August 30, 2013
— andy Holiday weekend Friday!
Yeah, this is gonna be a really productive day at work for Obama ... like any of the rest have been.
Exhibit A:
Just leaving the @whitehouse meeting with Pres. @BarackObama, @vj44, White House staff and some very smart people w/Â… http://t.co/oCxMHOreql
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) August 29, 2013
But, hey, they were talking about job creation or something.
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Posted by: Steve at August 30, 2013 02:42 AM (xZPp3)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 30, 2013 02:43 AM (sVKy/)
Posted by: weirdflunky at August 30, 2013 02:45 AM (tlhtD)
Posted by: Zombie Dachshund at August 30, 2013 02:46 AM (Na7G9)
I've been moving to eggs alone in the morning - no carbs! And also cutting out all sodas - including diet. And I've lost 11 pounds in a month.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 30, 2013 02:47 AM (UTq/I)
is General Manly Throw McMomJeans dying his grey hair black for vanity, or his black hair grey as part of a con ala Beijing Billy......?
at any rate he's a hypocritical asshole and the media are his enablers...
save freedom pistol whip a newsie.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at August 30, 2013 02:48 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Gmac - Pondering the coming implosion at August 30, 2013 02:50 AM (IanLz)
and good morning all...
I am taking quarters today and will have broadband on hopefully Tuesday...
praise the bandwith Titans.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at August 30, 2013 02:51 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 02:51 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 30, 2013 02:53 AM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 02:53 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 03:01 AM (q2b5x)
You could solve that with a tax. Or a small fleet of U-boats.
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 03:01 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: forest at August 30, 2013 03:01 AM (stMuz)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 30, 2013 03:02 AM (UeUjL)
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at August 30, 2013 03:06 AM (52QEX)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 30, 2013 06:47 AM (UTq/I)
........................
Get a dog. (yeah I'm back already...it's dark out and when I got out of the development onto the hiway I started thinking about mountain lions and got scared) I picked my dog up from the humane society a few weeks ago. I lost 5 pounds the first week just by walking her 2 miles in the morning and 3 at night.
Posted by: Molly k. at August 30, 2013 03:06 AM (sVKy/)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 03:08 AM (WjLUf)
#26 - CrotchetyOldJarhead
Time already for O'bammy to put up or shut up.
Good to see the Brits diss him back.
Posted by: Ed Anger at August 30, 2013 03:09 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 30, 2013 03:09 AM (vx61Q)
I will concede that, the bar being so low, he is technically right. In the country of the blind, the one-eyed czars are, um, kings.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 03:10 AM (eHIJJ)
That one statement from the WH ends all hope of the public ever again understanding the difference between "discrete" and "discreet."
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 03:12 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Icedog at August 30, 2013 03:12 AM (w4XAr)
Shoot everything we're got at Syria, Barkoolio. Broken window stimulus.
Oh. Not our windows. Nevermind.
Posted by: Emily Latila at August 30, 2013 03:12 AM (PpviT)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 03:13 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 30, 2013 03:13 AM (OevbG)
Volunteer to care for some old disabled person. If you ever do get time to eat you'll be too tired to. The pounds just scamper away. Along with any remnants of your sanity.
Posted by: Ed Anger at August 30, 2013 03:13 AM (tOkJB)
ah, the self-imposed pressure to Do Something
I believe there is a room in the West Wing where people are working 24/7 to come up with a way to back down from this Syria business
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 30, 2013 03:14 AM (8sCoq)
I really want to start paying him an hourly wage for ONLY the hours he puts in. In a real job, he would not last long. Something he's never had either.
Posted by: Zombie Dachshund
In all fairness, I'm sure we'll find out that these countries all punch above their weight, and they are the first things Obama thinks about when Obama wakes up and the last things he thinks about before he goes to sleep.
Posted by: dirks strewn at August 30, 2013 03:14 AM (n+DCP)
Posted by: Gem at August 30, 2013 03:14 AM (I5nr3)
Posted by: Raymond Luxury Yacht at August 30, 2013 03:14 AM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 30, 2013 03:14 AM (b1/nQ)
I think he's still recovering from blowing that seal. I don't think the seal is feeling well either.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 03:17 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 30, 2013 03:17 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 30, 2013 03:17 AM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 03:18 AM (q2b5x)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 30, 2013 03:18 AM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: Caliban at August 30, 2013 03:18 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: Gem at August 30, 2013 03:20 AM (qpnOK)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 30, 2013 03:20 AM (v6hyJ)
Peach cobbler is okay for breakfast, right? It's full of nutritious fruit. Thank you. What about some delicious chilled dairy on that? Ahhh.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 30, 2013 03:20 AM (PpviT)
CNN is reporting that Michelle has changed her "do" from banks to subtle highlights
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 07:18 AM (q2b5x)
Let's play a game called things that make no sense:
Beautiful and fashionable Mooch
Smart and engaged Bobo
Diplomatic and charismatic Johnny Gigolo
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 03:21 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Icedog at August 30, 2013 03:21 AM (w4XAr)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 30, 2013 03:22 AM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 30, 2013 03:23 AM (b1/nQ)
Saw this morning that employment rates for black teens is at 19%. I'm sure the media will pick up the story soon.... Icedog
You sure that isn't 119% ?
Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 30, 2013 03:24 AM (PpviT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 30, 2013 07:14 AM (8sCoq)
OH nooos, I can solve this problem by the 13th hole.
Posted by: Barky O at August 30, 2013 03:24 AM (0XBx+)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 03:24 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: Roland THTG at August 30, 2013 03:25 AM (qyoyx)
Good morning!
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2013 03:25 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 30, 2013 03:26 AM (PpviT)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 03:26 AM (WjLUf)
And the "homless"? I don't even know how it's spelled.
But President Obama is doing great. I heard he got some new pant creases. I scooped Brooksie!
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at August 30, 2013 03:26 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Icedog at August 30, 2013 03:27 AM (w4XAr)
Either that or make up a domestic crisis.
