October 22, 2012
— Gabriel Malor Happy Monday.
Politico has new "battleground" tracking. Overall, Romney leads Obama, 49 to 47 percent. But he leads 50-48 in 10 swing states. This one's notable because the same poll hasn't found a Romney lead since May. (May? Wha?) Once again, the trends are in the right direction. There are 15 days left. Will it be enough?
Awww, Microsoft is now a week away from rolling out Windows 8. The major problem: it's such a radical change from previous Windows versions that nobody knows how to use it.
Obama is making a late push for black voters. The campaign really has become a turnout nightmare for Democrats. So much so that Obama has invited Rev. Wright back into the fold.
The NY Times is already signalling that we're at the end of the campaign rally misery and it's time to switch to the door-to-door GOTV misery. Or at least it's over for Democrats...
The NY Post has now discovered the Obama foreign donation scandal. Democrats just don't care.
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Posted by: AussieMarcus at October 22, 2012 02:55 AM (RstsB)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)
Texas Republican Rep. Ted Poe told The Daily Caller he fears the American people and Congress cannot trust at face value anything President Barack ObamaÂ’s administration says.
No shit
http://is.gd/KkNC7F
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)
The Fall
Unfolding in Pennsylvania University, this sexy and fast-paced novel is layered with intimate insight about lifeÂ’s most formative years. The Fall is a compelling, contemporary coming-of-age story about what happens when we are forced for the first time to really confront who we are, and who we want to become.
And thatÂ’s it for Monday morning folks.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Ms Choksondik at October 22, 2012 02:59 AM (YOZSv)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 03:01 AM (9ScGj)
http://is.gd/t0Tp8W
And he's gonna beat the shit out of McRomney, hurr hurr derp.
http://is.gd/1oh7K6
Twitter really pulls our underclass out from under its rock and puts it right there out in the sunlight, doesn't it?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 22, 2012 03:02 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 03:02 AM (+tqYo)
Desperation, this is why I think we have a blowout.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:02 AM (YdQQY)
Obviously, DoS doesn't understand that boilerplate information that might reveal how the government actually functions (or disfunctions) should be classified to prevent the taxpayers from seeing it.
Interesting also that although the Libyans are our new best friends in the ME, the Dems are worried about reprisals against Libyans that assist us in the Benghazi investigation. Funny how that level of concern for foreign nationals helping us didn't seem to be a problem for the Pakistani doctor that helped Obama personally kill Osama.
Posted by: Hrothgar (Unemployed Debate Coach) at October 22, 2012 03:03 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:04 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 22, 2012 06:58 AM (OWjjx)
The lowest "earners" saw their taxes go to zero. They will have to return to paying.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:04 AM (YdQQY)
http://is.gd/Ho3cmN
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 06:56 AM (YdQQY)
See, bowing to Saudi princes does help the US economy (but only when I need it to happen)!
Posted by: Barky O'Chooma at October 22, 2012 03:06 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 03:06 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:08 AM (kc2b9)
Still 50 cents higher than last year's low.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 22, 2012 03:09 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Unemployed Debate Coach) at October 22, 2012 07:03 AM (Cnqmv)
Or their rapist hero Julian Assange and his dicksucking friend Bradley Manning.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:10 AM (RjEzQ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:12 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:13 AM (YdQQY)
You're about to experience an entire election getting shoved up your ass.
Hope you stocked up on personal lubricants, 'cuz this election is definitely gonna last more than four years....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 22, 2012 03:13 AM (j+44v)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 22, 2012 03:13 AM (erYRT)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:13 AM (2b4yb)
Starting today, we're in the "sweet spot" for Allred's upcoming smear of Romney. Far enough from the election to knock a few points off his numbers. Too close to the election for Romney's campaign to effectively curb stomp the hook nosed slitch.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 22, 2012 03:13 AM (L7hol)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:15 AM (kc2b9)
Classified documents that protect sensitive information under any Republican administration are obviously an attempt to damage this nation by concealing evil deeds.
All unclassified or classified documents prepared under a Democrat administration represent a sacred trust with the American people and should never be folded, spindled, mutilated, or viewed except by a Democrat review team with impeccable socialist credentials!
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 22, 2012 03:15 AM (Cnqmv)
1. Gas prices will drop
2. New economic numbers will show a spike in the GDP
3. Unemployment will drop to less than 7%
4. Swing States will get tons of promises for federal money (already started)
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:15 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Candy the Hutt at October 22, 2012 03:15 AM (YOZSv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 07:13 AM (2b4yb)
What is my "favorite show"?
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:16 AM (YdQQY)
Back at the vp debate, Slo Joe claimed we have the harshest sanctions ever done, on Iran. It musta completely slipped his mind that we once cut Cuba off from the rest of the world other than some air flights. Either that or he just didn't know it. I choose ignorance on his part. Or he was doing his normal lying routine.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 22, 2012 03:17 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 07:13 AM
Ain't reading anything Issa says.
He is rapidly turning into the Michelle Malkin of Congress, stamping his feet in outraged outrage and spewing soundbites while preening for the cameras.
What has been accomplished by his multiple "investigations?" Anyone lose their jobs or end up behind bars?
If the lackwit would actually see one of his little productions through to a conclusion, people might have more a touch more respect for the House. As it is, it's all Squirrels and Shiny Stuff.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 03:17 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 07:15 AM (kc2b9)
Now that IS a show I used to like. Too bad TV has gone to shit and there are no shows like that anymore.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:17 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:18 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 22, 2012 03:18 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:18 AM (RjEzQ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 03:19 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: King Ding Dong at October 22, 2012 03:19 AM (0SHei)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 07:17 AM (2b4yb)
My favorite show is a blank screen while the satellite plays music through the stereo.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:19 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 07:18 AM (kc2b9)
Bingo
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:20 AM (YdQQY)
I use an iPod, but yeah....much, much better than TV.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:20 AM (2b4yb)
Bill Richardson? Oh yeah, the ex-New Mexico Governor who was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 22, 2012 03:20 AM (lDWQr)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:20 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 22, 2012 07:13 AM
For once, I'm hoping Romney's lawyers take a page from the liberal playbook by immediately slapping Allred with a $100 million lawsuit, including a gag order and a demand for immediate production of proof to avoid prosecution for perjury.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 03:21 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 03:21 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:21 AM (RjEzQ)
Durbin just did the same thing.
