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Right. That's just what I was thinking. "Nurse." :roll:

(A recurring theme in "Animaniacs" cartoons. Hey, I "had" to watch them, with the kids.)

Say, here's two items from the blog-heap today (Emphasis added in both items):

US Military Spacecraft Explodes
Matthew Sparkes, Telegraph

"A [non-critical] US military satellite exploded after detecting an unexplained “sudden spike in temperature”, sending dozens of chunks of debris tumbling into different orbits around Earth. … While operators were deciding how to “render the vehicle safe” they detected a debris cloud which indicated that the satellite had been destroyed. …caused at least 43 pieces of debris to scatter into orbit…"

In absolutely completely unrelated news:

China's Space Plans Threaten U.S. Military Ability
David Tweed, Bloomberg

"China is developing space technologies aimed at blocking U.S. military communications and destroying its ability to win conflicts, according to a report commissioned by a panel created by the U.S. Congress."

“Democrats LASH OUT at Netanyahu, Tell Him to Go Home, Call Him ‘a Child'”

Which is, of course, so childish. Projection, it’s so blatant.

For another example, Pelosi calling the speech an insult to intelligence; this from the “pass the bill to see what’s in it” airhead.

But, who’s the blond with Elie Wiesel? Before I say something I’ll regret. :O

Marcus T: "Wow. Was looking for a new state to live in. What's up with the relatively high income tax rates in SC and NC?"

Re-run from ONT FYI:

For those thinking about moving to more America-loving places...

"The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would eliminate income tax for five years for people moving from out of state to 25 rural Oklahoma counties, including Nowata County."

Nowata is my neighboring county. Commuting distance to Tulsa and outlying urbs. These are counties with populations that are predicted to decline or (as with Nowata) remain the same.

Maybe by five years, we'll have eliminated the state income tax altogether (they're talking about it).

Too late.

I'm all commented out.

Going up to 50 today. Snow in the forecast for tomorrow.

Ooooooklahoma... where the climate changes every day.

Brother Cavil: "...forced to take note of the rather degraded state of the electorate when considering the possibilities. At least for now, we are boned."

No question that that's the toughest one. The main problem, as I said.

Aren't those kids today a challenge!

I take heart from stories my daughter tells of conversations & encounters with the 20 and 30 somethings she deals with; ignorant, biased, and not really trained to think, yet she puts a little truth to them and she can see the lights go on and the gears start whirring. Planting seeds, watering sprouts, pulling some weeds.

VIA: "...when you move here, don't bring guns."

Wow, um, let me contemplate that one.

Hm.

No. Milady would like the crab, though. Trade?

(Shoves a fresh all-Oklahoma beef burger through USB port.)

Negative attitude is powerful juju. Let it burn. Constitution is meaningless. We have no party. Beware. Regressives thrive on negative attitude; it's their bread and butter.

I appreciate the sardonic expressions here because I tend to be optimistic (despite my life's innumerable lessons about that), so the cynicism and despair keep me grounded. Thanks, curmudgeons.

Nevertheless, I don't believe the country is finished. I don't believe the Republicans are irredeemable. I don't even think the main problem, the incredibly horrible electorate, is a lost cause... despite several hardcase Regressive relatives.

In fact, what I have seen is a true revival of Constitutionalism and republican reason. I meet the most ordinary citizens who are fired up. Breitbart is still here. We are not without fighters for the right. Some of them have even recently been elected. It's beginning. Too little too late? We can only continue to try and find out.

Reform starts small and slow and looks like its facing mountains that could never be moved after all those decades of Regressivism.

Shouldn't deter us.

My problem is, I have such faith in the power of the Ideals of liberty and self-government! Properly presented the attraction is almost universal. And I recall that a handful of apostles and evangelists, rejected and persecuted and crucified, went on to ultimately take over the Roman Empire, and their inheritors continue to reshape the world; that America itself was an extension of that Christian revolution.

