This Date ... On The Garlic

14 December 2008... On The Garlic

"Son of A Dog!"

Christian the Lion

"Never sell your Madoff"

Top Ten Cloves: Things About Steven Wright Being Inducted Into Boston Comedy Hall of Fame


14 December 2007... On The Garlic

Editor's Note - Technical Difficulties - Namely, 11-Inches of Snow!


14 December 2005

O'Reilly Gears Up Next War; Says Will Battle To Save "Little Christmas"

Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard At Hewlett Packard's Wall Street Analyst Meeting Yesterday

Obama's Nobel Prize? ... I'm With Will Bunch ...

Much was made of President Obama's Nobel Prize speech last week, the World Wide Web was abuzz, with mostly pro reviews (See Glenn Greenwald's post - "The strange consensus on Obama's Nobel address")

And, let's face, it was Bizzareville, having a sitting president, who is conducting two wars, escalating one of them, up there, accepting a Peace Prize, for Peace that he hasn't actually accomplished (Yeah, I know, wait a few years, for after the escalation in Flintstonevilleastan).



Of all the megabytes and pixels, bloviating on it, there was one that stood out, cut to the chase, nailed it - Will Bunch, on his Attytood Blog;

Maybe U.S. presidents shouldn't get peace prizes

Hey, I didn't say which president. You know what? I hate to say it, but sitting American presidents are never a good choice for the Nobel Peace Prize, period. Since 1901, the honor has been bestowed on three White House occupants.

[snip]

The world needs uncompromising fighters for real peace and for meaningful justice -- people like a Martin Luther King -- who can go to Oslo and remind the world of what we must eternally strive to make it. Such worthy Nobel recepients are truth-tellers, and people they are telling that truth to are the world's kings and potentates and, yes, the American president -- a job that is engineered for compromise, and disappointments. If the world is to become a better place, we need more people who risk jail, risk pain, and risk death -- people like Dr. King or Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi -- have done, for the eternal ideals of peace that are uncompromising. The Nobel Peace Prize can be a valuable tool to remind us who these people are, and that you are going to find them in the streets, not in the White House.

Now, that, certainly, is something hopeful we can believe in.

Yet More Reasons The Survey Says Goldman Sucks!

Well, now we have a clue, on why Goldman Sach's Brian Griffith was so hawkish for achieving greater prosperity and opportunity.



Goldman Fueled AIG Gambles ... Wall Street Titan's Role Shown in Journal Analysis; Firm Says Problems Hidden

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. played a bigger role than has been publicly disclosed in fueling the mortgage bets that nearly felled American International Group Inc.

Goldman was one of 16 banks paid off when the U.S. government last year spent billions closing out soured trades that AIG made with the financial firms.

A Wall Street Journal analysis of AIG's trades, which were on pools of mortgage debt, shows that Goldman was a key player in many of them, even the ones involving other banks.

Barry Ritholtz suggests there's some action needed;

Any Congress people — Bernie Sanders maybe? Perhaps Senators Schumer or Dodd might forget all of the Finance driven campaign contributions they have gotten over the years and come up with a plan. I would imagine Alan Grayson is one of the few Freshman Congresmen who can think of a way to clawback some of the ill gotten booty Goldman grabbed from Treasury.

Read the entire article, our computer doesn't have the font "Profound Creepiness".

In the meantime, we'll trot out Richard Dawson, for a hearty call out;

"Survey Says ... Goldman Sucks!"


Bonus Links

NYT Editorial: Goldman’s Non-Apology

Igor Volsky - Goldman Sachs Report: Watered Down Senate Bill Would Lead To ‘Bull Case Scenario’ For Insurance Industry


Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers: Goldman takes on new role: taking away people's homes

Newt's New Contract - Buying An Ignorant Dolt Title!

You think they would learn.

Even when we are away from the desk, buried up to our eyeballs with the situation on the Homefront, they can't, no matter how hard they try, sneak past the Ignorant Dolt detector.

It's on, 24/7/365 and no one (deserving), escapes it, as it starts chirping way, like a Geiger Counter at Los Alamos, the second one of them pops up.

