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May 24, 2012

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— CAC

So overnight, more polling came out in favor of Governor Walker: a seventh straight poll showing him ahead.

Well, there's more potential bad news for Tom Barrett to kick things off for Thursday. Looks like an awful lot of people are are now interested in what is really happening in his city, crime wise. Oopsie!

Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren's recent bout of silliness hasn't cost her in the polls, at least according to Suffolk University, which finds her trailing incumbent Scott Brown by just 47%-48%.

Finally, NBC finds President Obama leading in three swing states (shocker) but by far, far smaller margins than their last round of polls with Marist: Ohio (48-42), Florida (48-44, contradicting Quinnipiac), and Virginia (48-44).

Posted by: CAC at 03:02 AM | Comments (535)
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1 Good Morning Morons. Today is Thursday May 24, 2012. On this day in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic. It is hard to believe this bridge has been in service that long.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:23 AM (YdQQY)

2 Recall the case last year of the stupid teen caught shoplifting who gave her name as an illegal alien and said she was from Columbia. After being deported to Columbia because of her lies she is now suing (of course).

It was the State Departments and Immigrations responsibility to know she was lying. This will be an interesting case to watch. The big question in my mind is "will Holder's DOJ actually defend the case"? Why do I ask that? Look at the picture in the article. The DOJ is known for either dismissing criminal cases or not defending civil cses in these instances.

http://is.gd/NJIDoi

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

3 Woman who was artificially inseminated by her dead husband sperm wants son to collect SS benefits even though son born 2 years after husband died. For some stupid and unknown reason the feds have left this up to the States. All of you know that I am in favor of States having authority over State matters. This is not a State matter. In any case, the idea is ludicrous. This case should have been thrown out of court ad the woman publicly ridiculed in stocks.

http://is.gd/wXOiUR

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

4 Remember those drones they were going to use to monitor people with? Well they are considering arming them now. Make no mistake people. Every single time the police are given a new weapon system they will use it.

http://is.gd/w6pJPv

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

5 Senate now ready to move an FDA bill forward with its amendments. Looking at this list of crap I think the entire bill should be killed.

http://is.gd/789R7F

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:25 AM (YdQQY)

6 Harry crooked Reid is holding the Senate vote for the bull shit LOST treaty until the damn lame duck session after the election. What absolute bullshit. What we need to do is eliminate damned lame duck sessions. To move something this important to a lame duck session is criminal.

http://is.gd/xkB82e

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:25 AM (YdQQY)

7 More "social justice" at work here? Denver civil service panel reinstates cop after he was fired for driving drunk at 143 mph. He had also been charged with pulling a gun on McDonald's employees but was found "not guilty" by jury. It seems that he did in fact pull the gun because there were multiple witnesses. This guy does not need to be a cop and why the commission overroad the police chief is a damned mystery.

http://is.gd/gANT23

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:25 AM (YdQQY)

8 NY Republicans want to ban anonymous comments on the internet???? This shows the total dysfunction of the NY Republican Party folks.

http://is.gd/LLO2zk

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:26 AM (YdQQY)

9
Incredible, Vomiting Puke lets forth even more outrageous lies. They just keep getting bigger and bigger and he and the MFM see nothing wrong.

At a fundraiser for his re-election campaign in Denver tonight, President Obama set out to upend conventional Republican wisdom that his administration has been defined by excessive government spending.

Then it gets worse

"I just point out it always goes up least under Democratic presidents. This other side, I don't know how they've been bamboozling folks into thinking that they are the responsible, fiscally-disciplined party. They run up these wild debts and then when we take over, we've got to clean it up.

Her references a "study" by CBS. Hahahahahahahaha

http://is.gd/Rp5yZn

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:26 AM (YdQQY)

10 Tell me why all these asshole liberal TV shows and networks should not be hit for in-kind contributions.

http://is.gd/3sjtfu

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:26 AM (YdQQY)

11 Nikki Haley is going to WI to support Walker against the unions. And this Democrat PR rag does a remarkably "balanced" story. <sarc>.

Gov. Nikki Haley is joining forces with a fellow union basher, a polarizing governor in a fight for his political life.

Note: Unlike Obama, no taxpayer funds are being spent on this trip. Walker's political committee is paying for the trip.

http://is.gd/RlItXu

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:27 AM (YdQQY)

12 My local constabulary, which consisted on six people when I moved here, now is 32 people with enough arms for the Apocalypse, mostly courtesy of grants for Uncle Sam.

Posted by: toby928© at May 24, 2012 03:27 AM (NG097)

13 from

Posted by: toby928© at May 24, 2012 03:27 AM (NG097)

14 You think you can avoid snakes just because you live in a city like Columbia? Think again after looking at this photo.

http://is.gd/p6bLcU

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:27 AM (YdQQY)

15 Katie wants to interview Palin again. Palin should agree, but only if it is live or she has control over the editing. She should be wiser now. Otherwise it should be a big FU to Katie the shitbag.

http://is.gd/KHDbTv

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:28 AM (YdQQY)

16 And speaking of Palin, background on how she came to endorse RINO Hatch.

http://is.gd/Kxi7IV

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:28 AM (YdQQY)

17 More climaquiddick according to this article this was found out a few days ago. Cherry-picking the tree ring data for the Northern Russian samples. Hahahahaha, that was exposed at least several years ago in a video released by the anti-AGW folks.

http://is.gd/UH9adu

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:29 AM (YdQQY)

18 Yet another reason stacked on top of tons of reasons for getting the hell out of the U.N.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), created in 1970 and based in Madrid, identifies itself as the "United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism." It announced last year that Zambia and Zimbabwe jointly "won the bid" to host the 20th session of the UNWTO General Assembly in 2013. Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has been appointed a "United Nations international tourism ambassador" in recognition of the promotion and development of tourism.

http://is.gd/GmWgsK

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:29 AM (YdQQY)

19 Wonder what breakfast in NYC cost at a famous hotel? Check this out and keep in mind that this would cost you about $10 to $12 + tip here.

http://is.gd/gEFPgV

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:29 AM (YdQQY)

20
Well that's it for news this morning.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:30 AM (YdQQY)

21 Keep it going Vic. Hope all is well health wise. I'm going back to sleep.

Posted by: CAC at May 24, 2012 03:30 AM (Lzkb/)

22 CBS polls? Kinda like 8-track tapes

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 03:31 AM (05RcU)

23 14 You think you can avoid snakes just because you live in a city like Columbia? Think again after looking at this photo.

http://is.gd/p6bLcU

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:27 AM (YdQQY)

Its a Black Rat snake...Porn star Mandingo has been MIA for several days as well. Hmmmm??

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 03:31 AM (eavT+)

24 Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren's recent bout of silliness hasn't cost her in the polls,

******

Someone should tell her that, according to Bart Simpson, Indian burns are not part of her cultural heritage.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:31 AM (piMMO)

25 Woman who was artificially inseminated by her dead husband sperm wants son to collect SS benefits even though son born 2 years after husband died. For some stupid and unknown reason the feds have left this up to the States. All of you know that I am in favor of States having authority over State matters. This is not a State matter. In any case, the idea is ludicrous. This case should have been thrown out of court ad the woman publicly ridiculed in stocks. http://is.gd/wXOiUR Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:24 AM (YdQQY) It'd be nice if they let the states decide whether we even had to pay into that boondoggle. Seriously, I almost want to root for the mom just because social security screws over those who die young, and their families/widows in such an abominable way. And because it's not like it'll be there when she (and I) are old enough to retire on it.

Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 24, 2012 03:32 AM (snRY5)

26 Wonder what breakfast in NYC cost at a famous hotel? A decade ago, I paid $3 per egg for breakfast in SF. I'm surprised that there wasn't a thriving black market for the morning orbs. Good morning, Vic, and thanks for the news.

Posted by: toby928© at May 24, 2012 03:32 AM (NG097)

27 Its a Black Rat snake...Porn star Mandingo has been MIA for several days as well. Hmmmm??

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A 12'-15' rat snake?

Someone needs to put it in a zoo. Or a museum.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:32 AM (piMMO)

28 I'm going back to sleep.

Posted by: CAC at May 24, 2012 07:30 AM (Lzkb/)

Goodnight CAC, and I'm doing good.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:33 AM (YdQQY)

29 A 12'-15' rat snake?

Someone needs to put it in a zoo. Or a museum.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 07:32 AM (piMMO)

Or in my...oh nevermind.

Posted by: S. Flook at May 24, 2012 03:34 AM (eavT+)

I can't help but wonder what would happen if we told the UN to pound sand, move to Brussels and take their bullshit with them.

I caught part of the C-Span coverage of the LOTS panel yesterday with Shrillary (shudder). One lawmaker whose name escapes me ended his session with a nice slam of that despicable organization. Good on him.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 03:34 AM (d0Tfm)

31 Remember those drones they were going to use to monitor people with? Well they are considering arming them now. Make no mistake people. Every single time the police are given a new weapon system they will use it.

****

And as someone here said yesterday, 15 minutes after they arm the drones, some kid will hack into it for a rousing game of taunt the neighbors.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:34 AM (piMMO)

32 What is the liklihood that NBC only polled in 3 states (Ohio, Florida and Virginia) and that these 3 states that they randomly chose just so happen to be states where Obama can claim a lead? Did NBC poll in other states? What where those results? Did they poll nationally? Is Obama ahead, or behind Romney? The fact that they only released the results of these three states says it all: Obama is in trouble in all the other battleground states, and nationally trails Mitt Romney. Like Pravda, what NBC doesn't report is far more interesting than what they DO report.

Posted by: someguy at May 24, 2012 03:35 AM (sEXZ/)

33 NY Republicans want to ban anonymous comments on the internet???? This shows the total dysfunction of the NY Republican Party folks.

****

How do they feel about sockpuppeting?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:36 AM (piMMO)

28 I'm going back to sleep.

Posted by: CAC at May 24, 2012 07:30 AM (Lzkb/)

How dare you...the polls don't sleep!! Now get back to work crunching numbers and makning HUGE pretty maps for us!!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 03:36 AM (eavT+)

35 It is not unusual to find rat snakes over 10 feet long folks. It is unusual to find them in a metropolitan area like Columbia.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:36 AM (YdQQY)

36 What is the liklihood that NBC only polled in 3 states (Ohio, Florida and Virginia) and that these 3 states that they randomly chose just so happen to be states where Obama can claim a lead?

****

Quinnipiac has Romney ahead of Obama by 6% in Florida.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:37 AM (piMMO)

37 NBC/Marist poll sample FL +8 Dems, OH +9 Dems, VA +2 Dems

Ogabe is going down faster than Barney Frank on a cabana boy

Meanwhile, Bubba is busted with porn stars in Monaco

http://tinyurl.com/6tkgwgv

Oh my...Mission Asspossible??

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 03:38 AM (Yhu4q)

38 The NBC poll, like most news polls, is totally worthless in that they polled "registered voters". (or that is all they counted)

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:39 AM (YdQQY)

Did all the Moron sub-bloggers participate in the Breitbart-inspired Burst today on Brett Kimberlin? I did.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 03:41 AM (d0Tfm)

40 There is no fucking way the JEF is winning Ohio. NBC can ram their polls up Matt Lauer's vag.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 24, 2012 03:41 AM (jsM/G)

41 Gout sucks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton's right toe at May 24, 2012 03:41 AM (MCDCp)

42 Man in custody after implicating himself in the Etan Patz case.

http://bit.ly/KFPJQo

There is no statute of limitations on murdering children you sonofabitch, whomever you may be.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:43 AM (piMMO)

43 Re: Fuaxcahontas. As I have been saying. It didn't matter to Massachusetts voters that Ted Kennedy killed a woman. (Re-elected 7 times). It didn't matter to Massachusetts voters that Gerry Studds molested a House Page. (Re-elected 9 times). Why should they suddenly discover some strain of ethics because a shrill socialist law professor lied about her ancestry? My personal theory is that Massachusetts voters just plain hate the rest of America, and send the worst possible politicians to Washington as punishment to the other states.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 24, 2012 03:45 AM (gPDxp)

44 Gout sucks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton's right toe at May 24, 2012 07:41 AM (MCDCp)

Cherry juice....real cherry juice, not the sugar water they sell in the juice aisle. If your grocery store has a 'organic' section, it might be there.

Morning all!

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 03:45 AM (X6akg)

45 There is no fucking way the JEF is winning Ohio. NBC can ram their polls up Matt Lauer's vag.

****

I read an article a few weeks ago about Obama trying to take credit for the work that Kasich has done there. The same is happening in Florida with Rick Scott.

They are trying to pit Republican governors against Romney by saying that the claims the governors make about an improved economy/lower unemployment disprove Romney's claims against Obama.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:46 AM (piMMO)

There is no fucking way the JEF is winning Ohio. NBC can ram their polls up Matt Lauer's vag.

Or Florida. We booted the Idiot Alan Grayson out (and he's running again in the new district, heh) and we'll be getting rid of DWS soon too.

Lefty tears will be ambrosia, their cries as birdsong, and they shall rend their garments in grief...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 03:46 AM (d0Tfm)

47 At a fundraiser for his re-election campaign in Denver tonight, President Obama set out to upend conventional Republican wisdom that his administration has been defined by excessive government spending. ====================== Um, really? http://youtu.be/K-JuE9esfUc

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 24, 2012 03:47 AM (gPDxp)

48 Or Florida. We booted the Idiot Alan Grayson out (and he's running again in the new district, heh) and we'll be getting rid of DWS soon too.

*****

If only. The folks down there seem to loves them some crazy.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:47 AM (piMMO)

49 39
Did all the Moron sub-bloggers participate in the Breitbart-inspired Burst today on Brett Kimberlin? I did.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 07:41 AM (d0Tfm)

Isn't that going down tomorrow? Or is this some other Evil Right WIng extremist plot that I missed the boat on?

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 03:47 AM (eavT+)

50 The Milwaukee crime thing...been going on for a long time. The blog Badger Blogger has spent a lot of time on Milwaukee crime for several years; one of the bloggers there is a former chief of police who got run out when his approach was to effective (increased patrols in high-incident areas = raaaaaaacist).

http://badgerblogger.com/

The most egregious "mis-coding" incident of 2011 would be the racially-motivated mob assaults in Riverwest on July 3 (precursor to State Fair mob assualts), where they coded 20 victims, assaulted by more than a dozen perps, as one crime. You think the city should spend resources on one youthful hijink? Pfft! Raaaaaacist! And the kids got the message.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 24, 2012 03:49 AM (hO8IJ)

Isn't that going down tomorrow? Or is this some other Evil Right WIng extremist plot that I missed the boat on?

Shit, this isn't Friday, is it?

brb...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 03:49 AM (d0Tfm)

52 Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 07:45 AM (X6akg) I guzzle it regularly. Probably all the canned tuna and sushi I've had this week catching up on me. Different sites tell you different things. Infuriating. I'm turning into an alta-cocker a bit too soon for my liking.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 24, 2012 03:49 AM (MCDCp)

53 Good morning! Pertinent items I can add to the thread:

1. Have a friend who is a teacher in Georgia. She had a student who deliberately failed all classes so he could keep collecting Social Security.

2. Email from husband this morning says they arrested 30 Chinese illegally mining gold on the mine property. (Western Africa.)

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 03:50 AM (GoIUi)

54 At a fundraiser for his re-election campaign in Denver tonight, President Obama set out to upend conventional Republican wisdom that his administration has been defined by excessive government spending.

*****

Would that be the same fundraiser where 20% of ticket holders failed to show?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:50 AM (piMMO)

55 I just thought of something. CAC lives in CA. That means he had to get up at 4 a.m. to post this thread.

Now that is dedication.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:50 AM (YdQQY)

56 Shit, this isn't Friday, is it? Cocaine is a helluva drug.

Posted by: Rick James at May 24, 2012 03:52 AM (MMC8r)

57 Shit, this isn't Friday, is it?

****

I did that last week. My daughter looked at me like I was crazy when I asked her what her plans were for the next day, thinking it was Saturday.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 03:52 AM (piMMO)

58 Meanwhile, Bubba is busted with porn stars in Monaco

http://tinyurl.com/6tkgwgv

Oh my...Mission Asspossible??

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 07:38 AM (Yhu4q)

Ooooh...evil porn Ginger. The most deviant, sinister soul steeler of their kind. Bubba best get out of town fast! Oh wait...crooked cock lost his soul years ago...carry on Bubba!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 03:53 AM (eavT+)

59 PJ tv Robinson interviews "NO THEY CAN'T"
Uncommon Knowledge:
John Stossel on Why the Media Hates Business and Why Governments Fail

Posted by: International Order of Fabulists at May 24, 2012 03:53 AM (lpWVn)

60 Just clicked on the link with Slick Willy posing with the porn chicks. Awesome!!!!! Weaponize that and pole-vault over the MSM embargo (to coin a Pelosi phrase). The Dems are running out of left feet to shoot.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 24, 2012 03:54 AM (MCDCp)

61 55 or he stayed up until

Posted by: International Order of Fabulists at May 24, 2012 03:54 AM (lpWVn)

62 Rep King of NY says Obama adm did in fact out the Pakistani Doctor.

http://is.gd/L44a2J

Yes, the Vomiting turd and his cronies do not give a damn about anything except helping themselves. But let's jail Scooter Libby even though we know he wasn't the one who talked about Valerie Plame.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 03:55 AM (YdQQY)

63 That Vilsack asshole is "proposing" new limitations to curb food stamp fraud--you'll only be able to sell your card for cash twice a year, ooooooh. I don't expect the USDA to adopt them; the important part is we all read the AP article, are duped into thinking something is being done, and shut up (raaaaaaacists.)

http://t.co/pVRdAAxp

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 24, 2012 03:55 AM (hO8IJ)

64 Shit, this isn't Friday, is it?

brb...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 07:49 AM (d0Tfm)

Meh...no the feeling. I've been hankerin for a Friday beer since Monday.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 03:55 AM (eavT+)

65 This guy does not need to be a cop and why the commission overroad the police chief is a damned mystery.

http://is.gd/gANT23

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:25 AM (YdQQY)

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Because that's what they do. The police here have gotten away with far worse than this. Between this board and the police union, it is almost impossible for a Denver cop to receive more than a slap on the wrist let alone be fired. Honestly, since moving to an inner city neighborhood, I've felt my life is more threatened by cops than robbers.

