Not So Traditional Saturday Night Open Thread

[Guest post by hit and run*]

"Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's all right." 
--stuff Elton John sang

I sure hope no one explores the question of which Elton John song best represents the to-be-announced-tomorrow Ready for Hillarity! 2016 presidential campaign.

OH NO HE DI'INT:  From the comments in the last thread.

Patterico:

MSNBC: Hillary’s Campaign Will Work To Keep Her From Looking Like A “Hottie Celebrity”

Easiest. Job. Ever.

Posted by: Dave (in MA)

YIKE.

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Comments

[daddy]

Talked you in to it, we did:)

[Jack is Back!]

I think I did Daddy but I'll take seconds like I always did on crrew.

[daddy]

Excellent comment over at Insty from a commenter on Hillary and her MSM enablers:

It takes a Potemkin village.

[GMax]

Hillary and hottie are not to be used in the same paragraph. Vomit...

[Extraneus]

I once saw a guy crack open a can of Miller, take a swig, and spit it out in disgust. We cut the can open and found an embalmed mouse inside.

Never drank from a can again.

[Dave (in MA)]

Good thing I changed my name back from (').

[Jeff Dobbs]

Ext - One of Miller's breweries is just up the road from us, close to the VA border. One of the guys I play in pool league had a fairly similar experience (I can't remember if it was a mouse, but something ghastly with something in one of his cans).

The price you pay for living the High Life ain't always as cheap as the beer itself.

[Dave (in MA)]

Or (_|_)

[Jack is Back!]

Can you imagine what Natnz and CBS would have to talk about if Tiger didn't make tne cut? Much like their political coverage, I guess.

[Captain Hate]

There are a lot of words that should never be in the same sentence as Rodham. "Fresh" for example.

[Dave (in MA)]

I once had a Busch that was ghastly. After about 5 more it didn't seem quite so ghastly.

[Jeff Dobbs]

No one going to name the Elton John song for Hillarity!?

I mean, I'm not going to, but I figured the bait had been set and someone would have taken it by now.

[Thomas Collins]

If you're still here, henry, I left my query about Hopkins on the other thread.

The context of this is that my youngest has until April 15th to say yes or no to the Arizona, Yale, Emory, Hopkins and Washington University (St. Louis) MPH programs. I figured that with the diverse variety of backgrounds of JOMers, I'd ask whether anyone had any insights.

[Old Lurker]

Alrighty then.

Wash Examiner "President Obama on Saturday told leaders of Latin American that he´s "not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born."

That would indeed make his job easier. No pesky Constitution, no Federalist Paper debates, No pesky treaties and alliances, the list of battles as old as the country is staggering.

Then again, I wonder why he cares about slavery back before he was born, or what whitey did or didn't do to Indians.

I am so confused.

[Captain Hate]

The waitresses at the Augusta Waffle House are gonna have a nervous night.

[Marlene on Kindle]

I once got very drunk drinking *several* of those Miller minis daddy posted in the previous thread.Hubby thinks it is a funny story,worthy of family lore.I really don't remember. :)

[Jack is Back!]

CH,

Daly isn't playing. Qiuiet night at the Waffle House:)

[Marlene on Kindle]

The Bitch is Back.

[exdemocrat]

The Bitch is Back?

[Thomas Collins]

Beer has too low a Buzz Units Per Ounce ratio for me, Marlene. I can get the Buzz Units more efficiently through scotch or cab. Even with ale, I find that I need too many ounces. But perhaps I am missing a brew that does the deed without a lot of liquid.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

How's this for profundity from our leader:

Obama at Castro meeting: “We are now in a position to move on a path toward the future.” (via Taranto)

A regular Winston Churchill I tell you.

[Dave (in MA)]

Gulden Draak, 10.5% abv, and delicious.

[Thomas Collins]

H&R's suggested Elton John song for The Hill's campaign, exdemocrat. Marlene wins the prize. What prize will H&R give out? A case of brew or a DVD of "Best of H&R Pool Shots"?

