If his lawyers could somehow get Roman Polanski’s crimes reclassified as “Enhanced Seduction Techniques”, he would have a better-than-even chance of getting off scot-free.
From an anti-healthcare reform editorial in IBD Editorials:
"People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless."They were doubtlessly confused by Dr. Hawking's vocoder's Californian accent.
- Mood:
depressed
One of my favorite quips was "If you'd told me back in the 80s that twenty-plus years hence, Michael Jackson would be a has-been and Weird Al was still relevant, I would have said you were out of your mind."
I just don't have the heart for that bit of snark anymore.
. . . .
The King of Pop is dead; long live the King.
I just don't have the heart for that bit of snark anymore.
. . . .
The King of Pop is dead; long live the King.
- Location:Home
- Mood:
pensive - Music:Looking for his copy of THRILLER
I was driving home on I-95 tonight and as I was about to change lanes, I noticed I was about to clip another car.
I overcorrected.
And then I overcorrected again.
Traveling at 65 mph, I spun out over several lanes of traffic, leaving skid marks and the smell of burning rubber behind me. My pickup screeched 180 degrees around and I veered directly towards the right shoulder and the concrete barrier bordering it.
I came to a not-sudden halt and looked around.
Somehow, not only had I completely failed to hit anyone or otherwise cause an accident, I was also utterly unsuccessful in damaging my truck. I had literally stopped within inches of and parallel to the barrier.
However I was now stuck on the shoulder, facing the opposite direction. I couldn't turn around in the shoulder and the oncoming traffic was too thick to try and pull into the interstate and make u-turn.
So I drove on the shoulder to the next exit in reverse.
I overcorrected.
And then I overcorrected again.
Traveling at 65 mph, I spun out over several lanes of traffic, leaving skid marks and the smell of burning rubber behind me. My pickup screeched 180 degrees around and I veered directly towards the right shoulder and the concrete barrier bordering it.
I came to a not-sudden halt and looked around.
Somehow, not only had I completely failed to hit anyone or otherwise cause an accident, I was also utterly unsuccessful in damaging my truck. I had literally stopped within inches of and parallel to the barrier.
However I was now stuck on the shoulder, facing the opposite direction. I couldn't turn around in the shoulder and the oncoming traffic was too thick to try and pull into the interstate and make u-turn.
So I drove on the shoulder to the next exit in reverse.
- Location:Safe at home
- Mood:
grateful
Gratified that his imprecatory prayer against Dr. Tiller was answered, Rev. Drake of First Southern Baptist Church gladly admits he prays for President Obama to die.
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It's crap like this that makes me despair for humanity.
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It's crap like this that makes me despair for humanity.
- Mood:indescribable
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. - Kung Fu Monkey
Representative Paul Kanjorski D-Pennsylvania dropped this bomb on C-SPAN:
This is like finding out about Stanislav Petrov except, to make the analogy accurate to our current situation, it's still the hottest era of the Cold War, the news keeps announcing menacing troop movements, and the President just declared we're at DEFCON 2.
. . . .On Thursday (Sept 18), at 11am the Federal Reserve noticed a tremendous draw-down of money market accounts in the U.S., to the tune of $550 billion was being drawn out in the matter of an hour or two. The Treasury opened up its window to help and pumped a $105 billion in the system and quickly realized that they could not stem the tide. We were having an electronic run on the banks. They decided to close the operation, close down the money accounts and announce a guarantee of $250,000 per account so there wouldn't be further panic out there.
We are no better off today than we were 3 months ago because we have a decrease in the equity positions of banks because other assets are going sour by the moment.
If they had not done that, their estimation is that by 2pm that afternoon, $5.5 trillion would have been drawn out of the money market system of the U.S., would have collapsed the entire economy of the U.S., and within 24 hours the world economy would have collapsed. It would have been the end of our economic system and our political system as we know it.
This is like finding out about Stanislav Petrov except, to make the analogy accurate to our current situation, it's still the hottest era of the Cold War, the news keeps announcing menacing troop movements, and the President just declared we're at DEFCON 2.
- Location:under the sheets, clutching security blanket
- Mood:horrified
Last October, Obama had a town hall/rally at Palm Beach Community College. In order attend, I had to stand in line for a few hours at the Boynton Beach City Center where they doled out tickets like so much broth at a soup kitchen.
While waiting in the queue, I struck up conversation with my fellow travelers and became acquainted with Wendy who worked at Taylor & Francis, a publisher of upper level college textbooks. She gave me her contact info and I thanked her.
A few weeks ago, Taylor & Francis was looking for a new Assistant Project Manager. I contacted Wendy and she kindly offered to forward my resume to relevant parties.
I start on Monday.
:)
Thank you and God Bless you, Barack Hussein Obama.
While waiting in the queue, I struck up conversation with my fellow travelers and became acquainted with Wendy who worked at Taylor & Francis, a publisher of upper level college textbooks. She gave me her contact info and I thanked her.
A few weeks ago, Taylor & Francis was looking for a new Assistant Project Manager. I contacted Wendy and she kindly offered to forward my resume to relevant parties.
I start on Monday.
:)
Thank you and God Bless you, Barack Hussein Obama.
- Location:Seventh Heaven
- Music:Squawking Birds
Sloth. I am totally Belphegor's bitch.
I actually got to shake hands with Senator Barack Obama after his "Growing American Jobs" event today at PBCC.
Consequently, my acne has cleared, I no longed need glasses, and my erections are stronger and last longer. I can feel the Hope radiating from my hand into every cell in my body like a wondrously aggressive beneficent anti-cancer.
Thank you and God Bless you, Barack Hussein Obama.
(A more grounded entry to follow.)
- Location:Cloud Nine
- Mood:Hopearific
- Music:Celestial Choir Singing "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Ticket to an "Event with Barack Obama'" at PBCC Lake Worth tomorrow morning.
Part of me is definitely thinking eBay.
- Mood:awake
Sarah Palin:
Random commenter on MudFlats:
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities.
Random commenter on MudFlats:
Jesus was a Community Organizer, and Pontias Pilate was a Governor.
What word is different in this speech than most other speeches given by politicians?
Usually, the preferred expression when one's political opponents are less than truthful is to say they are "mistaken", "distorting", misrepresenting", or "being disingenous."
Obama uses the "l" word -- lying.
It seems like a trivial thing, but this speech gives me the idea that Obama plans to bring a BFG to a knife fight.
Usually, the preferred expression when one's political opponents are less than truthful is to say they are "mistaken", "distorting", misrepresenting", or "being disingenous."
Obama uses the "l" word -- lying.
It seems like a trivial thing, but this speech gives me the idea that Obama plans to bring a BFG to a knife fight.
- Mood:
tired - Music:comforting whine of air conditioning
- I support Hillary Clinton for President.
- I would be thrilled to vote for Hillary Clinton.
- I would be happy to vote for Hillary Clinton.
- I would be content to vote for Hillary Clinton.
- I will vote for Hillary Clinton.
- I will vote against John McCain.
- I will vote agianst John McCain . . . and against Hillary Clinton.
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