Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Woo Hoo Craig is heading to Florida ...Get away from the snow and head home !!

The good news with this Snow is the new Change Government can do no more harm during this brief period !!
Yea

and so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past....

--fskf

"Once Palin loses her looks, which will be soon, you'll never hear from her again."

serfy, wouldn't be surprised if there's not an aging portrait hanging in her closet somewhere. but i think you're right, the gopers are no longer into margaret chase smith types.

nor the media

palin is definitely showing the wear and tear, stress and strain of the life she is living at present......it will show most when you see the "hopey-changey" perky highschool basketball girl begin to turn just a tad bleary eyed and bitter.......

check out the study or whatever it was which shows how much the presidency ages those who hold the office.....she's not president, but she's carrying a heavy load and the life makes it much harder for her to experience the rejuvenating effects of being out in nature.....

That weatherdude cracks me up, know the feeling well. Just spitting flurries right now, have a few hours till all the fun begins.

X- good morning, loved your greeting!

"the rejuvenating effects of being out in nature....."

another reason for gracious host to buy the fish camp.

good line by paterson this morning on imus:

"i'm black, i'm blind and i'm still alive"

...are you gonna eat all your tots?

Craig, I think that weatherman went to the Glenn Beck School of Acting.

Dallas has been downgraded from "Snowmageddon Light" to wintery mix for tomorrow.

As for Palin's looks, um, I think she's had Botox or a little lift...her eyebrows were really high & I don't think she was just surprised. (That would be me; surprised that people are still oogling over her insipid, yet awe-inspiring nothingness.) Now, let's talk about how men are aging for a change.

what was with jim lehrer last night asking 1st lady about "obesity" being a perjorative word? guess she could have gone with "fat" jimbo. maybe he was thinking "husky" or "chubby" would be better?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32735.html

'Don't Ask' an easy fix"

“The Truman model is an apt one. The president is the commander in chief. There’s no doubt in my mind that he could do it,” McClure says. “He’ll take some political heat, but who’s going to challenge him on it?”

McClure adds that if Obama makes the move now, he will ensure that presidents who follow in his footsteps will not have to deal with the issue.

Taking a less-bold move and sending legislation to Congress to end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell would only complicate his legislative agenda, set off a lot of squabbling and probably not yield a positive result, McClure says.

Looking at the polls, Obama might not be taking a big political risk by issuing the order. A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll taken Feb, 2-3 showed 61 percent of Americans favor gays and lesbians openly serving in the military. That includes 62 percent of independents, a critical voting group that has been down on Obama in recent months.

But for now, Obama seems to prefer the cautious route. “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are. It's the right thing to do,” he said in his State of the Union speech.

If he believes it’s the right thing to do, he can forget the working groups and advisory committees, get out his commander-in-chief pen and do it. Harry Truman would love it."

"Now, let's talk about how men are aging for a change."

no, blue, cary grant and sean connery always come to mind and i become distracted.

It's a whopper of an El Nino year, of course, it is exciting for weather reporters.

I remember the day when it was safe to discuss the weather in order to avoid politics or religion....Al Gore changed that.

Craig - Do you have a sled? If there aren't any parked cars in the way, I'd like a video of you sledding down the front steps. I'm not sure how that would work itself into a political analogy, but that's your job.

So, Craig, who's the neighborhood grocer that let you down??

I've never made a purchase at a 7-11 although I did walk through one of their stores. Stinky and I are simply too frugal to pay the price penalty one incurs in choosing convenience over planning. But, your experience is making me reevaluate my position.

Saturday the Cub Scouts are going through the neighborhood on a food drive. Time to give them last year's hurricane store.

Good morning all,

Flatus,
Could i get your e-mail? I'm tbassham@cfl.rr.com

Good suggestion blue- New Englanders without a saucer have been known to pull out a plastic trash can lid. Works just as well.

nobody knows you when you're down and out

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

Posted by: Blonde wino | February 10, 2010 8:08 AM
BW- that's the truth, strange isn't it?

Of course, Tony. It's
flatus
at
ohlfahrts
dot
org

From one of wapo's morning messages:

"Kathleen Parker
Men: The original shovel-ready species
Give a man a shovel, and he'll plow the snow out of your path."

Isn't that a fact. We may never stop at a gas station for directions, but we'll sure as hell shovel snow!

OSH

It is just another sign of how morphed things really are when you can't even civilly discuss the weather.

How is that despair/morphie stuff going for the republican'ts?

Governor Paterson gave Imus a logical defense: "Don, I'm blind. I'm not stupid."

Although this is dated, it is still good advice for snow shoveling.

http://www.ext.nodak.edu/snow.htm

Imus did a spectacular interview with Patterson. Top of his game, glad for him, hope he gets some milage out of it.

BW- LOL!
Patterson said that he has racised, sexualized but he left one thing out - don't know the word for it, but there has definitely been an undertone of prejudice, mocking of his being visually impaired.

Ed- Just spoke with Ed & Bette, they believed him and are glad he is at the helm. Sounds like he did a good jobe averting bankrupcy for NY. Also, Imus was clever in the way he hammered home that Cuomo was behind it will Patterson avoided finger pointing. Pleased for the both of them.

watching Kit Bond on MSNBC...burp, I have had my fill of him!

14-22 inches of snow... oh my...

funny how snow in one place can be crippling and yet in another be a blessing.... if it snowed 22 inches here in northern NH, they'd throw a frickin' party. They are making snow like crazy on Loon Mt for next week's school vacation. They won't make any for the rest of the season after tomorrow. Spring skiing here is really gonna suck!

back home in the southern part of the state we're only going to get a couple of inches.... anything less than 6 inches is considered a dusting.

