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June 11, 2012

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— Gabriel Malor

Happy Monday.

While you were sleeping, Obama's Secretary of Commerce, John Bryson, was cited for felony hit-and-run for fleeing after hitting two cars in the San Gabriel Valley. He was later found unconscious in his car. According to reports, neither alcohol nor drugs played a role.

Here's a fairly good analysis of the possible outcomes in the Obamacare case and the U.S. v. AZ case. Oh, BTW, the Supreme Court will be handing down decisions in at least one case this morning at 10.

Oh, and Republicans are starting to believe that maybe this Romney guy is serious about kicking Obama out of office after all.

Hey, and Obama's support among Jewish voters has dropped 10 points since 2008.

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1 Frank Cady, 96, a character actor who played Hooterville general-store proprietor Sam Drucker on the TV sitcoms "Green Acres" and "Petticoat Junction," died Friday at his home in Wilsonville, Ore., said his daughter, Catherine Turk. No specific cause was given.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 02:52 AM (MMC8r)

2 Another day, another felony hit-and-run charge against a cabinet secretary.

As Insty likes to say, the country's in the best of hands.

Posted by: Sockpuppet Czar at June 11, 2012 02:52 AM (aBCd9)

3 So is the comment feature here going to change today or is that just a crazy rumor?

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 11, 2012 02:53 AM (Clzyu)

4 Felony hit and run? I'm sure it's Bush's fault somehow.

Posted by: Ms Choksondik at June 11, 2012 02:54 AM (fYOZx)

5 Good Morning Morons. Today is Monday, June 11, 2012. On this day in 2001 Timothy McVeigh was executed. And some time today in 2012 Ace of Spades will go to registration.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)

6 It has got real in CO and NM now as wildfires are burning peopleÂ’s homes and forcing evacuation. It seems that these massive fires are becoming common place now after decades of stupid eco-green land management policy. If I was a resident of one of these States I would be demanding that the State government tell the EPA and the department of the interior (in court) that these stupid fale eco policies were not going to continue.

http://is.gd/J5klje

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)

7 Stagflation is here. IOW welcome to DOOM. But I say it has been here for a while.

http://is.gd/oR5up7

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)

8 Remember having to put a quarter in a jar for cursing? Well a town in MA thinks you need to put $20 in their jar if you curse in public. Inflation I guess.

http://is.gd/Jg5SRh

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:55 AM (YdQQY)

9 So is the comment feature here going to change today or is that just a crazy rumor?

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 11, 2012 06:53 AM (Clzyu)

They'll have to pry my sockpuppets out of my cold, dead, hairy palmed hands.

Posted by: mugiwara at June 11, 2012 02:55 AM (KI/Ch)

10 Apple and Google to use military grade cameras in planes and satellites to produce even more detailed maps of cities and towns.

http://is.gd/MKl1I3

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)

11 How will you sock puppet if you have to register a different name?

Posted by: Mr Pink at June 11, 2012 02:56 AM (Clzyu)

12 The 2012 Highway Bill appears to be stalled in a joint committee with no agreement between the Republican House and the Democrat Senate. The House wants the Keystone Pipeline and spending limited to the amount that is collected in gas taxes. Of course the Senate wants the opposite of that. My recommendation is for the House to NOT pass another temporary extention which is what it looks like they are going to do. It is time to grow some nads people. Tell them to take it or leave it.

http://is.gd/tMN70Y

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)

13 Of course, Jane Fonda is in love with the OWS crowd. Everyone should remember all these left wing idiots and mention them anytime the occupy crowd does one of their things.

http://is.gd/D67WiQ

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)

14 There is no inflation! But Disney World Tickets just hit $89/day. My question is why in the hell would anyone want to pay that? Imagine taking a family of four for a three day trip.

http://is.gd/E4lD4X

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:56 AM (YdQQY)

15 Pat Cadell names likely suspect in the WH security leaks!

He says it is likely National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. And I say leaks like this would not have occurred without approval or direction from higher up. They are getting ready to throw someone under the bus for these leaks.

http://is.gd/jTXBbw

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)

16 The number of congressmen calling for an investigation of SWATing now up to 85.

http://is.gd/Mvj7SL

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)

17 Legal question of the day; are motorcycle burnouts at a public bar constitutionally protected? A biker bar has been having these contests and the city has banned them. The bar has sued. What say the Morons? Public nuisance or it is on private property and therefore ainÂ’t none of their business?

http://is.gd/fwmrHZ

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)

18 Crony corruption at work again. FDIC gives Obama donor huge multimillion dollar break while everyone else gets stiffed. Hey, itÂ’s the Chicago way people, except now it is federal. This is the most corrupt and lawless administration since Grant.

http://is.gd/5nicj5

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:57 AM (YdQQY)

19 Kommie Karl Rove demonstrates why the Bush years were so bad for the Republican Party. He wants to keep tax subsidies and write-offs for stupid wind power. Any candidate who hires this stupid bastard needs to be politically shunned. (h/t Hot Air)

http://is.gd/f0rAEz

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:58 AM (YdQQY)

20 Hey NYC Morons, did you know there is a city ordinance that forbids gender pricing differentials? If you operate a beauty salon and charge women more for haircuts than men you will get burned. But hey, Â“ladies get in freeÂ” is OK.

http://is.gd/sTW1vW

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:58 AM (YdQQY)

21 Powerline graphs show how NOOA is lying to the public in its USA temperature numbers. Others have made this point in the past of how they apply fudge factors to change the data to the raw numbers, but these graphs showing the difference between the calculated numbers and raw data make it obvious.

http://is.gd/KW5Ryh

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:58 AM (YdQQY)

22 Well thatÂ’s it for Â“newsÂ” this morning. Typical Monday with most of the stuff being things we beat to death over the weekend.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 02:59 AM (YdQQY)

23 Felony hit and run? Is there any other variety of hit and run? And I can not believe that there was something involved causing impairment.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:01 AM (YdQQY)

24 Hey NYC Morons, did you know there is a city ordinance that forbids gender pricing differentials? If you operate a beauty salon and charge women more for haircuts than men you will get burned. That's assuming an equivalence between a male cut and a female cut. Lesbians should be the same price, I guess.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 03:01 AM (MMC8r)

25 For sheer over-the-top metaphors, it will be hard to beat the Daily Mail's comparison of Samantha & David Cameron to the Virgin Mary & St Joseph in today's article on how the Camerons forgot their daughter in a pub.

