Early Morning Thread, 12/14/14 - HEY! OH! [bleeeep] edition. [krakatoa]

Welcome to your Sunday morning thread.

The tree is up, a few days later than planned, and decorations are fully in progress.

Baby krak/t is taking everything in stride, but her mother and I are very excited for her first Christmas. I understand this is the "paper" Christmas for children, and things get much more expensive from here on out, so I'm going to try to soak it all in.

Michael Keaton asked if he feels bad about Ben Affleck's pending destruction of the Batman franchise:

"No"

Why?

"Because..."

"I am batman!"

I've been grooving on Post Modern Jukebox lately. They've put out some Christmas songs, and they are all pretty good. My favorite may be their Blue Christmas cover, but it may have something to do with me just adoring Katie Davis' voice.

Call me crazy, but she reminds me just a bit of Patsy Cline, and there is zero wrong with that.

Open Thread namesake below the fold.

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1 I loved the first Keaton "Batman."

*Tell your friends about me*

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 14, 2014 06:28 AM (1/vT+)

2 LA needs more tornados

Posted by: Jean at December 14, 2014 06:30 AM (TETYm)

3 Paper Christmas to be followed by Lego and XBox Christmas's

Posted by: Jean at December 14, 2014 06:34 AM (TETYm)

4 G'morning, fellow Morons.
Great Army/Navy game yesterday. Sat ten seats below the top of the stadium. Players looked like ants, but the fly-overs were real close.
Today, off to Paintball practice all day for Little VIA, and another day of shopping at Christiana Mall for Mrs VIA and I. Cabelas is right there, so maybe we can spend some time in there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 14, 2014 06:43 AM (irGEw)

5 The Apaches and Super Hornets looked good on the TV.

Happy shopping.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 14, 2014 06:48 AM (1/vT+)

6 can't be a Sunday morning thread - too much content

(rolls over, goes back to sleep)

Posted by: mindful webworker with one eye open at December 14, 2014 06:49 AM (FTf+m)

7 Well, it's Sunday and it's a thread.....

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 14, 2014 06:54 AM (1/vT+)

8 The Documentary The Day After Tomorrow explained that LA Twisters are exceptional....

http://youtu.be/4DL4oPlmfLk

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 14, 2014 06:58 AM (/4AZU)

9 2 Posted by: Jean at December 14, 2014 06:30 AM (TETYm)

I fully endorse and concur your opinion.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 14, 2014 06:59 AM (/4AZU)

10 Wow, don't see too many babes playing a standup bass like that.

And sorry folks teh brown got me and have no news.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 06:59 AM (u9gzs)

11 10 Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 06:59 AM (u9gzs)

Hope things get better....

the Congaree is low...I am hoping we get some rain.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 14, 2014 07:00 AM (/4AZU)

12 11 the Congaree is low...I am hoping we get some rain.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 14, 2014 07:00 AM (/4AZU)

We got some rain here a few days ago.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:01 AM (u9gzs)

13 Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 06:59 AM (u9gzs)

Heh. Tequila for me Friday night. Man that stuff doesn't agree with me.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at December 14, 2014 07:07 AM (wVWRM)

14 12 Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:01 AM (u9gzs)

We just got spit at a little...

I like to joke with the wife that it is the base's sprinklers...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 14, 2014 07:07 AM (/4AZU)

15 I think our defenders of freedom in the US Senate passed the $1T Cronibius late last night. Like the nocturnal predators they are.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 07:14 AM (XzRw1)

16

DAY 768

695 to go (768 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:15 AM (CMkNk)

17 15 Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 07:14 AM (XzRw1)

Well at least Juan McQueeg and his man-wife Nancy Graham-McCain have been spared having to do any pesky GOP things like cut bloated government or passing a goddamned budget.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 14, 2014 07:15 AM (/4AZU)

18 That was a tornado? Really, and he filmed the entire thing as it passed over him? Nah bro, call me when shit gets real, ok? When whole houses disappear, without an f'in TRACE, maybe even to the extent that only the slab is there.

Maybe even when, if you're outside filming it and it passes directly over you, YOU disappear.

You haven't lived till you've been in a real tornado and as a survivor, I can say that without a doubt, you don't want to be in one.

