White Collar OMG

The Humanity                         “ White Collar has already lost its writing staff and several crew members. White Collar fans may need to start panicking. According to Deadline.com, renewal talks for a sixth season of the USA crime dramedy have stalled, leaving the fate of the series up in the air. Because of the prolonged negotiations, White Collar has already lost its writing staff and several crew members. Psych and more TV shows we're losing this year If the series does not return, viewers would be left without closure. The fifth season ended on a cliffhanger with Neal (Matt Bomer) being abducted by a mystery man. [TV GUIDE] How hooked on White Collar are we?  Well, we went through the first four seasons (about 60 hours) in less than two weeks.  When season four ended—with a mind numbing cliff hanger—we sped to watch the next episode on Netflix.  Gasp. There was no next episode.  I searched ROKU;  found the series five  on Amazon.  For a price.  We rarely pay money to watch movies, and paying to watch a television re-run is unthinkable.  However, with Mother Superior in shock, I suggested we buy the nest episode, just to get closure.  Cost $1.99 for SD (standard def), so I bought it.  Whew.  But Mo Sup whined (yes whined) that she would not sleep that night without following the leftover crumbs, so we bought another.  She wanted more, but after watching 5 hours of Mozzy and gang, I just couldn't.  But next night we were back, and last night we watched episodes 5 and six.  That's because episode two created a new OMFG! cliff hanger.  One so powerful that it's become a Damoclean sword hanging over every episode.  It was then that I had to reassure MoSup (and me) that there was in fact a season six in the offing; with tragic result.  When I emailed the news to  Claire: rebellious pink pig with car keys (it was she who got us  hooked after a comment she posted), her response contained, I think,  a brilliant observation. Sudden thought. ok "thought" I oft marvel at the glossy sales brochure that show is for NYC [it even makes *me* wanna go there] and wonder how much ...'financial input' they get in return. They sure get a lot of help/access/street shut downs from the city. Maybe, with the new NY admin, that went *p00f* and there's no bux/*place* for the show? They did seem to have the run of the streets -- and many other locations... Lotsa outdoor scenes. Wandering the streets, making busts, chasing around.... Wouldn't be the same show without that kind of access. [I think where Neil lives [the outside, at least] is [now] the Ralph Lauren store] But those shots are all old. Also noticing some 'sly' product placement for Ford this last season. Massaging seats and all..... And there's these object lessons The Sopranos. Went on strike. By the time a new season began (about 2 years), everyone in the cast had signed on to the Hollywood trashing of President Bush.  I couldn't bring myself to watch it again.  Not even re-runs. Mad Men:  Went on Strike. By the time a new season began (about 2 years), I didn't care.  Tried, but the magic was gone. Prediction   A new series called MOZZY ”

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ACC countdown

I'm getting up for what may be the Terps last ever game in the ACC.  They play FSU at noon in the Carolina Jamboree, a.k.a. "ACC toonamit."  In the meanwhile, some light heartred crap is all I can muster. Hopefully one will add a little sunshine in your otherwise "I'm too knowledeable to be happy" life.  Lousy refs.  I Roll a 7

Cry Havoc

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Baghdad Debbie

D Wasserman Schultz ‏@DWStweets  Mar 11 The GOP underperformed tonight in the #FL13 - a district they've held for decades. Here's why: http://demrapidresponse.com/post/79311928359/dnc-chair-debbie-wasserman-schultzs-statement-on … “ Republican David Jolly was victorious over Democrat Alex Sink 48.5 percent to 46.7 percent, with Libertarian Lucas Overby collecting 4.8 percent of the vote. It was the first major test of the Obamacare effect on an election, with both sides spending millions of dollars rehearsing national campaign strategies. Wasserman Schultz, whose Twitter handle is @DWStweets, sent out a brief tweet, stating: “The GOP underperformed tonight in the #FL13 – a district they’ve held for decades.” It provided a link to a longer comment, in which she noted: “Republican special interest groups poured in millions to hold onto a Republican congressional district that they’ve comfortably held for nearly 60 years. Tonight, Republicans fell short of their normal margin in this district because the agenda they are offering voters has a singular focus – that a majority of voters oppose – repealing the Affordable Care Act that would return us to the same old broken health care system. Ahem-FAIL ... the evenly divided district (a district Barack Obama carried in both 2008 and 2012) had been considered a toss-up. “ Clinton recorded a phone call last week seeking local volunteers to help with Sink's campaign, and a half dozen House Democrats emailed fundraising appeals to their own supporters on her behalf. “  Sink outspent Jolly by more than 3 to 1 on television advertising, though outside groups aligned with the GOP helped narrow the overall Democratic advantage. -myway.com/ UPDATE  Listen to Mark Levin's Account of this race ( Mile 66 n commente) ”

How Criminally Stupid Are They?

