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What are we doing tonight? I’m so unprepared for a Friday night I’m just sitting here watching the Pirates lose to the Reds. Walt is sick, the Ills are awol, and have not heard from the Deal’s or Holly or Harry and Chatman, so looks like it’s you and me, folks. My brother is in town and we watched the game for a bit, but he had to go home and put the dogs in their crates.

I guess Bill Maher is on at ten. Anything else happening? The sports scene is just dead.

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  1. 1.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    Oklahoma City tornado outbreak. Now St. Louis too.

  2. 2.

    srv

    Everything rained out, including a bj theme that crashes all my ipad browsers.

    So everyone DIAF already.

  4. 4.

    Poopyman

    I’ve got a sick cat, so I’m in no mood to do anything.She has no appetite and is very lethargic. She was fine this AM, so we’ll hope it’s a passing bug and she’ll be OK in the AM.

  5. 5.

    eemom

    Blog needs a couple OF more open threads. Jussayinzall. bwaahaahaaahaaahaaaaa.

    eemom & mclaren & ted & hellen

  6. 6.

    pat

    CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS ONCE AGAIN IN THE PATH OF A MONSTROUS TORNADO….

    according to rachel. msnbc is all tornado all the time..

    Anything else happening, indeed.

  7. 7.

    MikeJ

    The Mexico – Nigeria friendly in Houston is supposed to be on now, but isn’t.

  8. 8.

    JWL

    The Giants-Cards game has been postponed, with a tornado watch in effect in downtown St. Louis. Reportedly, Oklahoma has already had 5 tornados touch down in the last few hours, and Oklahoma City is been alerted to watch out.

  10. 10.

    Fine Swine

    Yeah, Oklahoma City is getting it hard. The mayor of Moore says he’s heard reports of fatalities in Yukon. Hit the Google for pics of the car the Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes was in when the tornado tossed it almost 200 yards.

  11. 11.

    BarbCat

    John, may I suggest:

    ‘Crapalachia’
    By SCOTT MCCLANAHAN

    Scott McClanahan writes of a world in West Virginia where existence is both tedious and shocking.

  12. 12.

    Southern Beale

    I’m working on a lesson plan. So nothing fun. But I did just throw this post up because I saw something really odd on a Salt Lake Tribune story which struck me as a little anti-gay propaganda-ish but maybe I’m just being oversensitive.

    I dunno, whaddy’all think?

  13. 13.

    eemom

    @Poopyman:

    In all seriousness, with something sudden like that, you might want to take the kitty to a 24/7 vet if one is available in your area.

  14. 14.

    srv

    My FB tells me that God will not be done with Oklahoma until Obamacare is repealed.

  15. 15.

    lamh35

    Doing absolutely nothing right now. Just watching Fifth Element, and wondering when did Bruce Willis go from gruffy sexiness older action star to old guy action star? Was Fifth Element his last real “sexy” older action acting role?

    Also, I am I the only person who love The Fifth Element??? Anyone? Anyone?

    The Fifth Element

  17. 17.

    RaflW

    Straightline winds potentially up to 80mph + big hail in the Norman, OK area (including Moore). Hope Soonergrunt and all the OKC regional folks are alright.

  21. 21.

    dance around in your bones

    I missed the pot thread entirely, but just left this animated video at the end of the dead thread – a tribute to the unpredictability of edibles.

    It’s really funny – and true! I swear!

    eta: since y’all are talking about brownies and shit.

  22. 22.

    TaMara (BHF)

    @Poopyman: I have two long hairs who every couple of months do this when they get a fur ball they can’t quite cough up. I dose them with hairball stuff and then there is an explosion at one end or the other and they’re fine and dandy. My medium haired cats never have this problem.

    YMMV.

  24. 24.

    andy

    Having a bite before I go into work- the last of my polenta fried up with a runny egg, like this one from the other day.

  25. 25.

    ZBIV

    Now he’s Rick rolling us. Nobody gets mofos off his lawn quite as well as Mr. John Cole. I salute you sir.

    ZBIV +4

  28. 28.

    Yatsuno

    I have had an absolute shit day at work. I am half-tempted to go home and get shit roaring drunk on wine and Laphroaig.

  29. 29.

    schrodinger's cat

    I made mango chutney from 2 pounds of frozen mangoes, made a shrimp with chickpeas, tomatoes and feta cheese. I am miserable because of the heat here. It was 95 with what seems like 100% humidity.

