August 19, 2004
Wictory Wednesday...er, Thursday
I wasn't in yesterday, but I better follow through on my commitment. The blogroll is in the extended entry.
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I'm back
Went fishing yesterday. Sorry, a guy has to have his priorities.
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I hear it feels pretty good to be a gangster ...
Posted by: Professor Chaos at August 19, 2004 11:16 AM (/EZpa)
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This wasn't just about me and my dreams of doing nothing...it was about all of us.
Posted by: RS at August 19, 2004 11:20 AM (JQjhA)
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But everyone knows what I'd do if I had a million dollars.
Posted by: Professor Chaos at August 19, 2004 11:21 AM (/EZpa)
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Of course, you'd put half of it into an interest bearing IRA and give the other half to your cousin.
Posted by: RS at August 19, 2004 11:22 AM (JQjhA)
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[leans back, rests feet on coffee table, puts hands behind head]
Ayup. Ever tell y'all 'bout the time I went fishin' off'n the Channel Islands and caught a barracuda and a bass on the same cast?
Ayup. 'Cuda took the lure, and the bass took the anchovy.
True story. No punchline. Sorry.
Posted by: ccwbass at August 19, 2004 12:03 PM (qg4dU)
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You suck. Next thing you'll be telling me and Chaos is that afterwards you stopped and had a Double-Double!!
Posted by: RS at August 19, 2004 12:42 PM (JQjhA)
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Hm.
Double-Double.
You know, it IS lunch time . . .
Posted by: ccwbass at August 19, 2004 01:06 PM (qg4dU)
Posted by: Brian B at August 19, 2004 01:20 PM (OnnW3)
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[belches]
[smiles]
[smacks lips]
[smiles some more]
[laughs]
Posted by: ccwbass at August 19, 2004 02:15 PM (qg4dU)
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It's now been 9 months since my last double-double. I'd settle for smelling the burp right about now.
Posted by: RS at August 19, 2004 02:34 PM (JQjhA)
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I'm going to kill anyone who ever mentions that burger again.
Posted by: Professor Chaos at August 19, 2004 02:39 PM (uXbd/)
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I apologize profusely.
In fact, I did not have a [censored] for lunch.
[pause]
I had a "Royalle" with cheese.
It sucked.
And yet I swallowed.
Somewhere there's room for a joke about lunchtime paradoxes, but I'm too intellectually lazy, or perhaps imbued with too much decorum, to pursue it.
In the meantime, I need to diet. Are you guys doing the Atkins, or what?
Posted by: ccwbass at August 19, 2004 03:02 PM (qg4dU)
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If by "Atkins" you mean eating anything I want, then yeah, that's the diet I'm on.
Hey, we're getting a Wendy's on campus, so that's not too bad. But I'd kill for a Carl's Jr. in this town.
Posted by: Professor Chaos at August 19, 2004 03:33 PM (uXbd/)
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It sucked.
And yet I swallowed.
I'd argue you did both.
going on 11 months since my last Delicious-Burger-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named. It's one of the few things about California I miss.
That and carne asada french fries.
Posted by: Brian B at August 19, 2004 05:05 PM (OnnW3)
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"I'd argue you did both."
You'd better have been smilin' when you said that, dude.
In other news: carne asada french fries? Sounds analexplodalicious.
Posted by: ccwbass at August 19, 2004 05:29 PM (qg4dU)
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You'd better have been smilin' when you said that, dude.
Heh. Wouldn't you like to know.
In other news: carne asada french fries?
Self-explanatory. Take carne asada (a marinated, grilled mexican flank steak that gets served whole, or diced and served on burritos or tacos. Standard toppings include diced onions and tomatoes, Cilantro, cheese, guacamole, and Crema), derve it over a pile of french fries. I prefer mine lite on the toppings, no guac or crema.
Sounds analexplodalicious.
On a bad day it's better than that. On a good day it's a venal sin.
Posted by: Brian B at August 19, 2004 06:21 PM (OnnW3)
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serve it, that is. PIMF
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August 17, 2004
Going Home Post
Screw you guys, I'm going home!
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Read this from home, I think I'm gwetting the hang of it:
http://mementomoron.blogspot.com/2004/08/like-shooting-fish-in-swift-boat.html
Posted by: Brian B at August 17, 2004 08:02 PM (OnnW3)
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What's the matter, Rusty?? Having a bad day? I know you post and are a guest host on other websites, which ones I have no idea, but what made you say today "Screw You Guys, I'm going Home!" ??? Need a partner? Too much to do?? What blew your cork today?? Just curious.
