You know the day needs to be started over when getting stung by a wasp is the SECOND thing to go wrong. Then I walked through a spider web – yecch! – and now I find that no one has unlocked the door.
Come on in. You’re on your own. I have to decide whether to go back to bed and start over or see what kind of devastation I can visit at my desk.
/limping off
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You whine almost as much as Shannon.
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/holding up three fingers close together, as I put the ice on my leg
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G’Morning All
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I was still living in Corpus then. It was pretty bad. It showed all the newcomers the difference between a thunderstorm and a hurricane.
Hurricane Beulah wracks Texas coast
September 20, 1967
On this day in 1967, Hurricane Beulah, the third largest hurricane of the twentieth century, struck South Texas. It battered the state for two days. The storm hit Brownsville with winds estimated at 140 miles an hour, moved northwest across South Texas to the vicinity of Alice, then turned southwest, crossed the Rio Grande between Zapata and Laredo, and finally blew itself out in Mexico. Tornadoes spawned by Beulah did extensive damage to South Texas and northeast Mexico. On September 28, President Johnson declared twenty-four counties in South Texas a disaster area. Official estimates in these counties set the number of dead at 18, the injured or sick at 9,000, and the number of homes destroyed or heavily damaged at 3,000. Property damage was estimated at $100 million, crop damage at $50 million. Some 300,000 people were evacuated during the storm and subsequent flooding. -
Even though one big boy resigned and another retired and 12 more have been pointed out for punishment, the Fast and Furious cover up continues……….
OIG Fast and Furious report requires analysis before media jumps to conclusions
gun rights
September 19, 2012
By: David Codrea
The long-awaited report from the Office of Inspector General was released this afternoon, prompting media conclusions that could not possibly reflect adequate scrutiny and analysis that effectively assess its findings.
“The report says Attorney General Eric Holder was not made aware of potential flaws in the program until February of last year,” Fox News is reporting, while making no reference to deficiencies admitted up front by the OIG.
Case in point, Chapter One of the report identifies key individuals who declined to be interviewed, significantly including “Criminal Chief [Patrick J.] Cunningham [who] declined through counsel our request for a follow-up interview…We also requested an interview with Kevin O’Reilly, a member of the White House’s National Security Staff[who] declined our request through his personal counsel.”
Similarly of significance, and hardly surprising to those following this story, the report notes “The White House did not produce to us any internal White House communications, noting that “’the White House is beyond the purview of the Inspector General’s Office, which has jurisdiction over Department of Justice programs and personnel.’”
Also raising concerns, and again unsurprising to long-time observers, is a statement released this afternoon by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, who observed “We’ve already noticed that the report contains a factual error that lets Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer off the hook. The report accepts Breuer’s version of events, claiming that he hadn’t ‘proposed edits, commented on the drafts or otherwise indicated he had read them.’ In fact, emails show that he received drafts of the February 4 letter and commented on them before it was sent, which he later denied to Congress.”
At this point, more questions can be raised than answered, particularly as the report totaling over 500 pages with attachments must be read, digested, and understood before meaningful analysis can take place. That has not stopped the search term “clears Holder” from already becoming the meme du jour on the “Authorized Journalist” Google News feed, meaning it will soon become “common knowledge’ among those who are not long-term and in-depth observers. What that means, of course, is anyone insisting there should be more than just kneejerk talking point acceptance will be dismissed and relegated to “right wing conspiracy theorist” internet backwaters.
Tomorrow should be an interesting day, and we’ll see if House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa has any surprises in store for Inspector General Michael E, Horowitz when he questions him tomorrow beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. -
Bad news. TBO is now losing the happy people.
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#4 – enjoy the history notes OT!
I have zero recollection of Beulah even though we were in Houston on “forced extended leave” from our residence in Tripoli Libya during the aftermath of the 6 day war – I wound up going to the first 6 weeks of the 5th grade here at Lovett Elementary before anyone but Fathers or single men were allowed to return to Tripoli…………… -
It’s Global Warming!!! We’re all gonna die!!!!!!!!!!
