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Morning Thread (1-27-2015)
Snow day.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tmitsss at January 27, 2015 06:40 AM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 06:41 AM (TAu/7)
Hats off NYC I salute you...
forgive my other 3 fingers being tired.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:41 AM (/4AZU)
Yes. Yes, he did.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 06:42 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:42 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 06:42 AM (TAu/7)
http://is.gd/Vn7I3V
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:42 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/5oTFL2
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:43 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2015 06:43 AM (DXzRD)
http://is.gd/DyrTL5
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:43 AM (wlDny)
It's a Polar Zamboni of Wind!
//Serious Weather Thinker
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:43 AM (/4AZU)
http://is.gd/wxPePu
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:43 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/gIHw8P
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:44 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/YKXon5
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:44 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/qFQSdC
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:44 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/LNa5bU
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:44 AM (wlDny)
//Serious Weather Thinker
****
It's only January. WTH will they do if they get another storm? Whatever will they name it?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 06:45 AM (DmNpO)
http://is.gd/tigTEz
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:45 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/U6r9os
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:45 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 06:45 AM (vmMMi)
http://is.gd/FIs6Qn
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:45 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/IrBYEt
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:46 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 06:46 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:46 AM (wlDny)
The NO DEAR GOD WE SWEAR IT WILL BE ICIER THAN YOUR BEER MUG-acane OF ANGST!
//Serious Weather Thinker
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:46 AM (/4AZU)
http://is.gd/jSQauL
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:46 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/XWJTZW
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:46 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)
http://is.gd/0Ehi5Z
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)
The key is to profit thereby Vic...
I will sell my current abode and take the money and run....
who-hoo-hoo Sven take the money and run!
Hoo-hoo-hoo
Windsor here Sven come!
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:47 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 06:47 AM (wlDny)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2015 06:48 AM (DXzRD)
****
Yeah, but the media has already used up #Snowmageddon and Blizzardcane!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 06:49 AM (DmNpO)
Eh....
I am happy but wary...
stateside "desertion" seems to go to Art XV UOTHC discharge for ~95% of charges...
The newsies will ignore the deeper implications.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:49 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 06:49 AM (JdEZJ)
Still better news than whitewash, no charges, coverup.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2015 06:50 AM (1xUj/)
DAY 812
651 to go (724 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 January 27, 2015 06:50 AM (CMkNk)
Anti-Scandi racism....
"Winter Blizzardcane of Apocalypse Uller" is something that should have happened....
and of course SJWs are why we name even rain showers these days...
sort of like Dope Frank there in the ten gallon beanie.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:50 AM (/4AZU)
I'm sure we could all think up names and send it to the media; If they pay me a few bucks I'll think up some.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2015 06:50 AM (DXzRD)
Only seems fair.
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 06:51 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2015 06:51 AM (DXzRD)
AND . . . Aside from the snow we had from the afternoon, the historic blizzard NEVER came to NYC.
Big nothing burger.
PFFT.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 06:52 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2015 06:52 AM (DXzRD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 06:53 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2015 06:53 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 06:54 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Tmitsss at January 27, 2015 06:54 AM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 06:54 AM (MQEz6)
Stop paying unemployment, people find jobs.
I wonder what would happen if welfare benefits were capped as well?
Nah...that's just crazy thinking, right there.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 06:54 AM (fL+1V)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 06:55 AM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 06:55 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Singing Minstrel at January 27, 2015 06:55 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 06:56 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 06:56 AM (vmMMi)
Because, this is the first January in history where snow fell in the norf east.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 06:57 AM (fL+1V)
Only a few inches of snow here in WNY, but man is it ever cold and bleak out there.
Cue the sniveling weaklings calling in sick. I'm here early to cover for youse. Punks.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 06:58 AM (7ObY1)
****
Do those people not have even two days worth of food in their pantries? Heaven forbid there were a real emergency. They'd starve to death.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 06:58 AM (DmNpO)
The grocery store around the corner was jammed to the gills yesterday afternoon.
All because of an MFM-induced unnecessary panic.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 06:58 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: hadoop at January 27, 2015 06:58 AM (2X7pN)
Experts will be surprised again.
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 06:58 AM (JdEZJ)
er uh ah um THIS Republic never had winter weather before global warming left my administration before George Bush made snow...
//Bronko Bama-America's Golf Pro...Leader of the free World
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:59 AM (/4AZU)
I'd prefer them in. Stuck in.
Her back.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 06:59 AM (TAu/7)
Not even typical. It's a light snow flurry. They are now claiming that the storm isn't over yet, but that is just CYA.
On a positive note, I got two Hoagies from Bogie's Hoagies in Hawthorne, just to have something ready while I dealt with the storm of the century. They were great for dinner!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2015 06:59 AM (Zu3d9)
back during Katrina the trope was "we are 9 meals away from anarchy"....
evidently Obama has it down to 6.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 06:59 AM (/4AZU)
We put possum on our sandwiches.
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 07:00 AM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:00 AM (fL+1V)
Posted by: AD at January 27, 2015 07:00 AM (GbSgH)
Posted by: The Amazing Kreskin at January 27, 2015 07:01 AM (JO9+V)
****
Yeah, but the media has already used up #Snowmageddon and Blizzardcane!
