The weather roller coaster continues here. I woke up Saturday, and it was 4 degrees. Right now, it’s almost 50. Of course, over in the Midwest, it’s colder than hell (and that should make it’s way over here in a couple of days). It’s no wonder everybody’s sick.
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in a supreme insult has suddenly become the talk of Iraq.
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TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi remained in detention on Monday, accused by the Iraqi government of a “barbaric act.”
His employer, independent al-Baghdadiya television, demanded his release and demonstrators rallied for him in Sadr City in Baghdad, the southern Shi’ite stronghold of Basra and the holy city of Najaf, where some threw shoes at a U.S. convoy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4BE28Q20081215
This must be because they view us as liberators.
It’s almost 50 degrees in Brooklyn too, and it’s supposed to rain every day from Monday through Thursday. đź‘ż
Unfortunately today is Monday an I’ve gotta work. Hi ho hi ho!
It’s minus 10 right now….., :omg: but the sun’s going to be out today! :tap:
:cold: :cold: :cold: :cold:
This must be because they view us as liberators.
Comment by Sue P — December 15, 2008 @ 6:46 am
Bush is liberating Iraqi shoes from Iraqi feet.
Although I very much like some of the sirius radio lefties (ie Mark Thompson) our favorite team is getting spanked in favor of them:
LIBERAL RADIO VOTE:
:cold: = my office
drove over Stevens Pass early this a.m. and it was magical! :gate:
Yankees Sign Iraqi Hurler
Shoe-throwing Right-hander Impresses Scouts
Yeah, but they’re sending him to their farm team in Guantanamo Bay.
Hey, if I could get the Canadians to stop sending it to us, we’ll stop sending it to you!
…how ’bout we gang up on ’em? Pichforks, torches…RABBLERABBLERABBLE! :rant1:
Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.
A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede were among creatures found in what the group called a “biological treasure trove”.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/gumbrechts-green-pit-vipe_n_151114.html
I’ll be watching the tube
When asked by ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl whether he approved of interrogation tactics used against a so-called “high value prisoner” at the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison, Mr. Cheney, in a break from his history of being press-shy, admitted to giving official sanctioning of torture.
“I supported it,” he said regarding the practice known as “water-boarding,” a form of simulated drowning. After World War II, Japanese soldiers were tried and convicted of war crimes in US courts for water-boarding, a practice which the outgoing Bush administration attempted to enshrine in policy.
“I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the agency in effect came in and wanted to know what they could and couldn’t do,” Cheney said. “And they talked to me, as well as others, to explain what they wanted to do. And I supported it.”
He added: “It’s been a remarkably successful effort, and I think the results speak for themselves.”
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cheney_admits_authorizing_detainees_torture_1215.html
:yuck:
During the interview, Bush says his legacy will “take time,” but includes No Child Left Behind and “52 months of uninterrupted job growth,” then speaks about his role in “protecting” America after 9/11. He mentions that al Qaeda has turned out to be a problem in Iraq.
Raddatz points out that al Qaeda didn’t choose to make Iraq a base to fight from until after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Bush’s response? “Yeah, that’s right. So what?”
“Surely your legacy will be largely about this war,” Raddatz says. “Talk to me about how that feels being here.”
“There have been no attacks since I have been president, since 9/11,” he replies. “One of the major theats against al Qaeda turns out to have been Iraq. This is where al Qaeda said they were going to take their stand. This is where al Qaeda was hoping to take …”
“But not until after the U.S. invaded,” Raddatz interrupts.
“Yeah, that’s right,” Bush says. “So what? The point is that al Qaeda said they’re going to take a stand.”
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Bush_Im_not_insulted_by_thrown_1215.html
vern- who was that singin “Outta my head” with Basie yesterday? Blossom Dearie? Annie Ross?
Travis- How come I can’t find “Pretty Little Head” on itunes?
Sony is the devil. :omg:
This may be fun. I haven’t watched them yet, but I plan to sometime later this week. The best part is that it’s free to stream.
Another interesting question may be why is Get Away From Me $9.99 and Obligatory Villagers is $9.90 on itunes? That bread isn’t spread evenly.
I’m not sure why, but I thought of Vernon when I saw this
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008504756_macdonald14.html
It was Annie Ross.
When Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the United States attorney in Chicago, announced the arrest of the Illinois governor, Rod R. Blagojevich, Mr. Fitzgerald said he had acted to halt a political crime spree that included what he called an “appalling” effort to sell off the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
But now some lawyers are beginning to suggest that the juiciest part of the case against Mr. Blagojevich, the part involving the Senate seat, may be less than airtight. There is no evidence, at least none that has been disclosed, that the governor actually received anything of value — and the Senate appointment has yet to be made.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/us/politics/16legal.html?ref=politics
A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted Dec. 9-10 found that 43 percent blamed management and executives for the auto industry’s plight, while 15 percent blamed labor unions.
The widespread disdain for the executives makes it hard for lawmakers to rally support for bailing out the industry — a key reason why talks to help the companies collapsed in Congress last week and will face trouble in January when the 111th Congress convenes
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/57859.html
From this am I to assume that the bank and brokerage CEO’s were beloved? Or, have the Rethugs found that their kill the unions stance isn’t
beloved.
I guess the good news is that the public doesn’t seem to be swallowing all the usual Kool-Aid.
Is there a bass trombone on that track in post 16?
This week, Ear’s attorney, No-Contest Kelly, checked in to say Talis Colberg (Alaska A.G.) and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (out on bail) were law school roommates.
Ear can confirm, thanks to Wikipedia, that they are both Pepperdine University School of Law class of 1983, but you’ll have to ask Talis if they were actual roomies.
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/alaska_ear/story/622483.html
I guess this means that Colberg (the guy who advised subpoenaed Alaskans not to comply) must be part of the Blogojevich plot. If Obama had been his roommate the Rethugs would be talking impeachment by now.
The great music writers are almost as important as the music itself. The great newspaper veterans are as important as the papers themselves. They really are the papers.
Sad thing is that lots of the great newspaper people are getting canned or ‘packaged’ out these days and the papers are left as shells that just take wire copy and outside content. The same trend crosses through most of the media. Many of the veteran music and arts writers and radio people are included in that number. I saw a few of them yesterday and will see more later in the week.
I guess things have to change.
Enjoy.
Bush gives us the finger :
I think I’m gonna retire
T, hold out for a package.