August 28, 2012
— Maetenloch
Here Andrew Ferguson, never a fan of Mitt, points out that Romney is one of the few politicians that you end up liking more the more you find out about him:
Almost every personal detail about Romney I found endearing. But my slowly softening opinion went instantly to goo when The Real Romney unfolded an account of his endless kindnesses-unbidden, unsung, and utterly gratuitous. "It seems that everyone who has known him has a tale of his altruism," the authors write. I was struck by the story of a Mormon family called (unfortunately) Nixon. In the 1990s a car wreck rendered two of their boys quadriplegics. Drained financially from extraordinary expenses, Mr. Nixon got a call from Romney, whom he barely knew, asking if he could stop by on Christmas Eve. When the day came, all the Romneys arrived bearing presents, including a VCR and a new sound system the Romney boys set up. Later Romney told Nixon that he could take care of the children's college tuition, which in the end proved unnecessary. "I knew how busy he was," Nixon told the authors. "He was actually teaching his boys, saying, 'This is what we do. We do this as a family.' "
...To this touching kindness and fatherly wisdom, The Real Romney adds other traits that will continue to grate-he's a know-it-all and likely to remain so, and his relationship to political principle has always been tenuous. Which makes him a, uh, politician. But now I suspect he's also something else, a creature rarely found in the highest reaches of American politics: a good guy.
10 Myths About Conservatives That The Media Just Know Are True
3. The GOP doesn't believe in community. President Obama likes to say that Republicans want everyone to be "on his own." In fact, conservatives, as Romney put it in a speech at Liberty University this year, believe family, communities, churches and other civil institutions are critical building blocks in society. They favor investing authority in the level of government closest to the people (locales and states), which they believe is most responsive and governs best. Republicans look upon some liberal statist schemes as both ineffective and destructive of those critical civil institutions.
5. Republicans have a problem with women voters because of abortion. The pro-life and abortion-rights divide is not gender-based. Moreover, Republicans tend to do fairly well with married women. (In 2004 President George W. Bush won married women by 11 points.) It is among single women that Republicans struggle. The reasons are complex, including Republicans' unwillingness to promise "Life of Julia" cradle-to-grave support.
NYT: OMFG Americans Are Supporting Russian Gun Companies!!!
Basically American buyers are keeping the Kalashnikov factory (Izhevsk Machine Works) afloat and that's horrible or something.
In an eerie postscript to the cold war, American gun enthusiasts have been buying Kalashnikov rifles and shotguns by the tens of thousands, helping the Russian arms manufacturer stay afloat in a global market oversaturated with its AK-47s, long the weapon of choice among the world's insurgents and armies. American sales of single-shot civilian versions of the Kalashnikov rose by 50 percent last year among buyers impressed with the automatic model's lethal accuracy in the world's trouble spots.
Can you spot the four inaccuracies (minimum) in the above two sentences?
4 Common Music Arguments and What They Really Mean
Snarky but I think basically true. Always remember that what's played on the radio != all of today's music.
A damned smart essay on Last Action Hero
Yup I only saw the Last Action Hero on cable a year or so after it came out and I had heard what a flop it was, but I enjoyed it and thought it was pretty clever. And if it had come out in say 2003, I think it would been much more successful.
How To Pack a Suitcase Girl-Style
Heh. Luckily Mrs. Maetenloch isn't anything near this bad but she does operate from the assumption that a trip to the beach could suddenly evolve into a formal dinner with royalty along with possible blizzard conditions.
25 August 1942: Milne Bay, Australia's Forgotten Victory
In late 1942 the Japanese Imperial Army had never been defeated and was poised to begin an eventual invasion of Australia - once they finished taking all of New Guinea.
But starting in August 25th a hastily reinforced garrison of Australian soldiers (along with some American engineers) defending the Milne Bay airstrip at the very tip of New Guinea managed to hold off and then eventually defeat a numerically superior Japanese force in what became known as the the Battle of Milne Bay.
Australians have rarely fought to defend their own land. Our Diggers have shed most of their blood fighting far from home. At Milne Bay it could be fairly said that we had our backs to the wall. (For those uncomfortable with the metric system, 900 km is about 550 miles.)The Japanese were moving in to take control of the airfield. They had the numbers, and they were battle-seasoned. Against these odds, Australian soldiers and pilots successfully defended the strip. The battle lasted lasted more than a week, and by the end of it the opposing sides were fighting hand to hand.
Whether or not Tokyo intended a full-scale invasion of Australia, the importance of the win is hard to understate. It had a profound psychological effect upon the morale of all Allied troops. Sir William Slim, leader of British forces in Burma, later said:"Australian troops had, at Milne Bay in New Guinea, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. If the Australians, in conditions very like ours, had done it, so could we. Some of us may forget that of all the Allies it was the Australian soldiers who first broke the spell of the invincibility of the Japanese Army; those of us who were in Burma have cause to remember."
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Posted by: Arbalest at August 28, 2012 06:24 PM (BpFAB)
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Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 06:29 PM (6o4Fb)
Yeah. I like to drive when I travel that way I can take everything I own with me. An overnight trip is three bags, easy. You never know when you might need something! At least with the kindle I now don't have to take one suitcase just for books.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 - Feel the burn! at August 28, 2012 06:29 PM (Gk3SS)
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Posted by: BravoRomeoDelta at August 28, 2012 06:34 PM (29kHK)
Watching CNN as Ann Romney finished her speech, they turned to Blitzer and Erin Burnett, and I really think that Burnett was holding back tears.
If they were aiming for the female heart, and vote, then that would be a helluva sign of a successful speech.
Posted by: Lee (in KY) at August 28, 2012 06:35 PM (jgXna)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 06:35 PM (NhGgS)
Guess which one will happen first?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 10:31 PM (bxiXv)
Congratulations, Merovign!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2012 06:37 PM (kaalw)
The Kalishnikov's lethal accuracy? The spray everywhere goes God knows that's where the bullets are going to end up anyway Kalishnikov? That one?
Have to admit that how to pack for a late Sept/ early Oct. trip to CO has me stumped. It could be anywhere from 85 degrees to snowing.
Not to mention within the same five minutes.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 - Feel the burn! at August 28, 2012 06:37 PM (Gk3SS)
They're really hyping this thing hard, aren't they
Posted by: kbdabear at August 28, 2012 06:38 PM (wwsoB)
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Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 06:39 PM (NhGgS)
CANNABALISM IN THE STREETS!!! WHY ARE THE GREEDY REPUBLICANS STILL HOLDING THEIR CONVENTION !!!!
Huh? Yeh, I'll have another daquiri
Posted by: Shep Smith-Cooper at August 28, 2012 06:40 PM (wwsoB)
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Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 06:41 PM (NhGgS)
1. Civilian model of the AK-47 is semi-automatic, repeating rifle, not a single-shot;
2. AFAIK, the AK is renowned for it's ruggedness, simplicity of design and ease of repair, not accuracy (although I've never heard that it's necessarily inaccurate, though - just not that accuracy is its chief merit.)
3. "the rifle of choice among insurgents and armies". My impression is that it is the small arm of choice for commie armies (got 'em at a discount from the USSR) and also in guerilla (sp?), which was a function of the fact that they were cheap and they stood up to a bunch of abuse. But they certainly weren't the rifle of choice for any Western nation or any Eastern nation that allied itself to America.
4. Kalashnikov makes a shotgun?
Anyway, those are my guesses.
Posted by: andrew at August 28, 2012 06:42 PM (65QIv)
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(hope the formatting works)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 06:50 PM (bxiXv)
@22-
Depends where in Colorado you are going. This time of year is nice- warm days, cool nights. But we're at about 4800 feet. Higher up, more unpredictable. We're heading to our off-grid place at 8500 feet for the weekend- hoodie or sweater for the evenings.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 06:50 PM (hgSh3)
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Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 10:35 PM (NhGgS)
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Had the same problem this summer--never did get it right. A couple years ago I had to wear the same shirt for 3 days.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 28, 2012 06:52 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 06:53 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 06:53 PM (RDoaO)
I love Aussies so much we got an Australian shepherd a few years back- best dog I ever had. Only to learn the breed has nothing to do with Australia. Actually originally used in America by Basque sheepherders as I understand it.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 06:53 PM (hgSh3)
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Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 06:56 PM (hgSh3)
Same shirt for three days? I don't see a problem.
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Ha, well not for ME, Mrs. D didn't care for it.
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Posted by: vivi at August 28, 2012 06:58 PM (OTPxW)
Ha, well not for ME, Mrs. D didn't care for it.
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Ha! Mrs. Muldoon is mostly the same, but we usually try to match stink levels in the mountains so we keep it even handed.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:00 PM (hgSh3)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2012 10:51 PM (Z2fb7)
............................It is a poor workman that blames his tools.
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Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:04 PM (hgSh3)
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Interesting. I've never shot full-auto, so that's interesting to know.
Posted by: andrew at August 28, 2012 07:05 PM (65QIv)
heard Christie's speech - it was quite good I thought
but I have a leaky HVAC system, ugh, it's leaking water everywhere
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 07:05 PM (d/5qf)
We were told by assholes in the media to adore Obama, even though there was nothing there but bullshit.
