October 30, 2012
— rdbrewer Bret Baier updated his Benghazi investigation. It's in three parts on Youtube. (Below the fold.)
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Posted by: Old Grey Lady at October 30, 2012 10:06 AM (dZ756)
Posted by: MFM at October 30, 2012 10:06 AM (cTjRR)
Posted by: Cheribebe at October 30, 2012 10:07 AM (9dWvN)
Posted by: National Enquirer at October 30, 2012 10:08 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 10:08 AM (d4o2E)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming not nearly soon enough. at October 30, 2012 10:10 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Vic at October 30, 2012 10:12 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: PR at October 30, 2012 10:12 AM (KHo8t)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, not wearing my Giants jersey any longer at October 30, 2012 10:12 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 10:13 AM (d4o2E)
Posted by: Trial Balloon at October 30, 2012 10:13 AM (vYB+W)
For those who've watched this, did Brett out ValJar's role in this? (Linky goes to Canada Free Press.)
Posted by: RushBabe at October 30, 2012 10:13 AM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 10:14 AM (8y9MW)
Only if Tyrone Woods' dad gets on Dancing With The Stars.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 30, 2012 10:15 AM (QKKT0)
Case Closed !!!
Posted by: Gerg at October 30, 2012 10:15 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Trial Balloon at October 30, 2012 02:13 PM
They're probably checking to see how many buses have been hired out to cover train outages in the Northeast before Valerie makes the decision
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 10:17 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Redd at October 30, 2012 10:17 AM (Lom3Z)
Posted by: MFM of the Future at October 30, 2012 10:18 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Vic at October 30, 2012 10:18 AM (YdQQY)
It still stuns me- the whole situation.
We knew that Libya was a home for terrorism
We knew that the entire Libyan delegation (both Tripoli and Benghazi) had sub-standard security.
We knew that a terror attack on 9/11 was likely.
Yet Obama and his Admin did nothing.
Then, when the attack occurred, we had assets ACROSS TOWN who could have helped, but were told to stand down. Two of those who died were part of that group who disobeyed the stand down order, in the process saving about 20 lives.
Even if we hadn't had those assets, we had assets that could have been there in an hour (air support only), or 3 hours (ground troops, too). The fight lasted 7 hours, but that support never came.
Afterwords, Obama and his Admin covered up for the actual perpetrators- the terrorists who killed our Ambassador- by blaming a YouTube video.
I'm losing my temper just thinking about it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 10:19 AM (8y9MW)
Obama stays in office: Holder's justice department does nothing,
Obama leaves office: paperwork is declared secret and locked away, so nobody can do anything.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:20 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 30, 2012 10:20 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 10:20 AM (e0xKF)
RT @robport: Twenty Percent Of Newspapers That Backed Obama In 2008 Have Flipped To Romney http://goo.gl/fb/DvTQw
SUCK IT, GERG.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 30, 2012 10:20 AM (DKxu1)
Posted by: MFM at October 30, 2012 02:06 PM
Hey, we want to talk about Romney wanting to eliminate FEMA by taking a debate answer way out of context !!!
Posted by: The MBM at October 30, 2012 10:20 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Trial Balloon at October 30, 2012 02:13 PM
We were talking about this earlier today. Can a federal election be delayed by anything other than a declaration of martial law?
Posted by: huerfano at October 30, 2012 10:21 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Al at October 30, 2012 10:21 AM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:21 AM (r4wIV)
http://is.gd/sFTRPM
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 30, 2012 10:21 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 30, 2012 10:21 AM (ck76k)
I'm losing my temper just thinking about it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 02:19 PM (8y9MW)
Someone really should blog about it so there's some place to point people should they want to read about it.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 30, 2012 10:22 AM (UK9cE)
But what executive will do so, given that it protects them, too?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:22 AM (r4wIV)
Yeah. Maybe I'll look around to see if someone has done that...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 10:23 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:23 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 02:19 PM (8y9MW)
Allen, I'm getting the feeling that you don't feel that Valerie Jarrett's turn as a Chicago slumlord qualifies her to be CiC! See link @17.
Posted by: RushBabe at October 30, 2012 10:23 AM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 02:23 PM (8y9MW)
Let us know if you find something!!
That's important stuff. Maybe Ace would link it!!! Front. Page. News.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 30, 2012 10:24 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:25 AM (r4wIV)
He didn't just ignore it, he caused it.
Posted by: Vic at October 30, 2012 10:25 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: comatus at October 30, 2012 10:25 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Cornelius Stool at October 30, 2012 10:25 AM (75f1S)
Posted by: The MFM at October 30, 2012 10:25 AM (FcR7P)
I don't buy that or the altitude excuse. More than a few people who've been around TFG said that's the REAL Obama, the disinterested arrogant condescending prick the MSM tries to hide.
The problem was that the American people were never supposed to see the real Obama publicly
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 10:25 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Barack Obama, Not That Into Being The President at October 30, 2012 10:25 AM (B/VB5)
There in no honor in B. Hussein Obama. None.
Courage either.
(insert massive white hot rage rant here)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 30, 2012 10:26 AM (PHb2k)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 10:26 AM (BuSM8)
One that doesn't expect to need the farking protection for everything they've done?
General Ham, you're recalled. I order you to cooperate.
There are plenty of ways to nudge around the edge.
And a flat out, Day 1 "I revoke every single Executive Order from TFG" would skip over arguing the details of the many (many, many) wild EOs. If there are some that need to be reissued, they can be.
Posted by: Al at October 30, 2012 10:26 AM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Oblameless at October 30, 2012 10:26 AM (BHM5V)
Posted by: The Entire O'Bumbles Administration at October 30, 2012 10:26 AM (71LDo)
Posted by: 7 days at October 30, 2012 10:26 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:27 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 10:28 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 30, 2012 10:28 AM (GvYeG)
Obama leaves office: paperwork is declared secret and locked away, so nobody can do anything.
What's he going to do to Romney if he opens them? Further, I'm betting that this gang isn't going to leave anything incriminating laying around. The shredders are probably working full out as we type.
