February 03, 2014

Podcast/Open Thread
— DrewM

Ace is taking a sick day and news is kind of slow so in case you missed it, here's Andy's podcast post from last week that went up a little later than normal on Friday.

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Townhall.com editor and Fox News contributor Guy Benson joins Ace, Gabe, Drew and John to talk about how the 2016 GOP field is shaping up, the Democrats' disaster prep. for 2014 and other fun topics.

Ace also treats you to an impersonation or two.

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Open thread in the comments.

Posted by: DrewM at 09:09 AM | Comments (398)
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1 Sick day? The day after the SB? Did he break into Vic's cabinet of "brown" and end up deeply under the weather (a/k/a riding the porcelain Honda).

Posted by: Duke at February 03, 2014 09:11 AM (d3clc)

2 SB Monday is an unofficial holiday anyway...

Posted by: phreshone at February 03, 2014 09:12 AM (Pr6hk)

3 Ace takes Sick Day Note to Self : Don't let the Burger King cater your Superbowl Bash.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:12 AM (AZNLP)

4 I'll need to see a doctor's note.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 09:13 AM (8ZskC)

5 ...and it's not officially a Slow News Day until I see a Gorn in the sidebar.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:13 AM (AZNLP)

6 Kidding aside, get well soon Ace - and make sure you're getting enough rest. I notice lately that you'll post something like you won't be in the blog for a couple of days and then you end up posting a bunch of stuff anyway.

Posted by: Duke at February 03, 2014 09:13 AM (d3clc)

7 Escaped Michigan murderer car-jacked a bright-red Jeep Liberty with Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil stickers on the windows. In Elkhart.

This appears to be a Kurosawa-grade combination of BOLO and YOLO.

Unconfirmed whether he also has a yellow suction-cup diamond shaped sign that says "Caution: Escaped Murderer on Board."  And a beanie hat with a propeller on top.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 03, 2014 09:14 AM (xq1UY)

8 Slow News Day???  Sounds like a perfect time for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Posted by: Typical RINO Consultant at February 03, 2014 09:14 AM (Pr6hk)

9 Escaped Michigan murderer car-jacked a bright-red Jeep Liberty with Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil stickers on the windows. In Elkhart. Bring on the Johnny Dangerously quotes.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:15 AM (AZNLP)

10 Ace is taking a sick day and news is kind of slow

Wheeeeeeeee......

Posted by: DJIA at February 03, 2014 09:15 AM (hO9ad)

11 My friends, you have nothing to fear with Barack Obama in the White House.

Posted by: John McCain at February 03, 2014 09:15 AM (Pr6hk)

12 You know, that whole Mexico-U.S. border thing is not something conservatives ought to all hot and bothered about.

Posted by: jwest, really smart dude at February 03, 2014 09:15 AM (Q9qpj)

13 There are no such things as 'sick days' any more. Under the new Obamacare they will be henceforth known os 'vacation days you paid us to take'.

Posted by: Gmac at February 03, 2014 09:15 AM (4pjhs)

14 Welcome to my open thread!

Posted by: Bane at February 03, 2014 09:16 AM (TJ8HB)

15 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fLFAXvFYhsE I'm Bane! That's my name!

Posted by: Bane at February 03, 2014 09:17 AM (1y3uf)

16 $25,000 government voucherz!!!!1!!1!!11!

Posted by: Surely you WjEst at February 03, 2014 09:17 AM (Aif/5)

17 Barry and I celebrated Groundhog Day by playing 'Muskrat Love' by the Captain and Tennille as our background music.

Posted by: Reggie Love at February 03, 2014 09:17 AM (Pr6hk)

18 Following up on Drew's post, you have to love that Rick Wilson uses the term "you people" in addressing the Coke "controversy".

Posted by: Boone at February 03, 2014 09:17 AM (wZOej)

19 Did I miss the part about how the podcasts don't suck anymore?

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at February 03, 2014 09:17 AM (bUmSq)

20 Oh goody.
It's still snowing.
Heavy snow.
Very heavy snow

And it's time to go get Little VIA.
And there are drivers from Baltimore on the road.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2014 09:18 AM (pxA2h)

21 True useless trivia: The Monday after the Super Bowl is the second-biggest day of the year for new gym memberships. The biggest day is the Monday after New Years.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 09:18 AM (7ObY1)

22 Is this thread sponsored by the wonderful people at Chevron?

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 03, 2014 09:18 AM (WdbF7)

23 This ace fellow needs my 404Care 'Blue Plan'.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 03, 2014 09:18 AM (Dwehj)

24 There is no longer sickness, only non-optimal health conditions

Posted by: Dr Obama at February 03, 2014 09:18 AM (Pr6hk)

25 Regurgitated Podcast thread?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:18 AM (6bMeY)

26 In lieu of vacation days, the proletariat will receive a voucher good for an additional 5 lbs. of potatoes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 09:18 AM (8ZskC)

27 My commenting will be light this morning since my arm is still sore from beating my spouse and/or significant other yesterday.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 09:19 AM (8ZskC)

28 I think Denver took a sick day yesterday. Thank you very much

Posted by: SH at February 03, 2014 09:19 AM (fdnD9)

29 Ace is taking a sick day and news is kind of slow Wheeeeeeeee...... Posted by: DJIA Dayum. 15,460.59. 238.26 off.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2014 09:19 AM (ndIek)

30 Ace is out prowling the NJ Hotel Lobbies looking for a last minute discount.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:19 AM (AZNLP)

31 As someone mentioned on an earlier thread..

The Affordable Food Act.

Discuss

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2014 09:19 AM (pxA2h)

32 So the red guy with the horns informed me that heroin overdose is not covered by Obamacare

Posted by: Phillip Seymour Hoffman at February 03, 2014 09:20 AM (Pr6hk)

33 So did the Seattle-ites burn their coffee and stuff celebrating the big win? Trash the fish market, anything?

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:20 AM (1Y+hH)

34 Escaped Michigan murderer car-jacked a bright-red Jeep Liberty with Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil stickers on the windows. In Elkhart. This appears to be a Kurosawa-grade combination of BOLO and YOLO. In other words, the police will shoot up a white Ford Escape with two Hispanic Grandmothers within the hour.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 09:20 AM (IoTdl)

35 Obama is a fucked up stutterer

Posted by: Guy who posts obligatory comments, but doesn't really remember them at February 03, 2014 09:20 AM (8VPPr)

36 The Affordable Food Act.

Discuss

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2014 01:19 PM (pxA2h)

 


Not a chance

Posted by: Ethanol Lobby at February 03, 2014 09:21 AM (Pr6hk)

37 Guy Benson is a bit butt hurt that Fat Rino gets  a little negative MSM attention.


Posted by: Temper Tantrum at February 03, 2014 09:21 AM (AWmfW)

38 So did the Seattle-ites burn their coffee and stuff celebrating the big win? Most just burned a fatty.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:21 AM (AZNLP)

39 At least sugar prices are down.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:22 AM (6bMeY)

40 Dayum. 15,460.59. 238.26 off. - It's because Cruz shut down the government.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 09:22 AM (Hx5uv)

41 You know, that guy pulls off the stickers, switches plates with another car, and he's golden.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:22 AM (1Y+hH)

42 Seattle-ites? Seattlers? Seattle-ans? Seattle-tonians?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 09:22 AM (7ObY1)

43 AmishDude just got mentioned by Rush!?

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:22 AM (AZNLP)

44 I saw "Girl with a Penis" open for "Justin Bieber" at the Orpeu . . . .

WAIT!!!....  That was the same damn act!!!!

Posted by: fixerupper at February 03, 2014 09:22 AM (nELVU)

45 25 Regurgitated Podcast thread?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 01:18 PM (6bMeY)


I think I just threw up on my blog. 

Posted by: ǝɔ∀ at February 03, 2014 09:23 AM (Kkt/i)

46 6 more weeks of Bear Markets.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:23 AM (6bMeY)

47 Half my coworkers took "sick days" today too.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 03, 2014 09:23 AM (z+Xap)

48 Sorry I got Ace sick.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 09:23 AM (KgN8K)

49 Speaking of the Super Bowl, The Pacific Market Center in Seattle smells just like my hoohah

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 03, 2014 09:23 AM (Pr6hk)

50 Ok what's the short version of Coca Cola doom? It seems I've missed something tedious and insignificant which will end the world again.

Posted by: Suppressed Flasher at February 03, 2014 09:23 AM (X+nFp)

51 Rush just did a shout out to AmishDude. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 03, 2014 09:24 AM (Oa7B2)

52 Girl With a Penis? Hmmm...I believe we've found our next Tween series.

Posted by: The Disney Channel at February 03, 2014 09:24 AM (7ObY1)

53 Ace is out prowling the NJ Hotel Lobbies looking for a last minute discount.  hobo to kill, eat and wear the skin of.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 01:19 PM (AZNLP)

Fixed.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 03, 2014 09:24 AM (fwARV)

54 "Most just burned a fatty." If they don't run out of snack food they'll be fine then.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:24 AM (1Y+hH)

55 AmishDude's theory of GOP's fear of a landslide just mentioned by Rush... whatta moron!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 03, 2014 09:24 AM (HsTG8)

56
>>Wheeeeeeeee......
>>Posted by: DJIA

Dayum. 15,460.59.
238.26 off.
Posted by: rickb223


Looks like the POMO team is taking a sick day as well.

2pm turbo-button still an option.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 03, 2014 09:24 AM (cxs6V)

57 The MahaRushie? Where?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:24 AM (6bMeY)

58 Way to go Amish.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:25 AM (AZNLP)

59 OK, Horde-like people, I'ma gonna go try to get some sun. It's nearly 80 outside now and two little brown finches have been scoping out places to build a nest in the back yard of Casa Backwardio this morning. Don't hate me. Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 03, 2014 09:25 AM (0HooB)

60 Can you get a refund for that bad Ace of Spades heroin?  Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at February 03, 2014 09:25 AM (AWmfW)

61 3 Ace takes Sick Day Note to Self : Don't let the Burger King cater your Superbowl Bash. Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 01:12 PM (AZNLP) ******** Gross is that what happened? Gawd I hope we don't get that one sick day post he did-- describing his various "splash downs" .

Posted by: tasker at February 03, 2014 09:25 AM (RJMhd)

62 Now that I've won a Super Bowl I can concentrate on who was behind 9/11.

Posted by: Petey Carroll at February 03, 2014 09:25 AM (Dwehj)

63 Hey Obama, if you're finish wasting time with the 404Care website, how 'bout a little help over here

Posted by: Titanic Deck Chairs at February 03, 2014 09:25 AM (Pr6hk)

64 He gave a shout out to AmishDude for his theory on why the R's are doing amnesty. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 03, 2014 09:25 AM (Oa7B2)

65 "The Affordable Food Act. / Discuss"

Affordable food is always the rationale cited for these gargantuan farm bills (such as the thousand-page, trillion dollar monster that just sailed through Congress as smoothly as a luxury yacht in a regatta).

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2014 09:26 AM (gqT4g)

66 OK, Horde-like people, I'ma gonna go try to get some sun. It's nearly 80 outside now and two little brown finches have been scoping out places to build a nest in the back yard of Casa Backwardio this morning. Don't hate me. Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k? Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 03, 2014 01:25 PM (0HooB) Take me with you!

