tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41102781872051514442012-01-29T14:34:57.531-05:00POLITICS and PERSONAL DESTRUCTIONthe farmernoreply@blogger.comBlogger1731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-78916324097650879652012-01-28T00:00:00.002-05:002012-01-28T00:38:00.991-05:00

It's a Barnum and Bailey worldJust as phony as it can beBut it wouldn't be make-believeIf you believed in me(click image for full size)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-82901948887689576182012-01-26T04:39:00.018-05:002012-01-27T18:11:49.205-05:00

President Barack Obama tries not to think about the crazy cat lady character from The Simpsons while listening to Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona on Wednesday.Jan Brewer auditioning for a teabagger ticket VP part?(h/t) - to Peggy Noonan for her characterization of Newt Gingrich as an angry attack muffin.*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-65929913978360227122012-01-13T23:14:00.003-05:002012-01-13T23:26:24.940-05:00

(click image for full size pic)Mitt Romney trips a Google Bomb. ABL: To Defecate in Terror: Mitt Romney Gets Google BombedSee: Spreading Romney.com*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-135860719570067772012-01-13T06:05:00.005-05:002012-01-13T23:28:41.471-05:00

March, 2011(click for full size pic)*

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Also commonly referred to as Vulture Capitalism Toxin or Mitt Romney Leveraged Buyout Disease (MRLBD)."Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains."~ Thomas Jefferson; Letter to Horatio G. Spafford, March 17, 1814. (source: Bartlett; Familiar Quotations, Fourteenth Edition)~::~::~::~::~::~MRLBD may

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-57060343692390703832012-01-10T03:49:00.002-05:002012-01-10T04:55:43.238-05:00

Since there ain't no winter to speak of so far this year here's a pic from last winter. (click for full size)THIS IS A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTFor any of you AM talk radio listeners: I've added an on air link to progressive talk radio station 92.1 AM The MIC in Madison, Wisconsin so you can listen online to the Stephanie Miller Show, Randi Rhodes, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartmann and other scheduled

the farmernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-68484323671836276082012-01-10T03:48:00.011-05:002012-01-10T12:47:59.395-05:00

(New Hampshire Debate Outtakes)Here (for whatever it's worth) are a couple of snips from the ABC GOP debate in New Hampshire that I meant to mention but didn't get around to until now.First, Lord Pink Slippers:ROMNEY: As you can tell, the people in this room feel that Speaker Gingrich is absolutely right and I do too. And -- and I was in a state where the Supreme Court stepped in and said,

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-90775419232622706282012-01-06T03:24:00.022-05:002012-01-06T15:52:09.438-05:00

Rick Santorum, dressed like some kind of nerd chic Spanish falangist, campaigned in New Hampshire on Thursday. Santorum visited Concord where he managed to make a frothy a-hole of himself in front of a bawdy student audience that, upon his conclusion:lustily booed as he exited stage right. (NPR)What's a chaste Catholic integralist supposed to do with a mob of intractable 17 year old high school

the farmernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-58384937906639434342012-01-01T01:05:00.002-05:002012-01-01T02:54:18.445-05:00

Music Vid: Linda McRae with Audrey Auld singing Poverty Line.Go on have a listen. It'll only take a minute and thirty eight seconds: *

the farmernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-13419257479416203452011-12-30T00:13:00.012-05:002011-12-30T02:06:49.742-05:00

Whenever I see a photo of Newt and Callista Gingrich they always remind me of Barney Rubble and The Great Gazoo.You remember Barney Rubble of Flintstones fame. Of course you do.Well, the Newt we see today looks (to me) like an age enhanced Barney Rubble.Compare Early Opportunity Society (happy hunting grounds - early Reaganomic - tabula rasa / unformed mind) Newtian Rubble Dum-Dum Man to the (

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-64369319062877800832011-12-29T03:48:00.004-05:002011-12-29T04:42:37.355-05:00

