Earlobist!

(I have precious little earlobe myself)

guerss i'll hide out in here

Like they could even if they decided to.

Oh, good. Keep your powder dry, this is not worth the political flameout.

"Sessions presents... Summer 2009! "

Nor should they block this vote. This woman isn't the battle for the Court on which to squander political capital.

Well, considering it would be a collosal waste of time since you dont have the votes and would make you look like even bigger fucking idiots, I'll have to say it sounds like a good plan.

NOW READ THE FUCKING BILLS YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON!

re: #4 Occasional Reader

but ya gotta remember, i am never bad

re: #5 buzzsawmonkey

There's an ear-Loeb and ear-Leopold joke in there somewhere.

I predicted that you would make an ear pun. It's like I'm the Auricle of Delphi.

re: #7 Sharmuta

Nor should they block this vote. This woman isn't the battle for the Court on which to squander political capital.

sharm the stinking republikans have no capitol. they should all go home

Gawd Almighty ... does he know how foolish that sounds?

In other news, I promise not to dunk over Shaquille O'Neal.

Ot: Drudge had a story about Grassroots work paying 11 to 16hr to help promote O`s health care plan. It was in the craigslist jobs section this morning put has since been taken down. Got to see it, was very strange and seemed highly inappropriate.

So WTH was the last four days about?

re: #13 LatinGent

Are you a wise LatinGent?

/

re: #7 Sharmuta

Nor should they block this vote. This woman isn't the battle for the Court on which to squander political capital.

Wait, they have political capital?

re: #14 Ward Cleaver

So WTH was the last four days about?

Advise and consent

re: #15 Occasional Reader

Are you a wise LatinGent?

/

Very.

//

re: #17 Buck

Advise and consent

An exercise in futility.

Yes, after careful reflection we have decided not to commit political suicide.

Sheesh.

re: #16 nikis-knight

Wait, they have political capital?

Touché.

Charles, you can just up and van Gogh with that earlobe comment. /

re: #14 Ward Cleaver

So WTH was the last four days about?

Let me answer your question musically.

re: #16 nikis-knight

Wait, they have political capital?

Good point. Can't spend what they don't got.

In case anybody cares -- I've now updated my original Holdren essay to take into account recent developments:

The White House gets involved: Recent statements by Holdren and the Ehrlichs in response to this controversy

When I originally wrote and published this essay on July 10, I said:

"Unfortunately, as far as I've been able to discover, Holdren has never disavowed the views he held in the 1970s and spelled out in Ecoscience and other books."

However, that is no longer entirely true. On July 15, both the White House and John Holdren's office issued statements on this controversy after prodding from reporters at both the Washington Times and the Catholic News Agency.

According to this article by Amanda Carpenter in the Washington Times, Holdren and his co-authors have now distanced themselves from the words published in Ecoscience 32 years ago. From the article:...

etc.

re: #8 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Well, considering it would be a collosal waste of time since you dont have the votes and would make you look like even bigger fucking idiots, I'll have to say it sounds like a good plan.

NOW READ THE FUCKING BILLS YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON!

Senators can read? I thought bloviating was their primary life function.

re: #13 LatinGent

Ot: Drudge had a story about Grassroots work paying 11 to 16hr to help promote O`s health care plan. It was in the craigslist jobs section this morning put has since been taken down. Got to see it, was very strange and seemed highly inappropriate.

I think the stimulus should pay for that, since throwing around the BS they're using to promote this is the epitome of a "shovel ready" job.

re: #23 Occasional Reader

Let's just give them the old razzle dazzle.

re: #28 lawhawk

Let's just give them the old razzle dazzle.

(That was actually my second choice, if I couldn't find Ethel on Youtube.)

re: #25 zombie

I heard Rush talking about this today. Good job!

re: #27 nikis-knight

I think the stimulus should pay for that, since throwing around the BS they're using to promote this is the epitome of a "shovel ready" job.

Turns out they were summer jobs, you know, promote O`s agenda till we dont need you anymore. Then you`re fired. Quite the scam.

re: #6 Occasional Reader

"Sessions presents... Summer 2009! "

Dammit, am I the only one here who remembers the 70s?!

re: #32 Occasional Reader

Dammit, am I the only one here who remembers the 70s?!

Dave's not here, man.

re: #32 Occasional Reader

Dammit, am I the only one here who remembers the 70s?!

Hey, I still have my polyester prom suit!

re: #3 midwestgak

Like they could even if they decided to.

Thats what I was thinking. How do you filibuster when the other side has 60 votes?

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

re: #32 Occasional Reader

Dammit, am I the only one here who remembers the 70s?!

K-tel. I remember.

re: #33 Mad Al-Jaffee

Awesome!

re: #7 Sharmuta

Nor should they block this vote. This woman isn't the battle for the Court on which to squander political capital.

Correct. Not to mention that Session wouldn't be able to drum up enough support to mount a filibuster in the first place. Earlier this week, another Senatorial GOP genius announced that his party would consider it "a victory" if they got over 20 votes scraped together in opposition to her confirmation.

Note to GOP - losing by a 4 to 1 margin is not a "victory" by any stretch of the imagination. It is a crushing, embarrassing, pounded-into-the-ground-like-a-tentpeg defeat. Attempting to redefine "victory" under these terms is not a good sign of what the future holds for the GOP.

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

CHEETAH WAS FRAMED

re: #37 MrSilverDragon

K-tel. I remember.

Hey man, is that Freedom Rock?

re: #25 zombie

My problem with Holdren is that he showed a willingness to use draconian measures as an answer to a preceived problem. That is the crux of the problem with Holdren. Will he suggest draconian measures as a response to preceived problems in the future?

re: #41 Mad Al-Jaffee

Hey man, is that Freedom Rock?

No, it's French Rock.

PLEASE don't turn it up.

re: #39 SixDegrees I think not one single republican should vote for her. let the demoncrats take full credit for this like they are for all the other shit they continue to pull on the populace

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

Sotomayor learned the ropes on 'Tarzan' case

Sotomayor mentioned the lessons of the Tarzan case during her confirmation hearings. She said the case taught her "the tragic consequences of needless deaths."

A family was destroyed after one of the siblings was killed by a bullet in the head, she said. "They scattered to the four winds, and only one brother remained in New York who could testify," she said Tuesday.

re: #40 Occasional Reader

Okay Weissmuller.

re: #20 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Yes, after careful reflection we have decided not to commit political suicide.

Sheesh.

They know that the MSM would let the Dems slide on something like this, but not the GOP.

Later.

saw that coming

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

"Me Tarzan, you dead."

re: #30 NJDhockeyfan

I heard Rush talking about this today. Good job!

Seriously?

What exactly did he say?

re: #44 apachegunner

I think not one single republican should vote for her. let the demoncrats take full credit for this like they are for all the other shit they continue to pull on the populace

They bought it, they own it.