Posted by: Mainah at February 03, 2014 09:26 AM (659DL)

67 Next season all of our players will have penises.

Posted by: The Denver Brocos at February 03, 2014 09:26 AM (8ZskC)

68 If we win the Senate, I'll lose all my invites on the dinner party circuit

Posted by: Mitch The Bitch McConnell at February 03, 2014 09:26 AM (Pr6hk)

69 Dayum. 15,460.59.
238.26 off.

-

It's because Cruz shut down the government.
---
I'm thinking it's a bunch of folks who thought Denver was a sure thing having to liquidate and pay their bookies.

Posted by: Methos at February 03, 2014 09:26 AM (hO9ad)

70 Torque beat me to it.

31 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2014 01:19 PM (pxA2h)

The Affordable Food Act 

AKA - The Farm Bill of 2014

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 03, 2014 09:27 AM (gHDMy)

71 As someone mentioned on an earlier thread..

The Affordable Food Act.

Discuss

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2014 01:19 PM (pxA2h)



Soon to be available on your Daily Ration Card!



Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 09:27 AM (GQ8sn)

72 Do you figure Rush reads the part above the comments?

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:27 AM (6bMeY)

73 Wait--maybe it was more like-- "spray outs".

Posted by: tasker at February 03, 2014 09:27 AM (RJMhd)

74 And what is Amish Dude's theory, pray tell?

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:27 AM (1Y+hH)

75 We will watch you fold like the Denver Broncos offense

Posted by: Nikita Krushchev at February 03, 2014 09:27 AM (Pr6hk)

76 I'm thinking it's a bunch of folks who thought Denver was a sure thing having to liquidate and pay their bookies.

Posted by: Methos at February 03, 2014 01:26 PM (hO9ad)


First score was a safety, think of all the money that was gained/lost on that alone.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 03, 2014 09:27 AM (WdbF7)

77 Someone tell Amishdude he's mentioned on Rush! One day, Ace, one day...though I think the blog's been name dropped before. I'm calling it, Rush's staff totally reads here. *hurriedly drapes hobo skins artfully over the sofas, hides the barrel*

Posted by: LizLem at February 03, 2014 09:28 AM (BF+2f)

78 And what is Amish Dude's theory, pray tell?


That lawyers are the spawn of Satan.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 09:28 AM (8ZskC)

79 64 He gave a shout out to AmishDude for his theory on why the R's are doing amnesty. Posted by: Lady in Black at February 03, 2014 01:25 PM (Oa7B2) Oh, sure, but my lawyer theories go nowhere.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:28 AM (T0NGe)

80 The Affordable Food Act--- you mean the Puppy Bowl???

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at February 03, 2014 09:28 AM (Pr6hk)

81 @74 http://ace.mu.nu/archives/346903.php

Short version: GOP in the tank for amnesty to tank it on purpose.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 09:29 AM (Kkt/i)

82 I have a theory.

Posted by: jwest, really smart dude at February 03, 2014 09:29 AM (Q9qpj)

83 I'm calling it, Rush's staff totally reads here. *hurriedly drapes hobo skins artfully over the sofas, hides the barrel*



I'm betting that maybe, just maybe, a few of them have spent some time in the barrel.


Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 09:29 AM (GQ8sn)

84 Uh...omaha.

Posted by: Peyton Manning at February 03, 2014 09:29 AM (Dwehj)

85 "Can you get a refund for that bad Ace of Spades heroin? Asking for a friend."

It turns out the ring that likely distributed those lethal packets of smack+fentanyl was being run by illegal aliens. Who were collecting welfare and WIC payments as a sideline to their narcotics business.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/prndfcp

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (gqT4g)

86 The Affordable Food Act You proles cannot be trusted to make wise food choices for yourselves. From now on, cash and credit will not be accepted at supermarkets. All food purchases must be made with your new, enhanced EBT cards. Which is why I have entrusted my lovely, fit and toned wife to decide what you may and may not buy with your EBT cards. Just remember, you eat bread and water so Your Betters can live better. You do believe we deserve it, don't you? DON'T you?

Posted by: President Barack Obama at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (7ObY1)

87 The betting line and result of the SB is proof that betting lines are set by bettors, not experts. Put the line where the bets are as evenly split as possible, and take the house cut. No risk, big bucks. Just like a stockbroker.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (1Y+hH)

88 That lawyers are the spawn of Satan. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 01:28 PM (8ZskC) That's silly. They just work for Satan.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (T0NGe)

89 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 03, 2014 01:19 PM (pxA2h)

The Affordable Food Act will ensure fairness by ensuring that no one can grow anything edible on their property, even for their personal use, because it might affect Interstate Commerce.  Exceptions will be made for campaign donors, agribusiness firms, and certain growers of exotic hemp products.  The Department of Agriculture will use drone based Agent Orange sprayers to keep the growing of private food stocks under control.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (o3MSL)

90 If he said the name of the blog you'd better batten down the hatches. He has over a million watts.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (6bMeY)

91 Punch Up! -Someguy

Posted by: Great AoSHQ Theories at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (AZNLP)

92 My commenting will be light this morning since my arm is still sore from beating my spouse and/or significant other yesterday.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 01:19 PM (8ZskC)

 

 

---------------------------------------------------

 

 

Don't be a savage.  Put down that beer and change that fucking bloody wife-beater t-shirt.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 09:30 AM (ZDqnR)

93 Yay, AmishDude!


Totally unrelated, today is Four Chaplains' Day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Chaplains

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 09:31 AM (ZKzrr)

94 So......


Does this mean Amish is going to the Federalist too????

Posted by: fixerupper at February 03, 2014 09:31 AM (nELVU)

95 I've been sick since Thursday. Went in today for coupla hours and got paperwork done but they all told me to go home. Remember in, maybe Constantine, where the Spear of Destiny caused everything to wilt and die in a zone around it? That's kinda like how my son has been with this virus. Horrible, nasty, lingering thing.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 09:31 AM (KgN8K)

96 They just work for Satan.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:30 PM (T0NGe)


Satan doesn't have a house I can take a second mortgage on.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (8ZskC)

97 And what is Amish Dude's theory, pray tell?

Posted by: Meremortal a


In previous post.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (cxs6V)

98 The Monday after the Super Bowl is the second-biggest day of the year for new gym memberships. The biggest day is the Monday after New Years. For me it's the start of track season. My wife is a track coach and I support her by going to the meets. All those high school kids that can run faster/further, jump higher and throw farther than me (and that's just the girls) give me great motivation to hit the gym harder.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (A0glY)

99 I hope sick day is a euphemism for eating a lot of pancakes.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (VtjlW)

100 Save me a seat in the camps.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (6bMeY)

101 90 If he said the name of the blog you'd better batten down the hatches. He has over a million watts. Oh boy, visitors! And trolls! I gotta drop this groundhog and put some pants on. BRB...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (7ObY1)

102 Ace is laying low after the brand name got wrapped up in some bullshit - some actor or another.

Posted by: grognard at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (/29Nl)

103 The Affordable Food Act This idea was given as an example in my Micro 101 class in college. I didn't appreciate having a more-or-less conservative prof until I had the hippie douchebag for Macro. I mean, it's pretty damned stupid if you give it even a minute's thought.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:32 AM (T0NGe)

104 Give everyone a $25,000 Voucher! -JWest

Posted by: Great AoSHQ Theories at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (AZNLP)

105 http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ascw64


The New York Times' surprising editorial on the minimum wage. It is unfortunately a bit...dated.

Posted by: jwest, really smart dude at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (Q9qpj)

106 Nice Amish Dude! Not sure yet what was said, but always cool to get a mention on worldwide media.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (ZshNr)

107 Which is why I have entrusted my lovely, fit and toned wife to decide what you may and may not buy with your EBT cards.

That'll never happen.

1) Piss off the Dem voting bloc?  Please.
2) Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, etc spend a lot of money on lobbying to make sure that never happens.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (ZKzrr)

108 It's a euphemism for eating too many BBQ hobo rinds.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (Kkt/i)

109

I'm calling it, Rush's staff totally reads here. *hurriedly drapes hobo skins artfully over the sofas, hides the barrel*

 

 

-------------------------------------------------

 

 

I'm convinced that  Garret is really Snerdly.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (ZDqnR)

110 Posted by: weft cut-loop Thanx!

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (1Y+hH)

111 Does this mean Amish is going to the Federalist too???? Posted by: fixerupper at February 03, 2014 01:31 PM (nELVU) 140 characters a month? I can handle that.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:33 AM (T0NGe)

112 "*hurriedly drapes hobo skins artfully over the sofas, hides the barrel*"

The last time someone tried to hide the barrel, the babbling and occasional screams from inside nearly gave the game away. Stuff something into the air holes to keep things quiet.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2014 09:34 AM (gqT4g)

113 Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, etc spend a lot of money on lobbying to make sure that never happens.



So did public sector unions and they got shiv-ed in the back.


Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 09:34 AM (GQ8sn)

114 You go, dude, AmishDude. (I'm like totally not lame. )

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 09:34 AM (r+7wo)

115 I'm calling it, Rush's staff totally reads here. *hurriedly drapes hobo skins artfully over the sofas, hides the barrel* Do we need pants yet?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2014 09:35 AM (ndIek)

116

So, I have  a local car dealer that  is running ads  using  an Obama impersonator pimping "The Affordable  Car Act".  I'm guessing his ad agency  doesn't own  a radio, TV or a computer.

 

"If you want a car that turns  out to be five to ten times more expensive than we promised....and  doesn't run for shit, come on down!"

Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 09:35 AM (and2K)

117 That'll never happen. I will just give exemptions to all of my minions. I have a pen and a phone, you know.

Posted by: President Barack Obama at February 03, 2014 09:35 AM (7ObY1)

118 The GOP afraid of a landslide?


If only.


Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 09:35 AM (GQ8sn)

119 I mean, it's pretty damned stupid if you give it even a minute's thought.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:32 PM (T0NGe)

 

 

---------------------------------------------

 

 

So was Ocare, oh, and TARP, and $1 trillion in "stimulus" and.........

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 09:35 AM (ZDqnR)

120 "The Affordable Food Act will ensure fairness by ensuring that no one can grow anything edible on their property, even for their personal use, because it might affect Interstate Commerce."

Already gotcha covered on that. Have for a while now. _Wickard v. Filburn_.

Posted by: Your Friendly Supreme Court at February 03, 2014 09:35 AM (gqT4g)

121 Satan doesn't have a house I can take a second mortgage on. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 03, 2014 01:32 PM (8ZskC) Miroslav Satan does. So does George Soros.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:36 AM (T0NGe)

122 Can you get a refund for that bad Ace of Spades heroin? Asking for a friend.

The Daily News report said that the Ace of Spades variety had last been seen on the street in 2008. So do ultra-rich junkies keep cellars filled with the good vintages?

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 03, 2014 09:36 AM (RUvjp)

123 For me it's the start of track season. My wife is a track coach and I support her by going to the meets.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 03, 2014 01:32 PM (A0glY)


First day of track practice is always the worst, you can definitely tell who's been keeping up with training and who hasn't. I was definitely the kid sucking air after a few miles.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 03, 2014 09:36 AM (WdbF7)

124 12 You know, that whole Mexico-U.S. border thing is not something conservatives ought to all hot and bothered about. Posted by: jwest, really smart dude at February 03, 2014 01:15 PM (Q9qpj) One more time - Do Not Sockpuppet Actual Commenters.

