February 21, 2014

Top Headline Comments 12-21-14
— Gabriel Malor

FRIDAY!

A U.S. District Court dismissed the lawsuit against the NYPD for alleged surveillance of Muslims as part of its anti-terrorism activities. The judge found that the plaintiffs lacked standing, since their claimed injuries appears traceable to the AP's decision to disclose the secret program rather than the program itself. The judge also found that even if the plaintiffs had standing, they could not prevail since it appeared that the NYPD targeted individuals on account of terrorism prevention, not on account of their religion. Lawgeeks, the short decision is here (PDF).

Even the New York Times is reporting that Obamacare is causing employers to cut part-time jobs, something the Obama administration insists is merely anecdotal. Of course, it took job cuts among the public sector to get the Times to pay attention to the issue, but at least the paper is covering it.

Ya'll have a good weekend.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:47 AM | Comments (348)
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1 RIP to Walt Ehlers. You're with your brother Roland now. G-d bless you.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:49 AM (olDqf)

2 I love that I'm already in the office, doing actual work to compensate for the fact that the bulk of the individuals who will appear over the next few hours won't do much at all...

Friday.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 21, 2014 02:49 AM (fwARV)

3 DAY 477 991 to go (1,066 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:49 AM (olDqf)

4 Mini-moron-meet up with CBD, his friend and NGU last night. Good food and vulgarity ensued.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:51 AM (olDqf)

5 1 Great story of a guy who just did what needed doing.

Posted by: NCKate at February 21, 2014 02:51 AM (4KFgL)

6 Interesting conversation on Levin about the ballot effort to split California into 6 states.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:52 AM (olDqf)

7 Former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer is sick of being labeled a global warming ‘denier’ by politicians and environmentalists. So sick of it, in fact, that he’s going to start calling detractors “global warming Nazis” until he is no longer called a “denier.”

“Yeah, somebody pushed my button,” Spencer wrote on his blog. “When politicians and scientists started calling people like me ‘deniers’, they crossed the line.”

“They indirectly equate (1) the skeptics’ view that global warming is not necessarily all manmade nor a serious problem, with (2) the denial that the Nazi’s extermination of millions of Jews ever happened,” Spencer added.

Posted by: Dr. Josef Mengele at February 21, 2014 02:52 AM (e8kgV)

8 Mini-moron-meet up with CBD, his friend and NGU last night. Good food and vulgarity ensued. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 06:51 AM (olDqf) Still A tad hung over

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 02:53 AM (t3UFN)

9 Dr. Roy Spencer's description of the global warming fraudsters as Nazis is actually accurate, considering who and what are behind this crackpot theory.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:54 AM (olDqf)

10 8 Still A tad hung over. Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 06:53 AM (t3UFN) Ate too much. A bit of heartburn but the food was good. And congrats on the promotion!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:55 AM (olDqf)

11 Boy my 7AM patient doesn't know what he is in for and he is a landsman also: Oye

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 02:56 AM (t3UFN)

12 11 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 06:55 AM (zF6Iw) Love Anna-Mae Wong! Especially the George Hurrell photo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:57 AM (olDqf)

13 12 Boy my 7AM patient doesn't know what he is in for and he is a landsman also: Oye Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 06:56 AM (t3UFN) A dentist with a hangover. Is it safe?????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 02:58 AM (olDqf)

14 Even the New York Times is reporting that Obamacare is causing employers to cut part-time jobs, something the Obama administration insists is merely anecdotal.

... i wonder if President Obama will sign one of those forms stating, under penalty of perjury, that the layoffs have nothing to do with the implementation of ObamaCare.

Posted by: Ronald McDonald at February 21, 2014 02:58 AM (e8kgV)

15 Its shaping up to be a great morning. Got to work, threw my key fob up on the reader, it beeped once and died. Without unlocking the door. Called two people to let me in who didn't answer their phones. Fortunately the engineer heard me banging around and let me in. Then tried to clock in and the timecard thingy is down. Let's get this day over with.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 02:58 AM (0MVzQ)

16 Let's get this day over with.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 06:58 AM (0MVzQ)

*Crams massive quantities of alcohol through USB to DangerGirl*

You and me both.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 21, 2014 03:03 AM (fwARV)

17 Let's do this, WN! But I'd rather have caffeine this early in the day.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 03:05 AM (0MVzQ)

18 Let's do this, WN! But I'd rather have caffeine this early in the day.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 07:05 AM (0MVzQ)

I choose not to drink coffee (yes, I know, I'm a Communist), so Red Bull and I are working on our relationship this morning.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 21, 2014 03:06 AM (fwARV)

19 Good morning folks! Woke up to 10 inches of fresh proof of global warming in my driveway and ice covered roads I think it's going to be a long day

Posted by: wing at February 21, 2014 03:07 AM (dLNm7)

20
Smartest kid, ever:

Genius Girl Scout sells cookies outside pot club

http://tinyurl.com/qaekdcd


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 03:09 AM (kdS6q)

21 Windy and soon to be colder here. Looked outside this AM and see that my garbage cans, by the curb for pickup, blew over last night. When it gets a little brighter out, I get to clean that up before it ends up across the neighborhood.

Posted by: Bruce at February 21, 2014 03:10 AM (RYr6b)

22 21 Smartest kid, ever: Genius Girl Scout sells cookies outside pot club http://tinyurl.com/qaekdcd Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 07:09 AM (kdS6q) I hope she doubles the price. It's called "scarcity."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 03:10 AM (olDqf)

23 Obama's approval is back up in the Gallup poll. I guess some idiots do determine who they vote for based on late night show appearances. Low and no information voters are going to be the death of this republic. Too many people with no skin in the game and not a thought a serious in their heads and we wonder why so many clowns get elected to office. Until we repair the damage to our education system and the media dominated by political operatives with bylines I don't see this being remedied outside of overwhelming turnout by the informed part of the population.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 21, 2014 03:12 AM (A1Dcl)

24 Where is everyone this morning?

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 03:12 AM (0MVzQ)

25 Good Morning, J.J. Sefton where do you live? I believe it is in NY area? IÂ’m glad you had good moron meet up.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:12 AM (z4WKX)

26 On this day in1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto, ensuring hell for our future.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 03:15 AM (0MVzQ)

27 Where is everyone this morning?

 

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 07:12 AM (0MVzQ)

 

I'm here.  Just not in a chatty mood.  Sure seems different without Teh Vic.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 03:15 AM (zF6Iw)

28 Genius Girl Scout sells cookies outside pot club http://tinyurl.com/qaekdcd Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 07:09 AM (kdS6q) I hope she doubles the price. It's called "scarcity." 100 boxes in two hours sold.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 03:16 AM (GjYxB)

29 26 Good Morning, J.J. Sefton where do you live? I believe it is in NY area? IÂ’m glad you had good moron meet up. Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:12 AM (z4WKX) Manhattan, toots. It was fun. AndÂ… good morning!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 03:17 AM (olDqf)

30 A bowl of amaranth flakes, a jug of coffee, and thou-all. I'm set. Mornin', glories!

Posted by: mindful webworker - slower than usual tonight at February 21, 2014 03:17 AM (bDqG/)

31

@ # 25

 

What difference at this point does it make?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 21, 2014 03:18 AM (GjPnA)

32 Here in my usual lurk mode. Entertain me!

Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 03:18 AM (xXhgd)

33 Posted by: Mary PoppinsÂ’ Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 06:55 AM (zF6Iw) Thank you, MPPPP. I have discovered TCM & have had my television on that channel when there is nothing else to watch. I caught the last of It Happened One Night last night. It is on demand & I will watch it this weekend. I have watched a few movies on it that I have never seen or havenÂ’t seen in years. I never saw It Happened One Night.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:19 AM (z4WKX)

34 27 On this day in1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto, ensuring hell for our future. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 07:15 AM (0MVzQ) Im sure many of us have wished to go back in time and put a bullet into a few heads, including this unwashed evil prick and his wealthy stooge. Then again, for every Karl Marx you get rid of there's bound to be other unknown miscreants who remain obscure. At least in this universe.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 03:19 AM (olDqf)

35

2: " I love that I'm already in the office, doing actual work to compensate for the fact that the bulk of the individuals who will appear over the next few hours won't do much at all..."

 

I know what you mean. I get in at 05:30, and get more done by 9 than most around here do all day.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 03:19 AM (f6ZLT)

36 Here's something that brought a smile to my face. I was driving through Pittsfield, MA yesterday - skiing with my son - and there were two gun shops that had big signs out front advertising Guns Wanted. All Quantities and Conditions. Eastern, MA may be a Commie shithole but the western part of the state still has some real Americans.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at February 21, 2014 03:19 AM (FgCn/)

37 Eternal God, in who mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair or become despondent, but with great confidence. submit ourselves to Your holy will which is love and mercy itself. Divine Mercy prayer of St. Faustina Kowalska

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:20 AM (XyM/Y)

38 Last night, I managed to find out how many lurking incipient issues had been present all along in This Carefree Lifestyle, as both the local ISP and what I've come to call the "wireless rooter" reacted badly to a thunderstorm, tidal charts and the cusp of Aquarius. But mostly the ISP trying to provide me, remotely, with their telephone service, which in my case I have not got.

I should just print out my rant on this (because I'd never be able to access the file when I need it). TV was not reliable when I was growing up. When it went screwy, you'd just turn on the radio. Et cetera. Now, most people have their musical entertainment, personal communications, news, banking and everything else (refrigerator?) through a vulnerable and none-too-stable link, for which We As A Nation pay, on a monthly basis, what I consider Megabucks.

How did we come to this turn? I put it down to glamour and vapor-headedness. I'm old, so I still have, like, hard-copy books and a mailbox. And a copper-hard-wired telephone. None of this will last much longer. Soon (soon!) there will be no alternative to the on-again, off-again pixillated realm of "Oh well, computer problems, we'll try again later." I don't want my surgeon saying that.

It's the m%$-f*@ing National Excuse, is what it is, now well into its second generation. For some reason, we do not demand better. If a salesman had come into my office, displaying the whole pa-NOPP-a-ly of moderan IntraW3bz life, and had that sumbitch go down in flames during the demo, he and his goods would have to hope the room had those little-bitty Brutalist slit windows, so's he and it wouldn't fit through. Then again, I had an office. You can't throw a laptop, or a lap-topper, out of a cubicle.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 21, 2014 03:20 AM (xq1UY)

39

Here in my usual lurk mode. Entertain me!

 

Sure.

 

#ButFirst. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 03:21 AM (zF6Iw)

40 ... i wonder if President Obama will sign one of those forms stating, under penalty of perjury, that the layoffs have nothing to do with the implementation of ObamaCare. Posted by: Ronald McDonald at February 21, 2014 06:58 AM (e8kgV) Romand McDonald, that is a good one but very unlikely!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:21 AM (z4WKX)

41 Guess I should get dressed so I can go support 1.07 of my 'fellow citizens'.

Posted by: Roland THTG at February 21, 2014 03:21 AM (qyoyx)

42 "...they could not prevail since it appeared that the NYPD targeted individuals on account of terrorism prevention, not on account of their religion...." (For those who skip the post, I'm quoting Gabe.) Are judges allowed to make such a distinction? In fact... There are still judges capable of making such a distinction?!?

Posted by: mindful webworker - slower than usual tonight at February 21, 2014 03:22 AM (cK3Ih)

43 Aside from-or in addition to- guns :^)-Westen Mass is a beautiful place. I have enjoyed visits to sites on the Mohawk Trail very much, and I think Pittsfield has a Shaker village which is interesting to visit

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:22 AM (XyM/Y)

44 Then again, for every Karl Marx you get rid of there's bound to be other unknown miscreants who remain obscure. At least in this universe. If you would have publicly & loudly whacked them, the other obscure may have kept their heads down.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 03:22 AM (GjYxB)

45 Carol, you'll love It Happened One Night, particularly the hitchhiking and "Walls Of Jericho" sequences.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 03:22 AM (zF6Iw)

46 #ButFirst That you, Mel? I just read the ont post. Is this country screwed?

Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 03:23 AM (xXhgd)

47 Morning dose of ire.

Renee Ellmers, (R NC-2) once endorsed by Sarah Palin, US House class of 2010, has doubled down on her support for immigration reform starting with securing the borders. What happens to these people when the get to DC?