In the meantime.... I'm really enjoying the hot tub.

February 10, 2010 9:20 AM
oops, while Patterson ...

"Substantial changes are in the offing for the "psychiatrist's bible," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, according to a draft of the forthcoming fifth edition.

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has posted the draft of DSM-V on a special Web site, www.dsm5.org, to obtain comments from its members, other members of the mental health community, and the public."

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/18399

also good articles in wsj and nyt on this

patd

I still prefer Slow Hand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O24KixmFFc

I find the comments on Palin's looks rather sexist. Given her new cash and time off from governing, I rather doubt she will suddenly lose her looks.

Paterson is fighting off what may amount to a political hit job by Democrats. Cuomo at work.

Pelosi LAUGHING off any threat to the Democratic majority is just the kind of thing Indies would love to stuff down her throat. Laughing, smug, usually wrong about almost everything and she opposes Obama on job stimulus. Man, Republicans would love to debate her one on one.

Yeah, NOW everyone is talking about preventable hospital infections......

Lebanon? Hariri accuses Israel of instigating trouble with recon overflights, but he fails to tell the world what they already know: Iran and Syria are shipping thousands of advanced missiles to Hizb'Allah in violation of UN mandate. Germany has a big decision to make as they have significant leverage especially in two new we-love-Iran camps, Turkey and Lebanon...

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284336

Kit Bond is an example of how NOT to argue your message. He is so mean and ugly in his attitudes that you almost run the other way in reaction to it.

Haiti death toll matches Asian Tsunami
Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 9:32 AM
With the Haitian government raising the death toll from last month's earthquake to 230,000, the count now matches the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Considering that the tsunami damage was spread out over eight countries as opposed to one country the size of Massachusetss, that's pretty staggering.

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/

It is still OK to talk about weather, it is not OK to talk about climate. And please, let's not confuse the two.

Plus, Jamie...his face was going to crack in half. They got him off camera in time. Old crank.

Max...sexist on Palin, but not on Pelosi? You get the double standard award this morning.

"Massachusetss"

tsk, tsk, fp

bow...as NOAA states on it's site --

Weather is what we experience, Climate is what we expect.

mornin'

Being in the middle of the 3rd day of school closings I don't criticize the winter chicken littles as much as I used to. I do get akick out of people storming Wally World to buy the basics of French toast whenever there is a threat of snow - I never knew French toast was so popular when it snows.

No, like he rest of us, Palin's looks will fade with age, but she will still be a good looking older woman - good bones and all that. I still think she has the same mean ass look that my Mom had when she was angry, but some people don't mind that I guess. As to her looks, the first person I ever heard mention them was Rush Limpballs - who was rejoicing in having a VP candidate that would drive the libs crazy because they would want to date her. No doubt he had a hard on while he was saying it - chemically induced most likely. But really, when it comes to brains and good sense, looks don't mean shit, and more to the point, she'll still be as dumb as a box of rocks when she's old, so keep her outta the White House, please.

Renee, I envy your vacation - enjoy the hot tub.

You're up a creek now Craig, hope you've got a house full of food- they just suspended snow plowing in DC- too much snow!

I've noticed MSNBC is now showing values.com commercials back-to-back. Is this a ploy by Anschutz to infiltrate the network? I thought he was going to rescue Ruppert by buying some of his rags, but now he is supporting MSNBC by flooding the cable outlet with his commercials. Must be the effect of El Nino.

Idiocy about preventable hospital infections - at least according to one source I read (CNN, citing a Murtha aide) Murtha's infection was a result of a surgical error - nicking his bowel, which poured waste into his abdomen - it's called peritonitis - and it's not the type of "preventable hospital infections" like the MRSAs and SAs that are what people refer to when they talk about preventable infections in hospitals. He was victim of a surgical error.

pogo...the US has the finest medical care in the world.

"He was victim of a surgical error."

pogo, yeah that's what the abc news clip said yesterday that i linked it but nobody paid any attention to it or at least commented... hmmm, must mean credibility lacking on either my part or abc's or both here on the trail.

murtha surgical error

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/medical-alerts-murthas-death-surgical-mistake-broken-heart/story?id=9787211

Posted by: patd | February 9, 2010 2:43 PM

Okay NP. tell us exactly the type of infection Murtha had. You see the pathology report? Did drug-resistant bug get into play? Could this have been prevented if Murtha was treated before three days? Tell me how many people died last year from preventable infection obtained from hospitals due to surgical errors exploited by bugs and missed or simply by infection caught during post-operative recovery?

In my father's case, normal infection started first allowing nasty infection
in system" to exploit lowered immune response. It hid in stomach until it expanded in force. By then it was too late.

Oh, and by the way, if a "nick" allow the contents to "pour" into Murtha, I rather doubt it took him three days to complain. I would be less quick with the idiocy remarks. I could just bring up your comments on the F-35, the projections about MA election or the behavior of the Iranian regime........

Also, Blonde, you could check and see how other nations fair in this category. Maybe people think these problems don't exist in Cuba or Canada. Didn't an official who created the Canadian system fly to the US for heart work? And how are anti-bacterial products fueling the drug resistance I mentioned? Is this really just the failure of the US Health care system?

dr goof was at National Naval Medical Center. wasn't this the same place at which the ft hood psycho was a resident? conspiracy anyone?
as this is their hospital of choice, must give the critters pause.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284346

Wrong. I commented on the "looks" of Palin being her only claim to fame. My attacks on Pelosi have nothing to do with her looks or her gender. The comments on Palin were gender specific, weren't they? Oh, when she is just ugly, the Republicans will run from her.....

