January 16, 2011
— Open Blogger In 2007, a crap writing unit was recruited to fill space by a milblogger for skills they didn't possess. These men promptly escaped from the minimum-security moronsphere to the blogging underground. Today, still read by absolutely nobody, they survive as jokesters of misfortune. If you need an emergency ONT, if no one else will help (and they won't), and if they're semi-sober but still have a couple of Adderall pills left over, maybe you can hire ... The L-Team.
Tonight's theme.
How Long Will This Be Going On?
Last night, Genghis kicked off with a video of the obviously-picked-the-name-for-the-free-blog-publicity band Ace on the Midnight Special. He slyly implied that the video was somehow painful to watch.
I see his embed and raise him one big-ass red fedora.
This man has been married for 49 years. To a woman.
Underneath this little flippy thingy here: More from the land of travails, malaise and woe. (I use the word "malaise" as it is supposedly the mating call of the Great Caddell.)
Just sayin'.
Hey look, it worked!
Weird Taiwanese News Animation (Weirder Than Usual, I Mean)
I would say, "I think it's better if I just let the video speak for itself," but of course the title is splashed all over the embed. Thanks, YouTube.
I don't know why there's a pic of Gabrielle Giffords at the beginning. Well, okay, it's kinda obvious why, but it's Taiwan. Like we'd find a Taiwanese politician getting shot to be anything more than a curiosity. Just ignore it.
Basically, I think the short version is "What goes up must come down, you idiots."
Turns Out Your Bank Really IS Just One Giant Commode
Well, as germy as one, anyway. Turns out ATM keypads are just as bacteria-ridden as toilets are. Public toilets.
“We were surprised by our results because the ATM machines were shown to be heavily contaminated with bacteria; to the same level as nearby public toilets. In addition the bacteria we detected on ATMs were similar to those from the toilet, which are well known as causes of common human illnesses.”
I may have discovered the source of the problem.
Of course, as any good Moron knows, bacteria are everywhere and this doesn't really mean much. But it's fun to scare your even moronier friends with, if you have any.
(I love the word commode. It instantly nails you as either being from Appalachia or Canada.)
Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings
Ha ha ha. Ha ha HA ha ha hee hee ha!
That's short for "I don't got 'em." Maet compiles those, and we openbloggers don't have access to the data. So let's just say that tonight, you're all winners.
[Coming momentarily. Maet finally sent 'em.]
Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings - 2th Attempt
Drumroll please! BrummmmmMMMmmMMMmmMMm. Okay.
Top 10 commenters:
1 [536 comments] 'toby928▒' [75.25 posts/day]
2 [449 comments] 'garrett'
3 [409 comments] 'runningrn'
4 [368 comments] 'Soothsayer3P0'
5 [357 comments] 'Oldcat'
6 [350 comments] 'Kratos (Ghost of Sparta)'
7 [320 comments] 'nickless'
8 [308 comments] 'dagny'
9 [279 comments] 'Y-not'
10 [265 comments] 'curious'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [90 names] 'toby928▒' [12.64 unique names/day]
2 [66 names] 'garrett'
3 [54 names] 'runningrn'
4 [50 names] 'nickless'
5 [45 names] 't-bird'
6 [44 names] 'fluffy'
7 [37 names] 'kbdabear'
8 [37 names] 'andycanuck'
9 [37 names] 'garrett'
10 [36 names] 'NC Ref'
I can't think of any caption that wouldn't offend somebody. I just wanted a picture of an ugly trophy. I'm thinking he won the Crossdressing Cinderella Rodeo...?
In honor of ErikW's post at #29.
Jessica Simpson, 2048.
Tonight's ONT brought to you by that ineffable feeling of having a hand up your ass your entire life.
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I think this is the response we need to be taking, to lefty Bull Shit
Bite Me.
http://tinyurl.com/4ejtawk
Posted by: Kemp at January 16, 2011 06:05 PM (JpFM9)
Posted by: Rex Ryan at January 16, 2011 06:06 PM (oREHE)
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 06:08 PM (zxpIo)
Tonight's ONT brought to you by that ineffable feeling of having a hand up your ass your entire life.
In other words, we're just the puppets and God (or the Fates) is the puppeteer?
Please not let the Almighty be the woman who "played" Lamb Chop.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 06:08 PM (c0A3e)
Cute little Lambchop is ugly old mutton today.
Posted by: Cicero at January 16, 2011 06:08 PM (Ys0KI)
Tonight's ONT brought to you by that ineffable feeling of having a hand up your ass your entire life.
Would explain Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann
Posted by: William Amos at January 16, 2011 06:08 PM (FpY6N)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 06:09 PM (dWPyO)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:10 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: Cicero at January 16, 2011 06:11 PM (Ys0KI)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:11 PM (yuklr)
Posted by: booger at January 16, 2011 06:12 PM (9RFH1)
Nope. You're far from the first asshole to waste my time with that first crap.
Speaking of pain, what's up with The Worst Cooks in America? Last season, tons of fun watching them destroy food, get chopped, etc., etc.
This season? They've loaded the roster with a bunch of weenies that everytime someone gets whacked, the rest of the team starts leaking tears. Even the guys.
Buncha emo assholes. Sack up!
Posted by: AGENT: ADDITIONAL BLOND at January 16, 2011 06:12 PM (SHKl9)
Posted by: Splunge at January 16, 2011 06:12 PM (9uwvY)
Tonight's ONT brought to you by that ineffable feeling of having a hand up your ass your entire life.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Rep. Barney Fwank at January 16, 2011 06:12 PM (Ys0KI)
Posted by: journolist at January 16, 2011 06:14 PM (LwLqV)
how was your weekend?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:14 PM (PaSAU)
Yep. Pat Cadell and Jack Elam are truly separated at birth.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2011 06:16 PM (BvBKY)
Pat Caddell is one of the crotchety bastards you'd ask, "How's the coffee?" and he'd reply, "If I shoved it up your ass, you'd know how good it was."
And that's why I like him.
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2011 06:17 PM (PSE2m)
Jack Elam"
Liked him even better as the maddog hired killer in Once Upon a Time in the West.
"Heheh, looks like we're short one horse..."
Posted by: AGENT: ADDITIONAL BLOND at January 16, 2011 06:17 PM (SHKl9)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 16, 2011 06:17 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:17 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 06:18 PM (eqsrg)
Which is why I always wear my rubber facemask of Joy Behar to the ATM. Scares those itty bitty germies clean off! Works great at the DMV too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 16, 2011 06:19 PM (JOM6t)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:19 PM (Z71Vg)
Love Colin Firth.
Posted by: huerfano at January 16, 2011 06:19 PM (QgmBR)
Posted by: Pat Fucking Caddell at January 16, 2011 06:21 PM (Q6s0Y)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 16, 2011 06:24 PM (npr0X)
38 I search the menu every week for "Firth". He's my favorite. I had heard this movie was good but didn't pay too much attention and then saw his name above. Googled it. I can tell by his lips on the poster it's Firth since I've studied them so assiduously.
Sigh
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 06:24 PM (eqsrg)
jewells45 heh so he wasn't a mean pit bull, that's good
Is it your own spaghetti sauce recipe?
Oh God no, he's a snuggly, cuddly sweetheart. My recipe is actually one that was handed down from an Italian family that lived in the projects across the street from where my husband lived when he was a kid. It's fabulous (if I say so myself).
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:24 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at January 16, 2011 06:25 PM (QBQcg)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2011 06:25 PM (jzOkH)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:26 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 10:17 PM (PaSAU)
I'll bet the sex would be awesome. Painful, but awesome.
Mother, Jugs, and Speed was Bill Cosby, Racquel Welch and...somebody. Bloody awful flick, if memory serves, but it's been a long time.
Posted by: joncelli at January 16, 2011 06:26 PM (MLQL2)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 06:27 PM (tJjm/)
What puzzles me is why this would surprise anyone. Do they now have researchers that are vat-grown and have no contact with Earth before they start on a research project.
