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April 09, 2014

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— Gabriel Malor

Good morning, HUMP DAY.

Here's a long read by Seymour Hersh in the London Review of Books that a reader sent on Syria, CBW, and the red line.

Moviegeeks, here's an interesting three-part piece on the future of film, particularly the tentpole strategy.

Lawgeeks, Judge Facciola denied another warrant application for seizure and search of email.

In last night's special election in Arlington County, Virginia, an unlikely union between the GOP and the Greens has given the county its first non-Democrat board member in 15 years: " the result is likely to be viewed by many as a voter rebuke of the County BoardÂ’s major capital spending projects."

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Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 02:48 AM | Comments (279)
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1 DAY 519 944 to go (1,018 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 02:49 AM (CMkNk)

2 Two words: Louie Fuckin' Gohmert!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 02:49 AM (CMkNk)

3 As someone with nearly 30 years in show biz, I can tell you that there are a lot of reasons why Hollywood is in the shitter. Mostly it's a result of non-moviemakers running the show.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 02:53 AM (CMkNk)

4 HelloÂ… EchoÂ… EchoÂ… EchoÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 02:53 AM (CMkNk)

5 Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, April 09, 2014. On 5his day in 1986 Carmel, CA made Clint's day.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:53 AM (T2V/1)

Release the Vic!

and Good Morning pixel people!

Posted by: Gmac at April 09, 2014 02:53 AM (4pjhs)

7 Yo That's all I got

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 09, 2014 02:54 AM (pFBJd)

8 The House oversight committee will vote on Lerner's contempt charge tomorrow.

http://tinyurl.com/o2cj6q3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

9 We now know which is more PC, black women or Muzzie. It doesn't matter who you are now, thou shall not diss the Muzzies. They are the new protected specie.

http://tinyurl.com/qdbwhst

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:54 AM (T2V/1)

10 Unindicted criminal Holder thumbs his nose at Congress while tax paid lawyers drag out his court case.

http://tinyurl.com/nj34tex

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

11 Obama aunt will no longer collect welfare from MA taxpayers.

Zeituni Onyango died at age 61.

http://tinyurl.com/q77vtm2

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

12 Jeb Bush is flaming out despite the MFM.

http://tinyurl.com/povn7b3

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:55 AM (T2V/1)

13 Archie comics must be fizzling out.

http://tinyurl.com/oendbpe

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

14 Beef prices hit all time high due to global warming or some shit. Nothing to do with Obama printing money.

http://tinyurl.com/olr55aw

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

15 House Republicans are folding.

http://tinyurl.com/pcoua8f

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:56 AM (T2V/1)

16 Quick Takes Â– Trigger Warnings, Free-Expression Taxes, and an Open Letter Another Â“quick takesÂ” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. The focus this time: Free Speech & Higher Education. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=5512

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 09, 2014 02:57 AM (AymDN)

17 9 Posted by: Vic at April 09, 2014 06:54 AM (T2V/1) Ayan Hirsi Ali is about one of the bravest people on this planet. You want a war on women? It's called Islam. This is why liberalism is a lie wrapped up in fantasy stuffed into a turd.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 02:57 AM (CMkNk)

18 The daily deals

http://tinyurl.com/qxmrlp3

That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 02:57 AM (T2V/1)

19 Hey on the good news front, it is currently 47 and clear and it will be 82 and sunny this afternoon. A glorious day to ride the scooter to work!! Later taters...gotta go work to pay for the FSA.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 09, 2014 02:57 AM (60Vyp)

20 Archie comics must be fizzling out. http://tinyurl.com/oendbpe Posted by: Vic at April 09, 2014 06:56 AM (T2V/1) This is why: http://tinyurl.com/kx7a2ky

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 09, 2014 02:58 AM (AymDN)

21 12 Jeb Bush is flaming out despite the MFM. http://tinyurl.com/povn7b3 Posted by: Vic at April 09, 2014 06:55 AM (T2V/1) I hope this is true as well as with Krispy Kreosote. The more the left attacks and destroys the establishment Quislings earlier, the more room there will be for the people we need - Cruz, West, Perry, Walker, etc.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 02:59 AM (CMkNk)

22 What the heck is going on at that ranch in Nevada? http://tinyurl.com/pfldtz3

Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 03:00 AM (10H0T)

23 60 and sunny here in the Big Rotting Apple.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:00 AM (CMkNk)

24 Goverment storm troopers from the BLM Peach.

Posted by: Gmac at April 09, 2014 03:01 AM (4pjhs)

25 Did I mention Louie Fuckin' Gohmert? Oh yeah, I did!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:03 AM (CMkNk)

26 Also, why didn't Gohmert or anyone for that matter with the power, have Holder arrested and taken to jail? Isn't that the next natural step when someone is in contempt of court? Help me out here people!

Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 03:03 AM (10H0T)

27 Thank goodness for Teh Vic!

There are times when I think some malign genius has infiltrated my computer, turning the AoSHQ link into a Hot Air Button. Yesterday was one of them; Ace seems to be getting more and more fixated on the so-called opinions of the Corpulent Captain and Allahpander.

Fortunately, there are contributors like Vic and a few unruly cobs who can be counted on to notice that Choom Boy, Holder and the rest of the America-hating felons in D.C. are not taking any time off from their treasonous schemes....

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 09, 2014 03:03 AM (dDzOj)

28 26 Also, why didn't Gohmert or anyone for that matter with the power, have Holder arrested and taken to jail? Isn't that the next natural step when someone is in contempt of court? Help me out here people! Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 07:03 AM (10H0T) He doesn't have the authority. Also, as with every other crime this regime has done, there needs to be a select committee or special prosecutor. And that's Bohener.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:04 AM (CMkNk)

29 Goverment storm troopers from the BLM Peach. Posted by: Gmac at April 09, 2014 07:01 AM (4pjhs) I'm trying to get more information, seems like a few things going on, Rancher refusing to pay for his cattle to graze on land used(owned?) by his family for centuries, and something about a protected turtle? I'm really concerned that people are going to die, this is when shit gets real.

Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 03:05 AM (10H0T)

30 Hand is better but still swollen. Orthopedist saw nothing on the x-rays but he order an MRI for me because of the swelling and some pain. Probably just a bad tweak, but could be a hairline fracture. And if that's the case, what can really be done?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:07 AM (CMkNk)

31 'when the going gets weird, the weird go pro; Sy Hersh's piece seems plausible, specially since we see the Petraeus investigation is still open,

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 09, 2014 03:07 AM (Jsiw/)

32 And that's Bohener. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 07:04 AM (CMkNk) Awesome, he's the only one? What are they afraid of? Oh never mind.

Posted by: spypeach is grumpy and sick of this crap at April 09, 2014 03:08 AM (10H0T)

33 Morning!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 09, 2014 03:09 AM (b/lt+)

34 Newt might have had his faults, but bravery was not one of them.

Posted by: Corolianus Snow at April 09, 2014 03:10 AM (Jsiw/)

35 What the heck is going on at that ranch in Nevada? http://tinyurl.com/pfldtz3 Waco & Ruby Ridge, Part Deaux.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 03:10 AM (d0Dmj)

36 We don't have red lines. We have unexamined, recited talking points. Everyone listens to those, too.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 09, 2014 03:11 AM (XaO9F)

37 "Probably just a bad tweak, but could be a hairline fracture. And if that's the case, what can really be done? " Simple, use your other hand. As someone once told me, "It's almost like getting some strange" What? Oh, never mind

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 03:11 AM (hDwVv)

38 Probably just a bad tweak, but could be a hairline fracture. And if that's the case, what can really be done? Rest. Time. Chicken soup?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 03:12 AM (d0Dmj)

39 60 and sunny here in the Big Rotting Apple.

♫..go ahead, bite the Big Apple...
don't bite into maggots! ♪ ♫

Posted by: Mick Jagger at April 09, 2014 03:13 AM (qRDBx)

40 Simple, use your other hand. As someone once told me, "It's almost like getting some strange" What? FU VIA! Too damn early to spew iced tea thru the nose.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 03:13 AM (d0Dmj)

41 What the heck is going on at that ranch in Nevada? http://tinyurl.com/pfldtz3 Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 07:00 AM (10H0T) Exactly what you would expect to happen when the Federal gov't own a vast majority of your state combined with the Federal gov't being run by the SCoaMF and his minionsÂ…

Posted by: The Nevada Hat at April 09, 2014 03:14 AM (AymDN)

42 I hope this is true as well as with Krispy Kreosote. The more the left attacks and destroys the establishment Quislings earlier, the more room there will be for the people we need - Cruz, West, Perry, Walker, etc.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 06:59 AM (CMkNk)

I never used to feel this way but the way the country clubbers and crony capitalists are sniffing around Prince Jebby and Fat RINO Bastard like bitches in heat and infested with worms is pretty fucking nauseating. These were the same cocksuckers who gave us limpdicked Willard last time and they insist on shoving money to that worthless turd Rove which is worse than burning it on the driveway. Fools and their money who claim to be on "our" side. Fuck them.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 09, 2014 03:14 AM (cgf4R)

43 Rush said yesterday that one of his friends has a theory that Jeb Bush is intentionally trying to scuttle his chances for president.. whatever.. intentional or not, the sooner we can get rid of any hopes he will be out nominee, the better!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 09, 2014 03:15 AM (b/lt+)

44 As someone with nearly 30 years in show biz, I can tell you that there are a lot of reasons why Hollywood is in the shitter.

