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299 पैकी 1 – 200 नवीन› नवीनतम»I have a day of meetings at work. They are better online.
I think the weather will get a lot better in a few hours when my meetings are over.
Magically better.
Not warm here in the Shenandoah Valley. Snowed overnight and into morning, so I need to run my snow blower after lunch.
I’m looking ou the window. Nope! No reason to go out.No need to go out.
I'm retiring soon. Instead of moving to a warmer state, I decided to move back to Minnesota, to a small town more than an hour from the Twin Cities. Closing tomorrow on a bungalow with a big garage near a lake. Being closer to my family won out over being far away in a place that has more pleasant weather.
Hmm
https://www.theblaze.com/news/la-times-editorial-board-superintendent-reopen-schools?utm_medium=push&utm_source=pushnami
We dodged the snow here in Oak Ridge last night and this morning, thankfully! We were supposed to get 3-5 inches. At around 1 a.m. we had about 1 inch of slush on the grassy areas and it was snowing very hard with gigantic snowflakes, but by this morning when I got up, it had all melted.
Todd Herman hosting Rush, albeit unlistenable. At least there's humor. Tod means death in German.
EIB has to come up with some talent fast.
Much too cold to go out. The ice in people's hearts and their stares is unbearable.
Texas Freeze Freak Out The people on line in Texas and other areas are just freaking out because of the unusually and SEVERELY DANGEROUS cold weather. Now. I don't blame them for being upset and afraid, because their electric and power grid sucks eggs and because they just are NOT used to this type of weather. It isn't normal. This type of weather is dangerous no matter where you live... and I really do feel bad for you with things that are out of your control like the weather...... BUT GET A GRIP. You should have had some, any, even a small amount of preparation. Grow up and be prepared.
HOWEVER.....I feel that the biggest issue is a rural/urban divide. The people who live in rural and less urban areas are already prepared for most emergencies. Have good stocks of food, water, tools, emergency supplies, firewood, alternate sources of heat and lighting..... and ESPECIALLY ..... rural people have an understanding of how things work. Things like where their water actually comes from. How to shut off the water during freezes. How to flush a toilet if you don't have running water. How to protect their cars, homes, water, pets etc etc etc. Practical knowledge . Simple skills.
While those who are trapped in the cities freak the fuck out. The people who live in the outlying areas and deal with the world are hurting, inconvenienced but still able to deal with it.
California has its own issues and power outages.....SO while we had a week of no electricity in our area...SEVERAL TIMES in a year.....we were ..."Meh. We've dealt with this before and we will get by." While the cities are "OMG we are all gonna die and race to get things they should already have on hand.
Then when the crisis over...they go back to business as usual. They never learn.
Some people are prepared and others are not. The Government is supposed to do the big things. Like plowing the roads and keeping the utilities in operation as best they can.
It isn't the Government's job to hold your hand and apprise you of the fact that shit can happen and that you should have some food and water in your house...among other things.
EIB needs a right wing host not into outrage as his thing, which eliminates most of the existing right wing hosts.
I like Todd Herman.
I can't listen to anyone talk long enough to get into talk radio though. But out of all the people I hear on the radio every now and then he was probably the best.
Well, it's 86 right now, so I would say yes.
rhhardin said...
EIB needs a right wing host not into outrage as his thing, which eliminates most of the existing right wing hosts.
What is the alternative? Apathy? Cruel Neutrality?
Joe Biden just defended genocide.
I think there needs to be a little more outrage.
Steyn is the best, mark beling puts me too sleep.
Opening the basement door heats the house. There's a lot of heat stored in the basement floor and ground below it, and that heat rises to keep your house from getting really cold beyond that point.
I did a 6-mile run at lunchtime, but it's not as cold here as in WI. It's in the low 20s in this outer suburb of Boston.
Joe Biden just described genocide as a "different cultural norm."
Ann got her "normal" back.
What is the alternative? Apathy? Cruel Neutrality?
Humor. What Rush did early on. Everything the left does is ridiculous. Use it.
Scott, Congrats on the (to be) retirement and (to do) move.
Similar background for me . . . . I could have moved back to Minnesota - my home state. I went the other way and moved west. Kind a tough calls on family, weather and such. In the end for me, a big component was that I really didn't think I'd have much or any family left in the North Star state after a short while. Who knows?
Anyways best of luck to you.
Greetings from deep in the heart of Texas. Right on, Dust Bunny Queen. This deep freeze, on top of Covid 2020, has sent me ruminating on the fragility of life, our risible confidence in “science” and “technology” to save us. It’s as though God were reaching down and forcibly turning our heads to notice Ash Wednesday, and pay heed to its exhortations. “Be reconciled to God. The kingdom of God is at hand. “
I am not usually given to such pronouncements. But empty grocery shelves only halfway through week one of a crisis will do that.
rhhardin's basement geothermal heat pump
Will hit 67 today and warmer next week...have to get my golf schedule set...sorry : )
Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars today. Coverage begins at 11:15 PST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ
Oddly enough, I've been working outside for most of the day. Had to warm up for a minute or so by the wood burner to take the burn out of my hands. Knowing we have a thaw coming next week I thought to myself "I'm going to miss the cold".
"This deep freeze, on top of Covid 2020, has sent me ruminating on the fragility of life, our risible confidence in “science” and “technology” to save us."
Scott Adams had a funny bit the other day about why he lives where he does...
Essentially, he wanted to live somewhere, that if he went outside at any time of the year, he wouldn't die.
Makes sense.
"Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars today. Coverage begins at 11:15 PST."
Did they figure out the feet/meters thing : )
Achilles said...
I like Todd Herman.
I used to. Now, I don't.
I listened to the start of Limbaugh to hear what was going to happen. Still the Pretenders open. So far so good. Introduced the host. So far so good. The only change was "filling in for Rush Limbaugh" was gone.
Then, he had to sob his way through his opening comments. That got me sobbing.
Damn him.
rhhardin said...
What is the alternative? Apathy? Cruel Neutrality?
