I Just Got Dust In My Eyes

You will too after watching this.

It's Worse Than We Thought

That fucking Patriot Act, where our government spies on us illegally and actually collects and stores information about it's own citizens, is up for for reauthorization again.
This time, Senator Ron Wyden (D) (Or), says it is even more nefarious than we thought.

You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard.
Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. But Wyden says that what Congress will renew is a mere fig leaf for a far broader legal interpretation of the Patriot Act that the government keeps to itself — entirely in secret. Worse, there are hints that the government uses this secret interpretation to gather what one Patriot-watcher calls a “dragnet” for massive amounts of information on private citizens; the government portrays its data-collection efforts much differently.

“We’re getting to a gap between what the public thinks the law says and what the American government secretly thinks the law says,” Wyden tells Danger Room in an interview in his Senate office. “When you’ve got that kind of a gap, you’re going to have a problem on your hands.”
What exactly does Wyden mean by that? As a member of the intelligence committee, he laments that he can’t precisely explain without disclosing classified information. But one component of the Patriot Act in particular gives him immense pause: the so-called “business-records provision,” which empowers the FBI to get businesses, medical offices, banks and other organizations to turn over any “tangible things” it deems relevant to a security investigation.

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Here is the link to the WIRED article.

There is much more there.

Basically, Wyden and Udahl filed an amendment wanting the Fed.Gov to disclose the reasons why it thinks it can secretly reinterpret the provisions of the Patriot Act and not tell anyone.
The point here is that Wyden isn't upset so much that they are doing it, he want's them to explain where they get this authority.

From the article;

The amendment, first reported by Marcy Wheeler, blasts the administration for “secretly reinterpret[ing] public laws and statutes.” It would compel the Attorney General to “publicly disclose the United States Government’s official interpretation of the USA Patriot Act.” And, intriguingly, it refers to “intelligence-collection authorities” embedded in the Patriot Act that the administration briefed the Senate about in February.

Wyden says he “can’t answer” any specific questions about how the government thinks it can use the Patriot Act. That would risk revealing classified information — something Wyden considers an abuse of government secrecy. He believes the techniques themselves should stay secret, but the rationale for using their legal use under Patriot ought to be disclosed.

My emphasis.

First off, let me say that Marcy Wheeler amazes me beyond words. I adore that lady.
She digs through the stuff our government doesn't want us to know every. damn. day.
Has for years.
I would nominate that lady for Attorney General in a heart beat, she is fucking AWESOME!

Secondly, I admire Wyden, he is actually one of the good guys.
I have followed him for more than two decades, maybe three at this point.
I moved to Washington from Oregon in 91 and he was in office then as a Representative.

This must be his way of putting some sunshine on some seriously nasty practices being employed while at the same time covering his ass.

What ever the reasons, it must be really fucking nasty what these assclowns are doing.

The Patriot Act should be allowed to die an undignified death.
It goes against our Fourth Amendment rights, word for word.

Believe this though, I got the link to Wired from Fark, the word is out and nobody and I mean nobody, in the government, is going to ignore Marcy Wheeler.
She is a force to be reckoned with and they fucking know it.
She has scooped the NYT, WAPO and every other major newspaper in this country before and I predict she will do it again.
She deserves a Pulitzer for investigative journalism.

Good on ya honey.

Speaking Of No Fly Zones, V2.0

You want equality? Here ya fucking go.

Good on ya ladies, my hat is off to ya.
There be some dead fucking assholes after that, I would think.

3/31/2011 - BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- A team of female Airmen made history here March 30 when the F-15E Strike Eagles of "Dudette 07" blazed down the runway to provide close air support for coalition and Afghan ground forces.

The two-ship formation consisted of all females, two pilots and two weapons system officers, but more importantly, it marked the first combat mission flown from Bagram to be planned, maintained and flown entirely by females.

This mission represents the first combat sortie on record to involve only female Airmen from the pilots and weapons officers to the mission planners and maintainers, said Lt. Col. Kenneth Tilley, the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing historian.

I'd make ya a sammich any fucking day and  polish yer boots too.

.Folks have no idea how serious these people are, I do. I have a niece who was in the Green Zone while the Iraqui's were lobbing bombs and rockets inside.

Bravery has no gender.

Congratulations!!

OMFG!

I just got slammed.
Blind sided, jaw droppingly surprised and tickled pink to the point of a lobster tint.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce the marriage of two of the most awesome people, Driftglass and  Blue Gal.

I am just stunned!



I am also so happy for them !!

There will be a follow up to this when I finally get my jaw up off the floor.

The little shits spilled the beans on their weekly Pod cast.

Two of the most influential Left Wingers hooking up, watch out, this is going to be good for them and good for us.

My best to you both.

The Shit You See On The Internet

Holy crap, I think I just coughed up a lung.

These are comments to a guy's post about refucking some bitch who tried to fuck him over on some sporting event tickets he was selling on Ebay.
I will leave a link to that at the botom but these comments cracked my fucking ass up.

