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by Todd Beeton, Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:17:28 PM EST

What's going on tonight?

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Namuch. One of my kittens has apparently decided my 2-liter bottle of diet coke is her personal nemesis and has set about to destroy it, fruitlessly.

I wonder if I should get to bed early tonight, since I know I'm going to be up late tomorrow night. Does anybody else have primary-watching parties with your friends?

...Or do you think maybe I should seek some professional help?

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:19:18 PM EST

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Hi Todd! I heard you're going to be in Puerto Rico. You'll love it. The people are great and they love making "gringos" feel at home. If you like rum I suggest Don Q. Nobody likes Bacardi in P.R.

Don't forget to hit the beach. It is a must.

Obama/Clark will CRUSH John McCain

by spacemanspiff on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:19:39 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (2.00 / 2)

Any questions I'll be glad to answer them.

Obama/Clark will CRUSH John McCain

by spacemanspiff on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:20:34 PM EST
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Obama got adopted by the Crow Nation in MT (2.00 / 3)

his Crow name=Awe Koota Bilxpaax Kooxshiiwiash
and people thought Barack Obama was hard to spell...

Student Guy=JoeMentum. No really Student Guy=JoeMentum, after all JoeMentum was an embarrassment so is Student Guy. This sig is FAIL!!

by Student Guy on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:19:57 PM EST

Re: Obama got adopted by the Crow Nation in MT (2.00 / 3)

Could be worse, it's not !Xobile.

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:23:15 PM EST
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Obama Black Eagle. (2.00 / 2)

Very cool.

Republicans = Borrow and Squander

by GFORD on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:27:16 PM EST
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Re: Obama got adopted by the Crow Nation in MT (none / 0)

Nothing to really crow about.

by muggle on Tue May 20, 2008 at 05:13:46 AM EST
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Hillary cited Karl Rove about her electability? (2.00 / 1)

Surely the bottom of her barrel has finally been scraped.

Never mind that his prediction of a big GOP win in 2006 was DEAD wrong.

Anybody's vote is worth having. But not everybody's vote is worth campaigning for.

by Freespeechzone on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:25:01 PM EST

I took a few photos this week (2.00 / 4)

these are two of my favorites:

A Veery, which hung out for some time while I photographed it:

A Baltimore Oriole, which scared a hummingbird off right before landing on (and drinking from) this feeder:

I'm only a click away

by juliewolf on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:28:34 PM EST

Damn. Forgot one (2.00 / 3)

A yellow warbler:

I'm only a click away

by juliewolf on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:29:04 PM EST
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Re: Damn. Forgot one (2.00 / 1)

You took those? That's very impressive, excellent shots.

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:30:00 PM EST
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Re: Damn. Forgot one (none / 0)

Thanks!

I've been doing bird photography for a long time now. I seem to be really getting the hang of it, but these three photos are kind of spectacular, even by my standards. The Yellow Warbler landed right by my car so I had to zoom out to get it :)

The Veery was just luck: it jumped out and just hung out on a branch for awhile so I had plenty of chances. It also moved directly into one of the few sunlight spots.

The Oriole was fun because I managed to call it in by whistling at the right pitches.

I'm only a click away

by juliewolf on Tue May 20, 2008 at 05:55:09 AM EST
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Re: Damn. Forgot one (none / 0)

A Baltimore Oriole, which scared a hummingbird off right before landing on (and drinking from) this feeder:

The Oriole was fun because I managed to call it in by whistling at the right pitches.

Why do you hate hummingbirds?

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Tue May 20, 2008 at 08:15:06 AM EST
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Fabulous! (2.00 / 1)

I've been thinking about taking up birdwatching when I retire. Seems like a fun excuse for travel and tromping around in the wilderness.

Republicans = Borrow and Squander

by GFORD on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:35:38 PM EST
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Re: Damn. Forgot one (2.00 / 2)

There are two ruby throated humming birds at my feeder right now, I've seen up to 7. The have hummingbird dogfights. I have no idea if it's courtship or agression. Maybe my feeder is a hummingbird singles bar.