Here's a tip. Support and enforce laws currently in place.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 03:24 AM (vVOWk)

48 Today's celebrity birthdays: Celia Lovsky (I grieve with thee) Sam Peckinpah (Possibly NSFW - http://youtu.be/zmcrreUVBeo ) Rue McClanahan (would have been 80 today - RIP) Tyne Daly (Alcatraz end) Anthony Daniels (goldenrod) Alan Rickman (shot the glass) Olympia Snowe ("Republican") William Petersen (don't address him common) Kelsey Grammer (my biscuits are burning!) Christopher Atkins (lagoon lover) Martha Hackett (betrayed Janeway) Mark Kelly (guns for me, not for thee) William Baldwin (where?) Jordan Peele (35 today) Jennifer Love Hewitt (also 35 today) Charlotte Church (what happened?) Sophie Turner (married Halfman)

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 03:26 AM (nPMjI)

49 Re: 44 Indeed Western, MA is beautiful but you can never really completely away from the Libs. The mountain we were skiing has a windmill stuck on it.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at February 21, 2014 03:26 AM (FgCn/)

50

If you weren't at Avery Fisher Hall Monday night, here's a taste of what you missed:

 

http://tinyurl.com/qzqhhkg


 

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 03:27 AM (zF6Iw)

51 J.J. Sefton where do you live? I believe it is in NY area? IÂ’m glad you had good moron meet up.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:12 AM (z4WKX)


Manhattan, toots. It was fun. AndÂ… good morning!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 07:17 AM (olDqf)



My daughter and son in law used to have a huge apartment close to Morningside Park but then relocated to Santa Cruz as he's working for Apple.  I really miss being able to stay there.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 03:28 AM (2RiXU)

52 Golfman, batten down those hatches. Looks like we're in for a blow.

And I don't mean the good kind. Wind is already kicking up here ahead of this inland gale.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 21, 2014 03:28 AM (4Mv1T)

53 Good article about Walt Ehlers from the sidebar. “The bayonet really made the Germans, well, they didn’t want any part of it. A man is more afraid of being stabbed to death than shot. “They ran and I shot as many as I could,” Ehlers said. RIP.

Posted by: ExSnipe at February 21, 2014 03:28 AM (LKJt3)

54 Renee Elmers, who has as an opponent...Clay Aiken.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 03:28 AM (0MVzQ)

55 "It Happened One Night" is one of my very favorite movies. I echo MPPP, Carol. Watch "IHON" You won't be sorry. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:28 AM (XyM/Y)

56 J.J. Sefton where do you live? I believe it is in NY area? IÂ’m glad you had good moron meet up. Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:12 AM (z4WKX) Manhattan, toots. It was fun. AndÂ… good morning! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 07:17 AM (olDqf) I was early and 2 scotches up by the time the rest got there. Hey it was an Irish bar and it seems if you order Chivas, you get Jammmesion instead. And going home was pot hole hell

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 03:28 AM (t3UFN)

57 11 -

Audrey Hepburn is an acquired taste.  Sometimes she does look delectable, other times, meh.

The hairstyle here is atrocious. 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 21, 2014 03:29 AM (BeSEI)

58 Stringer Davis, Do you have Comcast? Comcast was hacked two + weeks ago & I found out here. I didnÂ’t change my password like I should have. I have a Mac & they are supposed to be virus free. A week ago Sunday I noticed my emails werenÂ’t addressed to Carol, they we addressed to some strange John. Even old emails were. I looked at contact card that iPhone made & it made a new one for me with John Whatever as last name & my email address. I deleted contact & got downloaded Trend Micro for Macs. Last Thursday at work got a few emails that I supposedly sent returned. I didnÂ’t send any of those. After the third one came in I forwarded to our IT person. She was out but told me to do Malware scan. I did a full one and it was fine. Work computers do a short Symantec scan every might. Last Friday when I went on internet it said I had virus. I did full Symantec virus scan & it found something. Then I did Malware scan. I got virus from this Mac, via Comcast. It spoofed my email & it sent an email to all my contacts including my work computer. Comcast never notified me that they had been hacked!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:30 AM (z4WKX)

59 And continuing with state photos in alphabetical order (Well, I skipped CA and CO because I wanted to do when I thought more of the people from those states would be awake) here we go with photos of flowers from the lovely and historic little state of DE: http://delawarewildflowers.org/new.php

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:31 AM (XyM/Y)

60 Yessir TR. May allow me bug out of work early as it has been a long week.

Don't see you much in the mornings. Do see your posts on the ONT as part of my pre-work prep . Hope all is well.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 03:31 AM (vVOWk)

61 Good morning y'all Morons. Yesterday was a hard and busy work day so Friday high fives.

Posted by: dogfish at February 21, 2014 03:31 AM (nsOJa)

62 52 My daughter and son in law used to have a huge apartment close to Morningside Park but then relocated to Santa Cruz as he's working for Apple. I really miss being able to stay there. Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 07:28 AM (2RiXU) Morningside Heights and Washington Heights are really beautiful areas. And the Cloisters are a must see.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 03:31 AM (olDqf)

63 Saw the LEGO movie...not bad. However, the funny bit is that libtard critics love it, because they think it's a slam on capitalism. However, it has absolutely nothing to do with capitalism, it's the kiddy version of "1984". The hero is Winston Smith and the villian is Obama Big Brother. 

The theme hits you in the face with a hammer...repeatedly, but the dumbass libs still manage to miss it.

Posted by: Icedog at February 21, 2014 03:32 AM (uZ6Ul)

64 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s official vehicles were spotted breaking several traffic laws on Thursday, just two days after he laid out a sweeping traffic safety plan that included harsh restrictions on reckless drivers. De Blasio was in the front passenger seat of the lead SUV of a two-vehicle caravan that was captured on video speeding, running through a pair of stop signs and not signaling when changing lanes. The footage, which aired on WCBS-TV, was taken as de Blasio returned to City Hall after a news conference in Queens. The mayor’s press office deferred to the police department for particulars of the incident because a member of the NYPD was behind the wheel of de Blasio’s SUV. But de Blasio’s press secretary said that “public safety is everyone’s responsibility.” Liberals: The laws are for Thee, not for Me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 03:32 AM (t3UFN)

65 I have a Mac & they are supposed to be virus free. Oh, no, no, no. No platform is 100% secure.

Posted by: --- at February 21, 2014 03:32 AM (MMC8r)

66 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 07:28 AM (t3UFN) Yep, pothole hell would be one way to describe Jersey. I'm surprised my car's suspension hasn't gone yet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:32 AM (XyM/Y)

67 Yep, pothole hell would be one way to describe Jersey. I'm surprised my car's suspension hasn't gone yet. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 07:32 AM (XyM/Y) Actually I was talking about the streets in lower Manhattan. It was like a moonscape

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 03:33 AM (t3UFN)

68   I have a Mac & they are supposed to be virus free.

Oh, no, no, no. No platform is 100% secure.

Posted by: --- at February 21, 2014 07:32 AM (MMC8r)

It's a common misconception.  Hackers tend to target Windows platforms simply because there are so many more of them. 

Target-rich environment and all that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 21, 2014 03:33 AM (fwARV)

69 Until we repair the damage to our education system and the media dominated by political operatives with bylines I don't see this being remedied outside of overwhelming turnout by the informed part of the population. Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 21, 2014 07:12 AM Believe it or not, our education system is not quite as liberally slanted as people want to believe. Members of the NEA (a lobbying group and not a union despite how it is portrayed) self-identify as one-third each conservative, independent, and liberal. The leadership of the organization is, in fact, very liberal which skews the public view. Also, most conservative teachers don't have any interest in joining the NEA. We on the right blame thew schools because we see outrageous examples of behavior we deem to be liberal indoctrination. Lefties see examples of what they consider to be conservative indoctrination. Look at all the battles through the years over the teaching of creationism. We have discussed confirmation bias many times here at the HQ. This is one example of it. The problems begin at home. We have reached a point where kids are being taught in the homes that there is no real need for education because you can just go on the dole. They also learn from many of our leaders that we will pay for you to go to college no matter how hard you work in school because college is a new right. We as a society have decided that a measure of success s a college degree. A a result, we subsidize substandard performance. As long as those things go on, there will be LIVs.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 21, 2014 03:34 AM (QR7wx)

70 I just read the MoH citation for Walt Ehlers. ". . . "

Posted by: mindful webworker - speechless with respect at February 21, 2014 03:34 AM (13IVx)

71

I'm totally going to get one of those vehicle camera systems now.

 

http://tinyurl.com/kdk8sf4


 

 

Law Enforcement Officers (won't call them Cops anymore) are arresting and roughing mugs up and throwing fake felony charges around. They don't even pretend to know what the law is anymore.

 

But such is life these days... in the ghettooooooooo.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 03:34 AM (LJpVo)

72 The Cloisters are beautiful. We wanted to go before Christian because apparently they had some sound system that surrounded visitors with Gregorian chant. but we never mad it. Ah, well, hopefully in the Spring.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:34 AM (XyM/Y)

73 villian villain

Posted by: Icedog at February 21, 2014 03:34 AM (uZ6Ul)

74 Yes the Cloisters are a must see.  Fortunately Mrs Hate loves to see everything a place has to offer and gets me off my dead ass to check things out.  Otherwise I'm there to go to the improvised music clubs.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 03:34 AM (2RiXU)

75 North Dakota No. 1 in Well-Being, West Virginia Still Last Well-being has steadily increased in 11 states since 2010 http://www.gallup.com/poll/167435/north-dakota-well-being-west-virginia-still-last.aspx What I find interesting is that most of the top 10 are states are the colder ones (have real winters).

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 03:35 AM (IXrOn)

76 69 It's a common misconception. Hackers tend to target Windows platforms simply because there are so many more of them. Target-rich environment and all that. Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 21, 2014 07:33 AM (fwARV) Mac was more or less left alone by the hackers because it was though that they were somehow "less corporate" than Microsoft. And then their popularity skyrocketed and so they became a target.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 03:35 AM (olDqf)

77 Audrey Hepburn is an acquired taste. Sometimes she does look delectable, other times, meh.

The hairstyle here is atrocious.

 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 21, 2014 07:29 AM (BeSEI)

 

I think it's lovely.  But here's a pic for you:  http://tinyurl.com/n88myzs


 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 03:35 AM (zF6Iw)

78 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 07:33 AM (t3UFN) Oh, o.k. It's reassuring to know other people have to deal with this too. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:35 AM (XyM/Y)

79 ... i wonder if President Obama will sign one of those forms stating, under penalty of perjury, that the layoffs have nothing to do with the implementation of ObamaCare. Posted by: Ronald McDonald at February 21, 2014 06:58 AM (e8kgV) He would just pardon himself.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 21, 2014 03:36 AM (QR7wx)

80 Posted by: Laurie DavidÂ’s Cervix at February 21, 2014 07:09 AM (kdS6q) Laurie DavidÂ’s Cervix, Thank you for link to Johnny Carson. I have been watching clips of him since late Tuesday/early Wednesday morning. Last night I watched almost 15 minute clip of a Thanksgiving show with Buddy Hackett as the guest. I forgot about Buddy Hackett, he was a funny man.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:36 AM (z4WKX)

81 Good morning everyone...mostly a lurker, but have been out of town, then down with a cold, so haven't been online for a while.

Wanted to make sure Vic is okay, or just taking a break, or ?  His updates are a favorite part of my morning and will add him to my prayer list if it's needed?  He feels like a friend...

Posted by: DishofRed at February 21, 2014 03:37 AM (Dmq63)

82
And on TVs in Hell:

First Lady Michelle Obama dropped by the Tonight Show Thursday to appear in a skit.  Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell in drag played teen girls saying exercise and other healthy things are "ew!"

Obama dropped by to disagree. "Exercise is not 'ew!' You just have to find an activity that is for you," she said, before making the men eat a kale chip.

http://tinyurl.com/lexh3c9

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 03:37 AM (kdS6q)

83 before Christian=before "Christmas". D'oh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:37 AM (XyM/Y)

84 24 Obama's approval is back up in the Gallup poll. I guess some idiots do determine who they vote for based on late night show appearances. Low and no information voters are going to be the death of this republic. Too many people with no skin in the game and not a thought a serious in their heads and we wonder why so many clowns get elected to office. Until we repair the damage to our education system and the media dominated by political operatives with bylines I don't see this being remedied outside of overwhelming turnout by the informed part of the population. Posted by: BlueFalcon

I don't know what to do about it.
I look at the garbage the magazines in checkout lines peddle and despair.

Have we really gotten so collective stupid?

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 03:38 AM (ULH4o)

85

69: "It's a common misconception. Hackers tend to target Windows platforms simply because there are so many more of them.

Target-rich environment and all that."

 

I always thought it had something to do with the cult of Apple and being fellow travellers and all that.

