May 19, 2011
— Gabriel Malor Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.
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Amazing turnaround for Amazon in SC
Of course the local commie rag still mischaracterizes the issue.
After a dramatic turnaround Wednesday in the House, the battle to win a prized tax incentive to lure Amazon.com moves to the state Senate, where the online retailerÂ’s support has not been tested.
They, and the other local Dem PR rags have all lied about the issue. The issue is what constitutes a retail presence in the State for the purposes of collecting sales tax. The States have been fighting this issue for decades. Especially States like SC who have dramatically raised their sales taxes so that sales tax become a source of gouging the public. Their favorite motto is “let there be no dollar untaxed”.
Amazon was in the process of building a huge new distribution warehouse. Orders made to the Amazon internet home would be filled at this warehouse if being shipped to locations in the South East. This is NOT a local shop, it is a warehouse. Also, there is some talk of merchants that sell through Amazon that may have a real presence in the State. I am not fully up on that argument, but none of the newspapers have ever mentioned them either. They just keep saying that Amazon wants a tax break/subsidy to locate here. That is a damn lie.
Also for the Morons, this argument and fight is not limited to SC. It is currently going on all over the country in States that have sales tax.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:22 AM (M9Ie6)
The long awaited voter picture ID law is now in effect in SC
The States with Republican legislatures have been going ahead on this one after another since the SCOTUS ruling on the GA case. The Dems are going to have to find some new ways to cheat because this makes phony registrations and dead people harder to vote.
Of course there is still one more hurdle to overcome; the DOJ and Eric Holder. The unconstitutional Section V of the Voting Rights law can still be used to block it. HolderÂ’s crowd may elect to do that so that they can hold it up from taking effect before the 2012 elections, even as they know that the courts would overrule them.
My feeling on that is if they do force the State to go to court that the State go all the way and point out how the law is still unconstitutional and is now being used for blatant political corruption.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:22 AM (M9Ie6)
The WT claims he has the support of “several prominent conservatives” off the hill. They only mention two names though, Kenneth Starr and some obscure counsel for Bush. I don’t think they understand what the meaning of the word “conservative” is.
Lets hope we donÂ’t have a pile of RINOs crossing over on this one. This guy is a real radical.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:23 AM (M9Ie6)
Obama nominates another Communist to the SEC who wants more regulations
I say eliminate the SEC and all the regulations. It is worse than useless.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:23 AM (M9Ie6)
Moderate Jon Huntsman, possible 2012 candidate, tests the waters in todayÂ’s GOP
In a likely presidential bid, he would bring with him a political resume punctuated by his stint as President ObamaÂ’s ambassador to China and loaded with centrist positions on immigration, cap-and-trade climate legislation and gay rights.
He’s a damn crap and tax RINO, since serving in the Obama regime more likely a DIABLO. Key word here “moderate”. They call the ME sisters “moderate”. Anytime a newspaper labels a Republican as a “moderate” you don’t have to go to the ACU to see if they are a RINO. The newspaper has already done that for you. When they call a Democrat a “moderate” that means that on about one or two times a year they will vote with the Republicans when it doesn’t matter.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:24 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 07:21 AM (M9Ie6)
She knew what she was getting into.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 19, 2011 03:24 AM (1fanL)
Chris Christie popularity dropping in NJ
These polls though are obscure polls and newspaper polls so their validity is suspect.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:24 AM (M9Ie6)
Idiot Republican with his shirt off started this mess (he should not have resigned) and now it is up for grabs thanks to a fake Tea party POS who is fooling a lot of the Republican voters.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:25 AM (M9Ie6)
Barone says Gingrich and Mittens are in trouble
I think he is right on Newt and I hope so on Romney
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:30 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 07:26 AM (M9Ie6)
No, but she knew he was a scumbag. And I'll bet he'd already had people killed for no good reason before. That's what kings did.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 19, 2011 03:30 AM (1fanL)
One divorced,
One beheaded,
One died.
One divorced,
One beheaded,
One survived.
Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, Katherine Parr.
Posted by: Miss Marple at May 19, 2011 03:30 AM (Fo83G)
Posted by: blaster at May 19, 2011 03:32 AM (Fw2Gg)
His first wife was the Holy Roman Emperor's Aunt. Killing her would have been problematic. He had killed quite a few other people by that point for treason.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 19, 2011 03:33 AM (FkKjr)
So, to provide the hype, Stephy is going to interview him this evening and he will be on GMA tomorrow. (Per a Rick Klein tweet.)
I didn't even know who this guy was when he was nominated for ambassador to China, and all the time he was in China he was invisible. Now suddenly he is supposed to be a leading candidate.
They are just trying to foist another dud on us.
Posted by: Miss Marple at May 19, 2011 03:34 AM (Fo83G)
Which kind of goes against his defense yesterday that the sex was consensual.
