Patterico's Pontifications

I made my mourning coffee in a press, and I’m going to have watermelon and blueberries for breakfast. It’s my way of showing solidarity with our brave representatives in the House. Go get ‘um boys!

ropelight (497134) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:12 am

Zombies in the streets here.

SPQR (768505) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:14 am

My IE is working properly again! (For real.) I knew it was the government, I just knew it!

nk (dbc370) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:16 am

Other than finding out that the Subase Commissary is considered non-essential, husband’s retirement pay was deposited last night, and the rest of the world doesn’t seem to have noticed. Surprise. Not.

LibraryGryffon (06c781) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:24 am

Watched the sun rise… on schedule.

Drove to work on roads that haven’t crumbled and bridges that haven’t fallen down.

Checked patterico.com for important news.

Good grief… how am I supposed to survive without the Federal Government?

paul (cb5e3f) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:32 am

I will tell you this: If the Republicans do not cave, but pull together with Cruz, then I will seriously vote with the Rs for next few election cycles. If the Rs put a stop to all these CRs, then I will register as a Republican.

felipe (70ff7e) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:38 am

Well I settled for a bowl of Shredded Wheat and a side of bitter from the Los Angeles Times. Oh my those shameful Republicans will do anything to deny Obama his “signature legislation”; and when they’re not shameful, they’re engaged in a sham.

Depends upon which page of the Los Angeles Times you want to look at as to how to describe those Republican scoundrels.

Ho hum. Guess I’ll have a glass of orange juice as well. And then I’ll line the parakeet cage with the Times.

Comanche Voter (f4c7d5) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:40 am

Keurigs are better than the coffee I made this morning. Blech, there must be a squirrel in the machine.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:40 am

A squirrel panicked by shutdown of our National Parks, too.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:40 am

Sun rose in teh East
Dems ceased barking at teh Moon
same enchilada

Colonel Haiku (d9226e) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:42 am

weak-suck media
0bama preens and postures
same ol’ song and dance

Colonel Haiku (b924f9) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:46 am

My kid went to school today. I wonder if he will learn anything without the Dept of Education around? Will also need to fill my car. Can this be done without the Dept of Energy? Thankfully I have some clean air to breath, at least I think its clean, without the EPA.

Rich (2f5d7e) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:47 am

How will we get our hurricanes tracked? will the sats be turned off?

felipe (70ff7e) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:51 am

I am about to leave to pick buckets of apples from the tree tops so’s the in-laws can make us a year’s supply of applesauce.

Light duty.

gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:52 am

I almost didn’t wake up today.

*Alarm went off*
“What’s the point? The Government is shut down.”

DejectedHead (a094a6) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:52 am

Depends upon which page of the Los Angeles Times

You have to sympathize with the people who work there. It’s difficult, if not outright impossible, for them to have more than an ounce of common sense when the reality they’re surrounded by is less than beautiful, less than wonderful. However, I’m sure the daily specter of Obama’s shining visage does help many of them keep the faith (and I don’t say that necessarily with any sarcasm).

latimes.com, September 26, 2013: Tribune Co., parent of the Los Angeles Times, is reviewing operations in an effort that will likely result in staff reductions at the company’s daily newspapers.

Late last month, Tribune reported that earnings tumbled in the second quarter of this year as revenue dropped sharply in its TV broadcast division and advertising continued to decline at its newspapers.

The company reported net income of $66.3 million in the three months that ended June 30, which represented a 61.2% plunge from $170.8 million in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell 10.5% to $730.2 million, while pretax income skidded 39.7% to $110.4 million.

Mark (58ea35) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:54 am

Watch out for bell hornets, berzerker foresters confused by loss of federal trees.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:54 am

How will we get our hurricanes tracked? will the sats be turned off?
Comment by felipe (70ff7e) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:51 am

— Mission Control will be calling up to the ISS: “Hey y’all, can ya point yer cameras down at the clouds fer awhile?”

Icy (dceb25) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:56 am

I stocked up on Coleman fuel. And daggers.

Because daggers don’t run out of ammo. And I told you guys about the daggers, which were on sale at Museum Replica Products.

Anyways, I’m covered. If you didn’t buy your poignard by now it’s not my fault.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:00 am

Waiting for the massive impact. So far:
– dog’s bladders and associated plumbing worked as designed;
– ditto for the horses, and other output too;
– Mr. Coffee did his thing without a hitch;
– contact with outside world appears intact;

Too bad I have no place to go, TV news shows light traffic in a lot of the usually bad spots.

This is just too terrible….. help me live.

gramps, the original (372808) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:01 am

Where do I go to vote for a two-fer, that the MSM and left of center blogosphere will shut down too, along with the feds?

Over at PowerLine they document a new pinnacle (low?) in anti-common sense, that someone over at Slate claims that Neville Chamberlin was right after all cow towing to Hitler, at least early on. I kid you not.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/10/why-the-left-can-never-be-trusted-with-power.php

Reminds me of a media project I saw a few years ago done by grad students at UW Madison on the history of anti-Vietnam protests and the Army Math Research Center bombing that killed a grad student… they blamed the University administration for the bombing and the death because they did not give in to protestors’ demands to kick the Army off campus…

“Give in to our demands or the blood will be on your hands”.

Yeah.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:01 am

NPR is melting down, its hilarious to see them try to get people to sign up for a tax at the same time trying to explain why the gov’t is shutting down, even these very jaded hosts are having trouble regurgitating the bile they need to spew this morning

shut it down, stop paying social security and stop collecting taxes

that should be in the next bill, explain to the people obamacare or social security – pick

EPWJ (1cedce) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:07 am

Does Stabil work with Coleman fuel? Because we’re midday into the gub’mint shutdown the refrigerator and the ceiling fans are still working.

