Tuesday Night Music: Regina Spektor, ‘Far’

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Some of the reviewers at Amazon seem to think Regina Spektor’s new album FarExternal Image is “over-produced” — no way. This is a little gem of idiosyncratic pop music. Sparse instrumentation, and just enough production to make it right.

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I bought the album at Amazon MP3External Image, where it’s $7.99 compared to Apple iTunes’ $13.99. The iTunes version includes three bonus tracks, but it’s still cheaper to buy them individually after getting the rest of the album at Amazon.

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227 comments
1 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 6:57:17pm

muzak!....cool

2 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 6:58:22pm

Joni Mitchellesque

3 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 6:59:00pm

The production is odd. A lot of compression. She's got a cool voice though.

4 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 6:59:29pm

Folding Chair is cool...very dainty voice

5 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 6:59:39pm

re: #2 albusteve

A little bjork, Tori Amos and a little Annie Lenox too.

6 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 6:59:47pm

Nice. Thanks, Charles.

7 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:00:52pm

re: #3 Killgore Trout

The production is odd. A lot of compression. She's got a cool voice though.


this was recorded underwater...Deep Trench Studios

8 jamgarr  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:01:07pm

A little Edie Brickell too

9 gmsc  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:01:36pm

Awww...I can't view it.

My iPod Touch doesn't play Flash.
;)

10 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:02:02pm

very little Kieth Richards

11 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:03:08pm

I heard her in a duet with someone else, but I can't remember who it was now. I remember I liked it and gave it a thumbs up at Pandora, so I will hear it again.

12 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:03:14pm

Keith, Keeth, Ceath

13 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:03:36pm

She sounds a lot like Feist. Nice mix. But I always wish the short demos would include the bridge. I am a sucker for a good hook....

14 Racer X  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:04:08pm

Blue Lips

15 Racer X  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:05:19pm

Laughing With

No one laughs at God.

16 Racer X  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:07:00pm

Very nice Charles. I'm gonna buy this album.

17 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:07:02pm

I was going to watch a movie, and the Netflix DVD is unreadable.

18 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:07:37pm

re: #11 Sharmuta

I heard her in a duet with someone else, but I can't remember who it was now. I remember I liked it and gave it a thumbs up at Pandora, so I will hear it again.

I think this was it: The Strokes - Reptilia

19 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:07:55pm

re: #16 Racer X

Very nice Charles. I'm gonna buy this album.


good...support your favorite artists

20 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:08:39pm

re: #17 Alouette

I was going to watch a movie, and the Netflix DVD is unreadable.

Gordon Brown's gift to America?

21 jamgarr  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:09:59pm
Youtube Video

Lucinda Williams - Overtime

22 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:10:52pm

re: #20 austin_blue

Gordon Brown's gift to America?

* * * *
Nikolas Sarkozy could do the world a favor, and invade Iran, like Napoleon could have.

Sarkozy has the right stuff.

23 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:13:38pm

re: #22 alegrias

* * * *
Nikolas Sarkozy could do the world a favor, and invade Iran, like Napoleon could have.

Sarkozy has the right stuff.

He can crown himself Emperor and start marching tomorrow!

24 jamgarr  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:13:43pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0_AVhvdpgw

Lucinda Williams - Blue

25 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:14:19pm

They're melting down all over the Coulter thread. Two so far.

26 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:15:15pm

re: #23 Desert Dog

He can crown himself Emperor and start marching tomorrow!

* * * **
Don't you think there would be people from all over lining up to join as French Legionnaires, to liberate Iran under a European Mensch Leader?

27 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:16:27pm

re: #25 Charles

They're melting down all over the Coulter thread.

".... and there's hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut."

28 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:17:02pm

re: #26 alegrias

* * * **
Don't you think there would be people from all over lining up to join as French Legionnaires, to liberate Iran under a European Mensch Leader?

I think he's about as tall as Napolean. If he starts walking around with his hand inside his shirt, you'll know it's Game On.

29 avanti  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:17:26pm

re: #13 austin_blue

She sounds a lot like Feist. Nice mix. But I always wish the short demos would include the bridge. I am a sucker for a good hook....

I love Feist.

30 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:19:07pm

this girl can sing too...
Joan Osborne

Youtube Video
31 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:19:30pm

re: #28 austin_blue

I think he's about as tall as Napolean. If he starts walking around with his hand inside his shirt, you'll know it's Game On.

* * * *
C'est Magnifique! Tres Magnifique, if France got its military mojo. They have a lot of insight into insurgencies because of France's wars in Algeria.

I understand that in Afghanistan, French soldiers do good work compared to lazy fat beer drinking, cig smoking Germans.

32 wee fury  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:20:37pm

Nice.

33 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:20:49pm

re: #28 austin_blue

I think he's about as tall as Napolean. If he starts walking around with his hand inside his shirt, you'll know it's Game On.

Only 259,000 active duty personnel, however.

34 solomonpanting  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:22:30pm

re: #2 albusteve

Joni Mitchellesque

With a touch of Rickie Lee Jones?

35 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:23:07pm

re: #31 alegrias

* * * *
C'est Magnifique! Tres Magnifique, if France got its military mojo. They have a lot of insight into insurgencies because of France's wars in Algeria.

I understand that in Afghanistan, French soldiers do good work compared to lazy fat beer drinking, cig smoking Germans.

they're due too...last year there was a story of them beating back a Taliban assault....some tough guys there

36 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:23:34pm

re: #30 albusteve

this girl can sing too...
Joan Osborne


[Video]

Saw her at Austin City Limits a few years back. That woman has some pipes. She started out as a blues singer in New York. Great show.

37 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:25:53pm

re: #34 solomonpanting

With a touch of Rickie Lee Jones?


maybe...she was good here and there too

38 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:26:29pm

Obama sending an ambassador to Syria?

39 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:27:40pm

re: #36 austin_blue

Saw her at Austin City Limits a few years back. That woman has some pipes. She started out as a blues singer in New York. Great show.

she tore up Telluride last year at the blues gig....flat out...she earned my respect, not easy to do

40 SasquatchOnSteroids  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:28:14pm

re: #33 Occasional Reader

Only 259,000 active duty personnel, however.

Anything requiring more than 35 hrs/wk and cuts into their vacation time seems to be a non-starter with them.

You want me to crawl through this ? THIS ? What is this ridiculousness.

41 Randall Gross  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:28:19pm

Coulter melts and Spektor songs, the perfect end to a long day. I'm headed to bed. I'll leave you with a pic I took from the train between Anchorage and Mt. McKinley.

Image: Trumpeter-Swans-Enroute-to-.jpg

42 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:28:24pm

re: #33 Occasional Reader

Only 259,000 active duty personnel, however.