Mostly it's a result of non-moviemakers running the show.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 06:53 AM (CMkNk)

I'll have to dig up the exact quote, but in one of my Hollywood memoirs, there's a statement to the effect of, yes, the Mayers and Cohns and Warners were bastards, but they were movie men, first, last and always. They loved movies. As opposed to the post-mogul days, when the Wassermans and Bluhdorns and other money men called the shots. All they saw was a bottom line. There was no way a real movie executive would have let MGM sell off all its old props or 20th dump all its old costumes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 03:16 AM (zF6Iw)

45 Probably just a bad tweak, but could be a hairline fracture. And if that's the case, what can really be done? Friction is a bitch, huh? Let Astroglide be your friend.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at April 09, 2014 03:17 AM (PIinj)

Morning, Â‘rons and Â‘ronettes. Not a story today, more of a tourist recommendation.

Have you ever seen a picture of this statue?

http://tinyurl.com/ofn8ynu

ItÂ’s called Â“Forever MarilynÂ” and is the work of sculptor Seward Johnson. Standing twenty-six feet high, it is a representation of MonroeÂ’s most iconic pose, the Â“subway grateÂ” scene from 1955s The Seven Year Itch. Originally erected in Chicago in 2011, it was moved to Palm Springs, California and now, itÂ’s at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey as part of a May-September 2014 exhibition honoring JohnsonÂ’s work.

IÂ’d like to see it, myself. Looks like IÂ’ll have to be doing a road trip sometime this summer.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 03:17 AM (zF6Iw)

I think Hollywood needs to get spending under control if they want to turn a profit.

Look at "The Lone Ranger". It cost $215 million to make. For a western. $215 million.

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 09, 2014 03:20 AM (KlVdw)

48 43 -

The "mythical" Republican establishment types fully expect to get an amnesty-friendly nominee. And they probably will. After the smoke clears from the November elections, we'll have a better idea who it is.

If they floated Jeb, and he ain't it, I don't think they'll lose any sleep over it. As everyone should know, they do have a certain Latin dreamboat candidate still on ice. They're just waiting for some of the anger attached to him to die down a bit.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 03:23 AM (BeSEI)

30: "And if that's the case, what can really be done?"

Firstly, may you have a speedy recovery and healing.

But as to what can be done...have you thought of switching to Astroglide 5000?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 09, 2014 03:25 AM (OJn3e)

50
Aunt Zeituni never came down for breakfast, but her EBT card, SS disability check, Section 8 housing voucher, and RomneyCare ID card are in effect and working hard to support another Kenyan desperate to avoid deportation and certain death.

Posted by: Howie the Carr at April 09, 2014 03:26 AM (nQjHM)

51 48 -

Movies interest me very little these days. According to the previews I see on occasion, what's out there right now are rehashed superheros, Johnny Depp getting sucked into a computer, and PG-13 horror flicks.

That last one amuses me to no end.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 03:29 AM (BeSEI)

52 45 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 07:16 AM (zF6Iw) Well, a lot of it was the Consent Decrees, the end of the studio system and the coming of TV that all but wiped out the film biz, until the new golden age of the 70's. And then the blockbuster, or more accurately the attempt to create a blockbuster, that is what is destroying Hollywood. Among many other factors. Wish you could sit down and have a long chat with my dear friend and long-time (long-suffering) manager.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:29 AM (CMkNk)

53 48 I think Hollywood needs to get spending under control if they want to turn a profit. Look at "The Lone Ranger". It cost $215 million to make. For a western. $215 million. There hasn't been a good western in twenty years.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 09, 2014 03:31 AM (IyKYr)

54 43 Posted by: Captain Hate at April 09, 2014 07:14 AM (cgf4R) This is why WE have to jump on the bandwagon early of the first viable conservative and to hell with the GOP.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:31 AM (CMkNk)

55 Meh, the last 'good' Western was "Blazing Saddles" and it was more a comedy.

Posted by: Gmac at April 09, 2014 03:32 AM (4pjhs)

56 Posted by: Howie the Carr at April 09, 2014 07:26 AM

We've still got one of Choom Boy's illegal layabouts here in MA! Don't forget Drunk Uncle Onyago....

Until the Boston Herald story about Auntie Zeituni reminded me, I had forgotten that her last deportation hearing -- the one in which President Historic FirstÂ© allegedly "didn't get involved" -- was closed to the press/public.

Too bad for her that she couldn't hold out a little longer. Soon, there won't even BE "deportation hearings."

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 09, 2014 03:32 AM (dDzOj)

57 Is it me or is it real slow this morning? If I have the lion's share of posts, then this place is in trouble!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:32 AM (CMkNk)

58 56 Meh, the last 'good' Western was "Blazing Saddles" and it was more a comedy. Posted by: Gmac at April 09, 2014 07:32 AM (4pjhs) I liked (not loved) "Unforgiven."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:33 AM (CMkNk)

59 The last good western was Tombstone in 1993. 21 years ago.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 03:34 AM (T2V/1)

60 "Aunt Zeituni never came down for breakfast, but her EBT card, SS disability check, Section 8 housing voucher, and RomneyCare ID card are in effect and working hard to support another Kenyan desperate to avoid deportation and certain death." I wonder if she is going to vote absentee again this election?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 03:34 AM (hDwVv)

61 40 60 and sunny here in the Big Rotting Apple. ♫..go ahead, bite the Big Apple... don't bite into maggots! ♪ ♫ Posted by: Mick Jagger at April 09, 2014 07:13 AM (qRDBx) Does he actually sing, "Â…schvartze, schvartze, schvartze, I can't give it away on 7th Avenue?Â…"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:35 AM (CMkNk)

62 Don't get me started on the movie industry.. it has been apparent for some time that the bean counters are running the show..

My wife and I go to the movies a lot. 2-3 times a month at least. I know a lot of you wait for DVD's, but I like the big screen experience.

But, I am disappointed more often than not lately. Sequels are one of my biggest gripes.. Kick Ass 2, anyone? I didn't see that one.. Hahaha what a dud..

One I did see was "The Host".. every popular book, especially for young adults, makes its way onto the screen nowadays. "Beautiful Creatures" was another failure from that genre..

Then, there's the movies that think they can throw a big star into and automatically make money.. Put Deniro and Stallone into a stupid "Grudge Match" movie.. another dud.

sad..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 09, 2014 03:35 AM (b/lt+)

63 60 The last good western was Tombstone in 1993. 21 years ago. Posted by: Vic at April 09, 2014 07:34 AM (T2V/1) Good friend of mine plays one of Powers Boothe's gang members in the beginning of the film. Jew from Brooklyn. That's Hollywood!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:36 AM (CMkNk)

56: "Meh, the last 'good' Western was "Blazing Saddles"...."

I thought that 3:10 to yuma was pretty good. My family and I even enjoyed The Lone Ranger.

But nothing ever seems to match Rio Bravo.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 09, 2014 03:36 AM (f6ZLT)

Archie comics must be fizzling out.

Didn't they already have a gay wedding as a featured issue? Pace Insty, some gun-toting teabagger will probably take a shot at one of the saintly gay characters and Archie will heroically take a bullet in the cause of civil rights.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 03:36 AM (zF6Iw)

66 66 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 07:36 AM (zF6Iw) Didn't Reggie fuck Mr. Weatherby while Miss Grundy peed on them? Oh wait, that was Archie meets "The Aristocrats!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:38 AM (CMkNk)

67 Big budget films will always be made refardless of the losesses because its the best avenue to launder huge sums of money with almost no scrutiny. There is a reason almost no film turns a profit.

Posted by: Kreplach at April 09, 2014 03:38 AM (Ttj5v)

68 Vic, I liked either Wyatt Earl or Tombstone - always get them mixed up. The one without Kevin Costner, anyway.

Posted by: Gem at April 09, 2014 03:39 AM (zw+pb)

69 65 I thought that 3:10 to yuma was pretty good. Myfamily and I even enjoyedThe Lone Ranger.

