If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. I’m running without enough sleep because of a splitting headache. I almost never get them (1-2/year), but when I do, they are huge. It may be because I feel frustrated that there are security problems at the prison, so they cancelled our volunteer work there tomorrow. So today is a hybrid day. I have a full slate of articles, and even an extra Short Take, but I’m just too pooped to distribute or publicize them, except that I will put them on Care2 without announcement. I’m briefly current with replies. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 5:29 (average 5:50). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: You Will Be Asked To Do Something After You Watch This 30 Second Video
The need is as painfully obvious as Republican misogyny. Do it!
From The New Yorker: Minutes after telling the United States Senate to “get off their ass” to avoid the deep spending cuts that will take effect this Friday, House Speaker John Boehner called an impromptu press conference to announce his intention of remaining on his ass “for the foreseeable future.”
“The United States Senate is showing contempt for the American people by refusing to get off their ass,” a defiant Mr. Boehner told reporters. “And the only fitting way for me to protest their reckless behavior is by remaining on my ass for as long as humanly possible.”
“Take a good look, ladies and gentlemen of the press,” he said, before leaving the lectern in a huff. “This is the last you’ll see of old John Boehner off his ass.”
The irony here is why this satire is so appropriate. The constitution requires that budget related legislation must begin in the House.
From MSNBC: Elvis is dead, but Batshit is back!
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Needless to say, the Republicans have a solution for the return of Batshit B, but keeping her on the House Intelligence Committee is a contradiction in terms.
From Mediaite: Faux Noise Ambushed by Democrat
Keith Ellison could not be more spot on. You have to love watching The Republican Ministry of Propaganda ambushed on their own nickel.
Cartoon:
Leonard Peltier is still a political prisoner.
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4:40 It might not end up winning boquets today, but I'm happy with the time on my new laptop.
No mouse either, kiddies.
3:57 No thorns or spines on this succulent.
I don't know if the mouse helped or not. I seems to make a lot of lucky guesses today.
That should be "seemed".
4:49 No thorns or spines, but too fuzzy for me. Maybe I should have had a libation, then I'd have a reason to be fuzzy!
Back to my normal last.
MoveOn ~ Everone should make the call!
New Yorker ~ Appropriate words from an ass.
MSNBC ~ Just when you thought the airwaves were safe again, she rears her ugly head.
Mediaite ~ For some reason I can't watch the video. I wish I could have seen Keith Ellison put silly Sean in his place.
Cartoon ~ How many petitions do we have to sign to get him freed?
All Americans.
Amen!
Horrible, huh?
People have been doing so for many years. :-(*
Puzzle — 4:49 No thorns or spines, but too fuzzy for me. Maybe I should have had a libation, then I'd have a reason to be fuzzy!
MoveOn — Ok, I can't call because I don't have a congressperson. But, I have signed every VAWA petition I have seen and will continue to do so. Women are women — gay or straight, black or white, hispanic or native American, Christian or Muslim or Jewish or atheist — women are women and deserving of protection against violence.
The New Yorker — I read an article yesterday saying that McTurtle and Harry Reid were both bringing a plan to the Senate and I cringed. Having previously learned from TC that a budget must begin in the house, I thought what are these 2 up to. I sure hope that Harry Reid is not talking to McTurtle because he can't be trusted. Boehner is, as usual, abdicating from his responsibility to get a budget done. His head is so far up his ass that his fingers are tickling his ivories.
MSNBC — I heard a rumour that the International Association of Bats is suing Guano Girl for defamation of character and wants her entire supply of bat shit returned forthwith. What the hell do they want with used bat shit?
Mediaite — At the best of times Hannity is a fool. He probably thought he could handle Ellison, but Ellison was a pitbull when a pitbull was needed.
Cartoon — One of my favourite movies is "Thunderheart". While reading Wikipedia about Leonard Peltier, it almost felt like I was reading the script for "Thunderheart". With so much contentious information, Peltier's trial was clearly a sham. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier
Drunk Canunk? 😉
Amen!
Amen again!
Sell it to other Republicans?
Good analysis.
That's why I called him a political prisoner.
Just a couple of notes on Boehner's directive, WRT the Sequester, for the Senate to "Get off their ass" and vote on the "two bills we passed."
John presents us an example of what repubicans have perfected: Wrapping a half-truth in a LIE.
While Boehner is accurate in saying the House passed two bills WRT the Sequester – the passed them LAST session in 2012. And since they were neither signed into law by Pres. Obama, nor approved by the Senate – THEY DIED.
Also a Reminder Note to Boehner: Our Constitution demands that all monetary Bills originate in the HOUSE – NOT the Senate.
So YOU GET OFF YOUR ASS and start doing your job helping the American people, you piece of sh..
Nameless, you did it again . . . made me laugh! So proper until the last 4 words and then you tell it as it is very succinctly!
I could not have said it better.
Keith Ellison is right on and I applaud him…
14:54 – Improvement although I suck at the puzzles… 🙂
Richard, keep at it! I was horrible at them too. It took me about a year and things really seemed to change. But as the saying on this little statue of a guy in an elevator goes "Some days you have your ups and downs. Other days you get the shaft!"
Richard, pretty soon you'll be leaving us all in the dust.
Perseverance!
At one time, I used to leave Jerry, Lynn and Patty in the dust. Now, I'm usually behind them all.
We all,were there at one time. It just takes practice…and practice…and practice…and practice…