No News Is Good News - Take Two

After celebrating going an entire vacation with no news as a good thing - now I'm starting to catch up.

Maybe I'm crazy, but among the headlines I'm seeing - almost literally no news out there right now is good.

Greece collapsing, China all of a sudden trying to beat them to it, Iran getting everything they want from nuclear negotiations, our strategy to defeat ISIS is a (not ha-ha) joke and the execution is glacial, NYSE shuts down, United Airlines shuts down, an illegal immigrant kills an innocent woman in San Francisco - using a gun belonging to a federal agent - because the federal government won't protect our border nor enforce our immigration laws.

I need another vacation.

Wait. Here's something. According to TripAdvisor I live in the city with the best hamburger restaurant in America. So I got that going for me, which is nice.

 

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[henry]

Plus a beard.

[sbw]

Oneth. Someone has to be . . .

[sbw]

Twoth.

[henry]

Leaves me zeroeth.

[Eric in Boise]

As a hot dog lover, I find this post microaggressive.

[maryrose]

Henry
You are first but then I always knew that
I do not live in a sanctuary city
Also congressmen working on Kate's Law
If illegal returns after deportation 5years prison
Dare Hussein Obama to veto it

[henry]

Greek banks closed until next Sunday (which is an extension of time closed). At what point is TP more valuable as currency (I don't want to hear the Greeks don't use TP).

[MarkO]

Well, I'm just not sure what to make of this: "on buttery brioche buns."

[Miss Marple]

Jeff,

I notice none of those burger places are in the northeast. Coincidence?

[rse]

I cannot imagine the commotion at ICE here in atl today since they own the NYSE. The Pres was a neighbor in Fla on the same boardwalk. The kids would catch rides back to atl when I was coming yet.

[rse]

Stayed behind to close up the house. I do miss those summers and the kids they all used to be.

[jimmyk on iPhone]

You left out Puerto Rico collapsing too. A trifecta.

[DebinNC]

“Travelers are invited to dine upon a grass-fed Angus burger or a succulent buffalo patty"

A buffalo "patty"? Ugh. Reminds me iirc of Dizzie Dean saying, "I slud into what I thought was third."

[Jane]

There is a tweet out there yesterday from some hacker that essentially says: "I wonder if Wall St is going to have a bad day tomorrow. I hope so"

[MarkO]

I loved Diz, Deb.

[Jeff Dobbs]

I actually haven't been to that burger joint in Greensboro. Our go to place for a burger is the Big Burger Spot next to my pool hall.

[Extraneus]

Nobel Prize-winning scientist says Obama is ‘dead wrong’ on global warming

In 2008, Dr. Ivar Giaever joined over 70 Nobel Science Laureates in endorsing Barack Obama for president, but seven years later the Nobel Prize winner now stands against the president on global warming.

“I would say that basically global warming is a non-problem,” Giaever, who won the Nobel for physics in 1973, told an audience at the Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting earlier this month.

Giaever ridiculed Obama for stating that “no challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.” The physicist called it a “ridiculous statement” and that Obama “gets bad advice” when it comes to global warming.

“I say this to Obama: Excuse me, Mr. President, but you’re wrong. Dead wrong,” Giaever said.

Giaever was a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s School of Engineering and School of Science and received the Nobel Prize for physics for his work on quantum tunneling. Giaever said he was “horrified” about the science surrounding global warming when he conducted research on the subject in 2012.

[Extraneus]

Celebrity chef Jose Andres cancels deal for restaurant in Donald Trump's new DC hotel

[Jeff Dobbs]

Tweet Jane referenced:

Wonder if tomorrow is going to be bad for Wall Street.... we can only hope.

— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) July 8, 2015

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Right Scoop has a Trump interview on MessNBC which is pretty funny in how he controls the narrative.

[Porchlight]

"Best hamburger restaurant" ≠ place that serves the best burgers.

