EMT 12/18/16

Wow. It's 7 days to Christmas. Little girl's 2nd, and oh my is she excited about it. And a bit of a scold: On the way to the carousel today she reminded me I shouldn't yell or scream or else Santa wouldn't bring me anything.

Posted by: krakatoa at 06:00 AM

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 05:57 AM (5sOEp)

2 That's such a sweet story Krak. You listen to your Girl!

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at December 18, 2016 05:57 AM (d76uN)

3 Merry Christmas to all!

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at December 18, 2016 05:57 AM (d76uN)

4 Good Morning Morons. Today is Sunday, December 18, 2016. On this day in 1972 President Richard Nixon announced that the United States would engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. I was there for that one.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

5 Trump winds up his thank you tour in AL. He reiterated the wisdom of the electoral college system and his campaign promises.

http://fxn.ws/2i1DP9Z

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

6 Not a rumor. Trump names my congressman as OnM Budget chief.

http://fxn.ws/2gW6TlE

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

7 PA school cancels play of "A Christmas Carol" because a couple of assholes were offended by the Tiny Tim line, "God bless us all everyone". When is this shit going to end?

http://fxn.ws/2hvQlBw

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

8 Record breaking massive global warming strikes the Midwest and the East. Let's be careful out there Morons.

http://fxn.ws/2gXNfFT

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

9 Something the Morons have known for a long time. Snopes is a huge lefty organization and you can not trust anything they say when it involves politics.

http://bit.ly/2gXU8XG

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

10 The electoral college meets tomorrow amid a furor of sore loser Democrats calling for electors to violate their oaths to vote for their States voter's choice.

http://politi.co/2hHJBB7

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

11 Those illegal muzzie migrants who went into an orgy of sexual assaults in Cologne are laughing and cheering because the judge let them off with a warning.

http://bit.ly/2i27mAl

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

12 Obama sneaks in an end run around the Senate and nominates a radical lawyer who defended PA cop killer Mumia to a 6 year DOJ post on civil rights. Supposedly this appointment does not require Senate approval. Trump will have to see how to go about firing this turd.

http://bit.ly/2hwqEB2

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

13 Ramirez

http://bit.ly/1qd89lF

That's it for today folks. Really very little out there today.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:00 AM (mpXpK)

14 Something the Morons have known for a long time. Snopes is a huge lefty organization and you can not trust anything they say ~~when it involves politics.~~

Fixed

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at December 18, 2016 06:00 AM (d76uN)

15 Never got to the 40 and change over to rain yesterday to was away all the snow that fell. The sun just thought about coming out as it was going down. Sound like its very windy out there now

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:06 AM (5sOEp)

16 Link on 11 wont work

Posted by: MAC-SOG at December 18, 2016 06:07 AM (QPdNE)

17 16
Link on 11 wont work

Posted by: MAC-SOG at December 18, 2016 06:07 AM (QPdNE)

Works for me. Anyone else having problems?

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:10 AM (mpXpK)

18 11 is fine

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:15 AM (5sOEp)

19 It was pretty nice here yesterday. I had the first fire this winter in the shop stove but by later in the day had the doors open. Spent the day making Christmas stuff for the Mrs and didn't lose any digits on the improvised router table.

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 06:15 AM (BO/km)

20 Nope, works for me.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at December 18, 2016 06:15 AM (d76uN)

21 Damn fire alarm woke me up (and everybody else). So coffee it is!

A lady left the building with a soft-sided pet carrier containing a mewling kitty. I can't imagine trying to rustle up the cats I've had. Not cooperative in the least.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2016 06:17 AM (EnKk6)

22 MAC people are not allowed into "certain" sites.

Posted by: Ajax-Ira at December 18, 2016 06:17 AM (iPrK4)

23 11 works.

I do not understand national suicide like what's happening in Germany.

Goobers in govt does not explain it all.

Where are the citizens? The men?

They can't all be insane.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at December 18, 2016 06:20 AM (PL/FH)

24 Oh lordy that WaPo article on people meeting Clintons walking in the woods is priceless:

'Once, a Chappaquaian named Judy Fuhrer was driving along the road by the preserve, listening to an audio recording of Bill Clinton's 1,008-page memoir. She said she was on the 13th CD when she realized that the tall white-haired man walking his dog up ahead was the former president of the United States.'

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 06:21 AM (BO/km)

25 Judy Fuhrer. heh.

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 06:22 AM (BO/km)

26 Bill Clinton's 1,008-page memoir.

Wow. How shotout do you have to be to read/listen to that?

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at December 18, 2016 06:23 AM (PL/FH)

27 Take a look at Gatestone institute stories to see how Europe is going away

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:24 AM (5sOEp)

28 Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:24 AM (5sOEp)

I see it happening. I don't get it.

I guess it's good that I won't live long enough to see what the world will be in 40 or 50 years.

Posted by: weirdflunkyonatablet at December 18, 2016 06:26 AM (PL/FH)

29 "They can't all be insane."

Not all. Just the leadership since the end of WW2. We destroyed the social fabric of the whole country and allowed it to be replaced with top down hard socialism.

From cradle to grave. There is no more fighting spirit left in Germany. It was bred out of the males.

This was noticed as far back as the early 70's when USAEUR was rumored to have developed plans in the case of a total collapse of the Bundeswehr in war time.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at December 18, 2016 06:26 AM (d76uN)

30 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at December 18, 2016 06:26 AM (KCxzN)

31 That article about Khrushchev got me thinking. Remember whe he said "We will Barry you?"

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 06:27 AM (BO/km)

32 Good Morning!

Vic, you always have the latest and greatest in the news each day. How come you're not breathlessly covering the couple from "Flip or Flop"?

YaHHHOooooo has given them front page coverage the past three or four days!!

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 06:33 AM (8ikIW)

33 32 Vic, you always have the latest and greatest in the
news each day. How come you're not breathlessly covering the couple from
"Flip or Flop"?

YaHHHOooooo has given them front page coverage the past three or four days!!

