September 21, 2011
— Monty
The Fed is expected to make some sort of announcement this morning, and the chatter is that it will be big. QE3? Something else? I’m still a skeptic about QE3, but it’s obvious that Bernanke is feeling a lot of political heat -- and not just from the Obama Administration, but from world markets. The consensus opinion is that the Fed will engage in “Operation Twist” -- rolling their huge backlog of short-term securities into longer (10-year) bonds and thereby driving down yields there. The thinking is that this will in turn prompt investors to put their money elsewhere in a restless search for better yields. However, I am skeptical about this because the evidence so far is that investors are in a very “risk off” mood, and lowering yields on longer bonds the way they have on shorter ones (all the way down to zero) will simply have bad long-term effects with few (or any) short-term gains. Monetary policy is played out; only fiscal policy can turn things around now, but nothing is likely to happen on that front until after the 2012 elections. Which may be why Bernanke is getting a tad panicky: a whole year of sideways drift in the thrall of a double-dip recession and possible financial collapse in Europe stokes his deflationary nightmares.
Thomas Sowell weighs in on the "Social Security is a Ponzi scheme" thing.
The fundamental problem of Social Security is that the irresponsible way its finances are set up, and the changing demographics of the country, mean that there is simply not going to be enough money in its trust fund to pay today’s young people what they are legally entitled to when the time comes for them to retire.The money is just not there, some of it having been spent for unrelated purposes. Making up a growing shortfall — as baby boomers stop paying into the system as they retire and start drawing money out of the system — would mean ever-increasing burdens on taxpayers that taxpayers are unlikely to put up with.
Paul Ryan on SS: Yeah, itÂ’s a Ponzi scheme. Maybe not criminal, but a Ponzi scheme nonetheless. (SS is the third rail of politics? Not any more.)
What comes after Europe? IÂ’ve already gone into that: The Humongous.
What comes next is the explosion of the European project. Given what European leaders have made of that project over the past 30-odd years, it's not an altogether bad thing. But it will come at a massive cost. The riots of Athens will become those of Milan, Madrid and Marseilles. Parties of the fringe will gain greater sway. Border checkpoints will return. Currencies will be resurrected, then devalued. Countries will choose decay over reform. It's a long, likely parade of horribles.DOOM!
ObamaÂ’s ignorance about basic economics is very much of a piece with the rest of his Presidency, alas. Like many powerful men through the ages, he has fallen prey to the idea that he can simply wave his hand and cause the tides of history to shift.
Economics: one of those academic fields in which repeated failure is no bar to great success.
Obama cares about jobs. Union jobs. Others? Not so much.
CaliforniaÂ’s public pension battles will be fought in city halls all over the state.
Merck is the next company to contemplate layoffs in the 10K range. They employ a lot of people in Philadelphia, so that's going to put a hell of a hurt on the local economy.
Granholm: “Let my personal failure and ineptitude act as a beacon to all those who wish to piss away taxpayer money and flout the wishes of the electorate!” Detroit is a fitting symbol for that clueless git.
Class warfare and the rule of law.
[T]hose earning less than $250,000 still have to someday find a willing buyer for the assets they wish to sell, and those assets are going to be a lot less attractive to most individuals, funds and other institutional investors — a.k.a. the market — if they’re taxed at 30-odd percent instead of 15 percent.Exactly so. A sale of an asset requires both buyer and seller, and an accurate price mechanism to drive the trade. More:
The Democrats are declaring war on everybody’s investments here, not just Joe Millionaire’s. Look for major institutional investors, private-equity types, and even venture capitalists — a.k.a. the financial lifeblood of a modern economy — to start seeking friendlier tax environments abroad. Nobody has to have an office on Wall Street any more.
Your stimulus dollars, hard at work on vital issues facing our nation.
End the tyranny of the Keynesians!
The British “tea party” movement seems to be gaining ground. Not a moment too soon.
The IMF, always masters at stating the obvious too late to do anyone any good, warn about a global slowdown in growth.
I don’t know why so many observers keep acting shocked that Obama refuses to move to the political center. He is a leftist ideologue in blood and bone, not a chummy moral lout like Clinton was. He will speak soothing platitudes to the public when he must, but his vanity is as great as his ineptitude. He will never admit that he is wrong, or that he must share power. He truly believes that his is the Imperial Presidency; he is outraged that he can be hindered by his political opponents. It is obvious that he does not consider the Legislative branch to be his co-equal in power, but rather a group of lackeys to be ordered about like house-servants. It offends him to be disagreed with -- so sure is he of his essential correctness, of his righteousness, that he conflates political disagreement with treachery. He will “compromise” only when forced to do so, and then only grudgingly.
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Posted by: blaster at September 21, 2011 04:51 AM (Fw2Gg)
Posted by: Mr Pink at September 21, 2011 04:52 AM (cC4SF)
Fed announces it will print even more money and call it something else again. Zimbabwe here we come.
Posted by: Vic at September 21, 2011 04:53 AM (M9Ie6)
Repost, from former thread.
Ex-Solyndra Employees Now Applying For Trade Adjustment Assistance
All on our dime.. After sucking up the bulk of the $527 million.
Posted by: franksalterego at September 21, 2011 04:56 AM (7/sDI)
The former Michigan governor bears globalization's worst scars, but still itches for a fight. Watch out, Rick Perry
The stupid in that article is epic. Perry has nothing to fear from this idiot scrunt. And she is so stupid she can't even see the irony in her own statements.
Posted by: Vic at September 21, 2011 04:59 AM (M9Ie6)
@3: LOL! Nice.
The riots of Athens will become those of Milan, Madrid and Marseilles. Parties of the fringe will gain greater sway. Border checkpoints will return. Currencies will be resurrected, then devalued. Countries will choose decay over reform. It's a long, likely parade of horribles.
Let this come. I see this as in some ways positive for us. Especially the fringe parties gaining ground. My hope is that nationalism will enjoy a rebirth. If it does, we can go back to having a diversity of policies and opinions on the continent again. If all goes exceptionally well the new regimes will be nativist and anti-immigrant. Europe needs to be set back in order - the best thing that can be done is to purge the foreign. Eurosocialism wasn't such a problem when there was cultural solidarity. Now, with the "salad bowl" approach to national identity, all that was once good is being tossed out the window. Let's hope that Europe's hot-blooded genes are reactivated and given expression.
