Claire has been very affectionate with Bucky since he got sick. He still isn’t moving around too well, so back he goes to the vet today to see if he needs his meds adjusted or upped. In the meantime Little Hissyfit has been curled up with him at night, keeping him warm: A. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging: Best Buds Edition
Last Saturday was the Irish Channel St. Patrick’s Day parade. For many years, Dr. A and I have been going to an open house at our close friends Greg and Christy’s joint. We had a blast. This picture of their three cats wasn’t taken that day (they were hiding) but I thought I’d post it as a sort of thanks for the hospitality. Christy snapped the picture and the cats are from left to right: Gonzo, Hana, and Harold: Continue reading Friday Guest Catblogging: The Big Three
HA HA HA THIS IS SO FUNNY: In the spirit of learning by doing, students drafted a bill to learn the process of how a bill becomes law. They proposed House Bill 373, an act establishing the Red Tail Hawk as the New Hampshire State Raptor. Even though it passed through the Environment and Agriculture committee with a majority vote, some representatives were far from receptive. Rep. Warren Groen, a Republican from Rochester said, “It grasps them with its talons then uses its razor sharp beak to basically tear it apart limb by limb, and I guess the shame about … Continue reading NH Douchebags Use Kids to Not Score Points
John Fleming is a Congressman from North Louisiana. He’s another dipshit right wing Doctor. I’m pleased to report that he’s an Ole Miss doc, not an LSU one. He’s said a lot of stupid shit over the years but something came out of his pie hole the other day that took the proverbial cake. And that is why John Fleming is malaka of the week. Louisiana Gopers only make TPM when they say something ludicrous. Here’s how good ole Doc Fleming (I refuse to call him Doctor John for obvious reasons) made news: Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) warned radio listeners Monday that President Obama hopes … Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: John Fleming
It’s time for another trip to the Adrastos Wayback Machine. Yesterday, I was putting some golden (moldy?) oldies online and I got First Draft confused with the archival site since both are on Word Press. In short, this sucker wound up posted here on the 2006 date listed below. I even got a compliment from Monkeyfister on Twitter so I had to re-post this re-post: @Adrastosno I never realized how very Gonzo that piece was. Brilliant. — Monkeyfister (@Monkeyfister1) March 19, 2015 It was probably his first time seeing it but I’ll accept the praise. Thanks. Okay, let’s turn the … Continue reading DEBRISVILLE RATS: A MODEST PROPOSAL
Agatha Christie was the queen of cozy mysteries but she wasn’t above the odd pulpy cover to boost sales. Here are two cover variations on one of her best Hercule Poirot novels: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Big Four
I’ve been following the Israeli election very closely, hoping that the electorate would wake up, smell the coffee, and vote Likud out. It didn’t happen obviously; in part because a personally unpopular Prime Minister waved the bloody shirt of racism. He barely bothered to dog whistle, making a direct appeal to people’s worst instincts. It worked depressingly well. It usually does, alas. In the run up to the election, pundits assured us that the Israeli exit polls were accurate; certainly more so than the ones in the US & A. Josh Marshall had to walk that belief back earlier today. I get where it was … Continue reading Exit Poll Flashback
I have a confession to make. I’m having a hard time taking the whole Reg Dwight versus Dolce and Gabbana story very seriously. Admittedly, what they said was *horrendous* but the whole idea of boycotting a luxury designer brand is ludicrous. I seem to have been boycotting it prior to their channeling Silvio Berlusconi and being homophobic homosexuals. My boycott is strictly price driven but it enables me to be in solidarity with Elton John. Woot. The Guardian’s Hadley Freeman finds this dispute between the super rich to be as funny as I do. I couldn’t pick between the last 2 graphs … Continue reading Paragraph Of The Day: Hadley Freeman Edition
The Waterboys have a special place in my heart. Each year as St Patrick’s Day approaches, I pull out Fisherman’s Blues and Room To Roam and play the hell out of them. They are, quite simply, two of the best examples of Celtic folk rock that I can think of. Musically it’s a coin toss, but Room To Roam has the better cover so that’s why I’m featuring it today. The cover was designed by Anni Siggins and features a photo by Simon Fowler. What’s not to love about the Waterboys on a carnival ride? Room To Roam was remastered and … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Room To Roam
What a moron: Schock, they reported, billed both entities a combined 172,520 miles on his personal Chevrolet Tahoe between January 2010 and July 2014. But when the Tahoe was sold that July, it had only 81,860 miles on the odometer. Remember when he was the new hot piece of presidential manliness? … When [a Chris Wallace interview with Schock] airs in Fox News Sunday’s “Power Player” segment, Wallace has added a coda: “What about Schock’s future?” he asks. “Governor Schock?” Pause for effect. “President Schock?” The fact that he is not ugly caused many, many Republicans to lose they damn minds. … Continue reading Another Bright Republican Light Goes Dark
We do not need it. Ferguson confronted James about the “divisive” nature of the word and said rappers are “afraid that they’ll lose out on money and sales” if the n-word goes away. He even told James, “You’re making money off it!” James shot back that he’s giving the n-word too much power, arguing that he gets money from his music and creativity and not the n-word alone. Ferguson even told James that the n-word is the only reason he’s on the show. Hill piped up that he’s actually on the show because a white woman used the n-word first, … Continue reading White People, Can We Give Up This Word?