Which means mebbe I don’t have to fire up the camp stove tonight or start scratching a living out of the soil.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:12 am

My Keurig works just fine and the Dow is up 62 as I type. Life is beautiful. Now if we could just shut down California government—–

Bar Sinister (b48c12) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:13 am

I pumped gas; drove to work; had oatmeal, and talked on a phone. Life is good and none of us even notice that there’s a shutdown (the Lincoln Home in Springfield is shut down, but I didn’t plan to tour it today anyway).

rochf (f3fbb0) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:18 am

You can never have too many knives, people.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:19 am

Sadly, there IS one huge failure as a result of the shutdown.
The Obamacare servers are crashing. People can’t sign up.
Oh, the humanity . . . or something.

Icy (dceb25) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:22 am

Heading to Barnes & Noble to purchase a copy of “This Town.” HuffPo reviewer hated it, so I figure, why not? Planning on enjoying a pumpkin spice latte at the outdoor cafe in case I must spew.

Happy October 1st, y’all.

Em (382825) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:24 am

Just remember everyone, without the US Government, you can’t enjoy nature. They closed the gate on nature at the National Parks.

DejectedHead (a094a6) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:25 am

Thank Heaven when Al Gore “took the lead in creating the Internet” he had the foresight to make sure that it wasn’t subject to the whims of government funding. A wise one, he was. Wonder what became of him after he left the Senate.

JVW (93c84b) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:39 am

As for me, an obvious Obama voter pulled out of a side street right in front of me — he failed to look before proceeding from a stop sign — and Elaine’s 2002 Mustang is now stone cold graveyard dead. 🙁

I’m not hurt, other than my wallet aching.

The unhappy Dana (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:50 am

Em: for $2.99, it can be delivered to your Kindle in just second. Saves time, saves money, and you aren’t spewing out carbon to kill Mother Gaia.

The helpful Dana (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:52 am

Sorry about the Mustang.

I bet he was on the phone.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:53 am

Okay,

I’m sloooowly warming up to Cruz, especially when a left rag deliberately lies in the headlines on the front page about him

here is the story grab on the front page of the chron website: Ted Cruz changes mind about salary during shutdown 43 characters total in headline

then when you get to the actual story the headline changes to: Cruz pledges salary to charity if gov’t shuts down 42 character

so the old excuse that one headline needed to be abbreviated isn’t going to fly

EPWJ (1cedce) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:56 am

Surfing the interwebs, enjoying a mug of tea. Will head off soon to JC Penneys soon to hit the sale. If it’s still standing! If the streets are still open!

If the cops are off duty, I may even cross in the middle of a street. Anarchy!

Patricia (be0117) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:56 am

Having a crappy day, but nothing to do with the shutslowdown. I was talking to a company about what would have been a perfect job for me, and they spent about $1000 to fly me to Pittsburgh and put me up at a hotel so they could interview me today, and then last night after I’d settled in at the hotel they call and tell me that the position has been filled and have a nice life.

Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap.

Milhouse (602634) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:08 am

Oh, it seems <s> doesn’t work here, you have to use <strike>

Milhouse (602634) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:09 am

I can personally confirm to you that the waves are still rolling in and out here at the seaside. No stoppage or slowdown. Thank God, because, what if??!!!

However, Brian Williams did warn me last night that countless tourists will be unable to watch the big elks during courting season at Yellowstone fight off the younger bucks determined to steal ladies from their harems. Impact most felt by exhibitionist elk.

Dana (5ace69) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:14 am

http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2013/09/seriously-media-cannot-find-cost-to-closure-beyond-parks.html

Good article on how little the slow down actually affects reality.

joe (debac0) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:15 am

i agree keurig is not as tasty

i just bought one for a friend though for to replace his obsolete tassimo you can only get thingers for online anymore

i wanted to get him the nespresso cause of everyone says it makes the best coffee but the keurig is less likely to go obsolete even if the coffee is borderline mediocre

i went back and forth but then i saw the k cupper on sale and just grabbed it

that is the story of how recently i bought my friend P a k cup machine

i have lots of adventures like that

happyfeet (8ce051) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:15 am

Today my biggest problem without the govt. is the deer are eating the flowers on my canna lilies.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:16 am

Sorry to hear that Milhouse – but that’s still a good sign that you are marketable and call in 90 days 120 days and follow up – lots of time people don’t work out and some people admire those that never ever give up

its not a “no”, its just no, “today”

EPWJ (1cedce) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:16 am

happyfeet – a French Bodum brews coffee in a very tasty way.
It’s also about matching the grind with your coffee brewer.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:21 am

Cold brewing coffee has no bitterness and is not acidic.
very, very tasty.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:23 am

Café Americano longo style, at favorite café across from federal building in Santa Ana. That is the way to survive a government shut down.

Californio (fd8912) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:23 am

me personally i just use a french press and a tea kettle though right now I’m running through the end of a jar of instant i found in the pantry

i add instant to smoothies sometimes but not lately so i decided to just use it up

i’m very very low maintenance with respect to things like the quality of my morning coffee but I will google about the Bodum cause I never heard of them

happyfeet (8ce051) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:24 am

i wanted to get him the nespresso cause of everyone says it makes the best coffee but the keurig is less likely to go obsolete even if the coffee is borderline mediocre

Hmmm, my cousin has a keurig and he had a dark roast blend that was very good. I just started drinking coffee again after a 15 year hiatus(needed it when I returned to school). The best coffee I ever had was the Amway 100% Columbian roast.

Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 (f7d5ba) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:27 am

Dana! Oh no. You have all my sympathy.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:28 am

Comment by mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:23 am

How does one do that? I buy a cold-brewed concentrate to use for ice coffee and recipes and things but I don’t know how to make it myself.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:31 am

happyfeet – it is a French Press. sorry.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:32 am

Corse grind works best in a French Press.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:32 am

Dana also beware, because you might feel it later.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:33 am

Thank you for your concern, SarahW. It’s a pretty dicey day…for all of us. ..because….what if??!!!!

Dana (5ace69) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:40 am

sarahw – It takes a wee bit of time, but makes great ice coffee. Or you can warm it up.
In a French Press add your desired amount of coffee and fill with water. Let set until the grounds have absorbed the water. 10 minutes or so. Leave at room temp. for 24 hours. Press and enjoy.
If you can’t wait 12 hours will be fine.
We have an old cold brewer with a filter on the bottom which is a nice feature. I see they are making fancy ones now.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:41 am

sorry sarahw, after letting it set stir up the grounds and then let it rest.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:43 am

No aches and pains now beyond what I already had. I didn’t hit my head on the windshield or anything.

I had a second to see it coming, but not enough time to avoid it.

The elderly Dana (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:43 am

WTH?
What shutdown?
All the traffic lights were working this morning!

askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:46 am

51. Corse grind works best in a French Press.

Comment by mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:32 am

For a second, just for a second, I pulled an Obama and read it “corps grind” Then I got better.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:51 am

28.Heading to Barnes & Noble to purchase a copy of “This Town.”

I think it was this book I heard Hewitt raving about awhile ago, Beck was talking it up this am, said the author is now a pariah for telling the truth that the insiders didn’t want out.
One claim is that there are essentially 3 parties, the hard left, the mod left of Clinton and McCain, and the Tea Party.

Cold brew coffee, eh? thanks for the idea. I love the smell of coffee but my taste buds and stomach have been finding it too bitter for some time now, even pricey stuff unless it is diluted with enough milk and sugar to make it like melted coffee ice cream…

I heard the Old Faithful was turned off because of the government shut down.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:52 am

Comment by mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:16 am

When’s deer-season open?

askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:53 am

I hope I hope I hope that somebody sane has infiltrated the ranks of ~~ACORN~~ the people serving as ObamaCare “navigators” to give us the story.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:57 am

I won’t bother you with what coffee I’m drinking, but my second and fourth cups have been without sugar in sympathy with Archer Daniels Midland which might not get its subsidy check on time.

nk (dbc370) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:02 am

No major catastrophes here in the far SW. Lots of desert flora and fauna still thriving. And I had my evil Government retirement check deposited in my account this morning. Retirement is good.

PatAZ (7cc529) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:09 am

Not even the gov’t can keep a good man down…link at Drudge.

A group of World War II veterans in an Honor Flight group Tuesday knocked over barriers imposed during the government shutdown at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C., to get inside.

Dana (5ace69) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:11 am

#59 MD: Shutting down Old Faithful would take a miracle. But we know Obama walks on water so he probably can shut off Old Faithful.

Milhouse: Sorry about the job. Hopefully something better will come along.

Unhappy Dana: Sorry about the Mustang. But you are safe and that’s the most important thing.

PatAZ (7cc529) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:14 am

Google is displaying patches representing a number of the national parks. No doubt a reminder to people that the national parks are shut down, probably due to…those Republicans !

That’s the same Google that will display an emblem for “National Secretaries Day,” but not Easter.

Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:21 am

I do the cold brewed coffee thing, but make it concentrated. Keep the concentrate in the frig, pour about 1/3 cup, add water to bring to a full cup (not standard units, 1/3 of whatever size cup I grabbed), nuke on high for 2 min and bingo….nice tasty hot coffee

Angelo (5c469d) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:28 am

In less than 3 min….I’m enjoying retirement as well

Angelo (5c469d) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:30 am

WTH?
What shutdown?
All the traffic lights were working this morning!

Comment by askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:46 am

I really wonder if they would be today if the federal government ran them.

Given the shutdown theater at the monuments and websites, it’s clear Obama will make it worse if he can because of the calculation that the GOP will get the blame.

I think blame will be shared much more than he realize.

Dustin (303dca) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:31 am

Dana — sorry about the car, glad you seem OK.

Investigating rye bread recipes, I have to make some for next Saturday.

Spread the news that “Silver Sneakers is changing to Silver & Fit” is a deceptive truth. Silver Sneakers is not changing, your health plan is changing you to Silver & Fit instead — you pay and are locked into one club. You always did pay, it was just hidden, but now you can only change clubs once a month, you can’t do the Y in the morning and Curves in the evening.

htom (412a17) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:34 am

“You know what else?” Pelosi said. “They’re fakers”

So now Republicans are “fake extreme hostage taking terrorists” ?