Posted by: jwest at February 03, 2014 09:36 AM (u2a4R)

125 I realize I wear my paranoid crown proudly but can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high and about the only mention of it is on twitter. And the cause con-Ed is giving is kind of weird, salt eating wires. Or a gas line explosion. I know you guys are going to tell me happens all the time etc. But it just seems weird and an odd coincidence.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 03, 2014 09:37 AM (RZ8pf)

126 Bill O'Reilly failed to call me a "great American" yesterday.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 03, 2014 09:37 AM (Dwehj)

127 Already gotcha covered on that. Have for a while now. _Wickard v. Filburn_.

Posted by: Your Friendly Supreme Court at February 03, 2014 01:35 PM (gqT4g)


We don't really trust John Roberts to remember any previous rulings, so just to be sure...

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 03, 2014 09:37 AM (o3MSL)

128 "The Affordable Food Act will ensure fairness by ensuring that no one can
grow anything edible on their property, even for their personal use,
because it might affect Interstate Commerce."




Urban Hipsters hardest hit.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 03, 2014 09:37 AM (WdbF7)

129 Amish Dude, you should get keys to the blog for the day. Put up a thread or two.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 09:38 AM (P6QsQ)

130 125 Probably just a low flying weather balloon.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:38 AM (6bMeY)

131 118 The GOP afraid of a landslide? If only. Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 01:35 PM (GQ8sn) The list of things of which the GOP is NOT afraid is far smaller.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 03, 2014 09:38 AM (HsTG8)

132
Ace is taking a sick day








Hairballectomies are a bitch.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 03, 2014 09:38 AM (TIIx5)

133 Hey, did someone give the chum tosser the keys to the blog?

Posted by: jwest, really smart dude at February 03, 2014 09:38 AM (Q9qpj)

134 but can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high ======================= Hobos lighting farts.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 09:39 AM (KgN8K)

135 I realize I wear my paranoid crown proudly but can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high and about the only mention of it is on twitter. And the cause con-Ed is giving is kind of weird, salt eating wires. Or a gas line explosion. I know you guys are going to tell me happens all the time etc. But it just seems weird and an odd coincidence.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 03, 2014 01:37 PM (RZ8pf)

 

 

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It was  someone  dumping  a groundhog.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 09:40 AM (ZDqnR)

136 OK, Horde-like people, I'ma gonna go try to get some sun. It's nearly 80 outside now and two little brown finches have been scoping out places to build a nest in the back yard of Casa Backwardio this morning. Don't hate me. Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k? Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at February 03, 2014 01:25 PM (0HooB) We will finish you, o impertinent one! Once it stops snowing and we've had a chance to shovel out driveways and sidewalks.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 09:40 AM (r+7wo)

137 114 You go, dude, AmishDude. (I'm like totally not lame. ) Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 01:34 PM (r+7wo) Thanks. And you are most certainly not...unless you literally have trouble walking.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:40 AM (T0NGe)

138 but can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high

Meth labs.  Which would also explain why it's not at the top of every newscast like when it snows on NYC.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 09:40 AM (ZKzrr)

139 can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high It actually does happen a lot, PGiS.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:40 AM (AZNLP)

140

I can't leave my efforts on the dead thread so reposted here.

 

A girl with a penis walks into a bar and strikes up a flirty conversation with the bartender finally telling him that she has a penis.

The bartender says, " No big deal. We get a lot of characters in here ."

Relieved that the bartender wasn't angry, she orders an appletini.

The bartender says, " Okay, nowI know you are lying. No one with a penis orders an Appletini.

Posted by: polynikes at February 03, 2014 01:34 PM (m2CN7)

Posted by: polynikes at February 03, 2014 09:40 AM (m2CN7)

141 can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion
in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high


Meth labs.




Heisenberg?

Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 09:41 AM (GQ8sn)

142 AmishDude, I mean this in all sincerity and from the depths of my being. I trust that one day in the future you have dire need of a lawyer's service for a matter of exceptional importance to your future and well being. I trust that when that day comes, your lawyer handles your manner with precisely and exactly the same degree of attention, care, intelligence, professionalism and respect that you evince towards lawyers and towards the legal profession. I trust that you will be treated by your lawyer's staff and the lawyer him/her self with the same level of courtesy and basic human decency that you display towards the profession writ large. So shall it be written. So shall it be done.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 09:41 AM (VtjlW)

143 Amish Dude, you should get keys to the blog for the day. Put up a thread or two. Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 01:38 PM (P6QsQ) I Can Not Be Trusted. With great power comes great obnoxiousness.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:41 AM (T0NGe)

144 "So, I have a local car dealer that is running ads using an Obama impersonator pimping 'The Affordable Car Act'. I'm guessing his ad agency doesn't own a radio, TV or a computer. 'If you want a car that turns out to be five to ten times more expensive than we promised....and doesn't run for shit, come on down!'"

At Crazy Barack's, our health insurance deals are insaaaaaaaaaane!

Actually I have had good success explaining to LIVs why Obamacare will not work and can not work by using a simple auto insurance analogy.

"Assume everyone got charged the same price for auto insurance regardless of what their driving record was. Including not just tickets, but totaling the car, or DUI. How well do you think that would work?"

"Now imagine that the auto insurance company could not turn you down when you applied, no matter what."

"And then, imagine that you could have no auto insurance, get in a car wreck, go in to apply for insurance to have the car fixed, AND they couldn't turn you down AND could not charge you more than any other applicant."

"How long do you think you would still be able to get auto insurance that was worth a damn if things worked that way?"

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2014 09:42 AM (gqT4g)

145 With great power comes great obnoxiousness.

THE KING IS A FINK!

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 09:42 AM (ZKzrr)

146 Happens all the time.

Posted by: Nikola Tesla at February 03, 2014 09:42 AM (6bMeY)

147 Good thing Rush doesn't know that ace thinks he is icky.

Posted by: blaster at February 03, 2014 09:43 AM (4+AaH)

148 but can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high It's NYC. Their underground infrastructure is a nightmare mess of old and new pipes, tunnels, wiring, and assorted animal burrows. Any number of gasses are explosive in the right fuel/air mixtures. Add that to a sparking frayed wire or two pieces of metal flexing and scraping against each other and BOOM!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 09:44 AM (WhJf8)

149 Good thing Rush doesn't know that ace thinks he is icky. You are thinking of Vaginas.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:44 AM (AZNLP)

150 Actually I have had good success explaining to LIVs why Obamacare will not work and can not work by using a simple auto insurance analogy.

"Assume everyone got charged the same price for auto insurance regardless of what their driving record was. Including not just tickets, but totaling the car, or DUI. How well do you think that would work?"

"Now imagine that the auto insurance company could not turn you down when you applied, no matter what."

"And then, imagine that you could have no auto insurance, get in a car wreck, go in to apply for insurance to have the car fixed, AND they couldn't turn you down AND could not charge you more than any other applicant."

"How long do you think you would still be able to get auto insurance that was worth a damn if things worked that way?"

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2014 01:42 PM (gqT4g)




And....



You have to buy all sorts of riders including for types of vehicles that you don't even own!


Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 09:44 AM (GQ8sn)

151 I
Can
Not
Be
Trusted.

With great power comes great obnoxiousness.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:41 PM (T0NGe)

 

 

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Huh?  What  strange blog have I stumbled into?

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 09:45 AM (ZDqnR)

152 I wish I had a penis to go with my vagina.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 03, 2014 09:45 AM (hpgw1)

153 The idiot author in the sidebar interview is making my brain hurt.

Posted by: kartoffel at February 03, 2014 09:45 AM (07vvi)

154 "You are thinking of Vaginas."

Me too.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 03, 2014 09:45 AM (Q9qpj)

155 Salon tells you why you are wrong to not love communism. http://tinyurl.com/mxcmq9h

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 09:45 AM (Hx5uv)

156 Ban staplers now!! A peer reviewed forensic analysis of weaponized stapler engineering developments http://tinyurl.com/ozavvsu

Posted by: RWC at February 03, 2014 09:45 AM (fWAjv)

157 I used to listen to Rush, for years and years, since about '95 I believe. The last time I listened to him was the day of the 2012 election. I never turned him on again after that day. Same for Fox News.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 09:46 AM (P6QsQ)

158 The idiot author in the sidebar interview is making my brain hurt.


There like 3 or 4 of them.  Which one?

Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 09:46 AM (GQ8sn)

159 OK, so if I've got this straight.... The GOP is playing 9 dimensional tiddlywinks. With sledgehammers and manhole covers. Barefoot.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:46 AM (1Y+hH)

160


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Posted by: Ambassador Stevens at February 03, 2014 09:46 AM (Pr6hk)

161 In answer to Soona from the previous thread: Okay. Here's some science. Women who do extreme physical training come very close to stop estrogen production. If there's a percentage quotient of estrogen to testosterone, the testosterone in these women will hold a higher percentage. What then? It's not a percentage of estrogen to testosterone. It's purely testosterone in ng/dl. There's a clear stratification that happens when testing Olympians testosterone levels. I don't know the actual numbers, but for example say girls clump around 300 +/- 100. And guys clump around 700 +/- 100. (Again WAG numbers). That's how you are placed.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 09:46 AM (WhJf8)

162 I trust that one day in the future you have dire need of a lawyer's service for a matter of exceptional importance to your future and well being. Here's the thing: The only reason I would have need of one is because I am victimized by one. When you see the profession as a single entity, you realize that they get you coming and going. As I've said before, I don't mind at all the guy or hot gal in stompy boots who closes my mortgage or does any of the other routine, low-paying stuff that workaday lawyers do. But, then again, why do I need a lawyer to close my refi? The answer is lawyers and their regulations. We shouldn't be seeing "J.D." on Wikipedia entries for Congressmen. It's a genuine societal problem. Like Mr. Fox, Executive Henhouse Manager. I think you can fairly object when half of Congress has a Ph.D. in mathematics.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:47 AM (T0NGe)

163 144 Amish Dude, you should get keys to the blog for the day. Put up a thread or two. Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 01:38 PM (P6QsQ) I Can Not Be Trusted. With great power comes great obnoxiousness. Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:41 PM (T0NGe) Tomorrow's headline from the Lancaster, PA Lancet and Daily Farm Report - Buggy, moving far slower than usual and extremely erratically, pulled over at 11:30 PM on the outskirts of Intercourse. Driver proclaimed that, "I wash menshuned on Rushhhh, dagnabbit! Lemme shellabrate in peassshhh!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 03, 2014 09:47 AM (HsTG8)

164 Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 01:46 PM (P6QsQ) Why Grammie? I must have missed that.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:47 AM (1Y+hH)

165 Good thing Rush doesn't know that ace thinks he is icky.

Me, too. Damned SoCons ruin everything. Stay out of my cardboard box!

Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at February 03, 2014 09:47 AM (Dwehj)

166 158 I used to listen to Rush, for years and years, since about '95 I believe. The last time I listened to him was the day of the 2012 election. I never turned him on again after that day. Same for Fox News. Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 01:46 PM (P6QsQ) Why, if I may ask?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 09:47 AM (r+7wo)

167 Amishdude walks  into  a  bar  exam  and  tells them all how stupid they are.   

Posted by: polynikes at February 03, 2014 09:48 AM (m2CN7)

168 Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 01:46 PM (1Y+hH) Sounds about right and LOL!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 03, 2014 09:49 AM (HsTG8)

169 If you like your Dow Jones Industrial Average you can keep your Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:49 AM (6bMeY)

170 >>There like 3 or 4 of them. Which one?