I blame the former Democrat governor, Bill Ritter, who as Denver DA could never find enough evidence to prosecute the police for outrageous, even murderous, conduct.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 24, 2012 03:56 AM (vXucy)

66 45
Fauxcobama '12!
/credit where due/

Posted by: International Order of Fabulists at May 24, 2012 03:57 AM (lpWVn)

67 Those porn stars look hawt.

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

68 you'll only be able to sell your card for cash twice a year, ooooooh. The solution to fraud is to schedule it. Is there any surprise our government is useless?

Posted by: nickless at May 24, 2012 03:57 AM (MMC8r)

I did that last week. My daughter looked at me like I was crazy when I asked her what her plans were for the next day, thinking it was Saturday.

Well, they don't call us Morons for nuthin.' And I should pat myself on the back, I had one pageview already, and I had posted that right before I came here this morning.

I suppose that just goes along with my skewed sense of time. For some reason, everything I remember feels like it happened last summer. And I'm sure having a regular schedule would help.

Oh, well...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 03:57 AM (d0Tfm)

70 Vic's post at 11 makes me want to hurt people.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 24, 2012 03:57 AM (hO8IJ)

71 Someone should check to see if the disgraced Secret Service agents had spent a lot of time on Bill Clinton's detail.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 03:58 AM (GoIUi)

72 Vic's post at 11 makes me want to hurt people.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 24, 2012 07:57 AM (hO8IJ)

Balanced article correct?

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 04:00 AM (YdQQY)

73 I don't think Obamadogeater will win Ohio, Florida or Virginia. You have to consider the MFM have a dogeater in the hunt. They helped him get elected last time and will do all they can to help him now. Thing is, he has a record now. A miserable record.

Posted by: Case at May 24, 2012 04:00 AM (GxTMf)

74
Yes, the Vomiting turd and his cronies do not give a damn about anything except helping themselves. But let's jail Scooter Libby even though we know he wasn't the one who talked about Valerie Plame.

*****

I saw yesterday where Fitzgerald has resigned.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:00 AM (piMMO)

75 Vic's post at 11 makes me want to hurt people. Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 24, 2012 07:57 AM (hO8IJ) you're telling me...

Posted by: Nikki Haley, pinata version at May 24, 2012 04:01 AM (snRY5)

76 Lefty tears will be ambrosia, their cries as birdsong, and they shall rend their garments in grief...Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 07:46 AM

Very poetic. I'm using that.

For myself I thought lefty tears always tasted like sunshine.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 04:01 AM (sbV1u)

77 >>Balanced article correct?

Oh yeah. The word "bash" has no violent connotations whatsoever.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 24, 2012 04:01 AM (hO8IJ)

78 How would one go about making a Brett Kimberlin wikipedia entry?

Is it hard?

(thatswhatshesaid)

Posted by: Matt in Maine at May 24, 2012 04:02 AM (gWLRb)

79 12 My local constabulary, which consisted on six people when I moved here, now is 32 people with enough arms for the Apocalypse, mostly courtesy of grants for Uncle Sam.

Posted by: toby928Â© at May 24, 2012 07:27 AM (NG097)

And if you have a food storage etc. they will be coming for it when the shit hits the fan

Posted by: Beto at May 24, 2012 04:02 AM (cYQg0)

80 Well, they don't call us Morons for nuthin.' And I should pat myself on the back, I had one pageview already, and I had posted that right before I came here this morning.

*****

You done good. It's never too early to get the word out about that bastard.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:03 AM (piMMO)

@9 re Obama remarks in Denver on fiscal prudence.

At least there appears to be some Obama fatigue here. Many no shows at his seemingly weekly fund raiser. And protesters.

http://tinyurl.com/7l72emd

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 24, 2012 04:03 AM (vXucy)

82 How would one go about making a Brett Kimberlin wikipedia entry?

Is it hard?

*****

What does it tell you that there isn't one already?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:03 AM (piMMO)

Lefty tears will be ambrosia, their cries as birdsong, and they shall rend their garments in grief...Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 07:46 AM

**

Ooh..thats a Tweeter!

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

What does it tell you that there isn't one already?

IIRC, the previous one was removed.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 04:05 AM (d0Tfm)

85 Romney on FandF now.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:05 AM (piMMO)

86 Hmmmm... is there evidence of shenanigans with the OBL takedown situation room photos?

http://tinyurl.com/72slppa

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 04:06 AM (Yhu4q)

Mitt Romney to enter the belly of the beast today: West Philly. He will be speaking at a charter school, public not invited.

***

Local dem pols aghast at Obama's anti-PE stance. Ed Rendell disagrees outright and Chris Coons - DE senator won't comment while making favorable noises re: big business. Maybe because DE's economy depends heavily on the finance industry?

Posted by: kallisto at May 24, 2012 04:07 AM (jm/9g)

88 I am mostly lurker here but a very devoted lurker. I totally missed the drama 3 years ago. Was there really an epic battle 3 years ago with a Paulbot, a Tranny and a drunk?

Posted by: long island at May 24, 2012 04:08 AM (kzp9t)

89 Oh dear, the pic of Kankles on Drudge reminds me of a wicked witch character from a Disney flick.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 04:08 AM (eavT+)

90 White House, Joint Chiefs, CIA, Hollywood spiel war flick,

Fauxcobama Fucks Rambo Terminator.
He came. He saw. He conquered America.

/shit, Stossel agreed with Robinson that the word is Obama's likely to get re-elected (regardless of turnout, "government" does not correctly count anything, including votes), leaving us here in a meaningless echo chamber -- unless of course we rally the chorus: NO YOU CAN'T.

Posted by: International Order of Fabulists at May 24, 2012 04:09 AM (lpWVn)

91 I am mostly lurker here but a very devoted lurker. I totally missed the drama 3 years ago. Was there really an epic battle 3 years ago with a Paulbot, a Tranny and a drunk? Posted by: long island at May 24, 2012 08:08 AM (kzp9t) --------------------- Also, were the Paulbot, Tranny and drunk three different people, or was it just one overachiever?

Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 24, 2012 04:12 AM (snRY5)

92 Interesting that when oil is unexpectedly at $90.60, no one is cheering for the speculators.

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 24, 2012 04:12 AM (i3+c5)

93 88 I am mostly lurker here but a very devoted lurker. I totally missed the drama 3 years ago. Was there really an epic battle 3 years ago with a Paulbot, a Tranny and a drunk?

Posted by: long island at May 24, 2012 08:08 AM (kzp9t)

I am not the Paulbot or the Tranny you are looking for.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 04:13 AM (eavT+)

94 Well, I'm caught up here. Guess I'll go read the ONT and see if I can expand my vocabulary.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 24, 2012 04:14 AM (vXucy)

95 Romney said he would get unemployment down to 6% in his first term by repealing Obamacare, opening up domestic energy which would lower manufacturing costs and bring factories back to our shores, and tackling the deficit, which would bring us foreign investment.

Then he went after the teacher's unions and said that Obama says he's for poor people but goes with teachers union and their money rather than implementing reforms that would help the kids.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 04:15 AM (GoIUi)

There is no doubt in my mind that the FBI reporting was being gamed in order to reduce the Violent Crime Index. To have hundreds of reports miscategorized from violent felonies to non-violent misdemeanors requires a willful disregard for the elements of the crime -- these elements are clearly defined by state statute.

The city where I was did something a little similar. I did a lot of statistical analysis before I retired and I brought to the administration's attention that our Violent Crime Index was over 3 times the state average. Since the actual reporting of data to the FBI is voluntary, the city dealt with the problem by not reporting to the FBI the following year. Problem Solved: No data, No Violent Crime Index.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at May 24, 2012 04:15 AM (M0NzJ)

97 Earlier entry deleted because they were unsourced biographies of living persons, or attack entries. I think I could draft something "neutral" and well sourced, but don't get the nuts and bolts of how to post.

Wikipedia thinks he's deserving of an entry, but the ones that get posted don't meet their criteria.

Always read the statute . . .

Posted by: Matt in Maine at May 24, 2012 04:16 AM (gWLRb)

98 And Maet is a great guy and got my temporary banning lifted quickly. Stupid ONT.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 24, 2012 08:14 AM (OWjjx)

Wow....you too!? There were 2 others on the ONT that got banned. It appears they both tried to post on the old ONT. Did you try that also?

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 04:17 AM (X6akg)

99 Either the snake in the Columbia SC neighborhood isn't a rat snake, or it isn't 15 feet long. My wildlife guy thinks it is a python, state wildlife guy thinks rat snake with forced perspective & only 6 feet.

49% in the Suffolk poll think Warren is Indian, despite 72% claiming they've heard the story of her faked ancestry. Go figure!

Note that even in polls with favorable samples showing Obama ahead anywhere, he never reaches 50% in any competitive state.

Posted by: Adjoran at May 24, 2012 04:18 AM (VfmLu)

100 FandF promoting Stosssel's show for this weekend. The title is Rich Man, Poor Man.

He's been doing some really great stuff but it seems each weekend I'm the only moron watching him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:18 AM (piMMO)

101

Mitt was en fuego on F&F just now. Very calm and reassuring whilst bitch-slapping the SCOAMF and his policies.

Rubio up soon.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 04:18 AM (d0Tfm)

102 Mitt was en fuego on FF just now. Very calm and reassuring whilst bitch-slapping the SCOAMF and his policies.

*****

don't you miss ampersands?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:19 AM (piMMO)

103 19 Wonder what breakfast in NYC cost at a famous hotel? Check this out and keep in mind that this would cost you about $10 to $12 + tip here.

http://is.gd/gEFPgV

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:29 AM (YdQQY)

***

To be fair, it can include a complimentary copy of the NYT. That's a deal right there.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at May 24, 2012 04:20 AM (vXucy)

104

Re: Fauxcahontas running even with Scottie:

Remember Brown got a boost in his debate performance against Cokehead. "With respect, old dried up Gergen, this isn't the Kennedy seat. It's the People's seat!"

So maybe when he faces off with Lizawatha he'll get to deliver a similar KO punch.

Posted by: kallisto at May 24, 2012 04:21 AM (jm/9g)

105

don't you miss ampersands?

Where'd they go? I swear they were right here.

Curse you, Pixy's voracious computer hamsters! First they came for the spaces, and I said nothing...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 04:22 AM (d0Tfm)

106 So maybe when he faces off with Lizawatha he'll get to deliver a similar KO punch.

****

If she were capable of feeling shame she should have dropped out by now. The fact that she hasn't is telling of even deeper issues than just being a lying, manipulative, opportunistic shit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:23 AM (piMMO)

107 $24 for an omelet. Suckers.

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

108 Then he went after the teacher's unions and said that Obama says he's for poor people but goes with teachers union and their money rather than implementing reforms that would help the kids.

I heard that speech on the way in this morning. He didn't beat around the bush or use euphemisms, but went straight after the teacher's unions, by name, as the source of America's educatio problems. It was gold. So much for the mushy Mitt narrative.

Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 04:24 AM (YXmuI)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 04:25 AM (8y9MW)

110 He's been doing some really great stuff but it seems each weekend I'm the only moron watching him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 08:18 AM (piMMO)

I've been watching them. They are very good and maddening. Like reading News Busters after paying your household bills. You want to kick your puppeh and run over your Lib neighbor.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 04:26 AM (eavT+)

111 $24 for an omelet.

Suckers.

*****

Our company policy allows for $45 for dinner, $20 for lunch and, $15 for breakfast yet the hotels where the events I attend are located blow completely past those limits. Room service breakfast (basic breakfast) usually runs about $45.

My expense account forms are interesting as I always put something like "Ordered least expensive item on menu".

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:27 AM (piMMO)

112 Yeah, $67+tip for breakfast for two is kinda high. Especially when one of those was two eggs and bacon only.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 04:28 AM (YdQQY)

113 Yup. Sassypants had posted a "Last" comment.......well, like a moth to a flame I could not resist and dove in to claim "last" (lacey and I had an epic running battle to claim last on the now near immortal Ban Hammer I thread) and got banned.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 24, 2012 08:19 AM (OWjjx)

Wonder whatever happened to Sassypants? She and Lauraw use to organize the CT moron meetups.

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 04:28 AM (X6akg)

114 Fitzmas is done, taking toys and going home.

Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2012 04:28 AM (v9wwx)

115 But let's jail Scooter Libby even though we know he wasn't the one who talked about Valerie Plame.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:55 AM (YdQQY)

Fitz should've taken one look at the saggy titted whore file clerk and her fat turd husband and just said "What type of shit show is the CIA running", set the fucking place on fire and walked away. Speaking of fat turds, is Armitage doing gay porn yet?

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 24, 2012 04:29 AM (jsM/G)

116 while I live in the rural, Bible Belt of Virginia, I hear from fellow Republicans in Northern Virginia that Obama is running very strong there.

I fear November. If Romney wins Virginia, it will be a miracle

Posted by: kelley in virginia at May 24, 2012 04:29 AM (p3a8+)

117 My expense account forms are interesting as I always put something like "Ordered least expensive item on menu".

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 08:27 AM (piMMO)

When I first hired on in 1977 at my old company we were allowed $10/day for meals.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 04:29 AM (YdQQY)

118 CAC - On that NBC Florida poll..

Registered Voters
Democrat, 43
Republican, 35
Independent, 21

Do they do something to even those numbers out when releasing their results? That is really skewed toward Dems!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 24, 2012 04:29 AM (UTq/I)

119 Rubio was great as well on Fox and Friends. That's my Senator, right there.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 04:30 AM (d0Tfm)

120 I fear November. If Romney wins Virginia, it will be a miracle[i/]

Be of good cheer. You are going to be surprised. The parasite class will vote for him, but those with jobs, even the libs, have very little enthusiasm for him.

Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 04:31 AM (YXmuI)

121 Any Morons in the Sub community know if the Fire on the Miami started in fwd berthing, or was it somewhere else? News doesn't give specifics.

Posted by: Zakn at May 24, 2012 04:33 AM (zyaZ1)

122 I heard that speech on the way in this morning. He didn't beat around the bush or use euphemisms, but went straight after the teacher's unions, by name, as the source of America's educatio problems. It was gold. So much for the mushy Mitt narrative.

Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 08:24 AM (YXmuI)

I want to know what he is going to about the bloated waste of a mess that is the DOE. Just look at this monstrocity...

http://tinyurl.com/mcx6l

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 04:33 AM (eavT+)

123 When I first hired on in 1977 at my old company we were allowed $10/day for meals.

****

$10 a day? That seems low for even 1977.

My company is pretty great in that I am allowed to stay wherever an event is held so, if it's at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando or the Wynn in Vegas, they don't expect me to go down the street and stay at a Hampton Inn.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:33 AM (piMMO)

124 Mitt was en fuego on FF just now. Very calm and reassuring whilst bitch-slapping the SCOAMF and his policies.

Am I the only one who initially read that as "Mitt was en fuego on Fast and Furious just now" and got SUPER excited Romney was going to smash Obama's bag over it?

Now I'm just let down. Again.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 04:34 AM (CVVhG)

125 Did all the Moron sub-bloggers participate in the Breitbart-inspired Burst today on Brett Kimberlin? I did.

I thought that was tomorrow?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 04:35 AM (8y9MW)

126 If you think libs are afraid to elect an inveterate liar to the Senate, ask renowned war hero Dick Blumenthal.

Posted by: Martin at May 24, 2012 04:35 AM (iEea3)

127 $10 a day? That seems low for even 1977.

It was low, wasn't enough to cover if you ate 3 meals.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 04:35 AM (YdQQY)

128 while I live in the rural, Bible Belt of Virginia, I hear from fellow Republicans in Northern Virginia that Obama is running very strong there.

I fear November. If Romney wins Virginia, it will be a miracle

Posted by: kelley in virginia at May 24, 2012 08:29 AM (p3a8+)

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I'm in Fairfax. I'll be willing to bet Obama takes VA. There are too many Dem voters up here. Turnout won't be as depressed as people hope.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 04:35 AM (CVVhG)

129 I'm in Fairfax. I'll be willing to bet Obama takes VA. There are too many Dem voters up here. Turnout won't be as depressed as people hope.

****

How much Virginia territory is occupied by D.C. insiders?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:37 AM (piMMO)

130 Any Morons in the Sub community know if the Fire on the Miami started in fwd berthing, or was it somewhere else? News doesn't give specifics. Posted by: Zakn at May 24, 2012 08:33 AM (zyaZ1) They did not say.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 04:39 AM (05RcU)

131 #121 Chi-Town Jerry, CAC I was on Twitter early this morning when the Marist poll was released. The Buzzfeed boys and politico and Chuck Todd were immediately pushing those numbers.

I consider that NBC/Marist poll an emergency "make Obama sound better" poll done mainly so that the MSNBC fools could have happy Obama news to report.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 04:39 AM (GoIUi)

132

Now I'm just let down. Again.

Sorry about that. I had an ampersand in between the F's, but Pixy's hamsters ate it.

I'm confident that if the conversation ever turns to Fast and Furious, Mitt will bring up a few facts. He seems well prepared for just about any question that's asked of him and he answers in a fairly straightforward way.

Even though I still mourn the implosion of the Perry campaign, my enthusiasm for Mitt has grown quite a bit. A lot of it comes from the inevitability factor, but he's growing on me a lot. He's the anti-McLame.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 04:39 AM (d0Tfm)

133 Following Ratings Stumble, CNN Plots Revised Course By Alex Weprin on May 23, 2012 2:59 PM Â“There will be changes.Â” Hey how about trying to be Fair and Balanced?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 04:41 AM (05RcU)

134

He's been doing some really great stuff but it seems each weekend I'm the only moron watching him><<<

I watch him, too. Gonna write this next one up. Bill Whittle did something similar, but it's all charts, tables and his absolutely boring delivery that will keep anyone from giving a shit.

