Better really late than never. Congrats on first Carol. Chips, you forgot to put D) All of the above. I did want to say that two of my three children are really into soccer. They are like Chips and UT….both on separate sides of the coin. It made for interesting watching of football before they grew up and moved out.
Kasai, how could you have voted for Manchester United three times before Chipsticks signed on to support our great 49er team? She even had the audacity to suggest that the ravens were the favorite (choice) of TOD!
I have not noticed any posts about the new Netflix series House of Cards with Kevin Spacey. It is a political drama. Pretty good too! It started on Friday.
There was a competition between a team of blondes and a team of brunettes to see who could catch the most fish ice fishing.
Once the contest started, it was clear that the brunettes were going to win — they kept pulling out fish after fish. Soon, the blondes got worried and sent over one of their team to see what the brunettes were doing differently. A few minutes later, the blonde comes running back.
“A hole! You need to put a hole in the ice!”
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A blonde was driving across several states to go visit her family. She was already twelve hours late and her family was getting worried. When she finally got there, she was all disheveled and dirty.
When asked what happened, she explained that she had seen sign after sign that said “CLEAN RESTROOMS AHEAD”
It’s all good Amk. They drew with Tottenham, only scored 1 point against Fulham, and Rooney got wiped against Southampton in the second half. I’m still cracking up over that. Everyone knows Chipsticks poll rigging is just another version of cheating that Man U does. If they don’t play dirty themselves, they get the referees to cheat for them like they did on Oct 28, 2012. I’d rather win fair and square.
Chipsticks, It’s a real shame you’ve decided to emulate one of the right wing GOP tactics: If you can’t win fairly you should do everything in your power to rig the polls! After all, so the right wingers say, a win is a win, no matter how fraudulently it was achieved.
Here is my question: Is Manchester United so bad (may be as bad as the GOP) that you have to resort to rigging the polls? I simply can’t wait to read what UT has to say about your resorting to GOP tactics so as to make sure that Manchester United comes out on top.
Thanx Bob! I learned from you about sticking up for TRUTH. I just can’t begin to tell you how pained I was to go against Chipsticks, a person I love and admire so much. But wrong is wrong! Now if she had come out strongly supporting the 49ers in the Super Bowl, I might have overlooked her temporary bias relapse towards her favorite English football team.
Hahahahaha. Good for you Nath. Everyone knows Chelsea’s the best team ever. Chipstick’s poll rigging is just another version of how Manchester United cheats all the time, plays dirty or pays the referees to help them cheat as they did on Oct 28, 2012.
Chipsticks, I Love you and I love Rooney’s tweet supporting our President. What I can’t stomach is adopting the GOP tactics of Vote No and GOP wins, vote Yes and the GOP wins and abstain, and the GOP still wins. How can you call those “THREE choices?” Even more egregious for me right now is your prior assertion, in an earlier thread, that the Ravens were the favored TOD team in the Super Bowl. That really hurt me more than your rigged poll. Unless you publicly state that TOD is neutral as to which team wins the Super Bowl tomorrow, I am ready to jump on the Chelsea bandwagon in support of UT.
This poll is rigged! It was taken during the time when most of us on the West Coast were out enjoying our fabulous weather. It’s absolutely not representative of the entire TOD family.
It’s not our fault because mother nature (or God, for those religiously inclined) favored us with good weather with plenty of sunshine. If we depended just on the East Coast our beloved President Obama would not be in office. More than 20% of the President’s electoral votes came from the great state of California alone. And, if you included all the Western States not on the EST (HI, WA, OR, NV, CO, NM) the percentage of OBOTS is even much higher. So, dear Chipsticks, why conduct a poll that leaves out a substantial TOD/OBOT base? Sorry, Chips, you can run but you can’t hide. The poll was unfair to us TOD “westies.” The fact that some of us may have been surfing when the “easties” were ready to go to bed should not be used against us.
I suspected the same, Nath – I checked the poll before going out to enjoy the good LA weather once assured the 49ers were winning; came back to find this travesty. Thanks for speaking up…
Thanks Theo! Someone has to speak up for the “westies” as Chipsticks calls us. Besides, when it comes to sports, some of us fans are not interested in objectivity. All we want is fairness.
This morning I drove to Salem to shop at JoAnn’s fabric store. While waiting to get some fabric cut I noticed several people waiting to get SF 49er fabric cut. My thoughts were wonder what they are making and how will they have enough time to get it made for the game tomorrow? Costco was so busy I circled 3x and could not find a place to park. Probably all those people buying game snacks. I should have waited and gone during the game instead.
Bobfr, I always knew that you’re way smarter and politically savvy than I am. I should have listened to my father who always warned me about the folly of “biting the hand” that fed me. I am hoping that after the Super Bowl my un inhibited passionate rooting for the 49ers will be forgiven. And, if my 49ers end up winning my folly would have been all worth it.
