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December 20, 2012

A Look At Today's House Votes
— Gabriel Malor

Today the House will vote on two bills designed to avert both components of the fiscal cliff. It's a smart play by Speaker Boehner and his caucus to pass this legislation and then head home for the holidays as it looks increasingly likely that President Obama has no intention of negotiating.

The first bill, the Spending Reduction Act of 2012 (PDF: H.R. 6684), replaces the automatic sequestration cuts with alternative spending cuts and reforms, mainly to avoid the nasty defense cuts in the original sequester. It also cuts the Obamacare slush fund, the failed HAMP mortgage reform effort, and reforms food stamps and the child refundable tax credit. The bill reduces the deficit by an additional $242 billion over the original sequester.

The second bill, the Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act of 2012 (PDF: H.J. Res. 66), is what we've been calling 'Plan B.' It permanently extends current tax rates for everyone making less than $1 million, so no more of having to re-fight the same battles over and over every time the tax rates expire. It has a permanent AMT fix, which conservative have been seeking since time out of mind. The Joint Committee on Taxation says that Plan B amounts to about a $3.9 trillion tax cut.

The House GOP should pass these bills and go home. We're not going to get anything from President Obama, despite a good-faith effort to avert economic disaster. Let him own a decision to raise taxes on 99.81% of Americans.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 05:44 AM | Comments (214)
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1 Seems the best we can hope so short of SMOD

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 05:46 AM (79ueO)

2 Let Harry Reid and TFG hold the smelly bag

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 05:49 AM (J+mgg)

3 I have a plan

Posted by: Guy that's really really good at Excel at December 20, 2012 05:52 AM (3ZtZW)

4 "It's a smart play by Speaker Boehner and his caucus to pass this legislation and then head home"

But they won't. They'll play the game, come up with some grand bargain that won't do shit and hold a press conference about doing the work of the people.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 05:53 AM (GZitp)

Hopefully this will work out like one of Hannibal's "A-Team" plans, and NOT like one of Baldrick's cunning plans of "Blackadder" fame.

Sometimes, the DOPEs on Capitol Hill remind me so strongly of Baldrick that I have to clean my ears out with soap to be sure they aren't talking with British accents.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 05:54 AM (4df7R)

6 All of the worst stuff is bipartisan. Sequestration, the housing bubble... I definitely don't wanna see what a bipartisan deal here would look like.

Posted by: JDTAY at December 20, 2012 05:56 AM (a0nis)

7 I think someone asked it on a previous thread, but what time is the Apocalypse supposed to start tomorrow? It's supposed to be miserable weather for the morning commute, and I'm just wondering if I shouldn't even bother getting out of bed.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 05:58 AM (4df7R)

8 I hope the Apocalypse doesn't start til after lunch, because I really like lunch.

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 20, 2012 05:59 AM (O7Q1u)

9 Is The Weeper actually doing something smart here? Come on, we know he's gonna screw it up. Right?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 05:59 AM (da5Wo)

10 It's a smart play by Speaker Boehner and his caucus to pass this legislation and then head home"

But they won't. They'll play the game, come up with some grand bargain that won't do shit and hold a press conference about doing the work of the people.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 09:53 AM (GZitp)

Yes it brings to mind back in 2010(?) When they were staying to battle through the holidays and Pelosi turned out the lights?

And I had thought wow the Republicans are really fighting this thing.

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 05:59 AM (nqBYe)

11 If the Apocalypse means no Obama second term, I welcome it. I tend to end up disappointed in these situations though...

Posted by: JDTAY at December 20, 2012 06:00 AM (a0nis)

12 Whoa. That's a vicious thread stomp.

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2012 06:02 AM (RD7QR)

13 Will many Democrat Slors be burned today?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:03 AM (J+mgg)

14 All of the worst stuff is bipartisan. Sequestration, the housing bubble... I definitely don't wanna see what a bipartisan deal here would look like.

Posted by: JDTAY

Colloquially, I believe that is known as the 'Double Penetration'.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 20, 2012 06:05 AM (BrQrN)

15 When someone wants to add a shit-ball to the soup, compromising won't ever create a tolerable result.

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at December 20, 2012 06:05 AM (bb5+k)

16 I hope the Apocalypse doesn't start til after lunch, because I really like lunch.

But before my alarm clock goes off Saturday morning, because I really don't want to drive ten hours through the middle of nowhere in a blizzard (on a day with 8 hours of daylight).

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 20, 2012 06:05 AM (/kI1Q)

17 Will many Democrat Slors be burned today?

One can only hope.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 20, 2012 06:05 AM (4WhSY)

18 Disappearing posts!

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 20, 2012 06:05 AM (P47hr)

19 The more I have thought about Plan B, the more I like it. It's a good strategic move, and it isn't as if the GOP has better options. At least this one puts ownership for the mess w'ere in where it belongs - with Obama and the Dem Party.

Posted by: DRayRaven at December 20, 2012 06:06 AM (9wR2B)

If passed, will Obama sign because he's a coward, or veto because he's a coward? The easiest predictor of his behavior is "What Would A Coward Do?" Which is the most cowardly course of action? Whoops, cowardice is the overwhelming factor when action must be taken, like defending a consulate.

Perhaps in this case he'll decide based on what's in it for him. Political hay, graft, or the continued destruction of freedom and the free market?

Posted by: Habitually Cynical at December 20, 2012 06:06 AM (C18D1)

21 Will many Democrat Slors be burned today?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 10:03 AM (J+mgg)

I doubt it, but we can hope! At the very least maybe we'll get a big marshamallow monster destroying NYC, and that's not a bad thing.

If Boehner is the Keymaster, who's the Gatekeeper? McConnell?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:06 AM (4df7R)

22 He'll veto it, but at least he'll own it. Small victories and baby steps.

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2012 06:08 AM (RD7QR)

23 House has to have the Senate's approval to adjourn per the Constitution. If there is a conflict over adjournment, Barky gets to decide.

Art I, Section 5
"Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting."

Article II, Section 3
"He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States."

Posted by: wg at December 20, 2012 06:08 AM (aouqk)

24 Plain English explanation of what this means with respect to the AMT, please.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 06:08 AM (83wHT)

25 Will it involve turnips shaped like a... a "thingy"?

Sounds marvelous!

Posted by: Lord Percy at December 20, 2012 06:08 AM (nLGe+)

26 I'm catching up on the posts from yesterday, as I was finishing up my Christmas shopping, but the post: Where Do We Go From Here? [Warden] was great. Really good. And, worth the read for anyone who hasn't read it.

