1 Chris Mathews has to "hide the decline" in his pants as Obama's poll numbers keep slipping.

2 Yum, rats on a stick.

3
I don't know who this 'Ace' person is posting this early in the morning, but I don't like it.

4

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The number of people filing claims for state unemployment benefits rose by 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 474,000 in the week ending Dec. 5, while the total number of people claiming benefits of any kind topped 10 million, a sign of very sluggish hiring, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

First-time claims -- which measure new layoffs -- rose for the first time in six weeks in the week after Thanksgiving. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected initial claims to fall to about 450,000.

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Funemployment. It's what's for Christmas.

5 It's 23 outside and snowing why oh why didn't I get the global warming does the goreacle hate WV?

6 It's 23 outside

That's a tropical heat wave!

7 I dont think the freaky-deaky Norwegian light show was a Russian missile.   They wouldn't make a missile designed to hypnotize people.

8 Rising sea leves is yet another lie.

9 6 It's 23 outside

That's a tropical heat wave!

LOL, Good Morning Morons

It made it to 77°F here yesterday

10 I would like global warming. My heating bill is going to be $400. I'm sitting here in a down vest and sggu spelled backwards. If I spell it forward I get a spam notice.

11

Come on!  Everybody! 

Happy days are here again,

The skies above...I can't hear you!

http://tinyurl.com/ykqfumg

 

12

It's 23 outside

Let's just call it, oh, 138.

13

Since all of our scientists are frauds and all of our data is fraudulent, we must act now, or climate change will die!

http://tinyurl.com/ykfnaja

 

14 But its a dry cold, man

15 Vic yeah but it was 60 yesterday this just ain't right!

16 It's not so much the cold that bothers me as much as the absence of heat... 22 decrees here in middle TN - adjusted using goretistics that would be 82!

17

Is it just me, or do the wheels seems to be falling off the Obama/Gore/Democrat bus?

18 Weather this morning in my little corner of Minnesota: -10F, with a wind-chill of about -30F. Snow drifts up to three feet in some places; the berm at the end of my driveway goes up to my shoulders. I shoveled for two hours last night, cursing my own thrift* in not buying a snow-blower, and managed only to clear the sidewalk and about half of the driveway.

Upside: this is absolutely the best time of year for sky-watching, if you can bear the cold. Once the storm passed the sky was deep and brilliant. Orion is as clear and sharp as you could wish for; Perseus and Triangulum  are clearly visible; and if you stay up late enough, you can see Mars really well. Light pollution tends to wash out the fainter stars and deep-sky objects, but there's still plenty to see even with binoculars.

*Cheapness.

19 Vic yeah but it was 60 yesterday this just ain't right!

Hah, it was 60° here yesterday as well (for a short while).

But today the high is only going to be in the low 50's.  I guess no more porch rocker today. 

20

"...while the total number of people claiming benefits of any kind topped 10 million, a sign of very sluggish hiring, the Labor Department reported Thursday...."

Yeah, when roughly half a million people file new unemployment claims every week, I'd say hiring is pretty dadgummed "sluggish."  That's about the nicest possible way to describe it.

How would it read if George W. Bush was still President?

21

Is it just me, or do the wheels seems to be falling off the Obama/Gore/Democrat bus?

It is a known fact that a bus can be driven a long, long way without wheels.

So suck it.

22 Monty

Even the old codgers at the Old Farmer's Almanac are saying they will get a snow blower. 

Hell there is a reason I don't own one of those stupid push mowers.

(Hint: they don't have a beer holder on them like my lawn tractor)

23 wasn't it another famous "Barney" that said, 'the wheels on the bus go round and round..."?

24 Anyone brave enough to watch the puke fest, a.k.a. OHubris' Nobel speech this morning?  I couldn't do it.  Although, I did catch a glimpse of him watching a musical performance on stage.  Why is his nose always in the air?  I guess he thinks the look commands that upper crust, intellectual authority.  Or, he just looks stupid.  I vote for the latter.