Until I die (and maybe beyond that time) I will never understand what can be bad about healthcare – I can accept that you have to be rich to own a car elevator (unfit and lazy perhaps as well) – but when people argue that healthcare is a privilege – they have a very distorted mindset.
“…when people argue that healthcare is a privilege – they have a very distorted mindset.”
Thank you, 99ts, for speaking TRUTH! People who have dealt with catastrophic illnesses of family members, as I did, know exactly the TRUTH of your statement.
I have been boycotting Whole Foods for so long, I no longer remember what the original call to boycott Whole Foods was about. Probably nefarious corporate practices of one kind or another. I have never seen a reason to stop boycotting them. And now this.
I went once, a few months after they opened in OKC. I thought it was the most pretentious, overpriced store I have ever been to. Anything they have, I can find at “normal” stores at better prices. The whole thing is an ego inflating proposition.
That info certainly verifies that I will never go there again. Once was enough.
I boycotted Whole Foods during the health care debate because this same CEO lied about Canadian employees choosing health care as one of their optional benefits – implying that the Canadian system didn’t work. Once health care passed, I went back to Whole Foods. I’m back on boycott after this most recent nonsense – haven’t been to a Whole Foods in weeks, and if you knew me in real life, you’d know I practically live at Whole Foods…
I’ve been to a Trader Joes once, but I think they do more prepared foods, right? I’m moving to an area where there’s a Trader Joe’s right around the corner, so I may become a regular there, if they have a fresh food section.
Here’s the deal with the Canadian system as it works in British Columbia. You pay for health coverage. For our two-person family it’s $106 per month. It covers all the basics — doctor, hospital, lab, xray, etc. Many employers offer policies that cover dental, extended physical therapy, anything above the basics. That works the way group insurance works in the US.
I love the system here. It’s not perfect — it is designed and implemented by humans, after all — but it has lifted a gigantic burden from our shoulders. I’m 71 and my husband is 65. When we’re sick we fight the illness, not the system. I recommend it.
Yup – my family was in Vancouver for the past 7 years – just moved back to Toronto. I lived in Toronto for years. Never thought about health insurance until I moved to the States and the health care battle began. I had no idea some people lived without health care in the developed world.
Great tweet Bobfr! And, I might add, the media enablers Bush/Cheney would have been totally discredited not to be trusted in the future for being reliable sources of news.
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn’t need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
“I don’t know,” he said. “She’s still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.”
😆 Oh my God, that sounds like a scene straight from my kiddy classroom! Seriously, I wish I’d had a camera that day to snap the nun’s face when I told her what senior school I was going to …. a Protestant one. She almost spat at me! She asked me why I was going there, and I said “for the boys”. Honestly. The school she assumed I was going to was all-girls, she looked at me like, well, I was a prostitute!
Jesse Jackson led a march in Chicago to pressure President Obama to come to Chicago and do something about the gun violence. He is using the tragic death of Hadiyah Pendleton as a rallying cry, which I feared would happen. Jackson is also demanding that President Obama assign Homeland Security to patrol the streets of Chicago. I agree that gun violence is out of control in Chicago (and across the country) but I don’t think this kind of —–oh, I’ll just say ‘no comment’. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-crime-chicagobre91200x-20130202,0,2230435.story
Chicago has a mayor, and Illinois has a governor. They have two Senators and however many Congress critters. They also have a police commissioner and varying levels of local and state government. Let them go through all those layers first before calling on the President to come to Chicago. President Obama’s trying to solve things at the national level – which is his job.
Please tell me what do Jesse Jackson think President Obama can do about the gun violence in Chicago? It is going to take the people of Chicago standing up, and yes working with the police. How about the people of Chicago doing the right thing, like if anyone knows who kill that 15 year old girl, if they have any information they turn it over to the police. Homeland Security can’t patrol every darn city in the country. Why don’t Jesse go to the Mayor and Governor, how about a curfew and using the National Guards.
Homeland Security to patrol the streets of Chicago? Say what now? Should we send them the national guard as well and maybe some combat troops?
Seriously. Something is very wrong in that city and Homeland Security is not going to make it better. And the president coming THERE is not going to stop it either. That’s just a test to see if POTUS values black victims of gun violence as well as the white ones. Jesse Jackson needs to come to DC and rally congress. Talk to his senators (even the Repub one) and let’s get this going.
More black “leaders” need to get involved in this gun debate. Stop leaving it up to POTUS to be an ambassador. Get your asses in DC and pester the folks on Capitol Hill.
What’s the difference between a good politician and a bad politician?
A headstone.
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What does a politician use for birth control?
His personality.
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Why aren’t there any rich ventrilloquists?
Because all their puppets run for office.
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It was a celebratory mood for the boys at NASA; they had just made the scientific achievement of a lifetime.
As they were uncorking a bottle of champagne, the head of the project, Dr. Wilson, asked everyone to be quiet as he was receiving a congratulatory phone call from the President of the United States.
He picked up a special red phone.
