1 It's Cliff Burton's birthday. 

2

Re sidebar story: GM's "plan" to save Opel - sweeping job cuts and 2.7B euros in bailout money from European governments. Don't take the bait folks. We've been there and done that.

 

The parallels between our own GM and Opel are simply amazing. Opel wants to restructure (bankruptcy) and they want a bailout from the German government (federal and local).  They also want the unions to agree to a pay cut.  Of course the unions are refusing.

 

What is really amazing here is the actual stupidity and “tone deafness” of GM executives who think they will be able to ram this through at this time.  3 or 4 of the European countries themselves are about to go bankrupt (default on debt) and THEY are expecting a bailout from Germany themselves.

 

Also, what they are missing is that this is one of those rare times in history when the German government is more capitalistic than the U.S. government.

 

Hey GM I have an message for you; shit in one hand and ask for a bailout from ermany in the other.  See which one fills up the fastest.

3

Re sidebar story: Cook Report: There Are 60 Competitive House Races. 50 Seats Are Currently Held by Democrats. Only 10 Are Held by Republicans.

 There are 255 Democrats in the House.  Based on what has been going down this year in elections I would say there are 255 competitive races. That is assuming the Rs donÂ’t get too involved with shit like Pork-II that I posted earlier.

4

it's not paranoia if they're actually out to get you.

5

stimilus I

stimilus II

now a "jobs bill"....what was it again that stimy I and II were for???

I have a bad feeling about this....

6

Hey, how about some economic warfare with your coffee?

7

It depends. Is Gabriel Malor your real name?

If so, you certainly aren't paranoid enough!

8

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

 

 

Just because you think you're paranoid doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you!

9 "I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?"

Who told you to ask that?  Who sent you, dammit?

10

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he doesnÂ’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the $9 million issued to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein, noting that some athletes take home more pay.

The president, speaking in an interview, said in response to a question that while $17 million is “an extraordinary amount of money” for Main Street, “there are some baseball players who are making more than that and don’t get to the World Series either, so I’m shocked by that as well.”

“I know both those guys; they are very savvy businessmen,” Obama said in the interview yesterday in the Oval Office with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, which will appear on newsstands Friday. “I, like most of the American people, don’t begrudge people success or wealth. That is part of the free- market system.”

So big evil Wall Street is raping Main Street with its big evil bonuses except when it's Barry's buddies then it's A-OK and they deserve the money.

11 You are wise to hide your hispanic surname.

12 Komrades, I bid you welcome from Siberia on the Potomac. 

13 Time has proof, blizzards caused by Global Warming

..or something.

14 Planned Parenthood wants "the pleasures of sex" to be part of the fifth grade curriculum.

Are kids today really so stupid/lazy that they can't figure out "sex feels good" on their own?

15 Is it safe?

16 #14  Are kids today really so stupid/lazy that they can't figure out "sex feels good" on their own?

*ahem*.  Please elaborate, Radish.

17 Walt Disney World Prepares Obama Audio-Animatronics Robot for Obama-Republican Health Care Forum: tinyurl.com/yjll9g2

18 14 Planned Parenthood wants "the pleasures of sex" to be part of the fifth grade curriculum.

Are kids today really so stupid/lazy that they can't figure out "sex feels good" on their own?

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 10, 2010 09:22 AM (mR7mk)

Planned Parenthood is evil enough to want children experimenting with sex at that age.

19

Yes, I would expect a pack of lies from that Demonrat PR rag known as Time Magazine. They quote one of the active frausters for their "proof".

The problem is that even NOAA debunked the AGW causes more severe storms meme long ago.

20

'Vagina Monologues' Creator Tells Palin to Look at 'Earthquakes and Tsunamis' for Global Warming Proof

I saw a production of the VMs in college (I was invited; it wasn't my idea). Given the "deep" thoughts involved, I can't say as I'm surprised by this new development.

21 "I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?"

No, and if I were you, I'd start worrying...

22 B-b-b-but,
They have pictures of glaciers calving icebergs and everything.

What more do you need?

23 Sex education has been such a colossal failure, as usual, the leftards want more of it. Jeeze, those fucks are immune to learning.

24 There is some evidence that climate change could in fact make such massive snowstorms more common, even as the world continues to warm.

Oooh.  It was good right up to the comma.

25 For fans of The Deadliest Catch, Phil Harris, captain of the Cornelia Marie died today. I spent 4 years up that way in my lost youth fishing for about everything that would sell. Phil was my favorite skipper on the show. He reminded me of a few guys I fished for. It's no wonder his health failed. Like a lot of captains, his intake of nicotine and caffiene was epic. RIP Captain.

26

For me, sex ed at that age still consisted of "Don't look at the TV for a minute, honey." When I got "the talk" it was more of an anatomy lesson than anything.

27 Could see it coming, RIP Cap'n Phil.

28

1 It's Cliff Burton's birthday.

**sigh**

29

Eve Ensler (VM) and also Time Magazine fall under a special chategory of watermellon.  Neither oone of them really knows anything about meteorology and neither one really cares or actually believes in AGW theory.

They support AGW action because the commie-D party wants it. If their party wants it, then that is good enough for them.

30 Blondes may have more fun, but brunettes remember it the next day.

31 'Vagina Monologues' Creator Tells Palin to Look at 'Earthquakes and Tsunamis' for Global Warming Proof

Sorry, but I can't stop laughing at this pile of nonsensical horseshit

32
So big evil Wall Street is raping Main Street with its big evil bonuses except when it's Barry's buddies then it's A-OK and they deserve the money.

