May 30, 2012
— Maetenloch
I kinda feel bad about this post since Jenny McCarthy seems to be a well-meaning, compassionate albeit not particularly bright person who thought she was helping - but alas such people can still end up doing incredible harm to others.
One of the greatest achievements of modern technology is that we have been able to defeat the infectious diseases that routinely killed most children throughout history. Huge amounts of money and years and years of dedicated, patient work by scientists and doctors went into this project so that parents wouldn't have to suffer the heartbreak of burying half of all their children - a regular occurrence up until the last century or so.
And for a few brief years we achieved this. But it turns out that a well-meaning blonde B-list celebrity and her activism could undo much of this work in only a few years.
In June 2007 Jenny McCarthy began promoting anti-vaccination rhetoric. Because of her celebrity status she has appeared on several television shows and has published multiple books advising parents not to vaccinate their children. This has led to an increase in the number of vaccine preventable illnesses as well as an increase in the number of vaccine preventable deaths.
Now vaccines are not perfectly safe but they do save a quantifiable number of children's lives every year. So it would be foolish to give up a known life-saving good for a unproven benefit based on a celebrity mother's 'strong feelings' who also happens to believe that she's an indigo child and her son is a crystal. Yet here we are.
Oh and you can thank the backward Islamists of Afghanistan and Pakistan for why mankind is still plagued by polio, the great killer and crippler of children, despite a safe and effective vaccine being available for over 50 years.
Some Classic PJ O'Rourke on Europe
I was having dinner.in London.when eventually he got, as the Europeans always do, to the part about "Your country's never been invaded." And so I said, "let me tell you who those bad guys are. They're us. WE BE BAD. We're the baddest-assed sons of bitches that ever jogged in Reeboks. We're three-quarters grizzly bear and two-thirds car wreck and descended from a stock market crash on our mother's side. You take your Germany, France, and Spain, roll them all together and it wouldn't give us room to park our cars. We're the big boys, Jack, the original, giant, economy-sized, new and improved butt kickers of all time. When we snort coke in Houston, people lose their hats in Cap d'Antibes. And we've got an American Express card credit limit higher than your piss-ant metric numbers go. You say our country's never been invaded? You're right, little buddy. Because I'd like to see the needle-dicked foreigners who'd have the guts to try. We drink napalm to get our hearts started in the morning. A rape and a mugging is our way of saying 'Cheerio.' Hell can't hold our sock-hops. We walk taller, talk louder, spit further, fuck longer and buy more things than you know the names of. I'd rather be a junkie in a New York City jail than king, queen, and jack of all Europeans. We eat little countries like this for breakfast and shit them out before lunch."
Of course, this guy should have punched me. But this was Europe. He just smiled his shabby, superior European smile. (God, don't these people have dentists?)
The Rock That Can Spy on You for Decades
Once the stuff of science fiction ubiquitous hidden sensors are reality for the military in Afghanistan:
Palm-sized sensors, developed for the American military, will remain littered across the Afghan countryside - detecting anyone who moves nearby and reporting their locations back to a remote headquarters. Some of these surveillance tools could be buried in the ground, all-but-unnoticeable by passersby. Others might be disguised as rocks, with wafer-sized, solar-rechargeable batteries that could enable the sensors' operation for perhaps as long as two decades, if their makers are to be believed.
..Even more sophisticated are the UGSs being tested northeast of Norfolk, Virginia, at a Lockheed proving ground. Arrays of up to 50 palm-sized acoustic and seismic sensors form a mesh network. When one sensor detects a person or a vehicle passing by, it uses unlicensed radio frequency bands to pass an alert from one node to the next. The alert finally hits a communications gateway, which can send the signal via satellite, tactical radio network, or Wi-Fi to a command and control center.
I was peripherally involved in a similar project involving cameras and all I can say is that with modern electronics and super-low duty cycles you'd be amazed at what is possible.
The Economic Reality of a Restaurant
Clearly they're just a means of using the hunger of the 99% in order to make an 'unfair' profit.
Your margins are three times your cost on everything. Some things you make more, some things you make less. You have loss leaders on the menu-veal chops and steak might cost you 50 percent of the ticket price on the menu. Pasta and salad you can run closer to 15, just as long as everything works out to 30 percent.Bells and whistles like appetizers and desserts bring down the cost. Desserts are almost pure profit. Wine by the glass is usually marked up four times, although we don't always do that. At Babbo we get about three times cost for a quartino, or sometimes even two times, so our wine cost is 30 to 50 percent.
Thirty percent of your monthly take is going to be your food and wine cost. Thirty percent is going to be labor, 20 percent is miscellaneous, including the rent, and 20 percent is your profit. Your rent per month should be your gross take on your slowest day.
4 Degrees With 0% Unemployment
Bette Wiebke
Majored in Actuarial Science, Class of `12
Drake UniversityThis weekend, I graduated with my bachelor's in actuarial science. I've already had a job lined up since September, and I would say the same is true for the majority of my classmates, who have also had job offers for a long time.
I'll be working at Travelers Insurance in St. Paul, Minn., in their property and casualty business.
Overall, 0% unemployment in our field may be a bit of an overstatement. I know a couple students who haven't decided what they're doing yet.
Should College Football Be Banned?
Well a few weeks ago a debate on this proposition was held between Buzz Bissinger and Malcolm Gladwell on the pro-ban side and Tim Green and Jason Whitlock on the anti-ban side.
The debate held poetry: Both Whitlock and Green, former players, offered up misty testaments to their time on the field. "College football is the Statue of Liberty," claimed Whitlock early on, yoking the game to ideals of diversity and tolerance. He argued that football unlocks the American dream for disadvantaged youth-and that his own career profited from the sport's lessons of cooperation. There was passion as well, courtesy of Bissinger, who raged about what he considered the modern college student's diminished academic experience. And there was pain. Malcolm Gladwell's descriptions of CTE-positive head scans-"it looks like someone drove a truck across their brain"-hit hard, especially in light of the NCAA's decision not to compensate college players.
But in the end the proposition to end college football was passed:
After a spirited battle, Bissinger and Gladwell were clear victors, capturing 53 percent of the final vote to Green and Whitlock's 39 percent. Eight percent left the auditorium undecided. The numbers revealed a remarkable about-face: Before the debate started, only 16 percent of the crowd supported the motion, 53 percent opposed it, and 31 percent weren't sure.
An 80 year old woman decides to go skydiving but as she tandem jumps with her instructor, she starts slipping out of the harness. Oh and contrary to earlier reports she wasn't refusing to jump at the beginning - her leg had gotten stuck and was hurting her.
Reason #38 why you won't see me jumping out of a still functional airplane.
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Posted by: steevy at May 30, 2012 06:40 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 30, 2012 06:40 PM (nUY/O)
Posted by: Average Guy at May 30, 2012 06:41 PM (K/ZUs)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 30, 2012 06:41 PM (uB19f)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at May 30, 2012 06:41 PM (Gk3SS)
Blaming Jenny McCarthy for the anti-vaccine movement sounds a little retarded. She's not that big of a celebrity. She's not Oprah.
Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at May 30, 2012 06:42 PM (WYTHl)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 06:42 PM (kmwef)
Posted by: Fapping morons on the Interwebs at May 30, 2012 06:43 PM (uB19f)
I believe Ms. McCarthy put on something like 70 lbs during her pregnancy.
Of course, the two may, in the end, be totally unrelated, but what if her own behavior is what caused it?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 06:43 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jenny "The Brain" McCarthy at May 30, 2012 06:44 PM (uB19f)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 06:44 PM (Fy6L7)
Offers?
Keep in mind it was back in the day when pubic hair wasn't thought of as nasty.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at May 30, 2012 06:45 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, crypto clearance intact at May 30, 2012 06:45 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 30, 2012 06:45 PM (7yvLv)
Recall the days after 9/11 and the rest of the world was certain that we were going to go just as apeshit as P.J. describes it there.
B. If you recall the tremendous photoshopping that went on with the old Arab woman who showed up in all those Reuters photos, thou art an original moron. Like me. I have the decoder ring and everything.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 06:46 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 06:46 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: steevy at May 30, 2012 06:46 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 30, 2012 06:46 PM (rEbge)
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This needed to be said. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 30, 2012 06:46 PM (uB19f)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 06:47 PM (dZmFh)
I remember those. And weren't there also the Magic Mystery stuffed animals?
No lie, Jenny McCarthy was just in an ad on my tv.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at May 30, 2012 06:47 PM (Gk3SS)
Breast implants don't count. She is an ignorant scrunt and, sadly, I know people whose friends have to sit in classrooms with the shitbirds who don't believe in vaccinating their children. Plus, she's kind of a butterface.
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 06:48 PM (kpCLl)
I believe Ms. McCarthy put on something like 70 lbs during her pregnancy.
