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1 Good Morning Morons. Today is Tuesday, February 24, 2015. On this day in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued the papal bull Inter gravissimas bringing in the Gregorian calendar. This calendar replaced the Julian calendar, which had been in use since 46 BC. The objective was to make the calendar more accurate with respect to the time it took the earth to rotate about the Sun in order to prevent the continued drift of the date of Easter.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:54 AM (wlDny)

2
Another Obamanite appointee admits to lying about military service. Note that he was confirmed by the Senate 97-0.

http://fxn.ws/1a9p01i

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:55 AM (wlDny)

3 Senate Dems with the aid of McConehead have blocked the DHS funding bill which would have killed Obama's illegal amnesty crap. And for those who are slow, yes Senate Republicans helped them with this for failing to pull what Hairy The Pederast did and use the 50 vote nuclear option for passing bills. They do not, and never have believed that turnabout is fair play. That is why Republicans continue to get their asses kicked. (More on this later)

I repeat, we have no Party.

http://fxn.ws/1BiT1rw

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:55 AM (wlDny)

4 A CA city is looking a reactivating a desalination plant that they built back in the 90s. But thanks to onerous CA regulations that stifle businesses this will cost them a bundle.

http://fxn.ws/1MNBJFN

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:55 AM (wlDny)

5 RIP Ben Woolf after being struck by a car. He was only 34.

http://fxn.ws/1Ly9A28

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:56 AM (wlDny)

6 Want to know why terrorist cockroaches continue to crawl out of the woodwork? Here is one of the major reasons.

http://fxn.ws/1AoIcBM

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:56 AM (wlDny)

7 That florist in WA State who is being victimized by the Gaystapo was offered a "deal" by the WA AG. She turned it down.

http://fxn.ws/1w5JAnH

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:56 AM (wlDny)

8 Darwin strikes again.

http://fxn.ws/1A2tFXJ

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:56 AM (wlDny)

9 Obama will get the Keystone Bill today. He says he will veto it if the 10 millionth study is not completed yet. The Senate was 5 votes shy of having enough to override a veto. Note that a lot of Democrats voted for this bill and yet the press does not call it bipartisan.

http://fxn.ws/1LALC8h

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:57 AM (wlDny)

10 Stupid Obamanites are trying to kill the beef industry citing the non-existent global warming BS as a reason. They say that American's diet must consider the consequence of their diet on the environment. I just wish the MFing FSA would consider the consequences of selling their vote to a communist asshole.

Bring back the requirement to pay taxes in order to vote and this problem will be solved.

http://fxn.ws/1A2usrv

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:57 AM (wlDny)

11 I'll be damned, a miracle in KY. A judge has thrown out the results of an election in which a Democrat incumbent won by 28 votes. He referenced bribery and fraud in his ruling.

http://fxn.ws/1ADXLnW

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:57 AM (wlDny)

12 NV is getting set to pass a number of "gun favorable" bills now that Republicans are in charge. Democrat gun grabbers are "up in arms".

http://fxn.ws/1DhZKPL

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:57 AM (wlDny)

13 Democrat admits what we have been saying for a long time. Amnesty is about giving them control of the country forever. This is why amnesty is one of my top 3 make or break heavy hitters.

http://bit.ly/1B6F1zm

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:58 AM (wlDny)

14 Phyllis Schlafly has long argued that the American conservative movement's purpose is to influence, not echo, the Republican Party.

And still going strong at age 90, Mrs. Schlafly wants to influence the GOP anew by warning against letting the party's kingmakers, the Wall Street elite and political consultant class, turn the 2016 presidential nomination contest into a coronation of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

This is a good article folks.

http://bit.ly/1Lv6wFQ

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:59 AM (wlDny)

15 World's oldest cat (29).

http://bit.ly/1FLt30K

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:59 AM (wlDny)

16 Democrats who approved the Obamacare ~~penalty~~ John Roberts Tax are running away from it now.

http://washex.am/1LADswK

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:59 AM (wlDny)

17 US Jury finds the Palestinian Authority (who we tax payers give money to) liable for the deaths of Americans in Israel. They award the plaintiffs $218.5M. I doubt if anyone will ever see a nickel of that.

http://bit.ly/17t8WWh

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:59 AM (wlDny)

18 The racist CBC hits Democrat leadership for not giving blacks enough government cheese. I view this as just an effort to get in front of the TV cameras.

http://bit.ly/1Lyf3Ga

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:00 AM (wlDny)

19 Moonbat has-been Cher still trying to remain relevant.

http://bit.ly/1wiNajR

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:00 AM (wlDny)

20 Aussies who left the country to fight with ISIS continued to receive welfare payments even as they were with ISIS.

http://bit.ly/17R6f0A

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:00 AM (wlDny)

21 A university has banned Gideon Bibles in student bedrooms because it makes some students uncomfortable. The war on religion continues to be waged by militant atheists.

http://bit.ly/1BjaIXL

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:00 AM (wlDny)

22 Idiot Juan Williams says the US Constitution is racist. And even this article at WZ is incorrect in referencing the 3/5s person thing that used to be in the Constitution. That wasn't in there to say blacks were only as good as 3/5s of a white person. It was a compromise with the Northern States regarding counting of people for the census to determine how many representatives a State got. The South wanted to count all of the slaves, which the North has fewer of. The North wanted to count none. So which is more racist?

http://bit.ly/1JFXCIa

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:01 AM (wlDny)

23 Standby for some more atrocities by ISIS savages who do not have jobs. ISIS has captured a Christian village in Syria and rounded up hundreds of Christians.

http://bit.ly/1Di8bLb

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:01 AM (wlDny)

24 The Obamanite assholes in HHS are requiring caretakers of all those illegal children who crossed the border under his new "no borders" policy to make abortion inducing contraceptives to them.

http://bit.ly/1A2xP1B

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:01 AM (wlDny)

25 The left is running scared over recent reports and studies that debunk the AGW fraud.

http://bit.ly/1Di9v0l

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:01 AM (wlDny)

26 Lady Lindsay sells us out again.

http://bit.ly/1w39s3v

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:02 AM (wlDny)

27 Bitch McConehead has once again sold us out. He has bowed to the RNCe and Democrats and introduced a bill that separates DHS funding from the call to kill the Obama illegal amnesty. IOW he has thrown the only weapon they have against Obama in the garbage once again. Impeachment is OFF the table, defunding is OFF the table, and the Republican leadership is OFF its rocker.

We have no Party.

http://washex.am/1D6o0C7

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:02 AM (wlDny)

28 Ramirez

http://bit.ly/1zBVgjo

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:02 AM (wlDny)

29 There has been a lot of discussion here in the past few weeks about the BS minimum wage laws. Here IBD discusses why the Walmart raises show that the minimum wage laws are not needed and why they are a bad idea.

http://bit.ly/1B7GR2S

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:03 AM (wlDny)

30 The bias in the MFM reporting on North Dakota's success.

http://bit.ly/1ELu19w

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:03 AM (wlDny)

31 Documents prove that Obama and Scankles lied about Benghazi. But that is old news now thanks to foot dragging and obstruction.

http://bit.ly/1wiSx2y

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:03 AM (wlDny)

32
The Daily Deals

http://amzn.to/1BL3JXh

That's it for today folks. I will be bailing out after a few comments to return to the chair and look at the snow.

