1 Hi, Andrew!

2 Friday, it is!

3 I see that Don't call my bluff McGruff is having yet ANOTHER presser today at 11.  Which is exactly the time I've scheduled to sort my sock drawer.  Damn...

4 Good Morning everyone.  Have a terrific day.

5 "The Undefeated" springs forth on the national stage today. Fight like a girl!

6 It's only Friday but remember the USA plays Japan in the Women's World Cup Final Sunday at 2:00PM on ESPN. Be there or be square

7 Anyone hear anything about this?

Videos Coming- James O'Keefe will Rock the world again shortly

It's a tweet from RogerJStonejr....I don't know who that is.

8 FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

Well, really, it's about damn time.

9

1100 Presser?  Must be "Plan B."

Oh, but would that it were Stanley Ann Dunham had access to "Plan B."

10 Chuck Z, how did Valour-IT go? 

11

Tami,

Very well.  Very well indeed.  Drew has my write up, look for it when he makes bail.

12 That's great!  I donated and posted about it on another forum.

*I ain't chipping in for his damn bail again.

13 Effin' Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Another presser?  WTF?    This time Barky's gonna be all weepy and beg the American people to make the GOP stop it! Stop it, damnit!

I hope Jake Tapper gets to ask him the same question he stumped Carney with yesterday....

14 FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! ...and as if on cue, here come the lipstick lesbians with a softspot for healthy young straight males: http://tinyurl.com/63hjmx6

15 All he has to do if he's worried about Moody's or S&P ratings is to say "no matter what happens with the debt ceiling, the government has enough revenue to pay our debt obligations" and this "crisis" would be over.

16 If El JEFfe announced at his presser today that he wants Cantor to wear a yellow star in negotiating sessions, would the salad tossing media even think that might not send a good signal?

17 WTF? http://bit.ly/ob88Mb

This only makes sense if it is because the gun is unloaded.

The bill would make it a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail and a steep fine, to openly carry an unloaded handgun “on oneÂ’s person or in a vehicle.” 

18 [deleted]

19 Gee.. glad I wasn't intending to read that series..  The TV series was horrid.. I only watched the first episode.

20 T-Paw on CNBC.

21

I see that Don't call my bluff McGruff is having yet ANOTHER presser today at 11. 

Look, he's already had to schedule some of these damn debt meetings at 4pm - after his golf game.  Other things have to be scheduled before the round.

22 Friday?!  Drinks are on me, seeins how the Emperor has a presser scheduled for today.

23 [Deleted]

Posted by: Spoily McSpoilerson at July 15, 2011 07:39 AM (Vqush)

 

Thanks for sharing. ASS.

24 Oh noes, Obama's taking it to the America people ... like that's worked out so well for him in the past.  What a whiny little douchebag he can be.

And pretty funny how much play the "don't call my bluff" gaffe is getting ... I hate when the truth flies out all unexpectedly like that ....

Bite me, Mr. President.

25

Scare Tactics at 1100. Whos barky gonna pull checks from today?

26 Oh noes, Obama's taking it to the America people ... like that's worked out so well for him in the past.

Picture him with that goofy puzzled look on his face, kinda like when he tried to get the umbrella through that gate, when  taking it to the people doesn't work. Either that or he'll stomp his little foot and demand to know why it didn't work for him when it worked so well for Reagan. Michelle better prepare because one way or another she's going to have a whinny brat on her hands tonight.

27 oh yea - mornin rons and ettes. been an early morning with the new addition to the family. Shes a machine!

28 I read A Game of Thrones years ago.  I neve felt any need to read further, and I'm kind of glad that I did.

29

I know the DOOM thread isn’t up yet, but I can’t seem to get going in the morning without my first cup of DOOM – black, double shot.

30

DNC calendar:

Friday, July 15th is Attack Crazy Jewman Day

31 Since Obama seems to be so sensitive to these debt ceiling votes - maybe we should only give him monthly extentions

32

What do they call it when someone accidentally tells the truth to their own detriment?  There's a name for it.

And Obama's doing it a lot these days.

33 News Source: China makes overture to forgive part of US debt

34 32, I think that is called a Gaffe.

35 Nanny Bloomberg paid off GOP to vote yes on fake marriage in NYC

36 What is it about unhinged leftists and the smell of giant vaginas?

37

If Boehner and the GOP fold on his bluff I'm gonna blow a gasket. Pass a short term spending bill that raises the cap with equal cuts and force scary harry and president present to address it.

