October 30, 2012
— DrewM Hope everyone is safe. It's still not over, so if you're in PA, OH, IL, WI and even MI, it looks like you'll get a taste of Sandy.
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Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 30, 2012 04:08 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Sandy Duncan at October 30, 2012 04:09 AM (ufLRj)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 30, 2012 04:10 AM (ck76k)
My bosses are there for a conference.. wondering how DC fared..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 30, 2012 04:10 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 04:10 AM (RYVE/)
Posted by: Basement Cat at October 30, 2012 04:11 AM (xj89Y)
Posted by: Lizabth at October 30, 2012 04:12 AM (JZBti)
Posted by: Sandy Duncan at October 30, 2012 08:09 AM (ufLRj)
My, oh my. Bringing the funny right out of the box!
Posted by: Ammo Dump at October 30, 2012 04:12 AM (YYyqq)
Whew. Glad thatÂ’s over with (at least here in Taxachusetts). On the way in to work, I heard at least 15 dead. Hope it wasnÂ’t anyone in the Moron Nation.
In light of all the sad and bad and creepy news, hereÂ’s a story about a classic Hollywood practical joke:
If you ever watched the movie Sunset Boulevard, you’ll recall that, when Norma Desmond goes to Paramount to meet with Cecil B. DeMille, the great director is in the middle of shooting the movie Samson and Delilah. And you might have heard, if you listened closely, DeMille give someone named “Henry Wilcoxon” an order to hold up a piece of drapery with his sword.
Henry Wilcoxon? Who he? Well, “Biff” Wilcoxon was one of DeMille’s favorite leading men, also acting as an associate producer to DeMille later in life. If you’ve watched enough DeMille movies, you’ve seen him – the vicar in Mrs. Miniver, Marc Antony in Cleopatra, Richard the Lion-Heart in The Crusades, the captain of Pharaoh’s guards in The Ten Commandments. and Bishop “Oh, rat farts!” Pickering in Caddyshack.
So here’s the joke – during a publicity tour for Samson, Wilcoxon became extremely exhausted; suffering from pneumonia, in fact, and couldn’t wait to end the tour. Finally, Richard Condon, the publicist, met Wilcoxon in his hotel suite and told him, “This is the last appointment. It’s with a priest from the Legion of Decency and someone from the Protestant Women’s Council. And that’s it.”
“Thank God,” Wilcoxon said. “Let’s get it over with.”
Condon called in the priest, who was very much a tough Karl Malden type, and the woman, a pretty but prim spinster in a flowered hat and dress. After a few polite preliminaries, the priest got down to business. “Mr. Wilcoxon, we like the picture very much. But there’s one thing you’ll have to change.”
Wilcoxon stiffened. “Change?”
“Yes,” the priest went on. “That scene where Samson and Delilah are walking hand in hand through the fields – you remember that one? You’ll have to superimpose a picture of Jesus over it.”
“Are you out of your mind?” Wilcoxon exploded. “That scene takes place centuries before Christ was born! And besides, the movie is finished. We’re going to release it. What you’re asking me to do is impossible!”
Sensing some difficulty ahead, the woman from the Protestant Council excused herself at this point and stepped out of the room.
“You’re going to do it,” the priest snarled, “or the Legion is going to condemn the movie. Now, are you going to call Mr. DeMille, or am I?”
The two men sat there, the priest smug and Wilcoxon wondering what he was going to do. It was very hot in the suite, and both men were sweating. The priest reached into his breast pocket for his handkerchief. As he pulled it out, two condoms fell onto the carpet. WilcoxonÂ’s face paled, but the priest only shrugged as he wiped his brow.
“Can’t be too careful,” he said as he picked up the condoms. “There’s a lot of VD in my parish.”
At this point, the woman came back into the suite. Except for her hat and steel-rimmed glasses, she was completely naked.
“OK,” she said. “Who wants it first?”
For a moment, Wilcoxon sat there, too shocked to speak. Then he started to laugh. And so did everyone else.
After the laughter died down, Condon explained that the “priest” was a local actor and the Woman’s Council representative a hooker. He’d hired them, written the scene and coached them. The joke, Condon explained, was a way of cheering up Wilcoxon and thanking him, on behalf of Paramount, for all the work he’d done on behalf of the movie.
And, with a hooker in the room, did anything else happen? Well, my source avoids its eye at this point, and so should we.
