October 01, 2012
— Gabriel Malor October. Oy.
The Friday document drop was the Obama Labor Department once again telling defense contractors affected by sequestration to violate the WARN Act and fail to issue layoff notices as required by law. The change since the last time Obama did this in July? This time he's telling companies that the Labor Department (by which he means taxpayers) will pay for the cost of WARN Act lawsuits from fired employees who weren't given the legally required layoff notices. Obama is trying to keep millions of layoff notices from being sent by defense contractors in swing-state Virginia just before the election.
ICYMI over the weekend, Univision has discovered that 57 previously unknown Fast and Furious guns were used for murders, kidnappings, and two massacres in Mexico.
Obama at Vegas yesterday told supporters that Romney is the better debater.
Buzzfeed notes the perceptual bias that has led to such divergent views of the economy between Democratic voters and Republican voters. An utterly insane number of Democrats think the economy is hunky-dory, not because it actually is, but because it simply has to be for their other silly beliefs to hold true. As a result, only 15% of Democrats reported that they're hearing mostly bad things about the economy.
NYTimes front page today has an article on the coming expiration of the payroll tax holiday. The other front pager of note is headlined: "U.S. May Have Put Mistaken Faith in Libya SiteÂ’s Security." May?
Bloomberg editorializes against Obama Administration on transparency: "Americans arenÂ’t much better off than they were four years ago."
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Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:04 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:04 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:05 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:05 AM (YdQQY)
It is likely that Khadr will be walking the streets of Canada within the year, joining his mother and his siblings in speaking out in favour of terrorism -- and nothing can be done about it. Given the pressure from labour unions and the left wing media to release Khadr the celebrity terrorist is unlikely to be without work for long.
And shortly after that he will be in the U.S. looking for a target.
http://is.gd/bAlkuk
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:06 AM (YdQQY)
http://is.gd/WuLMik
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:06 AM (YdQQY)
Pour Your Heart Into It
The success of Starbucks Coffee Company is one of the most amazing business stories in decades. What started as a single store on SeattleÂ’s waterfront has grown into a company with over 1,600 stores. Just as remarkable is how Starbucks has maintained its commitment to product excellence and employee satisfaction.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:07 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:07 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: VIA, on the tiny keyboard at October 01, 2012 03:11 AM (oGxnh)
"Spain Reels" at violent tactics of riot police, by Giles Timlett, The Guardian
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 01, 2012 03:11 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:11 AM (YdQQY)
They're going to try to will it to happen. It might work.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2012 03:12 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 01, 2012 03:12 AM (ogdab)
Vic, a rhetorical question I am sure, because you know full well why Holder has not been wearing an orange jump suit for a long time!
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at October 01, 2012 03:12 AM (Cnqmv)
But thanks.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:13 AM (YdQQY)
And Vic, thanks as always for the headlines.
Posted by: joncelli at October 01, 2012 03:13 AM (CWlPF)
They're going to try to will it to happen. It might work.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 01, 2012 07:12 AM (BeSEI)
All that stupid poll shit was on every news site I looked at. I ignore it.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:13 AM (YdQQY)
CNN
- Thousands Flee as Syrian regime demolish homes
- Soil results expected in Hoffa case (They have been heavy on this important story for over a week)
- Election raises stakes for high court
MSNBC
- US may have put mistaken faith in Libya security (The otter defense)
- For US troops in Afghanistan, trust of local forces a problem
- Eagles hold off Giants: Time to rethink expectations?
ABC
- Majority think Obama will win Debates, Election
- Fast and Furious: How 57 previously Undiscovered Fast and Furious Guns were Found
(Univision and ABC are partners so this may get play)
- Obama Team studies Romney Tapes as Debate Camp Begins
CBS
- Examining the scourge of "Insider Attacks" (Here's a clue: We are training our enemy)
- Bomber kills 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan
- Obama camp plays down debate expectations.
FOX
- Ryan says response to Attack shows Obama Foreign policy 'Unraveling.
- Report claims 57 more guns tied to 'Furious'
- California OKs bill on illegal immigrant drivers licenses (As Joe Biden says: This is pretty big fucking deal)
USA Today
- Perot vindicated after 20 years (I fucking hate Perot. Without this clown there is no Billy Jeff)
- Review: Kindle paperwhite glows, shines
- Asomugha's bizarre evening ends with Eagles win
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 01, 2012 03:14 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at October 01, 2012 07:12 AM (Cnqmv)
Yes, but if I had posted it I would have to denounce myself as a RACIST.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:14 AM (YdQQY)
judicial incest...my sister, my daughter
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 01, 2012 03:15 AM (BAnPT)
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I'm doing OK for only getting 4 hrs of sleep.Posted by: Gran at October 01, 2012 03:16 AM (mw0FO)
I tried watching the Univision special on F&F last night....no English subtitles, which had been advertised. I was able to make out some of what was going on....and their depictions of actual violence with those guns was brutal....including closed circuit footage of a massacre in a night club. They showed the shooters moving through the club, and shooting each patron in the head. I can't imagine this will play well for Obama. I gave it a good thirty minutes, and gave up.
