From my convention notebook:
- If Tampa convention hall floods NBC Olympics crew could re-purpose those nifty underwater cameras (see if Boehner has an all-over tan)
- 4 yrs ago a hurricane scrubbed day 1 of RNC in MN. 4 yrs later same thing happens. Proves God is a woman (Letterman joke)
- RNC will skip Monday session because of Hurricane Isaac. That’ll boost strip clubs happy hour traffic
- Gov. Scott withdrawing from convention activities, including speech, to manage hurricane fallout. As a FL homeowner I’d rather he not take charge
- If Mitt birther joke OK it’s open season for magic underwear gags
- Coincidence? Media arrives in Tampa Saturday, Gov. Scott declares State of Emergency
- Watching my TV in Florida so many RomneyObama ads might as well tune in their YouTube channels
My Favorite Tweets:
- Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty): Anyone asked Akin the underlying question to all of this: Do you believe a lot of pregnant women falsely claim they were raped?
- @anamariecox: When will we see Seamus’ tax returns?!
- @AlecMacGillis: If nothing happens and there are 15,000 people there to cover it, did it really not happen?
- @GarryShandling: When do the Olympics start?
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Tropical Storm Isaac
Isaac is speeding up and still moving to the West. The far edges of the rain bands are in south Florida and may touch Tampa today. The 5-Day Forecast Cone or the Cone of Uncertainty does not agree with the Spaghetti Models. The Models forecast that the eye of Category 1 Hurricane Isaac will be about 200 miles West North West of Tampa Bay at 2:00 AM Tuesday August 28. I would guess that the rain bands will stretch about 250 miles from the center which will be west of Orlando. Tampa is still on the wrong side of the storm so we will get periods of heavy rain and flooding along with wind gusts of about 35 mph. I think that the MSM is really exaggerating the Tampa situation.
5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center 8:00 AM EDT Aug 26
Hurricane Spaghetti Models 8:00 AM EDT Aug 26
Florida Radar
Personally do not want to know if Boner’s tan is over-all
At least one Florida governor got released from the GOP insane asylum -- Crist endorses Obama
http://www.popspotsnyc.com/chronicles/
Interesting bevy of photos of bldgs around the east village nyc where bob dylan had some of his early photo shoots. A young gentleman I know is in the situation of being on the architectural team doing some restoration type stuff at the old Lord and Taylor store. Said he might be able to get me a slate tile from that ledge bob sat on. Interesting.
My guess is that it will be a day on the beach for those in the Tampa Bay area. Nuthin’ wrong with that.
Day before yesterday Sturg asked why Ike ran. My surmise is that it was to forestall a candidacy by MacArthur, an individual whom I believe he thought would be an incredibly dangerous president.
Ike was the last Republican Mr. Cracker voted for
Speaking of Ike, picking up on Jamie’s earlier remarks, it’s time that we start proclaiming our love of the 1956 Republican platform, holding it in stark contrast with the termite ridden fabrication that they are trying to stand on in Tampa.
So, are they going to hold the vote for Mr Romney tomorrow, on St Pete Beach, deep in the bowels of the Don Cesar Hotel? With the only indication of his presence being his government-provided armored limobus and its phalanx of armed-to-the-teeth SUVs set to fend off those free speech interests who might dare to intrude?
The key question is, will the monied interests arrive by Zil, helo, on the shoulders of their sycophants, or on the backs of the people?
Go Charlie Crist!
Tampa’s gay bath house offers free admission to GOP delegates
Florida turns back on jobless
A Times Editorial, In Print: Sunday, August 26, 2012
Full report: All RNC
Sunday Sublime.
Curiosity may have changed our perceptions of Mars.
A tribute to the rover and those who made it possible. Enjoy!
Poor Mitt…
He’s a Mormon and the fundamentalist Christians in the GOP base HATE and FEAR Mormons.
He was born rich, and is now even richer (due to vulture capitalism and tax loopholes) so about 95% of the population hates him.