This is why the Dems are successful. They know how to crack the whip and push a message.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:21 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:22 AM (kc2b9)
Yeah I catch in on there once and a while when they have a singer I like and I remember to check it.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:22 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 07:21 AM (RjEzQ)
There were definitely some pointy elbows on there.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:23 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 07:19 AM (2b4yb)
Can you imagine what our foreign policy would look like if we had a novice with no experience (other than a childhood spent in a madrassas in Indonesia) as President?
Oh wait...
Posted by: Hrothgar at October 22, 2012 03:23 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 22, 2012 03:23 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 03:23 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 03:24 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: JDTAY at October 22, 2012 03:25 AM (a0nis)
This is why the Dems are successful. They know how to crack the whip and push a message.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 07:21 AM (2b4yb)
I saw that mental flatliner on FNS yesterday; even fuckhead Wallace looked disgusted at what a retard the assholes in Illinois have inflicted on us.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:25 AM (RjEzQ)
Posted by: Mr pink at October 22, 2012 03:25 AM (HapjG)
Posted by: Love Reggie at October 22, 2012 03:25 AM (JMt7S)
My idiot sister thinks that The Tea Party is worse than the nazis.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:26 AM (2b4yb)
"OWS anarchists claim to have sabotaged train tracks leading in and out of NYC. IsnÂ’t sabotage of a public utility a federal crime?"
I imagine their "sabotage" consisted of laboring for 15 minutes to build a small pile of rocks between the rails, then smoking a doobie before taking dumps on the rails.
Posted by: 66chevelle at October 22, 2012 03:26 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 22, 2012 03:26 AM (d4o2E)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 22, 2012 03:26 AM (rPA5/)
Posted by: JDTAY at October 22, 2012 03:27 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 03:28 AM (kc2b9)
They lost because they gave Eli Manning too much time, and because the combination of Manning to Cruz is unstoppable sometimes.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 22, 2012 03:28 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:28 AM (RjEzQ)
Mrs. Johnson:
You're wearin your dresses way too high. It's reported you've been drinkin and runnin round with men and goin wild. We don't believe you ought to be bringin up your little girl this way.
Posted by: Secretary, Harper Valley PTA at October 22, 2012 03:29 AM (A1qjF)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 03:29 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 22, 2012 03:29 AM (GoIUi)
I understand their desire to make the transition back and forth between a tablet and a desktop transparent and seamless. And ultimately (I guess) between a phone and a desktop.
But....as you point out; they aren't the same things! Different interfaces for good reasons.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:30 AM (2b4yb)
the bath salts at the Atlantic, has rusted Bowden's instincts, he does have some new insights, the first to mention the courier, Al Kuwaiti, but then he has to fall back on the 'torture' claim from his attorney, debunked from the Schmidt/Furlow (they are both Army generals)
Posted by: archie goodwin at October 22, 2012 03:32 AM (ctjsq)
What....you don't like these?
http://is.gd/c0eu16
NSFW
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:32 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Gran at October 22, 2012 03:33 AM (mw0FO)
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 22, 2012 07:28 AM (06lNq)
Madieu fucked up by letting him get behind him. The Skins are pretty fucking banged up in the secondary plus London Fletcher was out with a hammy twinge so their coverage underneath was less than ideal. That was the first game I've watched all season because I hate that pudgy turd Roger Goodell plus no Redskins games had been covered here in NE Ohio (yes I'm a transplanted Skins fan). RG3 is the best young QB Washington's had since they fleeced the Iggles for Sonny Jurgensen.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:33 AM (RjEzQ)
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:34 AM (YdQQY)
I am trying to limit my discussions to refuting factual flaws, but I am way too much of a loudmouth to keep quiet for long.
Yes, my shins are usually sore after an evening with family.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:34 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: archie goodwin at October 22, 2012 03:35 AM (ctjsq)
I've noticed that's never an admission that socialism or government control of economies is a bad thing.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 22, 2012 03:35 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 22, 2012 03:36 AM (rPA5/)
Sigh. She knows nothing and wants to know nothing, but she'll vote full retard because hubby is union.
Posted by: Gem at October 22, 2012 03:36 AM (zw+pb)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 03:37 AM (X3lox)
We have to win this election because besides all of the other damage Obama can and will do, he will more than likely get to name three additional Supreme Court Justices and then it's game the fuck over for America.
He will name young radicals to the court and have a 5-4 edge with dumb fuck Roberts providing a 6-4 mandate on any and all socialism that comes before it and when that happens we will literally have a socialist country instead of the quasi socialist country we have now.
He will also go down as only offering up a single budget in the entirety of his Presidency.
Which is probably the most unconstitutional trick the President and the Donks have pulled so far.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 22, 2012 03:37 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: DOOM, Ed.D at October 22, 2012 03:39 AM (rqCsd)
Good morning, all. Thanks for the news, Gabe and Vic.
Vic, have you ever seen Thirteen Days? It's stuffed with the whole "JFK was a hero who saved the world from mad bomber Curtis LeMay," but on the whole, not a bad movie. Interesting, too, just to watch Kevin Costner with the worst Baaahhston accent I've ever heard.
Anyway, on Friday I promised today would be a little info on silent comedy.
Chaplin still has a huge (and to me, undeserved) reputation as a genius; this was cemented in the 1960s by critics like Walter Kerr who, in addition to seeing his shorts through the refracting lens of nostalgia, also had sympathy for his left-wing political positions, considering his denunciation as a Red to be a badge of honor. I have never been able to sit through one of his movies, though if you have to, The Kid (or, to a lesser extent, City Lights and The Gold Rush) can be entertaining. Forget the later ones – Monsieur Verdoux, Limelight, and especially The Great Dictator – overstuffed, preachy, bathetic nonsense.
