As soon as I my new bank card gets here, I'll sign up for the recurring. That makes it a lot easier than remembering to donate.

Off topic, but it seems a British Rocker died in a pretty weird way, when a Yakov Smirnoff joke become real and a hay bale rolled into his car.

[Link: today.msnbc.msn.com...]

P.S. I'm trying to keep these fundraising requests to a bare minimum - it's been more than a month and a half since the last one.

And I'm working on some code to turn off the advertisements for people who subscribe, by the way.

donated $20!

re: #4 deranged cat

donated $20!

Thank you very much!

re: #3 Charles

I'd pay extra to turn off the Smile Train ad.

Great idea on dropping the ads for subscribers, I can't wait to see the improved loading speed.

That reminds me -
Got a lulu payment in August, of $30.
I have distributed $15 to LGF, $15 to Soldier's Angels.

check the cookbook blog for screen caps of the payment and distribution.

I this an also an open thread?

I'm at work sneaking a peek. I promise to do so upon my return home this eve. Thanks Charles!

re: #9 Walter L. Newton

I don't know, but it sure got quite in here when the waiter brought the check out.

re: #4 deranged cat

donated $20!

Consider using the subscribe feature - I do, makes it very easy to support LGF on a continuing basis, without having to think about it.

I'm in too but will have to wait until Friday. Babies are like really expensive and stuff.

dKos busts a Paulian sock-puppet...it's a pretty good take-down, and worth recognizing.

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

Hot water back on and my first real shower since Saturday. Hooray.

re: #12 reine.de.tout

Consider using the subscribe feature - I do, makes it very easy to support LGF on a continuing basis, without having to think about it.

Absolutely! $10 a month? Affordable, and far less than the local paper. I've been a sponsor for a little while.
SO WORTH IT!

re: #15 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Hot water back on and my first real shower since Saturday. Hooray.

You have no idea how happy I am for you.

re: #14 darthstar

dKos busts a Paulian sock-puppet...it's a pretty good take-down, and worth recognizing.

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

I wonder what his lizard nic is.

From your link:

It goes without saying that Kubica, as a concern troll, is unwelcome at Daily Kos. Daily Kos is a progressive community and its community membership are united by the goal of electing more and better Democrats to public office. While we are tolerant of a wide range of views within the "Big Blue Tent," make no mistake: this site is every bit as blue as it is orange. If Kubica had identified his role with his campaign, he would not have been welcome in the community, so he resorted to deception.

I had no idea membership was restricted like that at Kos. No honest dissent if the goals don't match? Huh.

re: #17 reine.de.tout

You have no idea how happy I am for you.

We were all getting pretty ripe.

re: #18 wrenchwench

It's because he's a paid staffer, I believe.

re: #18 wrenchwench

I had no idea membership was restricted like that at Kos. No honest dissent if the goals don't match? Huh.

They're very goal-oriented over there.

re: #18 wrenchwench

I wonder what his lizard nic is.

From your link:

I had no idea membership was restricted like that at Kos. No honest dissent if the goals don't match? Huh.

i saw that too. i was a smidge concerned too.
but then again, i think about all the stupid trolls in my local newspaper website and all my favorite websites and think "good riddance".
plus, he was a paid intern. something tells me "troll dkos" isn't part of his job description (and probably shouldn't be part of "other duties as assigned" either)

re: #20 Obdicut

It's because he's a paid staffer, I believe.

That was the reason for outing his identity, but the paragraph I quoted makes it sound like he would not have been welcome even if he had been honest about his intentions and his ID. Unless "his role in the campaign" was not an honest one. I could be misreading it.

re: #14 darthstar

dKos busts a Paulian sock-puppet...it's a pretty good take-down, and worth recognizing.

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

No surprise here -- I've caught political operatives doing the same thing at LGF. Once we had someone trolling us for the AFL-CIO.