This morning, just after 4 am, while out on the front porch for a smoke, a rather large coyote went loping by. I see more bears in my area than anything else...the coyote was a surprise.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 01, 2012 03:18 AM (L7hol)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 01, 2012 07:18 AM (L7hol)
I would be more surprised to see bears than I would a coyote. Coyotes are everywhere now.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:19 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 01, 2012 03:23 AM (feFL6)
Did anyone else see this headline on Drudge?
VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL, wonder what's going on.
Posted by: spypeach at October 01, 2012 03:24 AM (pwTow)
damn the caps lock key.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:26 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at October 01, 2012 03:26 AM (x8wJs)
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:27 AM (YdQQY)
Yep, even have packs of coyote here in AL, pet killers. The SCOAMF is going to be without his precious teleprompter which should lead to some pretty interesting responses, if that bitch from CNN hasn't fed him the questions she's going to be asking.
Once again, Univision is doing the work American 'journalists' will not. I sincerely hope that it shows up in the polls as he loses support from Mexicans who realize they were not only thrown under thebus, they were shot by the Justice Deptartment before they were tossed.
Oh, and because Steevy ain't up yet:
"Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure."
Posted by: Gmac at October 01, 2012 03:27 AM (IanLz)
Posted by: long island at October 01, 2012 03:27 AM (kzp9t)
Posted by: Gran at October 01, 2012 03:27 AM (mw0FO)
The only way that happens is a repeal of Obamacare, massive tax cuts including payroll taxes, taking a scimitar to our current regulatory regime and stopping the FED money pump.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 01, 2012 03:28 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:29 AM (YdQQY)
Good grief. Lemme see if I understand this correctly. The Labor Department is telling people to go ahead and violate a law that its supposed to be enforcing but don't worry about it because the DOJ will defend you when you get sued for violating that law over there.
Huh. I was unaware that laws can be repealed like that. I'm sure the Left will think that's just fine when the Romney Administration tells everyone to just ignore Obamacare, right?
I got into a discussion with some people last week that made me want to weep in frustration. Otherwise intelligent seeming adults accused me of lying when I said that government funds come from taxes and fees and thus the only money the government has is it what it takes from me. There really are a bunch of people who think there's a stash out there.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at October 01, 2012 03:32 AM (Gk3SS)
Actually, illegals (or, as the LA Slimes calls 'em, "undocumented immigrants") have been able to get licenses in CA for years. And they've been able to vote, at least in some districts of L.A.
Osama Obama and CA are running things the same way. Give to the illegals, shirkers and/or loudest "minority" groups, take from the productive, and let those why at least try to be productive go under the bus. Spend what you don't have, and push off the reckoning as far as you can.
The only difference is that the CA's toll of those murdered by government policies is lower than Choom Boy's.
Those who are claiming that the Traitor-in-Chief will easily lose the election should look at CA. Despite visible decay, the local incompetents are returned to office over and over. We ignore the warnings at our peril.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2012 03:33 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: Elizabethe mostly lurks iPhone edition at October 01, 2012 03:33 AM (q7Aum)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at October 01, 2012 07:32 AM (Gk3SS)
Well I hope you did see that interview with the Peggy Joseph look-a-like who cold not answer where the "free" money they were expecting in Detroit was coming from. (some one spread a rumor that there would be free government checks handed out)
She wound up saying "Obama's stash".
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:35 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Gran at October 01, 2012 03:36 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 01, 2012 03:36 AM (U7Ivf)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 01, 2012 03:39 AM (feFL6)
Thanks. My view has always been they can protest all they want but they can not interfere with the operation of the college are the classes of the other students.
If they do that they should be arrested by campus police and given fair warning. Next time you will be expelled. Anyone arrested who was not a student should be charged with criminal tresspass and given over to local police.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:39 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: long island at October 01, 2012 03:39 AM (kzp9t)
Posted by: Is what JQ Public is thinking... at October 01, 2012 03:40 AM (NBj0d)
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:41 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Jon (not the troll) at October 01, 2012 03:41 AM (6Gaoh)
FREDERICKSBURG — "A 92 percent drop in absentee-ballot requests by military personnel in Virginia is raising concerns that the Pentagon is failing to carry out a federal voting law."
Another presidential election, Military APPLICATIONS for absentee ballots AWOL.
Who stands up for their votes? All the Congressional funding of wars shows just what Congress cares about, leaving our military personnel stationed abroad without a vote. Once you're "over there so it won't happen here" kiss your vote goodbye. Your application for an absentee ballot is lost. Talk about nipped in the bud.
And where's Congress' outrage? Rather, relief not to hear from our military personnel. And where's Romney/Ryan and the Republican Leadership on this outrage? AWOL
Back in the early 70s, many expressed rage that the draft sent our boys into undeclared and futile war. The songs of the era remind us that our "betters" in government determined that drafted young men were determined old enough to kill and destroy, but not old enough to vote. So Congress fixed the problems by providing volunteer military personnel with the "right" to vote a nonexistent ballot never counted for their next CinC and representatives who represent the government and their own political-financial interests at the dire expense against The People.