  30. 30.

    normal liberal

    @delk:
    Oh, crap. I was really hoping the brain trust that is our beloved General Assemblywould get this one right.

    I must have been out of my mind.

  31. 31.

    Comrade Mary

    Oh man, hope Sooner and family (and all else in OK City) are all right.

    John, put up some pet pics, please? It should cheer us all up.

  32. 32.

    Yatsuno

    @efgoldman: Not mixed. But in order at the very least. And possibly some amaretto with cream. Also. Too.

    You know what sucks about booze in the grocery stores? No nips.

  34. 34.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Yatsuno:

    and get shit roaring drunk on wine and Laphroaig.

    I am older than you, so trust me on this. Wine or Laphroaig. Not both, dear god, not both.

  35. 35.

    Soonergrunt

    @srv: which is ironic. Tell your Facebook shit head that OK hates everything (false) that they’ve heard about Obamacare so if God is doing this over Obamacare, then he’s most likel trying to get the state to pull its collective head out of its collective ass and accept the Medicaid expansion.

  40. 40.

    dance around in your bones

    @Yatsuno:

    You know what sucks about booze in the grocery stores? No nips.

    heh. In Mexico there are! I used to go to the grocery store and they would have these lovely young ladies giving out tasters of tequila (pretty tiny, but you could cruise by a time or two w/o raising eyebrows). In the Costco in TJ, too.

  44. 44.

    normal liberal

    @Yatsuno:
    Dear God, back away from the amaretto and especially the cream.

    You apparently have Laphroaig – why on earth would you contaminate your surroundings with that other stuff? Focus on the peaty goodness, which in my experience is a highly efficient means to inebriation.

    On a more serious note, everyone in OKC, St. Louis and southern Illinois, stay safe.

  45. 45.

    The Red Pen

    Outside STL. Power out. Forced to watch Netflix on phone. #firstworldproblems

  46. 46.

    Mnemosyne

    @delk:

    Commenter shortstop will be very cranky tonight — she’s been working hard to get it passed.

  47. 47.

    MattR

    Working, kinda. Implementing a new web based reporting system for our customers and have to keep an eye on things as the past month’s worth of data transfers from the old system to the new. Hopefully that just means getting up every 15-30 minutes to make sure things are still running and there are no errors.

  48. 48.

    Steeplejack

    @MikeJ:

    It’s supposed to be on ESPNews (and Unimas). Can’t confirm this because my DVR is laboring to record two things right now, so I can’t watch a third (live) channel.

  49. 49.

    Mustang Bobby

    Just back from dinner at a place in Miami called Disco Fish… no dancing, no glitterball, but really good seafood prepared Cuban style (ensalada y arroz blanco on the side), then a nice dessert with friends. Now I’m home watching — sheesh — more tornadoes in Oklahoma.

  51. 51.

    different-church-lady

    @JWL:

    The Giants-Cards game has been postponed, with a tornado watch in effect in downtown St. Louis.

    If it were a football game, they’d still be playing it.

  54. 54.

    Mnemosyne

    It wasn’t a terrible week, but it wasn’t good, so I think I’m gonna have a Crispin after all. There are work changes afoot that I can’t discuss yet (even on this semi-anonymous blog) that could potentially run the gamut for me from shitty to whole new world. I need to sit and digest them for a while.

  55. 55.

    the Conster

    Seriously don’t know what to do with myself until tomorrow night and the hockey game. It’s fucking hotter then hell, I have no AC, and yet there will be hockey played for another couple of weeks. Is this a great country or what.

  56. 56.

    Suzanne

    I have my next licensing exam in three weeks. I am freaking out a bit. FUCK.

    Sooner and others in the path….PLEASE stay safe. Too much sadness as of late.

  58. 58.

    Redshirt

    I’ve developed a meth-like paranoia about ticks on my body, or on my clothes, or in my bed, or wherever I go. Ticks – shifty, tricksy devils!

  59. 59.

    Keith G

    Maher’s Real Time is dark tonight IIRC.

    Fresh corn on the cob is yummy.

    How’s that for a disjointed comment?

  60. 60.

    MattR

    @Keith G: Tonight’s Maher is new. Last week was a repeat over Memorial Day.

    @Steeplejack: Yep. Alison pointed it out upthread somewhere. SPOILER ALERT
    .
    .
    .
    Just went to halftime with Mexico down a man and trailing 2-1.

  63. 63.

    WereBear

    @lamh35: I love it too.

    Like the guy who puts a model of the hallway on his head to get people to open their door so he can rob them.