Posted by: Beach & Sunshine at December 20, 2012 06:08 AM (LpQbZ)

27 Senate majority leader Harry Reid has adjourned the Senate to allow for a viewing of the Hollywood film Lincoln. Well I guess it is free ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 06:08 AM (79ueO)

28 I hope the Apocalypse doesn't start til after lunch, because I really like lunch. Hehe, my hubby said New Zealand already survived it... but, the day is not over, yet!

Posted by: Beach & Sunshine at December 20, 2012 06:10 AM (LpQbZ)

29 What about the senate? Reid ain't gonna do anything.

Posted by: Sophistahick at December 20, 2012 06:10 AM (UhXzR)

And if the Republicans follow through with Plan B and go home, some of you will still find something to bitch about regard to how they handled Plan B. Some of you move the goal posts as well as any Dem.

Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 06:10 AM (m2CN7)

31 Viewing Lincoln > the people's business.

Well, at least they have their priorities straight.

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 20, 2012 06:10 AM (O7Q1u)

32 Technically, Obama is only raising taxes on people who pay taxes. People who don't pay taxes (i.e. the Democrat base) won't see their taxes go up. His tax increase disproportionately affects Republicans.

Posted by: JohnJ at December 20, 2012 06:10 AM (Tt6ky)

33 20 If passed, will Obama sign because he's a coward, or veto because he's a coward? --------- My money is on Harry Reid refusing to let the senate consider it.

Posted by: Citizen Anachronda at December 20, 2012 06:11 AM (1c58W)

Senate majority leader Harry Reid has adjourned the Senate to allow for a viewing of the Hollywood film Lincoln.

They'll just be confused: Leaders confronting problems, actual slavery as ooposed to imagined, and fighting wars to win.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 20, 2012 06:11 AM (B+qrE)

2Let Harry Reid and TFG hold the smelly bag

Nanci Pelosi?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 20, 2012 06:11 AM (1+QgF)

36 And if the Republicans follow through with Plan B and go home, some of you will still find something to bitch about regard to how they handled Plan B. Some of you move the goal posts as well as any Dem. Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 10:10 AM (m2CN7) yep

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 20, 2012 06:11 AM (Z9EHQ)

37 My dad didn't even see Lincoln, and he's a history major from Illinois.

Posted by: JDTAY at December 20, 2012 06:12 AM (a0nis)

38 I predict Obama will sign nothing; tax hikes for all and sequestration a comin'. Then Blame GOP for not averting "cliff".

Posted by: Sophistahick at December 20, 2012 06:12 AM (UhXzR)

39 Hehe, my hubby said New Zealand already survived it... but, the day is not over, yet!

Nope. The Apocalypse will occur on Central Standard Time because that's where the Mayans are/were.

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 20, 2012 06:12 AM (O7Q1u)

Okay, I know this is OT, but since the thread is moving pretty slow (almost half an hour and only 21 comments!?), I'll toss it out there.

Quentin Tarantino is being an ass. Again.

At the Hollywood Reporter, via Drudge:

Quentin Tarantino Says Drug War, Justice System are Modern Day Slavery

LINK : http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-says-drug-war-404895

..."This whole thing of this 'war on drugs' and the mass incarcerations that have happened pretty much for the last 40 years has just decimated the black male population," the filmmaker said on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. "ItÂ’s slavery, it is just, itÂ’s just slavery through and through, and itÂ’s just the same fear of the black male that existed back in the 1800s."

In addition, he says that the flesh-for-cash business of slavery mirrors that of the prison industrial complex.

"Especially having even directed a movie about slavery," he said, "and you know the scenes that we have in the slave town, the slave auction town, where theyÂ’re moving back and forth -- well, that looks like standing in the top tier of a prison system and watching the things go down. And between the private prisons and the public prisons, the way prisoners are traded back and forth."...

I just... I can't even... Flames. Flames... on the side of my face. Breathing... breath... HEAVING breaths...

I'm especially taken by his whimsical view that, having directed a movie about slavery, he somehow knows jackshit about what slavery was like. Especially when he's talking about the "scenes that we have in the slave town," and how similar they are to modern prisons. Hey, Quentin! How much of that is realism based on fact, and how much of it was your set designers -- and yourself -- making it SEEM like that? Because Quentin, you ain't exactly known for your REALISM, dick swat.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:12 AM (4df7R)

41 One last point re:Where Do We Go From Here? [Warden] Costco (I know some hate the place, here), but, they have a good selection of emergency supplies: http://www.costco.com/emergency-kits-supplies.html The Emergency Food selection is huge, but they also have an Emergency Kits section, as well as a Water Barrels, Storage and Filtration section. Check it out.

Posted by: Beach & Sunshine at December 20, 2012 06:13 AM (LpQbZ)

42 What happened to the comments last night?

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at December 20, 2012 06:13 AM (bb5+k)

43 I support this plan. We lost the election. We're not going to be able to get everything we want.

Posted by: Ben at December 20, 2012 06:14 AM (C2Y4l)

44 I predict Obama will sign nothing; tax hikes for all and sequestration a comin'. Then Blame GOP for not averting "cliff".

Posted by: Sophistahick at December 20, 2012 10:12 AM (UhXzR)

In other words, he'll do what he was always going to do regardless of what anyone in the House OR Senate did.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:14 AM (4df7R)

Some of you move the goal posts as well as any Dem.

This is known as justified cynicism in my book. I'm not willing to view our current straits in any other light. I'm certainly not in favor of viewing them in a crassly political light--that's what Dems really do.

If it's U.S. goal posts, Canadian, or that other "football"--we're still screwed.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 20, 2012 06:14 AM (B+qrE)

46 Cicero Kid, well played.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:15 AM (J+mgg)

47 ..."This whole thing of this 'war on drugs' and the mass incarcerations that have happened pretty much for the last 40 years has just decimated the black male population," the filmmaker said on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.

I go back to Jim Carrey in Liar Liar: STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 06:15 AM (da5Wo)

48
Article II, Section 3
"He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State
of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he
shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions,
convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement
between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States."

Posted by: wg at December 20, 2012 10:08 AM (aouqk)

Constitutional laws are more like guidelines nowadays. This all started when we ignored this part.

"No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President;"

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at December 20, 2012 06:15 AM (bb5+k)

49 MWR we can hope the giant marshmallow fellow gives Nanny Bloomberg a real good hug.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:16 AM (J+mgg)

50 What happened to the comments last night?

A passing shoggoth ate 'em.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 20, 2012 06:16 AM (4WhSY)

51 Because Quentin, you ain't exactly known for your REALISM, dick swat. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at December 20, 2012 10:12 AM

Oh, now you're going to tell me that the scene in Kill Bill where Uma Thurman kills dozens of chinese guys attacking her simultaneously is incredibly unlikely.

