I finally have all my work arounds in place to upgrade from WordPress 1.2 to 2.0.5, and plan to take down HA for an hour or so later tonight to make the transition. I hope.
HA will maintain it’s general look and feel, but with a couple significant changes. Things will move around the sidebars a bit, giving the blogads a more prominent placement, and the whole layout will widen to fill the screen. I’m doing away with the popup comment window (at least for the moment,) instead opting for a better laid out permalink/comment page with a much requested comment preview function.
And oh yeah… the new version enables me to use the latest comment spam blocking plugins, so hopefully all that garbage will be a thing of the past.
Anyway, just thought I’d give you all a heads up. Talk amongst yourselves.
UPDATE:
Comments are temporarily CLOSED while I replicate and upgrade the database. Please be patient.
UPDATE, UPDATE:
I’ve turned comments back on for posts from the last couple of days.
No more JCH spam! Hooray!
Goldy, can you program it so Redneck has to insert a quarter each time he posts until his gambling debt is PIF?
Yay!
Prediction: While you are down, someone at unSP will post “Goldie’s Down! Goldie’s Down” followed by some snarky comment about King County and Ron Simms.
Today Trent Lot was appointed by the Republicans to be their Minority Whip. He promises to get busy whipping minorities as soon as he settles into his new office.
Looks like the spammers are getting in their last licks while they can. Enjoy, spammers. You’re almost history.
Roadkill McGavick IS history. HAR DE HAR HAR HAR DE HAR HAR HAR
Yes, the upgrade will be nice. In the “comment preview” vein, consider looking at the javascript that John Cole uses at Balloon Juice: http://www.balloon-juice.com/ – it gives you a “live preview”, which is pretty nice.
Hey, Goldy! Be honest with us. Which will you like more?
1) Not having to delete all the spam ads
– or –
2) Not having to put up with all of us bitching about your taking more than ten seconds to get the spam off this board that you provide to us free of charge?
(I’m betting it’s pretty much a toss-up.)
The bad thing about the spam is that it drives away new readers. Its destructive intent is clear. If you can track down who’s doing it, repay them in kind.
JCH just got busted…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15737511/from/RS.3/
GREAT NEWS GOLDY. GOOD LUCK.
LeftStillStupid@Whatever: You and others said JCH had no balls. So how can this be him? I think it’s a self-inflicted wound and you are trying to play it off from the emergency room!
Remember libtard lefties hate guns and have no idea how to REALLY use them!
“Today Trent Lot was appointed by the Republicans to be their Minority Whip. He promises to get busy whipping minorities as soon as he settles into his new office.”
Commentby rhp6033— 11/15/06@ 3:15 pm
I must admit, the title “Minority Whip” seems ominously appropriate for Rep Lott. Some highlights from Representative Lott’s career include:
“The spirit of Jefferson Davis lives in the 1984 Republican platform.” Trent Lott, 1984
Also in 1984, Rep Lott referred to the civil war as “the war of aggression.”
(Source: http://www.ferris.edu/isar/Ins.....ouch05.htm )
More recently, Rep Lott has been associated with the Council of Conservative Citizens which promotes the views of its leaders and prominent members – a number of whom are strong believers in the preservation of the “white race,” disagrees with Supreme Court rulings ordering desegregation of public facilities and believes the United States is on the verge of losing its identity as a white, European nation.
In 1992, Lott gave a speech to the national conference of the CCC where he stated “We need more meetings like this across the nation”
(Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....outh13.htm )
Of course, some think that he is not a bigot, just a gutless, ineffective, self-preservationist sap”, but then, what does Michelle Malkin know about conservatives, anyway?
(Source: http://www.jewishworldreview.c.....121302.asp )
Yes, somehow the title “Minority Whip” seems oddly appropriate for Rep Lott.
This has to be a Moonbat!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15493559/
MWS
How are you enjoying wandering around in the political wilderness? Are you enjoying your insignificance? A person in your shoes with even a bare minimum of common sense and dignity should be quietly sitting back and trying to figure out how his political party took such a thumping. Calling the winners “moonbats” and pretending that somehow you and yours still have some sort of leverage marks you as an unmitigated idiot, who has no shame. Ah, when the opposition is so weak, the future sure looks glorious.
