Thank you very much and the same to you and yours Charles.

Likewise to you, and for those (like me) of a non-Christian persuasion, Happy Sunday!

Keep an eye out for the Easter Beagle!

Cheers, and the same to you! My Easter is nearly gone (Germany here) - went climbing and had a good time with friends - and fresh eggs for breakfast!

Just something for entertainment (reposted from the overnight threat) - a good group on flickr, called Teabonics:

[Link: www.flickr.com...]

Makes a good laugh, but is actually sad - even many non-native speakers could do (much) better.
This is prime example, how on earth can you mis-spell this?

[Link: www.flickr.com...]

Thank you Charles.

So good to be a small part of this outstanding blog. Thanks.

And a joyous Oestara to one and all...

[Link: www.janih.com...]

re: #5 Semper Fi

Thank you Charles.

So good to be a small part of this outstanding blog. Thanks.

I wholeheartedly agree.

it's very eggciting to be a part of Lizard Nation. there's lots of eggcelent folks with smart opinions and very few basket cases.

re: #8 _RememberTonyC

it's very eggciting to be a part of Lizard Nation. there's lots of eggcelent folks with smart opinions and very few basket cases.

Not to mention the hard-boiled types.

Rachel Maddow totally disembowels the right-wing fauxtrage lie machine:

Let them eat fake.

ACORN gives advice to pimps? Bull.

Climategate? Bull.

Census hysteria? Bull.

IRS storm-troopers coming to literally ram health care down your throat? Bull.

Death panels? Bull.

Missing birth certificate? Bull.

Threats to the Second Amendment? Bull.

And on, and on.

About dissent in this great country, Rachel says, "Two things disqualify you from this process [of political debate]. You can't threaten to shoot people, and you have to stop making stuff up."

Got that, wingnuts?

re: #10 Cato the Elder

That's a whole lot to remember at one time, Cato.

re: #8 _RememberTonyC

it's very eggciting to be a part of Lizard Nation. there's lots of eggcelent folks with smart opinions and very few basket cases.

I am eggstatic as well.

Happy Easter folks!

Made these lemon bars the other day. so good!

re: #8 _RememberTonyC

it's very eggciting to be a part of Lizard Nation. there's lots of eggcelent folks with smart opinions and very few basket cases.

That's eggzactly how I feel about it too!

re: #8 _RememberTonyC

re: #9 ryannon

re: #12 Uninformed Opinion

[Link: a5.vox.com...]

re: #10 Cato the Elder

About 75% of what I hear/see on MSNBC (on the infrequent occasions when I watch it) is made-up stuff. It's just that their made-up stuff is (a) better done than that of the right, and (b) from the left and therefore somehow immune to criticism.

And will someone PLEASE tell Madcow to get rid of that self-satisfied smirk? I know she's making a sh**load of money just for talking, but that doesn't give her the right to lord it over the rest of us. Even when I agree with her, that smirk is annoying. It's not as bad as Olbermann's ranting and blustering, but annoying.

re: #15 Varek Raith

re: #9 ryannon

re: #12 Uninformed Opinion

[Link: a5.vox.com...]

And Santa always brings me lumps of coal.

Must be doing something wrong....

4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

And to all my Pagan friends;
Enjoy the feast of Ishtar!
And to all atheists, agnostics and unaffiliateds;
Well, the rainbow eggs sure are pretty!

HAPPY EASTER,EVERYBODY!

Hi Lizards. Happy Easter, Happy Passover!

re: #12 Uninformed Opinion

I am eggstatic as well.

I'm positively HOPPING with joy!

re: #16 ClaudeMonet

You know what they say about taking fire from flak guns, yes?

re: #14 ryannon

Egg Art
[Link: www.urlesque.com...]

And happy Easter to you Charles and to my other fellow lizards!

Back to family stuff. Expecting rain overnight but I still love California. Won't head back until midweek.
It's such a short life and family time can be such quality time. My perspective anyway.