Of course, the two may, in the end, be totally unrelated, but what if her own behavior is what caused it?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 10:43 PM (piMMO)
she won't believe that. She got her 100% blameless reason for why here kid is autistic. Its not her fault, its the doctors the pharmaceutical companies. To actually suggest that she might have had something to do just won't fly. Its their fault and all evidence to the contrary is wrong.
Posted by: buzzion at May 30, 2012 06:48 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 30, 2012 06:49 PM (I/cLr)
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Don't worry, I just slipped her a mouth plug.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 30, 2012 06:49 PM (61yvg)
They contacted me and want to use my Beryl vids on air.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 06:49 PM (piMMO)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DC!!! Did you do anything fun or is this it?
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 06:50 PM (kpCLl)
Can I borrow one of those cameras for a while?
Posted by: Chuck Berry at May 30, 2012 06:50 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 30, 2012 06:50 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at May 30, 2012 10:47 PM (Gk3SS)
You were watching NBC weren't you? Admit it!
Posted by: buzzion at May 30, 2012 06:50 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 06:50 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: Rachel Carson, burning in hell as we speak at May 30, 2012 06:51 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: sTevo at May 30, 2012 06:51 PM (F11f6)
Posted by: steevy at May 30, 2012 06:51 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2012 06:51 PM (8mQJ+)
*****
She's hosting what looks to be the all-time lowering of the bar for reality shows.
I bet even Snooki and J-Woww wouldn't go on that show.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 06:51 PM (piMMO)
I remember 'green helmet guy' from 2007 or so
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, crypto clearance intact at May 30, 2012 06:51 PM (Dll6b)
Retort: Andy Jackson. Buttkicker.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 06:52 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 30, 2012 06:52 PM (7Ph7Z)
Posted by: steevy at May 30, 2012 06:52 PM (7W3wI)
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But the poor people who can't afford voter ID cards can't afford vaccinations.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 30, 2012 06:53 PM (61yvg)
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 06:53 PM (kpCLl)
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Nothing but a "thank you", but that's fine with me.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 06:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2012 06:53 PM (8mQJ+)
Belated Happy Birthday, Shrimpy! MWAH!!
And I believe it's Robert's today as well, though that may have been yesterday? MWAH, even if I'm late!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 06:53 PM (qtKEr)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 10:52 PM (piMMO)
Do you mean the 'weatherscan' channel 30 on Comcast?
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, crypto clearance intact at May 30, 2012 06:54 PM (Dll6b)
Do those manicured nancy boy professors have any idea what would happen to their cushy jobs if the money from football wasn't pouring in?
Of course this was held at the NCAA powerhouse we know as NYU, and those lefty bedwetters even managed to make Jason Whitlock look like Thomas Sowell
Do these effete elitists think soccer will fund their huge salaries so they can come in once a month to spew bullshit to 20 year olds?
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2012 06:54 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 30, 2012 06:55 PM (7yvLv)
If you think of it as evolution selecting out the stupid, it makes more sense.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 06:55 PM (kmwef)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 30, 2012 06:55 PM (rEbge)
going from Bad to Worse ---- Balmer to the District of Crack
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, crypto clearance intact at May 30, 2012 06:55 PM (Dll6b)
What an idiotic rationale for banning football.
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 30, 2012 06:56 PM (QxL+K)
Posted by: booger at May 30, 2012 06:56 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 30, 2012 06:56 PM (I/cLr)
*****
The Candies ad!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 06:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 30, 2012 10:41 PM (61yvg)
I think that's part of the problem. People my age (late 30's) have never seen(yet) the real effects of an epidemic but *have* seen an autistic kid. It didn't help that doctors pretty much refused to acknowledge the issue because, understandably, to them it was too stupid to waste breath on. Unfortunately, those who were making money of the anti-vaccine scares used that as "proof" they were right.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 06:57 PM (CQ1cz)
Cue "Sherman was a foreigner to Georgians" comments here.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 06:57 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 30, 2012 06:57 PM (zHXz5)
along with General Jackson down the mighty Mississipp
we took a little bacon and we took a little beans
and we beat the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, crypto clearance intact at May 30, 2012 06:57 PM (Dll6b)
Jenny McCarthy is not even a pimple on the Ass of the greatest Mass Murderers of All Time.... the Environmental Protection Agency.
When they ban'd DDT, with no real scientific basis, they killed millions of people in Africa and Asia... and are still killing them today... estimates are malaria kills between 770K and 1 MILLION per year... so.... as it was ban'd in 1975... thats in the neighborhood of 30 MILLION preventable deaths.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 30, 2012 06:58 PM (lZBBB)
On purpose? Who in their right mind would go to DC on purpose? Maybe they got lost on their way to Myrtle Beach?
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 06:58 PM (kmwef)
****
Made me laugh.
BTW, my fine city is named for Mr. Jackson.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 06:58 PM (piMMO)
Anyone have any interesting local elections coming up? On June 5 we've got an anti-union, pro-transparency measure on the ballot in San Diego. Also first round of mayoral race, with a pretty dynamic conservative who's ahead.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 30, 2012 06:58 PM (lXKFr)
Posted by: steevy at May 30, 2012 06:59 PM (7W3wI)
In. A. Swamp.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 06:59 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 30, 2012 07:00 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 30, 2012 10:56 PM (I/cLr)
Ah, jeez, I have teh hockey on, too. LA never had more than about 12 hockey fans, since time immemorial. Now? Every last hipster and banger and poseur is suddenly a huge hockey fan. 
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:00 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 30, 2012 10:55 PM (rEbge)
That... and we sent George Patton after Pancho Villa.... and thats 1 Gazillion on the Chuck Norris Scale...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 30, 2012 07:00 PM (lZBBB)
Yea, but she opened up another career in fetish pron by doing that.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 07:00 PM (kmwef)
Of course this was held at the NCAA powerhouse we know as NYU, and those lefty bedwetters even managed to make Jason Whitlock look like Thomas Sowell
Do these effete elitists think soccer will fund their huge salaries so they can come in once a month to spew bullshit to 20 year olds?
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2012 10:54 PM (Y+DPZ)
Don't most Div 1 programs lose money? Or is that the complete athletic departments which include Title 9 horseshit?
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 30, 2012 07:00 PM (7Ph7Z)
Our so-called intellectual class is what's kneecapping our economy. What a pack on smug self-important assholes
If I was in charge in the post-apocalypse, all intellectuals would be told that if they wanted to eat they had to be useful. That means keeping the shovel moving and the mouth shut
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2012 07:01 PM (Y+DPZ)
I note that the debate did not occur in say, Tuscaloosa or Norman.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:01 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: Ted K. at May 30, 2012 07:02 PM (xf3DG)
Posted by: Mike in CFL at May 30, 2012 07:02 PM (motsG)
Peaches, no lie! I was one of like 50 people at Kings games when they still played at the freaking Forum in Ingelwood many moons ago when I first moved to CA...and most of the rest of the people their were transplants, cheering for whoever the Kings were playing. And I believe they mainly came to fight themselves; they'd have full-on brawls in the stands sometimes.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 07:03 PM (qtKEr)
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Nope. It seems to be an alternative to the Weather Channel, HQ'd in Denver. It's not available in Jax, so I've never seen it.
This is their website: http://weathernationtv.com/
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 07:03 PM (piMMO)
I note that the debate did not occur in say, Tuscaloosa or Norman.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 11:01 PM (+yTME)
Hell they probably couldn't have even gotten the result they wanted in frickin' Syracuse.
Posted by: buzzion at May 30, 2012 07:03 PM (GULKT)
I'll wager expressive wrists and keffiyeh scarves were prominently featured.
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 30, 2012 07:03 PM (QxL+K)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2012 10:51 PM (8mQJ+)
Heck, when John was sick I think we met every specialist in two hospitals except for tha neurologist. They were *traumatized* by the way a 35 year old man was slipping away with nothing they could do to help. My sisters a surgical PA and she agrees, you go into those fields because you want to *help* not be helpless.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:03 PM (CQ1cz)
That right there.
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:03 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 30, 2012 11:00 PM
Maybe the sports that only the parents come to watch.
Football and Basketball are gold mines with the tv revenue, licensing rights, and ticket sales, with the benefit of very low labor costs
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2012 07:04 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: irright at May 30, 2012 07:04 PM (RzLbD)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 30, 2012 07:04 PM (rEbge)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2012 07:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at May 30, 2012 07:05 PM (Mrdk1)
In other words, she's an ENFJ.
Posted by: rdbrewer at May 30, 2012 07:05 PM (Iyg03)
Why the hell would anyone WANT to do that?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:05 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at May 30, 2012 07:05 PM (Mrdk1)
Any politician even mentioning the possibility of banning NCAA football outside of NYC would be tarred and feathered, even in California
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2012 07:06 PM (Y+DPZ)
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Awww, San Diego.
