G'Day, Vic.

from yahoo news, a new meaning of the word "distain":

Democrats had badly struggled to narrow the Super PAC fundraising gap, caused in part by Obama's own early cash advantage and the party's distain for unrestrained fundraising and spending allowed for such groups.

7 TX Democrat Al Green calls for congressional investigation of radical Christians.

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from what little blurb i read, the blonde-hair blue-eyed female to which he referred is known as Jihad Jane....but that doesn't fit, does it?

Posted by: NewBrunswicker at June 21, 2012 07:00 AM (XBxRP)

Well, so far Romney has avoided stepping on his dick, and Obama has been jumping up and down on his for 3 years.

Posted by: eurw at June 21, 2012 07:00 AM (+Va1e)

I gathered that he was referring to another panel hosted by Peter King of NY.

the WZ is what i read...didn't look at WZ's link, though, so maybe i'm just a paranoid r.w.e clinging to my book and boomstick

" “Why don’t we go to the next step and ask, how is that a blue-eyed, blonde-haired, white female in the United States of America can become radicalized to the point of wanting to do harm to this country? We don’t have that type of hearing.” "

that's what brought to mind the La Rose (JJ) female that jawa's been reporting on

Is there a single country in the EU that isn't looking for a bailout?
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at the moment, Germany kinda sorta...but then, they're the ones doing the bailing.  so who's gonna bail them when the time comes

Jihad Jane?  I heard that dope on the radio this morning and could have sworn he said "GI Jane."  And I'm thinking, "what the hell does Demi Moore have to do with radicalization - other than radicalizing my pants, that is?"

Anyway. . .good morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.  Hope you've all cleaned up after yesterday's pudding fest.  On this day in 1913, the Lillian Gish short The Mothering Heart premiered.  Directed by D.W. Griffith, it tells the story of "The Young Wife," whose husband has left her for another woman, leaving her to give birth alone.  The husband's mistress leaves him for another man, and he goes back home only to find his child dying.

It's a fairly typical Griffith short, but it bears watching for Gish's astonishing performance.  After her child dies, she wanders out to their garden, a blank look on her face.  Suddenly, as she walks by a rose bush, her smothered anger explodes, and she whips the bush in a frightening frenzy - an expression of grief made more powerful in that she never cries, nor screams, simply lashes out in the only way she is allowed to, by society's dictates.  I recommend it.

And now for today's Hollywood story:  Fox Studios liked John Wayne's screen tests.  They didn't like his name - Marion Morrison.  "What is he, a fairy or something? asked Winfield Sheehan, the head of production.  "That's no name for a leading man!"  The director Raoul Walsh suggested "Anthony Wayne," a hat tip to the Revolutionary War general "Mad" Anthony Wayne.  "Too Italian," was the reply.  "OK," Walsh shrugged.  "We'll make it more American.  Tony Wayne."  Sheehan hated it.  "Now he sounds like a goddamn fairy again."  Finally, Walsh said, "How about just plain John?"

And so The Duke was born.

Thanks for the news, Vic.  Hope all of you have a wonderful day.

There doesnÂ’t need to be a new damned law or regulation every time something happens.

Have you no heart, sir?  Think of the trial lawyers, the trial lawyers!!!

@9  Here is one of Trey GowdyÂ’s epic rants yesterday.

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I was very impressed with what I saw from Gowdy yesterday.  There must be something horribly wrong with him.

Posted by: Nash Rambler at June 21, 2012 07:36 AM (vXucy)

Yeah, its his first term. He hasn't been "converted" yet.

Posted by: MrScribbler

Goldwyn's a fascinating character; anyone remotely interested in Hollywood should read up about him.  A more than occasional pain in the ass, but a man who wanted to put out a good movie, knew what made a good movie, and loved movies.  Here's a Goldwyn story:

In 1947, Goldwyn asked director Henry Koster to take over the film The Bishop's Wife.  He asked Koster if he'd like to work with Laurette Taylor.  "I'd love to," Koster said.  "She's a great actress.  The trouble is, she's dead."  Goldwyn gave Koster a look.  "Dead?  Two hours ago, she was sitting right in that chair!  I talked to her!"  Koster couldn't believe his ears.  "Sam, she's dead!  She had a heart attack last year!"  Furious, Goldwyn punched his intercom and asked his secretary, "What was that lady's name who was just sitting here two hours ago?  The actress."  "Loretta Young," the secretary answered.

"See!" Goldwyn gloated.  "What did I tell you?  She's not dead!"

Jean-Paul Sartre (turned down the Nobel Prize... heh heh)

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One site notes his birth this way:

In 1905 French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris (it must have been a dreary, depressing, awful day).

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 21, 2012 07:32 AM (sbV1u)

It's not impossible for Michigan to go the right way.  I know it's hard to remember, but Michigan is NOT Detroit.  Thankfully that festering pile is withering away, population is draining off, and the gutterspawn are largely demoralized and will probably not be putting down the crack pipe to go do something like vote. 

If we could just kick that city out into the lake and let it sink Michigan would be a decent state.