Posted by: RushBabe at October 30, 2012 10:28 AM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: Meremortal at October 30, 2012 10:29 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 02:28 PM (B/VB5)
Kind of hoping Romney does it too but we know he won't. Dammit.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 10:29 AM (BuSM8)
I agree, and I wouldn't stop there, I'd immediately start an examination of all executive orders ever given back to the Coolidge administration, one president at a time and yanking all the ones that were dated, unnecessary, wrong, or unconstitutional.
I'd make a big deal out of it too. Big announcements, stuff on the website, interviews, lists, make sure everyone knew. Frame it in terms of liberty and shrinking government.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:29 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Truman North at October 30, 2012 10:30 AM (W4PwN)
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 30, 2012 10:31 AM (SUKHu)
34....Can a federal election be delayed by anything other than a declaration of martial law?
Even if it's not officially 'delayed'...the final results can be contested.
"Voters were disenfranchized by the storm!" --- will likely be the excuse.
So in effect, yes, they can delay a federal election...even without making an official declaration as such.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 10:31 AM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Nate at October 30, 2012 10:32 AM (gsy5B)
General Ham, you're recalled. I order you to cooperate.
The same Gen. Ham that Tepid Air is reporting has retired?
Posted by: RushBabe at October 30, 2012 10:32 AM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: Nate at October 30, 2012 10:33 AM (gsy5B)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 10:33 AM (wwsoB)
What's he going to do to Romney if he opens them? Further, I'm betting that this gang isn't going to leave anything incriminating laying around. The shredders are probably working full out as we type.
Posted by: RushBabe
Romney won't do anything. Like it or not, he's not that kind of shark.
Oh, that legislation that turns former Presidents papers into sealed documents?
Thank you, President Bush.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 30, 2012 10:34 AM (DKxu1)
Posted by: Truman North at October 30, 2012 10:34 AM (W4PwN)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro,VT at October 30, 2012 10:36 AM (48wze)
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/156182/
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 10:36 AM (wwsoB)
That only works if the votes are close and I don't think they're gonna be close enough in any state that goes Romney.
That's the purpose behind all those fake voter registrations, to set up contest for tight elections, but they have to be really tight.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:37 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:38 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 30, 2012 10:40 AM (AZGON)
Hey, look, there goes that vein in my forehead again!
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 10:40 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Truman North at October 30, 2012 02:34 PM (W4PwN)
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This is what I'm afraid of if the election is close, not only for prez. but for all the other national offices.
We must win decisively. I think it's going to happen.
Posted by: Soona at October 30, 2012 10:40 AM (eTaqZ)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 30, 2012 10:40 AM (GvYeG)
So I've mentioned several times that my BIL is currently in Shitcanistan and wouldn't be here for the birth. Enter the wonderful invention of Skype. Due to the size of the previous 2 kids and wanting to try and allow my BIL to be "there", they induced my SIL about 1 1/2 weeks early. My SIL is in the hospital, nurses/doc check her and say "You're at about 4 cm, we'll come check you again in a bit." SIL has the laptop set up and is talking with her husband. Next thing you know, BABY ON THE FUCKING BED. That's right, no pushing, very little in the way of contractions and the baby quite literally falls out onto the bed. Pandemonium ensues. BIL is yelling "HOLY FUCK!!! She's here, she's here!!!" SIL is yelling for nurses. Nurses and doctors bum rushing the room.
Everybody's doing fine. Kinley is a healthy baby girl at 21 inches and 7lbs 6oz. (Which is close to 3lbs lighter than kid #2. Which may explain the easy birth.)
Just thought I'd share the good news and craziness. Carry on.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 10:41 AM (da5Wo)
Yes. An officer that retires is generally 'inactive reserve'. Not positive it is all branches, but my understanding is that they're still "in" the military unless they renounce their commission or are court martialed. That is: They're still military, and they can be recalled.
Posted by: Al at October 30, 2012 10:41 AM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 10:42 AM (8y9MW)
70 >> More than a few people who've been around TFG said that's the REAL Obama, the disinterested arrogant condescending prick the MSM tries to hide.
Watch the video of him saying "the police acted stupidly".
I read that quote for months before accidentally seeing the video of it.
What. An. Asshole.
Also, Barky has to keep those Harvard professors happy.
He sealed records there...that he desperately wants to keep sealed.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 10:42 AM (ipkPX)
They're exposed. They have no reason to obey the law.
They have been handed a perfect excuse to step in and stop the election.
It will all be framed reasonably and calmly. The Media will promulgate the steps that will supposed to happen and either shun or excoriate anyone who questions their motives.
Those who are too vociferous and too public may find themselves incommunicado with no one knowing they've been silenced. (all it takes is a few days)
Then will come the excuses to extend the date of the future elections.
Keep in mind, this is how it's BEEN DONE in the past by other regimes in other countries. As a geezer, I've seen it happen.
Oh, sure, you say, "well that was in some 3rd world country".
And I say "yeah". "What's your POINT?"
It will all sound almost normal. They will underplay the importance and the breaking of a 240 year string of elections passing the power from one group to another. They will be helped by all the pieces done by the Media playing up the necessity, the fairness, they will bring forth examples (real or imagined) they will ignore others that are more threatening.
They are not just going to steal votes and stuff ballot boxes, they are going to steal the election outright and the country.
And it will all look good on paper.
Think you can fight them if they decide they're going to delay the election? Tell me how?
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 10:42 AM (hqI/K)
Next thing you know, BABY ON THE FUCKING BED. That's right, no pushing, very little in the way of contractions and the baby quite literally falls out onto the bed.
There's a Dane Cook joke about this.
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 10:43 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 02:41 PM (da5Wo)
Many congratulations to them, and a fine choice of name, if I do say so myself. o_O
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at October 30, 2012 10:43 AM (CoeMR)
Hilarious.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:43 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Infidel at October 30, 2012 10:44 AM (O/fK8)
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 02:43 PM (GQ8sn)
My favorite Dane Cook moment, the end of Mr. Brooks.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 10:44 AM (da5Wo)
I just put up a post on my blog (link in nic) showing polling trendlines over the last 6 days since all of this broke. Romney has moved up every day, and has gained 0.6% strength over that period in all my models.