25 Is Algore in Chicago? It's minus 20 here.

26 Vic, yer just asking to be beaten to death with snow cones.

27 On the job front here Massey is closing a mine and almost 500 miners are going to be out of work because of the EPA taking a permit back that was already issued isn't that just so sweet.And no this is not a union mine either makes me wonder if it was if this would have happened.

28 Hell there is a reason I don't own one of those stupid push mowers.

Actually, I have one of those old-fashioned reel mowers -- my front yard is small enough that it's actually easier to mow it that way rather than drag out the gas-mower. I need to find a sharpener somewhere, though. I've been using a rattail file, but those helical blades are a bear to get to.

29 Vic, yer just asking to be beaten to death with snow cones.

LOL, I'll just pour bourbon over them and make a slushy.

Actually, I have one of those old-fashioned reel mowers

hah, the last time I used one of those things was in CA back in the 70's.  Even then I after it was over I said to myself "that was really stupid". I was young and stupid then.

I was mowing a yard there that was smaller than my living room now. 

Here I have 1.5 acres to mow.

30 Anyone brave enough to watch the puke fest, a.k.a. OHubris' Nobel speech this morning?

Nope, as soon as I saw the asshole on Fox I turned it off. When are these news pukes going to realize he is costing them revenue every time they put him on?

31 Bush speechwriters seen leaving White House.

That should make some heads assplode.

32 Bush speechwriters seen leaving White House.

That should make some heads assplode.

That has to be some serious WTF?  In any case, Bush had some of the worst PR agents in history so maybe it is good for us.

33

Bush speechwriters seen leaving White House.

So, they want to do a speech with the word "victory" in it and had to bring in an outside gun.

Obama speechwriter: Uh, how do you spell victory

2nd Obama speechwriter: I have no idea....we better outsource this one.

34

Windchill in the negative teens here, but wind != frost on the car in the morning. So it's a trade-off.

I turn my thermostat to 66 when I get up in the morning and when I get home in the evening. As soon as the furnace takes the chill off, it goes right back down to 62 for the duration, or until my teeth start chattering. And I'm not even on heating oil. Thank God for hot showers.

35

I would like global warming. My heating bill is going to be $400. I'm sitting here in a down vest and sggu spelled backwards. If I spell it forward I get a spam notice.

I'm sending the spam. I know what you meant. Need some lace wigs or CD keys?

36 Funemployment. It's what's for Christmas.

Government-mandated funemployment in West Virginia.  Damn.

37 It seems to me that the left media (Obama-water-carriers) are loosing that "spring in their step." Like they can't believe what keeps coming out of the White house. That's why they are using all their investigative skills on Tiger Woods. Gotta point the folks somewhere else.

38 One of the socialist O-bots on my Facebook has suggested the snow and cold be re-distributed more equitably across the country. 

Heh. That's funny.

39 I didn't watch the Nobel "I'm just here for the medal and the money" speech. 

The few times I do watch him speak and see his widdle TeleBinkie^TM alongside him, it's just to wonder if his speech sounds so clipped because of the speed of the scroll and the coordination skills it takes to read the words as they scroll by and make sure that you bring your head up every once in a while so you can look down your nose at the audience.

40

In a bold but risky year-end strategy, Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion before New YearÂ’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections.

“WeÂ’ve incurred this debt. We have to pay our bills,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told POLITICO Wednesday. And the Maryland Democrat confirmed that the anticipated increase could be as high as $1.8 trillion — nearly twice what had been assumed in last springÂ’s budget resolution for the 2010 fiscal year.

And right after this Barry is going to cut the deficit in half.

41

I went to Norway, and all I got was the chance to hang with Obama once again.

Gee, you think I could get a vacation. See the sights. Nope, just show up, have the crazy Kos Kid fondle me, sit through the same tedious speech (here is a hint, the letter I is very popular) and then its back in the case and heading back to the homefront. I don't even get any cash.

One of these days, if I don't start getting some respect, he is gonna say something very stupid.

42 Hey ace, our IT Dept. popped one of your ads (in the left side-bar) as being criminal activity this morning. And I didn't even click on it. I know the $ help and all but can ya be more careful who ya hang out with?

43 Good news time: Rass latest poll out of Ohio - Kassich beating Strickland by 9.

44 @28 Monty

I need to find a sharpener somewhere, though. I've been using a rattail file, but those helical blades are a bear to get to.