Posted by: Gmac- who is tired of all this at December 14, 2014 07:16 AM (baiNQ)

19 15
I think our defenders of freedom in the US Senate passed the $1T
Cronibius late last night. Like the nocturnal predators they are.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 07:14 AM (XzRw1)

Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill, averting partial gov't shutdown

It was a done deal when the House sold us out. They could not wait until the new and more conservative folks hit town. I am about done with fake Republicans.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:18 AM (u9gzs)

20
The vermin/bacterial untermenschen shambled down Broadway last night. Lots of helicopters everywhere.

Actually, the starting point was Washington Square Park, where they had an afternoon bund meeting, just a few blocks from me.

Aside from a helicopter, I heard and saw nothing.

Fuck them.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:18 AM (CMkNk)

21 Oops left out link

http://is.gd/2dtYAv

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:19 AM (u9gzs)

22 Don't know if it counts or not, but I survived a real tornado of a scissoring with Huma last night...after Dianne Finestein and I had finished. Boy are my legs tired.

Posted by: Hillary "Butch" Clinton at December 14, 2014 07:19 AM (BLFGI)

23 There's nothing at all suspicious about the "three black people" hanged in effigy on the UC Berkely campus. No, really. Not. Suspicious. At. All.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at December 14, 2014 07:19 AM (lG2E3)

24 18 Posted by: Gmac- who is tired of all this at December 14, 2014 07:16 AM (baiNQ)

Back when I was a kid they called those "microbursts"...

but as we have redefined the US Constitution so too must we redefine weather.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at December 14, 2014 07:20 AM (/4AZU)

25 PS, I love Scott and Post Modern. The 'normal' girl that sings can really belt it out and the way they do music was enough to make me take interest and I say this as an old rock and roll dinosaur.

Posted by: Gmac- who is tired of all this at December 14, 2014 07:20 AM (baiNQ)

26 19 It was a done deal when the House sold us out. They could not wait until the new and more conservative folks hit town. I am about done with fake Republicans.
Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:18 AM (u9gzs)

It's time for a third party. Or, a conservative GOP built on the bones of the old one.

Whichever is more feasible/viable. In any case, the "split the vote" argument is moot since it is painfully obvious that there is no real difference between the GOP and Dems.

Not after the last few days and an election merely weeks earlier where they all flat out lied to us. And we knew it going into the voting booth.

I. HATE. THEM.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:21 AM (CMkNk)

27 That was pretty much straight line wind.

Posted by: Gmac- who is tired of all this at December 14, 2014 07:25 AM (baiNQ)

28 Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 07:14 AM

Apparently, the Senate gave Ted Cruz a pretty solid boot in the butt as well. I can't make out what happened, as I've found only one story, and that was wildly pro-Democrat.

It appears that Cruz made Senators go on record as supporting an action (Choom Boy's open door for illegals plan) that is unconstitutional. A majority of the Senate admitted that they are, indeed, lawbreakers.

This was supposedly a victory for Hairy Reid and Bitch McConnell, but it was also, as so many Congressional actions are, a defeat for the Citizens of the United States.

Wish I had details. Either Cruz is now the Stupidest Man in the Country or the Senate have opened themselves up to arrest, trial and imprisonment.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 14, 2014 07:26 AM (yAC3X)

29 "Clearly EVERYTHING in your house needs to be childproof."

From the ONT, about the e-cig toddler death. I thought though that this line crystallized leftists.

Life must be childproofed from the citizenry. Hence, the Leviathan.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:26 AM (CMkNk)

30 Wish I had details. Either Cruz is now the Stupidest Man in the Country or the Senate have opened themselves up to arrest, trial and imprisonment.
Posted by: MrScribbler at December 14, 2014 07:26 AM (yAC3X)

If Cruz made the bastards go on record, to me he's a friggin' hero.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:28 AM (CMkNk)

31 This time next year DOPE leadership will be selling how we can't do meaningful cuts because it will turn off 2016 voters. I wish I was smart enough to start 3rd party. There is no help coming from this group.

Posted by: Old Glazier at December 14, 2014 07:29 AM (1W2Op)

32
Listening to Levin speak at ALEC, American Legislative Executive Council. For those who poo-poo Article V, this is worth your while to get some knowledge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZuV8JnvvA

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:31 AM (CMkNk)

33 If Cruz made the bastards go on record, to me he's a friggin' hero.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:28 AM

That was my thought, JJ.