It is getting out.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 30, 2012 10:45 AM (USExO)
Just thought I'd share the good news and craziness. Carry on.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 02:41 PM (da5Wo)
Glad to hear it. Is Kinley short for MacKenzie or something? Never heard that name before.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 10:45 AM (BuSM8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 10:46 AM (da5Wo)
How will we stop the sun from going nova! It might!!!!!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:46 AM (r4wIV)
Also, Barky has to keep those Harvard professors happy.
He sealed records there...that he desperately wants to keep sealed.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 02:42 PM (ipkPX)
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And they'll stay sealed, no matter how the election goes. We'll probably never know for sure about that part of his past (or any of his real past, for that matter).
Posted by: Soona at October 30, 2012 10:46 AM (eTaqZ)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 30, 2012 10:46 AM (GvYeG)
Haha! Rightly so!
His joke was about that woman in Arkansas whose family is on that 19 Kids and Counting. He said her vagina must be so wide by now that babies just appear out of it like the Stargate. WHOOOOSH!!! A new baby!
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 10:46 AM (GQ8sn)
89...Just thought I'd share the good news and craziness. Carry on.
Very cool news. Thanks BCochran.
Let's hope they don't name the baby 'Sandy'.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 10:47 AM (ipkPX)
Matthew 7:1-2
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 10:47 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 02:45 PM (BuSM
Nope, not short for anything. Really? Cause she's the third or fourth that my fam knows in the last couple years.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 10:48 AM (da5Wo)
Matthew 7:1-2
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 02:47 PM (BAnPT)
Bayonet in the ass optional or mandatory?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 10:48 AM (BuSM8)
Kind of like seeing front page posts about topics you covered days ago. Not that you would know how that feels, Allen /sarc
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 30, 2012 10:48 AM (USExO)
In case the thread's not yet politicized, during my door-to-door gotv efforts last Saturday, was heartened and surprised at how many people brought up Benghazi. I truly think both sides have underestimated how upset people are.
Because you can complain about Bush all you want, he wouldn't have left people to die. And now we KNOW O will.
Posted by: Biblio Knocking on Your Door at October 30, 2012 10:49 AM (7o8VY)
Posted by: Infidel at October 30, 2012 10:49 AM (O/fK8)
Posted by: Cricket at October 30, 2012 10:49 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 02:48 PM (da5Wo)
Yeah, never heard of it before. No biggie. Glad to hear about it, though. Congrats to all.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 10:49 AM (BuSM8)
Posted by: 7 days at October 30, 2012 10:50 AM (LpQbZ)
How will we stop the sun from going nova! It might!!!!! Posted by: Christopher Taylor
Actually, it will. It's too small to go supernova (a different phenomenon).
Posted by: Old Grey Lady at October 30, 2012 10:50 AM (dZ756)
Posted by: Soona at October 30, 2012 10:50 AM (eTaqZ)
1) Panetta announced that his replacement would be Rodriguez in an odd press briefing on something else entirely.
2) Panetta and Ham press conference, with Ham keeping his yap shut.
3) Later it's announced that Ham is retiring.
None of them mean anything necessarily other than the comment "Calendars, how do they work?!?" is beyond moronic.
Posted by: Al at October 30, 2012 10:50 AM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash - Who Knows How To Have A War On Women at October 30, 2012 10:51 AM (feFL6)
OK I let the Ham thing go a few days ago. Did he get reassigned or did he retire?
It was first reported that he was immediately reassigned to the Pentagon. I saw a comment this morning that said, according to Tepid Air, he was retiring.
Posted by: RushBabe at October 30, 2012 10:51 AM (tQHzJ)
Personally I prefer more traditional, Americana names but we're pretty much losing that history, tradition, and culture.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:51 AM (r4wIV)
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 02:47 PM (BAnPT)
Yeah ? I don't have a problem with this. I don't believe in the non judgemental myth. What point are you trying to make ?
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 30, 2012 10:51 AM (nTgAI)
Internet FAIL: The truth about that Tea Party sorority girl you saw on Facebook
http://tinyurl.com/8ro6jdk
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 10:52 AM (wwsoB)
Same way we're going to stop the sea levels from changing and making the type and amount of precipitation consistent from year to year. MORE TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT!
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 30, 2012 10:52 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (GvYeG)
Personally I prefer more traditional, Americana names but we're pretty much losing that history, tradition, and culture.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 02:51 PM (r4wIV)
Stupid kid naming IS an American tradition.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (z1N6a)
kathleenparker @kathleenparker
Forget Romney/Obama. I'm betting lots are thinking President Bloomberg this morning.
Retweeted by JammieWearingFool
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (wwsoB)
116 I can't watch the vid's at work. What is new from the Sun. afternoon update he did?
That's what the vids are...the update that he aired this past weekend.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (ipkPX)
Posted by: irright at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (pMGkg)
Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (WY3bD)
None. Polls might stall in their movement toward Romney, but no one is going to change their minds because he knows where the FEMA office building is.
On actual turnout, it hurts him because his early voters are getting to the polls. He is already behind where he needs to be on early votes, and needed this week to try and catch up. This is particularly the case in Ohio.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (USExO)
Posted by: rooty tooty breakfast guy at October 30, 2012 10:53 AM (Kaabf)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 30, 2012 10:54 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:54 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 10:54 AM (BuSM8)
Actually, It's just a link here with a couple more of my thoughts, but it's up nonetheless.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 10:54 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 10:55 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 30, 2012 10:55 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Infidel at October 30, 2012 10:56 AM (O/fK8)
Forget Romney/Obama. I'm betting lots are thinking President Bloomberg this morning.
Retweeted by JammieWearingFool
AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*gasps for breath*
AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 30, 2012 02:55 PM (AZGON)
Bwhahhahaaahahaaaa ! that's all I have to add
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 30, 2012 10:56 AM (nTgAI)
Its becoming one, yeah. I don't mind alternate ethnic names like Catriona or something but when 13 year old girls start naming kids it gets ridiculous. My baby is named D'Queesha! That's right, you got a problem with that!!??! Its African!!!
