Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

whooptie doo and woo hoo
tm's a party all the time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5LX16zia2k

helen and craig, lookin good and party on!

even hillary is in a party mood. she took "a detour through Dublin and Belfast - where she popped into a pub for a beer..."

and she's not alone

"She now finds herself with one unusual, but powerful ally in the administration, Secretary of Defence Robert Gates.
Rarely have a secretary of state and a secretary of defence been on such good terms.
The department of diplomacy and the department of war have often been at war with each other, notably during President George W Bush's administration.
"Most of my career, secretaries of state and defense weren't speaking to each other," Mr Gates said at a forum on 5 October. "And it could get pretty ugly, actually."
These two secretaries meet often, speak regularly on the phone and "seem to take up permanent residence in the White House Situation Room," as Gates put it in a recent profile of Clinton published in the Washington Post."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8312913.stm

Hill would've made a great president. (sigh)

And, Sturg, where are all the new, young activists who were supposed to be the future of progressive politics? If they were involved now, senators wouldn't be dithering in fear of their next elections.

Would a Clinton, Gates ticket be unthinkable?

Trail Mix Party Time - Nice Photo's.. And did you have the official fried Bologna on the Menu?

When is TMxer coming to Home Town O-Town?

Flatus.......keeping their powder dry? One may hope....but i imagine the new young activists are dithering around over their i-phones and i-pods etc and whether or not to text message while driving......lol

(a joke, young people....just a joke.....)

CC's party saturday would have been the must-attend for me rather than the "do" on monday, but as it is I've been knocked out of the box for monday as well.......work over-rules......

rats.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18sun1.html?th&emc=th

"The Public Plan, Continued"

"In the debate over health care reform, no issue has produced more fury and sound bites than the question of whether to include a government-run insurance plan. It is not indispensable, and its role would be limited. Even so, we strongly support inclusion of a public option — the bigger and stronger the better. That is the best way to give consumers more choices, inject more competition into insurance markets, hold down the cost of insurance policies, and save money for the federal budget."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18dowd.html?th&emc=th

"Fie, Fatal Flaw!"

"In Springfield, he compromised so much on a health care reform bill that in the end, it merely led to a study. In Washington, he compromised so much with Senate Republicans on a bill to require all nuclear plant owners to notify state and local authorities about radioactive leaks that it simply devolved into a bill offering guidance to regulators, and even that ultimately died.

Now the air is full of complaints that Obama has been too cautious on health care, Afghanistan, filling judgeships, ending “don’t ask, don’t tell,” repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and rebuilding New Orleans; that he has conceded too much to China, Iran, Russia, the Muslim world and the banks."

black and white photos of Daufuskie Island: the locale of Pat Conroy's book CONRACK made into a movie starring jon voigt.

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/oct/18/lowcountry-revisited/

buy a house made with chinese toxic-fume-emitting drywall and the insurance company not only won't pay.....they will cancel your policy..........

http://www.postandcourier.com/search/?q=chinese+drywall&operator=search

"Now the air is full of complaints that Obama has been too cautious..."

Tony, he's unbelievably timid.

http://www.taylormarsh.com/2009/10/17/disgruntled-democrats/

"Disgruntled Democrats"

"That’s because the Democratic majority and Pres. Obama are not delivering on promises and pledges through the power we gave them.

The annoyance reached critical mass when Pres. Obama underestimated and allowed Sarah Palin’s “death panel” squeal to monopolize the summer, with the tea party brawlers the next to hit, until the White House finally figured out they’d better strike back.

However, when the public weighed in on health care supporting the public option overwhelming, and leaders of the Democratic Party from Obama to Reid to the Democratic caucus were unwilling to take the reigns and run with it, the annoyance bubbled over with progressive and online activists taking over the leadership role themselves.

There’s a reason people elected Democrats. To get something done. The sad fact is that they have not delivered tangible results on very key issues even with the majority they were handed starting with health care, but also ending the Iraq war. Then there is DADT, closing Gitmo, and on and on, with Afghanistan now seen as Obama’s Iraq, as it becomes more and more unpopular."

It seems the US Chamber of Commerce is in favor of rape as well.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/485424/franken_s_anti_rape_amendment

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266824

Hi Flatus,
He's just not a fighter!! This country needs a President who will take a stand for what he believes and get it done."All show and no go" Obama...

