Prime Time Thread

The fact that this is a country of mutts is what drew my father here from Ireland some 80 years ago.Dad was amazed, pleased and proud of the 1960 election of John F. Kennedy, an Irish-American Catholic, JFK was a special hero to Irish immigrants.I’m just a bit saddened by the fact Dad didn’t live long enough to see the America grow up even more.

It seems Obama’s pullout plan for Iraq is going to be used as a recruiting tool”Hey join the army! you wont get shipped off to the asshole of the planet anymore!” And ya know, it will probably work.

JM- hopefully it will also have an inverse effect on Al Qaeda recruitment.

OMG! Did you see that?! Holy shit! Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC with Mika and Buchanan was there and O’Donnell (when Pat took a breath from screaming) told him he came from a party that glorified ignorance and then asked him if he believed in evolution. Buchanan sputtered then yelled out that he believed God created Adam & Eve and then (yelled) asked O’Donnell if he believed he descended from a monkey. Unreal.And Mika’s in the background muttering “Oh my God” and giggling….

We are a nation of mutts and we finally have a leader who is proud of that tradition and is willing to joke about it.I’ve been thrilled about the coming of the First Dog since several animal rights groups started steering them toward a shelter dog sometime during the campaign. That may be one of the only times I’ve signed an online petition (request was more like it) that may see the result actually happen. I’m sure the allergy issue can be dealt with through a rescue group that deals mainly in certain breeds that are hypoallergenic if the shelter won’t submit to DNA testing for breeds. And that last was only somewhat a joke.

While I stayed on topic with the mutts I missed O’Donnell saying that? (I can hear Buchanan scream anytime). Damn. Bum finger takes me twice as long to type as usual, but it’s a victory injury so I can’t complain too much.

I heard Labadoodle which is a dog I’ve thought about getting myself. I know a couple that has one and it’s a pup with a lot of personality.

That’s my literal “mutt” comment for the night. Heheheheh!

There were some seriously short-legged Lab-ish looking dogs here in town and my daughter dubbed them “Bassedors”. I wonder when we’ll soon be combining our various genealogies into these mixtures like EgyptFinnlish.

Im sorry I missed that Ceu. Im sure itll be on youtube.

Were they little lab/basset mix dogs?

Sounds cute. I’m tired of sweeping dog hair. That’s why I was considering a Labadoodle. We have German Shepherd Dogs.

Anyone know if KO is still new tonight or are they going back to 4 days a week?

The idea of breeding dogs, and selling dogs (and don’t even MENTION pet stores) bothers me. With the possible exception of dealing with an allergy.Same goes for people who spend thousands on fertility treatments rather than adopt. I question their motives.Oh, and fuckity fuck fuck FUCK typekey. Also.

I can’t believe I missed that, ceu. I’m gonna have to YouTube it! Buchanan is such a blow-hard, and O’Donnell’s gotten into it with him before.

Poleezz, that’s how she described them. I think she made up the name but I’m not sure.Jane, that’s why if a shelter doesn’t work out, a rescue group will. They mainly deal with one specific breed of dog.Ditto fuckity fuck.

Jane, add to that: One specific breed of homeless dog.

If you guys find that on the YouTubes, please post, okay? (unless you’re chicken…)

JM, according to my digital remote thingie onscreen, KO is on for tonight. If I’m wrong, blame TWC.

Breaking: Our new President-elect is Voldemorte:http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2008/11/video-students-told-not-to-speak-obamas.html

Watching the Wolfson/Buchanan spat now…I feel confident it will be on the Youtube. After Pat asked if Howard believes he descended from a monkey he said “I would believe it.”

Tweety is terified of Emanuel.Fuck typekey.

I’m at work, and have to watch all this stuff on delay after I get home (we are 4 hrs. behind the East Coast up here in Alaska).But: JM, Tweety SHOULD be terrified of Emanuel. Emanuel is a bona fide bad ass, and I for one am glad he’s on OUR side.

Packy, here’s still hope:http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/uncounted-votes-may-push-begich-past.html

Ooop Labradoodle is what they are called.

Well, I’ve been waiting all day to share this one with everyone here: http://www.236.com/news/2008/11/06/inappropriate_hottie_rundown_t_4_10113.phpThat's 23/6′s rundown of “hotties” potentially in the Obama cabinet. I say he should go for an all hottie cabinet (and I also say some of his picks are stinkers. Kerry looks like Lurch.). SO – goodlooking smart people (Bob, I’m looking at you!) Get thee to http://change.gov! QT

Sweet. Wolffe writing Obama campaign biography.

