Chicago 13
Minnesota 6
Halftime
I don't care -- I'm going to bed. I'll say dis dough... for all the talk of Grossman, the oh-fensive line is even more totally gross, man.
Monday, December 17, 2007
how will they blow it?
Chicago 13
Minnesota 6
Halftime
I don't care -- I'm going to bed. I'll say dis dough... for all the talk of Grossman, the oh-fensive line is even more totally gross, man.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Decker's vote for president on 12/17/07
John Edwards - from Krugman's column today in the New York Times:
The argument began during the Democratic debate, when the moderator — Carolyn Washburn, the editor of The Des Moines Register — suggested that Mr. Edwards shouldn’t be so harsh on the wealthy and special interests, because “the same groups are often responsible for getting things done in Washington.”
Mr. Edwards replied, “Some people argue that we’re going to sit at a table with these people and they’re going to voluntarily give their power away. I think it is a complete fantasy; it will never happen.”
See here for changes to my vote - but man - I'm all about this argument. Hate them. Hate them like I hate Romo right now.
The argument began during the Democratic debate, when the moderator — Carolyn Washburn, the editor of The Des Moines Register — suggested that Mr. Edwards shouldn’t be so harsh on the wealthy and special interests, because “the same groups are often responsible for getting things done in Washington.”
Mr. Edwards replied, “Some people argue that we’re going to sit at a table with these people and they’re going to voluntarily give their power away. I think it is a complete fantasy; it will never happen.”
See here for changes to my vote - but man - I'm all about this argument. Hate them. Hate them like I hate Romo right now.
An Act of God? It's da only way for S#i+ Blowing Up to win...
Like Mike Hackabee, Smiff has been talking to The Big Man...hoping for a plague of locusts to rain down upon Foxborough.
Alas, i will be on a train to Santa Barbara and can't watch the end times play out on the grid-iron...
ESPN reporter Wendi Nix reported that there is currently a "wintry mix" falling at Foxborough stadium and similar conditions should continue until gametime. Winds remain the main concern and are expected to continue. It started snowing in New England, but quickly changed to sleet and freezing rain. More than anything, wind would hurt Brady's chances of a big day. We would continue to monitor all the weather situations, but would only consider benching Brady for another top-5 quarterback option. The consequences of the weather is unknown.
Dis just in...
Wendi Nix of ESPN reports that the weather at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough "is an absolute mess." The tarp is still on the field less than two hours before kickoff between the Jets and Patriots. Snow and what The Weather Channel reports could be 35 MPH winds will lessen the Patriots' chances of putting up their usually explosive numbers offensively, and could specifically put a big hit on Tom Brady's fantasy value.
...Locusts! I Demand Thee!!
(I'm also seeing if God will smite Mike Shanahan and his "offensive" play calling...)
Alas, i will be on a train to Santa Barbara and can't watch the end times play out on the grid-iron...
ESPN reporter Wendi Nix reported that there is currently a "wintry mix" falling at Foxborough stadium and similar conditions should continue until gametime. Winds remain the main concern and are expected to continue. It started snowing in New England, but quickly changed to sleet and freezing rain. More than anything, wind would hurt Brady's chances of a big day. We would continue to monitor all the weather situations, but would only consider benching Brady for another top-5 quarterback option. The consequences of the weather is unknown.
Dis just in...
Wendi Nix of ESPN reports that the weather at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough "is an absolute mess." The tarp is still on the field less than two hours before kickoff between the Jets and Patriots. Snow and what The Weather Channel reports could be 35 MPH winds will lessen the Patriots' chances of putting up their usually explosive numbers offensively, and could specifically put a big hit on Tom Brady's fantasy value.
...Locusts! I Demand Thee!!
(I'm also seeing if God will smite Mike Shanahan and his "offensive" play calling...)
Bad Idea
So the Corporal decides he wants to go out and walk on the beach after the 20 feet of snow we've had over the past month. At least he was smart enuff not to lead. All of a sudden, what looked like solid ground turned out to be......a sinkhole of slushy ice! Now Fungster's all wet. Or at least, his right foot was. Not to be outdone, Corporal went over the ridge separating the beach sand from the white mounds of who knows what. Slosh! Corporal went in deeper than the Fungster did. Now both are drying off and warming up. So be warned - don't go walking out on the beach after 20 feet of snow.
Now back to preparing to watch my team blitz Smiff's...
Now back to preparing to watch my team blitz Smiff's...
The Des Moines Register is Dumb
Endorsing Clinton for her experience? Sounds like a Dusty Baker type decision.
While a glowing turd would be preferable to anybody on the Republican side, she does not improve on the turd nearly so much as one would hope.
Having weighed in on the weigh-in I now go to sleep.
A big Go Fuck Yourself Des Moines Register though!
While a glowing turd would be preferable to anybody on the Republican side, she does not improve on the turd nearly so much as one would hope.
Having weighed in on the weigh-in I now go to sleep.
A big Go Fuck Yourself Des Moines Register though!
Saturday, December 15, 2007
oh, really
From the local "news" tonight:
"The computer models are in disagreement over how much rain we will get on Wednesday."
So what the phokk good are they?
Smiff's prediction: seeing as it's Friday, your "forecast" is totally worthless and the computer "models" should be printed out and used for terlet paper. And thanks for wasting everyone's time.
"The computer models are in disagreement over how much rain we will get on Wednesday."
So what the phokk good are they?
Smiff's prediction: seeing as it's Friday, your "forecast" is totally worthless and the computer "models" should be printed out and used for terlet paper. And thanks for wasting everyone's time.
Fungai shut out again
Top Baby Names for 2007 - sounds very whitey...
Girls
1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Madison (slut)
5. Ava
Boys
1. Aiden (3rd year in a row - now dat's retarded)
2. Ethan
3. Jacob
4. Jayden (i will never like anyone named Jayden)
5. Caden (huh?)
What's with the -en ending names? This is a trend signaling the further, gradual idiocracy of America.
Girls
1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Madison (slut)
5. Ava
Boys
1. Aiden (3rd year in a row - now dat's retarded)
2. Ethan
3. Jacob
4. Jayden (i will never like anyone named Jayden)
5. Caden (huh?)
What's with the -en ending names? This is a trend signaling the further, gradual idiocracy of America.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Finally, some good news
Does this mean we can start using the money to pay for reconstruction? And for keeping our boys there? And Blackwater's? And Halliburton's?
Iraqi oil exceeds pre-war output
Iraqi oil exceeds pre-war output
Better (decades) late than never
Christmas card arrives 93 years late
OBERLIN, Kansas (AP) -- A postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was mailed in 1914, but its journey was slower than Christmas. It just arrived in northwest Kansas.
The Christmas card was dated December 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Nebraska.
It's a mystery where it spent most of the last century, Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz said.
"It's surprising that it never got thrown away," he said. "How someone found it, I don't know."
Ethel Martin is deceased, but Schultz said the post office wanted to get the card to a relative.
That's how the 93-year-old relic ended up with Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law. She said she believed the card had been found somewhere in Illinois.
"That's all we know," she said. "But it is kind of curious. We'd like to know how it got down there."
The card was placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin -- the one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered it, Martin said.
"We don't know much about it," she said. "But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect shape."
OBERLIN, Kansas (AP) -- A postcard featuring a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was mailed in 1914, but its journey was slower than Christmas. It just arrived in northwest Kansas.
The Christmas card was dated December 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Nebraska.
It's a mystery where it spent most of the last century, Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz said.
"It's surprising that it never got thrown away," he said. "How someone found it, I don't know."
Ethel Martin is deceased, but Schultz said the post office wanted to get the card to a relative.
That's how the 93-year-old relic ended up with Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law. She said she believed the card had been found somewhere in Illinois.
"That's all we know," she said. "But it is kind of curious. We'd like to know how it got down there."
The card was placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin -- the one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered it, Martin said.
"We don't know much about it," she said. "But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect shape."
I would like to have a beer with Fred Thompson
From the Washington Post, 12/12/07:
His 87-year-old mother's advice persuaded him to reject the new intelligence report that Iran has suspended its nuclear program. "Remember whatcha mama told ya," he says. If somethin' appears to be too good to be true, it probably is." Is it possible to be too folksy? Thompson seems determined to find out.
His 87-year-old mother's advice persuaded him to reject the new intelligence report that Iran has suspended its nuclear program. "Remember whatcha mama told ya," he says. If somethin' appears to be too good to be true, it probably is." Is it possible to be too folksy? Thompson seems determined to find out.
Smiff and Gooch Stayin' Classy
Tadahito Iguchi's agent said Thursday that his client turned down several multi-year contract offers to sign with the Padres for one year and $4 million. Iguchi is said to have had a two-year offer to play second base for the Rockies and a three-year offer to play third base for the Phillies. Instead, he takes a one-year deal to play in the majors' most extreme pitcher's ballpark. Like Ron Burgundy, he must think that San Diego is a very classy place.
Thank You Rod, Richie, and Todd
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there
But St. Nick himself, plump and brimming with joy
Hit a snag on his last stop: Chicago, Illinois
For Rudolph the reindeer, whose nose led the way
Suddenly fell ill and could not guide the sleigh
Santa said "Well, just one option remains
I'll finish my route using CTA trains"
He gathered the reindeer and sack full of toys
To give to Chicagoland good girls and boys
And though well-equipped, CTA card in hand
He'd soon find their trip wouldn't go quite as planned
The train that they rode went from four tracks to one
And wouldn't move fast 'til construction was done
Right then, Santa's joy changed to derision
Saying "It'll take 3 damn hours to reach Clark and Division"
"We normally fly through the air with such speed
But this subway, it moves like a turtle on weed"
The seats were all dirty and beyond repairs
The reindeer stood in urine, which for once wasn't theirs
And Sally's new doll, it would just have to wait
Her Brown Line stop's closed until 2008!