[Frau Edith Steingehirn]

TM reads the NYT so we don't have to. I visit Scary Larry once in a while so you don't have to and to see if he's still crazy. I could have saved myself the trouble.
Mr. PUMA responded to Judith Miller and lets his faithful followers know she is full of bs.
I won't link. Don't ask, don't tell.

The right wing and defenders of George W. Bush insist that Scooter Libby was innocent and that the culprit was actually Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. But the folks making this argument neglect to mention that it was Scooter Libby who oversaw production of the briefing package that fingered Plame. It was that briefing package that gave Armitage his knowledge.

Crazy Larry did not quote "Big Dick" Armitage to support his assertion lies.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Thank you, Marlene and exdem. Now I can go to the pig pickin' in peace.

[Thomas Collins]

Thanks, Dave (in MA). I'll give that a try.

[Jeff Dobbs]

TC:
What prize will H&R give out?

Same as always - I will donate half my annual JOM salary to the charity of the winner's choice.

[henry]

TC, got it. The trick is catching my brother before the 15th.

[Thomas Collins]

Oh, sorry, exdem. I though you were puzzled by Marlene's answer. I now realize you were also answering. H&R, a case for Marlene and the DVD for exdem!

[Thomas Collins]

Oh, no problem if you don't catch up with him, henry.

[Jack is Back!]

TC and all of the other Boston riff-raffl, Frederick and I will be there in mid June on our way to Cardigan Mountain School for summer camp. Fair warning.

[daddy]

Wonderful watching Spieth hanging so tough. beautiful Putt to go 17 under. Wow!

Great golf watching today for couch potatoes everywhere.

[henry]

OK TC. That is a good list, hard to see how your youngest could go wrong (but I don't know program details).

[Marlene on Kindle]

Funny story.Our first apartment was a four unit duplex. The downstairs neighbors played their stereo full blast in the middle of the night. Their favorite song was "The Bitch is Back." Every time we hear that song,we laugh.We finally complained to the landlord,who was a great guy and valued us as renters.He took care of the situation.

[Thomas Collins]

Give me a call or send me a text or email if you have time to get together, JiB. How long do you expect to be in Boston?

[Captain Hate]

Spieth is just toying with the Eldrick bots; thanks for playing, tools.

Tonight is Ommegang Game of Thrones: Three Eyed Raven. A dark saison which I'm not sure how it will be.

[Captain Hate]

"Saturday Night's Alright for Throwing Lamps"?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I once had a Busch that was ghastly. After about 5 more it didn't seem quite so ghastly.-

That could be true even without the c. ;)

[daddy]

I once had a Busch that was ghastly. After about 5 more it didn't seem quite so ghastly.

Hit,

At the layover Hotel in Taiwan they give us a free drink coupon for the Lobby Bar, but it is only good for soda's or for their only beer on tap, Taiwan Beer. It is so bad that I now give away my free beer coupon to my buddies, and for a congenital beer drinker like me turning down a free brew is so uncharacteristic I'm almost ashamed of myself---but man, is it putrid.

[pagar]

More on Castro.

The end of the report is important!

http://www.therealcuba.com/page5.htm

[Jane]

Are you driving JIB? If so you should plan a day at Sturbridge Village.

[Jane]

So did Obama bow to Raul today?

[Marlene on Kindle]

Jack,are you still planning a Maine/Maritimes trip?

[Ben]

Hit; check out lyrics foe "Tiny Dancer" for applicability.

[Buckeye]

Rose coming on strong with 4 birds in a row.

[Ben]

Stop with hour bragging rights. Daddy-o....

[Ben]

Your bragging rights.....dogs, we aren't.

[Dave (in MA)]

Daddy, resisting the temptation to Taiwan on...

[Porchlight]

"Candle In The Wind" - I hope.

[Miss Marple]

I drink Miller from bottles, CLEAR glass bottles.

I believe being able to see through the glass used to be one of their selling points, probably for my mom it was. She well-remembered tales of the canning factory, because Stokely Van Camp used to be headquartered here. It's where they canned pork and beans and catsup.