Posted by: Reactionary at September 21, 2011 04:59 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: Zakn at September 21, 2011 05:01 AM (zyaZ1)
The stupid in that article is epic. Perry has nothing to fear from this idiot scrunt. And she is so stupid she can't even see the irony in her own statements.
Posted by: Vic at September 21, 2011 08:59 AM (M9Ie6)
Amen. The vile harpy was on the radio recently saying "tax cuts don't work - we tried dozens of tax cuts and they failed." That is either a deliberate lie, or evidence of the worst kind of foolishness. I live in this forsaken state - I know full well that tax cuts have been in short supply, but hikes to taxes and fees have been abundant.
Sadly, the Dem machine will make sure she's well taken care of. Sickening.
Posted by: Reactionary at September 21, 2011 05:02 AM (xUM1Q)
Ah but Monty, Obama IS doing exactly what Clinton did. He is talking (rhetoric) like he is moving to the center but his actions are continuing to act as a hard core leftist.
This is the same thing Clinton did and of course the press called it "triangulating" and gave him credit for what the Republican congress did even though he fought them tooth and nail.
Posted by: Vic at September 21, 2011 05:02 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at September 21, 2011 05:03 AM (M9Ie6)
“Even a small 5 percent reduction in the regulatory budget (about $2.8 billion) would result in about $75 billion in expanded private-sector GDP each year, with an increase in employment by 1.2 million jobs annually.”
“On average,” the Phoenix Center says, “eliminating the job of a single regulator grows the American economy by $6.2 million and nearly 100 private sector jobs annually. Conversely, each million dollar increase in the regulatory budget costs the economy 420 private sector jobs.”
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at September 21, 2011 05:10 AM (PLvLS)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, Underwear Blogger at September 21, 2011 05:14 AM (z/Mo8)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at September 21, 2011 05:14 AM (71LDo)
Also, he has no idea what he's doing, and this concept of just 'willing it to be so' is outragous and offensive to anyone who has ever worked a day in their life - which, of course, Obama has not.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at September 21, 2011 05:19 AM (wnbjH)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2011 05:21 AM (UlUS4)
Posted by: dogfish at September 21, 2011 05:22 AM (N2yhW)
Posted by: mugiwara at September 21, 2011 05:22 AM (W7ffl)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 05:23 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Mandy P., Teahadi from Hobbitton at September 21, 2011 05:23 AM (qFpRI)
And I was laughed at when I said that in the end, there will be only chaos...
Forgive me if this is a repeat story:
What YouÂ’re Not Hearing About the New Jobs Bill: It Overrides StateÂ’s Rights
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at September 21, 2011 05:23 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Vic at September 21, 2011 05:25 AM (M9Ie6)
not so fast...wait til after the election to dtermine that.
Posted by: jeanne at September 21, 2011 05:26 AM (8hQ2+)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 21, 2011 05:26 AM (u83UF)
Posted by: Jean at September 21, 2011 05:28 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: dontheflyer at September 21, 2011 05:31 AM (vOcVu)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 09:23 AM (ZDUD4)
LOL!
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 05:32 AM (X6akg)
For all the clear downsides, there's a very good reason why Europe has behaved the way it did for the last 60-odd years.
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 05:33 AM (GBXon)
Atleast it would keep them too busy to make more trouble for the rest of us. Maybe you should extend the restriction to some appointed officials, like those at the EPA.
Posted by: Retread at September 21, 2011 05:35 AM (BO5ap)
European refugees from failed economies and general warfare fleeing to North America? What an absurd proposition...
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 05:36 AM (GBXon)
Woe is me.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 05:36 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 05:36 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at September 21, 2011 09:34 AM (nxptv)
3738th fail
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at September 21, 2011 09:35 AM (nxptv)
38 37th
Posted by: phoenixgirl at September 21, 2011 09:35 AM (eOXTH)
Er, we'll let you two hash that one out.
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 05:36 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Havedash at September 21, 2011 05:36 AM (sFD5n)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 21, 2011 05:38 AM (z/Mo8)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 05:39 AM (ZDUD4)
Don't know if this is appropriate for the DOOM! thread, but I have an interview tomorrow for a real job. One with decent pay and full benefits.
Wish me luck!
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at September 21, 2011 05:40 AM (pY3GI)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 21, 2011 05:41 AM (f9c2L)
It's interesting to note that the British Tea Partiers are every bit as evil as their American counterparts.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 05:41 AM (jx2j9)
"Let's hope that Europe's hot-blooded genes are reactivated and given expression."
Posted by: Reactionary at September 21, 2011 08:59 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 05:41 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 21, 2011 05:41 AM (136wp)
This is sort of odd. During his time with Bill Ayers in the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC) project, they fought the unions.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at September 21, 2011 05:43 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 05:46 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Susan Estrich at September 21, 2011 05:46 AM (Gx3Fe)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 05:48 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Rudyard Kipling at September 21, 2011 05:48 AM (Gx3Fe)
Sure would be nice to factor in a little bit of stability for a change.
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at September 21, 2011 05:49 AM (pY3GI)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 05:52 AM (ZDUD4)
"Let's hope that Europe's hot-blooded genes are reactivated and given expression."
Posted by: Reactionary at September 21, 2011 08:59 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 09:41 AM (LH6ir)
I'm not seeing the psycho part of his post.
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 05:54 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: MrObvious at September 21, 2011 05:54 AM (qwhLZ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 21, 2011 05:56 AM (u83UF)
The biggest crooks are in the legislature, doing the bidding of their union cronies - who, in turn, get out the vote to keep the pols in office.
It is a very efficient system. And, it works quite well throughout the state of Illinois, despite the Chicago Way monicker..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 21, 2011 05:56 AM (f9c2L)
Posted by: Jean at September 21, 2011 05:59 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2011 06:00 AM (UlUS4)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at September 21, 2011 09:41 AM (f9c2L)
Miss Jiffy Lube really fucked things up in a major way. How can that be misunderstood? This must be kill trees for idiots week because the WSJ reviewed a new collection of mindless tripe by Flathead Friedman. Andrew Ferguson nailed it pretty well in this equation: Pointless alliteration + runaway metaphor = Friedmanism
Posted by: Captain Hate at September 21, 2011 06:00 AM (7dMdC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at September 21, 2011 06:00 AM (UlUS4)
For all the clear downsides, there's a very good reason why Europe has behaved the way it did for the last 60-odd years.
