Thanks for the morning review of the news, Vic.
Morning, Glories! "Only" 722 more days of BO! Only!
We had our 78°day yesterday, following a 73° day before that. Sure was great. And now, back to January. It wasn't unseasonable, though. Oklahoma is any season any time, famous for our climate chaos.
"If you don't like Oklahoma's climate, wait a minute."
-Zombie Will Rogers
Anything I might add has been covered; special kudos to Maet's remark on proper use of cusswords.
I have no use for Huckabee whatsoever, but Ace's article struck me as funny. Was Ace putting us on?
I wonder if you took the folks who, like me, think what Huckabee was quoted as saying, per se, is true and ordinary and straight out of my grandfather's rulebook and most of my neighbors would agree with him about business decorum, contrasted with those who, like Ace, pull their hair and think a Christian Theocracy is imminent because Huck noted this - would the two groups show a distinct regional disparity? But what do I know? I'm an old phart and still hold the door for the ladies.
But, the biggest problem is, children who never learned how to wield a cussword. Fortunately, I was taught while young, by a large rock thrown by my step-brother landing on my skull. Released my inner sailor. Said words I didn't even know I knew.
FenelonSpoke: "You don't wish to do that-groovy."
Is using "groovy" nowadays ironic; like saying, "Well, bless your soul"?
Hey, there she is! Hi, hyphenated! Get better! Get better!
My cold went through half-a-dozen stages and has mostly faded, but Milady became full-blown clobbered by the bug yesterday; fortunately, she's able to sleep. And sleep. You give me hope she'll be up again someday, too.
Great Father of all the Heavens, have mercy upon your mortal children stuck in the often-blissful but frequently-distressing soup of earthly life. Give us strength to endure what you require of us, faith to remove mountains of unnecessary difficulty and disorder, and wisdom to appreciate which is which. Thanks for all opportunities to serve, in whatever capacities. (Add your own in Jesus' name or amen as preferred.)
Huh. Now I want soup.
No problem getting to Gateway Pundit here.
My guess: DNS confusion somewhere up the line. Should clear up within four to twelve hours.
As You Drive, So Your Are Watches
whut?
Deranges Lefties Want Boehner Tried For Treason
On the Ellen Deranges Show?
Editor!
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So, I finally left a comment with some content at the end of the last thread, just as it's stomped. What's the use? Resistance is futile! 
NASA success story:
CAIR Touts Study Finding Islam "Most Accepting of Alien Life In Space"
Weasel Zippers
http://bit.ly/1Hc6tA7
"and when we find alien life, if they do not convert, we will behead them, assuming they have heads."
Howsomever, in a contest among belief systems, I'd wager the Urantia Book fans are more accepting of alien life in space than most Muhammudians - at least those throat-cuttters who actually have a modern concept of "space" at all.
FenelonSpoke: "Unrelenting, overwhelming, merciless force. Which Obama will never ever give them unless the threat becomes direct and personal and then only to protect his own skin and that of his daughters. He couldn't care less about Christians being slaughtered or cartoonists in Paris or women having their heads sawn off in OKC."
I'm not so sure about the "or that of his daughters" part, either.
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Ah, signs of day in the East at 7am! "Here comes the sun dah'n' do-dah...."
Morning, Glories! Thanks for the news round-up, Vic.
You folks back east, how about you share that sun? I'll loan you some of our 70° day later!
Boy does that Fantastic Four look like it will suck... again! Reminded me of the unreleased version from the 1990s. That is not a good thing.
Thing.
Thing.
My final item, and last bit of news from the heart of Flyover Country.
Attention! All units! Be on the lookout for a nine-foot T Rex!
Someone has taken Dino from in front Classic Pets store. He's been outside the pet store for nine years, and someone has taken him. Had to plan ahead, because they'd need a trailer and some cable cutters to take away the 9-foot tall Tyrannosaurus statue.
The store owners have listed Dino in the lost and found pets listings. "No collar; no chip. Was naked at the time. Quite large - 8 and 1/2 to 9 feet tall. Much loved and missed, pleased help us find him!"
Did you want fries with that?
