Blogged out, but I just got a picture in today of a pet that I have to post. Yes, there are still dozens of pictures in my folder waiting to be posted, but if you want to fast track your pet on to this blog, a sure-fire way is to send me a picture of your loved one in a compromising or humiliating position. Something like this:
I am not sure what happened to this little fellow, but I love the look. Here is your nightly open thread.
*** Update ***
This belongs in no thread in particular, but I am so sick and tired of hearing the stimulus bill being called $800 billion in spending by Republican hacks. A sizable chunk of that bill was tax cuts, and I know I am off the GOP reservation, but since when did they start referring to tax cuts as government spending? Does that mean Bush spent a couple trillion dollars with his tax cuts? Or are tax cuts just considered spending when Democrats are the ones who cut them? Can’t these people be honest about any damned thing?
Joshua Norton
Apparently it was taken at Halloween and doggie is going out as Queen Elizabeth I.
MikeJ
His master’s voice.
Incertus
Why start now?
Ash Can
That doggie looks like he’s happily humming along to XM radio.
I definitely needed a little pet zen after seeing that HuffPo article on mortgage fraud.
::deep breath::
OK, I feel better now.
RandyH
Republicans see tax cuts as "spending" when they’re given to the "wrong" people. These tax cuts only went to people who make less that 75K/yr as an individual or 150K/yr as a family. You know, POOR PEOPLE!
4tehlulz
>>since when did they start referring to tax cuts as government spending?
January 20, 2009
Lancelot Link
Can’t these people be honest about any damned thing?
No.
As a guy named John Cole once wrote;
"This has been today’s edition of SATSQ."
WereBear
Well, the truth is ugly. No wonder Republicans flee it.
Rome Again
I was wrong, I thought your transformation was complete a few months back, I guess I was wrong. Now, it seems, your transformation is complete (but then again, I could be wrong) – it seems you keep reverting back to trying to believe that Ann Frank inherent goodness thing. Stop it, it’s not working. Republicans have always been and always will be scum, although the bunch we have now is a lot scummier than the previous ones.
Jess
Do you suppose this is the Stormy who used to post drunken comments here? If I’d know she was a porn star, I would have cut her more slack…
ChrisB
Just heard that Kool and the Gang masterpiece, "Joanna." And though I’d like to be sympatico with John, I had absolutely no desire to sing along.
It was fun to hear it, though.
PeakVT
Can’t these people be honest about any damned thing?
Yes, but as long as their lies get repeated by the media they have little incentive to stop.
JWW
Kinda looks like a cute Nancy Pelosi with a money funnel. The problem is she was never spayed.
Gregory
No. SASQ.
opium4themasses
While I understand a little bit of cynicism regarding new technologies, this article screams "Get off my lawn!" to me.
@Rome Again: This is hardly fair. I would really like an honest opposition that kept some of the worst excesses of the Democrats in check.
As it stands now, they seem to have marred their brand for a few cycles. (The people talking about the death of the party seem too much like Hannity after the 2004 elections, arrogantly concern trolling.)
AnneLaurie
Poor sweetie! I can see the vetwrap on his leg, so the ‘medical intervention’ was quite recent, but he’s sitting pretty, so probably not neutering. Hot spot? Stitched wound? Whatever it was, I hope his people took the opportunity to play Treat Hoops (toss treats to the dog; one point awarded for every treat he catches, one point subtracted for every treat that hits the floor).
cosanostradamus
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What’s humiliating about that? It’s a very refined-looking Elizabethan ruff.
I said "RUFF"!
I said…
Ah, never mind.
Tuff room.
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JGabriel
Rome Again:
If, by "bunch we have now", you mean the group since Teddy Roosevelt, and by "previous ones" you mean TR and earlier, then I agree.
With the possible exception of Eisenhower, the R’s have been scumbags for a century, and I see little but technological advancements in domestic surveillance to differentiate the crooks of Taft’s, Harding’s and Hoover’s times from those of Nixon’s, Reagan’s, or W’s.
The financial shenanigans in particular retain a remarkable consistency across the eras.
