Friday Random Ten

The iPod Speaks:

The Broken Windmill - Tom McDermott

Fall-On - Troy Andrews

Mississippi Home - The Subdudes*

Sweet Little Baby - Champion Jack Dupree

Neal and Pray - Kenny Neal

Across The Border - Bruce Springsteen

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Louis Armstrong

Luberta - The Hoodoo Kings

Mud - North Mississippi Allstars

Who Knows - Jimi Hendrix


Bonus Tracks:

Lay My Burden Down - Dr. John

Crazy Love - Van Morrison


Bonus lyric:

*”It’s so quiet in here,
you can hear the roaches climb the walls.”

Friday Cat Blogging - Tipitina Version 

Bringing An Outbreak Of Freedom

All this Bu$hCo administration can bring is crap, crap, crap.

"A car bomb detonated today near a fruit and vegetable market in Hilla, a Shiite town south of Baghdad, killing at least 8 people and wounding 41. It was the second attack in two days of bloodletting that has left 110 people dead."

Tell Me Something Else That's True

Illegal activity in the White House? What will we tell the children? Maybe the American public, or at least that section that supports this caricature of a human being, will see what a fool we have as Preznit.

"Federal auditors said today that the Bush administration had violated the law by purchasing favorable news coverage of President Bush's education policies, by making payments to the conservative commentator Armstrong Williams and by hiring a public relations company to analyze media perceptions of the Republican Party.

In a blistering report, the investigators, from the Government Accountability Office, said the administration had disseminated 'covert propaganda' inside the United States, in violation of a longstanding, explicit statutory ban."

"The Astonishing Hypothesis"

More evidence that consciousness has a physical seat in our bodies. This is exciting.

"As we slip into deep sleep, higher regions of our brains take a vacation from each other, disconnecting so much that consciousness is snuffed out and a once highly integrated organ becomes separated, according to a groundbreaking experiment by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers."

Emphasis added.

Recycling

Here is an example of true leadership.

"The new regulations will require 85 percent of the car's materials, by weight, to be recovered and reused; the figure includes 5 percent through energy recovery, typically by burning materials that are not economically practical to recycle.

In 2007, networks set up by carmakers in the European Union must be ready to accept all scrap vehicles, regardless of age, at no cost to the car's last owner. In 2015, the portion of each vehicle that should be recycled increases to 95 percent."

Remember, It's Just A Bunch Of Magnets

Yo SideKick.

Good Luck with the MRI.

Everything will be fine.

If it's not, however, there will always be the stuff in the GREEN BOTTLE & the BLUE BOTTLE.

Talk to you tomorrow night.

Why Can't I Think Of A Title For This Post?

Via Raw Story.

King Kong, please pass the hammer, I've got another nail for Dipstick Design's coffin.

"'This is a truly astounding discovery,' he said in a statement. 'Tool usage in wild apes provides us with valuable insights into the evolution of our own species and the abilities of other species.'"

Bush's Depression? What About America's?

Those dopes in the White House are finally feeling what the rest of us have been feeling for five years.

"Depressed and demoralized White House staffers say working at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is “life in a hellhole” as they try to deal with a sullen, moody President whose temper tantrums drive staffers crying from the room and bring the business of running the country to a halt.

“It’s like working in an insane asylum,” says one White House aide. “People walk around like they’re in a trance. We’re the dance band on the Titanic, playing out our last songs to people who know the ship is sinking and none of us are going to make it.”"

Via WTF Is It Now?

It's Time To Start Paying Attention

This coupled with the previous post about the food shelf, doesn't bode well for people in the northwoods, among many other places. I wonder what Bu$hCo plans to do about it. Oh, yes, keep the thermostats at, say, 50 degrees or so, come, be as tough as me, the Texas dopeboy.

"Since the beginning of the summer, the price of natural gas has doubled. But unlike crude oil or gasoline, whose recent gains have been widely felt by most Americans, the surge in natural gas prices, the most popular form of energy for home heating, has so far gone largely unnoticed."

Making Fun, I Need It Version

OK, It’s On To Grantsburg.

Headline in the Burnett County Journal:

Harsdorf's resoltion fails in Senate vote
•Missed the override by two votes
Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Must have been a resoltion on spelling. ReThugs never could spell very well. Takes brains, you know. Emphasis added.