Photo from winter 2009.Seems unusually warm this year and there ain't no snow to speak of. Where's all the snow? I'm kinda beginning to miss it. (I'll probably regret I said that)Maybe it has something to do with all that hot gas in the atmosphere out in Iowa. It'll probably start snowing once that noxious GOP gasconade cloud drifts into New Hampshire. And eventually out to sea.*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-22956119685194377072011-12-27T18:13:00.005-05:002011-12-27T19:10:12.645-05:00

Oh, blessed giggling mother of Dork Rave Jeezis!What do you get when you mix a bottle of menthol mint schnapps and a handful of MDMA?A Newty 2012 campaign office Christmas party!VIDEO HERE (TPM)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-6109542991642274262011-12-24T03:04:00.002-05:002011-12-24T03:25:43.211-05:00

(click pic for bigger pic)Not that it's snowing or anything like that. It ain't. Photo is from an earlier December snowfall. And it looks like a green Christmas this year. But that's ok with me. So merry christmas and happy new year and all that kinda stuff, SBLers.*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-67411545515392021102011-12-22T03:02:00.014-05:002011-12-22T06:12:40.996-05:00

He even looks like a weasel.The kitchen, it burns! Paul scurries away from CNN interview. (Reuters)The GOP presidential candidate -- and current leader in the Iowa polls -- walked out on CNN reporter Gloria Borger Wednesday after she pressed him about racist newsletters sent under Paul’s name in the early 1990s.Paul insisted that he never wrote them, read them only after they were sent out and

the farmernoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-26993893160127586672011-12-20T23:05:00.005-05:002011-12-22T21:38:45.337-05:00

This years Feckless Pander of the Year FAIL award goes to Politifact.com for their absurd conclusion that although it's true that the GOP/Paul Ryan plan to eventually convert Medicare to a privatized voucher system would essentially end Medicare "as we know it" - it is simply not true that a senior citizen dressed up like a fireman will appear at your front door to perform a striptease routine

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-57640787293652869772011-12-14T02:23:00.008-05:002011-12-14T03:44:12.701-05:00

This is a common Red Back Salamander. About 3-5 inches long. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I have many - possibly hundreds of thousands - of these things living in my basement. They are always down there. Year after year, all year long. I have no idea what they do most of the time or what in gods name they find to eat down there. I assume they do not eat mice. But they seem to like

the farmernoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-69141940203836744852011-12-10T02:56:00.007-05:002011-12-10T07:10:11.897-05:00

SOLID CHEESE TOUR 2012Rick Santorum and his Nights of Malta Party Knights band release their new recording just in time for Christmas and 2012 tour. Contains old favorites and new hits - including:- Solid Block of Cheese- Don't Bogart That Fetus, Pass It Over To Me- Resurrection Sundae- Outraising Cain- Josemaría Lightning- ConJoin in Des Moines- Fecal Matter Lube Groove- Man On Dog Google Bomb

the farmernoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-10647741009938625872011-12-10T02:31:00.002-05:002011-12-10T04:52:56.641-05:00

[ "I'm not afraid to admit I'm a moron, but you don't need to be camping at the bottom of booby-hatch gulch to know that there's something wrong in this country when a fancy talkin' black guy can serve openly in the White House, but kids can't openly beat up homos or prostelytize in our schools. As President, I'll end Obama's war on re-lidgen and stoo-pidity and bigot trees, and I'll fight

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-70065732328566356212011-12-10T02:09:00.001-05:002011-12-10T06:27:52.413-05:00

Will Newty "Pig Eyes" get the Tommy DeVito Treatment?Code of Shills: Inside The Beltway's NeoContralto Pundit Crime Family: TPMPeople might snicker when Newt Gingrich claims he’s a Washington outsider, but he’s not kidding that party elites really, really, really don’t want him to be the nominee.As this ticket burns, may my soul burn in Hell if I betray the Wingnuti*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-60993181635484276432011-12-09T01:54:00.001-05:002011-12-09T01:56:40.649-05:00