38

It amazingly has never worked, it has killed hundreds of millions of people, it is directly responsible for the dunking most of the world in the cesspit its in now, yet it is still the hope and dream of leftists everywhere.

We don't have a spending problem, we have a stupidity problem.

39

What do they call it when someone accidentally tells the truth to their own detriment?  There's a name for it.

In legal terms, it's akin to an admission against interest.

In terms Obama understands, it's called a mulligan.

40 Partisan hack pwned by a man of slightly below-average intelligence

41

President Ogg says "Me Must Stop Evil Jewman"

42 Call your congressweasel early and often and demand passage of lightbulb ban repeal

43

[Guys stop copying the bad comment. It makes it a major pain to delete. -GM]

You suck, Spoily. Halfway through re-reading the first 4, and you pull this krep out of your Spongebob backpack.

Hate commencing in 3..2..1..

44

OK. Since I've blown my load all over you people, now I'm going to go take a shower to get the stink of news off me.

See you at some point, I'm sure.

45

IÂ’ll bet thereÂ’s no small measure of offense being taken at these remarks by Rep. Allen West, but heÂ’s right and IÂ’m glad heÂ’s on our team.

46

What do they call it when someone accidentally tells the truth to their own detriment?  There's a name for it.

Veritas Tourette's?

47 Posted by: Truman North at July 15, 2011 08:15 AM (K2wpv)


Hall of fame material there.  No question.

48 These kids can't make change for a dollar but they'll be good to go on gay history:

California has become the first state in the nation to require public schools to add lessons about gay history to social studies classes, after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the landmark bill on Thursday.

http://tinyurl.com/6bo4j9w

49 Matt Drudge has the wrong Prince Alaweed picture up, he should use this one.

50 Supposedly the Republicans called a news conference for 9 this morning. Don't know if it is just House members or House and Senate. Curious as  to what they are going to say....

51 Obama tells us to eat or peas at 11am...

52

Good moron, mornings!

53

How late will the Hawaiian Blowhole be for his 11AM presser today?
I'm guessing that The Dick will be sixteen minutes late.

54 I don't have time for this mess. I have a busy day ahead of me organizing my sock drawer.

55 Retirement means that Friday, as with all days, is something to be enjoyed, free from burden.

56 Where's momma been?

57

The truly sad part of this story is that this poor misunderstood practitioner of peace almost certainly didnÂ’t grasp the irony in his act.

58

Spoily, you better be trolling, because otherwise you're the world's biggest dick.

The book was released three days ago. You couldn't sit on that?

Asshole.

59 "What other visiting professors do you think are being brought in? They probably could have gotten Angelo Mozilo to cover mortgage underwriting standards, Fab Tourre for CDO conflict-of-interest rules, and Dick Fuld for liquidity disclosure rules."  link

companion link

wonder if boehner, cantor and ryan have a constant headache?

60

Yeah, I became a croper. 

Got better, though.

61 Nancy Pelosi's yeast infection in an ice cream cone Now that's just plain gross.

62 Posted by: TexasJew at July 15, 2011 08:18 AM (laqdA)

"Evil," in the context of "Jew," is redundant.

What the hell are they teaching in Texas schools?

63 Michelle Obama feels pretty today.

64 Governor of the Badger State on squawk now.

65

Is it just me or are the spambots statring to sound more and more like fortune cookies?

 

Just add "in bed." to the end of their comment.

66 Why, yes.  Yes, she is.

67

Supposedly the Republicans called a news conference for 9 this morning. Don't know if it is just House members or House and Senate. Curious as  to what they are going to say....

I heard that as well. I am surprised there hasn't been more mention of it.

Could be a good tactic, especially if they force Jugears to react to them instead of saying what he wanted to say. My hope is that they'll go out and make public their requirements for a debt ceiling hike and tell the Democrats to come back and negotiate when they're ready to accept.

68 Just to review the Doom. Getting our debt rating downgraded is cataclysmic because the interest rates on it will spike which has immediate effects on the budget because so much of the debt is short term being rolled over on a frequent basis.

Moody's will downgrade us if no debt ceiling raise is passed, justifiably, because some payments will be missed. While annually, there's plenty of money to pay off maturing bonds first, in the next few weeks about half a trillion come due and there is no way to cover all of them on time. Payments would be late for just a little bit, but let's face it, we shouldn't have the Aaa rating anyway.

