1 first?

2 Somebody went postal in a power station in St. Louis? Must be Bush's fault

3

And so it begins again, the most interesting time to be a fan of the Redskins...the offseason.

4

Just effing great.

We get to hear from the master of admission of (other people's) guilt and extravagant contrition for same.

http://tinyurl.com/ybyrwms

Like the guy with the red face who farted in the elevator: "...wasn't me!"

5 And in other news, workplace shooting in St. Louis, police setting on thumbs and spinning while un-armed victims are trapped in the building, not being allowed to get out if they can and are sitting ducks.....

developing....

foist??

6 Hummm. I just added Big Journalism to my favorites.

7 Just went through security at Bob hope airport in LA. Line was long (rose bowl/parade) visitors going home. But the line moved fast and I went through easy peasy. No pat downs or cavity searches.

8

'Morning, fellow morons. Another day, another snow storm here in the heartland. The snow hasn't melted since Christmas. It just keeps piling up. And as I watch, the wind keeps whipping it up and blowing it so it looks like smoke.

Thank God I didn't go to work last night. I switched days, but when I do go to work the low should be around -11.

Fun times indeed.

9 AoS has a facebook group? 

10 9 Hmm I would definately pat you down.....

11 5 Good News Time (very early edition). Rass. out with latest polling in Arkansas. Blanche Lincoln is in deep trouble. Against 4 opponents, she loses from a range of 5 to 10 points. The really good news, against all, she never tops 40%, her highest mark is 39%.  Any incumbent who can't crack 40 11 months out is usually dead.

Posted by: Mallamutt at January 07, 2010 09:30 AM (V9SYy)

I'm waiting for "Blank Stare Blanche" to announce that she will leave politics to spend time raising the children she hasn't been raising.

12 and, with the creation of a Facebook Group and other social media sites,
so Begins the Great Moron Diaspora.

... it was only a matter of time.

... and morons.

13 No pat downs or cavity searches.


Only because I wasn't there. 

14

The latest outrage from Washington?

 

Just in from Fox this morning; the government is paying for cell phones for welfare people. If you qualify for food stamps or other forms of welfare you can get a free cell phone and free minutes for jabbering. Some “safety net” huh; cell phones are now a necessity?

 

All paid for by the same people who put gas in your tank and pay for your mortgage.

 

And here we thought welfare had been obliterated way back in the 80s.

15 If AoS gets a Twitter group I will begin every comment by calling everyone fags. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but there is something wrong with Twitter.

16 maddogg, back in my LGF days I remember a good article on the Saudi influence on the (thru the for profit side) AP in England. Not going to try looking for it back on LGF - do you remember the story, I want to link it to that Big Journalism page you linked.

17 Wonder if this will be covered as much as the Palin teenage daughter.. a grown-ass man..

President ObamaÂ’s top budget official acknowledged Wednesday fathering a child out of wedlock, less than two weeks after announcing his engagement to another woman.

Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag and the mother of the child, Claire Milonas, released a statement announcing the birth of their daughter soon after the New York Post reported the news on its Web site.

“We were in a committed relationship until the spring of 2009,” Orszag and Milonas said in a joint statement. “In November, Claire gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Although we are no longer together, we are both thrilled she is happy and healthy, and we would hope that everyone will respect her privacy.”

18 Cellphones are now a right. You know, like living the leech on societies ass life (as long as you vote the right way).

19 Peter is a player, never would have guessed.

20

Yea, we have 3 more inches of Global Warming on the ground, the schools are closed and tonights expected low.........3 degrees. Isn't Al Gore done visiting the St. Louis Arch yet?

Yes, we are predicted to have some of that global warming shit fall on us tonight. 

Nothing like snow in SC to show that we have an excess of CO2 in the air. Even if it hasn't changed in 150 years.

 

21

Hey, look--new jobless claims are only 434,000.

An increase over the last two weeks.  Just think where we would be without the Great Crapulus of 2009^tm.  I think we need another jobs summit.

22 20 maddogg, back in my LGF days I remember a good article on the Saudi influence on the (thru the for profit side) AP in England. Not going to try looking for it back on LGF - do you remember the story, I want to link it to that Big Journalism page you linked.

Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2010 09:40 AM (7K04W)

Yes, I do remember it vaguely. That was a couple of years ago, I think.

23 Drudge just put up the siren:  Seems the White House has authorized only 1 Hour of Health Care Coverage for CSPAN.....

