Feeding the birds or teasing the cats? Do you have a bird feeder? I gave up. They made such a mess on the porch and then the squirrels came. Need I say more?
Those birds had to go. I was sick of looking at them (she said grouchily).
So are we getting any of the inclement weather or does it all go north?
@Moon-howler
If you knowing buy guns for a prohibited person with the intent to sell or give those guns to the prohibited person. Example, if you are buying from a dealer:
Federal gun sales form, ATF Form 4473. Question 11(a) on the form must be answered “yes” or “no”:
Are you the actual buyer/transferee of the firearm(s) listed on this form? Warning: You are not the actual buyer if you are acquiring the firearms(s) on behalf of another person. If you are not the actual buyer the dealer cannot transfer the firearm(s) to you.
Or, if you purchase the guns privately and transfer them to a prohibited person, like that shooter that shot at firemen. His friend bought the guns 3 years prior, knowing he was a felon. Or the woman that bought the gun for the Columbine shooters. (I think that’s how they got one gun.)
Why do you ask?
I read some of the governor’s proposals for safe schools.
It gets complicated sometimes.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118×431934
Actual transfer to the prohibited person has to take place, it seems.
Thanks.
‘Suicide Conservatives’
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Published: February 8, 2013 230 Comments
There used to be a political truism: Democrats fall in love, while Republicans fall in line.
Last week, the opening salvos were launched in a very public and very nasty civil war between establishment Republicans and Tea Party supporters when it was reported that Karl Rove was backing a new group, the Conservative Victory Project, to counter the Tea Party’s selection of loopy congressional candidates who lose in general elections.
The Tea Party was having none of it. It sees Rove’s group as a brazen attack on the Tea Party movement, which it is. Rove sees winning as a practical matter. The Tea Party counts victory in layers of philosophical purity.
Politico reported this week that an unnamed “senior Republican operative” said that one of the party’s biggest problems was “ ‘suicide conservatives, who would rather lose elections than win seats with moderates.’ ”
Democrats could be the ultimate beneficiaries of this tiff.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/opinion/blow-suicide-conservatives.html?_r=0
The republicans are lost in pace, hahahaha
I never thought anything would make me say I am on Karl Rove’s side.
Not sure he’ll survive the break with the Koch Bros.
Koch Bro are invested in The Donors Trust, a “charitable” trust based in Alexandria, Virginia, which funnels millions of dollars into the effort to cast doubt on climate change without revealing the identities of its wealthy backers or that they have links to the fossil fuel industry. The Donor Trust mission is – “DonorsTrust provides an innovative charitable vehicle for donors who wish to safeguard their charitable intent to fund organizations that undergird America’s founding principles.” Koch Bro are pushing for the XY pipeline that they so desperately need to boost their net worth over $25 billion. Im still trying to link that with the selflessness typically found in charitable trusts and America’s founding principals. They were farmers and gardeners, Madison was protecting old growth forests in the 18 century…
If Rove can reduce the strangold these mercenaries have on the US he’ll have my support.
Koch bros need to find a different hobby.
“For those who have seen ‘Blazing Saddles’, it is the scene
of the sheriff holding the gun to his head to restore law
and order. That is sequestration.”
Leon Panetta
Sheriff, would that be the same person who calls themselves a public safety professional on a professional network site?
Hmmmmm…maybe she works from home? Or…perhaps she lied.
Among U.S. evangelicals, surprising support for immigration reform
By Alistair Bell | Reuters – 4 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thou shalt compromise, at least on immigration reform.
That is the message being heard from some leading evangelicals in the United States. After decades of promoting traditionally conservative causes like opposition to abortion, many evangelical leaders are now wielding their formidable influence to persuade Republican lawmakers to back one of President Barack Obama’s top priorities.
With Hispanic attendance at their churches rising, these evangelicals are among the loudest advocates of a U.S. immigration reform. A group of pastors has launched a 40-day campaign to have churchgoers pray, read scripture passages about welcoming the stranger and lobby their members of Congress, many of them in the conservative South.
“http://news.yahoo.com/among-u-evangelicals-surprising-support-immigration-reform-062511481.html”
This is good
@Starryflights
So…the NY Time is now an expert on the Tea Party and its motives?
And Politico? Really?
The point is..what is the point of winning with “moderates” that tow the Democrat party line and vote for the same failed policies?
