Looks like the GOP is scoring the trifecta in Virginia.

And be sure to appreciate my restraint in not violating the last clause of the Third Commenting Directive, above. It's been quite a while since I've been in this coveted position.

re: #2 The Sanity Inspector

And be sure to appreciate my restraint in not violating the last clause of the Third Commenting Directive, above. It's been quite a while since I've been in this coveted position.

/what position is that?

re: #2 The Sanity Inspector

And be sure to appreciate my restraint in not violating the last clause of the Third Commenting Directive, above. It's been quite a while since I've been in this coveted position.

I'll say it for you...congratulations on being first in the thread!

I posted this in a spinoff, but it's perfect for an open election night thread:

The GOP should dump the neocons

Limited-government conservatives have been undermined by big-government neoconservatives.

The founders envisioned a federal government constitutionally limited to defending our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For that to happen, we must have at least one political party that strongly advocates limiting the power of government. For much of the 19th century, that party was the Democrats. For the early part of the 20th century and from the early 1960s through 1988, that party was the Republicans.

Today, it is difficult to find noninterventionists in either party.

The Democrats demonstrate a disdain for capitalism, free trade and the validity of contracts. They cheer the restriction of certain types of speech on campus and in federal law, and think nation-building is our moral obligation, even when there is no discernible U.S. interest involved. Lately, the Democrats have been popularly associated with principled opposition to waging war in far-flung corners of the globe. But evidence on the ground today tells a somewhat different tale.

As for the GOP, it has outwardly abandoned the limited-government principles of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan. Little other evidence is needed than the Medicare prescription drug benefit -- with its $13-trillion unfunded liability -- passed with a strong-arm campaign by the Bush White House and a Republican congressional majority.

What happened to the Republicans? Well, the two Bush presidencies didn't help. Neither did the supply-side movement, focused on tax cuts and economic growth. Supporters of those ideas didn't talk about spending cuts, much less the proper role of government. They had the effect of replacing "liberty" as the motivating force behind the GOP with "growth," a somewhat less-inspiring ideal.

early results Corzine may go away... early results.

Repost

Tonight on NOVA: Becoming Human Pt. 1

Part 1 of 3. The evolutionary arc of humans is explored, beginning with what may have led to the split from the apes. The documentary details the discovery of Selam, a nearly complete child fossil.

This just in... Christopher Robin wins the Governors race over Tiger for the Hundred Acre Wood

Americans are not as crazy as it seems. We all want a good job and a nice place to live with cool stuff. We want to feel safe from the crackheads down the block AND the assholes overseas.

We want the government use our taxes wisely - we worked hard for our paycheck - spend it on essential stuff only dammit!

Its all good.

re: #5 Sharmuta

All I'm looking for is a rational party that stands for fical conservatism, limited government, and lower taxes.

Where can I find such a party because I don't want it to come loaded down with conspiracy theorist like Glenn Beck or wacky theocrats.

oops... TI double GRRR

re: #3 brookly red

/what position is that?

in bed?

re: #5 Sharmuta

I posted this in a spinoff, but it's perfect for an open election night thread:

The GOP should dump the neocons

Limited-government conservatives have been undermined by big-government neoconservatives.

Agreed with dumping big government conservatives--Bush Jr is one of them.

You can track Maine election results here.

So far things are looking pretty good for prop 1.

re: #8 sergeant major

Nooo. Tiger HAS to win!
LOL!

Did anyone notice yet that the link hover color has gone green? It was blue-green for many years, but is now a tangy lime-green.

And the retweet button has moved to the upper right of the post area.

And yes, I'm still playing with ad placement and frequency. Opinions welcome...

re: #8 sergeant major

This just in... Christopher Robin wins the Governors race over Tiger for the Hundred Acre Wood

Breaking News: Tigger claims Christopher Robin and his minions of ACORN workers stole the election; sends piglet and an army of lawyers to recount all ballots.

re: #17 Jetpilot1101

Breaking News: Tigger claims Christopher Robin and his minions of ACORN workers stole the election; sends piglet and an army of lawyers to recount all ballots.

Don't forget the absentee military ballots. Those must be hidden in a trunk.

Nate Silver is doing good coverage

too..

re: #16 Charles

I noticed the retweet button had moved. I do like the tangy lime green color, now that you point it out! You have the best looking & equipped site that I know of! Including that check spelling button!

re: #17 Jetpilot1101

Breaking News: Tigger claims Christopher Robin and his minions of ACORN workers stole the election; sends piglet and an army of lawyers to recount all ballots.

Eeyore wants Obama to fail.

Christie - Corzine still too close to call.

re: #21 Conservative Moonbat

Eeyore wants Obama to fail.

That's only because he bailed out "big honey" and helped Pooh and his union cronies.

re: #21 Conservative Moonbat

Obama wants Eeyore to fail.

re: #9 Racer X

Not me, I want all the free stuff the government will give me.///

re: #19 avanti

Nate Silver is doing good coverage

too..

Well, that link was a bit off.

link...

re: #16 Charles

And yes, I'm still playing with ad placement and frequency. Opinions welcome...

I think hot pastrami sandwiches are awesome, but that's just my opinion.
/sorry

Spending in NY23:
National Republican Trust PAC $93,322.50
National Organization for Marriage $112,736.75
SEIU COPE $16,625.00
1199 SEIU $341,366.57
DCCC $1,111,136.24
Minuteman PAC INC $11,750.00
Life and Liberty PAC INC $84,106.91
Declaration Alliance PAC $13,633.93
Susan B. Anthony List $91,422.80
Gun Owners of America PAC $8,490.00
Family Research Council PAC $1,978.00
(VOTE/COPE) OF NYSUT $48,250.00
Club For Growth $236,513.65
Club For Growth PAC* $408,762*
NRCC $897,404.11
AFSCME P E O P L E $199,850.00
Campaign for Working Families $25,000.00

re: #8 sergeant major

This just in... Christopher Robin wins the Governors race over Tiger for the Hundred Acre Wood

Oh, goody, a chance to post this again.

re: #16 Charles

Did anyone notice yet that the link hover color has gone green? It was blue-green for many years, but is now a tangy lime-green.