If you want to see Chaplin and laugh, then I’d recommend two shorts – One AM and The Pawnbroker. The first is essentially a solo act, and is a funny movie version of Chaplin’s stage drunk act, playing a bon vivant who is trying to go to bed. The second has a scene where Chaplin is examining a clock that has been presented to pawn, and is, perhaps, the funniest thing Chaplin ever put on film. YMMV.
If you’ve never seen Buster Keaton, I’d recommend holding off on any of the famous movies such as The General, Sherlock Jr or Our Hospitality. Start with one I recommended on Friday – his very last feature, 1965’s The Railrodder. Keaton plays himself, the “Great Stone Face” character, who accidentally starts up a track inspection car and rides it all the way across Canada (it was a film specially commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada). It gives you a very good idea of the kind of inventive, mechanically-driven comedy that makes Keaton so very, very good. Then go on to the 1920 short One Week, where Buster and his new wife try to put a prefab house together. This short ends with one of Keaton’s famous “can only be filmed once” stunts. If you enjoy those two, then move on to the bigger features.
Harold Lloyd is also gaining new respect, as his films become generally available (Lloyd owned the rights to all his films and never re-released them during his lifetime except as parts of a compilation). I’m not a Lloyd fan, but you must watch Safety Last to see why he was known as the greatest of the “daredevil” comics.
There are plenty of lesser known lights as well, including Roscoe Arbuckle, Stan Laurel, Larry Semon, Harry Langdon, Mabel Normand and Snub Pollard. Take them all in small doses, though, as comedy shorts (especially the Keystone StudioÂ’s) can get very tiresome very fast. IÂ’d recommend Fatty and Mabel Adrift for Arbuckle and Normand, The Extra Girl for Normand herself (and also starring Stooge nemesis Vernon Dent), The Butcher Boy for Arbuckle himself, Sold At Auction for Pollard and Just Rambling Along for Laurel.
Semon, though occasionally funny, is very wearying; he is so afraid of losing the audience that his films are packed with too much action (if one fat man falling down porch stairs is funny, ten fat men falling down an elevator shaft is even funnier). And Langdon is so unique I donÂ’t recommend him at all unless you are very familiar with silent comedy; otherwise, he looks as if heÂ’s not doing anything at all.
And, of course, I have to recommend Marion DaviesÂ’ 1928 short Show People, a very funny look at Hollywood itself, with DaviesÂ’ character Peggy Pepper (renamed, as an actress, Patricia Peppoir) doing her level best to become a star.
Everything is available on YouTube or DVD. So take a look, if youÂ’re interested, and I wish you a happy time.
IÂ’ll return tomorrow with a couple of David Niven stories. Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 22, 2012 03:40 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: mikey at October 22, 2012 03:40 AM (kmxWt)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 03:40 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 22, 2012 03:41 AM (rPA5/)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2012 03:44 AM (Dnbau)
As a contented old fart with a desktop computer (not used to make phone calls) and a cell phone (not used for surfin' Teh Interwebz) I fail to understand all the fuss about "4G," watching teevee on a tiny phone screen, using said tiny screen to connect with the HQ, etc.
Most times of the day, I prefer being "unconnected." Gives me time to, you know, think instead of peeping out what's "hot," playing with Teh Twitterz, etc.
And I would really like to see jammers installed in cars so people can't text while driving.
Get off my lawn!
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 03:44 AM (ZgX/g)
I stand corrected.
Maybe the unreality of having just a single budget in his Presidency has left me a little touched.
The depredations these communists mother fuckers have made us suffer is unprecedented.
THEY MUST BE DEFEATED!!!
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 22, 2012 03:45 AM (06lNq)
So true. I have run Windows8 beta in a virtual machine on my desktop, and the first thing I did was bypass the apps page to get to the desktop. Where you discover there is no Start Button.
I'm hoping the production 8 has a simple switch-to-Windows7 interface on it.
Posted by: toby928© at October 22, 2012 03:46 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 07:33 AM (RjEzQ)
What did Sonny ever win?
Posted by: Terry Bradshaw & Joe Montana at October 22, 2012 03:47 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 07:40 AM (X3lox)
I've been stunned that the ambulatory lint trap who heads up the Senate couldn't find a token dimwit or two in entirely safe states like Schmucky Schooooomer or fatass Mikulski to give a token vote for them.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:47 AM (RjEzQ)
A nine dollar a month co-pay for birth control pills?
Big fucking deal.
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 22, 2012 03:47 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: toby928© at October 22, 2012 07:46 AM
They will have to pry XP out of my cold, dead fingers....
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 03:48 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: BignJames at October 22, 2012 03:48 AM (j7iSn)
And the crap they added to make it hog more memory is usually shit that I don't give a damn about using. I have often considered moving to a new interface but it doesn't appear to be worth the effort.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:48 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: and irresolute at October 22, 2012 03:49 AM (DBH1h)
Posted by: canadave at October 22, 2012 03:50 AM (MWHQ4)
national security adviser, in 'Rules of Engagement' who 'pulls a Benghazi'
covering up an attack in Yemen, (this was released the spring before the Cole bombing) and the Ambassador to Mexico, who doublecrosses the Cristeros,
in 'For Greater Glory'
Posted by: archie goodwin at October 22, 2012 03:50 AM (ctjsq)
Apple make the single best operating system and their hardware, though slightly overpriced, is top notch.
My current rig is running OSX, Win 7, Win 8 Developer Edition, 3 different versions of Linux.
All in virtual machines on a slim elegant laptop.
Win/Tel has nothing that comes close to touching Apple.
