April 24, 2012

Top Headline Comments 4-24-12
— Gabriel Malor

Happy Tuesday.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings got $9.3 million last year for being a huge screw-up. Netflix stock dropped 77% amid Hastings' failed attempt to spin off the company's DVD rental business and to implement a fee increase.

A group of venture capitalists are, according to rumors, announcing a new private space program today, with the aim of mining an asteroid or asteroids in space. Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?

The EEOC has ruled that gender-identity discrimination is prohibited under Title VII. The ruling will be binding on the EEOC and all federal departments and agencies.

Californians will vote on a ballot measure in November that would abolish the death penalty and set the maximum sentence under California law as life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Game developers adjust to digital distribution, as game publishers, hardware makers, and retail stores have a collective freak-out.

Oh, and it is another primary day. Delegates from New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island and Connecticut are up for grabs.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:51 AM | Comments (360)
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1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Tuesday  April 24, 2012.   On this day in 1898 Spain declared war on the U.S. beginning the Spanish American war. The U.S. was already running a blockade of Cuba and interfering with the Cuban revolution.  Spain was hopelessly outclassed even though the U.S. was ill prepared for the war in all but naval power.  

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:51 AM (YdQQY)

2 In an interview to air on Fox today Crying Boner says they have a lot of work to do and the commies have a 1 in 3 chance of retaking the House.  I count this as pre-spin.

http://is.gd/dA4PMe

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:52 AM (YdQQY)

3 Egypt denies Carter Center and church based groups license to operate.  How's all that diplomacy working out?  How about all that money we are sending these pukes?

http://is.gd/WCQXD6

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:52 AM (YdQQY)

4 Two men attempt to rob "granny" after she dropped off kids at her daughter's house. She shoots one and the other flees.  This was in Macon, GA and illustrates why Macon is dropping in population.

http://is.gd/F6iPd2

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:52 AM (YdQQY)

5 Chucky Cheesdk (C-NY) plans to force a vote on a rollback of the AZ immigration law if the Supreme Court upholds it (starts today).  This is pure political kabuki theater for the election.  And no, this WaPo article is not biased, not one bit.

http://is.gd/CTa14Y

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:52 AM (YdQQY)

6 Mob of 20 blacks beats white man almost to death on his own front porch with chains and other implements.  "Justice for Travon" heard by his wife. One wonders if he has grounds to sue all these black agitators under the shitty partial and several liability laws?  Also, will the MFM media go ballistic on this?  (rhetorical question).  Imagine if 20 rednecks attacked a black man on his front porch in Mississippi.  Would we have to endure another 10e^9 showings of Mississippi burning?  Also remember this folks, when seconds count the police are minutes away.

http://is.gd/sEaJO9

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:53 AM (YdQQY)

7 Even more evidence that this lawless gang of gumba goons has allowed the enviro fascists to take over.  Large swaths of national parks have been placed off limits for recreation that has been allowed for decades and decades.   This reminds me of the stupid Disney movie "Nim's Island" which is playing on DISH now.  In that movie the only people allowed to use Nim's island in the pacific is Nim and her father, the enviro wackos.   Of course, this is the normal pattern of leftest goons.  All these strict regulations only to "other people".

http://is.gd/rWOu8T

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:53 AM (YdQQY)

8 Don't piss on the "L".

http://is.gd/FdljCP

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:53 AM (YdQQY)

9 Oturdface threatens to veto bill that would roll back executive fiat union thuggary by the illegal NLRB.  How about this House, a separate budget bill for the NLRB to kill funding.  If he vetoes that then shutdown the government until after the election.

http://is.gd/ZoKmeO

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:54 AM (YdQQY)

10 The irony burns like inflamed hemorrhoids.  Detroit spends $330K to hire lobbyists to beg for money from Washington to prevent bankruptcy.  The hell of it?  They will probably get it, under the table.

http://is.gd/m91uVB

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:54 AM (YdQQY)

11 Consider this a bullet dodged.  Jon Huntsman talks third Party run and is "disinvited" from Republican function.  He then compares GOP to communist party in China.  He asshole, the rest of the GOP did not work for out current commie dictator.  Why don't you put a damn "D" after your name?  The only reason he has an R after his name is a D can get elected in Utah.   People, let's not forget this for down the road.  This man is worse than a damn RINO.

http://is.gd/mQHQ92

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:54 AM (YdQQY)

12 Pharoah Ovomitus Regulatorius Crapweaseling III creates new useless federal agency under executive fiat.  This new group is the Atrocities Prevention Board and is supposed to head off future genocide like Dafur.  Named to head the board is the wife of crony Cass Sunstein; Samantha Power.  A notorious anti-Israel muckraker.  What could go wrong here (besides just another useless Washington bureaucracy)?  I guess under his royal heinous we will compete with the UN Human Rights council for the board most opposite its supposed mission.

http://is.gd/6Ll6PH

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:54 AM (YdQQY)

13 Occupy Unmasked is previewed in Charlotte.  This is one of BB's major projects and it appears to be a must-see film. It will tie the formation of the OWS shitters to the MFM and the WH.

http://is.gd/HLHkH9

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)

14 US 4th circuit overturns convictions for cock fighting in SC because "rogue juror" did independent research on the internet and did not rely solely on courtroom evidence from lawyers.  Ordinarily I wouldn't consider this too much of news other than it is just another example of judicial bullshit, except for the law they were convicted of to begin with.   WTF gives the federal government authority to prosecute cock fighting in SC and what gave congress the authority to legislate in this area?   Are SC promoters selling cock fighting tickers across State lines?  And heaven forbid that jurors do independent research in a trial.

http://is.gd/t8hyUw

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)

15 Why is this not a surprise?  MD Commies want to raise income tax on people making more than $75K.  After seeing this I went out to see if MD was becoming an East coast CA with people bailing out for nearby VA.  It was more CA than I had even thought of. This from MD's own givernment.

Beginning in the 1990s Maryland saw a decrease of -62,000 in domestic migration. Conversely there was a significant increase of 228,500 people due to foreign immigration. This trend continued from 2000-2007 with -54,000 in domestic migration and 135,800 in foreign immigration. An analysis of non-Hispanic white and minority populations showed that the non-Hispanic white population has decreased while minority populations have increased.

IOW MD is being flooded with illegals and minorities while tax payers are bailing out and leaving.  And they want to increase taxes some more on the working people???  Commies never learn. Of course they are filling the State with their own voting blocks while driving out Republicans.  And they will be in Washington begging for a bailout when the inevitable bankruptcy bells start ringing.

http://is.gd/Qv076e

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)

16 Bark Obama polishes up his status as a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable traitor by getting the worthless State Department to cave in to his America-hating, pro-Muzzie worldview.

http://bit.ly/IcfIwJ

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 24, 2012 02:56 AM (MQc8e)

17 Dick "Warcock" Cheney has some good advice for Mitt on picking his VP.  I hope he takes it to heart.

http://is.gd/H6PnGv

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)

18 Nancy "Botox" Polousy wants to repeal the first amendment?  So says NRO.  This is flabbergasting.  Why isn't the MFM screaming all over this?  I know, rhetorical question.  Even as she drifts off into commie insanity, they will still cover for her.

http://is.gd/DjqL41

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)

19 Jonah Goldberg discusses the various squirrels the commies have ran up the flag pole lately.

http://is.gd/pgy1on

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)

20 Liberal rag tries to portray "poverty" in ME.  Beginning with the opening picture it just looks like a bunch of trashy rednecks to me. Being poor doesn't mean that you have to let your yard fill up with trash.  They also look like they are all chronically overweight as well.   Hey BI, get a new photographer, and do some research because this ain't it.

http://is.gd/5dvJXN

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)

21
And speaking of this liberal rag how about this one.  Mutt is "betraying conservatives that he coddled during the primary".  Hahahahaha; that's some serious WTF there.  Hey assholes, what planet did you watch the Republican Primaries on?  And who do they quote; alahpundit?  One wonders if the stuff they are talking about is true.  If it is Mutt is just doing exactly what everyone said he would do.   Or is this disinformation from the libtard MFM to discourage turnout?

http://is.gd/oLnrS3

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:58 AM (YdQQY)

22 And that's it for the news this morning. Lot more out there today than yesterday.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 02:58 AM (YdQQY)

23 Good article at American Thinker (see sidebar) how Elie Wiesel slammed King Puttz yesterday. I have Auschwitz survivors in my family and SCOAMF's remarks yesterday were just mind-bogglingly beyond the fucking pale.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 03:00 AM (Af3Wg)

24 So now that the GOP race is decided and Mitt can rest easy on a Primary Day for a change, attention turns to the Libertarians.  Who by the looks of things, would have trouble organizing a two float parade ... http://bit.ly/qVdDUt

Posted by: ombdz at April 24, 2012 03:00 AM (2DpoY)

25 Great news write up today. Thanks, Vic!

Posted by: mugiwara at April 24, 2012 03:01 AM (KI/Ch)

26 "Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?" How does one propose to stop them?

Posted by: Texan Economist at April 24, 2012 03:01 AM (TC/9F)

27 The EEOC has ruled that gender-identity discrimination is prohibited under Title VII. The ruling will be binding on the EEOC and all federal departments and agencies.



I had to go read that article to figure about what "gender identity" was. 



So now the civil rights act has been interpreted to include cross-dressing gender-benders as "protected".



It is high time to amend the CRA of 1964 to eliminate the EEOC which has become one of the most racist organizations in the country and also eliminate the most egregious part of the law, Title VI.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:03 AM (YdQQY)

28

Posted by: Texan Economist at April 24, 2012 07:01 AM (TC/9F)


It ain't like we have a space program anymore!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 24, 2012 03:07 AM (i3+c5)

29 27 "Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?" How does one propose to stop them? Posted by: Texan Economist at April 24, 2012 07:01 AM (TC/9F) Watch SCOAMF hire 15,000 IRS agents in space suits. NASA gets refunded faster than you can say stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable muslim outreach program.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 03:09 AM (Af3Wg)

30 27 - How does one stop them? That's a silly question, robot pirates in outer space, of course.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 24, 2012 03:12 AM (Gc/Qi)

31 The new approach is made possible by the double impact of the Arab Spring, which supplies a new means of empowerment to young Arabs other than violent jihad , and Obama's savagely successful military drone campaign against the worst of the violent jihadists, al Qaida. Sooooo, the new "means of empowerment" is better? Killing all non-Muslim citizens and turning their respective countries into hell-holes. What a shitweasel

Posted by: Lurkasaurus at April 24, 2012 03:12 AM (sJKFk)

32 I don't know about owning objects, but Joe Biden is a Space Ranger (Second Class).

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 24, 2012 03:15 AM (B+qrE)

33 All eyes are on Delaware. Oh never mind.

Posted by: Newt at April 24, 2012 03:19 AM (P9OJs)

34 Wonder how loudly MSLSD will cover the Ala man beaten on his own front porch by 20 blacks with brass knuckles and paint cans.

....actually I don't wonder, don't care, and won't hold my breath.
But Chrissy Klu Klan Tingles will surely be outraged.....

Posted by: ontherocks at April 24, 2012 03:23 AM (aZ6ew)

35 All toilets flow to DE.  Perhaps I should check population trends there as well.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:24 AM (YdQQY)

36 @36  "All toilets flow to DE."  Really?  I heard NJ.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2012 03:34 AM (FKGw9)

37 Jon Huntsman talks third Party run and is "disinvited" from Republican function. He then compares GOP to communist party in China. ------ What a drama queen.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 03:34 AM (gPDxp)

38 Really? I heard NJ.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2012 07:34 AM (FKGw9)

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That's where the spreader lines from DE run.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:35 AM (YdQQY)

39 Mike Huntsman/Clint Torrez '12!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 03:39 AM (Af3Wg)

40 It's an interesting approach. If it succeeds the nation dies. I trust that most women are smarter then this and see through the smoke and mirrors. If not, I might just agree with Ann Coulter about the voting rights of women.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat
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You trust too much!

I've had some arguments with women on lefty blogs..  they are even blaming any shortage of birth control  (even diaphragms!) on this "war on women".

Of course, they cannot explain who are what is waging this war, except it must be conservatives!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 24, 2012 03:39 AM (UTq/I)

41

Love the Net flix, too bad the damage had already been done to the shareholders before they righted the ship.

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Morn ya'lls.

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Yahoo has the story on the Alabama man that was nearly beaten to death. We'll see what the cables and networks do with it...don't hold yer breath.

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On a lighter note Megan Fox is preggers!!!

Posted by: dananjcon at April 24, 2012 03:40 AM (eavT+)

42

In case you haven't heard yet, according to the state department, the War on Terror is over: http://tinyurl.com/cbqsgp4

Does this mean we can finally eliminate the TSA and implement reasonable screening again?

Posted by: Dilligas at April 24, 2012 03:40 AM (/Odq7)

43 Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?
............
Meh.. possession is nine tenths of the law.

I'm sure some day in the far future there will be treaties on this.. but until then it's the wild west!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 24, 2012 03:41 AM (UTq/I)

44 Who is Clint Torrez?

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:41 AM (YdQQY)

45

Mob of 20 blacks beats white man almost to death on his own front porch with chains and other implements<<=<=

 

Has this evil honkey been charged with incitement to riot, yet? 

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 24, 2012 03:41 AM (JDIKC)

46 Vic, the most recent of those " Poverty in Maine"pics was from 2001. Only one was taken in a year (1994) when a Republican wasn't president. Does poverty disappear when Democrats are in office? I also think they oversell the "Dramatic" part of it; there's nothing dramatic about fat, lazy poor people. Unless they're fighting.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 03:42 AM (gPDxp)

47 The really big unanswered question is "who gave space to the government"?



I see nothing that gives the government authority to own or regulate space at all.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:43 AM (YdQQY)

48 Just wondering when the President is going to make a call on this horrific attack? The victims were white and assailants black. But let's keep talking about Trayvon- shall we?