And really - I think most states can say something similar.  It's the massive urban areas that are a blight on America.  Urbanites are the ones dragging us down.  Not that I blame those people for being miserable and wanting to share that misery.  They live on top of each other in the human equivalent of a rabbit warren.  The constant close proximity of humanity, the noise, the stink, the traffic, the horrendously bad government - it all taxes the mind.  Since they can't get away from, or lash out at, their fellow citizens, they expect the State (which drains them with onerous taxes) to get those other people around them to straighten up and fly right.

On this date, In 1788 the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.

It would be nice if the Supreme Court chose this day to affirm that the document still has some meaning.

Just letting everyone know that I have the definitive man crush of our time on Trey Gowdy.

The Lindsey has to see him in her rear view mirror.

Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2012 08:00 AM (YdQQY)

Fuck them.  I'm tired of the commiecrats picking and choosing which of their bullshit agreements they choose to adhere with.  I'd go by a bare majority on every fucking thing until those traitorous bastards kill themselves.

Also on this date in 1377, Edward III was denied further coverage by nature's Independent Payments Advisory Board, thus ending his 50-year reign.

Edward III is the most recent of English monarchs from which the Ramblers descend, AFAIK.

Posted by: Y-not at June 21, 2012 08:02 AM (5H6zj)

No.  The either house can vote for contempt separately. Once the full House votes for contempt it goes to a federal attorney who takes it to a Grand Jury for criminal contempt charges. It is not a civil case at that point. Conviction carries a $1,000 fine (meaningless) and 1 year in jail, which is good as impeachment.  Note that this should also result in disbarment.

Posted by: Y-not at June 21, 2012 08:11 AM (5H6zj)

I can't recall anyone ever being hit with contempt of congress before so this is all breaking new ground. Maybe time to do a little more research.

Posted by: Y-not at June 21, 2012 08:07 AM (5H6zj)

Help a moron out:  Does anybody know the real story about this?  Ordinarily I find kollidge and university presidents to be complete wastes of skin and should be replaced by high priced hookers since the job skills are almost identical and at least the alumni could be around some hawt trim instead of lurpy geeks and frumpy harridans.  But this one seems just strange and has a Lie-a-watha link to it.  So what's going on?

This is apparently old news but I didn't hear of it until yesterday:  http://tinyurl.com/7lkvwpa

In Washington, you can now register your FOR PROFIT business as a social purpose corporation.  This means that you place your virtuous and good social purpose above evil profits.  This means that if you invest your money in one of these businesses, you may as well kiss it goodbye when you hand it over.  But at least you will feel good about yourself, and that's all that's really necessary to live a good life.

Here's the form for registering your social purpose corporation:  http://tinyurl.com/d3o27dw  Note item 4 under Article III, Purpose and Powers: 

"The mission of this social purpose corporation is not necessarily compatible with and may be contrary to maximizing profits and earnings for shareholders, or maximizing shareholder value in any sale, merger, acquisition, or other similar actions of the corporation. "

I frequently hate this state, given the craven way they copy almost every idiotic thing that ever came out of California.

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans believe the economy is getting better and a majority disapproves of how President Barack Obama is handling it, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

Meanwhile, new financial filings reveal that although major donors supporting the president and Republican challenger Mitt Romney spent millions of dollars last month on their respective candidate, outside political groups helping Romney are reaping a growing share of the largesse.

With Election Day less than five months away, the new poll shows that Romney has exploited concerns about the economy and moved into a virtually even position with the president.

More handwringing from the MFM over their boyfriend. How dare Romney exploit concerns about the economy. Doesn't he know it's all Bush's fault?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 21, 2012 08:24 AM (gPDxp)

And you would be RIGHT.

Except for Worf.  Worf ruined it for me.   In the end, Worf was like the Urkel of Star Trek: in the show way too damn much.

OSP:  Awesome!  I assume that, you being a moron and all, the    book is full of hobo hunts and honey badgers in search of mead?

Fact: The US Gov't directed private citizens to sell firearms to known Mexican Cartels.

Fact: The US Gov't used public funds to purchase firearms, and transfered these guns to known Mexican Cartels.

Fact: No effort whatsover was made to follow or track these weapons.

Fact: A lot of people died.

Conclusion: The US Gov't, by providing unrestricted arms to known Mexican Cartels, contrbuted to the destabalization of sovereign country, lessened US border security, and participated in the deaths of hundreds of people.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 21, 2012 08:24 AM (gPDxp)

Boldly going where no Trek  fan  has gone before?

Deep Space Nine was, IMO, the only one of the Star Trek franchises to ever actually touch on    what reality would be like    in an interstellar society.   There were wars.     There were turncoats and spies and acts of valor and acts of cowardice.   It was a much grittier, and therefore more realistic, view of the future.   I love TNG and TOS (and Enterprise could have been SO good), but they were all about everyone getting along and making friends.   DS9 pretty much took that framework and said, "Okay, but what happens when you try to make people get along and they say, 'Screw you?'"

Also?  Bashir was hot.

Really nothing to explain. Honey Badger came into a no-content thread a few days back and started asking about mead. It led to some serious pun-ing and now it's a meme.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 21, 2012 08:49 AM (8y9MW)

Punning that I    encouraged and actively participated in.   If you can't enjoy a good     fermented honey-based     pun then you just aren't living.     Know what I    mead?