Posted by: Fresh at August 28, 2012 07:06 PM (O7ksG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 07:07 PM (bxiXv)
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Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 07:09 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at August 28, 2012 07:09 PM (K4wtw)
The first weekend trip we took (back when I was sweeping the future Mrs. Cop off her feet), she brought three suitcases -- one was just for makeup, hairdryer, curler and other female-type supplies. She travels lighter now, but we still laugh about all the stuff she took on that trip.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at August 28, 2012 07:09 PM (xFgmp)
Posted by: Rev. Joe Biden at August 28, 2012 07:09 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 07:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:10 PM (hgSh3)
hahaha media butthurt!
Posted by: Jose at August 28, 2012 07:10 PM (srIqv)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at August 28, 2012 07:11 PM (yXnZF)
I bet I can guess what was in the other two.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 28, 2012 07:11 PM (d/5qf)
Christie was good, as always. However, I wonder why no speaker has uttered the name "Obama". It's always "the Democrats" or, occasionally, "the president", but no name is given to this person. Maybe that will come later.
Posted by: Brown Line at August 28, 2012 07:11 PM (geg+N)
Watch a slow motion video of an AK firing and you'll see where the reputation (regarding accuracy) comes from. It's like a fat woman doing the funky chicken.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 11:07 PM (bxiXv)
R. Lee Ermey's Roll Call had a comparison for the AK and an American M-16. The AK was of course easier to field strip and reassemble, but the accuracy bit at "full auto" was just silly. The AK guys only were doing three shot bursts and you could tell that even in a three shot burst they didn't have much control. Ermey was able to do actual full auto with the M-16 and was must more accurate.
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Posted by: toby928© Mobile Bay eyewitness at August 28, 2012 07:13 PM (QupBk)
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Posted by: toby928© Mobile Bay eyewitness at August 28, 2012 07:15 PM (QupBk)
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Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:16 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 28, 2012 07:17 PM (d0Tfm)
http://tinyurl.com/8qjqyeb
Posted by: Billy Quizboy at August 28, 2012 07:17 PM (FEzSe)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 07:17 PM (ThQzX)
Posted by: Alex at August 28, 2012 07:18 PM (/nZEe)
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Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:18 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 28, 2012 11:11 PM (d/5qf)
-------->>>
You guessed correctly.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at August 28, 2012 07:19 PM (xFgmp)
Fruita = Misery Heaven
Buff singletrack as far as the eye can see. Headless chickens roam the countryside and all is right with the world as long as you don't talk to the hippies.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2012 07:19 PM (S/Z0E)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 28, 2012 07:19 PM (BpFAB)
Because this is not a cult of personality like that last clusterfuck.
Posted by: Peaches at August 28, 2012 07:20 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 07:20 PM (d/5qf)
Good kind of topless, or Code Pink kind?
Mostly meh, a little saggy, one cute red head with a nice rack who likes showing off for the camera.
Posted by: Alex at August 28, 2012 07:21 PM (/nZEe)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 07:22 PM (bxiXv)
So, the only people who are really gaga over abortion are the ones who might find themselves wanting someone else to get one. Go figure.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 07:22 PM (3yCFy)
I hope they aren't going to be the wimp party in the campaign.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2012 07:22 PM (CrOSO)
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And we should never forget...
they did it because they were racist xenophobes.
Posted by: Tom Hanks at August 28, 2012 07:22 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Jean at August 28, 2012 07:22 PM (WkuV6)
Chemjeff, do you have a wet/dry vac? If you do, set it up for wet, then go outside and vacuum the drain. There should be a "slorp" after a bit.
Your line is clogged. Down here, it's usually a dead lizard.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 28, 2012 07:22 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 07:23 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2012 07:23 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: toby928© at August 28, 2012 07:23 PM (QupBk)
Yeah, there's a good reason they are carried by undisciplined forces and also by those who have to live in the bush. You can bury it in the mud for 5 months and then dig it up and shoot in 5 minutes.
Posted by: Billy Quizboy at August 28, 2012 07:23 PM (FEzSe)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:23 PM (hgSh3)
However, the AK is designed for simplicity (cheap to make, easy to strip, clean and fix)) and reliability.
There is something to be said for having an AK or an SKS: they will be the last rifles functioning. Once they stop, edged and blunt weapons rule ... unless you also know how to (and can) use a longbow.
Posted by: Arbalest at August 28, 2012 11:19 PM (BpFAB)
My needs for this type of weapon are filled by the Mini 14. Shoots forever
Posted by: The Jackhole at August 28, 2012 07:23 PM (DU15A)
Posted by: toby928© at August 28, 2012 07:24 PM (QupBk)
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If the Republicans had balls he'd be the surprise Thursday speaker.
Most voters have no idea Obama's brother is poor. And not EBT poor, really poor.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2012 07:24 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 07:24 PM (ThQzX)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 28, 2012 07:24 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2012 07:25 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 11:22 PM (3yCFy)
Nah...there's a Bradley Effect type scenario going on right there.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2012 07:25 PM (S/Z0E)
Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2012 07:25 PM (FcR7P)
But, you grew up and left **************** Truth be told, I left at about 24 hours of age. Grew up elsewhere.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:25 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 07:26 PM (RDoaO)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 07:26 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Fresh"
Oh, he's plenty able to take care of him, he just chooses not to.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 07:26 PM (d6TfZ)
Good kind of topless, or Code Pink kind?
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 11:19 PM (RDoaO)
There's a nice ginger in the center, a couple of mehs to her left and ..... oh dear God do not look to the right side of the screen!
Posted by: Billy Quizboy at August 28, 2012 07:27 PM (FEzSe)
A bunch of screechy hens who think their twats are the center of the universe
Posted by: kbdabear at August 28, 2012 07:27 PM (wwsoB)
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I'm always fascinated, in a macabre way, that when you get abortion extremists talking, thinking they are among friends, that it has nothing to do with "choice".
The #1 reason is "too many brown people having too many brown kids.", but #2 is something along the lines of "condoms suck brah"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 28, 2012 07:28 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: teej at August 28, 2012 07:29 PM (/tk/V)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 07:31 PM (oZ6hC)
Posted by: teej
'Cause it makes me want to punch someone.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 07:31 PM (d6TfZ)
Call me.
Posted by: Billy Quizboy at August 28, 2012 07:31 PM (FEzSe)
Hey, how come you guys aren't singing?
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Face made for radio, voice made for silent movies!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:31 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: NYT, Editor, and yes a PhD. at August 28, 2012 07:31 PM (IoNBC)
It minimizes him.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 28, 2012 07:31 PM (xSegX)
Awesome speech by the big guy.. I love him.. My wife has never heard a long speech by him, and she was very impressed. His theme was the best. We need someone responsible in charge.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 28, 2012 07:32 PM (UTq/I)
And there's also a lot of guys who prefer not to take a stand on the issue as a whole (making them nominally pro-choice) because they don't feel they have a right to prohibit it when they aren't the ones who'd be in a position to make the decision. That's how I felt at one point. I'm pro-life now, though, even in rape and incest cases.
So, perhaps I was overgeneralizing a bit. But it's still true that single men benefit more than anyone else from legalized abortion.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 07:32 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2012 07:33 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 07:33 PM (NhGgS)
162 Anyone see the topless protest photos Althouse linked?
Topless photo's of Allison Krauss, where?!!
Posted by: and irresolute at August 28, 2012 07:33 PM (Q492A)
Usain Bolt... they call him the fastest man alive. But they've never had sex with me.
He works like 10 seconds a day. Which is pretty long by Jamaican standards.
Okay, there's my Usain Bolt jokes.
Posted by: Truman North at August 28, 2012 07:35 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Uatu at August 28, 2012 07:35 PM (QI7bx)
Speaking of the convention, I happened to see the last bit of Artur Davis's speach. He said something like, "2009 to 2011, lesson learned. 2012, mistake corrected." Ouch.
Of course, the Democrats will call Davis a "race traitor" or something. Davis was pretty passionate when he gave the speach and I think he honestly regrets previously supporting Obama.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at August 28, 2012 07:35 PM (xFgmp)
Posted by: teej at August 28, 2012 07:35 PM (erYRT)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 07:36 PM (d6TfZ)
Single men will automatically default to the answer that is most likely to get their dick wet.
At all times they will avoid taking a stance that will completely eliminate the wet dick option.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2012 07:36 PM (S/Z0E)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 07:36 PM (dYizu)
Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 07:37 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2012 07:37 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 11:35 PM (hgSh3)
You never know -- I spent 5th grade in Long Beach.....and every freakin' state with a lake or ocean shoreline has one.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2012 07:39 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 07:39 PM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: huerfano at August 28, 2012 10:29 PM (bAGA/)
They not only take care of fellow Mormons. When my mom and dad's house was flooded in the "Great Flood" of (can't remember the year, but within the last decade), the local Mormon church brought them fresh water and other supplies. They didn't have to do that, they just did it. They have a lot of things going for them that most of us aspire to, but are too lazy to actually do.
