December 26, 2012
— Maetenloch
Is It Time For Conservatives to Sit Down in the Snow?
At one point, according to notes taken by a participant, Mr. Boehner told the president, "I put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?"
"You get nothing," the president said. "I get that for free."
William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection argues that in the face of an Administration determined to run the country off the fiscal cliff and hang the blame on them perhaps it's time for Conservatives to begin acting like true dissidents:
Sharansky spend almost a decade in Soviet prison because of his activities on behalf of Jews who wanted to emigrate to Israel. Sharansky was subjected to torture and other indignities, but never lost his spirit. Sharansky notoriously refused to obey even the most mundane orders from his captors. Sharansky understood that to compromise even a little would lead to compromising a lot. Throughout his ordeal, Sharansky kept his spirits alive by reading a small book of psalms.As Sharansky was being led to the airplane that would take him from the Soviet Union to East Germany for the exchange, the Soviets confiscated his book of psalms.It would have been easy for Sharansky simply to keep walking towards the plane and freedom. But Sharansky understood that the Soviets confiscated his book of psalms not because they wanted the book, but because they wanted to show that even in this last moment, they were in control.
In front of reporters covering his departure, Sharansky sat in the snow refusing to move unless the Soviets gave him back his book of psalms. Here was this diminutive man, after 10 years in prison, on the verge of freedom, refusing to budge unless one of the world's two superpowers gave him back his book. And give him back his book of psalms they did. Sharansky proceeded to the plane, where he read Psalm 30: "I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me."
...Isn't it time for conservatives and supporters of free enterprise, individual liberty, and capitalism in the Congress and elsewhere to do the political equivalent of sitting down in the snow? When told by the new administration, the majority party in Congress, and the mainstream media to walk straight, isn't it time to zig and zag?
The GOP could learn a few lessons from the Refuseniks.
Remembering the man and the legacy of viciousness against him created by the Democrats.
The vicious campaign waged against Judge Bork set a new low-possibly never exceeded-in the exhibition of unbridled leftist venom, indeed hate. Reporters combed through the Borks trash hoping to find compromising tidbits; they inspected his movie rentals, and were disgusted to find the films of John Wayne liberally represented. So hysterical was the campaign against Judge Bork that a new transitive verb entered our political vocabulary: "To Bork," scruple at nothing in order to discredit and defeat a political figure. Monsieur Guillotine gave his name to that means of execution; "progressives," those leftists haters of America who have so disfigured our national life since the 1960s, gave us the this new form of character assassination. The so-called "Lion of the Senate," Ted Kennedy, surely one of the most despicable men ever to hold high public office in the United States (yes, that's saying something), stood on the Senate floor and emitted a serious of calumnious lies designed not simply to prevent Judge Bork from being appointed to the Supreme Court but to soil his character irretrievably.
In any previous time Ted Kennedy would have been challenged to a duel for his libel.
Before lead was removed from gasoline, lead from car exhaust got into the air, was breathed in by kids, lowered their IQs, and increased crime rates (there is a very strong correlation between IQ and criminal behavior).Jessica Reyes regressed violent crime rates in all 51 state (including DC) between the years 1985 and 2002 against a number of independent variables.
She found three of significance (at the 5% level):
- average grams of lead per gallon of gasoline while arrestees were -1 to 3 years of age;
- whether or not abortion was legal; and
- beer consumption per capita.
Hear the guitar riffs and see the matching tab notation.
Those Who Believe in "Soul Mates" Are 150% More Likely to End Up Divorced
Dr. Helen comments:
This makes sense as it seems to be that people who have realistic expectations of marriage and people are more likely to have better marriages. Those people who are picky and have "high standards" seem to do worse in the relationship department. Maybe a good question when trying to figure out if a date is a good marriage prospect is to ask him or her is he/she believes in soulmates. If yes, think twice, if no, see where it goes.
FWIW, I never believed in soulmates. My husband says that soulmates are made, not found. Perhaps there is some truth in that.
I've never believed in the idea of a soulmate either. There are lots of people who would make a good match in life - some fantastically great and some just pretty damn good. IMO believing in a soulmate is often an indicator of unrealistic expectations and over-idealization of people in general. And over-idealization inevitably leads to contempt. Danger Will Robinson!!
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Posted by: L, elle at December 26, 2012 05:22 PM (0PiQ4)
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Posted by: AmericanDawg at December 26, 2012 05:24 PM (rBK2Z)
Posted by: whiskey tango at December 26, 2012 05:24 PM (JvP2I)
Posted by: L, elle at December 26, 2012 05:24 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: Glenn Thrush at December 26, 2012 05:24 PM (9F2c1)
Posted by: steevy at December 26, 2012 05:24 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: David at December 26, 2012 05:25 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:26 PM (LUnTP)
IIRC, a Federal law was passed that made movie rental history private because of Bork. After all, Our Betters didn't want their rental histories to become public.
On the soul mates thing, I've always found that to be full of crap. I mean, sure, I love it as a fic trope but in real life? Is this someone who I will not want to smother with a pillow in a month is a far better test.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 05:26 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: whiskey tango[i/]
Right back at'cha, Dub' T.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 05:26 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:26 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 26, 2012 05:27 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 26, 2012 05:27 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: typo dynamofo at December 26, 2012 05:27 PM (WVMUQ)
Posted by: Glenn Thrush at December 26, 2012 05:28 PM (9F2c1)
Soul mates, nah.
Someone who can make you very happy in bed? Yes.
That doesn't always last, but if a man and woman can make each other happy in the sack, that can make a much happier marriage. Some people end up just "settling" for whomever is willing to go to bed with them a few times. That can make you very unhappy as the years go on.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 05:28 PM (Md8Uo)
Well, hello to all you nighttime denizens that I rarely interact with!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at December 26, 2012 05:28 PM (UTq/I)
Posted by: pointsnfigures at December 26, 2012 05:28 PM (0Atym)
Posted by: Senatro McConnell who went home for xmas instead of filibustering Obamacare at December 26, 2012 05:29 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 05:30 PM (t8dlh)
Posted by: rickl at December 26, 2012 05:30 PM (sdi6R)
I would rather watch spider clowns than see Les Mis. There are no words for how much I hate Les Mis no matter who does it or the format in which it is done. Even the interpretive dance of hatred cannot convey the level of my hatred.
Hugh Jackman could be bare ass naked standing next to a bare ass naked Anne Hathaway and I would refuse to see it. That's how much I hate Les Mis.
Ask me my opinion of Rent. I dare you.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 05:30 PM (Gk3SS)
Just asked Mr. RB (who should also be known as Mr. Reality), if he believed in soulmates.
"Yeah."
(pause)
Me: Well, did you find yours?
Mr. RB: (snorts)
Tomorrow's our 26th wedding anniversary. He says he does believe in love at first sight, though. Heh, heh.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 05:31 PM (oknl8)
Posted by: Y-not at December 26, 2012 05:31 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:31 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: AmericanDawg at December 26, 2012 05:31 PM (rBK2Z)
Posted by: real joe at December 26, 2012 05:31 PM (PD2ad)
Don't forget retarded Joe Biden's part in both the attack on Robert Bork and the high - tech lynching of Clarence Thomas.
Joe Biden is really a piece of shit. He goes well with his boss, the clean and articulate negro.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 05:32 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 05:32 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: someguy at December 26, 2012 05:32 PM (sEXZ/)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/b][/u] at December 26, 2012 05:33 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:33 PM (l86i3)
Ask me my opinion of Rent. I dare you.
Posted by: alexthechick
BOOM! Headshot!
I hate musicals as well, but, please, do go on.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 05:34 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 26, 2012 05:34 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Justamom at December 26, 2012 05:35 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: Y-not at December 26, 2012 05:35 PM (5H6zj)
average grams of lead per gallon of gasoline while arrestees were -1 to 3 years of age;
Now, I'm just a moron, but what sort of crimes are -1 year olds committing?
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 26, 2012 05:36 PM (98AOY)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:36 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 05:37 PM (Md8Uo)
In most states, there are.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 05:37 PM (KDq5l)
He got 51% of the vote.
Dissident this, bitch. I figure that leaves 49% of the country that says fuck you Mr. President.
Posted by: Invictus at December 26, 2012 05:38 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 26, 2012 05:38 PM (huD71)
AtC, I found your soulmate. He's a millionaire who pretends to be a big, dumb hick! John Boy (of John Boy and Billy syndicated radio fame) last week gave his list of new movie openings for this week:
"Less Miserables. I for one will not be there and am guaranteed to be less miserable!"
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 05:38 PM (oknl8)
I have a choice of watching The Incredibles or The Miserables, I wonder which one will be more uplifting.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 26, 2012 05:38 PM (69Mdf)
Awwww, it's so sweet of you to give Chompy a chase. He's been wanting to stretch his legs.
My eyes! My eyes! I popped in one of the Planet Earth blurays for some soothing background noise and glanced up just in time to see squirrels humping. I did not need to see that.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 05:38 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:40 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 26, 2012 05:41 PM (Ai+tZ)
Isn't it time for conservatives and supporters of free enterprise, individual liberty, and capitalism in the Congress and elsewhere to do the political equivalent of sitting down in the snow?
Sure it is. Is it likely to happen? Erm...no. The Republicans have decided that there is no hill worth dying on. Not for the good of the Republic, of course, but for the good of themselves, and their own pampered existences. They will fall over themselves in a race to the cameras to announce that surrendering everything, and getting nothing is just the thing conservatives really stand for.
Obismal is only jetting back to town now because a 'deal' has already been decided on. A deal that gives the liberals everything they wanted...and probably a bit more, in exchange for nothing. Spending goes up. Taxes go up. Conservatives try to paint this as a winning compromise, where they'll really for reals tackle spending cuts next time around. Just you watch and see!
Gads...this country used to send men to the moon. It's sad to look back, and see how far this country has already fallen.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 26, 2012 05:41 PM (L7hol)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 26, 2012 05:41 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Y-not at December 26, 2012 05:41 PM (5H6zj)
The Republicans should have Obama's comments demanding tax increases even though he knew revenue would go down. Back then, it was capital gains taxes. Now, it's taxes on the rich.
He told Charlie Gibson in a 2008 debate that he didn't care if revenue went down, he was only interested in "fairness".
Google "Charlie Gibson obama capital gains"
Posted by: OCBill at December 26, 2012 05:41 PM (YJvVE)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:41 PM (l86i3)
Who do you think is waiting at the end of the chase?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 05:42 PM (Gk3SS)
but what sort of crimes are -1 year olds committing?
Parents know its the illegal release of leaded gas.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 26, 2012 05:42 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: Brennan at December 26, 2012 05:42 PM (5++zd)
wires from portable telephones to their human genitals with the power turned up...
Posted by: CraigPoe
Say no more. I am there.
