On August 25, 1835 the New York Sun came out with a series about life found on the Moon.
From the August 28 issue of the paper:
Our plain was of course immediately covered with the ruby front of this mighty amphitheater, its tall figures, leaping cascades, and rugged caverns. As its almost interminable sweep was measured off on the canvass, we frequently saw long lines of some yellow metal hanging from the crevices of the horizontal strata in will net-work, or straight pendant branches. We of course concluded that this was virgin gold, and we had no assay-master to prove to the contrary.
The series ran for 8 days and resulted in world wide acceptance of the proffered subject and an increase in circulation. The series ended with a fire at the observatory when its telescope was directed at the Sun. The observatory was a total loss.
The author was supposedly Dr. Andrew Grant, who described himself as the travelling companion of Sir John Herschel. Dr Grant was a fabrication from the perpetrator’s imagination.
Was the perpetrator an early Republican? The story had no scientific foundation and flew in the face of actual science even in its time.
This is our Open Thread. Please feel free to present your thoughts on any topic.
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What a great litho:
Nice touch with unicorns making an appearance in the right lower quadrant!
. Pterodactyl-looking sorts on the banks of the river.
Palm tree -looking plants – amazing how much the Moon surface resembles a fantastical earth. Of course the writer had no idea the Moon was actually made of bleu cheese/
Never mind the unicorns, ebb; notice how the illustrator just HAD to get some boobs in there, and some full frontal feminine nudity in the middle ground ( the group standing around on the rock) .
Boobs? I like boobs.
Then you must love the Republican Party!
The newspaper was gossip media even back in 1835. The sad part is that readers probably believed this.
I make it a point to only trust credible news outlets such as The Weekly World News.
The fact that the Weekly World News was a client of mine when I was a celebrity photographer has nothing to do with my high opinion of that paper.
Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh owe their careers to WWN’s groundbreaking Op-Ed columnist, Ed Anger ( catch-phrase: “it makes me pig biting mad” )
Meanwhile back on this planet, in Darth Cheney’s soon to be released memoirs, Darth writes that he wanted to bomb Syria. See us tree hugging progressives had the war mongering neocons all wrong. Darth saw the evilness in Assad and wanted to liberate the people of Syria. *snark*
Umm…Cheney and Wolfowitz were the SOURCE of that bad intelligence that “we had received” (*cough*) and by that time (2007) Bush and his advisers could admit it—in private of course—otherwise, I guess it was a brilliant idea.
Never mind that the “suspected nuclear reactor site” was nothing of the sort.
From TP:
That ought to read something like “Bush and congressional GOP-blame 85%, Democrats 15%”—BUT still, those figures seem to reflect fairly fact-based opinion, which is encouraging.
The trouble is, if the Dems regain the majority in 2012 we’ll still likely be stuck with the same GOP-enabling Blue Dogs.
Yeah, this should work. /s
SHIT. I AM NOW BEING EVICTED. FUCK.
Aw, man, that sucks. I guess now the fact that I fixed your HTML problem above makes no difference. I hope you can find some place to go.
Damn, 5th, I wish we had room for you here!
Good luck, hope to see you later.
What!?
I am so sorry to hear that 5th — please keep us posted.
We are here to help, 5th.
I am very sorry to hear this. Is this a long or short process where you live?
I’m guessing that was the Sheriff’s knock on the door he was reacting to, so he was most likely unplugged right afterward.
I wish we weren’t all so scattered out.
Bad news dude, hope things works out quickly for ya.
5th, do you have a place to go? I’m so sorry for you.
Was the perpetrator an early Republican?
Well, I guess this last line, “We of course concluded that this was virgin gold, and we had no assay-master to prove to the contrary.” is just like Republicans today. Make some shit up and then claim that since no one was around to prove them wrong, they must be right. And this, of course, fits in with their anti-Science way of thinking.
I dunno if he was a Republican – the concept of life on anopther world would surely fly in the face of the Terracentricity that the Christo-fascists in the Republican party espouse as dogma.
Progressives are sitting pretty.
Even though Obama leaves something to be desired, the potential Republican opposition field makes W look like a Rhodes scholar.
Bachmann?
Perry?
Palin?
Romney?
Not a lot of brain activity there.
Perry is leading this sad bunch of morons in the polls now… ?
Watch out, there’s big money in this election. Perry is already tied with Obama.
