This afternoon, the five FCC commissioners will be at a hearing at Stanford on tnet neutrality and the future of the Internet. So, if you live in the area and have some free time, head over there. If not, the Free Press Action Network will be live blogging during the hearing, talking about the hearing itself, as well as current Internet policies, and how we can protect the Internet from the corporations and their minions in the government.
If you’re interested, head over to www.freepress.net/action today from 3- 10 p.m. ET / 12-7 p.m. PT
Comcast, AT&T and Verizon have all been caught blocking, filtering and spying on our Internet activities. It’s only gonna get worse from here on out, and the three remaining candidates for preznit are all pretty cozy with corporate interests, so it’s important that we don’t let them take our last real means of communication away from us, and hand it to the highest bidder.
If you want audio of the hearing, you can get it at FCC Web site at: www.fcc.gov/realaudio/#apr17.
Have a good one.
ALPHA :pirate: :dancers: A!I! Thank You, PJ, Very Much for the FreePress Link. & FCC link :pirate: :yippee: :dancers:
I also wanted now for many moons to say Tea Cheers King Kong & …MM ๐ /|\ :yinyang: :om: :peace: ๐ gotta *fly* sea-ya *poof*
:joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: :joe: ๐ฎ ๐ฎ :yuck: :crap: :fustrate: :fustrate:
:yuck: Its another Thursday ๐ฏ ๐ฏ
After watching the completely-devoid-of-substance debate :barf: I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way for the eventual dem candidate to wake up the :sheep: le is to attack the media in the debate instead of going along for the ride. Ask charliebarfson “Why aren’t you asking us about the economy? What about the enourmous corruption of this administration? Why don’t you ask me about that?” :fu:
Barack or Hill have to go off the reservation (or is it the plantation?)
Don’t let the msm box you in :rant1:
Yeah, I didn’t watch, but from what I read, it was pretty pathetic. I guess it’s about who’s got the biggest lapel pin.
Lapel pins; who’s got the better pastor; I’ll match your neighborhood
former Weatherman and raise you two Weathermen whose sentences were commuted by your husband :jerk:
and then there was little georgie judas stephelopolgust :jerk: :jerk: :jerk:
Barack looked tired and irritated- he got the brunt of the reich-wing framing. All of the questions assume the rethuglican talking points are the right ones :jason:
The debate was indeed pretty pathetic. George Snuffelupagus apparently is auditioning to fill in for Sean Hannity when he goes on vacation. Why are we wasting time on flag pins? Asshole.
Speaking of assholes, I had PINEAPPLE JUICE with breakfast this morning. OK with you, Tweety?
Juice coverage will conclude tomorrow, as everyone is probably as tired of hearing about it as I am of covering it. Although I will probably never tire of reporting on what an incredible assmunch Chris Matthews is. HA!
I’m just happy I don’t have to do everything with one hand today (a little pain, but not bad). Thank goodness for the Internet, though. In the old days, you needed one hand just to hold the magazine open.
Is the FCC taking any public comments?
Today, my little granddaughter is 6 years old. The time has certainly gone fast.
And, today is the last working day before the week long spring break. :banana:
Kevin, I m tying to make up for your unamerican breakfast choices, by drinking my morning coffee. I never realized how easy it is to be patriotic: drink coffee, wear flags, and cheer for anything the gummint does, especially if it rips up that ol’ constitution.
I forgot, one other important activity for the patriot: associate only with people who agree with the prevailing view.
After all is you know someone, who says anything different, you may begin to shhhhhh……think. At the very least you will have to constantly apologize for statements made by people you have known. (Except if you’re a Rethug, of course.)
I don’t know, Andy. I suspect only from people who are attending the hearing. Of course, you could always e-mail, call or write the FCC and tell them what you think (for whatever good it does).
Phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322)
TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322)
Fax: 1-866-418-0232
E-mail: fccinfo@fcc.gov
Kevin Martin is the Chairman:
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Room: 8-B201
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202.418.1000
E-mail (web form)
Here’s today’s agenda in Word and PDF.
Aw, happy b’day little one. I hope we leave a better world for your children.
whoรขโฌโขs got the better pastor
Sounds a lot like “My pastor can whoop your pastor!” or “My pastor’s valley of death is bigger than your pastor’s valley of death!”
“Oh yeah? Well, my pastor’s John the Baptist wandered his wilderness for 40 BAZILLION days!”
Nah, no revelations there.
I’m done with my pastor, and living for my futureor.
Hey, if Janet Jackson had had an American flag pin on her boobie instead of a sheriff’s badge, would the FCC have fined CBS?
My religion doesn’t have any pastors. Heck, we don’t have any churches, either. And soon we won’t even have a planet.
My religion? Neo Zen Druid, Reformed. What else? However, I do visit the Church of Monday Night Football occassionally, but its a seasonal thing.
