1 No, no Juan I do not...

2 Aw, hell, no!

3 I'm imagining a Gingrich/West ticket. The outcome is not pleasant. Pretty much a repeat of 08.

4 Nope

5

Good Morning Morons. Today marks the beginning of Halcyon Days

Does that mean that this time of Doom will be looked upon as “the good old days of yore”?  I doubt it. This term didnÂ’t originate to be the “good old days” as popular culture now labels it. It comes from Greek mythology.  It is the 7 days in Winter when storms never occur. Well we donÂ’t have any “storms” predicted in the next 10 days. Anyway, on to the news doom soon to be followed by the Monty Financial Doom and those Halcyon Days will be back to the weather.

6

House unveils latest Boner “deal” -  $1T spending bill - conservatives lose again

Not only are we increasing spending over last year butÂ….

Environmentalists scored clear wins in stopping virtually every significant GOP initiative to roll back Environmental Protection Agency rules. Most importantly, industry forces seeking to block new greenhouse gas and clean air rules, as well as a new clean water regulation opposed by mountaintop removal mining interests, were denied.

WTF happened to the 2010 campaign promise Boner?  So we are still fighting the bogus CO2 scam despite widespread evidence that it is outright fraud.  And why is it going to the floor like this?  They have negotiated behind closed doors a losing bill before the floor fight even begins.

7

Fox speculates that Corazine will go to jail

I have to throw the BS flag on part of this though:

While there were many more players culpable for the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market and though the subsequent financial crisis was much more devastating, nearly everyone was caught in the same great error – expecting housing prices to continue marching upwards. It was a colossal countrywide (so to speak) event, in which it is hard to single out a scapegoat. 

No that is not the reason. The reason is the so-called investigation and subsequent bill was done by two of the people most responsible for the collapse, Dodd & Frank. They along with previous Demo-commies created the collapse and despite warnings of impending doom prevented any action from heading it off.  When are you people in the media going to print this?

8

And on that score regulators say they know where the money went

9

Scott J is not the only one out there buying firearms this year

Too bad CBS doesnÂ’t link to another video of the “big bazookas”.  After all they are in Sacramento and that ainÂ’t too far from Fresno.

10

Aging scrunt from the past returns in an HBO mini-series playing her ex-husband - I hope it fails miserably and drags HBO down with it.

I also hope she dies before me so I can piss on her grave. Hell I may even shit on it since we now know that is legal.

11

New Haven wants to allow illegals to vote

Ace comment?

12 House Appropriations posts 3 separate bills online to fund government. There is no CR or "stopgap" bill. This funds gov't thru next Sept.

Since the conference report was never agreed to, they broke this up into 3, garden variety bills. That could create a problem in Senate.

/@ChadPergram

13

Obama nominates two more labor goons to NLRB

Obama picked Sharon Block, a deputy assistant secretary for congressional affairs at the Department of Labor and Richard Griffin, general counsel for the International Union of Operating Engineers, to join the panel. 

Sharon Block, Nominee for Member, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Sharon Block is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor.  Between 2006 and 2009, Ms. Block was Senior Labor and Employment Counsel for the Senate HELP Committee, where she worked for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Ms. Block previously served at the National Labor Relations Board as senior attorney to Chairman Robert Battista from 2003 to 2006 and as an attorney in the appellate court branch from 1996 to 2003.  From 1994 to 1996, she was Assistant General Counsel at the National Endowment for the Humanities, and from 1991 to 1993, she was an associate at Steptoe & Johnson.  She received a B.A. in History from Columbia University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center where she received the John F. Kennedy Labor Law Award.

Richard Griffin, Nominee for Member, National Labor Relations Board
Richard Griffin is the General Counsel for International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE).  He also serves on the board of directors for the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, a position he has held since 1994.  Since 1983, he has held a number of leadership positions with IUOE from Assistant House Counsel to Associate General Counsel.   From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Griffin served as a member of the board of trustees of the IUOEÂ’s central pension fund.  From 1981 to 1983, he served as a Counsel to NLRB Board Members.  Mr. Griffin holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.

Hopefully these will be blocked and the Senate will not allow more “recess appointments”.

14 No. And I don't like it when people say "Daylight Savings Time" because it's actually "Daylight Saving Time." I'm also a weakling.

15

Bitch McConnel blocks Senate vote on Payroll Tax bill because of some provisions

He fears a “gov shutdown”.  It is time for this asshole to go.

16 Twitter says there has been polling of Jeb Bush against the GOP field in New Hampshire and Florida.

I am not at ALL receptive to this, due to his total lack of speaking out on anything over the last 3 years.

Cannot help but think that he assumed that Obama would win a second term and were going to waltz in in 2016 and win. I think Barbara Bush's disdain for Palin was wrapped up in this idea.

So now,  when Obama's unpopularity has not reversed itself,  he realizes he might be missing the boat if he doesn't enter. 

No.

17

Where is the MFM on this one. More of that "hostile political talk in the SW

18

Drone was brought down in Afghanistan not Iran?

19

LA Mayor exempts illegals from CA law prohibiting driving without a license

How is this legal? Can a Mayor override State law? IÂ’m sure Jerk-off Jerry will get right on it.

20

Are US sports events becoming like European soccer?

It seems that in the past few months we have had a LOT of these kinds of fan violence. If the sports franchises do not want these events to be taken over by hooligans they are going to have to get the local courts and police to make a strong stand on this. If they donÂ’t it will only get worse.