I thought about it for a minute more, but I still can't figure out how this would surprise you.
One more chance - no, still can't see it.
I'm not sure I trust the research of people who are surprised that people have germs on their hands, especially a short distance from a public toilet.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:28 PM (bxiXv)
If you say so...
Posted by: Debbie, from Dallas at January 16, 2011 06:28 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 10:27 PM (tJjm/)
I don't want to be around when PC finds out what you just said.
So how many of you humps have the day off tomorrow? I thought it might be more comments tonight.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 06:29 PM (dWPyO)
So how many of you humps have the day off tomorrow?
I have to work. My boss is Dutch. MLK doesn't mean shit to him.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:30 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 06:32 PM (tJjm/)
So how many of you humps have the day off tomorrow? I thought it might be more comments tonight.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 10:29 PM (dWPyO)
My government-employed Mom aske me that earlier. She seemed a little surprised that I pointed out that most of the country was going to have a regular workday tomorrow.
Posted by: NC Ref at January 16, 2011 06:32 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 16, 2011 06:32 PM (GZITd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KusWJSnmjLE
Miss Arkansas was robbed....Robbed, I tells ya!
Posted by: Asher at January 16, 2011 06:33 PM (x0bz5)
I pointed out that most of the country was going to have a regular workday tomorrow.
Yup exactly. Someone asked me that as well. The glory of the private sector baby.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 06:34 PM (dWPyO)
My recipe is actually one that was handed down from an Italian family that lived in the projects across the street from where my husband lived when he was a kid. It's fabulous (if I say so myself).
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 10:24 PM (Z71Vg)
So, you're not gonna tell us what's in it.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: joncelli at January 16, 2011 06:34 PM (MLQL2)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 06:34 PM (eqsrg)
Posted by: mpfs at January 16, 2011 06:34 PM (b9guo)
Posted by: ANA-CHRON: DA at January 16, 2011 06:35 PM (6fER6)
Sad, sad pathetic game the Seahawks didn't play. Yeesh! Our offensive line was like a flimsy piece of Swiss cheese. Meanwhile, Cutler had all day to throw the ball. And what the heck was going on with our freaking receivers? I know we had two key injuries, but seriously, that game was painful to watch. Ugh!
Has anyone heard from Editor? I wonder if he's ok after today's game. I wonder if the baby is coming soon.
Jewells, how's the no-smoking thing going? I hope you made it through the rest of the week. Stay strong, girlfriend!
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:35 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:35 PM (yuklr)
Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at January 16, 2011 06:35 PM (QBQcg)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 06:36 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 16, 2011 06:36 PM (npr0X)
Posted by: The blonde what's smarter than Turbo Tim and Stank Bernank at January 16, 2011 06:36 PM (le5qc)
Posted by: wildwood at January 16, 2011 10:35 PM (VSWPU)
I do.
But I'm more used to being a hundred-aire.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:36 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 06:37 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at January 16, 2011 10:35 PM (QBQcg)
I just wish Washington/Lincoln still had their own holiday. President's Day is a joke. Guess I'm supposed to celebrate James Buchanan in the same way I would GW.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 06:37 PM (dWPyO)
I think he just called us all losers...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 06:37 PM (bgcml)
I'm always worried that I'll get into a movie and that it will have lib undertones. My stupid husband likes to pretend Firth is gay to annoy me. He think's he's funny.
Yeah, I'm the same way, but this was beautifully done. The sets were so authentic looking. BTW- lots of nice closeups of Firths lips!!
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:37 PM (Z71Vg)
Wife has off because she's a gubmint worker, (city.) Me, I'm off because I am fucking funemployed.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 16, 2011 06:37 PM (Jx0x6)
So how many of you humps have the day off tomorrow?
--------
Being part of the military-industrial complex, I have tomorrow off to prove that I'm not a racist.
Heh! I was talking to my sister on the phone. I told her I want to go see the movie "The King's Speech." My sister asked "Which one is 'The King's Speech'?
In the background, my 6 year old niece pipes up:
"I had a dream, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."
It was pretty cute--especially since she equates MLK with "blah, blah, blah."
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:38 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:38 PM (yuklr)
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 10:37 PM
I should have left her in the bathtub
Posted by: Vincent Hanna at January 16, 2011 06:38 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 16, 2011 06:39 PM (npr0X)
She's sounded like a complete idiot ever since 2004, when she would go on talk shows and slober-on about how great and brave John F'ing Kerry was.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 06:39 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Mark Sanchez at January 16, 2011 10:35 PM (vdfwz)
Enchiladas?
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 16, 2011 06:39 PM (Jx0x6)
Jewells, how's the no-smoking thing going? I hope you made it through the rest of the week. Stay strong, girlfriend!
Oh you are so sweet to ask! I have not had a cigarette yet!!!!! This Tuesday will be one week.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:39 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 06:40 PM (BZ2Bm)
Posted by: Vincent Hanna at January 16, 2011 10:38 PM (vdfwz)
Your step daughter now has a greeeeeeeeat ass!!!!!
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 06:40 PM (dWPyO)
well, in fairness, one distinguishing factor between public toilets and ATMs are that public toilets have lots of water around, and water is a natural breeding ground for bacteria - ATMs don't
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:40 PM (PaSAU)
Wow, Natalie Portman sounds like a complete idiot. Or is it just me?
It's just you--for watching that Hollywood, self important smugfest. 
Just kidding, Peaches! I'm sorry I'm giving you a hard time!
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:40 PM (ihSHD)
http://tinyurl.com/4eu4lad
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 16, 2011 06:40 PM (JOM6t)
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 10:37 PM (zxpIo)
It doesn't have to be one or the other.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 06:40 PM (tJjm/)
I'll be up at 5:00 am tomorrow to help grease the gears of Capitalism you *blankety, blank, effing blankers.*
And a good evening to you all as well!
Posted by: ErikW at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (PSE2m)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (eqsrg)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (yuklr)
Oh you are so sweet to ask! I have not had a cigarette yet!!!!! This Tuesday will be one week.
Awesome! You're doing great! Congratulations! I know it's really hard.
What are you going to do with all the money you are saving from not buying cigarettes? You should buy yourself something really fun!
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (ihSHD)
Oh you are so sweet to ask! I have not had a cigarette yet!!!!! This Tuesday will be one week.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 10:39 PM (Z71Vg)
You will succeed. I have confidence in you.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (bxiXv)
So, you're not gonna tell us what's in it.
More than happy to share, but I don't measure anything which makes it hard. But I will try to put it all together on paper and post it soon.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:41 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:42 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: wildwood at January 16, 2011 06:42 PM (VSWPU)
Smoky and the Bandit?
Shari Lewis was still doing her silly skits when my kids were little (and I remembered her from when I was little!). I loved that lady.
Isn't that Indian plaque for cricket? It would make sense they play that since it's a British game.
Hello all.
Posted by: ExExZonie at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (p8ieA)
oh runningrn you'll be happy to know that I had a great workout today, ran/walked 2.87 miles - felt great afterwards
Chemmy, that's so great! You're doing fabulous! How did your new shoe inserts work? I'm glad you had a great workout! Keep at it, my friend!
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (BZ2Bm)
Congratulations, jewells! That's a great accomplishment!
Posted by: Y-not at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (pW2o8)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (eqsrg)
Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (QBQcg)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:43 PM (PaSAU)
More than happy to share, but I don't measure anything which makes it hard. But I will try to put it all together on paper and post it soon.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 10:41 PM (Z71Vg)
That's okay, I wouldn't measure anything when I made it, either.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:44 PM (bxiXv)
Oh you are so sweet to ask! I have not had a cigarette yet!!!!! This Tuesday will be one week.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 10:39 PM (Z71Vg)
Congrats, Jewells. If you've quit 'em this long, you can quit 'em for good!