Humor. What Rush did early on. Everything the left does is ridiculous. Use it.
Acceptable.
I think you have to have honest descriptions mixed in. But the balance should probably tip towards mockery for a mass media enterprise.
Snowing here in NYC. Looks like the wet slushy kind. I find gravity annoying enough, but, with the addition of heavy boots, gravity becomes really hideous. I'm sick of winter, and there's another month to go......They say that a difficult labor helps a mother bond to her newborn. Perhaps a difficult winter will add to the elation of spring when it finally arrives.....I've been told that those who hit their head against the wall long enough feel an enormous sense of relief when they stop. The trick is to hit your head long enough. This has been a long winter....Inertia has always been a guiding principle in my life. I stick to NYC because of inertia, but taxes, shutdowns, winters challenge my inertial guidance system.
I should note, My best friend once said to me "hey, you gotta hear this guy". He turned on the radio. It was Rush Limbaugh. Been listening ever since.
It was 1989.
Browndog said...
Then, he had to sob his way through his opening comments. That got me sobbing.
Damn him.
That is the thing about Todd that I liked.
He humanized poor people. He told a lot of personal stories about people who were in bad situations. He has sympathy and empathy.
Most of the other hosts just ramble and shout.
"I used to. Now, I don't."
He's got that 'Hey everybody!' vibe.
You know, everyone is a 'Great American' and a 'Patriot.'
All these guys are holier than thou, and act like they use the constitution as a comforter...they are mostly no-talent hacks who owe their livelihoods to Rush.
I think people will just have to come to terms with the fact that Rush is irreplaceable and that there will never again be another Rush. There are some who share his comic skills, but those skills are directed against Republicans. The best you can hope for is comedians like Craig Ferguson or Jerry Seinfeld whose humor is mostly apolitical. You will never again hear somebody take apart the Democrats with the wit and sharpness of Rush. Greg Gutfeld has his moments, but he's not Rush.
"Essentially, he wanted to live somewhere, that if he went outside at any time of the year, he wouldn't die".
Of course, he had to stay inside during the wild fires last summer due to the smoke. He forgot to mention that.
A very seasonable 26°, feels like 20°, here in southern Maine. Lots of people out and about, including the crew down the street putting a roof on a new house. We are expecting some snow today and overnight, total of about 2-3 inches. At these temps it should be the easily relocatable variety. Interesting to note that this winter other parts of New England have had a lot more snow than we have. I'm okay if that trend continues for the foreseeable future.
A couple lyric quotes to warm you up:
"Cryin' won't help you,
Prayin' won't do you no good"
- Led Zeppelin
"You can't spend what you haven't got
You can't lose some little girl you haven't never had"
- Muddy Waters
Snowing again here in Sunny California (actually, this snow and freezing single digit temperatures are normal... and we have had a warmer and drier winter than usual.) Of course we are prepared 😁. If the power goes out, we have generators (yes more than one), propane, natural gas (yes both), fuel, freezer and pump house full of food, lighting supplies( candles, oil lamps and battery powered lights). And of course Scotch, wine and assorted other libations. Throw a roast in the oven, break out the scrabble board and we are ready!
Rush Limbaugh is going to be sorely missed. I don't think we can find a single, one person, replacement for him. Perhaps a group of several people.
Think of how this one particular person (Limbaugh) has influenced the world just by his thoughts and his voice. Pretty incredible. Most of us go lightly through life and might leave some footprints or legacies to be remembered. Rush has left some giant footprints. Big big shoes to fill.
Speaking of the ridiculous left....
Activist suggests paying criminals not to kill to cut Baltimore crime rate. Via the NY Post.
We received our Notice of Non-Significance for our single-family residence permit today. That's the last big hurdle. It's also required for the storm water and hydraulic permits from the state, both of which should just be formalities. King County's estimates it'll take them about 5 weeks to finish up the permitting process. So, we should have our permit by the end of March. Yeah!
You will never again hear somebody take apart the Democrats with the wit and sharpness of Rush. Greg Gutfeld has his moments, but he's not Rush.
True, but I often think of what Andrew Breitbart would have, could have become. He was a force of nature and am a little disheartened his legacy is somewhat forgotten.
Interesting that all the talking heads for the NASA livestream so far are white-ish women with long hair. One looks like "Jan" from the Toyota commercials.
While it's interesting I expect the landing of Perseverance to be underwhelming from a "live video" standpoint. Nothing like watching one of SpaceX's shots or landings.
It's definitely not warm enough to go outside on Mars.
Fun post on legal insurrection about the Governor of New York threatening to destroy someone.
Democrats support this kind of thing.
Democrats also think genocide is a "different cultural norm."
The masks are off.
Gun control is going to get a lot of air time and effort soon.
"Of course, he had to stay inside during the wild fires last summer due to the smoke. He forgot to mention that."
Maybe wrong but I believe he has some sort of asthma...
Being outside with lots of smoke in the air is not fun and I wouldn't run a marathon in those conditions, but it's not the end of the world.
There were very large fires in my area and I didn't stay shut in my house.
Also, his context was weather (hot/cold) not natural disasters...
The governor was threatening the family of another democrat by the way.
The logo they've devised for the mission is....horrible.
I walked to get coffee this morning. Without a hat on. (My dermatologist will scold me). I was not cold.
83 degrees and lovely. Rain and cold on the way.
Spent the morning scrubbing mildew off of the deck. Work is good therapy for a troubled mind.
It's warming up here, enough that even cold-averse wife says she'll walk around the block later.
I have always liked all four seasons in their rounds. Just not extremes!
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For the first time ever, on Tuesday afternoon, 3:15PM CST, it was warmer in Milwaukee (20 F), where my brother lives, than it was in Decatur, AL (18 F), where my mother lives.