But hey, now they can say they fulfilled that promise they told 8 times during the campaign, right?

24

If AoS gets a Twitter group I will begin every comment by calling everyone fags.

Second.

 

25 maddogg, yeah 2007 or so. It detailed how the Saudis controlled the AP (nominally non-for-profit) by financing a large for-profit operation within the AP to wash news for the Arab world. Not getting lucky on Goggle and you need to be unbanned at LGF to search for it.

26

But hey, now they can say they fulfilled that promise they told 8 times during the campaign, right?"

Considering him breaking all his campaign promises is already becoming a running joke that's probably a pretty smart move.

27 COLD!

28 31 maddogg, yeah 2007 or so. It detailed how the Saudis controlled the AP (nominally non-for-profit) by financing a large for-profit operation within the AP to wash news for the Arab world. Not getting lucky on Goggle and you need to be unbanned at LGF to search for it.

Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2010 09:47 AM (vb5IK)

Heh. Well that leaves me out. I was banned as a precautionary measure. And Chucky labeled me an asshole in the bargain. I suppose I am, as he is an expert on assholeism.

29

Asshole from NJ (congressman) on Fox now saing hrealthcare bill is most transparent ever.

I guess he thinks all of us are as stupid as the average NJ voter.

30 Drudge just put up the siren: Seems the White House has authorized only 1 Hour of Health Care Coverage for CSPAN..... Which won't include any real negotiations, just a retelling of why we need healthcare. And the Infomercial Administration continues. To bad he is dead, Billy Mays would have made one hell of a press secretary for this President. Posted by: Mallamutt at January 07, 2010 09:46 AM (V9SYy) C-Span should tell them to shove it. That is an insult.

31 maddogg, google found it - this is direct link to LGF (the older, saner part)- if you don't want to go there don't click: http://tinyurl.com/yjnmdcx

32 Asshole from NJ (congressman) on Fox now saing hrealthcare bill is most transparent ever. I guess he thinks all of us are as stupid as the average NJ voter. Posted by: Vic at January 07, 2010 09:50 AM (QrA9E) As a NJ resident i resent that. Oh it's true but still it could be worse, I might actually live in NY

33 Ok so I was reading this "cristoph" individual's posts on the Sully thread and just could not understand, once again, how the left seems perfectly happy with watching Israelis get mortared and rocketed on a weekly (daily?) basis, but then looses his shit when we would like to see Israel take off the kid gloves and smash the fuck out of the Palis. 

So Christoph, who is worse?  The Palis for hiding and launching their munitions in and from schools so if Israel did strike back, they would have collateral damage?  Or, the Israelis who basically get pounded by rocket and mortar attacks until every five years or so they invade and fight back?

Who targets innocents?  PALIS! 

10 Seconds until the rationalizing of Pali aggression....

34 I just joined AoS on FB.  I am somebody now!  Hey, it would be nice to know what all you mugs look like...if only I knew who was who.

On the cell phone welfare...cellfare...it it sad, isn't it?  No longer do half of Americans grow up and aspire to be successful, professional contributors to society.  Now, generations are passing down the secrets to welfare success, how to live off the gov't teet, so that their children and children's children will not know anything else.  Compliments of the other half of us.  Thanks, libs, for destroying the greatest nation on earth.

35

Asshole from NJ (congressman) on Fox now saing hrealthcare bill is most transparent ever.

He only does this with a ceiling overhead, otherwise the lightning would get him.

36 Jean, That's it alright. I'd almost forgotten how good LGF used to be.

37

Obama declares terror attacks really was Bush's fault with leaked story in NY Daily News.

Looks like they've found the scapgoat they need!

Leiter - appointed by President George W. Bush - already ranked high in the buzz over whose heads could eventually end up on Obama's chopping block

38 maddogg, I just pinned it up on Big Journalism. It really needs a professional follow-up.

39

Dem mayor of Baltimore resigns in plea deal for perjury.

WaPo finally notes party affiliation in paragraph 8.

40

"Steve McMahon, a democratic strategist, said that "its a shame that George W. Bush so poisoned the political environment"

Yeah in their twisted minds it seems that George Bush is responsible for how they acted in the last 8 years, how they degraded the discourse, and how they slandered the President with the worst motives at every opportunity. So now that that is happening to "his" president he doesn't want what he and his did to happen to "his" guy? Fuck you.