And the retweet button has moved to the upper right of the post area.

And yes, I'm still playing with ad placement and frequency. Opinions welcome...

I love limes.

re: #28 Thanos

Spending in NY23:
National Republican Trust PAC $93,322.50
National Organization for Marriage $112,736.75
SEIU COPE $16,625.00
1199 SEIU $341,366.57
DCCC $1,111,136.24
Minuteman PAC INC $11,750.00
Life and Liberty PAC INC $84,106.91
Declaration Alliance PAC $13,633.93
Susan B. Anthony List $91,422.80
Gun Owners of America PAC $8,490.00
Family Research Council PAC $1,978.00
(VOTE/COPE) OF NYSUT $48,250.00
Club For Growth $236,513.65
Club For Growth PAC* $408,762*
NRCC $897,404.11
AFSCME P E O P L E $199,850.00
Campaign for Working Families $25,000.00

I need to run for something...

re: #28 Thanos

What's the DCCC ?

re: #28 Thanos

Didn't Hoffman get some money from SarahPAC?

re: #30 MandyManners

I love limes.

Especially when they come in margaritas, rum and cokes, or gin and tonics.

re: #25 soxfan4life

Not me, I want all the free stuff the government will give me.///

F-R-E-E that spells Free
Obama's goverment's gonna give ME mo-ney!

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries:

The most popular destination was the United States, where nearly a quarter of the 700 million -- around 165 million people -- said they would like to settle.

Please take a number.

re: #32 BryanS

What's the DCCC ?

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

re: #37 MandyManners

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Or, Delaware County Community College.

And I'll repost this news:

Club For Growth Spent $1 Million in NY-23. Is This a Bad Omen for the GOP in 2010?

The Atlantic’s Chris Good has an interesting breakdown on who spent what on New York’s hotly-contested 23rd congressional district race. The big news: The Club for Growth spent more than $1 million in support of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. That’s slightly less than the $1.1 million the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chipped in behalf of Democrat Bill Owens. Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee spent roughly $897,000—most of that money spent on ads directly challenging Owens, as opposed to building up Dede Scozzafava, a moderate Republican who dropped out of the race over the weekend.

The Club for Growth are the main supporters of the RINO hunting.

re: #37 MandyManners

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Wow..somewhat heavily invested were they?

re: #37 MandyManners

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Just like Democrats, all that spending and damn little to show for it.

re: #32 BryanS

What's the DCCC ?

/Bidens report card?

re: #38 MandyManners

Drunken Congressmen cry constantly.

re: #23 Jetpilot1101

Rumor has it that Piglet has secretly enlisted Katherine Harris to recount votes.

re: #43 Conservative Moonbat

Dumb Congressional Crooks Club

re: #39 Sharmuta

And I'll repost this news:

Club For Growth Spent $1 Million in NY-23. Is This a Bad Omen for the GOP in 2010?

The Club for Growth are the main supporters of the RINO hunting.

They spent is so the Repubs didn't? Interesting how the money came in. The Democrat party plus unions on one side versus pretty much just the club for growth.

re: #38 MandyManners

Or, Delaware County Community College.

Or, Dick Clark Cooking Contest.

re: #29 MandyManners

Oh, goody, a chance to post this again.

[Video]

Check this one out:

re: #44 Sergeant Major

Rumor has it that Piglet has secretly enlisted Katherine Harris to recount votes.

I heard Christopher Robin is associated with a suspected maoist Bear that makes Glenn Beck cry.

re: #32 BryanS

I think Dem Congressional Campaign Committee? Just a guess

re: #47 MandyManners

Or, Dick Clark Cooking Contest.

Or Dick Cheney Community Center

Listening to the Wings/Bruins game. Politics has been too much of a headache lately.

Looks like Maine might get medical marijuana

re: #48 Mad Al-Jaffee

Check this one out:

[Video]

That makes Piglet cry.

re: #16 Charles

Opinions welcome...

The hover color sort of clashes with the grey background...

The advertising bubbles are looking better, much cleaner.

The retweet button location makes sense.

I'm still not convinced that the Republican leadership can come back to the principles of conservatism, but I'm willing to listen, for now. I'm hoping for a return to small government and fiscal responsibility, but then I believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the essential goodness of human nature, too.

Election night is upon us. NY's polls just closed a few minutes ago and the votes are starting to come in from NJ, where polls were closed at 8pm.

VA looks like they're electing the GOPer for governor. NJ has Christie ahead but Hudson, Bergen, Passaic, and Essex counties have yet to report in serious numbers, so that early advantage is likely to evaporate. It is way too close to call at the moment.

It will probably be closer to 10pm EST when NY-23 results start coming in.

re: #53 Conservative Moonbat

Looks like Maine might get medical marijuana

Good for them.

If you look at that list, it's almost the entire SOCON pac spectrum, they are buying this election. The outspent them Dems by a lot if you add in the RNC etc PACs

re: #49 Sharmuta

It was the influx of Heffalumps that threw the election in Christopher Robin's favor many of whom are illegal aliens within the 100 Acre Woods.

re: #51 soxfan4life

Or Dick Cheney Community Center

Delicious Cannibal Cooking Contest.

re: #56 Odahi

I'm still not convinced that the Republican leadership can come back to the principles of conservatism, but I'm willing to listen, for now. I'm hoping for a return to small government and fiscal responsibility, but then I believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the essential goodness of human nature, too.

