The Watering Hole: November 9 – The Wall

Sunday Roast: Blackadder Goes Forth, Part 4: Private Plane

Our Blackadder serial continues with Blackadder joining the Royal Flying Corps to escape the trenches.

Blackadder:  For God’s sake, Baldrick, take cover!

Baldrick:  Why’s that, sir?

Blackadder:  Because there’s an air raid going on, and I don’t want to have to write your mother at London Zoo to tell her that her only human child is dead.

Part 1 of 3 (each about 10 minutes long)

Part 2

Part 3

Join us Monday for Part 5, General Hospital!

Blackadder Goes Forth, Part 5: General Hospital

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George is injured and sent to the military infirmary, but Blackadder joins him when he is assigned to discover the identity of a spy in the hospital.

Heads up: Check out guest star Miranda Richardson as the nurse.

Check back on Wednesday (Veteran’s Day/Remembrance Day) for the very moving final episode: Goodbyeee

We shall not pass this way again…

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In Memoriam

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Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle Editorial Cartoonist and Animation Artist.
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Colon cleansing tea

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Put ‘em up, put ‘em up!

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Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Well, Something got Passed in the House

Republicans acted like obnoxious two-year olds, repeatedly objecting over the Democratic Women’s Caucus’ attempts to speak.

An amendment preventing the government plan from covering abortions was passed.

And some sort of health care reform was passed.

Republicans have tried, for the past several months, to insure it would be the worst plan possible. They succeeded, and in the end, after months of concessions and compromise in order to come up with a bipartisan bill – no Republicans voted for it.

Democrats will own this, for better or worse. And if it turns out for worse, the party of appeasement will have appeased itself out of power in short order.

Republicans are gearing up for the 2010 elections. If you thought their posturing was bad in 2009, wait until you see how ugly they will get these next several months. This author is surprised there weren’t violent outbreaks last summer. This coming summer we might not be so lucky.

Wingnuts, know thy enemy…

Shoshanna Johnson, a former POW in Iraq, tears this former JAG officer a new one….

…and Markos Moulitsas puts Tom Tancredo in his place.

Here’s a hint people of Wingnuttia, do your research before spouting off at the mouth!  Know who you’re talking to!

Ohhhh, what am I saying? These idiots don’t know that the tubes and wires of the YouTubes make a record of just about every word they say.

Carry on as usual…

I object! I object!! I OBJECT!!!!

As the Democratic Women’s Caucus took to the microphone on the House floor to offer their arguments for how the bill would benefit women, House Republicans — led by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) — repeatedly talked over, screamed, and shouted objections.  (ThinkProgress)

What the hell is this about?  Ok, the Republicans OBJECT — wait your damned turn!  We will not be shouted down on the floor of the House of Representatives.

HT: Media Matters

The Watering Hole: November 7 – Trips

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On this date in 2000 the DEA located the largest LSD drug facility on US territory in a retired missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.

Totally awesome street art

Attention deficit much?

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Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Flies buzzing around the elephant poo

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The 11/3 Project

Jon Stewart ‘channels’ Glenn Beck as he makes the case :

There’s a war going on in America and the stakes are nothing less the Glenn Beck’s internal organs.

The Watering Hole: November 6 – Sweden

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On this date in 1632 Gustav Adolf the Great of Sweden met his end at the Battle of Lützen. His advancements in military science made Sweden the dominant Baltic power for the next one hundred years (‘’see Swedish Empire”). He is also the only Swedish monarch to be styled “the Great“. All in all, the man cut a heroic figure:

The Watering Hole: November 5th – Mile High Fun

Most of us will have a story or two to share about what happened to them on airplanes. The Times has collected a few and my favourite of those is:

“A lady boarded with the biggest hair and became quite on edge when she saw she had a window seat. She told me: ‘I can’t sit there, I’ve just had my hair done and have an important meeting when we get there. If anyone opens the window, it’ll be ruined.’”

One story this reminds me of  is about an expat from California to Europe, who refused to have his family (wife and two dogs) moved in winter, because the dogs would have had to travel in the cargo hold. Well, it’s so cold in winter isn’t it? The company ended up paying thousands in monthly home flights for the bloke from September till May.

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Blackadder Goes Forth, Part 3: Major Star

Blackadder organises a variety show in the hope of being able to escape the war by performing at the London Palladium. However, problems arise after General Melchett falls for his “leading lady”.

I want to cover your body with pepper, and then sneeze all over you…

Part 1 of 3 (each about 10 minutes long)

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4, Private Plane, will be our regular Sunday Roast.  See you then!

A bridge too Favre

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The fox in charge of the turkey house

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Is our Dick going soft?

TDS: Dick Cheney recognizes his handwritten notes on Joe Wilson’s op-ed piece, but he can’t recall why he wrote them…

Right..

The Watering Hole: November 4 – Suicide or Revolt?

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On this date in 1918 sailors of the German Navy instigated a post mutiny revolt in order to offset a plan by naval leaders to engage their forces in what would have lead to a certain bloodbath in interest of establishing the glory of the German nation by sacrificing all naval forces based in Wilhelmshaven and Kiel in an assault against a superior British naval force. Basically, the sailors decided to have no part of this as surrender talks were already in progress. The Kaiser abdicated on the 9th in reaction to events that occurred around this event.

This may all seem well and good in the history of world politics, but by the end of the revolt in 1919, the groundwork for Hitler’s rise had been laid in the SA. Hitler found his place with the rise of the NAZI party and establishing the SS. Families, not just Jews or Gypsies, sold heirlooms merely to survive in the 1920’s.

The instability in Germany fed directly into the events that led to WWII in Europe. Rampant inflation amongst the traditional Germanic people merely added icing to the cake. The SA and SS added fuel to this inferno. The Mann in the Straße or the man in the street felt hapless. With the collapse of of the world economy between 1929 and 1931, war became inevitable.

Happy Birthday Zooey!!

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We love you dear Zooey,
Happy birthday to you! (and many more..)

Blackadder Goes Forth, Part 2: Corporal Punishment

Despite problems with communications, orders for another mission arrive and Blackadder breaches regulations by eating the messenger. Can the Flanders pigeon murderer avoid the firing squad?

Mmmmmm, delicious plump-breasted pigeon…

Part 1 of 3 (each about 10 minutes long)

Part 2

Part 3

Our next episode, Major Star, will be shown on Thursday.  Stay tuned!

Poison Princess Cheney: Truth Optional

Only Dick “Dick” Cheney could be proud of such spawn.  Yick…