“Mr. President,” said Dr. Wilson, grinning broadly, “after twelve years of difficult research and spending billions of dollars, we have finally found intelligent life on Mars.”
He listened for a second, and his smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a frown.
He said, “But that’s impossible… we could never do it… yes Mr. President,” and hung up the phone. He then addressed the crowd of scientists staring at him curiously.
“I have some bad news,” he said, “the President said that now that we’ve found intelligent life on Mars… he wants us to try to find it in Congress.”
A panel of elected officials and community activists met to try to solve the problem of the high rate of absenteeism in Chgo elementary schools, to “save countless children from failure in school and in life”. 32, 000 elementary kids miss 4 weeks or more of classes per year and some disappear entirely. Big problem. And it is likely a contributing factor to all the shooting deaths committed by teens and young 20’s in Chgo currently. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-panel-seeks-solutions-to-school-absenteeism-20130202,0,3663755.story
Poor Mark Kelly. I am thankful for all he and Gabby are doing to help with the gun issue——–but what a horrible thing——having to get up early to face revolting LaPierre.
Getting up early to join @NRA Wayne LaPierre on @FoxNewsSunday tomorrow at 9am EST. Tune in.
I find it beyond sane that any media (I guess Fox is not really media) expects Mark Kelly to appear with the excuse for shooting people person. No-one should give Lapierre a place to sprout his hate.
Jeff Gauvin has some nasty stuff on his Twitter that he reported to the Secret Service…good for him…these haters just can’t handle not only the intelligent man in the WH…but the movement of change and equality in America. Their ignorance and hate consumes them. I won’t post them here.
Watching one of my faves—House Hunters on HGTV——and watching a couple looking for a home in Denmark——and they note that the Danish people consistently rank as the happiest in the world——which they attributed to the fact that the country has the most income equality, all education, health care provided etc. ——-and they’re the least materialistic, simple values.
Yes – most of those Scandinavian/Nordic countries typically and routinely rate as the happiest in the world. I believe Oprah had a show on this a few years ago. And I just read an article on the best countries to be born in – same story. So much for the anti-socialism crowd… I’m proud to say that Canada came in #9. 🙂
Not sure I’m keen on her – I believe there are few if any women who deserve the title “slut” – used as a hate term – usually by men. Also too, I noticed a pro gun tweet
LINCOLN — Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned his post abruptly Saturday after questions were raised by The World-Herald about improper cell phone calls to four women, other than his wife, during the past four years.
An investigation by The World-Herald discovered that Sheehy made thousands of late-night telephone calls to the women on his state-issued cell phone, many of them long conversations held in the wee hours of the night.
Wonderful rally today kicking off Ed Markey’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in his home town of Malden, Massachusetts. It was so reassuring to hear his solid support for President Obama’s agenda. Ed Markey will be a great Senator and continue to be a champion for the environment. There was a large and very enthusiastic crowd – a lot of Obama and Warren supporters. “We Democrats” Ed told the crowd “we don’t agonize – we organize”. So it will be a very busy 5 months with the primary set for April and the special election in June. But I believe the grassroots will come out for Ed Markey. The rally ended with the now so familiar strains of “We take care of our own”. It was just like the good old days.
They took a former Marine said to suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome – to a shooting range – to help him recover!!!! Relive the sounds of war – who would have suggested that as a great idea??
Maybe I misunderstand – but that is what it reads like to me.
So now the internets is going wild with paranoia and a conspiracy – will they EVER accept that guns kill? Of course not, Chris Kyle died because the government wants to take away your guns.
Don’t know if some of you have read the breaking news below.
RIP to the Ex-Navy Seal and other individual who was lost in this report.
but a part of me is wondering HOW the NRA is going to spin this tragic incident in TX where : “a good guy with a gun” who survived years protecting this country, and wrote about it in “American Sniper”, could be killed on a gun range (where I believe multiple guns are within easy access”
Reports: Ex-SEAL Kyle fatally shot on gun range
Associated Press
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:04 AM
Updated today at 5:05 AM
GLEN ROSE, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff has told local newspapers that author and former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle has been fatally shot along with another man on a gun range.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Stephenville Empire-Tribune report that Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant says the 38-year-old Kyle and a second man were found dead Saturday afternoon at Rough Creek Lodge’s shooting range west of Glen Rose.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Time outside with Dad.
Indeed. Congrats carolmaewy on #1 🙂
Thank you. 🙂 did we switch places? Good Luck to your Ravens.
Better really late than never. Congrats on first Carol. Chips, you forgot to put D) All of the above. I did want to say that two of my three children are really into soccer. They are like Chips and UT….both on separate sides of the coin. It made for interesting watching of football before they grew up and moved out.
Empty Nesting SUCKS
Thank you. My kids loved soccer too. Now I have four legged children.
By the way but did Queen Ann ever get her hair fixed?
Just askin’.
That’s a hard question you’re asking this evening – since most TODers don’t even remember who Queen Ann is!