…Foster's Daily Democrat reports that Jones called her husband and they decided to return the $2,631, which was a Burger King bank deposit.
Matthew Jones admitted, "We are not perfect human beings," and said the couple had considered the possibility of keeping the money, adding they could have certainly used the cash. But he said he and his wife are Jehovah's Witnesses, and that "Jehovah sees everything."
Emphasis added.
Because we just can't get enough of our pResident's admirable demeanor:
Good thing he was distracted by his gum or he'd be laughing at the fellow's funny hat.
A recent survey by the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics finds that over 80 percent of Americans support “mandatory labels on foods containing DNA,” about the same number as support mandatory labeling of GMO foods “produced with genetic engineering.”
WAPO c/o IOTWreport
BEWARE! MAY ALSO CONTAIN DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!
More deepest darkest flyover bitter clinger territory news.
Two Oklahoma State lawmakers have proposed four laws that for some reason are causing some controversy.
#1
…House Bill 1125 would eliminate the responsibility of county court clerk offices to issue marriage licenses. Instead, the proposed law would replace marriage licenses with “marriage certificates” that could only be issued by members of the clergy after a formal ceremony. Additionally, the law would remove the ability of a judge to perform a marriage. According to the proposed bill, marriages not contracted by a formal ceremony by clergy may be acknowledged by filing an affidavit of common law marriage.
Milady and I married each other under Okla. common law, and didn't need no stinkin' affidavit, court clerk, judge, or pastor. Here's some radical words I scribed back in 1997 (back when I was younger and even stupider than I am now), when Oklahoma was trying to mess with traditional common law marriage liberty: Freedom to Marry
#2,3,4
State Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City… is no stranger to controversy surrounding Oklahoma’s LGBT community. In 2008, Kern made national headlines when she said that homosexuality is “the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam.”
In this legislative session, Kern filed House Bill 1597, which would permit Oklahoma businesses to refuse services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges to LGBT people.
She also filed House Bill 1598, also known as the “Freedom to Obtain Conversion Therapy Act.” The proposed emergency law would allow parents to obtain “sexual orientation change efforts” for children under the age of 18 without interference from the state.
Additionally, Kern filed House Bill 1599, known as the “Preservation of Sovereignty and Marriage Act,” that, if passed, would make it illegal for the state to issue same-sex marriage licenses, prohibit public employees from recognizing same-sex marriages, and would remove any judge from office if they violated the proposed law.
You know how well these will withstand litigation, even if passed. And besides…
Cimarron Alliance in Oklahoma City, another LGBT advocacy and education organization, also issued a statement in response to the bills.
“Our community is under attack, and we are fighting back,” the statement said. “We won marriage last year, and in cruel retaliation, a handful of hate-filled law makers have struck out at us with nasty pieces of legislation. We have a plan. We have been having behind the scenes conversations with legislative leaders, community leaders and our national partners.”
Emphasis added.
No clue in the article why this article is locally datelined, but that's why it showed up in my newsfeeds.
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. -- The United States has been at war since 2001, and America must not let down its guard.
One of the newer threats to national security is economic warfare. Its goal is to cripple a country's economy, rendering it weak and ineffective. …
"What we see as a marketplace of goods internationally our enemies see as a battle space…."
Relatively relatedly, here's a world map of cyberattacks. Load up the page and watch it run for a while, and think about the efforts going into cyberwar. Looks like the old video game Missle Attack (or Missle Command, something). Except, it's real, and right now.
#3
What could go wrong in this Brave New World?
Al Gore, Mexican President Calderon Want To Spend $90 Trillion To Get Rid Of Cars In Cities
If you get rid of cars in cities, and get rid of population in the countryside, no more cars, and Agenda 21 is met.
I'd rather get rid of big cities. And Al Gore.
[I've… had my own thoughts about transportation… Getting From Here to There — an illustrated series looking at the present and future of personal transportation. Started to convert this series to a more readable format. It's partly converted, sitting in the to-do stack.]
#2
A test to determine if elderly patients will die within 30 days of being admitted to hospital has been developed by doctors to give them the chance to go home or say goodbye to loved ones.
"Well, you're going to die anyway, according to the tests. That's why we've already started harvesting your organs…!"
