First up today, an article from Foreign Policy Magazine entitled “Why Mitt Romney Can’t Talk About Iraq”. An excerpt:
“According to a University of California, Santa Barbara archive of formal campaign speeches by both candidates, Romney has used the word “Iraq” seven times on the trail (usually in the context of military service) while Obama has referenced the country 76 times (often as part of a stump-speech line about keeping his promise to end the war). The same pattern held true at the conventions: Republicans mentioned Iraq seven times, while the Democrats did so 34 times. Romney didn’t talk about Iraq in his convention speech and made only a passing reference to it in his biggest foreign-policy address of the campaign in South Carolina.
Romney might argue, as he has in defending his failure to mention the Afghan war in Tampa, that it’s his policies that matter, not how many times he mentions particular words in speeches.”
(So, it appears that others have been studying the information at The Presidency Project, to which I had linked in a recent post.)
The article finishes with, “The Romney campaign isn’t about to give the president any more ammunition.”
That line sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Ann Romney, when stating that “you people” weren’t going to be allowed to see any more of the Romneys’ tax returns than what was ‘legally required’ – a phrase that both she and Mitt seem to be fond of – because it would just give “more ammunition” to the pundits and political opposition. Too bad…if the TRUTH would give your opponents ammunition against you, then you really aren’t Presidential material.
Next up: I had also recently mentioned an effort by two Catholic groups, Catholics United and Faithful America, to keep politics out of Sunday Mass. Faithful America’s website has an interesting listing of other political causes, working against the radical right-wing religious zealots.
And lastly, a piece from our local Patch online newspaper, which discusses a poll taken of ‘New York GOP Insiders’ regarding Romney’s chances post-“47%” remarks from the recently surfaced Romney fundraising video. Some of the comments here are worth reading.
Speaking of the Romney fundraising video, I would like to thank James Carter IV for his efforts in finding the video and for getting this amazingly damning revelation of Romney’s character into the public arena. And, of course, special thanks to whoever actually made the video.
This is our Open Thread. Speak Up on any topic that you choose.
I seem to be having a lot of encounters with owls lately.
There is an owl in the wooded lot next door that woke me up this morning.
I hope it stays around.
I think it is a good omen.
This could be your present time animal totem.
http://www.manizone.co.uk/the-owl-totem–a-6.html
The Superlative Owl Totem possesses the following virtues:
Powerful magic, good omens, prophecy, astral travel, power to see the un-seen, all seeing knowledge, great wisdom, good luck, power of the moon and night, insight, giving and receiving messages, clairvoyance, religious beliefs, communication with the sprit world, and insight into others true motives.
Owl Animal Pearls are said to impart their particular magical virtues to their owner. Owl Pearls are characteristic of its host; they possess all the awe-inspiring characteristics that may be seen in the Owl itself; the dignity and grace of this animal is contained within the pearl waiting for its proper owner to bestow its inner magic to that unique and fortunate individual.
For centuryβs shamans, priestesses, witches, sorcerers, wizards, spiritualists and practitioners of the occult have used Owl animal pearls to transfer the powerful magical energy of the Owl to themselves and to others in need of this commanding animal magic.
Owl pearls are highly sought after by any wishing to absorb Owl like virtues into their lives and develop stronger mental abilities such as those embodied by this magnificent creature. The owner of an Owl pearl will see their lives, spiritual energy and mental clarity imbued with all of the virtues attributed to the βWisestβ of the bird kingdom the Owl.
The Owl animal totem is a strong spirit indeed and its magical properties are one of the most influential of all animal totems. Strength, virtue, clairvoyance and so much more can be integrated into the spirit of the possessor of this magical pearl and the Owl totem.
Sounds like a special animal totem is connecting with you. Our animal totems can change over time. They come to us when we need them.
“Our animal totems can change over time…”
I’ve found this to be true.
The Red Shouldered Hawks are not happy with the owl.
Lots of noise from both sides
That’s what competition will do.
You may have more than one animal totem, too.
http://alltotems.com/hawk-spirit-meaning-symbols-and-totem/
Is there a lizard totem?
There is if they seem to be talking to you. It’s their patterns, way of being and habits that can carry the messages.
