1 You ever wake up one Friday and realize you've been on a drunken bender for two years?

Yeah.  Me neither.

2

You ever wake up one Friday and realize your a mealy-mouthed, liberal cocksucker?

Yeah, me neither.

3 Yes, the Friday before Memorial Day weekend.  Glorious.

Anyway, from the "in the end, there will be only chaos" news-file:

Hizbullah missile base in Syria

 Satellite photos show that Hizbullah terrorists have been living in armed bases stocked with surface-to-surface missiles in Syria, The Times of London reported Friday. The photos show the Hizbullah members moving freely at a base in the Syrian city of Adra, near Damascus.

Not surprising , but I really think Syria's up to no good.  The Syrians helped some of Saddam's thugs escape and they have been a general PITA in the ME for the past 20 years, but they've really ramping it up these days.  Not to mention all the Nork assistance they've been getting with their weapons programs.

4 Ms. Noonan? Good morning, Ma'am. Your clue has arrived. Shall I bring it to the frontal lobe?

5 Gotta give credit where credit is due. Peggy apparently has the learning curve of a paramecium.

6 Gary Coleman Reportedly on Life Support, In Coma

7 Not surprising , but I really think Syria's up to no good.  The Syrians helped some of Saddam's thugs escape and they have been a general PITA in the ME for the past 20 years, but they've really ramping it up these days.  Not to mention all the Nork assistance they've been getting with their weapons programs.

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 28, 2010 10:03 AM (9hSKh)

Next time the shit hits the fan, I hope Israel takes out Assad once and for all.

8 Art Linkletter vids on youtube will bring some happiness. What a goldmine; those kids.

9 6 Sheesh, that's awful. What a rough life that guy has had.

10 I invented Fridays.

11 chickens in the north pole?

12 That's too bad about Gary Coleman. I watched Diff'rent Strokes and....what else was he on? I keep thinking Love Boat, but that's not right... Anyway, I'd occasionally see him on a talk show or something, but he never really "came back" as far as I know. The health things, the violence (didn't know about that), it's all a shame. The guy was America's favorite tyke for a few years there.

13

Haley's got some 'splainin' to do. 600 calls?

14 Syria is one of a very long list of nation-states who will, in the absence of someone more powerful to pull their leash, fill whatever power vacuum they see as advancing their interests.

Tom Friedman used to write about stuff like this before he decided that self-serving nepotistic oligarchy was the only proper form of government.

15 Yeah...and you know, he couldn't have been worse at being governor of California than the other Arnold.

16

6 Whatch you talkin bout' Heather!

 

 

17 Al Gore - I see Mammoth Mountain's open for spring skiing through JULY FOURTH!  Thanks for buying a house in SoCal.

18 #7 Next time the shit hits the fan, I hope Israel takes out Assad once and for all.

Agreed.  Here's a good piece by Michael Totten on what Israel should do if attacked again. His conclusion:

Israel has a perfect record against standing state armies in the Middle East foolish enough to pick fights they canÂ’t win. So why agree to fight some of the very same states asymmetrically in wars with ambiguous endings?

The Israelis should consider returning to what they do best, if and when they have to fight again. If they want to beat their enemies rather than fight to bloody and destructive standstills, theyÂ’ll wage the kind of war theyÂ’re good at and shatter one or both of the governments that field third-party proxies against them.

19 Yahoo "news" is running this "story" from Slime Magazine

If it's true that the White House offered Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak a job to try to clear the Democratic Senate Primary for incumbent Arlen Specter, that's disturbing.

But not because anyone is participating in the cover up of a possible crime." This doesn't sound like a "potentially devastating accusation of political corruption," much less an "impeachable offense," no matter what nonsense Michael Steele or Sean Hannity are peddling. Republicans may be calling for a special prosecutor, and even Democratic Senator Dick Durbin wants to know what happened. But it's called politics, and it's not uncommon. News flash: Sometimes the politics of political appointments and political races can get political.

So according to Michael Grunwald STFU it's just politics.

20 Oh, not only is it Friday, I am off FOR 6 WEEKS!!!! Whoo hooooo!!!

21 So according to Michael Grunwald STFU it's just politics. Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2010 10:15 AM (NjjNP) So someone should ask Grunwald, why is Blago being charged with a crime?