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

Shouldn't that more appropriatly been called the SpiderMan Case

(big city, and all)

re: #42 Honorary Yooper

There's a distinction is discussing extreme measures and advocating them. Just because you and I have discussed the extremes of fascism in the past doesn't mean either of us advocate them or embrace them.

re: #52 sngnsgt you bet

re: #25 zombie

In case anybody cares -- I've now updated my original Holdren essay to take into account recent developments:

The White House gets involved: Recent statements by Holdren and the Ehrlichs in response to this controversy

etc.

With their fingers crossed behind their backs.

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

Damn -- I've never even heard of that case! And I follow bizarre murder cases.

Does this mean that Sotomayor is anti-Tarzan? Oh, the humanity!

re: #57 zombie

Damn -- I've never even heard of that case! And I follow bizarre murder cases.

Does this mean that Sotomayor is anti-Tarzan? Oh, the humanity!

He Tarzan, her Jane.

re: #57 zombie

Damn -- I've never even heard of that case! And I follow bizarre murder cases.

Does this mean that Sotomayor is anti-Tarzan? Oh, the humanity!

She emasculated Tarzan.

re: #58 vxbush
Seems that had a cheetah involved who monkeyed with the lab results

re: #57 zombie

Damn -- I've never even heard of that case! And I follow bizarre murder cases.

Does this mean that Sotomayor is anti-Tarzan? Oh, the humanity!

The Tarzan case was Sotomayor's rite of passage as a prosecutor. She sat second chair, meaning she assisted Mo, the lead prosecutor, at the murder trial of Richard Maddicks. Read the complaint (pdf)

Maddicks earned his nickname by swinging from building to building with rope and cables, Mo said. Along his route, he burglarized top-floor apartments, robbed residents and shot people who got in his way.

re: #58 vxbush

He Tarzan, her Jane.

Janeita.

re: #25 zombie

I care.

re: #63 KenJen

Janeita.

Ah! So true. Corrected.

re: #45 jcm

Here's the complaint in that case. Maddicks was indicted on 37 counts, including 7 counts of 2d degree murder. He was a one-man wrecking crew.

re: #14 Ward Cleaver

So WTH was the last four days about?

A Hail Mary play. Who knew, she might have said something so stupid to disqualify herself or dismissed the hard questions with a "Don't try to bullshit the Wise Latina" comment.

Like most Hail Mary plays, it didn't work.

re: #42 Honorary Yooper

My problem with Holdren is that he showed a willingness to use draconian measures as an answer to a preceived problem. That is the crux of the problem with Holdren. Will he suggest draconian measures as a response to preceived problems in the future?

That's my problem as well. I don't think anyone's going to ever sterilize the population using chemicals in the water supply, but I am deeply disturbed by anyone who thinks that way. Even to discuss it "neutrally" without firmly rejecting it is an implicit acceptance.

Is that the kind of supposedly "non-political" science czar we want -- someone who ponders the acceptability of totalitarian measures?

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

Swing-by shooting?

Great film.

Dis is yor mother! Dis is yor father! Dis is yor family!

No! ANIMAL! ANIMAL! ANIMAL!!!

re: #5 buzzsawmonkey

There's an ear-Loeb and ear-Leopold joke in there somewhere.

No there isn't.

re: #70 CyanSnowHawk

Swing-by shooting?

thats vine with me!

re: #51 zombie

Seriously?

What exactly did he say?

He gave a brief description of the controversy then started quoting from the book. He gave at least 5 minutes of coverage.

re: #67 lawhawk

I am thinking she could have thought the guy was Lex Barker in the flesh and it would be spun as genius.

re: #60 taxfreekiller

zombie

of interest

NBC TV, Dallas , had a "tear in the eye" news-wipe story this morning,
my guess is same thing in many local markets, "do good" by the "stimulus money".

All about this 77 year old widow in South Dallas, (90% Democrat vote area) getting "green energy" stimulus money deal, $10,000 of new "green windows" and new green doors, so that her $1,000.00 per/year electric bill can be cut 1/2 to $500.00

some research should show the White House/Pelosi/MSM connection via
a teleprompter in the DNC,

it was not a normal news story, you could tell it was a staged event

Somehow I doubt those windows will cut her energy usage in half. I'll bet her house is also poorly insulated, ad leaks air like a sieve.

re: #1 reine.de.tout

Earlobist!

(I have precious little earlobe myself)

What he lacks in lobe he makes up for in the upper part.

1979?

They hired...oh forget it.

re: #78 redstateredneck
Just like blofeld!!
I think the conspiracy has been unmasked

re: #63 KenJen

Janeita.

Juanita!

re: #78 redstateredneck

What he lacks in lobe he makes up for in the upper part.

Barry could redistrubute some of his to Sessions

re: #68 SteveC

A Hail Mary play. Who knew, she might have said something so stupid to disqualify herself or dismissed the hard questions with a "Don't try to bullshit the Wise Latina" comment.

Like most Hail Mary plays, it didn't work.

Not like Roger's pass to Drew Pearson.

re: #54 Sharmuta

There's a distinction is discussing extreme measures and advocating them. Just because you and I have discussed the extremes of fascism in the past doesn't mean either of us advocate them or embrace them.

Very true. However, we also don't suggest that there is room for fascism under the US Constitution as the Eldriches and Holdren put forth in the book for population controls. It's a bit of a warning flag for me. Do I expect Holdren to put forth and act on extreme measures in the near future as Obama's science guy? No, but that does not mean we should not be wary of him either.

re: #67 lawhawk

Here's the complaint in that case. Maddicks was indicted on 37 counts, including 7 counts of 2d degree murder. He was a one-man wrecking crew.

Murder in the commission of a robbery, why not aggravated 1st degree? Especially 7!

Not a comment on Sotomayor she was 2nd chair, aimed at NYC prosecutors office.

re: #60 taxfreekiller

"Green doors"? Wasn't there a famous movie from the 70s about a green door?

re: #86 Mad Al-Jaffee

"Green doors"? Wasn't there a famous movie from the 70s about a green door?

Behind The Green Door.

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

I'd think I'd have heard of that. I'm going to google.

re: #69 zombie

That's my problem as well. I don't think anyone's going to ever sterilize the population using chemicals in the water supply

But they might sap our precious bodily fluids using flouride in the water!

Glenn Beck looses it on the radio...

Offered for the bizarreness of it only...crank up the volume & enjoy Beck's high pitched squealing of obscenities at a caller. Such a classy guy!

There's an old piano
And they play it hot behind the green door
Don't know what they're doin'
But they laugh a lot behind the green door
Wish they'd let me in
So I could find out what's behind the green door

re: #76 Ward Cleaver

Somehow I doubt those windows will cut her energy usage in half. I'll bet her house is also poorly insulated, ad leaks air like a sieve.

We had vinyl/ insulated/ double pane replacement windows installed in the entire house spring of 2008. Now that we've gone through an entire summer and winter, we DID see savings in heat and A/C, but no where near 50%

re: #81 Spider Mensch

Juanita!

