Day 66. I’m writing for tomorrow and waiting for Mary from Store to Door to arrive with my groceries. She has an excellent sense of humor, a giving heart, and a genuine dislike of TEAbuggery. The world needs more like her. Tomorrow is a prison volunteer day, a general meeting with around 100 of my guys. I shall return home late, having missed a sleep cycle, so I may have little or nothing for Friday and/or Saturday.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 6:53 (average 7:47). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry stressed the importance of forming a unity government in Iraq but refused to commit to a timetable for creating one in the United States.
The sensitive topic of a unity government for the United States came at the end of a thirty-minute meeting, during which Secretary Kerry lectured the Iraqi Prime Minister about the value of a government “where people of different parties put aside their differences, make meaningful compromises, and work together for the good of the nation.”
Taking this in, al-Maliki agreed that it was an excellent idea and politely asked Secretary Kerry if the United States had ever considered forming such a government.
According to observers, Kerry appeared to be caught off guard by this question and blurted out,”You first.”
Andy outdid himself this time.
From Raw Story: A Republican candidate seeking to represent Georgia’s 10th U.S. House district believes that the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty does not apply to followers of Islam.
“Although Islam has a religious component, it is much more than a simple religious ideology,” Rev. Jody Hice wrote in his 2012 book It’s Now Or Never, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It is a complete geo-political structure and, as such, does not deserve First Amendment protection.”
The House candidate also believes the Muslim Brotherhood is secretly infiltrating the United States in a plot to impose Sharia law on the entire country, a conspiracy theory he shares with Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX).
Hice tied Mike Collins in the Georgia Republican primary in May, with each candidate getting about 34 percent of the vote. The winner of the July 22 runoff election will face Democrat Ken Dious in November.
The Constitution does guarantee an idiot's right to believe in Republican Supply-side pseud0-Christianity, but it expressly forbids such goose-stepping fools, like Hice, from using government to impose it on others, or prevent anyone else from exercising their own faith.
From Crooks and Liars: As Faux "news" was waiting for the election results in Mississippi to come in, Sean Hannity and his producers decided that there was no one more qualified to weigh in on the recent primary races and the future of the Republican party than the half-term Quitta' from Wasilla, or as Charlie Pierce calls her, Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods, Sarah Palin.
Of course the lesson Palin took from the Cantor loss, before hearing the results of the Cochran race, is the the Republicans aren't quite extreme enough, and they'd better start acting like "real" Republicans or she's going to threaten to leave the party.
Triple Barf Bag Alert!!: 5+ minutes of Bloody Bullseye Barbie!
If Drill Baby Dingbat and the InsaniTEA wing leave the Republican Party and form their own party, that would be wonderful for America, but I’m not betting on it.
Cartoon:
And the Baggers are MA-A-A-A-A-AD!! 
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4:55 I did better than I expected when I first saw it.
5:46 Patty, almost 3 minutes under the average certainly should be good enough for a win.
6:53 That is a great rug to have if your cat has to cough up a hairball! That was ugly trying to follow the pattern!
Impressive Mash!
New Yorker ~ Excellent! One of Andy's best.
Raw Story ~ I wonder is Supply-side Jesus told him to say that.
Crooks & Liars ~ She must have read all the newspapers to come to her brilliant conclusions about the primaries. I say she ans Sean should buy themselves an island somewhere and start their own country. Never mind a new political party. You just knew they would bring up St. Ronnie Ray-gun at some point. What's with the Star of David hanging around her neck? Is she Jewish now?
Cartoon ~ Baaaahhhh!
10/;54 – of course, with all that symmetry. It's asymmetry that provides all the clues.
The New Yorker – I've wondered the same thing for quite some time. Even before 2008. Probably back to around 1992.
Raw Story – Lord, what fools these mortals be. (What might Puck have said had he seen this? Probably not printable.) Maybe, just maybe, if Hice does win the runoff, with Jason Carter as a voice of sanity doing well, Dious might win? Or maybe not. Dear God (the real one), please sort it out to do the least possible harm to your real followers.
