1 Banana.

2 B+

3 Paul Anka.

4
Pffft, laptop batteries, biatches.

5 Honestly, whoever figures out which of the many Aces wrote which posts yesterday gets a year's free subscription to the HQ.

6 Taliban Leader suffers death from choking up to a Stevie Nicks song and hellfire missile, but mostly hellfire missiles.

7 Snowbeast?  Never heard of it.

Better leave that to the cables.

8 Valu-rite vodka!

9 The new password is : "Thunder Buzzard". That is all.

10 Whoa the laser cannon looks bad-ass.  But I especially like how US military generals are now called "boffinry" by the Brits.

11

Just to sum up. Ace goes away, everyone winds up going bat-shit crazy posting as ace or an ace-hybrid. Which was pretty funny. Of course this would be the day that The Professor links to us. And to top it off, somehow in the early morning hours some posters here managed to piss of Jeff Goldstein.

And that was just the last 24hrs...

So if anyone hears ace's car pulling in the driveway, give a heads up. I think I'll just sort of hide in that crawlspace above the garage.

12

WTF???

"President Barack Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as part of an intense effort to draw the reclusive nation back to nuclear disarmament talks, a senior State Department official said Tuesday."

A personal letter? Yeah that will settle all our differences won't it. Dumbass.

13 Congress Tries to Stifle Santa's Coal Deliveries with Cap and Tax Regulations: tinyurl.com/ye2fblz

14 Koalas going extinct because of deforestation and climate changeÂ…but mainly because of The Clap and AIDS

15 I nominate today as kick a Scot day, the Lockerbie bomber as gone "missing" in Libya. http://tinyurl.com/ycy2xp9

16

This pick is not a solid B+

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake was named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine today for leading the “most-powerful, least-understood government force shaping our lives,” Managing Editor Richard Stengel said.

Bernanke, 56, the first Fed chairman to be chosen for the annual recognition, was picked for his efforts to shepherd the U.S. out of the biggest economic slump since the Great Depression, Stengel said on NBC’s “Today” show this morning.

17 Like Uncle Ted said, if you like what liberals have done for Detroit, yer gonna love Zero.

18 So I read this (possibly NSFW, graphic prose), and realized I'm too old for pop culture, but what stood out is the existence of Obama/Rahm/Gibbs/Biden slash fic.

When y'all get tired of writing bad poetry, you can write bad slash.

19 Gabe wrote the post on atheist ball room dancing and how to kiss away a butterfly sting on Allahpundit's ass.

20 "President Barack Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il"

Only Teh Won can understand how ronrey it is at the top. They have a lot in common, really...

21 A personal letter? Yeah that will settle all our differences won't it. Dumbass.

I bet it included a headshot of Obama.  Just sayin'.

22 But who is oiling the glutes?

23 @11

I somehow doubt that was actually Jeff G. who posted that.

24 I thought the safewords were don't stop .

25 Admin question: How do I get in touch with Pixy about the site issues?

26 followup....also how do you get in touch with the co-bloggers?

27 From Heather's linked article:

One of the biggest hazards of a Bishie Con weekend, besides a lack of sleep, is what Sonja Desloge refers to as "con stench."

"There are people who don't shower all weekend," she complains. "Their rooms smell like feet and dead people. And you're not allowed to Febreze people. It's considered assault."

Yum!

LOL at Obama/Rahm.

28

Hey Tom, at least the O wasn't bowing to him.

 

29 Moving vans are at Tiger Wood's house in Florida. Word is, Tiger will need to change his name to That Chicken with the bloody arse...

30 Banhammer up to 5376

31 A personal letter to from Dear Leader to Dear Leader? What, is he trying to destroy the space-time continuum now too?

32

Honestly, whoever figures out which of the many Aces wrote which posts yesterday gets a year's free subscription to the HQ.

I could figure out a few, but not all. Honestly, though, I must know - who wrote the post on Al Gore's lameass excuse about "ballpark" figures? The one who said this: "And this thing on my back? Just a little beauty mark is all. Dime-sized." I MUST KNOW.

33

Bernanke's decision to monetize US debt  was probably the single most consequential decision made by any public official this year. It could very well lead to Bernanke being the most hated person in America in a few years, but it combined with his aggressive use of the Fed's balance sheet is what has allowed the US (and the global) economy to halt the downward velocity it had in the early months of this year.