Unfortunately, lack of brain activity is a common affliction of roughly 50% of the electorate, and climbing.
Nervous making.
Biggest Asshole of the Day (so far)
Eric Cantor — sure, we’ll help you fix your earthquake damage, but first you have to steal a little girl’s lunch money and kick a homeless veteran.
Lots of the day left, but Eric Cuntor is way out in front.
Might want to consider a different name for Eric. Jus sayin.
yeah I know…. I usually *** out the naughty words and that one in particular, but I was a bit miffed when I read the link. π¦
He also said, with respect to the North Anna facility: βIt means a lot to know that there is a safe energy future with nuclear power.β
I fully support the rest of the country refusing to assist with this. The damage that occurred here is small enough that VA should be able to handle it alone.
Gawd, the man will say anything that fits his agenda.
I agree about VA not really needing the help, but I think Cantor would have said the same even if the entire state were rubble.
Eric Cantor has very lofty career goals and he will leave his boot marks on anyone that goes sideways against him.
He’s an asshole in all capital letters.
He realizes that being jewish, he will most likely never be able to run for president but he does aspire to be Speaker of the House.
Then, after his stint as speaker it’s off to K street.
Then, after his stint as speaker itβs off to K street.
I wouldn’t say “after”. More like “during”. Remember that the last time the Rs controlled Congress, Cantor was a huge proponent of pay-to-play legislation. Simply put, the man is without morals. Cantor is a perfect examopel of a Republican who does not know the meaning of the words “conflict of interest”, let alone the appearance of one. He has no business being in the government of a representative democracy.
The extent of the Culpeper damage:
1, possibly 2 buildings will have to be torn down immediately, displacing a deli and perhaps a lawyer’s office.
Two churches are condemned, one is believed to be repairable, the status of the other is not certain.
The chimneys on the sheriff’s office, another church, and train station will need to be demolished.
Several small businesses were damaged, windows broken, a few bricks fallen. A friend lost a good bit of his wine stocks in his shop (Damn).
That’s it. Surely the great state of Virginia can deal with this.
I’ll bet if there was earthquake damage to his office there wouldn’t be a “need” to cut spending to fix it.
The love that dare not speak its name…please, I don’t want to think about it…
That’s really gonna piss off Dubya.
Not thinking about it…
A friend to the end…
You’ll enver have a truer friend than a dog.
One more earthquake comment, and then I’ll shut up about our “big one”. We had a small aftershock last night. No big deal, but having felt the 5.8, I was actually scared until it stopped because I feared it would worsen. I can’t imagine how you Californians deal with that.
Also, my chickens have quit laying.
Outstanding, the nature of eastern earthquakes seems a bit different than those I have experienced in the west. Yours seem to be fairly sustained and rumbly/rolling, while in the west we usually have jolts (big and small). I’ve only felt one long rolling earthquake, which happened in the Seattle area and rolled across the entire state of Washington, and we felt it in Moscow. It made me feel queasy, as if I were in a boat!
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You have actual ‘hurricane; tornado seasons’ – now that would frighten me. Earthquakes – not so much, there is no warning.
There’s an on-going study re: animals feel a/o hear some onset rumbling or vibration just prior to earthquakes.
Being in California, I’ve lived through a few. Only one was strong enough that getting in a doorway seemed prudent. When the shaking stops, sniff around the gas meter, furnace & stove for gas, and go about life.
At least with an earthquake, all your possessions are in one spot. With a tornadoe, your house, and household goods are spread over 5 counties!
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5th, that’s a bummer – hope they gave you time to take worldly possessions.
Soft landing our friend!
Work that glitter, Marcus!
Further proof of whom we really need to be afraid of.
The Bachmanns.
I can handle gay barbarians, I think they’re kind of chic.
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From this:
Why Warren Buffett Lost His Faith β and Money β in Bank of America
By Alain Sherter | February 16, 2011
to this:
AUGUST 25, 2011, 11:58 A.M. ET
Buffett to Invest $5 Billion in BofA
That helps to explain the nearly 11% jump in BoA yesterday, plus the likely deal with the states over the robosigned foreclosures.
Yes but Buffet’s a raving pinko! At least he was last week – Fox News said so.
Judge Prosser is sitting pretty these days, ain’t he?
