November 05, 2012
— Maetenloch
Now you might think that the one place you could go and not hear anything more about the election and polls would be a foreign country - but you'd be wrong.
There's been fairly regular coverage all during the day here in Germany and in fact they actually covered an Obama rally in OH live. The media here is so biased that it makes MSNBC seem fair-mindedly middle of the road. Just one of the minor forms of bias is the fact that Obama statements are generally translated directly into German while Romney statements are always summarized (negatively) by analysts. As best I can tell from my limited German Mitt Romney is actually George Bush wearing a CEO skin and he hates dogs, brown people, and uninsured children.
So it's not surprising that Romney is losing here to Obama by 92% to 8%. I suspect even a Pol Pot-Jeff Dahmer ticket could eke out at least 5% support. The few Germans I've talked to about the election seem genuinely mystified that Romney is considered to even have a shot at beating Obama. The media has left Germans completely unprepared for anything other than an Obama victory so I suspect that Wednesday morning to going to be quite schockierend for them. And then I'll get to find out whether schadenfreude really does taste better in it's native land.
Here's another view from Germany.
And it's as bad in France but at least Le Monde has broached the mere possibility that Obama could lose to Le Mormon.
All that said - don't get cocky kids.
But....it probably wouldn't be a bad idea get your Victory/Life Day reservations on Endor in before tomorrow evening. And have your pudding bath all warmed up and ready to go.
There's $$$ in propaganda even if you know and admit that your hosts are unprofessional embarrassments.
Staying Classy Part I
Bill Clinton: Military "less racist, less sexist, and less homophobic" under Obama
Staying Classy Part II
Jimmy Carter: The US "needs an [Arab] 'Spring' of its own"
Along with his standard gratuitous insults to Reagan.
Joe Biden: An Inspiration to Mentally Challenged People Everywhere
Maybe he can't quite dress himself but then as VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA he doesn't have to.
Are You a Real Broken Glass Voter?
The Craziest Election Prediction of 2012 Award
Is Jim Cramer's unless Sullivan or Krugman can pull out a last minute victory:
The most outlandish forecast goes to Mad Money's Jim Cramer, who has plumped for a electoral blowout for Obama - 440-98.
Occupy Mom Get $85K from Divorce, Joins the 20%
Sure Stacey Hessler abandoned her husband and children in Florida to go protest in New York (and occupy the tent of a young male occupier), but clearly she deserves most of her husband's retirement account.
The mother-of-four who made headlines last year leaving her children to go join Occupy Wall Street is divorcing her husband and cashing in on his banking-earned riches in the process.
Stacey Hessler cites protesting as her profession and famously devoted herself to the Occupy movement, demonstrating against the very banks behind her recently increased cash-flow.
She walks away from former banker Curtiss Hessler with a total of $85,385 from his stock-filled retirement fund and bank account.
But then he keeps the kids, the house, and her out of his life forever. So maybe it's worth it.
Curtis will keep the $65,000 house under the settlement and assumes the $13,000 mortgage.
He gets sole custody of their four children: Peyton,18, Kennedy,16, Sullivan, 14, and Veda, 8.
They can see their mom at any time but only in a 'safe environment' the papers dictate.
Charlie Martin Explains Why Nobody Knows Nothing Bout Polls These Days
When 91% of all people polled refuse to answer, even the pollsters are mostly guessing what the actual voters will do.
A Bleg: genghis has asked for the Horde to weigh in on "what generic cigarette is most like Camel Filters?"
So I figure either it's part of market research for a smokes smuggling startup or perhaps a prison arbitrage opportunity. Best not to inquire too much into these kind of things.
Weekly Commenter Stats
Top 10 commenters:
1 [585 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse' [82.07 posts/day]
2 [576 comments] 'Anna Puma (+SmuD)'
3 [530 comments] 'Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney'
4 [464 comments] 'BCochran1981'
5 [443 comments] 'jeremiah GOD Bless America with a Mitt Romney Presidency wright'
6 [417 comments] 'Samwise Gamgee the 3rd'
7 [412 comments] '4 days'
8 [405 comments] 'Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks'
9 [402 comments] 'Evilpens'
10 [392 comments] 'Dave in Fla'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [106 names] 'Adam' [14.87 unique names/day]
2 [102 names] 'rd does not believe the MSM'
3 [54 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
4 [52 names] 'andycanuck'
5 [49 names] 'JDP'
6 [48 names] 'Mama Cassanova'
7 [43 names] 'George Orwell what knows he is Eric Blair'
8 [43 names] 'Mallamutt, RINO President for Life'
9 [40 names] 'The Obama Strategy'
10 [39 names] 'Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual'
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: Meremortal at November 05, 2012 02:58 PM (1Y+hH)
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Posted by: Katja at November 05, 2012 03:45 PM (/kGtp)
Posted by: Mark formerly in Spokane,now in Sandy Ut at November 05, 2012 07:03 PM (xGX1p)
Posted by: America Fuck Yeah! at November 05, 2012 07:04 PM (ZdAo1)
Let's hope it ends in an assfuckingzese for them too.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 05, 2012 07:05 PM (nkiQM)
---
Perhaps they enjoy us being brought down to their level?
Just a thought.
Posted by: mediumheadboy at November 05, 2012 07:06 PM (WMsq+)
Posted by: not dumb just tired at November 05, 2012 07:06 PM (4nxhP)
What's the matter with Europeans? Are they so mesmerized by Obama's
magical brown-ness that they can't see what a fuckup he's been?
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Perhaps they enjoy us being brought down to their level?
Just a thought.
Yeah not to THEM he hasn't been.
Posted by: USS Diversity at November 05, 2012 07:07 PM (9ghZ6)
Posted by: Infidel at November 05, 2012 11:06 PM (CzE5T)
Everyone is waiting to see if it sticks this time.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 05, 2012 07:07 PM (SP4jC)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at November 05, 2012 07:07 PM (9+ccr)
Doing
The
Snoopy
Dance
of
Joy
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:08 PM (kpCLl)
Can anyone in Florida tell me how to vote on the amendments? So much reading! Please list number and answer yes or no. I trust the wisdom of the blog.
====
Somebody here said 1-6-9-11 vote Yes. Aren't they a bitch?
Posted by: USS Diversity at November 05, 2012 07:08 PM (9ghZ6)
Pronounced like "pervy".
No wonder morons like saying "first" so much.
Posted by: sistrum at November 05, 2012 07:08 PM (SUlmX)
good odds if you believe that romney's gonna win
Posted by: rihem at November 05, 2012 07:10 PM (ZxWr9)
Posted by: Robert's vote doesn't count. His Fen Shui, on the other hand... at November 05, 2012 07:11 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: MrCaniac at November 05, 2012 07:11 PM (Zd/NW)
laid upon Liberty's rug
Removed by a golden Mitten;
and disposed of like a slug.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 05, 2012 07:11 PM (SP4jC)
Germany was Socialist in the 19th Century. We should not hope for too much there.
Mitt is currently speaking at a packed house in New Hampshire. A heck of a long day!
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 05, 2012 07:12 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: osu at November 05, 2012 07:12 PM (G4dDt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 05, 2012 07:12 PM (4nG/u)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:13 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: someone at November 05, 2012 07:13 PM (bqjJT)
Is someone expecting a little trip to the Big House?
