Motley Moose – Archive

Good morning, Moosekind. TGIF! Hope it has been a good week for everyone.

On Wednesday, Health and Human Resources Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the sign-up numbers for the first month of enrollments via the insurance marketplace. They were modest but hopeful: showing not as many signups as expected but a lot of people who have started the process of shopping for a policy.

Elsewhere in Washington D.C., Senate Democrats were preparing legislation that would destroy the Affordable Care Act and crush the spirits of those who are uninsured and underinsured and who desperately need affordable health care.  

Interrogatories

What is your favorite museum? What makes it your favorite?

What are some of the best traveling museum exhibits you’ve seen?

What is your favorite cold cereal? How do you eat it? (Milk, sugar, out of the box?)

What is your favorite kind of pickle? Do you like other pickled veggies? have you ever made your own?

The Twitter Emitter

Dear Flat-Earthers: We'd like to take your picture. Move a little to the right… just a bit more… one more step…

— Barracks O'Bama (@P0TUS) November 14, 2013

I suppose publishers of wingnut home schooling textbooks save a lot of money by limiting US history to the years between 1865 and 1970.

— eclecticbrotha (@eclecticbrotha) November 14, 2013

Don't tell @SarahPalinUSA but I think Jesus might be a little bit too liberal for her too.

— DrLearnALot (@DrLearnALot) November 13, 2013

Stop calling them "mass killers." The preferred term is "extreme gun enthusiast."

— JerryThomas (@JerryThomas) November 13, 2013

I look forward to understanding @SarahPalinUSA's ideas once she grasps the rudimentary elements of the English language.

— Tom Wellborn (@TLW3) November 13, 2013

The commercialization of Christmas is wrong, except when Bill O'Reilly or Sarah Palin are making money off books about the War On Christmas.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) November 13, 2013

Fun fact: every time Cuccinelli ascended to higher office, he was replaced by a Democrat. #VotersRemorse

— roadkillrefugee (@rkref) November 13, 2013

Maybe they'll let the people who lose Medicaid insurance complain on TV or op-ed pages. JOKE! Because who wants to hear from poor people?

— Teresa Kopec (@TeresaKopec) November 13, 2013

Richard Cohen's next column is going to be about what he has learned about raising black kids by watching old Webster episodes

— TBogg (@tbogg) November 13, 2013

The only two safe growth industries left are Medical Cannabis and Tattoo removal.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) November 13, 2013

  Make sure you let your peeps

  know where to find you!  

Kenneth Copeland, the controversial televangelist, made waves on Veteran’s Day by dismissing the reality of PTSD and demanding that those diagnosed simply “get rid of it” by clinging to a verse he plucked out of the book of Numbers.

To be fair, a Southern Baptist spokesman condemned the episode, proving that not all evangelicals are as bat-shit crazy as Copeland.

I went to the original broadcast, hoping to post a response right there at the source, but the only option was to sign up for his podcast. So I hit the “Contact” link and was presented with a choice to send in either a prayer request or a testimony. I arbitrarily chose “testimony,” but the resulting form will only accept 1500 characters.

As a last resort, then, I decided to post my response here, so I can provide him with just a link, if he’ll ever read it. And of course, I look forward to any comments from Meese!

Interrogatories

What tunnels are there in your area? Does it bother you driving through them? What is the longest tunnel you’ve gone through?

Have you been to the Vietnam Memorial? How did it affect you? What is your favorite memorial in D.C.?

Did they celebrate Sadie Hawkins Day in school where you are from? Did you participate?

Have you ever had Indian Pudding (I’m thinking of attempting it)? If so, how was it?

