Here we go again!
Sorry for the late start on voting. Since the nominations were spread out over a bunch of different threads, it took me longer than I thought finding time to sort through them.
The polls will stay up until next Friday, Feb 5th. One vote per day, per person please.
The Icarus Award – formerly known to us as “The Fiskie”.
Update: Thank you Robert Spencer! – The Fallaci is back!
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FIRST!
Hey m…like the new avatar?
i voted
coldwarrior wrote:
Early and Often?
Macker yes et looks good, yes?
I had to vote to geeve ze Chrales ze award. He and Obama bose tried to mess ovair ze GOP and ze consevateeves, but you have to say zat ze chuckie was very effecteeve in causing conservateeves to leave his site. Ze chuckie, he deed not dither when facing hees new enemies, no?
Macker wrote:
well, at least i’m not dead and voting!
Also, all zat passeeve agreseeve advise to ze GOP on what was good for us and all. Either ze ravings of a drunken, washed up, self rigeious fool, or ze cunning plan by someone who was out to fool more people zan Obama.
Either way, et ez ze academy performance.
@ coldwarrior:
I, too, am not from chicago, zo I like ze pizza.
Huge thanks to Bosch Fawstin, indeed! Wonderful graphics!
I’m trying to decide the Fallaci first. I’m torn between the CRU hacker and the Tea Partiers. Hmmmmm. Well, there are some other very good nominees, too. Hmmmmm.
And I used to live in the Народный Социалистический Город-Государство Чикаго two decades ago….
Frenchie wrote:
mais oui! la pizza de Chicago est meilleure que la pizza de New York
@ wolfie:
I chose Beck for zat. Not only did he claim ze scalps, but he is ze only one trying to put ze progresseeves and Obama in ze context of America and ze constitution. Plus he is succeeding brilliantly, yes?
Only after ze Oprah in being loved.
@ Macker:
I do! I gotta get me one of those shirts!
@ wolfie:
You shoulda seen what Bosch did with selrahC!
@ coldwarrior:
Ze folded pizza from New York, I also love ze sthin crust weese ze Sardinian spices from zere.
I no longair get ze wonderful Pizza very ofteen.
Too bad Scott Brown came out of nowhere so fast he wasn’t on the list. But I really wanted to vote for his truck.
@ Frenchie:
You really mean you like a little tomato sauce with you loaf of bread!
@ Frenchie:
Mais oui, Frenchie. Beck has to be high on the list.
And you’re right. He’s not just reporting the dirty truth about people like Van Jones, but is also educating people about underlying philosophies.
wolfie wrote:
d’accorde
@ Macker:
I believe that particular artistic genre is called Cruel Realism!
Well, I am off to Bubble-bath Land.* I will ponder the decision and come back and vote later.
*That sounds too much like Planet Unicorn or something, doesn’t it?
@ bar:
@ Frenchie:
Sorry, I read that wrong.
Thin crust rules!
Oh, Gawd. Now we’re “quite concur”ing in French. Surreal.
@ snork:
just expanding our horizons!
Maybe a category called The Begala should be instituted for a jackass’ ability to churn out tripe while head up own arse.
Hussein
Tea party
hussein
beck
this just in from Rodan:
he’s at the oreilly/beck thins in FLA, and Beck said to O’Reilly: “you have Media Matters as Critics, I have a Jazz Artist Stalker”
see, that s funny right there!
(yinz reading this 1.0?)
evening folks
lots of snow here
the girl has never seen snow deep enough to cover the grass
@ rain of lead:
whaddup?
I voted for Congress for without Congress the big (o) would have nothing.
@ coldwarrior:
Ha! I got that text too, lol.
m wrote:
its just perfect…beck casually making fun of the jazz artist.
in the mornin, me and the young’un gonna do some rompin IN THE SNOW!
playtime
she’s gonna learn that snow down the back of your neck sucks(hehehe)
@ BBEV:
That’s what I was thinking. Or the msm for being complicit in the congressional follies.
