BS: Slow news day?????

Subject: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Susu's Hubby
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 10:02 PM

Well it looks as if the left is disappointed once again.

It looks as if Rove had nothing to do with the CIA leak and Delay's nemesis, Mr. Earle, has no evidence to speak of afterall. So what can the press print today?


When all else fails!!

My question is.....just what did they think they would find? The answers to why they can't and won't mount and win the next round of elections?



Hubby

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 10:21 PM

Who the f*ck cares what's in his garage, SH? It's what's in the closet that will get him hung out to dry.

Review of "Breitbart.com" (source of SH's story). It's a glorified blog, looks like the guy paid a few bucks to get a domain name.

Blogs link to this other blog. No substance in the whole lot of them.

Business as usual for you, I see. All sound and fury, signifying nothing.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: pdq
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 10:29 PM

...in the spirit of your post, how about this one (yawn)...


MADONNA WARNS: ALL WILL GO TO HELL IF DON'T TURN FROM WICKED BEHAVIOR; 'MOST PRIESTS ARE GAY'
**Exclusive Details**
The former Material Girl now believes "the beast is the modern world that we live in!"
"The material world. The physical world. The world of illusion, that we think is real. We live for it, we're enslaved by it. And it will ultimately be our undoing," Madonna explains in her new documentary film, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET.
In the movie, which will premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City on Tuesday, Madonna warns how people "are going to go to hell, if they don't turn from their wicked behavior."
The singer, who is also promoting the upcoming release of her new music CD, declares: "Most priests are gay."
"I refer to an entity called 'The Beast'. I feel I am describing the world that we live in right now. To me 'The Beast' is the modern world that we live in."
Developing...
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Not for reproduction without permission of the author

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 10:37 PM

As per usual when it comes to hubby's roght winged sources...

... bull feathers...

Bobert

p.s. ahhh, the man himself has said the fingered Valarie Plame??? Like that ain't nuff fir you??? Go stick yer head ina true believer barrel and suck in some more fumes....

Yer guys are going down, pal, yer guys are going down...

Down, down, down....

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Susu's Hubby
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 11:17 PM

"As per usual when it comes to hubby's roght winged sources..."

Bobert, I'll assume that you meant "right winged sources..."



Karl Rove's Garage Proves to Be Typical
Oct 17 2:24 PM US/Eastern
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press Writer



The Associated Press......

Hardly right wing.



Hubby

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 11:34 PM

It's the unspoken part of this thread that is right wing, SH. You know that. It's your parroting of a trite little feel-good story in the hopes of dismissing the larger story of an evil man and his slow tumble out of the good graces of the republican party. Maybe Delay will break his fall when he hits bottom.

We can only hope.

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 11:40 PM

If that's a "typical garage" it's no wonder the nation's in trouble.

There's no mention at all of the table saw or a radial arm, no drill press, hasn't got a jigsaw, no belt sander. They didn't even mention a vise or an anvil. The poor guy's got to be frustrated as h..ll if he ain't got nothin' to beat on ('cept may his wife).

Poor guy can't even go campin' if he ain't got at least a tent and a half-dozen beer coolers. And what's he gonna use that ladder for if he ain't got at least a half-yard of replacement shingles in a pile somewhere. No mention of a decent rollaway tool box, so the poor guy probably ain't even got a screwdriver... or hammer... or a decent set of wrenches to keep his Hummer runnin' right.

#!$@*&^ probably wouldn't know a basin wrench from a Stilson.

Obviously no respect for American traditions.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: pdq
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 12:36 PM

...yep, another slow news day...



Burning Manure Pile in Nebraska Finally Goes Out

MILFORD, Neb. (AP) — It took nearly four months, but to the relief of neighbors miles around, a burning manure pile has been extinguished.

David Dickinson, owner and manager of Midwest Feeding Co., said Wednesday that several weeks of pulling the 2,000-ton pile apart proved effective by late last week.

"We got far enough through it, that it quit," Dickinson said. Dickinson's feedlot, about 20 miles west of Lincoln, takes in as many as 12,000 cows at a time from farmers and ranchers and fattens them for market.

Byproducts from the massive operation resulted in a dung pile measuring 100 feet long, 30 feet high and 50 feet wide. Heat from the decomposing manure deep inside the pile is believed to have eventually ignited the manure.

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality told Dickinson that his smoldering dung pile violated clean-air laws and it worked with him as tried to extinguish it.

Huge feedlots have become commonplace, and dung fires have occurred around the country.

Dickinson said his pile may have been ignited in part because of grass clippings his feedlot had been accepting from the city of Milford. The clippings could be more combustible and he plans to stop accepting them, Dickinson said.

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Susu's Hubby
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 01:02 PM

SRS, Bobert,


Do I sense a lot of animosity and ill will in your postings, or is it just me?

Maybe it's just frustration. I don't know.