That struck me as rather sexist. What did I say about Pelosi that was SEXIST? She betrayed Hillary. Was that sexist? She laughs at threats pulling down the Democrats under her pathetic watch. So please explain how this morning I'm a sexist.......

max...sorry, I answered in a talking point I hear repeatedly. I am sorry to hear about your Father.

I can only say that I was quite happy to get my husband out of the hospital a day early...they were trying to kill him. When he sat in recovery an extra two hours because they were busy, no one took care of him and I was not allowed to see him. By the time they brought him upstairs, he was covered with puke and to the horror of the attending nurse, they were hooking him up to a dirty monitor. The nurse yanked the cords and cleaned the monitor. We were lucky to get out of there, but the doctor never explained the mystery third hole in body.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284357

The best care my father said he received was at Bethesda Veteran hospital. They found a tumor on his adrenal gland that private doctors had missed for thirty years that gave him high blood pressure and distemper. When removed, his blood pressure dropped to normal but high blood pressure had taken a toll.

He caught his death in a private hospital near Boca Raton.....

max...

just the kind of thing Indies would love to stuff down her throat

I misread this as violence to women. As for the physical appearance of candidates, both males and females belong to th HD botox generation. Is it sexist to make fun of John Edwards and his so pretty hair grooming? I do not think talking about Palin's looks as sexist. Quite frankly, she is mostly about the look.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284359

Thanks Blonde. We should have sued, but given his over all condition, the defense would have been that at his age, this kind of thing happens. They should have caught the infection when he first complained a month before it killed him.

More than a 100,000 Americans die of preventable problems occurring at US hospitals. It is pathetic. Simple steam cleaning and personal hygiene of staff could go a long way to change this. Hospitals must be rated. If we reform torts, we could make clear that litigation WILL be swift for negligence at hospitals,

The experience you had Blonde was awful. Sorry to hear that. I see only what happened here at NYU, Cornell, Sloan, Roosevelt etc...which are decent hospitals. They should be, given the cost of Health care in NYC. The distribution of quality care in this country could be improved. Obama should strike while the Republicans say they agree. Open up state lines, rate hospitals. Prgrams to get better people out into the areas understaffed.

Michelle Obama wants to lower obesity. I think the numbers dead from US hospitals is scandalous.

No personal insult intended Blonde...........

"they just suspended snow plowing in DC- too much snow! -- Posted by: oldseahag"

ha, as if they actually have any. since before last week's storm i have not seen one plow, although looks like they made a lame pass or two

only good thing about this blizzard is the wind is blowing snow off the satellite dish. but the bad news is local news pre-empting Jackie Collins on The View.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284361

I see your point so let me add, Indies would love to stuff Edward's balls down his throat.

I would love to stuff Hannity's head up Beck's ass. I would love to stuff the Auschwitz Sign down Ahmadinejad's throat and Rabin's grave stone up Netanyahu's ass.....

Is that better?

Maybe I'm in too deep- does this sound like cabin fever?

Yep a classic case. Take two beers and call me in the morning.

Hi Craig, not too much here in NYC. Be careful of too much 7/11. You might start growing additional body parts........

Here in the city, plows are doing a fine job scraping the asphalt. I here more is to come after noon.

It does look a bit cleaner....lol

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £47,708.03 - 9542 %

LOL, max

'Deadliest Catch' captain Phil Harris dies at age 53

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/02/deadliest-catch-captain-phil-harris-dies-at-age-53/1

Thought for the day :
" Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. "

People have to dies sometime. Murtha would have died without medical care, and it turns out he died with it, as well. Shit happens.

Fear of Death may be the the most contributory factor in the exorbitant escalation of health-care costs.

1946 Donovan [P Leech] Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)

1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA

Must run...be careful out there~

it comes as little surprise that this January will go down as the warmest in Vancouver history. The 44.8-degree 31-day average easily eclipsed the previous mark of 43.3, set in 2006. Since record-keeping began in 1937, the January average had been 37.9.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-boehlert/winter-weather-headlines_b_456567.html

What SHOULD The Bush Billboard Read? HuffPost Comedy's Photoshop Contest!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/what-should-the-bush-bill_n_455783.html

Heavy Snow Around U.S. Capital

http://www.redorbit.com/images/images-of-the-day/

As seen from space.

Why do critters want to go to Bethesda and Walter Reed? Because they're given the VIP treatment to include the corner suite. But, once they're in the OR, they're treated just like everyone else.

In Murtha's case, how do you run a bowel after a laparoscopic surgery?
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In Florida, my Mom was taken to Ft Myers Regional after breaking her hip. She also was legally blind and had dementia.

Her surgery was delayed for a couple of days while she stabilized. During this period she was heavily sedated. Stinky and I visited her and she was quite comfortable.

The surgery went well and she went through extended rehab, etc.

While I was reviewing the charges that Medicare and AARP didn't cover, one charge jumped out at me. It was for the optional TV in the room during the period that she was sedated.

I called the billing office and they gave me a song-and-dance on how she had signed for the service, etc.

Fifteen minutes later I was in the car on my way to have a chat with the hospital CEO (they don't call themselves administrators anymore). I explained the facts of life to him demanding immediate reversal of the charges and a letter acknowledging the abuse and what steps were being taken to prevent recurrence.

By then a couple more people were in his office. They looked at me as if I was crazy and started into their 'no-way' mode.

That changed when I asked if they had a preference for a time later in the day for a press conference and whether they wanted me to do it on the hospital grounds, or off the campus by the great big sign advertising their caring presence.

I felt much better driving back to St Pete.