I guess I'm too old-fashioned. I would expect people with uniforms and handcuffs to go into action as soon as someone publicly admits support for the commission of multiple felonies.

Apparently, Good Optics, Fairness, Inclusion and Reaching Across the Aisle are more important.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 14, 2014 07:32 AM (yAC3X)

34 I see the NYC police union has banned Deblasio and his scrunt from attending any of their funerals.

http://is.gd/Iqw7rW

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:33 AM (u9gzs)

35 Well, a certain young VIA has decided he is too tired for practice.
Which means that I can either go back to bed for a while, or hang with the Horde while doing laundry.
Decisions...decisions

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 14, 2014 07:33 AM (irGEw)

36 34 Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:33 AM (u9gzs)

I love my boys in blue, the infrequent rotten apple-robbers notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:35 AM (CMkNk)

37 Ugh.

Oldest was up at 3:30 because phlegm.

Cold or allergies?

Suspect allergies because the girl was blowing her nose more than usual last night, I'm stuffy, neither the heat or a/c is on, so nothing is getting filtered. Oh, and the sickly one hadn't been out of the house for a few days until yesterday morning.

So either he picked up cold germs at 9am and was sick in less than 24 hours, or it's allergies.

Pollen dot com (since weather dot com has lost its allergy reports) says pollen is very low here but extremely high just over the border. Uh huh.

I really need this to be allergies. Hubby who is having a tough time getting over the latest sinus infection will be home on Saturday...

Hope you all are having a less snively morning!

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2014 07:41 AM (0xTsz)

38 Sold out by the Senate you say?

Shocking I tell you, shocking.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at December 14, 2014 07:44 AM (SA0wn)

39 38
Sold out by the Senate you say?

Shocking I tell you, shocking.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at December 14, 2014 07:44 AM (SA0wn)

No sold out by the House. The Senate is still in control of the Dems.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:48 AM (u9gzs)

40 Good pic at Shorpy today. Mount Tamalpais where I spent many an afternoon hitting the road to the summit on my bike.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/18916#comments

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:53 AM (u9gzs)

41 To my vast unpaid research staff: Many of you are vintage models, some on blood thinners. I'm not on any medications but am old enough to get bruised or scratched very easily. Ridiculously easy, the edge of a cardboard box will do it. The skin thins with age in us all. The question: I am told there is a medication or vitamin that helps alleviate that. Not an ointment but a tablet they give to people on blood thinners to help.

Anyone know anything about that? Thanks very much.
Dave

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 14, 2014 07:57 AM (hMeOz)

42 41 Anyone know anything about that? Thanks very much.

Dave

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 14, 2014 07:57 AM (hMeOz)

I am taking Plavix and aspirin to thin my blood. It would seem to me that if you are taking blood thinners it would defeat the purpose to take something that would stop the thinning.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 08:00 AM (u9gzs)

43 Morning everyone! Well, the boy arrived home with his girlfriend in tow so we're gonna go have cigars and scotch at the cigar shop and watch football this afternoon, then burn some barnyard animals and watch football tonight. This will be his last Christmas at home until he returns from the Rock.

I hope all of you are preparing for a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 14, 2014 08:01 AM (60Vyp)

44 Morning, all! Loved the music video - need to check on more. She does have a lovely voice.

Either Cruz is now the Stupidest Man in the Country or the Senate have opened themselves up to arrest, trial and imprisonment.

Cruz is one of the few ones left that I trust, so I'm thinking maybe 'crazy like a fox'? However, who is left to arrest, put on trial and imprison lawbreakers - lawbreakers that are doing Obama's bidding?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:05 AM (ABcz/)

45
41 Mr Dave

Hi and I'm not aware of any tablet which can prevent skin aging and the resulting susceptibility for skin bruises, scratches and skin being pulled off by sometimes a small collision with something, like a box!

I'll ask the GPs at work later on today if they know anything about that tablet

Whatever I find out, I'll post that info tonight - check the morning thread, or the news dump

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:09 AM (qHP+t)

46 43 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 14, 2014 08:01 AM (60Vyp)

Life is good. The country, not so much.

