God Bless Them

Every one.

And this will never be a “day of service”.

It will always be a day of “Never Forget“.

I never will.

I Think They May Not Know the Meaning

“Come on, boys. Is this the best you’ve got?”

Or they surely would have realized how it sounded in the context they used it, especially with their hero doing that re-run episode.

Surely…right?

Liberals.

Outclevering themselves since the 12th of ever.

UPDATE: I went back in time to track down what got flushed down the rabbit hole, so this would make a little more sense. The link originally took you to a page that said:

Someone Forgot to Circulate the Anti-Obama Talking Points

The incoherence of the right’s criticism of Obama’s speech was matched only by the diversity in attacks.

…and it contained an audio link from a tres clever Media Matters pundit who, after an audio mash-up (below) illustrating the “Right’s incoherence”, offers the devastating smackdown at the top of my post.

I surely gave them too much credit. They truly aren’t smart enough to know who they should be asking “Is this the best you’ve got?”

Why Are They So Crotchety?

The poor gal is giving her all for the contest

Miss Universe officials have a message for Catalina Robayo, Colombia’s entry into Monday’s contest: Don’t forget to wear underwear.

Robayo, one of 89 beauties from around the world competing to win the Donald Trump-owned contest, has been reprimanded for making appearance in tiny skirts – with no panties.

From The Klutz Files

Whilst the power was out and we were living that candle-powered lifestyle I discovered that it’s best not to bump into aforementioned candles when the cell phone is near

On the plus side the skin on my hands is soft and supple now.

Maybe He Was Trying Out For A Food Network Show?

Or maybe it was for an episode of Iron Chef: tonight’s secret ingredients are Clams and Cocaine

A man is charged with drug offenses after Customs and Border Protection officials found cocaine-stuffed clams in his luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport, authorities said.

…CBP officers found the cocaine when Pocasangre Vaquiz was referred for a routine secondary inspection. Authorities found a black plastic bag filled with about 80 clams in his luggage. An officer opened one clam and saw that it concealed a cocaine baggie, authorities said. X-rays showed 14 other clams contained cocaine, according to CBP.

Authorities said the clams had been opened, stuffed with the cocaine baggies and glued closed.

I call this creation “Clams Lindsay Lohan.”

It Must Be VERY Windy in Longview, WA

Otherwise, why would the peaceful, protesting agrarian union worker feel the need to tack his sign to…a baseball bat?

Drudge…

…is scoring big points with the White House right now

JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE — AGAIN…
STOCK MARKET DROPS — AGAIN…
GOLD PRICES SOAR — AGAIN…
WH: TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT…

Ha!

If They Catch Him…

…will they throw him in the Pokey?

San Diego police say a suspect, dressed up as Gumby, tried to rob a 7-Eleven on Labor Day.

For The Life Of Me…

…I can not figure out how they can keep using this word

(Reuters) – New U.S. jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, further evidence of a weak labor market just hours before President Barack Obama delivers a major address to Congress on the issue.

Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 414,000 in the week ending September 3 from an upwardly revised 412,000 the prior week, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Wall Street analysts had been looking for a dip to 405,000.

And of course the previous week’s number were revised up, as well.

Breakfast With Irene

Buttery scrambled eggs with lots of bacon.

Yum.

Hooray for gas stoves.

Some Things…

…are just better not looked at too closely

Arkansas weatherman Brett Cummins found in hot tub with naked dead man wearing ‘dog collar’: police

An Arkansas weatherman didn’t predict he would wake up in a hot tub with a naked dead man, but that’s exactly what police say happened.

Now authorities are trying to determine what killed Dexter Williams, whose body was found with a “dog collar” around his neck, according to a police report.

Ah, for the simpler life of country folk.

Ya Don’t

…say.

Sluggish US Recovery Weakens in Some Areas: Fed

The sluggish recovery failed to gain any speed in recent weeks and softened in some areas of the nation, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.

I don’t know who “Fed” is, but he sure seems to be right on top of things anecdotally.

The Elks Have A Lot More Fun Than The Masons

I also can not comment on where I was last night

“Honestly, hahciffer. ‘hwas jus eetin smmm apples…”

A drunken elk desperate for just one more mouthful of fermenting apples lost its balance in the attempt, leaving it stuck in an apple tree in western Sweden.

…According to Johansson, it looked very much like the elk was severely drunk after eating too many fermenting apples.

Drunken elk are common in Sweden during the autumn season when there are plenty of apples lying around on the ground and hanging from branches in Swedish gardens.

Where’s The Cheese?

Yet another conspiracy shot to hell.

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Fresh From His Outstanding World News Tonight Subbing Job

…last night, Jake was in a feisty mood today. Oh, delicious!

“Is this the standard now?” “Rather not have to go through this Kabuki.”

BWAHAHAHA! Now, THAT’S a reporter.

Spend, Spend, Spend

It’s all they friggin know how to do. Notice how not once is there any mention of how these programs would be paid for, and the word “deficit” does not appear.