Posted by: kalneva is already widowed to footyball at August 28, 2012 07:40 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2012 07:40 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 07:40 PM (3yCFy)
oh well now i"m pissed off, going to bed
thanx toby for the advice, that is probably it
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 07:40 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 07:40 PM (WFZEf)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 07:40 PM (NhGgS)
@194- Heh- I spent fifth grade in Oklahoma- longest three years of my life.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:41 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: John Kerry at August 28, 2012 07:41 PM (IoNBC)
OK y'all, it's been real, it's been fun, it's been real fun. However, I gotta get up at 4:30 in the am and go get B'Gal from the sleep study center.
Have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at August 28, 2012 07:41 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 28, 2012 07:42 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:42 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 28, 2012 07:42 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2012 07:42 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 07:43 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 11:36 PM (dYizu)
Link? And what is the Dallas Fed's take-away on cheap money?
Posted by: cm9000 at August 28, 2012 07:43 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 07:44 PM (WFZEf)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 07:45 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: kalneva is already widowed to footyball at August 28, 2012 11:40 PM (cQmXn)
--------->>>
The Mormons I've known have all been pretty good people. I just have theological points of contention with them, but I certainly consider them to be Christians.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at August 28, 2012 07:45 PM (xFgmp)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:46 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 07:46 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Chris Christie at August 28, 2012 07:46 PM (Bm4aK)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/8gjjbww
Warning: Links to a blog entry with a link to boobs, and a warning of its own that it links to boobs.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 07:46 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: no good deed at August 28, 2012 07:47 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 28, 2012 07:47 PM (gsX77)
Im with you on the bit about "Last Action Hero". I too caught it on cable shortly after it came out and thought it was terribly original. Also, the casting Arnold in the role of the brutish cop was easy and perfect. It harkens back to the old adage "If you cant laugh at yourself...". And ditto for the directors and producers that decided to make this.
I thought the timing of the movie was perfect as well. Action movies were at a point where there seemed to be scenes so common that a young kid could tell you what was going to happen next. And that is exactly what the kid did in the film. It wasn;t long after this movie was released did we start to see more creativity go into action films with more original plots (at least for a few years)
Posted by: Douglas Stewart at August 28, 2012 07:48 PM (RCjO/)
This allows the MittBot to recon his prey.
Posted by: DaveA at August 28, 2012 07:48 PM (Ve9V9)
Got one just down the street. I don't go in Publix or Winn-Dixie much anymore. The everyda non-promo prices at the WMT seem to be a minimum of 20% less than the competition on average.
$1.28 for a bottle of Dew vs $1.79 at Publix. Paper products, meats, veg, everything is less. They got a Cott bottled cola that's cheaper than the Sams at $.68/2L and its actually drinkable.
My local one is as clean and well maintained as you can expect in a high traffic grocery store.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 07:48 PM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 07:49 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 28, 2012 07:49 PM (9Ien/)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 07:49 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: thunderb at August 28, 2012 07:49 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: kalneva is already widowed to footyball at August 28, 2012 07:49 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Scobface at August 28, 2012 07:50 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 11:43 PM (EPbpF)
---------->>>
Donks have been the Treason Party since 1968. They've been the Slavery Party since the 1830s. Bastards have been the source of a lot of the nation's ills.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at August 28, 2012 07:50 PM (xFgmp)
If you were watching MSNBCÂ’s coverage of the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Tuesday night, you might believe those assertions, since missing from the coverage was nearly every ethnic minority that spoke during TuesdayÂ’s festivities.
In lieu of airing speeches from former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, a black American; Mia Love, a black candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah; and Texas senatorial hopeful Ted Cruz, a Latino American, MSNBC opted to show commentary anchored by Rachel Maddow from Rev. Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes and Steve Schmidt. <<<<<<
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 28, 2012 07:50 PM (CrOSO)
He's one of the most intelligent songwriters around, although this is a more lighthearted example.
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2012 11:42 PM (sdi6R)
“Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two.” Fredric Chopin
Posted by: and irresolute at August 28, 2012 07:51 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 07:51 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 07:51 PM (Nzm5s)
Boy, I was a regular chatty cathy tonight- better hang it up. 'night all.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at August 28, 2012 07:51 PM (hgSh3)
Posted by: Jean at August 28, 2012 07:52 PM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 07:52 PM (NhGgS)
I think most guys get a bad rap these days. Guys are just as nervous about relationships as women are, but they're portrayed as raging puss-hounds.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 07:52 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread goes for the obscure Simon and Garfunkel reference at August 28, 2012 07:52 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: RoyalOil at August 28, 2012 07:53 PM (imtbm)
Posted by: sonnyspats at August 28, 2012 07:54 PM (Bm4aK)
Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 07:54 PM (6o4Fb)
“Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two.” Fredric Chopin
"It takes two good guitarists to sound like a mediocre piano player." Barney Kessel
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2012 07:54 PM (S/Z0E)
Posted by: Jean at August 28, 2012 07:55 PM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Jim Cantore at August 28, 2012 07:55 PM (ECYvo)
Posted by: NYT Editor with a PhD in Something that Sounds Important at August 28, 2012 07:55 PM (IoNBC)
Men aren't raging puss hounds? News to me.
Posted by: kalneva is already widowed to footyball at August 28, 2012 07:56 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: thunderb at August 28, 2012 11:49 PM (Dnbau)
Remembering Sheldon and saying Amen to that.
Posted by: and irresolute at August 28, 2012 07:56 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: teej at August 28, 2012 07:56 PM (ma+gB)
Posted by: andrew at August 28, 2012 10:54 PM (65QIv)
No. I can tell you that the MP-5 and Uzi and M4 aren't, and the way the M249 (SAW) was described to me was "you could write your name on a piece of newspaper" with it, which I took as an approving exaggeration<<<<<< Strangely enough, part of the quals for the M249 SAW involve something very similar. You have a large sheet with groups of silhouettes - vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and combinations of all of them. You have to traverse and search your bursts across these groups, and it is a bit like writing your name on paper. Then you go to the field fire portion and shoot at life size popups.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 28, 2012 07:56 PM (JDIKC)
You see that shit! On the video screen! Whole village up in the air, nothin' but a cloud a match sticks and burned meat bits! I did that! Me! Off my kill list! With this finger! From the other side of the world!
Too bad my ol brother George got in the way. I am my brother's reaper.
I made a funny! Cold! I am the man! Me! Urrggh!
fap fap fap fap fap
Posted by: Hussein Soetoro, BA, JD, C-in-C, BFD at August 28, 2012 07:57 PM (8hBZi)
Posted by: kalneva"
Maybe they just weren't after my puss. LOL!! (OK, too much wine...)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 07:57 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 07:59 PM (aY3VP)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 28, 2012 07:59 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Hussein Soetoro, BA, JD, C-in-C, BFD at August 28, 2012 07:59 PM (8hBZi)
Posted by: teej at August 28, 2012 08:00 PM (JCIjD)
But I do think you and I both have enough going for us to make someone happy. Just need to find that someone!
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:00 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: kalneva is already widowed to footyball at August 28, 2012 08:00 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:02 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:02 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 28, 2012 08:02 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: rockmom at August 28, 2012 08:02 PM (qe2/V)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler"
And you're a sweetheart for saying so. Thanks!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:03 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: NYT Editor with a PhD in Something that Sounds Important at August 28, 2012 08:03 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread (just clearing my throat) at August 28, 2012 08:03 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: thunderb at August 28, 2012 08:05 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 11:59 PM (aY3VP)
What I thought. Thanks for the response.
Posted by: cm9000 at August 28, 2012 08:05 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:05 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2012 11:23 PM
Also, the Owen submachine gun. You can't fuck that thing up even if you try.
Posted by: otho at August 28, 2012 08:06 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:06 PM (NhGgS)
"It takes two good guitarists to sound like a mediocre piano player." Barney Kessel
Bah! Double Bah!!
"The guitar is the easiest instrument to play, and the hardest to play well" Andres Segovia
John Williams gets the pass from And Irresolute and goes for the hoop ...
http://tinyurl.com/39sk8w
Posted by: and irresolute at August 28, 2012 08:07 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2012 08:07 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:07 PM (3yCFy)
You're not kidding? Really? They're letting "reporting for duty" do that?
Posted by: someone at August 28, 2012 08:07 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:07 PM (d6TfZ)
Oooohhhhhh, golden showers !!!
Posted by: Shep Smith-Cooper at August 28, 2012 08:08 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 08:08 PM (6o4Fb)
What really ruined things was outright repugnant woman and gamma males. You aren't making a good case for your cause when passersby are shouting, "Put it on!"
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 08:08 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Rewrite! at August 28, 2012 08:09 PM (d7Px0)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 28, 2012 08:09 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: teej at August 28, 2012 08:09 PM (3R0Zs)
You're not kidding? Really? They're letting "reporting for duty" do that?
Posted by: someone at August 29, 2012 12:07 AM (bqjJT)
Wow, cant wait to not watch it..
