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Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming
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Working Films brings Everything's Cool: A Toxic Comedy About Global Warming by the award-winning co-directors and co-producers of Blue Vinyl, Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand. The film take us into the zeitgeist of global warming messaging, from the pioneers and problem solvers who are staying up nights trying keep this world a cool place, to the industry-funded naysayers struggling to keep doubt alive!
A must see for anyone who is wondering whether to change their light bulbs or how to vote.
Everything’s Cool had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on January 19, 2007, where it was screened as part of the juried competition for best U.S. feature-length independent documentary. It has been screened at film festivals nationwide and internationally and at community events.
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* rdorgan
Mon, 11/26/07
1:03 pm
...I'd just like to congratulate Al Gore for having enough graciousness to meet with Bush today at 3pm.
I'm not so sure if I was in Al's shoes that I would meet with a man....
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Why "not so sure"? Is it because yourself have not enough of such a "graciousness" OR because in his shoes you would consider it as been kind of inappropriate?
Just curious?
Good firsties, Joan.
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And the charades continue, while real people continue to die.
Perhaps it's time for Condi to write a book.
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Humoring Condi
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Monday, November 26, 2007; 1:37 PM
President Bush's indolent approach to tomorrow's Middle East peace conference in Annapolis suggests that he's just going through the motions to make his beloved secretary of state happy.
Glenn Kessler and Michael Abramowitz write in The Washington Post that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said "that her goal is to wrap up a peace deal by the end of the Bush presidency. But people who have spoken to Bush in recent weeks say he has made it clear that he has no intention of trying to force a peace settlement on the parties. The president's fight against terrorism has given him a sense of kinship with Israel over its need for security, and he remains skeptical that, in the end, the Palestinians will make the compromises necessary for a peace deal. . . .
"Arab officials are skeptical that the conference will amount to much, in part because Bush has remained relatively silent on the matter since he announced the peace talks this summer, said Daniel C. Kurtzer, who served as Bush's ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005. 'You don't get a sense that he's invested in it,' Kurtzer said. 'Nobody associates President Bush with this policy.' . . .
"Flynt Leverett, Rice's former top aide on Middle East issues, said she indicated to him that she wanted to be bolder in helping the Palestinian side of the equation but folded in the face of intense opposition from Vice President Cheney, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other conservatives."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
Michael Ellis
Mon, 11/26/07
1:39 pm
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FRED from OR
Mon, 11/26/07
1:34 pm
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Kind of an extreme post, but I sense a tinge of humour, and at this festive time of year I am all for humour......did you watch "A Christmas Story" last night?
Add me to that list please...........moldy bread left in the basement fits me well..cheers
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I own a copy of Christmas story and have been a fan of Jean Sheperd since the 1960s, used to listen to him on the radio every night, live from the Gaslight cafe in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
Also read his book "In God we trust (all others pay cash)"
And boo hoo, Trent Lott will resign.
A new opportunity for some MS Deaniacs!
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Update: Lott Announces Retirement
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) announced Monday that he will retire from the Senate effective late next month or early January, stunning Republicans who had only last year reinstated Lott to their leadership ranks.
"It's time for us to do something else," he said at a press conference in his hometown of Pascagoula, Miss.
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-b...
More or less on topic for a change ...
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Years of living dangerously: the wild, wild world
It's not just your imagination, the weather really is getting worse. Andrew Buncombe and Daniel Howden explain why disasters are coming faster, and more furiously than ever
Published: 26 November 2007
It has been unmistakable to the millions caught up in the biblical downpours that cut off an entire region of Mexico this year. Many Australians have been sufficiently convinced of it to change the way they vote. It has been obvious to the home owners of middle England who have stood knee deep in their flooded sitting rooms. And it can't have escaped the notice of the millionaire's on Malibu beach who have watched their luxury beach homes burn like matchsticks.
Weather related disasters are increasing in both frequency and savagery and the expansion of human communities into vulnerable habitats along with the increasingly apparent effects of climate change are to blame. A leading British charity has discovered that there has been a fourfold increase in catastrophes such as the floods that swept through South Asia this year affecting more than 250m people.