D-Day vet beaten, wife killed in robbery

The 101st Airborne Division Association is asking its members and other Screaming Eagles veterans to step up and help one of their own — a 90-year-old D-Day veteran who nearly died as a result of a brutal home invasion last month.

Bob Strait of Tulsa, Okla., was hospitalized after a vicious March 14 robbery that killed his wife, 85-year-old Nancy Strait. She was beaten and raped in the attack.

The couple, who met on a blind date on Thanksgiving Day 1946, had been married for 65 years.

Police have one suspect in custody, but they believe as many as four others took part in the home invasion.


Posted by: Exile at April 24, 2012 03:44 AM (O0lVq)

49 I also think they oversell the "Dramatic" part of it; there's nothing dramatic about fat, lazy poor people. Unless they're fighting.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 07:42 AM (gPDxp)

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I didn't see anything in those pictures that indicated they were poor.  Just looked like fat trashy and lazy.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:44 AM (YdQQY)

50
Using 8.3 Billion in "experimental" slush funds to get the senior vote on Medicare advantage

http://forums.liveleak. com/showthread.php?t=92101 (take out space)

Posted by: AE at April 24, 2012 03:47 AM (L5130)

51 Rand Simberg, in his blog Transterrestrial Musings, has been discussing private property rights in space. Here is a recent guest post. Lots of discussion in the comments. http://www.transterrestrial.com/?p=41935

Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at April 24, 2012 03:48 AM (sdi6R)

52 Now, off to vote in PA. And pay my property taxes. Saves a trip to the municipal building, I guess.

Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at April 24, 2012 03:50 AM (sdi6R)

53 Maine has always been poor; at least the part of the state away from the coast.  What do you expect for a state that borders Quebec?  Electing those two ugly RINO hags to the Senate says "We don't fucking care about improving ourselves" pretty damn loud and clear.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 03:52 AM (4atNB)

54 Now, off to vote in PA. And pay my property taxes. Saves a trip to the municipal building, I guess.

Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at April 24, 2012 07:50 AM (sdi6R)

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Just don't go to any casinos near Philly and stop to help stranded black motorist.  That was another one of those black on white crimes that the papers were full of today.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:52 AM (YdQQY)

55 In which I answer a stupid question from Bill Maher, which relates to the video discussed here: http://5z8.info/facebook-hack_n3y2kv_foodporn Maher asks, When I see the toothless guy, as a liberal, I say, ‘I want to help you get teeth.’ Why does that make me an asshole? I don’t understand why." It's because you don't want to help him get teeth, you want money to be confiscated from other people and filtered through a massive bureaucracy that will remove any personal responsibility for dental care from the toothless guy. If you really wanted to help him get teeth, you'd spend your own money on it instead of preening self-righteously (and cheaply) about your supposed compassion. That's why you're an asshole, Bill.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 03:52 AM (gPDxp)

56 NY primary today. I don't think I will bother. What's the point now?

Posted by: real joe at April 24, 2012 03:54 AM (w7Lv+)

57 >>"All toilets flow to DE." Really? I heard NJ.

Not in the Midwest.  Flush twice, it's a long way to the Budweiser plant in St. Louis.

Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 24, 2012 03:55 AM (hO8IJ)

58 I'd be willing to donate Bill Maher's teeth to a toothless person.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 24, 2012 03:55 AM (JDIKC)

59 They wouldn't take them unless you spent hours cleaning the shit out from between them.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 03:57 AM (YdQQY)

60 Why is this not a surprise? MD Commies want to raise income tax on people making more than $75K. After seeing this I went out to see if MD was becoming an East coast CA with people bailing out for nearby VA. It was more CA than I had even thought of. This from MD's own givernment. My company is HQ'd in Maryland. I have been given the task of moving it to Virginia.

Posted by: Luke Skywalker at April 24, 2012 03:59 AM (Fw2Gg)

61 NY primary today. I don't think I will bother. What's the point now?

Posted by: real joe at April 24, 2012 07:54 AM (w7Lv+)



There's lots more to this than Mitt Romney
Participate and get active

Posted by: Beto at April 24, 2012 04:00 AM (cYQg0)

62 Has this evil honkey been charged with incitement to riot, yet?

I saw an interview with one of his black neighbors and she said Yeah, he's a good guy but he just screwed up.   Presumably by telling those kids to quit playing basketball in the street in front of his house.

Posted by: toby928© at April 24, 2012 04:01 AM (NG097)

63 Vic, that Clint Torrenz can be very hard to find, but let me tell you, the search is very worthwhile, and when successful, very gratifying for everyone involved.

Posted by: Dr. Ruth at April 24, 2012 04:01 AM (gWLRb)

64 I really can't stand when my daughters use my brush. Next time I brush my hair, I end up with 18 inch blond extensions sprouting out of my hair.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 24, 2012 04:02 AM (JDIKC)

65 Two men arrested for setting up booby traps on a Utah hiking trail. One trap was designed to bring a heavy spiked ball swinging down at face level, the other to trip the victim face first into a nest of sharpened spikes. http://tinyurl.com/6q7uhme I read this story and wondered, drug cookers? environmentalist whackos? Then I saw the picture and realized the answer was "losers."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:03 AM (gPDxp)

66 Maher obviously spent to much time listening to the brilliant oratory of Louise Slaughter's impassioned appeal for Bammycare so that her deadbeat constituents don't have to wear their dead kin's false teef after the meth completely rots their own choppers out.  The Founding Fathers definitely would redline a tachometer by spinning in their grave at that inspired discourse.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 04:03 AM (4atNB)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:03 AM (8y9MW)

68 Some of the toothaches I've been having lately, I almost envy the toothless guy.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 24, 2012 04:03 AM (GZitp)

69 MD Commies want to raise income tax on people making more than $75K. After seeing this I went out to see if MD was becoming an East coast CA with people bailing out for nearby VA. I am selling and moving to West Virginia as soon as my kid finishes high school.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:04 AM (gPDxp)

70 Abe Vigoda Status:  Alive

Posted by: toby928© at April 24, 2012 04:04 AM (NG097)

71 This was in Macon, GA and illustrates why Macon is dropping in population.

Because old ladies are shooting thieves?  Well, if nothing else, it should put a dent in the thief population.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:05 AM (8y9MW)

72 I should add, I'm probably going to be the toothless guy, cause I ain't spending the jack they want me to to fix a couple teeth.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 24, 2012 04:05 AM (GZitp)

73 Clint Torrez == Urban myth

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 04:06 AM (4atNB)

74 I ain't spending the jack they want me to to fix a couple teeth. --------------- Bill for my son's wisdom teeth removal... $4,800 and counting.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:08 AM (gPDxp)

75 Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 07:44 AM (YdQQY)

You are cruel and heartless.

Their flat-screen TV is old -- it's only 720dpi.

Their cars are more than five years old!

They can't afford to buy the latest $200 sneakers for their kids.

That's poverty in America.

The sad thing is that there are poor people in this country, but they fall between the cracks because of crap like this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 04:09 AM (nEUpB)

76 I'm proud to be from the state where waitresses call you "Hon" but there's no fucking way I could ever move back there.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 04:10 AM (4atNB)

77 Posted by: lowandslow at April 24, 2012 08:05 AM (GZitp)

Check the nearest dental school for help. They need patients for teaching purposes all the time.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 04:10 AM (nEUpB)

78 How wonderful that the Feds have diktated that you are not worthy to trod upon public land that your tax money supports.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 24, 2012 04:11 AM (d0Tfm)

79 @7.  I have always supported the idea of parks.  Land set aside for people, all people, to enjoy.  Towns, counties, states and national parks I think are good for the people to get out and have fun, get closer to nature, even see some of our country.  And the people own the parks yet the Federal Government is shutting off large parts of them (national) to us.  This has been going on for some time now.  I remember when Clinton was in office there was a big todo in one of the national parks in California when the park service destroyed hiking trails and told people they could no longer go into parts of the park anymore.  The enviro-nuts in Washington concern was some endangered weed might be stepped on or some endangered butterfly might be disturbed or any other reason they could come up with to keep people off of their own park land.  Of course the enviro-nuts could still trample on the land as much as they wanted to because they are more educated than the masses and know where to step.  When did park rangers become Washington goons?

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2012 04:12 AM (FKGw9)

80 And heaven forbid that jurors do independent research in a trial.

Serious question, legal beagles:  if I'm not allowed to do independent research, am I supposed to ignore information in an area of my expertise if a) it applies to the trial and b) I have information not presented?

Say, for instance, I were a chemistry expert (I'm not) who happened to get jury duty.  Then say the Prosecution introduced some flawed (doesn't even have to be majorly flawed, just enough that their conclusion should have been "inconclusive") chemistry based evidence.  Further suppose the Defense didn't get an expert in that area, or said expert was asleep at the wheel, and did not challenge said evidence.

In that scenario, would I be able to go into jury deliberations and say, "Look I don't know about the rest, but I'm actually a Chemist, and I know the Prosecution's findings on evidence exhibit whatever are flawed."  Or would I be required to ignore what I know?

Because it seems to me that, as long as you're not looking up news coverage of the trial itself, there shouldn't be a problem in learning about the subject matter discussed in a trial.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:13 AM (8y9MW)

81 Any other morons been getting bombarded with a radio ad from the "Fair Housing Alliance"? It is a mother who has taken her son to work, and he comments on the diversity (mentions Asians, African-Americans, and Hispanics) of people that work their not like in their neighborhood where everyone is the same? It's witless with nanometer thick veiled whitey is racist.

Posted by: dogfish at April 24, 2012 04:13 AM (N2yhW)

82 Last week Obama defensively declared, "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth," --------------- No, apparently the silver spoon was in his nose.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:15 AM (gPDxp)

83 "The war on terror is over," according to a senior official in the US State Department, because revisionism now propagandizes al Qaeda to be LEGITIMATE Islamism:  "now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate Islamism."

"You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror." GWBush

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. BHObama

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 24, 2012 04:16 AM (lpWVn)

84 "Sarkozy Dealt Blow in First Round of French Presidential Election"--headline, Newstalk.ie, April 22 --------------------------- What a coincidence. Obama dealt blow, too.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:19 AM (gPDxp)

85 The sad thing is that there are poor people in this country, but they fall between the cracks because of crap like this.

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say roughly 50% of the truly poverty stricken in the United States are all people who should be in insane asylums- but those are icky, so we can't have them any more.

Of the others... well, actually it's not hard at all to get on the various welfare programs, all they need to do is go ask.  There are even people (at least, here in TX, so I'm guessing they're in the other 56 states too) who will help you do things like obtain a legal identity (for those who were born "off the grid" or never knew their Social Security Number, or whatever), and then shepherd you through the process.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:21 AM (8y9MW)

86 Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space? I'm sorry, the question is can government stop them. Anyone else read M Snodgrass' Circuit series?

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 04:21 AM (Pvjul)

87 Any other morons been getting bombarded with a radio ad from the "Fair Housing Alliance"? It is a mother who has taken her son to work, and he comments on the diversity

Oh yes, I heard that last week or the week before.  I haven't heard it since, so either they're not running very much in DFW, or WBAP got bombarded with "cut that crap out" calls and emails and dropped the commercial.  One of the two.

And, yes, that's a huge, steaming pile of horse manure masquerading as a "public services" commercial.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:23 AM (8y9MW)

88 45 Who is Clint Torrez? Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 07:41 AM (YdQQY) He used to co-host Shep Smith's "G" block...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 04:24 AM (Af3Wg)

89

When did park rangers become Washington goons?

 

When   we let them become goons.  We have truly lost control of our government.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 24, 2012 04:24 AM (d0Tfm)

90

How wonderful that the Feds have diktated that you are not worthy to trod upon public land that your tax money supports.

 

It's the Nigel Tufnel theory of owning a guitar collection applied to our national lands.

"Don't even look at it."

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2012 04:24 AM (4q5tP)

91

So after my lib FB friend flipped out over my posting of "If I wanted America to fail" video, and went on a rant about rivers catching on fire, and lake Erie polution that the EPA saved, I have to remind him that anywhere 3 or more of his kind gather, the place turns into a toxic waste dump. And yet anywhere that up to 10,000 tea partyers gather, the place is cleaner than when they arrived.

So, to recap, dems are slobs.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 24, 2012 04:25 AM (UpwlP)

92

Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?

 

Well, you can have a star "named" after you, so I don't see why not.     I imagine    in the case of space flotsam and jetsam, like an asteroid,     it would    be a matter of whoever can get there first and plant a flag, rather like    a    new version of the New World.    But when it comes to things like PLANETS, then we get into dicier territory.   Much as red China would probably love to lay    sole    claim to Mars... no.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 04:26 AM (4df7R)

93

Love Canal and Lake Eerie were cleaned up by 1980.  Since then, the EPA jackboots have been growing like cancer and inventing ways to stomp on the face of individuals.

 

Tell you what, liberal "friend":  Let's go back to the spending levels of 1980.  Since that's when the EPA worked.

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 04:28 AM (I2LwF)

94 Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 08:03 AM (gPDxp)
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Here's a link with their pics.  Looks like OWS turds to me.



http://is.gd/NM8vy8

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:30 AM (YdQQY)

95 Vic, that Clint Torrenz can be very hard to find, but let me tell you, the search is very worthwhile, and when successful, very gratifying for everyone involved.

Posted by: Dr. Ruth at April 24, 2012 08:01 AM (gWLRb)

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Well, who is he. I couldn't find anything.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:31 AM (YdQQY)

96 "Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth."

Sore loser Ann Richards used it to malign Bush's campaign. Didn't work. She faded away into the sunset (from TXGov. to a brief schtick Democrat payoff with a NYC ad agency) after 'misunderestimating' the fallout from permitting the Feds to terrorize and burn to death an entire community of Texans outside of Waco.

But then, attacking the Bush political family is a dangerous enterprise. Just ask Barbara. Whereas, endorsement does not make Romney Bush "family" -- so regarding the mouth mine, it's Mitt's to grin and "bare" on his own wit.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 24, 2012 04:32 AM (lpWVn)

97

I loved the sign that said, "leave no footprints." They are actually telling you where to walk.