21

Washington Examiner endorses Mutt

This is the kind of shit conservatives have to put up with. The Washington Examiner is the ONLY major paper that gives Republicans a voice and they endorse a RINO (and possibly even a DIABLO) because “he is the only on who can beat Obama”.  Now where have I heard that BS “He is the only one who can beat --------- shit before”?

22

Meanwhile Newt gets the coveted Gopher endorsement

(Which will help him in Iowa)

23 McCain sux.

24 I was hypnotized to get an erection whenever I see the words "pipe fittings." I hope nobody spams about "pipe fittings," considering I'm in pain after typing the words myself.

25

NRO trashes Gingrich say he can't win. Also trashes Perry and Bachmann

Say they endorsed Mutt last time. Is this a back door endorsement of Mutt? Answer: Yes, although they do make a half ass plug for Huntsman and Santorum.  These people are shit. Although, I agree Newt canÂ’t win, but then again, despite BS polls, neither can Mutt. Polls donÂ’t measure voter turnout as we learned in 2010.

26

Obamy promises even more rule by executive fiat, otherwise know as a dictatorship

A Republican would have long ago been impeached for these many illegal acts. But as has been proven he has nothing to worry about from this congress. The Republicans have no balls and the Democrats cheer him on.

27 17 Twitter says there has been polling of Jeb Bush against the GOP field in New Hampshire and Florida.

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 15, 2011 07:01 AM (GoIUi)

We can't vote for Perry, he'll remind the precious independents of Bush! Let's go with the acceptable Jeb Bush, they'll never figure it out.

28

Bullshit outrage of the day from WI

Names such as Adolf Hitler and Mickey Mouse will be allowed on petitions to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), as long as they include a valid date and Wisconsin mailing address on the petition forms, a state election board ruled on Tuesday.

From the linked story

More than 540,000 signatures are required to trigger a recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. The recall petitions will not be data entered by state staff. It falls on Walker, or other independent groups, to discover fraudulent signatures among the tens of thousands of recall forms submitted. If the signatures of Mickey Mouse, Adolf Hitler, etc are then discovered, they can be contested, but they are given the presumption of legitimacy by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board.

Note that the board is left over from appointments from the Democrats.  My question what do they need the claimed money for? This board is corrupt and the governor doesnÂ’t need to spend Republican money on discovering fraud. He needs to go to court or explore methods of impeaching the members of this board.

29

Nancy Pelousy wants new subsidy bill that would enrich her and crony T. Boone Nose Pickens

Why isnÂ’t she in jail?

30

Warning for goldbugs - Monty?

I think this guy may be a little premature but he has a point.

31

From Instapundit - Is living off the grid a crime?

Do you Morons in CA know the details of this? There has to be more to this story.

32 #28  That is the BEST comment I have seen on this!

I am SO stealing that and putting it on Twitter!

33

ThatÂ’s it for news today folks.

I did do various searches, including going through all the on-line Portland papers to see what happened with the scrunt who placed the 4 y.o. on the railroad tracks. Not only was there no story for what happened to her with regard to CPS, but there was no original story either. This OWS crap is getting a news black out.

Back to the top, (after I rescue Christmas tree from neighbor's kitteh)

34 My friends .... ___________

35 The Ryan-Wyden Medicare proposal

Implications

The Ryan-Wyden proposal is a white paper to be presented at a conference; no related legislation will be drafted. Essentially, the point of the exercise is to advance the conversation on Medicare while exposing the Democrats. Some have taken this to be a betrayal of the House budget but there is no proof (as of yet) that this idea is a replacement. 

36

We can't vote for Perry, he'll remind the precious independents of Bush! Let's go with the acceptable Jeb Bush, they'll never figure it out.

Posted by: Your GOP Betters at December 15, 2011 07:05 AM (KI/Ch)

The GOP leadership - Democrats who want lower taxes.

37 The GOP leadership - Democrats who want lower taxes.

I'm no longer sure that last part is true anymore, especially among the leadership.

38 WTF happened to the 2010 campaign promise Boner?

The one who pledged to cut $100 billion from the 2010 budget? 

If you bring him up, you're some kind of irrational GOP malcontent who isn't living in the real world.

39 Text, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R. 3671)

40 BoehnerÂ’s Pursuit of Big Deal Irks GOP

41 Posted by: Miss'80s at December 15, 2011 07:19 AM (d6QMz)

Well, have you read it? Do conservatives get ANYTHING?

42 I can understand the PTB of the GOP not wanting Newt. What I cannot understand is Republican voters allowing them to decide it has to be Mitt instead.

43

Mornin', y'all.

I clicked on that Romney/KKK video link from WZ yesterday afternoon and got attacked by a wicked computer virus. Did anyone else have any problems? I've spent all yesterday evening and this morning trying to revive the computer hamsters, but not all have responded.

I fear the worst for them.

44

From that Roll Call link:

Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he remains committed to a "grand bargain" to cut the deficit while reforming entitlements and taxes — despite growing GOP unhappiness with his longtime push to cut a deal with President Barack Obama.

Despite being 'committed" we have yet to actually cut the budget if you define the budget as how much money they spend like normal people do.

45 No. Hell no.

46 42 Posted by: Miss'80s at December 15, 2011 07:19 AM (d6QMz)

Well, have you read it? Do conservatives get ANYTHING?


I will have to skim it because it is so long. The primary thing causing some confusion at the moment is that there are two different overall numbers.