Neo (d1c681) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:46 am

Comment by nk (dbc370) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:02 am

Here on the Coast, we try to use C&H Pure Cane Sugar, if they still make it from sugar cane.
Always take my coffee Black, and don’t even have a sugar-cube in my house,
but still believe in that old-fashioned nonsense learned as a child about “pure cane sugar”.

askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:56 am

If the slowdown continues until the next election, will the elections have to be cancelled, delayed, or will a special CR be needed to fund them? I guess everybody should have donated that $1 on the last tax return.

felipe (70ff7e) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:15 am

Glad to hear you are ok, Dana. Nothing ruins a day like a fender-bender. But, yeah, count your blessings.

felipe (70ff7e) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:18 am

Just frabjous joy;

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/360064/oops-msnbc-anchor-cant-access-obamacare-exchange-andrew-johnson

narciso (3fec35) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:21 am

I have some hamsters running on a treadmill to power my computer and internet. It’s total devastation outside. People are acting like zombies tearing each other to shreds.

Hmm… there’s a knock at the door. Let me go answer it.

NJRob (3abb5b) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:23 am

As for me, an obvious Obama voter pulled out of a side street right in front of me — he failed to look before proceeding from a stop sign — and Elaine’s 2002 Mustang is now stone cold graveyard dead. 🙁

I’m not hurt, other than my wallet aching.

Comment by The unhappy Dana (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:50 am

Sorry about the accident Dana – and happy you are fine.

It started me thinking that the Feds should take over the auto insurance industry on the same basis as they did for health care. Just think, you could have pocketed all the money you have been spending on insurance premiums all these years and just apply for coverage today. After the accident. Call it pre-existing accident coverage.

in_awe (7c859a) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:28 am

askeptic wrote:

WTH?
What shutdown?
All the traffic lights were working this morning!

Well, of course, why didn’t I realize this? I had that accident because the stop sign was out due to the shutdown!

The Dana who just got it (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:36 am

The Dana Who Just Got It, I’m so sorry you had an accident. But so glad you are okay. Hopefully other driver was insured. And hopefully there will be no latent physical reactions.

Milhouse, I’m sorry too about the job. Hopefully something even better will make itself known to you.

I will be hopeful for you both.

Dana (5ace69) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:47 am

Those stop-signs…sigh!
Just another public-employee union slacker.

askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:47 am

Comment by Milhouse (602634) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:08 am

Sorry about the news, Milhouse. Any chance you can head over to the Pirates-Reds game tonight, scalp a ticket, and charge it to the company?

JVW (93c84b) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:54 am

Day 1 of Armageddon

Hour 5: Could not sleep out of fear. Awoke to find, thankfully, that internet service was still in operation. Decided to watch a Season 2 episode of The Office, Dwight’s tyrannical speech to his fellow sellers soothes me back to slumber.

Hour 7: Things are eerily quiet. Luckily I was able to perform my daily routine as I still had electricity, running water, running hot water. A little concerned that I only have a half tank of gas. Stupid me, I should have filled up before the riots start.

Hour 8: Make my way to my car. Do not encounter any other signs of life. Possibly the wacko survivalists are waiting for me to be a little more vulnerable and stressed out as the effects of governmental withdrawal set in before taking all of my belongings. Damn, I forgot to arm the security measures on my way out. No going back now. Hopefully the closed/locked door will be enough of a deterrent until I make it back.

Hour 8, Minute 2: Surprisingly the traffic lights are still operating. Could it be that it will take longer for the effects of the dying federal governmental to set in outside of Washington? A bloated corpse dies messily. Must remain cautious.

Hour 12: Still no signs of the approaching doom. Went to a Chinese restaurant as I figure they will stay open during anything. Food was good. Maybe too good. Did the shutdown of the FDA embolden the owner to inject normally illegal food enhancements to make it more appealing? I am no longer hungry, but will save the leftovers for chemical testing later.

Hour 13: Driving back to the office I spot a car with a federal government license plate. The operator has obviously gone insane as they appear to be gyrating to the nonaudible music playing inside. Poor bastard. Either that or he stole it.

Hour 14: Spoke with my financial institution. Apparently the banks are still operating as usual. Maybe they are just delusional and going through the motions hoping the end will hit them hard and fast.

Amazed_476 (6c3b43) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:59 am

Did the feds actually post a temporary barrier around the WW2 Memorial in DC, today ?
Good Allah.

Maybe someone will put up a barrier around the White House.

Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:59 am

askeptic – Deer season on Cape Cod is Oct. through Nov. depending on bow or gun. Deer on the Cape are small and marginal on the tasty meter. I’ll wait until I go back to the farm in s.w. mn. and pluck myself a mighty tasty corn fed doe.
Black coffee no milk. no sugar.
I have been roasting beans for awhile. A huge difference in flavor compared to beans sold roasted in sealed bags.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:59 am

I understand the GOP loyalists preciosity with regard to slutty flight attendants.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/10/sarah-palin-slams-obama-we-dont-do-pinpricks-but-sometimes-we-elect-them/

So you’ll excuse me when I refuse to tolerate Colin Powell, David Frum and Karl Rove.

You like them better than me and that’s the way its gonna stay. See y’all on the other side.

gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:02 pm

…Elaine’s 2002 Mustang is now stone cold graveyard dead…

What the hell was I thinking? The answer was right in front of me. I don’t need to build a sand rail. I just need to cut off everything from a ‘stang that isn’t a sand rail. Then weld in a cage.

Like with a five liter v8 and posi you can’t climb trees.

Thanks, Dana.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:04 pm

Meanwhile they are reaching for the relevance of his last baseball book;

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fox-news-poaches-abcs-george-639935

narciso (3fec35) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:06 pm

I’m “shocked” that EPWJ’s “inside source” at Fox News failed to inform him that George Will just signed a contract with FNC.

Maybe EPWJ needs a new “inside source.”
Or a new decoder ring from a box of Cracker Jacks.

Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:09 pm

The good news about the shutdown is Obama won’t be driving up the price of used cars with another Cash for Clunkers program.

Which brings the obscenities I propose to inflict on a Ford Mustang more within reach.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:10 pm

Mr 57: Oh, you needn’t worry, given that I have said some not-so-nice words about the Mustang myself. Elaine bought it in the summer, and it’s a great summer car, but in the mountains, in winter, it . . . isn’t so great.

The Dana in Pennsylvania (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:17 pm

“Jennifer Rubin is a sick, twisted manipulative woman.”

http://jenkuznicki.com/2013/09/would-you-look-at-that-another-anti-conservative-post-from-the-conservative-blogosphere/

I really don’t understand why anyone would want to hang with these people. I’ll bet it’d take you 10 minutes to define a party platform they’d revile.

gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:23 pm

85, 88, 89, The 5 liter from a MUDSTAIN makes a great power plant for a snow blower!!!

Ugh, I got slowed down at the Chiropractor’s office by Obamacare forms I had to fill out before treatment. I got treated in less time than the forms took to fill out, and I still have to go back with my med list.

For phone number on that damn set of forms I almost wrote (800) F*CKYOU. I thought about (800) UPYOURS. Then (Scr)ewobama came to mind.

PCD (7a7072) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:25 pm

Just saying, I don’t even think I need to figure a way to lift it. If I just cut off as much sheet metal as I can I should lighten it to the point where I gain a couple of inches.

Normally when I look at a Mustang I think drag racing. But I think Moab and Rubicon are doable, too.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:28 pm

Well – I was able to drive to work today over a government built bridge. it is still standing. Thank God – because it really is more than a bridge. Here in Northern California, over the last four years, they have become roofs for the unemployed inhabitants living in Obamavilles. But at least they have a roof over their heads, and are free from California’s taxes. And they have the ” bullet train” to nowhere to look forward to living under newer bridges.

BuilderDoug (727fd6) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:29 pm

keurig? nespresso? what are all those things??? I can respect the french press method, but me…Rocket Giotto espresso maker.

I don’t roast my own, but I do buy from a local roaster and generally get it a day after it was roasted. Grind enough to make espresso for a week at a time. Done right, with just a little sugar (or even Splenda) it tastes almost as much like bittersweet chocolate as coffee, no sour behind the bitter, no acidic aftereffects despite the strength.

I have a slightly earlier version of this machine: http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/rocket-espresso-giotto-premium-plus-v2

The machines aren’t cheap, but the quality and long-term savings vs. Starbucks pays for it soon enough, in my mind.

Of course now that the DC Govoclypse is upon us, the power grid will crash and my lovely, dependent-upon-120VAC machine will no doubt have just sit in the corner of my increasingly dark cave, gathering dust and mocking my slowly decaffinating, bloodshot gaze…

rtrski (c69273) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:30 pm

No, Mark. I didn’t mean drag racing that way.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:30 pm

coarse grind works on me every time!

Colonel Haiku (819c71) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:31 pm

I drove a 2006 for a time and, yeah, I remember that it felt anemic not to say cachectic. It’s still a pretty car, though, not as pretty as the ’67 but I’m not as pretty as I was in ’67 either. Sorry for your wallet, Dana, and I’m glad you’re ok.

nk (dbc370) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:31 pm

93, 57, I wish I had my T-Bird back for drag racing. Hangoverfest (Jan. 1) is just around the corner at Cordova, IL. It is a run what you brung event. Obama could bring the Beast and run.

PCD (7a7072) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:31 pm

Isn’t a Mustang considered a dependable card, Rubin doesn’t under where the party’s center of gravity is.

narciso (3fec35) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:32 pm

The federal gubmint shutdown has obviously removed my ability to make only tasteful comments.

Colonel Haiku (819c71) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:33 pm

Hopefully, this will be like where the Hospitals close for elective stuff and the death rate goes DOWN.

Maybe employment will go up.

Jcw46 (ca1d05) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:33 pm

I wonder if “low-level employees in Cincinnatti” were allowed to go to work today.

Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:36 pm

31, Dana, something like that happened to me in 87 on the Merrit Parkway in CT. A obvious Democrat from Bridgeport drove down the exit ramp and parked crossways on the divided, by concrete barrier, highway just before my Dodge Aries T-bone their LTD II. I got the car slowed down to 35 from 55. I had seen a Mustang slam on it’s brakes on the exit, so I slowed down. This was Dec. 23, 1987. Some Christmas that year.

PCD (7a7072) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:40 pm

After thinking about it, instead of a ‘Stang I think I’m going to turn an ex-police Crown Vic into a dune buggy.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:57 pm

I’ll check on the next auction.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 12:58 pm

PCD: I’m still shaking my head at how he couldn’t have seen me. It was still dark, so I had my headlights on. I know that both headlights were working, because I had seen their reflection in the window of the Bagel Bunch, where I had gotten my morning coffee and sesame bagel, dark toasted, with butter, not thirty seconds earlier.

The other driver was not taken away for alcohol or recreational pharmaceutical use testing, so I have no evidence of such.

I’m just hoping that his insurance card wasn’t a phony. And somehow, I’m sure that this is all George Bush’s fault.

The still stunned Dana (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 1:03 pm

nk: This wasn’t a real hot rod Mustang; it had some pep, but it was a 4.6 liter V-6. It also had 191,281 miles on it.

I’d even changed the oil less than 500 miles ago. 5 quarts of 5W20 synthetic blend, gone, shot away, wasted. 🙁

The disappointed Dana (3e4784) — 10/1/2013 @ 1:07 pm

Sorry to hear about your accident. I had a wreck back in August.