"the annoyance bubbled over with progressive and online activists taking over the leadership role themselves"

And as I read the progressive bloggers it is getting very easy to see who is speaking for themselves and those that are Obama partisans.
The Obama partisans will do back flips to make this crap coming out of the senate look good.
Jack

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Lefty-anger-splits-Dems--and-may-sink-them-8393293-64453502.html

"Lefty anger splits Dems -- and may sink them"

"Can I speak freely about the liberal whiners?" asks a well-connected Democratic strategist. "These are the same people who have never participated in, much less won, a campaign, who have no idea what it takes to maintain a majority and keep a speaker of our party, who want Obama to kowtow to the loony Left, and then they're going to be the ones who say, 'What happened?' in November 2010, when we lose the House and possibly the Senate and maybe a lot of governorships."

The White House, too, is growing sick of the whiners. NBC's John Harwood recently reported that Team Obama views the complainers as part of the "Internet Left fringe," and that one White House adviser said, "Those bloggers need to take off their pajamas, get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult."

Although the White House later tried to walk back its own anonymous venting, the damage was done. "Old anonymous is, of course, full of s--t," writes prominent liberal blogger Jane Hamsher, noting that Obama's poll numbers suffered with Democrats after the president all but abandoned the public option in the national health care debate.

Good morning all,
Ha,still in my pajamas i guess.Interesting how some in the administration view bloggers..Do they really want to know how I view them??Ineffectual, that about describes them...

Tony

He is the facilitator-in-chief. So busy listening to all sides and hoping to bring all sides together that he forgets to lead. He has never had to lead and that is a skill that needs to be developed just like any other skill.

On HRC and Gates, I think they are very much of the same temperament and that attracts them to each other. Also, they have been surrounded with all those hotshot czars so they are both making use of their institutional strengths to prevail.
And they both believe in rolling up their sleeves and getting things done.

Jack

"The Obama partisans will do back flips to make this crap coming out of the senate look good."

Jack,
Yep,I've already heard some of the Democratic talking heads saying any of the healthcare bills passed,would be a huge victory. "All show and no go" is the rule with this administration and the Congress..

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266830
"He is the facilitator-in-chief. So busy listening to all sides and hoping to bring all sides together that he forgets to lead. He has never had to lead and that is a skill that needs to be developed just like any other skill."

Jack,
Very good explanation and I think very correct! I just hope the President can learn soon,for all are sacks..

Tony

All those tossed out statements from Imanuel(oops I mean anonymouse) means team Obama is feeling the burn from their base's anger.
They are frustrated because they have lost control of the debate and are increasingly irrelevant, when they should be front and center .
It looks to me like Pelosi is positioning the house to break this all wide open and take full advantage of a weak ineffectual Senate and Whitehouse.
In time like these the Speaker can often be the most powerful politician in Washington. She is the only person who can deliver with a strong majority solidly behind her.

Jack

I'd like to see an edition of Meet The Press with Letterman, Ferguson, Leno, Mahar, and Conan on the round-table part of it......they make much more sense than the usual suspect pundits they have on there...............

and kimmel

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266834

Sturge,
You know i was thinking the very same thing Friday after watching Mahar..Tweety was on,stale about describes him.Mahar and Shandling made much more sense..

we missed you, sturg. got leftovers for ya.

my regrets stack up like a mountain but missing saturday is the one on top threatening to over-turn the whole pile......

Meet the press is just fluff these days. What is sad is when they sow an old clip from the 60's where it was really a show where guests would meet the press with a panel of real journalists.
But real news doesn't sell ads like balloon boy does.....
Jack

"Yep,I've already heard some of the Democratic talking heads saying any of the healthcare bills passed,would be a huge victory"

Shows how desperate team Obama is for any victory.

Jack

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/17/AR2009101701810.html?hpid=topnews

"Small Group Now Leads Closed Negotiations on Health-Care Bill"

"But now, as a Senate vote on health-care legislation nears, those negotiations are occurring in a setting that is anything but revolutionary in Washington: Three senators are working on the bill behind closed doors.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) sits at the head of a wooden table at his office as he and Sens. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) work to merge two competing versions of health-care legislation into one bill. The three men will be joined by top aides as well as by members of President Obama's health-care team, led by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. The sessions started on Wednesday and could be completed this week."