Posted by: lowandslow at May 19, 2011 03:34 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 03:35 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 03:35 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:37 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 03:37 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 19, 2011 03:38 AM (l3wWa)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2011 03:38 AM (7P7Ij)
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 03:39 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:39 AM (M9Ie6)
The divorce from Catherine of Aragon is what prompted the English church's split from Rome, and made the English monarchy in charge of the Church of England.
Posted by: Miss Marple at May 19, 2011 03:40 AM (Fo83G)
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 03:41 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:42 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2011 07:35 AM (7P7Ij)
Oh yeah. He had to pursue her for a while. Pursue her while he was still married. And no divorce was allowed. Anne knew what she was getting into.
Not that I have a dog in this hunt.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 19, 2011 03:44 AM (1fanL)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 07:39 AM (M9Ie6)
Now this I can agree with. He even looks like a metrosexual.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 19, 2011 03:45 AM (1fanL)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 19, 2011 03:45 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: ChuckOH at May 19, 2011 03:48 AM (FhfKw)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 19, 2011 03:48 AM (i6RpT)
"Cain — who is expected to formally announce his bid for president Saturday at an Atlanta rally — said she’ll appear “selectively with me at certain times as it relates to this campaign.” He also said she has an implanted heart device, which cuts down on the stamina she may have to stump across the country.
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 03:48 AM (k1rwm)
Henry's main objective was always to get a male heir. When Catherine didn't give him one, he believed it was her fault.
He married Anne Boleyn because she was young and healthy and he thought she would bear him a son. When she didn't, he lopped her head off.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 19, 2011 03:49 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: the slave whispering in Newt's ear at May 19, 2011 03:49 AM (le5qc)
I saw that and my first thought was "doesn't he have to get this approved through congress"?
There has been no money allocated for this so legally he needs a special bill which I hope Republicans in the House would tell him to piss up a rope.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 03:51 AM (M9Ie6)
UN nuke watchdog investigating whether Iran hacked inspectors' phones, computers during trips there - WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/kxbA26
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 19, 2011 03:51 AM (9hSKh)
My problem is telling the tale with sufficient brevity.
Because that's so important around here.
Snark aside, good luck with it.
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 03:52 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: US Military Servicemen at May 19, 2011 03:52 AM (i6RpT)
I think I can see how to mount a defense here. Of course he'd be irresistibly attracted to a Guinean woman. You cannot convict this man without a whiff of anti-semitism, and he's being tried in the largest Jewish city in the world. Also, being an Alsatian, he's alsatiable.
Dealt this hand, that's how I'd play it. And it ain't, you know, pro bono.
Posted by: comatus at May 19, 2011 03:52 AM (W5ilH)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 19, 2011 03:53 AM (i6RpT)
they say huntsman was the governor and did great things, they say BO appointed him ambassador to China cause he thought he would be his most formidable opponent in this upcoming election. I toold "they" that I'd never heard of this guy until beck started hawking him and his "love letters" to BO came out in the press.
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 03:53 AM (k1rwm)
Have you come across any updates regarding the SC gasoline price-control/shortage-inducement bill introduced by that douchebag from Myrtle Beach?
Posted by: Herr Blücher at May 19, 2011 03:53 AM (tTeOB)
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 03:54 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 03:56 AM (k1rwm)
Because that's so important around here.
Lolz. I know. But at this point, it's going to be as long as one of Ace's movie reviews. And nobody reads the whole thing when it's that long!
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 03:56 AM (K2wpv)
That stupid ad showing a Republican pushing Granny over a cliff by "privatizing Medicare" represents typical, demagogic, but surprisingly effective, Democrat/media tactics. Sort of along the "When did you stop beating your wife?" mode.
They show the ad. The squishes, the young skulls full of mush, various parts of the 52% see it and say, "Gee, that's awful. That's not what America is supposed to be about. You conservatives and that Paul Ryan are ready to balance the budget by throwing our elderly off a cliff."
When you call BS, they ask you to prove that Ryan's plan doesn't in fact do this. These are no-win situations.
We are constantly fighting these type of gotcha and strawman battles, playing the game on the left's board, with the equipment the left provides to our side, and by the left's rules. Needs to stop.
Posted by: RM at May 19, 2011 03:58 AM (TRsME)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 03:58 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 03:58 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 04:00 AM (XdlcF)
Fascinating. Is he bullshitting, or does he figure their demographics are imploding and they're still dirt poor, so he's telling the truth?
Posted by: FUBAR at May 19, 2011 04:01 AM (1fanL)
Cornel West, a Princeton University professor and leading black intellectual, is harshly criticizing President Obama, a candidate he once supported but now calls “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.”
Posted by: Miss Marple at May 19, 2011 04:01 AM (Fo83G)
Never heard of it, nothing in the Columbia, Charleston, or Myrtle Beach newspapers. Got any details?