I guess I’m a Hopeful Atheist. I don’t believe in the little man in the sky that punishes us eternally for occasional offenses that are nowhere near as cruel and horrible as the things He does on a daily basis, but I’m hopeful (if rather doubtful) that there’s actually something on the other side.
And why is it when the Pope speaks, no matter what he says, all I hear is, “Vee haff vayz uff mecking you talk!”
pj- are you sure he’s not one of your in-laws? :rofl2:
รขโฌลVee haff vayz uff mecking you talk!รขโฌย
Which inevitably leads to:
“Sign zee papers, old man!”
“But I can’t sign zee papers!”
“Why can’t you sign zee papers?”
“Because you haf broken bot of my hands!”
What bugs the hell out of me is listening to this mindless robots standing in front of the house just leveled by a tornado talking about being blessed because they lived through it.
If you adhere to this nonsense of everything coming from your god then your god just tried to kill you. And missed! That also implies your god is the one providing us with heroin, toxic waste and our demonic administration. Idiots!
Hey, Y’all!
In a few minutes
SEDER v MARON thurs 10 am edt
Submitted by SEDER on Wed, 04/16/2008 – 7:41pm.
12 midnite australia time
Maron at midnight!
Is anyone getting sammie? I’m just getting marc.
Just got back from Sicko land. Guess I missed most of the show.
Did I miss it??
Yep
I only got to see about 5 minutes of it. Oh well.
Crap! I could have used a dose of Maron. Was he frustrated or funny?
Too bad, too, ‘cuz he said he said shit he shouldn’t’ve said.
In the 5 minutes I saw, he looked tired. He said all he wanted to do was a regular radio show.
On sammies website he said his contract is up ๐ฎ but it sounded like he was still trying to get marc to write something for AA. marc hates AA
I’m glad he still wants to do a radio show. I was worried the glamour of the road would lure him away from that goal. But what about a sitcom? Do you think he would do a sitcom?
I think he’s writing a comedy series for HBO based on his life. It didn’t sound like he’d be in it.
I don’t think Marc would go back to AAR unless it was an offer he couldn’t refuse.
They’d have to pay him. Upfront. He’ll never trust them. And he shouldn’t.
I wasn’t planning on flying anyway.
That doesn’t give me any warm and fuzzies while planning my vacation.
Explain to me who it is claiming the moral high ground on national security. The claim, like their other claims, are somewhat immorally built out of vaporware.
Headlines from CNN
Air Marshall Training “A Disgrace”
Sex offenders in child care centers
N. Korea faces food crisis
U.S. currency sinks to new low
Kids put in dryer…
…West Nile…
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Dang, it feels like every day is Monday
Today’s or in Marc’s case, tomorrow’s Maron v. Seder VOD
It is a little wee. Jet lag + tech lag
I was suppose to get up around 12 noon — I think I missed that again ๐ :doh: :smack: A!!I! RATS I of course missed Marc but I vill watch some momemt soon I hope :pirate: :yippee:
Where’s My Tea — covered with ants (I forgot to leave glass in “fridge” … whatever … but no more “stoned” wizard Tankards for now only dragon wee chalices and Wolf glass mugs :pirate: :yippee:
Nevermind, :banana: Thank You Again Vernon for Marc :bow: A!I!
Gee, that was a quick turnaround.
Gosh, It Was Knowing The Weathermen of today that was one of the points that I WOULD vote Obama … but then I saw him last night 8) debate / and I was AGAIN leaning and he SOOOOOOO Lost ME … AGAIN and for good..
I WILL NOT DRINK The Kool-Aid :banana: and she will and MUST must win .. Obama showed TRUTH of his mandatory defeat.
He is showing his “cowardly lion” side and it is time for a stoic “fighter”. (I would so vote GORE & Edwards) I hate the idea of Hill & Obama, but Hill wins and must win for now — but make him Attorney General, like RFK was, to get a voting background so we can see the Real Him….and hopefully he has changed from his rethug actions. :smack:
iz all this ‘sc Lib iz say’n’ ๐ ….. :fist: :pent: /|\A!I!
Really?
PJ, Food the WaPo article on “cellaring” beer.
Brews That Stand the Test of Time
Thanks, NC. I have a couple very high gravity beers that I’ve been aging since about the beginning of October. Haven’t even bottled them yet. I’ll probably age them for another six months or more after I bottle them.
They should be good for putting my lights out in a hurry.
:rofl2:
NC, just wear a garlic braid around your neck and all will be fine.
Weather Underground
finally listening to the Malloy podcasts. Marc has been sounding terribly depressed on the Seder VODs, but was happily uplifed on Malloy. I’m less worried now.
As far as Lawton on Belzer: where’s the crying? Belzer needs to know how it really works.