 

But yeah, MS is so everpresent and hated on by sooo many people, that it is the target of preference. But with iPhones and Pads becoming so ubiquitous, I wonder how long that will continue.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 03:39 AM (v6cwT)

86 Morning rons and ettes. I'm going to overshare. I don't usually show up until Ben's thread because I commute 1.5 hours (on a good day) each way to support my 1.07 Americans. Today I am off. I'm in a LDR and I'm awaiting the arrival of my girlfriend. We will proceed to a lovely seaside B&B and commence a three day bangathon. So bring on the doom. It won't phase me today.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 21, 2014 03:40 AM (1xUj/)

87 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 06:49 AM (olDqf) JJ, can't believe that I didn't notice this before, but minions is not on your list, although the progressives have plenty of them.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 03:40 AM (o3MSL)

88 Carol, you'll love It Happened One Night, particularly the hitchhiking and "Walls Of Jericho" sequences. Posted by: Mary PoppinsÂ’ Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 07:22 AM (zF6Iw) I liked the last 20 minutes of it. IÂ’m glad it is on demand. I only caught the end of Gone With The Wind & I love that movie & havenÂ’t watched it in years. That is not on demand. They have some on demand on iPad app but I would rather watch on television. Thanks MPPPP.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:41 AM (z4WKX)

89 Go TarHeels!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 03:41 AM (t3UFN)

90 We will proceed to a lovely seaside B&B and commence a three day bangathon.

So bring on the doom. It won't phase me today.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 21, 2014 07:40 AM (1xUj/)

#BUTFIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 21, 2014 03:42 AM (fwARV)

91 Surprisingly good read about Mike Lee. He is quoted a lot in this article, and, it's really worth hearing him out. He's not interested in running for President, which he says is liberating, and which allows him to focus in the Senate on real change. http://tinyurl.com/mwgwcbf snippet “We knew that we would end up here, but, you know, it has taken us some time to move from our 'Boston moment' to our 'Philadelphia moment.' " With the Boston-to-Philadelphia Image, Lee hearkens back to his victory speech on election night in 2010, when he said the conservative activists who took their name from the American Revolution needed to imitate their predecessors by offering a governing vision in the spirit of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He regards that process as "the natural course that the conservative movement takes." The first Philadelphia moment led to the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and George Washington's election as president. Given his credibility with the base, but absence of presidential ambition, Lee occupies a unique position in the Senate, one that might allow him to to harness the energy of the Tea Party toward an effective push for smaller government, while avoiding the policy mistakes of contemporary Democrats and big-spending George W. Bush-era Republicans. If no one views him as a rival, presidential candidates, for instance, can collaborate with him without fearing that doing so will undermine their own ambitions.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 03:42 AM (IXrOn)

92 "Of course, it took job cuts among the public sector to get the Times to pay attention to the issue, but at least the paper is covering it." The most amazing thing about this story to me is that there's someone, somewhere in our government trying to save money.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2014 03:42 AM (YbyjT)

93 Carol- Which app are you using for your emailing on your Mac? Are you using the built-in "Mail" app, or Outlook, or something else?

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 03:42 AM (nPMjI)

94 A real gully washer just blew thru here in Central Ga. Watch out East Coast!

Posted by: freaked at February 21, 2014 03:43 AM (JdEZJ)

95 So bring on the doom. It won't phase me today. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 21, 2014 07:40 AM (1xUj/) Nice. Enjoy.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 03:43 AM (IXrOn)

96 First Lady Michelle Obama dropped by the Tonight Show Thursday to appear in a skit. Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell in drag played teen girls saying exercise and other healthy things are "ew!"

Obama dropped by to disagree. "Exercise is not 'ew!' You just have to find an activity that is for you," she said, before making the men eat a kale chip.

http://tinyurl.com/lexh3c9

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 07:37 AM (kdS6q)



The post last night about how these two grifters are immersed in popular culture should be a must read for all the tenured dimwits who give those cockwipes intellectual cover.  That fatassed harpy has time to hector those two fucking assholes, whom I've never found even mildly entertaining, while countries are literally on fire because her husband is such an irresponsible shithead.  And all the trained seals clap on command.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 03:43 AM (2RiXU)

97 Interesting take, Icedog. We've been kicking that movie back and forth here and no one noticed that interesting comparison. Another 10,000 words, and you'll have a movie review!

No, Carol, I'm not Comcast. I spent 30 years working in (what were then called) computers, and Co-Habiting Female Life Partner is a govt IT trouble-shooter (bumpersticker: Ask Me about My Son The Computer Engineer, M.A.!), so am able to intuit enough to avoid the obvious sinkholes. And yet and yet, I still shaft myself and pay for the privilege.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 21, 2014 03:44 AM (xq1UY)

98 Liberals: The laws are for Thee, not for Me Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 07:32 AM (t3UFN) ThatÂ’s always been the case & I donÂ’t think it will ever change, NGU!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:44 AM (z4WKX)

99 Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 07:41 AM (t3UFN) Yeah. I don't think Golfboy got much studying done last night.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 03:44 AM (vVOWk)

100

94: "Which app are you using for your emailing on your Mac? Are you using the built-in "Mail" app, or Outlook, or something else?"

 

Can Outlook run on a Mac OS? I thought that would be like a matter/anti-matter reaction.

 

End of the world type stuff. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 03:45 AM (/qzu7)

101

Have we really gotten so collectively stupid?


Yes.

Posted by: puddleglum at February 21, 2014 03:45 AM (hTcD1)

102 It's a common misconception. Hackers tend to target Windows platforms simply because there are so many more of them. Target-rich environment and all that. Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 21, 2014 07:33 AM (fwARV) These guys aren't hackers in the true sense of the word. They trick people into installing malware the purpose of which is to make money. That's why scareware is such a big thing. People see these warnings about all the viruses on their computer and actually pay to get the problem giving them the alerts removed without realizing it. Windows computers have been targeted because of the dominant market share they hold. Thing of it as marketing. If you had a product you wanted to sell and make lots of money off of, would you want to sell it as Walmart (Windows PCs) or your local dry goods store (Macs)?

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 21, 2014 03:45 AM (QR7wx)

103 Cloisters in late spring, when the gardens are in bloom. And Bringing Up Baby is another favorite '30's comedy, along with It Happened One Night

Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 03:45 AM (xXhgd)

104 Posted by: DishofRed at February 21, 2014 07:37 AM (Dmq63) Some have posted Vic isn't here this week because he has jury duty.

Posted by: ExSnipe at February 21, 2014 03:46 AM (LKJt3)

105 North Dakota No. 1 in Well-Being, West Virginia Still Last Well-being has steadily increased in 11 states since 2010 http://www.gallup.com/poll/167435/north-dakota-well-being-west-virginia-still-last.aspx What I find interesting is that most of the top 10 are states are the colder ones (have real winters). Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 07:35 AM (IXrOn) ........... Hmm my state came in right below ND (literally ) I can see why that is. No state income tax, red state, lots of wide open space and friendly people. The winters really aren't that bad, This one was exceptionally cold but snow wise we pretty much got nothing.

Posted by: Molly k. at February 21, 2014 03:46 AM (f8cHe)

106 @6 California already has two senetors who do tremendous damge I can see no reason why we would want ten additional.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 21, 2014 03:46 AM (2x+V2)

107 Azenogoth @ 101 Microsoft makes a Mac version of Office, which includes Outlook.

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 03:47 AM (nPMjI)

108 Can Outlook run on a Mac OS? I thought that wouldbe like a matter/anti-matter reaction. End of the world type stuff. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 07:45 AM (/qzu7) There has been a Mac version of Office for a long time. It uses a slightly different version of Outlook called Entourage. My boss is a Mac guy, so I have to deal with it all the time.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 21, 2014 03:47 AM (QR7wx)

109 88 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 06:49 AM (olDqf) JJ, can't believe that I didn't notice this before, but minions is not on your list, although the progressives have plenty of them. Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 07:40 AM (o3MSL) OK, it's in. But not "minyan," and certainly not the Italian word for eggplant...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 03:47 AM (olDqf)

110 Some have posted Vic isn't here this week because he has jury duty. Somebody is going to jail.

Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 03:47 AM (xXhgd)

111 rj @ 111 Jail? I expect nothing less than a good loud "Dead Man Walking!"

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 03:49 AM (nPMjI)

112 What happens to these people when the get to DC? Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 07:24 AM (vVOWk) They get a sweeet gig where their staff does all the work, they get all the perks, money flows like water, they get air time out of all proportion to their intelligence or looks, political consultants whisper bullshit in their ears, and they'll do ANYTHING to maintain that lifestyle.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 03:49 AM (o3MSL)

113 Windows computers have been targeted because of the dominant market share they hold. If you include iPhones and iPads as computers, then Apple is actually the largest supplier of computers in the world

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 03:49 AM (t3UFN)

114 I'm surprised Vic would be picked for a trial. He thinks. Trial lawyers hate that.

Posted by: dogfish at February 21, 2014 03:50 AM (nsOJa)

115 zjg @109 Entourage is no more. They're calling it Outlook in the most recent Mac Office (2011).

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 03:50 AM (nPMjI)

116 Gotta love the NYT reporters and commenters. The linked article is about public sector hours being cut to avoid having to insure employees. Any named party affiliations are always R. The meanies. Commenters blast out of the gate crying for single payer, and blasting the meanies. A country this rich, says one, should be able to pay for all. Rich.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 21, 2014 03:50 AM (tmFlQ)

117

This is what I like about this place. I get to learn new shit every day.

 

Thanks for the schooling y'all.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 03:50 AM (OJn3e)

118 My Mac got virus from Comcast! I hate Comcast. They block conservative emails. Some emails I never get to rescue, they are lost in email hell. I bought a sweatshirt jacket from Eddie Bauer a few months ago. They are very linty & must be washed before wearing or they leave tiny pieces of lint or fabric everywhere. I washed it and a few days later was going to put it on. The zipper fell off. I called EB & they were going to email me return label. After two weeks I called again. They said it had been sent. It was not on Comcast website as spam. I finally had them send it to work email. Some things are in spam & I can rescue, others go somewhere but not to me. Years ago I subscribed to Move On emails & I got those! They claimed they are blocking mass emails because they look like spam. ItÂ’s conservative emails that they block the most. NRO isnÂ’t that conservative now but I can rescue some from spam on Comcast website.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:50 AM (z4WKX)

119 111 Heh. Glad juries don't do the sentencing part.

Except for one condition. Oh dear.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 03:51 AM (vVOWk)

120 Having personal camera systems seems to be a good idea all around. We got one for the house after my exwife went nuts and assaulted my wife, then called the police and lied about it, and got a peace order on my wife. My wife got ticketed by a cop for going through a red light, he said. She fought it. Cop testified the sequence of the lights, said she went through a red arrow. My wife took video of the stoplight in question - there is no red arrow on the signal. Judge told her she won the case. Did the cop get sanctioned or even admonished for lying? It is to laugh. But without that video, the judge would have taken the lying cop's word for it.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 03:51 AM (4+AaH)

121 Some have posted Vic isn't here this week because he has jury duty. Somebody is going to jail. Hope it's not Vic

Posted by: wing at February 21, 2014 03:51 AM (dLNm7)

122 We just watch "Bringing Up Baby" the other night and "Holiday" a couple of nights before that. They're fun. I enjoy them but I used to think Katherine Hepburn was a really good actress. Now (and I don't know why) I think she's affected and the same in most of her parts. She always looks the same ad sounds the same. I still really enjoy "The African Queen" though. I don't Hepburn is nearly as good an actress as say, Bette Davis.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:51 AM (XyM/Y)

123
Posted by: Captain Hate



On the upside, you're getting even MORE of her on your telescreen this week:

The first lady's other media appearances will include an "Extra" interview with Mario Lopez, a "¡Despierta América!" interview with Satcha Pretto, and an interview with TV chef Rachel Ray.

Obama and Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, are also slated to tape an interview as part of a new "Today" show series on body image.

http://tinyurl.com/qc95nfz

This place is getting to feel like Romania under the Ceausescus.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 03:51 AM (kdS6q)

124 Kim Strassel of WSJ is bashing Ted Cruz, again!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:51 AM (z4WKX)

125 Nevergiveup @ 114 Exactly... and notice that the virus/malware infections haven't gone up in proportion to market share? There's more to it than "security through obscurity". The Unix underpinnings of the Mac OS make it a lot harder (but not impossible) to successfully infect one.

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 03:53 AM (nPMjI)

126 I managed to track down a scareware maker about ten years ago. I forget how I did it, but I got an actual human on the phone. I chewed him out for being involved (even if he was the flunkie answering the phones) with an operation that was evil, that was costing people money and precious time out of their lives. The part that made it rewarding for me was my parting line. "Does your mother know what you do for a living?"

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 21, 2014 03:53 AM (1xUj/)

127 #105 ExSnipe  Thanks!  Jury duty is a great way to catch up on your reading.

Posted by: DishofRed at February 21, 2014 03:53 AM (Dmq63)

128 Good morning. My neighbor was really craving some sausage so I traded him some in exchange for his pet sea gull. I've taken a tern for the wurst.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2014 03:53 AM (g4TxM)

129 Kim Strassel of WSJ is bashing Ted Cruz, again! Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:51 AM (z4WKX) How dare that upstart Cruz threaten to rock the gravy boat!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 03:54 AM (o3MSL)

130 Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 07:49 AM (o3MSL) Well phrased.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 03:54 AM (XyM/Y)

131 Law Enforcement Officers (won't call them Cops anymore) are arresting and roughing mugs up and throwing fake felony charges around. They don't even pretend to know what the law is anymore. But such is life these days... in the ghettooooooooo. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 07:34 AM (LJpVo) I read of three incidents of police brutality yesterday at HA on my iPhone while at lunch. I am signed up for HA emails. I wonÂ’t unsubscribe because if I do I will never be able to get them again because of Comcast!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:54 AM (z4WKX)

132 Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 21, 2014 07:53 AM (g4TxM) What's the name of that blocking software again?

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 03:54 AM (o3MSL)

133 Never been a big K. Hepburn fan. Too much fussy New England harpy in most of what she does.

Posted by: --- at February 21, 2014 03:55 AM (MMC8r)

134 Windows is about as poor an operating system as you can get. Its CLI is a joke, every new operating system since xp has been getting worse. Windows 8 is just garbage. If I didn't have to use a win machine at work I'd never touch that god foreaaken os

Posted by: Kreplach at February 21, 2014 03:55 AM (X0j4A)

135 Carol @ 119 I'm really interested in how your Mac got infected... I've been using Macs for 10+ years and I've never had a virus. Then again, I've been using Windows for longer and never had a virus there either.