S&P will downgrade us if anything like the plans currently under discussion are passed, justifiably, because our debt is clearly growing beyond our ability to ever pay it off (because we literally have to borrow money to make the current payments and that reality only gets worse the deeper in debt we go, and unfortunately, the lower our GDP goes in the next couple of quarters).

69 How will this affect California teaching Kindergarten kids how to have gay sex?

70 Here is a lovely morning story:

Textbooks now must include information on the role of LGBT Americans, as well as Americans with disabilities, though California's budget crisis has delayed the purchasing of new books until at least 2015.

"History should be honest," Brown, a Democrat, said in a statement. "This bill revises existing laws that prohibit discrimination in education and ensures that the important contributions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life are included in our history books."

The governor called the legislation, SB48, introduced by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, "historic."

The law - the first of its kind in the nation - adds the two groups to an existing list of minority and other groups that are required to be part of the social sciences curriculum.

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That's great. Teaching "gay history" to 6 years olds. What could go wrong?

71

Re: the Roger Clemens mistrial

The guy on ESPN radio estimated that the cost to date of this fiasco is somewhere north of $10 million.

72

Just great!  Now this is all we will hear in the MFM for the next two weeks along with ObamaÂ’s Watergate Fast and Furious.  Can we never get a break?

73
"Black men are half as likely to die at any given time if they're in prison than if they aren't, suggests a new study of North Carolina inmates." -- Reuters Health, Genevra Pittman.

Compassionate penal life because we care.

Blacks survive in prison (a la slavery) being incapable of descent civility when granted freedom? Does North Carolina really, actually expect other states to agree or admit to the same inmate statistics? Taking bets, NAACP and Southern Poverty Law Center are already filing suit against the State of NC for propagandizing racially motivated hate speech, releasing statistics, as if released inmates being free to commit criminal behavior has no bearing on survival rates outside of prison. Given free reign, black on black crime never happens, nothing to see there.

The study headlines a commentary on the evolution of expectations regarding prison, rehabilitation, the revolving door and early release due to overcrowding.

Is the tax paying reader motivated to cause prisons to again become financially self sufficient via inmate work programs, inmates financing their own room/board/benefits, prison life being the training of a full time work force with exercise breaks and literacy study after supper? 

74

The law - the first of its kind in the nation - adds the two groups to an existing list of minority and other groups that are required to be part of the social sciences curriculum.

I think it was P.J. O'Rourke who noted that our students finish at or near the bottom of industrialized countries for science and math but finish #1 for self-esteem, meaning that they are ignorant but at least they feel happy about their ignorance.

75  Must stop Evil "southern" Jewman .
Hands down the most dangerous of the Zionists .
I'm picturing a canebrake rattler with a yarmulke .

76

I can't believe I am up.  Saw Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 at the midnight show last night.  I guess there are some things people will still spend money on - there were 13 late shows in my little town and all were sold out; they even added 3 a.m. shows!  This movie will easily top $1 billion before it's done.

Great movie.  Ending is a bit maudlin but it is true to the book.  Final scenes with Snape are breathtaking; Alan Rickman steals this movie.  I think parents especially will like this one; there are some exquisite parental moments in it that will choke you up.  I went to see it with my husband and our two teenagers, and when it was over our son just got up and said "well, my childhood is officially over." 

77

How late will POTUS be for the presser?

 

You can't put an estimate on a given for a retarded arrival... but if you want the chances on his being late, I'd say 3:1.....

78

How late will the Hawaiian Blowhole be for his 11AM presser today?
I'm guessing that The Dick will be sixteen minutes late.

I'll go 23 1/2 minutes late. The earlier GOP press conference will have wee wee'd Sir Bluffmenot up a bit, he'll need to suck up a pack or two of smokes to calm his dumbass down enough to stutter through his own lie fiesta.

79

Posted by: Spoily McSpoilerson at July 15, 2011 07:39 AM (Vqush)

Not to put too fine of a point on it, can someone ban this fucking dickhead?

 

80

Posted by: rockmom at July 15, 2011 08:55 AM (lSyyU)

Seeing it tonight in IMax 3D.  There's nothing more exciting than seeing a two-story Ralph Fiennes with no nose scream "Nyeaaaaaah!"