This does show the kinds of tactics Paulians use. They're some of the most obsessed and reality-challenged political drones on the net, and that means they have no scruples about lying, trolling, stacking polls, etc.

PARIS (AP) -- French strikers disrupted trains and planes, hospitals and mail delivery Tuesday amid massive street protests over plans to raise the retirement age. Across the English Channel, London subway workers unhappy with staff cuts walked off the job.

[Link: finance.yahoo.com...]

I love it... they just got off of their standard 4 week vacations in Aug. and now it's strike time... I was reading Le Monde yesterday, and they have plans for a number of other strikes over the next month.

That's one of the reasons why when I can afford to travel to Paris, I do it in Jan. or Feb. Besides the cheaper off-season prices, you will rarely find the French striking in the middle of winter... those streets can be damp and chilly.

re: #25 Walter L. Newton

PARIS (AP) -- French strikers disrupted trains and planes, hospitals and mail delivery Tuesday amid massive street protests over plans to raise the retirement age. Across the English Channel, London subway workers unhappy with staff cuts walked off the job.

[Link: finance.yahoo.com...]

I love it... they just got off of their standard 4 week vacations in Aug. and now it's strike time... I was reading Le Monde yesterday, and they have plans for a number of other strikes over the next month.

That's one of the reasons why when I can afford to travel to Paris, I do it in Jan. or Feb. Besides the cheaper off-season prices, you will rarely find the French striking in the middle of winter... those streets can be damp and chilly.

Point of note... raising the retirement age... from 60 to 62... Egads.

re: #19 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

We were all getting pretty ripe.

I figured

re: #25 Walter L. Newton

That was in response to a move by the French govt to raise the pension age from 60 to 62 because the government's spending was out of control. Raising the retirement age would help bring the French pension back into the black by 2018. The French response to any changes to the work week or employment in general is a strike. It's the French way.

Meanwhile, London was hit by a transit strike of its own, where transit workers walked off the job because 800 might lose jobs.

The Hallowed Ground of Dudley...

Shock as Dudley mosque scheme revived

re: #29 Killgore Trout

The Hallowed Ground of Dudley...

Shock as Dudley mosque scheme revived

That Ground Zero bubble just keeps growing, and growing . . .

One attorney in Rifqa case sues another, Orlando's John Stemberger

A Muslim attorney on one side of the Rifqa Bary dispute has filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against Orlando attorney John Stemberger, an activist Christian attorney who worked for the other side.

The suit was filed by Omar Tarazi in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, Friday. It names John Stemberger of the conservative Florida Family Policy Council.

Also being sued is a blogger from elsewhere, Pamela Oshry, who writes under the name Pamela Geller at the website atlasshrugged2000 and penned scathing anti-Muslim posts after Rifqa ran away from home in July 2009, saying she was afraid her Muslim parents would kill her for converting to Christianity.

Interesting.

re: #31 Killgore Trout

One attorney in Rifqa case sues another, Orlando's John Stemberger

Interesting.

Very

re: #32 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Pam is sloppy enough with factual accuracy that she may very well lose the case.

re: #32 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Very

[Link: www.peekyou.com...]

re: #33 Killgore Trout

Pam is sloppy enough with factual accuracy that she may very well lose the case.

This all so Long Island.

re: #35 Gus 802

This is all so Long Island.

PIMF

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

[Link: www.peekyou.com...]

Check the names of her neighbors.

re: #31 Killgore Trout

In addition to the neo-Nazis and white supremacists and Eurofascists, Geller is also hooking up with the extreme fundamentalist right wing. She's also working with the Thomas More Law Center, one of the most extreme activist Christian law firms in the US -- they were instrumental in pushing the Dover "intelligent design" case, and many other atavistic far right causes.

re: #38 Charles

In addition to the neo-Nazis and white supremacists and Eurofascists, Geller is also hooking up with the extreme fundamentalist right wing. She's also working with the Thomas More Law Center, one of the most extreme activist Christian law firms in the US -- they were instrumental in pushing the Dover "intelligent design" case, and many other atavistic far right causes.