I spent a few days there last year and it was the most relaxed I've been in years. At one point I called my boss and told him I wasn't returning to work.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 07:06 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 11:01 PM (+yTME)
The number of head injuries that would occur in that auditorium would probably eclipse that of the entire 2011-12 Div I combined.
I'm sure these nutsacks are just pining for soccer too. Nevermind its attendant degenerative brain conditions and hooliganism that make our sports riots look like TEA Party rallies by comparison.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 30, 2012 07:07 PM (zHXz5)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 11:03 PM (qtKEr)
Haha, that was the Forum on hockey night, for sure. You never wore anything you didn't want beer thrown on and, regardless of your commitment, you were always hoarse for days after a game. Hockey is crazee!
How you holdin' up, all Thor-less and stuff? If you put up a paypal, I would definitely kick in for a conjugal visit. 
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:07 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at May 30, 2012 07:07 PM (Z+/1s)
Second civil war. Texas (yes, technically now an SEC state), Nebraska, Ohio, and Michigan would come along as well.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:07 PM (+yTME)
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Well, they can't all be in the SEC, now can they?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 07:07 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: hobbes at May 30, 2012 07:08 PM (OSbed)
Posted by: booger at May 30, 2012 07:08 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: eman at May 30, 2012 07:09 PM (6KkLK)
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Agree wholeheartedly - from one parent to another. My plan is to see that bitch in hell and slap the shit out of her...
Avid Reader here...rarely post.
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 07:09 PM (Pr8hY)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 30, 2012 07:09 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 07:09 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 11:09 PM (Pr8hY)
*****
How the heck did you come up with that handle?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 07:10 PM (piMMO)
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No, it's not. I miss the old comments thingie. It used to tell you on the front page how many comments each post had. You could tell where the morons were by watching the comment counts as you refreshed like a refresh monkey.
Posted by: Anachronda at May 30, 2012 07:10 PM (6fER6)
1993. Fucking Kerry Fraser.
Posted by: Waterhouse, disgruntled Leafs Fan at May 30, 2012 07:10 PM (QxL+K)
Posted by: eman at May 30, 2012 07:10 PM (6KkLK)
Posted by: no good deed at May 30, 2012 07:10 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 07:11 PM (qtKEr)
Posted by: Idiocracy at May 30, 2012 07:11 PM (eHIJJ)
Not-so-beautiful plumage on the Venezuelan Red....
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:11 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:12 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 30, 2012 07:12 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2012 07:12 PM (JMmQ9)
"...when he used to chase DDT trucks and get sprayed as a kid. I flatly asked, IF DDT was so bad, how come he'd somehow survived into his 80's? What made him special? He blankly looked at me and then said goodbye. heh."
My 70 y/o mother still tells stories of her and all her still-living friends who used to chase the DDT truck back when they were kids. The old goat doesn't believe in AGW either.
Bless her soul.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 30, 2012 07:12 PM (zHXz5)
I disagree completely with the anti-vaccine brigade but I understand why my niece feels this way.
Posted by: Tami at May 30, 2012 07:13 PM (X6akg)
What will Jarrett do after she's fumigated out of the White House? Will Rahm ban her from his nest? Will Soros tell her "Soros-money is for CLOSERS!"
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 30, 2012 07:13 PM (lXKFr)
Posted by: rdbrewer at May 30, 2012 11:05 PM (Iyg03)
Ach, I'm an INFJ, I really hope that doesn't translate as "complete idiot". Although, I do see disturbing tendencies toward wishing liberal thinking actually *worked* Good thing I was raised by conservatives and taught to value individuals, it was pretty good innoculation against actually becoming liberal (although I really do wish that eveyone *could* have their sunshine and lollipops).
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:14 PM (CQ1cz)
It's something that we only speak of in hushed whispers in leap year months that end in "R" under a new moon.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:14 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 07:16 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at May 30, 2012 11:05 PM (Mrdk1)
I was so angry when I found out they'd cheated on those stupid tests (with-held needed calcium from the birds). I'd done a presentation in 6th grade about the effects of DDT and was furious to find out it had all been a lie.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:16 PM (CQ1cz)
PJ O'Rourke rocks. He's the author I recommend to my liberal friends in order to try and convert them.
The astrophysics major graduated my school about a year ahead of me, which means I knew some of his instructors. Small world, I guess.
Posted by: Alex at May 30, 2012 07:17 PM (tGh6R)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at May 30, 2012 07:17 PM (Mrdk1)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 30, 2012 07:17 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:17 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Fox2! at May 30, 2012 07:18 PM (RJOgX)
Posted by: hobbes at May 30, 2012 11:08 PM (OSbed)
To me its like the children of Palestinians. They are victims of their parents, just like Jenny is a victim of circumstances beyond her control. But at some point those little Palestinian kids stop being victims and become a part of the problem and sympathy ceases. Jenny has joined the problem in full force and sympathy for her has ceased. She's scum, and her screeching has gotten children killed.
Posted by: buzzion at May 30, 2012 07:18 PM (GULKT)
The handle is derived from my husband relatives who have long last names and hard as hell to pronounce.
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 07:20 PM (Pr8hY)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 30, 2012 07:21 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:21 PM (+yTME)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 30, 2012 07:22 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Alex at May 30, 2012 07:22 PM (tGh6R)
Posted by: argh at May 30, 2012 07:22 PM (trP3K)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2012 07:23 PM (8mQJ+)
Posted by: Irwin Mainway at May 30, 2012 07:23 PM (EPDxg)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 30, 2012 11:21 PM (JDIKC)
Dude, you are just so dang lovable! mwah!!
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:23 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: argh at May 30, 2012 07:24 PM (trP3K)
160 Isn't there a link between older mothers and higher risk of autism?
Posted by: Alex at May 30, 2012 11:22 PM (tGh6R)
I think there's a link between older mothers and Down's Syndrome. Not sure about autism.
Posted by: buzzion at May 30, 2012 07:24 PM (GULKT)
After I wrote that I realized she sounds more like an ENFP. So, you're off the hook.
Posted by: rdbrewer at May 30, 2012 07:25 PM (Iyg03)
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I'm not sure I buy that. However much science there is that can be done, someone has to pay for it for there to be a job in it, and I don't see much profit in astrophysics, at least in the near term.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 07:25 PM (3aXbg)
Excuse me...horseshit. Next.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:26 PM (+yTME)
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Where the hell does the federal government get the right to ban a sport?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 07:27 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at May 30, 2012 07:27 PM (iaDpU)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 07:27 PM (dZmFh)
Ninja please. Johnny flaming torch halloween costume? Bag o glass toy?
Invisible pedestrian.<>><
Roof Rangers Paratrooper Kit
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 30, 2012 07:27 PM (JDIKC)
It's bullshit. There are so few and they can basically overlap with astronomers for jobs in many cases (he's running a planetarium, for example).
Posted by: Alex at May 30, 2012 07:28 PM (tGh6R)
Huh. Thanks, I'll use the Google machine later to look it up.
Posted by: Alex at May 30, 2012 07:29 PM (tGh6R)
Posted by: Tami at May 30, 2012 11:13 PM (X6akg)
Have to admit that Son had a reaction (probably to the tetnus booster they said) as we were walking out of the doctor's office after his last check-up. He suddenly got really white but I thought he was goofing around (which he does a lot) because he kept trying to go through the glass panel *next* to the door. It wasn't until he started to collapse and I had to catch him that I realized he was serious.
It was really scary with an 11 year old, so I can see why it's very frightening to the mother of a toddler who has a reaction. On the whole though, I firmly believe that the vaccinations are a good thing. It probably helps that my f-i-l *remembers* the time he spent in an iron lung as a 3 year old because of polio and made sure we understood what the effects of an epidemic were like.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:29 PM (CQ1cz)
Invisible pedestrian.<>><
Roof Rangers Paratrooper Kit
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Operation: Now with Real Scalpels!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 07:29 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 07:30 PM (snRY5)
Okay, okay.
A couple of things first.
The Alien Anthology bluray set is on sale at Amazon for a little while longer. $30 bucks (or $22 for the standard DVD "quadrilogy"). Use Ace's Amazon widget thingy and send him free money.
Chicken is a man's best friend on a diet. I repeat, chicken is a man's best friend on a diet.
This green apple is *most* delicious.
It has been declared that Iron Maiden's Number Of The BEast is the best British rock album of the last 60 years. Go forth, Moron Nation, and buy ten copies each and another five copies of each of their other 14 albums. Fly!
And, finally, Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of miserable failure.
Back later.
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 07:30 PM (F79HU)
I had a woman stop me in the store to ask about the link between autism and vaccines. I ask her where she got her info. from and she said JM.
I had to refrain from scaring the poor woman to death because I was so mad. My advise to her was to keep her little boy vaccinated and ride the teachers ass at the IEP meetings.
