Opera Glasses and Popcorn
Cocoa Beach, Florida, US: A man reads his paper after feeding the birds
[Michael R Brown/Florida Today/AP]
I think the bird is reading the paper too…
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An Opera Glasses and Popcorn view of Politics and the Assembled Multitude...
Marisacat -
- Real independent observations on current events with a particular fondness for the follies of the Big Box Blahgers.
Deflates bloated egos like a champion fencer in a balloon warehouse.
- Alan Smithee
Marisacat -
"...polish on a mud wallow"
- Meteor Blades [May 24 at Mcat]
Marisacat -
"... doyenne of donkle deconstruction"
- Who is IOZ [January 2 2007]
Marisacat -
"... hardened professionals and their primary strength lies in their being completely unconflicted."
"... the primary difference is that on the level of criticizing other blogs and bloggers, they can actually do some damage."
"... Not what I look for in a liberal blog product."
- peeder - MLW, Daily Rant [3.24.07]
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on one stage reading their poetry"
"I think Allen Ginsberg standing up there reading - putting himself on the line - was one of the two bravest things I've ever seen. Remember, it was '55. People had crew cuts, and they looked at you like you were misplaced cannon fodder. The country was being run by Luce publications. It was a dangerous, cold, ugly time, and it was scary. . .
In all our memories no one had been so outspoken in poetry before. We had gone beyond a point of no return. None of us wanted to go back to the grey, chill, militaristic silence, to the intellectual void - to the land without poetry - to the spiritual drabness. We wanted to make it new and we wanted to invent it and the process of it as we went into it. We wanted voice and we wanted vision."
-Michael McClure
Over and over, in election year after election year, GE and MidTerms both… the Dems start to purr and preen, they stretch luxuriously - at just being TOLD they are going to win [...]
It never fails.
... in February of 2002, looking over the already joyless congressional stragglers willing to be drafted for duty… they barely dreamed, yet, it was even possible (Howard, a different person then, had not arrived to say it could be done)… but one thing was clear, we could not rely on the party to swing it. Could not. You could smell it, they would screw the deal. And I am not talking about Howard and primary issues here. By the end, that was a passing political story. Chuck it on the heap.
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Upshot? The Republicans make it thru. They hold on.
If you click on La Louche the picture or the words, it leads to the Amazon PayPage, a way to ... oh let's say help with the cat can deliveries.
Thanks to all who made the very kind suggestion.
well… it gave me a laugh… and I snagged it in full…
RFLMAO
2 opposable thumbs up
speaking of eine klein….
link to Tiny Revolution
Right on schedule, via The Page:
14,000 “trigger pullers” expected to replace support forces in the country.
Overall troop levels will remain unaffected.
and who knows how many mercs.
One after the other they line up to whine… Wonder what it all means.
I don’t care… I am happy Hoyer had such a rough evening.
And I don’t blame people, either side, bussed in by unions, bussed in by Armey groups… whoever!, however! they got there… being upset about this sort of rigamarole:
Not that it matters, mattered or will matter.
HA! I see, glancing over at the McClathcy headlines, that Sanford says “God is on my side”
Has he checked with his rich wife? ‘Cuz she thinks god is with HER.
God is hedging his bets, maybe?
God runs a hedge fund?
Not for long if he’s behind Bidet Seats International.
{okay I’m done }
It’s technically a Ponzi scheme.
Satan is offering Credit Default Swaps, or so I’ve heard.
w00t!
Self-flagellation cleanup in aisle 4!
(There’s a cute Obama/Koolaid pic further down the thread which, amazingly, hasn’t been TRed into oblivion yet.)
LOL. And just to show a coupla things..
1. The Risen Christ is with us.
2. That any low grade moron can pass the Bar in DC…
He is with us …In SPIRIT!
David Axelrod. Rabbi or Porn Star?
I muse, you decide.
Tough call…what with that moustache and all…
Both?
So shocked to b in Casablanca!
Teddy’s 1971 letter to the Catholic League (or to a member who contacted him for a letter detailing his position, to be precise) on his opposition to “abortion on demand”.
Oh dear. Oh me, Oh my.