What about the Tooth Fairy?

re: #53 Conservative Moonbat

Looks like Maine might get medical marijuana

I got this pain, doc.

Yeah, I believe in fairies, too.

re: #59 Thanos

If you look at that list, it's almost the entire SOCON pac spectrum, they are buying this election. The outspent them Dems by a lot if you add in the RNC etc PACs

Yeah--interesting how little actually comes from the Republican party.

re: #61 MandyManners

That comment is made of win.

re: #49 Sharmuta

I heard Christopher Robin is associated with a suspected maoist Bear that makes Glenn Beck cry.

That's just a smokescreen. Alex Jones scooped everyone with his bombshell. He revealed that Owl seeming useless collection of data was just a cover for a sekrit spy program. Owl is making the list of which residents of the Hundred Acre Wood will be sent to the internment camps!

///

re: #62 MandyManners

What about the Tooth Fairy?

Or the Great Pumpkin?

re: #47 MandyManners

Or, Dick Clark Cooking Contest.

That's just wrong. Who in their right mind would want to cook Dick Clark, much less make a contest out of it. I bet he isn't even that tasty.

/wait, what?

re: #62 MandyManners

What about the Tooth Fairy?

Mr Deeds? He lost :) Ohh, you weren't watching Red Dragon.

re: #62 MandyManners

What about the Tooth Fairy?

I don't know... is dental coverd in the health care bill?

Great Pumpkin pie! With whipped cream. Or lemon meringue. I like pie.

re: #71 brookly red

I don't know... is dental coverd in the health care bill?

Obama will be pushing that in 2012 to get the trailerpark vote.

re: #62 MandyManners

What about the Tooth Fairy?

He may be able to get married in Maine soon.

I think he should be able to get married anywhere he wants.

re: #73 soxfan4life

Obama will be pushing that in 2012 to get the trailerpark vote.

/ fema camp vote

re: #67 Dark_Falcon

That's just a smokescreen. Alex Jones scooped everyone with his bombshell. He revealed that Owl seeming useless collection of data was just a cover for a sekrit spy program. Owl is making the list of which residents of the Hundred Acre Wood will be sent to the internment camps!

///

BREAKING NEWS: Orly Taitz just filed a lawsuit claiming that Christopher Robin isnt even a resident of the hundred acre wood. She has proof that he was in fact born in never never land.

re: #61 MandyManners

Delicious Cannibal Cooking Contest.

I think Mandy is hungry. Someone please feed her something. NOW!

Here's a goofy little distraction while we await the results:

NYT: What One Word Best Describes How You Feel a Year After President Obama's Election?

The words folks selected scroll across the page. You can filter by Republican submissions, Democrats submissions or show both. The size of the word corresponds to how frequently it was submitted.

re: #74 countrockulot

I thought he was a she.

re: #61 MandyManners

Dead cats can't claw..

re: #59 Thanos

If you look at that list, it's almost the entire SOCON pac spectrum, they are buying this election. The outspent them Dems by a lot if you add in the RNC etc PACs

Just four Democrat groups gave $1.6 milion.

re: #46 BryanS

They spent is so the Repubs didn't? Interesting how the money came in. The Democrat party plus unions on one side versus pretty much just the club for growth.

The RCCC threw in around $850 K.

evenin' all

re: #72 Odahi

Great Pumpkin pie! With whipped cream. Or lemon meringue. I like pie.

YOU KILLED THE GREAT PUMPKIN?

re: #85 MandyManners

It was the Sta-pufft marshmallow man, he did it.

Not me, I'm no chef- I just eat the pie.

That's why I'm round- the shape of pie!

re: #82 MandyManners

Just four Democrat groups gave $1.6 milion.

The total spent was 4.5 million, the dems were way outspent.

re: #87 Odahi

Not me, I'm no chef- I just eat the pie.

FVB, is that you?

re: #85 MandyManners

NOOO!!!

re: #83 austin_blue

Yeah...missed that. Following too many sites :) That's a bit more balanced. It is still interesting to see the obvious big special interest money from each side--unions versus fundies pretty much.

re: #79 simoom

Here's a goofy little distraction while we await the results:

NYT: What One Word Best Describes How You Feel a Year After President Obama's Election?

The words folks selected scroll across the page. You can filter by Republican submissions, Democrats submissions or show both. The size of the word corresponds to how frequently it was submitted.

Interesting how different the words are when red vs blue.

re: #86 soxfan4life

It was the Sta-pufft marshmallow man, he did it.

Remember not to cross the streams.

re: #94 Dark_Falcon

Remember not to cross the streams.

/HEY! eyes front!

re: #74 countrockulot
What about the Tooth Fairy?

He may be able to get married in Maine soon.

Without equal rights the Tooth Fairy would be nothing more than an indentured servant.

re: #8 sergeant major

This just in... Christopher Robin wins the Governors race over Tiger for the Hundred Acre Wood

Four legs good! Two legs better!!

(and just for the record, I think the Robin campaign's sleazy tactics cheapened the discourse. I don't for one minute believe they had no connection or coordination with the "independent" group that compared Tigger to a meth addict.)

re: #79 simoom

He he. I typed in "tired".

Five reasons the NY-23 results don't matter (in the way that the pundits keep saying that it will), and some of the reasons are ones I've been saying for a while.

re: #98 Slumbering Behemoth

He he. I typed in "tired".

That's what I typed in!

re: #82 MandyManners

Just four Democrat groups gave $1.6 milion.

Add in $137,000.00 from Susan B. Anthony List and VOTE COPE.