22 Watched the NJ Teacher get SMACKED DOWN By the "Guv"

Man, I could kiss that dude.

Yeah yeah   Shet ep

23 What do you expect, QuietMan?  I work for Time Magazine. 

I am a hack. 

24

I just read they are naming the Mosque at Ground Zero  the CORDOBA mosque.

Dear lord does no one see the historical significance? Just me?

What a terrible f'ing idea this is. I hope that it is stopped.

25 20

(in before anyone else)

FAIL

Posted by: polynikes - at May 28, 2010 10:13 AM (m2CN7)

ya gotta be pretty quick to beat me to the low hanging fruit!

 

26

Oh, not only is it Friday, I am off FOR 6 WEEKS!!!! Whoo hooooo!!!

Newsletter??

Hell, who am I kidding. It would probably get caught in my work email filter. *sobs*

But good one you though--enjoy your time off!

27 "EXCLUSIVE: White House asked Clinton to talk to Sestak about Senate run"

28

 the CORDOBA mosque

Will it have an interior of rich corinthian leather? 

29

Not surprising , but I really think Syria's up to no good

 

And the understatement statement of the day award goes to....Kratos!

Please redeem your ticket for a free six-month subscription to AoSHQ at the ticket window, loaceted in the lobby of this theater.

30 30 "EXCLUSIVE: White House asked Clinton to talk to Sestak about Senate run" Posted by: curious at May 28, 2010 10:20 AM (p302b Gee isn't that legally convenient that Bill Clinton is NOT really part of the Administration??????

31

#15: Tom Friedman used to write about stuff like this before he decided that self-serving nepotistic oligarchy was the only proper form of government.

Tom Friedman used to write a lot of stuff worth reading. (The Lexus and the Olive Tree comes to mind.) Then something happened. Now, everything he writes could be titled "Holy Cow! Tom Friedman Is Really Smart."

32

Haley's got some 'splainin' to do. 600 calls?

wasnt he a speech writer for her? Why would it be crazy for her to call him 600 times in one year.

There are several employees at the company I work for that I easily call 100 times a month.

This isn't suprising. I am still tuning in to red state, erickson is mocking Folks but draging it out but he says he will post everything today.

I am guessing it is Haley's challenger doing this.

33 27

I just read they are naming the Mosque at Ground Zero  the CORDOBA mosque.

Dear lord does no one see the historical significance? Just me?

What a terrible f'ing idea this is. I hope that it is stopped.

Posted by: Ben at May 28, 2010 10:18 AM (wuv1c)

whats really sick is the 29-1 vote that this shit hole got passed on.

words can't describe. 

34

#30

 

That's brilliant; what are we gonna do now? Trying impeaching that jerk a second time? I'm surprised that they didn't select one of Obama's daughters to be the front.

35 I have about 5 1/2 hours to clean the house, pick up the yard/patio area, mow the freakin' lawn, did I mention clean the house, and then pick up the wife at the airport smack dab in the middle of rush hour. I kinda want 86 thousand dollars for my day, but I don't suppose I'll get it...

36 This via Overlawered:

State Farm asks a family to pay for the bumper damage after its dog is run over.

http://tinyurl.com/372r692

I Bring this up because I see this crop up every now and then and am surprised by the fact that people don't understand this. I am really surprised that a site comprised of lawyers doesn't understand it.

Folks if you allow your dog to run lose and your dog causes and accident or damage; you are financially responsible.

There was a fellow I used to work with who lived on a major highway. He had a large German Sheppard he allowed to roam at will. One day that dog was hit by a Corvette in the highway destroying the front end of the Corvette.

He got to buy a front end clip for a Corvette. He was lucky no one but the dog was injured.

37 More from Grunwald's brilliant piece

No, what's disturbing about the Sestak job offer is that it sounds like uncharacteristically stupid politics. If the White House did try to clear the primary for Specter, it's incredibly lucky it failed. It's hard to see why President Obama's political operatives would have wanted Sestak out of the race, unless there's something we don't know.

Hmmmm....you think?

So color me perplexed. White House chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel isn't known for dumb politics. And the Administration is being so cagey that it's hard not to wonder if there's more to the story.

So it's best not to investigate it.

Or maybe someone just misjudged the situation. It's certainly possible. In any case, it doesn't mean that someone needs to get frog-marched out of the White House. If political misjudgment were a crime, the entire Beltway would get indicted.