In Houston here, waiting for the next and hopefully last freeze later tonight. It's easy for some to criticize but power grid issues aside, for residents it hasn't been a matter of just "preparing ahead of time". Our homes are designed and constructed for hot weather, to shed heat easily. We went from nearly 70F down to the teens within days. Our heaters are mostly electric-based, not oil etc like up north. I'm literally the only person I know in this region who didn't experience a power outage (some for days), only because I live next door to a designated warming shelter. Now that thaws are beginning, previously frozen pipes are bursting everywhere, causing water outages and boil notices. It's a subtropical region so we never have need for even the minor things like snow/ice equipment, nor do we have the life experience for it that's taken for granted elsewhere. Obviously if weather patterns are changing for the future then this need for winter preparedness will have to change as well. For perspective and comparison, try imagining a 50F+ temp differential on the hot side, or multiple tropical hurricanes, if they were to suddenly hit the northern regions unprepared for it. There's only so much you can prepare for (and maintain in the years it's not needed) and still have things be affordable.
DBQ you are so right. I live on a ranch in northern Ca, been burned out (but no burned down)twice in the last few years. Probably averaged 2+ weeks a year with no power. With a well no power means no water. We also have a lot of livestock so we have to be prepared and can't leave. The same people who were horrified that we didn't evacuate like we were ordered to were the same ones who didn't have solar lanterns, a camp stove or even a gallon of extra water. I gave a couple of them a single burner butane stove and a gallon of water for Christmas. I taped the instructions to the top of the stove as a precaution. Geez, people! Keep enough stuff for yourself, your pets and a little to help your neighbors.
I drove my sister down to Georgia yesterday. Long story about super expensive plane ticket and must be in person closing on a house today.
Anyway. On the way down I saw several humongous TRUMP 2020 signs still up in PA, W Virginia, North and South Carolina.
Trump still very much in control of the GOP.
Thank goodness there still something beyond the control of the Democrats.
The remnants of the Texas storm passed through here this morning as another ice storm. I hate ice, but we only got about a quarter inch, and it's melting now.
Democrats also think genocide is a "different cultural norm."
Progressive leap. Cultural revolution. Wicked solution, too.
64F and sunny here in Phoenix. Supposed to be back up to the upper 70's by the first of next week.
@Jay Vogt: Thanks very much. These kinds of decisions are more difficult than they first appear.
I often think of what Andrew Breitbart would have, could have become. He was a force of nature and am a little disheartened his legacy is somewhat forgotten.
Yes. I met him briefly at a party for Cathy Seipp as she was fighting her lung cancer. She is another who is missed by those who knew her.
Kamala Harris.
There is no way this mediocrity should be in charge of anything.
This is what you get when you filter your female leaders by whether or not they are willing to perform on the casting couch.
Imagine how much worse this would be if she wasn't getting a tongue bath from the reporter.
"Maybe wrong but I believe he has some sort of asthma..."
I pretty sure you're right about the asthma. The smoke is not about hot/cold, yet...he couldn't go outside (and there are places not nearly as susceptible to fires as where he is).
He also made snarky comments about Texas' power outage (understandable to some degree) but then piled on and said he was not experiencing any outages in his state, when he complained about the multiple outages last summer (vehemently complained about CA lack of planning and capacity). I like Scott but he does this from time to time. I just found it irritating when he did it yesterday. No biggie. It's not easy improvising for an hour a day for as long as he has done it. RL did it for 3 hours/day for a very long time.
To be fair, re: power outages...he has more money than God, and I'm guessing he's covered with generators, etc.
Humor. What Rush did early on. Everything the left does is ridiculous. Use it.
Acceptable.
I think you have to have honest descriptions mixed in. But the balance should probably tip towards mockery for a mass media enterprise.
What about Ingram? I know she's got the TV gig. I found her on radio too late, so I didn't listen to her a lot, but I had no problem following her for 2 hours. I have never set down to watch her TV product.
Does Steyn even want the gig?
I'm guessing who ever gets tapped will have never filled in.
We have an afternoon drive guy at WHO that's good. British Jew immigrant. Simon Conway, you can find is past shows at WHO/Iheart. But I doubt he's in the running.
My friend in Maui was complaining today about the 'cold' 70 degree weather.
To be fair, he said it was also raining.
In 26 days we will be sitting on a sandy beach in Jamaica enjoying a nice refreshing adult beverage.
Michael K said...
Yes. I met him briefly at a party for Cathy Seipp as she was fighting her lung cancer. She is another who is missed by those who knew her.
That reminds me:
I don't know if everyone was familiar with her or her blog, but Kathy Shaidle of FiveFeetOfFury passed away last month.
"To be fair, re: power outages...he has more money than God, and I'm guessing he's covered with generators, etc."
or he has Snickers run on a treadmill and hooks up the fridge to it.
"In 26 days we will be sitting on a sandy beach in Jamaica enjoying a nice refreshing adult beverage."
I was reading a story recently about a weed shortage there.
What the hell is this world coming to?!!
I think you'll be OK on the rum though.
@ Flat Tire
We live in a rural area of NEast Calif. Very agricultural, cattle, hay, wild rice. On the fringe of the High Desert areas. My husband's business is water wells, pumps, tanks, water systems. When we are out of power we (mostly) are out of water. This is why wehave more than one generator.
When pumps are down the priority of who gets first call on the work is 1. do you have livestock or animals that need water...then 2. Are you completely out of water. 3. Are you sick or feeble. LOLs (little ole ladies) get bumped up the priority list. Something not drastically wrong that has been going on for months, like low water pressure or waterlogged tank? You can wait a day or two. Also considered is--->Did you fix any of the issues that I told you about several years ago. Winterized your antiquated wind blown pump house so your pipes, tanks, pumps don't freeze? If not.....you are now last on the list for being a lazy dumb ass.
I realize that people in Texas and parts of the US that are normally not hit with this cold freezing weather have houses that aren't built for the cold. Just like people in Maine aren't prepared for Tuscon type summers. Weather can be abnormal. BUT...there is no excuse for not having some supplies, food, water etc for if/when the power goes out.
I noticed a drop in the weekly average daily first time vaccinations. The previous week averaged 974k per day, and this past week it's down to 899k.