“sleeeep… they know what’s best for you… go to sleep…”
@ rain of lead:
My youngest is tossing snow at the window right now trying to goad me into a snowball fight. He said with our luck it’ll be gone before we wake up tomorrow and he’s not taking any chances! lol
rain of lead wrote:
make a snowman!
(my parents had 4 ft of snow when i was up there earlier in the month…when you have to shovel off the roof to keep it from collapsing it is not fun anymore.)
rain of lead wrote:
Dude what part of the country do you live?
coldwarrior wrote:
Beck and O’Reilly had a sold out show of 19,000 people at their event in Florida. It is incredible that conservative pundits are the new rock stars of the world. Who would have thought this before Zero was crowned king of the world?
BTW, Zero only had abt. 2000 people at his “job town hall” in Fla. Zero just doesn’t have what it takes.
This is very telling.
m wrote:
Good for him. I would like to have good snow ball fight. Can we invite the big (0)?
rain of lead wrote:
Show her how to make snow angels. that’s magical for kids, young and old.
Don’t ask,
Don’t tell,,
don’t ask about the weather and fixing the water gaps
all’s your going to get is ,,, cold, windy, rainey, and at the end of the day, snow
don’t tell me about man made global warming
to much work on man made water gaps,,,
of some note : after got in the house
the Republicans for Gov. of Texas were
on TV ABC channel 8 Dallas…
ms tfk says Debra Media won it once more, hands down
mr tfk thinks so, too, also
Perry just dodges the questions and wiggles and grin’s
Hutchison looks blank and tells bs
Debrah looks at the camera, “at the people”
talks clear, is very beliveable, and gives real answers
our bet is she is ahead of Hutchison now,
and will draw even with Perry soon…
It’s not just about doing something about the commie Democrats
the R’s need some weeding done too…
later
BBEV wrote:
no fair putting rocks inside the snowballs!
chickadee wrote:
19000 people is rock star big.
‘formerly’ ?
@ nil stooge:
Ha! Yeah. And I’m the one fussing at others for not previewing.
:-/
Thankfully the snow is done for tonight. Voted. I gotta say, I love the graphics for them.
@ LanceKates:
Me too. Pop over and tell him!
I’m a Tea Partier, and I vote…
Obama
TP’s
m wrote:
Done and done.
And now is the time on Sprockets when we dance.
LanceKates wrote:
the first time i saw the sprockets sketch i had just returned home form my posting in west berlin…i didnt really laugh at it. i just shrugged my shoulders and thought to myself…yeah, thats what happens in the clubs over there.
@ coldwarrior:
When Rush came to Puyallup, WA in 2000, there were 42,000. I was there. It was the largest political gathering in the state, a record that hasn’t been broken since.
snork wrote:
42G for limbaugh? that’s insane! so why does WA constantly vote demmy left?
coldwarrior wrote:
Seattle.
snork wrote:
oh yeah…forgot about that.
Just poppin’ in to say “hi folks”…
hey {SG}, whats happenin?
coldwarrior wrote:
Because that was all of them.
Macker – I kind of miss your old avatar (I know, you didn’t ask my opinion). It had a lot of character and attitude… do you like my avatar? A heart-shaped potato head! I kind of like it though…
@ coldwarrior:
I had a friend from germany that said, basically, the same thing.
That only made it funnier to me.
@ LanceKates:
@ savages_girl:
Hiya S_G! Have you checked out the wolf moon tonight?
LanceKates wrote:
oh, i love the sketches and am bummed that the movie never got made.
the first time i saw it tho…it had no effect.
savages_girl wrote:
George: “Say goodnight, Gracie.”
Gracie: “Goodnight Gracie.”
How’re you doing?
@ coldwarrior:
Hi CW. Just chillin’…got the tv on… trying not to feel so bummed out…
savages_girl wrote:
i’ve been there!
keep yer chin up, and stay busy…that helps me when the negatives happen.
@ m:
#62 – that is cool about the moon. If it wasn’t raining here I would be able to see it!
@ LanceKates:
HAHA – very funny LK…I just needed some compnay tonight…glad you are all hanging around.
