Oyster Roundup Half Portion
~Thick and fast they came at last…
Today we’ll be dining light on a dainty half-portion of oysters – Dapper Dan, the Quitter, and a million dollar murder. Slurp ’em up!
Dapper Dan and the Homeless Man, Part II
Remember the homeless man protesting Mayor Dan Sullivan’s treatment of the homeless? It turns out that Johnathan Martin has a criminal record, and the Mayor is using that talking point to the press and right wing radio.
“I try to limit my discussion with first-degree sex offenders,” he told reporters.(snip) Sullivan said, “I don’t think he properly represents the homeless issue given his background.”
Quite amusing considering that a well-known sex offender sits on the advisory commission to the Board of Fish and Game. You know… the guy endorsed by the Conservative Patriots Group. Would the Mayor not meet with him?
But then we find the real problem.
Sullivan said the man would have to “clean up and make himself presentable as a good self-worthy human being would do,” as well as filling out a form in the mayor’s office if he wants to have a legitimate meeting.
So, as long as he makes himself presentable to the Mayor’s standards, then he’ll overlook all that other stuff he just said for effect. The mayor may want to note that the homeless can have clean clothes and a bath and they’ll be “presentable.” But the mayor could spend all day in the shower and still be slimy.
Poll Shows Palin Inching Out Bachmann for Republicans?
An ABC News – Washington Post poll
(ASKED OF LEANED REPUBLICANS) If the 2012 Republican presidential primary or caucus in your state were being held today, and the candidates were (Michele Bachmann), (Herman Cain), (Newt Gingrich), (Jon Huntsman), (Sarah Palin), (Ron Paul), (Tim Pawlenty), (Rick Perry), (Mitt Romney), (Rick Santorum). For whom would you vote? Which candidate would you lean toward?
NET LEANED VOTE PREFERENCE AMONG RVs 7/17/11 7/17/11 Mitt Romney 26 26 Sarah Palin 18 16Michele Bachmann 12 13 Ron Paul 9 7 Rick Perry 8 8 Herman Cain 6 7 Newt Gingrich 5 4 Jon Huntsman 3 3 Tim Pawlenty 2 2 Rick Santorum 2 2 Other (vol.) 1 1 No one/None of them (vol.) 1 1 Would not vote (vol.) 1 * No opinion 8 8
Alaska Dispatch reports that “According to Iowa’s Des Moines Register, Republican National Committee member Steve Scheffler says he’ll be “lobbying hard” to include Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, undeclared but potential presidential candidates, on the Aug. 13 Iowa Straw Poll ballot.”
Next time you spill a little red wine, remember this. An out-of-contol forklift had a little accident the other day, involving dropping a container of Australian Shiraz worth one million dollars. Oops.
The winemaker, Sparky Marquis arrived at the site of the accident and said, “it was like a murder scene, but it smelled phenomenal.”
462 cases of Mollydooker “Velvet Glove” (which apparently they were not handled with) were involved in the accident, and each bottle was worth $200. No speculation yet about how much seltzer it will take to get THAT out.
I noticed this afternoon that Johnathan Martin had chair to sit on. Guess we’ll have to outlaw chairs on the sidewalk next…
Perry/Palin. That ought to stir up things. Yikes.
My favorites continue to be “trump/palin. You’re Fired! I Quit!”
Scorpie@ 6
Yes, I heard that on WHO.
I have been bombbarded with telephone calls asking me to take a 5 min survey. I was willing to answer the questions the first time. it was fun to answer NO to all the questions, but I keep getting these calls two and three times a day asking I take the 5 min survey. And wouldn’t you know, I can’t tell them to Stop calling.
One of the questions was asking if I would vote in the straw poll. And then they proceeded to ask if I would vote for——–and went down the list of canididates. Whew—-that’s what took the 5 mins.
“Debt ceiling negotiators think they’ve hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public’s unwillingness to let go of benefits”
Wait. I thought this was a problem because republicans refuse to increase revenue. Our President has been willing to negotiate. The Republicans keep walking away from the table. Creating a “super Congeress?” To do the job you were hired to do? Are you SERIOUS!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23/super-congress-debt-ceiling_n_907887.html
Worth noting that the Anchorage Daily News is no longer featuring a box on the front page of their Internet site devoted to news about Sarah Palin. Hmmm, News Corp (Fox) belly ached at length about Sarah’s emails being hacked, but has been silent about its own phone and email hacking. Maybe McClatchy Corp. is doing News Corp a favor, or maybe Sarah isn’t news any more?
“Quite amusing considering that a well-known sex offender sits on the advisory commission to the Board of Fish and Game. You know… the guy endorsed by the Conservative Patriots Group. Would the Mayor not meet with him?”
He is not the only sex offender our Mayor Sullivan knows.