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:10 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:10 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:10 PM (NhGgS)
Was it in The Tripods books that the Resistance or whatever it was called started making Sten guns because that was about all their tech level could support?
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 08:11 PM (RDoaO)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:12 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Barry Obama, Earle of Cornhole at August 28, 2012 08:12 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:13 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: cm9000 at August 28, 2012 08:14 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 08:14 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 08:14 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:15 PM (NhGgS)
I did wonder about the guys. Is there that much estrogen in the water these days? How do you get that soft without being locked in a crate and fed milk?
Never play any sports, sit on the couch all day playing video games, sit in your room fiddling with a guitar at night, etc. Oh, and they probably exist on a steady diet of tofu, salad and cheap light beer.
Posted by: Alex at August 28, 2012 08:15 PM (/nZEe)
Posted by: rockmom at August 28, 2012 08:15 PM (qe2/V)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 28, 2012 08:15 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: steevy at August 28, 2012 08:15 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 28, 2012 08:16 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:16 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Alex at August 28, 2012 08:16 PM (/nZEe)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:16 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Ahmed the Arrested Moderate at August 28, 2012 08:16 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 28, 2012 08:17 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:17 PM (NhGgS)
>>the media? is saying the speeches attacked obama
Not mentioning him by name is the worst thing you can do to a narcissist.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2012 08:19 PM (S/Z0E)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2012 08:20 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: pforeman at August 28, 2012 08:20 PM (hQLFs)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:22 PM (NhGgS)
Did I miss this at some point today from the moron horde?
Yes, upthread. We've been discussing it all night.
Posted by: Alex at August 28, 2012 08:22 PM (/nZEe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2012 08:23 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:23 PM (3yCFy)
No shit eh? There were some real scuds out there.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 08:23 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:24 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler
Oh, hell, now this guy's voice is stuck in my head. Earwig, earwig, get it out!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:24 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:25 PM (3yCFy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZjnuMW424I
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:26 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 28, 2012 08:26 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 28, 2012 08:28 PM (vDl/w)
>>the media? is saying the speeches attacked obama
Not mentioning him by name is the worst thing you can do to a narcissist.
Posted by: garrett at August 29, 2012 12:19 AM (S/Z0E)
Yeah, they always hope, sad mother fudgers.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:29 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:29 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2012 08:29 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:29 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Ahmed the Arrested Moderate at August 28, 2012 08:31 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:32 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2012 08:33 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rockmom at August 28, 2012 08:34 PM (qe2/V)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 08:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Secundus at August 28, 2012 08:35 PM (89w2n)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 29, 2012 12:34 AM (bxiXv
Indeed!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:35 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:36 PM (3yCFy)
Watch it, buddy.
Posted by: Blind Idiots Local 2512 at August 28, 2012 08:36 PM (RDoaO)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 28, 2012 08:38 PM (N/WI2)
Haven't looked yet, and I'm not going to. You can't make me.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:40 PM (d6TfZ)
Gonna watch Paul Ryan, yeah, hes cute, but hes a badass.Romney knew what he was doing with this pick!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:40 PM (EPbpF)
Still, it's great music and he's not on my shit-list unlike film dicks who've pissed me off.
Posted by: andycanuck at August 28, 2012 08:41 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: lou's a girl
I want Paul Ryan in the worst way. Or, the best way. Either suits me.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:42 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2012 12:42 AM (d6TfZ)
Yes, I will take either!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:43 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 28, 2012 08:43 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 08:44 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2012 08:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rockmom at August 29, 2012 12:34 AM (qe2/V)
The miserably failed President we are trying to defeat was rarely mentioned. This fearful, defensive crouch may work for this election, but it doesn't bode well for the future.
Posted by: cm9000 at August 28, 2012 08:45 PM (lzvtR)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa89bt0GZvQ&feature=related
Posted by: andycanuck at August 28, 2012 08:47 PM (vDl/w)
The only thing I can guess is that people got the joke and were mad because it was at their expense.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 08:47 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: mpfs, Member Paul Ryan Kilt Brigade at August 28, 2012 08:48 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: Secundus at August 28, 2012 08:48 PM (89w2n)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler"
That's good, 'cause pretty much every chick on AoSHQ would do him in a second. Or at least, feel up his biceps. Long as you're not threatened by that, you'll be fine. ;-)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:49 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke and her magic vajayjay at August 28, 2012 08:49 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 08:49 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: mpfs, Member Paul Ryan Kilt Brigade at August 28, 2012 08:50 PM (Fy6L7)
Will say again, I thought the speeches tonite were spot on. Ann Romney took the war on women away in 1 fell swoop, and Christie said that they, the dems suck in not so many words, and Romney and Ryan can hit it out of the park, we shall see.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:50 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Adriane at August 28, 2012 08:51 PM (3RmJl)
Posted by: lou's a girl"
My prediction: watch for the word "stiff" used for Romney. For Ryan, they won't have an answer.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 08:52 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:52 PM (EPbpF)
Road to Moscow makes me think of another song. The Waterboys have a terrific song called Red Army Blues about the end of WW2 and what Stalin did to the soldiers that had contact with the west. Its very sad.
http://youtu.be/Aupn-91BNwU
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 08:53 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2012 12:52 AM (d6TfZ)
MEDICARE!!! He wants to kill your grandma!!!!
Posted by: MSM at August 28, 2012 08:54 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2012 08:55 PM (sZTYJ)
My prediction: watch for the word "stiff" used for Romney. For Ryan, they won't have an answer.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2012 12:52 AM (d6TfZ)
Stiff aint gonna cut it, people cannot pay their mortgage, or put gas in their cars, and grocery prices are fkin ridiculous,stiff dont matter!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:56 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Math Witch Inquisitor at August 28, 2012 08:56 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 28, 2012 08:57 PM (W2Z3C)
Romney-Ryan
Or
Zombie Apocalypse
The Choice Is yours
That is at least as grounded in reality as anything the DNC has offered in any recent decade.
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 08:59 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 28, 2012 08:59 PM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 08:59 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 29, 2012 12:57 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 08:59 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: the pink cracker"
Damn, that's what that smell is. I thought it was Pasadena....(TX)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 09:00 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Journolist at August 28, 2012 09:00 PM (s+Cb9)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 09:01 PM (RDoaO)
Sigh....
Paul Ryan took his shot...and FAILED. Please get over it. You people will amount to nothing more than insects at a BBQ as we head into November if you keep this crap up...
Yes! I heard all the dust-up on the convention floor early today....don't amount to a hill 'O' beans and you all know it! SO PLEASE. PACK YOUR SHIT UP AND BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.....fer shizzle...
Posted by: Richard at August 28, 2012 09:01 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2012 12:52 AM (d6TfZ)
I think they will portray him as an ideologue. Unfeeling, harsh, indifferent. Insert cliche here.
Posted by: cm9000 at August 28, 2012 09:01 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: robtr at August 28, 2012 09:01 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor"
THIS! Does anyone really think that Abortion-palooza is going to play well to unemployed Americans that are paying more for gas and groceries than ever before? I hate to tip our hands here, but that's a really stupid idea.
No wonder Hillary's skipping the party. She's no fool.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 09:02 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 09:02 PM (RDoaO)
Don't all men?
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 28, 2012 09:02 PM (W2Z3C)
I have never lived in a house with a dishwasher in use. Several of those places had dishwashers but my mother developed a dislike of them long ago, probably before my birth. In most of the places I've lived the dishwasher served as storage.
I can't speak for the siblings who've escaped into entire separate homes but around here the dishwasher is me.
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 09:04 PM (kcfmt)
And if you listen to Ryan talking about, well, pretty much anything, it becomes obvious that he's really very smart. In a polite, non-threatening way. He doesn't condescend. It's no wonder he has the best approval ratings of all four guys on the presidential ballot.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:04 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: t-bird at August 28, 2012 09:04 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 09:04 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 29, 2012 01:02 AM (W2Z3C)
heh, yup
Posted by: robtr at August 28, 2012 09:04 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: the pink cracker"
My husband thinks so, but I think I'm the one that hit the jackpot. All my friends agree that he's a prize.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 09:05 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Mikeyboss at August 28, 2012 09:05 PM (IVie+)
He made it clear that Romney is ready to get serious and that the Dems are ready to do anything they can to distract, distort, and scare.
I didn't see a big problem. Ann Romney was great, but I could at least see where people would think her play to women was too transparent. I didn't think Christie would receive a negative reaction from the right unless you were hoping for a ton of red meat to gnaw on.
Posted by: Dave S. at August 28, 2012 09:05 PM (UvR6d)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2012 09:06 PM (sZTYJ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD5GtohtRYU#t=0m37s
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 09:06 PM (RDoaO)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 28, 2012 09:06 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 28, 2012 09:08 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:08 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2012 09:08 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 28, 2012 09:08 PM (W2Z3C)
This also explains their hatred for competitive sports (jocks), feminine girls (cheerleaders who turned them down), and so on.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 09:08 PM (r4wIV)
Woodenness used to be a plus for AlGore...or so we were told.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 09:09 PM (Nzm5s)
Re Milne Bay - yes, an awesome accomplishment of arms by Australians, one of many in WWII. Australia - America's constant ally for nearly a century (haven't missed a game by our side since before WW I).