Date Doses Incr WeekAvg
02/05/2021, 29078080, 1172883, 974109
02/06/2021, 30250964, 1172884, 974109
02/07/2021, 31579100, 1328136, 974109
02/08/2021, 32340146, 761046, 974109
02/09/2021, 32867213, 527067, 974109
02/10/2021, 33783384, 916171, 974109
02/11/2021, 34723964, 940580, 974109
02/12/2021, 35834855, 1110891, 899583
02/13/2021, 37056122, 1221267, 899583
02/14/2021, 38292270, 1236148, 899583
02/15/2021, 38981410, 689140, 899583
02/16/2021, 39670551, 689141, 899583
02/17/2021, 40268009, 597458, 899583
02/18/2021, 41021049, 753040, 899583
I live NW PA. We are buried in snow, as always, until sometime in March. At least 12" on the ground. Weird snow this year, all powder. Tough going for the Kubota, even with chains. Spouse and I have enough spare food and water for more than the two of us, along with a 20KW generator as back-up. I just hate the cold. Once retired, we are snow-birding somewhere.
Bo Snerdley
@BoSnerdley
So I will get back to posting news stories tomorrow. Sorry been so lean today and yesterday. Tonight I will join my dear friend @seanhannity
I just can't stop crying. It comes in waves -often unexpectedly. Heartbroken.
A word from the wise-
Let's Start Our Own MAGA CHAZ!
@NolteNC
I don’t worry about losing my power because I’m prepared.
I don’t worry about my water shutting off because I’m prepared.
I don’t worry about food shortages because I’m prepared.
Your #1 priority in life is to protect your loved ones.
Whatever #2 is, it’s not even close.
NASA will be landing a 1000lb rover on the surface of another planet in like an hour or so. Here's the live stream
"NASA will be landing a 1000lb rover on the surface of another planet in like an hour or so."
Sounds sizeist...I think you should be cancelled.
It this how micro-aggression works?
Am I doing it right?
remember!
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK: Fauci Used To Lurk Gay Bath Houses, Bars To Learn About AIDS Up Close
The revelation that gay men were visiting gay bath houses for the purpose of anonymous, often unprotected sex with other men provoked many cities and states to ban gay bath houses. Gay activists, both at the time and still today, considered this a civil rights violation.
Fauci was famously lambasted by conservatives in April of last year, when he recommended that sports, schools, businesses, and other necessities of life immediately cease operations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but also gave his support to individuals using hookup apps like Tinder and its LGBT-exclusive counterpart Grindr to have casual sex.
Fauci said that having casual sex with a relative stranger posed a “relative risk” that individuals would have to determine if they would take.
YOU can NOT be trusted to go to the grocery store! Let Alone a hair salon...
But it was (and, IS) A OKAY for gay men to have anonymous unprotected sex... In Large Groups
Joe Smith said...
I think you'll be OK on the rum though.
No chance of an alcohol shortage of any kind in that part of the world.
"But it was (and, IS) A OKAY for gay men to have anonymous unprotected sex... In Large Groups"
Is/was Anthony Fauci a power bottom?
Inquiring minds…
Apparently white, middle aged, male engineers are forbidden on this project. Based on all the people doing the talking.
"No chance of an alcohol shortage of any kind in that part of the world."
I would have thought the same of ganja : )
Good lord. People are calling the Perseverance rover "Percy".
Lem said...
Anyway. On the way down I saw several humongous TRUMP 2020 signs still up in PA, W Virginia, North and South Carolina.
here in NE iowa, i don't think ANYONE has taken down their Trump signs yet
interesting numbers...
iowa and wisconsin were both 'battleground states', and both polled as 'tossups'
President Trump lost wisconsin by more than 20,000 votes, but won iowa, EASILY, (140,000)
how come? How is it, that Trump won iowa but lost wisconsin
oh. Here in iowa, you had to SIGN your absentee ballot, and you could only get ONE
"Apparently white, middle aged, male engineers are forbidden on this project. Based on all the people doing the talking."
Stupid white men...
We now have a token white guy with a jar of Perseverance peanuts. Not sure what those legumes are about.
"EIB has to come up with some talent fast."
Their best bet would be to give it to Steyn, but man that voice 3 hours a day, 5 days a week --- I dunno.
"He was a force of nature and am a little disheartened his legacy is somewhat forgotten."
The site that bears his name is a far cry from his original happy warrior approach.
Steyn's probably the well known and well liked among Rush's audience (assuming he'd even want the gig). My beef with Steyn is his jokes and riffs can get a little tedious from time to time, epsecially when he go es on long digressions reiterating the same cheesy "joke" ad nauseam.
"My beef with Steyn is his jokes and riffs can get a little tedious from time to time, epsecially when he go es on long digressions reiterating the same cheesy "joke" ad nauseam."
He can be a bit Dennis Miller-ish.
Small doses...
Perseverence is in the Martian atmosphere, the live view of the control center is a LOT more tense. Big moment for those folks, hope it works they way they designed it.
In the PNW, our storm lasted only four days. I was ill-prepared but survived alright. One more day would have been a problem as I was pretty much out of food.
As an aside- I just saw this at Instapundit:
"Diversity and inclusion are crucial to our force and our mission." Air Mobility Command, etc.
I would assume that before we enter into combat with a foe at any time in the future, we will have to confirm their diversity quotients. Too many men? Sorry, can't engage with your army!
I didn't listen to Rush, but as much as I like a little Steyn myself, he's hard to take in large doses.
Some while ago, on a thread involving Imus, I mentioned my connection (cousin to a cousin) with Shanklin the funnyman. Of course he worked with Rush, not Imus.
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Rover landed successfully.
Why not let Trump fill in for a couple weeks? If only he'd take direction.
Rush was smart to listen to people who knew more than he did. I know Mark Levin used to send him legal pointers.
And a successful landing. Of course, pics or it didn't happen.
And they have their first picture.
Makes me think of all the "probes" Europeans sent to the new world - daring, using new technology and techniques, and everyone was excited about minerals and descriptions of the new, exotic place.
