I Got Nothing Open Thread...

Sorry, people of CommentaramaPolitics. I've got nothing I want to write about today. I know, I know, me without an opinion about something? How can that be? Hey it happens. But to make it up to you, here are some photos of puppies and kittens...

Cute little puppy. This one doesn't have enough doggie DNA to actually BE a dog, right?

A cute kitten. Now I am not that fond of cats, but this one is just too cute.

And a tiny pink piggie...sadly, they do not stay this small and cute.

And what could be more fun that a tiny pig eating an ice cream cone at a tiny picnic table!










Ooooooohhhhhmmmmmm. Now I feel a little better. So anyone have anything to talk about?

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Finally We Can Put This Controversy To Rest!

Of all the great controversies that have confounded humankind for generations, nothing could be more perplexing and wrought with strife than this one. How many wars have been started and how many families have been broken apart over this all-important issue? This is serious business. Come on, you know that you have had this argument at least once in your life. Admit it. What is this all important issue? Without further adieu...Drumroooooooollll, please....

Which way the toilet paper should roll out of the toilet roll - over or under?

Well, now this issue can finally be put to rest. After years of fighting and gnashing and rolls of two-ply Charmin flying across the bathroom, some wise person finally thought to just look up the patent.

Now THIS is truly a settled science. Let's us never speak of this again...

But if you want to speak of other issues, be my guest.

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St. Patrick's Day Celebration

I know we have lately had some issues with "the Irish", but it's St. Patrick's Day, y'all! Can't we make nice?

Just to get things started, did you know that St. Patrick wasn't even Irish? Yeah, he was actually British, then part of the Roman Empire. March 17 is actually the date St. Patrick died in 461 A.D. Oh, heck, here is everything you'd ever want to know from the History Channel...Bet You Didn't Know - St. Patrick's Day

So, to celebrate the death day of the Patron Saint of Ireland who wasn't even Irish, put on something green, go out to a local Irish pub, and raise a glass or three to the fact that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland...well, except that there have never been any snakes in Ireland. Something to do with global warming, I think. And that he would use the shamrock to teach about the Trinity except that the shamrock doesn't really exist...[Oh, just watch the videos]

If all of this is just a bit too confusing, please feel free to change the subject.

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Open Thread Day!

I am travelling today, so I didn't have time to prepare anything. But all is not lost! We can have an Open Thread Day! Feel free to tell us your best joke, post your favorite poem, or maybe expound on why 47 Republicans sent an open letter to Iran. Whatever floats your boat.

If nothing else, we could talk weather or speculate on what that mysterious greenish fireball could have been that was swooshing through Colorado yesterday !

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Panic and Oscar Night Peeves...

I am in panic mode because I just can't find anything that interests me to write about tonight. Does anybody have any ideas? Maybe a very brief Oscars recap...

I was going to wax poetic about the irony of Patricia Arquette's acceptance/political speech where she yammered on about "income equality for women" as she carried her $150K bag of free swag while wearing her free designer evening gown. But that's been done to death.

Or how the Oscar host Neil Patrick Harris was really great up to point where he stripped down to his tightey whities. Yeah, yeah, it was a sight gag for Birdman, but seriously. That was after the cringe-worthy and ill-placed snipe "It takes a lot of balls to wear that dress." after one of Best Documentary winners for "Crisis Hotline" about a VA hotline for suicidal soldiers reveals that her son committed suicide. Poor Patrick apparently wasn't listening to her acceptance speech on the backstage monitors while he was changing his tux for the umpteenth time. Well, at least he was still wearing clothes when he said it.

Or when Sean Penn jokingly exclaimed “Who gave this sonofabitch a green card?” when he was giving out the "Best Director" Oscar to his good friend “Birdman” director Alejandro González Iñárritu. That caused quite the stir with the Mexican/Immigrant lobby.

Or when they religated Maureen O'Hare's "Lifetime Achievement" Oscar to a brief mention included with the other unworthy awards for primetime. In their defense, she was in a wheelchair and barely able to speak, but didn't she deserve a little more time and dignity for her achievements than that?

Or while AMPAS president Cheryl Boone Isaacs gave her very long speech espousing “We have a responsibility that no one’s voice is silenced by threats. A responsibility to protect freedom of expression,” all I could do was I inserted "except for conservatives" after every sentence.

I know, I am jaded. But I will say one positive thing - Lady Gaga has got some pipes! I am so glad she has finally gotten passed all of those ridiculous costumes that she was hiding behind and has shown everyone once and for all that she...can...REALLY...sing!

Anyway, anyone have any other favorite or peevish moments in the Oscars? As always feel free to change the subject to anything...

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Mercury Open Thread

I know that I said I would make it up to you for not being able to post on Tuesday, but blame Mercury. Yeah, that dastardly planet that goes all retrograde and makes life on Earth a living Hades.

So until Mercury gets its act together by the end of the weekend which by the way will end in a huge snow storm [Heck, why not?], we might as well enjoy the disruptions like getting caught at the airport for 12 hours twice in two days trying to get home and then when we finally land at our destination...we sit on the tarmac waiting for an hour to get to a gate...then just as we are about to deplane, the jetway gets stuck and we can't get off the plane for another 40 minutes. That's when I contemplated faking a heart attack just to move things along...then reconsider because spending another 12 hours at notorious Rikers Island...okay, my Mercury is really retrograding right now.

So forgive me. While I curl up in a giant ball and curse Mercury, let's open the floor to discuss anything...but Mercury. I hate Mercury.

By the way, have you read that Spanish scientists have possibly discovered two new planets beyond Neptune?

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