1 Is it November yet?

2

From an article over at Drudge written by the French commie news Reuters:

 

U.S. says wind could power 20 percent of eastern grid

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according to a government report released on Wednesday.

 

For the 20 percent wind scenario to work, billions must be spent on installing wind towers on land and sea and about 22,000 miles of new high-tech power lines to carry the electricity to cities, according to the study from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

 

This is obvious planted BS from an Obama lackey.  Note the “need” for a 90 billion dollar investment.  If I am not mistaken there was much more than that in the porkulous bill dedicated to this crap already.  It would be nice to have an accounted of where all this money is actually going because it is beginning to look like someone needs to go to jail.

 

Also, as I have said many many times. You simply can not have a significant portion of the grid being powered from wind turbines, even if you had the money and were willing to dedicate the land area needed for that much power.  As Scotty used to say in another one of those oftÂ’ quoted Star Trek lines; “I cannae change the laws of physics captain”.

 

The problem is that the output of a wind turbine constantly varies in power and frequency. If you have it synched to the grid and it is not a major portion of the grid the grid itself will act as a damper. If you have a significant portion of the grid the grid itself would start varying in frequency and voltage.  This would cause major problems, including ultimately loss of the grid through instability.

 

But not to worry, the object here obviously is not to dedicate a bunch of money to wind turbines.  Like all the Obama (and Democrap) green projects, this is there to increase government control of the economy, nationalize part of a significant industry, and raise taxes.  In other words, it is there to advance communism. 

 

Yes, the watermelon economy is hard at work.

 

BTW; they claim this would be 225,000 MW or 225,000,000 KW of generation. According to the calculator on Power Technologies Energy Handbook it requires .76 acres of land per 1,000 KW using a 500 KW generator. That is 171,000 acres (267 sq miles) of land not counting any kind of switchyard and power lines.

3 Ace makes Day by Day cartoon today.
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/

4

There are Zero sunspots today.

There have been over 600 earthquakes in Yellowstone since last Sunday.

Yellowstone, for those who are quite geologically challenged, is a super volcano, quite capable of rendering the whole of North America dead and uninhabitable. Just sayin'.

5 2 Every time I see a commercial about "future green energy"with one of those stupid windmills I curse my TV.

6
I hate heading into the weekend all sleepy.

7 T Boone...the suck.  

8

From InstaP.

“Undercover ATF agents in Virginia have funneled more than 250 million cigarettes onto the nation’s streets in the past three years through black market sales targeting smugglers, an Associated Press review has found.”

Snort.

9

Day By Day

Day By Day!

Congrats, Ace.

10 4 Some days I feel okay with that last part.

11 As the Moran awakens his balls glissen from a fresh dip.

12 Yay! The Top Headlines Comments thread!  Yippie skippie!

13 Obama's going to Ohio today to talk about job creation.  His plan?  Building bridges, making homes energy efficient and creation of green jobs.  Happy days are here again!

14 Now with "I can't sail my boat" gone maybe they can put them offshore now.

15

#4 maddog

Dick Cheney better stop playing with that earthquake machine.

16

There have been over 600 earthquakes in Yellowstone since last Sunday.

The results of HAARP and ELF for all you conspiracy buffs.

17

I read about Specter's dis of Michele Bachmann. PJTV has part of Michele's interview talking about the incident. She mentioned that she will have a tough reelection campaign. Acorn will be out in force. Acorn already has a network in Minnesota after stealing the election for Frankin. She is a conservative that morons can support by contributing a few pennies from their funemployment checks. If you have an extra dime, I urge all moron and moronettes to support her. I just sent her a small donation.

 

 

18 Fairly huge news in Chicago politics: Todd Stroger is about to lose the Democratic Primary for Cook County Board President.

What? Did Stroger forget to "grease" the Machine?

Maybe he should try running against ObamaCare. I hear that's pretty successful nowadays.

19

FRIDAY!! Woooooooo!

Ya know, it would be embarrassing to admit that one week when you didn't celebrate the end of the work week, I went all day thinking it was Thursday, and then when faced with the reality of the Friday-ness, thought "why didn't Gabe say anything?"

