Hmm...wonder what PMSNBC and CNN are going to focus more on? the outcome of NY-23 or the gubenetorial races in Virgnina and New Jersey.

/It's not like voters in a VERY blue state just elected a Republican or anything...

Republicans won in blue territories, a Democrat won in a red territory, and gays were denied their rights in Maine. Seems to me everyone lost.

Oh...and one way to make the baseball season seem like it's dragging on forever and ever is have the World Series extend into November.

Another way to agonizingly prolong the baseball season is to have the Yankees in the World Series. Feel the days, weeks and months that you're never getting back slide away while the vapid announcers gush over how 'clutch' players like Nick Swisher, Phil Coke or Joba Chamberlain are...by the time the inning's over, you'll be wondering what year it is and who's birthday you missed or which one of your relatives are still alive...but- surprisingly- only a few minutes have elapsed!

Or better yet- combine the two! You'll have this compacted mass of tedium and suck that's compressed so tightly that not even light can escape.

re: #3 Fenway_Nation

Only slightly off topic: Did you ever read Hunter Thompson's suggestions on how to improve baseball? Glorious and insane. :D

re: #3 Fenway_Nation
I've been a Sox fan all of my adult life, but always hated the fact that they're in the American League.

re: #5 Capitalist Tool

I was profoundly disappointed in them last month...

At the end of September, they were within striking distance of the AL East pennant...then they just seemed to be phoning it it from that final regular-season series against the Yankees to the ALDS.

Vicente Padilla Shot In Leg

Dick Cheney, perhaps? Maybe Plaxico Burress

/

re: #7 TheMatrix31

Vicente Padilla Shot In Leg

Dick Cheney, perhaps? Maybe Plaxico Burress

/

I say Cheney. So far Plaxico has demonstrated no ability to shoot anyone except himself. And a 'hunting accident'...very fishy.

/

re: #7 TheMatrix31

Plaxico is one of the most awesome names in all of sports. See also Coco Crisp. See also Dick Butkus.

re: #9 WindUpBird

Plaxico is one of the most awesome names in all of sports. See also Coco Crisp. See also Dick Butkus.

It is a good name.

re: #8 SanFranciscoZionist

Yea- but C'mon! Cheney could've shot a bird or a dog...but he shot a lawyer fer Chrissakes.

/Much better than busting a cap in your own appendage.

re: #9 WindUpBird

Plaxico is one of the most awesome names in all of sports. See also Coco Crisp. See also Dick Butkus.

NASCAR famous Dick Trickle ring any bells?

re: #10 SanFranciscoZionist

One of my favorite things lately is watching Monday Night Football with my partner (who is a Real football fan, goes to local college games) and picking out the amazing unintentional euphemisms for intercourse that the commentators make. And then twittering them.

I am also rooting for the currently unstoppable Saints. Because I want New Orleans to kick ass.

re: #12 Capitalist Tool

It so does! :D :D

Medical Marijuana passed in Maine anyway, and by a large margin.

I think it's interesting that it's not being reported on.

re: #15 Conservative Moonbat

Reporters are too distracted by the contact high...

/

A musical interlude while I wait on my test call...

re: #15 Conservative Moonbat

Medical Marijuana passed in Maine anyway, and by a large margin.

I think it's interesting that it's not being reported on.

Yup, me too.

re: #15 Conservative Moonbat

No one gives a shit about that when two blue states got rocked.

Medical pot is one of those things I support because there's no reason not to, and have absolutely no interest in. And honestly, many of its supporters irritate the hell out of me.

Can we just legalize, already, and stop having this stupid repetitive national conversation about it?

re: #17 Thanos

re: #17 Thanos

Music? Did someone say "music"?

We got some music right here:

/only 50 days left to shop for those gifts to put under the tree onto which fall people may fall ...

re: #19 TheMatrix31

I don't think Viginia is as 'blue' as some make it out to be...

re: #21 freetoken

That reminds me of another song

re: #22 Fenway_Nation

'Virginia', too...

re: #15 Conservative Moonbat

Medical Marijuana passed in Maine anyway, and by a large margin.

I think it's interesting that it's not being reported on.

There were gay marriage proposals on ballots in two states - Washington and...? Any word on how they fared?

One of the more resonant scenes from "Wild at Heart" :

re: #25 SixDegrees

Looks like the measure in Maine failed to pass, while the referendum in Washington succeeded, although it was weaker than the Maine bill, being a sort of "everything but marriage" statement that supports civil unions.

Another vote of support for my idea that the contracts granted by states called "marriage licenses" ought to be replaced across the board with civil contracts for all. If you want a marriage, go to your church. If you want the legal recognition and rights granted by the state contract, go get a civil contract. It's what everyone has to do anyway right now, it's just a matter of renaming the state-issued contract to reflect it's true nature.

Out, probably until much later. We're having a mysterious LGF blackout at work that has lasted for several days, so no posting until I return home unless it's been resolved.

Nas Nedogonyat

Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits

re: #30 iceweasel

And now for something completely different - Stuart Lee on the heartbreak of Scotchness :)

Completely off topic, regarding that George Hutchins Constitution Party candidate and his amazing technicolor website, a friend of mine showed me this:

*** YEAH CAPSLOCK!!!

It just brings it all home. I haven't laughed this hard at an image macro for a month.

re: #33 WindUpBird

*** YEAH CAPSLOCK!!!

YEAH! TOAST!

One for the Republicans

[Link: vodpod.com...]

But the two they won were just regular elections, not a power play involving the extreme right.

But Hoffmann already blamed it on ACORN and "the troops".

re: #20 SanFranciscoZionist

Medical pot is one of those things I support because there's no reason not to, and have absolutely no interest in. And honestly, many of its supporters irritate the hell out of me.

Can we just legalize, already, and stop having this stupid repetitive national conversation about it?

Are you meaning medical marijuana, or marijuana in general? First the government would have to figure out how much to tax it, how to subsidize low income families from it, and how to test drivers for being under the influence. And this administration would have to figure out how to give it to people for free.

re: #35 ralphieboy

One for the Republicans

[Link: vodpod.com...]

But the two they won were just regular elections, not a power play involving the extreme right.

But Hoffmann already blamed it on ACORN and "the troops".

The TPers set up the race in the 23rd as an iconic battle between themselves and everything they oppose - and they lost. They're trying to salvage victory from other results, but they stepped in it big time in the 23rd, handing that seat to a Democrat for the first time since the Civil War and eliminating GOP participation in the race.

Not quite their Waterloo, but given enough time they'll probably manage to screech themselves out of existence.

Morning, soxfan4life...

Just musing about how 1 year ago today...

I had a job.

re: #39 Fenway_Nation

I cant believe this nightmare is already potentially 25% over.

re: #39 Fenway_Nation

Morning, soxfan4life...

Just musing about how 1 year ago today...

I had a job.

Hang in there my friend.. it will come. Of course it might be in something completely different. If you're interested in contract work for the Army there is alot here at Fort Hood. Email me if you want some more info, I can give you some names, numbers, etc..

re: #40 TheMatrix31

I cant believe this nightmare is already potentially 25% over.

Midterms next year could put a huge roadblock in his path.

re: #42 soxfan4life

Ahh...if only.

re: #43 TheMatrix31

Ahh...if only.

