Friday Catblogging: Them There Eyes
The return of Devil Eyed Della. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Them There Eyes
Month: February 2016
Thursday Night Music: Sultans Of Swing
I’m throwing my Saturday post together tonight. I made a Dire Straits joke therein, and couldn’t get this song out of my head. The only way to do so is to share this killer live version from 1984: Since I really like this song, here’s some lagniappe: a 1988 version with Eric Clapton sitting in. Continue reading Thursday Night Music: Sultans Of Swing
Quote Of The Day: Fess Up Edition
Charlie Pierce meets Professor Longhair. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Fess Up Edition
Pulp Fiction Thursday: Hot Dam
This week we pay a visit to Scotland. This tartan potboiler has one of the best tag lines in PFT history. Cue bagpipes: I was, of course, joking about the bagpipe thing. I abhor them; put that in your sporran and smoke … Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Hot Dam
Album Cover Art Wednesday: When The Eagle Flies
When The Eagle Flies was the last Traffic album before a twenty year hiatus. It was not as commercially successful as most of its predecessors, but I quite like its semi-prog, proto jam band style. Steve Winwood even wrote a tune with Viv … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: When The Eagle Flies
Please Speak Ill of the Dead
In the moments after Scalia’s death was announced, there were immediate exhortations — some of it concern trolling, some of it genuine appeal to courtesy — to not speak of the great damage he did to the lives of many as part of his public office. To think of his friends and family, and what they would like to hear said about him. To not speak ill of the dead. And you know what? It does nobody any good to not speak ill of the dead, especially not the friends and family of the deceased. When I die, I fully expect … Continue reading Please Speak Ill of the Dead
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Bundy Bunch’s Beautiful Bellyflop edition
Well, unless you’ve been hiding under a Federal wildlife refuge, you know by now that things have gone even further sideways for the True American Patriots :
“They make us all look like cowards.”
LIVE call from Refuge — FBI Seige(sic) Happening
Youtube Live ^ | 2/10/15 | Gavin SeinPosted on 2/10/2016 7:44:59 PM by Rebelbase
It’s happening now at live link in article.
Can’t make heads nor tails of it,lot of shouting going on.
You misspelled “gibbering”.
.
And “seige”.
To: SalvationOregon ping
2 posted on 2/10/2016 7:47:22 PM by goodnesswins (Alinsky…..it’s what’s for dinner)
Impotent coward keyboard kommandos ping.
If you haven’t heard this clusterfuck phone stream yet, let me describe it for you:
.
One man screaming “FUCK” like the last gasp of Dead Breitbart, one woman yelling “Constitution!” and “I’m going to JAIL!!”, one facilitator (Gavin Seim) trying to tell them that screaming incoherent obscenities isn’t helping them make their case, and Tits Galore (Michele Fiore) trying to get a word in edgewise.
.
Please let this play as you read on:
.
.
.
Riveting, no?
To: Rome2000
Of course she did.
Any takers?
To: Rebelbase
I’ll take that as a “NO”, then?
To: Toliph
No, they make us all look like cowards.
16 posted on 2/10/2016 7:59:48 PM by huckfillary
Six of one….
To: ToliphIt’s easy to make that judgment at home behind a computer.
…he says, sitting at home, BEHIND A COMPUTER!!!
.
It only gets worse from here, folks.
Follow, oh ye of strong constitutions…
Unsolicited Advice For The Post Scalia Era
I rarely agreed with Justice Antonin Scalia but he had a remarkably influential career, and was one of the dominant figures on the Supreme Court for the last thirty years. He served under three Chief Justices but was the Justice who pushed the court to the right and made originalism/textualism a factor in the nation’s jurisprudence. His opinions were noteworthy, not only for how wrong he was, but for the lively language he used. Clerks draft most of the opinions but Scalia’s dissents seemed to be written by the Justice himself. I must confess to enjoying some of his most … Continue reading Unsolicited Advice For The Post Scalia Era
I’m Done With All Your Hillary and Bernie Feelings, Internet
TED CRUZ WANTS TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE. Genuinely, I think he does. I think he wants to bring about the end times. I think he is living in a comic book and none of the rest of us are real to him. Marco Rubio is six years old and he keeps thinking if he talks faster and louder it will make him sound smarter. Debate moderators ask him why his own people think he sucks, and he yells about his Lord and Savior. Jeb Bush once ruined an entire family’s life just to make points with the Jesus freaks … Continue reading I’m Done With All Your Hillary and Bernie Feelings, Internet
“Obsession” special – vaffanculo fool-o
OK folks – I’m calling for a pre-emptive strike on Freeperville.
Why?
Oh, I dunno – maybe that they have well and truly LOST THEIR FUCKING MINDS!
