So, what’s up today? First, on Press the Meat, Timmy Potatohead hosts Jim Webb, fresh off a trip to Iraq, to tell us how things are going over there. Then it’s David Brody of Christ’s network, NBC’s David Gregory, NPR’s Michele Norris and WaPost columnist Eugene Robinson.
Over at CBS, Bush Buddy Bobby Schieffer hosts St. John McCain, plus a couple of campaign shills: David Axelrod of the Obama campaign, and Howard Wolfson of the Clinton campaign.
Over at Fux News Sunday, Weaselface Wallace has the Pillsbury Dough Boy, Karl Rove, and the Chairman of the DCCC, Chris Van Hollen. This week’s media whores include Freddy Barnes of the Weekly Standard, Mara Liasson of NPR, Bill Kristol (also of the Weekly Standard, to fairly balance Fred Barnes, I guess), and Nina Easton of Fortune Magazine. Then it’s Fux’s “Power Player of the Week,” Earl “Rusty†Powell, Director of the National Gallery of Art.
Back over on the Goebbels Network, George Snufalufagus hearts Huckleberry Mike Huckabee, and then it’s a roundtable with the thoroughly disgusting Peggy Noonan, the fairly disgusting Elisabeth Bumiller, the inanely disgusting George :jerk: Will, and the not at all disgusting Katrina “I don’t care how hot these lights are, I’m wearing my leather jacket” vanden Heuvel. This Weak’s voice is none other than Steven “Little Stevie, Silvio Dante” Van Zandt.
Wolf Blitzer’s Late Emission includes Commander Codpiece, George Bush, plus Chris Dodd, Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, head of the “Multi-National” Corps in Iraq, Carl Levin, and Arlen “would somebody please pay attention to me” Specter.
Later, on 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley tells us that times are tough for Iraq’s Christian population (what’s left of them, anyway), Lesley Stahl tells us about Nicholas Negroponte’s goal of a laptop for every kid in the world, and Steve Kroft helps Will Smith hawk his latest flick.
Better yet, there’s a new episode of Dexter on at 9:00. Nothing like a serial killer in high def. Enjoy your Sunday, and (if you’re like me) try not to think about having to go back to fucking work tomorrow.
Mornin’ – we have a dusting of snow here in NY – LOVE IT!!!
A nice walk today instead of watching the “news” shows, I say. Then some football. Does it get any better?
Well, it would if Gore would run.
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Good morning. :joe: :joe:
No snow on Shelter Island, but it feels as if some may be on the way.
I usually don’t dread going to work. But, I’m still not feeling great, so it’s gonna be a drag. Of course I always share with hubby so he’s not feeling well at all.
The good news is I’ve got almost all the Christmas shopping done and the only real store I went to was a toy store. I always like toy stores, old as I am. The rest was done using those tubes that Sen (the crook) Stevens explained can get clogged.
A Bush administration plan to slash anti-terror grant programs by more than half would threaten the safety of U.S. cities, several New York politicians charged Saturday.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer blasted the Bush administration’s plan to eliminate some port and rail security programs and cut Homeland Security grants for states and cities from $3.4 billion in the fiscal year 2007 to $1.4 billion in 2009.
“To say, no port security, no transit security, when we know that our ports and transit lines are targets for terrorists makes no sense if you want to protect America,” said Schumer, D-N.Y.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071201/security-grants/
I guess we’re safe now. Can we bring the troops home?
It’s snowing! The dogs love snow. They’ll enjoy running around. But, it won’t snow enough to close the city school. 😐
Rudy Giuliani has been having a bad week. Or, as he might put it, suffering persecutions never seen upon this planet since Mel Gibson was tortured on the rack, castrated, disemboweled and beheaded in “Bravehear.’
As Michael Cooper reported in The Times, New York’s ex-mayor is prone to exaggeration on the campaign trail, stretching facts or replacing them with more dramatic, more interesting, more untrue ones. Still, nobody would deny the last several days have been a downer.
First, Rudy looked bad in that debate in Florida. The protégé he promoted for homeland security secretary, Bernard Kerik, kept showing up on TV in news clips captioned 16-COUNT FEDERAL INDICTMENT. Then Ben Smith reported on Politico.com about the peculiar accounting practices the Giuliani administration had used for security details that guarded Rudy when he was out of town pursuing nonmayoral ventures such as golf and adultery. The bills were stashed away under the budgets of obscure city agencies like the Loft Board and — oh, dear — the Office for People With Disabilities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/01/opinion/01collins.html?em&ex=1196744400&en=f7da286e0cd529d2&ei=5087
Gail Collins, the author of the above, is one of my favorite editorial writers. She’s funny and smart and knows the city pols well.
