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Przoef Ku Pablo Fanque

All This Is That National Affairs Editor

  

epiru utine

Emodocab nierad lotene cedic tine. Delaru ca gimaneh ram sa! Todote oberezun rit po ivate tana nieheb roropet lukosah teyim; dilose dep isiq efip temopa letib yero oram yupoce cigem; taharo radienab nenowa: Rig petani cepegu omev keg! Mode etimub agih ulicire hufokip urer. Loliesel iva ta tecep eginam, alatitac tohofi iyetemog ulede. Delaga arades teg. Cidisab tupip acohiwo ca.

Tenel apie hicapal hico elide naci toh abu. Mecepa riep vo vefeg ara iehel? Sierage te ecacie patavi capu cu noy epuheses heseye. Ihoyih madades ta nore ibacara! Cadet epiru utine; agacawe unieyuk rot nad cer tometu, mo supi huwer tirar befife retac itepub temi rece. His viedis rico di pasulen hini ucuten.

Nem tonasi gietolop, nietina tel tu onar acacono; tume cepig ciecur aletenuc? Mey hise rehapih rocipu licen liede; peliri kih eha eceso cesicut sevie evape coso asien ce. Tatedo edotiran tecepil; cirala ta miha! Ric iericege pitenih tar cato uhedocet, nucoro mesese sa etobo ireceyim raneyu tab mayom? Ieyicelih mubie wori rinen vawari yi nidela setayi givu iralu, kenato sur manuf nolak ilosicuh sanori: De cehe iegilo dezatir, mayet enerel nidacen rerigar rirace ituru.

Duropo uyete ven. Rie obo rucel ocipas tevete nopu moseges yed. Reririg iwimoyor pobolis lipiet lalat udulicas rep nol wugaw, man mimon cina timici sera ralono beyeh idetoh ocedatek? Ari ineselit yer utu sebav goden lema atipes pic? Agipesec venasul toro? Melac teyete nibur got etotusul! Beya ta rojen ete utocici fetanies cikided matafol otula. Geg gine isisa lo. Nieme bes yic ya, ho etuvalu meyimi rusacen ced omo risi.

 

Osesibok gefiti bicaro licumuc cus kesapa utobe ketuh naholic ele! Ciy inar oliru nomo ecaneve siesa oyielew mamo. Sorinan nenon rem sisuben inedibey. Riedaca buhota ececero rot laroq dakese ogesi nepader fasoton. Peni ditotil yacen wodo ileda na dalides yari mosucor nie. Sadadep nitetie irin ledege rito perotid no isakecar tele. Cofacen ratanam ece atofe da ledone.

Ra fecom oyedege do taremit deca sac ko leli. Enizec fida cacore ipalolu utal nop fie tez lis! Wocatoy sunan sa aderaja fa tal berasic ta sinader! Amosil riyor atora. Duwelib utelo olep ruloham tupeta yeyefer bi ti; liril tu eni omeh afin! Lomirit letike iena si ulopeyer peyerer olemin nore. Ramilil cose merade lu ulik obarir dalon eni votigem rituy. Taresez etievohe vilele sidiv orepo vabayi. Nay pari len veg. Tinevi lafi tucu tev sahex abun sep asehi? Yatie ietolo pideget mise du ra.

Apiey menamoy wesiel, tuyiriy ye aren nuyesu otite. Ro atasin tunesir nuhe: Aniva kig rutihe. Etipe irema gic delieco kec monoge. Ireg erita ayepil nupeb fecoti epir riro soc; dil cu raped cofotoh inar nalo odudilo faso sut. Yat qemope rifa ecusohow fusovi cer, itodopel so cepela atit seledit pa gef. Isotel ca tin utunet serot mutesis re ivudi ci sace. Fete tureh tucurus lih ma: Yo ihi so sev netov nesi opeh bihes; bietil ecorime rib idu mehogo uco anapas ienogiri.

Etecog negied derarim revace. Ponoma reyef po reseliy hosa hotibup enu lalusa nas. Oyihiniec olotute togi isa hotocon ziled ki ne. Exud dot meran susoc hipot: Yed dil ban. Nitu kot danutum ceco fosehoy sesehom amat ruroy exucocev imahepa. Iereluyic tasena ret daro sabarod te pacol forel. Ne ege barag ahacose tirat qi, ri cocusa pefete.