Considering airplanes ae made out of little more than aluminum foil the thought of an air Marchall confronting a hijacker and gun fire ensuing makes me wonder if they are really worthwhile . :reaper: :reaper:
What in the H* are you talking about Druid the Hilbot made no sense at all last night .. Obama seemed to be thinking a lot more on each question so he produced an answer fit for the IDIOT MORONs that might be watching .
In our Orwellian world one can’t confront the issues with true answers or expect the question askers to even ask you a pertinent question .. just something to watch .. a bunch of noise .. just like basketball . :slap: :reaper: :reaper:
But Fred dearest, like NC Blue said …I too I do visit the Church of Monday Night Football occassionally, but its a seasonal thing.
Comment by NC Blue รขโฌโ April 17, 2008 @ 8:17 am
And dear Fred, sometimes as I said above and I need to escape SOMETIMES into the droll world of Twitland :smack: :doh: :pirate: ๐ {and gosh, fred, ๐ณ you were missed Mr. 8) ๐ } … :pirate: :tap: A!I!
How has the O.J. & D Day been? :rofl2: 8)
Most yeasts cannot grow when the concentration of alcohol is higher than about 18% by volume, so that is a practical limit for the strength of fermented beverages such as wine, beer, and sake. Strains of yeast have been developed that can survive in solutions of up to 25% alcohol by volume, but these were bred for ethanol fuel production, not beverage production. Spirits are produced by distillation of a fermented product, concentrating the alcohol and eliminating some of the by-products. Fortified wines are produced by adding brandy or other distilled spirits to achieve higher ABV than is easily reached using fermentation alone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage
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I don’t know how much C6H12OH you have to consume near aea level to put your lights out . but this is about as good as my Gallo Brothers stuff.. and the wine doesn’t effect the waste line as much .. perhaps your blood sugar goes to high that can make you sleepy too. :reaper: :reaper:
Video: Not liking Stephanopoulos/Hannity
It turns out that Sean Hannity of Fox was the one who got ABC to ask Obama about William Ayers last night, according to
Fred, you are making me thirsty: :alc: > :40: :banana: :pirate: A!I!
That pretty much summarizes last night’s debate . :yuck: :doh: :doh: :crap: :paranoid: :paranoid:
Damn, it’s, like 75 and sunny here. Time to go take the puppies to the park.
Ah, what a nice day. Puppies got to see many other puppies, and are currently quite zonked out. And very cute, I must say.
Wow, my email address just emertged as the winner of Microsofts new year promo lottery!!
I wonder if I should call the phone number with the foreign country code to collect my winnings?
You should send me a check made out to my favorite charity – Citizens Against Stealing Hubcaps. You can just just use the acronym when you make it out.
CASH, as in John.
McCOIN, as in John
vernon- is there an audio link for MvS? And is there somewhere on sams site I can go for that so I don’t have to bug you?
I think they edit the VOD. Watching it in full, I didn’t hear marc say (like I heard him say live this morning) “I don’t want to give any content to those rich motherfuckers”
Aw, Rachel made Joe Scarborough mad.
That mean old Rachel.
Chis Gaffney
Kp, Gaffney was from AZ. Maybe you saw him at some point. Great guy, great musician and performer.
Farewell, Brother
๐ :gate:
Bad day! Second accordion down.
Danny Federici
๐ :gate:
17th of April, Asbury Park (Sandy)
art, I try to put them up when I see them but I am a little behind today and now the death notices have me otherwise engaged.
bless all gifted musicians for what they’ve brought us :gate:
Air: Lรยก fuar geimhreadh 4:14 Anonymous 4 Wolcum Yule Classical 4/17/2008 8:54 PM {loop still} … :nod: yes Art re 68 :bow: 2: /|\ :knit: :dancers: :gate:
… :reaper: :dancers: A!I!
Kind of a wee sad tune :knit: :yawn:
I would have put this Sandy up but I think the other clip was Danny’s last appearance. Little Steven recently said that Danny was coming back and Gaffney sounded like he was going to make it.
๐ :gate:
:rofl2: I find it endearing, beautiful, and contemplative and … it reminds me how the Bear was wise to step upon and through and broke most of my metal strings of my Celtic Harp…
but the song was of a far simpler times of ballet, modern dance, tap, radio & tv :crap: , and acting still, before I got involved SOLELY in the environmental & animal rights issues :smack: :fustrate: … 8) ๐ ๐ …A!I! {& working toooo many jobs to survive :fustrate: }
…and I was 25…
Meet-up at 5 AM?
Herb is my friend’s uncle and ‘works’ at the super down the hill.
This is the most poorly written :pup: article I have seen in a long time. I can hardly figure out what happened. And who is “Biggs”? :knit2:
WOW, re 73, I wish I could go to that meet up ๐ฅ … :fist: A!I!