 

I'd like to see some civil disobedience in the form of a few thousand people walking everywhere they can away from those signs. The conversations in  jail would be priceless.

 

"What are you in for?"

 

"Walking on the beach."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at April 24, 2012 04:32 AM (d0Tfm)

98 @59:  Priceless...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:32 AM (wtvvX)

99 Tell you what, liberal "friend": Let's go back to the spending levels of 1980. Since that's when the EPA worked.

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 08:28 AM (I2LwF)

 

It's amazing, isn't it?  When you have a limited budget, it forces you to actually do those things that   are necessary and effective.    When you have    seemingly unlimited funds, you can fritter away your time shooting owls to save other owls.   It's almost like having constraints on your budget makes you      smarter with your money.

 

Try and tell a prog that and their heads explode.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 04:32 AM (4df7R)

100 Because old ladies are shooting thieves? Well, if nothing else, it should put a dent in the thief population.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 08:05 AM (8y9MW)

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Because Macon has become Detroit and grandma has to pack heat to keep from being robbed. 


Trust me, Macon has become really bad.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:33 AM (YdQQY)

101 Mob of 20 blacks beats white man almost to death on his own front porch with chains and other implements<<=<=

Has this evil honkey been charged with incitement to riot, yet?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 24, 2012 07:41 AM (JDIKC)


Who do they  look like?

Posted by: Dagny, warrior at April 24, 2012 04:33 AM (4yXmp)

102

Who do they look like?


 

Posted by: Dagny, warrior at April 24, 2012 08:33 AM (4yXmp)

 

I suspect    like Obama's son if he had one.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 04:34 AM (4df7R)

103 Clint Torrez == Urban myth

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 08:06 AM (4atNB)

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OK, I been punked, but must not be much of a myth.  I never heard of it.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:34 AM (YdQQY)

104

I'm playing chess like a fucking madman these days.  I can't tell you how much of a difference it is in my skill level between when I'm rested and when I'm fatigued.  Same with caffeine.  More caffeine, worse play.

 

Let these be life lessons to me.

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 04:35 AM (I2LwF)

105 If women can't see the danger in checkbook pandering with freshly minted money then they shouldn't be allowed near a voting booth.


They think "mint" is a flavor. You know that right? "To mint" would mean to make something "minty". "Mint money" would mean that your money smelled like mint. You're assuming a far higher level of intelligence and understanding than exists.



Posted by: Dagny, warrior at April 24, 2012 04:35 AM (4yXmp)

106 OK, I been punked, but must not be much of a myth. I never heard of it. Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 08:34 AM (YdQQY) Remove the "N" from Clint, then say the whole name. Get it?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 04:36 AM (Af3Wg)

107 Bill for my son's wisdom teeth removal... $4,800 and counting.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 08:08 AM (gPDxp)

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That seem excessive.  My wife had 14 removed for the upcoming rad treatment and it was about that much total. And that was surgical removal in the hospital.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:36 AM (YdQQY)

108 Here's something to get everyone's blood boiling this morning:

http://tinyurl.com/73mq3gd

Our TSA, the gift that keeps on giving. I guess I'll have to watch South Park again this afternoon.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 24, 2012 04:37 AM (L7hol)

109 I know Clint's brother, Bit..

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:37 AM (wtvvX)

110 You're assuming a far higher level of intelligence and understanding than exists.

Is is the kind of statement with which my wife almost certainly agrees, but that, if I said it, would get me hit.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:38 AM (8y9MW)

111 I had four wisdom teeth done for $3,000

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 04:38 AM (I2LwF)

112 Granted, that was in 1998

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 04:38 AM (I2LwF)

113 Well, who is he. I couldn't find anything. If memory serves, and I've got my facts right, Clint Torres aka Clint Torrenz aka Cliff Torrence, is a legendary boat captain specializing in small craft. Now he's been known to pilot bigger boats, but feels that they perform sloppily in turbulent times. While he's always been of the belief that when he's at the helm of a tightly run vessel, shining from stem to stern, the satisfaction of navigating through a howler is unmatched. Look under "Maritime Legends" for more info.

Posted by: Anal Bum cover for Elton at April 24, 2012 04:38 AM (FQY7W)

114 Vic-

I must have missed the news about your wife.  I hope everything goes OK for her.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:39 AM (wtvvX)

115 Bill for my son's wisdom teeth removal... $4,800 and counting. Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 08:08 AM (gPDxp) ------------------------- I assume that includes IV Sedation? Was it done in the Office or in the Hospital? And I also assume that was 4 wisdom teeth and they were all bony impacted?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 04:39 AM (i6RpT)

116 Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 08:13 AM (8y9MW)
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Well according to the federal judges in this case, no. But not to worry, anyone with any knowledge of anything would be bounced off the jury by one side or the other.  Lawyers do NOT want poeple with knowledge on a jury.


They want the same kind of ignorant fool that voted for Obama.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:39 AM (YdQQY)

117 I've always been told that, as an engineer, I'm pretty much jury-proof.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:41 AM (wtvvX)

118 Digital distribution is turning every publishing industry on its head.  For the good, IMHO.

Posted by: nickless at April 24, 2012 04:41 AM (MMC8r)

119 gregory no shit? my oldest has to have his out before the 6k in orthodontic work is destroyed......

Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 24, 2012 04:41 AM (Ho2rs)

120 Serious question, legal beagles: if I'm not allowed to do independent research, am I supposed to ignore information in an area of my expertise if a) it applies to the trial and b) I have information not presented?


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It's a fine line. You can use your life experience but you can't decide what happened in that particular case based on facts not in evidence. IOW, you can use your knowledge of chemistry, but only to judge the credibility of the witness you disagree with.

Posted by: real joe at April 24, 2012 04:41 AM (w7Lv+)

121 They want the same kind of ignorant fool that voted for Obama.

 

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 08:39 AM (YdQQY)

 

 

Or voted to acquit OJ.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 24, 2012 04:41 AM (4q5tP)

122 Any recommendations on who to vote for in the PA senate primary?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 24, 2012 04:42 AM (3Zo6I)

123 Good morning morons and moronettes.  On this day 20 years ago I met the woman who would foolishly agree to become Mrs. Hedgehog.  Next month we'll be married 15 years.  Cheers!

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 24, 2012 04:42 AM (3jGS1)

124 I assume that includes IV Sedation? Was it done in the Office or in the Hospital? And I also assume that was 4 wisdom teeth and they were all bony impacted? Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 08:39 AM (i6RpT) ------------------- IV Sedation --- Yes. He was in a car accident a few months before the removal. He developed a resistance to painkillers because of the ones they gave him to manage the pain from his injuries, so he had to be fully sedated. (Which is why we hope the lawsuit will cover the expenses from the extraction) In Hospital --- Yes, see previous. All four --- Yes Impacted/Bony --- Not so much.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:44 AM (gPDxp)

125 you can use your knowledge of chemistry, but only to judge the credibility of the witness you disagree with.

So, using my previous example, I could say, "Hey, something about those results sounds off, I don't think we should rely on them," but I couldn't say, "Those results are full of crap, everything their 'chemistry expert' said is bunk."  Further, I couldn't say, "Based on my knowledge, the result they should have reached is X."

Do I have that right?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:44 AM (8y9MW)

126

In that scenario, would I be able to go into jury deliberations and say, "Look I don't know about the rest, but I'm actually a Chemist, and I know the Prosecution's findings on evidence exhibit whatever are flawed." Or would I be required to ignore what I know?

 

Heh, why not do that in the courtroom and ask  the judge directly?

 

Hilarity would ensue,  I'm   quite sure.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at April 24, 2012 04:44 AM (d0Tfm)

127 Remove the "N" from Clint, then say the whole name. Get it?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 08:36 AM (Af3Wg)

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Sometimes you can't see the forrest for the veins on the leaves in the trees.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:45 AM (YdQQY)

128 Just mention you read this blog, then your jury proof.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 04:45 AM (RURIy)

129 Any recommendations on who to vote for in the PA senate primary?

Rick Perry, or SMOD.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:45 AM (8y9MW)

130
http://is.gd/NM8vy8

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 08:30 AM (YdQQY)

**

Nice ears on that one dickhead...definitley OWS/hippie scum.

Posted by: dananjcon at April 24, 2012 04:46 AM (eavT+)

131 my oldest has to have his out before the 6k in orthodontic work is destroyed...... Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 24, 2012 08:41 AM (Ho2rs) ------------ My kids all have better teeth AND better phones than I do.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:46 AM (gPDxp)

132 I got a crown and a filling yesterday for $1400. But the tooth I had extracted in Nov was only $345 but wasn't impacted. The implant is gonna be $$$.

Posted by: Dagny, warrior at April 24, 2012 04:46 AM (4yXmp)

133 Congrats to you and the missus, Hedgehog!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 04:47 AM (4df7R)

134 Congrats, hedgehog.  It will be 24 years in May since Mrs. Lovera and I tied the knot...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:47 AM (wtvvX)

135 Just mention you read this blog, then your jury proof.

I'm guessing reading (let alone maintaining) any conservative leaning blog/forum would have that effect.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 04:47 AM (8y9MW)

136 I must have missed the news about your wife. I hope everything goes OK for her.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 08:39 AM (wtvvX)

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Thanks, we'll see.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:48 AM (YdQQY)

137 132 Just mention you read this blog, then your jury proof.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 08:45 AM (RURIy)

 

Or go into jury selection wearing a shirt that    has  either Breitbart Lives or #ObamaAteADog emblazoned across the front. 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 04:48 AM (4df7R)

138

"Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?"

 

A new age of discovery. During the old age of discovery all one had to do was plant a flag and claim a continent. So I say, yes. Name it and claim it.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 24, 2012 04:48 AM (763Kc)

139

@138 Thanks MWR.  If Obama had a fat daughter and two sons, they'd probably look alot like the people arrested in that Baltimore beating of the white tourist on St. Patricks day.

http://tinyurl.com/cgodtry

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 24, 2012 04:48 AM (3jGS1)

140 Good article at my nic on why da Zero is just plain Zero, and deeply, deeply DP'd.

Posted by: maddogg at April 24, 2012 04:48 AM (OlN4e)

141 Congrats, Hedgehog. A good woman is hard to find. But if I were the police, I'd search Truman North's crawl space.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 24, 2012 04:49 AM (7QNaf)

142 Sometimes you can't see the forrest for the veins on the leaves in the trees. Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 08:45 AM (YdQQY) Point taken, Vic. I knew I should've written Mike Huntsman-Dick Hertz '12.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 04:49 AM (Af3Wg)

143 But, one little success this week, I got Chrysler Financial to cough up the $1,800 they were refusing to pay me. See, I stupidly signed up for a Service Plan I never used, but was guaranteed the money back if I never used it. When the time came for my refund, they refused to pay, and about a month after sending in the paperwork, they sent me a form letter that claimed I wasn't eligible because supposedly I didn't own the car any more. I sent back a copy of the registration along with a copy of the consumer complaint I was filing with the state attorney general's office, and they got me the check in less than a week.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 04:49 AM (gPDxp)

144 I'm guessing reading (let alone maintaining) any conservative leaning blog/forum would have that effect.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 08:47 AM (8y9MW)

 

NRA member works for me every time.

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 24, 2012 04:49 AM (3jGS1)

145

1 "Good Morning Morons. Today is Tuesday April 24, 2012. On this day in 1898 Spain declared war on the U.S. beginning the Spanish American war."

 

How did we end up with The Philippine Islands and Puertro Rico but not Cuba? I would like a good book on this war. Dry as dust is ok, i like a good history read. Any suggestions?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 24, 2012 04:50 AM (763Kc)

146 @148:  Moral of story:

Never buy from Chrysler again...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:51 AM (wtvvX)

147

4 "Two men attempt to rob "granny" after she dropped off kids at her daughter's house. She shoots one and the other flees. This was in Macon, GA and illustrates why Macon is dropping in population."

 

Heh!

Granny: "You've fallen to the floor and you won't get up!"

 

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 24, 2012 04:52 AM (763Kc)

148 We DID wind up with Cuba, but then we gave them their independence...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:52 AM (wtvvX)

149

I    had     to stop and wait this morning as a flock of wild turkeys crossed the road in front of me on my way to work.

 

Bloomberg for President.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 04:53 AM (4df7R)

150 Earth First! We'll log and mine the other planets and asteroids later!

Posted by: Scottst at April 24, 2012 04:53 AM (Ubyjl)

151 dagny, the dental college down by Richmond is the cheapest place to go for implants. I'm considering Costa Rica.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 04:55 AM (RURIy)

152 @153:

Oops.  If I can trust Wikipedia(?), we did NOT formally annex Cuba, but we did "run" it for a few years.  So I think I have suffered a partial beclownment.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 04:56 AM (wtvvX)

153 Cuba was much more developed than PR or the PI.  But like most countries originally colonized by Spain, it turned into a shit hole ruled by a dictator for life.



Which then turned into a communist shit hole ruled by a dictator for life.



Think about that folks.   Why is it that, on the average, the only countries that have have developed into functional Republics after colonization have been those that were settled by the British?

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:56 AM (YdQQY)

154 AllenG,

I'm not a lawyer.  If you made it through voir dire, you go into the Juror's Room with all your knowledge and experience.  You must not do any additional research.  Sure, common sense.  Use your skills.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 04:56 AM (O3R/2)

155 In Hospital --- Yes, see previous. All four --- Yes Impacted/Bony --- Not so much. Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 08:44 AM (gPDxp) Since it was in Hospital that seems reasonable, maybe even a good deal. Since it was in Hospital I "assume" your health insurance will pay for much of it?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 04:57 AM (i6RpT)

156 the dental college down by Richmond is the cheapest place to go for implants. I'm considering Costa Rica. Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 08:55 AM (RURIy) Ugh- dental Schools are fine, but please be real real careful about going to a foreign country

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 04:58 AM (i6RpT)

157 The 101st Airborne Division Association is asking its members and
other Screaming Eagles veterans to step up and help one of their own — a
90-year-old D-Day veteran who nearly died as a result of a brutal home
invasion last month.
Bob Strait of Tulsa, Okla., was hospitalized
after a vicious March 14 robbery that killed his wife, 85-year-old Nancy
Strait. She was beaten and raped in the attack.
The couple, who met on a blind date on Thanksgiving Day 1946, had been married for 65 years.
Police have one suspect in custody, but they believe as many as four others took part in the home invasion.

