1 Good  Morning Morons.  Today is Monday, April 23, 2012.  On this day in 1635 the Boston Latin School is founded.  This was the first public school in the Colonies (later the United States). This school is still open today.

2 GSA deputy pleaded guilt to embezzlement months before the big party.

http://is.gd/70cnz2

3 Democrats in Senate throw up another squirrel, Susan Collins (DIABLO) joins them.

http://is.gd/70cnz2

4 MFM comedy shows  all line up to give Ocrapweasel free election year publicity this week.   When have they ever done this for any Republican?

http://is.gd/idBNk1

5 FCC rushes documents about Murdoch to CREW (left wing George Soros support group, tax exempt of course) while ignoring calls from Grassley.  This administration is not "just" a culture of corruption.  They have taken it to a new level.  They flaunt the law in the open. They are arrogant beyond belief.

http://is.gd/PZLh0b

6 The Heritage uses the hated word in their "chart of the week discussing high sugar prices due to government protection.   When are we going to get conservatives to quit using this liberal invented term?

http://is.gd/YFDGYo

7 City of St. Paul pulled "disparate impact" case Court that they had a good chance of winning.  Pulled because of pressure from Holder DOJ.  These BS impact cases from the EEOC are just another damn excuse to violate the 1964 CRA and the Constitution.  It pisses me off that someone has knuckled under in a chance to stick it up the EEOC's ass.

http://is.gd/YO2kry

8 Fire Fox dropping support for older products.

http://is.gd/OkAvVV

9 And must throw the BS flag on FoxB this morning.  They are repeating the Obama adm lie that the US is not participating in the Euro bailout by the IMF this time.  No mention that the Fed has dumped half a trillion printed dollars on them last week.   I say it is time to eliminate the Fed.

10 That's it for the news this morning.  It is really dead out there today.  Erf day must have killed all the news people.

11 On that $8.3B Medicare "Bonus Plan" payoff, where is he getting the money?  Congress has allocated no money for this plan.

Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 imposes accountability on Congressional spending:

No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

12 Almost time for a beer.

13 Man! That "If I wanted America to fail" guy sure is white.

14 Does. Not. Compute. Liberals really are the dumbest people on the Earth.



Not dumb, just bad liars.

15 Once again the "what if" record is smashed.

16 Man oh man, Vic, don't see how you can dish up headlines!

I start reading every morning, hoping to find gems to post, but after going through all the shit Bark Obama and his America-hating co-conspirators have pulled the day before, I'm too angry and depressed to save links or comment about them.

You're some kinda morning hero, dude. Doing the job Americans get too pissed off to do.

17 No hero, just a Moron

18 TNT: foot of snow in PA! I blame global worming

19 It is going to be chilly this entire week here.

20 This might have been covered on Sunday but the stoopid hurts. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney suggested Sunday that diversifying the male culture of the Secret Service with more female agents would probably discourage behaviors like the ones that led to the recent prostitution scandal. Diversity, what can't it do?

21 ...which may be Vic's #3, but link is off.

22 Not covered on Sunday, covered today.

23

Vic,

#2 link same as #3 ?

24 You're right and the damn original story has disappeared.

Here is a different version

http://is.gd/u5CZkM'

25 God Bless the Moron Vic!

26 I just read how the Catholic Bishop of Peoria, IL has stirred up controversy by calling the Obama contraception thing akin to how Hitler and Stalin got started. A little over the top? Maybe, but maybe not. Essentially, I think his point was, they were able to neutralize the Churches by inserting themselves more and more into the operations of the religious institutions. And doing everything they could to marginalize the influence of Churches. Anyway, the Bishop seems to be getting hit from all the right sources. One local Jewish leader said something to the effect of "he has no right to use the holocaust like that." How did he use the holocaust, dude? If you list Hitler's crimes against humanity, the slaughter of millions is just the top of the list, and it was accomplished on the pile of all the others that came before. That the Bishop was pointing out Hitler's war against Christianity is not any kind of slam at the Jews of Europe.

27 20 well except for the job that needs to get done part.

28 It is going to be chilly this entire week here.

Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2012 07:06 AM (YdQQY)

I wonder how many people lost their gardens in the northeast.

29 One thing I've learned is that you don't plant before May in New England.

30 From what I've read over at zerohedge the fed has been pumping money into the EU at an accelerated rate for the better part of a year at least. The US system has been giving currency swaps to EU sovereign banks; as much as they need to pretend they are solvent. Printing trillions more in new currency and spreading it around a bankrupt confederation.....what could go wrong? Good thing we have no real inflation...we know because the government tells us prices aren't higher.

31 I wonder how many people lost their gardens in the northeast.

Posted by: Beto at April 23, 2012 07:26 AM (cYQg0)

----------

A foot of snow will work wonders on a garden but I would not think a lot of planting would have gone on yet that far North???

32 I wonder how many people lost their gardens in the northeast.
Posted by: Beto at April 23, 2012 07:26 AM

Here on the coast of MA, we're getting rain, not snow. The garden seems happy.

We'll plant veggies in May.

Mmmmmm...tomatoes!

33 I just hope we don't have another May with a 3 day run of 20s. That just about wiped out my entire yard a few years ago.

34 What's the deal with Susan Collins' endless series of slurred speech, mush mouth, idiotic sound bites anyway? I really don't give a shite if she has some tragic disability.
She highlights the Senate's mental vacuousness with her kindergarten quality sermons.
You'd think someone would haul her aside and say ENOUGH FER CHRISSAKES YA BINT

Just go the f*#k away Susan.   

35

Posted by: Wyatt's Torch at April 23, 2012 07:27 AM (zxrQh)

 

We used to wait until the pecan trees had buds, supposedly they will not bud if another freeze is coming. This was in North Texas

36 Morning all. It is a balmy 46 here, with a high to be around 77. Have a bunch of butterflies and hummingbirds in my back yard. Think of that while you crunch the snow beneath your feet. The Mexican drug cartels have invaded WalMart. Bribes etc abound. Why is that a surprise???

37 @30.  No, no inflation.  That will hit around Jan. 20, 2013.

38 Good thing we have no real inflation...we know because the government tells us prices aren't higher.

Posted by: Daybrother at April 23, 2012 07:28 AM (g1fN1)

Yes, removing food and energy prices from the calculation tells you all you need to know about the integrity of those numbers.

39
>>Here on the coast of MA, we're getting rain, not snow. The garden seems happy.

Same. Our herbs are fine. Just rain and wind.

40 A foot of snow will work wonders on a garden but I would not think a lot of planting would have gone on yet that far North???

Most people around here know better, but there are some who started planting a week or two ago.

My raspberries had already put out all their leaves about 3 weeks ago, due to the warm weather.  The last week of normal temperatures is causing them some stress.  The damn things are like weeds though, so I'm not too worried that they'll die, I just might not get as many berries as I'd hoped.

41 On that $8.3B Medicare "Bonus Plan" payoff, where is he getting the money?


From his stash, duh. 

42 60º F here on the Gulf Coast. Breezy.

43 Just go the f*#k away Susan.
Posted by: ontherocks at April 23, 2012 07:32 AM

Hardly seems fair to pick on The Suze when the majority of her colleagues fellow teat-suckers can match her in drooling imbecility. (and I apologize to civilian drooling imbeciles everywhere for comparing them to the congresscrooks)

Listened to Bawney Fwank lately? Bitch McConnell? Hairy Reid? Orrin Hatch? It's past time to send the lot of them to the glue factory.

44 Thanks, Vic, you're still the trustworthy morning news source.

45
 April 23, 1992:
Democrat former mayor of Washington D.C. Marion Shepilov Barry was released from prison after doing a stretch for drug possession. While in prison Barry was on the receiving end of a “special” favor given him by a female visitor in full view of dozens of men, women and children. Liberals really ARE the dumbest people on the Earth.

46 Ed is home from hospital. I predict beer for breakfast.

47 "That's it for the news this morning. It is really dead out there today. Erf day must have killed all the news people."