Yes. They have concentrated on their Air Force and their nuclear capacity. But they did damn good work during Desert Storm with their close air support, and their Marines have fought fiercely in Afghanistan.

43 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:28:57pm

re: #38 Flyers1974

Yes, according to CNN.

44 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:29:54pm

re: #35 albusteve

they're due too...last year there was a story of them beating back a Taliban assault....some tough guys there

* * * * *
Yes, France's macho men are much maligned, or invisible to most of us.

Macho French cops beat to a bloody pulp a Croatian who robbed me on a night train to Spain.

They wanted me to press charges & file a report, but because their police station spoke neither English, German or Spanish, I could not fill out their police report!

Tres Estupide, this French thang about not speaking anything but French.

45 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:30:05pm

re: #43 Flyers1974

Yes, according to CNN.

why?....to talk?

46 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:30:48pm

re: #38 Flyers1974

Obama sending an ambassador to Syria?

* * * *
Nancy Pelosi's already got her head scarf hijab collection well worn in Syria.

47 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:31:02pm

Her voice is SO amazing!

48 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:31:23pm

re: #45 albusteve

why?....to talk?

No, to restore full economic relations perhaps.

49 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:31:51pm

re: #44 alegrias

Tres Estupide, this French thang about not speaking anything but French.

We're in no position to cast the first stone on that particular sin.

50 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:31:51pm

re: #47 Irenicum

Her voice is SO amazing!

it's artificial...Disney invented it

51 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:32:21pm

re: #38 Flyers1974

Obama sending an ambassador to Syria?

* * * *
Shit, they're Iranian clients--of course they get preferred benefits without preconditions.

Ally Israel gets meddled with, murderers get Ambassadors Plenipotentiary.

52 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:33:12pm

re: #48 Flyers1974

No, to restore full economic relations perhaps.

why do we need the Syrians inside our economic loop?....fuck them

53 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:33:20pm

re: #44 alegrias

* * * * *
Yes, France's macho men are much maligned, or invisible to most of us.

Macho French cops beat to a bloody pulp a Croatian who robbed me on a night train to Spain.

They wanted me to press charges & file a report, but because their police station spoke neither English, German or Spanish, I could not fill out their police report!

Tres Estupide, this French thang about not speaking anything but French.

Does Canadian French count as French?

54 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:34:07pm

re: #48 Flyers1974

My guess is trade sactions will end soon. This is why Boeing was given license to sell jet engines to Syria. Trial baloon for ending sanctions, now ambassador.

55 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:34:49pm

re: #49 Occasional Reader

We're in no position to cast the first stone on that particular sin.

* * * *
OR
Gimme a break, I tried in THREE LANGUAGES at 3am, after a crazy police car ride, to help French cops.

56 doubter4444  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:35:06pm

Thanks for putting this up, my daughter (5!) loves her and her favorite song is Fidelity (she loves the video, which is pretty good, btw, beautifully shot anyway.). I found out about her from a music head friend of mine who knows I love female vocalist, and sent me a couple of mp3s.
She a lovely girl (Regina, I mean... though so is Willa!) with a great, idiosyncratic voice.
Nice call.

57 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:35:08pm

re: #45 albusteve

why?....to talk?

Look at it from Obama's point of view; he was hoping to just offer his patented Open Hand to the thugs in Iran... but now they're getting all that bad press, and it's a bit embarrassing. He has to Open Hand some thug, somewhere! How else will he show that Obama Magic?

58 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:35:47pm

You bunch of pantywaists!

59 MandyManners  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:36:00pm

re: #57 Occasional Reader

Look at it from Obama's point of view; he was hoping to just offer his patented Open Hand to the thugs in Iran... but now they're getting all that bad press, and it's a bit embarrassing. He has to Open Hand some thug, somewhere! How else will he show that Obama Magic?

By disappearing?

60 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:36:38pm

re: #41 Thanos

Goose!

61 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:37:12pm

re: #55 alegrias

* * * *
OR
Gimme a break, I tried in THREE LANGUAGES at 3am, after a crazy police car ride, to help French cops.

Okay, but try in three languages (other than English) at 3 am with American cops, and see where that gets you. You MIGHT get lucky and have a Spanish-speaking cop. If not, forget it.

We do not stack up well as a nation at learning foreign languages. Es triste, pero es la verdad.

62 SasquatchOnSteroids  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:37:21pm

re: #57 Occasional Reader

Look at it from Obama's point of view; he was hoping to just offer his patented Open Hand to the thugs in Iran... but now they're getting all that bad press, and it's a bit embarrassing. He has to Open Hand some thug, somewhere! How else will he show that Obama Magic?

Levitation. Matthews will faint.

63 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:37:25pm

re: #58 Charles


The pantywaists at LGF that don’t get Ann’s point are idiotic.


Heh.

64 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:37:27pm

re: #52 albusteve

why do we need the Syrians inside our economic loop?....fuck them

* * * *
Syria safeguards jihadists, blows up Americans with IEDs, or permits Iranian made IEDs to be used by jihadists travelling through Syria.

And they are rewarded by this administration~

65 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:37:35pm

re: #55 alegrias

* * * *
OR
Gimme a break, I tried in THREE LANGUAGES at 3am, after a crazy police car ride, to help French cops.

Well, OR has a point. I'm imaging a similar incident in Sweetwater, Texas.....

66 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:37:59pm

re: #57 Occasional Reader

Look at it from Obama's point of view; he was hoping to just offer his patented Open Hand to the thugs in Iran... but now they're getting all that bad press, and it's a bit embarrassing. He has to Open Hand some thug, somewhere! How else will he show that Obama Magic?


just what I was thinking...the bucket will run dry tho...then what?

67 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:38:07pm

Three Coulter meltdowns so far.

68 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:38:13pm

How cool would it be if the Iranian overthrow the Mullahs on July 4th?
/Wishful tinking

69 solomonpanting  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:38:31pm

re: #41 Thanos

Coulter melts and Spektor songs, the perfect end to a long day

Had your fill of Spektor?

70 songbird  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:38:46pm

re: #58 Charles

You bunch of pantywaists!

Pantywaists of the world - UNITE!

////////////

71 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:38:53pm

re: #53 Alouette

Does Canadian French count as French?

* * * * *
I loved watching your Canadian PM speak French & English at the D-day commemoration.

Yes, Canuck French is recognizably French, with a twist or a twang!

72 Ojoe  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:39:34pm

An early and plain evening Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California. Pacific time zone.

Nature Break!

Someone else may monitor it for the sunset; I have to get ready for two meetings tomorrow.

Perhaps to snag a big job!

Later Lizards!

73 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:40:47pm

Pantywaist Honcos

74 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:41:16pm

Oh, man.

.50 Beowulf on an AR-15 platform.

Dear Santa...

(watching Military Channel)

75 avanti  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:41:30pm

re: #58 Charles

You bunch of pantywaists!

