Early Morning Thread 2/22/15: Is it the weekend yet? [krakatoa]

Sorry about yesterday. Last week was the site install your parents tell stories about at bedtime to keep you from taking a job in technology, and I swear I didn't realize yesterday was Saturday until about midway through the afternoon.

Thanks you for all the suggestions for Reading Market Terminal. Weather in Philly was horrible, and being able to walk across the street from the hotel for a great variety on better than average food was pretty much the lone bright spot of last week.

This week is Nashville and I don't think I need any suggestions, although you are all welcome to chime in on your favorites.

I never go there without hitting up Demos' at least a couple times, and last time I was there I found a great little sushi shop on the Arcade run by a really sweet Korean couple. Called Jimbo's Sushi & Korean Food, and far better than you would guess by the name alone.

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1 Mornin'

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 06:55 AM (sdi6R)

2 It's a little warmer here now.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 06:56 AM (sdi6R)

3 But I'm going to have to clear the slush off my driveway at some point today.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 06:56 AM (sdi6R)

4 Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, February 22, 2015. On this day in 1879 in Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opened the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores. That used to be one of my favorite stores when I was a kid but alas, they are no more.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:57 AM (wlDny)

5 No, I'm not going to call the corgis. I like having the place to myself.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 06:57 AM (sdi6R)

6 Just what we need, O'Choom King wants to bring another round of 3rd world shit heads to the US from Syria. The Republicans are making hot air. And yes, all these mid-east turds are honest as the day is long.

http://fxn.ws/1B275E6

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:57 AM (wlDny)

7 Ukrainian PM says there is no cease-fire there and the Russians are continuing to try to take over the country. Another foreign policy success for Obama.

http://fxn.ws/1Jy23Vc

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:58 AM (wlDny)

8 How about this BS article Fox is carrying from the WSJ. FL is preventing people from installing solar panels on their houses and FL is just right for solar power. All that is a crock of shit.

A broad political coalition, from liberal environmentalists to tea-party conservatives, has banded together in Florida to press for something that ironically is in short supply in the Sunshine State: solar power.

I notice they fail to name the "conservative" group who is on board with this. First off, solar power is not, and never has been, a cheaper source of electricity. It is almost double the cost of regular power. Second, Florida is not all that great for solar power. The highest power demand time during the day is in a Summer afternoon and what does FL have a lot of in the Summer in the afternoon? If you said thunderstorms you would be correct. You don't get much solar power during a thunder storm. And on top of that, no roof-top solar installation will carry the load when you are running a heat pump which is what most FL homes use.

What this is is a bunch of eco-turds banding together with some crony corrupt groups to sell a product that will not work all that well in FL.

http://fxn.ws/1LpCu4k

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:58 AM (wlDny)

9 People are out there still shooting at cops.

http://fxn.ws/1zXwh95

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:58 AM (wlDny)

10 Republican governors in two states, Maryland and Tennessee, are offering voluntary employee-buyout programs as a way to reduce government beyond furloughs and cutting programs.

I hope it works, but it is rare for government to actually decrease in size.

http://fxn.ws/18dTn62

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:59 AM (wlDny)

11 Approximately 2800 of those rioting illegals will be moved to other federal prisons after trashing the one in TX yesterday.

http://fxn.ws/1LsHmrt

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:59 AM (wlDny)

12 Giuliani is getting death threats after his Obama comments.

http://cnn.it/1Av1vrP

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 06:59 AM (wlDny)

13 Oh, all right. I'll get the others.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 07:00 AM (sdi6R)

14 WaPo BS headline: Gov. Scott Walker: I don't know whether Obama is a Christian

You have to read the article to see what he really said. In particular I liked this statement regarding the WaPo attempt at a "gotcha" question.

Walker said such questions from reporters are reflective of a broader problem in the nation's political-media culture, which he described as fixated on issues that are not relevant to most Americans.