Hope you all have a wonderful day. Stay safe, friends in a box.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 30, 2012 04:12 AM (zF6Iw)
Maybe it will later, once all the cell towers get knocked down.
Happy day.
Posted by: GMBsub assult group leader. Vegatable Liberation Front. at October 30, 2012 04:13 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Candy the Hutt at October 30, 2012 04:13 AM (YOZSv)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 30, 2012 04:13 AM (zF6Iw)
4 Hey, Hurricane Sandy is just like me, it only has one eye.
Posted by: Sandy Duncan at October 30, 2012 08:09 AM (ufLRj)
Pffff...you want a fluckin' medal or something?
Posted by: Average Penis at October 30, 2012 04:14 AM (NBj0d)
Posted by: Scobface at October 30, 2012 04:15 AM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 30, 2012 04:15 AM (5J54Q)
Posted by: GMB sub assult group leader. Vegatable Liberation Front. at October 30, 2012 04:15 AM (kPe9l)
Barack Obama and Other Has-Beens
-Wall Street Journal
"In a different age, Mr. Obama would have been the guy who went out and bought an Edsel. In this age, Mr. Obama is the guy demanding that you buy an Edsel, too. That car is today called the Volt."
-Bret Stephens
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 30, 2012 04:15 AM (lDWQr)
R+0.81% - Current RCP Average
O+0.13% - Average using the 2008 turnout model
R+2.63% - Average using the D+3 turnout model
R+4.86% - Average using the 2010 turnout model
R+4.91% - Average using the 2004 turnout model
R+6.65% - Average using the Rasmussen Party ID turnout model
Romney gains another 0.1% in all the averages. This is the third day in a row that Romney has moved up and strengthened his lead.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 30, 2012 04:18 AM (USExO)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 04:19 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 04:19 AM (RYVE/)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 30, 2012 04:19 AM (5J54Q)
Posted by: MS Choksondik at October 30, 2012 04:19 AM (YOZSv)
In the future, all press conferences will be in italics.
Posted by: Soon-to-be Ex-President Obama at October 30, 2012 04:19 AM (8qoXL)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 04:20 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: Up with people at October 30, 2012 04:20 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 04:20 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Liberty Lover at October 30, 2012 04:20 AM (b4W5O)
Had the opposite here in SW Virginia...finally got a good bit of wind yesterday afternoon and overnight (lots of gusts of about 50 mph and a bit over), but no precipitation at all, not enough to notice anyway (despite Weather.com's doppler radar insisting that it's been snowing here steadily for the last 12 hours or so).
Hope everyone who was in (or still is in) the thick of it came through okay.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 04:21 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: 8 days at October 30, 2012 04:21 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: MadisonConservative at October 30, 2012 04:22 AM (sb+ta)
Posted by: CDR M at October 30, 2012 04:22 AM (dKV5k)
Posted by: real joe at October 30, 2012 04:22 AM (PD2ad)
Hope everyone is safe. It's still not over, so if you're in PA, OH, IL, WI and even MI, it looks like you'll get a taste of Sandy.
Wouldn't mind a taste of Sandy myself.
Duncan, that is.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 30, 2012 04:22 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at October 30, 2012 04:22 AM (YOZSv)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 04:23 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: Up with people at October 30, 2012 04:23 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Victoria at October 30, 2012 04:23 AM (tV5ow)
R+0.81% - Current RCP Average
O+0.13% - Average using the 2008 turnout model
R+2.63% - Average using the D+3 turnout model
R+4.86% - Average using the 2010 turnout model
R+4.91% - Average using the 2004 turnout model
R+6.65% - Average using the Rasmussen Party ID turnout model
Romney gains another 0.1% in all the averages. This is the third day in a row that Romney has moved up and strengthened his lead.
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Thanks Dave. Could you please write all that on a post-it note and slap it onto Ace's forehead? :-)
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 04:23 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 04:24 AM (X3lox)
Of course, everyone around here is, but still...
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 30, 2012 04:25 AM (8qoXL)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at October 30, 2012 04:25 AM (YOZSv)
>>>That was a rough storm
It sure was! One of my trash cans blew all the way across HALF my yard! I couldn't believe it! I had to put a brick in it! O teh huuuu-manity!