We have getting a mixture of snow and sleet for a few hours now. It has slacked off now but is supposed to return.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:04 AM (wlDny)

33 I will return a few minutes after the Morons wake up.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:12 AM (wlDny)

34 (James Earl Jones voice)
This is VNN !

Posted by: random lurker at February 24, 2015 06:13 AM (Vp3D3)

35 I would go with ANN, Ace News Network.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:16 AM (wlDny)

36 Thanks Vic, You make my morning!

Posted by: random lurker at February 24, 2015 06:18 AM (Vp3D3)

37

DAY 840

623 to go (696 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 24, 2015 06:20 AM (3SUKc)

38

Not ready for the 50 degree temperature drop from Sarasota to NYC.

Oh well. A good trip nonetheless.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2015 06:21 AM (3SUKc)

39 Good Morning J.J., I read most threads and comment verrrrry infrequently, and have always wondered what inspired the M alliteration.

Posted by: random lurker at February 24, 2015 06:24 AM (Vp3D3)

40 Good morning! Let's smile and be happy and strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Thank you Vic and J.J.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 24, 2015 06:29 AM (u82oZ)

41 39 Good Morning J.J., I read most threads and comment verrrrry infrequently, and have always wondered what inspired the M alliteration.
Posted by: random lurker at February 24, 2015 06:24 AM (Vp3D3)

Totally by accident. I think the Mayan doom calendar coincided with the election as well as the Muzzies and Marxists.

And then, it just growed (with a little help from my friends).

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 24, 2015 06:29 AM (3SUKc)

42
okay, everyone, current temps sound off

here in Boston it is 2

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 06:30 AM (Z92n0)

43 I was just reading the ONT post (not thread).
Can anyone explain the joke in "The Best GIF" link? I see the photo, I just don't see what makes it so funny.

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 06:30 AM (cbfNE)

44
..and clear skies, that confounded Sun is already casting radiating my peepers

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 06:31 AM (Z92n0)

45 27 Vic,

Look for Ogabe to win in court this week and the GOP functionally to have passed amnesty with Mitch's supine butt thrust on splitting the bill.

Fuck the gop.

Posted by: Sven10077 at February 24, 2015 06:32 AM (/4AZU)

46
Remember when some used to call the GOP the party of ideas?

Today it is the Party of No; the Party of Corporations; the Party of War; and the Party of Nothing.

That's not what the Democrats think of the Republican party; that's what I think of the Republican party.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 06:35 AM (Z92n0)

47 After 150 days of exile I evicted the ex and have my house back. Some theft of stuff like my honorable discharge / college diploma but the house is intact. Now I can hopefully rent the place and prosper. addiction issues fwiw

Posted by: torabora at February 24, 2015 06:35 AM (fKM3+)

48 Augusta, Ga 42

Posted by: just another bitter clinger at February 24, 2015 06:36 AM (+f598)

49 53 and cloudy here

Posted by: Killerdog at February 24, 2015 06:36 AM (vntmB)

50 Opps, 53 and cloudy in PHX

Posted by: Killerdog at February 24, 2015 06:37 AM (vntmB)

51 according to the local airport it is 30F here. Mine say 32F.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:37 AM (wlDny)

52 morning everyone

thanks vic

As Harry Harrison used to say -- unwrap each day like a brand new gift.

Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at February 24, 2015 06:39 AM (LWu6U)

53 47
After 150 days of exile I evicted the ex and have my house back. Some
theft of stuff like my honorable discharge / college diploma but the
house is intact. Now I can hopefully rent the place and prosper.
addiction issues fwiw

Posted by: torabora at February 24, 2015 06:35 AM (fKM3+)

I hope you still have your DD1014

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:39 AM (wlDny)

54 Temps?

OK.

Baltimore is 2 degrees.
Previous record was eight degrees, back in 1900.

See, the planet is cooling off.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 06:40 AM (YrXgo)

55 23 Standby for some more atrocities by ISIS savages who do not have jobs. ISIS has captured a Christian village in Syria and rounded up hundreds of Christians.

--

Praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 06:42 AM (cbfNE)

56
the big news on CNN this morning, first thing, was the "extreme cold" in the South

I guess people in Texas are sliding off the roads.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 06:43 AM (Z92n0)

57 Let me guess; a Democrat wins.

Sun rise in the east, water is wet, bears shit in the woods.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 24, 2015 06:43 AM (zRby/)

58 " I see the photo, I just don't see what makes it so funny."
It might take a few moments for your computer to load it, but the woman puts a can of food on top of the snow outside the door.
And a second later, a cat comes bursting through the snow pile at the bottom, into the house.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 06:44 AM (YrXgo)

59
You know what you'll hear next?
That ISIS now has/or used chemical weapons.

See? See? We have to listen to Graham, McCain, and obama and fight ISIS!!

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 06:45 AM (Z92n0)

60 Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at February 24, 2015 06:39 AM (LWu6U)

Mine are like lit paper bags full of dog shit.

You know it's going to be a mess and you're going to get dirty but you have to put the fire out no matter what.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 24, 2015 06:45 AM (zRby/)

61 My thermometer -- in Far Eastern MA -- says "0." Online weather says "11." It would be a beautiful morning, bright and sunny, except for the temperature.

Oh, and the huge masses of snow (some piles are 10 feet high or more) left over from the 100 inches of white stuff we've gotten in the past month.

I really dislike this state.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2015 06:50 AM (P8YHq)

62 35 I would go with ANN, Ace News Network.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:16 AM (wlDny)

This is the Ace News Network, featuring our cub reporter Vic. . . . Cub? Wait, what?

Posted by: RickZ at February 24, 2015 06:50 AM (BADQM)

63 32 here in the NW Houston suburbs. Feels like 21 per AccuWeather.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 24, 2015 06:50 AM (JO9+V)

64 >> Mine are like lit paper bags full of dog shit.

Ha, This got me to chuckle.

(I'm tempted to tell the horde how bad my days are lately, but I don't anyone to start crying so early.)

Posted by: Gentlemen, This is democracy manifest at February 24, 2015 06:54 AM (LWu6U)

65 Chicago election, what's the point? Commie vs commie, party's man wins.

Posted by: Jen Psackofshit at February 24, 2015 06:56 AM (+kznc)

66 in the peoples republic of Minnesota:
-17 yesterday morning
+28 this morning
dropping to +4 by this afternoon
back into negative numbers tonight

Posted by: wing at February 24, 2015 06:56 AM (gd8Or)

67 Bad days are like bricks: Either they help you build character or you bash in someone's head who pisses you off.

Shit Norman Vincent Peale never said.

Posted by: RickZ at February 24, 2015 06:57 AM (BADQM)

68 Thanks for the news Vic.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 24, 2015 06:58 AM (OsWis)

69 Our local idiots are having some kind of seminar panel discussion today entitled-

"I can't breath. Preparing our children to live in a culture of rules and laws."

- What they hope to accomplish I don't know. Sounds like they got their idea from zero, just talk about the subject some and the problem will be solved.

