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The Daily F Bomb, Friday 10/18/13

Interrogatories

Did you ever have a transistor radio? If not, what forms of portable music have you had?

If you have an iPod or other digital music player, how many songs are on it?

What’s your favorite kind of cake/frosting?

Has there ever been a product you liked so much you’d do a commercial for it?

Have you ever bought anything because you saw a commercial for it?

The Twitter Emitter

Friday Coffee Hour: Check In and Hangout for the Herd

Friday Coffee Hour and check-in is an open thread and general social hour. Come back when time allows through the day – the conversation continues.

It’s traditional but not obligatory to give us a weather check where you are and let us know what’s new, interesting, challenging or even routine in your life lately. Nothing is particularly obligatory here except:

Always remember the Moose Golden (Purple?) Rule:

Be kind to each other… or else.

What could be simpler than that, right?



 

President Obama’s Statement: “How business is done in this town has to change”



President Obama Speaks on Reopening the Government

President Obama’s agenda for moving forward:

– Balanced approach to budget, cut deficits, grow economy

– Fix Immigration

– Pass Farm Bill

Full transcript below the fold.  

The Daily F Bomb, Thursday 10/17/13

Interrogatories

Who is the stupidest Republican in the House? In the Senate?

Where do you do your banking, bank or credit union?

What is your favorite pasta dish? Do you fix it yourself, or is it from a restaurant?

What’s the oldest piece of electronic equipment that you own?

The Twitter Emitter

Thursday Morning Herd Check-in

  Make sure you let your peeps

  know where to find you!  

   


    PLEASE Do Not Recommend the check-in diary

        Fierces on the Weather Critter Comment are obligatory welcome.

Idiocy at the State Department

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I recently had the opportunity to watch a presentation by the State Department. Making the presentation was an intense, broad-shouldered diplomat. He talked about his recent posting in Pakistan and the department’s attempts to improve America’s image in a country where it’s less popular than Osama bin Laden. He showed pictures of events he’d held, full of smiling Americans and Pakistanis. The pictures were similar to the one above.

I couldn’t help but notice one thing. In all these events the only language that appeared was English. There would be a presentation of awards given by the American government, for instance. On the background there would be a seal of the American government and signs like “furthering our partnership with Pakistan” or “a gift from the United States.” In English.

More below.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Congressional Republicans conceded defeat on Wednesday in their bitter budget fight with President Obama over the new health care law…

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The Train Trip

A lot of you asked if I would do a diary about the train trip my brother and I took from California to North Carolina. It was an adventure all right. We had to detour around up through Wyoming because of all the flooding in Colorado. Then we got stuck for five hours when an 18 inch section of the train broke beneath the train. We had to wait until it was fixed and we were in the middle of nowhere. All in all we were ten hours late making Chicago and missed connections. They put us up in a hotel and we travelled on the next day.

One of the things I did was bring my Fl’obble Captain Jack (C.J.) along. I decided to use the trip as an excuse to bring the news to people about the great work of RACPA-UK who makes L’arpies and Fl’obbles. They are fighting hard against child peornography and abuse. I did a web page dedicated to the trip from C.J.’s point of view and to promote their good work.

So grab a seat and enjoy C.J.’s Great Adventure.

http://artbymichelewilson.com/…

The Daily F Bomb, Wednesday 10/16/13

Interrogatories

Today is National Dictionary Day. Do you have any favorite words; words that you just like because of how they sound or their meaning?

When you use a dictionary, do you find the word you want and close it, or do you tend to get sidetracked by other words you see?

What place/building do you wish you could have seen that no longer exists?

Tell us about the best boss you ever had. How about the worst?

The Twitter Emitter

Wednesday Worrying: Debt Ceiling Eve and Shutdown Day 16 – UPDATED



Waiting for the someone to take the ball and run with it.

UPDATE Wednesday, 10/16 at 10:20pm Eastern:

House votes to reopen government and raise debt ceiling:

The bill passed 285-144; 144 Republicans voted against it. The Senate had previously passed the bill 81-18. It now heads to the White House, where President Obama has said he would sign it.

Upon Obama’s signature, the first government shutdown in 17 years will end after 16 days.



Transcript


The president is scheduled to make a statement at 10:35am Eastern on Thursday morning.

UPDATE Wednesday, 10/16 at 5pm Eastern:

Speaker John Boehner (R-OH): “… blocking the bipartisan agreement reached today by the members of the Senate will not be a tactic for us.”

Chamber of Commerce: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday that it supports the new Senate plan to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, and it will include the measure as a key vote.

Clown King Ted Cruz (R-TX): Cruz told a gaggle of reporters that he has “no objections” to the Senate holding a vote

The much ballyhooed Senate bill (re-open the government until January 15th, raise the debt ceiling through February 15th, conference on budget) which was  to be voted on and sent to the House of Representatives was held after the House floated their “counteroffer”: a bill festooned with poison pills ornaments including big sloppy kisses to the Catholic bishops and medical device lobbyists.

The White House was quick to reject what it called the latest “ransom demand” (take that whiney White House reporters!!) and the ball is back in the Senate’s court.

This afternoon President Obama and Vice President Biden will meet with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. The Fitch warning will likely be one of the topics:

“Fitch continues to believe that an agreement will be reached to end the current political impasse and raise the U.S. debt ceiling,” the agency said in a press release. “Even if the debt limit is not raised before or shortly after 17 October, we assume there is sufficient political will and capacity to ensure that Treasury securities will continue to be honoured in full and on time.”

While Fitch said that it remained confident Congress would ultimately reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling ahead of the Oct. 17 deadline, future ratings of U.S. holdings would be dependant on the “manner and duration of the agreement and the perceived risk of a similar episode occurring in the future.”

Translation: “We are looking around desperately to see if there are enough adults in Congress to justify our belief that the United States is credit worthy”.

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