Posted by: The New James Bond[/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 05:43 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:43 PM (LUnTP)
Statement from the President and the First Lady on Kwanzaa
Michelle and I extend our warm thoughts and best wishes to all those celebrating Kwanzaa this holiday season. Today marks the first day of the week-long celebration of African-American history and culture through the seven principles of Kwanzaa: unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
To many, Kwanzaa serves as a time of reflection--taking lessons learned from our past and looking forward to a more promising tomorrow. It reminds us that though there is much to be thankful for we must recommit ourselves to building a country where all Americans have the opportunity to achieve their dreams.
As families across America light the Kinara today in the spirit of unity, our family extends our prayers and well wishes during this season.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 26, 2012 05:43 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:43 PM (l86i3)
Until that moment comes, we are just waiting. All of this talk of raising rates means nothing. To what end? So we can have a deficit of only 1.4 trillion next year? Or perhaps so we can slash the deficit by 2040? That'll show those rating agencies that we mean business!
This is a serious problem being faced by frivolous people. What else could one reasonably expect?
Posted by: Fabio9000 at December 26, 2012 05:44 PM (m3TBv)
Sharansky understood that to compromise even a little would lead to compromising a lot.
Indubitably.
Posted by: Captain Jean Luc Picard at December 26, 2012 05:44 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:45 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:45 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 09:41 PM (l86i3)
This one might make you cry as well.
Within Temptation: Memories
Posted by: Invictus at December 26, 2012 05:45 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Y-not at December 26, 2012 05:45 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Jmel at December 26, 2012 05:47 PM (9tSXa)
To many, Kwanzaa serves as a time of reflection--taking lessons learned from our past and looking forward to a more promising tomorrow Joke.
There was a recent report that claimed fewer than one percent of the black population celebrates the make-believe holiday
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 05:48 PM (oknl8)
Posted by: Stats at December 26, 2012 05:48 PM (BVkEs)
It helps mask the flaccid dialog and bad acting.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 26, 2012 05:48 PM (TkFJS)
So who are these families that Obama says is celebrating?
Relatives of Jeremiah Wright and Cornel West?Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:48 PM (LUnTP)
I have a choice of watching The Incredibles or The Miserables, I wonder which one will be more uplifting.
Whichever one is wearing the Playtex 18 Hour Bra. For us full figure gals.
Posted by: Jane Russell at December 26, 2012 05:49 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 05:49 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 26, 2012 05:49 PM (FvWRE)
Posted by: Y-not at December 26, 2012 05:49 PM (5H6zj)
2) A friendship by choice ...
3) Falling in Love...
These are the steps to a soul mate....
....The rest is a willingness to work and respect one another....
Posted by: AmericanDawg at December 26, 2012 05:50 PM (rBK2Z)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 05:50 PM (oknl8)
***
And yet the per capita crime rate in the United States doubled from 1960 to 1980...after which point it began dropping.
I guess it was all those would be 7 year old miscreants that were aborted instead...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2012 05:52 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Gul Madred at December 26, 2012 09:49 PM (KDq5l)
Four lights bitch. And I'll spit in the devil's eye and say, "Four lights."
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 05:52 PM (OQpzc)
He's the one with the motive. Let him burn.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 26, 2012 05:52 PM (huD71)
It's because I'm caring like that.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 05:53 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 26, 2012 05:54 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:55 PM (l86i3)
Fuck Kawanza, phony made up bullshit.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet
Dr. Maulana Karenga (AKA Ronald McKinley Everett) created Kwanzaa in the wake of the Watts riots, he intended for African traditions to pervade every element of the invented harvest celebration.
The vast majority of middle-class African-Americans initially viewed the holiday with tremendous suspicion, owing mostly to Karenga's unsavory reputation. Even those who supported his call for a violent overthrow of the government were troubled by his torture of two young women, which led to his imprisonment in 1971. Karenga was sentenced to one to ten years in prison on counts of felonious assault and false imprisonment. One of the victims gave testimony of how Karenga and other men tortured her and another woman. The woman described having been stripped and beaten with an electrical cord. Karenga's former wife, Brenda Lorraine Karenga, testified that she sat on the other womanÂ’s stomach while another man forced water into her mouth through a hose.
Karenga's well-documented hostility to Christianity and gender equality didn't help matters any.
So that's what's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was missing, Linus beating Lucy with an extension cord....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 26, 2012 05:55 PM (kdS6q)
I denounce myself.
Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at December 26, 2012 05:56 PM (9F2c1)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:56 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 09:53 PM (Gk3SS)
Sometimes I mourn that I have been exiled to spending my life on the frontier with the legions. It would be well to bask in the glow of the empress. Maybe I can visit the capital on your bdays? I am quite good looking and I have great stamina, even if I am a bit careless of speech.
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 05:57 PM (OQpzc)
Someone randomly bursts out into song, I burst out the extended cussword vocabulary while I hunt the remote or the door.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 26, 2012 05:58 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 05:58 PM (l86i3)
Yes, pornography serves a similar role for men...but most men seem to realize it is a fantasy, whereas a significant number of women don't get that the male lead in your average rom-tear jerker is every bit as fake as Jenna Jameson.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2012 05:58 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Justamom at December 26, 2012 05:59 PM (Sptt8)
No, Kwanza is the day Pancho Claus takes his lowrider out of the garage and cruises the neighborhood handing out tamales in exchange for high capacity clips*.
* On purpose
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2012 05:59 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: David Gregory at December 26, 2012 05:59 PM (9F2c1)
Posted by: teej at December 26, 2012 05:59 PM (JxJPF)
Posted by: 18-1
<cough drunkguypropositioningastripper cough>
Posted by: Gul Madred[/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 06:00 PM (KDq5l)
FTFY
Posted by: 18-1 at December 26, 2012 06:00 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at December 26, 2012 06:01 PM (C7J9f)
Posted by: sTevo at December 26, 2012 06:01 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 26, 2012 06:01 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 26, 2012 06:02 PM (jucos)
My sis wrapped my Christmas present this year with kwanza paper she got on clearance last year.
I've been doing that to my older sister for about 20 years now. That damn paper never seems to come to an end.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 06:04 PM (oknl8)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:04 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: teej at December 26, 2012 06:04 PM (pozvt)
Posted by: USA at December 26, 2012 06:05 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:05 PM (LUnTP)
Hi ont.
If boehner had any balls, he would have told obama, good luck, funding anything stops now bitch.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 06:06 PM (adaoe)
Pancho Claus takes his lowrider out of the garage and cruises the neighborhood handing out tamales
"On Donner, on Blitzen, on Chewie, on Tavo -- come on Berto!"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 26, 2012 06:06 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 26, 2012 06:07 PM (jucos)
I believe it. I got the sense that in the 80s it was the kind of thing black families were supposed to do. Shortly it was the thing you felt you were supposed to do, at least if your militant uncle insisted on it. Now it seems to be basically done for show and is observed mostly by guilty condescending racist white liberals.
Posted by: AmishDude at December 26, 2012 06:07 PM (huD71)
Posted by: MlR at December 26, 2012 06:08 PM (vR2l5)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 06:08 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 26, 2012 06:08 PM (Ai+tZ)
Might be easier and more legal to bring back the concept of Shame.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 06:09 PM (KDq5l)
Hey, what about me?
Posted by: The Masters at December 26, 2012 06:10 PM (9F2c1)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:10 PM (LUnTP)
Fixed.
Posted by: Phinn at December 26, 2012 06:10 PM (oFH2D)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:10 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:11 PM (l86i3)
How are you this fine day after Christmas evening?
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 09:49 PM (LUnTP)
Reasonably well. A couple of days before Christmas I was down 35 pounds....but I think that may have been a fluke, 'cause it's bounced back up about 5. Still, low-carb seems to be doing things. Didn't do much over the holiday -- BH had to work a bunch, and we've had intermittent rain.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 06:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:11 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:12 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: carolina at December 26, 2012 06:13 PM (z2shr)
Posted by: BignJames at December 26, 2012 06:13 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:14 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 26, 2012 06:14 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:14 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 10:10 PM (LUnTP)
Never thought I would say this, but so burned out on cookies,,
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 06:15 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 06:15 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:16 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: sTevo at December 26, 2012 06:16 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: georgeofthedesert at December 26, 2012 06:16 PM (Eq2MX)
Posted by: Guido at December 26, 2012 06:16 PM (XLuH2)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:16 PM (LUnTP)
If boehner had any balls, he would have told obama, good luck, funding anythingstops now bitch.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 10:06 PM (adaoe)
This. And it'd be fookin' high time for it, already -- woulda been nice if someone had a pair six trillion bucks ago.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 06:16 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 10:16 PM (LUnTP)
Now that and the ham I would take 
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 06:18 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:18 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 06:19 PM (Gk3SS)
Heh, yeah I gained five pounds as well.
Wonder what weight gain tomorrow brings.
Here, have some ham.
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 10:12 PM (LUnTP)
I suspect that part is also the rain -- our normal weekend exercise is hiking.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 06:19 PM (kaalw)
Hey Robert, that new accept tune is alright, but in my humble opinion Accept just isn't the same without the little ball of hate.
Princess of the dawn is my all time favorite song by them.... album version not live.....
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at December 26, 2012 06:20 PM (C7J9f)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 26, 2012 06:20 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:21 PM (LUnTP)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ahxdq74
Posted by: Thorvald at December 26, 2012 06:21 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 06:22 PM (BStAJ)
I'm trying to wrap my head around our ONT heavy metal DJ telling us he loves show tunes
NTTAWWT
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 06:23 PM (wwsoB)
I know the MFM is doing this because
a) it sells
b) it's a nice way to beat Republicans over the head
But I think there's also a c)....reporters have no idea how this stuff works and they can't understand that if a deal is reached a day or even a month after Jan 1 it won't really be that much different than a deal reached this week.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:23 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2012 06:24 PM (c2oll)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 10:16 PM (kaalw)
Hi cthulhu, true. At least they should demand the negotiations are on tv. They won't because they are gutless.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 06:24 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 26, 2012 06:24 PM (lzhQx)
Link in name.
Posted by: sTevo at December 26, 2012 10:16 PM (VMcEw)
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A. Dor. Able.
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 26, 2012 06:25 PM (BVkEs)
Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?
BTW, Maet, I copied and pasted your entire "sit in the snow" opinion piece to my FB page giving credit and a link to the ONT. Good piece.
Posted by: Ohio Dan Still feeling the love at December 26, 2012 06:25 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:25 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:25 PM (kXoT0)
Amon Amarth got me a speeding ticket. There is only on proper accelerator postition when they come on.
All the way to the firewall.
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 06:25 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:25 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 06:25 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2012 06:26 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 06:27 PM (6Uliu)
All my shoes have Sole Mates.
Posted by: Deli LLama at December 26, 2012 06:27 PM (lGu1O)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:28 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Butters at December 26, 2012 06:29 PM (NIZHJ)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:29 PM (LUnTP)
...is that a euphemism for something?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 10:27 PM (6Uliu)
I think it's a euphemism for "these freakin' hams have no freakin' portion control". Have a Moosehead?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 06:29 PM (kaalw)
I'm hearing from many that instead of Let It Burn or going third party, we work to reform or retake the GOP, especially since "we have no time" to form a third party
I figure it's faster to form a new party where you don't have an entrenched, corrupt, and well connected establishment fighting you at every turn.