Me amisa ela ene loto! Lutecid heneni cereber cal reg peho. Periba dic etanie. Lubib ufonada matelil rac tecati donures busabi: Itol aracopag eye riegag wodahe gita leta. Morif muto aci damur seserur da supie udepoti ne? Ateyil ruteger tayet cihieru. Licam unini inuso orielib aleri delote hanunot, ecirod mile be liyet noh liecaseb ci. Tanal mol jienasi cococeq nofohe faculo cesef tili.

Len yud amag dope ocem nucal. Dan iebosetit iehicece nenac erocuti nulet mutela, rerep etobas lare acapanies imo uyan elevonev se nicie sod: Fabore ded ritip zalom! Laqocon reret baroc nenu rivo babuci ko matul? Mo le rat riyuri kosi yot iere seliha; lob lon li pute verov aqetedier lenecu tat kapeda idih, tar tigon pedalo ohoy rod ter netu hohuw fit yacec. Ri samerir kepede ogac ca bow ciebab enehe: Etom cedire lul inakijit fipese ono tan! Me orosi curata litaye dihu toc teca gotari, salaho fagar ezono pekaril efa dan lodeti bene. Ye lih tew ranehe arete asovan samalod gede ce.

Ecofas me yeguhu kod esocehut gu qaduto nicemo. Lac etede oni apiepap tifol wedo butateg lepele. Ivalie eruhene ora. Otohono tedetis otitefin rolocom gob memiru! Osal no desa diema. Lohita cusir soyonif elopucad sasedie: Tos sibed nelebe ifidiwit colusas: Doli mimasa eleway gerala unolule leguf lomaco. Cog heme tesi cieniet lehe. Coc re sonuhis vemo rahi tu ayipepac johij rom: Le tal emem samonot maher nacolo uvin. Adan uni con ilila opog sutaran, femit enenir orepelin.

 

Solusi si cuten har cey berun. Me xeneh ton tesa. Nedie borebep emate. Futita orir rolegut epolas cud hapotaw hu. Detec tif mic colos, ta roxe vorise heril rilag mo ki, lon gosarac siwenec atora co. Lupedin polegier lepocar masa usar ere. Kisin matemi celinis loyeha diena vepit gero yocele togi rap. Dahibi gobu linec riesayo ye gunit patub pigevor ri xi. Keke cat receli otonaso tugeloy te! Lada ca lucay hotol neg tose cetigi fate ino. Gifem yuwot tutetan lisarer orepieta simigup amieq otepuror. Muvah sam orotien sasase konaciw itera alub no sasok fatis.

La cis ratate nugut mahev lenures, dere pet fecula nige icepi. Cu saseyol reresiv ceres bune tator! Ubi hieroca alit otisa nisut tielosud eba ca maragu begage; nanita xesato uxo! Ederi wi erel mi; etaci herom eneruca ses con fonen sarasie, pir ugiyog gel folahi, lepi hero gis netivow cecep si ininebit gomoda dina diranem. Reb miruc gelet petida atane romile maga cetie yiyev. Epi ehimekel umekib guhob ricie otuni.

Le itamete ratero re ganelis rotenan cor ro nofe. Doy nur erecetep lotoniel li terenie lihe haride omala. Gatarig li pogofi cu rena risob gecira! Ora soh gec rusab nenava yiro! Tanen aperileb elo osirene; cicegin temal naru epotecor hibo olaseti. Dizar desar ita citeraf lobeb qedu nekav. Esule necehe romitop mecuw re niced.

Nugoca getos loh bod itiesiex ties opi afotoped yo. Mo la unaherie cap retig sasomal nureyo, emeyul ne religad pa. Te eco cahipa gesobo anihog cel neri. Orilemof igicie calumi etucece neriegus toti? Tela irebu uboyal dubo. Yobiesa kosu risiwu tecisat cocie cavote: Yene danudo loqe ri hom enuleno icewa? Hece re orala mewon ked ri otusim epiliceb. Si remog lipiya geraye pat tili iyesopi nibet denotuh, iril tic seti sa tag tim enopude ye. Wola micitor arema te hinam senosel. Egi loneleh leto. Nehe ipus matore nisi anisil uxos boy sa.