Enjoy!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 08:10 AM (CMkNk)

47 Morning all.

On duty but only thing on the agenda is running my PRT and 2 Christmas Parties. Assuming I don't drop dead on the PRT, should be a great Navy Day.

And fuck all those Senators, Rhinos and Traitors, who voted against The Honorable Senator Cruz's Bill.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 14, 2014 08:10 AM (9aIMF)

48 I got the tree up yesterday with minimum yelling and bitching by wife. This morning, before 10 is the best time to visit the mall. Most open at 8 AM and they are empty now.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 14, 2014 08:11 AM (0FSuD)

49 I got the tree up yesterday with minimum yelling and bitching by wife. This morning, before 10 is the best time to visit the mall. Most open at 8 AM and they are empty now.
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 14, 2014 08:11 AM (0FSuD)

Not if you live in Bergen County NJ because of the Blue Laws

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 14, 2014 08:13 AM (9aIMF)

50 @41

Dave if you are taking daily aspirin or garlic, or COQ10, all thin your blood and make you more subjectable to bruising.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 14, 2014 08:15 AM (0FSuD)

51 Not if you live in Bergen County NJ because of the Blue Laws

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 14, 2014 08:13 AM (9aIMF)

ha ha. I forgot NJ still had blue laws. Rednecks. Even the South has given those up.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 14, 2014 08:16 AM (0FSuD)

52 Good morning!

Kate has a wonderful voice!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 14, 2014 08:17 AM (/9Mak)

53 Thanks aussie and Vic. I do take a lot of Excedrin for headache. Aussie that's like your Panadol with caffeine.
Mostly I'm just old (maybe) but no specific health problems.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 14, 2014 08:17 AM (hMeOz)

54 >>Most open at 8 AM and they are empty now.

Now if you're in EST :-)

Yes, visiting malls as they open are the *only* time to go any time after Thanksgiving. I love online shopping, so I can avoid everyone acting in very un-Christmaslike ways while buying Christmas presents. I try to say "Peace on earth!" as someone cuts me off, steals a parking space, etc.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:19 AM (ABcz/)

55

Lovely pics of Down Under - Instagramusers doing their bit to promote this place.. .one million followers making it the most popular country to be followed on Instagram

http://goo.gl/7e6nxG

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:23 AM (qHP+t)

56 I'm taking the kids to see the ICE Frosty the Snowman display and ride an ice slide later today. Should be fun. The Christmas Spirit seems to be eluding me this year, but I have 11 days to find it. Think I'll take a media break. That may help, but not from y'all. I just can't quit you.

Posted by: no good deed at December 14, 2014 08:23 AM (w3a0Z)

57 51 ha ha. I forgot NJ still had blue laws. Rednecks. Even the South has given those up.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 14, 2014 08:16 AM (0FSuD)

Not so here in my county. They allow stores to open on Sunday at 2:30 pm unless the county votes to allow them to open. My county does not.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 08:24 AM (u9gzs)

58
53 Mr Dave

One of my friend's Mum, aged 94 and still going dancing, travelling etc tells everyone she has BOA Disease

Bloody Old Age...

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:26 AM (qHP+t)

59 Wonderfuls pictures, aussie!
Never heard of a quokka - they look like a kind of ewok.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:27 AM (ABcz/)

60
49 Nevergiveup

What's a Blue Law?

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:27 AM (qHP+t)

61 BTW the "blue laws here do not apply to liquor. No liquor may be sold legally between Sat at midnight and Monday morning at 7 am (except for private clubs).

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 08:29 AM (u9gzs)

62 Beautiful pics, Aussie! thks.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 14, 2014 08:29 AM (/9Mak)

63 Blue Laws are laws banning the sale of products on Sunday, Aussie.

Posted by: no good deed at December 14, 2014 08:30 AM (w3a0Z)

64 May not be appropriate for this thread but

You want: a return to Constitutional Government;

You'd accept: a reasonable short term continuing resolution, repeal of Obamacare, and a halt to Executive Amnesty

You'll get: A bloated budget to all intents and purposes, full funding of Obamacare, a bi-partisan blessing of Executive Amnesty, and a declaration of one party rule from DC.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 08:30 AM (fL/7/)