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 22, 2012 03:50 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: President pardoned Turkey at October 22, 2012 03:51 AM (Y//vu)
Not anymore. I've noticed some contemporary "smartphones" sample voice using a far shittier method than the primitive Nokia I carried in 2000. I have to tell them to text or call from a different phone because their voice sounds like Charlie Brown's teacher and I have no fucking idea what they're trying to tell me. Wah Wah Wah Wah.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 22, 2012 03:53 AM (hO8IJ)
I finally replaced my nine-year-old desktop a few months ago. I went from XP to Windows 7. It can be tailored to feel pretty much like XP, with some nice little upgrades.
But....unless you need a new machine (mine was dying), it's not worth it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 03:54 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at October 22, 2012 03:54 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Scobface at October 22, 2012 03:55 AM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:56 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Beefy Meatball at October 22, 2012 03:56 AM (i7B17)
Posted by: canadave at October 22, 2012 03:57 AM (MWHQ4)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at October 22, 2012 03:57 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Terry Bradshaw & Joe Montana at October 22, 2012 07:47 AM (sbV1u)
A spot in the HOF just like the two some moron is socking. He didn't win a Super Bowl because for one thing he started playing before there was a Super Bowl (he probably has a championship ring as a backup to Norm Van Brocklin in Philly) and he went to a Washington team that was still recovering from shithead George Preston Marshall keeping the team all white while playing in the blackest city in the US. Plus some of the head coaches he had until they got Lombardi at the end of his life were extremely inept.
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 22, 2012 03:57 AM (RjEzQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 07:54 AM (2b4yb)
My wife's machine has Windows 7. I am not in any hurry for it.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 03:58 AM (YdQQY)
Not to mention that Kennedy forward positioned nukes in a predominately islamic country minutes away from Moscow as the ICBM flies -- which started the entire tit-for-tat positioning of nukes in Cuba.
If I was ever in a debate where someone pulled the 'you're not Jack Kennedy' card I have an entire encyclopedia of reasons to add to after I said, "It's time you leftists got over your love affair with JFK".
New York City and Washington, DC were hours away from being evacuated while John McCain sat in his cockpit off the coast of Cuba with a target destination.
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 22, 2012 03:58 AM (feFL6)
Great stories of everything from British boarding schools, World War II, to Errol Flynn and Michael Todd. Well-written, too!
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 22, 2012 03:59 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 03:59 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Beefy Meatball at October 22, 2012 04:00 AM (i7B17)
Posted by: Rocky at October 22, 2012 04:00 AM (obHss)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2012 07:44 AM (Dnbau)
It's appealing to all the folks who miss the Soviet Union.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 22, 2012 04:00 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 04:01 AM (9ScGj)
See post 4.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 04:01 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 22, 2012 04:05 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 04:05 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 04:07 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: San Antonio rose at October 22, 2012 04:07 AM (bPJlD)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 04:07 AM (RoEtU)
American Tea Party Volunteers to Oversee UN Election Monitors
Who monitors the 2012 US Election computer software and corporation in Spain tabulating the count?
Where's the data on that corporation's Board Membership and owners' political affiliations?
Posted by: pan's labyrinth at October 22, 2012 04:08 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: San Antonio rose at October 22, 2012 04:08 AM (bPJlD)
Posted by: archie goodwin at October 22, 2012 04:08 AM (ctjsq)
Posted by: and irresolute at October 22, 2012 04:10 AM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:10 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: LRBnSC at October 22, 2012 04:10 AM (Qp3K5)
Posted by: Polls suck at October 22, 2012 04:10 AM (bPJlD)
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Didn't JFK try to audit the Federal Reserve, or somehow constrict the Fed?
Posted by: pan's labyrinth at October 22, 2012 04:10 AM (BAnPT)
The local fishwrap, revealed that oops Kennedy missed about a hundred tactical nukes, 50 years ago.
The local Kennedy jizz-rag (aka Boston Globe) had a story about Kennedy reading Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August and insisting he wasn't going to a let a series of mistakes in Cuba lead to war. Turns out that - whoops! - the files of the Imperial German High Command reveal that, contrary to Tuchman's thesis that WWI began because everybody blundered into it, the Germans wanted a war and were certain they would win. So JFK acted as he did because Tuchman didn't have access to the right material.
Meh. I still like the book. Worth reading, if you haven't. So is her A Distant Splendor though it can be rough going in patches.
134, 139 - thanks for the compliments. I'm always happy to tell a story and even happier when people enjoy it.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 22, 2012 04:12 AM (zF6Iw)
Sec. State: John Bolton
Sec. Defense: Allen West
Sec. Interior: Sarah Palin
Sec. Ag: closed
Sec. Ed.: closed
Sec. HHS: closed
Sec. Energy: closed
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 04:13 AM (2b4yb)
And it is widely acknowledged that he stole the election in Chicago and TX. Nixon's advisers tried to get him to challenge IL and TX and he said it would be bad for the country.
But Nixon was evil.
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 04:13 AM (YdQQY)
Our office is on a corner with a stoplight. I'm sitting at the light, it turns green and just as I start to pull forward I see a kid is already partially in the crosswalk and he's gonna run across. Prob 10 years old, black, jeans and a dark sweatshirt. Still pretty dark outside. Just as he crosses in front of my truck, I catch motion out of the corner of my eye in the side mirror. It's a semi, doing about 45 mph. The kid doesn't see it and runs right out in front of it. I was absolutely certain the kid was splattered. Somehow, only the grace of God knows how, the kid made it across to the sidewalk. That semi couldn't have missed him by more than 18 inches.
Alright, I think I'm gonna go puke and then read the comments. Back in a few.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 04:28 AM (da5Wo)
>>Somehow, only the grace of God knows how, the kid made it across to the sidewalk.
Man. They should use semis in the Olympics.
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 22, 2012 04:30 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 04:30 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 22, 2012 04:31 AM (bED4B)
Sec. State: John Bolton
Sec. Defense: Allen West
Sec. Interior: Sarah PalinSec. Ag: closed with extreme prejudice.