Arctic ice shrinks to all-time low, data center says
Published September 20, 2012
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – In a critical climate indicator showing an ever warming world, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank to an all-time low this year, obliterating old records.Antarctic Sea Ice Sets Another Record
9/19/2012 @ 12:14PM
James Taylor
Antarctic sea ice set another record this past week, with the most amount of ice ever recorded on day 256 of the calendar year (September 12 of this leap year).
Antarctic sea ice has been growing since satellites first began measuring the ice 33 years ago and the sea ice has been above the 33-year average throughout 2012.http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2012/09/19/antarctic-sea-ice-sets-another-record/
Why do they continue their insane diatribe? -
Muslim Brotherhood warns America.
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Narcissist AND a law-breaker! An Obama two-fer!
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Teh Ghey earn higher incomes than the average American so O-Bama’s hang-the-rich wealth redistribution scheme disproportionately hurts them. -
I really hope RMoney talks up the Drudge story about how O-Care will raise taxes disproportionately on the VMG; then all he needs to do is play the lie that no one making under $250K will have to pay higher taxes. That lie hits people where they live and with some reinforcement, will prove devastating to the JugEared Jackass in the whitehouse.
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I say, let them get a jump on their upcoming move.
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Survivor Texas Style from my inbox:
“Survivor, Texas Style”
Due to the popularity of the “Survivor” shows, Texas is planning to do one entitled:
“Survivor, Texas-Style!”
The lucky contestants will all start in Dallas, drive to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, then over to Houston and down to Brownsville. They will then proceed up to Del Rio, El Paso, Odessa, Midland, Lubbock, and Amarillo. From there they will go on to Abilene and Fort Worth. Finally back to Dallas.
Each contestant will be driving a pink Prius with 13 bumper stickers which will read:
1 “I’m a Democrat”
2 “Amnesty for Illegals”
3 “I love the Dixie Chicks”
4 “Boycott Beef”
5 “I Voted for Obama”
6 “George Strait Sucks”
7 “Re-elect Obama in 2012”
8. “Vote Eric Holder Texas Governor”
9. “Rosie O’Donnell isTexas born”
10. “I love Obama care and Chuck Schumer”
11. “Barney Frank is my hero”
12. “I side with Jane Fonda”
and the last sticker is…
13. “I’m here to confiscate your guns”
The first contestant to make it back to Dallas alive wins.
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The Obama we (or rather, others) don’t know.
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#13 TT: From the Joe Doakes letter in the comments section:
Well Mr. Obama we’re nearing the end of the political road for all of this action. I wish I could say it’s been fun, but it’s been a lot like getting a proctological exam from a blind man with a jack hammer, and about as useful.
That is a pretty good description of what he has done to this country and Israel.
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#6 TT
In your link:Today over 23 million Americans are unemployed and more are underemployed. At least 10 percent of those humiliated Americans are Gay people.
Ten percent sounds like a bogus number to me. No reason to think gays are any worse off than other Americans.
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Ten percent sounds like a bogus number to me.
Of course it is. That number goes all the way back to the twisted psychologist Kinsey and the lie has been perpetrated ever since then. The real number is around 2%.
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Hey.
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And being an Aggie, being called a “2%er” is a real insult.
Two percenters don’t pay back student loans.
They don’t respect traditions that make the A&M campus special.
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I’m not sure this guy is claiming 10% of the population is gay. But he seems to imply that gays are more affected by unemployment than the general population. In reality, I would expect that since gays are on average better credentialed, they are also more employed.
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I think he was just saying that gays are being economically affected just like straight people, and that it’s in their best interest along with the rest of the population to vote in a party that will straighten out the financial situation. I also liked that he pointed out that the Republicans have gays in the party, and that there are gays that have voted Republican. In other words, the gay vote is not monolithic, as the press would like us to believe.
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TT:
getting stung by a wasp is the
Didja put some baking soda on the sting? Didja ice it down? Do ya have any essential oil of Lavender?
The lavender oil will take out the sting (and itch from ant bites) real fast but should be done after the first 2. -
Didja put some baking soda on the sting? Didja ice it down? Do ya have any essential oil of Lavender? The lavender oil will take out the sting (and itch from ant bites) real fast but should be done after the first 2.