This weekend, we need to FedEx the Ignorant Dolt Crown and Sceptre to the former Speaker of the House, the man that put out a Contract On America, Newt Gingrich.



Gingrich’s New Contract With America: ‘Our Commitment Should Be Simple…We’re Repealing’ Health Care

Gingrich reiterated his call for all Republicans to commit to repealing any form of a health care bill that Democrats might pass before the 2010 elections:

GINGRICH: If the left manages to drive through a bill which is opposed by 65 percent of the country on health care, our commitment should be simple — when we get a majority, we’re repealing the whole thing. (applause)

And I want every Democrat who is about to sacrifice their seat for socialized medicine to understand: after you lose your seat, you’re going to lose the socialized medicine too.

I mean, with the job the Democrats are doing at gutting any meaningful Healthcare Reform, it be Newt's workin' up a sweat over nothin', just throwing some chum in the water, for the Flying Monkeys and Teabaggers.

As to "when we get a majority" thing, I wouldn't be holding your breath there, Newt (Heaven Forbid, you pass out, and have to undergo some of that "Socialist" medical treatment, something Bob Cesca was wondering).

And, help us out there, will ya, Newt?

When you go parading on the Faux News programs, wear the Ignorant Dolt Crown, give us a plug.

This Date ... On The Garlic

13 December 2008... On The Garlic

Yet Another Reason We Called Him 'Stumblin' and Bumblin'

Well ... Coming Close Only Counts In Horseshoes ...


13 December 2007... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Reasons Mitchell Baseball Steroid Investigation Is Unlike CIA Torture Tapes Case

Garlic Coverage of Baseball Steroid Scandal


13 December 2006... On The Garlic

Retro Garlic - The Iraq Jar


13 December 2005... On The Garlic

Iraq Pulls Late Switch On Voters; Will Follow Red Sox And Have Two Presidents

Top Ten Cloves: What Saudi Prince Gets For Giving Harvard $20-Million

This Date ... On The Garlic

12 December 2008... On The Garlic

He's Even - Already - Screwing Up His Retirement!

It's A Rummy World, After All ...

Coffee Wars?


12 December 2007... On The Garlic

Retro Garlic ... We Told You So!


12 December 2006... On The Garlic

Chopped Garlic - An Obit Of Note - Georgia Gibbs

Top Ten Cloves: Reasons Why Saudi Arabian Ambassador Suddenly Resigned His Post


12 December 2005... On The Garlic

White House, GOP Deny Obama Charge; Call For "Intelligent Ownership" Alternatives

Top Ten Cloves: Ways Wikipedia Plans To Beef up Security for Entries

This Date ... On The Garlic

11 December 2008... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Tricky Things About Attempting To Sell A Senate Seat


11 December 2007... On The Garlic

Well, That Wasn't Much Of A Wait ...

Top Ten Cloves: Other Surprising Things White House Press Secretary Dana Perino Doesn't Know


11 December 2006... On The Garlic

Garlic Special - New Bush Theme Song - Nature Bush

Retro Garlic: Life Imitating The Garlic

This Date ... On The Garlic

10 December 2008... On The Garlic

Libby's Hope

Only 10?


10 December 2007... On The Garlic

All I Want For Christmas Is My Presidential Pardon

Romney Speech: Where's Leonard Pinth Garnell When You Really Need Him?

Along With Shooting Innocent Civilians, We've, Apparently, Outsourced Rape, As Well


10 December 2006... On The Garlic

Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves

Retro Garlic: Anybody Check The Freezer For Any Loose Ballots?

Any Of These ISG Guys Happen To Have A Wife That Works Undercover At The CIA? ... The Results - The Garlic Week Poll


10 December 2005... On The Garlic

Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves

This Date ... On The Garlic

9 December 2008... On The Garlic

A Safety Valve, Dressed In Jay Leno's Time Slot

The Wide Stance Stands

If You're A Disneyland Freak, Here's The Nuts-and-Bolts

2008 Weblog Award Update


9 December 2007... On The Garlic

Good Post Alert: Edward Copeland's "Is Dubya the Iranian Candidate?"