Summing Up, Then

Black Obesity Cause? Racism

“ GAH! And obesity? Obviously racism. Once upon a time, Americans believed that G-d was the First Cause of the universe. Then along came the left and Racism became the new First Cause of the universe. In the Unified Field Theory of Racism, everything was caused by racism. If America went to war, it was because it was racist. If it didn’t go to war, it was because it was racist. Even Global Warming was ultimately caused by the racist disregard of Americans for the Third World. The study only measures perceptions of racism, not actual racism, but again that’s a distinction that long ago went out the window in research studies. And that assumes these numbers are even valid. There’s no reason to believe that they are. And obesity? Obviously racism. Frequent experiences of racism are associated with a higher risk of obesity among African American women, a new study claims. Scientists found that women who were more frequently victimized for their race, were more likely to be obese. The Black Women’s Health Study collected information on experiences of racism, height and weight and other lifestyle factors via biennial questionnaires. The participants were asked in 1997 and in 2009 to rate the frequency of ‘everyday’ experiences of racism, such as receiving poorer service in restaurants and if they had been treated unfairly because of their race in their job, in housing or by the police. Women who reported more lifetime racism were also at increased risk of obesity, according to the study, which was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. There was a time when researchers knew the difference between correlation and causation. That long ago went out the window. Correlation is treated as causation. If two things overlap, then one must cause the other. And since obesity can’t cause racism, racism must cause obesity. [Full Fatness] Murican Problem Causation Bush Tea Party Racism ”

Chelsea Handler Goes Nuclear On Piers

Rodney Dangerfield built a comic career around jokes about not
getting any respect and was loved by millions. Piers Morgan has
turned into a joke who doesn't get any respect. T.Mann

Who Dat?

Tails of the Gun (Hot Linked)            My online footprint at the time was far less hip, being on AOL, and all... Hint: Kim du Toit with—ahem

Free Power

TECHNO THRILLS                                thorium “  If your car was powered by thorium, you would never need to refuel it. The vehicle would burn out long before the chemical did. The thorium would last so long, in fact, it would probably outlive you. That’s why a company called Laser Power Systems has created a concept for a thorium-powered car engine. The element is radioactive, and the team uses bits of it to build a laserbeam that heats water, produces steam, and powers an energy-producing turbine. Thorium is one of the most dense materials on the planet. A small sample of it packs 20 million times more energy than a similarly-sized sample of coal, making it an ideal energy source. The thing is, Dr. Charles Stevens, the CEO of Laser Power Systems, told Mashable that thorium engines won’t be in cars anytime soon. “Cars are not our primary interest,” Stevens said. ”The automakers don’t want to buy them.” He said too much of the automobile industry is focused on making money off of gas engines, and it will take at least a couple decades for thorium technology to be used enough in other industries that vehicle manufacturers will begin to consider revamping the way they think about engines. “We’re building this to power the rest of the world,” Stevens said. He believes a thorium turbine about the size of an air conditioning unit could more provide cheap power for whole restaurants, hotels, office buildings, even small towns in areas of the world without electricity. At some point, thorium could power individual homes. Stevens understands that people may be wary of Thorium because it is radioactive — but any such worry would be unfounded. “The radiation that we develop off of one of these things can be shielded by a single sheet off of aluminum foil,” Stevens said.” ”You will get more radiation from one of those dental X-rays than this.” Source: Mashable Back in the day I was one of a billion kids who built this model of the yet to be launched nuclear submarine Nautilus. Memory says it was a Revell kit, but evidently not.  I also have a vague remembrance of a controversy over how the model maker was able to get the very accurate exterior plans of this top secret boat, but can't find any supporting documents.  But that's not what  I'm writing about. The peaceful use of atomic power was a very big deal  in the 1950s.   One of the more promising predictions was that  nuclear powered electricity would become a virtually free commodity.  Woot-Woo! People believed it.  Were we naive back then, or what?  Think of the geopolitical consequences if, today, you discovered that adding a cup of sand,  ½ oz. of urine, and some eye of newt to a thousand gallons of seawater would produce1000 gallons 98 Octane gasoline. If you were foolish enough to demonstrate the finished product—without divulging the formula—I suspect you'd be lucky to make it to the weekend before succumbing to a sudden heart attack, or freak boating accident.  So, even if a  thorium-powered car engine proved to be safe and doable, guess what?  Won't happen. For one thing, the Arab's power and influence would revert back to the 18th century model.  The world economy would convulse.  So, if you ever find some successful alchemy that replaces a need for oil, release the formula before the Feds can find a way to tax it (no way,  that) stop it.   ”

Windows 3.1

1995 - WIN 3.1 Where were you?  Bill Clinton was just getting to know Monica in the Biblical sense.