Snow storm Bull Shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:01 AM (TAu/7)
I'm just wondering of the economic media REALLY believes he won't do that thing in their mouths economically....every time.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:01 AM (/4AZU)
***
WHAT?! And DeBlasio admit he was wrong?
Christie has already announced he's lifting the travel ban as of.... now.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 07:01 AM (DmNpO)
From the ONT - Moe Lane seems to be a bit too optimistic about the demise of the Democrats. Hope he's right.
And that overplayed song list? A) it's only overplayed if it sucked in the first place and B) "Layla" is the most overplayed tune of all time. That and Pachelbel's "Canon."
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 07:02 AM (CMkNk)
The dude with the snow shovel lost the keys to the cars.
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:02 AM (fL+1V)
Posted by: hadoop at January 27, 2015 07:02 AM (2X7pN)
So. One of my jobs is keeping track of and reserving the law enforcement vehicles for our gun carriers. Policy dictates (and I know this because I fucking wrote the policy) that I have 24 hours to respond to a request. (Or eight business hours.)
Thursday, at 7pm (I'd already gone home for the day), a request came in. Friday (my day off) at about 4pm, I answered the request and made the reservation.
Yesterday, I received an email asking why it took me more than 24 hours to respond to the request. I forwarded the original request as well as my reply and noted the times.
I received an additional response: "I understood it was technically less than 24 hours, but you were not timely. Please set up a meeting with me when I get in on Tuesday (Monday is her day off) to discuss your failure to respond in a timely fashion to requests."
Then this happened:
When we last saw our douchetrepid boss, she was yelling at me for not hitting a metric that I very clearly hit (and on my day off, no less). This morning, there was a follow-up conversation wherein I re-established the fact that I hit her previously-agreed-upon metrics:
Boss: Nearsider, I'm just not happy with how long it took you to respond to XXXXs request.
Me: I understand. I know XXXX's (our Presidential Merit Fellow) always been given special treatment in an off-the-record kind of way. If you'd like to re-visit our established time-frames, I'd be happy to go over that with you so that we don't run into this in the future.
Boss: Well, no. You didn't hit the metrics as it is. Just make sure you're answering people on time from now on.
Me: Boss, you first said that I only had 24 hours to respond. I pointed out that I hit that metric. Then you told me I also only had 8 business hours, whichever is less. I pointed out that I hit that metric as well, even though I was on leave. The request came in at 7pm and I had addressed it by around 3pm the following day. That's well within the established limits.
Boss: Agree to disagree.
Me: No, Boss. Not 'agree to disagree.' This isn't opinion. It's empirical. These numbers aren't open to interpretation. It's not opinion. It's math. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides, it just IS. I hit your metrics. You're still unhappy about how long it took, and that's okay. I understand, and I'm happy to re-write the limits to account for this incident. What I'm not willing to do is let my performance evaluation be negatively impacted because one special snowflake called you at home, at 10pm, because no one had answered his three-hour-old request yet.
Boss: We'll discuss this later.
I'm in so much trouble.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:03 AM (fwARV)
***
WHAT?! And DeBlasio admit he was wrong?
Christie has already announced he's lifting the travel ban as of.... now.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 07:01 AM (DmNpO)
Go to www.mta.info
Subways are running but limited/weekend service. And I'm sure the elevated lines are probably not running, but who knows? The amount of snow is not so much that the lines cannot be cleared.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 07:03 AM (CMkNk)
"Now seating the Donner Party. Donner Party, party of 8. Donner Party?"
Fingers crossed.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:05 AM (TAu/7)
The dude with the snow shovel lost the keys to the cars.
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:02 AM (fL+1V)
The lady with the recipe died.
Oh wait, Polish joke punchline. Never mind.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 07:05 AM (CMkNk)
Wife feels your pain....
The Federal System is ran by a clown car mafia....
your IQ is inversely proportional to the likelihood you'll advance past GS-12.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:06 AM (/4AZU)
We put possum on our sandwiches.
Posted by: freaked
That's only while the 'coon stew cooks.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:06 AM (TAu/7)
I hate to say this, but this may be one time where being a member of a Union might be a good thing.
Good luck.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:06 AM (fL+1V)
Good luck.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:06 AM (fL+1V)
Nope. No union. I'm in the OIG's office.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:07 AM (fwARV)
Good luck.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:06 AM (fL+1V)
Nope. No union. I'm in the OIG's office.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:07 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:07 AM (fwARV)
The travel ban in NJ has been lifted as of 6:00am.
There is already an accident on the GSP.
Idiots. We are surrounded by idiots!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2015 07:08 AM (Zu3d9)
Eh...WN better wear his "Veterans for Obama" pin or something....
The union calls its shots on who is whom on the "protected species" list...
so unless WN is an LBGTABCXYZ type... is a lot more rythmic than his posting style denotes, is a Donkey party activist, or prefers a particular flavor of ice cream I'd tuck in my horns.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:09 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2015 07:09 AM (Zu3d9)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 07:10 AM (JdEZJ)
Archive copies of e-mails off-site.
Insist that all communications are in writing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:10 AM (fL+1V)
Subways are running but limited/weekend service. And I'm sure the elevated lines are probably not running, but who knows? The amount of snow is not so much that the lines cannot be cleared.
I had. All I see is "suspended." Hell, no complaints over a snow day I guess--but this really wasn't that bad. I'd figure there'd at least be an update on when everything will be up and running again.