Hopefully we don't find any sentient aboriginals out there.
First pic from Perseverance.
"Makes me think of all the "probes" Europeans sent to the new world - daring, using new technology and techniques, and everyone was excited about minerals and descriptions of the new, exotic place.
Hopefully we don't find any sentient aboriginals out there."
Not a problem...we'll just kill them all like we did here : )
Stupid, evil white men.
China is going to be attempting to land a rover on Mars in May or June. Imagine a battle-bot scenario between 2 mars rovers.
My nephew is here one more day. In the next few hours we'll catch a beach sunset, check out some live music at my neighborhood watering hole, and visit the brewery down the street. I apologize to the commentariat here for my displays of Seasonal Schadenfreude.
Sounds sizeist...I think you should be cancelled.
It this how micro-aggression works?
Today, yes. Tomorrow, progress, liberalization, maybe, probably, not. Follow the winds for a change in forecast.
"China is going to be attempting to land a rover on Mars in May or June. Imagine a battle-bot scenario between 2 mars rovers."
As long as neither side has a chink in the armor it will be a fair fight.
"Not a problem...we'll just kill them all like we did here : )"
Whaddaya mean "we" kemosabe? My ancestors were slaves (well, serfs) tied to land they cropped for a wealthy magnate in what is now Poland and Germany when the Spaniards were bringing some unwelcome bacterial guests that would do the dirty work in the New World.
Even my Irish peasant ancestors didn't make it out of the Olde Sodde until Carnegie was making his millions building steel plants after the Civil War.
Nonapod said...
Rover landed successfully.
Very cool.
I can't help but to think back when Obama turned NASA into "global warming monitoring and muslim outreach".
I still laugh when a buddy, referencing the George Clooney movie "Men who stare at goats", called NASA "Men who stare at ice."
I'm not sure what direction the Rush Limbaugh show/EIB network is going to take, but I think Rush let it be known what he wanted to become if it.
Curious to see.
I never clicked on another Brietbart website after he died. It was no longer Andrew. Difference is, Rush had time to plan.
Good on NASA! The only coverage we could find was on the BBC, and they interviewed two lady scientists (NTTAWWT). The US networks couldn't be bothered, not even PBS or CSpan.
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Sad!
DBQ. I got a good laugh out of your comments about known but ignored problems. Have been guilty of that and it's really embarrassing. Beautiful area. I know Lookout and Cedarville well.
Narr - I have found space.com to eminently helpful with all things spacey, from SpaceX to Perseverance. I prefer to skip news media and the source livestreams are much more informative and generally well done.
And I don't give clicks to the enemies of the people.
Watched it on nasa.gov. Yay us!
Tell me again how the right answer is white supremacy.
Wow! That was an awful cover of "Life On Mars?".
Joe Smith said...
I would have thought the same of ganja : )
I'll report back on any shortages when we return ;)
The Rush problem is a little bit like “Whose gonna replace Mark Twain.” It isn’t going to happen.
I apologize to the commentariat here for my displays of Seasonal Schadenfreude.
No problem. I have become quite adept at living vicariously through others. Do carry on.
Wow! That was an awful cover of "Life On Mars?"
A cover of Life on Mars?
Jail.
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This bill is called the "No Glory For Hate Act"
Psychotherapy, turns out, is highly under-rated
This bill is called the "No Glory For Hate Act"
Deja vu. It's a tale of resources offered and rejected a la NY in Planned Parent/hood walls, Katrina in flooding, Atlanta of Every Child Left Behind fame, etc. Of diversity breeds adversity. #HateLovesAbortion
I've been automatically recording Rush to the HD since 2007 and Steyn has done precisely
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July 11, 2008.
I don’t get why people are mad at Ted Cruz. He is a lawmaker, not part of the executive in Texas.
Tim: Please. your just virtual signaling.
You fully understand the optics of the general public vis a vis blame game when confronted with politicians pleasuring themselves during bad times.
Why do elected legislative branch members consider themselves our "leaders"? They're not leaders, they are representatives. It is not on them to set the direction or pace of march, it is on them to enable their citizens to set their own direction and pace.
Getting legislators to stop thinking they are "leading" and to get teachers to stop calling themselves "educators" would go a small step in the right direction for our nation.
"I'm not sure what direction the Rush Limbaugh show/EIB network is going to take, but I think Rush let it be known what he wanted to become if it."
I don't remember Rush speaking of this...care to elaborate?
"Why do elected legislative branch members consider themselves our "leaders"? They're not leaders, they are representatives."
For the millionth time, they are our fucking employees.
They seem to have forgotten that.
A little agita
https://mobile.twitter.com/ratemyskyperoom/status/1362443598021750785
I found it interesting that when Ted Cruz's
tween daughters want a Mexican vacation because school is closed a couple days, he will drop everything and fly them there.
Even more amazing, he blamed them publicly for it.
Not the first time he has used his kids as a political prop.
I don't remember Rush speaking of this...care to elaborate?
Pure speculation. Hence, "I think"
Knowing he was dying, knowing what he built, knowing his audience, logical to think he communicated what was to become of his radio show.
https://rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=02/18/2021&SO=&HC=2&ID=594949
16 degrees feels warm after -11.
"I don’t get why people are mad at Ted Cruz. He is a lawmaker, not part of the executive in Texas."
It was a surprisingly tone deaf move, and I'm a big Cruz fan.
People in parts of Texas are hurting bad and a vacation trip to Cancun by anyone in a leadership position right now is just dumb.
But I don't think you really "don't get why people are mad." I'm mad (a little) mainly because he damaged his reputation, but I don't live in Texas.
Althouse got her idols Bernie mittens.
Mike of Snoqualmie @ 1:16: Congrats on the permit; I hope all goes well. Keep us posted on your progress? It's fun to visualize a new home as it comes into being.
I don't think anything Rush planned for the show would work - he's been coasting himself for a few years with stuff he's not great at, having left behind the self-deprecating larger-than-life persona and pranks that got him in. Instead he became a moral expert, which never works.