While our military personnel votes are not being tallied in elections, their votes are effectively being cast stateside illegally by dead zombies and non-US citizens, with the best intentions of course.
"over there so it won't happen here" ah, the nuance of the mute
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 01, 2012 03:42 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: long island at October 01, 2012 03:44 AM (kzp9t)
Posted by: Truman North, happy iPhone addict at October 01, 2012 03:44 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Gran at October 01, 2012 03:46 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 03:47 AM (YdQQY)
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Am I being relatively presumptuous in thinking those affected contractors and employees will already know, by way of mouth, that this shameless administration is doing this to save their election chances in places like VA?
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 01, 2012 03:48 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 01, 2012 03:48 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Gran at October 01, 2012 07:46 AM
I remember questioning whether something was safe to eat when I was a kid and my Mom telling me.."The government wouldn't let them make it if it wasn't safe."
Posted by: El Lobo at October 01, 2012 03:49 AM (+I8Mq)
Thanks for the news, Gabe and Vic. You know, it’s funny how the SCOAMF’s “greatest orator in the world” shtick gets thrown under the bus when he needs sympathy. As if his butt-lickers in the MFM haven’t already written their “A masterful Obama crushes an amateurish Romney” stories already. In any event, if all the O ads I’ve seen this weekend are any indication, Mitt better be ready to jam that "47%" line back down the Crackhead-in-Chief’s throat, because that’s all he’s going to hear.
Today’s Hollywood story is a familiar one, but just in case there are any ‘rons or ‘ronettes who’ve never heard it, here it is:
One of the most famous cue lines in movies is in Casablanca, when Ingrid Bergman tells Dooley Wilson, who plays Sam, the Rick’s Café pianist-singer, “Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By.’”
After the movie became a hit, Wilson was offered a contract as a nightclub headliner. The name of the club changes depending on who tells the story. For us, we’ll say it’s the Mocambo over on Sunset Boulevard (which was also the setting for the Bugs Bunny cartoon “Slick Hare”). Come opening night, Wilson is waiting offstage, listening to the chatter of the packed house, when he feels a tap on his shoulder. Turning around, he sees the Mocambo’s manager standing there, a puzzled look on his face.
“Where’s your piano?” he asked, pointing to the empty stage.
“Don’t have one,” Wilson answered. “I’m a singer.”
“But I know you can play!” the manager protested. “I saw you!”
“Nope,” Wilson shrugged. “Can’t play a note. It was all dubbed.”
And there we are. Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 01, 2012 03:49 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Gran at October 01, 2012 03:50 AM (mw0FO)
“Nope,” Obama shrugged. “Can’t president a whit. It was all the TOTUS.”
Posted by: El Lobo at October 01, 2012 03:54 AM (+I8Mq)
1- Along with higher prices, shortages of some items are being noticed at supermarkets- particularly staples such as flour, sugar, and cornmeal. (This will no doubt feed into shortages of finished foodstuffs down the road).
2- Gas holding steady at $3.99/gallon in Crystal City, VA.
3- Overheard at a Northern Virginia bus stop this AM: "Well, why shouldn't we try someone new? We want four more years of this sh*t?" Nods and "Harrumphs!" all around- and these were *government workers*.
"Swing state" my @ss- Romney will carry VA.
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 01, 2012 03:55 AM (RSqz2)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 01, 2012 07:48 AM
I'm sure they "know." The next question has to be: "so what?"
It takes work to send out layoff notices. It's also bad for whatever productivity you have to maintain at the moment and creates an unhappy staff. If the gubmint tells you that ignoring the law is OK and you will be indemnified, why shouldn't you heed Choom Boy's wishes?
And there's all that pesky shit later about contracts you have being taken away, more federal interference in your business, etc. The Feds giveth, and the Feds can easily taketh away.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2012 03:56 AM (ZgX/g)
It wasn't just J.Wright, the former Muslim gone Black Liberation Theology reverend, campaigning to destroy the middle class. It was Obama's entire canvas of grassroots activists, all liberal-Leftists. And many of those from the '60s came from "good conservative" homes, being the revolutionary boomers from the greatest generation. /so much for tags
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 01, 2012 03:57 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 01, 2012 03:59 AM (zF6Iw)
..Ah, the smell of revisionism in the morning!
Whatever label means the opposite.
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 01, 2012 03:59 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: panzernashorn at October 01, 2012 04:00 AM (BAnPT)
Obama is trying to keep millions of layoff notices from being sent by defense contractors in swing-state Virginia just before the election.
It's not just Virginia! Northrop Grumman has contractors all over the country, a large group in MD, some in MA. Raytheon is based in MA. I'm sure they'll be affected.
Posted by: Lynne at October 01, 2012 04:02 AM (lHn6+)
AtC @45 I know what you mean.The level of stupidity /ignorance is frightening!
I hope we can turn this around but we started way too late.This awakening(Tea Party) should have happened 10 maybe 20 years ago.I was laughed at and ridiculed endlessly for my "chicken little"act for the last 25 years,yet most of my predictions have been spot on.
