March 07, 2011

Top Headline Comments 3-7-11
— Gabriel Malor

ItÂ’s not the Vf = Vi + a·t that kills you, itÂ’s the F = m·ΔV/ΔT.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:51 AM | Comments (92)
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1 MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state more than two weeks ago to block a vote on a Republican plan to limit public union collective bargaining said on Sunday they have no immediate plans to return.

"I think the situation has not been resolved," said Mike Browne, a spokesman for Wisconsin senate minority leader Mark Miller, while adding: "I don't think anyone has ever suggested that at some point the Democrats don't return."

Browne and several of the 14 Democrats in the senate who left the state on February 17 sought to downplay comments by Miller to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that Democrats will return to the Capitol soon for a vote on the Republican bill.

http://tinyurl.com/4tyep83

Posted by: Tami at March 07, 2011 02:55 AM (VuLos)

2 Ummm  now that you explained it that way , I get it ...

I guess...

Posted by: AmericanDawg at March 07, 2011 02:56 AM (KrhEJ)

3 It's simple really ,
 Its not the drug ` Charlie Sheen ' that will kill you , it's all the " WINNING " !

Posted by: AmericanDawg at March 07, 2011 03:00 AM (KrhEJ)

4 Ah ye, momentum will get you every time.

F = d  (mv)
      dt

Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 03:01 AM (M9Ie6)

5 Ha.  Shattner woke the space shuttle astronauts up this morning.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 07, 2011 03:05 AM (yQWNf)

6

Shuckabee to be in Florence, SC today

I hope this is a simple book tour "as advertised".


Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 03:08 AM (M9Ie6)

7 I don't believe a thing the MFM says on Wisconsin.  It doesn't make a fucking bit of sense for people who voted for Walker to turn on him for doing exactly what he said he would in the campaign.  Maybe in the urban blue hells they're against him but not outside of there.  Plus the MFM is nothing but liars, cocksuckers and salad tossers.  They are the fucking enemy.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 07, 2011 03:12 AM (kKA7V)

8 That George Will column was a disaster for in every way. The way that was written made me think "journolist" is alive and doing real well.

Posted by: Meddler at March 07, 2011 03:14 AM (fCBw5)

9 Yes, George Will is an authority on SC primaries coming up.......and baseball.

Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 03:15 AM (M9Ie6)

10 It's the sudden stop, right?

Posted by: fluke_boy at March 07, 2011 03:15 AM (WuYSD)

11 George Will took the four guys that were most like him, i.e. nebbishes, threw in Barbour as his idea of a wild man dark horse, and called it a day.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 07, 2011 03:16 AM (0IPsJ)

12 Yeah, after how she-who-will-not-be-mentioned got BBQ'd by our friends in the press, who is really eager to jump in and announce their candidacy this early?

I figure the smart ones are content to let the current GOP shitscreens take the beatings for a bit longer.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 07, 2011 03:19 AM (0IPsJ)

13 I was just looking at the DADT sleep-over story in the sidebar. I wondered about it the way CNN wrote the headline then read the story and got the "rest".

This was in a Navy barracks at NPS Charleston. I don't know how they are doing ow in the new PC Navy but when I was going through the initial phases of Nuke Power school any infractions at all were considered grounds for removal from the program. We had people kicked out because they used fake ID's to drink with at the EM club in "A" school.  We had people kicked out for speeding tickets.

At the time they called it "demonstrated unreliability". If you couldn't keep your nose clean for such things as that, then you could not be counted on to keep your nose clean in the rules and procedures for nuke power in the Navy.

So this is most likely not a DADT thing. They violated the rules and were caught. Tuff.

Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 03:21 AM (M9Ie6)

14 George Will needs to go buy some new bow ties or spank his monkey to Ken Burn's "Baseball" which is boring horseshit to anybody with a working cortex.  He's so fucking out of touch that he's obviously spent too much time at ABC around the commie scrunts like Katranny van den Trustfund.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 07, 2011 03:21 AM (kKA7V)

15 Good morning M&Ms. It's yet another Monday. Spring is coming, the birds are chirping, and Bambi is pushing the car of state down an embankment. But at least he's cool about it. Oh, and gas is $3.499/gal in my little corner of southeast PA.