If Republicans take a lesson from McConnell and don't try to make NY-23 into some kind of moral victory they can pick up ground in 2010.

re: #40 TheMatrix31

I cant believe this nightmare is already potentially 25% over.

And I can't belive it's not butter!//

re: #41 soxfan4life

Awesome...a change of scenery might be just what I need. Appreciate that.

I was going to to a blog entry on 'the grim milestone', but I'm not sure how I should go about it. Lord knows there's plenty to choose from, but I'm trying to decide if I should be snarky or sincere.
To be fair, I rattled off a list of things that he likely had a hand in that I wholeheartedly endorse (involves dead jihadis around the Horn of Africa and Hindu Kush)...

Low hanging fruit from there on out, tho'

Thing is, the Reps are bound to recover next year, a victory in NY-23 would've supported the untra-right's argument that it was "sticking to principles" that won it for them, rather than the natural political cycle of incumbents losing ground in a weak economy.

Have not looked into the FOx, Rush and RNC spin on their major political gaffe.

re: #44 soxfan4life

If Republicans take a lesson from McConnell and don't try to make NY-23 into some kind of moral victory they can pick up ground in 2010.

The amount of spinning taking place over at Malkin's could be used to enrich uranium. The turned that race into a circus and made it an icon of their position - and they lost. Now, they're trying on every excuse available to find one that makes this look like a slightly less epic fail, and the search isn't going well.

re: #44 soxfan4life

NY-23 is and forever shall be the Highway I take when heading over from Massachusetts to visit the FASNY Fire Museum.

re: #45 Fenway_Nation

At least he signed the stimulus and kept unemployment from reaching near double digits. Oops. Well he stood behind his commitment to more troops in Afghanistan. Nooo.Came home empty handed on his Olympic bid. But he did manage to stand up the MOH recipients and their inaugural ball.

re: #46 ralphieboy

Thing is, the Reps are bound to recover next year, a victory in NY-23 would've supported the untra-right's argument that it was "sticking to principles" that won it for them, rather than the natural political cycle of incumbents losing ground in a weak economy.

Have not looked into the FOx, Rush and RNC spin on their major political gaffe.

Hoffman himself set the tone for what's to come: he's blaming his defeat on ACORN and hinting at election fraud. Apparently, now there's a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy out there. Other pundits, who were proclaiming the race in the 23rd to be the defining moment of the TPers where certain victory would proceed to wash over the entire country are now suddenly silent on the race, preferring to suddenly take interest in a couple of GOP victories that are, frankly, boringly unremarkable. "WOO HOO! We won against the most corrupt, incompetent Democrat EVAH!" isn't much of a rallying cry, but it's all they've got left.

re: #49 soxfan4life

Don't forget his scathing condemnation of Iran's mullahs after their militias arbitrarily beat, shot and detained protestors in Tehran FOX news, the US Chamber of Commerce and the thugs and tyrants at...Edmunds

re: #51 Fenway_Nation

He knows who the true enemies of the state are. There was also his whole hearted show of support for police officers in general and in Cambridge specifically.

re: #50 SixDegrees

Well...there IS ACORN involvement rampant everywhere, so it's a legitimate complaint. Me? I don't give a shit about NY-23, I'm celebrating the ass beatings in VA and NJ.

re: #51 Fenway_Nation

Don't forget his scathing condemnation of Iran's mullahs after their militias arbitrarily beat, shot and detained protestors in Tehran FOX news, the US Chamber of Commerce and the thugs and tyrants at...Edmunds

One of these days, those tactics are gonna' back-fire on BHO on day.

re: #53 TheMatrix31

Well...there IS ACORN involvement rampant everywhere, so it's a legitimate complaint. Me? I don't give a shit about NY-23, I'm celebrating the ass beatings in VA and NJ.

How very butthurt conservative of you.

re: #55 soxfan4life

Only butthurt because we keep being fucked in the ass by Obama and Congress.

re: #56 TheMatrix31

*WHACK*

I see the NY-23 race not going away anytime soon just because Hussein Dolt's cheerleaders in the MSM won't have to discuss the GOP winning one of the bluest states there is and a state that's been trending blue for a decade...both 'aided' by multiple campaign appearences by the TOTUS himself.

re: #57 MandyManners

LOL! Hi Mandy...

re: #57 MandyManners

Sorry, where are my Manners! :)

Good Morning LGF.
I trust everyone is ready for the whining lefty spinfest that is certain to follow yesterday's election results.

re: #58 Fenway_Nation

Wonder how the GOP will do in next years regular election in NY-23. That would tell a lot about the district, more than the clusterfuck this special election turned into.

re: #61 Spare O'Lake

Morning, they'll start with, "It's Bushs' fault."

re: #61 Spare O'Lake

It has begun...apparently the Governorships of Virginia & NJ are completely unimportant.

/kinda like how being Governor of Texas was a do-nothing job that hardly qualified Bush for POTUS, whereas being governor of much larger and more populous states like Arkansas or Georgia were harder work and made Clinton and Carter better suited for the job...//

re: #53 TheMatrix31

Well...there IS ACORN involvement rampant everywhere, so it's a legitimate complaint. Me? I don't give a shit about NY-23, I'm celebrating the ass beatings in VA and NJ.

I don't understand how it's a complaint, though. There's nothing wrong with promoting political causes. And as far as I'm aware, ACORN has little presence in upstate New York, and there haven't been any allegations of fraud leveled against anyone. What, exactly, is there to complain about?

I don't care for ACORN - see my many previous posts detailing my personal experience with them - but they're not "everywhere," they have no more influence in politics than any other political interest group, and even the allegations of fraud and misconduct are massively exaggerated.

I agree that the focus belonged elsewhere. Malkin, Beck, et all, however, decided to make the 23rd their Ground Zero - and got their asses handed to them.

As I said earlier, NJ is a welcome victory, but it isn't exactly earth shattering. If a damp dishtowel wasn't able to win against an incompetent corruptocrat like Corzine, it would bring shame to damp dishtowels everywhere.

VA is the closest thing to an actual referendum of sorts on Democratic policy, and early exit polling analyses seem to indicate that the continuing under-performing economy is taking it's toll on the party in power. The GOP could best capitolize on this by putting forward concrete economic plans and legislative counterproposals of it's own, to show that they are not only capable of saying "No!" but can also provide positive leadership on the issues. We'll see if they're able to build on that win over the next few weeks and months.

.re: #64 Fenway_Nation

A Dem losing NJ should be huge news. Saddam Hussein could have run as a D in NJ and won.

re: #63 sngnsgt

Morning, they'll start with, "It's Bushs' fault."

Dem default setting - blame Bush.

re: #66 soxfan4life

Yea- I kinda had Corzine pegged as Joisey version of Mayor Daley.

'Sure he's a corrupt, unethical scumbag, but he's our corrupt unethical scumbag and he's not going anywhere'

4 words- Robert Gibbs press confrence:)

re: #62 soxfan4life

Wonder how the GOP will do in next years regular election in NY-23. That would tell a lot about the district, more than the clusterfuck this special election turned into.

They'll have to actually run a candidate to find out. One selected though the primary process, rather than by appointment.