:pirate: :yippee: DIVA IS ALPHA :yippee: :pirate: :dancers: :fist:
A New One :yippee: :pirate:
and FRED is 2d :yippee: :pirate:
and SUE P is 3d :yippee: :pirate:
ARREST! IMPEACH! VIGILANCE!
Fell Asleep —trying to get certain works done– :omg: :doh:
My Bad :spank: ……. :growl: A!I!V! :dancers:
Sleeping is good, Druid. I don’t know how you make it doing as little sleeping as you do.
Yay! Thanks, Druid. That’s what happens when sleep is elusive.
Looky what showed up in Wiki “how to” of the day. How timely.
How to Block Facebook Beacon
On November 6th, 2007 Facebook launched a new feature called Beacon which collects data on the behavior of Facebook users on several commercial websites such as eBay, Fandango, Zappos, and Overstock.com. [1] When a Facebook user purchases an item at one of these websites, Facebook provides a way for the user to advertise their purchase on their Facebook News Feed.[2] While users can decline sending out the advertising, Facebook does not allow users to opt out of the data collection and behavior monitoring.[3][4] Even if you opt out, click “no thanks”, and log out of Facebook, Beacon will still be surreptitiously collecting your web browsing behavior data and sending it to Facebook. [5][6]
For some users of Facebook, this sort of information sharing causes privacy concerns. Fortunately, an easy-to-install add-on for the Firefox browser can block Beacon from collecting any data about you. Follow these simple steps to ensure your private information remains private.
Tea Cheers Kristapea, but then I wouldn’t be able to complain about FACEBOOK and have reasons why I do not have time to “work” on building it….LBH aka :rofl2: .. :growl: A!I!V! :tap:
Apropos of Diva’s observation that neither past nor present mayors have defended Rudy:
Unlike her predecessor as mayoral girlfriend, Mike Bloomberg’s gal pal, investment banker Diana Taylor, has never had a separate police protection detail.
Taylor, 52, takes the bus every day to her midtown office and rides the subway to business appointments. In the six years Taylor and Bloomberg have lived together, she said she has never had reason to want or need personal NYPD security.
“I don’t have security in Bogota or Nairobi or Moscow when I travel there on business, why would I need security in the safest city in the world?” Taylor told the Daily News yesterday.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/1/204723/804
There are a pair of redtail hawks who have a nest in the woods behind my house. They are hated by the crows. A few minutes ago I heard crows, many crows, yelling and looked out in time to watch them harass the redtails and chase them off.
Most Web sites and marketers have been shunning the ultimate targeting — ads that greet you by name.
” Yahoo could easily do that using registration information, but “I’m not sure people would like that or not,” said Richard Frankel, Yahoo’s senior director of product marketing.
Many have declined to sell ads based on diseases you’ve read about.
“We could track them and target ads for sensitive health conditions and get lots of money from pharmaceutical companies for that, but there are certain things we’ve chosen not to do,” Dave Morgan, a senior AOL advertising executive who founded Tacoda, a behavioral-targeting company AOL bought in September.”
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It bothers me when the grocery store clerk calls me by name. It’s just creepy when someone you haven’t been introduced to somehow knows your name. Maybe that’s just my generation because it seems that younger people arent bothered by it.
No War demo by Mihirangi ….
and for this moment in time Captain Paul Watson put my comment first even above some who came in after me /|\ :bow: 🙁 tears for many … and 😥 of Honour. This is happiness …really :rofl2: ….. :fist: A!I!V! :tap: :dancers: of :reaper:
Did anyone see the piece about the “breakfast meet” between Obama and Bloomberg? Hmmm, wonder what that’s all about…
Diva, I did “hear” about it yesterday. It bothers me … this could be an icky “strategy” so I am waiting for the “other shoe to drop”. :growl: A!I!V! :fist:
“Maron V. Seder” a show about technical problems.
:doh:
I saw it. There’s speculation that it’s about a joint run (not that kind of joint :no: ) but more likely it’s about money.
“Money” sounds right, Sue.
BTW re 14 Sue P, Great Feather Collecting 8) 😉 :nod:
I had that type of pair in sniff mountains now Pigeons, Sea Gulls, Ravens trying to teach NEVERMORE, and wee birds…
I heard a few “screech” owls … :rofl2: of course. A!I!V!
irradiated impotent nuts
Comment by RAGING Granny — December 1, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
In other words, the Republican presidential candidates!
:rofl2:
the not at all disgusting Katrina “I don’t care how hot these lights are, I’m wearing my leather jacket†vanden Heuvel. This Weak’s voice is none other than Steven “Little Stevie, Silvio Dante†Van Zandt.