Yes. There were massive Soviet and American armies involved for the bulk of the period.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 06:01 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 06:02 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 09:48 AM (ZDUD4)
He is advocating for a return to the genocidal tendencies of Europe.
I think that is the mark of a psychotic, a Nazi, or both.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:03 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Boots at September 21, 2011 06:04 AM (neKzn)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 06:04 AM (ZDUD4)
Like many powerful men through the ages, he has fallen prey to the idea that he can simply wave his hand and cause the tides of history to shift.
Don't worry. I'm closing in.
Posted by: Nemesis, following Hubris at September 21, 2011 06:06 AM (DrWcr)
He is advocating genocide. That is psychotic. And he has advocated it in the past by suggesting, among other things, that we use nuclear weapons on large parts of the Muslim world to decrease the population of potential Islamists.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:06 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Chuck Z at September 21, 2011 06:07 AM (OITDh)
Corrupt democrat unions will be the death of our nation.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at September 21, 2011 06:07 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Jean at September 21, 2011 06:07 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Downscaled Upscale at September 21, 2011 09:56 AM (IhHdM)
I thought he meant that Europe's problems have, in part, come from the massive influx of foreigners *cough* *muslims* *cough* and to solve some of their problems they need to 'purge the foreigners'. No?
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 06:07 AM (X6akg)
For all the clear downsides, there's a very good reason why Europe has behaved the way it did for the last 60-odd years.
Yes. There were massive Soviet and American armies involved for the bulk of the period.
Well yeah, but after the previous two rounds, there was...a distinct lack of enthusiasm, shall we say.
Though everyone agreed on keeping Germany down. Yeah, how'd that work out, folks...
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 06:07 AM (GBXon)
He is advocating genocide. That is psychotic. And he has advocated it in the past by suggesting, among other things, that we use nuclear weapons on large parts of the Muslim world to decrease the population of potential Islamists.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 10:06 AM (LH6ir)
Oh...genocide? No. Mass deportations....Yes.
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 06:08 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Malcolm Z at September 21, 2011 06:08 AM (le5qc)
Posted by: Jean at September 21, 2011 06:09 AM (WkuV6)
"So, that said, the right solution for the muslim problem is the final solution."
That is a direct quotation from reactionary. I see it as advocating genocide.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:10 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 06:11 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Jean at September 21, 2011 06:13 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 21, 2011 06:14 AM (z/Mo8)
No. He advocates mass murder. He has done it in the past (see #91), and will undoubtedly continue to do so in the future. He is a Nazi/communist masquerading as a human.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:15 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at September 21, 2011 06:15 AM (6IV8T)
Posted by: Look a NAZI! Uh, I mean I don't agree with you at September 21, 2011 10:15 AM (OxEIJ)
That's funny, but the link is odd beyond belief.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:17 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Jean at September 21, 2011 10:09 AM (WkuV6)
Won't happen. Western Civilization has become too sexually "sophisticated" to make lots of babies.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 21, 2011 06:18 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: Mjim at September 21, 2011 06:19 AM (rN9Na)
Yes, I am aware of Islam's murderous side (really, it's the entirety of the religion). But nuking Shitcanistan just because it is Muslim is beyond the pale.
What should we do in Sudan? Unrestricted warfare against the perpetrators of this genocide.
We are the good guys. We stop genocide; we don't perpetrate it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:22 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 06:23 AM (ZDUD4)
Caillou is my daughter's favorite show. It's a little soft, but I've never seen a Caillou episode where a character turns to the audience and tell the kiddies that sometimes they know better than their parents (which is why Nick and Nick, Jr is banned in my house). And it's quiet.Posted by: Mandy P., Teahadi from Hobbitton at September 21, 2011 06:23 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 21, 2011 06:23 AM (AF1jB)
SCOAMF gives a record shattering soccer kick to the groin to the rule of law.
Another one! One gets the impression the the stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure doesnÂ’t give a flying fuck about laws.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 06:24 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Mjim at September 21, 2011 10:19 AM (rN9Na)
Will he deliver the part of his speech about Israel in the original German?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 21, 2011 06:24 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Jean at September 21, 2011 10:07 AM (WkuV6)
Thanks!
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 21, 2011 06:24 AM (136wp)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 21, 2011 06:24 AM (6fER6)
Deportation sounds fine. These people have made no effort to integrate themselves into polite society, so Europe should toss them out.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:24 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: dogfish at September 21, 2011 06:24 AM (vn7d1)
Posted by: Mjim at September 21, 2011 10:19 AM (rN9Na)
Obama and the UN....double your puke.
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 06:26 AM (X6akg)
Will he deliver the part of his speech about Israel in the original German?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 21, 2011 10:24 AM (DrWcr)
And we have a winner!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:26 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: joncelli at September 21, 2011 06:27 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 21, 2011 06:27 AM (4rQH4)
Uh oh. This means inflation, big time. Moreso than in the last few years, and a move like this by the Clueless Fed will speed it up, too many investors will see it coming - watch for commodities like Oil and Gas to skyrocket, along with energy prices in all 57 states, as promised by the POTUS. Another campaign promise kept.
Bad news on the doorstep, Good news for Gold and especially Silver prices. See how long this one lasts: http://zapit.nu/CheapSilver
Posted by: MisterMoney at September 21, 2011 06:28 AM (wN82N)
And today's was the Worst Commute Ever.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 06:28 AM (8y9MW)
Will he deliver the part of his speech about Israel in the original German?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 21, 2011 10:24 AM (DrWcr)I believe that was the Austrian language. Easy mistake to make. You're forgiven.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 06:29 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at September 21, 2011 06:30 AM (qndXR)
You rang?
Love the doom posts btw. Best common man explanation of the current financial picture on the web. I am serious. Great work.
Posted by: Lord Humungus Wasteland Teahadi at September 21, 2011 06:30 AM (Yv6gq)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 06:30 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 21, 2011 10:24 AM (6fER6)'
With all due respect Mr Obama, perhaps you should open a history book.
Posted by: Presidents FDR and Truman at September 21, 2011 06:30 AM (7BU4a)
Posted by: joncelli at September 21, 2011 06:31 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 21, 2011 06:32 AM (4rQH4)
Sorry. Got in to work late.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 06:34 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: garrett at September 21, 2011 06:36 AM (XbvIF)
Now hereÂ’s a perfectly neutral position to take from a purely non-partisan department in the federal government. Way to show the way Dept of Labor.
