Gavin...Tinky Winky running through the airport is a funny image, and of course far far from the true image (whistle) - he got sacked for being too camp didn't he? :-)
- Fri Jul 07, 12:37:00 pm BST
- Gavin Corder said...
Camp is one thing, naked is another!
- Fri Jul 07, 04:37:00 pm BST
- Sarnia said...
Camp is one thing? Spoken by someone who says he is going camping this weekend?
Who the bloody hell goes camping? It's on a par with contemplating brewing your own booze (oops!).
So - anyone any sympathy for the blubbing Ronaldo the other night?
Thought not.
- Fri Jul 07, 11:42:00 pm BST
- Span Ows said...
Hello Sarnia...I'm looking forward to his reception at Old Trafford if he doesn't get transferred to Real Madrid in time! Muahahahahahahaa muahahahaha
Gavin...I'm naked again...in a hotel room in Buenos Aires, just had a lovely hot bath then shower and I'm lobster red...so more like Po now.
- Sat Jul 08, 03:48:00 pm BST
- Sarnia said...
Hello Span - lobster red eh?
It's not the reception at OT that Ronaldo should worry about (most of the Man Yoo supporters hate England anyway and regularly chant "Argentina") but at away grounds.
I'm rooting for Germany (against Ronnie and co) in tonight's 3rd place play off. Sad or what?
Am off to Malta for a couple of days next week and then Sorrento the week after that.
Cover up before you leave your hotel room - you don't want to scare the natives.
- Sat Jul 08, 07:23:00 pm BST
- Span Ows said...
You assume I'm not a flasher Sarnia!
Forgot the 3rd place play-off, been posting re eggs and old ladies...now going downstairs (clothed) to watch Germany win! (Doh! I hate saying taht too)
- Sat Jul 08, 09:04:00 pm BST
- IsobelMagsBuchan said...
Span, I would have said hold that postion I'm on my way to Bimringham airport and I'll be with you in a couple of hours BUT I've got the services of a gorgeous and young sounding waiter tomorrow. Sorry but I do love a young man!!!!
- Sat Jul 08, 11:24:00 pm BST
- Span Ows said...
Tell us more Mags! :-)
...and you've told us before that Mr. Mags is younger than you! ;-)
...but you'll need more than a couple of hours!
Enjoy your trip...and sarnia too, I forgot to say enjoy Malta etc....re the footy - turned on the TV this afternoon and said "It's still 0-0"...within 2 seconds that bastion of Bastions Bastian Schvischniesweigerweinerburger scored one of three great goals...the 2nd with the help of poor petit Petit.
- Sat Jul 08, 11:34:00 pm BST
- IsobelMagsBuchan said...
Span, all is revealed on my blog. To save you reading the whole dirge, just scroll down to the last bit!
Yes, Mr Mags is 15 years younger than me (it's not a joke really but had he been a few years younger when we met I might have been accused of a terrible crime) but that doesn't mean I have stopped admiring young men. I just keep quiet about it normally.
Oi Sarnia of the septic tank, you never told me about Malta. Sorrento yes, Malta no. Is that just you and Mr Sarn's? A bit of oldie loving in a warm place for old bones?
I'll get me coat.
- Sat Jul 08, 11:54:00 pm BST
- Sarnia said...
Well Mags if you checked your YM more often or read your emails even...
Actually - I don't think I have mentioned Malta - only because it's all rather last minute. Mr. Sarnia has to go on business and I've been invited too! Only for a couple of days but better than nowt! (Brats old enough to be left under tender ministrations (sp?) of Thomas).
- Mon Jul 10, 12:23:00 pm BST
- IsobelMagsBuchan said...
Oops, just checked YM and sure enough there is one that you sent to me on the 6th! Re-checked emails and no, no mention of Malta. I guess at your age you probably do want to keep dirty weeks away from the children a secret because as you know, (and I am yet to discover for real but for now I'll take it as read) wrinkly sex is sooooo dsigusting!
I'll get me hat now as well!
- Mon Jul 10, 01:17:00 pm BST
- Span Ows said...
Is Thomas the oldest lad or the 'staff'?...if it's your boy he'll have all his mates and their fillies round for a rave so won't really notice the other children...
Mags! ROFL...can you still run fast? I seem to remember you can/could...
- Mon Jul 10, 03:35:00 pm BST
- Sarnia said...
LOL Mags! I'll tell you who I think is rather gorgeous - Italy's No. 9 Toni. Now - I normally don't "go" for footballers but I'll make an exception in his case.
I'll bow to your greater knowledge re: "wrinkly sex".
Span - Thomas is both! (Son and staff). He's just landed at Gatwick (from Turkey) and flies into Gsy later tonight.
Hope you've managed to find some clothes thereby avoiding scaring the natives.
- Mon Jul 10, 04:21:00 pm BST
- IsobelMagsBuchan said...
Span, it is possible that I could run fast but as I haven't tried for years I couldn't say. However mindful of being around for my children I will not take the risk of a coronary by attempting a sprint.....unless it's after your naked self of course, but then knowing you, you would make it easy for me and just lie down! As to Sarnia, she wouldn't run, far too common for that one, plus why run when you have a free bus pass?
Sarnia, I'm afraid that Italian men in general hold no allure for me. Let's face it, they live with their mothers until they marry so they must have some problems. Plus they are cheating so and so's.
My knowledge of wrinkly sex is only by heresay. I just thought you could give us all some first hand knowledge on the subject.
I'll get my gloves now.
- Mon Jul 10, 08:27:00 pm BST
- Span Ows said...
Gloves? In summer! They must be those rubbery surgical ones....i won't ask what for! I'm not getting involved in the wrinkly sex thing (phew!) between you two but i would run...a little manily to work up a sweat and to add to the excitement! Chase me!
Re footy...that Toni is over 6 feet...a hunk to boot! Actually i liked the look and the attitude of Al Buffon Pacino....anyway...moving on....There was a slightly racist leaning thread or posts on the MB re the football...i.e. that all the Italian side 'looked' like Italians but none of the French 'looked' like French (the hint-point being that they were not white)...except scarface....and Saignol (sp?)
- Tue Jul 11, 02:02:00 am BST
- Sarnia said...
Ha ha Mags! I agree with what you say about men who live with their mothers ...
Span - we agree! Toni is indeed a hunk and yes, there is a little je ne sais quoi (sp?) about Buffon also.
I can run quite fast actually - used to be a 100M sprinter.
This "wrinkly sex" thing is just Mags being nasty wasty to poor 'iccle me (because I am a two months older than her despite looking 10 years younger).
[Runs away VERY fast indeed]
- Tue Jul 11, 09:44:00 am BST
- IsobelMagsBuchan said...