But ...... wasn't the annihilation of the Ichiki Detachment on Guadalcanal at Alligator Creek on August 21, 1942? That is, just days before the Milne Bay denouement? That, I believe, was the first defeat of Japanese land forces by an Allied force.
OK, I'm not counting the abortive first Japanese attempt to take Wake Island right after Pearl Harbor, which was driven off with air and artillery action. And led to arguably the best, and most American, short message of WWII (stiff competition there), when the beleaguered island commander responded to an inquiry as to his needs with "send more Japs".
(apologies if I'm repeating something above - sick of taking the time to scroll through all the comments and then have only a dead thread to comment on - curse of the late-night left coast morons, I suppose ....)
Posted by: non-purist at August 28, 2012 09:11 PM (xfxTk)
Woodenness used to be a plus for AlGore...or so we were told.
I already heard someone on CNN say that Romney didn't "smile" enough on his biggest night. Said they couldn't pin point what it was but we all know they meant that he was "stiff."
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 28, 2012 09:11 PM (W2Z3C)
Happy thought for the evening:
Obama must be seriously pissed off tonight. Two reasons:
1) The main speakers tonight, didn't make it about Obama. Some say he wasn't even mentioned, except in some oblique, indirect way.
2) I heard a reference made to the American Dream (not necessarily) - which is to say, people starting off with almost nothing, and building a great life for themselves. This is sentral to what America is all about, and exactly what Obama repudiated with his "You didn't build that" speech.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:11 PM (As94z)
Opps, missed a word or two. Make that:
2) I heard a reference made to the American Dream (not necessarily by name)- which is to say, people starting off with almost nothing, and building a great life for themselves. This is sentral to what America is all about, and exactly what Obama repudiated with his "You didn't build that" speech.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:13 PM (As94z)
Posted by: Dave S. at August 28, 2012 09:13 PM (UvR6d)
also, fuck is Guild Wars so fucking broken
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2012 09:14 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 09:14 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 28, 2012 09:15 PM (sZTYJ)
I think by October they'll be yelling about killer saints and the odder aspects of Mormon theology in a desperate attempt to frighten voters away, because its just not working to stop R&R.
The last thing I want is for Romney to have some massive landslide though, what's his mandate then? Don't be Obama? Its not like he's promoting a strongly conservative agenda.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 09:16 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Optimizer"
Not to mention all the references to "we did build that" or, "they built that".
I think that little "slip up" is going to haunt the SCOAMF. What a shame.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 09:17 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 09:17 PM (r4wIV)
Got the first two Patlabor movies in the mail, the special editions released by Bandai a few years back (for like $12 bucks a piece...STEAL!).
Oh. My. Fecking. GAWD!
These sets are just...wow...awesome. I always thought my Akira tin was neat, these things are GINORMOUS! So many pages of production notes and storyboards. I...I got a nerd boner.
The video could look like shit but right now I'm stupidly happy.
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:19 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:21 PM (3yCFy)
Bonus points for being a candidate's wife I don't want to punch.
Oh...shit...that's war on women talk. I denounce myself.
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:21 PM (4ixH5)
Reporting from the MS Gulf Coast, Isaac basically missed us. We had a couple of hours of I'd guess 45-50 mph winds. There's going to be lots of rain and some flooding, but compared to Katrina this one was a baby fart.
Our power never even flickered. For Katrina, it was out for 8 weeks at my house.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 28, 2012 09:21 PM (ccXZP)
There's only one mandate - prevent the economic collapse of the Republic. Nothing else. NOTHING. That alone is going to keep American presidents very busy for the next 20 years.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 09:22 PM (Nzm5s)
I figured that shit out long ago. I just load it so it looks like it fell off a truck and rolled with the dishes in it, then I let her redo it, because she'll only do it her way any way.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 09:23 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 29, 2012 01:21 AM (3yCFy)
yeah, favorite Vita game (though Lumines and Hot Shots are close)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2012 09:23 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:23 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 29, 2012 01:11 AM (W2Z3C)
=======
To my eyes Romney's expression came across as gentle smiling tempered by a slight humble embarrassment, as if he felt it were gauche to appear too pleased at people singing your praises. Since no expression inflected with humility could ever cross their Dear Leader's face, no wonder the CNN person couldn't pin point it.
Posted by: sistrum at August 28, 2012 09:24 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2012 01:21 AM (4ixH5)
Nope, Robert, she ruined the talking points for the dems, She was gracious, and a lady!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 09:24 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2012 09:25 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 29, 2012 01:16 AM (r4wIV)
The congress is mighty red. ABO!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 09:26 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:27 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 29, 2012 01:24 AM (EPbpF)
Gracious lady? Holy shit! Listening to the wymynysts I was starting to think all women were cock hungry pigs and cum dumpsters, amirite right Ms. Fluke?
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:28 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:30 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 29, 2012 01:27 AM (3yCFy)
took 4 years to make so yeah, it's got some nice assets.
if you dig it and have a PS3, you should check out Malicious.
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2012 09:30 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:30 PM (3yCFy)
I inadvertantly just caught a few minutes of Conan. They were telling a series of jokes, where three celebrities answer questions. Classic liberal crap.
When they got to answering the Question of "What do the American people want from a President, they had Obama answering something like "A strengthening of the middle class" (as if that's got anything to do with Obama), and Romney with a statement of standard conservative principles. Paul Ryan was their punchline, with his answer being, "The cold lifeless eyes of a serial murderer."
Wow. Paul Ryan, who's young, healthy, fit, likeable, and practically a female heart-throb described that way? These a-holes truly live in a hate-filled world completely divorced from reality.
You want to actually be FUNNY, Conan? Try finishing a joke like that with an ACTUAL quote - by Joe Biden.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:32 PM (As94z)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:32 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 29, 2012 01:30 AM (3yCFy)
We still want you to pay for our birth control to make our point, patriarch.
Posted by: Some Femilesbian at August 28, 2012 09:32 PM (4ixH5)
I want him to utterly crush obama, big enough landslide to where he won't show his fucking face in the US again.
Big enough to where he climbs back into that tire tube and floats back to whatever fucking country he came from.
Big enough to where going back to kenya to move into that shit hut with his brother and finish out his days in a loin cloth and hunting monkeys with a blow gun looks like a "good idea"
Big enough to where mooch loses it, and says fuck this ass licking country and beats the shit out of him during his defeat speech for robbing her of another 100 million worth of taxpayer funded vacations.
Big enough to where aliens in space giggle and say adios motherfucker, there is hope for earth after all.
I want it fucking EPIC.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 09:32 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:34 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 29, 2012 01:24 AM (EPbpF)
Gracious lady? Holy shit! Listening to the wymynysts I was starting to think all women were cock hungry pigs and cum dumpsters, amirite right Ms. Fluke?
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2012 01:28 AM (4ixH5)
Robert, I gave Romney shit, still do. But I like Ryan, and really think we have to go ABO! Ann Romney was so good, she won a lot of women over, I dont care what the smartasses on aos think. She did good!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 09:35 PM (EPbpF)
I'm waiting for the spin-off: PATCOlabor. It ends when everybody gets canned for trying to strike.
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 09:35 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:36 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Berserker"
You just made me spew all over my keyboard. You decide the liquid involved.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 09:36 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 09:37 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:37 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Berserker at August 29, 2012 01:32 AM (FMbng)
How about Neil Young Armstrong rising from the grave and planting a flag up Obama's ass?
"That's one huge pole in yer ass..."
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:38 PM (4ixH5)
"A second American Century"
I'll vote for that.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 09:38 PM (z9HTb)
is loaded to the gills and then your wife opens it up and has a
conniption that the "jets" are blocked and blah blah blah and then
proceeds to reload the whole thing??""
I figured that shit out long ago. I just load it so it looks like it fell off a truck and rolled with the dishes in it, then I let her redo it, because she'll only do it her way any way.
Posted by: Berserker at August 29, 2012 01:23 AM (FMbng)
See, I think the dishes are out of the sink - who needs more? Well, it's even better if you throw some soap in and push the start button. But if I have to bitch about how the dishes are in the dishwasher - then I really don't have much to complain about at all. It's sort of at the apex of first world problems.
Posted by: someone at August 28, 2012 09:39 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warble"
I've played here long enough, I'm sure of the answer....LOL!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 09:40 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 28, 2012 09:40 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:40 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: epobirs at August 29, 2012 01:35 AM (kcfmt)
"But the robots are all going out of...oh, fuck it!"
you should watch the series on Monday and call it Patlabor Day.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 29, 2012 01:36 AM (3yCFy)
Ya know, I just might!
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:40 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 09:40 PM (r4wIV)
Night all, wont say God Bless because you dont deserve it!
Oh yes you do, God Bless ya ! Love ya, cant wait till nov 2, oops nov 6!