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 06:33 AM (8ikIW)

We covered something on them a few days ago if it is what I am thinking about.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:37 AM (mpXpK)

34 Raining here now, tablet says its ° 41

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:37 AM (5sOEp)

35 Ha! Remembered it!

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:37 AM (5sOEp)

36 Is this electoral college tomorrow? Getting very tired of hearing it, but am enjoying Democrats squirm.

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:40 AM (5sOEp)

37 I'm sitting here nodding off.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:40 AM (mpXpK)

38 36
Is this electoral college tomorrow? Getting very tired of hearing it, but am enjoying Democrats squirm.

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:40 AM (5sOEp)

Yep, and the howls of Dems will be heard far and wide. Scankles will have to fade into the woodwork like the cockroach she is. Her next headline will be an indictment by the DOJ for income tax fraud.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:42 AM (mpXpK)

39 LoL

One of our Kittehs just took a couple sips of Coffee.

Posted by: Tim in Illinois at December 18, 2016 06:42 AM (d76uN)

40 But I guess he latest on Flip and Flop is the guy has dumped his wife for the hawt nanny.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:43 AM (mpXpK)

41 It's 4 degrees right now. The bigger problem is, that's as warm as it'll be today.
I want to get the snow off the drive, but by the time the sun gets awake, it could be -2 with a -20 windchill.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 06:43 AM (8ikIW)

42 Neighbor will come by today to hit me up for liquor and I am going to tell her that she got the last of my stuff a few days ago and since I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning I have not been to the "store" to stock back up.

So tough titty.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:47 AM (mpXpK)

43 The electoral college meets tomorrow amid a furor of sore loser Democrats calling for electors to violate their oaths to vote for their States voter's choice.

http://politi.co/2hHJBB7

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

A month ago Democrats were screaming about the importance of the national popular vote. Now they're screaming to abrogate the manifestation of the popular vote in the several states. Sad!

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at December 18, 2016 06:48 AM (J8/9G)

44 Bangs are a big problem.

Posted by: Arno-Fethwicke at December 18, 2016 06:49 AM (YONoK)

45 You've been more than generous with your booze-mooching neighbor, Vic.

Maybe you should set up a coin-operated booze dispenser, like a big gerbil water bottle.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2016 06:50 AM (EnKk6)

46 45 Maybe you should set up a coin-operated booze dispenser, like a big gerbil water bottle.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2016 06:50 AM (EnKk6)

I would do that but the SC liquor board would be all over my ass for selling w/o a license and on Sunday which is prohibited.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:52 AM (mpXpK)

47 Bangs make me loose my mind.

Posted by: Arno-Fethwicke at December 18, 2016 06:52 AM (YONoK)

48 Prof Jacobson wrote he remembered long ago ( a month really) when Democrats blamed Jim Comey for the loss.

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2016 06:53 AM (5sOEp)

49 And a loose mind is a sight to behold.

Posted by: Arno-Fethwicke at December 18, 2016 06:54 AM (YONoK)

50 And a terrible thing to promote.

Posted by: Arno-Fethwicke at December 18, 2016 06:56 AM (YONoK)

51 Think I'll brave the mall in an hour. I can maintain a Zen-like detachment during Christmas shopping. I will let the perfect present manifest itself to me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2016 06:56 AM (EnKk6)

52 I will let the perfect present manifest itself to me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris

Or just get the first thing in the Christmas endcap at CVS.

Done and done.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 06:58 AM (8ikIW)

53 Or just get the first thing in the Christmas endcap at CVS.

Done and done.
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 06:58 AM (8ikIW)
---
Pregnancy tests and Nicorette for everyone!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2016 07:02 AM (EnKk6)

54 Think I'll brave the mall in an hour. I can maintain a Zen-like detachment during Christmas shopping. I will let the perfect present manifest itself to me.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 18, 2016 06:56 AM (EnKk6)

Is 'manifest itself to me' a new-fangled way of saying 'five-fingered discount'?

Posted by: RickZ at December 18, 2016 07:03 AM (dQLTf)

55 Saw Rogue one yesterday.

It's really good and dark.

Essentially a war film set in space.

We have always been told that Vader was a badass well you see him as a true badass and force using killing machine.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 18, 2016 07:09 AM (+lv+r)

56 G'mornin' Horde !

Thanks, Vic !

"We will Barry you?" Heh.

They just keep running out these fake-ass Clintons-in-Chappaqua stories like they're supposed to mean something deep (well maybe they do to the koolaid drinkers) or accomplish some purpose. wtf ?

-20 out there. more coffee will be required.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 18, 2016 07:11 AM (nrnR5)

57 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:14 AM (u82oZ)

58 20 F in Dallas. The last time it was this cold, I had to work outside.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2016 07:16 AM (VdICR)

59 today she reminded me I shouldn't yell or scream or else Santa wouldn't bring me anything.

And that, dear readers, is why the beast Hillary would never become President of the United States of America. Merry Christmas to all.

Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2016 07:18 AM (7H/2n)

60 The last time it was this cold, I had to work outside.

Posted by: BourbonChicken

I don't mind the cold too much. But, I don't think I could work out in it day after day.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 07:19 AM (8ikIW)

61 -12 ℉.

Al Gore better not knock on my door looking for a donation. -- OPSEC --

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

62 29 "They can't all be insane."

Not all. Just the leadership since the end of WW2. We destroyed the social fabric of the whole country and allowed it to be replaced with top down hard socialism.

From cradle to grave. There is no more fighting spirit left in Germany. It was bred out of the males.

This was noticed as far back as the early 70's when USAEUR was rumored to have developed plans in the case of a total collapse of the Bundeswehr in war time.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois

Germany were Socialists before and during both WWs. I believe it more Christianity being replaced post WW1 with secularism, IMO.

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 18, 2016 07:20 AM (h4ZtP)

63 Trump's final victory tour speech in AL was great; I watched the whole thing. He took the legacy media to task once again on several issues, and gloated bigly on the reactions of the election night pundits as their whole world imploded in real time.

Ryan and McTurtle have already come out against the cutting of the corporate tax rate, but I think Trump will use his bully pulpit and appeal directly to R voters to 'call their representatives' and change their minds.

Two or three tweet storms oughta do the job.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2016 07:21 AM (oZEJt)

64 >>>Snopes is a huge lefty organization and you can not trust anything they say when it involves politics.