I agree they are working 24/7 to find a way to get out of this, but it also has to be something that Obama (and Jarrett) will go along with.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2013 03:27 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Dandolo at August 30, 2013 03:28 AM (0XBx+)
OMG - this is my life. Add in working a Stressful job from 8 to 6, and a teen with autism, and this is the Best Diet Evah!
Seriously, Ed, heart goes out to you. Sandwich Generation sucks.
Posted by: Gem at August 30, 2013 07:20 AM (qpnOK)
My heart goes out to you Ed and Gem, I helped care for both my parents and while my Dad was dying, my husband was starting his long terminal illness. My Mom outlived my husband by a few years. I have no children, so I did not have that part of the sandwich with which to cope. When I finally began dating again, my new significant other was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. He is all through that, but, it is isolating and exhausting.
Remember to that care for the caregiver is critical! More than one caregiver has wound up as bad off as the person(s) for whom they labored. It happened to my Aunt. She broke her health taking care of my Grandmother--mostly because she would allow no one to help her.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 03:29 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Anthony Freemont at August 30, 2013 03:30 AM (f2ZXC)
I'm still holding out for Clint Eastwood's Chair.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 03:30 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2013 03:31 AM (gTN+E)
Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.
I just bought a new book, Gloria Swanson – The Ultimate Star, a new biography by Stephen Michael Shearer that is the first full-length biography of “the greatest star of them all” in nearly thirty years. So I thought I’d tell a little Swanson story:
It’s funny and not a little bit ironic that Swanson, who, in the 1920s, was the biggest film star in the world, is mainly remembered for one role: that of has-been actress Norma Desmond in the brilliantly dark 1950 masterpiece Sunset Boulevard. It was a role that Swanson loved and hated in equal amounts, and though it gave her the immortality she always felt her due, it also reduced her to a camp icon, forever having to endure the mockery of a succession of aging divas and swishy drag queens intoning “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.”
But there was one Desmond incarnation that was done with love and respect: that of Carol BurnettÂ’s Nora Desmond. Swanson, in her own words, hated mediocrity and avoided watching television as a rule. But when she heard of BurnettÂ’s send-up, she tuned in and became a fan of the quirky comedienne; so much so that she wrote her:
“I sing – ask Sir Laurence Olivier or Alan Jay Lerner. I dance – ask Chuck Walters. I do pratfalls – ask Chaplin or Mack Sennett. I am in California – ask the FBI.” When Burnett’s husband telephoned to ask if she wanted to appear on The Carol Burnett Show, she smiled, “Don’t be foolish, darling. Of course I will. That’s why I wrote the letter.”
She taped the show on September 14, 1973, flirting with Lyle Waggoner, dancing to “The New-Fangled Tango” and performing her signature Chaplin impersonation with Burnett’s own Charwoman character. It would be the last time Swanson would ever do her Chaplin parody.
The show (and various clips) is available on YouTube. HereÂ’s the beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwUlftk8zYA
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 03:31 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Icedog at August 30, 2013 03:31 AM (w4XAr)
You know what? Before I read that snark, I was thinking that TFG could go far worse than to listen to Magic about jobs and the economy. Why? Because Magic is quite the successful businessman indeed and could explain how to create successful businesses in challenging markets.
Sadly, I doubt that was why TFG wanted to meet him.
Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 30, 2013 03:32 AM (Gk3SS)
You could solve that with a tax. Or a small fleet of U-boats.
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 07:01 AM (JNUY4)"
Solve is a pretty big word but we could pretty dramatically reduce gasoline consumption in the United States if the EPA would end their excessive regulation of natural gas conversion of existing vehicles. It costs about $1000 to convert an existing vehicle so that it can run on natural gas or, by flipping a switch, go back to running on gasoline. If you also pay a few thousand to install a compressor at your house which takes natural gas from the pipe, compresses it and refills your tank, you could drive for about the equivalent of $1.00 a gallon gasoline. Problem is that the EPA requires every kit and the mechanic who installs it to be EPA certified and the certification adds about $25,000 to the price which is why pretty much nobody does that conversion. If you get an uncertified conversion, you are subject to a fine of $5000 per day for tampering with the emission controls on your vehicle. If they merely required you to take the vehicle in for a smog test after the conversion and tested both modes of fuel, they could guarantee that the emissions remain low and a lot of folks would spend their own money to do the conversion. The result would be to create another market for natural gas and, since the main customers for this type of conversion are drivers of trucks that get terrible mileage, a significant decrease in gasoline consumption. As gasoline consumption drops so dies the price. Suddenly people have more disposable income to spend on other stuff and the economy starts looking better.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 30, 2013 03:33 AM (31Nrp)
As much as I hate to admit it, I think that Hillary would have been a less worse POTUS. Bill would have been puppet master instead of ValJar and we would not have had this constant worsening of racial politics in America. She would've been just bad enough, that the nation's appetite for historic "Firsts" might've been quenched for a bit.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 03:33 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at August 30, 2013 03:33 AM (MnSla)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2013 03:35 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: @JohnTant at August 30, 2013 03:36 AM (hNNJ5)
Just ask Michael Wilbon.
*raises both hands*
don't forget me! I'm amphibious!
Posted by: Charles Shackleford at August 30, 2013 03:36 AM (Myqtp)
Posted by: redenzo at August 30, 2013 03:36 AM (vx61Q)
Posted by: Icedog at August 30, 2013 03:36 AM (w4XAr)
2:15 meeting today with the presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
Also countries whose representatives could tell him a ton about turning around what appear to be impossible economies.
Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 30, 2013 03:37 AM (Gk3SS)
Sorry no news. But I have this dedicated to OSP.
I got rained on at the dump yesterday despite the sun being out. But I endeavored to persevere. I started my trash burn and then I attacked the snake vine that was slowly taking over my yard. After about 4 yards of hacking my back exploded.
Yellow jackets (not from GA Tech) were having a field day in my shirt. Of course it had to be in the back where I could not reach them.
My response? Rolling around on the ground saying ow-ow. Then I grabbed the bottle of brown which cures all evils and retired to the porch.
