Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

In the news:

Heart Surgery Is Planned for Edwards; Trial Delayed

Subsequent trial delays will be attributed to "conscience surgery" and "judgment surgery".

Comments

[Barbara-Lurking]

Heck, he might as well go for the Triple Transplant, seeing as all three appear to be lacking or non-functional!

[centralcal]

No kidding, B-L.

[bgates]

Hard to know what's more incredible: that this guy nearly became Attorney General, or that we ended up worse off without him.

[Clarice]

Equally as hard to know what the hell law he violated to merit the US Atty's attention. Not every creep is a felon.

[Gmax]

Man TM you really know how to cut a guy to the quick. But this is trial lawyer and Democrat, he is incapable of shame.

[BB Key]

Why is Edwards always referred to as former candidate for Pesident....He was his party's Nominee for Vice President

[Janet]

He should get the Abramoff treatment...
Disgraced former candidate for President John Edwards

[Jim Rhoads a/k/a vnjagvet]

Cue up the lawyer heart transplant jokes.

As an aside, I had redo coronary by-pass surgery in Feb 1991 to correct a "life threatening" heart condition. I tried a four day construction arbitration case in the first week of April. Johnny should be ready for trial on that March 23 trial date.

[Captain Hate]

Shouldn't Rielle be able to cure him with crystals and other new agey stuff? What are the chances of Silky finding a surgeon whose malpractice insurance isn't significantly higher because of him and his ilk. Maybe he can trust the company doctor at The Mill.

[rse]

OT-I finished James Delingpole's Watermelons. For those like Jane, Janet, or MT who have run into Agenda 21 or are concerned with it, I think he does a good job there.

He also does a nice job of explaining why no amount of adverse evidence seems to stop the Climate Change express.

He's a bit verbose but some of that may simply be how he decided to approach the idea that when push comes to shove he was clearly dealing with an openly declared conspiracy in fact. He seems to be ambivalent about starting a shift in the Western conception of what drives Mikhail Gorbachev, but believes the evidence is overwhelming. I think most of us want to see him as rejecting socialism as unworkable rather than in search of a better vehicle.

It's definitely a good place to gain as much working knowledge as a typical skeptic will need in everyday life. And Delingpole does try to keep it light.

[Gmax]

CBS doing some real reporting? When you have lost CBS, Zero you are in danger of being down to the Nation and MoveOn. Here:

CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson takes a look at 11 more Solyndras that were part of Obama's Energy program. Attkisson was one of the original reporters that uncovered the Solyndra scandal.

CBS News counted 12 clean energy companies that are having trouble after collectively being approved for more than $6.5 billion in federal assistance. Five have filed for bankruptcy: The junk bond-rated Beacon, Evergreen Solar, SpectraWatt, AES' subsidiary Eastern Energy and Solyndra.

[MarkO]

You know, I served up a straight line yesterday and only bgates returned serve. Thanks to him I did not fall into full depression mode.

Sorry to say I'm not certain I believe Edwards even now.

[Janet]

Here ya go MarkO - second try

Judge finds that John Edwards has a serious heart-related medical condition. We know that's not true because _____________!(insert joke line here)

Posted by: MarkO | January 13, 2012 at 03:42 PM

[Clarice]

Seriously. Do you think it a good idea to have prosecutors deciding what candidates can spend non-campaign (taxed as gifts) funds on? Mucking about their personal lives when there's no federal or state law governing such expenditures?
Forget this is Edwards. Pretend it's a candidate you support.

[Janet]

Here was bgates reply that saved MarkO from deep despair -

We know that's not true because

he has nothing he considers a vital organ between his hair and his penis.

Posted by: bgates | January 13, 2012 at 04:01 PM

[Gmax]

James Taranto calls Bullschmidt on mostly the Associated Press for their selective reporting of the recent PHEW polling:

The perception of “class conflict” has grown because the media have paid the putative conflict so much attention. They have done so in part for ideological reasons–lefty journalists have had a weird preoccupation with “income inequality” for as long as we can remember–but also in part because it’s newsworthy, especially when the president of the United States is trying to foment class war.

It would also be newsworthy if he succeeded–and that is the story the AP is trying to peddle. But Pew’s findings show it is a phony war. If underlying “tensions between rich and poor” were really rising, the survey would have found some evidence of actual hardening of attitudes across socioeconomic lines.

Sucks for Zero that he is not competent even as a demogogue.

[Barbara-Lurking]

His CT and MRI scans came back negative: no evidence of a heart noted.

[Clarice]

Yes, Gmax and I think only Taranto caught that slight of hand.

[caro]

MarkO,you're right. Just think,Silky could be in his second term as VP if things had gone the other way. What heart condition?

[hit and run]

Gmax:
CBS doing some real reporting? When you have lost CBS, Zero you are in danger of being down to the Nation and MoveOn.