House of Tards

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I can't be bothered

YIKES This is the crap I have on the table since yesterday.  I can't keep up.  Here's today's puzzle.  Using "Search Google for this picture," can anyone find the story behind each pic  and save me the bother?  So I can go back to watching The Borgias.   I'm guessing only one in ten will even know what I'm about here, especially if you don't use Chrome.

Gangster Government

Clinton Culture                    “  Paul  Harvey   Conveniently Forgotten Facts.   Back in 1969 a group  of Black Panthers decided that a  fellow black panther named   Alex Rackley  needed to die.  Rackley was suspected of disloyalty.  Rackley was first tied to a   chair.  Once safely immobilized, his friends tortured  him for hours by, among other   things, pouring boiling water on him.   When they got tired  of torturing Rackley, Black Panther member, Warren Kimbro took   Rackley outside  and put a bullet in his head.  Rackley's body was later found floating in a river about 25 miles north of New Haven, Connecticut .   Perhaps at  this point you're curious as to what happened to these Black Panthers?   In 1977, that's only  eight years  later, only one of the killers was still in jail.   The shooter, Warren Kimbro, managed to get a scholarship to Harvard and became  good  friends with none other than Al Gore.  He later became   an  assistant  dean at an Eastern Connecticut State College.   Isn't that  something!!!   As a '60s radical  you can pump a bullet into someone's head and, a few years later,   in the same  state, you can become an assistant college dean!   Only in America !!!   Erica Huggins was  the woman who served the Panthers by boiling the water for Mr.   Rackley's torture  .. Some years  later Ms. Huggins was elected to a California School Board.   How in the world do you think these killers got off so easily?   Maybe it was in some  part due to the efforts of two people who came to the defense of  the Panthers.   These two people  actually went so far as to shut down Yale University with   demonstrations in  defense of the accused Black Panthers during their trial.   One of  these people was none other than Bill Lan Lee.   Mr. Lee, or Mr. Lan  Lee, as the case may be, isn't a college dean.  He isn't a member of  a California School Board. He is now head of the United  States  Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, appointed by none other than Bill Clinton.   O.K., so  who was the other Panther defender?  Is this  other notable Panther  defender now a school board member?  Is this other Panther apologist  now an assistant college dean?   No, neither!   The other Panther  defender was, like Lee, a radical law student at Yale University at the time.  She is now known as The "smartest woman in the world."  She is  none other than the former Secretary of State and former Democratic senator from  the State of New York ---- the former First Lady, the incredible Hillary Rodham Clinton .   And now, as Paul  Harvey said; "You know the rest of the story".   Pass this  on!   This deserves the  widest possible press.   Also remember it when she runs for President! Mark S. Gilstrap Member of the Kansas Senate 1997-2008   Mark, thanks for sending this! People need to be reminded of this. They also need to be reminded that (as I've pointed out many times), Queen Hillary was (and is) every bit as much a dedicated disciple of Saul Alinsky (author of "Rules for Radicals", a manual for the destruction of the U.S.A.) as was (and is) Barack Obama. Stu Tarlowe I consider myself something of an expert on all things Hillary Robbem, but had never heard this one before. You can check out the Snopes treatment, for what it's worth.  Snopes of course has long since burned all credibility on anything Democrat; they are liars and totally in the bag.   Bottom line for me; both the radical Lan Lee and Hillary were at Yale during that time so, since the story is consistent with  actions I know the two of them engaged in, I can't quibble withMark S. Gilstrap's  account on the Panthers.   Skoonj-Tarlowe ”

The Gummint Standard

The to-date cost of the glitchy Obamacare website has topped $1 billion (as of Dec. 3, 2013 4:30pm) “ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services #GetCovered: www.HealthCare.gov I am not making this up.  This from Feb 22nd.  I reckon Obamacare creative are just overworked.   Marc Miller   ”