Only in your dreams Sarnia!!! As to "poor iccle you", I just vomited. See what you do to me? Make me sick? That's what teenagers say about wrinkly sex!
I'll get me brolly now.
- Tue Jul 11, 10:52:00 am BST
- Sarnia said...
It's MY brolly - I'm Mary Poppins didn't you know?
[Just returned from taking K to surgery after a 2nd bout of tonsilitis - turns out she has glandular (is there an 'r' at the end of that word?) fever - I knew she wasn't shamming because she broke up from school last week].
So it's double poor iccle me (and her I suppose).
Oh - and I hope you vomited into a bucket and not all over the floor like you usually do. Slattern.
- Tue Jul 11, 11:28:00 am BST
- IsobelMagsBuchan said...
Oh sorry about K. I had glandualr fever when I was 25 and it was horrible. Poor thing probably will not feel better until it's time to go back to school. Big hug from me.
As to you Madam, you're just sore because the Sarniabratlets are at home now and you cannot indulge in wrinkly sex in the conservatory during daylight hours. I saw it all on that video posted on that Septic Sex Site.....which I hasten to add I only visited because of your neighbours email.
I'll get my boots now.
- Tue Jul 11, 06:53:00 pm BST
- Gavin Corder said...
Oh no, not PO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mags, it's not a question of him lying down - he'd have a devil of a job getting up! (boom boom!)
Sarnia, people go camping - not everyone is entirely dependent on room service!
- Wed Jul 12, 07:42:00 pm BST
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Or is it White-Green-Red? The Treviso Marathon had this idea that they would have three separate starts for their marathon and assign a colour of the national flag to each one. At the half way point the three roads would meet and, having supplied a appropriate coloured hat, they would form the Italian National flag. It was really complicated to plan everything, but in the end it all worked out. I put just one pacer from each start point and coordinated it so that they would meet up with one another at 21km. THAT worked too (amazing!). It was actually very emotional, lots of tears were shed. The picture here is of the three 4h15' pacers. The guy in red was sobbing uncontrollably at the finish line.
One of the women I train, Alessia, ran her first marathon there. She wrote a nice story about it (sorry, in Italian!), though there is one excerpt I thought was funny: "While I was at the start sitting on the ground so I could take off my long pants and hide the gels, tie my shoes, I start a conversation with a couple. They're nice. I tell them this is my first marathon. 'Really? Good luck!' Then they see I have the blue bracelet to follow the four hour pacers and they ask me how many long runs I did. "15 miles" I tell them. They look at me shocked and then say "and you want to follow the four hour pacers?? Are you crazy? 15 miles is not enough, you'll never make it!"
Apart from the fact that this is the rudest thing to say to ANYBODY at the start of their first marathon...The long slow run is a useless exercise. Her 3h58'31" finishing time with negative splits proves it! Plus, she doesn't even look tired at the finish line...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Ag casadh ar gorm.
Dúirt Niall orm faoi oiche na Mháirt sin caite : "í dtólamh, beidh cuimhne liom nuair chuala mé go raibh a rogha ceannaire atá an fear príomh-ghorm." Tá fírinne ann. Mise féin. Bhí olltoghchán go raibh go stairiúil ann. Scríobh mé faoi an comhlann go laídir idir Obama agus McCain anseo ar feadh seachtaine seo.
Anois, tá mé go tuirseach beagán, áfach! Tuigeann agaibh faoi mo thuairimí. Ní scríobhfaidh chomh is mó fúthu-- ceapaim! B'fhéidir, inseoidh futhú ar an blogannaí eile, leis léiriú níos gearr!
Tá mo chroí trina chéile agus mé faoi an bua mhór daonlathach. Fhógraím go deireanach ar an taobh a thógail mise á diúltú a insint ag gúthaíocht go hoifigiúil. Vhóta mé, ach mo vóta a tugtha a Nader-- an ceathrú uair. Ní chréidim seisean féin go leor, ach ní bhfuil páirtithe polaitíochtaí a creideamh ormsa féin. Mar sin féin, iarraidh mé an fior-iarrthói an chead uair eile a vhótail.
Abairt as gaeilge an focal amháin ar an fear Aoifreach agus an dath na speire. Tá iómhá go tráthuil anois. Féic ar an mapa toghchánach ar na stáit go raibh "dearg" riamh. Tá siad níos mór díobh "gorm" inniu. Tá duine go leor ag measú faoi bua go mbeidh iompú bisigh.
Mar sin féin, athraigh malairt intinne go mall. I gCalifoirnea, tá an cheist go fíochmar ann atá á plé faoi an díomua na chéile comhraiceoirí ghnó na h-ochtú. Ní aontaionn faoi an céim ó tacaíocht air i measc vótáilaíthe Aoifreach-Mheireceannach agus Laidineach. Chuir siad an cuid sheachtrú a chéad na duine ghorm agus leathan na Lhaidneachaí-- le chéile leis coimeadachái mhéan tíre ar aghaidh an roinnt saorbhreathach ina thuiscint cóstaí dul chun cinn a chosc.
Sonraionn tairiscint pósadh idir an fear agus an bean amháin. Ceapaim faoi ár chairde dhíle, Críos agus Bob. Phós siad ar feadh an mhí caite seo. Tá beirt lánúin phósta sna dlíthe atá i bhfeidhm--ó shin, sula tríu laetheannaí fadó. Tá ár tír ag dul síos leis Obama; titeann mo stád ar gcúl leis ceist an h-ochtú.
Turning to blue.
Niall said to me about that last Tuesday night: "Always, I will remember when I heard that the president who was the first black man was chosen." That's true. Me too. The general election was historical. I wrote about the strong contest between Obama and McCain here during this past week.
Now, I'm a little tired, however! All of you understand about my opinions. I won't write so much about them-- I think! Perhaps, I will tell about them on other blogs, with shorter comments!
'My heart's divided together through'(=mixed emotions) about the great Democratic victory. I declared recently on the side to choose myself to decline to state my voting affiliation officially. I voted, but I cast my vote for Nader-- the fourth time straight. I don't believe in himself much, but there's no political party for me myself to believe in. Nevertheless, I want a real candidate by the next time that I vote.
In Irish the same word's spoken for an African man and the color of the sky. It's a fitting image now. Look at the electoral map of the states that were "red" before. They today have for them more "blue." Many people are thinking about the victory that it'll be a change for the better.
All the same, change of heart changes slowly. In California, there's a fierce question which is under debate about the defeat of Proposition 8's opponents. There is not agreement about the level of support for it among the African-American voters and Latinos. They combined for a seven out of ten share of the black people and half from Latinos-- together with conservatives from the inland they blocked progress against the portion of liberals from the northern coast.
