Staying inside, hopefully away from the gunfire. Morons shoot in the air every year, not realizing bullets come back down somewhere. I try to stay awake for the ball drop in NYC (although shows are all horrible, IMO, and I only tune in for the last 15 minutes), but I’ll probably be in bed by 9 and try to wake up at 10:45 central.
Ah, a koozie is a cozy. That makes sense.
We had plastic cozies and some sewn from terry cloth tea towels. Yes, if you had a gas stove (we did) it left a film on everything.
BiD, there was always one that looked like a chicken no matter whose kitchen you were in. most of them weren’t as fancy as the crocheted one pictured above though. most as I remember were plain quilted/padded with the requisite chicken somewhere on it. these would come in sizes big enough to cover a mixer or for one’s crazy uncle to wear as a party hat come midnight.
In the editorial, Boston College law professor and Kentucky native Kent Greenfield argues that McConnell will violate his oath if he does not ensure that an impeachment trial in the Senate gets a full and fair hearing, which he says is required in the Constitution.
“The framers wanted to make sure the Senate would never take such a trial lightly — this oath requirement is over and above the oath each senator has already taken to support the Constitution,” he writes. “The Constitution does not set out the text of the trial oath, but the Senate rules do. Senators will ‘solemnly swear… that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws: So help me God.’”
McConnell, Greenfield claims, has already given multiple indications that he will not be a fair or impartial juror in the president’s Senate trial, and has even said that he is coordinating with the White House to manage the trial.
“Short of declaring war, the Senate is about to conduct its gravest and most serious constitutional obligation — to exercise the ‘sole power to try’ impeachments,” he concludes. “All senators should take their obligation of faithful impartiality seriously, especially McConnell. History is watching, and it will be a harsh judge.”
[…]
The frequent presidential critic responded to a tweet by the president in which he complained about challenges he’s faced in dealing with foreign leaders. Trump claimed it is “difficult to deal with foreign leaders (and others) when I am having to constantly defend myself against the Do Nothing Democrats & their bogus Impeachment Scam.”
Conway replied directly to the president, writing that Trump himself was the only one to blame for his struggles with foreign leaders. “The problem you have with foreign leaders, @realDonaldTrump, is that they think you are a deranged idiot,” he wrote. “They see it in your tweets, and they see it on TV.”
Conway also wrote that foreign ambassadors to the United States report back to their home offices about the issues they face working with Trump. “And their ambassadors give them an earful about the fact you’re inept, like the British one you got to resign,” he wrote, referring to former U.K. Ambassador Kim Darroch’s July resignation. Darroch resigned after diplomatic cables in which he called Trump “insecure” and “incompetent” leaked to the public.
George Conway, the White House and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Conway has been relentless in his criticism of his wife’s employer. In another Thursday tweet, he humorously urged the Senate to remove Trump from office ahead of the upcoming impeachment trial. Sharing a tweet about Trump’s cameo in the 1992 film Home Alone 2 being cut in a Canadian broadcast, Conway pointed out how easy it had been to remove Trump. “You see, Senators? It’s not that hard,” he wrote.
In a Washington Post op-ed, Conway warned Senate Republicans that if they cut Trump’s impeachment trial short, they would be “shamed on the pages of history.”
He also likened lies that Republicans told to support Trump to “merit badges” that a boy or girl scout would earn. “You see, it’s like merit badges in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, except that instead of earning them by doing good deeds, with IMPOTUS @realDonaldTrump you earn them by telling lies to the public for his benefit, the bigger the better,” he tweeted.
Conway responded to one of Trump’s all-caps tweets on Wednesday December 18, as impeachment drama unfolded. “SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS,” the president tweeted, calling the vote to impeach him, “AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, AND AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,” on Twitter. Conway trolled the president. “You seem unhappy,” the lawyer responded.