What is the point in continuing to loose elections?
So who is the expert on the teaparty? Is there a test one takes to get expert status?
I would say that those non=teaparty republicans aren’t exactly towing the Democratic party line, or they would be democrats.
@Lyssa
Rove? REDUCE their influence? He just wants their money.
Rove should be working to reduce the influence of the various Soros “charitable trusts,” the Joyce Foundation, the Tides Trust, etc.
Why the concern over the Kochs.. but never any over the Soros influence…he has even more money in politics.
Also, why shouldn’t they push that XY pipeline? They’ve probably put money in it…and you did voice your concern over how Buffett wanted to stop the pipeline so he could continue to make money on his railway interests that was carrying the same exact fuel….right?
Who says Soros has more money in politics than the Koch bros? I dont think you can actually say that you know that.
This conversation is like a Glenn Beck tent revival….revisited.
Karl nasty Rove have every right to protect his party from hi jackers.
@Moon-howler
Its not his party.
The Republican Party isn’t Karl Rove’s party? What is his party? He has been around a lot longer than the tea party.
Cargo – Koch wont give $ to Roves new group. We’ll see how long that lasts. Read about the environmental hazard of the XY pipeline and where it will run.
TransCanada predicted that the Keystone I pipeline would see one spill in 7 years. In fact, there have been 12 spills in 1 year. The company was ordered to dig up 10 sections of pipe after government-ordered tests indicated that defective steel may have been used. KeystoneXL will use steel from the same Indian manufacturer.
Keystone XL will cross through America’s agricultural heartland, the Missouri and Niobrara Rivers, the Ogallala aquifer, sage grouse habitat, walleye fisheries and more.
When the Tsunami hit Japan, Koch Bros were finalizing a deal with TEPCO to build nuclear power plants in Texas. The negative publicity surrounding TEPCO’s profit vs safety was ruinous to that plan – for the moment. Koch will be back on it.
I don’t object completely to pipelines, I do object when the very high and demonstrated potential for disaster and or ruin is considered an acceptable business risk – do you realize what a spill in the midwest would do to the tenuous water supply there? In addition, increasing Canadian crude for export may result in price increases to farmers. Finally, the majority of jobs created by Keystone in SD were temporary and part time – again no investment in employees just profit. Koch Bro stamp.
I dont like Soros either and I’ve said that here. I agree that Soros has “leased the White House for four more years”. I just dislike Koch Bros more they directly ruin average Americans. Soros has indicated that some foreign investment (Russia) could be bad for the US. Koch Bro have no boundaries to how, with whom or where they will make money. They pretend to be Patriots with Americans for Prosperity – they are mercenaries – mercenaries only have allegiance to themselves and money.
According to Forbes, Koch’s are tied at 24th richest and Soros is at 35th
I feel so bad these republicans are at each others throats – NOT!
Rove might know a thing or two about winning elections. But hey, don’t let me stop you. Stick with your tea party message since it worked so well last time, hahaha
@Starry flights
He might win… but would the result be different than electing a Democrat?
Apparently this Freudian Slip happened today and was heard by another blogger:
Guest: “Americans overwhelmingly support drone strikes…”
Chris Matthews: “…and Liberals do, too!”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The truth is out!
😉
Cantor: children of illegal immigrants should get U.S. citizenship
By Andy Sullivan | Reuters – 4 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. Republican lawmaker said on Sunday he would support granting citizenship to children who are in the country illegally in a sign that conservatives who oppose immigration amnesty will be playing defense as Congress takes on immigration reform in the coming months.
Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, said Congress could make quick progress on immigration if lawmakers agreed to give citizenship to children – an idea he opposed when it came up for a vote in 2010 as the DREAM Act.
“The best place to begin, I think, is with the children. Let’s go ahead and get that under our belt, put a win on the board,” Cantor said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
http://news.yahoo.com/cantor-children-illegal-immigrants-u-citizenship-171338467.html
Sounds good to me! Never thought I would agree with a Tea party republican.
@Starryflights
Cantor, whatever he is…is NOT a Tea Party Republican…..so, you’re safe.
BAN ON SMOKING WHILE DRIVING WITH CHILDREN DIES
@Cargosquid
He sure was giving us a good performance there for a while. You are judged by the company you keep.
I am glad he has come to his senses.
