Oy, back to work tomorrow already, and no Sopranos to get me through the night. At least we have our weekly dose of boobleheads.
On Press the Meat, Timmy Potatohead hosts US Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, on to tell us how we’re just about to turn the corner, thanks to Bush’s manly surge. Then it’s WaPost columnist EJ “Poupon” Dionne, Krazy Kate O’Beirne (yet another sad example of what happens when the Irish turn to the dark side), WaPost columnist Eugene Robinson, and flaming asshole, Byron York of the National Review.
Over at CBS, Bush Buddy Bobby Schieffer hosts Mitch “the prick” McConnell, Carl Levin, Li’l Lee Hamilton from the waste of time and money known as the Iraq Study Group.
On Fux News Sunday, Weaselface Wallace boasts an “exclusive” with David Petraeus, who will tell us things ought to be just fin and dandy by the fall (fall of what year, of course, remains a mystery).
Over at Goebbels, George Snufalufagus gets an “exclusive” with Senator MBNA, Joe Biden (tough get there, George), and then sniveling little Lindsey “but I like it in the closet” Graham will be on to whine about whatever Biden had to say. At the roundtable, it’ll be a graduate of the NPR school of hackery, Martha Raddatz, plus David Corn of The Nation and of course George :jerk: Will. Plus, the best president we never really had, Martin Sheen, will be on to talk about restoring the nation’s drug courts.
Over at CNN, looks like the only interesting thing to come out of Wolf Blitzer’s Late Emission this week will be Sy Hersh.
Later, on 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft tells us the story of how over half a billion (with a ‘b’) dollars that was supposed to be used to equip the Iraqi army just kinda up and disappeared. Then Lesley Stahl reports on the clinical trials of a treatment that can make you forget bad stuff (hopefully it’ll be ready for mass distribution by January 2009). And Morley Safer brings us up to speed on what John Daly’s been up to lately.
Happy Father’s Day to all you dads out there.
:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: 😮 😮 😮 😮 😯 😯
❓ ❓ whatever :sheep: le
John Conyers is having a hearing on C-spam concerning a justice dept initiative to reopen the cases of the unsolved murders that occurred during the civil rights era in the south ( I suppose elsewhere too) in the 1960s .. I hope they don’t put the mummified remains of the defendants in the witness box that might be a bit gross. :yuck:
Online Sales Lose Steam as Buyers Grow Web-Weary
Since the inception of the Web, online commerce has enjoyed hypergrowth, with annual sales increasing more than 25 percent over all, and far more rapidly in many categories. But in the last year, growth has slowed sharply in major sectors like books, tickets and office supplies.
Growth in online sales has also dropped dramatically in diverse categories like health and beauty products, computer peripherals and pet supplies. Analysts say it is a turning point and growth will continue to slow through the decade.
The reaction to the trend is apparent at Dell, which many had regarded as having mastered the science of selling computers online, but is now putting its PCs in Wal-Mart stores. Expedia has almost tripled the number of travel ticketing kiosks it puts in hotel lobbies and other places that attract tourists.
The slowdown is a result of several forces. Sales on the Internet are expected to reach $116 billion this year, or 5 percent of all retail sales, making it harder to maintain the same high growth rates. At the same time, consumers seem to be experiencing Internet fatigue and are changing their buying habits.
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PJ and Melina better get with it .. 😮 😯
Zoellick warns Venezuela is heading for trouble
MEXICO CITY ~snip~ Robert Zoellick, almost certain to be the next head of the World Bank, on Saturday took aim at Venezuela’s leftist president, Hugo Chavez, warning that his oil-fueled socialist revolution was headed for trouble.
~snip~
Chavez has used surging oil revenues to pay for a socialist revolution in the OPEC nation and gain influence with other countries in Latin America at the expense of the United States.
He has said he wants to withdraw Venezuela, the world’s No. 5 oil supplier, from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, blaming their decades-old economic recipes of tight budget control, privatizations and open markets for poverty across Latin America.
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The World Bank would focus on rebuilding in war-torn countries like Sudan, Haiti and Afghanistan under his leadership, Zoellick said.
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Quite a few countries in South America have relieved themselves of the world bank so he’s afraid that Chavez and a couple of other big oil producers many band together and completely replace his organization. 😮 😮
Remember completion is good .. right .. right ..is just more of their :crap:
Gulf Arabs won’t be base for attack on Iran: Saudi[
RIYADH (Reuters) – Gulf Arab countries will not be used as a launch pad for any military attack on Iran, a powerful Saudi royal was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz said Iran had no interest in striking its oil-producing Arab neighbors if it comes under attack from the United States.
