March 18, 2010
— Gabriel Malor Good morning. This space is for commentary on the Top Headlines in the sidebar at the right.
Also, updated whip count will be out this evening, but early-morning news out of Massachusetts is that Steven Lynch was on Jim and Margery on WTKK 96.9 saying he's a "no" and that's "not likely to change." This is another unexpected turn, as nobody (including me) had him as a potential flip from "yes" to "no."
Other news out of Massachusetts show "yes" votes Dina Titus, Michael Capuano, and John Tierney all saying that they are now undecided. Once again, I had all three as "Definite Yes" votes for Pelosi based on their prior statements.
Thanks to David, Josh, and enoxo.
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Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2010 05:28 AM (OlN4e)
Keep up the whip counts, Gabe. They let us sound a little less moronic, if that's possible.
How about Bret Baier ripping The Vapid One© a new one? That was a great interview. Talk about having a battle of wits with an unarmed man, that was it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 18, 2010 05:30 AM (i3AsK)
Posted by: eman at March 18, 2010 05:30 AM (xJwcz)
Hear about the earthquake in Hawaii? No? Barak knew about it. It was a secret.
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2010 05:31 AM (R+tWR)
Posted by: eman at March 18, 2010 05:32 AM (xJwcz)
...buying time... Dems are waiting to twist that trillion dollar CBO score. Us lucky bastards helplessly wait for the IRS to take over our health care!
Auntie nancy McBotox has all sorts of bribes in her goodie bag of trix.
btw- suddenly Obama doesn't care about process. Even though he used to be a senator, and a constitutional law lecturer?
mmmkay.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 18, 2010 05:32 AM (0fzsA)
So if you are un-employed in Georgia, they want to make you pass a drug test in order to keep getting money from the government...and if you fail, lose such benefits.
Anyone want to bet about the increase in crime rates if that passes?
Posted by: HH at March 18, 2010 05:32 AM (GkYyh)
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2010 05:32 AM (SfI6Q)
Posted by: gomm at March 18, 2010 05:32 AM (Ibk1S)
Chucky Johnson never misses a chance to demonstrate what a towering ignorant jackass he is. And his syncopathic ass crack lickers follow lockstep like brain dead Lemmings.....
/check idiotic comment #1
Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2010 05:33 AM (OlN4e)
EdMorrissey Hundreds of bunker-buster bombs headed to Diego Garcia? #tcot http://is.gd/aNiYp Final destination: Iran? Er, maybe
Posted by: Hobo at March 18, 2010 05:34 AM (V8B//)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2010 05:35 AM (ucxC/)
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2010 05:36 AM (SfI6Q)
Professor Barry - B.S., PHD (You know what the BS stands for, the rest means "piled higher and deeper") was obviously thinking of our 57th state, Haiti, when he made those comments.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at March 18, 2010 05:37 AM (b68Df)
I don't have a TV at home, so I have the radio on a lot.
Jerry Doyle has a great talk show, in the Wilmington DE market - 1150 AM. 10 p.m.
He used to be Republican, now calls himself an Independent Conservative, and his commentary is spot on. Last night he had on Rep. Boehner. Boehner is not all that optimistic that Pelousy has the votes. When Doyle pressed him on a timeline, of how much longer we concerned citizens have to apply the pressure, he said 3 - 4 days.
Then later in the night I heard George Noury and Alex Jones discussing this Health non-Care non-Reform debacle. Both of them were fired up, and agitating against it. Say what you will about Jones, he has a dedicated following and he has advised them to call their legislators.
My point in all this is that an unlikely coalition of opposition has formed, and it is formidable.
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2010 05:37 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2010 05:38 AM (R+tWR)
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at March 18, 2010 05:39 AM (MFQJZ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2010 05:39 AM (ucxC/)
Posted by: eman at March 18, 2010 05:39 AM (xJwcz)
Cops probe bizarre sexual assault in South Side
[ . . . ]
The latest incident was reported by the 16-year-old victim on Friday, police said.
The girl told police she was outside her residence last Thursday when a red minivan pulled up and the driver, who identified himself as "Tony" and said he was from Allentown, invited her to get into the vehicle.
They drove to the parking lot of Gerrity's on Meadow Avenue, where they went into the rear of the van and the man told her to sign his penis with an ink pen, which the girl did, police said. The man then returned the girl to her home.
Posted by: Tinian at March 18, 2010 05:40 AM (7+pP9)
Everyday this goes on, the more I smell blood. The more pressure that DOESN'T go away, the more chicken shit these guys will become.