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A Shackleton Reaches the South Pole
Scott Shackleton, Fifth Cousin of Great Explorer, Follows in Sir Ernest Shackleton's Footsteps

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/shackleton-reaches-south-pole/story?id=9790455

Put on your thinking caps and pull out the calculator. It has finally happened. Science has an equation for true love

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/follow-this-formula-for-true-love/story-e6freuy9-1225828935913?from=public_rss

Note to the reader -

Stay on Flatus's good side.

Good afternoon, TMers--

Here in cloudy downtown Knobite Corner, TN, schools closed at 11:30 AM. Apparently it's snowing all around us, but I haven't seen a flake as yet in my exact location across the road and up the hill from the creek. In fact, a few times I've had blinding smiles of sunshine bouncing off my puter screen from over my right shoulder.

Craig, those are the saddest lookin' tots I ever saw. They need chili and cheese to cheer them up.

NO WONDER I've been a failure in the Luv Wars. I can barely do arithmetic, let alone that. It looks like something Einstein jotted down in his spare time--

Max, before you go challenging anything, take a breath, don't take it personally, and go learn more about infection control in hospitals. Your shot about my comments about the F-35 is bullshit and ignores my positive comments about the F-22's performance advantages over the F-35 - we just don't agree about the respective need for the two planes, so cut the shit. From what I can tell you are no more an aviation expert than I am, although you probably do read more about the planes that interest you than I do, and god know the F-22 interest you.

Since the hospital isn't giving specifics, we have to speculate to a degree - but if the infection was a result of a cut intestine as reported, it was in all likelihood infected peritonitis (or sepsis) - very likely involving E Coli from the waste that was leaking into his system from the cut intestine, and which in a 77 year old is almost always fatal if it is not caught very early.

I won't get drawn into your inquiry about deaths from surgical mistakes resulting in infections - the research to answer that with any specificity is too difficult to ferret out, but if YOU want to know that, the Institute of Medicine is a good place to start. But the answer is way too many.

The discussion about hospital infection prevention is worthy - and has been a focus of hospitals, state and national accrediting and regulatory bodies for at least the 10 years since I first got involved with hospital risk management, but in the Murtha case, it's the wrong discussion. I'm not saying you're engaging in the wrong discussion, I'm saying that the two discussions are distinct.

Why did Murtha wait 3 days to complain? Probably because he had left the hospital the day of the surgery or more likely, the day after, (absolutely normal following a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy) and thought it was normal post-surgical pain. Or it could be that he was a tough old bird who didn't like to complain about pain. Could he have been saved had he noted it earlier? Maybe, but that is pure speculation. But they would have tried and in some cases, are successful. In the abdomen, a nick (my word - call it a perforation or cut if it makes you happier) and the leakeage of waste (I used the word pour because a little shit in the peritoneum goes a long way) can kill you very quickly. It's not like introducing a staph infection from insufficiently cleaned skin through a surgical incision or from wound care by a nurse whose hands aren't as clean as they should be - it is the direct infection of much of if not the entire peritoneal cavity as the digested food he's eaten is leaked into it. He is a victim of a mistake that is not wholly uncommon in laparoscopic procedures, and that is only preventable by the surgeon doing the procedure, if at all.

Your father's infection sounds like a different situation, more like a MRSA or GRE, which are the more common difficult to treat hospital-acquired infections, typically following surgery, and usually as a result of the surgical prep or the post-surgical care. They are not necessarily a result of surgical errors, but are more commonly a result of faliure of antiseptic and pre-surgical prophylactic protocols. At any rate, I'm sorry your father was the victim of whatever infection he succombed to by whatever route he acquired it.

Flatus- you hot shit you!

Craig needs Mr. Plow (from The Simpsons)!

Boy, did Prez Obama take a mis-step on the non-begrudment of CEO bonuses. It's not the same as baseball players not getting into the World Series at all. Now, if the ballplayers had somebody go steal your hubcaps while you were watching the game. Maybe.

From the weather to medical litigation to politicians' looks to who knows what next. You never know what you're going to learn about here at TM.

Oh, and they do rate hospitals.

http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/Hospital/Search/SearchMethod.asp

Give it a trial run on your favorite hospital - you can compare it to one you hold as the gold standard. Fair warning - the outcome measures and procedure measures databases arenot complete for many hospitals.

Hi there eprof

Glad you stopped by. You need to come by more often. Oh and you didn't mention the formula for True Love. This site is eclectic to say the least.

CBS is doing series on feeding antibiotics to livestock , tonight's installment is about what Denmark did, .......... they banned it.

Last night they interviewed people who came down with multiple MRSA infections.

All is explained. Four inches of snow at Coker Creek, Rafter and Citico, all of which are in the far (and upper) reaches of the county, a considerable distance from Knobite Corner. Also have a wind advisory in effect, which in the higher elevations means a lot of trees down.

Animal Antibiotics a Threat?

Public health officials are worried that the widespread use of antibiotics on healthy animals may be putting people at risk. Katie Couric investigates this potential health threat.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6191894n&tag=cbsnewsMainColumnArea;cbsnewsMainColumnArea.0

The dead toll in Haiti is now 230,000 people.

Rep. Paul Ryan desperately needs a trip to a hair stylist ... decidedly dorky.

typo - GRE = VRE

With respect to the Coseck (sp?) clip - Craig, you've heard the old adage - When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Just wait till it turns 50 degrees and rains on that snow next week.

Iraq ordering Blackwater thrown out of the country.

Happy Birthday Mr. Leach ......