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 28, 2012 09:41 PM (EPbpF)
'421 Not to mention all the references to "we did build that" or, "they built that".
I think that little "slip up" is going to haunt the SCOAMF. What a shame.'
My favorite, all-time politcal ad, is one I saw recently that featured Obama from beginning to end. It starts off with his "out of context" ad, and then it plays the full context - audio of his own words - with video showing the glaring eyes of the people whose entire lives he has denigrated.
That ad tells a voter everything they need to know:
1) The President will lie to your face, and spend millions for an ad just to make sure you see it.
2) The President has complete contempt for the whole concept of the American Dream. It shows his viewpoint of "people of, for, and by the government", vs the American idea of "government of, for, and by the people". In that respect he is literally anti-American, and nobody who is familiar with is background is surprised by this.
That ad should be brought out over and over again.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:42 PM (As94z)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:42 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 29, 2012 01:40 AM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:42 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:43 PM (3yCFy)
Endings are hard. Herman Hesse couldn't write an ending.
I've seen Last Action Hero three times, I think. Will see it again.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 09:43 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 09:43 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 29, 2012 01:36 AM
Hmm, this time of night I choose coffee....asphalt blend.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 09:43 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 29, 2012 01:40 AM (sZTYJ)
Ya know, I've only ever seen the movies. Probably couldn't find the OVA or TV series cheap anymore.
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:43 PM (4ixH5)
'461 I had a wrong but funny thought on Neil Armstrong and the guy who puppeteered The Count dying so close together. A joint obituary, with the headline, "That's one! One giant leap for mankind! Ah, ah!"'
An amusing juxtaposition. Made me chuckle.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:44 PM (As94z)
Thanks all for a lovely evening.
And xoxoxox to Warbler for the new music interest.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 28, 2012 09:45 PM (d6TfZ)
Ron Paul....Doctor...lost
Ron Paul....Doctor...lost
Ron Paul....Doctor...lost
Ron Paul....Doctor...lost
If ya guys are cool with this, Can I take this punishment out to the 10X10 white board out back and finish it up with a purple sharpie?
Jus asking......
Posted by: Richard at August 28, 2012 09:45 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: Alex at August 28, 2012 11:21 PM (/nZEe)
0.0
bbl
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 28, 2012 09:45 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 28, 2012 09:45 PM (zrpqj)
I want it fucking EPIC.
I have a man-crush on you now. In a gay way.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 09:45 PM (z9HTb)
Bravo.
I want him defeated so massively his kids turn Republican just from shame.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 28, 2012 09:46 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 09:46 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:47 PM (3yCFy)
"470 ...
Let's talk to some Delphi employees about how much Obama loves the middle class."
My wife's uncle was burned by that. How does that scumbag even get away with that stuff? We've got the fox guarding the henhouse.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:47 PM (As94z)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 29, 2012 01:17 AM (r4wIV)
=============
Because it was a PERSONAL insult. Whatever you were proud of doing? FU, you're wrong: it's the All-Powerful Government doing, you deluded sap. You think you made any sort of difference in the world? You -- do not matter.
The previous socialist cant could be muddied in the mind and assumed to mean only generalities, or the Other Guy's a Bastard. It was protected by a Somebody Else's Problem forcefield. But you couldn't hot-potato this one off so easily.
Posted by: sistrum at August 28, 2012 09:47 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 09:48 PM (bxiXv)
Get it?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 09:48 PM (r4wIV)
Caught an ad on the radio for "2016" that summed it up perfectly:
"He wants to down-size America"
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 09:49 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 09:49 PM (4ixH5)
People need to understand that we're insolvent and tough measures are called for if they are to maintain anything even remotely resembling the lifestyle they've become accustomed to.
They need to understand that there's no quick fixes left and all the usual cheap accounting tricks have been tried and used up over the past 40 years or so. The only options left that will provide for the continuity of the United States as a nation are hard ones.
They need to understand that we're so badly damaged, real recovery will take decades, not years, and will span many administrations.
Under-promise/over-deliver and you're a hero. Over-promise/under-deliver and you're a shitheel like Obama is. I think having Ryan give a periodic 4 or 6 month public status report would be a good thing too.
And fix the fucking unemployment reporting so its not so fake and contrived. That should be one of the first things out of the gate so the public can have an accurate read on jobs progress.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 09:50 PM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2012 09:50 PM (bxiXv)
Paul-bots are a seriously hate-filled crowd. LOVE is backwards in that graphic. Seems appropriate.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 09:52 PM (z9HTb)
Here's what it was really like, back when you were getting smoke blown up your skirt by the last administration.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 09:52 PM (r4wIV)
But he upgraded us to 57 states! What is the real estate value of those imaginary political units? Think of all the imaginary property taxes collected from the post-breathing voters who've moved to those states.
Obama achieved that with mere words. Imagine what he could do if we would just free him to display his true power! Let the kulaks beware!
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 09:52 PM (kcfmt)
okay I am the home improvement whiz
fixed the HVAC, yes it was a clogged drain trough as toby said it was
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 09:52 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2012 09:53 PM (tw6Ar)
"481In that respect he is literally anti-American,
Posted by: Optimizer at August 29, 2012 01:42 AM (As94z)
Serious question, can anyone list ways in which Obama is *pro*-American?"
Geez, dude! It's WAAY too late at night to ask people to work THAT hard. I mean, sure, there must be SOMETHING (I guess), but that's a pretty tough challenge...
WAIT ... Ooo! Ooooh!! I got it! Just fall back on the Standard Ace List of Obama accomplishments: Assassinating UBL, and producing his birth certificate.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:53 PM (As94z)
They need to understand that there's no quick fixes left and all the usual cheap accounting tricks have been tried and used up over the past 40 years or so. The only options left that will provide for the continuity of the United States as a nation are hard ones.
Worth repeating. The whole things is, actually.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 09:54 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:55 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 09:55 PM (kcfmt)
He likes living like one while spending american money. Other than that I got fucking squat.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 09:55 PM (FMbng)
Moot point. If that's the approach, then there won't even be a United States 20 years from now.
The salvation of this nation is no longer a political issue in the usual sense, its an existential issue. You choose to step back from the ledge, or you jump off and take your chances with whatever comes after the USA collapses.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 09:56 PM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 09:56 PM (3yCFy)
By Christmas 2013, the economy should be turned around... assuming no more Democrat-planted bombs go off in the mean time. But the work is just beginning then.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 09:57 PM (r4wIV)
489
Blast me on such a major Paul Ron Ryan Paul cluster bomb.
I fear the earthquake swarm has me a bit witless/drinking of large quanities
I slap myself....
Posted by: Richard at August 28, 2012 09:57 PM (wlisC)
" 489 Jus asking......
Posted by: Richard at August 29, 2012 01:45 AM (wlisC)
Present us with images of hot nekkid redheads and all shall be forgotten (whatever it is that needs forgetting)."
But that was already covered on the last thread! Well, topless, anyway. You do have to brace yourself for trying to unsee some of her other topless cohorts, however, and she was a bit sceevy, in a way.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 09:58 PM (As94z)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 09:58 PM (d/5qf)
"That's one huge pole in yer ass..."
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2012 01:38 AM (4ixH5)
fap fap fap fap fap fap fap
Posted by: Kal Penn at August 28, 2012 09:59 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 10:00 PM (3yCFy)
HVAC supply stores sell some tablets you can chuck in the pan that will prevent mold/fungus growth. Toss a few in periodically and the pan/drain lines will probably stay clear.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 10:00 PM (Nzm5s)
"That's one huge pole in yer ass..."
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2012 01:38 AM (4ixH5)
well....it would keep him from bowing to all the world's dictators.
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 10:00 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 28, 2012 10:00 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 28, 2012 10:01 PM (sZTYJ)
But with Mitt Romney? He's not the guy. We face a horrible fight to get the right thing done, and it will require steely resolve and the kind of dedication to the ideals of the founding fathers I see in Ryan, but not Romney. We're not going to make our way back out of this pit any other way. I don't want to encourage the Republicans to have a single excuse to avoid that.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 10:01 PM (r4wIV)
Romney got the nomination tonight?
What the fuckity fuck fuck happened to the brokered convention????
Posted by: The most pure conservative in the world at August 28, 2012 10:02 PM (1Y+hH)
Yeah, yeah. Ima light-weight. Piss off.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 10:02 PM (z9HTb)
maybe I will worry about it if it clogs up again
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 10:04 PM (d/5qf)
in a sense it's better to be a lightweight, otherwise you can go through 15 beers and hardly get buzzed
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 10:05 PM (d/5qf)
Mitt turned into a hell of a candidate. He's been pretty damn resolute and was wise and confident enough to pick Ryan. He won't be appointing Geithners and Sotamayors.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 10:07 PM (z9HTb)
Romney got the nomination tonight?
What the fuckity fuck fuck happened to the brokered convention????
