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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 07:25 PM) So, Here's an update on that Truthout.org "Karl Rove to be indicted" article from a month ago. Now the author is saying that the day Fitzgerald met with the Grand Jury, an indictment was returned, but it has remained sealed for a month, with the parties remaining unnamed. He's saying the indictmment is currently read as "Sealed v. Sealed". So, if the original article was taken with a grain of salt, this one should probably be taken with one of those water softener salt blocks. . . . Or, Jason Leopold could be vindicated some time in the near future. Remaining hopeful. . .

QUOTE(bmags @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 07:01 PM) sadly...this is my generations martin luther king...bahhhhhhhhhhhh More like Martin Luther Queen, I'd say. . .

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 06:54 PM) i would probably get thrown in prison if i didn't pay my federal income tax, even though i would love to not pay it due to the fact i think the government wastes most of it. I'd get thrown in jail too, I'm sure. Somebody like Kathy that has spent years actively protesting US military spending, but who also walks it like she talks it by living below the poverty level and living in the community in Iraq (pre- and post-war) as a living example of Catholic charity, is probably less likely to end up in jail. For tax evasion, at any rate.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 06:30 PM) I don't know if it's just me, but I've had the impression for quite a while that Rockefeller hasn't exactly been that strong of a minority leader on what has turned out to be one of the most important committees for oversight of this White House. I think the type example is the WMD report that, 7 months after Reid shut down the Senate, still isn't done somehow. It's not just you. Rockefeller's acquiescence on things like this has pissed me off greatly. As can be seen by my use of this smiley >>

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 06:12 PM) definately but not paying your taxes is a good way to end up in jail, they might want to take a different approach. One of my former high school theology teachers has refused to pay federal income tax for 20 years as a passivist protest. She's been arrasted arrested lots of times and has spent lots of time in jail for other acts of non-violent civil disobedience, but they've never thrown the book at her for willful nonpayment of taxes despite being quite familiar with her. Then again, it's not like the government can squeeze blood fom a turnip. Lots of War Tax protesters deliberately earn less than taxable income, while others live communally or quasi-monastically and strive to be self sustaining through their own labor. In her specific case, it doesn't hurt that she is the co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness and a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Every time she gets arrested it puts her in the spotlight and gives her an opportunity to be heard, including encouraging others to join her in War Tax resistence. The message is that tax resistance is the most direct way US citizens can avoid being complicit in the war. I Kathy Kelly

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 06:04 PM) But I forgot that the most important topics today are about gays, abortion, and flag burning. And #%&@*! Mexicans picking all our lettuce and not leaving any for us to pick.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2006 -> 05:10 PM) So Here's your update on the Russel Tice testimony. The testimony was done, but was done behind closed doors, and no one seems to know if there'll be anything actually done based on it. Other committees seem to want to interview the guy and are asking the NSA for permission, but the NSA is stonewalling and not answering the questions. I was starting to wonder whether he ever testified or not. Something else troubling me is that the %@#*&! Intelligence Committee is NOT asking to intterview Tice. I can see Chairman Pat Roberts doing everything he can to stonewall against Tice testifying before Intelligence. But that can't be sitting well with Vice Chairman John Rockefeller, seeing as he was one of the first Congresspersons to voice their concerns when the questionable NSA programs first came to light, even calling for a congressional investigation into them. The purposeful memory holes being created in regard to any testimony concerning or any attempt at investigation into the NSA programs is truly Orwellian in nature. Michael Haydon's briefing to Intelligence on the eve of the CIA confirmation hearings, specifically so that any potentially thorny NSA spying questions would then be off the table. . . allowing Tice to testify only behind closed doors and then figuring out how best to ignore any revelations he might have made. . . killing investigations into the complicity of the telcos and stonewalling the ACLU suit. . . and on it goes. . .

Yippee. We got the first outfall bands from Alberto yesterday afternoon. We can really use the rain and the winds look like they will remain minimal hurricane strength, so hopefully this one is just going to be a rainmaker for us. The rain yesterday did undo about 4 hours of excavation work in a backyard koi pond I'm working on, so I'm cheesed off at Alberto for that though. . .

have a great one Dan!

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jun 11, 2006 -> 08:49 PM) Or it's a beagle in children's story. . . I have so few of those Biblical references still in recall from high school, I have to use 'em whenever I can. :-)

You should have just titled tthis thread, "Hey Kid Gleason, I'm Talking too You!" I like those Silver Screen collectibbles very much. The only one I own is the black and white Nosferatu figure that Mrs. Flaxx bought for me a couple of birthdays ago. It;s up on the shelf in my office with all my reissue Aurora monster models. OK, so I guess I can almost give Kid a run for his money in monster movie geekdom.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 05:43 AM) Al-Zarqawi to Satan. "What do mean I'M one the virgins?"

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 03:05 AM) Everyone uses the word terrorist like its an excuse to treat someone inhumanely. It's not. They are still human. And if the same people here who claim that our country is based on "Christian" values, aren't arguing this than maybe they oughta bone up on the texts they claim is the basis for our society. Meh, that tired old bit about 'That which you do to the least of My brothers. . . '? Apparently that line never made it onto the NUKE Testament.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Jun 9, 2006 -> 07:41 PM) Speaking of, who names their kid after a Civil War battle? It's actually a Biblical name, from way back in Genesis. Christians believe it either referred to the coming of david in teh future, or possibly even a Messianic foretelling of Jesus. Jews believe it refers either to a time of peace or a savior who has not yet come. [/catechism]

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 8, 2006 -> 08:57 AM) But there are two subjects that have come up in here in the last few months where there is a significant slice of the posters believe something that is just mind-boggling to me. This is one of them - thinking that people can choose who they are attracted to. The other is the idea that Islam is, in itself, evil, as are all of its followers. In both cases, I just can't understand how intelligent people could believe that. Uhm. . . You forgot the big Soxtalk wedge issue: The *$%#@!! whackjobs who put ketchup on hotdogs!!!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2006 -> 01:01 PM) Arlen Specter proposes blanket amnesty for anyone who violated the law through the current NSA program. Funny, I thought it was 100% legal. Who didn't see that coming from Specter? Specter talks a good game about being concerned over the legality of these programs, and tries to look like he's standing up to the administration, but he always, ALWAYS caves.

Happy Happy and more Happy to the birthday trio!

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Jun 9, 2006 -> 11:36 AM) What about the "Baby Brangelina" title that confused you to enter this thread? He thought it was a the name of a new Japanese movie monster. . .

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jun 8, 2006 -> 03:36 PM) We must all burn every existing copy of that awful, awful movie Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band this week. RIP Billy... I fixed that for you.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jun 8, 2006 -> 09:05 AM) Cute kid. No mistaking they are her parents. Holy Crap! Only a couple of days old and he already broke her in half!!

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 06:05 PM) My Caption: "Just shoot me now!" Ask me another question like that and I'm gonna play Cheney and you'll play Whittington, see?

This is maybe the third time he's been thought to be killed, but this seems a much more solid report this time. They go so far as to say positive identification has been made by "fingerprint verification, facial recognition and known scars." Here's hoping. http://rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src...0800114_pf.html

QUOTE(Soxy @ Jun 8, 2006 -> 12:17 AM) That's funny, most women in their twenties have AAs as their best friends. . . It's hard keeping up with the teenagers.

QUOTE(whitesoxin @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 11:44 PM) Does anybody know how it is possible for every teenage girl to have the best friends in the world? The secret of every teenage girl's best friend?? Amazingly, it's. . . the 220V to 110V international stepdown voltage convertor. No, I don't know what that means either.