Thus Spake Russ

Posted By Russ on May 20, 2013 at 12:10 pm

• RT @AaronWorthing: Nothing is more pro-life than executing a serial killer. #Gosnell because pro-life really means "pro-INNOCENT-life." @jo… ->
• RT @iowahawkblog: If you think Benghazi & IRS are bad only insofar as they "help the GOP," you are a pathetic moral cretin. ->
• How does someone as monumentally stupid as Tamara Holder survive to adulthood? The gene pool was better off when such idiocy was terminal. ->
• RT @CuffyMeh: Right now @AP reporters are ripping up the back of their notebooks where they daydreamingly wrote ? Mrs. AP Obama ? ->
• RT @NolteNC: Hi @AP – See what sucking up to Obama got you? He didn't even leave money on the dresser. ->
• RT @NolteNC: Shorter Jay Carney: "Listen, media, the President doesn't know Sh*t, okay?" ->
• RT @LadyLNorth: Did you mean Pederast Harry Reid? MT @RBPundit: Harry Reid just said what led to murder charges in #Gosnell was that place … ->
• So it turns out Packet likes corn nuts. Cats are weirder than I ever imagined. Weirder than I *can* imagine. ->
• RT @iowahawkblog: The US Dept of Justice is apparently the paramilitary wing of Media Matters. ->
• RT @jslconsulting: Lie. Lie about lying. Send Carney out to lie some more. Golf. Fundraise. Blame Bush. Lie about something else. Repeat. ->
• If I could bottle the smell of my kitchen right now, I'd be richer than Croesus. Um… is "Croesus" on the IRS' hit list? ->
• RT @SooperMexican: shut up hippies. ->
• RT @cameronpickford: Surprised to see the Marines holding the President's umbrella. Usually it's the Media providing cover for Obama. ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: What's up with Steve Miller's hair? He looks like Daniel Boone had sex with William Shatner's toupee. ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: Government is a corporation whose main business is auctioning the power to coerce one group of people off to another gro… ->

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Posted By Russ on May 13, 2013 at 10:00 am

• Thunder, boom. Rain, splash. ->
• Today is Kitteh Attention Day. Plenty of snuggles, belleh rubz, noms, playing, and nose boops. In other words, a very good day indeed. ->
• RT @CuffyMeh: All I know is these #Benghazi whistle blowers had better not make a shitty YouTube video. ->
• Dick Harpootlian is proof that, Southern a upbringing with grace and manners notwithstanding, being a leftist can make you a Dick. ->
• RT @TheNardvark: Before Walmart existed, where did overweight families in Stone Cold Steve Austin t-shirts go to practice yelling each othe… ->
• RT @CatsPolitics: It's Spock (@TheRealNimoy) vs. Spock (@ZacharyQuinto) in the greatest commercial ever filmed! http://t.co/SJSnjvS1MR ->
• RT @PoliticsOfFear: In Japan, #RedEye is called “Super Libertarian Force Team 7 Go!” It’s on right after Tiger & Bunny. ->
• RT @Doc_0: Hey, media, while you were sleeping, a whistleblower testified that Hillary's freaking chief of staff called him to arrange a co… ->
• RT @Doc_0: If the media WAS covering these hearings, behavior of Dems would be almost as damaging as the testimony. ->
• This Cleveland hostage thing makes me hope/pray for a happy ending in the case of @michellemalkin 's missing cousin. http://t.co/3ERa68PgBM ->
• MT @iowahawkblog: If you need latest Jodie Arias trial updates, go out in the garage and listen to it on the radio. With the engine running. ->
• RT @gabrielmalor: If a Republican had said "Death is a part of life" at Newtown hearing, crows would be picking apart his disembowled corps… ->
• RT @Doc_0: WH spox says changes to Benghazi talking points were "stylistic." Yes, I believe that style is called "lying." ->
• RT @jimgeraghty: If you don't believe that today's testimony points to a cover-up, I'd really like to know what you would need to see to be… ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: as I just said to @nicksearcy: "There is never any escape from the prison of one's own genius." ->
• These "Lifestyle Lift" ads seriously creep me out. The pasted-on smiles… (shudder.) And whatever happened to aging gracefully? ->
• .@Tweetdeck Remove FB cross-post capability? Seriously? Are you effing nuts? Time to look for another app. ->
• .@sallykohn The lies were to cover up the admin's total incompetence during an election season. More important to get reelected. #Benghazi ->
• "Shill… I mean *Sally* Kohn fails to realize or admit that the lies were meant to cover up the…" — Russ Emerson http://t.co/kHYJPpOxYv ->
• This week is "Ethics Week" at work. In honor thereof, I have postponed my massive theft of printer toner until next week. ->
• RT @prodigalsam: It’s like squirrels have no idea how incredible they’d be at parkour. ->
• It bothers me a bit that I already know exactly what I would do, and to who, if I ever wanted to be sent to Club Fed for cyber terrorism. ->
• I'm pretty sure I don't need a Celebrex ad to know I should get help if I experience swelling of my face or throat. That's kind of a given. ->
• RT @iowahawkblog: #IRS First they came for the Tea Partiers, then they came for the Jews http://t.co/0XJYlME9bj ->
• When did Dennis Kucinich become a Fox News contributor? ->

