I am on vacation until Tuesday, July 10, but as always Trail Mixers carry on.
My cousin the Federal prosecutor, Carolyn, wrapped up more than 30 years with the Justice Department and headed back to Orlando over the weekend after a pleasant sendoff by her colleagues and a short stay at Trail Mix Headquarters. Wanted to share this because she was a major help to me decades ago, offering a room when I first lived in Washington. Unfortunately, I wasn’t much help to her one Christmas when I closed up her apartment for the trip to join her with our family in Florida and, Sunshine State boy that I am, I had no idea that you’re supposed to leave at least some heat on. Yep, the pipes burst in her basement flat and flooded the place. Remarkably, she retained her trademark calm and simply dealt with the mess, never uttering a cross word to me about it.
For many more important reasons I love Carolyn, including my pride for her long and honorable career as a public servant, but that personal memory, well, that one is a keeper.
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carolyn, thanks for your service. those 30 were some challenging years.
jace, just for you. happy trails and porch sittin’
Tip o’ the hat to Ms. Carolyn…..happy trails…..
(and yes, that was jimi hendrix with wilson pickett during jimi’s “chitlin’ circuit” years…..)
Political Perceptions: Romney’s Clintonesque Challenge
by Neil King Jr.
Thanks, Cousin Carolyn, for keeping our streets and hallways safe for the past thirty years!
And, a wonderful week off to Jace and Cheryl; be sure to pick up some bug spray along the way.
Europe’s Great Illusion
By PAUL KRUGMAN
After digesting all the political rhetoric over the weekend, it’s clear, the republicans party must DRAFT JAN BREWER.
as the local florida-derider (except for fish camps….fish camps are the same where-ever they are. they all begin, though, with a GREAT juke box. I bet the Iman could get you a real jukebox packed with solid ass-kickers.) I can easily imagine why someone would move from florida. why someone would move back to florida will remain, for me, in the realm of The Mysteries.
jan brewer looks more bourbon than draft….
Giving Health Care a Chance to Evolve
by Robert H Frank
Bourbon? maybe Ripple.
Congratulations and Thank You to Carolyn, who I had the pleasure of meeting a few years ago. Another remarkable member of the Crawford family.
Ripple? Maybe gut-rot? (C’mon, folks…let’s see how far this can go.)
Ripple was one of Gallo’s best-sellers to the dorm crowd in the 70s.
raw moonshine a.k.a. white lightning
Carolyn… congrats on your retirement and may you find much fulfillment in the next 30 yrs.
Jace… you and Cheryl have fun… serious reading… IMO it can’t get any better than that.
Craig & David… enjoy your time in Gloucester.
Blue… I say Mad Dog 20 20…
At least we’re back in the Crawford family’s good graces by removing Bourbon from the table.
Boone’s Farm, Thunderbird and Richard’s Wild Irish Rose’ cocktail, with a splash of Manischewitz…..
with chianti on the side…..(and saves the bottles for candles)
stovetop shine with a 12 second bead…..
It must have been in 1969 that we stopped at a beautiful KOA outside of Billings in the magnificent state of Montana.
By the time I had things hooked-up outside the trailer and KumCho and the girls had things organized inside, it was mosquito feeding time. And feed they did on good old Flatus as he grilled our supper hamburgers. Hence my bug spray reminder to Jace.
Back then my beverage of choice would have been supermarket longneckers in returnable bottles. Decent beer at a very fair price.
how about homemade dandelion wine…
made it once with a boyfriend many, many moons ago…
yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!
How old were you and what did you use for a recipe?
Flatus…
I was 18 and the recipe was something my boyfriend found in some book. It was sooooooo sweet it set my teeth on edge.
I have had homemade cherry wine (made by one of Rick’s relatives) that was quite good.
Let me expound on the Supreme Court Health Care Law decision from a paranoid perspective.
Back on April 11, 2012, I commented:
I do believe that Chief Justice John Roberts is a very intelligent and an extremely conservative person. My paranoid perspective is that Roberts saw what was about to happen with the reelection of Barack Obama and wanted to empower the conservatives and remove the Progressives “cause” and give the conservatives a “cause” that will get them out to vote.
Et Tu, Roberts II: Chief Justice Reportedly Switched Sides After Originally Voting To Strike Down The Health Care Law
By Jonathan Turley, July 2, 2012
oh… and just soz you know… my parents served me and my siblings a small glass of wine with our Sunday meal. I did know at that age what good wine tasted like…
Thank you much Ms. Carolyn for your decades of service to our country. Here is hoping that you now will have some great days enjoying the things you want to without having to be at the office!