    The way she drops into his cab.

    The transcendent beauty of the alien singer who sacrifices everything for the continued existence of the Universe.

  64. 64.

    lamh35

    I’m reading that a woman and child died on the interstate in OK tonight, but I’m having trouble finding any information on what happened exactly. Anyone else hear what happenend

  66. 66.

    Mnemosyne

    @Suzanne:

    FYI, I was pretty happy with the Slender Kitchen WW sample menu I followed for (almost) a week. I ended up paying for the month-to-month subscription and if I like that, I may end up getting the full year.

    You can try out a full week’s plan for free — since she gives you the recipes, calendar, and shopping list for the whole week, it might take meal planning off your plate (so to speak) while you’re studying.

  67. 67.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @lamh35: I got that film on the DVD, a coo; cult hit from Luc Besson. Saw Shadow of the Sword staring that Jamie Lannister dude on Netflix. I got to say that Steven Berkoff is my favorite movie bad guy.

  68. 68.

    NotMax

    @Yatsuno

    Amaretto is good for 2 things.

    1) flavoring icing

    2) if you put some into a beer (depends on the brand and size of the beer, but usually pouring in somewhere around a pony of amaretto will do), it rather surprisingly makes it taste exactly like cream soda.

  69. 69.

    Gravenstone

    @lamh35: Several reports of overturned vehicles on the interstates, either from straight line winds (gusts > 100 mph mentioned on TWC) or in a tornado.

  70. 70.

    Redshirt

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m already hairless. The ticks are too tricksy for hairs, oh yes. They’ll hide in clothes for days. Or in a hat. Or on a towel. Anywhere you might be exposed at a weak spot. The ticks are already embedded in your flesh, sucking away, transmitting Lyme’s Disease. You’re doomed.

  71. 71.

    Amir Khalid

    I’ve been listening to different versions of this song over and over again for months now. I simply don’t know how to cure my addiction to the emotional wallop from this particular performance.

    On quite another note, I see that Luis Suarez has been making come-get-me eyes at Real Madrid. This when he is only four matches into a ten-match suspension for biting an opponent in a Premier League match. If he goes, I say good riddance; his behaviour on the pitch has been a stain on Liverpool’s good name. And his complaining about well-deserved criticism from the media is childish.

  73. 73.

    YellowJournalism

    I’ll add in my wishes for Sooner and family to stay safe.

    John needs to cheer is all up by posting a vine video of him telling us all to fuck off. Or saying, “Could of.”

  74. 74.

    Soonergrunt

    As of this moment, five confirmed dead, all in cars in El Reno area. OHP Trooper seriously injured. I-40 and I-35 both crossed by tornado when ppl stuck on it. A tornado formed directly over the Lowe’s in Moore, about 200 yards south of where the May 20 tornado crossed I-35 and then moved east-south-east through Moore and into Norman. It was EF-1/EF-2 last I heard. Straight line winds turned over several cars and motor homes and relief trailers at 4th street and I-35 in Moore.
    Currently flash flooding various locations in the metro.
    My father’s house may have been hit east of the metro. I won’t know until tomorrow at the earliest. He’s on vacation in Minnesota.

  75. 75.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Redshirt: The little fuckers are all over northern WI at this time of year too. I try to avoid my family’s cabin until they are less ubiquitous.

  78. 78.

    Mnemosyne

    @lamh35:

    I liked it, but it seriously was one of the worst-marketed films I’ve ever seen. I had no idea until about 15 minutes in that it was a comedy — all of the ads sold it as a straight sci-fi.

    One of my favorite underrated movies is The Frighteners (from a post-Heavenly Creatures but pre-LOTR Peter Jackson). It starts off as a comedy and turns into a supernatural thriller. There’s a plot twist about three-quarters of the way in that makes you wonder how the fuck they’re going to get out of the trap they’re in, but the writers make it work.

    It’s too bad that Jeffrey Coombs got trapped in B-horror movies years ago, because he steals the film away from Michael J. Fox like it was nothin’.

  85. 85.

    Downpuppy

    Sure, he may Rickroll us, but we’re never gonna give him up.

    More tornados in Moore? The only word ….

    Fuuuuck.

    Makes this old Rose McGowan movie look even dummer, it that;’s possible, and if not – tahellwitit.

  87. 87.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Ruckus: Yeah, I am a fan as well. Milla Jovovich and Luc Besson? How can it not be cool? Okay, Besson has kind of lost it with the Transporter series, but he has done some wickedly cool, stylish films.