This government has grown too big.Between its employees/contractors/dependents it has a built in 40 to45% of the vote.They only need to convince anywhere from 6 to 11% of the other retards that inhabit this great nation of ours to vote for thier free shit.As I said,I hope we can turn this around,but without something drastic happening I don't see enough of the sheep waking up before its too late.
FWIW,I will vote for Mitt Romney(as ill as that makes me)but I don't think he is the solution.This country is so far down the shitter it will take an economic miracle to right the ship.They could do it by cutting the government in half(at least)but who the fuck am I kidding.
Posted by: vae victus at October 01, 2012 04:05 AM (cpMdE)
Am I being relatively presumptuous in thinking those affected contractors and employees will already know, by way of mouth, that this shameless administration is doing this to save their election chances in places like VA?
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 01, 2012 07:48 AM
I'm making sure my fellow contractors here in MA know...
Posted by: Lynne at October 01, 2012 04:05 AM (lHn6+)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 04:06 AM (K4AdI)
>>I tried watching the Univision special on FF last night....no English subtitles
For DirecTV, you have to go into Settings, Display, Captioning and change to "Service 3" and then you'd get the English subtitles.
Hopefully similar enough on other systems to help out anybody who recorded it...
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 01, 2012 04:07 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 01, 2012 04:08 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Jean at October 01, 2012 04:08 AM (3FXA5)
That lying little shitweasel at the NY Times, Nate Silver, was at it again over the weekend.
To "debunk" the right-wing cries of bias in the polls, Mr. Numbers used his extensive database to run an analysis of polls vs results in presidential elections. Unsurprisingly, it showed a very slight preference for democrats, but nothing that would matter.
Also unsurprisingly, he skewed the analysis to come out with results he wanted. First, he used only the final polls just before the election. No one is arguing these polls come close, they almost always do, that's how the pollsters cover their ass. What republicans are arguing is that 45, 30 and 15 days out, what is being reported to aid the preference cascade?
Second, in his analysis Silver uses only polls of likely voters. What he omitted was all the polls with headlines shouting how the democrat was winning using polls of adults and registered voters.
I see that Jazz Shaw is also questioning the timing over at Hot Air. It sure would be interesting to see the results of a real look into this.
Posted by: jwest at October 01, 2012 04:09 AM (ZDsRL)
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 01, 2012 04:09 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Highsmith at October 01, 2012 04:09 AM (uwaMU)
I take that poll with a grain of salt. The respondants are indicating if they're hearing "mostly" bad news about the economy, NOT if they think the economy is in bad condition.
Also note the gleeful "Romney's got nuttin' to talk about" line by the author of this article. What is the political orientation of Buzzfeed? (Asking because I don't know)
Well, off to enjoy some under-employment.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at October 01, 2012 04:09 AM (xFgmp)
Yeh, Jean, I used to try to use it last year before I got my Android phone.
Didn't work too well for anything but really basic sites. Could read here, but not post.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 01, 2012 04:10 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 04:10 AM (K4AdI)
The question isn't what manufacturers -- or even employees -- know as much as it is maintaining the fiction that All Will Be Well for the President Choom supporters right up to the last, ugly second. Perception trumps reality in the mind of the average voter/union member, so if they think that friggin' useless traitor in the White House can pull a rabbit out of his hat somehow, they'll buy in.
MA is one of the worst states for getting anything across to dimwits. Good luck.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2012 04:10 AM (ZgX/g)
Let's be clear about this (as TFG would say...), that guidance did not come from the Labor Department. Oh sure, it had Labor Department letterhead, but all the words came directly from the White House.
That was the office I used to work in when I was at DOL, and the guidance issued in July, and this new take on WARN, is pure BS. It does not, in any manner, shape or form, conform to how the WARN Act was understood and enforced prior to this "regime."
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:11 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at October 01, 2012 07:32 AM (Gk3SS)
Wait...where the fuck else would the money come from????
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 04:11 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Lynne at October 01, 2012 08:05 AM (lHn6+)
My daughter is a DoD contractor and she knows her company may well take a major hit. She recently got a very good overview of the stupidity of sequestration from a senior DoD staffer and could not believe the political incompetence required to have crafted such a bill.
But companies that don't comply with government contractual guidance soon don't need to comply with government contractual guidance as they don't have any government contracts at all.
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at October 01, 2012 04:12 AM (Cnqmv)
I stopped talking to her after that.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at October 01, 2012 04:14 AM (pjT+p)
All they have to do is log in to one of the many search engines on the Internet and look for jobs on Google!
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at October 01, 2012 04:16 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Jean at October 01, 2012 04:16 AM (liPvR)
They still believe that the crazy bint who wrote Silent Spring was right.
They still believe that the idiots behind The China Syndrome were right.
They believe that lowering tax rates cuts into tax revenue.