So I'm not admitting to anything. And yes, yes I do need to get out more.

20

From Drudge, Hugo (Zero's hero) says Hatit earthquake caused by US weapons testing. Look for the Dems to investigate...

21

Obama's going to Ohio today to talk about job creation. 

Didn't the last place he went to and talked about that turn around and lay off a shit pot of people.  If he was coming to my factory I would be worried.

22

Posted by: the real joe at January 22, 2010 09:15 AM (WjerO)

Heh!  And the dippin' continues. 

So, NBC says that there's a condition in Conan's severence package that he can't "badmouth" the network.  From WSJ:

"'We wanted to give him a graceful exit.  Hopefully, he will be graceful,' Jeff Gaspin chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment, said of Mr. Obrien, whose last show is Friday.  Thursday night with the ink barely dry on his exit package, Mr. O'Brien didn't spare his ratings-challenged employer.  'Have to watch at least one NBC show every weekenight in order to double ratings, 'Mr. O'Brien said.  People familiar with the matter said the nondisparagement provision kicks in when Mr. O'Brien leaves the network."

23
Yesterday I said if we just pick up 3 more seats in 2010 I'd be happy as long as they're Reid's, Frank's, and Specter's seats.

I want to add two more: Murtha and Moran.

Please, God, let us win those 5 seats.

24 What a great week it's been, huh?

25
Bush and Cheney are firing up the earthquake machine in Yellowstone to take Haiti off the front page.  They hate black people,  ya know.

26

Obama's going to Ohio today to talk about job creation.  His plan?  Building bridges, making homes energy efficient and creation of green jobs.  Happy days are here again!

Good friend o'mine is a home improvement contractor who is desperatlry struggling to suirvive. Now he has to pay the state of NJ $300+ to attend a lead remedation clinic, in which he will learn the appropraite methods for "wrapping" & "aerating" a home when changing windows. The apprpriate ventilation equipment & materials will add to his estimates & the fine for not meeting these new epa mandates will be severe...how's that for helping the "small guy?"

 

27 Ace is entering pudding dip into the national lexicon.

28 Day by Day.  Awesome.  Congrats, Ace.

29

Mama AJ at January 22, 2010 09:25 AM (Be4xl)

I know how you feel. Been working seven days a week for the last eight years.

30 Jon Stewart killed Olbermann.

31 I heard the Specter/Bachmann clip.  He was such a pr*ck.  I'd love nothing more than to see PA dump his sorry hide.

32 What? Did Stroger forget to "grease" the Machine?

Maybe he should try running against ObamaCare. I hear that's pretty successful nowadays.

Posted by: Robert_Paulson at January 22, 2010 09:25 AM (+deq6)

Have you seen the Soldiers for Stroger flyer? It's insane. 

33 33 I heard the Specter/Bachmann clip.  He was such a pr*ck.  I'd love nothing more than to see PA dump his sorry hide.

 

Hannity played it yesterday, and Specter is an arrogant ass.  Remember, PA was PUMA country, I hope this sound bite is made into an ad--get all those PUMAs up in arms.

34
26 What a great week it's been, huh?

Brown wins in Mass.
TSA nominee Erroll Southers withdraws his sorry ass.
Supreme Court smacks down McCain Feingold and probably the Fairness Doctrine in the same decision.
Air America stops live broadcasts.  Maybe as a result of the above.

I'm not saying the Health Care overhaul threat is dead,  yet.

But I'd say that's a pretty good week.  Am I missing anything?

35

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama proposal to impose limits on commercial banks may win him support on Main Street and shake up Wall Street without doing much to make the financial system safer overall.

The plan, which is still lacking in details and must be approved by Congress, aims to make the banks more secure by forcing them to minimize the trading they do on their own account and give up their stakes in hedge funds and private equity firms. “It’s the right direction,” said Henry Kaufman, president of Henry Kaufman & Co. in New York and a former vice chairman of Salomon Inc.

The danger is that such risky activities could simply migrate to big non-bank financial institutions, leaving the system as a whole no better off.

 

Notice how none of Barry's plans have any details?

36 As the Pudding lay on the shelf
Balls twinge with anticipation.

37 #2 -

$90 billion for 225,000 MW? They're claiming $400/kW construction costs INCLUDING new power line infrastructure?