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 03:55 AM (nPMjI)

136 "We will proceed to a lovely seaside B&B and commence a three day bangathon." - Frumious Bandersnatch Be sure to avail yourself of the sanctity of holy matrimony before engaging in any potentially offspring-inducing activities.

Posted by: mindful webworker, pastor with big bucket of cold water at February 21, 2014 03:55 AM (AMsS5)

137 The post last night about how these two grifters are immersed in popular culture should be a must read for all the tenured dimwits who give those cockwipes intellectual cover. That fatassed harpy has time to hector those two fucking assholes, whom I've never found even mildly entertaining, while countries are literally on fire because her husband is such an irresponsible shithead. And all the trained seals clap on command.

 

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 07:43 AM (2RiXU)

 

Cut.  Jib.  F'ng newsletter.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 03:55 AM (zF6Iw)

138 I've taken a tern for the wurst. And on that note...

Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 03:55 AM (xXhgd)

139 The late dictator's children apparently have no intention of moving out of the president's official residence, which is filled with antiques and priceless art It’s hard times in Venezuela these days. The economy is in shambles, crime is spiraling, and the opposition has taken to the streets, leading increasingly strident protests. To make matters worse, President Nicolás Maduro can’t even deal with the crisis from the comforts of the presidential palace. NOW READ THIS! Constitutionally, of course, Maduro has been able live in La Casona, a luxurious villa in the heart of the capital, since he was sworn in last year. The only problem: Almost a year after Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chávez, passed away, his three grown children—Maria Gabriela, Rosa Virginia and Hugo Jr.—are still living in the villa. Apparently, they have no intention of leaving. https://www.vocativ.com/02-2014/venezuelan-princess/ Funny shit. Socialists are cwazy and wacky people

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 03:56 AM (t3UFN)

140 Kim Strassel of WSJ is bashing Ted Cruz, again! WSJ is house organ of the GOP elite. They're no more small government Tea Partiers than the NYT.

Posted by: --- at February 21, 2014 03:57 AM (MMC8r)

141 J.J. Did you hear Levin last night say to keep listening because there is nothing on television? The 8PMer was playing clips of himself, again & a football player was seen dragging ex or current girlfriend through the streets. I came up with new Nic for Bill OÂ’Ego. I wonder who plays more clips of himself, Bill OÂ’Ego or the SCOAMF?

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:57 AM (z4WKX)

142

129: "My neighbor was really craving some sausage so I traded him some in exchange for his pet sea gull."

 

Bad thoughts. Bad bad thoughts.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 03:57 AM (v6cwT)

143 Kim Strassel of WSJ is bashing Ted Cruz, again!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:51 AM (z4WKX)



Rupert's editorial room has been given its marching orders to attack Ted Cruz.  They had a general editorial about him earlier that received three responses in the dead tree yesterday, all in support of Cruz.  As I've written before, I've had a subscription since the late 70s and I'm letting it lapse because there's never been such a disconnect between its editorial page and me on certain topics.  Too bad because they were a great source of conservative ideas previously.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 03:57 AM (2RiXU)

144 Gabe, If you are here, will there be a podcast this week? I enjoy them!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 03:57 AM (z4WKX)

145 Did the cop get sanctioned or even admonished for lying? Cops and judges see each other in court every day. Judges are reluctant to come down too hard on them. In fact they automatically believe the cop unless you can PROVE your innocence. The system is rigged from top to bottom.

Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 03:58 AM (xXhgd)

146 6 days!

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 6 days until spring training at February 21, 2014 03:59 AM (u8GsB)

147 @Kreplach powershell is, umm, powerful if not terribly intuitive. Win 8 is abomination, other than booting faster it is a significant step backward from Win 7. I run ClassicShell to cover up the difference - I even have a convertible PC but after the first week I have never used it as a tablet, all the finngerprints on the screen make it unusable as a laptop and you can't wipe them off because it is a TOUCHSCREEN.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 03:59 AM (4+AaH)

148 Cops and judges see each other in court every day. Judges are reluctant to come down too hard on them. In fact they automatically believe the cop unless you can PROVE your innocence. The system is rigged from top to bottom. Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 07:58 AM (xXhgd) And in general, especially in traffic court, the same "defense" attorneys are there every day also. It's incestuous

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 03:59 AM (t3UFN)

149 You have such a way with words Captain Hate. I couldn't have said it better.

Posted by: freaked at February 21, 2014 03:59 AM (JdEZJ)

150 What's chances, Vic is on a jury of some nameless blogger who they want to out?

@70 I used to define RINO as anybody talking about "our education system." The old go-to book on this is "The Twelve Year Sentence," but there are plenty of other sources of where mass compulsory education came from. It's inevitably commie. Teachers who think they're "conservative" are usually conservative blue-collar dems, and the other word for that is "fascist." I had a lot of those. They were wallowing in the sweet-sweet Federal Titles money, but did not like my hair.

Like the honest accountant at the IRS, or the inspired self-motivator at the Post Office -- yes, you can credit individual teachers for their one-on-one, but even they must admit they work in a system that cants inevitably leftward.

Hmpf. Guy wats to work at building cars. Can no longer do that at Joe's Car Company in Joeville. So he goes to work for Big 3 Motors, has to carry a UAW card, and we'all (plural of "ya'll") have him fitted for the lynch noose. But a teacher! Teachers are special! If they still say the Pledge of Allegiance we say they have Good Intentions.

Teachers taking the pay and benefits hit of teaching in a private or parochial school, or tutoring, well that's like the guy who starts New Joe Motors in his garage. More power to 'em. But 99% on are the Queen's Farthing, and know it.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 21, 2014 04:00 AM (xq1UY)

151 Hepburn also, I understand, had an absolutely filthy mouth.  But because of that girls-school lockjaw accent, it always sounded phony, as opposed to someone like Carole Lombard, who naturally talked that way.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 04:00 AM (zF6Iw)

152 78 -

Thanks!  This  one is much better.  I think it has to do with the angle, at which the photo  is taken.  Sometimes, when it's more straight on she has a deer in headlights look about her, or... I don't know. 


Posted by: BurtTC at February 21, 2014 04:01 AM (BeSEI)

153

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 07:43 AM (2RiXU)

 

---------

 

I didn't watch it, mainly because I would rather stare at a blank wall.  I did hear a clip on the radio from that show where she was talking about young people not signing up for overpriced Obamacare insurance.  She called them "knuckleheads."

 

Yep, your inclusive FWOTUS.

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 21, 2014 04:01 AM (eytER)

154 Windows 8 should be taken out and shot and I read it is going to be. And they can take newest version of Explorer with it

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 04:02 AM (t3UFN)

155 The system is rigged from top to bottom. Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 07:58 AM (xXhgd) Comrade, the legal system is fair and impartial. My staff works tirelessly to see that only the guilty are punished, unless they are a protected grievance group that requires additional fairness and more impartiality.

Posted by: Eric "Red" Holder at February 21, 2014 04:02 AM (o3MSL)

156 One advantage of not having a working TV is that I don't have to see any of President Obama or his wife unless I catch it on internet or it's blaring away in waiting rooms. I didn't give up the TV to be a purist. The reception just stopped working and I have no particular interest in finding out why or spending money to fix it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:03 AM (XyM/Y)

157 Blaster @ 148 Yes, Classic Shell is a godsend for Windows 8 or Server 2012 users. Why the hell does a SERVER OS need the Metro interface? What were they thinking? http://www.classicshell.net/

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 04:03 AM (nPMjI)

158 @146 - I used to be a real law and order guy, like Robocop said, "stay out of trouble." But it doesn't matter. You really can't help getting caught up in the system, and the cards are stacked way against you. I am a white guy with resources available - I really do believe now that a lot of minorities are in jail only because they are minorities without access to resources.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:03 AM (4+AaH)

159

155: " And they can take newest version of Explorer with it"

 

I made the mistake of upgrading to IE 11. Alway's freezes up or has long pauses as if it is having trouble recognizing my internet connection.

 

That's when it is behaving well and doesn't just shit the bed entirely.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 04:04 AM (LJpVo)

160 92 -

I think it comes down to whether a Republican politician is already bought or not.  Some haven't  been, and won't sell themselves to the highest bidder.  I hope that is the case with Lee. 

Others,  we already know.  It's the answer to all sorts of questions, such as "why are they pushing amnesty so hard?" 

I've reached the point where I believe any politician who has already sold his soul to the money men is a lost cause.  Primary them, and if you  get a Christine  O'Donnell as a result, so be it. 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 21, 2014 04:04 AM (BeSEI)

161 Entourage is no more. They're calling it Outlook in the most recent Mac Office (2011). Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 07:50 AM (nPMjI) He hasn't upgraded the software in a while, so I haven't paid attention to the change. I managed to track down a scareware maker about ten years ago. I forget how I did it, but I got an actual human on the phone. I chewed him out for being involved (even if he was the flunkie answering the phones) with an operation that was evil, that was costing people money and precious time out of their lives. The part that made it rewarding for me was my parting line. "Does your mother know what you do for a living?" Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 21, 2014 07:53 AM (1xUj/) Now that they have decided to switch from infecting websites to just calling you and convincing you to install their crap, they can target a much larger audience of stupid people. They have changed their tactics on that front, too. I guess enough people have learned the tiniest bit about IP numbers , so the "we see viruses coming from your IP" doesn't work any more. They called me the other day, and I screwed with them for while to waste their time then asked for my IP number. He claimed they didn't know it. When then asked how they know i was my computer then, he hung up. These guys are now just literally and figuratively phoning it in.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 21, 2014 04:04 AM (nj9sX)

162 Why the hell does a SERVER OS need the Metro interface? What were they thinking? I "Think" they looked at Apple's OSs and they looked all the same whether on a iPad, iPhone, or Computer. HOWEVER it only looked that way and they were all very different. And Microsoft thought hey let's make all out OSs the same.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 04:06 AM (t3UFN)

163

Posted by: real joe at February 21, 2014 07:58 AM (xXhgd)

 

----------

 

Ain't that the truth. 

 

I had driven someone to traffic court and was sitting in the gallery when a fellow came up to talk about his ticket.  What grabbed my attention was this  (paraphrased) :

 

Right when the guy got up to the podium, the judge said "I must inform you that I am representing this officer in court on an unrelated civil matter, and I assure you it will not impact my impartiality in adjudicating this matter, but I am required to allow you to ask for a change in venue."

 

And he had to say it for each of the following 15 or so people who came up.  I'd say about half asked for a different judge.  Of course that meant they had to come back another day.

 

It's a racket.

 

 

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 21, 2014 04:06 AM (eytER)

164 Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 08:03 AM (4+AaH)

Someone said, "It sure is getting expensive to be innocent nowadays."

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 04:07 AM (vVOWk)

165 I made the mistake of upgrading to IE 11. Alway's freezes up or has long pauses as if it is having trouble recognizing my internet connection. That's when it is behaving well and doesn't just shit the bed entirely. Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 08:04 AM (LJpVo) exactly it almost sucks worse than Windows 8, if that is possible

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 04:07 AM (t3UFN)

166 I got a ticket for passing in a "no passing zone". The area clearly has a broken line down the center but I did not get a picture. When I pointed out in court that it was in fact a passing zone both the judge and the cop said that they "did not remember a passing zone there" and I could not do anything about it. Wasn't worth fighting anymore. On the way home from court I went thru that no passing zone and guess what? It is most certainly a passing zone and has a broken yellow line down the middle.

Posted by: freaked at February 21, 2014 04:07 AM (JdEZJ)

167 I didn't give up the TV to be a purist. The reception just stopped working and I have no particular interest in finding out why or spending money to fix it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 08:03 AM (XyM/Y)



Does anybody know if when television went all digital they cut back on the strength of their over the air signals?  I've always been a non cable person, for a variety of reasons, one of which is Mrs Hate; and when the signal went digital, all of a sudden reception became very problematic.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 04:07 AM (2RiXU)

168 I got tired of the endless bloat of Windows. Went to Linux after XP. Not invulnerable, but better and less of a target, and it doesn't demand bigger better hardware for each overpriced iteration.

Posted by: --- at February 21, 2014 04:07 AM (MMC8r)

169 "Mark D. Benigni, the superintendent of schools in Meriden, Conn., and a board member of the American Association of School Administrators, said in an interview that the new health care law was having “unintended consequences for school systems across the nation.”

I think most of the "unintended consequences" were to funnel as many people as possible into the $&*# exchange policies with jacked up premiums, co-pays and deductibles to make the whole scheme viable for the insurers. Everyone was just supposed to act like sheep and accept it. It is the law and fait accompli. The website imbroglio slowed it down and gave people time to see what they were doing. Poor execution of a scam will ruin it most of the time and piss off the sheep.