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 04:01 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 04:01 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Zakn at May 19, 2011 04:01 AM (zyaZ1)
Sometimes, though, to adequately cover a subject, you have to just put it all out there.
Maybe you can add a few jokes along the way so we don't realize we've read that much.
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 04:01 AM (k1rwm)
ontherocks, that is brutal:
His mouth may quote Thomas Jefferson, but his heart is pure Chuck Schumer
<giggle>
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 04:02 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Zakn at May 19, 2011 04:03 AM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 19, 2011 04:03 AM (i6RpT)
Well, this is what happens when you vote for someone strictly cause they are black and you are black and not becasue you've totally scrutinized their ideology and know you support them and their presidency. At least he's honest enough to stop whispering like the others and just come out of the shadows. But, on the other hand, this could all be purposefully done by the ax. Sort of like 1. the donald calls for the birth certificate 2. Conell criticizes the WS connections....
wonder who and what number 3 will be?
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 04:06 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 04:06 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 08:06 AM (M9Ie6)
And the DUmmies were all for it, I'll bet.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 19, 2011 04:07 AM (1fanL)
Odumdum has Hugo's book and is negotiating with DinnerJacket so no biggy.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 04:08 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: A very angry dago wop cocksucker at May 19, 2011 04:10 AM (le5qc)
Reading the comments at Legal Insurrection re Michele Bachmann...
I still don't have an opinion of her.
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 04:10 AM (XdlcF)
>>>Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 08:02 AM (XdlcF)
I tried inserting that quote but minxy said it was too annoying and use tinyurl.
Huh???????
At least we have italics on occasion.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 04:11 AM (HBqDo)
Odumdum has Hugo's book and is negotiating with DinnerJacket so no biggy.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 08:08 AM (HBqDo)
Shut up, wingnut, and quit trying to sabotage Obama's heroic efforts in the Mid-East peace process.
Posted by: MFM at May 19, 2011 04:11 AM (1fanL)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 04:11 AM (M9Ie6)
Cornel West, a Princeton University professor and leading black intellectual, is harshly criticizing President Obama, a candidate he once supported but now calls “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.”
He says that now. He will vote for Obama's re-election. A year from now he will be saying evil and scary the Republican is and, while Obama has been very disappointing, it is very important and necessary to vote for Obama. Again.
Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 19, 2011 04:12 AM (jThmd)
Posted by: Crimso at May 19, 2011 04:13 AM (jW3s9)
When is the MFM going to acknowledge that?
I know, rhetorical question.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 04:15 AM (M9Ie6)
DinnerJacket is a busy little muzzie.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 04:16 AM (HBqDo)
I tried inserting that quote but minxy said it was too annoying and use tinyurl.
It might be AT that caused that. When I highlighted the text, I got an ad that popped up. Some places give you some html code when you try to copy and paste.
Or maybe you pissed off the pixy hamsters.
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 04:18 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 08:06 AM (M9Ie6)
I'm not setting foot in that cesspit but I'm guessing their story is from the 27th. Here's a story from three weeks prior that's a bit more detailed. Takeaway from that: "Elliott said it may have to be resent to the Agriculture and Natural Resources committee since itÂ’s not a revenue generating bill."
Anyway, I felt the same way you do--"No way this will pass"-- until SC promptly told Amazon to piss off and take their lousy 1500 jobs with them. At least on that note, things may improved.
Posted by: Herr Blücher at May 19, 2011 04:19 AM (tTeOB)
Posted by: Miss Marple at May 19, 2011 08:01 AM
Thing is, that's pretty much true.
Posted by: rdbrewer at May 19, 2011 04:20 AM (u7MVd)
Actually what I posted was an ABC (local) news article. I got the link from DU.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 04:22 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: nevergiveup at May 19, 2011 04:27 AM (i6RpT)
The silence regarding the possibility of gas shortages is deafening.
Posted by: Herr Blücher at May 19, 2011 04:27 AM (tTeOB)
Thanks for linking it, Vic.
From JWF:
Peter Fonda launched a four-letter attack on US President Barack Obama at the Cannes film festival
...
sent an email to President Obama saying, 'You are a f(expletive) traitor,' using those words... 'You're a traitor, you allowed foreign boots on our soil telling our military -- in this case the coastguard -- what they can and could not do
Okay...
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 04:27 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 04:28 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Beto at May 19, 2011 04:28 AM (j5CHE)
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 04:31 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 19, 2011 04:32 AM (vmcYN)
Posted by: Tough US Immigration Policies at May 19, 2011 04:35 AM (x/4B/)
Laughing at VDH's snark, quoted at InstaP:
But in the cases of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, John Edwards, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, their extramarital hook-ups led to pregnancies, and the preliminary and tabloid “physical” evidence surrounding the Strauss-Kahn episode seems to show yet another lack of such concern. Factor in Eliot Spitzer’s use of prostitutes, and I think a new campaign either about safe sex or proper background discretion in the selection of partners should be targeted at politicians, multimillionaires, and those with advanced degrees in law.