FONT MAGIC

La la la la la ..... What the Font  I'm a font junky, always on the lookout for new stuff.  For a long time I've wished there was a way to identify a font used by a site I wanted to parody, rather than scroll through my thousand font collection looking for a close match.  WHAT THE FONT, seemingly, was the answer; and after a fashion it prolly is.  To test it,  I submitted the font pic from the Sharyl Attkisson Resigns post. It found 27 matches, none of which was the correct Jokerman, but several that were damned close.  For snickers, I searched their site for Jokerman, and sure enough they had it.  It's a very distinctive font, so I'm surprised their software didn't nail it. Good enough for government work though. NEXT: 1001 FONTS 1001 FONTS is a delicious asset.  If I'm looking to create a Commie looking document, I select "Russian."  That causes their full list of Russian fonts to cascade.  I can then type the text I'm after, and screen cap the one I want.  You're welcome

Handing Over the Keys?

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Sharyl Attkisson Martyred for the Truth

Democrat Media Monkeys Citing Liberal Bias, Investigative Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Resigns From CBS News “While some at CBS championed her relentless dedication to investigations — ranging from defective Firestone tires to the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal — others saw evidence of a political agenda, particularly against President Barack Obama [...] led network executives to doubt the impartiality of her reporting”   CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has reached an agreement to resign from CBS News ahead of contract, bringing an end to months of hard-fought negotiations, sources familiar with her departure told POLITICO on Monday. Attkisson, who has been with CBS News for two decades, had grown frustrated with what she saw as the network’s liberal bias, an outsize influence by the network’s corporate partners and a lack of dedication to investigative reporting, several sources said. She increasingly felt that her work was no longer supported and that it was a struggle to get her reporting on air. At the same time, Attkisson’s reporting on the Obama administration, which some staffers characterized as agenda-driven, had led network executives to doubt the impartiality of her reporting. She is currently at work on a book — tentatively titled “Stonewalled: One Reporter’s Fight for Truth in Obama’s Washington” — that addresses the challenges of reporting critically on the administration.   [More] Like many of you, I automatically read any CBS reporter's musings with a jaundiced eye.  In fact, I have often wondered in print about the possibility that Edward R. Murrow was a Soviet mole who hired fellow travelers (like Wally Cronkite) to build a great disinfo media outlet for his masters.  So it is that I was always surprised when a Drudge linked Obamunist exposé led me to CBS News,  and a report by Sharyl Attkisson.  After a fashion I was less inclined to lump all things CBS with Obamunist agitprop.  That's over.  The Town Hall article ends,"This is an incredible loss for CBS and no doubt another network's gain. Hopefully she'll land at a place where her important work will be aired and promoted."  There is then only one option, isn't there?  Blah-blah By the By, I wonder if the Drive-by 'tooninsts will react the same way they did after Dan Rather was fired (after  CBS brass ran out of ways to excuse him? ”

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Rorschach Tests I Have Failed

Justice Served

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Committing Predecide

Drudge Report Poll " Christie, was garnering less than five percent of the vote. Bush had just over six % Ryan had less than four "  When it comes to picking a presidential candidate for 2016, the GOP elite are having a hard time getting the grassroots to toe the establishment line. Top Republican strategist Karl Rove, for example, has repeatedly praised Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, as “a strong potential candidate in 2016,” whom Democrats fear will win the nomination. And when other names gained popular attention, particularly attention among the so-called tea-party crowd, the man known as the “architect” was quick to criticize. Rove, for example, blasted potential presidential hopeful Ted Cruz for not playing ball with the GOP establishment, just as the Texas senator’s name started to gain traction with Republican voters. Rove similarly opened fire on Sen. Rand Paul, R-Tenn., for talking about Monica Lewinsky and potential Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the same breath. And even if Christie has fallen from favor among the establishment, other GOP insiders have floated names like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and even the return of former presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as possible nominees in 2016. But now a poll on one of the Internet’s top websites, the Drudge Report, reveals the ground troops just aren’t buying it. With over 234,000 votes counted, Rove’s “strong potential candidate,” Christie, was garnering less than five percent of the vote. Bush had just over six percent. Ryan had less than four. But despite fiery criticism from the GOP establishment, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was registering over 28 percent in the Drudge Report poll, while Tennessee Sen. Rand Paul was leading the survey, with over 30 percent. Paul’s 72,297 votes compared impressively to Christie’s 11,437 Read more at wnd.com In real life one might suppose that teh company would yield to market survey results.  Ha. My prediction: This won't be the first time they decide to commit predecide.

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