No governor Walker, they are fixated on attacking Republicans at all costs.

http://wapo.st/1vUQ7RY

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:00 AM (wlDny)

15 Scankles has hired marketing people to make an attempt at cleaning up her brand.

http://wapo.st/1GfKHqS

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:01 AM (wlDny)

16 CNN fact checking at its best.

http://bit.ly/18e67cG

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:01 AM (wlDny)

17 Feel good story of the day. Not all of our teens of today are bad.

http://bit.ly/1Ggnx3J

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:01 AM (wlDny)

18 Blacklivesmatter commies shut down a Home Depot in CA because cops shot a an Oakland woman in the parking lot there who was pointing a gun at them.

http://bit.ly/1CXAWtX

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:01 AM (wlDny)

19

DAY 838

625 to go (698 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 February 22, 2015 07:01 AM (3SUKc)

20 Obama packed courts are already having an impact with rulings based on Obama politics rather than the law.

http://bit.ly/1LsLxU0

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM (wlDny)

21 Republicans put a cardboard cutout of Lyingwatha outside the DNC meeting building to greet visitors. I don't know if this was a smart move or not.

http://bit.ly/1Jy6xLu

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM (wlDny)

22 The no shit item of the day. When food stamps are issued on the weekend beer sales spike.

http://bit.ly/1MKl065

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM (wlDny)

23 The stupid; it burns:

Donna Brazile: DNC Pushing For Constitutional Amendment To Give Every Eligible Person The Right To Vote

http://bit.ly/1DG1F3v

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM (wlDny)

24 And speaking of stupid:

Marie "Jobs For Jihadis" Harf Argued In College Thesis That Conservatives Supporting Israel Is Bad For America

http://bit.ly/1EE5KlS

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:03 AM (wlDny)

25 A lot of the Morons have compared the Choom King to Neville Chamberlain. The mustache says he is worse.

http://bit.ly/1z7EHum

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:03 AM (wlDny)

26 21 Republicans put a cardboard cutout of Lyingwatha outside the DNC meeting building to greet visitors. I don't know if this was a smart move or not.

http://bit.ly/1Jy6xLu

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM (wlDny)

If it was sanctioned by Rancid Pubis or any of the other establishment schmucks, it was stupid.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 22, 2015 07:03 AM (3SUKc)

27 Thou shall not disagree with the warmies or the NYT will attack you.

http://bit.ly/1B1DElj

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:03 AM (wlDny)

28 Measles update: now up to 147 cases. Thank you Obama.

http://bit.ly/1LsNPT5

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:04 AM (wlDny)

29 Is Jebbie better than Scankles for the amnesty advocates? At least one say yes.

http://bit.ly/18e7rwd

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:04 AM (wlDny)

30 Obama kept actual "moderate" muzzies out of his summit.

http://washex.am/1FJU4BA

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:04 AM (wlDny)

31 An influential demographic analysis firm founded and run by Democratic operatives with close ties to Hillary Clinton repeatedly violated federal law in 2014 by coordinating its work with dozens of congressional Democrats and the party's three major national campaign committees.

This group has filed a complaint with the FEC. Probably a waste of time.

http://washex.am/1B3MZuH

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:04 AM (wlDny)

32 The Fat Man thinks he can bounce back for 2016. I say the early touting of him was nothing but MFM hype to begin with.

http://washex.am/1GgqTne

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:05 AM (wlDny)

33 The Daily Deals

http://amzn.to/1MKBHOQ

That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:05 AM (wlDny)

34 How would somebody know how to call Guiliani's office anyway? IT's not like he's a sitting Seantor or House Rep? I'd call him to offer support if I could.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 07:07 AM (DXzRD)

35 34
How would somebody know how to call Guiliani's office anyway? IT's not
like he's a sitting Seantor or House Rep? I'd call him to offer support
if I could.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 07:07 AM (DXzRD)

You can find just about anybody's phone number now.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:09 AM (wlDny)

36 23
Donna Brazile: DNC Pushing For Constitutional Amendment To Give Every Eligible Person The Right To Vote

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM (wlDny)

Our problem is that there are too damn many people voting, including losers, parasites, and criminals.

None of what's happening today would have surprised the Founders in the slightest, which was why they tried to restrict the franchise to educated and responsible people.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 07:14 AM (sdi6R)

37 Who is this Michelle Wood? She's suppose to be an active homicide cop in chicago but has the time to work on A&E crime shows? Homicides and unsolved homicides are off the charts. Yet Chicago PD allows her to take months off the job?

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 22, 2015 07:15 AM (iQIUe)

38 12: He hit a nerve by telling the truth.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 22, 2015 07:17 AM (Gngpe)

39 I would think if a person went to the trouble of trying to find Guiliani's number they'd probably be the kind of loon who'd make a death threat unless they knew him personally. and that's why they were calling

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 07:18 AM (DXzRD)

40 Republicans put a cardboard cutout of Lyingwatha
outside the DNC meeting building to greet visitors. I don't know if this
was a smart move or not. Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM

Just plain dumb.

