This pic, Steph? [link]
Poor Laura Bush looks so dowdy in those pictures.
As I've heard her called Dumpy McQueen.
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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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.
Aims - Nov 11, 2008 7:24:58 am PST #613 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 11, 2008 7:29:39 am PST #614 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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Steph L. - Nov 11, 2008 7:32:32 am PST #615 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
This pic, Steph? [link]
Nope; it's taken facing them, rather than from the side, and Obama is in mid-step, and he's just all lanky and loose -- he actually reminds me of Michael Jordan, in terms of his physicality, now that I think of it.
Trudy Booth - Nov 11, 2008 7:34:44 am PST #616 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Dean is stepping down as chairman of the DNC.
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I was watching that last night, too, and had the same reaction. Housing boom followed by big-time crash? Check! Twenty-some years since the last market crash (1987)? Check! The money getting concentrated in the hands of a few? Check! Everyone else thinking that they could make it rich just as easily as "the few" did? Check! Everything on credit/margin? Check!
And then we'll get a World War.
My Dad recently read a book (has he gotten me the title yet? Goodness no) showing the "financial collapse/depression/big fucking war" pattern back to the 1400s or something.
I met one of my favorite jewelry designer (well, other than friends Gurhan is my only jewelry designer of love) at a trunk show last week and we ended up talking politics. As one does. He was saying that friends at home in Turkey and all over the world felt incredible relief at the election because we might just avoid World War III. As much as a depression would suck WWIII would be worse -- there are still enough nukes floating around that WWIV would involve flaming sticks and trebuchets... ::looks around frantically:: THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY A GOOD THING PEOPLE!
Jesse - Nov 11, 2008 7:35:17 am PST #617 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
As I've heard her called Dumpy McQueen.
It's true. I've always had a weird affection for her, too, but lithe she is not.
Aims - Nov 11, 2008 7:37:38 am PST #618 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like her, too, but Jeebus woman. DO NOT let your Mother in Law dress you!! It's like no one ever cleared out the Elder Barbara's closet in the Residence and Laura has just been picking through. She needs Clinton and Stacy.
juliana - Nov 11, 2008 7:38:25 am PST #619 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Obama is in mid-step, and he's just all lanky and loose -- he actually reminds me of Michael Jordan, in terms of his physicality, now that I think of it.
He's got that touchy-feely thing that Michael has, too. In almost any shot of him with someone, he's reaching for them, or touching their shoulder or their back, or putting his forehead to theirs. It's interesting to see. (I liked the hand-on-arm thing he did when shaking W.'s hand, and then the double-hand clasp he did with Laura.)
Jesse - Nov 11, 2008 7:40:39 am PST #620 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She needs Clinton and Stacy.
Yes! That would be the BEST.
Aims - Nov 11, 2008 7:42:23 am PST #621 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Can you even imagine? It would rock so hard.
amych - Nov 11, 2008 7:42:50 am PST #622 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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Ehh, I'm not that worried. Dean's name is being circulated as a potential HHS Secretary, and I'd rather have him there as health policy is one of his major, major strengths. And anyway, after this election, nobody in charge of the party gets to pretend that the strategy can be ignored.