Editor's Note: Still Making Our Way To That Light At The End of The Tunnel


9 December 2005... On The Garlic

With Rumsfeld Saying He's Staying, Appointment May Hinge On Cheney Indictment For Last Political Hoorah; DNC, Dean, Gore Livid: Must Fill VP Position Retroactively Or Face Default On Top Of Loss

Top Ten Cloves: Reasons Chris Rock Won't Be Hosting The Oscars This Year

Big Deal!

Well bust my buttons, there's big doings on the Journalism front today;

POLITICO named to Pulitzer Board

Columbia University announced Monday that POLITICO Executive Editor Jim VandeHei has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board.

VandeHei , who co-founded POLITICO in early 2007, becomes the first member of the Pulitzer Board from a primarily online news outlet. The print edition of POLITICO is distributed daily in Washington when Congress is in session.

They get the nod, primarily, for being at the forefront of "new media."

New Media?

Let's see ... A bunch of former newspaper guys go out and launch a website, then, essentially, milk their former contacts for gossip and, Presto-Chango, it's "New Media"

From Greg Sargent;

As I’ve noted before, there are two Politicos. There’s the good Politico, which offers big-picture, reported pieces that genuinely change the conversation, and boasts bloggers who break news, offer regular insights, and use Web-based journalistic techniques better than other “non-ideological” outlets do. The not-so-good Politico feshitizes Drudge and lunges for the catty gossip that will reverberate inside the Beltway bubble, and unabashedly sees these things as virtues.

The question is whether Politico’s Web-journalism techniques, in and of themselves, are really that innovative. Their main innovation seems like it consists in marrying widely-used Web-based techniques with self-styled “non-ideological” journalism. In an ironic twist, the very fact that Politico strives so hard for a non-ideological posture is probably why they’ve been selected as the first online news org to grace the Pulitzer board.

One thing, for sure, Politico's Mike Allen is in for a big payday, and may need a U-Haul next awards date, for he surely will dominate the Pulitzer categories of "Sucking-Up To The PartyofNoicans" and "Sucking-Off Matt Sludge" ...

Hands down.


Bonus Links

Julie Weiner: Person Responsible For The POLITICO Will Decide The Best Writing And Reporting, Now

Mike Allen Forgets To Add Himself To The List

The Politico's DNA ... The Other Iraq ... And He's a Bible-Thumper Now ... Around The Garlic Patch

This Date ... On The Garlic

8 December 2008... On The Garlic

Stop The Bailouts! ... Nicole Wallace Has Something Much Better!

All The Bricks Fit To Leverage

Greed Has A Name ...


8 December 2006... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard At The National Christmas Tree Lighting


8 December 2005... On The Garlic

Bush Team Miffed 'Podcast" Wins Word-Of-Year; Cites Media Lockout of Good News

Top Ten Cloves: Things Worse Than Ann Coulter Being Unable To Finish Her Speech At College

This Date ... On The Garlic

7 December 2008... On The Garlic

Our Ignorant Dolt of the Week ... Rick Warren!

Rich on Ruben: "The Citi may never sleep, but he snored ..."

"A date which will live in infamy ..."


7 December 2007... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Disappointing Things Left Out of Mitt Romney's Mormon Speech Yesterday


7 December 2005... On The Garlic

Bush Cites Progress In Rebranding Iraq As Terror Center; WHIG Relieved As President Dismisses Critics and Media; Goes Retro To Tie In Pearl Harbor

Top Ten Cloves: Ramifications For Ford Motor Co. Dropping Advertising In Gay Publications

Our Newest Ignorant Dolt - Aetna CEO Ron Williams

Boy, they must think that, just because we've been distracted, away from the desk, that they can sneak through, with some terribly profound, incredibly awesome Ignorant Doltness, and we wouldn't notice.

With the entire country lit up in a conflagration over Healthcare Reform, the reams and truckloads of examples on how the Enormo Healthcare companies are ripping us off, throwing out our policies, denying coverage, up pops Aetna CEO Ron Williams.



Aetna Forcing 600,000-Plus To Lose Coverage In Effort To Raise Profits

In a third-quarter earnings conference call in late October, officials at Aetna announced that in an effort to improve on a less-than-anticipated profit margin in 2009, they would be raising prices on their consumers in 2010. The insurance giant predicted that the company would subsequently lose between 300,000 and 350,000 members next year from its national account as well as another 300,000 from smaller group accounts.