Yes…Santa, he trudged and he slogged and he groaned
It seemed that his Doomsday would not be postponed
But he made a vow on that cold Christmas night
"I must do my job, and do the job right!"
He rode on that Red Line, and then on the Blue
Plus the 36 bus and the Clark 22
He rode on the Orange Line, rode on the Green
From O'Hare to East Side and all homes between
And despite the delays at a few of those places
He did all he could to put smiles on kids' faces
And when he was done, he sighed with relief
Though the trip had been rough, it was worth all the grief
He delivered those presents, he was true to his word
He looked at his watch…..it was January 3rd.
They all flew back home once Rudolph felt better
Mrs. Claus fetched his hubby hot tea and a sweater
Then St. Nick sat down in his favorite chair
And thought all about the entire affair
He hoped that the CTA would succeed
In getting their present: the funds that they need
And I heard him exclaim, as exclaiming's his habit
"Merry Christmas to All! Next time, f**k it, I'll cab it!!!!"
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Will, you dick...
Well, I've been catching up on the Mitchell Report - reading Will Carroll's chat wrap at Baseball Prospectus and there he goes, getting all wrapped up in his "Cult of Will" again - why put this question in the queue Will, if this is what you're going to say? Why not just move on to the next question?
I swear, this guy would just love to be running down the court room steps, tailored suit, briefcase, serious look...:
DrManhattan (NYC, NY): Will, did Mitchell's people ask to interview you in connection with the investigation?
Will Carroll: LOTS of questions on this. My answer, as it always has been, is that I have no comment.
Oh, fuck off Will.
LOTS of questions my ass. But enough of them are shining the toady knob, so he finally gives an "aw shucks guys" moment and puts it on the board:
MarkDuell (Columbus): During a quick glance at the report, I noticed you and your book were cited. I hope that means the whole report is as well researched as your book.
Will Carroll: Well, I guess that "no comment" won't stand now, eh?
No, I guess not, asshole. Maybe you can tell us what the set is like on ESPN again, or some Indianapolis FOX affiliate.
I swear, this guy would just love to be running down the court room steps, tailored suit, briefcase, serious look...:
DrManhattan (NYC, NY): Will, did Mitchell's people ask to interview you in connection with the investigation?
Will Carroll: LOTS of questions on this. My answer, as it always has been, is that I have no comment.
Oh, fuck off Will.
LOTS of questions my ass. But enough of them are shining the toady knob, so he finally gives an "aw shucks guys" moment and puts it on the board:
MarkDuell (Columbus): During a quick glance at the report, I noticed you and your book were cited. I hope that means the whole report is as well researched as your book.
Will Carroll: Well, I guess that "no comment" won't stand now, eh?
No, I guess not, asshole. Maybe you can tell us what the set is like on ESPN again, or some Indianapolis FOX affiliate.
The End Times (previously)
True story: The day it snowed in San Diego.
December 13, 1967, is a day you can't forget – unless you weren't here. Then, it's a day you can't quite accept.
The dream came true 40 years ago this morning, when gale-force winds blew a Canadian cold front far, far off course. Across San Diego County, residents woke up to see the air shimmering with something cold, white and unfamiliar....
The low at Lindbergh Field was 38 degrees at 9:30 a.m. Snow pellets fell from 7:50 to 8:50 a.m.
December 13, 1967, is a day you can't forget – unless you weren't here. Then, it's a day you can't quite accept.
The dream came true 40 years ago this morning, when gale-force winds blew a Canadian cold front far, far off course. Across San Diego County, residents woke up to see the air shimmering with something cold, white and unfamiliar....
The low at Lindbergh Field was 38 degrees at 9:30 a.m. Snow pellets fell from 7:50 to 8:50 a.m.
more SHOCKING revelations!
Kevin Brown, Todd Hundley and John Rocker were named in the Mitchell Report.
Decker's doppelgänger BUSTED!
Former Mets clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski said that he sent multiple shipments of steroids to Eric Gagne between 1999 and 2004, including one package that was sent to Dodger Stadium. Radomski alleges that Paul Lo Duca purchased steroids on Gagne's behalf and recalls having direct contact with him just once, at which time they reportedly spoke about how to get the air out of a syringe. According to the Mitchell Report, the Red Sox had internal discussions about Gagne's past steroid usage before acquiring him in 2007, including an e-mail from general manager Theo Epstein that read: "Have you done any digging on Gagne? I know the Dodgers think he was a steroid guy."
It's about time the truth about this slimeball came out
Now all the "Old-school" whitey lovers can cut the crap about The Rocket doing it the right way.
CHEATER!!!!!!!
CHEATER!!!!!!!
He gone
Mark Prior and the Cubs are parting ways. How do you feel?
Sad -- I think he's ready to turn it around (2042 responses)
46.9%
Happy -- Sick of waiting for this guy (1880 responses)
43.2%
Angry -- I spent $120 on that No. 22 jersey (433 responses)
9.9%
4355 total responses (Results not scientific, but idiotic)
Sad -- I think he's ready to turn it around (2042 responses)
46.9%
Happy -- Sick of waiting for this guy (1880 responses)
43.2%
Angry -- I spent $120 on that No. 22 jersey (433 responses)
9.9%
4355 total responses (Results not scientific, but idiotic)
our bountiful carbon assprint (cont'd)
Scientist: 'Arctic is screaming'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
Hey Blackwater, Go Phokk Yourselves
Planning group ousted over Blackwater
EAST COUNTY – Five members of the Potrero, CA planning group were voted off the panel Tuesday night in a recall election that served as a symbolic referendum on a controversial training camp proposed by Blackwater Worldwide. The five incumbents all supported the proposed facility.
EAST COUNTY – Five members of the Potrero, CA planning group were voted off the panel Tuesday night in a recall election that served as a symbolic referendum on a controversial training camp proposed by Blackwater Worldwide. The five incumbents all supported the proposed facility.
What does this even mean?
And who is the target audience? Like who is the target audience? Like 74 people in some part of Wisconsin that doesn't even have a name? Or is our Collective Chicago Love Of Sausage what they're counting on?
Goddamn, sausage and beer DO go well together. Ditka would like this. He would nod and say, "Yeah, sausage."
Goddamn, sausage and beer DO go well together. Ditka would like this. He would nod and say, "Yeah, sausage."
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Oh, Whitey
Someone (whitey) thought this was funny. I laughed at the concept, then started reading the fine print. Anyone who's heard the President knows he's very eloquent in whitey's language. He'd never make so many grammatical and spelling mistakes. Still, about 8,000 of these and the budget I linked to earlier is paid off. But this is what happens to your country when whitey doesn't like you. So take note (pun not intended)- let whitey own your land and keep supplying other whiteys with cheap agricultural and mineral goods. Or else...
Self-hatin'
From Slate...
A genetic analysis suggests James Watson is 16 percent African. Watson's genome is publicly available here; a company analyzed it and concluded his genes are "what you would expect in someone who had a great-grandparent who was African." Watson previously said he was "inherently gloomy about the prospects for Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours—whereas all the testing says not really." Critics' reactions to the DNA test: 1) Oops—looks like "their" genes are "ours"! 2) Why the gloom? A part-African kid can even grow up to become James Watson. 3) This shows Watson has "black genes." 4) This shows race isn't genetic; it's a social construction. Cautions: 1) Current genome analyses are often inaccurate. 2) The real impact of this one will be to scare people about genetic privacy. Fine print: "9% of Watson's genes are likely to have come from an ancestor of Asian descent." (Related: Human Nature's summaries of the Watson uproar.)
Wonder how many more "darky haters" out there turn out to have "darky genes." I say we all get tested, so we can send the pure whiteys back to Europe, pure darkies back to Africa, Asia etc and keep all the mixed up people over here. And only the pure Native Americans get to have casinos. Here's to hoping there's some Portuguese ancestor in my family tree...
A genetic analysis suggests James Watson is 16 percent African. Watson's genome is publicly available here; a company analyzed it and concluded his genes are "what you would expect in someone who had a great-grandparent who was African." Watson previously said he was "inherently gloomy about the prospects for Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours—whereas all the testing says not really." Critics' reactions to the DNA test: 1) Oops—looks like "their" genes are "ours"! 2) Why the gloom? A part-African kid can even grow up to become James Watson. 3) This shows Watson has "black genes." 4) This shows race isn't genetic; it's a social construction. Cautions: 1) Current genome analyses are often inaccurate. 2) The real impact of this one will be to scare people about genetic privacy. Fine print: "9% of Watson's genes are likely to have come from an ancestor of Asian descent." (Related: Human Nature's summaries of the Watson uproar.)
Wonder how many more "darky haters" out there turn out to have "darky genes." I say we all get tested, so we can send the pure whiteys back to Europe, pure darkies back to Africa, Asia etc and keep all the mixed up people over here. And only the pure Native Americans get to have casinos. Here's to hoping there's some Portuguese ancestor in my family tree...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
[insert own joke here]
Kosuke Fukudome and the Cubs have reportedly agreed to a four-year, $50 million contract.