Posted by: Vic at August 30, 2013 03:37 AM (zZbNF)
Yep, there is a reason that people line up and fight over the fleet vehicles for Oklahoma Natural Gas when they auction them off. My sister's boss bought a pick-up and even though the interior of the cab was beat to pieces, she was happy. She took it to a shop that redoes automotive interiors and had the headliner replaced, a new dash put in, and the seats re-upholstered and she was still thousands ahead.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 03:37 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2013 03:38 AM (GoIUi)
CNN is reporting that Michelle has changed her "do" from banks to subtle highlights
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 07:18 AM (q2b5x)
I'm sure it sets off her anal bleaching quite nicely. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 03:40 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2013 03:40 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Icedog at August 30, 2013 07:36 AM (w4XAr)
Oh, we are gonna get Hillary. The way this played out with the escalating racism, she is going to be an easy sell as a "First". Most people are going to buy the stuff about how us meanies on the Right forced Barky to fall because we are racists. Most of the public only knows her as a success because her total failure at all her jobs--yes, even FLOTUS, has been carefully managed. Our only hope is that the truth Benghazi finally sees the light of day.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 03:41 AM (kXoT0)
Photo-op for both people. Nothing more. Sure, Obama probably really wanted some insight for next season's brackets, but the nature of the meet was almost assuredly to try and maintain street cred for his peeps in a sh*tty economy.
And in a poor economy, there won't be a lot of Magic Johnson paraphernalia moving. Or philanthropy for HIV/AIDS research.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 03:42 AM (eHIJJ)
It would have an effect on the price, as it were, of tea in China, but to gain any economic advantage in possessing a rare resource, you have to end easy trade in it. In the current system, if the US builds pipelines until the cows come home, the price paid by Europeans or India or China goes down.
When Doenitz was having his happy time, we managed to build a pipeline from Texas to Ohio in one year. Because the East Coast cities could not be bothered to turn off their lights. Ergo, the U-boats.
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 03:43 AM (JNUY4)
And you have to do all of that while pretending you enjoy it.
I just don't think she is up to it, regardless of what Bill wants.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2013 03:45 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 30, 2013 03:46 AM (NAU+F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2013 07:40 AM (gTN+E)
Thank you for your posts, FS. I look forward to them each morning.
I'll see if I can find something on Kerr for Monday. If not, I do have a couple of Bob Mitchum stories.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 03:46 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 30, 2013 03:46 AM (gTN+E)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 07:42 AM (eHIJJ)
So, in other words, you really don't have any idea about Magic Johnson's post-basketball turn into quite the successful businessman. Look, I don't care about him one way or the other but there's no point in ignoring that he worked hard to become a successful real estate developer, among other things. Mock all you like, but the vast majority of his money was earned post-basketball. I don't blame him at all for wanting to get and play up an in with Obama, given how tied up business is with government now. It's a smart play. I do think it's pathetic that there is a near certainty that Obama and his handlers did not take the opportunity to ask someone who knows exactly what the impact of their policies are going to be.
Then again, Magic is rich enough that the impact will probably be awesome for him, what with being able to hoover up as much of that sweet sweet gubmint money as he can.
Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 30, 2013 03:49 AM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 30, 2013 03:49 AM (UTq/I)
Vic, that's the way yellow jackets tell you to Get Off Our Lawn!
But seriously, hope you feel better.
Posted by: Case at August 30, 2013 03:51 AM (jhRZ+)
Warner Brothers cartoon shop made a profitable sideline out of writing snippets of company-owned songs into Looney Tunes. An elusive one is "The Marines Song," from a 1937 Dick Powell musical -- but Bugs and Daffy sing a bridge that is not there in the original. It turned out to be eerily prophetic, and particularly apropos right now:
We marched onto a troopship
And sailed out in the dark
The captain turned the ship around
And we learned to disembark!
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 03:51 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Gran at August 30, 2013 03:51 AM (mw0FO)
--
I'm thinking more like his character in Dog Day Afternoon.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 03:52 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 03:53 AM (q2b5x)
Off the top of my head, some others in there are "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee", "Morning Has Broken," "For All the Saints," and "Amazing Grace."
I am not fond of the folk hymns, being as I was a high church type of Protestant before I converted. However, we seem to sing a lot of them because our Monsignor was ordained in the 70's (the era of complete tacky taste in all realms).
I often tell my sister, herself a convert as well, that we didn't join the Church for the music. It is my particular cross to bear most weeks.
I did manage to convince our organist, a nice guy who was an organ major in college, to use the organ more and play a solo once in a while. He is quite gifted and is able to make our electric organ sound like a huge pipe organ. He said he hadn't wanted to "show off." I was quite pleased last Sunday when instead of the closing recessional hymn he played an organ toccata. I think he was surprised so many people stayed to listen and applauded.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2013 03:54 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 03:55 AM (q2b5x)
**hands Vic a coffee**
Care for a little Bailey's in that?
See, Vic, this is why I say yard work is the invention of the devil. Aren't there any yutes around Vicland who want to earn a few shekels doing some honest work?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 03:55 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 03:56 AM (XIxXP)
I am happy to pay others to mow, mulch, and do heavy pruning. It's well worth it!
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 30, 2013 03:57 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 03:58 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 03:59 AM (XB5Ak)
You have to admit though, there is something amazing about a rich black man, using his already acquired wealth, to create more wealth, and he's NOT considered a role model for that, but for those days when he was bouncing a ball (both on a court and in bedrooms).
The extent to which Magic is worshiped allows him to NOT be condemned by the left in the same manner they condemn people like, say, Mitt Romney, for essentially doing the same things.
Magic? That empire you've created post-basketball? You didn't build that. You had help. But still, come to the White House, we'll give you some more help. Because you're such a wonderful role model and stuff.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 30, 2013 03:59 AM (BeSEI)
We have no one to run against her--if she gets the nomination, she wins.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 03:59 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 30, 2013 04:00 AM (PpviT)
He was out on a riding mower and tied into a mound of ground hornets. In a panic, he tried to shift up and speed away, and turned it over. In the few extra minutes it took the rescue squad to find his house, they stung him to death.
So, you know, look on the sunny side.
