It’s the NFL Wildcard Weekend, which means we get two games today and two games tomorrow. Happy happy joy joy, unless you’re one of them commie subversive types who’s not into the only sport the Russkies haven’t tried to steal from us. Tomorrow the girly-men Niners gotta go play on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field. The forecast is for a balmy game time temperature of zero.
Meanwhile, down at the bottom of the world where it’s summertime, two ships remain trapped in the ice that wasn’t supposed to be there. I used to believe in Man-Made Global Warming, but these days I am skeptical. I’m not denying it, I just ain’t convinced it’s real.
There is a bunch of reefer madness going around as the nation’s puritans and tight-asses are having a collective hissy-fit over marijuana legalization in Colorado. It’s a topic that brings out the libertarian streak in me.
I have smoked marijuana on many occasions. When I was younger I smoked it pretty much daily, although I have never been one of the people who likes to light up right after they wake up. The main reason I don’t smoke it now is I can’t afford it – the good stuff is expensive.
I do not recommend smoking pot. I don’t recommend drinking alcohol or smoking either, but millions of people do all three. Like anything else weed should be used responsibly – no driving high, don’t give it to kids, etc. But I don’t see any good reason why adults should not be allowed to smoke ganja.
If you don’t like it, don’t smoke it.
Oh, yeah – one other thing. This is an open thread.
Go Packers!
At that temperature, it will be like playing on concrete.
Frozen concrete.
City Journal:
There is more at the link.
Poverty and dysfunction sucks. And it effects everyone. We want safety nets. It’s just the right thing to do. But clearly whatever we’ve been doing since LBJ has not been working. Trading in the latest fad of inequality and related emotional things is cynical, transparently, tribally political, and does the opposite of helping. In fact, it’s designed to not help at all, but to make political progress.
Naming a kid after a water bottle doesn’t help her, either. If you think that’s racist, the book Freakonomics has made a cottage industry in explaining how certain names limit future economic success in America.
The concept of shame is gone, and it is now politically illegal to try to shame someone shameful. The state often has a vested interest in keeping more people on more government services because they are the most obedient to the will of the state.
What we’ve done, and always with the best of intentions, is enabled dysfunctionals. But at least they know how to vote and vote and vote.
This is not helping:
Nor does it exacerbate personality disorders. It also doesn’t affect impulse control as in saying really stupid shit. Nope. It doesn’t.
^This^ The potheads I worked with were always so moody.
And the ones I work with – even though they know that what they are smoking causes a majority of their problems (mood disorders, psychosis, isolation) – continue to smoke. It’s not addicitve, they say. They can stop anytime, they say.
They probably revere Touré Neblett.
I worked for an attorney who grew up very, very poor. He put himself through law school and one of his side jobs was growing and selling pot. He lived in a “tool shed” on the side of a big heavily wooded hill. Most of his buyers did not know he grew it. They thought it was imported “good shit”. Not only did he sell it to fellow law students, he didn’t use it himself. AND he timed when he sold it so they would be on the down, grumpy, can’t concentrate side just in time for tests and moot court so he could place in the top with grades.
Funny and diabolical. Does your attorney friend now have a secret lair where he is always planning to take over the world with crazy schemes? 🙂
Don’t know about long term physical or psychological effects, but it definitely slows your mind for a time. Which doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but you will become more dupid if you partake perpetually.
File that under you can’t make this shit up.
And this is surprising to no one, ever.
So Ronan Farrow is Rosemary’s baby?
This is an interesting story about the failed mission of those Antarctica researchers……and some “real” warmist reseachers are whining about how it’s hurting their researche….lol.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/somethings_cracking_and_its_not_the_ice_around_the_warmists_ship/#.UsOUhnAuxZ8.facebook
I read that the other day. Conmen really do not like stupider conmen screwing it up for all of them. Also the “climate change” professor leading the messed up expedition has patents pending on a process of coverting CO2 into…. something. He is just conveniently trying to hype it all up to sell something.
We already have things that turn CO2 into oxygen. They are called “plants”.
😉
LOL. He is a climate change scientist not a botanist. And besides evil farmers (who grow trees) hate the environment.
We have an even bigger thing that turns water into oxygen, called ocean evaporation.