There used to be a "Juanita's Mexican Restaurant and Charm School" in East Dallas. No kidding. Back in the late '70s, on Columbia Ave.

re: #81 Spider Mensch

Juanita!

There's a fat man, in the bathtub, with the blues

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

She even mentioned it on her first day of testimony

re: #36 Charles

Whoa - Robert Morgenthau just said Sotomayor prosecuted a case called the "Tarzan murder" case, in which the criminal swung into New York windows from rooftops like Tarzan, shooting anyone in the way.

As opposed to the George of the Jungle case, in which the criminal always missed the windows, hitting the side of the building instead.

re: #69 zombie

Here's the latest in Holdren defense. Conveniently delivered to LGF by the local liberals:

709 iceweasel 7/16/09 1:17:19 am reply quote

re: #708 kynna

Don't know what link FT was thinking of posting, but this article someone found upthread was excellent:

Description misrepresented as endorsement

Nails it, in my opinion.

re: #96 Kosh's Shadow

As opposed to the George of the Jungle case, in which the criminal always missed the windows, hitting the side of the building instead.

George got traction, not a prosecution.

If Sotomayor just follows this philosophy, I can live with her nomination:
WWPMD?

/what would perry mason do?

re: #67 lawhawk

Here's the complaint in that case. Maddicks was indicted on 37 counts, including 7 counts of 2d degree murder. He was a one-man wrecking crew.

Wow. I read the article as well. That guy needed to be put away.

re: #34 LatinGent

Hey, I still have my polyester prom suit!

I have my corduroy suit somewhere.

re: #14 Ward Cleaver

So WTH was the last four days about?

ratings

re: #92 sattv4u2

Last summer was the coolest in memory in Toronto. I didn't turn the AC on once. So far, this summer is even cooler. It's mid-July & I have a wool blanket on my bed. Fer-cryin'-out-loud! If the global warming gets any worse I'm gonna have to turn the furnace on.

re: #83 Ward Cleaver

Not like Roger's pass to Drew Pearson.

Hi Ward!!

This one wasn't too bad either!

;-)

re: #86 Mad Al-Jaffee

"Green doors"? Wasn't there a famous movie from the 70s about a green door?

Starred the Ivory Snow girl IIRC.

All I'm finding on the "Tarzan Murder" case seems to be the article about it on CNN.

Be careful, btw, of some of the other sites listed. One tries to "scan your harddrive for viruses", even if you have the good sense to click the little red x up in the corner.

re: #90 Kenneth

That was fun.

re: #54 Sharmuta

There's a distinction is discussing extreme measures and advocating them. Just because you and I have discussed the extremes of fascism in the past doesn't mean either of us advocate them or embrace them.

Imagine this example. I write an essay which says,

"Babies crying in public are a problem. The noise bothers people. There are several ways we can address this problem:

a. We can give the babies some milk; maybe that will calm them down.
b. But if it doesn't calm them down, maybe we can threaten their parents with a lawsuit for disturbing the peace.
c. And if that doesn't work, the possibility exists that we could put muzzles on the babies.
d. Another way to solve the problem is to kill all the babies.

I certainly hope this problem can be solved before it gets out of hand."

Now, in that example, I didn't advocate killing babies, but by describing the option fairly neutrally, without any hint of condemnation or moral outrage, there remains the sense that I'm "OK with it," whether or not I overtly "advocate it."

And what if I added the following sentence:

"Screaming babies are a threat to civilization and they're driving everyone crazy; we must solve this problem at all costs, and it looks like the milder solutions just aren't working."

That's basically what Holdren did in his book. He never baldly and brazenly advocated for compulsory population control, both he essentially made the same roundabout argument I just did in my example: He dispassionately discusses all the options, then points out that the less extreme options probably won't work. That's the thrust of the whole book.

re: #105 Kenneth

Last summer was the coolest in memory in Toronto. I didn't turn the AC on once. So far, this summer is even cooler. It's mid-July & I have a wool blanket on my bed. Fer-cryin'-out-loud! If the global warming gets any worse I'm gonna have to turn the furnace on.

That's local weather, nor warming or climate change. Even during through the "mini ice age", the global temperatures did not drop.

re: #108 CyanSnowHawk

Starred the Ivory Snow girl IIRC.

Marilyn Chambers. She passed away earlier this year.

re: #54 Sharmuta

There's a distinction is discussing extreme measures and advocating them. Just because you and I have discussed the extremes of fascism in the past doesn't mean either of us advocate them or embrace them.

When you discuss fascism, the disapproval is obvious. I don't think that applies to Holdren's discussions about means of population control.

re: #85 jcm

This is Morgenthau we're talking about, and they just didn't believe in the death penalty, even in the most heinous of cases.

It's curious that such a notorious case has so little reference in the Paper of Record. I'm having a bear of a time locating any contemporaneous reports from the NYT via their online search. There's a report of him being charged, but not of the trial or outcome.

re: #83 Ward Cleaver

Not like Roger's pass to Drew Pearson.

I was thinking Doug Flutie vs. Miami, but that's good!

re: #90 Kenneth

Glenn Beck looses it on the radio...

Offered for the bizarreness of it only...crank up the volume & enjoy Beck's high pitched squealing of obscenities at a caller. Such a classy guy!

Not a huge Beck fan here, but I didn't hear any obscenities
His high pitched squealing is part of his schtick, has been since he would interview himself (as one of his characters) on his late night show.
Also,, the points he did make (while not squealing) were valid imho

re: #115 lawhawk

This is Morgenthau we're talking about, and they just didn't believe in the death penalty, even in the most heinous of cases.

It's curious that such a notorious case has so little reference in the Paper of Record. I'm having a bear of a time locating any contemporaneous reports from the NYT via their online search. There's a report of him being charged, but not of the trial or outcome.

Same problem. I found one pdf file, but (as usual) it crashed me.

re: #114 wrenchwench

When you discuss fascism, the disapproval is obvious. I don't think that applies to Holdren's discussions about means of population control.

...or...what zombie just said.

RCMP investigating 6th bombing of B.C. pipeline

RCMP are asking residents in northeastern B.C. to be patient as they investigate the sixth bombing of an EnCana Corp. natural gas pipeline, attacks they are now labelling "domestic terrorism."

The latest attack was discovered Saturday near the small village of Pouce Coupe, eight kilometres south of Dawson Creek, just three days after the fifth explosion. The latest blast caused a small leak of sour gas that was quickly contained.

This would be an example of "leftwing extremist" terrorism.

So why do we need the GOP?

Wondering why the dems can filibuster, scorch and burn a conservative Latino candidate, Miquel Estrada, but god forbid the republicans do that. It's never both ways.

re: #60 taxfreekiller

zombie

of interest

NBC TV, Dallas , had a "tear in the eye" news-wipe story this morning,
my guess is same thing in many local markets, "do good" by the "stimulus money".