Time to flush this entire department, as well. Once the rot gets this badÂ… sheesh.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 06:36 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Mandy P., Teahadi from Hobbitton at September 21, 2011 06:36 AM (qFpRI)
Europe is ripe for a straight-up muslim takeover
I don't see the men of Europe raising a finger to stop it- they let their women be raped; what they don't realize is, they're next
Posted by: Doomie McDoomerson at September 21, 2011 06:36 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: joncelli at September 21, 2011 06:37 AM (RD7QR)
Anyone else see the clip of ABC's Ann Curry, White House rump swab?
She was grilling Ron Suskind on his new book that paints Obama as likable guy who's in way over his head.
Ann Curry, rump swab, pointed out three huge errors in Suskind's book and concluded the whole thing was worthless.
One mistake was calling reporter Erin Burnett Erin Burkett.
Another huge error was Suskind saying the DJIA lost 382 points in one particular day in February when in fact the DJIA lost only 378 points.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2011 06:37 AM (sqkOB)
From The Blaze:
OnStar began e-mailing customers Monday about its update to the privacy policy, which grants OnStar the right to sell that GPS-derived data in an anonymized format.
Adam Denison, a spokesman for the General Motors subsidiary, said OnStar does not currently sell customer data, but it reserves that right. He said both the new and old privacy policies allow OnStar to chronicle a vehicleÂ’s every movement and its speed, though itÂ’s not clear where thatÂ’s stated in the old policy.
“What’s changed [is that if] you want to cancel your OnStar service, we are going to maintain a two-way connection to your vehicle unless the customer says otherwise,” Denison said in a telephone interview.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 21, 2011 06:37 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Mandy P. refuses to watch the SCOAMF at September 21, 2011 06:38 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 06:38 AM (ZDUD4)
Will he deliver the part of his speech about Israel in the original German?
Posted by: Insomniac at September 21, 2011 10:24 AM (DrWcr)well Austrian sounds so much better than those that knuckledragging English speakers.
Posted by: willow at September 21, 2011 06:38 AM (h+qn8)
We are not stopping it because of the feckless cocksucker in the White House. We are in Libya for the same reason.
But the step from Obama's catastrophic foreign policy to what reactionary supports is antithetical to everything we are as a country. We destroyed Hitler, but we did not destroy the German people. We destroyed Tojo, but did not destroy Japan.
As for helping Muslims? Fuck 'em. Let them wallow in their 7th century filth. And when they rear their expansionary heads; we should chop them off. That doesn't mean committing genocide; it means defending ourselves.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:38 AM (LH6ir)
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"The book, officially released today, does have its share of errors. Erin Burnett, then a journalist with CNBC and now with CNN, is identified as Erin Burkett; David Axelrod is identified as ObamaÂ’s 2008 campaign manager; that title actually belonged to David Plouffe.
In the book, Suskind says the unemployment rate in June of 2009 stood at 8.0%; it was actually 9.5%.
“I would caution anyone to assume that if you can’t get those things right, that you suddenly get the broader analysis right,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney. “That analysis is wrong.”"
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2011 06:39 AM (sqkOB)
I'm ok with them keeping the Emergency button operational, but they have no need to track any vehicle that's canceled service. That's just crazy.Posted by: Mandy P. refuses to watch the SCOAMF at September 21, 2011 06:40 AM (qFpRI)
Posted by: mpurinTexas
Best of luck to you! My advice: act as if you are interviewing them. The fact that they called you in for an interview means they already want you, so you need to be the one to ask the questions. Ask the interviewer if they like working there and judge the response. Ask about the job, and when you leave, let them know the job sounds great, etc., and that you'd love to have it.
I've approached every interview like this, and I've been employed for the last 19 years. Never had an interview where I wasn't offered the job.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 21, 2011 06:41 AM (h1p5V)
Don't know if this is appropriate for the DOOM! thread, but I have an interview tomorrow for a real job. One with decent pay and full benefits.
Wish me luck!
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at September 21, 2011 09:40 AM (pY3GI)
Working is for suckers....Don't drink the corporate water....You don't need to work you should be working to come to consensus about something....How does this new job promote change?
Posted by: Day of Rager at September 21, 2011 06:41 AM (pdRb1)
“I would caution anyone to assume that if you can’t get those things right, that you suddenly get the broader analysis right,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney. “That analysis is wrong.”"
Are we allowed to use that response in relation to Solyndra?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 06:42 AM (B+qrE)
Bush didn't stop it either. It's an institutional thing, where Western Civ has callously declared that the Middle East belongs to Muslims. Any non-Muslim's living there should kindly stop living in the interests of world peace.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 21, 2011 06:42 AM (FkKjr)
I saw it yesterday and was pretty incredulous at the garbage she was spewing out. NBC is quadrupling down on stoopid when it come to supporting the SCoaMF. If he goes down in flames next November there will be on the air crying and wailing; and hopefully they'll all leave the country.
Posted by: Captain Hate at September 21, 2011 06:42 AM (7dMdC)
Working is for suckers....Don't drink the corporate water....You don't need to work you should be working to come to consensus about something....How does this new job promote change?
Posted by: Day of Rager at September 21, 2011 10:41 AM (pdRb1)
Also, hold the pizza.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 06:43 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 06:43 AM (ZDUD4)
Puked up my sandwich.
Posted by: Vic at September 21, 2011 06:43 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Das SCOAMF at September 21, 2011 10:40 AM (RD7QR)
This will be hard to beat.
Posted by: garrett at September 21, 2011 06:43 AM (XbvIF)
I got Ann Curry's, the rump swab, affiliation wrong???
Shit. Sorry, everyone. Disregard my entire post above.
In fact, disregard every single thing I ever said and will say.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2011 06:44 AM (sqkOB)
For anyone else, it would be suborning perjury. Fortunately for the SCOAMF administration that heÂ’s the first black president. He gets a pass.
And to say otherwise would be, you guessed it, RACIST! So STFU!
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 06:44 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: franksalterego at September 21, 2011 06:45 AM (7/sDI)
I saw it yesterday and was pretty incredulous at the garbage she was spewing out. NBC is quadrupling down on stoopid when it come to supporting the SCoaMF. If he goes down in flames next November there will be on the air crying and wailing; and hopefully they'll all leave the country.
