January 06, 2014

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

San Antonio gets the first bookless library.

Augmented reality tech is coming along.

Liz Cheney is ending her bid to unseat Wyoming GOP Sen. Enzi. [Updated, 7:06am -- Cheney's official statement cites serious health issues in the family. I'm sure prayers would be appreciated.]

Oh, and if you missed it on Sunday, Gov. Romney accepted Melissa Harris Perry's apology, as expected -- with the caveat that kids should be off limits. Did anyone think Romney wouldn't be gracious about this?

Our first podcast of the new year is below. We make some predictions about how things are going to be this year, and, for my money, Andy's first prediction has already come true.

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1 Do they make mittens for your balls?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 02:57 AM (IzTCv)

2 1Do they make mittens for your balls?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 06:57 AM (IzTCv)

 

Have your woman apply her "mittens" to your balls.

 

You're welcome.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 06, 2014 02:57 AM (b2cFu)

3 It's bad enough around here, but some of you up North are having a real time of it. Hang in there, only 6 more weeks of it.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 06, 2014 02:59 AM (l3vZN)

4 2 degrees and headed south. Blowing like Andi Sullivan after a couple mai-tais.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 03:01 AM (IzTCv)

5 Good Morning. I am going to go back to sleep.l I have flu lot something.

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2014 03:01 AM (z4WKX)

6 Some political cartoons

http://tinyurl.com/mpbvvn5

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 06, 2014 03:02 AM (GeA5I)

7 the very next moment, after her apology, the MCA heiress, Vanden Heuvel, dismissed it, with another insinuation of racism, but that was an accident as well.

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 06, 2014 03:03 AM (Jsiw/)

8

Oh, and if you missed it on Sunday, Gov. Romney accepted Melissa Harris Perry's apology, as expected -- with the caveat that kids should be off limits. Did anyone think Romney wouldn't be gracious about this?

 

And that's why the GOP is the party of losers.  What Romney should have said - either in my words or in PC words - is, "Fuck you, Perry.  You're only sorry that you got caught saying what you really think, and now you're crying crocodile tears to save your token half-black ass.  You thought cracking jokes about my grandson was funny then, and you still think it's funny.  Because that's the kind of loathsome, nickelfucking garbage you, your network and your whole rotten party are.

 

"Apology not accepted, scrunt.  And now you will blow me."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 03:06 AM (zF6Iw)

9 Somebody chip Vic out of the ice and get his ass to the keyboard.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 03:09 AM (IzTCv)

10

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 07:06 AM (zF6Iw)

 

So, how's the anger management going?

 

(Yes, your point is valid)

Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 06, 2014 03:10 AM (b2cFu)

11 My comment @ #5, should sat I have flu or something still this morning. I have to change settings in it. Sentences sometimes do not make sense. Autocorrect isn't working!

Posted by: Carol at January 06, 2014 03:11 AM (z4WKX)

12 Tell us how you really feel, MP4. (not that I disagree)

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 03:12 AM (xnkrD)

13 Jeeze, -15/20mph here. Is algore in town?

Posted by: RolandTHTG at January 06, 2014 03:12 AM (qyoyx)

14 Another lawsuit targeting this administration. I'm Suing Over ObamaCare Exemptions for Congress: If the president wants to change the health-care law, he must ask Congress to do it. Sen. Johnson is a Republican from Wisconsin. http://tinyurl.com/po65uus The legal basis for our lawsuit (which I will file with a staff member, Brooke Ericson, as the other plaintiff) includes the fact that the OPM ruling forces me, as a member of Congress, to engage in activity that I believe violates the law. It also potentially alienates members of Congress from their constituents, since those constituents are witnessing members of Congress blatantly giving themselves and their staff special treatment. Republicans have tried to overturn this special treatment with legislation that was passed by the House on Sept. 29, but blocked in the Senate. Amendments have also been offered to Senate bills, but Majority Leader Harry Reid refuses to allow a vote on any of them. wsj

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:12 AM (IXrOn)

15

Now, with that bile out of my system, here's a story.  I originally posted it in the Sunday open thread, but here it is again for those of you who didn't see it:*

 

Unlike other studios, there was no real corporate structure at Disney. There was Walt - and then there was everybody else. Nothing - from a new ride to the texture of toilet paper -  was decided without Walt approving it. The writer Charles Shows found this out when he went to work there. The underlying atmosphere was one of outright fear - for instance, if Shows came up with an idea, he was supposed to submit it to a producer. But that producer was so afraid Disney wouldn't like the idea that he would throw it into a wastebasket - in effect, figuring it was better for Walt never to see the idea than to see it and hate it!

Shows finally figured out how to work the fear aspect to his benefit. One day he saw Disney in the cafeteria. In front of hundreds of employees, he walked up to Walt and asked, "When do you have time to see my Disneyland storyboards?" And that was all. Nobody watching the two had any idea of what was being said. Nobody would dare ask Walt what Shows had said and they were too nervous to ask the writer himself. So they assumed what Shows had spoken to Disney about was very important, and that a friend of Walt's was a friend of theirs!

Later on, Shows used this trick to get a better office. He picked up the phone and said, "This is Charles Shows in 312. I need a bigger office." Well, the building manager had no idea whether or not Disney approved the new office, and he knew Disney would fire anyone questioning his decisions. And he was afraid to ask Shows if the office was approved, because Shows might tell Walt that his decision was questioned!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

 

*and yes, the fact that I've got a splitting headache has affected my decision.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 03:13 AM (zF6Iw)

16 DAY 428 1,033 to go (1,104 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 03:13 AM (olDqf)

17 Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 06, 2014 06:59 AM (l3vZN)

6 weeks?

Where do you live sunshine?

We've got 8 maybe 12. Now if you only count heavy snow then maybe 8 weeks but cold and rainy sucks worse than cold and snow. (unless you have to drive in it).

Speaking of driving, as per the UPS and FEDEX in the bad snow? They use the same trucks. they may be later for a pickup but most places that have decent snow plowing will clear business streets first. So the trucks roll.

As to leaving stuff with out ringing bell or knocking. This started a while back. Companies contract special rates with UPS and FEDEX for this service. They pay less and hope that pilferage/theft/damage is low enough to make it worthwhile.

I don't mind it so much for commercial deliveries but what if you're a residential and you don't know when they were coming with it? It could be gone for days before you know it was stolen.

So far I've never come up missing anything or had to make a claim. *knocks on wood*

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at January 06, 2014 03:13 AM (LSDdO)

18 Well I would have found a more diplomatic way to put it, or like the Huntress, made a wider point, while accepting it,

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 06, 2014 03:14 AM (Jsiw/)

19 Get your rest, Carol. I'll send chicken soup in an email so it'll be there when you wake up.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 03:14 AM (xnkrD)

20 At least Mittens was able to mute what should have been white hot anger at a national network spokesweezil spewing racism and laughing about it.

Posted by: Gmac at January 06, 2014 03:15 AM (4pjhs)

21 Prayers for the Cheneys, of course, but c'mon. If true, then sometimes it's best to say nothing.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 06, 2014 03:16 AM (kqGWM)

22 This just in:

My brass monkey is colder than a witch's tit.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 06, 2014 03:17 AM (HRp/k)

23 Oh dear. Prayers to Liz Cheney and her family. I know a lot of people were pissed at her for going after Enzi, but I for one supported her. Enzi was at best a nebbish, and at worst a go-along GOP Establishment Quisling. Cheney on the other hand is very intelligent, a sharp debater off the cuff and able to handle anyone including the MFM. Too bad. Prayers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 03:18 AM (olDqf)

24 The underlying atmosphere was one of outright fear - for instance, This seems to be a pattern in highly successful companies. Not all, but many. Gates was known to terrorize as well.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:19 AM (IXrOn)

25 Of course Romney was gracious; in his campaign he didn't jump down the throat of Hilary Rosen after that ambulatory yeast infection badmouthed Ann's way of dealing with MS.  It was the perfect chance to take it to Gaylord Focker and the cocksucking lowlifes he had in his campaign and Sir Galahad Willard completely whiffed at the opportunity.  At least he didn't turn his back to the camera and show the "Kick Me" sign that was permanently affixed to it.  But remember:  He was the electable candidate.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 03:20 AM (kW+Xf)

26 15 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 07:13 AM (zF6Iw) 25 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 07:19 AM (IXrOn) Allegedly, Disney would randomly search employees' desks and if he didn't like what he found, the person was fired. Also, he was a Joo-hater (supposedly).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 03:21 AM (olDqf)

27 Cheney's official statement cites serious health issues in the family. She implies here children. I would have guessed her father. But, I would have guessed politics first...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:21 AM (IXrOn)

28 She implies her* children.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:22 AM (IXrOn)

29 Mornin' morons. My thermometer reads -29. Weather babe says the windchill is -50. It's worse to the NW. Coldest it's been here in WI in 20 years.

Posted by: Muad'dib at January 06, 2014 03:23 AM (4Zmpq)

30 Andy's first prediction has already come true. spoilers?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:23 AM (IXrOn)

31 26 Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 07:20 AM (kW+Xf) Makes me utterly nuts that our candidates and folks on our side in general do not jump down these bastards' throats with facts, figures and statistics to refute the ad-hominems. (Dick Cheney loudly telling Patrick Leahy to go get fucked is priceless). Then again, to do so would excite the base - the same base that the establishment and strategists are trying to alienate/dump. So, it figures.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 03:24 AM (olDqf)

32 Not highly successful companies, highly centralized companies that have a star for the executive officer.

And one who's decisions have SO FAR been accurate and successful.

Trouble with those companies is that when the star fades for one reason or another the companies in question have serious structural and psychological issues that may mean their demise.

Disney's done well due to the extent of their initial success by Walt. They have  lot to fall back on. But they're starting to make bigger and bigger mistakes as time goes on.

Same with M$. It was fluke company accidentally with perfect positioning that was allowed to grow through lack of understanding of the business by their competitors. It was a new technology and a different target market that allowed that. Otherwise they would've got their lunch eaten. Like APPLE got until they too lucked onto a different technology.

Now M$ is floundering to attract the new market with new tech while at the same time alienating their base. (sort of like the GOP.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at January 06, 2014 03:26 AM (LSDdO)

33 1 Do they make mittens for your balls? Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 06:57 AM (IzTCv) I know where you can get a used Eldridge Cleaver Cock Sock, cheap.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 03:26 AM (olDqf)

34

Romney is a nice guy. But we all know where nice guys finish...

 

I wonder if all those calling for temperence and comity can inform me on something.