The best burgers could be being slung in some hole in the wall bar or cafe that doesn't meet other unlisted criteria (family friendly, decent parking, open for dinner, etc.).

Or out of a stand along a boardwalk or on a street corner or at a ballpark.

Just saying.

[Miss Marple]

The steak house down the road from me (called Hal's Las Vegas and decorated in Rat Pack style) has a killer ball o' meat burger:

Ground sirloin
Grilled onions
Pepper jack cheese
Cheddar cheese
Shredded beef pot roast

Now I am hungry. Darn!

[DrJ]

In other news, my step daughter will have another son. That makes four kids!

[Dave (in MA)]

.

[Dave (in MA)]

TripAdvisor photo

Lewis Burger - Norwood, MA

Bottom bun, burger, cheese, white toast, ham, tomato, lettuce, red onion, egg salad, top bun.

[Extraneus]

I don't see how this guy didn't make the list.

http://davesgourmetandexoticburgers.com/menu/

CAMEL $20.00
Delicious and unique yet lean and healthy.

KANGAROO $20.00
All natural kangaroo meat comes from Australia and it's kind of a gamey meat, but everyone likes it.

ANTELOPE $20.00
I personally like it, it's mild beefy little chewer but has taste of a lean meat.

OSTRICH $25.00
Very tasty and not gamey…

ALLIGATOR $25.00
Farm raised alligator is a gift…

PYTHON $25.00
Vietnam’s all natural snake. It's very chewy some times, when it's not ground up, but it's all about experience to have a little piece of Python in your mouth to enjoy the gamey meat, and chew on it.

RATTLE SNAKE 25.00
Fresh catch wild game snake , experience it has bones and delicious taste, it was an experience for myself as well, for seeing bones in a snake? well I got over it.

VENISON $14.99
America’s heart favorite…

WILD BOAR $14.99
It’s delicious natural meat. It doesn't taste like pork at all, it's livery and potent in taste. It's pleasant in taste with fries and burger.

LAMB $13.99
Styles: Greek / Indian / Gorgonzola

LLAMA $20.00
Llama is gamey and unusual tasting meat. Like lamb but more fatty tasting but yet taste different than lamb.

RABBIT $20.00
Pinkish white meat, lean, smooth and best in kebab style or chef's touch.

[Extraneus]

She can't stop instinctively lying, even about things easily refuted, even in her first interview after the big strategy change in which she decided to do interviews.

Hillary to CNN: I was never subpoenaed. Gowdy: Um, here’s the subpeona

[GUS]

Sobelmans' Milwaukee...St Paul St. Near the casino.

Best Burger in Wisconsin.

[lyle]

For those who can't access WSJ, Taranto prints this transcript from Hilligula's interview:

Mrs. Clinton: Well, I think when you are subjected to the kind of constant barrage of attacks that are largely fomented by and coming from the right and—

Keilar: But do you bear any responsibility for that?

Mrs. Clinton: . . . I can only tell you that I was elected twice in New York against the same kind of onslaught. . . . I have every confidence that during the course of this campaign people are going to know who will fight for them, who will be there when they need them and that’s the kind of person I am. . . .

Keilar: Trusting someone to fight for them and trusting someone, these are two different things.
Do you see any role that you’ve had in the sentiment that we’ve seen, where people are questioning whether you’re trustworthy?

Mrs. Clinton: I can only tell you, Brianna, that this has been a theme that has been used against me and my husband for many, many years. . . . I mean, people write books filled with unsubstantiated attacks against us. And even admit they have no evidence. But of course, it’s your job to cover it. So of course that’s going to raise questions in people’s minds.
But . . . I have a lot of confidence that the American people can sort it all out.

Keilar: Would you vote for someone that you don’t trust?

Mrs. Clinton: Well, they—people should and do trust me. And I have every confidence that that will be the outcome of this election.

Back To The Future With The Right Wing Conspiracy!