Yeah, got a problem widdat?

33 Lessee Planned Parenthood wants to teach kids that sex feels good. Then when the girls get pregnant they want to abort the babies? There's a Joe Camel reference in there somewhere!

34 26For me, sex ed at that age still consisted of "Don't look at the TV for a minute, honey." When I got "the talk" it was more of an anatomy lesson than anything.

The stork does still bring the babies, right?  So why do I keep watching Skinemax?

35 Please elaborate, Radish.

I had a boyfriend when I was 19.  Surely we had more fun "doin it rong" than we would have listening to teachers giving us lectures on how to do it right.

OTOH, our GPA took a swan dive.  Maybe we should have gotten it all out of our systems when we were 10.  /sarc

36

President Barack Obama said he doesn’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the $9 million issued to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein, noting that some athletes take home more pay.
 

Fanny, Freddie, and Obama
By The Prowler
on 9.8.08 @ 12:08AM
spectator.org

When President George W. Bush nominated Henry Paulson to serve as Treasury Secretary, Republicans raised a red flag that Paulson, who, along with his wife, has strong ties to the Democrat party, would not be an honest broker with Republicans.

That seems to have been borne out, with sources inside of Treasury reporting that Paulson briefed Sen. Barack Obama and his campaign advisers on the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout plan before offering such a briefing to the McCain campaign...

Paulson and Obama
By The Prowler
on 9.26.08 @ 9:49AM
spectator.org

When Sen. Barack Obama was given the floor to speak during White House negotiations, according to White House aides, he did so raising concerns about a House Republican alternative to the Paulson/Bernanke $700 billion bailout. But those concerns weren't necessarily his, as he was not aware of the GOP plan before reviewing notes provided him by Paulson loyalists in Treasury prior to entering the meeting.

According to an Obama campaign source, the notes were passed to Obama via senior aides traveling with him, who had been emailed the document via a current Goldman Sachs employee and Wall Street fundraiser for the Obama campaign. "It was made clear that the memo was from 'friends' and was reliable," says the campaign source.

The memo allowed Obama and his fellow Democrats to box in Republican attendees and essentially took what President Bush had billed as a negotiating meeting off the rails

"Paulson and his team have not acted in good faith for this President or the administration for which they serve," says a House Republican leader...

Bush didn't understand Paulson's bailout
James Forsyth
Tuesday, 15th September 2009, 8:57pm
spectator.co.uk

Latimer: "...the president was clearly confused about how the government would buy these securities. He repeated his belief that the government was going to "buy low and sell high," and he still didn't understand why we hadn't put that into the speech like he'd asked us to. When it was explained to him that his concept of the bailout proposal wasn't correct, the president was momentarily speechless. He threw up his hands in frustration.

"Why did I sign on to this proposal if I don't understand what it does?" he asked."

Forsyth: Indeed, Latimer reports White House gossip that at one meeting, an exasperated Bush told Paulson, "You've got to tell me what you're doing."

37 Even paranoids have enemies....

38 RIP Capt. Phil. I liked the show, but as said above, most crab boat captains take in lethal quantities of nicotine and caffeine every day.

39

Blondes may have more fun, but brunettes remember it the next day.

You say that like it's a good thing.

40

Re new sidebar: Obama Says Bipartisanship, But What He Wants Is GOP Surrender

 

Nothing really new there, it is the way the Dems have always approached “bipartisanship”. What IS new is this came from CBS! Obama is gradually lsing the ball kissing press.

 

41 are there any honest people in DC anymore?

42

They do continue with their lefty slant though.  They color both parties with this kind of crap. In fact GWB did cross the aisle for bipartisonship.

That was one of the reasons he lost the base.

43

President Barack Obama said he doesn’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the $9 million issued to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein, noting that some athletes take home more pay.

“I know both those guys; they are very savvy businessmen,” Obama said in the interview yesterday in the Oval Office with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, which will appear on newsstands Friday.
 

Fanny, Freddie, and Obama
By The Prowler
on 9.8.08 @ 12:08AM
spectator.org

When President George W. Bush nominated Henry Paulson to serve as Treasury Secretary, Republicans raised a red flag that Paulson, who, along with his wife, has strong ties to the Democrat party, would not be an honest broker with Republicans.

That seems to have been borne out, with sources inside of Treasury reporting that Paulson briefed Sen. Barack Obama and his campaign advisers on the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout plan before offering such a briefing to the McCain campaign...

Paulson and Obama
By The Prowler
on 9.26.08 @ 9:49AM
spectator.org

When Sen. Barack Obama was given the floor to speak during White House negotiations, according to White House aides, he did so raising concerns about a House Republican alternative to the Paulson/Bernanke $700 billion bailout. But those concerns weren't necessarily his, as he was not aware of the GOP plan before reviewing notes provided him by Paulson loyalists in Treasury prior to entering the meeting.

According to an Obama campaign source, the notes were passed to Obama via senior aides traveling with him, who had been emailed the document via a current Goldman Sachs employee and Wall Street fundraiser for the Obama campaign. "It was made clear that the memo was from 'friends' and was reliable," says the campaign source.

The memo allowed Obama and his fellow Democrats to box in Republican attendees and essentially took what President Bush had billed as a negotiating meeting off the rails

"Paulson and his team have not acted in good faith for this President or the administration for which they serve," says a House Republican leader...