I would much, much rather live in Orlando than anywhere near the crowded and expensive greater DC area that is full of way, way to many people who perceive themselves as being much more important than they are. Not to mention that when the wind blows a little they can’t even seem to figure-out how to turn the lights back on…
We have had delightful ad hoc wine given to us while we were stationed in England. Ad hoc in the same sense that soul food makes use of what is immediately at hand. The recipes are, of course, passed down over generations.
congratulations to Carolyn and I guess I better drag in the 5 liter boxed wine.
Here’s an article I found interesting from Cenk Uygur concerning the dissenting opinion of the SC on the ruling of Obamacare…
Did the Conservative Justices Make ‘The Mistake’ on Purpose?
Thanks for taking us through your family album. Congratulations to Carolyn and best wishes for whatever comes next.
A two week reading vacation sounds good to me..although not the mosquito part Happy Trails to Jace
Pear Ripple possibly the worst hangover ever
Of course that’s when we all thought Mateus Rose was the best wine ever
Well, Friday night the storm that put 1 million DCites in the dark blew through here and did the same to 20000 of the 32000 Mon Power customers in our little corner of the world. It simultaneously knocked an 18″ limb into Mrs. P’s parking space, which miracle of miracles, was not occupied at the time. took me the better part of Sat. & Sunday mornings -- starting at an ungodly early hour because of the heat -- to get the damn thing sawn into movable pieces and get the bigger limbs piled up and the smaller ones mulched. Ever noticed how heavy live yellow poplar is? We’re still without power (along with 14000 other customers) -- 67 hours and counting. The puddle in the kitchen was impressive, as will be the stench as I empty the fridge and freezers of the soup ingredients that what is in them have become. And it’s been between 95 & 100 both days and headed that way again. If I wanted this I’d move to Florida.
Controversial Bain decisions before Romney left
Still cool and overcast in Washington … Sorry about that
Whatever made anderson cooper think we didn’t know he was in the closet ?
Do you think he’ll ever come out of the closet and confess that he’s a rip up lican ?
xrep… when I read on huffpo this morning that Anderson Cooper had finally come out, I did a double take. I’d heard and read so often that he was gay that I never knew he hadn’t publicly acknowledged it.
I am curious as to why you think he’s a Republican though. I’ve never detected a bias either way.
If this is true, Howard Dean has a major creditability problem! Aw gee, a politician caught lying. Surprise Surprise!
Howard Dean’s Dirty Little Secret on Medicaid
By Sen. Jim DeMint, July 2, 2012
Sen. Mitch McConnell: 30 Million Uninsured Don’t Matter
by Taylor Marsh
Twitter ain’t what it used to be…..
jim demint is comparing 14 year old apples to onagers. Again.
sigh
He’s so conservative he puts his pants on two legs at a time.
I don’t think it’s true Purple
http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-judith-steinberg-26hsr
Considering the source is Senator Jim DeMint there is
probably a lot of twisting of facts going on.
DeMint is the usual kind of Republican liar
Pages -- rochesterturning.com
rochesterturning.com/page/95/
Jun 17, 2009 – No doubt that was the plan from Congressman Phil Gingrey when he … Medicaid beneficiaries couldn’t visit was Judith Steinberg-Howard … First of all, my wife is not named Elizabeth, as her name is Judith. Second of all, she does accept Medicaid patients, so this fellow … And, yes, I mean to say that.
I don’t think it’s true, KGC….Demint is an UN-usual kind of republican liar. He’s really EXTRA goofy.
those guys think they can say anything they want to and all the goobers will nod their heads and say, “Yup-Yup”, but demint, having industrial strength goobers to work with, gets out there where the oxygen is very thin.
The person who originally made up the lie about Dr. Steinberg is Congressman (sic) Phil Gingery a doctor from Georgia’s 11th district
he’s an obygyn and doesn’t believe in a woman’s right to choose and just a regular garden variety republican liar and tea-baggin lunatic with no core principles except to protect the rich and stay in office
So the insurance company raised rates and decreased payments to physicians … What did they do with the money? Was she saying she would not accept this one plan or was she rejecting all Medicaid plans? As usual with Gooper spin, lots of fudging about the details.
I had to change my Medicare insurance company a few years back because the Community Health provider stopped accepting that plan. The plan I got instead that they did accept provided the exact same coverage with no change in cost.
