December 28, 2010

Year in Review: Places of 2010
— Gabriel Malor

I'm stepping away, a little bit, from politics in today's yearly review to recall the places that dominated news cycles. Some of these places are just plain amazing, some are just plain scary, and some are just plain. For sure, what happened in these places last year will color national and international events in the future. JANUARY

The earthquake outside PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI becomes the first in a series of natural disasters that seize global attention in 2010. The quake mobilized charities and motivated celebrities. The U.S. government ultimately sent more than $379 million and two former presidents to help . . . as well as 16,000 military Service members.

FEBRUARY

The shortest month was a bit better. On the one hand WASHINGTON, DC suffered its infamous "Snowpocalypse" aka "Snowmageddon" aka "SNOMG", depending on which federal department's press release you read. They're still talking about it here.

The Winter Olympics in VANCOUVER also dominated media coverage this month, as major sports events tend to do. On the one hand, the U.S. team won the most medals (37) and some events I'd never heard of before seemed to be on everyone's mind (curling, anyone?). On the other hand, it was also the excuse DrewM took to introduce hockey to the HQ.

Finally, the confusingly named WYOMING, MINNESOTA finally made it on the map. For this. Okay, I said I was only stepping a little away from politics.

MARCH

Most of the news in March was spent on the politics of ObamaCare passage. But many outlets, including the HQ, took a short break from that to talk about a relatively obscure club in WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. It's a place I'd just as soon forget, the Voyeur nightclub. Was Voyeur "arty-dirty" or just "dirty-dirty"? Either way, it was another in a string of missteps from the RNC this year.

APRIL

April saw another natural disaster, the eruption of EYJAFJALLAJOKULL in Iceland. It dropped ash throughout Europe, closing airports and stirring fears of airline bankruptcies. Some commentary also focused on the global cooling effects of volcanic eruptions. Hey, you don't think the unusually cold weather the northern hemisphere is experiencing this winter has nothing to do with it, do you?

April also introduced us to a place I'm sure we'd all rather forget: the MACONDO PROSPECT. You've already forgotten it? It's the place the Deepwater Horizon sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Though most people seem to have moved on, the BP oilspill shaped a substantial part of the news cycle this spring and summer, including a million comparisons to President Bush's Katrina response.

MAY

On the first of the month, Pakistan-born citizen Faisal Shahzad tried to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. At the end of the month, the nation was arguing quite nastily over plans to put a mosque at Ground Zero, making NEW YORK CITY the focus of an extraordinary amount of ink.

Also popping up on the radar, GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA. For this.

JUNE-JULY

In the summer, the U.S. and the world turned to the most-watched television event in history: the 2010 FIFA World Cup, hosted in SOUTH AFRICA. Of course, I used the opportunity to introduce one of my favorite sports to the HQ.

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

Yet another disaster struck in August, with a cave-in at the San Jose Mine in COPIAPO, CHILE. Thirty-three miners were trapped for 69 days. Yes, there's going to be a movie.

Also in August, election season took a turn. After a series of victories, the Tea Party went from zero to FLAMING DEATH! and that put DELAWARE on the media map. In September, serial candidate Christine O'Donnell whupped RINO Rep. Mike Castle after a fraught primary campaign.

OCTOBER

Honestly, I can't remember what happened in October. It's from the dark time, when it was all election politics, all the time.

NOVEMBER

Parcel bombs are delivered to many foreign embassies in GREECE. This followed the parcel bomb plot in which explosive packages were sent from YEMEN. Unfortunately, just as everything old is new again, this seems to be a fresh tactic for terrorists. Parcel bombs would continue to trouble the West for the rest of the year.

DECEMBER

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA becomes a viral sensation:

What's on the map for next year?

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 04:30 AM | Comments (218)
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1 hmm

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 28, 2010 04:41 AM (eOXTH)

2 What's on the map for next year?

DOOOOOOOOM. But then that's always a safe bet.

Posted by: joncelli at December 28, 2010 04:43 AM (MLQL2)

3

 On the other hand, it was also the excuse DrewM took to introduce hockey to the HQ.

Sidney Crosby is unstoppable.

Suck on this a one time

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 04:51 AM (wuv1c)

4

On the first of the month, Pakistan-born citizen Faisal Shahzad tried to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. At the end of the month, the nation was arguing quite nastily over plans to put a mosque at Ground Zero, making NEW YORK CITY the focus of an extraordinary amount of ink.

Gabe, you left out the important detail that Mayor Michael Bloomberg then went on tv and said that the bomber was probably someone who didn't like Obamacare. The Mayor of New York, the city with the most terror attacks in America, tried to pin that attempt on the Tea Party or Anti Obama forces.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 04:52 AM (wuv1c)

5 Chicago is on the map,  for 2 reasons:

1.  The mayor's race in February,  where Rahm Emanuel is going to be running.

2.  According to reports on Fox,  Obama is going to have his re-election headquarters in Chicago,  so he can portray himself as a "Washington outsider."
This is,  of course,  crap.   He wants to be where the Secret Service won't log every visitor, and FOIA acts cannot be used to extract those names.  He also thinks the Chicago press will ask fewer questions that those in DC,  who might accidentally notice something.

I hereby ask everyone to unceasingly mock this "Washington outsider" plan.  If a guy has been in DC as president for 4 years, an outsider personna is just ridiculous. 

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 28, 2010 04:54 AM (Fo83G)

6 Heh. The printer cartridge bomb plot distills the essence of bureaucratic cluelessness for me. A package addressed to "The Sons of Pigs and Apes Zionist Entity Community Center" with a return address in fucking YEMEN doesn't raise any eyebrows. Or a Jewish center ordering ONE printer cartridge from fucking YEMEN. Yes, Yemen, your one-stop shop for printing accessories, precision camera lenses, advanced microcircuitry and peanut brittle. Yemen, whose chief export is... somebody want to help me out, here?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2010 04:55 AM (FePvp)

7

Sickinmass,

I was very unpopular with people when I told people after the earthquake that they shouldn't donate money to Haiti funds.

The place is a shithole for a reason. The land itself is beautiful, hell its a caribbean island, it's the people that make it such a mess.

I honestly think there are some nations that are beyond redemption. Haiti is near the top of that list.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 04:55 AM (wuv1c)

8

 Ah, saw you did mention the oil spill in April.  I thought it was in May.

seems like it dragged on for a while didn't it? I guess the spill didn't know when to exit the stage.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 04:57 AM (wuv1c)

9 October had the Indonesian disasters an earthquake that spawned a tsunami, then a volcano eruption. Unfortunately for them (as far as aid) they were eclipsed here by the disaster being brought by our own Indonesian spawned debt tsunami.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 28, 2010 05:01 AM (tf9Ne)

10 500 year flood in Nashville gets ignored again...

Posted by: Darksbane at December 28, 2010 05:01 AM (pv8vN)

11 The big news this year?  Why the same thing as last year of course, AND the year before. On TV news it will be ALL Obama ALL the time.

I can not think of any day in the past two years when there hasn't been him on TV constantly.

Oh, and he is on vacation again now. He has got to be the the most vacationing idiot to ever occupy the WH.

Posted by: Vic at December 28, 2010 05:02 AM (M9Ie6)

12 You forgot PUNCHDOWN, INDIANA

Posted by: somegirl at December 28, 2010 05:03 AM (QmOHB)

13 My takeaway from the World Cup experience was that soccer fans are annoying. What the hell was all that obnoxious horn-blowing about? We must allow blacks to piss on everyone's experience because... umm... apartheid or something. Plus, blowing a cheap, plastic mass-produced horn is an ancient tradition. Meanwhile, we'll eject bands of hot European chicks from the venue for wearing too little clothing. Another reason why soccer is Teh Ghey.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2010 05:03 AM (FePvp)

14

  What's on the map for next year?