Find a sharpening kit.  See instructions at:  http://reelmowers.info/

45 Of the five put on administrative leave for putting the confidential TSA document on-line, I wonder if there is a Mohammed or Achmed among them.

46 43 Good news time: Rass latest poll out of Ohio - Kassich beating Strickland by 9.

Posted by: Mallamutt at December 10, 2009 11:09 AM (hKyl0)

Woohoo!  I always liked John K.  I hail from PA, been gone around 20 years), but still liked our neighbor, Ohio.

I'm thinking of going to the last D.C. health care rally before the supposed "before Christmas" vote.  I'm looking for suggestions for my sign.  Locally, I used the ever popular: Shove it down our throats in '09, we'll shove it up your (donk symbol) in '10!

When we went to the Capitol in early November (same day as the Ft. Hood shooting), we were told we couldn't have signs, but no one else listened, so I'm going all in.

For the season, I thought about "Ho, ho, HELL no!" and

Democrats, ruining the country since 1929 (or whatever year FDR cam around)

Any pithy ideas?  Something short and sweet to remind legislators that their vote will cost them would be good too.

 

47 45 Of the five put on administrative leave for putting the confidential TSA document on-line, I wonder if there is a Mohammed or Achmed among them.

Posted by: Zoltan at December 10, 2009 11:36 AM (0/azW)

The only Achmed I like is this one.

http://tinyurl.com/ydct3ua

 

48

One of these days, if I don't start getting some respect, he is gonna say something very stupid.

Posted by: TOTUS at December 10, 2009 10:59 AM (hKyl0)

 

ONE OF THESE DAYS?!?!?!?!

Hasn't that been a fairly common occurence?

49 It was a balmy 78 here yesterday...with the threat of tornadoes.  Now it's a bone-chilling 50.  Heh.

50 It's in the 40s but sunny here in SoCal.  We were supposed to have rain most of the week, so I'm grateful for the sunshine. 

51 It's 9 degrees here.  My office where I work is right next to the front door and faces the door to the warehouse which is not heated.  Needless to say I never thaw out until I go to bed each night under my warm electric blanket. I hate winter!

52 It was a balmy 78 here yesterday...with the threat of tornadoes.  Now it's a bone-chilling 50.  Heh.

Jane you must be in SC too.

53

It was a balmy 78 here yesterday...with the threat of tornadoes.  Now it's a bone-chilling 50.  Heh.

It's 6.

It's snowed for 2 days, about 4 inches I think, and now it's 6.

-20 with windchill. The wind is damn death. It's like being stabbed in the face.

High today is suppose to be 11 with a windchill of about -11.

And since these temperatures might actually be considered cold weather in celcius, I feel compelled to point out I'm talking farenheit here, where water freezes at +32.

54 Vic--Savannah.  Where are you in SC?

55 My office where I work is right next to the front door and faces the door to the warehouse which is not heated.

The coldest winter I ever experienced was in North Chicago when I was in the Navy.  Some drunk AH tore the door off the barracks one night and it took 2 weeks to even get a barrier put up over the hole.  The wind whistled down the aisle while the chill factor outside was 60 below.

It was so cold inside that the heaters froze.

56 We spent an eternity (6 years) in the Chicago suburbs.  I've never been colder in my life.  Our first winter they closed the schools because the windchill was 68 below.  I sorta got used to it after the third year.  Now I freeze if the temp gets to the 50's.  Seriously.

57

It was so cold inside that the heaters froze.
Christ.

 

58 Jane- try living in Minot North Dakota for 4 years!  Nine months of crap weather.  Moved from there to California.  Thought I had died and gone to Heaven.

59 I've got to run to the store to get ingredients to make my ACORN Christmas cookies.  The neighbors will love them.

Later, morons.

60

It blows my mind that Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable actually built a settlement here in 1779, back before there were cars or central heat and thought this place was even marginally habitable.

It must have been in August or July.

I cannot fathom why the other members of his expedition didn't crack a hole in the ice and chuck him in the lake come January and hightail it to South Carolina after the thaw, sometime in late April probably.