Sharyl Attkisson has been doing real reporting for CBS for years -- back to the 2008 election.

She's the one who first exposed Obama as (Would-be) President Goldman Sachs.

Not that it did much good back then,of course. Maybe there are other mainstream journalists these days besides Sharyl whom Obama has lost. Examples would be reassuring.

[(Another) Barbara]

As soon as I saw bgates's reply, I quit trying. Can't beat that one and I regret failing to send my congratulations.

[narciso]

That's true, I mean Bunny Mellon, was a fool, but it is her right to waste her money that way,

[Gmax]

Ace put something up this week that is quite on point:

Vote for the candidate who appeals to downscale white voters in the middle... even if the candidate in question does not, in fact, appeal at all to downscale white voters in the middle.

It's confusing, but trust us. We've prevailed in two elections or primaries before this year (out of 17), so seriously, we know what we're doing.

That weird, uneasy vibe you get off Romney? Telling you not to trust him? Don't sweat it, we've heard that a million times. And it's just you, anyway. No one else has that, except for everyone else.

And that in no way will play any role in this election. Because this election will be decided on ISSUES and principles. You know-- Romney's strength.

So it's not like that whole lack-of-charisma or can't-identify-with-him-at-all background will hurt him at all. Nope! It's all smooth sailing from here, on principles and ideas, and trust us, we've got big plans to have some of those, sometime down the line.

[Jane]

I don't believe it for a second Mark. Edwards tried personal injury cases. Those all require a doc as an expert witness so he's got a portfolio of people who get paid for giving their opinion. I'd bet dollars to donuts he-who-has-no-ethics hired one of them.

[MarkO]

I know bgates is great, but are we that humorless. Yes, from me, the doomsayer.

[Clarice]

Correct about Mellon, narciso.

Hit, you're right about Sharyl Attkisson too.I can't imagine how she got that job at CBS or how she keeps it.. Imagine, a real journalist.

[MarkO]

Wow, all the years I tried to do italics and then, poof, it just happened.

[Ignatz]

Off

[MarkO]

Out.

[MarkO]

Iggy, I now worship you.

[Ignatz]

--I don't believe it for a second Mark. Edwards tried personal injury cases. Those all require a doc as an expert witness so he's got a portfolio of people who get paid for giving their opinion. I'd bet dollars to donuts he-who-has-no-ethics hired one of them.--

Well then, if he was clever he'd have one of them declare him brain dead and avoid a trial all together.

[MarkO]

I have been know to be a backslider.

[MarkO]

Someone stole my "n".

[Ignatz]

--Iggy, I now worship you.--

Well Gmax caused the italics not you Mark, but, hey, you take your worshipers where you can get em I guess.

[MarkO]

Now I'm worshiping false gods. What next?

Just a boy and his horse.

[Gmax]

Yup I Larwyned up the thread. Whatever happened to Larwyn? Anyone heard from her?

[Gmax]

One of the readers over at Insty wrote in that Scotland upon hearing the Edwards news, voted to release him...

[narciso]

LOL, force of habit over there,

[Gmax]

The Journal editorial report indicates Mitch Daniels is pushing Indiana to become a Right to Work state. Seems like the pundits misread the Ohio results, big shock I know.

[Porchlight]

But Indiana is not Ohio, Gmax. I'd say they have a better shot at it. Daniels knows his state.

[Rick Ballard]

"It's all smooth sailing from here, on principles and ideas,"

I would have tossed in ethics as well.

Principles, ethics and ideas. Each authentically crafted to find the Goldilocks Optimum solution for every situation which arises with close attention paid to the ability of any given solution to endure for the entire period of close public scrutiny to the situation.

Our malleability is only exceeded by our flexibility.

[Gmax]

Rick

When I read it, I thought of you. Ace did a reasonable approximation like a facsimile. But you are the real thing and its done with such panache. Keep up the good work.

[Gmax]

Porch

Its right next door. They are a lot more alike than you believe. But my point was that the all knowing pundits said if the Republicans lost in Ohio that it would chill any further attempts to reign in out of control unions and stop forcing workers to join a union.

[narciso]

Ah, Bless your heart, Kathleen;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/denigrating-michelle-obama-is-enough-to-make-anyone-angry/2012/01/13/gIQAmJcExP_story.html

[Captain Hate]

But Indiana is not Ohio, Gmax. I'd say they have a better shot at it. Daniels knows his state.

The campaign in Ohio was staffed with Duke and Duke allstars. I mean how stupid do you have to be to take some old crone's words out of context on some idiotic "gotcha" type of crap and not think that it would come back and bite you. Just effing brilliant. Combine that with intramural torpedoing of Kasich by the DeWine cabal and you have a McCainesque campaign in the making.

I trust Mitch on everything not having to do with keeping a wife satisfied.