But nothing ever seems to match Rio Bravo.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) Est. 1836 at April 09, 2014 07:36 AM (f6ZLT)

3:10 to Yuma was one of the last movies I rented before Blockbuster folded. I turned it off after about 30 min. I thought it blew chunks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 03:39 AM (T2V/1)

70 Jew from Brooklyn. That's Hollywood!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 07:36 AM (CMkNk)

The first "real" cowboy star (entering films with The Great Train Robbery in 1903) was called "Broncho Billy." He was actually Maxwell Henry Anderson, a Jew from Arkansas.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 03:40 AM (zF6Iw)

71 My appologies, my opinion of Johnny Depp cannot be uttered in front of decent people, 'rons oe 'ettes.

Posted by: Gmac at April 09, 2014 03:40 AM (4pjhs)

72 An interesting article- "Why are Israelis so happy?" Apparently they are in large part because they're virtually fearless. http://tinyurl.com/bqvzd93

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 09, 2014 03:40 AM (XyM/Y)

73 68 Big budget films will always be made refardless of the losesses because its the best avenue to launder huge sums of money with almost no scrutiny. There is a reason almost no film turns a profit. Posted by: Kreplach at April 09, 2014 07:38 AM (Ttj5v) I give you the David Biegelman "Heaven's Gate" affair as well as Art Buchwald vs. Eddie Murphy, Jeffrey Katzenberg, et al.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:40 AM (CMkNk)

74 Earp. Sigh.

Posted by: Gem at April 09, 2014 03:40 AM (zw+pb)

Voter turnout today was relatively light, which benefited Vihstadt. With no state or national-level races energizing the Democratic base, its appears that many party-line Democrats stayed home. Total unofficial turnout was 22,209, or about 16 percent of registered voters.

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

Yeah, Arlington is really poised for a turnaround. Dude ran as an Independent also.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 09, 2014 03:40 AM (eytER)

76 The first "real" cowboy star (enteringfilms with The Great Train Robbery in 1903) was called "Broncho Billy." He was actually Maxwell Henry Anderson, a Jew from Arkansas.
.............
Vic saw that one on opening night..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 09, 2014 03:42 AM (b/lt+)

77 I can't stand that nutter Hersch. How can you believe what he writes?

Posted by: Anti-Commie Pug at April 09, 2014 03:42 AM (8c12T)

78 And a video to go along with it:, "Happy In Israel" http://tinyurl.com/lvg3dkk From this linked info there is a group in Sussex England called "Sussex Friends of Israel." Glad to see there's some pushback to the "divest from Israel" movement. The only democracy in the Mideast and people want to divest from it?!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 09, 2014 03:44 AM (XyM/Y)

79 Day 2 of enjoying my browsing without targeted ads from Google's spyware-embedded Chrome.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 09, 2014 03:46 AM (HLprW)

80 Does he actually sing, "Â…schvartze, schvartze, schvartze, I can't give it away on 7th Avenue?Â…"

I think it depends upon where on 7th avenue you happen to be...

Posted by: Mick Jagger at April 09, 2014 03:46 AM (qRDBx)

81 whoops!

Posted by: Anthony L. at April 09, 2014 03:47 AM (qRDBx)

82 If Sy Hersh wasn't so full of shit his stuff would be more believable.

Posted by: blaster at April 09, 2014 03:48 AM (4+AaH)

83 @76 I think the point is that it is not necessary to turnaround an area...

Posted by: blaster at April 09, 2014 03:49 AM (4+AaH)

84 81 I think it depends upon where on 7th avenue you happen to be... Posted by: Mick Jagger at April 09, 2014 07:46 AM (qRDBx) Well it could be "schmatte, schmatte, schmatte" since it is 7th Avenue...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 03:50 AM (CMkNk)

85 Not a Western, but I just saw the Indian film, "The Lunchbox" last night. I was told in advance that it was more of a chick flick but I don't think it was, except that it was sort of slow moving at times, but it was brilliantly acted and moving. Saw a trailer for some film with Woody Allen as someone who hires a man to be a high class male prostitute, Sound tasteless and dreadful and you couldn't pay me to see it..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 09, 2014 03:50 AM (XyM/Y)

86 Last good western "Unforgiven" 1992.

Posted by: redenzo at April 09, 2014 03:50 AM (WCnJW)

Also, why didn't Gohmert or anyone for that matter with the power, have Holder arrested and taken to jail?

Isn't that the next natural step when someone is in contempt of court? Help me out here people!

Posted by: spypeach at April 09, 2014 07:03 AM (10H0T)

He doesn't have the authority. Also, as with every other crime this regime has done, there needs to be a select committee or special prosecutor.

And that's Bohener.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 07:04 AM (CMkNk)

Further, since Holder is subject to the impeachment process, the Congressional jail is not an option for him, at least as long as he's AG.

Of course, initiating the impeachment process is up to Bo(eh)ner.

Posted by: steveegg at April 09, 2014 03:51 AM (o44nj)

New Rolling Stone cover featuring Julia Louise-Dreyfus. Can anyone spot the glaring error? I'm shocked - shocked - that no one at Rolling Stone has a clue about the Constitution.

http://tinyurl.com/lgzccmn

Posted by: KGB at April 09, 2014 03:52 AM (4fVw4)

89 Speaking of zombies, Baba Wawa is retiring from The View.

Posted by: Zombie News Service at April 09, 2014 03:53 AM (H4aQb)

90 Well Morons, I hear the rocking chair calling.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 09, 2014 03:54 AM (T2V/1)

91 I always thought it was funny that the Brooklyn born Wallach, son of Polish Jews was in so many Westerns playing Mexicans, but apparently one of the places he went to school was the University of Texas at Austin where he learned to love to ride horses. Very fine actor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 09, 2014 03:54 AM (XyM/Y)

92 Good movies are hard to come by anymore. But then so are television shows. And music. Even the NFL kinda sucks anymore. We know there are people behind these things pushing an agenda and that ruins the product. The p.c. people use our entertainment to tell us "how" to think.

Posted by: Case at April 09, 2014 03:55 AM (o00SF)

93 "Ayan Hirsi Ali is about one of the bravest people on this planet. " Agree completely JJ. Her husband is awesome as well.

Posted by: MTF at April 09, 2014 03:55 AM (B+HTd)

94 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 07:50 AM (CMkNk)

I really have to visit NYC again now that I am back in New York. Last time I was there, Times Square was much different. And a lot of fun for a 20 year old!

Posted by: Anthony L. at April 09, 2014 03:55 AM (qRDBx)

95 88 -

The world would be a very different place today if they had proceeded with impeachment hearings on Holder after Fast and Furious.

That was the sign they were looking for and got, that the R party wasn't interested in holding them legally responsible for their actions.

Imagine you were a band robber, and you discovered the cops in your town were not going to arrest you for robbing banks. What would you do?

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 03:56 AM (BeSEI)

Meanwhile, the persecuto...er...prosecutors in Wisconsin's witch hun...er...John Doe investigation into virtually every conservative organization cannot stop their targets from getting Constitutional relief from federal courts just because the John Doe exists

http://bit.ly/1qifk7d

Expect them to charge everybody involved (including and especially the Walker campaign) and get a Dane/Milwaukee County judge to prevent them from electioneering by the end of the week. After all, shutting us up is exactly what their goal is.

Posted by: steveegg at April 09, 2014 03:57 AM (o44nj)

97 From Vic's #9 http://tinyurl.com/qdbwhst Ali... [in] 2007 interview... said of the religion [Islam], "Once it's defeated, it can mutate into something peaceful. It's very difficult to even talk about peace now. They're not interested in peace. I think that we are at war with Islam. And there's no middle ground in wars." (Emphasis mine.) Now, how could a simple statement like that possibly be "inconsistent with Brandeis University's core values"? Wait... isn't Brandeis all women? As somewhat of a recovering cognitive dissonant myself, I have some sympathy, but mostly just want to shout, wake up! The status of womankind under Islam is particularly hopeless. The greatest religious liberator of women was Jesus, who they disdain. How backwards can you get it! Imagine that Badger video, but substituting burka, burka, burka, burka... Â§ Morning Glories.

Posted by: mindful webworker - old school chauvanist at April 09, 2014 03:57 AM (RNijH)

New Rolling Stone cover featuring Julia Louise-Dreyfus. Can anyone spot the glaring error? I'm shocked - shocked - that no one at Rolling Stone has a clue about the Constitution.

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John Hancock's sig. Criminy.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 09, 2014 03:57 AM (eytER)

88 -

The world would be a very different place today if they had proceeded with impeachment hearings on Holder after Fast and Furious.

That was the sign they were looking for and got, that the R party wasn't interested in holding them legally responsible for their actions.

Imagine you were a band robber, and you discovered the cops in your town were not going to arrest you for robbing banks. What would you do?

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 07:56 AM (BeSEI)

Is anybody shocked by that? After all, they share the common goal of shutting us up.

Yes, there's a theme here.