Good Lord, this woman is ragingly shitty politician. It this fraud wins the '16 election, the GOPe should dissolve. (I know I'm repeating myself.)

[Extraneus]

Here's the subpoena.

http://benghazi.house.gov/sites/republicans.benghazi.house.gov/files/Kendall.Clinton%20Subpoena%20-%202015.03.04.pdf

[DrJ]

Sorry, I've been spoiled by MrsJ's burgers. Freshly ground beef (barbequed), home-made buns, tomatoes from the garden, blue cheese, red onions, etc. etc.

Wonderful.

[Extraneus]

Come on you haters, expecting Hillary to remember all her subpoenas is like expecting Bill to remember all his intern blow jobs.

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 8, 2015

[GUS]

Lyle, maybe you didn't see MY INTERVIEW, with "Executive Director" for Waukesha County and the GOP!!!

It's not about Commies, hags, lying and corruption, it's about me joining the "party" to help get out the vote.

[Extraneus]

Baltimore's Racist Mayor Fires Black Chief of Police as Murder Rate Zooms

[Porchlight]

DrJ, when you say "barbecued" do you mean grilled over coals or on a gas grill?

In certain parts of the country "barbecued" means something different. ;)

[lyle]

I did see it, Gus. Well done, old chap.

[DrJ]

Porch, we use gas. Coals on occasion (different grill), but usually gas. It means that we use it a lot more.

[Porchlight]

We have gas, too. I love coals more, but like you said, the convenience makes a difference.

[lyle]

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/07/08/united-airlines-pilot-dumps-bullets-into-planes-toilet/

But the headline reads:

United Airlines Pilot Dumps Live Ammo Into Plane’s Toilet

Ummm...

Relieved that I was that this couldn't be daddy, I must point out that one or more bullets are not "live," Mr. Adams. Without the gun to fire it, they're inert and completely harmless.

Anyhoo, one of the commenters quipped:

hey, I've walked by the ammo shelves in Cabella's and I've heard the .223 calling out, "psst, hey buddy, how about just opening my carton for me. I just need a bit of fresh air."

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Conservative revolt brewing over Scott Walker hiring Brad Dayspring, RINO hitman.
Judging by the tweets Walker better make the cut and apply some styptic, pronto.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Bullets themselves are completely harmless, even if in a gun, unless one chooses to eat them.

[rse]

http://www.clasp.org/issues/postsecondary/in-focus/americas-college-promise-act-new-legislation-supporting-our-nations-students-workforce-and-economy

With the promise of $3 federal dollars to $1 dollar state this will be a disaster at every level but for those in higher ed admin.

[henry]

Gus, what about Fred's? Never eaten there, always a line out the door.

[Extraneus]

Imagine Obama and Kerry negotiating with the Iranians.

"Come on, guys, you gotta give us something. A small fig leaf, for Allah's sake. Something!"

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/07/08/a-deal-at-all-costs-white-house-may-drop-deadline-for-iran-nuke-agreement-entirely-to-keep-talks-going/

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Father hands out haymakers to teenage girls assaulting his daughter.
Commenters are on pop's side.

[Miss Marple]

henry,

Why is Fred's open at 8 but their kitchen doesn't open until 10:30. What do you do until 10:30, drink beer?

[GUS]

OMG Henry. I've never eaten at Freds', but I'll bet Tony Romo has.

[Miss Marple]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/247250-poll-trump-leads-gop-field-in-north-carolina

[clarice]

Gus, the next time I'm in Milwaukee will go there--on me. You can bring Henry.

[clarice]

Gus, the nest time I'm in Milwaukee will go there--on me. You can bring Henry.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

So, which will happen first:
Greek ATMs will dispense real money which buys things or Chinese investors will be able to sell their shares?

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

Best burger I ever had was a student at the U of C. They were 12 in a bag for $1. White Castle.