Posted by: Captain Hate at September 21, 2011 10:42 AM (7dMdC)
You should have seen Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe. Other than being the daughter of a worthless old douchebag/lefty and wearing tight sweaters, what the hell does she offer at that table? She makes Joe look almost conservative.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 21, 2011 06:46 AM (UOM48)
btw, because of after-hours trading sometimes it is possible for the official close of DJIA to be inaccurately recorded.
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2011 06:47 AM (sqkOB)
I'm sorry, I thought the genocide in the Sudan had been going on longer than 3 years. Was I mistaken.
I'm not a fan of genocide (understatement), but I'm fine with "Get out or die" (as long as "get out" remains a true option). It may not be nice, but given their stated desire to kill us all, I'm not sure "nice" applies here.
We destroyed Hitler, but we did not destroy the German people.
I'm sure the people of Dresden would be happy to know that. From beyond the grave. We didn't destroy "the German people" or "the Japanese people" because they were rational and could, therefore, be reasoned with and would negotiate in good faith (if only once they'd been roundly defeated). The true tenets of the Muslim religion are antithetical to rationality and good-faith negotiation.
So, where as with the Germans, Italians, and Japanese the question was not "them or us" but "what do we need to do to make you behave?" the question with Muslims (or a great number of them, at least) really may be "them or us?" If that's the question, the answer is simple.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 06:47 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Mjim at September 21, 2011 06:47 AM (rN9Na)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 21, 2011 10:42 AM (FkKjr)
Starting with the filthy Joos!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:48 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: franksalterego at September 21, 2011 10:45 AM (7/sDI)
Oh no. That's not it at all. It just seems like vacuous rhetoric to you because you're a hobbit tea partier, racist, homophobe, xenophobe, extremist. To everyone else, especially SCOAMF himself, it's stirring oratory of the highest level.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 06:49 AM (jx2j9)
I admit, I have occasional daydreams of the restoration of Byzantium.
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 06:49 AM (GBXon)
So you're saying we should carry on as per normal?
DAY OF RAAAGE!
day of rage!
RAAAAAGE!
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2011 06:49 AM (sqkOB)
Let me be clear... This is my finest hour.
Posted by: Obama at September 21, 2011 06:50 AM (rN9Na)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 21, 2011 06:50 AM (z/Mo8)
Posted by: Barack Obama, Superior Life Form at September 21, 2011 06:51 AM (tqwMN)
I'm disappointed.
I was fully expecting, he'd lead us all in a few choruses of "We Are the World."
Posted by: franksalterego at September 21, 2011 06:52 AM (7/sDI)
I admit, I have occasional daydreams of the restoration of Byzantium.
Hittites!!! Hittites!!! Hittites!!!
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 06:52 AM (B+qrE)
69 MrObvious - should I have some implants done in Costa Rice to save money or is that too risky?
I don't know anything about the Costa Rican version of the FDA or their Dental/Medical licensing practice but as a rule of thumb I wouldn't have any dental or medical proceedure done by anyone NOT licensed to practice inside the United States. I hate lawyers as much as anyone but Medicine/Dentistry are called 'practice" for a reason and outside the US you're trading away all your legal safeguards for benefits in pricing.
Posted by: MrObvious at September 21, 2011 06:52 AM (qwhLZ)
that idiot Obama keeps saying that Al Qaeda is in its last throes
probably not a wise idea; they might act to prove him wrong
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2011 06:52 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 10:47 AM (8y9MW)
Sudan is an intractable problem. Bush should have done something. Obama should do something. I will not defend the policies of my country in this instance.
As for Dresden? Fuck 'em. We didn't start that war, so I have no sympathy for the German people.
And Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc? Fuck 'em twice. Same reason.
As I mentioned; unrestricted warfare will focus the minds of our enemies on things like surrender -- that's the whole point.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 06:53 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 06:53 AM (aYQHH)
Posted by: Das SCOAMF at September 21, 2011 06:53 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 06:54 AM (aYQHH)
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 06:54 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 06:55 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 06:55 AM (aYQHH)
probably not a wise idea; they might act to prove him wrong
Posted by: Soothsayer at September 21, 2011 10:52 AM (sqkOB)
The same fuckhead that said he wouldn't support the Surge after it was proven to be a success? I'm not about to give anybody that dogmatically witless any degree of credibility.
Posted by: Captain Hate at September 21, 2011 06:55 AM (7dMdC)
As for Dresden? Fuck 'em. We didn't start that war, so I have no sympathy for the German people.
And Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc? Fuck 'em twice. Same reason.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 10:53 AM (LH6ir)
Ok, now you're just confusing me.
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 06:56 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: The Reptoids at September 21, 2011 06:56 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 06:57 AM (aYQHH)
NRO is reporting that Politico is reporting (got that?) that the new Perry ad was done by Lucas Baniano, formerly a TPaw staffer.
So the story is....Perry uses ethnically-named staffers?
By November 2012, we're going to be faced with "Perry's left shoestring missing aglet at campaign stop--detail omitted from last year's Suskind book about Obama."
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 06:58 AM (B+qrE)
Yeah. Me, too.
I guess he thinks that Muslims already living in Europe should be given a free pass, but that it's okay if we start annihilating cities in the ME? Because the first would be "Genocide" and the other would be "Unrestricted Warfare?"
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 06:58 AM (8y9MW)
Agreed. How many of our military have we sacrificed to ROEs since Vietnam?
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 21, 2011 06:59 AM (136wp)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 07:00 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 07:01 AM (aYQHH)
No we won't. Most people don't know what an "aglet" is (and now I have song stuck in my head, darn you) and so they'd have to look it up. An educated electorate is the Liberals' worst nightmare. They would never do anything that might encourage someone to actually pick up a book.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 07:01 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: The Reptoids at September 21, 2011 07:01 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 07:01 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:02 AM (ZDUD4)
@OldSailor's poet
I am a firm believer in a robust defense of our country and Western civilization. If the Muslim world wants an existential war, we should oblige them. If it takes bombing them into the stone age; we should do it.
But I draw the line at a very clear place; the systematic murder of Muslims simply because of who they are.(I also do not think that either of you support genocide.)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 07:02 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 07:02 AM (aYQHH)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 11:01 AM (aYQHH)
sure but do you have a green helmet handy?
Posted by: willow at September 21, 2011 07:02 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: joncelli at September 21, 2011 07:02 AM (RD7QR)
Oh, and we're disappointed in the muslin comments in this thread. Apparently, we're not outreaching enough.
