Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Official Desert Sage Late Night Helen Thomas Tribute Open Thread


Just for you. Sage. : ) (Blame Bare. It was his idea.)

113 comments:

  1. A woman who truly earned the first 3 letters of her name.

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  2. I've seen him briefly earlier today, but not recently.

    If anyone has his e-mail, send him this link, STAT!

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  3. I e-mailed him and told him to get on the blog. Will send the link. LOL

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  4. I think he'll especially like this picture. It's the hottest one I could find. : )

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  5. This gives me ideas for a Halloween costume. LOL

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  6. I found a picture of her from the sixties, and I swear she looked almost exactly like this!

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  7. I've got to admit, I kinda liked here here.

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  8. Wow, PBJ - I had never seen that before! I'm honestly shocked to see her question/criticize The Family Guy like that!

    Good for Helen! No wonder Sage digs her so much. ; )

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  9. CC, If I recall correctly it was in regard to the Town Hall meetings too.

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  10. New drinks, exclusive to the Liberty Pub:

    Absolute Zero = Absolut vodka over frozen nitrogen

    Alexander the Grrreat = Gin, creme de cacao, and sweet cream over corn flakes

    American in Paris = Kentucky bourbon and champagne

    Black Sabbath = Kahlua and Mogen David wine

    Blind Faith = Wood alcohol and sacramental wine

    Blood Clot = Vodka, tomato juice, and Jell-O

    Bloody Awful = Vodka and ketchup

    Blue Moon = Corn whiskey and Aqua Velva

    Brown Bowl = Vodka and Prune Juice

    Coleman Cooler = White wine, soda, fried chicken crumbs, and sand

    Fuzzy Naval Base = Peach schnapps, orange juice, and ammonia

    George Bush = George Dickel bourbon and Busch beer

    Gorbachev = Vodka with a splash of port wine

    Honeydew the Dishes = Midori and Dawn

    Marie Antoinette = Bourbon, cake mix, and flat beer

    Martinizer = Gin, vermouth, and carbon tetrachloride

    Mary Poppins = Vodka, tomato juice, and a spoonful of sugar

    Mexican Hairless = Tequila and Minoxidil

    Oil of Ole = Mazola and Sangria

    Peter, Paul, and Mary = Potassium nitrate, Paul Masson wine, and tomato juice

    Phillips' Screwdriver = Vodka, orange juice, and milk of magnesia

    Port in a Storm = Red wine and rainwater

    Quack Doctor = Cold duck and Dr. Pepper

    A Rum with a View = Bacardi and Visine

    Rum-Pole of the Bailey = Bacardi rum, Popov vodka, and Bailey's Irish Cream

    Sake-to-me = Rice wine, punch, and nitrous oxide

    Scotch Tapeworm = Dewar's and Mescal

    Shipwreck = Cutty Sark on the rocks

    Short Wave = Ripple in a shot glass, ginger, syrup, and pomegranate

    Sinead O'Connor = Irish whiskey and Nair

    Skid Roe = Muscatel and caviar

    Sour Kraut = Schnapps and lemon juice

    Sundae Driver = Vodka, orange juice, and ice cream

    Tequila Mockingbird = Jose Cuervo and birdseed

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  11. Hey y'all - just dropped by before getting to bed, got a flu shot Monday and, for the first time, had a fluish reaction to the shot!
    Plus I gotta see my oncologist tomorrow morning so I'm kinda stressed over that.
    But I did want to say "hi" to y'all and hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

    Good night, all.
    Oh, yeah, thanks Typepad - THIS IS REALWEST!!

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  12. Hi there Realwest. Best of luck tomorrow! Sweet dreams and thanks for stopping by.

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  13. Great drinks, Pi Man, LOL. I heard somewhere they have bacon flavored Vodka how, kid you not. We need to come up with a drink for that.

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  14. Hey THANK YOU PBJ - just listened to that Helen Thomas video clip - no wonder Sage thinks she's hot!
    Also noticed a number of other clips there and have to see the Obama Puts Down Helen Thomas YouTube clip as well!