Bush didn't understand Paulson's bailout
James Forsyth
Tuesday, 15th September 2009, 8:57pm
spectator.co.uk

Latimer: "...the president was clearly confused about how the government would buy these securities. He repeated his belief that the government was going to "buy low and sell high," and he still didn't understand why we hadn't put that into the speech like he'd asked us to. When it was explained to him that his concept of the bailout proposal wasn't correct, the president was momentarily speechless. He threw up his hands in frustration.

"Why did I sign on to this proposal if I don't understand what it does?" he asked."

Forsyth: Indeed, Latimer reports White House gossip that at one meeting, an exasperated Bush told Paulson, "You've got to tell me what you're doing."

44

For me, sex ed at that age still consisted of "Don't look at the TV for a minute, honey." When I got "the talk" it was more of an anatomy lesson than anything.

Well, I've got a special purpose.  Someday, I'll find out what it's for...

45

 are there any honest people in DC anymore?

There haven't been aby honest people in DC since George Wshington left. Come to think of it; he may have left BEFORE DC was DC.

46 You can never be paranoid enough!

47 right, vic.  W bailed out too many things with our money.  that made the fiscal conservatives furious.  we are still furious.

48

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?




I dont know Gabe. Allow me to consult flag@whitehouse.gov on the proper level of paranoia on your behalf .

Brb.

49 Liberal definitions of "compromise", and "bipartisanship" have always meant "you republicans and conservatives drop what you stand for and believe in, and adopt everything we stand for and believe in".


nothin new here, move along

50 I saw a production of the VMs in college (I was invited; it wasn't my idea). Given the "deep" thoughts involved, I can't say as I'm surprised by this new development.

I went with a group from work when I lived in Des Moines.  There was one sketch about "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia that was chilling; probably something that deserved more attention than it got in the US.  The rest was crap.

51 are there any honest people in DC anymore?

All I can think is, "For the sake of ten righteous men, I will not destroy the city."

Nothing new under the sun, indeed.

52 'Vagina Monologues' Creator Tells Palin to Look at 'Earthquakes and Tsunamis' for Global Warming Proof

Queefs cause glowbull warming; the science is settled.

53 HAITI, The American Red Cross, and the US State Dept.

"The only portion of the Haitian government that is functioning is the court that has confined and charged American Christian Volunteers as criminals. Meanwhile, the thousands of murderers, rapists and thieves who escaped from the demolished Haitian prison are not being pursued by that government."

There's no question where to find the Evangelical Americans in Haiti's prison. It isn't as if they got lost and no one knows where they are.

The American Red Cross, with all the promotional contributions directed towards Haiti, has failed to visit the Americans in prison under the Napoleonic Code that presumes GUILT until proven innocent.

No surprise that Hillary Clinton's Obama State Department holds Christian's in absolute disdain. None the less, SHAME on our government for not doing one thing to help the Americans in Haiti's prison. But not one call, let alone visit, has been made on behalf of the American Christian Volunteers in prison.

Obama re-introduced George W. back to the American public by enlisting his participation leading aid to Haiti. Along with Obama and Bill Clinton, George W. Bush has not made contact with the American Evangelicals in Haiti's prison. So much for "No Child Left Behind" and the Evangelical voting block that made W's career for him. He's not running for office anymore. If it wasn't obvious before, Bush sold Americans down the river a long time ago.

Yada, yada. The evangelicals should not have been so enthusiastic in their willingness to help indigent parents transport their children to the Dominican Republic. But not everyone in the truck was part of the orphan project. An American construction specialist was asked to participate in the rebuilding efforts, and he's in prison with the so-called baby thieves as well. And no American family members have been able to contact those in Haiti's prison. And neither the State Dept. nor the Red Cross will help make contact.

Tie up this mess with Pat Robertson's remembrance. Rather than damning Haiti, though, note well the earthquake last night that shook Chicago that rests on our country's largest geological faultline. That New Madrid Fault predictions determine 90% probability to have an earthquake measuring a Richter 6 shock before 2040.

"OUR GREATEST CONCERNS ARE THE 6.0-7.6 SIZED EVENTS, which do have significant probabilities in the near future. A 6.0 shock has a 90% chance by the year 2040. Damaging earthquakes of this magnitude are a virtual certainly within the lifetimes of our children."--St.Charles County Division of Emergency Management/ scchealth.org

54
are there any honest people in DC anymore?

They're the saps that get mugged on the subway while the DC police do nothing about it; in other words, tourists.

55 Posted by: at February 10, 2010 09:36 AM (l9HB0)

If you recall, Paulson and Pelosi and Schumer were out there with others that Thursday night that Paulson claims he got on his knees in front of Pelosi but, you didn't see Bush.  During that whole time you only saw bush once

56

50 I saw a production of the VMs in college (I was invited; it wasn't my idea). Given the "deep" thoughts involved, I can't say as I'm surprised by this new development.

I went with a group from work when I lived in Des Moines.  There was one sketch about "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia that was chilling; probably something that deserved more attention than it got in the US.  The rest was crap.

The production I saw had a bit of info about female genital mutilation. It also had a bit about how the eeeevil U.S. ruined an innocent Iraqi girl's chance of marriage by burning her when we bombing her house (framed as though we dropped the bomb with precisely that purpose).

