June 20, 2012
— Maetenloch
But of course: Sen. McCain Wants Federal Regulations for Boxing
My friends if you enjoyed his fine work in cap-and-trade and McCain-Feingold, then you'll love this.
Now McCain may have somehow finagled a lifetime 89 ACU rating but in his gut he's all nanny-stater:
Arguing the sweet science is "plagued" by "fraud, corruption and ineffective regulation," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is proposing a United States Boxing Commission with the power to determine who judges and referees major fights.Call me cynical but I'm wondering exactly how much Dingy Harry and The Maverick lost on that fight.McCain co-introduced the legislation Monday with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (both men were amateur boxers in their younger years). The duo's move was spurred by Timothy Bradley's controversial win over Manny Pacquiao earlier this month in Las Vegas. Reid, who represents the boxing mecca of Nevada, said last week he believed Pacquiao should've won the fight, an opinion echoed by pundits. The promoter who represents both fighters said the "outlandish" decision represented "a death knell for the sport."
"Professional boxing remains the only major sport in the United States that does not have a strong, centralized association, league or other regulatory body to establish and enforce uniform rules and practices," McCain said in a Senate floor speech introducing the legislation.
I guess it's some kind of cosmic justice when dolphins who are known for their general rape-rapiness end up getting tentacle-raped themselves.
An octopus got the joyride of its life last week when it somehow became stuck on the belly of a bottlenose dolphin in the Ionian Sea. More specifically, the tentacled sea creature had a seat on the dolphin's genital slit.
Portland is a Giant 'Food Desert' According to Government
Which would seem odd since it's got tons of grocery stores and many, many restaurants. But this is a government definition (hence involving sweet, sweet government money) we're talking about:
According to USDA guidelines, neighborhoods more than a mile from a grocery store (and meeting certain below-average-income requirements) qualify as food deserts. Portland, however, deems low-income areas a mere half-mile from a grocery store "underserved," despite the fact that 94 percent of Portland households report owning at least one car (compared with 70 percent of households in San Francisco and 46 percent in New York)....And if the center of a census tract is more than half a mile from a full-service grocery store, the entire tract is labeled underserved. As a result, Portland boasts "food deserts" containing Safeway, Trader Joe's, and Grocery Outlet stores simply because those outlets are more than half a mile from the center of the local census tract.
Your Government at Work: Over 1700 Drug Shortages Created or Saved!
Unsurprisingly when you raise the costs of manufacturing and reduce the amount of money companies can make from generic drugs, they will rationally decide to stop making them. Hence the current shortages of very commonly used injectable drugs
The FDA began to ramp up GMP rules and regulations under the new commissioner in 2010 and 2011 (see figure at left). In fact, the report indicates that FDA threats shut down some 30% of the manufacturing capacity at the big producers of generic injectables. The safety of these lines was not a large problem and could have been handled with a targeted approach but instead the FDA launched a sweep against all the major manufacturers at the same time. These problem have been exacerbated by a change in Medicare reimbursement rules and by the rise of GPOs (buying groups) which reduced the prices of generics. Thus, in response to the cut in capacity, firms have shifted production from less profitable generics to more profitable branded drugs, so we get shortages of generics rather than of branded drugs.
Add to these major factors a few unique events such as the FDA now requiring pre-1938 and pre-62 drugs to go through expensive clinical trials, the slowdown of ANDAs and crazy stuff such as DEA control over pharmaceutical manufacturing and you get very extensive shortages.
What Travel Guides Say About the US
A lot about politics, tipping, and avoiding trains. Not so much on the proper etiquette involving smugness, self-satisfaction.
Politics get heavy treatment in the books, as do the subtleties of discussing them, maybe more so than in any other guidebook I've read (what can I say, it's an addiction). Lonely Planet urges caution when discussing immigration. "This is the issue that makes Americans edgy, especially when it gets politicized," they write, subtly suggesting that some Americans might approach the issue differently than others. "Age has a lot to do with Americans' multicultural tolerance."Rough Guide doesn't shy away from the fact that many non-Americans are less-than-crazy about U.S. politics and foreign policy, and encouragingly notes that many Americans are just as "infuriated" about it as visitors might be. Still, it warns that the political culture saturates everything, and that "The combination of shoot-from-the-hip mentality with laissez-faire capitalism and religious fervor can make the U.S. maddening at times, even to its own residents."
...Americans have a social institution called a "gratuity". Basically, the price on the menu at any place which serves food is not the real price. The real price is 20% higher. You have to calculate 20%, write it under the subtotal, and sum to arrive at the real price. Taxis work the same way. It is considered very rude not to pay the "gratuity."
How About a Little Herb Alpert and the TJB
I only knew his tunes from endless versions on Muzak so imagine my surprise when I found my dad's Herb Alpert records and discovered that Muzak was based on actual, good songs. And I'll always have fond memories of the whipped cream girl.
Teh Tweet!
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Posted by: Y-not at June 20, 2012 06:04 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 06:04 PM (GULKT)
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Posted by: Mike Nifong at June 20, 2012 10:07 PM
Mike, you are truly a prosecutor that is willing to take anyone on. You can be on my panel any time!!
Posted by: Nancy Grace at June 20, 2012 06:09 PM (1grxW)
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Posted by: Yip in Texas at June 20, 2012 06:10 PM (Mrdk1)
XOXOXO love you Lebron XOXOXO
Posted by: The NBA at June 20, 2012 06:10 PM (jza4U)
Posted by: HornyFemaleDolphin at June 20, 2012 06:11 PM (1jJ7K)
There's a British guide which is the most paranoid thing you've ever seen. It describes America as a kind of Road Warrior landscape. It warns about tornadoes, thunderstorms, forest fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, flash floods, poison ivy, poison sumac, deadly scorpions, fire ants, tarantulas, coyotes, bears, and rabid squirrels, among other perils. Fighting to survive in this landscape are Americans, who are all heavily armed, shoot people at the slightest provocation, and spend their time robbing or defrauding each other when they're not engaging in murderous displays of national pride.
It's a guide for people who don't really want to go to America anyway.
By contrast my French guidebook is absurdly debonair. Need a place to sleep? Bus stations are convenient places to stay the night! Looking for a cheap way to get around? Hitchike!
It's also written with no sense of scale at all. If you're visiting New York, why not zip down to Washington DC? Or Williamsburg? If you're in Los Angeles, the Grand Canyon is practically next door!
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 20, 2012 06:11 PM (SJCgJ)
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 10:04 PM (GULKT)
I wouldn't fuck him or his dimwitted daughter. Now his wife may find out why I'm billed as "The Next Big Thing".
Posted by: Brock Lesner at June 20, 2012 06:12 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 06:12 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: enquring mind at June 20, 2012 06:12 PM (jza4U)
Posted by: Ben at June 20, 2012 06:14 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Brock Lesner at June 20, 2012 10:12 PM (1grxW)
You quit and went back to the WWE after your glass jaw got exposed.
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 06:14 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 06:15 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2012 06:17 PM (XFQn4)
Comfortable.
Miiiiighty comfortable.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 20, 2012 06:18 PM (HzO4m)
Saying Regina, the capital city of Saskatchewan, makes me uncomfortable.
Posted by: TexasJew at June 20, 2012 06:18 PM (Q7Kbs)
Posted by: happy little trees at June 20, 2012 06:18 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 10:15 PM (Dnbau)
GOVERNMENT, MOTHERF*****, DO YOU SPEAK IT?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 20, 2012 06:19 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at June 20, 2012 06:19 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 06:19 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Y-not at June 20, 2012 06:19 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Barack Obama's Secret Gay Boyfriend at June 20, 2012 06:21 PM (KLP9f)
Is it the kind of cockfighting I like? If it is, go on...
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at June 20, 2012 06:21 PM (lyStv)
Posted by: TexasJew at June 20, 2012 06:21 PM (Q7Kbs)
Its funny how a Man can shine under adversity, yet be a total failure at other things...
Thanks Sen. McCain for your heroic actions as a POW...
But, after loosing 5 aircraft, that still makes you an ENEMY Ace.
Now... please go away....
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 20, 2012 06:22 PM (lZBBB)
The Japanese consider "live octopus on a genital slit" an exotic delicacy.
Posted by: Cicero at June 20, 2012 06:23 PM (7ppar)
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 06:23 PM (hp71M)
Posted by: Y-not at June 20, 2012 06:24 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 06:24 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 06:24 PM (96M6e)
49 4 John McCain refers to MMA as human cockfighting. Fuck that big government loving asshole.