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  15. I think he'll especially like this picture. It's the hottest one I could find.

    /Bangs head on table.

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  16. PBJ said...
    Great drinks, Pi Man, LOL. I heard somewhere they have bacon flavored Vodka how, kid you not. We need to come up with a drink for that.


    Bacon-flavored vodka? How about we call it a Yeltsin?

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  17. Hey Pi Guy - that was an impressive array of drinks you provided (although reading it didn't do my fluish stomach much good, but one question for ya big fella, shouldn't it be
    "Alexander the Grrreat = Gin, creme de cacao, and sweet cream over Wheaties" instead of Corn Flakes -I was raised to believe that Wheaties is the breakfast of Champions! LOL!

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  18. Yeltsin, LOL, sounds good to me.

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  19. RW, I saw something about the Obama putting down Helen too but You Tube was kinda flashing videos in front of me like a slide show so didn't catch it. Will look for it.

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  20. Hahaha - Pi, we should have you tending bar in there!

    We have an opening for a barista, by the way, if you guys know anyone who can pull a mean shot. : )

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  21. Same old link, sorry, meant to post this.

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  22. Well, I'm going to head on out for the night.

    Good night, all!

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  23. Night Vegas. Always good to see you.

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  24. Boy, we have really slowed to a crawl here. I stopped for a while to a couple of chores, and everybody is asleep!

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  25. YAY!!!! It's lol!! (I love your 'initials'.)

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  26. So...did that picture up there frighten you at all?

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  27. What's a few more gray hairs among friends? ;-)

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  28. Hey there Lol, I am fading fast here. Great to see you.

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  29. We don't talk about grey hairs either. You are a "mere child" compared to me.

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  30. Howdy PBJ! :-)

    /...like sheeps in the night

    I zonked early so I missed a lot last night.

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  31. Hey! I thought *I* was your ship in the night!

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  32. Anyway, if I'd known then what I know now...I would have invested in Clairol a LONG time ago! ;-)

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  33. I am the "new" 41 but I am not a cougar.

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  34. Hello everyone, I've been doing things too.

    I think the picture of Helen scared everyone off.

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  35. You wanna be a ship? Be a ship!

    PINK! :-)

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  36. Yeah, who knew 40 would be "the good old days"?!

    /although my mother warned me... ;-)

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  37. Our moms knew what was happening.

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  38. My daughter thinks the whole concept of "cougar" is disgusting. LOL!

    /"ewww!"

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  39. Pinkie, if your theory about Helen's picture is right, I guess we can always whip this one out if we really want to slow things down.

    "The face that closed a thousand browsers."

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  40. I really wish Sage was here. LOL

    I have an idea for tomorrow's Official Desert Sage Late Night Helen Thomas Tribute Open Thread.

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  41. Well, I will say that opening up the site - sans coffee - was just a tad ....JARRING!

    [shudder!]

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  42. (It's the Philadelphia Experiment ship ...would be interesting.)


    "The face that closed a thousand browsers."
    ROFL!

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  43. Oh. What a memory, Pink!

    /ah, to be young again... ;-)

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  44. I just made that up! : )

    I think I'll italicize it below her picture tomorrow! (Am I just being mean? Actually, PBJ showed me a side of Helen I didn't know existed up there - I almost liked her!)

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  45. I didn't even know she wore lipstick!

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  46. LOL CC, you did get the "hottest" picture of her. I even googled "Helen Thomas sexy" and all I got was that little hula dance picture.

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  47. There's a hula dance picture? Do I want to see it?

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  48. "Helen Thomas witch" gets a lot more google results.

    .....I was just thinking about possible Halloween costumes.

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  49. The hula thing is not that great.

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  50. Only if you like animated .gifs ;-)

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  51. Okay, I found the hula thing. I think Sage might dig it. ; )

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  52. He might like that Hula thing, who knows? ;-)

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  53. PBJ, that is brutal, but I can't help laughing! I have tears in my eyes! That poor woman...oh my.

    You know, I gotta say this for her - she's brave, in this world, being in such a high profile position. It can't be easy having your appearance ridiculed all the time. It really cannot.