“Totems” are guides from the natural world, and they are not necessarily limited to the animal kingdom. They could, and can be, elemental as well. Wind, water, air, etc.
Of particular note to me is the horned lizard, which in the Navajo tradition is an Elder figure. They call him Che (pronounced chay), which in Navajo means “grandfather”, and they are the keepers of ancient wisdom and knowledge.
I rescued a chuckwalla lizard about a week ago from my neighbor’s chicken wire fence ( she was petrified that it was a gila monster) and ever since, he’s been hanging in my yard. I fear for his safety because my dog likes to chase things that move.
See what I mean?
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Messages aren’t often easily understood.
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I can’t wait to see what Mitt says this week.
I’m not seeing a lot of Romney signs around here. One local R politician always has huge signs on his farm beside a major road. He has big signs this year too, for every R candidate but Romney.
Bryce Reeves is my state senator. Doesn’t his fundraiser sound like a fun time?
http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/7693/wanna-go-shootin-with-ken-cuccinelli-various-assault-weaponswith-silencers
Hey, shooting assault rifles is one way to release anger and built up sexual frustration.
Wowza! Firing various types of assault weapons, followed up by firing various types of silenced weapons sounds like one helluva good time.
Followed by BBQ of the rodents slaughtered during the live fire exercise, no doubt.
I guess Mitt has already committed his first gaffe of the week.
Uninsured can go to the ER
Keep talking, Mitt.
Where they can get treatment and cake.
I love this reference in the comments section of The Patch, “TAX THE RICH!” . So is this person claiming that the rich don’t pay taxes while the rest of us do? The rich should be paying taxes now, but with all the loopholes maybe they aren’t paying taxes. We poor slobs don’t have enough money to send to off shore accounts and we certainly can’t afford to write off airplanes. It sounds to me like the Repubs are a bunch of angry people that believe that money will make them happy. The sad part is that there is so much beauty in this world that they don’t see because their greed blinds them thus preventing them from being happy.
I read something somewhere recently that said there were several millionaires (dozens? not sure if it was hundreds, but it might have been) who paid no income taxes at all. And when i say “millionaires,” I’m referring to their income that year, not their net worth before a little more came in. They had over a million dollars income and paid zero in federal income taxes. There’s no excuse for that shit.
Yup – it was 1,000s. Did anyone do the sums and guess what Mitt would have paid had he taken all his deductions?
Someone (Ezra Klein?) said it could have been 9% or less. No wonder he had to gin up a higher tax rate, although he’s still not fooling anyone with a functioning brain.
That explains it. Romney supporters have no fucking brain. Thanks!
A report I read said it could very possibly have been below 10%. Of course, the fact that he held off releasing them until he fixed them so the effective rate he paid matched his comments to the media earlier.
And as someone pointed out earlier, he can still amend them with a correction – you wanna bet the IRS gets an adjusted filing on November 7th?
Nope, because I think he’ll do just that. π
Why wouldn’t he?
Iraq.
Big oil got what they wanted, contracts signed sealed and delivered. The mega bases are still there, their sole purpose is to protect the oil fields and the pipelines.
The military got what it wanted, billions pumped into new weapons systems.
Sure, the COMBAT troops are all home, or if not, they’re conveniently still in the neighborhood.
Rethugs don’t want to talk about it, it might bring up the issue of how much did it cost, and where our national debt really comes from.
Listening to President Obama, I’ve noticed he distinctly says COMBAT troops.
It’s all a matter of definition.
Yesterday I found a box of coffee table books hidden away. Several Calvin & Hobbes were in there so I had some fun getting re-acquainted with old friends. I thought this quote was apropos for Willard if you just replace Mom and Dad with advisers.
Calvin: “Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in. But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.”
Hobbes: “I’m not sure that total self-indulgence is really a principle.”
Perfect.
I miss those guys…
One of my favorites, and appropriate at present:
(Calvin π
“I was placed on earth to accomplish a certain number of tasks, and right now I’m so far behind I will never die.”
βSometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.β
Calvin and Hobbes
A handy chart to weigh the relative merits of realists and and those who deny the existence of global warming.