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 10:04 PM (GULKT)
But boxing is different because he did it many years ago or something. If he were joining the Navy nowadays, much of the hand to hand combat that he would learn would be informed by MMA-style fighting. He has ceased looking through the windshield, and is only viewing life through the rear-view mirror.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 20, 2012 06:24 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 06:25 PM (CqxTO)
Posted by: Social Studies Graduate Student at June 20, 2012 06:25 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 06:27 PM (hp71M)
Vote the bastards out!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 20, 2012 06:28 PM (i3+c5)
Prize fighting has to be the dumbest "sport" in modern human existence.
At least Ali is drooling on $100 dollar bills.
Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 06:28 PM (yt109)
56 Interesting comment about human cocky fighting. Because I'm pretty sure nobody in the UFC, Pride or MMA in general has ever been killed in the ring.
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 10:23 PM (hp71M)
There has been at least one death in an MMA match that I am aware of. So yeah it has happened, but not at the UFC, Pride, or Strikeforce level. And its definitely a low number.
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 06:28 PM (GULKT)
Their lawns are self mowing -- they cut themselves.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 20, 2012 06:28 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 20, 2012 06:29 PM (pajrX)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 06:30 PM (R5yLq)
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Posted by: moki at June 20, 2012 06:30 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: booger at June 20, 2012 06:31 PM (HI6wa)
Gratuity? Hell, I don't even pay the bill.
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at June 20, 2012 06:31 PM (7ppar)
If you feel up to it, create your own list (or ask for recommendations from the AoS Sunday book thread). This sounds too much like total indoctrination to accept without a pushback.
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 20, 2012 06:32 PM (i3+c5)
The women there are either frumpy, crazy/disheveled, or confused about their gender.
Posted by: runninrebel at June 20, 2012 10:11 PM (N/1Dm)
This, the hottest chicks that I know from Oregon were from Medford.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 20, 2012 06:32 PM (tKFT6)
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/caldwell/
Another cover-up? Well, if it's the part of the week ending in "day", then of course it's a cover-up.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 06:32 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Barky O'Dogeater at June 20, 2012 06:33 PM (7ppar)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 06:33 PM (XSVkw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 20, 2012 06:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 06:33 PM (hp71M)
Uh.... Sen McCain? Wheres the BUDGET?
Hmmm.... might be a fun little tactic... every time ANY Senator gets up to speak... just yell 'BUDGET?'
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 20, 2012 06:33 PM (lZBBB)
And is that trombone player the laziest fucking man in show business, or what?
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at June 20, 2012 06:34 PM (a5ljo)
Heh, that's like the bit from Euro Trip, when Cooper and Scotty find out they can get a courier trip to London:
Cooper: Europe's like the size of Eastwood Mall. We can walk to Berlin from there.
Scotty: England's an island.
Cooper: Swim, then, whatever.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 20, 2012 06:34 PM (BJ51P)
FIFY
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 06:36 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Sonnyspats at June 20, 2012 06:36 PM (Qr9Rc)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 20, 2012 06:36 PM (tKFT6)
Let's forget that Paquio's was a Constitutional officer for the Phillipines at the time.
****
How many tens of millions of dollars did he make in the last year? Yeah, I feel really bad about someone who gets paid when he fails.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 06:37 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 06:38 PM (hp71M)
Posted by: cm9000 at June 20, 2012 06:38 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at June 20, 2012 06:39 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 10:38 PM (hp71M)
No, it was in the US.
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 06:40 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 10:37 PM (piMMO)
The most interesting question is how much money is he getting for the rematch in the fall? Bob Arum is his manager, the dude has his grubby little hands all over this. How important is another bout if he already won the first one?
/Just askin questions
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 20, 2012 06:40 PM (tKFT6)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at June 20, 2012 06:40 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 06:41 PM (CqxTO)
It may have been this one Secondus. Sam Vasquez in Houston. http://tinyurl.com/2flrtsq
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 06:41 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Avi at June 20, 2012 06:42 PM (51xVX)
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Posted by: Uncle Ghastly's Ghastly Fan at June 20, 2012 06:43 PM (KLP9f)
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Posted by: Octomom at June 20, 2012 06:45 PM (EFzYw)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 10:41 PM (CqxTO) [br[
Good luck, Cowboy. Have the boy read "Atlas Shrugged" around 15 or so. That way, it's like a vaccination. He'll be immune to pleas for the common good or fairness, but the full-on infection of Objectivism won't set in.
/re-hashed recommendation from a writer whose column I can't remember - I think it was on NRO at some point
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 20, 2012 06:45 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Ben at June 20, 2012 06:46 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 06:48 PM (hp71M)
Posted by: Sea King at June 20, 2012 06:48 PM (ust69)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 06:49 PM (96M6e)
I was still at base a liberal until I was 35, though.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at June 20, 2012 06:50 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Secundus at June 20, 2012 10:48 PM (hp71M)
Yeah, it definitely seems like its a lot safer than boxing, and hell even football. Apparently a guy in South Dakota died just this May in an unsanctioned fight too. So does happen but really really really rare.
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 06:51 PM (GULKT)
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And the story it told of a Slurpee that flowed made me sad to think it was dead?
Posted by: Anachronda at June 20, 2012 06:51 PM (1c58W)
***
When I see those ads where some dumbass with a headache asks for a painkiller and refuses aspirin saying "But I'm not having a heart attack", it makes my head hurt.
It's a good thing I have aspirin in my medicine cabinet.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 06:51 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 06:54 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 06:55 PM (LK3ef)
But these are the same people who are constantly pestering me to not use my car and instead walk to places like the grocery store.
Which is it going to be, you dolts?
Posted by: epobirs at June 20, 2012 06:55 PM (kcfmt)
But meanwhile a handful of lawyers get insanely rich, so its all good.
Posted by: cm9000 at June 20, 2012 06:55 PM (lzvtR)
Why can't you give the stupid horse a name?
You spent NINE goddamned days riding through that desert? How did your un-named horse carry enough water and food?
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 20, 2012 06:55 PM (SJCgJ)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 06:56 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: moki at June 20, 2012 06:56 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 10:49 PM (96M6e)
I don't have any insight into the arcane ways of the FDA, but aspirin is certainly the best of all over the counter drugs for fighting the after effects of the moron lifestyle. Sure, it causes stomach bleeding and needs to be avoided if you already have digestive tract issues, but it's the only OTC painkiller that will not cause potentially serious liver damage when taken while alcohol is in the system. Tylenol, Motrin, and Aleve (along with their generic counterparts) are huge no-nos if you've already burdened your liver with alcohol. I'm not saying aspirin is safe, but stay away from anti-inflammatory drugs if you've been boozing. Do not, for any reason, do that old "water or gatorade and some ibuprofen before passing out" alleged hangover preventer.
Be frosty - you've earned the hangover, deal with the repercussions. It comes down to the old "buy the ticket, take the ride" saw - you've earned it, so deal with it, and don't do any more damage than has already been done.
/moron PSA
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 20, 2012 06:57 PM (ND9u8)
This is good. What's it called?
Posted by: A Vuture at June 20, 2012 06:57 PM (7ppar)
is excedrin aspirin?
works on my head.
Best aspirin of all (imo) are teh St. Joseph's baby aspirin! do they still make them I wonder?
Posted by: uncle joe at June 20, 2012 06:58 PM (nfaaW)
there was a CAC thread? I missed it
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 10:43 PM (LK3ef)
It was accompanied by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
Your loss.
Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 06:58 PM (yt109)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 06:59 PM (R5yLq)
Favorable poll puts outsourcing expert Romney on the ropes
Salon.com's Steve Kornacki and The Hill's Karen Finney dig into a new poll - and a new Romney gaffe - that demonstrates the President is still strong heading into the first day of summer.
msnbc.com
Walter Duranty, get your resume over to these guys stat....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 20, 2012 06:59 PM (kdS6q)
Every time they cry racism, we demand justice for slain cops.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at June 20, 2012 07:00 PM (a5ljo)
"but stay away from anti-inflammatory drugs if you've been boozing."
ok so define "if you've been boozing" - should you not take ibuprofen if you have any alcohol in your system at all? think I need to schedule a few appointments tomorrow based on the answer 
Posted by: uncle joe at June 20, 2012 07:00 PM (nfaaW)
Every time they cry racism, we demand justice for slain cops.
duh - that right there is racism, straight up!!!
Posted by: janeane garofalo at June 20, 2012 07:00 PM (nfaaW)
I saw a sky burial in Tibet once. Not a lot of pomp and circumstance, really.
Posted by: Cicero at June 20, 2012 07:01 PM (7ppar)
Posted by: moki at June 20, 2012 07:01 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 07:01 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at June 20, 2012 07:02 PM (lBpVP)
They sure do. I just got the big bottle of 300.
