Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Not again?

Good segment, Craig.

Joy Behar and AnnCoulter: dumb and dumbest.

Joy/Ann...OTP.

I know I'm inspired!

From what I gather, this will be no Bork-like fight...I saw Orrin Hatch say "I know he's not going to appoint a conservative anyway..." giving substance to Craig's remark that since this will not change the Court's makeup anyway, may as well save the bullets for when a Conservative retires.
I like Craig's idea of a young firebrand appointee...someone to shout down Roberts and Alito (who I particularly can't stand)

For You, Craig...happy Derby Day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF0rJhQFmQU

I know there was some kind of time lapse tonight because I've been hitting refresh since and just now at 11:15 my time (2:15 am edt) I finally got the new thread. I'll bet it the lag time that sometimes happens with email. Oh, well.

Very nice video - one of Craig's best assets is his enjoyment of the games all those people play. He aactually smiles and laughs. I think that was what first made me remember him, as he stood out from the crowd.

i really like joy bee-har........she's a tough broad........

God, I hope that the rest of SCOTUS republicans resign tomorrow. Dexter can't stand alito. I can't stand that bigmouth liar, toni the phonie.

The Original Intent of the Founding Fathers was that there is no time to count the votes, therefore all state elections should be decided in favor of the rebushlican by Justice toni the phonie. Take the cases of FL Presidential Electors or the Latent MN Senator norman b coleman JUNIOR, for instance.

there is any is any modern equivalent of anti-Black roger b taney, proto-nazi mcreynolds, and anti-Latino, anti-Indian Chief Injustice william renchler, it has to be this noisome, shallow, hypocritical, loud fart in robes, toni the phonie. Together these intellectually corrupt crooks make up the Four Horseturds of the Apocalypse.

Sorry Dexter, alito is too mediocre, too banal, too insufficient to even rate a footnote. If there is anyone on the court who rivals silent clare for the title of class dunce, it is little alito, the legal mosquito.
************************************************************
For the best Justice money can rent, call toni.
555-2000

The 3d paragraph is supposed to begin, " If there is any Modern equivalent...."

Typos are not torture. If we are not allowed typos, terrorist will be able to discern what we mean and use it against us. Therefore, to save millions of American lives, we must be able to typo !

QED and 10/4

Sweet Dreams America. May you all soon wake into a glorious, scalia-less future.

Xrep - is toni the same as scalia? I can't stand him either, but just cuz he' s so authoritarian and conservative. Justice for rent? can you expound on that?

I was going to drop one more comment, about ann coulter. She is such a johnnie-one-note. She truly has a personality disorder - there's something wrong with that woman in her brain. Maybe she's not hard-wired at all, just soft-wired.

G'nite all.

like i said, i went in tux to this corner of the room of the gazillion year old house ......when I arrived in the fo-yay and was waiting for the guest of honor, I quested the arriving guests as to what this particular party was for........turns out it's a party for a 20 or so yr. old kid who's graduating from his vocal training course.........it's his after-recital party and it's me playing the piano at it.........Im thinking jesus h christ, that's all the frick i need a goddam vocal student.....It aint gonna take these cats long to figure out I dont know shit from shine-ola and oh shit......well, the peoples came and I sat in the corner and played old tunes and tried to keep out of sight......... and, as it were, for the first hour or so I succeeded.......you couldna found a witness that I was there..............songs from the old times, tried and true........All the old people left and I got to the point i started playing "Let it Be" and I noticed an angelic voice singing the song........and the rest of the people kind of haltingly joining in......with voices such as you've never hoid........and then we started singing......motown, stax-volt, Atlantic, marvin hamlisch and these are kids, mind you.....kids with voices like out of a damn tv show.........mickey moose club or something.......I had brought my senior singer book of archaic songs and they all gathered round it as if it were the source of heat if not life and these kids sang their asses off........elvis....smokey....vibrations....carole king....hully gully olympics......dixie cups, tams drifters, doug clark and the hot nuts...........

