Ha Ha Ha...grab a bag of popcorn, put your feet up

And smile. I love this webpage. 2006 is going to be a fun year for people like me, politically, at least. Our fearless leader's approval numbers are at 40%, and falling. Add to that the drumbeat that won't go away...the last 2 presidential elections were stolen.

Re: the Abramoff Scandal...Howard Dean to Scarborough: "There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff, not one, not one single Democrat. Every person named in this scandal is a Republican. Every person under investigation is a Republican. Every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal. There is no evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. And we've looked through all of those FEC reports to make sure that's true."

The very idea that Republicans would even trot out the idea that Abramoff also gave money to Democrats shows how desperate they are. Sample quote from Abramoff: "It is not our job to seek peaceful coexistence with the Left, our job is to remove them from power permanently" Abramoff is also a Bush Pioneer.

And...some more news for the "global warming is not happening" crowd. And more. How much more news or science do they need?

12/08/1980

He was such a smart-ass. I was in a mental hospital on that day, quite frankly. His assasination made me realise I didn't belong there. I liked John Lennon. Hard to believe it's been almost 26 years. Dang....I have come so far since that day, yet I'm always in fear I will end up back there. I always remember something John said...."I'm not afraid of death, it's like getting out of one car and into another." When I think about it...he's right, because I think I've seen it. John's music was like a concrete floor...you could get scraped up on it....and you could settle on it. A very fierce tenderness, to paraphrase someone much better with words than me.

The DNA of Kitties...explained!

Interesting article about the DNA and migration patterns of the early cats, and how they came to be what they are today.

Kittenwar..a site worth visiting!

I have a few cats, which I can honestly say I love as much as you love your children. Dan would like to get a dog, and while I'm not against it....I don't know a damn thing about them, except that you have to dominate them, kinda like you have to do with horses. And I'd rather have a horse, actually. And I'm not really comfortable dominating anything or anyone.

Right now, I'm focusing on getting Dan to agree to digital cable or the Dish or something. I need to see some good TV, though our bottom of the line cable package does include Comedy Central, thank jah.

The thing is...we can go away for a long weekend and leave the cats to their own devices...dogs...you can't do that with. As with any pet, there are pros and cons. Dan's always wanted a house rabbit, I like the bunnies, too. I think if we had a bigger house...we'd have lots more critters. For right now...I'm maxed out on pets. Only because I have a hard time having the time to take care of them.

A friend of mine came over today. She has been stuck in her house for the last 3 weeks due to pneumonia, so she was itching to get out of the house, and into some plant nurseries to buy some plants. So, we went out. My friend is quite well off, me...not so much. So I bought a Bird's nest fern, and a small bale of compressed spaghnum moss(both on sale) to put on the tops of my carnivorous plants when they come out of dormancy. My friend bought this large orchid plant, in bloom, that smells just heavenly. And a ZZ (Zamioculcas zamiifolia) plant. and a few small table ferns, Pteris ferns.

I bought a Pteris fern in Florida last month, brought it home on the plane, etc. It survived quite nicely until Mr. Boo got ahold of it. He ate one of my Pinguiculas, too. Bastard. The ping will recover...I'm not so sure about the fern from Florida. Pings are cool plants...they have sticky leaves that bugs stick to. They are insectivorious plants. They also bloom like crazy..the blooms look like violets. I may have to take the Pteris and the Bird's Nest fern to the Hell Mouth until Spring.

Picture of an Asshat.

This is the picture of an evil man. A terrorist. A war criminal. He single-handedly caused the Intifada, has a long history as a terrorist, and is personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. He's also revered by the government of the United States of America. I say Good Riddance. Sorry to be harsh, but I'm not a great fan of the policies of the government of Israel, a country we give $10 billion+ a year to, and, in gratitude, spies on us. Its high time to let Israel stand on it's own 2 feet. We need to cut off their funding.

Speaking of ventilators and stuff....while this article makes good points, mostly callous ones, what was done is still deeply wrong, and is one of the many reasons I think we need a national health system. I don't agree with the author. What's that Hippocratic Oath thing? "First, do no harm"..........Health care IS being rationed, folks.

And why I think Wal Mart is completely evil.