The University of Minnesota - Duluth (UMD) is now sponsoring an ad-campaign designed to achieve "racial justice" by raising awareness of "white privilege."

These lectures were publicly endorsed by university Chancellor Lendley Black. Black sent a message to the campus community in April describing his effort to "create an inclusive campus climate for all" through providing "support and... leadership to the Un-Fair Campaign."

What a wonderful little campaign they have going on.How soon before the white kids will have to wear some little symbol on their clothing? If this university is truly dedicated to this idea then all of the white teachers including the chancellor should immediately step down and be replaced by someone non-white. In the mean time any whites should be leave the school and show the pricks how un-fair paying their tuition is

I mean, basically, 7 of 9 is what you would get if the Borg assimilated Kate Upton

Go on.

Woops wrong thread...

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My enduring memory of Voyager is the episode where Paris and Janeway managed to make a shuttlecraft travel faster than Warp 10.  For some convoluted reason this caused them to de-volve into lizards or something    while they were stranded on    some planet.  While they were there,    they got their   intergalactic gecko freak on and had little lizard babies,   which they then abandoned when they were rescued.   

So somewhere out there in the universe, there is a planet populated by the inbred    lizard children of Janeway and Paris. 

Sweet dreams.

I think we need a separate page for "Here are the Memes." Someone could accidentally wade into a crossbow vs longbow thread, and that would be horribly traumatic if they're not prepared.

I was just mentioning to dpud the other night that the FAQs for Morons really does need to get going. I mean, how else are new members of the Horde going to be put some f'n knowledge?

Though, let's be honest, there's very little that can be done to prevent the trauma that occurs when you first wade into this hive of scum and villany.

Yep, If I wanted to participate in Hot Air, I wouldn't be banned from Hot Air.<<<<

They won't let me register. Pussies.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 21, 2012 09:00 AM (nrW1y)

lol!   Eh, don't worry.  We all knew what you meant.      Or at least those of us who    have "Trekkies Rule, Cullens Drool" tattooed on our back.  

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 21, 2012 09:03 AM (9yoHz)

You aren't missing anything.  I haven't used my logon there in years.  The place is poorly moderated, no creative profanity and the hosts are megadouches afraid of their own pear-shaped shadows.  The thing they do well is get clips up quickly so it should just be a glorified YouTube portal.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was little changed last week, according to government data on Thursday that suggested the labor market was struggling to regain momentum.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims falling to 380,000 last week. The four-week moving average for new claims, considered a better measure of labor market trends, increased 3,500 to 386,250 - the highest level since early December.

Why would economists think that claims would fall? How do they keep a job if they're always wrong?

You're right, but that doesn't mean we should try to prepare them. I mean, one minute they're reading riveting analysis of something-or-other (or, you know, a movie review) and the next minute they're reading mead puns or are in the middle of an argument about the relative merits of Middle Ages ranged weaponry.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 21, 2012 09:04 AM (8y9MW)

The Epic Movie Review Taunting would have to go on the list of HQ Memes.  

"Where's Ace?      Crafting a 3,000 word review of My Little Pony:     Cookie's      Birthday Jamboree?"

Posted by: Repressed Mama AJ at June 21, 2012 09:06 AM (SUKHu)

He's    a big meanie head.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 21, 2012 09:10 AM (8y9MW)

This is why they've GOT to strike down the whole thing.  I'm sorry, they do.  The lack of a severability clause should make that automatic anyway.   You can't just say, "Oh, whoops!        We kind of forgot to put one in.      Can we take a mulligan on that one?    Next time we'll do it.   Pinky swear!"     The very purpose of a severability clause is    to have the ability to remove one part of a piece of legislation without having to scrap the whole thing.      If you "forgot" it (or, as the case may be, deliberately left it out because you knew the entire bill was built    on a dodgy, potentially unconstitutional premise), then boohoo for you.

Posted by: Mama AJ at June 21, 2012 09:16 AM (SUKHu)

...

I don't... I can't even...

There are no words.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 21, 2012 08:27 AM (4df7R)

Agreed on both counts.  I did LMAO though when Worf snapped Weyoun 57's neck.

I do on occasion wrestle with the M-string theory of the Star Trek universe chronology.

I still think that "And then, for no particular reason" is the best description of Marvel canon.

They tried to add one, and it failed. But, of course, SCOTUS won't consider that because it's "internal procedure" or some crap.

Hmm, actually that may count as legislative history which can be considered. But let's be honest, SCOTUS can review whatever SCOTUS wants. Where are you going to appeal that decision? SMOD?

Has anyone else seen these TV spots that claim that most (?) children in the US only get fed when school is in session, and starve during the fucking summer? What the fuck? Seriously, what the fucking fuck?

I thought that's what the food stamp program was for. If we are giving all this money to them for food then why are they starving?

I had a summer job one time in one of those federal programs, it may have been the same one that sponsored midnight basketball. Anyway, we supervised kids at a gym that was next to the projects and open all day so that kids could come and play basketball or games or other stuff. Free bag lunches were provided. You would not believe (or maybe you would) how many more kids showed up just in time for lunch and then left right afterwards. My point is that these programs already exist and have existed for a loooong time, so making that claim that kids are starving because the taxpayers aren't doing enough for them is a lie.