Posted by: andycanuck at November 05, 2012 07:13 PM (nkiQM)
Posted by: DanH at November 05, 2012 07:14 PM (7ooEe)
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 07:14 PM (wgmUB)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 05, 2012 11:13 PM (nkiQM)
Most prisons are smoke free these days. Don't want them lifers and those on death row dying early of cancer.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 05, 2012 07:15 PM (SP4jC)
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 07:15 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 05, 2012 07:15 PM (nkiQM)
Posted by: CMU VET at November 05, 2012 07:15 PM (dPSpR)
Thread was posted earlier, then disappeared for 3 hours, then came back up. Someone accidentally hit submit instead of save, methinks.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at November 05, 2012 07:15 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 05, 2012 07:15 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 05, 2012 07:16 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 05, 2012 07:16 PM (4nG/u)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at November 05, 2012 07:16 PM (nD2pm)
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 11:14 PM (8sCoq)
I guess the ONT went up early and was taken down until now.
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 11:15 PM (LUnTP)
Damn...didn't get the flux capacitor charged in time!
Posted by: Marty McFly at November 05, 2012 07:16 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 07:16 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:16 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: That Mindful Guy heard this just now at November 05, 2012 07:17 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: Adam at November 05, 2012 07:17 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 11:14 PM (8sCoq)
There was a tear in the time space continuuuuummm focused on the AoSHQ earlier today.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 05, 2012 07:17 PM (SP4jC)
Posted by: jakeman at November 05, 2012 07:17 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:17 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: Baldy at November 05, 2012 07:18 PM (opS9C)
Here Down Under the question is who is Mr Romney and how dare he actually challenge for the top job..
Obama wins here I think by 98% thanks to our lovely biased MSM
Thank heavens for the internet I say!
Posted by: aussie at November 05, 2012 07:18 PM (/chYc)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 05, 2012 07:18 PM (nkiQM)
Posted by: Up with people at November 05, 2012 07:18 PM (kzFo5)
The freedoms we have really are different than the rest of the world - please God, let tomorrow be a day where we take a stand towards keeping those freedoms.
Posted by: someone at November 05, 2012 07:19 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 11:15 PM (LUnTP)
that happened yesterday, too . . . loose shit . . . we do it better than anyone!
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:19 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 07:19 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Marion Barry at November 05, 2012 07:19 PM (NIZHJ)
I didnn't know I could spew coffee out my ears.
Posted by: harleycowboy at November 05, 2012 07:19 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: grognard at November 05, 2012 07:20 PM (gSl/h)
My humble opinion is that they like us brown people as long as we aren't around them. My late friend who lived in France for a time told me about how racist/hostile they are. On her first visit here, she kept on exclaiming how nice Americans are.Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:20 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: no good deed at November 05, 2012 07:21 PM (mjR67)
ONE DROP.
that ain't no brown acid bad trip. that's an express ticket to hell.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 05, 2012 07:21 PM (SP4jC)
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 07:21 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: weew at November 05, 2012 07:21 PM (ElfHn)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at November 05, 2012 07:21 PM (RLZvP)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at November 05, 2012 07:22 PM (nD2pm)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 07:22 PM (jKE+Z)
Germans should understand fiscal conservatism since they're pissed, and I don't blame them, for underwriting the profligate habits of the rest of Europe.
As for their moral superiority, f- them. In 1990, a friend and I were having a cigarette and Coke (I have since stopped smoking) outside in the far end of a virtually empty and large courtyard at Boston's Museum of Fine Art.
This German guy with a toddler had the entire yard from which to choose a seat and table at which to sit and relax with his young daughter. Seriously, he could have sat a good 30 or so yards from us, but no, he came and sat at the table next to us, about three feet away, even though he saw we were smoking. BTW, in those days, ashtrays were actually on the tables.
He began waving his hand in front of him and making hurumphing sounds at me, getting angrier and angrier. I was surprised when he spoke German rather than English as I thought most Germans could speak some English. The angrier he got, the more I pointed to other tables. He got red in the face and finally I told him to "Get the hell out if you don't like the smoke. You have an entire courtyard." He didn't move, sitting there with his daughter, inhaling all that second-hand smoke he so despised only to make a point. The stereotype of the obstinate German is...like all stereotypes, mostly accurate. I made sure I smoked that cig down to the butt and when I did, I lighted another. He finally left.
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 07:22 PM (wgmUB)
Posted by: mr_jack at November 05, 2012 07:22 PM (P0N+7)
Doing
The
Snoopy
Dance
of
Joy
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 11:08 PM (kpCLl)
I SO hope you are right! Can't help but feel kind of nervous, but I wish I didn't. So, from your keyboard to God's computer screen....
Posted by: George W Beagle at November 05, 2012 07:22 PM (JwW4z)
I plan to be prim and proper at 6:30 when my precinct opens, and I have my sample ballot all marked-up, like a good boy should.
But, dammit, I have spent so much time and energy on the state and nationals, I now realize that I have absolutely no idea in three of my district court judge races.
Should I just "coin-flip-it"?
Or, maybe, vote for the names I like best?
Or vote for the dudes?
Maybe abstainance really is the best policy....Hmmm???
Posted by: Semi-New Moron. at November 05, 2012 07:22 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at November 05, 2012 07:22 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:23 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: Doc at November 05, 2012 07:23 PM (uJjuS)
They need to have the government tell them what to do. They don't understand why so many here have a fuck off attitude towards the government. We have that attitude because our forefathers left their little country's serfdoms for freedom here. Your ancestors stayed there because they loved being serfs for the Lords.
Posted by: MrCaniac at November 05, 2012 07:23 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at November 05, 2012 07:23 PM (6JMZR)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at November 05, 2012 07:23 PM (eacF6)
Neither countries nor people deserve praise for doing what they should be doing. Just being nice isn't enough.
Further, that EU experiment? That one?
Funded on the back of the US' benign disposition and our defense forces.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 05, 2012 07:24 PM (jo069)
Obama seems very similar to the types of people they elect- socialists, liars, academics, agitators
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:24 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:24 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Eric Cartman at November 05, 2012 07:24 PM (NIZHJ)
"Fellas, it's too close to tell ya."
At 11 P.M. when Ohio caved in; he said,
"Rachel, it's bin good t'know ya!"
The campaign tweeted in they had Mormons comin' in
and the campaign and SCOAMF was a goner.
And later that night when they conceded the fight
came the wreck of the Barack Obama!
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:25 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: jakeman at November 05, 2012 07:25 PM (96M6e)
I was listening to the BBC, and they act like it's already over and Obama is just playing along like it's still a contest.
I would place a bet with those odds in a heartbeat if I didn't have to mail a check overseas. If there was a casino in my town that took bets like that, I'd be putting at least a thousand on Romney.
Posted by: Jeepers at November 05, 2012 07:25 PM (XDRsa)
Our founders LEFT Europe , Then kicked their Ass in a war for Freedom...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at November 05, 2012 07:25 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 05, 2012 07:25 PM (SkyIE)
Posted by: Up with people at November 05, 2012 07:26 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Eric Cartman at November 05, 2012 07:26 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: derit at November 05, 2012 07:26 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 07:26 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:26 PM (kpCLl)
Wow, I made the list of Sock Puppeteers. My life is almost complete. After this and voting for Romney and against TFG tomorrow, I will be able to die content. /LOL
Seriously, remember to VOTE tomorrow. Call your friends and family and make sure they vote tomorrow too.