He’s just not a “regular guy.” You know, the kind of guy who would come over on a Saturday morning and help you change the oil in your car. Instead, he’s the kind of guy that doesn’t even know how to change the oil, because that’s something the servants do.
Crist seems like a good old style moderate republican.
I guess that makes him a new style democrat.
Re: Hurricane targets GOP convention.
You know damn well that if this happened to the Democrats, all the funamentalist Christian preachers would be calling it a “Sign from God!”
Actually, it’s global warming, so it’s a sign from the pagan goddess.
Speaking of which, here’s Frodo offering the ring of power to Galadriel…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX3px_Ivs44
So cops shot all those bystanders in NYC. Terrific. Thank goodness cops are armed.
Why do NYPD officers have to empty their clip every time they discharge their weapon?
This is non-political, but I still find it interesting all the same as it cannot be explained.
This article prompted this post, http://cbsloc.al/OiKiYA , and this blog indicates this type of event is/has occurred all over the world. bit.ly/PkSzMI
I have a sister who resides on the ICW in NC, and she was telling about the phenomenon known in that part of NC as the, Seneca Guns.
There is no conclusive scientific explanation for these occurrences which has been recorded going back to the 1850′s. She explained there is no warning, it just suddenly occurs with an extremely loud noise, which may amount to several loud booms, and if you are new to the area can be very scary. This can happen day or night or anytime during the year. My sister has watched in amazement as the windows in her home bend in and then go out, and although the windows have never broke, the window’s seals have cracked.
CNN is giving Mittens a 90 minute blow job and ABC just gave him a shorter one this morning
A panel with Mary Matalin, George Will, Greta Van Sustern and Jennifer Granholm…really nt even bright republicans just ones that spew the party line
best moment Matalin speaking for the party about the Akin — ” we will get rid of him” Missouri is ours she proclaimed and will run Wood as a write-in if we have to…we have the money.. She is such a champion of voters rights
Online gambling, may become legal, and at least 2 states, CA & IL, with deep financial problems of their own, are looking forward to that day.
I personally enjoy some games of chance, poker, Black-jack, craps, roulette, as there are ways to maybe not beat the casinos but certainly methods on how to control your losses. If online gambling did become legal, I would hope they follow a live event such as the one on the Isle of Jersey. Real dealers, with real players, and not some computer generated screen who’s out is come selected by a microchip.
Of course the downside to online gambling, as with any form of gambling, is the lack of self-control, and only using money you can afford to lose. As the
old Kenny Rogers song tells us, you got to know when to hold them, and know when to fold them, know when to walk away. Unfortunately there will be a lot of people who will bet money they cannot afford to lose. Now the state wins on the increase of tax revenues, but it also loses as some of their
citizens will be on using what is referred to as “scared money” or money they can’t afford to lose. This may only worsen the state’s financial position, as these individual can easily fall into welfare, and/or lose their homes, and what savings they may have put aside.
And just like in real casino the chips, those little round clay disks, tend to lose their monetary significance until you cash in them, if there is anything to cash in, for the real thing. However, at least there you can touch the chips, with online gambling all you’ll be able to touch are the keys on your keyboard.
And perish the thought of your internet going down, should you be so fortunate, when you were holding that winning hand.
Word on the street is this begins Crist’s bid for 2014 Dem gov nomination. He could beat Scott, but will Dems have him?
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My son plays the penny ante or free poker games on line until he wins enough credit for the (low) money games. He’s good at the game so does well without getting into financial trouble and only until he gets bored. As with any gambling game the losses fall hardest on those can’t afford it and suffer from “magical” hopes.
Considering what Floridians have suffered under Scott, I would hope they would vote for a snake crawling backwards as an improvement. Crist is decidedly higher on the food chain and Dems would be crazy not to take advantage of the name recognition.
CNN is giving Mittens a 90 minute blow job and ABC just gave him a shorter one this morning
KGC
Ol’ Mitt is just like an energizer bunny, he just keeps coming and coming.
Just sitting here listening to Tampa’s WMNF listener supported community radio station. It’s still a winner as it was years ago. It’s at 88.5. Very eclectic.