Oh-oh! He who must not be named is on my TV with a press conference. He's talking real fast so I figure he's juiced on something. Speaking in his usual lecturing tone, like he's about half-angry.

[Miss Marple]

He is mad because he isn't getting questioned about the wonderfulness of the Cuba deal but about the Iran deal.

[Miss Marple]

Now he is calling out McCain for saying Kerry is delusional.

And griping about Cotton's letter. Now going after McConnell.

He's about ready to crack, boys, so keep up the criticism!

[Miss Marple]

LOL! Reporter asks him about Raul Castro's warm and complimentary words about him, and if he thinks Castro is an honest man and can be trusted.

Also, what does he think about his former SOS announcing tomorrow.

[Frau Miau]

TM reads the NYT so we don't have to. I visit Scary Larry's blog to see if he is still in business. I could have saved myself the time. He labels Judith Miller's mea culpa as bs.

The right wing and defenders of George W. Bush insist that Scooter Libby was innocent and that the culprit was actually Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. But the folks making this argument neglect to mention that it was Scooter Libby who oversaw production of the briefing package that fingered Plame. It was that briefing package that gave Armitage his knowledge.

Scary does not quote Dicky Armitage at all. He just sez. Jeez...

Mr. PUMA will start lubricating tomorrow when Hillalry! trots out her stuff. (ewwwwww!)

[daddy]

“We are now in a position to move on a path toward the future.”

I think we need to hear more of such profundity. How 'bout:

We are now in a position to move on a path to a trail to a road to a train track to a cable car to a highway to an underpass to an overpass to a bridge to a toll road to tomorrow.

Let the profundity begin!

[Jane]

Whoa, what an ending to the 3rd round!

[Beasts of England]

Great up and down on 18, after the double bogey on 17 and the shoved approach on the final. A four shot lead can vanish in ten minutes tomorrow afternoon, but he's continuing to fly in a rare atmosphere.

Nice to see Phil contend and Justin Rose, too. Should be a great final day!

[Jane]

Well in complete contradiction to everyone else, I'm happy Tiger played well.

(Be nice Capn' Hate)

[Steve]

Hillary Clinton faces scrutiny over emails - donations - Fox & Friends

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2015/04/hillary-clinton-faces-scrutiny-over.html

[daddy]

resisting the temptation to Taiwan on...

Ha! LOL, Dave-sama:)

[Soylent Red]

I sure hope no one explores the question of which Elton John song best represents the to-be-announced-tomorrow Ready for Hillarity!

"Bitch is Back" is the obvious choice, but I think a more subtle - nuanced - choice is "Too Low for Zero."

OT, a couple of days ago I went for my annual physical. The pretty female doctor, all of about 29, told me, "You have a very low heart rate, for a man your age."

This made me feel very old.

However, today, I went to pick up a riding lawn mower I bought on craigslist (it's not just for hookers anymore...) WHen I got to the place, I pulled truck and trailer over to the side of the road, about six inches onto the neighbor's parking strip grass.

Right about that time, an old guy and his wife pull up next to me and indicate I should roll down the window. I do, and the old guy says to me, "You want to just drive right onto my lawn?"

So essentially, an old man told me to get off his lawn.

Young again.

[exdemocrat]

What is it about Tiger's ludicrously charmed life of wealth, adulation, and achievement that causes him to be the most ill-tempered jerk on the course?

[Miss Marple]

http://www.steynonline.com/6903/mister-vitality

An entertaining short bio of Anthony Quinn.

Lots of stuff in it I didn't know about him.

[daddy]

I have a "Withering" Question.

Whatever happened to "Withering Questions?"

Remember when Obama couldn't open his mouth without a "Withering Question" popping out? Remember back in the halcyon early days of this Administration when the only adjective the NYTImes was authorized to use in regard to Obama asking a question was "Withering?"

Well I remember it. I remember reports of Army Generals and Navy Admirals and Senior Marine and Air Force Officers cowering in befuddlement at the President's "Withering Questions."

Same with his advisors and other assorted underlings. None of them were named or actually described as doing anything of any use whatever, except that they contributed beautifully to reports of being the cannon fodder that were struck dumb by Obama's "Withering Questions?