McCain's occupation plan will achieve victory when it bestows liberty to the freedom loving people of Iraq and their freedom loving oil.

by Lefty Coaster on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:37:49 PM EST
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Re: Damn. Forgot one (2.00 / 2)

Beautiful shots. I was getting some beautiful birds last summer and well into the winter, Orioles or grosbeaks, I think, but I had to take the feeders down because of bears.

by BlueinColorado on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:40:40 PM EST
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LGBs are better than LGF (2.00 / 2)

Thanks for the nice photos

Our resident Oriole has returned to the maple outside the kitchen window.

It's Bobolink madness on the ridge pasture - my personal favorites.

I like winter birding, but it's hard to beat bird breeding season in Driftless Wisconsin.

by emptythreatsfarm on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:48:04 PM EST
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Re: Damn. Forgot one (none / 0)

Very nice shots. I love bird-watching, my favourites are the Spangled Drongos, which summer and breed here in Northern NSW. They are amazingly agile fliers and always very active during daylight. It is always the first sign of spring when they arrive. It's winter here now and they have all flown back to the highlands of Papua New Guinea with their new young. I didn't take the picture, not as gifted as you.

by Shaun Appleby on Tue May 20, 2008 at 01:14:50 AM EST
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Very nice oriole (2.00 / 1)

there was one eating oranges we put out at my parents farm this weekend. They are so pretty.

Student Guy=JoeMentum. No really Student Guy=JoeMentum, after all JoeMentum was an embarrassment so is Student Guy. This sig is FAIL!!

by Student Guy on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:34:13 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (2.00 / 1)

not a lot, same old tizzies being thrown by the usual suspects in their "righteous" anger

by zerosumgame on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:34:01 PM EST

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I refuse to accept THIS!! CAN'T YOU SEE BY MY ALL CAPS THAT I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT?

Oh wait, I thought you were talking about "self-righteous" anger, which I have a lot of.

Ummm, is it bedtime yet?

It's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on
If you've been trying for years, we already heard your song

by Fluffy Puff Marshmallow on Tue May 20, 2008 at 12:39:39 AM EST
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In evil MSNBC related news (2.00 / 4)

Olbermann reported that Rachel Maddow's fill in for him on friday was the top-rated cable news show all day long. This bodes well for her getting her own show, which I would love.

[ Donate to Barack Obama ]

by semiquaver on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:39:36 PM EST

The format for this is kind of there already (2.00 / 3)

for her to take over a show as the first hour of her radio show is Race to the White House which logcially will be suspended once we have the presidental election. Rachel gets that hour and can use the show as part of her AAR broadcast (akin to what Imus did before he got canned).

Student Guy=JoeMentum. No really Student Guy=JoeMentum, after all JoeMentum was an embarrassment so is Student Guy. This sig is FAIL!!

by Student Guy on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:43:52 PM EST
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But wouldn't it be great if she (2.00 / 3)

was the WH press secretary? Who better than Rachel?

Republicans = Borrow and Squander

by GFORD on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:47:38 PM EST
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Re: But wouldn't it be great if she (2.00 / 3)

I love me some Rachel Maddow!

Obama/Clark will CRUSH John McCain

by spacemanspiff on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:49:33 PM EST
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shivers down my spine. (2.00 / 4)

[ Donate to Barack Obama ]

by semiquaver on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:52:27 PM EST
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WH Press Secretary... (2.00 / 3)

... seems like a soul-crushing job no matter who you're serving.

by Homebrewer on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:54:01 PM EST
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Re: But wouldn't it be great if she (2.00 / 2)

I think CJ would be better than Rachael Maddow, but only slightly. And Maddow has the distinction of being nonfictional.

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:56:06 PM EST
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Sorry for inadvertent troll rating. :( (none / 0)

Uprated now.

Republicans = Borrow and Squander

by GFORD on Tue May 20, 2008 at 12:29:19 AM EST
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Re: Sorry for inadvertent troll rating. :( (none / 0)

No worries.

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Tue May 20, 2008 at 01:09:02 PM EST
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Re: But wouldn't it be great if she (2.00 / 4)

Oh jesus. I hadn't thought of that. What a frickin' great idea.

Unseen, in the background, Fate was quietly slipping the lead into the boxing glove.

by fogiv on Mon May 19, 2008 at 11:12:09 PM EST
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Re: The format for this is kind of there already (none / 0)

Heard her on NPR this weekend ("On the Media"?). Her goal is to have a show on MSNBC, which is why she puts up with "dresssing like a Senator" on KO's show.