Patd, I think to some extent you could be right about cozies, but not in our house. We had an electric range and in the time I recall the blender cozy, air conditioning, albeit not central air.
Sitting here with a head cold I got from one of the kids.
Rick and I usually buy something for the house and call it our Christmas present. We spent a lot of money on the house this year. So we decided to call the kittens our gift this year. I gave Felix to him and he gave Mia to me.
and oh yeah… we both gave each other some of OldSeaHag’s chocolates….. YUM!
This absolutely magnificent instrumental version of Wagner’s The Ring fits perfectly with this season. It is not depressing, but wonderfully uplifting. Conductor, the late Lorin Maazel, does the entire performance from memory. https://youtu.be/uLXnYbEbisI
Be careful on websites with personality tests and quizzes, they’re usually Trojan horses. It seems like many popular phone apps are, too.
A little late to post this but companies like Amazon, Paypal, Etsy, et cetera will never send you an email asking to confirm account details or requesting additional information for shipping- those emails are ALWAYS scams. My inbox gets 10 scam emails like that a day- surf carefully!
My friend’s aunt passed this week. She seemed like wonderful, colorful person, from what I’ve read. You may not know the name Allee Willis, but you know her work. “September,” with Earth, Wind & Fire, and, the “I’ll Be There For You,” theme song from Friends, among others. Broadway, too.
patD – I believe our cozies had renderings of hens and/or roosters.
There’s nobody of worth in Trumpsky’s echo chamber. The GOOPERZ have not figured out (except one) that if they don’t love America enough to protect her from threats, foreign AND domestic, then we, the American people, will take care of it/them next November.
Don Imus has died. I am not mixed on my feelings. He played to a group of people who are not of my associates or friends. He played a victim well. That he was not the fatso taking oxy to blow out his hearing is good. That is it
I read about Allee Willis the other day. Being a co-writer of “September” and “Boogie Wonderland” makes her a legend in my mind. Those 2 songs are classics! The mother of one of my childhood friends passed away this morning. She had a stroke 8-10 years ago, but she recovered from that. My friend said that she had been battling Alzheimer’s for the last few years. She was 88. My friend’s parents were good friends with my parents, so I’ve been extra sad about her passing today.
Not exactly an uplifting discussion, but Allie Willis was quite a character. I see her on AXS Top 10 She was just a fucking hoot.
Imus – too bad. I don’t consider it a great loss.
Corey – I’m sorry for your loss. It’s never easy.
Reading about Allee Willis makes me think I should be living more. I’m always amazed by folks who really live outside the box. Had heard about her so long ago from my friend, but a few years ago I came across her and (lightbulb), oh, that’s who you’ve been talking about.
Well, nobody wants to be remembered only for the worst thing they ever did, and, nobody deserves to be remembered only for the best thing they ever did.
They have stories of bachelorhood, divorce, remarriage, stepchildren and widowhood. The Democratic 2020 candidates for president offer a glimpse of the modern American family – and could produce the first first gentleman in the country’s history.
Contenders’ spouses and partners are about to be thrust into the political limelight and come under close scrutiny as the primary races towards the first voting for the party’s nominee, in Iowa and New Hampshire early next year.
Three years after hopes that Hillary Clinton’s husband, the former president Bill Clinton, would make history by taking on the role of first gentleman were shattered by Donald Trump, two of the four candidates in the Democratic top tier are married to men.
[continues with bits about the potential 1st laddies]
yep, it’s that time of the year for the age old question
Staying inside, hopefully away from the gunfire. Morons shoot in the air every year, not realizing bullets come back down somewhere. I try to stay awake for the ball drop in NYC (although shows are all horrible, IMO, and I only tune in for the last 15 minutes), but I’ll probably be in bed by 9 and try to wake up at 10:45 central.
Ah, a koozie is a cozy. That makes sense.
We had plastic cozies and some sewn from terry cloth tea towels. Yes, if you had a gas stove (we did) it left a film on everything.