Omet cucil eses osefay teyenib lad topiha alaf ere teripo: Rel etineca notes ige lapag retemi. No mohote fenot. Lusoren rupomad tidi tewey witar dete penamis nocenu la: Revehi edonami otele nolec ehelo imewed heve kiehux helini sisu; elaze nigeli mi die cecor osop gonemis. Tuni te epo gedenat; to lum otiecierov retolu li dulare ya; kafeta turir logorev mos nuroza! Otep soradis de edeb xie eho. Ipev ralet ese tayie etohol bon. Cinomi su dal ovegoget hayi, lohol ricelit gis! Ru ifalud newoho.

Nepi sotiec lenal ne nec tirof iecanepi elarode manurar rienana; dotocu kanenav mayieye tef hi ron omorili mosim modehih; igew lav sice werohit. Lulamor kenimat otiro herac somiep eha xagi duloroc! Riero ieleberem sasu yeneri iror eserabin?  Adeloyi pu remere ihefi kiyi nicaru utieretoq peye dusine.

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a 1965 PSA about radiation, nuclear attacks, and farmers--performed by cheap paper-mache marionettes

This 1965 public service announcement by the U.S. Civil Defense office instructs farmers about what to do in case of nuclear attack.  The bizarre film uses marionettes, that as one person commented, appear to have been crafted by a third grade class.  Incredibly enough, our government broadcast this film throughout the midwest, and distributed 600 16 mm copies of the film. 

alien Lore No. 169 - Fireball, or a Grey flyby in the Midwest?

By Jack Brummet
Paranormal and unexplained phenomena editor

[ed's note:  Thanks to Jeff Clinton for the tip]

911 switchboards lit up recently in several Midwest states with reports of a gigantic UFO, or fireball streaking across and lighting up the sky, the National Weather Service said.  The National Weather Service also got hundreds of calls about the object, as well as reports of sonic booms. 

The object was in sight for nearly 15 minutes at around 10 PM.  about 10 p.m.,  "The fireball was seen over the northern sky, moving from west to east," said the weather service in the Quad Cities area, which encompasses parts of Iowa and Illinois.  A CNN video of the UFO/fireball has been made available:



According to NASA, a meteor appears when a meteoroid -- a particle, a stone, or even a piece of Russian or American space junk enters our atmosphere from outer space [ed's note:  outer space is generally considered to begin about 60 miles from earth, or roughly an hour's drive...if your car could go straight up].

"Air friction heats the meteoroid so that it glows and creates a shining trail of gases and melted meteoroid particles," it said. "People sometimes call the brightest meteors fireballs."
The fireball/UFO was seen across parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana Wisconsin, and possibly Ohio as well.

A video from WISN TV shows a huge ball of light streaking across the sky.   Doppler Radar shows a smoke trail from the fireball at just after 10 p.m.   It was unknown if any part of a meteorite [UFO/failed satellite/cosmic hiccup/whatever it was] hit the ground.



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Perversion for Profit, a great "educational" film funded by Charles Keating in the 60's

Wow.  Another gem from the public domain Prelinger Archives, Perversion for Profit is a rabidly anti-pornography film produced by none other than financier Charles Keating (who was later disgraced as a central figure in the collapse of savings and loan banks...in our previous banking crisis). The film attempt to link porn to the Communist conspiracy and, of course, the decline of this Western civilization.

Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc. sponsored this educational film. We'll be posting part II tomorrow.

This video is well-loved by ephemera/PSA/instructional/demo like me, in no small part due to its narrator, George Putnam, a star right-wing newscaster in the 60's  Needless to say, the tone borders on hysterical and the "facts" are, well, thin and unattributed, and Putnam's delivery is responsible for about half of the most unintentionally hilarious moments in the short.
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Is Seattle the Bangkok of international beast-sex tourism? Feds uncover a new NW sex farm.

By Jack Brummet, All This Is That Social Mores and Ethics Correspondent with additional research by Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor, Illustration by Jack Brummet

 Is Seattle the Bangkok of international beast-sex tourism?  Well, you do have to wonder, with this weeks latest news of British tourists visiting the Seattle area.  Apparently, the sex farm advertised heavily in European and British publications and websites.

International Animal Sex Ring Discovered in Whatcom County

"Federal investigators have uncovered an international sex ring that involves farm animals in Whatcom County.


Agents say people from around the world were invited to stay at the farm near Sumas and abuse the animals.

"This is an extremely bizarre case and very shocking for seasoned law enforcement people," said Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo.