If stupidity were a crime most "journalists" would get the death sentence

38

Watched the NJ Teacher get SMACKED DOWN By the "Guv"

Man, I could kiss that dude.

Yeah yeah   Shet ep

check out instapundit, he has a link to someone who did research. The "poor" teacher who asked the question does in fact make 86 grand a year, actually 100k+ if you include benefits.

39 Now all I can think about is Gary Coleman in his little Buck Rogers outfit.

40 Posted by: dananjcon at May 28, 2010 10:23 AM (pr+up)

Thsi reminds me of what a friend said when he didn't want to be on a jury for a mafia don: "You don't want to be on that jury.  You vote not guilty cause you know that the authorities cannot protect you and your family and you figure it's not worth risking your life and theirs."

41 #30 Unbelievable. It took them a while, but they came up with a viable lie/alibi.

42

35  Well I think you're right that the burden's still on him. But it's politics; so it won't be. But very late night calls, some for several hours and until 5 a.m, why?? I dunno about you, but I don't carry on with my co-workers until the wee hours of the morning.

Then again I loathe most of them and they give me migrains so I'm not the best person to ask on this.

43 Posted by: Lincolntf at May 28, 2010 10:26 AM (7EDH5)

The teflon don had nothing on these folks.

44 Thanks lacy, I will.  Gonna spend some time with my mom, hubby, and putter around my garden, practice the guitar better than I have been, etc.  Not planning on going anywhere since some major repairs to the house took up any money we had saved for vacay

45 poly, you'd be amazed. I'm mentally breaking down every half-hour until I have to get in the car. Least pleasant tasks first, so I guess that means the lawn. I can put that off like a pro. Maybe do the whole thing between 11 and 12. Then a lunch break, then house cleaning. See, I just bought myself another half hour of coffee and computer time.

46 Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 28, 2010 10:27 AM (tJikc)

Haven't been reading about this as closely as I should but if he is her speech writer and she had the speech at like 9 am, then 5 am would not be unusual.  But sheesh, most professional speech writers know the person and what they want and bang it out really qucikly.

47 #32 And the understatement statement of the day award goes to....Kratos!

Heh.  I don't have many good talents, but making those kind of statements is one of them.  Thanks for noticing!

Seriously, Syria isn't massively building up their missile programs just to give one hell of a fireworks show for the Fourth of July.  The Chinless Ophthalmologist might have gotten it into his pea brain that missile barrages are going to defeat the Israelis. 

48 WH claims Bubba spoke with Sestak, Brilliant!

49 I wonder if Sestak will corroborate what the administration is saying?

50

Muslim countries are well known for enforcing strict segregation laws that discriminate against women.

Well, an Egyptian scholar has found a loophole that the ladies will be sure to rally around and in no way at all suggests a sexual fetish by the esteemed Dr. Atiya:

In his fatwa, Dr Atiya, the head of al-Azhar's Department of Hadith, said such teachings could equally apply to adults.

He said that if a woman fed a male colleague "directly from her breast" at least five times they would establish a family bond and thus be allowed to be alone together at work.

"Breast feeding an adult puts an end to the problem of the private meeting, and does not ban marriage," he ruled.

"A woman at work can take off the veil or reveal her hair in front of someone whom she breastfed."

51 14...either Haley is pathological and has titanium stones, or she knows she's clean and WF won't be able to connect the dots. Her denials are impressive in that they leave no ambiguity.

O/T (can you go O/T in an open thread?), if Harry comes back and wins in NV, we've officially died as a republic and a bunch of "retiring" demos will regret their early exit decisions.

 

52 Posted by: Barbarian at May 28, 2010 10:31 AM (EL+OC)

Ok, so they are good with this 7th grade girl clicque stuff, "what to say, what to say" but are they good with figuring out why China is cornering the oil market or why syria is pumping up?

53 Haley's got some 'splainin' to do. 600 calls?

Even I, who never doubted the douche's fundamental contention, would have bet the "under" on 600. On 60, even. I thought there might be a misunderstanding involved. Apparently not.

There are several employees at the company I work for that I easily call 100 times a month.

I do the same. The records of those calls don't have months-long flare-and-fade arcs of intensity in them, because I haven't had failed affairs with those guys.

