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- In The Mailbox: 02.28.23 (Afternoon Edition) : The Other McCain on Hey, longtime pw readers…
- In The Mailbox: 12.23.22 : The Other McCain on Patrick J. Carroll truly IS a sad, embittered psychopath
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We can hope.
But…but…BINDERS! BIG BIRD!!11!!!1!
Barry is fiddling, while Oba-Rome burns.
Obama just doesn’t get it, does he? You don’t use the dead as props for a political speech and you don’t discuss their murder on a comedy show. After almost 4 years he still doesn’t take his position as president seriously (Chicago political hack, through and through).
One & Done.
so we have the satisfaction of having called it right in 2008 – this guy is a POS who is unfit for the job.
Why do I have this feeling that we’re not on the cusp of another great recovery? I am so glad that it looks like Mitt is going to win, just because I think I’ve got more time to prepare…
anyone have advice on mini cows vs. milk goats?
wheels clown car dept.
Biden now waving binders around during his stump speech
And the wretched Obama administration has now returned to complete silence when asked questions of matters regarding the Benghazi attacks and murders. Thus they believe to recapture the White House, that place of residence which only nominally belongs to those to whom the Obama administration will not speak.
nr – ever get the feeling that a few years from now, when it comes out the Biden has Alzheimers or something, that those in the MSM who have found old uncle Joe so charming and funny will claim they just knew something might have been off?
Biden’s clown car is strapped onto a flatbed. On a long train which they have placed us all onboard. Would that the engineer wakes in time.
I’m sitting around in Jacksonville tonight. So glad Tennessee is out of play; these incessant Bammy TV ads are driving me crazy.
Cows, and especially minicows, are civilized constructs, created by and dependant on humans.
Goats are four legged garbage disposals, tough as nails, and will likely outlive humanity.
Same for burros, there is a reason early man and the modern third world loves goats and burros.
Albert Finney rocks.
– Thats probably why you don’t run across many cows in the Sahara.
One regular sized cow can feed a family of four to six, especially if you get one that produces many pounds of milk a day and you are punctual about milking her morning and evening. Cattle are prone to quite a few oddities of the digestive system since they have so many stomachs, though. You need to get to know a rancher or a dairy farmer and/or a large animal veterinarian if you go that way. Elsie gets torsion (twisted stomach) and she’ll be dead in a day or two.
I’m with BBH, goats are near to indistructable eating machines. If you need some ground cleared for a vegetable garden, stake Billy and Nanny out there and let them mow through everything in sight. Additionally, there are meat goats and milk goats. I find goat’s milk disgusting but it can be made into cheese and soaps. Meat goats you fatten up and then slaughter them in the fall. Beware though. Goats have a reputation for being mean bastards and they have earned it. Teach them who is boss or you’ll come to live in fear of the bearded menaces.
Burros? I got nothing. My neighbors have mules and they are—mulish.
Just watched Bret Baier’s special report on Libya. It runs again at 1:00 ET. You should all watch/DVR it. You’ll know a hell of a lot more about exactly what happened than Bumblefuck does. But if you want to find the #1 suspect, it’s better to work for the NYT.
Suspect in Libya Attack, in Plain Sight, Scoffs at U.S.
“…Bret Baier’s special report on Libya…”
It was reasonably good. I hope they post it to YouTube as they did their Obama’s Green Agenda report.
Oh, and PJ Crowley is another leftist bum.
Stonewall. Top to bottom.
Yes, he is. For those of us who keep close watch of this shit, there wasn’t a lot that was new to us in the program. For those who don’t, the vast majority of it was
newnews and it was exceedingly well presented for them. That Ailes is a crafty SOB.We don’t really need to hear from the Pentagon now that we’ve got Stevens’ cables. But the obfuscation is well noted.
We may not need an immediate answer to these particular questions, but we do need the military to be answerable to the House and Senate, since after all they work for us and not the other way around. These sorts of imperious departures from propriety ought to give everyone pause.
I suspect we’ll resolve that in a couple of weeks. Prosecutions will be in order, I think.
We can hope that non-political or politically motivated staff officers who have the good of the nation on their minds will be speaking to the House Armed Services committee privately out of a sense of duty, conveying information that ought to be in the hands of the committee. But no doubt there’s even risk in that if the Obama drones identify them.
Not for long, God willing.