He’ll preside over a case involving his own lawyer, conflict of interest be damned, and the Special Prosecutor has decided not to file charges in the chokehold incident — against either party (implying that Judge Bradley was involved in a mutual choking or that she deserved it).
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The decision was made by:
From TPM:
Har har har, get your finger out of your nose, you fucking pRick.
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His finger is in a southern orifice!
Ten-gallon hat, two-pint head….
What was it? “Global warming is like a cult” followed by “Let’s all pray for God to end the drought in Texas (but f***k those Sooners)” (I paraphrase).
Oh the irony, the man is so pig-shit thick, he doesn’t get it does he?
Your next SPOTUS – here he comes if the corporate money has its way.
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Rubio, oh Rubio, you are such an effing s.o.b.
Media Matters Rips Rubioβs Health Care βHypocrisyβ
Rubio: “If someone was sick in your family, you took care of them.”
Except he didn’t.
Rubio in yesterday’s column. If someone was sick in your family, you took care of them.
Yes, when someone got cancer we went out in the back yard, dug up some uranium and did the radiation treatment ourselves! Who needed oncologists? We’re just too lazy now.
Tossing mom into the streets will definitely toughen her up. π
If Texas leads the nation in minimum wage jobs, does that mean it also leads the nation in citizens who pay no income tax?
If so, let’s see the Republicans defend that.
Perry getting creepier
“…the Perry administration wanted to help Wall Street investors gamble on how long retired Texas teachers would live. Perry was promising the state big money in exchange for helping Swiss banking giant UBS set up a business of teacher death speculation.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/25/rick-perry-texas-life-insurance-scheme_n_935666.html
And what the hell is with that Perry’s baggy brown suits, polka dots and stripes? Cripes, he looks like he’s been on a shopping spree at Goodwill.
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It’s his clown suit?
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Another fat-assed, whiny white-boy:
Who made you run for the damn seat? Typical whinging TeaPottier…
There are a whole bunch of our citizens in Afghanistan getting shot at for a lot less money.
Like Bachmann, he apparently went to work for the government so he could destroy it from within. I think his work is done.
Joe “You Lie” Wilson has entered a hospital due to “an extended fever.”
Probably a case of rabid teabaggerism.
Most likely he had a bad case of ‘disconnected from reality’ fever, commonly referred to in the medical community as ‘disco fever’.
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From The Hill
Fortunate he has good health care.
Somebody should have checked him for ticks!
Not me, though. I only engage in reciprocal cross-gender checks.
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hmm, is that anything like cross-checking in Ice Hockey? ;>
If it’s anything like Moseley and Dorsey, yes!
Poor tucking fick.
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Wayne, hope you aren’t taking any of our snide/barbs about Wilson personally.
I’m concerned for your health and know you’ve mentioned having Lyme disease.
May your Friday appointment have positive healing results!
Not in the least. Couldn’t happen to an assholier guy. π
Quarantine all of them!!
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How does one get a nickname of “Joe” from Addison Graves Wilson, Sr?
All his brothers were named “Joe,” so to avoid confusion…
Probably from a hooker in Asia. Korea maybe? Japan? Hong Kong? Was “Joe” ever in the military?
And the rest is, as they say, history. π
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That all sounds soooooo familiar! A great read –
The Incessant Voice of War: The Black Rose Conspiracies By P. L. Nelson
Some day we’ll make it to Onouru!
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With luck soon to be available in Kindle, Nook, and other ebook formats. The conversion manuscript is ready.
Onouru, yes. A Republican-free refuge. Paradise another word. π
It’s about time!
An American success story we won’t see on the evening “news”.
The American auto industry is thriving in a horrible economy. Why? Guaranteed loans and a little friendly advice and regulation from the (gulp!) U.S. government. It’s really too bad that the “librul media” seldom gives a Democrat an opportunity to speak plainly. I’ve found YouTube clips of several lawmakers, including Al Franken, speak very eloquently about the recovery of the auto industry but I’ll be damned if I can find an actual interview from the big networks that so much as mentions it.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/08/24/121887/carmakers-rebound-is-driving-jobs.html
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All good news must be suppressed – those who cheer “Obama is the worst President Ever” can’t be made to read anything positive the President’s actions have accomplished.
Shhhhhhhh, we can’t be having even the impression of giving the President credit for his successes.
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There have been no sightings of Speaker Boner – do you suppose he’s been on the
golf course? Sitting in a very dimly lit bar slurping alcohol and chain smoking?