At the moment, I don't think the party brand has been affected one way or the other; there's nothing blocking a GOP candidate from running and winning that seat. But things will still be at least a bit inflamed over the just-comleted special election.

re: #68 Fenway_Nation

Corrupt, unethical, scumbag is just experience in the cesspool of NJ politics.

re: #71 soxfan4life

Wonder if Pauly Walnuts was canvassing for Corzine.

re: #66 soxfan4life

.

A Dem losing NJ should be huge news. Saddam Hussein could have run as a D in NJ and won.

The news over the last few weeks was that Corzine was doing as well as he was. His disastrous handling of the state's business, his massive corruption and his attempt to do everything but explicitly buy votes by throwing truckloads of money at his campaign have all generated very negative feelings among voters - and the press. A win by Corzine would have been bigger news than his loss, frankly; the actual results have been anticipated and telegraphed by the press for some time now.

re: #68 Fenway_Nation

Speaking of special elections, what is happening in the Commonwealth and the replacement for Ted Kennedy? I know they bypassed the law and appointed a replacement, but I thought there still had to be a special election sometime soon.

re: #69 Cannadian Club Akbar

4 words- Robert Gibbs press confrence:)

Too early to scare the shit ouf of me.

re: #75 MandyManners

Too early to scare the shit ouf of me.

The guy can't talk when he knows what he is saying. This is gonna be a language chop fest.

Israel seized a container ship filled with weapons bound for Hizb'allah, including Katusha rockets.

re: #76 Cannadian Club Akbar

The guy can't talk when he knows what he is saying. This is gonna be a language chop fest.

I thought GWB was out of the White House.///

re: #56 TheMatrix31

Only butthurt because we keep being fucked in the ass by Obama and Congress.

Misuse of the word, propagating the false notion it has something to do with sodomy. It does not. FYI.

re: #76 Cannadian Club Akbar

The guy can't talk when he knows what he is saying. This is gonna be a language chop fest.

Imagine trying to diagram his sentences.

re: #73 SixDegrees

If it was such a foregone conclusion, why did the TOTUS himself go up there and campaign for Corzine?

Patterson's a lost cause and the TOTUS pretty much told him to f*ck off.

re: #81 Fenway_Nation

If it was such a foregone conclusion, why did the TOTUS himself go up there and campaign for Corzine?

Patterson's a lost cause and the TOTUS pretty much told him to f*ck off.

I wonder if BHO sees this as a personal rebuke.

re: #74 soxfan4life

I think that's coming up still- I'm seeing campaign ads on NESN, but they all seem to be for Dems- I'm not sure if it's for Kennedy's vacant seat or seats that are going to be contested in 2010 anyways.

re: #83 Fenway_Nation

I think that's coming up still- I'm seeing campaign ads on NESN, but they all seem to be for Dems- I'm not sure if it's for Kennedy's vacant seat or seats that are going to be contested in 2010 anyways.

How's Christy Mihos doing on his run for Governor?

re: #82 MandyManners

I wonder if BHO sees this as a personal rebuke.

If so he'll never say it publicly.

re: #82 MandyManners

Addendum-

If Corzine's loss was such a foregone conclusion, why did the TOTUS procrastinate on meeting w/senior level commanders re; Afghanistan to campaign for Corzine?

re: #85 Cannadian Club Akbar

If so he'll never say it publicly.

I wonder if there will be any hints, be it from him or his people or through policy changes.

re: #70 SixDegrees

They'll have to actually run a candidate to find out. One selected though the primary process, rather than by appointment.

At the moment, I don't think the party brand has been affected one way or the other; there's nothing blocking a GOP candidate from running and winning that seat. But things will still be at least a bit inflamed over the just-comleted special election.

The Dem victory should serve as a wake-up call to the GOP - a very clear message to nominate mainstream slightly-right-of-centre candidates, instead of socialistas like Scuzzafava or socons like Hoffman.

re: #86 Fenway_Nation

It provided convenient cover? Why is he going to Wisconsin today to discuss healthcare? As much as he's running from him, McChrystal might very well catch Osama before he gets a commitment from Obama.

re: #84 soxfan4life

Honestly- I don't know...

re: #86 Fenway_Nation

Addendum-

If Corzine's loss was such a foregone conclusion, why did the TOTUS procrastinate on meeting w/senior level commanders re; Afghanistan to campaign for Corzine?

It's easier for him to do the latter since he's in perpetual campaign mode.

re: #81 Fenway_Nation

If it was such a foregone conclusion, why did the TOTUS himself go up there and campaign for Corzine?

Because Corzine was obviously in trouble and needed all the help he could get. And unlike the current leadership in the GOP, 0bama - as de facto leader of the Democratic Party - seems to understand that every Democrat in office is an advantage to the party as a whole, and is willing to spend political capitol to fill as many positions with Democrats as possible.

That Corzine lost will take some of the wind out of 0bama's sails - but not much. He's actually up slightly in approval ratings over the last week or two; I doubt the NJ race will have much impact.

Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent, witnesses said.

A reformist website, Mowjcamp, said police opened fire on protesters at Haft-e Tir square, but there was no independent confirmation. "Some people were injured," Mowjcamp reported.

Thousands of Iranian security forces had assembled on the streets of Tehran to prevent any opposition gathering.

SNIP

re: #88 Spare O'Lake

Nobody explained to me exactly how a vote for Scozzafava would've been a vote for Cap & Trade, Card Check, 0bamacare, etc.

How would it have benefitted the GOP to run someone who would've rubber-stamped the Dems policy proposals?

re: #73 SixDegrees

In retrospect, I'll bet Corzine is thinking... "I shouldn't have called the dude fat."

It couldn't have helped.

re: #93 MandyManners

Wow...who could've guessed that would've turned violent?

/

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, prompting Vatican anger and sparking uproar in Italy, where such icons are embedded in the national psyche.

"The ruling of the European court was received in the Vatican with shock and sadness," said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, adding that it was "wrong and myopic" to try to exclude a symbol of charity from education.

The ruling by the court in Strasbourg, which Italy said it would appeal, said crucifixes on school walls -- a common sight that is part of every Italian's life -- could disturb children who were not Christians.

SNIP

Right on schedule, Hoffman backers are reworking the rhetoric: Losing Ny-23 is winning!

Hours before the polls closed, Hoffman backers were echoing the pundits’ spin–this race would be a referendum on President Obama, and a victory for Hoffman would put the brakes on health care reform by making Democrats worry about challenges to their re-elections in 2010. As a Hoffman victory became more and more remote, the rhetoric changed. The message became the message of two weeks ago. This election wasn’t about showing Republicans that conservatives could win. It was about showing Republicans that they couldn’t win without conservatives.

“People are fed up,” said Saranac Lake activist Russ Finley. “The Tea Party people are serious. The 9/12 people are serious. I’d hate to say that a loss is a good thing, but this is a good thing.”

Conservatives Rework Rhetoric After Loss in NY-23

re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well...now Corzine can speed off into the sunset/

An earthquake struck a key port city in southern Iran early Wednesday, injuring at least 700 people and cutting power and telephone lines, the state news agency reported.

IRNA said 100 of the injured had been hospitalized while the rest were minor cases.

SNIP

re: #88 Spare O'Lake

The Dem victory should serve as a wake-up call to the GOP - a very clear message to nominate mainstream slightly-right-of-centre candidates, instead of socialistas like Scuzzafava or socons like Hoffman.