Posted by: joncelli at March 07, 2011 03:23 AM (/lAg1)

16 ace goes on the pay-no-mind list when it comes to movie reviews.

Adjustment Bureau wasn't too bad.  Damon was occasionally almost human, Emily Blunt was sort of cute, the guy from Mad Men who played one of the agents is totally typecast now.

Though, given the abuse of a certain old moviemaker's crutch, the film could have just as well been called The Adjustment of Bagger Vance.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 07, 2011 03:28 AM (0IPsJ)

17 Gas here is running from a low of 3.31 to a high of 3.46

Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 03:29 AM (M9Ie6)

18 We are pretty much one Nigerian rebel attack away from $5 gas here in NYC.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 07, 2011 03:30 AM (0IPsJ)

19 Anyone here from New Mexico?

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Two people close to former Republican Rep. Heather Wilson said she plans to enter the race for New Mexico's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jeff Bingaman.

The two confirmed to The Associated Press on that Wilson will announce her candidacy on Monday.Wilson has scheduled a news conference Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Desert Paper and Envelope in Northeast Albuquerque. Her representative does confirm that she will make an announcement, but will not say what it will be.

Wilson works as a private consultant in Albuquerque and led GOP Gov. Susana Martinez's transition team.

Bingaman announced last month that he would not seek re-election in 2012 when his fifth term expires.

Posted by: Tami at March 07, 2011 03:33 AM (VuLos)

20 Deacceleration trauma is a bitch.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 07, 2011 03:35 AM (LLrBE)

21

Gas is $3.86 for premium in Texas.  Pain at the pump?  Hurting the working folks?  Beenie-Weenies for dinner? 

Meh, watch this drive.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 07, 2011 03:42 AM (LLrBE)

22 ace goes on the pay-no-mind list when it comes to movie reviews.


Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 07, 2011 07:28 AM (0IPsJ)

In fairness to ace, with whom I have severe issues on a variety of topics, it's hard to align one's movie tastes with somebody else.  One of my best friends generally is spot on with his cinema recommendations but has some severe blind spots, such as going to see every fucking Eddie Murphy piece of shit that was ever produced.  Away from that obvious point of contention, when he recs something I'm pretty much on it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 07, 2011 03:43 AM (kKA7V)

23 Charlottesville gas runs from $3.39 regular to $3.79 high test. No mention in local newscast or paper.

The weekly meme is that all of the Republicans think that BO is a shoo-in for 2012, so that is why there is no front runner and a dearth of candidates.

Posted by: Museisluse at March 07, 2011 03:45 AM (xrmna)

24 We are pretty much one Nigerian rebel attack away from $5 gas here in NYC.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 07, 2011 07:30 AM (0IPsJ)

Our plans are in place und working vell.

Posted by: George Soros' banker at March 07, 2011 03:47 AM (DCpHZ)

25 Had to take my junk out of the car door and turn off F&F. They are putting on Erin Brock-a-bitch the lawfare scam artist. To me she represents one of the major things that is driving this country to doom.

1. Government regulation
2. Government taxes
3. Lawyers and the ease of suing
4. Unions

Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 03:49 AM (M9Ie6)

26 The weekly meme is that all of the Republicans think that BO is a shoo-in for 2012, so that is why there is no front runner and a dearth of candidates.

Posted by: Museisluse at March 07, 2011 07:45 AM (xrmna)

With the current set of repubs that are dancing around acting like candidates, I would say that indeed Obama appears to be a shoo-in for 2012.


Posted by: Hrothgar-bankrupt and on the dole at March 07, 2011 03:51 AM (DCpHZ)

27 Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 07:49 AM (M9Ie6)
I am finding it harder and harder to put up with Fox in general.  There is such a thing as being too balanced.
When I find solace here with the MH, you know the country is in trouble (or maybe I need to get back on my meds).