Siegel.

Posted by: kartoffel at February 03, 2014 09:49 AM (07vvi)

171 Dayum. 15,460.59. 238.26 off. Now 15,417.40 Off 281.45 Break out the parachutes. Lock all windows above the 1st floor.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2014 09:50 AM (ndIek)

172 165 Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 01:46 PM (P6QsQ) Why Grammie? I must have missed that. =============== Because that was the day I got it through my thick skull that the answer to the problem is not more politics or more skillful politicians.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 09:50 AM (P6QsQ)

173 Amishdude walks into a bar exam andtells them all how stupid they are. Posted by: polynikes at February 03, 2014 01:48 PM (m2CN7) Oh, come on, that's not even a good joke setup.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:50 AM (T0NGe)

174 Congress‘ mammoth farm bill restores the imposition of an extra fee on home heating oil, hitting consumers in cold-weather states just as utility costs are spiking.

The fee — two-tenths of a cent on every gallon sold — was tacked on to the end of the 959-page bill, which is winding its way through Capitol Hill. The fee would last for nearly 20 years and would siphon the money to develop equipment that is cheaper, more efficient and safer, and to encourage consumers to update their equipment.


Nice


959 pages is enough reason for a real preznit to veto a bill

Posted by: phreshone at February 03, 2014 09:50 AM (Pr6hk)

175 Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 01:50 PM (P6QsQ) Ahhhh....

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:51 AM (1Y+hH)

176 "If you like your Dow Jones Industrial Average you can keep your Dow Jones Industrial Average."

Just like the chocolate ration.

Posted by: King Barack, Erector of Styrofoam Columns at February 03, 2014 09:51 AM (Q9qpj)

177 Amishdude walks into a bar exam andtells them all how stupid they are. - And 500 new attorneys bill him for the time it took to listen to him.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 09:51 AM (Hx5uv)

178 Replace parachutes with lead bricks. Open all windows above the 1st floor.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2014 01:50 PM (ndIek)


FIFY.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 09:51 AM (Kkt/i)

179 Congress‘ mammoth farm bill restores the imposition of an extra fee on home heating oil, hitting consumers in cold-weather states just as utility costs are spiking. Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England?

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:52 AM (T0NGe)

180 That'll never happen.

1) Piss off the Dem voting bloc? Please.
2) Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, etc spend a lot of money on lobbying to make sure that never happens.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 01:33 PM (ZKzrr)


Do not forget the


3) Nail art people


4) Hair weaves and extensions groups.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 09:52 AM (kXoT0)

181 I saw Underground Explosion open for Explosions in the Sky The show was...explosive. (Explosions in the Sky did that awesome music for Friday Night Lights. The movie, not the TV show.)

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 09:52 AM (7ObY1)

182 Now that I don't drive in traffic I seldom hear Rush, and when I do it's for short periods. I always listened simply for the entertainment factor, and I still find him entertaining when I do hear a little slice...

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:53 AM (1Y+hH)

183 3) Nail art people
4) Hair weaves and extensions groups.


They don't hire lobbyists.  Shit, they barely comply with state and local cosmetology licensing guidelines.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 09:53 AM (ZKzrr)

184 Silver and Gold.

Posted by: Yukon Cornelius at February 03, 2014 09:53 AM (6bMeY)

185 Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England? ================= No. Maybe Northeast.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 09:53 AM (KgN8K)

186 Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England?

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:52 PM (T0NGe)


It's popular all over, particularly AK.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (Kkt/i)

187 "Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England?"

We better vote Democrat because they care about the middle class.

Posted by: New England People, salt of the earth, you know...morons at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (Q9qpj)

188 And 500 new attorneys bill him for the time it took to listen to him.

I once was billed $150 for sending my atty. an email.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (Dwehj)

189 How about that mass-transit

Mass chaos - again - after the 'Mass Transit' Super Bowl


Visitors to the Garden State were mostly thrilled with their Super Bowl experience, unless it involved traveling to and from MetLife Stadium on NJTransit. Thousands of fans are stranded at MetLife waiting for NJTransit to figure itself out.


Posted by: phreshone at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (Pr6hk)

190 Dow off 260. Man the pumps.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (1Y+hH)

191 Now 15,417.40 Off 281.45
Break out the parachutes. Lock all windows above the 1st floor.


Damn you, Peyton Manning!!!

Posted by: Jim Cramer at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (hO9ad)

192 >>Because that was the day I got it through my thick skull that the answer to the problem is not more politics or more skillful politicians. Rush is an entertainer. One of his key stocks in trade is outrage and he is very skilled in turning the dials. Not to say he's never right, he is quite often particularly about principles. But a skilled political operative he is not and sometimes he can be counter productive by insisting on unproductive strategies.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (g1DWB)

193 Pussies. When we win something, we burn down the city. Seattle Police Working With Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrest Muslim Man For Arson Attack On Packed Gay Bar.

Posted by: Detroit at February 03, 2014 09:54 AM (7ObY1)

194 Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England?

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:52 PM (T0NGe)


All over the North really--Chicago area for sure.  I was actually working in New Jersey on a project where there was a big push to get people to switch to natural gas.  The heating oil folks were running truly hilarious ads swearing that switching to natural gas would cause your house to blow up.  When people found out I was from Oklahoma, they asked me how many houses blew up a month due to natural gas.  

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 09:55 AM (kXoT0)

195 Northeast and Rust Belt, I think.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:55 AM (AZNLP)

196 Ace isn't sick...he's on the lam!

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 03, 2014 09:55 AM (NRYdU)

197 But a skilled political operative he is not and sometimes he can be counter productive by insisting on unproductive strategies. True 'dat. Operation Chaos much?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 09:55 AM (7ObY1)

198 What do you mean, it's time for my enema?

Posted by: Your 401k at February 03, 2014 09:55 AM (Q9qpj)

199 Omaha Omaha.... Hutt hutt.

Posted by: Jim Kramer at February 03, 2014 09:55 AM (6bMeY)

200 Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England?

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:52 PM (T0NGe)

 

 

--------------------------------------------

 

 

Nope.  Many  older  homes in the upper midwest still use it.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 09:55 AM (ZDqnR)

201 Someone my have already mentioned it, but isn't taking a sick day much like "dropping the groundhog?"

Posted by: Ammo Dump at February 03, 2014 09:56 AM (GgPam)

202 It's popular all over, particularly AK. =================== I could see that. Its nice to have all of it already here, no chance of losing heat, couple deliveries a season and I'm good.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 09:56 AM (KgN8K)

203 I realize I wear my paranoid crown proudly but can someone explain to me how there can be an underground explosion in midtown last night that blew 3 manhole covers sky high and about the only mention of it is on twitter.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle


Underground NYC is a collection of 100 years + of utility equipment. Winter + shit breaks + gas lines + steam heating + electrical equip = boom eventually. Happens all the time. 65 manholes blew in 2011.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 03, 2014 09:56 AM (cxs6V)

204 Seattle Police Working With Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrest Muslim Man For Arson Attack On Packed Gay Bar. Soon to be an un-story. ('packed gay bar.' I bet.)

Posted by: --- at February 03, 2014 09:56 AM (MMC8r)

205 Uh oh. Quite the conundrum for the left. Seattle Police Working With Joint Terrorism Task Force Arrest Muslim Man For Arson Attack On Packed Gay BarÂ… Seattle police arrested Musab Mohamed Masmari this morning in association with the New YearÂ’s Eve arson at Neighbours nightclub, says Detective Mark Jamieson. The Seattle Police DepartmentÂ’s Arson/Bomb Squad had been working with a joint terrorism task force since the incident occurred in the early minutes of January 1, when someone poured gasoline down a flight of stairs in the packed gay bar and lit it ablaze. All 750 patrons escaped without injury. SPD posted photos of a person of interest in the case on January 13, now believed to be Masmari. Must be Tea Party

Posted by: RWC at February 03, 2014 09:56 AM (fWAjv)

206 Underground NYC is a collection of 100 years + of utility equipment. Winter + shit breaks + gas lines + steam heating + electrical equip = boom eventually. Happens all the time. 65 manholes blew in 2011. I blame the C.H.U.D.S.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 09:56 AM (7ObY1)

207 It's popular all over, particularly AK. Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 01:54 PM (Kkt/i) I've only ever experienced natural gas. Ba-dum-bum. But I do seem to remember that the region is the one that gets cited most often when people talk about spikes in prices of home heating oil.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:57 AM (T0NGe)

208 Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England? Stop by and let's chat.

Posted by: Sandy Fluke at February 03, 2014 09:57 AM (1Y+hH)

209 I turned off AM talk radio and switched my dial over to FM Christian radio. I still get my news, as they do topical segments throughout the day, but I also get a message of hope and not despair. For me, and my tendency towards clinical depression, this has helped my general well being.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 09:57 AM (P6QsQ)

210 Ace isn't sick...he's on the lamb!

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 09:58 AM (AZNLP)

211 Home heating oil is basically the same thing as diesel fuel.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 09:58 AM (6bMeY)

212 There once was a man from Wabash
Who into the market put all his cash
He said with chagrin as the market caved in
Wow, I am really taking it in the ass.

Posted by: Your 401k at February 03, 2014 09:58 AM (Q9qpj)

213 3) Nail art people
4) Hair weaves and extensions groups.


They don't hire lobbyists. Shit, they barely comply with state and local cosmetology licensing guidelines.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 01:53 PM (ZKzrr)


They may not, but, I bet OPI, Revlon, and the people who import hair do.  Hair weaves and extensions are hugely profitable, buy $50 worth of hair and charge $800 to glue it into some gal's hair.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 09:58 AM (kXoT0)

214 ('packed gay bar.' I bet.)

Posted by: --- at February 03, 2014 01:56 PM (MMC8r)

750 or so patrons.  Yeah, it's a local news story only.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 09:58 AM (Kkt/i)

215 As I've said before, I don't mind at all the guy or hot gal in stompy boots who closes my mortgage or does any of the other routine, low-paying stuff that workaday lawyers do. But, then again, why do I need a lawyer to close my refi? The answer is lawyers and their regulations. We shouldn't be seeing "J.D." on Wikipedia entries for Congressmen. It's a genuine societal problem. Like Mr. Fox, Executive Henhouse Manager. I think you can fairly object when half of Congress has a Ph.D. in mathematics. Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:47 PM (T0NGe) I think I can fairly object when you routinely call me, the oh so very personal me, a per se idiot merely because you hold the graduate degree which I have in utter contempt and deem it to be a per se indication of idiocty. Remember, Venn is used in logic as well as mathematics and you do not get to avoid the consequences of your eternally stated position. I fall within that Venn. Yes, you mean me. If you are serious about your position, then you do. There is no avoiding that conclusion. I think I can fairly object when you routinely insult the owner of the sandbox in which you play who also falls within the same Venn. Personally, I was always taught that it is the height of rudeness to insult the owner of a home in his own living room. That must just be our family, I suppose. I think I can fairly object when you make incredibly banal attempts to back down from your own blanket statements about the profession by attempting to exempt out well I don't mean those types when you turn around and immediately retract such statements. I think I can fairly object when you attempt to play the White Goodman just kidding but not really card. Yes, you mean it. Absolutely, you do. But, hey, I'm just an innumerate idiot who is out to victimize everyone so what the hell do I know?