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 06:44 PM (urYpw)
FIFY.
Oh, and her movies suck worse than Tom Brady did today. At least Tom Brady is entertaining; Natalie Portman's drivel isn't amusing in the least.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 06:44 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:44 PM (yuklr)
Are you kidding? After that fucking football game, the only thing that's saving me is being able to sit here in my ratty sweats and mock people who have way more money than I do. Truly, it pulled me right out of what could have been an alcohol-filled pit of depression.
Did you see Helena Bonham Carter's dress? I'm giddy just thinking about it!
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 06:44 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 06:44 PM (eqsrg)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:45 PM (Z71Vg)
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
Interesting question. They aren't responsible for anything, can crap anywhere they want, basically don't have any expectations on them, and get a lot of boob action, so I'd have to say "Yes." Shoot, adults go nuts, just when they eke out a little smile (which is often just a natural response to releasing gas).
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:45 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 10:43 PM (BZ2Bm)
And that's how we know you're not secretly Allahpundit.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:45 PM (bxiXv)
A safe way to approach it would be to say that 1) he was a Republican. 2) like all men in positions of great power, he liked to fuck around on his wife. 3) No black leaders in todays world seems to give a shit about his message anymore, although they bloviate like they do.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at January 16, 2011 06:45 PM (Jx0x6)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 06:46 PM (BZ2Bm)
Thanks for the kudos guys. It really does help knowing everyone is rooting for you. I have also been working out and went on a stricter diet. I'm not overweight, but my big fear is that I will gain weight now that I have quit smoking
That is a good plan. Substituting exercise for smoking is a great trade!
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:46 PM (ihSHD)
My mom watched all of the Tudors and loved them. She also agreed with your assessment of Young Henry 8th I am,
./Decadence!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 06:46 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:47 PM (PaSAU)
I offer this, and will mention it everywhere I can tomorrow.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. January 17, 1706.
Did he do much?
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 16, 2011 06:47 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:47 PM (yuklr)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 10:43 PM (PaSAU)
Where were they on sale?
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:47 PM (bxiXv)
Ice cream, cheeseburgers, and lobster?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 16, 2011 06:48 PM (4ucxv)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2011 06:48 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at January 16, 2011 06:48 PM (QBQcg)
I offer this, and will mention it everywhere I can tomorrow.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. January 17, 1706.
Did he do much?
He invented electricity!
Posted by: Typical American HS Student at January 16, 2011 06:48 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 16, 2011 06:48 PM (4ucxv)
Are you kidding? After that fucking football game, the only thing that's saving me is being able to sit here in my ratty sweats and mock people who have way more money than I do. Truly, it pulled me right out of what could have been an alcohol-filled pit of depression.
Did you see Helena Bonham Carter's dress? I'm giddy just thinking about it!
Were you rooting for the Hawks too?
I'm not watching the Gilded Globs right now. It must be pretty bad. It does amaze me how all these Hollywood tards and "fashionistas" can spend so much money on truly ugly outfits. Moochelle Obama comes to mind. She has worn more butt ugly things than anyone else I can think of, and paid a lot of money for them.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:49 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:49 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 06:49 PM (tJjm/)
Historic!
Posted by: kbdabear at January 16, 2011 06:49 PM (vdfwz)
yeah jewells runningrn is right, you should reward yourself for how good a job you are doing
Yeah, definately. I should have been socking away the money I was spending on cigs. But you know, it was nice to walk into the Walgreens, or the convenience store and not buy cigarettes. Felt pretty damn good.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 06:49 PM (Z71Vg)
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 10:45 PM (Z71Vg)
Getting more exercise will help with the cravings and the weight.
But the real crisis comes in about a week, when you start to taste food again.
You can DO it!
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:50 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 06:51 PM (BZ2Bm)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 10:44 PM (yuklr)
Someone should have told Robert Kennedy.
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 06:51 PM (eqsrg)
Good for you Jewells, stay strong! did you use anything like a patch or just cold turkey?
Posted by: ExExZonie at January 16, 2011 06:52 PM (p8ieA)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:52 PM (yuklr)
That woman's face tells me that "Star Trek: First Contact" has already happened
Posted by: kbdabear at January 16, 2011 06:53 PM (vdfwz)
Dude, you should totally repost that from the other thread. It was priceless.
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 06:53 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: Old grizzled gym coach at January 16, 2011 06:53 PM (QBQcg)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:53 PM (yuklr)
runningrn actually the new shoe inserts sucked - I just got brand new shoes, they are Asics gel shoes but they were on sale for only $30! so that was great.
Wow, that's a great deal. I wear Asics too. They are really good shoes. Were you able to return the inserts?
Peaches, I feel your pain, only our QB wasn't the problem, the lack of OL, no running game, and receivers dropping passes was. So much blame to spread around. One funny (or sad) statistic I heard after the game, "Jake Cutler had 43 rushing yards. Seattle's offense had 34."
Ouch!
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:53 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 10:50 PM (PaSAU)
Thanks, I will check them out. Putting more miles on and I need real shoes. My Kung Fu slippers are great but don't really help your feet any.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 06:55 PM (BZ2Bm)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:55 PM (PaSAU)
Scientists beg police to find a cure for cancer... after laptop with years of research is stolen
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 06:55 PM (c0A3e)
No, he just saw which side his bread was buttered on. The Kennedys mob ties were heavy, yet he crusades against them as Attorney General
The guy was a ruthless little prick, and if it got him enough votes to go over the top he would have campaigned in a Shirley Temple dress
Posted by: kbdabear at January 16, 2011 06:55 PM (vdfwz)
It's a hot Sydney arvo here and time for work - that ugly trophy is a cricket trophy BTW - Indian Premier League
Domestic cricket comp based in India, with a number of cricketers from other countries playing for various teams, all playing for heaps of $$$$$$
It's a quickie form of the game, only 20 overs each side and over in a few hours, not like 5 day Test matches...
Posted by: aussie at January 16, 2011 06:56 PM (Aua15)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:56 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2011 06:56 PM (9Lm5R)
Haha, Climate of Hate in Chicago
Seattle Coach Pete Carroll was very upset at the brutality meted upon his players.
"There has been a climate of hate building here in Chicago against us all week long," he said after the game. "It started with that sports talk radio figure - you all know who I mean - saying that he hoped the Bears would just destroy us. A caller said the Bears should show us no mercy. Another said he wanted the Bears to crush us. Now I've got two men in the hospital. With all the harsh language and vitriol in this city, it's not surprise that things turned out the way they did."
This reporter contacted the White House to get Chicago native President Obama's reaction.
"They brought a knife to the fight," the president responded through a spokesman. "We brought a gun. It's the Chicago way."
Once the game ended, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas tweeted, "Mission accomplished, Sarah Palin."
http://tinyurl.com/4w3ktrd
Posted by: robtr at January 16, 2011 06:56 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 06:58 PM (yuklr)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2011 06:58 PM (jzOkH)
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 06:58 PM (bxiXv)
the banks and the stock market are closed too
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 06:59 PM (PaSAU)
It was the Climate of Hate in Chicago that did in the Seahawks.
Heh! I did feel bad for Hasselbeck. He and Stokely seemed like the only ones who were really trying. I got really pissed off as the defense just watched Cutler run around at will and Williams--WTF! The one play, he didn't even bother to run into the endzone leaving Hasselbeck with only one choice for a receiver (not to mention his 4 dropped passes). And geez, could our OL suck any more than it did today? I don't think so. Where the heck was our running game?
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 06:59 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 06:59 PM (BZ2Bm)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 07:00 PM (eqsrg)
If it makes you feel any better, the banks are all closed tomorrow, too. I guess the markets are closed, too(?).
I have to work, but it looks like our firm considers Presidents' Day a holiday. I thought that was pretty cool, I don't think I've ever gotten that one.