Posted by: Hrothgar-bankrupt and on the dole at March 07, 2011 03:53 AM (DCpHZ)

28 It does not a bit of good for a candidate to announce their run early unless they are a real darkhorse. Why let the media have a run at them before they even have a chance with the people. My attitude is the more candidates, the more voices in debate, the better. I also do not understand how we can trash any candidate at this point. I have my favorites too but I think we are all being self destructive when we slam anyone we don't like early on in the dance.

Let's let this thing play out in a protracted way that maximizes exposure for all those willing to put their hat in the ring. More attacks on Oblabla, and more focus on what damage the man has done and is doing. I would love the see a gang bang on him even while they eat their own. The press will have a hard time separating their enemy, us, from the chaff. Oblabla will have to handle numerous views that run counter to his vision which he will be forced to explain with a LOT more detail than the "hope n change" bullshit he got away with the first time. There are a lot of stones that can be thrown at him now with his record, and the more candidates throwing them the better.

Posted by: Meddler at March 07, 2011 04:05 AM (fCBw5)

29 Had to take my junk out of the car door and turn off F&F. They are putting on Erin Brock-a-bitch the lawfare scam artist.

Another ignorant scrunt whom the MFM and entertainment cocksuckers portrayed dishonestly.  Having Julia Roberts, who is dumb as a fucking plank, portray somebody who was so goddamn ugly she had to pay bikers to pound her rancid gash (speaking of which, what's your junk doing in a car door?) was hilarious.  Plus the portrayal of the court case and the subsequent findings were out and out lies.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 07, 2011 04:06 AM (kKA7V)

30

NYT is reporting they are going back. The theory being that now that Gov. Walker's poll numbers are allegedly upside down they can go back, lose the battle but win the political war.

First, that's their excuse.  Likely their will is broken and they're looking for any excuse to return.  Declaring victory usually does it.

Second, it doesn't matter when they go back.  They announced that they will eventually give in.  The protesters actually thought that the Dems would stay away forever until Walker caved.  They've got to be suicidal right now on the streets of Madison.

Third, Walker's numbers aren't that low (and in suspicious polls, besides).  After the sky doesn't fall and the budget comes into line, they'll go back up.  It's a long time to 2012, let alone 2014.

Fourth, good luck to the Dems on running a campaign without dues forced from public sector unions.  Not only that, but there are annual certifications, so they won't be able to raise dues without having the membership revolt to kick them out.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 07, 2011 04:17 AM (BvBKY)

31 Given the outbreak of wars throughout the entire region, the 2012 POTUS campaign will be determined over US Middle Eastern Policy, not domestic issues.

Barack Obama and the Cavalcade of Naivete



"All the forces that we see building in Egypt are the forces that should be naturally aligned with us. Should be aligned with Israel." (Obama)

All the forces "should be" aligned with the United States and Israel! Well, maybe they "should be" but they aren't. In fact, it is the exact opposite: all the forces that we see building in Egypt are forces that in fact are not aligned with the United States and Israel. Here we see the arrogance of someone who tells people in other countries what they should think instead of analyzing what they do think.

Of course, what happens--and we see this quite vividly--is that the intelligence agencies and media rewrite reality to say that these people are moderate because that's what the president expects.

And so when Obama says:

"I'm actually confident that 10 years from now we're going to be able to look back and say that this was the dawning of an entirely new and better era. One in which people are striving not to be against something but to be for something."

Remember those words. He has absolutely no understanding of the Arabic-speaking world, the Muslim-majority world, or the Middle East whatsoever. How are these new regimes going to stay in power, smite their rivals, and make up for not delivering the material goods to their people? What is the world view of these forces? How do they perceive America, the West, and Israel? These are the questions that should be asked, and answered, in order to understand what the world will look like in a decade.

Posted by: Barry Rubin at March 07, 2011 04:25 AM (H+LJc)

32 Garbled Marmot, having expanded his rants in subjects he knows not a whole lot about now dips a furry webbed foots in A Riff Methix.

Posted by: Gerbil Malodor at March 07, 2011 04:28 AM (OpW5c)

33

Recycled from the ONT:  Prescription for a long life: Work hard. Don't retire early.