In a new report, Oxfam says that from an average of 120 such annual disasters in the early 1980s, there are now as many as 500 every year. It called on governments to take more convincing steps to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that a consensus of scientists blame for the temperature increases.
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http://environment.independent.co.uk/art...
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DANIEL ROONEY
Mon, 11/26/07
You and John Huron, and Sitka, are like Carbon Monoxide, Sulphur Dioxide, and Diox is this the new drugs your on?
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There are no other drugs that I can take for my disability since I developed a severe gastrointestinal condition from experiementing with Pharmaceutical for that reason,
but your intensely personal mockery of my condition with such comments is a good example of how much you suck and how little regard you have for the space on this blog and how you force feed us with your horse shit.
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Annilow -
Thanks for the return welcome (see trip report summarized in response to Mike).
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former -
To answer your question, it's Yes "not so sure" to "Is it because yourself have not enough of such a "graciousness"".
Al's thus IMO is a more mature man than myself for meeting with Bush. Al is going there as a Nobel Peace prize winner, a stature far above the man he will be meeting. I don't fault Al at all and commend him for doing what he is doing. He truly is Nobel.
Anni: did I understand you to say that you are coming this way on December 9? We'll be travelling from 8-17 December and won't be here or you'd have an invite this way.
But if you're around after the 17th, we'll be here until sometime in January.
short cut to last thread
http://www.blogforamerica.com/view/23083...
Hmm ... hadn't heard this one, just about everything else.
And that's all for now.
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The bald facts: Smokers risk hair loss - as well as fatal illnesses
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Published: 26 November 2007
Smoking is known to make your legs fall off. Now, it appears, it makes your hair fall out, too – and possibly for the same reasons.
A study of Asian men, renowned for hanging on to their hair compared with follically-challenged Europeans and Americans, found puffing on cigarettes can hasten male hair loss.
Smoking is known to accelerate ageing and is associated with facial wrinkles and grey hair. It is also causes a dozen different kinds of cancer and heart disease and damages circulation.
But none of this counts for much with the average red- blooded male – at least not as much as maintaining a healthy head of hair. Unlike grey hair and wrinkled skin, baldness is harder to treat and harder to disguise. Doctors see the latest discovery as a potentially valuable weapon in the battle to persuade smokers to give up.
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http://news.independent.co.uk/health/art...
Good bye Mike, I cannot stay here right now. This blog really sucks these day.
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* rdorgan
Mon, 11/26/07
1:53 pm
...I don't fault Al at all and commend him for doing what he is doing....
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I do..., and he's lost couple of points on my scale.
There's a diary up on KOS in which Dodd poses a question for the next GOP YouTube debate on this Wednesday. But, here's his speech from the JJ Dinner in IOWA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXelKQvsioo
WOOHOO Susan!
indeed,
Time for
a COOL
change,
Gore
2008
Lewis Black: "President Bush now says HE believes in Global Warming. As a result, I'm not sure now."
10.
JudyforDean
Thanks for the invite Judy -- I won't be in Suisse this time -- attempting to follow that darned opera singer again. This is the LAST time, at least till 2010.
Why the hurry up retirement for Lott? Did Larry Flint dig up some dirt on him?
Trent Lott didn't even have any graciousness as he announced his retirement. He used most of the time to talk about how much hadn't been done that needed to be done.
A big DUH! for Lott, whose party was in the majority for twelve years and didn't get it done. And DUH Lott could have voted YEA instead of NAY during this past year.
What a loser -- glad to see that racist gone from Congress forever.
16. Linda sfnm - LOL - that's about how I feel about W. If he says black, then white.
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Gotta like that Lewis Black, my favority comedian. Thanks Linda.
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Also gotta like that Chris Dodd. Does anyone believe his question about protecting the Constitution will actually be presented by right wingers to right wing candidates?
What happened to my country?