Leftists have this urge to occupy positions that people will automatically trust (debunkers, moderators, facilitators, etc.), but they do it to advance their agenda. So at some level, they must realize that they are being dishonest.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 18, 2016 07:22 AM (rH4JY)

65 Where is all the global warming i was promised?

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at December 18, 2016 07:22 AM (/HC6x)

66 The people that don't want Trump because he's never had a political post are also some of the ones that would crawl across broken glass with their lips to vote for the Mooch if she were to run.

I expect Moochy to run for something in one if not all of the states they now own homes in.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 07:24 AM (8ikIW)

67 40 But I guess he latest on Flip and Flop is the guy has dumped his wife for the hawt nanny.

So he dumped his hawt wife for a hawt nanny? That means there is a high maintenance, totally hot babe, in California available then?

Just asking those important questions.

Off to Church. Later heathens!! Merry Christmas!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at December 18, 2016 07:25 AM (h4ZtP)

68 Leftists have this urge to occupy positions that people will automatically trust (debunkers, moderators, facilitators, etc.)

You mean the Bossy Sister positions, where you don't actually do anything.

Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2016 07:25 AM (TqmC9)

69 Yesterday on the MS coast, the high was around 76 degrees. Cooler temps are coming, but the lows will still be well above freezing.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2016 07:27 AM (oZEJt)

70 -12 °F.

Al Gore better not knock on my door looking for a donation. -- OPSEC --

Posted by: NaCly Dog

If he was at my doorstep naked begging to be let in, I would not do so, until he had recorded a full confession that global warming was bullsh*t and that he wanted to use cap and trade as a scam to enrich himself.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 18, 2016 07:27 AM (rH4JY)

71 Vic, thank you for those informative links. Your effort is much appreciated.

And good luck with your neighbors. I wondered if your car was undamaged after they took it to get their kids to school? And then borrowed more alcohol. Wow. Entitlement is deep with them.

Your'e a Saint compared to me. I'd have called Child Protective Services, and be carrying if they still came to my door. Although I probably have a better field of fire than you, and my driveway length would discourage alkies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

72 Although I probably have a better field of fire than you, and my driveway length would discourage alkies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

When Vic talks of them, I have in my mind Zombies walking toward his house. Carrying a tin cup. Mumbling "boooozzzeeee" "boooozzzeeee"

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 07:31 AM (8ikIW)

73 70 Steve and Cold Bear

He would especially not be let in if he was cold and naked. That second charkra release will absolutely not come from me or my wife. However, there are some comely Angus or Jersey cows down the hill. Knock yourself out, Man-Bear-Pig.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

74 -20 this morning. I have to brave the elements in a bit to get the ingredients to make Zuppa for lunch. Then I plan to hit the couch and sleep and watch football for the rest of the day. On the upside I discovered what the 2X button on the bottom of my key fob was for. It's an automatic starter! What a loser, I had it on my last 2 cars as well but didn't know what it was or how to use it...

Posted by: Molly k. at December 18, 2016 07:34 AM (ITucM)

75 Morning all. Haven't heard squat about the pipeline protesters since the weather changed. Maybe they all turned into popsicles.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2016 07:34 AM (Ji6RF)

76 Bruce, a good scope and a sandbag can guarantee knee shots. But once you go down that dark path, best to have no witnesses.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

77 Ahhh. A warm bed, a mug of hot paste, and pr0n. Life is good.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 18, 2016 07:37 AM (mBYZv)

78 Ahhh. A warm bed, a mug of hot paste, and pr0n. Life is good.

Posted by: Joe Biden

Heh.
Joe's wandering around asking
"I still get to come in everyday right? The people don't hate me."

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 07:46 AM (8ikIW)

79 Bruce, some of us never forgot what a jerk Biden was in the Senate. The American people were robbed of good and wise people on the Supreme Court because he was a termagant asshole.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

80 Vic, I wondered the other day if your neighbors have ever asked to borrow liquor and the car keys at the same time?

Posted by: Obamaisacommunist at December 18, 2016 07:52 AM (FSETn)

81 Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 06:47 AM (mpXpK)

Just say no.

Posted by: Zombie Nancy Reagan at December 18, 2016 07:52 AM (GUqTq)

82 The American people were robbed of good and wise people on the Supreme Court because he was a termagant asshole.

Termagant?!?!?

Now I got to find my Funk and Wagnalls.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 07:52 AM (8ikIW)

83 I saw Termagant Bitch open for Green day in 96 at the Mid.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 18, 2016 07:54 AM (VdICR)

84 Bruce:
termagant
NOUN
1. a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman.

But there still is no math on this blog. Whew.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

85 Things you find looking up something else.

S.O.B
Inititals for Son of a bitch.

See also Joe Biden

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 07:55 AM (8ikIW)

86 -12 here with light winds making the OAT feel like -25. The dogs won't go out.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 18, 2016 07:57 AM (GUqTq)

87 BourbonChicken,

I once tried to get a co-worker to see a performance of Cycle Sluts From Hell. He declined. A wise man.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

88 But there still is no math on this blog. Whew.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

The AoS is better then a Word of the Day calendar.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 07:58 AM (8ikIW)

89 Well the last 14 hours has brought a whole new meaning to "You do for family."

As we are hosting Christmas next weekend, today was going to be a day with purpose- cleaning, wrapping, getting everything prepared. Once the workweek hits, there's no telling how much we will get done.

Well about 7 o clock last night, we get a knock on the door. Relatives from out of state had come to surprise us. We offered to put them up for the night, and they took us up on it.

However, later on in conversation, it came up that they weren't sure how long they were staying. They may leave today, they may stay till Monday or Tuesday. Who knows.

You do for family.

But, in the midst of preparations for hosting other family members next weekend, it does add a little bit of stress to the situation.

Posted by: TickledPink at December 18, 2016 07:58 AM (smD62)

90 62 here yesterday. Worked on my car.

28 here this morning, with a light dusting of snow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 18, 2016 07:59 AM (92kX2)

91 If Santa was cool, he would have brought me a new Yankee Hill Machine 'Nitro 30' Suppressor. But he's not cool because I got a flumwuzzle-festooned sweater and woofle jelly cakes with razzleberry dressing instead.

