“Co-dependence”… 30 May 2009
Posted by marisacat in Divertissements.trackback
Birds sit on a giraffe’s neck in the Masai Mara game reserve, Kenya [Radu Sigheti/Reuters]
Doesn’t look so bad here, does it?
Birds sit on a giraffe’s neck in the Masai Mara game reserve, Kenya [Radu Sigheti/Reuters]
Doesn’t look so bad here, does it?
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Susan Boyle finished second in the final. Onward and upward.
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Fortunately I alughed pretty hard when they sold Jackson, a woman and a black from NJ with a clear history of ugly accommodation, as the first black head of EPA. Then laughed again as Ob’s wif ran over to EPA for one of her ”listening tours” and reinforced it.
Gah. Choke us all with the corporatist spoon.
What a fucking scam it all is.
There si a lot of interesting information in the interview, esp about a 94 year old congressman [Dr Hechler] who is part of the protests, the Appalachian Spring movement – and a festival in NYC this weekend on the ties between urban centers – NYC – and blowing mountaintops.. but then we get to the – what I call the – SOVIET part. I am tired of it.
Bouncer? Banker? Propaganda Czar? Official Assclown? (that one’s actually taken already)
bouncer!
Czar bouncer!
Or Czarina Bouncer. I’m sure Elise is available.
“Community Overlord” is teh Koz’s cute but truthful title bestowed upon Meteor Blades. What’s better is all the syncophatic “Thank You Kos, O Thank You For Building A Better Community.” How many DK readers are former or future Republicans? Lots!
More revealing and insidious is this idiot “webbranding,” a marketing ass always trying to preach the gospel of hucksterism to the willing masses of DK with incessant posts on how to turn consumers into loyal pimps and ho’s. With no irony at all.
Today’s Absolutely Clueless post winner:
Look! Over there! Unicorns!
There is a quote of his running around, in reply to query about Loving v Virginia the case that finally broke the miscegenation laws (which of course his parents in hawai’i did not live under)…. and he says that had he been there then he would have advised that more important was voting rights and other rights.
In a piece in The New Yorker last year on MO… she is quoted as replying to a query about SSM as “it is too controversial, it has to wait”. Think the author was Laurie Collins.. (sorry for not having links but all is findable)
Really, what a fucking shit. shits. THESE ARE RECALCITRANT CONSERVATIVES.
It must suck to really really really want to believe stuff about Obama that just isn’t true. Once you wake up, that is.
Gays are under the infamous bus with everyone else he’s discarded.
he openly laughed at the gay protest, Wednesday night in LA.
‘The Mormons Are Coming!’
Supporters of Same-Sex Marriage Trumpet the Church’s Work Against It
Here is a tidbit… House appraisals are only good for 30 days now. some lenders regard the CA market as ”a steadily declining market”.
(listening to a KGO consumer program)
how could you ever close a deal in that small of a window, unless the buyer was paying cash?
I honestly don’t know. The whole thing mystifies me… and mostly I am thankful I never spent time thinking, well the house is worth this or that. I have ALWAYS found the RE bubbles (and bubbles rising from bubbles) here bizarre.
Cuz I sure would be weeping now, with house prices way way way “down”. Think I have mentioned that my friend Luciana who died of inoperable recurrance of cancer in ’96, had bought in 89 and 90, in another bubble, several pieces of property. A veritable pied-a-terre on Telegraph Hill… large living room, giving onto a large outdoor patio, small bedroom (with city view) small kitchen and one bath… with a deeded parking spot…. and 3 properties in Yountville, in the heart of the wine country. One with a mixed use zoning, so it could be developed commercially.
Trying to sell those 4 pieces in ’97 was hell… her executor was a friend, a RE agent himself. And supposedly the recession was over here. The Tech Dot Com Dot Died one… Ha!!
Tapper has a post up on the Uighurs…
And at the time i thought we were doing the Chinese a big state-to-state favor: We will hate your separatists esp if they can be labeled or are “Islamist”.
Hail Britannia! er………….. Hail Pax Americana!
I see in McClatchy we are building:
AND, let’s not miss the rully big picture:
On and on it goes.
Obama’s War. His drones now. His policy of pushing AfPak.
And this cynical Pas de deux with Cheney…Oh well: It provides good cover while this Uncle Tom in the White House is executing the same Militaristic Policy, is escalating a futile but flush-with-cash war, with the notable and dangerous exception of having even larger Legions of Boobeoisie applauding his every move, more enraptured than the Bushies ever were….