Once sweet land of liberty
Is this referring to the time of lynchings, and the time of slavery and genocide against American Indians?You and John Huron, and Sitka, are like Carbon Monoxide, Sulphur Dioxide, and Diox is this the new drugs your on?
Always amusing to know what the lunatic fringe is thinking.
China and France sign climate change pact
26 November 2007
BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday oversaw the signing of a bilateral pact on the fight against climate change.
China and France "recognise the impact of climate change for the survival and development of humanity and recognise the importance and the urgency to fight against climate change and to put in place sustainable development," said the agreement.
The two countries will strengthen cooperation on a variety of climate change-related environmental issues, including biodiversity, desertification and pollution....
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.a...
A big DUH! for Lott, whose party was in the majority for twelve years and didn't get it done.
It must have really demoralized him when the insurance company he took bribes from all those years wouldn't rebuild the home he lost in Katrina -- he just plain lost in faith in government and the private sector.
A Wellstone Action video.
Message Discipline Taken to the Extreme: http://www.blogforamerica.com/view/23093...
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Linda*in*SFNM
Mon, 11/26/07
2:19 pm
My hubby loves Lewis Black's comedy. He plays a couple of Black's CDs all the time. He's always quoting him. We went to see his act in Lake Tahoe. It was a fun weekend.
23.Sitka
Always amusing to know what the lunatic fringe is thinking
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From the douche that makes debbie downer sound like pollyanna
Hey ladies, yes, I agree, Lewis Black is one of those few comedic genius'. He puts me in stitches.
WHOA! RIP
Quiet Riot singer dies at 52
Story Highlights
Kevin DuBrow died in Las Vegas home, according to TMZ.com
DuBrow was lead singer of Quiet Riot
Band hit No. 1 in 1983 with album "Metal Health"
(CNN) -- Kevin DuBrow, the lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has died, CNN has confirmed. He was 52.
Always amusing to know what the lunatic fringe is thinking
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From the douche that makes debbie downer sound like pollyanna
Make that, lunatic fringes.
Trent Lott, minority whip was the No. 2 GOP senator.....will leave at the end of the year – and will ‘replace himself’ ..Only one year in to his six year term. (?)
“ What a bombshell, I don't think anyone saw this coming," said one insurance industry lobbyist.” CNN“ What a bombshell, I don't think anyone saw this coming," said one insurance industry lobbyist.”
They should have rebuilt his house.
Hey Fred - sounds like your intestinal 'good and bad bacteria' are messed up. That's not fun. Have you tried to balance them with -- (your choice) yogurt, cottage cheese, buttermilk, Acidopholus milk. ? You'd need to eat (or drink) quite a bit of it for several days. Could work.
JudyforDean
Mon, 11/26/07
2:02 pm
This article is why you should never be a zealot on either side of the spectrum:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=495495&in_page_id=1879
Save the planet by not reproducing.
Sitka - what did I miss - who rebuilt who's house? : )
Save the planet by not reproducing.
Your party is against birth control -- at least for poor people.
...even a cow know's when they're in trouble and when to escape.
...such a beautiful face. And it may make you think twice about wanting
to kill more of her.
Sitka - what did I miss - who rebuilt who's house? : )
Lott's villa on the Gulf coast was destroyed by Katrina. He was in the news sobbing about his loss. Then he found his insurance company wouldn't pay for it since it was destroyed by water rather than wind.
Welcome to the real world, Trent. You know, the one where the insurance companies who bribed you to pass laws for their benefit turned around and screwed you the same as everyone else you helped them screw.
And to think he didn't even tell his lobbyist friends he's quitting!
Cheney --- atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of the heart,’’
With his heart history, blood clots, being overweight and in a STRESSFUL job -- this could be serious. NO, I don't wish him harm - I wish he'd have one of those SCROOGE dreams and do something good for country - before it's too late.i...."f necessary, he would be receive cardioversion, a procedure that involves the delivery of an electric impulse to the heart. It is not immediately life-threatening, and the heart sometimes gets back into rhythm on its own. Many times, patients aren’t aware of an episode of atrial fibrillation......But if the irregular heartbeat continues, it eventually can cause a life-threatening complication — the formation of blood clots that can shoot to the brain and cause a stroke. http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/667730,cheney112607.article
We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals,
With his heart history, blood clots, being overweight and in a STRESSFUL job
What's stressful about being Bush's puppet master?