 I fear..the end of free pron on the interwebs as we know it. There will be a  burgeoning black market for porn on the web. The FCC takeover, subsequent regulation and the addition of .xxx instead of .com will bring about the taxation of every mo-rons favorite pass-time. Expect to see a sharp increase in hobo killings and valu-rite consumption.

  

Posted by: dananjcon at December 28, 2010 05:03 AM (pr+up)

15 He has got to be the the most vacationing idiot to ever occupy the WH.

Hey!

Posted by: Johnny Dummy Vacation, the Little Known 18th President at December 28, 2010 05:06 AM (QmOHB)

16

  What's on the map for next year?

Sleeping molestations in the Armed Forces Sky Rocket!

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 05:08 AM (wuv1c)

17 People have such short as memories. Or maybe it's just the MFM have that perspective. News flash: It Snows in the Winter. Sometimes alot. In '96 Philly got 30 inches of snow, NY got 20+ that year. Here in MN we had our snowiest December EVER clocking in at 37 or 39". There's piles of snow 15-20ft high here...Anyone remember when RI mobsters looted the Snow Removal budget and then when they got shat upon there was no cash? sigh...


Thanks for the Year in Review. Pretty crazy to think it's almost been a year since the Haiti quake. And guess what, a couple of billion spent, and the place is still a hell hole. There's an I shouldn't be Alive episode about the quake. An American Volunteer had part of her leg cut off in the quake and had to go through 30+ hours w/o pain killers or medical treatment beyond battlefield first aid. crazay.

Miss Marple: they are doing an Election Campaigning class on CSPAN2 this week. Very interesting yesterday they did a whole polling/gotv deal on the Chicago Primary. http://tinyurl.com/36mfw45 Parts 4 and 5 were awesome, Part 3 is the Chicago deal.


Posted by: Zakn at December 28, 2010 05:09 AM (zyaZ1)

18

We must allow blacks to piss on everyone's experience because... umm... apartheid or something. Plus, blowing a cheap, plastic mass-produced horn is an ancient tradition. Meanwhile, we'll eject bands of hot European chicks from the venue for wearing too little clothing.

My issues with the vuvuzela was the stupid f'ing announcers saying it was some sort of tradition in Africa dating back to a long time ago.

When did South Africa get plastics? the 1970s? Ancient African traition my butt.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 05:10 AM (wuv1c)

19 Next year is going to be all about the Bonds and Currency (Gas and Grocery prices for you and me, Tool and Raw material prices for our employers, then further unemployment for us again as we get to taste another round of cost cutting and production cutbacks. And gee it looks so good right now doesn't it?)

Thats when it gets really nasty. Clinton bitched about it, Obama will blame it for his downfall. And he will whine forever. It's Carter 2.0, but worse. gah.  We'll need another "Historic" one to make up for this one

Posted by: Zakn at December 28, 2010 05:14 AM (zyaZ1)

20 GHWB & BClinton, what's to show for their expertise fleecing the international aid flocks "helping" after the tsunami and then the quake?

Posted by: maverick muse at December 28, 2010 05:15 AM (H+LJc)

21 The number included at least 14 suspected sorcerers previously known to have been lynched in the far southwestern region of Grand'Anse as local people feared they were spreading cholera with a magical substance.

I don't care if it is fucking Haiti!

You don't have to be literate to grasp some basic fucking concepts.

The "magical substance" is crap.

Crap in your water, that you drink.

Don't drink from waters where your crap-stained undies get washed!

Don't let your little crappy children squeal like little otters in and out of the local reservoir!

At the very least boil that shit!

(Oh. Sorry.  I forgot, you all don't even have any fucking trees anymore for fuel.  Wonder why that is?)

Harsh Environment, lack of resources?

Must be, I guess...

Can anyone say Hispaniola?



Posted by: Deety at December 28, 2010 05:25 AM (Jb3+B)

22 I'm still confused regarding Iceland having a Volcano. BTW, funemployment is much more enjoyable as a talking point rather than an actuality.

Posted by: Rick "Filthy" Sanchez at December 28, 2010 05:26 AM (0ba8c)

23 Heh.  I remember having to get underway in the USS Wasp during the initial response with only 5 hours notice.

CAUTION SEA STORY FOLLOWS

That reminds me of the time back in the 70s when we were in Subic Bay and half the crew was out in Olongapo City when the Arab-Israeli conflict fired up and we got word the Russians were flying the Egyptian aircraft.

They sent the Shore Patrol and AFP into town to round everyone up and we took off. Nothing like the old PI light-off and steaming through the Straights of Malacca at a flank bell.

Posted by: Vic at December 28, 2010 05:27 AM (M9Ie6)

24 Arizona SB 1070 passed in April 2010, the news being Obama's judicial activism prosecuting the State, and other states promoting boycotts v. AZ.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 28, 2010 05:29 AM (H+LJc)

25 @ 26, Even now, Comrade Zero is searching for Larry Summers' replacement. I have a feeling the only requirement will be a willingness to say, "QE III? Awesome idea! Let's do it!" I think he should hire Teh Krugman. TWO Nobel prize winners bending their mighty intellects to the task should produce some impressive results! It will be amusing to watch the presser in which Ostumblefuck claims that he inherited the food riots, shantytowns, locusts and shambling hordes of undead from George W. Bush.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2010 05:30 AM (FePvp)

26 CDR M at December 28, 2010 09:17 AM

argh!

Posted by: maverick muse at December 28, 2010 05:30 AM (H+LJc)

27 Julie 2010

The Lady Gaga Doctrine of International Affairs
kicked into high gear when, not being satisfied with the lobbying efforts of the Lady, herself, on the contentious issue of DADT, one of her little monsters, Bradley Manning, (finding himself in an awkward position in the military), was arrested for unlawfully dispatching SIPRNet communiques from Obama's executive safekeeping to our new, unofficial Transparency Czar, Julian Assange.

Yes, this dance-fest will continue into the new year and will help choreograph the Comeback Kid's de facto Foreign Policy.

Posted by: Chuck Sledgehammer at December 28, 2010 05:30 AM (GwPRU)

28

"The "magical substance" is crap."

I bet Miley Cyrus has magical poop.

 

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 05:31 AM (HaYO4)

29 sickinmass, last I heard, even the blacks lost interest in the Kwanzaa fad.

Posted by: maverick muse at December 28, 2010 05:34 AM (H+LJc)

30 ZOMBIES happened in October.

Posted by: Moi at December 28, 2010 05:34 AM (Ez4Ql)

31 Be sure to insert the applicable Steyn Quote into that rant to make it more effective SiM

Posted by: Zakn at December 28, 2010 05:36 AM (zyaZ1)

32 Sorcerers? That's crazy. Everyone knows cholera is imported into the black community by the White Man, so we can plunder Haiti's vast riches.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 28, 2010 05:36 AM (FePvp)

33 god, thank heavens this year is over
let's shoot it, call it dead and declare today new year's day

Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2010 05:36 AM (mOLjN)

34

Why do I disrespect and dislike Sir Charles of Krauthammer? This is why I spit on him.

King of the Clueless

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 05:39 AM (OlN4e)

35 Football is not safe. They postponed the game in Philly on the THREAT of snow.

Posted by: Zakn at December 28, 2010 05:40 AM (zyaZ1)

36 7
I hereby ask everyone to unceasingly mock this "Washington outsider" plan.  If a guy has been in DC as president for 4 years, an outsider persona is just ridiculous. 
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 28, 2010 08:54 AM (Fo83G)

Please don' throw me in dat DC brier patch!

Posted by: Obi-Won, the outsider fighting for YOU at December 28, 2010 05:42 AM (yRrAd)

37 Have we agreed on what to call this damned decade or the last damned decade yet?   Has a final decision been made?  Fer chrissakes.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 05:45 AM (HaYO4)

38 Your word is, "sitting President"

"sitting President, O - U - T - S - I - D - E - R, sitting President"

Posted by: Obi-Won, king of the spelling bees at December 28, 2010 05:46 AM (yRrAd)

39

King of the Clueless

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 09:39 AM (OlN4e)

Yes, he goes down in my opinion more and more everyday. Republicans should not defund Obamacare because when it fails they will get the blame. 