The global warming deniers I know would say the chart on the left is more accurate.
Thanks for plugging my Alma Mater, UCSB, Jane!
I graduated in 76 with a Poli Sci degree. One of my professors was a Congressional wonk, but he taught an amazing class on the presidency. I’ll have to go back to school now and dive in!
Interesting article on Media Matters this AM:
Fox Guest Steve Emerson: Obama “Is Not Necessarily A Muslim, I Don’t Believe That” But He Is “Pro-Islamist”
Steve Emerson is not necessarily a bigoted lunatic, I don’t believe that, but he’s a guilt by suggestion of association moron.
When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out to go see it — the underwater cables, secret switches and other physical bits that make up the net.
That was really cool.
Republicans call this “Mission Accomplished.”
Voting laws may disenfranchise 10 million Hispanic U.S. citizens: study – Yahoo! News
Exigir una boleta provisional!
Hmm, they were *terrorists*, they supported the Islamic revolution, they were given safe haven in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. They have bombed and assassinated their way across Iran for two decades …. but with a little greasing of the palm here, a campaign contribution there and well they are our *freedom figthers* now….
And the cycle starts all over again…
New Post, Below.
Early voting has started:
“More than one-in-three voters β more than 46 million people — is expected to vote early in 2012 in some form, either in person, by mail, or absentee, according to Dr. Michael McDonald, a professor at George Mason University who studies voter behavior. βOnce you turn up the faucet on early voting, you keep turning it up until itβs all the way open,β said McDonald, who predicts that 35 percent will vote early this year. Early voting participation has been on the rise in recent election cycles, hitting an all-time high in 2008, when an estimated 30 percent voted early in the presidential election. That was up significantly from 2004, when slightly more than 20 percent cast their ballots ahead of Election Day.”
Team Willard’s strategery of spending big on ad buys in late October looks like yet another poor decision.
Catch 60 Minutes last night?
Marquis de Mitt finally announced his comprehensive plan to replace Obamacare: just go to the Emergency Room and they’ll have to treat you for free.
SRSLY.
Willard is at the point where we need to add a new definition to our lexicons as we did for Santorum. To pull a Romney is to say something so arrogant and out of touch it borders on jaw dropping stupid.
I like it!
Ah! A synonym for a “Marie Antoinette”!
Okay, so I get this custom order for abnormally long seat belt covers, and I think, “That’s kinda weird,” but whatever they want, right?
So I buy the fabric, measure and cut the fabric and everything that goes with it, and the customer contacts me this morning, saying “I forgot to tell you, these seat belt covers are actually going to go on the metal arms of lawn chairs that are 5 1/2 inches around, so you’ll want to make them bigger around than a seat belt.”
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Sorry to hear that. Now you have to charge them extra.
Indeed. It’s a learning experience for me as well, because I wondered why she wanted such long seat belt covers — I should have just asked!
The customer is not always right but, the customer is always the customer.
Customers who tell you what they want are a problem in the auto repair business too. Often they’ve diagnosed something and insist it’s what they need and then when the problems isn’t fixed they get angry. But you can’t fix stuff they won’t approve. The lady should have told you what she needed them for not what she wanted.
That would have been helpful. Bring up the seat belt covers as what caught her attention, and then tell me what she’s looking for. That would have been best.
And a customer I want to keep. π
Seat belts on lawn chairs? Will they be attaching balloons?
Gawd, I hope so. π
It’s good to have customers across the political spectrum.
Why not? I buy my fresh eggs from a teabagger. π
Y’all have probably discussed this commercial: Mitt’s “Dear Daughter” ad.
I mean WTF? That is just offensive.
Whose DEBT?
Whose unfunded two wars?
Whose unfunded part D medicare?
Whose freaking recession?
I’m RUC, and FU Mitt Romney.
I have a daughter and this really pisses me off.
I thought you wouldn’t be impressed.
Can I clear a room or what? π
No, not you. Mittens did it.
Thanks, zxbe. π
That’s kind of pretty, but it’s too bad the web is going across the impala’s face.
He’ll just have to wait for the rainy season to clean his face off. Unfortunately the spider will probably get washed off at the same time.