Posted by: steveegg at April 09, 2014 03:58 AM (o44nj)

100 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 07:17 AM (zF6Iw) Great spot MPPPP. They have a restaurant at the Grounds, called Rats believe it or not, that's pretty good too

Posted by: MTF at April 09, 2014 03:59 AM (B+HTd)

101 Zeituni Onyango died at age 61. Will Beloved Overlord be tweeting selfies from her funeral? HAHAHAHAHA whimper

Posted by: mindful webworker - with a big selfie website at April 09, 2014 03:59 AM (RNijH)

102 Band Robber < Hobo Tranny Prostitute

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 03:59 AM (8OMpr)

103

Here in my car

I can only recieve

I can listen to you

It keeps me stable for nights

In cars

Posted by: that 70s earworm at April 09, 2014 04:00 AM (3ZtZW)

104 Zeituni Onyango died at age 61.
Will Beloved Overlord be tweeting selfies from her funeral?
HAHAHAHAHA
whimper Posted by: mindful webworker - with a big selfie website

Maybe they can book the sigh language guy from the Mandela event.

Laughs all the way around

Posted by: Bruce at April 09, 2014 04:01 AM (eX8a6)

105 an unlikely union between the GOP and the Greens has given the county its first non-Democrat board member in 15 years: " the result is likely to be viewed by many as a voter rebuke of the County BoardÂ’s major capital spending projects."

Or the result could be viewed as just another sellout GOPe politician willing to "reach across the aisle to get things done".

One of those.

Posted by: James Clapper...maybe [/i][/b] at April 09, 2014 04:02 AM (5ikDv)

106 "Archie comics must be fizzling out." As an old fan of comics, I thought I'd surely have something to remark about this. ...

...

Posted by: mindful webworker - definitely a Betty man at April 09, 2014 04:02 AM (RNijH)

107 I'm shocked - shocked - that no one at Rolling Stone has a clue about the Constitution. John Hancock? Ummm, okay.

Posted by: no good deed at April 09, 2014 04:02 AM (ILBCY)

108 Sigh Language for Deaf < Message Boards for Blind

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 04:02 AM (8OMpr)

109 /off lying sock

Posted by: noone, really [/i][/b] at April 09, 2014 04:02 AM (5ikDv)

110 100 -

Yes, I think it came as a shock to many many people, including the Obama Administration.

The expectation would have been, as it has been for time immemorial, that when politicians on the other side get caught doing illegal things, they get taken out.

When has it ever been otherwise?

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 04:04 AM (BeSEI)

111

New Rolling Stone cover featuring Julia Louise-Dreyfus. Can anyone spot the glaring error? I'm shocked - shocked - that no one at Rolling Stone has a clue about the Constitution.

Makes the phrase "fuck the Constitution" rather literal, doesn't it?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 04:04 AM (zF6Iw)

112 Brandeis is not all women. In the past, it was considered the Jewish alternative to Harvard, don't know if that is still true, but am amazed the place has bDS.

Posted by: Museisluse at April 09, 2014 04:05 AM (ngu15)

113 What are those two depressions on either side of the small of her back? Bowling ball holes? Sheesh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 04:06 AM (CMkNk)

114 I thought Open Range was a pretty decent western

Posted by: MTF at April 09, 2014 04:07 AM (B+HTd)

115 95 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 07:50 AM (CMkNk) I really have to visit NYC again now that I am back in New York. Last time I was there, Times Square was much different. And a lot of fun for a 20 year old! Posted by: Anthony L. at April 09, 2014 07:55 AM (qRDBx) Contact Charlie Brown's D-do about the May Meet-Up, or just keep checking back as I'm sure it will be announced as the day approaches.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 04:07 AM (CMkNk)

116

Honest question for the legal-types.

Received an email at work today which reads in part: "

With mid-term elections scheduled to take place this year, please keep in mind the rules that apply to the political activities of Government employees. The most significant limitations restrict you from:

- engaging in political activities during duty time;..."

Does this mean I can't participate at the HQ? This place is clearly political...? Or am I over-reading this?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 09, 2014 04:08 AM (fwARV)

117 Hope you all have a wonderful day. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 07:17 AM (zF6Iw) MPPPP, I heard about a book yesterday that made me think of you. It's called "Five Came Back: A Story Of Hollywood And The Second World War". It's about 5 big name directors who voluntarily served in WWII and how it affected their filmmaking afterward. I know that it's a little later than your preferred era, but I thought I would pass it along.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 09, 2014 04:08 AM (nj9sX)

118 Isn't there a clause in the Constitution that says tragically unfunny trustfunder comediennes should not try to resurrect their dead careers by posing semi-nude after the age of fifty? Or was that the Bible?

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 04:08 AM (1KZFn)

119
Yeah, Arlington is really poised for a turnaround. Dude ran as an Independent also.
Posted by: @JohnTant

Odd that someone is touting such a local race as indicative of anything:

Â“I donÂ’t want to upset the applecart, I just want to rearrange some of those apples,Â” said Vihstadt. However, he was also careful to point out areas where he agrees with the County Board. He supports gay marriage, increased spending on schools, and the new homeless services center in Courthouse.

Ok, not so odd.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 09, 2014 04:08 AM (kdS6q)

120

"Quando omni flunkus moritati"

-Canadian Proverb

Posted by: Case at April 09, 2014 04:09 AM (o00SF)

121 It's the declaration of independence.. The libtards at Rolling Stone have never laid their eyes on either document.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 09, 2014 04:10 AM (b/lt+)

122 Imagine you were a band robber, and you discovered the cops in your town were not going to arrest you for robbing banks. What would you do? Profit.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 04:10 AM (NKBxV)

123 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 09, 2014 08:08 AM (nj9sX) John Ford lost his eye shooting footage on Midway at the height of the battle. Also, George Stevens filmed the death camps. His son narrates a wonderful documentary about the US Army's First Motion Picture Unit. Worth looking up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 04:11 AM (CMkNk)

124 Read up to #50. Now the herd is demanding kibble. One moment saving the world, the next feeding the dog. Life's funny contrasts.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cat man do at April 09, 2014 04:11 AM (INyZp)

125 What are those two depressions on either side of the small of her back? Bowling ball holes? They are thumb impressions

Posted by: spypeach is grumpy and sick of this crap at April 09, 2014 04:12 AM (10H0T)

126 Probability ScoggDog would hit it = 100%

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 04:12 AM (8OMpr)

127 >>> We've still got one of Choom Boy's illegal layabouts here in MA! Don't forget Drunk Uncle Onyago. Hey, I have a job! At a liquor store... *** hic ***

Posted by: the Drunkle at April 09, 2014 04:12 AM (Ua6T/)

128

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 09, 2014 08:08 AM (nj9sX)

I had heard of the book, ZJG, but thanks for thinking of me. It's on my (very) long list of things to read.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 04:12 AM (zF6Iw)

129 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:12 AM (PYAXX)

130 117 -

Yes, you're overthinking this. I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on tv, but I have worked for the government. This is standard stuff.

You don't canvas your co-workers, you don't use government offices and supplies to engage in advocating for/against any candidates/positions.

You can have whatever opinions you like, and you are free to express them, but not as a paid/volunteer spokesman for anybody. Nor can you represent yourself as a government worker if/when you engage in political activity on your own time.

These are good things. Especially given the fact that government employees are overwhelmingly Democrat.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 04:13 AM (BeSEI)

131 3:10 to Yuma was one of the last movies I rented before Blockbuster folded. I turned it off after about 30 min. I thought it blew chunks. Posted by: Vic at April 09, 2014 07:39 AM (T2V/1) They can't just make a good-gut, bad-guy, shoot-em-up western anymore. The hero has to be filled with self-loathing and angst and despise the fact that he is forced to judge the bad guys. Oh and global warming.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 09, 2014 04:13 AM (nj9sX)

132 Sy Hersh is insane and a Leftist, but I repeat myself.

Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at April 09, 2014 04:13 AM (bbivj)

133 Did Rolling Stone say it was The Constitution or was it just the Mail that named it as such in the article?

Posted by: no good deed at April 09, 2014 04:14 AM (ILBCY)

134 PETA says they're trying to buy Jeffrey Dahmer's house to open a restaurant. Before you're outraged, realize that PETA is about only one thing, and it isn't animals. It's about fundraising to line their pockets, and media-whoring is their avenue. They're rent-seekers first and foremost.

Posted by: --- at April 09, 2014 04:15 AM (MMC8r)

135

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 08:13 AM (BeSEI)

Outstanding. That's what I thought, but the last thing I need is to get my bag smashed for being a Moron.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 09, 2014 04:15 AM (fwARV)

136 123 -

Bank bank bank...