Sec. Ed.: closed
Sec. HHS: closed
Sec. Energy: closed
FIFY.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 22, 2012 04:32 AM (zF6Iw)
Today's reweights (now with shiny new Gallup included!):
R+0.38% - Current RCP Average
R+0.37% - Average using the 2008 turnout model
R+2.87% - Average using the D+3 turnout model
R+4.86% - Average using the 2010 turnout model
R+4.94% - Average using the 2004 turnout model
R+6.42% - Average using the Rasmussen Party ID turnout model
Notice something there? The complete lack of Obama leading in any of the turnout models. The current RCP continues to reflect a 2008 turnout model.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 22, 2012 04:32 AM (pfm/k)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 04:32 AM (RoEtU)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:32 AM (8sCoq)
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I thought that was debunked? {nervously biting fingernails}
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 22, 2012 04:33 AM (lTVJy)
WRT Tablet UIs: Theory is we'll all be using "dumb slates", single or limited purpose web-enabled slates, to do our relatively specialized jobs and desktops/real computers will become mopre of a niche thing for programmers.
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 22, 2012 04:33 AM (3ZtZW)
He told me that one minute siren was just a test, but the code for the fire company was three minutes and that meant hit the basement -- the birds were in flight. One afternoon in the middle of the blockade the fire company accidentally hit the three minute button. I think I shat my pants after the second minute. That was the longest three minutes of my life.
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at October 22, 2012 04:33 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:34 AM (8sCoq)
Lost my enthusiasm for the myth that was JFK many, many years ago. Assassination made him a saint, unlike Lincoln who genuinely deserved the praise.
On the other hand, sold my mint condition 1964 JFK half-dollar for $9.50 the other day.
Posted by: LRBnSC at October 22, 2012 04:34 AM (Qp3K5)
Posted by: Truman North at October 22, 2012 04:35 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Fox2! at October 22, 2012 04:35 AM (1Qpmy)
She's the one who broke the Fast and Furious story while investigating Obama's restriction of US legal gun sales.
CBS has at least ONE truly investigative journalist.
Posted by: pan's labyrinth at October 22, 2012 04:35 AM (BAnPT)
"Only a man with a leftover undergraduate ambivalence about Western civilization would have dealt with the Benghazi catastrophe in such a fashion in the first place. Barack Obama responded to the terrorism like a Columbia junior stoned on a reefer, particularly one from his era. He took another toke and moved on."
http://tinyurl.com/9qz3w7m
Posted by: T. Hunter at October 22, 2012 04:36 AM (EZl54)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 22, 2012 04:36 AM (pfm/k)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 22, 2012 08:36 AM (pfm/k)
Hey, when did you start doing comedy?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 04:37 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 04:37 AM (X3lox)
@167
The poor guys had to crank out to D+9......that tells you all you need to know about Ohio...
Posted by: AussieMarcus at October 22, 2012 04:37 AM (RstsB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 04:37 AM (kc2b9)
# 167:
what's with this CBS poll that has TFG ahead in Ohio
Those numbers were delivered to Dan Rather, by a woman named Lucy Ramirez. He made copies at the local Kinkos, shredded the original docs, and passed the copies on to CBS.
So, as you can see, it's totally legit.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 22, 2012 04:37 AM (L7hol)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 04:38 AM (RoEtU)
Sec. Defense: Allen West
Sec. Interior: Sarah Palin
Sec. Ag: closed
Sec. Ed.: closed
Sec. HHS: closed
Sec. Energy: closed Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 08:13 AM
You choomin' early, bro?
West and Palin would be "show" appointments, and we really don't need any more of that for a good long time. West will have a job to do in Congress -- should he be reelected -- and Palin has turned herself into a celebrity.
And don't expect even a full Repub Congress to start doing the right thing and shutting down useless agencies. That would take some actual work, and Congress is allergic to anything to has even a whiff of effort to it.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 04:38 AM (ZgX/g)
Sorry. Alan West doesn't have the strategic experience, yet.
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 22, 2012 04:38 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: AussieMarcus at October 22, 2012 08:37 AM (RstsB)
The CBS poll is D +9?
I guess I can step back from the ledge....
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:38 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Truman North at October 22, 2012 04:38 AM (I2LwF)
You crotchety old Luddite bastards.
"I don't like these new fangled ignition cylinders. I never had any problem cranking my old Tin Lizzie by hand. The only reason I bought a new car was because the goddamn tire companies won't sell you wooden rims with unvulcanized tires anymore. Hell, they only put roofs on cars these days so they can make you hot and stuffy so they can sell you AC.
Get off my lawn so my goats can cut it."
If Pixy Misa released an OS, you would complain about all the "unnecessary features, frippery and gewgaws."
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 22, 2012 04:38 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Cricket at October 22, 2012 04:40 AM (2ArJQ)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at October 22, 2012 04:41 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:41 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 04:41 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 22, 2012 08:38 AM (JDIKC)
Your point?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 04:41 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 22, 2012 04:42 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 22, 2012 04:42 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Cricket at October 22, 2012 08:40 AM (2ArJQ)
You could have a career in politics or PR with that one
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:42 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2012 04:42 AM (/FT0A)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at October 22, 2012 04:43 AM (OjQYm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 04:43 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: HoboJerky, 19 days at October 22, 2012 04:43 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 22, 2012 04:44 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 22, 2012 04:44 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at October 22, 2012 04:45 AM (MAhUT)
Posted by: 16 days at October 22, 2012 04:45 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 04:45 AM (kc2b9)
When Iran wants to have talks about Nuclear Prohibition
Then the signal has been given a new Sheriff is in town
This is a mirror State of Foreign affairs to the Peanut years
Same thing happened when Carter could not get the Mothers to release embassy personnel
Iran knew Reagan would not put up with that!!!
Mitt will not have the Tolerance BHO had for a Nut Case Nuclear Iran
Posted by: Clemenza at October 22, 2012 04:46 AM (afx6B)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 04:46 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: 15 days at October 22, 2012 04:46 AM (LpQbZ)
An amazing thing about Harold Lloyd was he had a prosthetic hand and still did wild stunts in his films. If you look closely you can see it but most people watching his films never realize he only had one good hand.
