1 Thank God, a thread I can actually understand!

2

Uggh.  They identified the passenger that was killed in the Ryan Dunn crash.  It was Zac Hartwell.  I knew that guy.  He was a former Navy Seal & Iraq War veteran.  He worked at a bar I used to frequent.  He was always pinching my ass.  He stopped talking to me after I accused him of being gay for wearing a pink Kangol hat.  Very sad.

3 Summer, climate change at it's finest...

4 Good Morning Morons, yes first day of Summer and it was 102 yesterday.

5

HUD to spend another $1B bailing out delinquent home owners

How is it that they can do this w/o congressional authorization? I note that executive branch departments are spending money now w/o congress authorizing it since the Republicans took the House.

6

Remember all those short budget deals to avert a shutdown while they worked on a "compromise"?

Well stand by for round II over the debt limit that we are already exceeding. Keep in mind that “compromise” means the Republicans trade away all their advantage for a handful of beans and a kick in the ass.

7

A couple of days ago everyone had a hearty laugh when Holder the Magnificent said courts were our best weapon for fighting terrorists

Today we have Barky telling rich Jewish donors that he has done more for Israel’s security than any other President in the past 25 years. He sure does have the “big lie” down pat. Stalin would be proud.

8 #7

And they're all out of beans.

9

Nikki Haley is starting to have the same problems with the squishy legislature that Sanford had

Here they are gearing up for a fight over stupid bills that they passed and she vetoed that allowed several school districts to fund daily operations by selling long term bonds. These bills were needed because State law wisely forbids this incredibly stupid practice. In the past school bond were only allowed for capitol projects. Daily operations are funded through property taxes and (now) sales taxes. Due to the Bamaconamy sales taxes are low and the schools are struggling.

The lying paper is all in favor of it and says it has been done in the past. I do not think that is true.  They claim they have cut the budgets and staff but still must have more. All that tells me is they havenÂ’t cut enough.

The other thing it tells me is that shifting all your government financing into sales taxes is stupid as well.

10

Some analysis of the WalMart case decided yesterday

While this is a victory for WalMart, it is not an overall victory for the U.S.  This ruling hinged on technical details of whether or not this case met the rules for a class action suit. It does not examine the actual suit itself as to whether or not some WalMart stores have discriminated against women (something I highly doubt).

This would have been a victory for the public if the Supremes had ruled that ALL class action suits were unconstitutional and thereby prohibited in the future. These suits are the worst kind of rip-off for the consumer and the only people they benefit are lawyers.

Likewise the ruling on Global Warming suits is no great victory either

 All it does is say that the EPA has the word on AGW, not local courts. Does anyone here think we will get a real scientific analysis of AGW with the EPA? If you do I have a time share property I am willing to sell you.

11 That's it for the news. Will have the next candidate eval shortly. Michele Bachmann is for today.

12 It's summah time, summah time, sum, sum, summah time.

13 Read the VDH article.  Can I have more DOOM now? 

There are seven states at "Extreme Fire Risk" levels.  Is there a homeland security type color chart chart that shows how close we are to turning into Greece?

14 Global warming is over if you want it.

15 @7

Beans?  Great!  Usually they just hand me my own ass.

16 Bloomberg has a story up about how Brazilians are buying condos in Miamai.

Brazilian currency has risen 45% against the dollar since 2008.

17 West on Pigford vote:  "I bonked."

18 5, Vic, it was cooler by me. They great thing about living next to the ocean. It was only 100.

19

Michele Bachmann

Cap and Trade/AGW

Bachmann has always been a very outspoken opponent of Crap and Tax and she hasnÂ’t minced words on it either. Her deeds also match the words as she voted against the crap and tax bill. (Note there were 8 Republican DIABLO traitors who crossed the aisle to vote for that bill allowing it to pass. 50 Democrats voted against it)

Here is a column from Hotair on the passing of that bill

Although AGW itself wasnÂ’t mentioned in the last debate she threw this little bit of red meat out there:

HereÂ’s the other thing.  Every time the liberals get into office, they pass an omnibus bill of big spending projects.  What we need to do is pass the mother of all repeal bills, but itÂ’s the repeal bill that will get a job killing regulations.  And I would begin with the EPA, because there is no other agency like the EPA.  It should really be renamed the job-killing organization of America .

She isnÂ’t afraid to attack the things conservatives hate. This is probably her biggest strength with conservatives.

She gets a big plus on this score

Gun Control

Bachmann is solidly pro-second amendment in words and votes. She has received the endorsement of the NRA and has an “A” rating from them.

She gets a plus here

Small government in general (spending and regulation)

On taxes, what can you say, she set up the Tea Party Caucus in the House. She is also a former tax lawyer so you could say she is an expert on taxes. She has been roundly attacked for her call to repeal ALL capital gains taxes. She has consistently voted to lower taxes and to try to make them more fair. From what I can tell from the On the Issues site she would like a flat tax:

Adopt a simple and fair single-rate tax system by scrapping the internal revenue code and replacing it with one that is no longer than 4,543 words--the length of the original Constitution.

On spending she is mostly good. She voted against the original porkulous package but she voted for the “additional stimulus” later in July. She voted no on the GM/Chrysler bailouts, she voted no on cash for clunkers, she voted no on the 60B “jobs” bill. In fact, it looks like she has voted against every spending bill the Dems have pushed other than the second stimulus package in July 2009. One wonders what was in that bill?  She is also signed on to the balanced budget amendment pledge. Overall she is a budget hawk.

On government regulations she has consistently voted against increased regulation. The quote above on the EPA is a perfect example. She has advocated ALL federal agencies be audited for reform or total elimination. (Damn she sounds a lot like me).

Overall she is exactly what you would expect from a Tea Party advocate. She gets a plus here.

Socialized HealthcareLOL, she has been a strong advocate of total repeal of Obamacare. She also voted against SCHIP. A prime quote from the debate:

I was the very first member of Congress to introduce the full-scale repeal of Obamacare.  And I want to make a promise to everyone watching tonight:  As president of the United States , I will not rest until I repeal Obamacare.  ItÂ’s a promise.  Take it to the bank, cash the check.  IÂ’ll make sure that that happens.

She gets a plus here.

Border control/Amnesty

She has consistently called for closing the borders and spoken out against amnesty.  I could find nothing on the 2006 McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill but that isnÂ’t surprising. That bill really started in 2005 and she didnÂ’t enter the House until 2006. In addition, when it became apparent that the Republican base was up in arms over that bill and even the Dems were not happy with it it was never brought to the floor in the House.

IÂ’ll give her a plus here.

Abortion

She is firmly and totally prolife. She had the best statement I have ever heard from a candidate when the CNN asshole tried to trip her up on that score:

BACHMANN: I am 100 percent pro-life. IÂ’ve given birth to five babies, and IÂ’ve taken 23 foster children into my home. I believe in the dignity of life from conception until natural death. I believe in the sanctity of human life.

And I think the most eloquent words ever written were those in our Declaration of Independence that said itÂ’s a creator who endowed us with inalienable rights given to us from God, not from government. And the beauty of that is that government cannot take those rights away. Only God can give, and only God can take.

And the first of those rights is life. And I stand for that right. I stand for the right to life. The very few cases that deal with those exceptions are the very tiniest of fraction of cases, and yet they get all the attention. Where all of the firepower is and where the real battle is, is on the general — genuine issue of taking an innocent human life. I stand for life from conception until natural death.

She gets a plus here

Summary

She is plus in all 6 categories and is easily the most conservative candidate based on the above 6 issues.  Ron Paul also had pluses on the above issues but Bachmann is stronger than Paul and doesnÂ’t have the major negatives that Paul drags with him. She currently has only one negative that I count and that is her campaign manager.

So why isnÂ’t she the major leader in the race. Answer, name recognition is the primary driver of the polls right now. She is also a House member which is traditionally not a driving ground for a run for the Presidency. But then again, so was Newt and she doesnÂ’t have all of his baggage either. But he has more name recognition.

One thing I do not understand at the On The Issues site is their graphic for rating her. They rated at the very edge of conservative and call her a “moderate conservative”. They rate Pawlenty much further to the right of her and he is actually much more liberal based on his record. 

Truth in advertising moment here, Bachmann is on my short list for this election and it is based on this kind of rating.

20 3--Joannie oven gloves--you in West Chester?

21 Amanpour to receive Cronkite Award

Yup.  That wounds about right.

22 Thanks Vic, love the morning news ticker.

23 West voted for Pigford???? WTF? Strike one.

24

"Joannie oven gloves--you in West Chester?"

Went to high school there, but lived in Downingtown.  Now I'm in DelCo. 

 

 

25 They great thing about living next to the ocean. It was only 100.

100 at the shore is unusual.

26 (Hic)  Hey whosh got the Valu-Rite?

27 The only thing Amanpour should recieve is a jail sentence for treasonous false reporting. She's a world class muzztard, I guess that's to be expected.

28

"sounds*" 

Anyway, good Bachmann roundup there, Vic.  She is now, has been for a while, and is the only person who has ever been my preferred candidate for 2012.

29 Solstice last night...

30 "wounds"  Freudian?

The host of ABC’s “This Week” has a “remarkable combination of tremendous courage in the face of grave danger, the intelligence to unravel complex geo-political stories, and an unswerving passion for the truth,” said Christopher Callahan, dean of ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism.

Mr. Callahan then jumped on his trusted broomstick pony "Blackie" and galloped out of the room.

31 I am not sure who I cam going to do next in the evals. The next one up on the Club for Growth is Gary Johnson but I don't think he is a credible candidate right now.

I also skipped Sarah Palin because she hasn't made any move that I can see that indicates she is running and I personally don't think she will run.

Perry has actually made more of an indication that he is going to run than Palin so maybe I'll try to do him next. The problem is going to be trying to find his position in these national issues.

32

The Conservative Case for... Protectionism

 

The populist pap from people like Ross Perot and more recently Donald Trump about raising tariffs on foreign goods “to protect American jobs” is a real turn-off for me.  Why?  Because I can do the economics.  Stick with me here, and you will be able to, too (but I promise there will be no math involved).  From an economics standpoint, there is really no good argument for tariffs—from the consumerÂ’s, or the producerÂ’s standpoint—free trade means everyone can benefitÂ… assuming our trading partners are actually engaging in free trade.

David Ricardo and the Corn Laws

David Ricardo was one of the giants of “political economy”—a term for early macroeconomics.  Ricardo, a Jewish stockbroker, read Adam SmithÂ’s The Wealth of Nations while on holiday in 1799 and was immediately taken with the political arguments mathematical economics might present.  He wrote his first economics article at age 37 and reached the height of his influence ten years later, after retiring from the financial business and entering Parliament.

Perhaps the best-known debate on the issue of free trade took place in Parliament during those early years of the 19^th century.  At that time, the landed nobility—the landowners—controlled Parliament.  From 1815 to 1848, imports and exports of grain were subject to tariffs, subsidies and regulations collectively called the Corn Laws, which were designed to discourage importation of grains and encourage their exports.  In general, they sought to keep the price of food high; ostensibly to provide good wages to the agrarian worker, but in reality to keep financial and political power in the hands of the landed classes and out of the hands of the bourgeoisie and new financial class.  The landlordsÂ’ income, clearly, was based in large part upon the value of what they produced.  The Corn Laws served to maintain agrarian elite power.

With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, a class of wealthy, urban capitalist emerged.  The wages they had to pay were determined in part on the cost of living.  The cost of living was based in part upon the cost of food.  Food prices kept artificially high hurt their bottom line.  And tariffs on grain imports kept food prices artificially high.  The political battles raged for some thirty years.  However over time, the power of the landowners in the House of Lords gradually diminished. 

On the side of repeal was David Ricardo.  His principle work, On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, was published in 1817.  In 1819, he entered Parliament.  RicardoÂ’s Theory of Comparative Advantage, which he used to successfully argue against the Corn Laws, states that specialization and trade will benefit both partners (real wages will rise), even if one trading partner is more efficient at producing everything than the other one.

How is this possible?  The key lies in understanding the difference between absolute advantage and comparative advantage.

Absolute Advantage versus Comparative Advantage

A country enjoys an absolute advantage over another country if it uses fewer resources to produce a thing than the other country does.  Suppose Elbonia and Krapistan both produce mung beans, but ElboniaÂ’s climate and soil are superior to KrapistanÂ’s, and that furthermore Elbonian labor is more industrious than the lazy Krapistani bums.  Elbonia will produce more mung beans per acre than Krapistan and use less labor to bring it to market.  Therefore Elbonia can sell mung beans and make a better profit margin on the world market than can Krapistan.  Elbonia enjoys an absolute advantage over Krapistan in mung bean production.

But a country enjoys a comparative advantage in the production of a good if the good can be produced at a lower cost in terms of other goods.  Suppose Elbonia and Krapistan both produce mung beans and parsnips and Elbonia enjoys an absolute advantage in producing both—that is, Elbonia uses fewer resources to produce either mung beans or parsnips than Krapistan.  The central planners in both countries must decide how many resources to commit to both mung beans and parsnips.  To produce more of one, land and labor must be transferred out of production of the other.  HereÂ’s the critical step:  We can then measure the “cost” of production in both countries of mung beans in terms of bushels of parsnips, and vice-versa.

Suppose that in Elbonia, mung beans have an opportunity cost of two bushels of parsnips.  That is, they have to give up two bushels of parsnips to grow a bushel of mung beans.  At the same time, producing a bushel of mung beans in Krapistan requires the sacrifice of only one bushel of parsnips.  Even though Elbonia has an absolute advantage in growing either commodity, Krapistan enjoys a comparative advantage in the production of mung beans because Krapistani farmers donÂ’t have to give up as much in terms of parsnips to grow them as Elbonian farmers do.  The opportunity cost for Krapistan to produce mung beans is lower, and therefore they will devote greater resources to their production.  Therefore Krapistan can benefit by specializing in mung beans and trading them to Elbonia for parsnips.  Likewise, since Elbonian consumers now have a greater supply of mung beans on the international market, it is cheaper to buy them, and it makes sense for Elbonian farmers to grow more parsnips, which are now in shorter supply.  Everyone benefits from specialization and trade.

This is the key argument in favor of free trade:  While specific jobs in specific industries will indeed be “shipped overseas,” those jobs will be replaced by jobs with better real wages in different industries; industries which will expand to meet demand created in other countries where the work previously done here will be done, drawing labor and capital away from other industries. Americans and American companies will meet needs created overseas when American consumersÂ’ needs are met by overseas trading partners.  And as both trading partners become more specialized and therefore profitable, real wages will rise both here and abroad.

The Giant Sucking Sound

Proponents of free trade have met with a number of arguments in favor of protectionism.  The first one IÂ’d like to rebut is this one:  We CanÂ’t Buy From Other Countries Unless They Simultaneously Buy From Us.  Remember when Ross Perot opposed NAFTA on the grounds that there would be a “giant sucking sound” as all the good jobs in the US moved to Mexico, where labor is cheap?  LetÂ’s consider what would happen should this shift occur, as in some sectors, particularly manufacturing durable goods, it already has. 

In US citizens wanted to buy everything in Mexico, but Mexicans did not buy anything from us, foreign exchange markets would prevent this from happening.  See, Mexican workers are paid in pesos.  To buy a good produced in Mexico, the buyer must have pesos.  But if no Mexicans wanted to buy anything in the United States, there wouldnÂ’t be anyone willing to part with pesos in exchange for dollars.  As a result, the price of the peso—its exchange rate with the dollar—would necessarily go up.

A more expensive peso means Mexican products would be more expensive for Americans to buy.  At the same time, the more valuable peso means that American goods become cheaper for Mexicans, since dollars are cheap and plentiful!  This means that Mexicans find some goods cheaper in the United States.  In fact, exports to Mexico increased from $46B in 1995 to $111B in 2000.  The exchange rate adjusts to make up for any wage differential.

The China Syndrome

There is one important exception to this story.  A country can buy more goods from another country for an extended period of time if those purchases are balanced by a sale of debt in the form of stocks and bonds.  In 2010, the US maintained a $2.73B trade deficit with China.  However, China had purchased about $32B in Treasury securities during 2010, more than making up for this trade imbalance, and keeping the value of the Renminbi Yuan artificially low.

Quite aside from the sticky political situation of the Chinese government holding upwards of $1.7T in dollar-denominated debt (as of October of 2010), the plight of the Chinese worker and the resultant push for reform and representation that will inevitably follow can only occur when China allows those workers to realize the gains they are creating by specializing and producing products for which they have a comparative advantage.  As long as China holds our debt and continues to buy it, this will keep its currency value artificially low, preventing wages there to normalize.  If wages do not normalize in China, there is little hope that capital flows will create commensurate jobs and industry in America.  And as long as this “super-structural” unemployment infects our economy in America, it is unlikely that we will be able to manage the sustainable economic growth we need to beat the Obama presidency in particular and our dour and benighted political class in general.

Sherman and Clayton

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 (usually referred to collectively as Sherman-Clayton) prevent such anti-competitive practices as predatory pricing and collusion by American firms.  Simply put, attempts by US firms to monopolize an industry are illegal.  If a strong company decides to drive the competition out of the market by setting prices below cost, it would be aggressively prosecuted by the Antitrust Division of the DoJ (at least, in theory). 