Posted by: NASA at September 21, 2011 10:59 AM (IhHdM)
Technically, that should look like this: âçãëÿä t Ãà Ãà ñ. ÃÃ¥ åñëè ìû èìååì òîëñòûå êóñêè ñòà ðüÿ çà êîëåáà òüñÿ â à òìîñôåðå, ãîòîâûé äëÿ òîãî ÷òîáû ðà çáèòü ÷åðåç âà øó êðûøó Ãà ëþáîé ìèÃóòå. è ðà çî÷à ðîâà ÃÃûé â ìóñëèÃÃ¥ êîììåÃòèðóåò â ýòîé ðåçüáå. Ãî-âèäèìîìó. ÂûâåøåÃî ìèìî: NASA Ãà 21-îå ñåÃòÿáðÿ 2011 10:59 AM (IhHdM)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 07:03 AM (B+qrE)
Most of these assholes have probably never had to think about money the way most of us think about it, either because of a trust fund or because the ivory tower has insulated them (or, more likely, a combination of both).
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 21, 2011 07:03 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: The Reptoids at September 21, 2011 10:56 AM (RD7QR)
Dibs, punks.
Posted by: Zeta Reticulan Colonoscopy Crew at September 21, 2011 07:03 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:03 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: SurferDoc at September 21, 2011 07:03 AM (STdkO)
135 The sound of his voice sets my teeth on edge.
If you grind them down too much and need new 'sliver' amalgam alloys see MrObvious @ #65.
I don't do a lot of silverwork anymore but more importantly, if you're bruxing your teeth down, keep in mind that Gold is just comming off a top at $1900/oz. Over the last 30 years of practice 99% of my work in crown and bridge has been done with gold in the $350/oz range. IE: the materials are costing roughly 5 X for the lab work alone. In my city with 26% unemployment I've gotten a reputation for full mouth rehab on severe cases, but lately we're doing fillings and extractions because nobody can afford the crown and bridge.
Take care of what you got. Because until the economy gets better, replacing them isn't going to be cheap. Also, dentistry isn't covered in the Obamacare bill and propably never will be. When it comes to cost cutting, physicians routinely consider dentistry "optional" and one of the first items up for budget cuts.
Posted by: MrObvious at September 21, 2011 07:04 AM (qwhLZ)
That is probably it (fair warning, Morons- I'm in a bad mood after this morning's epic commute: I may be a bit sharper-of-tongue than usual), and I understand the problem. I just also think his instant assumption that the original comment was urging Genocide was almost Godwinian in its presumption.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 07:04 AM (8y9MW)
Dammit, Reptoids don't work, the lazy-ass lizards.
All those heat lamps contribute to global warming and a sweaty, red-faced Al Gore.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 07:04 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at September 21, 2011 07:05 AM (Z6fyp)
Ok, now you're just confusing me.
Then my work here is done.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 07:05 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 07:05 AM (AZGON)
I'll explain that to you: I have the potential to be a billionaire; thus I have a billion potential dollars. I simply trade some of my potential dollars for real dollars at the bank. The books stay balanced and everyone is happy - it solves the financial crisis since you are a potential billionaire also.
The physicists ought to back this economic scheme since they bit hook line and sinker on the idiotic idea of potential energy - hey it keeps the energy books balanced doesn't it? Do you expect economists to be smarter than physicists?
Potential energy came into being in the 19th century - physicists thought they had uncovered an important physical principal; that energy is a conserved quantity. Unfortunately it was pointed out that gravitational fields obviously didn't conserve energy. The physicists were about to correctly abandon their idea when an engineer came up with a way to preserve the delusion; potential energy. "You see it doesn't really exist, but we pretend that it does and then we can continue being deluded!" he explained - though not in those exact words of course; "We take this non existent nothing and say that it has the potential to become energy and voila" The physicists wanted to be right that they had discovered the key to the universe so ta da: potential energy came into being. The physicists evidently figured that not only does God make the same mathematical errors that they do, but that he is just as big a fool and just as gullible as they are.
So I will happily write any of you a check payable in potential dollars if you would be good enough to cash it for me. You can deposit those potential dollars in the bank, and your account will still have the same amount of money in it - only now it is split between real dollars and potential dollars. Everything is fine since I just demonstrated that potential dollars can be turned into real dollars.
Posted by: An Observation at September 21, 2011 07:06 AM (ylhEn)
You call that sharp-tongued?
Bring it, bitch!
(said with humor)
What road was the culprit? The Cross-Bronx was a fucking nightmare this morning.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 07:07 AM (LH6ir)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of
a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 11:05 AM (AZGON)
fgs we ARE doomed!
Posted by: willow at September 21, 2011 07:07 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: SFGoth at September 21, 2011 07:07 AM (dZ756)
Yeah, my point- really- is that the simple willingness to kill Muslims- not "because of who they are" but because Muslims as a society represent an existential threat- is the first step that is required in assuring the ascendency of the truly Moderate (and, yes, they do exist- they're just really, really rare) Muslims.
And one of the things Europe may have to do to show that willingness is start mass deportations of Muslims- which will lead to killing them, because they won't stand for it.
Understand that: however noble your intent, if you truly wish to save the West from the insidious cancer that is Islam, you're going to have to kill a metric butt load of Muslims. Many of those you wouldn't have to kill if you were willing to return to the old days of "swatting flies" as GW once said.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 07:09 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Honey Badger ben Hur at September 21, 2011 07:09 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 07:11 AM (aYQHH)
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 21, 2011 07:11 AM (Hx5uv)
There's the right way, the wrong way, and the Zimbabwe. WE, of course, are choosing the Zimbabwe.
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 21, 2011 07:13 AM (Hx5uv)
TX 360, IH-20, TX 161 among others.
I forgot to take my daughter's bag into daycare when I dropped my kids off (we don't normally bring it home during the week- it's just got her extra clothes and a few things they need for her) this morning. So I had to turn around and take it back.
In the time it took me to do that, there were something like 4 wrecks between me and work. I normally get to work at 7:45. It was after 9 this morning.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 21, 2011 07:14 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:14 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 07:14 AM (aYQHH)
Posted by: Honey Badger ben Hur at September 21, 2011 07:14 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: tasker at September 21, 2011 07:15 AM (rJVPU)
Posted by: joncelli at September 21, 2011 07:15 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 21, 2011 07:15 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 07:16 AM (AZGON)
Then you and I agree completely. I support a robust defense of our society, and if that means deportation on a huge scale, then I am comfortable with the idea. And I am not a fool; with deportation comes violence. But the difference between me and reactionary is that he thinks we should model our efforts on the Nazi's methods. The phrase "final solution" is not unclear.