Posted by: Happy at June 11, 2012 03:01 AM (lkdo/)

26 puppet.

Posted by: sock at June 11, 2012 03:03 AM (N2yhW)

27 Thanks Vic and Gabe for the Monday morning round up!

Posted by: museisluse at June 11, 2012 03:04 AM (q2H2p)

28 John Bryson is "doing fine."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 11, 2012 03:05 AM (gPDxp)

29 Stagflation could be a cool brand name for hard-on pills. Hard to shut off 30 years in advertising.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2012 03:06 AM (MCDCp)

30 Lezzies and chicks going to get a "trim." Heh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2012 03:07 AM (MCDCp)

31 Shocked to hear about Frank Cady. I thought he had passed away a long time ago. So long, Sam Drucker...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2012 03:08 AM (MCDCp)

32 "According to reports, neither alcohol nor drugs played a role." That's, of course, the wrong way to put this. Neither alcohol, nor drugs, were even investigated as playing a role. If the cops never ask, you'll never have to tell. Did the cops know who this guy was? Did he tell them he's a Cabinet Secretary and they then decided not to do a field sobriety test? Take blood, or give him a breathalizer? The things this article DOESN'T SAY are glaring. What were the results of his field sobriety test? Did he refuse a breathalyzer test? What were the reults of his breathalyzer test? Was he even asked to blow? Why not? Guy had just hit two cars and been involved in a hit-and-run. If it was you or I, we'd be forced to take a breathalyzer test or face forfeiture of our license. If he was only slightly injured why was he not booked? George Zimmerman was booked? Why was this man not booked into jail, then provided with minor medical treatment? Why was he allowed to go to a hospital (and let the alcohol wear off)? Was blood drawn? Did they check for alcohol or drugs? Is the reason alcohol or drugs not suspected because nobody collected any evidence? I want answers. These are the questions that the media are deliberately not providing us the answers to because there is a whole lot more to this story that an up-and-coming blogger would be asking.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 03:08 AM (sEXZ/)

33 OK, I just checked the hit and run laws here in SC. It is a misdemeanor if no great bodily injury occurs with the hit and run. A felony if great bodily injury or death.

CA must make any hit and run a felony.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:09 AM (YdQQY)

34 33 CA must make any hit and run a felony. Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 07:09 AM (YdQQY) Unless you are an illegal alien. Oops, I meant to say an undocumented immigrant victim of yanqui imperialism. Then you get the Congressional Medal of Freedom.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 11, 2012 03:11 AM (MCDCp)

35 As Insty likes to say, the country's in the best of hands. Top.Men.

Posted by: toby928© at June 11, 2012 03:12 AM (QupBk)

36 That Pat Cadell thing above should probably be a flaming skull.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:12 AM (YdQQY)

37 Jews will not vote against Obama because in 1963, mom yelled at the Black maid, and they have been traumatized with intense guilt ever since.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 03:13 AM (nEUpB)

http://tinyurl.com/6ueuyvu

"This is not a new phenomenon, but the signs are that neglect is rising. We know that once again times are hard, but it's too simplistic to blame poverty. Charities such as Christians Against Poverty have revealed that one in 10 families are in debt, but this is no reason for neglect - and it's an insult to the poor to imply otherwise. At the other end of the scale, ask any public school principal and they could tell you of wealthy families guilty of gross neglect: they pay the cheque for the school fees and consider that to be the end of their responsibilities."

Posted by: Happy at June 11, 2012 03:13 AM (lkdo/)

39 Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 06:55 AM (YdQQY)

Fuck that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 03:14 AM (nEUpB)

40 Well, I understand why Ace has to go to registration on this site, but it's still a bit of a bummer. Hopefully it won't be as bad as when Tim Blair had to go to moderated (ick) comments when he moved his site inside the Daily Telegraph; while still populated with a clever group of commenters, it lost a lot by removing the "immediacy" of the comments.

But the site owner is like the bar owner: it's his rules what counts, and that's OK by me...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 11, 2012 03:15 AM (67FA8)

41 Kommie Karl Rove demonstrates why the Bush years were so bad for the Republican Party. He wants to keep tax subsidies and write-offs for stupid wind power. Any candidate who hires this stupid bastard needs to be politically shunned. (h/t Hot Air)

I'm not sure why anybody gives this fat cocksucker credit for anything other than knowing how to separate fools from their money. Reading his Wisconsin analysis in the WSJ on Thursday all he talked about was how effective the Repubs were in their get out the vote process. Nowhere was there a mention of the word "conservative" or an indication that if you have the wrong message, all the fucking GOTV efforts would go down the shitter. Nor was there any credit given to the Tea Party for the work they did. Before I get accused of being "too angry" the pudgy fuck's organization has done a good job of producing some effective ads against the JEF. But his shilling for the wind power subsidies just shows that TEH ARCHITECT is serving up the same type of big spending shit that lost Congress to the donks and gave us El JEFe.

Also going to Foul Air reminds me of why I stopped posting at that shithole with a couple ignorant trolls managing to derail the whole fucking thread instead of AllahDimwit and Poppin' clearing the garbage out of that poorly moderated site.

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 03:15 AM (D1HMA)

42 "How will you sock puppet if you have to register a different name?" And remember, all the major sign-in platforms are moving to link your account with your telephone number; so anytime someone on the left wants to SWAT you, they'll know precisely which number to spoof when they call the cops to tell them you've just killed your family. It should also make Obama's NSA tracking job just that much easier. By the way, since we're all going to have to reveal our real names (even though it's through a backdoor method) ... is Ace going to reveal his identity? Seems rather bogus to force commenters to link their accounts to their actual real-life personas if Ace isn't going to do the same. It's his site, and he can do what he wants, I guess, but advertisers pay for page views, and commenters here provide the bulk of the page views. I really don't feel Ace has thought through the implications of forcing people to identify themselves to Google or Wordpress (famed lefty institutions).

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 03:16 AM (sEXZ/)

43 Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 06:58 AM (YdQQY)

Dry cleaners will get smacked too. The machines built to automatically press dress shirts are designed for men's sizes. That's why women have to have their shirts dry-cleaned.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 03:16 AM (nEUpB)

44 Fuck that!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 07:14 AM (nEUpB

Hey, since this blog is read in MA you have to put $20 in their ~~tip~~ tax jar.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:17 AM (YdQQY)

45 "The difference is when you are rich and powerful you do not get reported to social services."