However, can we stand by and allow a foreign competitor do the same in the name for free trade?  In essence, by keeping the price of their currency (and therefore the cost of their goods) artificially low, China is dumping its products on our shores below the true cost of production.  How should we act when China acts to strategically drive American firms out of business in this way? Free trade may be in everyoneÂ’s best interest when we all play by the same rules.  But when foreign firms are cheating, like the ones in China (and the American firms located in China), the group that suffers unduly is the American worker—both in terms of wages and benefits, and in terms of the total number of jobs available.

So even though I already told you how I feel about populist assholes like Trump spewing no-nothing protectionism boilerplate there at the top, I have to come around and tell you this:  The position they hold is fundamentally correct, even though the non-logic theyÂ’re using to get there and their message delivery are at the very least, fundamentally flawed.

If we are honest-to-God gonna save our country, our culture, our way of life, then the time for protecting Americans and American industry from predators overseas is now.

33 I tried to buy a house in Upper Darby back in '81. They owners had  three gibbons in the basement. What a shame the monkeys had damaged the lovely bright red and mirrored wallpaper. Hahahahahaha. Only the monkeys had any taste.

34 26, I don't live exactly on the beach, It's about a mile as the crow flies. You would still think it would't be that hot. Also the Holly Game shelter is on fire, we have lost over 100 acres. Me and the Mrs. went over our Hurricane evac plan in case the fire gets way out of control.

35 Anyway, that's how I spent my Sunday evening-- writing that

36

"I tried to buy a house in Upper Darby back in '81. "

I bet Upper Darby was a much nicer place back then. 

37 Anyway, good Bachmann roundup there, Vic.

Thanks, I just wish Pixy would quit eating my formatting.

38 Ended up at 46th and Locust.

39 Also the Holly Game shelter is on fire, we have lost over 100 acres.

I haven't heard anything about a big fire in NC???? I know it has been hot and dry here so I imagine conditions are set up for one.

Good luck.

40 Used to buy my Schaefer at The Towering Inferno Lounge. Now they call it the Watusi. Watched Wilson B. Goode bomb the Move Compound from the 4th floor. Good times.

41

"Ended up at 46th and Locust."

Is that West Philly?  I get so confused figuring out the sections.

 

42 36, Very nice truman. I once read a Tom clancy book where President Ryan Matched the tarrifs and the trading rules, for lack of a better term, with each individual trading partner. Normally I would not reference a fiction book but Clancy has always been well researched. Anyway, he predicted the rest of the world would go apeshit and a move like that could lead us into war. I say so be it. The rest of the world has been crapping on us for a long time. We have been the planets kick stand. An example of this would be South Korea. How long have we kept the wolf off their door. Then they want to tell us to get bent during the last trade agreement. Really? Stuff like that has to end.

43 If we are honest-to-God gonna save our country, our culture, our way of life, then the time for protecting Americans and American industry from predators overseas is now.

Posted by: Truman North at June 21, 2011 07:43 AM (K2wpv)

 

Thanks for posting that. 

It's probably too late to save the US (and the world) from collapse (due to cultural, not economic, problems) but this would at least help us stall.  Greater prosperity can paper over a lot of issues for a while.  Anything that can help put off the end will suit me fine.

The other element of the "free trade" arguement that many choose to ignore is that we don't have free trade, nor anything really resembling it.  Throw in the artificial swelling of the US labor supply via immigration (legal and otherwise) and you've got a real mess.

44 Posted by: Truman North at June 21, 2011 07:43 AM (K2wpv)

Very Interesting read.

My takeaway here is that the root cause of our trade imbalance is the profligacy of the US government - we are, after all, selling debt to China.

45 For all you Morons who like "curvy" womens today is Jane Russel day at TCM.

46 Our problem with trade isn't just the lack of "free trade". American buisness is being priced out of the market due to overwhelming government regulation and union crap.

All those BS laws that FDR set up in the 30s and all those regulation that have exploded since the 60s are killing us. The FDR laws kept us in the depression until WWII and were never really tested.

After WWII we were the only industrial economy left so we got a free ride until the rest of the world recovered. When you started seeing Toyotas and Volkswagons on the highways in the late 60s you knew the free ride was over.

47

Anyway, he predicted the rest of the world would go apeshit and a move like that could lead us into war. I say so be it. The rest of the world has been crapping on us for a long time. We have been the planets kick stand.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 21, 2011 07:57 AM (NtTkA)

 

Amen.  Rebuilding/subsidizing the rest of the world has been a thankless chore for the US, just as it was for Great Britain.  The threats of war are greatly over blown, at least as far as nations warring against us.  Nobody is going to war with the US over trade issues.  They'd lose far, far more than they could ever hope to gain.  So long as the US has a copius supply of nukes, we're fine.  Not to mention that our conventional forces are still vastly superior to any likely group of attackers, and trying to occupy the US would be met with a fierce insurgency.

48 I am a little young for Jane Russel movies but I do remeber her bra commercials. She wasn't bad for an old dog.

49 Seems like we had better weather when we were spewing all kinds of crap into the air.

50

Jane Russel in her heyday (SFW)

Keep in mind that this was before silicon.

51 Our problem with trade isn't just the lack of "free trade". American buisness is being priced out of the market due to overwhelming government regulation and union crap.

Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2011 08:03 AM (M9Ie6)

 

Also very true.  The green regulation alone has been absurd in its over-reach.  Who can even know all the regs?  There are so many I can't imagine it's possible to obey them all simultaneously.  Few are based in common sense.  And the unions simply can't rein in their greed.  They're content to kill the golden goose.  Sickening.  I don't begrudge anyone making a good living, but using coercive power to burden a company with $90K per year janitors (and the million other abuses we've all heard about) goes too far. 

So many problems - so few leaders with any brains! 

52 51, Yep, that would make a sailor spend all his money.

53

Something else the Morons will like about her was how she described herself in a 2003 interview:  "These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist”

54 >>My takeaway here is that the root cause of our trade imbalance is the profligacy of the US government - we are, after all, selling debt to China. With some exceptions, particularly for commodity goods and in highly unionized industries, the biggest cause of job outsourcing is government regulation not labor costs. Even in industries such as the automotive industry where labor costs have made many US vehicles uncompetitive foreign manufacturers such as MB, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, etc., have brought hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs to the US, they have just done it in right to work states. World events have begun to change the dynamics, even in China. China has begun to decrease purchases of US debt in favor of EU debt. As China transitions from a mainly agrarian society to an increasingly manufacturing society there has been a massive migration to cities. Unrest in the citizenry due to poor working conditions and low pay/benefits is beginning to show up in China, something unheard of a few years ago. Things are changing even in command economies. But if we want to revive our manufacturing base we need to get government off our backs. Here's an example. My little company makes a new product in a highly regulated industry. We have two main competitors, one headquartered in Cyprus and the other in Malaysia. Along with multiple state regulations (we have factories in two states) we are highly regulated by the feds, mainly two agencies, the ATF and DOT. Neither of our competitors have to face anything like this level of bureaucracy and it adds anywhere from 20% to 40% to the delivered cost of our products. In fact, our competitors can ship their products into the US for cheaper than we can ship it within the US. This is not an unusual situation. We don't need protectionism. We need government to get the fuck out of the way and allow us to compete on the world stage.

55

VIc, it got to a balmy 75 in Hampton Roads yesterday. I'm not sure what's up with that. And we've been gettign smoke from a massive fire in NC for th epast month pretty much. Getting annoying for us. But at least it's only annoying.

And on a side note, rolled my ankle last night reffing soccer. hurts like a bastard. But at least today i'm at a desk.

56

Something else the Morons will like about her was how she described herself in a 2003 interview:  "These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist”

Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2011 08:15 AM (M9Ie6)

I have a different take on this....I think she was bashing conservatives.

57 Free at last?

58 Hampton Roads

That's up near Norfolk right?  It was 102 here yesterday it is amazing that it only got to 75 there because that is not that far from here. Of course yu are on the coast, but still.

59 So, what's all this talk about a moron meetup in Philly this week? What's the occasion (besides there are spirits to be consumed)?

60 yeah Vic. Norfolk is part of the Roads. I'm actually on the peninsula, but reffed at the beach last night. It's been a crazy spring, mostly cooler than I remember in th elast couple of years. Oh we've hit 100 already this year, but it's strange to see NC and SC at 100 and us 20 degrees cooler.

61 I have a different take on this....I think she was bashing conservatives.

I don't think so.

Apparently she ‘found religion” in her later life and this was in an interview where they were asking her about some of the more liberal stars of today.

62 President Barack Obama warned that new "tactical" disagreements loomed between Israel and Washington, but vowed to leverage his administration's "creative powers" in the cause of peace.
 ...

He said that as a difficult, challenging time loomed in the Middle East over the next few years, one inviolable principle was that the bond between the United States and Israel "isn't breakable."

But it is obvious that Barky O'Jugears is doing everything in his power to break the bond. The next time Bibi comes calling, he ought to grab O'Jugears by the tie and bitch slap him two or three times in front of the cameras. He really knows how to piss off our little underoos-clad Preznint.

63

Fuck pixie. eating a post.

 

CNN misses an obvious cause as to why used cars are getting more expensive. but I can't link it because of comment formatting.

64 Eric Holder: Lawyers Are America's 'Most Effective Terror-Fighting Weapon'.

Fine. Let's crate them up a gross at a time and drop them on Afghanistan and Libya. Win-win!

65 commenting on my wii browser- am i the first morons to post from a wii? yes, the issue of internationally-held u.s. debt is but a small part of our anemic "recovery". you all raise valid arguments, however the article rather narrowly examines how the choice the u.s. has made to sell debt abroad means consumers worldwide cannot consume american goods and services, retarding our domestic job and wage growth.us it's an overlooked component of the tyranny of debt bondage.

66 Cars are more expensive because the dollar is worth less. In 1991 you could get a midsize Ford for about 13k, Today a Mid size ford is about 20K. That's a 35% increase. Now if you figure metals and plastics (oil) being more expensive you can tack on abot 15%. The last 20% would have to be the devaluation of the dollar. These numbers are rounded and fudged for math purposes, but the report I read on this that I now cannot find summed it up well.

67

I guess this is the article you were referring to.

Of course CNN has to neglect the several 100 Ton elephants on the couch because that would blame Obama instead of the "crisis".

Cash for clunker fiasco and the fact that used cars are just another commodity and all of them are going up because money is becoming worthless.

68 Geeves, where are my cape and tights? 

No, not the domestic wardrobe, this one calls out for the international kit.

69 I see we all jumped on that.

70 That AZ is dry and needs rain is a given.

"Despite burning more than 811 square miles since late May, the Wallow fire has destroyed just 32 homes and four rental cabins. Containment rose to 56 percent Monday."

Look at a map to appreciate the size of the biggest fire consuming one of the nation's larger states.

Destroyed: 811+ 330+ square MILES of National Forests, State Parks and massive Tribal Reservations, Apache Navajo Hopi. What have the Native American Casinos to say from their blackened White Mountains?

Clinton's EPA Policy mandates set the stage prohibiting the removal of undergrowth in our nation's forests, and usurping ranch lands for federal grounds. Since the fires didn't begin at the highway proper, it wouldn't likely be a driver's tossed cigarette butt.

America shouldn't feel badly because "just 32 homes and 4 rental cabins" were destroyed.

McCain wants the open borders and wants the illegal aliens given amnesty. McCain fails to acknowledge an extended result of his own legislative policy promoting open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens.

Now up against the absolute rage from AZ constituents, he finally acknowledges that the human activity starting the wildfires in AZ was likely the result of illegal human and drug traffickers from Mexico traveling the unpopulated route on Hwy 191.

Of course, Rep. Raul Grijalva, the Tucson Democrat who campaigned in California for funding to barely beat the rocket scientist Ruth McClung for re-election, is stuck rebutting blame falling on the most likely suspect, his voting base reliant upon illegal votes to amass a "majority" last election. Despite evidence that humans began the wildfires, rather than accept guilt for effects resulting from his own political policy, without an electrical weather storm to blame, Grijalva would promote the act of God causing the biggest forest fire in AZ history. As if God hates Arizona? It was criminal behavior. As if God is a criminal?

Gabby Giffords had announced her intention to vote for strong border patrol before being shot in the head while the conservative federal judge of the US 9th District was assassinated, Judge John Roll ("clearly not Loughner's target, Loughner being the product of an Obama/Ayers educational project).

DHS/FEMA sent mailings to homeowners advising them to get insured before a catastrophe hits, not to count on FEMA when shit hits the fan.

Obama is neither god nor blameless. But he is the potus responsible for policy. Antipathy meets persistence in Obama. Only a fool would put it past a dirty, vindictive politician's operative to have started the wildfires to punish Arizonans for exercising constitutional rights.

We need our national guardsmen home to help fight blazes and to help build dams and dikes in floods, to patrol our borders and domestic infrastructure from sabotage as has been their traditional role before GWB ordered them to Islam, consigned to perpetual re-deployment abroad.

71

 And we've been gettign smoke from a massive fire in NC for th epast month pretty much. Getting annoying for us. But at least it's only annoying.

My mom in West Texas has been dealing with smoke for months now, from two different fires. The temps have been over 100 and about 2 % humidity some days. I just can't imagine going that long without clear air to breathe.

Course my husband is dealing with 115° and strong winds blowing dirt...

Oh, and as if West Texas didn't have it bad enough, they were worried that the Arizona fire was going to knock out their electricty. It got near some lines that carry 40% of the power for El Paso and other places.

I'm just glad our heat wave has broken, as of early this morning. Rain and cooler temps are back. I lost track of how many days were above 100. I think 2 weeks.

72 68, Thanks Vic, My memory is not that crappy after all.

73

Eric Holder: Lawyers Are America's 'Most Effective Terror-Fighting Weapon'.

Well, somebody needs to be, because it's sure not Eric Holder and the Justice Department.

As long as we're busy selling guns to Mexican narco-terrorists, why not sell them to al Qaeda too? We could put the proceeds into green energy.

74

am i the first morons to post from a wii?

Yeh, that would mean the comments and posts would be on the big screen for the kids to read, so no, I have not tried that!

75 34 I tried to buy a house in Upper Darby back in '81. They owners had  three gibbons in the basement. What a shame the monkeys had damaged the lovely bright red and mirrored wallpaper.

When we were looking at houses 20 years ago, NYCs northern suburbs, we saw a house with a chicken coop in the yard. Walked inside to see orange and mylar wallpaper in the living room.
The walk-in closet in the master BR had a santeria altar.

76 Eric Holder: Lawyers Are America's 'Most Effective Terror-Fighting Weapon'. yeah they did a great job taking out Osama. That was lawyer team #69 right?

77 I know that losing stuff to fire is as tragic as any other disaster. Before man came fire was one of the ways nature scrubbed and fertilized the ground. We hate losing property and having the little animals die. But it is necessary.

78 77
yeah they did a great job taking out Osama. That was lawyer team #69 right?
Posted by: nevergiveup at June 21, 2011 08:43 AM (i6RpT)

Steal Team Six, as I recall.Subpoena-waving anti-tobacco ninja litigators.

79 Since today is the first day of Summer I dedicate this song from the 60s to all the old farts like me who are reminded of it during Summer

80

Apparently she ‘found religion” in her later life and this was in an interview where they were asking her about some of the more liberal stars of today.

Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2011 08:24 AM (M9Ie6)

Looks like you're right.  I found another article about her...scroll through it.

http://tinyurl.com/3rbsflo

81

Calypso Loony puts America in its place. 

82 Detroit Neighborhood: John Conyers House is an EyesoreWJBK) - If Detroit has an image of a crumbling city, it doesn't help to have one of its representatives in the U.S. Congress let his home look unkempt. Charlie LeDuff pays a visit to John Conyers house.

83 Can we be serious here, Bachmann is the parody, that they portray of Palin, with little accomplishments to her name, there are already some low blows that the Sorosphere has thrown, like that false link to a police report, but there are some
much larger issues, like her role in a particularly pungent pardon scandal, that involved the entire state party. Her role, is to serve as the Huck figure, to block
any center right challenge to Romney, as was done for McCain, last time.

84 Oldsailor's poet, that's true.

Tell it to Arizona's timber industry. It was necessary to allow the criminal destruction of their livelihood by illegal aliens who want the jobs that Americans just won't do, scrubbing and fertilizing the ground.

85 I think some moron said this exact thing yesterday:

AZ Sheriff: Why More Troops at Korean Border Than U.S. Border?

86 Good song, Vic. Listening to it while it pours here right before my boys are supposed to play soccer all morning...

87 Posted by: Tami at June 21, 2011 08:47 AM (X6akg)

Thanks, that was a much better article. Wouldn't it be so much better if all of Hollywood was like her?

88 >>Cars are more expensive because the dollar is worth less. In 1991 you could get a midsize Ford for about 13k, Today a Mid size ford is about 20K. Certainly that's a big part of it. But so is the soaring cost of labor and the ridiculous benefits contracts Detroit was signing with the UAW for years. Instead of holding a hard line they continued to cave year after year to the point where the cost that had to be added to each car to cover these costs made them less competitive. Consider that the loaded labor cost in Detroit is something like $70 per hour versus the cost in a right to work state of around $30 per hour. Right out of the gate a Ford made in Detroit is going to cost around $2000 more than a Toyota made in Tennessee. Both manufacturers pay roughly the same for parts but labor and the legacy costs to support years of benefits for retired workers makes the Detroit made US auto uncompetitive on straight cost basis. What's going on at Boeing right now illustrates this case perfectly. Boeing is willing to build a new factory in SC, not in China or Indonesia, and spend hundreds of millions if not billions to not only build the factory but hire and train new workers just to get away from absurd union costs. Union labor is a killer when trying to compete on the world stage but it is nothing compared to government regulation. One of the hidden costs to all this regulation is the ridiculous industry that has grown like a weed in DC, lobbyists. Industries need to pay lobbyists to plead with our solons to tear down the regulatory walls that they have put to "help us". Not only are we paying to put these walls up, we are paying to tear them down. At least when you do business in the third world the bribery is more open and honest.