Donovan - Season of the Witch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HjH1GG3ro

Iowa Tea Party movement less popular than pot, aliens, and Socialism

According to a Des Moines register poll, a third of Iowans from across the political spectrum say they support the Tea Party movement, but as Yglesias points out

55 percent of Americans say they’re personally protected by a guardian angel. 38 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Cuba and 36 percent are favorably disposed toward socialism, but I don’t see anyone writing newspaper articles about how a populist wave of socialism is sweeping the country. The number of Iowans who like the tea party movement is smaller than the number of Americans who want marijuana legalized or the number of Americans who believe the government has had secret contact with extra-terrestrials.

http://trueslant.com/allisonkilkenny/2010/02/10/iowa-tea-party-movement-less-popular-than-pot-aliens-and-socialism/

Here's the next one, crossing over eprof's house .

http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/2km/psr/IR2PSR.GIF

Note the water pipe (green) just south of my house.

http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/showsat.php?wfo=psr&area=west&type=wv&size=16

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

Wow, I never knew guardian angels were assigned only to one individual. I guess I viewed them more as guardian saints.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284380

They tried blaming it on a contractor. That really set me off.

As the world gets warmer , low pressure systems will become deeper.

Read the record event report out of Phoenix for Jan. 22 -

http://www.weather.gov/climate/getclimate.php?wfo=psr

Sorry bad link.

Sorry for the caps , but this is how the NWS posts them -

...ALL TIME RECORD LOWEST PRESSURE IN PHOENIX SET THURSDAY EVENING...

THE LOWEST PRESSURE EVER RECORDED AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR OCCURRED AT
644 PM MST THURSDAY EVENING WITH A READING OF 29.20 INCHES OF
MERCURY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD BY A FULL TENTH OF AN INCH.

THIS WAS ONE OF A NUMBER OF ALL TIME RECORD LOWEST PRESSURES SET IN
THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES THURSDAY...INCLUDING LINDBERGH FIELD
IN SAN DIEGO WITH 29.15 INCHES OF MERCURY AT 1222 PM PST...
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH 29.07 INCHES OF MERCURY AT
121 PM PST...AND LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN AIRPORT WITH 29.03 INCHES OF
MERCURY AT 514 PM PST. THE LOWEST PRESSURE AT YUMA WAS 29.12 INCHES
OF MERCURY AT 259 PM MST...IMPERIAL WITH 29.04 INCHES OF MERCURY AT
153 PM PST...AND BLYTHE WITH 29.02 INCHES OF MERCURY AT 253 PM PST
THURSDAY.

THESE RECORD LOWEST PRESSURES ARE ANOTHER INDICATION OF JUST HOW
UNUSUALLY POWERFUL AND INTENSE THE STORM SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH
THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING WAS.

THE PREVIOUS ALL TIME RECORD LOWEST PRESSURE RECORDED AT PHOENIX SKY
HARBOR WAS 29.30 INCHES OF MERCURY SET ON THE 13TH OF DECEMBER 1984
AND TIED LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO ON THE 21ST AND 22ND OF MAY 2008.

Flatus -

The angles are workin' their asses off these days.

Thanks, CBob, for the pressure report. We got about 2.5 inches of rain that evening and night -- snow is 10 inches per inch, so if it had been a bit colder (it was in the low 40's) we would have had 30 inches +/- that night. Flagstaff, AZ, at 7,200 ft above sea-level did have about two feet of snow. Climate change is real!

Good Deeds Fuel Good Deeds

http://www.livescience.com/culture/good-deeds-altruism-100210.html

Apparently this all Oprah's fault.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284377

flatus, for this brave stand you deserve an attaboy medal, diamond encrusted.

eprof-
You just had the 4th wettest January on record. The desert should bloom pretty good this spring. Keep us posted.

Patd-
Flatus must have a wall of medals.

But he gets an " Atta Boy " for having patience to read the fine print.

Buck passers hate it when you read the fine print.

Yes, we're all anxious to see the wild flowers on Picacho (pee catch oh) Peak in late March or early April. I'll get some pics to share with you.

Off to help Larry clean the "Spark Lab" for the Art Market ...... Our first this year. We may slip through a sunny window Saturday.
Remind me to thank Oprah if it happens.

Heavy rain today after a few clear days in the Willamette Valley. I wish we could get a few inches of the East Coast snow.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31961846/no_we_cant/print

"No We Can't
Obama had millions of followers eager to fight for his agenda. But the president muzzled them - and he's paying the price"

http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/02/10/americans-lose-trust-in-democrats-ability-to-deal-with-big-issues-after-watching-them-fail-to-deal-with-big-issues/

"Americans Lose Trust In Democrats’ Ability To Deal With Big Issues After Watching Them Fail To Deal With Big Issues"

"This should not come as a shocker to anyone. A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that Americans have significantly lost trust in Democrats’ ability to deal with the big problems facing our country:

When compared with the early months of Obama’s presidency, the GOP’s overall gains are striking. A year ago, Democrats held a 26-point advantage on dealing with the big issues; that lead is now six points. At the one-month mark, Obama’s lead over the Republicans on dealing with the economy was 35 points; it’s now five points."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32795.html

"President Obama doesn't 'begrudge' bonuses"

"A few weeks ago, President Barack Obama was blasting Wall Street bonuses as “obscene” and bashed recipients as “fat cats who are getting awarded for their failure.”

But in an interview with Bloomberg Business Week, Obama said he doesn’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon or the $9 million issued to Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein.

What’s more, Obama praised both men as “savvy businessmen,” a far cry from fat cats.

“I, like most of the American people, don’t begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free- market system,” Obama said in the interview."

Fairweather,

This was sent to me titled "This is how we do it in Tennessee."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsrxYKm1htY

So my question is, is it easier (or maybe cheaper) to buy diesel fuel in Tennessee than it is to find a drummer who can count to four?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284419

tony,
Did you read that as him begrudging the 17 million bonus or people's success or wealth?

Former US congressman Charlie Wilson has died at the age of 76, a hospital spokeswoman has said.