47 I don't miss John McCain. I'm hoping that whoever the GOP nominee is this time around, no matter how pathetic he or she might be, will at least try to beat Obama in 2012. That one item alone will put whomever ends up being the nominee one step ahead of the McCain '08 campaign.

48 I'm gonna say "no" only because "Fuck, no!" wasn't available.

49 boy do i hate John McCain

50 nope....

51 That is a particularly pernicious post of news doom today Vic.  Not sure which to tee off on first.

52

Uhm, no! You are still a Senator, McCain. Why dont you give us a chance to see if we would miss you?

Isnt the Ryan-Wyden plan exactly what Newt suggested in the horrible, treasonous rightwing-social-engineering-interview? The gradualistic idea he proposes for years now? Didnt Paul Ryan just days ago comment "This is not the 1990ies" on Newts approach? Im kinda confused...

53

Thanks for the shit-sandwich picture to start the day with...  No McBain, you're not missed, thanks anyway...

So, how's Europe doing today then?  Any great new conferences or rumors of summits?  Super!

54 Morning. Vick thanks for the news. I cant go through all right now, but thanks will digest over drink of choice later this am. Backwards Boy - dead hamsters make good eating, unless they have been up Al Gore's ass.

55 I was looking forward to a knock drown drag out contest between the Big Man from Jersey and the Deer Slayer from the Mat Su valley. No matter who won, the country would be infinitely better off. That they both decided not to run says volumes about the state of our electorate. And so we are left with two weasels hissing at each other. Its going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.

56 40 Text, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R. 3671)

Section A- DOD
Section B- Energy and Water Development
Section C- Financial Services and General Gov't
Section D- DHS
Section E- DOI, Environment, and related
Section F- DOL, HHS, DOE, and related
Section G- Legislative Branch
Section H- Military Construction, VA, and related
Section I- DOS and related

57 John, how can I miss you if you won't go away?  Take your butterbutt spawn with you.

58 Miss McCain? HELL NO!

59 you can't miss what doesn't go away.... go away

60 McCain.  Nope.  Still as disgusted by him as I was 3.5 years ago.

61 Between Vic's roundup and the coming Montydoom I haven't settled on going suicidal or homicidal.

62 Between Vic's roundup and the coming Montydoom I haven't settled on going suicidal or homicidal. Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 15, 2011 07:50 AM (OBDWE) Ya know, you can do both? Just saying

63

Oh, yeah.  Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Somebody wake up steevy, Alton and AllenG.

64 Juan McLame is not missed.  I do miss Bob Dole though. 

65 Where's all the Boner defenders telling us to wait because it isn't time to take a stand yet.   ...actually at this point, I'd go for us no longer lying on the floor playing dead.

66 53 Isnt the Ryan-Wyden plan exactly what Newt suggested in the horrible, treasonous rightwing-social-engineering-interview? The gradualistic idea he proposes for years now? Didnt Paul Ryan just days ago comment "This is not the 1990ies" on Newts approach? Im kinda confused...


No, it is not the same as Newt's plan. It is also not a substitute for/renunciation of the plan outlined in the House FY 2012 budget. Basically, it is part policy idea, part political statement/maneuver.

67

Truth be told, I still have a McLame/Palin yard sign in my garage.  The only good thing that came out of having that sign in my yard was that a moonbat neighbor of mine stopped talking to me and wouldn't allow her brats to come to my house.  Thanks Juan!

68

MF Global matter turned over to Holder.

By Christopher Doering, Reuters:

At a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Tuesday, CME Executive Chairman Terrence Duffy escalated the allegations, saying a CME auditor participated in a phone call during which an MF Global employee indicated that Corzine knew the firm used customer money to lend $175 million to its European affiliate. Duffy said the matter had been turned over to the Justice Department, but he did not provide more details about the loan.

.

69 Hi Vic, hope you are feeling well this morning

From Instapundit - Is living off the grid a crime?

Do you Morons in CA know the details of this? There has to be more to this story.

Posted by: Vic at December 15, 2011 07:07 AM (YdQQY)

I read an article about this a little while ago - apparently the county sheriff and/or DA has a boner against the "desert rats" and want them gone

70 No.

71 F@#K NO!!

72 Halcyon Days, the 7 days in Winter when storms never occur.

Tornado warning last night, rain all week here. But it is warm.

73 The Ryan-Wyden proposal is a white paper to be presented at a conference; no related legislation will be drafted. Essentially, the point of the exercise is to advance the conversation on Medicare while exposing the Democrats. Some have taken this to be a betrayal of the House budget but there is no proof (as of yet) that this idea is a replacement. 

Posted by: Miss'80s at December 15, 2011 07:14 AM (d6QMz)

I read that article by Yuval Levin at NRO.  I don't know, it just seems like another complicated plan to attempt to save an inherently unsalvageable government entitlement.

74
Obama and the Financial Criminals

75 Is Boehner's brain pickled from the booze?

76 Miss him?  Hell no, I never wanted him in the first place.  Only voted for him in hopes that he would croak and Palin would take over.

77 Posted by: chemjeff at December 15, 2011 07:57 AM (s7mIC)

Other than chilblains and cramps from latest session doing OK. Thanks

On that story I figured someone had a hardon for them and they were just doing a harassment thing because they know they will get away with it.

78 I for one miss Joh....... LOL! I couldn't even jokingly write that.

79 Miss me yet?

Big Time.. Especially, when you consider the complete devastation brought by the alternative.

