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Fluffy Friday
Author: wickedpam
Date: 04/18/2014 12:58:16
So it being Easter this weekend and all, I've chosen the obligatory pictures of adorable baby animals, cause you know, Spring.
and we all remember Bunny Island -
Then I found this "The Secret of Japan's Rabbit Island". How could an island full of fluffy bunnies have secrets? Unless its that they all talk ala a Disney film, how bad could it be?
Yeah. Didn't see that one coming.
So, well I hope everyone has a happy Easter or lovely Spring weekend, which ever you chose
and we all remember Bunny Island -
Then I found this "The Secret of Japan's Rabbit Island". How could an island full of fluffy bunnies have secrets? Unless its that they all talk ala a Disney film, how bad could it be?
Yeah. Didn't see that one coming.
So, well I hope everyone has a happy Easter or lovely Spring weekend, which ever you chose
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 13:01:24
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 13:01:24
Morning 
Comment by 
Raine on 04/18/2014 13:15:06
Raine on 04/18/2014 13:15:06
Good Morning! 
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 13:22:57
Stuck the landing. Everyone give its it 10 but the Russian judge who give it a 6.5
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 13:22:57
Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!
Stuck the landing. Everyone give its it 10 but the Russian judge who give it a 6.5
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 13:24:59
Raine on 04/18/2014 13:24:59
Wow. I certainly did not see that one coming. 
Really quite haunting.
Really quite haunting.
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 13:27:49
the island history? yeah that took a right turn into a brick wall
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 13:27:49
Quote by Raine:
Wow. I certainly did not see that one coming.
Really quite haunting.
the island history? yeah that took a right turn into a brick wall
Comment by 
Scoopster on 04/18/2014 13:31:17
Scoopster on 04/18/2014 13:31:17
Mornin' all & Happy (Good) Fridee! 
Not coughing as much today, but still pretty sore. I'm also just out of it - was cramping while I was in the shower and when shaving. Went to lay down to relax for a few moments, saw the time, threw my clothes on & left the apartment half-shaven!
Not coughing as much today, but still pretty sore. I'm also just out of it - was cramping while I was in the shower and when shaving. Went to lay down to relax for a few moments, saw the time, threw my clothes on & left the apartment half-shaven!
Comment by Scoopster on 04/18/2014 13:31:46
Hah that looks like Brewser!
Scoopster on 04/18/2014 13:31:46
Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!
Hah that looks like Brewser!
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 13:32:52
It really does. I could totally see her doing that as well. 
Raine on 04/18/2014 13:32:52
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Raine:
Good Morning!
Hah that looks like Brewser!
Comment by 
TriSec on 04/18/2014 13:47:29
TriSec on 04/18/2014 13:47:29
And baby animals are so tender and delicious!!
Comment by Scoopster on 04/18/2014 13:54:50
Scoopster on 04/18/2014 13:54:50
Comment by TriSec on 04/18/2014 14:03:37
TriSec on 04/18/2014 14:03:37
Say, is anyone keeping up with the Pistorius trial in SA? I listen to the BBC every day, so I get it by default. In any case, his whole defence is based on mistaken identity. Question for those sharing a bed... You hear a noise in the night, and get up to investigate. How do you not notice your partner alongside you?
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 14:13:36
Pistorius is guilty. Period. .
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M' lady.
Raine on 04/18/2014 14:13:36
Quote by TriSec:
Say, is anyone keeping up with the Pistorius trial in SA? I listen to the BBC every day, so I get it by default. In any case, his whole defence is based on mistaken identity. Question for those sharing a bed... You hear a noise in the night, and get up to investigate. How do you not notice your partner alongside you?
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M' lady.
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 14:14:39
Hello 1950's called you are having your human creds pulled.
Raine on 04/18/2014 14:14:39
Quote by Scoopster:
What a bunch of obnoxious asshats.
Comment by TriSec on 04/18/2014 14:33:37
TriSec on 04/18/2014 14:33:37
oh, dear. listening to the bits about Karl from yesterday. he's trying to steal my ACA story? I really should call that in someday....
Comment by 
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 14:46:32
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 14:46:32
Good morning, bloggers!!
I will have to find the Bernie Sanders article. The GOP is now the party that Dwight Eisenhower warned about, as it has the positions that the John Birch Society formulated after World War II.
As for myself, I am feeling well. Job hunting today after helping my friend Mickey's nephew do some condo cleaning. (As Mickey lived there for 30 plus years, it will take a while.)