89 I see the trolls are out already today.

90 Yeah, if only the MSM would report this fraud:

EPA ‘Masquerading Propaganda as Facts’ in Support of Clean Air Act Provisions, Expert Says

91

Mass offense taken in 3Â… 2Â… 1Â…

Peacefully, of course.  Heavy on the peacefully.

92 Posted by: Sterling Archer at June 21, 2011 08:48 AM

Howdy stranger.  Links or STFU. 

93 Sterling, Bachmann is no Huckabee.  Huckabee is Obama, if you replace the muslim influences with christian influences.

94 Pay attention to the ;ast paragraph. Look at what she is accusing the Rs of.


Dem lawmaker renews effort to end militaryÂ’s NASCAR sponsorships

Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) is readying her next move in a months-long effort to slash Pentagon spending for NASCAR and other sports sponsorships.

McCollum questions whether the U.S. military should be spending hundreds of millions of dollars on sponsorship deals for sports including stock car racing, professional fishing and pro wrestling at a time when the nation is running large deficits. Military officials and congressional supporters say the sponsorships help with recruitment.

The House recently “voted to eliminate funding for homeless veterans, slash community health centers serving low-income families and pass a fiscal year 2011 budget that would force 800,000 Americans to lose their jobs,” McCollum said recently. “Yet taxpayer-funded sponsorship of NASCAR racing teams was protected. I find this absurd.”

95 momma, I agree.

Arizona's Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu exerts great efforts for Americans.

Even so, we have US Military Installations situated near our nation's borders that have yet to be ordered to cooperate with Border Patrol, to contain crossings at designated legal points of entry.

Recall the American Thinker articles from an officer at the US military intelligence facility in AZ near Mexico, stating that warning signs are posted for military personnel to beware of illegal aliens criminally trespassing through their insecure "secured" installation.

POTUS, the buck is stuck to your forehead.

96 Memo to Betty McCollum:  I find you absurd.  I vote to slash the budget funding your life.

97

Today we have Barky telling rich Jewish donors that he has done more for Israel’s security than any other President in the past 25 years. He sure does have the “big lie” down pat. Stalin would be proud.

Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2011 07:17 AM (M9Ie6)

 

Yes, and the economy has never been better and Barry works "tirelessly" and Biden is a genius

98 Posted by: Sterling Archer at June 21, 2011 08:48 AM

It wouldn't hurt as well to pull out your flash card on rules of punctuation. As for coherent thinking and expressing the same, however, you appear to be a lost cause.

99 Wouldn't it be so much better if all of Hollywood was like her?

Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2011 08:51 AM (M9Ie6)

Or just my neighbor who likes to sunbathe topless.

100

Yael puzzles the pieces together and thatÂ’s not the picture on the box.

101 Guys:  Why are you all so mean to the trolls?  Isn't it far more satisfying to disagree without being disagreeable, and win on the facts?  We do have the facts on our side, which is no small advantage, even against trolls.

102

Roger Ebert bitching on Twitter this morning...

 

   "MT: Facebook has removed my page in response to complaints from one or two jerks."   I don't know what he had on his FB page, but I assume it was a mix of his slobbering love for Obama interspersed with his sizzling contempt for "regular" Americans.

103

Or just my neighbor who likes to sunbathe topless.

Posted by: Typical perverted moron at June 21, 2011 09:01 AM (LH6ir)

Pictures!  Pictures!  How can we trust you without pictures?

104 What everyone has to bring a link,http://tinyurl.com/5tq7huf. Here's one, she wasn't the only one, TPaw's involved in this one as well. Along with Coleman.

105 "Boeing is willing to build a new factory in SC, not in China or Indonesia, and spend hundreds of millions if not billions to not only build the factory but hire and train new workers just to get away from absurd union costs."

Posted by: JackStraw at June 21, 2011 08:52 AM (TMB3S)

Good luck with that. Those workers in SC and the rest of the South are too stupid to build good airplanes. Only Northern union workers have the skills and intelligence to construct complicated machines.

106 Politico outdoes themselves.  They state that there are rumors out about Perry that are unsubstantiated and that the media has looked into but failed to prove time and time again.  Then THEY STATE THE RUMORS (not with wife, gay).

Rick Perry aids prepped for rumor rehash
The crusted-over rumors were in the ether among some attendees at a dinner hosted last week by the Manhattan County GOP, where Perry gave the keynote speech. The rumors, which have never been proven despite repeated review by media outlets, were addressed by the governor himself in a lengthy 2004 American-Statesman story that is sure to see new life if he runs.


The claims, which had made the rounds for months by the time the story was written, included rumors that Perry and his wife Anita had split, and that the governor was gay.

107 Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 21, 2011 09:00 AM (1Jaio)

And I won't cum in your mouth.

108 104
Roger Ebert bitching on Twitter this morning... ; font-style: italic;">
"MT: Facebook has removed my page in response to complaints from one or two jerks." ; font-style: italic;">  ; font-style: italic;">I don't know what he had on his FB page, but I assume it was a mix of his slobbering love for Obama interspersed with his sizzling contempt for "regular" Americans.
Posted by: Lincolntf at June 21, 2011 09:02 AM (Z05lF)

Next targets for FB "depantsing": Al Gore, Tom Friedman, ...

109 Have you guys seen the Conservative Commune?

110

As a public serviceÂ…

111 Posted by: Truman North at June 21, 2011 08:58 AM (K2wpv)

Work harder on smart and less on snappy.

112 Posted by: Lincolntf at June 21, 2011 09:02 AM (Z05lF)

It all stems from this tweet of his.

113 We debate, Trolls lie and trash. Besides, isn't it tradition? In the short time I have been here it has been the rons reponsibility to dispatch trolls in a quick and ugly fashion. It protects Ace's good name and reputation as a no nonsense blog. I think Ace is kind of like the Seal Team 6 of Conservative blogs.

114 Or just my neighbor who likes to sunbathe topless.

You have a neighbor who looks like Jane Russel and likes to sunbath topless!!!!!

Pictures, must.have.pictures!

115 I am not sure who I cam going to do next in the evals. The next one up on the Club for Growth is Gary Johnson but I don't think he is a credible candidate right now. Credible candidate? Vic. You profiled Doctor. RON! PAUL! I question your definition of "credible."

116 Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at June 21, 2011 09:01 AM (jx2j9)

Read this article at Jerusalem Post.  Fits right in with your link.

117

The NASCAR sponsorship story cracks me up.  It's a recruiting tool.  Just like the Blue Angels, the Thunderbirds and the Black Knights are a recruiting tool.  Just like airing some slick commercial.  These same idiots were bitching about the Super Bowl overflights as well but what they fail to understand is that money is going to be spent on recruiting one way or another.  Although, with this economy, recruiting is much easier.

BTW, those overflights don't cost the government additional money.  Those flight hours and AVGAS were gonna get spent and burned no matter what as the pilots need their required hours per month to stay current.  Whether they do it as part of a local op at homeplate or on the road makes no difference.  Any TAD costs are paid out of pocket by the aircrew.

118 103 Guys:  Why are you all so mean to the trolls?  Isn't it far more satisfying to disagree without being disagreeable, and win on the facts? 

Because when people complete unknowns make blanket statements about a credible candidate's lack of accomplishments, accompanied by accusations of misconduct without foundation, they are a waste of everyone's time.  You cannot win on arguments when their foundation is not properly established. 

Even I, who is by no means won over to Bachmann as our ideal POTUS nominee, would never say that she is without accomplishments, a "parody," or scandal-ridden.

You'll note it has now provided a link to a blog.  So now the accusations against Bachmann are based on the "Sorosphere" (which no right-thinking human would take seriously) and an obscure blog whose sole purpose is to link Bachmann to this non-scandal scandal (circa a 2007 letter). 

C'mon. 

119 momma at June 21, 2011 09:04 AM

This morning, KLBJ local talk hosts rehashed 12 points from Perry's record as TX Governor that Texans know are problematic, unsupportable points of record that haven't made it yet into the national GOP potus candidate discussion.

...crickets

120

Mama AJ, It's post like that that remind me I'm in a good place. Thank your hubby for service and hope he stays safe. And thanks for keeping everythign up on the home front while he's gone.

 

 

121 Posted by: CDR M at June 21, 2011 09:09 AM (Mv/2X)

Many people, and not just on the left, don't understand that in the military in particular, "practice makes perfect."

Personally I would rather they make mistakes during training rather than in battle. But I am a fascist war-mongering hater, so my opinion carries no weight.

And....how about a review of your Xoom one of these days?

122

  It's a recruiting tool. 

Yeh, it's pretty dumb.

Is it even worth wondering what she was talking about with this line?

 pass a fiscal year 2011 budget that would force 800,000 Americans to lose their jobs

Oh, probably not..

123 In case you missed it, he is a link to one extrodanary Hero:


Despite the loss of a leg, Army Ranger is back in the fight

Here is another one:

Bataan Death March survivor dead at 96

124 Here is what the papers said about that incident related to Bachmann:

Bachmann chief of staff Michelle Marston acknowledged Friday that Bachmann was one of several political officials approached by Vennes for a recommendation for a pardon from President Bush for his 1986 crime. Bachmann wrote a letter in favor of consideration last year but withdrew it Thursday after learning of new allegations, Marston said.

In short, it is a non-issue. The guy supposedly got religion, asked for a recommendation for a pardon. She wrote one and then withdrew it.

125 extrodanary =    extraordinary

Sorry.

126 ......well if perry is gay...i guess it's time for a gay president........

127 "Joannie oven gloves--you in West Chester?" Went to high school there, but lived in Downingtown. Now I'm in DelCo. Going thru each of those today from the airport. The family farm is further out 322.

128 You profiled Doctor. RON! PAUL!

I question your definition of "credible."

Actually Ron Paul is drawing more than T-Paw right now. I guess you could say though that I did Huntsman who is the worst draw, but he has at least announced and has one supporter here.

I don't think I have seen ANY supporter for Johnson.

129 Vic,
I think you should go on to do Perry and Bolton.  Bolton was quoted in NRO as really seriously thinking of jumping in and I think it's really likely Perry will, too.  Since your analysis is based on records rather than on platforms, it should be pretty straightforward to do both of these guys.
Did you do Cain yet? 

130

Hussein, thank you thank you thank you.

She's nice. I've got a whale she can tame.

131

What a bunch of fucking tools.

132 Right, and I'm sure all that clarification, will accompany when this issue hits the light. Really, how naive are you. Have you not been paying attention, the last three years.

133

Thank you, todler. We thankful he's mostly indoors and in a much safer place than many are. And I'm very, very thankful that the kids are older now and things are much easier to handle on my own.

And I suppose I need to get up and handle things about now. Got to get everyone to a soccer field that is most likely too wet to play on.

 

From Yahoo Mail "top stories", which means most likely to make you bark, I think. The Gaping Void is in your head, MBM:

Jon Huntsman likes to call himself the "margin-of-error candidate." It is not an accidental phrase. In the seven weeks since the former Utah Governor and Ambassador to China returned from Beijing with visions of filling the gaping void in the GOP field, Team Huntsman has seemed interested in nothing so much as humanizing the candidate, in portraying him as modest and relatable. They want you to know that this is a guy who loves motocross, who dropped out of high school to play keyboards in a prog-rock band called Wizard, who drags friends and reporters to his favorite taco carts for lunch

134

Vic,

Yes that was the CNN story I was refering to. I can't believe there was NO mention of Cash for Clunkers removing inventory. Even a disposable sentence about how it didn't alter much. ( I expect them to cover some). but really, who doesn't think that program had SOME influence.

135 60 So, what's all this talk about a moron meetup in Philly this week? What's the occasion (besides there are spirits to be consumed)?
Gabe is coming to town.    Whether this meet-up occurs will depend on how many morons are willing to come out on a week-night.  I haven't heard any more details yet - I emailed Gabe a few days ago saying that I'd be willing to come out.

136

Mama AJ,

Good luck to the kids. So long as there isn't standing water on the field, I play ball. soccer is fun when it's wet, but skill can make it interesting when slide tackles start flying. Hope the ref is on his game today.

137 Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at June 21, 2011 09:18 AM (jx2j9)

What these idiots don't understand is that there are many countries that would simply sink the ships, or machine gun everyone on deck.

Israel is a moral and ethical country, which is the "weakness" that these supporters of genocide exploit.

138 how about a review of your Xoom one of these days?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 21, 2011 09:13 AM (LH6ir)

Ah yes, I do have to knock that out.  Maybe this weekend.  I do know one thing, I absolutely can't do an ONT on that thing.  The stock browser on it needs some work.

139 Anti-austerity protests spread across Europe. 

140 Posted by: Sterling Archer at June 21, 2011 09:19 AM (YGNmh)

I guess that you haven't learned the proper use of the comma. But then you sound like a 6th grader, so that makes sense.

141

damn shame Philly is to far for a drive up. Need a meetup in VA.

And HtP, is it wrong of me to hope the "flotilla" hits some syrian mines on their way to Israel?

142 @136
Huntsman is a non-starter.  The governor of Utah - his Lt. Gov - is not endorsing him. 

It's imperative that Perry jump in so that these hangers-on will drop.  That would leave Perry, Bachmann, and Romney as the three candidates.  I think under that scenario Bachmann would eventually drop out and throw her support to Perry.  I really think her candidacy was mostly intended as a warm up for her future career in national politics and an attempt to shift the field to the right.  I'm guessing she'd be comfortable enough with Perry to withdraw.

I think if Perry enters, Palin will not.  (Actually, I find it hard to believe she'd really enter with Bachmann in already.)

143 ... who dropped out of high school to play keyboards in a prog-rock band called Wizard ...

... who had a rich daddy who could cover his ass while he was "finding himself".

As a dyed-in-the-wool AGW fanbois, the voids in the GOP field are between the respective pairs of ears of Huntsman and Romney.

144 I think that the military should not be spending money on Nascar, fishing, or any other BS.  TV ads at reduced rate, radio ads on NPR and AM stations.

Sponsoring a racing team?  F### that.

145

todler, they are doing this cool soccer camp with British soccer players. It's fun and the guys do a great job of teaching, once the kids can begin to understand their accents. I had to translate at first yesterday...

146 138
Gabe is coming to town.    Whether this meet-up occurs will depend on how many morons are willing to come out on a week-night.  I haven't heard any more details yet - I emailed Gabe a few days ago saying that I'd be willing to come out.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 21, 2011 09:21 AM (9hSKh)

Depending upon the day, I would go. Gabe's address?

147 >>If we are honest-to-God gonna save our country, our culture, our way of life, then the time for protecting Americans and American industry from predators overseas is now.

Posted by: Truman North at June 21, 2011 07:43 AM (K2wpv)

Nice job Truman. Clearly articulated and reasoned advocacy of this issue is one of the inherent weaknesses of policy in past right leaning administrations and is costing all of us at this point.

Stick with it, this is a winning argument. 

148 147
I think that the military should not be spending money on Nascar, fishing, or any other BS.  TV ads at reduced rate, radio ads on NPR and AM stations.
Posted by: Jack at June 21, 2011 09:25 AM (kCT7A)

NPR? Really?

149 Posted by: Jack at June 21, 2011 09:25 AM (kCT7A)

Uh, how would they recruit? It's more cost effective to buy ads than to visit every high school in the country.

150 Woman Pleads Guilty To Hiding Stolen Fur In Underwear
Check out the mugshot.  Her undies must be huge!

151 NPR and AM stations.

Oh yes!  Most graduates listen to NPR and talk radio.

152 are we sure it was a fur and not a merkin? ok i denounce myself.....

153 Did anyone read Fareed Cocksuckarias new blog post about how we should scrap our Constitution and get a new one cause its all old and stuff? I have to say I have, I apologize.

154 147, The miltary has been advertising forever, I disagree with you. If you have ever been to a Nascar Race you would know that the military not only sponsers the car. They also set up fan friendly displays and use interactive tools to give people insight into what the military does. NPR? Are you kidding? Why don't we have P- Diddy put a line of clothing at Gander Mountain. That comment is just stupid.

155

Depending upon the day, I would go. Gabe's address?

gabriel dot malor at gmail dot com

156 Did you do Cain yet?

Yes, I have done Cain. And I probably will do Perry next.

Link to Cain eval

157 Posted by: momma at June 21, 2011 09:28 AM (nWikJ)

I guess you could call it bush league.

158 are we sure it was a fur and not a merkin? ok i denounce myself.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 21, 2011 09:29 AM (eOXTH)

Maybe she just really needed to _shave.

159 Shoot, I'd rather the Navy sponsor a race team than spending millions on that stupid Global Force For Good crap that's on the boob tube now.

160

"Going thru each of those today from the airport. The family farm is further out 322."

Don't forget all the best shoppers shop at Croppers.

161 What a bunch of fucking tools.

Agreed- best part is the chumps involved have cleverly named their boat "the Audacity of Hope".

Course, given that the author of that book is an avid sailor (Ayers) perhaps that's a good name.

162 Did anyone read Fareed Cocksuckarias new blog post about how we should scrap our Constitution and get a new one cause its all old and stuff? I have to say I have, I apologize.