Posted by: Woofle Jelly Belly Ache at December 18, 2016 07:59 AM (m36aB)

92 The best show I ever saw was when Recalcitrant Assholes opened for Butthole Surfers at Levi's Stadium.

Posted by: Hope Solo at December 18, 2016 08:00 AM (75WaT)

93 89>> Nonsense. More hands on deck for the field day. You'll be prepped in no time.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 18, 2016 08:00 AM (GUqTq)

94 But, in the midst of preparations for hosting other
family members next weekend, it does add a little bit of stress to the
situation.

Posted by: TickledPink

Yep. You do for family.

The cryptic departure date would drive me goofy though

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:01 AM (8ikIW)

95 TickledPink, when people ask me why we moved to rural Kansas, I usually hook my thumbs. gesture behind me, and say "Because my family is back East."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 08:01 AM (u82oZ)

96 A history of POTUS Christmas cards, from FDR to BHO) over at Michelle Obama's Mirror, The Evolution of the Winter Holiday in America:

http://tinyurl.com/gn4y94e

Posted by: m at December 18, 2016 08:01 AM (3jGss)

97 80
Vic, I wondered the other day if your neighbors have ever asked to borrow liquor and the car keys at the same time?

Posted by: Obamaisacommunist at December 18, 2016 07:52 AM (FSETn)

One took the car and the other took the liquor.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 08:03 AM (mpXpK)

98 Thanks to whoever recommended "Lucky Number Slevin" a few days ago. Watched it last night and really liked it.

Posted by: LASue at December 18, 2016 08:03 AM (R2dMB)

99 But, in the midst of preparations for hosting other family members next weekend, it does add a little bit of stress to the situation.
Posted by: TickledPink at December 18, 2016 07:58 AM (smD62)

I use the 72 hour/300 dollar rule. You can stay for 72 hours or I will give you 300 if you need it, but after that it's the motel 6.

They are counting on you feeling guilty, don't.

More coffee.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at December 18, 2016 08:07 AM (5VlCp)

100 @ 94

Yeah...if they weren't staying HERE, I wouldn't care how long they stayed. Come over for dinner or we'll meet you for lunch or whatever.

But, having to entertain pretty much sunup to sundown is exhausting and not very productive

Posted by: TickledPink at December 18, 2016 08:08 AM (smD62)

101 Operation Linebacker-
I was in basic training Vic.
Now to go back up to where I left off.

Posted by: teej at December 18, 2016 08:09 AM (gJ3Vg)

102 Well, it was -8 when I first got up, now it's -10. That's the air temp, no wind chill. If I step outside for a moment, can hear a strange hum, which I guess is coming from the power lines.

Oh, and the local news just reported that it's colder here in KC than Barrow, Alaska.

Posted by: HH at December 18, 2016 08:10 AM (DrCtv)

103 Saw a post on Instapundit. On the one hand, they talked about some 'climate scientists' (didn't they used to be called meteorologists?) They are supposedly furiously copying data in order to prevent the inevitable 'Trump book burning."

On the other, women are supposedly stockpiling contraceptives, because Trump is going to ban them.

Now usually, I take these as hyperbolic stunts. It is major league virtue signalling.

As a side note, these seem like a phenomena you see in religions- making a show of being observant of the faith. I remember someone telling me about proper observance of how to give things up for lent. She pointed out that what you decide to give up is really between you and God. You are trying to sacrifice something, so that in some small way by it's absence, you can more fully understand what Christ gave up for your sins. To give an example, if you gave up all meat for lent, and a friend takes you to a steak house, order the fish. If they ask you, simply say that you felt like fish. If you instead tell the whole table "I am giving up meat for lent' you are taking pride in your sacrifice, which misses the point of the whole observance. That this is how a lot of people handle the observance is not an excuse.

To get back to my point, I sometimes wonder whether these displays I listed above are not just what I normally assume, but rather people actually have come to believe this tripe. When I see the lack of reasoning and critical thinking, I really do wonder if they just buy the party line, along with the hook and sinker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 18, 2016 08:10 AM (92kX2)

104 But, having to entertain pretty much sunup to sundown is exhausting and not very productive

Posted by: TickledPink

My wife's niece, husband, and 3 kids would show up to visit family every year for 4 years.

They'd get here and basically wait for us to entertain them or take them somewhere to be entertained. Of course they expected us to pay for said entertainment.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:12 AM (8ikIW)

105 When I see the lack of reasoning and critical
thinking, I really do wonder if they just buy the party line, along with
the hook and sinker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Lack of reasoning and critical thinking is the party line.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:15 AM (8ikIW)

106 >>she reminded me I shouldn't yell or scream or else Santa wouldn't bring me anything.

Heh.

Last night, hubby is bugging Teen Boy to shave. Boy is fussing.

Me: Santa's watching you!!

Boy: Have you SEEN Santa's beard??

Morning all. 29 degrees and windy. This is not the Louisiana I'm paying for...

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 18, 2016 08:17 AM (gTQoY)

107 A "Christmas Carol" strategy. Whenever the Righteous bleat to belay it for Reasons, run don't walk to go all amicus curiae, and throw in that its treacly maudlin liberalism and grabbing-from-the-rich is an insult to real Christianity. Also, ghosts.

They'll pull together for the old cause, like the very Dickens.
And then you can all enjoy your show.
This works for Charles Shultz's Li'l Folks, too.
Sometimes, to save the village, you have to destroy the village.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 18, 2016 08:17 AM (H5rtT)

108 Snow plow went by again. I'm trying to work it out it this is his last time for the day.
Then I shall attack the driveway with vigor.
And some frost bit bits

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:19 AM (8ikIW)

109 On the other, women are supposedly stockpiling contraceptives, because Trump is going to ban them.

Now usually, I take these as hyperbolic stunts. It is major league virtue signalling.

As a side note, these seem like a phenomena you see in religions- making a show of being observant of the faith.

Do not be like the hypocrites who disfigure their faces to let other people know they are fasting. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 18, 2016 08:19 AM (rH4JY)

110 Busy day yesterday in Chicago, even cold and snow didn't keep the shooters from their appointed rounds...Even the little ones got shot, (9 year old) don't know the count, but it was high....Merry Christmas

Posted by: Colin at December 18, 2016 08:22 AM (ogUTd)

111 I wonder when Chelsea Clinton will start the "listening tour" so the
usual shills and hacks can tell her why she needs to run for Congress.
Maybe she'll be smart enough to realize she'd make a horrible candidate for anything, but one does need to think of Mom's legacy.

