Number Nine, Number Nine…

Ok, I do NOT like how this thing slows down and starts drifting west over the weekend

When Bingley Indulges His Oyster Addiction and GORGES

…he’s saving the planet.

You never knew he was so conscientiously Gaia-friendly, did you?

How a Billion Oysters Are Set to Change New York’s Harbor
The Billion Oyster Project is restoring the harbor, once oyster at a time

New Yorkers eat up to half a million oysters in local restaurants every week. However, what most people probably don’t know is that after they’ve shucked and guzzled, those empty oyster shells go on to help the city.

Not only did oysters used to be the native keystone species of New York Harbor, but they also act as water filterers, provide habitat for other marine species and attenuate wave energy. Enter the Billion Oyster Project (BOP), the ever-expanding operation that is spearheading the race to reinstate oysters and reefs to the city’s harbor.

Formally established in 2014, BOP is a non-profit ecosystem restoration and education project that endeavors to restore one billion live oysters to New York Harbor by 2030. By securing would-be discarded oyster shells from top regional restaurants, curing and preparing them for reuse to grow new oysters—up to 20 per saved shell—to build habitat, the aim is to improve the quality of both the Harbor and the city.

Your Government Has a Message for You

This is the United States of America. Taking in refugees at times of crisis is the right thing to do. #RefugeesWelcome

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 29, 2016

Translates to “Shut UP, peasants! Now back to the fields.“

The Waco Kid, Dr. Frahnk-en-shteen, Willy Wonka

…and so many more have left the building today.

Thank you, Gene.

Roast Venison

It’s what’s for dinner

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lighting in central Norway in what wildlife officials are calling an unusually large natural disaster.

The Norwegian Environment Agency has released eerie images showing a jumble of reindeer carcasses scattered across a small area on the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The agency says 323 animals were killed, including 70 calves, in the lightning storm Friday.

Agency spokesman Kjartan Knutsen told the AP it’s not uncommon for reindeer or other wildlife to be killed by lightning strikes, “but we have not heard about such numbers before.”

He said reindeer tend to stay very close to each other in bad weather, which could explain how so many were killed at once.

Santa was unavailable for comment.

One Of My Favorite Songs Of All Time

and a loving tribute to his dad

Today at Work

Sweet MOTHER of GOD, SAVE us from 20-something feminist SJWs! In the store this afternoon, after looking up at Olympics on telly [insert disgusted voice]:

“WHY do they have the WOMEN in BATHING SUITS to RIDE BIKES in a race?!” [steam steam steam]

THS lifts quizzical eyebrow a la Ebola.

“It’s the triathlon [unspoken: YOU EFFING TWIT]. They swim a third of it.”

“Oh.”

Interest now engaged elsewhere that outrage unwarranted.

We’re doomed.

THAT Clarifies Things!

In State Department/Obama Speak, this is what qualifies as “NOT A RANSOM”

BREAKING: State Dept. says $400 million cash payment to Iran was contingent on American prisoners' release.

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 18, 2016

Just so we’re clear on this.

Presidential Empathy Update

Remember when it wasn’t ENOUGH that President Bush cut a vacation short and flew over Katrina ravaged New Orleans on his way back to the White House? How he should have BEEN there?
Good times, good times.

And it seemed like nobody was cutting short jack in Martha’s Vineyard.

Not for cities under water, not for cities on fire…

UNTIL what amounts to a CRISIS forced his hand (from the club shaft):

OBAMA INTERRUPTING VACATION TO CAMPAIGN FOR CLINTON

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Golf, afternoons at the beach and … political campaigning?

President Barack Obama is interrupting what so far has been a leisurely vacation to help raise money for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee. Obama has said there’s never been anyone more qualified than Clinton, who was his rival in the 2008 presidential contest and his first-term secretary of state, to be president.

Good to know SOMEBODY can count on him!

27 Years Of Joy I Haven’t Deserved

Remember When David Duke SAID Something Nice About Trump & ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE

…until Trump firmly (re: to liberal/pundit/mob media satisfaction) “disavowed” Duke’s despicableness? REMEMBER?

Ah, good times, good times.

I’m waiting on the Democrats, media and ESPECIALLY LGBT howls of outrage about the picture of this smiling fellow, SITTING DIRECTLY BEHIND HILLARY CLINTON last night at her rally.

Seats behind the party nominee at rallies are reserved for special folks, you know?

Orlando shooter's father sits right behind Hillary at rally. https://t.co/OSL6jh0Wn2 pic.twitter.com/FjPODbBW1N

— WPTV (@WPTV) August 9, 2016

The pro-Taliban dad of the Orlando shooter says Hillary is "good for national security." https://t.co/GBoygpqd2o pic.twitter.com/LRPW9z99Oy

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) August 9, 2016

Happy Burfday Crusader!!!!!

Actually, if you took a picture of him right now he’d look exactly the same, the bastard.

Minus the onesie, I hope.

ths update: I’ll add a “GREATEST HITS” medley. WUBS you, little bruzzer.

“Wooden Pallets Packed With Euros”

Maybe THAT’S Obama’s secret plan to destroy the Mullahs right there!

U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed
Obama administration insists there was no quid pro quo, but critics charge payment amounted to ransom

The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward.

Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies were flown into Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, according to these officials. The U.S. procured the money from the central banks of the Netherlands and Switzerland, they said.

Everybody KNOWS Euros aren’t worth shit!

Temperament Unsuited

Clinton celebrates her role in killing #Libya's head of state which led to ISIS takeover https://t.co/E2oAtKJ4ei pic.twitter.com/6ESnLhsQtV

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 1, 2016

Time for Your BARF Emoticon!

Expert to Rio athletes: ‘don’t put your head under water’ – https://t.co/9JaD8Xc4Rn pic.twitter.com/tzCXhOVL4v

— AP Images (@AP_Images) August 1, 2016