“Recently, Greek yogurt has become a thing.” A. Continue reading Thank Goodness for My Local Paper
It’s so hard when the politicization turns around on you: In addition to the LGBT veterans’ group, parade organizers this year approved a request to march from Boston Pride, a gay rights group that holds its own parade in June. The Massachusetts State Council of the Knights of Columbus withdrew from the celebration because the event had “become politicized and divisive,” its leaders said. The Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Harvard announced that its band would not march because OUTVETS had been invited. Things are never divisive and politicized when nothing changes. Things are never divisive and politicized then. As … Continue reading What We Find Divisive
The Idea of March have come and gone without my being stabbed in the back, so I figured I should celebrate by suggesting some articles. It’s a good thing I don’t know anyone named Brutus although my late mother had a crazy, rather incontinent dog by that name. He never stabbed me in the back. He did, however, pee on my copy of Tupelo Honey. I guess he wanted to be named Ocatavian… The Israeli Election: TPM’s Josh Marshall has been blogging the hell out of it so y’all should check out the editor’s blog at his joint. My favorite recent … Continue reading Odds & Sods: March Reading List
The remarkable HBO documentary series The Jinx wrapped up last night. Many true crime stories seek to exonerate the innocent, but this one is the story of an entitled, rich sociopath who decided to speak to filmmaker Andrew Jarecki. My theory is that Robert Durst did so because Jarecki cast Ryan Gosling as the Durst-like character in the fictionalized version of this story, All Good Things. Who wouldn’t be flattered by having a dreamboat cast as them? I’m holding out for George Clooney myself. Agreeing to sit down with Jarecki seems to have been Durst’s undoing since he was arrested yesterday in New Orleans: … Continue reading Bubble Durst In New Orleans
Suit up, people – loads of bulging drums of Freepitude to decant..
I guess I’ve put it off long enough – time to address the email scandal!
Jeb Bush dumps emails, home addresses, and social security numbers of Florida residents online
The Verge ^ | February 10, 2015 | T.C. SottekPosted on 2/10/2015 4:29:32 PM by maggief
Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida. On its face it seems like a great idea in the name of transparency, but there’s one huge problem: neither Bush nor those who facilitated the publication of the records, including the state government, decided to redact potentially sensitive personal information from them.
“In the spirit of transparency, I am posting the emails of my governorship here,” a note on Bush’s website says. “Some are funny; some are serious; some I wrote in frustration.” Some also contain the email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers of Florida residents. The emails are available in Outlook format, and can be searched on the web at Bush’s website.
Oops.
To: maggiefDat be a crime
2 posted on 2/10/2015 4:30:44 PM by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: maggief
To: maggief
To: GraceG; Jim Robinson; Admin ModeratorMay want to move this to breaking news while the files are still available.
See also 21 of 22
GraceG to magiefPST files here:
http://jebbushemails.com/email/search
Download it now before they scrub the damned thing then use this to destroy this RINo POS.
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Seriously: Kerry called the letter, which warned Iran that any deal signed by Obama and U.S. allies could be undone by a future president or Congress, “unprecedented.” “It specifically inserts itself directly to the leader of another country, saying, ‘Don’t negotiate with these guys because we’re going to change this,’ which by the way is not only contrary to the Constitution with the respect to the executive’s right to negotiate, but it is incorrect because they cannot change an executive agreement,” Kerry said in an interview that aired on CBS’ Face the Nation. Kerry said he will not apologize for the … Continue reading Shorter Kerry: Why Should I Apologize When You’re The One Who Sucks?