[Captain Hate]

Kathleen is naturally sympathetic to anybody with a giant caboose.

[Gmax]

Dana Loesch apparently told CNN " I drop trou and do it too." when asked about the Marines pissing on some dead terrorists.

[bgates]

denigrating Michelle Obama

Denigrating?

Denigrating?

Oh, Kathleen. For shame.

[bgates]

I know bgates is great

[4 minutes later]

Iggy, I now worship you

Easy come, easy go.

[narciso]

That's somewhat unfair to Mitch, Captain, meanwhile, Lyndon referred to him as the 'Paper Boy' and thar was one of the things
he got right about him;

http://weaselzippers.us/2012/01/13/pbs-bill-moyers-george-soros-a-victim-of-the-right-wing-and-fox-news-assassins/#comment-465188

[Danube of Thought]

Bravely spoken, Ace. You do everything but tell us who you think we should vote for in lieu of Mitt.

[Rocco]

Utah...please elect Mia Love

[Danube of Thought]

"Do you think it a good idea to have prosecutors deciding what candidates can spend non-campaign (taxed as gifts) funds on? "

No, unless it's John Edwards.

[narciso]

He was Perry, but 'he's been pining at th fjords' for the longest while;

[Porchlight]

Ace is a Perry guy, DoT. But he shouldn't take it for granted that his readers know that.

[Danube of Thought]

"denigrating Michelle Obama"

I don't think Kantor went that far. I think she was simply a bit niggardly with her praise.

[hit and run]

bgates:
Easy come, easy go.

I assume MarkO is not monotheistic as far a blog commenters go.

Wait. Rewrite:

I don't think MarkO has one of those monotheistic things going on as far as blog commenters go.

[daddy]

Speaking of Medical diagnosis...

Dammit' Jim, I'm an actor not a Doctor:

"A $10m (£6.5m) prize is on offer to whoever can create a Star Trek-like medical "tricorder", capable of capturing "key health metrics and diagnosing a set of 15 diseases".

[narciso]

Didn't these people, see the movie with Clint Eastwood;

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/49617

[Danube of Thought]

Thanks, Porch. I've never been to his site, so I wouldn't know that. So he wants us to vote for the guy who is too dumb to get on the ballot in Virginia.

[Danube of Thought]

Sure must be a laff riot hanging out with Kathleen Parker's friends:

"Like every woman I know, black or white, I’ve watched Mrs. Obama with respect, admiration and arm-envy. Every woman. We talk about her unique role in American history, and we are proud and impressed."

[daddy]

What color is your Parachhute, errr Galaxy?

Quiz Time.

The Milky Way's True color is:

1) White
2) Black
3) Yellow
4) Purple
5) Magenta

Answer.

[narciso]

Wouldn't that be the light from all the stars,
like when Fry lined up all the galaxies.

[Rick Ballard]

I will have no problem voting for a three term work horse over a one term show horse in the primary. Especially a show horse who uses a weather vane as a backup to the wind sock he uses as his political guide.

[(Another) Barbara]

Bravely spoken, Ace. You do everything but tell us who you think we should vote for in lieu of Mitt.

Of course. Ask anyone releasing bile against Romney who it is, then, he or she supports. You'll get crickets every time.

[hit and run]

DoT quoting Parker:
Every woman.

I'm the last person to call out another person for using an incomplete sentence in her writing. In her writing. I do it shamelessly all the time. All the time. But then I don't write for the Washington Post. The Washington Post.

[boris]

Rick Rick Rick ... Newt is too smart, Perry is too dumb, Mitt is j u u u u u u s s s t R i i i g h t.

[Danube of Thought]

"I will have no problem voting for a three term work horse over a one term show horse in the primary."

Your problem will arise only if he wins.

[Ignatz]

--I know bgates is great

[4 minutes later]

Iggy, I now worship you

Easy come, easy go.--

Fickle MarkO.
He's only truly attached to his horse.

[boris]

Hope it's not the "high" horse ...

[Rick Ballard]

Boris,

You never know - perhaps a gutless comprising pol who knew enough to quit rather than face an electorate anxious to give him the boot rather than a second term is exactly what we need.

[(Another) Barbara]

"Like every woman I know, black or white, I’ve watched Mrs. Obama with respect, admiration and arm-envy. Every woman. We talk about her unique role in American history, and we are proud and impressed."

Pauline Kael, redux.

[Captain Hate]

Anybody got Moyers in their dead pool?

[(Another) Barbara]

Did he die?

[Captain Hate]

No, I just wanted to wish somebody good luck.

[(Another) Barbara]

LOL!