Posted by: mediumheadboy at June 21, 2012 09:18 AM (x2CNJ)

LOL.  What silly BS, stirring up folks to worry about "THE CHILDREN."  It's absurd.  Just this morning I heard a variant of the same thing - "25% of Americans depend on food assistance."  It's silly.  Getting food assistance doesn't mean you need it.  If Uncle Sugar wanted to drop some cash in my lap, or goods in kind, every month I'd not say "no."  But I don't NEED it. 

However, if the slum parents starve their children, so be it.  Fewer to burden me with onerous school taxes.  It's not like there will be any shortage.  If there's on thing the American underclass excels at, it's making more babies they can't afford.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 21, 2012 09:25 AM (XSVkw)

Destroyed?  More like Revived.  Best. Reboot. Ever. 

Now if only someone would float me the loan necessary to fix and reboot Star Wars...  The raw material was there - it just needed to be used properly.

Now if only someone would float me the loan necessary to fix and reboot Star Wars... The raw material was there - it just needed to be used properly.

You'll need to wait for Lucas to become one with the Force because Star Wars won't be fixed before that happens.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 21, 2012 09:15 AM (4df7R)

Isn't the real story that they either forgot it or were too fucking dumb to include it in the leviathan that was originally passed in the Senate before Scotty Centerfold was elected and then were stuck with passing the tub of shit unchanged in the House or having to take it back to the Senate which would make it DOA?  Anyway fuck those turds saying it doesn't *really* have to be in there; if it's not specifically in there it doesn't apply.  Idiots.

Posted by: Reactionary at June 21, 2012 09:33 AM (xUM1Q)

First order of business:  Off Jar Jar.

Will no one bring me the head of that meddlesome Gungan?

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at June 21, 2012 09:35 AM (Ho2rs)

I posted that viral video for you phoenix, you should feel right at home watching it, on this blog, you sound just like them.

But, when a person is as shallow as you are, it's tough to get through to them, just like those kids...

Posted by: Mama AJ, because everyone's geting along too nicely this morning at June 21, 2012 09:34 AM (SUKHu)

AWESOME show.  I still miss it!    The first season was boring as hell, but with Bruce Boxleitner's arrival in the second season (and when they let Delenn grow some hair) it    was   must-see-TV    for my family.

In a fight, who wins:  John Sheridan or James T. Kirk?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at June 21, 2012 09:30 AM (9TTOe)

There are two clear problems here.  For one, the father is probably not being made to support his spawn.  For another, the "mother" should not be in custody of the children at all. 

More fundamentally, the American underclass is not the same as it once was.  Once upon a time they were not all doped and VD-infested and generally degraded as they have now become.  Once upon a time they even knew how to keep their legs together.  The old virtues of thrift, sobriety, and cleanliness that used to be so very American are dying off among the poorer folks, thanks to the thrice damned Liberals.  May all Liberals die in a fire. 

At this point the best possible social program is one to provide free sterilization.  I still strongly prefer that it be mandatory for getting any kind of long term welfare.  It would have huge near term payback, and the cultural improvement that would result would be vast.  It would even cut down on the damn noise pollution from those who ride by late Saturday night with their vile ghetto "music" (really nothing more than a collection of swear-words put to a rhythm) blasting at high volume, thumping the earth with reverberating bass. 

OSP, congratulations!  I know how hard it is to spend a year or more of your life on a book, constantly wondering "is anybody going to like this?" and "why the hell am I torturing myself like this?"  Good on you.

Anna, I self-published my first. For the second, I'm going with Amazon; I'll have it in dead-tree and on Kindle and Nook.  It's ridiculously easy, and you get to keep 70% of whatever royalties come in.  Check out my blog at www.kissmemyfool.com if you want to ask me any questions.

Posted by: Kinley Ardal, Cloaking device enabled at June 21, 2012 09:36 AM (f6Yc3)

Won't end up in counseling.  You only end up in counselingK if you are perceived as different, not the norm.  They are the norm.  The kid who would have stepped up to defend the woman, that kid would be referred to counseling, which is why no one stood up to defend her.  They might not have contributed but they weren't going to single themselves out and then be referred for behavior not the norm.

It's kind of like a microcosm.  If you are with a bunch of libs/dems you aren't going to speak up if you disagree, you're going to keep quiet and keep your head down and just not contribute, just listen.  You'd be afraid to go against the pack and be singled out.  That is the problem.

Posted by: RoyalOil at June 21, 2012 09:39 AM (kSaUf)

My brother in law -- who only likes sci-fi if it's being punked by MST3K or Rifftrax -- was deadset against watching "Farscape" when my    sister and I gave   my father the full series     a couple Christmases ago.    He ended up getting dragged into the living room by my sister so that we could all sit down and have a marathon of the first season.

By episode three, BIL was hooked.   

He and my sister went home to PA shortly thereafter, bought their own copy of the series, and    he proceeded to mainline the whole thing like a heroin addict jonesing for some horse.   

Farscape RULES.

Though, let's be honest, there's little that can be done to prevent the trauma when you first wade into this hive of scum and villainy.

Just give the guys shirts.  And tell the girls to show their boobehs.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at June 21, 2012 09:43 AM (9TTOe)

Hmm.  Alas - Norplant wears off eventually. I'm thinking something surgical.