I cant wait for the next bullshit thing that causes autism.
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 07:31 PM (Pr8hY)
Moki, you know what? I have 2 kidneys and I don't really need 'em both and I would be more than happy to get tested to give you one. Despite my decadent lifestyle, I am disgustingly healthy. I'm not kidding here and I wouldn't say it to just anyone. Shoot me an email if you like, I would love that. carolinvenice at the hooyah. big hug, in any case {{{{}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:31 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 07:31 PM (dZmFh)
Wait....THAT beat Rick Astley?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 30, 2012 07:32 PM (+yTME)
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We have developed an odd notion of risk as a society - and this feeds into the Jenny McCarthy thing.
There is certainly some risk from a vaccine - it isn't zero. But the risk of a serious negative effect is dramatically lower then the risks you face if you don't immunize your kids.
However, since the vaccine is an active risk and not taking one a passive one, some idiots see the latter as no risk at all.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 07:32 PM (3aXbg)
"But in the end the proposition to end college football was passed ...
... so, all those 50's and ealy 60's Disney movies really were prescient ...
Posted by: Arbalest at May 30, 2012 07:32 PM (i83fA)
Posted by: sistrum at May 30, 2012 07:32 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 07:32 PM (qtKEr)
I let them do that to #2 Son ( Charlie Chan reference ) when he was 11, and his immune system has been Less Than Mediocre ever since.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, crypto clearance intact at May 30, 2012 07:33 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: rdbrewer at May 30, 2012 11:25 PM (Iyg03)
Well, the confusion is because I'm a dork (and an INF*P*). John was INTJ which made him a wonderful accountant and not very good handyman. We'd sit near each other reading for hours, but it might have been good if one of us had liked doing yardwork as well.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:33 PM (CQ1cz)
Avid Reader here...rarely post.<>>>
Bathe the lurker and bring it to my tent.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 30, 2012 11:21 PM (JDIKC)
Funny
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 30, 2012 07:33 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 07:33 PM (snRY5)
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Society (not government) should be trying to persuade people to have kids while they are youngish (20s) for this reason. But it does almost the exact opposite.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 07:34 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 07:34 PM (qtKEr)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 11:32 PM (qtKEr)
Don't make me slap you, Tammy, cause you know I will, girl! 
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:35 PM (kpCLl)
The biggest culprit is The Pill. Rick Santorum caught flak for saying it, but The Pill has some serious damaging side effects for society as a whole.
Posted by: Alex at May 30, 2012 07:37 PM (tGh6R)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 30, 2012 07:37 PM (qtKEr)
It has been declared that Iron Maiden's Number Of The BEast is the best British rock album of the last 60 years.
Funny they listed NotB as the best, but left off Powerslave completely. I'm very partial to the latter, although both albums have some of the best songs they made in the 80's. I actually prefer the stuff they have done since 2000 when Bruce returned to the band, and they won a Grammy for El Dorodo last year.
Posted by: hobbes at May 30, 2012 07:37 PM (OSbed)
Posted by: Ben at May 30, 2012 07:38 PM (UvdzB)
Anyone here from the late late ont last night, my lab was right, there was a small earthquake in CA, just saying.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 30, 2012 07:38 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: thunderb at May 30, 2012 07:38 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 11:31 PM (dZmFh)
Praying for you and yours. Didn't know that there was melanoma too, I've missed too many ONTs.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:38 PM (CQ1cz)
I needed a few laughs tonight. It has been a helluva week. Lost two fur babies recently...
sad business. Cause is still unknown.
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 07:39 PM (Pr8hY)
Posted by: MSNBC JOB DESK at May 30, 2012 07:41 PM (Mrdk1)
Posted by: no good deed at May 30, 2012 07:41 PM (mjR67)
I *think* he's about 10 now and this happened several years ago. He has to take meds to control the seizures, he has trouble in school and assorted other problems.
Like I said, I don't agree with her stance but I don't blame her.
Posted by: Tami at May 30, 2012 07:41 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Alex at May 30, 2012 11:37 PM
What problems could pumping your body full of unnatural levels of hormones for years and years cause?
Posted by: huerfano at May 30, 2012 07:43 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 07:43 PM (dZmFh)
Is that an Indian I heard!?
Oh, oh. I think I just shit myself.
Posted by: zombie general william hull at May 30, 2012 07:43 PM (nrW1y)
sad business. Cause is still unknown.
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 11:39 PM (Pr8hY)
I'm so sorry, Foz. My kids are all of the four-footed variety and I know how much it hurts. I hope you will lurk less and hang more. Big hug.
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:43 PM (kpCLl)
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One great irony that occurs to me.
If homosexuality is genetic, it will be "cured" within a generation or two by selective abortion. Feminists will kill off their closest allies. Literally.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 07:44 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 07:45 PM (kmwef)
Keeping you in my prayers.
Posted by: Tami at May 30, 2012 07:45 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: thunderb at May 30, 2012 11:38 PM (Dnbau)
It's especially funny/pathetic as leftists are seriously damaged goods to begin with, right down to their deranged DNA and missing chromosomes. Leftists only have normal kids if the children are the beneficiaries of very lucky, random mutations. Leftists ought to conceive while being X-rayed to give their kids a fighting chance.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 07:45 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Nora at May 30, 2012 07:45 PM (VxqUc)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 07:45 PM (snRY5)
Pleasant dreams, all.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 30, 2012 07:45 PM (rEbge)
My MIL said not to because the child had downs. Stupid.- thunderb
wow...... I cannot imagine the grief your friend would have felt had her friends followed such advice. Talk about a feeling of utter rejection of someone's offspring by friends.
Posted by: hobbes at May 30, 2012 07:45 PM (OSbed)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 11:43 PM (dZmFh)
We're going year round with assorted breaks. I am letting the kids get up later for now though.
The kids think we should go to a Jan 1 start and do quarters with breaks in between. I'm trying to figure out if we can make that work without having a six-month break which isn't okay.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:46 PM (CQ1cz)
Posted by: no good deed at May 30, 2012 07:47 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: not that the NBA even really matters at May 30, 2012 07:47 PM (dhm4S)
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Did you ask her if she could repeat that in the original German?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 07:48 PM (3aXbg)
SoS had a great story going on there for awhile. He is an excellent wordologist. And am waiting on Shrimp to win the lottery.
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 07:49 PM (Pr8hY)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 07:49 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 07:49 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 30, 2012 07:50 PM (EPDxg)
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????? Since when do pro-aborts align with gay-haters?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 30, 2012 07:51 PM (lXKFr)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 07:51 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 11:43 PM (dZmFh)
Miss Tammy, I thought you might be amused to know that the mockingbird has gone silent now that I know what it is and want to figure out its calls. I decided that the metallic call might actually be copying some of the frogs we have here.
The girls said they heard *a* mockingbird at the entrance to the neighborhood who was mimicking one of the outdoor cats. They were surprised at how small the bird was compared to the noise it makes.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 07:51 PM (CQ1cz)
Yes, I know women have been piercing ear lobes for ever...but flem and such don't come out of your ear lobe...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 07:52 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 07:53 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 07:53 PM (kpCLl)
why, because MIL was hoping for a late-term abortion or something? that is just so wrong
Posted by: chemjeff
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My impression is because supposedly the Down kid would not be capable of enjoying a fluffy bunny toy, whereas a normal 3-day-old would write a Camille Paglia-esque appreciation of kitcsh.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 30, 2012 07:54 PM (lXKFr)
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Not that I have anything against gay people, but my Indigo Child will produce two lovely enlightened grand children for me. So when is the soonest you can get me in? Yeah, I'll pay cash.
Posted by: Some Liberal Mother on the phone with Planned Parenthood at May 30, 2012 07:55 PM (3aXbg)
http://www. personalitypathways. com/type_inventory.html#Inventory (collapse blanks in URL)
That one will get you in the ballpark
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 07:55 PM (kmwef)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 07:55 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 30, 2012 07:55 PM (8mQJ+)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 11:53 PM (Fy6L7)
Which contributed heavily to killing the vaccine producers - at least the feral government's "for the kids" vaccine program that Shrillary got expanded in her only "success" with ShillaryCare. That's a good part of the reason why we've had such problems getting proper vaccines delivered on time.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 07:57 PM (X3lox)
In other words, she's an ENFJ.
Posted by: rdbrewer
Or she's on the autism spectrum, which is why her kid has autism.
Posted by: stc at May 30, 2012 07:57 PM (vFGWb)
Posted by: Adjoran at May 30, 2012 07:58 PM (VfmLu)
So they can walk into a biker bar and get their asses kicked? Some people are into that kinda degradation shit...
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 07:59 PM (kmwef)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 07:59 PM (Fy6L7)
Only gays that will survive abortion are from pro life Christians.
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp
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Who will then tell the kids they are "from Satan."