Busted.

54 43 Posted by: dananjcon at May 28, 2010 10:23 AM (pr+up)

Thsi reminds me of what a friend said when he didn't want to be on a jury for a mafia don: "You don't want to be on that jury.  You vote not guilty cause you know that the authorities cannot protect you and your family and you figure it's not worth risking your life and theirs."

Posted by: curious at May 28, 2010 10:26 AM (p302b)

They made the mess...It never even should have gotten that far. PC/liberal politics' the bastion of  unintended consequences.

 

 

55

 I wonder if Sestak will corroborate what the administration is saying

he will do whatever they say. He doesn't want to be cut lose. he will need the dems money and white house power to beat Toomey.

56 I wonder if Sestak will corroborate what the administration is saying?

Posted by: curious at May 28, 2010 10:32 AM (p302b)

He will or he'll end up committing suicide

57 #55  That story is 2 years old, but still instrumental in getting into the mindset of such people.

In fact, that fatwa was so egregious that it took only one or two days for another Muslim scholar to issue a fatwa negating that fatwa.

58 54 It would be great if Sestak contradicted the WH, but I bet he'd only do it after the election. If he wins we might never hear it. If he loses, maybe he spills the beans. Anyway, I'm sure they've been tongue-bathing Sestak to keep him happy the last few days. A felony charge hangs in the balance (or did).

59 Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 28, 2010 10:32 AM (plsiE)

You only have breastmilk if you've given birth.  so that means you have had a child and been married?   This brings cougar to a new height....so what, you go around breastfeeding your fiends kids so you can be alone with them when they come of age?  Mrs. Robinson?

60 O/T (can you go O/T in an open thread?), if Harry comes back and wins in NV, we've officially died as a republic and a bunch of "retiring" demos will regret their early exit decisions.


I fault the batshitcrazy Libertarian's for siphoning votes away from Lowden.

61 From Redstate: "You will have to tune in for the identity of the campaign trying to destroy Nikki Haley later today." Why is Eric Erickson such a douche?

62

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 28, 2010 10:27 AM (tJikc)

Haven't been reading about this as closely as I should but if he is her speech writer and she had the speech at like 9 am, then 5 am would not be unusual.  But sheesh, most professional speech writers know the person and what they want and bang it out really qucikly.

politics is a different animal. I don't think 9 to 5 applies. I know in my line of profession, a small business, I get calls at 5 am or midnight. It happens.

I don't think Haley would have said unequivically that there was no affair if a)there was in fact an affair or b) she thought he had any evidence of an affair.They would have left wiggle room if she thought he might have something.

Oh and after looking at both their pictures, someone needs to explain to me how that works. We talk a lot about punching down here, but it looks like he was humping up./

63

From Redstate:

"You will have to tune in for the identity of the campaign trying to destroy Nikki Haley later today."

Why is Eric Erickson such a douche?

dude, he's mocking will forks. He doing what forks did by writing in the third person and strining it out.

64 61 He will or he'll end up committing suicide

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 28, 2010 10:35 AM (NjjNP)

I'm available.

65  wonder if Sestak will corroborate what the administration is saying?

Posted by: curious at May 28, 2010 10:32 AM (p302b)

He will or he'll end up committing suicide

I hear fort Marcy Park is beautiful this time of year.

66

#55  That story is 2 years old, but still instrumental in getting into the mindset of such people

Ah; didn't notice that.  A buddy just sent it to me because he thought it was funny.

 

67 OMG Beck is very funny today,....

Someone is doing a parody of the "Daddy have you plugged the hole question" but instead asking why he is contacted by the people from the center of American progress....it is too funny

68

58 And when you break it down, he did a lot of free work then it seems. He was paid less than $4,000 in a year they made 600 phone calls to one another? Doesn't add up.

But who knows, maybe he's just a giver like that.

69 Posted by: CDR M at May 28, 2010 10:42 AM (5I8G0)

If it was Clinton then why didn't the prez answer the question yesterday.  The an answer will be coming out smacks of "we are concocting something and we haven't finessed it yet, so I can't say anything yet, cause we aren't done"

70 Haven't been reading about this as closely as I should but if he is her speech writer and she had the speech at like 9 am, then 5 am would not be unusual.  But sheesh, most professional speech writers know the person and what they want and bang it out really qucikly.