Here is a link to the CO2 converter. I looks like a pot still and involves charcoal which I seem to recall is made from wood. So you are are the right track. http://www.rexresearch.com/carbonscape/carbonscape.htm
“The invention came about when scientist Professor Chris Turney was attempting to cook dinner in a hurry and accidentally blew up the family microwave. He realised he had created pure carbon, and immediately saw its potential in the marketplace.”
There have been more than a few times that I was cooking dinner and created pure carbon.
Breakfast and lunch too.
Scorched beans make the best charcoal. Maybe I can invent a bean scorcher that saves the planet and makes me rich too. And it smells really bad too so it will help assuage first world guilt.
Yellowhammer:
Sure she wasn’t drunk. Sure.
BTW – I ain’t never seen nobody get stoned and then start a fight.
Pritchett is a mama grizzly.
Sometimes the fights are more interesting than the game, especially if you’re sitting in the cheap seats where the fans likely overlap. Had a blast watching fights break out all around me at a Mets-Yankees game.
You don’t want to be in those seats at Detroit-White Sox games. It can be positively brutal. And scary.
This is an even better version:
Before we remodeled “This Old House”, otherwise known as “The Money Pit”, we had old-fashioned steam radiators. We were always warm and toasty, albeit with some noise associated. Now we have “state of the art” home heating and insulation. It’s more than 10 degrees cooler on each floor of our house with the heat going full blast. Our top floor bedroom is 68 degrees, it’s 58 on the second floor, 48 on the main floor of the house, and warm enough the pipes haven’t frozen (yet) in the basement. The sun is out, and we’re hoping for some old-fashioned solar heating as the day goes on. Elliesdad is watching Saturday morning cartoons in bed. I’m on the second floor with warm socks and two sweaters. I will need mittens to make lunch.
I think I’m a little further south than you, but we have a heat pump that never feels warm to me. We use space heaters and electric blankies to supplement which helps the heating system not run 24/7.
I’m beginning to think the HVAC industry lied about how “inefficient” all the old technology was. My old 100,000 BTU furnace was supposedly only 60% efficient, but you could crank the hell out of it. Now, it’s usually cold and the bills aren’t any lower.
I think that’s because when we become more “efficient” the power companies jack up our bills. Yeah, and their politico pals let them so they’ll donate more of that crony money. Vicious cycle of corruption, eh?
Those fingerless gloves with the little “covers that pull over to make mittens” might be helpful. . . . Not eating is always a option..
stay as warm as you can.
Not eating is NEVER ever an option for me. 😀
Cooked lunch with the oven door open. It’s getting better.
I wish we had radiators – I hate the dry air & dust associated with forced air heating. Dumb dumb design.
They make great towel warmers. I miss that.
that and they warm my gloves before I go out, and dry them when I come back in from shoveling.
Nice list, but only 100? I think BO and his admin are arrogant everytime they open their mouths.
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/01/104778-obama-presidencys-100-arrogant-moments-2013/
Couple of things on this cool and breezy day in South Florida.
The new Benghazi Affair is really disturbing. Seems like most of the real facts came out in the couple of weeks or months following the actual attack and now the NYT and many other progressive sources are basically rewriting history. This whole “changing reality” issue coupled with “viral lying” is getting pretty frightening. When we were in Santa Fe, one of the progressive capitals of the country (interesting that another is also an SF) over the holidays, two major items were being touted in the local press….the success of ACA Obamacare and the fact that the Benghazi attack was largely driven by the so-called video trailer and exacerbated by right wing fanatics. I guess everything is being rolled out this way so H Clinton can run for president. Personally, I’ve never been a Clinton fan and really have had enough of the all of the political families….the Kennedys, Bushes, Roosevelts, Clintons….and heaven help us if more Tafts come forward! As I have not been around for a bit, this may have already been posted but find Larry’s take on the Benghazi history rewrite pretty good on this one…
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/76703/hillary-clintons-desperation/#more-76703
Secondly, I think the weather is going to make for some interesting NFL playoff games….being Cincinnati born and raised…..I’m hoping the Bengals will have a great game….been a while.
Nice to be back with the beautiful winter garden and all the tomatoes ripening…never thought I’d see such a thing in January….and with Izzy the feisty terrier, Lucy the lovely cat, and Baby, the squwaky sun conjure….all is well…
Welcome back to the Sunshine State, glad you’re enjoying your January garden!