I know that this is probably not the right place for this and if not, you may remove it - not sure if people actually comment here or on the links you send them to or what BUT I would like to bring up the fact that our NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AND WOMEN and RESERVISTS from all branches of the service, ARE LOSING THEIR LIVELIHOODS, THEIR HOMES, SOME EVEN THEIR FAMILIES because the government is PLUCKING them right out of society, disregarding the purpose they play in their society, to serve their country, to protect American, to fight for us and what do we do and what does the government do to help these soldier's out. I really think an AWARENESS has to be made regarding these individuals and that ALL OF US and our GOVERNMENT owe them more than just a debt of GRATITUDE, they deserve our HELP. And AWARENESS OF THEIR SITUATION IS UTMOST. I'd also like to see all the groups out there helping our fellow people - not just Florida who needs our donations desperately, but all around this country. Why can't we FOCUS on the GOOD things we do FOR A CHANGE?? Then let me know what I can do to make you NOT say "Screw you guys, I'm going home!"
I realize you are getting ready for school - teaching college or higher ups and there's a lot on your mind and this can't take the place of everything when you have so much to do. I don't know who you are, or where you are from, or where you teach. But when you get disgusted, try not only going home, but find a comfort movie or a comedy and sit back and relax. If you're married and have kids, snuggle up and appreciate what you have and in the meantime, consider yourself lucky. I have no one and it's very lonely and someone as chronically ill and disabled as I am living - if that's what you want to call living - on $584 a month for 17 years now, life is very difficult for me. Consider yourself blessed. At least you have a family and a life worth living, so be grateful for that and protect that with all your might, because it makes you what you are. I really do hate listening to people blogging who make no sense whatsoever and I scream at the computer "SPEAK ENGLISH" but we have people to take care of, including ourselves and those who are losing more than we can imagine. "Some gave some; some gave all" and we never forget them. I don't know whom you are sending the screw you guys, too, but it can't be this gimp - I have had my own hell, some worst that another. Consider yourself Lucky, Rusty, and consider yourself lucky.
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Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 18, 2004 01:00 AM (t0rjm)
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Lucky, consider yourself Rusty. Consider yourself Rusty.
Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 18, 2004 03:23 AM (9X/fX)
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Re:
What's the matter, Rusty?? Having a bad day? , etc.
What. The. Fuck?
Posted by: Bill from INDC Journal at August 18, 2004 10:15 AM (yZMsp)
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No, no Bill - it's a new Kid's Game.
Not "What. The. Fuck?"
But rather, "Fuck. The. What?"
or even "The. Fuck. What?"
or "The. What? Fuck."
Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 18, 2004 10:43 AM (9X/fX)
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Was it something I said? Or is the family visit sending you up the water tower with a rifle?
Posted by: Gordon at August 18, 2004 11:28 AM (U3JWf)
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Ya know, there is nothing wrong in my asking what he is so upset!!! When he posts a line that says "SCREW YOU GUYS, I'M GOING HOME!" I don't know what the second part came from but there is absolutely NO REASON WHATSOEVER for you other guys saying "what the fuck??" in every form. Now that is just plain stupid - when I actually care about Rusty and why he just posted that one line - which does not link to anything, so it seems to me he is obviously upset about something and I'm sticking out my hand of friendship to someone who just might need it. (like I said post 2 is an error taken from the first post and don't know how that happened) SO WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU WHO MADE THOSE DISGUSTING REMARKS OF WTF???
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 18, 2004 11:36 AM (t0rjm)
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BTW, Jane's website and posts do not link back here and if you hit the back button, it still refuses to go back to your site.
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 18, 2004 12:00 PM (t0rjm)
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FBA,
I don't know about you, but I'm taking the "Fuck. The. What?" as an oblique reference to Jessica Cutler.
Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 18, 2004 12:10 PM (9X/fX)
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FBA,
Just as a guess, I also think Rusty was being a bit tounge-in-cheek, although I'm sure appreciates the sentiment behind your inquiry.
Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 18, 2004 12:11 PM (9X/fX)
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FBA: "Screw you guys, I'm going home" is a line from South Park. It permeated Rusty's old site and is just a way of saying "see you later."