All about this 77 year old widow in South Dallas, (90% Democrat vote area) getting "green energy" stimulus money deal, $10,000 of new "green windows" and new green doors, so that her $1,000.00 per/year electric bill can be cut 1/2 to $500.00

some research should show the White House/Pelosi/MSM connection via
a teleprompter in the DNC,

it was not a normal news story, you could tell it was a staged event

Thats okay, this summer I will put 350 of my own stimulus dollars into the local lumber co for attic insulation. I will, eventually, put another 1000 to 2000 into the windows buy my stimulus runs out faster than the "government's"

re: #97 wrenchwench

Here's the latest in Holdren defense. Conveniently delivered to LGF by the local liberals:

hey! thanks for quoting me. I certainly hope more people will read that article.

re: #105 Kenneth

Last summer was the coolest in memory in Toronto. I didn't turn the AC on once. So far, this summer is even cooler. It's mid-July & I have a wool blanket on my bed. Fer-cryin'-out-loud! If the global warming gets any worse I'm gonna have to turn the furnace on.

we're supposed to be in the 90s this weekend.

re: #120 Kenneth

RCMP investigating 6th bombing of B.C. pipeline

The latest attack was discovered Saturday near the small village of Pouce Coupe, eight kilometres south of Dawson Creek, just three days after the fifth explosion. The latest blast caused a small leak of sour gas that was quickly contained.

Damn teenagers.

re: #115 lawhawk

This is Morgenthau we're talking about, and they just didn't believe in the death penalty, even in the most heinous of cases.

It's curious that such a notorious case has so little reference in the Paper of Record. I'm having a bear of a time locating any contemporaneous reports from the NYT via their online search. There's a report of him being charged, but not of the trial or outcome.

From the CNN story,
Maddicks was convicted of murder, robbery and related crimes and sentenced to 62½ years to life in prison. He's still serving time "upstate," as Manhattan's prosecutors say.

At least he's still off the streets.

re: #112 avanti

That's local weather, nor warming or climate change. Even during through the "mini ice age", the global temperatures did not drop.

Local weather? I haven't seen local weather like this for twenty years. As well I believe that mini ice age statement has been disproven as well.

/from Toronto as well.

re: #124 Eowyn2

we're supposed to be in the 90s this weekend.

funny ,, you don't look that old!

Barry and Hill gave Iran a choice, join the modern world or suffer isolation. Guess what the Mullahs picked.

Iran Spurns Engagement on Nuclear Drive, Thwarting Obama Effort

July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Iranian leaders are turning inward and rejecting engagement with the West as they blame outsiders for street protests, even as President Barack Obama’s administration pushes for curbs on Iran’s nuclear program.

The leadership has denounced foreign governments as “enemies” for encouraging demonstrations over last month’s presidential election and plans to put a British Embassy employee on trial for inciting the protests, which were violently suppressed. A French student also has been detained on spy charges.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded yesterday that direct talks remain “the best vehicle” for presenting Iranian leaders with a choice of limiting their nuclear ambitions or continuing “down a path to further isolation.”

In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Clinton said neither she nor Obama “have any illusions that dialogue with the Islamic Republic will guarantee success of any kind.” She added that “the prospects have certainly shifted in the weeks following the election,” an assessment endorsed by specialists on the region.

re: #106 subsailor68

re: #116 SteveC

I was thinking Doug Flutie vs. Miami, but that's good!

Me too. That one's at 106.

:-)

re: #123 iceweasel

hey! thanks for quoting me. I certainly hope more people will read that article.

No problem. You had buried it at the end of a dead thread. By the way, I couldn't find where anyone "upthread" had found that.

Linda Chavez is presently ripping Sotomayor.

re: #109 Dianna

All I'm finding on the "Tarzan Murder" case seems to be the article about it on CNN.

Be careful, btw, of some of the other sites listed. One tries to "scan your harddrive for viruses", even if you have the good sense to click the little red x up in the corner.

That's why I use NoScript.
And of course, on a Mac, their program won't run anyway.
But I use both Windows and Mac

re: #124 Eowyn2

we're supposed to be in the 90s this weekend.

He are supposed to be in the 80's on average. Currently 26.8° C here which is average for this time of year. Second day so far this month. Most days it's been about a few degrees below. Calling for 70's (F) this weekend mostly. Very cool for some reason.

re: #124 Eowyn2

we're supposed to be in the 90s this weekend.

You have a time machine? I'm in the 2009's myself...
/ : )

re: #128 sattv4u2
Read you were visiting Boston and that you grew up there. Was it in one of the City neighborhoods or outside/burbs ?

re: #39 SixDegrees

"Victory" is not the right word. But now that everyone agrees that the appointment of Supremes is purely political and that absent filibuster capability the Senate minority loses, surely it would be a good show of political unity and a good for-the-record show of jurisprudential objection to her manifest and inadequately explained legal realism for all Republicans to vote "no". Would this be "graceless", or ungentlemanly? No. She gets the job. The Prez gets his appointment (empathy, though denied be Soto, and all). The left gets its legal realist on a precedent-making (and rejecting) court. These are political victories. The Republicans - by voting "no" - get to play their political part. They disappoint nobody. No hard feelings. What goes round comes round. The need to put a happy face on the inevitable is an understandable instinct - but misplaced in politics.

re: #123 iceweasel

hey! thanks for quoting me. I certainly hope more people will read that article.

I did. I found her article not convincing. Read Zombie's #111 as an example of how the book is worded.

re: #127 BlueCanuck

While it is true one cannot see long term global climate conditions in local short term weather, you know... you just know!... that if the local weather was especially hot, the same people who poo-pooed my comment would be screaming about how it proves global warming.

re: #132 Charles

Linda Chavez is presently ripping Sotomayor.

That seems a little juvenile, equating a Supreme Court Nominee with passing gas.
///

re: #74 NJDhockeyfan

He gave a brief description of the controversy then started quoting from the book. He gave at least 5 minutes of coverage.

Wow!

He's probably behind the curve and doesn't know about the purported disavowals from the White House and Holdren's office yet.

And I can presume Rush just read my scans and transcriptions without crediting me or any of the sites that used my stuff? That's his standard modus operandi -- taking credit.

re: #127 BlueCanuck

Local weather? I haven't seen local weather like this for twenty years. As well I believe that mini ice age statement has been disproven as well.

/from Toronto as well.

It's rained here in Colorado Springs every day this summer, usually in the late afternoon/early evening. I've been to 4 SkySox games this season, and every one of them has had a rain delay. I'm starting to think that we moved to Seattle while I wasn't paying attention or something.