41 Hook 'Em Horns!!! Morning m&m's.

42 If I were running CSPAN I would just run 8 hours of a locked door on Capitol Hill, with a news crawl.

43

@18

I'm of 2 minds about that. If you get a free cell phone with unlimited minutes, then yeah, that's crap. But if it is say limited to 60minutes/mo, then it can be used for emergencies or say just having a home phone# if you are trying to gain employment.

Any more details on that?

44 If I were running CSPAN I would just run 8 hours of a locked door on Capitol Hill, with a news crawl. Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2010 09:58 AM (tTdaQ) Either that or a pick of a democratic ass with the caption: Kiss my ass

45 45 maddogg, I just pinned it up on Big Journalism. It really needs a professional follow-up.

Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2010 09:56 AM (6Njk9)

Where? I don't see it. In comments?

46

If AoS gets a Twitter group I will begin every comment by calling everyone fags. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but there is something wrong with Twitter.

I can't believe you're like totally calling for genocide against everyone who uses Twitter.

/meme of the day off

47 Maddogg, yes in comments -- is there another way?

48

Hook 'Em Horns!!! Morning m&m's.

Roll Tide, loser (I hope.).

49

So Mr. 'Nam,

Do you expect Texas to win, or are you just being a partisan fan?

50 Twitter?  What are you, a scientist?

51 58,

Absolutely the Horns will win and I am a true fan since the 60's.

52

As a NJ resident i resent that.

Well, I very carefully said the "average" NJ voter. I guess I should have said 57% of the NJ voters.

Or maybe 8 out of 13 precincts that went communist in 2008.

53

Twitter?  What are you, a scientist an asshole?

FIFY

54 it's still effing COLD!!!!

55

Absolutely the Horns will win

Care to make it interesting, Grunt?  Say...loser has to move to Nevada and vote for Harry Reid? 

56

But the line moved fast and I went through easy peasy. No pat downs or cavity searches. -

Sorry to hear about the run of bad luck rummy. 

57

Well, I learned yrs ago that if you are going to bet on sports bet with your head, not your heart.

After watching Alabama spank Florida, and Texas struggle to the end with Nebraska (who probably should have won), then I would bet Alabama.

Not that I don't like Texas. I'm here in the Big 12. But still...

58 64,

Hahahaha, voting for him is not what comes to mind of what I would like to do to him.

59

I'm of 2 minds about that. If you get a free cell phone with unlimited minutes, then yeah, that's crap. But if it is say limited to 60minutes/mo, then it can be used for emergencies or say just having a home phone# if you are trying to gain employment.

Any more details on that?

Nope, it was a brief blurb on F&F this morning.  And NO it is not needed for emergencies. They already have passed a different welfare regulation that provided "FREE" 911 coverage for everyone through a different fee on your hardline telephone.  This is a separate fee on your cell phone bill usually averaging about $3.00 per month.

It is simply another damn piece of socialist shit.

 

60 Absolutely the Horns will win..

Colt McCoy will have to play a real defense for once in Alabama.  A win is not in the cards for the outmanned Horns....

61 69,

Blasphemy!

62 Blasphemy!

...and coming from a Texas resident, to boot!  :-)

63 I agree sassy, I haven't been warm for the last 4 days.  Can't seem to get warm for anything longer than about 5 minutes, if I'm lucky.  And they are calling for some global warming to hit tonight, not much, but it should mess up traffic down here pretty good.  To many drivers from to many places not used to any of the white stuff on the ground. I hope there isn't a run on the grocery store.

64 New MasterCard "Priceless" Ad (Terrorist Edition): tinyurl.com/yfnt2h3

65 The "free" cell phone service for welfare recipients is not funded with taxpayer money. It is payed for by telecom companies. It was actually started by Reagan in 1984.

Look up SafeLink Wireless, they have all the facts. (I looked on Bing, I assume it works on Google)

66 49 Hook 'Em Horns!!! Morning m&m's.

Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at January 07, 2010 09:57 AM (yNhSm) -

+ ELEVENTY -  Mornin' back at ya NG

67

Alabama will whip their ass.

 

TX has one thing going for it though, the bookies in Vegas have AL by 4.5 points. The bookies are notoriously bad so either TX will win or AL will win by a blowout.

 

68 74 The "free" cell phone service for welfare recipients is not funded with taxpayer money. It is payed for by telecom companies. It was actually started by Reagan in 1984.
Posted by: Eric at January 07, 2010 10:13 AM (Qc/s6)   Who then charge us a fee to recoup the money. So it is still payed for by us.