Oh Vic, don't tease!!!

48 I was right. I read him my post and looked to my left; he was standing there with a beer and a glass. 'Cause we're classy like that.

49 I broke out my Old Farmer's Almanac.  Last frost day for coastal MA is April 26.  It's actually later than that in PA further inland.

50 Here in NE Ahia it's looking like this will be one of those very rare "April is colder than March" years.  Where's that fucking groundhog!?!?!

51 MOrning, 'rons!

I've been burnt in years past when I planted my garden too early.. the warm March almost had me convinced to go early this year, but I'm glad I didn't with these hard freezes we've had. 

I'll wait til Mother's Day and be safe.  But I sure am anxious for some garden tomatoes!

52 Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2012 07:44 AM (YdQQY)

Even with this recent cold (sort of) weather, we have had an unseasonably mild winter. Which is fine, because it begins to balance out the ass-kicking we got the last three years.

53 Hard to judge here in Centex. If your tomatoes aren't in by March your not getting very much production.

54 On that $8.3B Medicare "Bonus Plan" payoff, where is he getting the money?


From his stash, duh.
Posted by: alexthechick
............
It's Obama money!

55 Little bit of research; for Zone 5 (Northern PA) should not plant tomatoes until between May 15 to May 30.

56 Note Chicago is in Zone 5 as well.

57 Yeah, overall it has still been a very mild Winter for most of us.

58 Yeah, tomatoes are mid March here as well. (Zone

59 damn Zone 8............)

60 Slow day, I guess. Booze and beer at 7:45 AM. Now I know what a night shift worker's life is like.

61 Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2012 07:59 AM (YdQQY)

That's cutting edge software!

62 #56  Here in Indiana I follow what my dad always said:  "Don't plant until the snowball bushes are done blooming."

They are just now in full bloom and I have planted nothing.  Frost-free date here is May 10 and last day for a freeze is in late April,  I believe.

Then why do the nurseries put out all of those plants so early?  So that you will end up purchasing twice,  after you lose the first batch to cold weather.

Also,  it's been my experience that planting a lot of things when it's still cool (like tomatoes) will not get you a head start.  They just sit there 8until the eather warms up,  if they don't get killed.

63

64 It's Obama money!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 23, 2012 07:51 AM (UTq/I)



So we could invent a new board game like Monopoly only call it Obama Money where you use the power of government to seize industries and pirates to loot private pension funds.
The Wild Cards would be Hope and Change instead of Chance and Community Chest.

65 Slow day, I guess. Booze and beer at 7:45 AM. Now I know what a night shift worker's life is like.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 23, 2012 08:00 AM (7+pP9)

------------------------------

That's what it was like working the graveyard shift.

66
ABC News radio reported this morning that despite austerity measures, the Eurozone is boned. Couldn't they have pretended otherwise until after November?

67
A man doesnÂ’t need to have his penis removed to legally become a woman, according to new order from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

In a 95-page decision issued April 11, Sheri Price, a vice-chair with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, gave the Ontario government 180 days to “revise the criteria for changing sex designation on a birth registration.”

The Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services was ordered to draw up a new sex-reassignment framework by autumn, but Ms. Price declined to set out any guidelines other than suggesting that third-party “guarantors” could be enlisted to decide when a person has officially switched sex.

National Post





Third-party “guarantors”?  That's going to be an interesting Monster.com job listing.

68

Yeah, overall it has still been a very mild Winter for most of us.-Vic

 

I saved a ton of money on heating bills this winter.  But the bugs are sure out in full force.  Still, at least we have a "Spring" this year.  Seems like it's been going from winter straight into summer the past few years.

69
A cool, moist spring will also kill lots of stuff with damp off. Lost a bunch of cukes to it one year.

70
Maher attacks Romney's Children, calls them 'Shiny' "Remarkably Life-like"
By Christian Toto @ Breitbart
--

IF families were off limits, the Palin children would not have been savaged.

...from "Bright Horizons" Mitt Child Care industry through Maher's maze...
How old are Mitt's adult sons? It's understandable that they keep their noses clean. But haven't they a life, professional aspirations in private industry, beyond identity as Mitt's boys in line to profit privately from the insider political favor opportunism that tax funds provide govt. officials? "They serve their country by supporting my campaign." --Romney '08 -- hardly inspiring personal industry.

Meanwhile, Obama's daughter with girlie friends "chaperoned" by Federal SS exposed organized how-to sex perverts on spring break vacations in MEXICO against travel bans. Maher calls Malia Obama's bad form inconsequential? What (criminal) contacts were made during that personal plus entourage vacation at taxpayer expense?

People break rules expecting to get away with illicit gains.

71 "Liberals really are the dumbest people on the Earth." It's more a function of cognitive dissociation than stupidity. Many liberals actually are quite intelligent, from a pure IQ standpoint. Thing is, leftism is a mental disorder. I also think we need to separate the extremely young from the chronologically mature. Liberal idiot college and grad students are just that: college and grad students. That's more a function of youth, inexperience and in various respects brainwashing. Adult liberals, on the other hand, terminally are brain damaged. Separate but related topic: Who's dumber? Liberals or the putative conservatives who cast de facto ballots for them, by not voting?

72

Southern Michigan grape farmers anticipate a 50% reduced crop. Welches gets concord grapes for juice there. I don't know how much of Welches crop comes from Michigan.

 

And it looks like the MFM found another case "similar to the Martin slaying". This time they made sure it was a white, not Hispanic guy.

73 Separate but related topic: Who's dumber? Liberals or the putative conservatives who cast de facto ballots for them, by voting for Susan Collins not voting?

74 Welch's

The National Grape Cooperative Association, Inc. acquired Welch's in 1952. A grower-owned agricultural cooperative, National Grape is comprised of 1,150 grape growers with farms throughout Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Ontario, Canada.

75 We get muscadine grapes here.

76 You must have a USB connected to your skull, Vic.

77 I am quick with Bing

78 #73  It has always been my conviction that the White House had flunkies in the DOJ going through police reports in Florida looking for a white shooting a black.  And when they found the name "Zimmerman" they thought they had a white Jewish guy (it being Florida) and thought they had a two-fer.

None of the outrage started until about 3 weeks after the shooting,  so I assume that was the lead time to get Sharpton and Jackson notified,  get the press releases ready,  and cook up that "if I had had a son" line for President Dog-eater.

79 If Marion Berry had been born in Africa, he'd be a tin-pot dictator/warlord with a fancy military uniform and an 'army' of ne-er'do'wells.

At least here we have enough of a civilized government that he is contained to a few blocks of minor power in one of the most backward places in our society.

80 And it looks like the MFM found another case "similar to the Martin slaying". This time they made sure it was a white, not Hispanicguy.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 23, 2012 08:10 AM (cqoba)

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The "white" 17 y.o girl who was shot in the head?  I saw that but thought it was a little different.  Her and her "buddies" actually had broke into a place to rob it.

81 4 MFM comedy shows all line up to give Ocrapweasel free election year publicity this week. When have they ever done this for any Republican?

But how can this be?  They've been telling us for four years that Obama's just not funny.

82 #75  I always think it's helpful to realize that conservatism is on a sliding scale.  For example,  I am not a conservative as many here,  but I am more conservative than everyone in my family.

My sister,  who is a nurse,  is less conservative than I am but more conservative than 99% of the women she works with.

Susan Collins is not very conservative to me,  but in Portland, Maine ( #5 in Top Hipster cities according to Huffpost) they probably think she is a right-wing nut.

83

BALTIMORE (AP) — Two brothers accused of beating a black teenager while patrolling an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood are set to go on trial Monday in a case with similarities to the Trayvon Martin shooting.

 

84

Link

http://tinyurl.com/7qkjj9m

85
We get muscadine grapes here.

Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2012 08:15 AM (YdQQY)

They grow in PA, too. But ours taste like shit, makes the inside of your mouth feel like cat fur and makes a terrible wine. I worked with some Louisiana boys who said their variety of muscadine was great.