Possibly doing both?
I’m sure there’s some weeping going on as well.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he changes his name from John to Joe Boner when he gets back to DC. π
*snort*
That’s so totally not gay. π
Uh huh…
Did he use Larry Craig’s speech?
I’m sure one of them was “pitching” and the other was “catching.”
Yay basesball.
The View isn’t the kind of show that guys want to discuss.
Talked about baseball and the view – using a wide stance, I suspect.
..THE VIEW??? OF???? an engorged member?
He says:
Uhhhh, a decision not to prosecute is not the “truth” coming out. The prosecutor’s letter said nothing about Bradley’s charges being scurrilous or without merit.
Based on what I’ve read over the last two or three months, I think Prosser has also been found to be “without merit.”
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Spit! Weasel-y weasel! The ‘decision maker’ on this was a Repugnant one!
This Prosser is sub-human –
She says:
She should have gone for criminal prosecution from the outset — since a crime was committed. Talk about muddying the waters…
Courtesy of The Center for Biodiversity
The guy is privileged to see one of Earth’s most magnificent creatures and his response is to shoot her?
Have the bears submitted a request to extradite said security guard yet?
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You know the routine:
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The Alaskan security guard “BART cop defense” – very interesting how that works. Instead of stun-gun vs. ‘real’ gun it’s beanbag vs mortally wounding ammo.
Virgin birth epidemic in Texas
When questioned, Perry’s response was accurate: “Abstinence works,” he said. And yes, it does. More’s the pity that his parents didn’t practice it.
“Abstinence works”
Which is completely beside the point.
Perhaps we should get together and start a condom company under the brand name
Abstinence…May sell shitloads to these rube hicks…
I thought they were praying for rain?
Well, it’s raining babies!
Reichwhiners have lots of stupid positions but the stupidest just might be their simultaneous condemnation of abortion and contraception/comprehensive sex education. The surest way to reduce unwanted pregnancies is to provide free contraception and education starting around 10-11 years old.
Of course, any child who spends a bit of time on a farm will have the mechanics of mammalian reproduction made very clear. While the logistics are daunting I have often thought that every child should spend at least a couple weeks on a farm for that reason alone. But? The fundies will raise a stink if some show on the Discovery Channel actually covers the whole process from mating through birth.
The education part is so easy. Any 10 year old, without severe learning disabilities, will understand the subject within less than a full class hour and half of that hour will be the kids giggling and the teacher blushing. It’s zero cost too. One session of a health or biology class, that’s already funded, will cover it.
The cost of free contraception, while not zero, is insignificant compared to the costs of public support, adoption, or even abortion. I seem to recall someone postulating that a free condom dispenser could be put in every school bathroom in he country for less than we pay in a day in Iraq. Plus, most of those condoms would be used for water balloons instead of “dirty sex” anyway.
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“From using a condom you will learn
No deposit means no return.”
Walt, this needs to be said. I love all the history and science stories you find for us. You’re the best!
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Three cheers for Walt!
At the risk of being called a Putz by Hedley LaMarr, ….Ditto!
The current track for hurricane Irene shows it going right through New York City.
And there won’t be a single cab that’ll be avaiable…
Apparently the teabagging idiots that got electerated in 2010 are finding out that governin’s tuff wurk. From TPM Today..
FLA Rep: This Job Ain’t Cushy
At a townhall yesterday, when questioned about his salary, Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) played the Sean Duffy card, telling constituents it’s a pretty lean salary given how many hours he puts in and the risks he runs.
“And by the way, did I mention? They’re shooting at us,” Southerland told constituents. “If you think this job pays too much, with those kinds of risks and cutting me off from my family business, I’ll just tell you: This job don’t mean that much to me. I had a good life in Panama City.”
β Josh Marshall
Note to teabagging idiot. You ran for election and won. If you don’t like it fucking resign.
The obvious follow up would be:
Who are “they”, who are “us”, and when did this alleged shooting take place?
The last lawmaker I recall being shot is Gabby Giffords and, according to the “librul media” and SaudiFAUX “News”, there was no political motivation behind Laughner’s madness.
Sometimes one just has to laugh.