Senior U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia found dead at West Texas ranch
My San Antonio ^ | Updated 3:53 pm, Saturday, February 13, 2016 | Gary MartinPosted on 2/13/2016 3:55:56 PM by Pan_Yan
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes Saturday on a luxury resort in West Texas, federal officials said.
Scalia, 79, was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa. According to a report, Scalia arrived at the ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people. When he did not appear for breakfast, a person associated with the ranch went to his room and found a body.
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery said he was among those notified about Scalia’s death.
“I was told it was this morning,” Biery said of Scalia’s death. “It happened on a ranch out near Marfa. As far as the details, I think it’s pretty vague right now as to how,” he said. “My reaction is it’s really unfortunate with any death. And now, politically, in the presidential cycle we’re in my educated guess is nothing will happen before the next president is elected.”
To be sure, the first few posts are devoted to hair-rending:
To: Pan_Yan
To: 20yearsofinternet
Damn! Can we delay Obama’s appointment, whomever it may be? Will the GOP even stand up THAT much?!
6 posted on 2/13/2016 4:02:06 PM by austinaero
To: Pan_Yan
.
And how many posts in do you think we’ll get before the batshit crazies arrive?
To: Pan_Yan
Who was there? Who had ties to the WH?
12 posted on 2/13/2016 4:03:11 PM by Chickensoup (Leftism is the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
Twelve posts.
Twelve.
Seven minutes after the original post
To: Pan_Yan
Scalia is the man who started the investigation into Hillary.
13 posted on 2/13/2016 4:03:23 PM by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
I had no idea that Supreme Court justices started investigations. Would that be an investigation by the Secret Supreme Court Police (the SSCP)?
.
Oh? There’s no such thing?
To: Pan_Yan
The crazy (and the hair-tearing) continues after this brief (heh – get it?) intermission:
Company Which Cannot Do Newspapers Right Says Let’s Find Something Else to Fail At!
Gannett, for fuck’s sake: Newspaper giant Gannett Co. is exploring the parcel-delivery business as it examines how to make the most of its fleet of paper carriers and delivery trucks, according to people familiar with the matter. Prompted by the e-commerce boom, Gannett reached out to parcel-industry consultants as recently as December. It also had meetings and preliminary discussions with Amazon.com Inc. as it explores delivery possibilities, according to one of those people. “We are always looking for opportunities to do back hauls or deliver packages as we are out on the roads,” that person said. Let’s do this in … Continue reading Company Which Cannot Do Newspapers Right Says Let’s Find Something Else to Fail At!
Sunday Morning Video: Hey, Hey, We’re The Monkees
The weekend of the Monkees continues with a 1997 documentary: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Hey, Hey, We’re The Monkees
Weekend Question Thread: Health Care Edition
My father is a pharmacist. Growing up, we went to the doctor when we couldn’t figure out what was wrong, when we sincerely thought we might be dying, or when we were bleeding from something that needed stitches. Everything else was taken care of at home, usually pretty adequately. And my feeling is, why bother the doctor if I am not sick? Like there are sick sick people in the world who need the doctor’s time. Why I am I taking his or hers up if all I need is rest and fluids and stuff? When I was in the … Continue reading Weekend Question Thread: Health Care Edition
Saturday Odds & Sods: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey
As much as I love Carnival, I’m always glad when it’s over. We live inside the parade box, which means we have to be cognizant of what’s going on even when the parade sucks. In short, we cannot monkey around even if it *is* the year of the monkey.
Chinese New Year was February, 8th this year, which was Lundi Gras in New Orleans. My father had many Chinese friends and business associates, which made him honorary Chinese as far as they were concerned. Dr. A’s best friend is Chinese so she has the same status. Me, I’m just a guy who loves Chinese cuisine and has never been involved in anything that remotely resembles the title of this song:
That obviously was not this week’s theme song. It was just more monkeyshines on my part. I suspect you’re used to that by now, especially on Saturdays.
This week’s theme song comes from one of my favorite records of all-time, the White Album. I was obsessed with it when I was a tadpole and Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey is one of my favorite tracks. It beats the hell out of Revolution #9, which is also a Lennon-centric track but Monkey works. Hmm, I wonder if the monkey in question is a capuchin helper monkey?
Since we ‘re talking monkey tunes, this early Boz Scaggs song was the runner-up as title song. It’s got a good beat, you can dance to it, but the title isn’t as good even if it’s more concise:
Now that I’ve made the odd monkey joke and posted the odd monkey tune, it’s time to get on with it and brachiate to our next segment. That’s a fancy way of saying see you after the break.