Posted by: Happy at June 11, 2012 03:17 AM (lkdo/)

46 Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 06:55 AM (YdQQY)

Imagine...11 years of torment in hell, and it's only just beginning!

Bastard. They should have revived him and then killed him again.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 03:18 AM (nEUpB)

47 But his shilling for the wind power subsidies just shows that TEH ARCHITECT is serving up the same type of big spending shit that lost Congress to the donks and gave us El JEFe.

My sentiments exactly. I have no idea why anyone gives that shit for brains any credit at all.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:18 AM (YdQQY)

48 How will any registration method force commenters to reveal their real identities? Are the validations coming by snail mail?

Posted by: dick cheese at June 11, 2012 03:19 AM (QupBk)

49 And remember, all the major sign-in platforms are moving to link your account with your telephone number

I have NEVER seen any sign in forum that asked for anything other than e-mail address.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:20 AM (YdQQY)

50 You don't have to give your real name. The problem isn't registration, it's your complete ignorance of the subject matter.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 11, 2012 03:20 AM (JDIKC)

51 Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 07:17 AM (YdQQY)

I was in NYC late Thursday night, and I saw bums in Times Square for the first time in years.

The nanny state just doesn't get it. Stop worrying about what we say and what we eat, and start worrying about the legitimate function of government: clean and safe streets, and a streamlined regulatory climate.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 11, 2012 03:20 AM (nEUpB)

52 I'll remind some commenters here that Rove won two very tight elections, while they have won precisely none. Many of these same commenters also said Romney would never get the nom, much less win the election, because he couldn't crack 20% among GOP voters.

A little humility might be in order.

Posted by: pep at June 11, 2012 03:21 AM (YXmuI)

53 helped win

Posted by: pep at June 11, 2012 03:21 AM (YXmuI)

54 Re: Secretary Bryson. Pending the toxicological results, if any, a reasonable assumption after ruling out Bush (the likely culprit) is the poor man was the victim of an alien abduction. Shame they should pick on the one guy who has to be the WASPiest guy in the whole administration. And he was involved in the wonderful work of providing cheap, clean, electrical energy to The People. Oh, wait. Except in Cali. And before that he was an "environmental lawyer". So, right now, it's either aliens or cerebral algae bloom. If they could just get him to talk about the extra-marital activities of the White House Choom Gang... "intercepted!"

Posted by: Thorvald at June 11, 2012 03:22 AM (OhenJ)

55 Anyone see Prometheus over the weekend?

Good Lord, it should have been called Hillbillies in Space, or maybe Space Rape: Abortion is a Universal Right.

Posted by: Fritz at June 11, 2012 03:22 AM (ZN5qR)

56 Of course, you could just not post here anymore, and wait for all of the commenters to demand that Ace abolish registration so as not to deprive us of your valuable contributions.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 11, 2012 03:22 AM (JDIKC)

57 I was in NYC late Thursday night, and I saw bums in Times Square for the first time in years.

It would be a shame if Times Square goes back to being a shit pile full of winos and porn shops.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:22 AM (YdQQY)

58 Google tries to get you to link your ID to your phone #. For your convenience, of course.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 03:23 AM (MMC8r)

59 Anyone see Prometheus over the weekend? 10,000 words by 10AM, please.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 03:24 AM (MMC8r)

60 I'll remind some commenters here that Rove won two very tight elections, while they have won precisely none.

Karl Rove didn't win shit. The Dems fielded shit candidates who still came close to beating his inept crap.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:24 AM (YdQQY)

61 Under no circumstances will I register, or my name is not Lazlo Horvath! ...oh, damn.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 03:26 AM (MMC8r)

62 By the way, since we're all going to have to reveal our real names (even though it's through a backdoor method) ... is Ace going to reveal his identity?

Cite for that and the must provide phone number please. I'm not just being bitchy, I keep hearing people say this yet I've seen no proof whatsoever that this is going to be required to comment here. I really don't comprehend where people are getting this idea that ace is requiring that we all tell everyone our real names.

As far as google asking for phone numbers, that's not mandatory you know. Neither is giving google or anyone else your actual name. Sure, sure, they want a name. That's quite different from some type of proof that this is your name.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 03:26 AM (yTtpr)

63 >>>>According to reports, neither alcohol nor drugs played a role.

Oh sure. . . Sure.

Absolutely.

Posted by: Dave C at June 11, 2012 03:27 AM (PARWA)

64 According to reports, neither alcohol nor drugs played a role. He was drunk on power.

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 03:28 AM (MMC8r)

65 "How will any registration method force commenters to reveal their real identities?" Google, for example, will not allow you to create an identity without revealing your telephone number. That links your account to your real-life persona and provides a method for them to get your identity. Since these databases are routinely hacked, by vigilantes on the left such as Anonymous, that data will escape into the wild (if not be given directly to the Democrat Party by partisans inside Google.) All the other major sign-in providers are moving to this model (if they haven't already done it.) If you are forced to register, then you are giving lefty institutions all they need to track down your identification.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 03:30 AM (sEXZ/)

66 Would that be the weak and flabby Karl Rove?

Posted by: Thorvald at June 11, 2012 03:30 AM (OhenJ)

67 I can not perceive anyone being involved in two hit and run accidents in one night that did not involve alcohol or some other impairment.

I had a State Patrol officer tell me one time that 99% of all hit and run accidents that he was aware of involved DUI and the perp left the scene because he wanted to avoid DUI charges.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:30 AM (YdQQY)

Thanks for the news roundup, Vic and Gabe.

Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Today is the birthday (1879) of Friedrich Gustav Max Schreck, an actor recalled as a loner who enjoyed playing odd characters. He is best known, of course, as Count Orlok, the Dracula-substitute in the 1922 F.W. Murnau classic Nosferatu. What is not generally known is how close the movie came to disappearing forever; after its release, the studio, Prana Film, was sued by Bram Stoker's widow for copyright infringement and driven into bankruptcy. Mrs Stoker then spent the rest of her life tracking down every print of Nosferatu she could find in order to destroy it. It is only by sheer luck that the few prints we have escaped her grasp.

In 2000, Schreck was played by Willem Dafoe in the movie Shadow of the Vampire, starring John Malkovich as Murnau. The conceit of Shadow's plot is that Schreck is a real vampire, promised the blood of the leading lady once Murnau's movie is finished.