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Posted By Russ on May 6, 2013 at 10:00 am

• How is it that I, an adult American male, don't have any duct tape in any drawer in my kitchen? ->
• Dems love guns. No, really. Stop laughing. http://t.co/63SlFwijev via @rare ->
• TANSTAAFL, idiots. // RT @TheDemocrats: 54 million Americans now have free coverage for preventative services. #ObamaCare ->
• OK, Kismet, just because you're a cat and not a dog doesn't make farting any more acceptable. Knock it off. ->
• RT @RGIII: In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness ->
• Packet will eat food he has otherwise rejected if it's microwaved for a few seconds. The lesson: cats are weird. ->
• RT @CuffyMeh: Give Carney a break. Benghazi recedes into the mists of time after you've allowed the 1st terrorist bombing on US soil since … ->
• May 5, 1pm in North Carolina. It's 55 degrees out. Where is Al Gore, and may I deliver him a richly-deserved beating? ->

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Posted By Russ on April 29, 2013 at 10:00 am

• New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Gotcha Day – http://t.co/uTagiNaKyy ->
• So, some in the Senate want to tax internet sales. Is there *anything* they look at without thinking about how to tax it? Greedy SOBs. ->
• The government should update its motto: "Est, ergo tributum" – It exists, therefore, tax it. ->
• RT @Heminator: When they catch the @AP hacker, I hope they argue his conduct was "undocumented" rather than "illegal." ->
• True Fact: both Korean and Japanese use a word borrowed from German – "arbeit" – for the phrase "part time job." ->
• Based on what's in the box I just got, Amazon must have a warehouse the size of Indiana, a team of psychics, or amazing predictive software. ->
• Happy Birthday, #freemumia. I hope it's your last. How many birthdays did you take from Daniel Faulkner? ->
• I don't like 100% of what he did in office (maybe 85%), but there's no denying that GWBush is a fundamentally and sincerely decent man. ->
• RT @billhobbs: Really looking forward to President Ted Cruz speaking at the dedication of Barack Obama's library. ->
• RT @AnthonyBialy: Obama was classy enough to praise Bush. And Bush was classy enough to not thank the incumbent for making him look better … ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: I'm pretty shocked to see the mother of a jihadi swearing he's innocent and framed by the Jews and otherwise stoking gri… ->
• I spotted and diagnosed a problem FOUR HOURS AGO… and the conference call is still ongoing. I'm not allowed to fix it myself. Argghhh. ->
• My DVR appears to have just shuffled off this mortal coil. Naturally this happens on a Saturday just as my work day begins. ->
• Can you name the broadcast networks' nightly news anchors? The editor of your local newspaper? I can't. The legacy media is dying. #tcot ->

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Posted By Russ on April 22, 2013 at 12:11 pm

It’s hard to believe, but it was five years ago today that I brought the lads here to their forever home.

Kismet and Packet are such opposites in so many ways, and yet remain best buddies. I’m happy to have them.

Sometimes I wonder if the purpose of my existence now is to be the life support system for these lads. If that’s so, I’m fine with it.