Have a nice day all.

re: #24 Semper Fi

Our relationship are what we remember, either with thanksgiving or regret. Let it be with thanksgiving as much as possible. And that part is the part I can control today. Good for you! Have fun with your family.

re: #22 Rightwingconspirator

Egg Art
[Link: www.urlesque.com...]

More egg art:

Ice cream for lunch, yum.

re: #18 swamprat

4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

And to all my Pagan friends;
Enjoy the feast of Ishtar!
And to all atheists, agnostics and unaffiliateds;
Well, the rainbow eggs sure are pretty!

HAPPY EASTER,EVERYBODY!

Christian 80s hair metal

re: #16 ClaudeMonet

About 75% of what I hear/see on MSNBC (on the infrequent occasions when I watch it) is made-up stuff.

Prove it.

It's just that their made-up stuff is (a) better done than that of the right, and (b) from the left and therefore somehow immune to criticism.

a) Prove it. b) Bullshit.

And will someone PLEASE tell Madcow to get rid of that self-satisfied smirk? I know she's making a sh**load of money just for talking, but that doesn't give her the right to lord it over the rest of us. Even when I agree with her, that smirk is annoying. It's not as bad as Olbermann's ranting and blustering, but annoying.

You wanna buncha tu-quoque about smirking assholes? You got it, bud.

re: #29 Cato the Elder

I think I have a man-crush on Cato...

Made-up statistics never take a holiday.

re: #16 ClaudeMonet
Specify... like this-
1. Maddow is at least honest and competent. Unfortunately, my dvr grabs a few minutes of Olbermann when I record her. This last week, (Thursday?) after Democrat Texas Rep Emmanuel Cleaver said clearly, in an interview, days earlier, that he was not spat upon, Olbermann is still shouting his outrage about it. Cleaver said it was a 'say it don't spray it' situation. Cleaver was honest when he could get away with fanning the flames. Olbermann shouted from the rooftops that he was spat upon before and after Cleaver's clarification. Olbermann cares much more about the narrative than the truth.

2. Remember the kerfuffle about Republican leader Michael Steele getting in trouble for the $2k stripper reimbursement and various private jet trips? This morning on CNN's roundtable Inside Sources had some guys who did some actual journalism. Turns out the DNC reimbursed some exotic dancer tabs too, for about the same amount. Their private jet and helicopters for VIP's tab also matches up with the RNC. Result? ONLY reports on the RNC. Olbermann is offended, and only mentions RNC largess. CNN did the right thing and mentioned them both, of only once.

The smartest and most reasonable media personality on the right is Bill Bennett. He regularly pokes holes in the left's arguments using only facts and logic. He condemns the bircher influence in the GOP. He is the "Buckley-like" character the party needs right now.

re: #10 Cato the Elder

People aren't going to be placated by a volley of annihilating sneers, no matter how acid.

Thank you Charles and Happy Easter, Passover to all.

For all our Lizards down under:

Chocolate Easter Bilbies!

More on the bilby.

Bust honors Tennessee's first elected black lawmaker

The Most Colorful River In The World

Calm music.

re: #29 Cato the Elder

If there is clear evidence that both parties have a very close record of shenanigans, and only one party's foibles are shouted from the roof tops, how is 'tu quoque' not valid? Republican stripper tabs are on all the pundit shows. Democrat stripper tabs are mentioned once on CNN on Sunday morning, in a calm, bland, round table discussion, to my knowledge. We shouldn't be bothered by this?

re: #16 ClaudeMonet

About 75% of what I hear/see on MSNBC (on the infrequent occasions when I watch it) is made-up stuff. It's just that their made-up stuff is (a) better done than that of the right, and (b) from the left and therefore somehow immune to criticism.

And will someone PLEASE tell Madcow to get rid of that self-satisfied smirk? I know she's making a sh**load of money just for talking, but that doesn't give her the right to lord it over the rest of us. Even when I agree with her, that smirk is annoying. It's not as bad as Olbermann's ranting and blustering, but annoying.

Sorry man but this is exactly the same as the "Obama is Arrogant and has a Huge Ego" crap that is slung day in and day out. An opponent wins, is right or does something better and they losing "side" sinks to attacking the person for smiling or being happy.

