KOEB: Alison Stewart in for KO today.

[Gogi]

Monday, March 7

[crispini]

1. Yep. And for those who don't know.

WE GOT OUR OWN ROOM!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=315

[sparky_in_ma]

25. Hi crispini

:toast:

[bunny planet]

166. Remember those cranky Countdown watchers way back who told us to

TAKE IT TO A ROOM (and tried to censor our floaties!!!!).
Well we did, we got the room. Eat your heart out floatless ones.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[WhirlyGirl]

2. I think we should still have our KOEB meeting... at least a short one...

... to stay out here in the public eye and attract newcomers.

:hi:

[seito]

3. I agree

:thumbsup:

[sparky_in_ma]

10. I think this is a good place

for the nightly meetings. The results of the last election is one of the big reasons for this gathering.

[WhirlyGirl]

15. That's right. The nightly meeting should always be here...

... Even tho I wasn't even there at the time, I still feel that way!

[Nothing Without Hope]

18. I agree completely. The liveblogging (etc.) thread must stay

and good evening Sparky and everybody!

:toast: To my new DSL connection and my new computer!!
AND :toast: To the Ties That Bind!!!

[sparky_in_ma]

20. Hi Hope

To the new computer and DSL:toast:

[Nothing Without Hope]

Good evening, Sparky! You got the fixings for frozen margaritas tonight?

Fresh limes and hold the salt, please?

You make the best ones, and I can sure drink more of yours without feeling my head float off!
:beer:

[sparky_in_ma]

35. Not a problem

no sodium.:toast:

[Nothing Without Hope]

46. Oooh, good. I'd better not drink TOO much, though, or THIS might happen!!

(This is actually a photo from the AllHatNoCattle.net site. The caption reads: "A snowman holding a can of beer sits on a bench in Vondelpark, in the center of Amsterdam, Netherlands (Photo by Peter Dejong)"

[seito]

30. This will always be home

:loveya: There's no place like home

[ClassWarrior]

40. Hey WP...

Congrats on the new Snark Forum.

:loveya:

NGU.

[seito]

51. Hey CW

Nice to see ya in real time. :loveya:

:toast: To the new forum and the Ties that Bind

NNNNNNNGU

[ClassWarrior]

Cute.

The Ties that Bind. Hmmmmm... I don't want to know.

<LOL>

NGU.

[seito]

107. LOL

...and what were YOU thinking?

:evilgrin:

[ClassWarrior]

136. It's all in how you use it...

;)

NGU.

[sparky_in_ma]

55. Hi ClassWarrior

Drinks on the house tonite for the new group.:toast:

[ClassWarrior]

60. Thanx sparks...

:hi:

Rum and diet with a twist for me.

:toast:

NGU.

[Patsy Stone]

4. Are we here for Alison? Hi, Alison! n/t

[WhirlyGirl]

6. Yeah, Hi, Alison, we don't resent you because you're not Keith!!!

A floatie for Alison :loveya:

HI EVERYBODY!!

:hi:

[sparky_in_ma]

Thanks for the heads up

on the "I believe" thread. A certain cheese person was very bad.;-)

[RevCheesehead]

48. (a-hem)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=338580&mesg_id=339181&page=

[ClassWarrior]

42. Alison strikes me as a little too "fluffy"...

NGU.

[Patsy Stone]

123. Alison's from MTV

She's working off the fluffiness. It's being peeled away to reveal the snark that was always there. :)

Hi, CW!

[ClassWarrior]

138. Hey Pats... Cheers to the new KO clubhouse!...

Clinky!

:toast:

NGU.

[sparky_in_ma]

5. Alison could use a floaty or two

:loveya:

For the new group.

[WhirlyGirl]

7. Whoa, the JAM SESSION's been moved over here!!! Hi, Spark!

7&7, if your servin' 'em up!

[sparky_in_ma]

12. On the house, Whirly

:toast:

[WhirlyGirl]

17. Thanks! (slurp) Yours always have an EXTRA kick!

[Patsy Stone]

8. Woo Hoo!

To us! :toast:

[seito]

9. Hi Allison

:hi:

Did she say how long Keef will be absent?