The proposal defines marriage between a man and a woman only. I think about our dear friends, Chris and Bob. They married during the past month. The pair's a married couple under the laws in force-- back then, before three days ago. Our country goes forward with Obama; my state falls backward with Proposition 8.
Griangraf/Photo:"Scardan na Fhírinne"/"Fountain of Truth" Leis plé lasánta ar an blog ar áit seo/ With fiery blog debate at this place.
Chuir Bob lasc ar fheabhas seo orm/ Bob sent this perfect link to me. There's an opposing, most passionate view at the/ Tá radharc ar aghaidh is feargach ar an Daily Kos blog: "Facts Belie the Stereotyping of Black People for Prop. 8"
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- harry said...
Thanks for your faithful friendship and searching intellect. If black people are the sky, are you and I the inside of the potato (post-blight and very light)? Odd not to know what Chris and my status is... new and uncomfortable territory. The neighbors in Mt. Hermon with Yes on 8 signs in their yards. How does our happiness have any impact on them? Sharon my sister-in-law sent me an exegesis on the relationship of hell and calvary and how she didn't believe my dad, at the end of his days, said he didn't believe God sent His children to hell. But people like Sharon, and African Americans who believe like her, passed prop 8. I think it's culture and religion, not race, that is at the base of these profound blindnesses. Lord, I pray for burning bushes expanding our light, and the new revelations of your Holy Spirit opening eyes, minds and hearts.
- Fionnchú said...
Thanks for such biblically tinged eloquence! Let's hope the Parousia descends along with so many messianic and millennial hopes, down to us flatlanders wandering in the chaparral and dust. May peace comfort us from Mt. Hermon and all those cedar-dappled-- and redwood-graced-- slopes.


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- Being a sophmore gives you the right to throw annoying freshman boys off your table at lunch. This may seem cruel, but it's his own freshman fault for sitting at a table full of sophmore girls in the first place. Stupid kid.
- Sophmore English is just Freshman English with a little more "American's Rock" stuff thrown in. I'm not kidding, I'm in honors level English and we're still doing "What makes an American?"
- Mrs. Supple (the sophmore health teacher) is the most frightening yet amusing person I have ever met. Her class is histerical, but my God I'm terrified of her! She has this intimidating presence...I wouldn't want to get on her bad side.
- No one ever guess that you're a sophmore. If you're tall, they thing you're a junior, if you're short they think you're a freshman, if you're average height they think you're either one or the other, but very rarely does anyone EVER say anything like "you're a sophmore right?"
- No matter how great your school is, sophmores must always complain about it. The freshman are all too intimidated to speak any ill of their new home, the juniors are too busy to care, and the seniors figure they're getting out soon. It's up to the sophmore class to notice every little flaw in how the school is run. Wether it's "There's too much traffic" or "The lunch line is too long" or even "Look at the scratch at the wall! It's the administration's fault!!" I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I do it too (the lunch line does take TOO LONG to get through, trust me)
- Sophmore are omnipotent. That's right, we know everything. Wether it's what teachers are good or bad, or where the health office is, we know everything! Even though my town just built a new school, so no one knows where they're going, the sophmores know still know everything. It's true, I know where you live.
- Geometry is a hell of a lot better then algebra. I know I'm only seven days into it, but I can actually follow this type of math, unlike algebra (which was a nightmare I almost failed) There's some algebra in it, but it's algebra I can handle. Really.
- Sophmores still have to take the bus. I didn't have to last year, as I lived so close to my school I could just walk. But this year, with the new school, I have to take the bus. I despise the bus, it's the most appalling mode of transportation one can ever ride in their lifetime. Granted, it's not quite as crowded as my bus back in middle school was, but I still don't like riding it. Plus, it doesn't drop me off until a little after three, meaning there's no one to pick up my sister at her school. A predicament, yes?
- There is SOOOO much more science homework in sophmore year then in freshman year. For Monday, I have to read 6 pages, do 6 questions and summerize it, do a 4 page graph packet and write a one page paper on what I observed while nature walking on Thursday. That's just one night of homework, for one class only! And over the weekend! You want to know what I saw on that nature walk? Mushrooms. Many colored mushrooms. How can one write an entire paper on mushrooms? Who knows?
- Surviving freshman year was quite a feat, now that you've done that, teachers tend to trust you a bit more. If you're late to class and you tell them it's because your bus is apallingly slow and was late, they beleive you. Freshman year, I couldn't have gotten away with that even if I did take the bus.
A word to all you freshman out there, hang in there, it gets better. :)
Adeus Everybody! (That's suppose to mean goodbye in Portugese, don't blame me blame Bable Fish)


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Today in awesome: HBO series opening sequences
HBO has a penchant for wicked mood-setting opening sequences. These are just a few of them n__n.
Carnivale (2003-2005)
Opening sequence by A52, designed by a Mister Angus Wall. The design team set out to "create a title sequence that grounded viewers in the mid-1930s, but that also allowed people to feel a larger presence of good and evil over all of time." It ended up winning an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2004.
Six Feet Under (2001-2005)
Note the pretty flake-away text n_n.
This was made by Digital Kitchen (the same people who made the equally pretty Dexter opening), with music by Thomas Newman. Series creator Alan Ball said the opening sequence was "elegant, cinematic and so unlike TV."
The designer Danny Yount shows people how he storyboarded the whole thing here.
Rome (2005-2007)
Once again made by the people at A52. This one won the 2005 BAFTA award for Main Title.
I liked that it's all told through ancient graffiti, which fits considering graffiti tells some really gritty stories that may or may not make it to more academic retellings of history. Also, there's a cock at 0:40 n__n.
Game of Thrones (2011-ongoing)
Designed by Angus Wall, made by Elastic.
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According to (the designer) Wall, the sequence will change as the series progresses, to focus on other areas like the Twins and the Eyrie.
Boardwalk Empire (2010-ongoing)
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It's by Imaginary Forces, which made "a main title sequence that brings central story points of the series to life and introduces us to the main character, Nucky Thompson, 'ruler of the boardwalk.'"
True Blood (2008-ongoing)
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If average UK earnings had stayed in pace with average UK property prices then, today's average wage would be £55,000, but it isn't. In fact the average salary is barely half that at £25,932.
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This statistic only reinforces my long held view that the UK will continue on its divisive path - those with a lot and those with a lot less.
In terms of property prices, the gap between those average areas and the more affluent parts will continue to widen. My advice buy quality if you can afford it. Wealth will only continue its migration to the top.
For anyone who believes where America leads, we follow, I think this video underlines my view perfectly.
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It's not the best move ever, but my choices are slim and my position weak. So, have at it Jim.