There's a style there that would work but it's not likely one Rush would have picked now.
Browndog said...
A cover of Life on Mars?
Jail.
Yes, at the end of the NASA broadcast of the landing. And it was terrible. They also flashed a tweet from Rick Astley on the screen during the whole sordid mess, so I guess it counts as a rickroll as well.
I'm an engineer. So, as a hammer owner, most problems look to me like nails.
I can't see Texas's problems as political. They are engineering problems with understandable geneses. Here's the bottom line: It isn't rational or cost effective to be 100% prepared for a 100-year event. Try to be 80% prepared, maybe, but that last 20% will cost you four times as much and may never be needed.
Would homes in Austin be more comfortable today if they were weatherproofed and insulated like homes in International Falls? Sure, but you'd have to be a lunatic to spend that kind of money. The same goes for Texas's grid. Those windmills might still be working if they had been designed for Spitsbergen instead of Abilene, but any engineer who advocated that level of preparedness should lose his job, and with good reason.
That said, this little cold snap has pretty clearly demonstrated the fallacy of reliance on renewables for providing a consistent, reliable level of energy production. As you can see by these graphs over at Powerlineblog, as temperatures fall, wind power takes up less and less of the energy burden. Whether it is because wind drops during cold spells or windmills cease to function, it's real. It's not Democrat or Republican, it's the way it is. No amount of vacuous brain vomit from AOC will change that.
Per Ted Cruz-
No one holds other conservatives accountable more than other conservatives.
They have principles.
If it were Nancy Pelosi, she would return to Washington when the feeling struck, and tell the world those that notice she went to Cancun are criminals, proposes legislation, all the while every single democrat/media would defend her.
If Beto were on vacation - no one in the media would care.
"Instead he became a moral expert, which never works."
Rush never struck me as a 'morals' guy...not that he wasn't moral, but he wasn't preachy about it.
He acknowledged his mistakes, had been divorced, etc.
"Even more amazing, he blamed them publicly for it.
Not the first time he has used his kids as a political prop."
"With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon," Cruz said in a statement."
This is also known as 'an explanation.' One daughter is about 13 and the other 10 (guessing from news reports).
Bad optics, yes...kind of like Michelle O. taking a separate plane on the taxpayers dime.
I'm at loss concerning Cruz. He planned to take his girls to Mexico. He honored that plan to his children. That's commendable, I must admit hiding in my work more than once and did not take opportunities to be with the kids.
But, precedence is areal thing yes?
Remember the 2008 financial crisis? McCain stopped campaigning to go meet his obligations as a sitting Senator. Obama said "they know where to find me" and kept campaigning. Obama had nothing he could add to the debate concerning what action should be taken.
When a living GOD shows you how it's done, it's good to pay attention
interesting,
https://babalublog.com/2021/02/18/rush-limbaugh-proudly-stood-shoulder-to-shoulder-with-elian-gonzalez-deplorable-miami-family-and-deplorable-cuban-americans-in-general-when-most-americans-and-even-many-conservatives-incl/#comments
NYT tries to erase James "Bo Snerdley" Golden.
RE: Ted Cruz.
What would he have accomplished, what suffering would he have ended, what tragedy would he have prevented, what atrocity would have been avoided, had he chosen to stay in Texas.
In other news: I am most annoyed at the news readers on the local stations getting the sads about all the local businesses that are closing, mostly restaurants they like to go to occasionally, due to the lack of patrons on account of the government Covid shutdowns. STFU, whatever could and can we do to help these hard working business owners stay open!!! /s
Due to broken water mains and consequent low pressure, a boil-water alert has been issued here. At least through Monday!
Narr
We have gas heat and stovetop, we'll be OK
Space.com and NASA, yes, of course. I was standing in front of the TV with my wife, not at my computer.
Narr
Cruz ain't really news
Turns out Mars is actually a failed and abandoned Death Star?
iowan2 said...
I'm at loss concerning Cruz. He planned to take his girls to Mexico. He honored that plan to his children. That's commendable, I must admit hiding in my work more than once and did not take opportunities to be with the kids.
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Yes, insisting on taking that tropical resort vacation while your state freezes to death is highly commendable. What discipline. What moral courage!
“rhhardin's basement geothermal heat pump”
It’s closer to the equator, natch.
Oh, boy-
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Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops will remain in the nation's capital through mid-March due to concerns about online QAnon chatter
Yes, insisting on taking that tropical resort vacation while your state freezes to death is highly commendable. What discipline. What moral courage!
What is Cruz gong to do? Hook up battery cables form his truck to jump-start a wind mill?
Meantime....what has your half-dead President done, or SAID since kicking his grand daughters ass in Mario Bros.?
There is a morning radio guy in Philly named Rich Zeoli. He’s got Rush’s talent for humor. I’d like to see Rich get a shot at Rush’s time slot.
Todd Herman hosting Rush, albeit unlistenable. At least there's humor. Tod means death in German. EIB has to come up with some talent fast.
Steyn is good but there's only one Rush Limbaugh. Most of these guys are good in small doses and they need another person to bounce words off. Maybe a two-man show, Steyn and whoever would fill the bill. Years ago, the sports I channel I listened to dropped the ONE man format. They no longer had guys who could carry a show by themselves for 2-3 hours. Now, its all Two-man and even three-man shows.
"Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops will remain in the nation's capital through mid-March due to concerns about online QAnon chatter"
Yeah, what the HELL Is QAnon? Its just another Fake Right-wing threat like the KKK or the imaginary "Nazis". THe liberals and the Democrats always need to lie and invent. And the Republicans always let them get away with it. Now that McConnell, McCarthy, and Cheney have spent the last 5 weeks, helping Pelosi and Schumer attack the 45th Republican President, what are they doing? Anything? You NEVER hear them attack the D's over anything. They refuse to fight.
Even if QAnon was something, which it isn't, why do they need 5,000 NG troops for? What cowards. And what a WASTE of our tax dollars.