Anyway, how is it cruel?  It's not forced on anyone.  If they don't want the snip-snip or whatever, then they can go get their own damn food and shelter.  No skin off my back.

Next thing you know it's going to be "cruel" that we allow them to live in small rental houses.  "Humanity" demands that we move them into 3000 square foot new houses with hot tubs and swimming pools and air conditioning.  And servants. 

That video of the middle schoolers harassing that poor bus monitor had me in tears.   That poor woman.    I wanted to jump through my computer screen, grab   those kids by the ear and give each of them a strongarm smack across the face.   Hard enough to leave a handprint for hours afterward.    How dare they treat a sweet, elderly woman that way.   How dare they treat ANYONE that way.    

If my mother had been there... WOW.  Every last one of them would have been sent home to their own mothers sobbing and begging to never have to go to school again.

And don't get me STARTED on what my dad would have done to them.   My dear father, who as a child once shoved another child halfway out the schoolbus window    because the kid was teasing him.   He has Strong Opinions about nasty children.

Posted by: Mama AJ on phone at June 21, 2012 09:54 AM (pyh5u)

The correct phrasing is "Sheridan with the Longbow in the Neutral Zone."   

Posted by: Foghorn J. Leghorn at June 21, 2012 09:48 AM (e8kgV)

I'm not sure about that.  Calderon seems content to fellate the JEF even with surely knowing that Fast and Furious led to the deaths of hundreds of his citizens.  I haven't seen any evidence that he gives a rat's ass about this or has experienced any negative consequences for keeping his stupid yap shut about it.

I would love to write a book.

(yeah whatever )

,i sense teeth clicking and mouths grimacing in pain.  rolls eyes, Courage i say! 

anyway , i just know i have a ton of stuff to say but i also realize it would resemble the junk drawer in the kitchen where i'm pretty sure something wonderous is in there along with the shoestring tangled around the hooks for the drapes i have yet to put up but already have lost many of them.

The "deal" was something on the lines that the Sinaloa cartel would take out the other cartels with US help (sounds a lot like the plot line of "<em>A Clear and Present Danger</em>").

If this is the case, and that is a big if, then there would be plenty of reasons to not inform the Mexicans authorities and revelation would be a huge embarrassment to the Obama Administration.

This doesn't explain why they chose to funnel legal firearms from legal dealers in the United States. This doesn't explain why they coerced legal dealers into violating federal law. They could have armed this cartel through the CIA or any other method that they typically use to arm allied groups in other countries. I call BS.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 21, 2012 09:48 AM (XSVkw)

I always assumed there were no gay Star Trek characters because it was cured by then. 

Reminds me about the joke where George Bush is talking to a muslim about Star Trek...  I laugh every time. 

I'm sitting here at my desk wondering why I'm hungry, and I suddenly realized I didn't have breakfast today.  I must be tired.

I blame Indonesia.

Posted by: San Antonio Rose at June 21, 2012 09:59 AM (noqys)

Yet another thing the enviroweenies have ruined. 

Live blog of Supreme Court decisions 

http://scotusblog.wpengine.com/

sean,  while torturing folks might be fun, I will leave it to those that can really spin a yarn in a manner interesting and understandable to others.

 i do really miss dagny. but she shouldn't be the first in line in harms way.

Posted by: chemjeff at June 21, 2012 09:58 AM (LK3ef)

Every district has cameras on the bus and an attendant.  She was supposed to make sure they are safe.

They just posted there are 22K people on the site right now following.

I don't think they will release Obamacare or Arizona on the same day. They are people too, don't anyone try to tell me that they aren't affected by the publicity.

mwr. you know who should write a book on political ideas  ...Jeff.... between shock there would be plenty of awe!

i never know whether to gasp , or lmao

Posted by: Vic at June 21, 2012 10:08 AM (YdQQY)

Any day the SEIU gets kicked in the teeth is a good day in my book

Posted by: chemjeff at June 21, 2012 10:09 AM (LK3ef)

Im on...but its pretty slow

willow:  HAH!  If EoJ wrote a book it    would    be titled "Don't Read This if You're a F*cking Pussy" and would consist entirely of epithet-ridden rants.

And absolutely everyone would buy it.   Self included!   Hee!

Willow, I agree.  You should definitely try writing a book.  It's something to get out of your system and, who knows, you might be very good at it.  I don't know what else to say except think of a story and write it.  Be careful on feedback, too.  A lot of friends won't really critique because they don't want to hurt your feelings, so you have to find the right person / s who can give it to you straight.  OSP and Anna, hope to hear from you soon.

OK, Horde, work (the real, drudge stuff) is calling.  I don't generally comment on the political threads, since I'm way outclassed by the brains here.  So if I'm not posting again today, hope you all have a wonderful day and I'll see you in the morning.

OK, Horde, work (the real, drudge stuff) is calling.

(Drats!)

 I don't generally comment on the political threads, since I'm way outclassed by the brains here.

(doesn't stop me from oozing out my scattered thoughts, the horde is pretty forgiving)

So if I'm not posting again today, hope you all have a wonderful day and I'll see you in the morning.