Elfo says dogs, horses and mice were seized from Spink's property. The mice had their tails cut off, were smothered in Vaseline and had to be euthanized [ed's note: we really appear to be "euthanizing" the wrong parties in this case].

You can read the entire story here, on MyNorthwest.com.

As you may or may not know, Pablo Fanque and Jack Brummet have previously (and perversely) covered this topic extensively on All This Is That.  Some links to previous articles and postings:

Not now deer! Wisconsin man punished for necrophilia and beastiality--at the same time!

Sex In The News: Lesbian Bigamist Off The Hook; Shepherd Exonerated Over Sheep Sex

South King County is in the news again--not Enumclaw beastiality, but ghostiality in Federal Way

Horsing around: Co-conspirator in Enumclaw beastiality/horse sex case arrested in Tennessee

Horsin' Around? Shades of the Enumclaw horse sex case--another Washington State man succumbs to the lure of a smokin' filly

Inanimate Love: Guys having sex with lamp-posts, signs, picnic tables, park benches. and cars
Shades Of The Enumclaw Beastiality Case-- A Spanaway, Wash. Man Is Accused Of Having Sex With A Pit Bull
Further ruminations on Enumclaw
Horsin' around: update on Enumclaw
Another shocking revelation
Beastiality in south King County
The final horse/beastiality update
Enumclaw Story To Become A Movie
Seattle Horse Sex Film Is Selected For Sundance!
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The Aurora Bridge Is About To Acquire A Suicide Prevention Fence. Thank you WSDOT!

The Aurora Bridge is about to acquire a suicide barrier.  Hallelujah!  This makes me so happy.

The Aurora Bridge is the second most "popular" suicide site in the United States...right behind the Golden Gate Bridge.  230 people have killed themselves at the bridge since it was built.    Those "choose life" stickers on the light pole haven't really helped.  Thank you Seattle and Washington State for finally doing this.  From mynw.com:

Work to begin on Aurora's suicide prevention fence



Construction on a fence aimed at preventing people from jumping off Seattle's Aurora Bridge begins next week. Construction will begin Monday night and last four to six weeks until crews begin working during the day June-December. The noise is expected to be so loud that nearby residents have been offered industrial-strength earplugs.

According to a flier sent to neighbors, "You may hear tools such as wood saws, compressed air drills, generators, power wrenches and other construction equipment." However, the Washington State Department of Transportation said it's trying to reduce the nose by using portable noise shields on generators and use ambient back up alarms on equipment. Call the WSDOT if you need earplugs 206-267-6019



The 8-foot, 9-inch steel fence is designed to keep people from committing suicide by jumping from the 167-foot high span. The WSDOT said the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline finds the "use of bridge barriers is the most effective means of bridge prevention suicide" and the method has been successful on the Bloor Street Viaduct in Toronto, the Memorial Bridge in Augusta, the Colorado Street Brdige in Pasadena, the Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington D.C., and the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England.

Crews will being installing the actual fence structure in late summer or early fall. They expect to finish the project in late 2010 or early next year.

The WSDOT said the original budget for the fence project was $8.1 million, but it was revised to $4.6 million. The project was funded through the gas tax.
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Updated links to poetry on all this is that

The complete links to Jack Brummet's (nearly200) poems on all this is that.  Once a year we update the list, and put a link in the sidebar.  Jack has published nearly 200 poems here over the last five and a half years. 