Get to the Easter break and this bastard is a Zombie.
Get "The One" back to his homeland, and the press moves on to the trip. If he doesn't go, he looks weak and if he does go he looks weak.
Win Win.
Karl you magnificent bastard!
Posted by: Kemp at March 18, 2010 05:40 AM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2010 05:40 AM (SfI6Q)
Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2010 05:41 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Vet_Missing_Parts at March 18, 2010 05:41 AM (MCHyX)
Posted by: steevy at March 18, 2010 05:41 AM (SfI6Q)
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 05:42 AM (p302b)
Posted by: maddogg at March 18, 2010 05:43 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Blue Hen at March 18, 2010 05:44 AM (R2fpr)
This is the nut job that hasn't heard a conspiracy theory he doesn't like right?
Posted by: Barbarian at March 18, 2010 05:44 AM (EL+OC)
He used to be Republican, now calls himself an Independent Conservative, and his commentary is spot on
I haven't listened to him since he was on that space station.
My eyes popped open rather wide this morning after seeing that Maet linked to a very small organization that employs someone I know. Weird.
Posted by: Mama AJ at March 18, 2010 05:44 AM (Be4xl)
KOS freaks got Stupaks number.
There's an endless supply of hate from the proggie bad-faith Obama worshipers.
Funny tho, KOS hero Howard Dean used to be against the health bill.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 18, 2010 05:45 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Lisping Barry listening to Kaplah at March 18, 2010 05:45 AM (/3j+Q)
Posted by: eman at March 18, 2010 05:45 AM (xJwcz)
EdMorrissey Hundreds of bunker-buster bombs headed to Diego Garcia? #tcot http://is.gd/aNiYp Final destination: Iran? Er, maybe
Posted by: Hobo at March 18, 2010 09:34 AM (V8B//)"
This has been around for maybe three days. I believe someone on one of the threads here said it was just a normal replenishment of supplies and that they weren't bunker busters but some other stuff. The person really seemed to know what they were talking about. I believe it was one of the regular posters saying this.
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 05:45 AM (p302b)
My kindergartener knows where the earthquakes hit. He also knows there was no tsunami because he was worrying about goblinsharks being unleashed.
Barak has gone over.
As POTUS he would be briefed on an earthquake in the US multiple times per day, would probably go there, would send sympathies etc. How stupid is this guy?
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2010 05:46 AM (R+tWR)
My kindergartener knows where the earthquakes hit. He also knows there was no tsunami because he was worrying about goblinsharks being unleashed.
Barak has gone over.
As POTUS he would be briefed on an earthquake in the US multiple times per day, would probably go there, would send sympathies etc. How stupid is this guy?
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2010 05:46 AM (R+tWR)
Posted by: 57 States at March 18, 2010 05:46 AM (kbH+o)
He get's secret shit, like man, this guy is so fucking smart that he was talking about the earthquake that the CIA has scheduled for Hawaii this fall.
Dude is on top of his shit!
I wish he mentioned steel doesn't burn though.
Posted by: Rosie at March 18, 2010 05:46 AM (2+9Yx)
Sorry for the above double post. I was channeling ace.
From NRO
Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says the CBO has scored the latest version of the Democrats' health-care bill, reporting its cost at $940 billion over the first ten years.
Based on funding formulas similar to those provided by Democrats on earlier versions of the bill — presumably complete with frontloaded taxation, Medicare double-counting and the like — the CBO says the bill will cut deficits by $130 billion in that time.
Posted by: dagny at March 18, 2010 05:48 AM (R+tWR)
gomm, just wait 5 minutes. The thread has a tendency to de-evolve on its own.
As you may have already noticed.
Try as Gabe may, herding cats is pretty much impossible.
Posted by: HH at March 18, 2010 05:49 AM (GkYyh)
In last night's thread I linked to USGS for Hawaii and the largest earthquakes in the last two weeks....I believe the largest was 4+ which is nothing for them, they are used to those.
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 05:49 AM (p302b)
Trey Grayson is running against spampaul in the republican primary for KY senate. (link) My suggestion to site moronistrators is to give him some traffic out of spite if they keep it up.
Posted by: Cincinnatus at March 18, 2010 05:50 AM (euuyg)
Posted by: Tinian at March 18, 2010 09:40 AM
..it'd be impressive if her name were something like Bernadette Elizabethann Meisterbergersen-Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff
Posted by: beedubya at March 18, 2010 05:52 AM (AnTyA)
Posted by: PaleRider at March 18, 2010 05:52 AM (CLMXo)
"During an in-house training exercise in which staff were asked to respond to a massive rail accident, a staff member had accidentally posted details of the pretend scenario on the official website"
This came out the other day and it took them long enough to explain it.
