Displaying 2,281 To 2,310 Of 18,974 Comments Boehner’s Crying Game on The Budget Showdown Thanks for the link kes. If this didn’t have so many consequences for the economy and many people in need, I’d say bring out the popcorn, but now I will say, sack the buggers soon and cut their wages for six months to a year. Sad excuse for elected officials anywhere, but in the U.S. an unforgivable disgrace. » Posted By Kalima On September 19, 2013 @ 2:10 am Ted Cruz may style himself as a leader, but the reality is that he and his fellow travelers are just the latest in a long line of shameless grifters. And like the presidential campaigns of Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain, this grift will continue for as long as there is money to earn, and Republican voters to con. The Obamacare Swindle (It’s Not What You Think) “Health-care reform isn’t going anywhere. But that hasn’t stopped Republicans from using it to raise money from gullible Tea Partiers who want it defunded”. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/18/the-obamacare-swindle-it-s-not-what-you-think.html » Posted By Kalima On September 18, 2013 @ 5:02 pm You didn’t miss it because you came here to leave your message. Thank you funk, much appreciated. » Posted By Kalima On September 30, 2013 @ 7:58 am Maybe this will explain him better than I could right now, except to say that like KQUARK, he was a very sick man, a fighter against injustice, a friend who never complained and became part of the soul of The Planet. A very big part. A real shame that you never got to know him. https://planetpov.com/2013/01/31/in-remembrance-of-bito/ » Posted By Kalima On September 17, 2013 @ 5:34 pm beowoof, so sorry to be late with this reply and thank you so much for your kind words and for coming here to share this tribute to KQUARK with us. It is a great comfort to know how much he was appreciated and loved. Thank you. » Posted By Kalima On September 17, 2013 @ 5:24 pm That’s very true Empi, I hope I can grow into “savouring every moment” but living in a big, fast city like Tokyo, it’s much harder than it seems. I’ve lost many wonderful people who were in their 40s and 50’s, my mother being one of them, and the shock always takes me by surprise, even if they were sick. KQ often told me that he knew he was living on borrowed time, and he tried to live his life to the fullest never knowing what tomorrow might bring. I am a naturalised Brit but am German by birth. We first moved to England when I was 9 years old. So happy to hear that being here helped you today, please come back whenever you feel like it, we will always be here if you want to talk or join in. » Posted By Kalima On September 17, 2013 @ 4:04 pm In my personal experience, Empi, that unfortunately has been more true than not in my lifetime, and it makes me realise that we could do more when they are with us than facing the prospect of feeling guilt for the things we put off because we were lulled into believing that we had plenty of time later. » Posted By Kalima On September 17, 2013 @ 3:16 pm Empi, I think he would be quite shocked to read all of the many comments here, he was a very modest man who cared about others before himself, something that is quite rare these days, so I imagine he would be grateful but maybe blushing with his skin tone. I have “liked” this post on Facebook and was just wondering about sharing this link so that his wife might see it and find some comfort in knowing how much he was loved and appreciated by our members here at The Planet. I might just do that later. » Posted By Kalima On September 17, 2013 @ 2:59 pm Empi, he was always so happy to find you here, and btw, you just did write a “tribute as befitting” here, and I thank you with all my heart. The best thing we can do for his memory is to remember him for the way he fought his obstacles, and how this made us all stronger. Peace and the strength to heal. » Posted By Kalima On September 17, 2013 @ 2:45 pm Nirek, what you wrote here came straight from your heart, and is very much appreciated. There is no rush to explain more as we know exactly how you are feeling. Thank you for caring about two of the most wonderful people to have been with us all here, even if for too short a time, at The Planet. They will live on in our hearts so we will never forget them. » Posted By Kalima On September 16, 2013 @ 6:21 pm Thank you cl for your kind words, but we would be nothing without you and all the wonderful members who help so much with their own ideas