“Remember libtard lefties hate guns and have no idea how to REALLY use them!
Commentby Mike Webb Sucks— 11/15/06@ 4:47 pm
Oh, I wouldn’t bet on that, Mr. Sucks. Lots of us “lefties” are Veterans, and a number of us are retired military. My Marine Corps buddies have been known to tease me a bit about the fact that I can’t score as well as they can on the range, but I’m just an old Sailor, after all.
Still, as long as my target is more than 100 yards away, there’s a decent chance that it will survive my first shot.
Goldie: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20.....1115084522
Climate change is as serious as WMD: Annan
But there were no WMD in Iraq. Therefore global warming has to be a farce too per Kofi!
Cricket… as a matter of fact, I will be using a “live preview.”
I hope to do the upgrade before I go to bed tonight.
John. HPRs are my favorite toys. My aunt taught me how to shoot when I was a wee lad. She could hit the the backside of a bumble bee at many yards! I grew up on Chuck Connors!
Now Clint Eastwood’s favorite HPHG was my roommates toy!
A-a-a-a-l-l-l-r-i-i-i-g-h-t!!!!!
Commentby proud leftist— 11/15/06@ 4:59 pm:
Political Winderness. Like you all spent the last two years paroding us, now the tables are turned. Even George Soros is in the act and it’s just a week later!
Like you all spent the last two years paroding us
MWS – OH YEAH. YOU LIKE YOU WERE SO HARD TO PARODY WITH YOUR WHACKED OUT WINGNUT BULLSHIT.
NOW THE ADULTS ARE IN CHARGE.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER!
Man: You sit here, dear.
Wife: All right.
Man: Morning!
Waitress: Morning!
Man: Well, what’ve you got?
Waitress: Well, there’s egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam…
Waitress: …spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam…
Vikings: Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!
Waitress: …or Lobster Thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and spam.
Wife: Have you got anything without spam?
Waitress: Well, there’s spam egg sausage and spam, that’s not got much spam in it.
Wife: I don’t want ANY spam!
Man: Why can’t she have egg bacon spam and sausage?
Wife: THAT’S got spam in it!
Man: Hasn’t got as much spam in it as spam egg sausage and spam, has it?
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam… (Crescendo through next few lines…)
Wife: Could you do the egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam then?
Waitress: Urgghh!
Wife: What do you mean ‘Urgghh’? I don’t like spam!
Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!
Waitress: Shut up!
Vikings: Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!
Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can’t have egg bacon spam and sausage without the spam.
Wife: I don’t like spam!
Man: Sshh, dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your spam. I love it. I’m having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam!
Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off.
Man: Well could I have her spam instead of the baked beans then?
Waitress: You mean spam spam spam spam spam spam… (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words)
Vikings: (Singing elaborately…) Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam spa-a-a-a-a-am spam. Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam! Spam spam spam spam!
re 20: So did Johnny Crawford. I see the similarity.
Commentby YOS LIB BRO— 11/15/06@ 5:50 pm
Clueless, you liar. You said you were leaving. Now you went YO on us. Still same attack style, same words, same sentence structure!
YOUR WINGNUT BULLSHIT WAS WELL BULLSHIT YET YOU STILL BELIEVE. THE PEOPLE VOTED YOUR KIND OUT. I DON’T BLAME ‘EM.
YOU’RE A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER!
Ah, Sucky-Clown-Conservative, can’t hold the House, can’t hold the Senate, can’t hold his tongue, can’t hold his water. . .nothing but pissing and whining. L-o-o-o-o-o-s-e-r!
Folks I just received this letter from Rahm Emanuel, SDDC Chairman requesting my support recounting all the votes and all ballots should be counted no matter what. We all know Reverent John Barelli does not believe everybody’s ballot should be counted except the party he supports. Now that does not promote TRUST to the voting public. Now Thumper (Roger Rabbit) believes the whole process is faultless and the Socialist Democrats wouldn’t stuff the ballot boxes but few believe that line of BS. Goldy believes the only time you count all the ballots is when the Republicans win in King County or the State, and that does not promote TRUST to the voting public. Reverent John Barelli believes the Christians vote should never be counted because they are nothing but sinners and don’t qualify to make good judgments that affects the public. We all know that Martin Luther King believe everyone’s vote should count specialty the Blacks, and Ron Sims believes that only certain folks ballot should count and he make the decision which ones will be counted. What say you?