I will have to find the Bernie Sanders article. The GOP is now the party that Dwight Eisenhower warned about, as it has the positions that the John Birch Society formulated after World War II.
As for myself, I am feeling well. Job hunting today after helping my friend Mickey's nephew do some condo cleaning. (As Mickey lived there for 30 plus years, it will take a while.)
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 04/18/2014 14:50:19
Mondobubba on 04/18/2014 14:50:19
:hyperventilates: Mala, Scoop, Clinterster! FULL FIREFLY CAST! DALLAS COMIC CON! :breaths into paper bag: This is enough for me to break my I will not go to Texas oath. FIREFLY'S Pull is stronger than my dislike of Rick Perry et al.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 14:54:05
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 14:54:05
As we celebrate this weekend, let us remember the needy among us. There is still a lot of need in America, as this story from NBC shows.'
Recession Not Over for Poor: Families Stretch Food to Last
BY MIRANDA LEITSINGER
Aer Jaime Grimes found out in January that her monthly food stamps would be cut again, this time by $40, the single mother of four broke down into sobs — then she took action.
The former high school teacher made a plan to stretch her family’s meager food stores even further. She used oatmeal and ground beans as filler in meatloaf and tacos. She watered down juice and low-fat milk to make it last longer. And she limited herself to one meal a day so her kids — ages 3, 4, 13, and 16 — would have enough to eat.
“I just want my kids to be fed," said Grimes, 38, of Lincoln, Neb., who suffers from chronic back problems, arthritis and muscle pain that make it difficult for her to stand. She is applying for disability but in the meantime has $950 a month — $500 in child support and $450 in food stamps — to feed and house her family. "I just want my kids to have the basics of life that, unfortunately, I can't give them right now," she added.
Grimes and her children are among the estimated 49 million Americans who have limited — or uncertain — access to enough food to meet their daily needs. The numbers of people living in such hardship initially spiked during the Great Recession to around 15 percent of Americans, and has hovered there, failing to return to pre-recession figures of 11- to 12-percent though the economic slump ended nearly five years ago in June 2009, according to a new report by Feeding America, a national hunger relief charity.
BobR
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 14:56:59
That would be pretty awesome but I can't see going to DCC when I can't even get to SDCC (which at this point is over crowded and way to popular for its on good) I'm not even going to Awesome Con here and there are TWD panels
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 14:56:59
Quote by Mondobubba:
:hyperventilates: Mala, Scoop, Clinterster! FULL FIREFLY CAST! DALLAS COMIC CON! :breaths into paper bag: This is enough for me to break my I will not go to Texas oath. FIREFLY'S Pull is stronger than my dislike of Rick Perry et al.
That would be pretty awesome but I can't see going to DCC when I can't even get to SDCC (which at this point is over crowded and way to popular for its on good) I'm not even going to Awesome Con here and there are TWD panels
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 14:58:54
those are disturbing, I'm gonna have to find the pic of me and the easter bunny one of these days - it was very 70's
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 14:58:54
Quote by BobR:
speaking of bunnies...
those are disturbing, I'm gonna have to find the pic of me and the easter bunny one of these days - it was very 70's
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 15:18:41
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 15:18:41
I believe that this may be the article from Bernie Sanders that Steph read. Notice how the David Koch platform for his 1980 run as presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party lines up with the Tea Party and GOP agenda.
What Do the Koch Brothers Really Want?
Am I wrong to call the GOP the Committee to repeal the 21st, 20th and 19th Centuries? (Or should it be the Committee to repeal the 21st, 20th and 19th Centuries B.C.E? Hmm, maybe the Koch Brothers and Dick Cheney fancy themselves in Pharoah's garments?)
What Do the Koch Brothers Really Want?
Am I wrong to call the GOP the Committee to repeal the 21st, 20th and 19th Centuries? (Or should it be the Committee to repeal the 21st, 20th and 19th Centuries B.C.E? Hmm, maybe the Koch Brothers and Dick Cheney fancy themselves in Pharoah's garments?)
Comment by Scoopster on 04/18/2014 16:47:09
I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this one then..
Scoopster on 04/18/2014 16:47:09
Quote by Raine:Hello 1950's called you are having your human creds pulled.Quote by Scoopster:
What a bunch of obnoxious asshats.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this one then..
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:04:20
Nor should any of us. I just wonder why today's conservatives seem to want to prove this quote from Euripides is correct: Whom the gods would destroy, they first drive mad. (It looks like their work is almost done.)
