http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050808fa_fact
― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 9 August 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:55 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)
and when Harry Reid wants to, as they say, kick some ass.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)
http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/11/1/144647/999
Including this list of questions to be addressed:
Key questions that need to be answered include:
How did the Bush Administration assemble its case for war against Iraq? Who did Bush Administration officials listen to and who did they ignore? How did senior Administration officials manipulate or manufacture intelligence presented to the Congress and the American people? What was the role of the White House Iraq Group or WHIG, a group of senior White House officials tasked with marketing the war and taking down its critics? How did the Administration coordinate its efforts to attack individuals who dared to challenge the Administration's assertions? Why has the Administration failed to provide Congress with the documents that will shed light on their misconduct and misstatements?
― elmo (allocryptic), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)
― M. V. (M.V.), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)
― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)
― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:11 (twenty years ago)
― don weiner (don weiner), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)
hmmmm. things are going to get very ugly in Washington.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:18 (twenty years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:19 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:22 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)
-comments on Harry Reid's blog post "National Security Must Come Before Politics" today
-Jack Cafferty's comments on CNN today
-Info on secret Senate sessions
-vid of Harry's press conf right after coming out.
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)
I hate this country.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)
― the guy who stole the papers from the Library of Congress [you democrats ne (dr , Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)
I think the Democratic move today in the Senate is politically canny. In the past five days, Democrats have seen the political momentum shifting the president's way with shocking speed. They don't know what to do about the inspired Alito nomination, which they almost certainly can't filibuster. And with the president's announcement of a war against bird flu this morning -- which strikes me as ridiculous policy but inspired Clintonian politics -- Democrats were on the verge of having the Fitzgerald probe consigned to the ash-heap of history. And what do they have going for them right now but Scooter-gate? So by pulling this unprecedented maneuver with Section 21, they're staging a counterassault against the president's effort to change the political story of the moment. This is the sort of thing to make the Huffington Puffington people shriek with happiness and the Kossians to chortle with joy -- almost as much as Bush pulling Miers's nomination did for us (I know, we're not supposed to gloat, but come on). And unfortunately, what the GOP has to respond to the maneuver is Bill Frist, who's a great and noble human being but a stinko political leader. It may not work, but there's no sense pretending this is a dumb thing to do. It isn't.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:21 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)
what's this? Some one-issue Sandman story?
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)
HAHAHAHAHAHA
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)
huh?
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)
― don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)
I don't see this.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:21 (twenty years ago)
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:23 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)
― M. V. (M.V.), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 01:40 (twenty years ago)
http://www.dcist.com/images/2005_0615_yougotserved.jpg
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)
xpost
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 01:41 (twenty years ago)
― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 01:44 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 01:57 (twenty years ago)
Eh, not really; maybe it was for James Dobson. Intelligent conservatives like George Will just thought her writings were stupid and filled with bureaucratic jargon.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 02:17 (twenty years ago)
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 03:45 (twenty years ago)
― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 04:35 (twenty years ago)
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)
http://www.pandagon.net/archives/PH2005110102131.jpg
― elmo (allocryptic), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:35 (twenty years ago)
They're wrong, obviously.
― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:36 (twenty years ago)
Well, El Doofus got that book on flu epidemics, you know, so he's giving us his book report.
Also, folks weren't REALLY talking about it until he made some offhand comment back in October about using the army to quarantine sections of the U.S., which some folks have taken as an admission that "we're completely unprepared for any outbreaks of anything, we really don't know what the fuck we're gunna do, so we're just gunna throw some troops in there."
hahaha. that pic totally has the Kirk Douglas/Ren Hoek "Weeeth these hands, i could throttle a man" thing going.
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)
U.S. Could Restrict Travel to Prevent Flu
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer 1 hour, 51 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Sustained person-to-person spread of the bird flu or any other super-influenza strain anywhere in the world could prompt the United States to implement travel restrictions or other steps to block a brewing pandemic, say federal plans released Wednesday.
If a super-flu begins spreading here, states and cities will have to ration scarce medications and triage panicked patients to prevent them from overwhelming hospitals and spreading infection inside emergency rooms, the plan says...
"Don't Fear the Reaper" n' shit.
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)
That's not a complaint. It's just another reason why that photo is so fuckin' bad-ass.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)
― elmo (allocryptic), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)
New Jersey? Durbin does strike quite the pose, though.
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)
"...Two warring tribal factions, each trying its best to decapitate the tribal Warlord of the other. Ancient Rome collapsed under similar circumstances when it divided into an eastern and western empire unable to guard either from the invading barbarians ... Yesterday the Demogoth tribal chieftan Blind Reid, declared himself to be Imperial ruler of all the lands of the Senate by calling an executive session behind the back of Chief Wm the Frist..."
to those less so:
"The irony [of Republicans being upset by Reid's move] is lost on them; this is the party that holds open a 15-minute vote on the House floor for three hours so Tom DeLay can strong-arm wavering members; this is the party that held an extraordinary session and whooped through a bill to stomp the shit out of states' rights, patients' rights, and simple dignity in the Terri Schiavo case; this is the party that routinely denies conference status to any member of the minority party when it comes to working out differences in bills in committee ..."
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)
― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)
Rhode Island, yo.
― elmo (allocryptic), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)
Which remains me: HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF OUR GREAT LEADER'S RE-ELECTION!
Boy, I was in a funk 364.5 days ago.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)
Thank youNov 2, 05:40 PM | Harry ReidThis afternoon my office as been inundated with flowers, balloons, cards and good wishes. I wanted to say thank you all. You support means the world to my staff and me. In addition, I am happy that so many people understand how important yesterday was. Democrats have been demanding answers on the pre-war intelligence for two years. Now Republicans have finally agreed to complete the investigation that will provide the answers to these vital questions so we all can know the truth about why we went to war in Iraq.From the bottom of my heart – thank you.
This afternoon my office as been inundated with flowers, balloons, cards and good wishes. I wanted to say thank you all. You support means the world to my staff and me.
In addition, I am happy that so many people understand how important yesterday was. Democrats have been demanding answers on the pre-war intelligence for two years. Now Republicans have finally agreed to complete the investigation that will provide the answers to these vital questions so we all can know the truth about why we went to war in Iraq.
From the bottom of my heart – thank you.
― kingfish, Thursday, 3 November 2005 03:50 (twenty years ago)
...In an interview yesterday, a still-smoldering Frist said that "by sitting down in a civil way with Roberts, Rockefeller, Reid and Frist, we would have come exactly to what we did" on Tuesday.
But Democrats were unapologetic, saying their tactic spurred the Republicans to action and energized Democratic activists tired of seeing their party pushed around.
"My phones have been ringing off the hook" at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Schumer said. "It has played far better than we had thought."
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 3 November 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2005/11/03/PH2005110300799.jpg
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20051102/capt.sge.bok14.021105075817.photo00.photo.default-384x280.jpg?x=380&y=277&sig=ndAsWhxpVQgffGPbohVd.w--
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 3 November 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)
That ceiling gets a lot of press.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 15 December 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)
seen less favorably than Bushco in his own state
― Dandy Don Weiner, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 01:22 (eighteen years ago)
Well, at least they're pushing that Armenian genocide bill thr... oh, wait.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:26 (eighteen years ago)
How's the crow, Harry? SUCKA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
― Dandy Don Weiner, Thursday, 8 January 2009 12:42 (seventeen years ago)
how many years is this guy gonna have to suck before the dems replace him. oh, right, he'll have to die.
i hope his tombstone says "RETREAT!!!" on it.
― stuffy old songs about the buttocks (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 8 January 2009 13:21 (seventeen years ago)