Posted by: Berserker at June 20, 2012 07:02 PM (FMbng)
I was still at base a liberal until I was 35, though.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at June 20, 2012 10:50 PM (QTHTd)
So what made you turn away from leftism after 35?
Posted by: cm9000 at June 20, 2012 07:03 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 07:04 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:04 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at June 20, 2012 07:05 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at June 20, 2012 07:05 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 07:06 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: The Political Hat (A Mad Scientist) at June 20, 2012 07:06 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: TexasJew at June 20, 2012 07:07 PM (Q7Kbs)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 07:07 PM (96M6e)
>> Professional boxing remains the only major sport in the United States that does not have a strong, centralized association, league or other regulatory body to establish and enforce uniform rules and practices.
So?
Isn't this the converse of the slippery slope fallacy, and thus logically suspect on its face?
It seems akin to saying, "Well, we passed gay marriage. Now we just have to allow polygamy." Or "we've limited a corporation's free speech. It only makes sense we do the same thing to individuals."
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at June 20, 2012 07:07 PM (KDWMI)
Posted by: uncle joe at June 20, 2012 07:08 PM (nfaaW)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 20, 2012 07:09 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Y-not at June 20, 2012 07:09 PM (5H6zj)
****
Yep, but you can just buy the adult 82mg version and not have to pretend you have a baby at home.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 07:09 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Cicero at June 20, 2012 07:09 PM (7ppar)
It's a good thing I have aspirin in my medicine cabinet.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 10:51 PM (piMMO)
Whoever wrote that commercial should be whipped with a razor blade. Makes the guy look like a racist-mysoginist.
Posted by: joanne is happy dammit at June 20, 2012 07:10 PM (GCsZz)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at June 20, 2012 07:10 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Jefferson's Tips for Touring the Former North American Colonies, 3rd. ed. at June 20, 2012 07:10 PM (2jQGY)
Soul Asylum's Clam Dip and Other Delights EP has a funny parody cover of Alpert's album.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:10 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 07:11 PM (96M6e)
lol that is too fuckin' funny
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 07:11 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Cicero at June 20, 2012 07:11 PM (7ppar)
Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 07:12 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 20, 2012 07:12 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 20, 2012 07:13 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Gerry at June 20, 2012 07:15 PM (nHppQ)
the funny part is, that statement works for either gender
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 07:16 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at June 20, 2012 07:16 PM (dBvlk)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 20, 2012 07:16 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 20, 2012 07:17 PM (XSVkw)
Posted by: Gerry at June 20, 2012 11:15 PM (nHppQ)
Unless its Holder, I don't.
Posted by: cm9000 at June 20, 2012 07:17 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 07:18 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 20, 2012 07:18 PM (lxc0s)
Posted by: steevy at June 20, 2012 07:18 PM (Xb3hu)
Seriously, if you drink like a true 'ron, then avoid Tylenol like the plague.
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 20, 2012 11:09 PM (KLP9f)
--Amen. Once I found out about it a couple years ago, I avoided acetaminophen like the plague. Just aspirin and ibuprofen for me, thank you --my liver's more valuable and vulnerable than my stomach.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:18 PM (ykSKg)
A question for the medical 'rons and ettes:
So I'm finally looking at knee surgery to correct a torn meniscus and lateral subluxation of the patella.
How bad is going to suck?
Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 07:20 PM (yt109)
Posted by: jakeman at June 20, 2012 07:21 PM (96M6e)
http://tinyurl.com/6rp7srm
The science is settled.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 07:21 PM (idYRZ)
ugh, hope the power doesn't go out
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 07:21 PM (LK3ef)
Yer smokin' dope. I don't tip 20% except for unbelievable service. 10% for meh, 15% for good.
Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 20, 2012 11:12 PM (+XVQe)
--Yeah, that struck me too. 15% is just doing your job. 20% is for prompt refills of my cokes.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:22 PM (ykSKg)
How bad is going to suck?
Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 11:20 PM (yt109)
Most people with just meniscal surgery are back in action pretty quickly, but I think the surgery for the patella may slow you down for a bit.
Posted by: someone at June 20, 2012 07:23 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 11:20 PM (yt109)
Real bad, but you'll get through it. Maybe.
Posted by: cm9000 at June 20, 2012 07:23 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 07:24 PM (4XsMQ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 07:24 PM (jucos)
Yeah, that struck me too. 15% is just doing your job. 20% is for prompt refills of my cokes.
Refills? How many ounces?
Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at June 20, 2012 07:25 PM (nfaaW)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at June 20, 2012 07:25 PM (dBvlk)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 11:24 PM (LK3ef)
--Hello, it looks like some vodka and root beer is coming my way again.
Posted by: logprof's liver at June 20, 2012 07:26 PM (ykSKg)
Knee surgeries seem to be like Lays potato chips...you can never have just one.
Get someone good, not some hack carpenter who wouldn't know the difference between slicing through a nerve and slicing pastrami. The hacks who flail their way through flesh can leave you with odd nerve damage that'll cause uncontrolled sweating, incessant itching, etc.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 07:26 PM (idYRZ)
The whole thing is a faux issue cooked up by do gooders like Michelle Obama, who don't want to admit that the main reason poor people spend their food stamps on candy, chips, and soda is because they WANT to eat that crap. If Michelle has a problem with how poor people are eating, she needs to tell them to grow up and act like adults
Also the fact that they can use their food stamps on candy, chips, soda, manicures, pedicures, Foxwoods, liquor and convenience stores ... oh and yes to get "their" cash as well.
The only thing I would change is the candy, chips and soda, of course.
Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at June 20, 2012 07:27 PM (nfaaW)
http://tinyurl.com/7l98uhz
Posted by: someone at June 20, 2012 07:28 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at June 20, 2012 11:25 PM (nfaaW)
--Fuck you, Mikey.
You shitheads clamor about how we can't curb abortions through the law, yet want to bully us about our choice of drink. STFU.
(Yeah, I know it's a sock.)
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:28 PM (ykSKg)
Most people with just meniscal surgery are back in action pretty quickly, but I think the surgery for the patella may slow you down for a bit.
Posted by: someone at June 20, 2012 11:23 PM (bqjJT)
Yeah, that's what I've heard from my doctors. Damn. There goes summer.
Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 07:29 PM (yt109)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at June 20, 2012 11:25 PM (dBvlk)
--True enough, but at that level I'm just going with fast food anyway.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:29 PM (ykSKg)
curb abortions through the law? that's curbing HEALTHCARE dude. No can do.
About that soda and snickers bar though .... Remember you are just too stupid to undertand what we want you to understand.
Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at June 20, 2012 07:30 PM (nfaaW)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 07:31 PM (4XsMQ)
because banning abortion would just mean unsafe back alley coathanger abortions.
but banning big gulp sodas would mean... everyone only drank 12 oz. at a time? of course!
brilliant!
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 07:31 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 07:31 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at June 20, 2012 07:32 PM (dBvlk)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 11:31 PM (/izg2)
h8ters gonna h8
Posted by: Lebron James at June 20, 2012 07:32 PM (ykSKg)
So what? I took a three week tour of Europe. If you think they have bad attitudes about Americans, you should hear what they have to say about each other. The Irish don't like the British, the British don't like the Germans, the French don't like anyone, and no one likes the French.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 11:31 PM (4XsMQ)
--It's kinda funny how it's only in America that internal politics are noteworthy, yet in the rest of the world the locals will happily offer their opinions of America, whilst offering few takes on their own politics. I remember being in India in 2001 and seeing parodies of the Florida recount fiasco on TV (e.g., workers trying to divine dimpled/hanging/pregnant chads), yet heard almost zilch about their own government in the three weeks I was there.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:36 PM (ykSKg)
The hacks who flail their way through flesh can leave you with odd nerve damage that'll cause uncontrolled sweating, incessant itching, etc.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 11:26 PM (idYRZ)
Yeah, good looking out. I'll make a recommendation for Doc Carlucci if you get hives or some shit.
Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 07:37 PM (yt109)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 07:37 PM (CqxTO)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 11:31 PM (/izg2)
Right Bro, when I felt that wind brush my arm on that uncontested lay-up that was called an and-one, after making the free-throw I was thinking where was the technical?