57 So, a woman whose sole claim to fame is talking out loud to her own vagina deigns to lecture us on climatology?

58
So, a woman whose sole claim to fame is talking out loud to her own vagina deigns to lecture us on climatology?

She's as qualified as the Goreacle or anyone at IPCC.

59

So, a woman whose sole claim to fame is talking out loud to her own vagina deigns to lecture us on climatology?

Sounds like "The View" on ABC.

60 ruined an innocent Iraqi girl's chance of marriage

Ah, I went before the war had started...I guess they're still adding crap.  Did they mention she was 11, the groom was 52, and she had no choice? 

You'd think people who claim to be pro-woman would show an interest in that stuff.  You'd be wrong, but you'd think it.

61

OK research done

Seat of government moved to Washington DC in 1800. George Washington died in 1799.

So much for honesty in Washington.

62

Posted by: maverick muse at February 10, 2010 09:48 AM (+CLh/)




If this had been ACORN or an LGBT group trying to sneak those children out instead, the media and every liberal special interest group would be demanding their release. Being they are Evangelical Christians they were of course trying to sell those poor black children into slavery, the sex trade or the black market for organs.

63
HAhahahahaha:  Press Room Laughter Dies Down.  Even the idiots on the WH press pool can't keep acting the fool this long.

64

Sorry, link.

65 "The tone is one reason for less laughter," says American Urban Radio's April Ryan. "There are lots of serious questions begging for serious answers. Those questions do not meld with laughter and light banter."

yeah, and as we all know, there weren't any serious questions that needed to be asked BEFORE you assholes elected this fraud were there?

66 "Rally Killer? German Report Says 'EMU States Can't Guarantee Other States' Debt' Back to square one. Looks like someone dug through the EMU charter footnotes and has some very bad news for Greece. We will get the report imminently."

67
HAhahahahaha:  Press Room Laughter Dies Down.  Even the idiots on the WH press pool can't keep acting the fool this long.

Posted by: Dang Straights at February 10, 2010 09:57 AM (fx8sm)

The instances of laughter were probably due to Gibbs and the entire Whitehouse acting the fool for laughs.

Now, they realize its not an act.

68 Wow, I bet all the congress peeps and senators are glad they got out of DC.  You can barely see the weather channel guy and its snowing and snowing and snowing.

69 If this had been ACORN or an LGBT group trying to sneak those children out instead, the media and every liberal special interest group would be demanding their release. Being they are Evangelical Christians they were of course trying to sell those poor black children into slavery, the sex trade or the black market for organs.

Posted by: Blazer at February 10, 2010 09:55 AM (t72+4)

Yeah, I've been watching this story and find it repulsive at best, esp. Since my wife and I can't adopt a kid thru "legitamate channels" w/o mortgaging the future of our livelihoods. Sounds like some thug dictator is pissed that he almost lost out on his kick-back. The adoption system in these hell holes is the black market!! Thant is the real story the msm should be focused on. 

 

70 Now that is epic, weather channel guy says "basically everything in Washington DC is shut down today, even starbucks"  Starbucks?  even starbucks?

71 Major Garrett tweets that Axelrod is working from home today.  Maybe he'll come troll us himself, instead of sending pathetic minions...

72
Wow, I bet all the congress peeps and senators are glad they got out of DC.  You can barely see the weather channel guy and its snowing and snowing and snowing.

Posted by: curious at February 10, 2010 10:03 AM (p302b)

I keep waiting for the King and Queen of America to take another multi-million dollar vacation in Hawaii while the rest of D.C. is neck deep in snow.

73 70 Now that is epic, weather channel guy says "basically everything in Washington DC is shut down today, even starbucks"  Starbucks?  even starbucks?
  Wow must be the end times I read about in the bible if Starbucks is closed.

74 "I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?"

Mr. Malor, I've decided that your wit is so singular that I feel that you and I just must have a sit-down chat some day.

75


Now would be a good time to evacuate the good citizenry of D.C. and send the polar bears in.

76 "TARP 2.0: German Parliament Trying To Stop The Greece Bailout""Forget Greece, The Coming Surge Of Right-Wingers Will Pose The Real Threat To The Euro"  (Glen Beck discussing this article now)
"Maastricht Treaty Article 103 (a)"and there are "rumors" that the market is going to close early

77

Phil Harris, Captain of the Cornelia Marie from Deadliest Catch, died last night.

Had a stroke in late January, and it finally took him home.

78 77


Now would be a good time to evacuate the good citizenry of D.C. and send the polar bears in.

Posted by: Blazer at February 10, 2010 10:14 AM (t72+4)

Hell with that, just send in the bears.

79 Beck has something dropped in his twitter account, an audio tape that he will play after one of his way too many commercials and way too little talk.

80

Steve Moore (WSJ) on Fox just now talking about why the BS "Jobs Bill" (PORK-II) will not work.

5K tac credit nobody wants, claiming a capitol gains tax cut when in fact they actually plan on raising it.

Most of all the small buisnesses still say uncertainty is the hangup.

But our RINO Republicans are signing on to it. Republican leaders say they do not intend to hold it up.

We are screwed people.  

81 Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 10, 2010 10:20 AM (erIg9)

"Columbia University students warned about coyotes"

82 80 77


Now would be a good time to evacuate the good citizenry of D.C. and send the polar bears in.

Posted by: Blazer at February 10, 2010 10:14 AM (t72+4)

Hell with that, just send in the bears.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 10, 2010 10:20 AM (erIg9)

And yetis. Don't forget the yetis.