I like pie because the cake is a lie.

re: #100 Sharmuta

If you tell me you had a delicious, hot pastrami sandwich for dinner tonight, I am going to insist on a DNA test. We may well just be twins separated at birth or something.

I voted for the Phillies over the Yankees.

Vote counting will be finished in the next couple of days.

re: #99 lawhawk

The results may not matter as much as the process. In this case, large vested outside ideological groups pouring large amounts of money into an off-election, centered around a candidate who doesn't even live in the district.

re: #105 freetoken

The results may not matter as much as the process. In this case, large vested outside ideological groups pouring large amounts of money into an off-election, centered around a candidate who doesn't even live in the district.

the moon is full & we agree...

Hooray for hippies...
Cob House Built For Less Than $3,000

Evening folks. I see the Democrats lost all three Virginia races. NJ & NY-23 next. I heard today that a California race may be closer than they originally thought. Any more interesting races going on?

Looking at the NJ returns on the map at Politico.com, so far they have called two counties, one going (D) the other going (R).

However, compared to the 2005 results, the counties switched parties!

Strange. Perhaps a sign of a very, very close race?

re: #105 freetoken

The results may not matter as much as the process. In this case, large vested outside ideological groups pouring large amounts of money into an off-election, centered around a candidate who doesn't even live in the district.

My memory is a bit fuzzy. Didn't some people (pundits) make a gawt-awful stink about that sort of thing when H.R. Clinton ran for a senator's seat in N.Y.?

Here to check on election returns with a glass of lemonade and a Peanut butter cookie!

Mom made cookies for a Senior Citizens gathering tomorrow, one is broken. I didn't want momma to be embarrassed, nor did I want the Seniors to see anything but perfect cookies.

I am a good son *chomp*

re: #108 NJDhockeyfan

Look like Maine is going to get gay marriage and medical marijuana.

Does anyone know the origin of the term "wonk" and how it got to be applied to political junkies?

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Hooray for hippies...
Cob House Built For Less Than $3,000

property tax $6,800...

re: #113 Big Steve

Does anyone know the origin of the term "wonk" and how it got to be applied to political junkies?

Typo of wank?

re: #110 Slumbering Behemoth

My memory is a bit fuzzy. Didn't some people (pundits) make a gawt-awful stink about that sort of thing when H.R. Clinton ran for a senator's seat in N.Y.?

It's a New York thing, Bobby Kennedy's "home" was a hotel suite.

re: #110 Slumbering Behemoth

Yes... and I thought it wrong for Mrs. Clinton to do the reverse-carpet-bagging... just like I think Hoffman is out to destroy traditional American polity.

re: #25 soxfan4life

Not me, I want all the free stuff the government will give me.///

Just keep the checks coming til I'm dead, then posterity can go hang.
/EU voter

re: #16 Charles

And yes, I'm still playing with ad placement and frequency. Opinions welcome...

You place your ads very subtly within the content, but seem prominent enough to get clicks. I've clicked, and it seems you have some behaviors going on too. My wife was looking at white rugs on overstock, and there on LGF was a ad for white rugs on overstock. I don't feel like they distract from the LGF 'brand' you've built.

re: #114 brookly red

Penalties for violating building codes: Priceless.

re: #113 Big Steve

Does anyone know the origin of the term "wonk" and how it got to be applied to political junkies?

[Link: www.etymonline.com...]

re: #115 Killgore Trout

Typo of wank?

Heh. Possibly not too far off

"overly studious person," 1954, Amer.Eng. student slang, popularized 1993 during Clinton administration in U.S.; perhaps a shortening of Brit. slang wonky "shaky, unreliable" (1919), which perhaps is from Ger. wankel- or from from surviving dialectal words based on O.E. wancol "shaky, tottering" (see wench). Or perhaps a variant of Brit. slang wanker "masturbator." It was earlier British naval slang for "midshipman" (1929).

re: #122 BryanS

Heh.

I heard Sean Hannity on the radio today say exit polls were showing Hoffman had NY-23 all wrapped up. That should make it so right.///

"Wonk" may also come from "know" spelled backwards. Maybe some of all of them.

re: #121 Thanos

[Link: www.etymonline.com...]

Heh. Funny we came up with the same link at the same time. Jinx.

Twitter is saying Democrat Lorenzo Langford has been re-elected as Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

re: #117 freetoken

I'm with you, and at least you are consistent. I think some folks my be suffering from selective outrage, though. Not any one here in particular, but folks (and pundits/politicians) at large, in general.

Chamber of Commerce Caves on Climate Change

re: #126 BryanS

Maybe :)

I've got it in my sidebar links at my site.

NJ turnout higher in GOP, swing districts

re: #129 Conservative Moonbat

Chamber of Commerce Caves on Climate Change

The Chamber has put forward an olive branch. Let's see if the Dems are willing to take it or if they just decide "no changes, it must be all our way).

re: #112 Conservative Moonbat

Look like Maine is going to get gay marriage and medical marijuana.

Oh, to not live in the red South...

re: #131 SteveC

NJ turnout higher in GOP, swing districts

Good news. That gives Christie a good chance.

re: #130 Thanos

Maybe :)

I've got it in my sidebar links at my site.

I did a quick google search for wonk and etymology.

re: #36 solomonpanting

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries:

Please take a number.

re: #110 Slumbering Behemoth

My memory is a bit fuzzy. Didn't some people (pundits) make a gawt-awful stink about that sort of thing when H.R. Clinton ran for a senator's seat in N.Y.?

Yes, and also when Bobby Kennedy did the same thing in '64. "Carpetbagger", they were called.

re: #129 Conservative Moonbat

Chamber of Commerce Caves on Climate Change

That could also be referred to a "Chamber of Commerce Agrees to Accept Reality".

