Almost forgot about this on Leno last night. The truly amazing thing: he was calm…at times appearing thoughtful. It is amazing what a suit and haircut will do.
You know why I read Goldstein? I mean besides the fact he makes me spray milk through my nose when I’m not careful?
Because now and then he links to something serious like this article by Gerard Baker which says things that I suprisingly agree with and think about, but says them so much better.
The left and right in much of Europe agreed. America could no longer be seen as a civilized country: It had become an alien, medieval
sort of place. Europe should put even more effort now into building its own secularist, enlightened nirvana as a beacon of hope to the world.
Is anyone else using Firefox 1.0 and not seeing the images here on this site or is it just me?
There should be a banner across the top that reads “The Daily Brief” and a photo of two motorcyclists kicking a ball in the post “Motoball” and a picture of four cartoon characters in “Two More Days.”
UPDATE: Thanks to DragonLady I can now see all the images and Michelle Malkin’s Site isn’t jumping all over the place when I move the mouse. If you’re using Norton Firewall and you can’t see images on all the sites you visit, drop her or I a line.
I’m sitting here at work listening to Dark Side of the Moon, the intro to “Money” to be more specific, and one of the contractors looks at me, stops to listen, looks at me again and asks, “What the HELL is that?”
He’s not that much older than me…is this even possible?
Just asking…
Today I’m thankful for:
God.
My Beautiful Wife for loving me no matter what.
Boyo for keeping me young and my eyes open.
Friends of Bill.
My Mom, Sister, Aunts and Uncles for reminding me where I come from.
The folks I work with for being good people even if they are mostly a bunch of bottom-feeding-scum-sucking contractors…and I mean that in the best way.
Every man and woman who now wears or who has ever worn a uniform in service to their country, their state, or their city.
The gang here at The Daily Brief and Digital Warfighter.
(Wayne’s World Dream effect…doodoodoodooderloop)
Butterball.
Karo Syrup.
Poppin Fresh.
Oreo Pie Shells.
Green Bean Casserole.
(POP)
Okay…lost my focus.
To one and all, may you have a bountiful and blessed Thanksgiving Day.
Okay, here’s the deal. I’m going to be home MOST Of the day…except when I’m tossing the football around with my son or beating myself up at the gym. So why don’t we just all post our bestest, most favorite-ist Thanksgiving Recipes? It’s still early for most of us…we can still run to the store if we see something we MUST have. I don’t cook on Thanksgiving…Beautiful Wife has the holidays down pat. I’m more of a stew/chili/soup kind of cook.
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Father Pat’s Cranberry Chutney
4 C Cranberries, whole
1 C seedless raisins
1 2/3 C sugar
1 T ground cinnamon
1 ½ tsp ground fresh ginger
¼ tsp ground cloves
1 C water
1 med onion, chopped (abt ½ C)
1 med apple, peeled, cored, and chopped
½ C thinly sliced celery (use the smallest stalks)
Combine cranberries, raisins, sugar, spices and water in a large non-aluminium saucepan and bring to boil.
When cranberries start to “pop” stir in the onion, apple and celery, bring back to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for about 15 minutes longer.
Refrigerate.
If put in sterilized jars and properly sealed, this can sit on the pantry shelf until needed.
Great with Turkey, Beef, Pork.
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Go ‘head, post your favorite to the comments.
Superhero Hype! is a website dedicated to all things Superhero.
Because I had a comic collection when I was a kid. You gotta problem with that?
Every four or six years for the past 20 I’ve raised my hand and enlisted in the United States Air Force. The first thing, the very first thing that we vow to protect and defend is The Constitution of the United States.
Today I’ve seen a few bloggers, I’m not going to link to them, they don’t deserve it, refer to Kevin Sites as a traitor or worse for releasing the videotape of the Marine in the Mosque.
To those folks of questionable citizenship, I have some questions: When did you decide you didn’t like the Constitution and exactly where would you like to stop limiting the Freedom of the Press? Who gets to decide what gets shown? You? The Government? Me?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
That applies to all of us you assholes, not just you. Deal with it.
My family and I just returned from seeing National Treasure. As usual, some critics are so full of their own self-importance that they can no longer just enjoy a movie.
Okay folks, here’s a hint, if Nicolas Cage is starring in a Jerry Bruckheimer produced movie directed by Jon Turtletaub, your film majors are probably going to hate it. I have never given much thought to what film majors think.
I’m not a high concept guy when I actually decide to pack up the car and drive to the multiplex and spend up to $40.00 for my family to sit in a theater and eat overpriced popcorn and drink ridiculously priced watery Cokes. I usually only go to the movies when the big screen and big sound will be worth it. I see Nic Cage in a Bruckheimer movie advertised, I know there’s going to be blowing shit up and breaking things and it’s going to be “Suh-WEEEEET” according to Boyo. I also know that my brain will have to work a little…but not so much that it’s annoying.