Santorum on Trump debate(CNN) - Rick Santorum scoffed at some of his fellow GOP presidential candidates on Thursday for turning down Donald Trump's debate invitation.[...]"At this critical time in our nation's history, just weeks before Iowan's cast this important vote -- many of the other candidates want to hide behind TV ads and mail pieces," Santorum said. "We plan to be there front and center

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-4175304620971671512011-12-08T04:51:00.003-05:002011-12-08T05:00:12.715-05:00

...poised to release mammoth legion of scent-hounds and terrier men to pursue wily Newt through the campaign mires.At least according to this ominous communique via the SF Gate(12-07) 22:29 PST BOSTON (AP)Mitt Romney has a not-so-secret weapon against Newt Gingrich.The former Massachusetts governor has built a mammoth political machine unrivaled in the GOP field, a campaign that's well entrenched

the farmernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-9029749341528504882011-12-08T02:15:00.000-05:002011-12-08T02:24:27.170-05:00

It's suet season again. *

the farmernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-91062423696229832802011-12-06T17:55:00.003-05:002011-12-06T18:08:53.551-05:00

Obama's "Teddy Roosevelt" speech - Osawatomie, Kansas / Dec. 6, 20114 EXCERPT:Now, just as there was in Teddy Roosevelt’s time, there’s been a certain crowd in Washington for the last few decades who respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. “The market will take care of everything,” they tell us. If only we cut more regulations and cut more taxes - especially for the wealthy -

the farmernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-35142977409780508162011-12-03T04:29:00.012-05:002011-12-03T23:07:15.736-05:00

[ Herman Cain with "campaign advisers" Becky Beckistan and Princess Nancy. ]Dec 27, 2011ALTOONA, IAHerman Cain responds to questions from discusses "Plan B" with moderator Donald Trump during a taping of the GOP presidential candidate debate in Iowa on Tuesday. The debate, which was taped at the Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, just outside of Des Moines, is part of an ongoing "reality"

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-32886751577845682842011-12-02T04:11:00.009-05:002011-12-02T05:40:23.290-05:00

Looks like we got a regular grand old pig scrample underway in the contest for the Republican Party nomination. And it looks like prissy lord Belmont of the uplands is going to have to lose the New & Lingwood reindeer leather loafers and qiviut mittens if he's going to catch up with a slippery Beltway grunter like Newton Leroy Gingrich. The GOP funfair mudpen circuit is no place for an upscale

the farmernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-6293917499700620122011-11-30T04:17:00.002-05:002011-11-30T04:21:53.640-05:00

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The Great Possum. Circa 3AM Sunday, November 20, 2011.* * * * *Good post by BooMan:Let Me Explain MyselfI say we need to get over being countercultural. I don't mean that we should change our values. I am talking about our disposition, our attitude, the way we carry ourselves, what we expect of ourselves. When I say that we should make the countercultural cultural, I mean that we should have the

the farmernoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-72388979890133498262011-11-19T03:59:00.007-05:002011-11-19T06:35:09.465-05:00

An old apple tree next to a pond.A bull near the apple tree next to the pond.The springwell - a mile or so up the road from the bull and the apple tree and the pond - where I like to go to fill plastic jugs with water for drinking. Just because. Because I'm a hedonist.All of this took place in less than an hour on a single afternoon. You'll just have to imagine how much fun I had for the next 23

the farmernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-43837652858590397302011-11-16T16:36:00.005-05:002011-11-16T16:50:19.167-05:00

SUCKED $1.6 MILLION FROM FREDDIE MACBut:Gingrich Doesn't Know Where The Money Came From Responding to reports that housing giant Freddie Mac paid him $1.6 million, GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich said he didn’t know exactly how the transaction came to be.“I have no idea about the details… It was paid to Gingrich Group. Gingrich Group has many clients,” said Gingrich. (TPM)Love has many

the farmernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-51730630704788328462011-11-16T15:44:00.009-05:002011-12-29T04:01:42.475-05:00