69 I also saw the F&F story on the cell phones.  From what I remember, it was free cell phones, texting (didn't specify amt), conference calling (for all those conference calls welfare recipients make) and 60 min per month.  It was also stated that there was really no regulation on it...you get food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, you're automatically qualified.  The no regulation comes in for those that go OFF welfare, etc., and can keep on using the free services.  There's no way to catch or regulate when you no longer "qualify," thereby qualifying FOREVER.

70 @66  HH - are you forgetting to take into account how good Nebraska ended up being by the end of the year?  What was the line on the Arizona game and how did that one end up?

71 Who then charge us a fee to recoup the money. So it is still payed for by us.

Posted by: todler at January 07, 2010 10:16 AM (fPOY0)

Yes, it is likely a tax rebate issue. But then isn't any cost out of pocket by any company for the welfare of the poor? Keep in mind the service is only the most basic and not unlimited, usually not even text. There are different plans for different states.

72

I hope there isn't a run on the grocery store.

Oh, there will be. It happened here because we knew this storm was coming. And being prepared is no bad thing.

Meanwhile, the wind keeps blowing the snow all over the place here. We had about 4 inches of light, fluffy stuff and it blows like a fine dust.

And tomorrow? High of -2.

73 A win is not in the cards for the outmanned Horns....

Any given Sunday, or in this case, Thursday, especially in amateur athletics.  It only takes a couple of turnovers, some lucky special teams play, and not killing yourself, for an underdog to upset.

Nonetheless, I am optimistic for a Lucky 13th for the Capstone.

74 Although it won't be life changing if they lose, I always pull for the Horns and Cowboys because I'm a life long true fan.

75

And tomorrow? High of -2.

Time to ignite the Great Tire Fire of '10.

76 @83 - Sounds like we must live in the same neck of the woods.  NE Ks. here and we had exactly the same.

77

Hey, did I mention how God-like I am yet?

God can read a defense.  It's right there in Exodus and/or Ecclesiastes.

78 Here's the link I found to explain. Not that every web link can be trusted, I'm sure there's some room for conspiracy. I will not defend the action, I'm just providing the information I found.
Well never mind, I can't post a link just look it up and inform yourself rather than flying off the handle blaming before you know. K?

79 @87 - Hey NG, My "rooting order"  KSU - KU - Old Big 8 - Big 12.  So you know I'm pulling for the Horns.  But there's something I can't understand.  The cowboys?  I mean the freaking cowboys?  (coming from a guy who started rooting for the cards in the mid 60's, I'm sure you understand). 

80 9 Just went through security at Bob hope airport in LA. Line was long (rose bowl/parade) visitors going home. But the line moved fast and I went through easy peasy. No pat downs or cavity searches.

Posted by: wherestherum at January 07, 2010 09:31 AM (L8uW6)

Did you dress and act like a Muslim? That seems a sure-fire method for easy passage at airport checkpoints.

81

Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2010 10:01 AM (vb5IK)

I don't know of another way. There must be a moderation delay. They have a tip line too, though.

 

BTW, if Alabama plays UT like they played Florida, abandon all hope...

82

Well teej, that's kind of my point. Texas struggled against Nebraska, a very good team. Alabama is better than Nebraska.

And I understand that no SEC team has lost a BCS championship game they have played in.

I'm not fan of the Crimson Tide, but if I were going to bet, that would be the way I would go.

 

83 I didn't do too bad picking teams in the AoSHQ FF league, so there's that!

84

The "free" cell phone service for welfare recipients is not funded with taxpayer money. It is payed for by telecom companies. It was actually started by Reagan in 1984.

Look up SafeLink Wireless, they have all the facts. (I looked on Bing, I assume it works on Google)

No, it is paid for by a damn fee on your cell phone bill. Yes, in 1984 the FCC (not Reagan) established a program to help low income people with their phone bills. (lifeline program).  Now, thanks to Democraps in congress it has morphed into fee damn cell phones supported by fees on people who actually pay for cell phones.

Fees, otherwise known as taxes. I see NOTHING in my copy of the Consitution that authorizes the government to provide "free cell phones" to deadbeats using my money.

 

85

Sounds like we must live in the same neck of the woods.

We do. I'm in the KC area.