On the other hand, when I was actually in the Seattle area last week (Ft Lewis), all the grass was brown, and it didn't rain all week.

re: #134 BlueCanuck

And rain all weekend in Toronto.

re: #53 sattv4u2

Shouldn't that more appropriatly been called the SpiderMan Case

(big city, and all)

If I recall, the perpetrator couldn't afford the full body suit and went with the loin clothe.
/[not really]

I have been studying weather patterns and changes as a hobby since I was a teenager in the mid 1960's.
I have noticed shifts in climates, temperatures and accumulations of rain and snow. I have done this from many differnt parts of the USA, as well as during my travels abroad. After carefully looking at the data I have accumulated, I have sceintifically broken it all down into 4 categories. For the sake of clarity I shall name them
spring
summer
winter
fall

Think I can get a government grant to continue my research??

re: #143 Kenneth

Just Saturday according to Enviroment Canada. I trust them more then the Weather Network.

re: #145 sattv4u2

I have been studying weather patterns and changes as a hobby since I was a teenager in the mid 1960's.
I have noticed shifts in climates, temperatures and accumulations of rain and snow. I have done this from many differnt parts of the USA, as well as during my travels abroad. After carefully looking at the data I have accumulated, I have sceintifically broken it all down into 4 categories. For the sake of clarity I shall name them
spring
summer
winter
fall

Think I can get a government grant to continue my research??

GENIUS!

re: #145 sattv4u2

You need to factor ManBearPig into your research.

re: #97 wrenchwench

Here's the latest in Holdren defense. Conveniently delivered to LGF by the local liberals:

Actually, I already submitted a comment to that science blogger complimenting her for linking to my post, yet also pointing out some of the flaws in her argument. But -- she "held my comment for moderation" and as of this wiriting hasn't posted it yet! But read the comments section, especially the latter part -- her commenters rip her to shreds.

re: #145 sattv4u2

Parts of California only have two seasons -
Mudslide season
Wildfire season

re: #136 snowcrash

Read you were visiting Boston and that you grew up there. Was it in one of the City neighborhoods or outside/burbs ?

Born and raised in Everett. When I got older (early 20's) I lived around the area (The North End,, Savin Hill,,, Back Bay ,,, Natick ,,, Beverly)

10 years ago took a job relocation to Atlanta

re: #131 wrenchwench

No problem. You had buried it at the end of a dead thread. By the way, I couldn't find where anyone "upthread" had found that.

Here's the "About" page for the author, Jessica Palmer.

re: #120 Kenneth

RCMP investigating 6th bombing of B.C. pipeline

This would be an example of "leftwing extremist" terrorism.

There's no such thing! There's "rightwing extremism" and then there's "radical rightwing extremism". There is no "left wing extremism".
/

re: #131 wrenchwench

I could be wrong, but I think Zombie might have been aware, and addressed this before it was posted by iceweasel.

Par for the course.

re: #141 zombie

Wow!

He's probably behind the curve and doesn't know about the purported disavowals from the White House and Holdren's office yet.

And I can presume Rush just read my scans and transcriptions without crediting me or any of the sites that used my stuff? That's his standard modus operandi -- taking credit.

Right. He didn't mention you at all. I was waiting for some mention of Zomietime but it never came. At least your research is paying off.

re: #145 sattv4u2

I have been studying weather patterns and changes as a hobby since I was a teenager in the mid 1960's.
I have noticed shifts in climates, temperatures and accumulations of rain and snow. I have done this from many differnt parts of the USA, as well as during my travels abroad. After carefully looking at the data I have accumulated, I have sceintifically broken it all down into 4 categories. For the sake of clarity I shall name them
spring
summer
winter
fall

Think I can get a government grant to continue my research??

Unfortunately, no. It appears as though you've used actual data, instead of computer models, which is against the rules.

Pakistani man must choose between selling kidney or child

Nice.

re: #130 subsailor68

re: #116 SteveC

Me too. That one's at 106.

:-)

Slooow connection, so I usually don't check out any vids. I know I'm not getting the "Total LGF Experience" but you play the hand you're dealt.

re: #104 taxfreekiller

go under cover with your camera and a tape recorder of voice inside
Earth First, play the role for several months, make them think you would
join them in "resistance" to the misuse of the planet (code words),
they will test you to see if you will do a arrestable deal with them as
witnesses, once they think they have enough to put you in trouble with the law, they will start to trust you, then go to the other meetings they
have off site,

be very careful, the things they plan and act on are very very bad and extreme illegal, but some one needs to get the facts out on how bad they are,

very very danger, I can not , daughter has demanded I no longer
mess with them , she has seen the threats, and was there once when
some got after us after a meeting where I advised them they were outside the law and human decency...

I'm no superhero! It'd be nice if someone did that, but not sure if it should be me!

Speaking of Sen. Sessions. . .

I got this mailer the other day, which he was signatory to, which turned out to be a survey described as a "canvas" to help the GOP determine how to proceed on the Hill. At least, that's what it claimed was the purpose. Did any of the rest of you get one of these things?

I ask, because I eagerly opened it hoping to be able to communicate my preferences on issues to the GOP, only to discover after reading the letter accompanying it, that there was simply no way it was capable of communicating any such thing. The entire survey consisted of questions like "Who do you prefer as Speaker, Pelosi or Boehner?" Uh, what kind of stupid question is THAT to ask a conservative? Seriously, if the Republican party has my freakin' address, they pretty much already know the answer to that. There was not a single question of the valuable sort:

"On a scale of 1-5, with 1 being low importance, and 5 being high importance, how do you rate the following issues?"

In other words, not a single question in the survey could not have provided any real insight into how I felt about the issues, rather it was written in a semi-inflammatory fashion, full of hysteria. . .I get the distinct impression it was fashioned simply as something to include in the envelope with yet another request for monetary contributions, serving no real purpose whatsoever, and destined for the recycling bin if it in fact got mailed back.

Here I was, eager to provide our elected GOP representatives an idea what issues I find important, and which I don't think they should push, and all I got was a junk survey. I felt rather insulted.

re: #157 Kenneth

Pakistani man must choose between selling kidney or child

Nice.

Somehow, for some reason, some way, in some form, I see this as being blamed on Bush.

re: #149 zombie

Actually, I already submitted a comment to that science blogger complimenting her for linking to my post, yet also pointing out some of the flaws in her argument. But -- she "held my comment for moderation" and as of this wiriting hasn't posted it yet! But read the comments section, especially the latter part -- her commenters rip her to shreds.

Thanks for the heads up. I rarely venture into the comments at any blog but this one. I'm not hazmat certified. :)

re: #145 sattv4u2

Oh yes there are changes. I remember how cold the 70's were in the winter. Snow in Peterborough on May 30 in 75 I believe. Might have been 76. then in the early 90's we would get February nightly lows of -40 in central Ontario. I have seen snow belts move south then back north again. I won't say it's global warming or cooling. It just is.

re: #150 Kosh's Shadow

Parts of California only have two seasons -
Mudslide season
Wildfire season

Northern New Hampshire

10 months of winter
2 months of sucky skiing

re: #151 sattv4u2
Interesting. I went to the Catholic H.S. on Broadway in Everett!

re: #131 wrenchwench

No problem. You had buried it at the end of a dead thread. By the way, I couldn't find where anyone "upthread" had found that.