 

When was the last time that comity won an election of any importance?

 

Even though Reagan did it with a smile and grace, he still rubbed his opponents' noses in their errors.

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 06, 2014 03:27 AM (f6ZLT)

35 >>>Posted by: Muad'dib Makes Ohio seem almost balmy. Good day to sort ice fishing equipment.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 03:27 AM (IzTCv)

36 Trouble with those companies is that when the star fades for one reason or another the companies in question have serious structural and psychological issues that may mean their demise. e.g. Steve Jobs

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:27 AM (IXrOn)

37 It is currently 65° here at 7:25 AM. Accuweather says temp will steadily drop all day to reach a low of 13° overnight. 50 degrees? In less than 24 hours? Maybe I should get Gingy to knit me a sweater real quick.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 03:28 AM (xnkrD)

38 Hey, Gabe --



I've recently had reason to recall the time you managed to "break the fourth wall" of the blog and reach out to Joffen -- and some of the detective work that was necessary before it was possible to contact him....and I wanted to let you know that your efforts are remembered and appreciated by this moron.



I have it on good authority that Joffen remembers and appreciates your efforts, as well.

Posted by: cthulhu at January 06, 2014 03:29 AM (T1005)

39 Lastly about Disney, many of the animators found the environment so oppressive they left for greener pastures. Among them Tex Avery and Chuck Jones - and the rest is history!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 03:29 AM (olDqf)

40 Dammit, pixy!!  MENDOOOZZAAAA!!!!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 03:30 AM (zF6Iw)

41 My big question is how much shit around the house and at the shop is going to refuse to work in this crap?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 03:30 AM (IzTCv)

42 BY: Alana Goodman — January 6, 2014 4:59 am GROUP RUN BY AL QAEDA TERRORIST INVITED TO BRIEF DEMS ON DRONE POLICY The representative of a human rights group headed by a designated al Qaeda terrorist was denied a visa by the State Department after being invited by congressional Democrats to discuss drone strikes. what is wrong with these people /rhet freebeacon

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:30 AM (IXrOn)

43 >Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 07:27 AM (IzTCv)< I agree. Unfortunately, I have a business meeting in MSP today so I have to be out on the roads. Already have the car packed with survival gear.

Posted by: Muad'dib at January 06, 2014 03:31 AM (ZBXhE)

44 Good morning. I hope you all had a great New Years. Back to work for me. Yay.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 06, 2014 03:31 AM (jNNPU)

45 29 in Houston. Windy. Very very cold for here

Posted by: Thunderb at January 06, 2014 03:31 AM (zOTsN)

46 6 Some political cartoons http://tinyurl.com/mpbvvn5 I'm still laughing at the cartoon of the two elephants. I'm sure that will be the high point of my Monday. Thanks!

Posted by: DrC at January 06, 2014 03:31 AM (4gk4Q)

47 Who's John on the podcast? Referring to his twitter account?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:32 AM (IXrOn)

48

44: " Already have the car packed with survival gear"

 

How many hobos do you stack in case you need a fire?

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 06, 2014 03:32 AM (/qzu7)

49 John E? Ekdal (sp)?

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 03:33 AM (xnkrD)

50 And of course, the gibbering shit heads in the idiot box are blaming,you guessed it,.......

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 03:33 AM (IzTCv)

51 Neocon Cheney Mini-Me drops out of race due to family health and bad polls, but mostly bad polls.

Posted by: W.C. Varones at January 06, 2014 03:33 AM (QMAPJ)

52 It's so cold I'm wondering if al gore is in town

Posted by: Thunderb at January 06, 2014 03:34 AM (zOTsN)

53 Even though Reagan did it with a smile and grace, he still rubbed his opponents' noses in their errors.

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 06, 2014 07:27 AM (f6ZLT)

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Yeah, Romney should have been exceedingly gracious saying something to the effect of "Of course I accept her apology, after all, allowances must be made when dealing with ignorant, amoral savages."

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 06, 2014 03:34 AM (Zswg6)

54 **makes note** Dang it, I forgot to pack the hobos.

Posted by: Muad'dib at January 06, 2014 03:34 AM (ZBXhE)

55 USA Today kicks off the week and the year by doing their part for the Dems. Page one, above the fold, story headline, "Election Year Finds Congress at War." They know what works.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 06, 2014 03:34 AM (NZRyg)

56 34 1 Do they make mittens for your balls? Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 06:57 AM (IzTCv) ----------- Why yes, yes they do. http://tinyurl.com/oo65u5m

Posted by: RickZ at January 06, 2014 03:35 AM (PpAf4)

57 I wonder if all those calling for temperence and comity can inform me on something.

When was the last time that comity won an election of any importance?

Even though Reagan did it with a smile and grace, he still rubbed his opponents' noses in their errors.

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 06, 2014 07:27 AM (f6ZLT)



Reagan was a natural campaigner who was able to intuitively grasp the mood of the moment and use it to his advantage.  He would nail the hapless Carter or Mondale with a quick "There you go again" zinger and leave them gasping while he moved on to other things.  Romney is a good and nice person, I'm sure, but he's somewhat stiff and awkward in front of people who aren't naturally disposed to like him.  But geniuses like Rove and other Top Men fawn over him because he stays "on message" and refuses to take the gloves off.  So he's a "disciplined" campaigner which probably works in some of Rove's white board formulas but against the human garbage that the donks nominate is kind of inept.

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 03:36 AM (kW+Xf)

58
"Apology not accepted, scrunt. And now you will blow me."

Dead on balls accurate, MPPP. Conservatives need to stop graciously accepting these fake apologies. Scary Hairy Perry, or what ever the fluck her name is, intended to be mean, and spiteful. It's how the left is...and if you go to just about any left dominated site on the internet, the vast majority of comments will reflect that same bigoted attitude, and will be slamming the scrunt for apologizing at all.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at January 06, 2014 03:37 AM (0IhFx)

59

Allegedly, Disney would randomly search employees' desks and if he didn't like what he found, the person was fired. Also, he was a Joo-hater (supposedly).


 

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 07:21 AM (olDqf)

 

It wouldn't surprise me.  Another story about Walt is that one day - it was either to celebrate his birthday or an animator's birthday - a group of animators got together and screened a cartoon of Mickey and Minnie getting Biblically acquainted.  According to the story, Walt laughed as hard as anyone at the mice erotica, and when the cartoon was over, asked who had created it.  Two animators raised their hands.

 

Walt fired them on the spot.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 03:38 AM (zF6Iw)

60 Reagan was a natural campaigner who was able to intuitively grasp the mood of the moment and use it to his advantage. What he was? a trained actor. As big an idiot as most of them act, it is still a skill that one can master.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 03:38 AM (XIxXP)

61 Just How Bad is CaliforniaÂ’s Business Climate? http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/01/just-how-bad-is-californias-business-climate/ yep

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:38 AM (IXrOn)

62 Regrding the story in the side bar: smallish asian woman acting strange gets in the face of a black or white woman. When she is told repeatedly to sit down, she says she is my friend and the woman says but she doesn't know that. A big black woman comes up and tells her to back off and again she refuses and is punched a number of times and thrown around. Asian woman still goes back to harassing the same woman. Big black chick comes back and beats her some more and asian woman cries. Eventually, she is pushed off the train. Public transportation is a nightmare.

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 06, 2014 03:39 AM (Qev5V)

63 My phrase for 2014 which needs to be dealt with like a North Korea uncle: "reach out". Example : Idiot: "I'll reach out to you next Tuesday." HM: "Why don't you just fucking call me instead?"

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 06, 2014 03:40 AM (IzTCv)

64 Did anyone think Romney wouldn't be gracious about this?

Of course he would and that's the problem.   I mean, it's not Romney's problem, of course not, but it is a major problem in dealing with the Left's tendency to treat the Right, to say nothing of conservatives, as Unpeople.


At some point I would like to see someone say no, your apology is not accepted.   No, I will not be gracious about this.   No, I will not stand here and allow you to treat me and mine as subhuman and the problem is not that I am refusing the apology, the problem is that you do not consider me an equal being worthy of respect.  

Of course, then the story would be about the mean ol' meanie mcmeanerson who is being so mean and rude and refusing to accept an apology.   

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at January 06, 2014 03:40 AM (Gk3SS)

65 Just How Bad is CaliforniaÂ’s Business Climate? http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/01/just-how-bad-is-californias-business-climate/ yep Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 07:38 AM (IXrOn) In the barrios, ghettos and even suburbs. There is a huge undreground economy where no taxes are paid, cash is king and bartering is a way of life.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 03:40 AM (XIxXP)

66 Romney was gracious enough to be the perfect electable candidate.

Posted by: Karl Rover at January 06, 2014 03:41 AM (o3MSL)

67 What he was? a trained actor. As big an idiot as most of them act, it is still a skill that one can master.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 07:38 AM (XIxXP)



After Reagan I was hoping all the Repub candidates would be actors.  Instead we get very bad actors like McRINO, who pretends to be a conservative.  Not what I had in mind...

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 03:42 AM (kW+Xf)

68 Mitt should have said absolutely nothing but 'no comment.' Ignore her, and let her stew...ignored. Beneath notice, and apology unaccepted. Anything else and he'd become the story.

Posted by: --- at January 06, 2014 03:43 AM (hRI3q)

69 A most blessed and happy Epiphany! Here are the words of a great Epiphany hymn-"As With Gladness Men of Old" As with gladness men of old did the guiding star behold; as with joy they hailed its light, leading onward, beaming bright; so, most gracious Lord, may we evermore be led to thee. As with joyful steps they sped to that lowly manger-bed; there to bend the knee before him whom heaven and earth adore; so may we with willing feet ever seek the mercy seat. As they offered gifts most rare at that manger rude and bare; so may we with holy joy, pure and free from sin's alloy, all our costliest treasures bring, Christ! to thee, our heavenly King. Holy Jesus! every day keep us in the narrow way; and, when earthly things are past, bring our ransomed souls at last where they need no star to guide, where no clouds thy glory hide. In the heavenly country bright, need they no created light; thou its light, its joy, its crown, thou its sun which goes not down; there for ever may we sing alleluias to our King. Here are some very nice versions: Words: William Chatterton Dix (1837-189 , 1860 http://the-american-catholic.com/2013/01/05/as-with-gladness-men-of-old/ May Christ fill your spirit with his light and love!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2014 03:43 AM (7kkQJ)

70 After Reagan I was hoping all the Repub candidates would be actors. Instead we get very bad actors like McRINO, who pretends to be a conservative. Not what I had in mind... Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 07:42 AM (kW+Xf) He's just lost his FKN mind. Bat shit cazy is how I would describe him.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 03:43 AM (XIxXP)

71

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at January 06, 2014 07:40 AM (Gk3SS)

 

Mega dittoes, Imperial One.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 03:44 AM (zF6Iw)

72 Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 07:36 AM (kW+Xf)

He stayed on message so well that he didn't mention Benghazi!