BiD, there was always one that looked like a chicken no matter whose kitchen you were in. most of them weren’t as fancy as the crocheted one pictured above though. most as I remember were plain quilted/padded with the requisite chicken somewhere on it. these would come in sizes big enough to cover a mixer or for one’s crazy uncle to wear as a party hat come midnight.
meanwhile in other news, from raw story:
A scathing editorial published by the Louisville Courier Journal claims that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is poised to violate his oath of office with his handling of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
In the editorial, Boston College law professor and Kentucky native Kent Greenfield argues that McConnell will violate his oath if he does not ensure that an impeachment trial in the Senate gets a full and fair hearing, which he says is required in the Constitution.
“The framers wanted to make sure the Senate would never take such a trial lightly — this oath requirement is over and above the oath each senator has already taken to support the Constitution,” he writes. “The Constitution does not set out the text of the trial oath, but the Senate rules do. Senators will ‘solemnly swear… that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws: So help me God.’”
McConnell, Greenfield claims, has already given multiple indications that he will not be a fair or impartial juror in the president’s Senate trial, and has even said that he is coordinating with the White House to manage the trial.
“Short of declaring war, the Senate is about to conduct its gravest and most serious constitutional obligation — to exercise the ‘sole power to try’ impeachments,” he concludes. “All senators should take their obligation of faithful impartiality seriously, especially McConnell. History is watching, and it will be a harsh judge.”
Read the whole editorial here.
And the losses of the greats continue
Broadway Legend Jerry Herman Is Dead At 88
by George, from newsweek:
[…]
The frequent presidential critic responded to a tweet by the president in which he complained about challenges he’s faced in dealing with foreign leaders. Trump claimed it is “difficult to deal with foreign leaders (and others) when I am having to constantly defend myself against the Do Nothing Democrats & their bogus Impeachment Scam.”
Conway replied directly to the president, writing that Trump himself was the only one to blame for his struggles with foreign leaders. “The problem you have with foreign leaders, @realDonaldTrump, is that they think you are a deranged idiot,” he wrote. “They see it in your tweets, and they see it on TV.”
Conway also wrote that foreign ambassadors to the United States report back to their home offices about the issues they face working with Trump. “And their ambassadors give them an earful about the fact you’re inept, like the British one you got to resign,” he wrote, referring to former U.K. Ambassador Kim Darroch’s July resignation. Darroch resigned after diplomatic cables in which he called Trump “insecure” and “incompetent” leaked to the public.
George Conway, the White House and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Conway has been relentless in his criticism of his wife’s employer. In another Thursday tweet, he humorously urged the Senate to remove Trump from office ahead of the upcoming impeachment trial. Sharing a tweet about Trump’s cameo in the 1992 film Home Alone 2 being cut in a Canadian broadcast, Conway pointed out how easy it had been to remove Trump. “You see, Senators? It’s not that hard,” he wrote.
In a Washington Post op-ed, Conway warned Senate Republicans that if they cut Trump’s impeachment trial short, they would be “shamed on the pages of history.”
He also likened lies that Republicans told to support Trump to “merit badges” that a boy or girl scout would earn. “You see, it’s like merit badges in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, except that instead of earning them by doing good deeds, with IMPOTUS @realDonaldTrump you earn them by telling lies to the public for his benefit, the bigger the better,” he tweeted.
Conway responded to one of Trump’s all-caps tweets on Wednesday December 18, as impeachment drama unfolded. “SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS,” the president tweeted, calling the vote to impeach him, “AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, AND AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,” on Twitter. Conway trolled the president. “You seem unhappy,” the lawyer responded.
Patd, I think to some extent you could be right about cozies, but not in our house. We had an electric range and in the time I recall the blender cozy, air conditioning, albeit not central air.
We will have just about time to clean up after 2019 in order the welcome The Year of the Metal Rat on January 25
Lots of fun intricate personality and compatibility reading. Find a parade and food near you.