Hideki Matsui's numbers were better than this in Japan, and he's been--what?--a league average corner OF...
Hideki Matsui's numbers were better than this in Japan, and he's been--what?--a league average corner OF...
Here's a HYOOGE steaming pile...
MLB on Mitchell Report: "Nothing is more important to Commissioner Selig than the integrity of the game..."
Bears still in it!
In fact, everyone's still in it, though I guess this was before this weekend's games...
Bears not mathematically done yet
By Vaughn McClure Tribune staff reporter
4:38 PM CST, December 8, 2007
As crazy as it sounds, the Bears remain in the playoff conversation.
Go ahead. Shake your head in denial.
But an NFL spokesperson confirmed the Bears have not been mathematically eliminated. In fact, no team in the NFC had been eliminated as of Tuesday, including three, 3-9 teams.
Of course, that's likely to change with Sunday's games. And the Bears have to win their final three games. The odds are against them.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau (buncha liars, damned liars, statisticians), no 5-8 team has made the playoffs under the new format, dating back to 1990. Seven teams that finished 8-8 though have made the playoffs, most recently last season's New York Giants.
Mark Myers of chancebot.com—a site that analyzes such numbers—and probably wrote this article-figures the Bears will have a 1.27 percent shot at a wild-card berth if Dallas, Seattle and San Francisco win this coming weekend. Then, if the Bears win out, their chances would increase to 16.25 percent.
The tiniest bit of opportunity has at least one Bear optimistic.
"We win these last three, and everybody else keeps losing, we do have a shot," cornerback Charles (peanuts for brains) Tillman said.
My embellishments in italics.
Bears not mathematically done yet
By Vaughn McClure Tribune staff reporter
4:38 PM CST, December 8, 2007
As crazy as it sounds, the Bears remain in the playoff conversation.
Go ahead. Shake your head in denial.
But an NFL spokesperson confirmed the Bears have not been mathematically eliminated. In fact, no team in the NFC had been eliminated as of Tuesday, including three, 3-9 teams.
Of course, that's likely to change with Sunday's games. And the Bears have to win their final three games. The odds are against them.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau (buncha liars, damned liars, statisticians), no 5-8 team has made the playoffs under the new format, dating back to 1990. Seven teams that finished 8-8 though have made the playoffs, most recently last season's New York Giants.
Mark Myers of chancebot.com—a site that analyzes such numbers—and probably wrote this article-figures the Bears will have a 1.27 percent shot at a wild-card berth if Dallas, Seattle and San Francisco win this coming weekend. Then, if the Bears win out, their chances would increase to 16.25 percent.
The tiniest bit of opportunity has at least one Bear optimistic.
"We win these last three, and everybody else keeps losing, we do have a shot," cornerback Charles (peanuts for brains) Tillman said.
My embellishments in italics.
The Huckster vs. Rudy 9/11
Last week, Rudy's revelations placed him ahead of Huckabee as the Slimiest Republican Candidate (non-Tancredo division). But The Huckster seems to have pulled ahead this week, what with the many ridiculous things he's said in the past which no one cared about before he took the lead in Iowa polling:
Mike Huckabee in a speech to pastors in 1998:
"I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ."
Does the Southern Baptist convention state that Jesus was an American? Can someone check dat? And how does one exactly answer a clock? However, we do know this:
In August of 1998, Huckabee was one of 131 signatories to a full page USA Today Ad which declared: “I affirm the statement on the family issued by the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention.” What was in the family statement from the SBC? “A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ.” Read on…
(Mike Huckabee: Women Should Submit To Their Husbands)
Then there are his 1992 statements regarding AIDS:
"If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague."
"It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue instead of the true health crisis it represents."
Of course, the CDC determined in 1985 that AIDS could not be spread by casual contact.
On the other side, 9/11 said on Meet the Press on Sunday that a President's mistress should get Secret Service protection (i think he's speaking from experience here). He also said, "Nine eleven."
We're probably going to see how this plays out until the Iowa Caucus before declaring a winner...
Mike Huckabee in a speech to pastors in 1998:
"I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ."
Does the Southern Baptist convention state that Jesus was an American? Can someone check dat? And how does one exactly answer a clock? However, we do know this:
In August of 1998, Huckabee was one of 131 signatories to a full page USA Today Ad which declared: “I affirm the statement on the family issued by the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention.” What was in the family statement from the SBC? “A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ.” Read on…
(Mike Huckabee: Women Should Submit To Their Husbands)
Then there are his 1992 statements regarding AIDS:
"If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague."
"It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue instead of the true health crisis it represents."
Of course, the CDC determined in 1985 that AIDS could not be spread by casual contact.
On the other side, 9/11 said on Meet the Press on Sunday that a President's mistress should get Secret Service protection (i think he's speaking from experience here). He also said, "Nine eleven."
We're probably going to see how this plays out until the Iowa Caucus before declaring a winner...
LoC Members all over American Utopia
Semifinal
(1) Defending Negro
(4) S#i+ Blowing Up
Smiff out for revenge after last years final when all his players went on vacation because their teams were in the playoffs and wah wa wah wah wah. Fung trying to beat Smiff for the 3rd time this year and 4th in a row to make his 2nd straight final. So, we will have a repeat finalist...
Semifinal
(2) NFL Players Assoc.
(3) Bring on Orton
Sarge misses out on 1st seed by .25 of a point on Colston's last and irrelevant reception. He gets rewarded by taking on Corms, who he is 2-0 against this year, instead of Smiff, who he's 1-1 against. These teams battled it out for 7th place last year, with Corms coming out on top. So, two Cinderella stories, one gets to the ball, the other stays in the pumpkin...
Not featured: K-Mad (too sexy for Fantasy Football), Ranger (tanked), Corporal (s#i++ies+ team ever).
(1) Defending Negro
(4) S#i+ Blowing Up
Smiff out for revenge after last years final when all his players went on vacation because their teams were in the playoffs and wah wa wah wah wah. Fung trying to beat Smiff for the 3rd time this year and 4th in a row to make his 2nd straight final. So, we will have a repeat finalist...
Semifinal
(2) NFL Players Assoc.
(3) Bring on Orton
Sarge misses out on 1st seed by .25 of a point on Colston's last and irrelevant reception. He gets rewarded by taking on Corms, who he is 2-0 against this year, instead of Smiff, who he's 1-1 against. These teams battled it out for 7th place last year, with Corms coming out on top. So, two Cinderella stories, one gets to the ball, the other stays in the pumpkin...
Not featured: K-Mad (too sexy for Fantasy Football), Ranger (tanked), Corporal (s#i++ies+ team ever).
Monday, December 10, 2007
just another Bush incompetent
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino: "I know nothing about the Cuban Missile Crisis."
Oh, it's on now...
EU increases pressure on Zimbabwe
President raps ‘gang of four’
Merkel’s remarks demonstrate fascist inclinations: Ndlovu
In summary:
EU - we want to help, but you must do this, and that, and the other
Africa - we aren't your colonies any more, don't tell us what to do. Send the money though
Result - nothing.
President raps ‘gang of four’
Merkel’s remarks demonstrate fascist inclinations: Ndlovu
In summary:
EU - we want to help, but you must do this, and that, and the other
Africa - we aren't your colonies any more, don't tell us what to do. Send the money though
Result - nothing.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
what's been spinnin' in Smiff's iPod?
Adrian Belew: Lone Rhino
The Album Leaf: Seal Beach
Ambulance Ltd: LP
Battles: Mirrored
Ennio Morricone: Crime and Dissonance
Fairport Convention: Cropredy Festival '07
Henry Cow: Leg End
Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses
King Crimson: Beat
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
Madvillain: Madvillainy
Midlake: The Trials of Van Occupanther
Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Muse: Black Holes & Revelations
The Police: Ghost in the Machine
Popul Vuh: Aguirre
Richard Thompson: Sweet Warrior
Robert Fripp: At the End of Time
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno: Beyond Even
Robert Wyatt: Comicopera
Roy Harper: Stormcock
Rush: Moving Pictures
Scott Walker: The Drift
Steve Earle: Just an American Boy
Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas
Talk Talk: Laughing Stock
Tim Fite: Over the Counter Culture
Tori Amos: American Doll Posse
The Tubes: The Tubes
Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
Wire: Chairs Missing
ZZ Top: Tres Hombres
The Album Leaf: Seal Beach
Ambulance Ltd: LP
Battles: Mirrored
Ennio Morricone: Crime and Dissonance
Fairport Convention: Cropredy Festival '07
Henry Cow: Leg End
Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses
King Crimson: Beat
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
Madvillain: Madvillainy
Midlake: The Trials of Van Occupanther
Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Muse: Black Holes & Revelations
The Police: Ghost in the Machine
Popul Vuh: Aguirre
Richard Thompson: Sweet Warrior
Robert Fripp: At the End of Time
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno: Beyond Even
Robert Wyatt: Comicopera
Roy Harper: Stormcock
Rush: Moving Pictures
Scott Walker: The Drift
Steve Earle: Just an American Boy
Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas
Talk Talk: Laughing Stock
Tim Fite: Over the Counter Culture
Tori Amos: American Doll Posse
The Tubes: The Tubes
Van der Graaf Generator: Godbluff
Wire: Chairs Missing
ZZ Top: Tres Hombres
Friday, December 7, 2007
Dikka : FULL@$#IT : SCAM : SHOCKING
Payouts to ex-players small from Ditka's charity
December 7, 2007 / FROM SUN-TIMES WIRES
USA Today is reporting that a charity formed by former Bears coach Mike Ditka to help needy retired players has collected $1.3 million and netted about $315,000 after expenses. But the Mike Ditka Hall of Fame Assistance Trust Fund has given only $57,000 to former players in need, according to federal and Illinois tax records. The trust paid more in fees to induce former stars to appear at a 2005 fundraiser than it gave needy ex-players in its first three years.