(we'll muddle along i spose, don't mind the dead bodies)

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Clitoris at June 21, 2012 10:13 AM (zF6Iw)

Yeah, don't bother with SCOTUS blog proper, it's overloaded.  They pushed the cover it live to here: http://scotusblog.wpengine.com/ and that works pretty fast.

CSPAN is just quoting from that.  And I don't see any other major networks doing anything.

"The union dues case may be quite significant -- there is not only the dissent but a narrower concurring opinion that says that "

So I wonder if this sets the stage for someone in a closed shop state to sue the union and his employer for making him be a union member as a condition of employment?

AND    I LOVE IT.    As I always say, the only reasons    I agreed to join SEIU    are:

1) It was between paying    for membership dues or    for "collective bargaining" representation,   and the    cost    difference was minimal; and

2) Because as a member, I can vote for or against    union-related measures.   And I also get to be on their mailing list to see all their breathless cries of progressive outrage, which are always fun for a laugh.

And yes, cajun - I'm pretty sure my money goes to political causes.   That's why I try to donate to MY favored candidates and causes, too,    as a way to balance things out a bit.

Watching the SCOTUS liveblog and I'll have to go through the SEIU decision tonight.  That's a huge, huge decision.

Huh, it looks like it's speech cases today, the FCC decision just got announced.

From SCOTUSBlog:

The list of Democrats skipping the Obama convention is growing. Can you say “blood in the water”.

That's a beautiful thing.

From SCOTUSBlog, RE: FCC V. Fox

 10:25 Amy: Because the FCC failed to give Fox or ABC fair notice prior to the broadcast that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity would be indecent, the Commission's standards as applied to these broadcasts were vague.

10:25 Amy: Because it resolves these cases under the due process clause, it does not involve the First Amendment implications or reconsider Pacifica at this time. 

LOL, Fox wins over the FCC.

As Marge Simpson said, Fox became a hard core pornography channel so gradually I never noticed!

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at June 21, 2012 10:21 AM (JxMoP)

IANAL, but my guess is "no" provided the union can cook the books to make it look like they aren't using money for political purposes.

That's the way it's been in MO since I had to join the Meatcutter's union to sell fish part time at a Grocery store.  They could autodeduct my "dues" (which I was told would not go to political spending, but I don't trust them) however I had to "opt in" to the political spending.  And I had to sit there while they told me how great it was the "union had their back" during the last strike, running ads (coming from this second fund) criticizing the stores to get public pressure on their side.

I asked if I put in a negative number could I get some money back.  I also told them I remembered that strike and the contract was more than fair.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 21, 2012 10:25 AM (sbV1u)

I do not have a purple shirt.  If I did, I would have burned it many moons ago.

If I can get my hands on one, though, yes, you have my permission to piss on it.   Bring your friends!   Make it a party!

Ahhhhh I see the Court punted on the FCC case and decided it only on notice grounds and did not address the underlying constitutional issues.  Sneaky, sneaky.

Annnnd no Obamacare or AZ today.  Heh, I love pointing out that the incredibly high tech way they know there are more opinions is because there are more boxes of opinions.

Southern Union Company v. United States
Justice Sotomayor has opinion. The rule of Apprendi v. NJ applies to the imposition of criminal fines. The First Circuit is reversed. The vote is 6-3.
Justice Breyer dissents, joined by Kennedy and Alito.

Knox v. SEIU, 10-1121. Opinion by Alito.
The Ninth Circuit is reversed. Justice Sotomayor concurs in the judgment, joined by Ginsburg. It appears to be 7-2; Breyer dissented, joined by Kagan.
The Court rules that the case is not moot, first. It then rules on the merits: the unionÂ’s treatment of nonmembers who had opted out when they got notice of the dues ran afoul of the First Amendment.

Dorsey and Hill, the Fair Sentencing Act cases.
The opinion is by Breyer. The Seventh Circuit is vacated and remanded. The vote is 5-4. Justice Scalia dissents, joined by the Chief and Alito and Thomas.
The Court holds that the FSAÂ’s new mandatory minimums applies to sentences for crack cocaine imposed after the Act for pre-Act crimes.

FCC v. Fox
Opinion is by Justice Kennedy. The decision of the Second Circuit is vacated and remanded.
The vote appears to be unanimous, although Justice Sotomayor did not participate, Ginsburg concurs in the judgment only.
Narrow decision that because the FCC failed to give Fox or ABC fair notice prior to the broadcast that fleeting expletives and momentary nudity would be indecent, the CommissionÂ’s standards as applied to these broadcasts were vague.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-94a1b2.pdf http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1121c4d6.pdf
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-5683i7k8.pdf
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1293f3e5.pdf

The Supreme Court likes the ratings they are getting. Though I do not think MTV will ever have a SCOTUS reality show.

Please, God, no.  Just.  All the no.

I will bet the opinions are still being written for both Obamacare and the AZ law.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 21, 2012 10:29 AM (nrW1y)

Crapholes.

What do they think is, a reality show or something, and they are milking the cliffhanger to the very end?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 21, 2012 10:30 AM (VtjlW)

I can see the Wise Latina Snookie Mayor showing up for court in a bare-midriff judicial robe.  And nothing else.