Gross, but typical: Others complained about Williams’s unwillingness to go after hard-hitting stories. Multiple sources told me that former NBC investigative reporters Michael Isikoff and Lisa Myers battled with Williams over stories. In February 2013, Isikoff failed to interest Williams in a piece about a confidential Justice Department memo that justified killing American citizens with drones. He instead broke the story on [The] Rachel Maddow [Show]. That October, Myers couldn’t get Williams to air a segment about how the White House knew as far back as 2010 that some people would lose their insurance policies under Obamacare. Frustrated, Myers posted … Continue reading Speaking of Our Morally Bankrupt Press
Those who cover the industry are finally starting to notice that newspapers are doing themselves in: 44 percent of U.S. dailies now charge $1 for a weekday paper, according to a 2014 AAM 2014 study, while 39 percent charge 75 cents. It wasn’t that many years ago that 50 cents replaced a quarter as the standard. And five years ago, half (48 percent) of newspaper publishers charged 50 cents; now only 15 percent are at that price. For Sunday editions, $2.00 is the prevailing charge, with 40 percent of dailies using it. Another 28 percent charge $1.50. 12 percent of Sunday editions … Continue reading Making It Hard to Love Newspapers
Here’s a 2008 American Masters film about the late, great Marvin Gaye: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: What’s Going on
St. Patrick’s Day proper is next Tuesday but tomorrow is the Irish Channel St Paddy’s Day parade. That means I’ll be day drinking at the O’Hackenberg open house and grubbing for veggies from the floats. That’s right, they throw cabbages as well as the odd tater, onion and carrot. Our hosts provide the beer, corned beef and whiskey and we’re in charge of catching the sides. Seems fair to me. Here’s everyone’s favorite Irish misanthrope Van Morrison with the Chieftains: Continue reading Friday Night Music: Irish Heartbeat
It’s going to be a long, slow process because uploading the blog-city files collectively has proven to be almost impossible but there’s enough meat on the virtual bone at the site to post this link, Adrastos: Welcome To The Wayback Machine.
I’ve opted for the greatest hits approach and have focused on the period between 12/2005 and 5/2006 to begin with. That covers post-K tales as well as the 2006 municipal election, which was by far and away the most interesting one since I’ve lived in New Orleans.
There’s an introductory post pinned to the top of the blog. I still have no clue as to why my commas went missing; maybe they’re pro-Nagin and disapproved of my mocking the then Mayor.
Bucky takes a selfie! The cancer drugs seem to be helping him a little bit, but he’s still somewhat shaky on his feet. Hopefully a few more days will see him getting stronger and stronger again. A. Continue reading Friday Ferretblogging
When dealing with the level of stupid happening at the Statehouse, never assume it can’t get dumber. Case in point, Robin Vos, everyone! Madison — The head of the Assembly said Thursday that he was backing off support for giving the University of Wisconsin System more autonomy because university leaders don’t appear willing to make dramatic changes in areas such as tenure and shared governance. “Giving autonomy to folks who want to use it to change the institution, I think that makes sense — if they want to use it,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said on the WisconsinEye … Continue reading Freedom? That’s just some people talking
Della and Oscar are tired of being trailed by paparazzo. I’d be more sympathetic if I weren’t the guy with the camera phone. This is the best I could muster this week but I put the Berlin-Astaire theme to good use after the picture: Speaking of Fred Astaire, I’m sure many of you don’t know about the album he recorded for Verve Records in 1952. The Astaire Story features Fred singing many of the songs he made famous in the movies but with a jazz combo behind him. And not just any band, it featured Oscar Peterson on piano, Ray Brown on … Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Cheek To Cheek
I stumbled onto this surprising combination last night. It works very well indeed: Continue reading Thursday Night Music: Purple Rain
I wonder who’ll get the crucial Pottsy and Ralph Malph endorsements? Scott Baio — who played Chachi Arcola in “Happy Days” and its spinoff “Joanie Loves Chachi,” as well as the protagonist of “Charles in Charge” — tweeted his praise for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is mulling a presidential run in 2016. “Gov. Walker sounds a lot like President Reagan. #WalkerFor Pres,” the tweet read, with a picture of the actor posing alongside Walker. Walker tweeted back Wednesday, writing: “Thanks! We both love Reagan, I’m flattered,” along with the hashtag #ChachiandWalkerLoveReagan. This is not the first time that Baio, … Continue reading Chachi Loves Governor Deadeyes
Remember the moronic letter sent to Iran by those wingnut Senators? Who am I kidding? Of course you do. Some of their aides are claiming that it was just a joke: Republican aides were taken aback by what they thought was a lighthearted attempt to signal to Iran and the public that Congress should have a role in the ongoing nuclear discussions. Two GOP aides separately described their letter as a “cheeky” reminder of the congressional branch’s prerogatives. “The administration has no sense of humor when it comes to how weakly they have been handling these negotiations,” said a top GOP Senate aide. … Continue reading Gang Of 47: The Dog Ate Our Homework
I’ve been following @PulpLibrarian on Twitter for quite some time. The feed is a hoot. It’s where I came upon this pulpilicious cover with a wonderfully sordid tag line: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Velvet Knife
I’ve had trains on my mind lately and that, in turn, has given me an earworm. I’ve had this wonderful John Fogerty tune in my head all week but all good things must come to an end: Continue reading Wednesday Night Music: Southern Streamline