Didja apply a poultice of mustard, ginger, and dandelion? You need to leave it in place for at least 18 hours and keep it damp.
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My first reaction was to slather alcohol on the sting. That helped with the first wave of “OH CRAP!” pain.
Then I went downstairs and made a paste of meat tenderizer and tenderly applied it to the sting area. I ate breakfast standing up so I wouldn’t rub it off.
Got myself a baggie of ice and sat on it (the sting is, fortunately, on the back side of my thigh, which makes holding ice in place easy to do).
The ice has melted and the baggie has sprung a leak, so it’s been removed. The spot is uncomfortable, but not painful. I am reserving the use of ice again for later, if the hot spot flares up.
At least it wasn’t a bee sting, so I didn’t have to try to remove the stinger from a place that I couldn’t see very well.
The wasp must have flown into the house and was slowly dying, and that’s why it was on the rug where I was trying to do some stretches. I just happened to lay my leg right on top of it.
After it stung me, it was still moving slowly on our rug. The wasp didn’t survive. The bottom of my shoe. -
The ice is back. I’m having a hard time focusing on work this morning.
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ice bag holder = Duct Tape! (presuming the leg is shaved of course)
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Wrap in a towel. Wrap duct tape around towel.
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Or, I could just sit on the ice bag.
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Now you’re just being a buzzkill.
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Yep. Killed that little buzz this morning.
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You still need to get the lavender oil, it will take care of the rest of it. You can get it at almost any health food store, or Whole Foods. Cost about ten bux and will last for years.
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Killed that little buzz this morning.
I ran over an opossum (the only marsupial native to North America) this morning on the way to work. Dang those are some ugly critters.
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Saw a baby possum once. So ugly it was cute. You are right, the grown-ups are just fugly. And mean.
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#37: Isn’t it interesting that JugEars will claim that X number of jobs were created during Y time period, but they “conveniently” neglect to mention the number of 1st time unemployed which would wipe out the job gains and result in a negative number? And not one member of the Left Stream Media bothers to ask a question about it. . . . . . How many times did they razz Dan Quayle about using an old spelling of “tater”? How many times did Dan the anal pore Rather question whether or not HW Bush was gonna raise taxes and break his pledge? How many of the LSM have bothered to even give a cursory review of promises made during the election vs promises kept during the usurpation?
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Saw a baby possum once. So ugly it was cute. You are right, the grown-ups are just fugly.
Even more so after you run over them with both tires.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the biggest narcissist in America
And to Himself for which he stands
One nation under this communist
quite divisible and liberties
suspended for all
https://store.barackobama.com/obama-2012-store-collections/artists-for-obama/our-stripes-flag-print.html -
#39 Bone
Saw a baby possum once. So ugly it was cute. You are right, the grown-ups are just fugly.
Even more so after you run over them with both tires.
Well, actually, after that, they are no longer “possums” but “roadkill”.
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#37 WB
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$1.8 trillion shock: Obama regs cost 20-times estimate
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Why don’t you sprinkle some nutmeg on that wasp sting?
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It would counteract the ginger in the poultice.
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#44 – I knew dat was comin!!! 🙂
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The best thing for a wasp sting is bleach, (neutralizes the venom) but you have to do it right away, before it swells up.
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They are rioting in Indonesia and I believe we had to take extra measures to protect our consulate/embassy there. . . . . . . .I thought the mooslimes in the far east were different, I guess not.
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#47 SD: Bleach, meat tenderizer, baking soda all accomplish the same thing the same way.
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IDIOTS on parade; Actress Jessica Alba asks voters to pledge allegiance to Obama.
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SD, you are a smart guy, tell me why 90+% of the people in Hollyweird are brain dead socialists?
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Of course it is. That number goes all the way back to the twisted psychologist Kinsey and the lie has been perpetrated ever since then. The real number is around 2%.
That is correct and the reason that he came up with 10% is back in those days it was real hard to find gays that would admit that they were gay, so Kinsey went to prisons because he knew that he could find gays there. The10% number isn’t all that unbelieveble in prison but on the outside it is more like 2%.