Posted by: Lester at February 21, 2014 04:07 AM (2UPXV)

170 7 Former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer is sick of being labeled a global warming ‘denier’ by politicians and environmentalists. So sick of it, in fact, that he’s going to start calling detractors “global warming Nazis” until he is no longer called a “denier.” He should just do what I do, refer to AGW fanatics as "cultists". One good pejorative deserves another.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 21, 2014 04:09 AM (N/cFh)

171 Just four more comments about lawyers should summon Amishdude.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2014 04:09 AM (YbyjT)

172 Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 08:07 AM (2RiXU) I think that's at the root of it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:10 AM (XyM/Y)

173 149 -

If you ever get a chance to witness a criminal docket,  it's even worse.  Prosecutors in frumpy suits, defense attorneys in fancy  suits, except the female defense attorneys  who are often dressed like they're going to the club. 

Judges sit up there, waiting for  the day's  meat to be delivered, which it eventually is.  Shackled and dressed in orange.

They divide up the carcass, then leave the bones for the probation officers, who  are sitting on the sides, waiting, like circling vultures. 

That's our "justice"  system:  meat grinders, and we're the meat. 

Posted by: BurtTC at February 21, 2014 04:10 AM (BeSEI)

174 95 A real gully washer just blew thru here in Central Ga. Watch out East Coast! Posted by: freaked

Thanks for the warning. I looked at the radar map at accuweather and sho' 'nuff a band of vile stuff is headed our way in the Golden Isles...

It won't bother me- "getting wet" was once a part of one of my many professions.

But I hope it does not scare that Cute Cat Lady I may or may not be "seeing...."

Bad WX spooks her,

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 04:10 AM (ULH4o)

175 Did IT screw up my computer?

Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2014 04:11 AM (fWAjv)

176 I personally gave up TV because there wasn't anything worth watching on a regular basis anymore. Only reason I have it is because it's bundled with internet by my cable company.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2014 04:11 AM (YbyjT)

177 "...additional fairness and more impartiality. ..." — Eric "Red" Holder Heh. That's funny. Alas that such oxymorons have actually become common understanding!

Posted by: mindful webworker - cunning linguist at February 21, 2014 04:11 AM (ma3QC)

178 Nope! Woo hoo! Morning all. In before the hellish storm they're calling for.

Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2014 04:12 AM (fWAjv)

179 142 Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:57 AM (z4WKX) Yeah. O'Really exposed himself as a loud Ted Baxter a while ago. I never watch him. Then again, I never watch anything; I have no cable.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 04:12 AM (olDqf)

180 Rupert's Gazette is still the best of the major papers, but they do have their blind spots, I don't think Cruz much cares, if they stop firing he'd wonder what he did wrong, They have some decent reporters like Gorman and Entous, on the foreign policy beat, some are a little more naive like Knickmeyer in Riyadh, but you need a program to know the lineup

Posted by: coriolianus snow at February 21, 2014 04:12 AM (2kpL8)

181 @163 - But that just isn't the case - iOS and the Mac OS are very different, and look different. Apple recognizes that desktop and mobile OSes are different animals with different needs. MS tried to do one OS to rule them all, but they missed the point - mobile devices you want full screen and single focus. Desktop you want apps in, well, windows, so you can really multitask. The "desktop" in Win8 is hacktastic, the dialogs look like they were pulled up from Win 3.11. It is functional, but as I noted, it is a step back from Win 7. With 8.1, they readded the "Start" button, but gave it the exact opposite behavior that it used to have (right click and left click actions are reversed) - if you are going to bring back something because consumers demanded it, why stick a thumb in their eye by making it work differently than they wanted? Just stupid. I hope the new guy fixes it.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:13 AM (4+AaH)

182 Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 08:07 AM (2RiXU)

Seems I remember hearing something about a digital signal either being there or not. Not like analog where you may get a weak signal. Too weak. No signal at all.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 04:13 AM (vVOWk)

183 I am signed up for HA emails.... Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:54 AM

Jeebus, you really dig pain, don'tchoo? I was once signed up at Tepid Air and now, even after letting that lapse -- and being banned at one point by Poppin' Fresh -- I still get occasional pimping emails from clownhall.com, even though I never asked for any such things.

Ditto for Glenn Beck's friggin' website, which constantly exhorts me to buy stuff from teh sponsors. Ditto NRO. Sorry I ever went to any of those sites. But then, my spam folder would be lonely and empty without them!

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 21, 2014 04:13 AM (ff7/5)

184 Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2014 08:09 AM (YbyjT) LOL. If we throw salt around and chant will it not summon hi,. Just kidding. i really don't mind him. He's an interesting guy and I agree with quite a number of his views. The "all lawyers are evil" and "there is no value in studying anything but higher maths and science and engineering and if you do you are stupid a generalizing,restrictive and erroneous point of view

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:13 AM (XyM/Y)

185 I've taken a tern for the wurst. ISWYDT

Posted by: the chicken at February 21, 2014 04:13 AM (QupBk)

186 The Win 8 interface is horrible. Why they infected the Server OS with it too is inexplicable, unless some corporate asshole made them do it.

Posted by: freaked at February 21, 2014 04:15 AM (JdEZJ)

187 169 I got tired of the endless bloat of Windows.

Went to Linux after XP. Not invulnerable, but better and less of a target, and it doesn't demand bigger better hardware for each overpriced iteration. Posted by: ---

Are you satisfied by the transition?

In 2003 I had so many malware attacks ( Starting from NBC news.... ) I considered Linux, but was put off by the Geek-speak at all the sites hosting it. And that you had to hunt all over the web for drivers.

Is it better now?

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 04:16 AM (ULH4o)

188 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 08:13 AM (XyM/Y) Don't get me wrong, I like AD. I'm almost totally on board with him about lawyers, but the math thing? Yeah, it gets a little tedious. But don't we all?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2014 04:16 AM (YbyjT)

189 additional fairness and more impartiality When lefties start talking about improving dichotomies, we're screwed.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 21, 2014 04:18 AM (659DL)

190 The Win 8 interface is horrible. Why they infected the Server OS with it too is inexplicable, unless some corporate asshole made them do it. YOU LOVE IT!!!! YOU LOVE IT!!!! YEAAARGH!!!!

Posted by: Steve Ballmer at February 21, 2014 04:18 AM (MMC8r)

191 @187 yes the interface for 2012 is a severe hindrance when using Remote Desktop which is how most admins are going to be accessing servers. Much prefer 2008 R2, not quite sure what advantage 2012 is providing on servers unless you buy into some of MS new storage concepts, and the way they effed with the OS, no thank you.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:19 AM (4+AaH)

192 Someone up-thread was asking about the podcast. Downloading it now.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 04:19 AM (vVOWk)

193 and being banned at one point by Poppin' Fresh



Yet the dumbass trolls are given free rein by those eunuch turds.  I think I got into one of their enrollment signups just at the time that Michelle completely gelded Poppin' and AllahPander, so that was a complete waste of effort.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 04:19 AM (2RiXU)

194

169: "Went to Linux after XP. Not invulnerable, but better and less of a target, and it doesn't demand bigger better hardware for each overpriced iteration."

 

As soon as the majority of my Steam titles are available in Linux compatible versions, I will probably make that switch as well.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 04:19 AM (LJpVo)

195 blaster @ 182 Actually iOS and OSX are very similar under the hood. iOS is just a scaled down version but they share the same "core" layer.

Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 04:21 AM (nPMjI)

196 New Jersey looking to make Camden and Trenton some of the safest cities in America. http://tinyurl.com/qdechdd Democratic lawmakers in both house of the legislature have struck a deal that would allow passage of a measure restricting gun owners to a 10-round magazine, down from the current limit of 15, two sources with knowledge of the deal said today. In exchange, the legislature will shepherd through a gun-owner championed bill that would define what are known in the gun world as "reasonable deviations" to the law governing transport of a firearm. Currently a gun owner may only transport an unloaded, stored weapon straight to the destination, be it on a hunting trip or to a gun range. Under the law, a gun owner may detour from the route only for deviations that are "reasonable." But next week lawmakers will introduce a bill that would define those deviations as small detours to allow for emergencies, picking up another range goer or hunter or for short side trip like gas station stops and bathroom breaks.

Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2014 04:21 AM (fWAjv)

197 I don't know about you being tedious but I am. :^) I object because there are some very fine people on here who are obviously not evil who are lawyers and I think that kind of generalization is hurtful to them. I also think that there is value in studying things that are just interesting and intriguing and full or wonder and beauty like literature and art history, for instance. I also think that there can be certain things that people study that don't necessarily lead to jobs in that particular career but are helpful in other careers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:22 AM (XyM/Y)

198 @196 yes but the interfaces are very different. Which is my point. They don't try to force the desktop user into a mobile interface.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:22 AM (4+AaH)

199 Good morning, people who live in the computer. I see we're still screwed, but life is a little better with &&&&&&s. SNAFU, y'all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 04:22 AM (0HooB)

200 Blaster I recently did a Server 2012 Essentials install. Cursed it the entire time and I still am. They could have left the interface as it was with 08 and it would have been fine. Change just for the sake of change is not a good idea. That really is the story of Obama.

Posted by: freaked at February 21, 2014 04:23 AM (JdEZJ)

201 but the interfaces are very different. Which is my point. They don't try to force the desktop user into a mobile interface. Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 08:22 AM (4+AaH) Which was my point also?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 04:24 AM (t3UFN)

202 I think lawyers are kind of like Congresspersons. The lot of them are bad, but yours is awesome.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:24 AM (4+AaH)

203 I am a white guy with resources available - I really do believe now that a lot of minorities are in jail only because they are minorities without access to resources. This. I'm a white guy (even the right kind of white guy, who says "yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am" and has education and stuff) and I've literally spent nights in jail for getting crosswise with the DMV. You never want to get into the system, no matter how i noce t you are. I am sure that minorities get disproportionately hoovered up into the system, and a baad cycle ensues.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 21, 2014 04:25 AM (1xUj/)

204 I think I got into one of their enrollment signups just at the time that Michelle completely gelded Poppin' and AllahPander....
Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 08:19 AM

Somehow, I don't think Michelle had to put much effort into getting Doughboy and his sidekick into the Eunuchification Church. They were ready to be steered.

Sic Semper Interwebz....

Posted by: MrScribbler at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (ff7/5)

205 197 RWC

Finally, some sensible gun laws. /s

Seriously, you can't stop and take a leak in NJ with a firearm in the car?

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (vVOWk)

206
sudden reception became very problematic.
Posted by: Captain Hate



Most digital TV signals are on UHF channels, and the higher frequencies are sensitive to line of site restrictions and are degraded more easily by weather conditions.

Plus, digital signals don't degrade gracefully like analog signals,  It's clear or trashed, nothing in-between.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (kdS6q)

207

203: "The lot of them are bad, but yours is awesome."

 

With one exception, mine is bad as well. Unfortunately, I will probably be stuck with Cornyn no matter how hard I try to get rid of that nicklefucker. Because he's pro-gun or some such bullshit. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (LJpVo)

208 Someone up-thread was asking about the podcast. Downloading it now. Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 08:19 AM (vVOWk) I was, thank you!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (z4WKX)

209 So, there was a miniMoMee and there's only a slight hangover this morning? Your doing it wrong.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (0HooB)

210 Morning!

I am now convinced Gabe does the ya'll thing wrong just to piss us off.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (b/lt+)

211 What Blaster said.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 21, 2014 04:26 AM (YbyjT)

212 A few weeks before Season 2 of “House of Cards” debuted online, the show’s production company sent Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley a letter with this warning: Give us millions more dollars in tax credits, or we will “break down our stage, sets and offices and set up in another state.”

A similar letter went to the speaker of the House of Delegates, Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel), whose wife, Cynthia, briefly appeared in an episode of the Netflix series about an unscrupulous politician — played by Kevin Spacey — who manipulates, threatens and kills to achieve revenge and power.

In recent years, Maryland has spent more than $40 million to reward movie and television production companies that choose to film in the state, and most of that largesse has gone to “House of Cards.”

“This just keeps getting bigger and bigger” Del. Eric G. Luedtke (D-Montgomery), who until now has supported film tax credits, said at a hearing on the issue last Friday. “And my question is: When does it stop?”

Posted by: Francis "Psycho" Underwood at February 21, 2014 04:27 AM (e8kgV)

213 @202 - NGU, I thought you were trying to say that MS was trying to be like Apple, but they really aren't. Apple uses different interfaces for different form factors, MS is trying to force the same one for all form factors. I think the reason why they did that is because Windows has been rejected a mobile OS because it was too heavy and desktop oriented, so they decided, okay, we will make it acceptable on mobile by making it the same as desktop. But now people are rejecting it on desktop, too.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:28 AM (4+AaH)

214 I was early and 2 scotches up by the time the rest got there. Hey it was an Irish bar and it seems if you order Chivas, you get Jammmesion instead. And going home was pot hole hell Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 07:28 AM (t3UFN) Is your hangover better, NGU?

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:28 AM (z4WKX)

215

204: "I am sure that minorities get disproportionately hoovered up into the system, and a baad cycle ensues."