When the early "favorite" is a BFF of Obama who can't be photograghed with a normal lens and is a RINO who cries when a leftist washed up rock star calls him, and whose main Dem threat is to the right of him on vital issues, this isn't a party that thinks it needs to change anything
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 06:30 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 06:30 PM (jfSqj)
I lived in Oakland in the '80s, and about half my friends there were the kids of the militant uncles. Nobody celebrated Kwanzaa. It got mentioned, sometimes angrily, around Christmastime. And then...it was Christmas.
Also, nobody I knew wore giant yellow clothes or leather pseudo-chains or had that Leaders Of The New School high-top-tiny-dreads hairdo that only black people on PBS still have. I think that's not a coincidence.
Kwanzaa is a tightly targeted sub-demographic thing. It's not for your randomly selected black American. They're pretty into Christian stuff. It's for...uh...you know...
...You know.
Posted by: oblig. feels weird now at December 26, 2012 06:30 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 10:23 PM (HDgX3)
You must not run a business... you know... that whole Budget thing?
I've got clients who are paralyzed... afraid to spend money even on things they need, because they have NO idea what the tax structure will be...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2012 06:31 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:31 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at December 26, 2012 06:32 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:32 PM (LUnTP)
And now for something a bit different:
Hammerfall: Bloodbound
Good old fashioned heavy metal like I grew up with.
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 06:32 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:34 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 06:34 PM (BStAJ)
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Me too. I believe we're soul mates.
Posted by: Designated Drinker at December 26, 2012 06:34 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 26, 2012 06:34 PM (Sedwk)
I'm hearing from many that instead of Let It Burn or going third party, we work to reform or retake the GOP, especially since "we have no time" to form a third party
I'm going toward a 3rd party too, esp. in light of that deal the 'pubes made to NEVER challenge voter fraud.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 06:35 PM (oknl8)
I've got clients who are paralyzed... afraid to spend money even on things they need, because they have NO idea what the tax structure will be...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 26, 2012 10:31 PM (lZBBB)
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Your clients are not very good bidnessmen then. The corporate tax rate isn't changing. And the worst that will happen is the top rate for s-corp goes from 35 to 39.6%. They knew this was coming for a year and should have planned for it.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:35 PM (HDgX3)
What? .... oh .... NEVER MIND !!!
Posted by: Miss Emily Litella at December 26, 2012 06:35 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:36 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 26, 2012 06:36 PM (1V6Pv)
So that's what's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was missing, Linus beating Lucy with an extension cord....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 26, 2012 09:55 PM (kdS6q)
Too bad they also cut out me using the strapon on that waterhead Marcie. That retard won't be walking right for a month.
Posted by: Peppermint Patty at December 26, 2012 06:36 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:37 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 06:37 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 10:35 PM (oknl
I'm rooting for the Pork Party. Whoever promises to bring home the most fed dollars is my guy.
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 06:38 PM (OQpzc)
Chicks who say "We're Soulmates" = Future Crazed Stalkers.
And, after a few decades, the owners of a shitload of cats.
Still, your sage advice stands: RUN!!!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2012 06:38 PM (4u2LN)
Exactamundo, always let the Dims be in charge of counting the votes and then put on your "shocked" face when they win every damn time? Simpletons. We need election reform in this country and we need it bad. We fixed the fraud in Oklahoma and now we have Conservatives running everything--Governor, both houses of the Legislature and everyone we send to DC...BECAUSE, when they can't cheat, the Dims tend to lose because people with common sense do not vote for them.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:38 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:38 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 10:30 PM
There's only one House that was a genius, got impossible problems solved, assumed everyone lies, and said what the hell he thought without caring if people's feelings were hurt by the truth
That show ended last year, or more realistically after its 3rd season
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 06:39 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 10:37 PM (LUnTP)
He is awful pretty. Nearly as hot as me. If I was gonna go gay, I jump him.
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 06:39 PM (OQpzc)
I would.
Posted by: PJ at December 26, 2012 06:39 PM (ZWaLo)
I would.
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I would, too.
Posted by: Thorvald at December 26, 2012 06:41 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:41 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 10:27 PM (6Uliu)
I want you to put my ham.
IN your mouth.
And chew it at least 20 times.
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 10:31 PM (LUnTP)
Yeah, is the "ham" like "stuffing"?
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 06:42 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 06:42 PM (t8dlh)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:42 PM (kXoT0)
Just want to share....
I have not laughed for a long time.
Lost my 25 yo son May 2010. Lost my 87 yo mom Sept 2011. Put 14 yo dog down this summer.
I cry alot. Christmas is hard.
So, to get to my point I want to thank y'all for giving me the opportunity to laugh again. You guys are awesome (well, most of you.) Merry Christmas and a premature Happy New Year.
Posted by: olddog at December 26, 2012 06:43 PM (MuE6W)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:44 PM (LUnTP)
That patented Rodham charm will be impossible to fight.
Posted by: fluffy at December 26, 2012 06:44 PM (z9HTb)
Shit. I'm out of alcohol and it is after 9pm in Texas. I'm off to drink in a bar and look at non-electronic hotties who also won't jump me.
Take care, all.
Posted by: Jean Luc at December 26, 2012 06:45 PM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Ohio Dan Still feeling the love at December 26, 2012 06:46 PM (JKNDp)
Damn, I wish you were close enough to hug, so please accept a virtual hug. Christmas is hard for me too...cause most everyone has passed.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:46 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:46 PM (HDgX3)
The GDP of the entire world is 60 trillion. If there's ever a counter party panic, Helicopter Ben is going to have to print dollars to the point where it'll take four of the George Washingtons in your wallet to equal one penny in goods. But I'm sure the government and MSM will assure us that inflation is tame.
This "FISCAL CLIFF !!11!!! " is just a little step off the curb. The real fiscal cliff comes when there are trillions in Social Security obligations they can't possibly pay for
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 06:46 PM (wwsoB)
OldDog, on behalf of all those funnier than I, you're welcome.
Posted by: Ohio Dan Still feeling the love at December 26, 2012 06:46 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: olddog at December 26, 2012 10:43 PM (MuE6W)
Aww, hope 2013 is a better year.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 06:46 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 06:47 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: General Trulane knows he wants a Winchester 1892 short in 44mag at December 26, 2012 06:47 PM (Z5BDI)
Posted by: Ohio Dan Still feeling the love at December 26, 2012 06:48 PM (JKNDp)
Hey, we can't stand her and can see right through her shenanigans, but, she is a beloved figure in the Dim party and they OWE her for two Dim two term POTUS reigns of terror made possible by her enabling.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:48 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 26, 2012 06:49 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 10:38 PM (HDgX3)
Evidently you missed the memo. It's not just the rates -- there's a mind-numbing number of major changes -- like http://tinyurl.com/bsxc8y7 or the lack of adjustment to the AMT threshold, or the lowered rate for capital gains....
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 06:49 PM (kaalw)
Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 10:38 PM
So how did OK fix the voter fraud? Could this be used in other states also?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 06:49 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:49 PM (LUnTP)
No? It's coming in full (I've always been a hairy guy (but no back
hair)). If I decide to keep, should leave as-is, or use that for men
facial hair dye? Discuss.
Posted by: ombudsman at December 26, 2012 10:47 PM (HqXYa)
Love beards, very sexy in my opinion, sadly my hubby cant have one because of work, but always loved him with a beard. Keep it real
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 06:50 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 26, 2012 06:51 PM (L7hol)
hair)). If I decide to keep, should leave as-is, or use that for men
facial hair dye? Discuss. Posted by: ombudsman at December 26, 2012 10:47 PM (HqXYa)
Not a fan of facial hair beyond a mustache. For goodness sake, do not dye it, you will look like you pasted a piece of carpet you cut out of a wrecked car on your face. I know a guy who dies his beard and it is not possible to look dumber or less appealing than he does.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:51 PM (kXoT0)
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I agree. Even if it takes 20 years to overcome the GOP (I think it would take much less), it's worth it. It's not as if Republican leadership has done anything to turn back the tide of progressivism in the last 25 years and as it is they're mostly pro-serfdom anyway.
Of course, they'll concern troll us with the same arguments the progs make against opening up ANWR.Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 06:51 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Michelle Obamma at December 26, 2012 06:52 PM (jfSqj)
Brian Wilson rehearsal video - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejRHLAnd83g
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 06:52 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:52 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 06:53 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:53 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 10:49 PM (kaalw)
In addition, you wouldn't be clearing $250K if you weren't somehow RAPING the PLANET!!! So, prepare to be regulated into bankruptcy.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 06:53 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 10:49 PM (kaalw)
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Oh noes the AMT!!! Maybe you missed the other memo about the AMT. Every year it's the same thing with the AMT. Headlines scream about millions of middle class families getting trapped in the AMT unless a last minute patch is passed by congress. And every year the patch is passed. This has been going on for decades now.
Ask your clients even if they can even tell you what the AMT is. I'll bet 99% can't. But they're paralyzed over it. LOL.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:53 PM (HDgX3)
Lost my 25 yo son May 2010. Lost my 87 yo mom Sept 2011. Put 14 yo dog down this summer.
Damn. Sorry to hear this. I hope things cheer up for you.
Several years ago I lost my job, my dog, and my Dad in the space of two months leading up to Christmas. I flinched whenever the phone rang. Literally.
There were a lot of tears that Christmas, so I can relate, and hope things look up for you soon.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2012 06:55 PM (4u2LN)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 06:55 PM (LUnTP)
Ladies- (guys, I don't care) what's your position on facial hair? Yes? No? It's coming in full (I've always been a hairy guy (but no back hair)). If I decide to keep, should leave as-is, or use that for men facial hair dye? Discuss. Posted by: ombudsman at December 26, 2012 10:47 PM (HqXYa)
Beard - fine. Facial hair dye - no. I like beards on guys if they are neatly trimmed. Scraggly beards are for hobos.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 06:55 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 06:55 PM (KDq5l)
In addition, you wouldn't be clearing $250K if you weren't somehow RAPING the PLANET!!! So, prepare to be regulated into bankruptcy.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 10:53 PM (kaalw)
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Come on. So first the the paralysis is over rates. Then over AMT. Now over regulation. Give me a break.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 06:55 PM (HDgX3)
Evidently you missed the memo. It's not just the rates -- there's a mind-numbing number of major changes -- like http://tinyurl.com/bsxc8y7 or the lack of adjustment to the AMT threshold, or the lowered rate for capital gains....
