Headlines
Police Arrest Naked Man Found Covered in Peanut Butter & Chocolate
Man Dies After Swallowing Dentures During Sex
'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius dead
James Farentino dies at 73
White Castle Considers Offering Beer and Wine(I thought is where people went when already drunk)
America is Drunk(someone needs to slap Dr. Keith Ablow or buy him a drink or two)
Occupiers Pissing on Churches Housing Them (Literally)
I guess JoePa can discuss with God if he "did the right thing" now..
Booze of the Week
Booker’s is a small batch, single barrel, cask strength bourbon that is simply fantastic.
In 1992, Booker Noe introduced his own signature bourbon, Booker’s® True Barrel Bourbon. Inspired by a 200-year-old tradition, Booker’s is the first bourbon bottled straight-from-the-barrel, uncut and unfiltered. First created as a holiday gift for his special friends, Booker’s whiskey was so well-received that he decided to make it available to bourbon lovers worldwide; much to the joy of spirit connoisseurs everywhere.
This stuff is a damned fine bourbon, if a bit on the sweet side. It is terribly expensive for a bourbon but it is cask strength, coming in at 121 to 127 proof. The smell and taste of this stuff is that of caramel and vanilla. This bourbon was made for sipping. It goes extremely well with a good tobacco, either a good pipe or cigar.
As I said, it is quite expensive, priced more like scotch than bourbon but if you love bourbon and can stand the $50 price tag, I highly recommend to try this one. Personally, I’d been avoiding this one until my recent time in the scotch aisle loosened up my wallet a bit.
Single-Malt lovers have no fear. I return to the scotch aisle next time. I still have a load of recommendations to get through.
Buffetting a Need
Funny how the world works. By “the world” I mean politics, and by “works” I mean “screws”. Just last week the U. S. State Department recommended that the Keystone XL pipeline project be denied. Their reason for the denial was that there was not enough time to study the proposal by February 2i, 2012. Nevermind that the State Dept. “has been conducting a transparent, thorough, and rigorous review of TransCanada’s permit application for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project” since 2008. The deadline is just too soon!! But as Newton said, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction:
Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S. and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.
I find it funny that Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s company, just happens to be centralized in Omaha, Nebraska, the very state where the envirowhackos have claimed the pipeline would destroy wetlands and agricultural productivity. As we all know, that’s the government’s job, not the pipeline’s. Oh, and if you think it’s about environmental issues, think again.
The rail option, though costlier, would lessen the environmental impact, such as a loss of wetlands and agricultural productivity, compared to the pipeline, according to the State Department analysis. Greenhouse gas emissions, however, would be worse.
So it’s ok to protect the wetlands from the evul Canuck pipeline, the study of which the State Dept. claims would take too long before the Obama Administration deadline, but not ok to protect it from greenhouse emissions that can suffocate it, right? I guess dealing with a railroad bottleneck effect, more pollution, and higher transportation costs is better than providing much needed job creation and income stability to Americans.
At least Mr. Buffett gets to profit. From the government. With our money.
Post Weekend Hooker
I know…the weekend here was rather boring, what with deadpool contestants, and the debate.
I hope this helps to make your Monday a bit more cheerful 
Deadpool – Joe Paterno
From FoxNews:
Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday. He was 85.
Circumstances of his fall aside, the man was Penn State football. I remember saying years ago, the man wouldn’t survive without his job. Guys that live their job like that never live long after retirement.
Anyway …. The credit, and the points, for the report go to Lizard for being first to report.
SingleWhiteAlcoholic makes his debut on the scoreboard with 15 points being the only one that had Paterno on his list.
Newt takes SC
From FoxNews:
Newt Gingrich resurrected his campaign Saturday with a stunning victory in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, leveraging strong debate performances and a handful of wrong turns for Mitt Romney to surge past the former frontrunner and reset the race which is now headed for Florida.
After claiming his first primary win, the former House speaker rallied supporters on the road to the next contest on Jan. 31. Gingrich, looking to convey the image of a general election candidate, focused his victory speech almost entirely on President Obama, unloading some of his toughest criticism to date on the White House incumbent.
Is this the beginning of the end for Romney or just a bump in the road?
Florida is up next and I’ve long thought that Florida will vote NotRomney no matter who NotRomney happens to be.
Served Cold, or Hot?
I have never, EVER understood the need a woman has to destroy the personal property of a guy who is cheating on her. Frankly, it makes women look bad and stupid, especially when she gets caught and sent to jail. All she has done is made herself look like a thug, and made him look like a victim, which he is. Stupid move.