They believe that money is "the governments" that it so benevolently gives to us.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 01, 2012 04:17 AM (8y9MW)
LauraW retweets this:
@RichardGrenell: I'm hearing from reporters that the Obama campaign & the WhiteHouse are in panic mode over Libya & proactively calling reporters to spin.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 01, 2012 04:17 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Icedog at October 01, 2012 04:20 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: typo dynamofo at October 01, 2012 04:21 AM (pjT+p)
I had an awesome race on Saturday, finished in 37.5 minutes which is my best 5K time ever. It was so much stinking fun.
Today's poll averages will be up soonish. There are two new polls out which I need to did into. The top line numbers look good for Romney (Obama +2 in both), but until I get into the internals I don't know.
So expect 3 new post on my blog this morning.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 01, 2012 04:21 AM (eC7WC)
Posted by: Granny Jan and Jihad Kitty at October 01, 2012 04:21 AM (PhK7S)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 04:21 AM (/tk/V)
One of the things I hope to be able to do at the end of October (as a Texas Resident) is to clear off several days in the week before the election and help with an out-of-state phone bank. See if I can make calls to VA, or WI, or MI, for instance.
Yes, Romney will (virtually guaranteed) get >50% of the vote here in Texas. But that just frees us up to help in swing-states.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 01, 2012 04:22 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 01, 2012 04:23 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Jean at October 01, 2012 04:23 AM (liPvR)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2012 04:24 AM (HethX)
Posted by: Jean at October 01, 2012 04:24 AM (liPvR)
And they'll remain panicked until every "reporter" answers "yassuh, boss" and does their bidding. Again. As always.
As far as the general public is concerned, the lies, evasions, crimes and failures of Choom Boy are not the tip of an iceberg, they're the tip of an ice cube. All forgotten on Nov. 6, when it's time to vote for more Free Stuff.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2012 04:25 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2012 08:24 AM (HethX)
WSJ is behind paywall
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 04:25 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Mama AJ, with the important news at October 01, 2012 04:26 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 04:27 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Jean at October 01, 2012 04:27 AM (liPvR)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 01, 2012 08:23 AM (JDIKC)
Turn the other cheek and fuck off
Posted by: Mirror Universe R-Money at October 01, 2012 04:27 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Icedog at October 01, 2012 04:28 AM (9ScGj)
>>Great Romney op-ed in the WSJ today.
What's the headline? Sometimes if you google that, you get a link to the full article.
But making a tinyurl won't work, I've found...
Posted by: Mama AJ, with the important news at October 01, 2012 04:28 AM (SUKHu)
Really can't do more than this without going beyond fair use restrictions. But, here you go....
A New Course for the Middle East
Restore the three sinews of American influence: our economic strength, our military strength and the strength of our values.
By MITT ROMNEY
Disturbing developments are sweeping across the greater Middle East. In Syria, tens of thousands of innocent people have been slaughtered. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has come to power, and the country's peace treaty with Israel hangs in the balance. In Libya, our ambassador was murdered in a terrorist attack. U.S. embassies throughout the region have been stormed in violent protests. And in Iran, the ayatollahs continue to move full tilt toward nuclear-weapons capability, all the while promising to annihilate Israel.
These developments are not, as President Obama says, mere "bumps in the road." They are major issues that put our security at risk.
Yet amid this upheaval, our country seems to be at the mercy of events rather than shaping them. We're not moving them in a direction that protects our people or our allies.
And that's dangerous. If the Middle East descends into chaos, if Iran moves toward nuclear breakout, or if Israel's security is compromised, America could be pulled into the maelstrom.
We still have time to address these threats, but it will require a new strategy toward the Middle East.
The first step is to understand how we got here. Since World War II, America has been the leader of the Free World. We're unique in having earned that role not through conquest but through promoting human rights, free markets and the rule of law. We ally ourselves with like-minded countries, expand prosperity through trade and keep the peace by maintaining a military second to none.
But in recent years, President Obama has allowed our leadership to atrophy. Our economy is stuck in a "recovery" that barely deserves the name. Our national debt has risen to record levels. Our military, tested by a decade of war, is facing devastating cuts thanks to the budgetary games played by the White House. Finally, our values have been misapplied—and misunderstood—by a president who thinks that weakness will win favor with our adversaries.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:29 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 04:29 AM (/tk/V)
Posted by: Jean at October 01, 2012 04:29 AM (liPvR)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 04:31 AM (/tk/V)
I'm pretty sure you're right. I'm sure one of the Morons can check google for us, though.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 01, 2012 04:31 AM (8y9MW)
kaddo borwani!
Damn, that is a tasty pumpkin.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:32 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Icedog at October 01, 2012 04:32 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:32 AM (oSFWF)
LOL, my mom always got the canned filling but she made everything else. Even wifey's mom uses the canned filling.
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 04:33 AM (YdQQY)
My pumpkin carrying muscles are sore.
A bra with good support will help with. . .ohh, I see what you're talking about.
Carry on.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 01, 2012 04:34 AM (zF6Iw)
Gonna be a long season with Revis out.
Maybe Cromartie's mouth can get the job done.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:34 AM (sbV1u)
If you want to be on the NY/NJ moron meetup list, send me an e-mail to:
nynjmeet at optimum dot net
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2012 04:34 AM (2b4yb)
Well at least JEF is trying to adapt. That c*cksucker Clinton pulled the plug on our contracts and we went bankrupt.
