November 29, 2015

Venting!!! Was in the grocery store and saw the front page of the Globe...

...shitty tabloid.

"OBAMA MUST GO! WORSE PRESIDENT EVER WON’T FIGHT TERRORISTS
President Barack Obama must resign or be impeached for his outrageous bungling of the ISIS terrorist crisis!
By down-playing the horrific threat the evil killers pose, Obama has put Americans and the nation itself in harm’s way, experts declare."

One of the subheads said that he knew about the attack in Paris beforehand.

WTF? I mean...WTFF?

Circulation on that POS is about 275,000 but everybody shopping in groceries is exposed to that shit, and the dumbshits will remember the content, but not the context.

Man... am I glad I'm old. I don't want to be around to see what this country is turning into.

November 28, 2015

Posted on FB...

"Turns out it had nothing to do with planned parenthood, other than him using it as a hold out and number two he is a Democrat who identifies himself as a woman according to his voter registration."

Only place I can find this is "gateway pundit".

Anything....?

November 2, 2015

Ben Carson....why is he not doing anything in medicine..?

The man was indisputably a brilliant neurosurgeon.

Why isn't he consulting/teaching/mentoring/something?

I know everybody gets to decide when they are going to retire, but guys with life-saving skills and his kind of experience need to teach their craft to others. Don't they? Aren't they in demand?

Is there something I've missed? Some scandal or something?

Additionally, is it possible he's got some sort of dementia starting..? His affect is so low-key that it makes me wonder. Are his strange beliefs and lack of knowledge about such things as foreign policy topics that he should know about indicative of anything other than the usual Tea delusions?

October 31, 2015

I was chuckling with a friend about Trump...

No fucking way he could actually get elected... clown.. etc.

Then my friend reminded me that not only did we actually elect Dubya (2nd term at least), but the Italians - nice people, really - actually elected Berlusconi. Prime Minister 3 times.

I peed myself just a little.

Tell me Trump is an impossibility.

Please.

October 26, 2015

A little computer help here....

I have a Mac Powerbook. 10.6.8

When I go to certain sites, and a video starts - even an ad - sometimes the 'puter just freezes, until after about 10 seconds the message "Shockwave video is not responding" After I tell it to shut shockwave down, the page opens and everything is OK.
I don't have an app for Shockwave, so I suspect it's embeded on the page or in the video.
How can I cure this problem.
(Hey.. all you young smartasses... I'm 72, but I've been using a 'puter since you were shitting yourself on a regular basis. Just gimme a straight answer.)

October 26, 2015

Multiple fatalities after whale-watching boat carrying 27 sinks off Vancouver Island

Source: Seattle Times

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian authorities say there have been multiple fatalities after a whale watching boat with 27 people on board sank off Vancouver Island.

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre confirmed that the vessel made a mayday call shortly before 4 p.m. Sunday near Tofino, British Columbia.


The B.C. Coroner’s Service said more than one person died.

Asked how many were dead, British Columbia Coroner spokeswoman Barb McLintock said in an email: “Multiple but we don’t yet have a firm number. Still a very fluid situation so we really are not sure yet.”

Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/canadian-authorities-whale-watching-boat-carrying-27-sinks/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Breaking%20News&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News%20Alert

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The boat was out of Tofino, which is on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
That water is damn cold. And can be rough. I think most whale-watching boats have float-suits for their people, but I dunno how much that would help in that area.

Stay tuned.

October 23, 2015

Headline at Not-Very-Breitbart today.....

"TIMELINE: GOWDY COMMITTEE VERIFIES HILLARY CLINTON’S BENGHAZI COVER UP"

I got nothing ... nothing. I'm just sitting here stunned.

October 19, 2015

Anybody listened to AM hate radio recently..?

Got a new truck and was fiddling with the radio. Clicked onto AM mode and got about a minute of Medved. I lasted a minute because I was so gobsmacked by the shit he was saying. And he's relatively sane, compared to the stuff I read than Han-nutty and Limbaugh say.

Apparently Medved missed the Republican-dominated committee report that exonerated the State Dept and Hillary on Benghazi.

And Bill Clinton is at fault for the 9-11 attacks.

Jesus H Christ on a rubber crutch...

There are areas of this country where you can only get RW radio on the AM dial. No wonder people are fucked up.

September 2, 2015

When the Dems win the WH again....

... and make big gains in the Congress...

I say when.. not if...

What are people like this going to do?

(From the comments on a Kitsap Sun (WA) article about a guy open carrying on a city street. ALL the comments are RW, and supportive of Rambo Jr. pictured below)

"We will take our country back from extremists, as soon as the next Presidential elections and the current occupant of the White House vacates the premises. The Nation has had it up to their eyebrows with the "extremists" who have hi-jacked society for the past 7 years. Thank the Lord, only one more year remains before the Country is re-claimed and the healing can begin."

September 1, 2015

Rachel Maddow tonight....

Rachel was quoting some amazing state about what the Repubs believe... Obama born in another country... Cruz born in this country... wild and crazy shit.

I was installing my dishwasher and missed the source of those stats.

Anybody hear where she got that stuff?