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 04:02 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 04:02 AM (XIxXP)
And speaking of getting stung, I routinely went barefoot in the summer and stepped on more bees than I can count. I spent many a summer day with a foot soaking in a bucket of warm water and baking soda.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 04:02 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 56% more DOOM! at August 30, 2013 04:03 AM (09o/X)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:04 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 04:04 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: Clownf*cker at August 30, 2013 04:05 AM (+hPIb)
Posted by: Case at August 30, 2013 04:05 AM (jhRZ+)
That is a beautiful story. Almost Gospel-quality parable, although I'm not entirely sure what the moral of the story would be. All I know is, I'm going to work, feeling a little better about life, and its cruel and funny ways.
Posted by: BurtTC at August 30, 2013 04:06 AM (BeSEI)
>>I just don't think she is up to it, regardless of what Bill wants.
.
.As I have said before, she is not going to run. That was not a little fall she had that made her miss those Benghazi hearings, that was a stroke. That is why she rarely makes any long public appearances these days.
Posted by: Registered Voter at August 30, 2013 04:06 AM (AHX9J)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:08 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 07:59 AM (XB5Ak)
You're welcome. I fell in love with Swanson and old Hollywood the first time I watched Sunset; I think that was the seed that flowered into my current avocated. Stroheim didn't like the role of Max; years later he called it "that goddamn butler part," but no one could have been better. And can you imagine that Wilder wanted Montgomery Clift to play Joe Gillis?
If you can, rent Queen Kelly the notorious Swanson / Stroheim film they made while she was sleeping with Joe Kennedy. It's flat in a lot of places (and it's unfinished as well; Swanson and Kenney pulled the plug in the middle of filming), but the scene where Seena Owen as the insane Queen Regina takes a bullwhip to Swanson and whips her out of the castle while she herself is naked except for a dressing gown, is incredibly evocative.
And here it is, actually (the real whipping begins around the 2.30 mark):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqC2KqCM7ps
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 04:08 AM (zF6Iw)
Reducing US demand for gasoline by a serious amount would have a noticable effect on world oil prices which would make both the Arabs and the Russians sad.
To isolate the US somewhat from the fluctuations of world oil prices, I would recommend a NAFTA oil tax rather than U-Boats. Since the US imports most of its oil from Canada and Mexico, a treaty among the NAFTA countries to put a $1.00 a barrel tax on oil that is imported from outside of NAFTA would not affect most US oil imports all that much but it would make oil produced within NAFTA $1.00 a barrel less vulnerable to low end price fluctuations. To generate political support for this tax, allocate it to compensating for the cost of NAFTA citizens in each others countries. I don't know how much oil Canada imports, but they could use tax revenues to reimburse for the medical costs of Americans in Canada. Mexico could use it to pay for the cost of US medical students in Guadalahara. In the US there are plenty of hospitals, schools and prisons that would love to be reimbursed for the cost of Mexican nationals. In fact, there would probably be a political constituency to raise the NAFTA oil tax to $5.00 a barrel.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at August 30, 2013 04:09 AM (31Nrp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 04:09 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:12 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 04:12 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 07:55 AM (zF6Iw)
Surely you jest. This isn't the 20s or even the 50s and early 60s when I would have died for some yard work dough.
But anywho, time to get back.
Posted by: Vic at August 30, 2013 04:12 AM (zZbNF)
MPPPP, I am looking forward to the Mitchum stories already. Don't forget the great Anthony Quinn. If there is a good O'Toole and Quinn story from LoA that would be appreciated. Thanks!
Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 30, 2013 04:13 AM (PpviT)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 30, 2013 04:14 AM (wa32K)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 08:09 AM (WjLUf)
J.J., I agree. Wilder was a great director, though his cynicism does grate on me sometimes. Did you ever see his The Emperor Waltz? It stars Bing Crosby as a phonograph salesman in pre-war Austria who is trying to get Franz Josef to buy one and lend his imperial prestige to the thing. He ends up falling in love with a grand duchess (Joan Fontaine), and eventually all ends up happily ever after. Wilder was always embarrassed by the film and never liked to talk about it, probably because it was such a sugary confection (he said he originally meant it as a love letter to Vienna, but it went awry somehow).
I like the movie, even though TCM almost never shows it. It never fails to make me cry, but I'm a softie for that sort of happy-ever-after stuff.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 04:15 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:15 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:16 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at August 30, 2013 04:17 AM (E3gqr)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 04:17 AM (MhA4j)
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Wow, what a magnificent clip. She was a tiny powerhouse of an actress.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 04:18 AM (XB5Ak)
I read his site that listed his interests. Some real, some overblown, some resume inflation. He was a historic basketball player and made historic money (deservedly). And that is the source of his success. So much more of his gains are due exclusively because of the name "Magic Johnson and the Lakers". Brand. Brand. Brand. Not business acumen except for an ability to a) not be stupid enough to blow it on foolish things (like so many peers) and b) sell a brand.
Kudos for using everything you have to get ahead but let's not presume to think he's a business Einstein. Were he to sell shoes and shirts called "Joe Bob's Keds" because his name was JB, no one would be interested and he'd be broke. Because he is an NBA legend, his shoes and shirts and Vibe and Soul Train are moved product.
You know who else is a smart, successful business person? Paris Hilton. The widely-diversified genius that is Paris Hilton. Is it unfair to equate the two? Sure. A bit. Because Magic started from the ground up and made his own bones. But the success is attributable to his skills as an NBA player where the physical trumped the mental. I will grant that he is smart enough to hire the right financial advisors and communications team to keep the brand alive. While they surely lack his jump shot and passing game, I'll bet their little green eyeshades fit better. Obama should've interviewed them, but then that wouldn't have been a nice photo-op.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 04:18 AM (eHIJJ)
Swanson got a back-handed tribute in an early swing tune, "Big Boy":
Since he kissed the old Widow Johnson
She thinks she is Gloria Swanson
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 04:19 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:19 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 30, 2013 04:19 AM (sVKy/)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 04:20 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at August 30, 2013 04:22 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:24 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 04:25 AM (q2b5x)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:25 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 30, 2013 08:19 AM (sVKy/)
I believe it was in South America where she was photographed drunk dancing wildly while clutching a beer bottle. It was a minor scandal--former FLOUTS and current SoS behaving thusly. There have been persistent "rumors" since her WH days that you do not want to be between her and the bar, particularly when things were bad with Bill.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:25 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:25 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 04:26 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:27 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: runningrn at August 30, 2013 04:28 AM (PLOz8)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:28 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 30, 2013 04:28 AM (wa32K)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:28 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: zsasz at August 30, 2013 04:29 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Late to the party, as usual at August 30, 2013 04:30 AM (C9kbB)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:30 AM (/PCJa)
a Mooz...
not a regular beer-drinker.