It's the epitome of poor sportsmanship, period.

re: #40 keloyd

If there is clear evidence that both parties have a very close record of shenanigans, and only one party's foibles are shouted from the roof tops, how is 'tu quoque' not valid? Republican stripper tabs are on all the pundit shows. Democrat stripper tabs are mentioned once on CNN on Sunday morning, in a calm, bland, round table discussion, to my knowledge. We shouldn't be bothered by this?

Republicans are usually the ones shooting off their mouths about other people's sex lives and wanting to get in your bedroom to see what you're getting up to in there.

So no, I don't think differing readings on the Hypocri-Meter™ are anything to get upset about.

re: #40 keloyd

If there is clear evidence that both parties have a very close record of shenanigans, and only one party's foibles are shouted from the roof tops, how is 'tu quoque' not valid? Republican stripper tabs are on all the pundit shows. Democrat stripper tabs are mentioned once on CNN on Sunday morning, in a calm, bland, round table discussion, to my knowledge. We shouldn't be bothered by this?

Well your examples are not equitable. It would have to be Republican Stripper tabs and Democrat at a Skinhead concert.

Al-Thugga.

Cato, thanks for that vid, I stole it and posted it. I wish I could counter any of her points, but I really can't.

I love how both parties are equally bad. Until the dems fuck up. Then they're worse.

Locker, Cato:
As a stripper-friendly Republican, let me say both of them using donor cash for the 'ladies' as well as the limos and private jets to get there, are the problem. It shows how much we should have government be small, impotent, and distant from our lives as much as is practical. These gentlemen partying with the strippers will be in charge of containing the budget of Obamacare*. I want all the crisp dollar bills to stay in my wallet.

In other news, the fake "massage" places in Houston have changed their names to "art galleries" to skirt the law. Texas Monthly had a big thing on it if you want to look at their links.

*For the record, I think what Obama did to Medicine is an improvement over what we had before, but it's still more statism than I would prefer.

re: #40 keloyd

I'm so glad you asked!
'Tu quoque' means hypocrisy does not matter!
Palin is a religious nut, but Obama sat for 20 years in The Church of The Yelling Bigot?
Well,'tu quoque'!
Bush was a moron, but he knew he was not the leader of 57 states, or the Commander in Chief of "corpse-men?
'Tu quoque', again!
Bush wrecked the economy by not regulating the loans to people who could not afford houses because of a program set up by... But our fine president is spending astronomical amounts of cash we don't have?
Doesn't matter! 'Tu quoque'!
'Tu quoque' is just like love. 'Tu quoque' means you never have have to say you're sorry.

Now can we shelve the partisan crap and have a Happy Easter?

re: #18 swamprat

This Pagan thanks you for the reference to the feast of Ishtar. And best wishes to all the members of LGF for whatever path you follow. You are great folks.

re: #42 Cato the Elder

Republicans are usually the ones shooting off their mouths about other people's sex lives and wanting to get in your bedroom to see what you're getting up to in there.

So no, I don't think differing readings on the Hypocri-Meter™ are anything to get upset about.

And Democrats are the ones presuming to tell everyone else what they can and can't do with their financial lives. So, their own spending habits are fair game.

Easter Hymn (A.E. Housman)

If in that Syrian garden, ages slain,
You sleep, and know not you are dead in vain,
Nor even in dreams behold how dark and bright
Ascends in smoke and fire by day and night
The hate you died to quench and could but fan,
Sleep well and see no morning, son of man.

But if, the grave rent and the stone rolled by,
At the right hand of majesty on high
You sit, and sitting so remember yet
Your tears, your agony and bloody sweat,
Your cross and passion and the life you gave,
Bow hither out of heaven and see and save.

re: #26 ryannon

The ultimate in egg art. Splendid! I want one.

re: #49 Macha

This Pagan thanks you for the reference to the feast of Ishtar. And best wishes to all the members of LGF for whatever path you follow. You are great folks.