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 07:00 PM (zxpIo)
Don't forget JFK's fuckups that didn't even warrant a later superficial solution, such as with the Bay of Pigs invasion. "No Air Cover" Kennedy decided to not support the freedom fighters, leaving Cuba to rot under 50+ years of Castro rule.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 07:00 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 16, 2011 07:00 PM (BZ2Bm)
Posted by: wildwood at January 16, 2011 07:00 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 07:01 PM (BZ2Bm)
Anthony Cumia (Opie & Anthony, Red Eye) rips Bill Maher a new asshole. NSFW language, but a satisfying listen if you despise Maher.
tinyurl.com/6lxww8t
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at January 16, 2011 07:01 PM (MadRw)
Chicago is a pretty hatey place...as I imagine Foxboro was today, too.
(I hung out with friends I hadn't seen in two years instead of watching football, but I refuse to surrender my man card on grounds I'll be watching the games next week.)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 16, 2011 07:01 PM (4ucxv)
Scientists beg police to find a cure for cancer... after laptop with years of research is stolen
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 10:55 PM (c0A3e)
I used to remind people to do backups. Then I told people it was very important to make backups. Then I let people know that it's vital to have backups of your data.
Now I just say "FUCKING. BACKUPS." every five minutes.
Still doesn't work.
I set up automated backups for one client, and they had to admit later they'd been canceling them.
"Dude, if I did that to you instead of you doing it to yourself, I could be arrested. Think about that for a second."
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 07:02 PM (bxiXv)
Is JFK the most overrated President?The guy was awful.
I think part of that is because he died in office. Martyrdom always buys you the sympathy vote. Plus he was really good looking, articulate, clean and bright and he had a gorgeous wife with exquisite fashion sense.
I actually think Obowmao is a worst President and even more overrated. At least JFK was on the right side on the war against Communism.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:02 PM (ihSHD)
I am smoother than that. Sober, even.
Posted by: TXMarko at January 16, 2011 07:03 PM (KnCCz)
UAW (Usually Ain't Workin') contractual stipulation
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2011 07:04 PM (jzOkH)
I have to work. My boss is Dutch. MLK doesn't mean shit to him.
Posted by: jewells45 at January 16, 2011 10:30 PM (Z71Vg)
Why don't I get a holiday? I had a, oh, small effect on the the world you know.
Anyone have a hammer?
Posted by: Martin Luther at January 16, 2011 07:04 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 07:04 PM (BZ2Bm)
Posted by: ANA-CHRON: DA at January 16, 2011 07:04 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 07:04 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 07:05 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:06 PM (ihSHD)
Yup exactly. Someone asked me that as well. The glory of the private sector baby.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 10:34 PM (dWPyO)
Hey we need a new snack machine in the lobby - get back to work.
Posted by: Some Federal "Employee" at January 16, 2011 07:06 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 11:00 PM (eqsrg)
11½ EEE - high arch. 12EE usually fits best.
I wanted to try the gel Asics, $30 would have been nice, almost all of them are only available in medium width.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 07:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Mark Sanchez at January 16, 2011 10:35 PM (vdfwz)
Ask Andi, he'll try *anything*!
Posted by: Mikey at January 16, 2011 07:07 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: wildwood at January 16, 2011 07:07 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Rajiv Vindaloo at January 16, 2011 07:08 PM (BZ2Bm)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 07:08 PM (tJjm/)
So in honor of MLK jr day, will Bambi give us another speech about how you should judge people by the color of their skin, and not the content of their character?
Uh, no. I think Bambi's speech will be about MLK being a healer and uniting this country and how we need to channel his Spirit and embrace his legacy of racial healing. We need to put away the rhetoric of hate, and proclaim the message of love. Love that includes taking care of the least of these. Love that includes the absolute fabulosity of Obamacare.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:08 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 10:37 PM (zxpIo)
She's paid to read words other people right. I wouldn't presume any skill of her own.
Of course with those credentials, she's apparently qualified to be President.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 07:09 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: ANA-CHRON: DA at January 16, 2011 07:09 PM (6fER6)
I just wish Washington/Lincoln still had their own holiday. President's Day is a joke. Guess I'm supposed to celebrate James Buchanan in the same way I would GW.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at January 16, 2011 10:37 PM (dWPyO)
Well, just be happy we don't have to celebrate Gay President's day...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 07:09 PM (bgcml)
From 1776:
Adams: Wake up, Frankiln, we're going to New Jersey.
Frankilin: Like hell I am, what for?
Hopkins; The drinking and the whoring!
Franklin: (jumps up and goes with Adams)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 16, 2011 07:10 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 16, 2011 07:10 PM (9Lm5R)
@188: and let's not forget his Bay of Pigs fiasco nearly caused WW3 when the Ruskies figured they could push him around with missiles in Cuba.
But thank God Palin wasn't his VP: she's such an idiot!
Are you kidding me? Even though she wasn't born yet, it was all still Sarah's fault.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:12 PM (ihSHD)
And the one you want isn't available in your size. And the black ones are always sold out, but they don't make more of them.
(tilts head)
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 07:12 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 10:44 PM (c0A3e)
Did you try watching with the volume off?
Posted by: Some Helpful Moron at January 16, 2011 07:12 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: ExExZonie at January 16, 2011 07:15 PM (p8ieA)
(Bonus kitteh content. And you will have some old synapses refire.)
http://is.gd/vw5Z4f
thank you Rajiv for posting this - I was just reflecting the other day about the differences between kids shows today and those from when I was a kid, like this video's era - one big difference is that all the kids' shows today are 100% cartoon, there is no human content whatsoever, they are all completely fake, and I think that's really sad - there is a lot of informal education going on in this video, like where milk really comes from, how much effort it takes to deliver milk etc., and you won't find any of that whatsoever in modern kids' shows
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 07:15 PM (PaSAU)
All these shoes look like the tele-tubbies bled out in the rafters of a shoe factory. Whatever happened to just shoes?
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 07:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: delmar at January 16, 2011 07:16 PM (d9sox)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 07:17 PM (eqsrg)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 07:17 PM (PaSAU)
To add to that, he was plugged into intellectual circles and made pretensions to being an intellectual to an extent few Presidents in recent history did. That bought him goodwill among that group. Since they saw him as one of their own, focusing on his failures would be the equivalent to admitting their impotency to solve everything.
It's also difficult to appreciate today, but his status as the first Irish and Catholic President gave people an emotional attachment to the Kennedy that people wouldn't easily let go. Al Smith still passed towns burning crosses when he ran for President 30 years earlier.
(Though, In case I'm not making it clear, yes, even Obama didn't have the media covering for him as much as the Kennedys did. The sheer amount of dirt they swept under the rug is mind-boggling.)
Posted by: AD at January 16, 2011 07:17 PM (9r1ux)
I wake up this morning and she suddenly has to go in for emergency surgery for something totally unrelated and way, way out of the fucking blue; six hours later they do it; four hours after that and the docs are "cautiously optimistic", which is kind of like the RNC being "cautiously optimistic" about clusterfuck special elections.
She's in great health. She's supposed to have another 20 or 30 years left. But I've already been through this with other relatives and though it took much longer for the hospitals to kill them, they always found a way.
I dunno, I don't get it. Real head-scratcher, this. I just don't know what to think other than what the fuck? Just.... what the fuck?
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at January 16, 2011 07:18 PM (zgt4q)
She decided to go "undercover" as a man and infiltrate guy stuff and apparently was able to pull it off for a while.
She starts off giving some background about why she tried this - she complains for example that when she walks around NYC creepy guys stare at her and they don't stare at other men.
She then goes on about the unfairness of all of it. I'm guessing this is excerbated by the fact she is also a lesbian.
Now while men do enjoy looking at women, yeah staring a woman down in public isn't a nice thing. However, why am I not surprised that liberals don't realize what the side effects of their success in destroying public decency are? When you use the entire weight of the government-media complex to persuade people that "if it feels good, do it", how can you then be upset when people do things you don't like?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 07:19 PM (bgcml)
Interesting
question. They aren't responsible for anything, can crap anywhere they
want, basically don't have any expectations on them, and get a lot of
boob action, so I'd have to say "Yes."