If that's what I have to do to live long, I hope to check out early.  If I can get a better quality of life now, in exchange for some of those final Alzheimers and Depends Diapers years, then so be it.  I'd rather retire at 50, enjoy booze and sloth, and die at 70 than slave away and sweat and worry for years on end and die a withered husk at 80 or 90.  Long life is of less value than a pleasant life.

 

Posted by: Reactionary at March 07, 2011 04:34 AM (xUM1Q)

Posted by: momma at March 07, 2011 04:38 AM (penCf)

35 Ugly, fat and hypocritical is no way to go through life son....

Michael Moore:

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The article describes two writers who worked on Mr. Moore's television show TV Nation and learned that Mr. Moore did not want them joining the Writers Guild.

One day during production on the first season of the show, Moore called two of his writers into his office. It was, for both of them, their first job in television, and they had been hired with the title of associate producer. They were not members of the Writers’ Guild, the powerful union for writers in movies and TV, and thus were not receiving health benefits, and would not qualify later for a percentage of video and rerun sales. “Michael said, ‘I’m getting a lot of heat from the union to call you guys writers and pay you under the union rules,’ ” Eric Zicklin, one of the associate producers, says. “ ‘I don’t have the budget for that. But if they keep coming down on me that’ll mean I’ll only be able to afford one of you and the other one’s gotta go.’ ”

http://tinyurl.com/4g47neg

Posted by: Tami at March 07, 2011 04:39 AM (VuLos)

36 House GOP budget bill aims to slash environmental regulation The plan to cut $60 billion from the federal budget targets environmental programs so widely it appears to be as much an ideological gambit as a budgetary one. 'The sheer scope of it is overwhelming,' a UCLA environmental law expert says.

Posted by: momma at March 07, 2011 04:40 AM (penCf)

37

Morning, all!  Rainy and foggy here in NH this morning, but it's not SNOW, so I'm counting my blessings.  Just hoping the rain mixed with snowmelt doesn't cause a ton of flooding, which it's done quite a bit in recent years.

I come bearing news of Jacque Chirac, who is about to go on trial in France on charges of corruption for allegedly abusing his power as mayor of Paris to give jobs to political supporters.  I say, "Hell, if that's a chargeable offense in France, Bammy McJugEars better NEVER go visit Sarkozy again."

Jacques Chirac will be the first former French leader since World War II to stand trial when hearings begin today on charges he abused his role as mayor of Paris to reward party loyalists.

The heart of the claims against Chirac, 79, lies in a sense of political entitlement many French leaders have felt since long before mobs lopped off the heads of the elite, said anti- corruption activist Daniel Lebegue.

“Louis XIV said, ‘The state, it is me,’ and still today, many political leaders in France think their functions let them award privileges,” said Lebegue, president of Transparency International in France. Chirac “thought he was a sort of sovereign, a monarch. He had no checks on him.”

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 04:41 AM (4df7R)

38 (speaking of which, what's your junk doing in a car door?)

That is a carry-over from a previous thread. Watching F&F is like slamming the car door on your junk.

Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 04:43 AM (M9Ie6)

39 White House seeks to reassure Muslims

Posted by: momma at March 07, 2011 08:38 AM (penCf)

Naturally the collaborator-in-chief would do this.  If Obie were the god he thinks he is, the Muz would be his chosen people.  He's letting them know that they can maintain their separate society within the US, allowed to grow and metastasize across our territory and throughout our institutions unmolested until they are ready to strike.  Of course, he has to do so in a way that is, ultimately, designed to reassure the rest of us.  When he says to them that they are not a part of the terrorist problem (a lie) he's really telling all of US.

 

Posted by: Reactionary at March 07, 2011 04:43 AM (xUM1Q)

40

Britain scrambles to explain SAS's Libya 'blunder' (Breitbart.com)

*sigh*  You know, maybe the reason it failed is because everyone knew it was happening?

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 04:44 AM (4df7R)

41 For those of you that have already eaten breakfast, you may want to move the trash can closer to you....and I apologize in advance....