Nap time for Uncle Dick......
im sorry your sick fred hope it works out for you will pray for you dan
Sitka ----- ON-going investigation by a certain Mr. Fitzgerald, who was not happy about Libby's cover up. AND ...Mr. McClellen's new book, which, if you look back at the fine print in Dick's and other's testimony, could be a big BADDA boom for Dick. I'm sure he's 'somewhat concerned' and probably trying to be sure every one of his tracks is covered. 'stressful'.
'stressful'.
Not one thing you cited is stressful for one as insulated as Cheney.
The investigation is over, McClellan's revelation was a one day story.
ALL I want for Christmas is...
TO GET THIS BACK!
U.S. Constitution: Amendment IV"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Do you ever wonder why Bush and Cheney stress that the war in Iraq is for HEARTS AND MINDS … and yet they could give a DAM about the ‘hearts and minds’ of the American people, our sick children and our War Veterans?
If John Heilemann was right on Chris Matthews' show on 10/14, we should be hearing news of Al Gore's endorsement of Barack Obama soon.
www.truthout.org/docs_2005/102805A.shtml
52. only in Obama and his supporters dreams would an endorsement come from Al Gore.
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Linda*in*SFNM
Mon, 11/26/07
4:12 pm
I don't eat beef or pork but a lot of people do. I grew up near a slaughter house.
Linda wrote "only in Obama and his supporters dreams would an endorsement come from Al Gore."
This is an interesting observation. You must know something John Heilemann doesn't. Since Gore has indicated he will likely endorse a candidate, who is it you think he's coming out for?
56. apparenlly I must. But I just listen to Al Gore's own words instead of talking heads. And Mr. Gore has said it several times that he may not endorse anyone, considering he is very disappointed in their lack of discussing the issue, let alone in the importance it should be. And Obama is one of the worst in that category.
Sitka
Mon, 11/26/07
4:48 pm
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Looks like ROONEY is having insulter's remorse. no didnt know fred was so sick your still open season!!!
Daniel R. -- : )
I had to go double check on Fitzgerald and the investigation still being open:
After Fitzegerald’s announcement of five counts against Libby:
Question: Mr. Fitzgerald, this began as a leak investigation but no one is charged with any leaking. Is your investigation finished? Is this another leak investigation that doesn't lead to a charge of leaking?FITZGERALD: Let me answer the two questions you asked in one.OK, is the investigation finished? It's not over, but I'll tell you this: Very rarely do you bring a charge in a case that's going to be tried and would you ever end a grand jury investigation. I can tell you, the substantial bulk of the work in this investigation is concluded.This grand jury's term has expired by statute; it could not be extended. But it's in ordinary course to keep a grand jury open to consider other matters, and that's what we will be doing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/politics/28text-fitz.html?_r=1&ei=5070&en=e2f21f15b0d0fe13&ex=1152936000&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
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Linda*in*SFNM
I heard Obama speak at the CDP Convention. He barely mentioned the issue. What he does say about it, well, is very weak.
but your intensely personal mockery of my condition with such comments is a good example of how much you suck and how little regard you have for the space on this blog and how you force feed us with your horse shit.
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Is this from the man who was wishing a heart attack on another member of this blog recently?
For Phil, when he shows up:
http://eatapyzch.blogspot.com/
Greetings (gruezi) folks,
Here's a nice diary on Obama from Daily Kos. Kucinich was also anti-war - he gets a passing mention in this diary.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/1...
Linda - Al Gore is my dream candidate but what if he doesn't run? Time is running out - who do you think you could support? This question was posed to me over the holiday wknd.
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By Joan* In*Florida on Nov 26, 2007 1:41 PMWell there, Howard Dean is evidently first since there is nobody else to ever take his place.