65 Article on bluer laws, and note that SCOTUS in the US is a bunch of hippocrits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 08:31 AM (u9gzs)

66 Can someone help me pull CRomnibus out of my ass?

Posted by: Ace of Base at December 14, 2014 08:32 AM (nlQae)

67 Was watching "Christmas Vacation," which I thoroughly enjoy, but when was the last time anybody actually gave out a "Christmas bonus?" I think I've received exactly one (for $150) in 25 years, and that was a good decade ago.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 14, 2014 08:32 AM (yxw0r)

68 No sold out by the House. The Senate is still in control of the Dems.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:48 AM (u9gzs)

So you don't think Benedict Boehner didn't sell us out?

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 08:33 AM (fL/7/)

69 I've always had the hots for Michael Keaton. He's very sexy.

Posted by: ALH at December 14, 2014 08:34 AM (btTLZ)

70
59 Lizzy

Hi, and yes those pictures are just gorgeous!

Quokkas are the cutest little creatures and only live in one place, Rottnest Island just off the coast from Perth Western Australia - and they're everywhere there - great tourist attraction

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:34 AM (qHP+t)

71 From Ted Cruz's speech about why he is forcing senators on record on the immigration fiatwith a "point-of-order" procedural objection to funding for the amnesty:

"I take them at their word.But I would note that a whole
lot of citizens across this country feel a little bit like Charlie Brown
with Lucy and the football, when fight after fight, leadership in
Congress says we'll fight next time. Not this time . . . the wise thing
to do is to fight in a month, fight in two months, fight in three
months. Not now.
There comes a point where Charlie Brown has kicked the football and
fallen on his rear end one two many times.So, when our leaders in both
chambers say as a commitment we will fight and we will stop President
Obama's illegal amnesty, I take them at their word. But, I am confident
the American people will hold them to their word."

Not stupid.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/

Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:35 AM (ABcz/)

72 68 So you don't think Benedict Boehner didn't sell us out?

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 08:33 AM (fL/7/)

That is what I said, we were sold out by the House which is under control of Boner. I expected the Senate to shit on us.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 08:35 AM (u9gzs)

73 Extract from Poor Richard's Almanack for Dec 13 2014:

"Madame, stick a fork in it, the Republic is done!"

Posted by: B Franklin, Printer and Philosopher at December 14, 2014 08:36 AM (fL/7/)

74 >>That was a tornado? Really, and he filmed the entire thing as it passed over him?

We had an EF2 a few days after moving in. I was too ignorant to know that's what it was, so I was looking out the window and telling the kids to come look, too.

Eesh.

Took roofs off two blocks away. Next block had roof damage and our block had tree damage.

Went looking for info on it just now and damn, it was quite a day:

http://tinyurl.com/qeyxvjb

Scroll down to #11 (out of 22!!!) with the 8x10 picture and the paragraph on the back of it...

The church steeple hit a car and put the guy in the hospital.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2014 08:36 AM (0xTsz)

75 Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 08:35 AM (u9gzs)

Got it, I should have known better than to entertain any doubt!

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 08:37 AM (fL/7/)

76
62 Chi-Town Jerry

Thanks - happy to share some Aussie stuff here, because you never know, some one here might be inspired to come here for a visit one day!

*I'll be at Sydney Airport with a Welcome Moron sign*

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:37 AM (qHP+t)

77 Kate does a great job with this cover, you have to listen to the original by Meghan Trainor to get how great this version is.

All About That [Upright] Bass - Jazz Meghan Trainor Cover ft. Kate Davis - Postmodern

Jukeboxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyTTX6Wlf1Y

Posted by: spypeach at December 14, 2014 08:37 AM (/vbEv)

78 NC gave up blue laws and I think GA did, surprised SC still let's counties decide.

Nothing better than an empty mall with lots of bored sales staff to help you.

Another great time? Christmas Eve. The guys at my office use to drink lunch at the mall, go around to jewelry stores and shop. Start haggling with them. Leave, go to dinner, drink some more and show up at closing. It is amazing how cheap jewelry gets on Christmas Eve if it is still in the store. I mean amazing.