That begs the question they asked. "Do we still allow posting from the Left-wing blog LGF? " I had no clue that I was on a left wing blog. :)

76 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:41:58pm

It's interesting to see the Freeper logic (same thinking that Koskidz were using last year. The more people are shocked by her outrageous statements the more Freepers think she's made some brilliant point. Even I've been accused of not liking her because I fear her genius.

77 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:42:23pm

re: #74 Occasional Reader

Oh, man.

.50 Beowulf on an AR-15 platform.

Dear Santa...

(watching Military Channel)

They stuck a .50 on an AR frame? That would *have* to hurt!

78 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:42:31pm

re: #61 Occasional Reader

Okay, but try in three languages (other than English) at 3 am with American cops, and see where that gets you. You MIGHT get lucky and have a Spanish-speaking cop. If not, forget it.

We do not stack up well as a nation at learning foreign languages. Es triste, pero es la verdad.

* * * *
You know damn well our country spends a fortune translating forms into Spanish at least!

The French have millions of tourists visit their country every year, they could have had these police report forms in another language.

Plus America is a huge land mass, France is smaller, and I was only a couple hours away from their southern neighbor, Spain. I was speaking languages spoken on either side of their little country and they acted as if I was speaking Klingon.

79 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:42:38pm

re: #48 Flyers1974

My guess is that he's looking to pivot Syria against Iran in doing this. It's a game of playing a lesser enemy against a greater one. Split your enemies apart and each of them are easier to deal with.

80 songbird  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:44:18pm

re: #75 avanti

That begs the question they asked. "Do we still allow posting from the Left-wing blog LGF? " I had no clue that I was on a left wing blog. :)

Depends on how far right the other blog is!

81 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:44:31pm

re: #75 avanti

I really hope we can retain a lot of our conservative lizards over the next few years. It's gonna be tough.

82 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:44:36pm

re: #78 alegrias

You know damn well our country spends a fortune translating forms into Spanish at least!

Different issue. You were talking about cops SPEAKING something other than French.

83 albusteve  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:44:37pm

re: #79 Irenicum

My guess is that he's looking to pivot Syria against Iran in doing this. It's a game of playing a lesser enemy against a greater one. Split your enemies apart and each of them are easier to deal with.

and what can he offer for this capitulation?....jet engines?...for what?

84 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:44:57pm

re: #71 alegrias

* * * * *
I loved watching your Canadian PM speak French & English at the D-day commemoration.

Yes, Canuck French is recognizably French, with a twist or a twang!

Oui, Oui, eh?

85 TheMatrix31  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:45:13pm

Administration Invites Iranian Diplomats To Partake In July 4th Festivities

.....fucking REALLY?

86 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:45:14pm

re: #53 Alouette

To the French Canadians it does!

87 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:45:14pm

re: #79 Irenicum

My guess is that he's looking to pivot Syria against Iran in doing this. It's a game of playing a lesser enemy against a greater one. Split your enemies apart and each of them are easier to deal with.

Is he sending an Ambassador or an official Envoy? Big difference. Ambassador formalizes diplomatic relations. Envoy sez "How's your ass?"

88 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:45:19pm

re: #68 Killgore Trout

How cool would it be if the Iranian overthrow the Mullahs on July 4th?
/Wishful tinking

* * * *
The protesting Iranians aren't invited to our nation's Fourth of July parties.

They protesters would have to crash the Fourth of July parties, while the mullahs got to RSVP.

89 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:45:21pm

re: #75 avanti

That begsRAISES the question they asked. "Do we still allow posting from the Left-wing blog LGF? " I had no clue that I was on a left wing blog. :)

90 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:46:40pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

I really hope we can retain a lot of our conservative lizards over the next few years. It's gonna be tough.

Fear not, we'll be here to console you and Avanti when Obama gets tossed out and the Republicans take the House and Senate in a few years. And, we will not rub it in too hard either....well, maybe we will :-)

91 CynicalConservative  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:46:51pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

I really hope we can retain a lot of our conservative lizards over the next few years. It's gonna be tough.

Not a big contributor here, but I plan on being around.

92 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:47:16pm

re: #58 Charles

You bunch of pantywaists!

When did LGF become a "Left-wing blog"?

93 avanti  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:47:47pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

I really hope we can retain a lot of our conservative lizards over the next few years. It's gonna be tough.

Me too, we need strong fiscal conservatives to keep the change train from going out of control.

94 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:48:21pm

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Different issue. You were talking about cops SPEAKING something other than French.

* * * *
I expected European French people to speak more than one language, as is the custom of most Europeans!

AND they could have had forms in more than one language, as most European countries do.

Sorry, the French were just being ornery in that instance.
But the cops that beat that Croat thief were awesome, and I got my personal belongings back.

95 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:49:05pm

re: #88 alegrias

They protesters would have to crash the Fourth of July parties, while the mullahs got to RSVP.


Wrong. The diplomats got the invite, not the mullahs. Even if the regime were overthrown they'd eventually replace the ambassadors and other political appointees but the embassy staff would be more or less the same folks. I'm not a big fan of the July 4th invites, I think the only way they'll end up being a positive thing is if the Iranians overthrow the government before July 4th. Let's hope they do, I'd love to see it.

96 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:49:34pm

re: #79 Irenicum

My guess is that he's looking to pivot Syria against Iran in doing this. It's a game of playing a lesser enemy against a greater one. Split your enemies apart and each of them are easier to deal with.

I think he's been planning this for a long time, hence granting the ok for the sale of jetliner engines by Boeing. My thought is, if it is true that Assad has control of the country and is not in danger of being overthrown, what benefit are economic sanctions (other than weapon/component embargo?) Since Hamas/Hezbullah remain in Syria only at Assad's pleasure, Obama offers normalization of trade relations in exchange for Assad giving H&H the boot, etc... .

97 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:49:42pm

re: #88 alegrias

* * * *
The protesting Iranians aren't invited to our nation's Fourth of July parties.

They protesters would have to crash the Fourth of July parties, while the mullahs got to RSVP.

Alegrias- I spent a part of last night with 700 people, most of them Iranian ex-pats, on a bridge over the Colorado River last night in a candle-lit silent vigil for the dead and the resistance. Those people are *always* welcome at my house for 4th of July Q.

98 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:49:47pm

re: #69 solomonpanting

oh, that's killing me!

99 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:49:53pm

re: #85 TheMatrix31

Administration Invites Iranian Diplomats To Partake In July 4th Festivities

.....fucking REALLY?

* * * * *
You missed today's press conference in which President Obama did not disinvite the murderous mullahs from our national independence day party.

100 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:50:07pm

re: #94 alegrias

I expected European French people to speak more than one language, as is the custom of most Europeans!