I like my revenge to be more subtle. There was a young woman that worked in the same store I did, who obviously did not like me. She always requested to be on the same shifts I worked, which never made sense, until I was called in for a review. Turned out she was *ahem* taking credit for my work. Seeing as how disputing it would make me look defensive, I suggested that I work under the manager, during her shift instead. That way she could keep a better eye on what I was doing. Needless to say, the other gal was left to work with the MIT, and the numbers soon showed her to be a slacker, and a liar. To say I was pleased when she was let go would be harsh. True, but harsh.
So, my interwebby friends, how do you like to serve it up? Hot like a five alarm chili? Or cold, like the sweetest champagne?
And don’t forget to regale us with details!
Perry’s out … endorsing Newt
From FoxNews (and Lizard):
Rick Perry will drop out of the presidential race Thursday and endorse Newt Gingrich, Fox News confirms, a decision that comes just two days before the South Carolina Republican primary.
There’s good news and bad news here. The bad news is that I still think he’s the best of the bunch and would make a damned good POTUS. The good news is, we get to keep our governor.
The big question is, how much help is endorsing Newt going to be?
Oh, and I have to admit I was wrong. I thought he’d stick until Florida, but endorsing Newt it makes sense to get out now. Now is when thinning the herd and endorsing Newt does Newt the most good.
Question of the Day
Today is the day that certain media websites are “going dark” to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) under consideration in the Senate. Now, I am not familiar with either bill, but I am familiar with the those who are protesting by going dark:
G00gle™
Wikipedia™
Reddit™
My question for them is, will you be this vocal when the Fairness Doctrine and Net Neutrality rear their ugly heads again?
Pet Peeves
So Aggie posted a list of things that irritate her.
Here’s mine:
- People spending more than $20 in the drive through.
- Look here, the drive through is for people in a hurry, not for you fuckers that are just too damned lazy to get out of you fucking car and waddle your fat ass into the fucking McDonalds.
- People driving at anything less than the speed limit in the middle lane of the freeway.
- Holy fuck, jackass. You’re not just an irritation, you are a fucking road hazard. You’re a damned danger to yourself and everyone else on the road.
- People that bitch about their low pay.
- You agreed to do the job .. for that amount of money. Your employer did not keep your pay rate a secret from you. Really, kwitcherbichen*. I suppose I might have a bit more sympathy for someone who’s been on the job for a long while and had they’ve seen their workload increase much faster than they’re pay rate. Still, you agree to do the job for the pay offerred every time you show up to work.
- People whose position is greater than their skills.
- Everyone makes mistakes. I get that. But, seriously, if I’m regularly cleaning up after your fuckups then you are worse than useless. You are a Goddamned speed-bump. I would much prefer you just sit there and do nothing.
- People who are unaware of those around them.
- I’m talking about the jackass that comes to a complete stop in the middle of the aisle at the grocery store because something caught their eye while never realizing that there’s three people behind them that also had to stop. I’m talking about the shithead that wants to stand around chatting with the cashier when there’s a dozen fucking people waiting behind them. I’m also talking about the waste of oxygen that takes their overflowing grocery cart to the fucking express lane. I’m not talking about the people that just don’t care about other people. Those folks are just dicks. I’m talking about the ones that are completely unaware that there are other people around them.
- People that use a hands-free bluetooth earplug to talk on the phone and look directly at you while they’re doing it.
- It only makes it worse when they do say something to you in exactly the same tone of voice they’re using on the phone.
- People that think now is the worst things have ever been.
- Yep. The economy is in the shitter and we have a socialist as a President. Things have never been this bad. And they believe this as they drive their $20,000 car, watch the news on their big-screen television in their air-conditioned/heated home. They complain as they look at their full refrigerator that there’s nothing good to eat so they make a call on their cell phone to have someone bring them food. Yeah. Things have never been this bad. I’m honestly not sure how we make it through the day.
- People that cry about the homeless
- Looks to me like that dude made some really poor life choices. But they were his choices.
- People that cry about starving children
- Let me make this clear: There are no starving children in this country. If there are, someone is actually breaking the law. Seriously, you don’t even have to be actually poor for the government, the schools, the church or the community to feed you and your kids.
- Related to the two items above: People that cry about the state of third-world countries
- No amount of money or food will fix those countries. It won’t. Many of those countries are shitholes due to cultural or governmental problems. Which returns us to poor choices. Many generations of poor life choices and it isn’t going to stop because we give them money or food.
- Cats
- No way would I own a pet that holds me in contempt. Although, feeding random strays is usually a good idea. Keeps down the populations of small rodents and bugs. Once you let them in the house though, they lose all humility.
Wow. That really took a turn from a list of pet peeves to a full blown rant.
* kwitcherbichen is not really as German as it looks.
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