I think I'll go next Sunday. Too lazy today.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 14, 2014 08:38 AM (0FSuD)

79 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 14, 2014 07:28 AM (CMkNk)

He did make them go on record and only 22 supported the constitution. Amazingly Graham said Cruz "has to figure out who he is and what he wants to be". Here is a Twitchy link with the 22 listed. There is also an article at Roll Call.

http://tinyurl.com/mq49kto

Posted by: gracepmc at December 14, 2014 08:38 AM (xvd51)

80 69
I've always had the hots for Michael Keaton. He's very sexy.

Posted by: ALH at December 14, 2014 08:34 AM (btTLZ)

Me too!

Posted by: Barney at December 14, 2014 08:39 AM (0FSuD)

81
63 no good deed

No blue laws here, except I think in Western OZ - last time I was there shops were shut on Sunday

Everywhere else, everything is open every day...grog shops, pubs included

Except for Christmas Dayand Easter Sunday

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:40 AM (qHP+t)

82 Mama AJ, nice Arlo reference if it was intentional.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 14, 2014 08:41 AM (hMeOz)

83 Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:35 AM

And the end result is that a majority of Senators are now on the record as willful aiders and abettors of felonious acts.

That right there should net each of them minimum 10 years in prison.

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 14, 2014 08:43 AM (yAC3X)

84 Went to the Nutcracker Friday nite with little infidel. Hit the mall at 9:30 yesterday. I hate that place. Still don't have the tree up. Can't seem to find the spirit this year.

Posted by: Infidel at December 14, 2014 08:44 AM (GfOhl)

85 Only Four more days til the US premiere of the new Hobbit!!!!

Posted by: perdogg at December 14, 2014 08:45 AM (V/KDu)

86 An ass-fucking, gentlemen, unless you can stop it.

Posted by: zombie ben franklin at December 14, 2014 08:45 AM (0b722)

87
Bad bushfire in Perth, Western Australia - looks dreadful and I hope everyone is safe...

http://goo.gl/Je3nER

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:46 AM (qHP+t)

88 perdogg, bought our tickets for the late showing on the 17th and have just finished watching parts 1 and 2 extended versions. My husband and son cannot wait.

Posted by: NCKate at December 14, 2014 08:47 AM (FPQut)

89 Oh, definitely, Mr. Dave. I was hoping someone would get it...otherwise you might be trying to look on the back of your monitor for the paragraph...

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 14, 2014 08:47 AM (0xTsz)

90 Graham said Cruz "has to figure out who he is and what he wants to be"

*snort* Self-awareness, much?
Yeah, I think Cruz knows exactly who he is and has no intention of adopting the McCain and Graham-style BOHICA bi-partisanship.

OK, time to make some granola and other goodies for church coffee hour...Bye!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:48 AM (ABcz/)

91 84 Went to the Nutcracker Friday nite with little infidel.
Posted by: Infidel at December 14, 2014 08:44 AM

********

I salute you. Ballet bores me to the point of frustrated tears.

That said, I shall be attending my youngest's recital this afternoon. With church just beforehand, I won't even be able to tie on a nice numbing buzz.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 14, 2014 08:48 AM (yxw0r)

92 Mara Liasson has learned a new word for taking a principled stand against unconstitutional treachery: "Hi-jinks"!

Bitch.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at December 14, 2014 08:50 AM (LIyA2)

93 aussie - I've wanted to visit Australia for many years. I used to have a chat friend from down there.. she used to send me pics of the Northern Territory... a beautiful, wild place!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 14, 2014 08:51 AM (/9Mak)

94 Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 08:37 AM (qHP+t)

That is truly a beautiful country you have there, I wish I could get back there!

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 08:55 AM (fL/7/)

95 Posted by: Lizzy at December 14, 2014 08:48 AM (ABcz/)

Interesting thing about Miss Lindsey, he took the oath twice, as an officer and as a Senator, but neither one took!

Thanks SC!

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 08:56 AM (fL/7/)

96 Mr Dave, I'd have never guessed you were a Senior-American. You rthinking seems so young. I had you pegged as one of Our Young Punks here.

I am SO wrong to pass on Medical Rumour, but, here's where we're at. My dad is 92, so takes the usual death-defiers. He survived a triple-A (drove himself to the hospital!) and 12/16/44 in sunny Elsenborn, so something's working, so far.