National Treasure does not disappoint. As a matter of fact, it almost doesn’t let you catch your breath from one scene to another. It just keeps rocking and twisting and turning and giving you some pretty cool backdrops of America and some very cool although nerdy history facts. You’ll find yourself feeling damn proud of youself here and there if you know anything about U.S. History and I think there’s enough in there so that everyone should be able to figure out at least one clue by themselves and that’s part of the fun.
Nicolas Cage, Christopher Plummer, Jon Voight, Sean Bean and Harvey Keitel are almost all cast in their most recognizable stock roles. I’m okay with that. There’s very little trying to figure out who’s who or if anyone is going to wind up being something they’re not. All the figuring out is saved for history.
The critics missed the most obvious clue in the movie. This is an action movie for the people. As my eight year old said as we were leaving, “Quite the adventure!” Blink-blink…Beautiful Wife and I grin at each other. Why yes it was, wasn’t it?
Smash had a busy week. Start at the top and scroll down. If you’re not from San Diego, the mayorial election seems kind of boring until you realize he’s talking about a popular write-in candidate who might lose because people wrote in her name but failed to color the bubble.
Frank J. has letters from vets to Michael Moore.
Michele has a new, header which could either be blasphemous or pure poetry…I come from a mixed marriage, Dad was a Bears fan, Mom was pure Packers. The reposted Thanksgiving bit is good for a chuckle if you were ever a comics geek.
Blackfive has a very cool picture of a “Marine Rifle Platoon.” And a link to a petition in support of the Marine being investigated in the Mosque shooting.
Speaking of the Marine in the Mosque thing…The Cartoon Nazi has one of the better rants I’ve seen on the subject.
And Risawn is having fun with her 15 minutes by posting more Photoshopped images of her now infamous, “I’m Not Sorry” photo.
Out here…must go PT….I love PT…really. My 43 year old body is loving all the oxygen…loving the sweat…loving every little ache and pain that I fully deserve from taking too much time off. Righhhht.
Jeff over at The Shape of Days is celebrating a birthday, is sick, and writes a pretty darn funny recap of the latest Survivor episode…which I don’t watch…Beautiful Wife watches it…I’m just in the same room…but really, don’t you think that b*tch Ami needs to have a stake driven through her heart? It’s women like her that make me wonder if the fundamentalists don’t have it right when it comes to lesbians. She’s just evil. And WTF is with these guys? Is Strategery dead after all?
Or something like that…like I said…I don’t watch.
Is it just me or did anyone else watch the Clinton Library Dedication yesterday with more than a bit of fondness for the ol’ rouge? And no, it doesn’t transfer over to Hillary…although I think we should all keep our eyes on young Chelsea…
Ken over at “It Comes In Pints?” links to a very interesting blogger who’s going to be reporting live from Kosovo sometime after Christmas….you remember Kosovo? Yes…we’re still in Kosovo.
Anyway, go check out Incoherant Ramblings and things best left unsaid. The title alone makes me a fan and if you click around her site I think you’ll find that you’ve seen her picture before. Perhaps we need to add her to our portal?
Marines recovering at Camp Pendleton need all sorts of stuff.
They are in need of the following items: nonperishable food (snacks and candy), DVDs, all sizes of batteries, phone cards, Game Boy games, books and magazines, Domino’s Pizza gift certificates (they deliver on base), towels and wash cloths, and hygiene gear (razors and shaving cream).
These items can be sent to MSgt William Bonney, Office of the Division Inspector, 1st Marine Division Rein FMF, Bldg 1413 Room 200, Box 555380, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5380
Via Blackfive.
Back in 2000 when I was still looking at Al Gore and George W. Bush and still wondering when this cosmic joke would end, I started to lean a little toward GW because, well, it sounded like he was putting a decent team together. I wound up voting Republican for only the second time in my life based on the concept of, “With a team like that, how bad can he do?” Okay…and the fact that Al Gore was the most condescending wanker to EVER appear on my television for a debate.
For this year it was pretty simple pretty early… The first time I saw Senator Kerry, my skin crawled, the hair on the back of my head stood up, my teeth itched. Although I strongly disagree with some of this administration’s policies, I have to say that I’m 100% behind The Bush Doctrine. I wish they’d follow it a little stronger in terms of ALL countries, but I know we can’t piss off the entire world all at once…wouldn’t be prudent. I also recognize that I’m one of the last people on earth who should be in charge of world decisions: My mind often sounds like Uncle Fester from the Addams Family screeching, “Shoot ’em in the back!” And don’t worry…I ignore my inner Uncle Fester…most of the time…as far as you know…
But that’s not what I had to sleep on. What I had to sleep on was the fact that while some pundits wondered out loud who would leave and who would stay we didn’t hear a thing from the administration about the changes that have been occuring in the past week. I’m not going to say if I like them or dislike them, that wouldn’t be prudent on my part since I’m still active duty, but I’m a little torqued in the jaw that there are so many changes and not a word was said about them before the election.