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 09:58 AM (VtjlW)

216 I once was billed $150 for sending my atty. an email. Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 03, 2014 01:54 PM (Dwehj) If your professors had office hours like your doctor, you'd sue the university.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 09:59 AM (T0NGe)

217 They exist, but you don't see a lot of homes still burning heating oil here in MN.  Most have converted to natural gas or propane due to cost.


Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 03, 2014 09:59 AM (SY2Kh)

218 But I do seem to remember that the region is the one that gets cited most often when people talk about spikes in prices of home heating oil.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 01:57 PM (T0NGe)


Like...snow storms.

Posted by: Frantic Acela Corridor Newscaster at February 03, 2014 10:00 AM (Q9qpj)

219 But I do seem to remember that the region is the one that gets cited most often when people talk about spikes in prices of home heating oil.

I seem to recall one of the Kennedys--the scrunt who wrote an op-ed blasting Sarah Palin because the oil companies have made snow in Virginia extinct, IIRC--boasting quite a bit about getting heating oil from Chavez to give away to Dem voters in the NE.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 10:00 AM (ZKzrr)

220 "Rush is an entertainer. One of his key stocks in trade is outrage and he is very skilled in turning the dials. Not to say he's never right, he is quite often particularly about principles. But a skilled political operative he is not and sometimes he can be counter productive by insisting on unproductive strategies."

In early 2012, I was muttering constantly, "It's the economy, stupid. It's the economy, stupid. It's the economy, stupid."

Meanwhile, I was wondering what the Democrats would do to distract from "It's the economy, stupid." Because they understand quite well that this particular pitch is murder on incumbents with weak economic records. It threw out G.H.W. Bush very handily.

What the Democrats did was to dangle culture war bait in the form of Sandra Fluke. Who should have been ignored as the ridiculous nonentity which she is.

Instead, Limbaugh bit down hard on that bait like the dumbest trout in the river, and called Fluke a slut on air, and wham! Culture war, game on. A game which the Democrats were absolutely delighted to play on offense right through Election Day. (Instead of playing defense against "It's the economy, stupid.")

Thanks, Rush. Awesome work there.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2014 10:00 AM (gqT4g)

221 All over the North really--Chicago area for sure. I was actually working in New Jersey on a project where there was a big push to get people to switch to natural gas. The heating oil folks were running truly hilarious ads swearing that switching to natural gas would cause your house to blow up. When people found out I was from Oklahoma, they asked me how many houses blew up a month due to natural gas.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 01:55 PM (kXoT0)

 

 

-------------------------------------------------

 

 

At least 50 a month.  We also burn a lot of natural gas with blowtorches when we burn all the rattlesnakes out of our  garages.  That is, if we still have garages after tornado  season. 

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 10:00 AM (ZDqnR)

222 All 750 patrons Pretty big for a "bar". Even for a "club" I'd say.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 10:01 AM (T0NGe)

223 buy $50 worth of hair and charge $800 to glue it into some gal's hair. Fitty dolla hair weaves are for the proles. Mine come only from alpacas that graze on the north face of Mount Kilimanjaro. On average, a dozen Sherpas have to die for each one of my wig hats to be born. But what do their little lives mean compared to me and my fabulousness?

Posted by: Mooch at February 03, 2014 10:01 AM (7ObY1)

224 Holland  has  experienced a large number of  recently-transplanted  Muzzies attacking their homosexual population.  The libtards  simply couldn't figure out why this could be happening, so they funded a study.  Their finding...the Muzzies are all closeted angry homosexuals.  I kid you not.

Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 10:02 AM (r5sZy)

225 Stompy boots versus Horse and Buggy.

Don't see that every day.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 03, 2014 10:02 AM (Q9qpj)

226

HL Mencken seems like kind of a piece of shit.  Sorry if that's blasphemy, but anyone who hates the middle class is no friend of freedom...

Posted by: prescient11 at February 03, 2014 10:02 AM (tVTLU)

227 CALL OF THE WIGHAT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfX0a6Pkh-Y

Posted by: THE CRAMPS at February 03, 2014 10:02 AM (AZNLP)

228 Their finding...the Muzzies are all closeted angry homosexuals. I kid you not. I guess they're all closeted Jews, too?

Posted by: --- at February 03, 2014 10:03 AM (MMC8r)

229 All 750 patrons Pretty big for a "bar". Even for a "club" I'd say. I saw butt hole open for.... ...never mind....

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 10:03 AM (1Y+hH)

230 225 Holland has experienced a large number of recently-transplanted Muzzies attacking their homosexual population. The libtards simply couldn't figure out why this could be happening, so they funded a study. Their finding...the Muzzies are all closeted angry homosexuals. I kid you not.

Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 02:02 PM (r5sZy) 


Seems consistent with my anecdotal observations.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:03 AM (WWBQ7)

231 Re home heating oil:

Disproportionately used in the heavily liberal Northeast.

Subsidized to consumers there via programs such as LIHEAP.

Want to make a Northeastern liberal's eyeballs bleed? Tell them that if they're serious about stopping the menace of global warming, they need to repeal the heating oil subsidies to encourage "renewables" instead. It's for the planet, and stuff.

In reality this is one of those third rail issues, and heating oil subsidies will *never* be seriously contemplated for repeal. But it's lots of fun to twit them about it.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 03, 2014 10:04 AM (gqT4g)

232 I turned off AM talk radio and switched my dial over to FM Christian radio. I still get my news, as they do topical segments throughout the day, but I also get a message of hope and not despair. For me, and my tendency towards clinical depression, this has helped my general well being.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 01:57 PM (P6QsQ)

 

 

---------------------------------------------

 

 

God gave  me eyes to see and ears to  hear.  Gotta  be aware of the bad as well as the good.  Putting blinders on is one of the reasons  this country is in the shape that it's in.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 10:04 AM (ZDqnR)

233 If somebody you know pushes you off a a building be sure to scream their name all the way down so at least they will be arrested.

Posted by: Judge Pug at February 03, 2014 10:04 AM (NRYdU)

234 It's either oil or propane in areas where natural gas pipelines don't exist
That's in cooler climates where heat pumps don't always cut it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 03, 2014 10:04 AM (HE8iY)

235 But, hey, I'm just an innumerate idiot who is out to victimize everyone so what the hell do I know?

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 01:58 PM (VtjlW)


You're taking this too personally, IMO.

There are many in our profession that deserve contempt, for starters.  AD's opinion, or the opinion of anyone else, doesn't bother me (I'll probably agree more than disagree), doesn't impugn my character, and doesn't diminish the excellent work product I provide my clients.  FWIW.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 10:04 AM (Kkt/i)

236 >>figure out why this could be happening, so they funded a study. Their
finding...the Muzzies are all closeted angry homosexuals. I kid you not.
Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 02:02 PM (r5sZy)

Seems consistent with my anecdotal observations.
Posted by: Kinley Ardal


Mine too.

Posted by: goat in x-istan[/i] [/b] at February 03, 2014 10:04 AM (cxs6V)

237 Isn't home heating oil something that's particular to New England? My parents bought a house in the PNW that was built in the 1970s. It had a heating oil tank sitting on the side of the house. They had it cleaned up and removed, but it was in use before they took ownership.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 10:05 AM (4QSOR)

238 HL Mencken seems like kind of a piece of shit. Sorry if that's blasphemy, but anyone who hates the middle class is no friend of freedom...

Posted by: prescient11 at February 03, 2014 02:02 PM (tVTLU)

Yeah, but the one liners he wrote a century ago nail any Obamabot right on the forehead.


Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 03, 2014 10:06 AM (Q9qpj)

239 226 Stompy boots versus Horse and Buggy. Don't see that every day. Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 03, 2014 02:02 PM (Q9qpj) ********* Holy shit somebody do something. Um..... jeebus I am French, Irish and a chick--I don't take the crap I read here personally. Dudette! Come on.

Posted by: tasker at February 03, 2014 10:06 AM (RJMhd)

240 >>I seem to recall one of the Kennedys--the scrunt who wrote an op-ed blasting Sarah Palin because the oil companies have made snow in Virginia extinct, IIRC--boasting quite a bit about getting heating oil from Chavez to give away to Dem voters in the NE. Ex-Congressman Joe Kennedy. It's a massive scam. He is in a partnership with Citgo, which is the Venezuelan state owned oil company, to ostensibly provide low cost oil to lower income people. Truth is he pays himself and members of his family a small fortune to oversee the program. Like all Kennedy's he uses public service to enrich himself. Typical lefty.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2014 10:06 AM (g1DWB)

241 Soona , I don't have blinders on.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 10:06 AM (P6QsQ)

242 I am in Vagina and many old houses are heated with heating oil.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 10:06 AM (6bMeY)

243 If we let global warming take its course, we wouldn't need all these dirty products to heat our homes! Wait...

Posted by: Etheral Moonbeam at February 03, 2014 10:06 AM (1Y+hH)

244 I think I can fairly object when you make incredibly banal attempts to back down from your own blanket statements about the profession by attempting to exempt out well I don't mean those types when you turn around and immediately retract such statements. I think I can fairly object when you attempt to play the White Goodman just kidding but not really card. Yes, you mean it. Absolutely, you do. But, hey, I'm just an innumerate idiot who is out to victimize everyone so what the hell do I know? Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 01:58 PM (VtjlW) **golf clap** *stands up* *claps louder*

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 03, 2014 10:07 AM (bCEmE)

245 Tasker is a chick?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 10:07 AM (r+7wo)

246 212 Home heating oil is basically the same thing as diesel fuel _______ It's not basically the same. It IS the same. Add a little red dye so the authorities know you didn't pay a road tax on it. I used to heat with oil, and knew the oil company guys from high school. He told me flat out one day that he was delivering diesel instead of #2 because diesel cost him less that month.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 03, 2014 10:07 AM (KmwZx)

247 Am I the only one who has issues with that fucking Stitcher widget?

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 10:07 AM (AZNLP)

248 Plus I have tons of lawyers in the family. So alexthechick is correct. When Amish Dude needs a lawyer...he's going to be grateful there are lawyers. Then--to represent Amish's point-- no one hates lawyers quite like lawyers. So.... Detente dudes--do it.

Posted by: tasker at February 03, 2014 10:08 AM (RJMhd)

249 Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 02:07 PM (r+7wo) Yep. If you join the 'Ettes of the Moron Horde group on Ravelry you'll find that there are several non-obvious 'ettes there.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 03, 2014 10:08 AM (GDulk)

250 I am in Vagina and many old houses are heated with heating oil.

You'd think it would be warm enough in there already.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 03, 2014 10:08 AM (SY2Kh)

251 The new economy (and the new employee). http://tinyurl.com/kcqza5h

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 10:08 AM (Hx5uv)

252 I am in Vagina ...and commenting on the blog? Well done, sir.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 10:08 AM (AZNLP)

253 I am in Vagina and many old houses are heated with heating oil.

Posted by: Boss Moss


Time for another round of IPHONE or ANEURYSM!!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 03, 2014 10:09 AM (cxs6V)

254 "Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 01:58 PM"

*Fistbump of Professional Solidarity*

*slides over plate of blondies*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 03, 2014 10:09 AM (knoK7)

255 Tasker is a chick? Well, now she is, yes. Not that there's anything WRONG with that.

Posted by: Etheral Moonbeam at February 03, 2014 10:09 AM (1Y+hH)

256 246 Tasker is a chick? Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 02:07 PM (r+7wo) ******** Oh gawd damn it. Every fucking time, every damn blog--and every handle...I use. Hmmm...I'm noticing a trend. Must be the way I type or somethin'.