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 04:31 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 04:32 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:32 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 30, 2013 04:32 AM (VtjlW)
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I dunno, Allen. I sure used to love my Fioricet for headaches. But nowadays, I can't get a doctor to prescribe more than about 15. So it's aspirins away for me.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 04:32 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at August 30, 2013 04:33 AM (Pik8k)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:34 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:34 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: alexthechick - Commence drinking now. at August 30, 2013 04:34 AM (VtjlW)
Seriously, this is funny shit. And I also publish the recipe to the worst cocktail ever, the "16th Amendment" It would be something Maet would link in an overnight link.
http://bit.ly/171sWr5
Posted by: Typical white person with regular prejudices at August 30, 2013 04:34 AM (hemD9)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 30, 2013 04:34 AM (8JJ6O)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 30, 2013 04:34 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 04:35 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:35 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:35 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Admiral War General Biden at August 30, 2013 04:35 AM (rZ/JN)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 08:32 AM (XB5Ak)
Allen and LiB, I asked my migraine specialist for prescription strength ibuprofen--800 mg. I am allergic to pain meds and get killer migraines. When combined with my muscle relaxers, the slow release ibuprofen lets me stay asleep long enough to have a better shot at getting over the migraine.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:35 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: francis underwood at August 30, 2013 04:36 AM (2kpL8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 30, 2013 04:36 AM (75MSS)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 04:36 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Case at August 30, 2013 04:37 AM (9mWut)
Thanks for the Gloria Swanson story, MPPP. Her performance was fascinating and that movie is one of my favorites. My 8 year old and I were just watching Born Yesterday so I could introduce her to the wonder that is William Holden. She now realizes Justin Bieber and the One Direction kids have nothing on him. She wants to watch Sunset Boulevard next. We watched Double Indemnity a couple of weeks ago. That one took a bit of explaining.
Anyway, I always enjoy your stories and just bought your book a few days ago. Looking forward to reading it.
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at August 30, 2013 04:37 AM (qtKqj)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 04:38 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:38 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 04:38 AM (WjLUf)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 04:39 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 04:39 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 08:19 AM (JNUY4)
Thanks for the clarification. I have always read it described as a bullwhip. And frankly, I have no doubt Von would have shown welts and a slashed gown (trust me, Von's a fascinating character), but Swanson would never have let him do it.
Speaking of that Isotta-Fraschini in Sunset - Von didn't know how to drive. The car had to be towed through the Paramount gates into the lot, but Von was so intent on getting the scene right (and so intimidated by the big machine) that twice he drove the car into the gate!
The Sunset car has been fully restored. I can't find a current picture of it, but here's a pic of a 1928 I-F that is almost identical:
http://tinyurl.com/nmw44vk
I almost thought of giving Theda Bara an I-F in my new book, but decided that would be too cliche. Instead, she's the owner of an Hispano-Suiza. Like this:
http://tinyurl.com/oh28j2x
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 04:39 AM (zF6Iw)
We never saw them taking other insects into the nest. They were far from solitary, it looked like a tiny airport with a wasp arriving every 90 seconds. I do not care to have them outside my door, whether or not they are a "non-stinging variety" or not. I AM ALLERGIC TO WASP STINGS.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:40 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 30, 2013 04:40 AM (WjLUf)
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I'll definitely make a note and ask about that. OTC ibuprofen doesn't do anything for me. Maybe it's the slow release that does a better job. Migraines (and tension headache whoppers I'm accustomed to getting) suck.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 04:40 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Clownf*cker at August 30, 2013 04:40 AM (W2YA6)
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at August 30, 2013 04:41 AM (qtKqj)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 08:39 AM (/PCJa)
Well, at least you have narcotics to use at some point.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:41 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 04:42 AM (q2b5x)
Morning, all! TGIF and all that jazz.
First off, prayers for Jim Hoft's health to improve. We need him!
And secondly, odds we get through the weekend without a bomb strike on Syria? I'm thinking not very good.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 30, 2013 04:42 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Buffalo gumz at August 30, 2013 04:42 AM (aSsEe)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 04:43 AM (XIxXP)
I'm not familiar (as far as I know) with ground wasps, but that's the way it is with paper wasps, too. They blend in so well with plants and settle in just a few inches from the plant periphery such that you can almost grab a nest before agitating them. But when you do grab the nest, ouch. Wheel and flare.
At least they aren't Africanized Honey Bees. They will kill you.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 04:43 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 08:40 AM (XB5Ak)
Yes, and my job makes mine more frequent due to stress and work on a computer. Between the migraines and the BP, I am ready to retire--syriasly, you guys--retire.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:43 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Late to the party, as usual at August 30, 2013 04:44 AM (C9kbB)
Posted by: baldilocks at August 30, 2013 04:44 AM (Tnlh/)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 04:44 AM (MhA4j)
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That is suh-weet. I'd love to take a ride in that baby. "Madame, the shadow over the left eye is not quite balanced."
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 04:44 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at August 30, 2013 08:37 AM (qtKqj)
Thank you so much, HH. I hope you enjoy the book. If you do, would you be kind enough to leave a review on Amazon?
Your daughter's got a treat in store. After Sunset, you should show her Holden and Bogie and Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 04:45 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 30, 2013 04:45 AM (tiHWQ)
Posted by: francis underwood at August 30, 2013 04:46 AM (2kpL8)
What do you do (if you're willing to disclose)? I thought it was IT, but that's the extent of it. Still IT? Development or management?