We were driving through an intersection, and some lady decided to turn left in front of us.

It was totally unexpected. I was in the passenger seat, and I wasn’t paying too much attention. But we were crossing a divided road.

We had just passed the division of the road. And some lady decided she thought she could make it. That’s what she said.

I don’t know how to paint the word picture that could describe how stupid this was. She just hit us head on, in a place that proved the idea she could have made the turn was an impossibility.

But everybody was buckled up, and no one got hurt.

So now I have the insurance check and I’m thinking dune buggy.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 1:17 pm

Dana, you’re assuming that he was paying attention to driving; most, these days, I’m convinced are not. Spice yelled at me this morning, saying I wasn’t paying attention to her story of work woe. She was right. I was not. I was busy getting out of the way of the idiots who were paying attention to their phones, radios, something on the floor, someone in the back seat, waving to someone through their sunroof, eating a Subway? ….

htom (412a17) — 10/1/2013 @ 1:25 pm

The New York City primary runoff election is of course unaffected.

I read that people actually will be able to get passports so one of the things that was supposed to be shit down wasn’t or isn’t on the list.

Sammy Finkelman (1190c5) — 10/1/2013 @ 1:29 pm

Sorry about the accident Dana – and happy you are fine. It started me thinking that the Feds should take over the auto insurance industry on the same basis as they did for health care.
Comment by in_awe (7c859a) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:28 am

— Word is out that premiums for the “medical” portion of your full-coverage auto policy will soon be increasing due to GUESS WHAT!

Icy (dceb25) — 10/1/2013 @ 1:46 pm

Pardon me, what were you saying?
I was distracted by the hectoring from Ray LaHood about being distracted while driving.

askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 1:47 pm

The little red light above my laptop monitor went off. What does that mean?

Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:13 pm

Umm, if the govt. shutdown lasts long enough will coffee supplies dry up as there are no customs agents to supervise imports?

In Costa Rica we put coffee in a sock over a cup and poured hot water through it.
At least it looked like a sock.
And we were told you couldn’t get really good Costa Rican coffee unless you knew somebody, because the best stuff was exported.

I knew someone in college who said he had put together something with an overpowered engine (a 458 in a Nova?). Whatever it was, he said the first time he gunned the engine the torque made all 4 doors pop open.
I guess that wasn’t good.

MD in Philly (f9371b) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:13 pm

I hear Obama is going to turn the GPS satellites off. To save power.

Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:14 pm

I had to drive myself to work this morning and pay for parking and even buy lunch with my own money this afternoon … oh wait, thats what I do every day …

JeffC (488234) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:16 pm

115. I hear Obama is going to turn the GPS satellites off. To save power.

Comment by Kevin M (bf8ad7) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:14 pm

He offered to keep the lights on. He just promised to necessarily bankrupt you if he did.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:30 pm

I think the fact that she was in contact with O’Donnell by osmosis, gets stupider.

http://minx.cc/?post=343834

narciso (3fec35) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:31 pm

Dana, I’m sorry to hear about your car. Glad you’re all right.

Dustin (948952) — 10/1/2013 @ 2:33 pm

There’s been a rattlesnake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PK2HANwsUWg

This kind of crap wouldn’t happen if the Rethuglicans weren’t such a bunch of extremists.

There would be no rattlesnakes!

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:05 pm

htom wrote:

Dana, you’re assuming that he was paying attention to driving; most, these days, I’m convinced are not.

The legal assumption is that he should have been paying attention; in the real world, he obviously was not. The really cute blonde Mahoning Township policewoman said that he would be getting a ticket. That’s a good thing, because it means he was in the wrong, and that his insurance will have to pay up.

Assuming, of course, that he actually has insurance . . . .

The Dana missing his wife's Mustang (af9ec3) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:09 pm

If there were no rattlesnakes, ACORN would have no members.

askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:09 pm

But. But. Lou Diamond Phillips said there was a rattlesnake.

Apparently you have to be quasi native American to notice rattlesnakes.

Anglos can’t do it. It’s freaking profound.

Like noticing the benefits of Obamacare. Obviously something else Anglos can’t do.

The more things change, teh more they stay the same.

La Bamba.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PK2HANwsUWg

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:15 pm

Steve57, that’s too freaky. Last night I dreamed I was passenger in a car, my mother (who has been passed away these several years Now) was driving.

A large, bulbous orange-and-green dune buggy(!) began to turn left directly into the highway in front of us (“Look out Mom!”) and Mom slows enough to prevent disaster but the buggy was forced off the road into a ditch.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:16 pm

I had another dream last week where she arranged all my furniture and cleaned the house but that one hasn’t had any corollary in real life yet.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:20 pm

The LA Times is asking its readers to “share” tales about how they are coping with the government shutdown.
I hope Patterico won’t mind if I refer his millions of readers to :

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-government-shutdown-reaction-20131001,0,7560832.story

Sorry, couldn’t get the link to light up.

Orcadrvr (5daf3f) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:23 pm

Dana – hope everything will be o.k.

mg (31009b) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:33 pm

What part do you find freaky? The dune buggy part, or the head-on-collision part?

As for myself I find the head-on-collision part the freakiest.

We were like, “How the hell did you think you could make it?”

I can’t even begin to diagram a way she could have possibly made a left turn across traffic without hitting something. She just drove into us on the theory that two automobiles traveling at high velocity might just be able to occupy the same space at the same time.