SPECIAL!BREAKING!NEWS!ALERT!Must credit Examiner dot com!Mars visitors Basiago and Stillings confirm Barack Obama traveled to Mars - Examiner.com:Two former participants in the CIA’s Mars visitation program of the early 1980’s have confirmed that U.S. President Barack H. Obama was enrolled in their Mars training class in 1980 and was among the young Americans from the program who they later

the farmernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-83981989218622949002011-11-15T03:16:00.004-05:002011-11-15T03:37:50.015-05:00

Herman Cain tarot card.(click for bigger pic)*

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Wednesday afternoon, November 09, 2011.(click an image for big pic/slideshow)*

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(if you click on the first pick you'll get a fullsize slideshow of both pics in this post)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-11397670600868516432011-10-14T23:05:00.009-04:002011-10-16T03:42:08.588-04:00

Michelle Bachmann's campaign continues to exhale death moans. Even that horrible slippery bottom feeder Ed Rollins escaped the Bachmann kreel for a talking trout gig on MSNBC. It's time for Mr. Bachmann to reel in his woman and teach her some submission before she gambles away all the federal farm subsidies. What would Jesus do?Rick Perry has raised $17 million which is way too much money to give

the farmernoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-90716099279848861662011-10-11T03:22:00.009-04:002011-10-11T04:11:37.456-04:00

Old dead ash tree.Watersnake: was hanging around in the runoff of a spring where I filled a jug with water. When I poked at him he'd puff up - his whole body would become bigger as if I'd stuck an air hose in him. It startled me too. I've never seen a snake do that before. Tried to take a picture of him puffed up but he unpuffed as soon as I left him alone long enough to take the picture.(Click

the farmernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-38739114743376305422011-10-10T02:29:00.003-04:002011-10-13T02:36:29.717-04:00

Photos by PJK.*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-49204950916284725772011-10-02T02:21:00.003-04:002011-10-02T02:26:28.590-04:00

PJK's Badger State Goat Ranch*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-47621909928827375282011-09-09T02:16:00.005-04:002011-09-09T02:51:08.438-04:00

The Susquehanna River as it flows through Asylum Township in Bradford County PA. Purty, ain't it? Click the photo for a larger view or see full size image and photo credit here: Wiki CommonsAbout twenty miles to the east is Dimock, PA (in Susquehanna County) where hydrofracking has become a big problem (water from kitchen faucets catching fire and so forth). So, when some smug blowhard begins

the farmernoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-21674878284136760152011-09-08T02:32:00.004-04:002011-09-08T05:52:15.411-04:00

I found the first photo above in a YNN (news) site slide show. It's a photo of Owego, NY's Riverwalk, located on the banks of the Susquehanna River in upstate NY. Owego is about 20 miles south of Ithaca, NY.The lower photo (also found online) shows what the Riverwalk looks like when the river is behaving itself.The last I checked the Susquehanna river at Owego was at 34.93 feet, expected to crest

the farmernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-55865634017759623632011-09-06T23:25:00.010-04:002011-09-17T03:50:58.689-04:00

Naterain and flooding from tropical storm Lee system*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-27875081686866153712011-09-03T00:42:00.003-04:002011-09-03T01:03:40.393-04:00

This looks kind of ominous (despite the pretty rainbow of colors). Its a mash-up using a NOAA five day quantitative precipitation forecast for Saturday, Sept 3 thru Thursday, Sept 8. L= the position of tropical storm/depression Lee for that period. Looks like a whole lotta rain to me. Especially for areas already flooded in Vermont and the NE. And Lee isn't even into the NE yet. And who knows

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-46530083943780421932011-08-26T03:03:00.014-04:002011-09-14T01:51:51.545-04:00

NOAA Irene Updates*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-13694405416713174512011-08-25T23:39:00.014-04:002011-09-20T02:40:43.976-04:00