Oh well.
Posted by: AD at January 27, 2015 07:10 AM (GbSgH)
I've joked that I'm about 42% gay. I enjoy culture stuff, love show tunes, dress well, care how I look...
I'm just a vaginatarian.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:10 AM (fwARV)
Your appeal to empirical maths is denied on the basis of being patriarchal oppression and cis-normative harassment. Please clean out your desk and turn in your badge. You are to vacate the premises by 10am.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2015 07:10 AM (JO9+V)
You can go one of two ways....
1) ask the guy for a 195,000 Sat based Laptop that has 24 hour interface with the needed database....
2) demand that you be granted telepathy and or time travel powers.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:10 AM (/4AZU)
Insist that all communications are in writing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:10 AM (fL+1V)
Yeah. I keep everything. When I get asked to do shady stuff (always verbally) I send an email saying 'per our recent conversation, I'm going to do the following: ...
Then, I can either get corrected ("That's not what I meant, do this instead.") or confirmation (implicit or explicit) that I'm doing what she wants me to do.
The House sub-committee was extremely interested in what I had to say.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:12 AM (fwARV)
If he works on his tan or maximizes the presence of his 42% THAT may work...
I so look forward to being ruled by 'tards in 20 years...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:12 AM (/4AZU)
Start dropping hints that you are a gay, single parent, and that the reason you were delayed in responding was that you were at a Democratic Fund Raiser, and on the way home you were accosted by three abortion protestors.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:13 AM (fL+1V)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2015 07:14 AM (JO9+V)
"Feel free to scroll past this"
Red cape to a bull.
I love it when they want to "go by the rules". I'll beat them to death with the rule book. I'd prefer you let me do my job. But, if pushed, I can be a "rules lawyer". I'd be fired.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:14 AM (TAu/7)
Must be another day that ends in 'y'.
Too soon to call this JunoGate? I propose the name Pegasus for the next storm, where monkeys fly out of the asses of weathercasters and poop on politicos' heads.
Don't forget, folks, Al Gore is a climate expert what thinks the earth's core is millions of degrees; P.S., he needs $70 trillion to get rid of all cars on Earth.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 27, 2015 07:14 AM (cJXzr)
Hah!
Top men!
I'm watching ten different news shows so I don't know which one said this, but it was my favorite:
"What happened is that the storm went about 125 miles east of the city, but if it had been 125 miles west of where it was it would have been bad. Swearsies."
I may have added the swearsies.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2015 07:15 AM (1xUj/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2015 07:15 AM (wt/Oq)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:13 AM (fL+1V)
Our awards ceremony is tomorrow. If I drop those hints, I'll probably get decorated.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:15 AM (fwARV)
Sounds like you are playing the long game correctly.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:15 AM (fL+1V)
Wife was told by a fellow E-7 working at the school house that she had to "give me 82 sets of orders to the training"....
Wife was the only E-7 on her side of the operation that in fact had the orders to give....
Wife was chewed out for not using her telepathy to have sent the orders 42 days ago b/c they never instructed this was the metric....
was chewed out by her side of the operation for having the orders to give....
(why are you wasting limited office space keeping copies?)
was then told by the E-7 generating the drama...no no policy I just thought it'd be a good idea never mind....
and came home ready to crap out her liver from rage that no phase of the operations at this base follows ANY flowchart or chain of command....
retirement is looking REAL good.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:15 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 27, 2015 07:16 AM (KlVdw)
All 4 corners of the man card clipped......
(Mainly for admitting it without being under duress)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:16 AM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 27, 2015 07:16 AM (kdS6q)
Not quite a foot of snow here but some awesome drifts of about 5 - 6 feet.
Around 40 mph winds, and steady. For about 10 hours now.
I've been shoveling about a foot high of snow along the dog path every hour because Corgis are low riders. Also so I can open the door.
The real snow accumulation is just getting started here. And the wind should be picking up a bit. Supposed to have this shit for the rest of today.
Hope the weather geeks are wrong about the 30" but I won't be surprised.
Pretty shitty.
Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Who Is Nameless at January 27, 2015 07:17 AM (XeGAx)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:06 AM (/4AZU)
This is balls-on accurate. I was just passed over for GS-13 even though I received a cash award for exceptional performance and have a 4.5 (of 5) evaluation.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:17 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Hello, I'm Math... and I am one heartless bitch(TM) at January 27, 2015 07:17 AM (bWFHa)
There are still pockets of sanity and logic, and learning in the civil service...
refugees in place as it were....
I know I am hard on the whole and I regret I am not eloquent enough or thoughtful enough to qualify my antipathy here.
I also am still relatively young and vibrant enough to cope.
In 20 years I'll almost be the old definition of a senior citizen....and folk like Jen Psaki are going to be the BEST in the government.
I hope to be a hermit by then.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:18 AM (/4AZU)
Every boss has a boss. Time to talk to hers. She's not meeting her "metric."
What the hell is a metric? This is America, dammit. We don't do metric.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2015 07:19 AM (Dj0WE)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:15 AM (fL+1V)
This is the same woman (not sure how long you've been following the Washington Nearsider Chronicles) who is actively trying to get me suspended for two weeks for making a 'terroristic threat' in the workplace. (If you'd like to read about it, search for Washington Nearsider, GoFundMe, smiley face.) Bannion set up a fund to help defray my legal fees (I'm at about $10k today).