  90. 90.

    lamh35

    @Mnemosyne: I think I remember The Frighteners.

    But yea Fifth Element was def marketted wrong. It’s really an action/ comedy/romance/very little sci-fi film. Bruce Willis was good, Chris Tucker was great too.

    It’s def worth more than it gets, IMHO.

  91. 91.

    Comrade Mary

    @lamh35: LOVE it. All the beautiful and odd people, and the fucking amazing design courtesy of Moebius et. al.

    Plus it’s a cracking good pulp story and pretty funny, too.

  92. 92.

    Redshirt

    @the Conster: Yes, some are as small as specks of dust. And yet that Lymes Disease will fuck you up! If it was just a bug bite, I wouldn’t care. But the excruciating death of Lymes is not so cool, so, fuck off, ticks!

    It’s funny, cuz tonight I realized I now have ZERO fear of spiders. I see a spider on me now and I think “Not a tick!”.

  93. 93.

    YellowJournalism

    @lamh35: That is one of the few movies I can stand Chris Tucker in.

    @Mnemosyne: The Frighteners has some truly scary moments when you watch it the first time around. Plus it has great atmosphere, especially during the flashback bits.

  94. 94.

    pat

    @Redshirt: Check out LLBEAN.com for shirts and pants impregnated with insect repellent. Pricey, but worth it if you have to spend any time out in tick country. Oh, and tuck your pants into your socks. And hop into the shower when you come in if you have been in a tick environment.

  97. 97.

    Redshirt

    @pat: Dude. I am in full tick quarantine at all time of all days. I do a nude tick check twice a day!

    I work in the woods for a good many hours, but I also like just strolling in the light woods. These are two different tick threat levels and are treated differently. But there’s still a nude tick check at the end of every night. Yeah!

  98. 98.

    Mnemosyne

    @pat:

    ExOfficio also has bug-repellent clothes — you can get pretty good deals on them from discount places like Sierra Trading Post or Department of Goods.

  101. 101.

    Redshirt

    @pat: No, that is the only part I have not. I do spray my work clothes with a DEET spray, but that doesn’t seem to keep them completely off.

  102. 102.

    Soonergrunt

    News9 reports 65K+ without power. OCCC without power. Some of the buildings seriously damaged.

    Now reports of a tornado struck near 19th Street in Moore. They’re calling it a tornado and not straight line winds. This is about 3/4 miles south of the May 20 damage path.

    Severe flooding downtown OKC. Thunderstorm warnings all over the region, but no tornado warnings. Many tornado watches have expired.

  103. 103.

    MattR

    @Mnemosyne: As does Columbia Sportswear. Maybe the shirt I own works or maybe there haven’t been any bugs around when I wear it

  104. 104.

    the Conster

    Wow, James Poulos is a complete fucking tool. All he’s missing is the Fonzie of Freedom’s leather jacket.

  108. 108.

    pat

    @Redshirt:
    I totally get that you are freaked out by the nasty buggers if you have to spend a lot of time in the woods. I recommend investing in the repellent clothing, and taking a nice shower with a scrubbing ball at the end of the day. And putting all your clothes in a separate spot at the end of the day. But I bet you do all that already.
    Good luck.

  109. 109.

    Mnemosyne

    @Redshirt:

    It’s not a preventative, but considering how many ticks you’ve been attracting, your doctor may decide it’s worth it in case you’re already in the early stages.

    Also, if DEET isn’t working for you, try picaridin. It’s been used in Europe for years and was only recently approved for use here. Plus it won’t melt your stuff like DEET does. It works great for some people and doesn’t work at all for others, so it’s worth a try.

  111. 111.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    The Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes was in a storm chase vehicle that was tossed in the OKC tornadoes. Another storm chaser tweeted this bunch of Christianist bullshit:

    “Mike Prendergast ‏@MPrendergastTX 1m
    @TWCMikeBettes not sure if you’re a believer in Christ but He was looking out for you today. You have a greater purpose. Glad you’re okay.”

    I hate that.

  112. 112.

    Mnemosyne

    @WereBear:

    One of my co-workers also adores that movie. So that’s three …

    Also, I can complain to you that Charlotte is so obsessed with her new toy that she keeps lurking in front of the drawer where I keep it in the hope that I’ll get the hint. Then she got frustrated that I was SO DUMB and tried scratching the couch until I yelled at her. Now she’s sulking.

  113. 113.

    Redshirt

    Thanks everyone for the tick chat advice.