86 Also, it looks like "white" shooting "white".

87

"they found the name "Zimmerman" they thought they had a white Jewish guy"

 

Made sure that they spotlighted the Jewish part this time, didn't they?

88 Also, it's been my experience that planting a lot of things when it's still cool (like tomatoes) will not get you a head start. They just sit there 8until the eather warms up, if they don't get killed.
Posted by: Miss Marple
.........
I agree..

We have a nursery near us that starts tomatoes quite early in hot houses.  By Mother's day (mid-May) they are 2-3 feet tall with buds and in some cases tomatoes started.

So, it's kinda silly for me to start them in my cold back yard when they are doing the work for me!

The only down side is their varieties are limited.  no heirloom varieties, for instance.

89

"They've been telling us for four years that Obama's just not funny."

 

Well, they polled all 57 states. 

90 If you guys get a chance send Jim Treacher @jtlol some #obamaeatsdogs love. He's getting attacked from both sides. Yesterday by John Podhoretz for "manufacturing" outrage and today from the libs for continuing to talk abt Obamaeatingdogs (he was just a child-bleh).

91 OK, Ciccero, different case.

Here's the one in AL

http://is.gd/R9W6Im

92 I'm thrilled to see Obama on all the entertainment shows.  He's toxic-- his numbers go down every time he shoves his mug on the screen.

93 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

94

@95 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserabe tyrant.

 

And he eats dog.

 

"The Once"-heh, funny.

95 The train running past my house is too damn loud. Mike Bloomberg would make them quieter. And the meals aboard would be more bland. We NEED that!

96 Ed, how is your dad

97 That "More diversity in the Secret Service" thing makes one of the morning news items make more sense.  They keep pushing that "one of the people (48 yr old woman) responsible for unearthing (48 yr old woman) the Secret Service Scandal was a new Supervisor, who, have we mentioned, is a 48 year old woman.

I wondered why they kept giving that piece of it so much attention, but it makes much more sense when seen as part of a "diversity" meme.

I don't have any problem with diversity- and it really does help to have multiple modes of thought all considering the same problem- but when you make it a virtue unto itself, you're setting yourself up for disaster.

98 Zimmerman released on bond early this morning from Fred Sanford, FL.

99
Liberal Nostalgiacs Don't Understand Jobs of the Future

-Michael Barone

"The career paths that (young people) have been trained for are narrowing, and they are going to have to launch out in directions they and their teachers didn't expect. They were bred and groomed to live as house pets; they are going to have to learn to thrive in the wild."


http://tinyurl.com/7orjs5c

100 And he eats dog.

It's a little early for my morning shill, but I actually wrote about that for this today's blog post.

101 A Moonbats Moonbat. http://bcove.me/ojxm5b4k

::facepalm::

102
The advantage of more diversity in SS would be the male agents would save money by humping the female agents,  and avoiding the scandal of hiring prostitutes.  Or not. 

103

Morning, all!  It's raining, it's pouring here in NH today.  Hopefully it'll wash away some pollen so that my damn allergies tone it down a little.

 

In your moonbat lefty news of the day, Susan Sarandon thinks she's under    surveillance by the gubmint, and Michael Moore claims Fox News is bugging his phone.    He also thinks Waiting for Superman    is stupid b/c it claims that teachers and unions are the problem with education today.   "But they're not the problem."

 

Yes they are, you glutinous fatbag.   Yes they are.

 

Link to Weasel Zippers (story is    @   the Daily Beast):  http://tinyurl.com/7jl7pya

 

I find it comical that either    of   these    blowhards     thinks they're important enough for anyone to want to bother surveiling them.

104 New letterhead unveiled for Department of Justice http://is.gd/lGGuRl

105
Obama has his own "enemies list."

http://tinyurl.com/7yx84dp

106 groomed as house pets, nice. I like to describe them as the extra happy people in civilization, who cause riots if they aren't getting enough cash.

107 Also, Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable tyrant who ate at least one dog, and he will be evicted from the White House in 272 days.

108 If we're talking local weather, we're expecting a high of 81 today. But, to be fair, we'll also have to contend with blue skies and few puffy white clouds. We'll tough it out.

I celebrated Erf Day by burning fossil fuels for recreational purposes, and eating meat.

109 Morning morons! I'm listening to the local AM station (conservative talk radio) and, with their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks, they're having a "worship the Earth service" and taking "environmental confessions" complete with mystical sounding music in the background in honor of Earth Day. Penances include things like hugging a tree. It is quite funny. And I love any opportunity to make fun of the Eco-tards. In other news, kept the boy home this morning and I think I'm taking both kids to the doctor for eye infections. Exciting!

110 MWR, the crazy is surfacing early

111 Mandy, might as well get doc to give you refills on those scripts, because everyone will get it.

112 Posted by: Jean at April 23, 2012 08:47 AM (v9wwx) That does not sound promising.

113 (MSNBC) - One Saturday last fall, President Obama interrupted a White House strategy meeting to raise an issue not on the agenda. He declared, aides recalled, that the administration needed to more aggressively use executive power to govern in the face of Congressional obstructionism.

“We had been attempting to highlight the inability of Congress to do anything,” recalled William M. Daley, who was the White House chief of staff at the time. “The president expressed frustration, saying we have got to scour everything and push the envelope in finding things we can do on our own.”

For Mr. Obama, that meeting was a turning point. As a senator and presidential candidate, he had criticized George W. Bush for flouting the role of Congress. And during his first two years in the White House, when Democrats controlled Congress, Mr. Obama largely worked through the legislative process to achieve his domestic policy goals.

But increasingly in recent months, the administration has been seeking ways to act without Congress. Branding its unilateral efforts “We Can’t Wait,” a slogan that aides said Mr. Obama coined at that strategy meeting, the White House has rolled out dozens of new policies — on creating jobs for veterans, preventing drug shortages, raising fuel economy standards, curbing domestic violence and more.

The comments on from the MSNBC libturds are predictable. He has to do this because of right wing obstructionists. Funny, how George Bush had an imperial presidency but Barry is just acting in the best interests of the country when he does it

114 This is what happens when an administration in a Democracy is not held accountable to any standard, ethical, moral or legal. The media will purposely shield them from any harm by not alerting the citizenry, and those citizens for most part will not care to inform themselves.

115 Morning all and I hate liberals.

116 Turkey says Israel not welcome at NATO summit Published: 04.23.12, 15:15 / Israel News Turkey has refused to allow Israel to take part in a NATO summit next month because the Jewish state has not apologized for the 2010 killing of Turkish activists in a raid on a Gaza-bound ship, a Turkish official said on Monday. "We did not give our consent on that issue," the official told Reuters when asked if Turkey was blocking Israel's participation in a NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21. (Reuters) How the fuck does Turkey stay in Nato when they are the enemy?

117 Story of Little Barry Soetoro eating a dog still has legs - though only three.

118 Rivlin condemns vandalism at Ammunition Hill Published: 04.23.12, 15:11 / Israel News Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin condemned the vandalism at the Ammunition Hill heritage site, noting that he would consider the incident severely more appalling if it turned out it was perpetrated by Jews. "Ammunition Hill is a symbol of Israeli troops' heroism," he said at a ceremony at the Knesset. "We won't tolerate a desecration of our sons and daughters' memory." (Moran Azulay) Real is a disgrace

119

Mandy P:   Ick!   Eye infections.  No fun at all.      Hope everyone's okay!

 

Jean:   Boy, you said it.   I think Sarandon is one of those Hollywood celebs who's going to end up like Howard Hughes, collecting urine in jars and the like.    Michael Moore would, too, but he can't find his weewee thanks to his enormous gut.

 

In other news, Chrissy  "Tingles"   Matthews thinks that      voter criticism       of the President is rife with, wait for it... CODE.

 

You know what "code" is code for?

 

RACISM.

 

I know.   Such a surprise, ne?