Aside from the problems wind power generation creates for a power grid, that price tag seems pretty optimistic - I thought wind was more on the order of at least $1000/kW of capacity.

Back in 2008, before he gave up on the project, T Boone Pickens' project was going to cost $3000/kW and rising ... That figure included infrastructure. Seems like the Energy Department's figures may be off by a mere order of magnitude or so.

38

I want to add two more: Murtha and Moran.

Nothing would make me happier than to get rid of Crazy Violent Wife-beating racist carpet bagging corrupt asswipe Moran. The legislature has gerrymandered northern va so that the libtard-est precincts, 20 miles apart, make up his district--Alexandria, Arlington, and loony reston. These precincts went 65% for Obama. The Reston precincts were 95% white and 100% moonbat. The original idea was to keep the superlibtards to one seat. Moran, on top of giving HUGE earmarks to defense contractors who donate to his campaign, runs around bashing the military.

He held a fundraiser at Mt Vernon a few years ago and the director, a democrat, was appalled at the number of Islamists there. He gets his money from questionable sources. He stood up on 9/12/01 and reminded the house not to bash muslims---his immediate response while the Pentagon was still smoking.

I think the most we can hope for is his liver to give out.

39 @37

I can't help but hear this kind of thing and think B+ may eventually cross the rubicon to the point where ... well, let's just say Secret Service will have to double down to keep him safe.  There's a lot of money at stake in the game he wants to play.  I'd imagine major Gordon Geko x/10 type people who aren't happy with his direction.  Unless, of course, it's all a ruse and they're all in it together. 

/tinfoil hat

40 #34 -- I just googled it. That's crazy times 10.

41 Men!

Woman!

Patriots on the Front!

Dip your soft nestle into the pudding....

Such Sweet Excellency!

42 #34 -- I just googled it. That's crazy times 10.

Posted by: Robert_Paulson at January 22, 2010 09:40 AM (+deq6)

ALL IRISH

43

But I'd say that's a pretty good week. Am I missing anything?

This is nice:

The nonbinding Copenhagen Accord was hastily cobbled together at President Barack Obama's insistence as the United Nations' Copenhagen climate change conference whimpered to its end in December. Under the Accord, countries are supposed to make their commitments to cut greenhouse gases official by January 31. It now appears that most countries will miss that deadline.

44

If this blog thingy don't work out for ACE:

 

Country's first legal gigolo starts work in Nevada Published: 1/22/10, 7:45 AM EDT
By OSKAR GARCIA

BEATTY, Nev. (AP) - A brothel in a Nevada desert town has hired the state's first male prostitute, a muscular college dropout who abandoned a brief stint as a porn actor in Los Angeles to become the only legal gigolo in the United States.

The Shady Lady Ranch successfully won state and county approval to clear the way for the "prostidude," as Nevada's newest sex worker is already being called. After a slow first week on the job, his first appointments are scheduled for this weekend.

The male prostitute - known as "Markus" - has quickly become the center of attention in Nevada's brothel industry.

He has been criticized by female counterparts for not being willing to have sex with men. And he created a dustup after telling Details Magazine that his pioneering role in the sex business was "just the same" as civil rights icon Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus. Not surprisingly, he has been forbidden from doing interviews after the remarks.

 

45

And yet more fallout from the Brown election.  From WSJ:

"The political winds that buffeted Massachussetts this week are now blowing across the cornfields of southeast Indiana--smack into Mr. Hill.  (Baron Hill, 5 term Democratic congressman)...For the fifth time in a row, Mr. Hill is running against Republican Mike Sodrel, a self-made millionaire who beat Mr. Hill by 10,000 votes in 2004, but lost to him in tough races in 2002, 2006, and 2008...A poll conducted just before Tuesday's vote in Mass. by USA Survey for the Web site firedoglak.com found that in a head to head match-up, Mr. Sodrel would beat Mr. Hill 49% to 41% with 10% of voters undecided.  The White House is aware of Mr. Hill's vulnerability.  Mr. Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanel, recently traveled to Bloomington, the district's most liberal enclave, for a $100-a-plate fund raiser.  Then the president publicly thanked Mr. Hill for showing political courage in supporting health-care legislation...The firedoglake poll put Mr. Obama's approval rating in the district at 38%, with a disapproval rating of 58%."