Bad college humor that the fools among the GOPe can, according to their own priorities, chuckle and titter about or, as an alternate, condemn as "childish" so they look all "concerned," "fair," and "above-the-sophomoric-high-jinks."

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 22, 2015 07:18 AM (P8YHq)

41
It's going to rain on Hollywood's parade. Good. So sick of overpaid actors.

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 22, 2015 07:19 AM (iQIUe)

42 36 Our problem is that there are too damn many people voting, including losers, parasites, and criminals.

None of what's happening today would have surprised the Founders in
the slightest, which was why they tried to restrict the franchise to
educated and responsible people.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 07:14 AM (sdi6R)

Her problem is she is too stupid to understand everybody and his brother already has a "right" to vote.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:19 AM (wlDny)

43
It's too bad none of our candidates were as frank about SCOAMF in 2012 and 2008 as Rudy's statement.

Maybe if Walker or Jindal can use the same hard truth to equate whoever the Dem candidate is in '16 and Dems in general to Obama.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 22, 2015 07:20 AM (3SUKc)

44 25: Neville Chamberlin loved his country. He was just very very wrong. Hell, even Jimmy Carter loved his country, probably. More so than The Precious anyway.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 22, 2015 07:21 AM (Gngpe)

45 34 How would somebody know how to call Guiliani's office anyway? IT's not like he's a sitting Seantor or House Rep? I'd call him to offer support if I could.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 07:07 AM (DXzRD)

He has some sort of consulting firm in NYC. So he is locatable.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 22, 2015 07:21 AM (3SUKc)

46 Donna Brazile: DNC Pushing For Constitutional Amendment To Give Every Eligible Person The Right To Vote Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:02 AM

Newsflash for Donna: the Constitution already gives "every eligible person the right to vote."

It is the "ineligibles" -- a category which I am more and more convinced should be expanded via a new Amendment -- who are causing problems. They are Choom Boy's constituency.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 22, 2015 07:23 AM (P8YHq)

47 What Mark Steyn says about Chamberlain:

http://tinyurl.com/oq9hoe4

No comparison b/t Obama and Chamberlain

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 07:24 AM (DXzRD)

48 What the Hell is wrong with the name Jimbo's?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 22, 2015 07:26 AM (V70Uh)

49 Good morning Gentlefappers! If you're rage tank is running low, Netflix has "Hating Breitbart" for download.

And if you haven't already, please check out Giuliani's no-holds-barred speech on countering radical Islam:

http://tinyurl.com/qez5k6t

He's really been pulling out the stops lately. I hope he's not sick again and figures he has nothing to lose.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 22, 2015 07:26 AM (KH1sk)

50 When the American colonies were founded most of them required you to own a certain amount of property to vote and a larger amount to hold office. Since the property tax and tariffs were the primary source of income for the government that assured that only tax payers were eligible to vote.

But that common sense requirement had all but disappeared by the 1800s.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:26 AM (wlDny)

51 18 Blacklivesmatter commies shut down a Home Depot in CA because cops shot a an Oakland woman in the parking lot there who was pointing a gun at them.

#blackcrimesmatter

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 22, 2015 07:27 AM (MMC8r)

52 @46
What Donna Brazile MEANT to say was to give every breathing body should be given the right to vote electronically, in their jammies: one grunt for Democrat, two grunts for Democrat.
And you'll be fined for not voting.

Posted by: H8er Without Portfolio at February 22, 2015 07:30 AM (AhzqJ)

53 My mini rant was made unintelligible by a remnant of a tangential rant: anyone who uses the phrase "give you the right" should be throat punched.
Who Natural Right is this, bitch?

Posted by: H8er Without Portfolio at February 22, 2015 07:33 AM (AhzqJ)

54 48 What the Hell is wrong with the name Jimbo's?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 22, 2015 07:26 AM (V70Uh)

There are longbows and there are cross bows, but there are NO JIMBOS!!1!!!

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 22, 2015 07:33 AM (iQIUe)

55 27 Thou shall not disagree with the warmies or the NYT will attack you.

http://bit.ly/1B1DElj

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 07:03 AM (wlDny)

I have not heard of Willie Soon, but I have heard of Sallie Baliunas, who was mentioned in the article. She has been saying for years that the Sun is the real driver of Earth's climate.