I done named my baby girl after her daddy's favorite cereal, Froot Loops! She's Froot Loops Smith!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:56 AM (r4wIV)
And, by "traditional, Americana names" you're referring to names like "David" and "Christopher" and "James" right?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 10:56 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: 7 days at October 30, 2012 10:57 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 30, 2012 10:59 AM (BuSM8)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 10:59 AM (r4wIV)
The thing to remember is that they haven't had much time to get choppers in the air because of the weather. The first chopper images are just getting shown on local tv this afternoon and while it could have been a hell of a lot worse with just a few more inches of water, I'm upping my loss estimate from this morning to 50 billion in NJ alone. That's some serious money.
Entire towns are closed for days to come because of streets gone, gas mains ruptured and leaking, wires down, boats in the street, ...
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash - Who Knows How To Have A War On Women at October 30, 2012 10:59 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: PR at October 30, 2012 02:12 PM (KHo8t)
our guys on the ground held out as long as they could. Called for help 3 times but were refused. President went to bed at the WH while Ambassador was still alive; flew to Vegas next day to campaign. Four dead. Nothing but lies from officials. Except for Fox News, total blackout in the press.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 10:59 AM (8sCoq)
Its becoming one, yeah. I don't mind alternate ethnic names like Catriona or something but when 13 year old girls start naming kids it gets ridiculous. My baby is named D'Queesha! That's right, you got a problem with that!!??! Its African!!!
I done named my baby girl after her daddy's favorite cereal, Froot Loops! She's Froot Loops Smith!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 02:56 PM (r4wIV)
Ever hear of States Rights Gist, a Civil War general?
It is an old old tradition.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 11:00 AM (z1N6a)
MFM: We would do a report on it to except that it's RACIST!!!
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 30, 2012 11:00 AM (1Jaio)
133...Stupid kid naming IS an American tradition.
My mama named me after the car she got pregnant in.
But I named by baby 'Obamapho'!
Posted by: Chevelle... at October 30, 2012 11:01 AM (ipkPX)
Just cleaning out the subways in Manhattan and Brooklyn is going to take weeks.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:01 AM (r4wIV)
153 By traditional Americana names I mean names that the greatest bulk of humans living in America and considering themselves Americans would name their kids up until around 1980. What background and historical origins those names have is irrelevant, they became part of American culture.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 02:59 PM (r4wIV)
So American tradition and culture stops at 1980?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 11:01 AM (da5Wo)
Just pointing out that the cultures that spawned those names might be surprised to find out they're "traditional Americana."
Frankly, I have absolutely no problem with "real" cultural names, or with derivative, but new, names. The "let's pick random syllabols" names really annoy me, though.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 11:02 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Cricket at October 30, 2012 11:02 AM (DrC22)
Yes. I'm thinking of an America where Dr Pepper is outlawed and deep-fryers are confiscated.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 11:02 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Countrysquire at October 30, 2012 11:02 AM (QB3JR)
This.
Someone ought to make a movie or something.
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 11:03 AM (GQ8sn)
You know why you heard of that name? Because it stood out and was very unusual and weird.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:03 AM (r4wIV)
Seems like dipshit manbearpig can't keep his mouth shut. He is a parody of his self .
Former vice president-turned-climate-change-activist Al Gore warned Tuesday that the storm that ravaged the East Coast Monday is “a disturbing sign of things to come.”
“We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather,” Gore said in a statement posted on his blog Tuesday afternoon.
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 30, 2012 11:03 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:03 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: wankette at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (qNhTJ)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 02:53 PM (z1N6a)
That sounds an awful lot like you just insulted my new niece's name. But I'm sure I'm just reading it wrong. Right?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (da5Wo)
Really?
Posted by: Former residents of Fukushima Japan [/i] [/b] at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (DKxu1)
I doubt Christie's slobbering will have any push for zO
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (HNwOT)
A pro-Syrian government Facebook page, News Network of the Syrian Armed Forces, is reporting that the hurricane that touched down on the East Coast of the United States is not a natural catastrophe. Rather, itÂ’s the work of Syrian and Iranian scientists.
“Sources have confirmed that Hurricane Sandy, now buffeting America, was instigated by highly advanced technology in the possession of the Resisting Iranian regime and in coordination with our [Syrian] Resisting regime. These same sources have confirmed that there are experts in Syria who have contributed to this effort. This is punishment for those who attack Assad’s Syria.”
... we're talking about a weather control gap.
Posted by: Nikola Tesla at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (8sCoq)
When My mama named me after her favorite drink she also picked my profession.
Posted by: Cristal the stripper at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (tf9Ne)
Wait, what??
Something got flooded?
Do tell...
Posted by: Nashville at October 30, 2012 02:53 PM (1Y+hH)
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And some homes were burned?
Whaaa?
Posted by: Texas and Oklahoma at October 30, 2012 11:04 AM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Cheribebe at October 30, 2012 11:05 AM (9dWvN)
... I guess I'll let this drop, too many touchy parents. Its a lost cause anyway, American tradition and culture is pretty well despised in the country anyway.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:05 AM (r4wIV)
Seaside Heights, NJ
http://tinyurl.com/9r6a8f2
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash - Who Knows How To Have A War On Women at October 30, 2012 02:51 PM (feFL6)
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Wave action, baby. This roller coaster was on a pier.
Posted by: Soona at October 30, 2012 11:05 AM (eTaqZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (E3wUU)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (e0xKF)
They retasked FEMA so that all communications are to be sent out via Twitter only. No radio or TV announcements. No phone calls to report power outages and so forth.
not everyone uses Twitter. what dumbasses
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: Bart at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: a boy named sue at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (Kaabf)
“Sources have confirmed that Hurricane Sandy, now buffeting America, was instigated by highly advanced technology in the possession of the Resisting Iranian regime and in coordination with our [Syrian] Resisting regime. These same sources have confirmed that there are experts in Syria who have contributed to this effort. This is punishment for those who attack Assad’s Syria.”
Dat is right! You heard right!
Posted by: Brought to you by the same people who use their hands for toilet tissue at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (tQHzJ)
I insulted your new niece's name by saying I prefer older more traditional names? People need to calm down.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (r4wIV)
Meh.