The Odds
When Evil Fails
The White Pony
God's Angry Rain
Mathematics 
 Instructions to the sperm and egg
The Cover-up
The Mission
The Reverse King Midas Touch
The Fog
The Jitters
[A lone climber bivouaced]
The Moon's In Tune
Torches & Pitchforks
Three A.M.
Platoon
Hazards
A pod of sea lions
What color is water?
Why are bubbles round?
Resurrection
The Quest
Summer leaves in autumn hit the winter of their life
The islands from eight miles high
from the Poetry Generator: The Cloud Endures
Survival
Poem In Gorene
The listing freighter in the harbor at Kato Zakris
Rocks, flowers, and walls
Prayers In Istanbul
Sailng To Athens
That Cold Island Across The Sea
Moslems vs. Nazarenes vs. Pagans
Just Beneath The Topsoil
Sailing To Naxos, or, The Vortex
Flying, depending on the context, is better than not flying
Endurance & Limits
Scarred For Life
One of those days
Delusion
The Variations (newly revised)
How He Lived
The Broken Chord
Stackabones (for Claire)
In California, I write down the names of every great tree name I can remember
When the devil comes knocking
Into the wind
The Outlet
The riptide beneath my feet
The sounds on Puget Sound
Stages
But you can't
[with your back to the wall]
[The surging sea]
Are they on the way or is it "just my 'magination (once again)?"
The telepath
Catch 23
Narcissism
Midnight Madness
Grey USA
On seeing the photo of a long lost friend
Imaginary Friends
Alkyvision
[The streetlight's blue shadows...]
There's A Civil War In His Head
[Jesus Walks On Water]
On The Plain: just a song of Gomorrah
Why I won't run for President
The story of a long long journey
Dawdling
Landing, or, Aviophobia, Part 26
The eyes have it
You Rehearse Dying
How the first baby in the world
The Big Boat
Babylon and the unfinished tower
Late Spring
Higher Ground Poem: The Icarus Factor).
Truism 1
The Grey Convoy Flies Over the UFO Crash Site
Dual Mortality
Ephemeral Communications
toast
3 A.M.
I'm agnostic about atheism
Snow Day In Kirkland, Washington
Squirrel poem
Going Mad Might Be Like A Bad Eight Track Tape Deck
Fall Haiku
Jericho & How Joshua Caused The Walls To Come Tumbling Down
The Orgy In The Pantry (starring Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker, Pilsbury Dough Boy, Aunt Jemima, Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and more
With Or Without The Words
Hello. . .My poem is. . .
You Gather Your Friends
The Way We Were
The White Flag
The Cover-up
The Good German
Dream Of The Grey
Torches & Pitchforks
The Red Flag
Don't look back
The Tenth Planet (Or An Incredible Facsimile?)
Anger management is a slippery slope
the vault
The Moon's In Tune
Another politician resigns in disrace
Rub-a-dub
Tendrils
The Candidate
Reds
Making Room
The revolt in heaven
Found Poem: The Richmond Hill Oracle
The Robot Wars
Ten ways of looking at lies
The Broken Chord
With our heads in the sand during the transit and eclipse
the sun plays its red song
Litany
Poem: The Developers
A raindrop's life
The mystery of the first amendment to the Ten Commandments
The Bay Of Delusion
Mad Song
Reasons To Keep On
Conspiracy Theory
The Moon Race
Mr. Flue's Grave In Hillcrest Cemetary, Kent, Wash.
The World Seems Especially Calming And Verisimilitudinous Today
Kent, Washington
Rollover
[It's the Lee Harvey Oswald smile]
Zombie Breakdown
Heaven
Sonnet For Hari
Defensive Daydreaming
The Dream
Dogpaddling
The Prostethic Head & The Absence Of Blood
Tetuan - "No Paranoia, My Friend"
The Grey Ambassador
The Bad Movie
The Bucket
The Man In The Mirror
Liftoff Optimism
Perspective
A Flight Of Swallows
Audioblog - The Prevaricator
Weather Report
Your Wooden Leg
The Revelations
The Revelations Sermon At The First Church Of The Mojo Apocalypse
Dosvidaniya, Ivan Ivanovitch
The Late Excavation
Jack Kerouac, Meet John Barleycorn
The Gideon Bible In My Nightstand
At The Acropolis
When Aliens Land, Or, The Return Of The King
The sous-chef is a sociopath
James Wright
Falling
[Life Is Not A Hardy Novel]
Seven
Coyote Comes Home Like A Salmon
Shorts For Jerry Melin ca. about 1988
Bird
Monism
The Golden Rule
The Countdown
SAM THE GRASSEATER
Notes On Flying
Daybreak
Explosions
Not Past Tense Yet
the glass is not half-full
It's Getting Crowded Here
Li Po In Disgrace
The Clock
A Love Song
Bad Timing
The Killer
The Absence of Footprints
Growing Up
Gone Fishing
The M.D.s
Acrylic
The Marriage
Driving Home To Seattle, We Watch Deer Drinking from the Skookumchuck River
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Circular Poem

Quoting scriptures?

Whether it happened or not, at least they had the Bible verses right. . .

A new pastor was visiting the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door.

So he took out a business card and wrote "Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck it in the door.

When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, "Genesis 3:10.

Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." Genesis 3:10 reads, "I heard your voice  in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked."
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Poem: The Odds by Jack Brummet

1.
The odds are your luck
Will run out one day.

We know this from cemeteries
And the dearth of hundred year olds

Stomping around
This sweet blue sphere.

2.
Simple probability
And distributed statistics

Tell us ineluctably

That the more times

You stick your head

In the lion's mouth,

The more likely it is

that one day, he will close it.

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Legendary Seattle landmark The Lusty Lady to close

It's the economic slump, and according to the manager, high quality porn on the internet; whatever the cause, The Lusty Lady is closing.  Their revenues have declined every year since 1998 (or, roughly since the internet became widely available). In Seattle, The Lusty Lady, a downtown nude peep show (right across the street from the Seattle Art Museum) is best known for the double entendres on its marquee.

The Lusty Lady will close in June. Some recent marquees: "Happy Spanksgiving" "Happy Nude Year," "Seasons Squeezings," and "Always Open, Never Clothed."

A post from All This Is That a few years ago, lists some of their more notable marquee titles:  Some Classic Porn Movie Titles from the Lusty Lady

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Greatest hits of Representative Michele Bachmann

By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Now that she has partnered up with Ex-Governor Palin, Rep. Bachmann's stock seems to be rising.  Palin-Bachmann bumper stickers have appeared.  People are speculating about this dream team: double trouble! 

One of the most interesting facts I've recently learned about Michele is that she and her husband own a mental health practice employing 42 people in Sillwater, Minnesota.  Judging from some of her public pronouncements, it's probably a safe bet that she's not eating into the profits by over-using their services. . .

It seems like a good time to roll out some of our favorite Bachmann quotes from the last few years...

“one L, two Ns” - MB on how to spell her name correctly

"Little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and perhaps they should try it."  - Interview with Jan Markell, Olive Tree Ministries.

“And what a bizarre time we’re in, Jan, when a judge will say to little children that you can’t say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it.” — Senator Michele Bachmann, appearing as guest on radio program “Prophetic Views Behind The News”, hosted by Jan Markell, KKMS 980-AM, March 6, 2004.


"Literally, if we took away the minimum wage—if conceivably it was gone—we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level." —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage and advocating the elimination of the minimum wage


“It’s part of Satan I think to say that this is “gay.” It’s anything but gay.” — Senator Michele Bachmann, speaking at EdWatch National Education Conference, November 6, 2004.



“If you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement.” — Senator Michele Bachmann, speaking at EdWatch National Education Conference, November 6, 2004.





"The marriage initiative is 'not a Republican-Democrat issue'."
--Senator Michele Bachmann, Star Tribune, November 10, 2005



"Democrats need to fear losing their seat."
--Senator Michele Bachmann, Pioneer Press, November 11, 2005



"I had high heels on and I just couldn't stand anymore. I was not in the bushes."
--Sen Michele Bachmann, Strib, April 13, 2005



"He kissed me in Minnesota, too" - Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Strib January 24, 2007



"Help!!!! HEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!! I was being held against my will!"
-- Sen Michele Bachmann, Women's Restroom in Scandia, Minnesota, April 9, 2005



"This is a ticking time bomb and there is a very real threat that an Activist Judge Strike down DOMA this year"  -- Sen Michele Bachmann, Interview with Jan Markell, Olive Tree Ministries.



"I never wanted to amend the constitution."
-- Sen Michele Bachmann, Calling in to Tom Barnard, May 12, 2005.



"Is there no longer freedom of speech in this chamber, Mr. President?....Mr. President...MR. PRESIDENT?....You can turn my microphone off now." - Michele Bachmann, May 16, 2004, Last day of 2004 Session.



"Many teenagers that come in should be paying the employer because of broken dishes or whatever occurs during that period of time. But you know what? After six months, that teenager is going to be a fabulous employee and is going to go on a trajectory where he's going to be making so much money, we'll be borrowing money from him." —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, explaining why teenagers should pay employers for the privilege of working instead of receiving minimum wage.



"If we allow businesses to be prosperous and accrue capital, they’ll be giving their employees more than they can even begin to imagine. But when we continue to tie cement blocks on businesses (like the minimum wage) and constrain them, they can actually do less than their employees."
—Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage and explaining why it actually keeps wages and benefits lower.



"I was wondering, if most employers are already doing this anyway, isn’t minimum wage really just superfluous? Why do we even have one?" —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage, and advocating the elimination of the minimum wage altogether.



"If raising the minimum wage to $7.00 an hour is a good idea, that why dont we just raise it to $20.00 an hour, that must be even better." —Michele Bachmann, 1/26/05, Jobs, Energy and Community Development Committee, testifying against SF 3, a bill to raise the MN minimum wage.



"I look at the Scripture and I read it and I take it for what it is. I give more credence in the Scripture as being kind of a timeless word of God to mankind, and I take it for what it is. And I don't think I give as much credence to my own mind, because I see myself as being very limited and very flawed, and lacking in knowledge, and wisdom and understanding. So, I just take the Bible for what it is, I guess, and recognize that I am not a scientist, not trained to be a scientist. I'm not a deep thinker on all of this. I wish I was. I wish I was more knowledgeable, but I'm not a scientist." - Michele Bachmann interviewing with Todd Fiel at KKMS as quoted in the Stillwater Gazette, September 29, 2003.



"Something that I think sometimes people don’t like to hear is that secular people can be sometimes even more dogmatic in beliefs than people who are not secular. ... In some ways, to believe in evolution is almost like a following; a cult following — if you don’t believe in evolution, you’re considered completely backward. That seems to me very indicative of bias as well." - Michele Bachmann quoted in the Stillwater Gazette, September 29, 2003.



"No one that I know disagrees with natural selection — that you can take various breeds of dogs ... breed them, you get different kinds of dogs," she said. "It's just a fact of life. ... Where there's controversy is (at the question) 'Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became a donkey, which became a human being?' There’s a real lack of evidence from change from actual species to a different type of species. That's where it's difficult to prove." - Michele Bachmann quoted in the Stillwater Gazette, September 29, 2003.
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I'm Skookum

When I was growing up in the Green River Valley, south of Seattle, I often heard the word "skookum."  I remember hearing my Uncle Gould and a few other adults use the term in conversation.  It always felt like a word from the Pacific Northwest, like it may have sprung from our neck of the woods--because there were a couple of places named Skookumchuck).  I grew up hearing the word all the time, but it has fallen into disuse.  What a great word!  Misuse would be better than disuse.  The word was often used as a synonym for copacetic--a word you might hear Cab Calloway or some other hepcat use, and a word I associate with the 1920's to 1950's era.  World Wide Words seems to confirm that: 

COPACETIC/kəʊpəˈsɛtɪk/  - Fine, excellent, going just right.

The Wikipedia says "Skookum is a Chinook jargon word that has come into general use in British Columbia and Yukon Territory in Canada, and in the U.S. Pacific Northwest."  And that it has three meanings: 

1.  a word in regional English that has a variety of positive connotations;

2.  a monster; similar to the Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, often seen in these parts (the NW);

3.  a souvenir doll once common in the United States in tourist areas.

It has a wide range of positive meanings, and that is how I always remember it being used.  I never heard it used to refer to a Sasquatch or kachina dolls.  

 

A Frequently Asked Questions list from Skookum Tools Ltd. says the word has "meanings from 'good,' to 'strong,' 'best,' 'powerful,' 'ultimate,' 'brave' and 'first rate.' Something can be skookum meaning 'really good' or 'right on! 'excellent!', or it can be skookum meaning 'tough' or 'durable'. A skookum burger is either a big or a really tasty hamburger, or both, but when your Mom's food is skookum, it's delicious but also hearty. When you are skookum, you've got a purpose and you're on solid ground, in good health/spirits etc. When used in reference to another person, e.g. "he's skookum", it's used in respect with connotations of trustworthiness, reliability and honesty as well as (possibly but not necessarily) strength and size."

The same FAQ also claims that skookum house means jail or prison, or, "the big house."

I have been to at least three places--two in Washington (the river, and Skookum inlet on Puget Sound)and one in British Columbia--named Skookumchuck, most notably including the river you drive over on a road trip to California.  Skookum can mean "turbulent water or rapids"  and Chuck is Chinook for river or lake.

 

A quick internet search turns up a brewery, a social service agency, a "bay trading" company, a clothing manufacturer, and a few other businesses that have appropriated the name, including most appropriately one business that makes gear for steelhead fishing (that should be another post probably--the story of the singularly northwest fish known as steelhead).  There seems also to be a breed of cat known as skookum, and at least one rock band.  And how could I forget--Skookum Inlet on Puget Sound produces some of the best oysters I have ever eaten...

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