 

Link to Mediaite (h/t Weasel Zippers):  http://tinyurl.com/7fvwrgq

120

But increasingly in recent months, the administration has been
seeking ways to act without Congress. Branding its unilateral efforts
“We Can’t Wait,” a slogan that aides said Mr. Obama coined at that
strategy meeting, the White House has rolled out dozens of new policies —
on creating jobs for veterans, preventing drug shortages, raising fuel
economy standards, curbing domestic violence and more.

 

*seething with rage*    There are no words for how much I utterly and totally loathe this imbecile.

121 Have you guys seen the story that business insider and pajamas media are carrying about the 2008 voter fraud? Apparently according to Wikileaks there was enough fraud in Pa and Ohio that McCain staffers wanted to get an injunction but McCain himself thought there would be civil unrest and riots and refused. http://tinyurl.com/78osm8p

122 I like how Drudge titled the headline: OBAMA'S MEDICARE SLUSH FUND MASKS OBAMACARE BEFORE ELECTION which links to the NY Post, with another nice headline: An $8 billion trick? Toying with Medicare to fix elex These guys are worse than bottom feeders.

123 Can someone with access to Jimmie Kimmel bribe him into doing that old Arsenio Hall schick with the fist pump and the "Woof, Woof, Woof?"

124
Ed, how is your dad

Posted by: Jean at April 23, 2012 08:36 AM (v9wwx)

Still not out of the woods but he's not in a persistent vegetative state. They've narrowed down his sepsis to a gram negative rod bacilli. They should have it further narrowed down today.

I'm worried about the fluid in his lungs. After he complained about breathing difficulties around 4:00 AM they gave him a nebulizer which helped him a lot. Blood gasses are good -- no CO2 buildup, but they took him off the saline drip and gave him a diuretic. It seemed to have a rapid effect. Trouble is, hydration is important for a person with sepsis. At least when I left him at 7:00 this morning his breathing was less labored and he was comfortable enough to doze off. Only time will tell.

125 >>>Liberals really are the dumbest people on the Earth. No. We are the dumbest people for being governed by them.

126 McCain himself thought there would be civil unrest and riots and refused. http://tinyurl.com/78osm8p Posted by: dagny at April 23, 2012 08:54 AM (4yXmp) ------------- There was so much fraud recorded over the Dem nomination process, too. I have no doubt that Hillary would have won - especially where they do those easily manipulated caucuses (circus acts). And, there in lies the problem with McCain - spineless

127 dagny, did you get a chance to sign the green party ballot petition, the hippies were out in force this weekend.

128 A turning point in any presidency is when it becomes OK to laugh at him. That point was passed some time ago. Now we are at the last turning point--he has become an object of ridicule, not just to his opponents but to the average person who isn't a politics junkie. Very few ever make it back from that abyss.

129 McCain himself thought there would be civil unrest and riots and refused. You say riots like that's a bad thing.

130 130 Heh. Nope. I was busy either sitting in traffic or getting a flat or having my flat fixed or drinking because I had been sitting in traffic, getting a flat, or paying 200 for a new tire. Missed the hippies or I would have signed up.

131 dear Lord dagny...sounds like you had a day for yourself.....

132 Republicans have a habit of deciding that unrest is a bad thing. The fucking libs don't give a shit. That's how you know how evil they are.

133
These guys are worse than bottom feeders.

Posted by: they are complete shameless at April 23, 2012 08:55 AM (HOOye)

 

Sea cucumbers      look down and say, "Whoa, what the hell?   Who are these scumsuckers getting in the way of my dinner?   What lowlifes!"

134 Janitor. I take it you are not a union janitor? The janitor at my sons school is a progressive union janitor. He makes like 50 dollars per hour, with benefits and pension and sweeps the floor when he feels like it. The kids say that he takes several breaks per day...the 2 hour lunch break. My son did see him changing some light bulbs.

135 Apparently according to Wikileaks there was enough fraud in Pa and Ohio that McCain staffers wanted to get an injunction but McCain himself thought there would be civil unrest and riots and refused. http://tinyurl.com/78osm8p

Posted by: dagny at April 23, 2012 08:54 AM (4yXmp)

 

So how much worse will the riots be following this year's election compared to what they would have been like following the 2008 election?   Anyone care to hazard a guess?

136 Ron Paul was on Squawk Box this morning.  Even Steve Lies man had to remark, "boy that ron paul makes you think"

137 38 degrees this morning, rode the motorcycle in to work. Like a boss.

138

diversifying the male culture of the Secret Service with more female agents would probably discourage behaviors like the ones that led to the recent prostitution scandal.

 

Works well for the Navy.  What's the percentage of pregnancies within the diverse Navy these days?

139 That's a nice tire

140 We have always known that the large urban centers were rife with voter fraud for the Democrats. That is why they are so opposed to voter photo ID.



But photo ID will not stop ballot box stuffing after the count.  That is what poll watchers are supposed to do.

141
That does not sound promising.

Posted by: Mandy P., long-time lurker at April 23, 2012 08:47 AM (qFpRI)

Bad News: Pinkeye is a bitch and highly contagious.

Good News: At least when I was a kid, antibiotics cleared it up quickly and very well.

142 Ack, dagny.  Sounds like a helluva day you had there.   Did you just get the one replacement tire, or did you get two for more even wear?

143 Posted by: nevergiveup at April 23, 2012 08:49 AM (i6RpT)

Have you been talking to my in-laws?

144

That's a nice tire

 

Be a shame if sum'in happened to it, y'know what I'm sayin'?

145 135 Republicans have a habit of deciding that unrest is a bad thing. The fucking libs don't give a shit. That's how you know how evil they are. Posted by: dagny at April 23, 2012 09:01 AM (4yXmp) Dagny, it seems to me it's not that they don't give a shit but that they seem to think riots will be a good thing that benefits them. I have no idea in what universe that helps them, but I can't see why else they keep pushing for it.

146 Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 23, 2012 09:05 AM (7+pP9)

Most Pinkeye is caused by viruses, so antibiotics won't work.

147

Have you been talking to my in-laws?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 23, 2012 09:05 AM (nEUpB)

 

*blinking eyes*         The first time I read this comment, I swear I thought it said, "Have you been walking on my lawn?"  Apparently in preparation for further elaborating with, "If so, GET OFF MY LAWN."

 

I've been at the HQ too long.     

148 Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at April 23, 2012 09:06 AM (phlKA) Thanks for the tip. I just got off the phone with the doc's office and I'm taking them in at 11 this morning, so I'll ask him about it.

149 Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 23, 2012 09:03 AM (oZfic)

Stop your jabbering, fool.

150 Dagny, it seems to me it's not that they don't give a shit but that they seem to think riots will be a good thing that benefits them.




Well it did get them LBJ's great society.  With Ocrapweasel still in office it will get them some other kind of payoff without the benefit of congress.

151 um...the secret service agent in charge in so america is a 46 yr old black woman who had previously launched a suit over women not getting high profile jobs in the agency? this is getting weirder and weirder...... http://tinyurl.com/8xmewmo "A decade ago, she joined a controversial class-action lawsuit alleging that African-Americans like her were discriminated against by the agency and given less prominent jobs. In an interview several years ago, she stood up for the ability of women to serve as bodyguards, saying: 'Women would not be remotely considered if we couldnÂ’t do it physically - and we can.'" Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 22, 2012 11:26 AM (Ho2rs) posted this yesterday.......she didn't launch the suit but was part of the class action..... article today at the daily mail......this wouldn't have happened if there were more female secret service agents......

152 I see Zimmerman's posted bail.  I have to wonder what he's doing about money at this point in time.  It's not like he can go to work like a normal human being.

153 yes dally you have ALWAYS BEEN A PAULBOT....you are a zerohedger............

154 You just know that when drunken shaved Ewoks run amok the end is nigh.*

_{*or Rubio put out the weekend garbage.}

155
I hate the smell of cat piss in the morning.

156 Funny, how George Bush had an imperial presidency but Barry is just acting in the best interests of the country when he does it

More funny- George Bush never governed by fiat- certainly not to the extent of Barry- and had two years of Democrat Controlled Congress, but somehow still managed to get his way.  Barack Obama- also with two years of Democrat Controlled Congress, has precisely one (or is it two?) legislative victory(ies).