Mr Wilson represented Texas in the House of Representatives from 1973 to 1996 and was nicknamed "Good Time Charlie" for his party-loving ways.

The 2007 Hollywood film Charlie Wilson's War told of his efforts to arm the Afghan mujahedeen during the 1980s Soviet occupation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8509550.stm

rip, charlie, a song for ye

"charlie is my darling"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-5RloO2HY

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284421

tony, That question would read better saying "not begrudging the 17 million bonus or people's success or wealth?

charlie wilson's war - film trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHl-6uH8MUQ

and while we're on the subject of death

"A man has won the right to be cremated on a traditional open-air funeral pyre, paving the way for thousands of fellow Hindus to follow suit.

Davender Ghai, 71, who believes that a pyre is essential to a good death and the release of his spirit into the afterlife, was refused permission to be cremated according to his religious beliefs by ­Newcastle-upon-Tyne city council.

Today the court of appeal in London ruled that his wishes fell within existing legislation....."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/10/hindu-cremation-pyre-appeal

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284424

Hi Rez,
The way i read it ,i think the President's advisers want him to tone down the rhetoric against business.The problem Liberals have is he was against these very bonuses just a few weeks ago.He's trying to have it both ways in order to please everyone and it isn't going to happen.The President needs to just do a President Clinton and move to the Center and get it over with,its whats ultimately going to happen..I mean just look at what he's saying today"I'm willing to meat Republican's half way on healthcare".The damn Senate bill is everything the Republicans want,but because the President wants it, they don't.What the hell else can the Dems give the minority party??

Tony, Krugman is freaking out over Obama's statement.

Kudos for Charlie Wilson

Democrats want their Republican Hall of Shame. Perhaps they should visit the Judicial Watch List for shame.......

Tony, why the hell you think I was voting for Hillary? Obama just lost a year waiting to do what she had planned to do from the start. It is amazing, isn't it?

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/02/10/repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell-supported-by-solid-majority/

'Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Supported by Solid Majority'

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/vista-orion/

Wow....makes you feel the splendor...

Craig, I hope your stomach is feeling well....not that much snow in NYC. The Park was beautiful however. About six inches or so by now but snow is tapering off....

Tony, when gays enlist, I wonder if the uniforms are going to get snazzier.....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284428

Hi Max,
I read Krugman's blog,wow his head is spinning!

"Tony, why the hell you think I was voting for Hillary? Obama just lost a year waiting to do what she had planned to do from the start. It is amazing, isn't it?"

Yep,it sure is.I feel the same way,a lost year,but I do remember President Clinton's first 2 years! I can't remember feeling they were lost years.I think because Bill got that monumental budget passed,that was amazing.Tax increases on the rich,remember it was going to send the economy into disaster,ha, Bill got the last laugh..

"Tony, when gays enlist, I wonder if the uniforms are going to get snazzier..."

Of Course! Now if the straight men in charge will just loosen,gays will have the barracks spiffy too! ha,you so funny..

"After all the sweat and tears of the campaign," says the creator of a popular pro-Obama website, "we were owed the opportunity to fight for something." Adds another, "We thought we had earned an ownership stake in the future of our country through this campaign, but that ownership stake has been revoked."

Had Obama let his activists lead the charge and gone to the mat for health care reform, would the outcome have been any different? "I can't say that we would have health care reform," says Moulitsas. "But people wouldn't be so demoralized. We'd have an engaged base still willing to fight for that change. And I tell you what: We would not have lost Ted Kennedy's seat."

from the Rolling Stone

Well, there is certainly some things above that are debatable. Not sure Brown would have lost given more activists screaming about Obamacare in MA. I'm not sure activists cut Brown's margin in victory in half. How does an "ownership stake" become "framer of reform"? This article seems to give undue weight to the activists who helped Obama. They have little effect on the demographics of America which critical reform must rely on to sustain itself. Reality, not Obama's fickled principles contain agenda. Change isn't something merely accomplished by a vote.....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284433

"I can't say that we would have health care reform," says Moulitsas. "But people wouldn't be so demoralized. We'd have an engaged base still willing to fight for that change."

Max,
I agree with your analysis of Mass,but i also agree with Moulitsas.Obama his given nothing to his base to make them feel there vote was worth a damn.People need to see a fighter to be engaged,oh and a few results..

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284431

Tony, Bill didn't have such a bad situation when he took office. Obama had to manage far more serious problems. There is time, but here is the irony. As Obama moves toward the Republican line to split it, his own back is 1. giving cause for Republicans to reject engagement and 2. whimpering as to reveal the extent they thought Obama was going to the Left thus giving validity to GOP claims of intent..

What many fail to see is that if it doesn't look like Obama's throwing some one under the bus, he can't corner Republicans into engagement. It is that fight, whether the GOP yields or not, that reframes the loss in MA. The first sign that Obama really means to pivot center is the crying from the Left.. I encourage Krugman to cry some more giving Obama's likely next move more credibility.........

Tony,

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284419

Hardball already did a story about how Bloomberg lifted one sentence and used it as an out of context headline for the story. If you watch the rerun or online later, you'll see what his entire quote was and it was the same as his previous statements on the subject.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/white-house-moves-swiftly_n_456739.html?view=screen

Hey Patsi,

This next quote is just for you

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/10/arab-ambassador-discovers_n_456881.html

Tony, I see your point, but it was his leading with the intention to satisfy his base that freaked Blue Dogs out.

Had Obama went for an even greater Health care reform enlisting his activists, it may have very well gone down in flames faster and convinced even more Indies that Obama was in the pocket of his base. Now, he would have few options. As for KOS, look back and listen to what he predicted for Lieberman in CT before his re election. Then read what M said after Joe's victory. Wrong and wronger....

