Saturday, November 29, 2014

Slow Saturday Special: Thanksgiving Leftovers

Hope you had a good meal and ate your fill

I'd offer you some soup, but the revision is wrong: the way it was told to me a kid was that of an occupying army.

Looks like someone else's goose is cooked, but it's time to get the tree up:

"First lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, and family dogs Bo and Sunny received the tree. They circled the wagon and conferred with one another before the first lady said, ‘‘We’re taking the tree.’’ It’s tradition for the president’s wife to preside over the tree delivery on the morning after Thanksgiving. It was chosen two months ago from the stock at Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Lehighton, Pa., the winner of this year’s National Christmas Tree Association contest for the honor. The delivery kicks off an intense few days of round-the-clock tree trimming, wreath laying and other decorating by an army of volunteers who help turn the White House into a winter wonderland." 

They actually took delivery of a vital tree when they are constantly spewing greenhouse gases?

RelatedCity’s ugly Christmas tree getting single red bulb

The hypocri$y could not be more rank with the fir$t family. 

"EPA delays decision on ethanol in gas" Associated Press  November 21, 2014

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday it is delaying a decision on whether to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nation’s fuel supply.

Last year the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to reduce the amount of ethanol in fuel for the first time, acknowledging that a biofuel law that both Republicans and Democrats had championed nearly a decade ago was not working as well as expected.

Not only is it literally burning food in a hungry world while driving up its price, it also destroys auto engine parts.

A final decision was due before the end of the year, but the EPA said Friday the final rule will come in 2015.

The ethanol targets are required by a 2007 law that tried to address global warming, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and boost the rural economy by requiring oil companies to blend billions of gallons of biofuels into gasoline annually. But lawmakers did not anticipate fuel economy would improve as much as it has in recent years, reducing overall demand for gasoline. 

I think you have because the last few winters have been brutal and we never even had a summer this year.

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Time to reheat some chow, luckily:

"More than 70,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity in New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts on Friday, two days after a pre-Thanksgiving Day nor’easter dumped snow on the region, bringing down trees and power lines. Maine turned to Canada for help. Temperatures are expected to drop to the single digits across southern New Hampshire and parts of Central and Western Massachusetts. Temperatures should hold steady in the mid- to upper teens across most other areas overnight. 

No need to tell me about it. Hit me right in the face when I went to get muh Globe.

A touch of warmth is on the horizon. “A warm front crosses the area Saturday night, with a light wintry mix of precipitation possible,” the weather service said in an advisory issued late Friday afternoon. “Behind the front much milder weather is on tap for Sunday AND Monday,” when temperatures could rise to the high 40s or low 50s. But more winter-like weather is close behind. A polar front is expected to sweep across the region later on Monday, bringing a return to cold weather on Tuesday, according to the advisory."

Related: Don’t expect winter to be polar vortex redux, officials said 

I'm starting to have a hard time breathing, and honestly, the credibility of the propaganda pre$$ has eroded to such a degree that, yeah.... I'm going to get in a game of golf before putting on some heavy Sox, sitting by the fire, and giving the dog a pet (for which I will now need a licen$e?). The fun and games are over, and the ‘‘clutter and noise’’ is no longer amusing, sorry.

Also see: You Can Feast on Ferguson Crisis

Black Friday to Begin With a Bang

Such a Payne, I know.

I suppose the rest is irrelevant, especially when I didn't see it in print and my pens have run out of ink. No one in town is buying the bad boy act anymore, and I don't see the purpose of purchasing the Globe when I can't even get out of the driveway. Time to break the chain. Chew on that for a while.