Yup. He was holding a prop bomb (one of those bowling balls that fuzzy-wuzzy anarchist types carry around in comic strips) for a publicity shot. . .only it wasn't a prop. It blew off his left thumb and two fingers.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 22, 2012 04:47 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 04:47 AM (RoEtU)
Bill Clinton gave us the "Sarajevo Rules" for dealing with a hostile press. He happily bombed Serbian TV stations and newspapers becase he didn't like what they broadcast or printed. If the DOOM does collapse everything I plan on making any asshole in a safari jacket carrying a microphone or camera a priority target.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at October 22, 2012 04:48 AM (6BgmB)
Dave in Fla: could you put off other work til Nov 7?
Posted by: kelley in virginia at October 22, 2012 04:48 AM (HNwOT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 04:48 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: 15 days at October 22, 2012 08:46 AM (LpQbZ)
daily occurrence- there's a brief interruption when the hamsters are rotated
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:48 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 07:17 AM (ZgX/g)
How do you know he's spiking the investigations? If Americans lack the political will to Do What Is Necessary, how is it his fault?
Honest question.
Posted by: HoboJerky, 19 days at October 22, 2012 04:48 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 04:49 AM (kc2b9)
I doubt Teh Noot would take any job. Appears to me the guy has decided it's easier to pimp for money online, send out occasional newsletters and get paid to be appear as an Eminent Conservative on teevee.
Better to bypass the Big Names -- Gingrich, Palin, etc. -- and get some people on the job who will actually work hard.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 04:49 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: Clemenza at October 22, 2012 04:49 AM (afx6B)
** I wasn't able to get in/post for about 10 minutes or so... just got back in. Just me?
No. We got the gerbils powering the blog from a Richard Gere yeard sale. They don't have much endurance.
Although they can hold their breath for a very long time.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 22, 2012 04:49 AM (zF6Iw)
>>My money is on Robert Zoellick.
Mm. Don't know how I feel about that. NeoCon, Dubya history, Goldman-Sachs. The usual, IOW.
Posted by: uterus cannon at October 22, 2012 04:49 AM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 04:50 AM (RoEtU)
I wasn't able to get in/post for about 10 minutes or so... just got back in. Just me?
Feeding of the hamsters.
Posted by: gdonovan at October 22, 2012 04:50 AM (n3u/C)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 04:51 AM (X3lox)
Egypt objects to Israel increasing activity against Gaza
Hey, remember when Egypt occupied the Gaza strip for 19 years and offered to make it part of a Palestinian state? Remember that?
Nixon's biggest mistake was not letting the Israelis finish things in '73.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 22, 2012 04:51 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at October 22, 2012 04:52 AM (Ho2rs)
Also, George Bush.
Posted by: Fake Troll 'cause the real ones got quiet at October 22, 2012 04:52 AM (feFL6)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 04:53 AM (kc2b9)
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I lol'd.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 22, 2012 04:53 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 04:54 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at October 22, 2012 04:54 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 04:54 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 22, 2012 04:54 AM (ck76k)
1) pick a city
2) contact the local community college and have them send over a forensics teacher to serve as moderator
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:54 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 04:55 AM (+tqYo)
Honest question.
Posted by: HoboJerky, 19 days at October 22, 2012 08:48 AM
My take is that Issa, like O.J. searching for Nicole's killer, is leaving his cases open but setting up new targets to feed the media's need for Fresh Meat.
So Holder is "in contempt?" So friggin' what? What does that mean? Doesn't seem to be affecting him in any way.
It is Issa's "fault" that he doesn't finish what he starts. He gets the headlines for a few days/weeks with each example of Bad Shit he finds, then goes on to another and forgets the previous one.
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 04:55 AM (ZgX/g)
I wasn't able to get in/post for about 10 minutes or so... just got back in. Just me?
No, happens every morning. It was caused by the replacement of the overnight hamsters with a fresh team for the new day. Ace really needs to get some of this loose shit fixed. It's probably time to hit the tip jar again, then maybe he could up grade to gerbils.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at October 22, 2012 04:55 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 22, 2012 04:55 AM (ck76k)
Posted by: 15 days at October 22, 2012 04:55 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 22, 2012 04:56 AM (K4AdI)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 04:56 AM (RoEtU)
Posted by: 15 days at October 22, 2012 04:57 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 04:57 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: 15 days at October 22, 2012 04:57 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 04:57 AM (+tqYo)
Why else would Moo-Chelle have the hots for her?
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 04:58 AM (ZgX/g)
I was making a (bad) joke about hating liberals.
Sorry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 04:58 AM (2b4yb)
it doesn't. According to polls, America holds Congress in contempt. And then we turn right around and keep electing the same variety of assholes every two years.
I think America's 2 biggest problems are a dishonest press and a criminal Congress.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 04:58 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 04:58 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 04:58 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 04:58 AM (RoEtU)
I mean, outside of the 10 minute downtime around 8am, and the non-ability to do formatting, I don't mind the comments section.
Threaded comments aren't that good anyways; hard to keep track of the temporal flow of the entire conversation.
Posted by: HoboJerky, 19 days at October 22, 2012 04:59 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 08:58 AM
Steyn not so much, but I would love to see Sowell given some high-profile policy gig.
Secretary of Sense?
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 22, 2012 05:00 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 05:01 AM (nUH8H)
✔
@russellcrowe
Villagers,I don't endorse politicians.Not my thing.However, Obama is the light & the future.Keep going towards the light. Put America first.
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Let me be the first to throw a phone at him. Too bad. Another clueless dope celebrity. I liked him, too. Pretty sexy back in the day.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 22, 2012 05:01 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 05:02 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: 15 days at October 22, 2012 05:02 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 05:02 AM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 05:02 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at October 22, 2012 05:03 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 08:58 AM (RoEtU)
I think my heart just stopped for a second....