Ann…er…ummm…Romney! That’s it!
Chips that’s a cheat poll! I almost didn’t realize that all 3 choices were the same thing. LOL!
Ah sheesh, you sound like a Foxy freak complaining about Acorn – my poll is perfectly fine, enough of your complaining.
OK – so you have a new toy – and are trying to emulate Gallop’s method of polling.
Strange thing is I’ve loved ManU since the days of Bobby Charlton – I just can’t decide which one of the three options to select 🙂
“I’ve loved ManU since the days of Bobby Charlton”
99ts – I ADORE you!!!!!!!
I just showed the reality of my age – but they sure are the team – ahhh – I could get myself into trouble – should stop while I am being adored 🙂 🙂
Please proceed, 99ts 🙂
I loved Bobby Charlton!
I voted for all of them Chips…:-)
Hope I wasn’t cheating….:-)
Have I told you lately that I love you – intensely?
🙂
Kasai, how could you have voted for Manchester United three times before Chipsticks signed on to support our great 49er team? She even had the audacity to suggest that the ravens were the favorite (choice) of TOD!
I didn’t have a choice…that was soccer (FutBol)…LOL!!
Still, I expected Chipsticks to maintain strict neutrality when it came to to the Super Bowl.
I have not noticed any posts about the new Netflix series House of Cards with Kevin Spacey. It is a political drama. Pretty good too! It started on Friday.
I was raving about the British version a few posts back – someone posted a video about the US version
There was a competition between a team of blondes and a team of brunettes to see who could catch the most fish ice fishing.
Once the contest started, it was clear that the brunettes were going to win — they kept pulling out fish after fish. Soon, the blondes got worried and sent over one of their team to see what the brunettes were doing differently. A few minutes later, the blonde comes running back.
“A hole! You need to put a hole in the ice!”
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A blonde was driving across several states to go visit her family. She was already twelve hours late and her family was getting worried. When she finally got there, she was all disheveled and dirty.
When asked what happened, she explained that she had seen sign after sign that said “CLEAN RESTROOMS AHEAD”
Boy was Bo small in that picture. How has he matured.
Ah, lovely to see Manchester United leading in the poll – I love you people.
pathetic. if only they were as good in winning as you are in rigging the polls.
*cough* *splutter*
50% more to go. Let’s see at the season end.
Bring it on, baby.
(I can’t believe I just typed that)
🙂
It’s all good Amk. They drew with Tottenham, only scored 1 point against Fulham, and Rooney got wiped against Southampton in the second half. I’m still cracking up over that. Everyone knows Chipsticks poll rigging is just another version of cheating that Man U does. If they don’t play dirty themselves, they get the referees to cheat for them like they did on Oct 28, 2012. I’d rather win fair and square.
Is Manchester the team whose player kicked the ball boy?
Chipsticks, It’s a real shame you’ve decided to emulate one of the right wing GOP tactics: If you can’t win fairly you should do everything in your power to rig the polls! After all, so the right wingers say, a win is a win, no matter how fraudulently it was achieved.
Here is my question: Is Manchester United so bad (may be as bad as the GOP) that you have to resort to rigging the polls? I simply can’t wait to read what UT has to say about your resorting to GOP tactics so as to make sure that Manchester United comes out on top.
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See my comment below … you are a brave warrior for sure, nath 😀 😀 😀
Thanx Bob! I learned from you about sticking up for TRUTH. I just can’t begin to tell you how pained I was to go against Chipsticks, a person I love and admire so much. But wrong is wrong! Now if she had come out strongly supporting the 49ers in the Super Bowl, I might have overlooked her temporary bias relapse towards her favorite English football team.
Hahahahaha. Good for you Nath. Everyone knows Chelsea’s the best team ever. Chipstick’s poll rigging is just another version of how Manchester United cheats all the time, plays dirty or pays the referees to help them cheat as they did on Oct 28, 2012.
Nathkatun7, I am severely hurt by your poll-rigging allegations. I mean, jeez, I gave you THREE choices. Are you asking for more? #Greedy
Manchester United, you should know, are the Obots of English football, as proved by Wayne Rooney’s tweet:
Just click A, B or C and prove you too are a supporter of PBO and the one true footballing faith.
Otherwise? Huh.
Chipsticks, I Love you and I love Rooney’s tweet supporting our President. What I can’t stomach is adopting the GOP tactics of Vote No and GOP wins, vote Yes and the GOP wins and abstain, and the GOP still wins. How can you call those “THREE choices?” Even more egregious for me right now is your prior assertion, in an earlier thread, that the Ravens were the favored TOD team in the Super Bowl. That really hurt me more than your rigged poll. Unless you publicly state that TOD is neutral as to which team wins the Super Bowl tomorrow, I am ready to jump on the Chelsea bandwagon in support of UT.
“….. I am ready to jump on the Chelsea bandwagon in support of UT”
Ugly, pure ugly.
As for the Ravens business.