@ savages_girl:
Can’t spell “company”
savages_girl wrote:
No wrorries. one big happy family, all that jazz.
Watching Caprica.
@ savages_girl:
No, but the tide is going way out if you’re anywhere near a beach.
this is just silly…i bake bread all the time…i have been waiting 4 hours for this stuff to rise and it just wont. its so cold out that my kitchen is too cool for the yeast to work right, and its dry from the furnace running…
the dough is going in the fridge and maybe i’ll get to it tomorrow after the water heater swap out.
Conservatives battle over Space Exploration.
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/01/conservatives-battle-over-space.html
The CRU leaker, hands down. The individual who in a single stroke just may have delivered the developed world from the brink of economic suicide. That’s a gift that keeps on giving.
@ coldwarrior:
How great! I haven’t baked bread in a while… it is quite therapeutic…when it works right…
Speaking of Space Wars…. Star Trek’s online multiplayer game comes out on the 2nd.
savages_girl wrote:
this is the first failure i’ve had in quite a while. i’ll have to try to raise the dough with the oven on warm and the bowl of water trick tomorrow.
@ Opilio:
hmmmm….yeah, that is a strong argument
Holy carp. A -2 tide in about 2 hours. Too bad its pitch dark out there.
@ m:
Ahwhooooooooooooooooooooo!
The ability of the Main Stream Media to mislead, mischaracterize, and generally misinform the population never ceases to disappoint me.
snork wrote:
should be the highest and lowest of the year
Opilio wrote:
Yes. Good point.
That leak was the single most significant act of the year.
Macker wrote:
That is hilarious.
coldwarrior @ 72:
…
Have you tried pr0n.
Beltfed wrote:
or pork, per a previous thread.
Beltfed wrote:
i dont think that Saccharomyces cerevisiae have eyes, or a brain to process prOn for that matter.
LanceKates wrote:
THAT’S why the dough wont rise…not enough pork!
@ coldwarrior:
it apparently works in argentina
alright kiddies, i have to be plumberdude in the early AM…water heater swap out.
so i am going to bed.
good night all, keep yer chin up {SG}
@ wolfie:
I was hoping you would see that! ~:D
did some one say there was going to be a high tide
@ wolfie:
“Wolf Moon”
I can’t understand a single word that guy is singing. If he didn’t give the name of the song beforehand, how would you know?
I think the language must be Moonese. Definitely not Wolf.
Or English.
La Luna
coldwarrior @ 88:
Porking dough will make it go flat.
@ mawskrat:
One of my earliest formed memories is being in the backseat of the car with that song playing on the radio, after leaving the movie theater from seeing “The Incredible Shrinking Woman” with my parents.
@ wolfie:
@ mawskrat:
Wow.
Thanks.
@ nil stooge:
A Type O show is a must see, just in terms of people watching. I went to see them in a ballroom with candles and all.
Bumr50 wrote:
my wife and I saw her about six years ago. great concert
but a lot of new age type folks there
wolfie wrote:
It must be maddening being the leaker. You see all the headlines, you see the books being sold, you see all the people being interviewed on TV, and you know you caused it all, but you can’t say anything. It’s like being Bruce Wayne or Clark Kent. You want to run out and tell the world, and you can’t.
coldwarrior wrote:
Less dork. More pork.
@ snork:
Clark Kent was the fake identity…. The bumbling coward that is Clark Kent is Superman’s understanding of what humans are.
@ LanceKates:
Ooooooookay.
@ nil stooge:
Oooooooookay!
I’m hittin the hay. The hamsters aren’t so Comcastic tonight – takin forever to load for some reason.
Nite all!
@ LanceKates:
Admit it. You hacked CRU. You sit there in your cell phone shop in Oklahoma pretending you’re working on cell phones, but really you’re on Inhofe’s payroll, hacking the CRU data base for Exxon. Admit it! Confession is good for the soul!
@ wolfie:
Don’t tell me we’re in some kind of lunar sync or something…
snork wrote:
Which makes the leaker even more of a hero.
