I Never Knew It Was So Saucy...

Just what I needed when feeling a bit down, 9 minutes of laughter...

Dammit The World Still Sucks

So, I was a little bummed out when something came up and I had to work over most of Thanksgiving weekend...and then I watched the news, and, as usual, realized that (although I still retain the right to complain) that's really not worth getting worked up about when there's still so much agony in the rest of the world.

So even though I have to work when I'd usually be kickin' back, I'm thankful for living in relative peace, for having good friends, hell, for even having a job right now. I'm trying to send some Good Karma across the globe today, how about giving me a hand!

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I am uncertain how much posting I'll do over the next few days. Actually, I've been cutting down a bit since the election to kinda regroup anyway--Bruiser is going through some major election withdrawal. But, never fear, there's always going to be more stupidity to rant about, even as we approach 2009...

In any event, if you stopped by in the meantime, have a great Thanksgiving everybody!!! And, if you are stopping by from a foreign land, well, just have a great weekend!

Derek Rose is the Real Deal...

That 1.7 percent chance of getting the number one pick paid off. Now, if there were 5 or 6 other actual players on this team...

Obama's Flux Capacitor

There's some criticism coming down--perhaps a bit of hyperbole, but with a grain of truth--that President Elect-Obama's "Change Express" is a little bit off the tracks. After all, he campaigned expressly on hopes of a new manner of government...but a vast majority of his first appointments to staff and cabinet level positions, including, but not limited to, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, Bill Richardson, Lawrence Summers and certainly, the Hillster, are all persons with great ties to the Clinton Administration. Is this really "Change" or a return to the policies of the 90s? And, if so, is that even a bad thing?

Putting aside the predilection to fail to keep it in his pants, the Clinton era did leave office with a balanced budget, a budget surplus, a regime change in Kosovo that DIDN'T leave us in a 10 year boondoggle...there were significant accomplishments that the current occupant can't point too. (In fact, I'd like to see him point to one that didn't turn out to be a joke--other than the accomplished way he oversaw election stealing.)

It's also understandable that an incoming Democratic Administration would look towards experienced people in a time of economic crisis and world turmoil--and that the Democrats of this era with that kind of experience probably worked for Good Old Bill at some point.

Still, I would like to see a few more new faces. It's hard to make the case for a new kind of government when you are falling back on an administration that began 16 years ago now. It's tempting, and easier, to go after experience...but as you said during the campaign, time and time again, it's more about judgement. Maybe some new blood, with some different ways at looking at problems are in order.

For the second time this November...

Gov. Palin stands next to a turkey being slaughtered...

Many Props....

Sometimes you think the World is generally made up of self-interested sons of *$(#*$()#*()#, and then you are minding your own business reading a magazine and you see a story like this, a short one, in Men's Health no less....

Two doctors (oddly enough, Twins) who donated their time, their money, and potentially their lives to operate on kids in a war zone...

"The Healers

Occupations: Cardiothoracic surgeon; urologic transplant surgeon

How they make a difference: Operating on kids in war zones

Picture an identical-twin pair of 6'2" African American surgeons with stethoscopes draped around their necks trudging through a poppy field in Afghanistan, seeking to heal victims of disease, land mines, and the crossfire of guerrilla war. Any Hollywood screenwriter would reject the scene as implausible."

Read the rest and start working on your screenplay, here.

Also Not Good.

"Breaking News: At the final bell, the Dow drops below 8,000 for the first time since 2003"

So, can we get that economic stimulus package sometime soon?

Anyone...Anyone....

Bruiser does not have a lot of his assets tied up in the market, but ye olde 401K looks worse every time I stupidly forget and open a statement. That's that screaming sound you hear once a month, followed by substantial weeping.

Peeps who are ready to retire and were planning on those funds for substantial income--I just don't see how they could make that money back. Even if the market is cyclical, at some point, you have to pull out, right? (That's what she said).

I'm not at that point yet...but it's been scary out there for some time...and I imagine there's going to be a lot of sad lookin' xmas's this season, here, in the leader of the free world.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...

(CNN) — A grand jury in south Texas indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on separate charges related to alleged prisoner abuse in federal detention centers, Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra told CNN Tuesday....The Associated Press reported that the indictment stems from Cheney's investment in the Vanguard Group — an investment management company that reportedly has interests in the prison companies in charge of the detention centers. It also charges Gonzales halted an investigation into abuse at the detention centers while he was attorney general. Read mo.

I hope this is true. If so: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. Bout Damn Time.

HIMYM--Consistently Funny

My favorite sitcom this year is by far How I Met Your Mother. I've been hit or miss on it in the past (I still think the title is too "on")--but this year the cast seems to really be enjoying itself, and as Neil Patrick Harris continues genius work on the show the rest of the gang has molded into the funniest ensem on TV (sorry, Entourage dudes). Some HIMYM fun...



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