tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68853582024-03-07T15:48:55.509-08:00Hummingbird's BlogMy Blog of Politics and GardeningFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-23957928734277880822009-04-16T01:53:00.000-07:002009-04-16T02:05:59.506-07:00One of my Birthday gifts, a willow trellis.It's expandable, and portable...I took my Vegetable Container Gardening class yesterday and learned a lot of things, but I also got my (mainly) heirloom tomatoes (Cynthia who provides tomatoes and veggies to Manresa, is selling them now), and this is what I ended up with:Ananas Noir - (Black Pineapple - French). 1 to 1.5 lbs multi-colored, beautifulFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-670497656915958372009-01-08T04:30:00.000-08:002009-01-08T04:51:34.120-08:00RADIOACTIVE?? TVA Disaster is much worse than imagined. UPDATE x II(UPDATE: On Monday, Jeff Farias is going to interview Stephen Smith, Executive Director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, who is going to be testifying on this spill in front of the Environment and Public Works Senate Panel on Thursday, January 8th. Smith is going to be joined by a number of citizens who live there, and Jeff will follow up on Monday and talk to him and one of those Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-21100606051237817732008-12-21T09:48:00.001-08:002008-12-21T09:51:24.167-08:00Way too CuteThis isn't my video, but I had to put it on my blog: Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-64695600170238419442008-12-21T02:56:00.000-08:002008-12-21T03:19:35.985-08:00Science Wins!Science Wins!We have a President Elect who Values Science!"Dr. John Holdren has agreed to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. John is a professor and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, as well as President and Director of theFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-30369567139947066452008-12-21T02:27:00.001-08:002008-12-21T02:28:45.695-08:00Taking us out of our Comfort Zones?Just heard this on Kuby's show on Air America.A caller said Obama was trying to take us out of our "comfort zone" by choosing Rick Warren that Obama was trying to change US.Some people should not possess a phone!Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-31660086283604914712008-12-18T02:37:00.000-08:002008-12-18T16:56:19.803-08:00Smerconish is an idiot.msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-3642053142629882542008-12-17T02:54:00.000-08:002008-12-17T02:57:55.309-08:00K-Street is getting Santa down their lobbyist chimneyWell I'm starting up my blog again, and with a harsh note. But before I get to that, I want to express my joy that Obama was elected. I've been so intensely involved with that that I haven't even been able to concentrate enough to blog.So I've been remiss.And now our economy is in the TOILET:Mike has it down.As usualFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1157624189833876032006-09-07T03:13:00.000-07:002008-12-21T02:48:38.620-08:00This Means War? Jesus CampI saw this and chills literally covered my body, not just my spine. This is really scarey stuff.I'll let it speak for itself: Jesus CampMike Papantonio of Ring Of Fire Radio is the counterpoint in this film, and if he thinks this is serious then I have no choice but to agree. I have yet to see the movie yet, and I'm gonna have to have some comforting things (like a blanket) around me Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1145137174347439882006-04-15T14:39:00.000-07:002006-04-15T14:39:34.403-07:00Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Mistaking caricature and generalization for journalismUnclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald: Mistaking caricature and generalization for journalismFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1140587533949245402006-02-21T21:45:00.000-08:002006-02-21T21:52:13.963-08:00The Dubai-Al Qaeda Connection: Smoking Gun?Lots of stuff has been going back and forth over the whole Dubai Ports scandal, but one thing that has been neglected has been the phrase in the media:"There are connections between the United Arab Emirates and Al Qaeda" but it's been vague and hasn't really said much, other than some people from the Emirates participated in 9/11. Considering that any independent person from there could have Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1138052931142242012006-01-23T01:56:00.001-08:002008-12-21T02:52:39.499-08:00My New Dog...Not Everything is Politics!Hi, Ya'llI probably shouldn't be up at 1:55 am typing this, but ... oh well here I am.We got a new dog this week, and if we can keep him from running away, then we should have a new member of the family. He's a gorgeous dog, an 18 month old husky, whom we retrieved from the Central Coast Northern Dog Rescue. The rescuers have named him "Zeki" which means "smart" in Turkish, and since it is a niceFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1130819983351228392005-10-31T20:37:00.000-08:002005-10-31T20:39:43.360-08:00To KoreThis is a poem To Kore, from Hades... In honor of Samhain. To those who don't understand this, look up the story of Persephone and Hades (Greek Mythology).Oh, Kore,Hear one who deep within the cavern’d world doth long,To touch the flower’d light, to dance with lilted song,Whose heart is not of stone, though stone became his fate,When lots were cast ‘mongst brothers, he won the nether gate.The Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1121381204601576522005-07-14T15:07:00.000-07:002005-07-16T16:57:22.613-07:00Phytoplankton is the basis of the ocean's lifeBack on September 13, 1996 my husband and I took a whale watching trip out of San Francisco beyond the Farallon Islands. It was a beautiful day and we were very fortunate in that we saw 7 great blue whales, 2 or 3 humback whales and thousands of seabirds. Here are a couple of picturesThe Farallon Islands are actually mountains that jut out of the sea and lay about 25 miles southwest of the GoldenFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1118768296176545872005-06-13T19:32:00.000-07:002005-06-14T10:12:11.860-07:00Re: The Left Gets a Memo? by Michael KinsleyMichael,Well, I read your article, Michael and wow, that was a great adolescent whine. We aren't "paranoid extremists", most