I won't say anything Cruz and Mexico because its too stupid. The press just attacked him because he's a Republican. That's it. Going, "well, its bad optics" is just playing the Democrats game, as usual. Weak. He's a Senator, he's not responsible for Texas Electricity or the weather.
Final Post. I was FORCED to watch the View today, and listened in on part of the Rush Limbaugh remarks. I was shocked at the lies, and absolute hatred expressed for white men in general, and poor Rush Limbaugh. Boy, the masks are off, and they don't even hide it anymore! No sympathy, no analysis, no respectful "Hey we disagreed politically, but he was a decent guy". Nope. Just pure hate. "He was a racist, bigot, homophobe Nazi. And so were his racist white man listeners".
Meghan McCain played her role as the fake conservative, by agreeing he said "Controversial, mean things" and uttered a few peeps about Rush being a Giant in broadcasting. That was the extent of her "Praise". She's also gotten incredibly fat and wears too much makeup.
Cruz would have been hounded out of Cancun by all the virtual school teachers there.
I took my car though a commercial car wash today. It was 15 deg.
In this part of western Wisconsin, they shut the car washes down when it is colder than ten degrees. If they are left open, it just makes for frozen door locks and spectacular ice displays.
QAnon is basically TheVastRightWingConspiracy redux, deployed for the same reasons and for the same goals by a contemptible rabble of self-centered bedwetters and hacks a.k.a. The Congress of the United States of America.
They're as feckless and reckless as the worst ancien regime aristos, without even pretending to pay the blood tax.
Narr
They don't even have the excuse of inbreeding
QAnon = Immanuel Goldstein.
I would gnaw if my own foot, if I had to watch the Spew,
Chatter=terrorist surveillance
"They don't even have the excuse of inbreeding"
Speaking of which, seen elsewhere on the intertubes...
If you get an email with the subject "Naked pictures of Nancy Pelosi", DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT! It contains naked pictures of Nancy Pelosi.
This guy gets it-
Damn good read on the Federalist:
The First Step Towards Righting America Is Refusing To Believe The Left About Anything
Nice thing about living at a mile high next to mountains, yeah, we get horrible weather (-12° the other night) but we also get frequent breaks. I have a rule: no bike riding at less than 50°. I rode my bike at least once/week in January, and once/week in February so far. Forecast for 60° here Monday.
Blogger Browndog said...
Oh, boy-
CNN Politics
@CNNPolitics
Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops will remain in the nation's capital through mid-March due to concerns about online QAnon chatter
Expect to see FBI agents leading some poor loudmouths into a "Qanon" conspiracy to blow up the White House,or something . Make the bust, big phony headlines.
Just remembered when I first hear Rush. He did a montage of MSM repeating same phrase containing the word 'gravitas". I think to disparage Cheney? Maybe Bush?
Surprised me. I was completely unaware they all were synced up.
Full week of frozen TX.
Socialism in Red State.
No need to turn it Blue.
Warm enough to return from Cancun? At this time of political divide , at least America can agree that Ted Cruz is a irredeemable c*nt.
If I lived in a snowy climate I would never complain. Oh, no I wouldn't. Isn't there a song...."like a rose, under the April snow" ---how romantic !!!!! In poetry, snow is the equivalent of new moan hay.
I can imagine all the beauty treatments I could do with fresh snow. All these people dunking themselves in ice water immersion ---unnecessary in a snowy climate. If I had snow, I'd go stand on my head under a tree = instant scalp treatment. Never have to buy ice packs.
In the Wizard of Oz, don't they make it snow, and it heals all the bad?
Turned on the radio, sorrowfully thinking Rush was gone, but they were doing an old show in which he described his life. Great to here his voice. Then, listening, I was struck by the fact that he wasn't much even on radio when he started out and wasn't much for years after. Made me think his replacement might even now be failing in Austin TX and thinking of moving to Council Bluffs where he'll revive and transform the DJ format. Music and talk. We'll sit around bookstores (remember them) and listen and write letters to other members of the Rebel Alliance. In lemon juice, so it looks as if there's no writing. They can't check it out without a warrant and a fire to hold the letter up to. Impenetrable secrecy.
"I'm at loss concerning Cruz. He planned to take his girls to Mexico"
Not planned at all, completely spur of the moment trip as the leaked text messages now show.
Nevermind that his kids private school does not allow kids to return the week after international travel, like he probably intended to do until this was publicized.
None of this was supposed to be seen as Ted was supposed to be with them.
Texans, specifically a Republican Texan, crossing the border into Mexico for better living conditions than he has at home. The definition of "Irony". He's lucky that wall doesn't work both ways.
Joe Biden just said that Chinese Genocide was OK because they have different cultural norms.
Ted Cruz took his kids to Mexico.
Guess which ones these democrat pieces of shit think is worse.
You people are just fucking degenerate shitheads.
Lets watch kamala harris joke about killing Trump or Pence in an elevator.
Then let's get outraged about Cruz taking his kids to Cancun for a couple days.
@Mr. Maxwell, you are thinking of The Rose.
Here is Joe Biden saying that Chinese Genocide is OK.
Anyone supporting Joe Biden is a complete piece of shit.
You know, because China only has problems when the country isn't unified.
Joe just can't speak out about the things that Xi has to do in Hong Kong or to the Uighers.
Xi has bigger concerns you know.
What about......?
What about.......?
What about......?
Do folks even try anymore?
Topic of discussion is Ted Cruz is a piece of shit, not some other fake-ass comparison.
BTW, please link to Biden saying “ Chinese genocide is ok.”
Also, any of those folks “not coming out alive” in an elevator, is not murder.
TeaBagHag said...
Warm enough to return from Cancun? At this time of political divide , at least America can agree that Ted Cruz is a irredeemable c*nt.
Here is Kamala Harris cheering on BLM as they burn down businesses and destroy people's lives.
"They can't stop. They shouldn't stop"
Then she bailed out rioters. One of those people she bailed out when on to rape an 8 year old girl.
You who is an irredeemable c*nt?