Sorry, bethyboo, I may actually have meant 'Injustice for rent'. The lying SOB scalia spent 20 years yakking strenuously about the need to follow "Original Intent", but when it came to the single most important example of what he'd been jabbering about, he tossed away his 'core beliefs' and stood up for the texas oilmen's candidate, theft of ballot boxes, voter intimidation, and SCOTUS interference in state matters. If there ever were an example of a intellectual and moral corruption on the SCOTUS, toni the phonie is it.

Alito and Scalia are both slapworthy.

Terrific Bob Herbert smackdown on GOP:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/opinion/02herbert.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Sturge, was that a dream you were describing in your 3:27 post or something that really happened. It was Kool whatever it was.

Craig I like the idea of a high school student. Getting her education and career all in one package. Of course it has to be a girl. Got to get a little estrogen in that court. And maybe that marijuana thing will have more of a chance. And on Fridays it will be PARTY. Maybe even Sturge can get another gig.

Bethy are you in a time warp again or were you snipe hunting this time?

Still waiting on an update on Flatus. Do I have to send the troopers out to check on you boy? I just might have connections.

No more excuses:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/01/democrats_specter/

and Chloe to get a post on C-Bob's site you must accept an invitation he sends in an email. You just click where it says to click and proceed.

Our annual pirate festival started this week. I guess all the pirate fears didn't shut her down. They have already taken custody of the Mayor and are asking for ransom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraband_Days

I think I will be going to hear Wayne Toups and his Zyecajun music. And I want to get this sheet metal heron that my neighbor got last year. It's made in Mexico so I guess I better bring a little face mask to put on it to get it home.

and I am trying to learn to dance this morning. I just have to find a chair that will hold me.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/30/dancing-cockatoo-video-sn_n_193972.html

Carol, the Advil seems to do a really good job at controlling the fever. It was 96.8 when I took my bedtime meds and hit the sack. Of course, this morning, it was back up to 101.6.

As soon as I got out of bed I took another Advil and Stinky has me sitting here with my feet propped-up and an ice pack planted firmly on my cranium.

I don't become acutely ill often. But when I do, she panics because I had promised her that she could 'leave' first.

You said the drug company was of no help?? They better give you some advice. Tell them you are a friend of Craig's. Tell Stinky not to start the cryogenics too early.

Are you still taking steroids?

Carol,

My former next door neighbors at Ft Leavenworth were an Army Sergeant Major and his wife, also of the Korean persuasion. He died earlier this year.

In any case they moved to Huntsville, Texas in the middle '80s. He was fortunate enough to get on the management track at the prison. Fourth of July night, about 8:00 our time, we received a frantic call from his wife saying he had had open heart surgery earlier in the day but that the surgeon had left to watch fireworks with his family without giving her any sort of report.

I called the sheriff's office in Huntsville, introducing my self as Chief Ohlfahrt calling from my home in Florida. I explained the situation, gave them the doc's name, and asked him if they would do me the professional courtesy of rounding him up and taking him to the hospital to talk with our friend.

Within an hour I got a call from the wife saying that an _extremely_ apologetic cardiac surgeon, accompanied by two deputies had arrived to give her a progress report.

Flatus, the reaction you are having seems to be fairly common with the drug. Drug info says it can last up to 3 days or even up to 7-14 days. They recommend using acetomenophen instead of NSAIDS:

"Caution is indicated when Reclast is used with other potentially nephrotoxic drugs such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs."

Carol -- have fun at the Wayne Toups show...I LOVE his music.

The help line terminated in India. Yes, I'm off steroids (but I did have to take a course of them early this year). And they had put me on something called fludrocortisone in an effort to keep my blood pressure up. Despite it being an extremely small dosage, it started doing some of the typical things like retaining water and coating my vocal chords. I stopped that on my own last month.

Patsi, want to come hang out? Just a short little, what, 18 hour drive??

Flatus did you see the caution I cited?

When I call those help lines to get info and I get a ferin voice on the end of the line I always ask and where are you talking from. They will say the name of the company. I say no, where is you ass planted at this time? Then they will tell me which country they are talking from.

Yes, Carol. Ibuprofen is also one of the things they suggest taking. The acetaminophen is a component of the Darvocet, but that particular component has never, when taken alone, had a dramatic affect on me.

It's been about an hour and a half since the Ibuprofen. I'm down to 99.8 now.