and passion to keep the site alive and spinning. » Posted By Kalima On September 16, 2013 @ 5:15 pm Bito joined Admin in 2011 and we were that much richer for having him in our daily lives both on the site and off. KQ, AdLib and I started The Planet in 2009. Yes, we plan to be here for the long haul Murph, The Planet and the people we share it with are our passion. We are moved in but the house is far from finished. Thanks for asking. » Posted By Kalima On September 16, 2013 @ 5:04 pm Thank you Murph but just one of the founders have passed. AdLib and I are still here to carry on the work we all started in 2009, and hope to continue until we are old and grey. » Posted By Kalima On September 16, 2013 @ 4:44 pm Just waking up on the other side of the Pacific I came here to find all of the heartwarming messages and memories shared of our dear friend, KQ. Thank you all so very much for your kind words, I know that he would be very touched and grateful that he had found a special place in so many good and caring hearts. Sincere thanks and many hugs from me over here. Peace. » Posted By Kalima On September 16, 2013 @ 2:04 pm Weekend Music Thread – Chill Out Sade – The Sweetest Taboo
» Posted By Kalima On September 14, 2013 @ 6:17 pm Nice. Still love this one too. Eurythmics – This City Never Sleeps
» Posted By Kalima On September 14, 2013 @ 5:50 pm It’s Sunday morning not afternoon, and I hear distant thunder. but never mind, I like this song. The Young Rascals-Groovin’ On A Sunday Afternoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA4N5BNMjew Miles Davis & John Coltrane – Kind of blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPFH-gz3wE Randy Crawford – Give Me The Night (Album Version)
» Posted By Kalima On September 14, 2013 @ 2:56 pm Will the Tea Party Force a Government and GOP Shut Down? 😆 Right on the money as usual. » Posted By Kalima On September 14, 2013 @ 7:32 pm The only thing I can allow myself to say about this after looking at the photo, is why is Liberace giving speeches, I thought he was dead? » Posted By Kalima On September 14, 2013 @ 7:17 pm EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Palin Writes Op-Ed in Pravda Well ok, but let’s go the whole hog and make it, SirAdLibs-a-lot even before your fan clubs and press interviews start to roll in SirAdLibs-a-lot has a nice twang to it don’t you think? » Posted By Kalima On September 12, 2013 @ 10:30 pm Ooo kes, does that mean we will now have to call him SirLib? » Posted By Kalima On September 12, 2013 @ 7:22 pm No apology needed kes, your point is well taken. 😆 » Posted By Kalima On September 12, 2013 @ 6:37 pm Thick, brown and sticky no less. 😉 » Posted By Kalima On September 12, 2013 @ 6:07 pm Well said dear kes, and thank you. Btw, HP is a brown sauce that I put on my “Welsh Rarebit”. » Posted By Kalima On September 12, 2013 @ 4:01 pm 😆 😆 😆 Bloody brilliant AdLib! Way too early for more than a few sentences, so I’ll be back. (Looks like Mr. Kasparov, you and I are on the same page about Putin, and my first reaction last night about the op-ed was, wtf..) Garry Kasparov Tees Off on Putin and ‘The New York Times’ » Posted By Kalima On September 12, 2013 @ 12:53 pm Putin Reveals His Syria Deal is a Sham…But It Still May Work I couldn’t agree more AdLib and liken it to being back at school complaining to everyone about how nasty my friend has been and that I never want to speak to her again. Less than a week later, I’m arm in arm with her because she invited me to her party. These Putin lovers are the same, they change their stance to fit their mood, or because everyone else they know is doing it. How shallow and pathetic is that? » Posted By Kalima On September 12, 2013 @ 4:58 pm Thanks kes, I knew it was something really silly, and it was. George didn’t have a clue, look who his VP was. Satan himself. » Posted By Kalima On September 11, 2013 @ 9:19 pm Right, let’s all hail Kim like that loon Dennis Rodman. 