81

Perpetually drunk MSNBC host Ed Schultz coming out with new cookbook:  How To Make Everything You Eat Taste Like Feet

82 @74 "Black men are half as likely to die at any given time if they're in prison than if they aren't, suggests a new study of North Carolina inmates." -- Reuters Health, Genevra Pittman.

Yes, I am not sure that the people offering this statistic have thought this through to its logical conclusion.

83 Oh yeah about Harry Potter, the red headed buddy dies. Weasley or whatever.

84 Just to review the Doom. Getting our debt rating downgraded is cataclysmic because the interest rates on it will spike which has immediate effects on the budget because so much of the debt is short term being rolled over on a frequent basis.

Posted by: Methos at July 15, 2011 08:47 AM (sOXQX

 

Meh.  "Cataclysmic" is a bit over the top.  You're assuming that the government has to borrow money to spend, which is not the case.  (Nor does it "need" to tax, either)  We only 'borrow' money because we choose to run elements of the system as if it were still hard money instead of fiat.

If we don't pay the debt, any part of it, at any time, it is purely, 100%, a poltical decision. 

85

That's great. Teaching "gay history" to 6 years olds. What could go wrong?

What pisses me off is that we'll see a slew of revisionist historians claiming all sorts of people were gay.  Conviently, many of them will be leftist icons, allowing them to get even more indoctrination into the classroom.

86 Spoily asswipe. I don't think that matters to Potter fans. They already finished the final book years ago so we know the ending. Nice try though,and go fuck yourself...

87 Hey guys, have you all see the Passion of the Christ?  Let me give you a hint, Jesus dies at the end.

88 "well, my childhood is officially over."

poignant memory

89 seeing a two-story Ralph Fiennes with no nose scream "Nyeaaaaaah!"

Better than this?

/Politico trying to paint Bachmann as Dean was another hilarity after losing their Palin clone mantra.

90 Hate to spoil it for you guys, but any child that watches the last Harry Potter movie and says "Now my childhood is over" will end up dying a virgin.

91 54, glad i wasn't drinking anything when i read your comment

my screen would be covered

92

Just finished watching "The Sixth Sense."

Spoiler alert:  It was crap.

93

 

MFM: Comrades, Hate Week against Emmanuel Goldstein Cantor will now begin. Once you are finished going through Palin's emails, help us to try and destroy Cantor. It is your duty comrades to love and protect Big Brother Obama!

94 Never been to Auschwitz?  Well, now you don't have to.  Glenn Beck's travelogue.  While the pix are as horrific as you'd expect, the additional print info and some of the comments bring it home.  Remember, the folks who had a field day wit' da jooos, are JEF's kinda people and reliably vote "D."

95 40 Partisan hack pwned by a man of slightly below-average intelligence
_________

Heh. Funny thing is that is Hannity's only debating trick. He uses it every time. I'm surprised Juan Williams got suckered in.

96 #91 Too late for that!  ;-)

97 Meh.  "Cataclysmic" is a bit over the top.  You're assuming that the government has to borrow money to spend, which is not the case.  (Nor does it "need" to tax, either)  We only 'borrow' money because we choose to run elements of the system as if it were still hard money instead of fiat.

Sure, we can send the Marines to seize the printing presses at the Fed-and I'm not entirely opposed to that-but printing money to cover the deficit carries its own problems.

98

#95 I haven't been to Auschwitz, but I am pretty sure some of my Polish relatives died there.  My grandfather came over in 1900; he left many cousins who disappeared during the war.  Pretty much his entire town was wiped out. 

I went to Dachau during a student trip in 1972.  Our French bus driver wouldn't go in; he was a member of the Resistance.  The previous year I went to Israel with my mother and we visited the Yad Vashem memorial. 

Everyone should go see these places, or at least visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington.

99 "Debt limit: U.S. outreach to banks, investors over possible default comes up empty"  link

100 ty, Rushbabe.  That's horrid.  But important.

101 I just read a NY Times editorial about "Gun Mayhem Along The Border."

Apparently there are weapons, readily available in border states, that they describe as "semi-automatic battlefield weapons." Presumably they are referring to sidearms and, perhaps, the odd military shotgun. I can't think of any other military weapon that is a semi-auto.

Of course the editors of the NYT are intimately familiar with weapons, no doubt because of their long service in the military and their life-long dedication to the hunting sports.