Posted by: freaked at February 24, 2015 07:01 AM (JdEZJ)

70 Philly burbs, where it is a brisk 4F.Gore-bull warming, baby

Posted by: Jen Psackofshit at February 24, 2015 07:01 AM (+kznc)

71 "I guess people in Texas are sliding off the roads."

Nailed it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2015 07:05 AM (O0D1Q)

72 "Preparing our children to live in a culture of rules and laws."

Other organizations used to teach stuff like that as well.

Boy Scouts
Parents
Churches
Schools

All pf them helped our youth understand that society had rules and laws, and how to live within those boundaries.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 07:05 AM (YrXgo)

73 57 Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at February 24, 2015 06:43 AM (zRby/)

What a beautiful world we live in where your choices are Iron Ballerina, or three other donks...

ah well forget it Jake it's Chicago town...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:06 AM (/4AZU)

74 69 Posted by: freaked at February 24, 2015 07:01 AM (JdEZJ)

I think we're making a leap of faith that the society they're wishcasting has laws we'd recognize...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:07 AM (/4AZU)

75 65 Posted by: Jen Psackofshit at February 24, 2015 06:56 AM (+kznc)

Rahm-bo is gonna win....

probably not with >50%

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:08 AM (/4AZU)

76 Rules and Laws?

Sounds like white, cis normative, patriarchal, Christianist, Imperialist, Oppressive brainwashing.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 24, 2015 07:10 AM (V70Uh)

77 Fiend of unknow religion eencts hit movie with my eys tuck ink in url

Posted by: Baldy at February 24, 2015 07:10 AM (+35FH)

78 'Other organizations used to teach stuff like that as well.

Boy Scouts
Parents
Churches
Schools '

Yes VIA those organizations actually do something. All these idiots will do is waste some time and money talking about it.

Posted by: freaked at February 24, 2015 07:11 AM (JdEZJ)

79 Time machine check

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:11 AM (NeFrd)

80 10 minutes in the past.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:12 AM (NeFrd)

81 The stupid, it's suffocating. I can't breath.

Posted by: freaked at February 24, 2015 07:13 AM (JdEZJ)

82 81 Posted by: freaked at February 24, 2015 07:13 AM (JdEZJ)

"I can't breath"

made all the more funny when you force yourself to grasp the person with that sign is college educated.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:14 AM (/4AZU)

83 Fiend of unknow religion eencts hit movie with my eys tuck ink in url

****

Conserving keystrokes?
Sold half your keyboard to make ends meet?
Esperanto?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:15 AM (NeFrd)

84 ay, everyone, current temps sound off

here in Boston it is 2
______________________

Currently 52 here in Tucson. Only supposed to get up to 60 today, which is about 20 degrees cooler than it's been for the past week. Winter is taking its last bow before exiting the stage.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 24, 2015 07:15 AM (Fnyc2)

85
"I can't breath"

made all the more funny when you force yourself to grasp the person with that sign is college educated.

Posted by: Sven

****

Maybe they need a life coach.
"In through the nose, out through the mouth. Use your diaphragm more, that's it, I think you've got it!"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:16 AM (NeFrd)

86 85 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:16 AM (NeFrd)

Quite....

"sure this is a function of your autonomic nervous system and shouldn't take effort but WE ARE HERE TO HELP!"

//Preznit LifeCoach

*again made all the more funny when you recall that like Walker I am a college dropout able to you know reason that shit out.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:18 AM (/4AZU)

87
Tuscon, Ohio is -8.

Posted by: Soothsayer, Knower Of All Approximate Knowledge Now and In The Future at February 24, 2015 07:19 AM (Z92n0)

88 The only thing I learned at college was that I didn't want to be there anymore.

Worked out ok for me.

Posted by: freaked at February 24, 2015 07:20 AM (JdEZJ)

89 Oops, misread comment. I wasn't referring to freaked's inability to breathe. I was thinking of #hashtag protestors. No offense meant.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:20 AM (NeFrd)

90 "All these idiots will do is waste some time and money talking about it. "

Yeh, I understand.
I was being somewhat facetious about it.

I like rules and laws.
And I like them to be enforced without consideration to age, sex, race or family income level.
Those types of laws tend to be uniformly understood, and respected.

Like the law that says that if your car is in a railroad crossing when a train comes through, you're most likely going to die.

Usually, the only people who run afoul of that law are Darwin Award candidates.
Some small exceptions for broken down vehicles, of course.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 07:20 AM (YrXgo)

91 Even with a President Walker the GOP would still be a bunch of pussies. No saving it.

Go ahead and pick Jeb you morons. That will be the last Presidential election that the party is relevant in.

Posted by: blaster at February 24, 2015 07:21 AM (Rx8ML)

92 20 in Co Spgs. That's up (?) from 8 at 10:00 last night.

Should get some meltage today, which is good, 'cause the city/county snow removal yesterday was the worst I've seen in 16 years.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at February 24, 2015 07:21 AM (yxw0r)

93 Anyone else think there are just too many damn Arquettes?

Posted by: Citizen X at February 24, 2015 07:21 AM (7ObY1)

94 83 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:15 AM (NeFrd)

I LOL'd.

26 degrees at Pope AAF with light snow.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 24, 2015 07:22 AM (iVjJr)

95 "I can't breath. Preparing our children to live in a culture of rules and laws."

Who's this aimed at, Hammurabi?

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 24, 2015 07:23 AM (/jpU8)

96 Western Colorado 25 degrees, dusting of snow yesterday.

And does anybody else think this stuff about
"25 but it feels like 18" is pure nonsense. If it's 25 degrees, then that is what 25 degrees feels like. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:23 AM (NeFrd)

97 It's 29 in Nacogdoches, TX.

Posted by: Empire1 at February 24, 2015 07:24 AM (YdP5b)

98 I have a little snow on the ground here in NE SC. How about you Vic.

Posted by: Tmitss at February 24, 2015 07:24 AM (Pa9vP)

99 98 See 32

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 24, 2015 07:26 AM (iVjJr)

100 Anyone else think there are just too many damn Arquettes?

Nah
*starts humming Rosanna"

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 24, 2015 07:26 AM (/jpU8)

101 60 in central Fl with rain on the way.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at February 24, 2015 07:27 AM (MkQKr)

102 Well, it's up to -1 here in lovely Western Fairfax County...

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 24, 2015 07:27 AM (/jpU8)

103 Anyone else think there are just too many damn Arquettes?

Posted by: Citizen X at February 24, 2015 07:21 AM (7ObY1)

Patricia was awfully hot when she was younger, even though her face was a bit weird. Now that she's older, she just looks sour.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 24, 2015 07:27 AM (Dj0WE)

104 98
I have a little snow on the ground here in NE SC. How about you Vic.

Posted by: Tmitss at February 24, 2015 07:24 AM (Pa9vP)

No snow on the ground. Only on roof tops and cars. But if it continues it will start accumulating because it is 32 and below now,

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 07:28 AM (wlDny)

105 Rosanna however, is aging quite well. She's still going to be adorably cute when she's 80.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 24, 2015 07:29 AM (Dj0WE)

106 Obligatory weather report:

Zero degrees, again, here in the greater Buffalo area. Wind chill, is -17, exactly like yesterday morning.