With the current press Republicans get the blame for everything bad that happens anyway.

Someone needs to tell him that even the Dems don't believe the press anymore. He has been in DC too long now.

Posted by: Vic at December 28, 2010 05:46 AM (M9Ie6)

40 Nevertheless, “Happy Holidays” has replaced “Merry Christmas.” When Kwanzaa was no more than a malignant dream of a paranoid felon, people said Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah as they thought appropriate for a given situation.

Is that so?

From here on out, I intend to respond to (what I perceive to be)  an aggressively deracinated greeting such as "Happy Holidays!" with a hearty, "Mein Fuhrer!".

Posted by: Deety at December 28, 2010 05:48 AM (Jb3+B)

41 Have we agreed on what to call this damned decade or the last damned decade yet?   Has a final decision been made?

how about 'the decade of suck'?
started with 9/11, ended with obamacare, and pretty much sucked all in between

Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2010 05:48 AM (mOLjN)

42 47
Have we agreed on what to call this damned decade or the last damned decade yet?   Has a final decision been made?  Fer chrissakes.
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 09:45 AM (HaYO4)

'00s: the "Oughts" or "Zeds"
'10s: the "Teen Angsts"

Your mileage and choices may vary

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 05:48 AM (yRrAd)

43 Office Depot is officially on warning that the first thing that I do with my new computer might be to send them a rather tart e-mail. It's been almost 48 hours since I bought it  (and left it at the store for anti-virus, etc. installation) and I haven't heard a peep from them. Sunday, they said it would be 24hrs. max, but probably just later that day. They'd call and let me know. No call, no e-mail, on Sunday. No biggie. Yesterday I waited until it'd been more than 24 hrs and call. The girl puts me on hold and comes back to say "someone told me to tell you it's not done, but will be ready later".I ask if they'll call, and she says yes. Fine. The day passes into night (the store is open until 9 PM) and no word from the Depot.
So I log on this morning and find an e-mail from McAfee thanking me for subscribing to their service, with a time stamp of yesterday morning, before I'd even called the first time.
I'm headed down to the store in 15 minutes. I'll be leaving with either my computer or with my money.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 28, 2010 05:49 AM (T+5rr)

44 Running as an outsider provides me with an opportunity to design another kewl seal!

Posted by: Obi-Won, the outsider fighting for YOU at December 28, 2010 05:50 AM (yRrAd)

45 54
Running as an outsider provides me with an opportunity to design another kewl seal!
Posted by: Obi-Won, the outsider fighting for YOU at December 28, 2010 09:50 AM (yRrAd)

Anything resembling an "O" in said seal will, of course, stand for "Outsider"

Posted by: Obi-Won, the outsider fighting for YOU at December 28, 2010 05:51 AM (yRrAd)

46 I guess the flooding in Texas last June doesn't compare to the oil spill.

Next year? Along about March, Hillary will resign. That's my big prediction.

Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at December 28, 2010 05:55 AM (QV82F)

47

"'00s: the "Oughts" or "Zeds"
'10s: the "Teen Angsts"

"how about 'the decade of suck'?"

I'm calling this decade the "onesies".  I can't wait 'til the '20s.  I'm done with all this zeros, pre-teens, teens, new millenium crap.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 05:57 AM (HaYO4)

48 I'm wearing a onesie.

Posted by: J.D. at December 28, 2010 05:59 AM (YIR9X)

49 Finally, the confusingly named WYOMING, MINNESOTA finally made it on the map.

It doesn't come close to the poor saps who are graduates of California University of Pennsylvania having to respond to "WTF?" every time they refer to their alma mater.

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:01 AM (yRrAd)

50 Those who are busy trading Christmas for Kwanzaa do themselves and our culture no good. Karenga’s monster will serve as a constant excuse to use “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Hanukkah.”
“Happy Holidays” will continue to make America less of a nation every time it is spoken. Just sayin'.


Kiddy cartoons are big on including Kwanzaa in all their "holiday" specials. I've told my boy flat out that it's a made up holiday.

Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at December 28, 2010 06:03 AM (QV82F)

51 56
Next year? Along about March, Hillary will resign. That's my big prediction.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at December 28, 2010 09:55 AM (QV82F)

Look for a sharp rise in the price of cankle futures

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:03 AM (yRrAd)

52 It doesn't come close to the poor saps who are graduates of California University of Pennsylvania having to respond to "WTF?" every time they refer to their alma mater.

Or the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  What is it with PA colleges incorporating other states into their names?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 28, 2010 06:05 AM (9hSKh)

53 Look for a sharp rise in the price of cankle futures


Heh. Double your popcorn stock. She'll resign so she can make a run in 2012. Also, there's a good chance Obama will dump Biden and put her on the ticket.

Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at December 28, 2010 06:05 AM (QV82F)

54 If he's going to portray himself as an outsider,  some questions should be asked:

1.  How is it you have been in DC for 6 years (2 in the Senate) and you are (by your own words) still outside the circles of power?

2. If you are an outsider,   does this mean that Biden is really running everything? Or is it Valerie Jarrett who is doing all of the work?

3.  If you still see yourself as an outsider,  might this be because of your unfortunate childhood,  in which you will ALWAYS see yourself as an outsider? Does this make you unfit for office?  Discuss.

4.  What would it take for you NOT to be an outsider?  More power than you already have? Six hours daily on TV a la Hugo Chavez?  More parties with celebrities?  A Swiss bank account?  What?

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 28, 2010 06:06 AM (Fo83G)

55 And in December, consumer confidence "unexpectedly" drops. Again.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 28, 2010 06:08 AM (TMB3S)

56 "What's on the map for next year?"

My gut feeling?  North Korean shit is going to hit the fan.

Posted by: Detroyes at December 28, 2010 06:11 AM (4T2i7)

57 Posted by: Miss Marple at December 28, 2010 10:06 AM

You wish.

Expect more of the usual questions, all of the "how do you manage to have so many amazingly amazing successes despite the attacks of the eeevil racist wingnuts on your brilliant self?" variety.

I'm hoping this will be the year Osama Obama is impeached and subsequently indicted for treason, but then I'm also hoping I win the lottery this year, too....

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 28, 2010 06:12 AM (Ulu3i)

58 Mr. Scribbler,  those are MY questions.  I don't expect most of the press to do anything more than what you have outlined.

I do proceed,  however,  in my campaign to needle most of them on Twitter.  I like to think of myself as that little voice that makes them occasionally doubt Obama's wonderfulness.

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 28, 2010 06:14 AM (Fo83G)

59 62
Or the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  What is it with PA colleges incorporating other states into their names?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 28, 2010 10:05 AM (9hSKh)

Hain't got a clue.

The PA location that always gets me to do a double take is Wyomissing, just west of Reading. And why is Reading pronounced "redding" and not "reeding"?

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:15 AM (yRrAd)

60 As for Bawwy in 2011, meh. I'm more concerned with what further damage 'Chelle, the meddlesome cow, intends to inflict upon the nation.

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:19 AM (yRrAd)

61 You know what's cool about that time lapse video of the snowfall? The appearance of the clock-shaped snowflake at 0:04. Truly, they are all unique, for I have never seen its like before.

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:23 AM (yRrAd)

62 2011, the first year of the second decade of the 21st Century. It will be calm and peaceful with bunnies and fawns everywhere.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 06:24 AM (XXyJt)

63 It will be calm and peaceful with bunnies and fawns everywhere.

Got any good recipes?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 28, 2010 06:28 AM (tf9Ne)

64

What's on the map for next year?

