ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©: Thursday's Monster

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Thursday's Monster

The Common Walkingstick or Northern Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a phasmid found across North America.

Thursday's Mushrooms

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16 comments:

Anonymous said...: I like that you've become slightly unhinged over at whiskeyfire. The convention circle-jerk has spread to the spectators so a dissenting view of Obama's wonderfulness is refreshing. Lord knows I don't want Romney to win, but Obama represents most of what's shitty about the contemporary Democratic Party.

Also, awesome walking stick. Got any Jerusalem cricket pics?; September 6, 2012 at 7:22 PM
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...: I think Jerusalem crickets are a western phenomenon. I thought I might have camel cricket pictures somewhere, but a cursory search reveals nothing.
~; September 6, 2012 at 8:33 PM
mikey said...: a cursory search reveals nothing.

I usually try to find my cursor by moving the mouse around. But then, I'm an iconoclast.

I think....; September 6, 2012 at 9:17 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: I like the giant tree monster. You should attach those legs to a moose.; September 7, 2012 at 12:49 AM
M. Bouffant said...: Ankle socks?; September 7, 2012 at 1:08 AM
Mandos said...: Woo left foot pic!; September 7, 2012 at 4:14 AM
Randal Graves said...: The carrot and the walkingstick.; September 7, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Dragon-King Wangchuck said...: Use of the word "probably" in wild mushroom identification is one of those red flag things.; September 7, 2012 at 10:17 AM
laurak/ForestWalkArt :) said...: i saw a walking stick last night on the front porch. but it flew away. i thought they only walked.

'shroooooms!; September 7, 2012 at 12:41 PM
zombie rotten mcdonald said...: I like that you've become slightly unhinged over at whiskeyfire.

I like it too. I want him to call me an Obot.; September 7, 2012 at 12:41 PM
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...: I'd say you're trapped in a bad relationship, zrm.

What are you going to say when Obama cuts Social Security?

"He wouldn't have done it, if only I'd loved him more..."
~; September 7, 2012 at 12:50 PM
zombie rotten mcdonald said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; September 7, 2012 at 2:57 PM
zombie rotten mcdonald said...: What will you say when he doesn't?; September 7, 2012 at 2:57 PM
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...: Here's a link.

The President and Vice President should repudiate Simpson Bowles, which was little more than a Trojan Horse in the Democratic convention hall, and unequivocally defend Social Security and Medicare.

And here's another, re: Warren and Geithner.

Warren asked Geithner repeatedly about HAMP. After several evasions, Geithner said about the banks, “We estimate that they can handle ten million foreclosures, over time… this program will help foam the runway for them.”

This is a revelatory moment for Barofsky in the book, and should be for everyone reading. Geithner’s concern, first of all, was with how the banks would respond to the program, not how homeowners would respond to it. In fact, homeowners are quite besides the point. Regardless of their situation, they will be one of the 10 million foreclosures, in Geithner’s construction. His goal was merely to space out the foreclosures and give the banks time to earn their way back to health, mostly through the other parts of the bailout, that enabled them to earn profits.

We're going to see, aren't we?
~; September 8, 2012 at 12:42 PM