Posted by: Exile at April 24, 2012 07:44 AM (O0lVq)


The filthy savage bastards ought to be drawn and quartered

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 24, 2012 04:59 AM (1Jaio)

158 I've always been told that, as an engineer, I'm pretty much jury-proof.
Posted by: Tex Lovera



Not completely true.  I've been on two cases because the attorneys ran out of strikes during voir dire.  ...and in both cases, the losing attorney told me they knew I'd be the reason they lost.  ...not really true but attorneys gotta blame somebody, right Gabe?


To your question, Allen, one of these cases dealt with "engineering" and was told that I couldn't use my knowledge to influence the other juror's opinions.  A fact is a fact so I had no issue using relevant knowledge to plead my position.

Posted by: dogfish at April 24, 2012 04:59 AM (N2yhW)

159 Dagny, the oral surgeon who works on the lobby level of those tall buildings at 7 corners was good as well, not cheap.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 04:59 AM (RURIy)

160

 "I'd be willing to donate Bill Maher's teeth to a toothless person."

 

Toofs awe owerwaited.

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at April 24, 2012 04:59 AM (763Kc)

161 Since it was in Hospital I "assume" your health insurance will pay for much of it?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 08:57 AM (i6RpT)

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Don't make that assumption. I fought that battle and lost.  At least with BCBS, if it is dental work it goes under the shitty dental plan regardless of the reason for the work.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 04:59 AM (YdQQY)

162 Moral of story: Never buy from Chrysler again... Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 08:51 AM (wtvvX) ------------------ I like my Jeep, but yeah. Certified Used from now on, for me.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 05:00 AM (gPDxp)

163 Didn't Ms. Pelosi have to take an oath to "preserve and protect" the Constitution of the United States?  And wouldn't her desire to eliminate the 1st Amendment be a breach of that promise?  So when does the effort to remove her from office begin?

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 05:00 AM (P6QsQ)

164 The filthy savage bastards ought to be drawn and quartered

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 24, 2012 08:59 AM (1Jaio)

 

Too good for them.  *spits on them*   Filthy animals.   Feed them alive and squirming to the pigs.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:01 AM (4df7R)

165

On the space thing, FWIW, "naming stars" after you is a bit of a scam.  The stars are named in an unofficial database (usually run by the company doing the selling.)  To actually have a star named (in whatever the "official" database is you pretty much have to discover it (or be very close to the person who does.)

As for owning things in space.  Didn't one of the space treaties actually cover this? Not that I'm a big fan of any of the space treaties, but I'm sure someone will try to invoke them.

Posted by: tsrblke at April 24, 2012 05:01 AM (22rSN)

166 "Leave no footprints?"

Shit.  It used to be "Leave only footprints."


Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 05:01 AM (O3R/2)

167 Sorry - forgot to include the link to Nasty Nan

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-amend-first-amendment

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 05:02 AM (P6QsQ)

168 136 I got a crown and a filling yesterday for $1400. But the tooth I had extracted in Nov was only $345 but wasn't impacted. The implant is gonna be $$$.

Posted by: Dagny, warrior at April 24, 2012 08:46 AM (4yXmp)

 

Holy smokes!!! RT ticket to Cebu City, $1200. 5-star hotel on the beach, $80 per nite. Crown and filling, $140. Extraction, $25. Cleaning, $12. I know a nice clinic where the Doctor sings while working...

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 24, 2012 05:02 AM (763Kc)

169 Since it was in Hospital I "assume" your health insurance will pay for much of it?

No, probably not.  Unless the diagnosis was medical (they were causing some infection or something), it will be considered Dental work.  Dental insurance will have to cover it, as much as Dental insurance covers anything, that is.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:03 AM (8y9MW)

170 nevergiveup, you're a dentist, right. The only reason I haven't gone to Costa Rica was that I couldn't get a clear answer from Amex that my medical evacuation insurance would apply if something went wrong.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 05:03 AM (RURIy)

171 Greg, I'm just one of those guys that, if a company screws me, I have a really long memory.  Sears screwed me out of $50 on a washing machine 21 years ago.  I have never bought a damned thing from them since.

YMMV.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 05:03 AM (wtvvX)

172

A fact is a fact so I had no issue using relevant  knowledge to plead my position.

 

Isn't there something they do in court that has something to do with   "truth?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at April 24, 2012 05:04 AM (d0Tfm)

173 Don't make that assumption. I fought that battle and lost. At least with BCBS, if it is dental work it goes under the shitty dental plan regardless of the reason for the work. Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 08:59 AM (YdQQY) The dental work may not be covered under Medical but at least the OR and the anesthesia should be

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:04 AM (i6RpT)

174 I got kicked of the jury pool in the second round on the only time I've ever been called. Having already been to fija.org, I think they knew that I knew.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 24, 2012 05:04 AM (UpwlP)

175 . The only reason I haven't gone to Costa Rica was that I couldn't get a clear answer from Amex that my medical evacuation insurance would apply if something went wrong. Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 09:03 AM (RURIy) I've just seen some strange things from foreign countries.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:05 AM (i6RpT)

176

Here's a headline you're not going to see every day: 

 

Dwarf beaten to death with a crystal ball; woman will serve life sentence

Link to the Daily Mail: http://tinyurl.com/6uawtno

 

A woman will serve a life sentence for beating a dwarf to death with a crystal ball.

 

Clara Ann Blocker, 41, pleaded guilty to the murder of Erik Scott Saxton, according to the Oklahoman newspaper.

 

Blocker, from Oklahoma City, who is 5ft 11in tall, also admitted to using a DVD player as her weapon of choice.

 

The attack on 4ft 5in tall dwarf took place on September 16, 2010... 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:06 AM (4df7R)

177 I remember my surgeon doing some creative writing to get my jaw surgery covered under medical vs. dental.  Saved me a bit of coin...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 05:06 AM (wtvvX)

178 >>> "Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?"

Simple legal answer: of course you can. 

It's a basic principle of homesteading.  The first person to put an unowned thing to productive economic use appropriates it, and thereby becomes its owner. 

How could anyone have a property claim that's superior to the first user?  It makes no sense.

Posted by: Phinn at April 24, 2012 05:06 AM (KNtHw)

179 At least with BCBS, if it is dental work it goes under the shitty dental plan regardless of the reason for the work.

That should not be true.  I'm not sure about SC (each BCBS is a different entity, so they have slightly different rules) but here in TX if the reason for the dental work is a medical diagnosis (some infection, cancer, whatever) then your medical insurance should cover those charges, unless dental services are specifically excluded (there is a list of exclusions in your policy, it would have to be explicitly spelled out that dental services are never covered). 

The health insurance companies assume that dental work is for dental diagnoses, but if you provide documentation otherwise, they're supposed to pay.

Did you take the question to your state Insurance board (whatever they may be called)?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:07 AM (8y9MW)

180

Had a client get extensive work done in the PI. He was happy and said they had to repair some bad work performed in the US. I've had a filling and cleanings done in the PI and have been more than happy.

 

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 24, 2012 05:07 AM (763Kc)

181 California is the land of idiots.  When was the last time they executed anybody, no matter how horrific the crime and how justified the penalty?  I'm surprised they got rid of Rose Bird.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2012 05:07 AM (DuH+r)

182 We should definitely give Puerto Rico its Independence.


Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 05:08 AM (O3R/2)

183 @181:  a million monkeys on a million typewriters in a million years could not have come up with that headline...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 05:08 AM (wtvvX)

184 180, I've dental work done overseas before, all ok. The price difference is insane.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 05:08 AM (RURIy)

185 but at least the OR and the anesthesia should be

Not necessarily.  That will vary from plan to plan.  If the diagnosis is explicitly dental, medical insurance may not cover it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:09 AM (8y9MW)

186 San Francisco is jealous of Hutchinson, Kansas
Read the PDF: http://is.gd/ap52mU

Posted by: Gerry at April 24, 2012 05:10 AM (+D6OT)

187 I plan on parking a meteoroid in near-earth orbit, and building a space base there.

For purely scientific purposes, of course...<rubs hands together>

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 05:10 AM (wtvvX)

188

@AllenG,

Strangely wisdom teeth removal is usually considered "solely dental" even in impacted cases.  When  I had my wisdom teeth removed, it was to prevent not being able to chew (mine were severely screwed up.)  Still "Solely dental."  You do what you gotta though.

Posted by: tsrblke at April 24, 2012 05:11 AM (22rSN)

189 Sears screwed me out of $50 on a washing machine 21 years ago. I have never bought a damned thing from them since. - Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 09:03 AM (wtvvX) --------------- They screwed me over on a lawnmower about eight years ago. $100 I think. I've never gone back, either.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 05:12 AM (gPDxp)

190

Shit. It used to be "Leave only footprints."

 

This really has me upset. There is nothing, nothing at all even close to Constitutional about this.  By restricting foot travel of citizens, this administration is    not promoting the Common Good.  In addition, elevating animals above humans is equally unlawful.

 

The only thing  worse is the effetes in Congress who are going to "examine" this issue. I asked when I posted that story over at my little blog why they were  only "examining" this problem and not rescinding the regulation and firing the idiots responsible for it.

 

How much longer are we  going to put  up with this bullshit?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at April 24, 2012 05:13 AM (d0Tfm)

191 188 @181: a million monkeys on a million typewriters in a million years could not have come up with that headline...
 

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 09:08 AM (wtvvX)

 

And yet somehow, some way, the Daily Mail found   monkey   #1,000,001...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:13 AM (4df7R)

192 I've dental work done overseas before, all ok. The price difference is insane. Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 09:08 AM (RURIy) You can get good medical/dental care overseas and here and you can get poor medical/dental care overseas and here. If you have it done overseas, you end up with very little recourse. In general, at least for dentistry ( since I am more knowledgable about that) you really are safer having the work done in the USA and near where you live. But I understand the cost can be considerably less overseas.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:13 AM (i6RpT)

193 Strangely wisdom teeth removal is usually considered "solely dental" even in impacted cases.

Almost anything that specifically effects the mouth and jaw- with the exception of TMJ (for reasons I don't understand), and some issues regarding tissues or non-dentition (tongue, roof of mouth, etc.)- are assumed to be dental diagnoses.

Even then, if you're willing to fight hard enough, and you're sure enough that you're right, you can get those decisions overturned.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:14 AM (8y9MW)

194

Well, of course people can own objects in space.  Right here in my hand I have a recorded statutory warranty deed that gives me fee simple title in perpetuity to a star you puny humans used to call "polaris" or "the North Star."  I paid the Intergalactic Star Registry the cool sum of $10,000.00 a couple of years ago to obtain ownership, and the right to re-name the star "Sharkmansa Major."  (Kinda sounds like Major Mensa Member, doesn't it?)

 

Stop by for a visit to my star one of these days, once you rubes get your faster than light drive working.  It's only 434 light years from Earth.  I'll have a beer chilling for you.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 24, 2012 05:14 AM (wMsKw)

195 Strangely wisdom teeth removal is usually considered "solely dental" even in impacted cases. When I had my wisdom teeth removed, it was to prevent not being able to chew (mine were severely screwed up.) Still "Solely dental." You do what you gotta though. Posted by: tsrblke at April 24, 2012 09:11 AM (22rSN) The purely dental or partially medical usually has to do with any health problems that precludes doing the procedures in the Office and "require" treatment in a Hospital setting

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:15 AM (i6RpT)

196 Here's a Congressional race where I hope the candidates debate each other 8 times, on Live Prime Time TV.

Cynthia McKinney (Crazed Lunatic ) will be challenging Hank Johnson (Guam Tips Over) for her old House seat in November.

http://bit.ly/I8YPDh

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 05:16 AM (P6QsQ)

197
On paper, the Spanish fleet in the Philippines actually far outclassed the American fleet. But they hardly ever practiced and their powder was so old it either didn't burn or burned erratically. So it turned into a turkey shoot for the American Navy.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 24, 2012 05:16 AM (7+pP9)

198

PA Morons, be sure to vote for Tom Smith for Senate.

 

He's conservative and he's fairly well off and will be able to self fund if the state GOP doesn't help him with fundraising(and they may not.)

Posted by: Ben at April 24, 2012 05:16 AM (wuv1c)

199 Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 08:58 AM (i6RpT)

This!

We have the best medical and dental care in the world.


Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 05:17 AM (nEUpB)

200 The dental work may not be covered under Medical but at least the OR and the anesthesia should be

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 09:04 AM (i6RpT)

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They didn't cover anything. (BCBS of NC)


That should not be true. I'm not sure about SC (each BCBS is a different entity, so they have slightly different rules) but here in TX if the reason for the dental work is a medical diagnosis (some infection, cancer, whatever) then your medical insurance should cover those charges, unless dental services are specifically excluded (there is a list of exclusions in your policy, it would have to be explicitly spelled out that dental services are never covered).


Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 09:07 AM (8y9MW)



I called them, the dentist called them; no dice.  The real problem is I could sue and win but they know it would cost me more for the lawyer than what my charges were.


Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 05:18 AM (YdQQY)

201 When did park rangers become Washington goons?

Their retransition into Federal Goons is the Wilsonian "Reset" to autonomous and vicious G-Men. Were they actually upholding Constitutional Law, but rather, it's the organized dissolution of Rule of Law that they enforce.