But no, the fact that Democratic encumbants are in trouble has nothing to do with Obama or his policies.  I hope Obama continues to campaign for these losers, it will be the final nail in their coffins.

46 Copenhagen story at Reason, linked by Instapundit as an answer to the question "can this week possibly get any better?"

47 I heard Hannity took the top spot from O'Reilly this week.  Maybe Bill will figure out that people walking down the middle of the road get run over.

48 Do you think the old media are having meetings about their failure to control the message?

49
Murtha, Moran...

dammit, I forgot that asshole in Washington...

Jim McfuckingDermott

50

43

 wuss-up w/the 1.5MIL on the Bugatti skit...hello, people are losing their homes.  Eh...more of the liberal tin ear. 

51

52 Rangel?

McKinney?

52

He has been criticized by female counterparts for not being willing to have sex with men. And he created a dustup after telling Details Magazine that his pioneering role in the sex business was "just the same" as civil rights icon Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus. Not surprisingly, he has been forbidden from doing interviews after the remarks.

 

Only Ace would never make such a stupid comment.  No sirree, he would limit comparisons to Rosa Parks and civil rights to the right to pubicly dip in public.

53

He has been criticized by female counterparts for not being willing to have sex with men.

We do it, what's his problem? Must think he's better than us or something.

54 @38: I like the gibe of your couplet.

55
speaking of Islamists...

Hillary Clinton is allowing  a couple of professors known terrorists into our country.

56
Where is that D&D playing nerd Zimriel when you need him?

When are the elections in the UK? Also, how many has it been now since that fool Gordon Brown said we had sixty days to reach an agreement or the world would end?

57 49 Copenhagen story at Reason, linked by Instapundit as an answer to the question "can this week possibly get any better?"     Mama Aj, yesterday at our post-run pizza and beer, I just couldn't stop laughing.  Everything my friends were saying just struck me as funny.  One of my friends turned to me and said "Wow, you are absolutely giddy tonight."  Someone else commented "Yeah, you haven't stopped laughing all night."  I told them "Well, this was such a great week with so many awesome things happening, plus the Supremes finally got something right, but the cherry on top had to be the declaration of chapter 7 by Air America.  We never have a day like this, let alone a week of fun stuff..."

58

58

No one wants to talk about it but the Arabs have money. They have more money than the "neo-cons" (wink). Hillary, Bill, Obama, Moran etc. get money from them. They are willing to put the US in danger to get their campaign chest filled.

59 Dont get me started on big wind turbines and stimulus. They built a big wind turbine plant a few miles from me, tearing up one of my commuting roads for months with stimulus funds. Then a couple months ago I read that the company has furloughed 500 people at the ONE active plant it had, and the never used plant they built is only one of 3 that was built and never made a single turbine blade. Thats right they built a big honking plant and the only employment from it was the few months of construction workers and I suppose they have some security --probably the minimum wage kind. But if Brown can win in Mass and Odumbass keeps trying

60 Gallup: 57% unhappy or disappointed with Obama via Ha

61

Seems like the Energy Department's figures may be off by a mere order of magnitude or so.

LOL, I didn't even try to rationalize their numbers on the cost. Government numbers are always bullshit.

62 Bush and Cheney are firing up the earthquake machine in Yellowstone to take Haiti off the front page.  They hate black people bears,  ya know.

FIFY

63

Everything my friends were saying just struck me as funny.

Yeh, I didn't realize how down in the dumps I've been lately until I was actually walking around happy this week. Oh, yeh, that's what it feels like! Eesh.

64

Then a couple months ago I read that the company has furloughed 500 people at the ONE active plant it had, and the never used plant they built is only one of 3 that was built and never made a single turbine blade.

My personal knowledge on all of these big stimulus type alt energy projects is that, in every case I have seen, they only last as long as the government money is coming in. As soon as the government money dries up, the project dries up. 

That same thing is happening to all those geothermal projects in CA.