Dammit! The one week I actually wanted to watch Snuffelupagus, and I sleep through both Katrina :hubba: and Miami Steve. I knew I should have taped it.
And just for the record, Katrina wears the leather jacket because she LIKES it hot. :hot: :hot: :hot: :hubba:
Global warming is causing me to have to vacuum more because my dog is shedding just about ALL year long now AND I just found a tic trying to find a dinner table on my dog. :tap: I am going to try not to use any of those Frontline type products because I read some things and my friend has told me the stuff is more toxic than they are letting on. Especially for little dogs. It made me wonder if Sweet Jane was killed by those because I had been using them since they came out. :tap: Anyways I am looking for another way to keep the tics off. We just got a bunch of rain and it’s not very cold at all and they are probably going to get worse. Anyone have any recommendations? I, just simply will not deal with tics. If I have to move to a cold place dag nabbit, I will! 😡 :yuck:
Hey, KP —
Check out Dr. Andrew Jones to see what suggestions he has for holistic treatments & prevention. He seems like a pretty commonsense vet and I really like him (plus he’s Canadian, so how bad can he be?). Maybe he can help.
Also, ask Santa for a Roomba . I :love: :love: :love: :love: our Roombas — they had a buy one get one free deal when I bought ours. The upstairs Roomba gets quite a workout between the :pup: and the :cat: :cat: :cat: s. It sucks up a shitload of fuzzies every day & it amazes me how much these critters shed even when they don’t look like they are shedding. Roomba can be very easily disimpacted — easy to take apart & maintain unlike many other vacuum cleaners I’ve had.
We’ve got some more cleaning to do in the basement before I can turn the downstairs one loose routinely — too many loose wires & stray screws & things on the floor from reorganizing & stuff, & Roomba chokes on that stuff. It’s pretty funny to watch it chase the :cat: :cat: :cat: and :pup: around too!
A bird of prey tumbled off the roof of a Bronx housing project Tuesday – after what was suspected to be an attack by a person – and plummeted nearly 20 stories, only to be struck by a passing car.
The 9-month-old red-tailed hawk has been living in the Webster House project at 167th Street and Webster Avenue in The Bronx for many weeks.
He is the same federally protected species as Pale Male and Lola, the famous feathered Fifth Avenue duo that soars through Central Park.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12022007/news/regionalnews/hawks_wing__prayer_288264.htm
The hawk’s OK. Photographer Lincoln Karim is cited as an expert. And nice picture of hawk now named Radio Run.
AWWWWWWWWW Sue P
All I kept saying was :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg:
:knit2: :knit2: :knit2: BUT YEA!!!! The Babe Pred is doing better :banana: :banana: :banana: :yippee: :knit: :pirate: :gate:
I get to NOW look on your link :dancers: :knit: :fist:
{sniff tears of happinness :yippee: }
RAGING Granny :pup: :billcat: :cat:
The Roomba … I think years ago I had a “testy one” which I loved and — & will be getting a REAL one ASAP Thx for reminding me. :yippee: ….. I :love: … :fist: A!I!V! :dancers:
Sorry I was feeding strays, and ex strays, and Danu and RATS
A N D …… :slap: with some on Sederville regarding R. Paul
8) ….. :fist: 😉 I really am nice, but man or woman … I’m good for what I call a debate. :rofl2: :pirate: :yippee:
Yeah, the roomba looks pretty cool but how much hair can that thing hold? Plus, Nellie’s arch nemesis is the vacuum cleaner. If I let that thing loose around Nellie she’ll have waaaay too much fun with it. I’ve had this lil Dust Devil that has been holding out pretty well since 2003 and I use it just about every other day. I’ve been quite surprised by it. I’d really like to get something that also steam cleans. But that would be quite an investment for me.
Roomba holds a good 3-4 handfuls of hair. It needs to be emptied after every use, takes 2 seconds. Much less maintenance than other vacs that I’ve had. Vacuuming every day is very easy with this thing. You just have to remember to turn it on. :pup: :cat: :bee:
Yeah how many times can you vacuum before you have to empty one of those things.???. They don’t look to be big enough to hold much.
Do they have a bag or are they bag less ( gasp gasp cough wheeze) ??
They are bagless, Fred, & very easy to keep clean. They’re also not as noisy as regular vacuums and don’t exhaust a ton of dust. I was very skeptical of these until I saw Melina’s Roomba & she said how much crap it picks up (she’s got a bunch of birds & a bunch of little doggies). We’ve got some major shedders around here, and this thing keeps the hair-bunnies & dust-bunnies GONE. It really is a terrific little picker upper. :love: I would not be without it any more.