Anything in the name of the CAUSE, right?

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

re: #37 reine.de.tout

you guys are stalking!

re: #38 Charles

In addition to the neo-Nazis and white supremacists and Eurofascists, Geller is also hooking up with the extreme fundamentalist right wing. She's also working with the Thomas More Law Center, one of the most extreme activist Christian law firms in the US -- they were instrumental in pushing the Dover "intelligent design" case, and many other atavistic far right causes.

There are days I wonder if the luddite wing of the right isn't actually more dangerous to humanity in the long term than the fascist wing. After last century's examples it's a hard case to make, but there were those dark ages.

Del. GOP Candidate Opposes ... Masturbation

Delaware Republican state lawmaker Mike Castle isn’t conservative enough for the Tea Party, who have put up their own candidate to run against him for the Senate seat that Joe Biden left when he became vice president. The candidate of choice for the Tea Party Express? Christine O’Donnell, whose campaign has been beset by accusations of false claims regarding her degree, her past electoral record, and an anti-gay smear campaign against Castle said to be the work of former O’Donnell campaign workers.

Add to that one more wrinkle, reported Care2.com on Sept. 4: O’Donnell opposes sex outside of marriage so vehemently that she has spoken out against masturbation, even as a means of avoiding sexual intercourse before marriage, because she believes it to be a form of adultery.

"The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery," O’Donnell claimed on an MTV program called Sex in the 90s. "So you can’t masturbate without lust," O’Donnell claimed, according to the article. "The reason that you don’t tell [people] that masturbation is the answer to AIDS and all these other problems that come with sex outside of marriage is because, again, it is not addressing the issue. You’re just gonna create somebody who is, I was gonna say, toying with his sexuality. Pardon the pun."

Just suscribed last week, when my fiances would finally allow it!
:-)

re: #40 cliffster

re: #37 reine.de.tout

you guys are stalking!

Heh.
It appears she may have neighbor whose name might be a name a Muslim might have.
I thought that funny.

re: #44 reine.de.tout

ha! you're right. that makes things a little awkward, I bet.

Oh, the cookbooks, (which I ordered last month) still need to be throughly researched by yours truly. The down side of bing able to afford helping out one's favorite website, is that work prevents one from using it as much as one would like... :-D

re: #43 Surabaya Stew

Just suscribed last week, when my fiances would finally allow it!
:-)

when are the weddings??

re: #47 deranged cat

///

re: #47 deranged cat

when are the weddings??

hehehehe... "fianances" i meant!

Am already married anyway... ;-)

re: #49 Surabaya Stew

hehehehe... "fianances" i meant!

Am already married anyway... ;-)

cough-prevew-is-your-friend-cough :P
(finances)

re: #50 deranged cat

cough-prevew-is-your-friend-cough :P
(finances)

*cough*preview is your friend*cough

(preview)

re: #50 deranged cat

cough-prevew-is-your-friend-cough :P
(finances)

Quite right...I was in a hurry for no good reason...

But why the coughing just now?

Hairballs?

:-D

The wingnuts are silent.

Obama seeks massive tax break for business

Companies could save $200 billion by writing off capital investment. The president also announces a $50-billion spending plan for roads, runways and railroads.

That's 200 billion in tax savings. Of course if they're not being silent I'm sure they're finding something to whine about and talk as if though they're an expert about something or another.

re: #14 darthstar

dKos busts a Paulian sock-puppet...it's a pretty good take-down, and worth recognizing.

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

Here's something I rarely if ever say--

Props to Kos.

I may make a donation to Conway after this. While it's entirely possible that the "intern" in question did this on his own, IMO it's probably that his own inclinations were increased by the "ends justify the means", "honor and truth are just constructs" type of thinking that I believe is typical of the Paul types.