My personal favorite:

New hire tax credit: Give businesses a tax credit if they hire jobless workers. That was the idea behind the HIRE Act, a $13 billion piece of legislation that was in place for much of 2010 but has since expired.

And it worked so well, didn’t it?

To ABC’s Credit, They Called Obama Out on Hoffa’s Bullsh*t Last Night

Cool what happens when Jake Tapper subs, isn’t it? Almost like real reporting. You even hear the word “offensive” suggested from Jonathon Karl right at the end.

And, just so we’re perfectly clear who the Barbarian sumbitches ARE, they would be the guys who DON’T get the invites to fly with Teh Present when he goes places to talk about “working people”.

…Some labor leaders have been critical of Obama, including AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, who has recently demanded that the president be bolder in his jobs proposals even in the face of stiff Republican opposition.

Trumka, along with Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, flew to Detroit with Obama on Air Force One. Speaking to the crowd before Obama took the stage, Trumka had praise for the president….

“Barbarian sumbitches” apparently meaning “you and me”, since someone seems to have misplaced my boarding pass.

Well This Explains A Lot

doesn’t it?

Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness

LONDON (Reuters) – Europeans are plagued by mental and neurological illnesses, with almost 165 million people or 38 percent of the population suffering each year from a brain disorder such as depression, anxiety, insomnia or dementia, according to a large new study.

Monday Tuesday Doom!

Stock markets pummeled world-wide yesterday, US markets due quite a bit lower today. Lashing wind and torrential rain assailing us at every turn, locusts sighted on the horizon…

Never fear, Dear Friends, in our Hour Of Need we shall get the Laser Focused Jobs Speech #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 and he really really means it this time.

Let’s get a drinking game organized. Do a shot every time he says “investments in our future” and “green jobs” and two shots every time he says “live within our means.”

Anything else I’m missing?

Oh, and two shots for “fair share”, of course.

Yesterday at Johnson Beach, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Perdido Key

Courtesy of Tropical Storm Lee. It was a “two red flag day” at the beach.

It was a rough day for flags.

Nothing about the surf said, “Come on in!” either.

(Of course, morons did. Tragically.)

We got beat up royally by the wind today the worst of all days, with gusts over 60 mph, but the rain finally called it a weekend. We’re ordering pizza.

So much for those ribs I had my heart set on.

Perhaps the Night Was Mighty Dark So They Could Hardly See

…because the moon refused to shine?

Ooops! Did They Get Ramadan Wrong?

When is Ramadan? The Muslim world determines this by astronomy. Now some believe that the star-gazers got it wrong.

“The Muslim world is in turmoil over the possibility that it may have misread the skies and mistaken Saturn for the moon when it declared Ramadan and its daily fasting over last week, causing the devout to starting feast a day early.

Sighting of the new moon crescent has always been difficult and a special Hilal panel, or moon-sighting committee, receives testimonies from veteran Muslim moon gazers that in fact the lunar month is over. Religious authorities in Saudi Arabia declared Ramadan ended last Monday August 29 and the three-day Id al-Fitr festivities could begin.

Many nations follow the rulings from Saudi Arabia, but not all of the Muslim world accepted this year’s decision. In Indonesia, there was such doubt that the astronomers and Muslim bodies extended the Ramadan fast for another day and didn’t celebrate the Id until sundown Tuesday.

Saudi and Egyptian astronomers, too, questioned the veracity of the moon sighting and issued a statement saying there was no way it could have been sighted last Monday because it had eclipsed before sunset. If they saw anything, it was the planet Saturn and not the moon, the astronomers said.

Word Of The Day

scoobly doobly

a rather kinky sex position involving four people, two padded shovels, lots of pudding, and a few tazers.

Ruh-roh Shaggy!

Ooopsie

My baby, she wrote me letter…

White House received emails about Fast and Furious gun-trafficking operation

Three national security officials were given some details about the operation. But an administration official says the emails do not prove that anyone in the White House was aware of the covert tactics of the program.

Reporting from Washington— Newly obtained emails show that the White House was better informed about a failed gun-tracking operation on the border with Mexico than was previously known.

Three White House national security officials were given some details about the operation, dubbed Fast and Furious. The operation allowed firearms to be illegally purchased, with the goal of tracking them to Mexican drug cartels. But the effort went out of control after agents lost track of many of the weapons.

The supervisor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation in Phoenix specifically mentioned Fast and Furious in at least one email to a White House national security official, and two other White House colleagues were briefed on reports from the supervisor, according to White House emails and a senior administration official.

Jobless “Recovery”

Economists “expected” 75,000 jobs to be created last month.

Unexpectedly, the actual number created…

Zero

(Reuters) – Employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the economy.

Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged, the Labor Department said on Friday, the weakest reading since September. Nonfarm employment for June and July was revised to show 58,000 fewer jobs.

“O”

Hey, it’s his logo.