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Hooray for hippies...
Cob House Built For Less Than $3,000

I don't see any hippies - just a very motivated young man willing to invest a year or so designing and building his own house for some people's yearly bar tab.

I don't see any Jews or Blacks or Marxist-Inspired Freedom Riders in the picture as well.

Do we get to throw stones at the 'hippies' (as if this were nineteen fucking sixty-nine in Alabama or something) and not the others? Hardly seems fair.

If corzine bites it I'm going to be such a happy camper.

re: #98 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #100 Sharmuta

I put 'mellow' though I'm not entirely sure why :P.

re: #105 freetoken

The results may not matter as much as the process. In this case, large vested outside ideological groups pouring large amounts of money into an off-election, centered around a candidate who doesn't even live in the district.

Living out of the district is a semi-unfair call -- he's lived in that house forever, and the district boundaries moved during the last redistricting. He's only a few miles over the line.

Not caring about "parochial" local issues is a more serious charge.

re: #1 The Sanity Inspector

Looks like the GOP is scoring the trifecta in Virginia.

A landslide for McDonnell...20 points.
Far higher than any of the pre-election polls.

Democrat Dawn Zimmer has been elected the first female mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey with about 44 percent of the vote. Interim Mayor, first female mayor of Hoboken

Bloomberg won a third term as mayor of Gotham City...

re: #80 Plato

I thought he was a she.

That was before the sexual reassignment surgery...

re: #129 Conservative Moonbat

That's not really a cave. Before the Yes man hoax they had similar statements up at their site. They are still against Cap and Trade bill as envisioned by Waxman.

Larry King has Jesse Ventura on. I didn't realize they were both still alive.

re: #135 BryanS

Etymology almost always gets you the OED site, it's good to bookmark

re: #144 Charles

Bloomberg won a third term as mayor of Gotham City...

Shocka!

re: #147 RogueOne

Larry King has Jesse Ventura on. I didn't realize they were both still alive.

Jesse doesn't have time to die.

re: #146 Thanos

That's not really a cave. Before the Yes man hoax they had similar statements up at their site. They are still against Cap and Trade bill as envisioned by Waxman.

The current stance is better than flat-out denialism.

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Hooray for hippies...
Cob House Built For Less Than $3,000

Before I'd let my family live in that thing, I'd give 'em all allergy shots first. Sheetrock was invented for a reason, you know.

re: #146 Thanos

I suspect they are actually against doinh anything wrt AGW, but with all the bad press they have gotten by the likes of Apple, Nike, and various utility groups pulling out of the organization they probably felt they had to put on a new face.

re: #144 Charles

Bloomberg won a third term as mayor of Gotham City...

I was mad about the term limits thing, but have gotten over it.

re: #146 Thanos

That's not really a cave. Before the Yes man hoax they had similar statements up at their site. They are still against Cap and Trade bill as envisioned by Waxman.

As we all should be, it's nothing but a job killing government money grab. Climate change is a real thing, now we need a real solution.

re: #140 simoom

Damn it! You only get one chance to type something in there. I should have typed "Itchy". Or maybe "grape". Bummer.

re: #147 RogueOne

Larry King has Jesse Ventura on. I didn't realize they were both still alive.

The jury is still out on Larry. Like Keith Richards, his brain may have not kept up with his corpse.

CNN is saying Michael Steele flying to NJ.

MTV is saying Michael Jackson is still dead.

Well, Politico just made a liar out of me... they change one of their NJ county colors from blue to red...

It's beginning to look like the GOP might take the governorship of NJ. Can't say I'd be surprised, being how notorious Corzine has become.

re: #147 RogueOne

Larry King has Jesse Ventura on. I didn't realize they were both still alive.

How can you tell?

re: #151 Conservative Moonbat

The current stance is better than flat-out denialism.

They were never at flat out denialism, they've always called for congress to act on climate change. Anyone portraying them as deniers is flatly wrong.

re: #144 Charles

Bloomberg won a third term as mayor of Gotham City...

He paid enough for it. I heard it was something like $100 million of his own money.

re: #138 ryannon

Do we get to throw stones at the 'hippies' (as if this were nineteen fucking sixty-nine in Alabama or something) and not the others?

No, we do not get to throw stones at the 'hippies', only clay. Duh!
/

Corzine was exceptionally disgusting with his thinly veiled digs about Christie's weight. I hope Corzine loses big time.

re: #152 The Sanity Inspector

Before I'd let my family live in that thing, I'd give 'em all allergy shots first. Sheetrock was invented for a reason, you know.

So the Chinese could poison us with it?

re: #160 MandyManners

They look like an older version of TWINS (Danny Devito/Arnold Schwarzenegger

re: #164 WinterCat

Corzine was exceptionally disgusting with his thinly veiled digs about Christie's weight. I hope Corzine loses big time.

Quite Concur.

re: #153 freetoken

I suspect they are actually against doinh anything wrt AGW, but with all the bad press they have gotten by the likes of Apple, Nike, and various utility groups pulling out of the organization they probably felt they had to put on a new face.

No, I linked their statement on Climate Change way back in September. They are not denialists.

re: #159 freetoken

Well, Politico just made a liar out of me... they change one of their NJ county colors from blue to red...

It's beginning to look like the GOP might take the governorship of NJ. Can't say I'd be surprised, being how notorious Corzine has become.

Repubs thought they could pick up Torricelli's seat. Alas, the state has proven difficult to pick off any seats nomatter the level of corruption.

re: #159 freetoken

Well, Politico just made a liar out of me...

Those bastards!

re: #162 NJDhockeyfan

He paid enough for it. I heard it was something like $100 million of his own money.