Well what the hell ever happened to "Withering Questions?" Where did they go?

One would think that with all the recent reporting on Rand Paul being "prickly" or "petulant" or "thin-skinned" about answering questions from Savannah Guthrie or the Guardian or CNN or whomever, that surely they could find the decency to not simply denigrate Rand but instead actually describe the questions he is so afraid of answering as "Withering."

Why can't Savannah Guthrie ask a "Withering Question?" Is it an anti-woman Sexism thing?

Why can't the Guardian ask a "Withering Question?" Is it a Racism thing because the Guardian is a bunch of White guys?

Who banned "Withering Questions" and why can't we ask 'em any more?

[Jane]

You will always be a kid to me Soylent! Didn't we have to get you a fake ID to go out for drinks?

[Ben]

Jjst an fyi. Beer in clearglass means formadehyde is part of your intake. I feel certain this will result in greater consumption when hit's spouse is out of range.

[DrJ]

Beer in clearglass [sic] means formadehyde is part of your intake.

Bullshit. Prove it.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--What is it about Tiger's ludicrously charmed life of wealth, adulation, and achievement that causes him to be the most ill-tempered jerk on the course?--

Is that a rhetorical question?

[clarice]

"“We are now in a position to move on a path toward the future.”
Whoa.. Didn't we just cross the bridge to the 21st century? How did we get on a path now?

[pagar]

Jane, I'm pretty sure if you go back to the last thread I was the first to say Tiger was playing well.

Exdemocrat@ 07:58, I don't know but what he says or does has no effect on my life. Meanwhile every thing this person does raises my blood pressure to terrible levels and ruins my and my great grandchildren lives.

http://weaselzippers.us/220423-obama-on-cuba-history-before-i-was-born-isnt-interesting-or-relevant/

[Miss Marple]

pagar,

He's ruining the country and the culture. It makes me sick, but 6 years of complaining and voting have done no good.

I am left to conclude he is a punishment on our nation, much like Ahab and Jezebel were for Israel.

It is very depressing.

[Danube on iPad]

The most exasperating thing is that he gets nothing - absolutely nothing - in return for these friendly gestures toward our avowed enemies.

[Eric in Boise]

"Candle In The Wind" - I hope.

Hell, if we're gonna dream, let's dream big.

"Funeral For A Friend".

[daddy]

Miss Marple,

Enjoyable Steyn column on Anthony Quinn. I recall that in his later years he made a movie which was something like "The Life Of Mohammed" and in it Quinn responded to a Muhammed that was never shown on camera since Mohamed supposedly is not supposed to be depicted.

I wonder if that movie was made today if a Fatwa of some sort would be issued against the producers and actors for even pretending to depict Muhamid?

[clarice]

TK, I am glad it's nothing serious with your pup.

[Thomas Collins]

If you are around, henry, thanks again for calling me and sharing your brother's insights on public health programs. And it's always great to hear the voice of another JOMer!

[Johns_Creek_Bill]

"All the Girls Love Alice"

[Eric in Boise]

sure hope no one explores the question of which Elton John song best represents the to-be-announced-tomorrow Ready for Hillarity! 2016 presidential campaign.

Just a bit of further exploration:

"Where To Now, Bill's Peter".

Yeah, I need to stop now.

[daddy]

When was Trudeau's shit cartoon EVER funny?

One of the things that bothers me is that the Japan Times features another unfunny and shitty cartoonist, Ted Rall. He writes guest Op-Eds for the paper and I have to wonder what sort of impression about America that gives to the local Japanese guy reading his anti-American drivel.

I love Japan, but I hate how almost all their media input comes from CNN, BBC, and the International Herald Tribune---(WaPo and NYTimes). And then if they listen to local US Radio they'll get hours of daily NPR.

[Danube on iPad]

Thanks a lot for posting that, MissM. He was said to be the inspiration for Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo," which Manfred Mann recorde under the title of "The Mighty Quinn" before Bob did it on the basement tapes.

[sbw]

Truesbury is what Doonesbury would require to be pithy, relevant, and funny.

