February 06, 2014
— Gabriel Malor Happy Thursday.
BIG NEWS: Priorities USA, the enormous Democratic PAC, is sitting out the midterms. Why would they do something insane like that? To save money for Clinton's run in 2016.
Cover Oregon, which might just be the worst Obamacare exchange, knocking even the Maryland and Minnesota exchanges out of the running, continues to implode. It turns out the Cover Oregon project director may have lied to her state bosses and to the federal government in order to keep the HHS grants flowing.
As far as personal brands go, Tim Tebow won the Super Bowl.
Sony appears to be trying to get rid of its computer business.
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Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 02:48 AM (v6cwT)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 02:49 AM (/qzu7)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 02:50 AM (/qzu7)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 02:51 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 02:52 AM (olDqf)
7: " It was a Sheila Jackson Lee thread..."
Did it get over-trolled, or did someone go overboard in using their adjectives?
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 02:52 AM (LJpVo)
This is Ziegfeld girl Olive Thomas, dressed in a Follies salute to the seasons:
http://tinyurl.com/kvgkhco
She died in 1920 after drinking – whether on purpose or by accident, no one really knows – caustic mercury bichloride.* Her ghost is said to haunt the New Amsterdam Theater in New York.
*she may have thought the bottle contained water or sleeping pills. As well, the label was in French, a language Thomas did not read.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 06, 2014 02:53 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 06, 2014 02:53 AM (60Vyp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 02:53 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd at February 06, 2014 02:54 AM (q9UZc)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 02:54 AM (olDqf)
I must be getting old. I'm starting to find the starlets of yesteryear to be more attractive than the current crop.
Except for Monica Bellucci. I want to do bad, bad things with her.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 02:55 AM (Kh+vp)
It is bad writing, bad logic, and ignorant of what the 1st Amendment actually says.
http://tinyurl.com/l9t8mqp
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 02:55 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 02:56 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 02:56 AM (7ynIk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 02:56 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 02:57 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 02:58 AM (Kh+vp)
Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd at February 06, 2014 02:58 AM (q9UZc)
You mean this Monica Bellucci?
http://tinyurl.com/k4hnkyn
NSFW
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 02:58 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 02:59 AM (7ynIk)
Why hunting down sorcerers on Twitter, that's what!
http://bit.ly/1iufWDg
You can't make this sh*t up. Oh, and good morning.
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 06, 2014 03:00 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:00 AM (olDqf)
27: "You mean this Monica Bellucci?"
Being at work, I can't click that one. So this Monica Bellucci.
http://tinyurl.com/yade7n
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 03:01 AM (Kh+vp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:01 AM (olDqf)
No foundation to any accusations of inaccurate statements, failure to understand simple economics, inappropriate use of racial accusations on the ladies part.
Yup, why to do any less than worship the ground she floats above is racism in it's own right.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 06, 2014 03:02 AM (DHj6D)
I must be getting old. I'm starting to find the starlets of yesteryear to be more attractive than the current crop.
Mae Murray: http://tinyurl.com/q2pv4f5
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 06, 2014 03:02 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd at February 06, 2014 03:03 AM (q9UZc)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:04 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:05 AM (olDqf)
33: "No foundation to any accusations of inaccurate statements, failure to understand simple economics, inappropriate use of racial accusations on the ladies part."
Reason # 3635 why I wish Texas could get it's anti-gerrymandering bills approved and upheld.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 03:05 AM (OJn3e)
It is bad writing, bad logic, and ignorant of what the 1st Amendment actually says.
http://tinyurl.com/l9t8mqp
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 06:55 AM (QFxY5)
A hat trick of dumbfuckers? Can't say I'm exactly surprised; these are the same profession of ignorant cocksuckers who are writing all sorts of snarky prose about how fucked up the accommodations are in Sochi, forgetting that Vlad is the same person who has no problems murdering people with polonium, gunshots or tossing people off buildings. I doubt that anybody would miss the stupid mewling catamites.