As far as we know, no personal gain involved.
And you would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for that nasty little blogging habit…
@ wolfie:
Yep – Oooookay is right, but tired people tend to write off-the-wall things – maybe he needs a few hours of sleep.
@ snork:
Totally different! You had 8 O’s and I had 9!
snork wrote:
It is true…. Bruce Wayne puts on the mask of Batman, but Superman, when he needs to hide who he is…. becomes the bumbling Clark Kent.
Just as Batman is Bruce Wayne’s personification of fear to be struck into the underworld, Clark Kent is the personification of how Superman views humanity.
The odd bit about Superman, though, is that he has no courage. He fights criminals armed with guns that can’t hurt him, gas that can’t kill him and lasers that can’t cut him. He has nothing to fear and, as such, never faces fear.
Courage is facing fear and engaging in the fearful activity anyway.
(College paper I wrote once. Well, the main theme of it)
snork wrote:
Inhofe only delivers the check from Big Tobacco.
I mean… uh……. well crap.
@ Calo:
Oh, nil stooge was just helping out, providing the lyrics to “Wolf Moon,” the song I posted above.
I said I didn’t understand a word.
(I guess I shouldn’t have asked!!!)
@ wolfie:
Ok maybe This wolf needs some sleep -
Out for tonight all…
@ Calo:
G’nite! Don’t forget to howl at the moon before closing your eyes!
@ nil stooge:
This should be translated into Arabic and Pashtun for playing to Jihadi terrorists in their jail cells, loudly and constantly.
LanceKates wrote:
That is one of the most important lessons a parent needs to teach a child. Especially boys, because they are more apt to confuse fearlessness with courage.
I think it’s a part of nature that males need to appear confident and cool when facing trouble, so as not to give the enemy any clue or advantage. So heroes present themselves to us as fearless, when what they really are doing is controlling and overcoming fear.
@ Overlook:
OMG!
What a splendid idea!
Sarah Palin?
SERIOUSLY?
@ wolfie:
Yup. Fearlessness is crazy. it shows a lack of respect for what someone or something can do.
Courage is seeing the fear, identifying it, and doing it anyway.
Another day ended by That 70′s Show.
What is it with me that I don’t like these popular shows until they’re no longer in production? heh.
Apart from Bones, Mentalist and Sons of Anarchy…. any show I watch is in reruns.
@ ChenZhen:
We should have make Chen a contender. He who ridicules he who fights with girls.
@ ChenZhen:
Like it or not — and I for one don’t — we live in a sound bite, catch-phrase world. Sarah Palin’s use of the term “death panel” in her Facebook column hit a nerve about the prospects of letting bureaucrats in Washington control health care decisions.
IIRC, posters who nominated Palin credited her with giving a jump start to the rebellion against Obamacare.
I just cast my votes for Ben Nelson (the Icarus) and Glenn Beck (the Fallaci). Nelson’s betrayal of Nebraskans and all Americans frankly warrants the award he’s nominated for. And Glenn Beck’s tireless work in telling us about the progressives in America and the threat they pose more than warrants the award he’s nominated for.
@ snork:
Yes. We should have had a special award this year for the best ridicule of He Who Fights with Girls. Chen would definitely be a nominee. RS McCain. Bite Me Comics. All the videos ….especially the calendar commercial. And the one with the monkeys in the boat. Oh. Too many nominees. Too hard to pick just one.
Voted for Tea Parties, cause since the election I had much less respect for the American people; tea parties showed there was a bit of spine left.
This just in: Lech Walesa Stumps for Adam Andrzejewski at Chicago Tea Party
Hussein
tea parties.
Tough choices but the fish is rotten from…
tea parties scare hell out of the fish, so….
@ snork:
Love it, how appropriate.
http://www.veteranoutrage.com
Great site loved the polls
I voted of course..
Neda
Thank you for reviving The Fallaci. I just wrote about it here.
Thanks also for the nomination, but no one should vote for me. Vote for Geert Wilders.