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 04:35 AM (XdlcF)
Newt, at his request, is going to be on Rush today trying to resusitate himself. It should be pathetic and weird.
Rush explained how awesome Newt was back in the day and then went on to say that Newt between cuddling up to Pelosi and Hillary and announcing that the era of Reagan was over seems to have lost his mind.
BTW, I still don't get why these powerful successful men have no control over their penises. Someone needs to invent a device to control the damn things.
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2011 04:35 AM (KWw9/)
Posted by: Tough US Immigration Policies at May 19, 2011 04:36 AM (x/4B/)
The Black Swan was gawdawful too. I was even disappointed in the lesbo scene between the Portman and Mila Kunis characters.
Posted by: beedubya at May 19, 2011 04:40 AM (AnTyA)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 04:40 AM (M9Ie6)
Whoa, hang on, wait a minute. Jerry Bruckheimer is doing a big screen remake of The Lone Ranger? With Johnny Depp... as TONTO? And... some guy as the Ranger himself?
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 04:43 AM (4df7R)
IÂ’m sure glad Obama secured the border, or this would be coming to a neighborhood near you.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 19, 2011 04:43 AM (jx2j9)
Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.
Except the monsters that use fire to regenerate and reproduce - for those, use water.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 19, 2011 04:44 AM (9hSKh)
Everybody sucked but Henry sucked most of all.
Yes, but....all that followed did not fall under the Spanish yoke. So, we owe the old jerk a bit of gratidtude.
Posted by: Circa (insert Year Here) at May 19, 2011 04:47 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2011 04:47 AM (KWw9/)
Posted by: Bugler at May 19, 2011 04:49 AM (VXBR1)
The Big Journalism title for this article pretty much says it all:
Oops! Official Secret Service Twitter Account Bashes Fox News
I understand that people can easily mistake their company's Twitter account for their own personal account, and of course everyone is entitled to their opinions (I for one would be happy to Tweet that MSNBC is a festering rathole of leftist poison, but that's another story). My biggest issue is that someone who is this stupid (I said it was understandable, not smart) is part of the Secret Service.
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 04:49 AM (4df7R)
Probably out there already – oh well.
Racists pulling for Cain in Iowa. CanÂ’t figure these people out!
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 19, 2011 04:50 AM (jx2j9)
Correct- believe the gargoyle durbin (D, asshole) in Illinois is putting in place/has put in place taxes like that up there. Talked with a programmer from Amazon last week down here in Texas, he says this stuff doesn't hurt them much, but it kills off small businesses wherever the taxes are introduced- Amazon just cuts ties with the small business, and yet another set of jobs is eliminated.
Thanks, Democrats!
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at May 19, 2011 04:50 AM (XyjRQ)
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2011 04:50 AM (KWw9/)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2011 08:33 AM (WkuV6)
Pretty much, although Henry and Seymour produced Edward the something whose progeny I haven't bothered with yet.
Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 19, 2011 04:51 AM (vmcYN)
My biggest issue is that someone who is this stupid (I said it was understandable, not smart) is part of the Secret Service.
Willing to take a bullet for Barak Obama. Takes a certain type.
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2011 04:51 AM (KWw9/)
Amazon just cuts ties with the small business, and yet another set of jobs is eliminated
Ah, but they aren't really eliminated, just moved to a different state, right?
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 04:54 AM (XdlcF)
Pretty much, although Henry and Seymour produced Edward the something whose progeny I haven't bothered with yet.
Edward died childless and his two sisters: Mary and Elizabeth became queens. They also died childless which is why Henry's sister Margaret's grandchild became James I (James VI of Scotland).
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2011 04:55 AM (KWw9/)
Posted by: Bugler at May 19, 2011 04:56 AM (VXBR1)
...you know, considering it's not the SG's job to opine on the constitutionality of proposed laws
Posted by: beedubya at May 19, 2011 04:57 AM (AnTyA)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 19, 2011 04:59 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 08:43 AM (4df7R)
If he doesn't have a hardy Hi-Yo Silver, it's just not going to work.
Maybe they should look for a commodities trader.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 05:00 AM (HBqDo)
A- From the holes in his head and chest
B- The flames of Hell licking at his heels
Because it sure had nothing to do with "virgins".
Posted by: Marcus at May 19, 2011 05:01 AM (CHrmZ)
Posted by: Popcorn at May 19, 2011 05:01 AM (OOehk)
Michele Bachmann is my choice. I will be the first campaign volunteer for her in MA as soon as she announces, and I've told her so a couple of times.
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 05:01 AM (K2wpv)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 19, 2011 08:57 AM (jx2j9)
Oh good gracious. How terrible. I pray that the monster that did this is found quickly and given the rich justice s/h/it deserves. Despicable.