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 06, 2014 03:05 AM (zjT4v)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 06:56 AM (7ynIk)
Beach chairs and fishing rods.
Posted by: Retread at February 06, 2014 03:05 AM (cHwk5)
Any thoughts about the way they made up their lips?
Obviously the modern lipstick style is to mimic engorged labia.....
[serious question]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 03:06 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Slinko at February 06, 2014 03:06 AM (i14bS)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:07 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:08 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:09 AM (olDqf)
Any thoughts about the way they made up their lips?
The style was called both "Cupid's-bow" and "bee-stung," and you see it on most of the stars of the 1920s (a biography of Murray is actually subtitled The Girl With The Bee-Stung Lips). The idea, as I understand it, was to give off an aura of pouting sexuality, a sort of I'm-ready-to-play! look.
Of course, you know one of the reasons why lip gloss was invented.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 06, 2014 03:10 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 07:05 AM (olDqf)
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*sigh* Yeah, that's probably right.
Earth to Saudi Arabia: "Dumb, racist, and clad in a bathrobe is no way to go through life son..."
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 06, 2014 03:10 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 07:09 AM (olDqf)
Nicely played....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 03:10 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at February 06, 2014 03:10 AM (OsheA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:11 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 03:12 AM (7ynIk)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 03:12 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:13 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd at February 06, 2014 03:13 AM (q9UZc)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 03:14 AM (ELs9k)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:14 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Howard Cosell at February 06, 2014 03:15 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 06, 2014 03:15 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:15 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 03:16 AM (7ynIk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 06, 2014 03:16 AM (olDqf)
56: "IIRC, there was a hell of a taco & tuna stand set up in the parking lot..."
Watch out for the bagel stand right next to it. Had a funky odor.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 03:17 AM (LJpVo)
http://tinyurl.com/lushcez
Surprising, no, given past claims that the SB supposedly led to increased domestic violence from competitive victim hood rights' advocates?
(BTW, that tinyurl wins today's "coolest randomly generated link name")
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ at February 06, 2014 07:12 AM (HsTG
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Back in college days I worked in the local town's water works. On SB Sunday we could always tell when it was halftime because the reading on the master pressure gauge would drop suddenly as everybody in town flushed at the same time.
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 06, 2014 03:18 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 03:18 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 03:19 AM (7ynIk)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 06, 2014 03:19 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: Yep, I'm a nerd at February 06, 2014 03:20 AM (q9UZc)
That's one of the things I am happy with here in my obscenely over-taxed town.
They do a really good job of plowing.
Everything else is a clusterfuck, but......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 03:21 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 06, 2014 03:22 AM (X+nFp)
Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at February 06, 2014 03:22 AM (OsheA)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 03:24 AM (MhA4j)
Hopefully it is polling data that show Boehner losing to a real Republican.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 03:24 AM (QFxY5)
They will beat you to death with their field hockey sticks to prove what dainty beings they be.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 06, 2014 03:25 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 03:26 AM (ELs9k)
73: "They are all delicate flowers at Wellesly, kept away from the coarseness of a cruel, uncaring world."
I'm grateful that my oldest son who is now a sophomore has a good head on his shoulders.
I'm not equipped to train my boys on how to deal with the insane asylums that our colleges have become.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 03:26 AM (OJn3e)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 06, 2014 03:27 AM (SwHqo)
Don't do that! Send me to sites like that, I mean. I'm at home, but I do have to go to work soon. And yet, I just now discovered Helen Flangen, my new best friend. I would like to spend some time with her.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 06, 2014 03:28 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 06, 2014 03:28 AM (zjT4v)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 03:29 AM (7ynIk)
Posted by: Case at February 06, 2014 03:29 AM (9mWut)
Posted by: BurtTC at February 06, 2014 07:28 AM (BeSEI)
Oh, my!
http://tinyurl.com/kwh6zc3
NSFW (sort of...)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 03:34 AM (QFxY5)
Radicals for capitalism would, as the Declaration of Independence says, use government only “to secure these rights”–the rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. (Yes, I added “property” in there–property rights are inseparable from the other three.)