I can only come up with two I think I can take to the bank --

1. Obama will inappropriately bow to someone

-and-

2. AoS morons will bitch about soccer even though the World Cup isn't for another three years.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 28, 2010 06:29 AM (pLTLS)

65 72
2011, the first year of the second decade of the 21st Century.
It will be calm and peaceful with bunnies and fawns everywhere.
Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 10:24 AM (XXyJt)

We find your omission of unicorns disturbing, h8er!

Posted by: Devotees of Obi-Won, the outsider fighting for YOU at December 28, 2010 06:29 AM (yRrAd)

66 It will be calm and peaceful with bunnies and fawns everywhere. Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 10:24 AM

Sounds like you're predicting the end of human life! Who's going to be responsible, the greenies, the Mohammedan Mouthpiece, the Norks or Mad Mahmoud's boys?

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 28, 2010 06:32 AM (Ulu3i)

67

im 2011 we will all be racists for wanting Someone Else For President

Posted by: Jones at December 28, 2010 06:33 AM (b+yWd)

68

What's on the map for next year?

If you like your bogus Christmas-like holidays...

 

Posted by: Barak Mandingo Obama at December 28, 2010 06:34 AM (pr+up)

69 In 2011, it will still be Bush's Fault.

Posted by: Jones at December 28, 2010 06:34 AM (b+yWd)

70 In 2011, despite her many healthy nutrition initiatives, Michelle Obama will expand to Ted Kennedy-like proportions and will have to be lowered to the ground floor of the White House by crane

Posted by: Jones at December 28, 2010 06:36 AM (b+yWd)

71 I really wonder why the Northeast has shut down as if there was 75 feet of snow, when we've had nothing but one decent snowfall.

I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning that part of the problem was the TSA agents didn't show up for work.

No fondling no flying.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 28, 2010 06:37 AM (tf9Ne)

72

you should have done places the president vacationed during 2010......lol

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 28, 2010 06:37 AM (Cm66w)

73

places the president vacationed during 2010......

The White House??

 

Posted by: dananjcon at December 28, 2010 06:41 AM (pr+up)

74

I'm gonna go against the grain here at AoSHQ for The Year Ahead and call it The Year of The Comeback Kid™. 

Whoever said this coming year is going to be about Barky nailed it.  His media sycophants are going to rave about his "victories", about his political maturity, his scintillating intellect.  "Triangulation" will be bandied about.  "Post Partisan" will be all the rage again.  The word "bildungsroman" will rear its ugly head once more. 

The dude's presidency isn't dead yet.  Not by far.  Journolist 2.0 is alive and well and the media is ready to stand by their man until the bitter end.  The guy is only incompetent when you look at him from our side.  To the middle and the folks who voted for him that might not normally, they want to give him a pass.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 28, 2010 06:44 AM (fLHQe)

75 76
When I was young, we went to school with much more snow on the ground.  It was very much a rarity for school to be cancelled.   Now, it seems that even a hint of snow shuts things down.
Posted by: iknowtheleft at December 28, 2010 10:30 AM (G/MYk)

It's the "precautionary principle" in practice. (Sort of like the bullshit reason for postponing the Viqueens-Eagles game from Sunday to tonight.)

I grew up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the 60s-70s and it took real wrath-of-God blizzards for them to call off school first thing in the morning. Once they got the students to school, however, they weren't at all shy about calling it a day by noon and sending us back home in the usually worsening conditions. Doing this allowed them to tally the day as a complete school day, thereby avoiding having to extend the school year in the Spring. Mickle tricksy they was, mickel tricksy.

Posted by: Devotees of Obi-Won, the outsider fighting for YOU at December 28, 2010 06:44 AM (yRrAd)

76 California: Carlos Slim buys entire state. Residents rejoice, politicians saddened, then shot. Residents rejoice.

Posted by: cali grump at December 28, 2010 06:44 AM (hL0k8)

77 88
Posted by: Devotees of Obi-Won, the outsider fighting for YOU at December 28, 2010 10:44 AM (yRrAd)

Doff the friggin' sock next time ... boy

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:46 AM (yRrAd)

78

"Get rid of the fur.  Like it really keeps one warm."

Have you never placed your hand inside a furry muff?


 

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 06:48 AM (HaYO4)

79 And why is Reading pronounced "redding" and not "reeding"? It's named after an English town of the same name. Related to the Old English spelling of "The Red One's People", "Readingas'. But, yeah, the past-tense answer, too.

Posted by: t-bird at December 28, 2010 06:49 AM (kho+0)

80 83
I heard it mentioned on the radio this morning that part of the problem was the TSA agents didn't show up for work.
No fondling no flying.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 28, 2010 10:37 AM (tf9Ne)

Gubmint puts the gum in the economy ...

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:49 AM (yRrAd)

81 "Have you never placed your hand inside a furry muff?" Best pickup line EVER.

Posted by: cali grump at December 28, 2010 06:50 AM (hL0k8)

82 When I was young, we went to school with much more snow on the ground.

Didn't we all?

Two feet of snow in NYC is unusual enough to give them an extra day or two to cope. The third straight cold and snowy winter in England catching them so unprepared is willful bad planning, due no doubt to The Met swallowing the climate change kool-aid.

Posted by: Retread at December 28, 2010 06:50 AM (ffC8m)

83 It's the "precautionary principle" in practice. I think in Philly's case, it's a matter of showing that you're 'working for the people' and building up enough debt to raise property taxes. That's going on a lot in Pa. right now.

Posted by: t-bird at December 28, 2010 06:51 AM (kho+0)

84

Posted by: PETA at December 28, 2010 10:46 AM (1rflU)

Hey, you forgot to say "Happy Holiday"!

Posted by: HH at December 28, 2010 06:51 AM (6oDXl)

85 I kill deer, but only because there isn't a season on PETA pricks............yet.

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 06:52 AM (OlN4e)

86 91
Posted by: PETA at December 28, 2010 10:46 AM (1rflU)

That's sick en masse ... jus' syain'

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:52 AM (yRrAd)

87

Have you never placed your hand inside a furry muff? Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 10:48 AM

That's a loaded question, and I refuse to answer....

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 28, 2010 06:53 AM (Ulu3i)

88 92
Have you never placed your hand inside a furry muff?

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 10:48 AM (HaYO4)

This sentiment heartily approved by the Safe Schools Czar.

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:53 AM (yRrAd)

89 Anyhoo, I prefer my muffs to be fur free, and considerably too tight for my hand to slide into.

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 06:54 AM (OlN4e)

90

I might be wrong, but I think that the gist of this "death panels" discussion is that it will be the intention of this administration, the Black Caucus and other Democrats to take medical benefits away from essentially middle and upper income, elderly, helpless and defenseless white people who worked all of their lives and contributed to Social Security monthly for many years, so that, as a bribe to empower themselves, the Democrats can give those benefits to deadbeats, freeloaders, parasites and lazy bums who contributed nothing, absolutely nothing to the system, but who will be expected to vote for Democrats and to keep Democrats in office in return for now receiving free medical care, which, of course, those parasites will abuse and overburden at every opportunity at the expense of the rest of us, driving up costs higher and higher with each passing year.

This is one of the slimiest and most evil stunts that Democrats have ever pulled. Everybody should be enraged by that outrageous and despicable stunt. There is nothing in the Constitution that says that hard-working white people should have to support deadbeats, freeloaders, lazy bums and parasites, especially not at a loss of benefits to themselves for which they have been paying all of their lives.  Why should my parents have to give up Medicare Benefits for which they paid, so that parasites can receive those benefits for free, or actually at the expense of my parents. It's disgusting, and immoral.

Posted by: Brian at December 28, 2010 06:54 AM (sYrWB)

91

Posted by: PETA at December 28, 2010 10:46 AM (1rflU)

Hehe! I had pork, veal and beef this weekend and I liked It!! If it were up to me I would  take pot shots at the Canadian Geese that shit all over my back yard and I was thrilled to read the the bear hunt in NJ bagged 589 of the  mischievous fuckers!! So bite me ya godamn hippy!