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 10:49 PM (kaalw)
Yep, that change is going to make 4th quarter 2012 vehicle purchases numbers look good, but in 2013 those dealerships will look like ghost towns.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 06:55 PM (Zd/NW)
olddog at December 26, 2012 10:43 PM
If any of us said something stupid that made you laugh and just for a minute you forgot your problems then we've done our job.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 06:56 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Michelle Obamma at December 26, 2012 06:57 PM (jfSqj)
Tell us again, what is your motivation for leaving the country?
Posted by: fluffy at December 26, 2012 06:57 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at December 26, 2012 09:30 PM (Gk3SS)"
Yeah, I walked out of Les Mis about 12 years ago. Never understood the love for it.
Posted by: holygoat at December 26, 2012 06:57 PM (IGIFh)
Heh, once had that line dropped on me. I turned and said, I'm sorry, that's not possible. I don't have a soul.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 26, 2012 06:58 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 10:49 PM (+9AX9)
We put a cohesive set of rules/laws in place that controls the way the whole state votes. We all vote on the same machines, which are stored in various warehouses and are randomly sent to the precincts the night before an election. We have procedures in place with actual pictures as to what a valid vote looks like for recount purposes. You want more than one recount, you pay for it. We purge our voters rolls regularly--if you fail to vote in two consecutive major elections, you are taken off the rolls. It is all common sense, really, but, the main thing is the two big cities do not have their "own way of doing things" a la Chicago or NYC or SF or LA.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:58 PM (kXoT0)
Not a fan of facial hair beyond a mustache. For goodness sake, do not dye it, you will look like you pasted a piece of carpet you cut out of a wrecked car on your face. I know a guy who dies his beard and it is not possible to look dumber or less appealing than he does.
I see one guy frequently at the store I tend to shop at....he's about my age, but balding. He keeps his hair cut short, and it looks like he plasters what little he has left to his head with mud. Thick gooey brown mud, I'm guessing to hide the fact that he's 3/4 bald. He dyes it too. It's the funniest damn thing....you can't help but just stare at him.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 26, 2012 06:58 PM (L7hol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejRHLAnd83g
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 10:52 PM
I love that video for the braless blonde backup singer next to the window and for the harmonies but mainly for the braless blonde.
I just wish the Chris Christie backup wasn't standing in front of her, she's also wearing tight jeans over an ass you could bounce a quarter off of.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 06:58 PM (wwsoB)
God bless you, olddog. I lost my mother a month before Christmas 1985 and that was a very, very hard Christmas indeed. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her and my dad.
May the next year be a better one for you.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 06:59 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: holygoat at December 26, 2012 10:57 PM (IGIFh)
Exactly why I love you guys. I hate most of the music from Cats, loathe the music from Les Mis and Rent.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 06:59 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:00 PM (HDgX3)
Tell us again, what is your motivation for leaving the country?
Posted by: fluffy at December 26, 2012 10:57 PM (z9HTb)
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It sure as hell isn't the AMT.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:00 PM (HDgX3)
Chicks who say "We're Soulmates" = Future Crazed Stalkers.
Heh, once had that line dropped on me. I turned and said, I'm sorry, that's not possible. I don't have a soul.
My daughter keeps me up to date on the corniest pickup lines going around at her middle school. One of the latest: "I hope YOU know where we are 'cause I'm lost in your eyes."
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 07:01 PM (oknl8)
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 26, 2012 10:49 PM (jfSqj)
I worked that premature thing a long time ago. Now just happy if it shoots.
Posted by: olddog at December 26, 2012 07:02 PM (MuE6W)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 26, 2012 10:58 PM
Correction, I .... WAS bald !!
Posted by: Guy in the store at December 26, 2012 07:03 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 07:03 PM (0SmH0)
olddog @ 213
I lost my Mom in 2010 to a stupid drunken jerk in an old Ford pickup that just about tore my sister's SUV apart (hurt my sister and her husband, and busted my poor old mother to pieces).
Something terrible has overtaken my oldest sister's daughter, and her life is frankly a disaster area. My sister is heartbroken. I feel terrible a lot of the time about something that I can do nothing about.
Losing your son had to be heartbreaking. I think if I lost one of my sons it would kill me. God be with you, He has not forgotten you.
And that should remind the rest of us to be a lot more damn funny here. We have standards to keep and people are depending on us to generate some big yucks.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 07:03 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 07:03 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:04 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 07:04 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 10:58 PM (kXoT0)
Did that come about via a vote of both parties or what?
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 07:04 PM (oknl8)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 07:05 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Mercedes Paris Hilton at December 26, 2012 07:05 PM (jfSqj)
That is why Newt is invincible, Callista has his under lock and key in her purse.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 07:06 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 26, 2012 07:06 PM (FvWRE)
Give us that attitude a few months from now when you come here asking us "how do I get a government ramrod out of my ass and how did it get there"
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 07:07 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 11:05 PM (0SmH0)
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I do. But I wouldn't go so far as to call it the People's State of WA. We don't have an income tax here.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:07 PM (HDgX3)
Will clown for beer....
look like the back of Mooch's head when she takes the wig du jour off for the night.
...and brain bleach.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 07:08 PM (6Uliu)
Thick gooey brown mud, I'm guessing to hide the fact that he's 3/4 bald. He dyes it too. It's the funniest damn thing....you can't help but just stare at him. Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 26, 2012 10:58 PM (L7hol)
The creepiest dye job on a guy that I've ever seen was one sported by a old man who used to attend my church. He was in his 70s and had shoulder length, thinning, and very blond hair. Those golden locks on an elderly geezer made him look ridiculous. No, Robert Redford and Redford wannabes- there comes a time when you cannot pull off blond dye jobs anymore. That's true of women too, but it's even weirder on old men.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 07:08 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 26, 2012 07:09 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 07:09 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 10:55 PM
Give us that attitude a few months from now when you come here asking us "how do I get a government ramrod out of my ass and how did it get there"
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 11:07 PM (wwsoB)
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The govt ramrod has been there for years. It won't change because the 250,0001st dollar is now taxed at 39.6% instead of 35%. That's my whole point. And if a business is paralyzed over it, the business owners are idiots. People lose money when they either panic or they freeze. People make money when they act to take advantage of the current situation.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:10 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 07:10 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 07:10 PM (0SmH0)
So, what's your tax bracket, asshole?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 26, 2012 11:09 PM (KDq5l)
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When did I say viva la IRS? I want lower taxes. But I'm not going to sound like a fucking imbecile and say I am paralyzed in my daily life over the 250,000 1st dollar I earn being taxed an extra 4.6%. Sorry, that is just fucking insane.
For 2012 I will be paying close to $40K in federal income tax if you must know. So don't tell me about taxes. I know all about it.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:11 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: helofixer at December 26, 2012 07:11 PM (0sxqO)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 26, 2012 11:04 PM (oknl
I am ashamed to say that I do not remember exactly how it came to be. It just amazes me the voting messes that is allowed to exist in other states. But, it has been that way since the 80s. The 70s saw the last of our criminal Dims out of office. We actually had a Dim Governor who had been in prison in the early 70s. In the 80s, the state was flush with oil money and oil money tends to be Conservative. We did have some excellent Conservative Democrats in the 70s. I think the big money guys in charge of the state's economy said, "Clean this up. We don't want to be ashamed of the way we do things here."
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 07:12 PM (kXoT0)
Losing your son had to be heartbreaking
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 11:03 PM (Md8Uo)
Yes, it was. He was given his law degree posthousmaly.
Posted by: olddog at December 26, 2012 07:12 PM (MuE6W)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 07:13 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 26, 2012 07:14 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 10:55 PM (HDgX3)
The paralysis is over regime uncertainty, which is manifested in taxes -- which are comprised of several moving parts, including rates, categorizations, deductions, and even the AMT -- AND required business expenses, which would include general insurance (which is going up), medical insurance (which is going way up), compliance costs (payroll processors have NO clue how to prepare the initial payroll of 2013), employer costs (Obamacare kicks in at the 31st employee once you go past 50?!?), legal exposure (Lily Ledbetter act, anyone?), AND regulatory malfeasance, like the EPA's Cross-State rule ( http://tinyurl.com/7dtxw9u ), compounded by secondary effects (as the Cross-State rule will increase electricity costs markedly in most markets).
A single tick might seem insignificant, but when they totally cover an animal the results are very significant. Ask these guys http://tinyurl.com/cq3v7wk if it was the regulations or the taxes that did 'em in.... Surprise! It was neither -- it was just the government being capricious and fickle. Regime uncertainty.
And all of which interferes with the business' primary aim -- to please enough customers that they are showered with money, at a cost where the customers think they got the best of the deal.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 07:14 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 11:08 PM (6Uliu)
Sorry, HR, but, we must discourage the dying of facial hair....a price must be paid.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 07:14 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 11:10 PM (0SmH0)
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In 2010 we voted it down 65-35 so I don't see it happening any time soon.
I'd rather have a high sales tax and no income tax since I live close to Idaho and do most of my shopping there 
So Idaho has a 6% income tax and a 6% sales tax. We have an 8.7% sales tax (in my county) and no income tax. That's a much better deal IMO. Now granted property tax is much higher on the WA side than the ID for a similar house. But even so, not having that 6% income tax still leaves me better off over all. Everyone's situation will be different of course. In general though for an evil rich white person like myself who makes a lot, doesn't spend too much, 0% income tax is a better deal.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:15 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 07:16 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 26, 2012 07:16 PM (6Uliu)
Ann Wilson = fat sister that sings real loud. Always had a big bag of Snickers bars nearby.
Nancy was the skinnier blond sister with somtimes big hair that played the Geetar.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 07:17 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 10:55 PM (BStAJ)
Hey! I ain't a hobo, Jack!
Posted by: Uncle Si at December 26, 2012 07:18 PM (svK4p)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 26, 2012 07:18 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 07:19 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Moron #3 at December 26, 2012 07:19 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Wily Wrepublican Wench at December 26, 2012 07:19 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: joncelli at December 26, 2012 07:19 PM (CWlPF)
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We've had Obama for 4 years. We know what he's about. If the business is still paralyzed 4 years later they'll be paralyzed 40 years from now too.
As for payroll....for fuck's sake it's a few keystrokes to change the withholding amount. Again, if this is paralyzing companies, these companies are going to go under tax increase or no tax increase.