And is it considered profit if you steal it? Technically speaking, I mean.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 04:15 AM (BeSEI)

137 John Ford lost his eye shooting footage on Midway at the height of the battle. Also, George Stevens filmed the death camps. His son narrates a wonderful documentary about the US Army's First Motion Picture Unit. Worth looking up. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 08:11 AM (CMkNk) Those are tww of the directors followed in the book. Stevens was the first camera into Dachau. He wouldn't let any of his crew film the worst of the camp. He didn't want them traumatized, so he did it himself. Ford was filming from the top of a building while bombs and bullets were falling anywhere. He lost his eye when a stray piece of shrapnel knocked the camera out of his hand.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 09, 2014 04:16 AM (nj9sX)

138 Vic saw that one on opening night.. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 09, 2014 07:42 AM (b/lt+) And yelled at the teenagers sitting in the front row to shut up.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:17 AM (PYAXX)

139 John Hancock didn't sign the Constitution

Posted by: jjod at April 09, 2014 04:18 AM (gWO5X)

140 >>> Outstanding. That's what I thought, but the last thing I need is to get my bag smashed for being a Moron. First thing the came to mind was the earlier comments about opposite handed self pleasuring.

Posted by: fluffy at April 09, 2014 04:19 AM (Ua6T/)

141

117 -

Yes, you're overthinking this. I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on tv, but I have worked for the government. This is standard stuff.

You don't canvas your co-workers, you don't use government offices and supplies to engage in advocating for/against any candidates/positions.

You can have whatever opinions you like, and you are free to express them, but not as a paid/volunteer spokesman for anybody. Nor can you represent yourself as a government worker if/when you engage in political activity on your own time.

These are good things. Especially given the fact that government employees are overwhelmingly Democrat.

Posted by: BurtTC at April 09, 2014 08:13 AM (BeSEI)

Those rules don't apply if you're a Rat.

Posted by: steveegg at April 09, 2014 04:20 AM (o44nj)

142 'Goggles they do nothin' warn us next time, to stock up on the Ipecac, as Captain would say (re Louis Dreyfus) you know her family is among the .001% globally.

Posted by: coriolianus snow at April 09, 2014 04:20 AM (2kpL8)

143 They can't just make a good-gut, bad-guy, shoot-em-up western anymore. Which is sad- consider how well Captain America is doing in the box office. If there's any "just a good-guy" out there today, it's the Cap. There's no reason you couldn't port that same kind of thing (sans super-soldier serum) to a western. Have the hero be, well, a hero.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:21 AM (PYAXX)

144 And is it considered profit if you steal it? Technically speaking, I mean. If bank robbing is work, and I come home with more than I left with, less exspenses, I'd say yeah.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 04:21 AM (NKBxV)

145 Listening clips on Levin of the JEF yammering on and on in that dogshit voice about income inequality is enough to cause severe blood pressure spikes. How can anybody stand to listen to that lying POS?

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 09, 2014 04:22 AM (cgf4R)

146

And is it considered profit if you steal it? Technically speaking, I mean.

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It's actually considered taxable income by the IRS, if that helps.

Posted by: @JohnTant at April 09, 2014 04:22 AM (eytER)

147

First thing the came to mind was the earlier comments about opposite handed self pleasuring.

Posted by: fluffy at April 09, 2014 08:19 AM (Ua6T/)

Being ambidextrous has its advantages, to be sure...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 09, 2014 04:24 AM (fwARV)

148 Band Robbing Profits * 2 < Ethiopian Child Daily Food Costs

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 04:25 AM (8OMpr)

149 @22 First they came for the cattle, and I did nothing . . . .

Posted by: flounder at April 09, 2014 04:26 AM (Kkt/i)

150 An act of love http://tinyurl.com/okhwtld

Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 04:27 AM (fWAjv)

151

@22

First they came for the cattle, and I did nothing . . . .

Posted by: flounder at April 09, 2014 08:26 AM (Kkt/i)

Then they came for the fish, and I still did nothing.

Posted by: San Diego Chicken at April 09, 2014 04:27 AM (o44nj)

152 Declaration of Independence...The US Constitution..

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE NOW????

xox
XL Pantsuit

Posted by: Bruce at April 09, 2014 04:29 AM (eX8a6)

153 That Seymour Hersh piece was a looonggg read. Normally I wouldn't give Hersh the time of day, much less the sweat off my eyeballs. So I skimmed the piece. Two sentence fragments leapt out. "The White House wanted to have it both ways. . .. " Hello. Earth to Seymour, Obozo and his political hacks always want to have it both ways. And "there is great reluctance [in the intelligence community] to contradict the President. . ." In short, in the reign of Good King Obozo, you have to go with the flow. If he says a smelly wet fresh cow flop is a gold coin, well, By God It's A Gold Coin! Of course the problem is that Good King Obozo has never run anything except his mouth. A good and experienced leader knows that he has to able to receive bad news--and maybe even be contradicted in his pet assumptions if he wants to know the truth. Until this little boy grows up we're all boned.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at April 09, 2014 04:29 AM (wdHk6)

154 Good morning, HUMP DAY. hehe, my husband started quoting this as soon as he woke up this morning - still in bed. I was like "what?" but I was smiling. Never gets old.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 04:30 AM (IXrOn)

155 Speaking of "hump day", I wonder what LauraW has been up to lately.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 09, 2014 04:30 AM (GDulk)

156 One could look at shows like Person of Interest, and even '24, as the new Westerns, recall that the cowboy was often at odds with the establishment,
had military training, (several of Eastwood's characters were Quantrill Raiders)

Posted by: coriolianus snow at April 09, 2014 04:31 AM (2kpL8)

157 Actually much of Hersh's piece makes sense, when you combine with other bits like the shorter range of the rockets which would put their launch in rebel territory, a place for the Saudis Qataris, and the Turks, who were involved with both Libya
and now Syria, recall the last meeting Stevens had was with the Turkish proconsul who is a relative of the Foreign Minister Davetoglu.

Posted by: coriolianus snow at April 09, 2014 04:34 AM (2kpL8)

158 Lol, how awkward *that* comment ended up being. Never know what will be posted while typing I guess.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 09, 2014 04:34 AM (GDulk)

159 Pets fed. Now the cats are looking for dessert outside. Pressure's off. Â§ "Can anyone spot the glaring error? I'm shocked - shocked - that no one at Rolling Stone has a clue about the Constitution." http://tinyurl.com/lgzccmn -KGB Hahaha! That's awful. Think their reader will notice? But without looking, I presumed you meant the glaring error that trees, and electrons, still die for that rag.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cat man do at April 09, 2014 04:37 AM (IpHyk)

160

Speaking of "hump day", I wonder what LauraW has been up to lately.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 09, 2014 08:30 AM (GDulk)

Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 09, 2014 04:37 AM (fwARV)

161 144 They can't just make a good-gut, bad-guy, shoot-em-up western anymore. Or a DEATH WISH or a DIRTY HARRY. Hell, Dirt Harry was already getting watered down by the 1st sequel!

Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 04:38 AM (7ObY1)

162 "Well Morons, I hear the rocking chair calling." Â—Vic Let's get Vic has a tablet / wi-fi setup so he can take us all out on the porch with him!

Posted by: mindful webworker - cat man do at April 09, 2014 04:39 AM (IpHyk)

163 Is this man really so blind or such a useful idiot? My mind just can't wrap itself around this kind of thing.

Spielberg to give Obama 'ambassador to humanity' award | TheHill http://tinyurl.com/koqx5f2

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 09, 2014 04:39 AM (2LJqa)

164 Hey Vic: What does the Old Farmer's Almanac say this Spring and Summer will be like?

Posted by: Ed Anger at April 09, 2014 04:40 AM (tOkJB)

165 "We the People..." is the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence begins "When in the course of human events..."

It's a mish-mash. Both and yet neither.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 09, 2014 04:41 AM (V70Uh)

166 To some extent H-wood not being able "just [to] make a good-guy, bad-guy, shoot-em-up" makes sense. You can only (believably) write what you know. And they don't know any "just good-guys." Most writers in H-wood who tried would create some wooden caricature, not anyone believable.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:42 AM (PYAXX)

167 Spielberg to give Obama 'ambassador to humanity' award I'll take how much more of this shit do we have to endure for $1,000, Alex.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 09, 2014 04:42 AM (659DL)

168 Is this man really so blind or such a useful idiot? Spielberg is about as lefty as they come.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:42 AM (PYAXX)

169 I'll take how much more of this shit do we have to endure for $1,000, Alex.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 09, 2014 08:42 AM (659DL)

What is, way too much, Alex?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 04:43 AM (DrWcr)

170 I'll take how much more of this shit do we have to endure for $1,000, Alex. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 09, 2014 08:42 AM (659DL) When he and Michelle are finally dragged, kicking and screaming, from the White House, leftists will line up around the block to give him "Martyr for the Cause" awards.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:44 AM (PYAXX)

171 Hey Vic: What does the Old Farmer's Almanac say this Spring and Summer will be like? (Hears sound of Vic dialing rotary phone -placing call to the old farmer)

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 04:44 AM (NKBxV)

172 Can't someone make a futuristic Schindler's List showing what happens down the line as a result of Obama's policies? I'd sell my house to fund it, I swear.