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266833

"All those tossed out statements from Imanuel(oops I mean anonymouse)"

Jack,
Ha,my thoughts exactly! You so funny!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266833

Spent most of my working life under Republican administrations. For the most part, they just made my job of working full time while trying to raise two children without support a great deal harder than it needed to be.

I finally get the job part done and retire in my pajamas to take up blogging in the basement under a Democratic administration with hopes they will actually do something to help American families and Rahm runs off at the mouth?

I hope Nancy takes a good Health care bill with a public option (or even better single payer buy in to Medicare) and shoves it down their way too careful, go along to get along throats.

"my regrets stack up like a mountain but missing saturday is the one on top threatening to over-turn the whole pile...... Posted by: sturgeone"

Well, the festivities got off to a rocky start when i had THREE wine bottle openers in a row break apart. Each time i was running to the neighborhood store for another. They kept giving me free ones until i caved for the waiter-style, and luckily EdVB's daughter knew how to use it because i don't (her college roomate was a waitress). so the evening was saved!

Congratulations to Helen and Craig on "Listen Up's" success. Wonderful pictures with TM's Ed and Blue who attended... green-with-envy eggs for breakfast here.

(^_~)

At the end of the evening we heard a giant thud upstairs and blueINdallas thought my poorly secured pot rack had fallen. But it was just Dad knocking his head on the floor after entangling with slippery chair. (He's fine this morning, making pancakes).

But Craig is still typing double

don1one sits trying to figure out what the compromises were with Russia and Muslims, sees DOMA and DODT as year 2 actions because the longer he waits the more consensus there is.

"But Craig is still typing double -- Posted by: Jamie"

ha, Jamie, you weren't supposed to see that

Craig,

Is the Big Book Box a promotional item you are using for the tour or was it a gift? Either way, there should be more or them available.

Craig,

After I pressed submit, I had one of those wit of the staircase moments thinking that I should have typed.

"But Craig has us seeing double"

Oh well, good line wasted.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266850

Craig, we won't tell and you were quick-to-fix...

(^_~)

"Is the Big Book Box a promotional item you are using for the tour or was it a gift? Either way, there should be more or them available. -- Posted by: Jamie"

it was a gift, Jamie, but think they'd make more filled with their AMAZING cookies

By the way, when Helen first saw the Big Book box last night she said, "I could put my hate mail in here."

That was just one hiccup, Craig.

Some pundits make having a perpetual one of those the work of their lifetimes.

I truly love the new book and am mildly damaging sales by passing it around my family.

Blue remains bluetiful.

Now... my old irritant Frank Rich continues his new path as my nuclear balm with one more essay exploring yet another reason why his former deux ex machina Obama is a most deserving winner of this year's No Balls Prize --

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18rich.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1255867812-9pFNB3Exc0H7oTWFsMYaAg

That speech in New Orleans more than sort of matched Duhya's lack of, well, everything in Obama's follow up to his fatuous "I wish I could write a check" response to a question. Perhaps New Orleans would get one or a hundred ones if it changed its name to Morleans Guaranty...?

And THEN he zooms off to a fundraiser in San Francisco?

He might as well have gone bike riding around some dessicated "ranch" in Texas.

As for me... temporarily kicked out of chemo again: one of those adorably lethal invasive yeast infections turned up in my blood. God bless my hematologist for insisting on occult bloodwork even when the superb infectious disease doc to whom she sent me felt all those symptoms (I am made of symptoms) were due to my very active lymphomania.

Here is the good news. Both agreed I needed to have my port IV removed ASAP. Surgery followed. And what followed that was an end to both fevers and those increasingly dangerous, copious day and night sweats have stopped entirely -- at least for now.

The relationship between certain yeasts and lymphoma is a complicated and elusive one. By midweek I'll see if there is still any yeast in my bloodstream; if not, one more surgery to install a new port (which I don't want but must have because this chemo regimen is too toxic to be injected directly into veins).

Sunday Morning Godsmack “I’M AWAKE”

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/10/sunday-morning-ponderings-i-have-these.html

Craig.... glad you had some fun.... I bought the book yesterday at my local independent bookstore.... they had a half dozen copies available....

Blue.... you look bluelicious....

9/11.... good to see you again, buddy.... out, out, damn yeast!