We live in an Oligarchy. People sense it of course,
but can’t quite get their minds wrapped around it, as if all near and dear to them would vanish, as if the propaganda was actually true – that they are somehow associated and valued personally by their governors.
And think about the superiority, of the most ignorant, dumbass American who looks down their nose at all “foreigners” as a rule. The “Immigrants” or “Illegals” {Gah} here. The Godforsaken “X” elsewhere. In this case, the Pakistanis fleeing a war zone. A war zone that is as attributable to our fucked up acquisitive-by-force Foreign Policy as it has to do with with the pretext of 9/11. …
Still,… An Oligarchy. In which the dumbest of dumbass Americans and allegedly educated Obama Cultists alike view Pakistanis fleeing a War Zone as somehow deserving their lot or, simply, “necessary”.
So who are the wise? Or the Just? The brainwashed Americans?
Or the dirt poor refugees taking flight?
Seems to me, only the refugee – with nothing- is wise, desperate, and realistic enough to get, perhaps, out of the way. But these are not people who gave up their way of life, or ever ceded their powers of perception, as they deided to flee, or in the case of others under attack, to resist. The point is they did not just give up their reason, their faculties, their rational powers of perception, as is sorely the case of our domestic polity:
Here, Most of the damn fools clapping for Obama or gnarling for the Republicans have nothing, nothing that can’t and won’t ultimately be taken away, sold off, or materially burnt out by our elected charlatans masquerading as legitimate heirs of “Democracy”. Oh Hyperbole! The walking brain-dead accuse. Bullshit.
Incrementally, methodically, relentlessly, the power structure in this country is taking, taking, always taking. As for the dropping of Bombs on Civilian Populations here, calling in the Army or having a domestic refugee crisis…Please. The Philadelphia Police used a Firebomb in SouthWest Philadelphia to put down one house of “radicals” in 1985. And leveled the whole neighborhood. Let’s wait and see what happens to Detroit and Flint and a good chunk of Michigan when they are starving this winter or out of fuel food and medicine no matter how cheap it is. Let’s see the “Economic Recovery”, the inner workings of that carpetbaggers dream all but pushed on the media backburners now. Let’s see the much vaunted restraint while they continue policies of ruinous war and political profiteering. .
Refugees? Remember who said this?
Pick one.
A. Asshole Bush
B. Barack OTellMeAnother
C. Mr. “Go Fuck Yourself”
D. All of the Above
E. Everyone Else. Reid Pelosi Lott, Scummer, Every Shit-heel Republican and Democrat on the Hill.
And acknowledge your refugee status. Hey- It’s NEW. And Lean.
I read two stray references, forget where now… just this past week, that the plan of the Ob Stumble bill to not heavily front load this year, for jobs and cash but to emphasis 2010.. is politics. The mid terms.
hell it may work. I have no fucking clue.
I believe much of this panic is engineered. LOL-
“Like a Rock”, the Chevrolet (GM) Truck Song comes to mind.
the Pillaging certainly was , and I suspect the Hording at the top anticipating some givebacks before carrying on with but-a-pause in Disaster Capitalism…
But I think that they not only did really serious structural damage to the economy this binge cycle, – so long – not even the pretense of being checked –
Moreover they really have a consumer confidence problem. Twins!
Despite the Political Con holding – i.e. : people feel better about being broke under Obama, (LOL.)
Still, unemployment is rising at a greater rate than Happy New ‘Just in Office” bullshit can cover . In New Jersey, “The Broker Mentality/ Political Patronage State” , many of the Villagers aren’t so Happy Pants, or “summer”-y anymore:
Everybody is cutting way back. Triplets!
We’ve achieved Bipartisanship!
Well, as for not having a fucking clue,
need I remind you of my long and substantial track record? LOL. Senator Caroline Kennedy, everyone. A big round of applause! LOL.
California is not happy… 😯 no clue what it means. One thing it meant was he had to reduce the ticket prices for Wednesday’s big name (hosts and performers) fundraiser in LA.
What it all means as the dregs hit the bottom of the cup. No clue.
I’ve got an idea.
Why don’t we build that Embassy in Pakistan.
Load up the joint with food wine and cigars.
And give it to Bebe. I’d say as a parting gift.
And then invite the neighbors in for a housewarming.
But hey that’s just me.
Oh but now we couldn’t do THAT.
Seeing as how there is enough for Bebe handling the smashing success that has been the creation of the State of Israel.
Such the dullards of History, we.
So let us proceed with our own cadres promoting our own
corporate, Christocentric, ~@#!cLu$tErFuck@*#!!~…
…it should be a smashing success. Like Israel.