Click here to read the full report »
December 7, 2007 / FROM SUN-TIMES WIRES
USA Today is reporting that a charity formed by former Bears coach Mike Ditka to help needy retired players has collected $1.3 million and netted about $315,000 after expenses. But the Mike Ditka Hall of Fame Assistance Trust Fund has given only $57,000 to former players in need, according to federal and Illinois tax records. The trust paid more in fees to induce former stars to appear at a 2005 fundraiser than it gave needy ex-players in its first three years.
Click here to read the full report »
There's that phrase again
Bush 'cannot recall' CIA videos
"I cannot recall" should be punishable by a $1.5 meeeeelion fine AND a couple of years at the death row facility in Terre Haute, IN.
"I cannot recall" should be punishable by a $1.5 meeeeelion fine AND a couple of years at the death row facility in Terre Haute, IN.
Global Warming My @$$
Oh, sorry, it's "Climate Change" now, that way it 'xplains both da heatin' and da coolin'. How convenient...
Thursday's record-tying 0(degrees) at O'Hare the earliest in 3 decades
Tom Skilling
December 7, 2007
Not since 1976--a period of more than three decades--has Chicago's official temperature dropped to 0(degrees) so early in a cold season. For five minutes beginning at 4:04 a.m. Thursday morning, Chicago's official temperature bottomed out at 0(degrees)--a reading which tied the 1972 record for December 6. The frigid benchmark isn't typically reached here for another three weeks and didn't occur for another two months a year ago. The first 0(degrees) waited until a -6(degrees) low was recorded Feb. 3 earlier this year. The combination of clear skies, dry air, a fresh snow cover and light winds was behind the sub-zero readings which occurred at a number of west and NW suburban locations early Thursday.
The week's third snow, part of a system which left up to 4.5" on the ground in Iowa, arrived in a weakening state Thursday evening. The 3-5 hour snowfall was predicted to deposit 1-2" in the Chicago and end well before sun-up Friday.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
Thursday's record-tying 0(degrees) at O'Hare the earliest in 3 decades
Tom Skilling
December 7, 2007
Not since 1976--a period of more than three decades--has Chicago's official temperature dropped to 0(degrees) so early in a cold season. For five minutes beginning at 4:04 a.m. Thursday morning, Chicago's official temperature bottomed out at 0(degrees)--a reading which tied the 1972 record for December 6. The frigid benchmark isn't typically reached here for another three weeks and didn't occur for another two months a year ago. The first 0(degrees) waited until a -6(degrees) low was recorded Feb. 3 earlier this year. The combination of clear skies, dry air, a fresh snow cover and light winds was behind the sub-zero readings which occurred at a number of west and NW suburban locations early Thursday.
The week's third snow, part of a system which left up to 4.5" on the ground in Iowa, arrived in a weakening state Thursday evening. The 3-5 hour snowfall was predicted to deposit 1-2" in the Chicago and end well before sun-up Friday.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
I am SHOCKED!
Wrong again...
At 9 this morning, Lindbergh Field only had 0.18 of an inch. That's far below the early estimates. Initially, the weather service thought the coast would get a total of an inch from the storm. It might come close if Lindbergh ends up under a few intense showers the next couple of days, but that's not too likely*, Miller said. It's hard to determine what happened to the rain at this point, he said. The totals in Orange County are no more impressive. He thinks that perhaps the computer forecast models over-estimated the amount of moisture available. Perhaps the models envisioned more of a tap into that moisture plume that stretched all the way back to Hawaii.
*Of course, this means we will get a few intense showers the next couple of days.
At 9 this morning, Lindbergh Field only had 0.18 of an inch. That's far below the early estimates. Initially, the weather service thought the coast would get a total of an inch from the storm. It might come close if Lindbergh ends up under a few intense showers the next couple of days, but that's not too likely*, Miller said. It's hard to determine what happened to the rain at this point, he said. The totals in Orange County are no more impressive. He thinks that perhaps the computer forecast models over-estimated the amount of moisture available. Perhaps the models envisioned more of a tap into that moisture plume that stretched all the way back to Hawaii.
*Of course, this means we will get a few intense showers the next couple of days.
More British Penile Issues
'Fake penis' sex attacker jailed
A sex attacker who hid a carrot in his trousers and pretended it was his erect penis has been jailed for 18 months.
Driving instructor Stephen Cooney, 51, groped three female learner drivers in a series of attacks on Teesside dating back to 2002.
A jury at Teesside Crown Court found him guilty of two indecent assaults and two sexual assaults.
Cooney, of Marske-by-the-Sea near Redcar, told the court the carrot incident was a "practical joke".
The court heard how Cooney put the 12-inch carrot down his trousers and told a pupil in her 40s that a perfectly executed manoeuvre was so good that it had given him an erection.
He then took her hand and made her touch the vegetable before showing her the carrot, the court heard.
He denied placing her hand on his groin, but admitted hiding the vegetable in his pocket.
Naked photos
He told the jury: "I admit it was unprofessional, stupid, and I regret doing it.
"I just thought maybe I would play a practical joke, but obviously it was stupid."
Jailing him, Judge George Moorhouse, said: "You were in a position of trust."
Giving evidence, another of Cooney's pupils said when she failed her test he offered to waive the £80 she owed him if she pulled over into a lay-by and had sex with him.
She told the court: "I just said 'No thank you, Steve'."
He regularly groped her during lessons between August 2005 and February last year, the court heard.
When police arrested him they also found naked photos in the glove box of his Vauxhall Corsa.
A sex attacker who hid a carrot in his trousers and pretended it was his erect penis has been jailed for 18 months.
Driving instructor Stephen Cooney, 51, groped three female learner drivers in a series of attacks on Teesside dating back to 2002.
A jury at Teesside Crown Court found him guilty of two indecent assaults and two sexual assaults.
Cooney, of Marske-by-the-Sea near Redcar, told the court the carrot incident was a "practical joke".
The court heard how Cooney put the 12-inch carrot down his trousers and told a pupil in her 40s that a perfectly executed manoeuvre was so good that it had given him an erection.
He then took her hand and made her touch the vegetable before showing her the carrot, the court heard.
He denied placing her hand on his groin, but admitted hiding the vegetable in his pocket.
Naked photos
He told the jury: "I admit it was unprofessional, stupid, and I regret doing it.
"I just thought maybe I would play a practical joke, but obviously it was stupid."
Jailing him, Judge George Moorhouse, said: "You were in a position of trust."
Giving evidence, another of Cooney's pupils said when she failed her test he offered to waive the £80 she owed him if she pulled over into a lay-by and had sex with him.
She told the court: "I just said 'No thank you, Steve'."
He regularly groped her during lessons between August 2005 and February last year, the court heard.
When police arrested him they also found naked photos in the glove box of his Vauxhall Corsa.
God is on John Coleman's side
Quake Jolts Indonesia's Bali
The Associated Press
Friday, December 7, 2007; 6:56 AM
BALI, Indonesia -- An earthquake on Friday rattled Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where thousands of people were gathering for a U.N. climate change conference.
The Associated Press
Friday, December 7, 2007; 6:56 AM
BALI, Indonesia -- An earthquake on Friday rattled Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where thousands of people were gathering for a U.N. climate change conference.
K.O. brings it again...
This apparently means we still have free speech: "A pathological presidential liar, or an idiot-in-chief." What's wrong with both?
Countdown Special Comment: The NIE Reflects An “Unhinged, Irrational Chicken Little Of A President”
Finally, as promised, a Special Comment about the President’s cataclysmic deception about Iran.
There are few choices more terrifying than the one Mr. Bush has left us with tonight.
We have either a president who is too dishonest to restrain himself from invoking World War Three about Iran at least six weeks after he had to have known that the analogy would be fantastic, irresponsible hyperbole — or we have a president too transcendently stupid not to have asked — at what now appears to have been a series of opportunities to do so — whether the fairy tales he either created or was fed, were still even remotely plausible.
A pathological presidential liar, or an idiot-in-chief. It is the nightmare scenario of political science fiction: A critical juncture in our history and, contained in either answer, a president manifestly unfit to serve, and behind him in the vice presidency: an unapologetic war-monger who has long been seeing a world visible only to himself.
After Ms Perino’s announcement from the White House late last night, the timeline is inescapable and clear now.
In August, the President was told by his hand-picked Major Domo of intelligence, Mike McConnell, a flinty, high-strung-looking, worrying-warrior who will always see more clouds than silver linings, that what “everybody thought” about Iran might be, in essence, crap.
Yet on October 17th the President said of Iran and its president, Ahmadinejad:
“I’ve told people that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon.”
And as he said that, Mr. Bush knew that at bare minimum there was a strong chance that his rhetoric was nothing more than words with which to scare the Iranians.
Or was it, sir, to scare the Americans?
Does Iran not really fit into the equation here? Have you just scribbled it into the fill-in-the-blank on the same template you used to scare us about Iraq?