Dear Klake,
Last week brought the victory we all fought so hard for, and I know that we all want to take a deep breath and relish the fruits of our labor. But we can’t do that just yet because there are still some candidates fighting it out.
There are recounts for House races still going on in battleground states like Ohio and Florida and we are right in the thick of them.
The Socialist Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (SDCCC) has already dispatched the best legal teams, our brightest organizers and our most tenacious recount specialists to help our candidates in these states where, too often, voters have been denied their rights.
Leave No Voter Behind: Fund the Recount Effort
It was Socialist Democratic unity and tenacity that put us in the majority and we owe it to our candidates to stay in the fight until the end. They can still win if we stand with them — just last night, Socialist Democrat Joe Courtney locked up his victory in Connecticut’s second Congressional District – and our new progressive majority led by Nancy Pelosi will be even stronger.
We all gave everything we had to winning on November 7th, but we cannot stop until every vote is counted. I know you have already done so much this election cycle, but I am hoping that you can help support all our efforts in these critical days.
Leave No Voter Behind: Fund the Recount Effort
We at the SDCCC spent every penny we had to win a Socialist Democratic majority in the House on Election Day. But there are still more seats to be won — and more votes to be counted. I know that we are all winded, exhausted, and elated after what had to be the fiercest mid-term election in history. But please allow us to give every candidate the help they need to make sure every vote is counted.
Onward,
Rahm Emanuel
Chairman, Socialist Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Still, as long as my target is more than 100 yards away, there’s a decent chance that it will survive my first shot.
Comment by John Barelli— 11/15/06@ 4:59 pm
Reverent John Barelli you better work on your shooting because the terrorist are not near sited as you are today. They can hit your sorry butt 1000 yards away and still get a great picture on CNN nightly news. OH the really appreciate your support this election and to please sent the money to Jimmy McDermott in Seattle. They would like you to take up a collection to build a grand mosque in down town Seattle to show your support to Mohammad. Oh and you cannot join them in prayer because you are not worthy to be in their present. Remember where your place is in their culture and you are not their equal in this life or the hereafter. Praise Ali!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a brave female soldier and policewoman dead as a result of this state’s liberal administration, the second in the same precinct in very recent times!
Deadwood state judges and parole employees is what we are paying massive $$$$ for! There is no other explanation for why a 20 felony + individual was still on the streets in the early morning ……
There is a brave soldier and policewoman dead as a result of this state’s liberal administration!
There is a brave soldier and policewoman dead as a result of this state’s liberal administration!
There is a brave soldier and policewoman dead as a result of this state’s liberal administration!
Just lock these people up, and you will not have these officers killed…
Just lock them up………..
Go Liberals Go!
Quite an example of cleaning up you are doing…..
Well Folks the Socialist Democrats are still split and hate each other for their past transgressions. Now how will this help end the War in Iraq and create national Health Care for everyone except the RICH? What say you?
James Carville: Democrats Should Fire Howard Dean
Democratic political strategist James Carville said Howard Dean should be fired as chairman of the Democratic Party, comparing him to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in his level of incompetence.
Carville, meeting with political reporters Wednesday morning, said Democrats could have picked up as many as 50 House seats, instead of the nearly 30 they have so far.
But Dean’s Democratic National Committee did not spend some $6 million it could have used in so-called “third tier” House races against vulnerable Republicans, the Austin American-Statesman reports.
Carville said he tried to meet with Dean to push for additional spending for Democrats in the last days of the campaign, but Dean declined.
Asked by a reporter whether Dean should be fired, Carville replied, “In a word, do I think? Yes.
“I think he should be held accountable. I would describe his leadership as Rumsfeldian in its competence.”
There has been no immediate response from Dean.