[Catchawave]

13. "He's under the weather"

:loveya: for Keith

:loveya: for Alison

:loveya: for the KOEBies :hi:

[WhirlyGirl]

23. He could come to my house and get out of the weather!

:loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

29. Hi Catchawave

:toast:

[Catchawave]

43. Salud Sparks....

:beer:

[Patsy Stone]

14. She said "tonight" because he's under the weather... Poor Keef!

:loveya::loveya:

Hiya! :hi:

[seito]

19. Poor Keef

Is it the flu, or that darn back ache?

How about a nice bowl of chicken soup?

[RevCheesehead]

44. I had a friend who told me..

..it isn't REAL chicken soup unless you add the feet. Renee was my "Jewish mom" - and said it's the ONLY way to make it.

[seito]

56. OK...

I guess I better wash em first

[RevCheesehead]

62. seito, there is none like you!

"And that's a GOOD thing!" :toast:

[Patsy Stone]

64. LOL

Is there nothing we can do to trip you up? :toast:

[seito]

67. Should I post a lounge thread

Ask for any smilie :)

I have to make up for my lack of book learnin and real world experience :crazy:

[Patsy Stone]

85. OMG

That's SUCH a good idea!!! Try and stump the QUEEN of Smilies! :)
:crazy:

[Nothing Without Hope]

70. Wow, Seito, who ELSE has both chicken soup and feet smilies?

I can only sigh in appreciation and have another :beer:

Good evening to you!
:hi:

[Clark2008]

38. I'm betting a back ache

He seemed to be suffering badly last week.

What the hell is it about all these MSNBCers and their backs? Squint was out for weeks with one (not that I care what malady befalls Joe "Dead Intern" Scarborough), but, now Keith, I do care about.

[WhirlyGirl]

105. Back ache makes sense, since...

... KO does most of the heavy (news) lifting.

(P.S. KO, unless you're in traction, please shoot us a blog.)

[Patsy Stone]

11. WTF is up with Martha and that poncho?

That was an amazing sort of "I'm humble now... see... I'm wearing this poncho that a friend of mine from Alderson made for me. She gave it to me without any wrapping (because there was no wrapping in there)..."

And, I bet she will end up selling that pattern!

[sparky_in_ma]

16. "I must buy a poncho"

I must buy a poncho. It's a mind meld thing, she's GOOD!

[Patsy Stone]

21. Blue Light Special! Aisle 5!

Ponchos just like the one crocheted in prison for Martha! You loved it as she came off the plane! You ooh'd and ahh'd when she held it up at the press conference! Now, for only $29.99 it can be yours!

:hi:

[sparky_in_ma]

45. LOL

It should have her prison number on it.

[Clark2008]

50. Actually, it was a pretty pattern

I'd do it in black or red - but the scallops under the arms were nicer than most of the ponchos out on the market today.

[Nothing Without Hope]

24. The focussed willpower of that woman is incredible!

Maybe she could donate some to the the Democratic members of Congress?

But then, the Rethugs would probably throw her back in for the next century or so. The only partisanship that's allowed is THEIRS.

[Patsy Stone]

47. She's a force, that's for sure

Hopefully within the next century, the rethugs will go back to being regular Republicans and we can all just move along. I can't tell you how much I miss them. I'm also thinking that the Dems will get back the WH before then. :)

:mad: NeoCon thugs.

[Nothing Without Hope]

84. Yeah. I'm sure the "regular Republicans" miss real Republicans too.

The neocon criminals are diametrically opposite in many of their goals compared to the traditional Republican agenda.

I wonder how long it's going to take until there is a truly significant backlash at all levels. We can't afford to wait for it, but it would sure be good to see.

[Patsy Stone]

90. I can't wait

and, lucky for us, it's starting to come undone. Our work will be made easier.

ed: because

[Clark2008]

22. Well, this thread isn't as busy as usual...

Gee, I wonder why?

LOL!!


:hi: ladies (and the few, the brave, the men of KOEB). Told ya I'd be a bit late. :)

[sparky_in_ma]

26. Hi Clark

:toast:

[WhirlyGirl]

32. Hey, Clark!

Well, there's no wardrobe to critique... that's at least half of the "minutes" every night!