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 05:02 AM (4df7R)
...but we won't hear much more from them now that they are reminded that the US funds 20% of the IMF and they need our money to bail out Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland so the EU won't have to.
Posted by: beedubya at May 19, 2011 05:02 AM (AnTyA)
I don't think he executed his first wife.
It's sort of hard to execute the daughter of the King of Spain...unless you don't mind getting into a shooting war with him and his allies.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at May 19, 2011 05:06 AM (1hM1d)
Ah, but they aren't really eliminated, just moved to a different state, right?
No, the ties are cut with the Amazon vendors in that state. There are tens of thousands of samll busineeses that sell products via Amazon.
Posted by: Circa (insert Year Here) at May 19, 2011 05:08 AM (B+qrE)
Michele Bachmann is my choice. I will be the first campaign volunteer for her in MA as soon as she announces, and I've told her so a couple of times.
Wanna write a post about why? I'd LOVE for people to spell out and link primary source material about candidates.
Personally, I don't give care about mistaking Concord for Concord, but would prefer someone with executive or similar experience.
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 05:08 AM (XdlcF)
Michele Bachmann is my choice.
Truman, not that I want to start something--but I am curious as to why.
Posted by: Circa (insert Year Here) at May 19, 2011 05:09 AM (B+qrE)
Anne did produce one of the best monarchs that England had, Elizabeth I.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 05:09 AM (M9Ie6)
Dunno- the Amazon guy's contention was many of these small businesses were using Amazon as a clearing house/guarantor for their business transactions - that is, instead of buying from "Bobby's Collectibles and Baseball Cards", you're in essence buying from Amazon- in much the way it's been stated on this blog a few times.
Assuming Bobby in the case above wants to pack up his baseball cards and move to Indiana or Wisconsin, you're right. Assuming he doesn't, he either lays off the four people he has fulfilling Amazon orders or goes out of business and takes the current standard of 7,342 weeks of unemployment (subject to upward revision).
Or not, because Bobby had the temerity to actually try to run a business which makes him a "fat cat", which means he is not paying his "fair share"of taxes n' stuff, thus making him ineligible for suckling on the teat of the public weal.
But no, I'm not bitter. Why do you ask?
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at May 19, 2011 05:10 AM (XyjRQ)
Oops! Official Secret Service Twitter Account Bashes Fox News
To be fair, I can't stand the blathering on Fox or any of the other cable newsies some days.
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 05:10 AM (K2wpv)
okay, so i get here and we're talking about Henry the VIII's wives, huh?
Interesting topic as I'm currently finishing William Manchester's A World Lit By Fire.
The Medieval times were creepy. Men being both the father and grandfather of children, everyone having VD, orgies, rape, casual murder, and a insane hedonistic spendthrift catholic church, that was more like a group of gangster's than a religious order.
glad we left that behind.
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2011 05:10 AM (wuv1c)
Edward died childless
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2011 08:55 AM (KWw9/)
I don't think he had any kids.
Posted by: Popcorn at May 19, 2011 09:01 AM (OOehk)
Thanks. That's probably why I diverted elsewhere.
Apparently, William Wales and I have common ancestry which gives me the excuse to post highlights from the recent wedding.
Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 19, 2011 05:10 AM (vmcYN)
Gee, I wonder what the hidden agenda is on this move?
Morning all.
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 19, 2011 05:11 AM (LFiVW)
However, that said, I haven't done detailed investigations yet that I will do after the primary gets into high gear and the leaders start to shake out.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 05:11 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at May 19, 2011 05:11 AM (XyjRQ)
Truman, not that I want to start something--but I am curious as to why.
She's a conservative libertarian and she's got a sack on her. She's also got the fortitude to bicker with the lefty hags (of both sexes) to stop their incrementalism.
Furthermore... there is no other GOP candidate at the moment, nor on the immediate horizon, who is both conservative and charismatic. Herman Cain is a great guy, but he's not going to win a single damn primary.
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 05:12 AM (K2wpv)
No, the ties are cut with the Amazon vendors in that state. There are tens of thousands of samll busineeses that sell products via Amazon.
Okay, I said that wrong. It's not that Amazon stops buying from small businesses, it just stops buying from the businesses in the state charging the taxes.
Posted by: Slightly more caffinated Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 05:13 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 19, 2011 05:15 AM (W7Ddq)
*rubbing temples* You know what? I give up. Our borders are just going to stay as wide open as the Appian G*ddamn Way.
U.S. border chief says terror threat greater from Canada than Mexico
(H/T Blazing Cat Fur)
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 05:15 AM (4df7R)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A special type of government search warrant that allows authorities to search homes without informing the owner for months is becoming more common, Target 7 has learned.
Imagine someone walking through your neighborhood, coming into your home and rifling through your intimate belongings.