It's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on
If you've been trying for years, we already heard your song

by Fluffy Puff Marshmallow on Tue May 20, 2008 at 12:42:06 AM EST
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Re: The format for this is kind of there already (none / 0)

Thanks for the info. I didn't hear that episdode. Audio Link

[ Donate to Barack Obama ]

by semiquaver on Tue May 20, 2008 at 03:15:10 PM EST
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Not much. (2.00 / 4)

Just drinkin'.

Support forced pregnancy? Vote John McCain 2008!

by sricki on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:53:25 PM EST

Red Sox No-Hitter (2.00 / 3)

Here's to Jon Lester throwing a no-hitter after coming back from cancer a few years ago! I wasn't following the game, but heard the cheers over the radio afterwards. He sounds like a class act.

by Mr DC on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:54:05 PM EST

and to think my (none / 0)

Twinkies could have traded Santana for him, oh well Gomez is entertaining.

Student Guy=JoeMentum. No really Student Guy=JoeMentum, after all JoeMentum was an embarrassment so is Student Guy. This sig is FAIL!!

by Student Guy on Mon May 19, 2008 at 11:13:19 PM EST
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lots of buzz here about Obama coming back (2.00 / 3)

to Iowa tomorrow night. My family is heading to Omaha for an overnight visit, but I ran into at least five people today who plan to go down to the rally. Should be huge.

John McCain: 100 years in Iraq "would be fine with me."

by desmoinesdem on Mon May 19, 2008 at 10:58:21 PM EST

Another one bites the dust (2.00 / 2)

Local news here in New York City are all abuzz tonight as the AP is reporting Vito Fossella will announce tomorrow he will not seek reelection

Yet another open seat for the Dems to pick off...although I'll be the first to admit, Obama on the ticket won't make it easy here unfortunately...but there are a few strong Democrats who can win this seat.

The PVI is D+1.

The Democratic Party doesn't live or die with the Clintons

by nrafter530 on Mon May 19, 2008 at 11:00:15 PM EST

This is what's going on... (2.00 / 3)

All the divisive campaigning is causing stuff like this...

Cynthia Ruccia, 55, a sales director for Mary Kay cosmetics in Columbus, Ohio, is organizing a group, Clinton Supporters Count Too, of mostly women in swing states who plan to campaign against Mr. Obama in November. "We, the most loyal constituency, are being told to sit down, shut up and get to the back of the bus," she said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us/pol itics/19women.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2 &hp

OK, so here's the deal, these women would rather put John McCain in the WH and deal with his appointing up to three new justices on the SC. It's crazy talk like this that scares me. People are getting irrational about this primary race.

Time to bring this to an end and do a group hug!

If you vote McCain, you don't believe in anything Hillary has stood for her whole life.

by SpanishFly on Mon May 19, 2008 at 11:00:31 PM EST

I stopped worrying about it (2.00 / 2)

at least as of five minute ago. Whatever happens will happen, there's little we can do about it.

The worst thing that ever happened to this party was for a woman and a black man to square off in a primary. Somebody's going to lose and they're not going to be happy about it.

Maybe we're not ready for this after all.

The Democratic Party doesn't live or die with the Clintons

by nrafter530 on Mon May 19, 2008 at 11:07:40 PM EST
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Re: I stopped worrying about it (none / 0)

"The worst thing that ever happened to this party was for a woman and a black man to square off in a primary. Somebody's going to lose and they're not going to be happy about it."

Damn, I hope you're wrong about that. It's obviously correct as of right this minute, however. I suppose it's up to Obama to make his case. Based on what I've seen from him thus far, he will.

If you vote McCain, you don't believe in anything Hillary has stood for her whole life.

by SpanishFly on Tue May 20, 2008 at 10:38:12 AM EST
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Re: This is what's going on... (none / 0)

Here's whats going on....Republican women (there are such things I hear) going back to papa after their Hillary joy ride.

by JoeCoaster on Mon May 19, 2008 at 11:12:16 PM EST
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P.R. (2.00 / 1)

Any new polling anywhere for Puerto Rico? Anything? I just wonder what's really going on there.

by NewOaklandDem on Mon May 19, 2008 at 11:28:21 PM EST

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