Forest Rangers have always been a tight knit group, very possessive of their professional/personal charge. But there was a mutual respect going on. WWII Vet families frequented summer vacations camping in national forests designated areas. The Rangers would come and talk with our dads, ask for identification to know who we were, how long we expected to stay, reminding us children especially of campfire safety and to never go alone away from camp, and not to wander further than we could see the camp. After that, they'd make their daily rounds without further interaction. Part of their job, stewardship and holding campers to be responsible. And most people still made it our point to leave the campsite cleaner than we found it, a matter of American pride, the legacy of personal respect and love for our Land.

Today while legitimately camping in National Forests, Americans face more dangers from attack by the criminal element augmented disproportionately by illegal aliens than pioneer settlers faced from unfriendly Native Americans. And the tax payers funding Federal Thugs augment the criminal element, blind eye or worse, official hands involved in criminal human/drug trafficking for corrupt profit. FAST AND FURIOUS. Obama provided clear precedence for future presidents to become even worse, "inheriting" corrupt Federal Marxism.

Via DHS, metropolitan and urban police departments are also being assimilated into the federal thug union, no thanks to well intended politicians advancing more abusive powers to augment the Patriot Act, becoming a petrified permanent feature in the public mind, accepting loss of Liberty and eliminating rule of law. The thing about unencumbered power is the predictable outcome: abusive authoritarianism. So much for separation of powers, limited powers, checks and balances.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 24, 2012 05:21 AM (lpWVn)

202

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 09:17 AM (nEUpB)

 

This is partially because it's so expensive.  The market works and encourages innovation. I wish there were a way to stop Europe from living large off our medical awesomeness. (Part of the high US drug cost is because you legally can't sell drugs for high costs in Europe, so there's cost shifting back to us, where the freaken things were developed.)

Posted by: tsrblke at April 24, 2012 05:22 AM (22rSN)

203 BTW, I had one doctor tell me that BCBS was one of the worst insurance companies in the country for paying off.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 05:22 AM (YdQQY)

204 Btw, what's the moron feeling on the French elections?  Reading the WSJ, everybody seems to have sand in their collective vag about Marine Le Pen getting so many votes yet are perfectly fucking fine with a socialist cockwipe snagging even more.  Fuck that shit.  Imo the French are reacting against the EU shitstains taking away their autonomy, which I knew from the get go would be a hard sell to them.  Plus under Sarkozy they spent money like the JEF so why is it so fucking difficult to understand that spending money like drunk sailors isn't a smart thing to do; which is also lost on the Repukes like Rove who like to buy everybody off just like the commiecrats do.  Fuck them all.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 05:22 AM (4atNB)

205

Nice to see the City Council in Sanford rejected the police chief's resignation     in the face of the Trayvon Martin shooting     as being wholly political   and not in the best interests of anybody.

 

Link to Breitbart.com:  http://tinyurl.com/74wgz3a

 

It's ridiculous.   If it's found during the course of the investigation and trial that there was any deliberate    police malfeasance, or any gross negligence on their part, then yes, I think it would be perfectly reasonable for the Chief to tender his resignation.   But resigning because you didn't follow the mob mentality to arrest Zimmerman from the start, despite the lack of evidence?   That's a fool's errand.

 

The fact that the city commissioners only denied the resignation by a vote of 3-2, though, shows that there is nothing about this case that has anything to do with truth and justice.   It's all political.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:22 AM (4df7R)

206

"I plan on parking a meteoroid in near-earth orbit, and building a space base there."

 

Hopefully, you then won't change your name to "Dr. Evil"...

Posted by: HH at April 24, 2012 05:24 AM (KB0hv)

207 54 Now, off to vote in PA. And pay my property taxes. Saves a trip to the municipal building, I guess. It didn't occur to me that the municipal building would be closed for Election Day. Oh, well, seemed like a good idea at the time.

Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:26 AM (zoehZ)

208 201 Here's a Congressional race where I hope the candidates debate each other 8 times, on Live Prime Time TV.

Cynthia McKinney (Crazed Lunatic ) will be challenging Hank Johnson (Guam Tips Over) for her old House seat in November.

http://bit.ly/I8YPDh

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 09:16 AM (P6QsQ)


Any such broadcast should be forced to carry a warning that watching said debate could result in Sudden Stupidity Syndrome.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at April 24, 2012 05:26 AM (wtvvX)

209 In case you haven't heard yet, according to the state department, the War on Terror is over: http://tinyurl.com/cbqsgp4
Does this mean we can finally eliminate the TSA and implement reasonable screening again?

Posted by: Dilligas at April 24, 2012 07:40 AM (/Odq7)



Remember how the donks made a BFD about these cocksuckers being unionized?  Good luck with getting rid of 'em.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 05:26 AM (4atNB)

210 I thought Tom Smith, candidate for PA Senate, has been a lifelong Dem, right up until this election?

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 24, 2012 05:27 AM (byR8d)

211 I had one doctor tell me that BCBS was one of the worst insurance companies in the country for paying off. Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 09:22 AM (YdQQY) Oh I HATE it and it it were not for a few Priests that are my patients I'd drop it yesterday

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:28 AM (i6RpT)

212 First thing I hear this morning is Preznit Barky McStumblefuck yesterday declared the War on Terror over.

Really?? Then I guess we'll be bringing our guys home from A-Stan. 

And he's embracing the Muslim Brotherhood.....

I feel like crawling back in bed and pulling the covers up until November.  I just can't take this shit anymore.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 05:28 AM (UOM48)

213 Reed Hastings is a freaking genius (compared to my old boss).  Scott took over a division a Textron with 100 mill a year in sales and his epic management skills took it to 10 million in just two years.  There were entire months when the sales report was blank, zero, nada.  With his ability to prevent production from happening I am shocked he hasn't landed a position in this administration.

Posted by: Bob Saget at April 24, 2012 05:28 AM (SDkq3)

214 In case you haven't heard yet, according to the state department, the War on Terror is over: http://tinyurl.com/cbqsgp4 Does this mean we can finally eliminate the TSA and implement reasonable screening again? Posted by: Dilligas at April 24, 2012 07:40 AM (/Odq7) Remember how the donks made a BFD about these cocksuckers being unionized? Good luck with getting rid of 'em. Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 09:26 AM (4atNB) obama can end any war he wants, but the muzzies are still at WAr with us and want to KILL us.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:29 AM (i6RpT)

215 The real problem is I could sue and win but they know it would cost me more for the lawyer than what my charges were.

Yeah, but if you were willing to go after them for "emotional damages" and all of that stuff, you could make a killing.  I'm guessing your scruples are getting in the way, there.

As for BCBS being bad about paying?  Well, that may be true of BCBSSC, but it is not true for BCBSTX.  Like I said, the BCBS in each state is a different entity.  Many of them are owned by one of just a few larger holding companies (for instance, the one that owns BCBSTX also owns BCBSIL, BCBSOK, and BCBSNM), but each one has to be its own entity.  One of the side-effects of that is that you'll get a fairly wide range of service quality from one BCBS to the next.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:29 AM (8y9MW)

216 Since Nancy Pelosi was spawned in MD, in partial recompense here is a link to a pretty cool resource on the US Constitution at the Heritage Foundation:

http://tinyurl.com/brdmdr9


Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 05:30 AM (joSBv)

217 Well Captain, it's not that surprising after the Merah Massacre, that Le Fronte Nationale would get a boost, call that the Geant's goof, in retrospect DSK wasn't so bad now, but Le Duke and Duke, seems like they are overreacting, like someone burned their quiche.

Posted by: Cthluthu at April 24, 2012 05:31 AM (tplAg)

218

Really?? Then I guess we'll be bringing our guys home from A-Stan.

 

Exactly what my father said this morning.  "It's over, huh?   Then why are our sons and daughters     still    getting their asses shot at over in Afghanistan?"

 

I hate this President with every fiber of my being.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:31 AM (4df7R)

219 I hate this President with every fiber of my being. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 09:31 AM (4df7R) Amen

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:32 AM (i6RpT)

220

The War on Terror is over?

 

Uh oh, sounds like we ran out of Drones.

Posted by: HH at April 24, 2012 05:32 AM (KB0hv)

221 My kid's dentist just dropped BCBS.  Not that it mattered much.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 05:32 AM (WkuV6)

222

In Del Rio (TX), many many people would cross the border to go to the dentist.

 

It's not quite the same as showing up some place as a tourist. A bad dentist wouldn't get repeat business.

Posted by: Mama AJ at April 24, 2012 05:33 AM (XdlcF)

223 That Nancy Pelosi article is very frightening.  That ought to be front page news.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2012 05:33 AM (DuH+r)

224 176 - And there we have capitalist markets at work.  Self regulating. Screw me, you get no more of my money, you go out of business, someone takes your place.  Funny how that happens.

Posted by: Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain at April 24, 2012 05:33 AM (bj+Nc)

225

Has anyone here been following the internecine warfare over at the Cato Institute between Ed Crane and the Kochs?   I've only been aware of it on the peripheries.  Just what the hell is going on over there?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:34 AM (4df7R)

226 I feel like crawling back in bed and pulling the covers up until November. I just can't take this shit anymore.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 09:28 AM (UOM4

----------



196 days.  Hang in there Jane.  The tunnel is coming into view, and there may be just the faintest glimmer of light at the end of it.

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 05:34 AM (P6QsQ)

227

the war on terror is over?

 

Did we win?

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 24, 2012 05:36 AM (3Zo6I)

228 Uh oh, sounds like we ran out of Drones.>>

Sort of, I was finding there was no way for me to drone on about it the helped me in the polls. So through EO* I declared it won.

*Executive Omnipotence

Posted by: Barry Obumbles at April 24, 2012 05:37 AM (tf9Ne)

229 I wonder if my son and his buddies have heard their POS C-i-C has declared the War of Terror over?  Maybe the 10-20 IEDs they've been dealing with on convoys will magically disappear?  Maybe the Tolleebon will give them all hugs and they can go home?

I hate this administration with every fiber of my being.  And Barky and his ugly wife, Mooch, will be defiling Ft. Stewart this Friday as a campaign stop.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 05:37 AM (UOM48)

230

They screwed me over on a lawnmower about eight years ago. $100 I think. I've never gone back, either.

 

Sears sold hubs a lemon of a lawnmower some years back and they refused to replace it.  As far as a refund, they wanted to pro-rate it, which was next to nothing.  The mister refused to give up and worked his way up to the VP.  He got a full refund and we've never bought anything more than $20 there again.

 

In other news, Beck just called Barky an unindicted co-conspirator for an American revolution.  Lt. Gen. (RET) Jerry Boykin is on Beck now.  Boykin is giving background on Grover Norquist right now.  James Clapper's run-down up next.

Posted by: RushBabe at April 24, 2012 05:39 AM (tQHzJ)

231 The Chinese lady walking down the sidewalk and falling into a 20 foot deep sinkhole is one time that it pays to be a shut-in.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 24, 2012 05:39 AM (UpwlP)

232

I hate this administration with every fiber of my being. And Barky and his ugly wife, Mooch, will be defiling Ft. Stewart this Friday as a campaign stop.


 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 09:37 AM (UOM4

 

How is it possible that the Traitor in Chief can set foot on a military installation and not burst into flames or evaporate in a cloud of dust?  Isn't it like a vampire touching a crucifix? 

 

Someone should spray paint #ObamaAteADog       six or seven times along     the road that leads to the fort entrance.    In bright yellow spray paint.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:40 AM (4df7R)

233 Fanfucking-tastic! Now we have to have mentally disabled trannies supervising us so a gender identification quota is filled proving our diverse employment record to prevent lawsuits and prove to the latest dem politician that there r no unfair practices. Werent there enough unqualified ppl n management already doing a shitty job for oo much pay?

Posted by: Infidelswine at April 24, 2012 05:40 AM (8EaMe)

234

Jesus, at least Nixon and Kissinger waited 'till right before the election before announcing "Peace is at hand".

 

These people are soooo stupid...

Posted by: HH at April 24, 2012 05:41 AM (KB0hv)

235 My kid's dentist just dropped BCBS. Not that it mattered much.

Yeah, I've got no clue on the dental side.

That said, when I was working at BCBS there were not a small number of doctors who had a problem with us because they didn't understand the state's prompt-pay law.

Basically, TX has a law which effects most insurance plans that they either have to pay or officially deny within 15 days of receipt of a claim.  Blue Cross is exempted, because part of the BC Charter is that you must be a not-for-profit company (which just means you're not allowed much of a surplus each year, not that you can't make any profit at all.  Man it was nice when we made more than that surplus- it had to be spent somehow, so they normally paid us nice, fat bonuses), and not-for-profit Insurance companies were exempt from Texas prompt-pay.  On top of that, most of our plans were self-funded plans, which further exempted them from prompt-pay.

You would not believe the number of times I had to respond to provider complaints about that.

Now, to be clear, we still tried to get claims paid or denied within that 15 day window (and we did with better than 99% of them), but we were under no legal obligation to do so.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:41 AM (8y9MW)

236 36 All toilets flow to DE. Perhaps I should check population trends there as well. Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 07:24 AM (YdQQY) Actually just the top 2/3 of the state. Sussex county still has some sanity but the population numbers in Kent and New Castle counties completely overwhelm the vote.

Posted by: DangerGirl at April 24, 2012 05:43 AM (waJ+2)

237 I just can't wrap my head around Obama appointing Samantha Powers to oversee this Atrocities Prevention Board in response to Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Why didn't he just appoint Farakhan and remove all pretense?  It's as if he enjoys being deliberately cruel and offensive.  This man is mentally ill.

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 05:43 AM (P6QsQ)

238 239 Jesus, at least Nixon and Kissinger waited 'till right before the election before announcing "Peace is at hand".

These people are soooo stupid...  