Stossel has these supposed indigents TELLING him on camera about their TV, air conditioning, cable, cell phones and Xboxes.

This is the best possible pushback against this bullshit OWS class warfare. Let these "downtrodden" souls tell everyone how they lay on our fucking leg while demanding more of our hard earned money.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 24, 2012 04:41 AM (Yvlb0)

135

I thought that was tomorrow?

Yes, yes it is. I'm still wiping the egg off my face...

At least my post is already written, so there's that.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 04:42 AM (d0Tfm)

136 #127 It's early days. Not all guns will fire this early. I was very pleased with what he DID say. The attack on the teachers' unions was very timely, since the voucher program in DC was ended and the school year is winding up.

I also liked the part where Romney mocked Obama for not understanding the term "productivity."

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 04:42 AM (GoIUi)

137 Any Morons in the Sub community know if the Fire on the Miami started in fwd berthing, or was it somewhere else? News doesn't give specifics. Posted by: Zakn at May 24, 2012 08:33 AM (zyaZ1) They did not say. Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 08:39 AM (05RcU) Update: Breckenridge said the fire started in the four forward compartments, which include living and command and control spaces. The subÂ’s reactor, isolated in another part of the sub, had been shut down for a few months at the time and was unaffected. Breckenridge said it Â“remains in a safe and stable condition.Â” No weapons were on board. Breckenridge said the cause of the fire is under investigation. The Miami has a crew of 13 and 120 enlisted personnel. It arrived at the shipyard on March 1 to undergo maintenance work. It was commissioned in 1990, and its home port is Groton, Conn.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 04:42 AM (05RcU)

138

Hey, you know who is the cheapest bastard ever to hold Presidential office? A guy who could shine a nickel just by grasping it between two fingers and refusing to let it go, for <i>anything</i>?! Mobama, that's who. He's holding the line on spending! It's the new Democrat hotness.

http://tiny.cc/b4btew

Posted by: MTF at May 24, 2012 04:43 AM (B5y+v)

139 >>I hear from fellow Republicans in Northern Virginia that Obama is running very strong there.

That's because it's a DC suburb whose residents not only suck on gov't teat, but are influential in determining who is able to. 10 0f the wealthiest counties in America are DC suburbs...five of them in NoVa

Prince William
Stafford
Arlington
Fairfax
Loudoun

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 04:44 AM (Yhu4q)

140 Test & &

Posted by: Regularly Scheduled Ampersand Test, this is only a test at May 24, 2012 04:44 AM (CPUfc)

141 Yeah, Holder Justice will defend her. Of course he will.

If he had a daughter, she would look just like, and be named for, Jakadrien.

Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at May 24, 2012 04:45 AM (PH+2B)

142 Stossel has these supposed indigents TELLING him on camera about their TV, air conditioning, cable, cell phones and Xboxes.

***

I expect it to be rather interesting. His show "Freeloaders" was terrific. Did you see it?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:45 AM (piMMO)

143 No, Captain, he's the flack for Erdogan, Obama's favorite fellow leader in the states, 'Ishamel Jones,' revealed what a joke the company is, in 'the Human Factor'

Posted by: Cthluthu at May 24, 2012 04:45 AM (nZW/8)

144 DOJ pressures university to allow 38-year old man access to womenÂ’s restrooms Watch out, you ladies at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith: Those feet under the stall next to you might just belong to a 38-year-old man. Despite opposition from female students, UAFS has decided on Â“advice of counselÂ” to allow a 38-year-old anatomically-male, transgendered student access to the womenÂ’s bathrooms on campus. According to a report from the conservative Campus Reform, the university decided to reverse its transgender policy after receiving a letter from the Department of Justice. The schoolÂ’s initial solution was to allow the man to use gender-neutral bathrooms instead of the womenÂ’s restrooms, and to offer to convert more bathrooms into gender-neutral areas. So glad the DOJ has nothing else important to do

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 04:46 AM (05RcU)

145 Thanks to Vic, I now have a couple of posts to go write (and I was afraid today would be slow for me...). bbl.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 04:46 AM (8y9MW)

146 while I live in the rural, Bible Belt of Virginia, I hear from fellow Republicans in Northern Virginia that Obama is running very strong there.Posted by: kelley in virginia

Because being a "Republican" in Northern Virginia is like being a "Republican" in Massachusetts.

::: spit ::::

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 04:46 AM (sbV1u)

147 10 0f the wealthiest counties in America are DC suburbs...five of them in NoVa

Yeah, yeah, we're all evil. Know what else those suburbs are? The most highly educated place in America. They are full of ambitious strivers who work hard and stay late.

Be careful with the indiscriminate slanders.

Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 04:47 AM (YXmuI)

148 The schoolÂ’s initial solution was to allow the man to use gender-neutral bathrooms instead of the womenÂ’s restrooms, and to offer to convert more bathrooms into gender-neutral areas.Posted by: Nevergiveup

Only in the Holder Justice Department would that not be considered a "reasonable accommodation."

It's still before 9 am and already my blood pressure is rising. Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up amphetamines....

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 04:49 AM (sbV1u)

149
Yeah, yeah, we're all evil. Know what else those suburbs are? The most highly educated place in America. They are full of ambitious strivers who work hard and stay late.

Be careful with the indiscriminate slanders.

****

While I see your point, doesn't it concern you a bit that the most highly educated amongst us strive for employment with the government rather than private enterprise?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:50 AM (piMMO)

150

@ NDH,

Missed that one. Last I saw was Dumb in America.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 24, 2012 04:51 AM (mJMH5)

151 Obama is in trouble in Virginia. It isnt due to a lack of enthusiasm in Northern Virginia, or fired up downstate voters - it's due to economic conditions in the Norfolk/VA Beach area. Northern Virginia always votes heavy, the turn out downstate is what matters. With persistant unemployment reaching 20% in the black communities around Norfolk, Obama wont get the massive turnout he got in 08.

Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2012 04:51 AM (EBBBm)

152 Yo.

Legal Insurrection still saying more to come on Fauxahontas:

>>IÂ’ve been preoccupied with coaxing the genealogy from the bottle. And staring at the sky waiting to see if a shoe drops from the heavens.

Tee hee.

I liked Dan Collins' term for us, mentioned in response to Ace's first post about Aaron Worthing et. al:

>>IÂ’ll let Ace sort it out with his conscience, but not without saying this: this battle has just been joined, and weÂ’re more than a little happy to have the Moronopolitans show up ready to fight.

I can't say it without hurting myself, but I like it.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 04:51 AM (XdlcF)

153 You can't really blame NBC. They don't know any Republican's phone numbers.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at May 24, 2012 04:53 AM (hlUJY)

154 How much Virginia territory is occupied by D.C. insiders?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 08:37 AM (piMMO)

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The entire northern third. Draw a circle 40 miles in diameter around DC. Everything there is blue. Deep, deep blue.

Because being a "Republican" in Northern Virginia is like being a "Republican" in Massachusetts.

::: spit ::::

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 08:46 AM (sbV1u)

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You've been sorely misinformed.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 04:53 AM (CVVhG)

155 >>Be careful with the indiscriminate slanders.

I lived in NoVa for a time. It's a valid generalization of the demograhics. Wasn't a slap on any individuals

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 04:54 AM (Yhu4q)

156 Finally, NBC finds President Obama leading in three swing states (shocker) but by far, far smaller margins than their last round of polls with Marist: Ohio (48-42), Florida (48-44, contradicting Quinnipiac), and Virginia (48-44).

Shouldn't that be an NBC-Marxist poll or is that redundant?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 24, 2012 04:55 AM (1Jaio)

157 Tx primary next Tuesday. Four Dem candidates on the ballot. Obama, Bob Ely, Darcy Richardson. and John Wolfe. This is the same John Wolfe who ran in Ark. Might be kind of interesting.

Posted by: macintx at May 24, 2012 04:55 AM (ucs8Y)

158

Moronopolitans

Cosmopolitan Morons. I like the sound of that.

Our hobo hunting is PETA approved, and we only use the best cuts for our stew. And we always use napkins and the proper fork...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 04:56 AM (d0Tfm)

159 Missed that one. Last I saw was Dumb in America.

****

The entire show is great, but this is one of my favorite parts. It starts at about the 5:33 mark. BTW, I LOVE Ben Chavis.

http://bit.ly/Ju8uFS

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 04:56 AM (piMMO)

160 I lived in NoVa for a time. It's a valid generalization of the demograhics. Wasn't a slap on any individuals

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 08:54 AM (Yhu4q)

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It's not you, it's Mr. Banion. Acting like there aren't any conservatives in Northern Virginia is disingenuous at best.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 04:56 AM (CVVhG)

161

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 08:46 AM (05RcU)

***

University administrators prove themselves to be gutless wonders. They could have organized the female students to support their original gender neutral bathroom and then mounted an intensive media campaign, with the young coeds being interviewed and stating they felt oppressed by the DOJ pressure. Girl protests outside bathrooms, all of that.

Hasn't anyone learned from Al Sharpton tactics?

Posted by: kallisto at May 24, 2012 04:57 AM (jm/9g)

162 While I see your point, doesn't it concern you a bit that the most highly educated amongst us strive for employment with the government rather than private enterprise?Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

It's the Willie Sutton approach....it's where the money is.

Like pep, I am one of those guys. Because after 21 years in the Army, the best job offer I got was from DoD.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 04:57 AM (sbV1u)

163 We got back to Omaha from Manhattan, KS last night. Neat little town. Kansas is pretty enough, but so underpopulatedit made Nebraska look crowded. And I swear the same herd of cows kept meeting us every 20 miles... it was like the Twilight Zone. Time to head home to CT, once the cattle starts stalking you...

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 04:57 AM (1jaX9)

164

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, government data on Thursday showed, suggesting the labor market continues to expand at a moderate pace.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the Labor Department said. The prior week's figure was revised up to 372,000 from the previously reported 370,000.

Claims have barely budged in the past four weeks indicating a marginal improvement in the pace of job creation after April's disappointing 115,000 gain in nonfarm payrolls.

Nothing has changed but it's marginal improvement comrades

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 24, 2012 04:58 AM (1Jaio)

165 "Moronopolitans" sounds rather sophisticated and suave, doesn't it?

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 04:58 AM (GoIUi)

166 While I see your point, doesn't it concern you a bit that the most highly educated amongst us strive for employment with the government rather than private enterprise?

I think it reflects the need for those folks in what is effectively corporate headquarters for the nation. Look at any business. You don't find high school dropouts in the boardroom.

I'm not saying there isn't waste and there aren't slackers, but in the higher reaches, you are either a high performer, a protected class, or a politically connected type. I know too many people in stroke jobs who could triple their salaries outside the government.

There are too many here who constantly rail against high-paid government employees, without acknowledging that while the less skilled employees are overpaid, the high-skill ones are underpaid. Look it up. The recent study conducted by, IIRC Heritage, noted this phenomenon.

Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 04:58 AM (YXmuI)

167 I live in deep blue Falls Church, it will go Obama, but they arent afraid of Romney. Lots of concern about the optics of an Obama loss. Tim Kaine is basically camping here to try and raise money, its pathetic.

Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2012 04:58 AM (ilc7b)

168 We got back to Omaha from Manhattan, KS last night. Neat little town.Posted by: CoolCzech

I loved Manhattan! I was stationed at Fort Riley for two different tours and lived in Manhattan. You're right, it's a neat little town. You get any barbecue at the Lone Star Cafe?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 04:59 AM (sbV1u)

169 There are too many here who constantly rail against high-paid government employees, without acknowledging that while the less skilled employees are overpaid, the high-skill ones are underpaid. Look it up. The recent study conducted by, IIRC Heritage, noted this phenomenon.

Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 08:58 AM (YXmuI)

***

This. There is a rather large group of people who put on their skates and hit the clock in the government. There is another group for whom government truly is a continuation of service.

I served on active duty, and and trying my damndest to get into a DoD position. That's where my skill-set would be best put to use. Does that make me a mooch on society?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:00 AM (CVVhG)

170 There are too many here who constantly rail against high-paid government employees, without acknowledging that while the less skilled employees are overpaid, the high-skill ones are underpaid. Look it up.Posted by: pep

THAT is exactly right. This town is full of GS-9 secretaries who wouldn't last a week on the job at a McDonald's, but they make bank on the government.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:00 AM (sbV1u)

171 The ORIGINAL Death Wish is on AMC now- just started. Justice as Justice should be

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 05:01 AM (05RcU)

172 >>"Moronopolitans" sounds rather sophisticated and suave, doesn't it?

Yeh, but despite that, I like it.

Well, the local papers have started using the D word (drought, that is) and throwing around phrases like "historic low".

Sigh. It's because I planted flowers, isn't it?

Posted by: Mama AJ, who can't have pretty things at May 24, 2012 05:02 AM (XdlcF)

173

; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal">My company is pretty great in that I am allowed to stay wherever an event is held so, if it's at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando or the Wynn in Vegas, they don't expect me to go down the street and stay at a Hampton Inn.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 08:33 AM (piMMO)

During the 20 years I was in the corporate world, my company gave us unlimited (to a point) expenses. Suites in any hotel, the best restaraunts, first class air, charter planes on certain trips or when we were in a hurry and a requirement that we use limos whenever it was anticipated any drinking would occur.

It didnÂ’t suck.

Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2012 05:03 AM (ZDsRL)

174

Like pep, I am one of those guys. Because after 21 years in the Army, the best job offer I got was from DoD. <<<<

Can't teach an old Cav puke new tricks. Like personal hygiene.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 24, 2012 05:03 AM (mJMH5)

175 Hey AOSHqr's...
I need to dump my yahoo email account, as they have gone full leftest retard. I don't want to give these leftists any more site traffic.
Any suggestions on conservative free-email providers?

Posted by: jt2 at May 24, 2012 05:03 AM (U3CzV)

176 From Politico:

Obama told the crowd that he is more determined than he was in 2008, and he hoped he could count on their continued support. Â“I intend to win this thing and I intend to keep on changing this country,Â” he said.

O_O!

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 05:03 AM (X6akg)

177 You've been sorely misinformed.Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 08:53 AM

Dude, I live in Alexandria and I am a voting delegate for the Republican Party in VA. Inside the Beltway, they're Rockefeller Republicans. Waaaay too much concern for being "nice" in my opinion. Not all, but a fair sized chunk.

Outside the Beltway, not so much.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:03 AM (sbV1u)

178

Just what I was sensing the other day - DROUGHT.

It's been a while since we had one around here, I'm sure we're due, and there were hardly any spring rains. Normally its a deluge at least a few times by now.

Posted by: Jimmah at May 24, 2012 05:04 AM (cWkOB)

179 Can't teach an old Cav puke new tricks. Like personal hygiene.Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 24, 2012 09:03 AM

What? You can't use motor oil like soap?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:04 AM (sbV1u)

180 THAT is exactly right. This town is full of GS-9 secretaries who wouldn't last a week on the job at a McDonald's, but they make bank on the government.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:00 AM (sbV1u)

That is ALSO exactly right. I know quite a few -7s and -9s who have absolutely no marketable skill. I've been doing contracting work at Commerce, and there are literally dozens of employees (-11s/-13s) who have been there forever, and do NOTHING. They don't even know how to perform in their billet. Meanwhile, some newly-minted -7 is working his ass off to advance himself and do something good for the country he loves and he gets lumped in with all the other skaters.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:05 AM (CVVhG)

181 . Â“I intend to win this thing and I intend to keep on changing this country,Â” he said." We will change and take back this country using this blog!

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:06 AM (lkdo/)

182 Anyone puke.on EJdonkey's reacharoud for the liberal Catholic bishops? Rome should reassign the clowns he talked to.

Posted by: Jean at May 24, 2012 05:07 AM (ilc7b)

183 Dude, I live in Alexandria

There's your problem.

Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 05:07 AM (YXmuI)

184 Anyone see that article today where they were saying there is no
scenario in which Romney wins the Electoral vote? I can't remember
where I saw it and dammit, I want another laugh.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 23, 2012 08:16 PM (eL/7j)"

"In Virtually All Scenarios, Obama Will Beat Romney In November"

http://tinyurl.com/7l7cgrs

Posted by: fan at May 24, 2012 05:07 AM (oZfic)

185 Dude, I live in Alexandria and I am a voting delegate for the Republican Party in VA. Inside the Beltway, they're Rockefeller Republicans. Waaaay too much concern for being "nice" in my opinion. Not all, but a fair sized chunk.

Outside the Beltway, not so much.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:03 AM (sbV1u)

I agree with the 'playing nice' mentality. I think the biggest issue is that people KNOW empirically, if they come out and say what they're really thinking, they'll be shunned socially, and perhaps passed over professionally.

Self-preservation is a powerful drive.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:07 AM (CVVhG)

186 100% Pep.

I hate this discussion because the ignorance is palpable. People who don't know the difference between a GS-9 clerk typist and an SES rant about being on the government teat. The upper echelon make far far less than the going rate during boom times but trade that in for a little security for the bust times. You also top out in your 40s, if you do excel, and can never effectively get a raise.

I also don't think Virginia is going to go Obama again, hell, I don't even think it's going to elect Kaine. The enthusiasm isn't there, the black turnout will not be as high, many people who were on the fence and went ahead with Obama last time won't this time, and McDonnell has done a fantastic job. However, the municipalities are corrupt as hell in the vote counting and I hope Cuchinelli has a finger on this.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:08 AM (Z5iSP)

187

What? You can't use motor oil like soap?

Heh, I've done that more than once, followed by gasoline. Try to get molybdinum (sp?) disulphide (Moly 2) grease off your hands, if you can.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 05:09 AM (d0Tfm)

188 I know quite a few -7s and -9s who have absolutely no marketable skill. I've been doing contracting work at Commerce, and there are literally dozens of employees (-11s/-13s) who have been there forever, and do NOTHING. They don't even know how to perform in their billet.Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 09:05 AM

Even worse, they refuse to learn. Last office I worked in had a GS-11 who started in the Johnson Administration. She wouldn't "do" computers because is wasn't in her job description. And over decades, too many sackless supervisors let her get away with it. No one ever updated her performance standards. So she skated - for 20 years/ It took 3 years to push her out the door, kicking and screaming all the way. You know you're getting close to the end when a target like that exhausts all her options and she files the EEO complaint.