In August, any commander-in-chief still able-minded or uncorrupted or both, sir, would have invoked the quality the job most requires: mental flexibility.
A bright man, or an honest man, would have realized no later than the McConnell briefing that the only true danger about Iran was the damage that could be done by an unhinged, irrational Chicken Little of a president, shooting his mouth off, backed up by only his own hysteria and his own delusions of omniscience.
Not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mr Bush.
The Chicken Little of presidents is the one, sir, that you see in the mirror.
And the mind reels at the thought of a Vice President fully briefed on the revised intel as long as two weeks ago — briefed on the fact that Iran abandoned its pursuit of this imminent threat four years ago — who never bothered to mention it to his boss.
It is nearly forgotten today, but throughout much of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, it was widely believed that he was little more than a front-man for some never-viewed, behind-the-scenes string-puller.
Today, as evidenced by this latest remarkable, historic malfeasance, it is inescapable, that Dick Cheney is either this president’s evil ventriloquist, or he thinks he is.
What servant of any of the 42 previous presidents could possibly withhold information of this urgency and this gravity, and wind up back at his desk the next morning, instead of winding up before a Congressional investigation — or a criminal one?
Mr Bush — if you can still hear us — if you did not previously agree to this scenario in which Dick Cheney is the actual detective and you’re the Remington Steele — you must disenthrall yourself: Mr Cheney has usurped your constitutional powers, cut you out of the information loop, and led you down the path to an unprecedented presidency in which the facts have become optional, the intel is valued less than the hunch, and the assistant runs the store.
The problem is, sir, your assistant is robbing you — and your country — blind.
Not merely in monetary terms, Mr. Bush, but more importantly, robbing you of the traditions and righteousness for which we have stood, at great risk, for centuries: Honesty, Law, Moral Force.
Mr. Cheney has helped, sir, to make your administration into the kind our ancestors saw in the 1860’s and 1870’s and 1880’s — the ones that abandoned Reconstruction, and sent this country marching backwards into the pit of American Apartheid.
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland…
Presidents who will be remembered only in a blur of failure, Mr. Bush.
Presidents who will be remembered as functions only of those who opposed them — the opponents whom history proved right.
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland… Bush.
Would that we could let this President off the hook by seeing him only as marionette or moron.
But a study of the mutation of his language about Iran proves that though he may not be very good at it, he is, himself, still a manipulative, Machiavellian, snake-oil salesman.
The Bushian etymology was tracked by Dan Froomkin at the Washington Post’s website.
It is staggering.
March 31st: “Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon…”
June 5th: Iran’s “pursuit of nuclear weapons…”
June 19th: “consequences to the Iranian government if they continue to pursue a nuclear weapon…”
July 12th: “the same regime in Iran that is pursuing nuclear weapons…”
August 6th: “this is a government that has proclaimed its desire to build a nuclear weapon…”
Notice a pattern?
Trying to develop, build or pursue a nuclear weapon.
Then, sometime between August 6th and August 9th, those terms are suddenly swapped out, so subtly that only in retrospect can we see that somebody has warned the President, not only that he has gone out too far on the limb of terror — but there may not even be a tree there…
McConnell, or someone, must have briefed him then.
August 9th: “They have expressed their desire to be able to enrich uranium, which we believe is a step toward having a nuclear weapons program…”
August 28th: “Iran’s active pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons…”
October 4th: “you should not have the know-how on how to make a (nuclear) weapon…”
October 17th: “until they suspend and/or make it clear that they, that their statements aren’t real, yeah, I believe they want to have the capacity, the knowledge, in order to make a nuclear weapon.”
Before August 9th, it’s: “Trying to develop, build or pursue a nuclear weapon.”
After August 9th, it’s: “Desire, pursuit, want… knowledge, technology, know-how to enrich uranium.”
And we are to believe, Mr. Bush, that the National Intelligence Estimate this week talks of the Iranians suspending their nuclear weapons program in 2003…And you talked of the Iranians suspending their nuclear weapons program on October 17th…
And that term suspending is just a coincidence?
And we are to believe, Mr. Bush, that nobody told you any of this until last week?
Your insistence that you were not briefed on the NIE until last week might be legally true — something like “what the definition of ‘is’ is” — but with the subject matter being not interns but the threat of nuclear war.
Legally, it might save you from some war crimes trial… but ethically, it is a lie.
It is indefensible.
You have been yelling threats into a phone for nearly four months, after the guy on the other end had already hung up.
You, Mr. Bush, are a bald-faced liar.
And more over, you must have realized that John Bolton, and Norman Podhoretz, and the Wall Street Journal Editorial board, are also bald-faced liars.
We are to believe that the Intel Community, or maybe the State Department, cooked the raw intelligence about Iran, falsely diminished the Iranian nuclear threat, to make you look bad?
And you proceeded to let them make you look bad?
You not only knew all of this about Iran, in early August, but you also knew it was all accurate.
And instead of sharing this good news with the people you have obviously forgotten you represent, you merely fine-tuned your terrorizing of those people, to legally cover your own backside, while you filled the factual gap with sadistic visions of — as you phrased it on August 28th: a quote “nuclear holocaust” — and, as you phrased it on October 17th, quote: “World War III.”
My comments, Mr. Bush, are often dismissed as simple repetitions of the phrase “George Bush has no business being president.”
Well, guess what?
Tonight: hanged by your own words and convicted by your own deliberate lies…
You, sir, have no business being president.
Good night, and good luck.
Countdown Special Comment: The NIE Reflects An “Unhinged, Irrational Chicken Little Of A President”
Finally, as promised, a Special Comment about the President’s cataclysmic deception about Iran.
There are few choices more terrifying than the one Mr. Bush has left us with tonight.
We have either a president who is too dishonest to restrain himself from invoking World War Three about Iran at least six weeks after he had to have known that the analogy would be fantastic, irresponsible hyperbole — or we have a president too transcendently stupid not to have asked — at what now appears to have been a series of opportunities to do so — whether the fairy tales he either created or was fed, were still even remotely plausible.
A pathological presidential liar, or an idiot-in-chief. It is the nightmare scenario of political science fiction: A critical juncture in our history and, contained in either answer, a president manifestly unfit to serve, and behind him in the vice presidency: an unapologetic war-monger who has long been seeing a world visible only to himself.
After Ms Perino’s announcement from the White House late last night, the timeline is inescapable and clear now.
In August, the President was told by his hand-picked Major Domo of intelligence, Mike McConnell, a flinty, high-strung-looking, worrying-warrior who will always see more clouds than silver linings, that what “everybody thought” about Iran might be, in essence, crap.
Yet on October 17th the President said of Iran and its president, Ahmadinejad:
“I’ve told people that if you’re interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon.”
And as he said that, Mr. Bush knew that at bare minimum there was a strong chance that his rhetoric was nothing more than words with which to scare the Iranians.
Or was it, sir, to scare the Americans?
Does Iran not really fit into the equation here? Have you just scribbled it into the fill-in-the-blank on the same template you used to scare us about Iraq?
In August, any commander-in-chief still able-minded or uncorrupted or both, sir, would have invoked the quality the job most requires: mental flexibility.
A bright man, or an honest man, would have realized no later than the McConnell briefing that the only true danger about Iran was the damage that could be done by an unhinged, irrational Chicken Little of a president, shooting his mouth off, backed up by only his own hysteria and his own delusions of omniscience.
Not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mr Bush.
The Chicken Little of presidents is the one, sir, that you see in the mirror.
And the mind reels at the thought of a Vice President fully briefed on the revised intel as long as two weeks ago — briefed on the fact that Iran abandoned its pursuit of this imminent threat four years ago — who never bothered to mention it to his boss.
It is nearly forgotten today, but throughout much of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, it was widely believed that he was little more than a front-man for some never-viewed, behind-the-scenes string-puller.
Today, as evidenced by this latest remarkable, historic malfeasance, it is inescapable, that Dick Cheney is either this president’s evil ventriloquist, or he thinks he is.
What servant of any of the 42 previous presidents could possibly withhold information of this urgency and this gravity, and wind up back at his desk the next morning, instead of winding up before a Congressional investigation — or a criminal one?
Mr Bush — if you can still hear us — if you did not previously agree to this scenario in which Dick Cheney is the actual detective and you’re the Remington Steele — you must disenthrall yourself: Mr Cheney has usurped your constitutional powers, cut you out of the information loop, and led you down the path to an unprecedented presidency in which the facts have become optional, the intel is valued less than the hunch, and the assistant runs the store.
The problem is, sir, your assistant is robbing you — and your country — blind.
Not merely in monetary terms, Mr. Bush, but more importantly, robbing you of the traditions and righteousness for which we have stood, at great risk, for centuries: Honesty, Law, Moral Force.
Mr. Cheney has helped, sir, to make your administration into the kind our ancestors saw in the 1860’s and 1870’s and 1880’s — the ones that abandoned Reconstruction, and sent this country marching backwards into the pit of American Apartheid.
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland…
Presidents who will be remembered only in a blur of failure, Mr. Bush.
Presidents who will be remembered as functions only of those who opposed them — the opponents whom history proved right.
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland… Bush.
Would that we could let this President off the hook by seeing him only as marionette or moron.
But a study of the mutation of his language about Iran proves that though he may not be very good at it, he is, himself, still a manipulative, Machiavellian, snake-oil salesman.
The Bushian etymology was tracked by Dan Froomkin at the Washington Post’s website.
It is staggering.