First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday tops a new poll purporting to show how warmly Americans regard their leaders, besting even her husband President Barack Obama. Mrs Obama scored a chart-topping "warmth rating" of 60.1 degrees, three degrees hotter than the president, who came in fourth place in the Quinnipiac University "feeling thermometer" with 56.5 degrees. The survey asked voters to rate leaders from 0 to 100 degrees on the "feeling thermometer" with the highest numbers reflecting the warmest feelings.

At 59.2 degrees, former president Bill Clinton came in second place on the thermometer, while New Jersey's popular Republican governor Christopher Christie, virtually unknown on the national level one year ago, was third with 57 degrees.


Posted by: Tami at March 07, 2011 04:48 AM (VuLos)

42 Speaking of car doors I have just spent the past hour trying to get my screen size set correctly after dish started messing with the resolution last week.

I had it set at 4x3 #2 setting on the sat receiver and screen size setting number 2 on my Sanyo TV. Theoretically 16x9 is supposed to be the correct size for HD but if I choose that it cuts off the bottom of the screen on all the available screen selections.

I wish the damn satellite receiver people would put a damn old fashioned test pattern in their diagnostics page. It would make this crap a lot simpler instead of hunting all over the place for a HD video with something round in it.

Posted by: Vic at March 07, 2011 04:53 AM (M9Ie6)

43 Keep your Laws off MY BEER! ....or something like that- The Top Six White House Homebrew Beers Michelle Certified! All natural! And coming soon to a store near you!

Posted by: naturalfake at March 07, 2011 04:54 AM (I49Jm)

44 When does the GOP wake up and start pounding the Chairman over gas prices and the failure to drill???

Posted by: snort! at March 07, 2011 04:58 AM (K/USr)

45

38 I think that could be a misnomer; there is working and there is working at something: my great grandma never suffered a day of dementia, didn't wear a Depends until the last 2 months of her life, and lived to be over 100 (which embarassed the poor woman greatly, but hey, she was pushing 102, if anybody is excused a touch of incontinence, it's somebody that old).  She was very active and engaged with life up until the last six months.  Quite a lot of people in my family do live well over 75, often into their late 90s -- and don't seem to suffer much old age related maladies.  They do work, but it isn't working-working; usually they run errands, do odd jobs, make and sell things, babysit -- it does seem to keep them interested in life.

I think it's a bit of a shame that older people are shunted off to nursing homes or shut ins so early in life -- it is a loss for the rest of society, and it hastens their early demise imho.  They really deserve a break from the actual work force, but that shouldn't mean the end of everything.

Posted by: unknown jane at March 07, 2011 04:58 AM (5/yRG)

46 I like how Moody's dropped Greece's credit rating to below junk level. Of course, who does the Greek government blame for this? Moody's

Posted by: Doc at March 07, 2011 05:00 AM (9pVG7)

47

46 It depends upon what the meaning of "warmth" is.

Posted by: unknown jane at March 07, 2011 05:02 AM (5/yRG)

48 52

46 It depends upon what the meaning of "warmth" is.

Posted by: unknown jane at March 07, 2011 09:02 AM (5/yRG)

That's what I was thinking.  For instance, when I think about Michelle Obama I get  heartburn.  That's a kind of warm, right?

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 05:07 AM (4df7R)

49

The key to the Fleabaggers going back is that they don't want consequences:

Mr. Miller declined to say how soon the Democratic senators, who left for Illinois on Feb. 17, would return. He said the group needed to deal with several issues first—including the resolution Senate Republicans passed last week that holds the Democrats in contempt and orders police to detain them when they return to Wisconsin

From WSJ quoted by JWF.

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2011 05:07 AM (XdlcF)

50

OT:  I have a great idea for a new TV channel.  KillTV.  It would be nothing but 24/7 FOIA videos and live feeds from military units around the world.  You'd sanatize the feed of any information, maybe add a delay.  You could partner with the NFL to have their announcers on there, and work in sponsers as well: "And it looks like they're sending in the dogs.  BTW, this episode of KillTV is brought to you by Purina Dog Chow."

Posted by: Alex at March 07, 2011 05:07 AM (J2ejK)

51 May the m·ΔV/ΔT be with you.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at March 07, 2011 05:09 AM (/U/Mr)

52

Thank you to FlaviusJulius! Could someone here pass my thanks on to him?