Posted by: mallfly SuPreme at December 18, 2016 08:22 AM (b7fwp)

112 Is WeirdDave going to do the book thread today as well? Maybe he could do "Insurance policies of famous authors".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 18, 2016 08:23 AM (rH4JY)

113 17 degrees outside.

Hot coffee inside, sweet babies.

Our neighbors started their family's holiday tradition early this year -

with drunken, angry screaming at each other in the front yard at 2am.

The 2 am thing was new, usually it's sometime after lunch in the back yard EVERY. FREAKING . HOLIDAY.
whether Thanksgiving, 4th of July, etc, etc.

This is normally a nice, quiet neighborhood but now it's Emotionally Diverse(TM)...!

Maybe it's not actually an early Christmas Ye Olde Drunken Scream Fest,

but rather a nice Jewish 8 Nights of Blotto Hanukkah Caterwauling and Recrimination.

I guess we'll find out tonight.

Yay.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 18, 2016 08:24 AM (9q7Dl)

114 don't know the count, but it was high....Merry Christmas

Posted by: Colin

4 of them killed in one house.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:24 AM (8ikIW)

115 "Overdone Termagant" recipe is in Hamlet, Act III.
Shakespeare food thread! You have to whip it. Good.
It out-Herods Herod.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 18, 2016 08:24 AM (H5rtT)

116 linked at Drudge: weather, not climate:

The mercury in Boston plunged to 4�F (-16� C) this morning. This
was the coldest for this date since 1883, when the temperature dropped
to 1� F (-17� C), according to the National Weather Service.

Posted by: mallfly SuPreme at December 18, 2016 08:24 AM (b7fwp)

117 PA school cancels play of "A Christmas Carol" because a couple of assholes were offended by the Tiny Tim line, "God bless us all everyone". When is this shit going to end?

http://fxn.ws/2hvQlBw

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:58 AM (mpXpK)

They should have amended the play to say - God bless us all everyone except for the commie douchebags in the audience.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 18, 2016 08:25 AM (auHtY)

118 California is basically northern Mexico.

Mexicans vote 3:1 - 4:1 Democrat as do virtually every other non-white minority does.

The democrats literally control all the political levers in that state.

So if you don't want your country or counties to become democrat shit holes it's only logical to limit immigration and spreading of those groups.

Colorado is essentially a blue state thanks to the infiltration of Californians and specifically Mexicans.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 18, 2016 08:26 AM (+lv+r)

119 *shoots AVG into a bloody pulp*

No, drop dead you stupid piece of software. Don't you flash a pop-up that looks like a Christmas present asking the user to open. Good gosh you retarded Elbonians.....

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 18, 2016 08:27 AM (Nm5ps)

120
Well well well..a few more inches of global warming fell over night and global warming is pulling the temperatures well below zero for the Chicago area. Will no one save us from this overheating of the planet?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 18, 2016 08:27 AM (auHtY)

121 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 18, 2016 08:28 AM (J+eG2)

122 MiL is in our kitchen, making homemade Bennie Wafers.

And it's up to almost 50 degrees outside,

So, things could be worse.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 18, 2016 08:29 AM (J+eG2)

123 Will no one save us from this overheating of the planet?

Posted by: TheQuietMan

The warming is so warm, I will need to add a hoody to my coat and wear my ice fishing pants for snowblowing today.

I will probably need to rest in the shade every 15 minutes and make sure I stay hydrated during the activity

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:30 AM (8ikIW)

124 63 here now....supposed to rain, which we really need. Gotta love that "zonal flow".

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2016 08:30 AM (x9c8r)

125 Krak, Thanks for that adorable image of your little girl's concern. The 2, 3, and 4 year olds really believe and take Santa seriously. I've had a few of them mistake me for Santa (white beard, glasses, big belly, deep laugh, and sometimes a red shirt). Usually I just hear a soft "Santa!" as I walk by but a few have approached, determined to talk to The Man. One little 3 year old boy who barely came up to my knee pulled on my pants leg to get my attention and went "Ho, ho, ho". The cute quotient was off the scale.

Posted by: JTB at December 18, 2016 08:30 AM (V+03K)

126 -28 outside. I'm warm and snug in my best recliner with my 6 month old baby girl on my chest asleep. Our fuzzy blanket is pull d up tight and her momma is cooking bacon in the kitchen. And The Hag will never be president.

The world just don't get any righter than this!

Posted by: DanInMN at December 18, 2016 08:30 AM (15ZVX)

127 118 Posted by: Kreplach at December 18, 2016 08:26 AM (+lv+r)

The exit polls I have seen the last few elections show that blacks vote for Democrats about 90 to 95 percent. Hispanics vote for Democrats about 75%. That is why the Democrats push open borders so hard.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 08:30 AM (mpXpK)

128 Got to watch the first episode of The Man in the High Castle, season two last night.

I liked the basic premise of season one.

But, I think the story arc is going a little too Alt History/Sci Fi for me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 18, 2016 08:31 AM (J+eG2)

129 Ah yes, the unnamed "holiday" commercials. "Unnamed" trees, Santa Claus, wreathes, reindeer, everything in green and red and the commercials - For this holiday, get ready for the holiday, just in time for the holiday etc.

Which flipping holiday? Arbor Day? the Fourth of July? They all want to make a buck off of Christmas without every saying the word. Sod them all

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 18, 2016 08:32 AM (auHtY)

130 Bennie Wafers.

And it's up to almost 50 degrees outside,

So, things could be worse.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

I looked up Benne Wafers. Is that a breakfast item? It appears to be more of a cracker. (the eating kind, not the deplorable kind)

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:32 AM (8ikIW)

131 29F and 20-30 mph here on the river. It's blown all the feathers off the ducks and they have applied for asylum in the Ford where the heater is running.

Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at December 18, 2016 08:32 AM (NwA5V)

132 Is WeirdDave going to do the book thread today as well? Maybe he could do "Insurance policies of famous authors".

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 18, 2016 08:23 AM (rH4JY)

Did you know Edgar Allen Poe's poem "Annabel Lee"

was actually about his home-owner's policy?