Commentby klake— 11/15/06@ 6:26 pm
Ah, Klake. I had no idea that I was so important. A couple of points of clarification:
“We all know Reverent John Barelli does not believe everybody’s ballot should be counted except the party he supports.”
Actually, I only ask that you only count ballots cast by actual people. Since a large number of the Republican ballots seem to have been cast by virtual people in places like Ohio and Florida, this may have caused some confusion on your part. Essentially, real people can vote, even if they vote Republican.
“Reverent John Barelli believes the Christians vote should never be counted because they are nothing but sinners and don’t qualify to make good judgments that affects the public.”
This would cause my party considerable difficulty, as most Christians appear to belong to churches that strongly support Democratic principles.
You remember those churches. They include:
African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Churches in the USA
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Church of the Brethren
The Coptic Orthodox Church in North America
The Episcopal Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Friends United Meeting
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Hungarian Reformed Church in America
International Council of Community Churches
Korean Presbyterian Church in America
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Mar Thoma Church
Moravian Church in America Northern Province and Southern province
National Baptist Convention of America
National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
Orthodox Church in America
Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Polish National Catholic Church of America
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
Reformed Church in America
Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada
The Swedenborgian Church
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America
United Church of Christ
and, of course, my own denomination,
the United Methodist Church
Now, I must admit to a certain hesitancy towards letting the folks at the Westboro Baptist Church vote, and I would be concerned about the folks over at the Christian Phalangist Party, Aryan Nations; Church of Jesus Christ Christian and similar “Christian” groups voting, as my understanding is that many of them are felons. Were those the “Christians” you were referring to?
Let me assure you that while I am, indeed, concerned about those “Christians” voting, so long as they have completed their sentences and have properly applied for restoration of their civil rights, I do agree that they should be permitted to vote.
I hope this clears things up for you.
Respectfully,
John Barelli
Al-Jazeera’s English-language network is set to begin operation on Wednesday without any distribution by a major cable or satellite system in the United States.
The all-news network, based in Doha, Qatar, said it would be available to computer users via a broadband Internet connection. But despite months of trying and delays in its launch date, it named only four companies available in the United States that would offer it.
The network also has appeared to have changed its name. Formerly Al-Jazeera International, it was referred to as Al-Jazeera English throughout a news release issued on Tuesday. Company representatives did not immediately return calls for comment.
Talks broke down between Al-Jazeera and one major cable company, Comcast, Variety reported on Monday
They might have better luck calling the web site Air America.
“The defense lawyers and the prosecutors knew he deserved a heavy sentence, but I think both sides were also saying ‘this guy needs treatment.’ And at that time he really seemed to want treatment,” said Mark Larson, chief criminal deputy for King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng.
GS –
YOU’VE BEEN LOSIN’ SO LONG EVERTHANG COMES OUT GIBBERISH.
NOT THAT IT EVER DID COME OUT ANYTHANG DIFFERENT. SO LONG:
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER!!!
This would cause my party considerable difficulty, as most Christians appear to belong to churches that strongly support Democratic principles.
You remember those churches. They include:
Reverent John Barelli you really mean the Church of Liberalism? That church has no sinners and believes in anything that feels good. Reverent you support all those folks that believe in destroying certain denotation of Churches except their own. John are you preaching false prophecies and supporting the devil beliefs? When was the last time you took a sinner to lunch and talk about saying his precious soul? Brother John step up to the pulpit and give us all a sermon on being sinners and how we can redeem our souls. Amen Brother and my God Bless your sermons.
They might have better luck calling the web site Air America.
You’re not very good at this internet thing, are you? You don’t call websites.
Well,ATJ, that’s just adding one more thing to the things he’s not very good at, along with winning elections and supporting democracy.
Now, I must admit to a certain hesitancy towards letting the folks at the Westboro Baptist Church vote, and I would be concerned about the folks over at the Christian Phalangist Party, Aryan Nations; Church of Jesus Christ Christian and similar “Christian” groups voting, as my understanding is that many of them are felons. Were those the “Christians” you were referring to?