Well, there ya go. That's my whole point.

That's a custom I'd like to see us emulate more.

101 jcm  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:50:45pm

re: #93 avanti

Me too, we need strong fiscal conservatives to keep the change train from going out of control.

That sucker left the tracks and is down in the Royal Gorge.

102 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:51:07pm

re: #72 Ojoe

Gawgeous as usual!

103 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:52:44pm

re: #61 Occasional Reader

Okay, but try in three languages (other than English) at 3 am with American cops, and see where that gets you. You MIGHT get lucky and have a Spanish-speaking cop. If not, forget it.

We do not stack up well as a nation at learning foreign languages. Es triste, pero es la verdad.

I Love Lucy 'splains it all quite clearly

Youtube Video
104 TheMatrix31  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:52:49pm

re: #99 alegrias

* * * * *
You missed today's press conference in which President Obama did not disinvite the murderous mullahs from our national independence day party.

Yeah, I missed it. It was my first day of summer school today and couldn't catch up with the news.

Where is the party held?

105 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:53:13pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

Wrong. The diplomats got the invite, not the mullahs. Even if the regime were overthrown they'd eventually replace the ambassadors and other political appointees but the embassy staff would be more or less the same folks. I'm not a big fan of the July 4th invites, I think the only way they'll end up being a positive thing is if the Iranians overthrow the government before July 4th. Let's hope they do, I'd love to see it.

* * * *
Iran's a police state, they don't do diplomacy, only terror.

Sorry but the wrong Iranians got invited to our independence day parties at our embassies.

106 SpaceJesus  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:54:10pm

creationists are rewriting the origin of species in an effort to get it banned by public schools. hilarity ensues.


[Link: www.livingwaters.com...]

" This special 280-page edition not only contains an abridged Origin of Species but also has a 50-page Introduction that reveals the dangerous fruit of evolution, Hitler’s undeniable connections to the theory, Darwin’s racism, and his disdain for women. It counters the claim that creationists are “anti-science” by citing numerous scientists who believed that God created the universe—scientists such as Einstein, Newton, Copernicus, Bacon, Faraday, Pasteur, and Kepler. It has many original graphics and (as it says on the back cover) is designed for use in schools, colleges, and prestigious learning institutions. The back cover lists the above information as well as saying the book contains “Information on Intelligent Design vs Evolution.” We want to get one million copies into the hands of students and professors in colleges and universities throughout the U.S. Let’s see if they try to ban Darwin’s Origin of Species. That would be interesting. "

107 A Man for all Seasons  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:54:11pm

re: #92 Alouette

When did LGF become a "Left-wing blog"?

I just transported in from the super duper secret private thread...It's like star trek..
LGF is a left wing blog!
*faints*
/That fucking Avanti was a plant after all.....Damn CIA....

108 jcm  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:54:28pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

Wrong. The diplomats got the invite, not the mullahs. Even if the regime were overthrown they'd eventually replace the ambassadors and other political appointees but the embassy staff would be more or less the same folks. I'm not a big fan of the July 4th invites, I think the only way they'll end up being a positive thing is if the Iranians overthrow the government before July 4th. Let's hope they do, I'd love to see it.

The diplomats represent the current regime.
Which is the Mullahs.

109 NJDhockeyfan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:55:47pm

Hi lizards!

I see this is a music thread.

How about some Nick Winters!

110 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:56:05pm

re: #97 austin_blue

Alegrias- I spent a part of last night with 700 people, most of them Iranian ex-pats, on a bridge over the Colorado River last night in a candle-lit silent vigil for the dead and the resistance. Those people are *always* welcome at my house for 4th of July Q.

* * * *
Thank you for supporting the freedom aspirations of these poor people whose formerly great country of origin is a police state.

Inviting freedom seeking Iranians to Independence Day parties is a great idea.

Hooray for their Red, Green & White!

111 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:56:22pm

re: #96 Flyers1974

Although I agree that splitting Syria from Iran would be an obvious motivation. I think Assad would do it (distance Syria from Iran) becasue Iran is not a natural ally. It is an alliance of convenience. I think there is a distinction between Syrian and Egyptian civilians, the former wanting to conduct business more than anything else in my opinion.

112 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:56:31pm

re: #105 alegrias

* * * *
Iran's a police state, they don't do diplomacy, only terror.

Sorry but the wrong Iranians got invited to our independence day parties at our embassies.

Actually, it would be kinda fun to see the Iranis and the Saudis (talk about a police state!) chewing on beef ribs and glaring at each other at a Foggy Bottom BBQ.

113 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:57:40pm

re: #107 HoosierHoops

I just transported in from the super duper secret private thread...It's like star trek..
LGF is a left wing blog!
*faints*
/That fucking Avanti was a plant after all.....Damn CIA....

And, Obama is doing a great job, the economy is doing great, everybody loves us, the sun is shining brighter, the birds are chirping lovely and the rainbows and unicorns are frolicking in the starburst clouds.....And, this KoolAid is delicious!

/

114 avanti  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:57:40pm

re: #99 alegrias

* * * * *
You missed today's press conference in which President Obama did not disinvite the murderous mullahs from our national independence day party.

In fairness, that's a bit of a spin. no Mullahs, murderous or not are attending, nor is it a national party. It's a invite for Iranian officials to the US Independence Day celebrations on or around 4 July at embassies around the world.

115 Pianobuff  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:58:07pm

re: #99 alegrias

* * * * *
You missed today's press conference in which President Obama did not disinvite the murderous mullahs from our national independence day party.

O takes almost every conceivable position on every issue in order to be able to remind us at some future point "As I've consistently said....".

Jumpin' jiminee, tracking and calling him on this is akin to Bruce Lee's task in the House of Mirrors punching reflecting glass while the evil master laughs and says "Missed me!".

'Cept this isn't Enter the Dragon.... this is reality.

- sigh -

116 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:58:07pm

re: #81 Killgore Trout

I really hope we can retain a lot of our conservative lizards over the next few years. It's gonna be tough.

Well, I'm gonna hang around.
I enjoy the conservative folks like me around here; but I also enjoy most everybody else, too (even Salamantis most of the time but shhhhhh - don't tell him, I wouldn't want him to get a big head). Plus, there's always somebody who knows enough about any topic to be able to provide context and background info when I lack it.

117 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:58:37pm

Is pantywaists supposed to be insulting? I know plenty of men who wouldn't mind hanging around a woman's hips all day.

118 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:58:53pm

re: #106 spacejesus

creationists are rewriting the origin of species in an effort to get it banned by public schools. hilarity ensues.

[Link: www.livingwaters.com...]