Sure, when you have more moolah and can visit Greensboro or Austin you can do better but back then White Castle was the real deal.

Nowdays, if I want a Bison Burger (which is terrific) I go over to Riverhead and Tweeds.

http://www.tweedsrestaurantriverhead.com

[Jack is Back (Again)!]

..,as a student.....

[lyle]

http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/070815-760235-hillary-clinton-cnn-first-interview.htm?fromcampaign=1&p=2

Worth your time.

[henry]

MissM, I don't know what you do between 8 and 10:30 except grab a table and stand in line. I've eaten at just about every bar on the surrounding block, but never at Fred's. It is on the way to the doctor, the gunsmith, the hardware store, the power equipment (chainsaw) store and other useful things around here.

[GUS]

It's a date Clarice. Henry has been to Balisreri's Pizza a block from Scott Walkers house, with me. I've shown him the best pizza in Wisconsin. It's time for Freds'.

[Miss Marple]

http://dailycaller.com/2015/07/08/obama-orders-cities-and-towns-to-racially-integrate/

[Appalled]

So opposing McDaniel in Mississippi (aka, candidate loose cannon enough to lose the GOP Mississippi) makes you a RINO?

Walker does something unusual for the GOP -- he genuinely defeats Democrats.

If you want that model -- start trusting him, and stop imposing Twitter litmus tests.

[GUS]

Trust me Appalled, Walker is not a RINO.

[lyle]

Obama to deliver eulogy for Kate Steinle

Washington, D.C. The White House announced today that President Obama will fly to the west coast Friday to eulogize Kate Steinle, a 32 year white old woman who was accidently killed is San Francisco on July 3rd by a freedom seeking, poor man of color. A spokesman for the administration reported that the President was eager to give a voice to the slain woman who, had she lived, would have had access to free birth control under the Affordable Care Act. The spokesman added that the President would also be highlighting the outstanding health benefits the poor man of color would be receiving while he was being held in custody and the real reasons for his actions were adjudicated. "We simply can't let this minor incident detract us from the widespread goodness that the thousands of poor people of color coming into this country bring us," the spokesman offered. "We continue to stand by these poor people of color in offering them real monetary benefits, housing, health care, and, most importantly, voter registration," he continued.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--So opposing McDaniel in Mississippi (aka, candidate loose cannon enough to lose the GOP Mississippi) makes you a RINO?-

First, I didn't say he is a RINO; I said he is a hitman for RINOs.
Tell me he isn't scum;

As we have documented here on RedState, Brad Dayspring was on of the loudest lying voices in the dishonest, dishonorable, and disreputable campaign the NRSC waged on behalf of the mildly profoundly senile, corrupt, and adulterous Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) 46%. In this campaign Dayspring was front and center in lying about challenger Chris McDaniel. In fact, the scorched earth campaign waged by Dayspring against McDaniel exceeded any campaign the NRSC has ever run against a Democrat.

"Candidates who associate with white nationalists & segregationists events give away #GOP seats to Democrats. http://t.co/06KN8ittuG #MSsen — Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) April 3, 2014"

He was also instrumental in launching attacks on the challenger to Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) 70%, Dr. Milton Wolf. In Arkansas, he attacked the GOP nominee, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) 85% for attacking Democrat Mark Pryor.

Though there is no monetary teat, or other appendage, Dayspring won’t pull to extract cash, he routinely accuses conservatives, like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) 100%, and conservative organizations like the Family Research Council of putting fund raising ahead of principle– which to Dayspring equates with whatever Establishment corruptocrat he’s being paid to support. At a time when the best man for his wedding was under arrest for child pornography (and favoriting pornographic tweets) he accused Mark Levin and the Senate Conservative Fund of pay-to-play purchases of Levin’s book. This is simply another of the lies Dayspring has told, knowing them to be lies. And then he moves along to yet another lie.

If you want to read Dayspring’s sordid history in GOP politics, we have it here.