Posted by: LeBron at June 20, 2012 07:39 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: booger at June 20, 2012 07:40 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 20, 2012 07:42 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: booger at June 20, 2012 11:40 PM (HI6wa)
--Really, the only vitamins you need are a B-Complex one. Especially if beer is the (primary) hangover source. I attack on all fronts --the night of-- with B vitamins, aspirin and lots of water.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:44 PM (ykSKg)
http://avherald.com/h?article=45173104&opt=0
(different video showing earlier bit of the landing linked in my sig too)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 20, 2012 07:44 PM (BJ51P)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at June 20, 2012 07:45 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 07:46 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: booger at June 20, 2012 07:49 PM (HI6wa)
Make it so. Faster, please.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/19392518
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:49 PM (ykSKg)
Salon.com's Steve Kornacki and The Hill's Karen Finney dig into a new poll - and a new Romney gaffe - that demonstrates the President is still strong heading into the first day of summer.
msnbc.com
Walter Duranty, get your resume over to these guys stat....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 20, 2012 10:59 PM
fap fap fappa fap fap fap fap
Posted by: Greg, who only shows up when he likes a poll at June 20, 2012 07:49 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: The Polticial Hat at June 20, 2012 07:50 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 11:44 PM (LK3ef)
it's what i get for putting a shit ton of wax in and forming it straight up, it's about on level with my eyebrows
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 07:51 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 20, 2012 07:53 PM (JMmQ9)
EVERY TIME he opines on legal matters O'Reilly demonstrates that he knows shit , that he grew up eating Irish seven-course meals, namely a boiled potato and a six pack.
He should look up "Rita Lavelle".
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at June 20, 2012 07:53 PM (HzO4m)
Posted by: Mbruce at June 20, 2012 07:53 PM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 07:53 PM (4XsMQ)
I just get the multis because i'm a cheap bastard, they cost the same as a bottle of just B and i feel better getting more crap for the same price
Posted by: booger at June 20, 2012 11:49 PM (HI6wa)
--I agree with that strategy; I just take my usual multi in the morning, then beef up with B at night and again in the morning if I'm going hard. I had lots of B on hand that the wifey ditched when she was pregnant.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 07:55 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 20, 2012 07:56 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 07:56 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Arbalest at June 20, 2012 07:58 PM (3HHiH)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 08:00 PM (4XsMQ)
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 08:00 PM (tw6Ar)
Dozens of CGI artists, many from "Jaws", were hired to remove the several layers of teeth in the raw images.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at June 20, 2012 08:03 PM (HzO4m)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:03 PM (qqlqB)
By the way, this is Genetic Tunder, using another name I was considering switching to once registration goes live here.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:05 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 11:28 PM (ykSKg)
tell me about your childhood...
Posted by: Siggy Freud, M.D. at June 20, 2012 08:05 PM (Dll6b)
I have to admit, some of the best food I had was in France, and I didn't eat at expensive restaurants.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 21, 2012 12:00 AM (4XsMQ)
--I hate onions, and yet I was so cold on New Year's while in Paris my first time there I had French onion soup in desperate need to warm up. Was delicious --smothering the onions with cheese helped, to be sure.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 08:06 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:07 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 21, 2012 12:05 AM (3yCFy)
just need to switch to MMA style gloves. Mostly saves ya from broken hands but you still feel it
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 08:08 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:08 PM (3yCFy)
cooked tongue, not,,,,,,the other kind of tongue. Tastes bad; very bad
Posted by: Zombie Marcel Marceau at June 20, 2012 08:08 PM (Dll6b)
By the way, this is Genetic Tunder, using another name I was considering switching to once registration goes live here.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 21, 2012 12:05 AM (3yCFy)
--I have heard often the past year how the lack of any headgear makes Aussie football safer than American football for similar reasons (at least as far as concussions go). I don't know of any hard studies on it, but it's certainly not out of the question.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 08:09 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:09 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 21, 2012 12:05 AM (3yCFy)
I think you should work on getting your identity issues resolved.
Posted by: Sybil at June 20, 2012 08:10 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:11 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 08:12 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Mike at June 20, 2012 08:13 PM (pB2xP)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 08:15 PM (/izg2)
Son of a fucking bitch, aren't there more IMPORTANT things to do than fret over sports???
Thanks Arizona, for sending this asshole back to Washington. Thank you VERY much.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at June 20, 2012 08:15 PM (4s7w4)
Posted by: jake at June 20, 2012 10:09 PM (RQjPS)
To be fair, he left his squadron on a combat deployment after they had been in the Forrestal fire (VA-81) and was going home to join a squadron on a combat deployment (VA-64)...and then he got shot down.
But as to the rest of it...yeah...
Evening from too-late-to-be-sunny Florida roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 20, 2012 08:16 PM (PUAeD)
Posted by: Mike at June 20, 2012 08:18 PM (pB2xP)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:18 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 21, 2012 12:16 AM (PUAeD)
--What brings you to FL?
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 08:19 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 08:19 PM (jucos)
It's infuriating. These shitbirds can't even fulfill the most basic duties of their position, like, oh, I dunno, maybe passing a goddamn budget, yet presume to preen about legislation for idiotic peripheral shit like whether someone got jobbed in a bout of fisticuffs, or whether a pitcher used steroids.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 20, 2012 08:21 PM (BJ51P)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:21 PM (qqlqB)
Nixon was the chairman of the House Unamerican Activities Committee at the time. He knew one of the two men was lying, but wasn't sure which one. So, he asked Chambers to tell him something about Hiss that wasn't common knowledge. Chambers thought for a moment, and told Nixon that Hiss was an avid bird-watcher who'd talk your ear off about the time he saw a prothonotary warbler.
Next time Nixon saw Hiss, he said, "Hey, Alger, I hear you're a pretty avid bird-watcher." Hiss responded with, basically, "Oh, dude! This one time, I saw a prothonotary warbler. It was so awesome! Let me tell you all about it..."
Nixon now knew who was telling the truth and who was lying.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:22 PM (3yCFy)
Yes! +1000!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 08:23 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Mike at June 20, 2012 08:23 PM (pB2xP)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 08:24 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 21, 2012 12:15 AM (/izg2)
--Sounds right. I recall several injuries the past few seasons being worse for the tackler than the tacklee.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 08:24 PM (ykSKg)
http://tinyurl.com/87fyffy
But (from part 2) ... Further, "the privilege disappears ... when there is any reason to believe government misconduct occurred."
So it still seems a sham.
Posted by: someone at June 20, 2012 08:25 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:28 PM (3yCFy)
That drum cannot be beaten enough to make sure players protect themselves by using the proper form. Football is violent and dangerous enough without guys being stupid or overly aggressive and hurting themselves.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 08:29 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:31 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:32 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 20, 2012 08:32 PM (DGOqy)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 08:32 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:34 PM (3yCFy)
Please tell me they aren't planning on using gubmint subsidies to have grocery stores built in areas where they can't make a profit.
And according to that definition of a food desert, large areas of rural and semi-rural America are food deserts. And in the city areas the people have access to buses and subways.
The whole thing is a faux issue cooked up by do gooders like Michelle Obama, who don't want to admit that the main reason poor people spend their food stamps on candy, chips, and soda is because they WANT to eat that crap. If Michelle has a problem with how poor people are eating, she needs to tell them to grow up and act like adults.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 20, 2012 11:24 PM (4XsMQ)
Cities are already doing this. I know a guy who owns a neighborhood grocery store and he got some money from the city to open up a grocery store in a so called food desert. Waste of money. The only reason he did it was to get merchandise for his other store at a cheaper price.
Posted by: MrCaniac at June 20, 2012 08:34 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:35 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: Running Hobo at June 20, 2012 08:36 PM (l1oyw)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:36 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 08:37 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 20, 2012 08:38 PM (DGOqy)
Posted by: NC Ref at June 21, 2012 12:15 AM (/izg2)
Surprisingly, there are very few concussions in rugby, and proper tackling is the reason why. They tackle with their shoulders and not their heads, but ESPN wouldn't show a hit like that.
Posted by: MrCaniac at June 20, 2012 08:39 PM (1grxW)
{{{Hummingbird}}}
logprof, I brought Youngest Son down to stay with Eldest Daughter for a month or so in J-ville and also going to Lake City for a day to load up more stuff for Pop. Leaving out Sunday heading back to NC.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 20, 2012 08:40 PM (PUAeD)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:40 PM (qqlqB)
You protest too much, methinks.
Posted by: Henry Waxman (D, NIMH) at June 20, 2012 08:41 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:41 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 21, 2012 12:40 AM (PUAeD)
--Sweet. I can hardly believe it, but it has been almost a decade since I last darkened Florida's sunny shores.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 08:42 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 08:42 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 21, 2012 12:38 AM (DGOqy)
G'evening Bebe! How you doin'?