A well run business, runs its business and lets accountants worry about payroll. A poorly run business is paralyzed by payroll changes.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:19 PM (HDgX3)
The creepiest dye job on a guy that I've ever seen was one sported by a old man who used to attend my church. He was in his 70s and had shoulder length, thinning, and very blond hair. Those golden locks on an elderly geezer made him look ridiculous. No, Robert Redford and Redford wannabes- there comes a time when you cannot pull off blond dye jobs anymore. That's true of women too, but it's even weirder on old men.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 11:08 PM (BStAJ)
Whoooooo, but the Nature Boy still pulls it off!! WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ric Flair at December 26, 2012 07:20 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: carolina at December 26, 2012 07:22 PM (JebKA)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 11:19 PM (0SmH0)
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It's saneER but we still have to abide by what our overlords in Olympia say. Property tax rates aren't any lower here than King Co by the way. It's just houses cost less so we pay less actual tax. But rates are the same. On a 500K house the tax bill is about $6500-7000. But again, I'll take that vs. paying an income tax of 5% which for me would mean well over $10K.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:22 PM (HDgX3)
Not pushing the panic button yet as they are re scheduling another test, but If you rons and ettes have the time and the inclination, please add her to your thoughts. Posted by: helofixer at December 26, 2012 11:11 PM (0sxqO)
I went through that about a month ago. During the second visit, the tech did an ultrasound and then came back and told me the radiologist wanted to come in and do another one herself. I had a bad 10 minutes or so waiting for her - but it turned out to be nothing. The overwhelming majority of call backs are false positives - they need to cover their butts. Still, it is nerve wracking. I hope all goes well with your mom.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 26, 2012 07:22 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 11:00 PM (HDgX3)
Dude, I'm a CPA -- are you? I've done hundreds of returns, mostly back in the dark ages of the 80's but to some degree up through the present. This is a clusterfuck of epic proportions -- and not entirely due to the "fiscal cliff" or "Bush tax cuts" nonsense or even Obamacare, but because of the huge decoupling between things they are trying and things that have ever worked.
They are seriously proposing to have the IRS set up tax forms for policy decisions that they made after the blackletter law they crammed through in the middle of the night failed to work. That way lies madness, and -- believe me -- I know madness.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 07:22 PM (kaalw)
The "paralysis" from the unknown taxes about to be levied are again a major reason that capital intensive businesses (like manufacturing) are exiting the US and going to someplace in Asia or Mexico. And have been for a good long time.
We keep punishing capital formation and the government wonders why the rate of investment and capital returns don't get better. Obama and his gang of loons are an either an inumerate bunch of ninnies or a malevolent cabal of Marxist demogogues.
Or maybe .....BOTH!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 07:23 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: teej at December 26, 2012 07:23 PM (SgWU/)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls Und Sheft at December 26, 2012 07:23 PM (0SmH0)
Ann Wilson = fat sister that sings real loud. Always had a big bag of Snickers bars nearby.
Nancy was the skinnier blond sister with somtimes big hair that played the Geetar.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 11:17 PM (Md8Uo)
I would have nailed both back in the 70's.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 07:24 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: CMU VET at December 26, 2012 07:24 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: polynikes at December 26, 2012 07:24 PM (is2uy)
Posted by: MidwesternSceptic at December 26, 2012 07:25 PM (cxl8k)
Posted by: Exasperated Expat at December 26, 2012 07:25 PM (gkfSV)
That's it then, nuke the North Pole.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 26, 2012 07:26 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2012 07:26 PM (VLe4D)
Posted by: carolina at December 26, 2012 11:22 PM (JebKA)
I read a bunch of blogs nightly, hubby watches sports. He always knows when I get to AOS because I start laughing, lotta funny folks here!
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 07:26 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 26, 2012 07:28 PM (R+6Q+)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 07:28 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 11:23 PM (Md8Uo)
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Companies are leaving for an overall lower cost of doing business. They're not leaving because of uncertainty. If you think the fiscal cliff is "uncertain" you've obviously never done business in a 2nd or 3rd world country. You want to see uncertainty? Open up a plant in China and within 3 months every contract you signed is renegotiated or ignored completely. And yet your premise is that companies are going there to avoid uncertainty over the fiscal cliff? Hilarious.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:28 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 07:28 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 07:28 PM (jfSqj)
We keep punishing capital formation and the government wonders why the rate of investment and capital returns don't get better. Obama and his gang of loons are an either an inumerate bunch of ninnies or a malevolent cabal of Marxist demogogues.
Or maybe .....BOTH!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 11:23 PM
Never ascribe to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice...
...and copious amounts of cocaine.
Posted by: otho at December 26, 2012 07:29 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 11:19 PM (HDgX3)
If you are a small business person, and have that attitude, you MUST have a business that has a steady margin IE: Gov't; whether your a MD, JD, parasite etc.
Posted by: MidwesternSceptic at December 26, 2012 11:25 PM (cxl8k)
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An MD is a parasite? WTF?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:30 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: The Dude at December 26, 2012 07:31 PM (tw6Ar)
I read a bunch of blogs nightly, hubby watches sports. He always knows when I get to AOS because I start laughing, lotta funny folks here!
Honeymoon's over already?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 07:32 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Undead Army (aka Deus Ex Machina) at December 26, 2012 07:34 PM (sqp6o)
I've always thought a great place to live would be Vancouver, WA. No state income tax in WA, then right across the river in Oregon (Portland area) there is no state sales tax. Best of both worlds...if you can put up with 6 months of constant rain.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:35 PM (HDgX3)
My company (I'm not in charge, I just work there) has been doing business successfully in China for more than a few years. Also in India, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam.
I think you really don't know as much as you think you do about what you're talking about. For all of my adult life (about 37 years) I have seen nothing but the de-industrialization of my home state (Ohio) and the jobs go to Mexico or somewhere in Asia. The inpenetrable logic of bad tax policy seems to be a conundrum that many politicians cannot quite comprehend.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 07:35 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 07:36 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 07:37 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 11:32 PM (+9AX9)
No, hubby worked 11 hours today. Hes tired. But he gets six days off starting friday
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 07:39 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 11:22 PM (kaalw)
Forget it cthulhu - commenter Mr. Moo Moo has assured us all that the coming tax and regulatory changes are nothing to worry about.
And that's just the kind of assurance that's guaranteed to stand up in IRS hearings and shareholder lawsuits.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 26, 2012 07:39 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 07:39 PM (jfSqj)
Metal...and musicals. Interesting eclectic tastes.
I don't like musicals myself, but I liked the book, with reservations. Biggest reservation was the 30 page digression into some war scene that you actually had to read because at the very very end was something crucial to the plot.
There is a story that a French person into culture was asked who was the greatest French novelist. He answered: "Alas! Victor Hugo." Anyone who has made it through his books can identify with that, the good and the bad.
Posted by: Splunge at December 26, 2012 07:40 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: PabloD at December 26, 2012 07:41 PM (BoclE)
Posted by: teej at December 26, 2012 07:41 PM (hDena)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 11:30 PM (HDgX3)
An individual MD may or may not be a parasite, but he belongs to a system that is absolutely parasitic -- http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?singlepost=3012292 .
For those just casually watching this, it cost a guy $120.55 for his wife to have a baby in a hospital, with a four-day stay, all in.....in 1963, when you had to write a check for it. Now it's an employee benefit, or has to be done by an emergency room under EMTALA, or is mucked with by the Feds.....and costs much, much, much more than the $908.95 2012 dollars that 1963 would have indicated.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 07:41 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 11:37 PM
What, no 90's love? Vanilla Ice Turtles rool! Go ninja, go ninja, go!
Posted by: otho at December 26, 2012 07:41 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 11:37 PM (LUnTP)
80's series. Parents ordered it today from Barnes and Nobel since it's on sale.
Got these boxsets for Christmas:
Batman Beyond
Alias
Ultraman Seven (one of the few things on my list I got)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Batman TAS (to replace my lost copies)
Twilight Zone seasons 1 and 2
and the Universal monster boxset but that's a different beast
Posted by: The Dude at December 26, 2012 07:43 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 26, 2012 07:43 PM (VLe4D)
-Michael Eric Dyson
This fucker couldn't have said it in a happier tone.
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 11:28 PM (sqp6o)
What a creep.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 07:43 PM (adaoe)
I think you really don't know as much as you think you do about what you're talking about. For all of my adult life (about 37 years) I have seen nothing but the de-industrialization of my home state (Ohio) and the jobs go to Mexico or somewhere in Asia. The inpenetrable logic of bad tax policy seems to be a conundrum that many politicians cannot quite comprehend.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 11:35 PM (Md8Uo)
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You missed my point completely. I'll try again....
Companies are moving to Asia because Asia is a cheaper place. It has nothing to do with the uncertainty of the fiscal cliff. And you have proven my point by saying this has been going on for as long as you've been alive. And sure companies to well in Asia. But that's DESPITE a lot of uncertainty and risks. I didn't run a company, but I worked for a bank that loaned companies a lot of money. And my job was to analyze the worthiness of these loans. Looking at the books was pretty much worthless. The true value of a company was how well it was connected. Bribes, kickbacks, payoffs...that's how it works. You think 35 vs 39% taxes is a big worry? Try worrying if the son of the minster of such and such that you just paid $250K is really going to come through for you or not and on time. Will that building permit have all the ts crossed? Or will there be another $250K needed. That my friend is uncertainty. Not a fucking AMT patch.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:44 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 07:44 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 07:44 PM (t8dlh)
lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 11:39 PM
Good. Get with the program then. We need more morons!
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 07:45 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 07:45 PM (sqp6o)
lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 11:39 PM
Good. Get with the program then. We need more morons!
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 11:45 PM (+9AX9)
Oh hell to the no!! I am a grandma...
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 07:45 PM (adaoe)
So what say you?
Remington 870 Express Tactical?
Or Mossburg 535 Tactical?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 11:28 PM (IvVLN)
persoanly neither
get a 28 inch barel Remington 870 with screw in chokes
get a Nordic Components magazine extension to add 7 shells in the tube
that way you will have 11 in the magazine + 1 in the chamber
12 rounds of 12 ga. should fix all you problems
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 11:39 PM (jfSqj)
I concur
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at December 26, 2012 07:46 PM (/7Xis)
tax and regulatory changes are nothing to worry about.
And that's just the kind of assurance that's guaranteed to stand up in IRS hearings and shareholder lawsuits.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 26, 2012 11:39 PM (XkotV)
The MSM constantly says that conservatives are heartless -- and here I am in an airplane coming down with one stuck landing gear trying to convince the guy in the next seat to get into the crash position. "Oh, no -- been through this dozens of times.....it always comes out better than they describe." "It doesn't hurt or even cost much to assume the worst, prepare, and be thankful later."
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 07:47 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 07:48 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 11:41 PM (kaalw)
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And this has to do with the fiscal cliff how exactly?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:49 PM (HDgX3)
You don't say?
Posted by: Ted Bundy at December 26, 2012 07:49 PM (z9HTb)
Either one is good, go with which ever feels right in your hands.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 26, 2012 07:49 PM (svK4p)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 26, 2012 07:49 PM (R+6Q+)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 07:50 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 11:48 PM (LUnTP)
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was an odd one as I wasn't a fan of the show when it aired but can't say no to 73 hours of cheese
Posted by: The Dude at December 26, 2012 07:50 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 07:50 PM (t8dlh)
And with that I bid you adieu for the evening.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 07:51 PM (HDgX3)
lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 11:45 PM
Keep trying anyway. It's fun.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 11:49 PM (+9AX9
Yes I will
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 07:51 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe
Which would be a first on this blog ...