Anyhoo she kinda sorta solved a problem because since I was driving the company truck on a daily basis I didn’t need the Toyota wagon. Now, no more Toyota wagon. Just insurance check.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:39 pm

123- Steve, those are more jobs that Americans won’t/can’t do, so we’ll need more Undocumented Immigrants to assist us.

askeptic (b8ab92) — 10/1/2013 @ 3:47 pm

Steve57 – I left out the part where a crazy lady popped out and said we should have “let” her make the turn.

The real-life collision itself is horrifying. Broken property and peace of mind is bad enough, I’m so glad you are ok.

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 4:03 pm

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/153/3469508/House-bill-would-ensure-backpay-for-furloughed-feds

Free vacation! Take as much time as you need to pass that CR!

vor2 (d4f1d0) — 10/1/2013 @ 4:23 pm

that backpay issue is wrong.

they american people got nothing of benefit from these people today. why should we pay for that? Because government workers have political clout?

I would instead pay a minimal daily amount. Like jury duty.

Dustin (948952) — 10/1/2013 @ 4:30 pm

In case one hadn’t noticed, Obama is hideously spiteful.

http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=343838

Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 5:38 pm

Dana… if you lived in teh MidWest, this would be a sweet ‘stang!

http://bringatrailer.com/2013/09/28/stock-fox-32k-mile-1989-ford-mustang-lx-5-0/

Colonel Haiku (08d79d) — 10/1/2013 @ 5:46 pm

I’m just wondering if a “government shutdown” means that the White House kitchen is obligated to cut back on arugula.

It is a reasonable question.

Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 10/1/2013 @ 6:00 pm

135. I’m just wondering if a “government shutdown” means that the White House kitchen is obligated to cut back on arugula.

It is a reasonable question.

Comment by Elephant Stone (6a6f37) — 10/1/2013 @ 6:00 pm

BO was always on the menu.

But now the WH gets to blame the GOP.

The reason they’re eating the dog is because of the government shutdown!

Never let a crisis go to waste.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 6:26 pm

Is Michelle getting her bale of hay and five gallons of water?

nk (dbc370) — 10/1/2013 @ 6:33 pm

It is really astonishing how spiteful he is, Sarah.
I have never experienced an administration that disliked the American people so.

What next, unplugging respirators at VA hospitals??

I am actually praying for our country to see the light on this awful man.

Patricia (be0117) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:13 pm

They cancelled the service academy football games.

That’s pretty f’ing petty.

SPQR (768505) — 10/1/2013 @ 7:23 pm

I hope these petty, spiteful things will finally wake up the American people!

I hope the WWII vets storm the barricades tomorrow too.

Patricia (be0117) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:02 pm

Patricia, evidently they intend to.

SPQR (768505) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:02 pm

“I would just point to historical experience getting data and what we have seen with other implementation efforts over time,” Bataille said. “And what we know that it takes some time to pull accurate data and information together so we will be able to do that for you as soon as we can and we’ll make sure we let you know what that schedule will be.”

narciso (3fec35) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:08 pm

WHAT THEY DO WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS OPEN: Bureaucrats at tiny federal agency FMCS buy legions of luxuries with purchase cards. “One federal employee leased a $53,000 take-home car with taxpayer money in apparent defiance of federal regulations and regularly billed the government for service at shops such as BMW of Fairfax. Others charged the government monthly for family members’ cell phones and high-end TV packages and Internet at home — and even at second homes. Managers freely made out checks to employees without requiring documentation of how it would be spent, giving $1,316 directly to one who said she was reimbursing herself for furniture she bought for a “home office” and using convenience checks to give workers bonuses. Government employees used federal purchase cards to order items such as a $560 Bose stereo and $1,490 for two high-definition televisions that could not be located. All of these examples happened at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an obscure runaway government agency where the median annual salary is $120,000.”

SPQR (768505) — 10/1/2013 @ 8:11 pm

Yoda saw some drag racing on Fox news last night I did! They were racing in high heels they were!

Yoda (ee1de0) — 10/1/2013 @ 9:15 pm

It is really astonishing how spiteful he is, Sarah. I have never experienced an administration that disliked the American people so.

Astonishing? Not really. But a reminder of what is at the essence of his very being, per below.

We reap what we sow.

abcnews.go.com, March 2008: Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor says blacks should not sing “God Bless America” but “God damn America.”

In a campaign appearance earlier this month, Sen. Obama said, “I don’t think my church is actually particularly controversial.” He said Rev. Wright “is like an old uncle who says things I don’t always agree with”…

Rev. Wright married Obama and his wife Michelle, baptized their two daughters and is credited by Obama for the title of his book, “The Audacity of Hope.”

An ABC News review of dozens of Rev. Wright’s sermons, offered for sale by the church, found repeated denunciations of the U.S. based on what he described as his reading of the Gospels and the treatment of black Americans.

“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people,” he said in a 2003 sermon. “God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.”

In addition to damning America, he told his congregation on the Sunday after Sept. 11, 2001 that the United States had brought on al Qaeda’s attacks because of its own terrorism.

“We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost,” he told his congregation.

“I wouldn’t call it radical. I call it being black in America,” said one congregation member outside the church last Sunday.

Sen. Obama declined to comment on Rev. Wright’s denunciations of the United States…

Mark (58ea35) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:02 pm

Since the government shutdown is going to shut down EVERYTHING, I was going to watch the TV show “Revolution” on Netflix to see what to do when the power goes out.