I'll probably never run into him because of the time difference - but he posted a series of YouTube lectures about ancient Rome on the Sunday Book Thread - and I'm finding it hard not to keep watching them - excellent link and much appreciated by this Aussie

My daughter and her new hubby have been house shopping in Long Beach over the weekend and have decided to buy a place in Naples Long Beach because it reminds them of home 

Anyone here close by there? The pics I looked at via google look good

 

Posted by: aussie at March 07, 2011 05:09 AM (zL6pE)

53

The key to the Fleabaggers going back is that they don't want consequences:

Mr. Miller declined to say how soon the Democratic senators, who left for Illinois on Feb. 17, would return. He said the group needed to deal with several issues first—including the resolution Senate Republicans passed last week that holds the Democrats in contempt and orders police to detain them when they return to Wisconsin

From WSJ quoted by JWF.

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2011 09:07 AM (XdlcF)

I love that.  I saw that this morning.  "Um, okay, so we're a bunch of scurrilous cowards who have abandoned our responsibilities to our constituents in order to try and preserve our parasitic relationship with the unions.  But we shouldn't be PUNISHED for it."

Assholes.

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 05:10 AM (4df7R)

54

Vic, I've had to stand on one foot while reciting chants and using both the TV remote and the DirecTV remote to get everything looking normal. I swear there were times I just "couldn't get there from here" with some of the settings. Reversing the polarity was the only thing that helped.

 

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2011 05:10 AM (XdlcF)

55

ChinaÂ’s Spending on Internal Police Force in 2010 Outstrips Defense Budget

Because the natives are restless, and must be squashed under the "benevolent" bootheel of government oppression. 

(Link to Bloomberg.com)

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 05:13 AM (4df7R)

56

MWR, I read it and started giggling at the mental picture of the Republicans saying "no, the police are still going to arrest you when you come back". I'm sure they wouldn't be that rude and it probably would look bad as seen through the funny house mirror distortion that is the MFM.

But a girl can dream...

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2011 05:13 AM (XdlcF)

57

50 unknown jane

I think it's a bit of a shame that older people are shunted off to nursing homes or shut ins so early in life -- it is a loss for the rest of society, and it hastens their early demise imho.  They really deserve a break from the actual work force, but that shouldn't mean the end of everything

Agreed - if I manage to get older I still would like to be around all age groups, not cooped up listening to a recreational therapist playing Vera Lynn tunes on the piano and having dinner at 5pm in a dining room where the carpet smells of wee!

Posted by: aussie at March 07, 2011 05:14 AM (zL6pE)

58 Er, in English I believe we call it a "fun house mirror".

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2011 05:14 AM (XdlcF)

59 63 Er, in English I believe we call it a "fun house mirror".

Posted by: Mama AJ at March 07, 2011 09:14 AM (XdlcF)

But "funny house mirror" sounds so much nicer!  Fun house mirrors creep me out, but FUNNY house mirrors sound much more entertaining. 

But a girl can dream...

Maybe, if enough of us dream it, it'll happen?  *hopeful*

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 05:22 AM (4df7R)

60

Agreed - if I manage to get older I still would like to be around all age groups, not cooped up listening to a recreational therapist playing Vera Lynn tunes on the piano and having dinner at 5pm in a dining room where the carpet smells of wee!

Posted by: aussie at March 07, 2011 09:14 AM (zL6pE)

Ditto!  If I can't still be having fun and living independently when I'm a well-seasoned citizen, then I'd rather shuffle off this mortal coil to rub elbows with those who have gone before me  I'd far rather be out living a well-rounded life surrounded by everyone of all ages than cooped up in a retirement home, forgotten by the world.

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 05:24 AM (4df7R)

61

65 MWR

The only part of our local nursing home/retirement village I would ever enter would be the dementia unit, and then it wouldn't be my choice anyway!

 

Posted by: aussie at March 07, 2011 05:31 AM (zL6pE)

62 Aussie, wish they'd picked Texas. I was looking forward to taking you on a backroads adventure.

Posted by: texette at March 07, 2011 05:32 AM (zt3lR)

63 I posted this in the wrong thread.  I meant to post this here. Sorry:

This Pic Sums Up America.  Honestly.


