A more literal Rickroll.

Okay, what moron at Wal-Mart corporate decided it would be a great idea to start calling doughnuts "Yeast Rings"?

Yeast Rings.

It sounds like a goddamn skin infection. I don't want to buy a skin infection. I want sugary fried confection goodness. In short, IT'S A FUCKING DOUGHNUT.


Yeast rings.

YEAST RINGS.

Google it and see what comes up. I can promise you, those results ain't gonna be of anything remotely edible.

This is, quite possibly, the scariest Western attempt to manga-ize an X-character ever.

asafsdfdf;

It's been about 72 hours. I feel like my last public post has been open long enough for everyone that it affects to have had access to it and read it and commented.

I'm not shutting down discussion, but I am locking that post now and asking that its contents remain private between those of us whom it directly affects. This is the last word here in public on the matter.

* Unfortunate but hilarious.

* The dumbest way to pimp your ride with an LCD screen. What? Why not just call it the Phallusmobile and just be done with it?

* Funny graffiti. (My personal favorite is the doctored police notice, "Speeding. What's your excuse?" sign, which has the notable addition of, "...helping you bastards pay for donuts :)") Yes, there IS a smiley face.

* And this sums me up pretty well.

* McCain needs his own SuperDickery page. Someone please oblige. Soon.



From Daily Kos:

"Incidentally, as Olbermann just noted, our first two contests in 2008 were won by an African American and a woman. Pretty cool. On the Republican side, they were won by, well, you know."


Also: This week is fired.

I'm not kidding.

Looks like Kelsey Grammar has competition for the role of Hank McCoy in the next X-movie...

flusterbunny! You'll appreciate this in particular, I think. ;)

http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20071114.html

Damn. It really isn't right for the human body to produce this much mucus in 24 hours.

Fucknuts.

The Cleveland Indians are one win away from going to the World Series.

...

I keep feeling like Charlie Sheen is going to show up at any moment and prove once and for all that this is really just a movie.

Car rattling turns out to be an oil leak. The oil gasket had either disintegrated (and wasn't replaced by the guy doing the oil change), or it just... wasn't replaced, period.

The good news is, didn't have to pay for it, since it was pretty much their screwup. Car sounds happier now.

Until next time. There's always a next time.

Just 40 situps and a few crunches and I'm feeling it.

....

I need to work on this sorry state of affairs, obviously.

I don't usually post these, but jeditigger insisted.

2,501 posts were scanned through by Thursday. My brain and I went on strike shortly after that.

Of those, there are less than 200 that need to be fixed or amended in some way (I think the number's closer to 160). I'm at the halfway point now, at least. Tomorrow it's back to the grind. This evening, I've got a party to go to.

Two train cars that derailed and overturned on Monday near where I live, spilling tonnes of soybeans everywhere, are still there.

Soybeans. In 90-degree+ heat.

Gross.

We'll be breaking 100 degrees this week. I think I may have to turn into a vampire to survive.

More politics, because this is getting really interesting. You thought the debate was a stunt? No. It's more subtle than that. Politics is a minefield at the best of times.


Immediately following the vote yesterday, Reid countered by shelving the underlying defense policy bill, which had McConnell literally sputtering at the lectern.

Today, 70 Congress members sent a letter to the President, stating in no uncertain terms that they would not vote on any further war spending bills unless there was a provision included to bring the troops home.

( Full text of letter sent under here )

In other news, Conyers is going after the President's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, for not complying with his subpoena, raising the possibilities of inherent contempt:

( Letter quoted here )

Things are getting really hot in the Capitol, and for once, it's nothing to do with the weather.

....is in progress.

Again, will be editing and adding to.

I recommend that Sen. McCain be henceforth dubbed "Senator MapQuest" after last night.

Webb owned Thune in the early hours of the morning, and when I find a Youtube video of that moment, I'm linking it here.


Cloture failed by 8 votes: no big surprise.

Why is McConnell rambling on about Casablanca? Weak... argument senses... tingling!