83 Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2010 10:22 AM (QrA9E)

How come people aren't sending them card and letters asking them not to vote this bill in?

84



If government run healthcare does manage to pass, maybe this is what the government doctors will target first.

Scientists Pinpoint Area Of Brain That Fears Losing Money

85

How come people aren't sending them card and letters asking them not to vote this bill in?
I am sure they are but RINOs like Graham pay zero attention to cards and letters.

86

And yetis. Don't forget the yetis.

Yeti vs Michelle "Big Wookie" Obama.  Priceless

Speaking of the wookie turned Obesity Czar does anyone have an accurate guess on her BMI?

87

I see Phil's already been discussed here.  My bad.

On to teh funnay!

'Vagina Monologues' Creator Tells Palin to Look at 'Earthquakes Coochiesnortchers and Tsunamis fonly reminiscing on tales of lesbian statuatory rape' for Global Warming Proof

88 Beck finally started listening to Erin Burnett on CNBC.  Every once in a while she slips something by that she's not supposed to say.  Ratigan too on MSNBC, but he went off the chart with the climate stuff.

89

Speaking of the wookie turned Obesity Czar does anyone have an accurate guess on her BMI?

Posted by: Roadking at February 10, 2010 10:26 AM (AKMbf)

I dont know what her BMI is, but one more Twinkie and her ass will have its own zip code and she'll have to use a tractor tire in place of one of those cute little tummy belts shes so fond of wearing.

90 "Meet The 15 Loan Sharks Who Have America By The Balls"Beck is discussing this now.

91 How come it seems like the White House thinks everything is a threat to our national security (this time obesity?) except what actually is a threat to our national security--the goals of the Islamic religion?

92 Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

93

Oh, and if anyone has made a valid, logical, sensical connection between Climate Change (particularly, Global Warming, specifically, Man-Made Global Warming) and Plate Tectonics, I'd love to read it...

Because the best I can come up with is that all this extra rain & glacier melting is causing excessive erosion at the edges of the plates, increasing their movement and the resulting earthquakes...  Aside from that, I got nothin'.

^{Watch, three years from now, the above statement will be in a report from the IPCC as cited fact, and after four or five layers of tracing to the primary source will bring you back to here.}

94 #82  We are screwed people. 

As I always say...

Στο τέλος, θα υπάρξει μόνο χάος.

95

I just read the ex-candidate Scott Lee Cohen's interview. It strikes me the only issue that would be a dealbreaker for me is the allegation he threatened his ex wife. But we only have the ex wife's word on that and she's a confessed prostitute.

I'd rather he was in office than several of the oh-so-careful, politically-correct hacks on either party.

96 Speaking of the wookie turned Obesity Czar does anyone have an accurate guess on her BMI?


a) BMI is bullshit. It's just the height-weight table from Army volunteers in the 1940s.  There is nothing in that that measures health.
b) People the BMI call "overweight" live longer than people the BMI calls "normal." 

Don't buy into what she wants: people spending time worried about living up to their bullshit measures of "acceptable" instead of working, learning, teaching your kids.

97 Paul Anka alert--page 6 NYPost today "I never pulled a gun on my wife..." uh oh. Get shirts.

98 #95  Oh, and if anyone has made a valid, logical, sensical connection between Climate Change (particularly, Global Warming, specifically, Man-Made Global Warming) and Plate Tectonics, I'd love to read it...

I got one.  When we extract the oil and natural gas from the Earth, the plates are no longer lubricated.  Also, the additional weight of the extra CO2 in the air then pushes down on the ground causing more friction in the ground.  This causes an increase of earthquake size and magnitude. 

/I can has grants now?

99 15.  Russia: $128.1 billion
14.  Depository Institutions: $145.4 billion
13.  Hong Kong: $146.2 billion
12.  Brazil: $157.1 billion
11.  Insurance Companies: $162.2 billion
10.  Caribbean Banking Centers - $179.8 billion
09.  Oil Exporter Nations: $187.7 billion
08.  United Kingdom: $277.5 billion
07.  Pension Funds: $490.2 billion
06.  State and Local Governments: $528.3 billion
05.  Mutual Funds: $694.5 billion
04.  Japan: $757.3 billion
03.  Mainland China: $789.6 billion
02.  Other Investors/Savings Bonds: $1.114 trillion
01.  Federal Reserve and Intragovernmental Holdings: $5.127 trillion and rising*

Beck just had a freak out over this.

100
Don't buy into what she wants: people spending time worried about living up to their bullshit measures of "acceptable" instead of working, learning, teaching your kids.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at February 10, 2010 10:35 AM (mR7mk)

I dont think a woman with an ass the size of a 73' Buick and stomach that would hang down to her knees without a tummy-belt has any business preaching to anyone about being overweight.

101

We have that line trademarked, Mister Malor.  Expect to hear from our lawyers!

102 What's the frequency, Kenneth?

103 That gave me such a laugh, Kratos!

104 DJIA  9,984.50  -74.14  (-0.74%)

How much stock does the Fed have to buy to keep the markets up?  Or is it done with leveraged derivatives of some kind?

105 @100

Simple. 
Climate change causes blizzards (see DC).  Blizzards make Michelle feel all homey and hungry.  Michelle eats.  Michelle's enormous backside tips the edges of the tectonic plates, and presto---earthquakes.