[Clark2008]

54. Hi Sparky and Whirly!

Whirly, PM me your e-mail addy - I need to tell you a secret. :)

[WhirlyGirl]

133. PM sent, Clark.

[RevCheesehead]

27. Whew. Didn't think I'd find you.

Am I still in time-out?

[sparky_in_ma]

31. Nah...

:toast: :loveya:

[seito]

34. How long do you think that will last

5
4
3
2
1
:evilgrin:

[sparky_in_ma]

37. LMAO n/t

[RevCheesehead]

36. May I have a chance to redeem myself?

I think in your haste, you missed this important post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=338580&mesg_id=339181&page=

[sparky_in_ma]

69. Ya know

I still love ya.:loveya:

(how's your mom?)

[RevCheesehead]

74. I don't believe you.

I think you'll say anything until your contract is finalized.

(Mom's better - thanks)

[sparky_in_ma]

79. Glad to hear that

:thumbsup:

[Nothing Without Hope]

52. Hey, Cheese and Clarkie! Welcome to the Group celebration party

Unfortunately Keith himself, the main event, is out being "under the weather" and Alison is standing in for him.

But I can strongly recommend Sparky's frozen margaritas!
:toast:
After a few of them, you'll think you're seeing Keith anyway!

[RevCheesehead]

68. I'd love a drink, but I was told I had to pay for them.

Sparky doesn't love me. :cry:

[sparky_in_ma]

72. Awww...

Nope, I got it for you.:toast:

[RevCheesehead]

77. ummm...

I couldn't see them through my tears. (sniff). thank you.

[Nothing Without Hope]

78. Play him some piano and he'll be bringing you free ones

And if THAT doesn't work, power up the PIPE ORGAN and let 'er rip!!

NOBODY could resist THAT, least of all our warm-hearted Sparky!

But if he DOES resist it, we'll have to find Bunny and have her give him another of her special foot-rubs. If he's still concious and able to stand after that, maybe then you'll get your free Sparky drink.

Of course, the fact that he'll be READING this could jeopardize the surprise factor of the plan...

Here's one on me in the meantime!
:toast:
To the Ties That Bind!

[RevCheesehead]

81. Thanks, Hope.

TTTTB :toast:

(and if the ties don't work, there's always handcuffs)

[Nothing Without Hope]

98. LOL, Cheese! You sure got THAT right!!!

We'll have to add that as the optional, rarely voiced but always recalled 2nd line to our official toast!

[seito]

83. sparky melted

a loooong time ago. Just give him a little wink ;) and maybe a :hug:

[sparky_in_ma]

88. Yup

I'm a softie for KOEB'ers. :grouphug:

[Nothing Without Hope]

104. Awwwwwwwww....

KOEB EDV --->:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: ---> Sparky <---:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: <--KOEB EDV
:grouphug:

[RevCheesehead]

135. ok.

;) + :hug:----------->Sparky

[Patsy Stone]

28. So what's the rest of this story? What is up with this journalist?

Don't you feel they're hiding something? What are they hiding?

[Catchawave]

33. I think it was a horrible, tragic mistake.....

...par for this Rumsfeld Military. I don't blame the troops, just bad leaders.

[sparky_in_ma]

41. How many more must die

before we stop putting people in harms way for the hubris of one man?

[Nothing Without Hope]

122. I think it was a targeted hit and they missed.

I am hoping that this can be proved.

(No, that's not me, that's from the AllHatNoCattle.net site today.)

They've "lost" the car, which would have provided forensic evidence, but they still have the wounds to give some evidence. The US military can't lose THOSE.

[Nothing Without Hope]

39. IDEA FOR THE KOEB GROUP: We need to have a thread that is just for

links to KOEB liveblog threads and whatever other attachments (like transcripts) seem appropriate. Maybe a few comments on the main attractions of the thread. That way, it would be much easier to find particular threads and events. There would be one thread per day for the most part, I'm thinking, and the thread title could be the date. Comments in the thread would be searchable, and they could include key words and phrases to light up for people searching for favorite KOEB moments.