I was gonna vote for the other guy but then Obama went and endorsed him :)

The headline is "Red Flags in Jersey over absentee ballot surge" - but the website is "Liberty's Army" and it looks like a bunch of wild eyed true believers.

Probably just noise.

re: #135 BryanS

I did a quick google search for wonk and etymology.

Thereby engaging in the subject you studied.

"An entomologist is not a bug." --KR

re: #152 The Sanity Inspector

Before I'd let my family live in that thing, I'd give 'em all allergy shots first. Sheetrock was invented for a reason, you know.

Don't worry, not a chance that either you or your family will ever live in a house like that.

As for the people who will, you might find that they're allergic to sheet-rock. Different strokes for different folks.

I read somewhere that Bloomberg was spending $37,000 an hour to get re-elected. Don't know if it's true, but if it is- wow. He must REALLY think he's the right one to help his city.

re: #164 WinterCat

Corzine was exceptionally disgusting with his thinly veiled digs about Christie's weight. I hope Corzine loses big time.

Of course his record of higher taxes, corruption, and no jobs shouldn't want us to hope he loses.

re: #164 WinterCat

Corzine was exceptionally disgusting with his thinly veiled digs about Christie's weight. I hope Corzine loses big time.

I wonder how many portly people voted against Corzine just for that remark.

Ok, finished V.
Liked it.
Don't see what my fellow libs are bitching about.

So was the Bush administration one of the V's terror cells to usher in our alien overlord of hope and change...oh and "universal" health care?
That made the hubby and I laugh...

re: #177 MandyManners

Portly is a good word. Upding for that.

re: #139 RogueOne

If corzine bites it I'm going to be such a happy camper.

I second that emtion

re: #170 Sharmuta

Those bastards!

They killed Kenny!

re: #138 ryannon

I don't see any hippies - just a very motivated young man willing to invest a year or so designing and building his own house for some people's yearly bar tab.

I don't see any Jews or Blacks or Marxist-Inspired Freedom Riders in the picture as well.

Do we get to throw stones at the 'hippies' (as if this were nineteen fucking sixty-nine in Alabama or something) and not the others? Hardly seems fair.

Lighten up, hippie.

re: #179 wee fury

Portly is a good word. Upding for that.

Yeah, "fat slobs" is rude.

I had nothing or anyone to vote for in my area. I feel so left out.

NY 23: 8% in Owens up 51-42

re: #182 Killgore Trout

Upding (soon I'll be able to!) for the "Stripes" reference.

re: #175 Odahi

I read somewhere that Bloomberg was spending $37,000 an hour to get re-elected. Don't know if it's true, but if it is- wow. He must REALLY think he's the right one to help his city.

Ah, found it.

How Bloomberg Got Away With Buying New York

Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City has spent over $100 million on his reelection campaign against Democrat Bill Thompson. No candidate has ever spent more of his private fortune on a single political campaign. (This does not make it the most expensive campaign--President Barack Obama raised, and presumably spent, $150 million in a single month of his 2008 campaign.) Bloomberg, an independent candidate, has spent $245 million of his $16 billion fortune on this and his previous two mayoral campaigns. He has also come under fire for using political leverage to circumvent term limits that would have precluded the third term he is now all but guaranteed.

re: #183 MandyManners

Persons of Exaggerated Heft?

re: #176 soxfan4life

Of course his record of higher taxes, corruption, and no jobs shouldn't want us to hope he loses.

gee how can you hold corruption against a pol?

re: #164 WinterCat

Corzine was exceptionally disgusting with his thinly veiled digs about Christie's weight. I hope Corzine loses big time.

Really? Extremely disgusting? The last fat president was William Howard Taft. The polity sees fat people as lacking self-control. Take a look at your elected representatives- local, State, and Federal.

See a trend?

I agree it's distasteful, don't get me wrong, but it's an easy punch in the mouth. You want disgusting? See the Nirthers.

re: #143 SteveC

I was walking through Hoboken heading to Carlo's bakery (Cake Boss show on TLC); Zimmer's people were out in force on all the street corners urging people to vote.

Oh, and Carlo's pastries... they are good. real good.

re: #189 brookly red

gee how can you hold corruption against a pol?

That's On the Job Training for most.

re: #138 ryannon

Also from the same site: Welcome Republicans!

...there seems to be republican bloggers filling this board with antienvironment posts...I would like to say to all republicans visiting this site welcome. If there ever was an issue that shouldn't be red or blue, it's the environment. But please take a few minutes to read opposing point views while you're here. I have had my opinions changed by well argued posts and if you, and everyone else, tries reading with an open mind you might as well.

re: #188 Slumbering Behemoth

Persons of Exaggerated Heft?

Scale Challenged!

re: #182 Killgore Trout

Lighten up, hippie.

I just get pissy when I see generally well-meaning people being objectified in such simplistic ways.

Fucking hydroponics.

Ought to be registered with the police for the molestation of under-age plants.

re: #185 SteveC

NY 23: 8% in Owens up 51-42

Still too soon to be sure. If Owens is still up like that at 25%, then we can start to think he's got it.

re: #195 ryannon

Ought to be registered with the police for the molestation of under-age plants.

What the hell does that mean?

re: #194 SteveC

Scale Challenged!

Well grounded!

re: #193 Killgore Trout

Also from the same site: Welcome Republicans!

Commie bastards.

re: #195 ryannon

I am guilty of kumquat abuse. They were my first experiments so they've endured a lot.

re: #190 austin_blue

Really? Extremely disgusting? The last fat president was William Howard Taft. The polity sees fat people as lacking self-control. Take a look at your elected representatives- local, State, and Federal.

See a trend?

I agree it's distasteful, don't get me wrong, but it's an easy punch in the mouth. You want disgusting? See the Nirthers.