Posted by: jeannebodine at April 09, 2014 04:45 AM (2LJqa)

173 I'll take how much more of this shit do we have to endure for $1,000, Alex. Posted by: Circa

I believe a full metric shitload.

They're gonna tie it off at the top to.

Posted by: Bruce at April 09, 2014 04:45 AM (eX8a6)

174 138 Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 09, 2014 08:16 AM (nj9sX) Not sure if Wild Bill Wellman was in the unit or even if he saw combat, but "Battleground" is one outstanding war film. And it still holds up very well almost 65 years after it was made. He was one tough hombre, as Ricardo Montalban said about him,

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 09, 2014 04:45 AM (CMkNk)

175 Another shot in the cold civil war. http://freebeacon.com/issues/last-man-standing/

Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 04:46 AM (7ObY1)

176 Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 08:46 AM (7ObY1) Used to be stealing a man's cattle was a good way to get shot and/or hanged.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:49 AM (PYAXX)

177 177 Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 08:46 AM (7ObY1)

Used to be stealing a man's cattle was a good way to get shot and/or hanged.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 08:49 AM (PYAXX)

Now the government comes in and steals your cattle.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 04:50 AM (DrWcr)

178 And let me put it out there once more- the Federal Government should not own any land whatsoever, with the possible exception of DC itself. All other land should be leased from the States. Complete with surveys & etc. It is entirely possible that the rancher in the Free Beacon story really is trespassing on land he does not and never has owned. But we don't know, and never will, because the Feds can just assert it was always theirs.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 04:51 AM (PYAXX)

179 Remember how hard it was to get the radical afrocentric nutbar removed from the DoJ? Counterpoint that with the ejector seat for Mozilla's CEO.

Posted by: --- at April 09, 2014 04:51 AM (MMC8r)

180 Another shot in the cold civil war. http://freebeacon.com/issues/last-man-standing/ Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 08:46 AM (7ObY1) yea, I was just reading that man o man

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 04:51 AM (IXrOn)

181 Used to be stealing a man's cattle was a good way to get shot and/or hanged. I recently read a book that had sections about these old-time Arizona ranchers and their battles with the Fascist BLM. It's sad. It's the very end of the old American tradition, and it didn't have to be this way.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 04:51 AM (7ObY1)

182 180 Remember how hard it was to get the radical afrocentric nutbar removed from the DoJ? Counterpoint that with the ejector seat for Mozilla's CEO.

Posted by: --- at April 09, 2014 08:51 AM (MMC8r)

Goodthink v. badthink. Makes all the difference.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 04:52 AM (DrWcr)

183 What are those two depressions on either side of the small of her back? Bowling ball holes? **** On the left, is a penumbra, and I think that may be an emanation on the right.

Posted by: Bartholomew Cubbins at April 09, 2014 04:52 AM (MKpBT)

184 Whatever else about Julia Louis Dreyfus she is a handsome woman. Hit it I would. But that cover, everything below her neck is someone else. Photo. Shop.

Posted by: blaster at April 09, 2014 04:52 AM (4+AaH)

185 Like they did with the Zimmerman case, the blog Conservative Treehouse (link in nic) is working on the Nevada farmer/rancher case. Pretty interesting.

Posted by: Chillin the most at April 09, 2014 04:52 AM (gxtMZ)

186 Awesome video (not a spider)
http://tinyurl.com/k4ra5v7

Posted by: maddogg at April 09, 2014 04:52 AM (xWW96)

187 " Good morning, HUMP DAY. hehe, my husband started quoting this as soon as he woke up this morning - still in bed. I was like "what?" but I was smiling. " It's just hanging there. Nobody gonna spike it?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 04:53 AM (hDwVv)

188 It was the hot sauce. I swear !!!

Posted by: John Boehner at April 09, 2014 04:53 AM (thLL8)

189 Old Bartholomew Cubbins sock off... sock off... sock off... sock off... sock off... sock off... (aw hell, if you don't get it by now you're not going to)

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 04:54 AM (MKpBT)

190 Sick motherfuckers...I saw a blm stooge carrying in his m4 and shotgun into his room and asked him if he was ready for war or what and he said yep... -comment from someone (supposedly) in Clark County.

Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 04:54 AM (fWAjv)

191 So is that ranch raid because the cows fart too much?

Posted by: blaster at April 09, 2014 04:54 AM (4+AaH)

192 How can anybody stand to listen to that lying POS?
Posted by: Captain Hate at April 09, 2014 08:22 AM

The past five years have proven that people can stand a shit-ton of Choom Boy and still be beggin' for more.

It's the Hot Air-ization of America: in fairness, we will take what he wants to spew, because President Historic FirstÂ©. No one has the balls to speak ill of that act. No one.

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 09, 2014 04:54 AM (dDzOj)

193 Another shot in the cold civil war. http://freebeacon.com/issues/last-man-standing/ Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 08:46 AM (7ObY1) Heavy artillery, minus bombs and rockets, harassment, arrest, threats and bullying for this: Environmentalists are praising the governmentÂ’s forceful actions, which are being taken to protect the Â“desert tortoise.Â”

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 04:56 AM (IXrOn)

194

I loved Open Range as a movie and as a Western, and find myself watching it most times I come across it on TV. I also thought the 3:10 To Yuma remake was decent too.

Posted by: Crucible at April 09, 2014 04:56 AM (659DL)

195 " Good morning, HUMP DAY. hehe, my husband started quoting this as soon as he woke up this morning - still in bed. I was like "what?" but I was smiling. " It's just hanging there. Nobody gonna spike it? Not touching it. Smells like a trap.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 04:56 AM (NKBxV)

196

Whatever else about Julia Louis Dreyfus she is a handsome woman. Hit it I would.

But that cover, everything below her neck is someone else. Photo. Shop.

Posted by: blaster at April 09, 2014 08:52 AM (4+AaH)

Everlast, Louisville, or Mack?

Posted by: steveegg at April 09, 2014 04:57 AM (o44nj)

197 Heavy artillery, minus bombs and rockets, harassment, arrest, threats and bullying for this: Environmentalists are praising the governmentÂ’s forceful actions, which are being taken to protect the Â“desert tortoise.Â” Let the war begin.

Posted by: Eff The Fed at April 09, 2014 04:57 AM (thLL8)

198 The faux 'Constitution' is probably shopped on, too. Easier than painting it.

Posted by: --- at April 09, 2014 04:57 AM (MMC8r)

199 Stacey Dash (and two of her friends!) on F & F.

Posted by: Ho lee Fuq [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 09, 2014 04:57 AM (bCEmE)

200 Off two day old sock...

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 09, 2014 04:57 AM (bCEmE)

201

Not touching it. Smells like a trap.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 08:56 AM (NKBxV)

You rang?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 09, 2014 04:58 AM (o44nj)

202 Sick motherfuckers...I saw a blm stooge carrying in his m4 and shotgun into his room and asked him if he was ready for war or what and he said yep... -comment from someone (supposedly) in Clark County. Careful what you wish for Barney Fife.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 04:58 AM (NKBxV)

203 Dreyfus has always been filthy rich and privileged. For her to whine about discrimination is bullshit. Not only was she born into a family that was super rich, she fell into a television show that paid her a million bucks and episode towards the end. Then something happened in the late 90s that made her family even richer.

Posted by: Anti-Commie Pug at April 09, 2014 04:58 AM (8c12T)

204 The faux 'Constitution' is probably shopped on, too. Easier than painting it. Posted by: --- at April 09, 2014 08:57 AM (MMC8r) *** Headline says it was "etched" on. That might have been worth the price of admission.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 04:59 AM (MKpBT)

205 Those rules don't apply if you're a Rat. Posted by: steveegg at April 09, 2014 08:20 AM (o44nj) More like "No rules apply to Rats!".

Posted by: Hrothgar who was enjoyinh the day until he started reading today's AoS at April 09, 2014 05:00 AM (vRCaC)

206

BLM is just using this guy as a pretext to set precedent. Nothing more.

Note well how it works. Kick one rancher's ass, and the rest will toe the line.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 05:00 AM (eOhsF)

207 Not touching it. Smells like a trap. Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 08:56 AM (NKBxV) nah It was just the truth. It was funny and endearing. Nothing to read into it.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 05:00 AM (IXrOn)

208 >>>What the heck is going on at that ranch in Nevada?<<<

It's a damn shame when Americans are being treated by the federal government like redskins from the 19th century. It only took a hundred years or so, but there it is.

Posted by: Fritz at April 09, 2014 05:01 AM (UzPAd)

209 Â» (Hears sound of Vic dialing rotary phone -placing call to the old farmer) -rickb223 Heh. Except, wall-mounted crank phone with no dial, party line, Operator answering, Number Ple-ase.