Correction: The photo above is not Rick Perry. It's another Texas A&M Yell Leader. Thanks to an anonymous commenter for bringing this to my attention. I found another photo online of the student yell leader pictured above and sure nuff, just as the commenter noted - it's not Rick Perry in the photo above. Rick Perry (age 22) was an Aggie yell leader but that ain't him. However, the corndog

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-77725656748638264452011-08-21T01:45:00.000-04:002011-08-21T01:48:25.385-04:00

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compare and contrast more on this here over here *

the farmernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-12214337647902524802011-08-17T23:08:00.013-04:002011-08-21T02:07:50.717-04:00

To the Bozo Barn for the T-Paw 2012. As you know, tomorrow ended yesterday (four yesterdays as of this posting) for Tim Pawlenty who, despite delivering a respectable third place finish in the Ames Straw Poll contest in Iowa, can now return to his role as Kenny Powers' sidekick Stevie Janowski in the HBO comedy series Eastbound and Down. apologies to Steve Little (pictured at left above). ***

the farmernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-19518072581784033342011-08-13T20:49:00.008-04:002011-08-18T12:11:11.475-04:00

Iowa State Fair Corndong Queen and next President of the United States, Michele Bachmann, wins Ames Straw Poll. *** You ain't nothin' but a corn dog Lyin' all the time You ain't nothin' but a corn dog Lyin' all the time Well, you ain't never clubbed a halibut And you ain't no friend of mine Straw Poll Results: Michele Bachmann - 4823 Ron Paul - 4671 Tim Pawlenty - 2293 Rick Santorum - 1657

the farmernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-45118252207074409812011-08-09T21:57:00.008-04:002011-08-10T01:59:12.353-04:00

a Jessica King (Dem) - 51% / 28,188 defeats Randy Hopper (GOP) - 49% / 26,937 a Jennifer Shilling (Dem) - 55% / 33,192 defeats Dan Kapanke (GOP) - 45% / 26,724 a Milwaukee Brewers (NLC) - 5 St. Louis Cardinals (NLC) - 3 *

the farmernoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-10028969391192422082011-08-07T16:43:00.002-04:002011-08-07T16:51:38.001-04:00

Thunder on the Left - Thunder on the RightThe year 1935 was marked by what historian James M. Burns called "thunder on the left," a wave of protest against the New Deal's slow progress toward recovery and its reluctance to confront business power and redistribute income and wealth. Millions responded to Louisiana's senator Huey Long, whose Share Our Wealth program promised to bring a decent

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-41872230569355508822011-08-06T01:35:00.004-04:002011-08-06T01:57:39.993-04:00

DC Douglas and the American People Thank the Tea PartyWatch Thanks, Teabaggers! video at Rumproast*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-86779020802998202072011-08-04T03:33:00.010-04:002011-08-04T05:27:40.119-04:00

I'm being told by countless high aristos of progressive thought emanating from the AM radio and cable television as well as the world wide online political blab-o-sphere that president Obama is a terrible strategist and negotiator. Laura Flanders, Paul Krugman (and all his little Kroogies), Robert Reich, Bill Press, Bill Maher, Thom Hartmann, Arianna Huffington, Cenk Uygur, Joan Walsh, Glenn

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-82081811074245933692011-07-26T03:39:00.003-04:002011-07-26T03:46:00.877-04:00

The Holy Modal Rounders - "Sky Divers"music vid:(the good-n-spacy part)*

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Worth the Read:4 Compromise - by Dennis G., at Balloon Juice.4 Neoliberal Jargon - by rootless_e., at The People's View.4 In response to Norway attacks, right-wing bloggers suddenly demand nuance - by Adam Serwer, at The Plum Line (Washington Post).4 Christian Jihad? Why We Should Worry About Right-Wing Terror Attacks Like Norway's in the US> - by Frank Schaeffer, at AlterNet.4 Can You See the

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Two vids featuring Southern Culture on the Skids"Come On Get It":and..."My House Has Wheels":*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-45757053971832927912011-06-25T01:17:00.002-04:002011-06-25T01:18:38.948-04:00