Posted by: Fritz at October 01, 2012 04:34 AM (/ZZCn)
teej, I helping out at one. Haven't brought any home yet...
One word, folks: pumpkin cheesecake.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 01, 2012 04:35 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:35 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 04:36 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Icedog at October 01, 2012 04:36 AM (9ScGj)
Maybe mid-late October?
I wonder what kind of a turnout we will get if we do it around here instead of Hoboken or NYC?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2012 04:37 AM (2b4yb)
That stuff'll happen if you surf too much Ewok porn too.
Posted by: El Lobo at October 01, 2012 04:37 AM (+I8Mq)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2012 04:38 AM (HethX)
Posted by: Jean at October 01, 2012 04:39 AM (liPvR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:39 AM (oSFWF)
Putting pumpkin into cheesecake is an abomination and will get you sent to baking Hell.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2012 04:39 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:40 AM (oSFWF)
Does he carry a sidearm, and is he proficient in its use?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2012 04:40 AM (2b4yb)
I just shared a Romney/Ryan poster on Facebook, I think it was just one of those things asking for likes to get to 8 million or whatever, and one of my dear fb friends said "f u" to me. Isn't that sweet, I thanked him for his pithy comment.
Posted by: spypeach at October 01, 2012 04:41 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 01, 2012 04:41 AM (HNwOT)
The ginger snap crust will limit her to at least Purgatory.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:41 AM (sbV1u)
However, all of that may be forgiven. I'm fairly certain that among the various items that she brought in to stock our breakroom was a bag of white cheddar cheese popcorn.
That stuff is like sex. Good sex. With a pointy elbowed cheerleader.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 04:41 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:42 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: Truman North, happy iPhone addict at October 01, 2012 04:42 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:43 AM (oSFWF)
De-Friend that turkey as obviously you aren't as friendly as you thought.
I bet they post all kind of lib crap that you just let roll off your back.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 01, 2012 04:43 AM (06lNq)
Then I must be going to Hell. Keebler has a recipe for Fluffy Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie that uses their Graham Cracker crust.
Mmmmmmm. Just fabulous.
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 01, 2012 04:44 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: Mama AJ, low carb except for this at October 01, 2012 04:44 AM (SUKHu)
There's such a thing as bad sex?
I thought it was like pizza, you know, even if it's bad it's still pretty good.
I must be doing it wrong.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:44 AM (sbV1u)
The ABC/WaPo poll with Obama at +2? It *does not* provide the party ID of respondents.
I find that very very suspicious.
They will not be included in the average as a result.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 01, 2012 04:44 AM (eC7WC)
Wait, didn't your nic have a link?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 04:44 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 04:44 AM (M7Cfv)
Posted by: Brian Williams at October 01, 2012 04:45 AM (DrC22)
>>On the other hand, a fully-functioning blog just wouldn't be the same.
This system keeps out the riff-raff.
Or the fully-functioning people.
Potato/tomahto.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 01, 2012 04:45 AM (SUKHu)
I thought it was like pizza, you know, even if it's bad it's still pretty good.
I must be doing it wrong.
No, no such thing as bad sex. But there's sex, and then there's good sex.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 04:46 AM (da5Wo)
Dust off and nuke the sight from orbit: it's the only way to be sure.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2012 04:46 AM (2b4yb)
I cleaned out my FB friends list about a month ago when I realized there were about 10-15 people in there who consistently mock everything I stand for.
To be fair, most of them were friends of my wife - the former California hippie chick.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:46 AM (sbV1u)
One of my wife's best cheesecakes (and she makes fantastic cheesecake) is a pumpkin-pie cheesecake.
Also a sweet-potato casserole cheesecake which is absolutely fantastic.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 01, 2012 04:46 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 01, 2012 04:46 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2012 04:46 AM (HethX)
It did and I just torched the link because it was to an article I was referencing yesterday.
This link is to donate to state senate candidate Jeff Bailey, in a winnable seat.
I guess it's still a valid story: high-profile presidential debate moderator Gwenn Awful did an op-ed in WaPo explaining the debates are meaningless and don't worry when Obama loses.
Posted by: Truman North at October 01, 2012 04:47 AM (I2LwF)
General Woundwort @167
I was thinking about de-friending, but he's obviously reading the stuff I post and I kind of like the idea of pissing him off now. He's a lib who lives in Cali, just a past school friend, so I really don't care if he's my friend or not.
Posted by: spypeach at October 01, 2012 04:47 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:47 AM (oSFWF)
Pointy elbows, huh? Not sure what that gets me. It that like some "gourmet sex" kinda thing? I'd just prefer to stick with 34Ds.
Oh, and the pleated skirt. Gotta have the pleated skirt.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:48 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 01, 2012 04:48 AM (8FQ6f)
Posted by: jakeman at October 01, 2012 04:49 AM (96M6e)
Good morning, daywalkers.
Other NYT frontpage headlines:
U.S. May Have Put Mistaken Faith In Japanese Ambassador's Pledge Of Peaceful Intentions -- Dec. 8, 1941
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2012 04:49 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 08:48 AM (sbV1u)
Plaid pleated skirt.....mmmmm....