Hillary and Pelosi.... proving that women can have balls.... and of course it's driving Repub men up the wall.... HA!

9/11

It is good news that some of the symptoms have abated even though you face more trials ahead.

You are right that Blue just gets better. Haven't seen her since Vegas and that is one lovely (inside and out) lady.

News keeps playing that Obama bit about not signing any health bill that adds to the deficit, but for a decade now the budget deficit has been boosted by war, Wall Street, and Insurance Corps

What a choice:

Sign bills that help the American people meet their family obligations

or

Sign bills that gouge the hell out of them to finance slaughter and keep the munitions manufacturers, insurance corporations, and banks living high off the hog.

A priority adjustment may be necessary.

jamie,

Given his memoir's choice of a stitched together identity (when there were more than a few more genuine id signs running through his life)...

Have we elected a latter day Don Draper president? I really do wonder if there's a Dick Whitman ready to break and run inside him.

9/11

I honestly think that the makings for a great president are there, but he may have to give up trying to be lovable.

Sometimes you have to be willing to be the bad guy and knock heads together to get things done in order to do the right thing.

"...Team Obama views the complainers as part of the "Internet Left fringe,""

Tony, I'm a Liberal and damned proud of it. But, I don't think most people characterize as part of the "Internet Left fringe",

Those folks in the White House had better stop sipping Chardonnay, and had better head to Cleveland and have boilermakers at one of the neighborhood bars; that 's where they'll learn about the electoral importance of universal healthcare.

And screw those people in the White House who think that we don't understand the pragmatic imperatives involved in elected politics. I've campaigned on my own behalf and have won and lost. Others here have also been elected. We understand right from wrong and the importance of keeping faith with those who provided us our mandates.

Where's my damned soapbox!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266856

9/11

I've heard more than one person say that people should be equipped with ports at birth. Really glad that you listened to the right doc!

It certainly sounds like those good folks in DC had a special evening. And, Craig, shame on you for getting your Dad snockered and then blaming his fall on a slippery chair.

After buying a corked bottle of wine and having no corkscrew in my hotel room, I never again left home again without having my trusty Swiss Army knife in my toiletries bag.

jamie,

He delegated all of that to Emmanuel. If you noticed... no one in his own party is particularly tentative around him... and low level Republican representatives can call out to him "You lie!"

He really wants to believe that what he sold as a campaigner was bought universally.

A sad possibility seems to be that his political education remains stuck in the Illinois Statehouse where he loved the "present" option... as that is exactly where he placed himself from the start of this supposed "health care reform" development. Present... but not a presence and a force.

He really believes his actual job is all a matter of his pitch work. And Da Doo Doo Rahm will bully and charm the rest in his absence.

Flatus

That's about where I am. What is the average age on Twitter and regular bloggers turning out to be? 40+?

The kids may like the fads to chat amongst themselves, but it is the adults who are taking to them to actually say something in hopes of being heard by someone who can actually move and shake.

They need jobs, education, and health care. Not major demands in exchange for a vote and paying taxes on time. The way too well paid ivory tower crowd will fail to listen to those people at their peril.

Flatus,

The problem with ports is that they make spectacular hives for that yeast which gets all abuzz into every organ and kills ya.

Every month a port is required to be flushed. It also needs to have an occult blood test drawn to see if there is any yeast or dangerous bacteria present.

Here he goes again:

"President Barack Obama isn't demanding that health care legislation include a government-run insurance option even though he believes it would best meet his reform goals, White House advisers said Sunday."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/18/us/politics/AP-US-Obama-Health-Care.html

So what exactly WILL establish governmental controls over premiums and out of network charges?

The answers quoted from Jarrett and Emmanuel were no answers at all.

Looking' good, Slick (Crawford)! Very cool you're meeting your public.

1. "Young" people of voting age are way too cynical to believe they can affect government, or are completely ignorant of contemporary politics.

2. If you can't get a cork out, knock it in. You can also use a 2 1/2" drywall screw and a pair of pliers, if you happen to have them lying around.

Every State needs Health Care Reform

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2009/07/health_factsheets.html

Or the biker method. Slam the neck of the bottle against the nearest hard object , let the glass settle and pour

Jack

Blog Blast for Peace will take place on November 5. In case you need a reason to participate, here are 30 of them

http://mimiwrites.blogspot.com/

Laird,

Avoid Chinese drywall screws.