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 08:43 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Richard at June 20, 2012 08:44 PM (0jyYB)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 10:25 PM (CqxTO)
He should ask whether he might substitute Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" instead. It's enough removed from the present day that the instructor might not notice that it's a satire about various flavors of libtards.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 08:46 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 20, 2012 08:46 PM (DGOqy)
Posted by: Calyx the HopinToBAnswered at June 20, 2012 08:47 PM (mICe+)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 08:47 PM (jucos)
Posted by: MrCaniac at June 21, 2012 12:39 AM (1grxW)
Wide World of Sports started it, then the NFL with their Greatest Hits videos and now ESPN carried on the tradition
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 08:48 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 08:48 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 20, 2012 08:49 PM (DGOqy)
304
So.......
Animal Farm by G. Orwell would surely piss the commie teacher off to the point of an automatic "F" I'm thinking........
Posted by: Richard at June 20, 2012 08:50 PM (0jyYB)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 08:50 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:50 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Mike at June 20, 2012 08:51 PM (pB2xP)
Got my high school sophomore's summer reading list for English lit. He's
got to pick one of ten books and read it. What a sorry collection of
trash they've picked for the list. There's nothingremotely resembling
classic literature on the list.One of them is "Dreams From My Father" by
Barack Obama. Another is "Crank", about crystal meth. Another is about
life in a street gang. Three are feminist lit about struggles of
'ethnic' women. The Holocaust is the setting for at least one of them.
It's a metaphor for the patriarchy. Another is about hopelessness while
growing up on an Indian reservation. I don't know who's more pissed, me
or my boy. He's the stooge who has to read one.
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 10:25 PM (CqxTO)
He should ask whether he might substitute Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" instead. It's enough removed from the present day that the instructor might not notice that it's a satire about various flavors of libtards.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 21, 2012 12:46 AM (kaalw)
--It's funny; I never had to read anything the summer before school, yet wound up pretty well-read for a public education. In 10th grade I recall Julius Caesar and Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca being among our class readings. (I'm fuzzy on the rest at this drunken hour but they'll come back to me!)
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 08:51 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 08:51 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: someone at June 20, 2012 08:52 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: logprof at June 21, 2012 12:42 AM (ykSKg)
I left in 2000 when they closed NAS Cecil Field but Eldest Daughter stayed.
HB, yes F&F is a gun control scheme. And I wish they would stop calling it "botched" or "failed", the only thing that was botched is we weren't supposed to find out about it, otherwise it worked just like it was designed to.
Reload speeds are pissing me off, plus it was a long drive, so I'm calling it a night. Hopefully things will work better for tomorrow night's ONT.
Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 20, 2012 08:52 PM (PUAeD)
The "food desert" thing is just one more way to get more federal control into areas through the back door. Its utterly absurd, people go get food when they need it. There's food everywhere, easy to get in American, unless you are camping in the middle of the Mojave desert or something.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 20, 2012 08:53 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: DC in Towson, survives entirely on hate at June 20, 2012 08:53 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 20, 2012 08:54 PM (r4wIV)
about to go to bed.
I will have to tell you about my insane family another time.
good night
Posted by: chemjeff at June 20, 2012 08:54 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 08:55 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 20, 2012 08:55 PM (DGOqy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 08:56 PM (R5yLq)
DANG!!!!
Nice to read someone who knows that the whole deal of FAST and(since I'm ferbodden to use the symbol)Furious was to manufacter CRAPPOLA to make the obummer case to further denude the 2nd amendment rights. They know now that since a Fed agent was murdered by their plan......
yep the bitches must run....they SO must run....we should all make sure they keep running.....for Terry!
Posted by: Richard at June 20, 2012 09:03 PM (0jyYB)
Posted by: Occam's Mustache at June 20, 2012 09:04 PM (sYnN5)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 09:06 PM (qqlqB)
Dude! I get up that way a few times every year. Next time I do I'll see if we can't hook up for a Moron football meet-up.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 09:09 PM (/izg2)
It was probably never actually written down anywhere. Issa is, quite reasonably, going for what he believes there will be a paper trail of documentation for.
You can know something with absolute certainty and still not be able to prove it in a court of law. Issa is looking to nail down damning stuff for which there's no possible alternative explanations, no matter how far fetched or unbelievable.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 09:10 PM (idYRZ)
The narcos were probably surprised when the stupid gringos started selling them high quality weapons.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 09:12 PM (idYRZ)
At this time, an actress named Nancy Davis found her name on a list of accused communists in Hollywood, and she was horrified by it. She was a registered Republican, and her parents were very conservative. She had to get something done about this false accusation.
She was also single, and looking to get married, so she decided to see if she could kill two birds with one stone by arranging a face-to-face meeting with the nice-looking, recently-divorced new SAG President himself.
That's the story of how Ronald and Nancy Reagan met.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 09:12 PM (3yCFy)
Something about the Officer Terry killing has bothered me, and that is that no one was apprehended for the crime, the killers got away clean. So why did they leave their weapons behind. The same scenario with the officer killed in Texas. the weapon was left behind.
Now could it be they were in collusion with the people running fast and furious, leaving weapons that could be traced back to American weapons dealers in order to pass more restrictive laws on our guns. Now if any part of what I just said is anywhere near the truth, we need to have some one pay for the crime of murder.
Posted by: jainphx at June 20, 2012 09:12 PM (pryxt)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 21, 2012 12:49 AM (DGOqy)
Damn I know that's tough for you. Hugs and prayers for you and your Mom!
Posted by: NC Ref at June 20, 2012 09:12 PM (/izg2)
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At the end of the day, with every attempt to stonewall any and all aspects of the F AND F. The truth will be so obvious to even us "Bitter Clingers".
Remember....Chi-Town politics...start to finish. With an Alinsky whitewash.
Posted by: Richard at June 20, 2012 09:15 PM (0jyYB)
Posted by: jainphx at June 20, 2012 09:16 PM (pryxt)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 09:17 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 09:19 PM (R5yLq)
Ok, the books listed on the Summer Reading List for Falls Church High School 2010 are below. It is obviously not 2010, but, hey, the English department put this together and jeezsh semantics!
Falls Church High School
ENGLISH 10
Summer Reading 2010
If you have questions or concerns, please email Ms. Emerson:
You may purchase your own copy of the book, or you may check it out from the local library; however, it is mandatory that you have your book in class every day during the first three weeks of school, so plan ahead.
Over the summer, you are responsible for reading ONE of the following books:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Arnold Spirit, a goofy-looking dorkÂ@with a decent jumpshot, spends his time lamenting life on the poor Spokane Indian reservation, drawing cartoons (which accompany, and often provide more insight than,Â@the narrative),Â@and, along with hisÂ@aptly named pal Rowdy,Â@laughing those laughs over anything and nothingÂ@that affix best friends so intricately together.Â@
Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers Fifteen-year-old Jesse lives a clean and relatively careful life in contemporary Harlem. His best friend and honorary brother, Rise, is two years older and plays life faster and looser. The boys belong to a social club inherited from the men of the older generation. The Counts aren't a gang and the members tend to have a variety of aesthetic interests. Jesse is devoted to cartooning and sketching while C. J. is a fine musician. Rise, however, it seems to Jesse, has begun to lead a second life that doesn't include him or The Counts.
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah Chinese Cinderella is the perfect title for Adeline Yen Mah's compelling autobiography in which, like the fairy-tale maiden, her childhood was ruled by a cruel stepmother.
Crank by Ellen Hopkins In Ellen Hopkins's semi-autobiographical verse novel, Crank, she chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank.Âh
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama Elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review (and later, of the United States), Obama was offered a book contract, but the intellectual journey he planned to recount became instead this poignant, probing memoir of an unusual life.
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas This lighthearted memoir chronicles the author's move from Iran to America in 1971 at age seven, the antics of her extended family, and her eventual marriage to a Frenchman.
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
Esperanza Cordero, a girl coming of age in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, uses poems and stories to express thoughts and emotions about her oppressive environment.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a great deal from this exceptional woman and the tightly knit black community there.
Maus I: A SurvivorÂfs Tale: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
(You may also enjoy reading Maus II, which tells the rest of SpiegelmanÂfs story.)
Spiegelman, a graphic artist, interviewed his father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living outside New York City, about his experiences. The artist then deftly translated that story into a graphic novel. By portraying a true story of the Holocaust in comic form--the Jews are mice, the Germans cats, the Poles pigs, the French frogs, and the Americans dogs--Spiegelman compels the reader to imagine the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading Maus, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew.