I bet in about half an hour I can jump on the lawn mower and cut the grass. I figure I'll have about a 2-hour window to get it done.

flatus, call head of drug company, counsel, pr people.... let them know you are in touch with media (no lie, craig could be considered same). during this time of turmoil over testing flu-like symptoms, would they want unwelcome publicity nationwide tieing their product to the pandemic? don't think so. squeek that wheel, flatus.

I shall Pat, but after I cut the grass--which I'm going to do right now.

came close to finding the birple pig flu logo. should be more of a puce than pink, with a sicklier expression in the eyes, and, of course, must have face mask.

http://www.whenpigsfly.bz/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=wpf.bz&Product_Code=320&Category_Code=300

Flatus the drug info. does caution using NSAIDS, in which Ibuprofen is one. The above is a quote from their literature.

This reaction is pretty common according to the drug literature so you can't blame them. The medical practitioners should be cautious electing to give the treatment when there is a big flu scare going. We have to consider many things like this when making decisions.

I was recently the victim of my Docs(three of them) not giving me enough info when getting my radioactive iodine treatment. I didn't want to read too much so I wouldn't be too afraid. I am very suggestive. That was a mistake.

They had me off my anti-thyroid meds for a month before and didn't mention getting back on after. I almost died from thyroid storm. Fortunately I did the reading when I started having the symptoms and ran to my meds and restarted just in the nic of time.

Even in medicine, maybe especially in medicine, it is consumer beware!

Pat, that was a good choice for the pig. Not too scary.

ct, it's important that children not be traumatized, but that are alert to precautions... making face masks that look like pig snouts and wearing silly pins, funny tee shirts and hats can help keep the info in the forefront but not terrorize to the point of catatonia. if it is one of those situations like 1918 where it comes back in the fall with avengence, we need to be prepared with the little ones.

"It's made in Mexico so I guess I better bring a little face mask to put on it to get it home."

ct, your metal heron comment very funny.... gold star.

ky derby horse i want revenge scratched

Do I get to make another pick? If so I will go with Dunkirk.

Carol,

Back in from the grass. Didn't do any of the edging, etc.

NSAIDs. Pain management has been a major issue for me because of both osteo and rheumatoid arthritis along with a couple HNPs and Crohn's. Basically it comes down to doing what works while carefully watching out for GI effects. As an example, the doc offered to give me doxy yesterday. I declined because I don't want to do any antibiotic without doing some major probiotic stuff along with it. And, I simply didn't see how an antibiotic would have helped my situation.

I know there are some NSAIDs that I simply can't do, like Feldene or ASA. Others I will try gingerly.

And, I agree totally that they shouldn't have started the procedure right now. And they absolutely must develop a practical way of differentiating their side effects from influenza. And give guidance as when to get back to one's doc.

So, now I'm off to the shower! I figure I have about 45-minutes before the fever kicks back in.

Band news for all you folks who wanted to get revenge. "I Want Revenge" has a sore ankle and the trainer has pulled him from the Derby to prevent injury. You all need to get on another horse. This could change the whole scope of the race since he was one of the three favorites and this will change the strategy.

West Side Bernie Sturgeone
Musket Man
Mr. Hot Stuff xrepublican
Advice
Hold Me Back Bethy, Renee
Friesan Fire Jack, Ivy Green, Dexter
Papa Clem
Mine That Bird
Join The Dance Craig
Regal Ransom
Chocolate Candy Solar Crete, OSH, KGC
General Quarters Patd
I Want Revenge Rezdog, Pogo, Corey, CT,
Atomic Rain
Dunkirk Jamie
Pioneer of the Nile
Summer Bird
Nowhere To Hide
Desert Party Blond Wino, Flatus
Flying Private

Okay CArol,

I have you on Dunkirk with me.

If anyone would like to place a real bet: This is the safe place run by Churchill Downs.

http://www.twinspires.com/content/

who said you shouldn't change horses in mid-stream?

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/115400.html

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Carol --

Contraband Days festival sounds like a lot of fun. Never knew about it before, but I will keep it in mind for someday if we get the chance. I checked the tour schedule of my buddy Tab Benoit, but he isn't there, he's performing in Thibodeaux.