On to law enforcement:

-Sept. 20, Daniel B. Songetay, Danbury, was traveling north on Hwy 35 when he lost control of his vehicle, causing him to go in a ditch, colliding with a tree headfirst. He suffered severe injuries from the accident. It is unknown if alcohol or drugs were a factor.

& it is unknown if reading this entry will cause permanent brain damage.

-Sept. 23, Joseph R. McGeshick, Siren, attempted a u-turn on Herman Johnson Road, but ended up in the ditch, knocking down a stop sign.

Stop sign in the ditch? What the hell is going on in west central Wisconsin? Call the DOT for cripes’ sake.

-Sept. 24, a 2003 Honda Odyssey van owned by Peter D. Porotko, Brooklyn Park, MN, was hit by an unidentified vehicle in the parking lot of Wayne’s Food Plus. The suspect then fled the scene, making it a hit and run.

If he hadn’t fled it would be a “hit & stay”?


Sports. Yes, sports:

Like the ancient, mythical bird, The Phoenix, which was said to be extinct but rose up once again, so did the Webster Tigers rise up from a shaky 0-5 volleyball start to win three matches at the Grantsburg Invitational before falling 2-0 to Grantsburg.

Did ever occur to the reporter to know what the hell he was talking about before writing it down? No wonder schools have such a hard time convincing students that knowledge is a good thing. Has Higgin ever heard of Google? Here’s what the truth about the Phoenix really is:

phoe-nix also phe-nix (fnks).
n.
1. Mythology. A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes.
2. A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon.
3. Phoenix. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor

Extinct? I don’t think so.

“Many miscues spell disaster” -

No it spells miscues.

-St. Croix Falls stuns Pirates 17-14 after stalls inside the scroing zone, interceptions and fumbles destroy Grantsburg's chances.

I’m stunned by the scroing zone. I thought that was illegal. I’m also wondering about why there there were stalls in the scroing zone. I thought stalls were in barns.

-Freshman Ben Nelson’s runner’s knee won’t stop him because he’s the fifth runner in Frederic’s success plan -

That’s right, I’m number five, I can do anything - I won’t let my bad knee stop me from being NUMBER 5.

Mr. Higgin, please don't resign, it's just too much fun.

Food Shelf

So, this morning I get my cup of coffee, slip on slippers & a coat & let the dogs out for their morning thing. Coolest morning yet, but the damn horses got out of their paddock. Well, three of the four. Got the two mares in easily, but the other gelding was his usual pissant self. He finally allowed me to halter him, boy, there was plenty of soft talking & praise. I felt I was in some sort of low-key revival meeting. But on to the serious stuff. Mrs. coldH2O was at a meeting last night where the bare shelves of the Ashland, Wisconsin, food shelf were discussed. The state officials said the reason for the lack of food was that they were not getting their normal shipments of commodities. Asked why, they replied that the commodities were being shipped to Iraq. Just effing great, not only has Bu$hCo drained the money out of programs for the good of people, now he is sending off commodity foods that are clearly needed here. What a complete damn tool. I'll bet he isn't missing any food from his shelf, apparently he's not missing any cocktails either.

Kyoto, We Don't Need No Stinking Kyoto

Idiot boy keeps strumming his guitar while the world weeps, literally. Looks like we can begin kissing polar bears goodbye. Just when I believe I was forming an optimistic thought, this comes along. Same old, same old. Jeez.

"A natural cycle in the polar atmosphere, the Arctic Oscillation, that contributed to the reduction in Arctic ice in the past was not a significant factor right now, he said, adding that rising temperatures driven by accumulating greenhouse-gas emissions had to be playing a role."

Ya think? This timidity, while stating the truth, is really the result of Bu$hCo's war on science.

Yay, DeLay - Indicted

Jeez, a perp walk is all we need to make this really sweet.

"Said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: 'The criminal indictment of Majority Leader Tom Delay is the latest example that Republicans in Congress are plagued by a culture of corruption at the expense of the American people.'"

Very Interesting #2

Justice for all, that's my story & I'm sticking to it. Let's hope a later headline is: Yay, Delay - Indicted.