Today also saw the premiere of the odd 1916 comedy The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, a short starring Douglas Fairbanks as a parody Sherlock Holmes named Coke Ennyday who - in a broad slap at Holmes' cocaine habit - is constantly injecting himself with cocaine from a bandolier of syringes strapped to his chest! The movie was written by D.W. Griffith (The Birth Of A Nation), Tod Browning (Freaks) and Anita Loos (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The movie can be found on a Kino International Fairbanks collection from 2001, or a Flicker Alley compilation from 2008, both available on Amazon.

And now I'm off to work. Have a grand day, everyone.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Clitoris at June 11, 2012 03:30 AM (zF6Iw)

69 It would be a shame if Times Square goes back to being a shit pile full of winos and porn shops. The happy hobo hunting grounds

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 03:32 AM (ICwOo)

70 "I have NEVER seen any sign in forum that asked for anything other than e-mail address. " Here is Google's new account creation page. http://goo.gl/BQtCV Asks for phone number, (this is how they will validate your account and give you a one-time pass that you have to enter to activate the account.) Also asks for a bunch of other personal information (which you're not required to provide, but you are required to provide your phone number.) They claim they do this to avoid spammers getting accounts, but the spammers have ways around that. Linking your account to your phone number allows Google to identify you in meat-space.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 03:33 AM (sEXZ/)

71 Good morning everyone.

They are closing Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany. With little public notice, the Defense Department is closing the only top-level military trauma center outside the United States. They've decided that Military troops don't need big costly state of the art medical facilities in Dear Leader's Brave New World

http://nyti.ms/KY91SC

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:34 AM (P6QsQ)

72 "After briefly stopping to talk to the three men inside the Buick, Bryson left the location in the Lexus and then struck the Buick a second time, authorities said." He hit the same car twice? Nope, nothing to see here.

Posted by: mikey at June 11, 2012 03:36 AM (GSeVd)

73 Re: Li'l Barry's declining support among Jewish voters. Personally (and I admit to being very strongly engaged emotionally on this one, speakin' Hebrew as I do, an' all), I would dearly love to see a huge wedge of living wood driven very forcefully between and putative Jewish bloc vote and this dog-eatin' Indonesian madrasah-attendin', Pock-E-stahn-visitin' SCOAMF. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Thorvald at June 11, 2012 03:36 AM (OhenJ)

74 Here is Google's new account creation page.

That is for all their social media crap. Yes, those people asked for everything down to your sock size. Then they sell it to others. This is why I am not a member of any of those social media shit sites.

BUT IT IS NOT A COMMENT FORUM.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:36 AM (YdQQY)

75 Many of these same commenters also said Romney would never get the nom, much less win the election, because he couldn't crack 20% among GOP voters.

A little humility might be in order.

Posted by: pep at June 11, 2012 07:21 AM (YXmuI)

Since Vic and I seem to be the only ones in this thread who are doing that, maybe you can point out where I said those things (Vic is able to speak for himself). I'm completely on board with Romney for this election so I won't be pulling a Rove where I torpedo Repub primary-winning candidates like he did in 2010. Was that the humility you were talking about?

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 11, 2012 03:37 AM (D1HMA)

76 What happens if you give them your Google Voice number?

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 03:37 AM (ICwOo)

77 Sorry - I goofed up that link to the Landstuhl story. Try this instead:

http://nyti.ms/KvhhZ1

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:38 AM (P6QsQ)

78 Only a 10 point drop. I don't get it.

Don't criticize them, or you will be called an anti-Semite.

Well they are there own worst enemy if they continue to support the JEF.

Posted by: sTevo at June 11, 2012 03:38 AM (K/mod)

79 They are closing Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany. With little public notice, the Defense Department is closing the only top-level military trauma center outside the United States. They've decided that Military troops don't need big costly state of the art medical facilities in Dear Leader's Brave New World

I just got word this weekend that they are laying off school administrators and teachers at US military bases in Japan.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:38 AM (YdQQY)

80 The hospital would have run blood tests on the Cabinet member upon admission and tested for several intoxicants in order figure out what the problem was regardless of what he told them. It is conceivable that the hospital refused to give the results of that testing to the police. Or that the police did not ask. If he wasn't under the influence he may have been having strokes or seizures. However, far more likely he was under the influence and hospital officials are covering for him.

Posted by: thunderb at June 11, 2012 03:39 AM (Dnbau)

"...maybe this Romney guy is serious about kicking Obama out of office after all."

Romney has to start touting his plan to fix things. I'm honestly not sure what it is other than standard generalities. Hammering away on Obama is great and all, and I hope he keeps it up, but he's got to get his plan out to the public, or else the punch-counterpunch thing is going to wear thin really quick on the public.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 11, 2012 03:40 AM (rX1N2)

82 Re hits and run:

If alcohol is ruled out, I am guessing bath-salts.

My daughter is a rad-tech and she is seeing first hand the carnage being inflicted by bath salts.

Posted by: sTevo at June 11, 2012 03:41 AM (K/mod)

83 Since Vic and I seem to be the only ones in this thread who are doing that, maybe you can point out where I said those things (Vic is able to speak for himself).

He didn't get more than 20% until everyone else dropped out. And as for the base here and at hot air he consistently polled around 5% until near the end when he squeaked up to 10%.

I am behind him now, but he has to be very careful with his campaign and who he nominates for VP.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:41 AM (YdQQY)

84 Vic - I am at a loss. What the heck are they going to do with our wounded? The Pentagon requested that they build a new hospital adjacent to Ramstein in order to cut down on transport time and the administration nixed that. Are they just going to let soldiers bleed out on the planes????

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:41 AM (P6QsQ)

85 Here is some background on why Google is forcing account owners to link their accounts to their telephone number (and just a hint ... they'll let you build up some emails before forcing you to provide your phone number, to get you hooked in. They figure you'll give it up if they can prevent you from getting to your email until you agree to give them your telephone number. Works surprisingly well if you can hold someone's email hostage.) http://goo.gl/IBWt9

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 03:42 AM (sEXZ/)

86 No email. Not even a fake one.

Posted by: kdny at June 11, 2012 03:44 AM (MJ76f)

87 Vic - I am at a loss. What the heck are they going to do with our wounded?

The thing to remember is that the Democraps hate the military. They have since the sicties and they still do regardless of the propaganda they put out. Once must watch their actions, not their words.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:45 AM (YdQQY)

88 "BUT IT IS NOT A COMMENT FORUM." Ace is forcing people to create accounts with either: * Google * Wordpress * (a third one I can't remember) In order to comment here. Why should I give my personal details to a 3rd-party company (at least two of which are notorious Democrat Party donors)? Just to comment here? No thanks. What I do is investigative reporting and muckraking. Democrats would love nothing more than getting their hands on my identity as much as they'd like to get their hands on Ace's identity. He's not revealing who he is to any third parties. Why would he require US to?