Ahmadinnerjacket is casting his vote in the US Election too
But I’m at a loss to say who he is voting for…..
That was a seriously stupid speech.
When I run across stuff like this — or for that matter stuff spoken by other idiots (e.g. Romney, for example, or Bibi-the-Netan-Yahoo) — I’m invariably reminded of a single panel cartoon I remember from back in probably the early seventies if not before. In it, there was a little flying saucer hovering over the earth. Rising from the earth’s surface, there were mushroom clouds, ‘rat-a-tat-tat’ gunfire, raucous musical notes, smog, ‘beep-beep’ car horns, etc. The caption was a radio transmission from the little green man in the flying saucer to his home base, planet, whatever, and it said, simply: “I have concluded that though there is tremendous activity on this planet, there is no sign of intelligent life.”
How true, how true.
Boom.
I have posted this as tomorrow’s open thread and I will be leaving up as I don’t have any other ideas for Tuesday.
Works for me, Cats!
QOTD:
“When it comes to our national security decisions — any pressure that I feel is simply to do what’s right for the American people. And I am going to block out — any noise that’s out there.” — President Obama on 60 Minutes last night.
Bibi is noise.
*snork*
Hee hee, love it.
We’d like to get your opinion on The problem of a married Jesus, WillardRat…
Was he married to a woman or to a man? Not that it should matter, of course.
Well, wasn’t he kissing one of those disciples?
I think the disciple was kissing him.
i can never keep that stuff straight.
Well it’s really more basic than that. Romney’s white, and Obama is black. And that’s all Romney is running on.
The Optimism Cure – NYTimes.com
Another gem from Krugman in the same piece…
But wait there’s more.
The Optimism Cure – NYTimes.com
The stock market has been doing quite well recently so that blows Romney’s theory.
Mittens might just be stupider than Bible Spice. Did he really just suggest that airplanes, pressurized airplanes, should have windows that can be opened in flight? Leaving aside the contents of the cabin being blown out the windows; in this particular case the last thing one wants to do is to provide more oxygen to a fire. Maybe he’s just sick of Ann(toinette)?
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/24/899441/romney-plane-windows/
This quote alone should really cause every intelligent person to not vote for Mitt Romney.
I really want to believe that he was joking or misquoted or there’s a context that was missed. It’s actually frightening that GOoPers are so stupid.
Ha! I was just reading this. Absolutely amazing dumbfuckery.
βAnd you canβt find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows donβt open. I donβt know why they donβt do that. Itβs a real problem.β
Mitt. You really are a fumbduck. Twain famously said:
βIt is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.β
If you’re wearing magical under wear, you can do this without having to deal with the laws of physics.
Come to think of it, if you’re wearing magical underwear, why do you need an airplane?
Romney really isn’t very smart after all. There must have been a shadow man or woman making his decisions at Bain Capital for which he took all the credit.
Scott Brown, the peckerhead, has now ratched up his campaign to full blown racism.
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/scott-brown-goes-there-new-ad
Is that all he’s got? Dude is dripping flop sweat.
Aw crap! Another Bachmann in the making. Please, please, please keep her off the national news shows!
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/09/24/897191/minnesota-state-rep-marriage-equality-is-not-normal-behavior/
So when was the last time she let her children watch her and her male partner go at it? I mean, if we need to shelter the kiddies from the abby normal, we need to demonstrate the ‘right’ way, right?
And then there was Libya, again…
“Chanting “Libya, Libya,” hundreds of demonstrators entered, pulling down militia flags and torching a vehicle inside the compound, Ansar al-Sharia’s main base in Benghazi – once the base of forces of former leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The crowd waved swords and even a meat cleaver, crying “No more al Qaeda!” and “The blood we shed for freedom shall not go in vain!”
“After what happened at the American consulate, the people of Benghazi had enough of the extremists,” said demonstrator Hassan Ahmed. “They did not give allegiance to the army. So the people broke in and they fled.” ‘
— Imagine if the US had armed these militias to the teeth. A President Romney would have.
But will the story make it onto the evening “news”? All I’ve seen recently is the anti-American protests in Pakistan and other Muslim nations.