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the farmernoreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-87933849495965349032011-05-24T01:49:00.015-04:002011-05-24T23:19:28.069-04:00

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the farmernoreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-59276271706136142952011-05-20T03:08:00.015-04:002011-05-20T21:15:05.078-04:00

Nightly AmusementsThank God It's Friday:- Eve Angelical and the Hellfire Hotdogs - The 3%ersSayonara Saturday (doors open at 6pm):- The Annihilationism Blues Band (respect few, fear none)- Happy Camper Holidayand...- Cloud KookoolandSweet Hereafter Sunday:- Cold LeftoversBroadcast live via Rapture Roundup Radio End Note: Saturday, May 21 is NOT the end of the world. It's the Rapture. The actual

the farmernoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-77082360364725357302011-05-15T02:49:00.021-04:002011-05-16T00:50:40.760-04:00

Photos (click for full size view) of tornado damage in a nearby state forest. Damage from one of the tornados that spun out of the storms at the end of April. The road in the pics is an old Civilian Conservation Corp trail. *

the farmernoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-28682206849065797162011-05-14T02:39:00.003-04:002011-05-14T02:56:33.587-04:00

American exceptionalism:We’ve always known that America’s reign as the world’s greatest nation would eventually end. But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be something grand and tragic.What we’re getting instead is less a tragedy than a deadly farce.[...]How bad is it? It’s so bad that I miss Newt Gingrich.~ Paul Krugman; New York Times, Feb 7, 2010I miss quaaludes.*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-38022988123646207412011-05-08T01:33:00.001-04:002011-05-08T01:35:09.865-04:00

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the farmernoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-19732734653971397132011-05-03T01:32:00.003-04:002011-05-03T02:14:11.180-04:00

Osama Bin Laden sleeps with the fishes.Photo capture: from the Decorah Eagle Cam.*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-39429134600629185232011-04-26T02:53:00.006-04:002011-04-26T03:49:58.128-04:00

I suppose, if John J. Audubon were doomed for eternity to some avian Hell - punishment for all those innocent bird families he destroyed in the name of art and ornithology - his 226th birthday celebration party might look something like this:Guests would be invited.A cake of masticated mealworms, decorated with little bluebird eggs and candles made of rendered suet, would be brought in and placed

the farmernoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-76176876382583595112011-04-24T15:18:00.002-04:002011-04-24T15:25:39.621-04:00

Watch baby eagles 24 hours a day.Eagle Cam. Or click the Eagle Cam page link on the menu tab above.Live stream of the Decorah Eagles nest in Decorah Iowa. Hours and hours of hypnotic fun. *

the farmernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-49811951489990224402011-04-19T21:51:00.008-04:002011-04-20T00:36:52.355-04:00

above: Coney Island, circa 1900.above: Central Park, NYC, 1904(click image for bigger pic.)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-61756791713563789402011-04-02T04:33:00.003-04:002011-04-02T04:42:52.508-04:00

Raccoon arrives. Not very good pictures - tooken about an hour ago so it was dark and I didn't have time to adjust the camera correctly - but I did catch him hanging onto the edge of the birdfeeder for a couple seconds. *

the farmernoreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-44411599271632023622011-04-01T04:05:00.010-04:002011-04-01T06:20:50.512-04:00

CNN: the Cowardly News Network - The craven corporate media toadeaters at CNN perform a little bit of selective editing public relations work, on behalf of Rep. Sean Duffy and the Wisconsin GOP. See TPM story here: TPMand here: TPMRep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin:DUFFY: I guarantee you, most of you, I guarantee I have more debt than all of you. Six kids. I still pay off my student loans, I still pay

the farmernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-34665980067708448292011-03-24T04:37:00.007-04:002011-03-25T05:54:43.886-04:00