If anyone is interested, here it is, but be warned: this is a link to the NY Times.

Cocksucking anti-American pricks

102 That Spoily McSpoilerson person?  Yeah, dies a virgin, but it's not like that was a surprise ending.

103

Hey, fuckwit, maybe not put spoilers in the comments here? Douchebag.

104 Posted by: Chuck Z at July 15, 2011 09:12 AM (Ig+B0)

You say it is crap only because you haven't seen any of M. Night Shamalamdingdong's other movies.

Sixth Sense is a masterpiece compared to his other shit.

105 slew of revisionist historians claiming all sorts of people were gay.

Though in vogue, smearing others with one's own corruption isn't a bandwagon worth riding.

Besides, there's no point distracting attention to dead men while Present Obama stays in the closet.

Sexuality should remain a private matter. It's needy depravity, the constant public exposition of sexual organs in sexual acts. Juveniles stay stuck on stupid, constantly demanding "Look at me!" regardless of their age that should reflect maturity.  That they've taken things to the extreme, denying children gender, proves too much, that the homosexual agenda is destructive and not reasonable.

106

To the rest of you, I apologize. I was too busy to babysit the thread this morning (and it usually doesn't need babysitting).

107 3 I see that Don't call my bluff McGruff is having yet ANOTHER presser today at 11.  Which is exactly the time I've scheduled to sort my sock drawer.  Damn...

Posted by: Tami at July 15, 2011 07:03 AM (X6akg)

WTH?   The guy goes from never doing press conferences to now doing one every damn day it seems.  I wonder if he'll take any questions or just bitch and moan and then storm off.

108 Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 15, 2011 09:24 AM (NfIvb)

Has it really come to that?

I thought I had left elementary school!

109 Everyone should go see these places, or at least visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington.

I went soon after it opened. It's a difficult place to visit but at TN says of Rushbabe's link, it's important.

A couple of years ago I saw a clip Groucho Marx visiting one of the camps with his family. They danced. A fine FU to the Nazis.

110

Sixth Sense is a masterpiece compared to his other shit.

Thing I am most ashamed of in my adult life:

I actually sat all the way through The Village.

 

111 "The Undefeated" springs forth on the national stage today. Fight like a girl!

Did you hear that Steve Bannon (the producer) says he's dropping an A Bomb of sorts 30 days before the Hawkeye Cauci?

She got the highest favorables of any Repub in Gallup, and the movie's just opening in limited nationwide release.

112 Supposedly the Republicans called a news conference for 9 this morning. Don't know if it is just House members or House and Senate. Curious as  to what they are going to say....

Posted by: Donna at July 15, 2011 08:31 AM (ayx0B)

Is anybody covering this?  Laura Ingraham hasn't said anything about it although, since she's having Huckabee on later, she might be chugging kaopectate.

113 Sorry to spoil the ending for you guys, but the Republicans cave on the debt ceiling in hopes of not"Owning" inflation.

114 Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 15, 2011 09:29 AM (B+qrE)

I am not sure whether I am more impressed by your fortitude or more embarrassed by your lack of skill in discerning quality.

115 "I'm not interested in victory" Precedent Bluffy lost his kinetic war in Libya, having already lost his international directive alliance. Summer, not Spring.

Déjà Vu

116 Don't unload on Spoiler.  It is not as if you did not already know George R n' R Martin (who is a libtard, by the way) was going to kill off every character to whom you had formed any attachment.

He may have set out to reboot the War of the Roses, but he seems to have consulted with Doctor Donald Berwick on the dramatic arcs of his characters.

117

48These kids can't make change for a dollar but they'll be good to go on gay history:

California has become the first state in the nation to require public schools to add lessons about gay history to social studies classes, after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the landmark bill on Thursday.

 

 

 

 

What exactly is the history of gays?  How thin would that textbook be?  I don't get it.  What the hell would the topics be about?

118 That bloated misanthrope George RR Martin finally got around to releasing another book in his shitty "let me kill all the characters anyone might care about, and make the rest assholes" series?

119 I don't have to go to Auschwitz. My mother, now of blessed memory, survived Mauthausen and 2 death marches, so I lived with that for the better part of 50 years. As an alternative to visiting Auschwitz, I can suggest to any who would be interested to seek out and talk with any survivors. Like our Greatest Generation, the youngest of those who lived through it are now in their 80's.