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2012 06:16 AM (RD7QR)

52 Let them watch Lincoln. I'm watching "A Moonshiner's Christmas" instead of doing anything constructive. A thoroughly hammered hillbilly named Tickle is the host.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2012 06:16 AM (tkoGU)

53 Sophistahick- yeah.. most of these morons forget about the Senate.. Reid will toss these bills in the circular file the minute he gets them, insulating Obama from having to actually make any tough decisions.

The only thing that makes sense is for Boehner to pass the Senate bill that extended the Bush tax cuts for everyone under $250k. That would automatically go to Barky. And it would be put up or shut up time for him, since he claims that will solve the nation's problems.

Or, just Let It Burn.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 20, 2012 06:16 AM (UTq/I)

54 It's a smart play by Speaker Boehner There are words to fill souls with dread. No, seriously, the dreadometer on the bell jars is nearing max. Acutally, I agree, it is a good play even taking into account that the MFM will utterly lie about it. If nothing else, the House Republicans are at least willing to put their ideas in writing and vote on it.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 06:16 AM (VtjlW)

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at December 20, 2012 10:12 AM (4df7R)

Another highschool dropout who has an over-inflated perception of just how smart and knowledgeable he really is.

Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 06:16 AM (m2CN7)

56 MWR we can hope the giant marshmallow fellow gives Nanny Bloomberg a real good hug.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 10:16 AM (J+mgg)

That would certainly be in holding with the kinder, gentler nanny stateism of Nanny Bloomers.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:17 AM (4df7R)

57 Technically, Obama is only raising taxes on people who pay taxes. People who don't pay taxes (i.e. the Democrat base) won't see their taxes go up. His tax increase disproportionately affects Republicans.

Posted by: JohnJ at December 20, 2012 10:10 AM (Tt6ky)

People who do not pay for the debt should not be allowed to run up debt.

No Representation without Taxation!!!!

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at December 20, 2012 06:17 AM (bb5+k)

58 The House GOP should pass these bills and go home. We're not going to get anything from President Obama, despite a good-faith effort to avert economic disaster. Let him own a decision to raise taxes on 99.81% of Americans. Thanks for explaining the bills to us. I agree with the above statement. Throw it down, walk out. The JEF is not even thinking about saving the country, just his own legacy. Gun control and global warming are all that is on his ugly, filthy mind.

Posted by: Beach & Sunshine at December 20, 2012 06:17 AM (LpQbZ)

59 We had a telephone town hall with our rep last night. 85% voted to pass the "plan B" and be done with it....but everyone knew it is just a matter of spinning your wheels because the senate will turn a blind eye to it.

I asked my rep....why not just take the plunge over the fiscal cliff....we are headed for it anyway. He seemed to agree that the electorate needs to actually "feel" the pain before they demand the senate and WH do their jobs.

Posted by: kawfytawk at December 20, 2012 06:18 AM (JWLqy)

I think someone asked it on a previous thread, but what time is the Apocalypse supposed to start tomorrow? It's supposed to be miserable weather for the morning commute, and I'm just wondering if I shouldn't even bother getting out of bed.

11.11 am, I hear. EST, Central, Pacific? Who knows. Wish I could "go out with a bang" like that swimsuit model mentioned on JWF.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 06:18 AM (zF6Iw)

61 I hope the Apocalypse doesn't start til after lunch, because I really like lunch. I find it hilarious that the new season of Ancient Aliens starts at 9 tomorrow night.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 06:19 AM (VtjlW)

62 Tarantino, the guy who would have been a Clerk if Jay and Silent Bob had not done it. Dude lived his whole life in a video store and based his reality on those videos.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:19 AM (J+mgg)

63 Obama won't ever own this. The media will spin in the best possible light for him, and if they can't they'll embargo it.

Posted by: KG at December 20, 2012 06:19 AM (p7BzH)

64 I go back to Jim Carrey in Liar Liar: STOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 10:15 AM (da5Wo)

But it's not their fault! It's the RACIST SYSTE-!

*punches self in the mouth*

OW!

Yes, okay, Self. I get it. Even TYPING something that stupid is going to kill brain cells. But it's what the regressives believe!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:19 AM (4df7R)

65 Guy that's really really good at Excel lol the trick is how good you are at hiding the underlying formulas...

Posted by: Beach & Sunshine at December 20, 2012 06:19 AM (LpQbZ)

In other words, he'll do what he was always going to do regardless of what anyone in the House OR Senate did.

Or what We the People want. Funny how we always wind up being last on the list, if we're even on the list at all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 20, 2012 06:19 AM (yiIja)

67 Well MWR just think of Bloomberg being forced to swallow....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:19 AM (J+mgg)

68 Obama serious? The only president to never pass a budget?

Posted by: zsasz at December 20, 2012 06:20 AM (RDP+N)

69 I'm the only one who saw that other post, aren't I?

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 06:20 AM (SUKHu)

70 New season of Ancient Aliens? really? Which ancient civilisation have they forgotten that we should care about? Think they covered the Moche already along with Mayans, Aztecs, Rappanui, etc.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:21 AM (J+mgg)

There are words to fill souls with dread. No, seriously, the dreadometer on the bell jars is nearing max.

Isn't it a bit expensive to equip all your soul jars with dreadometers? Or do you just have a few, specially selected soul jars equipped?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:21 AM (4df7R)

72 AlexTC, you're such a ray of sunshine. I'm sending you an annotated copy of Lemon v. Kurtzman for Christmas. It's like getting coal, only if you burn this, the cloud of noxious gas will kill everything in a five mile radius.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at December 20, 2012 06:21 AM (jZUEZ)

73 I saw it too MamaAJ.

Posted by: Infidel at December 20, 2012 06:22 AM (O/fK8)

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at December 20, 2012 10:14 AM (B+qrE)

I'm not saying we don't have a lot to complain about but in order to prevail in a political battle, you have to occasionally support your own side when they appear to do our bidding. If you are cynical 24/7 with your own party you are doing nothing but lending support to the otherside.

If you are truly independent and share you cynicism equally then that does not apply. But being 'independent' has always been a cop out to me.

Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 06:23 AM (m2CN7)

75 69 I'm the only one who saw that other post, aren't I?

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 10:20 AM (SUKHu)

I thought I saw it but it could have been swamp gas.

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2012 06:23 AM (RD7QR)

76 @brithume Carney sez Boehner plan B is disqualified b/c it can't pass Senate. So isn't Obama latest offer also disqualified b/c it can't pass House?

Posted by: 80sBaby at December 20, 2012 06:23 AM (YjDyJ)

77 Obama won't ever own this. The media will spin in the best possible light for him, and if they can't they'll embargo it.

Posted by: KG at December 20, 2012 10:19 AM (p7BzH)

This is how I see it. The Media (Liberal New York Democrat Journalism Majors who join a Union) will report it as the Republican's fault no matter what you do. It's long past time that we quit treating them with respect.