So, he was a fair choice for Man of the Year in the sense of being the most influential person.

34
You just know Wee Wee sends 8x10 autographed glossies out with every 'personal letter'.

35

I bet it included a headshot of Obama.

Which head?

36

"President Barack Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as part of an intense effort to draw the reclusive nation back to nuclear disarmament talks, a senior State Department official said Tuesday."

 

Considering how well the "open hand" policy has worked with Iran it's no wonder that Barry has decided the same approach to North Korea.

37

. And to top it off, somehow in the early morning hours some posters here managed to piss of Jeff Goldstein.

My husband always told the kids, "nothing good happens after midnight".

38 Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773.


It's also Beethovan's birthday (1770).

39 Yeah that's what I thought too - "personal letter" to Kim Jong Il?  WTF?  Is it like a Christmas card or something?  What does he hope to accomplish here?

40 And to top it off, somehow in the early morning hours some posters here managed to piss of Jeff Goldstein.


Hmm???

41

Today is Barney and Barbie Backlash day.

http://tinyurl.com/yj3beu4

 

42 Angry Beaver--Careful, I got blasted here last August for complaining about the odor of GenCon.

43

32 I MUST KNOW.

Get used to disappointment.

44 You got your laptop battery in my lace wig!

45

Ahhhh....that smart diplomacy at work again.

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear standoff with the West.

46

Honestly, whoever figures out which of the many Aces wrote which posts yesterday gets a year's free subscription to the HQ.

Most of them had big hints, but there were a couple that were just straight up serious without any style clues. I don't know who wrote the Rubio one, for instance.

47

Snowbeast?  Never heard of it.

The M'shelle like thing that chases young Kirk after young spock ejects him from the enterprise.

48

Today is also Chocolate Covered Anything day.

http://tinyurl.com/6xnst9

 

49

I could figure out a few, but not all. Honestly, though, I must know - who wrote the post on Al Gore's lameass excuse about "ballpark" figures? The one who said this: "And this thing on my back? Just a little beauty mark is all. Dime-sized." I MUST KNOW.

Laura W. and her hump.

50 Oops, sock off.

51

Kim Jong Il murders his own citizens and forces them to live in grinding poverty while he sits in his rich palace. He has reduced his population to canibalism and despair. Ever met anyone from North Korea? Neither have I, they get shot if they try to leave. And this idiot we got in charge now thinks that writing this murdering bastard a freakin letter is going to help? Jesus freaking Christ this guy is a moron.

52 The high energy liquid laser gave me a woody.

53 From NRO: There's going to be another special election, this time in Hawaii.  But the state elections office is broke and so they don't know how they are going to pay for it.  Another opportunity for a GOP pickup but also big opportunity for ACORN-type shenanigans here.

54 I'm confused.

55 Who the f is jeff goldstein, bloom, whatever?

56 Hang on a minute Katya. Don't you post on the ONT? Errr, maybe your hubby has a point after all

57

Laura W. and her hump.

Really? Didn't seem like her style to me.

58 Who would like to marinate in me today?

59

President Barack Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il

Let's see...he also wrote one to the dinner jacket. 

Anyone know if we've dug up Saddam so that we can play nicey nice with the whole Axis of Evil?

 

60 I would like to marinate in Dick Cheney's cerebral juices but I understand they use the extra for nuclear fuel.

61

Dear Kim Jong Il

Do you like me, or do you like me like me?

Check this box if you like me (  )

Check this box if you like me like me  (  )

Hand this back to me at recess please I do not want the teacher to read this aloud to the rest of class.

Love,

Obama

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

62 I bet it included a headshot of Obama.

Headshot.  Is that anything like a Moneyshot?

63 Has there been a single MSM news story about the Code Red protest yesterday in DC?

64

Hang on a minute Katya. Don't you post on the ONT? Errr, maybe your hubby has a point after all

Posted by: HH

Which is why I usually make tracks around 12 or so.  Usually.

65 Today is "Intl Talk With a Fake British Accent Day".

66 Well, it could have been a different co-beagle trying to make us think it was Laura W. They're tricky that way...

67 Dagny, "I would like to marinate in Dick Cheney's cerebral juices but I understand they use the extra for nuclear fuel." I have it on good authority that those juices are now being used by the Darpa propellerheads for that HELLAD (High Energy Liquid Laser) system.