Then I realized that with no power because of the shutdown, I can’t watch Netflix. I can’t even surf the web or comment at the Patterico site. I don’t know what I’ll do.

malclave (1db6c5) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:04 pm

Sir,

Well, with much regret, I got out of bed. An lo an behold, my truck did start, the puppies did run out the door, I did manage to go to the doggy park. And yet, tho I had much fear – electricity did flow. Ah, cool air. That is so important in the desert.

Govt? I don’t miss it much.

Regards,

MWL (4bd301) — 10/1/2013 @ 10:48 pm

I went out to work like always.
Had some coffee for breakfast.
Came home this afternoon and checked the Nasdaq for quotes on my financial stuff.
My largest holding was up 8% for no other reason than it is a biotech with a little news.
Which was nice.
Plus I did not get hit by a car

So Slowdown Day One was a day I’d like to turn into a month

steveg (794291) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:45 pm

Plus I did not get hit by a car

So far.

I got hit by a car back in August.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:54 pm

I’m still trying to blame Bush for that.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/1/2013 @ 11:56 pm

The terrorists have not won.

http://www.tokyoweekender.com/2013/08/asakusa-samba-carnival-should-be-another-scorcher/

http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200808/31/P200808311458302249022847.jpg

http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200808/31/P200808311459222606911148.jpg

See? we only needed to stand firm.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/2/2013 @ 12:12 am

The Tokyo Samba festival carries on!

Even it I have to go back a couple of years for a pic.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/2/2013 @ 12:24 am

it = if

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/2/2013 @ 12:24 am

On a totally separate note, I re-read the Patterico posting that starts this whole thread and realized that happyfeet’s way of folksy semi-literate meandering has really infected him.

Kind of amusing to picture a D.A. questionings someone on the witness stand, and sounding like happyfeet writes while doing so.

rtrski (acb85e) — 10/2/2013 @ 4:20 am

I’m one of the Gub’mint folk turned out into the street today. No, the world isn’t ending, but The End is Near (and it’s going to be awesome).

However, it’s worth considering this – I’m the sole IT support person for an organization, yet as I was being served my notice yesterday a professional jumprope-jumper was performing at Gov’t expense behind me. One of his musical scores was the theme to Brazil…

jasmer (dc2b56) — 10/2/2013 @ 6:53 am

107, Beware the dead paying for insurance by installment. In my accident, the deadbeat, deadhead driver made one payment on her plan, and not another payment until the accident 10 months later.

To save her from going to jail for driving without insurance, her shyster after failing to get money from MY policy, sued her Insurance Company and won a judgement that they improperly dropped her policy for non-payment. CT is a Democrat run state and the judicial system is corrupt.

I had an accident some years ago here in Iowa, and the deadbeat was in the grace period of his payment which he didn’t make after the accident. State Farm made a half hearted effort to get damages from him. I was out my $500 deductable.

PCD (7a7072) — 10/2/2013 @ 8:41 am

105, HA HA, Steve. You’d have better luck spraying the bottom of the Crown Vic with Flex Seal and making it a river barge.

And, No, I won’t sell you mine.

PCD (7a7072) — 10/2/2013 @ 8:47 am

131. Steve57 – I left out the part where a crazy lady popped out and said we should have “let” her make the turn.

The real-life collision itself is horrifying. Broken property and peace of mind is bad enough, I’m so glad you are ok.

Comment by Sarahw (b0e533) — 10/1/2013 @ 4:03 pm

Thank you. And I’m glad to hear you are recovering.

In my situation you could hardly call the collision horrifying. Because it happened so fast, and was so unexpected. There was no time to be scared or feel anything.

It would have been horrifying if I had seen it coming. But I didn’t. Other people saw it coming. We attracted quite the crowd of eager witnesses who wanted to hang out for as long as it was going to take just to tell the story of what they saw. Mostly, I gathered, because they didn’t believe what they had just seen.

It wasn’t an attempted suicide. But that’s what it looked like, because why else would someone turn into oncoming traffic?

158. 105, HA HA, Steve. You’d have better luck spraying the bottom of the Crown Vic with Flex Seal and making it a river barge.

And, No, I won’t sell you mine.

Comment by PCD (7a7072) — 10/2/2013 @ 8:47 am

If nobody else is bidding on them at the auction, maybe I will turn one of them into river barge.

If you can do this to a Mercedes Benz SL600, I say anything is possible.

http://media.caranddriver.com/images/11q2/409801/mercedes-benz-600-photo-409857-s-520×318.jpg

I can only guarantee two things, and none of those things is that it’s going to work all that well. For however long it lasts.

1) It will be cheap.

2) It well not display anywhere close to the workmanship that went into the Benzamino.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/3/2013 @ 1:35 am

http://www.sternenkreuzer.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20120401-102314.jpg

I don’t have the kind of cash to do that.

It’ll be epic. Just on a tighter budget.

http://www.beaterblog.com/2011/08/beat-on-irish-street-benz-e-class-amino.html

Turning your old beater into a home brew el Camino is just about always a great idea. The usual recipe involves an old station wagon, a Sawzall, a lot of diamond plate and a case or two of your favorite brew. Starting off with a Mercedes Benz E300 (W210) sedan is an unusual step and I think its safe to assume this guy’s Mercedes Benz Club membership has been revoked.

As a Benz owner myself, I have mixed feelings about about slicing and dicing a fine piece of German engineering. Surely a less prestigious automobile could have been put under the knife.…

My sentiments exactly. Hence the ex-cop car dune buggy concept.

Steve57 (234b9e) — 10/3/2013 @ 2:14 am

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