{looking for fainting couch}
Stating to get some legs on WaPo.
Such an indelicate choice of words , no?
Why…it couldn’t …how…he…who…
NO! It…. he… who…
100 Million Hope-Mo-Lians?!??!??? Whoahhhhhh dude.
Surely none of those banks FAILED recently? Hmm? No? Crickets?
Thankfully none of OUR good people were corrupted by this.
What?!??! They…who …howsa….di…..NOOOOO!
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Hilarious.
But but but…I thought Obamalama cleaned up banking regulations. Oh, that’s right. He didn’t.
And now for a Dailykos Exclusive-
…turning towards camera,
with WTF We Are in LaLa Land Now look.. Blink ..Blink}
What’s funny about the reaction over there is that they’re completely oblivious to how that fawning matches exactly what they’ve been doing since he started running. See: Rodgers, Al and related comments. I rest my case.
And just in case the jury needs more evidence. (That one almost made me poke my eyes out with a straw).
sippy cups for all!
uh I believe uh uh on that day uh that it is going to very uh clear uh where the president uh uh wants us to go.
Axelrod. Referring to the address Obster will give to the congress.
GOOD LUCK!!
My favourite response to the jiggling kossacks today. In this thread:
oh that made me chuckle… they are back to that old routine, So how soon will you become a Precinct Captain? and help work for ______________ Which DHinMI started… and his thugs picked up.
As if one must be fully immersed (and on payola, imo) to be able to contribute or have opinions.
“I’m Canadian, I already have healthcare.”
wow, this is just fucking nuts
well Hannity said San Francisco should be bombed. I guess for our WPA remnants. Or our hippies. Or our gays… or our blonde party girls… or or or or or or… We are so commie you know!
I have forgotten if any of Diego Rivera’s work survived at Rockefeller Center…
I vaguely remember that Rockefellar hated it and had it removed. Most of the art is Art Deco representations of biblical imagery, and the sword/plowshare thing he pointed at before going to the statue at the UN actually has one of the Old Testament verses that use the “beat swords into plowshares” line.
Why does Glen Beck hate the merciless nasty desert God?
So, my curiosity was killing me, and I didn’t trust my memory, so I looked it up:
lol
That guy he pointed out as being Lenin in that mural looks a lot like Joe Klein to me!
And, as for his rant against “progressive” (i.e. “commie”) propaganda through the arts, I’ll bet you 5 bucks he’s never heard of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.
LOL. Wherein Heads Fucking Explode.
The Dude then Brings Up Nemazzee and Schumer. LOL.
lol…that was enjoyable.
A Radical Solution to End the Drug War: Legalize Everything
We have a new top cop… and they purposefully went outside to bring him in for the first time EVER… last stop Chief in Mesa AZ… but also was a cop of some rank, in LA, So Cal for 10 or so years. Cuban extraction.. and still has a hint of accent.
First thing he does is take a tour of the city and his opening comments, a couple of weeks ago… why my goodness he commented he saw a drug deal in the open in the Tenderloin. Today, he held a presser and first priority is cleaning up drug sales etc in the Tenderloin.
We are so blessed!
Taibbi:
A perfect summary of a perfect clusterfuck:
I have been abducted by aliens, says Japan’s first lady
She sounds fun:
Oh c’mon now. Everybody knows that Venus is orange. Sheesh.
Also eats the sun
I hope she goes to the next hoedown of Leadership Flesh, G 20 or whatever. No matter she will be more entertaining. And interesting.
How fucking appropriate… since he is no Socialist, certainly NO Communist, capital “c” or other wise… but is a fucking conservative.
Who knows who his “party” is. Some conservative congealed mass, would be my guess. Good mix of the bi partisan fucking Catholic cabal in the deal as well.
bit more:
As NYCO said at the time of the ”Office of the President Elect seal” business, WHO ARE these stupid white boys behind Obama?
‘cuz there is a difference between “an address” that is little more than positive generalities, bromides and pieties… AND seeking some ridiculous mass mobilisaton of CHILDREN to assist in a political gambit. Or play. Or venture. Or operation. Etc..