😯 The stupidity of the Repubs and Emoprogs is that the idea is a U.S. idea, probably discussed in those 20 minutes at the G20 that the President and Putin spoke together, and of course most of the press coverage claims it as Putin’s, so he’s strutting like a peacock and basking shirtless in the glory. The man is in a midlife crisis and if we let him, we’ll be caught up in it to. Someone should find the balls to stand up to him now, this is an international crisis with real people dying, not a video game. Remember how he interfered with sanctions on Iran, well it’s just about leaving his mark in history, like an animal marks it’s territory. I believe that the man is not all there. Could Bush have been any more wrong about the outcome of the war in Iraq or Putin? ” I looked into his eyes and saw his soul. He’s a good man”. Really George?? » Posted By Kalima On September 11, 2013 @ 4:34 pm Excellent AdLib. The first thing I said here when I heard of this proposal was that I trust neither Assad nor Putin to follow through on this promise. Assad is a mass murderer, Putin still has the soul of his KGB roots and has used them ruthlessly over the years he was in power, and the years he was not. He is doing this to gain infamy on the international stage, he wants to be a rock star, the new Czar of Russia, and the only thing that drives him is self interest. Look at what he owns, the yachts, the palaces he is building, he is no different from the other despots and dictators who steal from their people. As you mention he has been behind many assassinations of those who speak against him and uses the Russian mafia to do his dirty work. How anyone could trust this liar is beyond me. How he is allowed to wield so much power in an organisation made up of so many other nations is an abomination. If the UN gives in to his demands they should be condemned. The time when Russia could hold the world hostage to their threats and blackmail are long over, trying to revive the “Cold War” era between Washington and Moskau is passé. The man is evil, his interests are not in the best interests of the rest of the world and we should find a way to make him keep his promise to the world or pursue other options put forward by other countries. Russia and China should be removed from the UN SC. Here are Putin’s main interests in Syria in the link below. Note the mention of military bases, he already parks his ships in a port there. Putin’s interests are not humanitarian or wanting to solve this situation, look at how he treats those that oppose him. His only motivation is control and his ego, and the international community can’t allow that, we cannot give in to his ridiculous demands and bullying then hold our heads up high. —- The Great gas Game over Syria http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/TheGreatGasGameoverSyria_gdietl_090913 Two recent articles from MB. —- What the world overlooked in Syria Major events taking place across Syria have been overshadowed by the chemical attack saga. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/09/20139913505461586.html OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: A Syrian’s Cry for Help A half-hearted intervention will not stop Assad’s barbarism. » Posted By Kalima On September 11, 2013 @ 3:02 pm The Return of American Isolationism? Hi AdLib and thank you. I was just saying that I knew that Assad and his family had had their assets frozen quite some time ago and that countries were also checking the assets of the government. I also read that a small port in the Ukraine is where all the arms to Syria are being shipped from, I’ll see if I can find the link. Just goes to show how despicable Putin is. Found it! —- As civil war rages, traffic picks up between Syria and a little-known Ukrainian port linked to arms trade.. —- “The UN is a victim of its own elitist system” is exactly what they are, and because of it too often find that they’ve painted themselves into a corner. I agree 100% that no country should wield that much power in an organisation that calls itself the “United Nations”. My beef with the international community is that they failed to give reasons why they would not join the U.S. and France in military strikes on Syria after the President laid out all of his reasons for wanting to punish Assad. I find that cowardly and disrespectful especially when they mumble their outrage as if that were enough. This pure nonsense from Putin calling Kerry a liar about al-Qaida presence in Syria is bs. Assad himself has been howling that bomb blasts in Damascus last year were the work of al-Qaida, and a prominent Syrian extremist group, joined with al-Qaida groups based in Syria not so long ago, it was front page news. Does everyone suffer from ADD? I trust your President and know that he will do the right thing, but still have lost respect for the countries hiding behind their mother’s apron while trying to push America into military strikes. » Posted By Kalima On September 8, 2013 @ 5:56 pmComments Posted By Kalima
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