Headed for a high near 20 though today.

Yesterday they were forecasting 8 inches of snow for today but they've backed that way down to an inch. The Ski Country will get more, I'm sure.

Posted by: Citizen X at February 24, 2015 07:29 AM (7ObY1)

107 103 Posted by: BurtTC at February 24, 2015 07:27 AM (Dj0WE)

My almost 2d wife looked sorta like Rosanna Arquette...

Wife and she are still friends...

it was the 90s

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:29 AM (/4AZU)

108 "I can't breath"

Stop smoking Winston and other kinds of ciggies, dope etc...

Posted by: Killerdog at February 24, 2015 07:30 AM (vntmB)

109 OK, Rosanna can stay but Patricia and David and any others have to go.

Posted by: Citizen X at February 24, 2015 07:30 AM (7ObY1)

110 It just started pouring snow back and I can't type anymore

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 07:30 AM (wlDny)

111 The VA Secretary was caught lying about being in special forces during a segment on CBS with a homeless vet. I just misspoke doesn't cut it. http://tinyurl.com/o6kvc4l

Posted by: no good deed at February 24, 2015 07:31 AM (ZKGnj)

112 109 Posted by: Citizen X at February 24, 2015 07:30 AM (7ObY1)

They're all nuttier than squirrel poo....

Alexis Arquette may be the most normal member of the clan....

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:32 AM (/4AZU)

113 Did anybody to catch the elitist blowhard television common-tater Big Bad Bill O-Really? Pronounced (as he is wont to do) that the Internet is full of insane people who are being mean to Jen Psaki and Marie Harf who are really just two smart young women doing their job. Why, there were some mean photoshops made!

High horse indeed! When this administration stops talking to me as if I were a retarded child and they were St. Peter I might consider not mocking them. In the meantime, eff 'em.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:32 AM (NeFrd)

114 Tuesday, February 24th Lenten reflection

Isaiah 55:10-12
Matthew 6:7-15

"For if you forgive people when they sin against you, your heavenly father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."

Last winter I found myself really struggling to forgive someone. As winter faded into Spring, I thought I had finally forgiven them only to find the feelings of hate and anger overwhelming my mind again. That's when I realized I hadn't really forgiven this person....I had just forgotten about it

It's only human to want to strike back, to plot revenge, to simmer in bitterness. Forgiving those who hurt us is never easy. We are reminded every time we say the Lord's prayer: "Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." When we ourselves ask for forgiveness, we realize that we are not that different from the person who sinned against us.

God is the author and inventor of forgiveness. For us to really forgive someone, we have to do it in His way, to move on and ultimately forgive in our hearts so that it no longer stands between us and our heavenly Father.

God doesn't want us to bound by bitterness and anger. He wants us to be free. We can only experience this freedom when we've exercised His grace and forgiven others their sins. If you feel it is impossible to to forgive someone ask God to help you.

A year later, I still remember the pain this person caused me. So how did I know I had finally forgiven them? It didn't hurt anymore. Forgiveness is healing.

Who has sinned against you? Who do you need to forgive? Perhaps you have just forgotten

JMW

(This comes from a book of Lenten reflections from a local RC church written by their parishioners. A person I know who attended on Ash Wednesday brought it back because I know I like this sort of thing, and I thought I would share it.)

Keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 24, 2015 07:33 AM (DXzRD)

115 87
Tuscon, Ohio is -8.
_____________________

My brother in Virginia sent me a pic of his thermostat the other day. It shows both inside and outside temps. Outside temp was -8. I sent him back a pic of mine, showing outside temp of 78. I also sent him a pic of my dog, snoozing under the grapefruit tree in the sunny backyard.

I'll tell you what I keep telling him: Move to Arizona!

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at February 24, 2015 07:33 AM (Fnyc2)

116 111 Posted by: no good deed at February 24, 2015 07:31 AM (ZKGnj)

The 82d Airborne thinks they are "Special Forces" from what I've gathered...

although the whole dynamic of that base's pissing contests between the Sci-Fi guys and the Airborne on "whose base this is" is something beyond my comprehension.

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:34 AM (/4AZU)

117 My almost 2d wife looked sorta like Rosanna Arquette"

Almost bunkworthy commentary there. Of course, pics would help.

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 24, 2015 07:34 AM (/jpU8)

118 Record breaking low temperatures in this area. But not in Philadelphia, where the extra special AGW thermometers are installed. Liars gotta lie.

Posted by: se pa moron at February 24, 2015 07:35 AM (zxQ4h)

119 Posted by: Citizen X at February 24, 2015 07:30 AM (7ObY1)

They're all nuttier than squirrel poo....

Alexis Arquette may be the most normal member of the clan....

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:32 AM (/4AZU)

Yikes! I had to look up Alexis... eh... umm, (psst, it's a man, baby)

I assume this is known.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 24, 2015 07:36 AM (Dj0WE)

120 In Chicago, this door leads to hell. And this door leads to hell. Decisions, decisions.

I haven't voted yet. I think I'm going to go for Willie. I actually like him. Business owner, practical, sense of humor. Doesn't seem to be all wee-weed up about the color of one's skin.

I both want a run-off and don't want a run-off. I want Rahm to waste more of his money, but Chuy is a labor whore nightmare. I really don't want him. So. Do I vote for the guy I actually like, or hold my nose and vote for Rahm as vote against Chuy?

Posted by: Gem at February 24, 2015 07:37 AM (c+gwp)

121 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

Second day of the new responsibilities at work, so I made sure to be in by5.30 to get a jump start on things. It looks as if it might not be as bad as I feared, so that's a worry off my shoulders. As soon as I can get a handle on things, I'll be posting again.

Thanks for the news, Vic, and for the meditation for the day, Fenelon.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 24, 2015 07:38 AM (zF6Iw)

122 117 Posted by: anon a mouse at February 24, 2015 07:34 AM (/jpU

I don't keep pics handy...it would be hard to explain to the lad...

"aunt almost wife" is already in a sorta no-man's land in "dinner faire decorum"

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:38 AM (/4AZU)

123 aunt almost wife" is already in a sorta no-man's land in "dinner faire decorum"

Nothing a gallon or so of Tequila couldn't fix...

Posted by: anon a mouse at February 24, 2015 07:40 AM (/jpU8)

124 "Yikes! I had to look up Alexis... eh... umm, (psst, it's a man, baby)"

I didn't know what an "Alexis Arquette" was so I bit and looked it up.

Damn it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2015 07:43 AM (O0D1Q)

125 25 in Dallas. Day 2 of Icemageddon. With a possible 4+ inches of snow for tomorrow.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 24, 2015 07:44 AM (LBwXV)

126 I don't keep pics handy...it would be hard to explain to the lad...

"aunt almost wife" is already in a sorta no-man's land in "dinner faire decorum"

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:38 AM (/4AZU)

I "dated" sisters way back when, one after the other. I put quotes around dated because with the first one, there wasn't a lot of dating involved, IYKWIM. The second one got so far as to be an engagement to be married before anyone came to their senses.