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 05:53 AM (p302b)
Re sidebar story: Georgia legislator seeks drug tests for unemployment recipients.
That story references the following:
HB 1389, sponsored by Rep. Michael Harden, would require that the cost of the drug test be paid by the recipient or deducted from his or her benefits. Failing the drug test could result in a loss of benefits.
The law was most likely OK right up until it got to the point where the unemployed will have to pay for the tests (which are expensive). I suspect that the courts would hold that to be punishment w/o due process. It will be hard enough to get the testing past them without adding that to the mix.
I'll be out for a while this morning Morons, back later.,
Posted by: Vic at March 18, 2010 05:54 AM (QrA9E)
They drove to the parking lot of Gerrity's on Meadow Avenue, where they went into the rear of the van and the man told her to sign his penis with an ink pen, which the girl did, police said. The man then returned the girl to her home.
...Arlen Specter's whereabouts unaccounted for...
Posted by: Winston Smith, Consumer of Skittles at March 18, 2010 05:54 AM (BFqyO)
Only 940 billion! It's practically free! the good news is that our taxes will go way up to pay for it.
and Medicare will be cut.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 18, 2010 05:55 AM (0fzsA)
well this is the day....my uber lib, still has his BO sticker on the car friend, just joked "ah, but what kind of accounting are they employing". Guess that means he doesn't believe the number and he's an accountant.
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 05:57 AM (p302b)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2010 05:57 AM (ucxC/)
Posted by: Downfall Parody Hitler at March 18, 2010 05:58 AM (H6lGz)
For months doctors haven't been accepting new patients, medicare or otherwise. found this out when a friend of our tried to get a doctor's appointment in a big city as a new arrival.
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 05:59 AM (p302b)
So if you are un-employed in Georgia, they want to make you pass a drug test in order to keep getting money from the government...and if you fail, lose such benefits.
As far as conspiracy theories go, does it seem that the govt. is coming up with lots of ways to get hold of everyone's DNA?
Posted by: katya at March 18, 2010 06:00 AM (m0k1V)
I propose that while he's gone to Indonesia, the country that doesn't seem to want him, that we pick up the USA and move her a few hundred miles. He'll never find his way back.
Posted by: Twinks at March 18, 2010 06:00 AM (wRPBa)
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 06:03 AM (p302b)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2010 06:03 AM (ucxC/)
Phoenixgirl. I saw that. The federal Government has it all figured out. We can tax ourselves rich and go into unfathomable dept and create jobs by printing money.
We can borrow from future generations and say that crazy 940 billion dollar tax-payer funded government mandated disaster "reform" is a savings!
My head hurts.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at March 18, 2010 06:03 AM (0fzsA)
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden asked for God's blessing for the late mother of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen during a White House celebration of St. Patrick's Day — except the elderly lady is very much alive.
Posted by: Twinks at March 18, 2010 06:04 AM (wRPBa)
65
Initial unemployment claims: 457,000
Happy days are here again!
I'm betting that was unexpected.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at March 18, 2010 06:04 AM (RkRxq)
He also misspelled Syracuse while he was filling out his brackets on ESPN and the reporter guy had to correct him.
Posted by: Mal at March 18, 2010 06:05 AM (Z+qzA)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 18, 2010 06:08 AM (ucxC/)
I posted the link to the entire thing at media ite, it was really really funny....
he said a lot of fascinating things that actually made them gasp...
I love the comment about BO hosting the St. Pat's party and him being there with the media......he said "he's with my base, and I"m with his".....they gasped....(after all it is the radio and television dinner....lol)
Posted by: curious at March 18, 2010 06:08 AM (p302b)
From #66's link...
Concerns about a hung Parliament in Britain appear overblown given the broad political consensus on the need for austerity.
Hmmm, hanging the Parliament. Drastic, I admit, but I woutd think that the threat alone should focus their minds.
/sarc.
Posted by: HH at March 18, 2010 06:09 AM (GkYyh)
One caucus member told POLITICO that Obama won him over by “essentially [saying] that the fate of his presidency” hinged on this week’s health reform vote in the House.
Everything is about him.
Posted by: Mal at March 18, 2010 06:13 AM (Z+qzA)
“Those operations are seriously disrupting al-Qaeda, It’s pretty clear from all the intelligence we are getting that they are having a very difficult time putting together any kind of command and control, that they are scrambling. And that we really do have them on the run.”