120 Also, guys, do me a favor and don't copy/paste objectionable content. It makes it a bitch to delete it.

121 41 President Ogg says "Me Must Stop Evil Jewman" Posted by: TexasJew at July 15, 2011 08:18 AM (laqdA) You mean Eric Cantor?

122 Gabe, he is bullshitting about Harry Potter.  At least partially.  ;-0

123  #113Captain hate, I haven't heard any more about it or any coverage. Maybe it was a rumor. Don't know...

124 We are proud to announce that because of President Barack Hussein Obama's incredible god-like awesomeness and leadership in the affairs of domestic and world economics, we are awarding him the newest and highest honor we can bestow - the Nobel Peas Prize.

125 "A fine FU to the Nazis."

Posted by: Retread at July 15, 2011 09:29 AM (BO5ap)

We have enjoyed the Bat Mitzvahs of the daughters of a friend, in part because her mother spent a few years in Auschwitz. The mother came to America, built a successful business, raised a family, and got to watch her granddaughters Bat Mitzvahs, while the Third Reich rotted in its collective grave.

126 I wish someone had spoiled that book for me so I didn't spend 2 days reading it. I am doing you people a favor.

127 127 I wish someone had spoiled that book for me so I didn't spend 2 days reading it. I am doing you people a favor.

  Yeah, but it's not your place to spoil it for others...

128 Posted by: learflyer at July 15, 2011 09:33 AM (9vscO)

Required texts:

The Art of Gloryholing in Belle Epoque France

Dry or Wet? A History of Prison Lubes

Spit or Swallow? An Oral History

129

(Bloomberg) As President Barack Obama works for a bipartisan deal to raise the governmentÂ’s debt ceiling, both the Republicans wanting to replace him and Democrats seeking the best way to re-elect him have emerged as obstacles.

 

You see comrades, President Wonderful is working soooooo hard for a bipartisan deal (don't mention him walking out in a huff) but it's those EVIL partisans who are in the way of the light of his sunshine

130 RushBabe at July 15, 2011 09:30 AM

She knows how to campaign vigorously, and when to effectively stay behind the scenes.

Even McCain's VP Palin publicly disagreed with that candidate's decisions to forfeit rather than put up a good fight. And her public comments hit home.

But when Mitt lost, he sulked. Tax payers remember that BEFORE TARP, Mitt the Ivy Beleaguering "brilliant economist" stfu, no comment let alone wise advice.

131 Sorry to spoil it for you guys, in Bambi his mother gets shot.

132 so now they are saying "hope this debt ceiling thing doesn't turn out to be another lehman moment"

133 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2011 09:33 AM (UlUS4)

Yes! She lived, brought you up, while the Nazis moldered in their graves.

We'll be around forever...bitches!

134 Donna, I'm thinking it must've been a rumor because I can't find any mention of it anywhere.  Too bad because I was hoping they'd pre-empt Bluffy the Strawman Slayer and further reduce him to a stuttering illiterate jizzmop.

135 beck playing the interview where they discuss the ss checks.

I've been reading in the comments in the financial blogs that this is a non issue.

136 Posted by: Spoily McSpoilerson at July 15, 2011 09:41 AM (Vqush)

First rule of holes: When you are in one, stop digging.

Just shut up and go away. You clearly have nothing of interest to say.

137 That story about the ammo pack for the M240B is pretty awesome. We started getting issued them in 1997 to replace those piece of shit M60s, but holy smokes, did the balance suck. Front heavy as hell. And clipping the 100-round assault pack to the underside of the receiver just made it worse. And if you think you could bust that pack off every time you dropped into the prone, you're right. This would allow definitely help you lay the gun quicker. I doubt the assistant gunner and ammo bearer are carrying the tripod and T&E mechanism on assaults or patrols, so if you bumped them up even another hundred rounds apiece, you could have 1,200 rounds on hand to feed the hog. That's pretty kick ass.

138 And Bambi was a dude too.

139 Posted by: Empire of Jeff at July 15, 2011 09:49 AM (lbo6/)

Or another full pack. 3,000 rounds!

140 136 beck playing the interview where they discuss the ss checks.

I've been reading in the comments in the financial blogs that this is a non issue.

