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yellojktNot much from me today. Feel free to add. I’m busy transferring data between my laptop and the new iMac at work, and it’s taking a lot longer than I expected. A little disappointed: I thought I was getting the big honkin’ 3.1 ghz 27″ iMac, and instead I got it’s less robust baby brother, the 21″ 2.8ghz model.
Not exactly what I expected . . .
Ah, well, you get what you get and you don’t pitch a fit. I should be able to hook up my current monitor to it, doubling my working screen real estate, which is what I’m really after. Still could have used that extra .3 ghz, though.
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All Things in Moderation 
I’m thinking back to the Osborne I and lugging it onto planes, rental cars and client meetings. 26 pounds of crap, but the industry had to start somewhere.
Its specs are here.
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/brochure/museum/osspecs.html
“Memory size: 64K bytes programmable (RAM); 4K read-only memory; 60K of programmable memory”
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Hey folks, just dropping by for a minute to say, I haven’t fallen off the planet, but work is beating me up and beating down. If I’m not around at all, that’s the big reason why, and I probably won’t be around much for a few days. (Poor cao and DD will be distraught “over there.”)
The blog is looking great, though. I haven’t even gone back to look at the admin threads, but someone has been busy here. This font is better than the last one I saw (looks sort of like Calibri?).
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Even WaPo and G Sargent are reporting 10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free.
Is anybody else here concerned about the steady erosion of our civil liberties?
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YES.
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And IMHO, Scott is now 3-for-3 on quote of the day. Thanks, Scott! Any bets on how long he can keep it up without stepping on someone’s toes?
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You cannot fail with Winston, Ambrose Bierce or Mark Twain.
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okie:
Do I get to bet?
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Scott, I think not. Insider information and all that. But nice try. 🙂
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Do I get to bet?
Only if your bet is “A good long time”! 🙂 Oh, wait, I forgot you’re one of those Financial Fascist/brown shirt/stormtrooper guys. . . in which case you wouldn’t tell the truth anyway! Remember that we’re going to froth at the mouth over any Ayn Rand quotes, though! 😉
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Panetta looks somewhat like Tony Bennett.
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mark (or any of you attorneys), see “Why I’m suing Barack Obama” in the Link Dump. Any opinions on whether this suit will go forward? Does he have standing? Does it fall into the black hole mentioned in the “10 Reasons” opinion piece of invoking national security/classified information as government defense? (I have ranted about that one for 10+ years!) I would love any analysis/informed opinion about that suit.
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Okie, I was hoping some of the attorneys would see that but forgot to mention it when I posted it. I knew you’d find it fascinating though.
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And I have not properly thanked you for posting it. Thank you, lms!!!
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Okie, this one’s for you, just remember I said it first and this is the only thing I have in common with Beach_Music. This is his most recent comment at the Plumline. lol,lol
Oh, by the way, algernon is the latest incarnation of Dix. I parsed out his comments.
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LMAO. Okay, now I’ll have to go check it out.
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Sheesh. I got as far as beach accusing johnbannedagain of being racist. Done.
But I did see that Liam picked up on the identification. You’re good, lms!
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I know my Plumline…..:)
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Leave it to Liam to worry abut identities.
I see the problem with Beach. I took him in small doses, but he has quite the ego.
Then again, groups like that get all types.
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A propos of nothing, my OKC Thunder are strong out of the chute this season (and as far as I can tell, getting very little national press for it). Right now they are playing away at WA, down by 2 with just less than a minute to go. Win or lose tonight, they’re lookin’ good!
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Ah, well, Wizards got us this time.
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Ok I hate signing up for new things, but you guys are worth it. LOL
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Well thank gawd you made it…….we’ve been waiting.
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I’ve become curmudgeonly about creating new accounts on things and I don’t do facebook.
I was having a good discussion with JNC about the Romney family today and then ronnie butted in and made a personal comment.
Too crazy for me. I was stupid to go back later on but the keystone thing interested me.
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Hey I believe that ticktockny over at the PL is a former JAG and does quality stuff, if anybody wants to invite her. (i’m pretty sure that she is a she)
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I have no objections at all. I just cannot go over there and give my email out anymore. Someone else will have to think of an excuse to do it….but not when Liam is around and don’t use ATiM as the reason. The only reason I got mcurtis over here is because he put his email up on the Plumline and I took a chance.