86 Yes, you are correct Vic, it is not in your copy of the Constitution, however, if you check your contract with your cell phone company, it IS included there. Of course you can refuse to pay that portion of YOUR bill. Good luck keeping service on it afterward.

87 96 I didn't do too bad picking teams in the AoSHQ FF league, so there's that!

NG, what nick did you pick under?  Dont see you on the board.

I did my picks under a serious valu-rite comsuption period, and I was in 2nd until just a few days ago....

88 100,

Same nick on the val-u-rite team.

89

I love Texas and Bama. I guess I'll go with Bama since my lawyer has a son there.

There should be some smoking hot babe watching tonight that's for sure!

Both schools are know for the "talent"!

90

Alabama is better than Nebraska. -

Maybe, maybe not.  I guess we'll find out tonight.  At least who is the best on this night. Gawd I love college football.  btw - I'm glad it's Al. and not some Fla. team.  Takes me back to the good ol' days.

91

I guess I'll go with Bama since my lawyer has a son there. -

You see?  That right there would cause me to root for Tx.

92

Gawd I love college football. 

Agree!!!. And as Toby in a post above pointed out, anything can happen in amateur sports.

Me, I'm just hoping the snow here  has finally melted here when the next College Football season starts... 

93

"Transparent."

Maybe President Obama is breaking the word into components — trans and parent — to convey what he really means, like he's going to cross over our lives like a parent, superceding our mothers and fathers.

He's not being transparent; he's being a trans-parent. In this light, he's being totally honest when he says this will be the most trans-parent administration in history.

94

BURBERRY SCARF just $99.9

game CDKeys

95

Hey teej, if you are still there.

Down here it's looking like the old footage of dust-storm from the 30's. The wind is getting stronger. Except the dust is white. Gonna film some of this, then go outside to get the snow off my car.

Wish me luck, gang. I'm going to be eating snow in the next few minutes.

96 I'd bet on the Tide. Nebraska might not have been better than Alabama this year, but the Huskers were one second from beating Texas, and what Suh did to McCoy was a sight to behold.

97 Self stabbing, outside of older Japanese men, that has got to be pretty low on the ways to commit suicide list.

98 @109 - left for a while.  That's what it was like on my drive in. Lot's of fine white stuff blowing across the road. 

99 Nebraska, a very good team.

*chuckle*

100

Yes, you are correct Vic, it is not in your copy of the Constitution, however, if you check your contract with your cell phone company, it IS included there. Of course you can refuse to pay that portion of YOUR bill. Good luck keeping service on it afterward.

Well Eric, are you arguing FOR this GD socialist program because you support it or because you just want to argue?

101 STABBING himself 9 times??  There has got to be a less painful way.  You have to be totally out of your mind to keep stabbing after say.... the 2nd strike.  Yikes.

102 104

I guess I'll go with Bama since my lawyer has a son there. -

You see?  That right there would cause me to root for Tx.

Teej, it's a tough call, but his son was in our Scout troop and is an Eagle Scout, so the dad gets a break for doing a good job with the son.

Roll Tide!

Another reason one might cheer for TX? the NY Times says Bama will win.  Thanks assholes, that's what Bama needs, Yankee support.

103 mr Gibbs - 9 stabs is a little more then a cry for help. Not going to fix that with outpatient psych work.

104 108

Any Howard Stern listeners?  Seems Artie Lange tried to commit suicide on Saturday by stabbing himself nine times.  Lots of celebrity suicides / attempted suicides lately. 

Posted by: polynikes at January 07, 2010 10:56 AM (m2CN7)

That's dedication

105

Damn....I didn't realize the snow was so deep. Foot+ as I got nearer the street.

Of course as I got past where the sidewalk ends, I'm shoveling down to the Christmas layer, which is now the new base. About 6 inches higher than the road.

That's it. My hands got really cold, and I'm done until tomorrow some-time.

Sort of off topic. Anyone know of really, really good gloves for the cold? I thought I had some, but I guess not.

106

@118 - Hi again Kemp.  Okay, he sounds like a good kid.  I'll just hope for a great game (and still pull for Texas).  Like I said though, I'm sure glad it's bama.  Takes me back to the days when it was OU, Neb., OSU, Mich., Bama, USC, Penn. St., etc. that were the big dogs. 

And I doubt that any conference to this day (and I know it didn't happen before) pulled off having 3 teams end up 1, 2, 3 in the country like the Big 8 did in, I believe, 1969 with NU, OU, and CU.  No conference had ever ended up with 1 and 2, let alone 1, 2, 3.

