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[TrevorS]

Sorry your brother had to leave. Life is what it is and is often unfriendly. We're owed nothing and have no control, guess that explains the popularity of religion. We may criticize, but comfort is hard to find.

[cloasters]

We are owed nothing, that makes it especially delicious that we owe so much. Does religion hide that? Maybe so.

[cloasters]

Good old opiate of the masses. And such poor quality as well.

[cloasters]

Everything is just fine.

[TrevorS]

And now, an upbeat moment for those following NJ Gov. Christie and 'Bridgegate':
Bruce Springsteen & Jimmy Fallon: "Gov. Christie Traffic Jam" ("Born To Run" Parody) - YouTube

Enjoy!

[cloasters]

Loved it, who knew that Jimmy Fallon had musical talent!?

[TrevorS]

As a follow up, the NJ Assembly has hired the Blagojevich lead prosecutor to assist their investigation of 'Bridgegate'. For his own part, Christie has "lawyer-ed" up.

[cloasters]

No childish machinations of Governor Christie seem to dull the ardor of The Right in wanting him in the White House. Lets hope the voters have a memory come November 2015.

[TrevorS]

Plenty in the right don't like Christie either as governor or presidential candidate. But to be sure, he still has a base. However, as the guns are leveling around and beyond 'Bridgegate', it's becoming less clear he has any political future at all. To be seen of course, the 20 plus served subpenas so far have a Feb 3rd deliverables date and the stories are still coming out. Plenty of discovery yet to come and perhaps some frisky legal battles.

[cloasters]

Shame on me, my opinion of Christie softened as he said nice things about Obama when NJ was in dire need after Sandy. I should have known better, the Koch brothers like him, that's reason enough to diss the man forever.

[cloasters]

And how about the building of the northern part of that delightful XL pipeline from Oklahoma to the Canadian border? Synthetic oil from the trashing of Alberta HAS to make it to a Koch refinery on the Gulf to be shipped abroad. Thereby lessening our dependence on foreign oil.

[cloasters]

If you really get unlucky they'll frack in your back yard. Breathe deep the gathering gloom, indeed.

[cloasters]

AFAIK, the "energy" companies don't pay reasonable re-settlement charges. Most folks don't own the mineral rights underneath their property so it's best to live far away from fracking country.

[chrisbard]

I got a new computer, does that count?

[cloasters]

It certainly does, good show old top! I bought a new box for a destitute yet deserving pal. He's losing his smart phone so he'll still be webable, which should keep him out of trouble.

[cloasters]

And it has a better power supply than mine, so I have to salve the wound knowing that he's missing 4 Gb of RAM. Whew!

[cloasters]

Dang it, watched the final DS9 episode last night. Again of course, superior television, imho.

[cloasters]

Can I face "The X-Files" again? Ugh, I have my doubts. Maybe "Gates of Hell" or "Ministry of Fear" will get me through to "Robot Chicken" time? Cable tv is a huge and expensive disappointment, it's wunnerful that digital over the air tv is made unwatchable by rain and overflying airplanes. Not an issue in Seattle.

[cloasters]

Maybe, just maybe the consumers will become fed up enough to say "no more" one of these decades?

[cloasters]

Silent sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yer Majesty, 310 million bags full!