Maybe we should all greet jimi ray once again.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 26, 2012 07:51 PM (KDq5l)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 07:51 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 11:44 PM (HDgX3)
So you concede that regime uncertainty is a serious problem? And that it can be manifested in a variety of ways?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 07:51 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 07:52 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 07:52 PM (LUnTP)
Of course the technology has improved, and costs money. But that's not the main issue. The main issue is government. First, liability. Trial lawyers and unions own the Democratic party. How often do women give birth conventionally these days? Second, Medicare. This one is complicated. Basically Medicare pays a pittance for medical care, by statute, so they have to make up for it with the paying customers. The insurance companies get a discount too, but not as good a one. If you pay for what you get with a check, the rates will be insane.
Posted by: Splunge at December 26, 2012 07:53 PM (2IW5Q)
It's inevitable, so relax and enjoy it!
Posted by: Barry Obullshit at December 26, 2012 07:53 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: carolina at December 26, 2012 07:53 PM (z2shr)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 07:53 PM (sqp6o)
Wow. You ask someone a direct question, he gives you a detailed answer and you respond with this?
Don't go away mad...
Posted by: fluffy at December 26, 2012 07:55 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 07:55 PM (IvVLN)
lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 11:51 PM
Good. Now dig around in the back of your closet and break out the riding crop and spurs. They're right nest to the......Uh, no I've never been in your closet. Honest.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 07:55 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Robert at December 26, 2012 07:56 PM (LUnTP)
lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 11:51 PM
Good. Now dig around in the back of your closet and break out the riding crop and spurs. They're right nest to the......Uh, no I've never been in your closet. Honest.
Lou, I recommend a harsh bit for this one.
Posted by: Splunge at December 26, 2012 07:56 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Barry Obullshit at December 26, 2012 11:53 PM
Better pray something happens by that time, because at that point you'll have nothing in reserve.
Posted by: Berserker at December 26, 2012 07:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 26, 2012 07:57 PM (R+6Q+)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 11:50 PM (XDC0v)
I was at bass pro shops they had no .223
Turners has been a zoo lately, like you say
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at December 26, 2012 07:57 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 07:57 PM (Z5BDI)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 07:58 PM (t8dlh)
Nomenklatura
Samizdat (which the Internet and Web obviate---at least until the nomenklatura decides to "regulate" them)
The New Iconostasis : a term from the early Soviet Era, where the portraits of the top figures in the regime were seen to replace the Orthodox icons that Russians historically venerated. We've got our own today, otherwise known as the Media Elite, the Ivy League Dons, the congressional super-stars of the left. And, of course, the portrait of the Holy Redeemer, Teh Won.
See where we're headed.....?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at December 26, 2012 07:58 PM (HVtRc)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 26, 2012 07:58 PM (JMmQ9)
The AMT and the so-called "patches" that are apparently annually applied to sooth the upper middle class are not the reason for any exodus of companies to Asia. And there are certainly uncertainties to doing business in parts of the Third World (such as Sri Lanka and Viet Nam) that are unknown in countries with a stronger notion of the Rule of Law.
But again, the Rule of Law is a part of any design margin to make a country's legal, banking and governance predictable and understandable.
The point that others seem to be trying to make is that the present Regime is making a hash of the predictability of tax law in particular. The "Fiscal Cliff" is just so much media gobbledigook that glosses over a lot of unknowns. The Senate has only passed continuing budget resolutions for three years. There has been little or no debate of Federal budgeting and practices. The Obama Regime has stymied Congress in their basic duties in oversight, and has no explanation (and won't give one) as to where all the money actually went.
The Obama Regime has been doing their level best to destroy the design margin of the function of many parts of the Federal government, and even the basic understanding of how taxes will be levied for 2012 and into 2013, still up in the air. The Commerce Department has been sitting on the business that my company is in because we import large amounts of a certain commodity from China that has been accused of "dumping" so we literally have to spend hundreds of man hours justifying to the ignorant government hacks who dreamed up this nightmare as to how we are using this commodity. Just one example.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 07:59 PM (Md8Uo)
That's what hacksaws are for, my good fellow.
Posted by: Lefty Kowalski at December 26, 2012 07:59 PM (qR+xF)
Posted by: teej at December 26, 2012 08:00 PM (B5s0p)
Same MFer that asked Jordan Ghawi how his sister was doing?
Umm, she was killed in Aurora asshole.
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 11:51 PM (sqp6o)
Wow, so evil.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 08:00 PM (adaoe)
Yes, does seem "concerned", doesn't he
I don't think he's a lefty dem moby though, more likely well connected to some establishment Republicans trying to soften us up for the coming sellout
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 08:01 PM (wwsoB)
Yes, this. This regime has literally no clue that business needs to be able to make plans. They see no obligation whatsoever to maintain stability and predictability (aka the Rule of Law), because their own whims take precedence.
Posted by: Splunge at December 26, 2012 08:01 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:02 PM (Z5BDI)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 26, 2012 11:57 PM (R+6Q+)
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And when I hear Hannity talking points regurgitated I think to myself, a lot of people who claim to be conservative aren't critical thinkers.
Let me try a 4th time....I want low taxes. I want less govt intervention. BUT saying the fiscal cliff uncertainty is causing business paralysis is simply a stupid Hannity type talking point that has no basis in reality. Do you really not understand the difference between the two issues?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 08:02 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 27, 2012 12:01 AM (wwsoB)
___________________
You got me. I'm Jon Boehner's right hand man.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 08:03 PM (HDgX3)
Soulmates? I used to believe in them...until the woman I thought was The One went nuts, put me into five-figure debt then ran away with some ^$(*&
she met on the internet. I no longer believe there's One Twue Wuv for everyone. I'm still not entirely convinced there's one We Might Get Along If We Work At It for me. But I'm not bitter.
So, the 'ettes approve of beards? Hey, one thing I'm getting right! It's almost all white now, so you can barely see the Van Dyke I'm sporting...
http://is.gd/Qqi3Sz
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 26, 2012 08:03 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 08:03 PM (sqp6o)
When they bring the "we don't want to take your guns, just have 'reasonable' regulations" walkback, you know they realize they showed their cards too soon.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 08:05 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:05 PM (Z5BDI)
I'd bet you can get a rifled barrel for a 535 but the point to a rifled sabot is that you don't need a rifled barrel for the spin . It's in the sabot round itself.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:06 PM (Y6HTt)
Quite believable. Your natural enemy appears to be conservatives.
Posted by: fluffy at December 26, 2012 08:06 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 08:07 PM (t8dlh)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 26, 2012 08:07 PM (R+6Q+)
You missed my point completely. I'll try again....
Companies are moving to Asia because Asia is a cheaper place. It has nothing to do with the uncertainty of the fiscal cliff. And you have proven my point by saying this has been going on for as long as you've been alive. And sure companies to well in Asia. But that's DESPITE a lot of uncertainty and risks. I didn't run a company, but I worked for a bank that loaned companies a lot of money. And my job was to analyze the worthiness of these loans. Looking at the books was pretty much worthless. The true value of a company was how well it was connected. Bribes, kickbacks, payoffs...that's how it works. You think 35 vs 39% taxes is a big worry? Try worrying if the son of the minster of such and such that you just paid $250K is really going to come through for you or not and on time. Will that building permit have all the ts crossed? Or will there be another $250K needed. That my friend is uncertainty. Not a fucking AMT patch.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 11:44 PM (HDgX3)
Holy shit, you don't think kickbacks, bribes and payoffs are done here? You don't think you are at the mercy of some gumhead up in city hall that got the job because daddy was in the state house or a judge?
Fuck it, I would rather worry about if I was going to get a building permit from some foreign prick than hoping the US one would actually get out of the car and actually count that we had the correct number of shrubs and trees around the building so that I could get the occupancy permit.
If you think our government isn't corrupt, you need to really look into it and actually deal with the government.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 08:07 PM (Zd/NW)
On coaching the kids - was an assistant coach for 8 years of t-ball through age 12 ball on the small field. We had very supportive parents who often expressed their appreciation for our time. His last year, I was standing in the first base coaching box giving my son a high five for getting on base, then talking to him about running on a grounder, waiting for my signal if the ball was in the air, etc., etc. Head coach was clapping and telling him, "Nice hit, good job, now stay alert out there." My son was trying to look as serious as a major leaguer in a playoff game, but with a huge grin he was trying to conceal. I remember the evening breeze blowing a little dirt around and thinking "Save this moment, it does not ever get any better than this."
On Bork - less pleasant memories. I recall how stunned I was by the viciousness of Kennedy's opening attack against a decent man who happened to differ politically from him. But what really struck me was how none of the MSM (they didn't have the nickname back then) even batted an eye about the rhetoric and vitriol. Kennedy's attack was pretty much portrayed in the media as speaking truth to power; basically a tough, blunt spoken Senator's speaking up for the little guy against the malignant forces of the Reagan administration. Sounds melodramatic, but sometimes I think that was really when we began to lose a part of our country's soul.
Posted by: RM at December 26, 2012 08:08 PM (ixDYs)
If she's worth the money, SandW 686.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 26, 2012 08:08 PM (svK4p)
She looks like a ginger Jodie Foster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d4eIqdRwiE
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 08:08 PM (wwsoB)
They conveniently left out the following factors:
1. That is when people started to own cell phones
2. That is when people started to own camcorders
3. War on drugs
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 26, 2012 08:09 PM (SkyIE)
Losing your son had to be heartbreaking. I think if I lost one of my sons it would kill me. God be with you, He has not forgotten you.
And that should remind the rest of us to be a lot more damn funny here. We have standards to keep and people are depending on us to generate some big yucks.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 11:03 PM (Md8Uo)
And I have not forgotten him. His pix are throughout the house. It hurts my heart every time I see his pic walking through the house. But wife won that battle. I'm glad she did.
Posted by: olddog at December 26, 2012 08:09 PM (MuE6W)
A three inch barrel is probably too short to hit anything reliably. I could be wrong about that, but I doubt it, especially in the hands of a woman who probably does not have as strong a grip as a man typically does. Not trying to be critical of your wife at all, just the norms of such a discussion. Your wife could have a stronger grip than I do, which would make all of the above total bullshit.
Well, it is the ONT.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at December 26, 2012 08:09 PM (Md8Uo)
$120.55 for his wife to have a baby in a hospital, with a four-day
stay, all in.....in 1963, when you had to write a check for it. Now it's
an employee benefit, or has to be done by an emergency room under
EMTALA, or is mucked with by the Feds.....and costs much, much, much
more than the $908.95 2012 dollars that 1963 would have indicated.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 11:41 PM (kaalw)
____________
And this has to do with the fiscal cliff how exactly?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 11:49 PM (HDgX3)
Back up through the thread. You had questioned whether doctors were less than saints having a higher calling (@342) because another commenter said you must be insulated from real business sense (i.e. heavily regulated @330) because your previous comment echoed Joe Walsh's "I have accountants pay for it all" sense of effective management (@315).
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 08:12 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 08:12 PM (wwsoB)
It's mostly going to be used to smack semi wadcutters into paper.