George Bush was a dumb hick, who somehow managed to bamboozle or out maneuver all of those Democrats, but Barack Obama is cosmopolitan and the smartest president ever, but can't even get his own party to vote for his budget.

157 Have you been talking to my in-laws? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 23, 2012 09:05 AM (nEUpB) No just how I normally feel on a Monday AM. And my daughter asked me last night why she can't get her Dependent Military ID renewed since she is back in school full time again, so she can get on base in Japan ( apparently our young LT is going to Japan, not South Korea ) easier? I told her she is to old. She has to join herself or marry in. And I also told her a better see a ring before she heads to Japan?

158 Ahhhh idiot libs out in force calling for Zimmerman's death. Seems the dopes don't understand that making bail does not equate to being tried and found not guilty. At least we have a small taste of what will transpire if and when he actually is found not guilty.

159 After yesterday's game thread I spent about 5 hours playing Final Fantasy 12 "from scratch", so to speak. I started fresh and am going to actually try to do all the missions and follow the storyline rather than just running around killing stuff.

160 http://tinyurl.com/84le3tb secret service need more women from daily mail

161 Posted by: nevergiveup at April 23, 2012 09:12 AM (i6RpT)

I have a recurring argument with my wife when she says that she can't tell the kids what to do. My answer is always: "We write the checks so we have the power."

That's why I never say no to requests for permission to go to expensive concerts and spring break orgies and all of the assorted crap that the brats want to do.

"Of course you can go! Have a great time!"

"What? you don't have the money?"

"I guess you'll have to get a job!"

162

secret service need more women from daily mail

 

Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 23, 2012 09:15 AM (Ho2rs)

 

That's nice and all, but how many women can the Daily Mail afford to lose?

 

(Kidding!   I    couldn't resist!)

163 Well I have egg all over my face... I wrote and scheduled a new post last night to go up first thing this morning- and somehow it didn't go.

I've fixed it, now, so my new post should be up now.

164

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work.

A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge.

Young adults with bachelor's degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage jobs — waiter or waitress, bartender, retail clerk or receptionist, for example — and that's confounding their hopes a degree would pay off despite higher tuition and mounting student loans.

Change dumbf*cks can believe in!!!!

165 Oh god, nasty nasty sock off.

166 So, I [called, texted, emailed and skyped] all my friends to meet up at the Earth Day rally. I [made] some signs, [bought] a t-shirt I had made up, and [painted my face]. Then I [drove/rode] to the event. Where I screamed and harassed people not participating [blocked/stalled them from getting to work or wherever they were going]. I [ate] some food. Then, I [threw] my sign in the trash, [left] my food wrappers behind, and [drove/rode] [home]. I feel so cleansed. I was so brave. I did good. [bracketed] = increased carbon footprint translation: I wasted a lot of electricity and it's resources, killed some trees, gave to China's pollution and global warming cause, spewed exhaust, extended other's carbon footprint on purpose, killed some animals or laid down more pesticide and fertilizers, polluted some more, spewed more exhaust, and went home to repeat the cycle. Good times. I'm such a good person.

167 mwr lol......i didn't read it that way.........now that's funny......

168 "What? you don't have the money?" "I guess you'll have to get a job!" Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 23, 2012 09:18 AM (nEUpB) Well she is in grad school so her opportunities to go to Japan are limited but of course I'd pay for her ticket. Hell I have about 1.3 million air miles after all.

169 163 Ahhhh idiot libs out in force calling for Zimmerman's death. Seems the dopes don't understand that making bail does not equate to being tried and found not guilty. At least we have a small taste of what will transpire if and when he actually is found not guilty. Posted by: Politifact, spinning and spinning at April 23, 2012 09:14 AM (32Scy) WZ has screenshots of twitter death threats. I'm not sure what's worse: the death threats themselves, or the fact that they're barely understandable. It doesn't even look like some of those were typed in English.

170 Howard Kutz cries a river for his boyfriend

During the bruising Republican primaries, there was one candidate whose coverage was more relentlessly negative than the rest. In fact, he did not enjoy a single week where positive treatment by the media outweighed the negative.

His name is Barack Obama.

That is among the findings of a study by the Project for the Excellence In Journalism a Washington nonprofit that examined 52 key newspaper, television, radio, and Web outlets.

“Day in and day out, he was criticized by the entire Republican field on a variety of policies,” Mark Jurkowitz, the group’s associate director, says of Obama. “And he was inextricably linked to events that generated negative coverage”—including rising gas prices, the ailing economy, and the renewed debated over the healthcare law.

Poor Barry the MFM has been so mean and unfair to him. Good thing a non biased study has found this out and reported it. The MFM must do penance for picking on its god in such a mean way

171 158 yes dally you have ALWAYS BEEN A PAULBOT....you are a zerohedger............

Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 23, 2012 09:10 AM (Ho2rs)

I have no patience for your stupidity this morning.  I am not a Zero hedger, I read there and comment from when it was a blog, you have an awful lot of trouble with details and facts.   Have never been a paulbot.  You can comb my posts, maybe one or two tops about ron paul. 

But hey making up lies about things I've said because you are incapable of reading and understanding is your stock and trade.  I often wonder what happens in real life with people this rigid.

172

Ahhhh idiot libs out in force calling for Zimmerman's death. Seems the dopes don't understand that making bail does not equate to being tried and found not guilty.

 

It's amazing, ne?  Just incredible.    Twitchy     (http://tinyurl.com/coeoh2t)      has    a little collection of some of the     comments      people are posting on Twitter.       For example,     this little gem    from a        "TaNashia Taylor"     (@Ublow_TaNashia):

 

"Imma kill     zimmerman myself.   *loads semi*   where he at"

 

Charming.

173 145 Ack, dagny. Sounds like a helluva day you had there. Did you just get the one replacement tire, or did you get two for more even wear?

I actually bought one because the week before I had bought two for the back and also bought brakes et al. This month I've spent now $3600 on cars, $1200 on teeth. Today, in minutes, I leave to go get a crown. Thankfully, my mom is paying the non-insured portion (she is worried I would wait). I'll replace the second one when I get some automotive/dental relief.

174 @169 - I thought college was over rated when I was college age (probably why I never finished).  Under the current conditions, I would never even consider suggesting my kids go- unless they seriously wanted a STEM degree.  Even then, I might suggest a trade school or something, depending on the specific degree.

Why take on tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars in debt for something that isn't going to return a dividend?

At least my car pays for itself by getting me to work.

175
Most Pinkeye is caused by viruses, so antibiotics won't work.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 23, 2012 09:06 AM (nEUpB)

Thanks, I didn't know that.

All I know is my sis had it in like 4th grade and they ran her out of school like she had Ebola. Miraculously, nobody else in the family caught it and it cleared up in three or four days.

17 yr old cat used to get it often, probably from other cat swatting him in the face with litterbox claws. It cost a small fortune for the vet to treat it -- with antibiotics. So I started using triple antibiotic ointment around his eye's mucous membranes as soon as they looked pink and puffy and haven't had to have the vet treat him for it for years.

176 dally aw honey...sorry you have no patience for me...there are other blogs you can torment.....why not go there?

177 "All I know is my sis had it in like 4th grade and they ran her out of school like she had Ebola." Yeah, pink eye is really contagious and spreads especially quickly among kids. That's why I kept the boy home today.

178 Now that we've senn the photos of the bloody head wounds, I'm going to refer to GZ as "beating victim Georege Zimmerman" whenever a Lib brings the case up. Just to watch them squirm.

179

Meanwhile, Obama's daughter with girlie friends "chaperoned" by Federal SS exposed organized how-to sex perverts on spring break vacations in MEXICO against travel bans.

 

 

"Sex perverts"?  Did I miss a story somewhere?