    But O. M. G. - that apple thing...LMAO (I hope no one ever does that to me! It won't be long before they can!)

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  54. I was just thinking that it's a very good thing I keep a low profile!

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  55. OMG I am probably the oldest person on this blog. I just haven't seen my apple doll yet. LOL

    Poor Helen, she didn't get any good genes in the looks department. Bless her heart, she really is brave. I really did like seeing her go against the new press secretary.

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  56. It's no fun having your appearance critiqued constantly - my business sucks that way, but mostly for women. Guys can look like Quasimodo.

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  57. Me too, PBJ. For a second I forgot about all the obnoxious stuff she's done!

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  58. What happened to The Shrink? Did she fall asleep at her computer? : )

    Oh SHRRRRRRIIIIIIINK!!!! SHRINKY!!!

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  59. I don't WANT to see my apple doll! :-(

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  60. It does suck, having your appearance critiqued but I am not in to the plastic surgery for everything either, in fact I've never had anything. Grow old gracefully is what I say....I like my makeup, though.

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  61. What what what! I was cleaning the kitchen! :-)

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  62. If'n I had the money I would do the plastic surgery.

    /if'n I wasn't scared of surgery! ;-)

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  63. I should probably hit the hay, took a Benadryl about an hour ago for my allergies. Maybe I will sleep tonight. Love you all.

    LoL, can you save me a couple of pieces of fruit with the antioxidants please?

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  64. I like makeup too!

    You guys, I bought a pair of over-the-knee Stuart Weitzman boots at Nordstrom when they had triple points last week or so. THEY CAME TODAY. (These are flat - I have some S/W thigh high boots in suede, too, with a heel.)

    I am a bad, bad kitteh. : )

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  65. PBJ, good night!! We love you too!! You are so great.

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  66. Wow, C2! Good for you! What color suede?

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  67. Got to get some new boots.

    Nite!

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  68. Okay, Pinkie. You just went *poof* and I got scared. : )

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  69. Goodnight, PBJ! :-)

    I'll save you some blueberries...only because I like you so much! ;-)

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  70. Yeah...at our age *p00f*! IS scary! ;-)

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  71. The ones I got today are smooth black leather - buttery soft smooth, though. My suede Stuart Weitzman (with the heel) boots are black, and I have a black pair of knee-high S/W's in suede too.

    I like boots. LOL

    (I got a pair of Paul Green taupe sort of cowboy boots, too, recently...they have little embossed stars around the top. They are so comfortable and cool looking.)

    Ugh. I could go on and on. I must have thirty pair. I am so bad.

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  72. Check this out:

    Q3 Cable Ratings: FNC Shows Fill Top 10; #3 Network on Cable; Beck Grows Timeslot 136%


    If you've been following the cable news ratings, and we know you have, you'll know Fox News has been dominating, even more than usual, in 2009. In the just-finished third quarter, Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC combined in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo in both total day and primetime viewing. FNC is also the only cable news network to post across the board gains vs. Q3 '08.

    • In Total Viewers, FNC was up 2% in primetime and up 8% in total day.

    • In A25-54 viewers, FNC was up 5% in primetime and up 12% in total day.

    • FNC was the third-ranked cable network behind ESPN and USA.

    • FNC had the top 10 programs in cable news. "The O'Reilly Factor" has been the #1 cable news show for 106 consecutive months. From 4pmET to 11pmET, all of FNC's programs showed growth, most double digits:

    Rank/Show — Total Viewer / A25-54 demo growth
    2. "Hannity," -- 9% / 17%
    3. "Glenn Beck," -- 89% / 136%
    4. "On the Record," -- 16% / 21%
    5. "Special Report" -- 20% / 34%
    6. "The FOX Report" -- 9% / 18%
    9. "Your World" -- 16% / 27%

    And for the month of September, FNC claimed the Top 13 programs in cable news in Total Viewers, which hasn't happened since Nov. 2004. It was the network's best month for the year in today day with Total Viewers and A25-54 viewers. Also, "America's Newsroom" (9-11amET) with Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer had its highest rated month (and quarter) in A25-54 viewers.