[Eric in Boise]

I'm not sure that he gets absolutely nothing, Danube. I think he gets his ego stroked by getting the approval of people whose values are in line with his own, and who have the same contempt for this country and what it represents that he does.

And yes, it's very damned depressing.

[DrJ]

OT: MrsJ is starting dinner -- Cioppino. Cod, Mussels, Shrimp, and Clams in a spicy (homegrown) tomato sauce. Sourdough bread. Ravenswood Zinfandel.

I am a fortunate man.

[clarice]

Ted Rall is awful. The WaPo cartoonish is the worst though--terrible artwork, childish themes . The best--as goos as Nast and Nasby is Ramirez..

[Janet]

Trudeau's sickening remarks -
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/04/the-abuse-of-satire/390312/

" ...yet free speech absolutists were unchastened."

Who gets to be the great arbitrator of what is acceptable speech? Garry Trudeau? Who do men like him think they are? He freely mocks & ridicules whatever & whoever he wants. He spits out his opinions. Who will "chasten" the individuals that Gary deems have crossed the "red line"? Who sets the "red line"? Him?

I am a free speech absolutist. I guess ol' Gary thinks the barbaric murderers have a valid point.

[maryrose]

My niece is currently in the St Louis Medical Program and is very happy with the school

[Porchlight]

My parents used to have Doonesbury collections that I used to pore over when I was 10 or 11 or so. This was probably late 70s-early 80s. I didn't really understand them, but I tried. Frankly, I'd be happy if my kids willingly read anything, even Doonesbury collections.

[Porchlight]

Come on without
Come on within
You'll not see nothin'
Like the Mighty Quinn

[daddy]

Kneecapping ourselves as we get positioned to move down that path to the future

WaPo:

Cuban President Raúl Castro on Saturday called President Obama “an honest man ... a humble man” who is not to blame for more than a century of U.S. oppression of Cuba and who is “courageously” trying to persuade Congress to lift the embargo against Cuba.

Raul Castro wouldn't know an honest man if one bit him in the ass. And if Obama is humble, I'm a Yankee fan.

Dogs...

[Porchlight]

Sounds great DrJ.

[maryrose]

Washington university is considered an Iveague School in the Midwest
Yale and Emory are excellent Hopkins in a class by itself A friends son attended Hopkins and loved it
I do not envy her choice All are very good schools

[Janet]

Excuses for Islamic terrorism -

Obama - poverty, the Crusades

Trudeau - cartoons

[maryrose]

TC should be Ivy Leaguers

[Janet]

Charb's coffin.

Don't worry Garry...there's none of your Doonesbury cartoons on it.

[Janet]

from The Atlantic link - "By punching downward, by attacking a powerless, disenfranchised minority with crude, vulgar drawings closer to graffiti than cartoons, Charlie wandered into the realm of hate speech, which in France is only illegal if it directly incites violence."

a powerless, disenfranchised minority??? Who is this? ALL Muslims? Garry Trudeau is a fool. A simpleton.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

The idea Barry is looking for something in return from our enemies seems mistaken to me.
He is looking to legitimize their grievances and by doing so diminish our country.
It is a one way exchange and one he is very good at.

[Janet]

IF cartoonists can only "punch up"...who does Garry Trudeau punch at?

from 2005 -
"Television journalist and memoirist Jane Pauley and her husband, Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau, have gone to contract to sell their prized 271 Central Park West duplex for almost $13 million, according to a source with knowledge of the deal."

Read more at http://observer.com/2005/06/pauley-and-trudeau-selling-13-m-cpw-spread-renters-wanted-for-beauxarts-mansion-model-paves-beautiful-way-to-les/#ixzz3X3XrzfWe
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[Thomas Collins]

Thanks for your thoughts on the public health programs, maryrose. The consensus of individuals with whom I have spoken is that she has good choices. It's a subject area with which I'm not familiar, so I appreciate the input.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

It is quite pleasant having prime time, high quality boxing on again.

[Danube on iPad]

You're right of course, Eric. I meant that he gets nothing for our country.