A bald eagle flips upside down in mid air. The odd manoeuvre was captured on camera

Posted by: momma at March 07, 2011 05:42 AM (penCf)

64 There are no wrong threads at AoSHQ.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at March 07, 2011 05:44 AM (0IPsJ)

65

67 texette

Hi, their company office is in Houston, as you found out for me in Woodlands so I'm sure I'll be visiting Texas - plus now my son is thinking of moving to the US for 12 months - to Houston! He's a great job offer

If both my kids end up in the US I'll be spending a bit of time there I reckon

A tour would be great BTW thank you

Posted by: aussie at March 07, 2011 05:49 AM (zL6pE)

66 This guy must be tired ...

The world's biggest family: The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren

Posted by: Bitchen Meg at March 07, 2011 05:50 AM (tvs2p)

67 Middle East & North Africa:  Why bother now?

Uh, folks, your children are fat, you're unemployed. No, we got enough problems right here at home.

Posted by: Barky the Orator, Campaign 2012 at March 07, 2011 05:55 AM (GwPRU)

68 First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday tops a new poll purporting to show how warmly Americans regard their leaders, besting even her husband President Barack Obama. Mrs Obama scored a chart-topping "warmth rating" of 60.1 degrees, three degrees hotter than the president, who came in fourth place in the Quinnipiac University "feeling thermometer" with 56.5 degrees. The survey asked voters to rate leaders from 0 to 100 degrees on the "feeling thermometer" with the highest numbers reflecting the warmest feelings.
Posted by: Tami at March 07, 2011 08:48 AM (VuLos)


Tami,

Go to the Quin. site. 

The 'poll' is actually interesting.  The only 3 people with a higher '0-20' score than Obama were Trump, Palin, Gingrich.  Palin had 46%  Don't think a lot of Republicans were polled. 

Posted by: momma at March 07, 2011 05:58 AM (penCf)

69 53 Yep, I tend to feel my warming tendencies around my shirt collar whenever Michelle is brought up.

Posted by: unknown jane at March 07, 2011 05:58 AM (5/yRG)

70 Prayers up for Michelle Malkin's cousin missing here in Seattle.

Posted by: jcjimi at March 07, 2011 06:43 AM (EUW8K)

71

UK government releases files on UFO's.  PROOF that aliens exist!

http://tinyurl.com/5g8bdj


 

 

 

 

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at March 07, 2011 06:54 AM (Cjkcf)

72 76 That is some seriously funny stuff.

Posted by: unknown jane at March 07, 2011 06:59 AM (5/yRG)

73 Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Greek debt to B1 from Ba1 — lower than Egypt — and said it may cut further, drawing an indignant protest from the Greek Finance Ministry. In other news, the Greeks are planning to replace the Euro with baklava for currency. Everyone likes it, and you can eat it if you have to, unlike Euros.

Posted by: George Orwell at March 07, 2011 07:05 AM (AZGON)

74 The Dukakis/Bentsen answer as to what formulates a "serious conservative".

Here is a constructive idea. Fox could give a show to very credible conservative columnist Kathleen Parker where she can do her thing for an hour, without being verbally harassed by Eliot Spitzer, which thank goodness has ended. Fox could give a primetime show to Judge Andrew Napolitano on its main network, and find a true libertarian host in the style of Ron Paul.

Fox should end the welfare programs and de facto campaign donations to Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee, and end the hate entertainment of Glenn Beck, and find serious conservatives and libertarians to host its shows.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at March 07, 2011 07:14 AM (fQWaF)

75

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at March 07, 2011 11:14 AM (fQWaF)

Oh, THAT is hilarious. 

credible conservative columnist Kathleen Parker where she can do her thing for an hour

How is KP a "credible conservative" anything?  I'd rather huff chalk dust for an hour than listen to her whine about Sarah Palin.

and find a true libertarian host in the style of Ron Paul.

Because he brings that special style of crazy that all the kids love!

