Comments on: Minor-key Monday. http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minor-key-monday one writer's daily download Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle and Hillary: Salt in the wound? « Adventures at Midlife http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223491 Michelle and Hillary: Salt in the wound? « Adventures at Midlife Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:18:16 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223491 [...] all the whiny Republicans and McCain operatives who are trashing Sarah Palin. Please. I agree with Nancy Nall that, all the wardrobe nonsense aside, Sarah probably knows that Africa is a continent, not a [...] [...] all the whiny Republicans and McCain operatives who are trashing Sarah Palin. Please. I agree with Nancy Nall that, all the wardrobe nonsense aside, Sarah probably knows that Africa is a continent, not a [...]

]]> By: MarkH http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223465 MarkH Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:01:43 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223465 Stand by, Alex. She'll be back, and in national office. Lisa Murkowski's term is up in 2010 and Palin will make a run at it. Or, how about THIS (as fellow republican Murkowski will certainly want re-election): Ted Stevens survives any challenge his election win, but his recent convictions wind up pushing him out of office: she appoints herself as his successor(!!). Could this actually happen? Based on how we've come to know Palin, don't put it past her if there is a legal mechanism in Alaska election law. In any case, my prediction for Palin is an embarkation on some equivalent of a four year college education in public policy and international relations, as she does not let go of presidential aspirations. She may surprise all of us. But she will end up in the senate, at least. Just think of the eventual senate floor hijinx if Franken pulls this out as well. Heh. Stand by, Alex. She’ll be back, and in national office.

Lisa Murkowski’s term is up in 2010 and Palin will make a run at it. Or, how about THIS (as fellow republican Murkowski will certainly want re-election): Ted Stevens survives any challenge his election win, but his recent convictions wind up pushing him out of office: she appoints herself as his successor(!!). Could this actually happen? Based on how we’ve come to know Palin, don’t put it past her if there is a legal mechanism in Alaska election law.

In any case, my prediction for Palin is an embarkation on some equivalent of a four year college education in public policy and international relations, as she does not let go of presidential aspirations. She may surprise all of us. But she will end up in the senate, at least. Just think of the eventual senate floor hijinx if Franken pulls this out as well. Heh.

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223440 basset Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:07:01 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223440 Apropos of absolutely nothing... went to see Brian Wilson last night, incredible band but I wonder what's going on in his head. they did an hour of Beach Boys, intermission, his whole new album and another twenty minutes or so of old stuff... didn't see him smile once the whole time. they had him propped behind a keyboard front and center, he sang sitting down and leaning a little with his hands hanging by his sides. he's in Ann Arbor tomorrow night, I'd go see it... Apropos of absolutely nothing… went to see Brian Wilson last night, incredible band but I wonder what’s going on in his head. they did an hour of Beach Boys, intermission, his whole new album and another twenty minutes or so of old stuff… didn’t see him smile once the whole time. they had him propped behind a keyboard front and center, he sang sitting down and leaning a little with his hands hanging by his sides.

he’s in Ann Arbor tomorrow night, I’d go see it…

]]> By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one) http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223430 Jeff (the mild-mannered one) Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:03:30 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223430 Sorry, Dec. 12 is Feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe, 21st is the winter solstice, and hence the trigger for the Mayan Big Crunch in 2012. Set your watches accordingly. Like i said to Suzi, i'm not out driving around at 2 am as much as i used to (thanks be to God), so i'm a little sketchy on my C2C ref'ns. Today is a good day to pick up a copy of "Tolkien and the Great War," by John Garth (uber-geek alert); it isn't just about how WWI shaped the Lord of the Rings much more than the shadows of WWII looming as he wrote it, but it gives you a ground level view at the front and on the homefront of just how overwhelming the impact of WWI was on England, where 11 am is still a universally acknowledged moment of silence in stores and offices, pubs and parks on this eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the guns fell silent. Sorry, Dec. 12 is Feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe, 21st is the winter solstice, and hence the trigger for the Mayan Big Crunch in 2012. Set your watches accordingly.

Like i said to Suzi, i’m not out driving around at 2 am as much as i used to (thanks be to God), so i’m a little sketchy on my C2C ref’ns.

Today is a good day to pick up a copy of “Tolkien and the Great War,” by John Garth (uber-geek alert); it isn’t just about how WWI shaped the Lord of the Rings much more than the shadows of WWII looming as he wrote it, but it gives you a ground level view at the front and on the homefront of just how overwhelming the impact of WWI was on England, where 11 am is still a universally acknowledged moment of silence in stores and offices, pubs and parks on this eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the guns fell silent.

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223428 alex Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:46:36 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223428 Palin is the reason half the GOP defected in this election. I doubt she'll be back. Mike Pence is just Palin with a penis and a better education. I'd love to see either or both on a national ticket. It'll help keep the Dems in office. Palin is the reason half the GOP defected in this election. I doubt she’ll be back. Mike Pence is just Palin with a penis and a better education. I’d love to see either or both on a national ticket. It’ll help keep the Dems in office.