Political Outlook for the Year of the Rat
Again read for entertainment purposes only.
Sitting here with a head cold I got from one of the kids.
Rick and I usually buy something for the house and call it our Christmas present. We spent a lot of money on the house this year. So we decided to call the kittens our gift this year. I gave Felix to him and he gave Mia to me.
and oh yeah… we both gave each other some of OldSeaHag’s chocolates….. YUM!
This absolutely magnificent instrumental version of Wagner’s The Ring fits perfectly with this season. It is not depressing, but wonderfully uplifting. Conductor, the late Lorin Maazel, does the entire performance from memory.
https://youtu.be/uLXnYbEbisI
Be careful on websites with personality tests and quizzes, they’re usually Trojan horses. It seems like many popular phone apps are, too.
A little late to post this but companies like Amazon, Paypal, Etsy, et cetera will never send you an email asking to confirm account details or requesting additional information for shipping- those emails are ALWAYS scams. My inbox gets 10 scam emails like that a day- surf carefully!
Wow, what a disgusting human being Eddie Gallagher is- it’s no wonder Trump likes him.
A big thanks to the SEALs who told the truth about him.
My friend’s aunt passed this week. She seemed like wonderful, colorful person, from what I’ve read. You may not know the name Allee Willis, but you know her work. “September,” with Earth, Wind & Fire, and, the “I’ll Be There For You,” theme song from Friends, among others. Broadway, too.
patD – I believe our cozies had renderings of hens and/or roosters.
There’s nobody of worth in Trumpsky’s echo chamber. The GOOPERZ have not figured out (except one) that if they don’t love America enough to protect her from threats, foreign AND domestic, then we, the American people, will take care of it/them next November.
Awww, Imus is gone, too. 🙁
Don Imus passes away at 79
Don Imus has died. I am not mixed on my feelings. He played to a group of people who are not of my associates or friends. He played a victim well. That he was not the fatso taking oxy to blow out his hearing is good. That is it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/allee-willis-who-co-wrote-earth-wind-and-fires-good-time-hit-september-dies-at-72/2019/12/26/366e840a-274b-11ea-b2ca-2e72667c1741_story.html
Well, this is the obit of the amazing Allee Willis.
I read about Allee Willis the other day. Being a co-writer of “September” and “Boogie Wonderland” makes her a legend in my mind. Those 2 songs are classics! The mother of one of my childhood friends passed away this morning. She had a stroke 8-10 years ago, but she recovered from that. My friend said that she had been battling Alzheimer’s for the last few years. She was 88. My friend’s parents were good friends with my parents, so I’ve been extra sad about her passing today.
Not exactly an uplifting discussion, but Allie Willis was quite a character. I see her on AXS Top 10 She was just a fucking hoot.
Imus – too bad. I don’t consider it a great loss.
Corey – I’m sorry for your loss. It’s never easy.
Reading about Allee Willis makes me think I should be living more. I’m always amazed by folks who really live outside the box. Had heard about her so long ago from my friend, but a few years ago I came across her and (lightbulb), oh, that’s who you’ve been talking about.
Well, nobody wants to be remembered only for the worst thing they ever did, and, nobody deserves to be remembered only for the best thing they ever did.
the guardian:
They have stories of bachelorhood, divorce, remarriage, stepchildren and widowhood. The Democratic 2020 candidates for president offer a glimpse of the modern American family – and could produce the first first gentleman in the country’s history.
Contenders’ spouses and partners are about to be thrust into the political limelight and come under close scrutiny as the primary races towards the first voting for the party’s nominee, in Iowa and New Hampshire early next year.
Three years after hopes that Hillary Clinton’s husband, the former president Bill Clinton, would make history by taking on the role of first gentleman were shattered by Donald Trump, two of the four candidates in the Democratic top tier are married to men.
[continues with bits about the potential 1st laddies]
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