He complained rather bitterly to his sharp young cardiologist about just what you're suffering from, easy bruising and fragile skin "tone." That doctor said that Plavix-like drugs do a lot of good in the first year or two, and after that, their continued use is argued, and may be marginal. So he "took him off" one of his ensemble of thinners. The result has not been dramatic, but there has been some improvement -- he doesn't get a two-week running bruise every time he bumps his arm on the chair, for instance.

He goes for a follow-up next week; if my memory serves, I'll give you an account. But he hasn't dropped dead from it yet. By all means, don't start skipping a pill just on spec, but you might want to bring that up with a medical professional you trust -- if you can find one of those.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 14, 2014 08:58 AM (xq1UY)

97 91
84 Went to the Nutcracker Friday nite with little infidel.

Posted by: Infidel at December 14, 2014 08:44 AM

********

I salute you. Ballet bores me to the point of frustrated tears.

That said, I shall be attending my youngest's recital this
afternoon. With church just beforehand, I won't even be able to tie on a
nice numbing buzz.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at December 14, 2014 08:48 AM (yxw0r)

I went to see that years ago in San Francisco. I loved it.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 08:59 AM (u9gzs)

98 Love the music. Too long.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 14, 2014 09:02 AM (0FSuD)

99 Sold out by the Senate you say?

Shocking I tell you, shocking.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at December 14, 2014 07:44 AM (SA0wn)

No sold out by the House. The Senate is still in control of the Dems.

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 07:48 AM (u9gzs)

We can always count on the Vichy Republicans to do the wrong thing

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 14, 2014 09:05 AM (3UGBQ)

100 book thread up

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 09:06 AM (u9gzs)

101 Yeah, F0 alright. Been caught in one once, it's hard to tell sometimes if it's straight-line or borderline tornado.

And to be fair, yeah, profanities are a pretty understandable reaction

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Warlord of the Western Wastes at December 14, 2014 09:08 AM (m9V0o)

102
93 Chi-Town Jerry

Only 14 hours in a tin can...from LA to Sydney!

And the Northern Territory is really something else - Darwin is a great town to visit but not in the wet season!
You'll grow mould on your body...

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 09:13 AM (qHP+t)

103 Wow.

Read about the Cruz vote.

Basically, it was a vote condemning Obamas amnesty as unconstitutional-

So, the MSM and Dims and GOPe, is touting this as a Cruz loss and "hijinks", because-

a majority of Republicans voted against calling Obama's amnesty unconstitutional.

Just let that soak in.

Cruz is a hero in my book.

He just clarified the situation for everyone.

The majority of Republicans are onboard for amnesty- no matter what they say.

Harry Reid was smiling like a hyena after the vote.

Well, why not, it's all one big Democrat majority no matter who "wins".

Posted by: naturalfake at December 14, 2014 09:13 AM (KBvAm)

104
94 Hrothgar

Glad you liked the photos
You are welcome to visit us again, and I would be the welcoming committee at the airport!

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 09:15 AM (qHP+t)

105 Oh no...

Effigies of blacks have been found hanging at UC Berkley.

It must have been some southern white racists trying to strike fear in the hearts of peaceful students of color and stifle free speech at an open thinking institution.

I'm so ashamed to be white today.

Posted by: jwest at December 14, 2014 09:20 AM (vwlGK)

106 Effigies of blacks have been found hanging at UC Berkley.

NAACP false flag?

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 09:21 AM (XzRw1)

107 Martina and Elvis.

http://tinyurl.com/l5n88s9

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 14, 2014 09:26 AM (TPimP)

108 67>> ...when was the last time anybody actually gave out a "Christmas bonus?"

Our company gives one every year. It's tied to the 'dashboard' which is a list of metrics for each department and an aircraft delivery goal for the year.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 14, 2014 09:27 AM (60Vyp)

109 Only 14 hours in a tin can...from LA to Sydney!

And the Northern Territory is really something else - Darwin is a great town to visit but not in the wet season!
You'll grow mould on your body...

Posted by: aussie
............
I think your wine country would be more to my liking!