68 Usual puppets about to dance!

While I and all Alaskans witness the impacts of changes in weather patterns firsthand, I have repeatedly said that we can’t primarily blame man’s activities for those changes. And while I did look for practical responses to those changes, what I didn’t do was hamstring Alaska’s job creators with burdensome regulations so that I could act “greener than thou” when talking to reporters.

69 @11 It's like high school parties where they trash the house because the host's parents are away.

70

Without me, none of this would have been possible!

Aren't I awesome?

71

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear standoff with the West.

 

Barry doesn't have time for this stuff. He's too busy writing love letters to Kim Jong Il. And the letter was a solid B+

72

And to top it off, somehow in the early morning hours some posters here managed to piss of Jeff Goldstein.

What thread did that happen in?

73

The Purple Avenger wrote 2 of them. 

Well, that's a B+ level of helpfulness right there.

74

Gimme a break guys, it was a strongly worded letter.

75 I must fly now.  I'm spending the day cleaning my new house.  Ee.

76

63

You are kidding right? Where have you been buddy the MSM declared war on anything to the right of Pelosi for the last 8 years. Made up Limbaugh quotes, forged National Guard documents, hyping every anti-war protest and new body count number they could, 40 straight days of NYTimes front on Abu Gharib, deliberately hiding negative stories that would hurt Obama for the past 3 years......I could go on but you probably get the point. 9/12 was much bigger and they spiked that, what would be the difference this time?

77 I'm spending the day cleaning my new house.  Ee.

Congratulations

78

Well, that's a B+ level of helpfulness right there.

DiT posted the football thread! Do I get a B+ too?

79

@#69 Yeah, problem is this was the day that Instapundit linked us. I can just see the general public going "Well, I can see why they call themselves morons."

(Laughs)

Entropy, right below. The Purple Avenger post.

80

30 Banhammer up to 5376

Holy shit, where is it?  I thought Ace had closed it down!

81 Greener than thou.

82 I thought Ace had closed it down!

No thread ever dies, they just become spam-traps.

83

Dear Great Leader,

Enclosed is my Christmas gift to you, 25 Kung Foo DVD's in Mandarin Chinese.  I know you will enjoy them.

Please send me something that glows, the girls love that stuff.

Happy Butcher Day

84 @81 HH, I know--it's like the 'rents came home early. Morons!

85

#85

How do you find them?

86 Holy shit, where is it?

http://minx.cc/?post=295629

87 Like I said above (and everyone skipped because they reached for 'Post' as soon as they read #11), I don't think that's the real Jeff G. who posted last night.

88

I'm spending the day cleaning my new house.  Ee.

Congratulations

Heh.  You haven't seen this house.  The former owner was a slightly mentally challenged hoarder.  We'll have to work on it for 2 or 3 months before we can even live in it.

89

This is why kids need both parents at home.

Pet peeve: People who write a lot of fan fiction and consider themselves "writers". Congrats, you're cribbing off of someone else's creation. Come back when you've got an original character that isn't based on yourself.

90 Fan fiction is but 1 item on a long list of reasons I will one day convert the entire mass of the planet earth into self replicating nanoscopic Von Neumann machines.

91 How do you find them? Scroll way down on the main page , look on the right for the archives .

92

 The former owner was a slightly mentally challenged hoarder. 

Oh, you said "hoarder".

Never mind.

93 answered my own question googled it

94 I actually love reading fanfiction.  But I go right to the rec pages because there is a lot of drek and trash out there.  One HUGE pet peeve about it is that most "writers" are true-blue, dyed in the wool, koolaid drinking Obama whores.

95 The Yellowstone super volcano's pants size is bigger than previously thought. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9028040 We really should get moving on that whole colonize the Solar System thing.

96

Come back when you've got an original character that isn't based on yourself.

And/or someone else's cerebral juices.

Because.  That's.  Just.  Wrong.

97

We really should get moving on that whole colonize the Solar System thing.

I call dibs on Sedna.  It's the farthest thing away from "The View."

98 Tiger Woods has been voted Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press, his 10 years of incomparable golf outweighing nearly three weeks of a salacious sex scandal.