I know: "Well, duh." But she's an actual scientist 'n shit.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 07:36 AM (sdi6R)

56 Jinbos is a fine name. It just sounds like it would serve a great supper of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, a mess 'o greens, cornbread and a big 'ol glass of sweet tea, not Sushi :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 07:43 AM (DXzRD)

57 I want to repost this from one of yesterday's threads, because it's kind of breathtaking. I don't know who posted it, because they used a pseudonym:

---

Friend -
It's tough out there for climate change deniers.
One by one, literally every argument and excuse they've been using for years is being proven false.
They're still grasping at myths and conspiracy theories, but deniers are on the run.
Let's keep them there - join the team that's calling out climate change deniers.

In reality, the debate on the basics is over.
Not only do 97 percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is real and man-made, but new reports are showing climate and extreme weather impacts are affecting us right now.
Droughts, floods, wildfires, and storms are hitting communities from California to the East Coast, and we're already spending hundreds of billions on climate-related disaster relief - no one is denying that.
Instead, what you hear from climate change deniers are mostly excuses for not taking action. Some have hidden behind foreign countries, saying America can't or shouldn't lead on climate until someone else goes first.
Let's set aside for a minute that this isn't actually how we solve global problems. The fact is, President Obama is leading internationally through agreements with China and India to cut carbon pollution and expand the use of clean energy. (So there goes that denier talking point...)
Another thing you might hear from a denier is that we simply can't get serious about cutting carbon pollution without destroying the economy. That's just false. For example, the climate and public health benefits from President Obama's Clean Power Plan outweigh the costs by at least six times.
Maybe deniers doubt we have the will and ingenuity to take such a huge problem on. Well, the American people are proving them wrong: Since 2009, we've increased solar power ten-fold and tripled wind power. Hundreds of thousands of Americans work in clean energy today.
The arguments from deniers are getting more and more ludicrous.
We have the facts on our side - and we have to drive that message home. Because as long as deniers and polluters are blocking progress, we're not doing all we can to combat climate change.
Say you'll help take them to task - join the team that's calling out climate change deniers: http://my.barackobama.com/Expose-Climate-Change-Deniers

Thanks,
Ivan
Ivan Frishberg
Senior Climate Advisor
Obama For-ks America

---

Like I have been saying for years, none of this has anything whatsoever to do with either climate or science.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 07:44 AM (sdi6R)

58 Alrighty then. I got First and Last on the same thread.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 07:55 AM (sdi6R)

59 Ivan reminds me of the Atomic Bomb worshipers from one of the Planet of the Apes movies (Beneath, I think). Cultists gotta go a cultin'.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 22, 2015 07:58 AM (Gngpe)

60 I'm getting a bit of a Burgess Meredith vibe here. Fortunately my glasses are unbreakable.

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 07:59 AM (sdi6R)

61 Off to bed. Gotta work the graveyard shift the next 3 nights.

Posted by: puddleglum not at work at February 22, 2015 07:59 AM (Gngpe)

62 "
Obama kept actual "moderate" muzzies out of his summit."

Perhaps he was afraid they would be slaughtered.

It probably was for their own good.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 22, 2015 08:02 AM (V70Uh)

63 If anyone starts a weather screed with the 97% of scientists stat, the rest is sure to BS, too.

Posted by: Far Post at February 22, 2015 08:03 AM (TcR5z)

64 Do I need to get the paddles to jump start this blog?

Posted by: rickl at February 22, 2015 08:04 AM (sdi6R)

65 It speaks volumes that the extremism summit began with Muslim prayer but in the part open to the public no other prayers were offered and one of the attendees who someone who thought Jews masterminded 9/11

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 08:06 AM (DXzRD)

66 That 97% number was discredited long ago. But like the fact that NOAA has been fraudulently altering the temps, the warmies simply ignore it and continue to to push it.

The government workers at NOAA who have been altering government records should go to jail. The warmies who are true believers should go to a rubber room.