The consultant'sperfect dream candidate.

Posted by: Karl Rover at January 06, 2014 03:44 AM (o3MSL)

73 also over at legalinsurrection Depressacare: Obamacare affective disorder Just an anecdote, but one that I think is illustrative. I was at a wedding this weekend and saw someone IÂ’ve known for a long time. SheÂ’s not a very political person. SheÂ’s a therapist, and she volunteered to several of us how at this holiday time of year, her patients normally complain about family problems. But this year, all people wanted to talk about was how anxious and worried they were about losing their health care plans, or relatives and friends who were losing their plans. She said the spontaneous voicing of concerns about loss of insurance really took her aback. Just an anecdote? so sad, and, yet, so many cannot connect the dots (or the huge blinking neon Arrow sign) to the White House and the Democrats

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:45 AM (IXrOn)

74 Strange noises in the night. Strange weather. Strange politics Strange economics
I'm just getting too much strange.
Only solution is pile up the blankets, and burrow to the bottom of'm. It will be warm down there.

Posted by: Smothering Onions at January 06, 2014 03:46 AM (RrcmK)

75 It's time for a pro-Global Warming campaign. Maybe we could get Tipper to be the spokeswoman.

Posted by: MTF at January 06, 2014 03:46 AM (HA2Ey)

76 Of course, then the story would be about the mean ol' meanie mcmeanerson who is being so mean and rude and refusing to accept an apology. Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at January 06, 2014 07:40 AM (Gk3SS) The apology I would demand would be from leadership not some mouthy scrunt or metrosexual that made it to the top biting pillows and scraping knees.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 03:47 AM (XIxXP)

77 Supposed to be -15, and 35mph winds stirring up 2 feet of snow later. No one allowed on the road in a car since last night. So, through sheer dedication, and with 2 coats on, my ass was walking to the gas station to get a 12 pack for later. Was successful in my expedition.

Posted by: UWP at January 06, 2014 03:47 AM (2hQRj)

78 We're going from 64, right now in the Tidewater area of Virginia, home of CDR M, to 14 tonight, and The Cold Front should be hitting sometime this afternoon. Lovely.

Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at January 06, 2014 03:47 AM (Nk6GS)

79 Supposed to be -15, and 35mph winds stirring up 2 feet of snow later. No one allowed on the road in a car since last night. So, through sheer dedication, and with 2 coats on, my ass was walking to the gas station to get a 12 pack for later. Was successful in my expedition. Posted by: UWP

No worries. If you had been stuck in the ice on your expedition, the Ace of Spades Icebreaker!!! would have rescued you.

Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2014 03:49 AM (nZ561)

80 Some political cartoons http://tinyurl.com/mpbvvn5 I'm still laughing at the cartoon of the two elephants. I'm sure that will be the high point of my Monday. Thanks! Posted by: DrC at January 06, 2014 07:31 AM (4gk4Q) hehe, thanks I like the newest over at IBD too http://news.investors.com/ibdeditorials.aspx so simple so true

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:50 AM (IXrOn)

81 69 Mitt should have said absolutely nothing but 'no comment.' Ignore her, and let her stew...ignored. Beneath notice, and apology unaccepted. ---- I would have gone the backhanded concern route. "We're praying for MSNBC and Mellissa to begin showing respect to other races.

Posted by: UWP at January 06, 2014 03:51 AM (2hQRj)

82 I'm ready!

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 06, 2014 03:51 AM (GjPnA)

83 a huge undreground economy where no taxes are paid, cash is king and bartering is a way of life

The US underground economy has increased from ~$1T/yr to ~$2T/yr in the Obama era.  Might even be higher now.  I read about that over a year ago.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at January 06, 2014 03:52 AM (70Unk)

84 Posted by: Smothering Onions at January 06, 2014 07:46 AM (RrcmK) I have to bury under the blankets. :^) The oil heater is not working, the temp in the house is 55 and they can' promise to come before 2:00. We have one space heater. The family is all home today. Unless we go someplace else we'll all be huddling together for warmth and wearing our cats as scarves.. Fortunately, it's not tomorrow when it's supposed to be much colder. O, Lord, please let it not be that I have to get a whole new oil burner!! ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2014 03:53 AM (7kkQJ)

85 79 i just mentioned the exact same thing upthread. I've seen your name around, didn't know you were a neighbor. Another name to add to the mental list for a local meetup, i guess.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 03:54 AM (xnkrD)

86 Rachel’s Show Maddow is part of the new matriarchy running NBC News behind the scenes. There is one such adult, actually, and her name is Rachel Maddow. Though she provides the network’s ideological vision — MSNBC president Phil Griffin has called her “our quarterback” — she’s neither an executive nor a manager. Griffin, who wears both hats, is, from all appearances, letting the inmates run the asylum. Meanwhile, the network that Griffin has labeled “the place for progressives” is experiencing a free fall in its ratings, which are down 29 percent from 2012. ... Behind her back, colleagues call her “the queen,” a not so subtle suggestion that Maddow gets what Maddow wants. NRO

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:54 AM (IXrOn)

87 74 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 07:45 AM (IXrOn) The antidote for the anecdote? GULAG!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 03:54 AM (olDqf)

88 I looked at the pictures of that bookless library and came away very unimpressed.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 06, 2014 03:55 AM (oDCMR)

89

I'm just getting too much strange.

 

At least one of us is.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 03:55 AM (zF6Iw)

90 Not just Al Gore's location, God is sending global warming everywhere today.  Gore can't be everywhere, so I think maybe we all need to look at our own actions, to see what we  may have done to anger the Lord.

Sheesh... I picked the wrong week to go back to work. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2014 03:55 AM (BeSEI)

91 It's time for a pro-Global Warming campaign. Maybe we could get Tipper to be the spokeswoman.

Posted by: MTF at January 06, 2014 07:46 AM (HA2Ey)



"My fat turd ex husband is a certified retard when it comes to science.  He is good at conning otherwise smart people into doing really really stupid things; like marrying him."

Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 03:55 AM (kW+Xf)

92

San Antonio gets the first bookless library

 

Am I the only one who thinks this is a really stupid idea?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 03:56 AM (zF6Iw)

93 I had a former boss who went to work for MS after they bought out the company. He would have been set for life after two years but quit after six months. Redmond is absolutely cut throat. Balmer put in a policy of hacking the bottom 10% performers every year. The result is a schizoid company with people trying to sabotage each other. It's a lot easier to ruin the other guy than to actually accomplish something.

Posted by: Chris at January 06, 2014 03:56 AM (crkWb)

94 the Ace of Spades Icebreaker!!! would have rescued you A hobo with a shovel & 1/2 gallon of val-u-rite?

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 03:56 AM (xnkrD)

95 this is ongoing, active, killing me OUTRAGE! Obama Administration Is Secretly Declaring Thousands of US Veterans Incompetent – Then Taking Away Their Second Amendment Rights Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, January 6, 2014, 6:30 AM US veterans started receiving letters from the government last year informing them that they are disabled and not allowed to own, purchase or possess a firearm. If the veteran does decide to purchase a firearm he will by fined, imprisoned or both. This comes on page 2 of the VA letter.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:57 AM (IXrOn)

96

69: " Ignore her, and let her stew...ignored."

 

I disagree. They are like cockroaches. If you ignore them, they multiply and think they own the house. Ignoring someone who wants you dead, either politically or personally only gets you one thing. Dead. Either now, or later. But the result is still the same.

 

They must be stepped on every time they poke their head out.

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 06, 2014 03:57 AM (OJn3e)

97 US veterans started receiving letters from the government last year informing them that they are disabled and not allowed to own, purchase or possess a firearm. If the veteran does decide to purchase a firearm he will by fined, imprisoned or both. This comes on page 2 of the VA letter. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 07:57 AM (IXrOn) I kinda like that. The resistance army grows everyday.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 03:58 AM (XIxXP)

98 84 -

I wonder if maybe some of that is to avoid me...

Posted by: State Child Support Enforcement at January 06, 2014 03:58 AM (BeSEI)

99 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 07:56 AM (zF6Iw) No you're not. I think it's a terrible idea.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2014 03:58 AM (7kkQJ)

100 Well it looks like I've posted my last birthday list here. They're being rejected as spam now. Today's list is up at my blog if anyone's interested.

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 03:59 AM (mw0FO)

101 San Antonio gets the first bookless library Am I the only one who thinks this is a really stupid idea? Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 07:56 AM (zF6Iw) nope Are art museums next?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 03:59 AM (IXrOn)

102 Morning all. And sorry, I do NOT agree that Gov. Romney should have been gracious. If he, and anyone else, has not noticed, the Dems libs progressives are at WAR with us and use any tactic to beat us. It was NO mistake what that scrunt and MSNBC did. FIGHT BACK!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 04:00 AM (t3UFN)

103

US veterans started receiving letters from the government last year informing them that they are disabled and not allowed to own, purchase or possess a firearm. If the veteran does decide to purchase a firearm he will by fined, imprisoned or both.

 

Ex-CUSE me?!?  When the fuck is somebody going to tell the DC assholes that they cannot trump the Bill of Rights no matter what?


Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 04:01 AM (zF6Iw)

104

A bookless library is just an excuse to throw municipal taxes at a building.

 

We have a sort of hybrid version here. Too much building. Not enough books.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at January 06, 2014 04:01 AM (FtCW+)

105 San Antonio gets the first bookless library I think you can have a good mixture of both.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 04:01 AM (XIxXP)

106

Good Morning from NE Alabama.  High today 16, low 6.  That's without wind chill.  Wind is 14mph with gusts of 26mph.

Al Gore can fuck a light socket.

Posted by: Case at January 06, 2014 04:01 AM (o00SF)

107 I kinda like that. The resistance army grows everyday. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 07:58 AM (XIxXP) It really makes me sick to my stomach. Deliberate targeting. This is a back door abuse. I see North Korea every time I see this.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:01 AM (IXrOn)

108 Well it looks like I've posted my last birthday list here. They're being rejected as spam now.

Today's list is up at my blog if anyone's interested.