You see, Poe learned to his regret that going with a cheaper policy which did not cover hail damage to his roof,

left him with a hail damaged roof after the Great Hailstorm of 1840.

Squirrels got into his roof and some say this is what drove Poe to drink, drugs, and madness.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a thinly disguised account of Poe's squirrel troubles.

So, buddy, you want that Hail rider on your policy?

Posted by: naturalfake at December 18, 2016 08:33 AM (9q7Dl)

133 Posted by: naturalfake at December 18, 2016 08:24 AM (9q7Dl)

I am truly blessed.

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2016 08:33 AM (x9c8r)

134 Let's not talk about the Bene Geseriat wafers...

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 18, 2016 08:33 AM (Nm5ps)

135 Hmmmm Blueberry pancakes or bacon and eggs?

Blueberry bacon pancakes for the win! But first, I have to get the tiny pup off my lap and get another cup of coffee.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 18, 2016 08:34 AM (GUqTq)

136 the Baltimore has listed all the reasons why Trump should not be elected president...long list, her is one:

Mr. Trump's enormous debt to foreign interests including the state-run Bank of China and Germany's Deutsche Bank, which is currently under Justice Department investigation.

So electors, tomorrow you have a duty to vote for Hillary!!

Posted by: Colin at December 18, 2016 08:34 AM (ogUTd)

137 The world just don't get any righter than this!

Posted by: DanInMN

You are a indeed a lucky man.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:34 AM (8ikIW)

138
I'm about to head out to shovel out the global warming. I hope I don't endanger any polar bears in the process

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 18, 2016 08:35 AM (auHtY)

139 So, -12 a bit to my nw per NaCly
-10 a bit to my ne per HH

I hope this goes away soon.

Posted by: teej at December 18, 2016 08:36 AM (gJ3Vg)

140 Teej and HH. Hoping you are warm and serene, and that Westar doesn't drop the load.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

141 thinly disguised account of Poe's squirrel troubles.

You keep messing around like that, you're gonna find out it's true.

Who knew the "quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"
was actuarial tables?

You lost, Lenore?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 18, 2016 08:37 AM (H5rtT)

142 >>>> Bene Geseriat wafers<<<<

Served with deviled haderach.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at December 18, 2016 08:37 AM (x3uSY)

143 @127

It's not just those groups.

All non-white group vote Democrat 3:1 - 4:1.

Our immigration system exists exclusively to dilute the white population of this country for the specific reason to turn it into a third world marxist shithole.

90pct of people who immigrate through our "immigration" system come from third world non anglo countries by design.

Nearly 100pct of the people who immigrate come from third world non anglo countries.

Repeat that for a few generations and you no longer have a majority white country.

Americas official policy is multiculturalism over assimilation so those that come are essentially foreign agents living amongst us who will eventually overwhelm us.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 18, 2016 08:37 AM (+lv+r)

144 "I looked up Benne Wafers. Is that a breakfast item? It appears to be more of a cracker. (the eating kind, not the deplorable kind)"

Paper thin wafer cookie for just general eating.

Not a breakfast food though.

But the regular christmas cookies all got baked yesterday, so the wafers are being baked this morning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 18, 2016 08:38 AM (J+eG2)

145 teej, no wind. Highly unusual for Kansas. Plus I'm not in the urban heat island that is Manhattan, Kansas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

146 A friend gave us some home made cinnamon sugared pecans. She said they tasted even better right out of the oven.

So, 12 seconds in the nukeawave, another serving of Christmas crack.

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:39 AM (8ikIW)

147 There does not exist a Holiday problem that can't be solved with a good, sharp saber. - Neapolitan Bonerpartes

Posted by: Woofle Jelly Belly Ache at December 18, 2016 08:40 AM (m36aB)

148 The first and only I have gone to Snopes was to see what they had to say about "W" lying us into a war in Iraq. Sure enough, they said he did. Nothing about the CIA and other intelligence agencies saying Saddam was trying to get WMDs. Nothing about Saddam dicking with the UN weapon inspectors in violation of first Gulf War cease fire. Nope, Bush lied, people died.

Eff them.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 18, 2016 08:40 AM (6n332)

149 The wisdom of the Electoral College is revealed.

http://www.investors.com/?p=413676

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 18, 2016 08:41 AM (J+eG2)

150 The House of Usher fell and had no coverage.

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 08:41 AM (BO/km)

151 Nope, Bush lied, people died.

Eff them.

Posted by: Darth Randall

Is there something beside Snopes(spit) that can give you actual facts?

Besides VNN

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:42 AM (8ikIW)

152 @147 Right you are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diVj3qQQIz4

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 18, 2016 08:42 AM (H5rtT)

153 Pray for the electors. The one from states which Trump won are really get harassed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2016 08:42 AM (tOcW/)

154 Well the House of Usher was built upon a foundation of Yazoo Clay.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 18, 2016 08:42 AM (Nm5ps)

155 Don't let that happen to you.

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 08:42 AM (BO/km)

156 -18 at the moment. Going to get up to a balmy -4. Sadly, I have errands to run today.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at December 18, 2016 08:42 AM (BXC+l)

157 Yazoo clay. Otherwise known as morontmorillonite.

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 08:44 AM (BO/km)

158 Good morning one and all! Temperature dropping so it should be relatively easy to get the fluffy white stuff off the car and driveway because I scraped and salted yesterday in the heat wave (20F), so my back should be fine.

Youngest kidlet pointed out that the Redwall of collar counties around Cook have all turned blue. Talk about depressing. Interesting that the popular vote that DJT 'lost' is all from CA. Insty has funny stuff this am.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 18, 2016 08:44 AM (MIKMs)

159 Isn't it crazy, Fen? I can't believe they see nothing wrong with that behavior. I mean, it's not like they are calling and emailing with well-reasoned arguments. These people are getting death threats. Honestly, the Russians are the least of our problems. :/

Posted by: no good deed at December 18, 2016 08:45 AM (hJamr)

160 The WSJ Blog article about Trump rebutting Mooches lost hope comment...

http://tinyurl.com/gtbuqz5

Take the time to get the flavor and spirit of the comments.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 18, 2016 08:46 AM (J+eG2)

161 FenelonSpoke, please allow me to wish you a belated Happy Birthday.

And the Trump state Electors have family and friends that are prepared for trouble. Because - Conservative States or conservative enclaves in Communist states. And technology. Mostly technology.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

162 Has anyone suggested the compromise of giving them the popular vote for president, providing we return to the 3/5 rule? "Vestiges."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 18, 2016 08:47 AM (H5rtT)

163 Oh good, here's my chance.

Dave I want to apologize for the wild goose chase I sent you on by mistyping a comment.