This would not make even the local news down
South. Yankees=pussies.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 30, 2012 11:06 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 30, 2012 03:01 PM (da5Wo)
Plus lets ignore strange names from before 1980.
Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana, anyone?
Or Billy Sherman, who was also named Tecumseh?
Note that both these fellows were named after an Indian that had been at war with the states their parents lived in, just a few years before.
Kind of like naming a kid "Sadaam" today.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 11:07 AM (z1N6a)
Former vice president-turned-climate-change-activist Al Gore warned Tuesday that the storm that ravaged the East Coast Monday is “a disturbing sign of things to come.”
"Disturbing sign of things to come?" Maybe he was talking about releasing another chakra.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 30, 2012 11:07 AM (U+DUu)
He meant names like "Two Dogs Fucking"
Posted by: Betty Warren at October 30, 2012 11:07 AM (z9HTb)
Oh hell no.
Ebenezer! Epaphroditus! Hiram! Eleazer! Hezekiah! Cyrus! Theophilus!
Obedience! Clementine! Lucretia! Theodosia! Bertha! Hester! Gertrude!
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 30, 2012 11:07 AM (ZKzrr)
On Tuesday, Obama got an update on Hurricane Sandy via teleconference in the White House's Situation Room.
Take the next 7 days off Barry. Then you can take the rest of your life off too. 4 years of being prezzy is more than enough
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 30, 2012 11:07 AM (1Jaio)
2036 or so.
Posted by: John Titor at October 30, 2012 11:07 AM (YEelc)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 03:05 PM (r4wIV)
You need to learn something about what you claim to be a champion of, dude.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 11:08 AM (z1N6a)
Sir Francis Bacon weeps at the eloquence and profundity of thought in that statement.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 30, 2012 11:08 AM (QKKT0)
Probably yesterday, but they are less common than they used to be. More rural areas tend to be more willing to tap into names of grandparents etc than urban ones.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Countrysquire at October 30, 2012 03:02 PM (QB3JR)
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It will seem odd to call an 90 year old great grandmother Kimmi.
Posted by: Soona at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (eTaqZ)
Twitter only. No radio or TV announcements. No phone calls to report
power outages and so forth.
not everyone uses Twitter. what dumbasses
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 03:06 PM (HNwOT)
If this is true it's totally retarded. You think my parents know or give a fuck about twitter ?
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Tavis Smiley - relentlessly intelligent genius at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (4eNxd)
I insulted your new niece's name by saying I prefer older more traditional names? People need to calm down.
Get the dueling pistols. Honor is at stake and this must be settled now.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 30, 2012 11:09 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: a boy named sue at October 30, 2012 11:10 AM (Kaabf)
"Obama leaves office: paperwork is declared secret and locked away, so nobody can do anything."
Like divorce records?
Posted by: Jack Ryan at October 30, 2012 11:10 AM (2+9Xu)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 30, 2012 03:06 PM (HNwOT)
I don't know what you are talking about because I don't know anyone that doesn't use Twitter!
Posted by: Barky O'Chooma at October 30, 2012 11:10 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:11 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 03:03 PM (r4wIV)
So don't claim that wierd names never happened until this decade.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 11:11 AM (z1N6a)
SherrodÂ’s favorite stories involves a man named Richard Head who not only survived the taunts on the playground but learned profit from his name.
“Richard Head was a very successful photocopier salesman in Dallas,” Mr. Sherrod explained. “He had business cards printed up with his first name as Dick. He’d show up for a cold call and hand his card to the receptionist. She’d burst out laughing and run to show the card to her boss, and then the boss couldn’t resist meeting him. So he’d get five minutes to make a pitch, and he sold copiers like crazy.”
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2012 03:06 PM (E3wUU)
I have a strange name
Posted by: Hugh Jass at October 30, 2012 11:12 AM (nTgAI)
210 Doesn't Choomer still have a Blackberry?
Hahahaha!
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 03:11 PM (GQ8sn)
Hey!
Posted by: BCochran1981 who has a Blackberry at October 30, 2012 11:12 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 30, 2012 11:12 AM (E3wUU)
Posted by: Johnny Hildo and Larry Pagina at October 30, 2012 11:12 AM (e0xKF)
Well some perspective is needed here. Places like Tallahassee get stormed and flooded not so rarely. Places like Manhattan, almost never. Its like tornados, if you live in tornado country you're more ready for them and have buildings and a town more set up to survive them. But if you don't it really tears up the place. Or an earthquake. A 5 point earthquake doesn't hurt Los Angeles that much, but it would obliterate something like Atlanta.
New York City just isn't built for flooding, despite being on the ocean and a few feet above sea level. Floods hurt it a lot worse than places that get hit more often.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:13 AM (r4wIV)
It made for an interesting funeral, as the Catholic priest presiding over the services had never met her and did a double-take on the name in mid-sentence.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 03:11 PM (e0xKF)
Using Family Names as given names wasn't unknown.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 11:13 AM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Heywood Jablowme at October 30, 2012 11:13 AM (8sCoq)
When's the last time someone ever named their little girl Myrtle or Mabel?
Or Stanley? Huh? Huh?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 30, 2012 11:13 AM (U+DUu)
I won't and I didn't, as you can plainly see because comments stay posted here for all to read.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:14 AM (r4wIV)
Piker
Posted by: Heywood Jablowme at October 30, 2012 03:13 PM (8sCoq)
Yeah ?
Posted by: Herb Eaverstinx at October 30, 2012 11:14 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash - Who Knows How To Have A War On Women at October 30, 2012 11:14 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at October 30, 2012 11:15 AM (CoeMR)
Rick Reichmuth...Fox's weather guy...was blasting the Weather Service last night.
"It was stupid! The Weather Service didn't issue 'hurricane warnings'."
Because a hurricane is a 'warm core storm'...when the temperature dropped, on Hurricane Sandy, the Weather Service downgraded it to:
"Post Tropical Cyclone".
The threat didn't change.
It was still a hurricane-strength storm!
But the Weather Service dickheads used a technicality to downgrade it, ahead of it making landfall.
I haven't heard anyone else talking about this.
They will probably try to cover it up.