Apparently, Marion “Pat” Robertson is even more out of touch than we thought. A sane person would have noted that almost everyone in the world had spoofed Mr. Robertson’s inevitable claim that the East Coast earthquake was a “sign from God” and sat this one out. But? Not to be outdone by pretenders, critics, and commentators he just couldn’t stop himself from stepping off the cliff despite the throng screaming at him “don’t do it! You’re about to walk off a cliff”.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/08/25/304730/pat-robertson-not-to-get-weird-but-the-washington-monument-cracks-are-a-sign-from-god/
Pat – that you pissed yourself this morning and forgot to wear your Depends….
….. it’s a sign of….
…. i’m just saying.
Perhaps the impending hurricane impact on Maryland is a sign of God’s displeasure with their failure to pass marriage equality. Perhaps the fact that Pat’s broadcasting empire is smack in the path of Irene is a sing of God’s disgust with Pat.
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The reverse as truth – I like that. Watch out Pat – god’s coming to get you for being a homophobic, racist, foaming at the mouth spewer of hatred.
Be careful. The Reichwhiners are past masters of “the reverse as truth”. Much like arguing with idiots; there’s a very real chance they will drag one down to their level and beat you with experience.
YEEEEH:
“Naomi Colon, head of the Marcy Houses Tenant Association, said there have been sightings of the outsize rat [killed today] for at least six years. “The residents have told me that they’ve seen it running around with other rats.” … Tenants fear that the Gambian rat has been breeding with the Norway rats and spawning a super-breed of rodents … . Residents say that while the monster-sized rat may be the stuff of horror movies, the run-of-the-mill rats are an even bigger nightmare at the project where Jay-Z grew up. “Even the cats are afraid of the rats. They get together and gang up on the cats, said resident Stephanie Davis, 44.”
A photo, if you must:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/08/25/2011-08-25_giant_rat_killed_by_pitchfork_in_marcy_houses_is_believed_to_be_.html
If cats don’t work (although considering some of the critters my cats have brought home I question that.) may I suggest pythons?
Now that’s a rat!
Quote of the Day:
“I never said [Palin] is going to declare..Iβm mystified. Look she is all upset about this, saying Iβm trying to sabotage her in some way. And how dare I speculate on her future. If she doesnβt want to be speculated about as a potential candidate, thereβs an easy way to end the speculation: say βIβm not running.β β¦ Iβm saying the schedule leads me to believe she is going to be a candidate. Iβm not privy to her thought-making process. It is a sign of enormous thin skin (that) if we speculate about her she would be upset,” – Karl Rove.
Apparently Fox News censored the transcript of his critical comments:
http://politicalgates.blogspot.com/2011/08/fox-news-censor-karl-roves-highly.html
Apparently, they also cut him off for a “breaking news” announcement about Steve Jobs resigning even though they had already covered the story. It makes me wonder if Rover has a better offer. He’s too crafty to bad-mouth Bible Spice on her BFF’s show if he doesn’t have a parachute.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/fox-news-cuts-rove-after-he-calls-palin-thin
The 20 Best States For Job Growth
Searching for Texas … Texas … Texas…hmmm:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2011/08/25/best-states-for-job-growth-from-michigan-to-massachusetts-to-new-york.html
Wonder what the teabaggers will have to say about this?
Yer on ya own, snakey!
10 points will be taken from Slytherin!
Make it 20, just for shits & giggles.
I don’t know, or much care, about what the teabaggers might think.
I, however, am an unapologetic fan of snakes. I’ve had several pet snakes and I find them fascinating and far more interactive than one may think. One of my first encounters was a common water snake I caught on the beach on a cool day. When I first grabbed it it bit me (I still have a tiny scar) but within minutes it figured out that I wasn’t going to hurt it and that I was a heat source. The little feller curled up on my lap and soaked it in. Then I hand fed it a couple minnows and, for the rest of that summer, my “pet” would come and visit me every time our paths crossed. Even if I didn’t have any minnows or leeches to feed it it would seek out contact and climb around on me after being in the cool lake.
Apparently, the Fabulous Marcus should be picking out her shoes, as well as her dresses. π
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I’ll not comment on the ‘fashion’ aspect – dress the way you want is my attitude.
My question why did they throw in a pic of Cooonoooleeeezzza in her boots?
We’ve not heard of or from Ms Rice for the longest time and then today we have Kaddafi’s photo album of madame and the photo thrown in for ‘good measure’ in that article on CrazyBachmann.