It is to laugh.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:10 AM (sbV1u)

189 The blogosphere is full of foreshadowing this morning. From Patterico:

>>And yes, my tale should be coming soon. The restrictions which previously held me back are no longer in place, and I am simply working on telling the story in a coherent fashion, with very little time I have to devote to the project.

Scary stuff.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 05:10 AM (XdlcF)

190 "Here's Your Guide To The Swing States In The 2012 Election"

http://tinyurl.com/d2qbbg7

Is this a run up to Rove starting a polling company?

Posted by: fan at May 24, 2012 05:10 AM (oZfic)

191 I agree with the 'playing nice' mentality. I think the biggest issue is that people KNOW empirically, if they come out and say what they're really thinking, they'll be shunned socially, and perhaps passed over professionally. Self-preservation is a powerful drive.Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 09:07 AM

Yep. Exactly.

What office in Commerce you contracting to?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:11 AM (sbV1u)

192 I served on active duty, and and trying my damndest to get into a DoD position. That's where my skill-set would be best put to use. Does that make me a mooch on society?

***

Absolutely not! And we need bright, educated, hard-working folks in government. We just don't need SO MANY people in government.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 05:12 AM (piMMO)

193

where I saw it and dammit, I want another laugh.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 23, 2012 08:16 PM (eL/7j)"

***

Don't look now but you've done it again

Posted by: kallisto at May 24, 2012 05:12 AM (jm/9g)

194 A lot of people come up to me and whisper their right-leaning convictions. I'm one of the few who speak up so people know where I am. My sister become hysterical if she thinks someone is going to think she's not a moderate.

I put the sign in my yard and then all the neighbors whisper that they agree with me, well, not all of them but I always offer to debate them. Funny, they never take me up on it.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:12 AM (Z5iSP)

195 Even worse, they refuse to learn. Last office I worked in had a GS-11 who started in the Johnson Administration. She wouldn't "do" computers because is wasn't in her job description. And over decades, too many sackless supervisors let her get away with it. No one ever updated her performance standards. So she skated - for 20 years/ It took 3 years to push her out the door, kicking and screaming all the way. You know you're getting close to the end when a target like that exhausts all her options and she files the EEO complaint.

It is to laugh. Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:10 AM (sbV1u)

I worked with several of those. They came on board before the internet, and thus, don't do anything that involves the internet. (Except surfing the net, playing solitaire, emailing their friends et al.)

It's impossible to get rid of them, and no one wants to risk a lawsuit, so they just keep paying them.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:13 AM (CVVhG)

196 Try to get molybdinum (sp?)disulphide (Moly 2) grease off your hands, if you can.

Noxema and Head and Shoulders shampoo

Posted by: Beto at May 24, 2012 05:13 AM (cYQg0)

197 What office in Commerce you contracting to?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:11 AM (sbV1u)

I'm in OIG.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:14 AM (CVVhG)

198 That's because it's a DC suburb whose residents not only suck on gov't teat,

A large number of whom spend a lot of time defending the teat and all the rest of Uncle Sam and US.

Posted by: DaveA at May 24, 2012 05:14 AM (ZYrSB)

199 "Moronopolitans" sounds rather sophisticated and suave, doesn't it?

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 08:58 AM (GoIUi)

Sounds like a Whit Stillman film

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 24, 2012 05:14 AM (1Jaio)

200 Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 09:10 AM (XdlcF)

What does that mean? From who?

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:14 AM (Z5iSP)

201 I hate this discussion because the ignorance is palpable. People who don't know the difference between a GS-9 clerk typist and an SES rant about being on the government teat. The upper echelon make far far less than the going rate during boom times but trade that in for a little security for the bust times. You also top out in your 40s, if you do excel, and can never effectively get a raise.Posted by: Dagny

^^^ THIS. Thanks for pointing that out. I usually keep my mouth shut on these discussions here because of that lack of understanding. The SESs and GS-15s get creamed everyday in government and nowhere more so than DoD. They could make bank on the outside, but they legitimately believe their government service is a calling and they stay. Sure, like everywhere, there are some toads. But fewer and fewer as you climb the ranks.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:14 AM (sbV1u)

202 DC is the milky nipple of USA.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:15 AM (lkdo/)

203 The problem with government employees isn't so much that they are worthless, even though there does seem to be a lot who are and who are virtually unfireable.

The real problem is that there are far too damned many of them.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 05:15 AM (YdQQY)

204 >>You also top out in your 40s, if you do excel, and can never effectively get a raise.

It's also virtually impossible to get fired...

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 05:15 AM (Yhu4q)

205 Patriotic Coughlin humbled by honor from Army Giants Blog By BART HUBBUCH Last Updated: 4:47 AM, May 24, 2012 Posted: 1:34 AM, May 24, 2012 Share on emailShare on facebookMore Sharing ServicesMore Print FORT MYER, Va. Â— Tom CoughlinÂ’s Year to Remember got even more memorable here last night when the GiantsÂ’ admittedly star-struck coach was honored for his dedication to the U.S. Army. The Army honored Coughlin for allowing soldiers and the families to attend practices and games, for repeatedly visiting wounded soldiers at both Walter Reed Medical Center and other installations and for flying to Iraq in 2009 as part of a USO tour with John Harbaugh, Jeff Fisher, Bill Cowher and Jon Gruden. I'm no Giant Fan, but good for him

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 05:15 AM (05RcU)

206 Absolutely not! And we need bright, educated, hard-working folks in government. We just don't need SO MANY people in government.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 09:12 AM (piMMO)

yeah lately, in that old light bulb joke, they've replaced light bulb with license and motor vehicle employees where you used to insert a nationality.

Posted by: fan at May 24, 2012 05:16 AM (oZfic)

207 I'm in OIG.Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 09:14 AM

Damn, I was hoping for EDA or the Commercial Service. Might have an opening in my office after the 1st of the year if you were coming from there.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:16 AM (sbV1u)

208 It's also virtually impossible to get fired.Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 09:15 AM (Yhu4q)

Not so at the SES and senior GS levels.

Absolutely not so.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:17 AM (sbV1u)

209 It's also virtually impossible to get fired... As long as you are a democrat.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:18 AM (lkdo/)

210 There's your problem.Posted by: pep at May 24, 2012 09:07 AM (YXmuI)

Well, I agree with that. But a commute from Stafford would be out of the question.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:19 AM (sbV1u)

211 Damn, I was hoping for EDA or the Commercial Service. Might have an opening in my office after the 1st of the year if you were coming from there.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:16 AM (sbV1u)

I've got the resume for it. What kind of opening are you talking about?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:20 AM (CVVhG)

212 A large number of whom spend a lot of time defending the teat and all the rest of Uncle Sam and US.

They don't know what they're talking about. The real money is wasted in stuff like Solyndra and LightSquared not paying the salary of a GSer

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:20 AM (Z5iSP)

213 While I see your point, doesn't it concern you a bit that the most highly educated amongst us strive for employment with the government rather than private enterprise?
---
Many are lobbyists, work for defense contractors, work in Internet Alley, for telcoms, etc . Don't assume they work directly for the gov't.
-
Outsourcing, because the private sector can do it better that the civil service...

Posted by: RioBravo at May 24, 2012 05:20 AM (eEfYn)

214 >>What does that mean? From who?

That was a quote from Patterico. He's been seriously harassed in some scary, scary ways.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 05:20 AM (XdlcF)

215

Jakadrien Lorece TurnerÂ’s family had been critical of federal officials because they didnÂ’t do more to verify her identity. She doesnÂ’t speak Spanish and has no ties to Colombia.

Her mother, Johnisa Turner, seeks unspecified damages in the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Houston.

Jakadrien? Johnisa?

Pulllleeeese!

Posted by: TexBob at May 24, 2012 05:20 AM (6ndas)

216 172 "We got back to Omaha from Manhattan, KS last night.
Neat little town."Posted by: CoolCzech

I loved Manhattan! I was stationed at Fort Riley for two different tours and lived in Manhattan. You're right, it's a neat little town. You get any barbecue at the Lone Star Cafe?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 08:59 AM (sbV1u)

I was stationed there from '86 to '88 and loved it then, love it now. But the place has changed quite a bit. The open-country road connecting Manhattan to Ft. Riley back then is getting turned into a 4 lane highway, with housing developments along the way, and behind the downtown shopping mall a whole new shopping district of big name chain stores and restaurants has sprung up. The only disappointment is Aggieville - they still bill it as "the nation's oldest shopping district," but it's more like collections of bars now than the little fashion boutiques it consisted of back in the 80's.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 05:21 AM (vXwX5)

217 I've got the resume for it. What kind of opening are you talking about?Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 09:20 AM

Ping me on email. Link at the nic.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:22 AM (sbV1u)

218 Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:14 AM (sbV1u)

Didn't obama recently triple the pay of government employees? I remember a speech or press release.

And, in the private sector I don't know anyone who has had a raise since this mess started. Some on WS have gotten their bonuses but initially they took huge pay cuts to ostensibly keep their jobs so the bonus brings them close to their original salary, before this mess happened. A lot of people's annual reviews go like this: "sorry, (insert name) you are a good worker but there is no raise this year, we just can't do it, but hey, at least you have a job"....

Also, I know a lot of people's sibs, who recently graduated who are working as unpaid interns. Fumy, when people hear about the unpaid part they usually say "aren't you supposed to be paid, didn't president obama say no more unpaid interns?"...

Posted by: fan at May 24, 2012 05:23 AM (oZfic)

219 216 While I see your point, doesn't it concern you a bit that the most
highly educated amongst us strive for employment with the government
rather than private enterprise?

Except they don't. There aren't too many, a few but not too many, harvard/yale grads in the govt.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:23 AM (Z5iSP)

220 Warren will win in MA, then become a star, win the D nomination in '16, and beat Romney in a landslide. She is the 99.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at May 24, 2012 05:23 AM (PH+2B)

221 I was stationed there from '86 to '88 and loved it then, love it now.Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 09:21 AM (vXwX5)

What unit were you in?!? I was there the first time '86-'90. In both 2-34 Armor and 1/4 CAV.

Last time was there was 2009 and I saw all the changes. All the scummy 1950s barracks are gone at least.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:23 AM (sbV1u)

222 Didn't obama recently triple the pay of government employees? I remember a speech or press release.Posted by: fan

You must have reverse dyslexia. He froze pay for the last 2 years.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:25 AM (sbV1u)

223 Didn't obama recently triple the pay of government employees? I remember a speech or press release.

No. Not even close. In fact promotions have been almost frozen for a while. Triple??????/ How 'bout NOTHING.While inflation has been skyrocketing there hasn't been the usual cost of living increase either. On top of that if you live near DC you have to pay for private school as well.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:26 AM (Z5iSP)

224

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.

With Congress unwilling to contemplate an increase in the federal gas tax, motorists are likely to be paying ever more tolls as the government searches for ways to repair and expand the nation's congested highways.

In addition to the tolls allowed on Interstates in 15 states, mostly in the Northeast and Midwest, the U.S. has agreed to pilot toll projects on Interstate 95 in Virginia and North Carolina and on Interstate 70 in Missouri.

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 24, 2012 05:27 AM (1Jaio)

225 On top of that if you live near DC you have to pay for private school as well.
Posted by: Dagny

Yes, and I am dreading that bill.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:27 AM (sbV1u)

226 Oh jeez, I didn't realize all that stupid was coming from Curious. Go away stupid.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:28 AM (Z5iSP)

227 Worst news for Romney in these polls (and it's all bad) is that the sample in VA is very reasonable and he still is soundly beaten there. Whether you like it or not, VA is trending Blue and the voters there seem to really like Obama. It's also pretty obvious Romney will lose Ohio, as he consistently polls behind there, too. I do think Mitt will win Florida, NC and Indiana, but Obama holds his other 08 states.

Posted by: Greg at May 24, 2012 05:28 AM (j+Xk7)

228 Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:23 AM (sbV1u)

On the way.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:28 AM (CVVhG)

229 @25: I was 4/5th Field Artillery battalion up on Custer Hill.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 05:28 AM (vXwX5)

230

FYI- Doggie Lovers.

There is another out-break of dead & sick dogs because of pet treats made in China. I bought my Grand-Puppy these Waggin -Tails chicken jerky treats, but saw in a report that they were on of 4 that are being looked at. They looked like all natural chicken but we failed to read where it was made. returning it today. thank God I didnd give any to my pup.

Posted by: Say What? at May 24, 2012 05:29 AM (b7L99)

231 229 You have one daughter, right? With 3 I pay more in tuition by about 1/4 than I do in mortgage.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:29 AM (Z5iSP)

232 I served on active duty, and and trying my damndest to get into a DoD position. That's where my skill-set would be best put to use. Does that make me a mooch on society? DoD is one of very few valid functions of the federal government. I spent fifteen years working on employment systems in general and about twelve years on federal (mostly DoD) systems. If you're really interested in a federal position with DoD, here is what you *must* do: 1. Check to make sure that you have VEOA eligibility (completed three years' active duty under honorable conditions) 2. Search USAJobs with the "Applicant Eligibility" box checked 3. Submit applications to jobs with VEOA listed under "Who May Be Considered" 4. Make sure that your resume addresses all items listed under "Qualifications Required" Rationale for these recommendations: VEOA puts you on lists alongside existing merit system federal employees. These lists have no enforced order to them so if you qualify, your application will be sent to the hiring manager. If you opt instead for going after jobs using your Veterans Preference, you will be put on lists with other vets, and those lists are ordered by OPM examining rules, and the number of names making it on those lists are limited by those same rules. Unless you are a disabled veteran, you likely will never be referred. You'd be surprised how many very intelligent people fail to address the Qualification Requirements. Some fail because stuff included on the resume logically presupposes many of the basics. That's not good enough. A staffing specialist will round-file any application that fails to address the Qualification Requirements clearly as Not Qualified. The specialist does this because doing so is not contestable by the applicant. This is not laziness. This keeps the specialists' asses out of hot water because if a specialist goes out of his way for one applicant on a case, he is on the hook for doing it for all applicants on the case. I quit doing employment work and moved onto other stuff on purpose. Private sector employment rules are almost as fucktarded as the federal government's.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 05:30 AM (p7SSh)

233 fill in you Obama - Doggie jokes, here.

Posted by: Say What? at May 24, 2012 05:30 AM (b7L99)

234 If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat. If you get too cold I'll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet. SO don't drive, don't sit, don't turn on the heat or take a walk. Just stand in the corner and look at the wall. LOL

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:30 AM (lkdo/)

235 I was 4/5th Field Artillery battalion up on Custer Hill.Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 09:28 AM

Ah. 2 BDE. We probably wouldn't have crossed paths.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:30 AM (sbV1u)

236 "I consider that NBC/Marist poll an emergency "make Obama sound better" poll done mainly so that the MSNBC fools could have happy Obama news to report." Ridiculous. Romney never polls well in OH and VA. These are just the latest in a long line of numbers that show Obama is a lock in these two states. And without these states, Mitt cannot win.

Posted by: Greg at May 24, 2012 05:30 AM (j+Xk7)

237 Fuck off Greg/Average Joe. Then why did they elect McDonnell and Cuchinelli and why does McDonnell have such a HUGE improvement number?

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:31 AM (Z5iSP)

238 242 Approve (auto correct got it)

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:31 AM (Z5iSP)

239 well, that'll teach me to cough while posting...

Posted by: Cubicle 102, next to (oZfic) at May 24, 2012 05:31 AM (93pSZ)

240 /rant on/

Listening to WLW (am 700). I'm SO glad they're talking about this, esp coming up on Memorial Day....

They're showcases our poor military men that are getting completely fucked over by the family courts. One guy was a Marine reservist serving time overseas while the baby's mother filed a TRO saying he couldn't phone her (never mind the fact that the only reason he was trying to contact her in the first place was to talk to his child). He of course has to pay child support to the court but the mother has now taken off and he has no friggin clue where his daughter is. Even more grotesque some scumbag judge signed this to say he couldn't go within 100 yards of ANY day care center/provider. This guy hasn't been convicted of jack shit. He's serving our country and he gets slapped this nonsense TRO. He doesn't have much money to fight this -- I know the listenership of this radio station - thankfully I have faith he'll have an attorney representing him in no time.

Sadly these cases go on every day. It's bad enough men/dads get completed hosed in family court. It's even worse when we strip away parental rights of men that are fighting for their country overseas w/no due process of law. It's sickening.

I want to punch these whore women in the face and I want to do worse to the judges who sign off on these orders.

/rant off/

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 05:32 AM (/NHQT)

241 Romney never polls well in OH and VA. These are just the latest in a long line of numbers that show Obama is a lock in these two states. And without these states, Mitt cannot win.

Posted by: Greg at May 24, 2012 09:30 AM (j+Xk7)

Considering your Wisconsin predictions, I'd take predictions from my cat before listening to you.

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 05:33 AM (X6akg)

242

The media is really excited about the "first free election in Egyptian history" even though the Ikhwan (MB) and other Islamist candidates have said if a secular candidate wins they'll kill him. Oh, and no non-Muslim or woman may participate.

I thought there was some level of reality which could not be denied. I was wrong.

Posted by: Beagle at May 24, 2012 05:33 AM (sOtz/)

243 "Registered Voters Democrat, 43 Republican, 35 Independent, 21 Do they do something to even those numbers out when releasing their results? That is really skewed toward Dems!" That's a terrible sample. But the Virginia sample is very accurate (D +2), and Obama has a solid lead therer.

Posted by: Greg at May 24, 2012 05:33 AM (j+Xk7)

244 joke ruined...