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
by Chris Cutcher
While probing such issues as friendship, free speech, and moral values, Crutcher tells a tale whose sarcastic humor, poignancy, and suspense pack a breathtaking wallop. A social outcast in junior high due to his excessive weight, narrator Eric Calhoune found a kindred spirit in Sarah Byrnes, whose face and hands were hideously disfigured in a childhood accident. Now a senior and considerably slimmed down through competitive swimming (though still aptly called "Moby"), Eric remains fiercely devoted to his friend, whose caustic tongue is her only protection from life's inequities. When Sarah abruptly stops talking and is committed to a mental ward, Eric is compelled to take action to help her, but quickly finds that he is in over his head.
The Things They Carried
by Tim OÂfBrien
Weapons and good-luck charms carried by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam here represent survival, lost innocence, and the war's interminable legacy. PublisherÂfs Weekly explains, "O'Brien's meditations--on war and memory, on darkness and light--suffuse the entire work with a kind of poetic form, making for a highly original, fully realized novel.Âh
Three Cups of Tea: One ManÂfs Journey to Change the World One Child at a Time
by Greg Mortensen
Some failures lead to phenomenal successes, and this American nurse's unsuccessful attempt to climb K2, the world's second tallest mountain, is one of them. Dangerously ill when he finished his climb in 1993, Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeks by the small Pakistani village of Korphe; in return, he promised to build the impoverished town's first school, a project that grew into the Central Asia Institute, which has since constructed more than 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The ZookeeperÂfs Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman
Ackerman tells the remarkable WWII story of Jan Zabinski, the director of the Warsaw Zoo, and his wife, Antonina, who, with courage and coolheaded ingenuity, sheltered 300 Jews as well as Polish resisters in their villa and in animal cages and sheds. Using Antonina's diaries, other contemporary sources and her own research in Poland, Ackerman takes us into the Warsaw ghetto and the 1943 Jewish uprising and also describes the Poles' revolt against the Nazi occupiers in 1944.
Please note: The descriptions provided above have been adapted from
www.amazon.com. Students are encouraged to research the books choices on their own as well.
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FYI: Assignments on the summer reading will be assigned the first week of school. Students will have several weeks to complete the accompanying assignment once school begins.
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 09:19 PM (CqxTO)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:20 PM (kaalw)
340
A very good point. So the question then becomes, "Did the DOJ with the blessing of the "O" himself sanction murder in order to promote the removal of gun rights within the U.S?
THAT BE SOME DOPE SHIT HOMEY................
Posted by: Richard at June 20, 2012 09:20 PM (0jyYB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 20, 2012 09:22 PM (DGOqy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 09:24 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 09:25 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: jainphx at June 20, 2012 09:27 PM (pryxt)
Was there actually any English literature in there? If so, I couldn't see it through the Progressive indoctrination. Is the course actually titled, "late 20th century studies in liberal brainwashing"? According to Wikipedia, the early modern period was in the first half of the 16th century.....should a class that purports to educate students about English literature ignore 400 years of it?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:27 PM (kaalw)
Now I am very confused. Why not make that focus of the investigation? ShouldnÂ’t the Republican's be pointing this out to everyone?
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 12:56 AM (R5yLq)
It is never the act that is what gets people in trouble, it is the coverup. All the great scandals were minor issues, but those involved decided to try and cover up everything. If they had just taken their lumps at the beginning, the issue would have died down.
Posted by: MrCaniac at June 20, 2012 09:28 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 09:29 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 09:30 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 09:31 PM (CqxTO)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 09:31 PM (qqlqB)
That's the article! Thank you hon, you really are the best. I never have figured out how to post a link.
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 01:24 AM (R5yLq)
I'm using Firefox with TinyURL Generator 2.5.1. It makes things less of a PITA (go to web page, right click, drag down to "Create TinyURL for this Page", go to comment, hit CTRL-V).
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:34 PM (kaalw)
by Greg Mortensen
Hahhahahaha. Three Cups of Tea? Didn't that turn out to be One Giant Asscrock of Lefty Hipster Bullshit?
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 20, 2012 09:34 PM (BJ51P)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 09:34 PM (qqlqB)
I stand corrected, Cowboy.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 09:37 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 09:38 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 20, 2012 09:38 PM (DGOqy)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at June 20, 2012 09:38 PM (/8fbv)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 20, 2012 09:39 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Berserker at June 20, 2012 09:39 PM (FMbng)
I stand corrected, Cowboy.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 21, 2012 01:37 AM (3yCFy)
No, that on the reading list sounds like the real Maus -- http://tinyurl.com/7xqb9v6
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:40 PM (kaalw)
Look folks,
If you start with the premise that F AND F was an actual PLAN with the overall GOAL to strip law abiding sitizens of their rights...then it becomes a simple task of connecting the dots. Trouble is...HOLDER and "O" hold most of the dots.......and with the deaths of Federal and state officers connected with the PLAN....you can all guess when you will see any dots any time soon.
Best we can do is keep da bitch's feet to the fire....by any means needed.
Posted by: Richard at June 20, 2012 09:40 PM (0jyYB)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 09:40 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 09:42 PM (R5yLq)
Yes, Three Cups of Tea is a total fraud. But then most of the titles are total frauds. "Dreams From My Father" was probably written by Bill Ayers. What does one do with Maya Angelou's autobiography? The one 'boy oriented' title, the Vietnam soldier trinket book, is a set-up for discussions led by the lecturers on American policy in Vietnam.
The whole damn list is political, not literary. These are 15 year olds in these classes.
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 09:42 PM (CqxTO)
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 09:43 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 09:47 PM (R5yLq)
I still have a lot to learn about government and politics. An innocent Border Patrol agent was killed because they were trying to trick people into passing more gun control. If I were part of the Romney campaign I would be making it a very big deal.
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 01:38 AM (R5yLq)
The problem is that you must think like a lawyer -- remember Clenis saying: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the--if he--if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true." -- that's actually the difference between Clinton being impeached (which he was) and removed from office (which he was not).
We know (because we're not stupid) that Obama and Holder killed over 200 people to try to ban guns so that only criminals and thugs would have them. Problem is, 99% of them are Mexican, and there's been over a year of stonewalling and BS.
But we can prove (because they've withdrawn the original statements and won't say why or how) that Holder and his gang of merry men lied to Congress.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:47 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Zakn at June 20, 2012 09:47 PM (wePjE)
--I have heard (no kidding) from friends that the Angelou work is actually pretty good, solely on literary merit --don;t know how leftoid-laden it is. I read Maus in high school (heard about it when American Tale was released and there was a kerfuffle about it ripping off the comic) and liked it as well, but as a young naif I may have been clueless about any lefty subtleties therein.
That said, that's the best they could do? Would it have killed them to scrath into the great classics? Hell, even if they want to be confined to post-1900 works, why not Dreiser, Waugh, Steinbeck, or Hemingway?
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 09:48 PM (ykSKg)
You know I love you right? Everything you said after I'm using was a total mystery to me! I'll see if Stuck can explain it to me tomorrow.
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 01:42 AM (R5yLq)
I've got to warn you, running around with an "I >heart< Cthulhu" t-shirt will probably cause talk.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 09:50 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 09:50 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: logprof at June 21, 2012 01:48 AM (ykSKg)
I fucking hated having to read Steinbeck. I'd rather read the lefty drivel on the list.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 09:52 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 09:53 PM (CqxTO)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 20, 2012 09:53 PM (RqQXD)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 21, 2012 01:50 AM (3yCFy)
--I agree. While I have not read most of those, Maus seems the best of that lot, if only for being the only one I read.
As for my previous rant, if the indoctrinators wanted to go non-fiction ( 
--I'll humor them) there are still better works to choose from from the past century or so.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 09:53 PM (ykSKg)
Read that link on foreign travel guides about America and hopped on over to the Atlanitc. Was reading the comments and...Christ, ya know, I would have thought that Atlantic readers would be a little more intelligent. It was like some sort of Marxist class warfare with people going on and on about the unfairness of tipping (boohoo) and "living wages" and blah blah blah...
I don't think one person mentioned that most independent restaurants fail rather quickly and aren't in any real position to pay decent wages. Around here we got like a million Mexican restaurants and maybe, I don't know, three have had any staying power. One is cheap, one is excellent, and one caters to drunks who wander over from the nearby bars. No, wait, that place closed up. Make that two. (We also had one outstanding BBQ place that was run right into the ground. Such a shame.)
Fapplebees? Okay, yeah, the chains. Ya know what? Fuck the chains! Last time I was at a chain restaurant the wait staff and management were all pushy and desperate for approval. FUCK OFF! Leave me alone! And give bigger portions. What fucking country you think this is, France? Oh, wait, right, Moochelle. I remember now. Disapprove that the big chains pay their waitstaff fuck all? Fine, stop going. Don't approve, don't patronize. That simple. More room for the mom and pop places.