The Twitter Emitter

#ThatAwkwardMoment when Virginia GOP switches from trying to prevent people from voting to preventing actual votes being counted #VAAG

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) November 10, 2013

Sticking with my previous Tuesday plan of "not giving a shit about Richard Cohen." Life's too short to be outraged by that has-been.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) November 12, 2013

If Raising Minimum Wage "Raises Costs", Why Don't Costs Rise When CEOs Give Themselves Huge Bonuses & Raises? #LivingWage #p2 #tcot

— TheNewDeal (@TheNewDeal) November 12, 2013

So the Queen of the Snowbillies has a book about the War on Christmas. She should write what she knows: the War on Rationality. #uniteblue

— techweenie (@techweenie) November 12, 2013

Some people don't sleep because they have insomnia. I can't sleep because I have an internet connection.

— Leeland Artra (@LArtra) November 12, 2013

If Sarah Palin's this shocked by Pope Francis, she'll be catatonic when she finally gets round to reading about Jesus in the New Testament.

— Danielle (@DCPlod) November 12, 2013

Sarah Palin also doesn't like it when the Pope uses Latin which is what they speak in "… those Mexican countries down there, y'know…".

— TBogg (@tbogg) November 12, 2013

Hey Republicans: Want your party to appeal to women? Become a Democrat! #p2 #UniteBlue

— Kennett Area Dems (@KennettDems) November 12, 2013

“You think I wished for a twelve inch pianist!?”

— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) November 12, 2013

BREAKING: Donald Trump says his investigators haven't found any proof that the Hawaii Senate passed gay marriage.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) November 12, 2013

Good morning, Moosekind.

The common Moose, Alces alces, unlike other members of the deer family, is a solitary animal that doesn’t form herds. Not so its rarer but nearest relative, Alces purplius, the Motley Moose. Though sometimes solitary, the Motley Moose herds in ever shifting groups at the local watering hole to exchange news and just pass the time.

Chiara, Dante, Chirlane, and Bill de Blasio

Was reading The New York Times this morning, and found this article of interest. “Many Black New Yorkers Are Seeing de Blasio’s Victory as Their Own” It opened with quotes, from black folks around town.

A black janitor in Brooklyn almost shouted out the name when asked about his vote in the mayoral race. Bill de Blasio, he said, “knows my struggle.”

In the Bronx, some African-American voters defaulted to a shorthand: “the man with the black wife.” Nobody thought it necessary to explain whom they meant.

And in a Brooklyn housing project, a lifelong resident said he was tired of mayors who, in his mind, had pitted blacks against whites. Mr. de Blasio, he declared, “is black and white.”

The quote that stood out and caused me to think was this one:

“His biracial family represents so many things and possibilities, too many to even get into,” said Leon Ellis, a Harlem restaurateur. “When people saw his family, they felt, ‘Here is someone who understands and relates to me on a level on which I can be comfortable.’ ”

Interrogatories

What do you like on your pizza?

Do you enjoy heights? Does crossing bridges or high overpasses bother you? How about narrow, twisting, mountain roads? Upper floors of tall buildings with big glass windows?

What were your favorite childhood books?

What is your favorite home treatment for colds and flu?

The Twitter Emitter

Sarah Palin: "Well, of course the Tea Party has an alternative plan to Obamacare. It's the Affordable Care Act, but Obama has blocked it."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) November 11, 2013

Hint to Sarah Palin and everyone else; if you start a sentence "this isn't racist" don't finish it.

— Peter Flom (@peterflom) November 12, 2013

Black Friday – when the 1% tells the 99% to go shop and save the economy.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) November 12, 2013

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by because I was staring down at my phone.

— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) November 12, 2013

Fox News just apologized for not running the story 60 Minutes apologized for.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) November 12, 2013

Conservatives outraged that Obama lied about keeping your health insurance are also outraged you keep mentioning George W Bush

— Political Line (@PoliticaILine) November 12, 2013

60 Minutes investigating what Obama knew about Anna Nicole Smith's murder.

— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) November 12, 2013

Poverty in the Phillipines no doubt contributed to the death toll but detracts from the dollar amount that would make republicans care

— Karl (@JerryMander) November 12, 2013

If public nudity is so empowering, Miley Cyrus, why have I just been handcuffed by a policeman?

— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) November 10, 2013

  Make sure you let your peeps

  know where to find you!