Rich Reichmuth was pissed about it though...calling it "Stupid"...and mentioning it for several hours.
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 11:15 AM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Bart at October 30, 2012 11:15 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 03:13 PM (z1N6a)
My great grandmother was Mattie Bernice. Other women in her fam were Ludy, Ola May, and Eula.
Posted by: BCochran1981 who has a Blackberry at October 30, 2012 11:15 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Harry Feltersnatch at October 30, 2012 11:15 AM (YEelc)
If you don't use Twitter, how will you hear about Romney banning tampons or Instagram, or read the eloquent tweets of my supporters about how they're going to riot and kill Romney? #wingnutluddites
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama, Twank in Chief at October 30, 2012 11:16 AM (ggRof)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 11:16 AM (wwsoB)
I won't and I didn't, as you can plainly see because comments stay posted here for all to read.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 03:14 PM (r4wIV)
Bemoaning an end of standards implies a standard, when there was never a time when there was a standard.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 11:16 AM (z1N6a)
Yeah, like I mentioned about ethnic and cultural names above. Guess I poked a sore point. Sorry for upsetting and offending people with my opinion.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:16 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: irright at October 30, 2012 11:16 AM (pMGkg)
Posted by: Phil McCreviss at October 30, 2012 03:16 PM (AZGON
We might be related
Posted by: Phil Mckrackin at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: TD, one of the proud 53% at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (DQMcq)
221I have a strange name
Posted by: Hugh Jass
No you don't.
Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 30, 2012 03:14 PM (GQ8sn)
Not strange at all.
Posted by: Emma Royd at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (U+DUu)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 03:13 PM (r4wIV)
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NY is built on the French model. Like NO. Fail.
Posted by: Soona at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (eTaqZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Countrysquire at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (QB3JR)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 30, 2012 03:16 PM (z1N6a)
Ummmm.....I was told there would be no math on this blog!
Posted by: BCochran1981 who has a Blackberry at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (da5Wo)
A delayed election allows Romney's momentum to continue building; allows more news on the Benghazi coverup to emerge; and allows the country to learn how Obama screwed up the response to Sandy.
We don't need to fight Obama. He's on our side in defeating Obama.
Posted by: Llarry at October 30, 2012 11:17 AM (5l2tw)
Media cooperating with Benghazi cover-up?
http://tinyurl.com/9vurupl
Posted by: kbdabear at October 30, 2012 03:16 PM (wwsoB)
They're going to get to that story right after they finish up with the important issues like Big Bird and binders
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 30, 2012 11:18 AM (1Jaio)
But a B or an F or an M will appear
Then I say bo add B then I say the name Bonana fanna and a fo
Then I say the name again with an F very plain
and a fee fy and a mo
Then I say the name again with an M this time
Posted by: a boy named sue at October 30, 2012 11:18 AM (Kaabf)
"The Non Judgemental Myth"? pfft
"What point are you trying to make ?" Reading is fundamental, from the top.
First video features a clip of Obama. In his own words, "Gaddafi has lost the legitimacy to lead, and he must leave." To which I responded that like Gaddafi, Obama has lost the legitimacy to lead, and must leave.
My point was substantiated by the proverb I quoted. The "scales of justice" balance on that narrow point some also reference as the razor's edge.
Unlike my point, you would dish out judgment without all due respect for justice. Your point, more ego obesity for you at the expense of everyone else? Even Dorian Gray saw himself for what he became.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 11:18 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:18 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: perturbed at October 30, 2012 11:18 AM (u6Ueb)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 30, 2012 11:18 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: soothie at October 30, 2012 11:19 AM (39q3n)
No shit? Time to hit up FEMA. I'll be drying my basement with gold-plated hair dryers.
Posted by: fluffy at October 30, 2012 11:19 AM (z9HTb)
Joe Bastardi, who was with AccuWeather for decades, is no dummy, and thinks 'global warming' is a crock of shit, has been blasting the Feds for days over this. He also called the location of the hit within about 20 miles -- nearly a week ago.
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash - Who Knows How To Have A War On Women at October 30, 2012 11:19 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:19 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 11:19 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Botec at October 30, 2012 11:19 AM (xWnzk)
There was a Lo Hung Twat in the L.A. phone book for years, and I went to school with a Hee-Suck Choi.
Posted by: Llarry at October 30, 2012 11:19 AM (5l2tw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 who has a Blackberry at October 30, 2012 03:15 PM (da5Wo)
My grandmother's name was Minerva Dorotea Carolina Federika Kruger.
My kids still delight when I recite that.
Posted by: jwb7605 at October 30, 2012 11:20 AM (Qxe/p)
Most people use that verse violently out of context to claim that Jesus is saying you cannot judge anyone. Thus, the poor reaction.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:20 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Dick Goezinya at October 30, 2012 11:21 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at October 30, 2012 11:21 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 11:22 AM (B/VB5)
I had a grand uncle named "Moses" but he went by Moss, Moss Howard. That's a cowboy name if there ever was one.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:22 AM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Craven Moorehead at October 30, 2012 11:22 AM (QB3JR)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows he is Eric Blair at October 30, 2012 11:22 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 30, 2012 11:22 AM (B/VB5)
Fantastic.
And your Social Security number?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (DKxu1)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Hugh Jass at October 30, 2012 03:12 PM (nTgAI)
Piker
Posted by: Heywood Jablowme at October 30, 2012 03:13 PM
Can't figure why they always laugh at my name
Posted by: Harry P Ness at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Phil McCracken at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (jucos)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (JWLqy)
Not for a second.
He's still be fundraising like a who-er. Suspending is for chumps.
Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (GQ8sn)
I laughed for a week.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (UK9cE)
now who can tell me the name of Cotton's father??
Jerry?
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 30, 2012 11:23 AM (w+lzM)
Posted by: Hugh G Rection at October 30, 2012 11:24 AM (YEelc)
Makes me think of some of the sea novels I've read where the captain keeps going ashore to be with his girl when he's supposed to be on duty.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:24 AM (r4wIV)
Hmmm.... just watched the report....
Three questions not addressed...
AC-130 Gunships in the Area? Armed Drones?