It's time to start buying their equipment and moving their jobs into more friendly parts of the nation.

Posted by: DiogenesLamp at December 20, 2012 06:23 AM (bb5+k)

78 Swamp gas or Venus.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:24 AM (J+mgg)

79 All the smart kids in the room keep assuming that the republicans stand for smaller government and lower taxes. Bullshit. These GOP assholes are playing the heel. They're selling this crap to the rubes. In the end, they'll put the democrats over and both "sides" will get what they really want. This negotiation is about as legitimate as a pro wrestling match.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 06:24 AM (g45G2)

80 69 I'm the only one who saw that other post, aren't I?

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 10:20 AM (SUKHu)

I did not see it, but I believe others did. The HQ is like a cat -- you never know when a new one will show up, and once it's there you never know how long it will stay.

PS -- I'd just like to take a moment to reflect upon the subtle hilarity of Mama AJ's truly awesome hash being attached to comment #69.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:24 AM (4df7R)

81 Andy's mucking with the time machine after Ace TOLD him to leave it in the garage.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 06:24 AM (SUKHu)

82 Andy's mucking with the time machine after Ace TOLD him to leave it in the garage.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 10:24 AM (SUKHu)

Is that the time machine that Ace doesn't have?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:25 AM (4df7R)

A thoroughly hammered hillbilly named Tickle is the host.

Tickle just makes that show. He's always hammered or buzzed, and you should hear him talk about politics.

I'm convinced he'd do a better job in Washington that anyone up there today.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 20, 2012 06:26 AM (yiIja)

84 Swamp gas or Venus.

Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception. Yet you somehow brazenly declare that seeing is believing!

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 20, 2012 06:26 AM (/kI1Q)

85 @81 Hey, the time machine's important, we could use it to kill Hitler. Plus, we'll probably muck up the timeline enough to prevent Obama's birth. Two birds, one stone.

Posted by: JDTAY at December 20, 2012 06:26 AM (a0nis)

MWR, stop talking about the time machine!

It doesn't exist and I did not use it to get a funny comment number.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 06:27 AM (SUKHu)

87
54 It's a smart play by Speaker Boehner

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There are words to fill souls with dread. No, seriously, the dreadometer on the bell jars is nearing max.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 10:16 AM (VtjlW)

So this is where we are at. This is what it has come to. The Weeper.

" It hurts doesn't it? Your hopes dashed, your dreams down the toilet. And your fate is sitting right besides you."

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 06:27 AM (da5Wo)

88 Wait, Andy has an interocitor?

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2012 06:28 AM (RD7QR)

"And if the Republicans follow through with Plan B and go home, some of you will still find something to bitch about regard to how they handled Plan B. Some of you move the goal posts as well as any Dem.
Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 10:10 AM (m2CN7)"

You go with what you've got. If you've got bitching and moaning, well, there you go. And I hope you had a good breakfast, it's the most important meal of the day. If you skip it and feel run down today it's your own fault. Bad eating habits will collapse the pillars of democracy as 52 percent of the country sits on its collective double-wide bodunkuses. Is it bodunki? Or it's the Mooch's fault, whatever works for you. Take your choice while you still have one, then feel free to bitch about it.

Posted by: Habitually Cynical at December 20, 2012 06:28 AM (C18D1)

90 Forget the time machine. How about NCC-1701-A to get off this planet and find a new place that will be social progressive Piers Morgan free.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:28 AM (J+mgg)

91 Pass Plan B and walk away.

Posted by: The Goblin at December 20, 2012 06:28 AM (p+4lN)

92 Amen.

Posted by: Sgt Hulka at December 20, 2012 06:29 AM (WUQCl)

93 AlexTC, you're such a ray of sunshine. I'm sending you an annotated copy of Lemon v. Kurtzman for Christmas. It's like getting coal, only if you burn this, the cloud of noxious gas will kill everything in a five mile radius. Posted by: Gabriel Malor at December 20, 2012 10:21 AM (jZUEZ) The love. I feels it. In exchange for your ever so thoughtful gift, I shall be sending you a custom made Clown Bed. I've gone so far as to make sure that Chompy, Ripper, Slayer and Polly have festive jingle bells adorning the sledge they're using to haul it to you.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 06:29 AM (VtjlW)

94 68 Obama serious? The only president to never pass a budget? Posted by: zsasz at December 20, 2012 10:20 AM (RDP+N) In fairness, Harrison never did either.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 06:29 AM (g45G2)

95 I think I've seen all the episodes of Moonshiner's, but I don't think I've ever admitted it before. Tickle is great, but not too bright sometimes. The guys who blow my mind are the ones trying to build the underground still. The point is to have a permanent hiding spot, but they show the freaking sign marking the site for a musical festival in every episode. Lot of work just to get busted the day Episode 1 airs.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2012 06:29 AM (tkoGU)

96 Some K-Pop. Girl's Day - SOS
http://youtu.be/539KVNuz5u4

This one is special with all the Madonna lyrics.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:30 AM (J+mgg)

97 K-POP! *grooves*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 06:31 AM (4df7R)

98 how many times are we going to have this thread

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 06:31 AM (8sCoq)

99 Jones in CO, until we get it right.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:32 AM (J+mgg)

100 Cute Korean girls can improve most any situation.

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2012 06:32 AM (RD7QR)

101 36 And if the Republicans follow through with Plan B and go home, some of you will still find something to bitch about regard to how they handled Plan B. Some of you move the goal posts as well as any Dem. Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 10:10 AM (m2CN7) The only people who move goalposts are Boehner's supporters and Boehner himself. Boehner's pledge to America was $100 billion from the 2010 budget, an amount we thought was too small. The actual amount he cut was 3 billion on the increase. So keep in mind who actually moves goalposts. Second, Plan B was proposed by Nancy Pelosi. Why the fuck should I have an erection that he's chosen to grow testicles to pass Pelosi's plan? That's the fucking hill to die on?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 06:32 AM (UjSt7)

102

I agree, Plan B is--unattractive--but the best we can do right now. It does give us something tangible to point to when the burning starts next year to say that the Republicans did pass a serious piece of legislature to address the fiscal cliff, but that Obama and Reid would rather have a temper tantrum and take us all down rather than yeild an inch on soaking the American public.

Of course, we already know this, but maybe we can bludgeon enough low information voters wih this to open their eyes to the fact that the Democrats are not actually helping them.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 06:32 AM (83wHT)

103 how many times are we going to have this thread Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 10:31 AM (8sCoq) The beatings are gonna continue until........