I pray to God we don't make that mistake again.

80 Vic, I'm glad to see you here this morning with the pre-DOOM news round up but, geez, did they give you and extra bad time in The City yesterday? This stuff is so depressing even the TV playing Cheyenne and Maverick, where the good guys always win, isn't alleviating any of the gloom.

Those treatments you're getting include extra-strength curmudgeon pills, don't they?

81 I miss McCain.  But only as the alternative to the current America-hating SCoaMF.

82 Will all the Gingrich bashers be happy if we get stuck with Ron Paul?

83

WTF happened to the 2010 campaign promise Boner? So we are still fighting the bogus CO2 scam despite widespread evidence that it is outright fraud. And why is it going to the floor like this? They have negotiated behind closed doors a losing bill before the floor fight even begins.

Bo(eh)ned again.

84 Zany McCain

Can't buy groceries without a doctor's prescription. No refills.

85
The Washington Examiner makes it official, it's Willard or all is lost.

Editorial:  Romney is GOP's Best Choice

86 This stuff is so depressing even the TV playing Cheyenne and Maverick, where the good guys always win, isn't alleviating any of the gloom.

LOL, they had those playing on one of the channels here in the morning and took it off. Pissed me off.

87 Im going to write in zombie Reagan.

88

Faribah Maradiaga Stabs Classmate

http://preview.tinyurl.com/83j7xdu

89
Governor Romney is still made at his mother for naming him Willard. 

90 McCain should pack up his daughter and move to the land of cheeseburger, we would all be much happier that way!

91 83 Will all the Gingrich bashers be happy if we get stuck with Ron Paul?

Gingrich is irrelevant.
Ron Paul is irrelevant.
You will be assimilated.
Resistance is futile.

92 Im going to write in zombie Reagan. Posted by: Mr Pink at December 15, 2011 08:08 AM (eZ6l6

Evidently that would count in WI.

93 After two days and nights of rain, looking forward to Halcyon days. Kingfisher, indeed.

94 ...Obama is taking credit for everything good that George Bush did or set in motion, and refusing to acknowledge responsibility for anything bad, even things that are obviously the result of his presidency.
And why this person is surprised?

95 Remember, it's not a sin to start drinking before dawn. 

96 Every time we hear from Meggie Moo, we shall think of you, Juan.

97
Governor Romney is the best choice, and all conservatives must get behind our nominee to win this election. 

98 96 Kingfisher, indeed.
Posted by: Cicerokid at December 15, 2011 08:12 AM (Xrz2S)

Huey Long has returned?

99 Remember, it's not a sin to start drinking before dawn.

Ha! Maybe THAT is what my coffee needs.

100 Ha! Maybe THAT is what my coffee needs.

Posted by: Retread at December 15, 2011 08:14 AM (ALZZ7)

I'm drinking hot apple cider right now and thinking about it.

101 Posted by: Vic at December 15, 2011 06:58 AM (YdQQY)
Caught part of a rant by Levin yesterday.  The theme was I call the "Establishment That Dare Not Speak Its Name".  After seeing crap like this, I agree that there is an established group of good old "persons", all of whom (both R, I, & D) have a hand in the till, and are doing a great job of representing themselves first, and the rest of us if it is convenient.
Between Boner and Bitch, we have been screwed again.  I had the fleeting hope that the House would forward a combined tax cut extension irrevocably tied to the pipeline, and that Bitch would force a vote so that w could talk about the "Do Nothing Democrat Senate" for a day or two.  I was obviously off my meds in expecting real leadership and representation from the RINO/DIABLO establishment.
I can hardly wait to vote for Mittens--we really need an outsider that will fix the mess in Washington

by making our bloated federal government more efficient.

102 Retread, my Scottish buddies called it "aim straightener".

103 To all those people who said 'We need a Carter to get a Reagan,' allow me to channel the spirit of Edward G. Robinson:

"Where's your Reagan now, nyahhh?"

104 WTF happened to the 2010 campaign promise Boner?

Won't get any fidelity from the Republican Leadership, not from the Halcyon Days of Newt Gingrich, nor in the millennial elitist reign of corporate raiding crony capitalist Mitt Romney taking the White House.

105 I can hardly wait to vote for Mittens--we really need an outsider that will fix the mess in Washington

Do we need a <sarc> tag there?

106 74 I read that article by Yuval Levin at NRO.  I don't know, it just seems like another complicated plan to attempt to save an inherently unsalvageable government entitlement.


I prefer some aspects of the plan to the one in the budget, minus keeping fee-for-service as an option within the system. (Newt's plan offers fee-for-service as an alternative). But I agree in that all three plans assume we have extra time to fix this mess.

107 When the McCain primary looks damn good by way of comparison then you know the stupefied right has fallen on dark days. Heh. Not that this is in any way surprising. It isn't. Your rube blocs become more retarded each day. Your black helicopter freaks become more deranged. Apparently they've now achieved a critical mass of ignorance and irrationality. Bachmann. Cain. Now Gingrich. A veritable murderer's row of mendacity. LOL. Stay classy, conservatives. Barack sends his thanks.

108 Remember, it's not a sin to start drinking before dawn. 

Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 15, 2011 08:13 AM (OBDWE)

More and more frequently, I am finding these to be words to live by.  That and "Its five o'clock somewhere" as a fall-back.

I can hardly wait until the "state" starts issuing alcohol consumption permits to make things fair.