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It's been a very interesting week out there. Let's see how the LC saw it.- A Blog Around The Clock: the diseases of poverty.An interesting week for me, too. Let's say I dodged a bullet, and I look forward to a busy summer.
- archy has an excellent essay on the conservative mindset.
- Bark Bark Woof Woof: poll politics.
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- Dohiyi Mir: back in the straddle again.
- Echidne Of The Snakes: back to the future in abortion.
- Florida Progressive Coalition Blog: a perfect candidate?
- Left Is Right: interesting poll results.
- Lefty Side of the Dial: playing ketchup
- Musing's musings: Michael is off on vacation: happy trails!
- Pen-Elayne on the Web: getting settled at the new job and learning to love commuting again.
- Rook's Rant: Michele Bachman's pet peeves.
- rubber hose: intolerance.
- Scrutiny Hooligans: McCain meets Billy Graham.
- SoonerThought: when Chris Hanson goes too far.
- Speedkill: how dense is James Dobson?
- Steve Bates, The Yellow Doggerel Democrat: McCain vs. the computer.
- Stupid Enough Unexplanation: welcome to the neighborhood.
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Update: Look's like the target amount was reached quite quickly and so it's been doubled. Hence the move back to the top.
Bark Bark Woof WoofHow rich. Today seems to be all about pointing out the projection going on over at the extreme right. First Dowd eviscerates Rove, now Mustang Bobby smacks around Dobson.
Referring to the book of Leviticus, those practices include stoning people for planting different crops next to each other. Mr. Dobson says those laws have been made irrelevant by the New Testament, yet oddly enough, the imprecations against homosexuality in the same book in the Old Testament are left intact and are used as weapons by people like James Dobson to demonize an entire class of citizens and deny them their Constitutional rights of equal justice under the law. And he has the chutzpah to accuse Barack Obama of having a "fruitcake interpretation of the Constitution." Hey, he's the one who said "fruitcake."
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Rove is trying to spin his myths, as he used to do with such devastating effect, but it won't work this time. The absurd spectacle of rich white conservatives trying to paint Obama as a watercress sandwich with the crust cut off seems ugly and fake.
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Unlike W., Obama doesn't have a chip on his shoulder and he doesn't make a lot of snarky remarks. He tries to stay on a positive keel and see things from the other person's point of view.
He's not Richie Rich, saved time and again by Daddy's influence and Daddy's friends, the one who got waved into Yale and Harvard and cushy business deals, who drank too much and snickered at the intellectuals and gave them snide nicknames.
This is probably propogating a sexual stereotype, but damn, she sure did castrate Rove. Well, she would have, if he actually had any balls to begin with.
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In the first civilian judicial review of the government's evidence for holding any of the Guantánamo Bay detainees, a federal appeals court has ordered that one of them be released or given a new military hearing.
The ruling, made known Monday in a notice from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, overturned a Pentagon tribunal's decision in the case of one of 17 Guantánamo detainees who are ethnic Uighurs, a Muslim minority from western China.
The imprisonment of the 17 Uighurs (pronounced WEE-goors) has drawn wide attention because of their claim that although they were in Afghanistan when the United States invaded in 2001, they were never enemies of this country and were mistakenly swept into Guantánamo.
No, it can't be possible. Our government make a mistake?! Not the government commanded by George "No regrets" W. Bush. Oh please oh please tell me it ain't so! I mean, these prisoners sound dangerous, what with peddling their fruits of mass destruction.
The one-paragraph notice from the appeals court said a three-judge panel had found in favor of Huzaifa Parhat, a former fruit peddler who made his way from western China to a Uighur camp in Afghanistan.
I am so disheartened. Poor president Bush. He will never be able to achieve world peace at this rate.
The Minnesota IndependentWhat's the big fuss? It's obvious she is simply looking to keep her career options open after politics. I am sure she will make a nice household primate pet to some deserving family. Are baboons good household pets?
The Humane Society, the largest animal welfare organization in the world, slammed Rep. Michele Bachmann for her vote last week against a bill outlawing the sale of apes, monkeys and other non-human primates in the exotic pet trade. The group took Bachmann to task for the primate vote as well as votes to allow trophy hunting of endangered polar bears and to allow the slaughter of wild horses for human consumption. The Captive Primate Safety Act, H.R. 2964, prohibits the sale of apes, monkeys and other primates as pets.
I am faced with a very difficult position. He has lined up that White Bishop of his right at my Knight and my Rook. He moves that e pawn up and he's got himself a three way attack; my Knight, my Rook, and my Black Bishop. Completely not cool. I am now trying to decide between the lesser of three, or four, evils for my next move.
What really sucks is that I did not see that move. Curse you, Jim. Curse you!
Well, it is going to take me quite some time to figure out my next move.
Death is not a news story. It is simply a part of life. I am not all that inclined to consider the passing of people as some horrible, terrible incident. I am willing to admit to the pain and grief I experience when someone I love has passed away. But again, it is simply a part of life. I was going to say part of the human condition, but having seen a raccoon mourn the loss of their mate, it's far from just a human condition.
Anyway, I was just noting that on the grand scale of life, we are in a slow news cycle, where the trivial and the mundane are being elevated to heights far exceeding their worth.
New York Times
George Carlin, the Grammy-Award winning standup comedian and actor who was hailed for his irreverent social commentary, poignant observations of the absurdities of everyday life and language, and groundbreaking routines like "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television," died in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday, according to his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He was 71.
What is even more embarrassing, this incredibly stupid woman comes from Minnesota.
Coffee klatch? Meeting ground? Christ on horseback, she is a fucking dumb-ass. She makes Dana Carvey's Church Lady look absolutely progressive.
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Bachmann noted a caribou population increase, from 2,700 to 30,000, since the Trans Alaska Pipeline System from Prudhoe Bay was built in 1977.
The pipeline has now become a meeting ground and "coffee klatch" for the caribou, she said.
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I have to admit, when I found her, I panicked. I thought my girlfriend was dead. I couldn't see any breathing, and could not feel a pulse. But I was freaking out, so I wasn't doing a very good job if feeling for one.
The girl I love was not responsive and now limp as hell.
Nothing is more horrifying than the loss of a loved one. I've only felt this pain once before. In 1991 my younger brother was killed in a car accident. The horror I felt today far exceeded what I felt when I loss my brother.
She is upstairs now, having been released from the emergency room following an IV of fluid, an EKG, and is now full of pizza and Pepsi. She's tired, has a headache, and still not fully 100%. But the tests showed no damage. She is okay. And I know now just how much she means to me.
God, I love that woman. No matter how insane she acts at time, how infuriating she can make me with her incredibly illogical thinking, her almost mystical incantation of denial, and her immensely frustrating stubbornness.