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 30, 2012 07:59 PM (lXKFr)
If people want to be dumb enough to listen to what Jenny McCarthy thinks they should do, have at it. Its sad when the kids are dragged into the stupidity of parents and die as a resultbut what are you supposed to do, sit around grieving dumb asses all day? I try and ignore others misfortune unless it happens to someone I know, and I can do something about it. The rest can fuck off. Lifes too short for that, and that includes pretending to give a damn. Maybe people like me are the problem, and on that I still don't give a damn.
Posted by: Jimmah at May 30, 2012 08:00 PM (cWkOB)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 11:55 PM (dZmFh)
I like the June idea, except for the small problem that, due to recent grandparent visits, we still have a couple of weeks to go. If I can find a way to ensure that projects and such are worked on I'd probably be willing to let them start in January. Perhaps this is another opportunity for a persuasive paper from my eldest? She also has some science and language that she needs to catch up on since as an 8th grader she was *supposed* to be doing extra work in both.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 08:01 PM (CQ1cz)
Posted by: another liberal mom at May 30, 2012 08:01 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 08:02 PM (dZmFh)
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I feel fairly confident in saying just about zero people have not had their kids immunize because of Bachmann or Malkin.
Sadly, JM has sway with your average poorly informed soccer mom, however.
Posted by: The Church Lady at May 30, 2012 08:02 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 08:02 PM (kmwef)
Posted by: Some Liberal Mother on the phone with Planned Parenthood
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Never heard this one. Since when do pro-aborts dream of grandkids? Besides, don't they align with people who think gays should be able to marry and adopt kids, or do the Mary Cheney thing and get inseminated?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 30, 2012 08:02 PM (lXKFr)
Posted by: Dianna at May 30, 2012 08:02 PM (mKMj1)
Celebs like Bimbo Jenny do so much harm whenever they open their pieholes at try to speak out on something that they don't have a freaking clue about
Posted by: Duke of Beef Wellington Bomber at May 30, 2012 08:02 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:02 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:03 PM (DGIjM)
Whenever I see someone with a nose piercing, I try to hand them a tissue while whispering: "You've got a little boog there." Kind of ruins the whole "sexy" vibe they thought they had going.
Posted by: irright at May 30, 2012 08:03 PM (RzLbD)
Posted by: hobbes at May 30, 2012 08:03 PM (OSbed)
Posted by: Choomin' Barry O at May 30, 2012 08:04 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:05 PM (Fy6L7)
The registration thing on the videos drove me away.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 08:05 PM (kmwef)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 08:05 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:06 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: thunderb at May 30, 2012 08:06 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 30, 2012 08:06 PM (EPDxg)
Posted by: Adjoran at May 30, 2012 11:58 PM (VfmLu)
Don't confuse people who are anti-vaccine with those who have objections to certain vaccines. There's a big difference, you know. Not all vaccines are created equal.
Objections to mandates for certain vaccines can also be rational, depending on the vaccine, the disease, and the probabilities.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 08:06 PM (X3lox)
I didn't go to the link, but I'm pretty sure I'm a STFU.
Posted by: Peaches at May 30, 2012 08:07 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 30, 2012 08:07 PM (Ho2rs)
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So...this whole bit about liberals saying one thing and doing another in their own life has passed you by?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 08:07 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 08:08 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 31, 2012 12:05 AM
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*shudder*
Been there, done that.
Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at May 30, 2012 08:08 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:09 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at May 30, 2012 08:09 PM (Mrdk1)
Well, my son has Asperger's, or high-functioning autism, or non-verbal learning disorder, or PDDNOS, or whatever the hell the DSM-V is calling it now. For a while there, I was on board the vaccination thing. My son seemed pretty normal until he was about fifteen months old and then it all went to hell. It seemed to dovetail eerily with his shots record. He did have a slight reaction to his last major shot combo.This was in the mid-nineties, when we were all groping around trying to figure out what was happening. For a while there it was red dye # 40, leaky gut syndrome, chelation. You're devastated and looking for desperately for some answers because that's your starting point for trying to make it better. But we didn't stop vaccinating because the, documentation wasn't compelling enough, even back then, before the story broke that the study out of England was an absolute fabrication. If all the kids are getting the same vaccines, then why weren't all becoming autistic? We knew it had to be something else, or something more. Maybe my son had a physiological weakness that made him susceptible to the shots, or whatever. That was just his (our) misfortune. Vaccines have killed kids. As a parent, you know that going in. It's a small, but acceptable risk for the massive protections the vaccines bring. So I don't really blame Jenny McCarthy as a grief-stricken parent trying to latch on to whatever seemed reasonable to her. I blame our foolish media for, at best, making this airhead a cause celebre and overlooking the paucity of the science in order to sell a few more magazines and book a few more ad spots on Oprah. At worst, she was a willing dupe for the Big Bad Pharm zealots at a time when the narrative required it.
Sorry this is so long. And she is butterface, peaches.
And my son, the boy we were told would never be able to function outside a self-contained autism room, graduated from a regular high school on Sunday, and was accepted into two universities. He's far from neurotypical, but we did what we could. He's got about as good of a shot as any other kid these days, I guess.
Posted by: Gem at May 30, 2012 08:09 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at May 30, 2012 08:10 PM (2fe76)
I'm sorry, Purp, the comment police-thing keeps insisting that your name is very long strings of text which are annoying to read.
I'm irritated because my comments on various blogs don't appear any more. No one told me I'd been assigned to banned camp, and it's making me rather angry.
Posted by: Dianna at May 30, 2012 08:10 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 08:10 PM (kmwef)
Dot or feather?
Posted by: Peaches at May 31, 2012 12:09 AM
...or Harvard?
Posted by: irright at May 30, 2012 08:11 PM (RzLbD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:12 PM (piMMO)
To me, it boils down to all "gay" conversation is just talking about how someone likes to get off. And I make sure to tell them I really care less how you like to get off. It ofends them, but it shuts them up, and usually permanently on that subject.
Two posts, and both of them saying I don't give a fuck. I'm probably not impressing the "compassionate" people reading this.
Posted by: Jimmah at May 30, 2012 08:13 PM (cWkOB)
Posted by: troyriser at May 30, 2012 08:13 PM (YCeSE)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 30, 2012 08:13 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:14 PM (Fy6L7)
"Part of the problem is that they did such a good job with the vaccinations that people have forgotten about mumps and German measles and what they can do."
I believe that this is indeed a large part of the problem. I personally think it would have helped if doctors had come out immediately saying "This is how it used to be, look at how much better it is now". On the other hand, at least some in the anti-vaccine community seem pretty conspiracy minded and doctors responding might not have helped at all. Although it seems like it would have *had* to help if anti-vaccine wasn't *all* low information parents heard.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 08:14 PM (CQ1cz)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 30, 2012 08:15 PM (kmwef)
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Congratulations, Gem!
Hope, faith, and love can work miracles.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:15 PM (piMMO)
Nonetheless, yes, she is hurting people.
Posted by: stc at May 30, 2012 08:16 PM (vFGWb)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:16 PM (DGIjM)
Exactly...
Only gays that will survive abortion are from pro life Christians. Ironic, indeed.
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp
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"gays that will survive abortion"? You mean gays are born that way? It's not a sinful lifestyle choice?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 30, 2012 08:17 PM (lXKFr)
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 08:17 PM (96Kco)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 08:17 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille, Wiseacre Latina at May 30, 2012 08:18 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:18 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:18 PM (piMMO)
Happy Birthday, and many happy returns of the day, AlaskaGal!
Now I'm going to go walk dogs and get some sleep. Good night!
Posted by: Dianna at May 30, 2012 08:18 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: thunderb at May 30, 2012 08:18 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 08:19 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:20 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 08:20 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Professor Oilfields Amazing Reverse Unit at May 30, 2012 08:20 PM (YsN3L)
Posted by: Mr. Wonderful at May 30, 2012 08:20 PM (z8HSj)
Posted by: moron #4 at May 30, 2012 08:20 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 08:21 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:22 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: zombie rachel corrie at May 30, 2012 08:22 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: TexasJew at May 30, 2012 08:22 PM (z8HSj)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:23 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: osoloco at May 30, 2012 08:23 PM (4DKt+)
McCarthy should stick to handjobs. Posted by: Mr. Wonderful at May 31, 2012 12:20 AM
I volunteer to help her with that. But she should be prepared to deal with a little prick.
Posted by: irright at May 30, 2012 08:24 PM (RzLbD)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:24 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:25 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: argh at May 30, 2012 08:25 PM (trP3K)
No kidding! I had shingles in the sixth grade. I couldn't even put on a shirt. I had to stay face down on my bed for two weeks. I know, here in the moron crowd, that wouldn't even get an eyebrow raise. Sucks for a twelve year old though.