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 04:46 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 30, 2013 04:46 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 04:46 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 30, 2013 04:46 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 04:47 AM (aUpYR)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 08:43 AM (XIxXP)
I have done everything. Special keyboard, special mouse, special chair, two monitors to reduce eyestrain--you name it, I have done it. There is a reason that I am never here for the ONT. I recently added another BP med that has been shown to help reduce frequency of migraines. I carry a list of allergies to medicines in my purse, my guy carries a copy in his wallet, there are 17 medicines on it--most of them pain meds or migraine meds.
I do love you Oldsailors Poet, and I do appreciate that you care.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:47 AM (kXoT0)
A ray of hope...
In the battle for my pond, I started with conventional weapons - fountain and aerators. Then it escalated to chemical warfare with hundreds of pounds of aluminum sulfate as a flocculant. I even had to get a paddle boat to distribute it correctly. That failed miserably.
Yesterday I launched a biological attack with some spheres filled with enzymes and bacteria. This morning, it appears to have had a positive effect.
Thank god. The only thing left was nuclear.
Posted by: jwest at August 30, 2013 04:47 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 30, 2013 04:48 AM (jE38p)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:49 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 04:49 AM (MhA4j)
MPPP: Oh, yes, Sabrina. Thanks for the reminder. She was recently introduced to Bogie via The Big Sleep. Kept asking what was going on and I had to tell her, too complicated, don't ask, just watch the movie. I told her the story about Raymond Chandler not knowing how one character met his demise, so if he couldn't figure out his own story, I couldn't either (and I've seen it countless times). My dad raised me on the classic movies and I'm glad my daughter is developing an appreciation for them as well. I often share your stories with her.
Will definitely leave a review on Amazon.
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at August 30, 2013 04:50 AM (qtKqj)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 30, 2013 04:50 AM (tiHWQ)
Apparantly Slate believes the Obama's and the Clinton's are bad people because they chose private schools for their little darlings.
Additionally, Obama is willing to pursue unilateral action against a tyrannical regime willing to kill its own citizens, in direct contravention of everything he said about his predecessor.
Also, is there any discussion in the media - any at all - regarding HOW Assad came to be in possession of chemical weapons?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at August 30, 2013 04:51 AM (fwARV)
We have no one to run against her--if she gets the nomination, she wins.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 07:59 AM (kXoT0)
I could think of a couple, well three: Perry, Walker or Rubio.
I do not think any of them will actually get the nomination however.
Posted by: Dandolo at August 30, 2013 04:51 AM (0XBx+)
Posted by: zsasz at August 30, 2013 04:51 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 04:52 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at August 30, 2013 04:52 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 08:38 AM (/PCJa)
I know I am. I have been in meetings all week with IT "Architects" who make at least twice what I do who combine no knowledge of our actual business with third world language skills and breathtaking arrogance. They may not know a damn thing, but, their data flow diagrams sure are purty. Good times.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 04:52 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 30, 2013 04:52 AM (jE38p)
http://minx.cc/?post=342926
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 04:52 AM (aUpYR)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 04:52 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: BignJames at August 30, 2013 04:53 AM (ZNQKl)
Posted by: mindful webworker mostly at August 30, 2013 04:53 AM (VV7s1)
So the rumors are true.
Posted by: rickl at August 30, 2013 08:01 AM (sdi6R)
And those rumors are...?
Posted by: joncelli at August 30, 2013 04:53 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Karl Rover at August 30, 2013 04:54 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 30, 2013 04:54 AM (jE38p)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 04:55 AM (XB5Ak)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 04:55 AM (aUpYR)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 04:55 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 04:56 AM (q2b5x)
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone at August 30, 2013 04:56 AM (wa32K)
Posted by: jsg at August 30, 2013 04:56 AM (zzjcn)
There is damn little discussion in the MFM about IF Assad has chemical weapons at all.
Apparently we are to accept that the Syrian gubmint made chem attacks on their own people because Choom Boy has decreed it so. And we all know how truthful that little fuckweasel is....
But fear not! Zee French, those skilled, tenacious warriors, are with us all the way!
Impeach. Indict. Imprison.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 30, 2013 04:56 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 04:57 AM (XIxXP)
What kind of monitor? And have you had someone optimize refresh rate? (That's done by setting the video card/driver software.) Do you receive a lot of glare from windows or overhead lighting?
In our labs, I used to set that because if there was any flickering or glare at all, I could sense it and it would drive me nuts. I'd just feel odd (but no migraines) within a half-hour of desk work. My peers couldn't detect the unoptimized screen until I showed them the different settings. Now flatscreens have fewer problems these days, but contrast/color or text blur could be causing stress.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 04:58 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 04:58 AM (aUpYR)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 04:58 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 04:59 AM (MhA4j)
He was Sleeping the Big Sleep.
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 05:00 AM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Chelsea Hrothgar at August 30, 2013 05:00 AM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 30, 2013 05:00 AM (jE38p)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at August 30, 2013 05:00 AM (tiHWQ)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 30, 2013 05:00 AM (OevbG)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 08:58 AM (eHIJJ)
I am WFH today. I will ask my friends in deskside support to optimize that for me. Yes, there is lots of glare--our new lovely, open office with low cubicles to encourage team work is full of blindingly bright light. It is just too bad that all my team members are in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, and Texas--not Oklahoma.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 05:01 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Justamom at August 30, 2013 05:01 AM (Sptt8)
Program Manager gave me a second gigantic monitor to replace this little laptop screen, but if I hook it up everyone will be able to see I'm reading the HQ instead of tool qualification documents.
*twitch*
I can quit anytime!
*twitch*
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 30, 2013 05:02 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 05:03 AM (aUpYR)
Lady in Black at August 30, 2013 08:55 AM (XB5Ak)
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Thanks for the suggestions, Lady in Black. I sometimes forget that, even though most of the classic films are tame by today's standards, there are many that are not necessarily appropriate for all ages!
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at August 30, 2013 05:03 AM (qtKqj)
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I guess across the bow diplomacy has it drawbacks.