Comment by John Barelli— 11/15/06@ 6:53 pm
Now Reverent John Barelli it is not your job to judge for that is the job of your Lord. Brother John walks where the sinners walk and preach the gospel to the sinners. Those in your Church should already know the Lord and do not need your support. Now go spread the gospel in the city (Seattle) of sinners. Don’t let the Church of Liberalism steer you off course. Amen Brother
Commentby klake— 11/15/06@ 7:08 pm
So, just so that I don’t misunderstand you, as far as you are concerned, every major Protestant denomination is just part of some sort of overall organization called the “Church of Liberalism”?
Well, if your definition of “Christian” only includes the Westboro Baptist Church, Church of Jesus Christ Christian, Aryan Nations and similar organizations, with everyone else “preaching false prophecies and supporting the devil beliefs” then I really can’t think of anything I can say to you except that I will pray for you.
Wow. Every major Protestant denomination believes in “destroying certain denotation of Churches except their own“. God must really be angry at all that race-mixing, with folks teaching that we should “love our neighbors as ourselves.”
Funny how all of us got that wrong. Jesus must have been misquoted.
Sorry, I can’t play any more. Gotta go to choir practice. (Really!)
Nancy Pelosi vows to clean up the House…
and then supports John Murtha for Majority Leader???????
More to come on this one.
The tape of Murtha with the words coming right out of his own mouth speaks volumes.
Murtha has many other ethical lapses that will certainly be exposed…and pounded home.
It’s actually more fun to be in the Minority…..frustrating, but fun!
Sorry, I can’t play any more. Gotta go to choir practice. (Really!)
Commentby John Barelli— 11/15/06@ 7:22 pm
Please Reverent John sing God Bless America.
KLAKE – YOU BE A FLAKE, A LOSER. YOU VOTED STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN AND LOST. YOUR PREZNIT CUT AND RAN FROM AFGHANISTAN TO CHASE A MACHO FANTASY IN IRAQ. LET BIN LADIN AND AL-ZAWAHIRI GET AWAY. NOW ITS FORGOTITSTAN. WHEN HE CUT AND RAN HE PROVED HE DIDN’T CARE ABOUT JUSTICE FOR 3000 DEAD PEOPLE IN NEW YORK, A STATE THAT DIDN’T VOTE FOR HIM IN 2000 OR 2004.
SO NOW SADDAM’S GONNA HANG. YOU PREZNIT BRAGGED AND THE PEOPLE STILL TOOK A DUMP ON HIM AND A DUMP ON PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
2800 SOLDIERS ARE DEAD. OVER 20000 HAVE LOST AN ARM, A LEG, GENITALIA, A FACE BLOWN OFF, PTSD AND WHATNOT. FOR WHAT? I’LL TELL YOU – TO LINE THE POCKETS OF A LOT OF GREEDY, CORRUPT ASSHOLES YOU AND YOUR WINGNUT CREW CHEERLEAD FOR. GO HALLIBURTON!
DON’T CARE MUCH FOR YOU AND YOUR CUT/PASTE KLAKE THE FLAKE.
Heh this is beginnign to be real fun…..
Pelosi’s prestige is on the line after endorsing longtime ally John Murtha of Pennsylvania to be the No. 2 Democrat in place of her longtime rival Steny Hoyer of Maryland.
Her first act is to endorse a goon that the FBI found grabbing at 50k in hush money
Keep on cleaning up government gang,
I am really enjoying watching this CLOWN act
Say, Goldy, while you’re upgrading the website, can you upgrade the trolls, too? The ones we have now are awfully dumb. . . .
DON’T CARE MUCH FOR YOU AND YOUR CUT/PASTE KLAKE THE FLAKE.
Comment by YOS LIB BRO— 11/15/06@ 7:28 pm
Hey Man you hurt my feelings I’m going to cry big tears if you don’t like me like you like Osama Bin Laudin. Don’t make fun about my cut and pasting and I will not turn you in for pot smoking. Hey Brother past that joint. Remember Sex, Love, and Rock and Roll Brother.
Yeh we want the “Plan” Now
This is just too fun to watch without laughing
Plan! The Plan!
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