Will you still get to watch the Derby today?

I just heard Friesan Fire could be the new favorite.

I swear the women anchors of MSNBC automatically go to Defcon 5 in their comments no matter what the news story is.

Just now on the Derby scratch story ... "That's good news that it's not serious (go to sad voice), it's so awful when they have to put down a horse."

It almost makes you wonder if they aren't picked for having excitable personalities or it could be a modern trend.

I liked the good old news anchors types: "The world is about to end (glance calmly at clock) full details at 11"

speaking of the contraband days pirates, here's latest on the real ones
"It is the first time we have spotted high explosives on board a pirate ship, normally they just stick to AK-47s and RPGs (grenades)."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8030541.stm

Friesen Fire, Dunkirk, and Pioneer of the Nile are now the heavily betted horses, but it will be a muddy track (not sloppy - just wet). That throws a whole other monkey wrench into matters. It's all the imponderables that make it so much fun.

Rachel Alexander was incredible yesterday. She is a magnificent horse and I like the fact that her owners kept her out of the Derby even though the Oaks is a smaller prize. They are thinking about her long term welfare.

obama used the words "empathy and understanding"
re sc appointment. wonder if these aren't the new code words for "woman"... if so, much nicer than some other descriptors of females in the past.

Here are the drink recipes from Rachel's show last night

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30524940/

"Friesen Fire, Dunkirk, and Pioneer of the Nile are now the heavily betted..."

favorites shmavorites, jamie.
run, general quarters, run!

http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/big-gray-colt-tells-a-tale-to-rival-seabiscuit/17574958

"and Chloe to get a post on C-Bob's site you must accept an invitation he sends in an email. You just click where it says to click and proceed".

Thanks, Carol. There's my problem. CBob said an invitation was in my inbox, but it isn't there for some reason. I figured I wasn't understanding something. I'll ask him to resend it.

Such a cute video of that Dancing Cockatoo... so cute!

tom mccarthy, trainer and owner of general quarters (today's derby winner) looks a bit like a cross between walter chronkite and tennessee ernie ford imo.

"Patsi, want to come hang out? Just a short little, what, 18 hour drive??"

I'd love to! i worked with Wayne some when he was on Capitol Records years ago. He is such a wonderful musician and good guy.

Patd

I love the gray horses and the large field plus the sluggish track can make a lot of difference in a race like this. Any of the horses can surprise you like Giacamo did several years ago.

Of all the thousands of colts born three years ago, these 19 horses have made it to the big time. There isn't a bad one in the bunch nor even among all the others who have been sidelined in the past three months of Derby Trials just trying to get here.

Flatus, Just because your temperature comes down temporarily, I don think that means you should run out and mow the lawn. (?)

.... but I guess you're the only one that knows if you feel good enough or not, though. No matter 'what' is causing the symptoms, your body is still working hard to defend itself right now. Do everything you can to help it. Hope you feel better soon. :)

thanks jamie for the recipes. all ready now with my maker's mark, mint sprigs and spoonful of sugar.

ct, got bottle, will travel.... need some ice tho

"Just now on the Derby scratch story ... "That's good news that it's not serious (go to sad voice), it's so awful when they have to put down a horse."

That has been getting on my nerves too, Jamie. The phony modulating is really irritating and inappropriate....

Ha! Jamie I knew I could count on you -- I was just going to ask about the filly who was going to be kept out of the Derby -- couldn't remember the name and wanted to google her -- bingo -- there you were with the name! Thanks!

Pat

The background story on General Quarters is one of the sweeter ones

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090501_Owner__General_Quarters_sentimental_favorites.html

Of course not having an outstanding favorite is driving the handicappers nuts. There are at least ten horses that stand a good chance and the other nine are possibles depending on running strategies that just got tossed into a cocked hat with the pull out of I want revenge. Poor babies are just shrugging their shoulders.

Carol, I was able to make your Brady Bay picture as my desktop. It came out beautifully. Did you use a different camera for that picture and the one of the passage way. The pixels are a lot higher on the Brady Bay, although I also realy love the passage way, and would probably have used that one if it came out better on my desktop.

some cash on the nose to get things started

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noYptXPHiAE&feature=related

While googling I came across a racing message board that's interesting -- and has a link to re-watch Rachel Alexandra's win....

http://www.chronicleforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=194823

"obama used the words "empathy and understanding"
re sc appointment."

