Relaxed… 21 April 2010
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A lazy lion takes a cat nap in Hamburg Zoo, Germany
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Hump day…
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Democracy NOW! / Amy Goodman- Seattle Teachers, Students Win Historic Victory Over Standardized Testing 20 May 2013After months of protest, teachers, students and parents in Seattle, Washington, have won their campaign to reject standardized tests in reading and math. In January, teachers at Garfield High School began a boycott of the test, saying it was wasteful and being used unfairly to assess their performance. The boycott spread to other schools, with hundreds of te […]mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
- Geoengineering: Can We Save the Planet by Messing with Nature? 20 May 2013As the carbon dioxide in the air hits 400 parts per million for the first time in human history, some are arguing that the best way address climate change is to use the controversial practice of geoengineering -- the deliberate altering of the Earth's ecological and climate systems to counter the effects of global warming. Supporters of geoengineering e […]mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
- Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy's in Fair Food Campaign to Improve Wages, Conditions 20 May 2013Hundreds of farm workers and their supporters are in New York City ahead of Wendy's shareholder meeting to demand improved working conditions for those who pick its tomatoes. The fast-food giant -- which has nearly 6,600 restaurants in the U.S. and around the world, ranking second only to McDonald's -- is the latest target in the Fair Food Campaign […]mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
- Headlines for May 20, 2013 20 May 2013U.S. Drone Strikes Reportedly Kill 6 in Yemen, Obama Speech to Outline Drone, Guantánamo Policy, Protests Mark 100th Day of Guantánamo Hunger Strike, Syria: Dozens Reported Dead in Fighting Near Lebanon Border, Russia Sends Advanced Missiles to Syria, Sectarian Violence Kills Dozens in Iraq, Leading Pakistani Politician Shot Dead, Imprisoned Ex-Argentine Dic […]mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
- Seattle Teachers, Students Win Historic Victory Over Standardized Testing 20 May 2013
- Electronic Intifada / General Content
- Walking tours highlight West Bank's shrinking landscape 20 May 2013Hikers risk being attacked if they come close to Israeli settlements.Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
- "I'm afraid of dying" without returning home, says Nakba survivor 20 May 2013Abu Khaled’s village is just 15 kilometers from Gaza, yet he may never see it again.Rami Almeghari
- Settlers attack West Bank farmer twice a week 17 May 2013Even if Israel considers settlement outposts to be illegal, it is still facilitating their construction.Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
- Palestinian refugees are not at your service 17 May 2013Translator Moe Ali Nayel was shocked by the arrogance of a recent group of Harvard students interviewing in Sabra refugee camp.Moe Ali Nayel
- Dutch probe sends warning to firms abetting Israel's crimes 16 May 2013A three-year probe may not have led to a criminal prosecution but it shows that cooperating with Israel carries that risk.Salma Karmi-Ayyoub
- Porto Alegre is Palestine's friend, so why has it embraced Israel's war industry? 16 May 2013One day after visiting Palestine, Brazilian politician Tarso Genro signed a deal with Israeli arms firm Elbit.Jamal Juma'
- Walking tours highlight West Bank's shrinking landscape 20 May 2013
- Press TV / Middle East News
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- White House: More top aides knew about IRS probe 20 May 2013The White House acknowledged Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements…Click to Continue »McClatchy Washington Bureau (Anita Kumar and Kevin G. Hall)
- Egyptians don’t like Morsi’s presidency, but opposition flounders anyway 20 May 2013As Egypt?s first democratically elected president nears the completion of his first year in office, there is growing resentment among Egyptians about his tenure. The dismal economy has grown worse,Click to Continue »McClatchy Foreign Staff (Nancy A. Youssef)
- Egypt’s Morsi dispatches army to Sinai after suspected Islamists snatch soldiers 20 May 2013Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ordered army reinforcements to the restive Sinai on Monday amid rising tensions there over the kidnapping of seven soldiers by suspected Islamist militants.Click to Continue »McClatchy Foreign Staff (Nancy A. Youssef)
- Twisters batter Oklahoma, destroying homes, injuring 21 20 May 2013A series of tornadoes raked a broad swath of the Midwest on Sunday, destroying homes and a trailer park in Oklahoma and injuring at least 21 people, officials said.Click to Continue »Los Angeles Times (MATT PEARCE)
- White House: More top aides knew about IRS probe 20 May 2013
- The Real News
- Activists Demand Mexican President Be Held Responsible for Deaths of
Protesters 19 May 2013Activists say Mexican president Pena-Nieto must be held accountable for activist's murders and torture during his governorship seven years agoinfo@therealnews.com(The Real News Network)
- Banks Win Big as Regulators Refuse to Rein in $700 Trillion Derivatives Market 20 May 2013Bill Black: Weakness of financial regulators shows you can not "tame the scorpion"info@therealnews.com(The Real News Network)
- New Film Exposes the Israeli Weapon and Security Industry 20 May 2013Yotam Feldman: the Israeli economy has become dependent on the massive security market. Governments act in hypocrisy when they purchase Israeli arms used against Palestinians, but criticize Israeli violence.info@therealnews.com(The Real News Network)
- Chicago Teachers and Parents Launch Three Day March Against 54 School Closings 19 May 2013Increased gun violence expected in Chicago as school closings will force students to cross gang lines in America's deadliest cityinfo@therealnews.com(The Real News Network)
- Activists Demand Mexican President Be Held Responsible for Deaths of
Protesters 19 May 2013
- Reuters / Politics
- Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising 21 May 2013WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law just as it nears implementation.
- IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting 21 May 2013WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status.
- Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims 21 May 2013WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to halt violence against a Muslim minority but praised economic and political reforms in the formerly pariah nation that is emerging as a U.S. ally in China's backyard.
- U.S. panel votes to speed up airport fingerprinting of immigrants 21 May 2013WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High-tech systems for tracking the movements of immigrants and other foreigners when leaving the United States would be installed at major U.S. airports under a plan approved by a congressional panel on Monday.
- Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising 21 May 2013
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More PhotosOctober 7 1955
"a remarkable collection of angels
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
Democrats…
Same as goddam fucking forever.
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.
[...]
Upshot? The Republicans make it thru. They hold on.
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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.
It never ends.
Via Tiny Revolution:
Angry Arab:
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IOZ:
Yup.
Well that’s a RELIEF! Maybe the Retrograde, Paternalistic Con Lawyer Pol POV With the Bit of Kansas Bible Belt And Chi Town Holy Rollerism Thrown In POV That Would Sell Roe Down The River Faster Than A Consult With Clergy Could Violate Mind Body and Soul Alike shouldn’t ..ya know..factor in.
As Mcat says to No Choice / No Prob sorts of another variety….those exceptionally Dem expectant sorts still carrying Dems to full term…
How’s THAT VOTE Workin Out For Ya?
Well despite the sonagrams , the early warning signs, I would just add congratulations to Dem Moms and Dads on the arrival of , ya know, Flipper.
Close! Better Luck Next Time!
LOL! Flipper! Nice, BHHM!
I have my brief moments briefly. Glad you liked it.
.. I could THEN concentrate on being one of the great mediocre / self styled pot shot artistes on the web!
Was thinkin of using “Shamu”. Flipper just seemed to work better.
The compact slippery morphology, the smile. The nod to Kerry. LOL.
Now if I could just get past the homonymic misspellings and the whole brevity thing..
No illusions here, brinn. LOL.
For instance,
Pope Promises to Confront Sexual Abuse Crisis
Nude.
Yep, I got it, it was the better choice and, for what it’s worth, brevity or no, the imagery evoked at the end was worth it for me! I always read what you write and quote and misspell….I’m only an English teacher at work!
As to the Pope Confronting Nude…..YIKES!
You deserve all the illusions you’re willing to entertain, BHHM! LOL!
Like the whole HC”R” Scam…
The predictable collusion and vote trading to get that fraudulent initiative (written, bought and paid for by Fraudsters) – to get that fraudulent Finanzilla ‘Reform’ Bill …THRU
Cue Historicistest slobber in the MSM – and parroted by the Bloginis
{Not since FDR!}
{As Great!}
{As Radical!}
As IF.
As WHEN the PTB UniParty passes this in a few.
On cue. As this summer’s mid-term Hill hucksters …
ALL head out for the stump.
And here I thought first thing the PTB did in the morning was read Markos Moulitsas…
Oh where to begin with NYTthis NYT puff piece ON…
Wait for it… Mike Allen of Politico?
What clever 40-ish treatment for a 40-ish closet queen.
The purportedly New Walter Winchell.
But c’mon, tell me the Tools Never Sleep’s difference* between the NYT piece and the Michael Musto puff piece last week in the NYO? The decor?
*With apologies to Musto.
I figure let’s just sit back and watch everything congeal .
The NYT on -Gay- Mike. I mean Straight Mike,
Straight Mike for the MIC.
How is it SOoo different from another chatty NYT piece on Chatty Mike ..
Yep. Just watchin it all congeal with my imaginary friend here,
Travis Bickle. LOL.
Why I even found a pic of Musto, Mike Allen, and Markos.
Markos is on the Left, of course, and Allen on the Right.
he was a better reporter when he was with the Wapo. Now he jsut seems to be elevated fluff.
Oh, how cute! Maybe they should get bunkbeds.
Sully is gonna feel slighted.
Boo hoo.
I imagine they are texting each other like bored 16-year old girls.
“UC Gibbs today OMFG!”
“I no! No wai”
“lol”
“LOL!”
I think you re right……………
That was scary funny.
what?
?
One nation. Under God.
Whether the underling is a Bush or an Ob… is the FUN part.
Divide those masses. Choke those collars.
Etc.
Apparently, German Catholics are a bit irate over the cover to a satirical magazine. I don’t understand why. This one just shows a reverent priest, titled “The church today”.
Apparently South Park is in a bit of hot water as well. OR so it seems… I guess they dared show Muhammed in a bear suit.
oh what a hoot!
Going with the spirit of the first comment, Right! They should have depicted Jesus as a baby on the cross being fellated.
good thread. Did you catch this link to more ‘Does Jesus Have a Role’ images?