Posted by: no good deed at May 30, 2012 08:25 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:26 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:26 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: moki at May 31, 2012 12:08 AM (dZmFh)
I should ask her about co-op. Right now the experiments are pretty simple with easily obtainable supplies so that's not the issue. She's just not very interested in science. About the only reason I have for *not* putting her in a co-op is that she's already the one who takes part in *all* special classes we do which doesn't seem very fair to the others.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 08:26 PM (CQ1cz)
Posted by: TexasJew at May 30, 2012 08:27 PM (z8HSj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:28 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:28 PM (RQjPS)
Mostly Southeast Asia. Posted by: mpfs at May 31, 2012 12:26 AM
and screwing armadillos , or something.
Posted by: irright at May 30, 2012 08:28 PM (RzLbD)
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The worst part is when I saw the Dr. - before he said shingles - write "Herpes Zoster". All I saw was "Herpes" and I couldn't breathe for about two minutes.
Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at May 30, 2012 08:29 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: troyriser at May 30, 2012 08:29 PM (YCeSE)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:29 PM (DGIjM)
Hey, if it isn't one of my favorite commenters!!!
Have I told you I loved you today?
I mean, er, not that I have to everyday. I'm sure you already know that, but I figured I'd mention just how much I cared, one more time, so everyone can hear.
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obamawitzbergenstein at May 30, 2012 08:29 PM (dhm4S)
I also remember the big push in the 60's and 70's about families getting immunized for measles - and how pregnant mothers were especially at risk of passing it on to their unborn child
Posted by: Duke of Beef Wellington Bomber at May 30, 2012 08:30 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:30 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:30 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:31 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 08:31 PM (Pr8hY)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 30, 2012 08:31 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:31 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: thunderb at May 30, 2012 08:31 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: TexasJew at May 30, 2012 08:31 PM (z8HSj)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:31 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 12:30 AM
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That's what my cousin says, bless her heart.
Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at May 30, 2012 08:32 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:33 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 31, 2012 12:29 AM (DGIjM)
It's strep that doesn't get treated fast enough. It's rare now because usually it's recognized and treated with an antibiotic nearly immediately.
Night Moki, sleep well.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 08:33 PM (CQ1cz)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 08:33 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:33 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: TexasJew at May 30, 2012 08:34 PM (z8HSj)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 30, 2012 08:34 PM (EPDxg)
Posted by: mpfs at May 31, 2012 12:31 AM (Fy6L7)
Salad bar approach? No. A la carte is how it goes.
Look, Texas went way overboard with that idiotic pseudo-mandate for the HPV vaccine. If you want to blame someone for forcing the issue, then blame the governments that overreach and begin to think that they know everything. In doing so they jeopardize any credibility they had and open the issue up to doubts even for the important vaccinations.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 08:35 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: moki at May 30, 2012 08:36 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:36 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 08:36 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 31, 2012 12:19 AM"
Well, I could try, but I doubt it would make much difference. She's so stupid that she thinks vitamin C cures cancer, even though I pointed her to numerous medical experts who have refuted that claim. Her response: "just because it hasn't been proven doesn't mean it isn't true." She's so stupid she refuses to take antivirals for her genital herpes in favor of "natural vitamin therapy," even though she has flare-ups every other week. I know this because she's also the queen of oversharing and writes about it in her personal blog. stuck. on. stupid.
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 08:37 PM (96Kco)
Posted by: moki at May 31, 2012 12:33 AM (dZmFh)
Having curriculum, and making the older two do a lot of the reading, makes it possible. I'm grateful to have the opportunity since a lot of women in my position would be *forced* to get a job, and in Obama's economy, maybe two.
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at May 30, 2012 08:37 PM (CQ1cz)
Posted by: mpfs at May 31, 2012 12:36 AM (Fy6L7)
That's what they said to ban smoking. Somehow we have people working in coal mines but it's impossible to work in a smoky bar.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 08:37 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 30, 2012 08:39 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 30, 2012 08:39 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 08:40 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: TexasJew at May 30, 2012 08:40 PM (z8HSj)
If the pictures show up. Tonight, no pictures are showing up on my screen. I think when CAC post an ONT, the pictures show up.
Posted by: fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 08:41 PM (Pr8hY)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:41 PM (RQjPS)
[Wall St Journal, 8/15/2003] The root of this government role goes back to August 1993, when Congress passed Mrs. ClintonÂ’s Vaccines for Children program. A dream of HillaryÂ’s friends at the ChildrenÂ’s Defense Fund, her vaccines plan was to use federal power to ensure universal immunization. So the government agreed to purchase a third of the national vaccine supply (the Clintons had pushed for 100%) at a forced discount of half price, then distribute it to doctors to deliver to the poor and the un- and under-insuredÂ…
The result is a cautionary tale for anyone who favors national health care. Already very high in 1993, childhood vaccination rates barely budged. A General Accounting Office report at the time noted that “vaccines are already free” for the truly needy through programs like Medicaid. Meanwhile, however, the Hillary project dealt the vaccine industry another financial body blow.
Thirty years ago, the [National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine] report notes, 25 companies produced vaccines for the U.S. market. Today only five remainÂ…
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 08:42 PM (X3lox)
AP wants to get prostitutes away from its DC bureau
http://tinyurl.com/czkg4b5
Posted by: kbdabear at May 30, 2012 08:43 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: t-bird at May 30, 2012 08:43 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:44 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:44 PM (RQjPS)
We I demand hot player pics as well.
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Ok - that we can do!
http://tinyurl.com/89egx8v
Posted by: 18-1 at May 30, 2012 08:45 PM (3aXbg)
No need to feel bad. Any person who thinks they should "help" while not knowing the technical details of the issue they're involving themselves with deserves neither support or sympathy, especially where people's lives are at stake.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at May 30, 2012 08:45 PM (4s7w4)
Posted by: TexasJew at May 30, 2012 08:46 PM (z8HSj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:49 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:50 PM (Fy6L7)
I read somewhere that Carville, Louisiana, hometown of James Carville, was the home of the national leprosy hospital. He must have been the hottest boy in high school.
Posted by: huerfano at May 30, 2012 08:52 PM (bAGA/)
Amen!
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at May 30, 2012 08:52 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:53 PM (RQjPS)
I caught him frolicking in my trash. At first I was pissed, but he was so charming that I let him penetrate the shield of my forest moon.
And then we shared a pudding cup.
Posted by: Greta V.S. at May 30, 2012 08:54 PM (dhm4S)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:54 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:54 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 08:54 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille, Wiseacre Latina at May 31, 2012 12:18 AM
Infants and young children aren't fully vaccinated against those diseases until they have completed the full series of shots, so they are at risk from other unvaccinated people. They rely 100% on herd immunity for protection. Also, vaccines are not 100% effective, so even those people who are vaccinated rely on herd immunity to some extent. It depends on the vaccines, but most herd immunity breaks down somewhere around a 95% rate of vaccination in the population. In some parts of the Seattle area (where I live) there is a 75% vaccination rate in kindergarteners in the public school system (and similar low rates in older children). This is well below the point where herd immunity breaks down, and as a result we have an epidemic of whooping cough.
I really don't like the idea of the government forcing anyone to do anything, but we do force parents to get certain medical treatment for their kids because at some point the kids' welfare takes precedence over the parent's right decisions. When my daughter was in the NICU and we were asked to sign a consent form for a blood transfusion the doctor made it perfectly clear that if we didn't sign they would do it anyway because my daughter's life was at risk. I was fine with that (not that I would have refused anyway). For vaccines, I think it is perfectly reasonable to require vaccines for enrollment in public school. You don't want to vaccinate, then home school your kids or send them to a private school that allows that. There may be some exceptions for specific medical reasons, but none for "personal beliefs." The problem in Washington state is that you can be exempted without any reason at all, so a lot of people don't. There are also a lot of hippies here who think vaccines are "toxins" and "unnatural".
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 08:55 PM (96Kco)
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 08:56 PM (96Kco)
Posted by: thunderb at May 30, 2012 08:56 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 08:58 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 08:59 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: mpfs at May 31, 2012 12:56 AM (Fy6L7)
Hey it could have been circumcision or <shudder> why people get fat.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 30, 2012 08:59 PM (VDusq)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 09:01 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:01 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 31, 2012 01:01 AM (RQjPS)
Your numbers are conservative with regards to the illegals ... but I'd be an asshole for pointing that out, evidently.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 30, 2012 09:02 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: mpfs at May 30, 2012 09:03 PM (Fy6L7)
Disease is a scourge about as old as humanity itself. Vaccinations are a cheap and effective way to defend people against many plagues and epidemics that beset us in the past. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 30, 2012 09:05 PM (uB19f)
[shrugs]
Posted by: Roger the Shrugger at May 30, 2012 09:05 PM (0Ohos)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:05 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at May 30, 2012 09:06 PM (Mrdk1)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 30, 2012 09:07 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:07 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 09:08 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 09:11 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 30, 2012 09:14 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:15 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 30, 2012 09:16 PM (LOmQM)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 09:17 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 30, 2012 09:17 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 31, 2012 01:07 AM (RQjPS)
Demons and seeping bad humours mostly.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 30, 2012 09:17 PM (VDusq)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 31, 2012 01:05 AM"
Well said, yourself! The biggest problem with vaccines is that they work too well. Too many people today have never known anyone disabled by polio or killed by whooping cough, and they are too foolish to care about that which they have never seen with their own eyes. As the saying goes, "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 09:18 PM (96Kco)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 01:17 AM (piMMO)
Actually I'm totally backlogged so they haven't even been rejected yet.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 30, 2012 09:19 PM (VDusq)
Went into a Tijuana public restroom ONCE. The toilet paper dispenser was a shit smeared rag in a coffee can. I wonder why they seem to have health problems.