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 10:45 PM (ihSHD)
So liberals are basically just larger babies?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 07:20 PM (bgcml)
In honor of Ben: Before Franklin invented the Franklin (pot-bellied) Stove, the chief cause of death to colonial wimmins was fire (catching onto clothes), specifically, while cooking. Franklin did not patent the stove; he felt he owed it to humanity.
See what you learn when you watch Glenn Beck?
(Ben's son was also the gov of Joizy, though he and his father had a rocky relationship.)
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 07:20 PM (urYpw)
How awful. I have been remembering her in my prayers. Wish I, or any of us, could do more. You know we would.
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 07:20 PM (zxpIo)
We get our milk from the tears of third world children. If the toon representing the Earthraper 3000 looks bigger than the government, that's because the Earthraper 3000 is bigger than the government!
Posted by: Annie Leonard, just doing my part at January 16, 2011 07:21 PM (MadRw)
Posted by: Editor at January 16, 2011 11:19 PM
somewhere in the Pacific, a LED just started flashing on NCJ's laptop.....
developing
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 16, 2011 07:21 PM (jzOkH)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 07:22 PM (7HEaL)
Praying for your mom, WBUS. I'm a cancer survivor myself (not completely out of the woods, either, plus doing dialysis). Prayers for you, too.
Posted by: ExExZonie at January 16, 2011 07:22 PM (p8ieA)
Posted by: steevy at January 16, 2011 10:47 PM (yuklr)
Uh-hem. UNPRECEDENTED sweetie
Posted by: President B+ Awesome at January 16, 2011 07:23 PM (bgcml)
Shit. I did make top 10. Now I'll have to go cold turkey. Haven't done that since health care vote.
Heh! I haven't made the list in forever! I can't believe how much time I spent on here last week!
Oh hi
Hey, Editor! Don and I take full responsibility for the Seahawks losing. We skipped church to watch the game at a friends house. Last week, when they won, we were safely ensconsed at Hec Ed Pavillion watching the Dawgs rout OSU.
I am absolutely sick about the whole Venoy Overton thing. Ugh.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:23 PM (ihSHD)
He invented
electricity!
Posted by: Typical American HS Student at January 16, 2011 10:48 PM
(c0A3e)
Don't make me have to smite you.
Posted by: Zeus at January 16, 2011 07:24 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 07:24 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at January 16, 2011 11:18 PM (zgt4q)
I wish I had something comforting to say, sucks.
All you can do is hope & pray, and take the position it's going to be okay, because what's the point of doing anything else?
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 07:24 PM (bxiXv)
My prayers and thoughts to your mom, your family, and to you. May your mom recover from all her aliments.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 07:25 PM (c0A3e)
dunno, I don't get it. Real head-scratcher, this. I just don't know what to think other than what the fuck? Just.... what the fuck?
My dad gets triple bypass--routine, right? I'm at work with a flight scheduled up to say hi a couple days later, the phone rings in my classroom: sister in hysterics, Dad bled out from the surgery after they moved him out of ICU. I guess nothing is routine, ever.
I feel for ya man.
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 16, 2011 07:25 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 07:25 PM (7HEaL)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 07:26 PM (PaSAU)
Posted by: Editor at January 16, 2011 07:27 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: eman at January 16, 2011 07:27 PM (0aJSF)
Posted by: dagny at January 16, 2011 10:58 PM (eqsrg)
One thing you would expect all Presidents would realize is that you *have* to be decisive. Going back on supporting the Cubans at the last minute should have gotten him impeached whether you agree with the decision to send them in or not.
Interestingly, you can see contrast with Bush 43.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 07:27 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 07:27 PM (urYpw)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2011 07:28 PM (tJjm/)
My dad gets triple bypass--routine, right? I'm at work with a flight scheduled up to say hi a couple days later, the phone rings in my classroom: sister in hysterics, Dad bled out from the surgery after they moved him out of ICU. I guess nothing is routine, ever.
Wow, that's a little unusual to have bleeding that late (I'm assuming he was in the ICU for a day or two). I wonder if he had a transfusion reaction or something came unclipped? Were they able to help him?
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:28 PM (ihSHD)
I'm still amused by the fact his assassination by a communist has been a convenient club to use against "rightwing violence."
Whatever the hell Jack Ruby was thinking he really screwed us over hard...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 07:29 PM (bgcml)
Editor - does this mean you're at the hospital (Mrs. Editor, too, of course)?
What up with Herr? Isn't #5 due next month?
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 07:30 PM (urYpw)
wow it sounds like Editor Jr. is waiting to come screaming into the world
best of luck for your mom, War
g'night
Posted by: chemjeff at January 16, 2011 07:30 PM (PaSAU)
So liberals are basically just larger babies?
yup, helpless, blameless, immature, and unable to think rationally--yup!
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:30 PM (ihSHD)
Did you get the tree sap off the saw and whatever-else-it-was? That stuff is tenacious.
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 07:30 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2011 11:29 PM (bgcml)
That was the weirdest part of his assasination. Ruby never did say what he was thinking. He just went to prison and kept his mouth shut.
Posted by: robtr at January 16, 2011 07:32 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: Editor at January 16, 2011 07:32 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at January 16, 2011 11:18 PM (zgt4q)
Wow, so sorry to hear that. I hope your mom pulls through this.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:32 PM (ihSHD)
No, we're not at the hospital. You will not hear from me if we're at the hospital. It's early in the game, but they're fairly regular, now.
OOH!! That's big news! I hope she's not having too much discomfort. Did her water break yet?
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:33 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Editor at January 16, 2011 11:32 PM (YX6i/)
WTH?!!! tmi3rd live blogged his kid's whole birth (and had fun doing it). Fence builder!
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 07:33 PM (urYpw)
That was the weirdest part of his assasination. Ruby never did say what he was thinking. He just went to prison and kept his mouth shut.
Posted by: robtrAccording to the Warren Commission Report (First Edition), he said he did it because he didn't want Mrs. Kennedy to be distressed by going through a trial.
He never said anything else that I'm aware of, though.
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 07:34 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: delmar at January 16, 2011 07:34 PM (d9sox)
That was the weirdest part of his assasination. Ruby never did say what he was thinking. He just went to prison and kept his mouth shut
Obviously, he was in mortal fear that his secret association with the not yet born Sarah Palin would become known, and then she would have to kill and gut him like the caribou she would hunt later in life.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:35 PM (ihSHD)
WTH?!!! tmi3rd live blogged his kid's whole birth (and had fun doing it). Fence builder!
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 11:33 PM (urYpw)
Did he have a good divorce lawyer?
Posted by: Editor at January 16, 2011 07:35 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 07:36 PM (7HEaL)
Did he have a good divorce lawyer?
Posted by: Editor at January 16, 2011 11:35 PM (YX6i/)
Oh, er, never mind.
(Good luck!)
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 07:36 PM (urYpw)
I weep for the fate of the world.
/For more complex reasons than I just listed, of course, but the sentiment remains.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 16, 2011 07:36 PM (c0A3e)
WTH?!!! tmi3rd live blogged his kid's whole birth (and had fun doing it). Fence builder!
What did tmi3rd have?
And yeah, I can't believe Editor's not going to be one of those dad's that puts everything up on FB (I know you're not on there, but Mrs. Editor is).
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:36 PM (ihSHD)
I wonder if he had a transfusion reaction or something came unclipped? Were they able to help him?
That's a damn good question. Sister is an RN, thinks a weakened wall gave out under the pressure or something.
No they were not.