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 06:32 AM (79ueO)

104 Bipartisanship is telling someone, "I want to fuck your wife" and then settling on a price.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 20, 2012 06:33 AM (3x3F6)

105

I think I've seen all the episodes of Moonshiner's, but I don't think I've ever admitted it before. Tickle is great, but not too bright sometimes. The guys who blow my mind are the ones trying to build the underground still. The point is to have a permanent hiding spot, but they show the freaking sign marking the site for a musical festival in every episode. Lot of work just to get busted the day Episode 1 airs.

Heh. I also like The Perpetually Befuddled ATF Agents Who Wander Around In The Woods All Night Only To Find Themselves One Step Behind the Moonshiners, What All Dropped Out of High School.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 20, 2012 06:33 AM (yiIja)

106
It's a smart play by Speaker Boehner...

Not as such.

It's just like the empty Balance Budget Amendment votes he throws at the House. He knows they'll immediately evaporate upon hitting the Senate, but now he can cry "but I twried!" and "it's the best deal we can get!" when he whips for the vote on the real cave to the Dems.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 20, 2012 06:33 AM (kdS6q)

107 Even South Korean psych wards are cute.
http://youtu.be/3xQHDzgGlK8

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:35 AM (J+mgg)

108 I say we pass Plan B. If it doesn't pass the Senate or the veto pen, then O can own it. (Please don't give me crap about the media making sure he doesn't own it because the media has protected O this entire time and he still came close to losing re-election and has popularity issues especially in economic matters). Cliff or not, economic pain is coming.

Posted by: El Patron AuthorLMendez, Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays at December 20, 2012 06:35 AM (yAor6)

109 In fairness, Harrison never did either.

I almost asked which one. Lawl.

Maybe some of you guys want to fill these out and send them to Boehner.
http://www.festivuspoles.com/Files/pdf/grievances.pdf

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 20, 2012 06:35 AM (/kI1Q)

110 I did a Korean chick once.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 06:37 AM (g45G2)

111 Remember when we used to love that the Bush tax-cuts had to be re-upped every few years because it meant that the Dems had to stand on the losing platform of rasing taxes on a regular basis? Good times.

Posted by: shillelagh at December 20, 2012 06:37 AM (hRzu2)

112 GOP should play endless loop of video stream on the floor of the House, of both Pelosi and Schumer pushing the increase tax rate on only those making $1 million and over. It's the Pelosi - Schumer Plan. Can't get anymore bipartisan than that!

Posted by: Deli LLama at December 20, 2012 06:37 AM (lGu1O)

113 The Grand bargain of 2011 was called a smart move by Boehner. I recall hearing it guaranteed our electoral victory in 2012.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 06:38 AM (UjSt7)

114 110 I did a Korean chick once.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 10:37 AM (g45G2)

Was she awake?

Posted by: joncelli at December 20, 2012 06:38 AM (RD7QR)

115
110 I did a Korean chick once.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 10:37 AM (g45G2)

Thai, not Korean. And she wasn't a she.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 06:38 AM (da5Wo)

116

Truman.

23/30??

Which I guess is the answer to how you keep a bunch of morons in suspense...

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 06:38 AM (SUKHu)

117 Just joined the NRA. Horay me!

Posted by: CUS at December 20, 2012 06:39 AM (84pE9)

118 Andy has an interocitor?

He's certainly got the forehead for it.

Posted by: Brack at December 20, 2012 06:39 AM (nLGe+)

119 It's nice to know the hero standing up for conservative principles is John the Round Heels. Obama starts every conversation with him with "John, you ignorant slut."

Posted by: Habitually Cynical at December 20, 2012 06:39 AM (C18D1)

120 I did read Him say once,

So i guess that means She didn't want another go at it?

:::running:::

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 06:40 AM (nqBYe)

121 Here you go BCochran, K-Pop cheerleaders.
http://youtu.be/t40fHb6v-7w

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:40 AM (J+mgg)

122 Any revenue raising measures should begin with the repeal of the Hollywood tax cuts.

Posted by: The Lightworker at December 20, 2012 06:41 AM (EqtHQ)

123 alex

tea.

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 06:41 AM (nqBYe)

124 Also, tax the government / corporate revolving door.

Posted by: The Lightworker at December 20, 2012 06:42 AM (EqtHQ)

125
121 Here you go BCochran, K-Pop cheerleaders.
http://youtu.be/t40fHb6v-7w

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 10:40 AM (J+mgg)

LMAO

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 06:42 AM (da5Wo)

126 Yeah, great gig for the cops though. Wander around the woods all day, never see anyone, grab some barbecue, head home. As for the 'shiners, you'd think that in an industry that thrives on concealing and transporting stuff, at least ONE of them would have a tailgate on their pick-up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2012 06:42 AM (tkoGU)

127 On, haha, I didn't know anybody saw that Mama! Answer: It's on your calendar, right next to 24/31!

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 06:42 AM (g45G2)

128

Nominating Committee: We nominate Bevel Lemelisk to be our candidate. He is the best person for the job.

Committee member: I second that motion.

Bevel Lemelisk: I object. This person is nothing but a schlub who will fuck us in the end . They all do it including this joker. Why can't you guys ever nominate someone I can support. You all suck.

Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 06:42 AM (m2CN7)

129 @frankthorpNBC House @GOPLeader Cantor will hold a presser on Plan B votes at 11:10am. #NBCPolitics

Posted by: 80sBaby at December 20, 2012 06:43 AM (YjDyJ)

130 117 Just joined the NRA. Horay me! - Hooray for you!

Posted by: The Lightworker at December 20, 2012 06:43 AM (EqtHQ)

131

Here you go BCochran, K-Pop cheerleaders.
http://youtu.be/t40fHb6v-7w

Yummy.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 20, 2012 06:44 AM (3x3F6)

132 After the election when Boehner hadindicated that Obama's electin was a mandate for a better bipartisan relationship with Obama , I have to admit I was 'concerned'.

and that He slept like a baby after the election.

I couldn't imagine it. He must have been the only conservative/rep to have done so.

I wish that comment would have been exponded upon..

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 06:44 AM (nqBYe)

133

>>On, haha, I didn't know anybody saw that Mama!

Oh, no big deal. Nobody on the Headline thread guessed a bunch of times and I spent no time googling around trying to figure it out.

On a completely different subject, AtC, can I borrow your stompy boots?

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 06:45 AM (SUKHu)

134 Not sure if this would be j-pop or j-rock, and I know OT

http://tinyurl.com/buokn2f

Or is k-pop only acceptable now?

Posted by: Penfold at December 20, 2012 06:46 AM (Fbt5B)

135

Bipartisanship is telling someone, "I want to fuck your wife" and then settling on a price.