Your point that we must change the Muslim world's perception of our willingness to kill them is profound. This is exactly what the West needs to do. And if and when that point is driven home is the day that the flow of Muslims into the West will reverse.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 07:19 AM (LH6ir)
And worse the other half! HAWHAWHAW!
Posted by: Those Old Dude Muppets at September 21, 2011 07:19 AM (8y9MW)
call it future Dem Fundraisers money
Posted by: willow at September 21, 2011 07:20 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Jimmuy at September 21, 2011 07:20 AM (BPC9C)
hey it works for the left!
Posted by: willow at September 21, 2011 07:22 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:23 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:26 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: joffen at September 21, 2011 07:27 AM (EPcuy)
Pfft, they're used to the new models not exactly...wait, that's not what you mean, is it?
Linky please, usual suspects got nothing yet.
Posted by: Zeta Reticulan Colonoscopy Crew at September 21, 2011 07:27 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 07:28 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:28 AM (ZDUD4)
How's that for precision?
FIFY
Posted by: Pedantic Moron at September 21, 2011 07:29 AM (IzuWw)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:30 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 07:31 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 07:32 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at September 21, 2011 07:34 AM (pY3GI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 21, 2011 07:34 AM (u83UF)
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at September 21, 2011 11:34 AM (pY3GI)
Hey I heard you can sue the prospective employer if they don't give you the job...
Posted by: willow at September 21, 2011 07:35 AM (h+qn8)
You're overweighting the pictures from the last two days. Those are trend-buckers.
Usually they have Romney smiling like he just spotted the pun on a Powerpoint slide and thinks he's the only one who gets it, Perry making an uncharacteristically Bush-y face (Texas dumb!), and Palin looking like a crosseyed cheerleader mom who accidentally took an Adderall instead of a Midol.
Posted by: oblig. at September 21, 2011 07:35 AM (xvZW9)
Posted by: willow at September 21, 2011 07:36 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at September 21, 2011 07:37 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:38 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: ace is a loser at September 21, 2011 07:38 AM (VPRy5)
Posted by: Piñon Farmer at September 21, 2011 07:40 AM (IzuWw)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:41 AM (ZDUD4)
That's pretty generous of you, sailor.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 07:44 AM (jx2j9)
lulz. Even ignoring the new definition of "sensible" as Einstein's definition of "insanity", debt reduction would require a surplus, which nothing Barky has napkin-sketched or bleated about comes even close to.
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 21, 2011 07:46 AM (u83UF)
Posted by: joffen at September 21, 2011 07:47 AM (EPcuy)
Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at September 21, 2011 07:48 AM (Z6fyp)
Posted by: DarkLord© sez Obama is a stuttering clusterf--- of a miserable failure
Oh, and F--- Nevada! at September 21, 2011 07:48 AM (GBXon)
Dick rebukes GOP. (via Lucianne.com)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 07:49 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:49 AM (ZDUD4)
First of all, "all but endorsed" means that they didn't endorse it. Second, who gives a rat's ass what the IMF cocksuckers say? Finally, was that erg that linked Andi?
Posted by: Captain Hate at September 21, 2011 07:50 AM (7dMdC)
________
Um, isn't that called a "loan"?
Posted by: Anachronda at September 21, 2011 07:50 AM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: joncelli at September 21, 2011 07:50 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 07:51 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at September 21, 2011 07:53 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Captain Hate at September 21, 2011 07:54 AM (7dMdC)
Posted by: ace is a loser at September 21, 2011 07:55 AM (VPRy5)
I think that the forest here is that Obama's socialist policies are suicidal, suicidal for the US, suicidal for Europe, suicidal for the Democrat Party, always suicidal all the time.
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 21, 2011 07:55 AM (Hx5uv)
Yeah, I have to agree with you. I thought that guy had been banned a while back.
Posted by: Y-not at September 21, 2011 07:55 AM (5H6zj)
The fool....doesn't he know the Prince of Darkness will never die?
Posted by: beedubya at September 21, 2011 07:56 AM (AnTyA)
And yes, it does sound like "kill the muslims."
You don't need "hot-blooded genes" for deportation. Just a sense of self-preservation.
----
^This.
Posted by: Y-not at September 21, 2011 07:57 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: mpfs, TPT at September 21, 2011 07:57 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: joffen at September 21, 2011 07:57 AM (EPcuy)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 07:58 AM (aYQHH)
Utah.
Posted by: Y-not flanked by a family of 13 and a family of 11, respectively at September 21, 2011 07:59 AM (5H6zj)
ItÂ’s a death cult. Emphasis on cultÂ… and death. You want to make peace with that?
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 07:59 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Honey Badger ben Hur at September 21, 2011 08:00 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 08:02 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 08:04 AM (ZDUD4)
A BSG nerd in the comments there calls it a Colonial Viper.
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 21, 2011 08:06 AM (u83UF)
Ooooh. Northrup High Speed Bomber. I have a feeling this erection is going to last more than four hours. I'll call the Dr. just in case.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 21, 2011 08:06 AM (jx2j9)
I don't give a shit about anyone who voted for Barry losing their job. In fact, I applaud it.
Suck it up, bitch. You voted for these fuck nuts.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 21, 2011 08:07 AM (AF1jB)
Posted by: nevergiveup at September 21, 2011 08:07 AM (aYQHH)
Posted by: mpfs, TPT at September 21, 2011 08:07 AM (iYbLN)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 08:08 AM (ZDUD4)
Catholic here...one of nine kids. Neighbors growing up.. families with kids of 11...12...13
Catholic neighbors now...9...10...and 12 kids. Latter family is amazing...two of them currently in med school..and 2 others getting PhD's
Posted by: beedubya at September 21, 2011 08:09 AM (AnTyA)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 10:53 AM (LH6ir)
But if I'm not mistaken, you were arguing the opposite when it comes to muslims.