“(Geoffrey P. Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina) added: ‘The rule of thumb is that you do not put civilians in the line of fire, but the rule of thumb is also that you don’t let a murderer get away.’ ”
Unless the murderer is a cop on-duty, and then he gets a paid vacation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48792998#.UDpd06M6y8A
“In the shooting in Midtown, Mr. Kelly said on Friday that the two officers ‘had absolutely no choice.’ In Mr. Johnson’s bag, officers found a clip loaded with six rounds, the police said.”
So the most amount of people the suspect could have shot was 6 with the extra clip (the suspect actually discharged zero rounds, according to the Commissioner), and the cops shot NINE people.
…and one more gem from the article:
“In many police shootings, stray shots are almost inevitable; a study based on New York’s annual firearms discharge reports indicated that officers hit their targets 34 percent of the time.”
34%. Would you hire a landscaper that cut your grass 34% of the time? How about a mechanic that fixed your car 34% of the time?
Some suggestions for you, Flatus:
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout
Yeungling Lord Chesterfield Ale
KHUM community radio (available online)
KGNU community radio (available online)
(shutting up now)
craig, the only fallout he is managing was a face-saving way to make the best of the party bigwigs not wanting him to speak in the first place.
happy women’s equality day!
Lord Chesterfield is one of my forbears. He’s described as a prissy sort. I’ll skip his ale, but if I see the chocolate stout, I’ll surely try it. I’ve made some of my own and I like it.
And, I’ve made note of the stations. Thanks, Champ.
Champ, those newfangled police rounds that break into a bunch of different pieces make me scratch my head. That type of ammunition is outlawed by the Geneva Conventions as the wounds it produces on the intended targets are very hard to treat in the field. On the other hand, the fragments themselves, after striking the primary target, cause relatively minor wounds. This appears to be the case in NYC.
The weapon the perp was carrying was a .45 auto. That’s a mean round. It has enough kinetic energy to do a through-and-through and kill an innocent bystander without blinking. They are fully jacketed and don’t break apart on impact. They are legal for military use as they produce clean wounds that are relatively straightforward to treat in the field.
I got a nice laser for my shotgun yesterday.
my question about Ike was not why did he run, but why did he accept the situation in viet nam, after dien bien phu in 54, even after deGaulle is said to have advised him against it.
Sturg, without doing research, my thinking would be for the same reason that he defended Formosa--to prevent further Communist inroads. And, we didn’t start our massive build-up in Vietnam until the last half of ’65.
And at the time, the newsreels made something of the similarity of the ceasefires along the Korean 38th parallel and the Vietnamese 17th. Dumb, isn’t it?
Okay, so what happened to the icons and why do some of us still have them but can’t change them? Craig playing with the buttons again?
i remember them herding us all into the auditorium where we were treated to a film entitled “Why Viet Nam” starring Lyndon Johnson. The film opened with Lyndon seated at the big desk staring at the camera and he says, “Whaaaaaaa Vee-Yet Naaam”.
It’s probably on youtube….
Charlie Crist is no loss. He started with lot’s of potential but quickly became one of the biggest flip flop’s. Hey he helped to bring McCain!
He is the most recent loser and will not help the DNC or Obama in Florida.
No one in Florida really cares about Charlie Crist
If you think McCain was an error --Romney worse than McCain
I haven’t had chocolate stout but I have had a coffee based porter not too bad I like regular porter better
I like the oatmeal stout made by Anderson Valley Brewing
hey Jamie, you’re right. my twitter avatar works here, don’t know what’s up with my wordpress login. Startin to see some Isaac clouds here, looks like lots of indoor time for geeking this issue
But my twitter icon doesn’t work .. very odd
Are you in Florida now, Ping?
Let’s see if I got my coo
Nope. Very strange.
yippee got my old gravatar back
I have come to the conclusion that the men who try to legislate women’s bodies don’t actually like women. They may want them, but they don’t “like” them. End result, they can’t get it up or when they do, the women around them are very, very unhappy about the condition.