 

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 07:59 AM (mw0FO)

 

Didn't know you had a blog, Gran.  That puts you one step ahead of AllenG, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 04:03 AM (zF6Iw)

109 101 well, that sucks. Some interesting folks on the list today, too. I was tempted to try to cut & paste the list for you, but that barrel hasn't been hosed out in weeks.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 04:04 AM (xnkrD)

110 And sorry, I do NOT agree that Gov. Romney should have been gracious. If he, and anyone else, has not noticed, the Dems libs progressives are at WAR with us and use any tactic to beat us. It was NO mistake what that scrunt and MSNBC did. FIGHT BACK! Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 08:00 AM (t3UFN) It's so easy to use the exposure to (diplomatically, if he wanted to) point out the issues with what happened, the hypocrisy, or what have you. It's amazing that conservatives just do not take these opportunities to speak out. I know that interviews are constrained in the back, but, screw the network.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:04 AM (IXrOn)

111 good morning......3 kids go back to school this morning....this will be interesting.....none have been up before noon the last 2 weeks

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl Happy Epiphany at January 06, 2014 04:05 AM (u8GsB)

112 104 -

It is worth noting that the military is discharging thousands of personnel, giving  them medical diagnoses of PTSD and other related conditions, loading them up with interesting and dangerous mixes of drugs, and then putting them on lifetime pensions. 

Able-bodied, drug-addicted.  I'm not saying anything one way or another about whatever laws are in place to restrict gun ownership to the mentally ill, but lots of these guys  (and gals  too!)  are "mentally ill," one way or another. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2014 04:05 AM (BeSEI)

113 I tried to watch a bunch of movies yesterday but they mostly sucked. American Hustle: Guys with big bellys, combovers and gold chains with hot women with hot curlers. Not very realistic and not very attractive and the characters not sympathetic. Blue Jasmine: Couldn't get through it. Boring. Working class people treated as trash and no chinese in chinatown. Woody Allen is clueless. We're suppose to feel sorry for the thief??? Dallas Buyers Club: guy gets aids, gets skinny, gets sores, gets to buying and distributing totally legal but ineffective drugs. That's not entertaining and there is no eye candy. Oblivion: fell asleep and when I woke up I thought I was watching star trek. went back to sleep This is why I don't watch many movies. They suck.

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 06, 2014 04:07 AM (Qev5V)

114 Speaking of underground economies, that is how the virtually failed state of Greece has operated. Taxes are so oppressive (in order to fund retirement at age 52!) that people operate almost exclusively on a cash only basis. The result? You've seen it on TV over the past few years. And as an added bonus, a new Nazi party, Golden Dawn!!! Yay!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 04:07 AM (olDqf)

115 this is odd Athletes and spectators from Britain will be the target of ‘Russia’s Osama Bin Laden’ at next month’s Winter Olympics, a secret intelligence report warns. The document, drawn up by Canadian counterterrorism agencies and shared with British intelligence, says Doku Umarov poses the greatest terror threat for the Games at Sochi in southern Russia. www.dailymail.co.uk

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:07 AM (IXrOn)

116 I like the birthday lists. Maybe they should be submitted to the cobloggers and posted in the body of the post?

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 06, 2014 04:08 AM (Qev5V)

117 "please let it not be that I have to get a whole new oil burner!"

Go LP, it would pay for itself in a couple years over oil.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 06, 2014 04:10 AM (IV4od)

118 Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 06, 2014 08:07 AM (Qev5V) Yeah, I didn't think American Hustle was that great, either. It gets a lot of hype. Blue Jasmine, I was going to a pass on, because, Baldwin. I'm happier watching older movies, or tv shows from other countries where politics is not so embedded. It's there, but, some, none at all.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:10 AM (IXrOn)

119 Really sorry Liz Cheney is dropping her bid for Senate. "Health " issues in the family?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 04:10 AM (t3UFN)

120

Enlisting equals instant disability? Is that what they mean?

 

No kidding. I guess I should apply for benefits, then. Maybe get me one of those blue signs for my car.

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 04:10 AM (3ZtZW)

121 When are we going to try and execute our own chechan terrorist? This is ridiculous.

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 06, 2014 04:10 AM (Qev5V)

122 Didn't know you had a blog, Gran. Well it ain't much to look at, but it's there I've been trying to recruit a family member as a contributor. He's a currently-underemployed retired Navy nuke who is also an avid naval historian. He loves to pick apart History Channel documentaries (he likes to yell "WRONG!" John McLaughlin-style whenever he hears an inaccuracy) so I thought he could put that energy to better use by pointing out these mistakes by reviewing these programs. So far I haven't been able to convince him, so for now all I have on the blog are birthdays.

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 04:11 AM (mw0FO)

123 lulz GREGORY: Thank you both for helping us get beyond the debates about Obamacare. IÂ’d love to have you back and as this thing un-- unravels over the course of the year-- not unravels in a bad way-- but continues to roll out over the course of this yearÂ… hehe truth slips out david gregory video over at newsbusters

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:13 AM (IXrOn)

124 MP4 -- I think a bookless library is a terrible idea. Sure, I love my Kindle, but I love my paper books too. Also, a standard library or bookstore is much easier to browse than an e-library or Amazon. Browsing is fun, and I usually find something I wouldn't know to go looking for.

Posted by: Empire1 at January 06, 2014 04:13 AM (qhu1p)

125

Here's the list, Gran.  I copied and pasted to Word, then to Notepad, then to here:

 

 Robert Fulton (steamboats & subs) 

 Gen. James B. McPherson (couldnÂ’t get away) 

 Claude Monet (gardens & green dresses) 

 Jawaharlal Nehru (India PM #1) 

 Mamie Eisenhower (FLOTUS #36) 

 Aaron Copland 

 Joseph McCarthy (USMC) 

 Sherwood Schwartz (cheesy laughs) 

 Veronica Lake (4 hubbies) 

 Brian Keith (USMC) 

 McLean Stevenson (USN) 

 Fred Haise (USAF, Apollo 13, ALT) 
 

Wendy Carlos (Moog pioneer) 

 P. J. OÂ’Rourke (“The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.”)/i]

Prince Charles (65 today) 

Sandahl Bergman (ConanÂ’s honey) 

Stephen Bishop 

Condoleezza Rice

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 04:13 AM (zF6Iw)

126 ""Health " issues in the family?"

More about the health of her campaign, it was dying.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 06, 2014 04:14 AM (IV4od)

127

The result? You've seen it on TV over the past few years. And as an added bonus, a new Nazi party, Golden Dawn!!!

 

The Order of the Golden Dawn was a "magickal" order during the late 19th - early 20th centuries.  Aleister Crowley was a member before they kicked him out.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 04:16 AM (zF6Iw)

128 MP4 @126 Interesting... when I prepare the lists I type them into a plain text editor (UltraEdit) and then copy/paste them into the comments field here. It's always worked up until today.

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 04:17 AM (mw0FO)

129 Posted by: Captain Hate at January 06, 2014 07:55 AM (kW+Xf) ================================ That's a good start Captain. If you could work in a reference to the "crazed sex poodle" and his second chakra, it would really be good. http://bit.ly/1d9Y6Wo

Posted by: MTF at January 06, 2014 04:19 AM (u6nf+)

130

I've been to Mamie and Ike's place in Gettysburg.  Surprisingly small and homey for a POTUS.  The guide says the family sometimes gets together there for reunions.

 

And yes, I did get an "I Like Ike" button at the gift shop!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 04:19 AM (zF6Iw)

131 MICKEY KAUS: GM Loses Market Share, Again? The press won’t make it easy for you to discover–gets in the way of the pre-packaged “Detroit is back!” narrative–but it looks like General Motors lost market share again in 2013. According to Ward’s Auto, GM sales grew 7.3%–but the market as a whole grew 7.5%. … GM sales for December unexpectedly cratered, despite “high inventory levels … unseen since before the Great Recession.” … If this is a good year for GM, I wonder what a bad year will look like. I dunno, but I’ll bet it’ll happen unexpectedly. instapundit

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:19 AM (IXrOn)

132 On the augmented reality -- that's another thing I think is a bad idea. I foresee a vastly increased number of accidents as people using those pay more attention to them than to what's happening in real life.

Posted by: Empire1 at January 06, 2014 04:20 AM (qhu1p)

133 19 degrees here. But still 69% humidity! From KSLA in Shreveport: >>Shreveport police say a suspect who died of his injuries after he was shot during a home invasion Sunday night was a 16-year-old male. It happened around 6:15 p.m. Sunday night at a home in the 3000 block of Morningside Dr. Police say a 16-year-old male, who's name has not been released, reportedly tried to enter the house armed with a long-barrel shotgun. He demanded money from the homeowner, a 63-year-old woman. Police say at some point during the ordeal, the homeowner was able to gain access to a handgun she kept secured inside the safe. *** ksla.com for more details. No charges filed, etc.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 06, 2014 04:20 AM (SUKHu)

134 126 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 08:13 AM (zF6Iw) Veronica Lake. One smokin' hot dame in her time. Sad ending.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 06, 2014 04:21 AM (olDqf)

135 There's a certain echo, in the 30s, there was a fascist party, EEE, which worked for Metaxas, and was the auxiliary of Nazis like Brunner in places like Salonika,

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at January 06, 2014 04:22 AM (2kpL8)

136 daily caller Funny money: How student loan profits make Obamacare look good [VIDEO] Cato education scholar Neal McCluskey revealed how a little-reported feature of the Affordable Care Act uses shady accounting to hide its overall cost. “The change in student loans was part of Obamacare — and why was it part of Obamacare?” McCluskey said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller. “So that the profit they were supposedly making from the student loans could then be plugged into how much money would come from Obamacare, so it didn’t look like it cost as much.” insane

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:23 AM (IXrOn)

137 From KSLA in Shreveport:

>>Shreveport police say a suspect who died of his injuries after he was shot during a home invasion Sunday night was a 16-year-old male.

It happened around 6:15 p.m. Sunday night at a home in the 3000 block of Morningside Dr. Police say a 16-year-old male, who's name has not been released, reportedly tried to enter the house armed with a long-barrel shotgun. He demanded money from the homeowner, a 63-year-old woman.

Police say at some point during the ordeal, the homeowner was able to gain access to a handgun she kept secured inside the safe.