"The pricing we put in place for 2009 turned out to not really be what we needed to achieve the results and margins that we had historically been delivering," said chairman and CEO Ron Williams. "We view 2010 as a repositioning year, a year that does not fully reflect the earnings potential of our business. Our pricing actions should have a noticeable effect beginning in the first quarter of 2010, with additional financial impact realized during the remaining three quarters of the year."

Say What?

Did Williams really think that would go unnoticed?

Oh man ... We gotta get some signs printed ... Just hand them pre-printed directions ...

Ignorant Dolt Hall, right down here, Mr. Williams! ... Just pick any empty seat ...

Jim Moss, over on Firedoglake took note of Williams' shoe-store-in-mouth act;

Very impressive, Aetna! Not once in that quote did your CEO make reference to sick people, or people who might die from lack of coverage, or people who will go bankrupt trying to afford higher premiums. In fact, Mr. Williams didn’t let the concept of people and their pesky needs interfere at all with his important considerations of "business," "pricing," "results," "margins," "earnings potential," or "financial impact." No danger here of health insurance becoming something more than profit-seeking.

That there is still a debate, still an argument is beyond astounding.

The CEO of one of the largest Healthcare Insurers publically states that sick people are not on the agenda, just "results and margins."

If we called for Mister Wizard to help us, he probably wouldn't hear it, being busy vomiting, sick to his stomach

John Avarosis, on AmericaBlog has the right idea;

At the very least, the health care reform legislation should be amended so that it goes into effect immediately, rather than in four years - that way this kind of abuse can be stopped now.

We can only hope, Aetna CEO Ron Williams, that in 2010, you don't lose your mojo, and continue showing off your gigantic Ignorant Doltness, that you have "historically been delivering."

"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."

Well, Well, Well ... Isn't this special ...

A couple of PartyonNoicans (Tom Coburn and Diaper David Vitter) thought they would be slick, sneak a bill in there that would shame the Democrats and save the day for the PartyofNoicans.

You could almost here the Mighty Mouse music playing in their heads.



Ah, but as the old adage goes, "Oh! what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!"

Sen. Sherrod Brown joins Republicans in demanding that Congress go on 'public option,' too

Whenever Democrats talk about their proposed federally backed insurance plan, or public option, in the ongoing health-care debate, critics pipe up. If you think this public option is so great, they say, why don't you demand that all members of Congress go on it, too?

Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown says that's a fine idea. And this morning, he forced his way onto a Republican amendment saying as much, becoming a co-sponsor of a Republican protest measure that would require Congress to go on the public option if it passes.

Fact is, Republicans pushing the amendment are using it as a form of rotten eggs to hurl at their opponents. But Brown, a key sponsor of the public option legislation, likes those eggs.

[snip]

Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma didn't seem to be in a hurry to bring on Brown as a co-sponsor. Coburn had Republican co-sponsors, but Brown's office says the Ohio Democrat never could get a commitment to be added, despite nine calls from his staff to Coburn's staff over the last week.

So this morning, Brown stood on the Senate floor and forced the matter. He asked for unanimous consent to be added as a co-sponsor to the amendment. This procedure is usually reserved for issues of little controversy because it bypasses a roll-call vote.

But wait, there's more!

Sen. Sen. Franken Becomes A Cosponsor Of Vitter/Coburn Amendment



Hmmm Coburn and Vitter ...

What's that other old adage ... Something to do with doing something to a free lunch?

Keep obstructing there, boys ...

We need all the help we can get ...


Bonus Links

John Nichols: Sherrod Brown Shames Republicans Who Wanted to Shame Democrats

Digby: Beautiful

Transitions

Good Evening Garlic Fans

Yes, we're popping up for air, this evening, with a few words about our extended absence.

It has been an extremely cumbersome time, here on the homefront, the past week (and more), as the Aunt (soon to be 97-years-old) we have been caretaker to has taken another downturn.

When we last appeared, she had been admitted to the hospital, but only held overnight, as she had been experiencing an increase in her dementia, as well as experiencing a small TIA episode.