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zadig
"… and if you eat all your soup, billy, you can see the face of the little dog at the bottom!"
Xanthippas
Does it have to be non-human?
Anoniminous
Re: "Nightly Moment of Zen"
To achieve enlightenment one must chant the GOP mantra:
Oh, how money makes me hum.
Oh, how money makes me hum.
Repeat 10,000 times a day and in a few short weeks your "sick and tiredness" will evaporate and the GOP’s talking points will all Make SENSE!
JGabriel
opium4themasses:
So would I. It’s a pity the Republicans have been honest so infrequently over the past century, but denying that’s the case isn’t fair either and won’t change the record.
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JGabriel
@Jess:
Unlikely. I’m sure Daniels has much
biggerbetter things to do than post here. Porn production, I’ve read, can be very time consuming..
Andre
@Jess:
I’d "cut" her some "slack" too, heh heh heh.
Rome Again
@opium4themasses:
Hey, I’d like to have a viable opposition too, but it’s too late for that. Things have deteriorated to the point where they can’t walk it back to something even encroaching on decency ever again.
My POV is a bit different though, I’ve been dealing with these "suck all the money out of the economy Repubs" all my life , I grew up in it, was surrounded by it and saw what these people were capable of since I was a child.
Litlebritdifrnt
Yay open thread which means I can post
Tony Hadley singing "Gold" in 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoP30_fYuoc okay full disclaimer I was totally in love with Tony Hadley in his Spandau Ballet days, however, I really fell in love with him when his solo album came out and I listened to "She" for the first time. However, this version of Gold is absolutely brilliant and considering it is like what 20 years on from the original, I am seriously loving it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoDz464eGtEOh and She… brilliant
Rick Taylor
I read somewhere that some of them are now referring to the stimulus as a one trillion dollar bill, by counting the interest on the debt it incurs. I wouldn’t mind so much if they’d ever done that with anything Bush wanted.
Rome Again
@JGabriel:
Eisenhower was the exception, not the rule. They would kick him out of the party as a RINO if he were alive now.
Rick Taylor
I found the link.
I guess it’s jumping the gun, they haven’t been calling it the one trillion dollar bill without stating the asterisk yet.
cosanostradamus
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I’ve got your viable opposition right here: Mixed-market democratic socialism. And Obama can be just slightly to the right of that. That leaves the Repuke’s where they belong, WAY out in right field, underneath the grandstands, putting out for their corporate masters.
Anybody got pics of Jindal doin’ the Kama Sutra?
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mcc
since when did they start referring to tax cuts as government spending?
Beats me, but I suggest we stick with it. I am looking forward to being able to label tax increases as "spending reductions".
Aaron
No.
This has been another episode of simple answers to simple questions.
JGabriel
Rick Taylor:
Hey, you know what might be a real good way to offset that interest? Raise taxes on the top 2% of income to 42% – 45%. Or better yet, treat capital gains as income rather than a separate category.
Maybe the Republicans should propose that!
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Jess
And let’s relabel the "Death Tax" as "Immortality via Public Investment."
Third Eye Open
GOP Hip-Hop:
Are you down with the G-O-P?
Yeah, you know me!
Are you down with the G-O-P?
Yeah, you know me!
So you want something for free
Well don’t tread on me
Cuz ill break it down like Reagan
Bring Jeebus to the Pagans
While I bitch-slap Nagin
Welfare queens, knocked up teens, holes in your jeans
Permanent Majorities in my dreams
Here comes the Red Dawn
Now get the fuck off my lawn!
Are you down with the G-O-P?
Yeah, you know me!
Are you down with the G-O-P?
Yeah, you know me!
I got scrilla hidden in Manilla
I got oil to drilla, and hoes from Wasilla
You can’t see me, like analog TV
But don’t forget to respect the au-thor-i-ti
Or ill bust you in your fuckin’ eye
I got mice and trains on my brain
But still can’t seem to get over that stain
Give me Liberty or Death,
Hookers and Meth
Foot tappin’, double wet-suit wrappin’
Ditto heads fwappin’ and John McCain nappin’
Werd to yer mother!