Posted by: HH at April 24, 2012 09:41 AM (KB0hv)

 

Neville Chamberlain just poked his head out of his grave to   say,    "Now,     sir, I must protest."    But the spirit of Winston Churchill kicked him    back into the hole.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:43 AM (4df7R)

239 I have two dark spots in my heart for Sears, first - we bought a gas dryer, their install team said it couldn't be installed due to some gas line issue, so back it went - Lowes or Home Depot installed one a couple of days later - three years later, what do I find on my credit - that dryer in collections; second, they buy Lands End - and proceeded to change the design on my favorite boxers.  Still pissed about that.

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 05:44 AM (WkuV6)

240 And Barky and his ugly wife, Mooch, will be defiling Ft. Stewart this Friday as a campaign stop.

I wonder how much trouble you'd get into if you glitter-bombed the President.  It's not like the leftards have any compunctions against doing the same.

As for "the War on Terror" being over- that would be great, if it had ever actually been a "War on," it was (despite the name) more of a "War with."  Or, as they say: It takes two to fight, when only one person does it, it's called a beating.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:44 AM (8y9MW)

241 Let me clarify something on the dental insurance. My dental insurance is not BCBS it is another outfit.  This all the more reason why BCBS want to make sure it goes under dental and not medical.


My dental plan only covers 80% of charges up to $1500 for the year. As of this year I am on a catastrophic plan for BCBS where I pay the first $5K in costs then they are supposed to pick up 100% after that.


What I have found is they are calling all these doctors that the hospital brought in for wife out of system and are not paying all the charges and we are still winding up having to pay.



That and the dental is showing me what their colors are.  What is bad is that before this year we never had any problem with them.  The other prolem is the billing department of the hospital where most of the work is going on keeps filing shit under the wrong codes.   So it makes it hard to determine who is doing the screwing, the hospital or the insurance company.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 05:44 AM (YdQQY)

242 I have a major medical policy with BCBSSC.  For an extra $10 per month I get a really crappy dental add-on.  The maintenance is barely visible.  They did, however, cover the entire cost of an extraction.    You get what you pay for.


Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 05:45 AM (O3R/2)

243 the war on terror is over? Did we win? Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 24, 2012 09:36 AM (3Zo6I) If you have to ask?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 24, 2012 05:46 AM (i6RpT)

244

It's as if he enjoys being deliberately cruel and offensive. This man is mentally ill.


 

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 09:43 AM (P6QsQ)

 

It goes back to the age old question:   is he evil, or just mind-numbingly stupid?  

 

I think he's a spiteful little narcissist who uses his power the way a grade school bully would.     He puts      people in positions of power who he KNOWS are going to be nasty little scofflaws.   It's his way of thumbing his nose at the population and saying, "Nyah, nyah, I won!"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:46 AM (4df7R)

245 Jeebus.  As if Barky couldn't get any bat-shit crazier/eviler:  He announced yesterday that he's going to work with the Muslim Brotherhood to help.....small businesses. 

This country has gone to hell in a hand basket.  I'm not sure it's even saveable any more.

Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezzbollah are working in Mexico with the drug cartels.  I'm hearing this from a retired general on Fox (Beck....I know, shut up).

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 05:46 AM (UOM48)

246 Californians will vote on a ballot measure in November that would abolish the death penalty and set the maximum sentence under California law as life in prison without the possibility of parole. Otherwise known as the Mumia Needle Protection Act.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2012 05:48 AM (mWSJA)

247 Muslim Brotherhood to help.....small businesses.

Who Red Flare and Chinook Medical?

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 05:48 AM (WkuV6)

248 Jeebus. As if Barky couldn't get any bat-shit crazier/eviler: He announced yesterday that he's going to work with the Muslim Brotherhood to help.....small businesses.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 09:46 AM (UOM4



Just more evidence that the JEF is an economic retard who doesn't understand the first thing about business or what a real job is and how to create one.  Having never worked a day in his miserable pampered excuse for a life has a lot to do with it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 05:50 AM (4atNB)

249 The other prolem is the billing department of the hospital where most of the work is going on keeps filing shit under the wrong codes.

I cannot tell you how many times I sat helplessly on the phone having to tell some poor subscriber that we couldn't pay an otherwise legitimate claim because one or more of the codes were wrong- and how often they nearly burst into tears because they'd already gone rounds with their doctor's billing staff trying to get things corrected.

It didn't help that I was doing customer service for the High Risk pool, so these were people who a) couldn't get insurance anywhere else and b) really, really, really needed their insurance.

I could tell you some stories, but I'll sum it up this way- I think all medical professionals should have to do at least one semester of purely business curriculum, it would save those of us who have to work with the money end of things so much trouble.  As it is, too many of them hire staff who have no more clue than they do about how to get claims paid properly- and it causes all kinds of grief.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:50 AM (8y9MW)

250 the war on terror is over?

Did we win?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 24, 2012 09:36 AM (3Zo6I)

We must have, how else would Barky claim credit? Else why did he single-highhandedly kill bin Laden?

Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 05:51 AM (joSBv)

251 From Ben Shapiro at Breitbart:

Today, the National Journal reported that a senior State Department official has announced, “The war on terror is over.”

“Now that we have killed most of al Qaida,” the source said, “now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate Islamism.”

The article itself describes the Obama administrationÂ’s new vision of foreign policy, which admits no enemies. Everyone, in this view, is a friend. Islamism, says the Obama administration, is just fine, so long as it does not openly support terrorism.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 05:51 AM (UOM48)

252 Obama yet to deny eating a dog.

Posted by: Tough,Tougher,Crunchy at April 24, 2012 05:52 AM (c3mby)

253

Californians will vote on a ballot measure in November that would abolish the death penalty and set the maximum sentence under California law as life in prison without the possibility of parole.

 

The    legislature       is just covering its     collective    ass.       They've been so criminally negligent in the    discharge        of their duties     that any jury would be happy to sentence them to the chair. 

 

Aren't CA's prisons already overcrowded?   Aren't they supposed to release several thousand prisoners    in the very near future     to combat this overcrowding? 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:52 AM (4df7R)

254 On the other hand, my Insurance company really, really hates me, because I do know the applicable law, and when it's their problem, I refuse to hang up the phone until they've fixed it (or, in the case of "it'll take a day or two to process through the system," at least submitted the fix).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 05:53 AM (8y9MW)

255 That story about the 20 blacks that nearly beat to death that white man is extremely disturbing.  Exactly how many "for Trayvon" assaults by blacks against whites will we have to endure to assuage their barbaric rage?  Just so I know.....  And to think all this has been fomented and even encouraged by the likes of our very own president and the various and sundry POS's like Sharpton, Jackson and NBPP.  It's just surreal.  What's this bloody "beat whitey" crime make......5 or 6 now that have been reported over the last few weeks? 

Posted by: NYTimes at April 24, 2012 05:53 AM (tfw18)

256 /sock begone!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2012 05:53 AM (tfw18)

257 Romney'12:  Never Ate a Dog

Posted by: toby928© at April 24, 2012 05:54 AM (NG097)

258 I called them, the dentist called them; no dice. The real problem is I could sue and win but they know it would cost me more for the lawyer than what my charges were.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 09:18 AM (YdQQY)

 

 

 

Vic, you might be able to find someone who will take the case on a contingency basis.  Also, state and county bar associations often have legal aid groups that will do certain cases for free or a low flat rate.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2012 05:56 AM (v+QvA)

259

“Now that we have killed most of al Qaida,” the source said, “now that
people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once
might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate
Islamism.”

 

Is there really someone stupid enough to say "now that we've killed most of al Qaida?"     Of course there is.    I just boggle at the pure, unfiltered, unfettered ignorance and naivety.

 

"that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate
Islamism."

 

By "legitimate means of expression" I assume this senior official  (Carney, Panetta or Axelrod?) means    would-be al Qaida members see, "unfettered opportunity to slaughter Christians and Jews, burn churches and synagogues, mutilate women,    abuse children, and kill Westerners with impunity,   without fear of violent reprisal."    Right?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 05:57 AM (4df7R)

260

"Islamism, says the Obama administration, is just fine, so long as it does not openly support terrorism."

 

Sounds good to me! Hell I support the ATF as long as they don't openly sell guns to Mexican drug cartels!

 

 

wait a minute...

Posted by: HH at April 24, 2012 05:58 AM (KB0hv)

261

262 Romney'12: Never Ate a Dog

Posted by: toby928© at April 24, 2012 09:54 AM (NG097

 

I just can't help but think about 'Finding Nemo' and the fish anon scene with the three sharks. "Fish are friends, not food".

Romney needs to be seen at every campaign stop holding a puppy.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 24, 2012 05:58 AM (763Kc)

262 Now that we've won the war on terror, dissent is no longer patriotic. Le Premier Amendment, c'est moi!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 24, 2012 05:58 AM (Af3Wg)

263 It goes back to the age old question: is he evil, or just mind-numbingly stupid?
-----------


There is no doubt in my mind that he is evil. None. 

Start here:  The man voted present during most of his tenure as an Illinois State Senator.  The only issue he vigorously pursued was the Infanticide Bill, a piece of legislation that was so vile that not even NARAL would touch it.

He is in love with death. He is actively pursuing policies that will inevitably lead to the destruction of America.  He sides with our enemies over our allies.  He foments race war within his own country.  He views the Constitution as an obstruction.  He flaunts his power in our faces and dares us to challenge him on it.

I believe his inclusion of the dog eating story in his memoirs was no accident.  He deliberately violates the most common of American values, and is proud of himself for it.  He hates us.

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 06:00 AM (P6QsQ)

264 I think the Outer Space Treaty prohibits exploiting celestial bodies, and the US is a signatory. Maybe there's a movement in the offing to repudiate the treaty, which would be a good thing.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 24, 2012 06:00 AM (RD7QR)

265 With the Mo Brohood into small bidness, does this mean we'll soon be seeing Habibi's Falafel House on every corner while the rest of the street is deserted?  They'd probably have an affinity for selling cigars.  The 'splodey ones.

Posted by: RushBabe at April 24, 2012 06:00 AM (tQHzJ)

266 The "War on Terror" is over?  Did they bring Jamie Gorelick back into the government while I wasn't looking?

Posted by: Jean at April 24, 2012 06:01 AM (WkuV6)

267 It goes back to the age old question: is he evil, or just mind-numbingly stupid?

I find myself pondering this exact question regarding left wingers.  Namely, those in power.  Are they really do-gooders?  I honestly think they are not.  They don't give a damn about making all of humanity happy and fulfilling some communal kumbaya for the benefit of all.  They are radical left wing because it's how they themselves gain tremendous power over people.  That tremendous power allots them financial riches beyond compare, as well as vast power to rule tyrannically.  No....I don't believe that many elected leftists really "care."  Therefore, they are evil.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2012 06:01 AM (tfw18)

268 Start with Mooch's clothes closet #AtrocitiesPreventionBoard

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 24, 2012 06:03 AM (lce0m)

269 If you get an MD to refer you to a dual MD-DDS that should help with getting some payment from the insurance company, at least it did with my sister.

Posted by: LIGuy at April 24, 2012 06:04 AM (+usC4)

270 I could tell you some stories, but I'll sum it up this way- I think all medical professionals should have to do at least one semester of purely business curriculum, it would save those of us who have to work with the money end of things so much trouble.



I don't think it is the doctor's fault in most of these cases.   That it unless you count the hospital hiring the most clueless HS dropout possible to work in the billing department.  Either that, or the hospital purposely trying to get shit by the insurance company by filing for in-patient vs out-patient so they can get a higher rate.



However, I still have one bill from the ER doctor that has not been paid because they didn't even try to file for insurance.  This even though I gave all the insurance info at the hospital.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 06:05 AM (YdQQY)

271 From article at The Blaze:

In an effort to promote collaboration between small and medium-sized businesses in the United States with businesses overseas, the State Department has reached out to EgyptÂ’s Muslim Brotherhood, according to an online briefing for foreign reporters last week.

Undersecretary of State Robert Hormats says he has spoken with members of the Muslim Brotherhood about “promoting smaller enterprises,” according to CNS's Terence P. Jeffrey, and that he will be speaking with other Middle East and North African leaders on the same topic this week.

“America’s a big economy with a number of big companies. We also have a lot of small and medium-sized companies. And we know in many parts of the world, there is an effort to support small and medium-sized enterprise,” Hormats said.


Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 06:05 AM (UOM48)

272 Any thoughts on Boehner's 'chicken little" strategy to hold the House in 2012? Boehner: " Hey, we have a 1 in 3 chance of losing control of the House. " No Boehner, you have NO chance of losing the House, and once again it isn't because of anything YOU or your PARTY are doing.

Posted by: Killjoy at April 24, 2012 06:07 AM (y4J7O)

273 why is assad still in power and why is dinner jacket still president of iran? and our very own scoamf is talking to the muslim brotherhood? wake up people he is EVIL

Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 24, 2012 06:07 AM (Ho2rs)

274 Can any incoming president un-do the high level of damage this presidunce has done to our country?

I'm so angry I can barely type this morning.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 06:08 AM (UOM48)

275

 is he evil, or just mind-numbingly stupid?

Does it matter? It's the policies and the laws that he/they enact that are the evil.

 

Best intenttions and all that...

Posted by: HH at April 24, 2012 06:08 AM (KB0hv)

276 Vic, you might be able to find someone who will take the caseon a contingency basis
--------------------



I thought about that but going for big bucks would cause the case to drag on until both of us are dead. I do want to spend some time on my porch in the rocking chair and not spend the last years of my life fighting a damn legal battle over a few thousand dollars.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 06:08 AM (YdQQY)

277 I don't think it is the doctor's fault in most of these cases.

I don't think it's the doctor's fault either- except that, because so many of them don't understand the business side of their business, they don't know what questions to ask or what actions to oversee to make sure they're getting quality business/billing people.

So they get billing people who can't understand (for reasons I'll never, never fathom) that they should do basic checks like making sure they didn't just try to bill a vasectomy for a woman.  Or bill a preventative diagnostic mammogram for a man.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 06:09 AM (8y9MW)

278 He is in love with death. He is actively pursuing policies that will inevitably lead to the destruction of America. He sides with our enemies over our allies. He foments race war within his own country. He views the Constitution as an obstruction. He flaunts his power in our faces and dares us to challenge him on it.