LINK
Cave #178.
haha
He goes on to point out the flaws in MB’s little list of recommendations.
Ouch.
ugh. There was a push on at the law firm I was at to amass packages for GW 1. think iirc I contributed ball point pens, in plastic shrink wraps… but as I recall the shipping costs were immense. Hundreds of dollars.
Man’s Finger Bitten Off in Scuffle at Health Care Rally
The perfect place for it to happen tho.
Doctors, Case Management , and Insurance types on one side…
Nurses Technical staff and patients on the other…
Talk about access and convenience!
— > Imagine the cost savings < — if we could coordinate the drivebys and berzerkers to do their thing by appointment at these events.. ya know ..a little consideration and planning out of the street gang and whackjob community would go a long way. Merck, Pfizer, and U.S Surgical could set up kiosks to give away free pens, coloring books etc. . Maybe a guest appearence by the home team Pro Athletes…
This is America ya know.
Why miss the opportunities in this Disaster in The Making?
Have we ever?
It’s hard out there for minor fixers transplanted from Chicago.
Pretty funny read a certain way. Madman popped me the link…
he’s such an eager junior associate trying to make partner …
Klein says Ob has to quit with the rookie mistakes.
LOL
hmm Proof that it CAN get worse. And just did.
they could have added Hoyer and Kerry.
Teabaggers Shout Down Wheel Chair-Bound Woman At Town Hall Meeting
Givin’ Ob “The Business”???
WTF?? Who’s in this Fuckin Movie?
Spencer Tracy? James Cagney? Mickey Rooney? LOL.
This is not going to end well.
Bailout bank execs compensated nicely
There Are Really Two Questions: 1) Which Side are the Democrats on? and 2) Which Side are the Labor Unions on?
Labor has also donated princely sums collected from members to Democratic candidates and to the Democratic National Committee.
…and will go on doing it. If NAFTA and CAFTA were not big murderous slaps to Labor – as well as labor (North AND South of the border) – I don’t know what was. The union leaders always say they will do this or that. And then they do what benefits the Partay
yup, they’re not quick learners, and I don’t see them getting any smarter.
well.. they are collaborators.
Not exactly an economic stimulus move. lol
The owner of a great WI microbrewery, New Glarus Brewing Co. (brewers of the awesome Spotted Cow Ale), explains on their FAQ change why she supports universal healthcare:
Quite the contrast to Whole Foods Prince…
y’all i’m kind of loaded and grieving. i did a major faux pas tonite. My dog of 15 years passed today – its ok; he only had months at best and it went down the way I had always envisioned and I didnt have to do the needle. So my mom comes over. we’re talking and i say that what will be the worst is trying to sleep without him since he was the last/first thing i have seen for 15 years. Then it flashed in my head, well yeah, i guess you could relate with daddy being dead all. She cried herself to sleep for like 2 years after his death. Anyway. The real reason I am posting is that my other dog is kind of freaked. I am not sure how to deal him. Any tips?
stay with your dog… good that a long weekend is coming up. About the only “help” I can think of. They really do grieve… esp if your living dog accepted the other dog as “leader”… which even cats do…
I was a quiet wreck for months after Baby died. I did not know what to do without her… frankly. There were foods I bought and cooked and ate, as Baby liked them…
I am so sorry your dog died Revisionist.
thx… i am glad that it went down the way it did. at least there is one death in my life i can say that about. i just wonder if i am upsetting the the other dog or he has figured out whats up of totally confused. Yeah the living dog was definately the beta. He wasnt a follower but he knew his place in the pecking order.
As a side note….i dont mean to sound like a dkos post but with out Obama and the Dems my benefits would have run out a few months back and I would have had to have put the dog asleep earlier instead of getting the treatment that allowed him to die peacefully at home.
well oddly ti came out that Bush and HIS cronies and the Congress had instituted two extensions that I was completely unaware of.
Not sure what some Californians whose benefits run out end of this week will do. Tens of thousands it is… Wait while congress is on vaca apparently. They constitute the group that went on benefits 79 weeks ago. With three extensions, one under Ob.. two under Bush.