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now THAT was funny piece, I ROFLed earlier
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Really, you need to look up my history via google. Google groups alt.revisionism mcurtis or Mike Curtis as searches. You should find a lot of debates with the deniers. When you work in that zone secrecy is next to godliness. There’s Nizkor.org and you’ll find me under people in their ftp archives. I’m a pretty safe bet.
Another group on RODOH we keep pretty secret and lock out certain discussion groups while we wroite articles about certain death camps to refute the foreign deniers. So I’m pretty familiar with your concerns.
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johnbannedagain, I’m glad to see you! You have a way of explaining inexplicable things to me in a way I understand. (Not sure about your assessment of ticktockky, but I haven’t been reading PL comments regularly.)
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at your service, as long as it’s not health care, taxes, technology, . . .
a man has to know his limitations
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john/banned
I’ve become curmudgeonly about creating new accounts on things and I don’t do facebook.
Good, when you look back at the previous posts and comments here you won’t be insulted that I said you weren’t the most tech savvy guy around, or something like that. 🙂
Brent is gone tomorrow so no morning report unless scott or someone else wants to do it…..we’ll have to deal. Maybe I’ll put up an Yves Smith piece to get the ball rolling….lol
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lms:
so no morning report unless scott or someone else wants to do it
Can’t be me, sorry. I will post the quote of the day and then I am on the road the rest of the morning. Have to go take care of some things with/for my parents.
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That’s okay, I’ll come up with something to get the ball rolling….good luck with your parents.
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Scott, hope this is routine and all is well with your parents.
G’night all. Big meeting early tomorrow morning, upon which my job depends. I want to be well rested.
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Nite okie, good luck tomorrow, last day of 59……….haaaaaahaaaaaa!!!!!
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lms:
Thanks.
okie:
It’s not routine, unfortunately. Time for some new living arrangements for my mom.
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Good luck, Scott. I’ve been there.
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Very sorry to hear that. Best wishes with your mom, Scott.
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Scott:
I’m sorry to hear that. Hope it goes as well as possible.
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All:
Thanks for the good wishes. We’ll get through it.
The About page has been updated. Talk to y’all later.
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The About page has been updated
Most excellent Scott……thanks. I wouldn’t change a thing.
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I take that back, could we edit the word hate out in relationship to the link to the Plumline. I don’t think that flies for me and could be insulting to commenters there that are above the fray still. Also, originally we left because of tech issues……just a suggestion.
Otherwise, I really like the tone and the refugee bit. I was thinking of the “Island of Misfit Toys”……….. 🙂
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Thanks, Scott, nice touch on the About ATiM page.
lms: “I take that back, could we edit the word hate out in relationship to the link to the Plumline.” I would take out all specific reference to PL. Where we came from is not necessary to the point.
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Second.
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I would take out all specific reference to PL.
That would probably be the best thing to do. Anyone else?
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I would take out all specific reference to PL.
I agree.
Okie- That lost to the Wizards is pretty bad, but the Thunder have to be the favorite to represent the Western Conference in the Finals. I can’t even watch the Pistons. They are just terrible.
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I would take out all specific reference to PL.
Agree. . . the simple statement that we’re here as refugees probably carries the point to the extent it needs to be carried.
okie, you know I still haven’t forgiven the Thunder! How’d the meeting go?
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I would take out all specific reference to PL.
I hope it’s alright but I edited that sentence slightly and took the link out. I left the sentence in for now and we’ll let Scott look at it and make his case for the way it was if he wants…….or we can also edit that sentence out completely…….but I think it’s a little better now. Hopefully.
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I like the way you edited it, and think it should stay in. My two cent’s. . .
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Quick notes:
lms, I like your edits to the About page.
michi, meeting went well and thank you for asking. Me and my menagerie get to eat for at least a few more months. I’m already tired of the “justify your existence every six months” that is required by the current political climate.
