I’m still tired, but I’m back. Yesterday was supposed to be a volunteer day, but the prison is still closed for activities. Turning 39 for the 27th time is just like it was the 26th time. I’m current with replies. Tomorrow appears routine.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:31 (average 5:29). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From NY Times: The Obama administration has decided that it will appeal to the Supreme Court a sweeping ruling by an appeals court in January that President Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate in making three recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board last year.
While the dispute grew out of a narrow and novel legal question — whether brief “pro forma” sessions by the Senate could prevent the president from making recess appointments during a lengthy winter break by lawmakers — the appeals court blew past that issue and called into question nearly two centuries of recess appointments by presidents of both parties.
The three-judge panel of the appeals court in Washington ruled that presidents may bypass the confirmation process only during the sort of recess that occurs between formal sessions of Congress, rather than other breaks throughout the year. The gaps between formal sessions generally arise just once a year and sometimes — as in 2012, when the Senate had not formally adjourned before the next session began — are skipped entirely.
This is judicial activism taken to extremes. None of the matters on which the court ruled were even before the court.
From The New Yorker: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) was jubilant today after his newly unveiled budget plan picked up a key endorsement from the novelist Ayn Rand.
It was a rare public utterance for the late Ms. Rand, who has been damned to eternal torment in Satan’s lake of fire since 1982.
“This is a budget I wish I had written,” said Ms. Rand, pausing to scream as white-hot flames licked her face. “Paul Ryan is a great man and I look forward to meeting him someday.”
To be sure, if that’s where she is, they will get to have a very long chat. 
From The Star-Telegram: George Prescott Bush filed the paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to use a little-known but powerful post to continue his family’s political dynasty in one of the country’s most conservative states.
That’s too high a post for a Republican let alone a Bush!
Cartoon:
15 Responses to “Open Thread–3/13/2013”
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Why, even the penquins are celebrating your B-Day
So take a nap, and enjoy Your Day (awwww…)
Nameless, priceless as usual!
Love them, Nameless, and that's exactly what I did!
Happy Birthday! You are in good company. It is also my nephew's 45th Birthday and would have been my Dad's 95th.
Enjoy your day and do like Nameless said. Go take a nap.
Thanks Patty, and to your Nephew as well.
4:29 I pedalled my bike to the phone booth faster than you today.
3:48 It appears that Dr Who is visiting.
3:20 Does this mean that a telephone is a girl's best friend? Love the bright red of an English telepone box!
I'm last again, and we were all Big Footed again!
NY Times ~ Judicial activism in the United States of America??? No way, she said with a smirk.
The New Yorker ~ “This is a budget I wish I had written,” said Ms. Rand, pausing to scream as white-hot flames licked her face. “Paul Ryan is a great man and I look forward to meeting him someday.” I have no doubt that you will, Ms. Rand. No doubt at all.
The Star- Telegram ~ We don't need any more Bushes!
Cartoon ~ You've got me by 2 years!
Riiiiiight!!
That's what I said, too.
Amen!
Woooo Hoooo! Jail bait!
Happy Birthday, Tom, on your 27th 39th Birthday.
I think I did the arithmetic right.
Thanks Marva. Tince the first 39 was 39+0, just go with 39+27-1.
Puzzle — 3:20 Does this mean that a telephone is a girl's best friend? Love the bright red of an English telepone box!
NY Times — Judicial activism. Obviously, sauce for the goose is NOT sauce for the gander! I have one thing to say — Quit the politicking and get to the business of the country in a fair and equitable manner!
The New Yorker — You have to love Andy Borowitz! Lyin' Ryan is such a putz! If I were his mother, I'd disown him!
The Star-Telegram — Oh crap! Another burning Bush! Someone get the firehose and put out the flames before this Bush thinks he is God too!
Cartoon — Happy Birthday TC! You only have 15 more 39th birthdays until you catch up to the master of 39th birthdays, Jack Benny!
It means you Big Footed us.
To prevent that, Repunlicans filibuster judicail nominees left and right.'
If I were his mother, I would have a retroactive abortion. 😉
Amen!
Jack is my inspiration for this.