/Seriously, if it affected you then OK you've a right to bitch. Here at Lake Ontario all the .gov's and weather peoples were screeching and it was BS right out the gate. I think a couple of people had basement floods [normal] and some lights went out [normal]. We're already getting ready for winter so this was nothing but heavy wind.
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 30, 2012 04:26 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: GMB sub assult group leader. Vegatable Liberation Front. at October 30, 2012 04:26 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Up with people at October 30, 2012 04:26 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Liberty Lover at October 30, 2012 04:26 AM (b4W5O)
Posted by: Candy the Hutt at October 30, 2012 04:27 AM (YOZSv)
____
Yeah, I'm sure a former CEO and business executive has no idea how to handle a crisis..
[/roll eyes]
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 30, 2012 04:27 AM (8qoXL)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 04:27 AM (JCIjD)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 30, 2012 04:27 AM (wtvvX)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 08:23 AM (HNwOT)
Hey Kelley...Grayson County...up in the hills above the New River.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 04:27 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 04:28 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Fritz at October 30, 2012 04:28 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: Spypeach at October 30, 2012 04:28 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: 8 days at October 30, 2012 04:28 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: bluerose75 at October 30, 2012 04:29 AM (HDcKc)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 04:29 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 30, 2012 04:30 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 04:31 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 30, 2012 04:31 AM (3ZtZW)
Scranton is under water and needs Federal aid to survive, but the republican's in Congress will deny them the right to live. Vote for President Obama to save the people of my favorite city, Scranton.
Posted by: Joe "Dickhead" Biden at October 30, 2012 04:32 AM (lDWQr)
It looks like supercharged and supersized SuperStorm Sandy (do you want fries with that?) came ashore a few dozen miles north of our Sussex County, Delaware beach abode.
Photos taken outside the development yesterday morning showed flooding, but if past experience holds, our property would have had water on it, but nothing substantial near the house. In any event, we knew the risks and we intend to cover the costs of any damage ourselves.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 30, 2012 04:32 AM (X5mRR)
Posted by: Chique d'afrique on her phone in SE PA at October 30, 2012 04:32 AM (BNuW6)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 04:33 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: CarolT at October 30, 2012 04:33 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Up with people at October 30, 2012 04:34 AM (kzFo5)
Natural gas? Not for long. When Bloomberg catches wind of this, you're emissions credits will necessarily skyrocket making this contingency cost prohibitive.
Posted by: Fritz at October 30, 2012 04:34 AM (/ZZCn)
61 Not to worry. Chris Christie will get the credit for the rescue work being done in his state. It is a stark contrast from what he is doing there compared to how democrats act - like the mayor of Atlantic City. Obama won't be able be able to do much about taking credit for NJ except declare it a state of emergency, which he already did. Watch him try to get some photo ops with Gov Cuomo. Everyone will remember how Pataki and Guiliani and Bush handled NYC after 9/11. Cuomo, Bloomberg and Obama are all tiny little opportunists in comparison.
Leadership becomes obvious. Obama already looks as if he's trying to 'spin' the storm to help his campaign.
Posted by: Liberty Lover at October 30, 2012 04:34 AM (b4W5O)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 30, 2012 04:34 AM (+tqYo)
69
Scranton is under water and needs Federal aid to survive, but the republican's in Congress will deny them the right to live. Vote for President Obama to save the people of my favorite city, Scranton.
Posted by: Joe "Dickhead" Biden at October 30, 2012 08:32 AM (lDWQr)
Yes, you love Scranton so much that you live in Greenville, one of the toniest sections of Delaware.
It reminds me of the old joke: "Of course labor leaders love the working class - that's why they do everything in their power to get out of it."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 30, 2012 04:36 AM (X5mRR)
Now back to watching the Obama Campaign spiral into meltdown mode over the next week.
DEEE LISH US
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 30, 2012 04:36 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 04:36 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: CarolT at October 30, 2012 04:36 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 08:29 AM (HNwOT)
Sure is...prettiest place the wife and I have ever lived. Looks like Griffith won't have to do much fighting this time around. I've not seen a single sign for the Dem running against him, and he barely won in 2010.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 04:38 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 30, 2012 04:38 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: 8 days at October 30, 2012 04:38 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Beefy Weatherman at October 30, 2012 04:39 AM (i7B17)
Very slick.
Link in sig.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 04:39 AM (da5Wo)
Here's the biggest effect of Sandy I'm seeing so far: Usually by this time there are many more comments. Power outage?