She was released from the hospital last Sunday, and, in truth, should not have been.

Overnight, either from the dementia, or, the drugs given to her in the hospital, she lost her ability to stand up, and walk, which, as you can quite imagine, it was a heavy-duty task attending to her, without her walking, and still, heavily, in her dementia cloud.

The situation turned again, very early Monday morning, though in a better mental mood, less dementia, she experienced two additional TIA's in a short span of time, so it was off to the hospital again, and she was admitted, for the second time in two days.

A long talk with her primary doctor (who has been tremendous throughout our journey) that she may be entering her final phase of life and, certainly, more and more incidents are happening, the dementia has been increasing throughout the year, and due to her age, and overall condition, she is not a candidate for surgeries, or major, invasive treatments.

The decision was made to move her into a Rehab/Nursing Home facility (one that we had her in just a little over six-weeks ago).

As you can appreciate, I had more than a full-plate to deal with, and jumping on the computer to post was well down the list.

It is, likely, to be erratic this week, as more tasks regarding the above are already lined up, however, we will endeavor to attempt to put our glove on, and get in the game.

Many thanks to those who passed along good wishes, and vibes, as well as those who visit and read The Garlic regularly, or in passing.

This Date ... On The Garlic

6 December 2008... On The Garlic

Compared To What

Is Keith Olbermann Reading The Garlic?


6 December 2007... On The Garlic

Minced Garlic - New Keith Olbermann Special Comment - Bush: Pathological liar or idiot-in-chief? ...Or, "I Could Be Lying About The NIE Report On My Spare Time"

Editor's Note: There's Light At The End of The Tunnel


6 December 2006... On The Garlic

Breaking News! ISG Offers New Option For Bush Legacy; Baker Group Recommends New Reality Show For Iraq Solution; Hybrid of “Lost Meets Extreme Makeover”; Winner Gets To Replace Maliki And Run Country


6 December 2005... On The Garlic

Cheney Backs DeLay At Fundraiser, Despite Upheld Charges

Top Ten Cloves: Things That Were Different With The White House Christmas Party Yesterday

This Date ... On The Garlic

5 December 2008... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Ways NFL Will Tweak Rules In Wake of Plaxico Burress Shooting


5 December 2006... On The Garlic

Breaking News! Iraq Study Group Report Likely To Be Ignored; President Putting New Policy Suggestions In “Iraq Jar”; Rarely Pays Attention To It; First Lady “Always Harping” Aides Say; Rumsfeld Memo Completely “By Chance”, Luck Of The Draw

Retro Bolton II ... Our Man At The U.N. Slinks Off Into The Sunset


5 December 2005... On The Garlic

McCain Says Abducted and Grilled By Cheney; Won't Budge On Torture Ban

News In Brief - Rumsfeld Blames Contractor, If Media Plant Stories True, But Defends Outsourcing Program

Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard During Oprah's Visit To The Letterman Show

This Date ... On The Garlic

4 December 2008... On The Garlic

"The Hell With You ... I'll Run Over Another Homeless Person, Too!"

The Clothes Horse Rides Again!

The Christmas Ornament That Roared

"Prop 8 - The Musical"

Aberrations


4 December 2006... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Other Ways NBC Thought About Announcing They Were Calling Iraq A Civil War

This Date ... On The Garlic

3 December 2007... On The Garlic

Editor's Note - Posting Delayed


3 December 2006... On The Garlic

Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves

It's Getting To The Point Of Being Beyond Scary ... The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll


3 December 2005... On The Garlic

Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves

This Date ... On The Garlic

2 December 2008... On The Garlic

Meet The Freakshow Defender

Coal In These Stockings!

TPMCafe Special Feature ... House of Saddam: Behind the Movie


2 December 2005... On The Garlic

Paid News Scandal Widens; CIA Said To Run Network Of "Blue Hole" Newspapers

Top Ten Cloves: Other Things Bill Richardson Has Taken Off His Biography

This Date ... On The Garlic

1 December 2008... On The Garlic

Breaking ... Obama Team Vetting Food Tasters

Boston Comedy ... Funny Grown Here

I Guess, They're Not Using Their Own "Im Feeling Lucky" Bar


1 December 2007... On The Garlic

Well I'll Be Darned ... The Etch-A-Sketch Shaking Has Begun (Sort Of)

Editor's Note - Lo Siento, Again ...