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 21, 2011 09:30 AM (Y9yNj)

No, but I did hear this:

Farrakhan on Obama: ‘That’s a Murderer in the White House’

163

Oooh, oooh!

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Buildup Unlikely to Spark Abrupt Climate Change, Scientists Find

New research lends support to evidence from numerous recent studies that suggest abrupt climate change appears to be the result of alterations in ocean circulation uniquely associated with ice ages.

"There might be other mechanisms by which greenhouse gases may cause an abrupt climate change, but we know of no such mechanism from the geological record," said David Battisti, a University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor.

164 Perry is so NOT gay. Trust me.

165 153
Check out the mugshot.  Her undies must be huge!
Posted by: momma at June 21, 2011 09:28 AM (nWikJ)

They didn't find the hidden stolen fur for three days. Three days! Did they have to mount a "rescue the trapped Chilean miners"-scale recovery effort to fish it out?

166 166, Would these fucktards please just let it go.

167 Huntsman reminds me of a prissy, Northeastern RINO, half-fag.

168 no whinning i think there comes a point where you just let her keep the fur..........ick

169 Perry is so NOT gay. Trust me.

Posted by: texette at June 21, 2011 09:33 AM (beZqk)

Oooooh...this is interesting.  Go on.....

170 Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 21, 2011 09:33 AM (NtTkA)

Would you give up your religion? Don't you have faith?

171 Vic: Mind if I put those up on my page (the candidate evals), as a reminder to myself? Of course it will be linked back here, and you have full credit. Don't worry about too many people seeing it!

172 momma, I'm surprised that the subject of that Tweet was "banworthy" on FB. I assume he must've doubled down with his commenters or something to get booted. 

173 I had to translate at first yesterday...

Posted by: Mama AJ

Ah yes, I do love that with the coaches and players I ref. of course there is an understanding that fook is an adjetive and not a curse word with them as well. SO long as it doesn't get out of hand.

And that sounds like an awesome camp. I'm jealous. lol

174 Posted by: CDR M at June 21, 2011 09:30 AM (Mv/2X)

Well, it is a global force for good: just not the way it is being portrayed.

It amazes me that we have to present the military in PC terms. The last time I checked, its purpose was to kill bad guys and project American power. But, as I mentioned earlier, I am a war-monger-fascist-hater, so my opinion doesn't count.

175 Did anyone read Fareed Cocksuckarias new blog post about how we should scrap our Constitution and get a new one cause its all old and stuff? I have to say I have, I apologize.

Tried, but wading through the stupid got to be too much and quit after about 4 paragraphs- he got off to a flying start equating Iceland's constitution with the US's and went downhill from there.

How this flaming turd ever got on tv is a mystery.

176 We got snow here in Colorado yesterday. Just up in the mountains, it's true, but we can see the fresh snow on Pikes Peak and some of the other mountains from down in here along the Front Range. We just got a lot of rain and really cold temperatures (it was in the 40s at 11 am yesterday morning; I built a fire).  ..fritz..

177
  Not only did CFC remove a large number of viable used vehicles from market, it affected the people who maintenanced them, the people who provided parts for that maintenance, the suppliers of said parts, the shippers and the communities that manufactured those items--the ripple effect.  And I'm sure I neglected to mention a couple others.

  Heckuva job, guys.

178 173, Then it's getting near time for a Holy War.

179 Posted by: Chariots of Toast at June 21, 2011 09:42 AM (XyjRQ)

Not white?
Weird, non-American name?
Hates America and its values?
Votes straight Dem?

You're hired!

180

How this flaming turd ever got on tv is a mystery.

Posted by: Chariots of Toast at June 21, 2011 09:42 AM (XyjRQ)

 

Affirmative action hire.  If he could only cram a "mohamed" into his name someplace (if not already in there) he'd be assured of lucrative employment for life.

 

181 Mind if I put those up on my page (the candidate evals), as a reminder to myself? Of course it will be linked back here, and you have full credit.

Not a problem. If you actually post the eval there you may  reformat it. Pixy tends to eat formatting here.

182 Did anyone read Fareed Cocksuckarias new blog post about how we should scrap our Constitution and get a new one cause its all old and stuff? I have to say I have, I apologize.

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 21, 2011 09:30 AM (Y9yNj)

I'm sure that Barry has and completely agrees with it.

183 irongrandpa and how about the people who rely on purchasing using cars?

184 Zakaria's first piece in the New Republic, about 25 years ago, said the Reagan NSC was a junta, because of too many retired military officers there, North, Poindexter, McFarlane.

185 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 21, 2011
Posted by: Reactionary at June 21, 2011 09:44 AM

Fair enough- silly me, laboring under the quaint notion that the ability to think logically, write coherently, and come to rational conclusions based on a careful examination of facts would actually be factors used in determining whether someone should be hired as a journalist/newsreader.

186 and how about the people who rely on purchasing using cars?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 21, 2011 09:46 AM (eOXTH)

 

As high unemployment drags on I'm sure the lack of used cars will be self correcting - the jobless will simply have all their cars re-po'ed. 

187

whew. lot's of interesting stuff in the side bar.

Some mornings there is nothing to work with, but there was a lot of interesting stuff today.

188

Posted by: Chariots of Toast at June 21, 2011 09:47 AM (XyjRQ)

 

Ah, yes.  I see your problem - using logic.  Understanding modern life requires that you take common sense and turn it on its head, then bash it with a baseball bat a few times. 

189 I can meet Gabe and any other Philly-based morons on a weeknight, but only for a brew or two.....no all-nighters. I have a hard enough time explaining this place to my wife as it is.....

190 Oh, and if we have to be nice and civil to trolls, now...the terrorists have won.

191 I have a hard enough time explaining this place to my wife as it is.....

Just never tell her your nic.

192 He said that as a difficult, challenging time loomed in the Middle East over the next few years, one inviolable principle was that the bond between the United States and Israel "isn't breakable."

Oh so that explains it.  Barky just takes the US-Israel alliance for granted.  So he thinks he can do whatever he wants and that Israel will have no option but just to take it.  Fucker.

193 Just never tell her your nic.

Posted by: Y-not

LMAO good advice for all the morons/ettes. Plus since he's a damn sock, he could be anyone.

_{(ignore the hash tho)}

194 Ebert was GOING OFF yesterday on how Barnaby's is at fault for over-serving Dunn or something. He's twisted it around from "Dunn made a life-ending mistake of driving too fast while drunk on a winding road" into "Barnaby's NEEDS TO GO DOWN HARD and maybe we need more laws" and somesuch. It was really ticking me off and I was already in a bad mood after finding out about Ryan. he really was a good guy, of all of them, he was awesome. but he was going too fast and he missed that exit! it's really small and hard to see in the dark

195 She thinks it's a gathering placve for old Motorhead fans......

196 24 West voted for Pigford???? WTF? Strike one.

He said the other day that it was a mistake. From FAcebook:

"There were some 40 amendments to this piece of legislation [agriculture etc appr.] and there are those who questioned my NO vote on Rep. Steve KingÂ’s amendment on Pigford. I accept full responsibility for not doing a complete due diligence and personal research on this amendment. I am mortal and a fallible human being who seeks to do his best daily, and improve as such."

197 Each time I see Maddow in those ads with Hoover Dam as a backdrop - symbolizing the Wonders of Socialism - Inthink, "Rachel, Dear Boy! Obama blew a cool $800 billion and where's HIS Hoover Dam? What did Mambi do with the money, my lad? Do you realize, guy, that today it would be IMPOSSIBLE to build that dam, because of all the enviro-BS about snail darters and God-knows what else?"

198 You morons who are meeting in Philly should honor the late Philly native Ryan Dunn by shoving toy cars up your asses. 

199 202. when you mention that I like to call him a "Lancaster native"

200 "Barnaby's NEEDS TO GO DOWN HARD and maybe we need more laws" and somesuch. ... Yeah, like Dram shop insurance and liquor license laws aren't already onerous enough. Why not enforce the laws they already have, of which they are plenty.

201 (ignore the hash tho)

Also, never teach her the trick about the hash.  (It took me a while to catch on to that when I was first hanging around here.) 


My husband was quite nervous when he first figured out about AoSHQ (it might have been the boobeh talk), but now he seems to be grateful that I have an outlet for political talk.  (He's conservative, but does not enjoy the sport of politics.) 

202 There is some really intresting stuff about Gunwalker on this site. sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/

203 Did anyone read Fareed Cocksuckarias new blog post about how we should scrap our Constitution and get a new one cause its all old and stuff?

Lemme guess, just like the Marxist Cockholster-in-Chief, he's lamenting that the existing Constitution doesn't enshrine "wealth redistribution".

204 White House: Libya defunding vote would 'send a bad message'

Apparently Boehner has been receiving letters from all sides. The article also mentions this:

"...Over the weekend, Republicans seized on a report in The New York Times that Obama had ignored the legal analysis of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department. The story reported that at least two lawyers there disagreed with the administration, arguing that the U.S. has in fact engaged in 'hostilities' in Libya."

Good for them.

205 202 You morons who are meeting in Philly should honor the late Philly native Ryan Dunn by shoving toy cars up your asses.    Yowzas!  My posterior can accommodate several toy cars, but I don't want to become yet another example of human stupidity for all the ER docs to laugh at.

206 MADISON — Bail is set at $100,000 in New Mexico for a New Jersey college professor accused of operating a prostitution website. David Flory teaches physics at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison. Police arrested the New York City resident in Albuquerque, N.M., on 40 counts of promoting prostitution.

NJ teachers looking out for the students...

207 Vic,
Have you ever been to Beldar's Blog?  He's from Texas so he posts on Perry from time to time. 

208 Empire of Jeff,  I question your definition of "credible."

Dodging the uncomfortable when the truth hurts doesn't solve a problem.

Granted, it was a blow to the establishment's prestige hearing another point of view during the '08 primary debates. But it is that establishment represented by both parties which has mutated our government into authoritarianism, implemented the insanity of PC as official policy, and ruined our our nation's economy. You think that more of the same is "credible"?

Following Obama's victory, Ron Paul founded the constitutional Tea Party and "surprisingly" wins Republican convention straw polls today despite smear tactics.

America has reached the Dollar's dead end. We don't have 10 functional economic years to make Ryan's adjustments. Yet you would cling bitterly to another Keynesian Ivy Beleaguering "winnable non-partisan" candidate.

So long as voters elect politicians who bind us to bail-out globalist banks/investments/insurance (whose vested interest is to assume ownership, no more sovereign nations, no more US Constitutional Republic) we are doomed to our own stuck on stupid demise for accepting the assumption of the Ponzi pirate debts.

Separating our US Treasury from the private globalist interests of the Federal Reserve is the first step to America's economic survival. No economy, no nation, let alone "Prestige" to protect.

The brilliant Mark Steyn promotes the same economic platform for America as Ron Paul has. You want to doubt Mark Steyn's credibility?

We've already witnessed every generic GOP candidate assuming Ron Paul's firm position against nation building, with candidates all promising to bring our troops home from Afghanistan. Bill Kristol, heir to neo-conservatism, admitted that nation building was a miserable unfortunate exercise in futility.

There is a huge distinction between interventionist neo-conservatism that enforces PC dogma vs. constitutional conservatism; just as great a difference as exists between isolationism vs. anti-interventionism.

Ron Paul's constitutional platform is for domestic economic growth through free trade, to secure the Dollar's value free of the Federal Reserve's abuses, to remain a sovereign nation rather than function as property of the UN to serve as their Military protecting their interests that are at direct odds with the US Constitution. As CinC, Ron Paul would order our Military to protect America, not globalist pirates. That so many US citizens identify with the globalist pirates is where things stand '12.

I supported Fred Thompson's '08 campaign because it was the only platform promoting First Principles and common sense to protect the Constitution, hence protecting America. Since Fred's departure from campaigning '08, Palin adopted Thompson's rhetoric, though she's certainly not the man, and won't be able to argue as Teh Fred made points. Still, aside from Ron Paul, there is no other candidate prepared in the functional strengths of the Austrian School of Economics.

The generic Republican candidates will make promises they'll have no way or even intent to actually deliver: a strong Dollar, new business friendly tax code and lower taxes for citizenry via SMALLER, SMARTER GOVERNANCE with cut spending across the board, top heavy down, emphasis on strengthening local governance.

Incredibly credible?

what system works vs. what fails big

209 The House Rs have been able to smooth-out their differences over patent reform:

"Under the compromise, funding for the Patent and Trademark Office would still be subject to the annual appropriations process, but greater care would be taken to ensure that the fees collected are used for their designated purpose and not diverted to other accounts."

I'm glad Judiciary chairman Lamar Smith came to his senses on this.

210 No I don't think I have ever been there before. I bookmarked it now. Thanks.

211

What flamming summer...??!!??

We've had nothing but October so far this 'summer' in the Peoples Republic of Minnesota. Right now it's in the sixties and raining. Been like that most of the week. And before. And before that.

I guess this is the cooling caused by the global warming. Grrrrrrrr!! I don't want to go fishing in my bloody parka.

212 Posted by: maverick muse at June 21, 2011 10:05 AM (lpWVn)

Ron Paul said he would not have violated Pakistan's sovereignty to kill Osama bin Laden.  He is not a credible candidate.

213

RE: the sidebar article about the NH man who lit himself on fire in Keene.

I live in NH, and even I hadn't heard the story.

214 Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at June 21, 2011 10:08 AM (FkKjr)

Don't bother with the facts; he's on a roll!

215 Something to watch for today-- the House R freshmen women will be giving a series of speeches to fight Dem charge that GOP is anti-woman:

"Republicans have a new weapon their messaging arsenal — a growing, influential caucus of younger GOP women intent on fighting back against Democratic claims that the party is anti-woman. [...]

On Tuesday, a handful of them will take to the House floor in a series of speeches titled, 'I am a Republican woman' — a coordinated effort to argue that the Republican Party’s priorities, like job creation, lower gas prices and a fiscally responsible budget, are also women’s issues."

_/Politico

216 Make no mistake; Summer is here. 

Let the Recovery Begin!

217 Yeah basically waterhouse, the two "ideas" he cites from Icelan are "free" quality healthcare and no coorporate donations for elections. So yeah enshrining socialism into the Constitution pretty much.

218

This is unexpected!

219

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The American Medical Association on Monday reaffirmed its position that individuals should be responsible for buying health insurance, a contentious provision of U.S. healthcare reform.

The health reform law's requirement that everyone buy insurance is facing a legal challenge by 26 states that contend the government cannot compel citizens to engage in commerce.

 

See comrades, doctors are for Barry Care so why aren't you?

President Barack Obama in 2009 took his healthcare campaign to the annual meeting of the influential AMA, which represents 250,000 doctors and has historically been opposed to a bigger government role in healthcare.

 

They were counter-revolutionaries but have seen the light. I think Reuters is trying to challenge AP for the biggest Obozo propaganda machine

220 222

This is unexpected!

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at June 21, 2011 10:12 AM (jx2j9)

Just about as shocking as finding out George Michael was gay.

221 What flamming summer...??!!??

Heh.  The Alpine Loop Road that goes past Sundance and then comes back around to Utah Valley is still closed due to snow!

Someone here described Northern Utah weather as 9 months of winter followed by 3 months of disappointment.  ;-)

222 130 "Joannie oven gloves--you in West Chester?"

Went to high school there, but lived in Downingtown. Now I'm in DelCo.

Going thru each of those today from the airport. The family farm is further out 322.Posted by: t-bird at June 21, 2011 09:15 AM (FcR7P)  

I lived in the West Chester area for about 15 years, am in Berwyn now.I think the car crash happened on that straight stretch of the 322 bypass just north of Turk's Head. Least, that's what it looked like on TV.

Some other Upper Dar by morons on here? My inlaws live there.

Might be a pretty good # of Chester co and Delco morons I guess.

223

am i the first morons to post from a wii?

Nope. I did a while back.

And I've posted here from a DOS-based browser as well.

224

WeÂ’re paying for them.  Why donÂ’t they just give them away for free?  The place exists just to juice the employment numbers anyway.

225

Another Summertime classic this one from Ella Fitzgerald and Lois Armstrong

226 Quoting JoAnn Loviglio, ace AP reporterette for the Ryan Dunn crash story:

Dunn, a daredevil who gained notoriety for diving into a sewage tank and performing other unsavory stunts, was driving his 2007 Porsche in suburban Philadelphia when it careered off the road.

Layers upon layers of fact and spelling checkers. The internet webs cannot possibly compete with this ...

227 Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at June 21, 2011 10:12 AM (jx2j9)

I love the idea that full-auto weapons are freely available. I wonder how many crimes have been committed in this country with full-auto since they were strictly controlled in....1934? My guess is a few dozen.

228 President Barack Obama in 2009 took his healthcare campaign to the annual meeting of the influential AMA, which represents 250,000 doctors and has historically been opposed to a bigger government role in healthcare.

Yeah, trust Rueters to be honest. The AMA hasn't represented Doctors in decades. Most of them are ot members. They get mainly students and interns who don't know any better.

229 Black Orchid, thanks. That kind of escalation was what I had been imagining, but I never would've thought the "Jackass'" death would be what set him off. He's let loose with some real nasty political screeds in his day, so I assumed this would be an anti-GOP/Palin/whatever deal. 