Woods received 56 of the 142 votes cast by AP member editors. More than half of the ballots were returned after his Nov. 27 car accident which set off the sensational tales of infidelity that have tarnished Woods' image.

http://tinyurl.com/yetjhgz

99 Fan fiction: blah blah blah mention Kirk blah blah blah mention Spock blah blah blah mention Klingons blah blah blah mention Uhura blah blah blah

100 SNOWBEAST! The most owesomest of all bad made for tv movies staring Clint Walker.

http://www.allmovie.com/work/snowbeast-45392

101

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake was named "Person of the Year" by Time magazine today for leading the “most-powerful, least-understood government force shaping our lives,” Managing Editor Richard Stengel said. -

Would someone please tell whatever idiot wrote this that the fed. is not part of the govt. but a privately owned institution.

102 Dave C--oh, there's Angel/Spike slash.  (I only know this because I scrolled past it to get to the Mulder/Krycek/Lone Gunman stories.  Never got into the vampires.)

And Michelle/Oprah slash would to be too much like Worf/Troi to be interesting, I think.

103

Gimme a break guys, it was a strongly worded letter.

Well that's unprecedented!

104 I don't even want to imagine Twilight fan fiction.

105

Considering how well the "open hand" policy has worked with Iran it's no wonder that Barry has decided the same approach to North Korea.

I don't think that "open hand" means what we think it means.

 

106 We should write some Chris Matthews/Andrew Sullivan "fan" fiction. I can think of the ending....

107 @#90 I've been trying to send an e-mail to Jeff, but for some reason it isn't working. I'm curious too. It just sounded like him, but I could be wrong.

108 Has Sulli (or a beagle) followed up with anything? If not what's the over/under on when?

109 I've been offering Obama my "open hand" policy for the past 3 years to no avail. I am beginning to think he doesn't like me.

110 Hey Johnny I, there's a band in these parts called Johnny I and the Receders. That you by any chance?

111 A personal letter to from Dear Leader to Dear Leader?

Did he write it have it written for him in the correct Korean?

112 All the Ace/AKA/Ace posts from yesterday remind me of Gypsies in the Palace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUi0UIR_XU8

113 I don't even want to imagine Twilight fan fiction.

Posted by: eman at December 16, 2009 10:50 AM (yf/JJ)

I thought Twilight was Vampire Lestat fan fic.

114 The personal letter was written in crayon. Now if you will excuse me it is time for my fingerpainting lessons.

115 Dear Kim, Michelle wants meet you. Barry.

116 There is no Ace but Ace.

117 119 I don't even want to imagine Twilight fan fiction.

Posted by: eman at December 16, 2009 10:50 AM (yf/JJ)

I thought Twilight was Vampire Lestat fan fic.

You take every dysfunctional misconception about romance you can think of, and then put them in the hands of a true-blue Mormon who admits she's never even kissed a boy, and BAM! Twilight. I read the Wikipedia summaries and my hope for humanity died a little. They should put them next to the "how to leave your abusive spouse" books; it's the logical progression.

118
Who the f is jeff goldstein, bloom, whatever?

I thought Jeff Goldbloom was dead.

119 @12

The colossal arrogance that is Barack Obama thinks that is exactly all that is needed to sway Kjong.  Kjong just needs to be 'understood'.

Obama is a stupid tool bag not even worthy of a shitty reality show, and yet, somehow, he managed to get elected president based on a slogan so empty and fucking childish as "Hope and Change".

I hope America is paying attention.  We're certainly paying everything else.

120

Ahhh, just to clear this up. Got a reply from Jeff, and it was NOT him. Says he hasn't posted here in months.

Thanks Gaff, for being sketical.

121

#105

Would someone please tell whatever idiot wrote this that the fed. is not part of the govt. but a privately owned institution.

And also tell them that the fed controls the Treasury and when they call them up and say to print 100 billion that they only pay 3 cents per bill no matter what the denomination.

Kinda sounds like a recipe for inflation, no?

122

Or a skeptic...

 

123

 I don't even want to imagine Twilight fan fiction.