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 16, 2011 07:37 PM (DLxD/)
I think a circuit breaker in my head must have kicked in at some point because this has ceased to seem real. Will that help me meet my horrible deadline at work tomorrow? Will it help me take the next phone call in stride? Is this all being shunted off somewhere to build up so I can have my nervous breakdown later when there's more time for it? Wish I knew. But I wish this evil left-field bullshit would leave my mom alone more.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at January 16, 2011 07:37 PM (zgt4q)
What did tmi3rd have?
IIRC, a boy, hence, tmi4th.
If you know how to search the Ace database, I think he put up a pix shortly after.
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 07:38 PM (urYpw)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 16, 2011 07:40 PM (OgPNs)
Take care, and take care of your mom.
Yes, you will have the nervous breakdown later; currently, I am sure you are coping magnificently.
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 07:40 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at January 16, 2011 11:37 PM (zgt4q)
Worst damned thing in the world. You need to protect someone you love, note I said need not want, and you can't do anything.
Drives you crazy, I so live there.
I can't even find freaking shoes on the freaking internet. I'm gonna play video games now, I can pretend I can do something there.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 07:40 PM (bxiXv)
Katya, I'd look for a burqa made out of the same paper they make for doctors' visits. Before boarding, rip that sucker off. Pack one for the return trip, too.
Later, 'rons. Need to herd the kids off to bed.
Posted by: RushBabe at January 16, 2011 07:42 PM (urYpw)
Posted by: mpfs at January 16, 2011 11:38 PM (3TjSM)
And then tmi3rd had a tmi5th to deal with all the tmistress.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2011 07:43 PM (BvBKY)
He never said anything else that I'm aware of, though.
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 11:34 PM (mKMj1)
I hadn't heard that but it doesn't make alot of sense. Oswald hadn't even been arraigned yet. One of those things we'll never know I guess. I wonder if the Warren Commission asked Ruby how he was so sure that Oswald was guilty.
Posted by: robtr at January 16, 2011 07:43 PM (hVDig)
Katya, I'd look for a burqa made out of the same paper they make for doctors' visits. Before boarding, rip that sucker off. Pack one for the return trip, too.
My husband wouldn't go for it. He has no sense of humor when rebelling against the government.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 16, 2011 07:43 PM (OgPNs)
That was the weirdest part of his assasination. Ruby never did say what he was thinking. He just went to prison and kept his mouth shut.
Posted by: robtrAccording to the Warren Commission Report (First Edition), he said he did it because he didn't want Mrs. Kennedy to be distressed by going through a trial.
He never said anything else that I'm aware of, though.
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 11:34 PM (mKMj1)
According to people at his club, he also spoke about the fact Kennedy had kids and that they'd now grow up fatherless.
I'm really not sure it would have made a difference politically if Oswald lived. Laughner's still alive. There's zero evidence he was a rightwinger and a lot of evidence that he was either politically neutral or a leftist. That didn't do us much good with the mainstream media today--imagine if they still had the control over the news they had in '63.
The evidence that Oswald was a commie was so overwhelming you had to be actively trying to miss it.
Posted by: AD at January 16, 2011 07:43 PM (9r1ux)
That's a damn good question. Sister is an RN, thinks a weakened wall gave out under the pressure or something.
No they were not.
I am so sorry to hear that. Wow. So devastating. I don't know if he got any blood products during his hospital stay (sometimes need them during surgery or afterwards depending on how much blood was lost intra-op or if there is bleeding once everything is done (platelets, fresh frozen plasma, clotting factors, etc.) You can have reactions to those several days after the products were given, some even as late as a week or more that can result in rapid hemorrhage and death. Also, if a clip came off one of the grafts (especially if they used a mammary artery), that could cause bleeding, but usually you can get the person back to surgery in time and fix that. Your sister's theory is also a good one. If an arterial wall gave out (kind of like an aneurysm developing and it dissected and ruptured) then, the bleeding would be very sudden and quick.
I am really sorry for your loss.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:44 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at January 16, 2011 11:40 PM (OgPNs)
I would take a ship.
Posted by: robtr at January 16, 2011 07:45 PM (hVDig)
I'm really not sure it would have made a difference politically if Oswald lived. Laughner's still alive.
Which means he's likely to start flapping his gums. I don't think he'll go all McVey. I think he'll want people to know what he thinks.
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2011 07:46 PM (BvBKY)
IIRC, a boy, hence, tmi4th.
If you know how to search the Ace database, I think he put up a pix shortly after.
Thanks!
I don't know how to do that--I've got no computer skilz.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:46 PM (ihSHD)
Hubby and I may be going on a cruise soon. We will have to fly so do you guys recommend that I get scanned or groped when I encounter TSA?
I guess it depends on what you're in the mood for. Tasteful nudity done in an artistic display or being finger raped by Neanderthals. I don't know.
Posted by: runningrn at January 16, 2011 07:47 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Rachel Maddow at January 16, 2011 07:48 PM (MadRw)
Hang in there and save the nervous breakdown for later on. I recommend Valium, lots and lots of Valium.
It was the only thing that got my mother through my father's death. I used just to get some sleep at the time, I was a walking zombie.
Posted by: mpfs at January 16, 2011 07:48 PM (3TjSM)
Sound bytes from Churchill, Chamberlain, JFK, MLK...
Things still haven't changed.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at January 16, 2011 07:49 PM (kb0wl)
Just wanted to add my prayer's for War Between's mom.
Also, good luck to Mrs. Editor as she launches Editor 2.0.
Posted by: ParanoidNewYearInSeattle at January 16, 2011 07:50 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 07:50 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: delmar at January 16, 2011 07:50 PM (d9sox)
Posted by: ExExZonie at January 16, 2011 07:51 PM (p8ieA)
http://skippyslist.com/ 2009/10/27/ memorable-quotes/
A taste:
Nurse: So youÂ’re having twins. Did you have any pharmaceutical assistance conceiving? (Note: We got variations of this question a lot)
Skippy: No. But we had the assistance of a team of midgets.
Nurse:Â…
SkippyÂ’s Sister: What?
Skippy: Oompa-Loompas, specifically.
SkippyÂ’s Sister: Oh my god! IÂ’m going to have the mental picture of your wife getting nailed by a pack of Oompa-Loompas all night.
Skippy: They did the song at the same time.
SkippyÂ’s Sister: Oh f&@*k you!
Nurse: IÂ’m going to go somewhere else now.
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 07:51 PM (mKMj1)
Bebe, what kind of saw are you messing with?
Posted by: Berserker at January 16, 2011 07:51 PM (gWHrG)
cannot tell what is tastier, the tears of Patriot fans or this piece of black forest cake
Don't even think about enjoying those tears!
Posted by: NY Salt Nazi, Mayor Bloomberg at January 16, 2011 07:52 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 07:54 PM (7HEaL)
Posted by: NC Ref at January 16, 2011 07:55 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 07:56 PM (Ig1Wo)
Your sister's theory is also a good one. If an arterial wall gave out (kind of like an aneurysm developing and it dissected and ruptured) then, the bleeding would be very sudden and quick.
I am really sorry for your loss.
That sounds like what happened. Thanks rn--that's very nice of you.
OK--back to the fear and loathing!
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 16, 2011 07:56 PM (DLxD/)
Sharpening a chainsaw? It's easy peasy, they even sell files with guides on them if you're not comfortable doing it freehand.
Posted by: booger at January 16, 2011 07:57 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: AD at January 16, 2011 11:43 PM (9r1ux)
Communists? Never heard of them.
Posted by: Charles Gibson at January 16, 2011 07:57 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 07:57 PM (7HEaL)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 08:00 PM (7HEaL)
yeah thats about all I use a bow saw for, I was just curious if you were trying to do any thing "nice" with it. lol
Posted by: Berserker at January 16, 2011 08:00 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 08:02 PM (7HEaL)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 16, 2011 08:03 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: booger at January 16, 2011 08:03 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: NC Ref at January 16, 2011 11:55 PM (/izg2)
Yeah but after apologizing I think he also went and told off peaches and someone else because he was just making a joke. So you know, can't help but be an ass.