March 31st: “Iran is trying to develop a nuclear weapon…”
June 5th: Iran’s “pursuit of nuclear weapons…”
June 19th: “consequences to the Iranian government if they continue to pursue a nuclear weapon…”
July 12th: “the same regime in Iran that is pursuing nuclear weapons…”
August 6th: “this is a government that has proclaimed its desire to build a nuclear weapon…”
Notice a pattern?
Trying to develop, build or pursue a nuclear weapon.
Then, sometime between August 6th and August 9th, those terms are suddenly swapped out, so subtly that only in retrospect can we see that somebody has warned the President, not only that he has gone out too far on the limb of terror — but there may not even be a tree there…
McConnell, or someone, must have briefed him then.
August 9th: “They have expressed their desire to be able to enrich uranium, which we believe is a step toward having a nuclear weapons program…”
August 28th: “Iran’s active pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons…”
October 4th: “you should not have the know-how on how to make a (nuclear) weapon…”
October 17th: “until they suspend and/or make it clear that they, that their statements aren’t real, yeah, I believe they want to have the capacity, the knowledge, in order to make a nuclear weapon.”
Before August 9th, it’s: “Trying to develop, build or pursue a nuclear weapon.”
After August 9th, it’s: “Desire, pursuit, want… knowledge, technology, know-how to enrich uranium.”
And we are to believe, Mr. Bush, that the National Intelligence Estimate this week talks of the Iranians suspending their nuclear weapons program in 2003…And you talked of the Iranians suspending their nuclear weapons program on October 17th…
And that term suspending is just a coincidence?
And we are to believe, Mr. Bush, that nobody told you any of this until last week?
Your insistence that you were not briefed on the NIE until last week might be legally true — something like “what the definition of ‘is’ is” — but with the subject matter being not interns but the threat of nuclear war.
Legally, it might save you from some war crimes trial… but ethically, it is a lie.
It is indefensible.
You have been yelling threats into a phone for nearly four months, after the guy on the other end had already hung up.
You, Mr. Bush, are a bald-faced liar.
And more over, you must have realized that John Bolton, and Norman Podhoretz, and the Wall Street Journal Editorial board, are also bald-faced liars.
We are to believe that the Intel Community, or maybe the State Department, cooked the raw intelligence about Iran, falsely diminished the Iranian nuclear threat, to make you look bad?
And you proceeded to let them make you look bad?
You not only knew all of this about Iran, in early August, but you also knew it was all accurate.
And instead of sharing this good news with the people you have obviously forgotten you represent, you merely fine-tuned your terrorizing of those people, to legally cover your own backside, while you filled the factual gap with sadistic visions of — as you phrased it on August 28th: a quote “nuclear holocaust” — and, as you phrased it on October 17th, quote: “World War III.”
My comments, Mr. Bush, are often dismissed as simple repetitions of the phrase “George Bush has no business being president.”
Well, guess what?
Tonight: hanged by your own words and convicted by your own deliberate lies…
You, sir, have no business being president.
Good night, and good luck.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Bad day at the office
Can't wait for the explanation here...
Fire crew aid in penis operation
Firefighters helped operate on a man who was rushed to hospital after getting a metal ring stuck on the end of his penis.
Doctors at Royal Wigan Infirmary in Greater Manchester put out the alert after fearing the man faced amputation as the ring cut off his blood supply.
Two firefighters used a mini hand grinder to cut through the ring during a 20-minute procedure.
It is understood the man, aged in his 40s, was given an anaesthetic.
The firefighters placed a thin sheet of metal around his penis to protect the skin while removing the ring, which appeared to have been cut off from the end of a pipe.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed fire crews were called to the hospital at around 12.10 GMT on Thursday to "deal with a situation".
A spokeswoman for Royal Wigan Infirmary said they were unable to comment about the incident.
Fire crew aid in penis operation
Firefighters helped operate on a man who was rushed to hospital after getting a metal ring stuck on the end of his penis.
Doctors at Royal Wigan Infirmary in Greater Manchester put out the alert after fearing the man faced amputation as the ring cut off his blood supply.
Two firefighters used a mini hand grinder to cut through the ring during a 20-minute procedure.
It is understood the man, aged in his 40s, was given an anaesthetic.
The firefighters placed a thin sheet of metal around his penis to protect the skin while removing the ring, which appeared to have been cut off from the end of a pipe.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed fire crews were called to the hospital at around 12.10 GMT on Thursday to "deal with a situation".
A spokeswoman for Royal Wigan Infirmary said they were unable to comment about the incident.
Snow in Chicago? Whatever...
Latest News - Updated 1:00 pm
JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune
Batten down the hatches, again
A second round of rain expected over the next few days again raises the risk of flooding in areas burned in October's fires. The approaching storm should hammer the county with timing eerily similar to last week's storm.
How dry we were; now, another storm near / Weather blog
Surfers, onlookers stoked by monster waves
Big wave photo gallery / Swami's video / O.B. video
Local surf forecasts / Pollution risk closes some beaches
JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune
Batten down the hatches, again
A second round of rain expected over the next few days again raises the risk of flooding in areas burned in October's fires. The approaching storm should hammer the county with timing eerily similar to last week's storm.
How dry we were; now, another storm near / Weather blog
Surfers, onlookers stoked by monster waves
Big wave photo gallery / Swami's video / O.B. video
Local surf forecasts / Pollution risk closes some beaches
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
If Brian Sabean actually does this he should be arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced for life in front of a firing squad.
Sources with both teams told the Toronto Globe and Mail that discussions between the Giants and Jays are focusing on a one-for-one swap of Tim Lincecum and Alex Rios. The Jays would prefer Matt Cain, but it appears they'll accept Lincecum, leaving it up to the Giants to decide.
Alex Rios? He ain't bad but...Alex Rios?
Alex Rios? He ain't bad but...Alex Rios?
Carroll responds to Decker's threats
Benjamin (Univ. of MD): Will, I'm sure you've had many questions about your call on the Tiger-Marlins deal. How did that deal go from dead (as you called it) to green light so quickly?
Will Carroll: I got suckered on that one (calling it dead). I'm not happy about it, but it was a trusted source with a team.
Also:
BREAKING -- looks like Fukudome will decide today. Someone made a big offer. My guess? Cubs.
Tim Lincecum is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Not at all impressed with Bill James. He's boring.
The coffee in Nashville stinks.
Will Carroll: I got suckered on that one (calling it dead). I'm not happy about it, but it was a trusted source with a team.
Also:
BREAKING -- looks like Fukudome will decide today. Someone made a big offer. My guess? Cubs.
Tim Lincecum is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Not at all impressed with Bill James. He's boring.
The coffee in Nashville stinks.
the closest thing to poetry we have
If you're chasing the chicken
Around the chicken yard
And you don't have him yet,
And the question is, how close are you?
The answer is, it's tough to characterize
Because there's lots of zigs and zags.
-- Donald Rumsfeld
the smiting goes on unabated
Rest of Today... Occasional snow showers. New snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs around 30. North winds 10 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph early in the afternoon.
Skilling: More storms
Wednesday's storm is only the opening salvo of a very active weather pattern which could see at least three additional systems--two of them potentially prolific precipitation producers--over the coming week.
Skilling: More storms
Wednesday's storm is only the opening salvo of a very active weather pattern which could see at least three additional systems--two of them potentially prolific precipitation producers--over the coming week.
the bees disappearing won't matter when this happens
God bless us, every one
QT Yellowstone Caldera (the eruptions of which can be violent enough to send a layer of ash 6 feet deep as far away as Chicago and which erupts every 600,000 or so years and last erupted 640,000 years ago) Update:
There were 34 earthquakes at Yellowstone in October.
There were 69 earthquakes in November.
There were 11 earthquakes the first three days of December.
The rise of magma beneath the ground continues at a record rate.
Ho, Ho, Ho!
But it wasn't progressive scan
News Item: Burglar breaks into Simply Amish store in Champaign and makes off with 42-inch plasma TV.
Add the Amish to the list of things that aren't what they used to be.
QT Yellowstone Caldera (the eruptions of which can be violent enough to send a layer of ash 6 feet deep as far away as Chicago and which erupts every 600,000 or so years and last erupted 640,000 years ago) Update:
There were 34 earthquakes at Yellowstone in October.
There were 69 earthquakes in November.
There were 11 earthquakes the first three days of December.
The rise of magma beneath the ground continues at a record rate.
Ho, Ho, Ho!
But it wasn't progressive scan
News Item: Burglar breaks into Simply Amish store in Champaign and makes off with 42-inch plasma TV.
Add the Amish to the list of things that aren't what they used to be.
I guess the Campus Squeeze just doesn't "get" fine architecture
The ninth ugliest campus in America just happens to be designed by acclaimed architects who've won major awards!
was their team sent to Iraq and replaced by walk-ons?
| | 1 | 2 | Total | |||||||
| Air Force | 26 | 26 | 52 | Final | ||||||
 | Northern Illinois | 31 | 32 | 63 | ||||||
| Convocation Center (DeKalb, IL) | |
| Box Score - Recap | |
well, mormonism is a form of insanity...
I mean, they're not supposed to drink coffee...that's some wild, wacky stuff...can you imagine K-Mad without caffeine? He'd be on top of tall building...