Drowned hamsters.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at October 30, 2012 04:39 AM (BrQrN)
David Brooks on morning jerk all concerned that romney might not handle
disasters well and that 'we don't know anything about him'.
It's times like that I wish I could be a GOP talking head. Because I'd have hit that cockweasel Brooks right back between the eyes:
"We don't know anything about Mitt? Well, Davey, just what did you know about the Indonesian Idiot except that his thick, throbbing perfect pants crease gave you a hard-on? Who cares what you have to say anyway? You're not a Republican. You're not even a conservative. You're a star-fucker. That's all you are and that's all you'll ever be. Now go get your fucking shinebox. But first, you will blow me!"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 30, 2012 04:41 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: P. Aaron at October 30, 2012 04:41 AM (QGgxb)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque, Schoolhouse Edition at October 30, 2012 04:41 AM (eQnzo)
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Is it mean of me to surmise that if this had hit in a conglomerate of red states in an off-election year, Choomy wouldn't have even donned his presidential windbreaker?
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2012 04:41 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 04:42 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Up with people at October 30, 2012 04:42 AM (kzFo5)
This old adage still applies:
You don't own beachfront property, you only rent it from its landlord, Mother Nature.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 30, 2012 04:42 AM (X5mRR)
Posted by: King Barack I - Lion of Hyde Park, Keeper of the Holy Sites of Chicago and Punahou at October 30, 2012 04:42 AM (KWdBa)
Posted by: JDTAY at October 30, 2012 04:42 AM (a0nis)
if Va goes for that O, I will be so embarrassed & ashamed
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 04:42 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 04:43 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: grease monkey at October 30, 2012 04:44 AM (VSWPU)
And, overtime expensive. Overpriced slow work."
Thin of that scene in "The Money Pit" where a painter is making tiny strokes and Alexander Gudonov shows him how to make bigger strokes.
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 30, 2012 04:45 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 04:45 AM (piMMO)
Mary Poppins Perfectly Piercing - Where in Taxachusetts are you? I am within six miles of Boston.
Carol, I'm in Bradford, which is about 30 minutes north of Boston, right at the NH border. We got some heavy rain, but it was mostly wind. I rode a couple of hours out at the local Irish pub as long as the Bushmills held out, then headed home. One tree down across my street, but I was able to backtrack. Never lost power, and only had a few old branches down this morning. We're safe, thanks be.
Are you N,S,E or W of Boston? Glad to hear you're OK.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 30, 2012 04:45 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at October 30, 2012 04:45 AM (JxMoP)
______
Those doobies aren't going to smoke themselves, you know....
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2012 04:46 AM (lTVJy)
Alexandria Virginia here, right across the river from DC. Five inches of rain yesterday, gusty winds but appears to be no serious damage in my neighborhood. We never lost power. Buses and trains are not running this morning but will probably be back in service by noon.
Sympathies for the NYC and Jersey residents. They got slammed.
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at October 30, 2012 04:46 AM (wuXkS)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 04:46 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 04:46 AM (cWpCn)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 08:44 AM (HNwOT)
I get a free subscription to AOS morning threads
Posted by: Vic at October 30, 2012 04:46 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 04:46 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 30, 2012 04:47 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 30, 2012 04:48 AM (KWdBa)
" did yall see where one moron had volunteered to come to VA this weekend to door knock for Romney? that doesn't sound like we are winning comfortably."
That's your evidence? One person?
Also, how's the weather and the power in North Carolina and Virginia?
Posted by: What at October 30, 2012 04:48 AM (4Xxp5)
97 To those who keep poo-pooing the severity of the storm and tossing out how you've seen worse.... Here's your award for having the biggest dick. Happy now?
There have been numerous explanations on every news channel and numerous commenters have repeatedly explained how this storm was different. If you choose to remain ignorant, well then, that's your choice. But stop shitting all over those who ARE suffering in the wake. I can't imagine they give a shit what color the bus that hit them.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 08:42 AM (piMMO)
Easy killer. It ain't about dick measuring. I gave that up, well, when I realized I was Irish. What it is about is the news media crying wolf AGAIN. The truth of the matter is that this storm is nothing more than a big ass Cat 1 that hit a place that normally doesn't see this weather, but has seen it in the past. I have been watching/reading the news and I don't see anything different in severity here, than we see whenever any hurricane hits in Florida or the Gulf Coast or up into GA, SC, NC. You live here, can you honestly tell me that this damage is somehow so much more catastrophic that what happens when we get smacked?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 04:48 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 04:49 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at October 30, 2012 04:49 AM (wuXkS)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 30, 2012 04:50 AM (+QKfp)
48 David Brooks on morning jerk all concerned that romney might not handle disasters well and that 'we don't know anything about him'.