You couldn't find it? You must have not been looking very hard. Here you go. It was like 5 posts up from mine.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

BTW, it's funny that you think I 'buried' my answer. I was responding to people on that thread. Instead of hijacking a thread or taking one over.

And that link's been posted since in spinoffs by others. :)

Thanks again for reposting this!
As I said, I think everyone should read that link. I'm very grateful to you.

Cheers, ice

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

HE should cite the source.

Zombie did the work.

re: #150 Kosh's Shadow

Parts of California only have two seasons -
Mudslide season
Wildfire season

We haven't had a good mudslide season here in San Diego for a long time. That might change this year. Just this week they declared an El Nino condition. Should bring more rain to the Southwest this year.

re: #145 sattv4u2

I have been studying weather patterns and changes as a hobby since I was a teenager in the mid 1960's.
I have noticed shifts in climates, temperatures and accumulations of rain and snow. I have done this from many differnt parts of the USA, as well as during my travels abroad. After carefully looking at the data I have accumulated, I have sceintifically broken it all down into 4 categories. For the sake of clarity I shall name them
spring
summer
winter
fall

Think I can get a government grant to continue my research?

LOL!! I'm sorry sir, but it appears you have already successfully concluded the entire study and reached what appear to us to be valid conclusions.

For future reference, when writing to us here at the department in search of grant funds, we would recommend something like this:

'For the sake of clarity I shall name them:
spring
summer
winter

I also am quite convinced there is a fourth category, as yet unresearched and uncategorized. My sense is that a grant of between ten and twelve billion dollars should be more than sufficient to complete my research.

re: #159 zombie

I'm no superhero! It'd be nice if someone did that, but not sure if it should be me!

You do research. Very good research into items like Holdren's book, Ayres's pamplet, etc. You also do very good photojournalism of various rallies, parades, and riots. The research you do it most appreciated, especially here.

re: #165 snowcrash

Interesting. I went to the Catholic H.S. on Broadway in Everett!

POPE JOHN XXIII.. I was in it's second graduating class! (1971)

re: #153 CommonCents

There's no such thing! There's "rightwing extremism" and then there's "radical rightwing extremism". There is no "left wing extremism".
/

I suppose that means they are all nuts.
/

re: #165 snowcrash

Interesting. I went to the Catholic H.S. on Broadway in Everett!

Remember the Souza BP Gas Station on the Salem/ Peabody line? Worked there during summers from '72 to '77!

re: #154 formercorpsman

I could be wrong, but I think Zombie might have been aware, and addressed this before it was posted by iceweasel.

Par for the course.

Other people posted about it. Par for the course.

re: #169 subsailor68

LOL!! I'm sorry sir, but it appears you have already successfully concluded the entire study and reached what appear to us to be valid conclusions.

For future reference, when writing to us here at the department in search of grant funds, we would recommend something like this:

'For the sake of clarity I shall name them:
spring
summer
winter

I also am quite convinced there is a fourth category, as yet unresearched and uncategorized. My sense is that a grant of between ten and twelve billion dollars should be more than sufficient to complete my research.

Move up here to Seattle, it's real simple.

We have the rainy season.

re: #162 wrenchwench

Thanks for the heads up. I rarely venture into the comments at any blog but this one. I'm not hazmat certified. :)

The de-con showers have been set up over there → ↑ ← ↓. Feel free to test them out. :)

re: #160 Yashmak

Speaking of Sen. Sessions. . .

I got this mailer the other day, which he was signatory to, which turned out to be a survey described as a "canvas" to help the GOP determine how to proceed on the Hill. At least, that's what it claimed was the purpose. Did any of the rest of you get one of these things?

I ask, because I eagerly opened it hoping to be able to communicate my preferences on issues to the GOP, only to discover after reading the letter accompanying it, that there was simply no way it was capable of communicating any such thing. The entire survey consisted of questions like "Who do you prefer as Speaker, Pelosi or Boehner?" Uh, what kind of stupid question is THAT to ask a conservative? Seriously, if the Republican party has my freakin' address, they pretty much already know the answer to that. There was not a single question of the valuable sort:

"On a scale of 1-5, with 1 being low importance, and 5 being high importance, how do you rate the following issues?"

In other words, not a single question in the survey could not have provided any real insight into how I felt about the issues, rather it was written in a semi-inflammatory fashion, full of hysteria. . .I get the distinct impression it was fashioned simply as something to include in the envelope with yet another request for monetary contributions, serving no real purpose whatsoever, and destined for the recycling bin if it in fact got mailed back.

Here I was, eager to provide our elected GOP representatives an idea what issues I find important, and which I don't think they should push, and all I got was a junk survey. I felt rather insulted.

That's exactly what it was. Not exactly a new technique, however. I get crap like that all the time from different organizations, including the NRA.

re: #162 wrenchwench

Thanks for the heads up. I rarely venture into the comments at any blog but this one. I'm not hazmat certified. :)

Ah, then you'd best avoid the comment section of Think Progress Watch Watch. It has one of out favorite stalkers there making an ass of himself in the comment section. He's rather nasty as well.

re: #166 iceweasel

Thanks. I searched for a link, so I missed that.

I'm very grateful to you.

Then perhaps you could do me the favor of not updinging any of my posts. Gives me kind of a chill.

re: #171 sattv4u2
You are a little older. I was '77. Fleeing the forced busing violence in the city.

re: #177 lobo91

That's exactly what it was. Not exactly a new technique, however. I get crap like that all the time from different organizations, including the NRA.

Oh yeah lobo91! I got my first request to renew my membership - about two weeks before may original membership card arrived. And it ain't stopped since!

re: #162 wrenchwench

Thanks for the heads up. I rarely venture into the comments at any blog but this one. I'm not hazmat certified. :)

Here's a good one:

Just because it's in an academic setting doesn't mean that every possible option should be discussed without discarding the unacceptable ones.

One commenter mentioned the male/female imbalance in China. In a hypothetical discussion on how to "solve" that problem, it might be proposed that the Chinese government go the simple route and murder enough Chinese males to get the ratio back in balance.

If that "solution" were proposed in a text book without pointing out that it would be immoral and not actually a viable option, it would be completely reasonable for a reader to determine that the authors actually considered it an acceptable option.

At some point you've got to accept that your contortions to try to portray Holdren's words as something other than they were just doesn't hold up to examination. Just because he was nominated by someone on "your side" doesn't mean you need to tie yourself into knots to try to excuse his past.

Holdren has a long history of anti-science totalitarian kookiness and shouldn't be anywhere near steering any sort of policy more important than what he'd like for lunch.

Posted by: jesse %P% July 16, 2009 4:44 AM

re: #180 wrenchwench

Thanks. I searched for a link, so I missed that.

Then perhaps you could do me the favor of not updinging any of my posts. Gives me kind of a chill.

heh...

re: #180 wrenchwench

Thanks. I searched for a link, so I missed that.

Then perhaps you could do me the favor of not updinging any of my posts. Gives me kind of a chill.