I brought my lawyer with me and he helped weave my testimony into ongoing investigations into my office.
Definitely not a hostile work environment. Not at all.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:20 AM (fwARV)
#EducationChaos
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:20 AM (TAu/7)
From Politico, Team Urinary Incontinence's short list of potential VP picks:
Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado
Tim Kaine of Virginia
and the "diversity" picks
HUD Secretary Julian Castro
Labor Secretary Tom Perez
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey
California Attorney General Kamala Harris
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 27, 2015 07:21 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Alf767 at January 27, 2015 07:21 AM (wE/DP)
#HostileWorkEnvironment
No boss wants to see that.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:21 AM (TAu/7)
What the hell is a metric? This is America, dammit. We don't do metric.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2015 07:19 AM (Dj0WE)
First: "We don't do metric"is effing hilarious.
Going up the chain won't help. My boss is a racist douche-nozzle. My bosses boss is a glorious CFO and a horrible manager of people with a giant blind spot regarding my boss. My bosses bosses boss is the woman who has my suspension paperwork in her desk.
Tell me - how hard am I going to push when the slightest thing can get me sent home for two weeks without pay?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:22 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 07:22 AM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 07:22 AM (vmMMi)
I've played that game as well. Anytime I get an "answer this asap" email from the Boss, I respond immediately, then adjust my timecard to reflect the overtime.
Let me tell you how THAT goes over.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:23 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 07:24 AM (wlDny)
All you can do is endure, move laterally, or dominate and overcome.
From what you say unless you have a laundry list of "no no no" actions by the boss her boss will not let 3 happen.
Dunno what to tell you other than "this too shall pass."
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:25 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Vic at January 27, 2015 07:24 AM (wlDny)
I've always wondered: How long did it take Gen. Washington to convince you to soldier up and re-enlist at Valley Forge? I heard that was a hell ofa storm.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:25 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 27, 2015 07:25 AM (VlmBw)
"food" at Kwik-E-Mart being Doritos and 67 year old sandwiches.
Beer is probably a safer calorie pool.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:26 AM (/4AZU)
We put possum on our sandwiches.
Posted by: freaked
I like mine with Squirrel Helper
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:26 AM (7ObY1)
We put possum on our sandwiches.
Luxury! In my day we gnawed the lead paint off the doorframes when it snowed. And we were grateful.
Posted by: toby928(C) at January 27, 2015 07:26 AM (rwI+c)
But all Philly schools are closed today.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at January 27, 2015 07:26 AM (zxQ4h)
The Manchurians of Government employment.
Forced to exist in the private sector, most of them would starve to death in sixty days.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:26 AM (fL+1V)
all it took was a pair of Keds combat boots and a six pack...
Vic is no sunshiny patriot...he was a Winter Soldier.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:27 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:25 AM (/4AZU)
It will, in the near or the long term. My full-time job has pretty much become 'find something else.' I'm looking in and out of the government, in and out of the DC Metro region. I've applied for jobs in Nebraska and Alaska (well within my skill-set). Over the past 18 months, I've had two interviews. It's tough.
But.
I can pay my mortgage, my wife and newborn son are healthy and fed, my dog loves me and I've got you fuckers.
And manhattans. A lot of manhattans.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:27 AM (fwARV)
But all Philly schools are closed today.
That's good news for me. I have a key agent in Philly (Essington) who didn't think he'd be in today.
Now I'm hoping he makes it in. I need him today.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:28 AM (7ObY1)
Damn, I don't know what to say. Federal employment sucks for everyone except the incompetent, the avaricious, and the people of color who know how to play THAT game.
Part of me likes to believe it sucks for them as well, just not at work. At work they are superstars. When they go home they have to look in their own mirrors, and have nothing but contempt and hatred for the person staring back.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2015 07:29 AM (Dj0WE)
@3. "...toughest region in the world.."
Boston Strong, baby. Where our tough white anarchists wear dregs so they are Boston Strong and Cool. Has no job, no car, no money and lives with his mom, but he has a picture of Che tattooed on his ass and is down with the cause so that makes him strong.........and cool. yeah, right.
Posted by: Case at January 27, 2015 07:29 AM (VctSv)
CFO called me in to direct me to make it an "exact estimate." I countered with estimates are easier to find and reverse, completely, in the general ledger if they are big fat round numbers. They stick out. No dice. Then I mentioned that we round our financial statements to the nearest million dollars. Still no dice. Mr. executive CFO got his "exact estimate."
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2015 07:30 AM (JO9+V)
And we keep hearing in the LSM how lucky we are to be govment employees...
Posted by: Talibill at January 27, 2015 07:30 AM (JiHh6)
Pretty shitty.
Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Who Is Nameless at January 27, 2015 07:17 AM (XeGAx)
_______________________
Move to AZ. Sunny and 75 here today.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 27, 2015 07:31 AM (2ruKl)
When life gives you lemons...
Hang with the Horde, and tell off color lemonade jokes.
While drinking Manhattans.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:31 AM (fL+1V)
BWOSTON STWONG!
//Mumbles Mellinara A Memorial
Yup....
you feel like beating them bodily and yelling "Che says gets a fuckin' shovel for the old lady next door moving asshole" to the tragically hipster douchebags....