Worked with some guatemalans in Del Mar (horse racing). Same thing, they used the toilet paper, but placed the used stuff on the floor next to the toilet. Or they would wait and shit in the shower.
I'm sure there are some who are perfectly clean living, but I never met any, and given the small sampling I've seen of how they live, I'm pro border.
Posted by: Jimmah at May 30, 2012 09:19 PM (cWkOB)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 31, 2012 01:07 AM (RQjPS)
Demons and seeping bad humours mostly.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 31, 2012 01:17 AM (VDusq)
*****
Evil white men and Jews.
Posted by: Louis Farrakhan at May 30, 2012 09:20 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:20 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Satan's Barbed Cock at May 30, 2012 09:20 PM (4Pqfm)
And then we shared a pudding cup.
Posted by: Greta V.S. at May 31, 2012 12:54 AM (dhm4S)
You guys got all four of your balls in the same pudding cup?
...or did you take turns dipping?
Posted by: garrett at May 30, 2012 09:20 PM (Um00N)
The Race 4 2012 Rumor Mill – Thursday Morning Update
The number stays at 7 and the door is now shut.
The Rumor Mill has heard, according to information we have received from our sources, that there will be no more additions to “The List.” Gov. Romney’s selection for Vice President will be one of the following candidates:
Senator of Florida – Marco Rubio
Senator of Ohio – Rob Portman
Senator of New Hampshire – Kelly Ayotte
Governor of New Jersey – Chris Christie
Governor of Minnesota – Tim Pawlenty
House of Representative of Washington State – Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Governor of Louisiana – Bobby Jindal
I understand that many of you here, including me, believed that Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan must be on Mitt Romney’s short list. And many of you may take me to task for his omission. That is fine, as I detest the boredom of “Echo Discussions” and I look forward to your comments in challenging the make-up of The Final 7. But before we take part in one of our epic discussions here at R4’12, let me explain why I believe that Paul Ryan will not be under consideration by Team Romney.
First, I want to say IÂ’m a big supporter of Paul Ryan and I would have no problem in supporting his selection as Vice President. I do believe his selection would secure the election, because it would result in discussions centering around the issues of the budget, the economy, and jobs. The selection of Paul Ryan would take this election away from the silliness of issues such as Rev. Wright, bullying in high school 45 years ago, Donald Trump, personal drug use 30 years ago, and so on.
According to “The Eagle”, the rumor on ” The Hill” is consistent in regards to Paul Ryan’s future: Paul Ryan will be the “Quarterback” for the Romney Administration up on “The Hill.” It is being said that Paul Ryan & Mitt Romney have already had more discussions between the both of them on how they should hit the ground running after the election than President Obama has had discussions with anyone of the Democratic side of capital hill in 3 1/2 years. According to the rumors, discussions have gone into such detail as to how Ryan will present his reform package once Romney has taken the oath of office. Ryan has been effective in getting some traction with some Democrats, such as Senator Wyden of Oregon, and that progress maybe at risk if the reform push comes the Vice Presidential office, instead of someone in Congress itself.
Do I believe Ryan is on the VP list right now? Yes. But it does not seem likely that Ryan will become the Vice Presidential pick.
Posted by: Jose at May 30, 2012 09:21 PM (srIqv)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 30, 2012 09:22 PM (uB19f)
You're welcome.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 31, 2012 01:17 AM (75ggp)
It's only a problem if you hold all the wrong opinions.
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:22 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:23 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Small-Pox-Stricken Native Americans at May 30, 2012 09:24 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:25 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Jimmah at May 31, 2012 01:19 AM (cWkOB)
You know who's the worst about that?
Indians.
And I don't mean the feathery kind.
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:26 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 09:28 PM (96Kco)
had to look it up as it was bugging me.
That's COLONEL Jackson not General.
I thought my memory was getting worse. (if that's possible so I got concerned)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 30, 2012 09:29 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille, Wiseacre Latina at May 30, 2012 09:32 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:33 PM (4ixH5)
Indians.
And I don't mean the feathery kind.
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 01:26 AM (4ixH5)
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I have a hard time buying the excuse that their plumbing wont handle it where they used to live. When you go to a place that it does work, use it. I could be wrong, but it seems like not shitting on the ground skills would take about a half second to pick up.
Posted by: Jimmah at May 30, 2012 09:33 PM (cWkOB)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 09:34 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:34 PM (4ixH5)
Scary, scary in indeed.
Posted by: Liz "Granny" Warren, first Injun woman to nurse while skydiving at May 30, 2012 09:35 PM (dhm4S)
Posted by: Jimmah at May 31, 2012 01:33 AM (cWkOB)
I think it has less to do with functioning plumbing and more to do with being malicious assholes.
I have a whole rant on this but it inevitbably goes to a place that makes me look...diminished might be a good word.
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:38 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert, egging folks on at May 30, 2012 09:40 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: not the mama at May 31, 2012 01:28 AM
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He wears a skin suit for interviews. It covers the body hair.
Posted by: Contemplative Lobster at May 30, 2012 09:41 PM (dKWiU)
That policy sounds a lot more reasonable. Here they just recently required people requesting an exemption to get a doctor's note saying they have been informed about vaccines and still decline, but that's it. I'm extra sensitive about the issue right now because I'm getting ready to have a baby in a few weeks and there is a crazy amount of whooping cough going around here. One more thing to worry about that we really shouldn't have to
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 09:41 PM (96Kco)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 30, 2012 09:43 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: moron #4/jake at May 30, 2012 09:43 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 01:42 AM (4ixH5)
It's just a tax grab.
Why tax them only once on 32 oz. when you can tax them 4 times?
Posted by: garrett at May 30, 2012 09:45 PM (WnY+k)
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:47 PM (4ixH5)
Why tax them only once on 32 oz. when you can tax them 4 times?
Posted by: garrett at May 31, 2012 01:45 AM (WnY+k)
I think Bloomie should lick my balls. It's just a sack of flesh and hair slightly soaked in salty sweat.
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:49 PM (4ixH5)
I have a whole rant on this but it inevitbably goes to a place that makes me look...diminished might be a good word.~~~
Do tell? If only a small rant. There are more feathery people in my neck of the woods. I would have to travel to Dallas to find the dots.
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 30, 2012 09:50 PM (Pr8hY)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJCJuKXl8A
Have I mentioned my deep borderline unhealthy and possbily deviant love of Megadeth lately?
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:50 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 09:51 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: not the mama at May 30, 2012 09:51 PM (96Kco)
Posted by: Fozalgerts at May 31, 2012 01:50 AM (Pr8hY)
Don't...tempt me, Frodo!
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:51 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 30, 2012 09:51 PM (ZiYQG)
Have I mentioned my deep borderline unhealthy and possbily deviant love of Megadeth lately?
You know, it's a crime that I don't own ANY Megadeth on Vinyl.
Megadeth never made it out of the casette period for me.
I will remedy this.
Posted by: garrett at May 30, 2012 09:53 PM (WnY+k)
Of course that won't bother Bloomie cause he'll just change his party registration back to Republican.
Trouble is his idea of Republican is more in line with 18th century France. the removal of royalty doomed France to be governed by tyrants, dictators and other assorted hoodlums and thugs who could be polite to the bourgeois merchant classes and appear egalitarian all the while acting like a 3rd century berber prince.
I'd guess he has a secret room where he strut's around in his First Citizen of the Republic costume with his hand in his frock.
He's a pusillanimous pompous pipsqueak that needs to be permanently disbarred from running for office. Bloomie doesn't think he knows better what you need, he KNOWS it. Hey he's rich so that proves it right there.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 30, 2012 09:53 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 30, 2012 09:53 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Zakn at May 30, 2012 09:56 PM (qFBtt)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 31, 2012 01:51 AM (ZiYQG)
I SAW!
Gonna have to pinch me pennies!
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 09:57 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 09:57 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 31, 2012 01:51 AM (ZiYQG)
You going to be anywhere near Montana?