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#51 Bonecrusher, because they don’t live in the real world? 😉
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I saw the Shuttle leaving this morning around 7:10, the weather was much better just after daylight than it was yesterday.
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Dayaam, must be a tight race; Kaine: ‘I Would Be Open to a Proposal to Have Some Minimum Tax Level for Everyone’.
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#53 SD: Because their craft is measured at how well they can pretend to be something they are not. They have no core, live and die by what others think, are usually the beautiful people (on the outside) and therefore have never been forced to develop their character. Whatever the style or fashion is today, that is what is the truth, kind of like Soviet style communism, whatever furthers the goals of communism today is the truth, what was said or done yesterday or tomorrow is irrelevant, the facts on the ground are meaningless.
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They Hollywood lefties just love their RFUs.
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On Friday of last week, islamobuttheads attacked a peacekeeping outpost in the Sinai Desert.
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Here’s what appears to be an old list of celebrity conservatives. The descriptions keep referencing McCain, so it appears to be prior to that election.
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Creepy Jim Messina goes all-out BSC cult for the HNP.
And of course someone creates a Meme Generator. Here’s my favorite so far:
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I’ve heard that a ground gourmet cannabis & vinegar paste provides fast topical relief from insect stings, but I’ve haven’t tried it. I’ve been stung, but I never get around to adding the vinegar to make the paste.
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I created one! “Must hold heart in place – Because of Obamacare”.
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Oh Monica cmon DOWN and sign in please!
Monica’s revenge: Lewinsky ‘to publish secret love letters to Clinton revealing his insatiable desire for threesomes and how he trashed Hillary’
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Gotta LOVE some Mia Love!
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Study: Only 15 Percent Of Democrats Believe Economic News Is Bad
I caught some Rush today and he said that is probably because so many Dims are living on entitlements. As long as they get their check on time, they seem to be happy.
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From CBS no less! (some scathing comments as well)
THAT is in DIRECT contradiction to…….
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There was nothing on TV last night so I watched a repeat of Nature. The episode was on Australian pelicans. There are two distinct groups: one that flies hundreds of miles to an inland lake created about once every decade by heavy rains, and another that stays on the coast subsisting on landfill waste and handouts from tourists. The former is able to raise two to three batches of two chicks each during the brief once-a-decade bounty while the latter struggles on the coast to to raise one batch, where one of the chicks usually kills the other due to the lack of food.
It occurred to me that this was a microcosm of our society. Then I thought how ironic it is that “progressives” clearly recognize how harmful it is to an animal species to have the entire population completely dependent on humans for their survival but can’t recognize it in our own species and our government. -
#65 I’m not at all surprised that Limbaugh is cheerleading yet another irrational conspiracy theory, and even less surprised that some people are eating it up. I find both amusing.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) After last week’s leak of a Mitt Romney fundraiser speech that insulted nearly half of all voters by repeating a popular but fallacious far-right wing talking point, the campaign suffered another blow yesterday when a memo containing a list of potential cabinet level appointments was inadvertently posted on the Romney 2012 web site.
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I suspect the RMoney campaign is infected with moles.
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The vulnables living in dumps and off the producers don’t seem to have a problem having multiple litters.
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The vulnables living in dumps and off the producers don’t seem to have a problem having multiple litters.
Yeah, but their pretty proficient at killing each other.
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Seriously Bobolicious, don’t quit yer day job.
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#68 – Yanno Bob most folks CLAIM they want TRUTH (until they GET some)
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#68:
The story above is a satire or parody. It is entirely fictitious.
If you fancy trying your hand at comedy spoof news writing, click here to join!You usually fail miserably at comedy.
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#70 Shannon
don’t seem to have a problem having multiple litters
Well, they do often kill each other, like the baby birds in the poor environment.
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#74 Your mileage may vary, and that’s fine with me.
bob42 has published 31 items on The Spoof and is currently ranked 59th in the top writers table.
100+ Unique reads in the first 24 hours… I built that.
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Austin area man hangs an empty chair from a tree and gets a visit from the SS.