It's easy to say what if......

Max,
I have been defending Obama since the beginning,he's a communist,socialist,Muslim,terrorist lover and the list goes on and on.In reality,he's none of the above.I just wish i knew what he really stood for?The Senate healthcare bill isn't liberal in anyway.I also here daily how Obama is for a big government takeover of healthcare,what BS,that Senate bill is a gift to big insurance,the phony Republican's should love it.I tell Grace every time she screams big government is the enemy,give up your S.S.,tri-care for life,your husbands NASA job,nope, most Republican's love government when it benefits them,hypocrisy rules.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284436

Hi Bear,
Thanks for the info,i will give it a look.Maybe someone should tell Krugman!

I love the JFK comparisons in the article you linked Bear....

Let's take one example. JFK swore he would pull our Jupiter C missiles out of Turkey before he was sworn in. Congress didn't act and missiles went to Turkey as Eisenhower had agreed just weeks before leaving office. For more than two years the DOD shipped off our mobile nukes to Russia's border. The missiles went abroad (several times lightening strikes nearly set them off) and led in some way to the Cuban Missile Crisis. JFK was furious. He knew how close we had come despite his desire to end the Jupiter's role in Turkey.

So let's not make JFK the epitome of success.....Reality is far more complex than sound bites......

The way to fix health care,

1. Eliminate the exchanges that members of congress have now. they're all @#$#@ millionaires, let them buy it on their own.

2. Anyone who thinks that the government should get out of health care, especially if they are on social security, should agree to stop getting a check once the amount they've paid in has been reached. You don't want gov't insurance? Say good bye to Medicaid and Medicare. After the millionaires are able to exploit the new masses flooding the ranks of the impoverished, then they'd realize gov't help isn't bad. Until then, screw them all.

You want balanced budgets, reduce the defense budget by 60% and stop offering services. People need to be made to realize you get what you pay for.

Krugman is no different that the @#$#@$ Republicans who will just shut down, crap their diapers and cry if they don't get there way. Makes you long for the days when you could spank kids in public. Same needs to be for these idiots as well.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284441

Bear,
I love the way you think! Screw them all,yes..

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284438

Well, Republicans, that's a whole different can of worms.....Inexperiance led to delegation. Delegation led to more of the same. I voted for Hillary because I think she would have started in the middle and worked out from there. Obama won by over-promising and then disappointed by failing to get the right people to implement the right strategy. Since, the GOP is a danger, maybe we could fix what is broken on the Democratic side. Fixes ought to take into account the even split of our country between conservatives and Liberal-leaning....... That is why I find KOS a bit clueless.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284442

Yep,Krugman has had an attitude since he didn't get his way on the size of the stimulus package.I wonder if he had been asked to be in the administration if he would have made any differences?

The El Paso radar loop .....

http://radar.weather.gov/radar_lite.php?rid=epz&product=NCR&loop=yes

Our Wino is about to get wet.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284441

.......that's the ticket. Because I say SS should be fixed, I shouldn't take SS? Because there is huge waste and fraud in Medicare and it is almost broke, you say don't take services? Take 60% from DoD?

And how many people will vote for you Bear? Is that what Obama shoulkd advocate now? Reality Bites....

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284442

That I agree with Bear.......what a bunch of denalist whiners.....They should learn to tough it up like us Clinton supporters.....

as long as the crazies dance round each other, Democrats must take the center. With that, comes everything else.....

"Obama won by over-promising and then disappointed by failing to get the right people to implement the right strategy. Since, the GOP is a danger, maybe we could fix what is broken on the Democratic side"

Max,
Wouldn't that require the Dems actually realizing they are in the Majority and governing?I mean what about changing the filibuster rule,maybe then the Senate could get something done?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284447

Max,
Bear's comment simply points out the hypocrisy of the Right! Can anyone get elected on such a platform,NO.Dammit this BS about government being the enemy,unless your DOD,gets old!

This storm may be the worst one yet ....... That long plume over Texas is one of the strongest this winter. That is waster vapor coming off the Pacific, the low is in the Northern Baja trying to make an eye.

http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/showsat.php?wfo=sgx&area=west&type=wv&size=16

This winter is being brought to you by the Baja Lows.

http://www.taylormarsh.com/

"Democrats Can’t Lead, Republicans are Worse"

"As for Newt Gingrich, who can’t keep terrorists straight, with Jon Stewart schooling him last night, and Kitt Bond, who’s finally made a complete fool out of himself for announcing to the world that John Brennan should resign for calling out Republicans for politicizing national security while also getting the facts wrong, this is the GOP’s national security presence today. At least Palin has her talking points down, which one would assume will be the same for Romney and Huckabee (add more God), which is why Gen. David Petraeus could pop up on any Republican’s short list for veep. They’re long overdue for an Eisenhower like push and the timing is perfect, because they want to beat Obama in 2012 as bad as we wanted to beat Bush in 2004."

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284451

And it's pointed right at SC.

Baja's last haha

http://www.slate.com/id/2244161/

Tony, above is the problem. As far as Stewart, Newt made points as did Jon. This was a good interaction and you could sense where the two could agree. Stewart showed that "radical" is an exaggeration and Newt showed that there ARE valid opposing views and that Clinton offered more engagement than Obama.

Note the stone silence as Newt talked. It seemed the audience was simply dumbfounded by Newt's presence.......

Colbert, on the other hand, was as partisan as he could get letting Dodd push his talking points......

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284450

Tony, we need government. I'm not saying government programs are bad. It would have been smart to first make Medicare really strong with substantial effort at controlling waste and fraud. Once the perception had shifted a bit, one could expand the program or listen to other SOUND ideas. What makes government programs suspect is the very crowd IN government. Once government programs are reformed and fixed, I rather doubt most Americans won't be proud.