    What I find even more interesting is this: I spent the years 1997-1999 also living in the woods. Also working in the woods, hiking in the woods, spending a great deal of time in the woods. And I never once had a tick, saw a tick, thought about ticks, or worried about ticks. Now, 2013, in roughly the same spot in the world, it’s ticks-ticks-ticks.

    We’re doomed, right?

  115. 115.

    maimati

    Watching Maher – he’s got a pathetic non-thinking winger wanker from Huffpost – can’t we find someone from the right who can actually construct an argument as opposed to bumper stickers? Also probably the only known interview with a Freegan leader. Good for him on that. (OK I am a serious environmentalist.)

    Meanwhile bummed my Pirates getting slaughtered by the Reds but it is early days still. Really!

  119. 119.

    WereBear

    @Mnemosyne: Charlotte is so obsessed with her new toy that she keeps lurking in front of the drawer where I keep it in the hope that I’ll get the hint

    Bwahahaha! This is what we brew up with Mr WereBear, Mad Scientist!

  120. 120.

    mainmati

    @Anne Laurie: Aaagh! Such a creep. Big fan of yours, Anne. My early years were growing up in Springfield, MA before moving to Pittsburgh my real hometown. But all of my extended family are from MA. So, I can do both a Boston and a Pittsburgh accent. :)

  121. 121.

    Anne Laurie

    @Redshirt:

    I’ve developed a meth-like paranoia about ticks on my body, or on my clothes, or in my bed, or wherever I go.

    You know, eating brewer’s yeast will keep mosquitos & fleas from noticing you — apparently it changes your scent so that you don’t smell like ‘food source’ any longer. Problem is, you have to take it for several weeks before it takes effect. Not sure it’ll work on ticks — those little bastids might just be honing in on anything with warm blood — but the tablets are cheap, if you wanna try them, and the skeeters should be showing up in Maine if they haven’t already…

  122. 122.

    Mnemosyne

    @WereBear:

    She finally resorted to scratching on the scratching post, in response to which I turned on the laser toy, which is her customary reward for that behavior. She then came over and looked at me like, “What are you, dumb or somethin’?” So I finally relented and brought out the Nekofly.

  124. 124.

    Mike in NC

    I spent a night in a sleazy motel in OKC many years ago while moving between Navy assignments. It only felt like a month, what with the drunken bikers brawling in the parking lot and banging on doors.

  125. 125.

    Foregone Conclusion

    A libertarian, whose blog I commented on, sent me an e-mail out of the blue tonight, the first line of which was ‘fuck you, you cunt’. I feel I may have achieved something. Other than that – just trying (and failing) to get to sleep.

    (Just to clarify – I’m not going to have Cole sending me a ten-page drunken e-mail one of these days when he disagrees with one of my comments? ‘Cause actually, that might be funny.)

  129. 129.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    My heart goes out to Oklahoma. Many of those folks haven’t even had the time to get back to normal from the last round of storms. The deaths and destruction are terrible. Slightly less terrible is losing power and having everything in the fridge go bad without having the means to restock or seeing the accumulation of a lifetime pounded into soggy paste. The accretion of “little” things like that can erode your soul, all the more when they happen again and again.

  130. 130.

    Foregone Conclusion

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Ha! I’ve seen a photo of her. She’d be quite attractive if it weren’t for the Bachmann-esque thousand-yard stare. And the insane, Manichean, ‘either glorious libertarian summer or hideous Stalinist socialist depravity’ worldview.

    Ironically, I had commented on a blog post which was complaining about how bad libertarians are at marketing themselves. Personally, I find nothing persuades people more than sending them vitriolic e-mails filled with vulgar abuse.

  131. 131.

    Mnemosyne

    @WereBear:

    Aaaand I had to put it away again after about 20 minutes of all three playing with it because Charlotte decided to head-tackle Annie while Annie was playing with the toy, which is Not Allowed.

    Charlotte followed me all the way to the drawer to protest the Nekofly being removed from the arena, but rules is rules.

  133. 133.

    Narcissus

    I don’t believe in all of these friends you have Cole

    How come they never make threads

  134. 134.

    Violet

    @Narcissus: Tammy comments from time to time. Cole’s sister has commented as well. Who knows who people are when they’re commenting. Maybe they’re incognito.

  136. 136.

    Egypt Steve

    Is there a blu-ray edition of the original Star Wars? Was just watching the revised edition or whatever it’s called with the CG and I hated it.