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at October 30, 2012 08:25 AM (YOZSv)
Barky delivered pizzas to a campaign HQ in Florida and then flew back to DC on AF1 in order to don his commandin' clothes and spew his usual worthless blather over the airwaves. On our dime.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 30, 2012 04:50 AM (X5mRR)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 30, 2012 04:51 AM (KWdBa)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 30, 2012 04:51 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: USA at October 30, 2012 04:51 AM (RIg+t)
>>>What it is about is the news media crying wolf AGAIN
And speculating about election delays, don't forget that...
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 30, 2012 04:52 AM (3ZtZW)
I'll have to make it out that way before I pass.
First trip though I think head north to see Rushmore then west to jellystone to see Yogi and Boo Boo.
Posted by: teej says go to K-State at October 30, 2012 08:46 AM (cWpCn)
If nothing else, drive the Blue Ridge Parkway one fall when the leaves are at/near their peak.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 04:53 AM (qEkGZ)
Romney just tweeted about donating to red cross, think i'll donate to him as well.
Posted by: spypeach at October 30, 2012 04:53 AM (pwTow)
It ain't about dick measuring.
That is not the AoSHQ I know and love. People will measure my dick and thank me for the privilege!
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at October 30, 2012 04:53 AM (BrQrN)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 30, 2012 08:52 AM (3ZtZW)
MSM weathermen and election predictors seem to have about the same rate of success and accuracy...
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 04:54 AM (da5Wo)
120- Sean, you're in Old Town aren't you? Is it just me or are there a lot more Romney yard signs around than we usually see for an R presidential candidate in our little town?
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at October 30, 2012 04:54 AM (wuXkS)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurking lurker who lurks at October 30, 2012 04:54 AM (qFpRI)
2016.
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 30, 2012 04:54 AM (b0+LF)
Posted by: USA at October 30, 2012 08:51 AM (RIg+t)
Move to NYC????
Not a chance.
Posted by: Vic at October 30, 2012 04:56 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: 8 days at October 30, 2012 04:56 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 04:57 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: alwyr at October 30, 2012 04:57 AM (Oh5R1)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2012 04:57 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 04:57 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: alwyr at October 30, 2012 08:57 AM (Oh5R1)
Is Shep Smith on location to report on them?
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 04:58 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 04:58 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 08:57 AM (opS9C)
The first thing he'll want to know is if it is as good as Oscar Meyer Bacon.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 08:58 AM (kc2b9)
I thought muslims weren't allowed to eat bacon?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 04:59 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 30, 2012 05:00 AM (KWdBa)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 05:00 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 05:00 AM (X3lox)
so con-edison says 7-10 days to restore power...
Can't they just put generators at polling places if power is not restored in time for elections?
Posted by: spypeach at October 30, 2012 05:00 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 05:00 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: Chique d'afrique on her phone in SE PA at October 30, 2012 05:01 AM (tmzN0)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 05:01 AM (QbKVX)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 30, 2012 05:02 AM (KWdBa)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet
He rode it out in Al Capone's vault
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 30, 2012 05:03 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at October 30, 2012 05:03 AM (wuXkS)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2012 05:04 AM (lTVJy)
No Tami yet this morning?
Haven't had enough coffee to be able to figure out who else isn't here...
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 30, 2012 05:04 AM (SUKHu)
And Primordial needs to STFU. Those of us who are suffering from this thing really don't appreciate the poo-poohing.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 05:04 AM (jaLAQ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 05:05 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 05:05 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 30, 2012 05:05 AM (KWdBa)
Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 30, 2012 05:05 AM (WY3bD)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 05:07 AM (X3lox)
Hunkered down, fornicating with those Jersey Shore cockroaches? Mother Nature hasn't created a storm big enough to take them out.
Posted by: Fritz at October 30, 2012 05:07 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 05:07 AM (jaLAQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 05:07 AM (piMMO)
I'm afraid after the SMOD comes they could be the only survivors.