Posted by: Cubicle 102, next to (oZfic) at May 24, 2012 05:33 AM (93pSZ)

245

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 09:30 AM (p7SSh)

That's actually fantastic advice. I haven't been coming at it like that.

Thanks.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:33 AM (CVVhG)

246 is curious "not listening" listening to beck again today?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 24, 2012 05:35 AM (Ho2rs)

247 #234 My vet cautioned against using those several months ago. My dog was disappointed, but I am glad I quit using them. Vet was right!

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 05:35 AM (GoIUi)

248 "Considering your Wisconsin predictions, I'd take predictions from my cat before listening to you." I don't care whether you believe me or not. Just look up the polling history there. Romney has always been especially weak there. The problem is he's not strong in any states to make up for the likely losses there. WI is now solidly Obama territory, as is PA.

Posted by: Greg at May 24, 2012 05:35 AM (j+Xk7)

249 On top of that if you live near DC you have to pay for private school as well.

***

Speaking of your kids, I laughed yesterday until I cried, and then, after choking, spent a couple of hours coughing to try to get the frog out of my throat.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 05:35 AM (piMMO)

250 #240 Greg, CAC has already posted the background on the poll, so stuff it.

It was done in a hurry to counteract the news out of Florida.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 05:37 AM (GoIUi)

251 Thread is dead?!

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 05:41 AM (X6akg)

252 >>If you're really interested in a federal position with DoD, here is what you *must* do:

Thank you for that. I passed it on to my hubby.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 05:41 AM (XdlcF)

253 With Congress unwilling to contemplate an
increase in the federal gas tax, motorists are likely to be paying ever more tolls as the government searches for ways to repair and expand the nation's congested highways.

Every time I see shit like that I want to scream. If they made sure they only spent gas tax money on roads and bridges they would have plenty. But thanks to the commies during the Carter regime 20% automatically goes to urban mass transit as a fungible give to corrupt city administrations and the annual highway bill is larded up with stupid pork that wastes the money.

Why doesn't AP report that? I know, stupid redundant question.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 05:41 AM (YdQQY)

254 Thank you sir, may I have another?

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:41 AM (lkdo/)

255 Speaking of your kids, I laughed yesterday until I cried, and then, after choking, spent a couple of hours coughing to try to get the frog out of my throat.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 09:35 AM (piMMO)

Was that the Alamo post?
Couldn't get that one out of my head all day!

Posted by: jwb7605 at May 24, 2012 05:41 AM (Qxe/p)

256 Thread is dead?!

^^^

I missed last night's (lackluster) ONT. Can I get my over-the-top swears on here??

No?

*pouts and kicks dirt*

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 05:42 AM (/NHQT)

257 Well, Tami, I'm deserting it to get ready for the installers of new windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeh, I'm a little excited.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 05:42 AM (XdlcF)

258 I missed last night's (lackluster) ONT. Can I get my over-the-top swears on here??

No?

*pouts and kicks dirt*

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 09:42 AM (/NHQT)

Sure.....

Fucking thread is dead!?

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 05:42 AM (X6akg)

259 That's actually fantastic advice. I haven't been coming at it like that.Thanks.Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 09:33 AM (CVVhG)

One other bit of advice, always check job postings for multiple hiring authorities. Sometimes the hiring agency will advertise the post twice under different authorities ("inside" and "outside"). Since you get VEOA, as pointed out above, you can apply under the "inside" authority and then everyone who is a citizen gets to apply under the "outside" authority. Always do both.

Also, check your gmail.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:43 AM (sbV1u)

260

Yeah, where'd everybody go?

I had a thread almost to myself yesterday. It wasn't pretty...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 05:44 AM (d0Tfm)

261 "more tolls as the government searches for ways to repair and expand the nation's congested highways." Gov't workers are taking a long time to repair roads in my area. Last night I say 1 guy holding a stop/go sign and 9 other guys standing around talking. No wonder it takes so long to fix the roads.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:44 AM (lkdo/)

262 If they were really serious about gas taxes and roads they would eliminate ALL federal gas taxes and eliminate the federal highway department entirely. Turn all road construction and maintenance over to the States.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 05:46 AM (YdQQY)

263 256 Thread is dead?!

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 09:41 AM (X6akg)

Deader than Ben Stein's genuine foreskin wallet, Tami.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 05:46 AM (vXwX5)

264 Yeah, where'd everybody go? To work

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:46 AM (lkdo/)

265 >> "more tolls as the government searches for ways to repair and expand the nation's congested highways."

Nooooo. We do not need to build more roads for trolls. They find their way here enough as it is.

Posted by: Mama AJ Litella at May 24, 2012 05:46 AM (XdlcF)

266 That's actually fantastic advice. I haven't been coming at it like that.Thanks. My pleasure. There are a bazillion more details on top of what I wrote, but as with any disgusting morass of fucktarded rules (and the US Code and OPM's guidelines surrounding the same bow to nothing in that department), there are paths through. The objective is to get your name and application in front of selecting officials. Using your VEOA eligibility is the best way to do that.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 05:47 AM (p7SSh)

267 My six year old goddaughter keeps dragging me away from the keyboard.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 05:47 AM (vXwX5)

268 Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:43 AM (sbV1u)

I really appreciate it - both the advice and the email.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:47 AM (CVVhG)

269 Speaking of your kids, I laughed yesterday until I cried, and then, after choking, spent a couple of hours coughing to try to get the frog out of my throat.

That kid is funny. He came home from his life guard re-cert where everyone was from eastern europe. Had me breathless with the impersonations all night. He thinks they're making porn on the side so that gets really funny. Swears he recognizes the couch. My ribs are sore today.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:48 AM (Z5iSP)

270

Turn all road construction and maintenance over to the States.

Agreed. The same argument can be made for the EPA, too, Vic.

Hope you and the Mrs. are well...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 05:49 AM (d0Tfm)

271 Ghey pr0n links are headlines, right? I have cats to feed!

Posted by: phan at May 24, 2012 05:49 AM (ggRof)

272 People keep saying President Obama is gay, but I think he's just evolving

Posted by: Cricket at May 24, 2012 05:49 AM (DrC22)

273 "Greg, CAC has already posted the background on the poll, so stuff it. It was done in a hurry to counteract the news out of Florida." Oh, come on! And even if these were "done in a hurry," the sample in VA is very fair and shows definitively that Romney is in trouble there, even if it was a hurried poll. Since Mitt needs to win OH and VA to win the election, we should want frequent polling from those states.

Posted by: Greg at May 24, 2012 05:49 AM (j+Xk7)

274 Turn all road construction and maintenance over to the States. Blogging it going to make this happen

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:50 AM (lkdo/)

275 Washington Nearsider

Give me the general DoD area you want or Direct message me on twitter @dukeblu85 but I have to follow you first.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:50 AM (Z5iSP)

276 NASA briefing on the SpaceX Dragon/ISS mission at 10:00 EDT. All seems to be going well so far.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 24, 2012 05:50 AM (01Bj+)

277 Hope you and the Mrs. are well...

I'm OK wifey is getting by.

As for the EPA, just eliminate it entirely. If the State wants one they can design their own.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 05:50 AM (YdQQY)

278 Va is not going for Preezy Sleezy dogeater again.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:51 AM (Z5iSP)

279 The only thing that WILL make this shit happen is to quit electing communists and communist sympathizers.

And as long as we let people vote who have no ante in the pot that is not going to happen. In short, we are doomed.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 05:53 AM (YdQQY)

280 Give me the general DoD area you want or Direct message me on twitter @dukeblu85 but I have to follow you first.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 09:50 AM (Z5iSP)

*******

Imagery, targeting, intelligence or any related field would be outstanding. I'd appreciate any help getting into any doors...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:55 AM (CVVhG)

281 Va is not going for Preezy Sleezy dogeater again.

^^^

Neither is OH. Gerg can go suck a tailpipe.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 05:56 AM (/NHQT)

282 Hope, Change and the 1%

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 05:57 AM (lkdo/)

283 Hell, Dagny, maybe you can get me a better job.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 05:58 AM (sbV1u)

284

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 09:14 AM (sbV1u)

Heh, my wife avoided the GS system in favor of the "experimental" band system.

It's working out OK. All of my friends on private industry bank about 10k-ish more than than her, but she likes what she does, and there aren't too many other places doing it. ["It" is intentionally vague.]

But yeah, even they need a good round of firings. In fact whenever we go out to dinner with her work friends every conversation basically ends with may saying "you know what would solve your problems? A good purging." or "FIRE THEM."

They actually had a guy bring blankets and slippers curl up and take a nap, still not fired. Listen, I've worked long shifts, hard hours before, in boring jobs. I know every so often you might doze off at your desk, it happens. But I've never brought blankets or slippers, even when I've had to stay half the night to babysit an expiriment. I'm in academics (only a step down from Gov't) and that still would have netted a Trump worthy "You're fired!"

It's so bad my wife refers to the process of "dumping" where they can't fire you but instead they convince you to apply to a job in a different department. Then eveyone gives you glowing reccomendations to get rid of you. (You don't need to be an organizational psychologist to see why this has pretty much poisoned the entire organizations trust factor.)

Posted by: tsrblke at May 24, 2012 05:58 AM (22rSN)

285 Also - WHO KNEW coming to AoSHQ would lead to networking opportunities.

Ace - you're mislabeling your blog.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 05:58 AM (CVVhG)

286 288 I can't but hubby's not only up there but sicilian. He collects favors.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 05:59 AM (Z5iSP)

287

SpaceX briefing on now.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (d0Tfm)

288 Also - WHO KNEW coming to AoSHQ would lead to networking opportunities.Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 09:58 AM (CVVhG)

Don't be appreciative yet. You still haven't skinned your first hobo.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (sbV1u)

289 256 Thread is dead?! Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 09:41 AM (X6akg) That's what I said!

Posted by: Zombie Curtis Mayfield at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (MCDCp)

290 If the federal government had not been heavily involved in road-building in the 1920's I suspect the US highway system in 1990 would have looked a lot like Mexico's system in 1990. (Mexico has made major improvements since 1990 which is why I use that date.) OK, but not very efficient to use.

Many states have already cut back alarmingly on maintenance and depend heavily on federal funding. Highways were something the federal government did quite well by all standards. At least until the 90's when environmental assessments began to kill all progress.

Posted by: RioBravo at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (eEfYn)

291 Classic Funk Sock Off!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (MCDCp)

292 Obama leading Florida? The state that relatively recently elected Rubio and a Republican Governor? The State that Romney won the primary? These pollsters are on crack.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (bPvWY)

293 The only people here I see with Obama 2012 bumperstickers are black women and completely neutered looking white men - sorta like Greg.

I know Greg's friends will try their best to make sure every illegible person gets to vote...twice in fact. But we're doing our best to make sure that doesn't happen.

OH is set to have some of the highest gas prices in the country. Obama will NOT take this state with $4 gas. Not possible.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (/NHQT)

294 Then eveyone gives you glowing reccomendations to get rid of you. Some people reach top positions this way. They are so mean that everyone gives them a great recommendation to get rid of them.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 06:00 AM (lkdo/)

295 Ok, gotta go get my new pass so I dont' have to get searched at the gates. later.

Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 06:01 AM (Z5iSP)

296

; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal">Ace - you're mislabeling your blog.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 09:58 AM (CVVhG)

You mean this isnÂ’t a Â“smart military blogÂ”?

Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2012 06:01 AM (ZDsRL)

297 He collects favors. Posted by: Dagny at May 24, 2012 09:59 AM (Z5iSP)

My parents owned an Italian restaurant and I was the slave labor. After one meal from me, I'll be the Principal Deputy of Principal Deputies.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 06:02 AM (sbV1u)

298 That Suffolk poll was a 24 point, Dem advantage, with a 20% union component.

Posted by: Cthluthu at May 24, 2012 06:03 AM (nZW/8)

299 @124 - I'm seeing that they don't know the cause yet.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/7uqrvef

Posted by: Laughing in Texas at May 24, 2012 06:03 AM (dL9LY)

300 You mean this isnÂ’t a Â“smart military blogÂ”?

Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2012 10:01 AM (ZDsRL)

This thread is turning into a 'get me a job' board. :-)

And yes, I need to skin a hobo. I've been remiss.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:05 AM (CVVhG)

301 just watched a black bloc vid @iowahawk posted.....it was from 4-30-12 assholes marched through the mission district in san francisco destroying every business window and damaging every car in their wake......i only saw two people stand up to these cowards......who march with their faces covered....it's so fucking disturbing to me that they were able to do this and not be stopped.....and there will be no restitution for the people who's property was damaged.... Americans need to rise up against these criminals......

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 24, 2012 06:05 AM (Ho2rs)

302 Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren's recent bout of silliness hasn't cost her in the polls

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Well, duh. Since when have Democrat voters cared about facts?

Posted by: Gerg at May 24, 2012 06:05 AM (x2CNJ)

303 Not exactly news, but Alec Baldwin is yucky.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 06:05 AM (XdlcF)

304 They actually had a guy bring blankets and slippers curl up and take a nap, still not fired. He should work for a sleep study program. Maybe a transfer into that department.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 06:05 AM (lkdo/)

305 Urgh. Damn sock!

Posted by: meekrob at May 24, 2012 06:06 AM (x2CNJ)

306 Since you get VEOA, as pointed out above, you can apply under the "inside" authority and then everyone who is a citizen gets to apply under the "outside" authority. Always do both. To further clarify (no disputing here at all) this part of Mr. Bannion's comment: Applying on the "outside" authority pretty much requires that the list produced by this authority goes through OPM Examining (also called Delegated Examining if done by the agency). This is where Veterans Preference (yes, not possessive therefore no apostrophe) comes into play. Veterans Preference is a very specific term of art (and law) that requires evaluating applicants on a points system for preferred qualifications. Strict OPM rules apply to both staffing specialists and hiring managers. Most recruiting actions open to the general public will not open the internal posting to VEOA eligibles because the agency is not required to do so since VEOA eligibles can apply along with the rest of the general public. DoD *had* an internal guideline in place to accept VEOA eligibles on the internal lists when advertising to All U.S. Citizens, but that was a grey area when I was working this shit.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:06 AM (p7SSh)

307 sean bannion with your nic? and italian restaurant? i like it!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 24, 2012 06:06 AM (Ho2rs)

308 Good morning, morons and 'ettes. Sorry to miss last night's ONT. For those of you who were there a couple of days ago, my follow up tests were good. So I don't have cancer. At least, not breast cancer. No, there will not be any pix.

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:06 AM (5H6zj)

309 ((y-not)) that's great!

Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 24, 2012 06:07 AM (Ho2rs)

310 This thread is turning into a 'get me a job' board. :-) Good jobs are found on blogs.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 06:07 AM (lkdo/)

311 >>308 Not exactly news, but Alec Baldwin is yucky. He is proof-positive that not all fat men are jolly.

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:07 AM (5H6zj)

312 For those of you who were there a couple of days ago, my follow up tests were good. So I don't have cancer. At least, not breast cancer.

No, there will not be any pix.

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 10:06 AM (5H6zj)

That's outstanding. At least the cancer part. The no pix... not so much.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:07 AM (CVVhG)

313 So I don't have cancer.

^^^

????

Crap I missed a few threads or so. Jeez, sorry you had that scare. Phew.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:07 AM (/NHQT)

314 sean bannion with your nic? and italian restaurant? i like it!Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 24, 2012 10:06 AM (Ho2rs)

Yeah, I know. I have to explain all the time why the Irish family owned the Italian restaurant.

It's because in 1978 Irish cuisine left much to be desired.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 06:08 AM (sbV1u)

315 For those of you who were there a couple of days ago, my follow up tests were good. So I don't have cancer. At least, not breast cancer.

No, there will not be any pix.
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So, it's a good news/bad news situation?

Congrats on the test results. Cancer is a despicable disease.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:08 AM (kFnmp)

316 Speaking of networking...

Are any of the IT morons familiar with the Win 2008 "Services for NFS" (formerly Windows Services for UNIX)?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:08 AM (8y9MW)

317 Good to hear, Y-not!

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 06:09 AM (XdlcF)

318 @317 Yeah, husband was disappointed that I didn't videotape the sonogram part. Lubricant: check Sultry female technician: check Boobehs: check, check ;-)

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:09 AM (5H6zj)

319 >>Also - WHO KNEW coming to AoSHQ would lead to networking opportunities.

Speaking of, my company in Indianapolis still has some open reqs for electronics and software engineers with some experience (and one for a mechanical engineering project manager).

As always, I can be contacted at my usual nick @ gmail.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:09 AM (/kI1Q)

320 Good jobs are found on blogs.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 10:07 AM (lkdo/)

Where have I been...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:09 AM (CVVhG)

321

Unbelievable (well not really) but this shit makes me sick. I need a new place to rest my head. I hear the Ukrain is beautiful this time of year.

***

http://tinyurl.com/7k7l5k6

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 06:09 AM (eavT+)

322 Speaking of, my company in Indianapolis still has some open reqs for electronics and software engineers with some experience (and one for a mechanical engineering project manager).

That would be the company that has banished you (and other developers) to the basement? Yes?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:10 AM (8y9MW)

323 Oh my!

link below....

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:10 AM (/NHQT)

324 Congrats, Y-not!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 06:10 AM (d0Tfm)

325 *******Imagery, targeting, intelligence or any related field would be outstanding. I'd appreciate any help getting into any doors...

Shit, if you see something that doesn't tickle your fancy, send it my way. I'm in the same boat as you, apparently.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:10 AM (AsEoP)

326 Not exactly news, but Alec Baldwin is yucky.

You watched that Twit-fight last night, too?

Posted by: Retread at May 24, 2012 06:11 AM (joSBv)

327 >>It's because in 1978 Irish cuisine left much to be desired.

How about Irish desserts? My husband was just comparing Mexican desserts to Italian ones and having a clear preference, to put it mildly.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 06:11 AM (XdlcF)

328 >>Jeez, sorry you had that scare. Really unnecessarily more stressful than it needed to be, but I'll save my rant about how modern medicine treats people for another day. Today is a day for a happy dance!