Posted by: dananjcon at December 28, 2010 06:54 AM (pr+up)

92 How about Detroit? A city being abandoned to the elements. Half of it's probably going to be burned for firewood this winter.

Posted by: t-bird at December 28, 2010 06:55 AM (kho+0)

93 Have you never placed your hand inside a furry muff?

I've never orbited around Uranus, either...

Posted by: James T. Kirk at December 28, 2010 06:57 AM (mOLjN)

94 My prediction for next year?  Pain...and chaos.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 28, 2010 06:58 AM (9hSKh)

95
Posted by: PETA at December 28, 2010 10:46 AM (1rflU)


Once more, with proofreading: that's sick en masse ... jus' sayin'

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 06:58 AM (yRrAd)

96 Wasn't there an election in November?  I seem to remember something or other happening then.

Posted by: toby928™ at December 28, 2010 06:59 AM (S5YRY)

97

" I prefer my muffs to be fur free, and considerably too tight for my hand to slide into."

Try the children's section.  We're talking about rabbit fur accessories, right?

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 06:59 AM (HaYO4)

98 Anyone seen a "Vacations and Boondoggles of 2010" list for the tyke who spent all his time in Washington fixing the economy?

Posted by: t-bird at December 28, 2010 07:00 AM (kho+0)

99 112
Try the children's section.  We're talking about rabbit fur accessories, right?

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 10:59 AM (HaYO4)

Unh, sure Joanie ... whatever you say { * rolls eyes * }

Posted by: 'Rons, for whom the gutter is too high a leap ... at December 28, 2010 07:02 AM (yRrAd)

100

This year, be sure to try out our exciting new line of high quality toner cartridges that we offer at remarkably competitive prices.

Posted by: Yemen at December 28, 2010 07:05 AM (Ys0KI)

101 How about "Copenhagen II" for places of 2010? Fresh of his Olympic shellacking in 2009, Obama repeats his performance with global warming, all the more dumbfounding because that was after East Anglia's CRU scandal had come to light.

Posted by: t-bird at December 28, 2010 07:05 AM (kho+0)

102 Re: Krauthammer (henceforth: Cabbage Smasher)

I'm really tired of this "circles within circles within circles" thinking.  Its a big part of what got us here in the first place.

How about this, Cabbage Smasher? we'll defund Obamacare until we have enough votes in both houses to repeal it (and a Republican President, or enough votes to override a veto) and then we'll repeal it.

No more Government activism.  Me and mine will take care of me and mine.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at December 28, 2010 07:06 AM (8y9MW)

103 In 2011 North Korea will collapse. President Ebola will resign. Sarah Palin will announce her candidacy for POTUS. ace will not double post, not even once.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 07:06 AM (XXyJt)

104 FIFY

Posted by: sickinmass at December 28, 2010 11:01 AM (1rflU)

FIFY is pretty close to Fluffy. As in our simple animal friends.

Better watch it around here, pal...

Posted by: HH at December 28, 2010 07:08 AM (6oDXl)

105 Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 11:06 AM (XXyJt)

And Bizzarro will finally be the superhero he's always wanted to be.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at December 28, 2010 07:08 AM (8y9MW)

106 ace will not double post, not even once.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 11:06 AM (XXyJt)

You had me up until that point.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 28, 2010 07:09 AM (fLHQe)

107

"Unh, sure Joanie ... whatever you say "

Good, then I feel comfortable telling all of you about the time the neighbor's dog tried to eat my mine. 

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 07:09 AM (HaYO4)

108 Between the I-35 bridge and the stadium collapse, the University of Minnesota College of Engineering should be shuttered.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 28, 2010 07:09 AM (tJGNs)

109

Try the children's section.  We're talking about rabbit fur accessories, right?

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 10:59 AM (HaYO4)

We are?

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 07:10 AM (OlN4e)

110
ace will not double post, not even once.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 11:06 AM (XXyJt)

Now that's just crazy talk.

Posted by: joncelli at December 28, 2010 07:10 AM (MLQL2)

111

When I was young, we went to school with much more snow on the ground.

When i was a kid we walked 20 kilometers up hill both way with four feet of snow on the ground and brimstone falling from the sky. We sometimes had to fight off wolves, wild boars, and homeless people who offered to clean our glasses with dirty water and old crumpled up newspapers. Our school books weren't really books, but scrimshaw's with the times table on them. We didn't have a chalkboard and used a stick and lose dirt on the ground instead. For our school lunches we had to slaughter the animals and plant the crops for ourselves. Have you ever made a Dorito from scratch? It is very arduous task. We lost some good kids making that Dorito.

Ahh the memories of school all way back in the mid to late 1990s.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 07:11 AM (wuv1c)

112 When i was a kid we walked 20 kilometers up hill both way with four feet of snow on the ground and brimstone falling from the sky.

and game consoles were only 16 bit!!!!!!

Posted by: chemjeff at December 28, 2010 07:12 AM (mOLjN)

113

I remember in one of the CO'D deathmatches being a bit critical of Ace and him trotting out a list of conservative pundits, which included Cabbage Smasher, as if their word was the final say.  

Hopefully CS's latest pronouncements will bring him down a peg or two where he belongs.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 28, 2010 07:13 AM (fLHQe)

114 125
Between the I-35 bridge and the stadium collapse, the University of Minnesota College of Engineering should be shuttered.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 28, 2010 11:09 AM (tJGNs)

And shut down their hockey team while you're at it!

Posted by: Michigan Tech College of Engineering and Huskies Hockey Team at December 28, 2010 07:14 AM (yRrAd)

115

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 11:11 AM (wuv1c)

Yeah, but YOU probably had shoes, unlike us poor kids.

Rich bastard.

Posted by: HH at December 28, 2010 07:15 AM (6oDXl)

116 I predict a giant, mutant moth will attempt to consume Philadelphia. 

Posted by: mpfs at December 28, 2010 07:15 AM (iYbLN)

117 In 2011, the most advanced civilization on Earth will discover the Sun and ponder, "Hmm, could Big Sky Fire Ball influence our weather?"

Posted by: t-bird at December 28, 2010 07:17 AM (kho+0)

118 Minnesota College of Engineering should be shuttered.

Hey, engineerin's hard.


I agree.  Them engineers have to use pencils and them slide rulers and shit.

Posted by: mpfs at December 28, 2010 07:17 AM (iYbLN)

119 136 I predict a giant, mutant moth will attempt to consume Philadelphia. 

Posted by: mpfs at December 28, 2010 11:15 AM (iYbLN)

It already did, then it shit Detroit.

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 07:17 AM (OlN4e)

120 Posted by: mpfs at December 28, 2010 11:15 AM

Will it have two tiny singing Asian girls in a cage?

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 28, 2010 07:18 AM (Ulu3i)

121 Between the I-35 bridge and the stadium collapse, the University of Minnesota College of Engineering should be shuttered. Posted by: AmishDude at December 28, 2010 11:09 AM (tJGNs) Their revolutionary "No Math" engineering curriculum still has a few kinks to work out.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 07:18 AM (XXyJt)

122 Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 28, 2010 11:13 AM (fLHQe)

Basically, Cabbage Smasher became obsolete when he decided that Sarah Palin wasn't "good enough" for the Republican party.  Remember when he asked her to "leave the room?"  Yeah.

Regardless of whether or not you want her as President, can you name a single Republican who has done more to be a thorn in the side of this President?  Heck, I'll even name one I think comes close or equals (but I don't think exceeds) the mark: Jim DeMint.  Anybody else on that list?

Cabbage Smasher, maybe you ought to pay more attention to the substance of the message (and the person delivering it) than to if they use the right words or had the right pedigree.  Just sayin'.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at December 28, 2010 07:18 AM (8y9MW)

123 Hey, engineerin's hard. It's getting easier, thanks to the Islamic Zero. (The number, not the President)

Posted by: NASA at December 28, 2010 07:19 AM (kho+0)

124 In 2011 Joe Biden will not say anything stupid.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 07:19 AM (XXyJt)

125 In honor of the splendid campaign that led to my crushing victory, I shall introduce legislation in the 112th Congress to rename the month of October to "Delawaretober". Because you like us, you really like us!