Damned hotel room didn't have a hammer, pliers, or screws.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266873

I didn't know Ripple had corks.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266873

Lol... because bikers love a nice glass of chardonnay after a long ride.

An aside:

The Dark Lord has been becoming aware, as he gets older, of all sorts of people that he once perceived as "straight-edges" who smoke cannabis regularly. Legalize it, already. The Dark Lord will be the first to admit that it is not a totally benign drug, and that there are better ways to pass one's time. Even still...

Mr. C,

Throw some sort of book-party and hire Sturge's band.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266843

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266860

Jamie,
Just love these comments!!

"Those folks in the White House had better stop sipping Chardonnay, and had better head to Cleveland and have boilermakers at one of the neighborhood bars; that 's where they'll learn about the electoral importance of universal healthcare."

Flatus,
Well said!! When I first read those things the so-called Administration sourse(R.Emanuel) said about us bloggers, I was pissed.I now know their just being cocky and stupid.Damn it, I wish Hillary had won..I know it wouldn't be a cake walk ,but I know Hill would be assertive and act on her convictions.does Obama have any?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266878

Champ,
Don't smoke,but I totally agree with you.

Where's Sturge?

I can't believe it , I've got Rez and his lovely wife Jenny standing right here next to my computer!!! We met on the ferry, shared some witches brew, and they are now going off to their hotel. What a pisser!! Will keep you updated.

*whispering*

"Hey, Rez, log onto OSH's account and type all sorts of crazy stuff when she's not looking!"

*shhhh*

Seas, I'm not Sturg, but I am in South Carolina. Hi to Rez and Jenny!

One too many esses.

Hey Flatus, How you doing? I only asked cause Ed told me Sturge was going to DC. Anyways, I didn't know you were in SC. Rez is really great, so glad they came especially in the midst of this storm. Gave him the short , just down the st., Obama tour, then they're coming back, we're gonna eat scallops then I think we're going to the pub.

Lord- you are so naughty!!

Sea, Stinky and I are fine--we just got through carting our pepper plants into the basement in anticipation of really cold mornings the next couple of days.

I love scallops, but if it's either-or, skip 'em and head to the pub!

Craig, very nice of you and Helen to spend time with TMers.

Ed....nice going, again.

Sea, that great that Rez, and his wife is visiting....say hello for me..

Hello Blue, forgot to say hi, nice picture of you all.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266866

Hear, hear 9/11!!!!!

http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/10/18/white-house-official-bad-mouths-labor-leader-for-expecting-obama-to-keep-his-promises/

"White House ‘Official’ Bad Mouths Labor Leader For Expecting Obama To Keep His Promises"

"Gerry McEntee is president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). He leads one of the largest unions in America and has been one of the most vocal advocates for progressive health care reform. He is one of the few establishment figures willing to openly challenge Obama for repeatedly breaking his word in regards to health care reform.

Apparently, demanding that someone at least attempts to keep his promises is an unacceptable slight, according to a cowardly anonymous “senior White House 0fficial.”

"We have had just about enough of his gratuitous slaps,” said a senior White House official Friday, calling the politically charged language “outrageous and unacceptable” from an ally — even from one that had, the official noted, devoted substantial resources to health care efforts."

“He’s doing his members a real disservice,” said the official, who said that while all other labor leaders had been careful to keep their opposition to elements of health care proposals modulated and largely inside the tent, McEntee was “beyond the pale.”

Hey sol man & Flatus, rezdog here, having a few brews while Sea is cooking some appetizers then on to the pub. What a time to run into a nor-eastern but MV is great. Hey Champ are your Phillies gonna make it? I was rooting for the Sox but now i have to go with the Yanks. My Boston friends hate me. Later guys on to the pub. :-)

The Yankees?! Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for the IRS.

Finally! People are in party mode here...

(^_~)

From the FDL article. What promises made are no longer in the health care bill that came out of finance. How hard will someone have to fight to get them back in:

A new national health exchange open to all Americans
A new public plan available to all Americans to compete with private insurance
An employer mandate to provide health insurance
A minimum medical loss ratio for insurance companies
To allow people to import cheaper drugs from Canada or Europe
To repeal the ban that prevents the government from directly negotiating with drug companies

"...but now i have to go with the Yanks."