Prosecutions are indeed in order. Careers deserved to be destroyed across multiple departments and agencies. Hell, a right proper Truth and Reconciliation commision is deserved.
All of which will happen about the time you or I get our third set of teeth.
– So then, now the military is beong forced into collusion with this crooked Administration.
– Time to jerk the rug out from under all the bastards. Offer cash rewards, lifetime commisions, and prosecutorial immunity to any whistle blowers that will come forward in the next 2 weeks.
Binders…
Goat fuckers.
The W.H. keeps muslims in a book?
I hope they don’t keep the book in a toilet.
The ‘splody dopes wouldn’t like that.
re: goats – thanks Leigh!
I was leaning toward the little nigerian milk goats. they are small enough to where I thought I wouldn’t need to fear for my life if the rams were nasty. I am scared of big animals in general. even dogs. :/ But cows seem so docile…
I am keeping the plan to chickens, goats (I think), and massive gardens. I think that’s enough for me to wrap my brain around for the time being.
ugh. never read the first part of that headline without coffee.
You’re welcome, missfixit.
If you get the Nigerian goats (and they are cute little boogers) you might think about getting a heeler dog. They aren’t very large and are good with kids. Think Australian shepherds or Australian Cattle dogs. They will keep your goats rounded up, are easy to train, are fiercely protective of their pack (you and the kids) and have endurance enough to play with the kids half the day and watch the goats the rest of the time. Plus you need a dog to alert you to intruders (also the mailman).
Your dad, if he is handy, can help you build a coop for your chickens. There are a lot of plans on the intertubes that you can get for free or for little money. If you aren’t going to keep them in the barn in nesting boxes, they need a safe place to sleep at night where the foxes and skunks can’t get them. Some of the coops I’ve seen are on wheels and look a little bit like gypsy wagon. They are made that way so you can move them to different parts of your property so they don’t destroy one part of your yard. My neighbors (different neighbors) have free range chickens that nest anywhere they bed down. This makes egg gathering a PITA. My grandmother always kept her chicken fenced. Chickens, like all birds, are prone to mites and other parasites. They will eat any small snakes that wonder into their enclosure and most insects and whatever you are feeding them for a mash.
Your kids should join 4H when you get moved. They can learn all about their animals and also show a chicken or a goat at the county fair. The son of one of the women I used to work with shows his meat goats at the fair. He finally one a ribbon last year and was so proud. Anyway, farm animals are a lot of work and the kids are going to have to pitch in. And no whining. (Just kidding. If your kids don’t whine, I want to know the secret!)
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/10/17/cnn-and-the-obama-administration-weapons-of-misdirection/
A case that the last debate was staged that goes beyond ‘being pretty sure it was staged’ by quantifying some of the reasons for thinking it was staged.
“And no whining. (Just kidding. If your kids don’t whine, I want to know the secret!)”
A friend of mine from high school runs a farm (doesn’t own it sadly) and he lets his kids pick out and raise some of the live stock to sell on their own. Instead of an allowance the kids get animals and access to feed, advice, and inoculations. The critters only turn into money when they are ready to be sold and the kids find a buyer. It keeps those animals well taken care of, teaches patience and diligence, keeps the kids from getting the idea that farm animals are pets, and it explains vast tracks of the economy and self sufficiency to them in an intuitive way. It also encourages them to do research on how they might increase their yield both via salesmanship, and animal husbandry. And if the animals get sick and die it’s ‘better luck next year’. The kids do get some pocket money but they have a literal share of the farm. Dave said he was proud and a bit disappointed when Cabe’s older sister Sarah tried to buy his chickens and his lamb for cheap as soon as they were delivered with her money saved from the previous season. On the one hand she was showing enormous initiative and walking the path of the capitalist, and on the other she was exploiting the ignorance of her own family to do it.
That’s a good story, palaeo.
Farm animals are a great way to teach responsibility and life lessons. Sadly, it is increasingly cost-inefficient to run a farm or a ranch unless you’ve inherited the land, have a lot of capital and know something about agri-business.
We never had farm animals when I was a child since both of my parents grew up farming (mom, share-cropping; dad, horses) and fucking hated it. Long hours, back-breaking labor, short pay, confiscatory taxes. I had some friends in Girl Scouts who raised rabbits and we had a neighbor boy who had carrier pidgeons. Us? We had cats and dogs.