I’m writing for tomorrow. It will be a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, but for me, it won’t be as holy, because my Broncos, as all teams must once a season, are demonstrating their solidarity with the LGBT community. It’s their bi week.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:13 (average 5:15). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Daily Kos:
Sen. Rand Paul got caught lifting bits of his speeches directly from Wikipedia articles about the things he was referencing. Not the biggest thing in the world, but he is determined to not understand what the problem might be:
“I didn’t claim that I created the movie ‘Gattaca.’ See, that’s what’s absurd about this. The plot line from ‘Gattaca’ belongs to one person, the guy, the screenwriter, and I gave him credit for that,” Paul said.
Paul said “a lot of people” work on his speeches so he can’t pinpoint one person responsible for the writing, and he dismissed the attacks as coming from “haters.”
Paul is confused. Nobody is pretending Sen. Rand Paul claimed that he wrote the movie Gattaca; people are pointing out that Sen. Rand Paul’s speech referencing the plot of Gattaca just happens to be a near word-for-word lift of the Wikipedia article about Gattaca.
It’s certainly possible that Idiot, Son of Idiot, Named after Idiot had never even heard of Gattica, before reading the word from his teleprompter. If that is the case, the perjury is from his speechwriter. On the other hand, if Idiot had any honest speechwriters, he would fire them.
From Upworthy: See Why We Have An Absolutely Ridiculous Standard Of Beauty In Just 37 Seconds
Madison Avenue exists to make sure we believe we cant live without no-flakes, getting the red out, a brighter, whiter smile, and being sure when we raise our hands. We need Jenny Craig for what sticks out, and Viagra for what doesn’t. Somehow, I think that beauty has more to do with who we are than what we look like.
From MSNBC: No, Obama is not ‘court packing’
How many times have you seen or read my opinion on this?
Cartoon:
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3:37 Mooove over, TomCat.
3:41 . . . and that's no bull!
3:09 I hope I did not leave you guys cow_ering in the background as I quickly moo_ved by you. This is one puzzle that I will milk for all it is worth. And I bullsh*t you not!
Last! 🙁
Daily Kos ~ Idiot, Son of Idiot, has speech writers who should know better. Whoever was responsible for this should have at least paraphrased. I think we all know that Idiot, Son of Idiot, has not had an original idea in his entire life.
Upworthy ~ I don't understand how some people can even think these pictures are exact represntations. Most look as though they belong in Madame Tussad's Wax Museum.
MSNBC ~ Stop & Block is their strategy despite saying they wouldn't do this. Leg Hound Harry should have known better than to trust them in July.
Cartoon ~ Huh?
Does he know what an idea is?
They seem to work, because people keep spending money hand over fist to attain what does not exixt in real life.
…or a dozen times before that.
That's who they DON'T hate.
He's an IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDIOT of the first and only kind, Cat Man, need one say more? He is a WILLFULLY STUPID Bagger who refuses to apologize for ANYTHING he does, his party does or his speechwriters do. Nuff said……except that I would really like to (REDACTED) these Bagger Bastards.
I am with you on the 'beauty' thang. It is what and who one is on the inside, not the outside. Period.
Court packing….yeah…..riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. NOT. Again with the inbred DNA damaged Bagger Theories.
Yup, you're right on with the 'toon as usual….the only thing/persons thatt he GOP does NOT hate. Disgusting.
That covers it!
Thanks.
Bingo!
Exactly!
5:36
I wouldn't let a deaf Republican Tea-Bag care for my health as they sit on the Death Panels – Health Insurance Company Claims Review Committees.
I took the Rand Paul Quiz and learned more than I ever wanted to know…
LOL, Richard!! 🙂
These Obstructionists aka GNOP, refuse to allow the system to work in a functional way… 😈
Bingo, Rochard!
That Upworthy article was extraordinary, wasn't it? She has a neck like a gazelle now – but not like most human beings! The Daily Kos article just goes to show that Idiot son of Idiot, named for Idiot, couldn't answer a straight question with a straight answer no matter what depended on it! Mendacious little whatsit!
Amen on both, Pat!
Drat – tried the MSNBC video but it said it wasn't currently available – sorry.
Then apparantly the msnbc videos you can see are the ones I fging on YouTube and C&L.
Puzzle — 3:41 . . . and that's no bull!
Daily Kos — Idiot, son of Idiot, named after Idiot is proving why the name "Idiot" is so apt for him. He doesn't even understand what the problem is!
Upworthy — It used to be that a photograph froze a moment in time. But obviously, with technology, that is no longer true. Now, in the digital age, it is possible to make a "silk purse out of a sow's ear"!
"…beauty has more to do with who we are than what we look like." Amen! When we work on the inner beauty, the outer beauty shines brighter.
MSNBC — The only ones 'packing the courts' are the Washington Weenies! By refusing to confirm justices to fill vacancies, they are ensuring that the courts remain conservative, as opposed to balanced. The problem with conservative justices is that too many are activist justices and therefore the spectre of impartiality and balance is completely missing. This is very obviously not about getting the work of the people done, but about ensuring the ideology of the right remains first and foremost.
Solution . . . nuke the filibuster!
Cartoon — Too true! I'll bet the Washington Weenies even hate their own mothers!
Crunched!
Ecactly!
Thanks and Amen!
Bingo!
Amen!
LOL! (only if the actually need their Social Security check)
Just a solemn 5th anniversary I thought is worth noting. It was five years ago today that Pres. Obama's grandmother died. It was also the day before he was elected our 44th President.
Godspeed, Madelyn Payne Dunham.
I'm sure he still thinks of her often. Thanks Nameless!
Another new phrase for the morons, court packing.
Actually the term is not nre, Kitty. I know it eas used in the 1930s, when FBR tried to increase the size of the court from nine to thirteen. The difference, of course, is that actually was court packing.