The names have been removed to keep their identity private.

"Once I bought a car part on ebay that was advertised as new. Turned out it was old and rusted so I arranged with the guy to return it and he promised a full refund. I sent the part back but he wouldn't give me my money back. I googled his name and city and got the phone number for his mom. I told her the story and she was so mad- she promised me she would make sure I got my money back. He called me back a few hours later and called me every name in the book- "how dare you call my mom... you f'ing f'er..." I was pretty scared and glad we didn't live in the same state. But I got all my money back. Mothers are great"

"You told his mommy...awesome!"

"Next time you need a car part, avoid the middleman - order from his mom directly."

I was already laughing my ass off but that was the topper.

Here is the original story and I for one was glad to see some scamming bitch get what she had coming to her.

Something doesn't add up but the comments were worth it.

Got Firewood?

This thing is absolutely amazing!



Now for something quite a bit more affordable that is amazing in it's own right.



They have these that you can run off of a three point hitch with your tractor too. There is even one crazy old bastard that rigged one up to run off of your truck axle with the wheel and tire still on it.

There are some clever bastards out there. Where were these things when I was a kid?
Busting rounds with a sledge hammer and wedges if I was lucky. Most of the time I had to use a splitting maul.

My back hurts just thinking about it.

Of course, there is some old school technology still out there but you wouldn't catch me near this damn thing.

Finally!!

OMG! I have been suffering like you can't believe for a week now.
The other day at Sweeties, I half woke up in the middle of the night and stretched in my sleep and popped something in the middle of my back that has had to been out for months. Good lord, I got rid of some serious neck spasms and my arms going to sleep all the time,The muscles in my back hurt so damn good. I can't tell you how fucking great that was. In the mean time, my lower back has been out since I moved my tool boxes and I have spent the last three days being barely able to walk.
No more.
I got hammered and fell down asleep a few hours ago and the same damn miracle happened. I woke up half awake, stretched in my sleep and crack bang boom, my lower back went back in!You have no idea how much better that is.I can actually walk again without looking like Quasimodo.It isn't even supposed to go in and out, it cost 36 grand back in 85 to get it fused together and never took,
Fuck, I am going back to sleep. I still have a few vertebra out of joint.

See ya's.

Off The Charts Awesome

Looks harmless enough, no?
Just some pancakes with cream whip and strawberries.

Wrong.

There is a secret weapon hidden in the middle that will knock yer socks off.

My girlfriend came up with this and it is over the top.
That secret weapon would be a layer of cheesecake spread in between those two pancakes.

*Warning*
THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

This is so damn rich that you might not be able to finish it but Oh My God, is this good!!

Ya GOTTA have a cup of hot coffee with this to wash it down.
My preference is to also have a shot of whisky to cut the sweetness at the end but I am here to tell ya, this is a very nice treat once in a while.

Damn, the girl is spoiling my narrow ass.
I fuckin' love it too.

Have A Nice Weekend

Heh heh heh, Nasty Girl says Hi.

Goodbye Arlen, Hello Rand, Get Lost Blanche

Wake the fuck up you corporate whores, we have had enough of your shit and you are going away.
I still haven't heard about the Oregon Primary but this is a vey clear message that we have had more than enough of these fucking assholes not listening.
Arlen Specter is the equivalent of Joe Lieberman and now he is gone, just like that.
Good riddance.

I have a feeling that Blanche Lincoln is seeing the writing on the wall and her opponent is going to go for the jugular.

Understand this, I am not talking partisan politics here, I am talking a very clear signal that the incumbents have to go, business as usual is over.

Halleluja, it's about time and more of this, please.

I'm Back

Whew!
What a weekend!
I got a few things done, had some very attractive help doing them too.
Got all my laundry and dishes caught up.
The place actually looks like a human lives there now, I am such a slob.
I received one of those fancy schmancy memory mattresses as a gift and got that put in. Slept like a baby, damn those things are the shit!
You should have seen what I was sleeping on before.
Trust me when I tell you you wouldn't let your dog sleep on it, it was trashed.
It was what came with the trailer.

I went to put a CD on my computer at home and couldn't figure out why the hell the mouse wasn't working.
The little red light was on but the cursor wouldn't move. After some investigation I finally figured it out when I looked at the front of the tower.
The little transformer thingy that plugs into the USB port somehow got broken in half.
Something else to add to the list for Friday...

I'd like to thank Sponge Bob Crack Whore for holding down the fort for me and thanks to everyone who stopped by.

I'll be back tomorrow, just as fucking ornery as ever.

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

You poor sonsabitches, now their are TWO of us!

I tried to warn ya.

Just Another Hundred Hapless Souls

Clicking the right button and I'm there. As I type, the Stat Counter is at 99,900.
I would like whoever hits the magic number to leave a comment stating it. It will happen sometime tonight, a hundred thousand hits.