Andre
@Third Eye Open: God help me but I LOLed.
by
That there is my pup. What happened to him is that he got into a pack of gum with the Xylitol sugar substitute. It isn’t widely know, but Xylitol is highly toxic for dogs – causing an extreme hypoglycemic response leading to coma and death. 2 sticks of gum with it can kill a 20 lb dog in 30 minutes and is quickly becoming one of the top poison risks for dogs as Xylitol is becoming a more popular food additive.
I was really lucky – I was away when he got the gum, but got home shortly after he ate it. I called the vet, feeling that I was being overly concerned, and to my surprise they told me he needed to be taken in right away. There’s only a short window in which they can be treated for Xylitol poisoning and I hope I made it. There is still a risk of fatal liver failure. We find out Saturday if he’s going to truly pull through this.
Rome Again
@Third Eye Open:
Was that a shout out to BOB?
LMAO
Third Eye Open
@Rome Again:
I can pretend it was, but i’m not that smart.
randiego
@third eye
that was bad ass
whiskey
eskimo dog best dog
randiego
@by
They put a highly toxic substance for dogs in gum? jezuz!!
I hope he pulls through, what a cute pup.
TheHatOnMyCat
@by: Good grief, that is a shocker. I am surprised they allow the stuff to be sold without a clear and unavoidable warning to dog owners.
While reading up on this just now, I came across another piece of info that was news to me … raisins (and grapes) are toxic to dogs and can cause renal failure and death. I had no idea.
Mr. Surly
It’s the puppy Jeebus! Praise Dog!
Just Some Fuckhead
You just knew if John was making fun of it the poor thing had to be dead, dying or otherwise in a catastrophic way.
Comrade grumpy realist
And I had a dog that happily wolfed down (hidden) roach poison tablets….I panicked, hauled him off to the vet, and they told me he had ingested 3 times the supposed lethal dose for a dog his size. Effect? Nothing. Slightly grumpy at being kept at the vet overnight.
(now if I can ever figure out how he got into the marmalade with the screw-top lid on it that was lid-screwed-firmly-on in the middle of the table…opened it, and ate half of it.)
by
@TheHatOnMyCat: Yeah well, if they put a warning label on it, some people might choose not to bring it in the house and expose their pets. That’s just bad for business.
Of course, not letting me know via a warning label while nearly killing my dog isn’t exactly a winning strategy for customer loyalty either.
Just Some Fuckhead
Maybe the warning label could say "Kills bad breath.. and dogs."
Brick Oven Bill
Harmony is the combination of the discord and the concord, both of which are energy, at different frequencies. High frequencies attenuate their energy more quickly than low frequencies. This is why you hear the discord before the concord as you approach a musical event.
Music mechanics are fascinating, when you think about it. Music really is engineering, although it is considered to be one of the Liberal Arts. Music also provides the musician with plenty of life experiences. And free beer.
I heard the Little River Band at an outside event once. These guys sounded every bit as good outside as they do on a recording. Every harmony was perfect. I sense that music, like society itself, is devolving, and getting angrier. See the abovementioned GOP rap song.
One notable effort is Cold Play’s new stuff, which is excellent on recording, but not so good live. Their music resembles art more than engineering. I think Nancy Pelosi may have serious issues. For this reason, I do not like to see Barack and Joe in the same place.
Just Some Fuckhead
For you, BOB.
Rome Again
@Brick Oven Bill:
No, say it ain’t so. You can’t like LRB because I do and I have to detest everything you like.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Rome Again: He’s ruining all the good stuff!
Third Eye Open
@Brick Oven Bill:
I don’t know what you’re talking about, but it sounds heady.
Angry wasn’t what I was going for, and please don’t think that I represent any facet of modern music, I was going for rhyme and maybe a little meter.
OTOH, TOOL sounds just as good live as recorded, even better if exploring parallel realities while listening.
TheHatOnMyCat
Oh Christ, you’ve turned into Deepak Chopra.
TheHatOnMyCat
Oh yeah, because human history is all about civility and decorum.
ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
You need some new material, Bob.
Brick Oven Bill
Thank you for that Just Some Fuckhead. Maybe I’ll get the DOT back together and we can perform that one over at Reverend Wright’s mansion. He can sing the concord. All I need now is a Mission from God.
Rome Again
@Brick Oven Bill:
I asked God and he said: "No thanks, there are quite enough people already ruining my agenda".
TheHatOnMyCat
You’re a Mormon?
Who knew?
Brick Oven Bill
I think we can now officially state that Roland has one iota of taint, and he may be looking for something to do in a few weeks, back in Chicagoland. Roland can play the drums.
Rome Again
@TheHatOnMyCat:
No, he’s under the silly impression that he’s a Blues Brother.
TheHatOnMyCat
Let me guess. That is supposed to be witty because Roland(tm) is a musical instrument manufacturer?
AnneLaurie
By, I hope your adorable little guy pulls through with no permanent damage!
I stopped chewing gum when I first heard about xylitol, too. There are a lot of ‘OMG Toxic to Dogs! Eleventy-One!’ substances I’m not so paranoid about — sure, eating a slice of raisin bread or a few potato chips MIGHT kill some extremely susceptible dog, just as touching a table that another kid touched with his peanut-eating hand MIGHT kill a peanut-sensitive child. But most of the OMG substances would have to be consumed in such quantity (a 15lb beagle eating a half-pound bag of chocolate, wrappers & all) that the dog usually pukes it up before the damage is done (except to the carpet). Most dogs survive (crave) the occasional grape or chocolate chip without visible harm, so I prefer to reserve my paranoia for stuff like xylitol, anti-freeze, and Tylenol (srlsy — one otc tablet can kill a 60lb dog). After all, let’s be honest… if the gum wrapper said "Can be fatal to dogs", we’d be making fun of the maroons who let their dogs chew gum in the first place, amirite?
TheHatOnMyCat
@Rome Again: LOL
Of course, the superhip modern reference. Well, superhip as of thirty years ago. Bob is nothing if not topical.
Laura W
@Brick Oven Bill:
There’s the title of your first CD, Bill.
Very snappy.
Rome Again
@TheHatOnMyCat:
I used to own a Roland. I miss it.
Rome Again
@TheHatOnMyCat:
I heard Jake Blues on Sunday Night radio recently broadcasting from The House of Blues. ;)
Brick Oven Bill
TheCatOnMyHat, I am sorry, but there are no places for ladies. But you can sing along in the audience, if you help haul the gear, and bring us drinks.
Rome Again
@Brick Oven Bill:
Sexist!
TheHatOnMyCat
I’d be in favor of a standard pet safety warning aimed at protecting dogs and cats. Products with high danger to pets can be kept in a safe place and treated with care.
I have pills that are extraordinarly dangerous, and one of my fears is that I will drop them on the floor where the cats might get them. So I am very careful with them.
I can exercise that kind of care with whatever products are potentially lethal to pets … if I know what they are.
Just Some Fuckhead
@Laura W:
And the cover art could be a Lesbian with no front teeth rasslin’ a naked fat woman in a Chinese restaurant.
TenguPhule
I would suggest discovering that god is actually dog spelled backwards.
TheHatOnMyCat
I’ll start my own band, Bill. I’ve been playing for well over 50 years now. You can haul my fucking gear.
But thanks anyway.
Brick Oven Bill
How’s this Laura?
One Iota of Taint
Guess he wasn’t no saint
And all of the Senators to deride
But Roland keeps the beats
And puts fannies in seats
As the DOT gets down on the south side
Rome Again
@TheHatOnMyCat:
It would be helpful to know if a cat eating a Dorito is dangerous. My cat loves them, although I try to keep him away from them. He knows what the bag looks like. He will try to get one if given the opportunity.
Rome Again
@TheHatOnMyCat:
Is there a place for women?
TheHatOnMyCat
@Rome Again: Nice gear.