 

No matter how how bogus or injust the charge and or sentence, yelling "Fuck you man!" to the LEO or judge will NEVER make your situation better.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 04:28 AM (LJpVo)

216 JJ, if I'd known I'd have stopped by for a pint.

Posted by: Darles Chickens at February 21, 2014 04:29 AM (z4vvZ)

217 In 2012, there were more black babies killed by abortion (31,32 in New York City than were born there (24,75 , and the black children killed comprised 42.4% of the total number of abortions in the Big Apple, according to a report by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The report is entitled, Summary of Vital Statistics 2012 The City of New York, Pregnancy Outcomes, and was prepared by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Vital Statistics. (See Pregnancy Outcomes NYC Health 2012.pdf) al sharpton unavailable for comment

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 04:29 AM (t3UFN)

218 Too bad because they were a great source of conservative ideas previously. Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 07:57 AM (2RiXU) I'm in the same boat. I just haven't cancelled yet. I am getting there.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 04:30 AM (IXrOn)

219 "More than 20 people have been arrested in what federal prosectors are calling the largest healthcare fraud takedown in the history of the District of Columbia. Those arrested include operators of home care agencies, operators of nurse staffing agencies, office workers and personal care assistants. One woman is accused of bilking taxpayers out of $75 million." You don't say? Who could imagine?

Posted by: freaked at February 21, 2014 04:30 AM (JdEZJ)

220 Which app are you using for your emailing on your Mac? Are you using the built-in "Mail" app, or Outlook, or something else? Posted by: Gran at February 21, 2014 07:42 AM (nPMjI) Gran, I am using the built in mail app on my Mac.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:30 AM (z4WKX)

221 Seriously, you can't stop and take a leak in NJ with a firearm in the car? Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 08:26 AM (vVOWk) If you take a leak you are robbing yourself of a great method of self defense. Without piss you may have to go right to vomit on the use of force continuum.

Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2014 04:32 AM (fWAjv)

222 A few weeks before Season 2 of “House of Cards” debuted online, the show’s production company sent Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley a letter with this warning: Give us millions more dollars in tax credits, or we will “break down our stage, sets and offices and set up in another state.” That's so.....meta. Show about filthy politics plays filthy politics. Meh. I watched the original years ago, I don't see this one being an improvement so I haven't bothered.

Posted by: --- at February 21, 2014 04:32 AM (MMC8r)

223 Just once it would be nice to see the public face of Islam trying to reduce terrorism instead of paving the way for more. That's not going to happen, but it would be nice. And a unicorn pony.

Posted by: Beagle at February 21, 2014 04:33 AM (sOtz/)

224 ...according to a report by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. NYC has a department of Mental Hygiene? Oh, wait, that makes sense. You'd have to be brainwashed to vote for a commie mayor.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 04:33 AM (0HooB)

225 NYC has a department of Mental Hygiene? It's called Gracie Mansion

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 21, 2014 04:34 AM (t3UFN)

226 One woman is accused of bilking taxpayers out of $75 million." You don't say? Who could imagine? Posted by: freaked at February 21, 2014 08:30 AM (JdEZJ) Meh, just a local DC story. No national implications whatsoever. /sarc.

Posted by: Mainah at February 21, 2014 04:34 AM (659DL)

227 "Obama dropped by to disagree. "Exercise is not 'ew!' You just have to find an activity that is for you..." Well that's just great- a grotesquely shaped "woman" with obvious weight issues appears on tv to wag her haggish finger and demand that America exercise more and eat better. All with the eager encouragement of the purported hip crowd. What next from Dear Leader's "mate"? Good Lord Almighty, we truly are slipping into banana republic territory.

Posted by: Buster McDissenter at February 21, 2014 04:35 AM (QLbhS)

228 Just finished reading Nick Lloyd's book on the Hundred Days campaign that ended World War I. It's a rather stark reminder of a fundamental law of war, politics, and economics: Collapses happen suddenly.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 21, 2014 04:35 AM (659DL)

229 This isn't a computer virus, but I received a phone call yesterday.
Looked at the Caller ID, and it showed a number that was distinctive to our particular neighborhood.
 As a matter of fact, the only difference between that number and our number was that the final digit was two numbers off from our own number.
Being a member of our Community Association (NOT an HOA), I frequently get calls from members of the community, so this would not be an uncommon event.

I answered the phone, only to hear the dreaded "Hi, This is Rachael from Cardmembers Services".

Google, or Bing, or whatever "Spoofing caller ID"

NSA can spy on every single phone call in the nation,and the F*ckers can't find Cardmembers Services.
Or terrorists that Russia warns us about ahead of time.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 21, 2014 04:36 AM (9muJv)

230 No matter how how bogus or injust the charge and or sentence, yelling "Fuck you man!" to the LEO or judge will NEVER make your situation better. Agreed. There really aren't that many situations in life where that improves things. But even being polite and even subservient doesn't work anymore. People do what works for them. Look back to my story about my wife's traffic ticket. Had the cop's lie not been refuted, he would have gotten credit for the ticket. But he lied in court - does it go against him? Hell no, it was cost free. If he will do that over something simple, do I think that he makes shit up in other cases and gets away with it? You tell me.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:36 AM (4+AaH)

231 I just wanted to stop for a moment and have everybody notice that, unlike those in the back of the classroom, Capt Hate knows how to spell "rein."

I've taken a tern for the wurst. 
You're gullible. A booby. Didn't duck when he goosed you. I'd have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Ptarmigan.

Aw, frigate.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 21, 2014 04:37 AM (xq1UY)

232 "Obama dropped by to disagree. "Exercise is not 'ew!' You just have to find an activity that is for you..." Fallon's been on three days and is already doing lame after-school specials? Conan O'Brien must be laughing his ass off.

Posted by: --- at February 21, 2014 04:37 AM (MMC8r)

233 Typhoon in Charlotte now.

Posted by: NCKate at February 21, 2014 04:38 AM (4KFgL)

234 142 Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:57 AM (z4WKX) Yeah. O'Really exposed himself as a loud Ted Baxter a while ago. I never watch him. Then again, I never watch anything; I have no cable. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 21, 2014 08:12 AM (olDqf) He declares guilty even before a trial. The other night he was talking with a woman who was claiming the Girl Scouts were skewing lefty. He was so dismissive of her, and would not allow her to state her case, then says "is that all you've got" with such distaste. So biased. She tried her best, she was well spoken, and slow spoken, so she was unable to get out all of her evidence. Then he brings on a Communications Director for Girl Scouts (which is so damn funny/ludicrous to begin with - versus the mom that was on the previous night) who he practically is flirting with on the screen. He was gracious towards her, and even backed down when she lied - and was caught lying, but, he's so full of himself he didn't even catch it. What a dope.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 04:38 AM (IXrOn)

235 Well that's just great- a grotesquely shaped "woman" with obvious weight issues She isn't a "grotesquely shaped woman" with obvious weight issues. She has a largish rear and may be a bit overweight. So? Many people are. That's not the problem. She is, however a nag and her nutrition plan in the schools was a failure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:39 AM (XyM/Y)

236 Posted by: MrScribbler at February 21, 2014 08:13 AM (ff7/5) Mr. Scribbler, I read the emails from HA on iPhone during my late lunch. I have Comcast & used to get BB emails & unsubscribed & now, no matter how many times I have tried to get them again, they never make it to me. I donÂ’t usually go to Tepid Air, I only read the emails & donÂ’t post anywhere but here. TA website comments are stupid. I just read email & delete. If you read what I wrote about Comcast youÂ’d understand why I keep them.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:39 AM (z4WKX)

237 #169

Windows hasn't increased base hardware requirements since 2007. Anything that ran Vista will also run 7 and 8.

Posted by: Epobirs at February 21, 2014 04:39 AM (bPxS6)

238 Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 21, 2014 08:37 AM (xq1UY) Very good.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:40 AM (XyM/Y)

239 Well that's just great- a grotesquely shaped "woman" with obvious weight issues appears on tv to wag her haggish finger and demand that America exercise more and eat better. All with the eager encouragement of the purported hip crowd. I don't need to exercise. My intense hatred for Progressivism burns a lot of calories.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 04:40 AM (0HooB)

240 Warrants? What warrants, its not as if the constitution exists.

Posted by: DocMerlin at February 21, 2014 04:40 AM (9/c6c)

241 I keep telling people, the courts don't work like "Law and Order." Trials are not about a search for "the truth." People do not suddenly break down and tell the truth because a lawyer asks them something very clever and then stares them down. People will go to court and lie, and lie brazenly, and they can win by doing that. So they do it.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:41 AM (4+AaH)

242 Don't ya just love The Rule of Law. Ain't it great! Remember the golden rule, folks! The guy with the gold (power) makes the rules!

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at February 21, 2014 04:41 AM (klGLB)

243

This isn't a computer virus, but I received a phone call yesterday.
Looked at the Caller ID, and it showed a number that was distinctive to our particular neighborhood.
As a matter of fact, the only difference between that number and our number was that the final digit was two numbers off from our own number.
Being a member of our Community Association (NOT an HOA), I frequently get calls from members of the community, so this would not be an uncommon event.

I answered the phone, only to hear the dreaded "Hi, This is Rachael from Cardmembers Services".

Google, or Bing, or whatever "Spoofing caller ID"

NSA can spy on every single phone call in the nation,and the F*ckers can't find Cardmembers Services.
Or terrorists that Russia warns us about ahead of time.

 

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

 

I got a call like this a couple of months ago.  Instead of hanging up I, well, took inspiration from a Tom Mabe thing.  I told the caller that she called a murder scene and John Tant was the victim.  Held her on the line grilling her for a good ten minutes before she hung up.

 

Here's the skit:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5uhjJFTiE

Posted by: @JohnTant at February 21, 2014 04:42 AM (eytER)

244 236 Well that's just great- a grotesquely shaped "woman" with obvious weight issues She isn't a "grotesquely shaped woman" with obvious weight issues. She has a largish rear and may be a bit overweight. So? Many people are. That's not the problem. She is, however a nag and her nutrition plan in the schools was a failure. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 08:39 AM (XyM/Y) The prehensile jaw is pretty grotesque. Mooch is to underbites what Freddie Mercury was to overbites.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 21, 2014 04:42 AM (7ObY1)

245 Kim Strassel of WSJ is bashing Ted Cruz, again! Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 07:51 AM (z4WKX) Very big push to destroy Cruz's credibility and squash him as of late. Big guns coming out like Sowell, Coulter (meh), and other outlets. I really wish I knew exactly what was going on. It's easy to say they want to destroy the Tea Party support, but, are they really THAT scared of them? Is this really the single reason? Division within the ranks, when it would be so easy to work together to become stronger.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 04:42 AM (IXrOn)

246 "More than 20 people have been arrested in what federal prosectors are calling the largest healthcare fraud takedown in the history of the District of Columbia. They went after 404Care Navigators?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 04:43 AM (GjYxB)

247 Posted by: NCKate at February 21, 2014 08:38 AM (4KFgL) Stay safe. You and the other folks in NC will be in my prayers. It will be heading up this way, soon, I expect

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:43 AM (XyM/Y)

248 Posted by: artisanal ‘ette at February 21, 2014 08:38 AM (IXrOn) Artisanal ‘ette. You warned about Comcast being hacked didn’t you? I didn’t change my password right away & it effed up my emails on Mac & sent an email to my work computer & gave it a virus. I put it on upthread & last night. I should have changed PW right away. BTW never heard a word from Comcast. The only way I knew something was wrong is that email on this were not addressed to Carol, it was my email but said John something! I fixed it & downloaded Trend Micro for Macs. I had free virus software for Macs. I HATE Comcast!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:44 AM (z4WKX)

249 #168

The digital broadcasts are more dependent on line of sight for good reception. In my location reception is pretty hopeless due to the amount of topology between here and Mt. Wilson, where a lot of the transmitters live. Not that it was much better with analog. The place I grew up, Thousand Oaks, is just north of LA County and was a very early recipient of cable TV service because the reception was so dire. It's no coincidence the Colorado was the birthplace of cable TV.

There are a few sites that will tell you what stations you should be able to receive based on your address.

Posted by: Epobirs at February 21, 2014 04:45 AM (bPxS6)

250 246, I think Ann Coulter doesn't like competition. 

Posted by: Draki at February 21, 2014 04:45 AM (L8r/r)

251

While Kiev continues to burn, Lurch and the UN  will  soon be  pushing Ukraine to purchase carbon credits to offset all of the environmental affects from the conflagration.  Priorities and such.

Posted by: Roy at February 21, 2014 04:46 AM (VndSC)

252 @Fenelon, did you ever get the corrected url from me yestermorn? What was that, end of the ONT? Hey, y'all (or, ya'll for Gabe-ists)... #twoweeks With this 1890's AoS commentware, you kinda haveta read everything, while on threaded sites, one can easily skip past whole conversations. If comments were threaded, do you think it would, how to say this, change the nature if the Horde?