Starlings.Signs of The Fall - From the Dept. of Fractured FairytalesWho Took The Sheen Out Of The Snowbilly Crunchy Supreme - or - I Put My Cigarette Out In Your Moose Chili.President Sheen. President Charlie Sheen, that is:According to a new poll, independent voters say they favor Sheen over Sarah Palin by a 41/36 margin. USA TodayCertainly, this is good news for Meet the Press co-host John

the farmernoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-3403671107890416982011-03-18T02:17:00.001-04:002011-03-18T02:21:37.652-04:00

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the farmernoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-52995559891421986442011-03-17T02:36:00.012-04:002011-03-17T06:18:19.117-04:00

Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced - Dropkick Murphys (music vid):Blackguard IrishIf you're planning a visit to the movies, here's a link to a video clip from Kill The Irishman, which is a story about the real life Celtic Club mobster Danny Greene and his war with old time mobster/rackateer Alex Birns and the Italians in Cleveland, Ohio in the mid-late 1970s. Back when Cleveland became known as "Bomb City

the farmernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-32446068055922025832011-03-15T07:02:00.009-04:002011-03-15T15:28:32.762-04:00

See Media Matters.org: Fox News Discovers Nuclear Reactor In Japanese Disco.sidenote: The location of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in the graphic is correct. The city of Sendai is located north near the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant (Fukushima is the facility that was severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami. Not Onagawa.)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-72696947513046449412011-03-13T18:53:00.009-04:002011-03-14T14:32:39.692-04:00

Sign in photo above reads: "Madison cops drink coffee not tea"Photos from video of parade via You TubeMore parade video at WiscNewsVideo (YouTube): Wisconsin farmer Tony Schultz speaking in Madison.*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-30379400460257653542011-03-11T04:43:00.011-05:002011-03-11T12:16:46.499-05:00

[>] USGS latest quake page[>] NOAA tsunami warning page for Hawaii*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-70660593037848634992011-03-10T03:01:00.002-05:002011-03-10T03:08:52.461-05:00

Newt 2011:"There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate," said Gingrich. "And what I can tell you is that when I did things that were wrong, I wasn't trapped in situation ethics, I was doing things that were wrong, and yet, I was doing them. [TPM]Newt

the farmernoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-26895844253237008492011-03-07T02:32:00.012-05:002011-03-07T04:35:27.996-05:00

I wasn't expecting this much snow. I measured 14-16 inches of snow on a picnic table in my back yard and on the ground next to it. Haven't seen or heard a snow plow at all tonight and the road disappeared a long time ago so I know there is at least a foot of snow on that. And it's still snowing.It was also around this time last year that (See: The Great Snowicane of Feb 26, 2010) the Snow Demon

the farmernoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-38206516134444117802011-03-03T05:50:00.006-05:002011-03-03T20:47:09.214-05:00

Photo: three Apostle Islands Cheesebills perched on a wire outside my winter beachhouse south of Union Thug Bay, Wisconsin. (click photo for full size pic)> Fracking earthquakes in Arkansas: Atlanta Journal Constitution/AP> "Vinny Gorgeous" gets his daywear in court (again): Basciano needs to borrow tie from judge (NY Daily News).> Recall the Republicans in Wisconsin*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-81554911037103011542011-03-02T05:49:00.007-05:002011-03-02T07:24:56.842-05:00

What the fuck is going on with that anyway?What's with all this Charlie Sheen is a crazy monster stuff? I turn on my 19" digital tv to watch the new idiotic MSNBC lineup and am subjected to the shouty blabberings of a meathead like Cenk Ugyur - or whatever his name is - and the sanctimonious pontifications of dreary humorless scoldpottle Lawrence O'Donnell. All about something Charlie Sheen has

the farmernoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-11148441297139052622011-02-28T03:10:00.000-05:002011-02-28T03:20:45.571-05:00

Junco(click for bigger pic)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-21642537757303486802011-02-28T03:06:00.005-05:002011-02-28T03:18:03.547-05:00