Still, events with her/their family could sometimes be awkward.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 24, 2015 07:44 AM (Dj0WE)

127 So basically the GOP winning increased majorities in state houses, the House of Representatives and gaining the majority in the senate has resulted in a stronger president and democrat party?

Unfreaking believable.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 24, 2015 07:45 AM (LB3pO)

128 127 Posted by: Kreplach at February 24, 2015 07:45 AM (LB3pO)

Add in that donkey is grabbing for the materials needed for a 30 year pure weight majority and you *almost* get the notion that the GOP is there to prevent people from interfering with donkey's plans...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:47 AM (/4AZU)

129 Morning all

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 07:47 AM (3ZtZW)

130 James O'Keefe's story on Al Sharpton better have more teeth in the next round of footage. Everyone knows Sharpton is all about da' Benjamins.

Posted by: no good deed at February 24, 2015 07:49 AM (ZKGnj)

131 136 Posted by: no good deed at February 24, 2015 07:49 AM (ZKGnj)

Indeed...elseways his "I fear for my life" routine may be sharkjumping towards Glen Beck levels...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:49 AM (/4AZU)

132 STUNNED to see this in Time magazine.

Five Feminist Myths That Will Not Die.

Debunked are, among others, the '1 in 5 women are assaulted on campus' and the 'pay gap' myths.

By debunked, I mean 'friggin smashed into itsy bitsy pieces and fed through a grinder before being microwaved, blended with isopropyl alcohol, lit on fire, fed to pigs, mucked from the stall, composted down, spread about a field and eaten by worms.'

http://tinyurl.com/q8xnc4y

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at February 24, 2015 07:51 AM (fwARV)

133 132 Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at February 24, 2015 07:51 AM (fwARV)

CNN admitted yesterday it was Donkey obstructing DHS funding....

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:52 AM (/4AZU)

134 " Day 2 of Icemageddon."

I am in worse shape today than yesterday. I have to back uphill out of my drive and can't get out. Sleet has compacted and refrozen.

Was going to chip ice but the padlock on the shop building is frozen and I can't get it open.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2015 07:52 AM (O0D1Q)

135 @128

Yeah, it's mystery what team stupids motivations are on all of this.

The only thing I can think of is they are channeling Charles Ponzi.

That's all I got.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 24, 2015 07:52 AM (LB3pO)

136 O'Reilly is probably defending the dumbsie twins because he wants to nail them.

Posted by: steevy at February 24, 2015 07:52 AM (KETbL)

137 touch in:

Large snow flakes storming down. I love AGW.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 07:53 AM (wlDny)

138 They still have elections in Chicago? Why?

Posted by: MTF, Fan of the Crusades at February 24, 2015 07:54 AM (FCsIb)

139
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 24, 2015 07:52 AM (O0D1Q)

Looks like ya gotta use the shotgun!

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 07:55 AM (3ZtZW)

140 136 Posted by: steevy at February 24, 2015 07:52 AM (KETbL)

or give protein baths to their toes...

Never been an O'shamrock fan...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 07:56 AM (/4AZU)

141 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 24, 2015 07:56 AM (2Ayux)

142 134 Doesn't make a a bit if difference.They are "true" because the left insists they are.

Posted by: steevy at February 24, 2015 07:56 AM (KETbL)

143 Today is Abe Vigoda's birthday! Still around!

Posted by: Darles Chickens at February 24, 2015 07:56 AM (z4vvZ)

144 62
35 I would go with ANN, Ace News Network.

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:16 AM (wlDny)

This is the Ace News Network, featuring our cub reporter Vic. . . . Cub? Wait, what?

Posted by: RickZ

I like to think Vic is our lead reporter with all the rest of us being the cubs.

Posted by: Gmac - Driving into the future from the past at February 24, 2015 07:57 AM (4pjhs)

145 Morning's Horde.

No Arquettes, no Bushes, no Clintons, no dynasties PERIOD. It's as if someone thought bringing back aristocratic families was a good idea...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 24, 2015 07:59 AM (m9V0o)

146
>>>>with all the rest of us being the cubs.

I'm not in Chicago!

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 07:59 AM (3ZtZW)

147 It's just possible that Vic is Abe Vigoda.

Posted by: steevy at February 24, 2015 07:59 AM (KETbL)

148 It's just possible that Vic is Abe Vigoda.

Posted by: steevy at February 24, 2015 07:59 AM (KETbL)

My money's always been on Miamoto Musashi.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at February 24, 2015 08:00 AM (fwARV)

149 Still cold as shit here in NJ, but hell it is winter right?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:00 AM (rDqRv)

150 I like to think Vic is our lead reporter with all the rest of us being the cubs.[\I]

...drunken, ill-tempered cubs.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 24, 2015 08:01 AM (m9V0o)

151 More Christians kidnapped in Syria. No word from the White House but maybe they think they went looking for yobs

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:01 AM (rDqRv)

152 VA Sec. lying about his service record? Sigh

What's wrong with these people?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:02 AM (rDqRv)

153 Oh admit. No more Fi r e formatting attempts.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 24, 2015 08:02 AM (m9V0o)

154
My money's always been on Miamoto Musashi.

*fistbump*

Book of Five Rings, baby.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, now half gay at February 24, 2015 08:04 AM (JtwS4)

155 Not admit, dammit dammit!

Autocorrect is a work of Satan.

Yes I see the irony of the statement's context.

I need a drink.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 24, 2015 08:04 AM (m9V0o)

156 VA Sec. lying about his service record? Sigh.
What's wrong with these people?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:02 AM

Nothing wrong with them at all.

Choom Boy has set the standard for blatant lying and, thanks to him, untruths are a feature, not a bug. All the rumpswabs in his regime are just following his example.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2015 08:04 AM (P8YHq)

157 Those Christians in Syria had jobs. The Muzzies wanted them.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 24, 2015 08:06 AM (V70Uh)

158 They took our jerbs!

Posted by: ISI at February 24, 2015 08:06 AM (rwI+c)

159 The Arquettes have sure gone from quaint with Charley Weaver to a freakshow in a couple of generations.

Gotta be Hollywood living.

Posted by: Zap Rowsdower at February 24, 2015 08:06 AM (MMC8r)

160 Some of the best comedy writing being done today is in the pages of your electronic medical records.

I've run across some howlers.

(hint, cut and paste is not your friend)

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:08 AM (NeFrd)

161 Divorcing billionaire claims wife spends $1M per month

NY Post

Then my only question is: What's her phone number and is she free.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:08 AM (rDqRv)

162
In the sidebar: I dont care for superhero films but others do and they make a lot of money that keep studios a float. The Hwd elites shd stop whining.

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 08:08 AM (iQIUe)

163 I've heard that the hickory-flavored charcoal Arquettes are good for slow cooking a brisket.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:09 AM (NeFrd)

164 40 F with light rain at 5:17 AM, with a forecasted high of 52 in Mukilteo, Washington.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 24, 2015 08:10 AM (Kszh4)

165 Then my only question is: What's her phone number and is she free.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:08 AM

If she's used to spending a million scoots a month, she ain't free, Buckaroo.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2015 08:10 AM (P8YHq)

166 Some of the best comedy writing being done today is in the pages of your electronic medical records.

I've run across some howlers.