What do you think?

[Patsy Stone]

57. I pick you

to start that thread. :)

Actually, somewhere over there crispini dumped a bunch of links to previous nights.

I think we need some overall organizational discussions. We're just gonna have a million threads. :) There should be some designated for topics in the mission statement.

[Nothing Without Hope]

113. I'm willing to start a forward-facing thread, but the archives need to be

separate. I have kept relatively few of them bookmarked. Easy to start a "starting now" thread that is just KOEB links, one post per day. People can add a small number of replies to these daily thread posts to point out particular points or make comments. There can't be TOO many comments, or the threads will grow too long too fast.

[Patsy Stone]

176. Yes

in fact, I think we should all move back over there now. We're just chattin'... not that there's anything wrong with that. :)

[Botany]

49. Alison has SNARK .......

Judge her not harshly ......
she is not Keith
So be nice to her
you EDVs ......
compared to the rest of the media
she is still a relief.

Now you wicked girls.....
have a new home.
Please do not look to
kidnap Mr. O and take
him there alone.

But Sparky is pouring
and the "girls" are pounding
back their shots ......
A few Vixens who have had enough
are in the corner snoring.


No more poem .....
Shooting that Italian reporter is just awful ......
according to a person on Stephanie's show,
"We" can not find the car she was driving.
* is a pig.

:bounce:

[sparky_in_ma]

53. Hi Botany

:toast:

[Clark2008]

63. Hi Botany!

How's Steph? :)

[Botany]

86. She seems a little distant.....

...... Maybe the picture I sent her of me just wearing a tie and a
doughnut might have scared her off.

Stephanie :loveya: Miller

[sparky_in_ma]

92. LOL

The tie was probably OK.

[Botany]

97. Funny that outfit worked on the 2 EDVs

Who stopped in for the weekend.

:beer:

[sparky_in_ma]

102. That's cus of the excellent poetry

you write for them.

[Nothing Without Hope]

127. ROTFLMAO, Sparky! You and Botany have me in hysterics!

OMG, what an image! :wow:

[Nothing Without Hope]

65. All right Botany!!! Your poetry, Sparky's margaritas, and good company

Yeah, we EDVs can be nice to Alison, especially when she demonstrates significant snark.

And that Italian reporter is going to be lighting some fires under W's withered, ugly little butt!! Which will undoubtedly improve it and should prove interesting. She and her supporters didn't sign up for gag orders issued by Rove. They tried to kill her and, unluckily for them, missed. (But they didn't miss her friend the agent.)

And they say they lost the CAR??? Is than an admission of complicity in an assassination attempt or what? Of course, there's a lot of precedent: they lost the WMDs, their minds, the US treasury, thousands upon thousands of lives...

[Botany]

124. Someday all this will have to come out or .....

...... * will get all of us killed in some WW III he started.

I hate that man. Please keep talking Ms. S.. The world has to know
the truth.

:kick:

[Nothing Without Hope]

140. Yes, I think the blivet**'s pals aren't used to many journalists

who combine passion, journalistic professionalism, and enthusiastic and supportive audiences. Sy Hersh and a few other American journalists have everything but the audience. They are trying to reach a mostly disinterested citizenry from non-mainstream (in the sense of viewership) venues.

Ms. Sgrena is an wounded eyewitness whose friend died shielding her, a passionate and popular journalist, and she is speaking to a non-suppressed audience outside the US. She hated what the US was doing in Iraq even BEFORE this happened. The blivet**-monsters already tried to eliminate her, and this failure is going to cost them. I hope it costs them HUGELY.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1432040,00.html

[Botany]

152. You and me both.

I bet the napalm used on Falluja (sp.) is not a story * wants out.

:bounce:

[Nothing Without Hope]

169. Oh, I imagine the blivet**-in-Chief doesn't recall such paltry details

He signs the orders they put in front of him so that Rummy and his untold numbers of sub-goons can creep around and spread bloody destruction. After all, it's for the Iraqui's own good!