NYTimes, Feb 26, 2010: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers...thousands of internal documents obtained by The New York Times from the Environmental Protection Agency, state regulators and drillers show that the dangers to the environment and health are greater than previously understood. The documents reveal that the wastewater, which is sometimes hauled to sewage plants not

the farmernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-10452377636454023552011-02-23T22:29:00.005-05:002011-02-23T23:52:47.854-05:00

From Mother Jones this conversation with (now former) Indiana deputy attorney general Jeff Cox. On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators out of the Wisconsin capitol building—something that didn't end up happening—one Twitter user sent out a chilling public response: "Use live ammunition."From my own Twitter account, I

the farmernoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-4013676791511576592011-02-20T03:10:00.011-05:002011-02-23T16:52:37.137-05:00

(click for bigger pic)||| update |||Governor Koch WhoreGov. Scott Walker knows whose side he's on. Has a candid discussion with his sugar daddy "David Koch".Via Rumproast YouTube audio of conversation between Gov. Scott Walker and Buffalo Beast.com editor Ian Murphy pretending to be David Koch. Snip from approx 10 minute mark in second audio/vid:["Koch"]: Ha ha ha ha. Well, I'll tell you what

the farmernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-43733089707705169882011-02-17T19:18:00.003-05:002011-02-17T19:32:35.367-05:00

Music Vid:Billy Bragg, There Is Power In A Union~::~::~::~::~"Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive or active collaboration in the oppression of others, and from the deep recognition of our most expansive self-interest. From the recognition that, like it or not, our liberation is bound up with that of

the farmernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-57833913860756258352011-02-17T02:58:00.008-05:002011-02-17T13:29:10.821-05:00

click photo for much bigger picture.Green Bay Packers back union bargaining rightsPresent and former members of the Green Bay Packers, all members of the National Football League Players Association, have signed a letter in support of the AFL-CIO's efforts to derail Gov. Scott Walker's plan to cut some union bargaining rights.[...]The statements reads: "We know that it is teamwork on and off the

the farmernoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-18684072598943423902011-02-15T22:54:00.007-05:002011-02-15T23:13:32.840-05:00

Continue playing Separarted at Birth*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-14475271815825963542011-02-12T01:17:00.004-05:002011-02-12T01:35:35.458-05:00

Feb 8.(click for big pic)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-53876511262027454042011-02-09T18:59:00.003-05:002011-02-09T19:05:58.765-05:00

Flying Tits.( click image for full size pic )*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-8709674106188823212011-02-03T02:46:00.003-05:002011-02-03T02:48:28.493-05:00

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the farmernoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-17574402915830700362011-02-01T04:51:00.005-05:002011-02-02T00:24:45.511-05:00

painting by American folk artist, aka: pansypoo.*

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Hey, it's another Flicker pic. But this one shows the yellow in the tail feathers and the red steer-like marking on the back of the head And...A female Red-bellied Woodpecker.(click pics for bigger photo)*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-51237863876737222982011-01-07T04:45:00.003-05:002011-01-07T18:06:41.990-05:00

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Caught this poor bastard trying to stay out of the wind while grabbing a quick bite to eat. (clicker for bigger picture)

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.*

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I tried to take a night shot of the moon and the lunar eclipse from the back yard but it was too cloudy. So this is what it looked like, to the camera, just after midnight.click for bigger pic*

the farmernoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-62947126582810087472010-12-18T18:05:00.019-05:002010-12-19T18:55:02.353-05:00

[1] Military service gets a little more fabulous. Senate defeats DADT, 65-31.[2] Video (by Kevin K. at Rumproast): Obama Took My Peanuts.[3] PolitiFact.com awards Lie of the Year to Republican Party actors and directors. Frank Luntz producer.PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government takeover of health care'The Republican talking point was the most pervasive falsehood of the year, used hundreds

the farmernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110278187205151444.post-53796803999029609732010-12-07T00:32:00.003-05:002010-12-12T01:19:20.718-05:00

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