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 30, 2012 05:08 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 08:57 AM (kc2b9)
Can't afford MM. Have to have cheap RnR. How cheap am I? Well I haven't turned on the heat yet and old 18 year old kitteh will not stay out of my lap.
Posted by: Vic at October 30, 2012 05:08 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 05:09 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 05:10 AM (jaLAQ)
Posted by: Mike "The Situation" Cockroach at October 30, 2012 05:11 AM (KWdBa)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 05:11 AM (/tk/V)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 05:11 AM (X3lox)
Well Dave, since I'm wet it's still raining outside. I'm going to eat a little breakfast and then run across your desk until you let me back out. Watch out or I may step in your oatmeal.
Posted by: DaveA at October 30, 2012 05:11 AM (MOWP1)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Agreed. Another 12" of surge and three more inches of rain could have been a catastrophe of Biblical proportions.
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 30, 2012 05:12 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 30, 2012 09:04 AM (lTVJy)
It makes you wonder what the real number is that freaked them out and what they'll release on Friday
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 30, 2012 05:12 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 30, 2012 05:13 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 05:14 AM (opS9C)
178 @170: It's annoying as hell. Just because you didn't get affected doesn't mean the storm was nothing. Yes, it could have been much worse (I lived in FL for 18 years, I do know how this stuff works). That doesn't diminish that it's a large serving of shit for many of us, or that Ace and Gabe are apparently MIA.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 09:10 AM (jaLAQ)
His point, and mine, isn't that the storm was nothing. Of course it affected people and caused damage. It's a fucking hurricane. The point is that when you look at it in context of hurricanes, then it's nothing. And the "OMG!!!11!! Frankenstorm!!! NYC will be gone forever! We are all gonnnnnaaaa ddddiiiiieeeee!!!" reaction of the media is absurd and as DangerGirl said, it's gonna get people killed.
PS - Ace is MIA??? He posted all the way up until the ONT. Which is pretty standard. And he'll show up today around 2.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 05:16 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Wearing her GIANTS jersey,team dagny at October 30, 2012 05:17 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 05:17 AM (jaLAQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 30, 2012 05:17 AM (niZvt)
He's fooling the fools a little more. That's all
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 30, 2012 05:17 AM (+I8Mq)
>>>How does my pooh-poohing affect your life?
He has to be on here, correcting you, for one thing.
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 30, 2012 05:18 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 05:18 AM (jaLAQ)
Posted by: whiskey tango at October 30, 2012 05:19 AM (JvP2I)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 30, 2012 05:19 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 09:14 AM (opS9C)
I think (hope) that the things have gotten to the point of being so obviously BS and politically motivated that most people don't pay much if any attention to them anymore.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 05:20 AM (qEkGZ)
Over pork fried rice and sweet and sour sauce.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 05:20 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 30, 2012 05:21 AM (1Jaio)
Couldn't find the joke in there, could ya?
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2012 05:21 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 05:22 AM (jaLAQ)
And now, to where the federal tax funds go ...
Posted by: sticky fingers and deep pockets at October 30, 2012 05:22 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Up with people at October 30, 2012 05:23 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 05:24 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: whiskey tango at October 30, 2012 05:24 AM (JvP2I)
Posted by: Crashpanic at October 30, 2012 05:25 AM (QYb3Q)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 30, 2012 05:26 AM (tOkJB)
Smarter kids were drinking more as adults.
http://tinyurl.com/235xj8k
/Niedermeyer wants the source spelled out: Data from the National Child Development Study in the United Kingdom and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in the United States./
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 05:26 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, Wearing her GIANTS jersey,team dagny at October 30, 2012 05:28 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Jean at October 30, 2012 05:34 AM (tZYm2)
Good think I'm way too mature, responsible, and adult to turn this thread into one extended tasty pussy thread.
More like over lox and bagels, I'd think.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 30, 2012 05:34 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 05:36 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2012 05:39 AM (HjPtV)
So insensitive...you know that New Yorkers losing their cable and being unable to get a latte is worse than thousands of poor brown people being killed.
I do feel sorry for the babies in the NICU that lost power and didn't have a generator. Heads should roll for that. Fucking Bloomberg, harassing mothers over breast milk and letting basic hospital safety fall by the wayside. Sue, babies. Sue like the wind.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, predenounced for your convenience at October 30, 2012 05:39 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Jean at October 30, 2012 05:39 AM (tZYm2)
Posted by: rockmom at October 30, 2012 05:40 AM (5UcDQ)
Hey, I'm Irish and I had to duck tape mine to my leg so it wouldn't take down any trees or wires.