I did see a few stories covering it …. but I doubt that it has been given enough – Its significant enough though.
I say we should boycott any hotel that allows FAUX”News” employees, who deny racism and evolution and claim global warming is “a hoax”, to stay there.
http://crooksandliars.com/news-hound-ellen/fox-pimps-boycott-ahmadinejad-hot
I agree. Let’s move the UN HQ to Tehran. Problem solved.
How dishonest can these people get? Absolutely no idea how the world works at all. Only interested in rabble rousing. Ahmadinerjacket is a head of state, he gets to come to the UN no matter how many beckerheads and limbots pee their pants on Fox.
I actually have to agree with the Akin campaign. He sold his soul, assuming he ever had one, long ago so he couldn’t have sold it to Demented.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/todd-akin-jim-demint-earmarks.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29
All Toad Akin had to do was change the definition of ‘ear mark’ to get the campaign cash the rest of the Republicon party won’t give him.
No problem.
Kinda like ‘legitimate’ soul bartering.
I was just thinking…..I turn 60 soon.
Can still listen to Wilco or the Dave Matthews Band?
Yes, but you’ll also have a strange craving for blues from Janis Joplin..!
You’ll just be getting your second wind, fatherbob. π
i have been crankin’ my Cars CDs…
As one who will be 70 in three weeks, I have to ask: who are Wilco and Dave Matthews? Never heard of them.
both can change your life….or at least make your ears feel happy
http://www.heathconcerts.org/wilco-at-the-santa-fe-opera
http://davematthewsband.com/music#studio-recordings
Crank it up to 11 fatherbob!
Just saw the vile “Dear Daughter” ad Zooey posted above. I can’t watch video here, the damned thing just showed up on my TV. All that came to mind was the fact that Romney/Ryan would be the ones telling the mom “Why did you have a daughter you can’t afford?”.
Anyone ever heard of “Bill Nye, the Science Guy”?
His roots are in the NW, and he’s had lots of exposure as a teacher of science on the tubes.
He’s B A C K
as Bill Nye warns: Creation views threaten US science
and, to make matters worst…the article continues…
“Millions of Americans do hold those beliefs, according to a June Gallup poll that found 46 percent of Americans believe God created humans in their present form about 10,000 years ago.”
And when that 46% of Americans turn on their lights …. what do they think happens? If you believe the Earth is 10,000 years old, then that light coming on is act of black f**king magic.
Thank God for Bill Nye – heh.
After Ann’s plane filled with smoke last week, Willard wants to know why the passengers couldn’t have just opened a window to let the smoke out. SRSLY:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/24/1135824/-Mitt-Romney-wants-airplane-windows-to-roll-down-in-case-of-fire-so-people-can-breathe-more-easily
Can’t help but wonder if all this hard campaigning is taking a toll on his limited mental faculties. What adult would say such a ridiculous thing?
Who? Someone who will say absolutely anything to garner votes and/or sympathy and then directly contradict himself when speaking to a different crowd.
Um. I kinda beat you to it but it’s worth revisiting. Now I’m just waiting for the assertions that President Obama is to blame for the lack of ventilation on jets.
New Faux chyron …Obama wants airline passengers to choke on smoke, no open windows…
It wouldn’t surprise me. Heck! I expect that Lushbo will be claiming that Obama had someone short the wires and nail the windows shut on Ann(toinette)’s plane.
They paid $50,000 for that illumination…. or they paid $50,000 to see Dennis Miller, who is still being referred to as a ‘comedian’
The Navy should have submarines with screen doors also, just in case of a smokey fire!
Don’t give the military contractors any ideas pachy, or US taxpayers will soon be paying for tanks with beaded glass curtain armor.
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Er – looks like all those left-turns have finally taken effect
Or maybe HoR keeps on answering his phone…
Perhaps it is the raincoat comment that is influencing the choice.
What? The smarmy condescension??
And among those sympathetic to the tea party, Romney holds a 75 to 17 percent edge.
Not surprised at this polling number. Isn’t this group Romney’s intellectual equal? (think airplane comment)
Romney’s intellectual equal is the Tea Party, yes. Or a bag of rocks.