“I think the brothers in Iran are totally aware that …Iran will not be a source of harm for their neighbors and brothers … These countries (Arab neighbors) will not be a source of harm for Iran,” he said in remarks late on Saturday carried by state news agency SPA.
“Respect and consideration are mutual. I speak for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (relations) with Iran and for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),” he added, referring to Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
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During the cold war with the USSR the European countries discovered that the US central command was convinced that there was no way it could stop a Soviet ground offensive in Easter Europe without using tactical nuclear weapons. Hence if they got invaded they have to be destoryed to be saved .. That didn’t go over very well. :reaper: :reaper:
I see Jill has something to offer about #3 beyond selective c&p without attribution and snide.
There are a lot of people who were making up the differences in their budgets due to high fanciestline prices by charging it on their credit cards .. There have been recent reports that many people are now up against their credit limit so they have no choice but to quit doing things where they must use their credit carda
Globalization may lead to global depression.. fun huh .. :reaper: :reaper:
Morning / Evening :yinyang:
Morning…morning…morning…
some boys didnt put the dogs to bed properly and they got out of their crates and pulled the blankes off the birds, which cause lots of calling of “sweetheart” and “eueek-uh” (which is what Peach calls me) ay 7 AM…so Im up and much the worse for another night’s rest…as the sickness moves into the critical cough phase….
At least it gete me out of the father’s day thing, which my mom has been kind enough to come up and cover for me…reagrding bringing the fatherless boys up to my sister’s dysfunctional household where grandpa is being transported for a BBQ…same cast, same food, same dysfunction, different day…
Im gonna try to rest today because I have to do the origami thing next weekend and I want to feel OK…..
PJ, isnt it tie for Big Love yet?…and did anyone catch Resuce Me?…honestly the best shew on TV!! IMO, of course….
Big Love started last Monday. I caught one episode of Rescue Me, but I don’t want to start watching it in the middle of the series, and I don’t have time to go rent and watch them these days.
Good morning :joe: Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well, Melina. Although it sounds like it’s great timing to avoid family stuff.
I am so psyched! I scored a used slab roller yesterday for $500. I never find used slab rollers and a good new one costs about 2 grand. You guys probably don’t know what one of those is so I will explain. It is a very simple machine that rolls clay out into a nice flat slab. Way easier than using a rolling pin. The one and only ceramic supply store had it and one of the owners of the business said that’s only about the 3rd one they’ve ever gotten in the time they’ve been in business, which is probably 30 years or so. Woo HOO! The Universe hasn’t forgottten me! :pup:
We’re closing in on you, Turd Blossom :jason:
:billcat: :joe:
fathers day? i are one…
it was worth it, glad i did it.
i have carrot cake and high test coffee.
what more could one ask for? (more model airplane time?)
eya Kristapea!
whatcha making with the slabs?
Ah…well, PJ Ive got the DVDs of the first 2 seasons if you want to watch it. IM not sure if I can rip em but I could certainly lend em….Maybe they let you make a copy for yourself…I dont know about media center and their rules.
Ill have to look at the on demand for big love. I was watching the Tudors on Sho on demand last nite….thats a really great show.
You may have already caught this but there was an interesting interview with Dennis Leary on Fresh Air recently. I’ve never seen the show but a friend is a big fan so I will have to borrow the discs during the summer doldrums after they finish off Studio 60.
Don’t stop belie
Merry Father’s Day All You Fathers
* :yippee: Sunshine Jim :yippee:
* :yippee: PJ — THE FATHER OF THIS SITE and BLOG– :yippee:
To Name only a few of the “funky” Fathers……..
A! I! V! (Is it time to go? PJ, You are working everso.)
Pink works even today… :dancers: :rofl2:
Fred, are you one ?
I like what you write…..sometimes alot is written, sometimes not, but all is witty and caustic.
(so r u 1?)
A! I! V! … G. T. P. S ….. Pink
eya PJ!
HFD!
Hey SJ! I’m making head vases and head bottles. I’ll get some pics of them on my website soon.
I HATE retail!! 😡
And Happy Dad Day to all you dads out there in Seditionland. And Happy Fathers Day to all single moms who play both mom and dad.