" This special 280-page edition not only contains an abridged Origin of Species but also has a 50-page Introduction that reveals the dangerous fruit of evolution, Hitler’s undeniable connections to the theory, Darwin’s racism, and his disdain for women. It counters the claim that creationists are “anti-science” by citing numerous scientists who believed that God created the universe—scientists such as Einstein, Newton, Copernicus, Bacon, Faraday, Pasteur, and Kepler. It has many original graphics and (as it says on the back cover) is designed for use in schools, colleges, and prestigious learning institutions. The back cover lists the above information as well as saying the book contains “Information on Intelligent Design vs Evolution.” We want to get one million copies into the hands of students and professors in colleges and universities throughout the U.S. Let’s see if they try to ban Darwin’s Origin of Species. That would be interesting. "

Well! Isn't that special!

119 CynicalConservative  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:59:10pm

re: #117 Sharmuta

Is pantywaists supposed to be insulting? I know plenty of men who wouldn't mind hanging around a woman's hips all day.

Booya! :-)

120 solomonpanting  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:59:52pm

re: #105 alegrias

Iran's a police state, they don't do diplomacy, only terror.

It'll be interesting to see where the role of Islam is relagated after the people overthrow the mullahs. It's only a matter of time.

121 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 7:59:55pm

re: #97 austin_blue

I grew up overseas in a State Dept family. The schools I attended had kids from all the embassies there, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Jordan, you name it. In about 1980 my best friend was a Yugoslavian whose father claimed to be a journalist but was probably an intelligence officer. My dad had to file paperwork every time I went to his house. When I'd visit his mom would say, "Capitalist kids are too skinny. We need to fatten you up!" and bring out plates and plates of food. I'd say "Thank you, Communist food sure is good". Everybody had a good time.

122 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:00:24pm

re: #96 Flyers1974

Ah, now you're thinking diplomatically. Not that that's a good (moral) thing. But it is the way of the world. That was my point. Realpolitik still rules.

123 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:00:34pm

re: #117 Sharmuta

Is pantywaists supposed to be insulting? I know plenty of men who wouldn't mind hanging around a woman's hips all day.

Well, just the vast majority who are, like, breathing.....

124 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:00:41pm

re: #116 reine.de.tout

Cheers!

125 MandyManners  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:01:54pm

re: #92 Alouette

When did LGF become a "Left-wing blog"?

When Charles didn't buy into Nirtherism?

126 avanti  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:02:07pm

re: #113 Desert Dog

And, Obama is doing a great job, the economy is doing great, everybody loves us, the sun is shining brighter, the birds are chirping lovely and the rainbows and unicorns are frolicking in the starburst clouds.....And, this KoolAid is delicious!

/

Finally, you are seeing the light, have a color choice in mind for your unicorn ? :)

127 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:02:26pm

re: #125 MandyManners

He can also read the DHS memo.

128 A Man for all Seasons  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:03:50pm

re: #113 Desert Dog

And, Obama is doing a great job, the economy is doing great, everybody loves us, the sun is shining brighter, the birds are chirping lovely and the rainbows and unicorns are frolicking in the starburst clouds.....And, this KoolAid is delicious!

/

Spock: Get out the Tri corder!
Yes Captain!
Well?
It Appears we have entered an Alternate Universe Captain...
Details Spock!
It would appear that LGF has become an left wing blog....I can't exactly explain it Sir...
Scottie!
Ah C'pt...
2 to beam up...
/The part of Spock was played by a non-union actor and no animals were injured during the taping of this skit...

129 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:04:10pm

re: #121 Killgore Trout

You haven't really lived until you had homemade water buffalo borscht.

130 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:04:30pm

re: #117 Sharmuta

Is pantywaists supposed to be insulting? I know plenty of men who wouldn't mind hanging around a woman's hips all day.

Only if her hips don't lie.

131 avanti  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:04:56pm

re: #128 HoosierHoops

Spock: Get out the Tri corder!
Yes Captain!
Well?
It Appears we have entered an Alternate Universe Captain...
Details Spock!
It would appear that LGF has become an left wing blog....I can't exactly explain it Sir...
Scottie!
Ah C'pt...
2 to beam up...
/The part of Spock was played by a non-union actor and no animals were injured during the taping of this skit...

Blame it on the Borg.

132 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:05:17pm

re: #128 HoosierHoops

Spock: Get out the Tri corder!
Yes Captain!
Well?
It Appears we have entered an Alternate Universe Captain...
Details Spock!
It would appear that LGF has become an left wing blog....I can't exactly explain it Sir...
Scottie!
Ah C'pt...
2 to beam up...
/The part of Spock was played by a non-union actor and no animals were injured during the taping of this skit...

If the Evil Charles with the goatee shows up and starts spouting off nonsense, I am outta here!

133 solomonpanting  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:05:41pm

re: #120 solomonpanting

relagated?
relegated

134 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:05:58pm

re: #130 Occasional Reader

Nice.

135 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:06:14pm

re: #121 Killgore Trout

I grew up overseas in a State Dept family. The schools I attended had kids from all the embassies there, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Jordan, you name it. In about 1980 my best friend was a Yugoslavian whose father claimed to be a journalist but was probably an intelligence officer. My dad had to file paperwork every time I went to his house. When I'd visit his mom would say, "Capitalist kids are too skinny. We need to fatten you up!" and bring out plates and plates of food. I'd say "Thank you, Communist food sure is good". Everybody had a good time.

I have the utmost respect for the Diplomatic Corps. My dad retired out of the Marines in DC and I graduated from high school there. Lots of SD/DC kids there. Great insights into the world in general and not a few hairy stories, especially out of the kids who were posted in African and ME embassies. I love the Hugo story. I had a friend who always called it "Communist Light". Of course, when Tito died, it all went to shit. Sometimes, strongmen have their virtues.

136 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:06:26pm

re: #114 avanti

In fairness, that's a bit of a spin. no Mullahs, murderous or not are attending, nor is it a national party. It's a invite for Iranian officials to the US Independence Day celebrations on or around 4 July at embassies around the world.

* * * *
Mousavi himself, the protesters' favorite in Iran's elections, himself was responsible for deaths.

Sorry but Iran's mullahcracy is a police state where murder is their political tool. Iranian officials are de facto murderers and the WHOLE WORLD knows it.

137 jcm  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:06:30pm

re: #121 Killgore Trout

I grew up overseas in a State Dept family. The schools I attended had kids from all the embassies there, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Jordan, you name it. In about 1980 my best friend was a Yugoslavian whose father claimed to be a journalist but was probably an intelligence officer. My dad had to file paperwork every time I went to his house. When I'd visit his mom would say, "Capitalist kids are too skinny. We need to fatten you up!" and bring out plates and plates of food. I'd say "Thank you, Communist food sure is good". Everybody had a good time.

We had a Jewish family as house guest in our home in Tehran. The escaped across the border, the matriarch spent time in Gulags. She also born a tattoo from the Nazi camps.