Posted by: GCL at August 18, 2004 01:00 PM (C4Egr)
Posted by: Bill from INDC at August 18, 2004 02:59 PM (yZMsp)
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why pick on me?? I was actually concerned you asses!!
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 18, 2004 04:13 PM (t0rjm)
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Thanks Bill - that was funny! Appreciate the humor!
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 18, 2004 04:18 PM (t0rjm)
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Yeah, Rusty, WTF? Don't you know you have a public duty to only blog morally uplifting themes that will help spread the news to the gulags about all that BusHitlerMcSmirkyChimp and his evil Sith Masters at Bechtelhalliburtonharkencarlylegroup are doing to supress America? The memory, she's seared---seared!---in my memory, more so than the mental image of a $10 pegging from Jessica Cutler on Christmas Eve in Phnom Penh!
Sheesh. Some people have no respect---that's why we are paying you the big bucks in subscription fees to read MyPetJawa. The next thing you're going to tell us is that "Rusty Schackleford" isn't your REAL name!
PS--why isn't "blogging in your underwear from the basement" one of the seven deadly sins?
Posted by: Steve the Llamabutcher at August 18, 2004 04:22 PM (nRK3i)
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Steve,
Blogging from the basement in your underwear is not a deadly sin.
However, blogging in your underwear at work is usually considered grounds for termination in most work environments.
Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 18, 2004 05:28 PM (9X/fX)
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Too funny. Steve, why can't you change LLAMABUTCHERS to something else. I will not visit your site - you see, I raise and breed LLAMAS!!! he he he
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 19, 2004 12:45 AM (t0rjm)
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Cindy, thanks for your concern. But Bill and GCL have it right, this was just a way of me saying 'later'. It's one of those inside references that only SP fans get.
And to Bill, GCL, Steve, BRD, Brian, & Gordon--thanks for defending my honor--now cut Cindy some slack.
Posted by: RS at August 19, 2004 09:56 AM (JQjhA)
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Huh? When did I pick on her? and I resent the accusation of defending your honor!
Posted by: Brian B at August 19, 2004 12:32 PM (OnnW3)
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I accused you of defending my honor--unjustly.
Posted by: RS at August 19, 2004 12:40 PM (JQjhA)
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If you don't desist in these slanderous accusations, I shall begin telling peope what a decent chap you are!
Posted by: Brian B at August 19, 2004 01:00 PM (OnnW3)
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Blogging from work in your underwear a termination offense? Dude, haven't you ever heard of tenure?
Posted by: Steve the Llamabutcher at August 19, 2004 01:50 PM (c5Jw4)
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Gotcha! It's kinda funny how much conversation went on just this one post, tho. Now everybody knows my real name! I hope you enjoyed your time off - you deserve it.
Hugs,
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 19, 2004 05:00 PM (t0rjm)
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Dude, haven't you ever heard of tenure?
As in, "Odds are 9 in tenure gonna get fired!"
Posted by: Brian B at August 19, 2004 05:07 PM (OnnW3)
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The In Between Meetings Post
Meetings all morning. One good thing is that I grabbed one of the precious back-row chairs. What was the meeting about? No idea. I did get a chance to read chapters one and two of
Campaigns in the 21st Century, by Richard J. Semiatin, though. The book is assigned reading for my Campaigns and Elections class I'm teaching this fall. So far, so good. The author seems pretty fair and picks on Dems and Reps pretty equally.
One interesting bit from chapter 1 was the way the author characterized Karl Rove vs. Dick Morris. Dick Morris is said to be a professional opportunist who works for the money. Karl Rove, on the other hand, is described as a loyal friend of the Bush family who turned down opportunities to make millions in the private sector for a White House appointment. Interesting.
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To some political power is more appealing than money.
Posted by: Michele at August 17, 2004 10:47 AM (2c9qq)
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Read "All too Human" By Stepanaopaolususss. Let's just say that Dick Morris comes off, uh, bad.
Posted by: Bill from INDC at August 17, 2004 11:24 AM (yZMsp)
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Maybe Rove isn't the Svengali, Bush is.
Posted by: Jane at August 18, 2004 12:12 AM (AaBEz)
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Read "All too Human" By Stepanaopaolususss.
No.
Posted by: Professor Chaos at August 18, 2004 01:42 AM (pu0NR)
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging: 3-D
Like the famed Phoenix of Arizona, this post is reborn out of the ashes of my archives. What started as a silly post to indulge my vanity has made the internet rounds.