180

One thing I find interesting about the Twitter lynch mob against Zimmerman, besides the astounding lack of    a basic understanding of the legal process, is how many of the threats involve the    proclaimant    calling Zimmerman variations of the N-word.   I admit I'm a white bread    New Englander, but I just always assumed that the N-word was something that black individuals used when describing one another, be it in derogatory or teasing fashion.   I've never heard it used in relation to so-called "white hispanics."      Did I miss another fricking    progressive memo on racist terminology?

181 180 mallamutt it's always butthurt......iykwimaityd

182 I don't know if this is the same article referred to above but seems Obama out with another Executive Order today that establishes an Atrocities Prevention Board headed by BFF Samantha Power. Can he go back in time & prevent himself?
http://tinyurl.com/8982rw4

183 Oops sorry, link was in Word.

184 189 Oops sorry, link was in Word.

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 23, 2012 09:33 AM (byR8d)

 

 

You are hereby docked one internetz.

185 Allen. College has become more about preserving/increasing faculty pensions. This seems to be our future. I still want my kids to go to college. Any professor who says that it is all about the kids needs to be slapped.

186

Slightly OT:

 

Last night, I had the White House chef cook me up some bulldog stew.  It was fantastic.  Washed it down with a nice pale ale.  Fantastic.

187 I love the new Pew poll showing that Republicans are smarter than Democrats re: politics and political history, etc. (h/t Munro's piece at the Daily Caller) Can't wait to hear the backlash from this. They need a poll showing the most deceitful, deviant, manipulative and disgraceful. Democrats would win, hands down. Here's the quiz if you are so inclined to compete. http://tinyurl.com/yk9uwdv

188 Pink eye isn't even that contagious. My kids have had it and been sleeping with me and I haven't gotten it. The schools go full freak though. I used to get it in college when I used waterproof mascara. Had to quit that. It is painful though.

189

This particular Twitterer is too stupid to     be     summarized.   

 

 

Once u been convicted of a crime & let out on bail u can't be charged 2x for the same thing so that means sum1 gonna have to kill Zimmerman—

Ms.Lovely (@Stallionnett101) April 23, 2012

 

Yes, someone believes Zimmerman has already been tried, convicted (?), yet somehow despite the conviction (?)  --    presumably    when he was found    guilty     ---      he's been allowed out on bail,      as if    that's what happens if    he was found not guilty,     and therefore he must be killed for justice to be done.

 

People this stupid actually breathe oxygen.  

190 186. It's used by the black population in exchange for the word "man" now. My son's lacrosse team arrived in NE DC to play all black Archbishop Carroll. There was one black guy on the field. He was asked where the team was, he responded, "N-a, it's Friday."

191 Posted by: nevergiveup at April 23, 2012 09:22 AM (i6RpT)

You're a pushover!

192 Posted by: Wait for the flood of denial... at April 23, 2012 09:35 AM (HOOye) That was not a difficult quiz. How do people not breeze it?

193 despite austerity measures, the Eurozone is boned. Couldn't they have pretended otherwise until after November?
--

Obama's administration pledged to financially bail-out the EU.

Repeatedly, the USA has already been there and done that. And look what they've made of themselves, after all our sacrifices. Damn Europe to the Europeans. Remember, they created their EU in order to compete AGAINST the USA, certainly not on behalf of American citizens.

Phyllis Schlafly tore down Obama's pledge of US tax funds to bail-out Europe. Who else heard her cut him to pieces on the radio Saturday? Eagle Forum Live. Jesus, if she had voice in the Republican Party today, the GOP would show backbone. (Yes, I saw her endorsements.)

Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster, isn't in the minority opinion of what's going on in the global piracy finance industry.  It isn't as if the corrupt monopolist authoritarians don't know what they're doing, or how to accomplish the Road to Serfdom.  Even the antithesis of Austrian Economics, FDR New Deal advocate Wesley Tarpley, identifies what the global bankers are doing to destroy national sovereignty around the world.

John Stossel ... get the voters to know prior to ballot.

Anyone but Obama must be the one prepared to serve a single term, the worst economic period the world has known, restoring sovereign liberty through the US Constitutional Republic. No wonder "usurp the tea party" Jeb Bush said not this time.

Haven't heard squat from Bachmann. If she were ever serious about balancing the budget, then is she preparing the House Tea Party Caucus in concert with Senator Paul (and Ryan) a 10% flat tax to sweep away all the impenetrable US Tax Code off the books? Lowered taxes would require pruning federal/government bureaucracies from the public largesse. As with deleting ObamaCare from the books, Congress must terminate what Congress created. Hell, Congress won't even bail-out Congress: WHERE'S THE BUDGET! Democrats refuse to budget: "Not until after 2012" as if that means in 2013, NO. Not until Republicans et al. vote out the old and vote in the new Tea Party FISCAL CONSERVATIVES for Constitutional Governance.

Begs to question, were Romney POTUS, would he refuse bail-outs? Would Romney "moderately" veto such a new tax code, plus cuts terminating corrupt and abusive federal bureaus?  "Promise them anything; just get their votes" + "Miss Me Yet?"  Bush endorses biggest gov too big to fail, unprecedented fiscal corruption and unconstitutional Cabinet autonomy of the Treasury Secretary Office, "gifted" to Obama's "inheritance". Beyond (debate) promising more authoritarian federal power added to further strengthen the Patriot Act, what else will Romney advance and sign into law is anyone's guess. Unwilling or incapable of defending his interpretation of the Constitution in debate without first consulting his lawyers (deferring to Rep.Paul as "the constitutional candidate"), unwilling or incapable of amassing Congressional votes to strike out unconstitutional laws, or to enforce constitutional law (were the Republican Leadership serious, it would be done, and Obama would be impeached),  I'm betting he's like McCain, ready to drown us with "comprehensive reform packages" too big to read, too big to fail. Given Bush's 1000 points of light, NAFTA and amnesty for illegals, anticipate "Bright Horizons" for the children, for our own good, and of course sincerely with the best intentions.

194 Anticipating the general election, time for conservative coalition block vote. Moreso, time to get the previous Obama voters to abdicate from his support. What does the "Occupy" US professorial intellectual (Tehran)  leadership say of Obama's determination to abscond with US taxpayers income to bail-out the EU? Better yet, what do the American nitwits who want the US taxpayers to bail-out their student loans or provide their "deserved" living standards to say at the voting booth given that Obama's giving away that free pie in the sky to the EU instead of US "Occupy" demands? Odd, isn't it, that the "Occupy" protesting lap dog students burdened financially by insanely inflated student loans are following the professors' lead, the same guys who benefit from that inflated tuition to live high on the academia hog. LOL, the academia US hog in Tehran, plotting economic bail-out for American students. They'd better pay their own convoluted reality check.

195 Dagny...sorry to hear about your auto and dental bills. My wife and I are lucky to have a platinum insurance policy. We pay nothing for crowns, medical etc. My wife has a state/federal insurance plan. We are blessed. Was talking to my taxi driver the other day. He makes 100 dollars per week and has no medical/dental. He said that he brushes his teeth 7 times per day because he cannot afford the dentist.

196 @193 - Okay, that's scary.

I almost thought I was being punked by some of those questions (got all 13 correct).  And, somehow, only 8% of Americans got them all right?  We really are doomed.

197
And my daughter asked me last night why she can't get her Dependent Military ID renewed since she is back in school full time again, so she can get on base in Japan ...

Does poor baby just want Class VI privileges? They are sweet.

198 194 Pink eye isn't even that contagious. My kids have had it and been sleeping with me and I haven't gotten it. The schools go full freak though. I used to get it in college when I used waterproof mascara. Had to quit that. It is painful though. Posted by: dagny at April 23, 2012 09:35 AM (4yXmp) I think the schools freak cause kids just aren't as careful as (many) adults are about not touching their eyes and not letting others touch their eyes, etc.

199 194 Pink eye isn't even that contagious. My kids have had it and been sleeping with me and I haven't gotten it. The schools go full freak though. I used to get it in college when I used waterproof mascara. Had to quit that. It is painful though.