I don't really care.

Maybe if you could let your sense of humor shine through, you could take these postings, as pdq has so eloquently posted, in the spirit of which it was intended.


Have a wonderful day and turn that frown upside down!!



Hubby

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: pdq
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 02:11 PM

yep, more exciting than the contents of Carl Rove's garage...


Wed Oct 12, 7:01 PM ET

DOG WELCOMES SQUIRREL INTO LITTER OF PUPS:

SEATTLE - Animal lover that she is, Debby Cantlon didn't think twice when someone asked if she could take in an orphaned newborn squirrel and nurse it back to health.
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It also was apparently a no-brainer for Mademoiselle Giselle, her pregnant Papillon.

The black and white pooch with long-haired butterfly ears dragged the squirrel's cage to her bedside — twice — before she gave birth to her pups on Sept. 9.

Cantlon was concerned at first, but ultimately decided to allow the squirrel out, then Giselle actively encouraged the little rodent to join her litter.

Since then, cameras have captured images of the squirrel nursing right alongside his canine brothers and sisters.

His name: Finnegan. "As in, 'Finnegan, begin again,'" Cantlon said.

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: frogprince
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 03:26 PM

As to pdq's post of 12:36:



    Hot Shit.

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: pdq
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 04:30 PM

You got that right!

Don't suppose CBS News had to resort to an incendiary device to get the fire started, eh? Otherwise it's just a boring bucha cold cow poop.

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 04:39 PM

Inukshuk's playing tricks, again...

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Susu's Hubby
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 12:05 PM

Wow....it must be an incredibly slow new day if this thread is still alive.


You guys just don't get it do you?


Hubby

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Susu's Hubby
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 12:13 PM

LONDON (Reuters) - Fed up with pets that look scruffy, dirty or straggly?
Then why not spruce them up with fur highlights, add a party look by painting their nails, or spray them with their own special eau de toilette?
It's all possible thanks to 465 sometimes bizarre beauty products launched so far this year for the world's pampered pets, Consumer research group Mintel said Tuesday.
"For many pet owners, their animals are as loved and pampered as their own children, and deserve to be groomed and cared for with the best products," Mintel's David Jago said.
"On an extreme level, we have even seen cosmetic products that allow pets to imitate their owner's beauty regimes."
Style-conscious cats and dogs can now be treated to nail polishes -- available in a range of colors from scarlet to gloss -- while they can also have their fur dyed gold, orange or pink.
For overweight or stressed-out animals, there are numerous weight control supplements, relaxation sprays and "chill" pills.
"Pets have for some time been seen as a type of fashion accessory, particularly amongst the celebrity set, with the likes of Paris Hilton, Uma Thurman and Geri Halliwell rarely seen without their dog in a bag," Jago said.
"These new products seem to be tapping into this trend and allowing owners to color-coordinate their look with that of their pets."
Of course though, once your pooch has been spruced up it could start attracting unwanted attention.
But don't worry -- a firm in the Netherlands has produced "No Love Spray" which promises to neutralize the sexual scent of female dogs.

Now my day is complete....

Hubby

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: artbrooks
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 03:10 PM

Let's see...Patrick Fitzgerald, the Valerie Plame investigator, says he has no plans to issue an immediate report, which he would if no indictments were planned, and a warrent has been issued for Mr. DeLay's arrest. Sounds fairly newsworthy. Obviously, Susu's Hubby is getting his news from a different source than I am (the Washington Post and CNN.com).

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Susu's Hubby
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 03:46 PM

"and a warrent has been issued for Mr. DeLay's arrest."


That's what happens when you're indicted, artbrooks.

A warrant is issued and you have to post bail.


That makes it all true, I guess.


Whatever happened to innocent until PROVEN guilty?

If you stop believing in that then just throw out the freedom of speech and expression and everything else you're so quick to champion.

Give me a break!


Hubby

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: artbrooks
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 04:44 PM

Hubby, my interest is in verifiable facts. You made two statements, Rove had nothing to do with the CIA leak and Delay's nemesis, Mr. Earle, has no evidence to speak of afterall. These did not correspond with my understanding of either situation, so I rechecked the various news media sources that I follow. Since the individual responsible for investigating the outing of Valerie Plame has not issued a final report, it is premature to say that Rove had nothing to do with the CIA leak. The definitive report may or may not agree. Likewise, since an indictment has been issued for Mr. DeLay, which indicates that the motion to dismiss filed in Travis County District Court by his legal team has been denied, the court at least disagrees with the statement that Delay's nemesis, Mr. Earle, has no evidence to speak of afterall. As you say, an indictment is not an indication of guilt (or innocence).