Posted by: mindful webworker, whose 1st phone had no dial at April 09, 2014 05:01 AM (Tqh1Y)

210 207 BLM is just using this guy as a pretext to set precedent. Nothing more. Note well how it works. Kick one rancher's ass, and the rest will toe the line. Yes. THIS^^^.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 05:01 AM (7ObY1)

211 Whoa! School knife attack in Pennsylvania. 20 wounded, none dead, suspect is a student, in custody.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 09, 2014 05:01 AM (ZshNr)

212

Â“No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation which currently exists nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans. The BLM needs to reconsider its approach to this matter and act accordingly.Â”

Boy, that's real tough talk right there. I'm sure the BLM is shaking in their jackboots.

Maybe it's because I'm in a foul mood. Maybe because I can't stand this lawless government any more. Maybe because I'm tired of waiting for someone to say"no" to Leviathan. I can only imagine that if I were governor, I'd tell the commanding BLM drone, "You have a choice. Either pull back your men while you can, or you'll be pulling them back in body bags."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 05:01 AM (zF6Iw)

213 BLM is just using this guy as a pretext to set precedent. Nothing more. Note well how it works. Kick one rancher's ass, and the rest will toe the line. Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 09:00 AM (eOhsF) Notice how the state has its hands tied behind its back. For a tortoise.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 05:01 AM (IXrOn)

214 Morning all!

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2014 05:02 AM (GQ8sn)

215 Environmentalists are praising the governmentÂ’s forceful actions, which are being taken to protect the Â“desert tortoise.Â” It makes perfect sense for the BLM to be armed like the 1st Infantry Division. Also, I am Scarlett Johansson.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 09, 2014 05:02 AM (659DL)

216 Except, wall-mounted crank phone with no dial, party line, Operator answering, Number Ple-ase.

Posted by: mindful webworker, whose 1st phone had no dial at April 09, 2014 09:01 AM (Tqh1Y)

Pennsylvania 6-5000!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 05:02 AM (DrWcr)

217 Also, I am Scarlett Johansson.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 09, 2014 09:02 AM (659DL)

How YOU doin'?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 05:02 AM (DrWcr)

218 So much for the GOP and Oathkeepers protecting the Nevada people huh?

Posted by: Eff The Fed at April 09, 2014 05:02 AM (thLL8)

219 When he and Michelle are finally dragged, kicking and screaming, from the White House,

I'm going to need more coffee to be that optimistic.

Posted by: HR at April 09, 2014 05:02 AM (hO8IJ)

220

BLM is just using this guy as a pretext to set precedent. Nothing more.

Note well how it works. Kick one rancher's ass, and the rest will toe the line.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 09:00 AM (eOhsF)

Minor point of order - they're not going to stop at just one.

Posted by: steveegg at April 09, 2014 05:03 AM (o44nj)

221 AK assault knife. Ban, for the chillrun.

Posted by: --- at April 09, 2014 05:03 AM (MMC8r)

222 212. Just heard it on the radio Time to ban knifes I guess

Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 09, 2014 05:03 AM (pFBJd)

223 Hey EC. How goes it?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 05:03 AM (DrWcr)

224 Lois Lerner is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at April 09, 2014 05:03 AM (tmFlQ)

225

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 08:53 AM (hDwVv)

Posted by: MTF at April 09, 2014 05:04 AM (LISuA)

226 220 When he and Michelle are finally dragged, kicking and screaming, from the White House,

I'm going to need more coffee to be that optimistic.

Posted by: HR at April 09, 2014 09:02 AM (hO8IJ)

You're going to need something a little harder than coffee...

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 05:04 AM (DrWcr)

227 Whoa! School knife attack in Pennsylvania. 20 wounded, none dead, suspect is a student, in custody. See! If the school hadn't been a Gun Free Zone, that would have been 20 dead and hundreds wounded! /Libtard

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 05:04 AM (PYAXX)

228 I only have radio reports, too. Seven this morning, they said. Probably be on all the news sites shortly.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 09, 2014 05:04 AM (ZshNr)

229 School knife attack in Pennsylvania.

Zero Tolerance on plastic butter knives and drawings of turtles carrying ninjato was supposed to prevent that. Hrm.

Posted by: HR at April 09, 2014 05:04 AM (hO8IJ)

230 You're going to need something a little harder than coffee... Would that be before or after Hillary takes the Oath?

Posted by: Eff The Fed at April 09, 2014 05:05 AM (thLL8)

231 I'm going to need more coffee to be that optimistic. Posted by: HR at April 09, 2014 09:02 AM (hO8IJ) Oh, they'll be dragged out. The only question is when.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 05:05 AM (PYAXX)

232 231 You're going to need something a little harder than coffee...

Would that be before or after Hillary takes the Oath?

Posted by: Eff The Fed at April 09, 2014 09:05 AM (thLL

In that event, just shoot me please.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 05:05 AM (DrWcr)

233 You're going to need something a little harder than coffee...

I'm still only joking about taking a vodka sippy cup to work, but I found a plausible one in my garage last weekend.

Posted by: HR at April 09, 2014 05:06 AM (hO8IJ)

234 Hey EC. How goes it?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 09:03 AM (DrWcr)

Wut up?

Starting my work day: ignoring emails, priority tasks, and meetings so I can wait for the Morning Dump.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2014 05:06 AM (GQ8sn)

235 Zero Tolerance is the crowning glory of mindless leftard stupidity. The pinnicle.

Posted by: maddogg at April 09, 2014 05:06 AM (xWW96)

236 In that event, just shoot me please. I'll notify the BLM. They need some live target practice...

Posted by: Eff The Fed at April 09, 2014 05:06 AM (thLL8)

237 Wut up?
Starting my work day: ignoring emails, priority tasks, and meetings so I can wait for the Morning Dump.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2014 09:06 AM (GQ8sn)

Heh. About the same here.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 05:06 AM (DrWcr)

238 Except, wall-mounted crank phone with no dial, party line, Operator answering, Number Ple-ase. Posted by: mindful webworker, whose 1st phone had no dial at April 09, 2014 09:01 AM (Tqh1Y) Pennsylvania 6-5000! BR-549

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 05:07 AM (NKBxV)

239

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 08:53 AM (hDwVv)

Not me. No, not going to happen. Un uh. I will resist.

Posted by: MTF at April 09, 2014 05:07 AM (LISuA)

240 Zero Tolerance is the crowning glory of mindless leftard stupidity. The pinnicle. Posted by: maddogg at April 09, 2014 09:06 AM (xWW96) Mindless Lefty- "It takes two to fight!" Sane person- "Yes! Because when only one person does it, they call it 'a beating!'"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 05:07 AM (PYAXX)

241

Art'Ette ... in this case, I'd say Nevada State Gov't is more than grateful to say "Sorry, our hands are tied".

Use the issue to gather votes ? Sure. Actually oppose this ? Please.

This is how it works.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 05:07 AM (eOhsF)

242 the scoamf's aunt zetuni is dead http://tinyurl.com/kqabffr

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at April 09, 2014 05:08 AM (u8GsB)

243 Ah, the BLM tortoise story has hit the drudge too.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 05:08 AM (IXrOn)

244 That knife had a thirty-round clip. And a shoulder thing that goes up.

Posted by: --- at April 09, 2014 05:08 AM (MMC8r)

245

I'm still only joking about taking a vodka sippy cup to work, but I found a plausible one in my garage last weekend.

Posted by: HR at April 09, 2014 09:06 AM (hO8IJ)

Here's one for the classy moron or moronette on the go:

http://tinyurl.com/l3723l3

Posted by: Insomniac at April 09, 2014 05:09 AM (DrWcr)

246 Can anyone spot the glaring error? I'm shocked - shocked - that no one at Rolling Stone has a clue about the Constitution. Took me a sec, and it made me laugh out loud, but sadly, I'm sure Rolling Stone isn't in the minority.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 09, 2014 05:09 AM (HLprW)

247 Art'Ette ... in this case, I'd say Nevada State Gov't is more than grateful to say "Sorry, our hands are tied".

Use the issue to gather votes ? Sure. Actually oppose this ? Please.

This is how it works.

Posted by: ScoggDog at April 09, 2014 09:07 AM (eOhsF)

Sandoval's response doesn't seem like he's going to do shit.

Posted by: EC at April 09, 2014 05:10 AM (GQ8sn)

248 You have to read this. If you think that agencies like the BLM should have this type of dictatorial authority over ordinary citizens to protect the desert tortoise- well...

This is nothing less than totalitarianism. And that's not hyperbole.