WE will win if WE GET OUT THE VOTE.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at November 05, 2012 07:26 PM (zLp5I)
Is that a typo? A banker with six figures in savings owns a $65,000 house?
Posted by: runninrebel at November 05, 2012 07:27 PM (J4gw3)
Jimmy Carter: The US "needs an [Arab] 'Spring' of its own"
I don't think Jimmuh will like how it turns out.
Posted by: blindside at November 05, 2012 07:27 PM (2rf52)
112 The difference is whether I shatter the bottle over my noggin and then jab the shards into my jugular.
Now that was funny.
Posted by: harleycowboy at November 05, 2012 07:27 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: Eric Cartman at November 05, 2012 07:28 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Craig Poe at November 05, 2012 07:28 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2012 07:28 PM (YfOMh)
"What's the matter with Europeans? Are they so mesmerized by Obama's
magical brown-ness that they can't see what a fuckup he's been?"
It's really simple human psychology. Once the big bear of the Soviet Union was broken up, the Euros were able to finally tell us, in their subtle and cowardly way, that they are pissed that Americans have had to bail them out in two world wars. I mean think of it--we're always the saviors and they the kid that needs assistce. We rebuilt the place after WW2.
When Bully Soviets seemed to collapsed, they breathed a sigh of relief and felt they mock us when we had problems elsewhere. Here come Bammy apologizing all over the place and they could say, "See, those Americans are finally apologizing for being so damn good at things."
Only the Eastern Euro countries still mindful of the treacherous Soviets, people like the Poles, are grateful for American help and/or understanding.
Little weak bros are always, deep down, envious of their bigger, badder older bros. Human nature.
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 07:28 PM (wgmUB)
But I so want to stab that voting machine's videoscreen humming "Die, you zombie bastards!"
Posted by: sistrum at November 05, 2012 07:29 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: GroverMuhfugginCleveland at November 05, 2012 07:29 PM (LXKJo)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at November 05, 2012 07:29 PM (nD2pm)
Posted by: Samwise Gamgee the 3rd at November 05, 2012 07:30 PM (AVesg)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 11:26 PM (kpCLl)
Peaches, I'm sorry for your loss - first anniversary of my mom's passing is coming up on the 27th. I wish she was here to see this, but I know she's watching and cheering Mitt on from a better place.
Posted by: George W Beagle at November 05, 2012 07:30 PM (JwW4z)
anyone else doing poll watching tomorrow?
I am in Colorado and we haven't been given our strike lists yet. I've been trying to get a hold of some one about it. If you have any info, please email me.
bohgrant@aol.com
thanks
Posted by: Ball of Hate at November 05, 2012 07:30 PM (AREf/)
Posted by: osu at November 05, 2012 07:30 PM (G4dDt)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:30 PM (FcR7P)
Obama worships Europe, and sees them as an Ideal. I think that the Europeans are secretly or not so secretly pleased at our kow towing, bowing to the mayor of Tampa president, since it reassures then that they in fact are Superior to those heathen and obviously ignorant Americans.
/also on a European holiday, I had a couple for Ireland spellbound when I explained that cars got out of the way of ambulances, and that was the law. They were stunned that worked. So much for European brain power...
Posted by: shibumi at November 05, 2012 07:30 PM (z63Tr)
True, but does it come with a $13,000 mortgage?
Posted by: runninrebel at November 05, 2012 07:30 PM (J4gw3)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 11:26 PM (rzSn3)
Thanks- No it is! But if I ever have the misfortune of seeing one, I'm lyin' like hell - that I ABSOLUTELY voted for them, and convinced 5 friends!
Posted by: Semi-New Moron. at November 05, 2012 07:31 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: America Fuck Yeah! at November 05, 2012 07:32 PM (SgVUM)
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 07:32 PM (wgmUB)
Posted by: Boone at November 05, 2012 07:33 PM (tIyK2)
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 11:32 PM (wgmUB)
Trust me, He will do this thing just to shut her up. 
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:33 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:33 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Adam at November 05, 2012 07:33 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 07:33 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: GroverMuhfugginCleveland at November 05, 2012 07:33 PM (LXKJo)
I plan to be prim and proper at 6:30 when my precinct opens, and I have my sample ballot all marked-up, like a good boy should.
But, dammit, I have spent so much time and energy on the state and nationals,Inow realize that I have absolutely no idea inthree of my district court judge races.
Should I just"coin-flip-it"?
Or, maybe,vote for the names I like best?
Or vote for the dudes?
Maybe abstainance really is the best policy....Hmmm???
Posted by: Semi-New Moron. at November 05, 2012 11:22 PM (mkb9H)
I always vote NO on judges...they are too safe as it is.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 11:26 PM (rzSn3)
Vote against the incumbent. If they know they are getting voted against in normal times, they will no they are not safe when them mess up and vote stupidly.
An example is the 3 IA supreme court judges that miraculously found gay marriage in their state constitution. Or the idiot in IN that thinks cops do not need a warrant or any reason to invade your home at any time; and that you cannot fight back or sue them for violating the 4th amendment.
If the use the words fair, equitable, progressive, social justice and the like, you KNOW they are leftists.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at November 05, 2012 07:34 PM (zLp5I)
But I am prepared for Team O to steal this thing. There will be trouble. Are we going sit by and let them intimidate us?
Ohio will decide it. Romney wins.
Posted by: AgentLobos at November 05, 2012 07:34 PM (r5haY)
Posted by: Grover's at November 05, 2012 07:34 PM (Kh0Kx)
Posted by: Ktgreat at November 05, 2012 07:34 PM (avGs3)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: Evilpens at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 11:17 PM (6zgse)
You'd think we would stop listening to the people who have brought us two world wars and introduced communism to the world so that the world could be a couple hundred million people lighter.
Posted by: blindside at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (2rf52)
Posted by: not dumb just tired at November 05, 2012 11:06 PM (4nxhP)
No on 3 and 12, yes on others, they have to do with tax breaks for seniors, vets, property owners, and no to obamacare as far as I`m reading them. 5 allows a majority of legislature to repeal court rule instead of 2/3rs now required.
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (1plje)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (kpCLl)
At this late hour, I really wish that CO and VA could be assumed to be "in the bag". Then I could feel confident of either a pickup from one of two bigs (OH or PA) or a pick two of five (WI, MN, IA, NV) with NH as an pairing for WI/MN.
Posted by: Serious Cat at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: GroverMuhfugginCleveland at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (LXKJo)
General order 66 is when General Mead assumed the command of the Army of the Potomac during the civil war...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (XIsD/)
All that's left over there are the dregs.
That's what's wrong with Europe.
Posted by: Double Wide at November 05, 2012 07:35 PM (J8jzK)
Obama ends campaign crying, rambling, in half empty arena
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:36 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 11:35 PM (kpCLl)
Based on?