My husband, in an effort to buy me something a girl would like, gave me a copy of Twilight last Christmas. I was exceptionally angered because my habit is to read only the highest caliber fiction, usually from the 19th century, political history, and military history interspersed with authors like Thomas Sowell and Edmund Burke. I have an MBA and a masters in English, both from prestigious and expensive institutions, as well as several semesters in Cambridge "reading" classic British literature. I was horrified at the implied insult.

Seven months later I ran into a friend, who shares my love of good literature, and who happens to have a teenaged daughter. She asked if I had heard of the series.  I told her of the insult. She said, "Read the first paragraph and get back to me."

I returned home, read the first paragraph. Four days later I had read the entire series. It was the worst thing that I couldn't put down. It is crack-like. If there is a sequel, I will be the first to buy it. Horrible but compelling. It is also oddly not liberal.

124 SNOWBEAST

http://www.tv4u.com/index.cfm

Select Snowbeast in the "Show" drop-down menu.

125 Oh god Dagny. Oh god. D:

126

I have an MBA and a masters in English,

Posted by: dagny at December 16, 2009 11:23 AM (Ahx0i) -

So like that means that you like know how to like diagram like sentences and all that other hard stuff huh.

127 The only thing I've read lately that sounds like Twilight was "The Road". Once you start reading it, you can't stop. Not to mention the fact that there are no chapters, no breaks. It just goes.

128 132 My father made me major in something useful. I have undergraduate degrees in economics and math. I hated every second of that. I got a job as an economist. They needed an advanced english degree for their contract proposals and I volunteered to pick one up. It's not hard if you had a good private high school education. I couldn't diagram a sentence to save my life. They don't teach that at the Master's level. Then the company needed a person to have an MBA in organizational behavior. I'm not one to pass up free school so I went to classes for that degree as well. As far as the "hard stuff" goes, I can read an engineer's report and turn it into actual english if that's what you mean, teej.

129 133 I felt dirty after reading Twilight but it wasn't a much different feeling than after watching Mad Men or drinking too much Jack.

130 Snowbeast, that's some kind of codespeak isn't it?

131 As far as the "hard stuff" goes, I can read an engineer's report and turn it into actual english if that's what you mean, teej.

Shit.  That's hard.

132

Posted by: dagny at December 16, 2009 11:41 AM (Ahx0i) -

I was just funnin' with ya Dagny. I work with engineers myself and don't envy you that task. I run analytical testing instruments and they had me write up how to do the tests beginning to end in such a way that they could pull any Joe off the streets and he could do the tests just following my manual. Do you have any idea how many times I wrote "left click on this tab" or "double left click on that icon"?

 

133 I think they should come out with an Obama version of this - it bows constantly, and even wears a top hat for formal affairs of state.  Plus, I get the feeling Teh Won will be drinking soon (if he isn;t already)...

134 Rightwing Prof, isn't that what they call a (and straighten me out here if I'm wrong dags) contradiction in terms or an oxy moron?

135

"Ace goes away, everyone winds up going bat-shit crazy posting as ace or an ace-hybrid. Which was pretty funny. Of course this would be the day that The Professor links to us."

Mission Accomplished, baby.  Mission.  Accomplished.

BTW, I had to get one last little sputter out of my sytem.  I left it in the poetry thread, if anyone wants to see my handiwork.  I've gotten Queen stuck in my head for the last week or so.

136 116 Teej-- I told you not to mention the picture of me without a hat! Different Johnny. Last band I was in was "ID Required", college early nineties. Sucked. Wall street to photography since. Speaking of which: http://twitpic.com/tq3gq Rock Center tree, from a non-tourist!

137 Dagny,

The Twilight madness is up to three, maybe four books now.

I haven't read any of them (and wouldn't unless I could get some of the TARP money to),  but I know enough high school / college kids to keep up with their number.   Kinda like Harry Potter.

138

We're going to have to nuke dagny from space now, aren't we?

_{(guilty-pleasure-admission:  my wife rented the movie.  I watched, mostly because I had the intention of MST3K'ing as much of it as possible.  When it was over, she got up to use the bathroom.  While she was gone, I quickly went back and re-watched the baseball scene a couple times.  *hides his head in shame*  ...so much ass...it...just...it kicked so much ass...)}

139 Jeff Goldstein is the guy who named his blog "Protein Wisdom" because he forgot how to spell "Protean."

140 Hey Johnny, hence the name of the band. Bunch of old guys like me.

141

"they had me write up how to do the tests beginning to end in such a way that they could pull any Joe off the streets and he could do the tests just following my manual."