I meant to say thread after the thread and,, well,, I'm sorry man.

True North road to the country stampede in the search box at utube would get you there but I know that's a pain in the backside.
I posted it cause the song title is "Three Chords and the Truth."

ps- I went to bed fearing a buffalo stampede in my dreams

Posted by: teej at December 18, 2016 08:47 AM (gJ3Vg)

164 Youngest kidlet pointed out that the Redwall of
collar counties around Cook have all turned blue. Talk about depressing.
Interesting that the popular vote that DJT 'lost' is all from CA. Insty
has funny stuff this am.

Posted by: mustbequantum

The people of Chicago that left Chicago because Chicago is a Democratic crapfest corrupt town and their neighborhood was going to shit because of "them" moving in, moved to the suburbs so they could vote Democrat in peace and whine about the suburbs needing to be more diverse so we must open up low income housing for "them".

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:48 AM (8ikIW)

165 We were taught that it was rude to just show up at someone's house unannounced. My family would take a bullet before anyone did that. Now if it's an emergency, they're falling all over themselves to help. We had a tree take out power lines to our house and had no power during the a February storm. Our family was there immediately, packing us up and grabbing the animals and getting us out. But just to show up, I don't understand it.

Posted by: Abny at December 18, 2016 08:48 AM (HBU7W)

166 We've been called to the Clinton residence dozens of times. Sometimes the neighbors call when the fights escalate. Massive quantities of alcohol are always part of the ruckus.

Posted by: Chappaqua 911 at December 18, 2016 08:49 AM (+kwUl)

167 149 The wisdom of the Electoral College is revealed.

http://www.investors.com/?p=413676
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at December 18, 2016 08:41 AM (J+eG2)

Speaking of California, the next time a leftist demands presidential elections by popular vote, remind them how well Proposition 8 fared in that state.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 18, 2016 08:49 AM (oQQwD)

168 Teej, is that code for Trigglypuff becoming your latest groupie?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 08:50 AM (u82oZ)

169 One of Gaylord's sons needed a new present.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jgdtxh9

Actually once that glass shattered, every alarm in the building is supposed to go off. And no he did not bolt into Automotive, that is one of the fire exit doors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 18, 2016 08:50 AM (Nm5ps)

170 Massive quantities of alcohol are always part of the ruckus.

Posted by: Chappaqua 911

There is one SS agent that is just responsible to get the all the bottles into the recycling bin and to the curb

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:51 AM (8ikIW)

171 My little town ain't exactly a heat island either NaCly.
And believe it or not, KCP&L not Westar here.

Posted by: teej at December 18, 2016 08:54 AM (gJ3Vg)

172 [IIs there something beside Snopes(spit) that can give you actual facts?

Besides VNN
Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:42 AM (8ikIW)

---

Fortunately for me, I'm old enough to remember it from when it happened. Also, Ace and the commentors did great work back in the day.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 18, 2016 08:56 AM (6n332)

173 Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks for the birthday wishes. :^)

I'm sure they are prepared for trouble, but nobody wants to have it and I imagine that getting 2000-5000 e-mails and getting death threats wasn't what you signed up for.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2016 08:56 AM (tOcW/)

174 There was a time hoards of Trigglypuff thundered across the Universities bellowing "Yeeegerfff" and "Thawlalala". Now their numbers are decreasing and little is heard but the desperate simpering as they contemplate the destruction of their slazy woofed world.

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 08:56 AM (BO/km)

175 Oh well.
I can't put it off anymore.
Time to attack the snow!

Stay warm today

Posted by: Bruce at December 18, 2016 08:56 AM (8ikIW)

176 Hmm. I wonder if Oregon Muse is snowed and/or frozen out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 18, 2016 08:57 AM (ZO497)

177 BOOKS up

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 08:57 AM (mpXpK)

178 Teej, that's surprising, given where some of those Westar generators are. Will your power be part of the Westar merger?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 08:57 AM (u82oZ)

179 That last part I borrowed from MT.

Posted by: freaked at December 18, 2016 08:57 AM (BO/km)

180 I have been thinking of you a great deal, A.Puma, and hope you are better.
It pains me to think of you being in distress. I'm sure I'm not alone in this.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at December 18, 2016 08:57 AM (H5rtT)

181 That's such a sweet story Krak. You listen to your Girl!
Posted by: Tim in Illinois
-----------

On the other hand, no need to fear lumps of coal in your stocking. Historic First has seen to it that the Naughty will not suffer that humiliation. It's just not fair.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 18, 2016 08:59 AM (ZO497)

182 Colorado is essentially a blue state thanks to the infiltration of Californians and specifically Mexicans.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 18, 2016 08

It' illegals and legal pot. When I had a job a week ago, the illegals are due all benefits and then some. Wonder how to use this scam if my conscience would let me.

Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2016 09:00 AM (a62hT)

183 Clinton Archipelago. Very good election map:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Election?src=hash

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2016 09:02 AM (tOcW/)

184 @168-NaCly

Huh?
I sent Dave looking for a link in the wrong thread.
By the time I realized it and corrected it he told me he was gonna go look.
Pretty sure he said gonna go look in @112 and my correction showed up in @113 too.

Snafu with my one fingered typing on this fone.

Posted by: teej at December 18, 2016 09:03 AM (gJ3Vg)

185 It's "Witch, Well Digger and Brass Monkey Alert" weather down here in southeast Texas today. It's 30 degrees with a wind chill of 18, and not expected to warm up before Tuesday. No ice or snow (too dry I guess) but plenty cold, certainly by our standards. Doubt I'll be venturing out much today. Global warming, my ass...