Barky has no loyalty to anyone. He's thrown so many "friends" under the bus, up to and including his own grandmother, we make jokes about it. He's cheap with money, too. Weren't there stories in the run up to the 2010 election about how he did little to nothing to help Dem candidates with funding?

Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 06:10 AM (joSBv)

279 a palestinian has been given the death sentence for selling his home to a jew in hebron........dear Lord.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 24, 2012 06:10 AM (Ho2rs)

280 Obama is a super-genius, just ask him: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/296852/obama-can-do-it-all-jonah-goldberg "When David Plouffe, his campaign manager, first interviewed for a job with him in 2006, the senator gave him a warning: “I think I could probably do every job on the campaign better than the people I’ll hire to do it,” he said. “It’s hard to give up control when that’s all I’ve known.” Obama said nearly the same thing to Patrick Gaspard, whom he hired to be the campaign’s political director. “I think I’m a better speechwriter than my speechwriters,” Obama told him. “I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I’ll tell you right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director.” " The president’s friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett sometimes pointed out that not only had he never managed an operation, he’d never really had a nine-to-five job in his life. Obama didn’t know what he didn’t know, yet his self-confidence was so stratospheric that once, in the context of thinking about Emanuel’s replacement, he remarked in all seriousness, “You know, I’d make a good chief of staff.” Those overhearing the comment somehow managed to suppress their laughter."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 06:10 AM (PjCtL)

281 the State
Department has reached out to EgyptÂ’s Muslim Brotherhood
,



That was the plan all along.  Get rid of a stable government that was not openly and overtly hostile to Israel, and set up the conditions for another radical islamist state to take over.  He is using the surrounding nations to endanger Israel as his proxy.  He is a muslim sympathizer.

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 06:10 AM (P6QsQ)

282 gregory of yardale he's the bestest ever!!!!! pass me a bucket

Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 24, 2012 06:11 AM (Ho2rs)

283 How does everyone like their 'dogs?

Posted by: O'SCOAMF at April 24, 2012 06:12 AM (N2yhW)

284 *pukes after reading Obama quotes*

What an idiot.

Posted by: HoboJerky, profit of DOOM! at April 24, 2012 06:13 AM (xAtAj)

285 Two Central Texas Walmart tragedies, recent Austin police officer killed by Walmart shopper, today Walmart employee shoots dead a shoplifter with the shopper's own gun.

Debate at length.

But don't overlook the Walmart IDIOTIC "lock down" procedure forcing everyone into the center of the store. This isn't a safety procedure during a tornado, but the Walmart Policy in league with DHS as if to fight terrorism by herding the flock to potential slaughter.

Whatever the reasons, were I just walking into a Walmart and hear gunfire in the store, I'd want to LEAVE, not be forced into the center of the store as if that's a safety zone. By what legal right do Walmart employees FORCE legitimate shoppers against their will into the center of a store? Fuck DHS Napolitano's convoluted 'strategery'.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 24, 2012 06:13 AM (lpWVn)

286

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home prices dropped in February in most major U.S. cities for a sixth straight month, a sign that modest sales gains haven't been enough to boost prices.

The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home-price index shows that prices dropped in February from January in 16 of the 20 cities it tracks.

The steepest declines were in Atlanta, Chicago and Cleveland. Prices rose in Phoenix, San Diego and Miami. They were unchanged in Dallas.

The declines partly reflect typical offseason sales. The month-to-month prices aren't adjusted for seasonal factors.

Still, prices fell in 15 of the 20 cities in February compared with the same month in 2011. That indicates that the housing market remains far from healthy despite the best winter for sales in five years.

The steady price declines have brought the nationwide index to its late 2002 level. Home prices have fallen 35 percent since the housing bust.


Comrades, the glorious workers' recovery is doing just dandy

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 24, 2012 06:14 AM (1Jaio)

287 I do want to spend some time on my porch in the rocking chair and not spend the last years of my life fighting a damn legal battle over a few thousand dollars.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 10:08 AM (YdQQY)

 

 

 

Fair enough.  You sound like a man who knows his priorities.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2012 06:14 AM (v+QvA)

288 Barky has no loyalty to anyone. He's thrown so many "friends" under the bus, up to and including his own grandmother, we make jokes about it.
--------

I think he has active animosity for those who raised him, and wants to identify with the culture of his father.    He has molded himself into the radical black communist that his father was.  The policies he enacts are reparations.

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 06:14 AM (P6QsQ)

289 The policies he enacts are reparations revenge.

Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 10:14 AM (P6QsQ)

 

 

 

FTFY

Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2012 06:16 AM (v+QvA)

290 From Doug Ross' Journal, this is the POS who is sitting with his lazy, nasty feet up on our Resolute desk:


The other professors hated him because he was lazy, unqualified, never attended any of the faculty meetings, and it was clear that the position was nothing more than a political stepping stool. According to my professor friend, he had the lowest intellectual capacity in the building. He also doubted whether he was legitimately an editor on the Harvard Law Review, because if he was, he would be the first and only editor of an Ivy League law review to never be published while in school (publication is or was a requirement).

 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 06:16 AM (UOM48)

291 2 In an interview to air on Fox today Crying Boner says they have a lot of work to do and the commies have a 1 in 3 chance of retaking the House. I count this as pre-spin.

http://is.gd/dA4PMe

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 06:52 AM (YdQQY)

 

Yeah, I saw that.  1 in 3 chance of losing the House.

I don't get it.  Is he just trying to prevent Republican complacency?  If so, he's screwing up because I think this kind of talk just demoralizes everyone.  If he really thinks this is true... he owes it to the party and the nation to submit his resignation.  This guy has been an eff up from the beginning... look at the way his leadership screwed up the GOP position on extending the payroll tax cut extension: he managed to simultaneously destroy the GOP position as the anti-tax party, AND failed to point out that Obama effectively defunded Social Security without proposing any sort of alternative to it.  We Rebublicans should have OWNED that issue, but Boner just poured gasoline over himself and lit the match.  Idiot incompetent boob.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 06:17 AM (Iaxlk)

292 He's cheap with money, too. Weren't there stories in the run up to the 2010 election about how he did little to nothing to help Dem candidates with funding?

Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 10:10 AM (joSBv)



The donks had a similar problem with Slick; the white trash fuck had zero coattails and only cared about getting his fatassed wife in the Senate so he could go snagging strange while she was in DC.  Maybe the Indonesian can finally kill the commiecrat party, which should've happened long ago.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 24, 2012 06:17 AM (4atNB)

293 Werent there enough unqualified ppl n management already doing a shitty job for oo much pay?

Posted by: Infidelswine at April 24, 2012 09:40 AM (8EaMe)

**

All depends on what your definition of shitty is.

Posted by: T. Geitner at April 24, 2012 06:19 AM (eavT+)

294 Ick. Read the crap about NOAA linked by Insty.

Posted by: Mama AJ on phone at April 24, 2012 06:21 AM (XdlcF)

295

292 I do want to spend some time on my porch in the rocking chair and not spend the last years of my life fighting a damn legal battle over a few thousand dollars.
Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 10:08 AM (YdQQY)

 

You don't need to spend a dime on an attorney, Vic. Just file a small claim. Make them spend thousands in time and attorneys, then settle out of court.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 24, 2012 06:21 AM (763Kc)

296 In other news, I'm getting the dressing removed from my nose today (they stitched the dressing on....ugh).  The swelling in my right eye is going down and the bruising is lightening up.

I'm going to get my entire body checked for skin cancer.  Years of baking in the sun as a nit-witted girl....chickens are finally coming home to roost.

A pretty young waitress told us the other night, after I explained the bandage on my nose was for having a deep skin cancer removed, that the "new" thing to do is spray hairspray on your body to "tan."  No. Words.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 06:22 AM (UOM48)

297 Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 10:22 AM (UOM4

Another bar brawl?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 06:24 AM (nEUpB)

298 299 Ick. Read the crap about NOAA linked by Insty.

Posted by: Mama AJ on phone at April 24, 2012 10:21 AM (XdlcF)

 

 

Holy crap.  We have the government of a third-world banana republic.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 24, 2012 06:24 AM (v+QvA)

299

He's cheap with money, too. Weren't there stories in
the run up to the 2010 election about how he did little to nothing to
help Dem candidates with funding?

 

To be fair, in 2010 many Dem candidates were actively running AWAY from Obama because his "help"   was considered so toxic.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 06:25 AM (4df7R)

300 We have the government of a third-world banana republic.

I'm sorry, you will now be docked 1 Internetz for not including the obligatory reference to the 52%.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 06:26 AM (8y9MW)

301 I don't get it. Is he just trying to prevent Republican complacency? If so, he's screwing up because I think this kind of talk just demoralizes everyone.

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

Agree totally.  I made a post late yesterday here when I saw the clip of Boehner on Bret Baier's program.  I was flabbergasted.  First off, he had this very worried expression, as if he really believed what he was about to say.  When he stated this 1/3 chance we lose the House, I about fell out of my chair.  Nancy Pelosi could have polls sitting in her nasty lap showing 99% chance she and her party were going to lose the House and she'd trot right out in front of the camera and be completely unshaken and adamant they were not going to lose.  Why would he do this?  It's so optically pitiful.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2012 06:27 AM (tfw18)

302 A pretty young waitress told us the other night, after I explained the bandage on my nose was for having a deep skin cancer removed, that the "new" thing to do is spray hairspray on your body to "tan." No. Words.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 10:22 AM (UOM4

 

The funny thing is, my Korean main squeeze bemoans the way we work out in our yard all the time because she tanned - the Korean ideal for gals is to have porcelain white skin, that they maintain by studiously avoiding the sun like the plague.

So we have Korean girls with Vitamin D deficiencies doing their best to look pasty white, and European gals irradiating and chemically contaminating their skin to look like they have a Korean hue.  Makes sense... NOT.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 06:27 AM (Iaxlk)

303 many Dem candidates were actively running AWAY from Obama because his "help" was considered so toxic.

And it's happening again, now, too.

And, let me say, if the anti-NRLB legislation passes the senate, and then gets vetoed by the President, we should go wall-to-wall coverage of "The Imperial Presidency" and how he rejected needed, and bipartisan, legislation to benefit his union cronies.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 06:28 AM (8y9MW)

304 We get blamed for everything.

Posted by: 52% Bananas at April 24, 2012 06:29 AM (XdlcF)

305 Nancy Pelosi could have polls sitting in her nasty lap showing 99% chance she and her party were going to lose the House and she'd trot right out in front of the camera and be completely unshaken and adamant they were not going to lose. Why would he do this? It's so optically pitiful.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2012 10:27 AM (tfw1

 

Hell, Nancy came out the day after she lost the House and proclaimed "We Won!"

Boner is an abject drooling idiot.

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 06:30 AM (Iaxlk)

306

On the other hand, my Insurance company really, really hates me, because I do know the applicable law,

 

I once called a hospital to ask for the correct mailing address to send a HIPPA authorization for prescription records. The idiot (and I apologize to idiots for the comparison) I got on the phone told me that she could not release that information to me without a HIPPA auth. I repeated what I said, thinking I was unclear and she said the same thing. We went back and forth for 10 minutes with her being adamant that the hospital's address was protected health information. I finally got her supervisor who told me the same thing. I pitched a huge fit at her and got transferred to legal. Oh that was a fun, fun, fun conversation on my end at least.  I will say this, I sort of felt bad for that person because he was trying to do the right thing and stick up for his people while also admitting that they were utterly wrong.  Good times, good times.   Of course, this is the same hospital that interpreted please send color photocopies of the front and back of every single page in a file as send me illegible b&w copies of single side only.  Protip - sending crap like that to a PI lawyer's office will make them think that hell yes you're hiding something.

 

 

Posted by: alexthechick at April 24, 2012 06:30 AM (VtjlW)

307

 "we should go wall-to-wall coverage of "The Imperial Presidency" and how he rejected needed, and bipartisan, legislation to benefit his union cronies."

 

His WH lawyer will clear him. Not to mention the press...

Posted by: HH at April 24, 2012 06:31 AM (KB0hv)

308

The funny thing is, my Korean main squeeze

 

 

Stop bragging!

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 06:32 AM (I2LwF)

309 313 "The funny thing is, my Korean main squeeze"


Stop bragging!

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 10:32 AM (I2LwF)

 

Ahhh, you KNOW that special thing about Korean vajajay, I see...

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 06:34 AM (Iaxlk)

310 302 Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 10:22 AM (UOM4

Another bar brawl?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at April 24, 2012 10:24 AM (nEUpB




Huh?????

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 06:34 AM (UOM48)

311 Is he just trying to prevent Republican complacency?

Maybe he plans to "compromise" with the Democrats between now and the election.  Not the hill etc.

Posted by: toby928© at April 24, 2012 06:34 AM (NG097)

312 Just watched this at Gateway Pundit, http://tinyurl.com/78ahw88.

I know it's been around here but just now had the chance to watch it, it's breathtaking.

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 24, 2012 06:34 AM (oZfic)

313 How exactly does one tan by spraying hairspray on your body? 

CoolCzech, for many years, we lived next door to a very nice Vietnamese couple.  The lady was outside all the time tending to her elaborate flower garden in front, and large vegetable garden in back. She would literally be out for hours every single day.  She was never outside without a very wide-brimmed hat.  It was obvious she didn't want to tan.  Incidentally, they were the hardest working newly minted immigrants with such a deep appreciation of America.  They loved being here and were so thankful.  If only every immigrant felt that way.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 24, 2012 06:35 AM (tfw18)

314 We went back and forth for 10 minutes with her being adamant that the hospital's address was protected health information

Oh, geez.  That's so freaking stupid.  We had a few morons in our customer service, too- it happens in any organization, I guess.  I don't think we had anybody quite that dumb, though.