Like a DJ at a top-forty station I will suck every last hit out of this post until the public cries in unison, "Enough! Away with your foul reposting!!" Besides, with mucho responsibilities around the Ivory Tower and with the relatives in town, I really haven't had time to sit down and write anything meaningful. Not that I ever write anything meaningful....
If you've already read it, act like you're at a party. You know, they start playing Nelly's It's Gettin Hot in Here and someone invariable says what a cool song it is, but you can't really say anything about how that song was interesting the first bajillion times you heard it.....Act like that.
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You miss a day blogging. No time for a serious hard-hitting post. Hits are down. What do you do? Engage in the blogosphere's oldest vice: Link dropping!!!
But that's just one of the mortal vices of blogging. What are the others?
Rusty Shackleford presents: The Seven Deadly Sins of Blogging: a brief guide.*
1) The Link Drop Post: Steven Taylor and I prove kindrid souls on this one. Don't think this one works? Do you actually believe Glenn Reynolds was born Satan's right-hand man or had to work on it?
2) Search Terms Post: Google not treating you right? BRD has a full discourse on the merits of porn and conspiracy theories. Sure fire way to up the ol' sitemeter .....and send your soul right to Beelzebub's dominion.
3) The Re-post Post: Had a popular post in the past? Hits down? Ace re-introduces us to one of his greatest hit-jobs. Remember, this sin sometimes counts double.
4) The Blogroll Post: Get bloggers attention fast! The Llama Butchers are ordered to do 5 Hail Mary's and an Our Father for jeapordizing their immortal souls.
5) The Breaking News Post: The blogger ethos requires a link to the first person breaking the story. MH King, Amanda Doerty, Jeff Quinton, James....I say to you repent!!
6) The Caption Contest Post: Win the caption, get a link. See how this works? This sin seems to be reserved for Fridays. Shame on you Kevin!
7) The Recipricol Link Post: Want to up your TTLB Ecosystem rating? Easy. Start an 'Alliance' of 'like-minded bloggers' to recipricate links. (via Commissar) Jessica and Boi From Troi are warned that this mortal sin will not go unpunished!!
In the Name of He Who Rules the Blogosphere I Warn All of You to Repent! Any other Bloggers who engage in these sins have been forwarned. Hell-fire and brimstone await if you do not change your wicked ways!
*Mia Culpa. Yes, I have been guilty of all these vile acts in the past. I have seen the light! I once was lost, but now I'm saved.....
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Ptffffpptthh!!!
You're just sore that I didn't include you in the courtesy list...
Posted by: mhking at August 17, 2004 09:19 AM (bJ0qq)
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Hey you forgot one: leaving gratuitous comments on other people's blogs. For example, this one! Aw snap.
Posted by: Johnny Walker Red at August 17, 2004 10:37 AM (4AwR3)
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Damn!
Foiled again and guilty as charged...
Posted by: Rtfm at August 17, 2004 09:51 PM (OtwUl)
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Rusty, you're going to have to add another one: the post that will not die. You really need to let this go.
Posted by: Simon at August 18, 2004 02:36 AM (OyeEA)
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Califragafuckinlistic advice - many thanks - only really discovered the world of the blog this week but already can see it seeping into the inner reaches of my conscious with every waking moment
greetings and salutations blog people - I am becoming one of you....
Posted by: Spo at June 03, 2005 03:21 AM (Ni2ib)
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Check out this blog: AFF's Brainwash - Chris Roach - you'll be glad ya did.
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Bloggage
Blog daughter Jane has one-upped me and bought a .com domainL. Go visit her
new site.
Also, the Crack Young Staff over at the Hatemonger's Quarterly are having a worst song ever contest. I'm thinking anything from Don Henley qualifies, but I'm sure at least one of you disagrees.
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Your little girl is growing up.
Posted by: Jane at August 17, 2004 01:59 PM (AaBEz)
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Damn straight, heathen!
Posted by: Gordon at August 17, 2004 07:44 PM (mOiKV)
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August 16, 2004
Light Blogging
A) Back to work.
B) Planned system downage, so no internet access tomorrow.
C) Relatives in town.
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oh, well have a nice break then.
does this mean i'll have to make my own fun while everyone is away?
Posted by: emigre at August 17, 2004 08:27 AM (qC4aB)
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Paul Krugman's Credibility: RIP
Mr. Henke over at
QandO rips Paul Krugman a new one. An incredible
Thou Sayest piece that used Paul Krugman's own words to condemn his extreme punditry. Go
read it.
