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Palate Cleanser Open Thread

by Anne Laurie|  January 28, 201411:04 pm| 53 Comments

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excellent clip of Pete Seeger & Johnny Cash playing together http://t.co/T7b2Vmm4Wq

— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) January 28, 2014

Stolen from Billmon’s twitter feed, of course.

How goes the evening?

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  1. 1.

    Elizabelle

    January 28, 2014 at 11:07 pm

    Palate cleanser here.

    To clean or not clean dogs on other non-SOTU thread.

    Refreshingly brisk SOTU.

    Heaven is where Pete Seeger and Johnny Cash (and June) are.

  2. 2.

    themis

    January 28, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    I missed the SOTU completely. I apparently have the flu. I blame my students.

    Just wondering – if my fever is 102, does that mean global warming is a hoax?

  3. 3.

    patrick II

    January 28, 2014 at 11:15 pm

    If you have facebook, make sure to check out Pee-wee Herman’s page for a picture of tonight’s SOTU.

  4. 4.

    Elizabelle

    January 28, 2014 at 11:17 pm

    @themis:

    Feel better, soonest.

  5. 5.

    SuperHrefna

    January 28, 2014 at 11:22 pm

    @themis: a fellow sufferer! This flu is a stinker, isn’t it? Really high temps. I got some tamiflu this morning, plus benzonatate and the two of them seem to be helping a bit.

  6. 6.

    Anoniminous

    January 28, 2014 at 11:24 pm

    @themis:

    No but 102 degree fever is in serious territory. You might want to take acetaminophen or ibuprofen to try and knock it down.

  7. 7.

    pseudonymous in nc

    January 28, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    50 minutes of Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash and June Carter from 1965.

  8. 8.

    Anya

    January 28, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    Tweety is such a lost caus. Why does he think only “center right” are patriotic? Apparently, parts of the speech were “center right” because of the patriotic message.

  9. 9.

    Hill Dweller

    January 28, 2014 at 11:27 pm

    TCM is showing Get Carter(Michael Caine version) unedited. This has to be the most nudity they’ve shown before midnight in the channel’s history.

  10. 10.

    themis

    January 28, 2014 at 11:28 pm

    @Elizabelle: @SuperHrefna:
    Both of you are too kind. I was fine, really fine 4 hours ago. Then I was tired, took a nap and now I’m awake enough to not even know what time it is.

    I get being sick – I just don’t get it sneaking up like this. I cancelled classes tomorrow, so at least my students love me. I have that:)

    @Anoniminous: Already done

  11. 11.

    Anya

    January 28, 2014 at 11:28 pm

    @themis: Hope you feel better. After 3 weeks I am still not fully recovered from my bout with the flu.

  12. 12.

    Yatsuno

    January 28, 2014 at 11:28 pm

    So I got an e-mail today. It was from the IRS recruiter for the job I put in for way back in December (right before my surgery). He wanted to call and discuss the position. I was having trouble with my phone signal (it gets dicey out at the ranch) so I asked him if I could call tomorrow. He e-mailed back and said okay, but I’m offering you the position. So now I get to move back to the Tri-Cities. Oh and the only pay I lose is my differential for Seattle.

  13. 13.

    SuperHrefna

    January 28, 2014 at 11:29 pm

    My song of the night is Laura Mvula’s She http://youtu.be/3J7DbO56QOI

  14. 14.

    MomSense

    January 28, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    @Anya:

    I think what he is sensing is that the president was outlining progressive goals and rooting them in traditional values (framing) which is effective messaging. I hope that Democrats will do the same this campaign season. Framing UI benefits as hardworking Americans taking their shot at achieving the American dream is brilliant.

  15. 15.

    SuperHrefna

    January 28, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    @themis: that happened to me on Sunday. I was fine until I was very, very, very sick with a fever of 102.5. Go see a doctor! It’s a nasty flu, and there are things they can prescribe that help, though mostly we just have to knuckle down to the drink fluids and rest program.

  16. 16.