***
ksla.com for more details. No charges filed, etc.

At least he was listening to Joe Biden

Posted by: Jean at January 06, 2014 04:24 AM (4JkHl)

138 Posted this last night, but it deserves to be posted again: Jerry Coleman, truly a man for all seasons - a decorated war hero, Yankee World Series MVP and iconic, Hall-of-Fame San Diego Padres broadcaster - died Sunday at age 89, after a career of more than 70 years in baseball, the Padres announced. Coleman, a baseball treasure, signed originally with the Yankees out of the San Francisco sandlots in 1942, only to spend the next three years as a marine bomber pilot in the Pacific theatre of World War II, flying 57 combat missions over the Solomon Islands. Upon returning from the service in 1946, Coleman worked his way back up through the Yankees' minor league system, joining them in 1949 when he hit .275 and led all American League second basemen in fielding (.980). Coleman flew another 120 missions in Korea and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He had a brush with death on one of his last missions when the engine on his Corsair fighter jet failed on takeoff about 100 feet from the ground. Coleman was carrying three 1,000-pound bombs, which were heavier than the plane itself, and he didn't dare jettison them. Instead, he made a crash landing and, as the Corsair flipped over, the bombs broke loose and miraculously failed to detonate. Coleman, however, was pinned inside his plane, his crash helmet tilted forward with the straps around his neck, choking him. Only the quick thinking of a Navy corpsman, reaching inside the cockpit and cutting the straps, saved his life. "Nothing is as desperate as your life," Coleman said, in that same interview, summing up his war service in which he received a multitude of honors including two distinguished flying crosses. "We were scared just like everyone. We weren't heroes. The only heroes I know are dead." Coleman and Ted Wiliams, both legit American Heroes

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 04:24 AM (t3UFN)

139 Currently -8 temp w/-35 wind chill - the warmest it will get here today. Emergency vehicles only allowed on road. Yet, my workplace is still open, and my boss is wondering why no one's there.

Posted by: brevity at January 06, 2014 04:24 AM (8xlhb)

140 I'm happier watching older movies, or tv shows from other countries where politics is not so embedded. It's there, but, some, none at all. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 08:10 AM (IXrOn) I mostly watch documentaries I find on the internet. Every once in a while, I check to see what I supposedly am missing. Not much...

Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 06, 2014 04:24 AM (Qev5V)

141
"We love this little guy a great deal. He was an answer to prayers. We love that he's part of our family," Romney said Sunday.




"But if you want to smack him around a little, go ahead.  I ain't gonna do nothing."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 06, 2014 04:26 AM (kdS6q)

142 O, Lord, please let it not be that I have to get a whole new oil burner!! ;^) ___________ Aren't you in VA, Fenelon? Or am I mistaken? I have a nice (used) oil-fired boiler sitting in my garage. Bought it to replace my old one, but with the cost of oil these days, decided to switch over to electric & finally install a central system.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 04:26 AM (xnkrD)

143 I mostly watch documentaries I find on the internet. Every once in a while, I check to see what I supposedly am missing. Not much... Posted by: Plaintiff Pug at January 06, 2014 08:24 AM (Qev5V) I watched the documentary Occupation: Fighter the other night. It shines a very dark like on the MMA "sport."

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:27 AM (IXrOn)

144 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 07:13 AM

I worked in the Disney animation department in the early 1980s, many years after Walt started his Dirt Nap. When we went in to watch the "dailies" (film shot the day before), the Really Old Guys (many of whom were there in the 1940s when my father worked for ol' Walt) would sit in the back rows of the screening room. It just took one of them saying "Walt wouldn't do it that way" or "Walt wouldn't like that" to kill a scene.

Walt was not exactly a prince of a guy. But the studio was hardly the worst place I ever worked. You could buy beer in the commissary and the work load was not what I'd call "excessive."

Posted by: MrScribbler at January 06, 2014 04:29 AM (ff7/5)

145 Virginia Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell was on the short list for the 2012 vice presidential nomination, and it seemed like he would, at minimum, get a cabinet position the next time a Republican was elected to the White House. Now, because he succumbed to the crony capitalism that has tempted and brought down so many politicians before him, his political career is likely done. breitbart

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:29 AM (IXrOn)

146 Liz Cheney is ending her bid to unseat Wyoming GOP Sen. Enzi. [Updated, 7:06am -- Cheney's official statement cites serious health issues in the family. I'm sure prayers would be appreciated.] Seething hatred from the libs in 5.. 4.. 3..

Posted by: RWC at January 06, 2014 04:30 AM (fWAjv)

147 Watched three movies this weekend where corporations were the bad guy. All recent.

Posted by: blaster at January 06, 2014 04:30 AM (W6bkf)

148 NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF 2013 GOVERNMENT WASTE, FRAUD CAME FROM HHS The estimated amount of taxpayer-funded payments that the federal government doled out through fraud, waste, and errors slightly decreased in 2013 to $106 billion from $108 billion the previous year, according to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). ... However, an analysis of government financial data by Breitbart News found that the Department of U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) was the primary driving force behind all federal payments considered improper in fiscal 2013.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:32 AM (IXrOn)

149 149 = breitbart

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:32 AM (IXrOn)

150 The more I think about the Romney response to MHP's vicious attack on a child, the more I am convinced that it typifies the NE RINO elite response to the constant liberal/dem attacks on the Constitution, our freedoms, our religion, and our privacy. Spineless bastards, the lot of them. To us a classic line, Romney was handed a "gift-wrapped teachable moment" and failed the test!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 06, 2014 04:34 AM (o3MSL)

151 I'm sure this will be in the morning roundup OBAMACARE THREATENS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER GROUPS The Affordable Care Act's health insurance mandate requires any employer with more than 50 employees to offer health insurance to its workers. While the negative impact on small businesses is well known, a more sinister side effect of the implemented plan is just surfacing – the potential end to volunteer firefighters. breitbart

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:35 AM (IXrOn)

152 Started to watch a movie last night. The Muppets with Amy Adams. In ten minutes I was rewarded with the bad guys being big oil. WTF.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at January 06, 2014 04:36 AM (XIxXP)

153 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 08:29 AM (IXrOn) I think that integrity and politics are incompatible in America today!

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 06, 2014 04:37 AM (o3MSL)

154 big ass carbon trail I actually want to hit the Galapagos before I die. Amazon.com founder Jeffrey P. Bezos, the new owner of the Washington Post, was flown back to the United States from his vacation in the Galapagos Islands over the New Year’s Day holiday because of a kidney stone attack. His spokesman quoted Bezos as saying, “Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars.” An Ecuadorian navy captain in the Galapagos told the Ecuadorian news media that Bezos was flown by an HN-407 navy helicopter from the island of Santa Cruz to the island of Baltra, where his private jet was, then flown back to the United States. The front desk manager at the Royal Palm Hotel in Puerto Ayora, a town on Academy Bay, where the attack occurred, said she was informed that Bezos was first taken to a local hospital before his travel back to the U.S.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:38 AM (IXrOn)

155 Our forecast- Hi 54 Lo 0.  Lol

Posted by: Jean at January 06, 2014 04:39 AM (4JkHl)

156

>>>Watched three movies this weekend where corporations were the bad guy. 

 

Becoz there's a Dem in the WH currently. Govt cannot be the bad guy right now.

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 04:39 AM (3ZtZW)

157 >>To us a classic line, Romney was handed a "gift-wrapped teachable moment" and failed the test! Yes! He didn't have to be a jerk, because that would have been out of character. But he could have at least sadly talked about how partisanship can blind people and make them say things that are clearly wrong.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 06, 2014 04:40 AM (SUKHu)

158 Thanks very much, chi, That's kind of you, but I am in NJ and I don't think you can ship a boiler by UPS. ;^) A

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2014 04:40 AM (7kkQJ)

159 Thanks very much, chi, That's kind of you, but I am in NJ and I don't think you can ship a boiler by UPS. ;^) Actually, I shouldn't be whining. 55 is not that cold. It will just be a problem if the temp drops. Last time I needed a new boiler we has to take our family and live in my office at the church, which thank God had a shower and a pull out bed in the nest room because it used to be a home. Now I don't have an office and will have to go live with my friends if we need it replace again which is very expensive.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2014 04:40 AM (7kkQJ)

160
Meanwhile, in California:

Gov. Jerry Brown plans to propose spending millions of dollars in fees paid by carbon producers to aid the state's controversial high-speed rail project.

http://tinyurl.com/krk5ulp




Which does rather wrap all the threads of eco-left silliness into one big ideological skein.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 06, 2014 04:42 AM (kdS6q)

161 Sorry for the3 double post /My computer is so screwed up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2014 04:43 AM (7kkQJ)

162 49,000 NC Medicaid Cards Mailed To Wrong Addresses hehe http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2014/01/04/49000-nc-medicaid-cards-mailed-to-wrong-addresses/

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 04:44 AM (IXrOn)

163 I don't know what the temp is outside. It's 55 inside, not outside,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 06, 2014 04:44 AM (7kkQJ)

164 Currently -8 temp w/-35 wind chill - the warmest it will get here today. Emergency vehicles only allowed on road. Yet, my workplace is still open, and my boss is wondering why no one's there. Posted by: brevity at January 06, 2014 08:24 AM (8xlhb) Is there an actual official emergency ban in place on traveling? If so, then your boss could potentially be on the hook for requiring his employees to violate that ban.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at January 06, 2014 04:44 AM (VtjlW)

165 MP4, The link on Gran's nic goes to a November list. Gran, The problem with today's list is that Earl the banjo man has the name of a footwear brand embedded in his last name.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at January 06, 2014 04:45 AM (V3kRK)

166 83 I'm ready!

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 06, 2014 07:51 AM (GjPnA)


You're always ready! It's exhausting!

Posted by: Huma Abedin at January 06, 2014 04:45 AM (RD7QR)

167 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 04:46 AM (PYAXX)

168 "Emergency vehicles only allowed on road. Yet, my workplace is still open, and my boss is wondering why no one's there."

A second look at arcologies?

Posted by: Jean at January 06, 2014 04:46 AM (4JkHl)

169 MSNBC breaks out the babysitters for the children. http://tinyurl.com/ot4v8z2 MSNBC, the left-leaning cable-news network, has settled on one solution to its recent problems. It now has an executive reviewing scripts before they go on the air. The role, which has fallen to Rich Stockwell, a former executive producer of The Ed Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann who now oversees special projects at the network, was created as several of the networkÂ’s hosts have, to the embarrassment of network brass, conducted a master class in political incorrectness. In recent months, Alec Baldwin, Martin Bashir, and, most recently, Melissa Harris-Perry have awkwardly crashed into the trinity of sexual orientation, gender, and race, leading many to wonder if there are any adults in charge at MSNBC.