“(They) search through your home, your dresser drawers, your computer files,” Peter Simonson, with ACLU New Mexico, said.
These search warrants donÂ’t involve knocking on doors or any type of warning at all. Delayed-notice search warrants, or "sneak-and-peek" warrants, allow federal agents to enter your home without telling you theyÂ’ve been there until months later.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 19, 2011 05:16 AM (ENKCw)
Well shoot, Circa said what I did, only all like succinct and stuff.
Hey, if we were fans of succinct and stuff...
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 05:18 AM (XdlcF)
To be fair, I can't stand the blathering on Fox or any of the other cable newsies some days.
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 09:10 AM (K2wpv)
Neither can I. That's why I watch them on mute or not at all.
But I would hope you and I would be smart enough not to tweet our exasperation on the official Secret Service Twitter. 
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 05:18 AM (4df7R)
I thought that was a win. At least they were admitting the borders are a problem. IN trying to bend over backwards not to say the Mexican border was the worst, they admitted there are problems with the borders.
sometimes people can be so focused on one thing, the inadvertently do another...
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 05:19 AM (k1rwm)
the mute button is your friend.
Yeah, but if I just wanted to look at pretty girls, I would dress up like a DPW worker and dig a hole in the street near a busy college thoroughfare.
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 05:19 AM (K2wpv)
Michele Bachmann is my choice. I will be the first campaign volunteer for her in MA as soon as she announces, and I've told her so a couple of times.
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 09:01 AM (K2wpv)
JeffB to pronounce you an idiot in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.......
Posted by: Tami at May 19, 2011 05:20 AM (VuLos)
Ace ran a post about this a few weeks ago. Amazon has built up a huge following and a large amount of trust and this makes them number 1 at this venture.
The legal argument from the States is that if you have a small buisness that does have a brick and mortar store in the State, then they have a presence in the State for sales tax purposes and that is probably true.
However, none of the newspaper articles talk about that. All they talk about is an overall sales tax exemption for ALL of the Amazon sales as if the sales tax charge applies to all of Amazons sales. In fact the State of NC is suing them to divulge ALL of their sales in NC so they can go after NC residents for avoiding the useless "use tax".
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Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 19, 2011 05:21 AM (LFiVW)
To be fair, I can't stand the blathering on Fox or any of the other cable newsies some days.
Yeah, I've reached my breaking point with Fox. I watch special report at dinner and that's it.
O'Reilly and Hannity make me sick. I actually like them less than anyone on the MSNBC network, because unlike the idiots at MSNBC, they supposedly represent conservatives.
I've always thought one of the bigger reasons conservatives don't get some degree of mainstream or pop culture acceptance is because the most recognizable "conservatives" are retarded nerfherding bags of douche.
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2011 05:21 AM (wuv1c)
She's a conservative libertarian and she's got a sack on her.
Okay, so compared to the other candidates, you like her positions more and...her positions more, eh?
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2011 05:23 AM (XdlcF)
Every Senate Democrat voted against the motion to proceed along with five Republicans: Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.), Mike Lee (Utah), Richard Shelby (Ala.), Olympia Snowe (Maine) and David Vitter (La.).
Posted by: Y-not at May 19, 2011 05:23 AM (pW2o8)
Posted by: Truman North at May 19, 2011 05:23 AM (K2wpv)
I've always thought one of the bigger reasons conservatives don't get some degree of mainstream or pop culture acceptance is because the most recognizable "conservatives" are retarded nerfherding bags of douche.
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2011 09:21 AM (wuv1c)
Nov. 4, 2010....the day I stopped watching Fox....and I believe it was during an O'Reilly show. The only time I might turn it on is if there's a breaking news story.
Posted by: Tami at May 19, 2011 05:25 AM (VuLos)
This is the one thing I despise Spitzer for, he argued for taxing internet sales. I loved shopping on the internet, there was no tax and if you got free shipping and a little discount you were happy. I figured the lobby for brick and mortar stores got to Spitzer but then so did client #9
We were asked to buy a book for our friend who is in grad school, a chip in for his birthday. I bought the book yesterday, a text book. For the first time they charged me both tax and shipping. The damned thing was over two hundred bucks. My take, it doesn't bode well for them. You're going to buy at the cheapest place without sales tax. Now my friend needed the book so they had it and I just bought it lest we screw up and not be able to get it, but it was a shocker, when I was in school I bought books from them all the time, with no tax.
Posted by: curious at May 19, 2011 05:25 AM (k1rwm)
Posted by: Bugler at May 19, 2011 05:27 AM (VXBR1)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 19, 2011 05:28 AM (eOXTH)
from an Ed Driscoll link @PJ Media
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 05:32 AM (HBqDo)
Vitter said he opposed the measure, which in most respects tracked bills passed by the Republican House, because he said it didn't go as far as the House bills in opening new tracts along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the eastern Gulf for drilling. It also included a provision that would have gone beyond current Interior Department regulations and required exploration plans to have containment response provisions that had been reviewed by a third party.