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:31 AM (/4AZU)
I made sure to get fuel for the camp stove. Also the 1.75 l size of bourbon.
And I've invented the Bourbon Mary.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2015 07:32 AM (1xUj/)
CTT.
Come To Texas.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:32 AM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 27, 2015 07:33 AM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Neil DeGrasse Tyson at January 27, 2015 07:33 AM (1BQGO)
Gonna be in the 70s here. What to wear for school??? Shorts and sandals, or jeans and sandals.....
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 27, 2015 07:34 AM (60Vyp)
'Are southerners the only ones who make bread and milk sandwiches when it snows? '
We put possum on our sandwiches.
Posted by: freaked
That's only while the 'coon stew cooks.
Posted by: rickb223
Pish, you need some bacon. I always buy bacon along with bread and tomatoes. I mainly go to laugh at the people buying up all the milk and TP.
Posted by: Gmac - Still pondering something... at January 27, 2015 07:34 AM (4pjhs)
Newcandescent - I think is the name of an American "incandescent heat lamps" manufacturer. Tom Edison lives!
Morning, Glories! Nice to have your news & commentary again, Vic.
Posted by: mindful webworker - almost up at January 27, 2015 07:34 AM (rj3Mq)
While drinking Manhattans.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:31 AM (fL+1V)
Seriously. This place lets me blow off so much steam and remember that I'm not on an island in real life - just at work.
It's much easier to deal with.
I read through these threads and can simultaneously find some nugget of fascinating information that prompts me to research all sorts of things and read one-liners that make me cackle.
Yesterday's Michael Moore Movie Titles thread was epic.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:34 AM (fwARV)
I am sick to death of the whole "Boston Strong" bullshit, primarily because I have a close acquaintance from the area who cannot fail to mention it whenever that area's obnoxious sports teams do well.
Q: Which cold weather NFL team has more cheaters than heaters on its sidelines?
Posted by: Hello, I'm Math... and I am one heartless bitch(TM) at January 27, 2015 07:34 AM (bWFHa)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at January 27, 2015 07:31 AM (2ruKl)
I failed Spanish in high school, so that's not an option.
Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Who Is Nameless at January 27, 2015 07:35 AM (XeGAx)
Boss wants to know how much wiggle room for graft to factor in for next budget comrade...
THAT NEEDS TO BE EXACT when team Donkey is in charge....
PRECISE as it were.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:36 AM (/4AZU)
and the occasional boobie joke, Cant forgot he boobies.
Posted by: Talibill at January 27, 2015 07:36 AM (JiHh6)
Ram BWOSTON STWONG! right back at 'em...
trust me LincolnTF has a Sven voodoo doll on the shelf b/c of it...
Pay obnoxious to obnoxious.
(and lament poor Linc being caught in the crossfire)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:38 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:38 AM (TAu/7)
'Are southerners the only ones who make bread and milk sandwiches when it snows? '
We put possum on our sandwiches.
Posted by: freaked
That's only while the 'coon stew cooks.
Posted by: rickb223
Pish, you need some bacon. I always buy bacon along with bread and tomatoes. I mainly go to laugh at the people buying up all the milk and TP.
Posted by: Gmac - Still pondering something... at January 27, 2015 07:34 AM (4pjhs)
------
Ones presence is required at the store when snow is predicted. It doesn't matter if you need anything. I but ingredients for frito chili pie.
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 07:39 AM (vmMMi)
Ace's place really is a rag-tag group of individuals.
Yet somehow, it has helped many of us, myself included to get through some pretty shitty spots in our lives.
And for that...
I salute us.
AoSHQ....SALUTE!!!!
*Old HeeHaw reference*
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:39 AM (fL+1V)
Is it just me, I don't see hardly any snow in NYC.
(haven't read the comments - just woke up and grabbed some coffee)
Panic for nothing.
NYC Laughing Stock.
ps - Yemen is still burning to the ground and we're handing out old terrorists like candy
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:39 AM (IXrOn)
Yep. About 9 inches on the CT shoreline so far, not that I miss the 30 inches we were promised/threatened with. Went to check the Spring Training Countdown to cheer myself up: 21 days and 16 hours to go. Beats staring at the drifts piling up in the street. Teh kittehs are sitting on the window seat looking at Instant Canada outside and being glad they don't have to be walked like dogs.
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2015 07:40 AM (omf9g)
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:25 AM (/4AZU)
It will, in the near or the long term. My full-time job has pretty much become 'find something else.' I'm looking in and out of the government, in and out of the DC Metro region. I've applied for jobs in Nebraska and Alaska (well within my skill-set). Over the past 18 months, I've had two interviews. It's tough.
But.
I can pay my mortgage, my wife and newborn son are healthy and fed, my dog loves me and I've got you fuckers.
And manhattans. A lot of manhattans.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:27 AM (fwARV)
Have you tried donating to a Congressman and then calling in a favor?
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 07:40 AM (MQEz6)
I've got you fuckers was Captain and Tennille's edgy experimental medley of Sonny and Cher with the Sex Pistols dedicated to their divorce lawyers....
http://youtu.be/0aU57V6VBW0
Captain and Tennille "I've Got You Fuckers"
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:40 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at January 27, 2015 07:41 AM (9BRsg)
So I said that if weather forecasters are making decisions upon which other people rely, they should be held financially liable if those predictions don't pan out. I got attacked by people saying that it's an inexact science, that it's SCIENCE after all and forces we don't fully understand can impact predictions, that scientists do the best they can but are often wrong and we don't want to punish failure, etc etc.