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 04:49 AM (da5Wo)
There ya go, goin' all Catholic on me.
.....
I'll be in my bunk.
Looks like I'll be in the confessional this week too.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:51 AM (sbV1u)
I live in MA, so am perhaps in a Lost Cause state, but where are the friggin' Romney teevee ads?
We get regular doses of Choom Boy -- and, of course, the unpaid-for ads via the networks -- but I don't see anything from Mr Big Fundraiser.
Are you seeing any signs that there actually ]IS a Rombley campaign? Or is he expecting the debates will do it for him?
This is one of the major reasons I fear November 6.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2012 04:51 AM (ZgX/g)
I'm actually Baptist. So it's like forbidden fruit. Sexy, dirty fruit.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 04:52 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 01, 2012 04:52 AM (oSFWF)
http://is.gd/cNi2hb
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 07:05 AM (YdQQY)
Why it's almost as if we have a bunch of anti-American left wing radicals running the government
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 01, 2012 04:52 AM (1Jaio)
Yeah, MA is a lost cause. But I am in a swing state (VA) and I see Romney ads daily.
No point in pissing away ad money in MA. Or CA for that matter either.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:53 AM (sbV1u)
MrScribbler: there is certainly a Romney campaign. We're just calling into swing states. Making personal contact with persuadable voters and those who may decide to stay home. Makinf personal appeals to get out and cast the vote.
In 2010 in MA, the Democrats had to spend ten million dollars defending what should have been ten safe Congressional seats.
That's enough money siphoned off other places for us to win six close races in other parts of the country.
The GOP doesn't seriously consider Massachusetts in play. It's probably about a 90% Obama state. But there are activists here, and we are mobilized to GOTV where it matters.
Posted by: Truman North at October 01, 2012 04:54 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: jakeman at October 01, 2012 04:54 AM (96M6e)
Stop! Stop now!
Dammit, I know I am going to Hell now.
A sexy, dirty Hell.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:54 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: AL at October 01, 2012 04:55 AM (c3oPV)
And it that the poll where they don't release their party affiliation breakout?
Yawn.
I wonder why that would be? Hmmmmm.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:56 AM (sbV1u)
No reason to spend money in MA.
I wonder about NH though. That can't be a separate TV market, so perhaps they are hitting print and phone instead of expensive Boston TV ads.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2012 04:56 AM (2b4yb)
Another success story for Government Motors
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 01, 2012 04:57 AM (1Jaio)
Well, also remember that, for most businesses, Q3 is winding down or Q4 is just starting up. They've burned through all their budget this year, and don't know what next will look like.
My current client, for instance, just finished a couple of concurrent big projects (probably solid 7 figures each), and there's just no money at the moment to start anything new, even though we've still got 3 months left in the year. I'm sure that's the same pretty well across the whole economy.
My plan, if some things with my actual employer (as opposed to the client with whom I'm currently working) don't improve, is to start seriously looking in December.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 01, 2012 04:57 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 01, 2012 04:58 AM (HethX)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 01, 2012 04:59 AM (GvYeG)
Damn Baptists. Y'all rut like weasels.
Thus making a conversion extremely appealing....
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 04:59 AM (sbV1u)
Horrible from Drudge
looks like we just lost 3 more of our boys to a motorcycle bomber. Praying for their families, we need to get them the hell out of there now.
Posted by: spypeach at October 01, 2012 05:01 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: Redd at October 01, 2012 05:01 AM (guxHP)
Global warming also caused the Mongol hordes. Must've been all those prehistoric SUVs.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/9bmzxnz
Posted by: Ian S. at October 01, 2012 05:01 AM (rPA5/)
It's D+3 but actually good for Romney. Romney leads in the poll slightly in all turnout models except 2008.
Their swing state results are bullshit though. The national sample size is only 817 likely voters, if they are using those to determine swing states, then their sample is too small to be valid.
I'll have a post up on this one shortly.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 01, 2012 05:03 AM (eC7WC)
Posted by: spypeach at October 01, 2012 05:04 AM (pwTow)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 01, 2012 05:04 AM (ck76k)
but ALL of the polls can't be wrong when taken together. we have alot of work to do everyone. keep at it
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 01, 2012 05:04 AM (HNwOT)
But I don't like this feeling -- reinforced by the media at all levels -- that Romney is phoning it in. The fact that supposedly conservative sites (NRO, Tepid Air, et. al.) are doing their usual full-on "in fairness" head-in-the-sand act doesn't help, either.
I am not liking the prospect that we will get another four years (at least) of Choom Boy. But a lot of signs seem to be pointing to it.
No sense in expecting the GOP to grow a pair and actually put up a fight, I guess....
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 01, 2012 05:05 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 05:06 AM (tWrwm)
Thus making a conversion extremely appealing....
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 01, 2012 08:59 AM (sbV1u)
Joke from our Pastor last Sunday:
An Episcopalian, a Presbyterian and a Baptist minister had worked together and started a charity in a city. There was an accident at a charity function and all three, plus their wives, were killed and stood at the pearly gates.