Posted by: curious at July 15, 2011 09:44 AM (k1rwm)

We pretty much bring in enough on a monthly basis to service our debts. There might be 2-3 months a year where very large amounts of debt need to be paid off, but they are balanced by months where we bring in enough to pay off our debt service obligations, SS, Medicare and medicaid, military pay and pensions, VA costs, SSI and food stamps. All other programs would have to be cut, in an atmosphere of fierce competition for a greatly diminished amount of debt, but hey, that should be what we want. 

_{Hat tip to Truman North for pointing this out the other day.}

141 Has Microsoft bought Sony?

142 Did anyone axe the CA dipsticks who voted for the gay history change exactly how history was affected via the specific manner a history maker got his/her jollies?

143 From Politico.....

She’s in good health from yoga and exercise, (*SAY WHAT!?) but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she’s tired by the “merry-go-round” of public life and ready to get off it for good at the end of President Barack Obama’s first term.

“I think that I am a pretty normal, average person, despite all of the hype,” Clinton said in an interview with the BBC conducted Thursday. “And I am very interested in spending time with my friends and my family and not being on the merry-go-round all the time.”

That, she said, is why she plans to “move on and return to private life at the end of what will be a very intense period of activity and work in the next 18 months.”

http://tinyurl.com/5w3dx6e

144 Titanic: The ship sinks at the end.

145 The homos have previously employed huge leaps of faith and reading between the lines to co-opt dead artists (Henry James) and politicians (Lincoln) even when there's no concrete evidence to support the claims.  Even if it were true, who the fuck would care other than dimwits like Jerry Brown?

Btw, on the radio news I just heard Boehner say that there was no rift between him and Cantor; dunno if that was the presser that was being mentioned or not.

146 Boehner to speak shortly.

147 One gals merry-go-round is one others sinking ship.

I don't blame her. I would be tired of keeping the deck chairs in a row too.

148

Translation: I plan on finding some other way to avoid being seen with and around Bill.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 15, 2011 10:14 AM (OWjjx)

And now that Huma and I have good reasons to get out of the "marriages" we have to disgusting predators.

149 Sure, we can send the Marines to seize the printing presses at the Fed-and I'm not entirely opposed to that-but printing money to cover the deficit carries its own problems.

Posted by: Methos at July 15, 2011 09:19 AM (sOXQX)

 

I agree that money printing beyond the needs of the economy is a bad thing.  Inflation, and all that.  But I'm just saying that if we default it's only because we choose to, and it is a policy, rather than fiscal, decision.  And a bad decision, in my opinion.  As a creditor I'd prefer devalued dollars to no dollars at all.

And I'm sure that it will not be necessary to "seize" the presses.  Especially since most spending is simply changing numbers in bank accounts.  This situation is far less dramatic than people seem to think.

150

We pretty much bring in enough on a monthly basis to service our debts. There might be 2-3 months a year where very large amounts of debt need to be paid off, but they are balanced by months where we bring in enough to pay off our debt service obligations, SS, Medicare and medicaid, military pay and pensions, VA costs, SSI and food stamps.

Posted by: Josef K. at July 15, 2011 09:55 AM (7+pP9)

 

 

This is true.  But not really relevant to whether debts can be paid.  The federal government, unlike states and cities, isn't revenue constrained in real life.  The only reason to try to balance out-go with income is to control inflation resulting from expansion of the money supply. 

151

Why haven't I heard about this?

Pentagon admits 24,000 computer files were stolen by 'foreign power'

The Pentagon has admitted a foreign power hacked and stole 24,000 files from the United States this year forcing them to treat the internet as a warzone.

The audacious theft was announced as Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn launched a new online security strategy, which now classes cyberspace as an 'operational domain' like the sea, air and land.

This new plan has been sparked by the admission that computers within a U.S. defence contractor were successfully attacked...

Link to the Daily Mail (UK).

I don't watch the news, I only read it online, so I don't know if this has been reported anywhere.  Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?

152

The PC is Dead! ... No, wait ... Apple Sells 11% of All US Computers, so the PC is Alive! http://tinyurl.com/6aqoco3

153

Guess who got a TSA patdown the other day.

Donald Rumsfeld.

AMERICA: "Oh, come on.  Are you kid-?  Friggin' Eddie. FML."

154 but the Republicans cave on the debt ceiling in hopes of not"Owning" inflation.

Much interested in Bachmann proving herself one way or the other on holding the line, on unifying Republican votes on the American voters' mandate for cut spending and lower taxes.