  137. 137.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    @Yatsuno: Last time I made it a point to get rip-roaring drunk on a Friday night, I did just that and then couldn’t remember anything when I woke up to find it was 3 a.m., Sunday morning. Mrs. Pantload had something to say about that, she did.

    I still drink in the evenings, but I respect the hell out of the stuff and make it an immutable point that when I turn in for bed, I’ll remember doing so in the morning. A middle-aged, divorced Studly P. is not a viable option in this ol’ world. Besides, it’s not like my liver can go somewhere and apply for asylum.

  138. 138.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    Besides, it’s not like my liver can go somewhere and apply for asylum.

    Nope, it can’t. Mine did recover well after I was told it had received it’s life’s allotment of alcohol. My doc was actually quite surprised how quickly it recovered.

    ETA: Now he just yells at me for being fat and smoking.

  141. 141.

    mouse tolliver

    The Huffingtonpost guy on Maher tonight used the word Stalinist to describe Obama’s Republican healthcare plan. A few weeks ago Abby Huntsman, also from HuffPo, was on trying to put an overprivileged, youthful face on discredited wingnut economic policies. And this week, after a month of steady Obama bashing, they did a puff piece interview with GWB.

    Yeah, I’m completely done with that site now. Not even worth visiting for a snapshot of the days headlines, because they don’t even bother to do headlines anymore. (Unless it’s to announce sideboob.) Otherwise it “He said WHAT?!” “John McCain’s going where with huh?” “The thing we cropped out of this puppy picture will make your heart melt!” Nothing but nonsensical clickbait masquerading as a “progressive” web site.

  142. 142.

    BruceFromOhio

    Rain, beer, and more rain. Grass is gonna be a foot high before it dries out enough to cut. Chelsea Handler on Letterman makes me want to break things, so its bedtime for bonzo.

    @mouse tolliver: Nothing but nonsensical clickbait masquerading as a “progressive” web site.
    Just figured that out now? Better late than never, I guess.

  144. 144.

    mouse tolliver

    @Violet: Apparently not. But I really can’t say for sure because I can’t remember the last time I bothered to listen to anything Arianna Huffington had to say. For the past few years she’s been so busy promoting solutions to first world rich people problems I started tuning her out.

    All I know is they’ve lurched into NRO territory lately. Obamacare is Stalinist, according to Huffington Post.

    Also, too, the HuffPo guy got all misty eyed over Bush’s jaunt with wounded war veterans. And the guy who actually wrote the Bush puff piece was on TV yesterday sporting a visible bro boner for W.

  146. 146.

    Origuy

    @Anne Laurie:

    You know, eating brewer’s yeast will keep mosquitos & fleas from noticing you

    How well does it work in solution, with some barley and hops?

  147. 147.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @am:

    Wow! That makes my heart ache. I got out of the service upon my return from Vietnam in 1972. The military was still denying the existence of PTSD at the time. I dealt with the nightmares and daymares the way any thinking person would; drugs, alcohol and violence. Nico Walker’s unmitigated suffering is shameful. We spend billions on war toys and pennies on helping those whose minds are broken in deploying them. My own experience suggests that few of us can be fixed. We sure could be better and less of a danger to ourselves and others.

  148. 148.

    Violet

    @mouse tolliver: Arianna follows the money. When hating Bush was profitable that’s what she did. Bashing Obamacare brings clicks? She’ll do more of that. Whatever makes her money and also allows her to maintain the illusion that she’s willing to challenge her side (politically), she’ll do. She likes being seen as edgy but she also wants that Davos invitation.

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    mouse tolliver

    @Violet: In other words, she’s lovely, but evil.

    That’s how Al Franken always described her during his regular “Strange Bedfellows” segment on Maher’s old Comedy Central/ABC, pre-911 talk show, Politically Incorrect.

    Why can’t Al Franken do more TV? I guess he’s standing on principle, or something. But his absence from the political talk show circuit is doing way more harm than good.

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    gelfling545

    @Southern Beale: Well, I ask myself how often do they picture the spouse of a person in a position like this. Seems to me it’s hardly ever to never. Surely the person’s family composition has nothing to do with how well/ill they do their job?

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    Higgs Boson's Mate

    @Omnes Omnibus:
    Oh hell yes. I am adamantly opposed to an all volunteer military because it enables so many other bad things. I believe that our politicians would be much more careful about starting and protracting wars if going to war affected every one of us through the draft and pay as you go war taxes.

    Going to war is damned serious business for those who do so. We are, I believe, in a time when they are the majority of those who appreciate just how serious it it.

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