As XR says Apples and Onagers and those darn donkeys eat a lot of apples.
DeMint is one of my senators (Graham is the other) and Joe ‘You Lie!’ Wilson is my representative. Is there anyone else here who has such evil representation?
It doesn’t look like an apple, rep demint.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=onager&view=detail&id=BDCC616B1D5F80149C8294249F7FA9FA857B6015&first=1
I went down to the local VA office to take care of affairs today. The gentleman who took care of me bears the name Elijah Profit.
His attitude and bearing matched his proud name.
When he was a youngster, his father, who bore the same name, told him how special it was and that he was expected to measure up to its stature.
When I asked if he had a son, he said, “Yes, there is an Elijah Profit III”, and I had the same discussion with him.
Onagers eat Persian apples. In Sarah Rebecca Kelley’s book, Persian Apples, this snippet appears:
“The test of progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much--it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(10-5-37)
The bottom line? Threads about onagers have legs.
A pal of mine trades political comments with a bunch of other old guys around the country. Half of them are rippers, some of the wrong pol class. I communicated Jamie’s 1:40 pm post on Bain’s controversial decisions to my pal, and it went right to the guys’ chat. Here’s part of the give & take :
Pal : Romney owned a big stake in, and was a board member of, a company that ran a company that disposed of unborn children. I’ll bet that revelation energizes somone’s base to stay home. What % of the Republican base is Pro-Life?
rip up lican : I really don’t think it will matter. Anybody but Obama.
Pal : Ya, I’ve known for 20 years that you guys are only Pro-Life when it’s convenient for you.
rip up lican : I’m pro-choice. But it doesn’t matter either way.
clyburn eases my pain somewhat….
My pal says the ripper guy is a paul ryan constituent -- Janesville, WI.
I am shocked to find so many experts on onagers right here on the Trail.
This election may not be a horse race after all ….
GlaxoSmithKline agrees to pay $3B!LL!ON and plead guilty to criminal activity ! ! !
http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/02/12525279-glaxosmithkline-settles-fraud-case-for-3-billion?lite
Glaxo and Smith got it coming, but I hear that Kline’s a pretty regular guy after work……
I wouldn’t have known my ass from an onager till I looked it up on the google…..
“Glaxo and Smith got it coming, but I hear that Kline’s a pretty regular guy after work……”- Sturgeone, for Xtra Xtra @ 7:34 pm
Yup, that’s $1 B!LL!ON each, even though Kline just hangs around the lab to sample the product.
Jamie says:
07/02/2012 at 5:41 PM
As you described — really not an issue the problem is she never stopped taking any patients because of this issue
Gingery made the whole thing up — not one word the demint spewed out is true it’s all based on completely factless drivel from Gingery
Whenever goopers talk about affordable healthcare they talk about the impact on the cost of insurance and impact (bad) on the economy and no one ever challenges those statements which are completely false
Just catching up
I really enjoyed my meetup with Corey. I had never done a meetup with someone I knew only on line before. It was a fun meetup and Corey was Corey and I guess Jack was probably Jack.
As to where we went I took him to two old establishments in KC , Kellys in Westport,for a cold beer) then we went for a slab of ribs at the Original Arthur Bryant’s at 18th and Brooklyn.
About the BBQ, I’m a little embarrassed, I always believed that Bryant’s is KC’s best BBQ but not that night, we got rib jerky
As to the rest of the night, I’m not talkin’ }
Jack
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You gota go to the source to get unbiased information. Jim DeMint was part correct. Dr. Judith E. Steinberg accepts existing Medicaid patients but she does not accept new Medicaid patients.
Vermont Department of Health -- Physician Profiles -- Board of Medical Practice
Physician Profile -- 042.0006776 Judith E. Steinberg
There is an enormous difference between not accepting new patients and opting out of Medicaid.
demint is still a liar
I repeat, demint confuses apples for onagers
Besides, demint claims Dr. Steinberg sent a letter to her patients saying that she would no longer take Medicaid patients.
It never happened.
demint is a liar.
Anyway, congratulations, Cousin Carolyn, for a fabulous career !
Thanks for scaring Jace straight.
Thanks for getting the notorious Glaxo Smith Kline gang dead to rights.
We sure can put those $3 B!LL!ON to good use.
G’night all.
How the world spins on without us, has a comfort in it…….. . The K.C. meet-up is pretty sweet.
“Atta Boys” all around.
I got the last of my parts for “The Cactus Water Harvester”, today.
Bringing her online July 4th.
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