–Leon Panetta, Thursday, March 17, 2010
Just Imagine...
J. Edgar Hoover saying:
"Well, we haven't actually CAUGHT Bonnie and Clyde... But, we have them on the run, so they can't rob any more banks."
The time to crow is, when you show us their bullet-riddled corpses.
Posted by: franksalterego at March 18, 2010 06:14 AM (+6fgE)
Meanwhile, the dazzling pivot to focus laser-like on jobs continues.....
or not.
I have a mini rant every time he goes on a speech tour about jobs. What, does he think he can inspire and bully jobs out of thin air? Geez, this dude is thick.
Posted by: katya at March 18, 2010 06:15 AM (m0k1V)
Posted by: Mal at March 18, 2010 06:19 AM (Z+qzA)
I have a mini rant every time he goes on a speech tour about jobs. What, does he think he can inspire and bully jobs out of thin air? Geez, this dude is thick.
Posted by: katyaPersonally, I believe him to be quite shallow.
Posted by: sTevo at March 18, 2010 06:20 AM (+8ZRj)
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I like that pic. Yesterday I noticed that my pansies planted last fall have bloomed, they survived Philly's Snowzilla, and were a welcome sight after the crazy winter. Hope springs eternal.
(how do you get the text link, do you tag it with <a href = ?)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2010 06:44 AM (+FkcS)
Posted by: kurtilator at March 18, 2010 06:44 AM (juh4Z)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at March 18, 2010 06:49 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: Lt.Kilgore at March 18, 2010 06:51 AM (4QCvv)
Thought the "Cornhusker Kickback" & the "Lousiana Purchase" were bad...get a load of this..."The second health bill contains billions in stimulus funding for 16 states & DC"
http://tinyurl.com/yh4u75b
Posted by: william at March 18, 2010 07:06 AM (SwPvC)
Posted by: eman at March 18, 2010 09:39 AM (xJwcz)
Sort of like a Gallager show?
Posted by: todler at March 18, 2010 07:32 AM (fPOY0)
Posted by: FUBAR at March 18, 2010 07:53 AM (1fanL)
I like that pic. Yesterday I noticed that my pansies planted last fall have bloomed, they survived Philly's Snowzilla, and were a welcome sight after the crazy winter. Hope springs eternal.
(how do you get the text link, do you tag it with <a href = ?)
Posted by: kallisto at March 18, 2010 10:44 AM (+FkcS)
http://minx.cc/?post=299506 is the text link. It is from my wife's blog http://ajournalofdays.blogspot.com/
Posted by: sTevo at March 18, 2010 07:54 AM (+8ZRj)
http://tinyurl.com/ybortuh
probably a customer who grabbed the phone (it's not hard)
Posted by: fartbubble at March 18, 2010 07:55 AM (gAmQ1)
73 He also misspelled Syracuse while he was filling out his brackets on ESPN and the reporter guy had to correct him.
During the 2008 campaign, Obama was in Pennsylvania, home of Penn State and their mascot the NITT-KNEE Lions (for you morons it's spelled Nittany Lions). Of course he pronounced it the NI-TANN-EEE Lions, and nobody corrected him.
Okay, fine, it's a small point. BUT, for somebody who claims to have a law degree from Harvard, who claims to have an undergrad degree from Columbia, how could he get through seven years of college in the east and not ever hear a word about Penn State and their mascot?
He's such a big fan of college basketball, but doesn't know about one of the teams in the Big 10 conference, the same conference as U of Illinois, his home state? Every time he opens his mouth without a teleprompter he betrays his ignorance.
Posted by: Boots at March 18, 2010 07:58 AM (06JTY)
New Rules for a Great Credit Score
1. Have LOTS of Credit Cards.
2. Max a couple of them out.
3. Don't Ask for a Lower APR.
4. Don't pay off a closed card.
5. Mix business and personal expenses.
Hey kids, can you say debt slavery? I know you can...
Posted by: shibumi at March 18, 2010 08:00 AM (OKZrE)
Google "Tiger Woods text messages". Some new ones are out from Joslyn James and they are rough....
Grim
Posted by: Grim at March 18, 2010 08:26 AM (gyNYk)
Wait nevermind, they're too stupid to vote.
Posted by: rockhead at March 18, 2010 08:41 AM (RykTt)
Gee that "first home made" Chineese helicopter looks Exactly Like Every Other Helicopter Made In The World.
I'm sure that's just a coincidence, and that their engineers started with a blank piece of paper for their home made helicopter.
Posted by: Terry at March 18, 2010 09:43 AM (nyxv/)
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