1 December 2006... On The Garlic

Minced Garlic: New Keith Olbermann Special Comment - Free speech and the delusion of grandeur


1 December 2005... On The Garlic

White House "Embarrassed"; Bush Victory Strategy Speech Written By PR Agency; Gave President Wrong Folder; Iraqi Newspaper Prints Slams Against Murtha, Kerry, Pelosi

Top Ten Cloves: Reasons Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Named A Democratic His Chief of Staff

This Date ... On The Garlic

30 November 2008... On The Garlic

The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day ... All The Little People


30 November 2006... On The Garlic

Editors Note ... Slacking off there, are ya?


30 November 2005... On The Garlic

Iraqi Elections Face Delay; Dye Manufacturers Can't Meet Production Dates

Top Ten Cloves: Other Titles Considered For President's New "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq"

Chase The Clouds Away

Sorry Garlic Fans, our best laid plans gave way to the Homefront, and it may be another day, or two, before we get some posts up.

We had another situation yesterday (Friday, as well) that required getting The Aunt to the hospital, and she was admitted.

It is a dementia-related incident, and the big question that looms is if it is something that further degrades her baseline, or, if it is more of an "episodic" event.

Either case, it is not a positive development, so bare with us here, as to fresh material.

In the meantime, we have a good tune for a Sunday (or, any other day) ... It's Esther Satterfield's monster turn on the Chuck Mangione tune, 'Chase The Clouds Away'

Enjoy!

Esther Satterfield - Chase The Clouds Away (1976)

This Date ... On The Garlic

29 November 2008... On The Garlic

Our Ignorant Dolt of the Week ... Little Billy Kristol!

An Update, and A Pointer ...

Time Is Running Out! ... Vote For The Garlic!


29 November 2007... On The Garlic

Rudy, We Know Ye Way Too Much ...Or, It's Time To Start Shoveling Dirt On The Body

Karl Rove, Living In An Etch-A-Sketch Kind of World

Drum Roll Please ... For Tucker Carlson - He's Jumping The Shark!


29 November 2006... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard While Dick Cheney Was In Saudi Arabia

Top Ten Cloves: Other Things Newt Gingrich Would Like To Reexamine


29 November 2005... On The Garlic

Supreme Court Bids To Hear eBay Patent Case

News In Brief - Bush Fires Up New Immigration Plans; New Temp Workers Must Open Private SS Accounts

Top Ten Cloves: Why Time Magazine Is Allowing Their Reporter To Testify With Special Prosecutor

This Date ... On The Garlic

28 November 2008... On The Garlic

Shop Until You Drop ... Dead!

He's Funny That Way

Have Shovel, May Run?


28 November 2007... On The Garlic

"I have neither the time nor legal background to figure out who’s right." ... Joe Klein and Time (Stood Still) Magazine Follow-Up


28 November 2005... On The Garlic

Bush Team Denies Plans To Bomb Al-Jazeera

Breaking News! O'Reilly, Al-Qaeda In Heated Argument Over SF Targets

Top Ten Cloves: Things President Bush Is Thankful For Every Day

We've Already Seen The Palin-Beck Administration

I don't want to spend much time, thought, or energy on this drivel, of either a Mommy Moose Presidency, or having the infantile, racist, zipperhead Beck on the ticket with her.

We've already seen this movie.

Idiocracy - Trailer



Neither one of them has an electrolyte between them.

Idiocracy Brawndo's Got Electrolytes




Help Me Mr. Wizard!


The Links

Ron Beasley: Too Stupid to be a Democracy

Skippy the bush kangaroo: sarah, palin tall

Alex Seitz-Wald: Beck’s Sexist Reason For Ruling Out Palin-Beck Ticket: She’d Always Be ‘Yapping’ Like We’re ‘In The Kitchen’

Azaria Jagger: Glenn Beck Dismisses Palin-Beck 2012 Because Sarah Belongs 'in the Kitchen'

bluegal: Glenn Beck rules out Palin/Beck 2012: "What, I'm gonna take a backseat to a chick?"