Would it have changed my vote? I doubt it. But now I have to wonder what else they didn’t talk about that they’re going to do to change things…and that bothers me. It’s like someone buying the 1985 Chicago Bears and finding out after that they weren’t going to get Sweetness and the Fridge and MacMahon, but oh…here’s Ditka… And while I love da Coach, he didn’t do it alone.
Update: Cox and Forkum’s current work kind of sums up part of my trepidation. I’m for The Bush Doctrine, but I like someone on the team who’s not all for it. Someone should play Devil’s Advocate.
The Wounded Warrior Project was founded on the principle that veterans are our nation’s greatest citizens. The Project seeks to assist those men and women of our armed forces who have been severely injured during the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hot spots around the world. Many of the injuries are traumatic amputations, gunshot wounds, burns and blast injuries that will retire these brave warriors from military service. These wounded soldiers will return to civilian life minus one or more limbs, or with serious wounds or disfiguring scars, and will face greater challenges today obtaining assistance and finding opportunities that would enable them to provide for themselves and their families.
Am I the only one who never heard of this?
Via O’Reilly. Which tells me that I am.
If there’s a sweeter set of background vocals than Paula Cole’s on Peter Gabriel’s Secret World Live, I’d love to hear about them.
“Stop hey-ey what’s that sow-wound, everybody look what’s goin’ dow-own.”
Warning, extreme spew alert! Do NOT drink coffee while reading.
Goldstein sets his sights on…errr…sorry…Target. I said I was sorry.
Wizbang’s Weekend Caption Contest is up and Kevin should be ashamed of himself. It’s WAY too early for that.
Quizilla wants to know which South Park Character you are.
Via Emily.
Beautiful Wife has been cataloging our entire collection of pictures and putting them on the computer so I can burn some CDs and send them to Gorgeous Daughter for safe-keeping.
In keeping with the silly tradition of posting very old pictures of oneself…I humbly submit this for your perusal.
Also wanted to see if I could figure out how to upload pics. That was much easier than I expected.
Update: Wow…I’ve always had a big forehead…and here I thought it was age catching up to me…phew!
The Military Times has a pretty good story on what anyone with a brain has known for years.
“A federal panel that has spent two years reviewing studies of Gulf War illnesses recommends focusing future research on the effects of the toxic substances that veterans encountered during the 1991 conflict.
That conclusion differs from the findings of a Clinton administration panel that determined that stress was the cause of the mysterious ailments afflicting thousands of Gulf War veterans.”
If you want to read the entire report you can get it here.
So…why would this administration push to research and fund something that a previous administration had already closed the book on?
I have my own thoughts on that and I’m going to keep them to myself tonight. I spent most of the day watching Beautiful Wife fight with TRICARE and the medical professionals at our local “care center” and I’m feeling more than a bit cynical.
But weigh in, I’m curious.
Winds of Change has a comprehensive briefing on The Battle of Fallujah.
Hat tip to Smash.
I don’t know if they’ll change it or not, but as of 2200 Central Time, CNN’s Homepage has a picture of Arafat, year of birth, year of death, in what can only be called a tribute. Neo-maxi-zoom-dweebies.
I do wish we could tape some dancing in American streets for the Palestinian News, but that’s asking too much. But I can dream…
Michele over at A Small Victory is holding a Survey that fits in with our own down below but this time she’s looking for Worst Lyrics Ever in a Rock Song. She’s been a bit blue due to post election moonbats invading her comments and email. Go help her out of it.
In case you didn’t catch me fawning over her over at Digital Warfighter…I’m a huge fan of her blog. She rants and she rants well.
She’s also got a new blog going: I have That On Vinyl. From her first post over there:
“So despite the title, this place won’t be strictly about vinyl records; the name is intended to capture my propensity for revisiting the pop culture of my youth, and even yours.”
She and I are about the same age, so the pop culture of her youth is almost identical to mine which is probably why I like her so much.
And since I’ve already qualified for cyber-stalker status let me add that she’s also a major contributor to The Command Post. If you’re not stopping over there on a regular basis…you just don’t know everything.
Three blogs…sheesh…I guess we’re not that much alike…I actually lost this one for a couple of days…couldn’t find it…weird huh?