Posted by: MWR at March 07, 2011 07:26 AM (4df7R)

76 and find a true libertarian host in the style of Ron Paul. ---- Because he brings that special style of crazy that all the kids love! I think you meant "that special style of sub rosa anti-semitism that mars his career."

Posted by: George Orwell at March 07, 2011 07:35 AM (AZGON)

77

Here is a constructive idea. Fox could give a show to very credible conservative columnist Kathleen Parker where she can do her thing for an hour

Now that's funny!

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at March 07, 2011 07:41 AM (Cjkcf)

78 "Let me assure this House that Her Majesty's government has never been approached by people from outer space"

Was that said before or after The One made contact?

Posted by: jcjimi at March 07, 2011 07:50 AM (ay6+/)

79 Ah ye, momentum will get you every time.

F = d  (mv)
      dt

Physicists do horrendous math. When Newton moved mass inside the differential operator he did so assuming that mass was a constant and that it was not a violation of his own Rules of Calculus to do so. Of course mass turns out to vary with velocity - so it is not a legal Calculus operation to move it inside the differential operator. Physicists say this doesn't matter because God makes all the same math errors as they do - or something. Physics looks very different and makes a lot more sense if you follow the mathematically correct  f = ma path to its logical conclusions. 

Posted by: An Observation at March 07, 2011 08:06 AM (ylhEn)

80 I would think it isn't so much the Vi that kills you, but the abrupt ΔV/ΔT that does. re: 84 I thought it was more that mass is effectively constant in most speeds that we would deal with, considering how high C is. Though I suppose that would be the origins of relativity.

Posted by: A.G. at March 07, 2011 08:27 AM (oAVyq)

81 I thought it was more that mass is effectively constant in most speeds that we would deal with, considering how high C is. Though I suppose that would be the origins of relativity.

Posted by: A.G. at March 07, 2011 12:27 PM (oAVyq)

Think that mass is essentially constant for small enough values of v relative to c which is just about any workable speed from a physical reality perspective.  So for a scientist with limited test equipment, I didn't go to far astray.

Posted by: The ghost of Isaac N at March 07, 2011 08:47 AM (DCpHZ)

82 All of the NASA and Military rocket guidance programs use F=ma because F=dp/dt simply doesn't work; it gets all the wrong answers.

The physicists tell us that is because we are naively applying F=dp/dt or something. Funny, when you use F=ma naively you get all the right answers. I don't know any other physics equations that give the wrong answers when you apply them naively - just F=dp/dt. Maybe it is because of naive application - or maybe it is because the Physicists are just wrong, and F=dp/dt is just an incorrect equation.

Posted by: An Observation at March 07, 2011 09:06 AM (ylhEn)

83 It is a good sign I know what you're talking about, right?

I still remember how my college physics class disagreed with my high school physics class causes me trouble in my college physics class.  In my high school physics class, negative acceleration meant an object was slowing down.  In my college physics class, negative acceleration meant the object was speeding up going in the left direction as opposed to the right direction.  My mind could not accept negative acceleration still meant speeding up.

Oh my goodness, I just got it!  My college physics professor was really talking about politics.

Posted by: hadsil at March 07, 2011 09:13 AM (VBH8s)

84 Is it a good sign to understand what I'm talking about? Well there is good news and bad news. The good news is that in having the sort of personality that understands such things one has a personality that is able to comprehend the vast mysteries of the universe; you can understand the thinking of the giants of history. The bad news is that such a personality is a 100% effective means of birth control - mainly because anyone with that kind of intense personality is never - ever going to get laid.


Posted by: An Observation at March 07, 2011 10:08 AM (ylhEn)

85

Though it might be too much to attempt to create a "no-fly zone" over Libya, how difficult would it be to intercept one of these Quadaffy (you can't spell it wrong!) air strikes on the rebels?  Is there any level of American weakness and ineptitude which embarrasses Obama?

I think when the Europeans make us look like, well, Europeans, it's time to do something. 

Posted by: Beagle at March 07, 2011 10:18 AM (sOtz/)

86 Late to the party again. This is cute. Can you say it in legalese?

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