No..I got deflected from the thread (putting together an online order), thanks for that… I still hve the page open so will go back… 8)
Why oh why do people still believe in this stuff?
if nothing else the 11K a month should have been a tip off.
Why Goldman Has Contempt For Obama And The Imperial City
mosquitos, gnats… fruitflies… etc.
Speaking of gnats… UNFUCKING BELIEVABLE. I think the concept of “congealing fuckball”, ”may they all bite each other to death”, etc., just maxed out.
Aravosis on Markos and Glenn Beck.
Atop HUGEFONTPO, there’s more news of the
“Have some jello, honey” variety.
Wait till Beck gets a hold of Arianna, the
Osmond Autopsying Communist Nazi Sex Bitch.
Sherer in TIME says that NOW Wall St comes begging to DC.
oh sure. Like ………… that complete halt in settlement building in Jerusalem. Etc.
Or is that, RUNNING WITH BULL?
Serious Coverage for serious people
Oh my, almost spit the Mickey’s all over the substitute keyboard contraption…
what? it’s Green Day isn’t it?
Obamalama thinks your country’s financial system is “the envy of the world”? Really?
Obama speaks on need to regulate Wall Street… stock market doesn’t take much notice. Gee, guess they’re scared or something (NOT) with the CEO of Goldman Sachs sitting right there.
Also, I mentioned “beguinage” in the other thread. This was a lay sisterhood who essentially formed religious communes of widowed and otherwise economically abandoned women in medieval times, which attracted women who might otherwise have tried to get into nunneries but didn’t want to be shut-in. Sometimes got in trouble for being a wee bit too uppity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beguinage
Actually, this is a more informative link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9guine
Anything for widowers?
Hell maybe a condo conversion at least.
For the irrascible sorts given to the cloistered life. A condovent.
And for foodies?
A condiment, of course.
thanks much for that, NYCO!
I was looking at an old Webster’s, and the only description was:
A ballroom dance based on a native dance of Martinique and St. Lucia
hadn’t bothered to look at the much newer, doorstop Webster’s, which coincides with your comment; as I loved the dance theme, and went with that …
;0)
Why do I get the feeling Ob will be passing up
THIS opportunity to speak?
DK: Breaking: Blagojevich seeks to subpoena POTUS
Which was pinched off the Chicago Sun :
Blagojevich seeks to subpoena OBAMA
How unprofeff of the CST, tho. Not using the BREAKING and, ah,
using the Impy’s name and all. LOL.
Oh but the CHANGE, you know.
Surely Obama won’t invoke Executive privilege like Shrub and Bill before him.
I don’t remember the details. What’s that about?
Well , this HP piece is a good place for refreshments!
Now , its typical the intro…
As a part of the ongoing circus that is Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial…
But the refutation of every. lurid. detail. is worth it.
The Friendly Convo to Blago from Rahm. Friendly Convo.
Yah, You know, from Rahm,
The Naked Finger Jabber in the Shower Guy.
Merely chatting with Blogo over Ob’s seat.
And then there’s JJ Jr. Fuckin CRICKETS from that motherfucker this last year. LOL. And Jarret. And Rezko. Lordy . The BO Peeps need this like steaming piles of sheep shit placed on every doorstep for mid term GOTV.
Oh it’s gonna be good this year. Blago’s trial. Hank Morris in NY, too. The NJDP money laundering with Orthodox Rebbes and that small matter of the global human organ trafficking. But unlike the Hank Morris case in NY (he’ll score a plea) or the Rabbis and the NJ cases, the ones with Shitstank veritably wafting thru the DSCC ducts and Schumer’s and Menendez offices as well, ..with Blago, they simply don’t have the leverage over Fitzgerald that they do with their WHOLLY owned US Attorney’s in NY in NJ. Tis True, sissy slap outcomes will come down for most if not all.
Still, the entertainment value should be good.
I’m stocking up on those plastic lobster bibs.
Maybe a slicker and a popcorn bowl windshield..
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And with all props to Mcat here
for when the flop sweat, slobber , and political horseflesh really starts to fly.
Maybe a slicker and a popcorn bowl windshield..
There’s a plan!
Not bad for HuffPo….their afternoon header now..
Typical. From the very dull, very formulaic speechifying….
Jeesus Fuck. Right from the
Semi Idignant with a Little Hopey Speech Template for Word.
Just fill in the blancks between “”"It is essential ….must learn…doomed to repeat”…and of course..unacceptable.
Shahien Nasiripour of HuffPo noted other sailent points in his piece, illustrating them quite decently, tho not specifically with the the discredited name and scorn that Third Way NeoLiberilaism deserves.
Harry’s desperate to be re-elected:
I thought it was funny that Politico had to add “referring to the Republicans”.
I’m sure it will be a “sternly worded” bill.
snicker:
I see elsewhere that Obby quoted TIME from 1933, to do with bank reform.
Shameless.
Snicker snacks… and gheys and wimmens will be voting for him in 2012…………….
full text of Aravosis… who links back to the Advocate story… which is so dry and dull. It lurches into evenhandedness.
gnu…
LINK
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