Displaying 151 To 180 Of 3,373 Comments The Debt Ceiling Crisis Thread The songs I mentioned above are all so stupid that it probably wouldn’t take much to teach the plague of frogs to sing them. That way we’d be taking a multi-pronged approach. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 25, 2011 @ 4:16 pm I was even thinking of natto instead of the hard boiled eggs, kes. Desperate times call for desperate measures. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 25, 2011 @ 4:14 pm you can toss in “Maneater” by Nelly Furtado. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 25, 2011 @ 4:13 pm Whoops, thumbed you down by mistake! Sorry…. Your logic is flawless. We must try another plan. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 25, 2011 @ 4:03 pm You put ’em all in a room. You lock the doors. You play, loudly, Rebecca Black’s “Friday”, Beyonce’s “Run the World”, Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and The Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps”. You just play those four songs in a loop. You tell ’em they can’t leave the room until they make a deal. You’ll have a deal in twenty minutes, thirty tops. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 25, 2011 @ 3:52 pm Welcome back, c-lady! » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 25, 2011 @ 3:43 pm thanks, bito. That was great! » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 22, 2011 @ 4:15 pm The rhetorical style that Pitt is using is to say that it is not exactly “playing chess” when one has to make unwholesome compromises that do things like extend harmful tax-cuts, increase troops (in one theater, presumably to justify decreases in the other), getting a healthcare plan they consider watered down, etc. What Pitt is saying is that the idea that he is some super-smart political chess master, “the only adult in the room” etc, even when he, and his base, have to hold their nose at some of the deals he has made is a form of delusion. But this time, it might NOT be, is what he’s saying. He’s not arguing that the president shouldn’t make deals, per se, he’s just arguing that he certainly doesn’t see it as master gamesmanship if it includes so many sell outs and appeasements to the rich and powerful (again, his interpretation – I personally don’t go as far as he or the rabid progressives do). » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 11:38 pm Adlib, the reason I associated him and the site is that he is the editor there. And as for the points you make, I think that “lie” is too strong a word to use when dealing with someone like him who sees things so differently from you. It is important to recognize that he is a capital P Progressive. He wrote a book on the lies leading up to the Iraq war. He has worked on Kucinich’s campaign. He is a member of the Progressive Democrats of America, a PAC within the national Democratic Party that promotes extreme Howard Dean/Dennis Kucinich type positions on war (he wants it all gone – me too!), single payer, alternative energy, taxation, fair trade with other countries, etc. People like Pitt don’t “lie” to see Obama as a corporatist sellout to their cause, that’s just the way they see him, and they probably always will. You might say they are lying to themselves (which is exactly what they would counter about you). So, yes, I see all your points, eloquently and clearly argued. But I don’t think this is a matter of right/wrong and reducing a passionate voice of the activist left to a caricature. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 10:09 pm I think you’re right, KQ, I think it will be a while before people recognize the benefits. And there will always be diehards who insist that anything short of full government sponsored/paid healthcare in America is a sellout. And I feel they have a right to that opinion/ideal. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 9:52 pm Sorry, I just don’t agree with that, but understand the level of distaste you have for him. I think Truthout is, like everything, a mixed bag, with some slants that slant my way and some that don’t. And yes, I could do without the constant requests for donations. Nevertheless, I respect him and am grateful for Truthout, as I have read many interesting and informal articles there, both from him and its contributors. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 9:44 pm I’m not sure how it undercuts it. The meaning of “emotional, knee jerk” is that it is the first reaction one has to something. What he is saying is that he has thought the matter through more carefully now. It’s like if someone says, “I’m going to kill you, pest!”, you will have an emotional, knee jerk response, until you realize the person is referring to the mosquito on your shoulder. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 3:15 pm Actually, KQ, he does mention HCR in his first paragraph, but hardly in a flattering way. Here are his words: “buckled like a punch-drunk fighter during the health care debate” » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 3:12 pm The always interesting William Rivers Pitt, “The Chessman Cometh?” » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 2:42 pm Well done, KT! You took up the idea and ran with it with gusto! Now I feel guilty because I haven’t even thought of an outline for a similar article on Brave New World! 1984 is a brilliant, terrifying novel. I think in some ways it was prophetic, but in other ways simply exposed practices already taking place behind the Iron Curtain. Technological advances have of course made it easier for the government to spy on its citizens, but Stalin and his minions were able to create a very low-tech reign of terror. The 3 am knocks on the door, the ratting of neighbor by neighbor, the gulag archipelago, etc., all predicated on the awareness that torture awaited the slightest slip-up, this was government at its most nightmarish. Compared to that, Huxley’s Brave New World seems downright benign, just keeping people dumbed down and preoccupied. I think that is the model being most copied and applied today, either deliberately or coincidentally. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 16, 2011 @ 6:28 am No Daily Planet Today-Apologies! Congratulations, Cher! – btw, did you take choicelady with you? » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 13, 2011 @ 5:33 pm I had never even heard of Rebecca Black until I just saw this post of yours, but had to check it out! On the other hand, she’s only thirteen, and she’s way out in front of most of us just to be able to put something like that together at her age. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 20, 2011 @ 3:09 pm this goes on a tad too long, but I was giggling all the way to the end: » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 20, 2011 @ 2:58 pm Yikes, that sounds horrible K! I’ve been stung by jellyfish and made war upon by sand mites, but I just keep going back. Not that often though. Generally one day on the beach per summer is enough for this camper. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 17, 2011 @ 9:22 pm I feel the same way, K, more details will undoubtedly emerge, so anything done now would be missing the best parts. But I definitely want to do an image based on the one above. The beach was nice. It was unbelievable hot, but we hiked up and down Miura Peninsula and didn’t get to the beach until four, when it wasn’t so hot. And the waves were great for body surfing! I don’t have any strange places, K! All my places are perfectly normal! 🙂 (and I took a lot of sun screen with me) » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 17, 2011 @ 8:49 pm That’s what I thought! Just a little tweaking…. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 17, 2011 @ 7:35 pm Check out this great image! I think it was done for Frank Norris’ novel about the railroad industry, but it’s very apropos for the Murdoch Empire. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 17, 2011 @ 6:12 pm Ray Liotta was one sexy dude in that movie! » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 13, 2011 @ 4:52 pm Is Murdoch gonna get to live the rest of his life like a shnook? » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 13, 2011 @ 12:52 am Cher, I’m not sure I’m the person you should be telling these things to……:) » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 2:33 pm I know, I know. Tokyo Disneyland has the same thing happen, though not nearly as much. Japanese kids are trained to love all things “kawaii” from a very young age, and never stop. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 2:32 pm thankfully, these Tim Burton-esque things never made it over to Japan. I find it hard to imagine that whoever created these puppets didn’t realize how frightening they are. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 10:08 am One of the comments below says it’s like if H.P. Lovecraft did kids’ shows. » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 14, 2011 @ 12:04 am For Cher, who loves scary, creepy things » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 12, 2011 @ 7:03 am Q! How lovely to see you here! » Posted By whatsthatsound On July 16, 2011 @ 2:25 pmComments Posted By whatsthatsound
http://www.truth-out.org/chessmaster-cometh/1310578994
Calling it the worst song ever gives it too much honor by calling it a “song”.
Hey, K, shall we collaborate? You know more lows of this lowdown than just about anybody!
If Adlib or anyone wants to do another story on Murdoch, I would love to use this as the basis for an illustration.[img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/396px-The_Curse_of_California.jpg[/img]
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Oh, please start making honey, that would be perfect. I am into honey liqueurs, like Benedictine and Drambuie. I mix up my own aloe/honey liqueur, and I found a recipe for Drambuie online, so as soon as you send me some jars of your very own honey I’ll mix up a batch for the both of us!
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