I’m of Irish ancestry (I know, who isn’t), Flatus, and therefore am forbidden to drink Black & Tan. Chesterfield is nice and crisp with some floral undertones, but not too much. The Double Chocolate is like Guinness with a little more definition between the notes. Slainte! (I’m actually not Irish enough to say that in public)
In the 1960s and 1970s the Republican Party was courting the Christian Right to increase their voting block. Two former conservative Republican Senators were at war with the powerful Christian Right wing of the GOP.
Former Missouri Senator and Episcopal priest John Danforth, author of Faith and Politics, was on Real Time with Bill Maher (Season 4 Episode 19) on October 13, 2006. He was also interviewed on Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart December 5, 2006.
Republican Episcopal minister John Danforth believes that his party’s effort to meld the issues of politics and religion is bad for the country.
The Christian Right, Danforth argues, has “hijacked” his party, taken over outright, bent and twisted Republican principles, and dangerously divided the American public.
Barry Goldwater vs. the Religious Right
Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater’s late career and libertarianism
From the documentary “Mr. Conservative: Goldwater On Goldwater” (2006)
At 5:08, in 1963 Barry Goldwater said:
“Actually I think that when history is written that you will probably find the conservatives of my ilk being called liberal.” That is a classical liberal, not a nanny state liberal. He knew 50 years ago.
PiT, clearly the republican movement has been hijacked by the groups that Goldwater and Rev Danforth have identified. It’s a shame because when my grandfather was alive (he was a fine man) it was a party worthy of him.
Ping,
I am Moderate Independent and a Florida “No Party Affiliation” registered voter and I do vote. I was a moderate registered Republican from 1967 to 2007, before moderate Republicans became extinct. I care about Charlie Crist. I voted for him for Governor and Senator and I will vote for him again.
Who made you a spokesperson for all of Florida? Stick with your far right conservative and religious factions and don’t tell me what I think!
Thanks Flatus. You are correct. Correction has been made. Love “edit.”
I’m just now watching MTP. Gov Brewer is part of the panel. The thought keeps going through my mind that she is like that chimp who ate that poor woman.
The rest of the panel are choosing their words carefully.
Flatus
Watched that MTP -- Brewer is a vicious combination of not very bright and GOP talking points rising to the level of incompetence supported by party avarice.
PIT I am enjoying your posts.
Ron Paul supporters pack USF Sun Dome
By Ferdinand Zogbaum, August 26, 2012
Brewer is a dangerous one. She claims to love education, but what she really loves is ripping the guts out of education funding.
I think that she gets up in the morning and goes immediately to GOP talking points. com or wherever they get their scripted lie of the day. She would be humorous if she were not so sad and scary.
She does Arizona no honor at home or elsewhere.
Personally she reminds me of the old witch in Hansel and Gretel.
Just for a Florida Republican convention, I’ve been drinking Cuban Libre’s this evening. Though if you are Republican you should be drinking them with Bacardi’s swill. (As to why)
But I’m drinking Goslings from Jamaica, much better rum.
I truly would love to see the Cubans liberated, I just think the “Cubans” in Miami should stay in Miami.
Jack
the inevitable dog protests begin
Me thinks that Ron Paul is no friend to Ryan /Romney.
If you are losing dog lovers and women both, your campaign is in deep trouble.
I would like to see a reliable poll done of likely voters who own dogs.
It has been a busy month, The wife and I put together a proposal for a grant for the neighborhood, We got it and for the last month I’ve been busy planning the project. We did the first event Saturday. We are trying to make our neighborhood graffiti free. We went out saturday and started removing graffiti from signs and covering it up on light poles. It takes a lot of paint to paint a light pole. I budgeted for 5g but we used a gallon and only covered 2 blocks. Looks like I’m gonna have to find more funds. But we had a great turnout with 15 hard workers showing up inspite of the threatening rain.
So I must say, I am pumped.
Jack
How many campaign appearances will Bo make?
He could be a damn fine surrogate. Especially with Romney’s dog problem.