As Jackie said: “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH”…. until it’s rigged by Ravens’ fans, at which point you’re good with the poll latest.
Cough.
This poll is rigged! It was taken during the time when most of us on the West Coast were out enjoying our fabulous weather. It’s absolutely not representative of the entire TOD family.
See, just like a regular election – while you westies are surfing and stuff, other folk are voting. /runs away
It’s not our fault because mother nature (or God, for those religiously inclined) favored us with good weather with plenty of sunshine. If we depended just on the East Coast our beloved President Obama would not be in office. More than 20% of the President’s electoral votes came from the great state of California alone. And, if you included all the Western States not on the EST (HI, WA, OR, NV, CO, NM) the percentage of OBOTS is even much higher. So, dear Chipsticks, why conduct a poll that leaves out a substantial TOD/OBOT base? Sorry, Chips, you can run but you can’t hide. The poll was unfair to us TOD “westies.” The fact that some of us may have been surfing when the “easties” were ready to go to bed should not be used against us.
GO 49ers!
I agree, n7. I didn’t even have time to vote for 49’ers and Chips had already posted her east coast leanings.
That’s exactly what I am talking about, Canadabarb4obama! The poll was biased towards the east coasters.
*said in a low whisper*
I suspected the same, Nath – I checked the poll before going out to enjoy the good LA weather once assured the 49ers were winning; came back to find this travesty. Thanks for speaking up…
Thanks Theo! Someone has to speak up for the “westies” as Chipsticks calls us. Besides, when it comes to sports, some of us fans are not interested in objectivity. All we want is fairness.
This morning I drove to Salem to shop at JoAnn’s fabric store. While waiting to get some fabric cut I noticed several people waiting to get SF 49er fabric cut. My thoughts were wonder what they are making and how will they have enough time to get it made for the game tomorrow? Costco was so busy I circled 3x and could not find a place to park. Probably all those people buying game snacks. I should have waited and gone during the game instead.
Aaaah!!! Bo was a just fuzzy-wuzzy, puppy-wuppy, snoochie-woochie, darling little sweet precious BABY DOG!!!!!!!
Did I mention PRECIOUS???
I’m walking on the wild side in this poll! 😉
They remind me of that dog acting a fool over those Kibbles and bits in that commercial.
more loves:
I love Jeff Gauvin.
I love Chipsticks.
I love my fellow TOD’ers.
I love Krystal Ball.
You’re a sweetheart VL!!! 🙂
I love all of those too – well, except me!
Poll update:
Manchester United 64.29% (9 votes)
Manchester United 21.43% (3 votes)
Manchester United 14% (2 votes)
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Oh my gosh – I’m beginning to think Gallop reads TOD to find out how polls are done
shameless
#NowIsTheTime
That poll is so very tempting to offer a comment or thousand but I do like being able to post here …… 😉
Zip yer lip, mister! 😆
Smart move Bob – the alternative is to be a Bobby Charlton fan
Bobfr, I always knew that you’re way smarter and politically savvy than I am. I should have listened to my father who always warned me about the folly of “biting the hand” that fed me. I am hoping that after the Super Bowl my un inhibited passionate rooting for the 49ers will be forgiven. And, if my 49ers end up winning my folly would have been all worth it.
amk, that is a GOOFY looking man.
Until I die (and maybe beyond that time) I will never understand what can be bad about healthcare – I can accept that you have to be rich to own a car elevator (unfit and lazy perhaps as well) – but when people argue that healthcare is a privilege – they have a very distorted mindset.
I agree 100%. 61/2 years ago, I had a stroke. Had we been living in the USA, we’d be living in tent city.
“…when people argue that healthcare is a privilege – they have a very distorted mindset.”
Thank you, 99ts, for speaking TRUTH! People who have dealt with catastrophic illnesses of family members, as I did, know exactly the TRUTH of your statement.
I have been boycotting Whole Foods for so long, I no longer remember what the original call to boycott Whole Foods was about. Probably nefarious corporate practices of one kind or another. I have never seen a reason to stop boycotting them. And now this.
I went once, a few months after they opened in OKC. I thought it was the most pretentious, overpriced store I have ever been to. Anything they have, I can find at “normal” stores at better prices. The whole thing is an ego inflating proposition.
That info certainly verifies that I will never go there again. Once was enough.
I boycotted Whole Foods during the health care debate because this same CEO lied about Canadian employees choosing health care as one of their optional benefits – implying that the Canadian system didn’t work. Once health care passed, I went back to Whole Foods. I’m back on boycott after this most recent nonsense – haven’t been to a Whole Foods in weeks, and if you knew me in real life, you’d know I practically live at Whole Foods…
Theo, Check out Trader Joe’s! I think their food is just as wholesome and their prices are way better than Whole Foods.
I’ve been to a Trader Joes once, but I think they do more prepared foods, right? I’m moving to an area where there’s a Trader Joe’s right around the corner, so I may become a regular there, if they have a fresh food section.