With him he has his BC, passport, discharge papers and military ID. Not good enough apparently....they want his SS card!

Tell him to walk back up and say that his name is Jose Raul Domingo Rodriguez Espinoza. And that he wants to register as a Democrat.  That should take care of that.

Yes, yes, I completely and utterly denounce myself.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at June 21, 2012 10:33 AM (VtjlW)

I did say to him, "that's BS....they don't require that for illegals."

Posted by: Tami at June 21, 2012 10:31 AM (X6akg)

Tell him to leave all that documentation at home and go vote instead.

Posted by: Retread at June 21, 2012 10:30 AM (I2fq9)

Hell, it took them a century to stop scrawling their opinions on cave walls with charcoal, lit by torches and dressed in bear skins.   

FWIW, in SCOTUS language         the    Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc in France says, "In the case of   Luglug     v. Tribal Elders,    the lower court's ruling is upheld.   Luglug did not    exercise     justified    self-defense when beating Mugluck over the head with a mammoth's thighbone, since Mugluck was not engaging in threatening behavior and was in fact dead at the time."

Who knew paleolithic societies had such     an    insightful Judiciary?

I would like to thank personally, and on behalf of the Mexican nation, President Barack Obama for his valuable decision by executive order to give an opportunity for young people who were not born in the United States but who arrived in that great nation before they were 16 years of age, or who are studying in university, or who have served in the United States armed forces, for them not to be deported for at least a period of two years, so this is a clear and certain situation for themÂ…

Mr. President, we would like to thank you for the valor and courage that you had in implementing this action. I am sure that many, many families in the United States of America are thankful to you as well.

Posted by: Justice Kennedy, the Swingiest Swing Vote at June 21, 2012 10:39 AM (LK3ef)

You mean with Roberts, Alito, and Thomas?

Posted by: Tami at June 21, 2012 10:31 AM (X6akg)

Thanks Home Land Security.

It also MUST be the original SS card!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2012 10:33 AM (UOM4

You kidding me?

Barry has buttons sewn into all his trousers, because he kept catching the tip of his schwang in the zipper.

BTW, where have you been?  Everyone's been worried if your son was OK because you just dropped out of sight.

Cardinal Dolan wrote a new e book, 99 cents, it's a big hit...

He went back in.....showed them their own website and what it says about acceptable forms of ID, primary and secondary and that he had one from each list. Nope....'Must have SS' card...no exceptions'.

That is such complete bullshit!  If their own regulations state that these forms of ID are sufficient -- and they are, by the way, by absolutely any stretch -- then they damn well should accept it!

I don't blame him   for storming out!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2012 10:34 AM (UOM4

Yay, Jane...you're back!!!

He could pass as that....I'm Sicilian and have had people ask if I'm Indian....he has the look.

Posted by: chemjeff at June 21, 2012 10:45 AM (LK3ef)

That's not the impression I got, I think they'll create an extra day for ACA.

SCOTUS moved on from stone tablets to paper. That's progress, for them.

About a decade or so ago the Old Boss was being pressured by a client to file for certiorari with SCOTUS.  He was trying to talk the guy out of it because there was no chance in hell of it being granted.  I was given the job of getting this ready since the client was adamant.  IIRC, at that time SCOTUS was still requiring that all submissions be typeset professionally on 6 x 9 paper of a certain weight.   You also had to send in multiple copies of everything.  The printing costs alone were going to be in the low five figures just for the writ.  We told the client hey sure we'll do it but you have to pony that up in advance.  Annnnd that put the end to the only time I've ever worked on a petition to SCOTUS.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2012 10:33 AM (UOM4

Or the stupid fuck would put a ding into Mooch's car and then whine to the insurance company for not paying for it being banged out (the car dent, not Mooch).

>>I finally realized earlier this week that I need the distraction this crazy place offers.

Well, good to see ya. I've tried to cause trouble today, but everybody seems to be in a good mood or something.

Sorry about your friend.

Tami, I'm so pissed on behalf of your son that I had to go check out the CT DMV's website for myself.  Here's what they say:

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There has been some recent confusion on the DMV web site regarding the proper identification needed for registering a vehicle in Connecticut. Identification is required when registering a vehicle in the state.  Acceptable forms of identification for registration purposes are as follows:

(Please Note: The use of passport is primarily associated with obtaining a license. It is not used as a form of identification for registering a vehicle. )

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ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE does it say a social security card is even recommended, let alone required.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at June 21, 2012 10:48 AM (hXJOG)

My son said to me on the phone "These people should all be euthanized!".  Not sure if he said that inside the DMV or outside....

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at June 21, 2012 10:49 AM (4df7R)

I know...I read him that list on the phone so he went back in and showed them that website on his phone....they didn't give a shit....want his SS card.

Speaking of sci fi, we just saw a vehicle that was half motorcycle (the front) and half VW Bug.

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Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 21, 2012 10:50 AM (WkuV6) 

Yes...it's everywhere on the papers he has with him.  He asked them, "do you seriously think I forged ALL these papers?!"

Note to self: Never plant more than one cucumber, squash or zucchini plant.

I think it's kind of you to provide cucumbers, squash and zucchini for the state. 

He went back in.....showed them their own website and what it says about acceptable forms of ID, primary and secondary and that he had one from each list. Nope....'Must have SS' card...no exceptions'.