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Given how many new ones he's already had ripped, and how big the one O'Reilly ripped him was, did Krugman have any space left to accomodate another?
Posted by: Brian B at August 16, 2004 04:58 PM (OnnW3)
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Krugman is brilliant. O'Reilly is a jabbering head. Fox Network is the opiate of the masses.
Chuck (0)
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What's wrong with this headline?
Michael Jackson in face-off with prosecutor at court
Sorry. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.....
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At least you still have a good sense of humor.
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 16, 2004 03:52 PM (t0rjm)
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What do you mean 'still'?
:-)
Posted by: RS at August 16, 2004 03:53 PM (JQjhA)
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Well, if Mr. NAMBLA's faux-nose-tip falls off during the meeting, the headline will actually be correct in its prognostication, and THEN who'll look silly?
Posted by: ccwbass at August 16, 2004 03:57 PM (qg4dU)
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Hostage Execution Watch
Two from
Turkey kidnapped today. One
American Journalist (with dual French citizenship) and his Iraqi Translator also nabbed.
Luckily, two more Lebaneese hostages were released--they were both truck drivers.
In other hostage related news, India is frantically negotiating with terrorists. And a woman, held hostage in the Muslim state of Kashmir relates her story of torture and rape by the Religion of Respecting the Dignity of Womanhood.
Posted at Jeff Quinton's terrorism round-up and at James Joyner's daily Traffic Jam.
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There's nothing at the Terrorism Website since everything is linked there but no info. I think you should really finish your posts yourself plus I think it's time to add some good things going on in this country instead of focusing on just the bad stuff.
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 17, 2004 03:02 AM (t0rjm)
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I'll let others focus on the good stuff. My focus has always been the broader war, which is against Islamists. I am much less optimistic about Iraq than many of my colleagues on the right.
Posted by: RS at August 17, 2004 08:03 AM (JQjhA)
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I know Rusty but there are some very good things that are also going on that no one ever covers and which many people should donate to thee charities, just like the Red Cross asking people to send money, not food or clothing. Out of this tragedy, some good things have popped up - such as the "Walk of Honor" et al. I do think awareness of our National Guardsmen and reservists who get plucked out of society, out of their homes and from their families, out of their job or small business. Not only WE but our government should be taking care of these men and their families. I know you are all reports but every once in awhile you should do a public service by noting these foundations for these men and their families or at least LINK to them. The Guard and the Reservists are sacrificing MORE then enlisted men and they deserve our credit. Our Government is NOT doing them any assistance and this situation MUST change.
~
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 18, 2004 11:53 AM (t0rjm)
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Ossetia Ceasefire Broken
Thanks to
Jane for e-mailing me about a surprisingly cogent analysis of the crisis that looms between Georgia and Russia over Ossetia--found in all places the
Arab News. Unfortunately, it looks like the cease-fire brokered over the weekend may already be collapsing. Story in extended entry.
Background on the conflict here. For other Russia related news, see Winds of Change which has a monthly roundup on the region.
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State Dept: Heads in Asses, Iraq Govt: Heads in Sand
Another delegation goes to negotiate with Muqtada al-Sadr?? Are you kidding me? Is this the most insane idea you've ever heard? Two lessons in life you should have learned in kindergarden: 1) Germans love David Hasselhoff. 2) Muqtada al-Sadr uses negotiations to buy time to rearm and reposition himself. Letting him leave is just letting him regroup in another city is not what we want. We want him dead. This is FUBAR.
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Carter endorses Chavez win in Venezuela
You know, when Jimmy Carter speaks I am always reassured.
Seattle Post Intelligencer:
Directing his remarks at opposition figures, Carter called on all Venezuelans to accept the results.
"Now it's the responsibility of all Venezuelans to accept the results and work together for the future," said Carter.
Never mind the strong-arm tactics employed by Chavez to silence his opposition....you know, like
shooting people.
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or like not allowing Carter's collegues to observe voting and ballot counting. No need to, Chavez won the old Stalinist/Fascist way!
Posted by: Michele at August 17, 2004 10:54 AM (2c9qq)
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Arab? No man, I'm from East L.A.