MY GOD!! Jane that video is SHOCKING! They wouldn’t be disciplined????????!!!!!! Those people should be fired immediately.

QT – Agreed on the Lurch qualities of Kerry.

ceu:On top of what Nate is saying, there’s some weird, weird shit going on in Alaska this election:http://shannynmoore.wordpress.com/Do I think this is a deliberate attempt by Alaska Republicans (read “Palin administration) to steal this election?I don’t know. I think Shannyn Moore may be confusing machiavellian tactics with simple incompetence.A primary requirement (perhaps the ONLY requirement) for a job with the Palin administration is having your picture in the Wasilla High School Yearbook.So it might not be insidious, but rather merely bush-league (no pun intended) handling of the election by Palinesque numbskulls.

They said the children wouldn’t be disciplined!!! It’s outrageous. I’m totally completely freaked.

It is a definite sign that our world has shifted seismically – that this nightly thread has gone from talking about a bitch to talking about puppies.http://www.funnyordie.com/natalie_portman/playlists/224731?item=1

Packy, I heard some of that on Rachel’s ahow last night – unbelievable. I can’t imagine that the turnout was lower this year than in 2000 or 2004. And votes that have disappeared. What a pisser if the only thing that the GOP did right during this campaign was to steal the Alaskan Congressional elections. (no, you’re not personally responsible for this any more than I’m responsible for Lieberman, so don’t apologize, okay?)

And also….I remember a lot of presidental elections and I’ve never seen the outpouring of emotion from people around the world with Obama’s election. It’s really an amazing phenomenon.

ceu:My guess is that if they stole the Alaska election, it probably was an accident.In my view, the Palin administration is similar to the Keystone Cops.But I’ve been wrong before.Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re NOT out to get you.

LFOD – that’s wicked.

Packy – what was your opinion of Sarah the Palin before she hit the national spotlight?

Yeah, BUT, Packy – the McCain was in charge of the Governor’s office for a few months there – at least that’s what we heard.

Craig Crawford is an odd duck. That is all.

IT’S HERE!!heh.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD_e4yTQpg8the fun starts around 2:30

Look at Tweety walking right up to a real story (Emanuel basis of West Wing character), quite by accident, yet not getting all the way there.Like when he asks should Lieberman be stripped of chairs “for campaigning with McCain” (rather than- what did he say? If the Dems win we’re in trouble?).He must write his own stuff while sitting on the toilet every morning, miles away from Teh Google.

cminri:Since my hands-on involvement in Alaska government ended about 15 years ago, I really knew nothing much about her.I kind of respected the way (at the time she ran in the primariy) she told the AK Republican party to shove it when they wanted her to drop out of the race against Frank Murkowski.That being said, I still didn’t much like her, mostly because I am a life-long JFK and RFK worshipping Democrat. I have an inherent distrust of Republicans.After “Troopergate,” I decided she was no different than most of the Republicans I had encountered, prone to abusing power. I was of the opinion (and still am) and that there are probably had a lot more abuses that have yet to come to light.I was astonished when she was chosen to be a VP pick, because the very little I did know about her convinced me she was less qualified to be a VP candidate than I am.After the Couric interview, I was embarrassed. And angry.With Obama’s election, my anger is fading.To paraphrase Ricky Ricardo, she has a “lot of ‘splaining to do” – even yet.

Ah, ceu…that was beautiful. Lawrence O’Donnell did a most fantastic job.And I think Mika has a girl crush on Sarah.

Bachmann as Worst Person – Very deserved.#^@^N typekey

Holy Shit, give it to him, Larry. Pat looked like the monkey. One who is bad at math AND science.Thanks, Ceu.

Rahm is teeny tiny, isn’t he?

Not necessarily, Jane…

I noticed that too, Jane. A little Napoleon perhaps?KO showed clips of Palin’s press conference – the woman is amazing. She reacts like we haven’t all seen her Couric interview or heard her speak in public. It’s all the big, bad media’s fault! She’s fucking pathological.