Bosch, those are great representations! They capture the spirit of the awards really well. Thanks.
Thanks, snowcrash
Who wants to bet that if republicans win big in November, Charles the small Johnson suddenly becomes a conservative again?
MSMediacritic wrote:
Naw – he was never really a conservative to start with. Just a confused hippie…
Robert Spencer @ 135:
Robert Spencer is here, WOW and welcome.
Crashnburn01 @ 139:
Stuck in the seventies time warp.
Did I break something ???
Beltfed, this thread is stickied to the top~ the newer posts are below.
Iron Fist
Kind of Bar.
“Shooters”
on U.S. 82 between Sherman Tx and Gainesville Tx north side of highway closer to Gainesville than Sherman,,,
Fred Eaglesmith tonight.
leaving now, will meet “Jessie” from the rock pit at Bridgeport Tx.
who maned the .50 cal back in the day…
6’4″ 250 lbs, blue/gray eyes, does not like commies much..
later
ms tfk is a real “Fred Head”
Off to kick off mardi gras season with Krewe de Vieux…off to the bus.
I’ll check back when I get home.
Wanted to ask you all what you think of this article about Sarah Palin, a scam and tea party convention.
Jessie got the bad job at the bottom of the rock pit as a jr in high school, he asked for a better job, the boss man said, “if you can wip the next guy up the ladder you get the next job up,, when Jessie grad. from UT Arlington (then Arlington State U. in EE he was running the scales at the weight station at the top of the pit, had three good looking helpers blone and in short shorts, air conditioning, ice tea, and $, and Sat. nights off,,
not a guy to mess with in bars…
taxfree ideas from down where all the melted HO2 from glaicers in Tebit have now fallen as snow on our cows and horses,, and they are
not happy and it makes them very hungry….
later
@ taxfreekiller:
chickadee wrote:
Me too. Exactly!
@ Robert Spencer: Welcome Robert Spencer. Time bears out you were right, Charles Johnson is wrong.
@ 122 ChenZhen: that is your next POTUS there you are talking about.
ms tfk still in front of the mirror,
got to be just right for Fred,,,,
http://www.fredeaglesmith.com
“Tender Box” CD is her fav. just now,
me,, I like fast trains, fast cars , fast horses, and that fine Mexican wine from the agave…. with a taste of salt and lime…
Maybe some better minds than mine can explain what is really happening here:
ChenZhen wrote:
GO SARAH!
Opilio wrote:
That was my thinking, too. Without Climategate, would all the other defalcations of the AGW crowd ever have come to light? I think not.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
A close second for me versus the Tea Partiers. Frankly, anything that gets the left wing into such a tizzy is a huge win for me. Plus the jag-off congress types who say “Teabagger” are simply setting themselves up for evisceration by their opponents when they are called out on what that means – Mr. Schumer, what do you mean when you claim your constituents “suck balls”? Game and match, mofo!!!
#135 Robert Spencer
Good to see you here Mr. Spencer! Hope you make a habit of it.
Why doesn’t President Obama nationalize the National Basketball Association? Shouldn’t it belong to the ‘national workers’? It shouldn’t be run and played by greedy capitalists should it?
When you need them the most wind turbines double suck!
Frenchie wrote:
êtes vous pour vrai
WTF is this guy thinking? I remember, back in the 80s, when Reagan lamented that the entire National Debt hit $1 Trillion, now this guy is proposing a budget FOR JUST ONE YEAR of $3.8 TRILLION?
Recently, the insanity of a $1.38 TRILLION budget has been widely lamented, NOW IT’S UP TO $3.8 TRILLION?!?
The man is friggin INSANE!!!
Sorry, I freaked out in last post; confused “budget” with “deficit”. More coffee now….
I removed the sticky ~ we’ll post a reminder on each thread until Feb. 5
I keep voting for Schuringa. I think I’m alone in this. Why? Simple.
He jumped into the fray. Didn’t talk about it, didn’t write about, didn’t protest it (Neda was a close second for me), but jumped in and beat it down. Just my take.