Oh, poor Andy. 🙁 I completely sympathize with you.
HBO on demand has some little vignettes that jump back through time when he first was with the different wives….very nice little clips.
I still havent gotten to show 1, but Im assuming its there in the list somewhere…
This is another great show….the characters are excellent.The acting is excellent.
Rescue Me lost alot of people in the first season because it was a little heavy handed with the dead people imagry…but it was a much more raw time as far as proximity to 9-11 around here, and I think that in retrospect, its worth watching…but if youre put off by season 1 or parts of it, just plug along because towards the end it hits hits stride and is just fantabulous….
Leary is really great!
Im gonna see if I can copy the DVDs…pretty sure that windoze wont let me though…this media center thing is one of the worst, most freakish programs that Ive dealt with …
I gotta drag out and do errands before Sammy comes on….thats 4, right?
…and I cant get the desktop on the internets because of some tcp/ip protocol that the dell guy failed to set up after changing the network card and all that…cant find it…and probably have to call TECH SUPPORT…shit!
The Tudors is awesome. Melina, I have the whole series on my DVR still, because I’m recording it for a co-worker who is a British history nut and STILL loves The Tudors, despite its playing fast and loose with history. So I can spin tapes if you want.
At first I’d hoped that the reason they called it “The Tudors” instead of “Henry and Anne” is because they planned to tell the whole story, right through Elizabeth I. But now I think they were just glomming off The Sopranos — and certainly the way this plays out echoes that show, with Katherine of Aragon as Carmela, Henry as Tony, Anne Boleyn as various and sundry goumahs, Charles Brandon as Christopher. the Duke of Suffolk as Paulie Walnuts, and Sir Thomas More as Bobby Bacala. :doh:
I hope they run DEXTER again before the new season starts in the fall.
Ha! I created the Neocon Family on my new Sims game. Georgie, Condi, Darth Cheney and Turd Blossom. They are going to have such hellish lives. 8) :knit2: :rofl2:
Kristapea , :nod: Only By THEIR Actions…. 😉
A! I! V1 … G. T. P. S. ……….PINK! 8) (snap, move, t.i.p [turn in place], shimmy down, ) 😉 *Poof*
If you want to copy DVDs, forget about doing it from within anything inside Windows (or Mac, for that matter). You’ll need to to doenlaod some tools. The first thing you’ll need to do is get DVD Decrypter or a similar utility to remove the copy protection (various tools here). Then you’ll need to use something to shrink the file size down to make it fit on a dingle-layer DVD (DVD Shrink is one, Nero will do it). Then you can burn the finished product to a DVD.
From other space:
Marc Maron
Submitted by Fernando on Sun, 06/17/2007 – 1:14pm.
I’m assuming his new show on KTLK will podcast him on HERE. There is also a “Listen Live” link.
I haven’t check my mail or MySpace site where he leaves info., was there anything in your mail to anyone?
I’ll go back and see if any dates yet (but also looking at this site.)
False alarm, D
Some idiot posted a bad link to MS trying to give pj credit for his brilliance
:doh: :smack: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
THX Vernon, for saving my behind again 🙄 …Yeh, I just figure — BUT everyone sounded so sure. 🙁 and I have been feeling something “brewing”.
He had sweet things to say about 2 or 3 wife or whatever on Conan’s show about her .. I will spell the Wolff’s name, Mishna 8)
A! I! V! …………………………………… PINK
What’s this? Somebody tried to give me credit for somebody else’s brilliance? Sounds good to me; I’m not good for much more than a watt or two.
You do author the Booblehead review, no?
Yes, Vernon is correct. It was your brilliance PJ, he was trying to give you (your site, Morning Sedititionists,) credit.
A! I! V! …. G.T.P.S. … PINK (great dance and rock’n/move’n mus’c)
it takes a baby
Travis did you see the art cars?
nope. didn’t walk around over there. just sat on the corner or 34 st and Albion.
here are the cars from this year
hi blue & trav:
pretty damn :cold: today, huh?
It’s freezing! The furnace has been activated and turned to full power. I’m sitting here with my ear protectors on
OooH! Thanks for those art cars. I’m working on doing something like that on the lil Nissan truck I have. It looks pretty crappy so I’m gonna make it a big advertisement for my painting and faux work.
Kp:
be sure and post a slideshow of the project somewhere!