Thank you for your kind words.
But I have neglected Passover!
In addition to my wishes to the rest of you lizards;
HAPPY PASSOVER!

re: #41 Locker

Sorry man but this is exactly the same as the "Obama is Arrogant and has a Huge Ego" crap that is slung day in and day out. An opponent wins, is right or does something better and they losing "side" sinks to attacking the person for smiling or being happy.

It's the epitome of poor sportsmanship, period.

Smiling would be good (Maddow has a nice but not often enough seen
smile, BTW). At the right time, it can be a sign of a sense of humor about oneself. It's the smirk that gets me. Happiness is one thing, gloating is another.

I'd like to see Olbermann, Maddow, and/or Chris Matthews do a segment on their respective shows called, "I was dead wrong about...". Properly done, it would lead to a lot more respect for them. Hannity, Beck, et al on the right are beyond the possibility of respect, but I'd like to see them at least try it, too.

(BTW, I voted for Obama in the primary. I'm not crazy about him, but I don't think he's any more arrogant than other Presidents we've had. I certainly find him more intelligent than his predecessor and more believable than the last Democratic President.)

re: #52 Macha

The ultimate in egg art. Splendid! I want one.

Learn the whole story here:

There were fewer than one hundred Fabergé eggs made for the Czar(s). Anything later is not quite the same quality, despite the fact that the Fabergé family is still creating them in London.

re: #42 Cato the Elder

Republicans are usually the ones shooting off their mouths about other people's sex lives and wanting to get in your bedroom to see what you're getting up to in there.

So no, I don't think differing readings on the Hypocri-Meter™ are anything to get upset about.

I must agree. The amount of time, energy and money spent in this country with preoccupation about sex is absurd. I don't give a damn who does what with who else's genitals as long as they are intelligent and effective legislators. The founding fathers would be aghast. It is time for Americans to grow up about sex.

re: #16 ClaudeMonet

About 75% of what I hear/see on MSNBC (on the infrequent occasions when I watch it) is made-up stuff. It's just that their made-up stuff is (a) better done than that of the right, and (b) from the left and therefore somehow immune to criticism.

And will someone PLEASE tell Madcow to get rid of that self-satisfied smirk? I know she's making a sh**load of money just for talking, but that doesn't give her the right to lord it over the rest of us. Even when I agree with her, that smirk is annoying. It's not as bad as Olbermann's ranting and blustering, but annoying.

Whine, whine, whine. Go and hunt for Easter eggs and cheer up.

I think this thread just shows there is bipartisan support for strippers. No matter what they say in public or which party it is, strippers always know they have support from Washington.

It is a beautiful day in politics when both parties can come together for a common cause.

OTOH, it would not have been newsworthy if Republican big shots went to the lesbian bondage show and spent their own money. The story is (largely) the money. On the point of spending donor cash on private jets and strippers, the two parties have identical stands, and identical records. They do not have identical press coverage.

re: #57 SanFranciscoZionist

Whine, whine, whine. Go and hunt for Easter eggs and cheer up.

Easter eggs are for Christian children, and I'm neither. However, thanks for the good wishes.

re: #55 ryannon

Learn the whole story here:

There were fewer than one hundred Fabergé eggs made for the Czar(s). Anything later is not quite the same quality, despite the fact that the Fabergé family is still creating them in London.

You are so right about the modern ones. Thanks for the link. The first one is so eggquisite in it's simplicity.

re: #60 ClaudeMonet

Easter eggs are for Christian children, and I'm neither. However, thanks for the good wishes.

Oh my dear Claude. Us Pagan adults adore them as well.

re: #62 Macha

Oh my dear Claude. Us Pagan adults adore them as well.

I'm not against them myself, but the little kids love them so much more that I would feel wrong depriving them of the pleasure. I had this discussion last week with a fellow tenant (Arab, Muslim), who said his kids love Easter egg hunts. We had a good laugh together over it.

Sometimes I envy the little ones for the simplicity of their world.

Happy Easter everyone!

re: #57 SanFranciscoZionist

Whine, whine, whine. Go and hunt for Easter eggs and cheer up.

Yet if he had replaced "MSNBC" with "Fox News" and "Maddow" with "Beck", you'd probably have up-dinged him.