[This is nto an endorsement of Bush.]
I’m sorry to hear of your loss, but glad for you that you got to say goodbye.
thx..
I know it is not a good time to mention this if unemployed… but when I realised a long time ago that a cat I had was slightly depressed… I had run home unexpectedly during the day and found this excitable half Siamese flaked out wide awake and somewhat distressed looking on the LR sofa… uncharacteristic behavior… I decided to get her a bird. A parakeet I kept on top of the fridge in the kitchen.. but I realise unemployed not a good time get a puppy, for the bereft dog to “lead”.. but maybe something to keep in mind for later.
Baby was in a kind of bored state a few years ago… a friend in the dot com housing crunch needed a place to stay to get out of a marriage so I said, gather up the cat and come here for a few months… she had an older neutered male cat. Baby semi fell in love. He ignored her but she satisfied herself with looking at him with love glazed eyes.
it does pass the time for them…
Yeah, They get lonely when their buddies die. I lost a 9 yr old cat to a pancreatic tumour 10 yrs ago and my other cat was a bit depressed – looking around the house for her. Got a kitten from my daughter and although the 2 aren’t BFFs, they keep each other company.
Condolences, Revisionist.
thx…it wasnt a shock or anything and i have had a year to prepare. I hit the acceptance stage before it happened and we had a great outing sunday. I am lucky that he went while he was still active and I didnt have to deal with a prolonged or dibillitaing illness. Its was all very Dark Victory .
I had meant to get a “bridge” dog a few years back for exactly when this time came but then my cycle of lay offs started and it was never a good time. my dog had been in a bored state most of the past year after he lost hearing in another ear. he couldnt hear all the goings on so he missed stuff like the mail man or the refriderator opening. I think he thought no one was talking to him any more. Thats when his age just caught up with him.
But as kinda like Catnip said below my dogs were never outwardly buddies . But my deceased dog totally changed when I got the second one. He used to be spastic when I would get in from work (or nywhere for that matter) but after beta dog he was way more chilled. Thats my concern is that the living dog has never been alone more than 3-4 hours. This may sound funny but I think he has abandonment issues. He bounced around who knows where before I got him at the SPCA. I always think he thinks Im gonna ditch him
Thats my concern is that the living dog has never been alone more than 3-4 hours. This may sound funny but I think he has abandonment issues. He bounced around who knows where before I got him at the SPCA. I always think he thinks Im gonna ditch him
I don’t think that sounds odd at all… his issues or that now he is alone, physically alone at home when you are at work… it does matter.
I understand about putting off a second or third pet frm financial / stability issues. It took months after Baby died for me to face that was my last cat. Not only do I not have the physical resiliency to care for a pet (and I am spooked a bit as Baby required quite a bit of medical care in her life as well as sheer attention, waif issues) and for the last 5 – 6 years of her life I needed to hire a tech from the vet to pill her (ugh 10.00 per pilling and sometimes she was on 45 days of pills) and carry her to and from vet visits… but the sheer cost of “basic” pet care would be too much for me. Baby’s last “big” check up with blood panel and teeth cleaning was 550.00. I was able to take her to that, and pick her up as well.. no added cost for a tech to provide colportage and pilling.
Gee. Do you think there’s some obvious political maneuvering going on here?
Obama picks Punke to be U.S. ambassador to WTO
It can always get worse. I sure do not know what the Dems see in Klobuchar.. but it seems clear they will push her.. I find her to b a dull knife. maybe all handle no knife.
AND: Axelrod, Guiliani, FORD, Brokaw and Friedman. Holy Fuck!
Oh puke: Sasha Obama “Evokes” JFK Jr.
American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins
I’ll believe the Democrats benignly want to “get things done” when they get smart enough to stop giving the right, religious right, conservative right and reactionary right (and others) goddamned fucking SCRIPTS
May the operatives claw each other to death.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26744.html#ixzz0Q6Uk4YbI
Why is BECK a lump of excremental material, passed off as human flesh, doing SO WELL?
Divorce Rate in Gay Marriage-Legal MA Drops To Pre-WWII Level
heh
new thred…
blame the heat that it took forever!
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