Offering constructive criticism to the social cripples in our midst since early 2005.

[Penske_Account]

[Say_hello_for_me]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
He is the person on my side (other than socks/trolls) who is the most likely to annoy me by being too extreme/disingenuous.* So I think it holds.

Sweetie, I think he's the only person left on your side.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Sweetie, I think he's the only person left on your side.

Or so you'd like to think. My side in a general way. I think there are a couple other people around here who are pro-choice, pro-some form of universal healthcare, anti-flat tax, pro-progressive income taxation, etc. You may have them all on ignore and aren't clicking . . .

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Or so you'd like to think. My side in a general way. I think there are a couple other people around here who are pro-choice, pro-some form of universal healthcare, anti-flat tax, pro-progressive income taxation, etc. You may have them all on ignore and aren't clicking . . .

There is at least one, but I think she posts under a sock:

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
If she gets out of jail with that, it gets Fitzgerald part of what he wants, but perhaps he's after more. The appellate opinion apparently says F. knows who she talked to in the WH, and he may want to know what was said, not just what was not said.

Remember, there's no love lost between F. and Miller. F. probably is in no hurry to get Miller out of jail. F. believes that Miller tipped off several Muslim charities that he was investigating in 2001 just before they arrived with subpoenas, and they were allegedly able to destroy a lot of evidence as a result.

interesting back-story. She's certainly in no position to negotiate now.

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Originally posted by Penske_Account

As if we needed more proof that the highest form of conservative thinking fits on a T-shirt.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
As if we needed more proof that the highest form of conservative thinking fits on a T-shirt.

I'm wearing X-ray specs, I can't see the T-shirt.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

via Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Show:

• Stewart: So after yesterday's announcement of Bush's pick for the Supreme Court, how is the left wing reacting?
  Correspondent: Well, Jon, they're outraged over Bush's pick, and they have been for weeks.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Given this is the apparent direction of the investigation, why won't miller cut a deal like russert to say something like "I never provided the name of Valerie Plame to anyone in the whitehouse before its publication by Novak"?

That's all fitzgerald needs. she doesn't have to give up a source, and gets out of jail.

If he wants to try someone on the basis of her testimony, she'll need to appear in court, and the defendant will need to chance to ask her other questions, no?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
He is the person on my side (other than socks/trolls) who is the most likely to annoy me by being too extreme/disingenuous.* So I think it holds.

Moi? Huh. I'll have to tinker with the on-line persona, I guess.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Moi? Huh. I'll have to tinker with the on-line persona, I guess.

I wouldn't worry about it. I'm (overly) sensitive, like a delicate flower.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Moi? Huh. I'll have to tinker with the on-line persona, I guess.

Drink big Cabs, you will be come off as bolder, brasher and ballsier.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If he wants to try someone on the basis of her testimony, she'll need to appear in court, and the defendant will need to chance to ask her other questions, no?

All he needs is an indictment now; your question is a separate issue re trial.

Russert agreed to answer a limited set of questions. So could she. If there's a trial, Russert might have to evaluate what to do at that point. So might she. She could reargue the same point--that she can't reveal her source.

All I'm saying, and it's too late now, is that she might ahve been able to avoid jail if her lawyer did some better negotiating. Of course, maybe negotations weren't possible.

[Spanky]

It seems that the Japanese now don't think that SDI is all that stupid. One wonders when the liberals in this country will come around. Maybe when North Korea launches a missile over our airspace.

Tokyo approves anti-missile bill

Friday, July 22, 2005; Posted: 1:56 a.m. EDT (05:56 GMT)


TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japan's parliament has passed legislation giving the country's defense chief the authority to shoot down incoming missiles without approval from the prime minister or Cabinet.

The bill was approved by the upper house in a 126-94 vote. It passed the more powerful lower house last month, meaning the legislation will be enacted.

Japan's postwar pacifist constitution renounces the use of force to settle international disputes, but Tokyo has recently become increasingly concerned about possible threats posed by North Korea.

Tokyo is jointly researching a missile defense system with the United States, and Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono said Tuesday that Washington had agreed to let Japan manufacture new Patriot missile systems under license.

He said the two countries signed an agreement in March allowing Japan to produce Patriot Advanced Capability-3, or PAC-3, missiles for planned deployment during fiscal 2006. The missiles are designed to intercept and destroy incoming ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and enemy aircraft.

Worries in Japan about North Korea have risen as the communist country moves ahead with its nuclear weapons programs. A top North Korean official told a U.S. television network last month that his government is building more nuclear bombs and is able to mount nuclear warheads on its missiles.

North Korea has test-fired short-range missiles many times in the past. In 2003, it launched short-range land-to-ship missiles at least three times during a period of heightened tensions over its nuclear weapons program.

North Korea shocked Japan in 1998 by blasting a Taepodong-1 missile over its territory and into the Pacific Ocean. The North said it was an attempt to put a satellite in orbit.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Drink big Cabs, you will be come off as bolder, brasher and ballsier.

Oh, you think he was going for the being even more annoying, so that he annoys me as much as you people? huh.