Somehow, I don’t feel all that safe when the name Eric Canter is said.
The Ignorance Caucus
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: February 10, 2013
Last week Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, gave what his office told us would be a major policy speech. And we should be grateful for the heads-up about the speech’s majorness. Otherwise, a read of the speech might have suggested that he was offering nothing more than a meager, warmed-over selection of stale ideas.
To be sure, Mr. Cantor tried to sound interested in serious policy discussion. But he didn’t succeed — and that was no accident. For these days his party dislikes the whole idea of applying critical thinking and evidence to policy questions. And no, that’s not a caricature: Last year the Texas G.O.P. explicitly condemned efforts to teach “critical thinking skills,” because, it said, such efforts “have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.”
And such is the influence of what we might call the ignorance caucus that even when giving a speech intended to demonstrate his openness to new ideas, Mr. Cantor felt obliged to give that caucus a shout-out, calling for a complete end to federal funding of social science research. Because it’s surely a waste of money seeking to understand the society we’re trying to change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/opinion/krugman-the-ignorance-caucus.html?_r=0
Republicans value ignorance.
Hypocrites: http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/things-democrats-would-have-freaked-out-about-if-bush-had-do
I love the Westminster Dog Show but I hate the humans.
Those judges are so …unreal. All pleased with themselves. Arrogant and affected.
The women wear the ugliest clothes in the world. Why don’t they switch to pants suits or something other than those suits that are too tight.
That show could model as the worst dresssed in the world. And if *I* think worst dressed, trust me, its bad. When I retired I decided I would never wear anything but jeans, tee shirts, sweaters diamonds and turquoise. I have broken my commitment about 5 times.
Where there any citizens that spoke today? VDOT is on.
Yes, I believe 5 spoke. 3 were about the tri county byway.
Aaauuugaa, Aaauuugaa there was a leopard spotting. She’s now wearing sports attire as camouflage.
@Mom
Gotcha ya!
“I’m sorry, there’s too much chatter going on, on the board”.. bwhahahaha What about all of the “digital chatter”? 🙄
Corey’s nervous because Peacor’s budget calls for a lot more spending than he anticipated. The bill for past year cuts and the incompetent management of the park authority is coming due and it couldn’t come at a worse time personally for Corey.
Ahh, Marty to the staff’s rescue this should be fun, I wish they would focus on Corey while Marty is talking.
Corey was sending out email about his campaign. I got one. Too funny. I almost emailed him and said Pay Attention!!!!
This budget is looking like it has the potential to be really ugly, amusing, but really ugly.
http://youtu.be/0wAMr3V5lN4
HAPPY MARDI GRAS!!!!
Republicans support path to citizenship—unless it’s Obama’s idea
By Liz Goodwin, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 7 hrs ago
About 60 percent of Republicans in a Washington Post poll said they think the nation’s illegal immigrants should be able to gradually earn their citizenship, a centerpiece of a new immigration reform blueprint proposed in the Senate.
But when President Barack Obama is mentioned, much of that Republican support vanishes.
When the question mentions that Obama proposed the path to citizenship, only 39 percent of Republicans said they backed such a move. Overall, 59 percent of Americans of both parties support the path to citizenship if Obama is part of it, while 70 percent do when Obama is left out of it.
The polling suggests that the more closely associated the president is with immigration reform, the harder it might be for Republicans to drum up conservative support for a bill. Obama campaigned on passing immigration reform in his second term and will almost certainly stump for the issue in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/republicans-support-path-citizenship-unless-obama-involved-152009543–election.html
Obama could announce that he will implement the Paul Ryan budget and will invade Iran tomorrow and the Repugs would oppose it.
Let’s see, the dog show or the SOTU address?????
Doing both. I am using the fios app to show the dog show and the TV for the pres. Of course, I might get confused and have an Enlgish Setter giving the Address and the Prez running his dog around Madison Square Garden.
The woman who ran the giant Schnauzer needed to put on more substantial underwear. sigh. I have become my grandmother.
My Black Russian Terrier breed fizzled out in the working group. Fiddlesticks.
My 2 breeds fizzled out. Now, lets see what the schnauzers do.
I loved that gray miniature. He looked like my own dead schnauzer son. My current schnauzer son is a chocolate schnauz.
Third one fizzled out also.
I have never known anyone with an affenpinscher.