I see donk-kkk-keytale still working as astroturf
Another hobbling-from-reality refugee
whoever the fuck he is –
I’m out. Refuge in sleep.
hmm darling little Obling… out by himself.. unfettered.
In alternative moments does he float in the pool, self-fellating, watching people hit the concrete? Judging from the arrogance, I’d say so. Sad, these people are so hooked on being “historic”.
I caught Laura d’angelo Tyson, head of Bill C’s Economic Advisors and the Real GF before Monica… deflecting criticism during some part of the big bail out, with the defense that this is all “historic”. ‘This will be in the history books”, she said.
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The thread is mixed.. I liked “OregonGuy” and “clawback”.
the depression is in the history books. the dustbowl is in the history books. countless beatings and murders of working people by Pinkertons, other thugs, cops and National Guard are in the history books.
I dropped in on a totally boring blog entry from Floyd Norris at NYT… so dull.
But a good comment:
Angry Arab just keeps rolling along………………..
That, above, is a quote from a torture victim.
Dahr jamail….
On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired
Dr. George Tiller was murdered:
Does not appear that Calls for Moderation from the US Government is working.
I see from the thread at Crooks and Liars it is the anniversary of the re capture of Rudolph. And also, someone pointed out to me, the “real” Memorial Day.
Reports that the shooter has been picked up..
Tiller, 67, had repeatedly been the target of protests over his work. He had been shot once before, while at his clinic in 1993. The clinic was also bombed in 1996, and was severely vandalized earlier this month, according to an AP report.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/23140.html#ixzz0H7P2UsMF&B
It’s a bouncing orange baby Bouncer Czar!
He is UID #6, Meteor Blades, your new community overlord.
What was that about ‘polish on a mud wallow’?
It’s hard to tell if this post in that diary is a joke or not, but I suspect it’s quite sincere as the authotarian lovers at DK get the full benefit of bowing down to the CORPORATION:
Ahh.. finally, we’re starting to get a corporate (0+ / 0-)
like hierarchy in place.
Here’s what it looks like at a typical Fortune 100 company:
CEO (also known as El Hefe)
SEVP (Senior Executive Vice President)
EVP (Executive Vice President)
SVP (Senior Vice President)
VP (Vice President)
AVP (Assistant Vice President)
Director
Manager (Level I, II, III), Systems Consultant (Levels I, II, III), Architect (Levels I, II, III)
Technically, a level III is equal to a Director – however, this distinction / placement is usually left up to the individual unit.
C Level executives (CFO, CIO, CISO, CCO, COO) are usually at least at the level of SVP. If the person is in “favour” he or she will usually be bumped up to EVP and/or SEVP.
I’m glad to see our organization is becoming more professional. Having a more clearly defined hierarchy of C&C (Command and Control) will garner more respect from traditional organizaitons operating within the political sphere.
I’d like to suggest that we also begin to develop areas – and I’ll start by suggesting the creation of three of my favorites: Corporate Communications / Marketing, Legal / Compliance, and Strategic Architecture.
And, just my two cents, but I think Meteor Blades should be promoted to at least the VP level and have a couple of assistants of his choosing at the AVP level.
Henry Kissinger doesn’t believe in conspiracies either. Rumsfeld, however, believes there are unknown unknowns.
by Johnathan Ivan on Sun May 31, 2009 at 11:44:45 AM PDT
Wow. That guy has WAY too much time on his hands.
Probably works in HR at a corporation. Seems very in thrall to the corporate hierarchy.
Sotomayor Would Be Sixth Catholic Justice, but the Pigeonholing Ends There
LOL. The Fuck it does. Papist Pushover.
Middle of the night. Worthy of Bush. hell, maybe Nixon. Look! Over there! Obamas on a date night!
Look! Over there! Obama is playing golf today!
Interestingly McLaughlin Group opens on abortion, taped before the killing obviously…. Clips from the Notre Dame drop in and references to the recent polling… indicating a rise in pro life. Mort Zuckerman cites a Quinnipiac poll,, much larger, that is at issue with the more oft quoted polling numbers.
Yes well that DNA of Obama’s is just rolling along making us peaceful fat and happy.
CNN has nothing to say about it, though I suppose they may just be rerunning their morning programs without any updated headlines.
i’m very sad to learn dr. tiller was murdered today, yet at the same time not surprised in the least. he did wonderful things for women who were unable to give birth and live, or who’s birth-giving would have taken their lives of their potential children in the process.
americans, by and large. are abusive, misogynist, ignorant shits.
fuck this country.
and by god fuck both political parties, republican and democrat who feast tonight on their precious fucking political issue.
god damn them all.
and most especially. fuck the christianists and their lying, paternalistic “love” of life.
well said, my friend.