Oh yeah, I will!
i’d like to pull in to work in that high heeled red pump! probably not street legal, tho.
the penguin :penguin:
Ah, I see. Fernando thought the year and a half old Marc thing on the home page was new. I guess I ought to change that.
well…another sunday gone
I missed the beginning of the seder show and replay didnt get it…wrong link for some reason.
I guess it will turn up on bit torrent soon
roxie…dorpat’s next project is on a history of the helix…you two need to get in touch. :knit:
I think the art cars will be driving by my house tonight as they leave town… :pup:
roxie sorry to hear about your health insurance woes..have you checked into Costco HI?
is costco selling health insurance ? Wow!
The old timey cars were meeting today at starbucks when I went by there….
the guys who are into them are all 50’s and the cars are pretty damned cool…but its a little too much of a theme thing for me…
I guess thats an art…or an exact science…
I think it’s good that someone is keeping track of history and how things were made. It might come in handy in the future.
So, I see AAR is dropping its news division at the end of the month. No more newsdaddy. Well, why would you want news, anyway? It’s too substantive.
big car show in Cloverdale BC fri and sat!
i love car show season!
Brian’s doing “Shine on You Crazy Maron” on Sedition Radio right now. :rofl2:
I’ve been drinking :40:
Hey, where is the edit function, PJ? WTF!
Right where it usually is, I think.
Nope. I may be pretty intoxicated, but I don’t think it’s there
certainly isn’t!
Hard for me to tell. I see different things when I’m logged in. AFAIK, it should be working; I haven’t changed anything.
AFAIK wah?
It’s been a long time since I listened to Sedition Radio. I can’t believe I used to be able to wake up before work and listen to this every day. Now, all I have is NPR or the lo-cal news. It just aint the same.
As far as I know, it should be working. I’ll have to check into it when I get a chance. Maybe somebody else can confirm that it isn’t working (to see if it’s just you, or it’s everybody).
I want my edit back, man! PJ, just look into it, please
So, let’s see if I can edit this.
Yep, looks like I can edit this. Don’t know what the problem is for you, Travis.
travis:
did you go into mobile mode? no edit function in mobile version.
Fuck! I’m sure it isn’t working. I’ll try tomorrow.
So I think I’m done with the blog forever! No, it’s not about the edit thing.
Edit function testing testing
Yup, I have it.
well, it’s not working for. I use it a lot, so that may have something to do with it
It’s not working for me, I mean
Oh, and I’ve ended my relationship with Heron so that’s why I’m not going to look on here any longer
I’m sorry Travis. 🙁 I hope it’s not messy.
I should have never gotten involved with her
not that I didn’t like it when we were
oh dear!
who gets custody of the blog? a whole new probem for the digital age!
wait just a minute, i think i’m having a deja vu all over again….
gone
:no:
:slap: :slap: :slap:
I know..I know get a room…
blue:
an emo sez a thousand…..
where’s seanie when we need him?
that emo doesn’t describe the half of it!
we need a poof emo
hey trav:
did you figure out the edit thing? bet you were/are in mobile blogger.
:smack:
I don’t know how I would be in mobile. I’m using the same technique as always.
And my relationship with Heron was extremely more complicated than a bunch of emos!
yeah, you cut of communication and do that
off, I mean! That’s why I need the edit function!
keep it off of the blog travis- you know you will regret it when you sober up.
Have you tried restarting the computer?
fuck. I already said I’m not coming bask.
100 😉
But someone needs to land this thing….
Thanks Druid!
I wanted 101!
i think druid just did! :yippee:
Gee, I started this day misleading people into thinking Maron was coming back. :doh: :spank: :doh:
I miss the land of Milf :sammy: and Funny! :fire:
:smack:
SBlueHeron, if you fly around, so will I. Mwah HaHa.
Travis, How’s the Lion Doing? 😉
A! I! V! …..
RoxieSeattle, Hi Roxie :love: :love: …….
A! I! V! ….
druid:
been meaning to call you back. how’s every little thing? heard from suzie lately?
oh oh..,
time to plug in & recharge for awhile, back in a bit,
eya travis!
😮 what do we need me for im confussed! :doh:
ra wa ra ra pizza pizza ra wa ra……… little cheney is hilarious!
🙁 fuck this song is nuts……
Sean, pj has another couple of links to that song under multimedia on the right well worth viewing.
I was not that crazy about Lil Bush but as you said, Lil Cheney was the best part.
Why did you have to say pizza?!
OK!
battery 100% now everyone’s asleep 😥