ThatÂ’s the political philosophy on which Obama is trying to hang the blame for the recent financial crisis and every other social ill. But ask yourself, are we few radical capitalists in charge? Have radical capitalists been in charge at any time in the last, oh, say 100 years?
I pick 100 years deliberately, because it was exactly 100 years ago that a gigantic anti-capitalist measure was put into effect: the Federal Reserve System. For 100 years, government, not the free market, has controlled money and banking. HowÂ’s that worked out? HowÂ’s the value of the dollar held up since 1913? Is it worth one-fiftieth of its value then or only one-one-hundredth? You be the judge. How did the dollar hold up over the 100 years before this government take-over of money and banking? It actually gained slightly in value.
Posted by: Harry Morgan at February 06, 2014 03:36 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 03:36 AM (7ynIk)
But it's easy For Barack Obama to be "less liberal" than Richard Nixon when, at heart, he is a fascist.
Posted by: Chester Robert Huntley at February 06, 2014 03:39 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Gran at February 06, 2014 03:39 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: deadrody at February 06, 2014 03:40 AM (b2D8X)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 03:40 AM (HsTG8)
@86. I'm just speaking truth to power.
And here is some more. Women like these are fu*ked-up. All because they want to have sex with their fathers.
Posted by: Case at February 06, 2014 03:41 AM (9mWut)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 06, 2014 03:42 AM (QR7wx)
Posted by: mindful webworker, 2013 Sockpuppeteer the 10th at February 06, 2014 03:44 AM (pEOD8)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 03:47 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 03:48 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 03:49 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Dr. Manbube at February 06, 2014 03:52 AM (/QjPQ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 21 days until spring training at February 06, 2014 03:53 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 03:53 AM (IXrOn)
>>>It was a Sheila Jackson Lee thread...
You people shouldn't be seen in the company of plant life
Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 06, 2014 03:53 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: mindful webworker, 2013 Sockpuppeteer the 10th at February 06, 2014 03:54 AM (5MGOE)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 03:54 AM (x1L8S)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 03:55 AM (MhA4j)
Wow! The government has create as disincentive to work, to be more productive, to remain in your station, to create more income inequality.
And, tell me again which Party will be campaigning against "income inequality" this year ?
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 06, 2014 03:56 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 03:56 AM (x1L8S)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 03:56 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 03:57 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 03:58 AM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 06, 2014 03:59 AM (FDGeg)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 03:59 AM (x1L8S)
Management can write a note to the file. It is their job to fix it - not yours. You can be fired for timecard falsification even if management directs it.
You should also save any emails directing you to do so, if they did it in a phone call -- then document that phone call immediately in an email back to yourself. If you have a senior manager whose is reasonable, forward them the email and ask for a quick meeting -- at that meeting tell him or her that you'll be a team player - but that HR really shouldn't be telling people to fake timecards. You should not write the words fake and timecard in any emails - except the one to yourself.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:00 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 04:00 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:00 AM (BzAbx)
Posted by: mindful webworker, 2013 Sockpuppeteer the 10th at February 06, 2014 04:01 AM (uHgI5)
Fixed, and I'll be in too.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:03 AM (4JkHl)
Probably my favorite pic of her so far:
http://tinyurl.com/m5tcal9
Questionably NSFW... if your workplace frowns on well endowed young women in leather jackets, unzipped past their goodly parts, giving one the finger.
Btw, the original site had her name listed as "Flangen," which did not sound right. Indeed it was not. It's Helen Flanagen. A name we should all get to know and trust as the days get colder and less hopeful.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 06, 2014 04:03 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 04:03 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 04:03 AM (MhA4j)
Hmm, I wonder what the common denominator is?
http://tinyurl.com/lzey28c
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 06, 2014 04:04 AM (FDGeg)
I think Y-Not had posted that one of the Horde had linked to Ace's post on Twitter and shortly after that we had an infestation.