The alphabets who continue to push this fraud should have their licenses revoked.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 08:11 AM (wlDny)

67 65 It speaks volumes that the extremism summit began with Muslim prayer but in the part open to the public no other prayers were offered and one of the attendees who someone who thought Jews masterminded 9/11
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 08:06 AM (DXzRD)

So Luap Nor and Rosie O'Tonnage are Muslim. Who knew?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 22, 2015 08:16 AM (3SUKc)

68 Morning Vic, as always, thanks for the links.

Did you see this one over at WZ? Guy has a way with words and sort of reminds me of ace. I bet the FUBAR runs deep over there?

http://tinyurl.com/lla364l

Posted by: 2L at February 22, 2015 08:17 AM (TaO1J)

69 68 Posted by: 2L at February 22, 2015 08:17 AM (TaO1J)

Yeah I saw it, but I thought the humor was just a little too dark for a Sunday morning.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 08:19 AM (wlDny)

70 A Blomkamp Alien will suck Donkey farts.(from the ONT)

Posted by: steevy at February 22, 2015 08:24 AM (KETbL)

71 Looks like a miserable day here today. 48F and raining. And I just got my lawn tractor back and need to do some outside work. Also need to burn paper trash but it looks like this rain is going to continue for the rest of the month.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 08:25 AM (wlDny)

72 Chamberlain's one mistake was a whopper though.

Posted by: steevy at February 22, 2015 08:26 AM (KETbL)

73 I didn't know Rosie O'Donnell thought Jews were behind 9/11-just that the Bush administration was.

The level of anti semetic idiocy of people who think Jews were responsible for 9/11 is mind boggling. So they fiendishly masterminded 9/11 but didn't have the ability to let the Jews who were working there know so they could all get out?!! Evil thinking. Just evil.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 08:27 AM (DXzRD)

74 open blogger, I am going to Philadelphia thr third week in April. Any suggestions?Never been there long enough to find my way around.

Posted by: redclay at February 22, 2015 08:32 AM (GM8B7)

75 You need to get tickets in advance for anytime but Jan and Feb but if you haven't been go to Independence Hall and see the Liberty Bell etc. It's fascinating. Also if you like art the Philadelphia art museum is very impressive.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 08:35 AM (DXzRD)

76 They arrested someone in the "NAACP" bombing in Colardo. Turns out he targetting an accountant that happened to work in the same building.

Posted by: Xmas at February 22, 2015 08:36 AM (wmfHi)

77 Here's a website:

http://www.visitphilly.com

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 08:39 AM (DXzRD)

78 They arrested someone in the "NAACP" bombing in Colardo. Turns out he targetting an accountant that happened to work in the same building."

Why do you wingnutz hate accountants?

/mybesthectorimpression

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 22, 2015 08:40 AM (/jpU8)

79 That 97% number"

9 out of 10 Dentist recommend Trident!

That's science, wingnutz!

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 22, 2015 08:42 AM (/jpU8)

80 Well, as long as the GOP is only raising 'concerns' about an open door immigration policy for syrian refugees we don't have to worry.

If they had been trying to 'raise awareness' by street protests and taking over public buildings then we might have to worry.

Posted by: Clive Coptic, professional skeptic at February 22, 2015 08:43 AM (08AbP)

81 If they had been trying to 'raise awareness' by street protests and taking over public buildings "

don't forget the giant paper mache heads, too...

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 22, 2015 08:46 AM (/jpU8)

82 >>> Do I need to get the paddles to jump start this blog?

It took a long time to read that 97% screed.

My lips are tired.

Posted by: fluffy at February 22, 2015 08:51 AM (Ua6T/)

83 Morning, Glories! Everybody running late on a Sunday morning?

Vic: "Approximately 2800 of those rioting illegals will be moved to other federal prisons after trashing the one in TX yesterday. http://fxn.ws/1LsHmrt"

From the article (maybe this has been mentioned, I'm still back on Vic's comments):

"The inmates being held at the facility, which is in far South Texas more than 200 miles south of San Antonio, are described as 'low-level' offenders who are primarily immigrants in the U.S. illegally." My emphasis added.

Also they ostensibly rioted over medical care.

Seems t'me there's some bugs in this system.

Posted by: mindful webworker - happily married. Why? at February 22, 2015 08:53 AM (EUw/L)

84 Had been re-reading the Honor Harrington series but wifey got me the Basic Economics book by Thomas Sowell and am now working on it. It may be a little "too basic" though as I haven't seen anything that I didn't already know. There are some interesting little stories and examples in it.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 08:54 AM (wlDny)

85 Shit, wrong thread

Book thread is up

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 08:55 AM (wlDny)

86 Morning, all.
Slow waking up - maybe one too many bourbon&fingers lastnight.

Thanks, as usual, for the morning news, Vic.
It's 10x better than having a installer on the the front porch. And more reliable.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 22, 2015 08:58 AM (ghk1f)

87 77
Here's a website:

http://www.visitphilly.com

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
75
You need to get tickets in advance for anytime but Jan and Feb but if
you haven't been go to Independence Hall and see the Liberty Bell etc.
It's fascinating. Also if you like art the Philadelphia art museum is
very impressive.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 22, 2015 08:35 AM (DXzRD)

Thanks, Felonspoke. Philadelphia is one big city I just do not know.