Actually, our biggest problem stemmed from CSRs (who all had Claim Reprocessing authority) going in and authorizing claims manually which had properly denied.  Oh, that was a fun bit of paperwork.

The only thing that made those situations less than a complete disaster was that, almost without fail, the doctor would decide they hadn't gotten enough money they shouldn't have gotten in the first place, and would file a second appeal.  Usually my team got second appeals, and I made sure we all knew the actual rules for claim approval.  So we'd issue a refund request, and then we'd have to inform our supervisor so that the original CSR could be talked to.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 06:36 AM (8y9MW)

315

Beautiful Korean women are the most beautiful women on Earth.

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 06:36 AM (I2LwF)

316

Ick. Read the crap about NOAA linked by Insty.

Posted by: Mama AJ on phone at April 24, 2012 10:21 AM (XdlcF)

 

Despicable.  Utterly despicable.   the entirety of the NOAA should be cleaned out   and reseeded.  

 

---------

 

This is a purely pedantic pet peeve of mine, btw, but that American Thinker article doesn't once spell out what    "NOAA"     stands for.      Most of its included links don't, either.       That drives me nuts.       You're supposed to include the full name    of an organization    once      before launching into abbreviations and acronyms.   

 

*grumbling*

 

[/pedantry]

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 06:36 AM (4df7R)

317 Figure it out as I did. Register to vote in a swing state. I live in deep blue NY, and my vote won't count there. So find a swing state in which you know someone that will receive mail and forward it to you. Get their forms online, so fill them out, and there you go. Set your self up to vote by mail, and you'll be all set.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at April 24, 2012 06:37 AM (ybkwK)

318 http://tinyurl.com/7abzjh8

Sorry link failed when I checked it, hopefully this will work.

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 24, 2012 06:38 AM (oZfic)

319 His WH lawyer will clear him. Not to mention the press...

Yeah.  That's why we should go wall-to-wall on it.  And, by "we," I mean "conservative websites, bloggers, and tweeters generally."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 06:38 AM (8y9MW)

320 320 Beautiful Korean women are the most beautiful women on Earth.

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 10:36 AM (I2LwF)

 

I do believe it's so.  At least mine is  

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 06:38 AM (Iaxlk)

321 Oh goody.  More links to ghey pron.  Thanks, curious.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 06:38 AM (UOM48)

322 How could anyone have a property claim that's superior to the first user? It makes no sense.

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Yeah ..... about that.

Kelo -v- City of New London

Posted by: The Supreme Court of the Unted States at April 24, 2012 06:39 AM (C8hzL)

323 Posted by: The littl shyning man at April 24, 2012 10:37 AM (ybkwK)

Sorry.  I draw the line at vote fraud.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 24, 2012 06:39 AM (8y9MW)

324 Funny thing is that in the arcade business, digital distribution will not affect me like it will gravely affect traditional retail game stores. I think they are going to have a much harder time trying to survive over the next few years then I will. It's one reason why I constantly refuse to start selling games - it's not only very difficult to compete with GameStop/Wal-Mart/Amazon but what do you do when most games are available to download? Or when hardware makers kill off used game sales for new consoles?

Posted by: Arcade Hero at April 24, 2012 06:40 AM (ToqL7)

325 326 Oh goody. More links to ghey pron. Thanks, curious.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 10:38 AM (UOM4

New Video “If I Wanted America to Fail…” Exposes Democrat Plan to Destroy America

gateway pundit site.  http://tinyurl.com/7abzjh8

You are accusing Jim of hosting ghey pron?

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 24, 2012 06:41 AM (oZfic)

326 “Now that we have killed most of al Qaida,”
============
To which I say, "It only took 19 to kill over 3,000 Americans one quite Fall morning."
Most of them is not sufficient--ALL OF THEM MUST BE KILLED!

Posted by: jimmuy at April 24, 2012 06:41 AM (kSaUf)

327 Nope.  I am not going to engage in voter fraud.  I want to end it, not win by doing it more than the enemy.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 06:42 AM (O3R/2)

328 Beautiful Korean women are the most beautiful women on Earth. Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 10:36 AM (I2LwF) ---------------- Maybe http://youtu.be/U7mPqycQ0tQ

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 06:42 AM (gPDxp)

329 Andrea Tantros on FoxB just said OVomitus's strategy is to play for the enviro-commies and shit on the unions with regard to the pipeline because he knows the union has nowhere else to go and the enviro-whacos are  mad at him.

IOW, the same thing the Dems have done for the blacks for decades.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 06:44 AM (YdQQY)

330

The funny thing is, my Korean main squeeze bemoans the way we work out in our yard all the time because she tanned - the Korean ideal for gals is to have porcelain white skin, that they maintain by studiously avoiding the sun like the plague.


So we have Korean girls with Vitamin D deficiencies doing their best to look pasty white, and European gals irradiating and chemically contaminating their skinto look like they have a Korean hue. Makes sense... NOT.

 

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2012 10:27 AM (Iaxlk)

 

Not just    Korean either!      The fairer the skin the better in Japan, too.      I assume this is at least part of the reason for the     geisha makeup    of pure white face paint.

 

And it's not just the girls.   One of my favorite    male     Jpop groups (shut up) has a member who LOVES to fish.  As a result he's always ending up brown and tanned, which gets him in trouble with his management agency.     It's quite the running joke,     even though it makes zero sense to Western fans.

 

320 Beautiful Korean women are the most beautiful women on Earth.

 

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 10:36 AM (I2LwF)

 

Ditto Korean     men.     Holy hell.        

 

Excuse me, I have to go spend a minute staring at a picture of Rain with his shirt off.   

 

*shuffles off*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 06:44 AM (4df7R)

331

From Drudge - New Zealand thinking of upping the price of a pack of cigs from $17 to $100. And Stitch Pelosis palms itch.

Posted by: Jimmah at April 24, 2012 06:45 AM (UpwlP)

332 Oh my.  Oh my oh my oh my.

Look at this picture.  It will break your heart.
Marine Service Dog Mourns Combat Death of His Handler In AfghanistanÂ…

http://bit.ly/I6SLzZ

Thank you, Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe. Go with God.


Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 06:46 AM (P6QsQ)

333

I just got back from posting a post on the Heritage Foundation's Online Constitution over at my place.

 

That is one neato app.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at April 24, 2012 06:46 AM (d0Tfm)

334 Big unanswered legal question: can people own objects in space?

I would worry more about the EPA asserting jurisdiction.

Posted by: eureka! at April 24, 2012 06:48 AM (81yf8)

335 Ace is up.

Posted by: Vic at April 24, 2012 06:49 AM (YdQQY)

336 Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 10:46 AM (P6QsQ)

 

God bless him.  

 

RIP, Lance Cpl.  Tarwoe.  God bless and Godspeed, young man.

 

There goes my vow    not to cry at work.

 

 

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at April 24, 2012 06:49 AM (4df7R)

337 337 Oh my. Oh my oh my oh my.

Look at this picture. It will break your heart.
Marine Service Dog Mourns Combat Death of His Handler In AfghanistanÂ…

http://bit.ly/I6SLzZ

Thank you, Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe. Go with God.


Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 10:46 AM (P6QsQ




I honestly can't look. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 06:50 AM (UOM48)

338 http://tinyurl.com/7abzjh8
You are accusing Jim of hosting ghey pron?

Posted by: dally, who does not enjoy paying so much tax at April 24, 2012 10:41 AM (oZfic)


I know it's hard for you but http://tinyurl.com/7abzjh8 can be anything. Since it comes from you, no one will follow it. Get it? You say it's from Gateway Pundit, but no one believes you because, well, you have a porn linking history and you LIE all the time.

Posted by: Dagny, the warrior queen at April 24, 2012 06:50 AM (4yXmp)

339 Memo to morons:  MWR doesn't mind small penises

Posted by: Truman North at April 24, 2012 06:52 AM (I2LwF)

340

So now the War on Terror has been won, I won't have to be subjected to man(woman) handling by those awful TSA people when I fly to LA later this year?

I hate LA Airport anyway - dreadful place - so I was seriously thinking of flying to Honolulu from OZ, getting the customs stuff done there and flying domestic to LAX

At least the Honolulu customs people have always been friendly in the past, unlike their counterparts at LAX

So when are all the troops coming home from Afghanistan? As there is no War on Terror anymore....

Posted by: aussie at April 24, 2012 06:53 AM (KOh8g)

341 it's hard for you

I'll take phrases no man has ever said to curious for $200, Alex.

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 24, 2012 06:53 AM (Pi5Sz)

342 curious you are a ghey pron linking troll.... we don't click on your links.....what part of that do you not comprehend?

Posted by: phoenixgirl secretary and now walmart checker!! at April 24, 2012 06:53 AM (Ho2rs)

343 @ 339 IIRC I found that site through a link Vic posted last week for an online QandA luntime forum.

Bet our Constitutional Scholar in Chief could learn a thing or two from it.

Posted by: Retread at April 24, 2012 06:53 AM (joSBv)

344 As a California native (and eventual Texas transplant if CA makes it impossible for me to run my business), I have no problem with the repeal of the death penalty.

It's not like they're going to actually kill anybody. The last execution was in 2006. Besides, life without parole doesn't get the automatic and ongoing appeal processes, as well as the sequestered death row housing.

That's why I like Texas. When they say they're gonna kill someone, that someone ends up dead.

Posted by: DarkFlounder at April 24, 2012 06:54 AM (n0tOS)

345 life without parole doesn't get the automatic and ongoing appeal processes, as well as the sequestered death row housing. Yet. When the thug-lovin' left gets rid of the Death Penalty, the next step is that "life without parole" is cruel and inhumane.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 24, 2012 06:56 AM (PjCtL)

346

 By what legal right do Walmart employees FORCE legitimate shoppers against their will into the center of a store? Fuck DHS Napolitano's convoluted 'strategery'.

---

Sounds like an excellent strategy to me

Posted by: Gen. Walter Short at April 24, 2012 06:58 AM (3Zo6I)

347 He is using the surrounding nations to endanger Israel as his proxy.
--
Aside from Muslim sympathy, the illegitimate Marxist SCOAMF Obama legitimizes Islamist fundamentalism, aka Islamofascism.

But this is not simply "Obama" -- but rather, the Democrat with Republican politicians enabling of the Saudi stealth (if that) Caliphate, requiring the take-down of every global sovereign entity, fatwa v. competing Muslim sects and powers (minnow Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iran, all in due course). The Muslim Brotherhood began life fed to advance the House of Saud, funded by Britain to attack the Ottoman Empire. And the rest is more recent "history" as NATO/US and the UN aided and allied with the Muslim Brotherhood along with al Qaida et al. during the concocted "Arab Spring". And aside from the Saudi component, who benefits financially? The global banks, IMF, etc. absconding with the national banks of Libya, etc. as if the UN has legitimate authority to order the destruction of Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iran or any other nation, including the USA, NO THANKS IN PARTICULAR TO OBAMA.

The United States of America is not yet the herd of tax payers obligated to bail-out any entity, domestic-foreign-global.

The Federal Reserve and FDIC purposely had its creation's legal nervous system separating/limiting powers removed by Clinton. Unfortunately for America, its Keynesian "debt is wealth" Congress playing the victim of Clinton's "Because I Could" Fed revisionist lobotomy. The Fed currently functions as a global corporate raiding parasitic speculator set against sovereign nations, specifically set against the US citizens and even against the US Government when UN/global-banker push comes to shove. Of course its power mongers abuse tax payers as mere pulp to be teased and squeezed until pulverized to meet the cruel demands of the organized criminal global "investment" pirates. Why buy something they can more easily take at will? Why pay insurance claims themselves when they can double/triple bill (US) tax payers to cover "losses" taken and exploited by the bankers, value of investors' investment lost entirely, booty taken already from tax payers by passing the buck, and kicking the explosive debt bomb at citizenry. Given Eugenics, we "deserve" destruction.

Posted by: panzernashorn at April 24, 2012 07:02 AM (lpWVn)

348
Posted by: mama winger at April 24, 2012 10:46 AM (P6QsQ



I honestly can't look.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 10:50 AM (UOM4




I just forward the link to all my Obama-worshiping in-laws and my sister with the comment:  "I'm sure LCpl. Tarwoe's family will be comforted by the fact his Commander-in-Chief announced yesterday the War on Terror is over.



Fuck 'em all.  They'll be furious with me and I don't give a damn.  They never even ask how our boy is. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 07:03 AM (UOM48)

349
The article itself describes the Obama administrationÂ’s new vision of
foreign policy, which admits no enemies. Everyone, in this view, is a
friend. Islamism, says the Obama administration, is just fine, so long
as it does not openly support terrorism.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 24, 2012 09:51 AM (UOM4


well of course, the only enemies He actually thinks exists are american

Posted by: willow at April 24, 2012 07:10 AM (TomZ9)

350

as it does not openly support terrorism.

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So covertly spporting it is okey-dokey. Sweet.

Sweeter than 72 virgins

Posted by: Mahmoud Acmayadayadayada at April 24, 2012 07:19 AM (3Zo6I)

351

America is a signatory to the Outer Space Treaty.

 

Under that treaty, private parties can own material they process but its not clear whether or not you can own an asteroid.  In other words, once you start mining the asteroid, you own the products that you have mined, while the parts of the asteroid you haven't mined might theoretically still be fair game for anyone else who comes along.

Posted by: Emperor of Icecream. at April 24, 2012 07:35 AM (epBek)

352 Sen. Schumer seems to have forgotten which party controls the House.

Posted by: Jimbo at April 24, 2012 07:49 AM (O3R/2)

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

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2012 08:22 AM (7W3wI)

354 Whoah now, asking if people can own stuff in space is evidence of why we need to make sure the lawyers are the last ones to be allowed anywhere near that frontier.

Posted by: K-Bob at April 24, 2012 12:47 PM (tttxQ)

355 There are so much to learn from your post here, Uma, well done.

Posted by: The Wind Through the Keyhole iBooks at April 25, 2012 12:54 AM (t8IT7)

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