Posted by: Serious Cat at November 05, 2012 07:36 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: German,Germany,Germans,Germ at November 05, 2012 07:36 PM (ypzqs)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:36 PM (FcR7P)
Yeah. I'd like to see his face when he realizes that the only thing between him and some blood thirsty terrorist is his fat lipped smirk.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 05, 2012 07:36 PM (SP4jC)
Posted by: GroverMuhfugginCleveland at November 05, 2012 07:37 PM (LXKJo)
Is this one of them? If not, it oughta be:
http://j.mp/VwbjiW
Iranian imam: Cover yourself, woman!
Woman: You - cover your eyes!
Imam: COVER YOURSELF!!!11!!1!
Woman: Biff! Bam!! kaPOW!!!!!
Posted by: Pat at November 05, 2012 07:37 PM (3rwFl)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:37 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: lan sing at November 05, 2012 07:37 PM (ennDW)
Posted by: Serious Cat at November 05, 2012 11:36 PM (zrpqj)
A finely tuned sense of reality, my friend. Unbunch thy panties, vote in the morning, and check in with me later. Barky is one and done, and my suspicion is that he is possibly more relieved about that than any of us. Which is saying a lot. Fucker finally got a real job, failed miserably, still wants a "win," but doesn't have the stones for it and he knows it.
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:38 PM (kpCLl)
Drudge says Obamas rally only filled the bottom half of the arena. Enthusiasm we much?
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at November 05, 2012 11:29 PM (nD2pm)
There were open seats in the lower bowl too. But who are you going to believe, the polls or you own lying eyes?
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at November 05, 2012 07:38 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 07:38 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at November 05, 2012 07:39 PM (RLZvP)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:39 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 05, 2012 07:40 PM (BHwC8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 05, 2012 07:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
I've seen some good stuff on the Canadian Broadcasting Company of all places. Much better than anything on any of the American networks outside of Fox News.
They had a program where the reporter interviewed many of the people Obama enchanted in 2008 and showed a surprising number of them stating that they're voting for Romney.
That's probably why I'm really expecting a Romney victory tomorrow. That and the 6 beers.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2012 07:40 PM (AC0lD)
"I always get the shakes before a drop. I've had the injections, of course, and hypnotic preparation, and it stands to reason that I can't really be afraid. The ship's psychiatrist has checked my brain waves and asked me silly questions while I was asleep and he tells me that it isn't fear, it isn't anything important -- it's just like the trembling of an eager race horse in the starting gate. I couldn't say about that; I've never been a race horse."?
Posted by: Ranba Ral at November 05, 2012 07:41 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at November 05, 2012 07:41 PM (x8wJs)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:41 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: maddogg at November 05, 2012 07:41 PM (aQDqb)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 07:41 PM (jKE+Z)
"also on a European holiday, I had a couple for Ireland spellbound when I explained that cars got out of the way of ambulances, and that was the law. They were stunned that worked. So much for European brain power...'
Don't get me going on psychometrics, but the Irish have a group IQ that is among the lowest in Europe, like Southern Euros such as southern Italians and Greeks. Don't yell, don't yell. I read a bunch of evolutionary biology, population genetics, and see a lot of data about IQ. My ancestry is half Southern Italian (Neopolitan), Irish, and Cherokee Indian. Amerindians score very low on IQ as well. Thus, with this admixture, I have to keep reminding myself that these are group, not individual scores.
Seriously though, the Irish do love a good time, spend time drinking, and being very lazy, even if they are fun. Yes, it's true, they have a genome that makes them very susceptible to alcoholism, as do Amerindians. Indians haven't evolved to handle carbs because they were introduced to agriculture much later than Euros, who were introduced to it about 10k years ago.
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 07:41 PM (wgmUB)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2012 07:42 PM (gfKiY)
Posted by: That Mindful Guy at November 05, 2012 07:43 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at November 05, 2012 07:43 PM (6JMZR)
Posted by: Double Wide at November 05, 2012 07:43 PM (J8jzK)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 07:43 PM (jKE+Z)
well, to be fair, the smart ones all bailed during the potato famine . . . I know, their blood runs through my veins. my smartypants veins . . .
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:43 PM (kpCLl)
I think it is going to be too big for any of that kind of complaining. Won't be close enough. The signs are everywhere except in the beltway bubble.
They are gonna get smacked in the face by reality.Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 07:43 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:44 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 11:39 PM (6zgse)
That's what Tammy tweeted, but I can't stand to watch the guy
video at link
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:44 PM (8sCoq)
I went to the video link on photobucket, and clicked on the "album" link, and there are pictures there of the beautiful Chique d'Afrique. And she is real beauty, no question about it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2012 07:44 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 07:44 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:45 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:45 PM (kpCLl)
teh Mrs, says she's voting for the womernz district judges, because everyone knows that lady-parts make for "better" judges...natch.
I've had a ball, but I'm out. Early morning and whatnot. And I still need to purchase lace wigs, Valu-rite, and puddin' tommorow.
See you in the PM. Godspeed!
Posted by: Semi-New Moron. at November 05, 2012 07:45 PM (mkb9H)
logprof, yes there is and Ms. Afrique Chique is a cutie pie.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 05, 2012 07:45 PM (ccXZP)
"By the way, CNN STILL has PA as lean Obama in there map thingy... while Florida is shown as a tossup."
Bastards. Boy, have I said that a lot today. Marco was on Hannity tonight and you could see how happy he was, how at peace, like it's in the bag as long as the people we see at those throngs actually show up to vote. All season he has reminded us of how FLA is a tough, close state for any election, but tonight he spoke of early voting results and just seemed so, so so confident, both for FLA and for the whole kaboodle.
Fingers crossed...........
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 07:45 PM (wgmUB)
Yup.... I'm convinced Obama has been correct about only ONE thing in his entire life....
When he said if he could not turn the economy around, he would not get reelected.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2012 07:46 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at November 05, 2012 07:46 PM (nD2pm)
Posted by: Double Wide at November 05, 2012 07:46 PM (J8jzK)
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I think this is more Tammy Bruce's snark, than what actually happened
sorry, my bad
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:46 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 11:44 PM (jKE+Z)
I'm going to try to stream MSNBC just for the hopes of an on the air suicide.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2012 07:47 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 07:47 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 05, 2012 07:47 PM (GEICT)
I dunno--I've got an Australian correspondent who is so in the tank for Obama that he makes Chris "Tingles" Matthews and Larry O'Donnell look rational.
I don't know who's going to win (or keep) the Presidency tomorrow. But if Romney wins, I plan to give a big "screw you very much" to all those European/Australia/South American folks who want to tell us who to elect. Hey folks it's a party--and you don't have an invite to get in the door.
Posted by: Comanche Voter at November 05, 2012 07:47 PM (oe1aw)
I feel like it's Christmas Eve and Santa Claus can't come until I go to bed.
Posted by: Eric Cartman at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (NIZHJ)
Imagine that- in a country which is 85% caucasian
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (Fk4oI)
Posted by: shibumi at November 05, 2012 11:30 PM (z63Tr)
The European ambulances are loaded up with medical staff that work on the patient on the way to the hospital. They travel slowly so that the staff doesn't get bounced around and nick an artery.
The US ambulances haul ass to the hospital with the EMTs trained to keep the patient alive until they get to the hospital where they have all of the equipment to do what is needed.