She didn't have too many good times.

138 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:07:13pm

w00t! My son and his girlfriend just called. They are at the "Ohel" (Tomb of the Lubavitcher Rebbe) where they prayed for blessing of their engagement so now it is official! She is a nice little girl from Australia and he is a boy from Michigan who served in the IDF.

I can't wait to see them tomorrow! This is a big celebration!

139 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:07:48pm

re: #137 jcm

Ouch, that's a run of bad luck.

140 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:08:01pm

re: #134 Killgore Trout

Nice.

I like her. Yes, she sold out, or whatever... I don't care.

141 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:08:32pm

re: #135 austin_blue

Err...Yugo....pimf

142 A Man for all Seasons  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:09:11pm

re: #138 Alouette

w00t! My son and his girlfriend just called. They are at the "Ohel" (Tomb of the Lubavitcher Rebbe) where they prayed for blessing of their engagement so now it is official! She is a nice little girl from Australia and he is a boy from Michigan who served in the IDF.

I can't wait to see them tomorrow! This is a big celebration!

That's wonderful news! I am so happy for you!
kind regards

143 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:09:46pm

re: #140 Occasional Reader

I like her. Yes, she sold out, or whatever... I don't care.

She sold out? Flat rate or by the pound? Why was I not informed?

/

144 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:09:55pm

re: #135 austin_blue

I have the utmost respect for the Diplomatic Corps.

I'd have more, if the ones posted to the Middle East didn't almost all invariably turn into fawning propagandists for the Saudis.

145 jcm  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:10:25pm

re: #139 Killgore Trout

Ouch, that's a run of bad luck.

My school in Tehran

Someone once called the Community School "a laboratory of democracy at work." Besides the Americans, there were many students from prominent Iranian families and children from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, whose families were living temporarily in Tehran. Their parents were diplomats, exiles, military, professionals, oil industry personnel, etc. CHS represented 28 nationalities and eight religions, yet everyone studied and played well together, barely aware of the differences between one another or of the tensions among many of their homelands. Christians, Jews, Moslems, Zoroastrians, and Sikh blended without a problem. Above the school entrance, in beautiful Persian calligraphy, were the words from the Book of John, 8:32, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Some students learned the United Nations pledge of allegiance to the individual countries and flags and sang the United Nations hymn, the "Song of Peace," set to music by the Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius.

I never learned the UN part......

146 MandyManners  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:10:38pm

re: #127 Killgore Trout

He can also read the DHS memo.

As can I. But, Nirtherism predates that.

147 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:13:07pm

re: #130 Occasional Reader

Only if her hips don't lie.

That's not a supermodel. I'm very disappointed in you.

148 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:13:30pm

re: #132 Desert Dog

Ah, Mirror Mirror. One of my favorite episodes!

149 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:13:37pm

re: #144 Occasional Reader

I'd have more, if the ones posted to the Middle East didn't almost all invariably turn into fawning propagandists for the Saudis.

Well they are civil service employees. They parrot the company line, whichever admin is in charge.

150 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:13:51pm

re: #143 OldLineTexan

She sold out? Flat rate or by the pound? Why was I not informed?

/

She done told you, "Estoy Aqui". You didn't listen.

151 BatGuano  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:14:36pm

re: #2 albusteve

Joni Mitchellesque

With a little Melanie thrown in.

152 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:14:41pm

Night, lizards.

Tomorrow's another day for our leader to grow his spine.

153 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:15:18pm

re: #150 Occasional Reader

She done told you, "Estoy Aqui". You didn't listen.

That was apparently BEFORE she sold out ... I'm on a budget here. I've had to switch from supermodels to regular unleadedmodels, too.

154 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:15:18pm

re: #145 jcm

Cool Looking campus. I went to the American Embassy School in Delhi which was pretty cool looking too.

155 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:15:24pm

re: #147 Sharmuta

That's not a supermodel. I'm very disappointed in you.

She gets extra points for being Colombian. (Las colombians just have a certain... something.)

156 SasquatchOnSteroids  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:16:13pm

NY: Hizbullah supporter going to jail


Going to jail: A man who admitted helping the Lebanese group Hizbullah by sending broadcasts from a television station has been sentenced in New York City.

Saleh Elahwal was sentenced Tuesday to a year and five months in prison. He had pleaded guilty to providing material support to Hizbullah.

157 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:16:19pm

Short written report from TehranBureau on the state of affairs right now.

158 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:16:53pm

re: #149 austin_blue

Well they are civil service employees. They parrot the company line, whichever admin is in charge.


I've been fighting that battle here for years. A lot of people have a hard time understanding it.

159 jcm  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:17:11pm

re: #154 Killgore Trout

Cool Looking campus. I went to the American Embassy School in Delhi which was pretty cool looking too.

My 5th grade class party was at the Korean Embassy, the ambassadors kid was in my class. I was the only American in that class.

It was lots of fun.

160 Irenicum  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:18:05pm

G'nite!

161 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:18:20pm

re: #149 austin_blue

Well they are civil service employees. They parrot the company line, whichever admin is in charge.

I'm talking about the ones who retire from State, take up a cushy job with some sort of "Center for Middle East Policy Studies Srategery", and start parroting Saudi talking points.

By a remarkable coincidence, of course, the chief funding for the CMEPSS comes from... [guess.]

162 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:19:04pm

re: #158 Killgore Trout

I've been fighting that battle here for years. A lot of people have a hard time understanding it.

It's that we're all so goddamn stupid. Except for you.

163 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:19:11pm

re: #159 jcm

My favorite friend to visit was the kid whose dad was the ambassador from Zaire. Us American kids tried to count how many mothers he had but were too shy to ask.

164 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:19:33pm

re: #155 Occasional Reader

She gets extra points for being Colombian. (Las colombianas just have a certain... something.)

165 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:19:33pm

Well, in my provincial high school, we had the son of the Japanese consul in town.

He was always pissed off, as the stay in the US was killing his chances of going to a top Japanese university.

He liked to do calculator tricks and break the thermometers in chemistry class. I am sure he went far.

166 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:19:42pm

re: #162 Occasional Reader

Lighten up, Mr. Grumpy pants.

167 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:19:50pm

re: #157 reine.de.tout

Short written report from TehranBureau on the state of affairs right now.

From your link:

Something has to change. We can’t go living like this.

I can't imagine what it's like for them now, only that the human condition will only tolerate so much abuse before it strikes out against the forces against it. These brave people are not going to go back to what they had before and accept it.

168 alegrias  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:20:55pm

re: #145 jcm

I never learned the UN part......

* * * *
Oh my, I know 4 people who attended that Community School in Tehran. Tried to call & email one of them last night. So far, no reply.

169 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:21:02pm

re: #166 Killgore Trout

Lighten up, Mr. Grumpy pants.