I'll be swinging by Staples later today for a couple things.  If you want to give me your resume, I can run you off a couple copies while I'm there...

142 Lol Teej. Funny writing and illustrations at theoatmeal.com He's got the template for the Twilight cash machine down: http://theoatmeal.com/story/twilight

143 Jeff Goldstein killed Jeff Goldbloom.

144

Oh dear....

Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- World leaders will arrive in the Danish capital of Copenhagen in the next three days to agree on an accord to fight global warming. There may be nothing to sign.

Envoys from China, the U.S., the European Union and India, the worldÂ’s top polluters, have bickered, quarreled and walked out during talks among 193 nations. TheyÂ’ve left presidents and prime ministers a choice between a fudge or a flop for the accord that the United Nations framed as the most comprehensive deal to curb global warming.

“We’re calling it Constipagen because the line’s not moving and the talks are not moving,” said Jasmine Hyman, who works for Gold Standard Foundation of Geneva that certifies carbon offsets. She said it took her eight hours to get in.

China and India donÂ’t want their national commitments to become legally binding in an international treaty. Japan, the EU and other developed nations still havenÂ’t come forward to say how much money theyÂ’re prepared to fork out past 2012 to help poorer nations adapt to the consequences of climate change and lower their emissions.

What a shame that all of those limos and private planes went to waste trying to save Gaia

145 147 I also edited military techinical manuals at one point; to see if they fulfilled the specs. That was bad but not as bad as reading the book they assigned my son at his catholic high school this quarter, The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day. I read it so I could counteract the propaganda. She was a catholic redistributionist in the 20s-30s . It was really had reading and banging my head against the wall at the same time.

146

151 147 I also edited military techinical manuals at one point; to see if they fulfilled the specs. That was bad but not as bad as reading the book they assigned my son at his catholic high school this quarter, The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day. I read it so I could counteract the propaganda. She was a catholic redistributionist in the 20s-30s . It was really had reading and banging my head against the wall at the same time.

It's nice to know the schools have found someone suitable to replace Ayn Rand....I mean she was so.....unnacceptable.

147 Kim Jong Il murders his own citizens and forces them to live in grinding poverty while he sits in his rich palace.

Or as leftists and environmentalists call it, "living the dream".

148 I had a rightwing prof in law school....His name was Bybee and now he is a 9th circuit judge who the left wants to hang.

149 154 I had a rightwing prof in law school....His name was Bybee and now he is a 9th circuit judge who the left wants to hang.

Posted by: Dead Ted at December 16, 2009 01:28 PM (rVJH4)

 

DANG SOCK PUPPET!

150 Dorothy Day was a communist then a socialist journalist  then an anarchist (they are sooo misunderstood) then she met a man who wanted to use redistribution to establish communes. My son has to write a paper on how Thomas Merton (a communist monk) said Dorothy Day's work was not only important but also supernatural. I've been trying to dig up someone, anyone who saw her as a disaster. Can't find it.

151 The only thing I've read lately that sounds like Twilight was "The Road". Once you start reading it, you can't stop.

And its totally depressing the whole way. 

They have made a movie version.  I'm torn about whether to see it or not.

152 Automotive engineers - wake up.  Say one's husband throws a bucket of water all over one's car in order to melt the 1/2 inch of ice that has encased it overnight.  I know the shattered windscreen is a myth because certainly by now mine would be in pieces.  On the other hand, when dropping the window in order to scan the garage pass, the window motor snags, since the window has frozen shut, and then it breaks free with a lurch and we're in business.  How many times can one drop a stuck window before the motor burns out?  Also, upon entering a frozen car, say sitting at -10 wind chill for 14 hours or so, do the speakers sustain damage if the Stones burst out at about 150 decibels as the engine fires?  In other words, should one warm the speakers prior to hammering them with the Dropkick Murphys?  Believe the SRX has Bose speakers that until this winter were always comfortably ensconced in the garage over night.  It is vehicular cruelty to suddenly subject a five-year old car to this treatment.

153 Russia: Hadley Center “probably tampered with Russian climate data”