of us knew we were lied to, we are justified now with this memo (which are actually minutes.)You really should check with the London Times before you submit such a ridiculous editorial, they posted new memos the same morning of your editorial. Including Downing Street MemoFancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1118000581654441402005-06-05T12:30:00.000-07:002005-06-05T12:43:01.660-07:00CPB's Tomlinson may have pushed too much!The Smirking Chimp has reprinted a Philedelphia Inquirer article regarding the blatant politicization of National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service. Evidently, some of the senior staff of both organizations are getting fed up with the attempts by Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to eliminate any legitimate balance to their programming by Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117872070895433732005-06-04T00:55:00.000-07:002005-06-04T01:07:07.293-07:00What Did I Do?This is just one image of a series that are highly disturbing and GRAPHIC images (warning -- they are even disturbing for adults). I link here because we need to see what is being done in our name. But I warn you again these are very disturbing, and some are so bad you can't even tell what you are seeing except carnage.But we need to know what is being done in our name. And it's hideous.If you Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117846721125911872005-06-03T17:25:00.000-07:002005-06-03T21:31:09.673-07:00Downing Street Memo: Kerry Joins in Asking for InquiryEven though I think Kerry wimped out in terms of the election, now that he is functioning as a Senator and not trying to win a campaign, his actions on Capital Hill have been pretty good lately. He objected to Gonzales, he is objecting to Bolton, and he has joined Boxer on issues regarding election fraud, and he refused to vote for the cloture motion that would have shut down the filibuster Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117671258833278302005-06-01T17:13:00.000-07:002005-06-01T17:14:18.843-07:00Optical Scanning Machines HackedFresh from Black Box Voting...OPTICAL SCAN MACHINES HACKED IN FLORIDA: http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/5921.html Tallahassee, FL: "Are we having fun yet?" This is the message that appeared in the window of a county optical scan machine, startling Leon County Information Systems Officer Thomas James. Visibly shaken, he immediately turned the machine off. Diebold's opti-scan (paper Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117656613550733402005-06-01T12:53:00.000-07:002005-06-01T13:30:21.610-07:00Can Bush be Impeached?Apparently, all this blogging we've been doing about the "Downing Street Memo" is starting to have an effect in major newspapers. Today, in the Media Beat Section of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Norman Solomon has written an article entitled, "Can Bush be Impeached?"Well it's not the front page, and it is an oped, but that's the first time I've seen this speculation in the semi-MSM. This may Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117641601634550332005-06-01T08:45:00.000-07:002005-06-01T17:12:48.703-07:00Mississippi: Too stupid for words!Netscape's former CEO, Jim Barksdale, decided after reading that Mississippi's literacy rating was abominable, that he was going to try and do something about it. He decided to fund an incredibly generous reading program for Mississippi school children, if the state did three things: Fully fund public education starting July 1 Give the teachers' raises Approve an annual audit of federal Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117587750845629402005-05-31T17:51:00.000-07:002005-05-31T18:02:30.873-07:00This is my latest letter to the Network News channels, the main ones, CBS, ABC, NBC and PBS. I will probably send this also to the cable news channels, and a modification of this to the major radio programs, but this took long enough to write that this is all I'm doing TODAY. :)From: JoyDate: 05/31/05 12:12:06To: nightly@nbc.comSubject: Campaign Launched to Demand a Presidential InquiryTo the Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117248680548212222005-05-27T19:36:00.000-07:002005-05-27T20:18:20.190-07:00 Bush and Blair Planned Iraq Nine days after 9/11I was looking for more documentation about the Bush/Blair conspiracy, and was surprised to find a remarkable article. I typed in "Christopher Meyer", the former British Ambassador to Washington in 2001, and "Iraq war". Apparently according to an over year old article in the Guardian: President George Bush first asked Tony Blair to support the Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1117238836234901692005-05-27T17:02:00.000-07:002005-05-27T17:08:38.633-07:00Hi, I'm sure the Congressman will not mind this being posted far and wide. This came from his Diary on the Daily KOS...100,000 Signatures Needed on Downing Street Letterby Congressman John Conyers Fri May 27th, 2005 at 13:43:17 PDT I have written to you in this space on a number of occasions about my profound concern about the implications of the "Downing Street Memo," which actually consists Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1116318758616825862005-05-17T01:28:00.000-07:002005-05-17T01:58:04.176-07:00The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is bafflingPicked this up from Daily Kos today and like her I have the same sense of irate rage. And like her, I have very little else to say, as it's so infuriating, it needs no embellishment.The doubling of child malnutrition in Iraq is bafflingTerry JonesTuesday April 12, 2005The GuardianA report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885358.post-1116099088140623052005-05-14T12:28:00.000-07:002005-05-14T12:36:01.076-07:00Frank Morales of the Centre for Research on Globalisation writes a disturbing article that the CIA and Donald Rumsfeld may be purposely trying to provoke acts of terrorism against Americans and others. The Provocateur State:Is the CIA Behind the Iraqi "Insurgents"--and Global Terrorism?by Frank Morales The requirement of an ever-escalating level of social violence to meet the political and Fancy Pants Elitisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17605717352630226765noreply@blogger.com4