Because, you know how the left likes to prove the right is racist by coming over to right web sites and posting some racist crap themselves.
Somehow this proves to them that the right is racist.
In other news, liberalism is a mental illness.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:04 AM (MPIX5)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 04:04 AM (x1L8S)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:04 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 06, 2014 04:04 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:05 AM (BzAbx)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 04:06 AM (x1L8S)
Posted by: mindful webworker who doesn't always read with comprehension at February 06, 2014 04:07 AM (9Zci/)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 04:08 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 21 days (3wks) until spring training at February 06, 2014 04:10 AM (u8GsB)
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~obsidian/clothpads/freebleeding.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:10 AM (BzAbx)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:11 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 06, 2014 04:11 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 06, 2014 08:04 AM (MPIX5)
Read the NY Times editorial about the contraceptive case going to the SCOTUS if you aren't 100% sure of this.
Logic? Coherence? Historical accuracy?
Nope.
The link is at #17
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 04:12 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:14 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 06, 2014 04:14 AM (FDGeg)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 06, 2014 04:16 AM (p9JxP)
That would be the ConstitutionÂ’s establishment clause enforcing the separation of church and state and barring government from favoring one religion over another or nonbelievers.
Arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no "separation of Church and State" clause in the constitution!!!! That concept (and not the actual phrase) appears in a SINGLE letter from Jefferson, years after the Constitution was written.
You're right, the editorial writer has NO idea of what the First Amendment actually says in plain English.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:16 AM (MPIX5)
137: "What's this white stuff coating my truck and BBQ grill this morning in SE Texas? Sky dandruff?"
Sorry, let me put away these Monica Bellucci photos...
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 04:16 AM (f6ZLT)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:17 AM (z4WKX)
>>>I think Y-Not had posted that one of the Horde had linked to Ace's post on Twitter and shortly after that we had an infestation.
Dunno about that. Its nobody present company, but Ace did used to have issues with various lurkers who heard whatever they heard when any post went up touching on race issues. Many were banned yet there's always more. I'm not so quick to dismiss everything bad as enemy action and trolling, more inclined to just see it all as a slice of where we - as a nation, not a site or as conservatives - are.
Which, when we all saw what Obama was about the first time around, it was predictable there'd be a rise in racial divisions, no? And hasn't that in all honesty happened? That's a worthy and sad topic I think.
Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 06, 2014 04:18 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 04:18 AM (MhA4j)
You should speak to a recruiter about a new job.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:19 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Judge Pug at February 06, 2014 04:21 AM (NRYdU)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 04:21 AM (MhA4j)
If you have kids, donÂ’t let your daughters work as teenagers!
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 08:14 AM (z4WKX)
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When our little Nightengale was in high school she wanted to get a job at the local mall after school. Mrs. Nighthawk and I told her "you already HAVE a job- that job is to go to school, study hard, and get the best grades you can!"
She did and now, ten years later, she has a strong work ethic that is serving her well in her "real" job.
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 06, 2014 04:22 AM (OtQXp)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ABCDEFGeek-5.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:22 AM (BzAbx)
Posted by: Judge Pug at February 06, 2014 04:23 AM (NRYdU)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at February 06, 2014 04:23 AM (ySU/u)
149: "So your mom was better than I? pfft"
Must...resist...
Must....not...reply with naughty thoughts...
Must...
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 04:23 AM (OJn3e)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 04:23 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 04:24 AM (fWAjv)
But when Drudge links to them concerning the USPS purchasing ammo?
I always liked the song "Crazy Train"
Never realized it would refer to the end times
http://tinyurl.com/m2rfq3d
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 06, 2014 04:26 AM (DHj6D)
@142. All the Constitution says is the Government cannot establish a "state" church. "state" meaning a Government church. Like England did. And the founders are right. Look at how the media and half the country worship Obama.