But yes, I think that napalm story of Sgrena's is one of the reasons they tried to eliminate her. Instead, with their failure, that story and her others are going to get far more attention than they would have.

The Coalition of the Willing is Chilling:

(from today's AllHatNoCattle.net issue)

[Nothing Without Hope]

182. Actually, the real true believers among the neocon freaks WANT that

...... * will get all of us killed in some WW III he started.

The real lunatic fringe is paying a lot of attention to the Book of Revelations of the Christian Bible, wherein it says something like a third of all people will die in the great terminal war before the magnificent Second Coming. During which, of course, they will receive their just rewards (about which their views differ from my own) and leave the scene while the desolated earth faces, well, the end of the world.

Various goings-on in Israel, for example on Temple Mount, and something to do with an all-red heifer without a single white hair being born there. Really weird stuff, but they believe all of it.

I doubt the blivet** himself believes much of anything except in his own ineffable worthiness and absolute right to do whatever the hell he wants.

[Catchawave]

71. I posted floatie hearts for Alison upthread :)

She's a bazillion-gazillion times better than that "be-atch" poor Ron Regan has to work with :evilgrin:

[Botany]

91. As well you should.

She is snark OH licous! Orange you glad she is own the T.V.


:bounce:

[Patsy Stone]

73. Hi, Botany

* blows. He's a criminal.

For Alison -- she brings the snark. :loveya:

[Botany]

118. Can you please be a little more to the point.

"* blows. He's a criminal."

Found out today that not only did Franklin County, Ohio have 63 extra
voting machines ..... the former head of the County GOP now head of the
BOE loaded them on trucks and drove them around all election day
after deleting their registration #s from official lists.

We must never stop fighting these pigs!

:bounce:

[Nothing Without Hope]

149. WOW! I hope they get him for that - the deletion should be a crime

For this, the people in minority and other heavily Democratic precincts stood in the rain for hours because "there were too few machines." This was clearly ordered. Just ONE of these Rethug weasels has got to sing...if only they weren't MORE scared of KKKarl than the alledged justice system. And if only there weren't a good reason for that.

But this sounds like new evidence, and it keeps rolling in.
:mad:

[Botany]

156. From an earlier thread ..... more proof.

hmmmmm ..... but the media will not touch this

"Mercer Co. ,Pa.- candidate for most fraud/suppression in 2004"
Posted by berniew1
Mercer County, Pennsylvania

13 heavily Democratic precincts including several minority precincts that usually vote 90% Democratic had most electronic touch screens down all or most of the day. Of those who were able to vote on machines, the machines were malfunctioning and some were unable to vote for the Democratic presidential choice. Most in those precincts were unable to vote with estimates of the number unable to vote as high as 4,000 people.

And of those who did attempt to vote in these precincts, the undervote rate was as high as 75% in the presidential race. The machines were Unilect Patriot touch screens, which also had major problems in other counties. But there were also problems with the backup paper system.

http://www.flcv.com/mercerpa.html


Pennsylvania is in strong competition for the most fruad/malfeasance/problems/suppression - state documentation
http://www.flcv.com/pennsum.html


But there were many states with major statewide systematic problems:
http://www.flcv.com/ussumall.html

[Nothing Without Hope]

174. WOW. Berniew1 just keeps it coming.

I would love to see a side-by-side comparison of the counties with documented major voting issues and the counties with those pesky exit poll descrepancies. I asked Bernie back on Feb 3 if this had been done yet, and here is part of our PM exchange on this:

>Thank you. I have (for now) two more questions along these
>lines:
>First, are you planning to pursue this sort of "grand-unified
>field theory" combining the physical evidence and the
>statistical evidence? Are you, or anyone else you know,
>planning to write a comprehensive article about it?
>
>Second, are you planning to write to Dr. Freeman or any of the
>other exit poll statisticians to suggest a sort of rigorous
>collaborative comparison? It seems to me that would be
>extremely powerful and compelling and would have a good chance
>of being picked up and expanded both by other investigators
>and by national and world media.
>
>Whether you have time to answer these questions or not, thank
>you for all the work you have done and are doing in the
>election fraud investigation. It gives us all hope.
>
>Best to you,
>XXX
I think what you suggest is needed, and I don't understand why no one has done it, but I have a job plus XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX that takes lots of time and has nothing to do with this; so I've already spent a lot more time than I had.
I've emailed Dr. Hout my URL and perhaps Freeman-don't remember,
but likely don't have time to be lead on such a project, though I know how to do such. I have credentials and background in statistical methods, including polls,etc. But I didn't have time to look into the exit polls extensively.