I agree. It remains to be seen whether that will happen, but I can hope.

The religious right - I can't call them socons, because they aren't even remotely Conservative - isn't going to learn from this or shut up, however. They're going to redouble their efforts. Historically, the party out of power makes gains in the midterms, and the rr is going to do everything it can to take credit for any gains and claim momentum so they can push their own candidates onto the ticket.

re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

In retrospect, I'll bet Corzine is thinking... "I shouldn't have called the dude fat."

It couldn't have helped.

LOL.

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

A new study involving an international team of scientists and reported in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the processes creating the rift are nearly identical to what goes on at the bottom of oceans, further indication a sea is in the region's future.

The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.

SNIP

re: #103 MandyManners

Global Warming!!

Climate Change!

re: #94 Fenway_Nation

Nobody explained to me exactly how a vote for Scozzafava would've been a vote for Cap & Trade, Card Check, 0bamacare, etc.

How would it have benefitted the GOP to run someone who would've rubber-stamped the Dems policy proposals?

Well DeDe's hubby is a union guy, so that pretty much tells you how she would have voted as far as card check and Obamacare. Alot of those union health insurance plans are self funded and they are bleeding so much red ink they need Obamacare or they face going under.

Body count up to 10 at home of Ohio rapist

A convicted rapist was charged with multiple murders on Tuesday after police dug up 10 corpses at his home, which produced a stench of death in the depressed Cleveland neighborhood.

Authorities searched the fetid property owned by Anthony Sowell with a backhoe, jackhammers, wall saws, and cadaver dogs. They planned to take the three-story house apart.

Four bodies were found in the back yard, while six others were discovered elsewhere on the property, including in the basement of the house. A skull wrapped in a paper bag in a bucket could be an eleventh victim.

SNIP

re: #97 MandyManners

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that crucifixes should be removed from Italian classrooms, prompting Vatican anger and sparking uproar in Italy, where such icons are embedded in the national psyche.

SNIP

There has been a similar debate going on in Germany, where a Bavarian state law stipulates that each clasroom must display a crucifix.

But for chrissakes (literally) there are enough crucifixes on display in public places all over Europe, especially Italy, children aren't going to be affected either way if they are not present in every single school classroom.

re: #104 Fenway_Nation

Global Warming!!

Climate Change!

IT'S BUSH'S FAULT!

re: #107 ralphieboy

There has been a similar debate going on in Germany, where a Bavarian state law stipulates that each clasroom must display a crucifix.

But for chrissakes (literally) there are enough crucifixes on display in public places all over Europe, especially Italy, children aren't going to be affected either way if they are not present in every single school classroom.

To me, that's not the point. Why not let Italians and Germans decide what they do in their countries? Fuck the EU.

re: #105 soxfan4life

Well DeDe's hubby is a union guy, so that pretty much tells you how she would have voted as far as card check and Obamacare. Alot of those union health insurance plans are self funded and they are bleeding so much red ink they need Obamacare or they face going under.

Thanks...altho' I typo'ed.

Meant to say this:

a vote for Scozzafava would've been a vote for against Cap & Trade, Card Check, 0bamacare, etc.

re: #98 iceweasel

Where's the rhetoric about NJ and VA getting rocked?

re: #106 MandyManners

Isn't it time we withdrew from Cleveland?

/

re: #111 TheMatrix31

Where's the rhetoric about NJ and VA getting rocked?

Shh! Stop harshing the buzz, man.

re: #111 TheMatrix31

Those races aren't important. You silly butthurt conservative you.///

Rhode Island is now the last state in the country to ban prostitution.

Last Wednesday and Thursday the Rhode Island House and Senate voted respectively to close an almost 30-year loophole in the state’s law that banned prostitution outdoors, but allowed it indoors. Rhode Island has long been the only state in the country in which prostitution was legal, along with parts of Nevada.

The bill would make solicitation a misdemeanor offense, regardless of where it occurs. Prostitutes would face a maximum six-month prison sentence for a first offense, while their customers could face up to a year. Landlords who knowingly allow prostitution could face up to five years in prison and $5,000 fines.

SNIP

Am I the only one who thinks Corzine looks like a moonbat professor of English lit.?

re: #106 MandyManners

He might be right there with Chicago native John Wayne Gacy.

re: #99 Fenway_Nation

Well...now Corzine can speed off into the sunset/

Maybe this time he'll wear his seat belt.

The jerk.

re: #117 soxfan4life

He might be right there with Chicago native John Wayne Gacy.

They've not finished searching.

re: #116 MandyManners

All those assholes look exactly the same.

re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Maybe this time he'll wear his seat belt.

The jerk.

Wasn't a Corzine staffer busted recently for having Ecstasy in a campaign car?

re: #109 MandyManners

To me, that's not the point. Why not let Italians and Germans decide what they do in their countries? Fuck the EU.

The case against school crucifixes in Bavaria was brought by an immigrant as well. And it is the EU Constitution that guarantees, like the US Constitution, the separation of Church and State and ensures religious neutrality.

This never used to be a topic of discussion: italy was almost entirely Catholic, Germany was equally divided between Lutherans and Catholics, but that picture is changing. There are inner-city schools where the majority of the pupils are not Christians.

From where I live I can see a twelve-foot tall crucifix on the hillside out my living room window, there are two even larger ones farther down the hillside, and a Catholic Church 300 yards down the road. There will be no lack of crucifixes or reminders of Europe's Christian heritage if crucifixes are removed from classrooms.

re: #111 TheMatrix31

Where's the rhetoric about NJ and VA getting rocked?

Lots of people were wondering last night how the tea partiers were going to interpret or spin the NY-23 loss, and what message the GOP would draw from it, including on this thread. Hence posting Weigel's take on it (he was there covering it).

re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well...by 'sunset', I meant 'reenforced concrete wall'

/

Funny thing happened to me this morning... 5am standing in lobby of hotel in Fredericksburg, VA... guy was getting coffee wondering where the donuts were.

Front desk guy says, "Young Republicans just left a few minutes ago, they were hungry."
Other guy says, "I met a guy in the bar last night who said he was a campaign manager? These were Young Republicans?"
Front desk guys says, "Who do you think campaign managers screw?"

re: #124 Fenway_Nation

Ahem... we wish him health and happiness.

re: #125 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Well, maybe it was because it was five A.M., but I thought it was frickin' hysterical!

Link to a story I mentioned earlier.

Israel said on Wednesday its navy intercepted in the Mediterranean a container ship carrying rockets destined for Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group and took the vessel to an Israeli port.

Israeli media reports said the weaponry was supplied by Iran.

"There were Katyusha (rockets), whose purpose is to hit civilians," Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Army Radio.

He did not give any quantities, saying the ship was still being unloaded in Israel and voicing doubt its crew knew munitions were on aboard.

Asked if the weaponry had been earmarked for Hezbollah, Vilnai said: "Yes. It strengthens (the group) and improves its long-range firing capability into Israel."

SNIP

re: #126 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Just like our President. I wish him a long and healthy retirement.

re: #123 iceweasel

Well, I'm wondering what the spin from the left is after they got their asses handed to them in Virginia and lost a hardcore blue calling card in New Jersey.

re: #122 ralphieboy

The case against school crucifixes in Bavaria was brought by an immigrant as well. And it is the EU Constitution that guarantees, like the US Constitution, the separation of Church and State and ensures religious neutrality.