Yeah, I get Bear's point.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284454

Max,very good read! I'm all for engagement with Republican's,but as Obama said bi-partisanship doesn't just mean the minority just walks in and gets their way,come on minority means just that. I just don't feel the Republican's want healthcare reform at all.I mean when have they ever been for it? How long did Max Baucus hold us hostage with the gang of six?Six Republican's and six Dems,who won in 2008?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/02/oh-snow.html#comment-284455

Max,
I didn't mean you.I mean some of my Republican clients and friends.Take Jeff for instance,wealthy guy,my client for 4 years.Jeff is a very Conservative Republican,self made multi millionaire,great guy.Jeff hates government anything,medicare,SS,food stamps,but anything for the military,go figure?He even told me how years ago his large family put his parents asset in the kids names and when they had to go into a nursing facility it was all taken care of by medicaid,they lived into their 90,s..See what i mean about hypocrisy on the right.Love government when its working for them..

Tony, yeah, I have some clients like that even here in NYC. I have also heard said by some of my very liberal clients that they are pissed that Obama wants to "take their hard earned money and give it to the poor": I have heard lectures on the idea of merit and that not electing Hillary was a big mistake...go figure...

How about Dodd on mortgages and corporations influencing campaigns? Seems no corporation could resurrect his campaign.... I think vilifying government is a campaign slogan as the government is critical to the progress of a complex and diverse society.

On another note, I bit my tongue and posted nothing here the day the following happened (see below). It colored my review of Obama's recent terror statements. If I was correct a few weeks ago, I wondered what game was going on? False flag to blame Israel? Was AQ hoping to score points with Arabs by hitting their rivals? What made Hizb'Allah officials get off theirplane? Why has France said nothing? Was the aim to hit France? http://debka.com/article/8599/

There is a hell of a lot going on we don't know which makes me even more suspect by what's coming out from the WH. I think however, that the Republicans should be careful as they don't really know what is going on either........

http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/9000/10290444/Ex-aide_Elizabeth_Edwards_has_threatened_lawsuit

Will Krugman follow suit? Obviously his marriage to Obama is over......

Bear -- that is hilarious....so I will pass along my alltime favorite commercial...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdJ1Hj9pQ78

Yikes.

It's a balmy 62 here in San Jose. I walked to the coffee shop this afternoon in jeans, a tee and cardigan, and flipflops. Guess I really shouldn't be looking so wistfully at all that snow...

Patsi, Add my name to the list of tmr's who would gladly pay your electric bill. It wouldn't be money I had worked for.

Olay, would someone expalin this reconciliation process to me?

Still coughin' but much better. I got that pneumonia shot last year, too.

Julia,

Didn't know you lived in San Jose. I lived in Campbell through the 60s and my ex still lives in Milpitas

Bethy

Here's the Wiki on Reconciliation. Look under the part for "current controversy"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)

Campbell is literally right across the street from me, Jamie, just off South Bascom Avenue!

Policed - up Peggy's Garden ..... Took out all the trash ..... Washed 3,500 feet of the " Spark Lab " floor.

Larry has his Napoleon costume on. What a hoot. I ain't havin' none of it.
Neither was Tony ......... We just wanted to load the wagon.

She looks good, we haven't cleaned this floor like this for a really loooong time.

I will have a real "booth" this time around, ................ My last name means "merchant" in olde English. I'm really good at this , when I choose to work the crowd, and we will have a really good crowd. I'm coming at em' hammer and tongs on Saturday. I'm going to ask our market to buy a box. My friend at the paper has an article in the works. The local TV takes their que from the paper.

We have been stuck at that 96th box ............ Let's see if I can get Lubbock to take us to 100. About 3 grand.

I am Elmer Gantry. I've got 300.000 sand billies around me. Piece of cake.

" I want you to put your billfold on the radio, because I'm saving some souls tonight " !

Unknown author.

When news of the death of Capt. Phil came today , none of his fans were shocked , just sad. His boat's web page crashed, it still down.

Here ya go Phil ....... One more time .

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTpbH7dbzps

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xIulyVsG8

Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift.

Boy am I glad I ain't snowbound in a Freightliner south of Baltimore. Some of those guys have been stuck for days. Idled out all the fuel to stay warm.

As I drove downtown today , I caught a ski report ...... the base at Steamboat is 22 inches, at Taos it's 20'' .

As of tonight on the east coast. -

I
In Philadelphia's recorded history, there has been only one other winter when two storms each dropped over a foot of snow on the city. That took place in 1978. It should be noted that each of those two snowstorms did not produce more than 15 inches.

There has never been three snowstorms to each leave over a foot of snow in Philadelphia until this year.

Snow accumulated 10.8 inches at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport Tuesday into Wednesday. This winter is now the city's snowiest with a total of 55.9 inches. This broke the old all-time winter snowfall of 54.4 inches set in 1898-99.

The "Second Blizzard of 2010" helped Baltimore shatter its previous all-time snowiest winter record. The 19.5 inches of snow that fell Tuesday into Wednesday brought this winter's snow total to 79.9 inches. The winter of 1995-96 and its 62.5 inches recently held the record.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-summary.asp?

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Notice that these all time records being broken are only a decade old. They have been measuring snow in Philly for a while, but it's a pretty young record that gets beat.
Lot of that happening with all time records, whatever the even.

This is a real scary infrared shot tonight ..... the gulf water is starting to move into this, and it is a huge plume of water already ....... the low is that half circle west of El Paso.

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/ECIR3.html

The atmosphere is really rockin' and rollin'.