1 Quick, there's more news from Tiger's house!

2 What is with Tiger Woods? There may not be global warming, but that man sure must be feeling the heat this morning

3

ok, here is my question:  if the Senate votes to scrap the public option & increase spending on Medicare & Medicaid instead, won't that raise a hue & cry from the state govts which must partially fund Medicaid?

don't the people in CA & Mich. get it yet?

4
mornin flags

5 So, first Tiger Woods made my Thanksgiving seem awesome by comparison, and now he's clearly working on helping me with Christmas too . . . thanks man!

6 I love the "tell all" that says he likes "frantic" sex. Is that a new word for quickie or premature?

7

From Moody's link:

"In a report released on Tuesday, Moody's set the two countries apart from other top-rated sovereign borrowers, calling them merely "resilient" rather than "resistant," a label it applied to Canada, France and Germany, where public finances are in better shape."

Economic diplo speak for "your countries' finances are going in the toilet faster than the others, do you want your Chinese-issued credit card revoked or not"?

8 As a resident of Michigan, I can tell you that we do not get it yet.

9 Well, it's nice to see Google acknowledging the birthday of E.C. Segar, creator of Popeye, today.

Of course, they ignored Pearl Harbor day yesterday, so maybe they've got their priorities a little FUCKED IN THE HEAD, hmm?

10

6 I love the "tell all" that says he likes "frantic" sex. Is that a new word for quickie or premature?

In Tiger's case, it's probably more quickies.  He has all the symptoms of a sex addict.

11
Laptop Battery Man just called and said: "The new day is shortest over the true."

quick someone crack this code!

12 So Kratos, are you saying he excels in the short putt, but not so much on the long drive?

13 Tiger Woods makes an obscene amount of money knocking a little ball around.

The irony is his wife is probably going to make 50% of that knocking his two around.

14

>>"The new day is shortest over the true."

Something to do with short, winter days

15
meanwhile, in MA...

I voted in the primary this morning.

On the Democrat side we have 4 nitwits running to the left of Obama and all promising to "carry on Ted's legacy" of corruption and shitty legislation. One candidate, Cocksucker Capuano, is actually running against Dick Cheney in his tv ads.

On the Republican side we have a great candidate in Scott Brown, a state senator. Brown is handsome, clean, and articulate, so I'm pretty sure he's got Biden's vote.

16 What is with Tiger Woods? There may not be global warming, but that man sure must be feeling the heat this morning Posted by: HH at December 08, 2009 09:22 AM (+jvXp) I suspect it is rather ice cold over there lately

17
I watched a little of Andrew Sullivan on the Joy Behar show last night.  It is pretty obvious that that is one bitter, crazy woman.  And that Joy Behar is not much better.  Two charter members of the Cocoa Puff's Society.

18 haha, she renegotiated the pre nup, then peaced out...   i think he should take a page from  Chazz Michael Michaels and come out and say he's a sex addict, and flaunt that shit all over the place. 

19 so a.k.a., the primary vote will determine who runs for Ted's seat in Nov of next year?  or when?

20

Something to do with short, winter days.

I think you're warm, but not quite there. I think Laptop Battery Man is either a cryptic superhero from the future, or an Al Qaeda operative sending coded messages to the jihadis.

21 10 It seems as if his wife had an expectation of fidelity? Or had she finally reached her limit?  I don't believe in this "sex addict" stuff. I think most normal guys would have sex whenever they could and are only restrained by money, morals, fear of disease, fear of retribution or fatigue. My theory would explain why men who become powerful seem to have trouble keeping it in their pants.

22 @ 16, did anyone run on finishing off the rest of the Kopechne family?

23
the election is Jan 19th 2010, Kelly

24

From the washington times: Joy Behar thought "Black Friday" was racist. Whoopi had to calm her down.

25

@18 You actually watched the Behar show? Were you confined to a hospital bed and unable to change the channels?

I just can't stand to watch that woman.

26

Sorry ass dumbshit throws a tomato at Sarah Palin and hits a cop.

 

27 With Tiger's money, why is it that he even has neighbors? If I had a 5% of his cash, you would need a flight plan and AirScan to get a picture of my house and the people in it. I would never drive myself anywhere, ever and at least one security guard would be a full cardiac tech.

28 28 He is supposed to be notoriously cheap. Heh heh heh

29 @28, cant get ass in bumblfuck

30
did anyone run on finishing off the rest of the Kopechne family?

hahaha, you know, I wouldn't have been surprised. Think of every typical moonbat position and that's how all 4 of the D's ran.
"I'll be the crucial 60th vote for health care."
"We lost a great friend in Ted Kennedy, vote for me and together we can fulfill his lifelong dream of nationalized health care."
"I'll go to Washington and fight for a strong public option."
"Green jobs!"
"More Stimulus!"
"Immigration reform!"

31 I was trolling about some lefty warmist sites -- they are complaining that Tiger is bogarting the media spotlight Copenhagen should have.

32 Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fuck about Tiger Woods?  He has a truck load of money and money hungry women take advantage of his lack of self control. He is a victim of his own making. Tough titty.

33
they're running for higher taxes (to create jobs, of course)
they're running against the Patriot Act
and they're running against a guy named Torture.

34 Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fuck about Tiger Woods? He has a truck load of money and money hungry women take advantage of his lack of self control. He is a victim of his own making. Tough titty. Posted by: maddogg at December 08, 2009 09:45 AM (OlN4e) Yeah but with out tiger what am i suppose to listen to on the News all day? Hey I can only stare at the 4 walls of my office for so long.

35 Maybe Swedish underwear models don't put out. All you guys have been laboring under a false desire...and all Tiger was doing was fulfilling his normal urges?

36

@32....  Karl Rove you magnificent bastard....  he set that all up...  im sure of it.

where did the term  Tough Titty come from?

37
The most interesting (D) candidate is Steve Pagliauca, part owner of the Boston Celtics and former business partner of Mitt Romney.

Pags has more money than John Corzine, and apparently shares his politics. You know, the poliitcs of I'm Rich And I Got Mine So Now I Want To Be A Senator And Redistribute Your Money So You'll All Be Peons."

38 Maybe Swedish underwear models don't put out. All you guys have been laboring under a false desire...and all Tiger was doing was fulfilling his normal urges? Posted by: dagny at December 08, 2009 09:46 AM (ZJenX) Hey I love my cigar but I take it out of my mouth sometimes? GM

39

where did the term  Tough Titty come from?

It flew in with the fuck.

40 maddogg - Schadenfreude. It just amazes me that these celebs, who are essentially businesses unto themselves, don't have professionals protecting the gravy train -- their image. Guards, drivers, and lawyers -- if I were Tiger's agent or business manager would have parked retired cop (or CSM in Tiger's case) and young hip lawyer in Tiger's back pocket. Everyone of those mistresses would have been inked to a non-disclosure before they could get a shower, been given a lawfirm issued cell phone, and very quiet golden parachute.

41 I was trolling about some lefty warmist sites -- they are complaining that Tiger is bogarting the media spotlight Copenhagen should have.

Oh he's bogarting climate news, but not the news that matters the most.  I think the media is willfully pumping this story so that they don't have to cover the leaked emails.

42 gristle nipple = one tough titty

43 Am I the only one who doesn't give a flying fuck about Tiger Woods?  He has a truck load of money and money hungry women take advantage of his lack of self control. He is a victim of his own making. Tough titty.

I'm right there with you. And I'm a golf fan. And a Tiger fan. I pretty much assume that any rich, famous guy is going to have a ton of groupies. I'm sure a few manage to resist that temptation, and I admire the will power of those guys, but most probably don't.

44 The joys of Islamic immigration. Self-appointed sharia court sentences woman to death in Spain.

45 Maddogg, normally I would agree, and I really didn't give a damn. But when some woman is taken from your residence in a strecher in the early am, and is in some sort of bad physical condition, then it get's really interesting. Which is why I mentioned it. This has gone way past infidelity.

46

In Tiger's case, it's probably more quickies.  He has all the symptoms of a sex addict. -

Uh, helloooo? Us addicts prefer long, leisurely sessions thank you.

On another note, Washington Times (I saw it at FR, I know, I know) has an article written by Cong. Todd Tiahrt, conservative from Kansas, basiclly telling McClame to butt out of the senate race here.

47

Laptop Battery Man just called and said: "The new day is shortest over the true."

quick someone crack this code!

That is why you must buy top quality laptop battery.

48

where did the term  Tough Titty come from?

The rest of it is "said the kitty when the milk ran dry."

Or maybe that was made up to go with the expression. I may or may not research it and get back to you.

49 I find golf boring. On t.v. - deadly boring. Tiger. Seriously, don't care. I'd rather watch Zach Greinke do a 3rd day bullpen session with his pitching coach than the final round of any golf tournament. Posted by: Mallamutt at December 08, 2009 09:56 AM (V9SYy) Ya think Zach Greinke gets alot?

50

Steve Garvey, (Dodgers) came out with "Sex addiction". I heard he got MORE tang after he admitted it.

I have it TOO! Hello? I have it too! Hint Hint

51 I could become addicted to sex with a dozen women, but my wife assures me that eunuchs don't have much of a sex life....

52 "In the hole, er ho!"

53 You guys say "sex addiction" like it's a bad thing or something.

54

I call RACISM on the media for the continued coverage of Tiger.

55 I think most normal guys would have sex whenever they could and are only restrained by money, morals, fear of disease, fear of retribution or fatigue.

Isn't that true for most everything?  The reason guys don't buy 100 cars is due to money, the reason guys don't eat fifteen thousand double-quarter-pounders is concern about disease, the reason women don't buy 100 pairs of shoes is money, so on and so forth?

Basically, the reason people don't do what they want is because the consequences outweigh the rewards...

56 I like the hot shower sex while pulling da hair!

57

The reason it's so hot down there, ZTK, is because hell is inside the earth.

And if you don't know what the temp is there, Al Gore will fill you in.

58 Sooner or later, the down-low brigade will come out as well. Tiggur, he be keepin it reals, yo-gnome-sane.

59 Il Dueche now wants to spend repaid TARP money as "stimulus".  I am just flabbergasted by the raw nerve this admin has.

They haven't spent half of the porculous yet and he wants to add "repaid borrowed" money to it.  This crap is nothing more than a slush fund used to bribe blue State pols who may be thinking of straying from the pure communist plantation.

60 Sorry ass dumbshit throws a tomato at Sarah Palin and hits a cop.

Some thoughts about this.

Minneapolis is home to some of the moonbattiest liberal moonbats in the land. It's a great town -- great live music scene, especially -- but the politics are far more liberal than the rest of Minnesota. Garrison Keillor is a good example of the breed: a guy who's made his fortune as the avuncular sage of the midwest, chock full of traditional values and love for hearth and home; yet is a colossal dickhead in person, and festeringly bitter liberal partisan.*

Minnesota is also a bastion of what is called the "prairie socialist" mindset. These are good folks of Norwegian and Swedish stock who have carried a fondness for statist intervention in their genes from the Old Country to the new. However, there are also very many center-right folks in the state, especially in rural areas. It has a large Lutheran and Catholic population, and a growing evangelical Christian one. It's this odd dichotomy that has led Minnesota to elect two of the most liberal Senators in Congress (Franken and Klobuchar), and yet elect a Republican as governor (Tim Pawlenty).** I have a feeling that this state will trend Republican in the 2010 mid-terms -- for the simple reason that the Obama-buzz has faded into a morning-after hangover, and the Donks have acquired a squinty, put-upon frown in this state as the unemployment numbers trend ever upwards and the  hated wars overseas drag on.

The state's budget is in the crapper, too, and Pawlenty came under a lot of heat for basically cutting the budget himself after the state legislature failed to do so. All the usual suspects were outraged when the money disappeared: public-sector unions, the educational combine, the public-safety unions (cops, firefighters), the various welfare agencies. But the anger of the voters seems to be directed more at the spenders than the Governor over this, and I find that a hopeful sign.

*Senator Rodeo Clown, the Hon. Al Franken, could be his twin.
**We also have a love for the freakish -- Jesse Ventura was governor before Pawlenty, and managed to piss off nearly everyone while not really accomplishing very much of note besides making the Governor's office a laughingstock.

61 BTW, Dagny.  It has been determined that one in four men of the monogamy gene.

62

Tiger admitted to hospital for overdose. I didn't read the story, so I don't know if it was an overdose of looove, or something else.

63 Il Dueche now wants to spend repaid TARP money as "stimulus".  I am just flabbergasted by the raw nerve this admin has.

I'm not.  Government programs never die.  Ever.  It took until 2005 for that "temporary" telephone tax that was instituted during the Spanish-American War to be repealed.

64 Copenhagen satire: Obama Announces Goal of Spring-Powered Battle for Scarce Resources by 2050: tinyurl.com/yz3d5fb

65 Jesse Ventura was governor before Pawlenty, and managed to piss off nearly everyone while not really accomplishing very much of note besides making the Governor's office a laughingstock.

Always wondered what happened to that guy.  I'm guessing he was just impossible to get along with, and couldn't broker the deals with the two parties to get his agenda passed?  If he even had an agenda?

I mean, last time I saw him was... a few weeks ago on RAW.  And prior to that, I heard he became Governor in '98.  A decade of nothing is... something?

66 71

Tiger himself? Hmmmm...

ESPN 2 just showed tape of (apparently) a blonde woman being removed from the ambulance. I don't think Tiger himself was involved. Maybe a wife, relative, friend.

I'm off to prowl the intertubes for more gossip...

67 I'm off to prowl the intertubes for more gossip... Posted by: lincolntf at December 08, 2009 10:17 AM (EJAGr) I think the women was tiger's mother in law

68 Consequences for actions?  Those are only for no-talent shitheels.  If you're good you skate every time

69 I am a diagnosed sex addict.  Seriously.  It's a real condition, and it's not the same as just wanting to screw everything with a heartbeat.

Having said that, I'm not sure if Tiger is an addict or not, but it wouldn't surprise me much.

70 I think the women was tiger's mother in law.

Oh boy, the mother-in-law is staying over? Tiger is sooooooo screwed.

71 I mean, last time I saw him was... a few weeks ago on RAW.  And prior to that, I heard he became Governor in '98.  A decade of nothing is... something?

Ventura's election was a good example of a common malady in democratic societies -- the apathy of older voters and the exquisite stupidity of younger ones. The twentysomethings who voted for Ventura loved the idea of it, but the actuality of his tenure was an unabashed disaster. (Rather like Obama's tenure so far, in fact, and for many of the same reasons.) He left the state government apparatus a shambles, the budgetary system in ruins, and a bitterly-divided state Legislature.

Ventura refused to actually lead during his tenure, and fobbed off a lot of the bread-and-butter stuff onto the state legislature. And -- Democrats being who they are -- they interpreted this as a mandate to go nuts with welfare and infrastructure spending. Now, nearly a decade later, the bill is coming due at the worst possible time and everyone is pointing fingers. It's a pretty shameful display. Pawlenty actually did the hard thing in forcing a budget cut over the (Democrat-controlled) legislature's objections, but we'll still be living with the consequences of that clown Ventura for years to come.

72

What bothers me the most are the women in my office crowing about how Tiger "got what he deserved" when she whacked him with a golf club. This bothers me because if it had been the other way around, they'd be screaming for his head on a stick. Double standard much?

I'm also pissed because I've been reduced to eating rice and beans like a third world peasant, and it's probably going to get worse from here. I've cut my rent and utilities in more than half and I haven't bought new clothes in six months (and I'm closing on losing 50 pounds, so they hang like a dishrag on a doorknob -- and my boots gave out right as the snow started) -- and I still can't afford meat. And if this all Copenhagen/Cap'n'trade/Healthcare/God knows what-all goes through the way Our Masters want, I honestly don't know what's going to happen. And I've only got myself to worry about -- I can't imagine trying to support a family under these conditions.

73 @61 Tom in Korea

Basically, the reason people don't do what they want is because the consequences outweigh the rewards...

Remember what Spock told Stonn:  "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."

That's one of life's most important lessons right there.

74

And even more joy of Islamic immigration. "Honour killings" etc. up 40% in the UK. And another sudden jihadi syndrome case in the U.S. sees Saudi student stab Jewish professor. [hat tip to Five Feet of Fury for both.]

75 Basically, the reason people don't do what they want is because the consequences outweigh the rewards...



Not many chicks out there worth getting my pair cut off and my gun collection sold off while I'm recovering.  At least that's what SWMBO says would happen; I'm not keen on testing that.

76 I'm also pissed because I've been reduced to eating rice and beans like a third world peasant, and it's probably going to get worse from here.

Joanna - You've got my respect for sticking it out.* Lots of young folk simply throw their hands up and go back to rusticate with mom'n'dad.

I went through a really (and I mean really) bad patch back when I was in my mid-20's. It's no kind of fun, but it will pass. And you'll be a better and stronger person for it. It's hard to see now, but it will happen -- and you'll find yourself drawing on that strength later in life.

*Yeah, that and a dollar will buy you a cup of coffee. I know. But still.

77

Anyone notice that The MET Office - England's weather service - which was supposed to be ANALYZING the CRU data;  has released the data into the public domain and the Copenhagen Climate Conference webpage is saying that the MET Office has released it to PROVE just how bad Global Warming is? 

 

Has anyone also noticed that the MET office is the Hadley Center?  And that the CRU is ALSO the Hadley Center? Does anyone know who's in charge of the Hadley Center?  It wouldn't happen to be PHIL JONES would it?

78 The sick part, Joanna, is how you just described your life is exactly the results Obama et al WANT from Copenhagen/cap-and-tax.   You are living the greenies' dream! (their dream for you...they get to eat endangered species on their private jets) 

79 I'm also pissed because I've been reduced to eating rice and beans like a third world peasant

HEY HEY HEY!  I eat that pretty much every day and I'm doing fine.  Lose the beans, get some cabbage, throw on some decent spices, it'll be fine.

80 Anyone see that article yet on the libtard who lobbed a tomato at Sarah Palin. He missed her and struck an escorting police officer instead. Mr Libtard got busted.

81 *Yeah, that and a dollar will buy you a cup of coffee. I know. But still.

I'm guessing Dunkin' Donuts charges $2.49 now?  I've been out of country awhile.

82

Great news!  Global warming is not slowing!  This time they are telling the truth!  We can trust them.  http://tinyurl.com/yl8mx3b

Damn I picked a good day to be a climate scientist.  Instant credibility!

83 Anyone see that article yet on the libtard who lobbed a tomato at Sarah Palin.

Read up the thread -- I went on about it. In addition to their other defects, liberals can't throw for shit. Here's hoping Captain Fantastic gets a nice fat fine on top of the mockery he's inevitably going to receive.

84 Posted by: Uriel at December 08, 2009 10:35 AM

Yup. They're in way too deep to do anything but continue to expand the fraud/whitewash. In the long run it won't matter because the real science isn't going to change. We're just going to have to wait a couple years for the current crop of climate criminals to resign, be fired, be indicted, etc. before we can really begin repairing the damage done to scientific credibility by the GW special interests.
It sucks, but what else can we do?

85 Would have been nice if she caught it with one hand and hit him in the face with it.

86 Latest climaquidick kerfuffle:

http://tinyurl.com/yary4sr

87 American’s belief of global warming sinking – below 50% for the first time in 2 years ( http://tinyurl.com/yzekjh9 ) -- This is a CNN poll and story, they are blaming the economy but mention Climategate. Via WUWT

88 Libtard tomato chucker is lucky he didn't hit bearkiller (Todd).

89 Here's hoping Captain Fantastic gets a nice fat fine on top of the mockery he's inevitably going to receive.

Would anyone have bothered to chase him if he had hit her instead of the cop?

And was it an organic, locally-grown tomato, or trucked in from California?  Climate criminal!!1!!

90

Is ANYONE REPORTING THIS?

The MET Office - England's weather service - which was supposed to be ANALYZING the CRU data;  has released the data into the public domain and the Copenhagen Climate Conference webpage is saying that the MET Office has released it to PROVE just how bad Global Warming is? 

Has anyone also noticed that the MET office is the Hadley Center?  And that the CRU is ALSO the Hadley Center? Does anyone know who's in charge of the Hadley Center?  It wouldn't happen to be PHIL JONES would it?

91 @81
Joanna,
I'm sorry about your budget woes.  I've been funemployed for over a year, but fortunately my husband has a good job.  Still, we are on the first food budget since we were first married 25 years ago.
If you'd like to try to incorporate some meat into your meals and you like pork, I'd recommend you look for sales on pork blade roasts.  Out our way (SoCal) we can get it on sale for about $1 a pound (sometimes 97 cents a pound; sometimes $1.29).  Get a big hunk of meat, make the first meal something relatively simple, then the following meals can be made with leftovers.  I have a lot of good pork recipes if you'd like them.
Hang in there!

92 The "Team", the "circle of commitment" -- wtf -- at this point, rational politicians should be looking for the exit sign.

93

*Yeah, that and a dollar will buy you a cup of coffee. I know. But still.

Ha ha ha! As if I had a dollar.

It's not that I don't *like* rice and beans, because I do -- I'm a good cook and I make the most of it. It's the indignity of it that galls me -- this is the crap my grandparents had to put up with, for God's sake. I practically have to choose between eating a hot meal and eating with the lights on. Why in hell would anyone want to do this on purpose? Screw the polar bears; I'll settle for *not* having a B12 deficiency.

94

Hello?

Can anyone stop paying attention to the train wreck called Tiger Woods for ten seconds?

People are in the process of destroying the U.S. economy.  In case you were unaware this will put YOU out of work.  This will make YOU poor.  Pay attention!

Is ANYONE REPORTING THIS?

The MET Office - England's weather service - which was supposed to be ANALYZING the CRU data;  has released the data into the public domain and the Copenhagen Climate Conference webpage is saying that the MET Office has released it to PROVE just how bad Global Warming is? 

Has anyone also noticed that the MET office is the Hadley Center?  And that the CRU is ALSO the Hadley Center? Does anyone know who's in charge of the Hadley Center?  It wouldn't happen to be PHIL JONES would it?

95

I mean, last time I saw him was...

In a video linked on this blog, arguing that the government blew up the WTC to Jim Norton (the dude who looks like a turtle from Tough Crowd).

Ventura is brain damaged.

96 My point about consequences was that with power/money the only thing that would keep a guy from being a "sex addict" are morals. When you secularize society and remove judgement from the public square people ruin their lives or their marriages or their children's psyches.

97

Y-not: I would totally be on board with that except that pork doesn't agree with me, and in a bad, bad way. I pick up turkey ham when I can get it, except lately I can't get it so I'm saving the last pound in my freezer for a special occasion (and I think a part of me just died when I wrote that). I'm thinking old funky beef would be a good bet for me, if I can find it on sale.

98 Missing Aussie man found at pub

99 Uriel are you a confusion troll? CRU is not Hadley. Hadley is part of the UK Met office and CRU is at EAU (East Anglica University). Jones is benched and in charge of neither. The raw data is a red herring -- everyone needs the data that was used, the selection and modification criteria to validate HADCRUT3. We will need that raw crap later to start over.

100 People are in the process of destroying the U.S. economy.  In case you were unaware this will put YOU out of work.  This will make YOU poor.  Pay attention!


Yeah.  And what can WE do about it?  NOT A FUCKING THING.  Starting before I was even born--shit, before my parents were born--Americans decided they wanted to live under a totalitarian government that cut them checks every month and started electing people who will give them just that.  Now they're steamrolling through the end game to applause, and we have no power to stop it.

I've paid too much attention; I'm about one blog post away from catatonic depression.

How 'bout dem Packers?

101 A friend tells me Mr Libtard hit the cop who was the head of the local police department. Boy is he in trouble right now...

Uriel: Just because you prove somebody is wrong, doesn't mean they are gonna overnight admit their error and accept your POV. Expect a lot of those Greens to fight a vigorous defense/rearguard on the whole issue, especially since their Golden Boy is in the White House right now. Remember, we all agreed that the Left has invested much $$$ and political clout into the global climate warming  change idea to just give it up 'cause their love letters got read in public.

102 I'm seeing some pretty grim retail-sales numbers for the Thanksgiving weekend, too. After some initial enthusiasm, it turns out that this years' spending is actually worse than last years (which was pretty terrible already). If the trend holds through the end of the year -- and there's no reason right now to think it won't -- it may mean that Americans have finally and at last become saving souls. Good news for them, but bad news for a consumer-driven economy. If American spending habits really have changed permanently, we may be seeing structural weakness for many years because our economy is so weighted towards consumer spending. In particular: get used to European-style unemployment rates (official rates at 10%, real rates hovering around 15% or more).

103 I got nuthin'

104 Ball Dipper, their was a local news story if caught part of about the huge drop in available consumer credit and how it was constraining the holiday sales to cash sales.

105 Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 08, 2009 10:54 AM (NtiET)

Too true, all of it.  I'm just going to watch the Tiger meltdown, eat deer, drink beer, and keep my guns oiled.  Fuck it.

106 their there ...

107

111

Yeah pretty much the same here. I do not even watch TV news anymore and most of my comments I just try to get a cheap laugh. The truth is too depressing.

108 oh and the reason Tiger was banging a different woman on every continent is- because he could

he's rich, famous, young, and entitled to all the quiff he can get his hands on- that's generally the thought process

_{"I want some strange, and since I'm such a wonderful guy, anything I want must be okay"}

109

Tiger Woods? 

Never heard of him

110 How can even normal Dems that are paying attention be happy with this shit? The guy has taken Bush's deficits and times them by 4; violated every campaign promise he ever made regarding lobbyists, bipartisanship, and ethics; and appointed literal admitted fuckin communists and socialists to high positions of power with no oversight.

111 I don't want to hear any of this whining from anyone, do not go down without a fight there is always something you can do no matter how small, get with the program in your own pods and fight against these mofo's there is too much to lose. BE AMERICANS!!!

112

123

You talking about Happy Gilmore or Caddyshack?

Tin Cup was also pretty damn good.

113 How soon until we see Tiger on an episode of "Cops?"

114 How can even normal Dems that are paying attention be happy with this shit? The guy has taken Bush's deficits and times them by 4; violated every campaign promise he ever made regarding lobbyists, bipartisanship, and ethics; and appointed literal admitted fuckin communists and socialists to high positions of power with no oversight.

I don't know what you're talking about.  All of that has been broadcast on CSPAN.

115 That said, here's some good snarkenfreude. 

Anyone in Vegas setting odds on the date Baghdad Bob Gibbs gets replaced?

116 HeatherRadish
The good news is, we will eventually bottom out on the unemployment thing and begin to increase again. Whether or not this happens before 2012 is the big question. I'm gonna work a lot of crummy jobs before I get a good one again, but what else is there to do? I'm too old to be a Chippendale's dancer, Ohio literally has no more unemployment to hand out to White Males, and I honestly can't take welfare payments in any shape or form. However, I plan on making a long-term investment in one of Ruger's AR-15 ripoffs as soon as I can. I plan on being ready for the zombie apocalypse in style, baby! Long term unemployment isn't so bad when you're hunting for Twinkies with Tallahassee.
 

117 CRU and Hadley aren't the same thing... but working together produced the worst (from our persepective) IPCC Report.

118 I should also mention that I got a crazy deal on 1000 rounds of 5.56mm FMJ ammo. I had put my name on a mailing list long ago, forgot about it, and just received notification that a shipment came in! I got it for a little over $200, which is less than half what I've been seeing it for elsewhere.

I'm still hunting for some good deals on .40S&W squash-head ammo. Any shooters know of some good deals? Best deal I've seen so far on decent ammo is about $300 for 1000 rounds, but that seems high...

119 130,

Ammo has never been a problem in my AO yet, beaucoup's of it in Texas.

120

The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN's role in all future climate change negotiations.

At least they got the last part right.

121 @108
Too bad.  It was a real life-saver for our budget and pork is so darned versatile! I guess I'd go for chuck roast, large size, and cook it by braising on a weekend, then use the left overs.  

The whole psychology of this unemployment/funderemployment/economic woes is depressing.  My husband is in the biggest job he's ever had, but he can't really enjoy it because we are on a tight monthly budget (for the first time since I was in grad school umpteen years ago) and have seen our house depreciate about 15% since the three years we've been in it.  Kinda sucks. 

122 If retailers sold their crap at 5% over cost instead of 20% they wouldn't have a problem w/inventory and profits, assholes!

123 Watch for 3 or 4 big box/retailers to go Chapter 11 after Christmas.

K-Mart is in my dead pool. I can't believe they lasted this long, frankly. They've been lurching from crisis to crisis for years, but never quite seem to go down for the count.

124

It occurs to me that while I have been reduced to what amounts to genteel poverty, in cooking, reducing involves cooking away the excess to produce a thicker, stronger, richer substance. So I think I'll get through this without too much damage.

Exdem13, I call the Snowballs.

125 I got my tax statement a couple months ago, it said my townhouses tax assesment went from 294 to 194. Lot more than 15% there for me. Ain't underwater because I bought after everyone started getting screwed but damn near close.

126 Ammo and reloading components are now becoming available, finally. I took up hand casting bullets for my .44 8 months ago and finally loaded and fired some this last weekend. Because I finally got some large pistol primers.

127 "Anyone in Vegas setting odds on the date Baghdad Bob Gibbs gets replaced?"

 I remember the first few times I saw Gibbs giving press conferences. He reminded me of the blind "lookout" on the TV show "F-Troop".
I can't imagine anyone being less suited to a task than Gibbs is to public speaking.

128 138,

Make your priorties food and shelter for your family and pets, damn everything else it will work out.

129 Mallamutt #134

My guess is that we will see closings of stores, too.  Most particularly Macy's, K-Mart, Sears, and Penny's.

Around here,  the little boutique stores and gift shops have already closed,  and a lot of strip malls are at less than 50% occupancy.

Also, even if corporate sales are ok,  they may have made those sales figures through their internet operations, and will figure that the bricks and mortar stores are an expense they don't need.

Commercial real estate is really in trouble here in Indiana, and I don't see it bouncing back any time soon.

130 The good news is, we will eventually bottom out on the unemployment thing and begin to increase again.

I wish I had your optimism.  Between the hit from cap-and-tax and the assorted mandates/penalties of socialized medicine, I don't see the businesses that survive having any money to hire...in America.  Good news for job-seekers in Bangladesh, though.

131

Mr. Pink,

"normal dems that are paying attention" ...that's some funny shit right there.

132

Gibbs is functionally retarded. I am glad my TV kept telling me months ago Obama was esembling the smartest cabinet evah and everyone he employed was a genius with a past as clean as wind driven snow. I mean I might be worried if I didn't get all that reassuring.

/

133 K-Mart is in my dead pool.

Indeed.  Expect some higher end places to go, too.  Kohl's, Dillard's, Macy's, are all my list.  There's just no money out there.  Credit is contracted significantly, there are no raises, and I've certainly noticed that the old paycheck doesn't stretch quite as far. (I don't know where the hell they're getting their inflation numbers from.)

134 109 Missing Aussie man found at pub

Hilarious.

135

The Tiger overdose stuff was from the day after Thanksgiving. I guess TMZ is falsely trying to gin it up to make it seem recent.

136 My guess is that we will see closings of stores, too.  Most particularly Macy's, K-Mart, Sears, and Penny's.

And chain restaurants.  I took myself out to one Friday night, and they sat me at a six-top.  Alone.  At 6 p.m. Friday.  I was facing the door, and no one who came in had to wait longer than "hostess return to the podium" for a table, even families of 4-6.

Anecdotal, but can't be good.

137
Monty,

I've not seen decent defensive .40 at a price that low.

I did some thinking on this a while back, and the end result is that I maintain modest amounts of the expanding handgun stuff while stockpiling tons of 5.56 in PMAGs, rimfire, buckshot, and slugs.

If things get bad enough to worry that 500 rds of Gold Dots or Hydrashocks aren't enough, then things are bad enough to carry an AR everywhere you go.

138 Commiecrat dickweasel on Fox just now said their latest "compromise" on the health scam bill will pull in the ME sisters.

He says that will give them their 60. 

If true, this will just give two of the phony blue dogs cover to vote against it.

139

142: Amen, sir, although right now it's just me and the cat (which I'm very thankful for). If I can stick it out 'til next October I'll be out from under some funemployment debt I acrued, and that'll free up a couple hundred dollars a month.

February's gonna be funnnn ...

140 30 @28, cant get ass in bumblfuck

Posted by: sliderblaze at December 08, 2009 09:42 AM (nlbTu)  

Does "Come baaaaaaaaaaaack." sound familiar?

 

 

141 Monty,

Don't know if you have ever used ammoengine.

142 Also, even if corporate sales are ok,  they may have made those sales figures through their internet operations, and will figure that the bricks and mortar stores are an expense they don't need.

Some big newspapers are closing ALL of their bureaus.  This isn't public yet, but two of the largest newspapers in the United States are expecting to close ALL of their bureaus in the next 12 months.

Commercial Real Estate is in big time trouble.

143 Sock off.

144 Well, all I know is someone still has money.  I don't resent them for it, but I do think that the "Buy a Lexus for Christmas" ads seem reall out of place this year. 

145

Have no fear about the economy or jobs lord Obama creator and saver of jobs is here to rescue all of us!

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is proposing new aid for small business, public works projects, and home- energy efficiency measures to create jobs and reduce the unemployment rate from a 26-year high.

The initiatives, which Obama will discuss at 11:15 a.m. today at the Brookings Institution, a Washington research institute, follow a jobs forum he hosted at the White House last week on how to bring back the more than 7.2 million jobs that have been lost since the start of the recession.

Barry will invent jobs and the media will dutifully report it for him.

146 Do rich people watch that much television?

147 What's a newspaper?

148

"normal dems that are paying attention" ...that's some funny shit right there."

True, but sad fact of the matter is those are the ones we are counting on to save us from this shit sandwhich headed down the pike.

149

You should see all the closed stores in the regional mall closest to my house. My estimate is around 40%. Things don't look good at all.

Joanna, welcome to the club. The only thing I can look forward to is unemployment starting back up again. I can start paying my rent again, but am almost three months behind. Needless to say, my landlords are saints, I've been like this for nearly a year.

Can't go out to eat, no presents for the grandkids, no Christmas tree for the second year in a row. Turned down for food stamps. All the doctors who worked on me when I had my heart attack in August want money that I don't have. Did I mention that I've had better holidays?

Oh well, I'll try my hand at blogging. Not much else to do during the day, plus I get to vent.

At least I'm around to complain. It beats the alternative.

 

150

President Barack Obama recently called Rep. John Conyers Jr. to express his frustrations with the Judiciary Committee chairmanÂ’s criticism.

In an interview with The Hill, Conyers said his opinions of ObamaÂ’s policies on healthcare reform and the war in Afghanistan have not sat well with the president.

According to the lawmaker, the president picked up the phone several weeks ago to  find out why  Conyers was “demeaning” him.

ObamaÂ’s decision to challenge Conyers highlights a sensitivity to criticism the president has taken on the left. ConyersÂ’s critical remarks, many of which have been reported on the liberal-leaning Huffington Post, appear to have irritated the president, known for his calm demeanor.

People need to stop picking on poor little Barry. Don't they know how historic he is?

151 That lying bastard odumbass is on Fox right now having sex with us, I despise that cherry!!

152 @172
Youse have a problem wid dat, polynikes?

153

The setting: 2009 AoSHQ Annual Blog Awards

*thunderous applause as Ace approaches the podium*

Ace: "Thank you. Thank you. You're much too kind.  Thank you."

*the audience stands in unison and continues to applaud*

Ace: "I'm so humbled.  You love me.  You really, really love me."

*the audience finally takes theirs seats"

Ace: "Thank you. It's now my honor and privilege to present the final award of the evening. The coveted Moron or Moronette of the Year. [extremely hawt blonde chick, not one of Tiger's girlfriends, hands Ace the envelope] And, without further adieu, the winner is [Ace nervously opens the envelope] um, uh, the winner is "Laptop-battery" 

*the audience errupts with applause. moron's are crying like little girls. moronettes are fainting as if it were an obama gathering*

154

I pick up turkey ham when I can get it, except lately I can't get it so I'm saving the last pound in my freezer for a special occasion (and I think a part of me just died when I wrote that). I'm thinking old funky beef would be a good bet for me, if I can find it on sale.

Lady.

You packed in an apartment building or you have trees? If so, you got tree rats. Got a forest preserve nearby to poach in?

http://tinyurl.com/yg7cm9v

The one pictured is much too large for a squirrel but I assure you they are quite edible. Just char them a bit and use gloves to clean them so you don't get bubonic plague.

Otherwise you can pop pidgeons with a bb gun.

If you can snare a rabbit they're quite a delicacy. I'll actually order them critters from a restaurant if they're on the menu. Hossenfefer.

Eat some damn meat!

But not too much. (Anorexia is hawt.)

Which... now that I think about... depressions rock. Hey, waifishly emaciated chicks! My hygiene may be lax but I've got squirrel steak! Now will you have sex with me?

Aha! The tables have turned.

155 Tom in Korea (or bleg): spices for rice/cabbage deal from above?

156 You are right, Mr. Pink.  I was just trying to be funny.

157

Do rich people watch that much television?

I am... now. 

158 Tiger is worth close to a billion$ and I hope he loses a big part of it to taxes from odumbass and lawsuits from the wimmen he fucked over, he should have been smarter than that, instead he turned out to be a reg. thug just like any of these assholes that get a dump truck full of money and think they are above the law. I won't feel bad for his sorry ass that's for sure. Fuck him!

159

Wintry blast in full swing here.  It is 22F outside with a wind chill of 2F.  If that doesn't filter the riffraff, nothing will.  Believe I'll give the folks an early quit.  Need them safe and sound so we can exploit their labor another day.

J, my best to you and yours.  The character illustrated by your words will certainly see you through this situation and onto successful endeavors downstream.

160 I always found that just throwing some pork in a crock pot with some BBQ and other random ingrediants for about 5 to 7 hours tastes pretty damn good. Who knows though after joining the military I put freakin hot sauce on everything including my salad if I have one so it is probably not a good idea to trust me.

161 I also put Ho Hos in the freezer for about an hour before I eat them. That is some good stuff right there, it comes out tasting like a tiny chocolate icecream cake.

162 Another good thing would be chicken livers... unless you're watching your cholesterol. 

I was using them a lot but my hubby had to go on a low fat, low carb, low everything diet a few weeks ago so they're off the menu. 

163 Pork and beef ribs are relatively cheap and the sides are easy and cheap, and the bones go to the dawg, win, win!

164 Tiger is worth close to a billion$ and I hope he loses a big part of it to taxes from odumbass

Unless he's even stupider than he looks this week, he's got it all offshore somewhere.  Taxes are for little people.

165 Miss Joanna,
Are you aware that your rice and beans diet is causing you to exceed your carbon credits? 
From now on, no beans for you!

166 187 Pork and beef ribs are relatively cheap and the sides are easy and cheap, and the bones go to the dawg,

Dog is berry good. 

167 Odumbass is giving one of his campaign cry me a river speeches, I call BS on it!

168 That was a terrible Korean "impression."  My apologies. 

_{I think it would be velly, not berry.} 

169 191,


Meowers are too, but you have to nibble fast on the ribs!

170 Meowers are too

I am seriously thinking of buying a couple of rabbits. 

171

I was using them a lot but my hubby had to go on a low fat, low carb, low everything diet a few weeks ago so they're off the menu. 

How's he doing with it? Despite the fact that my scale taunts me by only showing a 2-3 pound difference, I can see the difference in my face and my ring is looser than last week!

I bought some Splenda to try out in recipes. Got home and read their suggestion to add non-fat milk powder. Okay, on the shopping list for next time...

172 You can cut coupons and find specials that will make your food bill practically nothing.

I read and hear about these folks who save so much with coupons, but I have to say that I have been using coupons for over a year now and they don't really cut down on the food portion of the bill all that much.  The coupons tend to be for ready-to-eat and junk food items or for premium brands of staples.  Coupons make a big difference on household goods and medicines, but not so much for food.

The key in cutting our food bill has been me hitting sales, stocking up on things when they are cheap, and freezing them.  Also, going to the same store where you know their product line and using the store discount card. 

The diet we're on now makes it harder because some things are simply off the table now. 

173 We try to grow as much of our food as we can.  Also, shoot it.

174 There was a time long ago when I was a homeless Veteran that pb & j sammitches were great, never be there again but I still eat them.

175 I tried proving the Beatles wrong, but money can't buy me love. At least since Thanksgiving.

176

I was using them a lot but my hubby had to go on a low fat, low carb, low everything diet a few weeks ago so they're off the menu. 

How's he doing with it?

Thanks for asking, Mama!  I think he's doing pretty well.  He's lost about 13 pounds (in three weeks) and, more importantly (from the standpoint of his blood glucose thing), he's getting almost an hour of exercise a day.  The doc recommended losing 15 pounds to start and his next blood test is next week. 

In addition, I've lost 8 pounds, so that's nice!

The hardest part has been interpreting the carbs/sugar thing.  Cutting out the fat has been no problem, but cutting carbs, particularly sugars (if you include natural sugars from fruits and veggies), is hard.  We have three weeks of data on our diet now so we're ready to go review the diet I made up (based on the Mayo Clinic) with a nutritionist.  If processed sugars are all that matters, we're golden, but if the natural sugars "count" then it's still a struggle every day.

Salt is also really really hard, but fortunately his blood pressure is ok. 

177 Tiger needs to watch more pRoN, certainly would be a cheaper date!

178

Also, if you go to bakerys and bagel places at the end of the day and check the dumpster, they chuck hordes of bagles and donuts and crap in the garbage (in sterile plastic garbage bags) just becuase they're a day or two old.

And if you put on raggedy old clothes and smear dirt on your face you can pretend to be homeless and panhandle or go to food shelters.

And if you check behind the fast food places you can steal their used frying oil and make biodiesil.

But then again, if you check in your neighbors house and hit him with a toaster you can just steal stuff from his fridge.

179

New unmanned US stealth jet based in Afghanistan gathers data in Iran

US Air Force spokesmen confirmed this week that the hitherto secret unmanned, high-altitude stealth jet, the "Beast of Kandahar," was present at the big US air base of Bagram, in Afghanistan.

 http://tinyurl.com/yf9mrtr

180 Tiger needs to watch more pRoN, certainly would be a cheaper date!

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at December 08, 2009 12:02 PM (DyTK1)

But he can't pull the hair of a prono movie.

181 207,

Ooooooo I have a retort for that post but I ain't going to say it to protect Ace's ticker. LOL

182

Wow, that's great progress! I haven't been feeling well enough to get consistant exercise, but I've gotten a little and just been moving around, cleaning house etc. a lot more.

My mom has become sensitive to corn syrup and has found it in EVERYTHING under the sun. Who would think to look at the label for a bottle of tonic water?? And they add it to a lot of things when they cut the fat or calories.

183 @204
Gawd, Entropy, you owe me a monitor.  I literally spewed when I read that. 

I think it's not the survival aspects of these tight budgets that are a killer so much as the psychological aspects.  And, of course, everything's relative. When we were first married and I was a grad student, I got 4 meals off of one chicken and happily made meals based on lentils, beans, and whatnot.  But we're almost 50 years old, have worked our asses off all our lives, never had ANY help from anyone, and should be planning retirement, not clipping coupons. 

I know many people have it much worse than we do, but it just makes me sad to see my husband drudging off to work feeling like a failure when he is at the top of his field now and should be enjoying life. 

184

The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN's role in all future climate change negotiations.

The document is also being interpreted by developing countries as setting unequal limits on per capita carbon emissions for developed and developing countries in 2050; meaning that people in rich countries would be permitted to emit nearly twice as much under the proposals.

Oh dear. You mean they might not be able to save the world now?

185 Repent, for the end is surely nigh:

-lefty NYT columnist Stanley Fish gives Palin's book a very positive review

-Maureen Dowd reads Palin's book, doesnt say anything bad about it

186

#207  But he can't pull the hair of a prono movie.

You can't?  Hmm, I must have a vivid imagination when I mentally review all the Skinemax flicks I've seen.

187 Salt is also really really hard, but fortunately his blood pressure is ok.

Did the Dr. specifically tell him to dc salt?  All of the stuff I read on salt after I had my heart attack  said that salt is not an issue unless you either have an alergy to salt OR you have congestive heart failure.

After reading that I did a self test where I cramed salt in for an entire day while taking my blood pressure every hour. From that I determined that based on previous BP readings I had taken that salt had zero impact on my BP.

188 Vic,

I use sea salt, and it's fine.

189 Wow, that's great progress!

I think our progress has been because over the past year I went from no baking, few desserts, and grilling everything to baking sweets, quiches, and tortieres and adding cream and butter to things.  I love to cook and thought I was helping Mr. Y-not be happier by cooking all these great things, but unfortunately I was making things worse.  So I expect that we'll quickly level off to much slower weight loss as our systems adjust to this whole grain low fat crap food. 

We had vegetarian barley stew and boneless skinless chicken breast last night.  (I did sneak some vermouth in it, but still...)

190

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama outlined major new government stimulus and jobs proposals on Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession."

Without giving a price tag, Obama proposed a package of new spending for highway, bridge and other infrastructure projects, deeper tax breaks for small businesses and tax incentives to encourage people to make their homes more energy efficient.

We are totally screwed.

191 I'm about to venture out into the AGW that is eating Iowa.  If I'm not back in 3 hours, send out a search party for me.

192

Meat is definitely cheaper at Costco too. 

Is it any good? I bought meat once at Sam's Club, years ago, and it was bad.

There's no Costco here and I'm just not sure I really want to buy anything in bulk from Sam's again.

Alright, time for an hour or two of aerobic house cleaning. Bend and pick up, stretch and put away, sprint to the laundry room...

193

#217  We are totally screwed.

Agreed.  But this is only the warm-up to the onset of utter and complete chaos.

194 Carlin DeGuerin Miller, a CBS News blogger, is disappointed that tomater-tosser "Jeremy Olsen" didn't hit Sarah Palin.

Maybe Jeremy Olson should have practiced with a target first before attempting to pelt Sarah Palin with tomatoes at a book signing in Minn. Dec. 7.

And:

Commander Stehlik also told CBS News' Crimesider that Olson had a "bigger tomato arsenal in his pocket that had yet to be deployed" as well as an alternate ID on him with a different name than the one he gave police. "But we are fairly certain that the name released is the correct one."

LINK

195 spices for rice/cabbage deal from above

Don't trust him! He's talking about kimchee! That shit will ruin your intestines forever, and your neighbors will hate you because of the horrendous stench.

196 218,

I feel you but I can't reach you, I don't have a snowmobile down here on the Texas coast, HEY!! maybe Santa will souvenier me one for Christmas, then I'll be there.

197 How is raccoon as a meat?  Is it better to catch it alive and cleanse it like possum, or can it go straight into the pot?

198 I use sea salt, and it's fine.

LOL, you realize of course that the only difference between "sea salt" and standard salt is the small percentage of impurities in sea salt.

Salt is salt, otherwise known as NaCl. Someone asked me about it back a few years ago and I checked it on my nutrition program.

I should have known that anyway being an "old salt" who used to go to sea all the time.

199 222,

I love kimchee, course I like TexMex chow too, about the same if it's made correctly.

200

I thought we are in middle of a recovery and everything is sunshine and rainbows because of Barry.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hunger is spreading while the number of homeless families is increasing as a result of the recession and other factors, according to a report on Tuesday.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors said cities reported a 26 percent jump in demand for hunger assistance over the past year, the largest average increase since 1991.

Middle-class families as well as the uninsured, elderly, working poor and homeless increasingly looked for help with hunger, which was mainly fueled by unemployment, high housing costs and low wages.

201 Raccoon is like duck you have to cook the fat off of it 1st, after that it's very good, I love it on the grill especially if I'm lucky to find a big one, not bad at all served with dirty rice and veggies.

202 Oh and after cooking the raccoon you can make a hat out of his fur, talk of your community I tells 'ya.

203

175 -- while I will neither condone nor vouche for Entropy's oh so nuanced attempted to elicit quick sexual gratification for himself (perhaps this should be henceforth referred to as the Tiger Effect or "tigering" if you will); he has a great point about procurring meat for one's table.  My adendum onto that would be -- manage to snag yourself a crock pot, and you'll be set.

Squirrel chilli isn't too bad.  And you can pick up ham hocks and stuff like that relatively cheaply if you look out for them. You can also try going into cahoots with another person on expense sharing.

 

As for Mr. Woods -- well, live by the sword, die by the sword (pun intended on every level).  My husband and I have the perfect relationship agreement:  mutually assured destruction in the case of infidelity.  He'd kill me if I ever thought of straying, and likewise right back at him. (although we're pretty faithful, and we're well into middle age now, and kids, so no money -- we're not really high risk canidates -- back in the day however, pitches were thrown both of our directions, basic love for one another, respect for the family unit, respect for our own moral code...and fear of being torn apart and never being found kept us from swinging I'd like to think in that order).

204 Joanna,

When I was in my 20's I also went through some really tough economic times....you know, digging for rent money in the couch, under the couch, etc.  As others have already posted - never despair...you will make it through.  Keep the company of good friends with positive attitudes and don't forget to laugh whenever you can.
P.S.  Stew meat is inexpensive and with a few veggies, etc. makes a good winter meal.

205

YÂ’all are just a ray of sunshine this morning.

 

I live in the same area as runningrn and have to concur, either the people in our area are just ignoring the bad economy and running up huge debts or they are better off somehow (not me, unfortunately). The mall has been packed every time IÂ’ve gone there.

 

That said, one thing I noticed is that there are a lot of people there, but people arenÂ’t really buying stuff. I donÂ’t know if they are scoping things out and waiting for them to go on sale or what.

206 Is sea salt iodized?  I know Kosher salt is not.  Table salt is.

I suspect that you can buy both with or without Iodine.

207 Squirrel gumbo and rice will make you smack a liberal, I have it more than once in the winter.

208

Carlin DeGuerin Miller, a CBS News blogger, is disappointed that tomater-tosser "Jeremy Olsen" didn't hit Sarah Palin.
Theres' some asshole named Adrian defending the tosser, too, at Gawker. "It's okay when it's done against someone we hate! They deserve it!" sort of crap.

209

Raccoon is like duck

And you can always tell the cops that you had to shoot because he was wearing a mask and trying to break into the garage.

210 214 Salt is also really really hard, but fortunately his blood pressure is ok.

Did the Dr. specifically tell him to dc salt?

Fortunately, no.  (Of course, the doctor didn't really give very helpful advice - basically just told my hubby to avoid fat and sugar... as if we didn't know we couldn't it donuts any longer!)  _{Permit me to say that most MDs with whom I've dealt stink.  The only good ones I've dealt with were radiologists and orthopedists.} 

His BP is fine and there really is no reason to worry about salt.  Unfortunately, this whole glucose and diet thing has him so worked up that he's literally trying to track everything and hit all the numbers perfectly all the time.  God bless him, he's never dieted before and it sure does show!  He doesn't have the diet psychology down right yet. 

Anyhoo, Mayo Clinic recommends staying belw 2300 or 2400 mg of sodium, even if you're healthy, and that is surprisingly challenging.  But we're managing.

Well, speaking of exercise, time to walk the dog.  We're having a brief, I think, respite from the rain so I gotta' take advantage of it.  Puppy is so dumb she's been trying to catch the raindrops... forgetting to do her business in the process.  So much for Lassie!

211 I don't know about the quality of meat at Costco because the closest one we have is over a 100 miles away down at Myrtle Beach so don't buy perishables.  But I do know they have the best price on booze of any place in the State.

Wife picked me up some Jim Beam there last week for $27 per 1.75 liter whereas it is $37 for the same locally.

212 238,

Seeeee now that's why Ace's ticker starts skipping a beat, uncalled for andy, makes us all look bad, not a blog cop!

213 Raccoon is like duck

So you don't have to catch it and feed it corn dodgers to cleanse it.  I just thought since they were omnivores they might be gray meat like possum.

214 I have a plague of raccoons at the 928 estate.  Development in my area is removing the last of the wild country and forcing all the critters to shack up on my property.  I presume they forage the neighborhoods by night since the raccoons and possums are fat and sassy.

215 Here's my recipe for raccoon, after I remove most of the fat I grill the meat in kabobs, using all colored peppers and onion chunks, served with cobbed corn and homemade baked beans w/ 'mater slices on the side and Hawaaian wheat rolls w/real butter, you will kill a liberal after that meal. HAHA

216 Marinade raccoon meat in fridge for 24 hours in "dales marinade" if you can find it, DO NOT add salt or pepper.

217 Apparently the warmers are doubling down.  Revkin's got an absolutely stunningly blantant article claiming that (a) there's no global cooling (b) in fact, 2000-2009 is shaping up to be the warmest on record (but apparently we have to wait a few weeks, I guess that means its close) and (c) 2009 is supposed to be the 5th warmest in history.

I'll stay bundled here while it's snowing outside.

218

Runningrn, IÂ’ll let you in on a little secret, you can go earlier in the day of their special event and put aside the things you want and then you just go in and pick up your packages. Or, if you get to know one or two salespeople really well, you donÂ’t even have to go back that night, you can go in the next day to get your stuff. And theyÂ’ll ring it up that night so you get the 10 points per dollar! IÂ’m on my way there this morning to pick up my stuff that got rung up Sunday morning.

 

I think we just live in an area that has so far not been hit with as much of a downturn, though I find it hard to believe given that AT&T is mostly gone back to Atlanta now, Microsoft laid off thousands and canceled contracts with many vendors, Boeing has had lay offs, all the big architectural firms have as well. IÂ’m just not sure where these people work that have the money.

219 249,

Just trying to lift the spirits of some at Christmas, there are real Americans alive and well out here.

220

My hygiene may be lax but I've got squirrel steak! Now will you have sex with me?

For squirrel? No. Come back when you've got steak from something with more than one stomach, and maybe we can talk.

The rest of you guys are awesome (even polynikes -- I know where you're coming from with the coupons and what-not, but I don't subscribe to a newspaper (shock shock) so I don't get coupons, and I can't afford to print them off the intarwebs -- plus I try to avoid boxed diners and such). If there's more like you out there, we'll make it through.

221 2009 is supposed to be the 5th warmest in history.

Yeah, they are basing that on that one tree that we were making fun of last weekend.

This is what irks me about the coverage of climaquidick. All you here about is the e-mails and hiding shit. Nobody talks about selectively cherry picking data and creating bogus fudge factors for temp data.

All of that is intentional fraud and not a damn soul is talking about it!

222

For those of you who, like me, can no longer stand to watch the jug-eared asshole on TV, HERE is the transcript of his last speech.

 

Basically he wants to take the TARP funds that have been repaid and spend them on porkulous round II.  It seems that throwing money at typical liberal welfare programs, union cronies, and bribing other blue State pols really doesnÂ’t do anything to the economy.

 

So we should do it some more.  One wonders about the legality of spending money allocated for one use by congress on another use.   He probably doesnÂ’t give a shit though, he knows that this congress will NEVER hold him to task.

223 (I don't know where the hell they're getting their inflation numbers from.)

I guess they aren't including state and local taxes as part of that inflation thing, because ours have risen like a rocket ship, and NY is still in trouble.

224 Well, it has been a tight year, so instead of the Ruger I may have to settle for a Taurus Judge in the planned acquisitions list. Still, the .410 shells will work on varmints of all sizes. Besides, nothing like that "make my day" hip howitzer appeal to make goblins and zombies disappear in a hurry.

polynikes: Smart shoppers know where to get the best deals in their area.

'nam vet: Ohio is currently loaded with white-tail deer, or as we are calling them out here, "poor man's beef". One more bad winter, and there will be more poaching than a Robin Hood movie.

runningm: The people who have Xmas dollars to spend will be spending them. For a lot of us bummed-out bloggers at home right now, there are not so many this year.

225

Just to pick up on the food trend. When I was in College, I and a buddy got an apartment one summer. Food intake consisted of beer, hot-dogs, beer, pizza.

I gained some weight. Actually,a lot.

Since I wanted to lose it, my sister suggested some sort of no-carb weight loss program. No bread, no sugars, etc. So I tried it. This coming from a guy who drank a shit load of coffee a day with three scoopfulls of sugar in each cup.  I wound up replacing the sugar with sweet-and-low, and cut out the bread with my meals.

It worked. I did lose the weight. Odd thing though, I also lost my taste for sweets. To this day, I don't care for ice cream, chocolate, cake, or any kind of candy.

And I'm someone who could have OD'd on Butterfingers when he was a kid...

Funny thing is, no one that I know can understand why I don't like sweets. It's almost that I'm not human.

 

226 Re the Baghdad bombings: multiple simultaneous bombs are the signature of Al Qaeda and affiliated groups. Iraqi elections are getting close, so this was probably "politics, middle-east style". Pakistan got hit too. Lots of rumblings coming out of Iran as well; the secret police there are "disappearing" people by the score and murdering them.

Our wars over there are just a thin layer on top of the Sunni/Shi'a, Arab/Persian civil war. This war has been blowing hot and cold for centuries, and now that Iran and Pakistan have nukes, who knows where it will go? America and the rest of the West really have a limited amount of leverage here: the real war is within Islam, not Islam against the West. There's going to be a lot of "splash damage", too: the Turks, the Jordanians, the Moroccans -- all "moderate" states in grave peril from one extremist camp or another. Even Indonesia (the largest Muslim state by population, though neither Persian nor Arab, is predominately Sunni) is at risk.

Suicide bombers are the guided missiles of the Islamic civil war now raging in the middle east. Human life has never been held all that dear in that part of the world, but it's cheaper now than ever before.

227 IMHO the only way we can get out of the sandbox is to turn it into glass to save face, and those savages don't realize that their oil dollars will be gone forever once we do! I say we leave them in the 7th century, what good are they?

228

Hi, Joanna, here are some tips I learned after my husband died, leaving me in a horrible state:

You can sell almost anything.  I sold my wedding/engagement rings, all of my other jewelry, my old lps, artwork, electronics, etc.  Plus, bartering can work with small goods and a local corner store.  Gold and silver prices are high now.  As Gandalf said, paraphrase, if you are too attached to an object, it will not help you.

Go to the Farmer's Market late its last day of the week.  They're practically giving food away because it won't keep and they don't want to take it back with them.  Look pathetic but determinedly cheerful and be extra-polite and they will fill up bags of food for you.

I know you wanted to be a reporter.  Give up that dream.  Do anything else, even volunteer--it can lead to pay at some point.

Resole your shoes if they give out.  Way cheaper.  Thrift stores and the Salvation Army are your friends.

Library books and meditation breathing to distract yourself from bad or hopeless thinking.  Get up and physically change your position if you get stuck in a bad mental place.  With practice, you can do meditation breathing anywhere.

Clinics--go to immediately when you are sick.  Do not let yourself get run down if you think, "I can't afford the clinic."  You can pay in installments, but you must not lose your health.

Hit the local co-op and ask if they have a program for cat food and litter for cheaper.  Explain how much you love your cat. 

If you don't have some kind of water bill, long hot baths.  With a library book in hand.

Anyone who harps on you or bugs you about your current state is not helping.  Drop them until things get better.

My best wishes for you.

229

So what are you saying? Nuke the mid-east oil fields? And that would accomplish what?

No, that's not the way to go.

 

 

230 Ushie: Thanks for the advice and kind words. My biggest thing right now is remembering the difference between retrenching and giving up.

231 Joanna:  You're retrofitting yourself for the next stage of your life!  You will get through this, and be a stronger and more adaptable person because of it!  Plus, you will know what is really important to you, and that's more than many people ever manage to learn.

232 Joanna: I gave up on life for a while a few years ago, after leaving what had been  my most successful job at the IRS. It didn't get me anything except debts, the worry of all who knew me, and a lot of wasted days. Tolkien was right, despair is a sin, and the prelude to disaster. Keep some hope alive, and don't dwell too much on your troubles. It's better to pray, read a good book, rest, and then go after the next big thing, or little thing, that will get you by until that great Someday arrives.

"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Truer words never spoken by Paul, there. Today's troubles are to be taken care of today, not tomorrow, but they are today's worries only. Tomorrow's problems will belong to tomorrow. That may not seem very helpful in this day and age of financial obligations, but it will keep you sane, and you may be surprised at what a few incremental successes can do for you.  

233 Hey don't forget about the road kills. They got "shot" by vehicles. Nothing wrong with them.

234

Raccoon is like duck

Seriously?

Duck is delicious.

And I got all sorts of those fat bastards eating out of the trash cans around here....

235

Hey, I'm writing a novel. I start the second draft next week. It's my second job; it just hasn't paid me yet. So that's something.

Like I said before, reductions make for a much stronger end product. I just have to keep that in mind while I'm picking at my beanie-weenies-sans-weenie. :-)

236

Joanna at December 08, 2009 12:40 PM (gJQTg)

Surely you know SOMEBODY that can print them off for you.

 

HH at December 08, 2009 01:05 PM (+jvXp)

As you get older all of those sweet things don't appeal to you very much.

One gets a LOT of sugar in things you pruchase. Look at a bottle of tea. How many calories? How many calories in a teaspoon of sugar? (15)  250/15 is a whole lot more than I would put in two cups of tea.

237 Joanna:  Also start a practically as much as possible obsessive and pointless hobby.  Great for distraction.  I build houses mentally and furnish them also mentally.  Also make gardens ditto.  It's great fun.

238

Can you recall any incident where a conservative threw an object at someone he disagreed with? 

The Adrian jerk I paraphrased had a list of "good" pie attacks etc. such as against Coulter to defend his position. Although he missed the Bush shoe-thrower for some reason.

239

Here's a story about the $6-Million Mann.

240 I know this thread is dead, but because I'd been one of the ones bringing the gloom to this thread I thought I'd share (I'm a "sharer," deal with it) that I'm back from walking the dog and in the midst of vacuuming the house and cleaning the floors... taking a brief break from that... and listening to Delbert McClinton's "Lone Star Blues."  One of the great songs for looking on the bright side.  Now segueing to Asleep at the Wheel's version of "Route 66". 

So life seems better. 

241

Well Y-not here is one for you so the thread is not completely dead.

 

Commander cody

 

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