Just in case you didn't catch the link from my earlier post, there was a report out in the
Telegraph (UK) that caught my attention (hat tip: whoever it was that sent me the link---oops, forgot, sorry!!):
President Bush has launched a drive to halt illegal immigration across America's porous southern border, amid growing fears that terrorists may be using Mexico as a base camp before heading to Arizona, Texas and California.
A string of alarming incidents has convinced Bush administration officials that lax immigration rules, designed to cope with the huge numbers of illegal entrants from Mexico, have become a significant loophole in the war on terror.
Over the past month, border agents from Arizona and Texas have anonymously reported recent encounters with dozens of Arab men, who have made their way across the 2,000-mile Mexican border.
The good news is it appears we have begun to crackdown on the border. The bad news is that for every illegal caught, another one gets in unnoticed. More in extended entry.
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This is the main reason I scoff at those who say they're voting for Jorge Bush out of national security concerns. If Bush's priority was security (not reelection) he would have cracked down on this problem two years ago.
Yes, I scoff ...
Posted by: Professor Chaos at August 16, 2004 10:44 PM (PT9Fx)
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Here is my problem with that statement: you treat this as a dualistic choice--either your for security or against it. I see it as a continuum. More security or less security. We have tightened the borders up since 9/11. Not nearly as much as you and I would like, but still MORE. While always hoping that government will do the best possible job, I think the most we can EXPECT is better.
Posted by: RS at August 17, 2004 08:11 AM (JQjhA)
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Both the federal government and the southern border state have done a tremendous job at improving immigration. The problem come in with 2 large muslim communities which have been established in the remotest of regions not far from the texas and california borders. They have been converting hundreds of poor mexicans, abandoned by their government. The lure? Financial compensation for those who choose to join their communities by way of employment in the community's various industries and from no-interest loans to small businesses.
What I'm hoping for, perhaps naively, is that someone is following the money trail back, to see where it leads to. Any guesses?
Posted by: Michele at August 17, 2004 11:05 AM (2c9qq)
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Iraqi WMD in Syria
Via
Dr. Chaos, this link to a Washington Times piece that suggests that Iraqi WMD have been moved to Syria. Just to give props where props are due,
Dr. Chaos has been convinced that WMD are in Syria for months. I remain skeptical.
Washington Times:
Two defense sources told The Washington Times that the ISG has interviewed Iraqis who told of Saddam's system of dispatching his trusted Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) to the border, where they would send border inspectors away.
The shift was followed by the movement of trucks in and out of Syria suspected of carrying materials banned by U.N. sanctions. Once the shipments were made, the agents would leave and the regular border guards would resume their posts.
This is by no means a slam dunk, but it is further evidence that Saddam Hussein was up to no good. Further, if you think the burden of proof rested on the US to
prove that Iraq had WMD before the invasion, you are a fool.
Also on the case: In the Bullpen, Power Line
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Morning Propaganda
Good morning sunshine. Work starts again today, even though students don't come back for another week and a half. My day? Meetings, meetings, meetings, etc. My pre-work morning routine went something like this.
Morning Caffeine: check
Morning Hug: check.
Morning Cereal: check
Mornig News: check.
Morning Editorial. check (finally!!).
Hey, didn't post until AFTER meetings ended. How did they go? Splendid. And by 'splendid' I mean 'ended early'!!
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Oops, one last thought
Just a reminder that
Gordon is pretty funny. Now go to bed!!
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Reporters ordered out of Najaf
Last, some good news via
Wretchard that all reporters were ordered out of Najaf. Let the bombing begin! I will sleep better tonight.
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ayup - they are all in one place now, bombing it would take care of them all, mosque or not, holy or not.
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 16, 2004 01:43 AM (t0rjm)
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August 15, 2004
WaPo on Jessica Cutler: Genius, Martyr
Just wait til
Ace and
Bill hear about this. Via
nTodd who dropped a comment to me comes word that Jessica Cutler is back in the limelight. Before I go on, can I just ask how Washingtonienne is 'news', but the fact that John Kerry was never in Cambodia is 'not news' according WaPo?
WaPo (subscription):
Jessica's blog (short for "Web log") was the online diary she had been posting anonymously to amuse herself and her closest girlfriends. In it, she detailed the peccadilloes of the men she said were her six current sexual partners, including a married Bush administration official who met her in hotel rooms and gave her envelopes of cash; a senator's staff member who helped hire her, then later bedded her; and another man who liked to spank and be spanked.