    LINK

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  73. I could go on and on. I must have thirty pair. I am so bad.

    GOOD, C2. You are so GOOD!

    Those sound beautiful ....

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  74. Hahahah...the non-stop anti-FNC chatter isn't doing much for the left, is it? LMAO

    Keep it up, lefties! : )

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  75. Everyone was watching to see if Megyn would go into labor on-air. ;-)

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  76. The Paul Greens are suede, Pinky. Sueeeeeede. : ) (You are my boot friend.)

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  77. Sueeeeeede.

    Don't think I didn't catch that! ;-)

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  78. Well you two, I think I might actually try to go to bed like a normal person tonight! Have a great fruit cup, and feel free to close this one down when you move up there.

    Good night, night crew. You guys are awesome. : )

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  79. Hahaha Pinkie...you would like them, I think!

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  80. You are awesome yourownself, CC! G'night! :-)

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  81. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gnyOmj5pOj9U-qJnJa13bS-xmNAQ

    I believe I called this yesterday...

    "Obama to meet high-powered aides for Afghan review"

    WTH have they been doing for the last ten months? Who's in charge around here?

    TAKE
    SOME
    NAMES,
    R

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  82. Much more important to do a guest spot on Letterman...

    RENDER! :-)

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  83. Goodmorning, Render!

    /Insomniacs-in-Arms

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  84. Who's in charge around here?

    That would be littleoldlady.

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  85. EEEEEWWWW! How could you post that picture?

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  86. CARL! :-)

    (Shana Tova!)

    I know! Nightmare-city!

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  87. It's beautiful, as ever, littleoldlady. I'll have just a slice of kiwi. I'm about to head off.

    Goodnight all!

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  88. I've always been under the impression that whenever US troops are in combat, that is the most important thing on the Commander-in-Chief's daily agenda.

    I suppose it could be slightly worse, the Great Zero could be pulling an LBJ. LBJ was no military man and had no business micro-managing, but at least he had some basic grasp of strategic fundamentals that he was screwing up.

    The Great Zero is attempting to vote "present" on the war, or get somebody else to write a letter, term paper, or opinion piece to cover his lack of basic ability.

    People are dying.

    THE
    WORLD
    WONDERS,
    R

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  89. People are dying.

    Bottom line, right there. :-(

    Ask him if he cares. He's off partying with the Olympic Committee..

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  90. http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/no_us_strikes_in_baluchistan_g.php

    "Last week, US military and intelligence officials told me that an expansion of the US air campaign into Baluchistan would likely lead to an internal revolt in the Pakistani military. General Kiyani knows the impact a wide-reaching US air campaign would have on his military."

    There is also the highly likely possibility of a seperatist internal revolution within Pakistan's Balochistan province (where Quetta is).

    I wonder if any of that is part of the impending review of the committee finding forwarded by the select board from Tanzania, Qoraqalpogiston, and Iceland?

    PROBABLY
    NOT,
    R

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  91. Hmmm...and here I was predicting Obama would draw down the troops and switch to bombing "weddings".

    /maybe not
    //or worse yet - maybe YES :-(

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  92. Just wait until they figure out that they cannot evacuate the way we did from Vietnam. The ocean is too far away. And there aren't enough carriers, helicopters, and/or transport aircraft available anyway. That budget cutting thing, ya'know?

    SHOOT
    THE
    MOON,
    R

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  93. Depressing beyond belief, Render. :-(

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  94. :(

    Yes, well now that I've ruined everybody's morning I'm off to 'splode the grill for some turkey sausage and eggs for breakfast.

    Man cannot live on digital fruitcup alone...

    ===

    The most depressing part is, it's still winnable. But there is less then zero chance the current C-in-C will give the orders.

    Lincoln asked for generals that would fight. Our generals are asking for a C-in-C that will let them fight.

    MAKE
    IT
    SO,
    R

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  95. Lincoln asked for generals that would fight. Our generals are asking for a C-in-C that will let them fight.

    Can't you just let him finish his waffle?

    :-(

    Enjoy your breakfast, Render! :-)

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