[Threadkiller Mobynatious]

Donald Trump sat down with Obama's NBC News' Katy Tur and was asked why people should believe his numbers on illegal immigration when he led the birther movement and sent investigators out to Hawaii to investigate whether Obama was not born here. Watch Tur press Trump over the issue pleading that Obama released his birth certificate.

Trump fired back:

According to you it's not true. If you believe that, that's fine. ... A lot of people don't agree with you on that...

https://youtu.be/WXw93lQ8OoA

http://www.birtherreport.com/2015/07/nbc-news-trump-resurrects-birther-issue.html?m=1

Hahaha!!!

[Extraneus]

Commenters are on pop's side.

I'll bet. After all the youtubes of girls wailing on people, it seems that girls are much tougher these days than when I was a kid.

My mother was tough, and some of my aunts, but that was probably rare in those days. (They were from Brooklyn.)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Pop looked like he weighed about 300 and though they thought they were tough the "ratchet girls" went down like a sack of door knobs upon the application of what the dog trainers call a little correction.

[GUS]

"the birther movement" BAD
Lying Marxist Alynski movement. GOOD.

[Extraneus]

Ig, Democrats cheered the Senate Majority Leader for doing the same thing. This guy Dayspring will be doing it to Democrats now.

Oh wait, it's not the general election yet.

[Appalled]

Ignatz:

Good thing Twitter was not around in Reagan's day. The number of impure sorts he used...

[henry]

Surprise, a budget to vote on that end prevailing wage laws and a bomb threat at the Capitol. It will slow things down, but the budget is a lock (R's have a 2-1 advantage in the assembly, budget already passed the Senate).

[GUS]

Syd Blumenthal was too GREASY for OFUKWAD.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I got no problem with impure Republicans who cut Dems off at the knees.
Guys who specialize in keeping the fossils in power who are the very thing wrong with the GOP and do it through underhanded and revolting methods including using Dems to defeat Reps I have a problem with.
The tweets are merely in reaction to the guy's disreputable character on behalf of fools wrecking the party. I would think the two stories which are not tweets that I linked might help you out on that.
Get a clue or buy a vowel or something.

[Eric in Boise]

Sadly, I knew lyle's 5:57 was parody just by reading the headline. No way would that POS ever eulogize someone axed by one of his precious dreamers.

(spit)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Tom Cotton takes a page from the Dems and introduces bill using the Federal dollar hammer to threaten withholding of Fed LE funds to cities that provide "sanctuary" to illegal aliens.

[DebinNC]

RedState is not always a trustworthy source imo. I believe that if the inexperienced "My wife was Miss Mississippi" McDaniel had beat Cochran in the the primary, the seat would now be held by his nice, moderate Dem challenger.

[Extraneus]

'Never threaten an Iranian': nuclear talks get feisty

The spark, during a discussion on lifting an arms embargo as part of the nuclear deal, came when other ministers expressed concerns about Iran being a destabilizing influence in the Middle East, Iranian media reported.

This prompted Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to threaten to drag the others before an international court for supporting former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, an arch enemy of Iran, the reports said.

I hate to add this part, but...

Diplomats stopped short of confirming the comments, but one senior Western envoy said the meeting saw a "very heated exchange of views."

[Captain Hate]

The sooner she civil war happens in the GOP the better.

[narciso]

priorities like the magical thinking in Columbia,

http://therightscoop.com/ugh-federal-judge-orders-washington-redskins-trademark-to-be-cancelled/

the first time I heard of DaySpring, some 6 years ago, he was urging the GOP to get more in touch, with one of the local regime crib sheets, the Huffington Post,

[narciso]

Tur, the interviewer, was a 'friend' of Keefums, that explains a good amount,

http://therightscoop.com/watch-donald-trumps-epic-interview-with-msnbc-full-video/

[lyle]

You mean to say it hasn't, CH? I'm a reb.