Mayor Sullivan’s selectee, Dwight “Sam” O’Connor, for the Anchorage Police Safety Advisory Commission, is accused of rape this week.
http://www.adn.com/2011/07/22/1980203/advisory-commissioner-charged.
That link doesn’t appear to be working, Bretta. Here’s an ADN article from today [the 23rd] about this “public safery” kcirp. beth.
Here: “Public safety stalwart jailed on rape charges —
THREE COUNTS: O’Connor active with local patrols, anti-prostitution.” http://www.adn.com/2011/07/22/1980203/advisory-commissioner-charged.html#ixzz1SzroE0vE
*safety. b.
It seems that the repub party in Iowa is not going to allow Perry or Palin to be on the ballot for Ames Straw Poll. Too bad~
I love this oyster picture. It’s the first Alice in wonderland picture I ever saw, and I thought it was of little tiny children in baby bonnets, having never seen an oyster.
And then you slimed it with Sully–or sullied it with Slime. Take your pick! 🙂
🙂 indeed
Man, the heat must have slowed me down more than I realize.
It took me a while, and only after carefully reading the fine print, did I finally understand what “Leaned Republicans” were.
Which way would you lean? I’d lean so far away from those candidates, that I’d topple over.
BTW – AKM, loved the “Sullivan-shower-slimy sentence. That will pop up in my head every time I see his name from now on. What fun (sad though Sullivan is —- sad Sullivan still slimy).
I am wondering if it will be OK to stand on the sidewalk, or lean on a light pole, or sit on the grass in the park if you aren’t wearing clean clothes? I saw a new report on this last night with a quote from the m. sully and video images of Mr. Martin. Seems they spent some time shooting the video from a perspective that allowed you to view the bottom of his calloused and not so clean looking feet while airing the story. nice touch, channel 11. They did not interview the man sitting on the sidewalk. So much for the man on the street story.
“…But the mayor could spend all day in the shower and still be slimy.”
Good one!!
shaking my head. what’s the world come to? atleast with this post AKM it was all washed away with a million dollars in wine??!! LOL
Too bad it didn’t wash SP away too!!
Ouch, hope they were insured. Do you realize that amounts to $92,400???
Our most expensive wine is $40 a bottle. I can’t imagine paying $200, although my boss just got home from France and said he tasted the most heavenly wine over that that cost that.
As hot as it is, I’m sticking to iced tea!
tigerwine… I am a firm believer in the “cost versus benefit” ratio!
Prosit, Cheerio, and for the benefit of your boss: a votre sante!
Thanks for the toasts, Diagonal!
Along the same line as your “cost vs. benefit” ratio, I find that the more you pay for something, the more careful you are of it. Take for example the $2/# I paid for yellow squash at an organic flea market last Saturday. $2 gave me 4 medium squash. As the local stores are selling it for .98/#. I thought this was pricey.
I’m not a big fan of organic foods as such: there are no government guidelines for organically grown stuff like there is regular commercial crops. But, if the price is right, I will buy the organic. So, I get the squash home, and try to figure how I can get the most enjoyment out of it. Since I live alone, it will make me 3 meals: 1. I sliced it cross-wise, battered it, and fried it. 2. I steamed the 3 remaining squash, and served it with home-grown dill and butter. 3. The next day, I drained the leftovers really good, added egg, spices (cumin is my favorite), onion and flour, crumbs or oats. Mixture should be really thick. Made these into patties and sauteed them. They are so good they take the place of meat to me. I probably would never have bothered with all this if I had just grabbed up a handful at the store!
Your cost vs. ratio got me thinking. Thanks!
I remember drinking “Mad Dog” 20/20 in college. Not quite in the same category as the spilled swill, but a step up from Ripple, we thought… 😉
Yeah, but with Ripple, you could drink a pint of water and ‘re-activate’ the drunk — whether you wanted to or not, you’d end up the following day with a whomping headache *and* be unable (still!) to pass a sobriety test. You couldn’t do that quite as easily with the ‘pricier’, more ‘sophisticated’ wines. 😉 beth.
At FSU, we were into Boones Farm wine back in the day…..
Sing along with Arlo Guthrie, anyone?
“I don’t need no diamond ring
I don’t need no Cadillac car
Just want to drink my Ripple wine
down in the Lightning Bar…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcpdrX6oxDs
Boone’s Farm Strawberry Fields (passing the bottle to ben)
Manishewitz,also, too, being a nice Jewish girl…
L’Chaim!
May I nit pick, please? If it were $200 a case, yes the total would be $92,400. But since I believe a case contains 12 bottles, at $200 a bottle, it comes to $1,108,800. Sigh, I have the soul of an accountant. Or is that a contradiction in terms? 🙂