Posted by: tasker at February 03, 2014 10:09 AM (RJMhd)

257 Gotcha balrog.  Yeah, like his one liners, but isn't this like us wearing a Che shirt??  lol

Posted by: prescient11 at February 03, 2014 10:09 AM (tVTLU)

258 Prescient, it was Bryan who was the piece of shit. Mr. Siegel has an, uh, "interesting" take on history. Anything that got in the way of the great leveler of democracy was apparently a very bad thing indeed.

Posted by: kartoffel at February 03, 2014 10:10 AM (07vvi)

259

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 02:04 PM (Kkt/i)

 

Not to  take up for atc who is quite capable of doing it herself but I believe the issue is not the  constant criticism  of the actual  lawyering  as it is the constant ridicule of people who get law degrees as buffoons  who would not be capable of  getting a 'real'  degree. 

 

My criticism is the lawyering  and its consequences. 

 

 

Posted by: polynikes at February 03, 2014 10:10 AM (m2CN7)

260 Senate 52 R to 48 D before or after immigration reform is passed?


Posted by: GMB vote for me. I'll give you nothing and make you enjoy it. at February 03, 2014 10:10 AM (nkPV9)

261 243 I am in Vagina and many old houses are heated with heating oil.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 02:06 PM (6bMeY)


I moved because I could not stand the humidity.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 10:10 AM (Kkt/i)

262 Yeah, but the one liners he wrote a century ago nail any Obamabot right on the forehead. ============================ It is endlessly amusing to take all of the leading lights of semi-distant Left and own those, shoving them down their throats. None on the Left now are about rolling up their sleeves and doing real work with the salt of the earth types, but that was the ideal back in the 20s - 40s. Even Seeger crap like If I Had a Hammer, which they know to be Lefty, doesn't speak to them anymore.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:10 AM (KgN8K)

263 All over the North really--Chicago area for sure. I was actually working in New Jersey on a project where there was a big push to get people to switch to natural gas. The heating oil folks were running truly hilarious ads swearing that switching to natural gas would cause your house to blow up. When people found out I was from Oklahoma, they asked me how many houses blew up a month due to natural gas. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 01:55 PM (kXoT0) _____________ Never a shortage of stupid people willing to believe stupid shit. See 2012 election for further proof.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 03, 2014 10:11 AM (0LHZx)

264 Easy way to find out if a poster is a woman or not. 


Bring up red velvet cake. 


o.0 Up to this point in my life it has never failed!

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:11 AM (WWBQ7)

265 I am in Vagina and many old houses are heated with heating oil. That's not heating oil.

Posted by: --- at February 03, 2014 10:11 AM (MMC8r)

266

The Stock Market declines AND Ace's immune system ...

 

 

... In so many ways, really just the story of Obama.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 03, 2014 10:11 AM (Z9EFN)

267
"The new economy (and the new employee).

http://tinyurl.com/kcqza5h

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 02:08 PM (Hx5uv)"


"Addison Herron-Wheeler is a rising freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University"...a total griefing douchenozzle, but you already knew that.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 03, 2014 10:11 AM (Q9qpj)

268 I've found  wi-fi signals inside a vagina are for shit. 

Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 10:11 AM (r5sZy)

269 In Feb 2012, the "experts" were sure the GOP would win the senate. 9 months until election is an eternity.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at February 03, 2014 10:12 AM (0LHZx)

270 You know what they say: Vagina is for lovers.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 10:12 AM (7ObY1)

271 Question is, does tasker have nice sweater puppies like EC.

Posted by: RWC at February 03, 2014 10:12 AM (fWAjv)

272 Mmmmmm red velvet cake.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 03, 2014 10:12 AM (qBtUE)

273 Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 02:11 PM (WWBQ7) Don't like it. Mostly because I got a bottle of red velvet cake coffee syrup for Christmas last year and am *very* over that particular flavor.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 03, 2014 10:12 AM (GDulk)

274 I've found wi-fi signals inside a vagina are for shit. Just go wired.

Posted by: blaster at February 03, 2014 10:13 AM (4+AaH)

275 Question is, does tasker have nice sweater puppies like EC.


What?



Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:13 AM (GQ8sn)

276 When Amish Dude needs a lawyer...he's going to be grateful there are lawyers. I think this argument is entirely true, but doesn't quite get to AmishDude's complaint. His argument is the system is corrupted because of lawyers. That a lawyer is necessary in the current system is part of the point. In a simpler system that wasn't complicated by lawyers, any educated gentleman could successfully defend himself. Lawyers complicate the system to build up an ivory tower that serves as a barrier to entry, and enrich themselves by promoting their services as necessary to successfully defend oneself in a litigious society.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 10:13 AM (4QSOR)

277 "Addison Herron-Wheeler is a rising freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University"...a total griefing douchenozzle, but you already knew that. - And obviously brilliant, shitting in her rice bowl like that.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 10:13 AM (Hx5uv)

278 *slides over plate of blondies* Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 03, 2014 02:09 PM (knoK7) Thank you. *noms* And polynikes, you got it in one. Blondie? *squirts some extra whipped cream thereupon*

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (VtjlW)

279 Bring up red velvet cake. . Shoes . Call out a female celebrity in a bad dress . Perfumed Tampons

Posted by: other options at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (AZNLP)

280 I am in Vagina and many old houses are heated with heating oil.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 02:06 PM (6bMeY)
I moved because I could not stand the humidity.
Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 02:10 PM (Kkt/i)



I left due to the fish odor.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (W7ffl)

281 Is "red velvet cake" some kind of euphemism for a ginger's nay-nays?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (7ObY1)

282 It's not the red velvet, it is the cream cheese icing.  I actually like carrot cake much better than red velvet.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (kXoT0)

283 Bring up red velvet cake.

Meh. Tastes like food coloring.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (ZKzrr)

284

Easy way to find out if a poster is a woman or not.

 

Make 'em throw a football.

Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (G0ITZ)

285 >>In Feb 2012, the "experts" were sure the GOP would win the senate. Many of those same experts were predicting a Romney win in 2012. Obama isn't on the ballot in 2014. Obamacare finally is. And like the economy, it isn't gonna get any better between now and then. Oh and since this is a slow news day, anybody else surprised that Kerry is now admitting that Obama's Syria policy is a disaster and al Qaeda is a serious and growing threat?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2014 10:14 AM (g1DWB)

286 274 Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 02:11 PM (WWBQ7)

Don't like it. Mostly because I got a bottle of red velvet cake coffee syrup for Christmas last year and am *very* over that particular flavor.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 03, 2014 02:12 PM (GDulk)


*panics, having lost his surefire identification method*


What else have I got... godiva cheesecake, muddy buddies/puppy chow, chocolate excess, pomegranate cream cheese white cake, chocolate fudge sin, hmmm...

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:15 AM (WWBQ7)

287 What? Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 02:13 PM (GQ8sn) Just foolin'. I remember a thread awhile back where someone thought you were a chick.

Posted by: RWC at February 03, 2014 10:15 AM (fWAjv)

288 "Tasker is a chick?" I'll have to look back at the references everytime I said: "Go fuck yourself". Maybe next time I'll ask for photos.

Posted by: jwest at February 03, 2014 10:15 AM (u2a4R)

289 capable of getting a 'real' degree.

Yeah, there are plenty of people who do both.  And there are plenty of people who are mouthbreathing morons with PhDs.  The point is that any generalization is about as reliable as you would expect it to be, given the amount of work to arrive at the conclusion. 


My criticism is the lawyering and its consequences.

I'd probably agree with those, too.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 10:15 AM (Kkt/i)

290 What sort of jerk of a boss expects a food server to be sans facial piercings on the job? 

Help, I am being oppressed.

Posted by: Addison Herron-Wheeler at February 03, 2014 10:15 AM (Q9qpj)

291 Yeah wtf is red velvet cake?

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:15 AM (KgN8K)

292 Attorneys are like toilet paper. It's better to have some and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 10:16 AM (Hx5uv)

293 What else have I got... godiva cheesecake, muddy buddies/puppy chow, chocolate excess, pomegranate cream cheese white cake, chocolate fudge sin, hmmm...

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 02:15 PM (WWBQ7)

Diamonds large, furs, long....

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 10:16 AM (kXoT0)

294 The nice thing about living in vagina is the crabs. So much better than the ones in Maryland.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 10:16 AM (AZNLP)

295 256 Tasker is a chick? Well, now she is, yes. Not that there's anything WRONG with that. Posted by: Etheral Moonbeam at February 03, 2014 02:09 PM (1Y+hH) ********** LMAO!! Oh gawd I gotta exit. I'm actually redder than a beet right now.

Posted by: tasker at February 03, 2014 10:16 AM (RJMhd)

296 Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 02:14 PM (kXoT0) Now *that* I could eat all day long. Love cream cheese frosting.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 03, 2014 10:16 AM (GDulk)

297 Make 'em throw a football. Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 02:14 PM (G0ITZ) And if she has a penis she can be President.

Posted by: RWC at February 03, 2014 10:16 AM (fWAjv)

298 282 Is "red velvet cake" some kind of euphemism for a ginger's nay-nays?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 02:14 PM (7ObY1)


Definitely not.  I haven't that kind of humor in me. 


People tell me I'm uptight. o.o I prefer to say straightlaced... but self-description is rarely accurate.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:16 AM (WWBQ7)

299 It's not the red velvet, it is the cream cheese icing.

Now that makes sense.

If we get a snow day Wed, I want to make cinnamon rolls and cream-cheese frosting would be really great.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 10:17 AM (ZKzrr)

300 Just foolin'. I remember a thread awhile back where someone thought you were a chick.


Haha!  Who was that?


Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:17 AM (GQ8sn)

301

Posted by: bonhomme at February 03, 2014 02:13 PM (4QSOR)

 

+1000 Internet points to you sir. 

Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 10:17 AM (GYTqM)

302 Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 02:15 PM (WWBQ7) Gotta admit, most of those sound pretty tasty.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 03, 2014 10:17 AM (GDulk)

303 Yeah wtf is red velvet cake?


Cake with a lot of red food colouring.  But really, really good!

Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:17 AM (GQ8sn)

304 >>Attorneys are like toilet paper. It's better to have some and not need it than to need it and not have it. Speaking of toilet paper, how does a country run out of toilet paper? I wouldn't have even thought this possible.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2014 10:18 AM (g1DWB)

305 Buttercream > Cream Cheese > Royal

Posted by: Frosting Hierarchy at February 03, 2014 10:18 AM (AZNLP)

306 Ahhhh, so it's the cream cheese frosting, and not the cake itself. 


Much like the robot in Short-Circuit, I appreciate the input.  o_O My database grows...

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:18 AM (WWBQ7)

307 Obama's Syria policy is a disaster and al Qaeda is a serious and growing threat?


On the run, running amok, tomato, tomahto.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 03, 2014 10:18 AM (Aif/5)

308 "When Amish Dude needs a lawyer...he's going to be grateful there are lawyers."

Yeah, sounds kind of like our racket.

