Author Archives: Joel

The problem isn’t the way you treated Rand Paul. Screw him if he can’t take a joke. The problem with treating him like everyone else is the way you treat everyone else. So you see, Mr. Groper, sir, “We treated … Continue reading →

I got a call from my neighbor D early this morning. “Y’know that plywood you’ve got in my barn?” Oboy. He talked to me about that six weeks, maybe two months ago and I forgot all about it. I promised … Continue reading →

Clouded up yesterday afternoon, and the weather report solemnly assured me that was the last sun I’d see for four days minimum. Around sundown the clouds went away, ensuring (no matter what the weatherman said) that it would be a … Continue reading →

It’s been a long string, and certainly by the odds winter should make an appearance at some point. According to the weather report, the time has come. Since this will limit my electricity, things might get a bit scant around … Continue reading →

Okay, first my standard disclaimer: I’m sure that Ron Paul is a very fine fellow, for a politician. If held on my knees with an RPG to my head and forced to cast a vote, I’d vote for Ron Paul … Continue reading →

I’m reading this article about a “domestic terrorism” meeting at President Obama’s Art Museum, Impregnable Fortress and Snack Shop. And the article contains the following sentence: It’s a delicate balance, as the violent extremism that has erupted across the U.S. … Continue reading →

This has just turned into a “meh” day. Mid-morning the sun went away behind thick clouds. The wind came up, though it never turned into a real howler. The boys drove me crazy all morning, barking and carrying on as … Continue reading →

Courtesy of Tam.

Busy day yesterday. Before shit-shoveling I thought I’d see what ravages our near-nonexistent winter hath wrought upon Gulchendiggensmoothen, whose fate is to stand out in all weathers. He started right up and ran beautifully, as though just released from the … Continue reading →

Main Street USA will be closed for the duration of the president’s time there.

…but this is almost ridiculous. I mounted the outdoor sensor on the north side of the Lair, which never sees sun in the winter. Here it is late-mid-January, and in the sun it’s almost unpleasantly warm. Sheesh. I finally move … Continue reading →

Just wow. This guy’s gonna (briefly) push Lee Paige off the internets. He needs to put an oar on his shoulder right now and start walking inland until somebody asks him what the funny-looking stick is for. Then – maybe … Continue reading →

Pro Libertate: Although Rick Santorum’s politics are detestable, he is a robustly decent husband and father. That certainly isn’t true of the human pustule called Newt Gingrich. Although sharply different in terms of their personal deportment, Santorum and Gingrich share … Continue reading →

Put down the coffee and feast your eyes on this. Read carefully. Again from Balko: But if a vending machine is in violation of the notice requirement, there’s no notice to notify the consumer that the machine is in violation. … Continue reading →

Balko offered a link with the commentary, # Also, the fact that Chris Dodd was recently a powerful politician is a pretty damned good argument against giving politicians more power. I clicked the link, and got the following: Sorry, 75.106.2.166 … Continue reading →

Chris Dodd, former senatevermin and current prez of the shitheels who wrote SOPA and PIPA in the first place, belches forth his opinion on those who blacked out their sites in protest yesterday… “It is an irresponsible response and a … Continue reading →

This was just a typical wrong-address puppycide story, until the second-to-last paragraph. Maybe a bit more over the top than usual, but not hard to fit in the matrix of my pre-existing beliefs. The cop is at the wrong address. … Continue reading →

Six or seven years ago, a bunch of Aztlan types held a fairly successful strike, in which they urged all the Chicano day laborers to stay home for one day. They figured that’d show us Anglos how important they were. … Continue reading →

I haven’t been following the story about that Italian cruise ship. In this story, it seems it spawned the usual tales of heroism… ‘He shouted: “Jump, jump, jump”. I can’t swim so he gave me his life jacket. ‘I froze … Continue reading →