I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!

Willow ,'Showtime'


Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


erikaj - Apr 19, 2007 10:51:26 am PDT #3493 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Hate McCain. Hate having him as my Senator worse. And all I know about Satan is "Down In the Hole" That'd be funny...I go on my rampage and leave that as my note, and everybody wonders what it means, and it means I love HBO.


brenda m - Apr 19, 2007 10:53:35 am PDT #3494 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

But President Bush may have had more success elsewhere in cases that have gotten less publicity. In Wisconsin last year, for instance, a federal prosecutor indicted an appointee of a Democratic governor on a charge so spurious that a federal appeals court unanimously threw out the conviction this month, calling the evidence "beyond thin." But the conviction, and the appearance of corruption, played a major role in November's gubernatorial race. The U.S. attorney in Wisconsin who brought this flimsy case had originally been targeted for dismissal by the Bush administration but was later removed from the list of those to be fired.

And note that the woman in question spent the time between the conviction (just before the election) and the appeals court ruling (a week or two ago) in jail.


tommyrot - Apr 19, 2007 11:01:01 am PDT #3495 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

And note that the woman in question spent the time between the conviction (just before the election) and the appeals court ruling (a week or two ago) in jail.

Oh, I had heard that but I didn't connect it with this editorial.

Damn. I don't want to say the Bush administration has been "pushing us towards a Republican dictatorship", but as the editorial noted, the ruling power using the courts and police as weapons against their opponents is one thing that happens in countries that are democracies in name only....


shrift - Apr 19, 2007 11:23:34 am PDT #3496 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

I am become snotmonster.


§ ita § - Apr 19, 2007 11:27:02 am PDT #3497 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The angels sang when I clicked on that link, Cindy.

I am home because I forgot my wallet. I am home for as long as it takes to a) heat and eat a patty b) find my damned money clip.


tommyrot - Apr 19, 2007 11:31:15 am PDT #3498 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I just purchases the Stephen King book "Firestarter," which I read once back in the early '80s.

Anyone remember Omni magazine? Anyone remember how they excerpted parts of "Firestarter" in one issue? (I think when the book came out, in 1980.)


§ ita § - Apr 19, 2007 11:34:31 am PDT #3499 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I used to buy Omni regularly. Then I switched to one of the small format SF anthologies. Don't recall the name.

Found the money clip. It was in my bad the whole time.

Subconscious definitely wanted patties.


tommyrot - Apr 19, 2007 11:43:45 am PDT #3500 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Heh.

Gonzales reviews are in: ‘Like clubbing a baby seal.’

CNN’s Dana Bash:

Loyal Republican after loyal Republican in this hearing room, and more specifically, in private to CNN today have made it clear that they are frankly flabbergasted by how poorly they think the attorney general has done in this hearing. … During the lunch break, in private, several very loyal Republicans made it clear to CNN that they were really dripping with disappointment.

CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux:

[White House officials] believe Gonzales is in trouble. … Two senior White House aides here describing the situation, Gonzales’ testimony, as “going down in flames.” That he was “not doing himself any favors.” One prominent Republican describing watching his testimony as “clubbing a baby seal.”


lisah - Apr 19, 2007 11:43:47 am PDT #3501 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

The angels sang when I clicked on that link, Cindy.

That was definitely the highlight of my afternoon.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 19, 2007 11:43:49 am PDT #3502 of 10001
What is even happening?

oh, MY, Cindy.

Seriously.

The angels sang when I clicked on that link, Cindy.

Excellent. Vonnie brought the link to the Heroes thread. I just shared. It's too pretty a picture to just leave it to chance that you'd find it for your site.

That was definitely the highlight of my afternoon.

I want to be able to take pictures like that.