Continue reading “Saturday Odds & Sods: Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey”
One pill makes you larger…
Of all the things I’ve gone through this year, the one thing that always freaked me out most was medicine. I went through a bilateral carpal tunnel surgery in October, leaving me with limited mobility and a great deal of pain. The surgeon prescribed me these pain pills that were enough to turn me into a drooling idiot. Regardless of how much pain I was in, I really tried my best to just gut it out and not take the pills. “The doctor gave them to you for a reason,” my lovely wife would say in her best exasperated nurse … Continue reading One pill makes you larger…
Friday Catblogging: Bouncing Back
Della Street hates Carnival. She hides from company, then glares at us after they leave: “What the hell are these people doing in my house, dammit?” There are two stools sitting side-by-side in our living room that belong to Della. This … Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Bouncing Back
Hail, Caesar
Hooray for Hollywood, Coen Brothers style. Continue reading Hail, Caesar
Pulp Fiction Thursday: Murder Is A Killjoy
One would have thought this was obvious: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Murder Is A Killjoy
Wishbone Ash Wednesday
In which Adrastos repents for his Carnival sins. Continue reading Wishbone Ash Wednesday
Album Cover Art Wednesday: The Horn Meets The Hornet
Al Hirt meets Bruce Lee: neither was Kung Fu fighting. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: The Horn Meets The Hornet
Newspaper Advisor Fired Because Newspaper Accurately Chronicled Stupidity of Local Official
Not the Onion, guys: The president of Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland on Monday fired two faculty members without any faculty review of his action or advance notice. One was a tenured professor who had recently criticized some of the president’s policies. The other was the adviser to the student newspaper that revealed the president recently told faculty members concerned about his retention plans that they needed to change the way they view struggling students. “This is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly bunnies, but you can’t. You just have to drown the bunnies … Continue reading Newspaper Advisor Fired Because Newspaper Accurately Chronicled Stupidity of Local Official
Happy Mardi Gras
Where most of you live, it’s a work day. In New Hampshire, it’s primary day. In New Orleans, it’s Mardi Gras day. It’s the culmination of a long season. We’ve had parades 10 of the last 12 days and if you’re … Continue reading Happy Mardi Gras
The Fog Of Historical Pictures: King Zulu, 1949
Louis Armstrong’s triumphant homecoming.
Continue reading The Fog Of Historical Pictures: King Zulu, 1949
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – the terrible two edition
Morning, good people!
Well, I knew that Free Republic is very Trump-friendly, but it’s starting to look pretty one-sided. The Freeperati have been running their own poll periodically to ask the members who they intend to vote for.
Latest poll results, please?
Cruz – 1347 votes
Trump – 2211 votes
Hmm – almost two to one.
So – how the hell did The Darnold lose Iowa?
Limbaugh: Trump Lost Iowa Because He Attacked Cruz ‘Like A Liberal Democrat
The Daily Caller ^ | February 2, 2016 | Christian Datoc
Posted on 2/2/2016 1:18:23 PM by Cincinatus’ Wife
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday that Donald Trump lost the Iowa caucus because his criticism of Ted Cruz made him sound “like a liberal Democrat.”
“I don’t think Trump skipping the debate had a thing to do with what happened last night,” began Limbaugh. “This is a Republican primary. It’s Iowa. Conservatives win in Iowa.”
“Donald Trump, I don’t know if you forgot – one thing that everyone remembers – he went out and tried to criticize Ted Cruz,” explained the talk-show host.
“Ted Cruz isn’t the enemy,” he continued. “Hillary Clinton is the enemy. Ted Cruz is not a nasty guy. Ted Cruz is not a Canadian.”
“Nobody is going to believe that, especially when you offer that criticism sounding as though it could come with Bernie Sanders. In a Republican primary, you do not win if you’re going to sound like a liberal democrat criticizing Ted Cruz.”
1 posted on 2/2/2016 1:18:23 PM by Cincinatus’ Wife
Freepers? Your thoughts?
To: lodi90
Which begs the question:
To: Kenny
.
To: D-fendr
.
More anal-isis of former Freeper icon El Flushbo after this word from our friends at GoldLine.
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – the terrible two edition”
SMV: Speaking Freely With Paul Kantner
I meant to post this 2001 interview with the late, great Paul Kantner last week, but forgot to set the timer thingamabob. Oops. Continue reading SMV: Speaking Freely With Paul Kantner
Saturday Odds & Sods: Hey Pocky Way
Happy Mardi Gras from Adrastos World HQ. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Hey Pocky Way
Friday Catblogging: Carnival Beggars
Oscar and Della aren’t much for company but they do like the extra food that guests bring. Here they are looking winsome and playing their Carnival begging game: I don’t know about you but it looks like a Cheap Trick … Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Carnival Beggars
Pulp Fiction Thursday: Carnival Of Love
Quote Of The Day: Boy In The Bubble Edition
These are the days of miracles and blunders. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Boy In The Bubble Edition
Album Cover Art Wednesday: Spitfire
Paul Kantner died a week ago, but I still feel like honoring him and the band he initially led, then lost, and finally took back: Jefferson Starship. Spitfire was a big hit in 1976. It clearly dates from the era when … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Spitfire