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:11 AM (5H6zj)

329 How about Irish desserts? My husband was just comparing Mexican desserts to Italian ones and having a clear preference, to put it mildly.Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 10:11 AM (XdlcF)

My tiramisu is to die for. Yes, I make my own savioardi.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 06:12 AM (sbV1u)

330 >>They actually had a guy bring blankets and slippers curl up and take a nap, still not fired.

Of the four women working on my project right now, two were bundled up in blankets (featuring the company logo; we got them at Christmas) when I came in, b/c the HVAC in our work area is set to "Hoth."

They're probably doing more work than I am right now. Ooop.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:12 AM (/kI1Q)

331 Hooray for Y-not's boobehs!

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:12 AM (AsEoP)

332 Shit, if you see something that doesn't tickle your fancy, send it my way. I'm in the same boat as you, apparently.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 10:10 AM (AsEoP)

I think a lot of people are starting to get out, have a tactical skill set and just don't know how to continue to apply it. Between my military time and my degree, I honestly thought I'd just land a job...

Whoops.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:12 AM (CVVhG)

333 Are any of the IT morons familiar with the Win 2008 "Services for NFS" (formerly Windows Services for UNIX)? Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 10:08 AM (8y9MW) They get it working after 20 years of trying, or not?

Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at May 24, 2012 06:12 AM (cDPLR)

334 I may hire you but I need a urine sample and background check.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 06:13 AM (lkdo/)

335 Today is a day for a happy dance!

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 10:11 AM (5H6zj)

Yeah, I can happy dance for teh boobehs. Of course, I don't get quite the jiggly effect you would... which is a tragedy.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:13 AM (CVVhG)

336 Hooray for Y-not's boobehs!Posted by: Alex

Does this mean we get to see them now?

C'mon, I'm a Moron, you knew that was coming.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 06:13 AM (sbV1u)

337 I may hire you but I need a urine sample and background check.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 10:13 AM (lkdo/)

I can email you one? I'll pee in a ziploc or something. (And does my active TS count as a background check?)

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:14 AM (CVVhG)

338

; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal">How about Irish desserts? My husband was just comparing Mexican desserts to Italian ones and having a clear preference, to put it mildly.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 10:11 AM (XdlcF)

Mexican desserts? Refried beans with whipped cream?

Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2012 06:14 AM (ZDsRL)

339 Just reading about it on Twitchy, Retread. I thought it was kind of silly thing to care about, but just reading any of it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 06:14 AM (XdlcF)

340 >>That would be the company that has banished you (and other developers) to the basement? Yes?

Yup. We were performing better than the guys down here before (mostly lifers from our parent company), so they think moving them is going to make them more productive.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:14 AM (/kI1Q)

341
I think a lot of people are starting to get out, have a tactical skill set and just don't know how to continue to apply it. Between my military time and my degree, I honestly thought I'd just land a job...Whoops.

My problem is that branch fucked me on my assignments. I'm an intel guy who has never worked the intel side of things. Makes it real hard when they start asking "Do you have experience with this software...?"

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:14 AM (AsEoP)

342 C'mon, I'm a Moron, you knew that was coming.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 24, 2012 10:13 AM (sbV1u)

Heh. You said coming.

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:15 AM (CVVhG)

343 >>Today is a day for a happy dance!

Yes! Congrats!

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:15 AM (/kI1Q)

344 Are any of the IT morons familiar with the Win 2008 "Services for NFS" (formerly Windows Services for UNIX)? I dicked around with it a long time ago. Everywhere I worked, it was obviated by putting Samba (CFS/CIFS both client and server) on the Unix systems.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:15 AM (p7SSh)

345 Does this mean we get to see them now?

Sadly not. However, you can always go see local boobehs as a way of showing your support. $1 per dance minimum, please.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:16 AM (AsEoP)

346 Racist flan haters, the lot of you.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 06:16 AM (XdlcF)

347 My problem is that branch fucked me on my assignments. I'm an intel guy who has never worked the intel side of things. Makes it real hard when they start asking "Do you have experience with this software...?"

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 10:14 AM (AsEoP)

What I'm running into is that tactical strike experience doesn't get you far on the collections/analysis side of the house.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:16 AM (CVVhG)

348 Yesterday was turtle day.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 06:16 AM (lkdo/)

349 Sadly not. However, you can always go see local boobehs as a way of showing your support. $1 per dance minimum, please.
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$1 for each boobeh?

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:17 AM (kFnmp)

350 They get it working after 20 years of trying, or not?

If it were working, do you think I'd be asking?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:18 AM (8y9MW)

351 Mexican desserts? Refried beans with whipped cream? Ever hear of flan?

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:18 AM (p7SSh)

352 336 Hooray for Y-not's boobehs!

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 10:12 AM (AsEoP)

Oooh I love boobehs...esp. cancer free boobehs.

Great news!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (eavT+)

353 Everywhere I worked, it was obviated by putting Samba (CFS/CIFS both client and server) on the Unix systems.

That's pretty well what I've heard. Not sure why we're stuck in the Services for Unix world, but there we are...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (8y9MW)

354 I feel like it's 2 PM already and it's only a little past 10AM. Shit That happens when I start seeing patients at 6AM

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (05RcU)

355 I saw a mentally ill guy try to fight a strip club bouncer. He lost. You just don't do that shit.

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (lkdo/)

356 Y'know, ten years ago I'd have thought of porn stars as 'hot'. Now, they're just...compromised.

I swear I'm not that old. Guess I just chalk it up to the whole 'dead inside' thing.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (GBXon)

357 Milwaukee also has a problem with infant death from co-sleeping (mostly drunk/high parents, but not all. some have happened because older siblings end up on top of the infants)

http://tinyurl.com/6o4ors5

"Too many babies are still dying from unsafe sleeping conditions. So far this year, five deaths of babies have been attributed to co-sleeping practices; the numbers are set to outpace last year's 14 co-sleeping deaths."

Posted by: not the mama at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (96Kco)

358 Imagery, targeting, intelligence or any related field would be outstanding. I'd appreciate any help getting into any doors... --- Utah is soon to be home to a very large NSA center, near Hill AFB, iirc. I believe we got it because Utah has the broadest coverage of foreign language skills in the nation (primarily because of our men going off on missions in foreign lands) and also because our workforce is skilled in tech areas (esp computer tech) and NOT all doped-up on weed like they are in CA. Salaries are lower here, but cost of living is lower too -- and quality of life is very high. To give you an example of the cost differential, in SoCal our house sold (after the market collapse) for twice what our house here was purchased for, but it was about 60% the size (and not as nice). Husband took a big pay/compensation cut (~25-30%), but we are still able to save more than we had in California. I've learned not to rely solely on cost of living calculators, they don't really take into account lifestyle changes that work to your advantage. For example, our entertainment budget has gone way down simply because there are so many free/cheap things to do here (and we don't need to drink as much because we aren't as miserable!). ;-) Here's a link to the data center thing. It's from Wired and has an odd take (bizarrely going on and on about polygamy), but I'm too lazy to look for a better link: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1 Adobe is also building a big facility in our area: www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/54026584-79/adobe-building-company-utah.html.csp

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (5H6zj)

359 277 People keep saying President Obama is gay, but I think he's just evolving

Posted by: Cricket at May 24, 2012 09:49 AM (DrC22)

I hear his BJ's are evolving into virtual Eureka vacuum cleaners.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:19 AM (vXwX5)

360 I dicked around with it a long time ago. Everywhere I worked, it was obviated by putting Samba (CFS/CIFS both client and server) on the Unix systems. And another thing: Just about every commercial *nix now includes Samba as part of the official distrib packages.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:20 AM (p7SSh)

361 362 Y'know, ten years ago I'd have thought of porn stars as 'hot'. Now, they're just...compromised.

I swear I'm not that old. Guess I just chalk it up to the whole 'dead inside' thing.
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Still hot, but you wouldn't want to touch them with a ten-inch Johnson braut.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:21 AM (kFnmp)

362 Mexican desserts? Refried beans with whipped cream? Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2012 10:14 AM (ZDsRL) ___________________________ Dude. Sopapillas with honey. Flan (a little jiggly, a little carmely, all tasty). Tres leches cake. Dammit I'm hungry now.

Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 24, 2012 06:21 AM (snRY5)

363 10:20 am EST and still just a headlines thread up, huh?

Should I sign up for AoSHQ Premium?

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:21 AM (vXwX5)

364 Mama AJ, what actually started the investigatin into this guy? why did he become a priority?

i understand why everyone is banding together. But what started it? why is He important?

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:22 AM (TomZ9)

365 Should I sign up for AoSHQ Premium?
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Unbridled boobehs with a premium account.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:22 AM (kFnmp)

366

; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal">Ever hear of flan?

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 10:18 AM (p7SSh)

I thought flan was French or Spanish.

Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2012 06:23 AM (ZDsRL)

367 Dude. Sopapillas with honey. Flan (a little jiggly, a little carmely, all tasty). Tres leches cake.

Dammit I'm hungry now.

I had managed not to think about sopapillas. Thanks.
Now I want Tex-Mex. And sopapillas.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:23 AM (8y9MW)

368 If it were working, do you think I'd be asking? Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 10:18 AM (8y9MW) Well, there's the general case & there's the specific case. I'm more sad that Netware is dead, since it actually worked.

Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at May 24, 2012 06:23 AM (cDPLR)

369 What I'm running into is that tactical strike experience doesn't get you far on the collections/analysis side of the house.

Yeah, but most analysts are marginal at best if they have no idea about the tactical/operations side of the house. They can make you a slide showing recent enemy activity, but can't give you a "so what" to go with it.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:24 AM (AsEoP)

370 stripperweb.com strippernet.com

Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 06:24 AM (lkdo/)

371 372

Ever hear of flan?

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD
LEFT at May 24, 2012 10:18 AM (p7SSh)

You can call it Creme Brulee if you overpay for it.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:25 AM (vXwX5)

372 Does Romney campaigning in Phillie mean that the campaign thinks that Pennsylvania is gettable? In play according to their internals?

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 06:25 AM (Dnbau)

373 Speaking of Irish restaurants owned by Italians (or was it the other way around?), my husband grew up in a part of New England that still had "Italian neighborhoods" and "Irish neighborhoods" etc. There was a local politician who worked hard to play to both communities. His name was Silvio Conte, but I gather it would often be pronounced so that it sounded like Silvi O'Conti. heh

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:25 AM (5H6zj)

374 Was that the Alamo post? Couldn't get that one out of my head all day! **** That's the one!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 06:25 AM (piMMO)

375 Yeah, but most analysts are marginal at best if they have no idea about the tactical/operations side of the house. They can make you a slide showing recent enemy activity, but can't give you a "so what" to go with it. Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 10:24 AM (AsEoP)

Agreed. It's getting an interview during which to make that sale that is the tough part.

The pointy end is what it all comes down to, so I'd assume that those who have BEEN the pointy end would get some influence in the 'information gathering' side of things.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:25 AM (CVVhG)

376 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:26 AM (/NHQT)

377 378 Does Romney campaigning in Phillie mean that the campaign thinks that Pennsylvania is gettable? In play according to their internals?
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He's wasting his time in my town, and he would be in Pittsburgh. Both are Democrat cesspools. He needs to hit the middle of the state like Chris Brown hit Rhianna.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:26 AM (kFnmp)

378 Does Romney campaigning in Phillie mean that the campaign thinks that Pennsylvania is gettable?

Possibly. The other possibility is that they just want to force Obama to have to spend money there, too. Possibly both, frankly.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:26 AM (8y9MW)

379 Heh, Donks don't want to endorse Obama fearing it will screw their own campaigns. (Gateway Pundit link) http://scoamf.us/tZ

Posted by: Toaster at May 24, 2012 06:26 AM (sJKFk)

380 383 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?
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A gaggle of interns. What else?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 24, 2012 06:26 AM (kFnmp)

381 Iranian negotiators on Thursday rejected proposals by six world powers to curb Tehran's nuclear program, and demanded answers to their own counteroffer meant to alleviate concerns about the Islamic Republic's ability to build atomic weapons. Hey obama, it really is a bitch when your trying to surrender and the other side will not except it ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 06:27 AM (05RcU)

382 I am starting to see a lot of Orrin Hatch ads. They are nauseating.

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:27 AM (5H6zj)

383 I'm more sad that Netware is dead, since it actually worked. No shit. I went independent based on my ECNE in '94. I watched that slow-motion train wreck in horror.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:28 AM (p7SSh)

384 I got a mailer from him this week, entitled Radical Conservative vs. Rational Conservative. Yep, he's a fucking steath libtard.

I haven't seen that one, but I have seen some guy bragging about his Endorsements from the Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star Telegram. The DMN is worse than the "starle-gram," but they both tend to endorse Democrats in the general- which means they tend to endorse the more squishy Republican in the primary.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:28 AM (8y9MW)

385 nevergiveup, it's just a little country, nop reason to be concerned about a little country, how silly!

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:28 AM (TomZ9)

386 >>What's everyone doing for Memorial Day? I think we're going to just hang around the house, so some yard work and decorating-type chores, and maybe drive to Park City and/or Brighton for Sunday brunch. We are going down to St. George and Zion Natl Park for a few days the following weekend. What are you doing?

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:28 AM (5H6zj)

387 Sweet! An NYC public school is making Arabic mandatory now. Well, might as well learn the language so you'll be ready when Obama lets them conquer us.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:29 AM (kFnmp)

388
Agreed. It's getting an interview during which to make that sale that is the tough part.

Yup. I'm kicking myself because I had the chance several years ago to go to the human side of things. I should have taken the opportunity.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:29 AM (AsEoP)

389 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 10:26 AM (/NHQT)

Driving to Ithaca, NY tonight, selling my house tomorrow, driving back tomorrow, moving to an apartment in Fairfax Saturday-Sunday and hopfully drinking scotch and watching tv all day Monday before heading back into the fight.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:29 AM (CVVhG)

390 I thought flan was French or Spanish. I don't know. I just know I get it in Mexican Restaurants. I actively disliked custard until the first time I tried flan.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:29 AM (p7SSh)

391 OK, does anyone know why Brett whatshisname was important to us initially?

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:29 AM (TomZ9)

392 383 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 10:26 AM (/NHQT)

Probably just having my mom over for dinner; otherwise, recovering from our trip to the Land of Ahhhs (Kansas) and Nebraska for our niece's High School graduation. And gearing up to immerse myself once more in the muck of degrading wage slavery otherwise known as "work."

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:29 AM (vXwX5)

393 Heh, Donks don't want to endorse Obama fearing it will screw their own campaigns.

I think we shouldn't let them get away with that. Start saying things like "silence is a vote for Obama" or "do you really think he'll vote R in November?" My personal favorite, "If his platform is so close to the Republicans, why does he register as a Democrat?"

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:30 AM (8y9MW)

394 My offline buds and I have a running joke about the sort of eateries that an Italian-Chinese mix could spawn. The fortune cookies alone...

FRONT: Wise guy say, don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
BACK: Tomorrow's winning horses will be...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at May 24, 2012 06:30 AM (GBXon)

395 Between my military time and my degree, I honestly thought I'd just land a job...

Welcome to the Obamanation. Jobs are scarce, but don't worry, a new shipment of unicorns is on the way, and they shit skittles so you'll have something to eat soon.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 06:30 AM (ipoVy)

396 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Denver for Tango and friends. Then more job hunting.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:30 AM (AsEoP)

397 That's pretty well what I've heard. Not sure why we're stuck in the Services for Unix world, but there we are... So what's not working?

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:31 AM (p7SSh)

398 Welcome to the Obamanation. Jobs are scarce, but don't worry, a new shipment of unicorns is on the way, and they shit skittles so you'll have something to eat soon.
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Think about how great the market will be if SCOAMF wins reelection!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:31 AM (kFnmp)

399 A gaggle of interns. What else?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 24, 2012 10:26 AM (kFnmp)

Is it proper to refer to a gaggle of vajajays, or is it a flock?

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:31 AM (vXwX5)

400 I thought that all this bacon blather was signalling HQ as a safe zone. But the way you're all embracing this moronipolitan crap makes me suspect secret joo influence.

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at May 24, 2012 06:32 AM (a5ljo)

401 Is it proper to refer to a gaggle of vajajays, or is it a flock?
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A Flock of Vajayjays. I loved that band!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:32 AM (kFnmp)

402 >>Milwaukee also has a problem with infant death from co-sleeping

There was a campaign to teach/encourage poor black women how to put their children to bed safely so the poor black babies stop dying, and well-off white women who sleep with their infants got all butthurt.

Dead black babies < progg feelings. Like fighting malaria in Africa.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:32 AM (/kI1Q)

403

387 383
What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?
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Eh...Everyone!

Posted by: S. Flook at May 24, 2012 06:32 AM (eavT+)

404

Willow, AB gave us the initial warning on this bastard. Now, RS McCain is in hiding ceause of him. Tomorrow is the blogburst where a bunch of con bloggers will post about him.

This guy is an asshole of the first division and should still be behind bars.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 06:32 AM (d0Tfm)

405 03 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Denver for Tango and friends. Then more job hunting.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 10:30 AM (AsEoP)

Will the Labor Department count you as unemployed when you're just visiting friends? Taking out the trash??

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:32 AM (vXwX5)

406 I know there is no way in hell he would get Phillie, isn't that were the black panthers were at the polling place? I used to live in NJ, and I just was wondering if the white Penn vote in the suburbs and the non governmental union folks in Pittsburgh may have had enough of the JEF. Not to mention the large number of Catholics that may also be disenchanted with JEF. Its possible Penn is in play?

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 06:33 AM (Dnbau)

407 Wyatt, i honestly don't know how much longer we can hold our heads above water.

on the other hand perhaps I'll buy stock in tarps, duct tape and refrigerator boxes, and survive.

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:33 AM (TomZ9)

408 OK, does anyone know why Brett whatshisname was important to us initially?

Sad thing is... he wasn't. Some blogger (whose name I've heard, but I've never read his stuff) was doing reporting which brushed up against Kimberlin, and he followed that road.