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:04:20
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Raine:Hello 1950's called you are having your human creds pulled.Quote by Scoopster:
What a bunch of obnoxious asshats.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this one then..
Nor should any of us. I just wonder why today's conservatives seem to want to prove this quote from Euripides is correct: Whom the gods would destroy, they first drive mad. (It looks like their work is almost done.)
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:11:19
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:11:19
Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center will be on this hour with Ed Schultz.
Comment by TriSec on 04/18/2014 17:18:55
TriSec on 04/18/2014 17:18:55
Gotterdammerung is't pretty for participant or observer.
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 17:19:53
you should!
Raine on 04/18/2014 17:19:53
Quote by TriSec:
oh, dear. listening to the bits about Karl from yesterday. he's trying to steal my ACA story? I really should call that in someday....
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 17:20:45
Raine on 04/18/2014 17:20:45
BAck, for now….
Outdoors has been calling me…
Outdoors has been calling me…
Comment by TriSec on 04/18/2014 17:27:27
TriSec on 04/18/2014 17:27:27
So, Prince re-signed with Warner Brothers today. does this mean he'll be changing his name to Dred Scott?
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:28:52
On a somewhat related topic, I see my brother had the Discovery Channel on and it has a Zombie Apocalypse program on. I thought that they were supposed to be a science channel?
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:28:52
Quote by TriSec:
Gotterdammerung is't pretty for participant or observer.
On a somewhat related topic, I see my brother had the Discovery Channel on and it has a Zombie Apocalypse program on. I thought that they were supposed to be a science channel?
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 17:53:46
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 17:53:46
what! is Ed playing a joke Randi's ending her show 5/16?! WTF
Comment by 
livingonli on 04/18/2014 17:56:43
I'm not even listening to Ed's show but I thought her contract was at least until the end of the year.
livingonli on 04/18/2014 17:56:43
Quote by wickedpam:
what! is Ed playing a joke Randi's ending her show 5/16?! WTF
I'm not even listening to Ed's show but I thought her contract was at least until the end of the year.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:56:57
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 17:56:57
NO! Ed Schultz is reading a press release that Randi Rhodes is retiring as of May 16th! I tend to listen to Thom Hartmann but I will listen to her today. I think that we must reform the radio industry so that we do not have 90 percent of the stations owned by a handful of corporations.
Comment by livingonli on 04/18/2014 18:02:35
It sounds like Randi doesn't have enough affiliates to keep the show going thanks to the shutdown of so many talk stations. I can rarely listen to her since I can only get her online since she is no longer on satellite radio and New York no longer has a progressive talk station.
livingonli on 04/18/2014 18:02:35
Quote by Will in Chicago:
NO! Ed Schultz is reading a press release that Randi Rhodes is retiring as of May 16th! I tend to listen to Thom Hartmann but I will listen to her today. I think that we must reform the radio industry so that we do not have 90 percent of the stations owned by a handful of corporations.
It sounds like Randi doesn't have enough affiliates to keep the show going thanks to the shutdown of so many talk stations. I can rarely listen to her since I can only get her online since she is no longer on satellite radio and New York no longer has a progressive talk station.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 18:13:54
This is not good news. As my sister in law is ill today AND my brother is home, I am streaming WCPT and using my laptop's headphones. Norman Goldman did a brief commercial stating that another progressive talk station -- NOT WCPT -- is going to change formats soon. This is sad, as I think that there are listeners for progressive talk.
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 18:13:54
Quote by livingonli:Quote by Will in Chicago:
NO! Ed Schultz is reading a press release that Randi Rhodes is retiring as of May 16th! I tend to listen to Thom Hartmann but I will listen to her today. I think that we must reform the radio industry so that we do not have 90 percent of the stations owned by a handful of corporations.
It sounds like Randi doesn't have enough affiliates to keep the show going thanks to the shutdown of so many talk stations. I can rarely listen to her since I can only get her online since she is no longer on satellite radio and New York no longer has a progressive talk station.
This is not good news. As my sister in law is ill today AND my brother is home, I am streaming WCPT and using my laptop's headphones. Norman Goldman did a brief commercial stating that another progressive talk station -- NOT WCPT -- is going to change formats soon. This is sad, as I think that there are listeners for progressive talk.