I really couldn't read the rest. I'm always interested in what misconceptions foreigners bring with them when visiting, but that thread was just lame.
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 09:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: 19K - B5D at June 20, 2012 09:54 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 20, 2012 09:56 PM (RqQXD)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 21, 2012 01:52 AM (kaalw)
--I'll say that Steinbeck is probably a bit much for most 15 year-olds and under. The Pearl was too much in 8th grade, but I enjoyed Of Mice and Men at age 32.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 09:56 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 21, 2012 01:53 AM (CqxTO)
dunno why, lit is about reading and though it maybe a different format, it does a great job in storytelling and touches on universal themes. There be a reason why it won so many awards
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 09:56 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Zakn at June 21, 2012 01:53 AM (ifW8f)
http://tinyurl.com/6nwb8lp
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 09:57 PM (tw6Ar)
I don't think I will ever think like a lawyer. I would like to see an ad from the Romney campaign with a list of the names of the Mexican's killed. The narrator could talk about Fast and Furious and tell people how Obama's policies have really impacted the Hispanic community.
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 01:52 AM (R5yLq)
I'm certainly not advocating it. The problem is that Clinton skated despite being the chief law enforcement officer suborning perjury -- primarily through legalistic flim-flam. So, now we get to live through a generation where everything has to be immune from being legalistically flim-flammed besides being freakin' obvious.
The media and the Democrats (but I repeat myself) kept up the lie that it was prosecuting Clinton for sex, when he could have been banging two-or-three women each day on the White House lawn....instead of admitting that it was about using the power of the Presidency to override law enforcement to avoid personal embarrassment.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 09:58 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at June 21, 2012 01:54 AM (4ixH5)
--As an American living in Canada, I get to see a lot almost every day. I get to see it 2x over with the foreign students. . . .
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 10:00 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 10:03 PM (kaalw)
It never enters their minds that tipping might be the very reason service is so good here in the States. Also... why restaurant food is cheaper here than in other countries. Did you know that in Sweden, it costs the equivalent of $50 to have a large one-topping pizza delivered?
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 10:04 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 01:52 AM (R5yLq)
It hit me after the whole "executive privilege" thing that I'll vote for Romney. I was debating whether or not I could have my cake and eat it too. It's Texas, Romney'll win it. I could vote for Gary Johnson. Fuck it, not happening anymore. Can't do it. I'm gonna have to vote for Romney just cause Obama sickens me that much. Hey, 'Bambi, here's your "hispanic" vote, asshole, now shove it up your ass.
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 10:07 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 20, 2012 10:07 PM (RqQXD)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 21, 2012 02:04 AM (3yCFy)
That better be some fucking pizza.
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 10:10 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:11 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:13 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 20, 2012 10:14 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 20, 2012 10:14 PM (CqxTO)
I don't see how it's possible not to be able to make that connection.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 10:15 PM (3yCFy)
Romney will go for competence, and have him actually help manage the downsizing of the bureaucracy
Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at June 20, 2012 10:16 PM (Bxm/r)
Posted by: Cowboy at June 21, 2012 02:14 AM (CqxTO)
that is one of the dumbest things I've read but w/e, elo hell is calling my name
Posted by: The Dude at June 20, 2012 10:17 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:19 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at June 20, 2012 10:19 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 02:13 AM (R5yLq)
We need to put something together. We'll call it Fuck The Jugeared Asshole PAC.
No, something more patriotic.
Fuck The Jugeared Asshole FOR AMERICA PAC.
Catchy.
By the by, I was sipping my coffee and noticed that Romney's sons were on Conan O'Brien. Was actually kinda funny. Ya'll should watch it. I think Conan's site puts up new episodes online the next day.
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 10:20 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:20 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 21, 2012 02:07 AM (RqQXD)
--It's weird, but I actually recall more of the 9th grade reading list than 10th. I just at the moment recall two titles from 10th, but from 9th Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, a healthy serving of Edith Hamilton's mythology, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner . . . How the hell does Three Cups of Tea compare?
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 10:20 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 02:11 AM (R5yLq)
Huh, you're only two years older than me. I was 12. I had my tonsils taken out that election day, in fact. I had a cold just prior and was taking stuff for it and subsequently lost my sense of taste for three weeks.
And they LIE about the ice cream. Sonsabitches.
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 10:23 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 20, 2012 10:23 PM (RqQXD)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:23 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: logprof at June 21, 2012 02:00 AM (ykSKg)
How is Canoodlia, ay?
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 10:25 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:26 PM (R5yLq)
You could pick from the ABC's: Caves of Steal by Asimov, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Bradbury, or Rendezvous with Rama by Clarke.
Alternatly they could pcik some Heinlein: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
As for non-fiction, Churchhill's History of English Speaking People's is good. It's a long one, but read rather fast and leaves you wanting more.
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 21, 2012 02:14 AM (KLP9f)
--I just turned on the wifey to Brideshead Revisted, a thoroughly conservative and great piece of 20th century literature. I did so by snagging the mini-series (which I had never seen) in Costco. Now I am kicking myself that I can't find my paperback, since I'm sure she'd enjoy it.
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is also a great read --hard for me to put down. Flannery O'Connor . . . Faulkner (another author I could not stand as a teen but can appreciate now) . . . lots of good post-1900 stuff there for the reading.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 10:29 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Robert at June 21, 2012 02:25 AM (4ixH5)
--A hell of a lot better than Dallas in the summer.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 10:31 PM (ykSKg)
The oath of office of the President of the United States is an oath or affirmation required by the United States Constitution before the President begins the execution of the office. The wording is specified in Article Two, Section One, Clause Eight:
" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Jimmy Carter was previously the worst President in my lifetime, but -- however mistaken his beliefs -- he tried to live up to his oath.
Barack Obama was as false as his composite ghostwritten "autobiography" when he mouthed those words and grunted. The First Amendment includes "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" -- but the Obama administration has lost a court case where it tried to regulate religious teachers and is facing a battle over whether Catholics must financially support abortion. The Second Amendment states that the right to bear arms shall not be abridged....and was under attack by a loathsome PR move that has resulted in hundreds of corpses.
The Seventh Amendment (now dormant) was imperfectly aimed at wealth erosion by regulation, rather than by public lawmaking. And the Ninth and Tenth Amendments have been widely ignored by both parties for nearly a century (Wikipedia's entries are worth reading at http://tinyurl.com/p9nuc and http://tinyurl.com/by47x ).
BHO is both the worst President in my lifetime, and also the President most in breach of his Oath.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 10:32 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 20, 2012 10:32 PM (KLP9f)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 02:23 AM (R5yLq)
I've not gotten any sleep today. I'll likely lose my mind at some point if I haven't already. Here's what we need. Black and white images of Obama and Holder. Creepy music. Pictures of dead Mexicans. Then we end it all with Stuck shouting obscenities at the camera in Spanish.
Video goes viral.
Profit.
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 10:33 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 20, 2012 10:34 PM (RqQXD)
Posted by: logprof at June 21, 2012 02:31 AM (ykSKg)
What's wrong with triple digits?
Posted by: Robert at June 20, 2012 10:36 PM (4ixH5)
deny that greatness could exist in that genre, but it is at best
supplemental to the basic aim of literary study at the foundational
levels.
Posted by: Cowboy at June 21, 2012 02:14 AM (CqxTO)
that is one of the dumbest things I've read but w/e, elo hell is calling my name
Posted by: The Dude at June 21, 2012 02:17 AM (tw6Ar)
No, he's right -- if the subject is English Literature, it should be about writings in English. If' the subject were English expressions, it could bring in films and songs and such, but Literature = writing. And it should cover the range of English writings, unless limited in the class title.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 10:37 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:38 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 20, 2012 10:40 PM (R5yLq)
I knew Clinton was no good the moment my mother announced she loved him. My mom never fell in love with any man who wasn't a total scumbag.
Posted by: Hummingbird at June 21, 2012 02:26 AM (R5yLq)
Compared to the current pResident, I'd love to see Billy Clenis back in -- and I'm not a fan. But he has American instincts and is actually smart -- neither of which I'd ascribe to BHO. Clinton's WH was going along to get along.....BHO's is evil Chicago ooze.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 10:43 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 21, 2012 02:34 AM (RqQXD)
--Are you on the FB group? I went to a local bookstore and sneaked a copy of The Audacity of Hope into the "Myths and Folklore" section to snap a photo.
(I wanted to do it with Dreams but could not find a copy.)
Seriously, though, I can't believe how low high school English has deteriorated in just a few years --or maybe I just went to a great public school and did not appreciate it at the time. I know that in AP English (12th grade) Teacher was gunning for the AP Exam/MLA List, but I wonder if the MLA's standards have also plummeted these years on.