(You do, don't you?)

Posted by: Chris Coons, Bearded Marxist at December 28, 2010 07:19 AM (yRrAd)

126 Wasn't there an election in November?  I seem to remember something or other happening then.

Posted by: toby928™ at December 28, 2010 10:59 AM (S5YRY)

Can't believe I didn't notice that.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 28, 2010 07:20 AM (fLHQe)

127 In 2011 Nancy Pelosi will give up the Speaker's Gavel without a struggle and will not take hostages.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 07:21 AM (XXyJt)

128

To increase public trust in science by personalizing the Earth as a beautiful cartoon goddess, Steven Spielberg will recommend doing away with the term Global Climate Disruption and replacing it with "Acute Gaian Febrile Instability."

Posted by: Cicero at December 28, 2010 07:21 AM (Ys0KI)

129 "The Winter Olympics in VANCOUVER also dominated media coverage this month, as major sports events tend to do. On the one hand, the U.S. team won the most medals (37) and some events I'd never heard of before seemed to be on everyone's mind (curling, anyone?)."

My favorite memory of the Winter Olympics was sitting in my buddy's basement watching a women's curling match between Canada and Denmark. The sight of one of the more voluptuous members of the Canadian team with her ass in the air yelling "Hard! Hard! Hard!" as she was pushing the slide stone made me fall out of my chair laughing.

Posted by: Armando at December 28, 2010 07:22 AM (nd0uY)

130 144 In 2011 Joe Biden will not say anything stupid.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 11:19 AM (XXyJt)

You heard it here first, folks. eman has Biden at the top of the croak list. What is it gonna be, accident or sickness? Can you die from high brain case vacuum?

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 07:23 AM (OlN4e)

131

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 11:21 AM (XXyJt)

Say, you by any chance a gambling man? drools...

Posted by: HH at December 28, 2010 07:24 AM (6oDXl)

132 Oh Lord, the stories I could tell ya. It would curl yer curlies....

Posted by: Joanie's muff at December 28, 2010 07:24 AM (OlN4e)

133 They postponed the game in Philly on the THREAT of snow.

More like the THREAT of D-Cell Batteries inside of snowballs....

Philly is home to a violent, inbred, sub-human species that cannot control itself.


Posted by: TXMarko at December 28, 2010 07:25 AM (lj1zi)

134 148
In 2011 Nancy Pelosi will attempt to pass off a Ronco™ Whoopie Gavel to John Boehner in lieu of the real one, but the ruse will be discovered in time to prevent the House from being gavelled to order to the sound of a large fart give up the Speaker's Gavel without a struggle and will not take hostages.
Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 11:21 AM (XXyJt)

FIFP

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 07:25 AM (yRrAd)

135

uh oh, someone broke the headlines section of the blog.

wasn't me, this time.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 07:27 AM (wuv1c)

136 136 I predict a giant, mutant moth will attempt to consume Philadelphia.

Giant mutant moths can only improve the decor of Philadelphia. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 28, 2010 07:27 AM (9hSKh)

137

ah it's been fixed. rdbrewer's headlines are getting more intricate each day. impressive.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 07:27 AM (wuv1c)

138 In 2011 DrewM will post his "I Have a Christine O'Donnell Shrine in My Basement" confession.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 07:28 AM (XXyJt)

139

"In 2011, Joanie will finally publish her aforementioned muff memoirs. "

C'mon, nobody wants to read about that tatty old thing.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 07:28 AM (HaYO4)

140 155
Philly is home to a violent, inbred, sub-human species that cannot control itself.

Posted by: TXMarko at December 28, 2010 11:25 AM (lj1zi)

Yeah, we threw snowballs at Santa Claus ... you wanna make somethin' of it?

Posted by: Philadelphia fans, as drunk and bellicose as ever at December 28, 2010 07:29 AM (yRrAd)

141 Have we agreed on what to call this damned decade or the last damned decade yet?

The lost years.

Posted by: toby928™ at December 28, 2010 07:29 AM (S5YRY)

142 I predict that the handover to Boehner will be lacking in decorum from the democrat side,  and we will hear boos and raucous cries,  along with mockery of his tendency to weep.

He will NOT be allowed to enjoy even 30 seconds of,  what for him,  was a lifetime goal.

The template for this is how they treated Bush,  both in 2000 and 2004 (there was no reason for Kerry not to concede except to spoil the evening).

This goes along with my theory that the democrats never,  ever will admit we won a victory,  while they will claim that they won even in the face of humiliating and documented loss.   See if I am not correct.

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 28, 2010 07:30 AM (Fo83G)

143 In 2011 the Yankees will end up in last place in their Division.

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 07:33 AM (XXyJt)

144 152
In 2011, Joanie will finally publish her aforementioned muff memoirs.
Posted by: Still Waiting at December 28, 2010 11:23 AM (ErXCa)

There is no truth to the rumor that Joanie has rejected the title "Muff, the Magic Drag Queen" for said memoirs.

Posted by: 'Rons, guffawing at their "clevernitude" at December 28, 2010 07:33 AM (yRrAd)

145

"Regardless of whether or not you want her as President, can you name a single Republican who has done more to be a thorn in the side of this President?  Heck, I'll even name one I think comes close or equals (but I don't think exceeds) the mark: Jim DeMint.  Anybody else on that list?"

Hell, I'd be happy with a Republican candidate who wasn't a supporter of one of the following: Gun Control, Global Warming, Health Insurance Mandates, or Amnesty.  But you're right - even if there were a candidate that didn't have one or more of those skeletons in their closet, they don't have the balls SP has. 

 But haven't men always relinquished their balls to women?  I guess it was bound to happen in politics sooner or later.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 28, 2010 07:34 AM (fLHQe)

146

Posted by: Archangel at December 28, 2010 11:31 AM (ErXCa)

Both? In the same post? Well, I'll give you a lot of credit for your Faith.

Posted by: HH at December 28, 2010 07:35 AM (6oDXl)

147
Predictions? I love making predictions!


Posted by: Joe Soothsayer Biden at December 28, 2010 07:36 AM (uFokq)

148 I just hope 2011-2021 is as good as 1911-1921 was....

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 07:38 AM (wuv1c)

149
All in all we're going to be creating somewhere between 100[,000] and 200,000 jobs next month, I predict.

Even some in the White House said, 'Hey, don't get ahead of yourself.'

Well, I'm here to tell you, some time in the next couple of months, we're going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month.



Posted by: Joe Soothsayer Biden at December 28, 2010 07:38 AM (uFokq)

150 Yeah, we threw snowballs at Santa Claus ... you wanna make somethin' of it?  Posted by: Philadelphia fans, as drunk and bellicose as ever at December 28, 2010 11:29 AM (yRrAd)

You also threw loaded snowballs at a Referee, almost killing him.  He was stretchered out of the stadium. 

Don't forget the snowballs thrown into the TV Booth, where John Madden and others dodged away while trying to call the game.

It was after this game (Cowboys/Eagles) that alcohol was no longer sold at Veterans Stadium. 

I also believe that the Vet was the only NFL Stadium at the time that had a fully functional jail deep in its' bowels.

I blame Buddy Ryan, who should be kicking off sometime in 2011.


Posted by: TXMarko at December 28, 2010 07:38 AM (lj1zi)

151 171
Predictions? I love making predictions!
Posted by: Joe Soothsayer Biden at December 28, 2010 11:36 AM (uFokq)

In 2011, Joe Biden will suffer a debilitating brain freeze after walking into a 7-11 NOT owned by a cigar store Indian.