I made two points. First that if we had negative consequences for crappy forecasts then we wouldn't have crappy forecasts (and particularly we wouldn't get a buttload of hype over storms as we're seeing these days). Second is that if the scientists are often wrong and this is an inexact science, why the hell are we listening to them vis a vis global warming...?
They called me an asshole. I guess I won.
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 27, 2015 07:41 AM (eytER)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:41 AM (IXrOn)
Yes b/c the "toughest region in the world" takes a sick day for 6 inches of snow...
Posted by: Sven S Blade
Boston Strong: Is it 2 PM already? Gotta go. Need to catch my train.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 27, 2015 07:41 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Talibill at January 27, 2015 07:41 AM (JiHh6)
heh
de Blasio just said "Better safe than sorry."
lol
ya
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:41 AM (IXrOn)
BETTER DEAD THAN RED.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2015 07:42 AM (CMkNk)
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 07:42 AM (vmMMi)
The ball boy will be told to keep his yap shut, accept a very public firing, then be quietly rewarded with a better job with one of the team's major corporate sponsors.
Lucky ballboy, if you ask me.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:43 AM (7ObY1)
South Bend, Ind.-- The South Bend Common Council has indefinitely postponed the discussion of a resolution to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day.
In the past, cities like Seattle and Minneapolis have voted to shift the holiday's focus from Christopher Columbus to the Native Americans he encountered and their descendants today.
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi sent a statement to the council saying the tribe does not seek to change or replace another group's holiday.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cinnamon role aint got a chance this morning at January 27, 2015 07:43 AM (uSAVP)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 07:43 AM (JdEZJ)
Che says grab a snow shovel and cope...
THAT would be gold....a series of "Che says" shit...
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:44 AM (/4AZU)
But who could forget "Bukkake Will Keep us Together"?
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:44 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:44 AM (IXrOn)
That's as good a reason as any to not get out of bed.
Or go ... (dum dum duuuuummmm) ... outside!
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2015 07:44 AM (JO9+V)
And the lights are going out around the world.
Or is it all just "bad luck"?
Posted by: anon a mouse at January 27, 2015 07:44 AM (/jpU8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (VlmBw)
In the past, cities like Seattle and Minneapolis have voted to shift the holiday's focus from Christopher Columbus to the Native Americans he encountered and their descendants today.
Honest question: When's White-Anglo-Saxon-Oppressor Month?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (nzKvP)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (MQEz6)
Posted by: freaked at January 27, 2015 07:43 AM (JdEZJ)
hehe yea
don't know why I got up
it's warm and cozy under the flannel sheets
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (wrS2o)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (1xUj/)
I see you made it to their 1993 tour as well...
I saw Captain and Tennille open for Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark in Scranton in 1993
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 27, 2015 06:58 AM (DmNpO)
Not lots of room for storage in tiny apartments.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:45 AM (+XMAD)
And Booooosh killed them.
But it's OK. As our betters in the GOPe explained, it was part of a larger, comprehensive energy bill.
Dana Perino's exact words.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:46 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:46 AM (TAu/7)
Somebody help me to remember...
What's AtC's position concerning going outside, again?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:46 AM (fL+1V)
Posted by: Basement Cat at January 27, 2015 07:40 AM (omf9g)
High drifts and bare spots. Too bad one of the really high drifts is against my garage. I can't believe how steady the strong winds are. Just one big gust.
It's a Nor' Easter gale with snow. Afternoon high tide is going to be a bitch.
Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Who Is Nameless at January 27, 2015 07:47 AM (XeGAx)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 27, 2015 07:47 AM (VlmBw)
Now there's an odd pairing.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:47 AM (7ObY1)
With Bubba's pants down on that Orgy Island, and the pending photo release from Davos, it can do nothing but enhance her desire and picture for the Big Chair (tm).
I doubt a dead hooker in her Volvo with a ton of blow would ever get her or Bill convicted. We deserve our Political Class...
Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at January 27, 2015 07:48 AM (zL/eJ)
They called me an asshole. I guess I won.
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 27, 2015 07:41 AM (eytER)
Yep. I always make that point too - they can't predict the weather two days from now or next week accurately and they know what's going to happen in 50 or 100 years?
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:49 AM (+XMAD)
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 07:49 AM (MQEz6)
Looking out the window, there's about 4-5" on the ground. I stayed up too late, and didn't get up early enough to clear the driveway. I think I'll try to make a run for it before the plow comes by and blocks me in.
I left this link last night, but got willowed in one of the evening threads:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Snow_of_1717
So if you don't have to exit your house by a second-floor window, consider yourself lucky.
Posted by: rickl at January 27, 2015 07:49 AM (sdi6R)
It sucks, but if the cards are dealt as you say they are, it may be wiser to just say "Yeah, OK I'll respond faster." Career bureaucrats (and I speak as a former member of that tribe) have a very particular flow chart when it comes to thinking. You were right, no question, but your boss was in a different part of the flow chart and expected a different answer. I'm preaching to the choir but boss management is an unfortunately required skill in the bureaucracy.