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 03:46 AM (sEXZ/)

89 Ace is forcing people to create accounts with either:

* Google
* Wordpress
* (a third one I can't remember)

In order to comment here.
----------------------------

Please link to a place where ace said that.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:47 AM (YdQQY)

90 Hey Vic- That was the most awesome typo ever! From here on out, it's the SICKsties for me whenever referring to that decade of twisted horror.

Posted by: kdny at June 11, 2012 03:47 AM (MJ76f)

91 LOL sicties

I missed that little bit of fat (and numb) finger action.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:49 AM (YdQQY)

92 I think someone is confused by the parallel comment site that one of the Cobs put up while we were muzzled.

Posted by: kdny at June 11, 2012 03:50 AM (MJ76f)

93 BTW someguy, I signed up on the temporary wordpress site with nothing but e-mail address.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:50 AM (YdQQY)

94 Someguy -

I don't remember seeing that information either. How about we just wait and see what's rolled out first.

Posted by: mama winger at June 11, 2012 03:51 AM (P6QsQ)

95 Yeah- I know all about fatfinger typing.
I'm a typo dynamo.

Posted by: kdny at June 11, 2012 03:51 AM (MJ76f)

96 Seriously injured military personnel are treated in Germany and stabilized before they are moved to hospitals in the US. Closing Landstuhl, without a replacement, means these military members will die in the field, or on the way to the US. On the other hand, if these military members with catastrophic injuries do not survive, the administration will reduce the cost of their care, rehab and disability retirement. Cause they will be dead. Death panels indeed. Welcome to the new health care.

Posted by: thunderb at June 11, 2012 03:52 AM (Dnbau)

97 How will this be spun? I guess the dude must have been over worked!

Posted by: Big Joe T at June 11, 2012 03:52 AM (LfM1a)

98 Hey Someguy, I will find you and your little dog too! Bwhahahaha!

Posted by: They call me Barky at June 11, 2012 03:53 AM (CZrbJ)

99 That might even be my Indian Name.

Posted by: Typo Dynamo at June 11, 2012 03:53 AM (MJ76f)

100

Why should I give my personal details to a 3rd-party company (at least two of which are notorious Democrat Party donors)? Just to comment here?<<<<

You shouldn't.

No thanks. What I do is investigative reporting and muckraking. Democrats would love nothing more than getting their hands on my identity as much as they'd like to get their hands on Ace's identity

It's not just your identity that's secret. It's all these "investigative muckracking" reports you say you've done. Are they so explosive they can never be published? Because if they are I'll buy that. That's legit.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 11, 2012 03:53 AM (JDIKC)

101 Ace is forcing people to create accounts with either:

* Google
* Wordpress
* (a third one I can't remember)

First, where are you getting that? Yes, that was necessary to comment at the acedark site but I don't believe ace or anyone else has said how commenting is going to work *here*. If so, please point me in that direction.

Second, I actually went to that link and set up a fake account with a fake name and left the mobile number completely blank and guess what? It went through. I completely and utterly agree that google will keep asking for your phone number. That doesn't mean you have to give it to google. That also doesn't mean you have to give your number.

Look, I utterly, utterly understand not wanting to give up real identity. I am simply trying to see why you think ace is demanding that we do that *here* and, as of now, I see no indication one way or another that ace is. Saying what google or wordpress or twitter does is not saying what ace will do.

Again, if there has been a public comment on this from ace, pixy or the cobs, please let me know. Other than that, telling me what other platforms do is non-responsive to my question.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 03:54 AM (yTtpr)

102 Bryson's little fubar reminds me of the time I was driving home on Rt 37 in a snowstorm and someone in front of me had slid off the road into a guard rail. I watched them back out and promptly slide across the road into a telephone pole. You don't have to be bombed to have 2 stupid accidents in the same day. You just have to be sufficiently rattled.

Posted by: Cricket at June 11, 2012 03:54 AM (DrC22)

103 Thunderb-
To be totally jaded, there is one more plus- High casualties turn the public against wars.

Posted by: Typo Dynamo at June 11, 2012 03:55 AM (MJ76f)

104 someguy writes: 88 Why should I give my personal details to a 3rd-party company (at least two of which are notorious Democrat Party donors)? Just to comment here? No thanks. What I do is investigative reporting and muckraking. Democrats would love nothing more than getting their hands on my identity as much as they'd like to get their hands on Ace's identity. He's not revealing who he is to any third parties. Why would he require US to? No offense, but if you don't like the rules Ace sets up I'm pretty sure you're free to decline to participate. You can always do the work to establish your own blog, if you like, with rules more amenable to you. Just sayin'. This is Ace's "house" and we're "guests"--you, too. In the meantime, your incessant whining about hypothetical violations of your privacy (that you are free to decline) comes across as just that . . . whining.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 03:55 AM (rdSyJ)

105 Quit punching down.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 11, 2012 03:57 AM (JDIKC)

106 Gabe has sneaked in a new thread!

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 03:57 AM (YdQQY)

107

Posted by: Typo Dynamo at June 11, 2012 07:55 AM (MJ76f)

Usually that works against the incumbent!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 03:57 AM (i3+c5)

108 By all means, be totally jaded. I am sure Cass Sunstein and Rahm's brother whispered in Obama's ear and told him these catastrophically injured military members lives aren't worth saving cause he doesn't think their quality of life justifies the expenditure. I have no doubt that conversation occurred.