A better revolver that doesn't fit her hand is worse than a lesser one that does. Try things out, see what fits, see what points naturally for her.
Posted by: Splunge at December 26, 2012 08:12 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:13 PM (Z5BDI)
They conveniently left out the following factors:>>
They would paid what a low end criminal could expect to make to baby mamas thus eliminating the need to go out and commit crimes.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:13 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe
Which would be a first on this blog ...
Maybe we should all greet jimi ray once again.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 26, 2012 11:51 PM (KDq5l)
Yeah, funny how he evaporated.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 08:14 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 27, 2012 12:05 AM (wwsoB)
Dooooh, love this! But fuck em, no you dont get anything, ala obama!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 26, 2012 08:14 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at December 26, 2012 08:16 PM (/7Xis)
&&&&&&&&&&&
Wait a sec , moo----- that's not all that's going to happen in 2013. There are all the other taxes, from phase-in of ObamaCare mandates to increases in taxes on dividends and sale of real property, to possible new energy taxes and stringent EPA standards, and higher payroll taxes (half borne by the employer) that are all effectively additional costs, that go into small businesses being paralyzed.
You also blithely assume that the market for the products and services offered by small businesses remains unaffected by all these new taxes and regs. Suppose you're a b-to-b seller, and your customers' profit margins decline? What happens to your business when they can't afford to buy your stuff in the amounts they did previously: do you thrive, remain static, or decline?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at December 26, 2012 08:16 PM (HVtRc)
Posted by: Steck at December 26, 2012 08:16 PM (RL7U1)
Captain Whitebread at December 27, 2012 12:03 AM
Yes there is somebody for you. It took me 25yrs to find her but she was well worth looking for. Went through a lot of test drives but still worth it. Love the shit out of her. I do have the tendency to piss her off every now and then. Yes 'ettes it was my fault.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 26, 2012 08:18 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:19 PM (Z5BDI)
Posted by: zeera at December 26, 2012 08:19 PM (3dXwx)
You can fire .38's in it, up to +P.
Posted by: Country Singer at December 26, 2012 08:20 PM (svK4p)
Holy crap did I Fuck up that sentence. It should say. Now that they dole out what a low end criminal makes to baby mamas criminals don't need to go out and do as many crimes.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:20 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: MidwesternSceptic at December 26, 2012 08:21 PM (cxl8k)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 08:21 PM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 08:23 PM (t8dlh)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 08:23 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Country Singer at December 26, 2012 08:25 PM (svK4p)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 08:25 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 08:26 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2012 08:26 PM (kaalw)
A good cheap carry weapon is a Makarov.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:27 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 12:23 AM (kaalw
Facts are tough medicine. Unfortunately, self-interest overides common sense.
Posted by: MidwesterbSceptic at December 26, 2012 08:27 PM (cxl8k)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:29 PM (Z5BDI)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 08:30 PM (t8dlh)
http://tinyurl.com/c2osxs5
Americans. It took us 40 years to get rid of Piers Morgan. Pleasse don't send him back.—
Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) December 24, 2012
Americans. Was the second amendment not introduced to protect you from the tyranny of the British? Piers Morgan in other words.—
Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) December 24, 2012
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 08:31 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 08:32 PM (sqp6o)
And a step up from that is a Barret 50 semi and from that a mini gun...
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:33 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 08:34 PM (t8dlh)
Posted by: RWC at December 26, 2012 08:34 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 08:34 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:34 PM (Z5BDI)
Posted by: Whatev at December 27, 2012 12:21 AM (2t6Gz)
I used to hate the parents at the game when I was playing. My parents didn't know much about sports, but they went and cheered and cheered appropriately. Other parents, holy shit. They would bitch and complain because their little snowflake was on the bench towards the end of a tied game. They just didn't believe that their snowflake wasn't the next Jerry West, Jim Brown, or Johnny Bench. So the ones out there catch shit from the parents of their friends because they didn't get the game winning hit, make the last second shot, or score the game winning touchdown. They were not in the game because the ones in the game had done that all game long and all season long and not sitting in the field chasing butterflies when they were playing.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 08:35 PM (Zd/NW)
It's an uncertain uncertainty, that's why no sane nation would have elected a SCOAMF.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 26, 2012 08:36 PM (kLZ5n)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 26, 2012 08:36 PM (t8dlh)
Most elitists want Americans to be Jerry Espensen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KvO-8IvoCI
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 08:36 PM (wwsoB)
Great! I'm happy for you.
Where I lean these days is that if there's more than One Twue Wuv out there...there are potentially many people with which a person may be romantically compatible. But you have to work at it. Expecting the Perfect Mate to appear and make everything wonderful forever is just magical thinking.
As for me...I don't think "SWM, middle-aged, thinning hair, expanding wasteline, comic book and sci-fi geek, introverted (unless at karaoke), totally average goober" is going to get me any takers. But I'm OK with that 98 percent of the time.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 26, 2012 08:37 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 27, 2012 12:14 AM (kaalw)
What I witnessed of the meltdown was hilarious.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 26, 2012 08:38 PM (kLZ5n)
Why?Posted by: RWC at December 27, 2012 12:34 AM (sqp6o)>>
What other than 22 cal is rimfire now? that seems to be a non limiting factor in a pistol purchase.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:39 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:39 PM (Z5BDI)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 26, 2012 11:49 PM (HDgX3)
You are being given some free education. Just swallow your pride and accept it. M
Posted by: MidwesterbSceptic at December 26, 2012 08:40 PM (cxl8k)
Posted by: The Hobo Wears Prada at December 26, 2012 08:43 PM (Z5BDI)
Evening roonz and roonettez! Lunch break, last day of the 4 day stretch.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 26, 2012 08:43 PM (xa1/W)
Oh, yeah, we both do stupid things, and we both acknowledge that to one another. I'm thinking that might be the reason we are still together.
Posted by: tcn at December 26, 2012 08:43 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 08:45 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 27, 2012 12:31 AM
Maybe we could trade him for Captain Slow. Moorgoon wouldn't make it through the first dress rehearsal.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 26, 2012 08:46 PM (rzTDZ)
I like the 686 -- seven shot revolvers win a lot of gunfights! -- but it is a little "meaty." Great for .357, maybe just a tad more mass than is really necessary for .38. My favorite revolver is my grandfather's Model of 1899 (the other model called a Military ampersand Police). They were later known as a Model 12. It's point-and-squirt. Know how in Dick Tracy movies cops would shoot like a kid using his finger, bang-bang-bang? With this one, you can do that and get hits.
They are often available as used police or agency guns (some of them from second owner, now) and don't wear out easily. Double action pull is substantial but uniform and predictable, unlike many modern DA's. Firing target-style, all are capable of respectable groups at 50 feet.
The Colt Python is also a very good pistol, with enough mass to handle .357 but not overweight. I have not priced one for a while; they tend to be a little overpriced because they have such a sexy name and history. Worth checking; I doubt you could lose money on one.
Biggest problem with revolver frame size is the gap behind the trigger guard where the bird-finger must rest. If the butt is a little small, or the action a little snappy, a painful first impact will occur there with every shot. I can handle heavy but simple recoil, and can learn to manage the barrel rise of real big rounds, but I resent it when a pistol bites me. I can't use the Smith mod65, or the cute light little Taurus products. Small frames are often recommended for women, with the assumption of small hands, but the result is too often a nasty little piece that is unpleasant to shoot.
Posted by: comatus at December 26, 2012 08:46 PM (qaVK+)
Some of the men are assholes, but most of the men seem to shun those assholes, and they know it. So far, so good.
Posted by: tcn at December 26, 2012 08:47 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: grease monkey at December 26, 2012 08:47 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 08:47 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 26, 2012 08:49 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 27, 2012 12:46 AM
Clarkson said once; "Certainly we'd have Piers Morgan on the show to drive on our track. I'd see to it that he got a car with no brakes"
Morgan keeps digging that no one in America even knows who Clarkson is. I think that's his Pauline Kael moment
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 08:50 PM (wwsoB)
Oddly enough I figured that out with the first assault weapons ban. My old neighbor never looked at me the same after he signed for my UPS delivery of 6000 rounds. (me and my brother ordered together)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:50 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 08:51 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 08:51 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 08:53 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: grease monkey at December 26, 2012 08:54 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 08:54 PM (XDC0v)
There are tens of thousands of used SandW .38's available used for like $300. Great gunjs. try cdnn
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 08:56 PM (XDC0v)
Not a gun expert but isn't part of the reason for a longer barrel hitting power? Snub nose good for up close and 6 inch plus for reaching out a little.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 08:57 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 08:58 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 26, 2012 08:58 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 08:59 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 26, 2012 09:00 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 26, 2012 09:00 PM (T7gPe)
Posted by: grease monkey at December 26, 2012 09:00 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 26, 2012 09:00 PM (yJYwC)
The funniest "star in a reasonably priced car" had to have been David Soul when he ripped the shifter out of both of their cars.
http://tinyurl.com/c3xdf7h
But PM in a car with no brakes (and no accelerator spring) would be better.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 26, 2012 09:01 PM (rzTDZ)
Posted by: Steck at December 26, 2012 09:02 PM (RL7U1)
Snub nose good for not much really, and I'd be ashamed to be seen with one. Four to 4- 1/2" is about ideal for carrying, but yes 6-inch for a target pistol is definitely better. Beyond that, unless you're hunting deer, you're getting into the Buntline stuff and a lot of "compensator" jokes.
Posted by: comatus at December 26, 2012 09:02 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:03 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: grease monkey at December 26, 2012 09:03 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:05 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:06 PM (XDC0v)
The obvious answer is buy a mini 14 duh!
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 09:06 PM (Y6HTt)
The funniest "star in a reasonably priced car" had to have been David Soul when he ripped the shifter out of both of their cars.
http://tinyurl.com/c3xdf7h
But PM in a car with no brakes (and no accelerator spring) would be better.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 27, 2012 01:01 AM
Throw in a leaking fuel line and a jammed door latch and it would be spectacular
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 09:06 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:08 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 26, 2012 09:09 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 09:09 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Steck at December 26, 2012 09:11 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Whatev at December 26, 2012 09:11 PM (2t6Gz)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 09:14 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 27, 2012 01:00 AM (yJYwC)
Nope, no one came to his defense, but back then, something like this had not happened. Supreme Court justices were somewhat routinely confirmed, but all the now usual suspects came out of the woodwork to savage him.
He didn't go after Kennedy and Biden because he still appeared to be on his way to confirmation, but then the leftist GOPers decided that he wasn't going to do, so they scuttled his nomination.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 09:14 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Jordan at December 26, 2012 09:17 PM (wGDey)
What a legacy. I'm sure the morning news shows will love him when he retires.
If he had something other than ME On TV in mind, here's what he should have done.
Offered a plan with 10 percent cut in all taxes, across the board. 10 percent reduction in government spending, every department. 10 percent reduction in welfare payments.