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 05:03 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 05:05 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: Golan Globus at October 22, 2012 05:06 AM (/1U3u)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 05:06 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 05:07 AM (9ScGj)
Riiiight:
>>North Carolina Registers Over 583 Democrat Votes Over the Age of 112
BRB with the linkie.
Posted by: Mama AJ, A Big Pink Fluffy Bunny at October 22, 2012 05:07 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 05:08 AM (oSFWF)
Examiner link in name.
Posted by: Mama AJ, A Big Pink Fluffy Bunny at October 22, 2012 05:08 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 05:09 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 22, 2012 05:09 AM (lTVJy)
Chavez, Castro and Putin.
I'm sure he'll be boasting about them at tonight's debate."
Hey....what about me!!!
And where's my sketttie?
Posted by: Honey Boo Boo at October 22, 2012 05:09 AM (1xXe9)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 22, 2012 05:10 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 22, 2012 05:10 AM (VtjlW)
Off Halloween costume sock.
I managed to frighten some little kids yesterday in that costume. Even without trying to give out carrots instead of candy...
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 22, 2012 05:10 AM (SUKHu)
Personally, I would rather JDAM/Hellfire/Daisy Cutter the EPA. Can't stand those Stalinists.
Posted by: Jim Scrummy at October 22, 2012 05:11 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 05:12 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 05:13 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 05:13 AM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 22, 2012 05:13 AM (ck76k)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 09:13 AM (kc2b9)
Ok, at least I'm not the only one who got that vibe. Ummm, is it bad that I have no idea who he is?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 05:14 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 05:14 AM (nUH8H)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 09:13 AM (nUH8H)
Do I even need to say it?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 05:14 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 22, 2012 09:01 AM (8sCoq)
That would be fun, watching the libtard press trying to keep up with him ridiculing them all the time. The press would need a mercy rule.
Posted by: Jim Scrummy at October 22, 2012 05:15 AM (sbV1u)
>>Do I even need to say it?
Well, it's either that or we go back to talking about Your Condition...
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 22, 2012 05:15 AM (SUKHu)
Somewhat older townhome neighborhood.
And a distinct pattern is emerging. Some sections have Romney signs out, and for the most part are neat and trim.
Some sections are pretty much sign-less, and still look well kept and clean.
Then you run into the sections with the Obama signs. And the back alleys look like crap, the front lawns are over-run with junk, and no effort to maintain any sort of standard of appearance.
Just coincidence, I'm sure.
Is there nothing that liberalism can't f*ck up?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 22, 2012 05:15 AM (1xXe9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 05:16 AM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2012 05:16 AM (oSFWF)
I mean, outside of the 10 minute downtime around 8am, and the non-ability to do formatting, I don't mind the comments section<<<<<<That list will grow. None of these gripes ever get worked off; new bugs get added to an ever-growing list. How long do you think it will take until there's so much downtime that even Ace can't ignore it? If I had a vendor with a record of failure and unresponsiveness like this, I'd fire him and hire a new one. Its been almost a year since the comments section broke. That's piss-poor. How many new commenters give up on participating because of this bullshit software?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 22, 2012 05:17 AM (4iAT0)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 22, 2012 05:17 AM (tOkJB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 05:18 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 22, 2012 05:18 AM (SUKHu)
Read that sentence again. I don't recognize my country anymore.
Posted by: Filly at October 22, 2012 05:19 AM (247Qj)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 05:20 AM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 22, 2012 05:20 AM (kc2b9)
Posted by: Pointy Elbow Cheerleader at October 22, 2012 05:21 AM (kzp9t)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 22, 2012 05:21 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 22, 2012 09:17 AM (4iAT0)
That just means those that stay on are the best and most dedicated.
*brushes shoulder off*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 05:21 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 05:22 AM (9ScGj)
Read that sentence again. I don't recognize my country anymore.
Posted by: Filly at October 22, 2012 09:19 AM (247Qj)
Yeah, I've got something the UN can observe, right here.
Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2012 05:23 AM (ZOUmX)
There are several houses here with RR signs now. OTOH, there have been signs for local judges for months.
Many more houses have signs for "40 days for life". Including one house that has that sign right next to a for sale sign, which makes me smile. Not feeling any need to hide what you believe! (it's a pro-life campaign)
Have not seen a single Obama sign. Have seen 2-3 bumperstickers a couple months ago, but nothing that would indicate they were new.
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 22, 2012 05:23 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: dorian taupe at October 22, 2012 05:23 AM (IfM3l)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 22, 2012 09:17 AM (4iAT0)
This. Nothing ever gets fixed as more problems accumulate. If nothing changes one day the fapping will stop.
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at October 22, 2012 05:23 AM (6BgmB)
Posted by: VBJonny at October 22, 2012 05:23 AM (bED4B)
All good points. And I can't imagine any rational reason why Ace puts up with it. It decreases his revenue -- why not fix it?
You have a blog, I have a blog, lots of people around here have blogs, and we all understand that it should be seamless.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 05:24 AM (2b4yb)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 22, 2012 05:24 AM (136wp)
Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2012 05:24 AM (wcjj2)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 05:25 AM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Mama AJ at October 22, 2012 09:15 AM (SUKHu)
This has become a Thing around here hasn't it? *shakes head*
I'm afraid we may have hit the ultimate that meme will ever see on the ONT last night.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 22, 2012 09:16 AM (nUH8H)
A brief shining moment of synchronized comedic styling
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 05:25 AM (da5Wo)
There's that WordPress backup site.
I wonder if I wrote my WordPress password down somewhere ...
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 22, 2012 05:25 AM (POGCP)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 22, 2012 05:26 AM (ck76k)
Posted by: Nate at October 22, 2012 05:26 AM (i3OIF)
Posted by: Justamom in Achin' Akin's district at October 22, 2012 05:26 AM (Sptt8)
Posted by: kawfytawk at October 22, 2012 05:27 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 22, 2012 05:28 AM (136wp)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2012 09:24 AM (2b4yb)
Wait, now you have a blog? What the fuck is going on around here?!? Next thing you know, EoJ will have a blog too. *snort*
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 22, 2012 05:28 AM (da5Wo)
Well, I see the blog went down again at the usual time. I guess what pixy meant the other day about 'watching for it' is that he'll just watch it happen day after day. He never said he'll DO anything about it.