I guess if you look at numbers, our way is better. There was some discussion when Princess Diana was killed that if that accident had happened in the US, she would have lived because she would have gotten to the hospital much quicker.
Posted by: MrCaniac at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Donna V. at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (7OHl8)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2012 11:47 PM (AC0lD)
ahahahahahahaha!!! so tasty, I'm not even gonna send you the bill for the new keyboard.
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (kpCLl)
A friend of my mother-in-law's husband (in Northern Michigan) died last month, but before he left, he voted for Mitt. As did someone else that she knew.
Good men, those two, and they knew each and every vote in Michigan would be needed. I hope Michiganders don't disappoint them. For once, I'm rooting for Michigan.
My Brother-in-law, who was stupid enough to vote for Obama 4 years ago is staying home this time. He says he 'hates them both', but whatever. He lives in Ohio.
Even if Romney wins, it's back to work next week - with Boehner and McConnell in charge of Congress, we're going to have to ride herd on them.
Posted by: blindside at November 05, 2012 07:48 PM (2rf52)
I'll take everything they throw at me if our guy wins. It'll be worth it.
Posted by: Double Wide at November 05, 2012 07:49 PM (J8jzK)
Posted by: laughing at neck braces at November 05, 2012 07:49 PM (nVqtU)
Posted by: Ranba Ral at November 05, 2012 11:41 PM (G99e4)
Ewwww... well done..... Starship Trooper Quotes for $200 Alex...
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2012 07:49 PM (lZBBB)
As I understand it, the hatch covers popped and with the waves as high as they were and coming broadside abeam, the Fitzgerald went fairly quickly.
An iron ore freighter when fully loaded has only about 6' of free board (amount of hull above the water), the holds are completely full of ore so there's little or no reserve buoyancy. 2-3 large waves and the holds are now full of ore and water and the free board just dropped to 3' or less and now more waves can wash right into the hold.
An ore boat (the Anderson) nearby said a freak wave passed them about the time the Fitzgerald went down. A freak wave is a confluence of wave patterns and wind that produces a wave larger than the previous waves. It can happen as often as 1 time out of 30 waves. sometimes the conditions are such that this pattern produces a wave 2-3 times the previous waves. Since the waves were running about 12-16 ft, a 45 foot wave would have reached the pilot house on the Fitzgerald.
In a word; bloop. Gone like a open tin can. No life rafts were launched.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 05, 2012 07:49 PM (SP4jC)
1. Delivering a massive rebuke to this epic failure, this petulant dilettante, this middling creep, and all of his followers and fellow travelers.
2. Exposing the polling complex as an outdated and corrupt obsession.
Posted by: runninrebel at November 05, 2012 07:49 PM (J4gw3)
Yep, the Germans love them some Obama....
I was stationed at Ramstein Germany after the '08 election, and about a week after the election I was invited to a longevity (on the job) ceremony for some of the German civilians who worked in my unit (15 years, 20 years, etc).
The MC was a German woman in charge of the base civilian union and she went totally off script and went on for about 20 minutes - with tears in her eyes - to a room of 500 people who were there to recognize their civilians - telling us how thankful she was Obama had won, and now the world would be saved, and how all the wars and imperialism under Bush would be all over now! Remind you, this is a room of 400 senior US military leaders being preached to by a German about imperialism...
Posted by: Icedog at November 05, 2012 07:49 PM (PTS+l)
Posted by: NPR at November 05, 2012 07:49 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 07:50 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:50 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: RoyalOil at November 05, 2012 07:50 PM (imtbm)
Yeah. They aired the ending of Old Yeller and he was upset they didn't eat him in the end.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 05, 2012 07:51 PM (nkiQM)
@brithume Too funny Tim Tebow! pic.twitter.com/CNsJt5DU
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 07:51 PM (8sCoq)
Mom is probably yelling with your Mom for God to lead Romney and Ryan to victory tomorrow !!!!!
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at November 05, 2012 11:48 PM (Fk4oI)
I turned my mom on to Ryan after Ben (AoS moron) turned me onto him. she was in the tank. I hope they're totally organizing up there!! Damn, she loved her some Romney, long before I did. Then, when he bought that house in La Jolla, she went nuclear, he was her neighbor!!
This will happen, people. God will not forsake us.
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:51 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Eric Cartman at November 05, 2012 07:51 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 05, 2012 07:51 PM (BHwC8)
Posted by: Terry at November 05, 2012 07:51 PM (VvdHP)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 05, 2012 07:52 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: America Fuck Yeah! at November 05, 2012 07:52 PM (ZdAo1)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 07:53 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 07:53 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: Double Wide at November 05, 2012 07:53 PM (J8jzK)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2012 07:54 PM (gfKiY)
Posted by: jake in ID at November 05, 2012 07:54 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 11:53 PM
The actual title is "Big Dingo".
Posted by: otho at November 05, 2012 07:54 PM (yBF/9)
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About two hours after the old cranks of Dixville Notch voted, Jody Powell took a phone call on Air Force One as the big plane was on approach to the Seattle airport. It was from the White House. On the other end of the line were Hamilton Jordan and Pat Caddell. The connection was bad, but Powell could hear well enough to know the news was bad. "We need to talk to the president," his friend Jordan said. "The bottom has fallen out. It's all over."
As soon as the plane landed, Powell called back on a land line and pressed for more information. Caddell told him that on Saturday his polling had had the race statistically tied, with Carter at 41 and Reagan at 40 percent. On Sunday night, his polling had had Reagan going up by 5 percent over Carter. And by Monday night, Reagan had opened up 8 to 10 percent lead over the president.
The young press secretary, grasping at straws, asked whether the poll was an aberration. Caddell told him that a trend had begun over the weekend and was only accelerating. A landslide was coming their way and there was nothing they could do to get out of its path. Dejectedly, Powell hung up. He then watched as the president spoke to a hangar full of enthusiastic Democrats. Though Carter's voice was nearly gone, he gave a good performance, even as he choked up a bit. Powell remorsefully thought that it was the best rally of the year.
He decided not to tell the president yet; he would wait until they were alone on the Boeing 707 and headed back to Georgia. Problem was, he couldn't get Carter alone. Around 11:30 P.M. pacific time, as the plane took off, Powell went to the galley, fixed himself a stiff drink, and waited. Carter had come out of his two-room private compartment to chew the fat with the staff in their section of the plane and have a rare double martini. The president was "joshing around ... that sort of thing," Powell recalled. "I thought, "This is such a nice one that I cannot break into this and take him back up there and tell him he's got a call, because I know what he is going to hear."
Carter decided to invite reporters into his private quarters for a chat. Finally, as the plane was halfway across the country and the reporters had been dismissed, Powell went to the forward section of the plane and told Carter about his phone call with Jordan and Caddell. It was now almost 4 A.M.
"What did they find?" Carter asked.
"They said it looks bad," Powell told him. "It's probably all over."