Exactly. Huckleberry's interest in running for president curiously trends with his weight loss.

NYT elections page

California 10th District is a 5 way tie! :)

re: #198 austin_blue

Well grounded!

Plumped up.

re: #190 austin_blue

I agree it's distasteful, don't get me wrong, but it's an easy punch in the mouth. You want disgusting? See the Nirthers.

Um. How did the Nirthers enter into this? Sheesh. And, no, I don't want disgusting. That was my point.

re: #200 Killgore Trout

I am guilty of kumquat abuse. They were my first experiments so they've endured a lot.

Stockholm syndrome. The poor dears are going to need years of therapy. Years and years...

re: #188 Slumbering Behemoth

Persons of Exaggerated Heft?

Slim-challenged?

re: #198 austin_blue

Well grounded!

Gravity Enhanced!

re: #207 SteveC

Gravity Enhanced!

Good breeding stock.

Dem Strategist Pat Caddell Accuses Democrats of Dirty Tricks In New Jersey Governor's Race

re: #107 Killgore Trout

Hooray for hippies...
Cob House Built For Less Than $3,000

I wouldn't want to live there even if I was Bilbo Baggins.

The bloomberg race is really close. Have they called it?

AP with 9% of precincts reporting in NY-23: Owens: 5,501, Hoffman: 4,633; Scozzafava: 437

(From Twitter)

re: #174 ryannon

Don't worry, not a chance that either you or your family will ever live in a house like that.

As for the people who will, you might find that they're allergic to sheet-rock. Different strokes for different folks.

FWIW, I have spent a little time around Habitat for Humanity houses that are intended for Third World use. They are humble but adequate little abodes. Some are made of cinderblock, some out of locally made brick, but none are made of this dirt/straw matrix, SFAIK.

Maybe a spray-on sealant would be a good compromise, w/o busting the budget or ruining the Earth Day vibe.

Four Seasons Hotel Adds New Rooftop Vegetable Garden as a Source for Hyper-Local Ingredients for the Fountain Restaurant

re: #204 WinterCat

Um. How did the Nirthers enter into this? Sheesh. And, no, I don't want disgusting. That was my point.

Pointing out a personal weakness is fair game in politics. Making shit up isn't.

Simple enough?

re: #179 wee fury

Portly is a good word. Upding for that.

"Corpulent!" /expectant gaze/...

re: #212 SteveC

AP with 9% of precincts reporting in NY-23: Owens: 5,501, Hoffman: 4,633; Scozzafava: 437

(From Twitter)

that is less people than on my subway home...

re: #210 Alouette

I wouldn't want to live there even if I was Bilbo Baggins.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

re: #216 The Sanity Inspector

"Corpulent!" /expectant gaze/...

A substantial member of the community...

From Twitter: FOX News: Dewey Wins!

re: #209 NJDhockeyfan

Dem Strategist Pat Caddell Accuses Democrats of Dirty Tricks In New Jersey Governor's Race

[Video]

No fucking shit.

re: #196 Dark_Falcon

Not necessarily. It will depend on which counties are reporting. It's the same story in NJ; some of the big counties haven't reported sufficiently to give a sense of how the state is going.

re: #214 Killgore Trout

Good deal for the Four Seasons Hotel! And kudos to the Cob House guy, too. I wouldn't want to live in it, but I respect his commitment.

re: #216 The Sanity Inspector

"Corpulent!" /expectant gaze/...

Corpuscles gone wild!

re: #194 SteveC

I think I'll start referring to myself as "Disproportionately Beer Enhanced".

re: #210 Alouette

I wouldn't want to live there even if I was Bilbo Baggins.

There's a 68 yr old straw mansion in AL.

[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #218 MandyManners

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Nice...

NJ GOV: Christie Continues To Lead
November 3, 2009 9:48 PM %P% Permalink %P% Comments (0) %P%

With 58% of precincts reporting, ex-U.S. Atty Chris Christie (R) is leading Gov. Jon Corzine (D) by 6 points, 50%-44%, with ex-EPA regional admin. Chris Daggett (I) getting 5%. In Bergen Co., a must-win for GOPers in a statewide contest, Christie is still up by some 1K votes with 439 of 553 precincts reporting. It's not an insurmountable lead, but Dems in NJ and DC are nervous.

Meanwhile, Daggett is currently delivering a concession speech from his Basking Ridge HQ.

(SEAN J. MILLER)

:)

re: #217 brookly red

How weird would it be if the repubs swept everything but NY23.

re: #218 MandyManners

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Upding for Mr. Tolkien!

The road goes ever onward...

Cristie is now up by 6.1 (49.9-43.8) with 66.8% reporting.

I am trying to get revenge for those "Do Not Call List" violators.
I admit it, my broomstick has been recently tuned.
We've been getting 2-3 solicitations a day.
I'm reporting their patooties & hoping they get hit with a $1500 fine, PER CALL!

All you need is the name of the company, and a call-back number ( lots won't give you that). I like adding the name of the employee who called (Yes, I know, they're grateful to have a job.) I'm sick of this.

[Link: complaints.donotcall.gov...]

re: #218 MandyManners

I used to have that memorized, when I still had a memory. Frodo lives!

re: #224 wee fury

Corpuscles gone wild!

SHOW US YER TI...

re: #224 wee fury

Corpuscles gone wild!

/no one wants to watch a corpuscel in a wet t-shirt...

re: #213 The Sanity Inspector

FWIW, I have spent a little time around Habitat for Humanity houses that are intended for Third World use. They are humble but adequate little abodes. Some are made of cinderblock, some out of locally made brick, but none are made of this dirt/straw matrix, SFAIK.

Maybe a spray-on sealant would be a good compromise, w/o busting the budget or ruining the Earth Day vibe.