Patd, Maybe he thinks the court is lacking in those two things now.

chloe, it sure as heck's lacking in women

Some Patd, but not all.
It's just as easy to find in men too, though.

really like justice ginsberg, but she needs at least three more sisters with her there to carry the load

chloe, my 10:52 meant the court was lacking in sufficient number of women.... sorry for the poor wording

Now if it was up to me, women would be running the world. :)

Gotcha... I knew I was missing something.

Opinions make Horse races. First race I wanted: Key Play, Mother Ruth, and Awesome Grannie. Had looked at and rejected Raposa. Naturally it came in at

Raposa, Mother Ruth and Awesome Grannie.

Luckily I play with pretend money most of the time. :-)

jamie, that phillynews story was sweet. only worry on this race is the jockey... understand he's a well known french jockey who will ride general quarters for 1st time at the race itself.

Chloe, the passage way pic was a little washed out. I am trying to get a better one. Was out today and took some pics and didn't like any of them. I will try again at a different time of day. I took the other pics in early morning also.

It is a little digital camera. I am trying to get some interesting pics for C-Bob's blog. I am looking for that big swamp foot creature but so far he has evaded me. It was still a nice ride. With that boat working again and someone to play with I am in heaven.

My drunk friend, who I can never get out of her house came over yesterday evening. We rode in the boat and one of my river rat friends took us on his pontoon boat for a swamp tour. She had a ball and now wants to be included in whatever we do. Yeah, now that I have a designated playmate she wants to play. Typical

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Thank you for the recipes, Jamie. I just got out my one-and-only official 113th Kentucky Derby souvenir mint julep glass, and it has the date of May 2, 1987 on it.

patd

Eibar Coa is a wonderful jockey and has ridden in the Derby several times before so he knows the track well. He is one of the few jockeys to ever win 300 races in one year.

It's always dicey when the horse and jockey haven't raced together before, but sometimes you get unexpected magic.

What if we don't have Kold Draft ice? What about using just ice?

'Was out today and took some pics and didn't like any of them.'

Carol, You certainly do have a nice camera. Most pictures can't be enlarged to the size of my desktop, not enough pixels. I love that passage way pic, and it looks great in the size you took it. It just didn't want to be as big as my desktop, and I like the picture to be the background of the whole thing, not centered.

I've got a Constitutional question for one of our legal beagles. Pat Buchanan in talking about "same sex marriage" and the possible Supreme Court nominee was suggesting a possible question as "Do you see a right for marriage for same sex couples in the Constitution?"

Does the Constitution anywhere mention rights of marriage at all? I know there have been court decisions in favor of mixed race marriages, but what Constitutional clause and/or amendment was cited?

I know DOMA limits recognition by the Federal Government and upholds states rights, but does the Constitution itself directly mention marriage. Could the court declare all "marriages" as purely social and declare every pair a civil relationship for governmental purposes such as joint tax returns.

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Ivy,

If possible smash it in some form of cloth bag (canvas preferre but pillow case works). You want the smashed ice to be as dry as possible when added to the cup.

Jamie,
It's clear from the Federalist Papers that neither the Constitution itself, nor the Bill of Rights set out to delineate the rights of the people. It is now established law that there is a right of privacy, although not mentioned specifically in the Constitution. The logical extension of this right of privacy is the right to live one's life as one chooses, baring violation of others' rights.

Buchanan's question is specious.

Thanks for the ice pointers Jamie. I can manage that.

I think our bottle of Johnnie Walker red has been sitting opened in the cabinet too long. I don't think it "goes bad," does it? -- I'm sending hubs out to get something up to date anyway. A bunch of other old bottles are now going to the bin too - good day for some spring cleaning.

Anniversary of the Loch Ness Monster

"The term 'monster' was reportedly coined on 2 May 1933 by Alex Campbell, the water bailiff for Loch Ness and a part-time journalist, in a report in the Inverness Courier."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster

Happy Derby Day! jamie -I'll take Advice.