Come on Barry this is too good to pass up.
I never had a dog that cared about politics, chicken , steak, a scratch down the back bone but politics????
Not so much
Jack
Jack is back and just in time.
Jack,
You have been missed.
jace
Jace
One thing I learned when I first started playing on these internet tubes is sometimes you gotta take a break. and besides for me it takes a lot of time to participate. I’m not a fast writer. I first have to write it in hillbilly and then translate into english, Sometimes I’m sucessful sometimes not.
I always say this and the wife was working with a super smart engineer who immigrated as a child from SE Asia. She told him about my writing problems. He said he had to do the same thing. He wrote in the english/pidgeon he learned as a child then translated it into proper English.
Jack
Jack,
Too funny.As the world’s champion hunt and peck writer, and nearly champion techno-primitive I can easily relate to what you say.
To this day anything that I write that is work related goes through at least two drafts with pen and legal pad before I consign it to the ionosphere.
As for trail mix, well that old edit button has saved my ass many times.
jace
One final note before I crawl across the floor and go to bed.
speaking of dogs
We lossed Miss Auggie last week. 21 years ago she showed up on the wifes front lawn cold and wet.
She was very much her own dog even to the end when we went for a walk , instead of the short walk in the park she insisted on the traditional long walk around the lake. As she and the wife walked, the wife walked around the retaining wall but she insisted on jumping over it, as if she was still a young pup. She caught her leg in some fishing line and tore up her back knee. She could not pee with out help. She was a proud lady and we could not see her laying in her own urine for the rest of her life
We miss her but life goes on
Jack
Hi Jack,
Amazing what you all are doing for your neighborhood..
Glad to see you…
No hurricane ever scrubbed any day of any of the conventions held in MN. Sorry.
That’s Letterman playing fast and republican with the facts again.
Welcome back, Jack ! I’ve missed you.
Jack! I’ve been wondering about you and wherethe pix were of your garden. I was gone for a while and thought that maybe that was the problem, but obviously everybody here has been missing you. I love your neighborhood work and have some dollars that would love to become paint -- where should I send them?
Crist sounds like possible choice -- he’s certainly made a statement I like. We need something!
The State of the Regurgitan Party:
I’ve come to the conclusion that, in order to enforce the no abortion rules, the government will need to have a daily updated list of women who are pregnant AND women who claim to have been raped. Those women will have to be considered
temporary chattel of the state in order to track and ascertain that the baby/babies are indeed brought forth. Any expected baby which is not produced alive and healthy will be defended by prosecuting the woman and doctor responsible.
This will help to create untold numbers of jobs, but the cost
of these jobs, will be held in check as, once the birth is
proven, the woman will no longer be considered the property of the state and will be on her own, as will the infant, with the state’s thanks and appreciation.
I lost my Golden last year, Jack, and it was a good 3 months before I was over it. I really would have given one of you peoples a free puppy recently, but too late, she’s mine now. The neighbors got the other one.
Laser sight on a shotgun, Flatus? I would try to think of an analogy for that, but I think it’s already the analogy for something else.
I’ll keep the rest of my important thoughts and insightful observations to myself, but only because I’m too drunk to type. Still no typos, boo-yah!
EX Champ,
There is no such thing as being too drunk to type.
Much to my dismay, I only realize it the next day,
when I say to myself.
“HOLY SHIT, DID I POST THAT?”, and a little voice says, “yes, asshole you did, now what are you going to do about it?”
With Isaac appearing to send the bulk of its might toward Louisiana perhaps…God thought that punishing the Louisiana charter schools (for Loch Ness Monster teaching non-sense and forced pregnancy policies) should take precedence over the Republican National Convention.
…Hell…If a storm were diverted away from a Democratic National Convention, the republicans would find something else to blame.
I’m glad there’s no law against typing while drinking, but if there were it would save a lot of pixels….
or whatever those things are which would be saved by fewer comments on blogs…..
Jack, very sorry about the loss of your proud Miss Auggie. Damned dogs. Don’t know why they can’t leave at the same time as their families.
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