This never used to be a topic of discussion: italy was almost entirely Catholic, Germany was equally divided between Lutherans and Catholics, but that picture is changing. There are inner-city schools where the majority of the pupils are not Christians.

From where I live I can see a twelve-foot tall crucifix on the hillside out my living room window, there are two even larger ones farther down the hillside, and a Catholic Church 300 yards down the road. There will be no lack of crucifixes or reminders of Europe's Christian heritage if crucifixes are removed from classrooms.

Again, that's not the point. Giving up national sovereignity is the piont.

re: #123 iceweasel

re: #130 TheMatrix31

Oh, this pretty much sums up both sides today...

re: #130 TheMatrix31

Well, I'm wondering what the spin from the left is after they got their asses handed to them in Virginia and lost a hardcore blue calling card in New Jersey.

*crickets*

re: #130 TheMatrix31

Well, I'm wondering what the spin from the left is after they got their asses handed to them in Virginia and lost a hardcore blue calling card in New Jersey.

It's weird that they'll be ending 2009 by further consolidating a Congressional majority.
But as Six Degrees said here, the Corzine loss was known to be coming. Personally I agree with his estimate of it there.
Thanos has some good links up in spinoffs about it all too (there's one from the hill)
As for the official lefty spin, dunno, haven't had my fax from Leftie HQ yet. :)

Well...later, all. I was going to post a blog entry marking the 'grim milestone' of the 1-year anniv. of TOTUs' election. But it's late and I'm getting sleepy- so I'll try and post whem I'm more awake and alert.

But besides 0bamacare, cap & trade, card check, the stimulus, the Gates/Crowley fiasco, dithering on Afghanistan, high unemployment, the war against Fox news, the remaining sycophantic media outlets, skyrocketing commodity prices, a plummeting dollar, nationalizaion of banks, automakers and insurance companies, unelected left-wing hacks being appointed to various 'czar' positions and out of control spending- what do I have to complain about?/

re: #133 MandyManners

*crickets*

Sorry I didn't type fast enough for you; lots going on today!

An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile southern province of Helmand, killing five, British and Afghan authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about discipline within the Afghan forces and possible infiltration by insurgents.

The incident came almost exactly a month after an Afghan policeman on patrol with U.S. soldiers opened fire on the Americans, killing two before fleeing.

SNIP

re: #135 Fenway_Nation

Good night, man.

re: #136 iceweasel

Sorry I didn't type fast enough for you; lots going on today!

That Soros conference call?
/

Atlanta Councilwoman Mary Norwood and state Senator Kasim Reed were headed for a Dec. 1 runoff after neither received more than half the votes cast for six candidates vying for mayor of Georgia’s largest city.

Norwood collected 46 percent of the votes with 69 percent of precincts reporting and Reed had 37 percent, according to the Associated Press’s election Web site. Lisa Borders, president of the city council, was third with 14 percent.

Both leaders said they want to restore Atlanta’s police and fire departments, where the previous mayor, Shirley Franklin, eliminated jobs to close a $140 million deficit projected for fiscal 2010. Norwood and Reed also said they want to avoid new taxes after Franklin boosted property rates to add $55 million in the $541 million budget for the year that began July 1.

SNIP

re: #140 MandyManners

Been a long time since "Whitey's" been mayor of Atlanta.

That's the story on Drudge.

re: #132 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

re: #130 TheMatrix31

Oh, this pretty much sums up both sides today...

heh. True dat. Same as it ever was.

Have fun today Lizard Nation!
Some appropriate Ella Fitzgerald/Gershwin to start it off with:
The radio and the telephone
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies,
And in time may go !

But, oh my dear,
Our love is here to stay.

Our Love is Here to Stay.

re: #141 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Been a long time since "Whitey's" been mayor of Atlanta.

That's the story on Drudge.

I had no idea about the color involved.

re: #139 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That Soros conference call?
/

That's scheduled for later. :)
Bye FBV! Have a great day all--

re: #131 MandyManners

Again, that's not the point. Giving up national sovereignity is the piont.

There are arguments for and against the EU Constitution, just as there were arguments for or against the Confederate States of America.

But the EU Constitution guarantees freedom of travel, residence, trade and basic human rights throughout Europe, and makes another European among its members almost entirely impossible.

And member states can opt out of it any time they want.

"another Eropean war" was missing from that one

re: #145 ralphieboy

There are arguments for and against the EU Constitution, just as there were arguments for or against the Confederate States of America.

Oh, please. Utter rot.

When was modern Europe a federation?

re: #147 MandyManners

There are arguments for and against the EU Constitution, just as there were arguments for or against the Confederate States of America.

Oh, please. Utter rot.

Granted, poorly phrased. I meant that the US fought a war to determine the extent to which a central authority could impose its rule over member states. The EU is an attempt to resolve that question peacefully.

re: #143 MandyManners

I had no idea about the color involved.

For decades as white residents fled to the suburbs, Atlanta's black political establishment, led by a string of strong mayors, revived the moribund economy and so revamped the city's image that it earned a national reputation as "Hotlanta."

snip...

re: #149 ralphieboy

Granted, poorly phrased. I meant that the US fought a war to determine the extent to which a central authority could impose its rule over member states. The EU is an attempt to resolve that question peacefully.

The states were already united before the Civil War. The nations of Europe were never united in modern times.

re: #150 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Here's the story...

re: #150 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I guess I blipped over that part.

re: #151 MandyManners

The states were already united before the Civil War. The nations of Europe were never united in modern times.

No, but the states of Europe are uniting in that they are adopting a common currency, a common Constitution and a common Bill of Rights.

A large step over the Europe of 70 years ago.

Well, Hoffman proved he's not a RINO, Republican in National Office.

A vice president for UPS has been put on leave after being accused of rape by a woman in Bloomington, Ind.

Mark W. Samoline, 50, of Duluth, was accused of raping a 21-year-old woman in Bloomington, Ind., on Oct. 18, said Capt. Joe Qualters, a spokesman for the Bloomington Police Department. Samoline told detectives the sex was consensual, said Qualters, and has pleaded not guilty to Class B felony rape charges. He turned himself in to Bloomington police Monday and posted bail.

SNIP

UPS put Samoline on leave, Black said, pending an internal investigation. The company

has not yet decided if he will be paid during the leave, Black said.

SNIP

re: #153 MandyManners

I find it funny, deeper into the story...

Black mayors have occupied City Hall since 1973, but this year, a white City Council member is leading in the polls, even though two black civic leaders urged black voters to unite against her.

Whew! I'm glad that's not racism.

re: #157 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I find it funny, deeper into the story...

Whew! I'm glad that's not racism.

Siwwy Bastard. It's only racism when white folks discriminate.

re: #123 iceweasel

Lots of people were wondering last night how the tea partiers were going to interpret or spin the NY-23 loss, and what message the GOP would draw from it, including on this thread. Hence posting Weigel's take on it (he was there covering it).

There are a lot of lessons to be learned from ceding a 100-year Republican seat over to the D's, especially in this political climate. They should learn that the locals know best, that New York voters are not Mississippi voters, and that you cannot increase your vote totals by driving reasonable people out of your coalition.