Government funded projects for alternative energy produce fraud, not energy.

65

Oh, Headline in paper:  "Union Households Gave Boost To GOP'S Brown".

"A poll conducted on behalf of the AFL-CIO found that 49% of Mass. union households supported Mr. Brown in Tuesday's voting, while 46% supported Democrat martha Coakley.  The poll conducted by Hart Research Assoc. surveyed 810 voters.  Karen Ackerman, the AFL-CIO's political action director said the results of the Mass. poll indicate 'what we call a working-class revolt...Clearly, we're taking a serious look at this because, frankly, we know that 2010 elections are going to be difficult,' she said adding that the group plans to move forward with a 'very progressive political program.'"

They go on to say that the union pollster said that it was more about each individual candidate than Obama and Democratic party policies. I love how willfully blind these asshats are.  Oh well, I say bring it. 

66 Oops, I have to stop posting before morning coffee, I was going to drop the last thought. I think enough people may get so freaked out by our Marxist in Chief that he could face not just a republican majority but one big enough to impeach him with just a few crossover votes. But I don't want to get my hopes up, the R's are so capable of blowing things.

67

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. investors overwhelmingly see President Barack Obama as anti-business and question his ability to manage a financial crisis, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The global quarterly poll of investors and analysts who are Bloomberg subscribers finds that 77 percent of U.S. respondents believe Obama is too anti-business and four-out-of-five are only somewhat confident or not confident of his ability to handle a financial emergency.

Only 77%?

68

Mama AJ, I totally have been going through what you have been--I've been so stressed out and mad lately, that it was such a relief to just laugh and laugh (really cathartic).  So here's a headline that will put a smile on your pretty little face:  "Obama Embarks On Listening Tour."  Bwhahahaha!  Too bad those big ears on his head are strictly ornamental.

69 Morning morons.  Abby, as a fellow moronette I wanted to welcome you yesterday.  So well, welcome and shit.  Always glad to have another lady join the group as I am fairly certain we are vastly outnumbered.

70

he could face not just a republican majority but one big enough to impeach him with just a few crossover votes. But I don't want to get my hopes up, the R's are so capable of blowing things.

I think he'll implode and we're stuck with Biden.  Obama's ego CANNOT handle being told no and he's been told no alot lately.

71

Listening tour = hearing himself talk in different settings!

Beautiful weather again today so we're going to get out and enjoy it. If only it weren't still (perpetually) muddy.

72

 or not confident of his ability to handle a financial emergency.

Blaming Bush is not a strategy or a strategery.

73

Obama's ego CANNOT handle being told no and he's been told no alot lately.

I'm so sick of hearing how tired he is/looks. Is it some kind of talking point or something the media just is noticing? I'm starting to wonder if he's sick. How many people are tired for a couple months, even after vacationing?

Seriously, what is up with that?

74

Mama AJ, I totally have been going through what you have been--I've been so stressed out and mad lately, that it was such a relief to just laugh and laugh (really cathartic). 

I'm wondering if I should go on an apology tour for all the people I shat on since Nov 2, 2008? I even stopped even talking to or looking at another mother who had an Obama bumper sticker and who said, "Palin, really?" On second thought, nah, they can just suffer.

75 More good at HA: Jon Stewart goes after Olbermann.

76 Maybe Bill will figure out that people walking down the middle of the road get run over.

BOR's narcissism is almost as bad as Ogabe's.  He won't figure out anything.

77 Holy crap, the apocalypse is now!   Jack Cafferty rips the Pentagon's after report on the Fort Hood shootings and the fact they neglected to cite the real cause, radical Islam.  Here's the link: 

http://tinyurl.com/yhrhmse

 

78

I'm starting to wonder if he's sick. How many people are tired for a couple months, even after vacationing?

It's all those parties they keep having during the week. This man does not take this job seriously at all.  He liked the "idea" of being president but none of the responsibility.

79 79 Maybe Bill will figure out that people walking down the middle of the road get run over.

BOR's narcissism is almost as bad as Ogabe's.  He won't figure out anything.   Bleh, I can't stand BOR.  Self aggrandizing, shameless self promoting, bloviating idiot.  He's like the blind squirrel who occasionally finds a nut.  (Sigh, I can't turn off the Italics).