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Tags: gotcha, Kismet, Packet

Posted By Russ on April 22, 2013 at 10:00 am

• RT @PoliticsOfFear: WTF? RT @MelissaTweets: WTH? RT @joebrooks: CNN's Wolf Blitzer just speculated if anti-tax groups were behind the bo … ->
• Events in # Boston just won't seem real until NY mayor Bloomberg blames things on the Tea party. ->
• RT @KurtSchlichter: Some scumbag plants some bombs and we're supposed to be scared, to freak out, to cower? The hell with that. #USA ->
• It wasn't all that many years ago that days like today happened every week in Israel. I know it, I just have a hard time imagining it. ->
• RT @bob_owens: You know #CAIR wasn't involved in today's attacks by the fact they didn't start apologizing for it yesterday. ->
• Boston is in Mass. Mass is a rite of the Catholic Church. Therefore, Opus Dei did it. #CSIChrisMatthews ->
• Good. They ought to. // RT @NRANews: John Kerry: Guns in U.S. scare foreigners – http://t.co/dk84QorRea #NRA (via @Politico) ->
• So it turns out Kismet likes guacamole. I have no point to make, I just felt I was long overdue for a mention of a cat. ->
• RT @Doc_0: I'm so glad Robert Redford had the courage to bring us a movie glorifying bombers this year. ->
• New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Boston Bombing Speculation – http://t.co/EMsfDJ52qz ->
• RT @bob_owens: I'm unveiling an alternative-alternative gun bill tomorrow morning. It consists of a single finger. ->
• RT @rsmccain: Boston Bombing Speculation http://t.co/GrTWcEhP1n – via @RussEmerson | Obviously, it was @AmandaMarcotte! ->
• I'm not really sure what underlaying medical reason might require ongoing use of catheters, but the TV ads make me want to buy them anyway. ->
• Four of the best words ever uttered on TV: "… subbing for Sheperd Smith." ->
• RT @bob_owens: CNN/CBS Suspect ID'd as dark-skinned white male female. Photo- http://t.co/dq7Fs5e8JE ->
• We have a new litterbox. Kismet was fairly dancing with eagerness to try it out. Twice. ->
• RT @Kiser: 90% of Americans want lower unemployment too but Obama couldn't manage that one either. ->
• New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Birthday Boy Kismet – http://t.co/DM8rlNBB2C ->
• RT @KurtSchlichter: Ivy League students and faculty have murdered more people than all the Tea Partiers' assault rifles combined. #Caring ->
• RT @gatewaypundit: Just wondering… Is there a #WeatherUnderground prof teaching at Brown University? ->
• RT @rsmccain: YES: Reports are contradictory and confusing. This is what breaking news is like. By lunchtime, we'll know what actually … ->
• MSNBC staffers are at this very moment scrambling to find a way to make Che Guevara a Tea Party icon. ->
• RT @ljmabouttown: THIS. “This week is so bad that an Elvis-impersonating conspiracy theorist sent poison to Obama and THAT'S LIKE THE TENTH… ->

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Posted By Russ on April 18, 2013 at 2:25 pm

This week is Kismet’s turn for a birthday celebration. He, like his brother, is six years old.

He’s as friendly as a puppy, as playful as a kitten, and a constant companion. As with his brother, I hope for many more years with him.

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Posted By Russ on April 16, 2013 at 3:52 pm

After a full day of thinking over the events of yesterday, I believe I know who perpetrated the terrible bombing in Boston, and just as importantly, why.

I believe the evidence will ultimately show that the bombing was carried out by agents of the Amanda Marcotte Uterine Liberation Front (AMULF), in a clearly successful effort to drive news coverage of the Kermit Gosnell trial out of the media.

Now: just how stupid did that sound? Mind-bogglingly, or merely breathtakingly?

And yet, the clear idiocy of making such speculations, particularly in the complete absence of any evidence whatsoever, was not enough to deter certain elements of the Left-wing Media — most notably, and utterly predictably, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews — from immediately pointing fingers at their favorite whipping-boys, the Right in general and specifically the Tea Party.