That's kind of odd. Maybe you should see someone about that.

re: #141 zombie

Wow!

He's probably behind the curve and doesn't know about the purported disavowals from the White House and Holdren's office yet.

And I can presume Rush just read my scans and transcriptions without crediting me or any of the sites that used my stuff? That's his standard modus operandi -- taking credit.

I'm checking the site - he usually provides the link, somewhere.

re: #123 iceweasel

hey! thanks for quoting me. I certainly hope more people will read that article.

So you thoroughly endorse this article and all the points the author is making?

re: #168 CyanSnowHawk

We haven't had a good mudslide season here in San Diego for a long time. That might change this year. Just this week they declared an El Nino condition. Should bring more rain to the Southwest this year.

It'll be a nice change. We can use the rain.

Well, listening to this Sotomayer mangle the English language I guess she's pretty much a complete fucking idiot, huh? Well, that's what you get with Obama.

re: #178 Honorary Yooper

Ah, then you'd best avoid the comment section of Think Progress Watch Watch. It has one of out favorite stalkers there making an ass of himself in the comment section. He's rather nasty as well.

On which thread?

re: #181 snowcrash

You are a little older. I was '77. Fleeing the forced busing violence in the city.

Cool. We stocked the hockey team with kds from Charleston while I was there

why the unnecessary remark about missing lobes? we all have flaws.

re: #177 lobo91

That's exactly what it was. Not exactly a new technique, however. I get crap like that all the time from different organizations, including the NRA.

I'm actually rather angry about the whole thing. It's not enough, I guess, for my party to publicly shoot itself in the foot on TV and in the press, not it has to do it via mail too.

re: #149 zombie

Zombie,

I was able to locate a paper, yet again co-written, by John P. Holdren titled:

The Meaning of Sustainability: Biogeophysical Aspects
by John P. Holdren, Gretchen C. Daily, and Paul R. Ehrlich

Some excerpts of note:

1. "That Development Must Address" Excessive population growth - Driving forces Excessive population growth Where excessive means growth that closes more options than it opens (Holdren 1973), a condition now prevailing almost everywhere.

2. No form of material growth (including population growth) other than asymptotic growth, is sustainable;

3. Many of the practices inadequately supporting today's population of 55 billion people are unsustainable; and

4. At the sustainability limit, there will bee tradeoff between population and energy-matter throughput per person, hence, ultimately, between economic activity per person and well-being per person.

5. This is enough to say quite a lot about what needs to be faced up to eventually (a world of zero net physical growth), what should be done now (change unsustainable practices, reduce excessive material consumption, slow down population growth), and what the penalty will be for postponing attention to population limitation (lower well-being per person).

[Link: dieoff.org...]

My weekend is an hour and a half off.

Countdown.

re: #185 iceweasel

That's kind of odd. Maybe you should see someone about that.

I think it's just the "ice."

re: #192 caligal

why the unnecessary remark about missing lobes? we all have flaws.

whats yours?

((I'll tell if you do!!))

Ahmadinejad: Iran will "bring down" Western foes

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Newly re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his next government "would bring down the global arrogance," signaling a tougher approach by Tehran toward the West after last month's disputed election.

Ahmadinejad, in his first provincial trip after the June 12 presidential vote, said Iran's enemies had tried to interfere and foment aggression in the country, referring to mass opposition protests against the official election result.

The hardline president, who often rails against the West, said the Islamic Republic wanted "logic and negotiations" but that Western powers had insulted the Iranian nation and should apologize.

Iranian leaders often refer to the United States and its allies as the "global arrogance."

"As soon as the new government is established, with power and authority, ten times more than before, it will enter the global scene and will bring down the global arrogance," he told a big crowd in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

re: #194 Gus 802

If these people want population control, why don't they start by killing themselves?!

re: #195 SasquatchOnSteroids

My weekend is an hour and a half off.

Countdown.

My "next" vacation started 21 1/2 hours ago!

I have large feet.

re: #189 Salem

Oh no! Bush mangled the English language with his Texan unilateral cowboy twang, moronic syntax and hilarious malapropisms. Sotomayor is speaking like a wise Latina woman.

re: #183 scottishbuzzsaw

Thanks Scotti!

re: #182 subsailor68

Oh yeah lobo91! I got my first request to renew my membership - about two weeks before may original membership card arrived. And it ain't stopped since!

The higher up the membership ladder you go, the more money they look for, as well. I'm now an Endowment member, so they send me things asking for contributions in the thousands.

re: #187 WinterCat

So you thoroughly endorse this article and all the points the author is making?

have you no decency sir? At long last, have you no decency?

/Are you now, or have you ever been, a communist? Or Joe McCarthy?

///

re: #197 sattv4u2

whats yours?

((I'll tell if you do!!))

I have no flaws, but I'm too humble to mention it.

re: #201 Ben Hur

I have large feet.

I use the standard 12 inches for feet

re: #201 Ben Hur

And hairy.

re: #200 sattv4u2

I need one. Outer Banks middle of August.
Probably get run off.

re: #203 wrenchwench

Thanks Scotti!

Very welcome, hon...

re: #206 iceweasel

have you no decency sir? At long last, have you no decency?

/Are you now, or have you ever been, a communist? Or Joe McCarthy?

///

Can you just answer the question please?

re: #194 Gus 802

From the title piece:

Our work on this topic was supported in part by grants from the Winslow and Heinz Foundations. J. Holdren also gratefully acknowledges the hospitality of the Woods Hole Research Center during a 1992 sabbatical in which much of his part of this work was done.

Hmmm, not a 30 year old document is it?

re: #86 Mad Al-Jaffee

"Green doors"? Wasn't there a famous movie from the 70s about a green door?

Deep Transom?

re: #199 Mad Al-Jaffee

If these people want population control, why don't they start by killing themselves?!

I believe that there are some sects within the environmental movements that believe in such a thing. At the very least they are getting themselves "neutered."

re: #210 SasquatchOnSteroids

I need one. Outer Banks middle of August.
Probably get run off.

I just came back from the beach (Pawleys Island, SC) 2 weeks ago. Off to Boston for 10 days tomorrow

re: #191 sattv4u2
I was from the neighborhood by Logan. Been away 20 years but family and friends are still in the area. Make the annual 30 hr. drive/ pilgrimage with the kids almost every year.

re: #213 BlueCanuck

From the title piece:

Hmmm, not a 30 year old document is it?

1995

re: #196 wrenchwench

I think it's just the "ice."

Try it straight next time.

re: #183 scottishbuzzsaw

Zombie's comment made it through moderation, BTW.

re: #174 iceweasel

You thought the rebuttal in that article was sound?

re: #190 Dianna

On which thread?

100% of them as "Trajan" or "Tajan75".

re: #222 Honorary Yooper

100% of them as "Trajan" or "Tajan75".

"Trajan75", PIMF.

