So, the big exciting news from yesterday is that Syracuse, NY is officially on the list for HD locals before the end of the year. Hopefully in August. Other than that, another day in the life came and went. For something like the 17,434th time.
Here’s to getting number 17,435 the hell over with, too.
Tuesday
Swan Dive
At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to change it in personal and public ways is to undergo a change of perception akin to a religious conversion. Nothing can ever be seen in quite the same way again because once you have admitted the terror and pain of other species you will, unless you resist conversion, be always aware of the endless permutations of suffering that support our society.
Conan-Doyle, Sir Arthur
😳 … It is what I am working on and dealing with a friend from Australia with.
Virgina Tim Cane (sp)… Obama is choosing mostly now as #1 choice as VP, so he said about the talk with Tom B… on Sunday…..which I never saw……. (discussion now on Bill Press) 🙄 :doh: …
:pirate: :growl: A!I!V! I dislike Webb too…Obama wants War amongst the DEMS – Useless 🙄
Everything’s Tuesday!
http://tinyurl.com/5nlvrf
:banana:
You would think she’d be better at handling her drugs by now.
http://tinyurl.com/6ylsld
:barf:
Kevin, link did not work for me but I think I know where it was headed.
Goin’ beach on me , eh? Get me some 39 21 40.
I hope Kaine is a head fake. I still prefer Richardson or Clark for VP for the gravitas/experience they offer. I think BHO should leave elected officials where they are right now but I don’t care so much about NM. I do wonder why Mark Warner doesn’t get mentioned and notice that Biden does.
I am thinking Dodd should replace Reid in the Senate leadership and DiFi runs for governor of CA.
Cool 8) , I thought I was the only one that Kev’s Link did not work…
“DiFi runs for governor of CA.” … :omg: :no: :spank: :pirate: A!I!V!
McSame now says he could support a 16 month timeline for Iraq withdrawal. I can’t keep up with this guy. He can, he can’t, he never said what he said. He’s dizzying.
He also backed away from his no new taxes idea. of course the new taxes would b on woring folks, not the wealthy.
Congressional negotiators agreed yesterday to a ban on a family of toxins found in children’s products, handing a major victory to parents and health experts who have been clamoring for the government to remove harmful chemicals from toys.
The ban, which would take effect in six months, would have significant implications for U.S. consumers, whose homes are filled with hundreds of plastic products designed for children that may be causing dangerous health effects.
The rare action by Congress reflects a growing body of scientific research showing that children ingest the toxins by acts as simple as chewing on a rubber duck. Used for decades in plastic production, the chemicals are now thought to act as hormones and cause reproductive problems, especially in boys.
It also signals an important crack in the chemical industry’s ability to fend off federal regulation and suggests that the landscape may be shifting to favor consumers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802586.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Imagine that! The chemical industry may not be able to continue poisoning kids. Perhaps the sky is falling.
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Happy Birthday Travis!
:pup: :banana:
Enjoy your birthday, Travis, and many more! :alc: :cake: :alc:
I guess it’s NASA’s birthday, too.
So I’ve figure that I’m somewhere around 8395 days old. I didn’t account for leap year days ’cause I’m getting too damn lazy in my old age.
OK, let’s try this again. Updated.
http://tinyurl.com/57ff79
Happy birthday Travis!
:cake:
>>>>>>> MERRIE BIRTHDAY TRAVIS <<<<< :dancers: :knit: :alc: :bong: :cake: :bong: :alc: ... :pirate:
Travis, HFB, dude.
About friggin’ time. Guess maybe they were waiting for Travis’ b’day.
Kennedy v. Seder, RoF
:yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :cake: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY :sheep: :sheep: , Travis the math genius
:dancers: :cake: :dancers: :banana: :dancers: :cake: :dancers:
Travis, you :hubba:
:cake: :cake: :cake: :cake: :cake: :cake: :cake: :cake:
And one for Mr. Belli :cake:
Happy Birthday, Travis :boobs: :cake: :bong: :40:
Vern, what the hell is your gravitar? It looks strangely familiar.
Legendary SF attorney Melvin Belli born on this date from his appearance as Gorgan on Star Trek. :cake:
So I guess Ted Stevens’ career in the Senate is down the tubes.
Or, more accurately, a series of tubes!
:rofl2:
Duly note the time of this post, because I’m sure Olbermann, Stewart and/or Colbert will all use some variation on the punchline. I was there first. Ha-rumph.
They will cross that bridge to nowhere when they come to it.
Exciting news for geeks like me:
The following DirecTV channels will go from MPEG 2 to MPEG 4 on Thursday.
206 ESPN HD
209 ESPN2 HD
245 TNT HD
281 HD Theatre
501 HBO HD
543 Showtime HD
259 Universal HD
Now, bring on the locals….
I realize nobody here but me gives a crap, but you should see all the excitement in the dbs forums.
Well, PJ, I can’t really criticize you for getting excited about HD channels when I’m really excited about tar paper right now. :yippee: :tongue:
All I can say is, be very, very careful when you wipe with tar paper.
😮 😮 Yikes! :omg:
Boy, howdy, am I slow on the uptake, but I’ve been busy all day trying to get shit done while figuring out Vista :omg: on the new Toshiba laptop I got to replace the Gateway hard drive that died :reaper: Am really annoyed because the goddam replacement hard drive from the goddam Gateway is still under warrantee, but the goddam Gateway laptop key board has been falling apart over the past few months. :billcat: :fustrate: :fustrate: :fustrate:
And because PJ hates his job and we live kind of parallel lives and we don’t actually talk to each other a whole lot face-to-face, but we IM & email a lot — how weird is THAT!!! 😮 😮 😮 So, he never says good night & just leaves me here with some stupid movie on HD teevee which I could care less about (that’s a pattern — it’s probably just tough love to teach me how to use the goddam remote which I hate!! :fustrate: :fustrate: :smack: :smack: ) :fustrate: :fustrate: :fustrate: :fustrate: :fustrate: :fustrate:
This Leo Scorpio Fire Water shit is really a pain in the ass when it comes to trying to maintain a working relationship — But, there is some karma here which is keeping it glued together. We probably just need a whole lot more FireWater than we have on hand. :nod: :no: :tongue:
We are ALL living in very interesting & exasperating times.
I am so very thankful for our little community of Morning Seditionists :billcat: and the Maron :rabbi: :bow: who is TheGlue :bow: that united all of us :jesus: :yinyang:
We need to hang together :reaper: or hang apart
Who is up for the ayem thread?
Always late to the party but :cake: :cake: :40: :bong: to Travis on his birthday. :yippee:
Oh, and Happy :cake: Travis!!!
Oh, I was gonna do the hump day thread, I better come up with something. :sammy:
RG- maybe pj will start getting sick of looking at all the zits on the faces of the local news anchors in HD and realize there’s a promise of something better that doesn’t need a remote.
It’s a very stressful time for all of us- we need to be patient with our loved ones- always
Teehee, feels like college. Paper due at 7:40 am. :spank:
:cake: Travis!!
Here’s the star trek episode Krista
Bonk Bonk on the head! :doh:
Thanks for the Birthday wishes, peeps.
I spent the whole day driving from Seattle to Prineville, Ore.. :yawn:
Okay, I’m flakin’ out on the Wednesday thread. I’m lame, I know. I gotta figure out how to embed a video cuz I got one. I’ll try for Thursday. :smack: