1 ?

2 So, what shall I dip me balls in today???

3 !

4
If my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

5 That Onion article isn't about homosexuals, it's about faggots. Different thing.

6 So what are the top headlines today besides global blizzards everywhere but Cop-de-hagan-daz?

7

We are blessed to be living in Barry's economic golden age:

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Low interest rates will prevail through most of next year as the U.S. economy expands modestly and the unemployment rate remains stuck in double digits, the UCLA Anderson Forecast group said on Wednesday.

"Specifically, we forecast that after growing at 2.8 percent in the most recent and current quarters, real GDP growth will settle into a 2 percent growth path for much of 2010 and be closer to 3 percent in 2011," the forecasting unit said in its report.

"With such sluggish growth, the unemployment rate will likely peak at 10.5 percent in the first quarter and remain at or above 10 percent for almost all of next year," the closely watched report added.

8 Fark, the ho is calling.  In my ways as youth, many beercans did she intoxicate. 

9 Just over at HuffPo looking around after HotAir posted a link to HuffPo's coverage of Palin's WaPo editorial. Haven't been to HuffPo in weeks. But it's still All Palin All The Time. The commentary is unreal. It's like she's holy water and they're possessed. I've never seen such hatred. Want to have more fun? Go look at the comments on the HuffPo article for the tomato thrower. It's all about various ways to do violence to Palin. This from the anti-war peacenik, Lefty ideals crowd. Unreal, but sadly... real.

10 Giant iceberg headed for Australia

No polar bears drowning...

11 My outrage quota for the week ran out about 4pm yesterday. I'm just numb from here till Sunday.

12 And name the party.  I made the usual assumption from the headline...was surprised around paragraph 5.

The AP isn't following its own standards.

13
@7

We are blessed to be living in Barry's economic golden age:

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Low interest rates will prevail through most of next year as the U.S. economy expands modestly and the unemployment rate remains stuck in double digits, the UCLA Anderson Forecast group said on Wednesday.

Posted by: TheQuietman at December 09, 2009 09:28 AM (1Jaio)

"Low interest rates prevail" ?
"economy expands modestly" ?
"unemployment rate remains stuck in double digits" ?

Rather benign words to describe the mess we're in if you ask me.  Can you imagine the apocolyptic language they'd be using to describe the same circumstances if GWB were still President?

14 I survived the Thread From Hell. What do I win?

15

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Americans have grown gloomier about both the economy and the nationÂ’s direction over the past three months even as the U.S. shows signs of moving from recession to recovery.

Almost half the people now feel less financially secure than when President Barack Obama took office in January, a Bloomberg National Poll shows.

Those concerns have put consumers in a miserly mood as they head to the mall for holiday shopping, with half the country planning to spend less on gifts than last year and few buyers willing to run up credit-card debt for Christmas.

“The recession may be over, but the administration seems to be losing the battle when it comes to winning the hearts and minds of Americans,” says Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York.

How can anyone be gloomy during the glorious reign of lord Obama the creator and saver of jobs?

16 I survived the Thread From Hell. What do I win?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at December 09, 2009 09:43 AM (zmiSr)

An all expense paid trip to this thread.

17 The AP isn't following its own standards.

Heather they named him as an R in the text right under the picture, i.e. first thing. Appears to me they are following their standards. Republicans are named first thing while D's are mostly not named at all and when they are it is late in the article.

18 So I was talking to my Father in-law last night about the CRU data scam.

Initially when I asked him "Did you hear about the CRU data being manipulated to hid any temp decline?" His response was a very VERY puzzled look on his face followed with "Oh you mean the 'in fighting' by the scientists?"  This man LIVES for NPR.  He wakes up to it.  He drives with it.  Any activity in the house is done with NPR in the background.  During this entire CRU SCAM not once has he heard anything about hiding the decline.

This does not surprise me, but it is scary as hell.

THEN he proceeds to say "Yeah they probably lied, but it certainly doesn't change the fact that Global Warming is happening.

Then the snow storm came....

19

“The recession may be over

Yeh, it will seem a lot more over when my old house is rented out and I'm not paying two mortgages just for fun.

few buyers willing to run up credit-card debt for Christmas

That's not necessarily a bad thing...

20 Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Americans have grown gloomier about both the economy and the nationÂ’s direction over the past three months even as the U.S. shows signs of moving from recession to recovery.

Yeah, that from AP. Actually Rass had something different to say as did that former Carter adviser on Beck. He said that the levels of anger at the politicians in BOTH parties are at levels he had never seen before in his history in the polling and political affairs. People are not gloomy, they are mad as hell.

21

THEN he proceeds to say "Yeah they probably lied, but it certainly doesn't change the fact that Global Warming is happening.

I have to stop reading Ed's posts at HotAir on the subject. He's posting graphs that show temps dropping and being "homogenized" into increases...bu then writing "Is the Earth warming?  Yes, since 1650, as Eschenbach reports.  Is that warming trend natural?  Perhaps, perhaps not."

22

few buyers willing to run up credit-card debt for Christmas

No joke. Everyone I know is getting baked goods for Christmas. I can get five pounds of flour for a buck fifty-nine at Aldi. Drop a couple dollars on some walnuts and raisins, and hey, enjoy your cookies. Merry Christmas.

23 So. I heard  Tiger Woods fucks around.....

24 I received confirmation of why I send my children to Catholic School.  I was talking about this global warming hoax and my 9 year old daughter asked me what global warming was!! 

They are not even discussing this charade. (I have been on top of what they read but this made me very happy to hear that they aren't discussing this fraud).

25 Vic--I'm used to seeing "Republican guilty of fraud" in the headline, followed by "DATELINE--Republican Leader Joe Schmoe, a leading area Republican was found guilty of fraud Tuesday.  Schmoe led the Republican majority blah blah blah Republican blah blah blah GOP blah blah blah criminal."

Subtle.

26

I'm still reeling from the revelation that Gabe is actually gay.

As opposed to gay like the Dallas Cowboys are gay.

No, really, I just thought is was a hilarious running gag.

Like, "Oh, there goes that Malor kid again, posting some more dat interlectural stuff.  Stuck up wanker, that one.  And a lawyer, so I hear.  Not exactly the most manly profession, if you know what I mean.  I can't ever seem to remember him making unseemly comments about womens' boobies, so, yeah, I'm pretty sure that makes him teh ghey."

Sometimes I have a truly amazing inability to spot what's right in front of my face.

27

And I can't fcuking spell.

I blame it on not enough coffee, and the fact that I stayed up 'til 2 AM reading the Banhammer thread.

28 Lewis @ 26: You think you're reeling now, just wait 'til you hear about this big bright round thing they've got in the sky these days. Now that's a mind-blower.

29 Fox is reporting on that POS second porkulous plan of Obama's like it is virtually a done deal.  This is some serious WTF moments here.

Pepople are already mad. It is like they really don't give a fig about what the people think anymore.

One wonders what they have planned for 2010 and 12 that is going to offset the massive anger by most citizens.

30 Well Newsweek found another thing that is BOOOSH's fault...The shitty and depressing movies coming from Hollywood.  I shit you not.

_ http://tiny.cc/1xeJu

31 "10 Giant iceberg headed for Australia

No polar bears drowning..."


but get this

"Dr Young said sightings of large icebergs could become more frequent if sea temperatures rise through global warming."

32 AP: Geithner says that the Obama Admin is extending the bailout program to next October. Oh, joy.

33

Banhammer thread now at 2250!! 

Can I gaet 2500, going once going...

34 From the comments on the NYT review of Palin's book:


How nice that it is such a nice book. But she'll never be qualified for president. We don't need a snarky leader who'll alienate the rest of the world in this day and age.


Umm...

35 large icebergs could become more frequent if sea temperatures rise through global warming

Wouldn't they melt from the warm water?  Hell, airlifting icebergs has been proposed as a "solution" to warming oceans...


Meanwhile:
Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches

It's almost like profit is a motivation to produce a better product or something.

36 Big bright round thing in the sky? Hope there isn't a kid in it.

37 Ace stayed up all night...Any guesses on when he's going to post his 1st thread?

38 An interesting article cherry-picked from a Michelle Malkin post this morning.


After last night's interesting AoSHQ group therapy session for all you bigots and racists, it makes for some interesting reading about "group think" and "diversity training."

39 Well, ace will probably stay up all night on Christmas Eve, so let's shoot for Dec.24th.

40 After last night's interesting AoSHQ group therapy session for all you bigots and racists, it makes for some interesting reading about "group think" and "diversity training."

Posted by: burnt toast at December 09, 2009 10:25 AM (xqrGi)

Typcial lefty: But but but... all corporations are right wing!

41 No joke. Everyone I know is getting baked goods for Christmas.

I tried that last year but because everyone I know is far away the shipping costs were killer.  We're cutting back to gifts for only the essential folks (family) and cards for everyone else.  And we only do stockings for each other now. 

I had the pre-Christmas spirit a month ago, but now it's completely gone.  I'm bummed.  I love Christmas, but it's just not happening for me this year. 

42 39 Ace stayed up all night...

I'm a little worried about him.  Nothing was getting accomplished on that thread, except for him venting, I guess. 

43 The QuietMan, would you like to clarify your comment?

44

Y-not, if you have family around you on Christmas, it's always good. And when was the last time you and yours pulled out a Monopoly, Clue, or Sorry game?

Relax and enjoy as much as possible.

Remember Whoville...

45

#48

I agree, venting can be good.  I thought the thread was fun and no one got out of control, at least they hadn't at 1550 when I went to bed.  I missed a 1,000 posts! 

Who'd a thunk that? 

 

46 interesting reading about "group think" and "diversity training."

Those sorts of things invariably just make people uncomfortable.  Every one I've ever attended just reinforces that "tolerance" is a myth.  I'm a woman so I'm in a "protected class" but the crap I've gotten over the years for my gender has been, for the most part, stuff I could handle.  (Yes, I did have a dude slap me on the rear, so that had to go up the chain, and I did actually have a boss say I didn't "need" the back-pay they owed me because I had a husband, but for the most part the normal things were easy to handle by myself.)  The tolerance I would've liked all those years was for my political beliefs -- but those are not protected.  I had to sit through years of faculty meetings, job interviews (including my own), and committee meetings listening to the vitriolic bullshit from liberals slamming conservatives/Republicans/Boosh, but I could never complain. 

That's why it's ridiculous. 

I think it's much more effective to let peer-pressure handle the occasional "over-the-line" comment.  In my opinion, AoSHQ has been very good at doing just that... and the commentators are often hysterically funny even while they're slapping someone around for going over the line.  I hope we don't lose that, but frankly, since I am not clear where the  line is (and the one time I felt it was crossed, I was wrong), I am loathe to help police the comments. 

47 The QuietMan, would you like to clarify your comment?

Posted by: burnt toast at December 09, 2009 10:35 AM (xqrGi)

The link you posted was about the lefty indoctrination at corporations under the guise of diversity training. Most lefties claim that there isn't a left wing bias in the media because they are owned by big corporations and all big corporations they claim are right wing which is total rubbish.

48 Y-not, I have had that happen to me before.  Here's what you can do:

Look at pictures from past Christmases and talk about what fun they were.
Go to some school or church Christmas programs (those are usually free).
Watch some old-fashioned Christmas movies like "Miracle on 34th Street" or "White Christmas."
Read some Christmas stories (including the original).
Find the Christmas channel on your local radio and play the music.

Sometimes you have to get yourself in the mood, because things are gloomy .  The worst year for this I had was the year of the Florida recount.  After that,  I resolved to never again let outside circumstances keep me from enjoying Christmas.

49 Christmas Spirit? Bah! Humbug! Palin/Scrooge 2012!

50 Shopping tip for Ace folks:

Someone in the Target buying office realized this would be a lean year, and did a good job finding inexpensive presents.  I was over there last week looking for stocking stuffers for the grandkids and found the following items: knit hats, $1; packs of knit gloves $1 for 2 pairs; various Hello Kitty items for $1 each (sticker books, notebooks, stamp kits); a pedometer for $4.99; craft kits under $5; books marked way down; cookie cutters for $1. There was lots more.  I bought a twin bedspread for $15, and didn't even check the sporting goods, women's and men's clothing, or kitchen areas very much.

Seeing Target's add reminded me of this, and I thought this might help those who are trying to do Christmas for kids on a limited budget.

51 my obligatory Mariah Carey and Hall and Oates selection

Hah! All wise Morons know that the best Christmas music is from Ray Conniff and the singers.

(Followed closely by that album from Bert Kaemfert that stores on Amazon are asking $150.00 for)

52 last year my man was deployed, my family dysfunctional, the weather nuts and i didnt do a THING. no driving to visit, no decorating, nothing. i was sorry a little. This year im having a party and going whole hog. (Man being home might have something to do with it)
BAH HUMBUG!

53

Y-not -- good way to get the Christmas spirit back:

Play Santa Claus for some neighborhood kids.  You don't have to buy any presents, just offer up your services to impersonate Santa for some neighbors with little kids.  Little kids; the kind who still believe in Santa and actually get excited by Christmas.  Or get an impromptu group of carolers -- it's fun.  Or do something really nice for some nice old person in the neighborhood, or an older relative.

Doing stuff for Christmas is more fun than buying stuff.

I can't afford to buy much for Christmas this year -- the budget is just too tight and our truck decided to get a busted brake line, so there went what little present money we had.  Add to that, one of my kids got overpaid by the Army, so to balance out the overpay, they just decided not to pay her the last two months -- so we've been helping her cover her travel expenses, that's her Christmas.  Doesn't matter if there isn't jack under the tree this year.

54 Thanks for the Christmas ideas, guys. 

Family (what's left of it) is on the East coast (we're in SoCal now), friends are also mostly back east, midwest, or Texas... It's basically just me and Mr. Y-not. 

I'm going to go pick up some fresh greens this afternoon to see if that helps.  Not sure about the tree... our pup likes to pull on vines in the yard, so we're afraid she'll go for the lights on a tree.  Maybe a couple of table-top trees will help. 

Nothing quite like killing a living organism to get that Christmas spirit, but since plants produce CO2 at night, I guess it's fine!  Damn eco-polluters! 

55 What? Banhammer still going.  That's hilarious.

The funniest thing on the thread was a couple of gay guys that said Ace's example #2 of unfunny comments actually was funny.

And the most surprising revelation was that Ace was gay.

56 Really?  Well, slap me with a hammer!

That just goes to show you that you always have preconceptions that aren't always borne out.

57 Y-not:  don't feel guilty about the Christmas trees.  They are a crop, grown on farms by hard-working people who need the money.  They plant some every year;  it's just that the harvests for each planting come every 7 years,  instead of every fall like corn or oats.

58 Thanks QuietMan, I agree whole-heartedly with your sentiments.  The article in question reminded me of last nights Banhammer conflagrations.

I think the article is disturbing by virtue of the lengths at which these corporations will go to indoctrinate their employees into thinking and doing  what is "right" in the liberal mindset.  I personally cannot relate to the large corporate world nor the push to force the masses to conform to the ideals of the "protected classes." 

I grew up in a family construction business, I owned and operated my own restaurant in a foreign country for years, and the closest thing I've had to a large corporate job were several years as a chef at a Ritz-Carlton.

I don't recall a whole lot of diversity training going on and generally speaking I thought everyone got along quite well.  We had an incredible cross-section of mankind:  Hatian, Cuban, Turkish, every sort of European, homosexuals, handicapped and then me.  A good ol' Southern boy, a handicap in its own right.

We never had any trouble between the races and the only difficulty that stood out in my mind was when a new executive chef arrived, a young Frenchman, who perved on the women, even fondling in some cases, and requisitioned bottles of Pernod and liquor for his own consumption.  Several of the female employees went to HR to complain and it was not until they found our Chef de Partie, a pal of the Frenchman, passed out in the bushes about 40 yards from the front entrance one morning, was something done.  Bye bye Frenchie and pal.  Some things training will never fix.

My view is, most people know how to act right when required and don't need the shame of sitting in a circular group doing thumbs-up or thumbs-down to obviously racially-charged motivations with their peers.  To me, this serves no purpose other than to shame.  And the simple reality is that by having these seminars and so on, the corporations are only trying to protect themselves on a legal basis from massive discrimination lawsuits.  Oh, but we had DIVERSITY training. . .

What's worse, letting people think and believe what they want?  Or massaging their tiny brains with liberal indoctrination.  Sadly, some people just don't know how to act like normal human beings, either left or right.

59 10 Giant iceberg headed for Australia No polar bears drowning... Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 09, 2009 09:40 AM (NtiET) Is Australia in danger of sinking?

60 I've had to a large corporate job were several years as a chef at a Ritz-Carlton.

I can assure you having worked for a large corporation, that beginning in the early 90s the "diversity mantra" began just like it was described in that article.

The problem is with the courts. They eliminated finally the BS quota counting and the race based hiring policies.  But they left in place hiring to achieve "diversity".  They also left in place the BS EEOC office in DC that runs amuck when Dems are in office.

Large companies with deep pockets become a target for every disgruntled minority and their shark lawyers. That is what is behind all the diversity BS. 

If we had a court that actually enforced the civil rights act as written this diversity crap would dry up and blow away.

61 And the most surprising revelation was that Ace was gay. Posted by: Guy Fawkes at December 09, 2009 11:17 AM (DIYmd) You think you were surprised? Let me tell ya - you don't know what surprised is.

62

Now youse guys and your music... Actually Mallamutt, I have that Hall&Oates video on VHS. Just need to convert it to DVD. It's pretty funny. I also have the Bing Crosby/David Bowie "Drummer Boy" on the same VHS.

Now Vic, I presume (Hope?) you are kidding about the Conniff music!

Me, I think the best Christmas song in the last number of yrs is the Bare Naked Ladies/Sarah McLaughlin(sp?) version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman.

63 The best song is Jingle Bell Rock by Hall and Oates

The best version of Jingle Bell Rock is an instrumental by Chet Atkins from an album he did in 1961. Second best version is by Brenda Lee with Bobby Helms (the original) bringing up third.

64 Anything that keeps the 16 year old busy is a blessing to this moron.

LOL, I haven't had to do that for a long time. Even grand kids are older than that now.

65 Now Vic, I presume (Hope?) you are kidding about the Conniff music!

Hah, I'm serious as a heart attack.

66 For instrumentals, I love Steven Curtis Chapman's "Carol of the Bells". 

67 Well Morons, it is now 72°F. Got to get in these days as can be done. Will check back periodically on this thread.

68

Is Australia in danger of sinking?

Funny you should say that, CC, because Tim Blair is always mocking Aussie watermelon nutcase, Tim Flannery, who claims ice cap melt will raise the oceans 30 metres (when even the IPCC claims only 5).

69 My favorite Christmas songs are the rat pack era ones.  I love "Santa Baby." 

Of the real Christmas songs, "O Holy Night" is my favorite.  There's a lovely version by one of those 50s (or 60s) male close harmony groups (can't recall their name right now) that is one of my favorites. 

70

What did I learn on the Banhammer thread?

I always thought Y-not was a Maroon, but it turns out she's a Ginger!

/what, leave the comedy to the professionals, you say?  Damn elitists!

71 My going away impression from the banhammer thread was wherestherum in a thong bikini. Was I wrong?

72 If you've ever seen the movie "A Minight Clear", about a group of U.S. Army scouts trapped in the Battle of the Bulge, the stanza that ( I think it's Wilson Phillips) sings as the credits role is just outstanding, and fits in perfectly with the film.

73

Maybe " A Midnight Clear?".

Funny, it always looks fine till I post it.

74

#79 CoolCzech

I thought it was stompy boots.

But hey, whatever sends you to your bunk ...

75 @78

Even better, I'm a freckled ginger, but in a good way.  I'm not one of those unfortunate souls with neon-orange spots all over her face and traffic cone colored hair.  Pleasant light brown freckles and auburn hair. 

The joke about ace coming out as gay on that monster thread is funny*.  Earlier this morning I was thinking that the intensity of ace's posts suggested that he had either hooked up with a PC girlfriend or had his first male-male encounter. 

_{*Pending approval from the official AoSHQ Humor Czar.} 

76 Back for a check-in. 

Yes, As you can see from my earlier posts I am from the oldies era as well.  To me it is hard to feel "Christmasy" to a rock beat.

Last year my brother got a Ventures Christmas album. I have always liked the Ventures but listening to that album was like listening to Walk Don't Run with a different melody.

On a side note, while sitting out in the rocking chair drinking my beer I had a huge ass eagle fly over.  maybe he'll take donwn some of the lose dog population around here. (Hah, just kiddin' neighbors)

77 Be careful with that "humor czar" crack, Y-Not, someone might misread that as "hummer czar" and that's on the list.

78 OMG, andyc, is it really? 

I have to ask because I learned yesterday that I have no sense of humor (b/c I found example joke #2 to be somewhat amusing). 

79 On a side note, while sitting out in the rocking chair drinking my beer I had a huge ass eagle fly over.

I've heard that owls take out people's tiny dogs around these parts (SoCal).  We have some red-tails (I think) but I guess the rest are in the mountains north of us. 

We don't see as many raptors around here as we used to in Indiana.  There we had a huge deck and our house was sitting on a hill so it was sort of a tree house effect.  The biggest bird we ever got to see close up was a goshawk which perched on our deck for a bit.  Amazing. 

80 Posted by: Y-not at December 09, 2009 12:39 PM (sey23)

The Brian Setzer Orchestra has an amazing Christmas CD/DVD if you like the big band sound.

81

 To me it is hard to feel "Christmasy" to a rock beat.

Mitch Miller Christmas album, anyone?

(laughs)

82 The Brian Setzer Orchestra has an amazing Christmas CD/DVD if you like the big band sound.

I saw that album down at WallyMart and started to buy it but didn't because I had already bought 3 christmas albums this year.  I like Brian Setzer and I'll bet his version of Jingle Bell Rock is great. Maybe next year.

Mitch Miller Christmas album, anyone?

Yes, laugh, but I do have that album (in the old vinyl variety) that I have digitized.

We don't see as many raptors around here as we used to in Indiana.

We see hawks all the time around here but this is the first Eagle I have ever seen in this State. It may actually be a goshawk but I think it was too big to be any kind of hawk.

I used to see a lot of bald eagles down in GA as well.

83 Looks like the thread has died.

84

Me, I think the best Christmas song in the last number of yrs is the Bare Naked Ladies/Sarah McLaughlin(sp?) version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman.

Actually, my 13 year old daughter put that on the family CD. She first told me about I had that "ehhh" feeling. But, listening to it, I had to admit, damn fine job they did.

 

Posted by: Mallamutt at December 09, 2009 12:17 PM (V9SYy)

Mallamutt, I think Sarah has the voice of an angel.  My favs are Silent Night and In the Bleak Midwinter.  The former gives me goosebumps.  Different, but still gorgeous in voice, Vanessa Williams's Christmas album, esp., Silver & Gold and Baby It's Cold Outside.  And while I normally don't patronize any libs, I've gotta give it to James Taylor's Auld Lang Syne and his version of  In the Bleak Midwinter.  Give 'em a listen on ITunes. 

85 *clear!*

86 She's dead, Jim.

87 DEAD last. 

88 Not last, lets have some more best Christmas.

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