[Patsy Stone]

159. That's so disgusting

NGU, Botany. They will fall. We will fight them.

:bounce:

[Greylyn58]

58. Checking In

Argh....Missing Our Guy

Not the same show without KO!

But still watching as we want to make sure he gets the points.

:hi: Fellow Members of the KOEB

We got our own room

Soooo Cool!!!

:bounce: :toast: :toast: :bounce:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

61. Hi Greylyn

:toast:

[WhirlyGirl]

59. Mucho FLOATIES for Bill...

... who slept on the FLOOR, facryinoutloud, so the older guy could have the bed!!!

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

66. I love Bill.

He's still my president and I'll scream it from the rooftops. :loveya:

[WhirlyGirl]

75. Me, too.

He's nothing like the CARTOON the MSM have tried to turn him into.

Hi, President Bill. :hi: You have a kind heart... so you rate these:

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

87. Actually, he isn't.

Currently, our President is John Kerry. He succeeded Al Gore, who chose not to go for a second term.

[WhirlyGirl]

95. That's the kind of HARD-HEADEDNESS I admire...

... in an EDV!!!

[RevCheesehead]

132. thank you. n/t

[seito]

101. Ain't that the truth

...For President Bill who is such a gentleman :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

163. :)

Bill will always be my president. :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

177. Yeah, Bush the First had to have the bed made so he could LIE in it n/t

[seito]

76. Nice piece on hybrids

Just thought I'd post something that had to do with the program. :)

[sparky_in_ma]

82. With Alison

it's not quite the same. She seems to be trying to do snark, which doesn't work as well. But it was a good piece.:D

[Nothing Without Hope]

160. Good point, seito, there hasn't been enough of that tonight IMO n/t

[ClassWarrior]

185. That's serendipity...

I'm actually thinking I can start shopping for mine.

(I'm planning to watch the rerun of Countdown, so you can be sure I'll look for this report.)

NGU.

[seito]

80. Blivet** news flash...20 year olders

They care

[Catchawave]

93. LOL....the poor kid didn't understand him !

Prez is going to end up on Oddball pretty soon, bad enough he's on the nightly Soundbites <snork>.

[WhirlyGirl]

89. It occurs to me THERE's NO PICTURE!

I can't post them, so here's a link to one I'm partial to:

KO is smiling so angelically and looks a little like Steve Allen:
http://olbermann.org/ko/photo_detail.cfm?photos_id=108

:loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

103. NO PICTURE???? Here...

[seito]

112. And Here

...also posted up-thread

[Catchawave]

110. Here's Steve Allen....

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0057789/Ss/0057789/1?path=pgallery&path_key=Allen,%20Steve%20(I)

They could be father/son! Keith's a little prettier :loveya:

[WhirlyGirl]

126. They not only look a lot alike, smiling...

... but their VOICES, in addition to the gentle snarkiness, show an amazing similarity.

(Maybe Keith should pay a visit to Jayne Meadows to get a sense of what the (lucky) future Mrs. O will be like! :loveya:

-----------
<< They could be father/son! Keith's a little prettier :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

94. JESUS Juice???

Oh. my...

I'm not going anywhere NEAR that!!

[Patsy Stone]

99. You mean you didn't hear?

How bad is THAT??? Ewwww.

Hey, Rev! How are your folks tonight?

[RevCheesehead]

108. Jesus doesn't love me, either...(sniff)

How could Jesus leave me out of the loop? :(

Hey, Patsy. They're good. They're pretty tired from two very long weeks of company and doctor's appointments. (Mom is 76, and Dad just turned 86 - of course they're tired!)