Here’s the deal with the Canadian system as it works in British Columbia. You pay for health coverage. For our two-person family it’s $106 per month. It covers all the basics — doctor, hospital, lab, xray, etc. Many employers offer policies that cover dental, extended physical therapy, anything above the basics. That works the way group insurance works in the US.
I love the system here. It’s not perfect — it is designed and implemented by humans, after all — but it has lifted a gigantic burden from our shoulders. I’m 71 and my husband is 65. When we’re sick we fight the illness, not the system. I recommend it.
Yup – my family was in Vancouver for the past 7 years – just moved back to Toronto. I lived in Toronto for years. Never thought about health insurance until I moved to the States and the health care battle began. I had no idea some people lived without health care in the developed world.
HILARIOUS! Love the poll!
Thank you Claire – please vote, exercise your constitutional right.
I did. I voted for A. I didn’t want him to ‘nut me.” LOL
🙂 Be proud Claire!
That guy promising to “nut” people does look pretty scary, Claire… 😯
Poll update:
Manchester United have a clear lead now with 63.16%, ahead of Manchester United with 21.05% and Manchester United with 15.79%.
It’s not over, though, Karl Rove still thinks Ohio could swing it Manchester United’s way.
Stay tuned.
Chuck Todd reports that there is an enthusiasm gap for Manchester United unfortunately. That could cost them this thing altogether.
ROTFL!
That’s good news for McCain…….
I was going to wait til May, but in light of your news about the Toad’s forecast:
LMAOOOOOOOOO!!!! Chips you got crying from laughter…..Oh! my is UT around?
Kasai, I don’t mean to gloat….
but UT is, understandably, keeping a low profile.
Newcastle (!!!!) 3, Chelsea 2
X 465 – or however many are reading this blog
UT, where are you? How can you stand by and allow this blatant rigging of polls by Manchester United to go on?
Great tweet Bobfr! And, I might add, the media enablers Bush/Cheney would have been totally discredited not to be trusted in the future for being reliable sources of news.
Lord have mercy the president just gets even more handsome as he ages.
Five days a week my body is a temple.The other two it’s an amusement park.
What a naughty thing to say!
I lied. Now that I’m retired it’s 7 instead of 2! 😀
🙂
So, which one feels better? Your body before retirement or your body after retirement?
Now what do you think? No more rush hour traffic or commuter trains or dumb ass boss’s. you get three guesses the first two are wrong! 🙂
140 characters defines the GOP
Ooooo Lootenant. The implications of that statement are frightening. Does that mean those dudes came from eggs, perhaps? 🙂
A LITTLE SATURDAY EVENING HUMOR?
Sometimes, when I look at my children,
I say to myself,’Lillian, you should have remained a virgin..’
– Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.
But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: –
‘No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.’
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I
had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister,
and now wish to withdraw that statement..
– Mark Twain
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning
and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible
– George Burns
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
– Victor Borge
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
– Mark Twain
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife,
you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
– Socrates
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
– Groucho Marx
My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now
and then she stops to breathe.
– Jimmy Durante
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.
– Zsa Zsa Gabor
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential
food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
– Alex Levine
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery,
people would stop dying.
– Rodney Dangerfield
Money can’t buy you happiness ….
But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
– Spike Milligan
Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP .
– Joe Namath
I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon.
Then it’s time for my nap.
– Bob Hope
I never drink water because of the disgusting
things that fish do in it..
– W. C. Fields
We could certainly slow the aging process down
if it had to work its way through Congress.
– Will Rogers
Don’t worry about avoiding temptation.
As you grow older, it will avoid you.
– Winston Churchill
Maybe it’s true that life begins at fifty ..
But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out..
– Phyllis Diller
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step,
he’s too old to go anywhere.
– Billy Crystal
And the cardiologist’s diet: – If it tastes good spit it out.
Love the list, Yardarm. Hard to find a favorite, but Zsa Zsa made me laugh out loud.
How would I know that, huh? 😆
Thanks for the laughs, sailor!!!
Yeah. We could use a bit of levity ’round here. 😆
Zsa Zsa also said: “When I was married I was a great little housekeeper. We divorce, I keep the house.”
https://twitter.com/DaRiverZkind/status/292779589158203392
Lovely ….
Thank you LP
Sure thing Bob4r. Can’t ever go wrong when random acts of kindness, by strangers, warms your heart.
Lovely.
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn’t need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
“I don’t know,” he said. “She’s still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.”
Sister Catherine was asking all the Catholic school children in fourth grade what they want to be when they grow up.
Little Sheila said, “When I grow up, I want to be a prostitute!”
Sister Catherine’s eyes grow wide and she barked, “What did you say?!”
“A prostitute!” Sheila exclaimed.
Sister Catherine breathed a sight of relief and said “Whew! Thank God! I thought you said ‘A Protestant’!”