Thanks fer stopping by.

Sometime This Week

I expect to have someone be the Hundred Thousandth visitor to this wee little rant hole.
Amazing, simply fucking amazing.

To every one who stops in,
Thank You.

What She Said

I will be forever grateful I stumbled on Just An Earthbound Misfit, I.

This is where the rubber meets the road.

Bookmark this site immediately, I did, years ago.

I'm Baaaack.

Huge thanks to my buddy and another guy who shall remain nameless.

You guy's rock.

I went through three meeces and two keyboards but I am back. It's gonna be four,but a mouse is cheap these days.

Ya gotta love friends.

Thank You guy's.
I currently have about a quarter mile of cables and shit spread across my bed, soon, a bunch of it will go away. Now I need to get one of those slim monitors. Christmas is coming, I'll get one for myself.

Oh. Fuck You ,Ben Dover,ya Right wing Cunt Wart.I ain't bending over for you or anyone else. I be a pitcher, not a catcher.
Thanks fer stopping by though. just remember, I can delete shit as fast as I find it.Fun is Fun and I have a sense of humor if ya can't tell.

Y'all have a nice day now.

Whoo Hoo! I don't have to wait twenty fucking minutes to get on line.

This is SO sweet.

What A Guy.

My buddy, who reads this blog, works with some high end computers and he asked a guy at work if he had one laying around. He said he needed a case and he would build me one. I just got off the phone with my friend, the guy brought in a case, is putting it together and hopefully by this time tomorrow, I will be cruising teh toobz again.
Dude, you know who you are,you fuckin' ROCK!!

Thank you from the bottom of my rotten little heart.

It's Nice To Have Friends

I know, Ornery Bastard, yer thinking I don't have any friends.
Wrong.

I am actually a really nice guy in person, you would be amazed at how I treat my Grandmothers.
I am a big Teddy Bear.
Shit that ain't right, assholes fucking around the average guy?
No. Oh Fuck No.

Anyway, I have a very good friend you will never meet named Steve.
I am serious, a good friend that I have known for a long time.

He scored a couple of things for me today that almost caused me to have a runaway.

I am talking SCOOOOORE!!!

He knows I live in the Weasel Den, he is the guy that got me the Rat hole and helped me move my crap into the Weasel den.
That is a friend.

He scored a stackable washer and dryer off of CraigsList today, drove over forty miles round trip to get them and OMG, did he do good.
Some lady was giving away this washer dryer set and had over fifteen messages waiting for her when she got home and he got lucky and called her right when she got home and talked her into giving them to him before she listened to the messages.

I am talking some serious good shit, too.
Made in Sweden, the lady paid fifteen hundred bucks for the set twelve years ago.
Stainless Steel drums, One ten for the washer, two twenty for the dryer, that he fixed.
The washer plugs into the back of the dryer like a stereo. No need for a hot water line, the washer has a heater in it like a dish washer, I am talking some seriously good stuff here.
It has European plugs, LMAO, like I can't change those over.
Took him three hours and all he wanted was a bottle of Vodka for his trouble.
He said he had something special I wanted and I might be tempted to kiss him on the mouth.

I had an idea but told him I would brush my teeth just in case.

I have to do some serious plumbing to make them work and we don't know if they will fit through the door.
I will cut the door off with a fucking sawzall to get them in.

Thank you Steve, Very, Very, much.
I love ya man.

It's nice to have friends.

OMFG, what a score.

Bye Bye Hide A Bed, anybody need one?

No Mention If He Offered Them Cigars,

Say what you will about Bill Clinton, I have some serious issues of my own but Good On Ya Dude.

Tits And Fireworks Are As American As Apple Pie And Tits.

Why yes, I would like a box of Glow worms.

Tight assed motherfuckers are bitching because some brilliant enterpreneuor decided that tits sell everything else, why not fireworks?
Fer Chrissakes, get a life.

They even haz bikini's on.
Why yes. I would like the one on the bottom shelf,



Get a fucking life you whiny ass Terrorist Sympathizers.



"“We have lots of young families with young children who are walking past that every day to go to the park,” said Claeys, who has three children under 16. “I just don’t think it’s appropriate by a grade school or a park. It’s just tacky.”"

Three kids, under sixteen, every one of 'em bottle fed?



Never seen a girl in a Bikini?

Sure ya have.

OK, some are better than others,and I am an Ornery Bastard.
No chocolate and cinnamon around here.



What the hell, my sparkler has a short fuse anymore.




Washington State has some pockets of serious Republican retards and I stay the Hell away from them.



Give me a fucking break, it is in the 90's around here, somebody is going to make money selling fireworks.
A Hottie in a skimpy Bikini selling Fireworks?
Sold, get the fuck outta my way kid.Go ask yer Ma how ya got here in the first place and call Bullshit if she starts out with the Birds and the Bees,I have seen them in action and they don't have tits, tell her to explain that one.
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