When Obama rejected that, offer the same plan, with 15 percent in each place.
But no, he wanted to be loved on TV. So in 2014, we get to hear over and over and over how Conservatives and Republicans and Tea Party members RAISED your taxes, and how Obama and the Democrats fought for your rights.
And you know what? It'll work. Democrats will win back the house, keep the senate, and go on blaming Bush. Because why change a formula that works.
I'm gonna buy ammo. And hey, what's a good rifle?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 26, 2012 09:21 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Jordan at December 26, 2012 09:23 PM (wGDey)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 27, 2012 01:21 AM (xjpRj)
what do you want to do with it?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 26, 2012 09:23 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Case at December 26, 2012 09:23 PM (FKGw9)
Knowing that you like Django and Tarantino confirms my worst assumptions about you.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 26, 2012 09:24 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 09:27 PM (l86i3)
If you have dough there are tons of great rifles. On the cheap a MAS 49/56 is a "good" rifle or any Enfield or Mauser will do for a bolt.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 09:27 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 09:29 PM (l86i3)
If the Bork nomination ushered in the so-called modern era of liberal aggresiveness, it looks like it also ushered in the era of Republican skittishness (for lack of a better term).
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 26, 2012 09:32 PM (yJYwC)
510: Heh, good idea! Now, if only I could find one in stock... Incidentally, during my initial evil black gun purchase evaluation period, I was seriously considering a Mini-14. But, I eventually went with a middy AR and I think I made the correct decision. Fast forward to tonight: I ordered an HK USP 40 on impulse that was more expensive than either of them.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 26, 2012 09:33 PM (T7gPe)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 09:35 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 09:36 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:37 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Lefty Kowalski at December 26, 2012 09:37 PM (qR+xF)
Posted by: Jordan at December 26, 2012 09:37 PM (wGDey)
You are very right since the MAS I have had to be re-chambered to .308 and 7.62 x .39 is a much easier round to get than the original MAS round.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 09:39 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 09:39 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, aka Jack July author of Amy Lynn available on Amazon. at December 26, 2012 09:40 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Jordan at December 26, 2012 09:41 PM (wGDey)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:42 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 09:43 PM (BgIBZ)
If the Bork nomination ushered in the so-called modern era of liberal aggresiveness, it looks like it also ushered in the era of Republican skittishness (for lack of a better term).
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 27, 2012 01:32 AM (yJYwC)
When the ones that voted against Bork were Spector, Chafee Sr, Packwood, Stafford, Warner, and Weicker, you see the Republicans that the media loves.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 09:43 PM (Zd/NW)
Knowing that you like Django and Tarantino confirms my worst assumptions about you.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 27, 2012 01:24 AM (wwsoB)
Aww, c'mon. I've no interest in seeing Django (no matter how much it would piss off Spike Lee doing so) but "Reservior Dogs" is excellent. Tarantino is like Kevin Smith in that I like their initial movies (see: "Clerks") but they rapidly become uninteresting afterward.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 26, 2012 09:44 PM (T7gPe)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 09:45 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:45 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 09:46 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at December 26, 2012 09:48 PM (SMP3h)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 09:48 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Lefty Kowalski at December 26, 2012 09:49 PM (qR+xF)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at December 26, 2012 09:50 PM (SMP3h)
Posted by: moron #3 at December 26, 2012 09:50 PM (jfSqj)
I'll assume he didn't get on that list for pissing in public.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at December 26, 2012 09:51 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: Jordan at December 26, 2012 09:51 PM (wGDey)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:51 PM (XDC0v)
Don't forget True Romance! Oldman was awesome in that one. Heard Brian Dennehy received a few nominations for his role as well.
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 27, 2012 01:46 AM (BgIBZ)
Well, I don't necessarily classify "True Romance" as a Tarantino film as they took liberties with his screenplay. But, Dennehy was robbed when he didn't get the Oscar for "Guy getting beaten to death with a toilet tank cover." Pure bullshit, that.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at December 26, 2012 09:52 PM (T7gPe)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:53 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:55 PM (XDC0v)
Only guns and ammo still available tend to be the expensive stuff.
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 09:56 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: moron #3 at December 26, 2012 09:58 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 09:59 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Jordan at December 27, 2012 01:51 AM
I suspect it was no accident that Tarantino declined after the Avary partnership ended. That guy seemed to be able to construct a good story and reign in Tarantino's excesses. "True Romance" was the best movie done and led to the eventual split, apparently, although Avary got paid off later, with "Killing Zoe" (according to scuttlebut/rumour). TR, Dogs and PF were Tarantino and Avary together. "Jackie Brown" was an adaptation and not bad at all, but a little clunky. After that, it's all shit city.
Posted by: otho at December 26, 2012 10:00 PM (yBF/9)
I feel like throwing up
Posted by: Navycopjoe at December 27, 2012 01:48 AM (SMP3h)
shades of gray on this
like a 19yo having sex with a 17yo
or
like a 43 yo having sex with a 15yo
or as Whoopi says, rape, rape?
Posted by: moron #3 at December 27, 2012 01:50 AM (jfSqj)
Or the old indecent exposure with one being pissing in a dark and deserted alley, or the other being fapping in front of a school.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 26, 2012 10:01 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 26, 2012 10:04 PM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at December 26, 2012 10:04 PM (SMP3h)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 10:06 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at December 26, 2012 10:07 PM (yZxXI)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at December 26, 2012 10:09 PM (yZxXI)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 10:12 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 26, 2012 10:17 PM (jfSqj)
my $.02 FWIW
just get common military calibers
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 27, 2012 02:06 AM
Yeah its only common sense to have guns that use ammo that can be captured, liberated, scavenged, or even gotten from "friendly" troops. The way I always thought about it is that historically it seems that personal arms are really just a stepping stone to eventually capture better ones. You have to figure if shit really...really hit the fan you'll be looking to pick up serious shit at the first opportunity. If it ever got that ugly I think the term "raiding party" is going to reenter every day usage.
Posted by: Berserker at December 26, 2012 10:18 PM (FMbng)
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Posted by: Jordan at December 26, 2012 10:51 PM (wGDey)
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Posted by: The Dude at December 26, 2012 11:26 PM (tw6Ar)
Scotus is the main reason that I wanted Obama defeated. I don't know that Romney wouldn't have given us another Souter or Roberts, but we know what Obama is going to appoint if he gets the chance. Scotus justices seem to live longer than average but nobody is immortal....
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 26, 2012 11:33 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 26, 2012 11:37 PM (yJYwC)
I personally liked Jackie Brown as it's pretty much his only film that doesn't boil down to ripping off better films
Posted by: The Dude at December 26, 2012 11:42 PM (tw6Ar)
I'd be willing to bet that five year old episodes of Top Gear get more viewers than Piers Morgan on his best night.
Posted by: epobirs at December 26, 2012 11:45 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: DAve at December 26, 2012 11:53 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 27, 2012 03:37 AM
Weird thing about True Romance, is that IIRC, Avary's story was scripted by Tarantino to play out like Pulp Fiction, all flashbacks and flash forwads. Tony Scott was dubious about it and went with Avary's layout, but retained the basic dialogue. The movie version is much better than Tarantino's Pulp Fiction style structure. Jackie Brown has some great parts, but the film doesn't quite come together well.
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 12:09 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: The Dude at December 27, 2012 03:42 AM
I liked Jackie Brown, despite it's flaws and yeah, Tarantino is a shameless rip off artists. Over rated. He needs a decent collaborator to tell him when he's full of shit and whatever "homage" he's attempting is just yoinking.
Posted by: otho at December 27, 2012 12:11 AM (yBF/9)
the self-pitying in the first bit of this post isn't a good look maan. just sayin'.
Posted by: JDP at December 27, 2012 12:39 AM (8HhF2)
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Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 02:47 AM (79ueO)
We got about 9 inches here. Farther south in places like Bloomington (Indiana University) and Bedford they got 12 inches. Those areas are hilly and don't have a lot of snow plows, so they are really snowbound.
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 27, 2012 02:50 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 02:51 AM (79ueO)
I think this is how all of the press should be treated.
http://tinyurl.com/cjrfbc3
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 27, 2012 03:01 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 27, 2012 03:07 AM (XkWWK)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 03:18 AM (79ueO)
It's really not that hard.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 03:22 AM (RrD4h)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 27, 2012 03:24 AM (79ueO)
Good thing I am a Giants fan.
I have never been a Jet hater until now.
They have wronged Tim Tebow and it seems that Rex Ryan has personal animus towards Tebow as he seems to be spreading lies about him to damage him in the eyes of his teamamtes, sports writers and potential suitors.
Until Ryan is gone, I will root for two teams - The Giants and any team playing the Jets.
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 27, 2012 03:31 AM (RrD4h)
So it looks like the holiday retail season was a bust. That is in line with what I observed over the last month or so. About three weeks before Christmas Mommy and I went to the mall to hit up a sale and there were 50-60% discounts up then. We went out again the weekend before Christmas and the mall was a normal Saturday busy, most sales were at least 50% off and after we left Mommy commented that people weren't carrying many bags. Our family Christmas was normal but that's because we've agreed to a budget and stick to it.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 27, 2012 03:37 AM (Gk3SS)
"We got about 9 inches here. Farther south in places like Bloomington (Indiana University) and Bedford they got 12 inches. Those areas are hilly and don't have a lot of snow plows, so they are really snowbound."
Posted by: Miss Marple at December 27, 2012 06:50 AM (GoIUi)
30 miles south of Michigan State and 30 miles west of U of M, we've got about a foot. We couldn't get up the back driveway last night as there was a little ice underneth the snow.
As president of the homeowners association, I get to make sure the private road is plowed and salted - and to listen to the bitching and moaning when the plow guy doesn't show up on time.
Posted by: jwest at December 27, 2012 03:38 AM (ZDsRL)
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Miss Marple at December 27, 2012 07:01 AM (GoIUi)
They're screaming at Lauer because he got Ann Curry fired. I'd like to see people screaming at reporters on the street because reporters are craven, lying idiots and Obama butt-kissers.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 27, 2012 03:56 AM (BStAJ)
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Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at December 27, 2012 07:59 AM (2MkzD)
This country is headed toward deflation like Japan or hyper inflation like Argentina. We all know what needs to be done. Cut spending. They control the House. Why not write a bill that cuts spending, eliminates some federal departments, eliminates deductions. Has the Department of Energy ever produced any energy; has the Department of Education educated a single child?
Republicans suck at negotiations. They walk into the room giving President Obama half of what he wants. They effectively surrender before the negotiations even begin. Why not do the right thing and actually address the problem facing this country. Spending.
What are they afraid of
I don't get it. Posted by: kmark at December 27, 2012 09:50 AM (SVq69)
If this is what you're suggesting the Republicans do, it won't work. The Republican Party is either too lazy to bother being an opposition party, or forgot what it entailed to be one.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at December 27, 2012 11:02 AM (A3ftE)
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