Posted by: thunderb at June 11, 2012 03:58 AM (Dnbau)

109 "I signed up on the temporary wordpress site with nothing but e-mail address." What email address did you provide them (by that, I mean what domain?) If you'll tell me, I'll show you how easy it is to link you to your actual identity.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 03:58 AM (sEXZ/)

110 No offense, but if you don't like the rules Ace sets up I'm pretty sure you're free to decline to participate. I'm OK with that. As I said, it's his site. But I do find it striking the lengths to which Ace will go to protect his OWN identity while forcing the rest of us to give up ours to a third-party. I want my identity protected for precisely the same reasons that ACE does. I don't want to be SWAT'd, nor have my identity linked through third parties who are data mining the shit out of your personal surfing habits in order to link your identity in meat-space, which they do with surprising ease.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 04:00 AM (sEXZ/)

111 No I will not post my e-mail address. ace did say not to post personal information on the open comments.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 04:00 AM (YdQQY)

112 I hear you Hrothgar, but it's too late to effect this election and Obama would be happy to tie the hands of successors.

Posted by: Typo Dynamo at June 11, 2012 04:01 AM (MJ76f)

113 "First, where are you getting that? Yes, that was necessary to comment at the acedark site but I don't believe ace or anyone else has said how commenting is going to work *here*. If so, please point me in that direction." I'm searching for it. I read it in one of his very long posts. Trying to find it. Perhaps Ace can clarify. I believe the only 3 third-party sign-in applications he will allow are: * Google * Wordpress * Facebook All three of these companies are notorious Democrat Party donors (I'd call them front-groups, but then I'd sound like a wacko). But they're front groups.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 04:02 AM (sEXZ/)

114 "No I will not post my e-mail address. ace did say not to post personal information on the open comments." Just want the domain, not the address. What email domain did you give Wordpress. If you'll give it to me, I'll show you how WordPress can use that data to link your real identity in meat-space.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 04:03 AM (sEXZ/)

115 And I can not believe that there was something involved causing impairment.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 07:01 AM (YdQQY)

Liberalism is a disease.

Posted by: Cicerokid at June 11, 2012 04:03 AM (cTviD)

116 As I said, it's his site. But I do find it striking the lengths to which Ace will go to protect his OWN identity while forcing the rest of us to give up ours to a third-party.

Prove it. Seriously, prove it. You've given absolutely no proof whatsover that this is what ace is going to do. As I and others have said, ace has yet to announce what the registration process will be here. If he has, please link to that cite.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 04:03 AM (yTtpr)

117 What would be ideal would be to have this comment system but..........

Fix the ability to do formatting and links

Ass the avatar thingy. I liked that and had fun playing with it.

But alas, we can't have nice things because a few always ruins it for the many. I used to see that at work a lot too.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 04:05 AM (YdQQY)

118 Just want the domain, not the address. What email domain did you give Wordpress.

I didn't give any domain, it is not a required field.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 04:06 AM (YdQQY)

119 Test test...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2012 04:06 AM (2yngH)

120 Ass the avatar thingy. I liked that and had fun playing with it.

I thought about that more and as much as I love the avatars, it'll be really sucky for viewing on mobile devices.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 04:07 AM (yTtpr)

121 Pixy is here, looks like time to switch.

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 04:07 AM (YdQQY)

122 Given the history of Secretaries of Commerce (I'm looking at you, Ron Brown), I wouldn't be surprised if this was some kind of an attempt to kill Bryson gone wrong.

Posted by: Eagerly awaiting the mark of the beast, er, Ace's comment registration at June 11, 2012 04:08 AM (wkR3c)

123 COMMERCE Secretary. RECKLESSNESS. Driving into a DITCH. There just MUST be some sort of political metaphor here we can take advantage of. Can't see it quite yet, but I'll keep looking.

Posted by: Average Joe at June 11, 2012 04:09 AM (CYKf3)

124 Poke poke!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2012 04:10 AM (2yngH)

125 "Prove it. Seriously, prove it. You've given absolutely no proof whatsover that this is what ace is going to do." Relax your panties, Sally. He's going to do it today. Then you'll know.

Posted by: someguy at June 11, 2012 04:10 AM (sEXZ/)

126 That 10% drop in Jewish support is going to turn out larger than stated. Many of them are lying to the pollsters.

People are slowly starting to smarten up about polling. When I started lying to pollsters some years ago and giving PC moonbat responses, I suddenly started getting my mailbox packed full of Democrat campaign literature and pleas for money from left wing organizations.

I suspect there's some faux-polling going on by unscrupulous people (i.e. the Democrats) strictly as a way to lower costs by using highly targeted approaches to sympathetic voters.

I observed no increase in Republican literature or pleas for money when I was giving more moderate or republican responses to pollsters.

Before answering any polls, interrogate the supposed pollster and find out precisely who they represent and are working for. I've done this a few times and had them refuse to give specifics. That's the tip off that its a faux-poll intended only to sharpen and target campaign pitches. The legit ones, like Nielsen, Time/CNN, Rass, etc have no problem stating up front who they are.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 04:14 AM (5XY/K)

127 Relax your panties, Sally.

I will take such a suggestion under advisement.

He's going to do it today. Then you'll know.

As will you. Which, by the way, I am taking as a tacit admission that you were talking completely and utterly out of your ass as to what the registration process will be.

Tell you what, I am, and have been, perfectly willing to table this topic until such time as we have actual information as to what the process will be.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 11, 2012 04:16 AM (yTtpr)

128 Holy Crap ....

If what Pat Caddell is talking about during this interview gains traction its absolutely nuclear.

Posted by: Long Island at June 11, 2012 04:16 AM (kzp9t)

129

They ask for your phone number.

Just give them some strip bar's number.

Posted by: Case at June 11, 2012 04:17 AM (VtU/3)

130

>>They ask for your phone number.

>Just give them some strip bar's number.

Hypothetically, what if that is your phone number?

A friend wants to know.

Posted by: Mama AJ at June 11, 2012 04:23 AM (SUKHu)

131 My daughter is a rad-tech and she is seeing first hand the carnage being inflicted by bath salts. OMG, my granny's a junkie. We thought they were big sloppy kisses, now maybe she was just trying to eat our face with her teeth out...

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 04:23 AM (MMC8r)

132 They ask for your phone number.

1) They already know your phone number ummm...because they called you.
2) They know your address because of reverse directories.
3) What they don't know is your political inclination.

Once they know 1,2 *and* 3, they no longer need to waste money shotgunning mailings out to every household and waste money on ones that are hostile or seem unturnable.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 11, 2012 04:28 AM (5XY/K)

133 #121 Vic, not quite yet, just testing the upgrade comment filtering and user banning system.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2012 04:35 AM (2yngH)

134 And I can not believe that there was something involved causing impairment.

above and beyond being liberal?