And yep, I feel awful when I insult a bag of rocks like that.
And the most “librul” news source any of them view is FAUX”News” and they’re convinced that they are in the tank for Obama because Alan Colmes hasn’t been fired.
I would submit to you that this is the result of Danica Patrick’s move from Indycar to Nascar. It has brought more liberal fans to watching Nascar races.
Sent Beth another handful of ‘kisses’ just now… π
Not that I like Mitt, but any time a candidate is trailing and likely to lose, and gets asked “do you think you have chance to win” (or words to that effect), what does a reporter actually think the candidate is going to say? I think this is in the “dumb question” category.
Romney: βThere is no question in my mind. Weβre going to win.β | The Ticket – Yahoo! News
Politico had an article about the new GOP meme, Willard’s winning the white middle class.
Pfft.
A group he really doesn’t relate to… and a group that should hate his guts. He (and his kind) are who moved the jobs out of their communities.
Who is the ‘we’ of which you speak, Kemosabe?
Speaking of Kemosabe, apparently there is a movie coming out, the Lone Ranger. Some actor I’ve never heard of is playing the “central character”, but Johnny Depp is playing Tonto.
This I’ve got to see.
The roundup of today’s polls from key states: (RealFuckingClearPolitics)
Obama leads in:
Colorado by 6
N. Carolina by 4
Nevada by 7
Iowa by 7
Florida by 5
Michigan by 12
Wisconsin by 12
Pennsylvania by 8
Minnesota by 8
Rmoney leads in:
Montana by 9
Yeah, WillardRat, you’re going to win if you can manage to disenfranchise 20 million or so Americans.
What plan?
Mitt Romney Health Care Plan Wouldn’t Slow Rising Costs: Study
How did I miss such a monumental, emphasis on the “mental”, anniversary? On Sept. 22, 1823, Ol’ Joe Smith found the “golden plates”. Oh! How I would love it if someone in the “librul media” would recount the particulars of the story for Mitt and ask “do you really believe this crap?” “Do you really expect any sane person to trust anyone who believes this crap?”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_plates
More like: Joe Smith went out to get drunk and lay some blart at the local bordello … his wife called him on being out all night and he spent the next year coming up with the bender excuse to slay all bender excuses ….
… if you think otherwise, you have be a Moroni.
“…the bender excuse to slay all bender excuses β¦.”
“I found golden tablets out in the woods last night, honest I did, and it took till daybreak to haul them in… and I got a flat tire… and my dog died… after it ate my homework…and I couldn’t find a shovel to bury the tablets, er… I mean the dog…………………………….”
Joe Smith.
Now there’s a moniker to found a religion on……………………………………………………………………………………………………
There was a little-heard song by Pat Benatar from the 80’s called Suburban King. It tells what now seems like an all too familiar story of the white middle class with nothing left.
Here’s a snippet:
More of that American “exceptionalism” at work.
Why Your Phone, Cable & Internet Bills Cost So Much | Daily Ticker – Yahoo! Finance
“We’re number …. oh wait – #29? Get me Al Gore on the Skype!”
It’s not necessary for a country to be a third world Hell hole for totalitarians to seize absolute control but it makes it a whole lot easier. One of the more disturbing trends in mass media is cable networks hosting exclusive “debates”. I don’t have cable for a bunch of reasons and I get more and better news coverage from my klunky internet connection but what about people who have neither? The less informed they keep the low information voters the easier it is for them to package their jingoism in sound bites and bumper stickers.
Willard is reminding me more and more every day of Harry Morgan’s first appearance on MASH. “It’s a treat to beat your feet in the Mississippi mud.”
That was one of my favorite episodes. He was so wonderfully loony, and the lower-ranking people didn’t know how to handle it.
Ed Schultz just now:
Mitt once said “Blind trusts are an age-old rouge.”
{{Facepalm}}
Crap, I wasn’t sure if I heard it right — but I did. *sigh*
Rachel Whips Hannity’s Ass.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014243573
Phucker gets his ass whupped.
All I want is a playful spanking.
She ‘won the night’ in the demo! If you look at the charts, she beat Billo too! That has never happened before!