    Violet

    January 28, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    @Yatsuno: Congrats! Or Congrats? In any case, where’s the Tri-Cities?

  17. 17.

    Elizabelle

    January 28, 2014 at 11:33 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    Congratulations, Yatsuno.

    What are the Tri-Cities?

  18. 18.

    SarahT

    January 28, 2014 at 11:34 pm

    @patrick II: HAHAHAHA ! That’s excellent

  19. 19.

    SuperHrefna

    January 28, 2014 at 11:34 pm

    @Violet: isn’t that where Patricia Briggs sets her werewolf novels?

  20. 20.

    Elizabelle

    January 28, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    @Hill Dweller:

    Yep. Already tuned to TCM.

    Last TCM movie I saw was “The Baby” on Saturday overnight. With big 1970s cars, one a big green sedan.

    Swear I saw the same car in “Dallas Buyer’s Club” today. Deja vu that Buick or whatever.

  21. 21.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 28, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    Wish I had known Pierce was live-tweeting

    Charles P. Pierce ‏@ ESQPolitics 52m
    I also offer a prayer. Please, God, take me before this woman sells me burial insurance.

  22. 22.

    SarahT

    January 28, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    Anne Laurie, if you get the chance, please let us know how the Okiciyap fundraiser is going. And thank you for letting us know about it.

  23. 23.

    jl

    January 28, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    @Yatsuno: Tri-Cities as in southeast WA Tri-Cities? instead of Seattle? Is that a good thing?

  24. 24.

    Elizabelle

    January 28, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    @Violet:

    I am glad I am not the only one with that question.

    Twin Cities. We’d think “lots of snow and Lutherans.”

    Tri-Cities. Could be anywhere.

    OT: Michael Caine is so handsome. Jude Law will never attain those sideburns.

  25. 25.

    Anya

    January 28, 2014 at 11:36 pm

    OH! MY. GOD! This is so moving: Dying father pens 800 napkin messages for his daughter.

  26. 26.

    Violet

    January 28, 2014 at 11:37 pm

    @SuperHrefna: No idea. Never heard of her or her novels.

  27. 27.

    ? Martin

    January 28, 2014 at 11:37 pm

    Oops. Wrong thread. Nevermind.

  28. 28.

    Another Holocene Human

    January 28, 2014 at 11:39 pm

    Pete Seeger is dead, but the social justice and labor movements are alive. Pass it on. Just got done watching #SOTUchat.

  29. 29.

    SuperHrefna

    January 28, 2014 at 11:39 pm

    @Violet: Ah! Best selling urban fantasies set in WA.

  30. 30.

    themis

    January 28, 2014 at 11:40 pm

    @SuperHrefna: a Doc is my first thing to do tomorrow – I even managed to call a friend to take me. I’ll live, but right at this moment, I’m not sure I want to:)

    The SOTU is a family party in my upbringing – and I slept through it. I’m leaning on you guys to catch me up.

  31. 31.

    dp

    January 28, 2014 at 11:42 pm

    Johnny Cash’s TV show was an absolute cultural treasure. RIP to both of them.

  32. 32.

    Yatsuno

    January 28, 2014 at 11:43 pm

    @Violet: @Elizabelle: Here.

  33. 33.

    jl

    January 28, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    @themis: IMHO, tt was a snappily delivered laundry list that did not seem like one, with some barely subtextual put-downs and double-dog dares to Congressional GOP. GOPers polite, no one tired to citizen arrest or impeach Barack and Joe on the spot. Boehner appeared to be seriously shit-face drunk. Biden took a lot of notes and smiled (or had a contact drunk from Boehner).

    Two first ladies glowingly good looking.

    Moving tribute to wounded soldier to wrap up.

    Obama did not seem like a wounded president trying to recover from the Most Awful Year in Presidential History, or even a slump.

    Some Democrat love to KY guv pulling a great Obamacare rollout.

    A pleasant interlude for the evening.

    Edit: GOP might consider a combo response / cooking show next year. Nothing seems to work for them responswise.