After you, Alphonse.

170 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:21:19pm

re: #166 Killgore Trout

Lighten up, Mr. Grumpy pants, you idiot.

/FTFY

/

171 Mich-again  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:21:29pm

re: #161 Occasional Reader

I'm talking about the ones who retire from State, take up a cushy job with some sort of "Center for Middle East Policy Studies Srategery", and start parroting Saudi talking points.

By a remarkable coincidence, of course, the chief funding for the CMEPSS comes from... [guess.]

Ryan Crocker has by all accounts left the Diplomatic Corps and moved on to gardening in his backyard in Washington State. Almost like he's a Tom Clancy novel hero waiting for the call.

172 jcm  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:22:53pm

re: #163 Killgore Trout

My favorite friend to visit was the kid whose dad was the ambassador from Zaire. Us American kids tried to count how many mothers he had but were too shy to ask.

LOL!

We had one kid's dad who had all the tribal facial scarification, we all thought he looked scary!

173 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:23:06pm

re: #165 OldLineTexan

Well, in my provincial high school, we had the son of the Japanese consul in town.

He was always pissed off, as the stay in the US was killing his chances of going to a top Japanese university.

He liked to do calculator tricks and break the thermometers in chemistry class. I am sure he went far.

He probably would have adjusted better, if you hadn't given him all those "swirlies".

174 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:24:07pm

re: #170 OldLineTexan

Lighten up, Mr. Grumpy pants, you idiot.

/FTFY

/

No no- it's spelled f-a-t l-e-s-b-i-a-n.

175 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:24:27pm

re: #172 jcm

LOL!

We had one kid's dad who had all the tribal facial scarification, we all thought he looked scary!

I briefly dated a young woman from Sierra Leone (yes, OLT, I know... shut up!) who had just two small, discreet (if you can imagine) such scars. They were actually kinda... sexy.

176 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:24:49pm

re: #173 Occasional Reader

He probably would have adjusted better, if you hadn't given him all those "swirlies".

Heh. Not me. Plus, Koji was able to hold his own. And he could do that Japanese-movie stereotype grunt-talking thing.

(Most) people are scared of crazy.

;)

177 Neutral President  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:24:56pm

re: #25 Charles

They're melting down all over the Coulter thread. Two so far.

The stealth lurking down-dingers are out too.

178 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:25:43pm

re: #177 ArchangelMichael

BTW- I like the evil Spock avatar.

179 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:25:58pm

re: #174 Sharmuta

No no- it's spelled f-a-t l-e-s-b-i-a-n.

/swoosh

Right over my head.

;)

180 Gus  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:26:46pm

re: #174 Sharmuta

No no- it's spelled f-a-t l-e-s-b-i-a-n.

We are all "fat lesbians" now.

//////

181 Neutral President  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:27:15pm

re: #146 MandyManners

Freepers downdinged me for calling Ann Coulter a slack-jawed fucko. I'm both annoyed and amused.

182 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:27:19pm

re: #179 OldLineTexan

/swoosh

Right over my head.

;)

Be careful, I don't think you want a f-a-t l-e-s-b-i-a-n RIGHT over your head.

183 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:27:21pm

re: #175 Occasional Reader

I briefly dated a young woman from Sierra Leone (yes, OLT, I know... shut up!) who had just two small, discreet (if you can imagine) such scars. They were actually kinda... sexy.

Guyana
Lichtenstein

184 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:27:56pm

re: #182 Desert Dog

You forgot to add NTTAWWT.

/

185 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:28:30pm

re: #179 OldLineTexan

/swoosh

Right over my head.

;)

I missed it, too.

First off, I'm not fat, I'm... I've got good core strength. Yeah, that's it.

Second; while I share the aesthetic sense of certain lesbians (those who incline toward the "lipsticks"), I must insist that I am not one myself.

186 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:28:42pm

re: #184 OldLineTexan

You forgot to add NTTAWWT.

/

Well, who am I judge, perhaps you would like that?

////

187 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:29:10pm

Did the fat lesbian joke already run its course?

188 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:29:13pm

re: #185 Occasional Reader

I missed it, too.

First off, I'm not fat, I'm... I've got good core strength. Yeah, that's it.

Second; while I share the aesthetic sense of certain lesbians (those who incline toward the "lipsticks"), I must insist that I am not one myself.

I am.

Trapped in a man's body.

189 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:29:28pm

re: #187 Sharmuta

Did the fat lesbian joke already run its course?

Yes, it's safe to come back

190 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:29:29pm

re: #183 OldLineTexan

Guyana
Lichtenstein

[cough]

Again... somewhat briefly dated. (But we're still friends.)

191 Gus  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:29:47pm

re: #181 ArchangelMichael

Freepers downdinged me for calling Ann Coulter a slack-jawed fucko. I'm both annoyed and amused.

Just updinged it.

Anyone else can counter it by clicking here...

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

192 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:30:12pm

re: #191 Gus 802

Just updinged it.

Anyone else can counter it by clicking here...

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

you;re back to 0

193 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:30:37pm

re: #187 Sharmuta

Did the fat lesbian joke already run its course?

I just missed it. I am still laughing over shitbirds, sick fucks, and roving gangs of downdingers who care about downdings then wonder why other people do.

I know, I confuse myself too. I blame it on mercury poisoning from chemistry class.

194 Gus  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:30:48pm

re: #192 Desert Dog

you;re back to 0

[-)

195 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:31:20pm

re: #190 Occasional Reader

[cough]

Again... somewhat briefly dated. (But we're still friends.)

Tibet
Isle of Man

196 Neutral President  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:31:42pm

re: #191 Gus 802

re: #192 Desert Dog

Thanks. They have no sense of humor these people.

197 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:31:54pm

re: #186 Desert Dog

Well, who am I judge, perhaps you would like that?

////

Does she bake?

/

198 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:32:00pm

re: #195 OldLineTexan

Tibet
Isle of Man

oh HELL NO!
NTTAWWT

199 irongrampa  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:32:40pm

DHS report is like a sore tooth with many vets.

Any vet who endured that shitstorm from the left during the Vietnam War can be allowed a touch of prickliness about it. Thanks to the efforts of men like Lilyea, and the performance of our military in the Gulf War, we've had our pride restored. Reading that piece of shit sparks an intense feeling of resentment that to all appearances is a resumption of the meme.
THAT is what you were seeing from the vets in the uproar after it's release. I'd suspect there's people in this room right now who understand too damn well what that felt like. Don't need to have a reprise, imo.
Agree with what I posted or no,but it's truth....

200 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:32:56pm

re: #172 jcm

We had one kid's dad who had all the tribal facial scarification, we all thought he looked scary!


That reminds me that my friend had to get his circumcision at 12 or 13. Ouch!