106 The United States won't climb out of its fiscal crisis until the Democratic Party is sent back to the minority where it belongs.

Pelosi and Reid have Obama by the balls.  They show no signs of letting go.

107

BAHAHA the greeks got caught lying about last year's deficit. "Did I say 12% of GDP? I meant to say 16%."

108 Don't say we didn't warn you.

109

"I got one.  When we extract the oil and natural gas from the Earth, the plates are no longer lubricated.  Also, the additional weight of the extra CO2 in the air then pushes down on the ground causing more friction in the ground.  This causes an increase of earthquake size and magnitude."

But wouldn't this make them less frequent?  I mean, really, at that point, why couldn't someone just go along all the seams with some of those huge screws they use to re-level foundations and just lock everything down?

Clearly, someone needs to think of the children before all the land gets swallowed up into the firey abyss of our planet's belly!

110
This is an easy one. The extra snow cover pushes down on the crust adding pressure to the tectonic plates which causes heat. Also the bitter cold temperatures causes the earth to contract and spin faster which in turn drives more magma to the surface causing the earth to heat up.

How much of a grant should I ask for? 20 or 30 million?

Ahhh hell, make it 50.

111

I just read the ex-candidate Scott Lee Cohen's interview. It strikes me the only issue that would be a dealbreaker for me is the allegation he threatened his ex wife. But we only have the ex wife's word on that and she's a confessed prostitute.

I'd rather he was in office than several of the oh-so-careful, politically-correct hacks on either party.

Posted by: Zimriel at February 10, 2010 10:35 AM (9Sbz+)

His ex-wife, who he bragged about cheating on, giving her STDs and tried to rape, isn't the prostitute. His ex-girlfriend the "message therapist" was arrested for prostitution and  he allegedly attacked her and put a knife to her throat. But it was only because he had roid rage and he's all better now. I still wish he stayed in the race.

112 #15

Yes, it's safe. It's so safe you wouldn't believe it.

Why do you ask?

113 Kratos--chaos...so true.. Μ 'αρέσει αυτό

114 How much stock does the Fed have to buy to keep the markets up?  Or is it done with leveraged derivatives of some kind?

Traders always say the one thing they contribute to the market is "liquidity".  Well, they really aren't trading at the rates they were trading since Uncle Sam is now a cock sucking investor playing at the same table with powers to depreciate the value of every other players' chips.

We need a Congress that says "Hell No" to Obama's regulatory machinations.  We need a Congress that writes a regulatory structure that won't kill the US economy.

I hope the President fires his Chicago team quickly.  I'd keep Rahm, but I'd drop Gibbs, Jarrett, and Axelrod like a bad habit.

115 83 Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 10, 2010 10:20 AM (erIg9)

"Columbia University students warned about coyotes"

Posted by: curious at February 10, 2010 10:22 AM (p302b)

We have lots of doggies around my place here. There are three dens I know of, and at least two 20+ dog packs running around.

116

TheQuietMan, "he bragged about cheating on [His ex-wife], giving her STDs and tried to rape"

Yeah, that wasn't in the interview. Must have slipped his mind.

Forget all that shit I just said. Cohen's a disaster.

117 Zimriel: Do you have a link to those corrected GDP numbers for Greece?

118

"This is an easy one. The extra snow cover pushes down on the crust adding pressure to the tectonic plates which causes heat. Also the bitter cold temperatures causes the earth to contract and spin faster which in turn drives more magma to the surface causing the earth to heat up."

Like, wow, man....that's good....

Wowwwwwwwwww...

119 Posted by: katemaclaren at February 10, 2010 10:36 AM (HqGZw)

I never get violent with the wife.  Except when I see loose shit and she makes a fuckin maniac outta me. 

120 Forget all that shit I just said. Cohen's a disaster.

As a Republican, I disagree.  As an opponent of the know nothing, do nothing, useless Lt. Governor's office, Cohen was the perfect candidate to close the office once and for all.  The side effect was killing the Democratic ticket, but that's almost always a good thing.

121 OT, but surely of interest to all AoSHQ morons:

Palin Steele has surfaced at Hot Air.  He's commenting.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Unfortunately, he's still using last year's script, about how "Obama commands me with his inspirational speeches", or some such tripe.

Brings a whole new meaning to "stuck on stupid".

122

wtfci, it comes from Nielsen at Goldman Sachs, and I read it at ZeroHedge.

Link on name

123 Symptoms:
Anthropogenic Plate Tectonics.
Cargo Cult Science.
The Mescaline Left.
Cure:
The Tenth Amendment
The Second Amendment
The Tenth preserves self-government for the sane.
The Second defends the security of a free state against the insane-acting, the psychedelic, and their useful idiots.
N.B. Paranoia is on the symptom side.

124 OT, but surely of interest to all AoSHQ morons:

Palin Steele has surfaced at Hot Air.  He's commenting.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Unfortunately, he's still using last year's script, about how "Obama commands me with his inspirational speeches", or some such tripe.

Brings a whole new meaning to "stuck on stupid".

Posted by: tsj017 at February 10, 2010 10:50 AM (4YUWF)

He's been over there for a good while now. Ever since he got banned here he's been gracing Allah with his superior intellect. Unfortunately Allah won't allow the kind of smackdowns over there that we were so fond of giving him here.

125 tsj017 123, I saw that. Alas, they won't permit /b/tard to drop in there and sing The Dum-Dum Song after every palin-stoole. Their loss.