Posted by: KG at September 21, 2011 08:12 AM (LD21B)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 08:12 AM (ZDUD4)
IIRC, this is the debate with the questions provided by "the public" (read: Democrat operatives). I read an article about it a week or two ago and, based on the last time this format was used (CNN/Youtube debate in 200
, it was predicted to be a disaster. I'm not sure we'll learn much about anyone from this debate, but I'm a Perry cultist in some sort of major denial, apparently, so take that with a grain of salt.
Posted by: Y-not at September 21, 2011 08:12 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Obama at September 21, 2011 08:13 AM (rN9Na)
Posted by: Y-not at September 21, 2011 08:15 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Will Folks, esq. at September 21, 2011 08:15 AM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at September 21, 2011 08:15 AM (ZDUD4)
Artist conceptions are always great...but I believe we have built our last manned fighters and bombers.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at September 21, 2011 08:16 AM (B+qrE)
Hell, we couldn't *manufacture* the thing now if we wanted to. Bet the War Cock was sorry he shitcanned it when 9/11 happened though.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 21, 2011 08:16 AM (tqwMN)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at September 21, 2011 11:19 AM (LH6ir)
IMO we really won WWII AFTER that War, when we outlawed the Political/Religios systems of Naziism, and Shinto. We FORCED them to enshrine in their founding documents our ideals of Religious Freedom, and Personal Rights...
Note, in both Afganistan, and Iraq, in THEIR Consitutions are statements that they will adhere to Sharia law...
WWII? Patton et al (as military Governor of Germany) did it right... today??? we're blowing it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2011 08:16 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: Joffen at September 21, 2011 08:17 AM (EPcuy)
Yeah, it's got nothing on "Peace through strength." Because we all know that didn't work, right?
Posted by: mpfs, TPT at September 21, 2011 08:18 AM (iYbLN)
The Marshall Plan was doomed in the M.E. and Africa
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at September 21, 2011 08:19 AM (UqKQV)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at September 21, 2011 08:20 AM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Amanda Jane at September 21, 2011 08:24 AM (x7+T/)
you can't re-build or reconstruct what was never there that which never was..........
(I'm so bored that I'm now editing comments)
Posted by: the monkey's ass at September 21, 2011 08:24 AM (sqkOB)
Utah.
Posted by: Y-not flanked by a family of 13 and a family of 11, respectively at September 21, 2011 11:59 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 21, 2011 08:25 AM (i3+c5)
Tribal societies and Western civilization are incompatible. Both work, but not together side by side.
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 21, 2011 08:27 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at September 21, 2011 12:19 PM (UqKQV)
To this day, the Swastika is outlawed in Germany...
Doing the same to the Crescent Moon symbol of Islam may be the only thing which can save Western Civilisation.
You cannot allow a Political/Religious Belief system to flourish, which says YOU are the enemy, and must be destroyed... you MUST acknowledge that words have meanings, and that people will DIE for their beliefs... and so you must change that belief system.
So when we spend blood and treasure to take over a country, and put in a Government, we MUST also use that power to put in a Republic form of Government, with US Freedoms enshrined in its founding documents... otherwise we are wasting the lives of our people... and going bankrupt while NOT solving the problem.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2011 08:28 AM (NtXW4)
Obviously not, but I think it shows that a blanket statement about "Western Civilization" being unable or unwilling to save itself is incorrect.
There are institutions, including the Catholic church, that have stood the test of time and that are continuing to make inroads with people. Europeans (western Euros) and Americans may be lost right now, but some of the core values that the Church (and other churches) have espoused for centuries are being embraced by people in Africa. I remember during the last papal 'election' hearing a lot about conservative Catholics (bishops and cardinals) in Africa and how that seemed like it could be the future of the Church.
So I guess I just wouldn't give up hope. Things go in cycles and on the scale of civilizations, the past 30 or 40 years have been a tiny blip.
Posted by: Y-not at September 21, 2011 08:30 AM (5H6zj)
Utah.
Posted by: Y-not flanked by a family of 13 and a family of 11, respectively at September 21, 2011 11:59 AM (5H6zj)
Try as they might, and they certainly are trying.....I don't think Utah can make up for all of Western civilization.
Posted by: Tami at September 21, 2011 08:31 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at September 21, 2011 12:20 PM (UqKQV)
Nope, but we sure as hell gave it a good try!
Posted by: KG at September 21, 2011 08:32 AM (LD21B)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 21, 2011 08:35 AM (z/Mo8)
This wonÂ’t help with those genital warts at the White House.
Is it just me or does anyone else immediately envision "mussies" latching on to the Lightsquared technology to blind the GPS system integrated into those pesky smart bombs that keep falling from the sky? Are we not just broadcasting how to defeat our own military here???
Posted by: MrObvious at September 21, 2011 08:41 AM (2uovW)
No, the difference is that loans have to be paid back, I'm simply trading potential money for real money. Its up to the bank to convert those potential dollars into real dollars if they want to. The bank examiners won't care - the bank starts with X dollars and winds up with X dollars. See, the law of conservation of dollars. Did you see the physics ruse explanation I did there?
Anybody want to cash this check I've written for one million potential dollars?
Please.
By the way, I've often wondered if the physicists would have swallowed the idea of potential energy if it had been called 'Magical Fairy Dust' instead. Try this on for size: "When you lift a weight up in a gravitational field you increase its Magical Fairy Dust - when you drop the weight its Magical Fairy Dust is converted into kinetic energy." Probably not huh - potential energy sounds so scientific - Magical Fairy Dust exposes the concept as the intellectual fraud and self deception it really is.
Posted by: An Observation at September 21, 2011 08:44 AM (ylhEn)
Posted by: MrObvious at September 21, 2011 08:44 AM (2uovW)
It was a CIA/USAF program anyway, not NASA. I think NASA ended up flying a couple for research purposes.
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 21, 2011 08:59 AM (u83UF)
Posted by: Molon Labe at September 21, 2011 09:04 AM (S7K8x)
Posted by: Das SCOAMF at September 21, 2011 10:40 AM (RD7QR)
This will be hard to beat.
It would be a great tshirt or bumper sticker.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 21, 2011 09:28 AM (4rQH4)
The A-12 was developed largely because that U-2 was shot down in 1960. It operated throughout the 1960s, but SR-71 aircraft operated for many years afterward.
Much of the reason we don't use them now is because we use satellites.
I guess I still wish we did because they are a symbol of exceptionalism. But that's kinda silly. B1-Bs fly very high at mach 3 and blow stuff up anywhere they want to.
Posted by: Dustin at September 21, 2011 09:29 AM (fF625)
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