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 18:31:21
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 18:31:21
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
Comment by livingonli on 04/18/2014 18:33:06
We still have our Pacifica station WBAI which has turned into a wreck thanks to over a decade of factional infighting which now airs the third hour of Thom Hartmann's show but now gives too much air time to Gary Null's quackery.
livingonli on 04/18/2014 18:33:06
Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by livingonli:Quote by Will in Chicago:
NO! Ed Schultz is reading a press release that Randi Rhodes is retiring as of May 16th! I tend to listen to Thom Hartmann but I will listen to her today. I think that we must reform the radio industry so that we do not have 90 percent of the stations owned by a handful of corporations.
It sounds like Randi doesn't have enough affiliates to keep the show going thanks to the shutdown of so many talk stations. I can rarely listen to her since I can only get her online since she is no longer on satellite radio and New York no longer has a progressive talk station.
This is not good news. As my sister in law is ill today AND my brother is home, I am streaming WCPT and using my laptop's headphones. Norman Goldman did a brief commercial stating that another progressive talk station -- NOT WCPT -- is going to change formats soon. This is sad, as I think that there are listeners for progressive talk.
We still have our Pacifica station WBAI which has turned into a wreck thanks to over a decade of factional infighting which now airs the third hour of Thom Hartmann's show but now gives too much air time to Gary Null's quackery.
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 18:57:00
I seriously cannot see Randi not doing radio.
She's not the retiring type.
Raine on 04/18/2014 18:57:00
Quote by wickedpam:
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
She's not the retiring type.
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 18:58:36
Me neither
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 18:58:36
Quote by Raine:I seriously cannot see Randi not doing radio.Quote by wickedpam:
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
She's not the retiring type.
Me neither
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:02:23
I wonder if she is being forced out. I am not sure if Nicole Sandler can or will say anything on this situation.
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:02:23
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I seriously cannot see Randi not doing radio.Quote by wickedpam:
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
She's not the retiring type.
Me neither
I wonder if she is being forced out. I am not sure if Nicole Sandler can or will say anything on this situation.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:07:07
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:07:07
As we could use some good news, I am finding some teaching jobs close to home. I will be doing more out East tomorrow night.
While my family would like me to work in this area, part of me wants to move away. At times, I feel that this area is too familiar to me.
While my family would like me to work in this area, part of me wants to move away. At times, I feel that this area is too familiar to me.
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 19:10:34
Momma has been a bit ominous lately on the show as well.
Raine on 04/18/2014 19:10:34
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I seriously cannot see Randi not doing radio.Quote by wickedpam:
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
She's not the retiring type.
Me neither
Comment by Raine on 04/18/2014 19:11:27
I doubt it.
Raine on 04/18/2014 19:11:27
Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I seriously cannot see Randi not doing radio.Quote by wickedpam:
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
She's not the retiring type.
Me neither
I wonder if she is being forced out. I am not sure if Nicole Sandler can or will say anything on this situation.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:15:56
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:15:56
Quote by Raine:I doubt it.Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I seriously cannot see Randi not doing radio.Quote by wickedpam:
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
She's not the retiring type.
She hasn't. I think that Nicole would leave Randi to say something.
I am also worried about Stephanie Miller's show. A lot of affiliates have vanished.
Me neither
I wonder if she is being forced out. I am not sure if Nicole Sandler can or will say anything on this situation.
Comment by wickedpam on 04/18/2014 19:16:45
She might be burning out - it happens to all of us
wickedpam on 04/18/2014 19:16:45
Quote by Raine:Momma has been a bit ominous lately on the show as well.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:I seriously cannot see Randi not doing radio.Quote by wickedpam:
Nicole's in for Randi - damn it
She's not the retiring type.
Me neither
She might be burning out - it happens to all of us
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:20:15
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:20:15
I went to Randi's board for some information. So, let me post some links.
From Talkers Magazine:
Inside Radio
From Talkers Magazine:
Randi Rhodes Calls it Quits. Progressive talk show host Randi Rhodes, according to a press statement from syndicator Premiere Networks, “has decided to end her show†as of May 16. The presser says, “We wish Randi well and thank her for her years of incredible creativity and unique voice.†Rhodes – a native New Yorker – was a very successful, longtime local talk host at WJNO, in West Palm Beach who went into syndication with Air America during the early 2000s and moved over to Premiere after Air America’s demise. Last November it was reported that Premiere would be dropping the Randi Rhodes show but two days later that was reversed. There’s been no official statement about today’s news from Rhodes herself.
Inside Radio
Comment by Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:27:10
Will in Chicago on 04/18/2014 19:27:10
Nicole said that Randi will be in Monday and address everything. (Nicole has a lot of respect for Randi.)