109 Who the fuck uses the word "zany?"

110

Monty does the Doom Kitteh, I guess the news needs a doom Puppy

psst click warning

111
The mainstreaming of Mormonism has begun with ads carefully choreographed and very polished extolling the virtue of being Mormon.  Are they running in selective markets or throughout America?

112 Do we need a <sarc> tag there?

Posted by: Vic at December 15, 2011 08:20 AM (YdQQY)

<sarc>What is a <sarc> tag?</sarc>

I was counting on the presence of a  self evident truth in the post!

113 <sarc> but its not html

114

How is this legal? Can a Mayor override State law? IÂ’m sure Jerk-off Jerry will get right on it

We are coming to a point where the average American is simply going to live by these same rules: No insurance, no license, ect. What is the point of being 'legal' and paying when you can go by a different set of rules and skate?

On top of this, some nut wants illegals to be able to vote?

115 Who the fuck uses the word "zany?"

Posted by: I am the walrus, goo-goo-ga-joo at December 15, 2011 08:23 AM (4sQwu)

The same kind of people that compare Republican primary contenders to monkeys climbing poles, but get upset if you use someone's registered middle name.

116

When we say extending the payroll tax reduction is tied to the Keystone Pipeline, what does that mean?

Does the bill call for the immediate authorization to build thing?  Does it abrogate the Executive branch powers/responsibilities to do endless studies?

I always fear it's something that sounds good, but really doesn't accomplish anything.

Inquiring, but lazy, minds want to know.  Thanks.

117 Is it better to have the liberal poison presented openly and forthrightly, or cloaked in lies and the hypocritical pretense at conservatism? I'll take honesty, thanks. That man CHOSE to lose. All he had to do was say "Jeremiah Wright". He CHOSE not to. You guys need to stop lying to yourselves about this.

118 Morning Morons! So another debate tonight. Starts at 9pm on Fox News. I look forward to the live-blogging and comments far more than the debates.

119
I'm hoping that whoever the GOP nominee is this time around, no matter how pathetic he or she might be, will at least try to beat Obama in 2012. That one item alone will put whomever ends up being the nominee one step ahead of the McCain '08 campaign.

Posted by: davidinvirginia at December 15, 2011 07:30 AM (hcJkV)

I've been saying for months that the GOP does NOT want to turn America's historical first black president into a single-termer.

They're afraid they'd be tarred as the reincarnation of the KKK forever.

The GOP is planning to just let things slide until 2016.

120 Today's House Floor Schedule

Most interesting bill, to me anyway-

H.R. 3659-- Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act, as amended

121 Vic, I'll see your doom puppy and raise you a Kitteh's Revenge:

http://tinyurl.com/btcr7ag

122 I don't miss McLAME and in fact blame him for allowing Obama to get in office.

123 We are coming to a point where the average American is simply going to live by these same rules: No insurance, no license, ect.

Yeah,  couple of years ago I pulled in town for speeding and my license was expired. Too bad I didn't have a Hispanic name huh. Of course this is not LA so it would not have done any good.

124 I'm sure, everyone got to see the spectacle of Dick Morris' metaphorical "Republicans = Cockroaches" yesterday?

With "friends" like this.....

125 Posted by: Retread at December 15, 2011 08:31 AM (ALZZ7)

LOL, I posted that one months ago, beat you too it.

126 #124, I would love that bill to be amended so that any store which sells lottery tickets or has video gambling like Keno couldn't accept EBT. Also stores which exclusively sell tobacco products.

127 Nope. And could you imagine Chubs in the WH terrorizing us all? How come his other kids are normal and she's an out of control attention whore?

128 Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at December 15, 2011 08:36 AM (ijjAe)
That doesn't sound fair to me. 
I need my booze, lottery, and cigareets just as much as you guys that work for yours!

129

A red telephone started ringing on his desk. It was rare for that phone to ring, but it was always important.
"Baghdad Cryogenics, Achmed spea-"
"Assalaam malaykum" a deep baritone voice cut him off
"My American friend! How are you?"
"Achmed, I don't have a lot of time. As you know, the deal has been done."
"This I can see. But aren't the troops you are sending back going to oppose you?"
"Well you know ....what we've discussed. I need the distraction for the upcoming election. We need to wake him up. The Mastermind."
Achmed suppressed an involuntary shudder. "Are you sure, my American friend?"
"Its all been planned in advance. We have advisors ready to go, already in place. It's time. The stars are now aligned."
Achmed stiffened at the code-phrase.
"It will be done as you say."
"Thank you, Achmed," said the soothing voice and then the call abruptly ended.

Achmed strode down the line of icy capsules to linger before capsule 7. He brushed away the frost from the nameplate. The Mastermind.
Muqtada al-Sadr will live again.

130 Nothing like a visual barbiturate to start the day off right.

131 I've been saying for months that the GOP does NOT want to turn America's historical first black president into a single-termer.

They're afraid they'd be tarred as the reincarnation of the KKK forever.

The GOP is planning to just let things slide until 2016.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at December 15, 2011 08:29 AM (7+pP9)

I don't think they're organized enough to actually have that as a "plan" much less execute it as well as they have so far, but the end result may very well be the same as if they did.

132

http://tinyurl.com/8735f28

Suddenly, I want a used boat.

133 " How come his other kids are normal and she's an out of control attention whore?" Good question. You left out "fat" between control and attention.