Like adobe, those materials were meant to 'breathe'. A spray-on sealant is just about the worse thing you could put on it, just after latex-based paint.

Either leave it shit-brown or whitewash it. The boy's no Frank Lloyd Wright, but it's his first try. Once you master materials like that, you can do beautiful things.

re: #218 MandyManners

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. ... it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

RCP Blog:

9:51 -- Nearly an hour after polls closed in NY, results are coming in at a snail's pace. The NYT page has 8% reporting, with Owens winning 53% to Hoffman's 42% and Scozzafava at 4%. But that's a total of less than 10,000 votes. Leaked exits (via Ben Smith's twitter account) had Hoffman leading Owens 50-47, with Scozzafava at 2.5%. At this rate, it'll be tomorrow before we know who won. --TOM BEVAN

9:46 -- NYT fixed Sussex County. 58% in, Christie leads by 90,000 votes. I don't think there's enough votes out there for Corzine to win. --SEAN TRENDE

9:45 -- Daggett takes stage. We don't know who won, "but we know it's not us." -- MIKE MEMOLI

9:43 -- Hudson County, where Corzine ran up huge margins in '05, reporting just 36% turnout tonight -- MIKE MEMOLI

9:40 -- Setting the scene at Corzine HQ: music turned off and NJN coverage being piped in. Much of the crowd is taking advantage of the cash bar and soggy water dogs outside the ballroom. -- MIKE MEMOLI

re: #230 SteveC

Upding for Mr. Tolkien!

The road goes ever onward...

Don't forget your pocket kerchiefs!

re: #232 Floral Giraffe

I am trying to get revenge for those "Do Not Call List" violators.
I admit it, my broomstick has been recently tuned.
We've been getting 2-3 solicitations a day.
I'm reporting their patooties & hoping they get hit with a $1500 fine, PER CALL!

All you need is the name of the company, and a call-back number ( lots won't give you that). I like adding the name of the employee who called (Yes, I know, they're grateful to have a job.) I'm sick of this.

[Link: complaints.donotcall.gov...]

I tell them to hold on then put the phone down.

re: #229 RogueOne

How weird would it be if the repubs swept everything but NY23.

area 23, area 51, whatever...

re: #214 Killgore Trout

Four Seasons Hotel Adds New Rooftop Vegetable Garden as a Source for Hyper-Local Ingredients for the Fountain Restaurant

Hippies again. Infiltrating everything.

looking good in NY-23 so far...this whole mess will have been worth it if the voters upstate send a big loud 'get lost' to the teabaggers. anyone have any data on Maine? thats probably the most important election, big big picture wise...

re: #237 freetoken

[Video]

Oh, good!

9:55 -- A GOP source in Bergen sends these updated numbers from key NJ county: 84% reporting, Christie has 650-vote edge -- MIKE MEMOLI

9:54 -- Corzine music update: "It's Not Over" replaces NJN feed. --MIKE MEMOLI

9:54 -- According to Virginia blogger Not Larry Sabato, with three races uncalled, Democrats are down four seats in the Virginia House of Delegates. If they lose five seats, I think they'll breathe a sigh of relief. --SEAN TRENDE

re: #237 freetoken

That''s a lovely, relaxing piece. Thank you.

re: #207 SteveC

Gravity Enhanced!

Gots some meat on they bones.

re: #243 rollwave87

In Maine they just found a new use for sheep...wool.

re: #229 RogueOne

How weird would it be if the repubs swept everything but NY23.

If those North Country voters don't vote the way Palin told them to?

Say good-bye, Sarah.

re: #234 MandyManners

Where The Girls Gone Wild Things Are

Speaking of hippies, I practically am one here in the armpit of Texas, Lubbock. No, I don't wear tie-dye or smoke illegal plants, and my hair (such as it is) is still cut to military regulation, but I do speak distinctly in standard English and sometimes articulate well thought-out and even intellectually-grounded opinions. This, of course, is profoundly theatening to the yokels who have taken over this place since I was a child here in the 50s. I've managed to arouse the suspicion of the police more than once like this in fact. I am also sick of cops and other imperious lackeys who routinely violate the law and abuse the people for whom they allegedly work. The metastasizing mass of orange traffic cones doesn't make it any better.

I have two months to go in this hellhole, then it's back to a place where American principles more or less prevail.

re: #248 soxfan4life

In Maine they just found a new use for sheep...wool.

yeahhh...was actually referring to the whole civil rights referendum thing. but thanks. and go yankees.

re: #238 NJDhockeyfan

Exit polls were too close to call, but it looks like whatever margins Corzine was hoping for in Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Union, and Hudson aren't happening.

re: #242 ryannon

There's a lot of interest in urban rooftop gardening. Even beekeeping.

re: #250 Slumbering Behemoth

Where The Girls Gone Wild Things Are

Freakin' bizarre.

AP is just predicting Christie as NJ's next governor.

re: #254 Killgore Trout

I know they're even finding falcons (maybe eagles too) nesting on high-rises.

re: #186 Odahi
BTW

Love that avatar

re: #253 lawhawk

Exit polls were too close to call, but it looks like whatever margins Corzine was hoping for in Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Union, and Hudson aren't happening.

Looks like the gangbangers & drug dealers can't save Corzine from defeat.

re: #238 NJDhockeyfan

NYT has more recent numbers it appears, 21 pct reporting:

N.Y. District 23
N.Y. District 23 Candidate Party Votes Pct.
Bill Owens Dem. 15,724 51.5%
Doug Hoffman Con. 13,195 43.2
Dede Scozzafava Rep. 1,627 5.3

re: #253 lawhawk

Christie is still up by 100,000 votes, with probably 6x many left to count. It's beginning to look like Corzine has no hope left.