230 Ebert was GOING OFF yesterday on how Barnaby's is at fault for over-serving Dunn or something. He's twisted it around from "Dunn made a life-ending mistake of driving too fast while drunk on a winding road" into "Barnaby's NEEDS TO GO DOWN HARD and maybe we need more laws" and somesuch.

It was really ticking me off and I was already in a bad mood after finding out about Ryan. he really was a good guy, of all of them, he was awesome. but he was going too fast and he missed that exit! it's really small and hard to see in the dark

Posted by: BlackOrchid

 

I don't know which is more bizarre; Roger Ebert, the self-proclaimed important fillm critic whining that a 'Jackass' 'actor' was victimized.

Or,

Being told that a guy who shoved toy cars up his ass for fun, fame and profit was "awesome". How was this determination made?  How big was that car?

231 I don't want to go fishing in my bloody parka.

So does that mean the seal clubbing was a success this year?

232 Bevel Lemelisk at June 21, 2011 10:08 AM

According to the CIA officers in Afghanistan, US Hospital personnel where bin Laden was treated, British Intelligence, and Pakistani Bhutto, the "reason" for Obama's act of war against Pakistan had been dead for 6 years already.

Osama bin Laden was not killed by Obama's order. Obama is incredible.

233 I think "career" and "careen" are interchangeable some times. Going to check.

234 Yup, 4th definition of "career":   rapid forward lurching motion: a rushing onward while lurching or swaying

235

Being told that a guy who shoved toy cars up his ass for fun, fame and profit was "awesome". How was this determination made?  How big was that car?

Posted by: Blue Hen at June 21, 2011 10:20 AM (6rX0K)

It was just a little Hot Wheels type car.  No biggie.  Millions of guys have had to go to the ER after "accidentally" sitting on larger items.  "Million to one shot doc, million to one."

236 I think "career" and "careen" are interchangeable some times. Going to check.

Lemme save you the trouble.....

237 Posted by: No Whining at June 21, 2011 10:17 AM (dWOwL)

Actually, that's not a mistake.

–verb (used without object) 7. to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed.

238

#225

Y-not

Actually they have three seasons, July, August, and shitty.

 

239 Dang, too late again.

240 You guys are kidding about the hot wheels cars....right?

241 244.... Nope

242 236, I don't understand what you are saying here. Bin Ladin was responsible for Bhuttos death?

243 244 You guys are kidding about the hot wheels cars....right?
Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2011 10:23 AM (M9Ie6)

It was for a show named "Jackass". Do you really need to ask?

244 Gunwalker continues to make little sense without a tinfoil hat. If Obama wanted to arm Latin American thugs, why not let the professionals at Interarms do it?

245 Posted by: maverick muse at June 21, 2011 10:05 AM (lpWVn)

Well.... yeah!

246

from teh sidebar-->

Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Monday added to state lawmakers' special session agenda a measure that would criminalize "enhanced pat-downs" by Transportation Security Administration agents at airports in the Lone Star State.

The bill died during the regular session of the Texas Legislature, which ended May 30, and the Republican governor -- who is thinking of running for president -- has been under pressure from conservatives and Tea party groups to ask lawmakers to reconsider the measure. During special sessions, the Legislature may only consider items that the governor puts on the agenda.

The bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor -- punishable by up to a year in prison or a $4,000 fine -- for a TSA agent to "touch the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person, even through that person's clothing" for the purpose of "granting access to a building or a form of transportation."

Alright, here's an issue near and dear to my heart. End the patdowns and feelups by TSA pervs. Promise to pass this on the Fed. Level Gov Perry and you'll be first in line for my vote in 12.

247 244 You guys are kidding about the hot wheels cars....right?
No.  From the Jackass:  The Movie (wiki):   Because of the nature of the film, everyone involved knew they could get away with doing stunts that would never get past television network censors. To that end, they included skits that involved profanity (such as Bam Margera vowing and making good on getting his mother to use profanity on camera), extreme stunts (such as Rocket Skates, which was filmed for the television show but wasn't allowed to air due to the network censors), and extremely crude humor (such as Butt X-Ray, which involves inserting a toy car wrapped in a condom into Ryan Dunn's rectum and getting X-rays of the car inside his anus, or Dave England defecating in a display toilet in a plumbing store showroom).

248 It was for a show named "Jackass". Do you really need to ask?

Posted by: No Whining at June 21, 2011 10:24 AM (dWOwL)

I had never heard of either the TV show or the movie (just did a search). Did they actually shove little toy cars up their ass on TV or in the movie?

249

Being told that a guy who shoved toy cars up his ass for fun, fame and profit was "awesome". How was this determination made?  How big was that car?

Posted by: Blue Hen at June 21, 2011 10:20 AM (6rX0K)

It was just a little Hot Wheels type car.  No biggie.  Millions of guys have had to go to the ER after "accidentally" sitting on larger items.  "Million to one shot doc, million to one."

Posted by: yinzer

But this leads to other question.

Was this the result of the 'daredevil loop' set?

Was this car one of those collectable types?

Perhaps it was one of those cool double cars (looks like a catamaran) that they made in the 70's? That would have been a challenge (one he didn't take sitting down, I might add).

250 OK, I see now. People actually pay to see that?

251 Gunwalker continues to make little sense without a tinfoil hat. If Obama wanted to arm Latin American thugs, why not let the professionals at Interarms do it?

I dont think he wanted to arm latino thugs..... he wants to disarm American citizens.  Think "Reichstag" fire.... created crises for him to re-establish assault weapons ban and then some.  Classic Cloward-Piven stuff.

252 Vic, just rent Jackass and watch it. It will give you major insight into what this generation considers funny. Also, It will become crystal clear how the drunk Gen Xr wrapped himself and a friend around a tree.

253 re: #126 -Momma, In case you have not heard of this before, there is a awesome event every year honoring the men who were on the Bataan Death March. My father and five uncles are WWII vets, and I did the march two years ago. It was a wonderful and painful (26 miles) experience. You guys should at least check out the site: http://www.bataanmarch.com/

254 Vic, just rent Jackass and watch it

I don't think I want to pay to see someone shove a toy up their ass.

255

And I've posted here from a DOS-based browser as well.

Ah, now the banning makes sense.

Well, I just spent 40 minutes in the car watching lightning in the sky. I hate doing stupid things...

256 Vic, just rent Jackass and watch it. It will give you major insight into what this generation considers funny. Also, It will become crystal clear how the drunk Gen Xr wrapped himself and a friend around a tree.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet

 

Lemme give you the short version.

To us old folks, telling someone to fuck a knothole was usually construed as being insulting and dismissive.

Say it to this generation, they think that you're their wingman.

257 Confirmed: ATF Director Kenneth Melson to resign after hearings conclude

"And who is the president looking at to replace him? CNN claims that Eric Holder is already on his way to talk to Andrew Traver, the Chicago ATF bureau chief who had already been roundly rejected when Obama tried to put him in charge. Traver's record as a pro gun control, anti second amendment activist put off nearly everyone."

258 #223 - Did you know that only 17% of all doctors belong to that POS AMA??? The AMA is just a libtard tool that has totally lost touch with the profession it is supposed to represent.

259

Vic, just rent Jackass and watch it

I don't think I want to pay to see someone shove a toy up their ass.

Really? You know someo0ne who will do it for free?

Do you have their number handy?

260 The Spengler article on the "Arab Spring" on the sidebar is some scary reading. Basically, all the countries undergoing the uprisings have little or no economic base on which to survive and are corrupt to boot. Chaos will ensue ...

261 According to the CIA officers in Afghanistan, US Hospital personnel where bin Laden was treated, British Intelligence, and Pakistani Bhutto, the "reason" for Obama's act of war against Pakistan had been dead for 6 years already.

Posted by: maverick muse at June 21, 2011 10:20 AM (lpWVn)

Putting aside your tinfoil hat conspiracy for a moment, that isn't what Ron Paul said.  He said that if Osama bin Laden were in Pakistan, he wouldn't violate their sovereignty to kill him.

Now if he actually claimed Bin Laden was already dead and that we sent in a commando team to kill a random person, then he's even crazier than I thought.

262
It was for a show named "Jackass". Do you really need to ask?

Posted by: No Whining at June 21, 2011 10:24 AM (dWOwL)

In an earlier day, it would be the disreputable 'geek show' in a run-down carnie, featuring some poor alky who would pretend to be some subhuman from some far off land and would eat bugs, live chickens, and smear himself in feces for a bottle of gin.

The saying goes that the real horrors in the geek show weren't on the stage, they were in the eyes of the people who paid to see it.

263 I'm serious Vic. It's an education. Some of it is rather funny in a disgusting sort of way. I don't remember them actually showing the insertion of the car in question.

264 Miss Marple, were you a regular on Free Republic?  You're comments are always a good read.

265

Vic, just rent Jackass and watch it

I don't think I want to pay to see someone shove a toy up their ass.

Really? You know someo0ne who will do it for free?

Do you have their number handy?

Posted by: Ben

 

Baby you can drive my car,

you will not be-he-lieve how far,

baby you can drive my car,

and baby I luuuvvvvve youuuuu

266 That last song was by the Beetles.

267 BEEP BEEP......BEEP BEEP, Yeah..........

268 Vic, Would you rent it to see a man dressed in silver tin foil ignite a rocket that rests on his groin that then travels up a wire to the butt of another similarily clad man?? This actually happened. Those guys are soooo weird.

269 BEEP BEEP......BEEP BEEP, Yeah..........

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet

 

There's a joke here about Ringo, but methinks that the banhamer is too near.

270 269
Posted by: Eric Stonewall Holder at June 21, 2011 10:37 AM (B4Wbw)

Well done! Well done, indeed!  { * golf clap * }

271 OK, I see now. People actually pay to see that?

The "Jackass" movies and TV shows are five star intellectual wholesome family entertainment, compared to "Drive Angry".

272 267 I'm serious Vic. It's an education. Some of it is rather funny in a disgusting sort of way. I don't remember them actually showing the insertion of the car in question.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at June 21, 2011 10:35 AM (NtTkA)

Most of the stunts involve a hidden camera, and whatever humor there is comes more from the bystanders' reactions than the stunt itself.  Some of it is funny, especially the earlier TV show stuff.  But eventually it seemed like they were just running out of ideas, and they became too recognizable to get away with "candid camera" type stuff.

273 Re Rick Perry: in the comments of another blog, someone claimed that Rick Perry, an Air Force vet, has been very good to vets, esp. injured ones, returning from Iraq and Afg. I did some searching around but haven't found anything. If anyone sees anything about that, pls give a yell.

274 Say it to this generation, they think that you're their wingman.

LOL, I thought I had seen everything watching a B-girl in Olongapo City picking up a stack of pesos from a beer bottle.

or watching a drunk sailor biting the head off of a baby duck he was supposed to throw in the alligator pit.

I think I will pass on this one.

275 Because I am younger than Vic, evidently, but still an old fart, here is a favorite summer song from my misspent youth... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWXcjYNZais

276 Just about every doctor I know is against more government/single payer--even though it opens a door to getting rich. No one went to school so they could provide substandard care to six or eight patients an hour, which is where we are headed.

277 Say it to this generation, they think that you're their wingman.

LOL, I thought I had seen everything watching a B-girl in Olongapo City picking up a stack of pesos from a beer bottle.

or watching a drunk sailor biting the head off of a baby duck he was supposed to throw in the alligator pit.

I think I will pass on this one.

Posted by: Vic

 

And just think. Your examples all included some exotic settings, thousands of military personnel on deployment and massive amounts of alchohol. This is basic cable. Depressing; ain't it?

278 No one went to school so they could provide substandard care to six or eight patients an hour, which is where we are headed.

Hah- some are going to be headed to Costa Rica and/or Belize, where all the tourism medical facilities will be located. Hoping to do that myself, catch on doing IT or Admin or pushing a broom or whatever.

279

Truth brings perspective.  ThatÂ’s a good thing, right?  Why would anyone want to hide it?

280 Exactly, SurferDoc!! Plus look at the lasik and plastic surgery/cosmetic surgery. Those areas in particular have not always been covered by insurance ( and still aren't in some cases) and we have seen a reduction in the cost of procedures due to good old capitalistic practices - get a good product to the market cheaper and faster.

281 Michelle Obama Meets With Nelson Mandela, Says President Is 'Pouty'First lady Michelle Obama visited Nelson Mandela on the first day of her trip to South Africa today and told one greeter that her husband was "pouty" that he couldn't come along.
...

Michelle Obama was accompanied by her daughters Malia and Sasha, her mother Marian Robinson and the first lady's niece and nephew during a visit to the Mandelas in Houghton

282

favorite summer song from my misspent youth

Okay, I guess I have to post this one.

283

MMMMM

 

Moon pie.

 

That is all.

284

285 First lady Michelle Obama visited Nelson Mandela on the first day of her trip to South Africa today and told one greeter that her husband was "pouty"

Yet another example of the inspirational leadership we're getting from King Putt.

Gads, this sucks.

286 287, Saw him in Concert in San Diego, good stuff.

287 290. No whining and no posting.

288 Yep, Chariots lots of docs going offshore.and guess what?? All those libtard trust babyies are going to start vacaying in the tropics to get their surgeries done.

289 @281 Posted by: SurferDoc at June 21, 2011 10:44 AM (STdkO) Yeah, unfortunately most people don't realize that the whole Obamacare/government/single payer mess actually pits the doctor's family against the patient's best interest. ie. mega-volume half-assed treatment is the only way to earn a decent living after investing all that time and money becoming a doc. Guess who's interest- his family's or his patient's - the doc will choose to support.

290 All those libtard trust babyies are going to start vacaying in the tropics to get their surgeries done.

Well of course- "Public health for thee, not for Me" will be their rallying simper.

291 Many of the good doctors around here are leaving their practices and going to work for the VA.  I personally know of 5 great doctors that have already done this.

292

280 Because I am younger than Vic, evidently, but still an old fart, here is a favorite summer song from my misspent youth...
 

That's a good one;  Most of us "youngsters" know part of that one because this song was used in the opening of Die Hard With a Vengeance.

While this song is way before my time, it always comes to mind when I think fondly of summer:

Summer Breeze - Seals & Croft #1 Hit(1972)

293 Mark Levin teaches Fareed Sakria

294 Caroline Wozniacki is quite the babe, but if she's the one making her outfit choices, she has a bizarre fashion sense. Weird-ass ruffles again.

295
heh...."King Putt"


Im sooooo stealing that.....

296 With the Texas changes in liability law - have medical "vacations" to San Antonio started springing up?

297 longest day of the year

298 142 Anti-austerity protests spread across Europe.  Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 21, 2011 09:23 AM

Should be titled: Protesters demand blood from turnips

299 Morning.

Another day, another story of MORE Section 8 housing going in to nice areas around where I live.

HUD settled with the local Housing Authority and in the middle gets screwed the poor taxpayers that's already seen diminishing property values.

This is the fine quote from our local Housing chairman:

"The whole goal here is to not have neighborhoods with a high concentration of vouchers," said Lamont Taylor, chairman of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority's board. "We don't want to concentrate poverty. We want to make sure it's spread out".

Right out of Zero's playbook, huh?

300 Posted by: Younger than Vic but still old at June 21, 2011 10:43 AM (9d04h)

LOL, yes I remember that one well too.

301 Can you blame the docs?? When you spent a minimum of 11 years before you see ANY return on your investment, and even then you will have NO family life for a long time, money is the only thing recommending the profession. Oh yeah and the warm fuzzy feeling when you get hit with a lawsuit cause your patient ate pancakes before their surgery.

302 278 Re Rick Perry: in the comments of another blog, someone claimed that Rick Perry, an Air Force vet, has been very good to vets, esp. injured ones, returning from Iraq and Afg. I did some searching around but haven't found anything. If anyone sees anything about that, pls give a yell.

Here is one such story:

Wounded veterans get break on tax bills

He has been excellent about honoring veterans so far as I know and he has also held fundraisers.

303 While this song is way before my time, it always comes to mind when I think fondly of summer:

LOL, my wife got that on CD and I have to listen to it often.

BTW, she hates my "elevator music".

304 I just heard Rick Perry campaigned for Algore. WTF?

305 heh...."King Putt"


Im sooooo stealing that.....

Feel free- stole it from a poster over on Moonbattery.

306 No med vacays in SAT, but you can come and visit me. Mostly we have been getting Mexican expats from Monterray who are scared shittless due to Cartel violence.

307 Drexel Hill here.

308 #297 Oh Kratos what a wonderful song! I LOVED that song in my youth. Thanks for the wonderful memories it invoked!

309 King Putt is a keeper

310 @304 Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 21, 2011 10:54 AM (pLTLS) How dare you try to move away gangs and drugs and drug gangs and increased crime and rape and murder and drugs? I denounce you most strenuously!!!!!1111!!

311

Yeah, unfortunately most people don't realize that the whole Obamacare/government/single payer mess actually pits the doctor's family against the patient's best interest.

ie. mega-volume half-assed treatment is the only way to earn a decent living after investing all that time and money becoming a doc.

Guess who's interest- his family's or his patient's - the doc will choose to support.

Pain killers for everyone! It's cheaper than cures.

312 With the Texas changes in liability law - have medical "vacations" to San Antonio started springing up? Posted by: Jean at June 21, 2011 10:53 AM

I'd think they'd head over to Houston, which has outstanding medical facilities and doctors. That's where they took the Arizona congresswoman- Giffords- for a great deal of her recovery/rehab.

313 My brother has a friend who wanted to go to medical school but changed his mind after ObamaCare passed. I also know a few doctors who are having second thoughts about their profession because of the same.