Gotta go with a Blazing Saddles bit, mostly because this election seems to make Mel look like a prognosticator as well as a satirist. Sheriff Bart and the Waco Kid seem to be handling everything Hedly and Taggart can throw at him. Including the Number 6.
It is starting to look like casual viewers are moving away from FAUX”News”. I hesitate to allow myself to believe it but, if true, it’s very encouraging.
whoah
One of the frustrating things about today’s politics is the difficulty of distilling progressive ideas down to a bumper sticker. Here’s one that seems so simple I can’t believe I haven’t seen it.
You can’t trust FAUX”News”
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has his wife cut his hair – so apparently that’s why you should vote for him:
How quaint.
Pirates!
Skulls & Roses!
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Thanks, Wayne!! π
Another spectacular.
The hues are magnificent to behold.
Having lived in California these last months, I understand now what is meant by “the golden hour”.
Here’s my one take on Cannery Row…
Years ago I was on a literary pilgrimage to visit the areas my hero, John Steinbeck, wrote about. It was early morning, misty and cool, as I sat, legs dangling from the wharf called Cannery Row. I spotted, below me, an otter swimming on its back. On its stomach was an abalone shell, and he beat it rhythmically with a sharp stone.
βWhy are you doing that?β I called down.
βBecause communication is the responsibility of the senderβ, came the otterish reply.
I swear to gawd this really happened. Everything, and everybody is a freakin guru.
Excerpt from βShort tidbits, long memoriesβ Ben Garlow 2008 copywrite
I stayed in the Steinbeck room at the Sylvia Beach Hotel. It was done up like Cannery Row.
Yeah, I know, that shallow as fuck. Sue me. π
No it’s not, and wash your mouth out with a fruity Chenin Blanc. π
Way ahead of you, hun. π
I WOULD NOT bet on that sugar
We’re going to get a reputation for being the drunky twins.
Or maybe we already have it…I blacked out that time.
Right now I couldn’t care less. Yet I’m concerned about your binging. π
binging=bingeing?
I can quit anytime. I just don’t want to.
Just don’t tell Google I’ve been Binging. π
My digital lips are sealed. Of course you can stop….
Bwahaha
I can stop as easily as you. π
Touche mon amie
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Dammit, how many tries does it take everyone else to do a winky face? π
Appreciate your sharing that.
The interwebbingtubes allow one to roam and read…
bagpipes and dentist..love it!
I have Neil Young to thank for that. Long live the memory of Dr. Paine. KILTS!
Data is data. When it goes out there, it’s out there. No matter what the CEO’s tell ya………
The NFL replacement refs have shown, once again, what happens when “replacement workers” are used to thwart collective bargaining. As a Minnesotan I have no love for the Packers but they should challenge the result of the final play of their game till Hell freezes over. It’s especially interesting that I listened to the pregame show on the radio, Fox Sports no less, where the announcer’s commentary was that the real refs should quit whining and agree to whatever the owners want. I know it sounds silly but I still want the Dems to use this situation to demonstrate the crucial value of collective bargaining and a trained work force.
Oh dear … I’d forgotten this…. apparently Mitt has never seen Goldfinger
1964. Maybe he was in France baptizing Holocaust victums. Give the man a break, he’s running backwards for pete’s sake.
He ain’t never done nuthin’ for my sake!
Well obviously Moroni hasn’t manifested for you.
Some days it seems like I’m surrounded by “moronis”.
Not here, it doesn’t. π
Never here, Zooey. That’s why it’s sort of a refuge.
Due to my lifelong love of both airplanes and undersea exploration I am quite familiar with explosive decompression but I thought there were enough news stories and cultural references that any sentient being belonging to a 21st century civilization would be too. This leads me to conclude that Mittens might not be quite sentient in the classical sense.
That is the truth.
I’m still going back to the alarming statistic that 46% of Americans think the earth was created 10,000 years ago. 1/2 the country is f**king cuckoo for cocoa puffs…. I honestly don’t think I encountered any of these people today – well maybe one or two…..
Maybe this will give you a clue T&T…
Thud! Goodnight folks.
Here’s to no hangover in the morning! Cheers!