107

Sort of off topic. Anyone know of really, really good gloves for the cold? I thought I had some, but I guess not. -

Slide over to Cabela's and check out some hunting gloves. 

108 What I want is personal recommendations. Catalogs and web-sites are nice, but experience is what counts.

109 Vic, I don't actually have an opinion either way, I was simply laying out some of the information I have found on the issue.
Do I think it is Socialism to force paying customers to provide service to the indigent? No
The free market does not require the people who can afford service to use one provider rather than another. It does provide an opportunity for any service provider to offer free service to some at the cost of others. No one is forcing anyone to pay for a cell phone, but it is unlikely there are any providers that do not force paying customers to pay a little extra for free service to some.
Is every person forced to pay for the free phones? No, only those who pay for phone service. (I don't know of any provider who doesn't have a fee for this)
My point is that by choosing to pay for your own service, you are likely paying for the free ones as well. You could always not get a phone yourself, in which case you won't be paying for the free ones.
And no, I'm not arguing the issue either way, I'm just pointing out that the choice to have your own cell phone is still a free choice.
Unlike many other programs, and health care will be, should it pass.

110

Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told American International Group Inc. to withhold details from the public about the bailed-out insurerÂ’s payments to banks during the depths of the financial crisis, e-mails between the company and its regulator show.

AIG said in a draft of a regulatory filing that the insurer paid banks, which included Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Societe Generale SA, 100 cents on the dollar for credit-default swaps they bought from the firm. The New York Fed crossed out the reference, according to the e-mails, and AIG excluded the language when the filing was made public on Dec. 24, 2008. The e-mails were obtained by Representative Darrell Issa, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

“It appears that the New York Fed deliberately pressured AIG to restrict and delay the disclosure of important information,” said Issa, a California Republican. Taxpayers “deserve full and complete disclosure under our nation’s securities laws, not the withholding of politically inconvenient information.” President Barack Obama selected Geithner as Treasury secretary, a post he took last year.

Wait don't tell me...it's all George Bush's fault.

111 Sorry I can't keep up on the football chat. I live in FL and went to Purdue. Unfortunately the only decent product out of Purdue recently has been tri-corner hat girl and the conservative group she was associated with. Well they are doing ok in basketball right now.

112 Artie Lange tried to commit suicide on Saturday by stabbing himself nine times.  Lots of celebrity suicides / attempted suicides lately.

Will he be charged with a hate crime? Afterall he did attempt to kill someone based on "celebrity" status....

113

Well they are doing ok in basketball right now.

Who, the girls in the tri-cornered hats?

I think they are known as the Washington Generals.

114 Sorry then HH.  I can't really afford the "really good stuff" when it comes to something like gloves.  I get those cheap brown jersy gloves and when it gets really cold, put on two pair.  Nobody's fault but my own so I just live with it.

115

Leiter - appointed by President George W. Bush - already ranked high in the buzz over whose heads could eventually end up on Obama's chopping block

 

Ha!  Just as we suspected, it's George Boooosh-Hitler's fault!  Our new young Precedent was the victim of the Evil Booosh/Cheney Cabal.  In Leiter's defense, he has been working with this administration for a year.  He has seen firsthand how Obama doesn't take national security seriously, and incidencts like the Panty Bomber are more of a nuisance/lawfare issue.  So he probably didn't realize that his presence or expertise was expected or needed.

116

WTR, (I bet you're gone now).  You're going to be at Disney World during the Disney Marathon and 1/2 Marathon.  It's going to be crowded down there.  Are you or someone you know running any of the races?  One of my co-workers will be there doing her first marathon.

117

Oh that's fine teej. It's just when I was out shoveling that my feet were fine (great boots), body fine (great down jacket), but my face and hands got cold.  Face was exposed, so I expected that. But I've yet to find a pair of gloves that keep my hands warm in those kind of conditions.

Anyone got any recommendations?

118

I'm sure that the real reason Artie Lange tried to kill himself was because the U.S. doesn't have government funded healthcare. 

119

Posted by: HH at January 07, 2010 12:21 PM (1kwr2)

There are some great gloves at REI and other sporting goods store that have Goretex Windstopper fabric on the outside, and fleece on the inside.  Northface or one of those brands.  Also, in the winter, I use those disposable "Hot Hands" handwarmers.  I use them in both mittens and gloves.  (Although they work better in mittens).