(hint, cut and paste is not your friend)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:08 AM (NeFrd)

Even in written records, I am amazed at some of the things people write.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:10 AM (rDqRv)

167 VA Sec. lying about his service record? Sigh

What's wrong with these people?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:02 AM (rDqRv)

Internet personas come to life.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 24, 2015 08:10 AM (iVjJr)

168 If she's used to spending a million scoots a month, she ain't free, Buckaroo.
Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2015 08:10 AM (P8YHq)

For a million $ a month, you have no idea what i would do

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:11 AM (rDqRv)

169 Morning, Glories!

I was awake at 5am and I thought, I could check the blog! Then, wisely, I thought, "naww. I need a little more sleep." So, running late, playing catchup.

Thanks to the AoS News Network for the news, commentary, and features, Vic, JJ, Fen ((and MPPP again someday they say).

Says here that in our little NE corner of Okla, 22 feels like 22, so I guess Muldoon is right. Going up to the forties today and tomorrow, then back to February.

Oklahoma has Winters. They're just sprinkled with bits of Autumn and Spring so they're not utterly intolerable like further north, nor too warm and dry like further south. But they do seem to be getting colder, darn that glow-ball worming.

Posted by: mindful webworker - did I type that out loud? at February 24, 2015 08:14 AM (dkrmM)

170 For a million $ a month, you have no idea what i would do

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:11 AM

Somehow, I think I don't wanna know.

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 24, 2015 08:14 AM (P8YHq)

171

>>>I've run across some howlers.

I like the verbatim bits. Since I work STDs they're always hysterical. Recently: "My clit is on fire!"

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 08:14 AM (3ZtZW)

172 "It's as if someone thought bringing back aristocratic families was a good idea..."

And oddly enough, these are the same people trying to bring back monarchy under the name of socialism.

Weird coincidence, amirite ?

G'mornin, citizen Hordelings, +2 degrees here.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 24, 2015 08:15 AM (go6ud)

173

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 24, 2015 08:16 AM (iVjJr)

174 Okay people. Whose sister is this?

"Moose attacks woman near Steamboat Springs"

http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2015/
feb/23/woman-attacked-moose-near-steamboat-springs/

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:18 AM (NeFrd)

175 Duh. Post fail.

Parking lot here at work has covered with snow in the past hour.

I guess my return home will take a little longer than the usual 35 minutes.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 24, 2015 08:18 AM (iVjJr)

176 "I "dated" sisters way back when, one after the other. I put quotes around dated because with the first one, there wasn't a lot of dating involved, IYKWIM. The second one got so far as to be an engagement to be married before anyone came to their senses.

Still, events with her/their family could sometimes be awkward. "

This is why God invented the 10 commandments, I think.

Posted by: just another bitter clinger at February 24, 2015 08:20 AM (+f598)

177

>>>I guess my return home will take a little longer than the usual 35 minutes.

Make up for it by leaving your hazards on. Everbody will clear a way for you!

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 08:20 AM (3ZtZW)

178 I like the verbatim bits. Since I work STDs they're always hysterical. Recently: "My clit is on fire!"

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 08:14 AM (3ZtZW)

****

Heh.

Typos can be pretty funny.
I once saw a microscopic urinalysis reported as "greater than 100,000 orgasms..."

(for the non-medical among us that should be 'organisms')

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:21 AM (NeFrd)

179 I dropped the kids off at school. Since we were running late, I pulled into the nearby parking lot instead of lining up with the cars.
The parking lot is supposedly gravel / dirt but this morning it was crushed iced. Interesting driving surface.

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 08:22 AM (cbfNE)

180 Morning all
Had to read the Vic's news first
75 in Hawaiistan now

Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 24, 2015 08:22 AM (3f8gu)

181 "Divorcing billionaire claims wife spends $1M per month"

So she's like my wife, except I'm not a billionaire. Or a millionaire.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 24, 2015 08:23 AM (PtTYB)

182 "For a million $ a month, you have no idea what i would do "

*Looks through pockets*

What will $12.87 get me?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 08:23 AM (YrXgo)

183 What will $12.87 get me?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 08:23 AM (YrXgo)

change for a 10 spot

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:24 AM (rDqRv)

184 182. What will $12.87 get me?

A really ugly Thai tranny

Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 24, 2015 08:25 AM (3f8gu)

185 "I "dated" sisters way back when, one after the other. I put quotes around dated because with the first one, there wasn't a lot of dating involved, IYKWIM. The second one got so far as to be an engagement to be married before anyone came to their senses.

I know what you mean, brother....

Posted by: Henry VIII at February 24, 2015 08:26 AM (PFy0L)

186 "change for a 10 spot"

Whoohee, I win!!!

Wait....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 08:26 AM (YrXgo)

187 What will $12.87 get me?

A gallon of gas, if everything goes according to plan. Make that four litres of gas.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 24, 2015 08:27 AM (FcR7P)

188 Ughhhhh....winter be the hell over dammit!

Posted by: RWC - Loving America, but not LOVING America at February 24, 2015 08:27 AM (fWAjv)

189 Our party has no leader, so idiots like McCain think for themselves. That's a bad idea, because he is a terrible politician. Just horrible. The Senate seems loaded with these losers too.

Posted by: MTF, Fan of the Crusades at February 24, 2015 08:28 AM (FCsIb)

190
I swear nepotism has really gotten out of hand in Hwd. There are too many talentless actors and plain models these days. Why dont these parents encourage their kids go have real careers?

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 08:28 AM (iQIUe)

191 -22 when I drove in at 6 in Ohio

Posted by: nnptcgrad at February 24, 2015 08:31 AM (zHFtH)

192 Why dont these parents encourage their kids go have real careers?

Hollywood: where every snowflake is above average.

Posted by: t-bird at February 24, 2015 08:31 AM (FcR7P)

193 Our party has no leader, so idiots like McCain think for themselves. That's a bad idea, because he is a terrible politician. Just horrible. The Senate seems loaded with these losers too.
Posted by: MTF, Fan of the Crusades at February 24, 2015 08:28 AM (FCsIb)

And his wife Miss Lindsey

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:31 AM (rDqRv)

194 Morning all! Delayed opening at work due to snow from yesterday (1-2 inches

. So it's a coffee and aos morning.

Posted by: Lea at February 24, 2015 08:32 AM (vmMMi)

195 "So it's a coffee and aos morning."

Life doesn't get much better then that.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 24, 2015 08:34 AM (YrXgo)

196 Rob Lowe's kids are the only ones who have shown any academic ability.

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 08:34 AM (iQIUe)

197 1-2 inches? You poor dear

Posted by: Bigby's Fisticuffs at February 24, 2015 08:36 AM (3ZtZW)

198 Well, currently 18 degrees here in the KC area, but supposed to get up to the mid 40's later today. Definitely the day to get things done, as the weather starts crapping out for the next number of days.