Never mind that there’s never once been an act of violence initiated by Tea Partiers qua Tea Partiers. Never mind that in virtually every case in US history, bombings have been the method of choice of hardcore leftists (including Obama’s mentor, Bill Ayers.)

Instead, consider how thoroughly such speculation and finger pointing offends the objects of such speculation, as well as offending Reason itself.

My opening paragraphs, I hope, illustrated that point.

No, the point of such speculation from the Left is two-fold: first, to gin up hatred of their ideological opponents (they would say “enemies”), and second, failing the creation of hatred, to at least plant in the heads of the weak-minded that “those Tea Party types are violent,” et cetera, ad nauseum.

Former SecDef Donald Rumsfeld famously expounded on the concept of “known unknowns” — that is, things we know we don’t know. In the case of Boston, we know we don’t know who did it, or why, or whether the intent was anything other than to create carnage and mayhem.

We. Do. Not. Know.

It would be nice if the bulk of the media would report things “squarely,” and “on the level.” But I’m not going to hold my breath.

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Tags: liars, media, punditry fail

Posted By Russ on April 15, 2013 at 10:00 am

• RIP Margaret Thatcher. I would gladly have a woman like her as President, instead of some shrill harpy like Hillary Clinton. #tcot ->
• RT @mitrebox: Melissa Harris-Perry has more forehead than she has name. ->
• Seeing crowds celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher pushes me just a little closer to understanding the urge to snipe from a tower. ->
• RT @SarahPalinUSA: Dear MSNBC, if our kids belong to you, do your kids belong to us too? If so, can we take them hunting after church in … ->
• Debating whether to shut off the lights, the PC, the phone… everything… and indulge in an evening of wild uninhibited Netflix viewing. ->
• RT @adamsbaldwin: Shorter @MHarrisPerry: “I want children to grow up to agree or disagree with me… but disagreeing with me is hateful.” … ->
• RT @adamsbaldwin: Shorter @MHarrisPerry: “We have a collective responsibility to the children of our communities… but not innocent unbor … ->
• New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Birthday Boy Packet – http://t.co/DcAdkqoxP8 ->
• Typical Obama. During a Medal of Honor ceremony he has to try to bring himself into the story. What a narcissistic jackass. ->
• RT @CatsPolitics: #ProTip: When meeting a dog or cat you've never met before, reaching over their head to pet them is a quick way to get … ->
• Google "Kermit Gosnell" and then ponder whether "pro-choice" extremism is or is not a cult of Death worship. ->
• RIP, Jonathan Winters. You were a good man. ->
• I met Jonathan Winters once – he lived in my hometown. I was home on leave from the Army, and stopped at the local gas station … ->
• … the gas station owner, who I'd known since I was a kid, said "hey, there's someone I'd like you to meet." So I got out of the car … ->
• … and there was Jonathan Winters. You could have knocked me over with a feather. He immediately cracked a joke about my height … ->
• … and then he noticed my haircut, which at the time was kind of high & tight. "Marine?" he asked me. I admitted to being in the Army … ->
• … He replied, "well, no one's perfect." He, of course, had been a Marine. We chatted for a while about current events … ->
• … This was in 1990, only a month or so after I got back from Korea, and during the build-up prior to Gulf War 1… ->
• … He thanked me for my service, and I returned the compliment. For 10-15 minutes, we (and a couple other, older guys) shot the breeze … ->
• … He wasn't "performing," but he was a funny funny man – there was a lot of laughing. I was sad that I had someplace I had to be … ->
• … so I unfortunately had to beg off and leave. Jonathan Winters Saluted, I saluted back, and left … ->
• I'll never, ever forget Jonathan Winters, and how genuinely nice, funny, and decent he was to me, a complete stranger. ->
• Colleague: "Do you get the Executive Briefs?" Me: "No, I prefer boxers." ->

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Posted By Russ on April 11, 2013 at 2:07 pm

HRSIF* Packet is six years old today.

Here he is, celebrating the day in his customary manner:

His extreme floofiness is easily mistaken for excess poundage; in fact, he is a couple of pounds lighter than his little brother Kismet.

* His Royal, Serene and Imperial Fluffiness.

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