  34. 34.

    Violet

    January 28, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    @Yatsuno: So is that move a good thing? Nearer family or something?

  35. 35.

    Liquid

    January 28, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    Jesus Christ. You should hear this poo-flinging monkey Huelskamp on MSNBC. It’s insane.

  36. 36.

    Anya

    January 28, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    Rachel Maddow is interviewing some crazy republican from Kansas. He just called her a cheerleader for the administration.

  37. 37.

    jl

    January 28, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    @Anya: That’s pretty mild. Are you sure he is a crazy GOP, or a poseur?

  38. 38.

    Yatsuno

    January 28, 2014 at 11:52 pm

    @jl: It’s a big leg up in the career, so I can live with it. Plus my parents and some good friends are also about. I’m just going to have to live on coffee because I’m gonna have to go back to doing a normal human schedule again.

  39. 39.

    themis

    January 28, 2014 at 11:53 pm

    @jl: Mom – is that you? I know I missed our annual phone call…

    Seriously, thank you. I’m half-listening to MSNBCs post mortum, but every time Chris Mathews speaks I need to barf.again.

    I’m thinking that the new flu is a republican plot to keep a good liberal from lecturing her poor poor students from learning that the brain is an actual thing.

  40. 40.

    Mnemosyne

    January 28, 2014 at 11:53 pm

    @jl:

    Maybe it can be like “Chopped” and one of the speechifyers is eliminated after each round.

  41. 41.

    themis

    January 28, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    @Mnemosyne:
    You now win all the internets.

  42. 42.

    Anya

    January 29, 2014 at 12:04 am

    @jl: Oh trust me, the crazy was off the chart. Really insane.

  43. 43.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 29, 2014 at 12:23 am

    I saw part of Tapper interviewing Cruz when I switched on CNN during commercial break on Justified. Creep and Creepier. I can’t believe Cruz is as young as he is; I think he is one of those people who was born late middle aged and disapproving. I switched back to Justified pretty damn fast.

  44. 44.

    Another Holocene Human

    January 29, 2014 at 12:47 am

    @Yatsuno: Big congrats!

  45. 45.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 29, 2014 at 12:51 am

    @Yatsuno: Lateral move? More interesting job? Location?

    Congrats.

  46. 46.

    Suffern ACE

    January 29, 2014 at 1:06 am

    @Yatsuno: can you pick which three cities, or are you tied to a specific set of three cities?

  47. 47.

    Yatsuno

    January 29, 2014 at 1:10 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: Definitely a more interesting job. Plus I’ll pick up the business side of things which will expand my knowledge. Plus I can go higher here than in my current job, so it makes sense.

    I’ll have to break my current lease to take this job, so that will be interesting. Especially since they’ve done nothing to improve the property in the 4 1/2 years I’ve live there. And raised my rent twice. But I can get a place much cheaper, I don’t have to pay for parking or a housecleaner (unless I want one), and cost of living is lower here. I MIGHT even get to keep my current salary, but I’m not sure.

  48. 48.

    Omnes Omnibus

    January 29, 2014 at 1:13 am

    @Yatsuno:

    I MIGHT even get to keep my current salary, but I’m not sure.

    Even with the Feds, things are negotiable.

    ETA: It doesn’t hurt to ask.

  49. 49.

    Yatsuno

    January 29, 2014 at 1:23 am

    @Suffern ACE: I could live in any of them or out of town if I wanted. Getting to that office isn’t difficult driving-wise. So I have lots of options for where to live location-wise.

  50. 50.

    Joel

    January 29, 2014 at 1:36 am

    Kelso Richland and Longview.

    Congratulations, Yats!

  51. 51.

    brantl

    January 29, 2014 at 8:10 am

    Pete’s going to be missed, badly. What a cool human being.

  52. 52.

    satby

    January 29, 2014 at 10:27 am

    Congrats Yatsuno!

  53. 53.

    LanceThruster

    January 29, 2014 at 11:56 am

    I was floored when I saw him do “Colours” with Donovan.

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