Posted by: The most pure conservative in the world at August 29, 2012 02:02 AM (1Y+hH)
No no no. Dr. Paul has the delegates, he's gonna win when they count the votes!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Paulbots Everywhere at August 28, 2012 10:08 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 10:08 PM (3yCFy)
A lot of the engine of job creation has been destroyed outright though...not slowed down and capable of ramping again , destroyed, gone, kaput, sold off for scrap, employees and long term wisdom and institutional knowledge thrown to the wind. Companies that had been around for 30-50 years and employed hundreds/thousands of people are just gone. Business owners are packing it in and retiring in droves.
It takes decades to recreate the business infrastructure that has been totally vaporized by this depression...and we won't have a world war to spur it along this time, nor will we have the "last man standing" effect from winning WWII to keep it going.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 10:08 PM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 29, 2012 02:01 AM (sZTYJ)
Well I think I can get it on Amazon Marketplace for the low low price of $120 bucks! HAH!
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 10:09 PM (4ixH5)
My thirst for alcohol is cheap to quench.
That suits me :--)
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 10:09 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 10:09 PM (3yCFy)
510
YO.....NAHH....HOWDEY.....NAHH..."WAZZ UP! mr. frosty.....NAHH
"Good evening ChemJeff,
The CEO will see you now on your "Break Through formula!" He is also requesting dinner with you aboard his yacht tomorrow night........
Posted by: Richard at August 28, 2012 10:09 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: Mr at August 29, 2012 02:06 AM (1grxW)
523 !Posted by: Mrs at August 29, 2012 02:07 AM (d/5qf)
The post went off prematurely. I dreamt of Mooch's toned arms, sorry.
Posted by: Paulbots Everywhere at August 28, 2012 10:09 PM (1grxW)
It's a common problem.
Tueday marked the day our US debt exceeded $16 trillion. It took less than a year to get from $15 trillion. The current ceiling is $16.394 trillion, a point we are likely to reach before Nov. 6th.
Uh oh, ScoaMF.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 28, 2012 10:12 PM (ccXZP)
hmm that sounds mildly disturbing
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 10:13 PM (d/5qf)
That there is the kind of wisdom that will help my garden grow.
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 10:13 PM (z9HTb)
With a change at the top, that all changes too. I'm not saying we'll dig out of the hole overnight, but superficially at least, hiring would start again, unemployment would start to drop, and even the household worth might start climbing again.
You're right that things got messed up awfully bad, but we can turn it around pretty quickly, given the right atmosphere.
My problem is its all for nothing unless we get the debt turned around and the government backed off. It will just lead us to another crash in about 10 years or less, and probably a worse one. Ever since the great depression the US has gone from boom to bust every decade or so almost exactly on schedule. That's somewhat due to cyclical nature of a free market, but its also due to businesses being nailed by an ever increasing and powerful government, finding a way around it, getting nailed, staggering to its feet...
That has to change because every time they get up, they get knocked down harder. This time many of them never got back up.
But I'd argue a lot of the businesses, the old ones that went down for the count this time... were businesses due to fold anyway because of the change in the market. Montgomery Wards, places like that were great in the old days but with the internet the old mall/anchor store system just doesn't make sense any more.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 10:14 PM (r4wIV)
"422 I can't figure out why "you didn't build that" is hurting Obama when all his previous radically socialist cant he's puked out didn't matter at all before."
I think it's two things.
First, it wasn't as obvious last time. You shrug off a comment like the "Share the wealth" Joe the Plumber moment, dismissing it as "it's nice to share". Most people don't know enough about politics to recognize that as a slogan for socialism. They apparently still don't recognize "You didn't build that" as the standard rationalization of the kleptomaniacal socialist whose making an excuse for nationalizing the businesses he's talking about, but they CAN recognize it as insulting and un-American.
Second, the hysteria over the so-called "first black President" has finally calmed down. He hasn't lived up to most of what he promised, that everybody voted for - and I mean the EASY stuff that he has complete control over, like bipartisanship and transparency - and everybody's sick of waiting for the economy and employment to bounce back. They're more willing to see things that are critical.
People probably don't recognize his class warfare rhetoric as standard marxist fare, either, but many are probably at least looking upon it as finger-pointing. Another example would be his talking about more GM-style bailouts. They don't recognize Obama's satisfation with having partially-nationalized a large industry, and his thirst for doing more of it, but they don't see why he would want to be doing more bailouts, when no ther major employers are in big trouble right now.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 10:14 PM (As94z)
actually that is what finally did it for me, I used the compressed air can that I use to clean my computer case
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 10:14 PM (d/5qf)
Same with our business community. You can get a business started, and get it roaring in a Republican administration, but then a Democrat gets elected and your best option is to pack it in.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 10:14 PM (3yCFy)
eh I am sure SCOAMF and Turbo Tax Timmah will use every accounting gimmick they can to mask the spending until after the election
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 10:15 PM (d/5qf)
Pro Trick: Do that once more. This time take a metal cutting hole saw or saber saw with a metal blade and cut an access hole in the cover. You can get a blank 4" electrical box cover (octagon or square would work fine) at Home Depot for a buck or so that can be used as an access hole cover.
Now all you need to do is loosen the cover screws, slide it over, toss the pellets in, then slide the cover back and retighten the sheet metal screws you're screwing it down with. Some external foam insulation glued to the cover can be used to maintain the insulation integrity.
If you want to be able to aim and distribute the pellets around a bit, just shove a short length of PVC pipe through the hole and use it to aim the pellets.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 10:16 PM (Nzm5s)
They shouldn't and they won't. Over the past 100 years the USA has proven itself to be a very unreliable ally due to the nature of its ever changing presidency and retard congresses.
Anyone who relies on the USA doing something is a fool unless its a very short term thing that only spans one administration. I think half the problems in south america these days are because they took the Vietnam lesson to heart and realized they simply can't trust the USA.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 10:22 PM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 28, 2012 10:24 PM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee at August 28, 2012 10:24 PM (FeFBS)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 10:25 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2012 10:25 PM (kaalw)
first of all, u-6, or whatever you want to use, hasn't been the official measure of unemployment in this country EVER, and it isn't even tracked anymore tmk. u3 tracks "jobs progress" well enough, and nfp is as accurate a picture for anyone who wants more resolved data as is publically available.
furthermore, no republican needs to be associated with either the confusion or the drop in national economic morale that would be associated with a switch to reporting u6 as the primary number. low-information voters (read: almost everyone in the country) would probably end up associating obama's u3 numbers with romney's u6, and even if the economy improves significantly under romney such that the figures become comparable, that isn't a comparison that we win on, by any means.
higher-information voters won't see the benefit in switching to such a number when it doesn't actually provide any further information that isn't easily accessible, and they may even, in the worst case, think romney is some sort of petulant permanent politician running a ridiculous republican rehash of the "blame bush" bullshit.
(>.> butterflys are making me crazy is why)
voters are tired of negativity and blame-shifting, and aren't likely to respond well to romney's decidedly negative focus on u6.
the highest-information voters -- those who know that the government has NEVER used u6 (and doesn't even officially publish it anymore) -- are likely to have similar reactions to fairly-informed voters who don't really understand all the different economic indicators as well: they're likely to wonder why romney has decided to start publishing a bleaker picture of the economy, using the hardest-core unemployment figure he can scrounge up (or at least harder-core figures than those used by every government in history that has published such numbers). especially since romney's campaign is running on a fairly-positive message of "putting america back to work", any Big News Move that emphasises the more negative aspects of our economic stagnation would seem to be retrospectively incongruent with the tenor of his campaign.
one doesn't have to be a doomsayer to paint a realistically bleak picture of our country's dire fiscal situation.
if micheal savage or mark levin or some other radio crazy is bleating about this issue, you ought to call in and set him straight. if, otherwise, you came up with it on your own...well, *surely* you just didn't think it through?
Posted by: jimi ray at August 29, 2012 02:09 AM (79EF9)
No, I have no idea if Savage or Levin are talking about it, but most business commentators and financial networks are talking about U6. We in the business world don't really give a shit what Rachel Maddow or the esteemed businessman Al Sharpton think about the economy, because frankly they are idiots. We care about the numbers behind the numbers. We need information on what the real strength of the economy is, and sunshine, it isn't strong. Why do we use the U6 numbers, because that was what the libs decided to use when Bush was President, and U3 was in the 4's, so they kept pushing that real unemployment was above that.
When you get outside of the liberal enclaves in the tony sections of cities, you can see that people are hurting. Try going to a WalMart, and in the parking lot you will see all kinds of BMW's, Mercedes and Range Rovers. People know the economy is in the shitter, and the only ones who say all is well are too busy giving fellatio to the SCOAMF.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 28, 2012 10:27 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 10:27 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 28, 2012 10:28 PM (dKCSI)
@537
I was going to say roughly the same thing.
There is an unimaginable amount of capital, just screaming to be invested, and the really mind-boggling thing about it is that the US ia STILL the best game in town.
It wouldn't even take until November. If Romney pulls ahead in the polls significantly, even THAT would be enough to give investors that confidence that they can invest their money in businesses without undo worry about the government coming in and either destroying it, or stealing their profits. The economy has been dying to unleash a real recovery for a long time now.