How sad is your state? Depression rates ranked
Cheer up, Utah. That state, with West Virginia and Kentucky close behind, were just named the saddest in the country in a new report by Mental Health America. Rounding out the top 10 saddest states were Rhode Island, Nevada, Oklahoma, Idaho, Missouri, Ohio and Wyoming. On the bright side, South Dakota is home to some of America’s happiest people, followed by Hawaii, New Jersey, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Louisiana, Illinois, North Dakota and Texas.
How sad is your state? Depression rates ranked
Cheer up, Utah. That state, with West Virginia and Kentucky close behind, were just named the saddest in the country in a new report by Mental Health America. Rounding out the top 10 saddest states were Rhode Island, Nevada, Oklahoma, Idaho, Missouri, Ohio and Wyoming. On the bright side, South Dakota is home to some of America’s happiest people, followed by Hawaii, New Jersey, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Louisiana, Illinois, North Dakota and Texas.
Forecast: Hail, Thunderstorms, BULL$#IT
5-day forecast
Check out dis hyoooge pile of you-know-what:
Four days out, and they're listing a 70 percent chance of rain Friday afternoon... Forecaster Stan Wasowski...said the storm could, might, maybe bring the coast--drum roll please--3 to 5 inches.[He'll be here all week.--ed.]...The storm is just southeast of Kamchatka now...We'll see. In this year of the missed forecast, the models could be off again. "I don't see how they (the models) could all be wrong," Wasowski said. "If all of them are wrong, that would be fascinating."[and SHOCKING!--ed.]...we could get quite a bit of rain, and that might not be all. The National Weather Service is also tossing in the possibility of hail, thunderstorms and snow at 4,500 feet or lower...and flying monkeys.
| Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |
| Clear | Partly Cloudy | Rain | Chance of T-storms | Chance of Rain |
| 69° 52° | 64° 51° | 58° 51° | 56° 44° | 58° 44° |
Four days out, and they're listing a 70 percent chance of rain Friday afternoon... Forecaster Stan Wasowski...said the storm could, might, maybe bring the coast--drum roll please--3 to 5 inches.[He'll be here all week.--ed.]...The storm is just southeast of Kamchatka now...We'll see. In this year of the missed forecast, the models could be off again. "I don't see how they (the models) could all be wrong," Wasowski said. "If all of them are wrong, that would be fascinating."[and SHOCKING!--ed.]...we could get quite a bit of rain, and that might not be all. The National Weather Service is also tossing in the possibility of hail, thunderstorms and snow at 4,500 feet or lower...and flying monkeys.
Mile High Club?...YES!
While they're at it, why not change their name to Suga Mommie Airlines...Fung and I would be so there. Seeya in Bahamas, bro!
Airline's 'MILF' Promo Not What You Think
Spirit Airlines Claims Ignorance of Promotional Title's Connection to Obscene Acronym
The fire sale by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Spirit Airlines promises "Many Islands, Low Fares" deals as low as $9 for future travel dates between Fort Lauderdale and the Bahamas.
"The most obscene thing we've noticed," Juan Arbelaez, the director of communications for the company's Latin American market, said, "is what other carriers have charged to fly the Caribbean before Spirit's $9 fares."
In 2006, after receiving dozens of complaints, Spirit scrapped an online promotional game called "The Hunt for Hoffa" that offered low fares and poked fun at the FBI's hunt for Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, USA Today reported at the time.
Airline's 'MILF' Promo Not What You Think
Spirit Airlines Claims Ignorance of Promotional Title's Connection to Obscene Acronym
The fire sale by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Spirit Airlines promises "Many Islands, Low Fares" deals as low as $9 for future travel dates between Fort Lauderdale and the Bahamas.
"The most obscene thing we've noticed," Juan Arbelaez, the director of communications for the company's Latin American market, said, "is what other carriers have charged to fly the Caribbean before Spirit's $9 fares."
In 2006, after receiving dozens of complaints, Spirit scrapped an online promotional game called "The Hunt for Hoffa" that offered low fares and poked fun at the FBI's hunt for Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, USA Today reported at the time.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
BREAKING: Haren to the Yankees
Yankees VP Lyin' Hank "FULL@$#!+" Steinbrenner* said he wouldn't pay the same kind of price for Dan Haren he would have for Johan Santana. Steinbrenner called that price for Haren "ridiculous" and vowed: "It won't happen, not with us."
*LIAR.
*LIAR.
Is this the same guy who said if A-Rod opted out of his contract that he was done as a Yankee?
Why, i believe it is...
The Yankees maintain that they're out of the hunt for Johan Santana following their Monday deadline. "The deadline is the deadline," Lyin' Hank "The Liar" Steinbrenner (Liar) lied in a telephone interview. "I extended it a few hours more, and that was it. So it’s done," he further lied.
The Yankees maintain that they're out of the hunt for Johan Santana following their Monday deadline. "The deadline is the deadline," Lyin' Hank "The Liar" Steinbrenner (Liar) lied in a telephone interview. "I extended it a few hours more, and that was it. So it’s done," he further lied.
take dat, DECKERS
Johan Santana to the Red Sox is all but done. Jon Lester, a center fielder, Justin Masterson and Ryan Kalish are the package. More details now.--Will Carroll, 5:15 p.m. ET
Will Carroll Earnin' the Bucks...
'Cuz he's got the sources!
From the rumor mill at Baseball Prospectus:
The blockbuster that might have been between the Tigers and Marlins ... won't be. While discussions took place, the Marlins never got that serious, and don't think the package they'd get for both would be better than the return they could get for Cabrera. This isn't the only frustration the Marlins are feeling, as they watch the Rays making their push with the help of Florida Governor Charlie Crist while still not resolving their own stadium situation....
--Will Carroll, 2:45 p.m. ET
From Rotoworld:
Miguel Cabrera-3B-Marlins Dec. 4 - 7:29 pm et
In addition to Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller and Mike Rabelo, the Marlins will get three right-handers in the Miguel Cabrera-Dontrelle Willis trade: Dallas Trahern, Eulogio De La Cruz and Burke Badenhop.
Excluding Rick Porcello, who was ineligible to be traded, Trahern and De La Cruz were the Tigers' top remaining pitching prospects. Trahern is a future middle-of-the-rotation starter, while De La Cruz profiles as a setup man or maybe a closer. Badenhop, like Trahern, is a sinkerballer with a modest strikeout rate. He has a chance to stick as a starter, but he's not quite as good of a bet.
Source: Detroit Free Press
From the rumor mill at Baseball Prospectus:
The blockbuster that might have been between the Tigers and Marlins ... won't be. While discussions took place, the Marlins never got that serious, and don't think the package they'd get for both would be better than the return they could get for Cabrera. This isn't the only frustration the Marlins are feeling, as they watch the Rays making their push with the help of Florida Governor Charlie Crist while still not resolving their own stadium situation....
--Will Carroll, 2:45 p.m. ET
From Rotoworld:
Miguel Cabrera-3B-Marlins Dec. 4 - 7:29 pm et
In addition to Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller and Mike Rabelo, the Marlins will get three right-handers in the Miguel Cabrera-Dontrelle Willis trade: Dallas Trahern, Eulogio De La Cruz and Burke Badenhop.
Excluding Rick Porcello, who was ineligible to be traded, Trahern and De La Cruz were the Tigers' top remaining pitching prospects. Trahern is a future middle-of-the-rotation starter, while De La Cruz profiles as a setup man or maybe a closer. Badenhop, like Trahern, is a sinkerballer with a modest strikeout rate. He has a chance to stick as a starter, but he's not quite as good of a bet.
Source: Detroit Free Press
Fungster's secret fear
HOUSTON - A student driver passed his test Monday, then crashed the car into the Texas Department of Public Safety building. No one was hurt.The man was parking the car when the vehicle went over the curb and hit a wall of the brick building, creating a small hole, DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said.The driving examiner was not in the car, Vinger said.
dere is annudder corner directly around dis one (cont'd)
GOP leader: Transit logjam could go into January
(AP) — House Republican leader Tom Cross acknowledges it could take until January to work out a gambling expansion plan that would pay for a statewide construction program and pave the way for a mass-transit bailout.
Cross says he'd like something to happen next week but he can't promise anything will. He blames the political climate and personalities involved.
House Speaker Michael Madigan didn't attend a second day of meetings with Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the three other legislative leaders to break a logjam that has transit riders facing threatened service cuts and fare increases.
Mo Money, Mo Problems
Even for canines...
Death threats drive canine heir to NY hotel fortune into hiding
"...the tiny bitch was whisked away under an assumed name after receiving about 20 threats."
Death threats drive canine heir to NY hotel fortune into hiding
"...the tiny bitch was whisked away under an assumed name after receiving about 20 threats."
threatdown
BILLINGS, Mont. - Nearly extinct last century, grizzly bears are back in a big way in the northern Rockies -- rising in numbers, pushing into new territories and mauling hunters who stumble across them in the wild.
While state and federal officials laud the bear's comeback, others say it's time to lift the remaining protections that helped them recover. They point to recent grizzly encounters as evidence.
"We've got grizzly bears eating people who come here to hunt," said Vic Workman, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioner, who fended off a grizzly during a Nov. 25 hunting trip near Whitefish. "It's getting out of whack. We've got too many bears."
While state and federal officials laud the bear's comeback, others say it's time to lift the remaining protections that helped them recover. They point to recent grizzly encounters as evidence.