Posted by: Gerry at June 11, 2012 04:36 AM (pIAxe)

135

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2012 08:35 AM (2yngH)

Is it true that we need to submit fingerprints and DNA samples to register?

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 04:38 AM (i3+c5)

136

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 08:38 AM (i3+c5)

Not everyone...

Posted by: HH at June 11, 2012 04:40 AM (v+ExF)

137

Posted by: Gerry at June 11, 2012 08:36 AM (pIAxe)

The European model works well here--one rule for you peasants and another rule for we nouveau faux royalty !

Posted by: Eric the Red at June 11, 2012 04:40 AM (i3+c5)

138

Posted by: HH at June 11, 2012 08:40 AM (v+ExF)

I should be safe then, but I am not sure about you!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 04:41 AM (i3+c5)

139

Posted by: Eric the Red at June 11, 2012 08:40 AM (i3+c5)

Not to mention Congress, eh?

Posted by: HH at June 11, 2012 04:42 AM (v+ExF)

140

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 08:41 AM (i3+c5)

Good point. So ummm, does the DNA have to be human specifically?

Just ah, throwing that out.

Posted by: HH at June 11, 2012 04:44 AM (v+ExF)

141 Bryson drives just fine.

Posted by: Obingo at June 11, 2012 04:45 AM (Bm8H4)

142 Not to mention Congress, eh?

Posted by: HH at June 11, 2012 08:42 AM (v+ExF)

We view the Democrat members of Congress as being the equivalent of princes and/or princesses (recognizing that in some cases it is hard to determine which applies as the primary designation). Republican members of Congress that don't reach across the aisle or bend over when requested are considered lower be the equivalent of pond scum and/or algae!

Posted by: Eric the Red at June 11, 2012 04:47 AM (i3+c5)

143 >John Bryson was chairman of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison for 18 years until 2008.

So the SCOAMT chooses the architect of one of the most notorious bond default disasters in recent history to be Commerce Secretary. Holy Dumb F#ck!

Posted by: Bob Saget at June 11, 2012 04:48 AM (SDkq3)

144 Upgraded comments already?

Test

Test

Test

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 04:49 AM (YdQQY)

145 Good point. So ummm, does the DNA have to be human specifically?

Just ah, throwing that out.

Posted by: HH at June 11, 2012 08:44 AM (v+ExF)

Actually that is a good question considering the gene pool that will be contributing to AoS registration. The obvious answer is "No", and that Pixy will have made provision for all sorts of carbon and silicon based life forms to register.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 11, 2012 04:50 AM (i3+c5)

146

Much like poster Steevy has his pet post, I'm just thinking of having my own

"Congress shall pass no law they are exempt from".

Just amazing how often they do it.

Posted by: HH at June 11, 2012 04:51 AM (v+ExF)

147 Tom Donilon's bio reads 'flack to the core.'

Posted by: nickless at June 11, 2012 04:55 AM (MMC8r)

148 Someguy, just admit you didn't know what you are talking about. It works for me!

Posted by: greg at June 11, 2012 04:55 AM (VrVBw)

149 What's that smell?

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 05:06 AM (rdSyJ)

150

Pixy:

Do I have to enter both the Swiss and Caymans account numbers to register?

Posted by: Mittens R at June 11, 2012 05:06 AM (i3+c5)

151 143, How did he get thru the Senate, oh Harry

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 05:14 AM (OTtAK)

152 Romney Pastel. You've got to read Michael Tanner @ NRO

http://tinyurl.com/7fp6u8j

Yet, for anyone concerned with the size, cost, and intrusiveness of government, dark clouds continue to hang over the Romney campaign. For example, if as is often said, Â“personnel is policy,Â” RomneyÂ’s decision to name former Utah governor Michael Leavitt to lead his presidential transition team is particularly disturbing, especially since Politico reports that Leavitt may become White House chief of staff if Romney wins. As George W. BushÂ’s Secretary of HHS, Leavitt was a principle architect of the Medicare prescription-drug benefit, which created the first new federal entitlement program since the Great Society. And Leavitt continues to call the program Â“a success,Â” despite the fact that it will add as much as $17 trillion to MedicareÂ’s unfunded liabilities. Leavitt has spent the last two years lobbying on behalf of Obamacare.

/it gets much worse...

Posted by: maverick muse at June 11, 2012 05:19 AM (lpWVn)

153 I just want to say that I do not think the internet is the wild, wild west. On the internet, we can't shoot assholes who ruin it for everybody. I'm also good with figuring out some way to electrocute said specific assholes via internet wiring.

Posted by: Judge Roy Bean, with a third option at June 11, 2012 05:22 AM (26i79)

154 133 #121 Vic, not quite yet, just testing the upgrade comment filtering and user banning system.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 11, 2012 08:35 AM (2yngH)

well if you are to filter/upgrade my comments would you fix the grammar, punctuation, and capitalization etc?

sure i know all of these poblems are mine alone, still, it might make the comments look prettier.

Posted by: willow at June 11, 2012 05:30 AM (TomZ9)

155 maverick muse writes: 152 Leavitt has spent the last two years lobbying on behalf of Obamacare. /it gets much worse... Yawn. This again. Do you have a cite where Leavitt states he supports Obamacare, as opposed to supporting voluntary exchanges (which are not even a facet of Obamacare)? Yeah, I'll wait.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 05:53 AM (rdSyJ)

156 Can't overstate the importance of Obama's loss of Jewish support with respect to the Electoral College. Florida is the most important state and Jews are a major voting bloc in Florida. Obama only narrowly prevailed there last time around, despite McCain's mannequin corpse of a campaign. Even without Rubio on the ticket it would not be surprising if Romney takes Florida without having to move mountains. In that event the Romney campaign could divert precious additional resources towards the likes of Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, etc. Romney actually has a fighting chance. In politics that there is half of the game.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at June 11, 2012 05:57 AM (r2PLg)

157 #155, you're wasting your breath. The loopy right of the Internet wouldn't know voluntary insurance exchanges from a stock exchange. You could use a puppet show and Hooked on Phonics with them and they'd still not have any f'n idea about what they were speaking.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at June 11, 2012 06:03 AM (r2PLg)

158 Boston12GZ, how about you assauge our fears by providing a clear, unambigious statement from Leavitt that supports repeal. Surely the campaign has one in the can. While your at it, come up with something that assures us that Mitten's administration won't be a backscratchng, all-Mormon affair. Leavitt is Mittens first unforced error.