Posted by: HH at February 24, 2015 08:36 AM (Ce4DF)

199 And does anybody else think this stuff about
"25 but it feels like 18" is pure nonsense. If it's 25 degrees, then that is what 25 degrees feels like. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 07:23 AM (NeFrd)

Cold with humidity sucks far worse than cold without; I'll take 20 below with 10% humidity over 20 above with 80%. But still, 'feels like' is subjective.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 08:37 AM (es6xZ)

200 It's 7 degrees here in Denver; feels like I should go back to sleep.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 08:37 AM (es6xZ)

201 I get to work at home because my car (Honda Pilot, 2009) doesn't like the cold apparently and whines at cold start?!!?

hopefully it's something simple . . . I miss her when she's at the doctor

the cold temps, the craptastic roads, the construction mess on 202 . . . my poor poor Pilot. We've had two blowouts this year (from giant metal screws on 202 inside the cattle shutes). This thing is just low PS fluid I'm hoping (it looked low to me) . . . hopefully an easy diagnosis I hate weird engine noises that no one can figure out . . can you tell I used to drive a Passat?!?! I keep telling myself, this is not a VW, this is not a VW . .

Posted by: BlackOrchidPhotobomb at February 24, 2015 08:38 AM (pS66t)

202 I'll blaze the path to Costa Rica. Best of luck until we meet again. Oh, and to the VA Secretary, thank you for your service.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 08:38 AM (VcOqI)

203 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 08:38 AM (M1uf/)

204 And I'm the ""You may remember me from my Special Forces service Rob Lowe....."

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 08:39 AM (VcOqI)

205 190
I swear nepotism has really gotten out of hand in Hwd. There are too many talentless actors and plain models these days. Why dont these parents encourage their kids go have real careers?
Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 08:28 AM (iQIUe)

It's Hollywood. You should be happy that their parents are sorta around and probably aren't encouraging them to have a heroin addiction.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 08:39 AM (es6xZ)

206 Day 2 of the DFW Icepocalypse.
And as of last night they're expecting it to continue into Wednesday.

I wonder if Papa Johns is still open...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at February 24, 2015 08:39 AM (M1uf/)

207 And yes agreed the way they do temps now is RIDICULOUS

I already bitched on here about the schools closing for cold weather . . WTF?!?!

they just include wind chill automatically now (like that "heat index" made up thing they pad the summer temps with). tis all hype

Posted by: BlackOrchidPhotobomb at February 24, 2015 08:39 AM (pS66t)

208 I'm having ramen noodles and cheap vodka for breakfast.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 08:41 AM (es6xZ)

209 Obama Administration: Flies to shit.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 08:42 AM (VcOqI)

210 Guten morgen, meine fapperschen! What manner of fresh, frozen, freeze-dried, canned, instant or HRE hell doth await us today?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 08:42 AM (2Ojst)

211
It's in the 40s here which is freezing. Last week it was in the high 80s.

Posted by: Bruce J. at February 24, 2015 08:42 AM (iQIUe)

212 #208 Add a splash of Tabasco and you'll have a real gourmet spread.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 08:43 AM (VcOqI)

213 209 Obama Administration: Flies to shit.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 08:42 AM (VcOqI)

Which one is which? I'm guessing the admin is shit in this case.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 08:43 AM (es6xZ)

214 Papal bull. Heh. Indeed.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 08:43 AM (2Ojst)

215 Woke up to more snow. This is bad. Like most Americans these days I'm part-time, and I haven't been able to work for over a week because I can't get out of the driveway.

Posted by: Null at February 24, 2015 08:45 AM (xjpRj)

216 212 #208 Add a splash of Tabasco and you'll have a real gourmet spread.
Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 08:43 AM (VcOqI)

I'm looking at a box of multigrain Cheerios, but still think my original plan is better. Maybe also a can of sardines with my coffee to have a well balanced meal.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 08:45 AM (es6xZ)

217 7 That florist in WA State who is being victimized by the Gaystapo was offered a "deal" by the WA AG. She turned it down.

http://fxn.ws/1w5JAnH

Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 05:56 AM (wlDny)

What a deal. "Pay us a penalty for exercising your right to freely exercise your religion, and promise not to freely exercise your religion in the future, and we'll settle."

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 08:45 AM (2Ojst)

218 NY post via WZ: "Cops should 'take a deep breath' - and close their eyes - when dealing with angry people, according to the NYPD's new 'retraining' program."

http://weaselzippers.us/
215156-de-blasios-smart-policing-program-
advising-nypd-officers-to-take-a-deep-breath-
and-close-their-eyes-when-
dealing-with-angry-people/

(For some reason bit.ly won't let me shorten that one.)

Close their eyes. Right. That wouldn't have improved Officer Wilson's aim one bit.

I have some similar suggestions. Carry fresh flowers to offer to angry people. Give them backrubs. Lie down and ask them to put a bullet through your head if it would make them happier. We wouldn't want officers to seem threatening in any way, like they were the armed arm of the Law or anything.

Posted by: mindful webworker - misses Officer Friendly at February 24, 2015 08:46 AM (dkrmM)

219 I swear after reading the news from Vic (and a mere passing glance at Drudge) my rational conclusion is that I need to start buying my Valu-Rite in carboys and in bulk.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 08:46 AM (ftVQq)

220 @207
There are multiple reasons they close school here in cold weather (upper WV); first is the consolidated HS they built on a hilltop without improving the winding twisting road. Second is the fact the diesel buses have a hard time turning over in this cold weather to hit the very rural hilltop routes at o'dark thirty. Haven't had a full spring break in this county since we moved here because of the union enforced school end-dates. Currently on snow day number 9

Posted by: RedDish at February 24, 2015 08:46 AM (5eXg1)

221 Last week it was in the high 80s.

Hmm, a "degree tax" might make things more equitable...

Posted by: Barack Almighty at February 24, 2015 08:47 AM (FcR7P)

222 Speaking of CAC, he made HA and wrote a story for The Federalist.

The boy is "moving on up"

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 24, 2015 08:47 AM (0FSuD)

223 Posted by: mindful webworker - misses Officer Friendly at February 24, 2015 08:46 AM (dkrmM)

Try tinyurl. Your link doesn't work anyway, unfortunately. I think DiBlasio is an idiot, but I agree with the overall idea that cops shouldn't escalate already tense situations or provoke them, as they often do.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 08:48 AM (2Ojst)

224 they just include wind chill automatically now (like
that "heat index" made up thing they pad the summer temps with). tis
all hype

Posted by: BlackOrchidPhotobomb at February 24, 2015 08:39 AM (pS66t)

Including esoteric inside terminology makes the weather readers look smarter!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 08:48 AM (ftVQq)

225 Carry fresh flowers to offer to angry people. Give them backrubs. Lie down and ask them to put a bullet through your head if it would make them happier. We wouldn't want officers to seem threatening in any way, like they were the armed arm of the Law or anything.

Posted by: mindful webworker - misses Officer Friendly at February 24, 2015 08:46 AM (dkrmM)

****

...sniff their hair?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:49 AM (NeFrd)

226
Of course asking for even a modicum of logic and common sense from most people any more is completely unrealistic, but ....

So if a president can "shut down" the "govt." or any agency if he doesn't get everything he wants, and blame anyone in Congress opposing this anything he wants, and that anyone can be effectively blamed and actually suffer political losses directly because of this - what, exactly, is Congress' role any longer?