Rez, how could you?!? Does Sea know you're typing that on her keyboard?

Oregon's former two-term Democratic Governor, Dr. John Kitzhaber stated last week that meaningful healthcare reform will not come from Washington, but from the states.

That is the main reason is running again for Governor.

He is a gutsy guy. I'm sure he is disappointed by the lack of good political leadership in Washington, as am I..

I've got an enemies list for anyone not rooting for my Dodgers. :-)

Rez,

Just checking back in here..and to my surprise....The Yankees.! The Yankees! is blackmail still against the law. HA!

Hey, looks and sounds like y'all had a blast in DC!

PM music (Jamie, if you need bluegrass for next week, this would do nicely):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_lbhd3wecM

Nite all.

PS Craig, what are the dimensions of that box? That looks like a size I'd love to use for my somewhat-less-than-amazing but still edible Christmas cookies--

Fair,

Take This Tune is Cole Porter for this week. Next week starts all the halloween music featuring ghosts and ghouls. We will be back to something from the country around Thanksgiving.

Fair,

Listened to link and realized it is a ghostie. I'll put Mary in on the 30th.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266898

Put me at the top of it.

Memories We All Have Them.

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/10/take-this-tune-top-of-ocean-tacoma.html

"At least five commanders of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps were killed and dozens of others left dead and injured in two terrorist bombings in the restive region of the nation’s southeastern frontier with Pakistan"

Looks like things are getting more complicated. Unrest is spilling over from Af-Pak.
Are we behind it? Pakistan? Al-Qaeda?

Jack

Here is the link for the previous post
New York times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/world/middleeast/19iran.html?_r=1&hp

Ree,

Thanks for playing. That is a great post with a different take on the theme.

9/11 -
My only ointment for wayward yeast is humor .

My best line in the last 48 hrs. :

" The Colorado Balloon Boy .............. Yes , we chased a ' Bright Shiny Object' ".

Later dudes and dudetts.

By the way , there are 2 - Cat 5 tropical cyclones blowing in the Pacific tonight. The one off Mexico in the eastern Pacific had 180 mph sustained winds today. The one in western Pacific headed for the northern Philippines had winds of 186 mph with gusts to 212 mph. 50 ft waves.

Friday NOAA said that Sept. was the :
October 15, 2009
Global Surface Temperature Was Second Warmest for September

The combined global land and ocean surface temperature was the second warmest September on record, according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Based on records going back to 1880,

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091015_sepglobalstats.html

The storm approaching the Philippines will be the 2 nd storm in a month that made Super Typhoon ranking after forming, then hitting the Philippines . The first one in this series flooded 80 % of Manila. Pelar floated around for 9 days. And now, Super Typhoon 22W (Lupit) is on it's way -

http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/warnings/wp2209.gif

MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 155mph GUSTS 190 mph.

Here's Rick west of Mexico -
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 161 mph WITH GUSTS TO 196 mph.
http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/warnings/ep2009.gif
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Be glad you're not in the Philippines tonight.

Me and Helen are scheduled to be on MSNBC "Morning Joe" 8:15 AM ET

9/11 ! I'm glad to read you again. It's very crappy about the infection. I'll put in a prayer for you.

Jamie,

Dodgers ? Is Brooklyn in the Series ?

"Curb Your Enthusiam" and "Bored to Death" were both absolutely hilarious Sunday night.
I know Helen and Craig will make me forget both of those shows, as I watch "Morning Joe" on msnbc at 8:15 AM today.

I want an Angels Phillies Series. Hypocritically, I cheer for the teams that never left home, plus Minnesota's Washington Senators. And, I revile the teams who screwed their fans, including LA's Brooklyn Dodgers, and excepting Minnesota's Washington Senators.
Parenthetically, Brooklyn resembled Miss Parker's School For Blind Girls : 11 - 0. Serves them right for leaving Brooklyn. I'll razberry LA's Brooklyn Dodgers and cheer LA's Angels.

Not so hypocritically, I hate (I don't think that is too strong a word) that lowlife steinbrenner, a republican felon, wiretapper of employees, and the probable contractor in the murder of harmless boozer & former steinbrenner employee, Billy Martin.

Jeter maybe a great guy, Arod may be fun to have a beer with, and all that jive, but they work for a crime boss. Besides, weren't the Angels the invention of a nice man; one who made a living selling records about reindeer and having his backside in a saddle ?