Posted by: dananjcon at August 30, 2013 05:04 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 30, 2013 05:04 AM (p9JxP)
My personal salvation from pain has been Imitrex
Posted by: Justamom at August 30, 2013 09:01 AM (Sptt
I am allergic to it, both, the oral and injectable forms. We tried the injectable because my specialist thought it was my digestive tract that caused the problem with the oral dose.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at August 30, 2013 05:04 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: mindful webworker, not personally Armageddonish at August 30, 2013 05:06 AM (VV7s1)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 30, 2013 05:06 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: maddogg at August 30, 2013 05:06 AM (xWW96)
France: never mind.
Congress: don't think so
Citizenry: h3!! no!
Military: we'd rather not
Media: Obama to go into Syria alone....
I can dream, eh?
G'morn. God bless America today.
***
Pelosi...YES!!
http://tinyurl.com/o3y4jnu
Posted by: dananjcon at August 30, 2013 05:07 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: Society of Thespian Twerking Goats at August 30, 2013 05:07 AM (VWfCN)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 30, 2013 08:42 AM (q2b5x)
And who can blame them. This is why you take care of your allies, and why SCOAMF is such a disaster.
Posted by: joncelli at August 30, 2013 05:08 AM (RD7QR)
AIDS is in Zero's future.
Posted by: gayspotter at August 30, 2013 05:09 AM (zKoYE)
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 30, 2013 05:09 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Justamom at August 30, 2013 05:10 AM (Sptt8)
Posted by: comatus at August 30, 2013 09:00 AM (JNUY4)
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I absolutely agree with your assessment of the movie plot. The confusion is quite distracting, but the dialogue is fabulous. I always wondered if that story about Chandler was apocryphal. The worst part about the movie for me is that I've never cared for Lauren Bacall. Martha Vickers, who played her sister, was a far superior actress which was evident even in her limited role (which was reportedly deliberately cut because she was getting too many accolades during shooting and Bacall felt upstaged by her).
I really need to read the book.
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at August 30, 2013 05:10 AM (qtKqj)
Posted by: maddogg at August 30, 2013 05:10 AM (xWW96)
This is a man who has done nothing, hired no one, created zero businesses or wealth of any kind, and never even held a real job, but he's going to somehow "create" millions of jobs?
The ability of some people to live inside a self-referential imagination bubble is just astounding. I don't know if I despise it or admire it.
Posted by: Phinn at August 30, 2013 05:11 AM (oFH2D)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 05:11 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 05:12 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitiviy at August 30, 2013 05:12 AM (HVff2)
There are somethings that should not be in the same sentence. Nancy Pelosi and beauty. Another is Jarret and hand job. Just no!!!
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 05:13 AM (aUpYR)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2013 05:13 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Bashar al-Assad at August 30, 2013 05:13 AM (zKoYE)
Posted by: Justamom at August 30, 2013 05:13 AM (Sptt8)
but can't determine what it's intelligence on poison gas use in Syria indicates who is responsible for killing thousands.
Funny that right there.
Wonder what red line narrative the chocolate emperor will contrive to take a shot across my bow?
Posted by: Mt Top Patriot at August 30, 2013 05:15 AM (ZqoVw)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 05:16 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: President Barack Hussein Obama at August 30, 2013 05:16 AM (zKoYE)
I thought it was all electronic now; at least every gas station has a big "WE ACCEPT EBT!" sign out front and the button I have to click at Target is EBT/debit which pisses me off.
Because the underclass doesn't use banks. Because then someone might notice they're pulling in cash under the table/from illegal activities and cut off their "benefits."
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 30, 2013 05:18 AM (/kI1Q)
http://tinyurl.com/ksbhn6v
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 05:18 AM (aUpYR)
Posted by: steevy at August 30, 2013 05:18 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: maddogg at August 30, 2013 05:19 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 05:19 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 30, 2013 05:21 AM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: lostgenerationstomper at August 30, 2013 05:21 AM (zKoYE)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 30, 2013 05:21 AM (4p5/2)
Posted by: steevy at August 30, 2013 05:22 AM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Fritz at August 30, 2013 05:23 AM (KIHQS)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 05:23 AM (/PCJa)
I'm still waiting, btw, for ANY KIND of definitive proof that there even WAS a chemical weapons attack in Syria. We've seen enough video evidence of "atrocities" in Paliwood where the alleged corpses get up and walk away when they think the camera's turned off that I don't automatically trust that "a bunch of bodies" = "a bunch of dead people."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 30, 2013 05:24 AM (4df7R)
You want fries with your tacos? You can't have fries with your tacos. Because Obamacare.
http://is.gd/XvfJs9
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 30, 2013 05:24 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: trannyscript at August 30, 2013 05:25 AM (zKoYE)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 05:25 AM (/PCJa)
Thanks. Kinda curious to know what's trending in the real world. I see the Borg is going to continue with or without Ballmer.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 30, 2013 05:26 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: jsg at August 30, 2013 08:56 AM (zzjcn)
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Superman / Kryptonite
Posted by: Chelsea Monkey at August 30, 2013 05:27 AM (32Ze2)
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Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 05:28 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: President Barack Hussein Obama at August 30, 2013 05:28 AM (zKoYE)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 05:29 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at August 30, 2013 05:29 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at August 30, 2013 05:29 AM (naUcP)
Posted by: President Barack Hussein Obama at August 30, 2013 09:28 AM (zKoYE)
So you met MooShell in '84?
Posted by: maddogg at August 30, 2013 05:29 AM (xWW96)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 05:30 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: steevy at August 30, 2013 05:30 AM (9XBK2)
The hazards of believing green propaganda concerning the Arctic circle... http://tinyurl.com/ow8a8e8
And some happy news; Greenpeace 0 / Russia 1... http://tinyurl.com/pqblw8d
Posted by: CPT. Charles at August 30, 2013 05:30 AM (kfSXj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at August 30, 2013 05:31 AM (XIxXP)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at August 30, 2013 05:31 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: steevy at August 30, 2013 05:33 AM (9XBK2)
Because the way I hear it he's being spun like a weather vane and played like a keyboard with at least 3 guys sitting on the piano bench.