"We've got grizzly bears eating people who come here to hunt," said Vic Workman, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioner, who fended off a grizzly during a Nov. 25 hunting trip near Whitefish. "It's getting out of whack. We've got too many bears."
the shockingness continues
News item: President Bush got the world's attention this fall when he warned that a nuclear-armed Iran might lead to World War III. But his stark warning came at least a month or two after he had first been told about fresh indications that Iran had actually halted its nuclear weapons program.
Question 1: Why are you so FULLASHIT?
E-mail questions for a CTA video chat
Got a question for CTA president Ron Huberman? E-mail them, and come back Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 2:00 p.m. when Huberman joins the Tribune's Jon Hilkevitch and RedEye's Kyra Kyles for a live video chat.Monday, December 3, 2007
well, he's old, he forgets a lot of stuff
Or maybe he doesn't know he's being recorded...
John McCain: There are No Thomas Jeffersons in Iraq
McCain: When I took my position on the surge — when I was the only one of all these people around me that said you got to do the surge and four years ago that the Rumsfeld strategy was doomed to failure and it was terrible – [12/02/07]
Though he was right on board from the start:
John McCain: There are No Thomas Jeffersons in Iraq
McCain: When I took my position on the surge — when I was the only one of all these people around me that said you got to do the surge and four years ago that the Rumsfeld strategy was doomed to failure and it was terrible – [12/02/07]
Though he was right on board from the start:
“But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.” [NBC, 3/20/03]
“It’s clear that the end is very much in sight.” [ABC, 4/9/03]
“There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along.” [MSNBC, 4/23/03]
“This is a mission accomplished. They know how much influence Saddam Hussein had on the Iraqi people, how much more difficult it made to get their cooperation.” [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]
“I’m confident we’re on the right course.” [ABC News, 3/7/04]
“I think the initial phases of it were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise.” [CBS, 10/31/04]
“I do think that progress is being made in a lot of Iraq. Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course. If I thought we weren’t making progress, I’d be despondent.” [The Hill, 12/8/05]
Yo liberal 60 Minutes, you have seemed to forgotten that Saddam was an evil man
60 Minutes: Reverend Canon White says: The situation is clearly worse in Iraq now for Christians
"The situation now is clearly worse” than under Saddam, White replied.
“There’s no comparison between Iraq now and then,” he told Pelley. “Things are the most difficult they have ever been for Christians. Probably ever in history. They’ve never known it like now.”
“Wait a minute, Christians have been here for 2,000 years,” Pelley remarked.
“Yes,” White said.
“And it’s now the worst it has ever been,” Pelley replied.
Yes, but this was less of a defeat than when Dumbya & Co. totally had their asses handed to them in the '06 Election...
...leading to massive resignations from the dead-duck-sinking-like-a-stone rest of his term...
Bush administration hails Chavez defeat
Bush administration hails Chavez defeat
Bud Lite: another failure
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the revamped Veterans Committee on Monday while his longtime adversary, players' union boss Marvin Miller, was left out for the second time this year. Former Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley, managers Dick Williams and Billy Southworth and ex-Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss also were elected.
With only 25% of the vote, there's no way Marvin Miller is getting in under this or any other system Bud Lite dreams up. What a crock.
With only 25% of the vote, there's no way Marvin Miller is getting in under this or any other system Bud Lite dreams up. What a crock.
K-Mad and Da Q in da same town?
Dat's a potentially wintry cocktail mix right deres...
MLB radio is reporting that the White Sox will acquire Carlos Quentin from the Diamondbacks for Chris Carter. We hope the Diamondbacks are getting a quality pitching prospect in return as well. Quentin's stock is down, especially following shoulder surgery, but he's still a fine bet to have a long career as a regular corner outfielder. Carter, who shares the same name as the first baseman the Diamondbacks traded to Boston in the three-team Wily Mo Pena deal, hit .291/.383/.522 as a 20-year-old in low-A ball last season.
MLB.com confirms that the Diamondbacks are trading Carlos Quentin to the White Sox for first baseman Chris Carter. It doesn't sound like any other players are involved in the deal set to be announced this afternoon.
If true, i would have to say dis is a shteal for Kill Kenny. I would say the D-Backs must have an abundance of OFs, but they were playing Jeff Salazar in the playoffs for chrissakes...
MLB radio is reporting that the White Sox will acquire Carlos Quentin from the Diamondbacks for Chris Carter. We hope the Diamondbacks are getting a quality pitching prospect in return as well. Quentin's stock is down, especially following shoulder surgery, but he's still a fine bet to have a long career as a regular corner outfielder. Carter, who shares the same name as the first baseman the Diamondbacks traded to Boston in the three-team Wily Mo Pena deal, hit .291/.383/.522 as a 20-year-old in low-A ball last season.
MLB.com confirms that the Diamondbacks are trading Carlos Quentin to the White Sox for first baseman Chris Carter. It doesn't sound like any other players are involved in the deal set to be announced this afternoon.
If true, i would have to say dis is a shteal for Kill Kenny. I would say the D-Backs must have an abundance of OFs, but they were playing Jeff Salazar in the playoffs for chrissakes...
Mike Huckabee...
a "Christian goofball of the highest order..."
Huckabee has also been accused of paying himself as a consultant to his own senatorial campaign, allowing special interests to pay for airline tickets for his daughter, receiving a canoe from a Coke bottler and — hilariously, if you're wont to laugh at the sheer small-town gauche greediness of it all — setting up a "wedding registry" at Target and Dillard's department stores so citizens could lavish the Huckabees with gifts as they renewed their marriage vows. The long list of desired goodies included twenty-four settings of Lenox "Holiday Nouveau" china, a KitchenAid mixer and a "Jack La Lanne power juicer." If you didn't want to pick out something yourself, the Huckabees were glad to take straight cash. "Message from the couple," the registry noted. "Target GiftCards are welcome."
Huckabee has also been accused of paying himself as a consultant to his own senatorial campaign, allowing special interests to pay for airline tickets for his daughter, receiving a canoe from a Coke bottler and — hilariously, if you're wont to laugh at the sheer small-town gauche greediness of it all — setting up a "wedding registry" at Target and Dillard's department stores so citizens could lavish the Huckabees with gifts as they renewed their marriage vows. The long list of desired goodies included twenty-four settings of Lenox "Holiday Nouveau" china, a KitchenAid mixer and a "Jack La Lanne power juicer." If you didn't want to pick out something yourself, the Huckabees were glad to take straight cash. "Message from the couple," the registry noted. "Target GiftCards are welcome."
yeah, that'll happen...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe joined the United States on Monday in demanding Russia investigate alleged abuses in an election won overwhelmingly by President Vladimir Putin's party...
Huckabee: Fullas#i+? Or just an @$$hole?
What Would Jesus Dodge?
Comment #7:
What really grinds my gears about Huckabee's answer, and the media's rapturous response, is that capital punishment is one of the "WWJD" questions where we actually know the answer. Jesus was, basically, asked by the Pharisees whether he supported executing an adultress, and his response was the famous "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" line. So, Jesus? Basically a "no" on the whole capital punishment thing.
Yet here was have Huckabee, who practically preens over his theology degree and the centrality of his Christian faith, punting on an easy WWJD question. All because the more bloodthirsty part of his base doesn't want to hear the real answer...
Comment #7:
What really grinds my gears about Huckabee's answer, and the media's rapturous response, is that capital punishment is one of the "WWJD" questions where we actually know the answer. Jesus was, basically, asked by the Pharisees whether he supported executing an adultress, and his response was the famous "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" line. So, Jesus? Basically a "no" on the whole capital punishment thing.
Yet here was have Huckabee, who practically preens over his theology degree and the centrality of his Christian faith, punting on an easy WWJD question. All because the more bloodthirsty part of his base doesn't want to hear the real answer...
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Dead Weight Is Back With A Vengeance
Didn't take him long to reclaim his previous standing as the "Worst GM In Baseball." Just horrendous...
Astros signed second baseman Kaz Matsui, who had been with the Rockies, to a three-year, $16.5 million contract. Matsui gets an extra $1.5 million from what was originally reported. "Kaz is an ideal fit for our club," Astros GM Ed Wade said. "Kaz runs extremely well. He steals bases, moves runners and takes the extra base. He plays the game the right way." Getting redundant already? He's also injury-prone, he doesn't hit lefties and his career high in RBI is 44.
Astros signed second baseman Kaz Matsui, who had been with the Rockies, to a three-year, $16.5 million contract. Matsui gets an extra $1.5 million from what was originally reported. "Kaz is an ideal fit for our club," Astros GM Ed Wade said. "Kaz runs extremely well. He steals bases, moves runners and takes the extra base. He plays the game the right way." Getting redundant already? He's also injury-prone, he doesn't hit lefties and his career high in RBI is 44.
sKILLy nails annudder one
The Chicago area emerged from its first wintry cocktail of snow and sleet Sunday after a weekend storm that began with snow, followed by sleet and freezing rain, before changing finally to rain only, in the precise quantities and at the exact hours as forecast by Tom "sKILLy" Skilling, WGN and Chicago Tribune meteorologist and soothsayer.
"Everything was revealed exactly as I prophesied," sKILLy said. "In my line of work, you put up with your share of doubters, haters, whiners, and naysayers, but when you're on top of your game, none of that affects you," he said.
"Smiff can bite me," he added.
"Everything was revealed exactly as I prophesied," sKILLy said. "In my line of work, you put up with your share of doubters, haters, whiners, and naysayers, but when you're on top of your game, none of that affects you," he said.
"Smiff can bite me," he added.
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