126 That's because Allah's a pussy.

127 Paul, sir, Mr. Anka, I know that. I see INTEGRITY here. F-----n' integrity...

128 Posted by: tsj017 at February 10, 2010 10:50 AM (4YUWF)

DumDum has been posting over there for a while.  Just the other day he claimed that Palin used a teleprompter in her Tea Party speech.  When everybody called bullshit, he demanded that they prove she didn't.  He has to be the stupidest fuck I've ever seen in the internets.

129 So now it looks like Cantor is going to take the Won up on the offer of the televised debate.

http://bit.ly/cFaMyW

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck!

Are they really that stupid? Do I even have to ask?

"Oh noez! We can't be seen opposing Obama. We'll never get good press if we do! We have to go or they'll call us names!"

If I scooped his brains out and replaced it with cat shit, I'd increase his IQ 10 points.

130

After being shanghai'd into helping with the production  of "Quilters" in college I knew well enough to run for the hills when I was asked to help with helping with/promo of VM here at the local university, and to above all else graciously decline an invitation to go see it("Quilters" was sort of a folksy precursor to the VM, ran about the same time the installation piece "The Dinner Party" by Judy Chicago was all the rage to talk about at some of the colleges and worked off some of the same ideas -- actually, it wasn't too bad in spots and made a bit more sense than women talking about/to their girly parts).

At the very least you could give Quilters and The Dinner Party credit for some sort of creativity (although it was primarily feminist hogwash, at the very least it wasn't horridly blatant in the "slam the mens" department and provided a more comprehensive view of women, and at least it was a teeny tiny bit original).  The VM however can not be given the same pass.

131 Blazer commented 'bout Palin Steele .."Unfortunately Allah won't allow the kind of smackdowns over there that we were so fond of giving him here." Well, nothing is stopping anyone from giving him the smack down there...heh? But will anyone do it?

132
#130 fuckin sock

133
That's because Allah's a pussy.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner. at February 10, 2010 10:54 AM (erIg9)

He gives the libtard trolls over there more free reign of the place than he does most of the long time commenters.

134
Well, nothing is stopping anyone from giving him the smack down there...heh? But will anyone do it?

Posted by: katemaclaren at February 10, 2010 10:57 AM (HqGZw)

The kind of smackdown I would give him over there which would hardly cause anyone to bat an eye over here would have Allah clutching his pearls.

135

93 How come it seems like the White House thinks everything is a threat to our national security (this time obesity?) Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 10, 2010 10:30 AM (RZ8pf)

Sweetness & Light has the skinny on that. It has to do with the SEIU:

It is a pet issue of the SEIU, the people who put her and her husband in the White House. And, of course, it is all part and parcel of the SEIU’s push for more money for their thug members through ‘healthcare reform.’

Any surprises there?

136 He's taking plenty of abuse and scorn from the HA commenters--although certainly not of the same caliber that he got here.

Life is cheap at AoSHQ.

:spits:

137

Blazer: He gives the libtard trolls over there more free reign of the place than he does most of the long time commenters. 

That's the very definition of a consistent, moderate, and respectable worldview.

And when I get back to Little Green Dingleberries, I'll be sure to tell him all about the complaints from you wingnuts. Expect the bannings to resume shortly.

p.s. [list of random racial slurs here]

138 Blazer says "Allah clutching his pearls" (PEARLS???) ha!

139 How come it seems like the White House thinks everything is a threat to our national security (this time obesity?) Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 10, 2010 10:30 AM (RZ8pf) EXCEPT...rabid muslimaniacs.

140 Well, gentlemen, ladies--I have to do my Rosie the Riveter thingy--Snowmagilla has hit and I'll never get outta here if I don't at least scrape off the top seven inches of global warming--a bit like a ...well, bris, in this case, size matters. We had almost 30 inches Fri/Sat and now...we're in it. Adieu for now.

141 Speaking of the Vagina Monologues, which reminds me of dear old p.steele...I kinda miss the smackdowns he recieved here...and the comic books as metaphor for life lectures, and the tonsil stealin' docs, mustn't forget those.  It got pretty annoying, but in small doses it was kinda fun, cathartic even.

142

The Greeks are now attacking Goldman Sachs for airing out their big fat deficit.

I'm making popcorn.

143 ...leaving with a compliment: Ace's place is so wicked witty--it's addictive. The sort of Seinfeld of blogs.

144 The correct name is: "Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie." http://zapatopi.net/afdb/ Get yours, now!

145 Is it right to filibuster a presidential appointee, as in the case of Craig Becker, short of a showing of criminality or turpitude?

I believe in the Unitary Executive.  It seems to me that whoever is appointed does the will of the president. 

Discuss.

146

I was just thinking this morning how lucky we are that Hillary did not get the Dem nomination.  Is there any doubt that they would have gotten HCR and Cap&Tax through already? 

 

147

How come it seems like the White House thinks everything is a threat to our national security

This is the result of the new method of propaganda; the focus group.  National Security has replaced the "do it for the children" meme.

148

Is it right to filibuster a presidential appointee, as in the case of Craig Becker, short of a showing of criminality or turpitude?

I believe in the Unitary Executive.  It seems to me that whoever is appointed does the will of the president. 

I do believe in Senate advise and consent since it is in the Constitution. I didn't agree with them filibustering Bush's appointments and I don't believe in them filibustering Bama's appointment.