St. Peter calls the Presbyterian forward and tells him "Well sir, you've lived a good life and done many good things, but there's a problem. You have a serious affinity for money. You even married a woman named Penny. It's gonna be a close thing for you to get in.
Then he calls the Episcopalian forward. "Well sir, you've lived a good life and done many good things, but there's a problem. You have a serious affinity for alcohol. You even married a woman named Brandy. It's gonna be a close thing for you to get in."
The Baptist preacher hears all this and goes "Ah forget it. We're never getting in here. Come on Fannie, let's go."
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 05:08 AM (da5Wo)
No shit.
*goes to read the comments*
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 01, 2012 05:08 AM (/kI1Q)
Obama +11 in the Swing States in new ABC/Wash Post poll.
So ABC and Wash Post are going all Agent Smith now? - "That is the sound of inevitability."
Scum.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 01, 2012 05:08 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 01, 2012 05:09 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: AL at October 01, 2012 08:55 AM (c3oPV)
ABC/WAPO? I've got three words:
Dewey. Defeats. Truman.
The MFM has always chosen a favorite candidate (or alternately chosen the guy they DON'T want to win) and then bent polls to try to make it so.
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 01, 2012 05:09 AM (RSqz2)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at October 01, 2012 05:10 AM (ogdab)
The biggest TV market in NH is Boston.
Don't worry. The Boo Boos will start paying attention two weeks out, and the ads will increase.
Posted by: Truman North at October 01, 2012 05:12 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 01, 2012 05:12 AM (bED4B)
Some Moron with mad webskilz needs to google "Obama Phone Song" and start mixing all the results.
Including "Mamma, don't take my Bamafone away"
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 01, 2012 05:13 AM (oGxnh)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 01, 2012 05:13 AM (ck76k)
Posted by: Truman North at October 01, 2012 05:14 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: jakeman at October 01, 2012 05:14 AM (96M6e)
Posted by: Truman North at October 01, 2012 09:12 AM (I2LwF)
That I instantly knew what you meant means I'm spending far too much time at the HQ.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 01, 2012 05:14 AM (da5Wo)
#220 - share your concern a bit. But I think the Wednesday debate will tell - either R shows up and nails O or he mails it in. I think it will be the former.
As for the ads there have been comments that the R strategy is to pour it on in the final weeks assuming nobody is paying attention until then
If you look at the 2 main polls (Gallup and Ras) the race is essentially tied or O has a small lead an R can still win this thing. I am not paying attention to the ABC/NBC/Quinnipiac/etc polls which are still assuming 2008 turnout (or fudging ttheir numbers)
Posted by: NoBama12 at October 01, 2012 05:15 AM (ykY2u)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 01, 2012 09:12 AM (bED4B)
Obama always goes up over the weekend.
Posted by: Tami at October 01, 2012 05:16 AM (X6akg)
No one that is able to vote should stay at home. Even if you don't live in a swing state, you should vote if registered. Take nothing forgranted.
Posted by: Mo the girl at October 01, 2012 05:17 AM (MWi0v)
Posted by: Tami at October 01, 2012 09:16 AM (X6akg)
Not around here he doesn't.
Posted by: Reggie Love at October 01, 2012 05:17 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 01, 2012 05:19 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 01, 2012 05:20 AM (BfZ1r)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 01, 2012 05:24 AM (bED4B)
THE CYBER SQUIRREL!!!
http://bit.ly/Pm5WLO
Right on cue to divert from Lybia, debate flop, you name it...
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 01, 2012 05:25 AM (RSqz2)
http://is.gd/cNi2hb
Posted by: Vic at October 01, 2012 07:05 AM (YdQQY)
According to the article he never took a fucking final for his first 2 years because he and his fellow cocksuckers were busy busting shit up. Why wasn't his chinless ass expelled?
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 01, 2012 05:25 AM (nTMP4)
Posted by: NoBama12 at October 01, 2012 05:26 AM (ykY2u)
Posted by: Redd at October 01, 2012 05:28 AM (guxHP)
Posted by: thunderb a conservative jew at October 01, 2012 05:29 AM (Dnbau)
Meh. If you're just going along to vote SCOAMF because the chick you met at the slut walk tells you to, you should stay home.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 01, 2012 05:32 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Redd at October 01, 2012 05:33 AM (guxHP)
"What are the Moron's thoughts on why Obama and his campaign are down playing TFG debate performance?"
It's SOP to lower expectations. That way, if the JEF does badly, it's because he's too busy presidentin' (on the golf course and at fundraisers in Vegas); and if he does well, it's because he's a lightbearing genius.
Posted by: Brown Line at October 01, 2012 05:48 AM (VrNoa)
It's the same reason Michelle down plays his carnal prowess. He's a SCOAMF.
Posted by: Fritz at October 01, 2012 05:53 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 01, 2012 05:56 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: gp at October 01, 2012 06:11 AM (+Jpqc)
Posted by: steevy at October 01, 2012 09:54 AM (6o4Fb)
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