Seriously, though.. I think if I ever made the trip, I would stop off in Hawaii for a day or two. Even the trip to Hawaii - 9 hours from Chicago - was a bit much for me.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 14, 2014 09:28 AM (/9Mak)

110 Mr. Dave- As a general rule if the bleeding is because the blood doesn't clot well, vitamin K might help. If it is because the small blood vessels are fragile, vitamin C might help.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 14, 2014 09:29 AM (NeFrd)

111 We still get a bonus every year.. small company.. I doubt big companies do it anymore...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 14, 2014 09:29 AM (/9Mak)

112 So apparently I'm going to be Made To Care about Rob Bell. The few special snowflakes in my local congregation are very concerned that his feelings are getting hurt or something.

Posted by: TexasDan at December 14, 2014 09:32 AM (IybuU)

113 Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 09:15 AM (qHP+t)

I'd love to do that, but it's not in the cards right now. I do thank you for the offer!

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 09:36 AM (fL/7/)

114 Someone should gently poke Drudge with a stick to see if he is still alive.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 14, 2014 09:48 AM (XzRw1)

115 Congrats on your baby's first Christmas, krak!

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at December 14, 2014 09:51 AM (9BRsg)

116
109 Chi-Town Jerry

You would love our wine regions - one of which is 2 hours from Sydney - the Hunter Valley - just the best place to visit here!

http://goo.gl/yHxA9V

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 09:57 AM (qHP+t)

117
113 Hrothgar

My secret job, other than being an RN at a busy General Practice, is to lure tourists Down Under ....

Posted by: aussie at December 14, 2014 10:01 AM (qHP+t)

118 Anyone catch the War Cock on Meet the Press? It was a thing of beauty. He pimped-slapped that fooking idiot Chuck Todd all over the studio.

I hope someone posts the vid soon

Posted by: Albie Damned at December 14, 2014 10:13 AM (nGaMY)

119 >>You would love our wine regions - one of which is 2 hours from Sydney - the Hunter Valley - just the best place to visit here!

Been there. Was meeting with one of your coal mines and we dove up from Sydney. Very lovely but then most of your country is very lovely.

Accept the snakes. Don't like the snakes.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2014 10:21 AM (g1DWB)

120 My kids are all crushing on Lindsey sterling.

Posted by: Katya the designated driver at December 14, 2014 10:35 AM (o4G8O)

121 A very descriptive tornado video.

Posted by: rickl at December 14, 2014 10:36 AM (sdi6R)

122 Hollywood ruins everything and, yes, Keaton is Batman. No threat from Afflick.

Posted by: Katya the designated driver at December 14, 2014 10:37 AM (o4G8O)

123 "Accept the snakes."

I accept snakes. God's creatures too. So long as they mind themselves and don't bother me.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 14, 2014 10:40 AM (1/vT+)

124 108 67>> ...when was the last time anybody actually gave out a "Christmas bonus?"

Our company gives one every year. It's tied to the 'dashboard' which is a list of metrics for each department and an aircraft delivery goal for the year.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 14, 2014 09:27 AM (60Vyp)

I get an extra week's pay every year the Friday before Christmas. It's a small business, and honestly, business has been so bad I don't know how he manages to keep the lights on sometimes.

Posted by: rickl at December 14, 2014 10:40 AM (sdi6R)

125 Matt Drudge says spending bill passed because NSA has dirt on John Boehner

http://is.gd/xUzyrR

Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 10:42 AM (u9gzs)

126 >>I accept snakes.

Did that again, didn't I. Accept/Except mental block.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 14, 2014 10:44 AM (g1DWB)

127 Lindsey Stirling.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jvipPYFebWc

Posted by: Katya the designated driver at December 14, 2014 10:50 AM (o4G8O)

128 Posted by: Vic at December 14, 2014 10:42 AM (u9gzs)

I'm shocked to hear accusations that the most transparent administration ever would use the IRS and the NSA to control the levers of power and undo the system of checks and balances inherent in a Constitutional Republic.

Oh, wait....

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 14, 2014 10:54 AM (fL/7/)

129 And fuck all those Senators, Rhinos and Traitors, who voted against The Honorable Senator Cruz's Bill.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 14, 2014 08:10 AM (9aIMF)
Cromnibus laughs at your hijinks!

Posted by: Boehner the Barbarian at December 14, 2014 10:55 AM (QIVJq)

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