Posted by: RWC at January 06, 2014 04:47 AM (fWAjv)

170 17.6 deg., light breeze, snow showers, W. North Carolina

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 04:47 AM (aDwsi)

171 I don't think anyone thought for a moment that Romney would not be magnanimous there Gabe....

how'd that work out for him in the general?

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:48 AM (TE35l)

172 good morning all
it's a balmy -7 F here
or if you're an optimist, +251.5 K

Posted by: chemjeff at January 06, 2014 04:48 AM (9GG/0)

173 Alex @168 - I did explain it - after the tenth co-worker stated almost verbatim what you said, he got the message - office now closed.

Posted by: brevity at January 06, 2014 04:48 AM (8xlhb)

174 I don't know what y'all are complaining about. It's a balmy 18 degrees here in DFW. Sometimes I think I should move to Houston. Of course, then I think, "Yeah. But then you'd be in Houston."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 04:48 AM (PYAXX)

175 172 Jean at January 06, 2014 08:46 AM (4JkHl)

Bosses tend to be that way, of course Airport personnel had access if the airport was open.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:49 AM (TE35l)

176

>>>second look at arcologies?

 

Sure, why not? I'm a fan of single points for failure.

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 04:50 AM (3ZtZW)

177 179 Mallamutt at January 06, 2014 08:49 AM (OWjjx)

I tend to take the "optimistic" POV....

what could go right?

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:50 AM (TE35l)

178 leading many to wonder if there are any adults in charge at MSNBC. ---------------- No fair! No fair! There are just as many adults at MSNBC as there are in this glorious, exemplary, administration. So there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 04:50 AM (aDwsi)

179 McDonnel - "his political career is likely done. " Good riddance. Fen, if it turns out you have to replace the thing, Va isn't that far of a drive. Just saying... Heh - Ace's favorite "girl," Lena Dunham, is on GMA. I just heard her answer to some question Stuffanopolis asked (i think, "what is the most girly thing about you?") - "my genitals." Stay classy, Hollywood.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 04:50 AM (xnkrD)

180 Posted by: Mallamutt at January 06, 2014 08:49 AM (OWjjx) You know, you could look at that two ways. On the one hand, how shallow does their bench have to be that the best they can do is Keefum's former producer? On the other hand, how much does everyone else have to suck that Keefum's former producer is a better choice?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 04:51 AM (PYAXX)

181 >>Emergency vehicles only allowed on road. Yet, my workplace is still open, and my boss is wondering why no one's there." That happened to me once. State of emergency due to brown outs. Management figured that with everybody else staying home, there wouldn't be more brown outs, so we'd be fine. Strangely enough, I lot of people quit that spring...

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 06, 2014 04:51 AM (SUKHu)

182 Still -22°F here in Minneapolis @ 8am. Major grocery store chain closed up early last night rather than stay open 24 hours like usual. Makes me wonder if these folks are true Vikings. (They're not.)

Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 06, 2014 04:51 AM (kqGWM)

183 Signed up for a 30 day trial of Amazon Prime this morn, and it appears to be Netflix, with the ability to buy what Netflix doesn't have. So I bought Dr. Who season 7 (@ 10 bucks) to continue my 4 day marathon.

Posted by: UWP at January 06, 2014 04:51 AM (2hQRj)

184 181 Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 08:50 AM (3ZtZW)

Bottlenecks are sexy....

//your friends at the ACA Database Support Gulag

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:52 AM (TE35l)

185 Good morning from Waikiki Want the weather report or should I just save time and go screw myself now?

Posted by: Navypopojoe at January 06, 2014 04:52 AM (1DZOE)

186 So up early I rise, thinking the drive to work might be iffy this morning. Nope. Cold, but roads are fine and traffic is light. I need to stop overthinking this crap.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 06, 2014 04:52 AM (naUcP)

187 Oh man are we in for it. Tons of snow and bitter cold ahoy! It was in the forties when I woke up and already down in the twenties and falling fast. Overnight rain flash-freezing on the roads now. Got the emergency kit stocked in the car. Another at work. All stocked up on essentials at home in case of a snow-in: beer, whiskey, some Vince Flynn books I haven't read yet and some Breaking Bad DVD sets. Oh, and bread and milk. Those are important too, I guess.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 06, 2014 04:53 AM (7ObY1)

188 Makes me wonder if these folks are true Vikings. Dude. You know our Hell was cold, right? And we vacationed in Iceland- known for it's hot springs.

Posted by: The Vikings at January 06, 2014 04:53 AM (PYAXX)

189 I don't know what y'all are complaining about. It's a balmy 18 degrees here in DFW. 12 near Lewisville.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2014 04:53 AM (XCfYI)

190 169 MP4, The link on Gran's nic goes to a November list. Yes it does - I've fixed it to go to the home page instead. D'oh! Gran, The problem with today's list is that Earl the banjo man has the name of a footwear brand embedded in his last name. Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at January 06, 2014 08:45 AM (V3kRK) Really? It's blocking sc****s? That's too funny. Thanks for letting me know. I'll know what to look for the next time Pixy yells "NIEN! IST VERBOTEN!" at me.

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 04:53 AM (mw0FO)

191 Heh - Ace's favorite "girl," Lena Dunham, is on GMA. I just heard her answer to some question Stuffanopolis asked (i think, "what is the most girly thing about you?") - "my genitals." Stay classy, Hollywood. Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 08:50 AM (xnkrD) Thanks for the mental image on this fine Monday morn.

Posted by: RWC at January 06, 2014 04:54 AM (fWAjv)

192 navycopjoe there doesn't need to be a reason for you to go screw yourself

Posted by: chemjeff at January 06, 2014 04:54 AM (9GG/0)

193 I just heard her answer to some question Stuffanopolis asked (i think, "what is the most girly thing about you?") - "my genitals." Time was, that producer would be unemployed now. ...in Cavilvania, he'd be taken out and flogged first.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 06, 2014 04:55 AM (naUcP)

194 184 shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 08:50 AM (xnkrD)

It's like the Jerkass Tepid linked the other day...once again a Right leaning Pundit saying "we must embrace Gals....

yeah really?

The show draws about 1/200th the audience of Duck Dynasty and is led by a vapid, hedonistic, moonbat twit with all the class of a 25 cent hooker at fleet week.

Put down the GOP Outreachium brasnd of hopium Pundits and start calling them out and speaking to the young women she is saying are defined in their femininity by their underwear's contents....while alsd embracing that there is no gender identity.

This is not rocket surgery fellas the ugly cow just is not that into us.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:55 AM (TE35l)

195 -9 with a wind chill of about -40 in Chicago. Thank Gaia for global warming or we'd really be freezing.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 06, 2014 04:55 AM (1Jaio)

196 Posted by: The Vikings at January 06, 2014 08:53 AM (PYAXX) C'mon February 27th. Hurry up and get here!

Posted by: RWC at January 06, 2014 04:56 AM (fWAjv)

197 I have to concede that Dunham has a point.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 04:56 AM (aDwsi)

198 190 Good morning from Waikiki Want the weather report or should I just save time and go screw myself now? _______ Yeah, I'm thinking you should just grab another Mai Tai & head back to the pool. Screwing yourself is optional.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 04:56 AM (xnkrD)

199 So apparently the fact that doctors are having to wait for hours on ObamaCare preauths/verification of benefits is making national news. Of course, from the coverage I've seen it's all been, "Aha! Those eeeeevil doctors are getting some of their own medicine! Let's see how *they* like waiting! Mwaa-ha-ha!" Very few words devoted to "Oh, and this means that your scheduled gall-bladder removal may be pushed back." You know those waiting-lists we projected were coming here? Yeah. That.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 04:56 AM (PYAXX)

200 i mean NEIN!

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 04:56 AM (mw0FO)

201 I don't know what y'all are complaining about. It's a balmy 18 degrees here in DFW. When it's colder in DFW than central AL, I start watching out for wooly mammoths.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 06, 2014 04:56 AM (naUcP)

202

7 degrees here in Central Kentucky forecast for -5 the overnight.  We moved from Connecticut down here last spring just to get away from the friggin cold and look at what happened!  Lowest temps in 20 years. 

 

 

Posted by: Registered Voter at January 06, 2014 04:56 AM (d0+yW)

203 193 The Vikings at January 06, 2014 08:53 AM (PYAXX)

Olaf is that you?!?

Look at the Tanned Skins pleading for the "sun" and thermal blessings from on high!

Where we are from the Sun merely visits it does not linger.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:57 AM (TE35l)

204 197. Let's test your theory Today's high is 80 and a low of 68 Got to run the car's heater now

Posted by: Navypopojoe at January 06, 2014 04:57 AM (1DZOE)

205 I've previously worked for the USPS, Fed Ex, and radio broadcasting. I've foolishly worked and traveled in worse conditions than this. No more. My life and well-being is worth more than any job. YMMV

Posted by: brevity at January 06, 2014 04:58 AM (8xlhb)

206 7 degrees here in Central Kentucky forecast for -5 the overnight. We moved from Connecticut down here last spring just to get away from the friggin cold and look at what happened! Lowest temps in 20 years. Posted by: Registered Voter Bad enough you bring your voting habits with you...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 06, 2014 04:58 AM (naUcP)

207 WASHINGTON (AP) — Back to work on Monday, Congress faces a hefty list of unfinished business and a politically driven agenda in an election year that will determine control of the House and Senate.

The rare burst of bipartisanship last month produced a budget agreement, but lawmakers were unable to agree on extending federal benefits for an estimated 1.3 million Americans.

The payments stopped on Dec. 28 and Democrats, led by Obama, are pushing hard to revive them. The issue is vital to the party's core voters who are crucial in low-turnout, midterm elections, and Democrats left no doubt that they will use any Republican opposition as a political cudgel.




A rare moment of truth from AP? Admitting that this is nothing but political. I'm sure the Republicans will cave after taking a political beating and the MFM bleating how heartless they are. Never once will it be mentioned why all of these people need extended unemployment


Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 06, 2014 04:58 AM (1Jaio)

208 202 Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 08:56 AM (aDwsi)

That the ONLY reason I think she is a female is because of her relatively small and inverted penis?

Ok I'll concede the battlefield.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:58 AM (TE35l)

209

>>>Oh man are we in for it.

 

Yes. This afternoon, they're saying. I think you guys get a little more snow than us out here in the valleys. Specially those South towns.

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 04:59 AM (3ZtZW)

210

Sorry about that, Gran!  Thanks for the tip, FTL.  Here's the proper birthday list:

 

Joan Of Arc (projected warmth)

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (up, up and away) 

Charles Sumner (congressionally caned) 

Carl Sandburg (“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.”) 