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 06:04 AM (OTtAK)

159 Jean writes: 158 Boston12GZ, how about you assauge our fears by providing a clear, unambigious statement from Leavitt that supports repeal. Surely the campaign has one in the can. Yeah, I'll drop everything to do your job for you, because you're too lazy to do it yourself. Progressive much? Chant: "This is what Romney haters look like!" You, or someone with whom you agree, claims Leavitt has spent the last two years supporting Obamacare. Prove it. Should be a simple task, if it's true--yet the proof seems so very elusive. Otherwise you're just boring.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 06:10 AM (rdSyJ)

160 Why did the AP find it appropriate to identify a FBI agent as a tea party member?

""He's obviously it, and he's what is left," FBI agent ***** *****, an active member of his central Illinois tea party, said of Romney. "Anybody is better than Obama.""

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 11, 2012 06:12 AM (zNbcJ)

161 That's the "starting to believe" link btw.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 11, 2012 06:12 AM (zNbcJ)

162 Chairman LMAO writes: 161 Why did the AP find it appropriate to identify a FBI agent as a tea party member? ""He's obviously it, and he's what is left," FBI agent ***** *****, an active member of his central Illinois tea party, said of Romney. "Anybody is better than Obama."" The Bureau loves it when one of their SA's puts himself on the public's radar with partisan political comments. I imagine he can look forward to an interesting, if rather one-sided, conversation with his SAIC.

Posted by: Boston12GS at June 11, 2012 06:20 AM (rdSyJ)

163 Two hit-n-runs and nobody killed? Potzer.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy at June 11, 2012 06:21 AM (wcwIM)

164 ,

Posted by: Vic at June 11, 2012 06:34 AM (YdQQY)

165 OK, Boston: leavittpartnersblog.com His blog, his advice for implementation. Note the absence of the words: repeal, unconstitutional, etc. Does he continue to retain a financial interest in the implementation of Obamacare? Has anyone asked him that question - I can't find an answer. I had forgotten he was a cap-trade guy back when he ran the EPA. He was a hack for Mormon church as Governor, has he changed - or will every sub-tier Schedule C appointment get bonus points for mission time and a set of oily balls to go with their temple recommend? You may not be aware, but Utah is rife with cronyism, graft, and confidence scams committed from within the Mormon church ranks. Mitt needs to rise above it. When JFK came in did he appoint a bunch of Opus Dei guys to high posts (other then his brother) -- no -- he was very careful to avoid the appearance Mitt seems to be inviting.

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 06:57 AM (WkuV6)

166 #155, you're wasting your breath. The loopy right of the Internet wouldn't know voluntary insurance exchanges from a stock exchange. You could use a puppet show and Hooked on Phonics with them and they'd still not have any f'n idea about what they were speaking. 1. They are a stupid idea to begin with. 2. The bully pulpit stole your moniker, don't whine, pick a new name unless you want the confusion. Health SmÃ¶rgÃ¥sbords, Health Raffles, or Health Over-priced Website with Options.

Posted by: Jean at June 11, 2012 07:01 AM (WkuV6)

167 HuffPo today:

U.S.-Pakistan Relation At Dangerous Low
The U.S. and Pakistan are starting to look more like enemies than allies, threatening the U.S. fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants based in the country and efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan before American troops withdraw.

----

WaPo March 2010:

Pakistan said Wednesday that it was satisfied with U.S. pledges, made during a day-long strategic conference in Washington, to increase and streamline the delivery of military and economic aid and to "move from a relationship to a partnership."

"Today, I am a happy man and a satisfied man," Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in a news conference with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "I'm satisfied because you finally agreed to many of the things that we've been sharing in our discussions over the last, you know, two years."

The Obama administration's primary goals for the gathering were to create a new level of bonding between the two countries and to win increased Pakistani cooperation in the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

Atta-boy, Big O!

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at June 11, 2012 07:04 AM (vhwRj)

168 VA hospital held up by $3 million 'zombie fence'?

The new veterans hospital planned for Omaha is in danger of being delayed Â— possibly for years Â— by other VA projects that are taking far longer and costing many millions of dollars more than projected.

And the planned Omaha VA hospital, slated to open in 2018, already is experiencing cost overruns of its own that could further complicate its completion, said U.S. Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb.

His least favorite overrun: a $3 million security fence recently added to the project by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' national construction office.

Terry said the fence is meant partly to keep nonveterans out in the event of a disaster. Terry staffers have dubbed it the Â“Zombie Fence'' and joked about how it would keep the hospital safe in the event of a zombie invasion.

The Omaha congressman isn't laughing.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at June 11, 2012 07:19 AM (vhwRj)

169 Bryson did have a serious medical condition, it's called washing down 2 vicodins with a bottle of Jack Daniels.

and among us lowly working classes, that kind of seizure is known as "passing out drunk and pissing yourself".

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 11, 2012 07:23 AM (rJmI4)

170 The only cafe in the small town nearest to my place closed Friday. Add four to the list of unemployed. The private sector economy is #doingjustfine

Posted by: Bob Saget at June 11, 2012 07:54 AM (SDkq3)

171 LIBYA has put Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor and her three colleagues from the International Criminal Court in "preventive" detention in prison for 45 days while investigations are conducted, a judicial source in Tripoli said last night.

"A decision was made to put them in preventive detention for 45 days while investigations are conducted," an official in the Libyan Attorney-General's office told the AFP news agency.

Ajmi al-Atiri, head of the brigade that detained the delegation after it visited Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, appeared to confirm the officials comments, saying: "They were transferred yesterday to a prison on the orders of the prosecutor-general."

The lawyers appear to have fallen victim to Libyan suspicions that the West wants to take Saif Gaddafi to Europe so he can be tried in The Hague.

Posted by: Jared Loughner at June 11, 2012 07:58 AM (e8kgV)

172 Wait, so what happened with the Supreme Court, case? Not seeing anything on the news sites about it, so I assume it wasn't Obama-Care they decided on.

Posted by: Book at June 11, 2012 08:00 AM (lVWq9)

173 Perhaps it's just a matter of a person's perspective. Check out my cartoon at the bottom of the page.
http://www.thecartooniststudio.com/Contestant/10/Al-Goodwyn

Posted by: Al Goodwyn at June 11, 2012 08:52 AM (U/RZN)

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

Posted by: steevy at June 11, 2012 03:06 PM (Xb3hu)

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