Stepping away from the horrors of the news and the state of our society…
The Northern Lights put on a good show for parts of the U.S. (and presumably other countries), after a powerful solar flare last Wednesday.
I have seen the lights once in my life, and was so startled at what I was seeing, I didn’t actually comprehend the sight, and didn’t appreciate it properly. Afterall, I lived in the panhandle of Idaho at the time, but no one in the area could remember seeing the lights that far south. Derp.
Seeing the lights again is definitely on my Bucket List!
This is our daily open thread — Have any of you seen this weekend’s light show?
TheZoo 
Wow
Steam punk.
Very cool.
do they make a coupe?
Speaking of bucket lists, my mom gets to cross one off hers today. She told me years ago that before she dies, she wants to see another Mets game at the stadium, which would be much harder to do after she dies. Or less enjoyable for the rest of us, anyway. So we leave in about an hour and a half to go to my sister’s, where we’ll all cram into my brother-in-law’s car and go to Citi Field. We’ll see everyone when we get back. The game is on SNY Channel, so if you’re able to get that, we’ll be in the left field corner, near the foul pole on the foul territory side. I already contacted the guy who roams the stands looking for stories of interest and asked him to come by. Who knows, maybe we’ll impress him enough to be on TV. Maybe. 🙂
Tell your mom her boy Gordon finished second today.
Thanks, House. Even though the Mets lost (or were losing when we left) she had a great time. The guy from SNYTV (Steve Gelbs) came over to chat (as promised) so she was thrilled about that. He couldn’t put her on TV, but at least he said happy Birthday to her, and that made her happy. All-in-all, well worth the effort.
Now that’s a great day!
You’re a good son, Wayne, and well she knows it!
(and Jane is a good d-i-l)
Thanks, Ebb.
Sweet! All that matters is that your mom had fun.
On Meet the Press, James Baker (look him up if you need to), says that what’s happening in the Middle East now with ISIS would have happened in the 90s if they had gone ahead and took out Saddam Hussein in 1992. Pretty much makes the case that Wanker shouldn’t have done it later.
Bernie’s on now.
Say what you want about Chuck Todd. He didn’t get in Bernie’s way. Bernie was just like he is every week on Thom Hartmann. He got onto Meet the Press (first time ever!), and he got to say what he needed to say.
Of course. Even Darth Cheney made the case in 1991 that going into Iraq would be a bonehead move. But then, that’s all pre-9/11 thinking. Our perceptions got much clearer after that event.
hmmmm…what if:
the rest of the world went solar, ending the need to buy oil from the Middle East?
their cash flow would dry up overnight?
they wouldn’t have the money nor credit to continue to buy arms and armaments?
There are still a few bugs that need to be worked out concerning the solar project.
Fast-forwarding through a lot of NFL player dysfunction on the recorded shows today. Rice and Peterson aren’t going to matter to my politics one whit.
Nor to mine. I do, however, look forward with slightly elevated optimism to the day the NFL disappears once and for all and for good.
Start by taking away the tax-exemption status…
That for sure, also send them a bill for their tax-funded stadiums. Any talk of “welfare queens” needs to always make note who’s at the top of the heap — prof. sports franchises, each and all.
You mean that the idea they are supporting high paid felons isn’t a good thing?
Millionaires can’t/aren’t felons…
(check with the bankers who are still on the loose)
Your Sunday LOLcats – Summer of Squeee Edition V
‘Always Be Bat Cat’
‘Migrated To Colorado’
..and many more! 😀
Yep. “Migrated to Colorado” is really funny! 🙂
Unusual coloring (or lack there of) on the butterflies!
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“The call of the wild goes unanswered.”
He had the “wild ambition” of doing hard time in a North Korean prison so he could check out the human rights situation. Mission accomplished. If you’re stupid enough to go to Best Korea, you kind of deserve whatever happens.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/north-korea-sentences-american-man-6-years
Brilliant idea, Matthew, brilliant.
Danica starts 18th today at Chicago. She grew up in nearby Roscoe, Illinois, so this is her ‘home’ race. Starting positions were set by practice speed, because qualifying was rained out Friday. Mile and a half tracks have been her biggest improvement this season. She didn’t qualify for the ‘Chase’, but neither did 26 other drivers.
Lap 68 of 267, caution for debris. Danica is 20th and still on the lead lap.
Lap 100, another caution, running 18th to 19th, staying on the lead lap.
50 laps to go, Danica is 18th, first car one lap down.
We got the caution, right after Danica pitted, so she’s still a lap down in 21st. 30 laps to go.
25 to go. Danica is leading the lap down cars again. Need a quick caution, right away, and we get it!
Racing her owner and her boyfriend for 16th 15 to go.
Danica gets tangled up with Stenhouse (boyfriend), and they both hit the wall. Still rolling, she made it to pit road and they’re clearing the sheet metal, so she can finish.
!7th – Stenhouse, 18th – Stewart, 19th – Patrick
Stewart must have got a piece of that wreck too. His car was running almost as slow as Danica’s on the last few laps.
I didn’t catch this bit when it was new. I would have loved to see Mr. Nye “snap”. Perhaps throw his drink in her face and yell that the poll numbers reflect silly (insert bad word)s like her lying their asses off and scientists are angry because lying little (insert bad word)s like her insist on making science political. He would feel less frustrated, she would actually have a bit of a legitimate reason to call him a bully, and everyone would be happier in the long run.
The most relief I can manage from such denier idiocy is that if nothing is done by humans to counter the damage humans have done and are doing, the quicker will arrive the mass extinction that will relieve the universe once and for all and forever of its human burden, give it a fresh start in its quest for Intelligence.
Yeah. I’m really thinking that evolution missed out when primates were allowed to outstrip the big cats. Sure. Big cats are brutal but they don’t pretend to be anything else.
Brutal, but only when necessary. Unlike we H.s.s.’rs who are . . . well, y’know.
Speaking of evolution. There’s an evolutionary term that describes this clan. Two words. Rhymes with “flight crash”.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/palin-source-alaska-party-brawl
“Someone else started it.”
Such a mature group – frightening the GOP thought her to be White House material…
Yep. They’re the poster family for “personal responsibility”.
What’s disturbing to me is the fact that this is news. Trashy folk get into drunken brawls all the time. I must admit I still want to see video.
Yesterday I got to listen to Bernie Sanders speak at BobFest. Today I hear he is contemplating joining the race for President as a Democrat. I really love Bernie and hope he manages to stick a thumb up the Democratic race. It would be so much fun listening to him razz Hil.
Not even a cameo from Ron Paul was enough to draw in an audience for Atlas Shrugged Part III: Electric Tea Party Boogaloo. (Ok, I made up that last part.)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/specialty-box-office-atlas-shrugged-732704
(“Electric Tea Party Boogaloo” is perfect!)
How could they lose with:
There’s a part 3? Was part 2 ever released? Having tried (and failed) to read the book as a college freshman, I eagerly await part 20,746. Yes, it really seemed that long.
• Part 3: Opening in 242 theaters in select markets
• second film, launching rolled out in more than 1,000 locations.
• Part I from 299 locations
Whoa, horsey!
Peace? What Bush left behind was Iraq in Pieces.
Peace march photos from a small seaside town west of the front line port city of Mariupol…
Perhaps Putin will be raptured and peace will rule the land …
Even a tiny drop of the ocean has terrific beauty:
Somebody has been sleeping in lately…
Slept really late!!
I guess that means it’s still Sunday. 🙂
Okay, the new open thread is up. Dry your tears!
Sniff…NOOOOOOOOO! You’re not my momma
Awww, there there. *patting nwoldguy’s hand*