Who told the Fast React team in Sigonella to stand down....
And could the Military, without a Direct Presdiential Order, get involved at all in a Civilian matter where American soil is not in Jeopardy (compound was RENTED... ouch), and American Military were not involved...
Obama is Pontius Pilate in this morality play.... he did not tell them not to go... nor did he tell them TO go help.... he washed his hands, and went to bed...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2012 11:24 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: soothie at October 30, 2012 03:19 PM (39q3n)
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Buckwheat?
Posted by: Soona at October 30, 2012 11:24 AM (eTaqZ)
Posted by: Marion Morrison at October 30, 2012 11:24 AM (BuSM8)
Posted by: Hugh Jass at October 30, 2012 03:12 PM (nTgAI)
Piker
Posted by: Heywood Jablowme at October 30, 2012 03:13 PM
I get a lot of tweets from andrew sullivan
Posted by: Ben Dover at October 30, 2012 11:25 AM (wwsoB)
You know...the one who was a little too hard on the Beaver last night.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 30, 2012 11:25 AM (DnLl2)
The Big Story then should be "Why did they wait until now to report it....hummmm?
Posted by: Paladin at October 30, 2012 11:25 AM (MXyBs)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows he is Eric Blair at October 30, 2012 03:22 PM (AZGON)
I've run across a Peter Craven and Sharon Peters in the past......
Posted by: © Sponge at October 30, 2012 11:25 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 11:25 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 11:25 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2012 11:25 AM (gjIQF)
Posted by: Emile Antoon Khadaji at October 30, 2012 11:26 AM (CrJzY)
Estimates I've seen are $8-12 billion.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 30, 2012 11:26 AM (w+lzM)
Posted by: Cocksmith Jones at October 30, 2012 11:26 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 11:27 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 30, 2012 03:23 PM (DKxu1)
If you can dig up history on that, let me know.
Her husband's records were destroyed in a flood on an Indian Reservation.
Posted by: jwb7605 at October 30, 2012 11:27 AM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Hugh Jass at October 30, 2012 03:12 PM (nTgAI)
Piker
Posted by: Heywood Jablowme at October 30, 2012 03:13 PM
Never mind ...
Posted by: Dick Hertz at October 30, 2012 11:27 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows he is Eric Blair at October 30, 2012 11:27 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: SFGoth at October 30, 2012 11:28 AM (dZ756)
My friend works for DYS, he gets some great names. One Vietnamese kid named "No Dong" (at least that's how it's pronounced) is in there all the time.
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 30, 2012 11:28 AM (GeD0A)
It's always easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission.
Had he ordered the entire carrier strike group to rain hell upon Benghazi while our Navy Seals extracted everyone from the compound, he could have went on tv the next morning and explained what happened and what was at stake. Our ambassador and everyone else at the compound would be alive today. Any momentum that Romney had would have been completely wiped out had TFG any balls or brain cells. It would have been a true gutsy call and he would have won re-election 80-20 or better.
He fucked himself by NOT doing anything and voting present again.
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 11:28 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: irright at October 30, 2012 11:28 AM (pMGkg)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 30, 2012 11:28 AM (DnLl2)
Posted by: TD, one of the proud 53% at October 30, 2012 11:28 AM (DQMcq)
No doubt she was consulted on and likely suggested the no-rescue, "wait and see" approach to the attack.. Posted by: LASue at October 30, 2012 03:25 PM
Really? I thought he consulted me before deciding
Posted by: Stan the Caddy at October 30, 2012 11:29 AM (wwsoB)
Back in the day, parents gave their children names that could be taken seriously when they became adults. Now that children are merely lifestyle accessories, not so much.
I'm sure Tyffani is a bright girl, but I don't want her drilling my teeth.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 30, 2012 11:29 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows he is Eric Blair at October 30, 2012 11:29 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at October 30, 2012 11:29 AM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Bart at October 30, 2012 03:23 PM (he2LC)
I got the feeling Gen. Ham retired just like Gen. Schwarzkopf did after being told to Stand Down and not finish off Iraq in Desert Storm...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2012 11:30 AM (lZBBB)
Yeah, DuJan's wild-ass speculations are starting to sound more and more like Andrew Sullivan and his eternal quest for the truth behind Sarah Palin's uterus.
Posted by: OregonMuse at October 30, 2012 11:30 AM (9GaPd)
260 Christopher Taylor, "violently out of context" -- Jackhole couldn't even follow within the written context that I set.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 03:25 PM (BAnPT)
Maybe it's because you write like shit. ( see clear and concise )
Posted by: Phil Mckrackin at October 30, 2012 11:31 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 11:31 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 30, 2012 11:31 AM (8y9MW)
Careful, you're walking on eggshells, apparently.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 30, 2012 11:32 AM (r4wIV)
You have to add NJ, Pa, and NY -- probably some in Connecticut. There's one tiny little island in the max strike area with 13 billion dollars in real estate -- alone. Most of the homes with dunes in front of them are fine. The ones without dunes have lost the first floor. They are also discovering that the sand on the street -- in some places there is road -- in others there is nothing but a giant hole with broken gas mains, electric lines, water lines. It's early to make a call but those who are pooh-poohing the damage aren't seeing what I'm seeing on local tv.
Posted by: Snidely Whiplash - Who Knows How To Have A War On Women at October 30, 2012 11:32 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Bob Vu at October 30, 2012 11:32 AM (SDkq3)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:32 AM (e0xKF)
Posted by: Redd at October 30, 2012 11:33 AM (Lom3Z)
Posted by: Hugh Jass
No you don't
Piker
Posted by: Heywood Jablowme at October 30, 2012 03:13 PM
Shut up, both of you
Posted by: Mike Litoris at October 30, 2012 11:34 AM (9GaPd)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at October 30, 2012 11:34 AM (e0xKF)
Christie was complimentary and gracious but not effusive in talking about the response from President Obama - overall it was like he was saying "No complaints from me, but that's his job: to make sure we Governors have what we need to take care of our people."
Then he could have added - "Unless, of course, the President is a Republican and the Governor is a Democrat. Then the Governor should tell the President to MYOB until the shit hits the fan, and then blame him for everything.