RG, does the Roomba have all those filters that are such a pain to clean on bagless vacs? My experience with bagless vacs is that the dirt container is easy to empty but the filters are impossible to clean.
My experience with a bag less vacuum was that the filters had to be changed after each use or you lost all the vacuum . The filters were like ink cartridges in an ink jet printer about twice the cost of a bag.. They came loose quite often and the vacuum then dumped all the dirt back into the room.. I donated mine to Waste Management. :yuck: :reaper:
Fred I hardly see Ya anymore — must be football season :rofl2: LBH … honestly in this 24/7 Mega MultiTasking World It is a LIFEsaver. I live no longer [Snapping in a Z] “in my Cities” and a Misanthrope so I was just thrilled to see a “copy” and did not know of iRome (eek 😮 ) Roomba until a few yrs ago. === :love: :love: :love: and when it stops RAINing (what a mush :spank: 🙄 } I Will Get … :knit: :love: = Ahhh Time :hubba: oh that reminds me … :dancers: of :reaper: A!I!V! Don’t Fear The Reaper photos by LadyFire :hot: photos :hubba:
oooohhhh — meow :cat:
Here’s an interesting little article about Mrs. Florence Nightingale Judi(th) Giuliani . Oh, my. Looks like I’m not the only one who senses she is an opportunistic phoney just like the scumbag she married.
How appropriate that we are watching Psycho in high def as I read that article & write this. Last time I saw that film was in 1967 — :omg: :omg: :omg:
We actually spotted Alfred Hitchcock standing outside Janet Leigh’s office as she was walking in!!!! First time for each of us! :omg:
Every bit as good now, even better — yikes — rotary dial telephones!! Arizona and all those people are wearing suits, ties, hats, petticoat skirts, high heels, fussy hairdos — :omg: :omg: :omg: spooky music — what’s not to :love: ?
RE: filters — easy to change, I’ve had the thing about 3 months and I just changed it. Nothing nearly as much of a pain in the ass as regular vacs. I have a VacMan water filter vac that I bought a couple of years ago and really like also, but it’s a lot more work to use and maintain than this thing, although I use it as a backup and to get to places that Roomba can’t reach. Gotta get the replacement Roomba stuff online though. I’ve ordered replacement brushes & filters & they’ve been great about sending very timely.
I really like this robot. So does PJ. Beats manual labor. We are looking at the floorwashing version, but that will not happen this year since PJ spent a fortune on the HD TV and my job does not pay very well. 🙄
Holy Smokes!! Ted Baxter from the Mary Tyler Moore show was one of the guards for Norman Bates while he was in the pokey waiting to go to the Funny Farm!!! :omg: :omg: :omg: :smack:
RAGING G — GET YA FEET UP & WATCH SCARY MOVIE on new “cool” 8) HD and some year give reports :nod:
When I walk into Costco, in front A Zillion TVs and Computers … :rofl2: … your household is thought of :rofl2:
RG :pup: :cat: & FRED, SP :pup: :pup: & KP :pup: (r u missing something Fred — they make one live longer — except when you have as many as I do :doh: )
… regarding “mock” experimental Roomba it was similar to the “swifter or whatever with a throw away “cleaner” … 8) I might have to use (I got two) again ….. but I am a “witch(druid)” mwah haha so I am really, really into brooms :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:
Sue P eek 😮 I still haven’t seen your link regarding Red Tails — I am going NOW :spank:
BTW SP (teehee) are YOUR Feet Up Teach!?! … :fist: A!I!V! :fist:
re Mrs. Florence Nightingale Judi(th) Giuliani
ICK!!!!!!!! :yuck: :pirate: :fist: :fist: A!I!V! :fist:
… and I am still#1 comment OnCaptain Watson’s (Paul)(he really picks purposely so I just wouldn’t post)
… although someone doubted I even knew him {He doesn’t know it is me … Then again he probably does } … :no: BUT no one is as important as THE ISSUES….
BTW keep “ear” ( i.e. To Hear) out for : Mihirangi … “No War”
I must make my but :spank: BREW mwah haha more TEA :banana: :pirate: :yippee:
That’s quite an article about Judi and it looks as if PJ got it exactly right when he named him Guidi Ruliani. I think Giuliani would be an abomination as president and his wife would make a unique first lady. At least the stupid press would be happy. This is the kind of stuff they care about and want to write about. FISA, the war in Iraq, healthcare, the constitution, that stuff just bores them. But stupid Judi and her mega-ego husband, that they’d love.
Sue P Yea, Teen Pred :fist:
Boo to whomever caused him to “fall” … /|\