I am so happy for you driguana. 🙂
Benghazi is one of those things we’ll never know the truth about. You can’t trust anybody – our side, their side, GOP, Democrat, news media – they ALL have motives to lie.
Someone could write a complete and 100% accurate version of what went on and we wouldn’t be able to distinguish it from all the bullshit.
I still want to know where Obama was that night ? You’d think they could come up with a nifty lie in 15 mos to cover his royal butt. 😉
I hate these things, it’s an email harvest, Obama and the Dems do the same…..
http://www.rand-2016.com/nsa_lawsuit_signup16.aspx?pid=0104f
He could pick up some Dems with this 🙂
A little nostalgia . ok ,a lot .
The Everly Brothers were the inspiration for my husband to join the Marines when they wore their uniforms on The Ed Sullivan Show. Good thing they weren’t dressed as clowns 😀
They played with SImon and Garfunckle on their reunion tour in Boston. My daughter called it “The Old Guys and the Older Guys” concert. She loved it.
😆
The first two 45s I ever bought were That’ll Be The Day by Buddy Holly and Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers….great, simple, heartfelt, well-played music….a real part of my life that’s for sure…
And he has gone home to sing in the Coir. 🙂
Apparently Chris Hayes had a fit in MSNBC about the conservative media “snow trolling” the ice boat story (and the other 50 contradictory weather events). It was capped off with a poll that showed over the last 7 years that acceptance of global warming has fallen from 56% to 50% among Republicans. He didn’t mention it, of course, but I think the numbers are equally down among Democrats.
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/01/03/MSNBCs-Chris-Hayes-Accuses-Drudge-of-Snow-Trolling-over-Global-Warming
I used to believe in that crap too, because there was not counter argument for years. They almost won global warming and are really pissy it’s beign taken away from them
I never did understand that movie (Day after Tomorrow?) where ice covered half the earth because global warming ? They had a reason why, but it whooshed right over my head.
In the movie global warming pushed the Gulf Stream south. England and Labrador are at the same latitude, but the Gulf Stream brings warm ocean water off England’s shore and keeps it warmer. Move it south and London becomes like Newfoundland. Likewise for New England.
Thanks em, so that was the premise of the movie “wonder if” ? Not “this can happen” ? I liked the movie “2012” better when the freaking world just splits open. It also contained the “What if” the Yellowstone Mega Volcano ever blows (heads up PMM !).
So then, global warmists measure the polar caps for shrinkage, not them expanding down to NYC to trap a ship in ice in midtown? 😉
On a quick scan of Gulf Stream history, they should be harnassing that thing for alternative energy. I had no idea how powerful it was.
If he reads the Australian media or bloggers he will have more than a fit. They smell blood and are not backing off. I think their new conservative government are egging them on.
A decade ago I was giving it a serious look until a statistician, Matt Briggs, tore a huge hole in the mathematics. His point at the time: Science supported by intentionally deceiving data is Politics, not Science. Nothing since changes my mind.
There is no prohibition against alcohol in the Bible, only warnings against abuse. I’m thinking the concept extends to drugs.
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” – Proverbs 20:1
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, . . . And be not drunk with wine . . . ” – Ephesians 5:15-21
“Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”
Or one could sell his produce and with the money, “And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, ” – Deuteronomy 14:22ff
Imagine blowing 10% of your income on a harvest party every year. 🙂
http://readychimp.com/2014/01/03/department-of-health-and-human-services-orders-14000000-doses-of-potassium-iodide-to-be-delivered-by-february/
A giant WTF
Concerns the Fukishima disaster, helenk3.
http://guardianlv.com/2014/01/fukushima-radiation-a-serious-threat-to-north-american-coast/
I just saw this, Fallujah has fallen back into Al Qaeda’s hands. I didn’t think I could dislike Obama more than I do now 😦
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/al-qaeda-force-captures-fallujah-amid-rise-in-violence-in-iraq/2014/01/03/8abaeb2a-74aa-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html
Very sad. 😦
Every time I think these can’t get any better …
Hitler and the sea ice
I loved the “we’ll just use this old German map for navigation” which sounded like what they really did considering their situation now. 🙂
Heh. Yes. And the whole bemoaning the unravelling of their blatant scam … *g*
Oh, and I agree, probably one of the funniest “Hitlers” yet !