Posted by: Y-not at May 19, 2011 05:40 AM (pW2o8)
Reading several other news reports it appears some of the oil producing States objected to it because it would actually slow down drilling permits.
It would halt the process that just started and start a new process all over again. The law of unintended consequences struck.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 05:42 AM (M9Ie6)
Chilling portrait of neo-Nazi's home life emerges The 10-year-old son of neo-Nazi leader Jeffrey R. Hall tells Riverside investigators of shooting his father and says Hall beat him and other family members regularly.
Posted by: momma at May 19, 2011 05:57 AM (penCf)
I can't stand the pundit shows on any of the networks. Guess I just don't like watching our betters shouting at each other.
I'll watch Fox for the straight news broadcast without commentary.
Posted by: mpurinTexas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 19, 2011 05:57 AM (LFiVW)
Herman Cain is a great guy, but he's not going to win a single damn primary.
I think you're wrong on that. He will win SC going away, assuming he is still in the race, and I think he probably will be. I think he'll do well in Iowa (based on the format), I think he has a chance to do OK in NH (though Mittens will probably win that one). If he makes it to SC he will clean up, guaranteed, and he would probably do very well on Super Tuesday because there are a lot of southern states voting that day and he will play very well in the south.
My guess though is that everything will be decided by whoever wins Florida.
The key in all of this is whether or not the anti-Mittens vote can coalesce early behind one candidate. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the establishment would try to keep as many people in the race as long as possible so as to split the anti-Mittens vote.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at May 19, 2011 06:01 AM (JxMoP)
I saw Ed Asner on O'Reilly last night. Not that it's any surprise, but he happily admitted he was a socialist. Bill asked him if he thought BamBam was a socialist and he adamantly stated, "noooo!"
He then went on to say he was pretty disappointed in Obama. Bill asked if he thought Obama was a fraud (which was kinda weird) and Asner said he wasn't sure yet.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 19, 2011 06:03 AM (XK4nA)
Posted by: momma at May 19, 2011 06:04 AM (penCf)
WTF?!
Yet another gas station decided going Obama is good for overhead. This time itÂ’s in Columbia, South Carolina.
Posted by: momma at May 19, 2011 06:06 AM (penCf)
Wonder if Rush will mention Lou Grant being on with Ted Baxter?
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 06:07 AM (HBqDo)
I think you're wrong on that. He will win SC going away, assuming he is still in the race, and I think he probably will be. I think he'll do well in Iowa (based on the format), I think he has a chance to do OK in NH (though Mittens will probably win that one). If he makes it to SC he will clean up, guaranteed, and he would probably do very well on Super Tuesday because there are a lot of southern states voting that day and he will play very well in the south.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at May 19, 2011 10:01 AM (JxMoP)
It's going to be close here in NH, though the primary is still a ways off. Mitt has name recognition and regional favorability, but he's also got Masscare around his neck, and we NHites have heard enough bellyaching from our MA neighbors to know that it's bad news and we don't want it or its benefactor in a position of authority. Herman Cain is less well known, but he's come up here to NH a number of times already, done meet and greets, call-in shows, the whole gamut. We're still old-fashioned New Englanders in that respect. We like to see and hear our politicians in person. I think he's won himself a lot of supporters up here doing that.
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 06:07 AM (4df7R)
Parents of the Douglas County fourth-graders who appeared at a state Capitol news conference Monday in support of a tax increase were never asked permission for their kids to be part of the event.
Douglas County school officials said they got phone calls after the event inquiring about the presence of the fourth-graders from Wildcat Mountain Elementary in Littleton. The kids stood behind Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, on Monday as he outlined the details of his proposal to ask voters in November to approve a five-year, $3 billion tax increase for education.
Randy Barber, a spokesman for Douglas County schools, said the class
had planned a tour of the Capitol long before Heath ever scheduled his
news conference the same day in the building.
Posted by: momma at May 19, 2011 06:10 AM (penCf)
When you call BS, they ask you to prove that Ryan's plan doesn't in fact do this. These are no-win situations.
___________
Good thing they don't ask me. I'd point out how he kept the wheelchair so he could use it to push another elderly person off the cliff. That's fiscal responsibility right there; a Democrat would have shoved the wheelchair over and had to borrow another from the Chinese for the next elderly person.
Posted by: Anachronda at May 19, 2011 06:15 AM (6fER6)
Posted by: momma at May 19, 2011 09:57 AM (penCf)
Obviously you shouldn't beat your kids, but especially if you've taken them target shooting, don't lock up your guns, and like to nap on the couch.