120 HH, look for gloves with a water proof shell to keep dry and Thinsulate to keep warm and you won't go wrong.  Several brands out there to choose from.  If you're shoveling or other work, keep in mind a durable material covering for the palm and insides of the fingers.

121 HH, where you been?
The Conservative Coalition for American Values at Purdue University.
http://minx.cc/?post=286271

I hope that link posts, it's right here on AoSHQ

122 GORETEX!!  That's what I was trying to remember for water-proof...

123 President Barack Obama has called Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to congratulate him on his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.

The White House says Obama called Blumenthal on Wednesday evening and offered to help him with the campaign to succeed Sen. Chris DoddÂ’s seat.


WTF? People are way over confident about Blumenthal's candidacy.
I think his middle name might be Copenhagen.

124

Posted by: Rocks at January 07, 2010 12:30 PM (Q1lie)

Hmm, it makes me think that Obama might have "helped" Dodd make the decision to retire.

125 I think that this sentence from an article about the Crist/Rubio race just about sums it up.

"Crist told me that two of the senators he most admires are John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who have reputations for forging bipartisan alliances — and who have drawn their share of hellfire from conservative purists."

See, this is why you are a loser, Crist.

126 Teej, you crack me up!  You have this Uriah Heep quality about you that's very endearing, "I'm just a humble, humble man."

127

Ok, thanks peoples. My gloves actually are Northface and water proof,  but the cold still seeps in, as they did this am. But I think runningrn is onto something. Fleece lined gloves. Mine aren't. That may make the whole difference.

Oh, and Eric. I was just joshing. Yes I've seen that pic here. But thanks for re-posting it.

128

Perhaps we should create a 200% surtax on incomes of people who graduated from Purdue or who will graduate from Purdue.

After all, the volunteered to go to Purdue.  

129 HH, that's why you need the windstopper fabric too.  It really is windproof.  The Hot Hands last like 8 hours, so I still walk around with them in my hands/pocket even after I'm done my run.  You can get a big box of them at Costco for like 14 bucks.  (They also have toe warmers too!)

130 @143 - Well, at least you didn't say "Stealin', When I Shoulda Been Buyin' "

131

“We were in a committed relationship until the spring of 2009,” Orszag and Milonas said in a joint statement. “In November, Claire gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Although we are no longer together, we are both thrilled she is happy and healthy, and we would hope that everyone will respect her privacy.”

Posted by: IreneFingIrene at January 07, 2010 09:40 AM (lhxhu)

I guess this is the same type of commitment that Obama has to the war in Afghanistan, committed as long as it's convenient.

132 HH, you need a double glove to really make it work. A thin, liner polypro glove to get the sweat wicked off of you hands; then a fleece/wool layer. If it is really cold, you then add a shell, preferably a mitten of some-sort of waterproof/breathable fabric. The layer system allows you to partially unglove for delicate tasks without exposing your skin - which in the -50 windchill can freeze very quickly.

133 I want to kill all the Steves!

134 _{White House budget adviser is dad of love childEngaged to ABC correspondent, Peter Orszag fathered child with heiress}

135

"I'm going to be eating snow in the next few minutes."

WELCOME TO THE HIMALAYAS!

136 50 If I were running CSPAN I would just run 8 hours of a locked door on Capitol Hill, with a news crawl.

Posted by: Jean at January 07, 2010 09:58 AM (tTdaQ)

They could have someone interviewing the 'pubs (and non-lefty advocacy groups!) about *their* health care plans in front of the locked door.  Every so often the interviewer could say something like, "thanks for your input, Representative.  I wonder what's going on inside the room behind us, where the Democrats have been working behind a locked door for (checks watch) four hours and eighteen minutes?  Why so secretive?"

137

Funny (foreign) product names. [Via linkiest, formerly Conservative Grapevine.] BTW, anyone else hungry? Because I could really go for some Megapussi right now.

138

It's being reported that Obama's requested report as to what allowed the "Underware Bomber" onto a Detroit bound fight will "shock" us...lets guess before it come out as to what that surprise is going to be.

 

My guess is there is something in the report that will put this all at Bush's feet.  Perhaps enough in their opinion, to start up criminal charges on Rove or Chaney or even Bush himself.  They sure are not going to put it at this administrations feet.

139 It's stories like this that remind me why I'm not a Republican.

140 xxx