Ruem
@Litlebritdifrnt:
May I lurve you from a lurking darkness for the Tony Hadley link? Not only can I sing all the lyrics to "gold" without a cheat sheet, I also can do "communication", "chant no. 1" and "to cut long story short". Unfortunately, your video link has also amused my colleagues to death due to my singing. which means my dastardly plan to rise in the company is working.
TheHatOnMyCat
@Rome Again: Especially if they can sing!
Rome Again
@TheHatOnMyCat:
Ah, so my eligibility ran out about fifteen years ago. Pity. :(
But, at least you’re not sexist.
TheHatOnMyCat
With or without the sour cream and salsa?
j/k, I really don’t know.
Laura W
@Brick Oven Bill: Oh Bill. I am thrilled to be your muse!
Bravo.
TheHatOnMyCat
Please don’t make fun of my oil paintings.
Mike in NC
Uh, no on that last one. Those hundreds of billions of dollars pissed away into the sandy wastes of Iraq weren’t your hard-earned tax dollars, they were tax cuts. Hope you enjoyed them.
Rome Again
@TheHatOnMyCat:
Do you use black velvet for canvas?
Just Some Fuckhead
@TheHatOnMyCat: How many Wessons you got?
TheHatOnMyCat
@Rome Again: Of course, what else?
TheHatOnMyCat
@Just Some Fuckhead: How many you lookin’ for?
Make me an offer.
Rome Again
OT: DKos member gets to take a pot shot at Jindal :)
TheHatOnMyCat
@Rome Again: Wow, he runs into Jindal on the plane. And MSNBC reports that Jindal did indeed go to Disney World today. So the story sounds like it is true.
Steeplejack
@TheHatOnMyCat:
Fix’d.
DanR2
@by
I don’t understand why the dog has to wear the E-collar for eating gum. Did the vet give him an I.V. or something?
Handsome dog, btw. Hope his liver is OK.
TenguPhule
Depends on the flavoring and their stomach sensitivity. I would strongly advise against letting it eat ranch or spicy flavored.
But yeah, you shouldn’t let it eat them. At a minimum you are going to suffer some really awful silent but deadlies in its vicinity when you least expect it.
TenguPhule
Not when it squeaks like that.
Conservatively Liberal
I own a Roland and it is a nice little guitar amp (Cube 30). A JC Clean circuit, six amp models on the Lead circuit, 10" speaker, three-band EQ, four effects (Tremolo, Flanger, Phaser & Chorus), plus delay and reverb. Clean or dirty, it is a fun little amp to jam out on and much easier than toting my rack gear and cabinets for a quick jam session.
Roland makes good gear.
R. Schmidt-Orren
Nope.
Sorry if it’s been said already. I’m tired and I’m going to bed without reading all the comments here.
R. Schmidt-Orren
I didn’t go to bed. Instead I read comments until I got to Third Eye Open’s rap.
Glad I did, that was funny!
Nice to go to sleep with a laugh.
Brick Oven Bill
Here is a pet. Going to bed.
Clio
@Rome Again:
Fuck, they would kick Nixon out of the party as a RINO now. Earth Day?
And speaking of Nixon, how incredibly sad is it that the Shithead formerly known as President made Watergate seem like kitten play? I’ll never forgive him for the "national conversation" we’ve had to have on whether or not torture is wrong.
Clio
@Brick Oven Bill:
Have you seen Coldplay live? Or are you pulling things out of your chimney again? They put on one of the best shows that I have seen in years.
Your writing still has a douchey, "I wish that I were an intellectual" quality to it, by the way.
Robert Sneddon
Re the doggy picture:
"Weird, but I can now hear a can-opener THREE rooms away!"
gex
@TheHatOnMyCat:
gex
Oh, and re the update to this post – the GOP has actually decided to start calling it a $1 trillion stimulus package because "it has a stronger psychological impact". They argue that they should add the interest on the money borrowed to implement the bill.
Funny – when we had a budget surplus, the cost of the proposed tax cuts never included the cost of the interest we could have saved by paying down our debt but didn’t.
I guess the Dems do this too, but I hate that there is no principle the GOP will apply to Dems that they would ever apply to themselves.