I guess if Batshit were to try to be more sexy, she’d be doing better in the polls. *sigh*
Heh! I can only think of one response for that.
From the What’s In A Name department:
Gheen. Reminds me of a fellow from Wisconsin back when I was a lad, a farmer named Ed Gien. He was nuts too: liked to eat people.
This guy is worse, though. He’s almost Hitlerian in his fears, his attitudes. Fits right in with the American nutcase fascist right, though. Bottom line, I have a real shitty feeling about what’s going down in this country. Like the dude from Venezuela said when he followed Bush to the podium in the UN General Assembly a few years back, “There’s a lingering sulfurous aroma …” (something close to that, don’t have the quote handy).
I knew some distant relatives of Ed Gein and they had changed the spelling of their name. The young ladies of the family were all spectacular blonds and they ran the family’s produce stand all summer. We universally called them “the girls with the nice melons”. They sold sweetcorn, squash, tomatoes, and other veggies but it’s the “melons” that really kept the business thriving.
Please forgive y use of a very shocking word to describe how these creeps think.
What Mr. Gheen means is: “We just can’t have no niggers runnin’ around the White House”.
If this traitor had said this about GWB, he’d have been disappeared via rendition.
Bernie Sanders introduces a bill that might actually save Social Security, so Boner has something to do (i.e. burying it).
Cheney: My book will have ‘heads exploding’ in DC.
I hope one of them is his.
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Then why didn’t he use it:
Because Cheney lies about EVERYTHING.
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That sneer tells all – Evil personified!
But it’s a campy, overblown, absurd kind of evil. He was about 25 when, in a booze-driven haze, he saw Burgess Meredith play “The Joker” on Batman and adopted the persona.
I’ll give Governor Christie a little credit for stepping back from the brink of insanity that the GOP, at large, seems to leap over every succeeding day. That being said; it’s time to dispense with the saying “100 year flood”. The climate has changed since the old records were compiled. Here in Minnesota we have had, at least, 5 “100 year floods” since 1991. Other localities have seen worse. One of my favorite trout steams has seen a “100 year flood” virtually every year and now there are no homes or farms in the valley. The, former, residents have given up. The old paradigms no longer apply.
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/08/25/304915/christie-on-hurricane-irene-flooding-100-year-event/
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My nephew has been in Mooresville (near Charlotte), North Carolina since Jan. or Feb. My niece-in-law and the kids arrived last weekend (from AZ).
Today was my Grandniece’s first day of school (she loved it).
They’ve experienced the earthquake (both are native Californians) that didn’t bother them.
Depends on how far inland Hurricane Irene decides to fall as to how they’ll be affected.
[That Hurricane is looking to cause havoc to a very wide area – scary]
It should be noted that Apple, which by some measures is the largest and most important in the world, is now being run by a gay man.
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He’s a ‘good ol’ boy’:
uh – um sorry House I don’t recall if you cheer or jeer:
So he’s the normal CEO material.
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yep! And gawd did not see fit to wipe the Bay Area off the map. Imagine that!
Yeah, what’s up with the hurricane and earthquake in the East? The gay is taking over in the West!
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House, apologies for not recalling which Alabama team has your loyalty!
Yeah……….that would be the Alabama Crimson Tide!
Think of it as a paradox. I’m a liberal, which identifies with blue. I’m also a blue collar worker. The Auburn colors are orange and blue. Yet the team I support has Crimson in its name, in a red state.
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of course.
Roll Tide, correct?
Roll Tide Roll!
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Have it bookmarked for future use!
I don’t keep up with newsy sources in the South, so I’m wondering if anyone has heard whether this hurricane is god’s revenge for abortion, gays, or Obama? Any two? All three?
And where is Pat Robertson? Wasn’t he the one that prayed Hugo away some years back?
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Some how I don’t think Pat has ‘god’s ear’ on this one. It seems to be a might big smite – for what, who knows.
Earlier in the thread Outstanding wrote that Robertson’s media outfit maybe in the path of this storm.
Crazy Pat is seeing a sign from God in the crack on the Washington Monument. π
Has 5th been back since this morning?
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No he hasn’t. π¦
I’m worried that he might have a very short time to get out.
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It sounded as if they were at the door. My hope is he and his brother were able to gather some worldly possessions – namely his connection with us. (computer).
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Any word from Pachy – he I’m really worried about.
I hope it wasn’t happening right then. That’s scary.