He said, F*ck it....I'm not registering the car in this f*cking state.

I just checked their website. For the DL they require two forms of ID, at least one of which must be from their primary list. SS card is listed as a secondary ID and is therefore acceptable BUT NOT REQUIRED. For the vehicle registration he only needs a valid CT driver's license. Why is it that a moron can figure this out in two minutes but a DMV employee can't?

My advice to him is to go to a different office. I've been in a similar situation with idiot DMV employees before and just went to a different office and it was as though the situation never occurred.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2012 10:54 AM (UOM4

Maybe we should invade our own DMV's

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 21, 2012 10:54 AM (WkuV6)

Ummm.....his unit is on Okinawa.  I hear it's lovely this time of year.

Posted by: Retread at June 21, 2012 10:54 AM (I2fq9)

He just got home and said it WAS a supervisor that told him that.

If anyone on another thread asks, our story is that Jane was on Okinawa drinking mead.

And let him use it as a reason to overturn the Slaugherhouse Cases.

Do. Not. Taunt. Happy. Fun. Alex.

Posted by: Mama AJ at June 21, 2012 10:57 AM (SUKHu)

Roger that.     *covert nod of the head*

*scurries away*

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 21, 2012 10:57 AM (WkuV6)

Well, his dad is an attorney.....;o)

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 21, 2012 10:57 AM (WkuV6)

I asked him if he got the supervisor's name, he said, "Yes, his name is Cocksucking Asshole."

Tami, the most darkly comic part of your son's story is that the Connecticut DMV's slogan (judging by the logo on their website) is: Safety, Security, Service.

That last one is a joke.

>>When I applied for my driver's license at sixteen, I was turned away, reason being that my surname was Hispanic, but I certainly don't look Hispanic.

Ah, reminds me of the time I almost had to wrestle an award certificate away from a Mayor who was sure the wrong kid had come up to the stage...

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 21, 2012 11:02 AM (8y9MW)

The points you enumerated above are the only ones I remember hearing the Republicans talk about wanting to keep, due to their supposed popularity.  I think those cover the long and short of the topic.

Posted by: Megan's Dad at June 21, 2012 11:06 AM (Hx5uv)

;;;;

Dems will nuke to "save the women and kill the children" at the drop of a hat. Abortion is the hill they will always die on.

Republipussies."

Me likey

Great. And I was sort of hoping to put my house on the market and move to a more central location in DFW. Guess that won't happen for a while.

I'd check your local market conditions. I thought TX was doing okay, ND is going great due to the oil/natural gas fields. And then, of course, there's the metro DC area where housing prices are skyrocketing.

Here, SMOD SMOD SMOD.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2012 11:10 AM (UOM48

Jane, could you just hold off until November?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 21, 2012 11:10 AM (UOM4

;;;;;

We could be entering a period similar to the second Reagan recession. Some parts of the country may move into recovery while others continue to sink. That seems to be the developing case with real estate, some submarkets are recovering while others are still tanking.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at June 21, 2012 11:10 AM (ZKzrr)

That's about the size of it.  The Republicans sometimes remind me of Lucy from Charlie Brown, "I don't care if I'm well-liked or not, so long as I'm popular!"

Torn between laughter and frustration. 

and your discharge papers don't suffice?

Not according to the CT DMV they don't. Apparently they will only accept the original SS card or a W-2 from your employer.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 21, 2012 11:03 AM (Dnbau) {/i}

*sniff*

I am?

WWWWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

>>Is this a code phrase like "The Eagle has landed"? If so, don't tell Barky or the whole world will know.

Biden already leaked that it was the undisclosed location.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 21, 2012 11:20 AM (XSVkw)

He used the "sarah Palin excuse":  "In a letter to the agency today, he said he was resigning to prevent his situation from becoming a distraction to the agency." via link on drudge

My card has a signature on it that is from when I was young, so it really doesn't look like my signature. Really foolish.

Mine too, and to top it off it was laminated back when I was a kid. I should probably go and get a new one because there's going to come a point when I am going to run into similar situation as the one being discussed and I'm going to want to punch someone when they reject the card I've had for 30-some odd years.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 21, 2012 11:23 AM (Hx5uv)"

I think his retiring is a good thing, don't see him as the brightest bulb in the bunch, so the statement is truly ironic.

Can whoever is going to the store pick up some Killz?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at June 21, 2012 11:19 AM (8y9MW)

It's like ace always says, when you ask someone, "Would you like everyone to have health insurance?" the answer is usually, "Yes."   But if you ask the question as, "Would you like to buy other people health insurance?" you're going to get a long, loud, echoing, "NOOOOOO!" that puts [i[Revenge of the Sith[/i] to shame.

People are nice.  We want other people to be taken care of.  We just don't    want our taxes to pay for Lilly the Welfare Queen's sixth    round of treatment for genital warts.

She wouldn't go to a sex club and now Obama is President.

Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at June 21, 2012 11:37 AM (GBXon)

But nonetheless, when you see an episode of Voyager now, you can't help but scowl a little, right?

541 - and let him use it as a reason to overturn the Slaughterhouse Cases.

Will somebody put me a little f'n knowledge on this?