134 OT

Just read NRO "Winnowing the Field."  Plenty of good points that are true and thus don't need refuting.  Thought I would add a few more dynamics they didn't cover

-Mitt will lead by compromising with even radical leftists, just so long as something gets passed.  (his whole record shows this same pattern)

-Mitts religion will, with help from the media, will spook I'm guessing 1-5% of the electorate.

-Newt may again implode on a personal level and become a liability rather then an asset.

-Newts infidelity may spook some 1 +/-% of voters.  (would be more in a non-crisis year)

Newt is plainly an Ego guy.  He is and likes being recognized as the smartest guy in the room and relishes proving it thus by winning arguments.  If there is anything Republican presidents face a lot of its that.

So will vs may is how I see the white house race.  The, IMO, more important senate race.  An unenthusiastic base will wreck, more then anything else, our chances in taking back the Senate.  Even if we a purple states in a presidential election we could still win Senate seats with good base turn out in red states.  To me Newt is a equal then or greater then factor to the Senate.  Mitt is a lesser then  or equal to variable to base turnout for Senate races.

Anyway, that's how I see our paths before us.

135

I like that right profile picture of Juan McScrunt; it looks good, unlike his left profile where the dead conjoined twin is stuck to his face.

136 Butt welding?

137 Is that a California thing?

138 Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at December 15, 2011 08:45 AM (6BgmB)

That's nice but Ace/Gabe asked us not to link posts like that because a lot of the Morons sign on from work and it will get the site blocked.

139 Not a Newt fan at all but what the hell is he doing in Iowa? He doesn't have much of a ground game and he's not airing many ads. Is it lack of funding? Didn't he blow a lot of money early on by going to Hawaii? That shows a lack of forethought. I wonder if Newt will respond to all these attacks in a bad way tonight...

140 Jonah Goldbergs "NewtZilla" piece had some excellent insights for those on the Romney wagon.

141 NO. I don't miss McCain. Fuck no.

142 119 When we say extending the payroll tax reduction is tied to the Keystone Pipeline, what does that mean?

Does the bill call for the immediate authorization to build thing?  Does it abrogate the Executive branch powers/responsibilities to do endless studies?

The legislation directs Obama to issue a permit no later than sixty days after passage of the bill. He can refuse by meeting certain requirements, and failure to meet those standards mean the pipeline would be built. The same would occur if he refuses to consider rerouting the pipeline.

143

Obama continues with phone jobs numbers as part of the 1936/2012 campaign

144 Does anyone have more knowledge on the 100W bulb ban to know if that includes ALL 100+W incandescent bulbs.  What about items such as brooder lamps (or similar heat lamps).  I use them in winter for plants.  Do I need to stock up on those as well?  $@%^, oops in meant to say Fucking, government.

145 @144: Yeah he needs to not do that, for tje sake of his campaign. If he wants to win he needs to be mature. I will expect a major drop in his polls if he starts acting like a little bitch.

146 phone = phony

147 Does anyone have more knowledge on the 100W bulb ban to know if that includes ALL 100+W incandescent bulbs.  What about items such as brooder lamps (or similar heat lamps).

My understanding was that specialty bulbs were not included..... yet.

148 I'm still waiting for the $50/hr lettuce picking job Juan McCain promised.

149 no and why would I?

150 @150: Big time Perry fan, so I'm hoping Newt freaks out tonight. However, if he acts mature and doesn't take the bait it will help him immensly. I doubt he can resist though.

151 i'm waiting for them to unionize unemployment

152
Does anyone have more knowledge on the 100W bulb ban to know if that includes ALL 100+W incandescent bulbs.  What about items such as brooder lamps (or similar heat lamps).  I use them in winter for plants.  Do I need to stock up on those as well?  $@%^, oops in meant to say Fucking, government.

Posted by: dogfish at December 15, 2011 08:57 AM (N2yhW)

I dunno about the brooder lamps but I'm gonna stock up on them 'cause I use them for various things. I do know the three-way 50-100-150 watt lamps are exempted.

153 A candidate needs to include removing the ban on those light bulbs. That would be awesome.

154 Posted by: Joffen at December 15, 2011 08:52 AM (zLeKL)
From the beginning, I was never sure if Newt was serious or just having fun.  Right now, I am praying that he is serious and his self re-examination and newfound faith have made him a better man. 
Since he is hated by "our" establishment leaders, he is always going to be short on funds, even if he wins the nomination and is running in the general.
I am beginning to think that the establishment wouldn't mind waiting until 2016, because they would get to keep their hands in the till for at least another four years.  After all, what good is a republic if the elites can't loot the treasury?

155 Thanks, M80B.  I guess I can do my own research from here, but I wonder how objective are the requirements that need to be met to delay the project and who gets to determine whether those requirements are met.  If it's a deal where some agency has to issue some "finding", then that's probably already being written.

156

 I think Barbara Bush's disdain for Palin was wrapped up in this idea.

God in heaven, I loathe and despise that beastly blue-haired rhymes-with-rich.

She is the quintessence of everything I hate about the modern GOP.

 

157 The WaPo (yeah, I know) seems to think that the story behind Dakota Meyer, MOH recipient, is mostly made up.

158 This bulb ban is gonna be like the asinine "assault weapons ban".  You can have a 5 shot magazine but not one 12.  You can have a semi-automatic but not with a funny grip.  You have have a light bulb so long as you don't try to read with it.  W.T.F.  I hate these people.