As to the destruction to date, the new economy is probably not so dependent on the stuff that be lost. My main worry would be getting the entrepreneurs past their PTSD.
Posted by: Optimizer at August 28, 2012 10:28 PM (As94z)
Posted by: ザ・ ポリティカル・ ハ at August 28, 2012 10:33 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 10:35 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: 翠星石 ~です at August 28, 2012 10:35 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 28, 2012 10:36 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 28, 2012 10:36 PM (dKCSI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2012 10:38 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 29, 2012 01:55 AM (3yCFy)
familiarity breeds the cat.
Posted by: jc at August 28, 2012 10:39 PM (ufJKx)
In DC Comics' new Green Lantern Annual, author Geoff Johns is shaking up the superhero's mythos by introducing a new Green Lantern to replace Hal Jordan, an Arab-American known as "Baz".
Rather transparent bit of ant hill poking there, DC.
However, you do certainly suck.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 28, 2012 10:41 PM (kdS6q)
I think the Christie speech reminding people that we have some tough times in our immediate future was the kind of thing that a party that is actually preparing to lead would do. Contrast with Ofuckup -- can run for office but has absolutely no fucking skills of any kind once he gets there. He has no idea that preparations are even needed, much less what they might be.
Posted by: jc at August 28, 2012 10:44 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: jc at August 29, 2012 02:40 AM (ufJKx)
so you went the boring route of something really fucking boring....your fortitude is better than mine
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2012 10:44 PM (tw6Ar)
This manifests in a wide variety of ways. For instance, there is talk of "tort reform" in medicine....but it's not that excess and obscene tort awards popped out of nowhere -- it has been a clear government policy to run the court system like a lottery, where anyone aggrieved gets to spin the wheel to see if they "get lucky" and extract millions from a business. Under EMTALA, you can spin the wheel again -- if you're a pregnant drunk illegal alien on meth and can stumble across our porous borders, hospitals cannot deny your infant care that can run to a couple of million dollars. Under the Community Reinvestment Act, banks have to disregard factors that change the possibility of actually getting repaid when they make loans.
In all these cases, and thousands more, real resources.....real time and money and equipment and people.....are diverted from where they could do the most good into government-sanctioned clusterfucks. And then the bureaucrats and statists scratch their asses and wonder why real work isn't getting done so they can tax the crap out of it.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2012 10:46 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 29, 2012 02:41 AM (kdS6q)
Maybe he's an Arab Christian who learned to overcome great fear preventing his wife from getting gang raped by Sunnis?
BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
Who am I kidding, it's the other way around.
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 10:48 PM (4ixH5)
hi cthulhu, how are the tentacles tonite
Posted by: chemjeff at August 29, 2012 02:37 AM (d/5qf)
Whenever I get distracted, I find the tentacles winding around imaginary necks.....
How's life for you? Did you see http://tinyurl.com/cdjhgo4 about Fapplebee's?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2012 10:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: jc at August 29, 2012 02:40 AM (ufJKx)
so you went the boring route of something really fucking boring....your fortitude is better than mine
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2012 02:44 AM (tw6Ar)
better than mine, too. but I am getting used to it. think of me when you are watching a shitload of truly obnoxious political ads. I will be not be watching (and not be missing) every single one of them.
Posted by: jc at August 28, 2012 10:53 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 28, 2012 10:54 PM (dKCSI)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at August 28, 2012 10:54 PM (3yCFy)
http://tinyurl.com/8vspp4w
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2012 02:52 AM (4ixH5)
I sent her $10. I'm more worried about the senate, and the presidential race is HUGE, but I'd love to see her take this one.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2012 10:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 28, 2012 10:57 PM (dKCSI)
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 11:00 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: zeera at August 28, 2012 11:03 PM (XtxRN)
Posted by: rimi jay at August 28, 2012 11:04 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2012 11:04 PM (sZTYJ)
http://tinyurl.com/8g2snjp
A lotta dudes, unfortunately, but for the 'Ettes? Anything.
Though all the ones with the Army dudes are fucking hilarious.
For the rest of us I link to the most pleasing image of the bunch.
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 11:04 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 11:17 PM (4ixH5)
The number of gun owners in the Czech Republic is rising, statistics by
the police as well as the Czech Proof House for Arms and Ammunition have
revealed.
In the first half of 2012, holders of gun licenses in the
country
bought the same amount of pistols and rifles as during the whole of last
year.
According to the police, there is now one gun for every 14th person in the country - totaling 700,000 legally-held guns.
Posted by: redrider at August 28, 2012 11:24 PM (h6XiD)
Posted by: Robert at August 28, 2012 11:28 PM (4ixH5)
I am aware of his problematic stances on certain issues. I am glad that he remains the governor of Jersey rather than the VP candidate. And I think that he was a great choice for this particular role at the RNC.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 28, 2012 11:36 PM (yJYwC)
I have this theory that goes that part of the Dem appeal is the idea that wimminz can have the gov't be their husband and they don't have to find one, accept one, put up with one, treat one decent, or what-have-you.
What do I do with this theory when it comes to an Ann Romney speech? Part of what she is saying is that she found a husband and is glad about it. How will the 'gov't is my husband' wimminz react to her? She sure as hell ain't gonna step aside and give them her hubby, so in what way does her story reach them?
Posted by: jc at August 28, 2012 11:37 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Robert at August 29, 2012 03:28 AM (4ixH5)
guy and a fox do business in medieval times. It's business centric
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2012 11:39 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 29, 2012 03:39 AM (tw6Ar)
Any good? Or is it like watching Calculon doing taxes?
Posted by: Robert sez spot the reference at August 28, 2012 11:43 PM (4ixH5)
wasn't the annihilation of the Ichiki Detachment on Guadalcanal at Alligator Creek on August 21, 1942? That is, just days before the Milne Bay denouement? That, I believe, was the first defeat of Japanese land forces by an Allied force.
Posted by: non-purist at August 29, 2012 01:11 AM In terms of relatively large combat, yes, it was. Milne Bay followed Henderson. The first head to head jap defeat was inflicted by the Marines. Milne Bay was the first battle that resulted in a campaign and ultimately, strategic defeat. That was the real importance and what Slim was talking about. How the tide could be turned by a small force, in a decisive battle.
Posted by: otho at August 28, 2012 11:44 PM (yBF/9)
It's fairly unique in the anime field. Reminds me of the Warner Bros. cartoon where Elmer Fudd as the King of the Elves teaches capitalism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUGJmo7XzS8
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 11:54 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Picasa Tucasa at August 28, 2012 11:55 PM (MPItq)
--
Since when are those conditions mutually exclusive?
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at August 28, 2012 11:59 PM (Y5I9o)
U3 is fake and has always been fake. Its based on unreliable survey data and a broken business creation/extinction model that never worked. It has no basis whatsoever in reality because no hard data is used at any point in its calculation, which makes it subject to the whims of whatever regime is in power.
We need a metric not subject to political manipulation that is based on hard data.
If you prefer fiction over non-fiction, then stick with U3.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 29, 2012 12:15 AM (Nzm5s)
Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2012 12:18 AM (ZO/oN)
Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2012 12:19 AM (ZO/oN)
Geez, the media is treating a TS the same way a hooker goes down on a politician.
Doesn't this happen every year?
Posted by: Infidel at August 29, 2012 12:22 AM (ZO/oN)
The topless ginger looked out of place in that crowd. She was waaaayyyy to hot (I have a weakness for red heads). They must have rented her.
Posted by: stillers at August 29, 2012 12:50 AM (P/aK2)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 29, 2012 01:06 AM (zrpqj)
Posted by: That Other Chicken at August 29, 2012 01:19 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 29, 2012 02:06 AM (oZfic)
Our Diggers did a sterling job there, and we're rightly proud of them. Or would be if we actually knew about Milne Bay. A lot of us still don't.
Posted by: Gregoryno6 at August 29, 2012 02:16 AM (sYQbK)
Posted by: cynder ella at August 29, 2012 02:16 AM (oZfic)
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Posted by: Bush Levy Saboteur Sleeper Cell at August 29, 2012 03:04 AM (mxnUd)
Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at August 29, 2012 06:34 AM (L4CWX)
Posted by: Mekan at August 29, 2012 06:39 AM (hm8tW)
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In '08 Romney was the "conservative" candidate and favored by many on the right. I've been a Romney supporter for a long time and I am shocked that there is still this leftover BS from the primaries. Mitt has been moving openly right for a long time. I suspect he has always had a conservative heart - got love a kid who shaves the head of hippie student, and in college protested the protesters.
With that said - Mitt crushing Obama would send a HUGE message. Not just that conservatism is on the ascendency, but that America hates that out of the closet socialist/commie. Moving left is not the way we want to go. BUT NOOO you don't want a big win, you want a tiny win - because why? Mitt is not good enough... you fell for the propaganda during the primaries about who Mitt really is.
Posted by: Evan Maughan at August 29, 2012 07:55 AM (Qf7UF)
Too bad they weren't lucky and called Carter or Clinton or Obama or ..
Posted by: Gerry at August 29, 2012 11:11 AM (GFSRQ)
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