Kimberlin sued that guy for having the nerve to mention the fact he's a convicted perjurer and terrorist, and that guy (someone is going to have to help me with his name) contacted Aaron Worthing for some free (but very limited) legal advice.

Kimberlin found out about that, and started cyber-stalking/bullying Aaron Worthing. Now here we are.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:33 AM (8y9MW)

409 Obama Knows He Has Failed. ----------------------------------------- Ever heard Obama & the Democrats trot out the tired refrain; "The Republicans want to return to the failed policies of the past."? Yeah, Obama can't use that line anymore. And he knows it. At a campaign event yesterday Obama trotted out the new refrain; "Mitt Romney wants to go back to the same mistakes that got us into this mess in the first place!". You see, they are no longer "policies", they are "mistakes". If Obama says "failed POLICIES of the past", then we have to look at HIS failed policies and point out that what he's done doesn't seem to be working very well.

Posted by: Tree Honkey at May 24, 2012 06:34 AM (u+JSO)

410 A Flock of Vajayjays. I loved that band!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 10:32 AM (kFnmp)

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And I raaaaan...I ran so far away...

Posted by: B. Frank at May 24, 2012 06:34 AM (eavT+)

411 415 Wyatt, i honestly don't know how much longer we can hold our heads above water.

on the other hand perhaps I'll buy stock in tarps, duct tape and refrigerator boxes, and survive.
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Philly's homicides: 138. Days in year so far: 145. In fairness, many of the Democrats are killing themselves off here.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:34 AM (kFnmp)

412 OK, does anyone know why Brett whatshisname was important to us initially? **** Because he is threatening any conservative blogger who writes about him. Because he's a scum-sucking terrorist. Because he is wrapped in with the Dems via his 501c3 organization. All this, of course, in his post-prison career, which follows his bombings in the 70s.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 24, 2012 06:34 AM (piMMO)

413 Driving to Ithaca, NY tonight, selling my house tomorrow, driving back tomorrow, moving to an apartment in Fairfax Saturday-Sunday and hopfully drinking scotch and watching tv all day Monday before heading back into the fight. Heh. We just moved to Clifton from Springfield. Given your skillset, are you looking at NGA jobs? They're moving most of them to the EPG, and your commute would be sweet.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:35 AM (p7SSh)

414 Between my military time and my degree, I honestly thought I'd just land a job...

Welcome to the Obamanation. Jobs are scarce, but don't worry, a new shipment of unicorns is on the way, and they shit skittles so you'll have something to eat soon.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 10:30 AM (ipoVy)

Yeah, but I also felt somewhat entitled, and didn't work as hard as I should have. I knew the market was tanking but just felt like I'd be okay because I've done all the right things.

Not the case.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:35 AM (CVVhG)

415 Backwards well yes, (i didn't know about Breitbart) but my question is why was it importatnt? I mean there are tons of lefty rabble rousers that connect up to eachother, hell we have one as a president now. why was This guy so important .

I do understand why he is NOW important to fight , but initially? what's the beginning of it?

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:35 AM (TomZ9)

416 So what's not working?

I've got some new servers in a new domain that need to access a share on a UNIX machine (well, NFS mount) in the old domain. I'm having permissions issues. I'm wondering if anyone has any brilliant ideas.

Apparently the guy who set up our Unix/Windows environment left the company that runs our data center a year or two before I got here. So I (a developer, mind you, not an admin) have been tasked with figuring out why it's not working.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:36 AM (8y9MW)

417 An NYC public school is making Arabic mandatory now.

I saw that. Mandarin would make a lot more sense. The Arabs all do business with the west in English or French.

Although knowing some Arabic, when they think you don't know it, could come in pretty handy. I've tossed a few Mandarin phrases out at a critical moment and suddenly the whole conversation switches over to english and you're not the rube roundeye anymore.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 06:36 AM (ipoVy)

418

@Wyatt Earp:

Mitt is targeting a constituency that is being overlooked by the dems and may be ripe for GOP plucking. I nner city parents are desperate to place their children in better schools, the voucher plan always roundly defeated every time it is attempted. Romney is there to address their concerns and also voice his support for vouchers. Will it gain him votes in W. Philly? Not enough to swing Philadelphia certainly. However his appearance there directly contradicts the meme that he doesn't connect to the common man. I think he's smart to show up there. Philly public schools are more of a netherworld rather than a third world situation, God help those kids.

Posted by: kallisto at May 24, 2012 06:36 AM (jm/9g)

419 Will the Labor Department count you as unemployed when you're just visiting friends? Taking out the trash??

The Labor Department can go fuck itself. I'm still sending out resumes, and I'm using the trip as a chance to talk to some staffing agencies in Denver and see what the job market is like at the moment.

Posted by: Alex at May 24, 2012 06:36 AM (AsEoP)

420 Wyatt - go Phillie (any of the moron horde in Phillie excluded)

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 06:36 AM (Dnbau)

421 I'm going to do as little as possible if I have my way. I'm getting my hair done on Sat that will be the highlight. It's a girl thing!

Taste of Cincinnati is going on this weekend which showcases the best of the best of city food. Nearly 80-90 different vendors. Sadly the past few years have been so hot -- makes it miserable to really gorge when it's that hot outside. We sometimes go at night but this year I think there's some R&B/rap thing going on during the nighttime hours and well...I'm not going down there at night.

And I denounce myself.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:36 AM (/NHQT)

422

FWIW, CAC has Penn in play. I'm inclined to agree with him. I'm even more inclined to agree because the idiots at CNN make a point of saying it's not in play .

Posted by: tsrblke at May 24, 2012 06:37 AM (22rSN)

423 Philly public schools are more of a netherworld rather than a third world situation, God help those kids.
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Catholic school for my four kids is money very well spent, believe me.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:37 AM (kFnmp)

424 Miami musta had a hell of a fire. I've lived on a 668i Sub, so i'm guessing that they had a fire that started in aft berthing. that shit spread up into control, hence why it they needed outside fire fighters.

Once that shit gets into insulation the fire is a real whore.

Might have been welding in doc's space tho, lit 9 man on fire and spread up and right into aft berthing and then north into control. Plus they were already on skeleton crew in the cone.

Posted by: Zakn at May 24, 2012 06:37 AM (zyaZ1)

425 Given your skillset, are you looking at NGA jobs? They're moving most of them to the EPG, and your commute would be sweet.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 10:35 AM (p7SSh)

Yeah, I'm looking at contractors as well as the fed.

EPG?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:38 AM (CVVhG)

426

; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal">Its possible Penn is in play?

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 10:33 AM (Dnbau)

Michigan is more in play than Pennsylvania. Obama has a lot of paid staffers in the state because he knows heÂ’s losing right now.

Posted by: jwest at May 24, 2012 06:38 AM (ZDsRL)

427 An NYC public school is making Arabic mandatory now.

Why the hell NOT?

The NY public school system gave up on trying to teach English decades ago.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:38 AM (vXwX5)

428 430 FWIW, CAC has Penn in play. I'm inclined to agree with him. I'm even more inclined to agree because the idiots at CNN make a point of saying it's not in play
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But, but, Gerg said PA was heavily Obama!!!!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:39 AM (kFnmp)

429 Oh and the race. Of course the race, duh!

(not going but I listen on the radio. Yes, really. that sounds queer but the that's how I grew up on it. It was always blacked out for the race itself living in Indy so we could only watch it that night. anyway it kinda grew on me to just listen to it on the radio).

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:39 AM (/NHQT)

430 Wyatt, you are in Philly right?

that's a lot of dead folks. stay safe. I cannot imagine the toil it takes on the soul to see firsthand so much mayhem .

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:40 AM (TomZ9)

431 423: Aside from the fights he's picking, he's the head of a prominent lefty not-for-profit (the name of which eludes me at the moment) that gets serious dough from high-profile lefty donors (Streisand was one of the names mentioned, someone swing out the full info here).

He's basically one of the major field officers in the Left's war on America, one who flew beneath the radar until this latest blowup.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at May 24, 2012 06:40 AM (GBXon)

432 I've got some new servers in a new domain that need to access a share on a UNIX machine (well, NFS mount) in the old domain. I'm having permissions issues. I'm wondering if anyone has any brilliant ideas. Check the access controls in the NFS server's config: http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto/ar01s03.html Be sure to read and understand the rules on how hosts.allow and hosts.deny are consulted. Give me a couple of minutes, and I will try to remember what else to check.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:40 AM (p7SSh)

433 Although if that was the case, there shoulda been a fire watch. Dude prolly watched the weld job finish up and went topside for a smoke.

Posted by: Zakn at May 24, 2012 06:40 AM (zyaZ1)

434 439 Wyatt, you are in Philly right?

that's a lot of dead folks. stay safe. I cannot imagine the toil it takes on the soul to see firsthand so much mayhem .

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Yep, detective here. We had a homicide yesterday five minutes after I walked in the door. And it's not even summer yet.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:41 AM (kFnmp)

435 How many are you guys up to in Philly right now, Wyatt?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:41 AM (/NHQT)

436 Taste of Cincinnati is going on this weekend which showcases the best of the best of city food. Nearly 80-90 different vendors. Sadly the past few years have been so hot ----- Ah, Midwest summers! 'Don't miss that aspect of the Midwest. We went to the Taste of Chicago one year, but it was so disgusting, with chicken and rib bones half a foot deep and hotter than holy hell, that we vowed never to go again.

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 06:42 AM (5H6zj)

437 444 How many are you guys up to in Philly right now, Wyatt?
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Homicides? 138. Cops? Not nearly enough.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:42 AM (kFnmp)

438

Willow, the first thing on his resume was the Speedway, IN bombings. While in jail, he started filing frivolous lawsuits. He's a drug dealer and tried to derail the Quayle campaign by claiming he sold him drugs.

The guy's got a rap sheet as long as your arm, but is, to quote, "Guilty as hell and free as a bird." It's a long story involving a whole bunch of people, stay tuned for tomorrow's blogburst on it. Many folks who have been victimized by this asshole will tell a lot.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 06:42 AM (d0Tfm)

439 Penn is the fools gold of R campaigns. Win Ohio, Virginia, NC, and Florida and we are in bidness.

Posted by: Zakn at May 24, 2012 06:42 AM (zyaZ1)

440 Campaigning in Philly doesn't mean that he is actually campaigning FOR Philly. He is doing his campaigning in the media market which extends on out to the center of the State. He will probably do Pittsburgh also and some later date to get the other half of the State.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 06:42 AM (YdQQY)

441 >.Between my military time and my degree, I honestly thought I'd just land a job...

Little turnover in gov't. People don't want to give them up.

I know a guy who started working the same GS job again that he retired from which he got after he retired from military service.

he's collecting two pensions plus slary

Posted by: Albie Damned at May 24, 2012 06:43 AM (Yhu4q)

442 Virginia is becoming more Democratic because the whole state is becoming an extension of Washington, D.C. In a few years everyone in Virginia will be drawing a check from the feds, either as an employee or a welfare recipient.

Posted by: Martin at May 24, 2012 06:43 AM (iEea3)

443 449 Campaigning in Philly doesn't mean that he is actually campaigning FOR Philly. He is doing his campaigning in the media market which extends on out to the center of the State. He will probably do Pittsburgh also and some later date to get the other half of the State.

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Very good point.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:43 AM (kFnmp)

444 See mentions of people looking for jobs. If your in Minnesota my company is hiring (at least at my plant in Chanhassen) take a look at this link http://tinyurl.com/bo9mno5

Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 24, 2012 06:43 AM (tf9Ne)

445
He's basically one of the major field officers in the Left's war on America, one who flew beneath the radar until this latest blowup.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica City DMV at May 24, 2012 10:40 AM (GBXon)

alright thank you Cavil.

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:44 AM (TomZ9)

446 If exports, hosts.allow, and hosts.deny are all correct, then check to see if your Unix host is running tcpwrapper. If that looks ok, then make sure there aren't any firewalls on the NFS server or between the clients and that server. In the bad old days, NFS required UDP. I'm pretty sure you can run it on TCP now.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at May 24, 2012 06:44 AM (p7SSh)

447 I dunno, but with; Christie across the border alot of suburban parents sending their kids to Catholic schools cause the public schools suck traditional construction type unions suffering while the JEF destroys business but pubic sector employees still at the teat and demanding more traditionally democratic white working class voters being abandoned by the JEF in favor of his divisive identity politics strategy, I think Romney in Phillie is telling us their internals tell them Penn is in play

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 06:44 AM (Dnbau)

448 Make sure your /etc/exports allows the new domain.

Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at May 24, 2012 06:45 AM (cDPLR)

449 Remember when that Liberal Scumbag Lawyer wore a burka into the courtroom at Gitmo last month, and suggested ALL the women participating wear a burka so as not to make the Terroristic Religious Zealots feel like they were "sinning" by seeing them?

Seeing how we now have millions of muslims in America, thanks to immigration policies none of us ever had a chance to vote for, or even heard discussed during election cycles, for that matter, maybe liberal feminists feel ALL women should wear a Burka in America??

From bra burning to univeral burka wearing inside of 40 years... Doesn't that pretty much sum up "liberalism" in all its wonderful facets?

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 06:45 AM (vXwX5)

450 I think Romney in Phillie is telling us their internals tell them Penn is in play
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I certainly hope so. Sick of my state being full of political FAIL.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:45 AM (kFnmp)

451 Homicides? 138.

^^^

What's the yearly ave?

And Y-Not, you certainly did luck out moving out of the Midwest for the summer. Not even into it and they're saying it's going to be mid-90s both Sat and Sun. I guess a liquid lunch will have to suffice!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:45 AM (/NHQT)

452 >>Kimberlin sued that guy for having the nerve to mention the fact he's a convicted perjurer and terrorist, and that guy (someone is going to have to help me with his name) contacted Aaron Worthing for some free (but very limited) legal advice.

>>Kimberlin found out about that, and started cyber-stalking/bullying Aaron Worthing. Now here we are.

Seth Allen.

Quite a number of people have been harassed in a similar manner.

Aaron got one scene on video, which, when combined with the claims about what happened, is very telling. It's been a stepping off point for shining a light on this guy and on the system that is not helping much.

Hope that isn't too vague. It's such a long story that it's hard to summarize without ending up just saying "bad things, bad people!!1!"

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 06:46 AM (XdlcF)

453 Thanks, FTL. That may be just what we need.

I'm virtually certain the new servers haven't been allowed access to the NFS server. I'll pass that idea on to the folks who can do something about it.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at May 24, 2012 06:46 AM (8y9MW)

454 As for mandatory Arabic in NYC public schools that is ludicrous. In fact, if it was left up to me any foreign language would be an optional course.

Even when I was in school Spanish was mandatory for the "college prep" track AND totally useless for 99% of the people taking the courses. I would have been better off with Tagalog.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 06:46 AM (YdQQY)

455 I'm of to bed team. Keep up the fight

Posted by: Zakn at May 24, 2012 06:47 AM (zyaZ1)

456 What's the yearly ave?
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The last three years saw 324, 306, 302, but our illustrious police commissioner *spit* keeps comparing numbers to 2007, when we hit 391. he does that so he can say homicides are "down." Ramsey will compare them to 2007 for decades if that makes his point.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:47 AM (kFnmp)

457 >>What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

My pinko brother is coming to visit. It's going to be 95F, so I guess we'll be drinking in the living room instead of the backyard. He also mentioned geocaching.

I'd like to attend the Memorial Day Ceremony at Crown Hill Cemetery, but it's at midday and the sun might be too much for me. Dammit.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:47 AM (/kI1Q)

458 Backwardsboy, K.

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:49 AM (TomZ9)

459 Someone turn on the Ewok signal.

Posted by: EC at May 24, 2012 06:49 AM (GQ8sn)

460

Hey willow if you get a chance check out the story here to really understand what a lying sinister weasel this guy is.

http://tinyurl.com/cf6ofug

Posted by: B. Frank at May 24, 2012 06:49 AM (eavT+)

461 Our first Memorial Day in Texas! Should be good, pool, BBQ, find the parades in Houston! Good times

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 06:49 AM (Dnbau)

462 osted by: HeatherRadishÂ™

^^^

You mean you're not camping out Sat night??

*snickers*

I did that once. Pretty sure I had contracted scabies (do you even contract scabies...? eh, you get the point). There wasn't enough hot water to get the stank of that particular weekend off of me.

Makes me remember how much I really do not miss my 20s.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:51 AM (/NHQT)

463 >>Little turnover in gov't. People don't want to give them up.

There's a crony aspect, too. After Iowa stopped paying Chet Culver a salary, Obama gave him a 6-figure federal job.

(I'm convinced the only reason Christine Vilsack is running for Congress is so they can keep sucking on the federal teat when Romney fires her husband in January.)

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:52 AM (/kI1Q)

464 Off cork suckin sicko sock

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 06:52 AM (eavT+)

465

It is depressing driving even in once solidly R Loudoun County Va. Obama stickers on Subarus everywhere.

Virginia is also a retirment destination for the Blue Folks from points N and E. Just like Californians they like the low taxes and then want to increase 'services'. Stupid old buzzards.

I have to fire back with some Romney stickers on my little fleet.

Posted by: jinxthecat at May 24, 2012 06:52 AM (l3vZN)

466 Just saw on twitter that SE Cupp is going to be on The View this morning.

Someone else watch so I don't have to break my 'I have never seen that show' streak.

Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 06:52 AM (X6akg)

467 Even when I was in school Spanish was mandatory for the "college prep" track AND totally useless for 99% of the people taking the courses. I would have been better off with Tagalog. Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 10:46 AM (YdQQY) --------------------------------------------------- Hasn't some sort of foreign language credit been a requirement for eons? I took French, which has been utterly useless and I'm pretty sure I chased all the foreign language out of brain immediately upon graduation. I think I can still clumsily proposition someone, but if I ever need to speak French to do that, just shoot me.

Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 24, 2012 06:53 AM (snRY5)

468 and that guy (someone is going
to have to help me with his name) contacted Aaron Worthing for some free
(but very limited) legal advice.