 

 

80 Female polar bears hit hardest

81

I'm starting to wonder if he's sick. How many people are tired for a couple months, even after vacationing?

 

It seems to me like he parties a lot.  That takes its toll.  It's hard to burn the candle at both ends.  Remember how the press use to make fun of Bush for going to bed early and getting up way early to exercise?

82 "From Gallup, 55% of Americans think work should be suspended on Obamacare.  The USA Today/Gallup poll was conducted Jan. 20 to gauge initial reaction from Americans to BrownÂ’s victory in the special election to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Edward KennedyÂ’s term. Massachusetts voters elected a Republican to the Senate for the first time since 1972. Americans widely agree that the election result has national political implications — 72% say it reflects many AmericansÂ’ frustrations, which the president and members of Congress should pay attention to, while 18% believe it is a reflection of political conditions in Massachusetts."

83

 Remember how the press use to make fun of Bush for going to bed early and getting up way early to exercise?

What about how they made fun of Reagan for falling asleep in meetings?

84 Finally the truth behind the Obama/America break-up: Premature Misallocation or Barack Obama's Little Problem

85

More history revisionism from a Demo pollster who agrees that Obama doesn't "get it" on the economy.  His reference:

After the Dems got kicked out of congress in Clointon's first term Clinton reversed policy and cut spending and introduced more buisiness froendly policies.

Hahahahahaha, it had nothing to do with congress at all! Not even when Clinton fought budget cuts by vetoing the bills and shutting sown government.

Of course no one called him on it, not even the nominal Republican guy in the "fair and balanced" debate.

86
Who said all the fruits and nuts where in California?

We have our fair share in Virginia.

87

25
Yesterday I said if we just pick up 3 more seats in 2010 I'd be happy as long as they're Reid's, Frank's, and Specter's seats.

I want to add two more: Murtha and Moran.

Please, God, let us win those 5 seats.

Boxer! Boxer! Boxer!

I just signed-up with my local republican office so at the worst, I will know that I helped take a swing at her.

Now I've got to save a few bucks to give to her challenger after the primary.

88 81

I'm starting to wonder if he's sick. How many people are tired for a couple months, even after vacationing?

It's all those parties they keep having during the week. This man does not take this job seriously at all.  He liked the "idea" of being president but none of the responsibility.

 

I'd be more than OK with him if he'd sleep-in, play a round of golf, party all evening then go for a ride all over the world in his sweet, sweet private jet every day for three more years.

Really. He could do interviews on the E! channel, drop in on Saturday Night Live and all of the other celebrity stuff he loves and I'd be fine with it.

89

Jan 16 (NYT) Bernanke and the Beast

...

For one, it [The Fed] can sell the large portfolio of mortgage-backed securities and other assets it has accumulated over the last couple of years.

...

This strikes me as wishful thinking in the first place and ignoring the original big hairy problem. 

So who, exactly, is going to buy these MBSs?  I guess The Fed's gonna continue their little game of economic incest and somehow magically sell them back to the Treasury or some shit.  It's like they're playing tennis with a nuclear tennis ball.  What's the state of the mortgages?  Aren't these things still toxic? 

This is first rate NYT spin right here, not their usual amateur stuff of the last few years but true, pro spin like the days of old.  "Democrats are in charge, everything's not so bad.  We'll be just fine if they make the right calls." 

90

Obama. . .The drinking game!

Yes, you can have fun watching the State of the Union address on the 27th!  First get lots the alcohol of choice and some shot glasses.

Despite the pain required in doing so you will need to actually watch the address.  Take a shot every time he says 'I' or 'my'.

It's recommended you have vomit bags and large quantities of advil handy for the inevitable results.  On the bright side you'll be so loaded that no matter what he says will probably end up being funny in that sad pathetic way he has.

Points to anyone that can come up with a voodoo ritual or something like that that will cause the teleprompter to fail. (Or good old fashioned malicious hacking!)

91 Hey George Lucas, keep fuckin' that chicken!

92 yes,you are all right.
chi hair iron are precious possession for not only women but men also. you may have a try make
everyone in your family fashionable.