[narciso]

as I was explaining last night, Silva's latest starts with the IRA, but eventually Volodya's hand is seen behind the events in the tale,

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/08/is-putin-playing-puppetmaster-in-greece.html

[narciso]

that was bgates worthy, lyle, also mildly nauseating, in it's truthyness,

[Extraneus]

Marco Rubio: I oppose a constitutional amendment that would let states ban gay marriage

“I don’t support a constitutional amendment. I don’t believe the federal government should be in the marriage regulation business,” the Florida senator told reporters after a speech the Cedar Rapids Country Club in Iowa.

“We can continue to disagree with it. Perhaps a future court will change that decision, in much the same way as it’s changed other decisions in the past. But my opinion is unchanged, that marriage should continue to be defined as one man and one woman. The decision is what it is, and that’s what we’ll live under,” he said.

[DebinNC]

Baltimore FOP After-Action Report re the failed riot response released today. It's a bombshell.

[Extraneus]

I know, wouldn't the amendment be intended to get the federal government out the marriage regulation business?

[Captain Hate]

Yes, that was much too close to "ripped from the headlines", lyle.

[Cecil Turner]

I believe that if the inexperienced "My wife was Miss Mississippi" McDaniel had beat Cochran in the the primary, the seat would now be held by his nice, moderate Dem challenger.

Yep. Don't often agree with Appalled, but this time . . .

Besides, I have a problem with folks who lose the primary and then refuse to support the TP guy who won. But in this case, the TP guy lost the primary (and, as you say, would've likely lost the general). It ain't beanbag, and griping about having a hitman on the team sounds like loser talk.

[lyle]

You flatter me, narc and capt.

[narciso]

does the hitman, ever land a haymaker against the Democrats, or as with Mittens, just proffer a moist towel,

[clarice]

wait a minute--Lyle's was satire? Everything's so cockamamie these days, we should make people mark it when it's satire. No?

[clarice]

Satire? That was satire? Can't tell any more.

[Captain Hate]

So we're having a Thad Cochran litmus test? I heard some of his ads on Levin's show. There's no way I'd vote for that crooked pile of shit.

[narciso]

I was thinking of a comparable example to Trump, and in terms of scope it would be Berlusconi, although despite some misteps, Il Silvio had a more established record, Donald has a much more mixed scorecard, by contrast,

[J. Fred Muggs]

Thank you for all your comments since it makes me feel like I have a family of other simians and monkeys here.

You really need to eat more bananas.

[Miss Marple]

Just when you thought things couldn't get worse:

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/08/be-afraid-obama-wants-to-intervene-in-greek-financial-crisis/

[DebinNC]

Cecil, you quoted me, not Appalled. Just wanted to direct the inevitable blowback to the right target.

[narciso]

would that be with or without Rove and Dayspring's stab in the back,

the Horde finds their level,

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=357757

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

-- But in this case, the TP guy lost the primary...--

Well, that's the issue isn't it?
The TP guy won the initial primary with a plurality at which point the NSRC and Cochran went apeshit with the smears and enlisting Dems to ensure TP guy didn't win.

Cochran, barely sentient and only able to top McDaniel by a handful of votes with the whole of GOPe and some of the Dems on his side thrashed Childers in the general with 60% of the vote, so the idea McDaniel, who at least is awake, would have likely lost seems pretty dicey, especially considering what else happened around the country in 2014.

[narciso]

what have we gotten for our freshly fragrant Republican Senate, buehler, buehler,

[narciso]

looking at the big picture, it's not so surprising that Greece gives us the Corinth cheer, Goldman's special whizzo chocolate assortment, left a bad taste in their mouth,

[DebinNC]

"A McDaniel win is the best case scenario for Democrats". Yep.

[narciso]

the Strain is coming back on Sunday, and you know it's fiction, one of the new additions is a spirited city councilwoman, whose against the
strigoi, in reality, Mayor Bane would be Team Palmer all the way