>>Kimberlin found out about that, and started cyber-stalking/bullying Aaron Worthing. Now here we are.

Seth Allen.

Quite a number of people have been harassed in a similar manner.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 10:46 AM (XdlcF)

ok, got it, it was the first offer of help for another, that got this guy on the radar, and here we all are.

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:53 AM (TomZ9)

469 476 Just saw on twitter that SE Cupp is going to be on The View this morning.
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What the hell is wrong with her? Why go on that program when she's just going to be attacked? Seriously, I don't get that.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:53 AM (Agn5J)

470 Neither is OH. Gerg can go suck a tailpipe.
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40% of the Democratic voters in the states to the east and south of OH voted AGAINST the JEF. There's only an imaginary line on a map that distinguishes WV and KY voters from a big chunk of OH voters.
You cannot win with less than 90% of your own party--and the JEF has 40% voting against him when they have no reason to except for spite.

Gerg can suck start a Mac truck through the tailpipe.

Posted by: Educated in Madison at May 24, 2012 06:54 AM (kSaUf)

471 383 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 10:26 AM (/NHQT)

Sleep. They don't call me Mr. Excitement for nothing.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at May 24, 2012 06:54 AM (RD7QR)

472 I was a bit annoyed w/some on conservatives that were saying that Cupp should just let it go -- don't give Hustler the attention it craves.

Wrong.

It needs to be discussed.

Limbaugh calls a parasite a 'slut' and for weeks the left goes apeshit. Boycotts, marches, etc.

Cupps get a fucking cock photoshopped in her mouth and ....*crickets*...from most on the the left.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:54 AM (/NHQT)

473 >>You mean you're not camping out Sat night??

Ha ha!

My first job out of college I worked about a mile from the speedway; that was enough of that crowd for me. I did play hooky on Community Day and drive Radishmobile 1.0 around the track...should have done that this year but it totally slipped my mind.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:55 AM (/kI1Q)

474 Memorial Day plans? Gigs tonite, Friday and Saturday, then firing up the grill for burgers and racing all day long on Sunday. Alcohol may be involved.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at May 24, 2012 06:55 AM (d0Tfm)

475 482 I was a bit annoyed w/some on conservatives that were saying that Cupp should just let it go -- don't give Hustler the attention it craves.

Wrong.

It needs to be discussed.
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Yes, but not on The View. Won't be any discussion going on; jut rants from the harpies.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 06:56 AM (Agn5J)

476 I think SECupp , like all public figures, likes attention. I also think she is not stupid and thinks she can use this episode to raise her profile, ironically. More power to her, although I think going on The Spew with those hens is going to backfire badly. Those hags are going to et her alive.

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 06:56 AM (Dnbau)

477 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Same old shit. But what is funny is my BIL is coming down from MD to visit today and Fri and then heading for Myrtle Beach on Sat to spend the week there. He is taking the family to the beach.

This is black biker weekend at the beach. They have taken over Memorial Day at the beach. I have warned him that this is not a good time to take "family" to the beach.

Yes, nothing like having black motorcycle gangs take over the traditional start of Summer season for the beach.

Yes, I denounce myself now. <not>

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 06:56 AM (YdQQY)

478 >>Cupps get a fucking cock photoshopped in her mouth and ....*crickets*...from most on the the left.

And the lefties who were shitting all over the First Amendment because they wanted to force nuns to pay for abortions are suddenly its biggest champions. *spit*

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 06:57 AM (/kI1Q)

479 http://tinyurl.com/cf6ofug

Posted by: B. Frank at May 24, 2012 10:49 AM (eavT+)

uh hmm, He's quite a s.o.b. .

fkn infuriating that he is using the justice system in this manner,

and the tape coming out i hope will help destroy kimberlain, and perhaps throw his rear back in jail?

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 06:58 AM (TomZ9)

480 felt like I'd be okay because I've done all the right things.

Sometimes that ain't enough. Economic depressions grind people up, and spit them out, and change their life arc in ways they never expected.

But, as they say - pain is weakness leaving your body. Adversity forces you to adapt and accomplish what need to get done in ways that might never have occurred to you in more prosperous times. Thrift isn't just a word in the dictionary anymore, it becomes a way of life, if treated as challenge/game of sorts, it can actually be entertaining.

Recognizing the difference between needs and wants can save a huge amount of money.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 06:59 AM (ipoVy)

481 I did play hooky on Community Day and drive Radishmobile 1.0 around the track...should have done that this year but it totally slipped my mind.

^^^

Really?? That sounds fun!

I'm starting to reminisce a bit here. My parents let me skip school...actually today (Carb Day). That was actually more fun to go to than the race.

Actually they used to do it on Thursdays - I think they do it on Fridays.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:59 AM (/NHQT)

482 Hasn't some sort of foreign language credit been a requirement for eons?

Like I said, "when I was in school".

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 06:59 AM (YdQQY)

483 Saturday morning, I will be putting little flags on graves.

Posted by: Jimbo at May 24, 2012 06:59 AM (O3R/2)

484 What the hell is wrong with her? Why go on that program when she's just going to be attacked? Seriously, I don't get that.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 10:53 AM (Agn5J)

I hope she points out that the View would be burning things down if that picture had Michelle Obama in her place.

Force them to own their double-standard in public.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 06:59 AM (CVVhG)

485 Vic, glad you're feeling well but how is your wife doing? Is she hanging in okay?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 07:00 AM (/NHQT)

486 Gee on AMC they just showed the Original 'Death Wish" and now they have "Die Hard". It's almost like Paradise

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 24, 2012 07:00 AM (05RcU)

487 I'm doing fine, wifey is "getting by". Will be glad when these rad treatments are over.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:01 AM (YdQQY)

488 If SE Cupp use the opportunity to point out the hypocrisy of the left, and the ladies of "The View" than its time well spent. If its just them shouting her down, meh. Whatevs. I hope she is loaded for bear.

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 07:01 AM (Dnbau)

489 488 >>Cupps get a fucking cock photoshopped in her mouth and ....*crickets*...from most on the the left.

Honestly, her best bet is just to ignore Hustler and, if asked, merely play "the victim" of liberal hypocrisy.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 07:01 AM (vXwX5)

490 iirc the flash mobs thuggery started up around Mem. Day weekend last year. I recall 3-4 separate incidents along the North Shore in Chicago.

Yeah, so there's absolutely nothing wrong with saying you're avoiding highly populated areas this weekend.

There's not a doubt in my mind those will escalate this summer as well -- seems like we're shaping up to experience a hot summer. Combine that w/Zim/Trayvon crap and the election and well......yeah I think I'll stop there.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 07:02 AM (/NHQT)

491 SE has more brains in her boobehs

You, of course, have pics to prove this assertion?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 07:03 AM (CVVhG)

492

Iranian dissidents have long suspected that the country's Islamist regime has used the cover of its not-so-covert war with Israel to crack down on internal opponents, and that a leading Iranian nuclear scientist whose death was blamed on Mossad might really have been killed by his own government.

Now a prominent opposition blogger based in London says that discrepancies in the recent trial and execution of the "Israeli spy" officially charged with killing scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi are yet more evidence that Iranian intelligence agents may have been the real assassins.

Posted by: Elizabeth Moon at May 24, 2012 07:03 AM (e8kgV)

493 I think going on The View is not a great strategy, for all of our conservatives. If she does manage to get them to mouth some "he shouldn't have done that" non-apology thing, it takes the burden off of the Left's pundits and politicians to do the same. If we're going to make a point of these things, we have to get the Left's political leadership and opinion-makers to apologize, not let them get off by having these supposedly entertainment figures do it. Our pols are constantly expected to apologize for Rush Limbaugh or Ted Nugent or whoever is the Symbol of the Right they choose. Their side should have to do the same. In addition, I think they'll use this as a chance to go on an anti-pron pro-wimmens screed and try to paint the GOP as allowing this environment to exist that debases women.

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 07:04 AM (5H6zj)

494 I saw you say the other day that she's getting treatments every day. Awful. Thinking of you both.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 07:04 AM (/NHQT)

495 Recognizing the difference between needs and wants can save a huge amount of money.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 10:59 AM (ipoVy)

I learned that lesson (painfully) in the service.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 24, 2012 07:04 AM (CVVhG)

496 @Jimbo - I mean no disrespect to your noble actions, but please let one of those flags be a Gadsden Flag. A slight twist in humor compels you.

Posted by: reason at May 24, 2012 07:05 AM (kZVsz)

497

Willow, I don't think anyone targeted him in any way. Much more the case of people getting fed up about being targeted.

Hope that all helps. There's a bunch of bits and pieces that aren't together in any coherent form. Like what the threats were that led Stacy McC. to leave his home. Found the answer on Nice Deb's blog; not hidden or anything, but easy to miss if you aren't obse--er, following it closely.

I've heard some things that aren't being put forth clearly and publicly yet, so I don't want to talk out of turn. I don't like sounding like "I know more I can't tell you", but it's such an unpleasant situation that being careful seems like a good idea.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 07:07 AM (XdlcF)

498 I said she was smart, but she will be outnumbered and shouted down. Whoopie, Babs and the hag will not let her get a word in edgewise. Hopefully they will let her get a word in, but I doubt it. They will just say that Hustler doesn't speak for them and the democratic party, and she shouldn't make them answer for Hustler's antics. In fact, that she is unfair to even link the two. They will make some sort of weak sauce condemnation and then attack her for picking on them and the dems and "politicizing" it. Bet on it.

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 07:07 AM (Dnbau)

499 Yes, but not on The View. Won't be any discussion going on; jut rants from the harpies.

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The sickening hypocrisy is so stark that it may...just may...reach some of the numbnuts in their audience who aren't particularly rabid progressives, just ill informed wimmins.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 24, 2012 07:07 AM (vOMX+)

500 Rob Portman is on Fox now. Just watching him for 10 sec I nearly fell asleep. He spoke at my law school grad -- everyone in my fam apparently snoozed. And they're all Republicans. Nice guy but zzzzzzzzz

He would be a *really* bad VP choice. Can we say that enough?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 07:07 AM (/NHQT)

501 When I drove around IMS, there was a state trooper at every turn, and I had to sign a contract agreeing I would keep it under 30mph and not pass. And the car in front of me went about 10mph. But the next family reunion, I left out those details, and my uncles were impressed. *lol*

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 07:07 AM (/kI1Q)

502 SE has more brains in her boobehs

I just LOVE brainy girls!

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 07:08 AM (vXwX5)

503 486 I think SECupp , like all public figures, likes attention. I also think she is not stupid and thinks she can use this episode to raise her profile, ironically. More power to her, although I think going on The Spew with those hens is going to backfire badly. Those hags are going to et her alive.

Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 10:56 AM (Dnbau)

This...

Beat me to my thought...however I think she'll tear those souless hags a new one. If they let her speak or Whoopie doesn't upstage Cupp by walking off the stage. Remember that gag?

***

And yes it is time for Hasseback to leave that mess: write a tell all book. I lost respect for her along time ago.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 24, 2012 07:09 AM (eavT+)

504

I'm going to spend Memorial Day weekend looking out my beautiful new windows, appreciating that they don't have crud in between the panes of glass.

And talking to the kids about the meaning of the day, of course.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 24, 2012 07:10 AM (XdlcF)

505 Yeah but you can say that you drove the track Heather, most can't do the same.

That is def something on my bucket list. Preferably more than 30 mph but I'm not greedy -- I'll get what I can take.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 07:10 AM (/NHQT)

506 But we'll forget all aboot SE the next time Rush upsets the Left, which could be any minute now. And we'll wail aboot "giving the Left ammunnition."

Posted by: soothsayer at May 24, 2012 07:11 AM (vanqS)

507 I took French, which has been utterly useless

I took French in high school. There's a lot of commonality among the romance languages and latin root words they use. That long forgotten HS French has allowed me to sort of understand some Spanish, Italian, and slangy Hatian creole.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 07:11 AM (ipoVy)

508 #438 That is EXACTLY what I do! My dad had a cousin who was a riding mechanic back in the days when they sometimes had two guys in the car, and we went out to see the old garages and stuff when I was a very little girl. I remember cousin Terry's helmet and a great big orange-drink cooler. (I was 4.)

Since then I have been a couple of times but the heat and noise are not something I like, plus I am not fond of crowds, so I listen on the radio like we did when I was a kid.

Most homesick I got as an Air Force wife in West Berlin was listening to the Indy 500 on Armed Forces radio.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 24, 2012 07:11 AM (GoIUi)

509 Supporters and critics of President ObamaÂ’s endorsement of same-sex marriage agree on one thing: He may not be finished evolving on the subject.

Despite his comments that he thinks the matter should be left to the states, many gay rights advocates strongly believe that it must be dealt with nationally Â— and that Obama is quietly on their side. Conservative critics of the president suspect the same, citing this as one way the president might tack left if reelected.

And some Obama supporters who are uncomfortable with same-sex marriage fear that in a second term, he would come under enormous pressure to back efforts to impose the legalization of such unions at the federal level.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at May 24, 2012 07:12 AM (e8kgV)

510 And the car in front of me went about 10mph.

I've walked that track. LOL. How did that car not slide down to the infield?

Posted by: Retread at May 24, 2012 07:12 AM (joSBv)

511 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?
--
If this is still the current thread, I will post a comment here.

Posted by: RioBravo at May 24, 2012 07:13 AM (eEfYn)

512 I've declared war on the Haitian storefront church that opened on my block, mainly over the midnight prayer vigils with full amplification on a residential street. Anyone have an idea for reasoning with noisy Pentecostals? My next move needs a translation into French for the slogan "Beware vodoun priests masquerading as Christians!" An appropriate Bible verse should finish the poster nicely. The alternative is a few more homicides in Philly, and I'm too cute for women's prison.

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at May 24, 2012 07:13 AM (a5ljo)

513 Oh did we cover the NOW "protest" of Limbaugh last weekend?

*giggle*

link below

Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 07:13 AM (/NHQT)

514 White House Email: Now You Can Watch All Those Concerts You Paid For But WerenÂ’t Invited To See Live!
http://is.gd/HI9vOl

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 07:14 AM (/kI1Q)

515 Somewhere on my Flickr there's a picture of me kissing the yard of bricks on a Thanksgiving weekend. I'd like to point out I've lose 40 pounds since then.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 24, 2012 07:16 AM (/kI1Q)

516 NOW should change their name to NOFW. National Org. of Facsist Whiners

Posted by: soothsayer at May 24, 2012 07:17 AM (j7IJ7)

517 Purp, you're my only hope.

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at May 24, 2012 07:17 AM (a5ljo)

518 New thread. Now with 100% less content!

Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 07:17 AM (5H6zj)

519 Bill Clinton stars in:

Farm Girls Gone Bubba

Posted by: Fritz at May 24, 2012 07:18 AM (/ZZCn)

520 The alternative is a few more homicides in Philly, and I'm too cute for women's prison.

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at May 24, 2012 11:13 AM (a5ljo)

I'm sure the inmates would develop a taste for you, IYKWIM.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 07:18 AM (vXwX5)

521 What's everyone doing for Memorial Day?

Probably trying to patch a leak in my roof. I thought I'd gotten it last week, but after a good downpour yesterday that seems not to be the case. I hate ladders and roof work almost as much as I hate Obama.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 07:18 AM (ipoVy)

522 The alternative is a few more homicides in Philly, and I'm too cute for women's prison.
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Go for it! I could use the job security!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 24, 2012 07:19 AM (Agn5J)

523 Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 11:04 AM (/NHQT)

Thanks

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:19 AM (YdQQY)

524 532 Bill Clinton stars in:

Farm Girls Gone Bubba

Posted by: Fritz at May 24, 2012 11:18 AM (/ZZCn)

The Party of America's First Black President is the arbiter of Political Correctness in our country. What a joke.

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 07:20 AM (vXwX5)

525 I got mad skills. But I'm picky about my partners.

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at May 24, 2012 07:22 AM (a5ljo)

526 "I got mad skills." Is that correct, grammatically?

Posted by: CoolCzech at May 24, 2012 07:24 AM (vXwX5)

527 New fresh open thread up.

Posted by: Vic at May 24, 2012 07:24 AM (YdQQY)

528 While Haiti is considered "christian", is really a blend of about 90% traditional Christianity mixed with about 10% African stuff that isn't traditional Christian.

Haitians around my area generally speak Creole as an everyday matter, but the schools in Haiti also teach classical textbook French and English. The differences between Hiatian Creole and French aren't all that huge. Creole has more slangy composite words that the French would never allow in their precious pure language.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 07:26 AM (ipoVy)

529 Sorry. I gotzz mad skillzz. Better?

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at May 24, 2012 07:26 AM (a5ljo)

530 520 and slangy Hatian creole. --------- Not sure whether you're talking about folks from Haiti or hateful occupiers here.

Posted by: Anachronda at May 24, 2012 07:27 AM (xGZ+b)

531 Mama AJ, alright Deb did a nice job stringing this together and the beginning, kudos to her.
still working through Allergic to Bull. seems this guy has tons of history, still find it bizzare a Terrorist , possible drug dealer, gets so much money and financial support!
I've been doing life all wrong it seems!
who knew trying to be a good citizen is so unsupported!

Posted by: willow at May 24, 2012 07:30 AM (TomZ9)

532 I've been doing life all wrong it seems! who knew trying to be a good citizen is so unsupported!

This country came under the grips of a vast mysterious unexplained morality inversion field about 40 years ago. Some think it came from outer space, others blame Soviet shenanigans, and others still blame a marine life conspiracy to wipe out all land based life so they can make a fresh evolutionary start.

Whatever the cause, there's no doubt that it exists.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 07:44 AM (ipoVy)

533 *cough*

Posted by: large hadron collider at May 24, 2012 08:23 AM (NG097)

534

New York REPUBLICANS (!) want to make anonymous online comments illegal.

Morons rise up!

http://tinyurl.com/crwgcmt

Posted by: Carney at May 24, 2012 10:54 AM (Xh4sM)

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

Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2012 11:15 AM (7W3wI)

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