Thursday. So close.

Yes, we are so close...to chaos!

/19 more days until GoW3 release.

Guess what "unexpectedly" increased? But don't worry there's a reason

WASHINGTON – The number of new claims for unemployment benefits jumped unexpectedly last week as heavy snows led to higher layoffs.

In addition, many state agencies in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions that process the claims were closed due to the storms and are now clearing out backlogs, a Labor Department analyst said.

Still, the increase is likely to amplify concerns that the job market is weakening, potentially slowing the economic recovery.

So unemployment unexpectedly rose due to the snow global warming climate change.

From the dirt-stealing Radish's link:

A pacifist, she thinks there should be no military presence in Central New York.

I have little patience for pacifists.  I half remember George Orwell's quote about pacifism in WWII only benefiting the Axis.

While she supports a military for the defense of this country, she is concerned that drones allow the United States to “increase the militarization of our response to conflict.”

Yes because all conflict can be solved by sitting everyone down at a table and talking through it... *rolls eyes*.

I hit Wegman's last night and got the most bizarre collection of food so I'll be fine.

Ok, I'll bite...as they say.

What is a bizarre collection of food?

13 Yeah, I'm waiting for Snowmaggedon as well.  Luckily I hit Wegman's last night and got the most bizarre collection of food so I'll be fine.

You in PA or NJ (or elsewhere)?  Nevermind the food, how's the collection of pron and the associated viewing devices should the power go out?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2010 09:37 AM (mR7mk)

Because George Bush created global warming climate change to put people out of work and poor precious little Barry was forced to inherit it.

Posted by: alexthechick at February 25, 2010 09:56 AM (lvYSc)

You are correct. That is bizarre!

Anyone else read "French warship" in the sidebar and snort beverage?

I just read it.  Irony is that they used to make snide comments about us selling stuff to people in the past.  Here they are selling military equipment to the Russians that will make it easier to invade countries on the coast of the Black Sea like Georgia. If Russia had continued to act like a repsonsible European country it wouoldn't be so bad but they are reverting to their old ways in the cold war.

They were also prime movers in the trading with Saddam, even selling him stuff for manufacturing chemical and biologicals. Yes, it was no wonder they blocked every effort to establish stronger sanctions against Iraq. They were all over the oil for food scam.

Yes, they would sell their Mother to the Devil if it would help their balance of payments and give their government supported socialist industry some help.  Hell, until Obama and the Democrats got in office they couldn't complete against any honest industry.

The Fox News website is puking up the snowployment angle, too.

Fox has been moving steadily to the left for the past several months.  This is on top of the Obama shift to the left when he got in office.

I have got to where I have quit watching them at all anymore except when I am eating breakfast in the morning. Even then, unless it is a full breakfast I still don't watch them. 

I am wondering if they are shifting because of the partnership with the Saudies they are forging?

Anyone else read "French warship" in the sidebar and snort beverage?

I just read it.  Irony is that they used to make snide comments about us selling stuff to people in the past.  Here they are selling military equipment to the Russians that will make it easier to invade countries on the coast of the Black Sea like Georgia. If Russia had continued to act like a repsonsible European country it wouoldn't be so bad but they are reverting to their old ways in the cold war.

They were also prime movers in the trading with Saddam, even selling him stuff for manufacturing chemical and biologicals. Yes, it was no wonder they blocked every effort to establish stronger sanctions against Iraq. They were all over the oil for food scam.

Yes, they would sell their Mother to the Devil if it would help their balance of payments and give their government supported socialist industry some help.  Hell, until Obama and the Democrats got in office they couldn't complete against any honest industry.

Posted by: Vic at February 25, 2010 10:09 AM (QrA9E)

We have given most of Europe to Hitler Putin. Let us try to hold on to what we have got left.

The big news today is the Obama PR scam that the media will eat up like it was free beer and pizza at a ball game.

It makes you wonder what they will be doing behind everypne's backs while people are paying attention to this.

WASHINGTON – With President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in limbo, Americans' fears about its effect on them eased in January, according to a poll released as the president tries to revive sweeping Democratic legislation.

The monthly poll from the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation also found that three-fourths of Americans still think it's important that Obama include health care reform in addressing the nation's economic crisis — even if many have misgivings.

"Job numbers continue to lag and nearly a quarter of Americans are still concerned they might lose coverage," said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the foundation, a philanthropic and research organization that supports health care reform.

The nonpartisan foundation that supports healthcare reform found that more people want Barry care. Imagine that.

"seaweed and stuff to make chili. "

Really?  Seaweed chili?  You practicing for when the oceans rise, and you find yourself on Water World? 