It sucks...but we're here for you when you need to vent. Keep trying to placate your boss while you look elsewhere. If your bosses really want you gone, they'll give you good references...that's how the bureaucracy works too...
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 27, 2015 07:49 AM (eytER)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2015 07:50 AM (DXzRD)
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi sent a statement to the council saying the tribe does not seek to change or replace another group's holiday.
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid. Cinnamon role aint got a chance this morning at January 27, 2015 07:43 AM (uSAVP)
IIRC, anybody stuck in South Bend in late January is by now a drunk, huddled mass of Seasonal Affective Disorder, without much energy to do anything, let alone change holidays.
Take heart, South Benders...a mere three and a half months until you see the sun again.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at January 27, 2015 07:50 AM (yxw0r)
Posted by: Donna V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:49 AM (+XMAD)
Weather isn't climate, you dumb denier.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:50 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2015 07:46 AM (fL+1V)
Is it the same as her opinion on face-sized spiders?
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:50 AM (+XMAD)
On the bright side, three varieties of fresh baked muffibs.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (z899H)
On the bright side, three varieties of fresh baked muffibs.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (z899H)
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (vmMMi)
On the bright side, three varieties of fresh baked muffibs.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (z899H)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (VlmBw)
Was watching some clips from fox news and Pat Caddell was on some panel of discussion.
He never hesitates on calling obama delusional and living on another planet. lol So many people are calling TFG crazy in 1,001 ways, yet 50%...
The LiV Generation. It's ugly. The clip asking (I think only Californians) if it's okay to get rid of the Bill of Rights is just another one of those clips of very stupid people. Heck yeah, it's okay. Whatever obama does, it has to be right, he knows what he's doing.
Que?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (IXrOn)
A calm and reasonable tone with a serious mien will frustrate most pointy headed bosses AND any witnesses will favor you.
Just think pleasant thoughts to yourself to drown out your overwhelming urge to choke a bitch.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (RZzX3)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:22 AM (fwARV)
Time to polish that resume
Posted by: Secundus at January 27, 2015 07:52 AM (YVA4X)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:50 AM (fwARV)
Except when it suits their purposes. They're having weather in the NE now. If it had been a huge blizzard it would have been climate.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:52 AM (+XMAD)
Posted by: dogfish at January 27, 2015 07:52 AM (1vYi0)
On the bright side, three varieties of fresh baked muffibs.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (z899H)
count your blessings
(the muffins, I mean
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:52 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:50 AM (fwARV)
Except when it suits their purposes. They're having weather in the NE now. If it had been a huge blizzard it would have been climate.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:52 AM (+XMAD)
Well, it must've worked, 'cause my total (comprehensive) energy bills are larger - they have gone up by roughly 50%.
Job well done, I guess.
Posted by: anon a mouse at January 27, 2015 07:53 AM (/jpU8)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at January 27, 2015 07:53 AM (lG2E3)
That was one scary clip. These "people's" votes count the same as ours.
That was in San Diego but it could have been anywhere anymore.
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:54 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 27, 2015 07:54 AM (VlmBw)
My chunk of the Adirondacks is thus far unaffected despite a prediction of over a foot.
Northeasters don't usually bother us too much here unless they stall and hang as this was predicted to do.
I'm sure there are people in areas that can only endure til it's over with, so a prayer for their safety.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 27, 2015 07:54 AM (jeCnD)
Posted by: eman at January 27, 2015 07:54 AM (MQEz6)
2 cases of MRE's. After the 2nd meal, you won't need toilet paper.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 07:55 AM (TAu/7)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:55 AM (IXrOn)
But he's on Fox, so his opinions are automatically discredited, dotcha know?
The LIVs only accept news from objective sources like CNN and NBC and ABC, CBS, etc.
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:55 AM (+XMAD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 27, 2015 07:55 AM (VlmBw)
The Northeast can find its panties quite well. :^) It's the media and the politicians who buy into this that can't find their panties
Posted by: The Northeast at January 27, 2015 07:56 AM (DXzRD)
---
Heh, the local forecasters are doing that...
It's kind of like the cable guy saying "yeah, we'll be at your house between 8am and 5pm."
The last time the forecast range was a dusting to 5". Well, the former means schools don't close, the latter means yep, they close. So in the morning when the forecasters said the snow would be in full swing, the schools didn't close and the roads didn't get aggressively treated. But the forecasters were off in their timing and snow a couple of hours later and everything went FUBAR. The schools got a lot of heat for not closing...but they relied on a CYA forecast from some doofus "scientist" who wasn't criticized much if at all.
Posted by: @JohnTant at January 27, 2015 07:56 AM (PFy0L)
Report: Army Wants to Charge Bergdahl with Desertion
Will the Obama Administration block the proceedings?
According to inside sources at the Pentagon, the U.S. Army has determined that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl should be charged with desertion for walking away from his platoon in Afghanistan in 2009. The news broke Monday night on Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Report by Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (ret):
good
truthrevolt.org
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 07:56 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Secundus at January 27, 2015 07:52 AM (YVA4X)
I've been actively seeking new work for 18 months. Like, super-active, multiple hours per day, customizing resumes, et al.
Two interviews.
Something will come. It always does. Just... not yet.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:57 AM (fwARV)
One quarter of all federal firings are in an agency with about ~ 6,500 examiners out of 10,000 total.
