* I’m back! Anything interesting happen while I was gone?
* So Sarah Palin is officially out of the race. A lot of people already got a head start on that by ignoring her, but now it’s official. So, is Palin still going to be a factor in politics now that it’s certain she’s not running? She could be, if she does something interesting… like endorse Herman Cain. Come on; do it. Make waves. Be a maverick. Join us in the battle to not get stuck with Romney!
* Also, while I wasn’t blogging, the iPhone 4S was debuted, but everyone complained that it didn’t add very many cool new features over the previous generation. And then Steve Jobs died. Great job, Apple fans.
* And so the Occupy Wall Street thing keeps going on… though no one still has any idea why. And apparently they’re doing it in other cities as well. There was even an Occupy Boise — allegedly. No one I know seems to have noticed it. But they marched on the Boise capitol building — where all the big decisions about what to do with all the potatoes is made — to… um… let’s see… Someone in the article sums things up as “separate politics and money.” So I guess we’ll pass the “separate politics and money” bill and fix everything.
Actually, any time you try to press these people on what they actually want changed, they get all indignant that they’re expected to come up with the answers. So I guess this protest movement is a bit like a baby crying: They only have a vague sense that something is wrong, but have no idea what and no idea how to fix it, so they’ll make noise until someone comes over and fixes it for them. Also, like a baby, the protesters smell like poop.
"Hey! Don't compare me to those incoherent freaks!"
* Ever notice how the left would freak out about the mere idea of Tea Party violence — despite none ever materializing — yet the Occupy Wall Street people keep clashing with police and it’s a non-issue with them. I point this out a lot, and I will keep pointing it out: The left have no core values, they just have worthless partisanship. They don’t care about intemperate speech, violence, or even racism; they just pretend to care about it when they think it’s a partisan advantage. And if ignoring it a partisan advantage, then they’ll do that just as easily.
* New GOP debate tonight. All eyes will be on Herman Cain to see if he can capitalize on his momentum. If he has a great performance, he truly will be a front runner. Also, this is Perry’s last chance to prove he can speak coherently and should be given another consideration. It will help if he doesn’t call the vast majority of Republicans “heartless”. And Romney should continue to try and stay out of the fray, waiting for everyone else to stumble or take out each other so he’s the only one left and we have no choice but to accept him despite that we all hate him. And there will be other candidates there too, I think, though I’m not sure why. Maybe they’ll do a song and dance number between sections of the debate.
Come on, Cain! We want to love you! Make us believe!
* The White House is letting it be known that Romney’s health care laws in Massachusetts influenced Obama’s federal plan. So I guess that’s going to be Obama’s main attack if Romney is the nominee: Romney’s ideas are so awful that they influenced Obama.
Also, as things get more desperate, expect lots of frank discussions about Mormonism. Will Mormon weirdness stand against Obama’s more mainstream religion which concerns itself with CIA conspiracies to spread AIDS? We just might find out.
* Wisdom of the Day: “‘For Shizzle!’ – warriors riding into battle to avenge a friend named Shizzle.” –Artur Bagyants
* Ron Paul is warning us that now the U.S. might start targeting journalists for drone strikes. I don’t think anyone in government would be dumb enough to be that blatant. Maybe instead they’d just do something like, “We’re going to put out a kill order on Krugman’s beard.” Because no one would consider it too wrong for the government to take out facial hair. And then they’d have a drone fire a hellfire missile at Krugman’s beard, and if the rest of Krugman is incinerated in the assault, that would just be marked down as collateral damage. It was his fault for collaborating with an enemy beard.
Krugman’s beard IS very ugly and gnarly so I don’t think your average Schick rotary shaver is going to do the trick. A Hellfire missile is just the thing.
“* I’m back! Anything interesting happen while I was gone?”
Basil wrote some funny stuff.
I think Buttercup is saying “This thing on my head…Really?” Also she is saying, if you share a picture of me in coveralls I will someday punch you in the nads!
Yeah! I particularly liked his proof that DamnCat is not actually a cat.
Has any of those so called journalists bothered to ask the occupiers how they all connected? Usually it is just some abstract “internet” or “facebook”. Are all these people really just facebook friends? What convinced them to go to a protest and repeat what the person with the microphone (and voice amplifier!) says who is also not better or worse than anyone else except for the guy they won’t let use the microphone?
ussjc, you are clearly correct, but that is a hypnotic hat and such colorful clothes! I wish I could pull that off. I don’t wear enough overalls. But I think babies are the only ones who can get away with it.
Krugmans beard should be burned down for the insurence.
Buttercup has the “I’m in charge, where are the hippies to punch?” look on her face. Good for her.
We can bomb Krugman’s beard. Then target Huntsman’s democratness, and Paul’s crazy. Souns like a to do list for the Air Force.
Sad that the deface Wall street protesters are more organized than krugman’s beard.
Is it really a protest if you have to pay people to be there?
Why are union members such wimps?
If krugman and barr got together, would the result be odonell and behar?
as nearly as i can tell, the OWS folks are protesting the decisions made deep in the bowels of the financial industry.
this, i think, makes them a bowel movement.
Wow journalist are now targets for drone strikes? Cool. And Ron Paul should know. Is there a place where we can log in to request a strike? Bloggers and commenters arn’t concidered journalists are they? Just wondering.
Cute photo of Buttercup. So when you going to buy her a cowboy hat and a pony?
Maybe instead they’d just do something like, “We’re going to put out a kill order on Krugman’s beard.”
1) Why on earth would this administration take out their number one employee?
2) Why doesn’t Ron Paul protect these journalists by informing them of his secret shield against drone attacks: tin foil hats. Works for Ron Paul.
@9. jw – I laughed so hard at your comment, I stole it for my Facebook status. Thank you.
This photo could be the start of a lucrative new site: Disapproving Buttercups.
Apparently you missed the part where I thoroughly destroyed Basil’s so-called “proof”. His failure to respond is evidence of acceptance of this undeniable truth: DamnCat is a real cat as certainly as a Fly is an annoying pest.
I think The Disapproving Buttercups was Courtney Love’s first band back in 1985.
Separate politics and money? What, like lowering government spending? I’m actually okay with that.
AHA! I knew it! You ARE a Ronulan in denial, Frnak! Your secret is out! The adspinner box right below your last thinly-disguised remark about our hero just invited me to HELP RON PAUL SECURE AMERICA’S BORDERS! Your true nature is showing! RONPAUL!!11!!!1!
Just for your information AMERICA…trying to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. is waaaay worse then smuggling guns into Mexico! Just keep THAT in mind, the next time Fox News picks on me………….Eric Holder, not always incompetent, Washington DC.
There is a story on Drudge about how a girlfriend stabbed her boyfriend in his sack with a needle. I crossed my legs when I read that one! So is this a new trend? If so don’t tell my wife about it! Although, she’s old school and knows who runs things around here!!! Don’t tell her I said that either! I’m going to get a steel sack holder just in case. One can never be too careful with the family jewels! Ouch!!!!!!!!!
You’re right about the overalls, Fly (#5). I have a pair just like hers — even with the cute embroidered pink and purple hearts — but I don’t receive nearly as many compliments as Buttercup.
Swat and a miss, DamnCat!
You should really tuck the tops of Buttercup’s ears under the edge of the watch-cap. Otherwise you could give her obama-ears.
Seriously, Buttercup is going to take Derby Day to a whole new level someday.
“so he’s the only one left and we have no choice but to accept him despite that we all hate him.”
I would estimate that 90% of those that voted for Obama loved him. How did that work out?