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 10:44 PM (ykSKg)
Summer Reading?
Conrad, Shaw, Mamet, Hemingway, Williams, Orwell, Melville, Dickens, Shakespeare, Tolkien....
That help?
Posted by: Richard at June 20, 2012 10:45 PM (0jyYB)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 10:48 PM (kaalw)
That help?
Posted by: Richard at June 21, 2012 02:45 AM (0jyYB)
--Well of course if I were home-schooling a sophomore I would tap into that, but we're dealing with something worse. 
(I'd avid Melville, though: Billy Budd still haunts me.)
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 10:49 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 10:52 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: logprof at June 21, 2012 02:49 AM (ykSKg)
There is a buttload of actual English Literature (Dana, Milton....to say nothing of the beginnings of "Gothic tales", "mysteries", "Science Fiction", and the like, which spilled over into world literature). Why should any "Eng Lit" class have that horrid reading list unless it was "Eng Lit 213 -- Progressive Whiners." [....although Maus is well-thought of]
Posted by: cthulhu at June 20, 2012 10:56 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DC in Towson, survives entirely on hate at June 20, 2012 10:57 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 21, 2012 02:56 AM (kaalw)
--Yes! If I had a daughter who wanted to read that Twilight shit I'd hand her The Mayor of Casterbridge or --even though I hated it-- Wuthering Heights. Challenge the children!
Posted by: logprof at June 20, 2012 11:03 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 20, 2012 11:13 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 20, 2012 11:25 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Zakn at June 20, 2012 11:36 PM (mFGpz)
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 20, 2012 11:36 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: epobirs at June 20, 2012 11:49 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Zakn at June 21, 2012 03:50 AM (R8Qio)
I know can you believe it. Eating swedish fishes. the candy, tee hee.
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 20, 2012 11:52 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 20, 2012 11:55 PM (fHyXI)
hi ont, cannot believe the good mood I am in.Anyone here?
A few hardcore regulars and this lurker, who's still up due to gas, not good moods.
Posted by: Panhandler at June 21, 2012 12:05 AM (rZ5RE)
Geoff Tate got kicked out of Queensryche.
It's just as well, Queensryche hasn't been worth a shit since Promised Land 18 years ago. They followed that up with some stab at mainstream attention with Hear In The Now Frontier and it all fell apart. Geoff Tate is a great singer but he's an asshole who has been chasing the mainstream since and Queensryche suffered for it.
So apparently the band has been in convulsions for the past few months resulting in the rest of the band hiring Todd La Torre from Crimson Glory to form a new outfit called Rising West. Then I guess they talked it over with their lawyers, said fuck it, and just gave Tate the boot making Todd La Torre QR's new singer. Sure, fine. Does this mean no more cabaret acts? Thank God. And Rising West was a stupid name anyway.
QR really knew how to piss away a good thing. Back around 2000 when heavy metal was experiencing a resurgence in the United States you saw Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith reunite with Iron Maiden, Rob Halford putting together a fucking great solo act and shit tons of bands from all over breaking big. And where was Queensryche? Nowhere. Geoff Tate puts out a solo album and brags about how it sounds like a Top 40 hit. Really, Geoff? Top 40? Yeah, great...yippy.
Prior to that they put out their worst album, Q2K, and would eventually follow that with ther second worst album, Tribe. In sheer desperation they made a sequel to their classic Operation: Mindcrime album. Came, went, no one cared. Pathetic. They've done two more albums since and have flown completely under the radar. Used to be one of the best metal bands with probably the best American metal singer and now they're just a joke.
Todd La Torre has some good chops. Actually, he seems to sounds a lot like Tate, but whatever. Their best years are well behind them but I can hope the rest of the band can pull their shit together and still manage to release one more great metal album.
Posted by: Robert at June 21, 2012 12:06 AM (4ixH5)
hi ont, cannot believe the good mood I am in.Anyone here?
A few hardcore regulars and this lurker, who's still up due to gas, not good moods.
Posted by: Panhandler at June 21, 2012 04:05 AM (rZ5RE)
That sucks!
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 21, 2012 12:08 AM (fHyXI)
By the way, you're all getting Operation: Mindcrime tomorrow night.
Hmm, Mindcrime or Morpheus - Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Posted by: Panhandler at June 21, 2012 12:09 AM (rZ5RE)
That sucks
If it sucked, I wouldn't have gas. "Don't eat that pizza, you know what will happen" "Nah, it's OK, just this once."
Posted by: Panhandler at June 21, 2012 12:12 AM (rZ5RE)
Posted by: Robert at June 21, 2012 04:08 AM (4ixH5)
I dont know, just tired of being pissed off all the time!
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 21, 2012 12:16 AM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Panhandler at June 21, 2012 12:17 AM (rZ5RE)
Posted by: Zakn at June 21, 2012 12:29 AM (t20SK)
Cowboy - thanks for the book list. Sherman Alexie is hilarious. I think that would probably be the least offensive and most enjoyable read for a teenaged boy.
It is amusing that 3Cups is allowed to be on any reading list since the guy who wrote it turned out to be a scam artist and very little of the money he raised went to build anything outside of his bank account.
But seriously, at the sophmore level, these books are horrible and as several are graphic novels?! Dumbing down indeed.
Posted by: Calyx the HopinToBAnswered at June 21, 2012 12:34 AM (mICe+)
Posted by: Zakn at June 21, 2012 03:36 AM (mFGpz)
that would be nice, game is fun but still ugly
Posted by: The Dude at June 21, 2012 12:37 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at June 21, 2012 01:02 AM (4ixH5)
I thought I would like Sherman Alexie after reading some profiles of him but a collection of short stories I picked up had way too much focus on the buttsecks for my taste.
Posted by: epobirs at June 21, 2012 01:09 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 21, 2012 01:27 AM (kaalw)
I have been following this RINO McCain and Dingy Harry campaign to establish more Fascist regulations. All I can say is piss on NV and AZ voters who put these two bastards back in office.
The Portland Food Desert just illustrates the insanity of Washington regulations. And it also shows why we have the Senate now debating a farm bill that started at an insane $1T and will likely move up as more pork is added. 80% of the original bill is food stamps. WTF does food stamps have to do with a farm bill? Well, tradition from the Democrats has always been to place these kinds of welfare programs into popular bills. Nobody ever wants to vote down a farm bill because there is a myth that we are a "farming nation" made of of millions of small farmers.
On the drug issue note the logarithmic increase in regulation after Obama took office. This is part and pacel of the Obama/commie plot to nationalize the healthcare industry. Yes, that is what Obamacare is all about. Yes they do want a government single payer insurance program, meaning that all healthcare would be paid for by the government. That means all the doctors and hospitals work for the government That is defacto nationalization.
And so tips are now 20%. More inflation on top of inflation. The last time I saw at Bitter Waitress dot com the recommended tip was 17% but that was a few years ago.
Herb Alpert. LOL, I can remember that whipped cream album cover when I was a horny teenager and the Tijuana Brass craze. I still have some of those albums digitized. But little did we know at the time that originally the the band consisted of only one player, Herb Alpert from L.A. not Tijuana. He overdubbed the tracks to make it sound like a band. When the invites came in for live performances he was forced to go out and hire a band. And the woman who modeled the whipped cream?? She became a cult favorite and still has a huge following.
Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2012 01:39 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: teej has your back Dags at June 21, 2012 01:52 AM (fdnD9)
The employment levels tied to farming is one of the fascinating aspects of the evolution of the modern world.
It isn't Sunday but the book I'm reading is a good discussion of such things. The Birth of Plenty: how The Prosperity of the Modern World Was Created by William J. Bernstein.
It covers a lot of familiar ground for most of us but is a great item to point somebody at who needs a quick education in why our civilization is better than others. That we have more and better stuff because we created it, not because we stole it from others.
I'd strongly recommend it to anyone with teenagers in need of a better education than the public system offers.
Posted by: epobirs at June 21, 2012 02:08 AM (kcfmt)
But don't look at USDA statistics on this. Their definitions are bullshit because they include government subsidies in their definition.
Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2012 02:15 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2012 02:17 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 21, 2012 02:26 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: epobirs at June 21, 2012 02:27 AM (kcfmt)
Decent beaver, well kept and trimmed with good maintenance. should be a far better earner than $1,000 a year. It should be pulling down that much a week with part-time hours.
Unless it's one of those nasty crack beavers.
Posted by: epobirs at June 21, 2012 02:29 AM (kcfmt)
@487-
"Unless it's one of those nasty crack beavers."
And I now have my fantasy football team name- Nasty Crack Beavers.
Thanks for that.
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