159 Good morning!

I have to share this weirdness... I had a dream last night that I was engaged to be married to Newt Gingrich.  And he won.  So now I am, apparently, First Lady. 

Bow to me you peons!

160 DOOM is up.

161

Here are the light bulb ban facts

Except it doesnÂ’t tell you that the whole thing is a worthless scam.

162 A candidate needs to include removing the ban on those light bulbs. That would be awesome.

Posted by: Joffen at December 15, 2011 09:02 AM (zLeKL)

Several have already tried and failed.

163

 Y-not

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Wedding night p0rn0 at Youtube would suffice...]

 

164 Posted by: Hrothgar at December 15, 2011 09:03 AM (i3+c5) ----- How is Newt notEstablishment? Seriously, when the hell did Newt Gingrich become a Washington outsider?

165 NRO likes Just the Tip Mitt because he is them and they are he. Mitt is just diluted Obama. He is not an antidote.

166 Several have already tried and failed. ---- Really? Who and why did they fail?

167 #166  Thanks.

168 Psssst.

<sub><sup>Michele Backmann is the founder of the TEA Party caucus in the United States House of Representatives.

You remember the TEA Party don'tcha'? - the folks who got almost SEVEN HUNDRED Democrats thrown out of state and federal offices a little over a year ago.</sup></sub>

Don't tell anyone.

169 So now I am, apparently, First Lady. 
Bow to me you peons!
Posted by: Y-not

Can we still eat what we want or are you a malevolent first lady as well?

170 >>Can we still eat what we want or are you a malevolent first lady as well?

Ahem.  I have often said that if I were to choose a new religion (I'm RC) I would pick Judaism, owing to the fact that they have an entire holiday devoted to fried foods. 

Under a Gingrich-Y-not administration, we will show our support for Israel by requiring every Friday be Fried Foods Friday.

171 Bowing now!

172 166 Who benefited from the light bulb ban? G.E. et al
How many lawmakers are invested in this scam begs the question.
Little wonder it wont go away.

173 The WaPo (yeah, I know) seems to think that the story behind Dakota Meyer, MOH recipient, is mostly made up. He got into a tiff with BAE over a State Department-approved sale of thermal imaging rifle scopes superior to US-fielded equipment to Pakistan. He is suing BAE over insinuations of a drinking problem during a reference check. So fucking transparent. "No, mommy, I don't know who ate the cookies."

174 Really? Who and why did they fail?

Posted by: Joffen at December 15, 2011 09:11 AM (zLeKL)

One offered an amendment in a bill and it was shot down in the House in which the Rs have majority, don't remember the name.

A House member from TX has a bill in that has passed the House and is languishing in the Senate. I posted a link to it yesterday or the day before in the news thread.

175 Fuck no!

176 Who benefited from the light bulb ban? G.E. et al

Nope, China

177 How is Newt notEstablishment? Seriously, when the hell did Newt Gingrich become a Washington outsider?

Posted by: Joffen at December 15, 2011 09:10 AM (zLeKL)

Newt is inside the beltway establishment, but not establishment-establishment.  Note the outpourings of praise for Newt from his former colleagues in the House and Senate.  The fear is that he (Newt) might actually do something to rock the gravy boat whereas Mittens will only change course imperceptibly, if at all.

178 One offered an amendment in a bill and it was shot down in the House in which the Rs have majority, don't remember the name. What the hell?

179 mainstreaming of Mormonism has begun with continues its promotional ads carefully choreographed and very polished extolling the virtue of being Mormon.

I'm a god. Wouldn't you like to be a god, too?

180 @178 self To clarify what I mean: I'm guessing that taking BAE to court is going to be very embarrassing for this administration because of those sales to Pakistan. The embarrassment potential has probably increased by an order of magnitude since that border counterstrike last month. So somebody in the administration called over to their asslickers at WaPo to start prepping the ground with character assassination.

181 Andy,

The day Bush signed off with his new Iraqi government has arrived. Obama gets "credit" for not staying beyond the Bush Treaty date of departure. And at AoShq, Juan McCain's face gets planted with the Bush billboard tag. Our wealth of disgust also includes the entire Boner Republican establishment in Washington. The shit's hitting the fan during Halcyon Days, to what desired affect?

182

Ahem.  I have often said that if I were to choose a new religion (I'm RC) I would pick Judaism. Posted by: Y-not at December 15, 2011 09:15 AM (5H6zj)

No baconz for you.  Choose wisely.

183
The fear is that he (Newt) might actually do something to rock the gravy boat whereas Mittens will only change course imperceptibly, if at all.

Posted by: Hrothgar at December 15, 2011 09:25 AM (i3+c5)

Very true, and Newt would rock the Department of State and remove the effete appeasing dunderheads who have transmogrified the agency from an America first bastion of democracy into a weasel agency that denigrates America to the delight of leftist dictators.

184 So now I am, apparently, First Lady. 

Bow to me you peons!

Posted by: Y-not at December 15, 2011 09:07 AM (5H6zj)

165 DOOM is up.

 

Coincidence??!!

 

185 Vic,
It's Jon Corzine and which came 1st the fat lady or Christopher sitting on the little dog.  File under things from Jersey.

And I do miss Juan, there's a spot on my hat that's been periodically not pissed on lately despite the SCOAMF telling me it's raining.