Her sister once described a scene from years ago, when Gayle was having an argument with an old boyfriend. She was so intense and combative that she stood barefoot in the snow for over half an hour just to win the argument. So, when she gets exceedingly angry, I accuse her of being barefoot in the snow.
She was stubborn when she regained consciousness, not wanting to go to the emergency room because she did not have any medical insurance. But having passed out twice more in the ambulance before pulling away decided against her wishes. Even at the emergency room, after telling her the full extent of her condition, she was still angry. Once again she was weaving about herself that incantation of denial, down playing the significance of the event, and pissing me off royally.
Once she was home, and obviously stable, I blasted her on her poor eating habits and trying to lose too much weight. Hard. She got the ass chewing of her life. And her daughter, also frustrated by the illogical reasoning behind Gayle's denial, joined in on the confrontation. Of course Gayle, being Gayle, was once again barefoot in the snow. Damn stubborn woman.
Ah, but she's The GirlFriend™, gots to love her.
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Friday Blogaround
Summer starts tomorrow. So what's the LC been up to this week as we get ready for the lazy hazy crazy days?- A Blog Around The Clock: home decor.The rainy season has really arrived here in Florida. We need it, yes, but come on.... (Well, at least it's not a you-know-what.)
- archy: backwards march!
- Bark Bark Woof Woof: the Log Cabin Republicans.
- Bloggg: still mad for Hillary.
- Collective Sigh: wonderful news; happy dance time!
- Dohiyi Mir: Juneteenth!
- Echidne Of The Snakes: the pregnancy pact in Gloucester.
- Florida Progressive Coalition Blog: do something.
- Iddybud Journal: a Nobel commencement speech.
- Left Is Right: testifying about torture.
- Lefty Side of the Dial: short shots.
- Musing's musings: oh, that voice...
- Pen-Elayne on the Web: among other things, happy birthday to Paul McCartney.
- Rook's Rant: another Democratic win.
- rubber hose: compare and contrast.
- Scrutiny Hooligans: war criminals.
- SoonerThought: best science?
- Speedkill: psycho psychic.
- Steve Bates, The Yellow Doggerel Democrat: FISA fiasco.
- Stupid Enough Unexplanation: Michael Gerson takes on Al Franken.
- The Invisible Library: summer movie reviews.
- WTF Is It Now?? indies are not buying it.
- ...You Are A Tree: feeling scrabulous.
I would rather he initiate the Knight trade. Should I take his Knight with mine, all sorts of developmental opportunities are present for Jim. I am not interested in allowing his Rook to advanced. Nothing is more disheartening than to see a Queen fronted by a Rook. Nor, for that matter, am I interested in allowing him to move a pawn back into the d file where it could do all sorts of misbehaving harassment. Trust me, misbehaving harassment from pawns is very irritating.
And if you feel so inclined, you could also go to the Actblue page I set up for Al Franken as well.
Yesterday was a very unpleasant experience, with my--for lack of a more tactful expression--balls aching as if they had been kicked. You men know of what I speak; the pain that occurs after said blow, usually lasting for a few minutes, maybe an hour. Yeah, well I had it all day.
Today, however, it feels as if the antibiotic is doing its job. I am already experiencing much less discomfort compared to yesterday. My gut hardly hurts, even after having coffee and breakfast, and my balls only hurt half as bad.
If I am truly heading towards wellness (yeah, yeah, contain yourself back there in the last row, you smart ass) I might resume Tour De Rook.
Unbelievable, Michele is discredited by a member of her own party! How pathetic is that?
Yeah, like I am expecting an answer.
Hat Tip: MNPublius
Washington PostWhat is this? The fourth win in a special election for the Democrats? Of course, the most important aspect of his win was Donna beating the incumbent during the primary. Either way, this just eludes to the approaching blow out in November.
Democrat Donna F. Edwards was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives by voters in Montgomery and Prince George's counties yesterday, becoming the first black woman selected to serve Maryland in Congress.
Also, it may explain why I took to blogs so easily. Blogs are simply a round table discussion, such as happens in cafes and coffee shops around the nation, only without the necessary step of having to leave the house and go to a cafe or coffee shop.
New York TimesNothing but pure avarice. Cheney is simply robbing the treasury for his Saudi buddies. And KBR threatening to not perform services for the troops? Nothing more than extortion. Isn't there some federal law in place for just such an act? Why I believe so. RICO or some such thing.
WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American troops.
Army officials denied that Mr. Smith had been removed because of the dispute, but confirmed that they had reversed his decision, arguing that blocking the payments to KBR would have eroded basic services to troops. They said that KBR had warned that if it was not paid, it would reduce payments to subcontractors, which in turn would cut back on services.
Damn, it sure sucks to get old.
I believe in the magic of the mind, the soul, and that it's name is imagination. I believe no one can tell me how to think. I believe only I can change my mind, but only with the help of others. I believe I count; as an American; a man; a human; as sentient life. I believe in a Higher Power that we truly cannot name. I believe that all emotions are gifts from Our Higher Power that, when ignored, turn against us. I believe that without war we could not have invented the word peace-and for that I feel sad. Finally-and most importantly-I believe if I want cream and sugar, I would not order coffee.
Oh, and I have been remiss in leaving a link to Jim's blog. It appears he is once again posting at his original haunt, Mockingbird's Medley, a development about which I am pleased.
MSNBCWhen I first read this over at Digby's, I thought it was some kind of joke, because there was no link, so I looked it up.
WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of "Meet the Press," died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday's "Meet the Press" program when he collapsed, the network said. No details were immediately available.
As always, I never speak ill of those who've passed on.
So, let's see how he deals with my advancing pawns on his King. After much whining and complaining about my poor gamesmanship, I am starting to feel a little more confident. Which, of course, means I am probably heading into a major mistake.
Thanks, Mustang Bobby, I will. Oh, and until I read the link, I did not realize it was Friday the 13th. I knew it was Friday, and I knew it was the 13th, I just didn't realize it was Friday The 13th. Isn't that a movie?
Friday BlogaroundHave a touch of triskaidekaphobia? Relax and read up on the week's doings in the Liberal Coalition.- A Blog Around The Clock: the internet is stealing our brains.Knock on wood...and don't forget your dad on Sunday.
- archy: hey, we're still here.
- Bark Bark Woof Woof: laugh them off.
- Bloggg: More Republicans support gay marriage than they do President Bush.
- Collective Sigh: temperature control.
- Dohiyi Mir: it's the law.
- Echidne Of The Snakes: another lesson in anti-feminism.
- Florida Progressive Coalition Blog: support your local progressive bloggers.
- Iddybud Journal: Jude's video on global warming.
- Left Is Right: a libertarian's view of the economy.
- Lefty Side of the Dial: what TV shows would you like to see as video games?