Posted by: buzzion at January 16, 2011 08:05 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 08:06 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: NC Ref at January 16, 2011 08:07 PM (/izg2)
Phun Phacts about what's going on in Tunisia right now:
.ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} Tunisia's angry protestors are shedding no tears for the downfall of ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's greedy wife Leila. The former hairdresser was likened to the Philippines' Imelda Marcos of the Arab world because of her love of wealth and its trappings. While Ben Ali, 74, was granted refuge in Saudi Arabia, his wife, more than 20 years her husband's junior,was at first thought to be holed up in Dubai - a destination she is said to know well through shopping trips. The woman who came from a humble background, was branded 'The Regent of Carthage' for her power behind the throne and her love of money, luxury cars and opulent homes.This is why so much of the anger on the streets was directed at the family who were known as 'The Mafia.'
Their two daughters have fled to the Disneyland Hotel in Paris, where they are holed up in £300-a-night VIP suites. Nesrine Ben Ali, 24, and her sister Cyrine are under guard there while their father Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali is being given sanctuary in Saudi Arabia. But yesterday the French government said members of the ex-President’s family would be expelled.
Much of the corrupt family’s £3.5billion fortune is thought to be banked in France, the former colonial power in Tunisia.
Pregnant NesrineÂ’s opulent lifestyle with husband Sakhr, 30, who is with her at Disneyland, was revealed by WikiLeaks and caused her to be likened to hated Queen Marie Antoinette, who was guillotined in the French Revolution. Nesrine flew luxury foods to her beachside mansion by private jet and her playboy husband kept a pet tiger called Pasha, which he fed prime cuts of beef. The descriptions led to riots, forcing the entire family to flee.
Posted by: NY Salt Nazi, Mayor Bloomberg at January 16, 2011 08:10 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 08:12 PM (7HEaL)
Posted by: booger at January 16, 2011 08:14 PM (9RFH1)
I hear ya. Well if you ever want to chat, just let me know. Keeping you and your family in my prayers.
Posted by: NC Ref at January 16, 2011 08:15 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Goodwin Liu at January 16, 2011 08:17 PM (nNdNS)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 16, 2011 08:18 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 16, 2011 08:18 PM (2rOwc)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 08:18 PM (7HEaL)
Big surprise, this. I really thought Tunisia would never change.
Years ago, maybe 20 years, the Economist ran a brief piece proposing buying an island somewhere (maybe St. Helena or Elba, for irony?) and setting up luxury accommodations for corrupt dictators - provided they retired peacefully - that is to say, without attempting the bloody repression of the opposition. It would be under UN jurisdiction, and the dictators and entourage could have a nice estate and no danger of prosecution, provided they never left.
I resurrect the proposal for criticism and analysis.
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 08:18 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Peaches at January 16, 2011 08:19 PM (zxpIo)
Last I heard, fucking with some dude named Gulliver.
Posted by: Berserker at January 16, 2011 08:19 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: NC Ref at January 16, 2011 08:20 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2011 08:20 PM (nNdNS)
Actually Last Man on Earth was better than Omega Man.
I can think of two or three more with this plot. Can't recall the names.
Posted by: rdbrewer at January 16, 2011 08:22 PM (nNdNS)
Posted by: NC Ref at January 16, 2011 08:24 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 16, 2011 08:26 PM (7HEaL)
I resurrect the proposal for criticism and analysis.
Posted by: Dianna at January 17, 2011 12:18 AM
Think of the Reality Show they'd make of it
Dancing With The Dictators?
Posted by: kbdabear at January 16, 2011 08:30 PM (vdfwz)
His pregnant daughter (can you say 'anchor baby'? I knew you could) might already be here.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 16, 2011 08:31 PM (2rOwc)
Yep, that vindaloo has caused me a lot of pain. It's why I wrote "Ring of Fire".
"and it burns, burns burns....."
Posted by: Johnny Cash at January 16, 2011 08:35 PM (iH81+)
Posted by: Andy Sullivan's Lost Weekend at January 16, 2011 08:41 PM (iH81+)
bear,
How's business? I've been hitting a stone wall every where I inquire. I've still got a couple to contact, but I have to track them down first (I need to get out more).
Posted by: Land of Leakin at January 16, 2011 08:49 PM (AMYl0)
Dancing With The Dictators?
Posted by: kbdabear
Ha! Proceeds to charity?!
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 08:50 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: joncelli at January 16, 2011 08:52 PM (MLQL2)
bear,
How's business? I've been hitting a stone wall every where I inquire. I've still got a couple to contact, but I have to track them down first (I need to get out more).
Posted by: Land of Leakin at January 17, 2011 12:49 AM
Slow going for now, but a few leads could get me going, thanks
Posted by: kbdabear at January 16, 2011 08:53 PM (vdfwz)
Wyatt,
I saw a magazine cover a while back with a picture of this scrunt, and a caption of "I thought I'd be married by now." (paraphrasing)
Really KK? You thought someone would actuallly want to make a commitment to a tramp like you? Really?
Posted by: Land of Leakin at January 16, 2011 09:02 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: ANA-CHRON: DA at January 16, 2011 09:25 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 16, 2011 09:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DSkinner at January 17, 2011 01:07 AM (A7p3t)
They still refuse to use conventional sizing charts. They just say the shirts don't fit like normal, and then refuse to give actual chest circumference measurements like the rest of the universe. So you have to guess what the actual measurements are.
I think my last e-mail to them ended with "...chests are three dimensional, you may not have noticed." They refuse to get or post a cross-reference.
They think "different is clever." Clever until you get a shirt the wrong size, assholes.
Well, I guess if they're *that* opposed to taking my money (shrug).
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 09:39 PM (bxiXv)
Really KK? You thought someone would actuallly want to make a commitment to a tramp like you? Really?
Posted by: Land of Leakin at January 17, 2011 01:02 AM (AMYl0)
Oh, I would. But only long enough to get some of that 3rd-tier celebrity scam cash. That'll give her something to cry about on daytime TV.
Win-win.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 09:42 PM (bxiXv)
I wear a Woot 2X. I buy most of my shirts at 2X these days, but have XL shirts that are comfy, too.
....and then I have my Ace of Spades XL shirt, which would be skin-tight on a dachshund.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 16, 2011 09:44 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 16, 2011 09:47 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu
My Ace of Spades baby-doll T was a traffic stopper when I was a few pounds lighter. I will not wear it now.
Actually, it made a waiter at the Outback drop his tray. That shirt was designed to make the modestly endowed look like the proverbial German barmaid.
Posted by: Dianna at January 16, 2011 09:51 PM (mKMj1)
"But liberalism, as personified by the New York Times, became a dotty old aunt sometime during the Johnson administration. SheÂ’s provincial, eccentric, and holds dull, peculiar views about the world. Still, she has our fond regard, and we visit her regularly in her nursing home otherwise known as Arts and Leisure and the Book Review. Or we did until Sunday, January 9, when she began spouting obscenities and exposing herself."
Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2011 10:11 PM (BvBKY)
....and then I have my Ace of Spades XL shirt, which would be skin-tight on a dachshund.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 17, 2011 01:44 AM (kaalw)
How does that translate to conventional sizes, i.e. your suit coat size / chest measurement?
'Cause Woot won't tell me.
I'm a founding member, too. I have to conclude that they hate me personally for buying their stuff in the past.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 10:19 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Rex Banner at January 16, 2011 10:20 PM (vdfwz)
Posted by: MrCaniac at January 16, 2011 10:22 PM (oREHE)
it's a t-rex shirt where the bones glow in the dark
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 10:25 PM (Ig1Wo)
Outhouse, Shitter, Necessary Room, Bathroom, and many more, but rarely do you hear "commode" in Appalachia (unless you consider the entire Potomac region part of Appalachia).