Posted by: Case at February 06, 2014 04:27 AM (9mWut)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 04:29 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:29 AM (z4WKX)
That was one of your best screeds.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:33 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 06, 2014 04:33 AM (zF6Iw)
The USPS has a large police force that pursues mail thieves (and other stuff too).
They are armed, so an ammo purchase is reasonable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 04:33 AM (QFxY5)
Yup.
Love our new Carrier.
Locks flowing like an NFL player.
Uniform worn in the new "Urban" manner.
Talking into his earwig the entire time he is within earshot, which is about 15 minutes.
And the audible words frequently sound exactly like rap lyrics flowing out his piehole.
About one in five days I have to redeliver an item that is put in our mailbox, that either has a different number, or street name on the address.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 06, 2014 04:34 AM (DHj6D)
The only clown I ever related to was Red Skelton who seemed to play a Charlie Chaplin-esque compassionate character reincarnated as a clown.
Freddie the Freeloader, IIRC.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 06, 2014 04:35 AM (zF6Iw)
Uniform worn in the new "Urban" manner.
Talking into his earwig the entire time he is within earshot, which is about 15 minutes.
And the audible words frequently sound exactly like rap lyrics flowing out his piehole.
Does he ever axe you any questions?
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:36 AM (JpC1K)
The USPS has a large police force that pursues mail thieves (and other stuff too).
They are armed, so an ammo purchase is reasonable.
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Anecdote - there was a guy in the old neighborhood who was stealing mail out of the mailboxes in the early afternoons before people would get home.
I called the USPS and they told me to call the local police because there was nothing they could do.
Not sure if anything's changed or if I was given bum info, only that I've always been under the impression that mail thieves were handled by local LEO since the USPS isn't technically a government agency.
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 06, 2014 04:36 AM (eytER)
The USPS has a large police force that pursues mail thieves (and other stuff too).
They are armed, so an ammo purchase is reasonable.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Years ago, when I was at H&K, the Postal Inspectors bought MP5SD (integral silenced sub machine guns) -- the poor dogs never knew what hit them.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:37 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 04:37 AM (fWAjv)
I think the rule is that once it's delivered, whether or not it's physically in your hands, the job of the USPS ends and you have to go to your LEO for any crimes after that point.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:38 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: Case at February 06, 2014 08:27 AM (9mWut)
And if I recall correctly, the First Amendment (Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof) prevents the Federal Government from establishing a "national" church, but does not preclude the individual States from having a State church.
Discuss.
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 06, 2014 04:38 AM (o3MSL)
I have had different experiences with them, but unfortunately I am not surprised that they didn't respond. They are unionized employees of a quasi-government agency.
Why should they care?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 04:38 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 08:37 AM (4JkHl)
If you have one just lying around gathering dust, I would be willing to take it off your hands.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 04:40 AM (QFxY5)
Posted by: mindful webworker at February 06, 2014 04:40 AM (Bfbpz)
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Posted by: grammie winger at February 06, 2014 04:40 AM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 21 days (3wks) until spring training at February 06, 2014 04:40 AM (u8GsB)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:41 AM (z4WKX)
"This highly lifelike sculpture has, within just a few hours of its outdoor installation, become a source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault for many members of our campus community,"
Heterophobes!
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 04:41 AM (5ikDv)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 04:42 AM (MhA4j)
I think the rule is that once it's delivered, whether or not it's physically in your hands, the job of the USPS ends and you have to go to your LEO for any crimes after that point. Posted by: Sean Bannion
Nope, if the mail box says US MAIL on it - its a Federal crime. If its a mail slot and drops into your house, locals. Honestly, getting their attention for small stuff is tough - they focus on mail fraud, employees going off reservation, and narcotics trafficking via the post.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:42 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 04:42 AM (L2I78)
Only group to see increased income under Obama: Top 5%
Obamacare to depress middle class wages even further.