Sheesh.....
Posted by: Tami at October 22, 2012 05:28 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 22, 2012 05:29 AM (136wp)
And if she doesn't watch out, Les Moonves will have her transferred to Tahrir Square.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 22, 2012 08:55 AM (+tqYo)
I think Tapper with ABC would at least try to be evenhanded, too. Of course, that guarantees that neither of them will ever get to do it.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at October 22, 2012 05:29 AM (qEkGZ)
Posted by: Justamom in Achin' Akin's district at October 22, 2012 05:30 AM (Sptt8)
Posted by: Icedog at October 22, 2012 05:33 AM (9ScGj)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 22, 2012 05:41 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 22, 2012 09:41 AM (VtjlW)
This! In my previous life I trained people how to use software too. The stories I could tell.
I've had people pick up the mouse and point it at the computer like a TV remote. oy vey.
Posted by: Tami at October 22, 2012 05:45 AM (X6akg)
Saaaaa-lute!
Posted by: mrp at October 22, 2012 05:47 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Redd at October 22, 2012 05:53 AM (RoEtU)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 06:11 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Charlie Clueless Gibson at October 22, 2012 06:15 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 22, 2012 06:15 AM (iP4V7)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2012 06:24 AM (1zwZo)
And sticking strictly to paternal genealogy, neither did the Obama family of Kenya ever serve in the US Military.
Romney American Family:
1837 Miles Romney (Britain) converted to Mormonism and emigrated to Nauvoo, Illinois to join with Joseph Smith. (No online membership roll of the Nauvoo Legion of ILLINOIS available.)
1846-47 No Romney volunteered in the US sponsored Mormon Battalion march against Mexico. (from A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846-1847 by Sergeant Daniel Tyler)
The closest that the Romney family ever "served" the US was to provide shelter during the subsequent Mexican Revolution in the Mormon Mexican Dublin (Romney) Colony after 1916. Pancho Villa attacked a New Mexican border town, outraged by Pres. Wilson's "treachery" favoring his revolutionary opponent. Villa considered his friendly treatment of Americans to date was used to Villa's disadvantage. Pres. Wilson ordered Pershing (National Guard units called up volunteers in the Southwestern States) to take the US Army into Mexico chasing Villa whose headquarter region was Chihuahua, same territory shared by the Mormon colonists including the Romney family in their Dublin Colony.
There were yet those Mormon colonists in Mexico that didn't flee the violence and threats of Mexican revolutionaries, returning back into the US with the majority, but instead remained with their property and harbored General Pershing's forces. The Romney colonial property of Dublin, Mexico served as Pershing's Headquarters. The American Mormons there provided Pershing with "intelligence". The quality of said intelligence, however, led the US Army on no better than a wild goose chase after the wily Villa. And when the US Army mistakenly attacked Mexican citizens not of Villa's rebels on the basis of that "intelligence", news broadcast by US media led to Wilson ordering Pershing to retreat back into the USA. There are yet Romneys living in their Mexican Mormon colony, though the American Romneys no longer communicate with their relatives left behind.
Aside from that exercise, the closest involvement the Romney family has had with the US Military is in managing war industrial contracts with ALCOA etc.
2008 Mitt Romney told the press that his sons serving his presidential campaign was their service to their nation. However he's spun that today still doesn't hold water to our current Military Personnel when Romney's foreign policy is no more clear than "wait until after the election" to learn.
Posted by: pan's labyrinth at October 22, 2012 06:43 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 22, 2012 06:56 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: deadrody at October 22, 2012 07:45 AM (aT8Zk)
Posted by: steevy at October 22, 2012 08:07 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at October 22, 2012 08:08 AM (GBXon)
No one with a brain likes menus that have items moving around on their own. This sucks on tablets. It blew chunks on "personalized menus" where shit would just disappear or be faded because you've used something else more. And it still blows.
I like my menus to be static and stay the way I make them. If I use something more then I'll put it at the top, if I want. I don't need any OS moving my shit around.
Well said. The first thing I do on a new PC is disable that "personalized menus" shit. God I hate that, for so many reasons, but not least because it discourages the user from exploring what some of the other options do.
I'm going to welcome Windows 8 the way I would welcome herpes, based on my observation that every other Microsoft operating system blows chunks. Win 95? Shit. Win 98? OK. Win ME? Sucked donkey dicks. Win XP? OK. Win Vista? Would have to improve to suck. Win 7? OK.
So I figure Windows 8 will be unusably bad. When the malodorous leftist geeks in Redmond fix the worst fuck ups (see "Vista" --> "Win 7"), and roll out Windows 9, then we'll talk.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 22, 2012 08:24 AM (U+DUu)
Literally billions of people know how Windows operates. And virtually none of them have a need for this change.
This is the part that kills me. Why change it? We know how to use Windows, so why mess with it? In a rational world, there would have to be a HUGE advantage to justify that.
For my part, I'd be happy sticking with my current OS (Win 7) to the end of my days. Hell, for that matter, I'd have been happy sticking with XP, too. The problem is that the asshole computer manufacturers force the latest MS OS on users, whether the OS is worth a shit or not.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at October 22, 2012 08:28 AM (U+DUu)
Posted by: Russell Crowe at October 22, 2012 08:35 AM (qwK3S)
Posted by: Russell Crowe at October 22, 2012 08:36 AM (qwK3S)
= = = = =
Here in Denver it seems Obama is making a late push for ANY voters.
I had two calls on Sunday, about an hour apart, from different Obama support groups; then later I received a third call from Planned Parenthood.
I smell a whiff of desperation in the air...
Posted by: A_Nonny_Mouse at October 22, 2012 11:55 AM (hq0VE)
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Posted by: Vic at October 22, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)