186 Yeah, I think they are right too, but for the wrong reasons.

187
Just a reminder: 4 years ago, we thought Juan McCain's campaign was dead and buried.

Just sayin'

188 196 Not that anyone here gave a shit about the salamander, looks like he is toast
----

Do you really think that disingenuous non-endorsement endorsement of Mitt will have any effect on Newt's support?  It's pathetic.  Acting like Huntsman and Santorum are the only others who are "electable."  Give me a break.

189 No, no I do not.

190 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

191

America is lost....

Has been for a while, most didn't notice.

192 If it has come to this then we are in fact DOOMED.

193 Do you really think that disingenuous non-endorsement endorsement of Mitt will have any effect on Newt's support?  It's pathetic.  Acting like Huntsman and Santorum are the only others who are "electable."  Give me a break.

Posted by: Y-not at December 15, 2011 10:06 AM (5H6zj)

Given what most conservatives (outside the beltway ones, at least) think of National Review these days, I think this might actually help Gingrich. It makes him look more like an "outsider" (accurate or not) every time the NRs and Karl Roves of the world unload on him like this.

194 The GOP establishment and blogs like this are just guaranteeing that we will get Mitt Romney as the nominess, so no, John McCain, we won't be missing you as we will have your carbon copy underling running for our nomination.

195 Why is John McCain, a legislator from Arizona, engaged in a tweet war with Putin?  Is this not madness?

196 Does anyone have a link to a company selling PIPE Fittings? I am in desperate need of push-pull female couplers. 

197 I think this might actually help Gingrich. It makes him look more like an "outsider" (accurate or not)
------
I agree with you.


It doesn't motivate me in that way, but I am not really aligned with the 'outsider' wing of the party.  If I had to choose between Newt and Mitt, I'd go for Newt because he does know DC and can use that knowledge to actually accomplish a few things. 

But it irritates the heck out of me when a publication or pundit tries to act as if they are not endorsing someone by taking an endorsement and pretending it's serious analysis. 

198 I agree with you.

It doesn't motivate me in that way, but I am not really aligned with the 'outsider' wing of the party.  If I had to choose between Newt and Mitt, I'd go for Newt because he does know DC and can use that knowledge to actually accomplish a few things. 

But it irritates the heck out of me when a publication or pundit tries to act as if they are not endorsing someone by taking an endorsement and pretending it's serious analysis. 

Posted by: Y-not, still for Perry at December 15, 2011 11:02 AM (5H6zj)

I guess that I'd call myself part of the "outsider" wing, but mostly just because I think it's more likely that someone like that would make (or at least try to) the huge changes that are going to be required to save this nation. Newt surely isn't an outsider in my mind, but I do think his personality and history indicates more willingness to try "big" fixes (some of which will be terribly stupid ideas, knowing Newt, but some will be good, too, and some few might even be really great ones).

NR has been irritating me on almost every issue for years now. That's how I went from a magazine subscriber to regular reader of the web site to won't even go near the web site over the course of the last 4-5 years. It's not just that they constantly bang the RINO drum; it's the thoroughly condescending way that they do it, like they're imparting wisdom to the unwashed masses from on high.

199 My concern about Mitt (well, one of many) is that he seems to embody the worst aspects of the insider and outsider statuses. 

He's an outsider who has very little (well, no) experience at the national level and no record that I can find of actually walking the walk of Federalism (unlike Perry who has taken the Feds to task on issues, as have other governors like Jindal and Herbert).  So I doubt Mitt's ability to be effective fighting Dems in DC. 

But Mitt is also an insider in the sense of his political family connections and money.  He's a power broker outside of government, using his money to garner political favors.  So many of the folks backing him are those who basically like the status quo because they've gotten rich and powerful under it. 

200

Duffy said the matter had been turned over to the Justice Department for safekeeping until after the election, but he did not provide more details about the loan.

FIFY #69, you're welcome.

201 My concern about Mitt (well, one of many) is that he seems to embody the worst aspects of the insider and outsider statuses. 
...<snip>...
But Mitt is also an insider in the sense of his political family connections and money.  He's a power broker outside of government, using his money to garner political favors.  So many of the folks backing him are those who basically like the status quo because they've gotten rich and powerful under it. 

Posted by: Y-not, still for Perry at December 15, 2011 11:42 AM (5H6zj)

That's a good way of putting it. Mitt's not "officially" a DC insider, but almost certainly would have the mindset of one in the White House. I'm still voting for Perry, too, if I get the chance (just sent him another donation this morning, in fact), but if it's down to Mitt vs. Newt by the time Virginia votes, I'll go with Newt over Romney.

202 No. Hard to forget that are last nominee actually, during his general election campaign, advocated for cap and trade. So, no, John, I don't miss you.

203

@20

The new "Driving While Mexican".

 Isn't  "Unequal Enforcement" right in the Justice Department's wheelhouse?  I thought they specialized in harassing states and localities about this.

ACLU? Hellooooooooo..........

204

No?

Screw you, my hobbit friends.

205 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

206 No, I don't miss him. He's still an asshole, a hateful old crank, and an idiot. But he'd still be better than Obama.

207 nope.

208 Not even on your best day

209 Wow this is soo helpful I have been trying to figure this out on my own for a long time now. Hopefully making this change will help encourage discussion on my blog.

210 No.   Juan is still in the Senate, still too visible and still too clueless.

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213

FUCK NO, I don't.  What a leftist RINO batshit crazy turd.

 

214 Stay gone, corpse. You're the reason we're in this mess. Stupid self-loving putrid media-whoring mustang corpse.

215

What a shame.