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Good work on the meeting okie……things are still so tough aren’t they? We had another budget cut yesterday at Hospice. I can tell when they invite the volunteers to the meeting they’re going to ask us to “pitch in” a little more……lol.
We’ll leave the About page the way it is for now then and see what scott thinks since he wrote it….. 🙂
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Okiegirl –
Back in the 70s I think Hedges’ lawsuit would have had a chance to clear standing issues in the WD TX, the Fifth Circuit, and the Supremes. A chance.
I am afraid that it has none now, but as Ashot has so clearly said, if a civil suit for Declaratory Judgment has no standing than the only persons who will have standing will be those detained without counsel. Catch 22.
I want the Supremes to rule on this. I do not think they will.
I will not vote either D or R if the Libertarian Party squarely supports repeal of this abomination.
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lms:
I’m fine with your changes, although I do think the sentence you changed now lacks an appealing symmetry that my three “toos” in succession had. C’est la vie.
And, just to be clear for anyone who didn’t see the original, there was no specific reference to PL. I simply linked to the site under the words “from other blogs” since that is, indeed, where most of us came from. Having said that, I think people here are overly concerned about PL/greg’s sensitivities.
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Change it to “too” divisive or something if you want. It was the connection between PL and hate that I objected to…..it was pretty clear I thought. I have some pretty negative feelings about that place but I’m trying not to bring it here for what it’s worth. I really liked the rest of it, even the three “toos”.
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Scott, for the record, I “voted” for no link to or specific mention of PL in the About page not because I am overly concerned about sensitivities (although I see no reason to purposefully antagonize anyone). Rather, what if we do draw in traffic that does not come from PL; why promote that site to somebody who might not otherwise be inclined to visit it?
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I changed it to “too divisive” (I like the triple-too’s) but somehow it doesn’t seem right. Change divisive to something else?
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Try putting a comma after insulting then leaving the and out. I think that’s the way he had it before. We should be able to come up with a better word if that looks right. How about polarizing or negative?
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Changed as you suggested. I like it better.
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Yeah, that looks and sounds good. It needed the ing.
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Have any of you ever visited other forums where politics is discussed? PL is pretty tame. I just don’t suffer fools gladly and have better things to do than deal with games like Liam’s. I was given a gun forum and since I was to moderate it I did a lot of historical and legal research. In the end I found both sides warped. I still do. But the gun owners assumed I was liberal (the others thought I was conservative) so it was best if I was replaced by a gun lover. Hilarious.
Really, PL is pretty easy.
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mcurtis, I agree that PL is relatively tame. But most of us originally left due to tech issues when they changed commenting software and due to inconsistent moderator issues. Also, there used to be many intelligent discussions without all the “poo-flinging” but the character of the comment board has now changed dramatically. Maybe we were spoiled, but now one is attacked for attempting any kind of dialogue with a commenter who is not on the “approved” list.
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Ok. I was new there. I was not privy to the past. That’s sad. It would have been great to see.
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I wasn’t there nearly as long as most on ATiM, but long enough to have experienced the difference.
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If I’m going to spend “what precious time I have left” (lol) on a comment board I’d like it to be productive, informative and at least slightly enjoyable. A lot of people thought we left because we were thin skinned……nope…..just sick of it for all the reasons okie mentioned. We’re not afraid of lively or even contentious discussions, it’s part of the political divide, but we try to approach it in a less vitriolic and more respectful way.
Scott, qb and I have know each other now for almost three years, and we still fight like cats and dogs, but on some level we’ve discovered we can exchange ideas without killing each other or wishing the other dead….. 🙂
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Well, I’m pretty sure that Scott and qb have wished me stunned until I came to my senses a couple of times, but we’ve never wished each other dead!
All kidding aside, mcurtis, yes–we have been there, done that. And we’re beyond that. That you’ve found yourself here shows that you have, also. ‘Nough said.
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mcurtis–
I originally started reading the PL because Steve Benen at Political Animal mentioned it; I’ve long been a fan of his and Kevin Drum’s (at Mother Jones, formerly the Political Animal who moved on and allowed Steve in)(yes, it does seem incestuous at times).
There are other blogs (The Oil Drum, for example, which lms and I became entranced with during the Gulf Oil spill which we have in common.
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