Carter was first shocked and then disheartened. "So finally," Powell remembered, "one of the stewards came ... and said, 'Mr. Caddell and Mr. Jordan are on the phone and they said they need to talk to the preisdent.'" Caddell's latest numbers showed an utter and complete collapse for the Georgian, across the board, with nearly all groups and in nearly all regions., He was losing whites overwhelmingly, he was losing the Catholic vote, and Reagan was extremely competitive with union voters. Carter was being wiped out in the suburbs and in the rural areas. Reagan was scoring impressively with Hispanics and Jewish voters. Carter's beloved South had also apparently found a new hero in Reagan. Carter was running far behind in every category from four years earlier, even among the evangelicals he'd carried so handsomely in 1976.
"Are you sure about this?" Carter asked.
"Yes. There is just no way."
With little else to say, both men apologized to the president. Carter hung up. Powell, weeping, said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. President.... We could have done a better job." Carter called Rosalynn at their home in Plains and told her, "We are going to lose."
The president, alone in the darkened Air Force One, gently wept.
Posted by: Dan K. at November 05, 2012 07:55 PM (c32CV)
..............
My grandfather came from Croatia (Isle of Krk).. I used to love imitating the Croatian he and his friends would speak when I was a kid.. I could get the cadence right, but it was all gibberish.. lol.. I thought it was fun how they threw in English words and place names..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 05, 2012 07:55 PM (UTq/I)
I wish CSPAN would go to Mitt.
And according to a dem caller, Obama did cry, she said everybody should vote for him because he cried.
Posted by: concrete girl at November 05, 2012 07:56 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 05, 2012 11:47 PM (GEICT)
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Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 05, 2012 07:56 PM (1plje)
Hey! Where are the pics of chique d'afrique? Post them on AceofSpades!! Are there pointy elbows? Inquiring minds and all that.
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at November 05, 2012 07:56 PM (+Md9P)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 05, 2012 07:56 PM (ccXZP)
When I read that post, that's where my brain immediately went. That probably wasn't helped at all by just finishing rereading that book for the umpteenth time literally 5 days ago.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at November 05, 2012 07:57 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: jake in ID at November 05, 2012 11:54 PM (2CiZb)
I think a celebratory compound bow might be in my future. Since we'll have a real role model for men as VP.
Posted by: blindside at November 05, 2012 07:57 PM (2rf52)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2012 07:57 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: concrete girl at November 05, 2012 11:56 PM (y2Ojs)
Okay, that is some funny shit right there. That really happened? Does he need a tampon?
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:57 PM (kpCLl)
Jimmy Carter: The US "needs an [Arab] 'Spring' of its own"
Along with his standard gratuitous insults to Reagan.
Jimmy, that's President Reagan to you, asshole.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2012 07:57 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2012 07:57 PM (gfKiY)
Posted by: steevy at November 05, 2012 07:58 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: That Mindful Guy is late at November 05, 2012 07:59 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:59 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 07:59 PM (wgmUB)
And according to a dem caller, Obama did cry, she said everybody should vote for him because he cried.
Boehner for President!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2012 07:59 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 07:59 PM (kpCLl)
I haven't seen Michelle with Barry at campaign events in a long while.
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 08:00 PM (wgmUB)
Supposedly a Tim Tebow tweet....
"I'm predicting Obama will take an early lead tomorrow...
Until all the Republicans get off work.
#RomneyRyan2012"
Posted by: Icedog at November 05, 2012 08:00 PM (PTS+l)
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 08:00 PM (8sCoq)
Worked for Ed Muskie, eh? Oh, wait . . .
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 08:01 PM (kpCLl)
I'm really looking forward to the President-elect's speech tomorrow.
Also to Obama's concession speech.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 05, 2012 08:01 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: logprof at November 05, 2012 08:01 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: el gordo at November 05, 2012 08:01 PM (/fVGD)
Posted by: rickl at November 05, 2012 08:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 08:01 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 05, 2012 08:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: gayle from California at November 06, 2012 12:00 AM (wgmUB)
OMG, you're right!! Maybe they sent her out to be reupholstered . . . 
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 08:02 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: jake in ID at November 05, 2012 08:02 PM (2CiZb)
Yes Peaches!
CSPAN running Mitt's appearance in New Hampshire...He and Ann stolled hand in hand to the lecturn. My gosh, TONS of people and it's late there! I think Kid Rock was there too.
Posted by: concrete girl at November 05, 2012 08:02 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2012 11:57 PM (gfKiY)
Yeah, I look for words like 'fair' in their description. Fair is just a nice way of saying 'I'll make it up as a go along'.
The law isn't 'fair' because 'fair' is subjective. We need judges who will rule on law, not make shit up from the bench.
Fuck you John Roberts, you bastard. I'll never forgive you for what you did.
Posted by: blindside at November 05, 2012 08:03 PM (2rf52)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2012 08:03 PM (gfKiY)
Posted by: Eric Cartman at November 05, 2012 08:03 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 06, 2012 12:01 AM (4u2LN)
He won't give one. He will snivel and whine like a 5-year-old who broke the lamp but won't ever, ever cop to it. He's a piece of shit. If I inadvertently stepped on him, I would not rest until I had scraped him off my stompy boot.
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 08:03 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: jake in ID at November 05, 2012 08:04 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 05, 2012 08:05 PM (1plje)
They don't even protest with a lot of imagination. For all those riots in Greece and Spain, they return their same masters to power.
They're rapidly running out of money, but they still cling to the belief that someone else is hiding a pile of money that they just have to get into the hands of government. They're like the children of yuppies who are living way over their heads, are deep in debt, are bankrupt, but still keep up appearances.
They'll still be in deep shock when it collapses
Posted by: kbdabear at November 05, 2012 08:05 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at November 05, 2012 08:05 PM (Fk4oI)
Posted by: Macaroon at November 05, 2012 08:05 PM (bw8pg)
Posted by: Doc at November 05, 2012 08:05 PM (uJjuS)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 05, 2012 08:06 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 05, 2012 08:06 PM (BHwC8)
Posted by: el gordo at November 06, 2012 12:01 AM (/fVGD)
A weak United States leaves the door open for German domination of Europe - either fiscally or militarily. Or both.
Oh, you really think they've given that up? It's ingrained in them as deeply as American individualism is in each of us.
While I like the Germans I have met (and my aunt is German), I'll never completely trust them.
Posted by: blindside at November 05, 2012 08:06 PM (2rf52)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 08:06 PM (FcR7P)
The big thing that worries me tomorrow is a proposal in Michigan. The governor of Michigan and the Prime Minister of Canada have already signed an agreement to begin construction of a new bridge between Michigan and Ontario, currently the busiest international crossing in the world. Canda has already signed off paying for the ENTIRE project. We'll keep tolls until the bridge is paid off. This will cost Michigan NOTHING!
The owner of the bridge, Matty Moroun, had spent upwards of $30 million dollars, to put a proposal on the ballot that would force a vote for any new bridge construction.
If for some INSANE reason, this proposal passes ( and ironically enough - the billionaire wins!!) - there are no words....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2012 08:07 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Independent at November 05, 2012 08:07 PM (z5YPD)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 08:07 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Hobo Hunter at November 05, 2012 08:08 PM (grjFJ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 08:08 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 06, 2012 12:06 AM (BHwC
I'm already drinking tomorrow's beer....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at November 05, 2012 08:09 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 05, 2012 08:09 PM (BHwC8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 05, 2012 08:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 05, 2012 08:10 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Dan K. at November 05, 2012 08:12 PM (c32CV)
Where was the UN? This is despicable . . .