I got back home late Saturday, and we kind of agreed that we'll call each other tonight or tomorrow. But overall, the report was much better than the last one.

[Patsy Stone]

114. That's wonderful news.

So you're back with us then? Family commitments successfully satisfied?

[RevCheesehead]

125. yes. I sure hope so.

They're on their own - for now. Next appointment is mid-April.

[Patsy Stone]

150. I think good thoughts for y'all until then, Rev.

So, WE HAVE OUR OWN ROOM!

:toast:

[Nothing Without Hope]

183. That's great news, Cheese!

The part about their being OK on their own with no big doctors' appointments til April. The part about us having you in the meantime is well beyond OK, too!
:pals:

[RevCheesehead]

186. All that sweet-talk is going to my head...

Thanks, Hope, you are simply the best! :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

187. Better watch out, if it goes to your head TOO much, the cheese might

fall off! And that was a very nice compliment. :pals:

In case you don't already know about it, here's one of the little things that I add to each day: I use the Astronomy Picture a Day site as my browser home page. It's absolutely wonderful, with amazing pictures of earth, sky and outer space and a link-filled paragraph of explanation about whatever phenomenon is pictured, written by a professional. I love it. It's a good reminder that there is always beauty all around us.

The site is here:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Today's picture was not that interesting - a photomontage of a Mercury transit, but YESTERDAY's was a 360 degree panoramic view from the top of Mount Everest. I learned in the accompanying paragraph that In the native language of Nepal, the mountain's name is "Sagarmatha" which means "forehead of the sky." Here's a link to yesterday's spectacular APOD page:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050306.html
Notice that you can scroll a long way to the right for the 360 degree pan.

[jhain]

96. are ya still pourin'

I need a Guinness or two or ....

[sparky_in_ma]

100. Sure

:toast: :party:

[jhain]

109. Thanks, Sparky!

gearing up for the 17th.

Oh- they can't find the car, huh?
DO they all go freakin BLIND once they hit the ground over there??

[RevCheesehead]

119. Hi, jhain!

:hi: glad you could join us!

[Patsy Stone]

106. It doesn't bother me that surgeons are playing video games

unless they're hurting their eyes. :)

[WhirlyGirl]

111. Is that Gidget's voice I hear on the surgery story?

The women are really running the show tonite!!! :thumbsup:

[seito]

115. ROFLMAO

Keef operation game

[Patsy Stone]

121. That was pretty funny! n/t

[sparky_in_ma]

116. A KO operation game!

:thumbsup:

[WhirlyGirl]

117. I didn't like that word "HOPEFULLY"...

[Patsy Stone]

120. MSNBC!!! The show following Countdown sucks.

For the first time in days, it's not about inmates trying to kill their spouses or inmates doing other things. Now it's about runaways in Portland. Call me crazy, but 9 p.m. seems like a good time to have a real show.

[Catchawave]

128. Whatever happened to Tucker taking the 9pm slot ?

I flipped over the HGTV....mental bubblegum :)

[Patsy Stone]

142. Food Network for me!

I'm taping 24, so my choices are limited to basic cable instead of digital music. Maybe they're planning something, because this blows.

:hi:

[WhirlyGirl]

143. MSNBC's site says to look for Tucker in the second quarter.

[Patsy Stone]

146. Now I don't know which I'd prefer!

Inmates... Tucker...
Inmates... Tucker...

It's tough. I gotta say they're close. :)

[WhirlyGirl]

151. Hi, Patsy! How about Tucker AS an inmate??? Now THERE's an idea...

... I can get behind!!! :thumbsup:

-----------
<< Now I don't know which I'd prefer!
Inmates... Tucker...
Inmates... Tucker... >> Patsy

[Patsy Stone]

157. Amen, Sister! n/t

[RevCheesehead]

129. Agreed. I've turned to Law & Order n/t

[bunny planet]

130. Hola Ladies and Gents.

Can't wait to get with all of you in our new group home. That didn't sound right, but you know what I mean. Too bad there's a sub tonight to keep us from partying with KO our first night out as a DU group but maybe he'll be back tomorrow. Anybody know the sched?