So, I'm not giving up. Yet. Not entirely. Hell, I only regained my optimism in the last decade, thanks to the Allen Wests and Sarah Palins and Mark Levins. Too soon to despair again.

Of course, it's easier to think like this living where we mostly elect actual conservative Republicans. :/

[Checks to see if there's a new thread up. No? Okay.]

"Last week, an Oklahoma House committee passed a bill that would nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that prevent treatments from being used by terminally ill patients. ...pushes back against the FDA and their controversial methodology of withholding experimental treatments from people on their deathbed."

Tenth Amendment Center
http://bit.ly/1FRgwFt

States nullifying Fed regs? There's an approach. Sure, the Fed will oppose it. But think of dozens of states, all passing anti-Fed-reg laws. Keep 'em busy, anyway.

Bob's House: "...IIRC, [porn]'s something you watch for six minutes, not six hours."

I wondered, also, what kind of obsession would have someone watching pr0n for six hours. But, then, I'm not young anymore....

Just... don't go in that guys cubicle. Really. Think barrel.

From Vic's link at #525
http://fxn.ws/1KbIYsn

"Three top senators said if the court invalidates federal subsidies that help millions of Americans buy coverage under Obama's law, they have a plan to protect them and create 'better' insurance markets by giving states more leeway to decide what insurers must cover.

"But in an opinion article in Monday's Washington Post, GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Orrin Hatch of Utah offered scant detail, saying nothing about how much assistance they would provide, its duration or how they would pay for it."

Hatch and Alexandar, "top senators." Ugh. What a thought. Barrasso I don't know.

That's the Vic for today, folks. Isn't he great? Big hand! Big Hand!

Strange. The morning thread did not automatically go up when Vic was done.

(Srsly, thanks as always, Vic.)

FenelonSpoke: "Why does Oklahoma want out of staters to move to more rural counties??"

Article says, these specifically are counties that are forecast to have a decline in population. Okla is not Texas, but good economy and jobs available.

Why would anyone want to move to the urban counties, those bastions of Regressivism, even here?

Morning, stoned-over Glories.

Say, for those thinking about moving to more America-loving places... (g'morning, Carol)....

"The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would eliminate income tax for five years for people moving from out of state to 25 rural Oklahoma counties, including Nowata County."

Nowata is my neighboring county.

Maybe by five years, we'll have eliminated the state income tax altogether (they're talking about it).

Ooh, it's that kind of ONT, is it? In that case...

More or Less
Contemplating getting high logically.
four panel toon webwork
http://mindfulwebworks.com/headshop/06/more-or-less

Evenin', y'all.

Back on CompuServe, Georgia Griffith was a powerhouse of a Sysop, tight on managing the forums she ran, strict on the banhammer rules. She ran the best and fastest-moving forums. Her main non-CompuServe gig was translating music. RIP & miss you, GG.

Many who dealt with her were surprised to find out she was blind and deaf.

On Friday, C.J. Pearson, a 12-year-old conservative from Georgia who posted a viral video supporting Rudy Giuliani, discovered that his personal Facebook page was locked. In an exclusive interview with Examiner.com on Saturday, Pearson said he received a message from someone about 6 a.m. Friday. That's when he learned his account and page had been locked for "suspicious activity." ...

As is so often the case in these situations, Facebook did not respond to his requests for help. Nor would they tell him what the alleged suspicious activity was. We reached out to Facebook, but the social media giant has so far refused to respond to our request for comments.

Joe Newby, Examiner
http://exm.nr/1Gb8mvb

h/t Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit
http://bit.ly/1Gb8ScS

The proof of intelligent life in the universe is that they keep us quarantined.

Morning, Bigby. This one got stomped. Everybody's in the next room.

Always enjoy your caturday posts. I especially liked the pic of Ralph post-balloon. I've had that up on the browser since caturday, keep coming back to that tab — a great melding of image and caption.