Margaret Carlsen on Palin’s stupid shit: The Whole Magilla.Geeky and dated to my era. I like it.Fuck typekey.

ceu: It IS true that they were running interference in the Governor’s office. Some people, calling the office (even on state business), were apparently transferred directly to McCain staffers. Megan (the bitch) Stapleton (former KTUU-Anchorage news anchor turned Palin assassin), along with McCain shyster Ed O’Callaghan did their damnedest to besmirch the good name of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. All that happened. So yes, it’s possible, that McCain people (both imported and domestic) fucked with the election results. I’m not ruling it out. But I have also seen the stupidity and incompetence of the run-of-the -mill Palin administration folks, so I’m not ruling THAT out as a more likely cause, either.I figure about odds at 60% ineptitude, 40% evil.Which pretty much describes Palin herself.Oh. And FUCK typekey.

You nailed it, Kat. Fucking pathological. Perfect.

I feel left out.Fucking fuck fucking typekey.

ceu- I’m curious if you were referring to Tweety getting close to a story or Rahm being tiny…Kat, All I ever asked for was a diet Dr. Pepper every once in a while… HAH!

And you know, I actually liked diet Dr. Pepper. Now I won’t be able to drink it anymore. Bitch. Oh, well. I like diet Cherry Coke too.

Lawrence O’Donnell is on Rachel. I wonder what kind of fun things he might say now!

It was a snarky response to the comment that Rahm Emanuel is teeny tiny.

The next two months should be an interesting study in contrasts vis-a-vis Bush and Obama.(‘Dya like that? vis-a-vis? I have no idea if I used it right.)

Jane – I got it right away. It’s a penis size joke. Wake up, girl.

I know we all collective curse typekey every single night..But more to the point, why on earth is there a checkbox for staying logged in for 2 weeks but it only works for 20 minutes?I know people on this blog use both firefox and IE, and it seems to be fucked up for everyone.

I think you used it right vis-a-vis vis-a-vis.

I’ve pondered the same question, JM. We do seem to get it in waves. I don’t understand it either.

don’t mean to rub salt, but I’ve been running FFX for months and I’ve only logged into typkey once at the beginning. Sounds like there’s a setting that just needs to get flicked and typekey will trouble you no more.

I’m happy to help troubleshoot DP/Jane. If you wanna post your settings I’ll compare them with mine (pick and old post and we can use it as a tech support thread)

Speaking of openness in government and vis-a-vis also, did ya see this:http://www.propublica.org/article/obama-details-promises-for-transparency-1107/#When:17:32:01Zvia TPC & Laffy.

Unless there’s a hidden third tab in Typekey’s preferences part, I see no option to flick anything. How odd. I see that there’s an option to jettison our email to Bob every time we post. That could be fun–unless you’re chicken.(Having fun with that little footnote Bobism, and I’m only a few pages in)How do we do this, LF?

Oh Live Free, you’re prolly on a Mac or something.I’ve been using IE lately so’s I could watch video (and I know I could prolly fix that too). But sometimes Typekey just randomly declares you aren’t signed in. When you click “sign in” it automatically signs you in- without the username/password crap. I think typekey just decides we’re not being snarky enough- seems to happen when you write a paragraph of thoughtful comment.

That happens to me sometimes too, Jane. Not always, but you are right – it’s usually when I typed something long and deliberate. I’ve taken to copying the text before hitting post. Unless it’s some profanity-laced post about Palin – if that doesn’t post, I figure the internet god has just had enough of my mouth for the moment.

Boy-child was good and did the last mow today so I should be nice and let him play a game on here. Dammit.G’night, guys.

Moar Feingold, please.

G’night DP!

Nite DP. xxxooo

Just for the fun of it I googled “fuck typekey” and Ashby and Jane’s posts here come up (among others!). Its funny…fuckity fuck fuck!

Just for the fun of it I googled “fuck typekey” and Ashby and Jane’s posts here come up (among others!). Its funny…fuckity fuck fuck!

and btw..i only hit that once..typekey doubled my post!!!

CM- and we came up first.OTOH, FUUUUUCK typekey.I like being anonymous and I don’t LIKE it when comments come up in Teh Google.

Keith on Teh View! That outta be youtubeable.

im afraid there is no escape from the google.

Forget Rahm, is it Reich that’s only three feet tall? Bless his heart.

It’s likely a firefox setting, something about cookies or some such baked goods.I’ve reconsidered though, and now feel it’s important for you to have to endure the typekey madness, else we would all be deprived of a great percentage of spirited posts extolling the value of TypeKey.