Posted by: sherlock at October 30, 2012 11:34 AM (6rLSO)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 11:35 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: OregonMuse at October 30, 2012 11:36 AM (9GaPd)
Again, rather than secure our personnel on sovereign American soil in Libya (purchase, build on what you own, where international law demands Libyan compliance, including respect for diplomatic immunity), the determination to rent was Obama's administration's choice. Obama is ultimately responsible for the outcome of his administration's decisions. All of the American government personnel abroad are obliged to obey the President's Policy. Benghazi is but one horribly outrageous result of Obama's leadership. The Benghazi massacre represents "the audacity of hope" that Obama has given to Jihad.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 11:37 AM (BAnPT)
Conversely, if Romney is elected, then the palace guard media has nothing to gain by continuing the blackout. Many will take the opportunity to suddenly become pitbulls on the story, in an attempt to claim the mantle of objectivity. But we will never forget.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 30, 2012 11:38 AM (8sCoq)
The thing is: How does it help them?
The Romney camp can just say "Look, we'll concede NY, NJ, RI, MA, ME, VT, CT."
If Romney was actually going to win any of those, then the complete blowout will be echoed elsewhere.
Posted by: Al at October 30, 2012 11:41 AM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Phil Mckrackin
In the vernacular, "Right back at you."
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 11:43 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 11:43 AM (Dnbau)
283 Hmmm.... just watched the report....
Three questions not addressed...
AC-130 Gunships in the Area? Armed Drones?
Who told the Fast React team in Sigonella to stand down....
And could the Military, without a Direct Presdiential Order, get involved at all in a Civilian matter where American soil is not in Jeopardy (compound was RENTED... ouch), and American Military were not involved...
Obama is Pontius Pilate in this morality play.... he did not tell them not to go... nor did he tell them TO go help.... he washed his hands, and went to bed...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 30, 2012 03:24 PM (lZBBB)
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The reason the 'Military were not involved'...is because the security detail for the consulate was called back home two weeks before!
There is so much about this that stinks to high heaven.
Starting with the fact that...
Barky put our military 'in harm's way' to protect the Lybian protestors...who were protesting Kuhdaffy.
He sent our military...into Lybia, without permission...to do that.
But then, when our own people on the ground there, came under attack...he wouldn't send anyone to help them!
Posted by: wheatie at October 30, 2012 11:45 AM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 30, 2012 11:45 AM (Dnbau)
Oriana Fallaci
Christopher Hitchens
Andrew Breitbart.
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2012 11:48 AM (HjPtV)
Hehehe...it's only funny if it's a moron climbing into the barrel.
Posted by: EC at October 30, 2012 11:48 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: mrp at October 30, 2012 11:53 AM (HjPtV)
I listened hard, but didn't hear any evidence of that. I've been hoping we could hear from some of those who were rescued to bolster the idea that Obama washed his hands of any responsibility for Americans there.
Does anyone have any good sources for the real number of people rescued by the ex-seals?
Posted by: Jim Flimsey at October 30, 2012 11:55 AM (T9V22)
Posted by: Vic at October 30, 2012 11:55 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Ben Dover at October 30, 2012 03:25 PM (wwsoB)
Funny, but Andy has never called me!
Posted by: Connie Lingus at October 30, 2012 11:57 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: HenryVlosesAgincourt at October 30, 2012 11:57 AM (jn5Ou)
I listened hard, but didn't hear any evidence of that. I've been hoping we could hear from some of those who were rescued to bolster the idea that Obama washed his hands of any responsibility for Americans there.
Does anyone have any good sources for the real number of people rescued by the ex-seals?
Posted by: Jim Flimsey at October 30, 2012 03:55 PM (T9V22)
37 were rescued by Marines from Tripoli. They are witnesses to the terrorist attack as are the Marines. Some, I hope, are blowing their whistles.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 12:04 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 12:12 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: IC at October 30, 2012 02:09 PM (a0IVu)
I caught that, too! From Bill Clinton, no less. Is he wanting Dear Leader to look weak and pitiful for the sympathy vote? I hope Bill next discusses the lace on his pantaloons.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 12:14 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky,raving lunatic about Benghazi at October 30, 2012 12:15 PM (baL2B)
Good for FOX Bret Baier's investigation, and for others who responded including Col. David Hunt.
Thanks, rdbrewer for the post here.
Like many Americans, our family does not buy cable tv.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 12:20 PM (BAnPT)
Most politicians would agree.
But Obama would rather deal with an outraged USA than even request a favor of those he just put into power to rule Islamist Libya. A few bumps in the road obviously did not matter to Obama. These lives represent such a /small fraction of a fraction of a percent/ miniscule proportion of our personnel abroad, according to Obama's official spokeswoman.
After the massacre, Obama still is not willing to beg America's forgiveness for himself allowing the incident while sleeping, while awaiting permission from the new (unstable) Libyan government officials that he put into power.
With the Marxist US Ministry of Propaganda, Obama abusing the minority of Americans who are directly involved in US Military activity is all the easier. Too many Americans don't care, staying snug in the cocoon of ignorant bliss.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, think no evil.
Translation (clear and concise): So?
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 30, 2012 12:20 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: sTevo at October 30, 2012 12:30 PM (YSd1Q)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 02:42 PM (hqI/K)
Lincoln didn't suspend the presidential election while in the middle of a desperately fought Civil War--an election he privately thought at the time he would almost certainly lose. That's the precedent. So no, Obama can't use Sandy to forestall the election. The bar is far higher than that.
Posted by: troyriser at October 30, 2012 12:32 PM (vtiE6)
Maybe Obama will step in a hole like that Doocy kid did on Fox and Friends this morning.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 30, 2012 12:40 PM (GoIUi)
Constitution requires that national elections happen all on the same date. Congress could change the date, but it would be a huge fight and unlikely to happen in time.
Obama could attempt an executive order, but that would go to SCOTUS stat. The outcome wouldn't be good for OFA, I believe. No guaranty.
Posted by: livermoron at October 30, 2012 01:01 PM (4Dd60)
Posted by: Ben Ghazi at October 30, 2012 01:31 PM (bxiXv)
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