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#78 – GEEZ Louise! whattabunchawhinycrybabies!!
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We hang chairs from trees all the time here at the Happy Vista Trailer Park And Puppy Mill.
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/rummaging around for big girl panties to loan to the SS
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#63 KatFish, from your link;
‘Monica has tried to move forward, but the nightmare of her affair with Bill still haunts her,’ a friend told the Enquirer. ‘She’s facing 40 without a man in her life, and seething about the way her reputation was destroyed as the whole world watched.’
The book will also include never-before-seen love letters that she wrote to the president – some of which were so intimate she never sent them, another friend added.
They reportedly detail her love for Clinton and how Lewinsky, then just 22, could make him much happier than his wife, Hillary, who the president called a ‘cold fish’.Yanno’ I can’t help but to feel sorry for her, BUT, she WAS 22, old enough to know better,…no wait, she prolly never had any raisin’,…. 🙁
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Unfortunately for her, Monica made a “stupid 22 year-old” mistake with the president of the United States.
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Via Iowahawk/Instapundit:
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That image will probably make the TBO flag disappear pretty quickly.
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Love him or hate him, he’s funny.
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Shannon,….Unfortunately for her, Monica made a “stupid
2216 year-old” mistake with the president of the United States.
Insert dreaded acronym here.
Where I come from, you are an adult by 18, 21 at the latest, I was an adult by 12 or less.
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#86 Hambone, who did the photo-shopping, you or SquawK? 😉
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Oh and my #82;
She’s facing 40 without a man in her life?!?!
GEE YA’ think?!?!….and without being rude, what kind of LOSER would want to be mixed up with that mental melt-down? 🙁
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Welp, Ole Dave been done kilt tha blog,…..dang dammit, I hate it when that happens……. 🙁
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This might just perk up the ole blog; Fight Between Flight Attendants Delays American Eagle Flight.
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Hate to leave Super Dave all alone with a kilt blog, but I’ve had a rough day and am sacking out early. Later, Hamsters.
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Nite, Iron Mary.
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ICE may be soft on these types here in the US, but in Haryana they take this stuff seriously.
Truck load of illegal crackers, 9 LPG gas cylinders seized in Haryana
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Not only will they not release the Blind Sheik, nor abandon support for Israel, but now the invasion of Canada is off the table.
Or is it?“I think it’s an update on Merida, but I will get that for you,” Nuland reported, referring to the Merida Initiative to fight organized crime.
The journalist asked, “This isn’t some secret thing … to invade Canada or something like that?”
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Forgive me but I’m suspending my self imposed decision to refrane from posting here until after November 4. So, other than to make sure Shannon knows that I replied to his facebook message (hope this works http://www.facebook.com/messages/1702976995 ) I’ll restrict my comments now and in the future to baby Aedhun. This has been an enduring pregnancy for Niki. Lots of troublesome mental moments fr her. But she and I witnessed miracles alng the way. We know angels were sent in the form of chartity through words, assurances, and acts of kindness. Niki’s at 38 weeks and after reviewing the latest sonograms, the doctor agreed to induce Niki. Granted, he probably agreed to this in part so that Niki won’t drive him insane but I know things are working out the way they should. So tomorrow @6:00 AM, Niki should be induced. I’ll be glad to link photos when available. I thank all of you who have kept Niki and I in your thoughts and prayers. I do ask for a little more, especially for tomorrow.
Little Sister gave birth to her 91/2 lb baby Grey today. Mom’s in town and Little Sis. lives in southern Houston. Niki and I will be in the Woodlands tomorrow so Mom’s gonna have to do some travelling. She’s in charge of the Ninja Twins as Little Sister’s husband has at least two tests to take tomorrow (graduate school – he’s gonna be a doctor). So we’ll see when she’s able to visit us in Spring (taking care fo the twins comes first) . Dad comes in on Tuesday and they both fly out back to Illinois on the 30th.
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Darren – good luck and congrats!
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Darren,
Happy to have you back amogst the Hamsters, even if for only a little while. Prayers for a safe delivery tomorrow and all going well for mother and child. And Dad too, of course.
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