- Musing's musings: "don't ask don't tell," don't work, don't keep it.
- Pen-Elayne on the Web: Hooray for Elayne!
- Rook's Rant: Bob Barr on the war on drugs. Plus, get well soon, Rook.
- rubber hose: not such strict constructionists.
- Scrutiny Hooligans: where's the food?
- SoonerThought: fighting the smears.
- Speedkill: an excellent choice.
- Steve Bates, The Yellow Doggerel Democrat: National Security Letters -- return to sender.
- Stupid Enough Unexplanation: picking on Cal Thomas is fun.
- The Invisible Library: on Dennis Kucinich and his impeachment quest.
- WTF Is It Now?? on Obama's lobbying troubles vs. McCain's.
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Well, doh! of course I don't. I suck at chess.
Of course, with all my physical discomfort and preoccupation with appointments and suffering, I have not yet considered my move. But I promise I will not forget that I have a move to make.
After moving my Bishop out, my opponent resigned, figuring I had mate in 2 moves. He obviously didn't see the block with the Queen. Or, wasn't willing to consider losing his Queen. Had he moved his Queen to block the check by my Bishop, he does stave off mate. But I get to start munching on all sorts of pieces.
A few years ago, this game would have been a loss for me. I would have freaked out over his Queen and Knight being in my front ranks. I would have mounted some sort of defense without considering a quick attack of my own.
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For years, I served as a federal prosecutor and member of the House of Representatives defending the federal pursuit of the drug prohibition.
Today, I can reflect on my efforts and see no progress in stopping the widespread use of drugs. I'll even argue that America's drug problem is larger today than it was when Richard Nixon first coined the phrase, "War on Drugs," in 1972.
America's drug problem is only compounded by the vast amounts of money directed at this ongoing battle. In 2005, more than $12 billion dollars was spent on federal drug enforcement efforts while another $30 billion was spent to incarcerate non-violent drug offenders.
The result of spending all of those taxpayer's dollars? We now have a huge incarceration tab for non-violent drug offenders and, at most, a 30% interception rate of hard drugs. We are also now plagued with the meth labs that are popping up like poisonous mushrooms across the country.
Indeed, after my primary doctor did an abdominal examination, I am now hurting throughout my abdomen, from the top of my stomach down to my testicles. This really sucks. He could feel bloating, but was unable to give me a definitive diagnosis. Instead, I have to have an ultra-sound and a colon ex-ray, requiring a barium enema. I am not looking forward to tomorrow or Thursday.
In case I have any people who are interested, you can go to his ActBlue page and help him out with a donation. There are other worthy Minnesota candidates who would welcome donations as well.
Well, at least he didn't forget Poland!
Hat Tip: Prometheus 6
Anyway, I would like this pain in my gut to go away. About two weeks ago, I started having a sharp, though not extremely, pain in the right side of my gut, just below the stomach. It was only acting up occasionally. But of late, it has become a constant nuisance, waking me up in the night, now on several occasions during the night. Even now, I can feel it, still sharp, yet constant.
On top of that, my stomach has been acting up. It has been producing even more gas then it use to, resulting in an inordinate amount of embarrassing flatulence and burping. But the most disconcerting is the radiating pain that travels up into the right side of my rib cage, back to my kidney, and down into my right hip and buttock.
I've been to the doctor, and I have had a CT scan completed. This ruled out a appendicitis, which I am grateful to have learned. So, that is all good and fine. However, I am still experiencing discomfort, and it is not showing any signs of dissipating. Indeed, it appears to be getting worse.
Of course, all this is to explain the lack of posts about the Tour De Rook. With this pain, and not knowing its cause, I have decided to take a short hiatus from bicycling. I don't want to aggravate an already uncomfortable condition. At the moment I am waiting for a call back from the doctor.
I really was looking forward to moving them closer to his Queen side pawn structure. Oh well.
New York Times
Medical marijuana was legalized under state law by California voters in 1996, and since then 11 other states have followed, even though federal law still bans the sale of any marijuana. But some frustrated residents and law enforcement officials say the California law has increasingly and unintentionally provided legal cover for large-scale marijuana growers -- and the problems such big-money operations can attract.
"It's a clear shield for commercial operations," said Mike Sweeney, 60, a supporter of both medical marijuana and a local ballot measure on June 3 that called for new limits on the drug in Mendocino. "And we don't want those here."
The outcome of the ballot measure is not known, as votes are still being counted, but such community push-back is increasingly common across the state, even in the most liberal communities. In recent years, dozens of local governments have banned or restricted cannabis clubs, more formally known as dispensaries, that provide medical marijuana, in the face of public safety issues involved in its sale and cultivation, including crime and environmental damage.
Or more to the point, that the eventual legalization of marijuana for recreational use moved a step closer.
Honestly, prohibition does not work. It never has, it never will.
Can anyone tell me when my opponent made the bad pawn move?
I just did a quick check of the search results, and I am #2 on that search list result, on page one! There is something wrong when I am higher than most of the major newspapers. If there is such a commotion for holding down government spending, than the cost of the Iraq war should be getting a lot more coverage.
Why? I don't know. Because I don't know what the hell I am doing? Because I suck at chess? Well, yes, of course that is obvious. This game proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that I play chess as well as Bush runs the country.
Anyway, sorry for the delay, Jim. Have at it.
Bark Bark Woof Woof[Sigh] It seems I am being misunderstood all the way around when it comes to my last post about Hillary. I am not sad to see Hillary suspend her campaign. I was sad to see the manner in which she was forced out. Had a man been in Hillary's place, he would have been able to stay in the race right into the convention. I am bemoaning the sexism that is apparent in the push for her to bow out of the race as far back as four months ago.
Friday Blogaround
Did anything happen this week? Ask the Liberal Coalition.- A Blog Around The Clock: honeybees dancingHave a good weekend. I still have 2,759 boxes to unpack...
- archy: passive aggressive resistance, or just laziness?
- Bark Bark Woof Woof: that morning forty years ago.
- Bloggg: had enough?
- Dohiyi Mir: adventures in babysitting.
- Echidne Of The Snakes: Apparently Granny Clampett is Cal Thomas's ideal woman president.
- Florida Progressive Coalition Blog: If not Hillary, who's the next woman to run for president?
- Left Is Right is asking for your predictions of Republican shenanigans.
- Lefty Side of the Dial: Lefty doesn't like Chris Matthews.
- Musing's musings: Make up and get to work, Dems.
- Pen-Elayne on the Web reviews a new movie by Neil Innes.
- Rook's Rant: Rook is sorry to see Hillary go.
- rubber hose: permanently in Iraq?
- Scrutiny Hooligans: not a bargaining chip.