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 08:12 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 08:12 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 08:12 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Dan K. at November 05, 2012 11:55 PM (c32CV)
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and there was great rejoicing. Yay!!
Posted by: jc at November 05, 2012 08:13 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 08:13 PM (FcR7P)
A tie in Dixville Notch
5 Romney
5 Obama
Posted by: Independent at November 06, 2012 12:07 AM (z5YPD)
Does that mean they have six more weeks of political adds?
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at November 05, 2012 08:14 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 05, 2012 08:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Soona - waiting to say President Romney at November 05, 2012 08:14 PM (iIpBc)
Great omen for the rest of day.
Posted by: MrCaniac votes in 5hours 45 minutes at November 05, 2012 08:14 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 05, 2012 08:15 PM (BHwC8)
Posted by: Macaroon at November 05, 2012 08:16 PM (bw8pg)
Posted by: Dan K. at November 05, 2012 11:55 PM (c32CV)
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and there was great rejoicing. Yay!!
Posted by: jc at November 06, 2012 12:13 AM (ufJKx)
slowly reggie leaned into obama and slid his hand
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 06, 2012 12:14 AM (Z9EHQ)
Is that an excerpt from "50 Shades of Grey Lips"?
Posted by: MrCaniac votes in 5hours 43 minutes at November 05, 2012 08:16 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 05, 2012 08:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Jimmy Carter: The US "needs an [Arab] 'Spring' of its own"
Ask not, Jimmy, for whom the Libyan Broomstick comes...
Jimmy, your ass is MINE.
Posted by: A Pissed Off Libyan Rabbit at November 05, 2012 08:17 PM (4u2LN)
""Value" has no meaning other than in relationship to living beings. The value of a thing is always relative to a particular person, is completely personal and different in quantity for each living human—"market value" is a fiction, merely a rough guess at the average of personal values, all of which must be quantitatively different or trade would be impossible. [...] This very personal relationship, "value", has two factors for a human being: first, what he can do with a thing, its use to him… and second, what he must do to get it, its cost to him. There is an old song which asserts that "the best things in life are free". Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted… and get it, without toil, without sweat, without tears."
Also, my cousin got a fun new word from a captcha that we're trying to figure out good uses for: fucceeded
But for now, I depart for crashing. Thanks to the Obamaconomy, I've been funemployed and living at my parents' place since graduating 2 years ago. Apparently we're getting up early enough to vote at 6:30 AM.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at November 05, 2012 08:17 PM (G99e4)
I get the Ramback Gold pipe tobacco blend from:
http://www.smoke-n-chew.com/
I use Mascotte Gold tubes, a German product, obtained from:
http://www.cigarettetobacco.com/
Also, I use a Premier Supermatic injector as someone else mentioned above. Total cost per pack runs me about $1.75 but I buy in bulk and the cost doesn't include the injector (around $70).
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 05, 2012 08:17 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 05, 2012 08:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at November 06, 2012 12:10 AM (OWjjx)
So the town lost half its population in 4 years?
Posted by: Oldcat at November 06, 2012 12:12 AM (rzSn3)
Hurricane Sandy forced them to Houston.
Posted by: MrCaniac votes in 5hours 43 minutes at November 05, 2012 08:18 PM (Zd/NW)
Especially since Europeans aren't big tippers
Posted by: kbdabear at November 05, 2012 08:18 PM (wwsoB)
5 to 5 at dixwell notch.
Posted by: Jcw46 at November 06, 2012 12:09 AM (SP4jC)
Well 3 of `em worked at the post office so Romney started in the hole anyway.
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 05, 2012 08:19 PM (1plje)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 08:19 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 08:19 PM (FcR7P)
Or do I deliberately keep myself in the dark -- which means I'll be fretting too much to get anything done?
Drink early so I can be in a proper victory party/drunken rage mood by evening? Or stay dry and jittery all day?
So much is riding on tomorrow, and it's unlikely to be settled until very late. What are the rest of you planning?
Posted by: Trimegistus at November 06, 2012 12:06 AM (BHwC
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Husband and I have already plumped for the ostrich way. After voting he drops me off to work and goes straight to the cinema. Movies, movies, movies until he needs to pick me up from work -- otherwise he WILL not be able to resist checking in electronically. At work I pump up my IPod loud enough to drown my jitters. I'm used to reining in Internet urges at work 'cause we practically have to sign a blood pact not to use the web for non-business use.
He'll do the briefest of possible checks before picking me up to determine the next move. If still see-saw --
Dinner at a place we KNOW there is no TV, followed by a movie seen together (Wreck-It Ralph).
Posted by: sistrum at November 05, 2012 08:20 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: MrCaniac votes in 5hours 43 minutes at November 05, 2012 08:20 PM (Zd/NW)
The question is whether the voters are prepared to recognize and deal with the threat.
Hell comes when a plurality of the voters decide that the long-term health of the nation no longer matters, that it's perfectly fine to kill it as long as they can gnaw enough off the carcass to keep them comfortable for a while.
Posted by: JEM at November 05, 2012 08:22 PM (o+SC1)
I replied to him; "Female British tourists in FL have big boobs. Other years they leave their husbands at home"
British tourists can be charming, but you have to catch them before they get falling down drunk
Posted by: kbdabear at November 05, 2012 08:22 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: California red at November 05, 2012 08:22 PM (DXTKe)
What strikes me as funny is that Europeans don't know that outside of Europe and America, they're not all that well liked either
FIFY.
In fact, Europeans aren't well-liked once they're 100 yards outside their own countries.
Posted by: A Pissed Off Libyan Rabbit at November 05, 2012 08:23 PM (4u2LN)
Dixville Notch
The Iowa Caucii
The White House Correspondents Dinner
The Republican candidate wasting an hour of precious campaign time addressing the NAACP
The debates (in the current MSM-biased format)
Undecided voters
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 08:23 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 08:24 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: derit at November 05, 2012 08:24 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: osu at November 05, 2012 08:24 PM (G4dDt)
I'm a republican in California. Im sure tomorrow will be depressing. RR are my saving grace. I'm sure we will pass new taxes and keep the collective bargaining strong. And my lovable local GOP hopefuls will be sent packing. As long as Obama is defeated, I'll be able to cope.
Be of good cheer, my friend. We may send Jugears off, and pass Prop. 32, and thereby kick the unions in the balls.
Posted by: A Pissed Off Libyan Rabbit at November 05, 2012 08:24 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 05, 2012 08:25 PM (BuSM8)
Fucceeded: the date went very well
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 08:26 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Oldcat at November 05, 2012 08:26 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: California red at November 05, 2012 08:27 PM (DXTKe)
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To slip from philosophy to haggling, sometimes when I'm at the flea market I'll tell the vendor that I'll admit his quoted price is reasonable, but sorry, it just doesn't hit the right spot on my desire/cost matrix.
Posted by: sistrum at November 05, 2012 08:29 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: Jones in CO at November 05, 2012 08:29 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: TLGM at November 05, 2012 08:29 PM (appbn)
Posted by: Chris Matthews at November 05, 2012 08:30 PM (ijOaW)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 06, 2012 12:25 AM (BuSM
I am NOT a cum dumpster...... well, not anymore!