😆 Oh my God, that sounds like a scene straight from my kiddy classroom! Seriously, I wish I’d had a camera that day to snap the nun’s face when I told her what senior school I was going to …. a Protestant one. She almost spat at me! She asked me why I was going there, and I said “for the boys”. Honestly. The school she assumed I was going to was all-girls, she looked at me like, well, I was a prostitute!
Is that where you learned to body surf? 😆
Somehow, this story doesn’t surprise me at all, Chips… 😉
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a vampire?
A vampire only sucks blood at night.
Jesse Jackson led a march in Chicago to pressure President Obama to come to Chicago and do something about the gun violence. He is using the tragic death of Hadiyah Pendleton as a rallying cry, which I feared would happen. Jackson is also demanding that President Obama assign Homeland Security to patrol the streets of Chicago. I agree that gun violence is out of control in Chicago (and across the country) but I don’t think this kind of —–oh, I’ll just say ‘no comment’.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-crime-chicagobre91200x-20130202,0,2230435.story
Poor Jesse ….
Jesse is looking for attention. Notice at the inauguration he was on the press riser, courtesy of TeaNN.
Believe it or not, Illinois is the only state, or one of the few, that doesn’t have a conceal/carry law.
Chicago has a mayor, and Illinois has a governor. They have two Senators and however many Congress critters. They also have a police commissioner and varying levels of local and state government. Let them go through all those layers first before calling on the President to come to Chicago. President Obama’s trying to solve things at the national level – which is his job.
Please tell me what do Jesse Jackson think President Obama can do about the gun violence in Chicago? It is going to take the people of Chicago standing up, and yes working with the police. How about the people of Chicago doing the right thing, like if anyone knows who kill that 15 year old girl, if they have any information they turn it over to the police. Homeland Security can’t patrol every darn city in the country. Why don’t Jesse go to the Mayor and Governor, how about a curfew and using the National Guards.
I wish you could take everyone of these street gangs and send them to the moon or mars.
Homeland Security to patrol the streets of Chicago? Say what now? Should we send them the national guard as well and maybe some combat troops?
Seriously. Something is very wrong in that city and Homeland Security is not going to make it better. And the president coming THERE is not going to stop it either. That’s just a test to see if POTUS values black victims of gun violence as well as the white ones. Jesse Jackson needs to come to DC and rally congress. Talk to his senators (even the Repub one) and let’s get this going.
More black “leaders” need to get involved in this gun debate. Stop leaving it up to POTUS to be an ambassador. Get your asses in DC and pester the folks on Capitol Hill.
I couldn’t decide so I voted PRESENT!
😀 😀 😀
This thread will be linked on right wing web sites for the next 4 years to prove that “both sides do it”
In keeping with the recent emphasis on cute puppies, has anyone seen this absolutely adorable Scottie puppy pinwheel video?
I did see this. It is adorable. 🙂
They’re cute as can be but their eyes are creepy. 🙂
Oh sweet!
They reported on CNN today the GWB’s scottish terrier Barney died.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2013/02/01/tsr-w-bush-dog-barney-dies.cnn
What’s the difference between a good politician and a bad politician?
A headstone.
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What does a politician use for birth control?
His personality.
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Why aren’t there any rich ventrilloquists?
Because all their puppets run for office.
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It was a celebratory mood for the boys at NASA; they had just made the scientific achievement of a lifetime.
As they were uncorking a bottle of champagne, the head of the project, Dr. Wilson, asked everyone to be quiet as he was receiving a congratulatory phone call from the President of the United States.
He picked up a special red phone.
“Mr. President,” said Dr. Wilson, grinning broadly, “after twelve years of difficult research and spending billions of dollars, we have finally found intelligent life on Mars.”
He listened for a second, and his smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a frown.
He said, “But that’s impossible… we could never do it… yes Mr. President,” and hung up the phone. He then addressed the crowd of scientists staring at him curiously.
“I have some bad news,” he said, “the President said that now that we’ve found intelligent life on Mars… he wants us to try to find it in Congress.”
THIS !!!
A panel of elected officials and community activists met to try to solve the problem of the high rate of absenteeism in Chgo elementary schools, to “save countless children from failure in school and in life”. 32, 000 elementary kids miss 4 weeks or more of classes per year and some disappear entirely. Big problem. And it is likely a contributing factor to all the shooting deaths committed by teens and young 20’s in Chgo currently.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-panel-seeks-solutions-to-school-absenteeism-20130202,0,3663755.story
Biden suggests direct Iran talks are possible (CBS Video included)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57567283/biden-suggests-direct-iran-talks-are-possible/
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For Immediate Release February 02, 2013
Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden to the Munich Security Conference. Hotel Bayerischer Hof Munich, Germany
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/02/remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-munich-security-conference-hotel-bayeri
Lots of admiration ….
Yes We Can
Thank goodness for Mark Kelly!! If anyone can deal with that NRA mobster, he can!.
My TV doesn’t stop on Fox “News”. For anybody.