- SoonerThought: Senate rebukes Bush and Cheny; they lied about Iraq.
- Speedkill: Deceptions.
- Steve Bates, The Yellow Doggerel Democrat: Get well, Tabitha.
- Stupid Enough Unexplanation: Rush Limbaugh explains why it's not his fault the GOP will lose.
- The Invisible Library: face reality, people.
- WTF Is It Now?? No, Sen. McCain, you did not.
Anyway, I am sorry to see Hillary suspend her campaign under duress. She's going against her character, which is a shame. I believe her tenacity and fighting spirit were two of her best qualities. Two qualities which are routinely vilified in women.
Obviously, women have a much more insidious mind set to overcome in this country. Not that Blacks, Hispanics, or other races, have it easy. Despite Barack Obama's successful primary run, it is still a long way before equality of race is the norm in this country. Still, I believe women's equality has one big block that the minorities don't experience; there are women that do not believe in feminism.
Now, I am not about to claim that a majority of women oppose feminism. But enough that the misogamist mindset is able to sustain itself. Nor am I suggesting the misogamist mindset is the reason Obama won the Democratic primary.
I challenge anyone to show me a block of the Black populace in this country that is advocating a return to Jim Crow laws. Yet, the site linked above is advocating a return to pre-industrial life for women. Hell, I've heard a woman state that women have no place in the voting booth!
As a whole, though, our country has made great strides in equality. But equality is a marathon race, not a sprint, and we've got a hell of a long way to go still.
CHICAGO - United Airlines said Wednesday that it's cutting up to 1,100 more jobs, removing an additional 70 fuel-guzzling airplanes from its fleet and slashing domestic capacity as it tries to cope with spiraling fuel prices.
The nation's No. 2 carrier said it plans to cut an additional 900 to 1,100 salaried, contract and management employees by the end of the year, in addition to 500 previously announced job reductions. The combined reductions mean the airline is cutting nearly 3 percent of its 55,000 workers worldwide.
Washington Post
With a split decision in the final two primaries and a flurry of superdelegate endorsements, Sen. Barack Obama sealed the Democratic presidential nomination last night after a grueling and history-making campaign against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that will make him the first African American to head a major-party ticket.
Clinton, who waged a fierce campaign to become the first woman nominated for the presidency, spoke shortly before Obama at a rally in New York. Amid questions about when or whether she would quit the race, she declared: "This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight."
From my perspective, Senator Clinton work damn hard to earn her delegates, and didn't exactly lose all that many super delegates. Maybe, had there been more of an exodus of super delegates to Obama, I could understand the call for her to gracefully step aside.
In 2004 Bush made the foolish move of claiming a mandate. As history has already proven, he did not have a mandate. Indeed, despite having a Republican controlled congress at his beck and call, he and them accomplished nothing of significance. That claim proved to be a duck's echo.
Now, here we are today, with Obama making claims of being the Democratic party's nominee. There is only one problem, as I see it; Clinton has some delegates. Actually, quite a bit of delegates. More than enough to keep Obama from making any claims of having a mandate. Lets keep in mind there is still the matter of building a Democratic Party Platform. No way is Hillary going to allow Obama to have total say in its development.
If you think she is, you haven't been paying attention. She has been a scrappy candidate from the time she lost her first primary. She has tenaciously held onto her hopes. She has proven beyond a doubt she is not a quitter.
Then there is the matter of Obama's claim of being inclusive. He's talked about changing the culture in Washington. He's talked of a willingness to include the Republicans in governing. So, now we see just how much that claim is rhetoric, or if he's a man of his word. Will he negotiate with Clinton, or will he pull strong arm tactics and freeze her out of the platform building process? My hope; he is a man of his word, that he not only talks the talk, but walks the walk.
For years I have been witness to complaints over the Democratic Party's lack of back bone. Now, here's Clinton standing tough, showing back bone, and what happens? Yup, everyone who complained about a lack of back bone, suddenly start bitching about her need to back down. So, in other words, they want to see back bone only when it's against the Republicans.
If you are going to ask for something, you best be ready to accept it when if finally manifests, otherwise you might find yourself lumped in the column labeled "hypocrite."
So, Hillary, keep it up. You go right a head and supply that back bone. Show the rest of the party how it's done. Then, maybe, after it's all done and said, your back bone will have been infused into the Democratic party of 2008.
New York TimesYeeeee Hawwww! Another corner turned! So long 19,000 jobs.
Responding to a consumer shift to more fuel-efficient vehicles, General Motors said Tuesday that it would stop making pickup trucks and big S.U.V.s at four North American assembly plants and would consider selling its Hummer brand.
Tuesday's announcement comes a few days after G.M. said said that 19,000 hourly workers -- a quarter of a unionized work force that already has been drastically pared down -- have accepted buyouts.
My thoughts are with him.


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St Joseph's Orphanage and Free School i.e. offers free education to orphans and children of poor families who cannot send them to local state-sponsored elementary schools.
The orphans and children of poor families who are in great need of the services of St. Joseph's will have therefore a chance for poverty alleviation through education.
The Consular Club supports the St. Joseph's Orphanage and Free School by providing uniforms, school bags, supplies, books, funds for monthly literacy enrichments activities and health insurance.


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Naomi Watts Joins Cast Of 'Book Of Henry' | Film News
British actress Naomi Watts has officially signed on to star in Book Of Henry, which is to be written by Gregg Hurwitz, a best-selling author behind novels such as They're Watching and I See You. The film is set to be directed by Colin Trevorrow, whose recent success include the box office monster that was Jurassic World.
It was announced Trevorrow had joined the project back in March, before the massive success of Jurassic World so the film has now picked up more interest. Shooting is scheduled to begin in New York in September, however the plot is being kept under wraps at the moment. With Hurwitz usually a crime writer, this could give a hint of what to expect from Book Of Henry.
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by derekdeedman on 21 February, 2018
|Additional Spending Proposed for Adults Social Care
Reverse budget reduction re: Extra cost of
Apprenticeship Levy for 2018/19 on Schools
|Provide additional resource to benefit high needs pupils including special schools
|Total Additional Proposed Spending
|Funded by:
(a) An increase in council tax in 2018/19, comprising:
· 3.00% for Adults' Social Care, plus
· 2.95% to support other General Fund services,
· Making a total increase of 5.95%[1]
|(b) Reduced spending on Infrastructure Feasibility in the package of measures within the £2.5m funded by the extra 1% on council tax (as set out at paragraph 4.10 of the report)
|(c) Reduced growth in Finance and Resources re: increased support for procurement (£0.250m), One Public Estate revenue costs (£0.250m), Capital Programme Office (£0.150m).
|(d) Reduced growth in Leader (including economy) re: new growth team positions.
|(e) Reduced spending re: the Policy and Communications Team (total budget current £1.538m, new budget proposed for £0.913m).
|Total Additional Funding
|Net Change
2018/19 Budget
This budget amendment would generate an additional £4.1m in council tax specifically for adult social care services which would be utilised to increase the number of beds for those with complex needs; enhance the County Councils directly provided care services, enhance the support available to carers, increase the funding available through the Local Assistance Network, and support other areas of high need currently under financial pressure.
