Propeller Week In Review: January 9, 2009 »
Posted By JamesMarcus 6 months ago in News
Obama's choice of Leon Panetta to head up the CIA elicited a noisy, sometimes amusing conversation this week. But there were also extensive threads about Israel's invasion of Gaza and the plight (or not) of the polar bears.
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James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and ...
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gamahuche6 months ago
Of course she's there! And I agree, Tim, a week without Palin would be like a week without...
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something or other..
But mesodude nailed her, metaphorically speaking,with a comment that I missed and would vote James's best pick of the week for inclusion in his reprise:
"You people elected Bush and Cheney twice and you were all set to replace them with an ancient, unstable coot with anger management issues and a chesty, illiterate, trigger-happy beauty pageant runner up who hasn't read the Constitution."
She probably HAS read the Constitution by now - or at least the talking points on flashcards and been checked thoroughly [thou shalt not kill with an unlicensed - or unloaded - gun especially when there are witnesses present and/or the party in question has impregnated your daughter - right or wrong Sarah? while she was being groomed for her lomg over-run 15 minutes.
As for her future - anyone wanting to bet on ANY national political presence for her is welcome to throw away any nickels and dimes that they have left, after the Bush Bankrupts America and loots the piggy bank era has run its course, in the direction of gama bookmakers unlimited, who are salivating and rubbing their hands together with glee at the prospect.
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jovial6 months ago
77,000 views over a hundred comments and how many props? Man how many views does a story need to get a 10? It's been one lively week for me. A lot of comments, a lot of laughs, and a lot of fun. Actually I learned today that there is a person that thinks that I am a scout for the Propeller team. James could you send me my paychecks retroactive to the date of first hire? And James, nice post on the week in review.
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gamahuche6 months ago
You definitely don't come across as a member of the dirty mac brigade, James!
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Incidentally I checked this in google to make sure that it would be comprehensible across the great water and found that it exists, kind of, in Polish:
English to Polish translation of dirty mac brigade: grupa starych zbocze?ców/napale?ców [Slang (Art/Literary)].
google translator to Czech is much more straight forward: špinavá mac brigády - the first word meaning dirty.
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Eagle_Eye6 months ago
Hi JM, nice to see you back.....
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"and a sincere wish that the next year will be a little easier on our collective nervous system. "
ROFLMAO!!!!! Have you seen the last couple of days??? Even with the election over the posts are still slamming people!!!!
Our new President Elect isn't even in office yet and is being faulted for the problems......belittled.....picked apart....blamed....accused of wrong doings......etc.
I have lost faith in a lot of people, I thought that perhaps we would unite in our countries time of need, instead there are still plenty of "dividers" and that is a very sad thing. I don't think this country will ever stand tall and together again. -
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Will13136 months ago
James ... nice to see you back.. I'll read tomorrow .. I'm still celebrating Florida's national championship.. didn't go there.. but
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NEVER TURN DOWN A CHANCE FOR A GOOD CELEBRATION.. -
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Radiofreeeuropa6 months ago
Welcome back James. Nice synopsis this week. I felt somewhat helpless and depressed at the bad news from Gaza as the myriads of articles posted piled up. I'm glad my perplexed notions caught your attention, To my way of thinking, Ghandi lost the battle but not the war, though Nelson Mandela may have been a better choice for the analogy.
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birdsabound6 months ago
It is amazing to me that there really do seem to be people within this ostensibly "superior" society who are able to persuade themselves that the "safety" of this country has somehow been defended by the sadists within "our" "intelligence" community who have managed to FOIST a burden of complicity in MURDER and TORTURE off on the American People. Now they try to cover their posteriors by "scaring" people to the effect that THEY are the ones with "experience in intelligence", and there should not be any real, meaningful cleaning out of their little rat's nest. I suppose it would be too much to hope that the new administration will actually muster the BALLS to SERIOUSLY flush terrribly many of these birds out from under their "cover". But I sure hope at at least a FEW of the MOST EGREGIOUS among them will actually be shot down!
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gamahuche6 months ago
My GOODNESS! Very well said sir!
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The strangest thing is I could have written the above myself - to remain within the bounds of modesty, since I'm awarding kudos - not AS well.
Hmmm. You didn't attend a Religious Royal and Ancient Foundation in Sussex by any chance, or something of a similar nature did you?
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JamesMarcus6 months ago
Actually, Poulenc, you're the first to say that :). Look for a fruit-and-cheese basket in the other hollow tree. And a very Happy New Year to you!
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Poulenc6 months ago
The formerly hollow tree, James.
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