Posted by: ontherocks at August 30, 2013 05:33 AM (TUR/8)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 30, 2013 09:13 AM (g1DWB)
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Hahahahahahaha. Surely you jest.....
Posted by: New York Times at August 30, 2013 05:36 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 30, 2013 05:37 AM (aUpYR)
Posted by: maddogg at August 30, 2013 05:38 AM (xWW96)
Living parallel to pod people can be confusing.
Posted by: Justamom at August 30, 2013 09:13 AM (Sptt
It really is very disturbing. There are people, like Magic Johnson, who can, apparently, walk and chew gum at the same time, and yet they seem to sincerely believe that Obama will "create jobs." Not just athletes, either. People with diplomas and newspaper subscriptions and stuff. They believe the lies, too.
Obama might as well be selling people on the idea that he's personally building a time machine in the basement of the White House. Or that he's in training to fly himself to the moon by flapping his arms REALLY FAST.
And people believe he can fix the economy! A man who has not created so much as a lemonade stand. He's going to use his super-smarts to figure out how to tinker with an economy of 350 million people, which is really just a part of a global economy of 6-7 billion people, and somehow divine the solution that will fix it all.
I believe that, in the future, the majority of people will have a working understanding of complex systems that far exceeds what most people understand today. The way that most people today comprehend that life begets life -- biogenesis has largely replaced the medieval concept of spontaneous generation. Or how helio-centrism has largely replaced geo-centrism. Or how the germ theory of disease has largely replaced the miasma theory. Or how chemistry has replaced alchemy. No one really believes the whole "four humors" any more, right? Most people get the basic concepts of modern science.
But when it comes to the basic ideas behind complexity (which includes economics), we might as well still be in the Dark Ages. The idea that the President (especially THIS President) is capable of deciphering the GLOBAL ECONOMY and do just what needs to be done for the betterment of all ...
It's just so stunningly stupid that he might as well be going on TV to tell us how he's using an astrological chart and some crystals to turn lead into gold.
Listening to these idiots is like being dropped into Europe in the year 1300 and watching as the most important, powerful people around are discussing a dinosaur skull that's been dug up from some farmer's field, and they all sincerely believe it's from a dragon. How do you go about telling them they're wrong? When they react by saying that you're the crazy person for talking about these "dinosaur" animals?
Posted by: Phinn at August 30, 2013 05:38 AM (oFH2D)
Posted by: Brother Cavil misses Crow and Servo at August 30, 2013 05:39 AM (naUcP)
*tin foil hat*
And to continue my previous comment, a chemical weapons attack in Syria would be about the only thing that would get the West involved in this clusterfuck, right? That or a nuclear strike. Well it's a helluva lot harder to fake a nuclear strike than a chemical attack thanks to the radiation the former would emit, plus we're all pretty sure who does and does not have nuclear capabilities around the world.
So let's say the "rebels" (aka al Qaeda-friendly terrorists) have figured this out. They know our idiot Preezy and his enablers like Juan McLame are willing to help them out, but they're coming up against significant pushback from other members of Congress. So let's say these "rebels" decide to fake a chemical attack, since conventional bombing and the death of hundred of thousands of Syrians hasn't moved the needle in terms of eliciting Western aid. Doing so would kill two birds with one stone:
A) it would make them look far more sympathetic on the world stage, and
B) It would then be more likely that the US and other Western allies would respond with force. "Hey, this is great," the Syrian "rebels" think. "We can get the US to bomb Assad for us, and all it costs us is some stage makeup and a few bullets to shoot at approaching UN investigators to keep them away so they can't prove or disprove what happened. Genius!"
Right? Yeah it's crazy and paranoid, but this frigging "administration" has made me doubt the most straightforward explanations in every situation, regardless of the actors involved.
*takes off tinfoil hat*
That's why I keep saying: where's the proof it happened? And where's the proof it was Assad who did it?
But I'm preaching to the choir, I know. And it doesn't matter anyway. Obammy is going to bumblefuck us into WWIII because he's a pathological liar and a stunning narcissist with the intellectual capacity of a walnut.
God save us.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 30, 2013 05:40 AM (4df7R)
Good times, peeps, good times....
Posted by: fred zeppelin at August 30, 2013 05:43 AM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: Jinx the Stegosaurus at August 30, 2013 05:44 AM (l3vZN)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 05:45 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: panzernashorn at August 30, 2013 05:47 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Jinx the Stegosaurus at August 30, 2013 09:44 AM (l3vZN)
I actually think you'd have Obammy beat in a Battle of the Brains, Steggy. 
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 30, 2013 05:47 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at August 30, 2013 09:40 AM"
We object to this vicious libel.
Posted by: The Walnuts at August 30, 2013 05:49 AM (knoK7)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at August 30, 2013 05:49 AM (V3kRK)
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Posted by: T. at August 30, 2013 05:57 AM (i/2/u)
You know what is particularly disgusting about that story about the starving dog and her dead puppies? The fact that the dog's "owner" (if you can call him such a thing) will probably get a slap on the wrist and a fine that I doubt he'll ever pay.
I'm sorry, when you're capable of allowing your dog to starve almost to death and watch her puppies die one by one from starvation, you are guilty of more than a misdemeanor. There is something wrong with you; fundamentally wrong in the head. If you can treat another living creature that way, God knows what you'd do to another human being.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 30, 2013 05:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at August 30, 2013 05:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: LaQuisha Jeantell Largess' at August 30, 2013 06:00 AM (3lMGK)
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Posted by: Richard McEnroe at August 30, 2013 07:25 AM (tnw07)
Nothing positive will come from this meeting because either a) He's just going to hang out with the Pres, b) He'll angle for something favorable to himself/his business interests (like they all do), and anyway c) The President won't take any good advice anyway since he's smarter than anyone else in the room.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at August 30, 2013 07:38 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: wte9 at August 30, 2013 09:05 AM (ZL7LA)
The record so far indicates the opposite.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at August 30, 2013 10:55 AM (Cn4aq)
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