But I expect them to put their fingers in their ears and scream "ACORN ACORN ACORN."

re: #106 MandyManners

Body count up to 10 at home of Ohio rapist

Insert Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young here.

re: #160 negativ

Huh?

With any luck, Sarah and Glenn will come to TX and weave some of their magic into Rick Perry's re-election campaign.

re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Huh?

I think he/she was going for "4 dead in Ohio." I might be wrong.

re: #160 negativ

What gave me pause was the report that neighbors had written off the foul odor as coming from a near-by sausage factory.

I'd like to know the name of that factory, so that I might be sure to avoid their products in the future.

Lol...quote of the morning. "All politicians should be limited to two terms. One in office, one in prison."

re: #159 Soundboard Fez

There are a lot of lessons to be learned from ceding a 100-year Republican seat over to the D's, especially in this political climate. They should learn that the locals know best, that New York voters are not Mississippi voters, and that you cannot increase your vote totals by driving reasonable people out of your coalition.

But I expect them to put their fingers in their ears and scream "ACORN ACORN ACORN."

True, the diabolical ACORN conspirators will again be the most popular scapegoats, but the Beckistas will undoubtedly reserve a lot of the blame for dastardly RINO saboteurs as well.

re: #159 Soundboard Fez

There are a lot of lessons to be learned from ceding a 100-year Republican seat over to the D's, especially in this political climate. They should learn that the locals know best, that New York voters are not Mississippi voters, and that you cannot increase your vote totals by driving reasonable people out of your coalition.

But I expect them to put their fingers in their ears and scream "ACORN ACORN ACORN."

We had the same happen here for a seat in Orange County with the Sanchez sisters. Them Dems back east seem to win elections by nominating ex-military folks.

re: #163 Cannadian Club Akbar

I go for jokes a lot, sometimes inappropriately... That's about Kent State, this is about a murdering rapist... neither are funny. Kent State is one of those things that decades later... still not funny.

This guy'll have John Wayne Gacy jokes about him soon enough. But, right now? Too soon...

Reprocessing of nuclear fuel rods proceeds in North Korea. If you can believe the Norks' twitter feed, that is.

re: #168 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Agreed.

re: #166 shiplord kirel

As a rational person, I'm racking my brain to figure out how ACORN could have amassed such power to be basically running a shadow government, and control the outcome of every election that Republicans lose.

And on a budget of $100M too. That's less than half of my employer's, and our headquarters are in a dumpy industrial park. Pretty amazing.

I went to bed early in a pessimistic mood, and was very giddy to awake to the news to Christie beat Corzine, and Hoffman got spanked. Plus the Thrashers won. Gonna be a good day I think.

re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

10 dead in O-hi-o...

re: #160 negativ

Insert Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young here.

Huh?

re: #172 negativ

*WHACK*

Oh, for fuck's sake. Serial rape and murder ain't nothing to joke about.

Man, I got some serious shorts in my sand.

re: #175 MandyManners

Man, I got some serious shorts in my sand.

"And they look MAHVELOUS DAHLING!"

*sigh* Sand in my shorts. Whatever.

re: #177 MandyManners

*sigh* Sand in my shorts. Whatever.

(those look good too)

re: #171 Soundboard Fez

As a rational person, I'm racking my brain to figure out how ACORN could have amassed such power to be basically running a shadow government, and control the outcome of every election that Republicans lose.

And on a budget of $100M too. That's less than half of my employer's, and our headquarters are in a dumpy industrial park. Pretty amazing.

I went to bed early in a pessimistic mood, and was very giddy to awake to the news to Christie beat Corzine, and Hoffman got spanked. Plus the Thrashers won. Gonna be a good day I think.

It has to be some of that sekrit alien mind control technology they back-engineered from the Roswell UFO. How ACORN managed to deploy this so effectively when even Karl Rove couldn't get it remains a mystery however.

the One Page Health Care Reform Proposal is getting a bit of traction...
[Link: www.smallbill.org...]

re: #177 MandyManners

*sigh* Sand in my shorts. Whatever.

Got our tang tongueled up, have we?

re: #180 albusteve

the One Page Health Care Reform Proposal is getting a bit of traction...
[Link: www.smallbill.org...]

That's ALL we fucking need.

The Counter-ACORN: American Conservatives obliterating RINOs Nationwide!!!

re: #154 ralphieboy

No, but the states of Europe are uniting in that they are adopting a common currency, a common Constitution and a common Bill of Rights.

A large step over the Europe of 70 years ago.

in away I miss old europe..traveling around figuring how many of my french francs eqauled a dollar and how many lira I would end up with when I went from france into italy and changed my francs for Lira...lol...hmmm I have 50 francs which was about 8 usd..but when i get to italy I'll have like over 100,000 Lira! wow enough for a couple of beer peroni's and a plate of spagats and meatballs at mama's in naples...lol..ah the good old days!

This date in 1980 - Ronald Reagan elected President of the United States.

In the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections, they don’t want to be forced to vote on climate change, immigration reform and gays in the military, which they say should be set aside so Congress can focus on jobs and the economy.

“It’s hard; the most important issue in front of us is the economy right now, and that’s where most of us really want to stay focused, the economy and jobs, that’s what our constituency is concerned about,” said Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D), who is facing a tough race next year in Arkansas.

[Link: thehill.com...]

do nothing and maybe they can save their necks?...

re: #184 Spider Mensch

in away I miss old europe..traveling around figuring how many of my french francs eqauled a dollar and how many lira I would end up with when I went from france into italy and changed my francs for Lira...lol...hmmm I have 50 francs which was about 8 usd..but when i get to italy I'll have like over 100,000 Lira! wow enough for a couple of beer peroni's and a plate of spagats and meatballs at mama's in naples...lol..ah the good old days!

It's probably worth billions in Zimbabwean dollars.

re: #185 TheMatrix31

This date in 1980 - Ronald Reagan elected President of the United States.

:)

Morning lizards. Looks like I missed some interesting craziness yesterday.

re: #188 NJDhockeyfan

If only I was around, haha.

Reagan's Victory Speech

re: #190 TheMatrix31

If only I was around, haha.

I served under Ronald Reagan. I miss him tremendously.

Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year

Asked if health care reform legislation will pass this year, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid told reporters today that "we're not going to be bound by any timelines."

"We need to do the best job we can for the American people," he said. "We want quality legislation, and we're going to do that."

President Obama had set a deadline of the end of the year to pass health care reform, and advocates fear that further delay could hamper the legislation's chance of passage.

"We're going to do this legislation as expeditiously as we can, but we're going to do it as fairly as we can, also," Reid said. He later added that the Senate Democratic Caucus wants "Democrats to do this the right way, not the fast way."

re: #193 NJDhockeyfan

Thaaat's a shame

/Seinfeld

Congress Approves $500 Billion For Monument To Human Folly

WASHINGTON—In recognition of mankind's inherent propensity for tragically foolish decisions, Congress allocated nearly $500 billion Monday for the construction of a new national monument honoring human folly.

"From Hannibal's disastrous crossing of the Alps to Custer's humiliating defeat at Little Bighorn, human history has been plagued by senseless mistakes, and it is high time we built a memorial to honor that history," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said of the expensive and ill-advised monument. "My deepest hope is that future generations of Americans will one day look upon this pointless edifice and be filled with a sense of awe and wonder at mankind's utter lack of foresight."