Rancher: armed feds are surrounding my farm

http://tinyurl.com/qypygym

Posted by: Marcus T at April 09, 2014 05:11 AM (GGCsk)

249 PETA looking to turn Jeffery Dahmer's childhood home into a vegan resturant. @ Drudge.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 05:11 AM (NKBxV)

250

Wut up?Starting my work day: ignoring emails, priority tasks, and meetings so I can wait for the Morning Dump.
Posted by: EC at April 09, 2014 09:06 AM (GQ8sn)

That makes two of us.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 05:13 AM (zF6Iw)

251 Well this is not good for Obama Care. NY Slime story, maybe fire walled. Express Scripts says prescription drug costs for new enrollees with HIV is FOUR times as high as employee plans. All in all old and sick people are enrolling. No wonder the ghey's love Obamacare, we get to pay for their medicine. Off to the bath houses we go! http://tinyurl.com/muyxcj8

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 09, 2014 05:13 AM (0FSuD)

252 People are being searched out and targetting by helo's/drones if they have "illegal ponds" now. It's so surreal. The only one pounding on this is Rand Paul, I believe. The NSA and other snooping and privacy, rights issues.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 05:13 AM (IXrOn)

253 "Whoa! School knife attack in Pennsylvania. 20 wounded, none dead, suspect is a student, in custody. Whoah whoah whoah, now just hold on a gosh darn second! Guns are what make people go crazy and try to kill people. This is unpossible!!

Posted by: Liberal Struggling to Grasp Reality at April 09, 2014 05:13 AM (HLprW)

254 228 Whoa! School knife attack in Pennsylvania. 20 wounded, none dead, suspect is a student, in custody. Lemme guess, an assault knife with the thing that goes up?

Posted by: Citizen X at April 09, 2014 05:14 AM (7ObY1)

255 Wut? We were just executing a warrant. For the children, you see.

Posted by: BLM at April 09, 2014 05:14 AM (V7Vq6)

256 Posted by: Marcus T at April 09, 2014 09:11 AM (GGCsk) I think you're the 3rd one to post it so far. And, yes, it is jack-booted totalitarianism. And Utah's government seems quite content with this (literal) invasion of their borders by the Federal Government. Second look at the Articles of Confederation?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at April 09, 2014 05:15 AM (PYAXX)

257 Dump up!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 05:15 AM (NKBxV)

258 Knife attack! We need to ban samurai swords and broadswords!

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at April 09, 2014 05:15 AM (UyYYt)

259

Once, while seeing America, I worked on a ranch in Montana through the summer months. Most physically demanding work of my life, by the way. Anyway, ranchers (then, but probably still) have a real dislike/hate relationship with the BLM. The Feds own so much land that for generations has been used as summer grazing land (and is critical to beef production) that ranchers have to work with them, but they totally resent the sense of servitude BLM encourages. My own reaction was that it sure was nice of the Feds to put up all the capital to keep the grazing land available for the ranchers, and if you didn't like it you (the rancher) should try to buy a bigger ranch. Problem is, the Feds really do own most all the suitable land.

But, really, why is the tortoise even at issue here? Cows just wander around and eat grass. People are rarely there. Why does the tortoise's existence mean the land cannot be used? It doesn't-- this is just the enviros trying to empty the land and return it totally to the wild.

Posted by: MTF at April 09, 2014 05:15 AM (LISuA)

260 "nah It was just the truth. It was funny and endearing. Nothing to read into it." The husband side of me, who loves Mrs VIA, took it exactly as you intended, Then the "Moron" side took over. No insult intended towards you.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 09, 2014 05:16 AM (hDwVv)

261 I know the internet has destroyed my reading ability and comprehension so I'm asking those in the horde smarter then me to 'splain the Seymour Hersh story because it makes no sense to me. I know my reading comprehension has been destroyed by the internet because I read that my reading comprehension has been ruined on the internet. So Obama wanted to start WWIII but chickened out? Was talked out of it by the Chief's joint? Was set up? Wanted to be a big war hero like Bush in Iraq and lost his nerve? Got set up by faulty intelligence? Got set up by Erdoğan ? Got played by Putin? Wanted to be a great political leader and have his plans for WWIII approved by congress and he thought they would, or he thought congress would not approve and give him an escape? Or did all of this happen because all of Obama's political advisers were constructing this huge vehicle to make Obama appear to be a World Leader and when it came time for Obama to give the order. . . .ok see, that's what I don't get. Who did what to whom? I see from the comments that some on this sometimes smart military blog say that Hersh is not a credible source. . . and I know from reading on the internet that someone can say a thing and someone else can say the opposite thing and some poor schmuck like me will never know the truth because peons like me can't handle the truth and because the 'players' don't want the masses to know the truth and after a while there is no truth because truth is subjective. So somebody tell me what to think! Please! I hate not knowing.

Posted by: Zen Smith Jr. at April 09, 2014 05:16 AM (6U5EU)

262

Except, wall-mounted crank phone with no dial, party line, Operator answering, Number Ple-ase.
Posted by: mindful webworker, whose 1st phone had no dial at April 09, 2014 09:01 AM (Tqh1Y)

Pennsylvania 6-5000!

BR-549

Posted by: rickb223 at April 09, 2014 09:07 AM (NKBxV)

BEechwood 4-5789.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 05:16 AM (zF6Iw)

263 note to those looking at the Dreyfus-Rolling Stone article, scroll down to the full cover. The top photo doesn't show the error.

Posted by: mindful webworker, whose 1st phone had no dial at April 09, 2014 05:17 AM (Pm4tN)

264 America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! (except for land under BLM management.) http://tinyurl.com/paanbtg

Posted by: RWC at April 09, 2014 05:18 AM (fWAjv)

265 "A university that prides itself on social justice and equality should not hold up someone who is an outright Islamophobic." (from Brandeis U. article- quote from a female Muslim student re: Ayaan Hirsi Ali) TRANSLATION: "We believe in inclusiveness of all beliefs as long as the holder of those beliefs only believes what we say they must believe." SHORTER TRANSLATION: "We keeeeel you!"

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 05:18 AM (MKpBT)

266 Wut up?Starting my work day: ignoring emails, priority tasks, and meetings so I can wait for the Morning Dump. Posted by: EC at April 09, 2014 09:06 AM (GQ8sn) That makes two of us. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 09, 2014 09:13 AM (zF6Iw) ha, you guys... have to get some stuff done myself cya's love and goodbye song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JGTCAcpGfE

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 09, 2014 05:18 AM (IXrOn)

267 And the Brandeis administration folded like a cheap paper towel.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 05:18 AM (MKpBT)

268 Gutless!

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 05:18 AM (MKpBT)

269 Cows just wander around and eat grass. People are rarely there. Why does the tortoise's existence mean the land cannot be used? **** Are you serious? Have you ever seen the way cows treat tortoises and other slow-moving reptiles after the sun goes down. Sure daytime is all "moo, moo this" and "moo, moo that", but when it gets dark outside there are parts of the high desert that tortoises scurry through clutching their purses. Cows be all flashing gang signs and shit.

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 05:24 AM (MKpBT)

270 Tortoises are snitches! Cows With Guns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5s5qGg01nE

Posted by: Anti-Commie Pug at April 09, 2014 05:32 AM (8c12T)

271 Can we stop with the effing camel? It was never funny.

Posted by: In the bunker at April 09, 2014 05:37 AM (lFQfB)

272 #56, you forgot Silverado.

Posted by: delayna at April 09, 2014 05:48 AM (KnC4k)

273 Shut it, hump boy.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at April 09, 2014 05:51 AM (1hM1d)

274 "3:10 to Yuma was one of the last movies I rented before Blockbuster folded. I turned it off after about 30 min. I thought it blew chunks."

The original, starring Glenn Ford, was quite good: very tense.

Posted by: Brown Line at April 09, 2014 06:04 AM (VrNoa)

275

Finis

Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 09, 2014 06:35 AM (lHb9q)

276 Vic,

I had a hard time reading all the stupid in that article about Hirsi Ali. What a tragedy.

Per the article, she's "islamophobic"? WTF? She's endured as much pain and suffering at the hands of islam as any victim of islam. She is clearly qualified to speak out against that bullshit.

Posted by: Chinaacid at April 09, 2014 06:41 AM (xU4FN)

277 Anyone live in the Murrysville/ Pittsburgh area?

Went to that school, haven't lived there in 30+ years.
It's on the NW corner of 22 and ?School? rd in the center of Murrysville which is ~20 miles east of Pittsburgh on 22. Big campus. Called Franklin Regional so FRHS or Franklin.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 09, 2014 07:16 AM (DL2i+)

278 AoS lifestyle at Mcdonalds: http://tinyurl.com/kxzxmt3

Posted by: Joe Bar at April 09, 2014 11:48 AM (dHHIr)

279 Some other movie? Don't you mean Red Belt, David Mamet's MMA masterpiece?

Posted by: Percy Gryce at April 09, 2014 08:21 PM (/JTkz)

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