201 MandyManners  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:33:13pm

re: #181 ArchangelMichael

Freepers downdinged me for calling Ann Coulter a slack-jawed fucko. I'm both annoyed and amused.

I've not had a chance to use that phrase yet. But, I'm looking for one!

202 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:33:33pm

re: #198 Occasional Reader

oh HELL NO!
NTTAWWT

Perhaps the Isle of Lesbos is more your speed?

203 Mich-again  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:33:34pm

re: #181 ArchangelMichael

She is looking more and more like Betelgeuse every day.

204 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:33:38pm

re: #200 Killgore Trout

That reminds me that my friend had to get his circumcision at 12 or 13. Ouch!

The worst part of reading Roots, IMO.

205 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:33:58pm

re: #200 Killgore Trout

That reminds me that my friend had to get his circumcision at 12 or 13. Ouch!

That is common in the Philippines.....OUCH is right

206 Gus  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:35:18pm

re: #200 Killgore Trout

That reminds me that my friend had to get his circumcision at 12 or 13. Ouch!

==cold sweat==

/Shudder

207 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:37:29pm

re: #187 Sharmuta

Speaking of Fat Lesbians there's been a flurry of work at my neighbor's house. They built a hand rail and ramp to help her get in and out of the house. Volunteers show up almost every week to do yard work. Today they came out and planted a bunch of those shiny foil balloons on her yard in the shape of a rainbow (I guess to lift her spirits). A city van pulls up everyone in while to take her shopping and stuff. I'm very glad I didn't have to get too involved.

208 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:38:22pm

U.S.
Mexico
Puerto Rico (if that's a separate count)
Guyana
Trinidad
Colombia
Venezuela
Suriname (kind of)
Brazil
Paraguay
Argentina
Peru
Ecuador
UK
Spain
France
Denmark (kind of)
Russia
italy
Romania
Greece
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Vietnam
South Korea
Japan
China
Australia

I think that's it.

When I was seventeen... it was a very good year... [etc.]

209 Bobblehead  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:38:26pm

Interesting..I just read that Hillary hired that Sidney Blumenthal to work for her at State. No confirmation necessary.

210 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:40:23pm

re: #208 Occasional Reader

When I was seventeen... it was a very good year... [etc.]

(Actually, when I was seventeen, I had trouble scaring up a date. But after that, things got better.)

211 dapperdave  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:40:49pm

re: #209 Bobblehead

Interesting find, this otta be good.

212 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:41:32pm

re: #205 Desert Dog

That is common in the Philippines.....OUCH is right

I knew a guy in Scotland who got circumcised at age 16, for some sort of health reason.

He enjoyed grossing us out by talking about it.

213 Bobblehead  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:42:17pm

re: #211 dapperdave

Interesting find, this otta be good.

He's a nasty piece of work.

214 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:42:27pm

re: #207 Killgore Trout

You did good to get her the help she needs. And don't go telling me you're not a soft heart. I won't believe you.

215 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:43:15pm

Doc's show Saudi Royal family backs Al Queda according to NYT.

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

216 Killian Bundy  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:44:35pm

H.R. 2454 – American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

The House is going to vote on it Friday.

/bend over and prepare to take it in the wallet for Al Gore and all the rest of the Loony Left Wailing Climate Banshees, because electricity is bad for us and Mother Gaea!

217 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:45:09pm

re: #215 Flyers1974

Doc's show Saudi Royal family backs Al Queda according to NYT.

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

"Surprise, surprise, surprise!"

-Gomer Pyle, USMC

218 Flyers1974  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:46:46pm

re: #217 Occasional Reader

"Surprise, surprise, surprise!"

-Gomer Pyle, USMC

I hear you.

219 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:52:36pm

re: #208 Occasional Reader

U.S.
Mexico
Puerto Rico (if that's a separate count)
Guyana
Trinidad
Colombia
Venezuela
Suriname (kind of)
Brazil
Paraguay
Argentina
Peru
Ecuador
UK
Spain
France
Denmark (kind of)
Russia
italy
Romania
Greece
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Vietnam
South Korea
Japan
China
Australia

When I was seventeen... it was a very good year... [etc.]

I think that's it.

Dude, that's.....impressive. I think. Given the "kind of's" (which infers that those not marked "kind of" are GOOOOOOAL!) and the range of countries involved one can only pray that your junk is healthy, intact, and not troubled by any of the gifts that keep on giving.

I think an emoticon might be appropriate here, but I have no idea which one to attach!

220 Desert Dog  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:54:05pm

re: #212 Occasional Reader

I knew a guy in Scotland who got circumcised at age 16, for some sort of health reason.

He enjoyed grossing us out by talking about it.

I hope he was not wearing a kilt

221 austin_blue  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:54:15pm

re: #217 Occasional Reader

"Surprise, surprise, surprise!"

-Gomer Pyle, USMC

I am shocked (shocked!) by this report.

Our friends, the Saudis.

222 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:55:15pm

re: #219 austin_blue

and the range of countries involved one can only pray that your junk is healthy, intact, and not troubled by any of the gifts

All good.

The volume is not as great as the list would imply. Just lots of diversity. And these were all... well, mostly... "nice" girls.

223 asshander  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 8:58:17pm

re: #222 Occasional Reader

All good.

The volume is not as great as the list would imply. Just lots of diversity. And these were all... well, mostly... "nice" girls.

Any (or all) of them named Rose? ;)

/ducking

224 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 9:12:28pm

I forgot Thailand.

225 BARACK THE VOTE  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 9:36:48pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

It's interesting to see the Freeper logic (same thinking that Koskidz were using last year. The more people are shocked by her outrageous statements the more Freepers think she's made some brilliant point. Even I've been accused of not liking her because I fear her genius.

It's so strange going over to the Freepers to see their take on Coulter's statements, and their take on this blog. It's like being in Bizarro World where everything is the opposite. It induces vertigo.

That's definitely why there are so many meltdowns happening on the Coulter thread, too. The Freepers are over here freaking out.

226 ShanghaiEd  Tue, Jun 23, 2009 10:50:17pm

re: #117 Sharmuta

Is pantywaists supposed to be insulting? I know plenty of men who wouldn't mind hanging around a woman's hips all day.

On some of the more extreme blogs, the term used for their opponents is "pantywaste." Careless spelling, or an entirely different topic? Time will tell.

227 LadyEngineer  Wed, Jun 24, 2009 2:04:11pm

Back to Regina Spektor-

I saw her live last week in NYC at the Beacon Theater, as well as the free concert she gave at the Israel Birthday celebration in Washington DC June of last year.

One song she did, that I believe is NOT on the album and was done for the first time at the show last week, was a song against Holocaust deniers. My daughter felt that performing the song was very brave and would cost her with her Amnesty Int type fans. That assessment is very depressing.


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