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After decades in the barrel, I don't think a couple of years in the bottle could hurt it, At most you get some evaporation which might increase the proof

I think Miss California is using Palin as a role model. We haven't seen the last of her.

Not all states allowed marriage between races at the same time, so it seems this will follow the same path...as ridiculous and meandering as it seems.

If you get ESPN, they are carrying all the under card races at Churchill until the coverage switches to NBC for the contractual coverage of the Derby. The under card is fun, but fair warning, you could get hooked.

Oh, can I change that to Chocolate Candy, please? I need Advice, have a really strong feeling about Legal Ransom (I can hear the announcer now), but Chocolate Candy? Oh, yeah, that's my horse.

Ivy, I've never thrown away booze--it's simply not 'fragile' as is wine or beer. I've had things such as Drambuie and B&B in decanters for years without a problem. And, now I have a bottle of brandy that I know that I opened more than 10-years ago. I expect it to be as good now as it was then.

If you have a lot of odd bottles of whisky of the same type, like bourbon or something similar, consider consolidating the stuff in one bottle and using it for mixing something like whisky sours rather than throwing it away.

I've marinated roast in rum, amaretto, etc. There are just no ends to uses for the stuff...made amaretto toffee, too.

Oh heck. The way horses are just throwing up their hooves and saying, "I don't wanna run"

Anybody can have anything they want, but who knows who might be out by race time?

Whoot Whoot. My $2 longshot just came in at 16/1 - Jazz In The Park

"Buchanan's question is specious"

cajo, one might also say, at times, buchanan himself is specious

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specious

Hear , hear -

"Give em' the fight of their life " ................ nominate Joy Behar's 9 year-old niece to the court.

Thought for the day :
" Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the Czar won`t see his face. "

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Flatus --

Well, it's comforting to know nothing I sampled will poison me. The Johnnie Walker Red is still here, and hubs rescued two bottles of his tawny port from my clutches. The Harveys Bristol cream bottle is an exquisite cobalt blue, so I'm keeping the empty for my blue bottle collection. The rest of it was too suspect for my comfort level or taste, so it is outta here. If something has a "film" on top of it, or or chunky floaters at the bottom, it's a goner for me.

(#_#)

Flatus --

I do hope you are kicking back in the La-Z-Boy this afternoon. I agree with those who've said you should give yourself time to recoup from whatever it was...

Bat Caves Closed to Fight Deadly Fungus Foe

http://www.livescience.com/animals/090502-bat-caves-closed.html

More proof the world is out of whack .

jamie, not coa, but hear that laparoux is considered one of today's hottest jockies... so there's hope altho not in this guy's opinion

"General Quarters - Winner of the Blue Grass Stakes, this is a horse that would have his chances increase if he were mounted by Elbar Coa again. Instead we have Julien Laparoux who started his career in 2005 at Saratoga. Laparoux has 403 victories, 7 of them coming in one day this past fall….at Churchill Downs."

http://sportscracklepop.com/2009/05/01/against-the-spread-kentucky-derby-preview-and-picks/

Art student's car vanishing act

A design student made a battered old Skoda "disappear" by painting it to merge with the surrounding car park.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/8030766.stm

oops i meant "jockeys" and not athletes or men's underpants

Congress To Stop Using Coal In Power Plant
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/02/congress-to-stop-using-co_n_195146.html

More proof that Senator Byrd is out of gas.

Julien Leparoux is an excellent and consistent rider particularly on wet tracks, he just brought in Accredit for me in the sixth race.

As someone said, they are playing Musical saddles today. With the favorite out, the his jock Garret Gomez changed and then several riders cascaded to different mounts. Poor low man on the totem poll, the wonderful Joe Talamo (19 year old wunderkind) is now out of what would have been his first Derby and his big move from west coast major star to national status.

Talamo - http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=25218

Leparoux - http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=19063

http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2008/10/11/3705373f9ec2ce5c_1.jpg

goggle eyes blowin' in the wind......

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CBob

Maybe they will put the solar panels back on the White House

I went to 'Art in the Park" today. Lots of people there selling their arts and crafts. I was especially impressed by this painter who was there. He was painting beautiful landscape paintings, mostly water scenes. I ended up buying one his paintings. I took a picture of it and I posted it on my blog.