]]> By: JGW http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223427 JGW Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:41:29 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223427 My jerk ass old former publisher who (disclaimer: I believe) is a compulsive liar and hard core GOP wingnut decided to contribute to the Townsend Tire upside down flag thing with an editorial supporting the guy, and saying it's not about race, it's about issues. Of course he failed to mention that the same one issue voter who rails about abortion is a death penalty fan. And he also failed to note that despite all the moans and groans and Right to Life Marches every year EVERY GOP President and congress has paid the movement lip service and Roe V. Wade is alive and well. I was there in the 80's when ROnnie waved at us in the cold, but the right is clueless that that wave was about the strongest support any GOP guy has shown the movement. For the record I am pro-life and anti-death penalty but refuse to define my vote by one issue, thats assinine and it's like not bothering to vote at all. The publisher in Bluffton stated that he wrote his fanciful editorial to apologize for running the AP brief that was not supportive of the Tire Tyrant. I'd post a link, but the same publisher has adopted a paid access plan - like that worked well for the NY Times or any other paper- and despite a staggering fall off in web traffic and , hmmmm, 35 paid readers, still locks out the text of stories. I'm so glad that I quit that fogie factory. I got tired of preaching about the new media, community journalism, and building goodwill and credibility among the younger generations. Their readers die off in handfulls every day. I'd link to their obits but those are paid access too. Want to read Aunt Jean's obit. Cough up $5.95 a month. Thanks for being clueless and accelerating the decline of a once great newspaper. It won't take long before the Bluffton local paper is as retarded as the once great Huntington Herald-Press. They purged everyone with any clues or skills, and while the new editor argues his ideas, like hypehenated headlines and huge pictures of nothing, he has managed to hire a staff composed of almost all young and pretty girls. Not women- girls. Am I bitter? Hell yes. But despite almost 20 years in journalism I can't convince my kids that newspapers matter anymore. If they read the local paper it's only for the police blotter "man told police that lawn gnomes belong to god, thats why he stole them," or the typos, like "He is a gifted pubic speaker." Does he have to pick the hairs out before he speaks pubically? My jerk ass old former publisher who (disclaimer: I believe) is a compulsive liar and hard core GOP wingnut decided to contribute to the Townsend Tire upside down flag thing with an editorial supporting the guy, and saying it’s not about race, it’s about issues. Of course he failed to mention that the same one issue voter who rails about abortion is a death penalty fan. And he also failed to note that despite all the moans and groans and Right to Life Marches every year EVERY GOP President and congress has paid the movement lip service and Roe V. Wade is alive and well. I was there in the 80′s when ROnnie waved at us in the cold, but the right is clueless that that wave was about the strongest support any GOP guy has shown the movement.
For the record I am pro-life and anti-death penalty but refuse to define my vote by one issue, thats assinine and it’s like not bothering to vote at all.
The publisher in Bluffton stated that he wrote his fanciful editorial to apologize for running the AP brief that was not supportive of the Tire Tyrant.
I’d post a link, but the same publisher has adopted a paid access plan – like that worked well for the NY Times or any other paper- and despite a staggering fall off in web traffic and , hmmmm, 35 paid readers, still locks out the text of stories. I’m so glad that I quit that fogie factory.
I got tired of preaching about the new media, community journalism, and building goodwill and credibility among the younger generations. Their readers die off in handfulls every day. I’d link to their obits but those are paid access too. Want to read Aunt Jean’s obit. Cough up $5.95 a month. Thanks for being clueless and accelerating the decline of a once great newspaper.
It won’t take long before the Bluffton local paper is as retarded as the once great Huntington Herald-Press. They purged everyone with any clues or skills, and while the new editor argues his ideas, like hypehenated headlines and huge pictures of nothing, he has managed to hire a staff composed of almost all young and pretty girls. Not women- girls.
Am I bitter? Hell yes. But despite almost 20 years in journalism I can’t convince my kids that newspapers matter anymore. If they read the local paper it’s only for the police blotter “man told police that lawn gnomes belong to god, thats why he stole them,” or the typos, like “He is a gifted pubic speaker.” Does he have to pick the hairs out before he speaks pubically?

]]> By: MarkH http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223374 MarkH Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:46:48 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223374 Uh, Jeff, I believe the date is Dec. 21, 2012. You pastors gotta help us be on time for our apocalypses, don'tcha know... http://www.december212012.com/ Can't believe I missed the Antioch closing; had a couple of friends that went there. The ones that decided to break with the crowd that went to OU. Uh, Jeff, I believe the date is Dec. 21, 2012. You pastors gotta help us be on time for our apocalypses, don’tcha know…

http://www.december212012.com/

Can’t believe I missed the Antioch closing; had a couple of friends that went there. The ones that decided to break with the crowd that went to OU.

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223373 basset Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:28:57 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223373 the Edmund Fitzgerald... interesting tv piece about it here: http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=144955 comes from a local station in Michigan which dug up some marine radio traffic from the night the Fitzgerald sank & laid pictures over it. needs a couple of interviews or something but it's still interesting. the Edmund Fitzgerald… interesting tv piece about it here:

http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=144955

comes from a local station in Michigan which dug up some marine radio traffic from the night the Fitzgerald sank & laid pictures over it. needs a couple of interviews or something but it’s still interesting.

]]> By: joodyb http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223362 joodyb Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:32:19 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223362 And then he brought them all moose meat chili. he's a good dad, i think. he tries. thanks Jeff TMMO. i feel much better thinking of it in those terms! of course i will be trying to acquire the needed 'shroomage between now and then, as well. And then he brought them all moose meat chili. he’s a good dad, i think. he tries.

thanks Jeff TMMO. i feel much better thinking of it in those terms! of course i will be trying to acquire the needed ‘shroomage between now and then, as well.

]]> By: Suzi http://nancynall.com/2008/11/10/minor-key-monday/#comment-223361 Suzi Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:20:43 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2574#comment-223361 Re: Pantygate, did Sarah's Dad really say that "the kids lose underwear . . .?" Good God! So when is Sarah's grandbaby due? You couldn't make this stuff up. http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/update-on-the-underwear-audit/ Re: Pantygate, did Sarah’s Dad really say that “the kids lose underwear . . .?”
Good God!
So when is Sarah’s grandbaby due?
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/11/10/update-on-the-underwear-audit/

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