Posted by: garrett at May 30, 2012 09:59 PM (WnY+k)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 30, 2012 10:00 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 10:01 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: zeera at May 30, 2012 10:02 PM (XtxRN)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 30, 2012 10:02 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 31, 2012 02:01 AM (75ggp)
eh, it's okay. Not Good but not bad, I think it was worth the early matinee special
Posted by: The Dude at May 30, 2012 10:03 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 10:05 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 31, 2012 02:02 AM (ZiYQG)
Next time you are going to be up here, let me know and I'll take you fishing and shit. We have it good up here.
Calgary isn't too far, but I'd need to get a f'n passport to go across the border. [Thanks, goatfuckers.]
But I could be convinved to head to Boise around the 4th of July...
Posted by: garrett at May 30, 2012 10:06 PM (WnY+k)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 30, 2012 10:06 PM (ZiYQG)
I figger both the skydiver pro and the 1st timer arrived on the ground in need of new undies.
Posted by: jc at May 30, 2012 10:07 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 31, 2012 02:01 AM (75ggp)
Haven't seen it yet but it HAS to be better than MIB II. What a piece of shit that movie was. I know most of the Critics at AICN seem to enjoy it. I figure if Josh Brolin sells his role it'll be good. Will Smith is starting to look weird in middle age.
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 10:07 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 10:08 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:08 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: The Dude at May 30, 2012 10:11 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at May 30, 2012 10:12 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Jean at May 30, 2012 10:14 PM (Pvjul)
G - that sounds awesome! Wife and I will be back at some point...
No problem. Just let me know when and I'll get you my info.
Posted by: garrett at May 30, 2012 10:15 PM (WnY+k)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 10:25 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: Robert at May 30, 2012 10:27 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 31, 2012 02:25 AM (75ggp)
fucking ballsy
Posted by: The Dude at May 30, 2012 10:28 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:29 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:32 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: The Dude at May 30, 2012 10:32 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Jean at May 30, 2012 10:32 PM (Pvjul)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:34 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:36 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:38 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Jean at May 30, 2012 10:38 PM (Pvjul)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2012 02:25 AM (kaalw)
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They are like Gscrews and Gnails, but you have to install them with a Griveter. Grosie was famous for her Griveting back in WWII.
Posted by: jc at May 30, 2012 10:40 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:41 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:42 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:43 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: jc at May 30, 2012 10:44 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:47 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 30, 2012 10:48 PM (75ggp)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 10:50 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Jean at May 30, 2012 10:52 PM (Pvjul)
Posted by: The Dude at May 30, 2012 10:54 PM (tw6Ar)
what, Jackson Hole?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 31, 2012 01:31 AM (CP+yl)
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Jacksonville, I believe.
Night, all
Posted by: Boomer Redneque wants to know if it's November yet at May 30, 2012 10:54 PM (eQnzo)
I frankly, was shocked to read about a case of TYPHUS in So-Cal.
This is the direct result of the breakdown in funding that is being sucked into the overall attempt by.....wait for it.......JERRY "MOONBEAM" BROWN to play the dutch-boy plugging the dike....and robbing from programs that were BY STATE LAW!!!!! stand alone funds for specific issues ONLY!!!!Just like the 9-11 Ca License Plates to help family members that was raided by that ASS MAGGOT ARNOLD and THE present ASS Maggot Jerry!
GGGGRRRRrrrrrr......
Posted by: Richard at May 30, 2012 10:57 PM (zt5qx)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:00 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:06 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 31, 2012 03:00 AM (lkdo/)
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I'll take what is the "American Medical Association (AMA)" for $800, Alex.
Posted by: jc at May 30, 2012 11:06 PM (ufJKx)
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Can you blame them? Given the present state of affairs with medicine and the attempt by "BIG OBAMA GOVERNMENT" to tell them how they will practice......yup...circle the wagons for sure....and get some firearm training with your next CE's
Posted by: Richard at May 30, 2012 11:07 PM (zt5qx)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:08 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:08 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at May 30, 2012 11:09 PM (r7Ddb)
So the last I.Q. test slipped down to the 60's, eh? I'm sure you'll find the windows to still taste as sweet.
Posted by: irright at May 30, 2012 11:09 PM (RzLbD)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:10 PM (lkdo/)
548
I'll be good tonight.......cross my heart....hope to die....stick a needle in.....hhhmmmmmm....maybe not!
Posted by: Richard at May 30, 2012 11:11 PM (zt5qx)
548
I'll be good tonight.......cross my heart....hope to die....stick a needle in.....hhhmmmmmm....maybe not!
Posted by: Richard at May 31, 2012 03:11 AM (zt5qx)
how about lets just pinky promise ok?
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at May 30, 2012 11:13 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Richard at May 30, 2012 11:18 PM (zt5qx)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:19 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:25 PM (lkdo/)
WAR..HUUU...GOOD GOD YOU...WHAT.. IS IT GOOD FOR?>>>ABSOLUTLEY..NOTHING......SAY IT AGAIN>>>>"YOULLL!!!
WAR....HUUU...."GOOD GOD YOU....WHAT IS GOOD FOR
um...taking out our enemies?...And we do it so well when we have the will!
We do it so well, at least by the standards of warfare, we do it so well when we can keep the leftist, peaceniks, hippies, Obamanit's,commie's somewhere .....else. When we can do that......we win all wars....and THAT is what they fear most. Because that proves AMERICA is the best ideal.
Posted by: Richard at May 30, 2012 11:37 PM (zt5qx)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 30, 2012 11:41 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Richard at May 30, 2012 11:58 PM (zt5qx)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2012 12:14 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at May 31, 2012 03:09 AM (r7Ddb)
You bring the typhus, I'll bring the TB. PARTAY!
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 12:19 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 31, 2012 04:14 AM (kaalw)
Yeah, I went through Insty earlier. I got a fraction of what you have open, maybe a million and a half.
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 12:19 AM (4ixH5)
You bring the typhus, I'll bring the TB. PARTAY!
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 04:19 AM (4ixH5)
how about cat scratch fever? im good at that!
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at May 31, 2012 12:34 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Ted Nugent at May 31, 2012 12:41 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: rickl at May 31, 2012 01:15 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 01:26 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: rickl at May 31, 2012 01:31 AM (sdi6R)
I don't know if I should stick to a bowl of Fiber One and an orange or scramble me some eggs.
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 01:50 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 31, 2012 02:24 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: Elizabethe from elsewhere at May 31, 2012 02:27 AM (nHtaS)
Posted by: Elizabethe from elsewhere at May 31, 2012 02:28 AM (nHtaS)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 31, 2012 02:30 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 31, 2012 02:32 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: newmike at May 31, 2012 02:53 AM (1OLmL)
Posted by: Rollory at May 31, 2012 02:55 AM (kFIsy)
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 03:05 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Elizabethe from elsewhere at May 31, 2012 06:28 AM (nHtaS)
In all things, when a pretty goil tells a man to do something it's recommended that he does it.
Will do, capn!
Posted by: Robert at May 31, 2012 03:06 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Dagny at May 31, 2012 03:25 AM (9ybEY)
Posted by: zmdavid at May 31, 2012 03:42 AM (97JUW)
Posted by: stace at May 31, 2012 04:02 AM (dmKLd)
Also, big pharm defends its turf quite well. When doctors publish results on the danger of vaccines, other big pharm doctors make massive personal attacks. See also the recent piece on the world's most popular drug, Lipitor, where it does not give anyone a longer life, and causes terrible side effects. But big pharm cooks the data and keeps selling profit. And Merck with its pain med that caused a 500% rise in heart attacks.
It turns out that since we went to having over 100 vaccinations for a lifetime, our rates of autism, asthma, and neurological problems have exploded....and now every fifth child ends up with some sort of neurological disorder. Studies in rats show exactly how this mechanism works.
Perhaps an actress is not the smartest advocate. But, she brings about an important reality. This is an area where big money is preventing careful thoughtful science. You should spend a few days looking at "the greater good" and reviewing some of the better literature on both sides. A follow up piece would be quite different. Just talk to folks who have had a vaccination for thier kids and ended up with a totally disabled child.
Posted by: Keating Willcox at May 31, 2012 04:42 AM (YZxuS)
http://www.wnd.com/2006/03/35079/
Posted by: Keating Willcox at May 31, 2012 06:42 AM (YZxuS)
We diagnose these disorders now because we can diagnose these disorders now. However that said, you not what has changed ... Women having children later in life. For some reason that is never discussed as a potential cause.
First worlder anti-vaccine crowd are the lowest of low. I suggest you head on over to India to find out about polio. Please bring your unvaccinated children with you.
Anti-vaccination crowd always show up whenever and where ever vaccines are mentioned. They are like Paulbots. I suspect there is some over-lap.
Posted by: long island at May 31, 2012 07:23 AM (kzp9t)
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