Posted by: The Oort Cloud - No-Longer-Deplorable Source of all SMODs at December 18, 2016 09:03 AM (tHocv)

186 Maybe we should be as grateful to Obama as the gun salesmen are. If he weren't so destructive and inept, we might have gotten stuck with Hillary or Jeb, instead of pullingback from the abyss. He's skilled at bringing about results that are opposite from what he intends.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at December 18, 2016 09:04 AM (mBYZv)

187 NaCly and teej. Can you imagine sitting in Arrowhead Stadium today for the Chiefs game? Yikes!

Posted by: HH at December 18, 2016 09:07 AM (DrCtv)

188 Soninlaw got free tickets to Bears-Packers today. Gee, wonder why they were free.

Posted by: mustbequantum at December 18, 2016 09:08 AM (MIKMs)

189 No HH, I can't.

Or any other day any more. I have disowned them since Marcus Peters pulled his national anthem stunt.
Made it worse when I wrote them about it and received no reply.

Posted by: teej at December 18, 2016 09:11 AM (gJ3Vg)

190 1938 A Christmas Carol is on TCM.

Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2016 09:12 AM (a62hT)

191 10 The electoral college meets tomorrow amid a furor of sore loser Democrats calling for electors to violate their oaths to vote for their States voter's choice.

http://politi.co/2hHJBB7
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at December 18, 2016 05:59 AM (mpXpK)

Do the electors actually meet, or do they just cast their votes in their respective states? The article is unclear on that point.

Posted by: rickl at December 18, 2016 09:13 AM (sdi6R)

192 Judy Fuhrer

Really? Needs an umlaut though.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at December 18, 2016 09:14 AM (ul9CR)

193 183 Clinton Archipelago. Very good election map:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Election?src=hash
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2016 09:02 AM (tOcW/)

That is a very cool map. I live on the shore of Philadelphia Mountain, alas.

Posted by: rickl at December 18, 2016 09:17 AM (sdi6R)

194 Do the electors actually meet"

Depends. In most states they meet at the respective Capitol, but some just vote by remote...

Posted by: Anon a mouse... at December 18, 2016 09:21 AM (C9pBZ)

195 Do the electors actually meet, or do they just cast their votes in their respective states? The article is unclear on that point.
Posted by: rickl at December 18, 2016 09:13 AM (sdi6R)

I believe the delegates meet in their respective states. Then a certificate of the ballot vote is then sent to D.C. where they are tallied and recorded in the Senate.

Posted by: WisRich at December 18, 2016 09:23 AM (OAlmw)

196 HH, no. Just no. I'd do it if it was a KSU football game, but not otherwise.

It does make me wonder. Are the KC fountains turned off, or are they running with anti-freeze?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

197 Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

Don't really know, but I would imagine turned off. These are the kind of temps when pipes burst.

Posted by: HH at December 18, 2016 09:29 AM (DrCtv)

198 Do the electors actually meet, or do they just cast their votes in their respective states? The article is unclear on that point.
Posted by: rickl at December 18, 2016 09:13 AM (sdi6R)
---

Here is a good 4 minute video from the National Archives on the process.

http://tinyurl.com/ztkwhbs

Posted by: WisRich at December 18, 2016 09:29 AM (OAlmw)

199 63 Trump's final victory tour speech in AL was great; I watched the whole thing.

Yep, me too, and that was indeed really great. And we got to hear Hope Hicks speak for once! Only a few words, but still....

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? - Takin' My Time on my Ride at December 18, 2016 09:30 AM (ul9CR)

200 Here is a good 4 minute video from the National Archives on the process.

http://tinyurl.com/ztkwhbs
Posted by: WisRich at December 18, 2016 09:29 AM (OAlmw)

Even better, the video highlights Gore, as President of the Senate, reading out results of the bitter 2000 election with him losing to Bush 271 to 266.

Posted by: WisRich at December 18, 2016 09:32 AM (OAlmw)

201 184, Teej

My 168 Trigglypuff comment twas a poor joke about your 163 "ps- I went to bed fearing a buffalo stampede in my dreams".

My apologies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2016 09:33 AM (u82oZ)

202 CNN: "but there is room for an Electoral College uprising, however small, among Democrats and some Republicans..."

"some" is plural, is it not? There is Suprun and no one else. Perhaps Suprun has a Republican mouse in his pocket.

Posted by: mnw at December 18, 2016 09:40 AM (Iik29)

203 Rained pretty good last night. Now, it's 27 deg and I have a bump hockey rink for a driveway. Looks like a trip to pick up half a pallet of water softener salt and a couple of hours with a tanker bar before daughter's family (with newborn grandson #2) come a-visiting

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at December 18, 2016 09:59 AM (di1hb)

204 NaCly, don't apologize for a joke flying past my feeble brain.

I'm in and out so sorry for the late reply.

Posted by: teej at December 18, 2016 10:05 AM (gJ3Vg)

205 198
Here is a good 4 minute video from the National Archives on the process.

http://tinyurl.com/ztkwhbs
Posted by: WisRich at December 18, 2016 09:29 AM (OAlmw)

Thanks, good video.

I noticed that the very first sentence on the page said, "The Electoral College is a process, not a place." But how can that be? The President said just the other day that the Founders "built" the Electoral College.

Posted by: rickl at December 18, 2016 10:11 AM (sdi6R)

206 Fake news story of the day: Trump Twitter Typo!!!11!!1!!!11!!!

Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2016 10:11 AM (zbVnv)

207 And

Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2016 11:19 AM (zbVnv)

208 Awfully quiet around here today.

After looking at the Clinton Archipelago map, I went to my county website to look at the election results. My county as a whole went for Clinton, but my township went for Trump.

I dug down deeper and looked at the results by district. My township has 17 districts, 12 of which went for Trump and 5 for Clinton. (My own district went for Trump.) Some of the results were very close and some were lopsided one way or the other.

Now I'm really curious. I want to see a map of the 17 districts in my township. But I can't find it online. The county and township websites explain how to find out what district I'm in and the location of my polling place, but I already know that. I'd really like to see a map to learn more about my neighbors.

Posted by: rickl at December 18, 2016 11:20 AM (sdi6R)

209 Crap. Still no ampersands even with the latest Pale Moon update.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2016 11:20 AM (zbVnv)

210 Not getting the love for Rogue One. Total cookie cutter.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 18, 2016 01:28 PM (Kucy5)

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