Perry's likely to remain silent in order to keep his nose clean from the debt ceiling inflation. He'd ride the inflated balloon out of Oz to get out of the job cleaning up the rubble from his gutted Governor's Mansion. That hardly imbues trust in a CinC Perry promoting more of the "fight abroad so we don't have to take care of problems at home" neoconservative mantra. Perry's campaign style is to smear opponents with false implications Alinksy style. Whereas, to date by maintaining a campaign simply "for America" rather than for specific office, Palin hasn't felt the need to stoop to false allegations when ridiculing Obama's agenda. Should both enter the '12 potus race, we'll be choosing between a candidate who feels entitled to perpetually remain in office vs. a candidate who bases tenure of official service on what's best for the citizens (another parallel from Fred Thompson). Though I don't think Teh Fred appreciates being compared to Palin's "originality" (credit), he might find some humor in who chose to take up where he left off. Lesson still applies, teaching the pig to dance.

Establishment elitist Republican Leaders don't include the Libertarian/Republican Tea Party campaign broadcasting the tax paying citizen voice of disapproval, demanding that Washington halt their spending spree, not accepting their recurring promises for future cuts, the future being irrelevant to immediacy. As Mark Steyn respectfully pointed out regarding Paul Ryan's Roadmap, America does not have 10 years to play along the establishment corporatist elitists' manners, aka corruption. Carrying the banner is a significant role. Garnering the congressional votes to force the spending cuts is as important as garnering voters for election.

It's too soon to tell. By waiting as she is, and given her immediate assumption of Fred Thompson's rhetoric after his departure and then McCain's failure, likely Palin will also adopt the best features from other candidates for her own campaign should she run. Perry's likely planning the same tactics. So between those two, it all depends on who believes whom in the public opinion voting poll.

What the debt ceiling "negotiations" will prove amongst voters is whether tax payers really belong to the Tea Party movement. From what this blog reflects, though many refuse to admit it, too many here enjoy the sensation of status while riding on the establishment's failing bandwagon, maintaining a seniority preference. That despite seniority leadership refusing their innate responsibility to repair what they themselves broke, to stop overspending and overprinting, to halt their corrupt part having caused the downfall of the Dollar. Gumble, rail, bitch and moan about Lindsey Graham and John McCain while torching Ron Paul is playing Graham/McCain's apologist. The Republican Party leadership despise the Tea Party movement, and will never lend support for the Tea Party agenda -- another Mark Steyn observation.

So will voters actually speak through the '12 ballot to castigate established corruption as resounded in '10 results? America will answer on the ballot the Obama boast of his persistence.

155

Neuroscientist crosses swords with Ray! Doubts full-immersion virtual-reality by late 2020s, damn-it! http://tinyurl.com/6gmaj6q

156 MWR at July 15, 2011 10:36 AM

Yeah, when I read that TSA headline I wondered whether Rummy was enjoying the fruits of his labors.

157 Is it just me, or does Nancy Pelosi's face look like it's in meltdown? Like all the botox has gone critical or something.

158 Pentagon admits 24,000 computer files were stolen by 'foreign power'

24k files admitted "stolen" means at least 24,000¹⁰ cubed were "stolen".

No secret, the State Dept. "Reset" translated from Russian into over-charged.

And the Clintons have a track record giving away our Military secrets to China, and thieving records from the National Archive without being themselves penalized.

That Obama takes corruption and the demise of our nation and our national security to unprecedented levels is no secret.

159 FRIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

life to live.

160 Mr. Smooth negotiator, "Don't call my bluff" learned his skills from MacGruber.

161 Actually, if you watch with the sound off, it's almost bearable.

162

I try not watch the Captivate screen in the elevator at work, I really do.  But I had to read this shite yesterday:

"Michelle Obama is being criticized for her 1700 calorie burger, fries and milkshake bash, but experts say an occasional splurge is part of a healthy diet."

What kind of asinine mental gymnastics won't these ass-lickers perform? 

Cake for She, not for thee, peasants.

163 Huh? We must be winning because Mitch McConnell's got a new gig: Mitch McConnell's Great Men and Their Greatest Moments in History: Part One - Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940

164 "127 I wish someone had spoiled that book for me so I didn't spend 2 days reading it. I am doing you people a favor." Fine, I'll go take $15 out of your pocket so you don't to something stupid with it. I'll be doing you a favor. Fuckwit.

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