That being said, the Rs rarely do this. This incident was the reflectin of a real union idealog who would not be an impartiual labor middleman for the government.

I would propose that once the R's fillibuster as many of his appointments that the Dems did, then they can quit and go back to the regular vote. (As long as the Dems agree they will not filibuster R appointments in the future.)

149

Asian-American Activists Upset Over Yellow Train Line:

http://tinyurl.com/ygj4sps

 

150 (As long as the Dems agree they will not filibuster R appointments in the future.)

Posted by: Vic at February 10, 2010 11:30 AM (QrA9E)

haha

151 From the Seattle Times, very disturbing video of a 15 year old girl being beaten (kicked in the head to the point of unconsciousness) at a bus tunnel by several other people right in front of unarmed transit security (who did very little to stop it).  Why is the City of Seattle even paying these people?  What is their functin if they are doing absolutely nothing to promote public transportation safety.   Here's the link:  

tinyurl.com/ya2hapo

152

Toby 148 Is it right to filibuster a presidential appointee, as in the case of Craig Becker, short of a showing of criminality or turpitude? I believe in the Unitary Executive.  It seems to me that whoever is appointed does the will of the president.

I believe in whatever system best follows predefined rules. If the Executive has no loyalty to those rules - in our case, Obama to the Constitution - then every other branch in the government has the duty to trammel the Executive to the fullest legal extent.

"Unitary Executive" means tyranny, a ruler with no rules.

153

Asian-American Activists Upset Over Yellow Train Line:

 

For the first time, in my adult life, I am ashamed of my fellow yellow.  Yeesh!  It seems to me that the Asians who suffered the worst indignities and discrimination, (ie. my parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts who were interned during WWII) bear no ill will towards our government.  There was a saying that they said at the time, can't remember what it was in Japanese, but in English, it was "It can't be helped."  People suffered true loss and were fricking imprisoned, but they came of camp, stronger, determined to succeed.  This current generation of spoiled, economically advantaged, entitled brats have stooped to grievance mongering and playing the "victim" card.  It truly is shameful. 

154 137

93 How come it seems like the White House thinks everything is a threat to our national security (this time obesity?) Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at February 10, 2010 10:30 AM (RZ8pf)

Sweetness & Light has the skinny on that. It has to do with the SEIU:

It is a pet issue of the SEIU, the people who put her and her husband in the White House. And, of course, it is all part and parcel of the SEIU’s push for more money for their thug members through ‘healthcare reform.’
Any surprises there?   Funny, but if SEIU is promoting this stupid child obesity campaign, that would be an huge irony.  The majority of nurses at my hospital that are SEIU members are big fatties themselves.  Maybe they want to save children from turning out like them.

155 152

Asian-American Activists Upset Over Yellow Train Line:

http://tinyurl.com/ygj4sps

 

Posted by: katya at February 10, 2010 11:33 AM (fCtKg)

it's a fucking color.

156 "Unitary Executive" means tyranny, a ruler with no rules.

Actually, it doesn't.  It means that all executive officers derive their authority from the President.  They have no independent authority.  They are merely his hands, and have no power, on their own, that the President does not have under the Constitution.

So, if executive officers merely implement the policy of the President, why does it matter who they are?

157 In case no one's mentioned it yet, Deadliest Catch's Captain Phil Harris has died.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35324568/

158

Well, the mofo Democrats controlling my state voted yesterday to over-rule a voter approved initiative (I-960) that had survived 4 earlier lawsuits.  The initiative required our state legislators to have a 2/3 majority before they could increase our taxes.  It also imposed rules of disclosure/transparency before any spending could be implemented.  It has saved us billions of dollars in taxes for the last several years.  In what was an absolute spectacle of Democrat Kabuki theatre (replete with the requisite props of "Grandma" and children as well as tearful idiocy invoking "how can I face my Lord if I don't take care of the least of these"?)  The Republicans stood firm and were very bold in their statements against, but alas, just like the other Washington, WA state is completely controlled by the Dems.  Here's a link to an article.  I only wish I could find the video that played on the news last night.  It was shamelessly unbelievable (like the Dems knew that they were on some soap opera on tv, complete with poor acting and over-emoting). 

http://tinyurl.com/ykwe36d

159

toby: it matters because of the reasons we see before us.

A President serves for four years and Senators for six. Also the Senators typically have a greater relationship to their own constituents than does the President. And then there's the culture of the Senate as the higher deliberative body. All this means the Senate is both risk-averse AND lags behind the President.

Suppose the electorate screws up and hires an Obama. Historically the only time impeachment was a credible threat has been the case of Nixon. Johnson & Clinton got further along the process, but they both gambled that the votes wouldn't be there and they both won. So impeachment hardly ever works in practice. The votes are simply not there.

That leaves Plan B, and Plan B is to weaken the rogue President until he is out the door.

160 B+

161 That leaves Plan B, and Plan B is to weaken the rogue President until he is out the door.

Meh, I think that the idea of acting unconstitutionally to save the Constitution should rarely be invoked.  Lincoln had a decent argument for it when dealing with an insurrectionist succession but that's the only argument for it that I can agree with.

162 Besides which, the next guy Obama nominates will be just as biased in favor of Organized Labor as this guy was.  I hate the idea of filibustering simply because we think that this appointee will be effective at implementing the President's policies.

163 The article purported to be from CBS is actually from a blog that CBS happens to host. It's not from the network.

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