Me too… that channel is blocked for me.
love it @yardarm756
Poor Mark Kelly. I am thankful for all he and Gabby are doing to help with the gun issue——–but what a horrible thing——having to get up early to face revolting LaPierre.
Bravo, Captain. You have our full support.
May God be with you Capton Kelly going into the lions den of faux noise.
I find it beyond sane that any media (I guess Fox is not really media) expects Mark Kelly to appear with the excuse for shooting people person. No-one should give Lapierre a place to sprout his hate.
Jeff Gauvin has some nasty stuff on his Twitter that he reported to the Secret Service…good for him…these haters just can’t handle not only the intelligent man in the WH…but the movement of change and equality in America. Their ignorance and hate consumes them. I won’t post them here.
Saw it, df. Gave him some backup.
thank you. Some ugly pieces of work.
Watching one of my faves—House Hunters on HGTV——and watching a couple looking for a home in Denmark——and they note that the Danish people consistently rank as the happiest in the world——which they attributed to the fact that the country has the most income equality, all education, health care provided etc. ——-and they’re the least materialistic, simple values.
Yes – most of those Scandinavian/Nordic countries typically and routinely rate as the happiest in the world. I believe Oprah had a show on this a few years ago. And I just read an article on the best countries to be born in – same story. So much for the anti-socialism crowd… I’m proud to say that Canada came in #9. 🙂
Panetta: ‘Political knives were out’ during Hagel hearing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/02/02/panetta-political-knives-were-out-during-hagel-hearing/
https://twitter.com/lnternetGrandma/status/297918865885761536
Granny is on a roll here.
Not sure I’m keen on her – I believe there are few if any women who deserve the title “slut” – used as a hate term – usually by men. Also too, I noticed a pro gun tweet
You have a point here 99ts.
https://twitter.com/DaRiverZkind/status/297071449133441025
Watching Groundhog Day! G’nite. Can’t see who replied to me. The wheel just keeps turning. 😵
http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/puppy-bowl/games-and-more/puppy-cam.html My guys and girls prepping for their big day tomorrow.
Puppy Bowl IX rules!!!
Yes, been promoting it. 🙂
Chipsticks what have you or anyone else heard about the Lt. Governor of Nebraska Rick Sheehy resigning? Any info.
Is that the guy that was calling a bunch of women that weren’t his wife?
here… http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014388486
LINCOLN — Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy resigned his post abruptly Saturday after questions were raised by The World-Herald about improper cell phone calls to four women, other than his wife, during the past four years.
An investigation by The World-Herald discovered that Sheehy made thousands of late-night telephone calls to the women on his state-issued cell phone, many of them long conversations held in the wee hours of the night.
Republican or Democrat???????????????
Republican, of course. They’re the only ones that want to legislate morality and then are the biggest hypocrites about it 🙂
Wonderful rally today kicking off Ed Markey’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in his home town of Malden, Massachusetts. It was so reassuring to hear his solid support for President Obama’s agenda. Ed Markey will be a great Senator and continue to be a champion for the environment. There was a large and very enthusiastic crowd – a lot of Obama and Warren supporters. “We Democrats” Ed told the crowd “we don’t agonize – we organize”. So it will be a very busy 5 months with the primary set for April and the special election in June. But I believe the grassroots will come out for Ed Markey. The rally ended with the now so familiar strains of “We take care of our own”. It was just like the good old days.
They took a former Marine said to suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome – to a shooting range – to help him recover!!!! Relive the sounds of war – who would have suggested that as a great idea??
Maybe I misunderstand – but that is what it reads like to me.
Welp. Isn’t that ironic. What say you, NRA? I know: the answer is more guns, of course.
So now the internets is going wild with paranoia and a conspiracy – will they EVER accept that guns kill? Of course not, Chris Kyle died because the government wants to take away your guns.
Yes We Can
You are tops with perfect pictures today Alycee – thank you 🙂
You’re welcome. Did you have much storm damage?
Nothing that a roof & ceiling repair won’t fix – all is good – thank you for asking
Now this is freaking fantastic.
Don’t know if some of you have read the breaking news below.
RIP to the Ex-Navy Seal and other individual who was lost in this report.
but a part of me is wondering HOW the NRA is going to spin this tragic incident in TX where : “a good guy with a gun” who survived years protecting this country, and wrote about it in “American Sniper”, could be killed on a gun range (where I believe multiple guns are within easy access”
Reports: Ex-SEAL Kyle fatally shot on gun range
Associated Press
Posted on February 3, 2013 at 5:04 AM
Updated today at 5:05 AM
GLEN ROSE, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff has told local newspapers that author and former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle has been fatally shot along with another man on a gun range.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Stephenville Empire-Tribune report that Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant says the 38-year-old Kyle and a second man were found dead Saturday afternoon at Rough Creek Lodge’s shooting range west of Glen Rose.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/entertainment/189548811.html
Moooooorning!!!
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/02/03/rise-and-shine-419/