Anyone who supports Kamala Harris.
TeaBagHag said...
What about......?
What about.......?
What about......?
Do folks even try anymore?
Topic of discussion is Ted Cruz is a piece of shit, not some other fake-ass comparison.
BTW, please link to Biden saying “ Chinese genocide is ok.”
Also, any of those folks “not coming out alive” in an elevator, is not murder.
Link to the video is right there you piece of shit.
Achilles seems very excitable lately.
You who is an irredeemable c*nt?
Anyone who supports Kamala Harris.
#MeToo #HerToo #SheProgressed
Blogger Achilles said... Link to the video is right there you piece of shit.
You are one charming mouth breathing, retard.
You eat your mothers ass-hole with that mouth?
No, taking your kids to Cancun does not make you a bad person.
Joe Biden killing 100,000 good union jobs on the keystone pipeline as if those people didn't have lives or families does.
Joe Biden just took the food off of thousands of kids plates.
TeaBagHag said...
Btw, the video shows Biden stumbling and rambling; not endorsing genocide.
Very on brand for him.
You bad faith, lying, piece of shit.
Then I will add really stupid to my list of descriptors for you.
Xi has to do in Hong Kong or to the Uighers
Social progress from the Great Leap (planned population) to one-child (i.e. minority Choice) to selective-child (i.e. shared/shifted/delegated/normalized Choice) and concentration/re-education camps for deplorable minorities. Immigration reform in Tibet.
According to Teabaghag Joe Biden is not apologizing for XI.
Here you go:
“If you know anything about Chinese history, it has always been, the time when China has been victimized by the outer world is when they haven’t been unified at home,” Biden began. “So the central — well, vastly overstated — the central principle of Xi Jinping is that there must be a united, tightly controlled China. And he uses his rationale for the things he does based on that.”
“I point out to him no American president can be sustained as a president, if he doesn’t reflect the values of the United States,” the US president continued. “And so the idea that I am not going to speak out against what he’s doing in Hong Kong, what he’s doing with the Uighurs in western mountains of China and Taiwan — trying to end the one China policy by making it forceful … [Xi] gets it.”
“Culturally there are different norms that each country and their leaders are expected to follow,” he continued.
But Democrats do not mind that China has given Joe Biden billions of dollars either.
But Ted Cruz took his kids to Cancun! OMGZ the horror!
Yes. Joe Biden was incoherent and utterly failed in making the point he was trying for, in the transcript AND the video it was transcribed from.
Good job, sparky!
You are still disingenuous in arguing that “JoE BiDEn EnDoRSEd GenOCIde!!!!!
You seem like a vile human being too.
Just different cultural norms..
What is the Biden Administration doing about Texas?
Xi Jinping puts his citizens in concentration camps, Obama-Biden puts kids in cages. No wonder they get along so well ..... that along with a few $million for Hunter and Big Daddy.
TeaBagHag said...
Yes. Joe Biden was incoherent and utterly failed in making the point he was trying for, in the transcript AND the video it was transcribed from.
Good job, sparky!
You are still disingenuous in arguing that “JoE BiDEn EnDoRSEd GenOCIde!!!!!
You seem like a vile human being too.
Pathetic. It was in video and transcribed. When Xi watches the President of the US say these words in public the message is loud and clear. Joe just told Xi "Do what you need to do."
Xi knows that Joe Biden just gave him the wink and nod.
Next time Xi gives Joe some spending Cash Joe will probably give Xi a fist bump while they talk about passing Gun control.
Turning millions of Americans into criminals is a common desire of Joe and Xi.
Spiros Pappas said...
What is the Biden Administration doing about Texas?
Subsidizing Wind Power.
Because that works so well in cold weather...
Achilles seems very excitable lately.
His country is dying in front of his eyes, thanks to your ilk. I can’t say I blame him.
Here's a winter storm update for Austin.
His country is dying in front of his eyes, thanks to your ilk. I can’t say I blame him.
This makes me giggle, that you are delusional enough to actually feel this way.
LOL.
Trolls dont even deliver their c game.
Your ilk helped elect a president who almost destroyed our republic.
Fuck you SO hard.
“His country is dying in front of his eyes, thanks to your ilk. I can’t say I blame him.”
Another drama queen.
It isn't rational or cost effective to be 100% prepared for a 100-year event.
THIS. I was arguing this exact point with an innumerate friend the other day. She was insisting that because there are wind turbines in Greenland and Antarctica, the failure of Texan wind turbines was bad planning. I pointed out that Greenland has 56,000 people in it - meaning, when you're planning for that few people, those particular people (people who are accustomed to living in harsh conditions and being prepared for power failures), and that climate, your engineering decisions will necessarily be different from planning for Texas. She replied, "What does population have to do with it?" Innumerate, as I said.
Here in the western suburbs of Houston, our power is no longer going in and out; we still have water though many neighbors don't (we're providing showers and tap water, though we are under a boil order - fortunately as home brewers we have many tens of gallons of water storage equipment, all filled while the water supply was still considered safe); roads are mostly bare and dry for now; my family was prepared and can now offer some support to others.
But we've lived in northern CA, Seattle, and PA for long periods, so we don't completely have southeast Texas DNA (reflexively prepared for hurricanes, unprepared for winter to turn ugly). And meanwhile, many of my neighbors are expats from all over the world, with varying degrees of experience with harsh winters. Most are coping, with a little help from their friends.
If you don't support Joe Biden, you ain't black.
Pathetic. It was in video and transcribed. When Xi watches the President of the US say these words in public the message is loud and clear. Joe just told Xi "Do what you need to do."
Xi knows that Joe Biden just gave him the wink and nod.
Next time Xi gives Joe some spending Cash Joe will probably give Xi a fist bump while they talk about passing Gun control.
Turning millions of Americans into criminals is a common desire of Joe and Xi.
Awesome fantasy scenario that you’ve concocted.
Now do reality. Like Trump in Helsinki, climbing up Putin’s trouser leg, in determining that there was no interference in the 2016 election.
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