Tom Mix (wept for Wyatt) 

Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz (a.k.a. Danny Thomas) 

New Mexico (crystal blue persuasion) 

Loretta Young (had ClarkÂ’s baby) 

Earl Scruggs 

John DeLorean (GTOÂ’s and time machines) 

Vic Tayback (stow it, blondie!) 

Louis Freeh (FBI Boss #10) 

Rowan Atkinson (“And sort it out before I sack you and hire a lobotomized monkey to play your role. Okay?”) 

Aron Eisenberg (Nog is 45 today)

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 04:59 AM (zF6Iw)

211 Ok...my phase one early morning chores are done...time to get my gameface on for round two!

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 04:59 AM (TE35l)

212 It was 61 when I got up. Down to 48 now and heading for 8 tonight, high of 13 tomorrow and 8 again tomorrow night. Should be back to seasonal by Thursday, with Wednesday at least upper 20s to low 30s.

Posted by: Empire1 at January 06, 2014 04:59 AM (qhu1p)

213

>>>Got the emergency kit stocked in the car. Another at work. All stocked up on essentials at home in case of a snow-in: beer, whiskey, some Vince Flynn books I haven't read yet and some Breaking Bad DVD sets. Oh, and bread and milk. Those are important too, I guess.

.

.

.Couldn't find an egg here yesterday to save your life.  Plenty of milk and bread on the shelf but no eggs or hamburger.

Posted by: Registered Voter at January 06, 2014 05:00 AM (d0+yW)

214 That happened to me once. State of emergency due to brown outs. Management figured that with everybody else staying home, there wouldn't be more brown outs, so we'd be fine. Strangely enough, I lot of people quit that spring... Posted by: Mama AJ at January 06, 2014 08:51 AM (SUKHu) The psychopaths for whom I used to work would flip out at the very suggestion that they should close the office due to weather. Not that they ever came in, no, no, no, they "worked from home". But the staff had to be there. These same people were shocked each and every time that someone quit without giving two weeks notice and that people were unwilling to go out of their way to get things done. It was a mystery, that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at January 06, 2014 05:00 AM (VtjlW)

215 But, " she's soooo funny and talented!" (yeah, I actually heard some twit gush that) Mike, I doubt her nether regions are very girly. I've been in some bad spots, and even I wouldn't hit it.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 05:00 AM (xnkrD)

216 2° here in Tulsa, but, Thank Goodness, there's little wind.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at January 06, 2014 05:01 AM (10kHz)

217 Sven - I was rather surprised when I visited Sven Fest 2014 last night. Needless to say, I didn't participate..., well..., not much. I figured my best strategy was to lie low.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 05:01 AM (aDwsi)

218

>>Bad enough you bring your voting habits with you...

.

.

.Not me, that was reason #72 for leaving CT.

Posted by: Registered Voter at January 06, 2014 05:02 AM (d0+yW)

219 Today's celebrity birthdays: Joan Of Arc (projected warmth) Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (up, up and away) Charles Sumner (congressionally caned) Carl Sandburg ("The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.") Tom Mix (wept for Wyatt) Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz (a.k.a. Danny Thomas) New Mexico (crystal blue persuasion) Loretta Young (had Clark's baby) Earl Sggurcs (http://youtu.be/6RvI6ZI2JWc ) John DeLorean (GTO's and time machines) Vic Tayback (stow it, blondie!) Louis Freeh (FBI Boss #10) Rowan Atkinson ("And sort it out before I sack you and hire a lobotomized monkey to play your role. Okay?") Aron Eisenberg (Nog is 45 today)

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 05:02 AM (mw0FO)

220 Mike, I doubt her nether regions are very girly. I've been in some bad spots, and even I wouldn't hit it. Posted by: shredded ---------------------- Yeah. The image it conjured put me off my feed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 05:02 AM (aDwsi)

221


>>>Very few words devoted to "Oh, and this means that your scheduled gall-bladder removal may be pushed back."

 

I hear Chinese prisons are pretty good at removing organs

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 05:02 AM (3ZtZW)

222
Dubbed 'Massive Monday', today will see more extra-marital affairs begin to bubble than any other day of the year.

New research reveals that spending time with loved ones over Christmas, coupled with trepidation about the year ahead causes the spike in life changes.

DailyMail




Fish in a barrel guys.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 06, 2014 05:03 AM (kdS6q)

223 Oh shit - thanks MP4! Didn't see that you'd already posted it.

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 05:03 AM (mw0FO)

224 Minus 18 here in No. Ill today.

The newspaper will not be delivered today because it's tooooo cooolllldddd.

Not to go all walking 10 miles to school uphill here, but why can't the paper be delivered by a 35 year old women in a car that goes by my house and tosses the paper on my driveway, yet when I was in 6th through 8th grade in the mid 60's, no one told me not to walk the 2 miles my paper route was, because it was toooooo cooooollddddd?

Mom did help though.  She'd say,
"Make sure you wear your hat and a scarf around you neck"

Posted by: Bruce at January 06, 2014 05:03 AM (nZ561)

225 -36 here in northern MN.  Had to put an extra log on the internet connection to keep it running this morning.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 06, 2014 05:03 AM (l0lja)

226 I've been in some bad spots, and even I wouldn't hit it. There's a reason I avoid Earth, y'know.

Posted by: Sweet Meteor Of Doom at January 06, 2014 05:03 AM (naUcP)

227 222 Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 09:01 AM (aDwsi)

I was flattered, I viewed it as an End of Yule Most Overwrought Poster and Barely Intelligible Comment Generator roast in the cooling log and went with it.

1100ish comments when I was not even really trying is "bad."

I may have to take up blacksmithing.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 05:04 AM (TE35l)

228

Not to worry, Gran.  Good to see you fixed the problem.

 

Joan Of Arc (projected warmth)

 

She was a sister that really cooked.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 05:05 AM (zF6Iw)

229 Carl Sandburg ("The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.") ---------------------------------- That reminds me of a comment a critic made after reading Sandberg's Lincoln Biography - "The worst thing to happen to Lincoln since John Wilkes Booth" Sandberg once lived two doors down from our house.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 05:05 AM (aDwsi)

230 I may have to take up blacksmithing. If this weather keeps up, you might do it for the warmth...

Posted by: Sweet Meteor Of Doom at January 06, 2014 05:05 AM (naUcP)

231 Good news: HDD delivered to collocation provider one day early. Bad news: Extra day needed to thaw before deployment.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 06, 2014 05:05 AM (kqGWM)

232 There's a reason I avoid Earth, y'know. Posted by: Sweet Meteor Of Doom at January 06, 2014 09:03 AM (naUcP) Yes, you skim ever closer but never quite make contact. You're a rock-tease.

Posted by: Gran at January 06, 2014 05:05 AM (mw0FO)

233 57 degrees here in Jersey, going down to 6 tonight.
Balmy compared to other spots this morning.

Posted by: trainer's looking for a Militia to join... at January 06, 2014 05:06 AM (n4ArD)

234 Any of the horde want me to buy them a ticket? You are invited to enter a raffle for tickets to attend a discussion and book signing with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor hosted by the Smithsonian Associates. During this evening lecture, Justice Sotomayor will talk about her life and her journey to the Supreme Court. A book signing will follow the interview.

Posted by: RWC at January 06, 2014 05:06 AM (fWAjv)

235 I was out of the office the day that another company in our building got a bomb threat. They evacuated, but "we" didn't because dude in charge brushed it off as unlikely and several floors away from us, anyway. I mostly likely would have gotten fired if I'd been at work that day...

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 06, 2014 05:06 AM (SUKHu)

236 On that unemployment crap- that is one place where Republicans- if they want the majority back- MUST hold the line, but they must do it intelligently. They have to clearly point out 1- that the Federal Gov't doesn't actually pay unemployment benefits; those are State programs, and the Fed Gov't has simply been subsidizing *extended* benefits. They have to point out 2- that the economy is still moribund, but there are jobs available. What the extended unemployment is doing is preventing people from filling those jobs. They have to point out 3- that unemployment benefits are a net drain on the economy- just like any other welfare program- and that perpetual continuance of the program is a direct contributing factor to current deficit levels. And they have to do it over the cries of "heartless!" that will inevitably come from the MFM.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 05:06 AM (PYAXX)

237

>>>She was a sister that really cooked.

 

Here comes Maude!!1!

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 05:06 AM (3ZtZW)

238 Today's high is 80 and a low of 68  Got to run the car's heater now _______ Screwing yourself is no longer optional.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 05:06 AM (xnkrD)

239 Thanks for the mental image on this fine Monday morn.
Did that image include a FUPA???

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 06, 2014 05:07 AM (puxT8)

240 There's a reason I avoid Earth, y'know. ____________ You're such a tease, SMOD.

Posted by: shredded chi, a little happier than last year at January 06, 2014 05:08 AM (xnkrD)

241 57 degrees here in Jersey, going down to 6 tonight. Balmy compared to other spots this morning. Posted by: trainer's looking for a Militia to join... at January 06, 2014 09:06 AM (n4ArD) Another NJ refugee? Outstanding. So when the revolution comes I've got more company?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 05:08 AM (t3UFN)

242 Anybody think Obama's "offer" of "grand bargain" to congressional Republicans is anything other than his usual cynical ploy? He is getting boring, repetitious, and irrelevant. We should shitcan some terms. Grand bargain. Wind chill factor.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 06, 2014 05:09 AM (NZRyg)

243 I saw Polar Vortex open for Abba in Trondheim in 76.

Posted by: Beagle at January 06, 2014 05:09 AM (++ex3)

244 Greetings, greetings, fellow morons.

Only -7.4 Â°F here, but my work is closed anyway.  Going to make a half-hearted attempt to log into the VPN.  Heh.

Posted by: HeideRadieschen at January 06, 2014 05:09 AM (hO8IJ)

245 In re, Lena Dunham and the other vajayjay twits, I just wish someone would say to them: "We hereby stipulate that you have genitalia. Everyone does. However, talking about it incessantly is both boring and sophomoric, but, if that's all you've got to talk about, maybe your should work on that and come back in five years."