Posted by: dagny at April 23, 2012 09:35 AM (4yXmp)

 

I have to disagree on your point about how contagious pink eye is, dagny.   Depending on what kind of     conjunctivitis    you have, it can be    highly  contagious.   I think the    variation relating to allergies isn't contagious, but viral and bacterial conjunctivitis is crazy contagious, particularly in children.    

200 I don't know if I'd say Liberals are dumb.  They simply start from the premise "America is bad, always has been, and always will be, so everything we can do to punish her and stop her in her tracks, is good."

Which is dumb, yes, but it's at least a premise.

201 If you are into awesome classic WWII aircraft, link @ my nic.

202 "People this stupid actually breathe oxygen." Good grief! That twitter comment makes me sad for the future of the species.

203 i think Romenny is peeking to early all my lib/dem friends who predicted the dem sweep in 2010 agree they say that's cleerly true and then say could you top up the food bowl please, and my priest's barber's daughter's uncle's wife's hairdersser's dogwalker's manicurist says to not peke so early Romneyy should plant some stories about how stupid he was not to bild an free-market government-run oil reffinery in Massachoo Massssachew Bostown and I was on twitter all night defending that idea because you conservatives always shoot down new ideas because you think their not workable with your insisstense on physics and econnnomics and have you ever thought maybe we're in the matricks wear those things don't matter no you are always so closed-minded unlike me because I'm young and live in New York and my siblings agree and that's "just the way it is" like my mom always says.

204 Didn't IL just have a huge tax increase on corporations and businesses two years ago in order to balance their budget?



hahahahahaha, why is it that liberal idiots never learn?

205 Here's the quiz if you are so inclined to compete.

http://tinyurl.com/yk9uwdv

Posted by: Wait for the flood of denial... at April 23, 2012 09:35 AM (HOOye)

 

 

 

That quiz was ridiculously easy.  I scored 13 out of 13.  I can't believe only 8% of the test takers got that score.   AllenG is right, we're boned. 

206 If you are into awesome classicWWII aircraft, link @ my nic.

I know that modern aircraft are far superior, but those WWII fighter planes had soul. 

207 why is it that liberal idiots never learn?

Who says they don't learn, Vic?

I'm not convinced on the "dumb" line- they're not dumb.  They're not incompetent.  They're malevolent.  The point isn't to "balance the budget" that's simply the excuse they use.  The point, to liberals, is that all that money should be the Government's, to be distributed as the Government sees fit.

208

Here's the quiz if you are so inclined to compete.

 

http://tinyurl.com/yk9uwdv

 

Posted by: Wait for the flood of denial... at April 23, 2012 09:35 AM (HOOye)

 

That is ridiculous.  I got all 13 questions correct, and yet somehow I did better than    92% of         the public?!?      WTF?     Those questions are so frigging easy!      A concussed mole could answer them!

209 "Yes, Pat Quinn said he was going to raise your taxes, and he did. So, if you did not vote for Quinn, I am sorry. If you did, you have no one to blame but yourself."

Obviously I need to become a tax accountant.  That's a lode of awesome.

210 That quiz was ridiculously easy. I scored 13 out of 13. I can't believe only 8% of the test takers got that score. AllenG is right, we're boned.

 

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2012 09:44 AM (v+QvA)

 

Been a while since you've watched a Jay Leno "man in the street" Q-and-A bit?  We've been boned.

211 Those questions are so frigging easy! A concussed mole could answer them!

The only thing I can think of (and I don't think this is it, but it's the best explanation I can offer that doesn't make me absolutely despair for Humanity) is that some people over-thought the questions.  There were a few where I questioned the wording (the immigration question, for instance) and almost clicked the other option.

212 Will anyone here at AOS admit they did not get them all right?

213 If you are into awesome classicWWII aircraft, link @ my nic.


Thanks, maddog

214 Been a while since you've watched a Jay Leno "man in the street" Q-and-A bit? We've been boned.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 23, 2012 09:48 AM (4q5tP)

 

 

I've seen it a couple of times.  I can't bring myself to watch it because the ignorance is so unbelievably embarassing and infuriating.

215 Over at Yahoo, there's a study by something called "The Project for Excellence in Journalism" which claims (wait for it) that the Media favored Romney over Obama during the primary season.

Unbelievable.  I assume this "Project" is yet another Soros-funded anti-America group.

216 221 Will anyone here at AOS admit they did not get them all right? Posted by: Vic at April 23, 2012 09:50 AM (YdQQY) I dunno, Vic. Those questions were damn easy. I would hope the moron horde would know those answers.

217 The only thing I can think of (and I don't think this is it, but it's the best explanation I can offer that doesn't make me absolutely despair for Humanity) is that some people over-thought the questions. There were a few where I questioned the wording (the immigration question, for instance) and almost clicked the other option.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 23, 2012 09:49 AM (8y9MW)

 

I can see that.   Maybe we're just so inured to media representations of Republicans as evil that the fact that     almost    every question relating to Repubs had a NEGATIVE connotation    attached to it    triggered a Pavlovian response.    "Oh look, the question is about restricting access to abortion, not preserving unborn life.  Must be Republican!"

 

I bet the question most people got wrong was the one about Lincoln. 

 

I'd like to take the full    Knowledge Survey      now.    I wonder how I'd do.

218 >>the Media favored Romney over Obama during the primary season.

Why would they spend any time reporting on the Obama primary campaign? No one had the balls to challenge him.

219 I know that modern aircraft are far superior, but those WWII fighter planes had soul.


Some of my favorites were the obscure German planes, most likely prototypes, the only production run they had was extruded plastic during the 70s.

220

"JayWalking"  Now I remember what Leno calls it.

 

On OKCupid there is a question, "Which is bigger, the Earth or the Sun?"  You would be both surprised and horrified at how often "the Earth" is chosen as the correct answer.

221 Some of my favorites were the obscure German planes, most likely prototypes, the only production run they had was extruded plastic during the 70s.

The Germans had some cool planes (so did the Japanese for that matter) but my favorite is still the Mustang.

222 This particular Twitterer is too stupid to be summarized.


Once u been convicted of a crime let out on bail u can't be charged 2x for the same thing so that means sum1 gonna have to kill Zimmerman—
Ms.Lovely (@Stallionnett101) April 23, 2012

Yes, someone believes Zimmerman has already been tried, convicted (?), yet somehow despite the conviction (?) -- presumably when he was found guilty --- he's been allowed out on bail, as if that's what happens if he was found not guilty, and therefore he must be killed for justice to be done.

People this stupid actually breathe oxygen.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 23, 2012 09:36 AM (4df7R)

 

What is even sadder is this idiot's vote counts the same as yours or mine.

223 Oops, sorry The Quiet Man, didn't see your posting of same.

224 Just on Beck:

I said WALK the dog!

http://tinyurl.com/cj8awva

225 Posted by: momma at April 23, 2012 09:56 AM (oKsWl) I just heard that. Lol'd. The kiddies asked me what was so funny.

226
If you are into awesome classicWWII aircraft, link @ my nic.

Too bad the dumbasses can't tell the difference between the Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane.

227 @ 217 take a look at this chart found by lacey yesterday. Too many of these people vote.

Good late morning!

Here's the saddest chart you'll see all day --

tiny.cc/9z65cw

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 22, 2012 10:11 AM (WNjVG)

Link is to WaPo.

228 "Happy Frozen Monday. It's darn cold out today."

Damn Global Warming!

229 The Secret Bloody History of Earth Day!

http://tinyurl.com/7vdzwot

230 What do you call dried dog meat? Barky jerky.

231 Video: Neal Boortz on the The History of Barack Obama

NiceDeb: http://tinyurl.com/822ltaz

232 231 13 out of 13. 4% got NONE correct. I've heard of 'low information' voters, but geez. Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at April 23, 2012 09:56 AM (phlKA) ------------ Somewhere, Jon Stewart is laughing.