"To think of all the ways our time and money could have been better spent," Pelosi continued. "I can imagine no more fitting tribute."

According to the bipartisan plan, the proposed monument will be built precariously over a Washington freeway overpass, and will require as many as 30 years of grueling labor to complete. As a representation of humanity's failure to learn from past mistakes, the project is being designed by the architecture firm of Ganz & Weiss, best known for their work on a series of dangerously constructed St. Louis public housing projects that were condemned in the late 1990s.

"Our goal is to create a structure that, like the human race itself, is doomed from the outset and plagued by innate flaws that can never be corrected," Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) said of the monument, which he claimed would eventually sink into the federally protected wetlands that surround it. "Not only will it be an aesthetic disaster, but it will also require constant, expensive maintenance just to ensure that the whole foundation doesn't topple suddenly and kill hundreds of innocent people."

...

/satire

re: #193 NJDhockeyfan

Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year

Reid was seen later that afternoon on a bicycle, furiously peddaling backward after leaving the White House woodshed.

re: #187 NJDhockeyfan

It's probably worth billions in Zimbabwean dollars.

I do miss the Dutch currency most of all: they had Guilders in bright blue for 10, pink for 25, tan for 100 and yellow for 250.

And strange coins: a tiny little dime that would fall into the cracks between a paving stone and a 2-1/2 Guilder piece the size of a pizza.

But I assure you, it was a pain in the butt having to change (and lose money on the deal) every time you crossed a border.

re: #189 thedopefishlives
I make it a point to bring "Crazy" with me where ever I go!
What's in your wallet...kinda thing!

re: #197 ralphieboy

I do miss the Dutch currency most of all: they had Guilders in bright blue for 10, pink for 25, tan for 100 and yellow for 250.

And strange coins: a tiny little dime that would fall into the cracks between a paving stone and a 2-1/2 Guilder piece the size of a pizza.

But I assure you, it was a pain in the butt having to change (and lose money on the deal) every time you crossed a border.

I remember the guilder..I still have about 30 guilders..a 25 and a 5 I think. I have a jar full of old currency from my travels abroad, every once in awhile I come across it and spill it out and go through it, it brings back memories...especially the guilders..lol...Amsterdam..red light district...window girls, hash parlors...when I was young , senseless, fearless and not a worry in the world...lol

re: #195 NJDhockeyfan

Congress Approves $500 Billion For Monument To Human Folly

/satire

Enjoyed that. You needn't have put the /satire at the end.

re: #197 ralphieboy

re: #199 Spider Mensch

I'm 100% Dutch...
All your Guilders are belong to me!!
LOL

re: #196 SixDegrees

Reid was seen later that afternoon on a bicycle, furiously peddaling backward after leaving the White House woodshed.

Nice one Harry.

"It's been a great opportunity to work with the white whore"

re: #201 reloadingisnotahobby

re: #199 Spider Mensch

I'm 100% Dutch...
All your Guilders are belong to me!!
LOL

do you get to go back to Netherlands often? I always liked your country. I haven't been there in years, all my trips now are either Austria or Germany because of family. maybe one of the future trips I'll get back over to the Netherlands for a few days.

Nothing beats getting a root canal to start out your birthday, at least it went pretty quickly...sigh. :(

This is going to be a long day, at 11:30 I have to take dad to the hospital for a PET scan, so we will be there for at least three hours. Oh well, at least I know the day has to get better after that...right?

/knocks on closest available wood.

re: #204 ausador

Nothing beats getting a root canal to start out your birthday, at least it went pretty quickly...sigh. :(

This is going to be a long day, at 11:30 I have to take dad to the hospital for a PET scan, so we will be there for at least three hours. Oh well, at least I know the day has to get better after that...right?

/knocks on closest available wood.

{ausador}
I hope your day gets better.

Is today your birthday?

A great day for the conservative movement yesterday! Even Hoffman almost pulled it off. Woo Hoo!

Yes, I turned...err...older today. :)

Thank you for the hug, this is not my ideal of how to spend ones birthday so far, but it will get better once I get dad taken care of. I just hope they find something fixable, the endless round of doctors visits and tests is getting old.

re: #61 Spare O'Lake

Good Morning LGF.
I trust everyone is ready for the whining lefty spinfest that is certain to follow yesterday's election results.

Here's my lefty spin:

Would like to have seen continued gains in VA, but it was a long shot.
Corzine got what he deserved.
NY23 is a triumph for Truth, Justice and the American Way.

If I can only have one, I got the one I want.

re: #205 reine.de.tout

My favorite birthday sarc that I always send to relatives and friends on their 'big day.'

Image: PBF032-Todays_My_Birthday.gif

/cruel yet funny.

Quote of the day "The 1900 page health care bill is now pulp"

re: #210 filetandrelease

Quote of the day "The 1900 page health care bill is now pulp"

Wouldn't that be nice.

re: #193 NJDhockeyfan

Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year

...So Reid has a chance in hell to get re-elected, Reid is promising Nevada that it can opt-out of this pile of government strangulation and madness.
You know- because 2000 pages of big government garbage is good enough for you, but if Reid needs out to save his bacon... well, you get the idea.

re: #211 thedopefishlives

Wouldn't that be nice.

You can be sure the blue dogs will running for the hills.

re: #210 filetandrelease

Quote of the day "The 1900 page health care bill is now pulp"

But, but, that will disappoint the faith healers and magic crystal people who want to get paid by the government for their services. We can't allow that to happen...

//

re: #213 filetandrelease

You can be sure the blue dogs will running for the hills.

How many blue dogs do you suppose will have Obama campain for them?

re: #215 Cannadian Club Akbar

How many blue dogs do you suppose will have Obama campain for them?

Hehe, it worked so well in NJ...

Yahoo front page news has nothing about elections. Interesting.
Corzine (D), the jackass leftist who bought his way into politics, has just been sent packing by one of the bluest states.

Heh.

re: #142 iceweasel

heh. True dat. Same as it ever was.

Have fun today Lizard Nation!
Some appropriate Ella Fitzgerald/Gershwin to start it off with:
The radio and the telephone
And the movies that we know
May just be passing fancies,
And in time may go !

But, oh my dear,
Our love is here to stay.

[Video]Our Love is Here to Stay.

Nice :)

re: #208 Decatur Deb

Here's my lefty spin:
NY23 is a triumph for Truth, Justice and the American Way.

That is just super, man.

Morning all.

Police set up roadblocks in central Israel following terror alert

Police were blocking roads in the Sharon area in central Israel following warnings that a terror attack might be perpetrated, Wednesday afternoon.

Police officers set up roadblocks and were inspecting vehicles at entries to cities and on main junctions.

Magen David Adom also instructed its paramedics to raise their level of alert to the highest.

The number of ambulances and paramedics at the ready has been consequently doubled.

Reid is toast come the 2010 election anyway, both the leading Republican candidates are leading him in the polls already. Whichever one wins the primary will should have no problem with him in the general election.

You'd think he would go ahead and fall on his sword by pushing healthcare harder, it isn't like it can hurt him any.

re: #217 FrogMarch

Yahoo front page news has nothing about elections. Interesting.
Corzine (D), the jackass leftist who bought his way into politics, has just been sent packing by one of the bluest states.

Heh.

