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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
"my bolder parts can be overwhelming.Just ask Jebbie, who always blames them for everything. Well, everything except what he blames on e_prof."-- Pedinska
That, Madam, is simply not true! I have never, ever made comment regarding your bolder parts.
Yes, I have referenced your ponderous parts, and Yes, I have referenced your pendulous parts and thunderous parts, but I have never, ever said a single solitary word about your bolder parts. Not once.
You should be ashamed of fibbing like that.
.....and ethics_professor should also since she's guilty by association.
The Voles, too.
BTW, the guys at BO's Fish Wagon were still talking admirably about The Voles on Friday night. Just what did they do down there? Even Gilbert was impressed.
sysprog writes: "And the Democratic Party's platform plank on gun control? Basically that they'd go as far as President Bush would, and as far as the gun owners want, but that's all."
totallyblase's response: Probably not assault weapons, but what the heck. This stuff just can't be made up.
There has to be a punch line here somewhere . . .
From the L.A. Times:
Two Gunmen Kill Each Other In A Shootout At Toys R Us In Palm Desert
"Riverside County sheriff's officials declined to release the names of the dead men, whose bodies were found near the front of the store. Police retrieved handguns on the floor near both of them.
"These guys ran into each other, they squared off against each other, they killed each other," said Sheriff's Capt. Daniel Wilham. "
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-toystoreshooting29-2008nov29,0,5989270.story
I dunno, gawd moves in mysterious ways -- no innocents were gunned down.
Thank you, GC. Now you know what to look for when we meet. We should all meet up here in the Rock and Roll Capital o' the World. I have plenty of room and a great view. Pedinska can come up from Columb-eye.
"Thank you, GC. Now you know what to look for when we meet. We should all meet up here in the Rock and Roll Capital o' the World. I have plenty of room and a great view. Pedinska can come up from Columb-eye."-- Retzilian
Will you take me to that Cedar Point place where, I understand, they have a rather mild collection of roller coasters? BebopO and I could ride the Wild Mouse while you and Pedinska did something tamer and more in line with your feminine sides. Perhaps a ride on the Frisky Dragon would be appropriate.
Has your river stopped burning yet?
Yo, BebopO - saddle up!
Retzilian! A fellow denizen of the depths of the Heineman Winery!
I just knew it! We shall have to plan a cork-droppin' party for the upcoming summer. Discussions about Important Rhetorical Points are always better when liberally lubricated with wine.
Tim3 - I say this as a fellow of upright moral character whose lapsed morals are characteristically wilted.
I always knew you were a kindred spirit. ;-}
If your interest is piqued then you'll figure it all out at some point. Admittedly, even I don't always know what's going on. The bolder parts are always present, they just get eclipsed by my lack of knowledge from time to time.
Jebbie - I suppose it's no fault of your own that you didn't notice that my ponderous, pendulous and thunderous parts are also quite bold. Men can be somewhat unobservant in that fashion. Make an appt. with your eye doctor.
Gilbert was only impressed with the voles because he was already full of elastic from your Speedos. It takes a while to digest elastic in large quantities.
Today's NYTimes, front page:
http://nytimes.com/2008/12/03/us/politics/03intel.html
After Sharp Words on C.I.A., Obama Faces a Delicate Task
By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE[...] Mark M. Lowenthal, an intelligence veteran who left a senior post at the C.I.A. in 2005, said Mr. Obama’s decision to exclude Mr. Brennan from contention for the top job had sent a message that “if you worked in the C.I.A. during the war on terror, you are now tainted,” and had created anxiety in the ranks of the agency’s clandestine service.
One of the first issues Mr. Obama must grapple with is the future of C.I.A. detention: will the agency continue to hold prisoners secretly, question them using more aggressive methods than allowed for military interrogators, and transfer terrorism suspects to countries with a history of using torture? [...]
[...] It is widely expected that Mr. Obama will replace Michael V. Hayden, the C.I.A. director. Among those mentioned as possible candidates for the job are Stephen R. Kappes, a C.I.A. veteran who is the deputy director; Tim Roemer, a former congressman from Indiana who was a member of the Sept. 11 commission; Senator Chuck Hagel, the Nebraska Republican who is retiring from the Senate in January; and Jack Devine, a former head of the agency’s clandestine service who left the C.I.A. before the Sept. 11 attacks.
The flap over Mr. Brennan, who served as a chief of staff to George J. Tenet when he ran the C.I.A., was the biggest glitch so far in what has been an otherwise smooth transition for Mr. Obama. Some C.I.A. veterans suggest that the president-elect may have difficulty finding a candidate who can be embraced by both veteran officials at the agency and the left flank of the Democratic Party.
A. B. Krongard, the C.I.A.’s third-ranking official under Mr. Tenet when the detention and interrogation program was created, called Mr. Brennan a “casualty of war” and said he believed C.I.A. tactics were being second-guessed for political purposes. The demise of Mr. Brennan’s candidacy, Mr. Krongard said, “is a huge loss to the country.”
But Mr. Krongard said he believed that ultimately, under a new director and a new set of policies, the agency would find common ground with Mr. Obama.
“The C.I.A.’s no different than any other place,” he said. “Probably 25 percent of the people there really like him, 25 percent don’t like him, and 50 percent are open-minded.”
- - CIA folks (via Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane)
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