Posted by: Nostrildamus at December 28, 2010 07:39 AM (yRrAd)

152 Zero Hedge has their 2011 predictions

Meanwhile on CNBC, Kudlow and Cramer scream BUY BUY BUY

Posted by: kbdabear at December 28, 2010 07:39 AM (vdfwz)

153 Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 28, 2010 11:34 AM (fLHQe)

Ouch.  Just... ouch.

That would be nice, though.  RS McCain seems to have the hots for Herman Cain.  I don't know enough about him one way or the other, but I'd be willing to listen.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at December 28, 2010 07:39 AM (8y9MW)

154
Here's a riddle:

What does the NBA and CUBA have in common?

Posted by: Soothsayer Chamberlain at December 28, 2010 07:40 AM (uFokq)

155 173 I just hope 2011-2021 is as good as 1911-1921 was....

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 11:38 AM (wuv1c)

Yeah, me too.

Posted by: RMS Titanic at December 28, 2010 07:40 AM (OlN4e)

156
WWI was awesome!

Posted by: Soothsayer Chamberlain at December 28, 2010 07:41 AM (uFokq)

157

Shaquille O'Neal was fined $35K for saying the NBA officials are "control freaks."


Posted by: Soothsayer Chamberlain at December 28, 2010 07:42 AM (uFokq)

158

I favor the oil-eating bacteria in the Gulf for person of the year.

Posted by: Beagle at December 28, 2010 07:42 AM (sOtz/)

159
is that ironical?

Posted by: Soothsayer Chamberlain at December 28, 2010 07:43 AM (uFokq)

160 I want another bite at the "open covenants, openly arrived at" apple.

Posted by: Zombie Woodrow Wilson at December 28, 2010 07:43 AM (yRrAd)

161 What's the difference between Michael Vick and Barry Obama?

Michael Vick paid his debt to society.

Posted by: Fritz at December 28, 2010 07:46 AM (GwPRU)

162

2011, global cooling makes it impossible for michelle to bare her well toned arms thus thrusting the msm into a tizzy trying to  figure out what else they can compliment her on...

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 28, 2010 07:47 AM (Cm66w)

163 187
What's the difference between Michael Vick and Barry Obama?
One called out the dogs, the other is called a dog. Michael Vick paid his debt to society.
Posted by: Fritz at December 28, 2010 11:46 AM (GwPRU)

FIFP

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 07:48 AM (yRrAd)

164 drudge has a great picture accompanying the Obama congratulating the Eagles on signing vick story.  on the bottom right of the page

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 07:48 AM (wuv1c)

165 188

2011, global cooling makes it impossible for michelle to bare her well toned arms thus thrusting the msm into a tizzy trying to  figure out what else they can compliment her on...

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 28, 2010 11:47 AM (Cm66w)

They could complement her on the gravitational field generated by her ass.

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 07:49 AM (OlN4e)

166 188
2011, global cooling makes it impossible for michelle to bare her well toned arms thus thrusting the msm into a tizzy trying to  figure out what else they can compliment her on...
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 28, 2010 11:47 AM (Cm66w)

Does not her toilet seat-smothering derriere warrant some MFM-lovin'?

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 07:50 AM (yRrAd)

167 193
They could complement her on the gravitational field generated by her ass.
Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 11:49 AM (OlN4e)

NASA, as part of its outreach program to fuzzy-wuzzy muzzies, intends to enlist said derriere for a series of gravitational lensing experiments in 2011.

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 07:53 AM (yRrAd)

168 This is franchise material: If people will see the Fockers movies, they will totally want to see the Muffers movies. Combine with Harry Potter and you get Harry Muffer. That works, too.

Posted by: cali grump at December 28, 2010 07:53 AM (hL0k8)

169

Sidney Crosby is unstoppable.

Suck on this a one time

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 08:51 AM (wuv1c)


CROSBY IS A BITCH

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 07:54 AM (eCAn3)

170 I predict a moronette will do an ONT post next year.

Posted by: CDR M at December 28, 2010 07:54 AM (cqZXM)

171

OCTOBER

Honestly, I can't remember what happened in October. It's from the dark time, when it was all election politics, all the time.


--Delaware!!!

Posted by: logprof, shitstirrer at December 28, 2010 07:55 AM (dy80A)

172 NASA, as part of its outreach program to fuzzy-wuzzy muzzies, intends to enlist said derriere for a series of gravitational lensing experiments in 2011.

Posted by: ya2daup at December 28, 2010 11:53 AM (yRrAd)

A laser twixt the Everest like cheeks would confirm Relativity.

Posted by: maddogg at December 28, 2010 07:56 AM (OlN4e)

173 198 This is franchise material: If people will see the Fockers movies, they will totally want to see the Muffers movies.
Posted by: cali grump at December 28, 2010 11:53 AM (hL0k

A treatment for the next installment in the series, Mother Focker, is in the can and only awaits Babs' Streisand's go-ahead to begin shooting.

Posted by: Peepull at December 28, 2010 07:57 AM (yRrAd)

174 Michael Vick paid his debt to society.
Posted by: Fritz at December 28, 2010 11:46 AM

Sorry, unlike Osama Obama I don't believe ALL criminals should get a "second chance."

Especially when they are President of the United States.

Posted by: MrScribbler© at December 28, 2010 07:57 AM (Ulu3i)

175

Sidney Crosby is unstoppable.

Suck on this a one time

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 08:51 AM (wuv1c)


CROSBY IS A BITCH

Rocket Richard Trophy, Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy, Olympic Gold medal, Two trips to the Stanley Cup Finals(one win),  current 24 game point streak and he's only 23 years old.

 

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 08:00 AM (wuv1c)

176 Hmm, I was wondering if TMQ would be postponed due to the late, late game but it's up.  Got my reading for today!

Posted by: logprof, shitstirrer at December 28, 2010 08:00 AM (dy80A)

177 In 2011 CGI will reunite The Beatles who will astound us with their cover of "Bad Romance".

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 08:01 AM (XXyJt)

178

Rocket Richard Trophy, Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy, Olympic Gold medal, Two trips to the Stanley Cup Finals(one win),  current 24 game point streak and he's only 23 years old.

 

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 12:00 PM (wuv1c)


CROSBY IS A BITCH

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 08:02 AM (eCAn3)

179

Sidney Crosby is unstoppable.

Suck on this a one time

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 08:51 AM (wuv1c)


CROSBY IS A BITCH

Rocket Richard Trophy, Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy, Olympic Gold medal, Two trips to the Stanley Cup Finals(one win),  current 24 game point streak and he's only 23 years old.

---------------------------------

He may be a good hockey player, but his presence on the ice just about qualifies it as coed play.

Posted by: ef at December 28, 2010 08:07 AM (gMe9c)

180

"Plus my suspicion is that you've given a handjob or two while wearing it. "

Well, if they'd just learn to wear their dickmittens...

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 08:07 AM (HaYO4)

181

He may be a good hockey player, but his presence on the ice just about qualifies it as coed play.

Posted by: ef at December 28, 2010 12:07 PM (gMe9c)


No one's saying he isn't skilled. HE'S A BITCH

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 08:16 AM (eCAn3)

182 212

"Plus my suspicion is that you've given a handjob or two while wearing it. "

Well, if they'd just learn to wear their dickmittens...

Should it be singular? 

Posted by: ¤§EZB§¤ at December 28, 2010 08:17 AM (Ty06w)

183 I'm from the Government and I'm here to help. http://tinyurl.com/25y5czc

Posted by: eman at December 28, 2010 08:17 AM (XXyJt)

184

I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.

And he makes three times what you or I do...even with the cost of living adjustment.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 28, 2010 08:19 AM (pLTLS)

185

Should it be singular? 

Posted by: ¤§EZB§¤ at December 28, 2010 12:17 PM (Ty06w)

Why, no. It shouldn't be singular.

Posted by: A reptike with hemipeni at December 28, 2010 08:20 AM (OlN4e)

186

"Plus my suspicion is that you've given a handjob or two while wearing it. "

Well, if they'd just learn to wear their dickmittens...