Just part of what I do for my bi- annual Storm of the Century Prep.
I don't know how many lives I saved but nobody lost their lifeline to cable news and the vital weather updates.
......you're welcome
Posted by: ontherocks at October 30, 2012 05:41 AM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: jakeman at October 30, 2012 05:42 AM (96M6e)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, predenounced for your convenience at October 30, 2012 09:39 AM (ZKzrr)
What?!? What fucking hospital doesn't have a back up generator? So people on ventilators just die if a transformer blows?
Hell, the big hospital here in town has it's own power station. It actually makes so much of its own power, it sells some back to the local power company.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 05:43 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at October 30, 2012 05:49 AM (wuXkS)
AinÂ’t it ironic. If the NE people fled to Loozyana, theyÂ’d be safe. (This time.) Remember how so many of the media pundits up in NYC and environs opined in 2005 that it was stupid to live on the Gulf Coast, with the constant threat of hurricanes? Well, they were right, of course; it is stupid. But their choice of dwelling place apparently isnÂ’t any smarter.
That said, I donÂ’t wish horrible destruction, dismemberment, or death on anyone. Stay safe, folk.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at October 30, 2012 05:49 AM (BDU/a)
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 30, 2012 08:58 AM (qEkGZ)
And where is Sean Penn? Hey, this isn't an official disaster without him.
Seriously though, here in NW PA we had steady rain, some downpours and the wind gusted off and on during the night. Went down to the lake front this AM and the waves were pretty typical for any storm this time of year. No power outages but some flooding of creeks. And the hype was pretty efficient. I saw people leaving the stores yesterday with lots of bottled water and some stores sold out of flashlights. Still, I would rather see that then those people having to be rescued because they refused to evacuate as some did in Queens.
Posted by: Deanna at October 30, 2012 05:52 AM (jhCSX)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 05:54 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: Michael Bannerman at October 30, 2012 05:55 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: little miss spellcheck at October 30, 2012 05:55 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 30, 2012 05:56 AM (tOkJB)
I heard they had a generator but that it failed.
Which isn't good, but not as bad as just not having a generator.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 05:57 AM (8y9MW)
Okay now the italics are back to normal but I can't get the paragraph thingey to work. This place hates me.
One good thing, Rasmussen has the PA Senate race as a virtual tie. Casey 46%, Smith 45%. If a Dem with the name Casey in PA is losing that doesn't look good for Obama's prospects.
Posted by: Deanna at October 30, 2012 05:57 AM (jhCSX)
Posted by: Victoria at October 30, 2012 05:58 AM (tV5ow)
Posted by: little miss spellcheck at October 30, 2012 05:59 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 30, 2012 05:59 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: little miss punctuation at October 30, 2012 06:00 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:00 AM (Dnbau)
NYU. They had one, but it didn't work, and nobody knew it wouldn't work (I don't know much about generators but I do know every disaster/prep thread here has reminders to test your generator periodically...).
Nurses had to manually respirate patients while waiting for ambulances to get them transferred.
It makes me angry.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, predenounced for your convenience at October 30, 2012 06:01 AM (ZKzrr)
Which isn't good, but not as bad as just not having a generator.
The functional effect is exactly the same as not having a generator.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, predenounced for your convenience at October 30, 2012 06:02 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 30, 2012 06:03 AM (1zwZo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 09:43 AM (da5Wo)
So you're saying it's an Irish hospital??
Posted by: El Zopilote at October 30, 2012 06:04 AM (inLRg)
There is a huge difference between "I am satisfied with how the federal government has handled this situation" and "President Obama has been just outstanding, just outstanding"
And, "I couldn't care less" about Romney's visit, could have been replaced with, "Once the immediate aftermath has been dealt with, and I have had time to properly assess the situation, I cannot wait to meet with (optional: my good friend) Governor Romney, so that he knows what kind of relief efforts are necessary in the upcoming weeks and months."
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 30, 2012 06:06 AM (f1ov2)
Funny, the TV is fine but the cable internet connection keeps going on and off.
****
The cable guy explained to me that internet requires a much stronger connection than t.v.