Furthermore it would ensure that a further burden in the form of the apprenticeship levy, would not be passed onto schools in 2018/19 in view of the immense pressure they are currently operating under.
There is a projected increase of £6m expenditure in the area of High Needs in 2018/19 and an estimated high needs pressure of £4.92m in 2019/20. The proposed allocation of £1.5m will ease the pressure on special schools, some of whom have had to send pupils home due to safety concerns.
The proposals for the apprentice levy and for high needs would be for 2018/19 only.
2019/20 Budget
We proposed no reduction in bus subsidies in 2019/20 to provide additional time for alternative options to be given full consideration. This would cost £0.500m (shown in Appendix 3, page 46). No balanced budget is being presented for 2019/20, but the budget gap shown in Table 4(a) (page 14 of Annexe 1) would increase from £8.4m to £8.9m.
[1] The 1% increase in Adult Social Care precept would result in a sum of £1,330.29 to the nearest penny for Band D council taxLeave a comment


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The Conference Board of Canada is the latest to sound the alarm. Inequality in Canada is growing at a rate even faster than in the U.S. The wealthy are capturing an ever-increasing share of our economic growth. We see inequality growing. We see and feel its consequences. We know that inequality, if allowed to just keep growing, gradually erodes trust, divides us, dampens aspirations. Yet – or more accurately, for these very reasons – we seem unable to reverse course. And the longer we wait the further we fall into this inequality trap.
When a former Clerk of the Privy Council and Cabinet Secretary warns about the corrosive effect of a widening gap between the super-rich and everyone else, it's time to listen. This isn't some wild-eyed revolutionary trying to ignite class warfare.
In the United States nowadays, the very notion of progressive taxation is treated as heresy. That's the result of more than three decades of atavistic far-right stupidity. It's not much of a leap to start feeling concerned about Canada going down the same road.
Dr. Himelfarb's warning is part of a long-overdue pushback. Ever since the Reagan revolution, the parameters of acceptable discourse have been pushed farther and farther to the right. The result? Our friends to the south find themselves in a situation where the teabaggers determine fiscal policy and people like Michele Bachman are taken seriously. Ignorance, belligerent stupidity and insularity are treated as virtues and indicators of authenticity; the most depressing illustration thereof is the readiness among working-class Americans to embrace policies that benefit the wealthy and hurt them.
When someone with Dr. Himelfarb's credentials voices this kind of concern, one can hope it'll create a space for others to speak up as well.
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GLOUCESTER — The "fight" in the Rappahannock Community College library had just ended when the stern-looking man in the suit and tie approached the rowdies, who had seated themselves at a table and were breathing heavily.
"May I ask what's going on here?" the man asked, before identifying himself as Robert Griffin, director of the Glenns campus.


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Mike Whitney's analysis of the unfolding atrocity in Lebanon
Mike Whitney's analysis of the unfolding atrocity in Lebanon
Israel's present battle-plan originated with a policy paper that was written by former Defense Policy Board chief Richard Perle and (Bush administration officials) David Wurmser and Douglas Feith. The document, which was titled "A Clean Break; Strategy for Securing the (Israeli) Realm" provides the details of Israel's plan to topple potential rivals in the region and redraw the map of the Middle East.
The text reads: "Securing the Northern Border: Syria challenges Israel on Lebanese soil. An effective approach, and one which America can sympathize, would be if Israel seize the strategic initiative (preemption) along its northern borders by engaging Hezbollah, Syria and Iran as the principle agents of aggression in Lebanon including . . . striking military targets in Lebanon, and should that prove insufficient, striking at striking at select targets in Syria proper."
Perle's document outlines exactly what is presently taking place even though it was written back in 1996. (It was composed for the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.)
This shows that Israel is not acting irrationally or spontaneously, but executing a carefully considered master plan for crushing potential enemies and reconfiguring the Middle East to accommodate the modern Israeli kingdom. (Hence, the pretentious euphemism "Securing the Realm")
This is the war that Israel wanted from the very beginning; a final showdown with arch-nemesis Hezbollah, followed by confrontations with Damascus and Tehran. It's all in Perle's blueprint for "total war."
Prime Minister Olmert has not deviated one millimeter from the original scheme.
Throughout the Arab world the same theory of "pacification" is being applied as Bush and Olmert continue their wanton assault on the basic platforms for human survival, leaving millions of Muslims in abject poverty without food, medicine, clean drinking water, or sufficient heat or light. They have created tens of thousands of refugees who have been driven from their homes or left in the ruins to slowly die in the dark. From the Caspian to the Red Sea, from the Mediterranean to the western tip of Afghanistan, Israel and America are spreading their devastation across the Middle East transforming the entire region into one massive Gaza Strip.


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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Posted by Heather & Chris Cutler at 9:16 PM 1 comments
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Happy 2009!
We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's!
Mason had ton's of FUN opening his presents. He got some Handy Manny PJ's, a Tool Table, and Lot's of cool Handy Manny tools to go with it! Mason has the BEST WEEK EVER, with his Birthday & Christmas so close together. We had a lot of fun watching him open his presents,to see his face light up and get so excited! Next year will be even more FUN with a 3 year old and a 1 year old.
Trevor is doing GREAT! He is smiling and couing and is my little cuddle bug.
We drove up to madera Canyon to take Mason to see the snow, but there wasn't much left.
We are getting ready to BLESS Trevor on Sunday. It seems like yesterday we were Blessing Mason.
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We had Sloppy Joes and then Jenna, London, and Amanda went Trick or Treating in our neighborhood. It was a nice evening, so not too cold for the girls. When they got back Jenna had fun handing out the candy to those still coming to the house. We had a big turn out this year. In fact, I ran out of candy (which has never happened before) and I started giving out Cliff's diabetic reaction candy bar stache and a big box of fruit snacks that I had just bought. Glad I had the extra!!
It was a fun evening with the Grandkids!! Here are some pictures of all of them.
Here is Jenna and Amanda on Tuesday before the Ward party.
They make a great Cinderella and Umpouloompa!!
Jenna and Amanda
Here are my two little ladybugs!!! Meg and London One little bug didn't want to sit still!!
Meg and London
Here's the crew, except for Amanda. This is before they went trick or treating.