[Captain Hate]

Pauline Kael, redux

Exactly. Can you imagine what a cruel and inhumane torture it would be to be forced to listed to KPork and her band of think-alike harpies? Here is a likely list of topics:

1. How their husbands are pigs for staring at Sarah Palin.
2. Shoes
3. How Worf is a lot like them
4. Chocolate
5. How mean Client 9 was to Kathleen while secretly fantasizing on him dressed only in black mid-calf socks (::vomit::)
6. Chick flicks
7. Distant memories of PMS
8. How they're all more attractive than Sarah Palin but people have been brainwashed into thinking otherwise
9. More shoes
10. The icky Tea Party

[rse]

Now LUN is the most likely explanation for merging Commerce and Trade. Not to save money but to get that spin and create a one stop shop to hand out the green to approved cronies.

[daddy]

Floridas State 90
TarHeels 57

Ughh:(

[MarkO]

Just came back from the horse ride. Symbolic, of course. As of now, Iggy is good and I worship bgates. Things are in flux. I'm entertaining offers from the various deities on the blog. Anyone promise any sort of salvation from Obama?

[MarkO]

"Floridas State 90
TarHeels 57"
This is so bad that I can't really even take delight in it.

Maybe I can. Let me try. There. OK.

Unfortunately, it doesn't make Duke any better.

Sorry, daddy.

[MarkO]

I want the 49'ers but the Saints will win.
I want Denver, but the Pats will win.

This is just like every other day of my life.

[Captain Hate]

daddy, as you know I'm a big Roy fan but he did something really bad at the end of the game. Leonard Hamilton called time out near the end and told Roy that probably all 14 Criminole fans would rush the court and they could exit now if he wanted to. Roy stuck his walk-ins on the court and his schollie athletes and coaches all left. You win and lose as a team and I don't know wtf Roah was thinking by sticking the guys at the end of the bench in to be dunked on.

[MarkO]

Did ole Roy throw in the towel? So to speak. Not racist.

I'm sorry to read that. I actually think more of Williams and UNC than that.

[Ignatz]

--No, I just wanted to wish somebody good luck.--

Thanks for the laugh of the day, CH.

[Captain Hate]

Mark, I've always liked Roy and think he's a quality guy. Maybe he was just livid at his team for giving a dog effort (and he likes to use games like this as "learning experiences" to keep his stars from getting overly self-satisfied) but he really screwed up on this imo.

[hit and run]

MarkO:
I want Denver, but the Pats will win.

I refuse to believe the dream of DoT sashaying down I-5 sans clothes is dead.

The problem is -- as much as God might want Tebow to win -- he might equally want DoT to keep his clothes on.

Divine intervention is very hard to predict.

[hit and run]

In fact,if Tebow loses,I'm pretty sure it will be DoT's fault.

[Dr. Weevil]

As it happens, "Serious Heart Condition" is a song by the Two Dollar Pistols, a honkytonk band from (interestingly enough) Chapel Hill. In the song, the SHC is love. Is Edwards slyly hinting that his heart condition is not physical? See the LUN for full lyrics.

[daddy]

Yep Captain,

I agree. I thought that walk-off was a grossly unclass act.

Ugly all around.

[hit and run]

How 'bout those '49ers?

[Jack is Back!]

Hit and daddy,

The 'Noles have this guy Bernard James, the blocking machine and ex-Air Force. Air Power is a bitch!

[matt]

you mean they're installing a heart in the bastard, finally? Sounds like a good name for a country song about some fine young thing.

MarkO, it would only be racist if you said the Pakistani cricket team threw in the towel.

[narciso]

Williamson, while usually pretty good, suffers from category error, this time;

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/287921/obama-incompetent-or-evil-kevin-d-williamson#comment-bar

[Jane]

Well in honor of DOt's instructions last week, I just made my first Tito's martini. It's great, but I need some practice with the whole measuring thing.

[Clarice]

rse:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/unsolved_mystery_dc_public_schools_cheating_scandal.html

[Clarice]

Measuring? I thought you pour the vodka in a cold glass, drop in some anchovy stuffed olives, bring a vermouth bottle close to the glass for 2-4 minutes and then drink.

[Extraneus]

Any recommendations for a good cigar for a rookie? It is entirely possible that the ones I've tried have been, shall we say, undistinguished.

DrJ, I don't know if you're still here, but I second the suggestion to try a variety pack. Here are a number of choices from JR Cigar.

I used them to quit cigarettes (for my third and last time) around 16 years ago. One a night, not or hardly inhaled, worked for me, but it took a while to find one that wasn't too harsh or hot or bitter or big or stinky. There's a big difference, even within a brand, due to size and shape.

[Jack is Back!]

narciso,

I don't know. Seems NRO's UFC competitor is only highlighting what goes on every night here at JOM. Exactly, my feelings about Romney - is he tough, mean and downright hard ass enough to show Obama what he truly is "an evil incompetent".

[narciso]

We've seen this movie before;

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1395738