Reid voted "No", in a procedural move to give him the option to revisit this, but as I suspected, he isn't pushing to force a filibuster. This, in no uncertain terms, blows.

Oh, I see. Reid is deliberately bringing up measures that the Republicans have stalled on in recent weeks - he wants to show how the Republicans are the ones blocking progress, not the Democrats. It's a roundabout way to do it, but it's sure as hell going to piss off the Republicans. They're still in session.

ETA: Sen. McCaskill -finally- called on the profiteering groups in all this.

( Paraphrased transcript )

I don't get politicky very often, but I'm pulling an all-nighter to see how the debate goes on the up-down vote. (I'm editing and adding to this post as things progress.)



Maria Cantwell (D) has just pointed out a really significant issue that nobody's really bothered to address: The Iraqi oil issue.

According to her (and this is roughly paraphrased from her on C-SPAN):

" ...one of the key benchmarks is the issue of Iraqi oil. I wish it wasn't the case. I wish that they had successfully passed an oil law and stabilized the region. There is a lot of concern about how much oil will be distributed by the federal government and the new Iraq oil companies. Iraqi fears - in this draft there is a great benefit to foreign oil companies. This draft allows for privatization.

We went to Iraq for oil - that idea has been floating around for a long time. Chalibi in 2002 is quoted as saying American companies will have a big shot at Iraqi oil. Another executive said that being in Iraq is like, "being a kid in FAO Schwartz."

I'm paying attention to the current draft of the oil law. Federal entity would have control of just 17 or Iraq's 80 oil fields. All of the rest would be controlled, along with undiscovered oil, would be under foreign control. It's a big deal because Iraq's oil field are probably the 3rd or 4th largest reserve in the world.

This is part of the stalemate we are currently seeing in Iraq - we can't push through a resolution to the oil issue and move ahead to the security issues."

ETA: Snowe has just asked her Republican colleagues to actually read the amendment:

"This legislation would result in redeployment, a change of mission and reduced forces... while specifically allowing troops to remain for specific missions. A very different mandate than has been described here on the floor."

Son of ETA: Will someone please yank McCain off the floor? He's doing nothing more than ramble at every opportunity. Did the other Republicans fall asleep? For those of you following along at home with the Senate Drinking Game, down it whenever he invokes General Petraeus or Al-Qaeda.

Revenge of ETA: McCain's cell phone went off. Someone is listening to the agonized screams of those of us suffering through his attempt to connect the Levin-Reid amendment to the "failed Rumsfeld-Casey" strategy.

Hilary (Clinton) ensues.

( Cutting this now. )
At 11am, the cloture vote will happen. If there's no joy -- 30 hours of filibustering/debate begins. Personally, I think Reid should halt any more traffic coming to the Senate floor/agenda until this is dealt with, firmly putting the responsibility back on Republican shoulders. The longer they filibuster, after all, the longer they will be delaying any of their own business that's waiting in the wings. I doubt Reid will really have the backbone to pull that kind of reverse psychology trick. If he does, he'll get a lot of brownie points from me.

I hope everyone remembered to pack their toothbrush and their caffeine IV's.

At an ancient, small-town Ohio drive-in, watching Live Free or Die Hard. For free.

After a hugeass cookout.

Yeah, that works.

Kitchen got put back together. Now I don't have to re-enact my earlier years of living in a small cramped apartment with my microwave in the living room.

Today was spent at a local pow-wow. I say local, because it was likely one of the smallest pow-wows on record (about 7 official dancers, perhaps 8 at the outside). But it was pretty cool. Got to see the Bluejacket outdoor show later, despite the rain, and spent a whole day exposed to the Daystar without exploding/frying/whatever.

No, no sunburn. I was SMRT and used sunblock.

I FOILED THE EVIL DAYSTAR AND ITS ATTEMPTS TO ZOIDBERG ME.

It is a sad, sad thing when the plumber knows you by first name.


Currently, my kitchen ceiling and wall look like Godjira took a claw and went SLICE across and down it. I'm told he'll be going for an encore in a couple of weeks to subdue the cold water lines.

False crowns feel really freaking weird.