It's that easy? I think I'll be leaving work early today for some "negotiations," IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 06:46 AM (zF6Iw)

136 All of this would be so different if ALL GOP leadership would just be strong and speak the truth. Every time there is a lone Republican who behaves that way, they are targeted for elimination. Alan West had to go because he broke all the rules on how a Pubbie should "be and behave". Same thing for Sarah Palin--love her or hate her, the Dims recognized a threat and they moved heaven, earth, and her garbage cans to marginalize her. Same thing for McMahon and Whitman running for Senate--Conservative women can be permitted to hold a Congressional seat because they are contained to one district, but, the Senate is a different matter. A fake, fraud, and "phony Indian" woman without a law license can be elected to the Senate, but, not proven and successful Republicans.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 20, 2012 06:48 AM (kXoT0)

137 BTW, MPPPPP, I bought your book with some Christmas money.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 06:48 AM (SUKHu)

138 and that He slept like a baby after the election.

So did I. Woke up every two hours and cried.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 20, 2012 06:48 AM (/kI1Q)

139 137 Bipartisanship is telling someone, "I want to fuck your wife" and then settling on a price. The interesting thing is figuring out who will be paying.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows where thou concealest thy þr0n at December 20, 2012 06:49 AM (Lxw+T)

140 Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 10:42 AM (m2CN7) I have been soundly defeated by the oh-so-mature "well you couldn't do any better!" argument. I get it - Boehner is some kind of royalty to you. To speak against him is some kind of sin. If we all just sit and wait politely, one day magic will happen and we'll have a pire Jeffersonian Democracy. Rah, rah Plan B! Go team Elephant!

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 06:49 AM (u5ozF)

141 Those were some interesting videos Alexthechick. The gal with her briefs outside her pants, well aint that special. And a Rolls with suicide doors.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:50 AM (J+mgg)

142

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 10:49 AM (u5ozF)

Who are you kidding. You speak out against everything and everybody. You're a joke.

Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 06:51 AM (m2CN7)

143 Finally the Republicans vote to raise taxes on the 1%. It is only right that they pay their fair share since they didn't build that. We will now live in the utopia we have all dreamed about for so long since the they have reached across the final ideological aisle.

Posted by: jeannebodine at December 20, 2012 06:51 AM (x0dlI)

144 Denver Metro weather forecast for Doomsday is sunny and 51F

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 06:52 AM (8sCoq)

145 Rah, rah Plan B! Go team Elephant! Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 10:49 AM (u5ozF) Here. Have the rest of my Pamprin. Clearly you need it more than I do.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 06:52 AM (VtjlW)

146 Doomsday night mostly clear and 27

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 06:53 AM (8sCoq)

147 Who are you kidding. You speak out against everything and everybody. You're a joke. No, just the people you irrationally love. You're a doppelganger of a Dem - you'd defend Boehner if he came out in favor of late-term abortion because you're commitment is to R victory over all things. And you have no answer for Boehner's behavior, so you have to make it about me.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 06:54 AM (u5ozF)

148 Penfold, well the thing about K-pop is. Most here have not seen it. Plus its not like current US rap-cr*p. So its fresh baby!

But if you got a neat video to post, go for it. Just be ready for the reactions in case it goes sour.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:54 AM (J+mgg)

149 ok im not Bevel's biggest fan but i'm not a Polynikes guy either. Hmmm, who to choose, who to choose?

Posted by: El Patron AuthorLMendez, Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays at December 20, 2012 06:54 AM (yAor6)

150 EL Patron, only in the Thunderdome will such a question be answered.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 06:55 AM (J+mgg)

151

Your scientists have yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes
two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon
known as perception. Yet you somehow brazenly declare that seeing is
believing!

Darin Morgan is the Man! I wish he would return to writing.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 20, 2012 06:55 AM (mV8sg)

152 Hmmm, who to choose, who to choose? Posted by: El Patron AuthorLMendez, Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays at December 20, 2012 10:54 AM (yAor6) You can't lose with Team SMOD. Well, I mean if you don't count the annihilation of you and everything you hold dear as losing, per se.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 06:56 AM (VtjlW)

153 Hey polynikes, this is what this fiscal cliff crap amounts to. Every plan, every proposal equates to shit or more shit, and none of them address any of our fiscals problems. It's just political theater. Pass Plan B, pass some grand bargain, pass some delay or do nothing; at the end of the day none of it means shit.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 06:57 AM (GZitp)

154 Heather uh hmm, It was a rough night.

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 06:58 AM (nqBYe)

155

So, after four years of Obama being able to blame his incompetence in economic policy on Bush, now we're giving him the opportunity to blame the next four years on House Republicans.

Anyone who thinks this is a good idea is a complete moron.

Posted by: Sanity at December 20, 2012 06:59 AM (RVjIg)

156 >You can't lose with Team SMOD.

100% apocalypse guaranteed or your civilization back!

Ask about our cosmic ray weekend special!

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 07:00 AM (8sCoq)

157 http://youtu.be/f0Ov2HnAycE

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:00 AM (J+mgg)

158 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 10:56 AM (VtjlW)

I think we need to rechoose the teams.

Team SMOD has all of the velociraptors....and that's not fair.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 07:00 AM (GsoHv)

159 Bevel is going overboard with the blanket accusations of RINO-lovin' lately, but then again, polynikes is a slack-jawed, cousin-humpin' yokel from Louisiana. Tough call.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 20, 2012 07:00 AM (g5jxH)

160 "And the sea otter party will continue long into the night, as we all contemplate the stupidity and inefficiency of the federal government."

http://is.gd/setdC8

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at December 20, 2012 07:00 AM (/kI1Q)

161 Emily Kline, among a select group of patriotic women who flew military aircraft during World War II, died Friday. The former Kinnelon resident was 92. KLINE "At first everybody thought we were a joke," Mrs. Kline said in a 2004 interview with the Star-Ledger. She was referring to the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. "Eventually we earned the respect of the people who mattered: other pilots." The volunteer WASPs Â— there were 1,074 Â— flew all types of planes for the Army Air Forces, filling in stateside for male pilots sent to combat. They are considered pioneers now but were treated as second-class at the time. The women stitched their own uniforms and paid their own way to training bases. Mrs. Kline, then Emily Porter, learned to fly while working as a secretary for Sinclair Flying Service in Muskegon, Mich. She spent a good deal of her WASPs tenure as an engineering test pilot at an Army air base in Greenville, Miss., said Nancy Parrish, director of Wings Across America, a multimedia and digital history project devoted to the WASPs. Parrish, whose mother, Deanie Parrish, served in Mississippi with Mrs. Kline, estimated that 200 to 230 members are still living. The WASPs gained military veteran status in 1977 and were awarded Congressional Gold Medals in 2010 at the Capitol. Mrs. Kline attended the ceremony and displayed her medal in her living room. "She was thrilled the WASPs had finally gotten recognition from the government," her son Thomas said. No big story, just recognition of what America once was

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 07:02 AM (79ueO)

162 Thank you for the tea, ette. Team SMOD has all of the velociraptors....and that's not fair. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 11:00 AM (GsoHv) Yes. Because we all know that one of my primary concerns is that I'm playing fair. Yuppers. brb need to get some more cows

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 07:02 AM (VtjlW)

163 Don't get rid of the AMT, or at least not the part that removes the deduction for state and local taxes. That hits rich liberals where they live, literally.