I was surprised.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 06:08 AM (piMMO)
never lost power here (underground lines) in northern VA, but about 12K in the rural and older parts of the county did. Some roads closed due to flooding and downed trees. We didn't lose any trees, but some street trees one block over split and down.
Been raining since night before last, and last night the gusts were a bit hairy at times, but all well overall.
Who was it who had sister, BIL, MIL who stayed behind in NJ? Hope they are safe!
Posted by: barbarausa at October 30, 2012 06:09 AM (WWeoI)
Exactly how a messageless campaign could repeat the same turnout, much less increase turnout even more, is beyond reason.
Obama 2012 met the same phenomenon that America-Online had Â… you canÂ’t grow forever. Much like Margaret ThatcherÂ’s line about running out of other peopleÂ’s money, you will eventually run out of other potential like-minded voters.
Posted by: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen at October 30, 2012 06:10 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:10 AM (Dnbau)
****
Baptist?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 30, 2012 06:10 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 09:36 AM (opS9C)
Fuck that shit. Tell how caring he is to the people in Kentucky that went through the ice storm with not a peep from the JEF and his toadies and also the people in Nashville who were hit by a flood and decided to take care of bidness by themselves.
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 30, 2012 06:10 AM (2z9Ak)
Certainly, but it changes culpability, or level thereof.
There are basically 4 possible scenarios here, and in only 2 of them does the hospital bear any responsibility for that failure.
1) No Generator (obviously the hospital would be responsible here)
2) Generator fails due to mechanical/maintenance issues (hospital responsible because that kind of thing should have been checked, found, and fixed in the week leading up to landfall)
3) Generator fails due to damage sustained in the storm (hospital not responsible- it's not like they can control the weather)
4) Generator works (no "responsibility" or "fault" to speak of at all).
Now, we know it wasn't #4, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't #1, but that still leaves a 50/50 chance that "sue like the wind" is not exactly called for.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 06:11 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 06:15 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 06:15 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:15 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther)
5) They forgot the Diesel fuel to power the Generator...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 30, 2012 06:17 AM (XIsD/)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 30, 2012 06:17 AM (ogdab)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 06:17 AM (X3lox)
“I could really care less about Obama,” says Box. “I think Obama is a jerk, a pantywaist, a lightweight, a blowhard. He hasn’t done a godd*** thing that he said he would do. When he had a Democratic Senate and Democratic Congress, he didn’t do a damn thing. He doesn’t have the guts to say what’s on his mind.”
Posted by: Randolf Scott at October 30, 2012 06:18 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:19 AM (Dnbau)
All I am saying is I am sure he is/was prepared for all the questions. Surely he could have had better balanced answers. Kissing Obama's rear when he knows what Obama is.....a failed president helps no one, not Romney, not the country, not the people of his state.
Let's face it....Obama is doing HIS JOB. No more, no less. How would he have reacted if Sandy hit Northern Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina? Well, I guess we'll never know. And while I credit President Obama for doing what he is supposed to do (his job), it would be naive to believe that there isn't a small part of that administration calculating each move.
For the past month, I have asked who is running the country, as Obama has not been in DC dealing with the Benghazi crisis, handling the economy. He has not been doing his job for weeks now. It seems rather convenient that all of the sudden, now is the time for him to hunker down and do the job he was elected for in the first place.
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 30, 2012 06:22 AM (f1ov2)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 06:23 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jean at October 30, 2012 06:25 AM (uekSI)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:26 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Baldy at October 30, 2012 06:28 AM (opS9C)
Posted by: Northern Lurker at October 30, 2012 06:31 AM (cB5eO)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:31 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:33 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 06:34 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 06:40 AM (Dnbau)
The hospital in Joplin that took a direct tornado hit a couple years ago had an F-150 thrown directly into their generators about 10 seconds into the event.
Could be anything from negligence to wind damage.
Posted by: Pete at October 30, 2012 06:43 AM (+GIS3)
South Eastern Ohio/ Carroll County:
Rainy, wet, chilly and kinda' windy but nothing serious...yet! Powers still on, phones still work, no trees or power lines down and for some stupid ass reason, schools here are closed but I don't know why!
Posted by: WhiteFalcon1 at October 30, 2012 06:46 AM (T1yEe)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 30, 2012 06:48 AM (X3lox)
Its like we don't exist...
Posted by: Rachel at October 30, 2012 07:08 AM (Vdk6i)
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