Posted by: mindful webworker - can't keep up at February 21, 2014 04:46 AM (AMsS5)

253 I HATE Comcast! Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 08:44 AM (z4WKX) What a nightmare. Yeah, it's hard when there is very little, if any, other choices.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 21, 2014 04:46 AM (IXrOn)

254 Fenelon Spoke. I am sure I will love It Happened One Night. I have enjoyed most of the movies I have watched on TCM in the past few weeks. I just wish I didnÂ’t have it on & wasnÂ’t paying attention to Mister Roberts. I was working from home that Saturday afternoon. If I had remembered what a good movie it was I would have put on the DVR.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:48 AM (z4WKX)

255 On Drudge: Average length of intercourse in DC is two minutes, eight seconds. I call bullshit. Average length of fucking is five plus years.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 04:48 AM (GjYxB)

256 California already has two senetors who do tremendous damge I can see no reason why we would want ten additional. Posted by: Kreplach at February 21, 2014 07:46 AM (2x+V2) Because 3 of the 6 proposed states would be solidly red, and 1 purple, so theoretically at least we'd add 6 Rs to the senate, 2 more solid Ds and 2 that could go either way. I live in Md. and it's the same. If you sliced the state up it would be as red as Texas except for Baltimore City, PG and Montgomery Counties, which would be blue as hell and Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore Counties which would be purple. It's an attempt to mitigate the pernicious influence of deep, deep blue urban population sinks on the rest of the state. It'll never happen, but it's a nice idea.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 21, 2014 04:48 AM (N/cFh)

257 She has a largish rear and may be a bit overweight. So? Many people are.   Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 08:39 AM (XyM/Y)


Yes, but "many people" aren't crusaders against obesity.  She is.

You know how libs always go after Republicans...but never Democrats...on sexual morality issues?  They say they do that "because of teh hypocrisy !!11!1!"

Same thing here.

Michelle Obama can bitch at the nation about obesity after she gets her unusually capacious posterior under control.

Until then, she can STFU.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 21, 2014 04:48 AM (JpC1K)

258 Most digital TV signals are on UHF channels, and the higher frequencies are sensitive to line of site restrictions and are degraded more easily by weather conditions.

Plus, digital signals don't degrade gracefully like analog signals, It's clear or trashed, nothing in-between.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 08:26 AM (kdS6q)



Thanks for that explanation because everything rings true; when it gets windy outside my reception goes right in the crapper.

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 04:49 AM (2RiXU)

259 @243 - not even that. Judges have absolute power in their court rooms. They can do whatever they want. Again, cost free. I have seen judges say "this is what the law says but I am going to do this.." Now, you can appeal what a judge does. But it will take time and money which if you win, you won't get back. And a judge having something overturned is again a cost free action. Judges can rule against you simply because they don't like you. (Honestly, I think that is how most cases are decided, Lawyers spend their time making the other party distasteful, not presenting legal arguments or getting at the truth. If you watched the Zimmerman trial you know exactly what I mean.) And I bet there are judges who are prejudiced one way or another about the people who come before them.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:49 AM (4+AaH)

260 Average length of fucking is five plus years. Is this Sting?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at February 21, 2014 04:50 AM (7ObY1)

261

>>>I HATE Comcast!<<<

 

I keep hearing this dumbass  radio commercial  for their business internet. Some idiot talks about showing  an  example  of  how  great it is,    but  by using DSL, which never loads during the advert.  I always think  either the guy is stupid for not using the stuff he's selling, or Comcast is stupid for hiring the ad agency who made it.

Posted by: Roy at February 21, 2014 04:50 AM (VndSC)

262 This place is getting to feel like Romania under the Ceausescus. Posted by: Laurie DavidÂ’s Cervix at February 21, 2014 07:51 AM (kdS6q) ThatÂ’s why I have kept television on TCM lately. They are having Johnny Carson on next month on Tuesdays at 8 pm. I thanked you for link to CarsonÂ’s clips. I have watched quite a few. Thank you again if you didnÂ’t read it when I thanked you.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:51 AM (z4WKX)

263 Two leading Republicans on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence say that Michael Morell, former deputy director and twice acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, provided an account of his role on Benghazi that was often highly misleading and at times deliberately false.

“I went back and reviewed some of his testimony the other day and he’s gotten himself in a real box,” says Senator Saxby Chambliss, the highest-ranking Republican on the committee. “It’s really strange. I’ve always thought Mike was a straight-up guy, gave us good briefings—factual, straightforward. I mean, this has really been strange the last few weeks—all this now being uncovered.”

At issue is the central role Morell played in producing the Obama administrationÂ’s flawed talking points about the fatal attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, and the misleading answers he provided to lawmakers who investigated them.

Posted by: Hiliary "does it really matter" Clinton at February 21, 2014 04:51 AM (e8kgV)

264

231: "But even being polite and even subservient doesn't work anymore."

 

No disagreement here. I think that certain demographics make things much worse for themselves however.

 

When the LEO pulls you over, you are at his mercy. Antagonizing him just makes it worse.

 

The only recourse is to vote out his boss. If that does not work, the only thing left to do is...... unpleasant to discuss. 

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at February 21, 2014 04:51 AM (LJpVo)

265 I call bullshit. Average length of fucking is five plus years. Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 08:48 AM (GjYxB) DAY 477 991 to go (1,066 to Inauguration Day 2017)

Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2014 04:52 AM (fWAjv)

266 Until then, she can STFU. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 21, 2014 08:48 AM (JpC1K) True! She has a fat butt!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:53 AM (z4WKX)

267

I call bullshit. Average length of fucking is five plus years.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 08:48 AM (GjYxB) <<<

 

 

 

 

The real question,   of course,  is what is the average width of fucking?

Posted by: Roy at February 21, 2014 04:53 AM (VndSC)

268 Blistering column from Krauthammer this morning in the Post re: "Settled science" and global warming.

Posted by: Caliban at February 21, 2014 04:53 AM (DrC22)

269 I posted a photo on Facebook yesterday of me and three of my friends in 1989 going to our HS freshman dance. It seems to be quite the hit.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 04:54 AM (U7Ivf)

270 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 04:55 AM (PYAXX)

271 Plus, digital signals don't degrade gracefully like analog signals, It's clear or trashed, nothing in-between. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 21, 2014 08:26 AM (kdS6q) Digital signals have a fairly sharp threshold effect. If the power level is below the threshold, your receiver fails to lock to the signal, but once above the threshold the receiver does lock and the marginal picture quality doesn't change much for further increases in power level.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 04:55 AM (o3MSL)

272 I don't really know that she can get her large posterior under control. I get the impression that she exercises a lot. She may just be built that way and while she could firm it up it won't disappear or get much smaller. She may just have a largish body type I find it more aggravating (well it's not aggravting to me. It's just tedious) is that she lectures about healthy eating and then she and the President spend massive amounts of money on food that is not healthy. I don't think Michelle has really good self esteem despite evidences to the contrary so she deals with that with a need to control people and with a sense of entitlement. She-as we all do IMO-stands in need of prayer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:55 AM (XyM/Y)

273 I posted a photo on Facebook yesterday of me and three of my friends in 1989 going to our HS freshman dance. It seems to be quite the hit.  Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 08:54 AM (U7Ivf)

You've really stepped in it now with the Horde.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 21, 2014 04:56 AM (JpC1K)

274 Morning, all!


So I haven't read the comments, but I'm sure y'all have already talked about Billy boy De Blasio's  hypocritical    traffic violations?


CBS 2 Exclusive: De BlasioÂ’s Caravan Caught Speeding, Violating Traffic Laws
Embarrassment Comes Just Days After Mayor Announced New Traffic Safety Initiative

CBS NY:  http://tiny.cc/axwmbx


"NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Just days after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an aggressive plan to prevent traffic deaths, CBS 2 cameras caught the driver of a car carrying the mayor violating a number of traffic laws.


But the NYPD responded Thursday evening that the mayorÂ’s caravan, which is operated by police, sometimes has to use special driving techniques for protective reasons.


As CBS 2′s Marcia Kramer reported Thursday, the mayorÂ’s two-car caravan was seen speeding, blowing through stop signs, and violating other traffic laws. Kramer reported that if the driver of the lead car, which carried the mayor in its passenger seat, had been cited, he would have racked up enough points to get his license suspended.


When the mayor announced his 62-point safe streets initiative, which includes lowering the speed limit to 25 mph, he said, “We want the public to know that we are holding ourselves to this standard.”


But Kramer reported the mayor failed to practice what he preached Thursday..."


More at the link.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at February 21, 2014 04:56 AM (4df7R)

275 So... house went on the market at ~7:30 PM on Wednesday (that's when it was entered into the MLS). By 10 AM yesterday, we had 3 showings scheduled. By 7:30 PM yesterday, we had an offer (my realtor is supposed to look at it this morning and then communicate it to us). And I still haven't seen 1 G.D. house that'd I'd spend money on.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 04:56 AM (PYAXX)

276 Re Michelle Obama: ugly on the inside translates to ugly on the outside, at least for how I see her.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 04:56 AM (U7Ivf)

277 Did IT screw up my computer? Posted by: RWC at February 21, 2014 08:11 AM (fWAjv) RWC did you mean my email? I had it fixed on this computer on February 10, but it wasnÂ’t fixed until after 2 am, date was February 11. I donÂ’t know why I had virus at work on 13th from here.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:57 AM (z4WKX)

278 I call bullshit. Average length of fucking is five plus years. Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 08:48 AM (GjYxB) <<< The real question, of course, is what is the average width of fucking? 57 states. Or would that be breadth?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 04:57 AM (GjYxB)

279 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 08:56 AM (PYAXX) On the bright side, soon it will be comfortable tent weather.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 04:58 AM (o3MSL)

280 When the LEO pulls you over, you are at his mercy. This is absolutely true. Now think about the implications. Again, I used to think follow Robocop's advice - "stay out of trouble." But as I said, doesn't matter. My wife got pulled over for something she did not do - something she could not have done. So, the cop pulled her over, and now she is at his mercy. At that point, any other thing might have happened that would result in her incarceration. Because she was, as you say at his mercy. Some punk with a gun and an associates degree gets to rule over me just because? Yeah, that's how it is.

Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 04:58 AM (4+AaH)

281 Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 08:54 AM (U7Ivf) Stop that!! ;^) You went to high school in 1989? You're making me feel even more like a old geezer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 04:58 AM (XyM/Y)

282 Levin called BOR "Fox's 8pm-er who plays clips of himself"

Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 04:58 AM (2RiXU)

283 @257 You live in a fantasy world if you think california if split up would deliver reoublican senators. The best solution is the internal partition with no extra senators going to washington. Lets see how that goes then maybe-maybe consider partitioning at the feseral level. On second thought, no.

Posted by: Kreplach at February 21, 2014 04:59 AM (J7sV0)

284 On the bright side, soon it will be comfortable tent weather. Yeah... we're looking at options if we end up having to move out in a hurry. The problem is that even if we temporarily foist off my not-yet-niece and her daughter, we still have 4 people and 2 dogs. Finding a place that will take us all is going to be, shall we say, "a chore."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 04:59 AM (PYAXX)

285 I don't really know that she can get her large posterior under control. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 08:55 AM (XyM/Y)

She can't.

What she can do is stop bitching about everyone else's.

Really, the rest of the nation shouldn't have to pay for her self-esteem issues.

We're already paying for her husband's sociopathy.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 21, 2014 04:59 AM (JpC1K)

286 Mochelle might have big hips & that might be what makes her butt look huge. You canÂ’t grow hips because I have small hips and you also canÂ’t shrink hips. She should just stop interfering with kids school lunches, etc.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 04:59 AM (z4WKX)

287 Yeah, that's how it is. Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 08:58 AM (4+AaH) In a totalitarian state, the sheep are "guarded" by the state's wolves.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 05:00 AM (o3MSL)

288 57 states. Or would that be breadth? Ask me about the depth...

Posted by: The Chicken[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 05:00 AM (0HooB)

289 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 08:56 AM (PYAXX) On the bright side, soon it will be comfortable tent weather. Think of all the camping you & your family can do in out beautiful state parks!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 05:00 AM (GjYxB)

290 Levin called BOR "Fox's 8pm-er who plays clips of himself" Posted by: Captain Hate at February 21, 2014 08:58 AM (2RiXU) Good Morning Captain Hate, I have new name for Bill OÂ’Ego. ThatÂ’s it!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:01 AM (z4WKX)

291 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 08:59 AM (PYAXX) Friend's son sold his house and rented a nicer house and saved about $2500+ per month on the difference between mortgage and rent.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 05:02 AM (o3MSL)

292 And I still haven't seen 1 G.D. house that'd I'd spend money on. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 08:56 AM (PYAXX) Allen, Why are you selling house? I believe you live in TX, correct?

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:02 AM (z4WKX)

293 When the mayor announced his 62-point safe streets initiative, which includes lowering the speed limit to 25 mph, he said, “We want the public to know that we are holding ourselves to this standard.”  But Kramer reported the mayor failed to practice what he preached Thursday..."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at February 21, 2014 08:56 AM (4df7R)

There's no story there.

The only real story would be if a Prog actually did hold himself to the same standard he demands of everyone else.

That's a "man bites dog" story.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 21, 2014 05:03 AM (JpC1K)

294 Friend's son sold his house and rented a nicer house and saved about $2500+ per month on the difference between mortgage and rent. Well that would be nice, but it's unlikely in our case. I'm just hoping I can find a new house before I have to vacate the old one.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 05:03 AM (PYAXX)

295 Think of all the camping you & your family can do in out beautiful state Federal parks! Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 09:00 AM (GjYxB) So long as those evil Republican thugs don't shut down the government again!