314 Fox on there now pushing Huntsman

"He's a conservative with some moderate positions".

Hahahahahahaha

315

He has been excellent about honoring veterans so far as I know and he has also held fundraisers.

Thanks. I think what I read was personal stuff, like talking to them, making sure they had his cell phone number, etc. Assuming it's true, it says something about his character.

316 #296 I can't imagine working for the VA, but there you go. We have a lot of great docs at our vets hospital but it is the region's burn center too.

317

Megan McCain's Seven Tips for Republican candidates.

 

She's a parody of herself.

318

Drexel Hill here.

Pretty place. I spent a lot of time at the house of friends who lived there.

319 [British PM] Cameron: ‘We will put beyond doubt that homeowners and shopkeepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves... will not be prosecuted'

"The Prime Minister today assured homeowners that they will not be prosecuted for defending themselves against intruders as he outlined proposed changes to the criminal justice system.

David Cameron said those who use ‘reasonable force’ to protect their families would not face the ordeal of being hauled through the courts themselves.

Although the current law allows a similar provision, the Premier said he would clarify which defence actions would be legal and which not.

Mr Cameron, speaking hours before Kenneth Clarke will brief MPs on justice bill, said: ‘We will put beyond doubt that homeowners and small shopkeepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves or their properties will not be prosecuted."

320 Brit Hume on there now, not too impressed with him.

321

159 Did you do Cain yet?

Yes, I have done Cain. And I probably will do Perry next.

Sacred honor compels me to confess that I have already done both.

322 Can you blame the docs??

Hell no- given the years of toil and sacrifice they go through to become doctors, I wholeheartedly support them getting as much as they possibly can for their services. To try to dictate what they can and can not charge for their work is insane and dangerous, not to mention disgustingly socialist.

323 "The whole goal here is to not have neighborhoods with a high concentration of vouchers," said Lamont Taylor, chairman of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority's board. "We don't want to concentrate poverty. We want to make sure it's spread out".

Right out of Zero's playbook, huh?
Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 21, 2011 10:54 AM

Sure, destroy as many "bitter clinger" neighborhoods as possible by introducing gangs and baby mamas

324 Re Rick Perry: in the comments of another blog, someone claimed that Rick Perry, an Air Force vet, has been very good to vets, esp. injured ones, returning from Iraq and Afg. I did some searching around but haven't found anything. If anyone sees anything about that, pls give a yell.

Google "Rick Perry Veterans"

325 Yeah Houston has MD Anderson for cancer treatment too. Their medical center area is really f'ed up though. A few years ago they go a huge rainstorm (No this was be for IKE and RITA) and it dumped a ton of rain in one to two hours. It flooded a lot of the hospitals' basements, and guess where their medical records and IT departments were??? Oh and some really important research projects, too. They have since then revised things for the better.

326 King Putt made me think of that "King Tut" song Steve Martin did.

King Putt (King Putt)
Now when he was a young man
He never thought he'd see (King Putt)
People stand in line
To vote for the boy king (King Putt)

327 It is toooo fucking hot here.  Will cool off into the 60's tomorrow.  I want global cooling, dammitt!!!

328 Hell no- given the years of toil and sacrifice they go through to become doctors, I wholeheartedly support them getting as much as they possibly can for their services. To try to dictate what they can and can not charge for their work is insane and dangerous, not to mention disgustingly socialist.
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at June 21, 2011 11:04 AM

Which is why Obamacare doctors will be imported Third World physicians

The best doctors will still be well paid, but available only to those who "watch out for our best interests"

329 I just heard Rick Perry campaigned for Algore. WTF?

Perry was a dem in 1988, ran Al Gore's campaign in Texas.

Perry switched to the republican party in 1989, so you could argue that Algore made him a republican.

330 320 Thanks. I think what I read was personal stuff, like talking to them, making sure they had his cell phone number, etc. Assuming it's true, it says something about his character.

http://tinyurl.com/3k54kfu

http://tinyurl.com/3voj3yg

http://tinyurl.com/3tk24cr


His trip to Afghanistan

331 #332 Just shut the f&%ck up, punk! We are in the middle of a drought, temp over 105, and we are looking forward to a "cool Front" to bring down the temp to 97!!

332

Google "Rick Perry Veterans"

I have.

Found a few things, but not the more personal stuff that I saw in one little ol' comment.

333 I'm a golf widow.

334 Posted by: Va you have got to be kidding at June 21, 2011 11:01 AM (9d04h)


My own doctor only works 2 hours twice a week at his office and works full time at the VA.

335 Just shut the f&%ck up, punk! We are in the middle of a drought, temp over 105, and we are looking forward to a "cool Front" to bring down the temp to 97!!

You must be in Texas....

336 Oh Jesus, someone let Meggie Mac play with her crayons again

Meghan McCain's 7 Tips for Republican Hopefuls

337 Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2011 11:07 AM (dZ756)

ace mentioned last week that the excessive profanity in the comments has cut into his (meager) income. Apparently there is so much profanity that the ad company won't run ads in the comments.

338 #334 Yeah reminds me of Reagan. Perry is a damn fine campaigner. (is that a word??) He was just a little muddled for awhile. Watch for dings on the TransTexas Corridor though.

339 Posted by: kbdabear at June 21, 2011 11:11 AM (so1xa)

When will she become so irrelevant that she has to do a photo spread in Playboy?

340

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 21, 2011 11:12 AM (LH6ir)

What do the advertisers think of dildos being associated with beloved Peanuts characters?

 

341 Perry switched to the republican party in 1989, so you could argue that Algore made him a republican.

Indeed. Much like the Internet, Algore invented Rick Perry.

342 #342 Oh please SFGoth wasn't that bad!!

343 Meghan McCain's 7 Tips for Republican Hopefuls

Oh dear lord. She says in #6 to do interviews with R. Maddow.

That sunt needs to find a new hair stylist horse groomer. They're fitting her horse hair too tight and it's squishing the few brain cells she has remaining.

344 Thank you Yinzer

345

Mr Cameron, speaking hours before Kenneth Clarke will brief MPs on justice bill, said: ‘We will put beyond doubt that homeowners and small shopkeepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves or their properties will not be prosecuted."

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby

I wonder if claymores count as reasonable.

346 Shit the sun never goes down.  It is really hard on a hang over.

347 315 @304

Posted by: laceyunderalls at June 21, 2011 10:54 AM (pLTLS)

How dare you try to move away gangs and drugs and drug gangs and increased crime and rape and murder and drugs?

I denounce you most strenuously!!!!!1111!!

Posted by: Lamont Taylor's House What's safely far far away from Section 8 housing at June 21, 2011 10:59 AM (jkSbV)

Yeah.... really... you should do what I just did, and move back to the Sunny Central Valley of California! ... oh... wait... you said move AWAY from... dam...

348 #342

Oh please SFGoth wasn't that bad!!

Posted by: Pious wretch

 

Second this. You're castigating someone for profanity, laying a guilt trip, and yet you chose what exactly for a screen name? Are you from NJ or CT?

349 Yep Chariots of Toast I am - it is over 85 now and only 10:30. Gotta go hunt drugrunners on the back forty. Hold the fort will you?

350 Sure, destroy as many "bitter clinger" neighborhoods as possible by introducing gangs and baby mamas

Posted by: kbdabear

Somehow I'd think this would bring them together. Armed neighbourhood watch teams, posse comitus in action. and claymores and limpet mines.

351

The wit and wisdom of Meggie Mac:

"You are not cooler than President Obama. No, you are not. No, seriously, you are not, not even you, Sarah Palin—no matter how many motorcycles you jump on in a sexy leather jacket. Obama is the cool kid; let him be the cool kid."

If I were Maverick, I'd be demanding a refund on that Ivy League tuition money.

352 Does Ace have a sister named Sammie?

353

What does Meggie Mac classify as "the extreme right"?  Anything to the right of her father?

Her article is just deplorable. 

354 Yep Chariots of Toast I am - it is over 85 now and only 10:30.

Hah, its 94° here already.

355 Italics fail.

335 320 Thanks. I think what I read was personal stuff, like talking to them, making sure they had his cell phone number, etc. Assuming it's true, it says something about his character.

Tracking phone numbers of injured members of the National Guard

Visiting the troops-- He was there for 2.5hrs and held a town hall meeting

"24 Million Texans [Are] Praying for you"

356

When will she become so irrelevant that she has to do a photo spread in Playboy?

I wish she would stop calling us and begging us to do one. And that time she just showed up and started "posing" in the office...oy.

357 When will she become so irrelevant that she has to do a photo spread in Playboy?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Would that be a good thing? I can't really picture it.

I denounce myself for trying.

(I think I need to bleach my brain now)

358 If I were Maverick, I'd be demanding a refund on that Ivy League tuition money.

I'd seriously be considering retroactive abortion.


Mpur's 4 tips for Meggie Mac:

1) Shut
2) The
3) Fuck
4) Up

359 Since it's Summer Solstice which morons are going to dance naked outside today?

360 She's already irrelevant.

She'd fade into total obscurity if we quit talking about her.

361

The wit and wisdom of Meggie Mac:

"You are not cooler than President Obama. No, you are not. No, seriously, you are not, not even you, Sarah Palin—no matter how many motorcycles you jump on in a sexy leather jacket. Obama is the cool kid; let him be the cool kid."

If I were Maverick, I'd be demanding a refund on that Ivy League tuition money.

Posted by: Cicero

 

Egad, she actually said this? She's regurgitating Axelrod's comments about being cool? Yeah, that's what all of the focus groups, polling numbers, people losing homes and trying to find jobs are concentrating on; that Obama is cool, and that nobody, but nobody can touch that coolness.

362 It flooded a lot of the hospitals' basements, who builds basements in Houston? My question was with regards to boutique doctors and specialists moving to Texas after the recent changes in liability law, the only hospital center I know in Tx is Brooks.

363 Since it's Summer Solstice which morons are going to dance naked outside today?

Posted by: mpfs

I'm in if the moronettes are. lol

364 You are not cooler than President Obama. No, you are not.

Where's that umbrella pic again ...

365 Does Ace have a sister named Sammie?


Heh.  Intern for Clinton becomes porn star.

Better pay, less screwing.

366 Yep Chariots of Toast I am - it is over 85 now and only 10:30. Gotta go hunt drugrunners on the back forty. Hold the fort will you?

Will do.

Huh- only 82 here in Central TX. Better get out the parka.

367 356

The wit and wisdom of Meggie Mac:

"You are not cooler than President Obama. No, you are not. No, seriously, you are not, not even you, Sarah Palin—no matter how many motorcycles you jump on in a sexy leather jacket. Obama is the cool kid; let him be the cool kid."

If I were Maverick, I'd be demanding a refund on that Ivy League tuition money.

Posted by: Cicero at June 21, 2011 11:18 AM (Txl/u)

You know though... all the 'cool kids' from back in Highschool? None of them made a thing of themselves... my High School reunions were 'educational' to say the least....

And I certainly would not want those losers running my country, and life... so please Meggy... keep calling him the 'cool kid'... I'd rather find some adultes to put back in charge.

368 "You are not cooler than President Obama. No, you are not. No, seriously, you are not, not even you, Sarah Palin—no matter how many motorcycles you jump on in a sexy leather jacket. Obama is the cool kid; let him be the cool kid."

For the love of all that is holy just shut up Meggie Mac and do something you are qualified for....like stripper or midget pron.

Obama is not the "cool" kid.  He is the kid I used to trip in the hallway and steal his lunch money for weed.

369 Ugh- sock, I damn thee.

370 344
When will she become so irrelevant that she has to do a photo spread in Playboy?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 21, 2011 11:13 AM (LH6ir)

And this shall be a sign unto you: when the Imax cameras are wheeled into the offices of the Boy of Play, then shall the Sow of Phoenix doff her garments.

Seek ye the higher ground, because I tell you, verily, the End Times draw near.

371 So, summer started by beating the living shit out of my camper trailer and leaving several trees tattered and scattered throughout my neighborhood.

Awesome!!!!  Summer's here baby!!!!

372 89F here in Houston. It's raining on the southeast side. Now if could only move to the northwestern side...

373 Obama is not the "cool" kid.  He is the kid I used to trip in the hallway and steal his lunch money for weed.

and that, that right there, is the big winner.

374 And this shall be a sign unto you: when the Imax cameras are wheeled into the offices of the Boy of Play, then shall the Sow of Phoenix doff her garments.

You almost owed PSU a new computer screen. 

375 Since it's Summer Solstice which morons are going to dance naked outside today?

Posted by: mpfs

I'm in if the moronettes are. lol

Posted by: todler

Only if I have a few adult beverages and someone to hold my boobs (cause they are big and they bounce when unfettered.)

376 And this shall be a sign unto you: when the Imax cameras are wheeled into the offices of the Boy of Play, then shall the Sow of Phoenix doff her garments.

Seek ye the higher ground, because I tell you, verily, the End Times draw near.

Posted by: No Whining

 

I think that this is a contender.

377 And this shall be a sign unto you: when the Imax cameras are wheeled into the offices of the Boy of Play, then shall the Sow of Phoenix doff her garments.

Seek ye the higher ground, because I tell you, verily, the End Times draw near.

Posted by: No Whining

THIS is why its bad to read this at work. Brilliant work.

378 This thread smells.

Maybe it's just the first day of summer.

379

Ah, thank you thank you.

Good stuff:

“I really appreciate the fact that Governor Perry came here to personally thank them for what they are doing and to listen to their concerns. Contingency Operating Base Adder is out of the way. Most VIPs usually only go to Baghdad. Governor Perry not only took the time to come here to COB Adder, but went to Taji and Al Asad to see soldiers there, as well.

“He was enthusiastic the entire time and really enjoyed spending the time with the soldiers,” Blair said.

From the second link in #360.

380
400 comments?

fuckit

381 Hey Kratos.

Back at work and I mean a mountain of work landed on my desk while I was gone.  Yikes!  Talk later?

382 I posted from an etch-a-scetch

Psssh- once posted to AOS a quote from the Guadalajara Standard using only a tin can and some copper wire, while standing in a level 2 hurricane. And drinking a refreshing rum punch.

383 Since it's Summer Solstice which morons are going to dance naked outside today?

Posted by: mpfs

I'm in if the moronettes are. lol

Posted by: todler

Only if I have a few adult beverages and someone to hold my boobs (cause they are big and they bounce when unfettered.)

Posted by: mpfs

Well, well. Since you are calling for volunteers, let me be the first. Some pictures would help me know what  I was getting between into.

384

Oldie Rock Summertime from Eddy Cochran

385 Only if I have a few adult beverages and someone to hold my boobs (cause they are big and they bounce when unfettered.)

Posted by: mpfs

I have a fridge full of beer and will gladly volunteer to suport you in your artistic endevours. I'm helpful like that.

386

 Does Ace have a sister named Sammie?


Heh.  Intern for Clinton becomes porn star.

YIKES! ~ Who would fuck that? 

Who would watch someone fuck that?

387 And this shall be a sign unto you: when the Imax cameras are wheeled into the offices of the Boy of Play, then shall the Sow of Phoenix doff her garments.

Seek ye the higher ground, because I tell you, verily, the End Times draw near.

Posted by: No Whining

That was....there are no words.  I bow to your greatness.

388

So what, I posted from my TV.

Well, I watch TV shows on my TV. Top that.

389 Meghan McCain - proof that if you work hard, apply yourself, and save diligently you still won't have as much money or fame thrown at you as a member of the lucky sperm club.

390 And this shall be a sign unto you: when the Imax cameras are wheeled into the offices of the Boy of Play, then shall the Sow of Phoenix doff her garments.

Seek ye the higher ground, because I tell you, verily, the End Times draw near.
Posted by: No Whining

Man, that is some nice work. Kudos indeed.

391 Summertime Blues

392

Who would watch someone fuck that?

The proboscitically challenged?

393 Only if I have a few adult beverages and someone to hold my boobs (cause they are big and they bounce when unfettered.)

Posted by: mpfs at June 21, 2011 11:26 AM (iYbLN)

Hmmm... Internet Rulz.... No Pics or Video? They don't exist...

394

Well, I watch TV shows on my TV. Top that.

Posted by: Mama AJ

Going old school there mama.

395

400 comments?

And yet I have to be the one to say it:

I post with my mind.

396 You are not cooler than President Obama. No, you are not.

Where's that umbrella pic again ...

Or the bike riding pic, or the mom jeans/first pitch pics, or the banging his head on the helicopter pic, or the trying to walk in a window pic, or the fly on his ugly face pic....

397

Back at work and I mean a mountain of work landed on my desk while I was gone.  Yikes!  Talk later?

Certainly. 

/It's too pretty outside to be in here summarizing information from all these review articles. 

398

Well, I watch TV shows on my TV. Top that.

I use mine as a baby sitter.

399 Heh.  Intern for Clinton becomes porn star.

If you look up butterface in the urban dictionary, I'm sure you'll get her pic.

400 Kratos has seen me in person.  He can confirm.

401

Some truth about health care and the left's lie about a "crisis".

 

402

The problem with comparing Gunwalker to the "Reichstag Fire" is that the Nazis wished they'd thought of starting it.  Historians have pretty much settled on the actual guy who was convicted of setting the fire.

Not that the Nazis weren't all about false flags; they were.  See, Poland 1939.  

The Reichstag Fire is comparable to the Rosenbergs (guilty) or McCarthy (the government was full of Soviet agents).  The Left is a pit bull when it comes to memes they like.    