Crooks and Liars – Like you, I wish the Insanitea crowd would form a third party. I see only good coming from that.
Cartoon: But can you think of a better name for a Replican candidate than Cochran? Especially if he spelled it with a K?
Crooks and Liars: As usual, Sarah Palinsane spews her knowledge of gibberish wisdom quite well. Palinsane should name her new party as "The Gibberish Party" or perhaps even her well known other monicker the "Drill, Baby, Drill" Party.
The other Freedom parties may not want their names associated with Sarah Palinsane's "Freedom Party".
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From the NY Daily News: Sarah Palin open to creating new 'Freedom Party' if GOP continues to 'neglect conservatives' Caution: Palinsane photos. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sarah-palin-bolt-gop-create-freedom-party-article-1.1386434
So Mr (do nothing ) Boehner is planning to sue the president. May I ask, would it be polite for middle income and working Americans sue the speaker, for a few insignificant omissions. eg. Where is the American jobs act?.(he has been sitting on it for at least four years,where is the infrastructure proposal,(American roads are an disgrace)?.When if ever will he bring the immigration reform act to congress? How about the minimum wage,and extension of unemployment
benefits?.I suggest that he is guilty of dereliction of duty to the American people.(Jobs would certainly be created by any of the above)
May I also ask. WHAT IN HELL has he been doing since 2008?(apart from getting a tan and playing golf.)
DAMNED IF I KNOW. ANYONE!!??
Drinking
Puzzle — 6:53 That is a great rug to have if your cat has to cough up a hairball! That was ugly trying to follow the pattern!
The New Yorker — "Taking this in, al-Maliki agreed that it was an excellent idea and politely asked Secretary Kerry if the United States had ever considered forming such a government." — Amen Andy, AMEN! Some Americans why they 'don't get no respect' internationally. This is part of the reason. The US talks the talk, but walking the talk is often not in its vocabulary.
Raw Story — A completely demented fool!
But that doesn't seem to stop them . . . the demented goose-stepping fools, that is. If they looked closely at history, they would find that some of the Islamic punishments, say stoning for example, were used in the Judaic-Christian tradion too, at least for a while.
Crooks and Liars — Wouldn't it be grand if the Witch of Wasilla, Sarah Palin, took the Teabaggers down that country road to 3rd party status! Just think, a third party to split the conservative vote. Wouldn't Boehner be pissed! I wonder if he would then try to sue Palin for destroying the Republican party as Boehner knows it? I somehow doubt she'd do it right now because, as stupid as she is, I think she is cunning enough to play her political cards to her advantage. Anyone following the Tea Party has their heads so far up their asses that I doubt they'll see the light of day for a very long time. As much as I'd like this to happen, I'm not taking any bats, . . . er bets. I don't think that this would mean an easy win for Democrats though. There are enough people disenchanted with Democrats that could split the Democrat vote with other 3rd parties like the Justice party. Oh, the plot thickens!! Almost sounds like Canadian politics!
Cartoon — Let the Teabaggers be MA-A-A-A-A-AD! Makes for interesting political theatre!
I hope you had a good day with your guys
The New Yorker: For satire, Andy really makes valid points. If only we had the type of government shown in this article. No more obstructions along party lines, votes made for the benefit of the citizens, it would be glorious.
Raw Story: I wonder how Mr. Hice made that determination. I am sure no prejudice was involved. I suspect he is like many other pseudo Christians and has a literal belief in the verses of the Bible that he agrees with. How do these people keep getting elected?
Crooks and Liars: I so wish Palin and the teabaggers would start their third party. That would pull a lot of crazies out of the competition for office. No third party candidate ever wins, so maybe she would shut up and go home.
Cartoon: I hope this is a signal that even the ultra conservative voters are tired of the Tea Party.
Thanks all. Ill. Republicosis. 🙁