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 05:03 AM (o3MSL)

296 Why are you selling house? I believe you live in TX, correct? Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 09:02 AM (z4WKX) Because I have six people and 2 large dogs all living in a house that can fit 4 people (with no dogs) comfortably. We're staying in DFW, just moving to be a little more central.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 05:04 AM (PYAXX)

297 out<-our

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 05:04 AM (o3MSL)

298 Sooo how much stock do y'all put in    those claims about a Ukrainian protester having his mouth sewn shut with shoemaker's thread by the    riot police?       I mean, I find Norse mythology interesting, too, but not so much that I'd    feel a need to put it into practice.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at February 21, 2014 05:04 AM (4df7R)

299 The choices here are assorted dial-ups ( I dropped landline in 2009 ) AT&T dsl ( horrid, started faster InterToobs with that. So bad the regional manager gave me his home phone number...) or Comcast cable. Far as I can tell neither of two accounts has been hacked.

Then again, Comcast never notified me of the hack....

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 05:04 AM (ULH4o)

300 Off, tired and feathered sock.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 05:04 AM (0HooB)

301 Regards to all, I am off to repair my heating system.

Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 05:04 AM (o3MSL)

302 Here, here is the photo. You guys will love it. Welcome to early 1989. http://tinyurl.com/m6kpoqh

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 05:04 AM (U7Ivf)

303 Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 09:04 AM (U7Ivf) "It was 1980-something..."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 05:05 AM (PYAXX)

304 Hmm, I see this computer didn't remember all of my nic.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 05:05 AM (0HooB)

305 Posted by: Hrothgar at February 21, 2014 09:04 AM (o3MSL) Good luck and God bless!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 05:06 AM (XyM/Y)

306 You canÂ’t grow hips because I have small hips and you also canÂ’t shrink hips. She should just stop interfering with kids school lunches, etc. .

I still haven't figured out how the consort of the executive gets regulatory power.

Particularly when she lacks the qualifications to be hired by any of the agencies to do the regulating she's doing (coursework in human nutrition, etc).

Posted by: HR at February 21, 2014 05:06 AM (ZKzrr)

307 out<-our Posted by: Hrothgar Thank you. Typing on a cellphone sucks. Noticed it after I hit "Post".

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 05:06 AM (GjYxB)

308 Thanks to MO my kid was treated like a criminal when I included one mini (dwarfed by "fun") sized Snickers bar. He is thin as a rail. I did not say "fascist" once when talking to him about what happened. But it was hard.

Posted by: Beagle at February 21, 2014 05:06 AM (sOtz/)

309 oh man, DangerGirl, I wish I could see it!   Stupid work blocking image sharing sites.  *GRUMBLE*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at February 21, 2014 05:07 AM (4df7R)

310 You canÂ’t grow hips because I have small hips and you also canÂ’t shrink hips. She should just stop interfering with kids school lunches, etc. Yes, that's all true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 05:07 AM (XyM/Y)

311 I still haven't figured out how the consort of the executive gets regulatory power. The Empress has power simply because she is married to the Emperor. We don't call it "an imperial presidency" for nothing.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 05:07 AM (PYAXX)

312 Damn, that's a lot of hair there, DG.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 05:07 AM (0HooB)

313 Apparently the feds threaten to pull funding if any demon candy is eaten in a lunch room.

Posted by: Beagle at February 21, 2014 05:08 AM (sOtz/)

314 Dump up!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 21, 2014 05:08 AM (GjYxB)

315 Damn, that's a lot of hair there, DG. That was positively tame for 1989 in TX.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 05:08 AM (PYAXX)

316 I still haven't figured out how the consort of the executive gets regulatory power.


Who else wants to officially start calling FLOTUS "the consort of the executive?"     Because that would piss off SO many people.    Show of hands.


*raises hand*



Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at February 21, 2014 05:08 AM (4df7R)

317 Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 09:04 AM (U7Ivf)

Who was the band? Motley Crue or Poison?

Posted by: Golfman in NC at February 21, 2014 05:09 AM (vVOWk)

318 And which one are you, DG or would you rather not say? There is some big hair on the girl in the back.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 05:09 AM (XyM/Y)

319 Then again, Comcast never notified me of the hack.... Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 09:04 AM (ULH4o) It was in Big Red Letters on Weasel Zippers 2 1/2 weeks ago. I believe Artisanal ‘ette put it on the blog the day it was on WZ. That is the only way I found out. Backhoe, there is no choice here either. I have Comcast or I could get dial up. My older brother refuses to hitch ride on my network, he’d save $40 month. I have router upstairs. He has Verizon dialup. You can read what I wrote about Comcast & virus upthread.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:09 AM (z4WKX)

320 Apparently the feds threaten to pull funding if any demon candy is eaten in a lunch room.

If the surveillance state didn't have the power to fuck up the rest of his life for this, I'd suggest you tell your son to eat his 40 calories of Snickers in the hallway.

Posted by: HR at February 21, 2014 05:10 AM (ZKzrr)

321 *raises hand too* Far be it from me not to piss of a Prog if at all possible.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit[/i][/u][/b][/s] at February 21, 2014 05:10 AM (0HooB)

322 I'm the brace face in the polka dots.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 05:10 AM (U7Ivf)

323 Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (™) at February 21, 2014 09:04 AM (U7Ivf) Danger Girl which one is you? I have to eat my breakfast because I am trying to put pounds on & get ready to go to work. I don’t have time to read any posts I missed.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:12 AM (z4WKX)

324 You're adorable, DG.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 21, 2014 05:13 AM (XyM/Y)

325 282 Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 08:54 AM (U7Ivf)

Stop that!! ;^) You went to high school in 1989? You're making me feel even more like a old geezer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Hell, I'd have graduated in 1967 but due to circumstances beyond my control had to drop out of the eighth grade. Got private teachers and passed the GED in 1966 in either the 97th or 98th percentile. Can't recall which, it's been so long ago. Started work as an apprentice machinist in Island Auto Parts shop in 1969. Been a Hell of a Ride thru life....

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 05:13 AM (ULH4o)

326 Carol, left front. Braces and polka dots. I think I had just turned 15.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 05:14 AM (U7Ivf)

327 as opposed to someone like Carole Lombard, who naturally talked that way. Posted by: Mary PoppinsÂ’ Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 08:00 AM (zF6Iw) MPPPP, I love Carole Lombard, I read about her & Gable on IMDB a few weeks ago. I have only seen a few of her movies but she was beautiful. I am a woman and appreciate a natural beauty as opposed to Jean Harlow who was a described as sexy but I donÂ’t think she was really a beauty.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:14 AM (z4WKX)

328 Bah. I can remember when OS/2 was going to unseat Win95. It had RegEx! Awesome! Now we're stuck with tablet interfaces on PC hardware. And get off my damn lawn.

87 Morning rons and ettes. I'm going to overshare. I don't usually show up until Ben's thread because I commute 1.5 hours (on a good day) each way to support my 1.07 Americans. Today I am off. I'm in a LDR and I'm awaiting the arrival of my girlfriend. We will proceed to a lovely seaside B&B and commence a three day bangathon.

So bring on the doom. It won't phase me today.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 21, 2014 07:40 AM (1xUj/)


Where will you be posting the pics? [Wink wink nudge nudge]


Posted by: joncelli at February 21, 2014 05:15 AM (RD7QR)

329 Danger, you're a mensch, is what you are. A mensch-ette, if you will.


Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 21, 2014 05:16 AM (xq1UY)

330 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 08:56 AM (PYAXX) Heh. Texas. I have a feeling if I stick my house on the market right now it'd be about 3 months until I saw an offer at least. And I'd probably have to take a mild loss. (That be tough we got the house for a steal, so I might break even.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 21, 2014 05:16 AM (hq5sb)

331 Here, here is the photo. You guys will love it. Welcome to early 1989.
http://tinyurl.com/m6kpoqh  Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 09:04 AM (U7Ivf)

Which one is you DG?

I'm asking....for a friend.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 21, 2014 05:16 AM (JpC1K)

332 Carol, left front. Braces and polka dots. I think I had just turned 15. Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (™) at February 21, 2014 09:14 AM (U7Ivf) You were cute. Now you just made me feel old. J.J & I are same age.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:16 AM (z4WKX)

333 And I still haven't seen 1 G.D. house that'd I'd spend money on.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at February 21, 2014 08:56 AM (PYAXX)

 

Isn't there a shoebox in the middle of the road you can move to?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 05:17 AM (zF6Iw)

334 Thanks FS Now I have to go look up mensch...

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 05:17 AM (U7Ivf)

335 As a Time-Warner cable customer, I'm more than a little concerned about this Comcast-TWC merger....and after reading about your issues with Comcast, Carol, I have a feeling that if this does go through, I will be looking for another internet provider in the CenTex area. BTW, has there been any more news concerning this merger?

Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 21, 2014 05:17 AM (OsWis)

336 Carol, left front. Braces and polka dots. I think I had just turned 15.
Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (™) at February 21, 2014 09:14 AM (U7Ivf)

DG has now earned the coveted Moron Nation I'd Hit It Award®.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 21, 2014 05:18 AM (JpC1K)

337 Which one is you DG? I'm asking....for a friend. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 21, 2014 09:16 AM (JpC1K) The cutest one...duh.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 05:19 AM (U7Ivf)

338

I still haven't figured out how the consort of the executive gets regulatory power.

 

The same way her dog-eating crackhead partner gets to unilaterally waive portions of Obastardcare he deems bad - no one has the balls to stand up and tell Aunt Esther to STFD and STFU.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 05:20 AM (zF6Iw)

339 320?
Carol?

Thanks for the info. Naturally "dish" is available here but I loathe their "packages." It's 99% "junk I have no interest in." If they would just offer internet and nothing else, I'd go for it.

The late wife had dish at work and was well-satisfied with InterToob service. Since it was at a conference center the bundled TV junk was welcomed by guests there.

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 05:20 AM (ULH4o)

340 is a TOUCHSCREEN. Posted by: blaster at February 21, 2014 07:59 AM (4+AaH) Blaster, I have computer with W8 & hate it. I prefer Macs. I have some camera lens cleaner cloths and use on iPad & iPhone. They are finger print magnets. I also spray Fantastick on paper towel to wash iPhone everyday. They have lots of germs on them. I work in Prudential Tower in Boston & it opens to a mall. They used to have a Canon camera kiosk & man that had it used to sell the Canon lens cloths for $4 or $5 depending on his mood. I have several. He moved out several years ago & I bought some larger cloths at eyeglass store for $10 each. They arenÂ’t as big but they are close. They will help with fingerprints. I have matte screen protector in iPhone. I like the matte look vs regular one.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:22 AM (z4WKX)

341 The cutest one...duh.  Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 09:19 AM (U7Ivf)

Clearly!

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 21, 2014 05:22 AM (JpC1K)

342 The best thing about that photo is the hair. Especially on my friend in the back. It had it's own zip code. The funniest reaction is from the other girls' friends on facebook. They obviously never shared old photos of themselves lol.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at February 21, 2014 05:23 AM (U7Ivf)

343 Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 21, 2014 09:17 AM (OsWis) I have WSJ subscription & will look later for more on Time Warner /Comcast merger. I have been waiting for FIOS For years but it is not available in my city. It is in surrounding cities.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:24 AM (z4WKX)

344 336?
SMFH?

Well, talk about a "low level of awareness?"

I kept hearing about how my cell provider- AllTel- was merging with AT&T. Didn't give it a thought until I got a letter from AT&T a few days ago telling me I'd need to get another cell phone and "plan...."

Arrgh! I hate stuff like that. Despise doing it.

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 05:25 AM (ULH4o)

345 Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 09:22 AM (z4WKX) See I don't mind win 8 all that much. I'm not sure I needed to upgrade (but at the time we were trying to solve some networking problems that had been fixed by some of the changes in win 8.) Dunno, I own a surface and a windows phone though, so may I'm just used to the OS style.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at February 21, 2014 05:28 AM (hq5sb)

346 osted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 09:20 AM (ULH4o) Backhoe, that is the only time I have had real issue with Comcast & of course they are preventing me from getting emails that I want. I subscribe to some from my work email & forward here.

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:31 AM (z4WKX)

347 347?
Carol?

While I've read horror stories about Comcast on the web, the local service is very good- far better than AT&T's DSL was.

When we had DSL it was dead half the time and even managed to kill the landline service a few times.

Comcast's "basic internet?" Always on, and the few times we had problems "a guy in a service truck" showed up the same day and fixed them.

Posted by: backhoe at February 21, 2014 05:36 AM (ULH4o)

348 The same way her dog-eating crackhead partner gets to unilaterally waive portions of Obastardcare he deems bad - no one has the balls to stand up and tell Aunt Esther to STFD and STFU. Posted by: Mary PoppinsÂ’ Practically Perfect Piercing at February 21, 2014 09:20 AM (zF6Iw) Some one has got to stand up to the SCOAMF & put him in his place. I suggest Rush Limbaugh since he obviously lives in TFGs head! I have to go. I hope everyone has a nice day. MPPPP, itÂ’s going to be 49 degrees here in MA today! I hope itÂ’s the last of the cold. IÂ’ll read here later when I have my late lunch!

Posted by: Carol at February 21, 2014 05:37 AM (z4WKX)

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