Practically, it looks like a Phillies v Yankees series.

I'm amazed, looking at Mr. EdVB. He could pass for my smaller-in-every-direction, much better groomed, little brother, who still has hair.

From the Taylor Marsh quoted by Mr. 39 : "The annoyance reached critical mass when Pres. Obama underestimated and allowed Sarah Palin’s “death panel” squeal to monopolize the summer, with the tea party brawlers the next to hit...."

On the bright side, 1/3 of America hates republicans, while another 40% now loath them.

Jamie,
Since Mr. Bloggingham wants to be at the top of your enemies list, why don't you put me at the bottom. We'd neatly bookend your hit list, with the extra special added bonus that I would be shot last.

Am I the only insomniac in America, or what ?

maxtrue,
I see that a passle of Iran's senior devolutionary guards bit the dust in a suicide bombing. It's fitting, doncha think ? He who lives by the lunatic bomb carrier shall die by the lunatic bomb carrier and all that.

Can IEDs on the road between Teheran and Qom be far behind ? Can suicide bombers or mortar attacks on Qom's grand mosque be far behind that ?

"China is planning to send teams of experts to the United States, Europe and Asia to find looted treasure.
....the first team will be sent to the US, where they will scour museums, libraries and private collections."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8313793.stm

now that's what i call the basis for a good book... or an intriguing conspiracy theory.

"The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday.

Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws.

The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce federal anti-pot laws regardless of state codes.

Fourteen states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101802756.html?hpid=moreheadlines

well... for me... it's football season....

although I did take at a peek of the Dodgers/Phillies game on Friday afternoon....
at first I thought I was hallucinating.... Pedro was on the mound and Manny was at bat.... hmmmmmmmm..... it was a pleasure to watch Pedro pitch again...

now if they'll slap a tax on pot and junk food maybe we can afford universal healthcare.

also tax soda pop

the people most in favor of draconian anti-pot laws are the pot dealers........lol

just like the people who most favored alcohol prohibition were the gangsters who smuggled in all the alcohol for the speakeasies, etc

IMO,they should tax something we all use such as underwear....

but then.... there's always people like Brittany Spears....
oh well.... never mind....

A disallowed/not covered pox on the houses of those fighting against universal healthcare for Americans.

The Wall Street bonuses at the announced rates for this year would cover the incremental annual cost of single-payer healthcare for all Americans.

Frost overnight here in Columbia. Glad I did my chores yesterday getting those things inside that needed getting.

frost on the pumpkinheads

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/trail-mix-party-time.html#comment-266916

XR

Don't blame the Dodgers for leaving Brooklyn. It was my fault. I adored them as a child sitting on the west coast without a baseball team and New York had three. It just wasn't fair. They came 3,000 miles to make me happy. :-)

Last night was heartbreaking.

I could live with Phillies Angels even if the Angels are Johnny Come Latelys who play in Orange County not Los Angeles and only steal the name because most people still can't find Orange County.

Oh and Yankees and Giants are only useful as dust under Dodger feet on the way to penants. :-)

Hate the Yankees. Just dislike the Giants

"The worst thing - which gives you the shivers - is the shadowing, the spying, the violation of privacy, the public pillorying, with the implied warning: look, we're watching you."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8314110.stm

so what's the big deal? our msm does this to us everyday.

Obama waiting on troop decision until election finalized

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/world/asia/19afghan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Republicans trying to slow down health care reform but biggest fight is between Democrats

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a3Y1GbQRh2T0

Craig...
you are such a gentleman... you looked so adoringly at Helen and made sure she had the spotlight.... job well done....

Somebody give Blue this list. :-)

Happy hunting

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-18/the-best-cities-to-meet-men/full/

Craig,

Congratulations. You do let Helen shine. You are a true gentleman taking care of a friend.

Helen and Craig brought some much needed "class" to Mojo. Craig is an amazing sidekick.

Yes! Great show Craig!!

Interesting article on the recent insidertrading bust of billionaire hedgefund operator.
Seems that the feds are treating them like the criminals they are. They are using wire taps and data mining to make their case.

Interesting
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apNewkPGwwrE

Jack

Good Slate analysis of push for Public Option

http://www.slate.com/id/2233016/