Posted by: Bree Olson at November 05, 2012 08:30 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 05, 2012 08:31 PM (nkiQM)
Posted by: California red at November 06, 2012 12:27 AM (DXTKe)
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"Success" used to be a neutral term. It simply meant what "suceeded" , ie came after, a certain action. In Elizabethan times they might ask "What was your success, good or ill?"
So I'll go with, it went very ill indeed.
Posted by: sistrum at November 05, 2012 08:31 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: Peaches welcomes President Romney at November 05, 2012 08:32 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 05, 2012 08:34 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 08:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: jc at November 05, 2012 08:36 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: concrete girl at November 05, 2012 08:36 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at November 05, 2012 08:36 PM (6zgse)
Posted by: t-bird at November 05, 2012 08:37 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2012 08:38 PM (gfKiY)
Posted by: Thorvald at November 05, 2012 08:38 PM (1V6Pv)
"The president, alone in the darkened Air Force One, gently wept. "
If he was alone, no one could see him.
Posted by: gayle in California at November 05, 2012 08:38 PM (wgmUB)
Posted by: Hobo Hunter at November 05, 2012 08:43 PM (grjFJ)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at November 05, 2012 08:43 PM (LiCO6)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at November 05, 2012 08:49 PM (n9kwy)
#365: "Be of good cheer, my friend. We may send Jugears off, and pass Prop. 32, and thereby kick the unions in the balls."
Two signs in my neighborhood for no on Prop 32, one up the street from me. That guy also has an Obama-Biden yard sign while the other guy hasn't one as he did 4 years ago.
I have a Romney sign in the yard, one of only two signs on my street. Even 4 years ago, there were few bumper stickers for either side. It was never in question that Obama would win and this year, even though CA will go Dem, I think the reason I am not seeing bumper stickers outside my town is because they are hard to get as Obama hasn't had to advertise and there are no campaign hqs around here.
Posted by: gayle in California at November 05, 2012 08:50 PM (wgmUB)
I'm pissed about the DN votes too. Why would anyone vote for a guy who is so transparently narcissistic?
However, these folks love to f with us, I am afraid. I wouldn't be surprised if they planned the tie vote to mirror the polls of the country. Whatever, Barry lost votes over the previous term.
Posted by: gayle in California at November 05, 2012 08:52 PM (wgmUB)
I know it took extra effort to do this from Germany and I for one appreciate the shit out of it. I doubt that there will be any sense in an ONT tomorrow night, as there will either by joy in Mudville or an effort to keep people from jumping from bridges. The third option, the decision still up in the air, I just don't want to think about.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 05, 2012 08:55 PM (ccXZP)
I plan to be prim and proper at 6:30 when my precinct opens, and I have my sample ballot all marked-up, like a good boy should.
But, dammit, I have spent so much time and energy on the state and nationals,Inow realize that I have absolutely no idea inthree of my district court judge races.
Should I just"coin-flip-it"?
Or, maybe,vote for the names I like best?
Or vote for the dudes?
Maybe abstainance really is the best policy....Hmmm???
Posted by: Semi-New Moron. at November 05, 2012 11:22 PM (mkb9H)
In general, I'm assuming anyone I don't know is a statist trying to join the looter class.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 08:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 05, 2012 08:58 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at November 05, 2012 09:12 PM (Yxymk)
Posted by: Ben Ghazi at November 05, 2012 09:46 PM (bxiXv)
Guess all the action went to Ace's thread above.
But I don't want to gloat. I was ready to declare Obamacare overturned and that turned out badly. Put another way, it's not over until the fat lady sings.
Tuesday's poll is the only poll that matters.
Make sure to do your utmost, 'Rons!
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 09:57 PM (4ixH5)
So it'd be especially fun if Obama loses....and Issa announces that he has a bunch of planned indictments to be rolled out on Monday, January 21, 2013.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 09:59 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 10:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2012 02:11 AM (kaalw)
Let me put it this way...got any tea and/or sympathy for me?
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 10:21 PM (4ixH5)
Calimari?
Posted by: Robert at November 06, 2012 02:21 AM (4ixH5)
Nah, roasted as in a celebrity roast -- except I was the celebrity. The BH is in Toastmasters, a club which meets regularly to do speeches to each other so as to become more accomplished speakers.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 10:28 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2012 02:11 AM (kaalw)
Let me put it this way...got any tea and/or sympathy for me?
Posted by: Robert at November 06, 2012 02:21 AM (4ixH5)
What's this about an abscess, and what did you eat?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 10:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2012 10:36 PM (4ixH5)
Toastmasters is pretty universal -- there might be one near you. http://www.toastmasters.org/
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 10:45 PM (kaalw)
And, as part of the reason for the third item -- if you can't find it at a pharmacy, try something like http://tinyurl.com/bx64m2w .
And, for another take, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_bituminosulfonate
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 11:10 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 05, 2012 11:55 PM (kaalw)
Germans should understand fiscal conservatism since they're pissed, and I don't blame them, for underwriting the profligate habits of the rest of Europe.
As for their moral superiority, f- them. In 1990, a friend and I were having a cigarette and Coke (I have since stopped smoking) outside in the far end of a virtually empty and large courtyard at Boston's Museum of Fine Art.
This German guy with a toddler had the entire yard from which to choose a seat and table at which to sit and relax with his young daughter. Seriously, he could have sat a good 30 or so yards from us, but no, he came and sat at the table next to us, about three feet away, even though he saw we were smoking. BTW, in those days, ashtrays were actually on the tables.
He began waving his hand in front of him and making hurumphing sounds at me, getting angrier and angrier. I was surprised when he spoke German rather than English as I thought most Germans could speak some English. The angrier he got, the more I pointed to other tables. He got red in the face and finally I told him to "Get the hell out if you don't like the smoke. You have an entire courtyard." He didn't move, sitting there with his daughter, inhaling all that second-hand smoke he so despised only to make a point. The stereotype of the obstinate German is...like all stereotypes, mostly accurate. I made sure I smoked that cig down to the butt and when I did, I lighted another. He finally left.
Posted by: gayle from California at November 05, 2012 11:22 PM (wgmUB)
Hmmm, mine was the "better than thou" Callie transplant who had a whole bank of machines, in a CASINO, to choose from, at 3 am, when it was dead, and plopped down right next to me.
I had a lit ciggie, an ashtrya, and my pack of smokes in front of me - no way she missed them.
Well, I moved my ashtray to my left, since she was on my right, and she still made the coff coff sounds and waved around her face. Then she did something really odd - she took out a spray bottle and spritzd herself. At 1st, I thought water, then the stench hit me - perfume! My eyes started watering and my sinuses slammed shut - smoke, no problem, perfume? Allergay attack - go figure.
Anyway, I igged it. Next spritz? Hit me on the side of my face, this I did NIT ig! I went OFF on the witch. How DARE she spray me, never ONCE asking me to not smoke, just gah I despise those goody two shoe types!!!
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Posted by: cthulhu at November 06, 2012 04:04 AM (kaalw)
Then I've rightly been spending red-eye time elsewhere. I avoid situations where anything can be described as "cyclopean madness".
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