Road to Serfdom? Baby, we are on the autobahn to serfdom.
http://s.shr.lc/N80KRN
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 06, 2014 04:42 AM (QXlbZ)
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:43 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at February 06, 2014 04:43 AM (N/cFh)
I stand corrected.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:43 AM (JpC1K)
@176 Which of course blasts a whole right through teachers prohibiting young school children from reading their Bibles during free reading time, or talking about putting a star on the top of their Christmas tree during show and tell.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 06, 2014 04:43 AM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Jeffrey Carter (@pointsnfigures) at February 06, 2014 04:44 AM (MOSsR)
Is this meant to take the place of NoVAMoMee II: The Embiggening?
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:44 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:44 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 06, 2014 04:44 AM (L2I78)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 04:44 AM (MhA4j)
179: "Heterophobes!"
As a matter of responding to idocy with the same level of idiocy as a sort of argumentative mirror, I think I'll take to responding to any of the pro-gay agitprop with the retort that they are just heterophobic.
Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 06, 2014 04:45 AM (v6cwT)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 06, 2014 04:45 AM (tmFlQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 06, 2014 04:46 AM (p9JxP)
It would not surprise me.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:46 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:47 AM (BzAbx)
It's been enjoyably liberating.
Posted by: HR at February 06, 2014 04:47 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at February 06, 2014 04:47 AM (N/cFh)
If you have one just lying around gathering dust, I would be willing to take it off your hands.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Sadly not, not even at the bottom of the lake. Awesome with subsonic .45s. In a century (20th) full of amazing firearms, its gotta be in the top ten. It might be the only weapon whose actual employment is correctly interpreted by video games.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:47 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 06, 2014 08:46 AM (p9JxP)
Heh. Bringing the SMOD?
Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 06, 2014 04:47 AM (gHDMy)
Posted by: Case at February 06, 2014 04:47 AM (jhRZ+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:48 AM (BzAbx)
Posted by: @JohnTant at February 06, 2014 08:36 AM (eytER)
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I think the Postal Inspectors can only do something if the person stealing stuff is a Post Office employee.
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 06, 2014 04:48 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:49 AM (4JkHl)
OK, I laughed. I did.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:50 AM (JpC1K)
Suggestions?
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:50 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 04:50 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Nighthawk
No. Post Office IG is so limited, not the Inspectors. They are full tilt, federal law enforcement.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:51 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 04:51 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 04:52 AM (MhA4j)
Suggestions? Posted by: Sean Bannion
Metro based with parking, not in DC, would be my call. So, in Ballston or Pentagon City area. There is a bar at Ballston that NDIA uses for drinking/meeting, or the Irish place behind the mall at Pentagon City.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:53 AM (4JkHl)
You have no idea.... they tried to arrest my HUMVEE Driver back in '90, for "a heretic armed woman', to which the rest of my squad drew down on them with Berettas refusing to even allow the 4 numbnuts to touch her.
Their dumb luck - she shot expert, and had a blackbelt in TKD - those camel jockeys would have been in the infirmary with multiple injuries if we didn't save 'em....
We Need a PMS Legion to fight for Human Rights in Sandland!
Posted by: fred zeppelin at February 06, 2014 04:54 AM (zL/eJ)
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:54 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:54 AM (BzAbx)
Hell naw. Just an excuse to drink and eat good things and not exclude you No-Va types. Posted by: Gingy
So your not going to have it in Maryland?
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:55 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Sean Bannion
Where do you park in Clarendon? The only place I ever have any luck with is the lot next to Whitows
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:56 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 04:56 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at February 06, 2014 04:57 AM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:57 AM (4JkHl)
You DID say Metro based.
But there's a garage on 10th St. about half a block from the Metro stop.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:57 AM (JpC1K)
Yup. I used to go there all the time. I live 1/2 mile from there as the crow flies.
Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 06, 2014 04:58 AM (JpC1K)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 06, 2014 04:58 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: NativeNH at February 06, 2014 04:58 AM (zqs8O)
Many of us NoVa types avoid Maryland, for example today I have 5 very good reasons to not go into Maryland in my pocket.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 04:59 AM (4JkHl)
http://youtu.be/9W63RzhO-J0
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 04:59 AM (BzAbx)
As a matter of responding to idocy with the same level of idiocy as a sort of argumentative mirror, I think I'll take to responding to any of the pro-gay agitprop with the retort that they are just heterophobic.
That's been my policy for years.
Aggrieved , victimization is a two-way street. I do my best to hold up the mirror of insensitivity at every opportunity.
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 05:00 AM (5ikDv)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at February 06, 2014 08:57 AM (N/cFh)
Allow me to pitch Brewer's Alley in Frederick as a potential host location; if you like craft beers and good pub food.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 06, 2014 05:00 AM (QXlbZ)
My kids loved it, used to live across the street off of Janneys Lane before moving to Falls Church.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 05:00 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 06, 2014 05:00 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 05:01 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 06, 2014 05:01 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 06, 2014 05:02 AM (MhA4j)
Geez, not seen such a wretched hive of villainy and scum since Mos Eisley.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 05:02 AM (BzAbx)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 06, 2014 05:02 AM (GaqMa)
(Being slightly serious here.) Posted by: tsrblke
That gets complicated. But, I believe they do - but rarely get involved. I recall them putting up surveillance cameras for a business that had repeated thefts (of medical samples of all things); but not sure how they handle porches.
I'd put up a game camera, and leave a box on my porch. See which neighborhood kid I catch.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 05:02 AM (4JkHl)
>>>And if it's a package left on my porch?
Depends on what happens. If it blows up, it's Federal.
Posted by: Bigby's Chapped Hands at February 06, 2014 05:03 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: t-bird at February 06, 2014 05:03 AM (FcR7P)
I live out in a very rural area in which some folks seem to mistake for a garbage dump quite often. The last time someone dumped some broken up old furniture there.
Inside an old desk, I found something very valuable during the clean up.
Now does the person who dumped it there still have any claim to the valuable part even though they committed a crime dumping it there?
Posted by: GMB who remembers back when..... at February 06, 2014 05:03 AM (nkPV9)
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Posted by: Hrothgar at February 06, 2014 08:38 AM (o3MSL)
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How do you go about starting a church anyway?
I ask because I think it would be awesome if somebody formally founded the "Church of Secular Hedonism" established on the principles of free contraceptives, abortion on demand, legalized drugs, and the "right" to "marry" whoever, or whatever, and in whichever number, you please.
Then traditional churches could sue the government on First Amendment grounds for passing a whole slew of laws "respecting the establishment of a religion".
Posted by: Nighthawk at February 06, 2014 05:04 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: GMB
I believe it varies. Some places you have to post a 30d notice above a certain value. Call your local cop's non-emergency line.
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 05:05 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 06, 2014 05:06 AM (QXlbZ)
Posted by: ontherocks at February 06, 2014 05:06 AM (MfPfh)
Posted by: Beagle at February 06, 2014 05:08 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 06, 2014 05:09 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: GMB who remembers back when..... at February 06, 2014 09:03 AM (nkPV9)
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Once something is purposely discarded and abandoned, it has no owner. I mean, it's not like they dropped their wallet on the side of a road. They dumped a piece of furniture. It's scavenger time.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 06, 2014 05:11 AM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 05:13 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Beagle at February 06, 2014 05:14 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Grey Fox at February 06, 2014 05:14 AM (Fka6O)
That might be true in most states. I live in Illinois where things are not quite "right" to begin with.
Compare the value of what I found to the potential trouble, looks like the donation box is a good idea.
Winners all around.
Posted by: GMB who remembers back when..... at February 06, 2014 05:17 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 05:19 AM (z4WKX)
I thought every moron knew to dump the body on an outgoing tide.
Sheesh, that's like AoSHQ handbook, chapter one.
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