"Cathy Johnson-Delaney, DVM, DABVP, and president of the AEMV, advocates caution, surveillance, good hygiene and common sense. “If you’re sick with cold or flu, don’t kiss your pet; don’t handle your pet; wash your hands.” In addition, if you’re ill, don’t visit a pet shelter"

http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-news/2009/04/30/can-pets-get-swine-flu.aspx

Corey that is a lovely Lighthouse painting. very peaceful.

Corey --

What a captivating painting. I can see why you bought it. I could get "lost" there.

The colors and the setting remind me of my favorite lighthouse place on the Maryland-Delaware state line.

http://www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/fenwick.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenwick_Island_Light

Sadly, the setting of the Fenwick Lighthouse has become totally urban with Ocean City crowding on top of it.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-c.cgi#comment-224926

There is an original Mason-Dixon marker there too.

http://www.exploretheline.com/images/tp001.jpg

Jamie -
Solar Panels on the White House -

What are the odds this morning on that happening.

I've had a hard time understanding what Miss California (not a bright bulb, to be sure) initially said that even Obama hasn't said. That she's against same sex marriage. True, she is a moron, but how is what was originally said so drastically different from Obama's position?

(Not taking into account the idiocy that followed ie: her parading onto television shows, and also Perez-Puke calling her a bitch and saying he should have used the "c-word.")

Sturg -
Burning Man ! We'll borrow my friends truck , which the ninnys still haven't named.

Off to farm with my fellow " Sand Billies " .
3rd planting today , the weather has moderated the past week, can't wait to see what's up.

Wow Something I didn't know. Reagan took them down and give him credit for something Bush reinstalled and added to the solar power.

http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/solarwhitehouse.htm

Some locals here that I gave seeds to, are starting them in peat pots. But they're carrying them to Penn. to plant near a friend's grave.
This Blue Corn deal is getting interesting.

Jamie -
Amazing .
Bush must have not wanted to tell his coal buddies.

May Day by the Bay -

http://www.formandreform.com/wordpress/

Speaking of planting - Anyone can now become mulch

http://www.thegreenfuneralsite.com/GreenCemeteries.html

May Day in Germany -

273 German police injured in May Day riots

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h8qnxNgt5RTvVh46EWv_bR_eTKrwD97U6NK81

5,000 leftist demonstrators, marching under the motto "capitalism is war and crisis," threw stones and bottles.

That's a real retro motto they got there.

I would have gone with :
"Capitalism Flat on it's Back"

Exhibit A

Major automakers report plunging sales
Honda fares the best; Chrysler's figures drop 48 percent

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6404068.html

Speaking of planting - Anyone can now become mulch

http://www.thegreenfuneralsite.com/GreenCemeteries.html

Oh no, we just got a crappy tornado watch. If my Derby-viewing gets preempted, I will be an unhappy camper.

Ivy,

One hour to the Derby. Network coverage has now started. I'm going upstairs for the big screen. Have a good time folks.

Crappy tornados are the worst kind, Ivy. Bad shit.

Crappy tornado, we are preempted.

Does anyone know of a link where I can stream it?

when you got a crappy tornado it means the wind's done hit the outhouse.........

"Lay low."

We are below ground in the "man cave" with espn so I'm getting some coverage, just not the network.

Yep.......Obama should appoint as liberal a Liberal as he can find with the right qualifications......look what the gop gave the court........scalia and clarence thomas, for example.......

Give them something to fight about. And then, put the liberal in there.

You've got a new post on the Blue Corn Blog C-Bob. Am I making you happy yet?? I'm trying. Ya know, it's the small things Bob.

Condition update Flatus???

and did my last horse pick get the flu? I'm not having too good of luck there.

Check out C-Bob's Blue Corn Blog and see the huge bald cypress the owls lived in. I took the pic from the middle of the river so I could get the entire tree in. Hoping that tree doesn't come down on the camp.

http://cbhopibluecornexperiment.blogspot.com/

NEW THREAD for Kentucky Derby Watch.. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/05/derby-watch-2009.html

There's a Derby thread...come on over.

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