Aren’t there bulding codes and inspectors in NOLA ? It’s like that Chinese Drywall that ate away the electrical and plumbing in the walls with it’s toxic properties. Years later I’m not even sure that’s been resolved for fault. The Chinese company who made them, the builder/developer who used them or the homeowner? Believe me, the buyer beware had been legally in play when I last heard about it, trying to stick it to the homeowner’s insurance.
Also, not sure I’d want to use any “eco-friendly” materials in termite moisture loving low lying areas. Nom, nom, nom. (We have a termite guy on speed dial in coastal Va.)
Is it wrong to hope Melissa Harris Perry’s house is one of them?
Not so much. *g*
I guess they couldn’t use Trex because it has plastic (petroleum product) in it. It isn’t green enough. It also doesn’t rot.
Netflix has West Side Story; (re) watching with kid #1 now.
My brother just sent me this and I thought I’d pass it on. 😉
Funny. Except for the Higgs Boson joke – I don’t believe that is valid. /sheldon
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/01/04/Fmr-Clinton-Adviser-GOP-Running-Candidates-Against-Female-Incumbent-Senators-Is-Part-of-War-on-Women
don’t know whether to laugh or cry. So now the republicans are not allowed to run against women? Didn’t these women run against men?
So I guess that means if they run HC for 2016 the Republicans should hold the door open for her, stand back, and say There you go, ma’am. it’s all yours.
Cool beans, we have 70 followers on the TCH Facebook page !
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Crawdad-Hole/127399844071124
Thank you all 🙂
Thank you for doing a good job with it.
Go Andrew Luck. Well, on the field anyway. Not sure about doing that exactly.
congratulations to the Saints
DAMN THAT HURT!!!!!!! my nails are bitten to the quick, my throat is sore from screaming and I need a drink
Suck it Chiefs.
I have to say, that was a frick’ing awesome game.
I decided to take a nap at halftime cuz it was a blow-out. I woke up just in time to see Luck’s luckiest TD ever.
Luckily I have DVR
Sort of agree with the editor. Wasn’t it mostly offensive players being carried of the field? Why did that make the defense suddenly turn porous? Or maybe that’s why I don’t understand Global Warming.
Tortured into watching Harry Potter with my niece yet again. She is amazed that one person could create that entire universe in her head and have so many twists and turns. So now she wants to look for clues in the early films. Guess its a good thing but I decided to look up some info about what Rowling had said with regard to the characters. I had no idea Dumbledore was a homosexual. Yep according to the author he was. Hilarious reading how people reacted.
I like this guy. Went to their website and I was pleasantly surprised to read such adult thoughts from what I had assumed would be filled with progressive rants. Here is what he posted in the comments to the article MHP’s tearful apology.
MICHEAL MEYERS
On behalf of the New York Civil Rights Coalition, I’ve posted the following comment in response to MSNBC-TV host Melissa Harris-Perry’s “apology”, given on her TV show this weekend, to Governor Mitt Romney, an apology for what she and her guest “comedians” said on her TV show last week about Governor Romney’s (adopted) black grandchild.
“MSNBC TV hosts continue to see “race” in everything and “racism” everywhere except where they sit.
“The joking about the skin color of Mitt Romney’s grandchild was not just “offensive”, it was tasteless and crass, and Melissa Harris-Perry, who is the daughter of a black-white marriage, should have known better than this, at the very outset. Rather than stop the “comedians” from making “jokes” about Mitt Romney’s black (adopted) grandchild, Harris-Perry egged them on and encouraged the tomfoolery. It was a demonstration of sheer ignorance and race-based idiocy.
“It is curious that the chieftains–the supposed grown-ups at MSNBC– such as Phil Griffin, MSNBC’s president–haven’t themselves spoken up about this latest outrage by an MSNBC host/TV personality. We need to ask the question of Harris-Perry and of other MSNBC personalities that was posed by attorney Joseph Welch so many years ago (in 1954, at the Army-McCarthy hearings) of Senator Joseph McCarthy: ‘Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?'”
Michael Meyers, Executive Director, New York Civil Rights Coalition
Manhattan, New York
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/msnbc-melissa-harris-perry-offers-romneys-tearful-apology-article-1.1566394#ixzz2pWEF5ruu