Posted by: ontherocks at May 19, 2011 06:21 AM (HBqDo)
Good thing they don't ask me. I'd point out how he kept the wheelchair so he could use it to push another elderly person off the cliff. That's fiscal responsibility right there; a Democrat would have shoved the wheelchair over and had to borrow another from the Chinese for the next elderly person.
Posted by: Anachronda at May 19, 2011 10:15 AM (6fER6)
Would you believe I thought the exact. Same. Thing?
Great minds and all that.
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 06:22 AM (4df7R)
BTW, I still don't get why these powerful successful men have no control over their penises. Someone needs to invent a device to control the damn things.
We've beaten them senseless for years with little effect.Posted by: Dave at May 19, 2011 06:23 AM (4KER5)
BTW, I still don't get why these powerful successful men have no control over their penises. Someone needs to invent a device to control the damn things.
Well, there's always the Bobbitt method...
In the case of DSK, I'd say it seems justified.
Posted by: MWR at May 19, 2011 06:27 AM (4df7R)
Run out of innocent 13 year olds to harass?
I'm pretty sure their 1st question was "Did you actually write this"
Posted by: Dave at May 19, 2011 06:27 AM (4KER5)
Posted by: Barbarian at May 19, 2011 06:27 AM (EL+OC)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 06:30 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 10:30 AM (M9Ie6)
Ah! Gracias.
Posted by: Barbarian at May 19, 2011 06:31 AM (EL+OC)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 06:33 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 10:33 AM (M9Ie6)
Because they are clueless RINO bastards?
Posted by: Barbarian at May 19, 2011 06:38 AM (EL+OC)
Also gets rid of Register/vote same day shit that we have now!
Posted by: momma at May 19, 2011 06:46 AM (penCf)
WTF?!
Yet another gas station decided going Obama is good for overhead. This time itÂ’s in Columbia, South Carolina.
Posted by: momma
I suppose they are happy to piss of half their customer base?
Proof that oil companies make to much profit
/moonbat
Posted by: todler at May 19, 2011 06:48 AM (fPOY0)
In a most ominous sign, former GOP members of the so-called "Gang of 14," who narrowly averted a judicial crisis back in 2005 that nearly shut down the Senate, are lining up against Liu, as well.
The somewhat undefined threshold developed by the bipartisan group back then stated that a nominee should be filibustered only under "extraordinary circumstances."
"The nomination of Mr. Goodwin Liu does rise to a level of 'extraordinary circumstances,' and therefore McCain will seek to filibuster the nomination," read a statement by the office of former Gang member John McCain.
Posted by: Barney Frank at May 19, 2011 07:09 AM (PrXnz)
STOCKHOLM — The notorious Cold War terrorist Carlos the Jackal is hailing Osama bin Laden as “a martyr,” saying he earned himself a place in history through his terrorism deeds.
In an interview with Swedish Television the Venezuelan terrorist says the former al-Qaida leader will still be remembered in 100 years’ time because “of what he has done, the example he gave.”
He says “nobody” will remember President Barack Obama.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 19, 2011 07:13 AM (PrXnz)
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2011 07:21 AM (M9Ie6)
She must have been lousy in bed. Women all want a rich guy but they forget they have to work hard at being good in bed to keep a man that already has someone who will bring him a sammich.
Posted by: Rocks at May 19, 2011 07:21 AM (th0op)
BS. He'll be confirmed.
Posted by: Barbarian at May 19, 2011 07:22 AM (EL+OC)
Yet another gas station decided going Obama is good for overhead. This time itÂ’s in Columbia, South Carolina.
Well, he’s ”the first president of black people,’ according to the owner.
Friggin' ingrates.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 19, 2011 07:23 AM (th0op)
Posted by: Bugler at May 19, 2011 07:24 AM (VXBR1)
He better renegotiate his contract with his Malt Liquor distributor.
Denounce. Self.
Posted by: Barbarian at May 19, 2011 07:25 AM (EL+OC)
Re: Did she have a choice/She knew what she was getting into...
sucks to be a victim, eh? Makes me think of a certain execution referenced in Chronicles somewhere. Involved a dagger and a very Fat Man.
Posted by: Looking for a Date... at May 19, 2011 07:48 AM (2D3sq)
Well, he’s ”the first president of black people,’ according to the owner.
Friggin' ingrates.
Word.
Posted by: a lincoln at May 19, 2011 07:49 AM (GTbGH)
FaceBook fails
Itsy Bitsy Bikinis
Smoking hot brynettes
All links go to a local radio station here.
Posted by: momma at May 19, 2011 07:52 AM (penCf)
Posted by: Barney Frank at May 19, 2011 08:06 AM (PrXnz)
And that's the fucking problem: Too many people brought Henry too many fucking sammiches. Do you want to have sex with a 400 pounder? Actually, Ann complained that Henry wasn't all dat in bed.
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Posted by: Errol at May 19, 2011 10:05 AM (uAzAD)
"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire."
Now you need to convince conservatives to go to war.
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