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 05:16 PM

Susu's Hubby isn't interested in "facts" Art. He's interested in attacking liberal thought, dismissing the enlightened, often intellectual content as unimportant or of less value than the (often untutored) opinions of the general public who are easily led by Madison Avenue's spin on politics as usual. The kind of idiots who voted in Dubya the second time. He's interested in blurring boundaries and mixing apples and oranges in any given discussion, then attacks when you won't accept HIS premise of how the argument should go. There are several folks at Mudcat who operate this way as they slog through political discussions. It's a waste of your breath to bother with them, except to occasionally offer a well-deserved verbal dope slap when they get too out of hand.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: artbrooks
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 05:24 PM

Perhaps so, SRS...but he too is innocent until proven guilty.

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 05:49 PM

The evidence is before you. Look at the time he has spent at Mudcat setting up straw men and offering bogus "news." This isn't a court, except of public opinion. I find he's guilty of submitting irrational and illogical material and extremely poor citations to try to win people to his point of view.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Oct 05 - 07:55 AM

Then there is the one about how many pounds does it take to change a light bulb?

Two men plus the scaffolding and the scoffolding erectors and 1300 quid.

It was a slow news day yesterday!

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Oct 05 - 08:31 AM

I find this post very difficult to understand and as a new person can only offer this one thought. The one person said "yer going down, guys". Who in the Hell will be available to take over?

Certainly not the clueless Dems who would not recognize a plan if it bit them in the Butt!

Subject: RE: BS: Slow news day?????
From: pdq
Date: 20 Oct 05 - 11:56 AM

...here we go...a slow news day and folk music...


Julie Clark gives the skinny on her folk music
Ann Wood
Banner Staff
"Can I be hired as the lesbian Carole King? Can I have that job?" Julie Clark asks over the phone from her Virginia home.

Now that she's quit her day job as a marketing manager, is writing a second album, and is traveling the U.S. promoting her first, she could be just that. Especially since the opening track, "Precisely (What You Need)," off her first record, "Feel Free" (2003, Great Big Records), is something King could've written herself. The strumming acoustic guitar and vocals very much resemble that of King, Carly Simon or even James Taylor. And these comparisons are no accident — the 39-year-old musician was raised on and inspired by '70s folk music.

She's bringing that sound to town during Women's Week, and will perform with bassist Jesse Willoughby and drummer Bart Weisman at 2 p.m. Thursday at Vixen, 336 Commercial St., Provincetown. Clark will play again with Willoughby at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at The Schoolhouse, 494 Commercial St., Provincetown. Tickets are $15 for any of the shows.

Clark began playing guitar when she was 12 years old, and in seventh grade her music teacher encouraged her to enter a high school talent show. She wowed the crowd — and is now wowing critics. Every song on that first record has won some kind of award. She was named Kerrville New Folk Winner, took first place in the Great American Song Contest and received 10 honorable mentions in the Billboard World Song Contest, all in 2004. She was also named Folk-Acoustic Artist of the Year at the Virginia Music Awards.

"I'm a pretty careful song crafter," she says, when talking about why she hasn't put out a second record yet. "I'm kind of anal, I guess, so I just want to be able to take some time with it."

That's the reason she's quit her job — to perfect those songs for that sophomore release. She doesn't have a title, doesn't tell us what's driving that new album, but if her first record is any indication, it's replete with longing. But it's not that typical love she's looking for (she's found that and "illegally" married her long-time girlfriend some years back), but acceptance. Not acceptance as a lesbian living in Virginia, but society's acceptance of fat people — and perhaps the self-acceptance of a fat woman now living in a skinny body. Clark was 350 pounds before dropping 200 pounds through laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, diet and exercise.

"And it's been dramatic," she says. "I came from that longing and living through the outside of things. Certainly outside of social acceptance and romantic acceptance from my past. … I'm not trying to make [the pain of the past] go away, but I see that it sure comes into my work a lot."

Clark laughs, saying that she married when she was still overweight and has "never been free in a single sense." She isn't worried about it, she says her marriage is "really a no refunds, no exchanges type of situation." But that doesn't mean she doesn't look at other women or think about other women. She penned a song called "I'd Do Them All If I Could."

"Certainly and obviously at the heart of it is … the attraction for all these people in the world that I'd sample if I could," she says, adding that her wife just laughs it off.

Clark thinks that she may have been overweight because her mother pushed against it — she admits that she's willful and stubborn, which works well in the music world.

"I had a real power struggle with my mom over my weight. [She] wanted to control it out of me, threaten it out of me [by saying that] no one will love you, no one will want you," she says. "She was trying to achieve positive change but it didn't work with me."

Clark says that her mother was right — society doesn't love you when you're fat. You can feel that longing for sexual acceptance in the "Naked Song," in which she sings, "You see I want you in the worst way,/ I imagine your body/ pressed against mine so sexy/ as ya touch me so gently./ These are the thoughts that fill my mind./ I wanna tell you all these secret thoughts of mine." She'll tell us this about them in song this week, even if there's nothing secret about them anymore.

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