I have little patience for pacifists.  I half remember George Orwell's quote about pacifism in WWII only benefiting the Axis.

While she supports a military for the defense of this country, she is concerned that drones allow the United States to “increase the militarization of our response to conflict.”

Yes because all conflict can be solved by sitting everyone down at a table and talking through it... *rolls eyes

1.My understanding of the word pacifist was that they were opposed to any use of military force.

2. She seems to be expressing opposition to policies and weapons systems that enable the US to project military force, particularly by expeditionary forces. It should be noted that she does so very badly.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2010 10:19 AM (mR7mk)

It's off to the re-education camps for you, comrade.

Posted by: nevergiveup at February 25, 2010 10:25 AM (0GFWk)

Top notch UK National Health style health & dental care.

I didn't get to check the ONT til just now. The only thing worse than the visuals of Mr. Gay Pride Techno Viking was the 1982 vintage Euro house music crashing through my headset.

Mmmm, pierogis...just gave me an idea for what to make this weekend: pierogis and borscht; yeah, that sounds good, especially if it's cold as H.

Screw the pacifists.  Why do I get the feeling that if all went to the proverbial satanic handbasket the pacifists would be the first ones to start strealing and eating small children?

Screw France too.  While I know some very worthy Frenchmen (who deserve a better country, imho), France the country has always been a bit of a whore.  There are times when I think we should have just let Germany continue to play the drunken farmboy to France's coyote ugly chick and let them have her -- because we're givers that way.  Maybe divided France into two (no, three!) different countries and put the French who still had some morals and some grit into one (which we would defend) and the rest could go to Germany -- have fun with that one Fritz!.

*yes, I really am not espousing the above; just some fanciful and wishful thinking

"If the gruel isn't vegan, organic, and locally-grown, I'm calling the ACLU.  "

Better have an exercise facility, and good weather too.

...just gave me an idea for what to make this weekend: pierogis and borscht; yeah, that sounds good, especially if it's cold as H.

You have a recipe?  That sounds really good!

Whoa.

On the US foreign policy front, the Obama administration continues its US-UK "Special Relationship" demolition program:

US refuses to endorse British sovereignty in Falklands oil dispute

i know we are supposed to swear less, but Holy Fucking Shit.

I can't believe we would do this to Britian. The only nation that stood by us. I can't fucking believe it. I can't I can't I can't.

I

In addition to the standard milk, bread, eggs, there's pierogies, haluski,"


ahhhhhh pierogi's.....how i miss you so....

did you hear someone robbed a local church while they were doing a pierogies charity sale. Only in pittsburgh.

I can't watch it at work. Has any republican brought up the fact Obama was against reconciliation in 2005 or haven't they got to the Q and A section.

/19 more days until GoW3 release.

It's good to have goals

Oh, I love Nancys bullshit about talking to one of us commoners.

"I had a  long talk with a man deeply concerned about (blank)....He told me how his family is going bankrupt by (blank)....We must do (blank), like we promised.

OK, youse all fill in the blanks

Pelosi: "This bill is about jobs."

Yeh, sure it is.

It certainly isn't about bailing the gov't out of the hole they've dug for themselves, with a ponzi-scheme Social Security system, and the raid on the fund for Medicare.

Posted by: Mjim at February 25, 2010 10:45 AM (V8B//)

Barry should call in a couple of Corps(e)men to help them out.

Haryy spouting polls that say we want this shit???

Who did they ask, Keefy and chrissy?

We're fucked.

@Ben

Yes Lamar Alexander pointed it out.

what was Obama's response?

Would it be inappropriate to sock puppet Olbermann's Dad?

US refuses to endorse British sovereignty in Falklands oil dispute

Kenyan's hate the English.

Yeah but why mau mau the British attempt to retain sovereignty over island that do not belong to the Argies.

Really someone needs to explain to me why argentina claims islands that belonged to britain before Argentina existed.

Posted by: lincolntf at February 25, 2010 10:52 AM (cGaVN)

If it's bad then I am really bad. 

OK..it really is this simple.

Last night I put out 3 cans of garbage and my Recyclibles.

Private garbage truck, and County run recycling truck.

Guess which one showed up?

This is the point I made to my 2 small boys.

Yes, they f'ng get it.

So far...Paraphrased..

Democrats: People are dying, 'cause they don't have health insurance. sniff

Republicans: How we gonna' pay to keep people from dying?

Democrats: People are dying, 'cause they don't have health insurance. sniff

Republicans: How we gonna' pay to keep people from dying?

Democrats: People are dying, 'cause they don't have health insurance. sniff

Posted by: loppyd at February 25, 2010 10:53 AM (akk3Z)

That was to be expected, wasn't it?