Posted by: redclay at February 22, 2015 08:59 AM (GM8B7)

88 *GINGERS, dammit

Posted by: shredded chi at February 22, 2015 08:59 AM (ghk1f)

89 I sitting here hoping that it actually gets warm enough to melt some of this delightful global warming before if refreezes into an ice sheet worthy of the Ice Age. The slush shoveling consistency meets or exceeds the heart attack inducing requirements specified in Obamacare for the red pill.

Vic, thanks for that feelgood video. I know that stuff like this goes on in the real world, but you'd hardly know it from what the MSM news readers focus on!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 22, 2015 09:08 AM (ftVQq)

90 I went to read Mark Steyn"s article referenced above. No one has a way with words like Steyn! At the end he sites Dalrymple commenting on communism feeding people outrageous lies and making them not just believe them, but recite them as well (think Stalin). It occurred to me that is exactly the case with every appointee in Obama's govt except for his immediate circle who write the lies. Idiots like Biden and Kerry recite the shit cause they started with him in milder days of milder lies and now it's too late. But imbeciles like that Admiral on FOX look foolish and bug eyed spouting lies they know are lies but are too afraid to back off of (sorry to end sentence with preposition). It ought to scare the shit out of us (oh wait, it does).

Posted by: AnnaS at February 22, 2015 09:43 AM (P+I7L)

91 A NJ drive-in (the only one left) denied a diabetic kid entrance for bringing his own food. I'm on the owner's side on this. He had reopened this place a number of years ago after every drive-in was gone in NJ. Concessions are where the money is made, by the way. Not on the admission. Opinions?

http://tinyurl.com/kewvth7

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 22, 2015 09:44 AM (TPimP)

92 91 Concessions are where the money is made, by the way. Not on the admission. Opinions?

http://tinyurl.com/kewvth7

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 22, 2015 09:44 AM (TPimP)

Did he have concessions for diabetics? If so fine, if not he should have let the kid bring his own.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 09:47 AM (wlDny)

93 "Opinions?"

He's an asshole.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 22, 2015 09:52 AM (lG2E3)

94 Did he have concessions for diabetics? If so fine, if not he should have let the kid bring his own.

Yes he does. He's a pediatrician. But, as usual, the parents want to make a federal case out of it. If I were him, sell the land to a big developer, take the money, point and laugh. The community and the surrounding area loses.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 22, 2015 10:05 AM (TPimP)

95 He's an asshole.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 22, 2015 09:52 AM (lG2E3)
You mean like the bakers who refuse to have someone else dictate their business practices? I see.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 22, 2015 10:06 AM (TPimP)

96 "Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 22, 2015 10:06 AM (TPimP)"

Ah, you're a troll. Sorry I engaged.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at February 22, 2015 10:10 AM (lG2E3)

97 Since he had diabetic concessions the kid should have left his at home. The owner was in compliance with ADA which requires reasonable accommodations be made. And before evryone goes overboard, yes I HATE ADA because "reasonable" and "disability" has been redefined by the courts and shyster lawyers.

Posted by: Vic at February 22, 2015 10:10 AM (wlDny)

98 Peg Leg Porkers
Amerigos - might be too far?

Posted by: teh dave at February 22, 2015 10:55 AM (jcpQL)

99 Nintey-Nine.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 22, 2015 11:31 AM (RzZOc)

100 One Hundred

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 22, 2015 11:31 AM (RzZOc)

101 One Hundred and One.

There, now I've done it. We're all going to Hell and Dalmatians.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at February 22, 2015 11:32 AM (RzZOc)

102 Uhh, no. I'm not a troll. Christ. Can't disagree with you? This goes back to my hatred of what's happened to bars as well, pertaining to the no smoking" situation. If you don't like the rules, you're free to go somewhere else. But, hey, I'll just bitch to the government and they'll sue the owner of the business into oblivion. Yep, that'll help the unemployment situation.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 22, 2015 11:54 AM (TPimP)

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