Much like when the govt rewards bad behavior that first sentence gives one a reason to forget to wear the dickmitten

Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 28, 2010 08:21 AM (tf9Ne)

187 Nothing fucks up a lame-assed joke like misspelling your fucking sock.

Posted by: A reptile with hemipeni at December 28, 2010 08:21 AM (OlN4e)

188

"Should it be singular?"

I don't know, I date weirdos.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 08:22 AM (HaYO4)

189 221

"Should it be singular?"

I don't know, I date weirdos.

We've admitted a few too... it could be singular to tripilicate to none of the above.

Posted by: ¤§EZB§¤ at December 28, 2010 08:25 AM (Ty06w)

190 Posted by: A reptike with hemipeni at December 28, 2010 12:20 PM (OlN4e)
Lesbian lizard with a double strap on?

Posted by: ¤§EZB§¤ at December 28, 2010 08:26 AM (Ty06w)

191 In 2011, I predict that I will impress all of you AoSHQ with my Senatorial abilities!

Posted by: Sen. Leesa Murcowski at December 28, 2010 08:28 AM (6DDE+)

192 217

I'm from the Government and I'm here to help.

And he makes three times what you or I do...even with the cost of living adjustment.

And even with evidence of a totally eff up, his job is bullet proof.

Posted by: ¤§EZB§¤ at December 28, 2010 08:29 AM (Ty06w)

193 221

"Should it be singular?"

I don't know, I date weirdos.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 12:22 PM (HaYO4)

Helwooooo!!!

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at December 28, 2010 08:33 AM (6DDE+)

194 You have a special sock for f*cking?

Posted by: Archangel at December 28, 2010 12:24 PM (ErXCa)


I have an entire Zulu tribe head-dress for fucking, I could see having a sock.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 08:33 AM (eCAn3)

195 Posted by: Sen. Leesa Murcowski at December 28, 2010 12:28 PM (6DDE+)

Well, "impress" is one of those words with a host of meanings, so I suppose that could be true.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at December 28, 2010 08:33 AM (8y9MW)

196 I predict a giant, mutant moth will eat an inebriated Ed Rendell.

Oh please, please, please...

I know I have this thing about moths today.  I have no clue why.

Posted by: mpfs at December 28, 2010 08:34 AM (iYbLN)

197 222 Nothing fucks up a lame-assed joke like misspelling your fucking sock.

You have a special sock for f*cking?

Posted by: Archangel at December 28, 2010 12:24 PM (ErXCa)

Looks like someone is wearing his dickmitten.

Posted by: Randy, a CA resident at December 28, 2010 08:37 AM (D0PNd)

198 226 In 2011, I predict that I will impress disgust all of you AoSHQ with my Senatorial abilities!

FIFA. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at December 28, 2010 08:38 AM (9hSKh)

199 Awesome! I think that I have your entire collection of Letters to Penthouse. And seen your mug shot somewhere.

Posted by: Archangel at December 28, 2010 12:36 PM (ErXCa)


Was it the one where I'm wearing my Zombie/Liberal Removal Squad hat?

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 08:38 AM (eCAn3)

200

Looks like someone is wearing typing with his dickmitten.

Posted by: Randy, a CA resident at December 28, 2010 12:37 PM (D0PNd)



FIFY

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 08:39 AM (eCAn3)

201

 In 2011, I predict that I will impress all of you AoSHQ with my Senatorial abilities!

If you are in Washington, who will snort the snow off the Alaskan pipeline?

Posted by: garrett at December 28, 2010 08:39 AM (8XSYB)

202 Here is a pic from my hot photo shoot in "Rattlers In Heat". Enjoy!

Posted by: A reptile with hemipeni at December 28, 2010 08:40 AM (OlN4e)

203

Difficult to remember details. Too many blood splatters and what appeared to be a necktie made of entrails. More info on the hat may help.

Posted by: Archangel at December 28, 2010 12:41 PM (ErXCa)


it's the one with the necklace of teeth around the brim.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 08:45 AM (eCAn3)

204 In 2011, any blip up in economic reports will be trumpeted as the RECOVERY IS HERE TO STAY!!

Any negative turns will be quietly reported as "unexpected" and "due to seasonal factors"

Posted by: kbdabear at December 28, 2010 08:45 AM (vdfwz)

205 In 2011, movies will suck, and they'll suck in 3D. Idiots will fill the theater seats anyway

Posted by: kbdabear at December 28, 2010 08:46 AM (vdfwz)

206

prediction for next year:

there will be multiple posts before noon.

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 08:46 AM (wuv1c)

207

In 2011, movies will suck, and they'll suck in 3D. Idiots will fill the theater seats anyway

indeed, i haven't been inside a movie theater since fall 2008 to see the Dark Knight.

3-D sucks balls. Why would I want to wear a second pair of glasses at the theater?

Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 08:47 AM (wuv1c)

208 Any negative turns will be quietly reported as "unexpected" and "due to seasonal factors"
Posted by: kbdabear at December 28, 2010 12:45 PM (vdfwz)

12.28.10 (Reuters) Consumer Confidence Falls Unexpectedly in December

...don't worry -- we'll BE THERE in 2011!!

Posted by: Today's Headlines at December 28, 2010 08:48 AM (6DDE+)

209
Before I arrived in thread: 0.92 comments/ minute

After I arrived in thread: 1.01 comments/minute

Conclusion: I am a comment stimulator.

Posted by: Soothsayer Chamberlain at December 28, 2010 08:48 AM (uFokq)

210

"3-D sucks balls. Why would I want to wear a second pair of glasses at the theater?"

I haven't seen a 3-D movie since Jaws 3-D. No interest. These nouveau 3-D freaks better get over this sick obsession right quick. 

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 08:51 AM (HaYO4)

211 Posted by: Ben at December 28, 2010 12:47 PM (wuv1c)

When done well, 3D is pretty cool.  It really should be used for the right things, though, instead of just being something to jazz up every movie that comes out.  For instance: Tron in 3D was pretty cool (I also hate the glasses, though- they always give me a headache).  Harry Potter in 3D (when it comes out next year) will largely suck (at least, the 3D part will, after Deathly Hallows pt 1, I hold out great hope for pt 2).

If they do Avengers in 3D, that'll be stupid.  The psychedelic nature of Alice in Wonderland lent itself to 3D very well, though.

I'm looking forward to glasses-less 3D technology, though.  Either something like some of the TV companies are pursuing or holographic technology of some kind.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at December 28, 2010 08:54 AM (8y9MW)

212 Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at December 28, 2010 12:51 PM (HaYO4)

They can charge 4 - 5 bucks more per ticket for the same movie.  3D isn't going anywhere.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at December 28, 2010 08:55 AM (8y9MW)

213 Harry Potter would suck, irregardless of being in 3D or not.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Confuse A Cat, Ltd. at December 28, 2010 09:12 AM (eCAn3)

214 2011 Stamps

Ya like stamps? The new ones are here. They have a Reagan one and some interesting art ones. The Christmas one is the Baby Jesus copping a feel...

Posted by: moi at December 28, 2010 09:28 AM (Ez4Ql)

215 #253

I will be buying a lot of the Reagan ones,  and also the Indy 500 stamps. (This is a big deal in the Indianapolis area.)

Thanks for the link!

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 28, 2010 10:04 AM (Fo83G)

216 I missed the Indy one. It's a nice design.

Posted by: moi at December 28, 2010 10:11 AM (Ez4Ql)

217 Last Sunday's Best Buy flyer had all the holiday's listed on the bottom of the front page but they made sure they highlighted Kwanzaa over all others.

Must be something like Moi said, a tag-along holiday for Zombies?

Posted by: maverick muse at December 28, 2010 10:49 AM (H+LJc)

218 asics running and Asics Gel Kinsei 2 with high quality and competitive price are provided in our online store. You will get the asics running shoes with the most preferential prices.

Posted by: asics shoes at December 28, 2010 10:50 PM (Uw8og)

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