Wait, the nation's premier politcal news source is talking about spanking???? More in extended entry. But I warn you, this reads like a lurid novel.
Rob, James, David, Eric Scoles, and (shock) Kevin already on the case.
UPDATE: Why is it that when we think Washingtonienne or Jessica Cutler we think of Bill at INDC? The Llamma Butchers are officially Munuvians, and they get the ball rolling right! And when Jeff Goldstein thinks of sex-for-money blogging, he also thinks of Bill.
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Posted by: Bravo Romeo Delta at August 16, 2004 10:38 AM (9X/fX)
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I refuse to post on this at my blug for the simple reason that she needs to be ignored.
Posted by: Brian B at August 16, 2004 11:38 AM (OnnW3)
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Missed typo opportunity:
"She posed for Playboy in a pictorial that will run this fall, just in time for the erection."
Makes perfect sense considering both the subject and the horrible writing of this piece.
Posted by: ccwbass at August 16, 2004 03:09 PM (qg4dU)
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Now that I have a closer look at her....erection is the last thing I'm thinking.
Posted by: RS at August 16, 2004 03:19 PM (JQjhA)
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"Soon, the answer to that question would be writ large, not only across Washington, but around the world."
Oh, I don't know - I'm willing to wager that 99% of the world doesn't have a clue who the hell she is.
Regardless, I'm just glad they told me what a blog was - I mean, given that Jessica's story is being writ large around the world, I must be the last person to get this whole blog thing.
Posted by: andy at August 16, 2004 10:01 PM (XhUZ0)
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Rusty you are sure as hell right about the lack of erections, my theory is that she was into anal because her lovers could not bear to look at that face!
Posted by: David Anderson at August 16, 2004 10:46 PM (VCVxu)
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DS--OUCH!!
Andy--What is a blog?
Posted by: RS at August 17, 2004 08:08 AM (JQjhA)
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Probably overkill to point this out, but...
Your excerpt from the Washington Post article mentioned Republicans twice in just a couple of grafs ("...a *married* Bush Administration staffer" and that she worked for "Republican" Mike DeWine of Ohio). But when I see wire-service stories on corrupt, now-outed New Jersey governor McGreevey, the name of his party is never mentioned.
But I'm sure this is just coincidence.
Posted by: sf at August 17, 2004 10:08 AM (cK2TE)
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SF: Hmm.... it seems to me that every single story I heard about McGreevey took great pains to repeatedly establish that he was a Democrat.
Cutler worked for a republican, so it's natural (especially in view of the current armed-camp mentality between the parties -- traceable directly to Newt Gingrich's "never surrender" attitude, I might add) that she would -- er --
consort primarily with Republican men. And again, in view of the current climate, it's practically required that you situate everyone you talk about somewhere on the political spectrum as soon as they're named. Otherwise, you're accused of being "policitally correct" or "biased" by the side opposed to the person named. You're damned if you do, and mocked if you don't.
Anyway, any whore in DC will tell you that Republicans are much kinkier than Democrats (which, in most stories that mention that nugget, is taken as a compliment to the republicans).
Posted by: escoles at August 17, 2004 12:07 PM (tT2Ec)
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hmm..this is quite interesting
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UN Expresses Outrage At Massacre: Sends help in form of condolences
I wish it were a joke. It sounds like a joke. It's not. Remember, this is the same U.N. that John Kerry wished to wait for approval from before invading Iraq. All italics are mine.
VOA:
The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned the massacre of ethnic Tutsis at a U.N. refugee camp in Burundi. The Council issued a statement during a rare Sunday evening session.
France called the emergency session to express outrage at the massacre, which took place Friday night at a refugee camp not far from Burundi's border with Congo.
More in extended entry.
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Pathetic beyond words. Pretty soon the term "yellow belly" will be replaced by "blue hat."
Posted by: Jane at August 15, 2004 11:34 PM (b/7hi)
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And country singers will be writing songs about the 'blue hat of the county' and such.
Posted by: RS at August 16, 2004 12:04 AM (JQjhA)
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Is the defunct, all words but no action UN which is a joke, do something for a change? or are they just condemnng but not acting on this situation?
~C
Posted by: firstbrokenangel at August 16, 2004 01:47 AM (t0rjm)
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You post ought to be a full page, glossy four-color ad in the New York Times. The ad should say something like, "What's so wrong with unilateralism?"
Posted by: Gordon at August 16, 2004 08:41 AM (3SUt8)
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