233 I'm kind of surprised none of these "outraged Zimmerman is walking free" people don't have experience with the bail bond system, or knowledge transmitted from family/friends/neighbors who have been arrested and freed on bail to await trial.  Really?  Really?  I'm pretty sure most of us know someone who's been arrested, and we're inhabiting less dysfunctional subcultures than the Twitter lynch mob. (I denounce myself for noticing they all had racist elementary school teachers who refused to teach them English grammar.)

234

I have no patience for your stupidity this morning.

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 23, 2012 09:23 AM (oZfic)


How the gods of irony don't strike TidyCat dead on the spot is a marvel.

235 Some of my favorites were the obscure German planes, most likely
prototypes, the only production run they had was extruded plastic during
the 70s.

Yeah, they did come up with some pretty inventive designs towards the end. Desperation is quite the incentive.

236 Here's the quiz if you are so inclined to compete.

http://tinyurl.com/yk9uwdv

Posted by: Wait for the flood of denial... at April 23, 2012 09:35 AM (HOOye)

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Took the quiz and  got all answers correct.  What is frightening is that only 8% of the respondents got all of the quiz  right-- it wasn't that difficult IF you have a little knowledge of political history.  I'm sure the most ignorant were loyal donky party voters.

237 I got 12 of 13.  The one that threw me was which party wants to help illegals become citizens.  Neither one seems to want to use the system we have, they seem more like currying favor tactics. 

238 Oops, sorry The Quiet Man, didn't see your posting of same.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 23, 2012 09:56 AM (DuH+r)

It's okay comrade, we have to expose the right wing media bias against Barry. Poor Barry the MFM is just so mean to him. They must have missed a day of kissing his ass

239 4% got NONE correct. I've heard of 'low information' voters, but geez.
Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at April 23, 2012 09:56 AM (phlKA)>>

Since the odds are you would get half the answers right just by picking randomly I'm guessing that 4% also knew all 13 correct answers but were just being obstinate.

240 Heather (I denounce myself for noticing they all had racist under-funded elementary school teachers who refused to teach them English grammar.)

Fixed that for you

241 @240 

Ira Einhorn is the only thing that comes to my  mind when Erf Day rolls around.  I read a book about Holly Maddox's murder many years ago.  He was the perfect slimy hippie.  Intellectual, little cult following, evil....

242 Slublog's Graphic of the Day post yesterday really says it all, doesn't it? All those trillions blown that can never be unspent, nor paid off.
 
It's hard to believe anyone with a functioning brainstem could look at those images and think 'gee, four more years of this would be nice.'

243 I got 12 of 13. The one that threw me was which party wants to help illegals become citizens. Neither one seems to want to use the system we have, they seem more like currying favor tactics.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 23, 2012 10:11 AM (DuH+r)

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Yeah, I didn't like the phrasing of that question  either.  I answered Democrat  on the theory that if the "correct" answer was Republican the question would have said something about deportation.

244 >>Fixed that for you

More free boob jobs won't stop you from being racists.

245

I now have a handmade sign in my truck window thanks to the morons:

Romney'12  Never Ate a Dog.

246 I denounce myself for noticing they all had racist under-funded elementary school teachers who refused to teach them English grammar. you left out overcrowded classes.

247 That quiz was ridiculous.  I got all 13 correct.  It's crushing to really realize how many uninformed people there are out there that vote.  They could very easily vote against their own beliefs and not even know it.  That's how bad we've been dumbed down. 

248 259 I denounce myself for noticing they all had racist under-funded elementary school teachers who refused to teach them English grammar.


you left out overcrowded classes.

Posted by: ciceroskip at April 23, 2012 10:16 AM (3m9Uc)

 

 

This one drives me nuts.  Way back when, you had one-room school houses with all the grades under one roof and a single schoolteacher.  The typical sixth-grader then could probably run rings around your average college graduate now.

249 Probably the #1 trip-up question was about Lincoln. Democrats are in permanent denial about his political party.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at April 23, 2012 10:13 AM (phlKA)

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Tru dat.  Take the quiz  (only 13 quick questions)  just to see the histogram of the results -- there are some prodigously ignorant folks out there.  How  you miss more than a couple  questions is beyond comprehension.

 

>  That's why I do not believe in universal suffrage anymore.

250 fido-mans best friend.
    Not for Dinner!

America's Dinner food
no dogs need apply

What's on Your plate?

251 Took the quiz, got all 13 correct, although about half-way through it , I started to get a little concerned about the wording of the questions (thats a fargin' trick question!) and started wondering if the quiz was some kind of setup. I hate being that cynical, but with the way the libs are going all 1984 on everything, it is hard not to. 

252 Of course its snowing. I took the flannel sheets off the bed. Sorry all.

253 We're expecting a 25+ temp swing this week. 80s today; low 60's by Fri.

254 FTSB  Cuban Actors Flee During Film's Tribeca Festival Premiere

"As the trio were only granted short term visas for the premiere, they are all expected to return to Cuba in the next few days. While Dariel has insisted he will be returning to his country, it doesn't look as promising that Anailin and Javier will join him.  Here's hoping they do. Being in a movie like this makes them extra recognizable and they are doing more harm than good to themselves by running.  Think better of this plan, you two. And be safe! "

Shorter Perez Hilton:  Freedom is overrated yo.

255 New ace post up.

256 I have a different opinion on  grammar being taught.
It is . I suspect some families do not make homework a vital issue in the home .

257 Did anyone bookmark that civics quiz we played with a few months back?

I thought I did but can't find it now. It was the one where politicians scored worse than the voters.

258 Interesting list, with a paragraph-plus about each item, of the top 25 technology books of all time ... in someone's opinion. But not bad. http://tinyurl.com/76x94fh

259 That test is so mind-numbingly easy I have to believe a good percentage not getting 100% is due to accidentally hitting wrong answer due to impatience.  Then again I'm an optimist.

260 'There is no federal law against eating/­serving dog meat.­ In Hawaii, for example, it's perfectly legal as long as the dog is not a stray or has been killed inhumanely.­ Other states laws vary.­ The majority of states have laws against commercial uses of dog meat, but not necessarily personal consumption in the home.­'

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat at April 23, 2012 10:27 AM (phlKA)

 

In other words, it's okay to eat a dog   if    it's    got a name like "Mr. Scruffy," but not if it's an otherwise unwanted stray?  

261 Can someone put up a bat signal for Monty to explain what happened in Europe over the weekend and why cabinets are resigning over it?

262 left that NEA sock on.

263 274 is Practical Navigator on the list?

264

279 No. Like I said, someone's list ... here they are.

Steve Jobs
The Innovator's Dilemma
The Soul of a New Machine
Andy Grove
The New New Thing
The World is Flat
The Chip
Hackers
Microcosm
Telecosm
The Wisdom of Crowds
The Physics of the Future
World War 3.0
Only the Paranoid Survive
Accidental Empires
Inside Intel
The Facebook Effect
The Long Tail
Free
Outliers
The Age of Spiritual Machines
The Search
The Singularity is Near
Snow Crash
Neuromancer

265 279 It would be like someone claiming that there is a "best" gardening book, no diff. Just a nice list, but the paragraphs accompanying each item seem better than an advert. blurb.

266
"If I Wanted America To Fail..."

I'd sink billions of dollars into bombers that couldn't jam radar (B-1) or sit out in the rain (B-2).

And I'd spend even more billions of dollars on bogus wars that only produced opium addicted soldiers.

267 I haven't read all the comments but, has anyone noted that Average Joe sucks cock by choice yet?

268

Posted by: Ohio Dan at April 23, 2012 10:35 AM (JKNDp)

 

I can think of a question that might have skewed the results.

 

Nancy Pelosie is.. Human

 

Non -Human

 

Not sure.

 

Well, it could have been fun...

 

And yeah, I got 13.

269 Does Ace have a Russian accent? Via the excellent Tigerhawk, you all have to check out this vid-- it's a Quadrotor equipped with a machine gun. The author must be a moron, 'cause he says at one point "this shit just got real" and he specifically recommends this Quad for use in anti-Zombie operations. http://tinyurl.com/btvlup7

270 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

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