Color By Numbers

H/T to Barry Crimmins on this one

Here's a rather depressing "color by numbers" set you likely didn't find in the bargain aisle, on this iconic retail shopping day-from-hell.



It shows, rather bleakly, people are dropping, even before they go shopping.

Latoya Egwuekwse'a post notes;

In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting, The above interactive map serves as a vivid representation of just how much ..."

The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

Be sure to click "Play" and be amazed.

Well, at least there's no news reports - yet - of Walmart having anyone killed.




Bonus Links

Bad Day At Black Rock

Barry Crimmins: Unapologetic

$5-Billion Sale Goes To Two Finance Groups ... Neiman Marcus Sells Self Through Catalog - "Almost Threw Away Book In Recycling", Says Buyer

GoldenPalace.Com Rumored To Win Lunch With Buffet for $351G's ... Funds Go To Charity; Extra's Included Oracle of Omaha Being Tattooed With Casino Logo

Hooters Applauds FDA Breast Implant Vote ... Opens Doors For More Woman To Become 'Hooter Girls'

This Date ... On The Garlic

27 November 2008... On The Garlic

Happy Bird Day!


27 November 2007... On The Garlic

Good Posts Alert - Larisa Alexandrovna's "The Permanent Republican Majority"

Another Case of He Should Have Used The Google!

Top Ten Cloves: Reasons Time Magazine Hasn't Corrected Joe Klein's Egregiously Error-Filled FISA Articles


27 November 2006... On The Garlic

Developing Story - No Slogans or Spin For Bush With New Labeling of Iraq; White House In Quandary Over Calling War On Terror A “Civil War”; WHIG, Lincoln Group Empty; “President Loses All His Slogans, Rhetoric ... Not Enough Time To Ramp Up”

Top Ten Cloves: Things About The New CIA Personality Test

This Date ... On The Garlic

26 November 2008... On The Garlic

Well ... The Day Didn't Go As Planned ...


26November 2007... On The Garlic

The Condoleezza Rice Ballroom Dancing & Charm School ... Or: Shopping For A Legacy on Cyber Monday

Oh, Please, Please, Please! ... Make The Citizen's Arrest, Al ... Make The Citizen's Arrest!


26 November 2006... On The Garlic

Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves

More Eggnog, Mr. President? ... The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll

Wild Is the Wind

Well, as we wrote earlier this week, it's been a rough month on this end, taking us completely out of our game, and posting a lot of goose-eggs.

We hope to begin getting back on track, right after the holiday, with a few new posts (already partially composed - Hint, we'll be inducting a few new Ignorant Dolts into the ranks).

So, on this damp, cool, holiday eve, we've got a tune you can unwind to, perhaps a cocktail in hand, after a night of preparation for the big day tomorrow.

It comes from under-heralded vibraphonist, Dave Pike.

Enjoy!

Dave Pike Quartet - Wild Is the Wind

This Date ... On The Garlic

25 November 2008... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Things About Citigroup Keeping Stadium Sponsorship After Getting Government Bailout

This Date ... On The Garlic

24 November 2008... On The Garlic

Breaking ... Mukasey Fainting Due To Deep Introspection ...In Middle of Speech, Attorney General Suddenly Realized He Was Part of Bush Administration

What Would Joseph Smith Do?

Is It A Palin Truth Squad? .... Ya Betch'Ya!

They're Here!


24 November 2007... On The Garlic

Hello Dolly! ... Just In Time For Christmas ...


24 November 2005... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Things About Thanksgiving This Year

This Date ... On The Garlic

23 November 2008... On The Garlic

There's Still Time! ... Vote For The Garlic!


23 November 2006... On The Garlic

Happy Thanksgiving!

This Date ... On The Garlic

22 November 2008... On The Garlic

Our Ignorant Dolt of The Week .... Daniel Henninger! ...Or: Oh No, Another Pinhead War on Christmas

The Mommy Moose Fan Club

Remembering THE GAME ... Harvard Beats Yale 29-29


22 November 2006... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Uses For The Cancelled O.J. Book On Thanksgiving Day


22 November 2005... On The Garlic

Happy Holiday Garlic Fans!