[sparky_in_ma]

131. Hi late Bunny

:hi:

[bunny planet]

137. Oh well hello Sparky!!!!!

How are you and your fine mustachioed self doing tonight?

[sparky_in_ma]

141. Doing fine!

I'm building a permenant bar over in the group. Should have it built by the weekend.:toast:

[bunny planet]

144. I'm over there now.

[RevCheesehead]

168. I sure hope someone is taking pictures.

:loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

134. hey, bunny

she said "tonight". C'mon over, we're gonna have lots to color match and we're gonna need fabric, and upholsterers and...

TO THE TIES THAT BIND! :toast:

[bunny planet]

139. colors and fabric......

I am so there.
tie me up, tie me down.

[Patsy Stone]

148. LOL

And an Almodovar joke. We are so Continental!

[bunny planet]

153. but of course dahling, we are women on the verge of a nervous breakdown,

n'est pas. We would be without KO news to keep us sane that is.

[Patsy Stone]

164. Okay

I love that movie. In fact, I own that movie.

The soundtracks to his films are always wonderful. C'est si bon!

[bunny planet]

170. Is there an Almodovar group?

I seriously love that guy.
Since Keef is absent tonight I'll post some Almodovar floaties.
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
Wonderful director.

Seito, I'm feeling like we need an Almodovar smilie.
(in my best bowling announcer voice, sote voce whisper, 'Can she do it, this is such a difficult shot.')

[Patsy Stone]

172. O/T for KOEB

I met him -- and Michael Musto -- at the same event. :toast: :loveya:

[bunny planet]

175. no!

Le dolce Musto and Pedro at once.
You are a lucky woman. Quelle soiree was this?

[Patsy Stone]

178. So lucky

It was the opening night party and the premiere of Kika at the Miami Film Festival. Rossy de Palma was there as well. Very tropical and poolside on the 10th floor of a big downtown office building.

I shook Michael's hand, although I probably should have kissed his ring. :)

[bunny planet]

181. FAbu.

He would have appreciated a ring kissing.
MM is considered royalty in NYC. He is Dish King.

[seito]

145. Group home

sounded perfect to me

[bunny planet]

179. Brilliant WP, as usual.

Oh smilie queen, we are not worthy.

[bleever]

147. Hey everyone, is this the right room?

I'm walking around like a grade-skipping first-year middle school student here.

Please, nobody take my lunch money.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

154. Here's the address...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=315

But all sixth graders ('kay, in my day it was seventh graders) are expected to report to 4ERD for the nightly assembly.

:hi:

[sparky_in_ma]

155. Hi bleever

Thanks for working the bar Friday.:toast:

[bleever]

161. No problem. I was thinking I'd surprise everyone by putting up

cedar paneling in the coat closet, and starting on the new sauna.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

171. A sauna is nice, but I'd really like a hot-tub.

just because...

[bleever]

173. Okay, should I take a poll? Or just act boldly, with confidence?

Or both? I guess it's an open playing field.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

180. It's a big room.

I'd say we probably have room for both. Do we need to hire more construction workers? :loveya:

[seito]

162. Look out kid

[bleever]

165. Hey! I never signed a release on that video!

ROFLMAO.

:yourock:

[johnaries]

158. Has anyone from the KOEB sent KO the latest fraWd news?

I still can't open the entire thread because of my %#*$&^ slow %^*#($& dial-up connection, but this came up over the weekend and I just want to make sure SOMEONE makes sure KO knows about it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1285478

AND, there's a petition we all need to make sure we sign:

http://www.democrats.org/action/200503040001.html?psc=press

I know, I know; "what's the point, Bush will just ignore it". That's the point! Bush will ignore it, and then we can call him on it later! "Why did you ignore it, what are you hiding?"

[Patsy Stone]

167. Thanks, john

I'll post it over in the Group. :hi:

[johnaries]

188. Thank YOU, Patsy! This is going to be like the Hydra...

every time they think they've cut off our head, seven more will grow in it's place.

A lot of people think this issue is dead, but it keeps coming back, growing and growing...

[Patsy Stone]

184. New Blog 3/7 10:05 p.m.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x176