The reductio ad absurdum, in this case, is instantaneous, and only a single step. And to make it far worse, the "absurdum" is actually a commonplace occurrence.

And yet there are still those who, apparently ingenuously, pretend to believe that the GOP actually, you know, engaging in politics (aren't they supposed to be politicians?), actually standing by key indisputable principles of the constitution, actually exercising their central power, all to oppose an incredibly disastrously stupid and outrageously unfair policy that is wildly unpopular with the electorate (not just their voters) .... is too risky.

Not a single thing about the immigration system is "broken" (non-enforcement is an elective, artificial problem, not a systemic one). But the constitutional system appears broken, gathering dust in the corner.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 24, 2015 08:49 AM (afQnV)

227 218. I just saw that at second city cop
Closing your eyes during a potentially violent encounter
There's a great idea

Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 24, 2015 08:49 AM (gRS/u)

228 Speaking of CAC, he made HA and wrote a story for The Federalist.

The boy is "moving on up"

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 24, 2015 08:47 AM (0FSuD)

BUT, will he turn out to be an ungrateful loaf of bread?

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 08:50 AM (ftVQq)

229 I'm reading "Neptune's Inferno" about the Guadalcanal campaign. The loss of sailors, up to and including admirals, on both sides due to friendly fire is appalling. I stopped last night after Admiral Norman Scott was killed on the cruiser USS Atlanta.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 08:50 AM (VcOqI)

230 Shut down DHS FOR GOOD

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 24, 2015 08:51 AM (rDqRv)

231 I tried putting butter in my coffee to see what the fuss is about (just our regular unsalted butter, and still adding cream). Tastes like buttery coffee, not bad, just a bit different. Since I like butter, and miss it because I avoid bread, I might keep doing it.

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 08:52 AM (cbfNE)

232 Documents prove that Obama and Scankles lied about Benghazi. But that is old news now thanks to foot dragging and obstruction.

http://bit.ly/1wiSx2y
Posted by: Vic at February 24, 2015 06:03 AM (wlDny)

And this will make but a ripple in the pond of recycled Hollywood red carpet fashion news that will top all of the B.S. we will be spoon fed today.

All of this shit about, "We will get to the bottom of this," was just smoke up our asses.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 24, 2015 08:52 AM (BZAd3)

233 231. Bleh
That sounds sickening

Now if you want flavor, stop washing your mug
Trust me on this

Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 24, 2015 08:53 AM (gRS/u)

234 233 LOL

Posted by: @votermom at February 24, 2015 08:53 AM (cbfNE)

235 he's right about the not washing of coffee mugs!

I do rinse and towel out a little but try to leave some residue

Posted by: BlackOrchidPhotobomb at February 24, 2015 08:55 AM (pS66t)

236 Insomniac: "Your link doesn't work anyway"

I may have messed it up when I broke it across several lines. Perhaps I should've just inserted spaces. Or skipped it entirely. Near top of WZ right now. Later, what difference will it make?

I'm all for cops behaving civilized. (Would help a lot if laws and most citizens were civilized.) Don't think much of rules of engagement brought forth from flakes who have no idea what cops face or how, really, to do the job.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cheezit, the flatfoots at February 24, 2015 08:56 AM (dkrmM)

237 233 231. Bleh
That sounds sickening

Now if you want flavor, stop washing your mug
Trust me on this
Posted by: Navycopjoe (thugging through the doghouse) at February 24, 2015 08:53 AM (gRS/u)

Like seasoning a pan, eh?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 24, 2015 08:56 AM (2Ojst)

238 I'm reading "Neptune's Inferno" about the Guadalcanal campaign.

****

I'm no WWII scholar, but have been reading up on timelines for a book I am writing (fiction, loosely based on my dad's experience at Anzio).
Wasn't Guadalcanal the first amphibious landing post-Pearl Harbor and the first land engagement between US troops and the Japanese? Lessons learned there and later at Sicily, Naples and Anzio were applied at Normandy, nicht wahr?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:56 AM (NeFrd)

239 Hey, there's a dump!

Posted by: mindful webworker - surprised at February 24, 2015 08:56 AM (dkrmM)

240 Dump

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 24, 2015 08:56 AM (X+nFp)

241
Fourth Virginia, Neptune's Inferno is excellent. As are Tin Can Sailors and Ghost Ship, also by Hornfischer. Apparently he's a friendly sort - I think it was commenter Yip (sometimes an ONT regular) who's had lunch with him or at least talked to him after reading his books.

Mind (blowing) exercise. Read any of the intense battle scenes in Neptune's or Tin Can Sailors. Now find the WaPo (especially) or other MSM accounts from March 2003, during the sandstorm/rest-pause in Iraq.

Try to wrap your mind around the incredible ferocity, risk, and uncertainty of the naval combat in 1942, and then behold the idiotic panic-ky nonsense of 2003 (and not just, though mostly, among the "journalists").

Posted by: rhomboid at February 24, 2015 08:57 AM (afQnV)

242 208
I'm having ramen noodles and cheap vodka for breakfast.

Posted by: model_1066 at February 24, 2015 08:41 AM (es6xZ)

Load up on those carbs, it's cold out there.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 24, 2015 08:57 AM (0FSuD)

243 BUT, will he turn out to be an ungrateful loaf of bread?

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 24, 2015 08:50 AM (ftVQq)

I don't think there is much chance a truck dispatcher is going to get the "big head"
Snowing in CLT. I'll bet Hammer got hammered.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 24, 2015 08:59 AM (0FSuD)

244 23 in SE MN

Posted by: zeera at February 24, 2015 09:04 AM (wHdtB)

245 238 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 24, 2015 08:56 AM (NeFrd)

Eh mostly...

the Brits assault on Madagascar came earlier but "yeah" the campaign was sorta a prototype...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at February 24, 2015 09:06 AM (/4AZU)

246 10 in Delaware. We're supposed to reach 27.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 24, 2015 09:06 AM (Spluw)

247 #241. Thank you for the information. Yes, the scenes described are beyond ghastly. Everyone on ship---above, on, or below decks subject to sudden violent death. The description of the skies lit up by naval gunfire, incendiary shells exploding.....just surreal, and staggering.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 09:12 AM (VcOqI)

248 #238 Yes, and thanks for your post. It was a trial be fire, and error, for both the amphibious landing forces and the naval task forces. Tremendous suffering on both sides. Nightmarish, really.

Posted by: Fourth Virginia at February 24, 2015 09:16 AM (VcOqI)

249 I have personal experience with a WA state assistant AG. Let me say in advance that it won't go well for the florist. The judges rubberstamp anything the AG wants.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 24, 2015 09:44 AM (Lqy/e)

250 Mitch McConnell ought to be very happy that he will never have to talk to me in person; that would be a conversation during which he would discover that actually urinating on ones own feet is not a pleasant activity.

Posted by: An Observation at February 24, 2015 09:51 AM (ylhEn)

251 Please get rid of whatever the fuck it is that stops loading the site and sends me to the Apple Store!!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at February 24, 2015 02:59 PM (c41Rr)

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