Posted by: curious at May 28, 2010 10:29 AM (p302b)

We banged it out, alright...quickly, slowly...I went tantric on her a couple of times...but I'm not going to talk about it...that's not how I roll.  But, we banged alright.  Not saying anything else about how sweaty it was.  I don't disrespect my biznatches I've banged by telling people I banged them.       

71 Oh dear God, I should have known better than to write that but it was before coffee lol

72 I did not... offer.... a job to that man.... Mr Sestak.

73 74 I'm sure it was a mere coincidence that Bill Clinton's name gets dropped only days after being invited to a private lunch at the White House.  You think there was some horse trading going on at the lunch maybe?  If it was Bill Clinton all along, why the stonewalling?  Why didn't Sestak come out and say it was Bill Clinton all along?

Posted by: CDR M at May 28, 2010 10:42 AM (5I8G0)

Fuking mind blowing, what really pisses me off is they think were that stupid.

 

74 You only have breastmilk if you've given birth.

You say.

75 Watching CNBC, have noticed a lot of the guests seem uncomfortable.  Yesterday too, like they are parsing their words and thinking out everything before they say it.  Almost like someone asked them not to say certain things?  it's downright weird since they all look like a bunch of stiffs.

76 #1 I'm trying to read the column by Pegs. But I have this nagging question after 2 sentences...if B to the O can't survive after this series of "unforced errors", how can she expect to keep her job?

77 Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 28, 2010 10:47 AM (mR7mk
OMG, had no idea. 

78 I'm curious to see the exact wording of the W.H. statement. I'm actually hoping to see tons of Clintonian weasel words, because that means they are guilty as sin. Might never prove it, and it might not be the most awful offense ever committed, but we've seen enough examples, from Clinton to Spitzer to Edwards, to know bullshit CYA language from the truth.

79

B..b.b..but I thought Bubba had no credibilty??

 If he points his finger at me again, I swear i'll break it off and shove up his ass!

 

80 Beck is saying that in harvard law you don't have to take constitutional law...you sort of take global law.  Wasn't paying close attention but I think I got the gist.

81 Oil company guy on phone with Beck saying that Beck was wrong, they didn't order just exploratory drilling rigs, they ordered all rigs and the caller is saying so now we are in talks about how to reduce staff>

82 #85  OMG, had no idea.

The more you know, curious...

We all start life as females.  It takes a hormone surge at the correct stage of development to make a developing baby develop male genitalia.  There have been a few cases where that child didn't get the hormone surge and while their genotype was XY, they looked like a girl.

83

Look, you wingers, I explained everything this morning on Morning Joe. Obama's problem is he doesn't worry about the optics of the situation, he only worries about the merits of the plan. He is sooo much smarter than you, me and everyone else. That is why you wingers just don't get it. He worries about getting things right, he is above the petty partisan squabbles of Washington.

Also, please tune in for Chrissy Matthews in-depth look at the Hard Right in this Country. It will be a fair and balanced piece about why all of you are racist, sexist, mouth breathing haters who have the IQ of melting ice and just don't like the fact that a black man is President.

Oh, and the White House soup of the day is split pea.

 

 

84

The national debt has not yet reached $13 trillion.

(Good news or bad news?)

85 The national debt has not yet reached $13 trillion.

$265,000 federal grant for a carousel museum (plus another $265,000 from bankrupt NY).

86 Mr. Slithers offered Sestak a job?

pfffffft

How do you get from, "the White House offered the job" to "Mr. Slithers offered the job" ???

pfffffft

*spit*

87 Go to the tape of Sestac. He said 'someone in the administration offered me a job.'  Clintern is not in the administration. So if he goes along with the lie, Toomey can paint him as a big liar. And the longer he avoids answering, the more people will wonder who he is covering up for, and damage his chances too.  Someone needs to put him under oath now or charge him with obstruction of justice.

88 White House Seeks Crises with More Intellectual Depth: http://tinyurl.com/2uafwzd

89 Clinton did not have the power to make good on the offer to Sestak.  Only one man did.  Unless Sestak changes his story, Barry = Nixon.  The only question now is, will Sestak take the bullet for the administration ?

90 Looks like we're going to get quite the Friday news dump today. 

Jeez, this administration is so friggin' corrupt. 

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