BTW, it was kinda fun badmouthing Cato to his face yesterday, wasn't it?

i've decided to stream the video. it looks like he has decided that he will only use the straw man argument from now on in his presidency.

That was to be expected, wasn't it?

BTW, it was kinda fun badmouthing Cato to his face yesterday, wasn't it?

Posted by: maddogg at February 25, 2010 10:56 AM (OlN4e)

I guess I was overstating the obvious.

Was that really him? 

Obama: Lamar you're a liar, only I can understand the CBO report.

When they said going up they meant going down 14%. Isn't that clear?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 25, 2010 10:02 AM (mR7mk)

Have a nice day! The GOM, Grumpy Ole Man. New sock?

Hmmm, I was on another site yrs ago when someone used that nick.

Wasn't you, was it?

Posted by: Anachronda at February 25, 2010 10:55 AM (LD+ZJ)

Pierre Laval (28 June 1883 Â– 15 October 1945) was a French politician. He was four times President of the council of ministers of the Third Republic, twice consecutively. Following France's Armistice with Germany in 1940, he served twice in the Vichy Regime as head of government. After Liberation (1945), he was arrested, found guilty of high treason, and executed by firing squad.

I was making a point between appeasement of the Nazis & Russians

Was that really him? 

Posted by: loppyd at February 25, 2010 10:59 AM (akk3Z)

I believe it was. Do you think he liked his reception? Heh.

Posted by: toby928 at February 25, 2010 11:08 AM (PD1tk)

It's a TRAP!

Coburn: Extortion in the health care system.

Couldn'tve said it better myself.

It sure beats the "tort reform" narrative.

Posted by: FUBAR at February 25, 2010 11:08 AM (1fanL)

You forgot "Hot Babes" of Oktoberfest!

http://tinyurl.com/yfbgs5y

Posted by: Mike H at February 25, 2010 11:14 AM (cvvNY

I dunno Mike. You want to see boobs, turn on the tv and see what everyone else is watching...

Posted by: lowandslow at February 25, 2010 11:13 AM (GZitp)"

Too bad nobody said, "Prove it."

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the second largest FOX stakeholder is a Saudi prince, the same one who Rudy told to eff off right after WTC attacks.

 This guy is tight with Murdoch's son who is a definite lefty.

When the muslim youth riots were happenning in France, the crawl at the bottom of the screen changed from "muslim youth riots occurring in Paris", to just plain old "youth riots occurring..." The Saudi prince took credit for this change in the writing.

I heard this all on Jerry Doyle radio show last night, a woman named Diane West was the guest, she wrote an article about it, something about Should Fox News now be considered a Saudi agent?

Speaking from experience, I remember the pre-food-stamp days with basic commodities. The Canned Meat, Cheese Food, and Dry Potato Flakes were excellent incentives for Mom to get off welfare.

the second largest FOX stakeholder is a Saudi prince, the same one who Rudy told to eff off right after WTC attacks.

 This guy is tight with Murdoch's son who is a definite lefty.

When the muslim youth riots were happenning in France, the crawl at the bottom of the screen changed from "muslim youth riots occurring in Paris", to just plain old "youth riots occurring..." The Saudi prince took credit for this change in the writing.

I heard this all on Jerry Doyle radio show last night, a woman named Diane West was the guest, she wrote an article about it, something about Should Fox News now be considered a Saudi agent?

You might also want to look at the discussion of the matter in John Ringo's _The Last Centurion_ regarding how the elites in the middle east slant the news we see.

And when you stop and think about it, who does Fox News have? Bill O'Reilly, who plays a conservative on TV, but isn't, Shep Smith, who could be traded to CNN for Lou Dobbs and a shortstop to be named later... they've got Hannity, who's ineffective and I can't stand, and Glenn Beck, who sometimes seems more concerned with making sure we don't vote republican than doing anything to thwart the Democrats.

(And let's face facts... there are a lot more non-squish conservatives in the republican party than there are in the democrat party; I'm as dissatisfied with the squishes as anyone, but sometimes Beck sounds like he's trying to turn their existance into a democrat advantage).

Who does that leave at Fox? Well, there's Greta and Red Eye on at 3 in the morning or whenever it is. And that's supposed to make them The Conservative Network?

The NY Times not updating its 'Casualties of War' page

http://tiny.cc/fD97H

I turned it on for about 60 seconds while eating lunch. The jugeared jackass was speaking. I turned it off. I can no longer even stand to hear his voice and listening to his rhetoric is a collosal waste of time because every time he opens his yammering mouth a lie spews forth.

The only thing that concerns me about this PR stunt is whether or not the RINOs on the Republican side are going to cave or not based on some useless beard.  And if they do cave, how far they are going to cave.