Posted by: K~Bob at January 16, 2011 10:40 PM (9b6FB)
For a number of years, I've bought bespoke suits -- largely for the privilege of not dealing with suit sizes. I can recommend K. Ratan out of Texas -- tell him that I sent you. For those unfamiliar with the practice, a salesman travels around the US with swatches of fabric, general suit designs, and a tape measure. You get measured, say "I want something like this that fits me, but in that fabric." And the thing shows up a few weeks later shipped from Hong Kong.
Now, as you can imagine from my nom de blogue, it's not like people would go out of their way to look at me -- but I look my best in these suits -- and, with tailoring, I've spent almost as much for a top-of-the-line suit at a Men's Wearhouse. And they're comfy....and you can get two slacks (or as many slacks/jackets as you want, if that floats your boat).
But if I were making a recommendation for the T-shirts.....starting with them being $10 delivered to your door.....I'd say just get one as a trial. Every once in a random, they'll have random shirts for less than $7 -- use those as size experiments. Otherwise, you're over-analyzing the issue.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 16, 2011 10:47 PM (kaalw)
Ryan and his guys donÂ’t retreat though, they reload.
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 10:49 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 16, 2011 10:52 PM (kaalw)
Do you really believe that the vast majority of young, modern Russians and citizens of ex-Soviet states are particularly sympathetic of the old Soviet Union?
Do you really believe that they're not?
Of course, the american puppets that run the modern day Russia tried all they might to brainwash people into mindless zombies, who hate their history and their ancestors, and just watch sitcoms (or whatever you call this shit) and reality shows all day.
But, still not everyone is like that. Actually, a lot of people still remember the great country that was the Soviet Union. The greatest country in the world. The country of the working people, the country without homeless people and without the jobless people. But that is beside the point.
There is no Russian-made FPS with Americans as villains, because American people never were an enemy to the Russian people. Simple as that. We never lived under the "Kill commie for mommie" propaganda. Hard to believe, I know.
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 11:02 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 17, 2011 03:07 AM (kaalw)
from a thread asking why game developers keep choosing Russia as the villian
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 11:08 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 17, 2011 02:47 AM (kaalw)
It's a conspiracy, I tell ya.
Actually my first suit was like that... ironically, I got rid of it when I got too big, but it would fit fine now.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 11:11 PM (bxiXv)
Yeah, because working in a re-education camp is better than job hunting, and being slaughtered or starved to death is better than living in a shelter.
Peoples: they be delusional ALLLLLL over!
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 11:13 PM (bxiXv)
from a thread asking why game developers keep choosing Russia as the villian
Posted by: The Dude at January 17, 2011 03:08 AM (Ig1Wo)
Because when they choose Muslims, they get death threats.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 16, 2011 11:14 PM (bxiXv)
Because when they choose Muslims, they get death threats.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 17, 2011 03:14 AM (bxiXv)
just call them (their correct military name) OPFOR
Posted by: The Dude at January 16, 2011 11:16 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 16, 2011 11:44 PM (kaalw)
Unless of course you said something the govt didn't like, then you became homeless and jobless, filling an anonymous shallow grave somewhere along with thousands of similar enemies of the state, all with tidy little bullet holes in the back of their heads. If you were lucky, some construction workers might happen across your final resting place 40 or 50 years later.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 17, 2011 02:35 AM (IlEg+)
Good stuff.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at January 17, 2011 02:48 AM (KktlX)
Posted by: sTevo at January 17, 2011 02:50 AM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Museisluse at January 17, 2011 03:01 AM (kb7mQ)
Apples and oranges for the tutti fruity,
Who calls currency system 'product of the past'?
Who Hu.
Loughner, too.
Posted by: maverick muse at January 17, 2011 03:01 AM (H+LJc)
Posted by: joncelli at January 17, 2011 03:14 AM (MLQL2)
In short, the family never lived together.
It ain't birther to make the distinction between Obama's biography v. his revisionist autobiography. He's certainly not the first to paint himself better than he is.
(VMcEw) So if we're to ignore the issue, why keep dragging it out of the grave like a pack of wild and starving dogs to gnaw on bony rot? Because actually there's no need to jump on the dog pile in order to study the source of contention.
Whose authentic quote v. whose authentic revision, Jesus as contrasted against Obamessiah: "Follow me. Let the dead bury their dead."
Obama's not the first hypocritical fraud to paint himself as the second coming of whatever messianic Pied Piper figure. His "unprecedented" tacky status affects daily life as the POTUS, "leader of the free world". No POTUS has ever purposely required the public to worship his neo-messianic ass while literally hiding his real life's recorded matriculation, transcripts. Scholarly research makes note of all pertinent, related source material. There's no legitimate reason that scholarly research using empirical scientific methodology should stfu because findings are so damned inconvenient and politically uncomfortable for the fraud and the apologists of fraud.
Joe Wilson accurately shouted out "You Lie" during Obama's first SOTU, and was summarily slapped down for the audacity to publicly hold Obama to the truthful performance record in front of the nation. It takes intestinal fortitude to win any battle. Holding records UNREVISED is the matter at hand.
Job performance. Unless corruption is exposed and the public convinced to support the uncorrupted in turn, bend over, dhimmi.
Posted by: maverick muse at January 17, 2011 03:52 AM (H+LJc)
Apples and oranges for the tutti fruity,
Who calls currency system 'product of the past'?
Who Hu.
Loughner, too.
Posted by: maverick muse at January 17, 2011 07:01 AM (H+LJc)
That was pretty good for this early in the morning.
Posted by: Tami at January 17, 2011 04:07 AM (VuLos)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 17, 2011 04:15 AM (tJjm/)
Posted by: fluffy at January 17, 2011 04:20 AM (4Kl5M)
/And to complement the coffee, serve a JFK "Ich bin ein Berliner" jelly doughnut.
Posted by: maverick muse at January 17, 2011 04:20 AM (H+LJc)
Posted by: dogfish at January 17, 2011 04:30 AM (N2yhW)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 17, 2011 04:33 AM (tJjm/)
MLK did some great things but when I read what he said about Vietnam I have to move him over to the Jane Fonda column.
Posted by: CrustyB at January 17, 2011 04:43 AM (qzgbP)
"The Post Tucson Era" by Victor Davis Hanson relates this morning to Overnight's The Pain Issue.
Good stuff. But cut to the chase. Been there, done that. Obama "I won" '08 victory was due to propagandizing well intentioned idiots to blindly vote, NOT based upon records, but to vote based upon Hope for Change We Can Believe In (every voter mentally filling in the blank with the voter's own wish list to be magically, wonderfully fulfilled on demand).
Aside from Obama's initial radical platform video announcement, and his many private speeches and conservations with ideological radicals both elitist and ACORN and Union thugs, Obama's Campaign managed to propagandize Obama to be a leader towards national healing and peace. At this point, the public has been given exposure of Obama's work history including his two years abusing the Constitution from the Oval Office with antipathy for conservatives as his administration's official policy determinant.
So note well at this point forward exactly who is falling AGAIN for the "I am not an ideologue" call for conservatives to relinquish legitimacy. Apologists actually enable the furthering of authoritarianism in the name of "civility".
Lulls and Storms So to sum up: Obama just returned to his 2004 “no more red state/blue state” healing speech modes that would provide years of cover for the reality that he would soon become the most partisan senator in the Congress. I congratulate him on dispelling in a few minutes the entire leftist smear campaign. [Tucson Rally] He soon saw the results of his calming in the polls and, no doubt, his appetite for more was whetted — especially given that his base capitulated so easily and in such humiliating fashion, in a nanosecond going from sounding like Michael Moore to a calm Gandhi.
Posted by: maverick muse at January 17, 2011 04:47 AM (H+LJc)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 17, 2011 04:51 AM (tJjm/)
We're completely screwed if the public is so easily enthralled because of one stupid speech.
"Awww, he gave a nice speech, I think I like him more now."
Idiots.
Posted by: Tami at January 17, 2011 04:56 AM (VuLos)
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