How the hell were they not dead?

61

I just saw on FR that "Editor and Publisher" is dead.

I never saw that rag mentioned here, but articles from it were frequently posted at Lucianne.com.  E&P was sort of like a retarded version of Politico.

 

62

*OBITUARY*

Editor & Publisher (1901-2009)

Editor & Publisher died today, after a length illness. Reportedly, the self described “America’s Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry” succumbed to ink poisoning.

A 2001 survey of 350 newpapers in six states indicated that copy editors and their supervisors were more likely to read E&P than any other magazine in the journalistic trade press, with 80.6% of copy editors and 90.6% of supervisors reporting that they read it either regularly or occasionally.

ItÂ’s last editor was Greg Mitchell.

16 posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:53:28 AM by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)

63

 -20 with windchill. The wind is damn death. It's like being stabbed in the face.

High today is suppose to be 11 with a windchill of about -11.

And since these temperatures might actually be considered cold weather in celcius, I feel compelled to point out I'm talking farenheit here, where water freezes at +32.

Posted by: Entropy at December 10, 2009 12:18 PM (IsLT6)

 

It's Bears weather!

64 From the Thai "Ladyboy" Spotting test thingy:

Then there's boys who are girls...

That's the problem. As time has gone by and advancements in cosmetic surgery have improved, it's become very difficult to spot the boys from the girls and the Ladyboy - also there's the Katoey, the one who has gone the whole way and been to the surgeon It's certainly not as easy as it used to be.

Thailand has two things going for it when it comes to boys who want to be girls

The country is home to the world's finest transgender surgeons, who mostly work out of Phuket. Not only are the best surgeons based there, but The World's most respected transgender surgeon, Dr Kunaporn, performs his magic reconstructive surgery at the Phuket Bangkok Hospital.

Strange Country that is...

65 Vic--Savannah.  Where are you in SC?

North Central SC; but I grew up in Dublin which is about 120 West of you on highway 80.

66

Shocking Security Breach: Airport Screening Manual Accidentally Posted Online

http://tinyurl.com/y8hz9ol

Isn't Obama's "Internet Security Czar" supposed to keep this from happening?

67 ACORN Christmas cookies

Yes, I have to ask; just what are ACORN cookies? 

68 Vic--ACORN Christmas cookies.  White House has been serving them at parties.

I won't be surprised if they have Rep. King arrested for theft for sneaking them out.

69 Wow; they truly do not know shame do they.

70

Re: Man Stuck in Cess Pool for 4 Hours -

MSM covers my reading of Ace's Mea Culpa from Last night...what a festering pool of crap.

_{(Waiting patiently for Ace to start blogging and quit bitchin'.)}

71 Baca, an avid golfer, introduced a measure in March seeking to give Woods the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress.

The bill with no co-sponsors states, “To provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Tiger Woods, in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and good sportsmanship, and in breaking barriers with grace and dignity by showing that golf is a sport for all people.”

It was referred to the House Financial Services Committee, but panel Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has not moved the measure.

Lawmaker drops push to give Tiger Woods Congressional Gold MedalFrom The Hill, By Christina Wilkie - 12/09/09

72

Isn't Obama's "Internet Security Czar" supposed to keep this from happening?

Posted by: kbdabear

Cyber Czar and Homeland Security Czarina advance Obama's sole claim to government transparency to promote and protect terrorists.

73 Aaaaah!  The death of Editor and Publisher.  One liberal rag down and hopefully many more to follow.

74 Obama won't follow Bill Clinton's claim, "I didn't inhale." Neither will he refrain from exhaling his own blowhard gas. He will, however, require us all to STFU, hold our breath and suffocate by due diligence. Green Global EugeniCare is genocide.

75 In 200 years, after we have gone through communism and come out the other side, when truth is once again allowed and lauded,  I want my great-great-great-great grandchildren to be able to tell their friends and co-workers that their grandparents didn't vote for that idiot who presently resides in the white house.

76 Re. the Brit's new warship with it's faulty missile problem. I think I've found a clue:

Sea Viper/PAAMS is largely French and Italian in origin

77 BURBERRY Scarf | CD Keys