No I have to take that back. As this stands right now, ANY cave at all will result in the ultimate nationilization of all healthcare within 10 years. That what the commie-Ds want. It has been thir goal since FDR was president.

McConnell citing the real polls.

TURN OFF THE MIKES!!!! THE TRUTH CANNOT BE LET OUT!!!!!

It screws up everything we said.

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I stopped watching all the talking heads shows, including Fox, long ago. There was too much food fighting and not a lot of dissemination of useful information.

Added to which their marquee names were becoming All About Themselves.

Agree with you about Hannity, Beck and Greta. My friend tells me that Judge Napolitano has a good show.

Finally took a peek at da summit.  Barry filibuster. The a Dim (Clyburn). Then another round of Barry. Kyl briefly.  More Barry.  Then finally a R got to have the floor.

So Dims, get most of the air time.

Jewells, here you go:

Pierogi: 4 eggs, small container (or about 8 oz. of sour cream), 8 cups of flour, pinch of salt (half a teaspoon), warm water; mix the eggs, sour cream, and salt, sift in the flour and warm water.  You want the dough to be velvety, so be careful adding the water.  Put it out on a floured board and knead it until it's smooth, then roll it out to about quarter inch thickness (half again as thin is best, but start with 1/4 inch), take a glass (or biscuit cutter) and make the rounds, cover them so they don't dry out if you made the dough first; was paper works pretty well.  The key is to get the dough to bake up light and fluffy and to not have the filling get runny -- it takes some practice, but it isn't that hard.

Filling: Saute 1/2 lb. of chopped bacon, about a cup of chopped mushrooms, a small chopped onion, when it's done (onions and mushrooms are tender), add a 14 oz. jar of saurkraut (but drain it really well first!  don't use runny saurkraut) and a couple of tablespoons of sour cream, salt and pepper.  I like to drain the bacon and mushrooms afterwards, so it isn't as greasy, before putting in the saurkraut; I think you could probably leave the bacon out if you wanted to.

or 4-6 cups of cold mashed potatoes mixed with a pound of shredded Cheddar cheese

or (my favorite) a quart of blueberries or pitted cherries mixed with 3 tablespoons of softened cream cheese (or ricotta that's been drained -- doesn't take much, and it's better than cottage cheese; this is my own invention to this) and a tablespoon of honey; if it's still a bit watery put a couple of tablespoons of plain bread crumbs in it to soak up the juice.

Borscht: 4 cups of water, 3 cups of beef stock (or chicken or veggie -- you pick what you like; I like beef stock low sodium); 1 medium size chopped carrot, 1/2 chopped pepper (optional -- I don't like it in my borscht, but great grandma did, meh, whatever you like), half a stalk of celery chopped, 1 can of sliced beets (or better yet, use a couple of small fresh ones, chopped), 2 cans of peeled, diced tomatoes, a small onion chopped, a teaspoon or tablespoon of garlic (another addition I made, depends on how much you like garlic as to what you put) a small cabbage shred it up pretty fine, 2 potatoes or 3 small ones diced, about a tablespoon of salt, third cup of butter, some sausage (you can use braised beef shanks, but I'm lazy and like to use two kielbasa, sliced up), sour cream, a generous tablespoon of dill weed, a 1/2 teaspoon of paprika, salt  and pepper

Put everything in the soup pot with the water and stock except the cabbage, kielbasa, tomato, onion, garlic, sour cream, and seasonings.  Bring to a boil for about 15 minutes and then turn down to simmer -- make sure the veggies are just about tender.  In a skillet take the butter and saute the onion until tender (add the kielbasa right at the end so it doesn't overcook but gets the flavor out of it into the pan), then turn down to simmer and add the tomato, garlic and cabbage (better use a big skillet), simmer until the cabbage is almost tender but not droopy, add salt and pepper.  Turn off and let it cool a bit.  Add that to the soup pot, bring it to a low boil, let it go for about 5 - 10 minutes, then turn off heat and stir in paprika and dill.  Serve it with sour cream. (Great grandma and co. also used to stir in about 1/2 c. of room temp heavy cream when it was somewhat cooled off enough, but that's a heart attack in a bowl if you ask me.

Hope these work for you and you like it!

My God, that article in the sidebar about the theatre manager telling some complaining customer to fuck off is ball dippingly funny.

It is a terrible business practice, but it is comedy gold.  Like it was written for an edgy movie commedy.

Seriously, the sidebar link headline doesn't do justice as to how awesome that e-mail exchange is.  Like something out of ace, when he is in a bad mood, or when some one tells JackStraw just how fuckin' boring his epic poetry is.

*Ducks*

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