Posted by: Joe "The Pipe" Fuggiari, Your local Genovese Family Associate at February 03, 2014 10:18 AM (Q9qpj)

309 Haha! Who was that?


Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 02:17 PM (GQ8sn)


So EC is not code for Eligible Chickiepoo?


I keed.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 10:18 AM (kXoT0)

310 306 Buttercream > Cream Cheese > Royal

Posted by: Frosting Hierarchy at February 03, 2014 02:18 PM (AZNLP)


Truth.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:18 AM (WWBQ7)

311 Cake with a lot of red food colouring. But really, really good! ===================== I thought it was supposed to be a variation on chocolate cake? Regardless, don't see the appeal.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:19 AM (KgN8K)

312 So EC is not code for Eligible Chickiepoo?
I keed.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 02:18 PM (kXoT0)



Eric Cartman.



Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:19 AM (GQ8sn)

313 Haha! Who was that? Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 02:17 PM (GQ8sn) This was months ago. I am pretty sure you were on the thread but I can't recall who said it.

Posted by: RWC at February 03, 2014 10:19 AM (fWAjv)

314 Lets see. Hyphenated name and facial piercings. And I am guessing, recently let go at Subway.

Posted by: blaster at February 03, 2014 10:19 AM (4+AaH)

315 Seriously, that dumb bint didn't know her pay rate until her first paycheck?

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 03, 2014 10:19 AM (qBtUE)

316 Venezuela ran out of T.P. a ways back.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 10:19 AM (6bMeY)

317 Speaking of toilet paper, how does a country run out of toilet paper? I wouldn't have even thought this possible. - Communism is like the Obama administration. Many things happen that I would have thought were impossible.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 10:19 AM (Hx5uv)

318 Test for "female"? Ask about baths. Long luxurious baths.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 10:20 AM (P6QsQ)

319 Yeah wtf is red velvet cake?

White cake with not enough cocoa powder and a bottle of red food coloring.

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 10:20 AM (ZKzrr)

320 His argument is the system is corrupted because of lawyers. That a lawyer is necessary in the current system is part of the point. In a simpler system that wasn't complicated by lawyers, any educated gentleman could successfully defend himself. Lawyers complicate the system to build up an ivory tower that serves as a barrier to entry, and enrich themselves by promoting their services as necessary to successfully defend oneself in a litigious society.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 03, 2014 02:13 PM (4QSOR)

 

 

--------------------------------------------

 

 

Another way  of looking at this.  Lawyers are usually the ones making up our state and fed legislatures.  What do they  do?  They make a law for every function in human life.  So many laws that one must have a lawyer to decipher  the web they've  woven. 

 

If they can't convict on one law, there's a dozen waiting in the wings they can convict on.  Everyone  is guilty.  It takes a lawyer to divine how guilty.

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 10:20 AM (ZDqnR)

321 Speaking of toilet paper, how does a country run out of toilet paper? I wouldn't have even thought this possible.


"I'll take 'Nationalization' for $200, Alex."


Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:20 AM (GQ8sn)

322 Buttercream > Cream Cheese > Royal ============= absolutely not a frosting fan. If its gotta have it, just whipped cream thanks.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:20 AM (KgN8K)

323 I thought it was supposed to be a variation on chocolate cake? Regardless, don't see the appeal.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 02:19 PM (KgN8K)


It's one of those things that used to be rare and hard to find, now, it's ubiquitous, so ....

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 10:20 AM (kXoT0)

324 >>Venezuela ran out of T.P. a ways back. I know. And it happened again last week. How can you screw up a country so bad you don't even have toilet paper?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2014 10:21 AM (g1DWB)

325 T.P. for my bunghole?

No, seriously, this ain't a gag. 

Posted by: The Venezulan Cornholio at February 03, 2014 10:21 AM (Q9qpj)

326 absolutely not a frosting fan. If its gotta have it, just whipped cream thanks.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 02:20 PM (KgN8K)


It's like everything I thought was true without exception has suddenly fallen apart.  o_o I don't know how to compute this...

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:21 AM (WWBQ7)

327 LMAO!! Oh gawd I gotta exit. I'm actually redder than a beet right now. Posted by: tasker And a ginger too?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2014 10:21 AM (ndIek)

328 OK, on this lawyer thang... Colorado is one of the very few "title" states left. When we close a house sale, it takes about 20 minutes if the deal is cash and an hour if there is a loan package. When we walk out of the room, title has been passed on the spot, no escrow period. There is almost never an attorney present. i've been told that in the NE it takes all day and there are always two attorneys present. And then there is apparently an escrow (limbo) period between the closing and the actual transfer of title. True?

Posted by: Etheral Moonbeam at February 03, 2014 10:21 AM (1Y+hH)

329 How can you screw up a country so bad you don't even have toilet paper?


Someone increase toilet paper production from 100,000 rolls to 50,000 rolls.



Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:21 AM (GQ8sn)

330 Posted by: bonhomme at February 03, 2014 02:13 PM (4QSOR)

Sort of like they're mostly rent-seeking SoBs, yes?

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 03, 2014 10:22 AM (o3MSL)

331 If its gotta have it, just whipped cream thanks. You've never had my Vanilla-Bourbon Buttercream.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 10:22 AM (AZNLP)

332 328 nah I throw that shit out

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:22 AM (KgN8K)

333 So day 1 of funemployment. Apply for unemployment. Take a nap. Load the dishwasher. Listen to talk radio Talk to a recruiter Work out. Looking like nap time again.

Posted by: blaster at February 03, 2014 10:23 AM (4+AaH)

334 333 not had yours, no. But I have had it /wastebasket

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:23 AM (KgN8K)

335 Diamonds large, furs, long.... Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 02:16 PM (kXoT0) *fistbump* Look. Why don't we get to arguing about something important. Like how those who hate buttercream frosting are Godforsaken Commies.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 10:23 AM (VtjlW)

336 i've been told that in the NE it takes all day and there are always two attorneys present. And then there is apparently an escrow (limbo) period between the closing and the actual transfer of title.

True?

Posted by: Etheral Moonbeam at February 03, 2014 02:21 PM (1Y+hH)


Yes

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 03, 2014 10:23 AM (Q9qpj)

337 Venezuela ran out of T.P. a ways back. - They've still got a T.P. crisis. http://tinyurl.com/lnqzwqq and this isn't supposed to be happening. The government nationalized the toilet paper factory last September so everybody ought to be up to their asses in toilet paper by now.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 03, 2014 10:24 AM (Hx5uv)

338 Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 02:21 PM (WWBQ7) Don't see why since Bigby's a 'Ron. John didn't like frosting either so I used to get his as well as mine.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 03, 2014 10:24 AM (GDulk)

339 Huffington Post There is an App for finding T.P. in Venezuela.

Posted by: Boss Moss at February 03, 2014 10:24 AM (6bMeY)

340 Speaking of toilet paper, how does a country run out of toilet paper? I wouldn't have even thought this possible. Bad time to get the trots.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 03, 2014 10:24 AM (ndIek)

341

Koreans (not known for baking skills -  in fact it's very rare to even see a household oven in Korea),  make some of the most amazing cakes. 

 

Most Korean  bakers still use lard, butter, real sugar, and all the other crap that's been deemed  "bad for you",  but  oh man, most people have forgotten what  a cake and frosting is actually supposed to taste like.

Posted by: Icedog at February 03, 2014 10:24 AM (wFGr5)

342 How can you screw up a country so bad you don't even have toilet paper? Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2014 02:21 PM (g1DWB) Challenge. Accepted.

Posted by: SCOAMF at February 03, 2014 10:24 AM (fWAjv)

343 absolutely not a frosting fan. If its gotta have it, just whipped cream thanks. Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 02:20 PM (KgN8K) Blech! I hate whipped cream frosting. To each his own I guess.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 03, 2014 10:24 AM (bCEmE)

344 >>i've been told that in the NE it takes all day and there are always two attorneys present. And then there is apparently an escrow (limbo) period between the closing and the actual transfer of title. >>True? Yes and no. I sold my condo in Boston and closed on my house in RI last year in a day. I didn't even go to the closing for the condo, a lawyer was required to be there and he took care of it. By the time I got to the closing in RI at noon all the paperwork had been delivered and yes, the closing attorney took care of the whole process in about 20 minutes. Easy peasy.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (g1DWB)

345 Blaster Sorry you are out of work. I hope this will be very temporary for you. What line of work are you in, if that's not too personal .....

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (P6QsQ)

346 Pomegranate cream cheese cake with dark chocolate frosting on the sides.  o.O I'm gonna try my hand at baking one of these this weekend...

http://tinyurl.com/kajhcak

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (WWBQ7)

347 Rush does bite often on culture issues. I've learned  so much from Rush over the years, but he's become too much a focal point for progressive and liberal hatred that you have to wonder if he really does us any good anymore.  I wish I were wrong, but I just don't think the country is as conservative as Rush-and Levin and Beck and doofus Hannity think it is. Principles matter of course, but winning matters more.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (Usdw3)

348 funy enough, was at a birthday party and doing my usual of cutting away the frosting, so I gave some to the baby. He doesn't like it either But also, never drink soda, call cornbread sweet, etc

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (KgN8K)

349 "When Amish Dude needs a lawyer...he's going to be grateful there are lawyers."

Yeah, sounds kind of like our racket.

Posted by: Joe "The Pipe" Fuggiari, Your local Genovese Family Associate at February 03, 2014 02:18 PM (Q9qpj)

 

 

---------------------------------------------------

 

 

You want that grocery store, bub?  Then ya gotta take the juke box.  Ya know what I mean.

Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood racket lawyer at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (ZDqnR)

350 We never ran out of toilet paper, FFS.

Sure, you had to wait in line for three hours to buy it, but still...

Posted by: Decrepit Soviet Communist at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (Q9qpj)

351 /raises hand You can totally get to 15 million illegals via people overstaying their visas. Our resident statistical guru, jwest has caused the scales to fall from my eyes. Up next, $17 trillion in debt is the result of the Department of the Interior going ape on hand sanitizer.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 03, 2014 10:25 AM (659DL)

352 *fistbump*


Look. Why don't we get to arguing about something important. Like how those who hate buttercream frosting are Godforsaken Commies.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 02:23 PM (VtjlW)


**back at My Liege**


But, shudder, let's never revisit the topic of the proper ingredients for a Lime Jello salad.  PRO TIP:  There are none and if I am elected, Lime Jello Salad will be outlawed.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 10:26 AM (kXoT0)

353 I export bidets to Venezuela. Good times.

Posted by: Art VanDeLay at February 03, 2014 10:26 AM (AZNLP)

354 Oh and since this is a slow news day, anybody else surprised that Kerry is now admitting that Obama's Syria policy is a disaster and al Qaeda is a serious and growing threat?

Wait- Obama has a Syria policy?  When did this happen?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 03, 2014 10:26 AM (SY2Kh)

355 Bigby, I'm sorry you're a Godforsaken Commie.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 10:26 AM (VtjlW)

356

I could take or leave the "all lawyers suck" discussion.

 

The "Alex wants to victimize everyone" thing ? I could listen to a bit more. Take your time Alex. I insist.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 03, 2014 10:26 AM (Z9EFN)

357 Interesting and thanks about the real estate closing thang. And hippie sock off..

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 10:27 AM (1Y+hH)

358 I made a Captain Morgan Buttercream for a special batch of Christmas Cookies.

Rock. And. Roll.