Posted by: Bud Norton at December 20, 2012 07:02 AM (6cOMd)

164 Jones in CO, you forgot if you order SMOD on Tuesdae you get for free comet swarm sprinkles.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:03 AM (J+mgg)

165 Thanks Anna Puma, I figured the same might hold true for j-pop, except for the few otaku's amongst the horde

I linked to a j-pop song that is the OP for Jormungand's second season.

Posted by: Penfold at December 20, 2012 07:03 AM (Fbt5B)

166
You can't lose with Team SMOD. Well, I mean if you don't count the annihilation of you and everything you hold dear as losing, per se.
Posted by: alexthechick

I shall dance laughing at the End of Days amid the glowing shower of tektites.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 20, 2012 07:03 AM (kdS6q)

167 "Anyone who thinks this is a good idea is a complete moron."

Again, looking at this crap sandwich in the prism of politics. There is no fucking win in any scenario, just political bullshit by the same fucking politicians that orchestrated this whole fucking nightmare.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 07:04 AM (GZitp)

168 Don't forget the slings, for the cows don't cha'know.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:04 AM (J+mgg)

169 I'm with you CBD. Totally unfair.

Wanna go storm the castle? I hear it's fun.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 07:05 AM (da5Wo)

170

According to Timmy G., Wall St has already priced the Mayan apocalypse in, so our 401Ks should be good.

Posted by: Tocquevillian at December 20, 2012 07:05 AM (8X9tr)

171 Wanna go storm the castle? I hear it's fun. Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 11:05 AM (da5Wo) Awww, it's so nice of you to come visit Polly!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 07:05 AM (VtjlW)

172 polynikes is a slack-jawed, cousin-humpin' yokel from Louisiana.

Tough call.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 20, 2012 11:00 AM (g5jxH)

Not exactly true. Technically they are second and third cousins which don't count.

Posted by: polynikes at December 20, 2012 07:05 AM (m2CN7)

173 @159

Bonaparte was a great tank!

Posted by: Penfold at December 20, 2012 07:06 AM (Fbt5B)

174 Just don't see BCochran as Miracle Max....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:06 AM (J+mgg)

175 Here at SMODS-R-Us, we pride ourselves on bringing only the best end of the world products to our customers. We have a complete line of comets, asteroids, and planetesimals for your doomsday needs. We guarantee next day service and total annihilation. So whether you're planning a minor impact or an extinction level event, we hope you'll make SMODS-R-Us your first stop and your only stop.

SMODS-R-Us: "No One Here Gets Out Alive"

Est 65MYA

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 07:06 AM (8sCoq)

176 Penfold!!! You take that back!!! Leona Ozaki called Uni and me mechanical love dolls!! That hurt!! Gggrrrr!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:07 AM (J+mgg)

177 @ChadPergram House won't begin debating the 2 #fiscalcliff bills until late pm or early evening. Votes on those Plan B bills tonight around 8 or later.

Posted by: 80sBaby at December 20, 2012 07:08 AM (YjDyJ)

178 Rosario Dawson says "Good Morning Everybody!!!": http://tinyurl.com/cpvgfww

Posted by: DAve at December 20, 2012 07:08 AM (XDC0v)

179

I sure hope they pass this crap and then go home.

That being said, if I were in congress I wouldn't vote for plan B. I'd rather hike taxes on everybody then play this class warfare bullshit. Sure, that will crush the economy, but it's already going to suck due to all of Obama's other policies.

Let it all burn. After 4 more years of depression maybe those assholes who voted for the SCOAMF will have more sense next time around.

Posted by: OSUsux at December 20, 2012 07:09 AM (DFXmi)

180 Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 11:06 AM (8sCoq) Would SMODS-R-US be interested in a strategic partnership with Happy Fun, LLC?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 07:11 AM (VtjlW)

181 Politically, these votes may be good. But the net result will only be to make the problem worse. And it will make it much tougher to ever lower taxes in the future, and will only embolden the public to seek to raise taxes even more on the top 1-2%. Because if 98% are protected from tax increases, let's just ask the rich to pay even more of their fair share. There is no desire to ever cut spending in this country, and there won't be until the disaster hits us. Saying that we are sitting on a fiscal time bomb is not going to cause the public to vote otherwise. Perhaps because we have been saying it for a while and yet it has not exploded. The only way force real change is to let the time bomb go off.

Posted by: SH at December 20, 2012 07:11 AM (gmeXX)

182 sick of having so many colds last couple of years, besides mucus becoming a constant family member

how impressive is it that i face society looking like Rudolph the reindeer's mum?

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 07:12 AM (nqBYe)

183 161 Bevel is going overboard with the blanket accusations of RINO-lovin' lately, but then again, polynikes is a slack-jawed, cousin-humpin' yokel from Louisiana. I have been more...well, me...than usual. I'll try to mellow out.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 07:12 AM (kdfQ/)

184 Happy Fun, LLC. Purveyors of smart weapons that say 'I wub you!" just before impact.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:13 AM (J+mgg)

185 Would SMODS-R-US be interested in a strategic partnership with Happy Fun, LLC?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 11:11 AM (VtjlW)

Could we trust SMOD to not take more than agreed upon? What if SMOD plays for keepsies?

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 07:13 AM (nqBYe)

186 BTW, MPPPPP, I bought your book with some Christmas money.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 10:48 AM (SUKHu)

Thank you, Mama! I hope you like it. Leave a nice review on Amazon if you do. The second one's coming, but lord, it's slow. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 07:14 AM (zF6Iw)

187 To stave off the Mayan cliff I propose a hecatomb on the floor of the Senate. If we can't find enough cattle just slaughter the Senators.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows where thou concealest thy þr0n at December 20, 2012 07:14 AM (Lxw+T)

188 K-pop with a pink tank
http://tinyurl.com/c5t79jz

And Anna Puma, Shirow always made great stuff.

Posted by: Penfold at December 20, 2012 07:16 AM (Fbt5B)

189 I have been more...well, me...than usual. I'll try to mellow out. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 11:12 AM (kdfQ/)

Well....it's not like you were Reactionary or anyone like that.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i] at December 20, 2012 07:16 AM (sbV1u)

190 187 Happy Fun, LLC. Purveyors of smart weapons that say 'I wub you!" just before impact. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 11:13 AM (J+mgg) Is that translated "I love you" or "I rub you?"