 

403 Kratos has seen me in person.  He can confirm.

Posted by: mpfs

lucky barsteward. lol

My support offer still stands.

404 http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0611/lowry062111.php3
"There might be no more powerful symbol of the death of compassionate conservatism in the Republican Party than Bush's successor and former running mate in Texas stomping all over it with cowboy boots emblazoned with the words "Freedom" and "Liberty." "

Ok, I'm in for Perry.  I hated GWB's bullshit and embarrassing "compassionate conservatism", which certainly wasn't conservative.  I hate Republicans who pander to the Left.

405 Kratos has seen me in person.  He can confirm.

Posted by: mpfs

 

Kratos...Are you holding out on us with regard to pics?

406 Has this morphed into the ONT?

And that Summertime Blues song has been covered by just about everybody since Cochran.

Too bad a London cab driver killed him.

407 408 Kratos has seen me in person. He can confirm.

Posted by: mpfs at June 21, 2011 11:32 AM (iYbLN)

We are sorry... but saying a mythical deitie from eons ago is your witness, does not constitute constitute a valid reason to circumvent Internet Rulz...

No pics? It does not exist...

408

I use mine as a baby sitter.

I'd never do that. I am, however, teaching cooperation and competition via Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii as we speak.

409 Since it's Summer Solstice which morons are going to dance naked outside today?

Naked outside dancing is Winter Solstice, it's too hot to be naked outside.

410

Looks like Mike Huntsman picked up the leftovers from the McCain 2008 campaign:

Huntsman Launch Begins with Misspelling His Own Name

ABC News notes every detail of Jon Huntsman's "long-awaited campaign launch was meticulously planned, except of course for one minor detail: the misspelling of the candidate's name.""Members of the media were handed a press pass that read 'John Huntsman for President' -- adding an unnecessary H in the candidate's first name."

411 336 #332
Just shut the f&%ck up, punk! We are in the middle of a drought, temp over 105, and we are looking forward to a "cool Front" to bring down the temp to 97!!Posted by: Try living here SFGoth at June 21, 2011 11:09 AM (9d04h)
///
First of all, I fucking HATE punk -- it killed rock and roll in the late 70's (along with disco, but even worse).  Second, I guess not everything is better in Texas, ehh?

412 Stolen from WZ Fun for all "(Reuters) — PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) recently released its annual report on medical cost trends for 2012, and it is revealing. 1) The report shows health care costs and premiums continuing to rise-and uncertainty increasing for employers who offer insurance to their workers. Health care spending increased by 7.5 percent in 2010 and will grow by 8 percent this year. 2) In 2012, it will rise again by 8.5 percent. This is exactly the opposite of the President’s promise that his health care plan would reduce premiums by $2,500 per person. 3) Perhaps most concerning are the findings of a survey also released by PWC divulging how employers are likely to react to Obamacare. The survey showed that nearly half of employers will drop their coverage, dumping employees into the government-run exchanges."

413 That Thomas James Ball self immolation story smells fake.  No news coverage and all the stories on the webz are copy and paste jobs on blogs.  Just sayin'.

414 376 Posted by: No Whining at June 21, 2011 11:24 AM (dWOwL)

I thank you all ... but I'm kicking myself for not having written "cameras of Imax" ...

415 The WSJ: The Accountable Care Fiasco

"Even the models for health reform hate the new HHS rule."

416 342 Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2011 11:07 AM (dZ756)
ace mentioned last week that the excessive profanity in the comments has cut into his (meager) income. Apparently there is so much profanity that the ad company won't run ads in the comments.
////

Sorry about that.  It's just that English is such a great language for profanity.  Seriously.  I meet people from all over the world who swear in English, esp. Germans.  It's actually great to watch.

417 410 Brazilian currency has risen 45% against the dollar since 2008.

I'm sure it's a total coincidence but they are also 100% energy independent. They have this odd practice of drilling for their own oil, producing a hearty yield of ethanol from sugar cane, and the usual suspects likes hydro and nukes.

Such a backwards country. Don't they know that windmills and 50 watt solar panels are the future?

Posted by: Typical Lefty at June 21, 2011 11:34 AM (IhHdM)

But... the Won congragulated them on finding Oil, and even gave them loan... so it must NOT be bad...

Oh... I'm so conflicted...

It must be because.... yes... its a different Country! Thus, a different atmosphere!

418

I'd never do that. I am, however, teaching cooperation and competition via Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii as we speak.

Heh. Just finished the Xbox 360 brawl. I guess the older one will just have to go watch pron on his computer.

419 408
Kratos has seen me in person.  He can confirm.
Posted by: mpfs at June 21, 2011 11:32 AM (iYbLN)

I read this as "Kratos has seen me in prison."

420 OMG!

Now it is unPC to reference Tony Soprano.  Check out this video (2:50) of the CA Assembly Floor:

It all began when Assemblyman Don Wagner (R-Irvine) likened a portion of the Democrats’ budget plan, a plan to eliminate redevelopment agencies, to a “Tony Soprano” insurance scheme.

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) quickly rose to say that “as a proud Italian American, I resent that and I would respectfully ask the commenter to make an apology to Italian Americans in California."

421 Huntsman's in...yawn. Who? Did somebody say something?

422 The exchange rate in Israel in April killed me.  My god, the Sheckel is strong.  Then again, Israel has a P.M. who actually cares about its future. 

423 Psssh- once posted to AOS a quote from the Guadalajara Standard using only a tin can and some copper wire, while standing in a level 2 hurricane. And drinking a refreshing rum punch.

You had a tin can?  Luxury!

424 429

LMFAO

425

Oh great. Chris Christie just went full retard on Global Warming.

 

shit.

426

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) quickly rose to say that “as a proud Italian American, I resent that and I would respectfully ask the commenter to make an apology to Italian Americans in California."

He then talked about how he'd appreciate Wagner doing this favor for him and that one day, he would be available to return the favor.

427 Just imagine what health warning labels we could have on our tax forms.

That would be a great Photoshop contest for iOTW, don't ya think?!

428

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) quickly rose to say that “as a proud Italian American, I resent that and I would respectfully ask the commenter to make an apology to Italian Americans in California."

Hope the response was "Fuck the Italian-Americans in California. Bring it, bitch!"

Now that would be some entertaining politicking, right there.

429

Oh great. Chris Christie just went full retard on Global Warming.

 shit.

Posted by: Ben

 

Don't fret. It helps narrow the field and aids focus. I guess that he's still playing media games, so as to stay in the good graces of the NE media and political beautiful people. Meanwhile, local radio stations are playing hate messages paid for by union thugs about how Christie is "taking away the rights of middle class families". The problem for them is, they are paying out less and getting far more than the average midle class worker. The SF pension factoid underscores this.

430 Oh great. Chris Christie just went full retard on Global Warming.

Link?

431 Care to elaborate, Ben?

432 "Members of the media were handed a press pass that read 'John Huntsman for President' -- adding an unnecessary H in the candidate's first name."

Posted by: glowing blue meat at June 21, 2011 11:36 AM

Did he buy John Voight's 89 LeBaron?

433

No pics, Blue Hen.  Sorry - you'll just have to take mpfs' word on it.

Posted by: No Whining at June 21, 2011 11:39 AM (dWOwL)

LOL.  Your commentary is exceptional today, even above your normally high threshold.

/She does know she can call me if she needs bailed out of prison, although she'd got plenty of other friends that can do that too - unless they're all in jail at the same time, of course.

434 I didn't know he had three wives:

First Lady Michelle Obama met Mrs Nompumelelo Zuma at Mahlamba Ndlopfu. Um Mrs. Zuma is one of the President of South Africa's three wives

435 When I was a kid we posted our messages wrapped around arrows. From Longbows.

436

"Members of the media were handed a press pass that read 'John Huntsman for President' -- adding an unnecessary H in the candidate's first name."

Posted by: glowing blue meat at June 21, 2011 11:36 AM

 

Screw him! screw him in the ass hard! Just like you did me. It's his own friggin' name for pity's sake!

437 Ben, wtf?  I thought Gov. Christie had gotten NJ out of their cap and tax scheme - why double-down now on the stupid?

438 She does know she can call me if she needs bailed out of prison, although she'd got plenty of other friends that can do that too - unless they're all in jail at the same time, of course.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta)

A friend will bail you out of prison. A good friend will be in there with you. A great friend will be figuring out how to repeat the performance and hopefully avoid the cops next time.

439 Hope the response was "Fuck the Italian-Americans in California. Bring it, bitch!"

Now that would be some entertaining politicking, right there.
Posted by: mpurinTexas supports Rick Perry, bitch at June 21, 2011 11:45 AM

Prejudiced against Italians, in this day and age!

440 A friend will bail you out of prison. A good friend will be in there with you. A great friend will be figuring out how to repeat the performance and hopefully avoid the cops next time.


A really good friend deletes the browser history on your computer should you die suddenly.

441 If ace made more money we could demand that he redistribute his wealth.

442 I posted here while I was still in the womb ...

H/T: the spoof on "Letters to President Obama" that ran on Beck's radio show over a year ago.

443

A friend will bail you out of prison. A good friend will be in there with you. A great friend will be figuring out how to repeat the performance and hopefully avoid the cops next time.

Posted by: todler at June 21, 2011 11:49 AM (fPOY0)

But your best friend will be on the outside, plotting your escape route to exit the country after they break you out...

444 If you don't know, La Canada/Flintridge is a very wealthy LA enclave.

445 todler,

A really good friend will help you move a body.

446 A really good friend deletes the browser history on your computer should you die suddenly.

hmmm... I had to do this and much more for a friend that was fired.

447 This article says the district can't be picked up by Rs, but I thought that many CA districts were being redrawn:

House progressive leader Woolsey likely to announce retirement

448 A really good friend deletes the browser history on your computer should you die suddenly.

hmmm... I had to do this and much more for a friend that was fired.

Posted by: Cherry ð the unbanned

 

Did you save off any good stuff?

449

Ben, wtf?  I thought Gov. Christie had gotten NJ out of their cap and tax scheme - why double-down now on the stupid?

He just declared that no new coal fired plants will be built in New Jersey, that they will cut back the power they buy from coal plants and that they will phase out the coal plants they have.

 

no idea on his real reasoning

450 A really good friend deletes the browser history on your computer should you die suddenly.

Posted by: mpurinTexas

I once was under orders from a friend to wipe his hard drive then physically destroy it in the event somethign happened to him. I never asked why or what he had on it. I really didn't want to know.

451

Very dissapointing

http://tinyurl.com/4y54pus

Aaaaargh!!

 

452

A really good friend deletes the browser history on your computer should you die suddenly.

Amen, I'd be lying if i didn't say this was a concern of mine.

453 Shit. I've been posting here so long that Ace asked me if he could post here.

454 "If anything happens to me, please delete the porn from my computer. If you view the porn, don't judge. It's a fantasy."

455 A really good friend will help you move a body.

Posted by: mpfs

true. although I know of the places around the swamps here to dump them. Lots of crabs and turtles to consume evidence.

456

Ben, wtf?  I thought Gov. Christie had gotten NJ out of their cap and tax scheme - why double-down now on the stupid?

He just declared that no new coal fired plants will be built in New Jersey, that they will cut back the power they buy from coal plants and that they will phase out the coal plants they have.

 no idea on his real reasoning

Posted by: Ben

 

Did he perchance give any idea as to where NJ is going to get the power of which he's depriving the state? Please tell me solar and windmills, in NJ winters.

457 The noon hour approaches and this is still the most recent thread?

What's a poster got to do around here to get a new thread, mention L'il Anthony We ...? BANNED! BANNED! BANNED!

458

@467

nope, i just heard the audio of him making the announcement. Didn't hear the entire speech.

459 Let's just say that I was shocked at the items he kept in his office.

460

He just declared that no new coal fired plants will be built in New Jersey, that they will cut back the power they buy from coal plants and that they will phase out the coal plants they have.

And the taxpayers of NJ will get hit in the happy-sack yet again with even more increased energy costs and the possibility of brown-outs and possibily black-outs.

/One step forward, two steps back.

461 Don't worry about Christie.  I just got a love letter from Rick Perry - asking me - a voter in NJ - to join his "Citzens Against Government Waste" PAC- He is running!  He is asking for money!  Its On!

462 Wonder if Christie will go with nuclear. THAT would be brilliant.

463 I post using only smoke signals and carrier pigeons.

464

A really good friend deletes the browser history on your computer should you die suddenly.

Amen, I'd be lying if i didn't say this was a concern of mine.

Posted by: Ben

 

Here's an epiphany. I already know what's on there.

 

We need to talk.

465 455 If you don't know, La Canada/Flintridge is a very wealthy LA enclave. Posted by: George Orwell at June 21, 2011 11:51 AM

Watched the brush fires threatening it from my building back in August of 2009

466

Glenn Beck is all over the Chritie AGW fear mongering.

I'm totally bummed, thought he was just paying lips service to the greenies.

 

 

467 452 If ace made more money we could demand that he redistribute his wealth.

Posted by: Cherry ð the unbanned

As it is, we'll just have to act like common copper thiefs and hack into his paypal account and steal it.

468 Wonder if Christie will go with nuclear. THAT would be brilliant.

That's the straw I grasped at, too. Hoping we're right.

469
New Jersey hates it neighbor PA?

470 Posted by: yinzer at June 21, 2011 11:14 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 21, 2011 11:17 AM (6rX0K)

I am not criticizing; I am pointed out what ace said. And ace is well aware of my screen name; especially because he suggested it. But...if he thinks it's inappropriate I'll change it.

His house; his rules.

471 Frankly, coal is perhaps the filthiest source of power we use.  There's so much toxic junk pent up in that old wood.  I'd much rather burn oil or NG, but nooooo, we can't drill for our own.

472

I've moved beyond double-posting and can triple-post.

I also can control my hash, but usually choose not to.

473 The article linked in 462 mentions replacing the coal-fired plants with natural gas and nuclear.

What's the lead time on a nuke plant, with all the regulatory hoops to jump through?

474 Poll shows most NJ voters are still idiots;

Christie's approval rating falls to new low

Looking at public school funding, New Jersey voters say:

* 56 - 40 percent support more tax dollars for schools in the state's poorest districts;
* 62 - 36 percent support more funding to improve all schools;
* 49 - 45 percent say the State Supreme Court was right to order increased spending for the state's poorest schools;
* 74 - 18 percent say cut state spending rather than raise taxes to pay more for schools;
* 65 - 29 percent support a millionaire's tax to fund schools.

475
Coal is old wood?

I thought coal was dinosaur poop.

476 Oil is old dinosaurs.  Coal is vegetable matter.

477 I post using only stone tablets delivered to the island nation of Munu

478 I ask you, what could be cooler than inviting Titsie McCain on a date to the Iowa State Fair and walking away with a Blue Ribbon?

479
I think you can come up with something better, NJCon.

480 481 Wonder if Christie will go with nuclear. THAT would be brilliant.

That's the straw I grasped at, too. Hoping we're right.

Posted by: Chariots of Toast at June 21, 2011 12:01 PM (XyjRQ)

Once again a pol has let me down. I'm like a battered wife, I make Farrah Faucet in Burning Bed look like a..a...ah....Fuck It! 

481 Perry to TSA: Now go home and get your fuckin' shine box!

482 When I was a kid we posted our messages wrapped around arrows. From Longbows.

We tied our messages to homing dinosaurs.

483 483
There's so much toxic junk pent up in that old wood.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2011 12:01 PM (dZ756)

Only if you don't exercise it regularly, sonny; only if you don't exercise it. Now get off my lawn!

484 Posted by: yinzer at June 21, 2011 11:14 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 21, 2011 11:17 AM (6rX0K)

I am not criticizing; I am pointed out what ace said. And ace is well aware of my screen name; especially because he suggested it. But...if he thinks it's inappropriate I'll change it.

His house; his rules.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)

1. There is no way in H-E-double-toothpicks that associating the main character of the peanuts comic strip with a sex toy is in any way, shape, or form superior to someone using the 'F' word. I rather doubt that any ad company looking for grace, purity of essence and wholesome values is going to love the former and hate only the latter.

2. So Ace suggested the name. Was that before, during or after he noted that he lost ad revenue due to us animals in the zoo?

3. Yeah, I saw that too. I also saw that he made a decision to allow free reign for the time being.

485 Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2011 11:38 AM (dZ756)

I'm not sure that it's possible to make this a clean site, but I guess we could try during the day.

Hah! Who am I kidding.

PS. I lived in Berkeley in the early 80s, right in the middle of the punk scene there. And yeah, most of it was pretty painful.

486
Ask Gov Christie which has a bigger negative impact on NJ's economy and environment, coal power plants or illegal aliens.

487 I *cannot* look at Huntsman on the campaign trail for the next several months.

He gives me the heebie jeebies. Something is seriously off with that man.

488

Posted by: God at June 21, 2011 12:07 PM (6rX0K)

 

And the Lord said, begone sock.

489

2. So Ace suggested the name. Was that before, during or after he noted that he lost ad revenue due to us animals in the zoo?

If I remember correctly, Ace originally used it in one of his posts.

I LMAO

Just sayin 

490 As to PA- former resident of Bryn Mawr, was a CASA in Delco and spent a lot of time in Upper Darby, Chester and Media.

491 I created the BigBang as my first post.

492 Somehow I don't think Shep and Geraldo will be reporting from Minot ND;

‘It’s a sad day’ — Crest could be 10 feet higher than June 1

493
Someone ought to do a comparison between Illegals and Global Warming

For starters, one is a real problem and the other is a hoax.