Very distressing news.
From reading some of the chatter at twitter and elsewhere, it’s readily apparent that there are some very sick folks out there, courtesy of a very sick society. The hate rhetoric in general has ramped up quite a bit lately, so I suppose I’m not too surprised either – Tiller had been a target for a while. Saddening but not surprising.
A comment at Balloon Juice that they reposted on their front page:
Dr. Warren Hern:
Suspect in Tiller murder identified
The Murder of Dr. George Tiller, A Foreshadowing
Thanks for posting that.
I went to check on the uber Catholic hysteric, Sully. Who is top to bottom abortion, Tiller, O Reilly and Randall. He also carries the detestable statement Robert P George floated at The Corner this am. He also managed to post, just at the time the email news alerts carried the first news of the killing, a very odd link and snip.. that one might as well leave women to it, as legal or not they will do it.
Drenched in compassion. As always, only for himself. I will check on Ross Douthat later. I can only take so many truncated human form replicas at once.
On the very day the dr is shot and killed, Sully laments (hystericals love to lament), but also is pleased to post emails from readers who, with NO FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE of the Tiller clinic, write about the “assembly line abortions”. One even states he performed medically unnecessary, post viability, illegal late term abortions. Claiming personal knowledge of one patient that ful filled this criteria.
Sully posts this on the day the doctor died.
Save us from the hysterics. And the Catholics. Esp those who are ill and seek to bareback.
More interesting than the convenient drool Robert P George (who holds an academic chair at Princeton) posted today at the National Review confessional is one that moiv sent me, from a 1994 invited commentary online forum after the killings of a doctor and a security guard in FL by Paul Hill:
I won’t even start in on Obama. Who, we were told (it was widely reported and not denied) last month in the aftermath of a badly mangled and distorted Obama speech/story of Churchill, WW 2 and torture, reads Sully.
From the coverage in the Chicago Tribune:
snip
The antiwar movement, utterly powerless before BOTH parties, isn’t blowing shit up and murdering people … idiot.
It’s about THEM, not the dead man or his family or the women who no longer have his care available to them … and notice the barely veiled threat in that last sentence:
Put pressure on them to do what, exactly?!?! Murder MORE doctors, and maybe some nurses, and hey, how about some of the patients?!?!
Asshole, and the coward donks will do NOTHING about it.
Why is it that when an abortion doctor is killed, it’s just one (usually Christian) murderer not connected to any kind of “sleeper” or “terrorist” cell according to the powers that be? Yet if Abdul Whoever gets caught doing something, he’s pretty much seen as a member of a terrorist group right off the bat? (rhetorical question)
This is a systemic problem. It isn’t about lone whackos.
Correctamundo!
The thing to keep reminding folks is that this assassination is no “isolated incident” – there has been a pattern of attacking family planning facilities, their physicians and staff for a long while now, and that has to be placed in a broader context of violence (and of course the incitement to violence by various authority figures among the extreme right-wing) against ethnic minorities, immigrants, “liberal” church-goers, and so on. If anything, there hasn’t been enough pressure put on those who have incited the violence of which they would now choose to wash their hands.
I’m guessing our own home-grown terrorists already have their next targets lined up, including Betty Pulliam.
Why am I not surprised. He’s giving a speech (remarks comments whatever) tomorrow on the GM bankruptcy.
Go away, is all I can think of.
i’d say something..but bayprairie (#23) already said it all.
How bizarre…
It’s really gone, it was due at CDG airport over an hour ago.
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well look @ you!
Susie Bright linked to you bog!
norn! How are you!???
Thanks for the tip on Susie Bright… I would never know. .. the back pages of wordpress are pretty lousy I never know if anyone is linking or not. Will go check her out…
How are YOU?
hi norn!!!
i’m fine!
losing my job earlier this year was the happiest, healthiest thing to ever happen for me!
ive thought of you often but totally forgot about your blog!
its bookmarked now!
are you on facebook?
I am on facebook but rarely go there, it sometimes crashes my computer…
You lost the job at Baby Dior? Where are you now? still in Manhattan??
yes, i am still here.
i actually was moved from the Baby Dior to the Juicy Couture division, & then lost THAT job last november….but within a week i was hired @ another childrenswear company…then was let go from that in March.
well, i have TONS (i mean TONS) of new art all on my facebook page, i would love to show you!!!