How ironic that Sotomayor, a talent and intellect of no great import and yet, of the belief that her race and gender bestow her with superior legal abilities, will sit on the Supreme Court when Robert Bork was spurned.

re: #219 iceweasel

Try it straight next time.

Wouldn't that be 'neat'?

re: #201 Ben Hur

I have large feet.

Traction Control.

re: #217 snowcrash

I was from the neighborhood by Logan. Been away 20 years but family and friends are still in the area. Make the annual 30 hr. drive/ pilgrimage with the kids almost every year.

30, huh? Where are you now?

It's about 20 from Atlanta. We're driving up tomorrow. On the way back we'll stop for a couple of days in Virginia being tourists

re: #212 WinterCat

Can you just answer the question please?

Wait, you have a real question, and not a witchhunt?

Ask away.

re: #218 Gus 802

Yes it was copyrighted in 1995, but the majority was written in 1992. :)

/I cut and pasted my quote.

I guess we will only know if she is truly qualified for the job when she starts writing opinions.

Then again it won't matter one way or the other - it's not like she can ever lose her job.

re: #212 WinterCat

Can you just answer the question please?

You know, that "Description misrepresented as endorsement" thing mirrored my initial opinion on the issue. . .

But then I read some additional quotes by the guy that convince me that he actually DOES endorse some of what he's describing.

re: #225 CyanSnowHawk

Wouldn't that be 'neat'?

Sometimes. :)

re: #206 iceweasel

have you no decency sir? At long last, have you no decency?

/Are you now, or have you ever been, a communist? Or Joe McCarthy?

///

You forgot "who did you vote for?"

re: #216 sattv4u2

I just came back from the beach (Pawleys Island, SC) 2 weeks ago. Off to Boston for 10 days tomorrow

Schweet.
Want to get back to Charleston sometime in late Sept.
We'll see.

re: #215 Gus 802

I believe that there are some sects within the environmental movements that believe in such a thing. At the very least they are getting themselves "neutered."

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

re: #224 LionofDixon

How ironic that Sotomayor, a talent and intellect of no great import and yet, of the belief that her race and gender bestow her with superior legal abilities, will sit on the Supreme Court when Robert Bork was spurned.

Remember, she's the most qualified person to be nominated in the last 100 years.

Al Franken said so.

Hey reine I just dinged via iPhone lol ...it sucks ... The keyboard I mean

re: #229 BlueCanuck

Yes it was copyrighted in 1995, but the majority was written in 1992. :)

/I cut and pasted my quote.

Ah, OK, it's within that time range.

Linda Chavez is pointing out that Sotomayor believes there should be proportional representation of races, religions & ethnicity on the benches.

Are we cool with that?

re: #220 Honorary Yooper

Zombie's comment made it through moderation, BTW.

And an excellent comment it is.

re: #227 sattv4u2
Suburb of Dallas.

re: #10 Occasional Reader

I predicted that you would make an ear pun. It's like I'm the Auricle of Delphi.

This is my ear-rifle, this is my ear-gun. I have a right to an ear-rifle, no right to an Irgun.

re: #229 BlueCanuck

Yes it was copyrighted in 1995, but the majority was written in 1992. :)

/I cut and pasted my quote.

Much more recent than the 32 year old Ecoscience, but along similar lines.

re: #228 iceweasel

Come one iceweasel. You alluded to the article as being a decent retort. Folks are questioning you on it.

Witchhunt?

re: #202 Kenneth

Oh no! Bush mangled the English language with his Texan unilateral cowboy twang, moronic syntax and hilarious malapropisms. Sotomayor is speaking like a wise Latina woman.

Of course you're right, Bush did sound like an idiot a lot of the time.

Congressional Budget Director Warns Health Care Bills Will Raise Costs

On the heels of the Senate health committee's approval Wednesday of a plan to revamp U.S. health care, three House committees with jurisdiction over the issue shifted into action. But the director of Congress' budget office warns the proposals will raise costs.

What a bunch of fucking idiots! We're all going to the poor house with this administration.

re: #233 wrenchwench

You forgot "who did you vote for?"

Did you want to ask that too? :)

re: #198 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Mousavi: Protesters' blood will not go in vain.

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed not to let the blood of protesters killed in postelection crackdown go in vain as he met with the family of a young man shot to death during the turmoil, reformist Web site reported Wednesday.

Mousavi, meanwhile, announced Wednesday that he will attend Tehran’s main Friday prayer services this week for the first time, a key symbolic assertion of the opposition’s presence after the crackdown.

The sermon Friday is due to be delivered by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a powerful cleric in Iran’s leadership who has not performed the sermon since the turmoil erupted following the disputed June 12 presidential election. Rafsanjani is a top rival of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and is believed to be a strong behind-the-scenes backer of Mousavi.

"I’ll join you (for prayers) on Friday July 17," Mousavi said, according to his Web site ghalamnews.ir.

The main Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University is a significant political platform that hard-line clerics have used in recent weeks to demand a halt to postelection protests and spread the message that that turmoil was fueled by foreign enemies. Rafsanjani’s sermon could give the first opposition voice in the sermon.

re: #217 snowcrash

I was from the neighborhood by Logan. Been away 20 years but family and friends are still in the area. Make the annual 30 hr. drive/ pilgrimage with the kids almost every year.

damn ,, I forgot all about it, but I lived on Saratoga street right near the tunnel for almost 2 years

re: #239 Kenneth

Linda Chavez is pointing out that Sotomayor believes there should be proportional representation of races, religions & ethnicity on the benches.

Are we cool with that?

Only when proportionality comes to the NFL.

I already did. Here is my question again:
So you thoroughly endorse this article and all the points the author is making?

Why do you think this very straightforward question constitutes a witchhunt?

re: #221 formercorpsman

You thought the rebuttal in that article was sound?

I thought it was reasonable.

re: #246 jorline

Hey, but it will be a free ride. /free should not be confused with cheap

re: #244 formercorpsman

Come one iceweasel. You alluded to the article as being a decent retort. Folks are questioning you on it.

Witchhunt?

The article gets it right. This is already discussed in the earlier thread, btw. My opinions are also there.

re: #239 Kenneth

Linda Chavez is pointing out that Sotomayor believes there should be proportional representation of races, religions & ethnicity on the benches.

Are we cool with that?

Only if there are enough seats to provide proportional representation of every interest group, no matter how small or large, important or inconsequential. Basically, I don't think it's possible to accomplish without giving every last one of us a seat on the supreme court. Now THOSE would make for some long (and in some portions, incredibly poorly written) opinions.

re: #239 Kenneth

Linda Chavez is pointing out that Sotomayor believes there should be proportional representation of races, religions & ethnicity on the benches.

Are we cool with that?

As long they don't call it 'quotas' it should be fine.
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And with that, I'm done with lunch. Have a good Afternoon/Evening Lizards.

re: #239 Kenneth

Linda Chavez is pointing out that Sotomayor believes there should be proportional representation of races, religions & ethnicity on the benches.

Are we cool with that?

AA?...not at all...none of that has anything to do with Con law