494 246 236, I don't understand what you are saying here. Bin Ladin was responsible for Bhuttos death?

Not unless announcing that bin Laden was already dead was the responsible factor for Bhutto's assassination.

Bin Laden died years ago from his incurable disease. Bhutto was assassinated within a week of announcing that bin Laden was known to be dead.

That all occurred years ago; so again, Obama's claim to fame is predictably incredible.

Lest one impugn Pakistani intelligence as the "enemy", Pakistan's wasn't the only nation's intelligence community aware that bin Laden was long gone and deader than a door nail. The CIA knew, and British intelligence knew. You'd research and find posted news statements and publications via retired field directors and agents that bin Laden died years ago from his incurable disease. 

495

2. So Ace suggested the name. Was that before, during or after he noted that he lost ad revenue due to us animals in the zoo?

If I remember correctly, Ace originally used it in one of his posts.

I LMAO

Just sayin 

Posted by: dananjcon

 

Ha! Advertising magnet, that is. But whadda I know? I'm a moron in a very stupid state.

496 497 Posted by: SFGoth at June 21, 2011 11:38 AM (dZ756)
PS. I lived in Berkeley in the early 80s, right in the middle of the punk scene there. And yeah, most of it was pretty painful.Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 21, 2011 12:07 PM (LH6ir)
///
Punk killed the concept of the guitar as a musical instrument.

497 Will we have to wait until tomorrow to have threads regarding today's current events?
 'sakes.

498 496
2. So Ace suggested the name. Was that before, during or after he noted that he lost ad revenue due to us animals in the zoo?
Posted by: God at June 21, 2011 12:07 PM (6rX0K)

And thus began the Name Purity War ...

499 What's the lead time on a nuke plant, with all the regulatory hoops to jump through?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 21, 2011 12:02 PM (rZx4Q)

Just did a quick search... but apparently there are NO fully approved Nuc plant plans in the US.

Lots 'under review'... a couple that have started 'preliminary construction' taks... but non fully approved apparently.

500 It must have been a good one.  People are still talking about it.

501
But politicians always choose the easy route. Can't reform immigration -- that's not nice.

Instead let's jump on the farcical feel-good bandwagon for Going Green.

502 Posted by: God at June 21, 2011 12:07 PM (6rX0K)

But we also have brains and aren't, or shouldn't be, six-year-olds pushing every rule.

And I am not telling anyone what to do. First of all, nobody would listen, and second, it's not my place to do. But mentioning to an infrequent but interesting commenter what ace said seems reasonable.

And it's not like I am from Delaware and a complete retard. But I repeat myself. ;-)

503 Lest one impugn Pakistani intelligence as the "enemy", Pakistan's wasn't the only nation's intelligence community aware that bin Laden was long gone and deader than a door nail. The CIA knew, and British intelligence knew. You'd research and find posted news statements and publications via retired field directors and agents that bin Laden died years ago from his incurable disease. 

Posted by: maverick muse

So.... We're saying that we conducted a mock raid? If so, whom, if anyone, did we shoot the crap out of and render into Purina crab chow?

504 We never did get a SCOTUS thread.

*kicks dirt*

505 Shecky Obama has Dems rolling in the aisles

506 Heterosexual, monogamous marriage. Who knew? I did.

A Healthy Dose of Loyalty

Being Loyal Is Our Innate State, Scientists Say; It Yields Benefits  

507 What's all the hub bub about?

508
We should bring it to a vote.

A friendly suggestion isn't working.

509 This thread is wrapped up in tin foil at the back of Ace's fridge.

510 Outlook not so good

511 Anyone trying to balance an egg during the equinox?

512 515
And it's not like I am from Delaware and a complete retard. But I repeat myself. ;-)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 21, 2011 12:13 PM (LH6ir)

€8Þ

513
And I am not telling anyone what to do.

Are you for real? You always tell people here what to do. You're like Jeff B on "7" instead of "11."

514

From Bristol Palin's new book regarding the Mc Cains:

“I’d never seen people with so much Louis Vuitton luggage, so many cell phones, and so many constant helpers to do hair and makeup,” Palin writes, adding that Cindy McCain looked “like a queen” and carried “herself like royalty.”

Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, et.al. would be considered overweight by today's fashionistas......they were curvy, sexy women.  Not the bean poles being pushed down runways these days.

515 And I am not telling anyone what to do. First of all, nobody would listen, and second, it's not my place to do. But mentioning to an infrequent but interesting commenter what ace said seems reasonable.

And it's not like I am from Delaware and a complete retard. But I repeat myself. ;-)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)

 

Yep, yep yep. I'm sooo retarded that I play hall monitor about the 'F' word using a kid's comic strip reference tied to a sex toy. Since I'm retarded, that's an example of stupidity. But since you're from jersey, you get to call it irony. So that's what you get for your higher taxes. Part yon.

516 Anthony Weiner finally submitted his resignation lett ... wait, what?

517

This is the speech and its not new

It is actually the same speech in which he said they would pull out of the BS compact (which the legislature will fight him on BTW)

he said we still need to fight AGW but the carbon trading scheme was not working.

As for Nukes in NJ they have 4 making up 50% of their generation. During this period of economic crap they probably don't need any new generation.

As for approved plans for new Nukes YES there are pre-approved plans already for both the GE BWRs and the Westinghouse 1000 plants.

If a utility decides to build one on an already existing site supposedly it will go pretty smoothly. There had been a number of utilities all over the country that had announced plans to build new units on exiting sites but since the collapse most, if not all, have put them on hold. 

518 524
Anyone trying to balance an egg during the equinox?
Posted by: El Gringo at June 21, 2011 12:15 PM (EL+OC)

You're either three months too late or three months too early ...

519 Must be a long staff meeting killer hangover at the AoSHQ today.


FIFY

520
Bristol Palin's new book?

521 “I’d never seen people with so much Louis Vuitton luggage, so many cell phones, and so many constant helpers to do hair and makeup.

Heh. Blood sugar is a tad low and I initially read 'helpers' as 'herpes'.

522

Link fixed:

Anthony Weiner finally submitted his resignation lett ... wait, what?

523 Possibly Thailand's new PM?

She's not a Thai Ladyboy, so yeh, I'd hit it

524 528 Must be a long staff meeting at the AoSHQ today.

The jackbooteth cometh.

525 The question that occurs to me when I hear about the problem of premature ejactulation is 'Premature for who?'

526 You're either three months too late or three months too early ...

Posted by: No Whining at June 21, 2011 12:17 PM (dWOwL)

Is that why the egg keeps rolling off the counter?

PS: I'm am mildly retarded

527 BTW, on that speech, I though several of us had already said he wasn't backing off on AGW, only on crap and tax "for now".

528 The question that occurs to me when I hear about the problem of premature ejactulation is 'Premature for who?'

Posted by: nickless

 

Well I'm not one to complain.

529 519 Heterosexual, monogamous marriage. Who knew? I did.
A Healthy Dose of Loyalty
Being Loyal Is Our Innate State, Scientists Say; It Yields Benefits 
Posted by: Marcus at June 21, 2011 12:13 PM (CHrmZ)
///
Note that while the study studied heterosexual marriages, nothing in the study indicates the same would not hold true for homosexual ones too.  In fact, it even talks about staying loyal to your sports teams, and that's one heckuva ghey marriage (unless your fave team is the local women's beach volleyball team, in which case it's certainly not monogamous).

530

534
Bristol Palin's new book?

Yep:  Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far,”

531
Strange how one becomes "honorable" as soon as they are elected to public office.

I wonder who thought of adding that distinction before the name? Could it have been a politician?

532 It's SUMMER!!

It's gonna be fucking hot, too. Close to the century mark, according to the weather guy.

533
"...My Journey So Far,”

Her journey?

534 It's gonna be fucking hot, too. Close to the century mark, according to the weather guy.

Its already 98.5° here.

535 Morning. 

I dreamed about a creature called "Dinofrankensten." It was a dinosaur version of a Frankenstein creature. 

536 My Mom's basement has air conditioning, so I could care less.

537
Really, her journey?

Does she fancy herself a Don Quixote?

538 PS: I'm am mildly retarded

So you're just a  Moron like the rest of us.

2. Psychology A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education.

539 Morning. 

I dreamed about a creature called "Dinofrankensten." It was a dinosaur version of a Frankenstein creature. 

Posted by: rdbrewer

 

No more fruity pebbles cereal as a late night snack for you then.

540 60 degs F and sunny here in Seattle so, suck it.

541
"It all stated when I spread my legs for the high school hockey hero..."

542 549
I dreamed about a creature called "Dinofrankensten." It was a dinosaur version of a Frankenstein creature.
Posted by: rdbrewer at June 21, 2011 12:23 PM (6z5jy)

Barneyfrankenstein is neither Barney Frank nor Frankenstein. Discuss among yourselves. AND DO IT QUIETLY, PLEASE.

543 Yeah, taxes, regulations, Liberals, and hippies stink, but:
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/94114
For Winter, subtract 5-10 degrees.

544 I dreamed about a creature called "Dinofrankensten." It was a dinosaur version of a Frankenstein creature. You already know the rule regarding comments about FLOTUS. Just sayin'.

545
"My mom was kinda famous, so I kinda became famous."

546

547 Her journey?

Mostly about the campaign trials & tribulations, her pregnancy, engaged to a loser, etc.  She has no love for the Mc Cains.  That's a plus in my book.

547 First!!!

/just pretending there's a new post

548

More great Summertime from someone who was cut short

549 60 degs F and sunny here in Seattle so, suck it.

Posted by: El Gringo

 

Hey now. So what are you folks using instead of road salt this coming winter? heated unicorn farts?

550 New post

551 561 First!!!

/just pretending there's a new post

LOL

552 New thread up

553

"My mom was kinda famous, so I kinda became famous."

I'm not getting into whether Palin is a viable presidential candidate or not - too early in the day for that.  Bristol and the entire Palin family was savaged by the media and has some scores to settle. 

554 That's a plus in my book.

I"m fine with it. If she can convince a few young girls to abstain from sex or to not abort if they get pregnant that's a plus as well. I don't think they will necessary get this from a book as I can't really figure who her audience would be but I think those speaking tours she does could be beneficial.

555 Heh.  You guys bring the funny.  Of course, you left the common sense, the decency, the money, the heroin, the bullets, the bearer bonds, the picnic lunch, and the car keys.  But you bring the funny.

556 "It all stated when I spread my legs for the high school hockey hero..."

Posted by: gainsayer

 

"I thought that it would last forever, but soon found I was out of ...puck."

557 kdbabear

Yesterday, Patrick accused Dewhurst of undermining his anti-pat down bill on the Senate floor. Today, he took his complaints a step further and accused the Lite Gov of kowtowing to the federal government and sinking sanctuary cities legislation. --The (Houston) Chronicle

You'd think whoever edits a Texas news source would know that the Lt. Gov. is hardly the "Lite Gov" in the Texas Legislature.

Regardless of the editor's opinion, the point is that Sen.Patrick (R-Houston) sponsored this bill, and knows perfectly well that Dewhurst pulled the plug on its vote during regular session, that Dewhurst did campaign against the bill before pulling the plug.

What no one is willing to admit publicly is that Alex Jones' radio announced what Dewhurst had done to kill the bill, and in response, that hundreds of Texans showed up spontaneously to the State Capitol Building protesting Dewhurst/Perry weak knees, the Republican TX State Governor's administration having kowtowed to Obama administrative pressures.

It took the Tea Party voters' appearance on the scene, protesting, to show that they are still active, that existing conservative voters are angry with the establishment that includes Gov.Perry and Lt.Gov.Dewhurst who represent the anti-Tea-Party Republican Leadership. Neither were willing to take on TSA on top the current problems facing Texas State's right to continue issuing state commerce licenses (oil industry).

You want to credit someone for getting the TSA bill back onto the special session agenda? Get the record straight. NOT Perry until the Tea Party kicked his Dewhurst ass.

558 Frankly, coal is perhaps the filthiest source of power we use.  There's so much toxic junk pent up in that old wood.  I'd much rather burn oil or NG, but nooooo, we can't drill for our own.

Coal has lots of issues, but over 90% of the US' fossil fuel reserves is tied up in coal. So much in fact that US coal accounts for more proven reserves by itself than any other country has in total fossil fuel reserves. Any successful energy strategy the US might have in the future must have better cleaner power generation using coal. And yes, modern clean coal plants do exist.

559

Hey now. So what are you folks using instead of road salt this coming winter? heated unicorn farts?

Posted by: Blue Hen at June 21, 2011 12:27 PM (6rX0K)

Supreme Mayor McGinn will require all the hipster to relieve themselves every morning on the streets. HOt urine does a marvelous job of clearing ice and snow. And it's "Natural"

560 Can I have some content please?

561 60 degs F and sunny here in Seattle so, suck it.

I would rather have my 100° and South Carolina, you can go inside to avoid the heat but you can't avoid the liberal stupid.

562 Who can get enough of Meggie Mac?  Here are some excerpts from an interview.  (This was before Wankr Weiner was exposed as a wanking wienie).

"FAVORITE DEMOCRAT: I like Anthony Weiner, the congressman from New York. He has YouTube moments I find entertaining, and he's married to Huma Abedin, who works for Secretary of State Clinton. I have to tip my hat to him for landing such a hot woman."

Yeah, your a moderate Republican so of course you'd love a far left freak show.

"CHILDHOOD DREAM: I wanted to be Indiana Jones. I had the hat and everything."

Really?  Because I see you more as a clueless twit who stumbles through life on everybody else's dime.

"MATERIAL OBSESSION: I love skulls. I have 10 of them. I love the way they look in my place. I have one on my night stand; one on my desk; crystal ones in my kitchen; one that's filled with vodka; some with diamond eyes."

I knew that you weren't big on brains.

"LAST MEAL: My father's ribs."

Uhhhhh.  No thanks. 

563 Puck you.

564 Metal thieves cutting catalytic converters from cars now;

Police Investigate Car Part Thefts Along SEPTA Regional Rail Lines

Yup, another reason to ride the choo-choo, thieves can't make a living stealing from you if your car is moving

565 545
Strange how one becomes "honorable" as soon as they are elected to public office.

I wonder who thought of adding that distinction before the name? Could it have been a politician?

Posted by: gainsayer at June 21, 2011 12:22 PM (G/zuv)

They have to add "honorable" before the name because otherwise we wouldn't be able to tell that they are worthy of honor.

566 What's funny on that cooling tower bull shit is it doesn't matter what kind of plant you build now, if it operates on a steam cycle you WILL build an expensive cooling tower.

567 Bevel Lemelisk at June 21, 2011 10:35 AM

Your credentials somehow outweigh Steve Pieczenik's?

The incredible Lemelisk.

568 Leaning Bachmann now, though if Pawlenty actually sparked up either would be fine. Bachmann, Pawlenty, Perry, and Romney all could win the election, particularly if they are wise in their VP selection. Bachmann-Martinez would neutralize Obama in the SW and cross 270 rather easily.

569 576 Who can get enough of Meggie Mac?  Here are some excerpts from an interview.  (This was before Wankr Weiner was exposed as a wanking wienie).

It puts the lotion on its skin, or it gets the hose again ..

570

Hey now. So what are you folks using instead of road salt this coming winter? heated unicorn farts?

Posted by: Blue Hen at June 21, 2011 12:27 PM (6rX0K)

Supreme Mayor McGinn will require all the hipster to relieve themselves every morning on the streets. HOt urine does a marvelous job of clearing ice and snow. And it's "Natural"

Posted by: El Gringo

 

My condolences.

571 The epitome of liberal thinking now resides in Canada. A girl, shamed for looting during the Vancouver riots penned an angry non-apology that is a must read.

Check it at Blazing Cat Fur blog.

Possible best part- I am a good person because I kept people from burning trees during the riot!

572 Posted by: maverick muse at June 21, 2011 12:29 PM (lpWVn)


Alex Jones? Really?

573 The whole concept of something being 'grandfathered' in seems to escape politicians.

Actually if I remember reading about this correctly, the NRC did grandfather them on the cooling tower in a 20 year life extension they just got.

It was the State that shit all over them. The Democrats in NJ wanted any old excuse there was to shut it down. The plant already had fairly high operating cost due to age and it being union and adding a multi-million dollar cooling tower cost to it during a depression was not in the cards.,

574 King Putt

Nice.  The boy pharoh.


and I denounce myself.

575

Without a ship mounted railgun, how will we defeat the Transformers?! Without megawatt yield laser weapons how will we deflect or destroy asteroids and save Paris?! Seriously, the monies needed to continue these excellent projects is just a drop in the bucket. I don't want to go all paranoid about cruise missile swarms, but the damn things are cheap enough for any of our adversaries to stockpile and use if we do not prepare a look-down shoot-down capability. Besides, research on these types of systems leads to serendipity.

576 mpurinTexas supports Rick Perry, bitch at June 21, 2011 12:49 PM

It all made the MSM evening news. And had you followed it, you'd have known already. What, you'd swallow what the Chronicle propagandizes without a counterbalance?

Pretty pathetic that it takes a blowhard like him to blow the whistle since his absence improves his show.

Perhaps he's lasted as long as he has because his pompous personality plays the establishment's useful token idiot.

What I find particularly egregious is that most people prefer blissful ignorance and group think scapegoating to researching informed sources that include Webster G. Tarpley and Steve Pieczenik.

577 Some might find this interesting:

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578

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