That is probably one of the best things I've heard in a long, long time. Perhaps there's a semblance of voter awareness returning to this country. I've long said that people who pay attention and are informed on the issues are the keystone of our electoral system.

re: #221 ausador

I don't think Reid is as honorable as Cato when coming to falling on said sword and ripping entrails out.

re: #221 ausador

I don't think Reid has a sword.

Mornin all, I have just enough time to say "hey"

re: #208 Decatur Deb

Here's my spin. Obama's coattails are in tatters, and his judgment in supporting Corzine was misguided. There was so much palpable dislike (hatred) in NJ for Corzine that people turning out for the Corzine-Obama rallies were really there for Obama, not Corzine. No amount of money was going to get people to vote for Corzine.

Yet, Obama could have helped across the river in NYC, where Bill Thompson nearly pulled off the biggest upset in recent history. He came close to taking out Bloomberg, who spent nearly $100 million (to less than 10% of that amount spent by Thompson). It came down to GOTV efforts, and had Obama done at least a campaign stop for Thompson, it might have invigorated Thompson's efforts.

It clearly sets Thompson up for a run in 4 years time.

NY-23 will have limited impact nationally; the mess was caused by the State GOP and they have to clean up their act in a serious way if they want to regain the seat in a year. This was a special election, so turnout was lighter than usual. GOTV efforts played a role there as well.

re: #223 badger1970

I don't think Reid is as honorable as Cato when coming to falling on said sword and ripping entrails out.

Hairy Reed makes me laugh.

Good morning, folks, from a chilly yet bright day in the sprawls of DC.

So now, there was a sweep in the VA elections yesterday. It appears the top spots in the gubernatorial race were swept by the Republican party. I can't much say that I'm surprised by this result. After heavy endorsements for the Democratic side, the GOP just walked right over them.

It's going to be an interesting couple of years here.

re: #226 lawhawk

Here's my spin. Obama's coattails are in tatters, and his judgment in supporting Corzine was misguided. There was so much palpable dislike (hatred) in NJ for Corzine that people turning out for the Corzine-Obama rallies were really there for Obama, not Corzine. No amount of money was going to get people to vote for Corzine.

Yet, Obama could have helped across the river in NYC, where Bill Thompson nearly pulled off the biggest upset in recent history. He came close to taking out Bloomberg, who spent nearly $100 million (to less than 10% of that amount spent by Thompson). It came down to GOTV efforts, and had Obama done at least a campaign stop for Thompson, it might have invigorated Thompson's efforts.

It clearly sets Thompson up for a run in 4 years time.

NY-23 will have limited impact nationally; the mess was caused by the State GOP and they have to clean up their act in a serious way if they want to regain the seat in a year. This was a special election, so turnout was lighter than usual. GOTV efforts played a role there as well.

We agree in part. I wish Pres. Obama had not wasted mana on NJ.
NY23 was not a local election. It was a proxy war.

Charlie Crist wins in NY23.

re: #228 MrSilverDragon

McDonnell's not my favorite, but it was a huge relief to see that VA has not crossed irrevocably into blue territory.

heheh.
Text message from my daughter:

"I need $15 for t shits for spanish club"

I think $15 for a t-shit is a little high.

re: #231 reine.de.tout

heheh.
Text message from my daughter:

I think $15 for a t-shit is a little high.

Is it in english?

Morning, lizards. Has most of the heat died down from last night?

re: #231 reine.de.tout

heheh.
Text message from my daughter:

I think $15 for a t-shit is a little high.

Mierda.

re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar

Is it in english?

supposed to be.

re: #233 bosforus

Morning, lizards. Has most of the heat died down from last night?

Mornin', bosforus.
Seems to have settled down.
It usually does. For awhile.

re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar

Is it in english?

Oh, you mean is the t-shit in English?
I reckon not.

re: #236 reine.de.tout

Mornin', bosforus.
Seems to have settled down.
It usually does. For awhile.

Oh goody. And while we're (well, some of you, not me) on the subject of mana and Spanish, I give you Maná Very good song, with fun lyrics... in Spanish.
se me olvido otra vez

re: #237 reine.de.tout

Oh, you mean is the t-shit in English?
I reckon not.

A local high school down here sold millennium Tshirts in 1999. They spelled millennium wrong. My rival school. Heh.

re: #222 thedopefishlives

That is probably one of the best things I've heard in a long, long time. Perhaps there's a semblance of voter awareness returning to this country. I've long said that people who pay attention and are informed on the issues are the keystone of our electoral system.

It also helps to have relatively decent and electable candidates. It seems pushing the economy off the edge with the promise of unfriendly and restrictive government regulations and high job-killing tax rates is not a recipe for success. Enter stage left: the fawning press. Politicians can proudly proclaim they have "created or saved" so many jobs (with government funds), or that they will not add to the deficit (when they already have), or that taxation will not hit the middle class (oh no - just tax those evil job-created rich people) , but if it's a lie, I sincerely hope the electorate will throw the bums out.

OT

Five British soldiers in Afghanistan were shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan policeman.

What's more telling than NY-23 (apparently the power seat of world sovereignty), VA and NJ, is that liberal Westchester County (home of the Clinton's and other NY elites) went GOP pretty much across the board. Same with Nassau County - and the guy essentially ran unchallenged.

re: #241 J.S.

OT

Five British soldiers in Afghanistan were shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan policeman.

Damn it.

That sh*t happened in Israel the day the second Intifada started.

Joint patrol. The Pali police turned on the Israelis.

May they rest in peace and their blood avenged.

Good morning all. Just searching the comments for interesting links. How is everyone?

Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage Law

PORTLAND, Maine -- Voters in the northeastern state of Maine repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage.

Gay marriage has now lost in every single state -- 31 in all -- in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that trend in Maine -- known for its moderate, independent-minded electorate -- and mounted an energetic, well-financed campaign.

Wow.

And you thought New England was Scandinavia.

re: #243 Ben Hur

We are talking about once-Great Britain. Stern words and a talking down too would be in order.

May G-d bless those fighting to protect the innocent from evil.

re: #225 RogueOne

Mornin all, I have just enough time to say "hey"

*waves*

Hope all is well - hope the busyness isn't terribly stressful.

Here's some fuzzy Obamamath.

I know it sounds impossible to quantify jobs saved, but President Obama contends that he can.

But just as incredibly, the Associated Press figured out a way to check that “fact.”

Apparently, giving someone a pay raise is counted as a job saved.

I suppose giving a person a pay raise does mean his job is safe.

Much easier to discredit was the president’s claim that he saved 935 at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council.

The council employs 508 people.

Heh.

I've had entirely too much coffee this morning.

I'm wigging.

BBIAB before a set my keyboard on fire.

re: #249 Ben Hur

I've had entirely too much coffee this morning.

I'm wigging.

BBIAB before a set my keyboard on fire.

Burn one to offset the coffee.
//

re: #88 Spare O'Lake

a "mainstreamer" would still have faced teaparty challenge.

re: #250 Cannadian Club Akbar

Burn one to offset the coffee.
//

Wake and bake

re: #241 J.S.

OT

Five British soldiers in Afghanistan were shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan policeman.

This British hero was killed during what was to be his final mission before taking leave.

re: #250 Cannadian Club Akbar

re: #252 filetandrelease

Wake and bake