Posted by: chique d'afrique on her phone at December 20, 2012 07:17 AM (6zgse)

191 Do the right thing and take the heat for that. The democrats will hate the Repubs and so will many inds. Cave and everyone will hate them.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at December 20, 2012 07:18 AM (VLifP)

192 And thanks to all those who link to the k-pop vids, i needed a blast of cheery music in a language I can't understand with dancing girls (except for AtC link, which was very cool)

Now to finish my billing before the office party.

Posted by: Penfold at December 20, 2012 07:18 AM (Fbt5B)

193 Is that translated "I love you" or "I rub you?" Posted by: chique d'afrique on her phone at December 20, 2012 11:17 AM

Can't it be both?

and...new post up.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 20, 2012 07:18 AM (P47hr)

194 SMODS-R-Us

Ask about our Frequent Impact program!

We also have a special discount this week on solar flares. Supplies are limited.

Listen to what some of our customers have to say:

Tunguska River, Siberia: "whole forest was flattened!"

Yucatan Peninsula: "totally wiped out. Very satisfied. Would order again."

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 07:19 AM (8sCoq)

195 chique d'afrique on her phone at December 20, 2012 11:17 AM (6zgse)

Well what do you expect with chips made in Thailand.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:19 AM (J+mgg)

196 :::I have been more...well, me...than usual. I'll try to mellow out.::: It's cool. Look, you're all going to die cold and alone in the dark, so why stress about it?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 20, 2012 07:20 AM (g5jxH)

197 Jones is an excellent salesman.

Posted by: ette at December 20, 2012 07:20 AM (nqBYe)

198 Penfold the tank would be cool if I did not see the car tires underneath.....

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:21 AM (J+mgg)

199 The Cambrian Extinction - "Would order again, if I had survived."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:21 AM (J+mgg)

200 Thanks EoJ, your words of comfort before the apocalypse or the impending trip to Disney (of which i face both with a stoic indifference).

Posted by: Penfold at December 20, 2012 07:22 AM (Fbt5B)

201 Re 48.
I agree but as a former congressional staffer, the House still has to remain in formal session until adjournment sine die unless the sine die resolution allows the leadership to reconvene.

Mind you, they don't have to do anything but eventually vote to adjourn sine die. But the session still requires consent of the Senate. Was nearly stuck in Washington for Christmas due to a lame duck session that ended on Dec. 16th. House and Senate did not agree on continuing resolution and Senate refused to let the House adjourn with a clean bill. CRS has interesting monograph on lame duck Congresses since the 20th Amendment at http://tinyurl.com/coqmccn Apparently, in 2008, the House did adjourn sine die before the election but the Senate did not. Thus, a lame duck session began Nov. 19th until Jan 3rd 2009 when adjournment occurred.

For a boring (for most) discussion of President's power to adjourn (to make recess appointments) see this discussion at Volokh http://tinyurl.com/cc5c68c

Re other commenters: the Senate is in recess to watch Lincoln, not adjourn. Media makes this mistake a lot.

Posted by: wg at December 20, 2012 07:29 AM (aouqk)

202 Having a 'Who the #@!! names their kid that?!?' moment. Seriously, folks just don't care what some names cost their kids down the road. Mini-rant done. Back to your regularly scheduled recriminations.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, keeper of the Sacred Ampersands at December 20, 2012 07:29 AM (GBXon)

203 late to the party, but it would be great to have this as a running feature

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 20, 2012 07:29 AM (piMMO)

204 Doesn't matter. The Corrupt Media will report this as unserious Republican hyperpartisan brinksmanship, and all the blame will be heaped on the Republicans when we go over the cliff, which is exactly what Obama and the Democrats wanted all along. If you think this country can elect and then re-elect Obama and be something worth fighting for, then you are engaged in chronic masturbatory self-delusion.

Posted by: Fred, Decoupling at December 20, 2012 07:37 AM (x9s9/)

205 Finally the Republicans vote to raise taxes on the 1%. It is only right that they pay their fair share since they didn't build that. We will now live in the utopia we have all dreamed about for so long since the they have reached across the final ideological aisle. Posted by: jeannebodine at December 20, 2012 10:51 AM (x0dlI) Under Obama, once again America will become a happy place, with flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children dance and laugh and play with gumdrop smiles.

Posted by: Sean Penn at December 20, 2012 07:37 AM (sZTYJ)

206 I'll say it ONE more time...

Posted by: The Humungus at December 20, 2012 07:38 AM (sZTYJ)

207 I'd honestly like to know a better play for Republicans than this one. It seems a masterstroke to me.

Well done Boehner.

Posted by: McAdams at December 20, 2012 07:41 AM (Iozfp)

208 Seems like the Republicans have a fairly solid strat to deal with BHO, for once. In my mind though, it simply lends more credence to the myth that the World is going to end tomorrow.

Posted by: walknot at December 20, 2012 07:54 AM (vo2je)

209 "Is that the time machine that Ace doesn't have?"

Not YET!

Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at December 20, 2012 07:56 AM (91XRk)

210 "Let it all burn. After 4 more years of depression maybe those assholes who voted for the SCOAMF will have more sense next time around."

Depression gets MORE Democrats elected and the vicious circle arond the drain of economic misery, and people demanding more Government to protect them from that misery, continues.

That's what we miss... Democrats thrive on economic pain and misery.

Posted by: Harry P Ness Reid at December 20, 2012 07:58 AM (oLIxy)

211 Does anyone have a good link to a bullet point summary to the fiscal cliff. Trying to pass on some basic points to colleagues

Posted by: penguin at December 20, 2012 08:18 AM (vQ9zp)

212 32 Technically, Obama is only raising taxes on people who pay taxes. People who don't pay taxes (i.e. the Democrat base) won't see their taxes go up. His tax increase disproportionately affects Republicans. Posted by: JohnJ at December 20, 2012 10:10 AM (Tt6ky) _--------------------------------- Not true--people who make over $200,000 are more likely to vote Democrat. No, I can't explain it,but it's true.

Posted by: Burke at December 20, 2012 09:01 AM (CrqI6)

213 Does the Boehner bill package keep the capital gains and dividend rates as they are now, or do they go up?

Posted by: Agnes Day at December 20, 2012 09:26 AM (scOyJ)

214 I agree with Gabe and many of the folks in this thread. If this is Boehner's plan (pass Plan B, drop mic, go home), he could have done a lot worse.

Grudgingly satisfied.

Posted by: P.M. at December 20, 2012 10:26 AM (DEK54)

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