Nothing from Pachy. I’m guessing Walt couldn’t get in touch with him over the weekend. That is worrisome.
I hadn’t thought of it that way this morning, but it really could have been happening right then. π―
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I think it was simultaneous with his typing…
That really does seem like real time, doesn’t it?
Shit!
That means he will have lost his free connection, and he’ll have to pay at an internet cafe.
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Damn, just had a horrible thought – he & his brother may have been arrested? – or 5th’s computer was seized against back rent owed. (I don’t know how things like that work in N.J.)
I don’t either. I don’t think they can be arrested, but I don’t know about the personal property.
At least his phone is state issued, they can’t take that. Maybe.
what was the casue of the eviction? any idea?
Non-payment of rent — 5th and his brother are unemployed.
Oh crap, I did not know that detail – thanks Zoo. Is he in touch with anyone?
He’s in touch with me. I’ll call him tomorrow. If they’re in a shelter, it might be too late to call.
OK, i guess i didn’t know how tough things were… hard to tell here isnt it? Thanks zoo.
Anytime, turtle.
I quit trying on pachy after last weekend. I suspect that his phone was no longer connected. I’ll try again tomorrow at a more sensible hour.
Thanks, Walt. I’m worried about him.
seems kind of helpless being on the wrong coast
I’ll work to figure out something, if I can.
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Thanks for trying Walt.
I’m figuring Pachy is incommunicado – he would have at least checked in to the Zoo on his birthday had he been able to!
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The last time he was ‘absent’ Pachy told of having an ‘episode’ where he ended up fainting on his keyboard, if his sister hadn’t been by to check on him – he’d be dead. That’s what he relayed.
When I saw him in Feb, he looked to be in good health.
He has been having some sort of health issue.
The number that pachy gave me is a cell.
Fuckwit Oathkeeper rapist caught in Texas — home of the fuckwits.
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The f’g Oathkeepers are used gum (good for absolutely nothing)!
TX does seem to be fuckwit central.
Used gum – I spit mine out on the freeway – it can help keep the surface bound together a little longer….
Very appropriate; since modern roads seem to be made of spit and used rubber(tires). Seriously though…
Between Minnesota winters and bigger cars/SUVs it seems like roads just don’t last like they did back in the “good old days” of about 20 years ago.
That’s why I’m doing my bit – riding the bus and spitting gum out of the window
Thank you for doing your part, Turtle. You have inspired me to start chewing gum. π
Me too. 3 bees, Bus, bike, and (by) foot is my motto. I fire up the old Mazda a couple times a month to go to the doctor and that’s about it when I’m feeling spry.
I misspent much of my youth and middle age turning gasoline into noise, speed, and smoke. Looking back at the cars I’ve had; two stand out. My very first new car was a 1963 Chevy Biscayne with a 230c.i. 6 cylinder engine. She weighed 4,000 pounds and wouldn’t hit 70mph unless one drove her off a suitably high cliff. (The funny part is that, with snow tires, she would climb hills better than a pickup or a jeep or a modified VW Beetle. Even after I put “Bessie” in retirement she remained my hunting and trout fishing car.Driving through 4 inches of mud or 12 inches of snow wasn’t a problem.)
But? The most fun I’ve had is in a 1974 Triumph Spitfire. It was a mechanical nightmare but It was so very fun. On the rare occasions that I managed to make it run in proper English fashion (Dad explained the British as a bunch of bureaucrats who sat around the pub saying, “that’ll do nicely”.) it was like driving around your favorite nighty or a proper set of 100% cotton “long-jhons” or the most comfortable couch in the world.
Pete,
The best description I ever heard of Lucas Electrics was, ‘an elaborate system of tallow candles’. π
Ugh, the National Geographic channel is advertising an interview with Chimpy Bush about 9/11.
It looks to be a complete tongue bath.
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ah, what a shame – I don’t have cable and won’t waste my valuable eyesight on watching the chimp on-line.
That, among other things, is why I refuse to pay for TV as we know it. I’ll be “ding-danged”, as the feller said, if I will ever pay the tiniest fraction of a cent to a station that lies. As far as I can tell that’s all of them. So? I get my TV fix on line for free.
houseofroberts.
British engineering is astounding. Just to stick with cars: they build the best cars if they run as expected. British cars are a little like French wine. When they get it right? There’s no substitute.