Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
As you may have heard it is snowing in the Mid-Atlantic. I settled in and watched Dr. Zhivago and when it ended I checked the outside world:
My crude measurements tell me that 11 to 12 inches have fallen already in about eight hours:
And I’m told to expect another 12 to 16 hours of snowfall. This should be a memorable Saturday in old Mobtown.
And yes, this is a late night Open Thread.
Cheers
dengre
Got busy reading with the Dog Whisperer on in the background and forgot all about Caprica. It occurred to me tonight that I have watched that show so many times I am developing a parasocial relationship… with his dogs. Hands down, Daddy is my favorite.
In other news, I’ve gotten about 6-7 inches (Update: OF SNOW, PERVS) in four hours. If it keeps up like this, we will definitely end up with well over a foot of snow in the morning.
It finally started snowing here, and it is coming down really, really hard after several hours of freezing rain, and now it is sticking, so I’m imagining the roads are going to be a DISASTER in no time. Which means I can sit in the living room and look out and count the idiots who decided this was the perfect time to attempt to drive their car up the hill.
The best part of this activity is watching the knuckleheads who, despite seeing four other cars in a ditch at the base of the hill, decide that somehow they are different and they will be able to defy gravity, ice, and snow. And then they start up the hill, eventually start sliding, and determine their only option is to back up slowly down the hill, at which point they lose control and slowly slide into the other cars at the bottom of the hill.
If everyone was required to live near the bottom of a hill for a year during winter and could see what I have seen the past few years, there would be a lot fewer accidents in inclement weather
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Shortly after Senator Brown #2 abandoned his much-advertised pickup truck for the plush chauffered limos of DeeCee, there was a five-alarm tire fire back in his home town. Shortly after Scotty was sworn in, gleeful weatherpersons started predicting up to 24 inches of snow in the nation’s capital… and maybe an inch, or so, in the southern half of Massachusetts.
Assuming the forecasters are correct, we Massholes definitely got the better end of this particular deal with Pat Robertson’s devil. We have both firefighters and snow removal equipment here in New England.
Ask your House Member to Pass The Damn Bill. Tell your Senators YES on reconciliation. Ask Repubs whether they support the Ryan budget proposal (e.g., tossing Social Security and Medicare to the private sector). Switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Guide for first timers here.
Also, take the poll. Please answer honestly; it will help us to gauge whether this blog had any impact on the process. If you phone a lot, please estimate how often in the poll’s comments.
Thanks!
***Update***
The poll’s internal comments seem fairly hard to use, so if you phone a lot just leave an estimate in the comments of this post.
***Update 2***
Steve Benen has a nice summary of recent developments. Short version: not much has changed, so you can still influence the process by getting on the horn with your Reps.
The pro-corruption caucus never rests and it rewards their foot soldiers with work through the many brushes with the law that they have.
A good case in point is Susan Ralston. She was Jack Abramoff’s secretary/confidant and gate-keeper for years. Then she went to work in the same role for Karl Rove (and serve as an important member of Team Abramoff in the White House. Here you can see a photo of Susan with Jack and many members of the gang (she is the one sitting in front of Jack). Most folks in that photo have either had charges filed against them or are still under investigation. Susan falls into the latter category. It was only last August when the Department of Justice named her as a co-conspirator in the Abramoff Scandal.
To say that she is under a cloud of suspicion would be an understatement. And yet, Republicans are more than willing to hire her to raise money for them and organize their affairs. The St. Petersburg Times reported yesterday that Ralston is the point of contact for a major GOP fundraiser for seven Republican Candidates for Senate this year. Here is the invite:
