Another Random Embedded Tweet From My Feed

i can't even imagine. my pop has a place in the ouachita hills in arkansas with zero cell service and no interwebs connection. it's brutal the first few hours. then you realize it's cathartic to be disconnected from every one but those that are immediately around you. it's like living in the age before the telegraph.

New Hampshire is for lovers and people who hate cell phone service
— Mary Dooe (@Dooezer) December 1, 2013

Worst Post Ever

we're mutual twitter followers. but i have to question the sobriety of this post. clearly the deer has suffered a fatal gunshot wound. clearly the deer is not +1. in fact, the deer is now roasts, steaks and sausage. and that is how it should have been blogged.

Deer 1 Hunter 0 http://t.co/MF1tlWCx0h
— joethenerd (@joethenerd) November 30, 2013

The Wrong Wing of the Right

Not stupid. But he feels that pandering to stupid will work. That short term thinking will get you elected today for a hamburger tomorrow.

Why would our President close our Embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) November 27, 2013

I'm from Queens and have never been mugged.

Rep. Grace Meng: "I’m a tough girl from Queens & I’ve never gotten mugged. I come to Capitol Hill & I get attacked," she told me, laughing
— Sarah Nir (@SarahMaslinNir) November 21, 2013

I'm from Queens and had never been mugged. I move to DC and they fucking mug me. Mutherfuckers. I will mutherfucking CUT YOUR ASS when i find you.

that's not what she said, but i can tell you, if she's from queens, she sure as hell is thinking these very words.

Lincoln and Death

'the blood-soaked "here"'

the weight of a nation. 

Yes, WalMart Should Pay Its Workers More, But....

Walmart holding canned food drive for its own underpaid employees http://t.co/9E1fONCZAp pic.twitter.com/0JiVu0a3Ip
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) November 19, 2013

This was standard fare in the mid-80s military. First Sergeants Association and SNCOA members gave a bounty basket to all married A1Cs and below during the holiday season. I remember feeling embarrassed the first year. The second and final year I received a bounty basket, I was so grateful; we were broke. That early outreach played a part in my decision to stay for 21 years.

Yes, WalMart should pay a living wage. Yes, we should shoulder the higher prices for a living wage. But what this WalMart is doing is nothing novel, and it certainly is not news worthy.

He Should Write a Yelp Review

Pro tip: @kingfalafel is outstanding
— Matthew C. Klein (@M_C_Klein) November 19, 2013

dude loves his falafel. 

We used to write letters....

so this guy is on a rant

https://twitter.com/jackshafer

and i've collected a couple posts....

.@jackshafer is on a rant. worth a gander.
— YGBSM (@YGBSM) November 18, 2013

“@jackshafer: Cheap wine, a belly full of pork. Every Sunday. RT @YGBSM: .@jackshafer is on a rant. worth a gander.” he speaks the truth.
— YGBSM (@YGBSM) November 18, 2013

a balanced eye in the mix? MT @jayrosen_nyu: Just announced this: I am joining up with @Pierre, @ggreenwald and their new venture in news.
— YGBSM (@YGBSM) November 18, 2013

#firstworldproblems

When Lauren is eating tuna fish with sriracha for "dinner," it's probably a sign that we ought to go shopping for "food."
— Lauren Tara LaCapra (@LaurenLaCapra) November 17, 2013

I'd add:

• a bit of mayo
• a squeeze of lime
• 1/8 tsp garlic powder
• two or three drop of very good aged balsamic vinegar
• 3 TBS chopped celery

I could live on that shit for supper for a fucking year. As long as I had a great loaf of homemade sourdough.

The Last Good War

I've had a wireless multi-function for quite a while. I rarely use it. But I found a picture album of my time in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield/Storm so I downloaded the requisite drivers/software and offer this view of the last gentleman's war.

ted and me in bahrain

When I got off the plane, my BIL was there. Not sure what he was doing, but I imagined he was engaged in freaky Tom Clancy shit.

another garrison picture

  not. glamorous.

12 to 16 bodies per tent.

 me and my baby

chalked and ready

my weasel buddies

and yes, i was a poster boy for hot.  

Just What We Need...

... more elderly George Zimmermans.

SAPD program allows citizens to train, think like an officer http://t.co/vSNV85u4C5 http://t.co/CFCGDXtl8P
— DoughPizzeria (@DoughPizzeria) November 15, 2013

Communism

Here is an open letter to Obama from one of the victims of his "economic recovery", single mother Yolanda Vestal. | http://t.co/snryqRsYCg
— Richard J. Wood (@RichardJWood) November 14, 2013

don't bother with the facts http://www.thehealthsherpa.com/

O M G

there's this:

MoH

to play with this:

super MoH

whuat?

The victory of a more electable Republican, is significant, Mr. McConnell says. To govern, parties must win. http://t.co/E6msPfNU6M
— Peggy Noonan (@Peggynoonannyc) November 8, 2013

saddest tweet today

sad fucking panda.

Sitting in a suburban NJ train station, wearing a knit hat from Walgreens, drinking Ensure for dinner. #glamour
— Lizzie O'Leary (@lizzieohreally) November 8, 2013

Thots

From the census.gov portal. Go ahead. Check it out. Here is Bexar Co vs Tx.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48029.html

Remember what it was like to go to the library to access the mainframe in the 80s? The sky ain't falling, folks.

Twitter p0rn

the 90%

Leon and I are out. Goodnight. RT @oneluckypuppy: Election talk is exhausting. pic.twitter.com/p6GjNXETYx
— Sarma Melngailis (@sarma) November 6, 2013

He Called It

ladies and gentlemen:

Nearing the moment when T-Mac flips into lead over the Cooch. #VaGov
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) November 6, 2013

So FUCKING Typical

this

Exit polls show VA race is not about Obama but about the shutdown, women, abortion, and the changing electorate. Bad news for GOP.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) November 6, 2013

and this

Huh. I had zero interest in this year's election results, and then now it seems VA is closer than we guessed and I'm interested, kinda.
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) November 6, 2013

*note the timestamps

W T F ?

I was a single parent of a child like this. She is no longer a child like this:

Watch my parental unit on @jimmyfallon tonight!
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) November 5, 2013

She calls me daddy. Sometimes she calls me dad. She never calls me poppy. And, she has never referred to me as a parental unit. 

@jackshafer is a curmudgeon.

first it was this:

Here's an exclusive FT interview with Bill Gates, who never shuts up. http://t.co/0rUWo14yr9
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) November 4, 2013

then it was this:

Here's Newsweek's exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald, who also never shuts up. http://t.co/ulXnLUwAjJ
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) November 4, 2013

Blurred Lines

Misogyny redefined. And I am strangely drawn to it, like a zombie to the flame.

Blurred Lines