the grey's anatomy writers have a test audience of people whose hearts they squeegee within an inch of their lives every time they write an episode.

poor dumb richard. poor not dumb adele. poor izzy. yay bailey!

Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus | BaltimoreChronicle.com

have i mentioned what the fuck? because really.

Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus | BaltimoreChronicle.com:

In one of the most chilling public statements ever made by a U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales questioned whether the U.S. Constitution grants habeas corpus rights of a fair trial to every American.
Responding to questions from Sen. Arlen Specter at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 18, Gonzales argued that the Constitution doesn’t explicitly bestow habeas corpus rights; it merely says when the so-called Great Writ can be suspended.
“There is no expressed grant of habeas in the Constitution; there’s a prohibition against taking it away,” Gonzales said.

Daily Kos: 'Life' is just a four letter word

january 21, 2007 is national sanctity of life day.

go on over to daily kos and look at the picture essay that goes into detail about president bush's respect for the sanctity of life.

Daily Kos: 'Life' is just a four letter word

safe for work.

Pentagon manual would allow convicted terrorists to be executed on hearsay

what. the. fuck.

Pentagon manual would allow convicted terrorists to be executed on hearsay

Washington: The Pentagon has drafted a manual for upcoming detainee trials that would allow suspected terrorists to be convicted on hearsay evidence and coerced testimony and imprisoned or put to death.

hearsay, that's the fancy name for lies people tell when they're mad at you, and coerced testimony, that's the fancy name for torture.

again, what the fuck? jesus fucking christ on a pogo stick; how come this country is writing into law shit that my mother wouldn't let me get away with when i was six?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): To create a pearl, an oyster needs an aggravating parasite inside its shell. It builds layers of calcium carbonate around the invader, gradually fabricating the treasure. How long does it take from the initial provocation to the finished product? Five years for a pearl of average size, and as many as ten years for a big one. I hope that puts into perspective the tenacious work you're doing on your own master project, Libra. It may seem sometimes as if you've been striving to transform your irritant for an eternity, but you're actually right on schedule.

thank you, mr breszny. yes'm.

can i post now? huh, can i?

i know. so dull for you readers. sorry.


wackosity. i wonder where the title comes from.

anyhow, everyone should go read bad mama and see how adorable peanut is. a-freaking-dorable.

well, i am having trouble posting. that's less than optimal. grrr.

i just switched to the new blogger. please let me know if you see any problems with things. betsy at my domain name will get to me pretty promptly.

um. also, in other news, i mopped my basement floor. it's now clean! i am so excited!

from avedon carol, at the sideshow. the sideshow is my favorite blog about american politics, even though she now lives in the uk.

The Sideshow

Digby warns that the Stepford Press is going all-out to tell each other how important it is that Nancy Pelosi rein in the partisanship in Washington. Every time a pundit says something like this, a little bell should go off in your head that says, 'I must ask this person immediately how Pelosi is supposed to stop the Republicans from being so viciously partisan.'

a good question, isn't it.

dear all of you who don't live in minnesota and never have: it's simply awful here during the winters. i have chiselled steps in the ice that is all the way up to my second story windows so that i can climb down them and then hitch up my dog sled to take me to work. it is so cold here that i have to put blankets over my eight siberian huskies when i bring them in to sleep at night, or else they get too cold. also, target is all sold out of electric blankets, and has been since august, when it first got cold. just so you know. love, me.

to the rest of you, oh my gosh is it gorgeous out right now. the snow is so beautiful on my back yard, and so nice after not having had any up until now. it's just about freezing, which is less fun, because the snow melts and then refreezes as ice, but eh. i just won't hike anywhere. and that means it's warm enough so that i don't (much) have to encourage the dogs to go out, even little tiny near hairless pirate. she keeps warm running around and yapping. and i can stand on the steps and watch them as they run around, and not freeze anything irreplaceable off.

really a quite nice start to the year, weather wise.

okay, now i am being stared at beseechingly by a chihuahua who wishes i'd come to bed. er, i mean, the seventeen huskies wish i'd come keep them warm. yeah, that's the ticket.