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at January 06, 2014 05:09 AM (10kHz)

246 PYONGYANG, North Korea — Dennis Rodman and a team of former National Basketball Association players arrived in North Korea on Monday for a game he says will be a “birthday present” for one of their most unlikely fans: leader Kim Jong Un. Dog food?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 05:11 AM (t3UFN)

247 "We hereby stipulate that you have genitalia. Everyone does. However, talking about it incessantly is both boring and sophomoric, but, if that's all you've got to talk about, maybe your should work on that and come back in five years." You know the difference between a "comedian" making genitalia jokes and a sophomore in HS making genitalia jokes? The sophomore realizes the jokes aren't *actually* funny.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 05:11 AM (PYAXX)

248 I heard Robert Reich declare on the news this morning, "The reason that unemployment is high, is that there are no jobs". Top. Man. Paid something like $300k (perhaps more) to 'teach' a single class at Berkley.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 05:11 AM (aDwsi)

249 Another NJ refugee? Outstanding. So when the revolution comes I've got more company? Posted by: Nevergiveup Revolution or the camps......

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2014 05:11 AM (XCfYI)

250 Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 09:11 AM (t3UFN) What do you think- the dogs get the losers? Or do you think the dogs get the winners while the peasants get the losers?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 05:12 AM (PYAXX)

251 Hang in there, only 6 more weeks of it.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 06, 2014 06:59 AM (l3vZN)



Your optimism both amuses and horrifies me.

Posted by: Mikey NTH -Have a Querulous New Year from the Outrage Outlet at January 06, 2014 05:12 AM (gmoEG)

252 Another NJ refugee? Outstanding. So when the revolution comes I've got more company? Posted by: Nevergiveup Revolution or the camps...... Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2014 09:11 AM (XCfYI) Well ya know, it's the "Give me liberty, or give me death" thing

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 05:12 AM (t3UFN)

253 253 Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 09:11 AM (aDwsi)

The funny thing is that Captain Napoleon Epiphany Reich gets 300k to realize something that back when UE3 was a smoking 3.75% Gerg and friends was harping on constantly.

Gerg could have done it for Jharles Chonson's Cheetoh leavings as he does now and saved the Dean at that school at least 299,997 bucks.

Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 06, 2014 05:13 AM (TE35l)

254 I heard Robert Reich declare on the news this morning, "The reason that unemployment is high, is that there are no jobs". And he's wrong. At least here in the Metroplex, people are begging for workers. The problem *here* is that no one wants to "settle," and employers don't want to hire someone who is likely to leave in 6 weeks when they've found a better job.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 05:13 AM (PYAXX)

255 Hang in there, only 6 more weeks of it. Posted by: Jinx ---------------- I'll be the judge of that.

Posted by: Punxsutawney Phil at January 06, 2014 05:14 AM (aDwsi)

256 >>Going to make a half-hearted attempt to log into the VPN. Pretty sure VPNs only work to -5. Mumble mumble protocols frozen over mumble jargon...

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 06, 2014 05:14 AM (SUKHu)

257 A top Iranian lawmaker and cleric said that the country’s uranium enrichment program could allow it to build a nuclear weapon “in two weeks” in order to “put down Israel,” according to multiple reports in the Farsi language press. obama's newest bestest friends

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 05:15 AM (t3UFN)

258 That's the thing. This economy would have come back despite the Democrat's best efforts if they'd left health care alone. But now people only want to hire part-time and "contract" employees. So people who want/need full-time employment can't find anything. ObamaCare is killing the economy faster than it's killing people.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 05:15 AM (PYAXX)

259 Forecast low of 22 degrees in New Orleans for today. Wonder if Jim Cantore is gonna remark on that? Mornin rons!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at January 06, 2014 05:16 AM (tcK++)

260 Many years ago, I was required to memorize a modern American poem. My choice was Sandberg's "Fleas." "Adam had'em." Teacher was not amused.

Posted by: Fox2! at January 06, 2014 05:16 AM (cHwSy)

261 When WA, OR, & Idaho are warmer than DFW, something is fucking wrong.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 06, 2014 05:16 AM (XCfYI)

262 shit...it's cold...

Posted by: GGE of the Traveling Horde, TD at January 06, 2014 05:16 AM (npWmN)

263 The representative of a human rights group headed by a designated al Qaeda terrorist was denied a visa by the State Department after being invited by congressional Democrats to discuss drone strikes. Mohammad Al Ahmady, the Yemen director for Geneva-based NGO Al Karama, was expected to brief Reps. Alan Grayson (D., Fla.), Barbara Lee (D., Calif.), and Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.) the morning of the Nov. 19, according to press release from Grayson’s office. Ahmady, who also serves as a top official in an al Qaeda-linked Yemeni political party, did not attend because of visa issues. The State Department said it could not comment on visa matters. Several Al Karama officials have faced terrorism allegations. Al Karama’s founder and current president Abdul Rahman Naimi was designated as a terrorist and al Qaeda supporter by the U.S. Treasury Department in December, along with the group’s Yemen representative Abdulwahab Al-Humayqani. Al Karama’s legal director, Rachid Mesli, is currently wanted for terrorism charges in Algeria. Schakowsky’s office referred questions to Grayson and Lee, saying the other offices led the briefing. A spokesperson for Grayson said Ahmady did not actually attend the briefing and that the terrorist designation of Al Karama’s president was “not in place at the time of the briefing, so again, we had no reason to suspect any wrongdoing on the part of Mohammad [Al Ahmady].” Liberals, can't live with them and they just will not go away

Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 06, 2014 05:17 AM (t3UFN)

264 Well, if you people aren't going to shake the kids out of bed, I guess I'll have to it. Gonna make them go outside since they keep telling me how much they like cold weather more than hot weather. I start flashing back to walking a mile through Philly while sliding on ice and having my face frozen off by the wind.

Posted by: Mama AJ, uphill both ways at January 06, 2014 05:17 AM (SUKHu)

265 But now people only want to hire part-time ---------------- The new 'Full Time' job = 30 hrs. Employment goes up, kind of, payroll stays the same, media crow 'Sucess!'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 06, 2014 05:18 AM (aDwsi)

266 >>"Adam had'em." Could have gone with the much longer Ode To A Goldfish. Oh wet pet.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2014 05:19 AM (g1DWB)

267 dump thread

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 06, 2014 05:20 AM (IXrOn)

268 Dump's up.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at January 06, 2014 05:20 AM (zF6Iw)

269

So hey

 

We were talking about buying shoes for Baby Bigby and I'm tooling around on tinysoles looking around at boots and stuff.

 

Wife sez: I don't wanna buy anything becoz we'll buy it and then he won't fit in about a week and its just money out the window.

 

I reply: Well, thats kind of how it is with kids. Main Q is just Does he need them now, really?

 

So no shoes Heh. But tinysoles is purty good, if you're looking for kid shoes. Better than Amazon for price and better service.

Posted by: Bigby's Kung Fu Grip at January 06, 2014 05:21 AM (3ZtZW)

270 The new 'Full Time' job = 30 hrs. Employment goes up, kind of, payroll stays the same, media crow 'Sucess!' Yeah. More or less. The thing is, even that would be an improvement. But with the Individual Mandate, no one can *afford* to work part-time. Insurance premiums are too high. So on the one hand you have employers who don't want to hire new FTEs, and on the other you have people who literally cannot afford to be employed part-time- they make more money being on the dole AND their health insurance is taken care of.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 06, 2014 05:21 AM (PYAXX)

271 Greetings, pixel people. As soon as I get the rest of this coffee in me, I'll go get my toolbox from the shop that canned me last Friday. I'll also laugh at the poor idiots there who get to put up with their psycho boss. At least I'm free. Broke, but free.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at January 06, 2014 05:21 AM (0HooB)

272 Bollix bolide sock scrapped. And Congratzdolences BB. Hopefully on to bigger and better, or at least saner.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 06, 2014 05:26 AM (naUcP)

273

220: "Mike, I doubt her nether regions are very girly. I've been in some bad spots, and even I wouldn't hit it."

 

You may have found the one condition that Rum can't fix.

 

I don't know whether to be sad or elated. 

Posted by: Barney Frank at January 06, 2014 05:26 AM (OJn3e)

274 yet when I was in 6th through 8th grade in the mid 60's, no one told me not to walk the 2 miles my paper route was, because it was toooooo cooooollddddd?

I saw a Norman Rockwell exhibit while on vacation last week. I hate the guy anyway (fucking FDR fascist "freedom from want" propaganda), so rim the glass with salt here, but going through so much of his work in one place, he seems an early proponent of the pussification of America.  I can't remember the exact quote from the audio guide, but he didn't think people should see "tough" or "harsh" images, so he didn't paint them; he painted sentimental stuff instead.  One that particularly stood out was in a painting fisherman going out to see, the focus is not on the men doing the rough work but on a little boy and old man standing around watching them.  Safe on the shore, just watching.

In his late life, he painted some anti-segregation images that would qualify as tough, but the bulk of his work is just cutesy stuff.  And it's been sold to us as "the real America" for nearly a hundred years.

Posted by: HeideRadieschen at January 06, 2014 05:26 AM (hO8IJ)

275 Minus 12 here with a windchill of minus 38. I may not come out from under the covers today. Could someone kindly fetch my coffee? Thanks in advance.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 06, 2014 05:27 AM (P6QsQ)

276

278. Still new to remembering to unsock myself.

 

Wait. That didn't sound right...

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 06, 2014 05:31 AM (f6ZLT)

277 I still don't understand why no one points out the correlation between volcanic ash in the atmosphere and colder than normal temperatures. (Read about "the year without summer" in Wikipedia). We had major volcanic activity about a week and a half ago. Now we have the "polar vortex".

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 06, 2014 05:34 AM (Lqy/e)

278 40 deg F here today in extreme south Texas. Snow flurries possible overnight. Last time in snowed here was 2004, before that 60-80 years ago.

Send Algore the bill for all the Antarctic rescue efforts, & hope no ships are wrecked or people killed because of these fools.

Posted by: bill sometimes bill from canada at January 06, 2014 07:00 AM (S+m0Z)

279 Have your woman apply her "mittens" to your balls. You're welcome. Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 06, 2014 06:57 AM (b2cFu) Fish mittens.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at January 06, 2014 09:08 AM (Y92Nd)

280 Did anyone think Romney wouldn't be gracious about this? And that's the problem. When an agent of the enemy commits a blunder and stumbles, the proper response is to kick them hard, preferably repeatedly, until they fall. Being gracious means that even though the agent might feel differently after a show of mercy, the organization or association that the agent belongs to won't.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 06, 2014 09:39 AM (G5cc0)

281 Romney was a courteous loser who couldn't defend his family nor principles from the likes of a racist bigot. That isn't courage its a lack of balls. Glad Romney lost, not because I like Commissar Zero, but we don't need another Commissar Zero Lite.

Posted by: Veritas at January 06, 2014 09:55 AM (MzPhd)

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