Posted by: grognard at February 03, 2014 10:27 AM (/29Nl)

359 **back at My Liege**
But, shudder, let's never revisit the topic of the proper ingredients for a Lime Jello salad. PRO TIP: There are none and if I am elected, Lime Jello Salad will be outlawed.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 02:26 PM (kXoT0)


Jello... salad....?


What on earth o_O

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:27 AM (WWBQ7)

360 Pomegranate? Why would anyone do that to a Cheesecake?

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 10:27 AM (AZNLP)

361 But, shudder, let's never revisit the topic of the proper ingredients for a Lime Jello salad. PRO TIP: There are none and if I am elected, Lime Jello Salad will be outlawed.

Good luck winning the election without the Lutheran vote.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at February 03, 2014 10:27 AM (SY2Kh)

362 319 Test for "female"? Ask about baths. Long luxurious baths. Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 02:20 PM (P6QsQ) I hate baths. And I have a big ol' bathtub. I tried taking a bath in it once when I moved in since no one else's filth would have contaminated it in my paranoid, neurotic mind. (New house.) I lasted only 15 minutes, and all that time I was itching to get out.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 10:27 AM (r+7wo)

363 357 Not a good thing to call me, AtC

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:28 AM (KgN8K)

364 Rush does bite often on culture issues. I've learned so much from Rush over the years, but he's become too much a focal point for progressive and liberal hatred that you have to wonder if he really does us any good anymore. I wish I were wrong, but I just don't think the country is as conservative as Rush-and Levin and Beck and doofus Hannity think it is. Principles matter of course, but winning matters more.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 03, 2014 02:25 PM (Usdw3)

 

 

-----------------------------------------------

 

 

Where do you live?  These talk-radio hosts don't have  tens of millions of listeners because the audiences hate them.

Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood racket lawyer at February 03, 2014 10:28 AM (ZDqnR)

365 The "Alex wants to victimize everyone" thing ? I could listen to a bit more. Take your time Alex. I insist.

Posted by: ScoggDog at February 03, 2014 02:26 PM (Z9EFN)

No worries here, I'll just stipulate she not be permitted a foot stool in the ring.  My lawyer will insist on it being in the contract.


Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 03, 2014 10:28 AM (Q9qpj)

366 "...those who hate buttercream frosting are Godforsaken Commies. "

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 02:23 PM (VtjlW)

Butter-cream is simply denser than whipped cream frosting, and has a much better mouth feel.

And really, who gives a fuck about the health benefits or calories contained in a cake?

Are you fucking retarded? It's a cake. It's dessert! It's supposed to be decadent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 03, 2014 10:29 AM (QFxY5)

367 Buttercream > Cream Cheese > Royal I'm going to add Fondant at the end there. Buttercream > Cream Cheese > Royal > Fondant

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 10:29 AM (2hTlI)

368 Chique! Oh no! Can I have your big ol' tub? I am a bath addict.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 10:29 AM (P6QsQ)

369 Jello... salad....?

What on earth o_O

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 02:27 PM (WWBQ7)


There was a thread awhile back in which we discussed all the hideous and vile permutations of Lime Jello Salad. 


** SHUDDER **

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 10:29 AM (kXoT0)

370 Newd boos.

Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:29 AM (GQ8sn)

371 Buttercream > Cream Cheese > Royal > Fondant

Posted by: bonhomme at February 03, 2014 02:29 PM (2hTlI)


Yeah, fuck fondant.  Fuck that shit.

Posted by: grognard at February 03, 2014 10:29 AM (/29Nl)

372 books

Posted by: EC at February 03, 2014 10:29 AM (GQ8sn)

373 Bring on the Johnny Dangerously quotes.

 

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 01:15 PM (AZNLP)

 

You farging icehole!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 03, 2014 10:30 AM (zF6Iw)

374 Speaking of toilet paper and  the days before it was invented,   I have always seen that a corn cob  was the go to.   I  always wondered when I was a kid    how in the hell were you supposed to use that ? 

Posted by: polynikes at February 03, 2014 10:30 AM (m2CN7)

375 There's no Boston in NE but there's a Harvard.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at February 03, 2014 10:30 AM (KQp38)

376 PRO TIP: There are none and if I am elected, Lime Jello Salad will be outlawed.

Yeah, Sebelius already gutted the First Amendment, so go ahead and persecute the Lutherans.  *simmer*

Posted by: HR at February 03, 2014 10:30 AM (ZKzrr)

377 If you're adding Fondant, we'll have to throw Ganche in there before Royal.

Posted by: garrett at February 03, 2014 10:30 AM (AZNLP)

378 @347 Grammie easiest way to say it is computer guy. Was at a startup that, uh, didn't.

Posted by: blaster at February 03, 2014 10:30 AM (4+AaH)

379 368 Nothing to do with "health" it has to do with the cloying aftertaste of frostings.

Posted by: Bigby's Germy Hands at February 03, 2014 10:31 AM (KgN8K)

380 Mmmm Baileys Irish Cream buttercream is delicious. Especially when it's topping Guinness stout chocolate cupckes filled with whiskey-lashed chocolate ganache.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 03, 2014 10:31 AM (osdNx)

381 PRO TIP: There are none and if I am elected, Lime Jello Salad will be outlawed. Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, think mink. at February 03, 2014 02:26 PM (kXoT0) Jell-O recipes from the past. http://tinyurl.com/6qqo28q This delicacy is called "Ring Around the Tuna." It contains chunks of tuna, pimientos, and cucumbers all molded into lime Jell-O. ----- This is a "perfection salad," which calls for lemon Jell-O, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, onions and vinegar. urp

Posted by: SCOAMF at February 03, 2014 10:32 AM (fWAjv)

382 Dirty SCOAMF sock

Posted by: RWC at February 03, 2014 10:33 AM (fWAjv)

383

Off slime sock

Posted by: Soona at February 03, 2014 10:33 AM (ZDqnR)

384 370 Chique! Oh no! Can I have your big ol' tub? I am a bath addict. Posted by: grammie winger at February 03, 2014 02:29 PM (P6QsQ) I wish I could shove it to you thru my USB port, but alas, 'tis a wee bit too large.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 10:33 AM (r+7wo)

385 359 Interesting and thanks about the real estate closing thang.

And hippie sock off..

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 02:27 PM (1Y+hH)


That thing about having attorneys at a closing is probably mostly a NE thing, and would tend to I agree. It appears to be mostly an unnecessary hurdle.  In the NW, we allow limited practitioners of law to do such routine things.

But if it's substantial purchase, a commercial property, or some non-routine issues involved, the expense to have an attorney attend to the transaction would likely be dwarfed by the expense of litigating any resulting issues.   Life is complicated.  No sense whining about it.

Posted by: flounder at February 03, 2014 10:34 AM (Kkt/i)

386 Would I be banished by My Queen if I admitted a dislike for chocolate and most things sweet? *clears throat nervously* Um, it's just a hypothetical.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 10:36 AM (r+7wo)

387 IIRC, attorneys almost took over real estate transactions completely, which would have turned Realtors (another hated group) into limo drivers. Conway vs Bogue intervened.

Posted by: Meremortal at February 03, 2014 10:36 AM (1Y+hH)

388 366, I live in NJ, but that's not the point. Rush was the go-to guy whenever something happened, had to turn him on to get his perspective. He usually always brilliantly explained whatever the issue, and all of us in the choir got charged up--and then the jerkoffs would isolate one thing he said --a  wrong fact, a mild gaffe, a mistimed chortle, snicker or snort, and that would become the story. His "brilliant analysis" would never become the story, and would never get past the true believers. Same with Levin. The man is brilliant--and he sells lots of books to people who already agree with him.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at February 03, 2014 10:36 AM (Usdw3)

389 This delicacy is called "Ring Around the Tuna." It contains chunks of tuna, pimientos, and cucumbers all molded into lime Jell-O. What's WRONG with people? That sounds like something your Great Aunt would come up with because she's old and she just isn't trying anymore.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 03, 2014 10:36 AM (2hTlI)

390 The "Alex wants to victimize everyone" thing ? I could listen to a bit more. Take your time Alex. I insist. Posted by: ScoggDog at February 03, 2014 02:26 PM (Z9EFN) *arches brow* Well, someone isn't getting a spanking.

Posted by: alexthechick - Come to us, oh mighty SMOD at February 03, 2014 10:37 AM (VtjlW)

391 Speaking of toilet paper and the days before it was invented, I have always seen that a corn cob was the go to. I always wondered when I was a kid how in the hell were you supposed to use that ?

 

Posted by: polynikes at February 03, 2014 02:30 PM (m2CN7)

 

Ol' grandad feels the call of nature at two in the morning and heads out to the outhouse.  When he's finished, he looks around.

 

No corn cob.

 

No Sears catalogue.

 

No nothing.

 

Then he spots something white on the ground and reaches for it.

 

Half an hour later, he comes back into the house.  "What took you so long, pappy?" ol' grandma asks.

 

"Just stopped to wash my hands on the way back," says he.

 

"Why?  You never washed your hands before after coming back from the outhouse."

 

"Yep.  But I ain't never wiped my ass with a moonbeam before, either."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 03, 2014 10:38 AM (zF6Iw)

392 Hey y'all. I'm going to be driving past the Rodent Academy this afternoon. Does anyone want me to drop off their groundhog since I'm going to be in the neighborhood?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 03, 2014 10:38 AM (g4TxM)

393 388 Would I be banished by My Queen if I admitted a dislike for chocolate and most things sweet?

*clears throat nervously* Um, it's just a hypothetical.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 03, 2014 02:36 PM (r+7wo)


*throws hands up in despair*
 


This world no longer makes any sense!

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 03, 2014 10:38 AM (WWBQ7)

394 What the fuck is fondant? Fondue with extra gheyness?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 10:41 AM (7ObY1)

395 One more time - Do Not Sockpuppet Actual Commenters.

Posted by: jwest at February 03, 2014 01:36 PM (u2a4R)


No, you can, as long as it's clear that it's a sock. What you can't do is impersonate them using the same exact name.

Posted by: [/i][/b]KG at February 03, 2014 10:45 AM (p7BzH)

396 396 What the fuck is fondant? Fondue with extra gheyness? Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 03, 2014 02:41 PM (7ObY1) Have you ever seen a cake with a very smooth outside 'frosting' that's all one piece? Fondant.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 03, 2014 10:45 AM (bCEmE)

397 it is the constant ridicule of people who get law degrees as buffoons who would not be capable of getting a 'real' degree. Point taken. I swim against a tide here in which society has decided that the law degree is the sine qua non of intellect. Well, it's just not. I could give my litany of reasons, but the fact that it's not has great social impact. I think it's a mistake for young people to see it as the pinnacle of higher education. For instance, the overestimation of the intellect of the following: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, etc. etc. etc. Tearing down that particular credential, above all others, has social and political value. But I've stopped with the blunt over-the-top statements, actually (instead referencing prior ones as a running joke) simply because the tete-a-tete that I expect to come never happened. In any case, I do go too far and I apologize for that.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 11:46 AM (T0NGe)

398 399 I think it's a mistake for young people to see it as the pinnacle of higher education. Posted by: AmishDude at February 03, 2014 03:46 PM (T0NGe) I don't think they see it as the pinnacle of higher education so much as the path to political power. Hence all the people who graduate law school and then immediately embark on a career in politics.

Posted by: rickl at February 03, 2014 11:58 AM (zoehZ)

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