Every hour you are there counts against you on a production pipeline. You have to clear enough countable results per time spent on the job to be successful. Every two weeks your work production is looked at by management.
Management is also examined for how well their workers do.
One boss, a widowed parent, worked up to he collapsed at his desk. He was taken in a gurney to his deathbed.
It's the only place I'd ever seen where you take personal leave and go to work, to boost your production numbers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2015 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Citizen X at January 27, 2015 07:54 AM (7ObY1)
It wasn't too long ago that San Diego was considered conservative. *Sigh*
Posted by: Donna &&&&&& V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:57 AM (+XMAD)
Posted by: FDR's Television at January 27, 2015 07:57 AM (1XxkF)
Posted by: Lea - Marco? Polo! at January 27, 2015 07:51 AM (cmmmi)
Yeah I saw that on FOX. WTF. Stop trying to be cute and be accurate. And anything with the name European in it is FUBAR for sure
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 27, 2015 07:57 AM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Donna V. (brandishing ampersands) at January 27, 2015 07:55 AM (+XMAD)
Not even then. ABC or CBS (what difference does it make?) had an anchor ask if Obama was still operating in reality after the SOTU.
Zero impact.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:58 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2015 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
PTO's been in the news a lot lately. Dozens of examiners were literally doing nothing and billing 80 hours per pay period. Management was pencil whipping reports et al.
Very bad juju.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards, returned from 1080 exile at January 27, 2015 07:59 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2015 08:01 AM (FcR7P)
"modeling" = cheaper than observation.
*dons boring history cap* - by the 90s, real time standardized data from Russia/former USSR states began to dry up, and the US (various agencies) decided that the "science was settled", ergo - don't replace existing weather stations and satellite data sources.
It's amazing, really - how much "weather" info across much of North America is "guesswork" today...
But hey, code = SCIENCE!!!!11!!!!!
Posted by: anon a mouse at January 27, 2015 08:01 AM (/jpU8)
It's the Obama management. Or because it's actually in the Constitution and gives property rights to inventors and corporations. Can't have that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2015 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Mine are buried under more than a foot of snow. More if they are under a drift.
Posted by: fluffy at January 27, 2015 08:03 AM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2015 08:03 AM (JO9+V)
I imagine de Blasio and the local media will be congratulating their cowering-in-place today with some self-congratulatory BS like #NYStrong
Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at January 27, 2015 08:05 AM (1BQGO)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at January 27, 2015 08:05 AM (VlmBw)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 08:07 AM (TAu/7)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2015 08:08 AM (TAu/7)
Posted by: Case at January 27, 2015 08:12 AM (VctSv)
Given that it took me two hours to get home last night with almost no snow on the ground, and 90% of the drivers in NYC with no driving skills in poor weather conditions (4 years of Wisconsin driving in a front wheel drive car is an excellent teacher), it is safer to be at home because the dumb ass in the Escalade has no concept of things like inertia, mass and velocity and earnestly believes her/his Escalade is now the sportscar.
Posted by: Penfold at January 27, 2015 08:15 AM (LT7gV)
Posted by: Agitator at January 27, 2015 08:15 AM (QxiBQ)
President Obama's 2012 campaign field director has been selected to be a part of a "five-man Obama team" that will run a campaign against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
As Caroline Glick--Israeli journalist and Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center--notes, the far-left Israeli news outlet "for whatever reason... chose not to translate this article in its English edition." Fortunately, Independent Media Review and Analysis did:
Foreign Funding Bankrolls Anti-Netanyahu Campaign -- Flies in 5-Man Obama Team
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 26 January 2015
Haaretz reporter Roi Arad revealed in an article in the Hebrew edition today that the foreign funded organization, "One Voice", is bankrolling the V-2015 campaign to defeat Binyamin Netanyahu's national camp in the March 2015 Knesset Elections.
One indication of the generous financing is that it has now flown in a team of five American campaign experts (including Jeremy Bird, the Obama campaign's national field director) who will run the campaign out of offices taking up the ground floor of a Tel Aviv office building.
V-2015 is careful not to support a specific party - rather "just not Bibi". As such, the foreign funds pouring into the campaign are not subject to Israel's campaign finance laws.
stunning
shines more light on why Bibi is addressing our nation and Boehner gave JEF the finger
truthrevolt.org
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 08:16 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 27, 2015 08:16 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Yip at January 27, 2015 08:20 AM (84SRe)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119942/?ref_=nv_sr_1
There's probably a whole generation who don't even know this movie exists.
Posted by: Adsila at January 27, 2015 09:05 AM (AR612)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 27, 2015 09:21 AM (lidPb)
Posted by: Barry Sotero at January 27, 2015 09:32 AM (Queum)
Posted by: Ibin Pharteen at January 27, 2015 09:46 AM (zL/eJ)
Would someone care to explain to me how a punk band of outspoken skinheads has somehow become respectable enough to be considered mainstream?
I'd prefer that our politicians not be associated with Dropkick Murphy. The various Leftists will happily sacrifice their fellow-travelers in the band to smear our candidates as racist.
Posted by: Luke at January 27, 2015 10:32 AM (PxRUN)
Don't think it hasn't crossed my mind.And with a mind the size of the observable universe (actually slightly larger), that takes a while!
Posted by: God at January 27, 2015 02:29 PM (xhv9C)
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