July 02, 2012
— Gabriel Malor July, oof.
Pasadena is discontinuing its red-light camera program, citing "lack of enforcement from Los Angeles County courts, time wasted by Pasadena police officers and questions about the cameras' effectiveness in improving traffic safety."
Uber, a car service I've written about here before, is planning to expand service to include hybrids, SUVs, and an icecream truck.
Sen. DeMint is cutting ties with his amazingly successful Senate Conservatives Fund so it can convert into a super PAC.
The Waldo Canyon fire is 55% contained. Also, it rained a little bit, so that's helping.
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Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 02, 2012 02:57 AM (67FA8)
Posted by: General Woundwort at July 02, 2012 03:00 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: greetings from the northside of chicago at July 02, 2012 03:01 AM (5dU1f)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 02, 2012 03:01 AM (67FA8)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 02, 2012 03:03 AM (67FA8)
Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. Thanks for the news roundup, Gabe. I don't have much enthusiasm for "Independence" Day this year, as you can imagine. Anyway, here we go:
For his 1932 movie The Sign of the Cross, C.B. DeMille put the luscious Claudette Colbert (who played Nero's wife Poppaea) in a huge marble pool full of real asses' milk, where she was supposed to bathe. Somehow, though, the crew neglected to put in fresh milk every day, and under the hot studio lights the pool began curdling into cheese. By the third day of shooting, Colbert arrived to find everyone complaining about the cheese smell. "Well," she sighed, dropping her robe and stepping into the slimy mix, "it's supposed to be a cheesecake shot, isn't it?" And indeed it was. Colbert was nude during the scene; a quick flash of nipple survives in the final cut, having somehow made it past the censors.
And yes, I've altered my nic. Since the AoSHQ already has a cervix, a dildo and a landing strip, a piercing seems somewhat apropos.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 02, 2012 03:05 AM (zF6Iw)
A read on Roberts/Socialized medicine in terms your high schooler can follow.
Posted by: Thorvald at July 02, 2012 03:06 AM (1V6Pv)
The vote is unanimous, with only New York abstaining.
That's a great scene in the movie 1776:
"New York abstains. Courteously."
"Mr. Morris. . .what in hell goes on in New York!? Why doesn't New York simply stay in New York?"
"Mr. Hancock, have you ever been present at a meeting of the New York legislature? They all talk very loud and very fast and nobody listens to anybody else, with the result that. . .nothing ever gets done."
"My sympathies, Mr. Morris."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 02, 2012 03:08 AM (zF6Iw)
(And as they say, read the whole thing at History.com. Who knew Alexander Graham Bell was one of his doctors?)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 02, 2012 03:08 AM (67FA8)
Posted by: greetings from the northside of chicago at July 02, 2012 03:10 AM (5dU1f)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 02, 2012 03:10 AM (67FA8)
Note that W-B has been on a "street cameras to reduce crime" binge for over a year. Cameras are popping up like mushrooms after a rain.
Want to guess where there are NO cameras? That's right, where the municipal refueling station is.
Posted by: Josef K. at July 02, 2012 03:10 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Bruce Willis at July 02, 2012 03:11 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 02, 2012 03:12 AM (67FA8)
Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at July 02, 2012 03:14 AM (KfZLa)
" It is a decision of the Supreme Court. If Congress wants to change it, it will require legislation of a level of a constitutional amendment. So this is almost as if God has spoken. It's an elementary discussion now. They have made the decision."
Both cannot be true.
Posted by: pep at July 02, 2012 03:16 AM (YXmuI)
Posted by: Jim Hoft at July 02, 2012 03:17 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2012 03:18 AM (OIJP7)
Hope it gets fixed for you guys soon!
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 02, 2012 03:22 AM (GoIUi)
Wow! Who knew that one of Schuck Choomer's ancestors was in the New York delegation back then?
No Vic today? He vacationing with Bark Obama up at Camp
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 02, 2012 03:23 AM (MQc8e)
Paul Kanjorski is my former congressman:
Another Stimulus Backed ‘Green Energy’ Company Goes Bankrupt
Another stimulus-backed green energy company has filed for bankruptcy, further fueling criticism of Energy Department programs that backed highly-risky investments on the taxpayer dime.
Like Solyndra and a number of other green energy investments made under this administration, Abound Solar had a very poor credit rating, but enjoyed a wealth of political connections.
Abound announced Thursday that it will file for bankruptcy protection after drawing $70 million for a $400 million Energy Department loan made through President ObamaÂ’s stimulus package. Abound is the fourth stimulus-backed company to declare bankruptcy, following Solyndra in August 2011, Beacon Power later that year, and battery maker Ener1 in January.
...
The political connections donÂ’t stop there. AboundÂ’s former Vice President of Marketing, Russ Kanjorski, is the nephew of former Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), and held his post at Abound when the company received its DOE backing.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7xse7pd
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 03:25 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Lizabth at July 02, 2012 03:31 AM (JZBti)
Obama has an enemies list:
Former IRS Official Demands Investigation of ALEC
The former head of the Internal Revenue ServiceÂ’s Exempt Organizations division has asked the agency to revoke the tax-exempt status of the conservative nonprofit ALEC.
Marcus Owens, a lawyer at Caplin & Drysdale, who for a decade directed the division responsible for approving organizationsÂ’ charity status, accused the American Legislative Exchange Council of illegally lobbying state lawmakers among other violations of tax law in a letter to the IRS earlier this month, Roll Call has learned.
...
The group, which has come under fire for its support of controversial “Stand your Ground” and voter identification laws, is organized under tax code 501(c)(3) and is barred from political activity including lobbying.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/-215876-1.html?pos=hln
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 03:33 AM (7+pP9)
Send George Allen (R), candidate for US Senate, Virginia some money. Come to Virginia to help us door knock & make phone calls.
Virginia is critical!
Posted by: kelley in virginia at July 02, 2012 03:35 AM (p3a8+)
My father graduated from high school that year and took a job as a lifeguard at a large public pool on the south side of Indianapolis. They had to truck ice in from a local ice house and float blocks in the pool to cool the water enough that people could swim comfortably in it.
Imagine surviving heat like that with very little air conditioning available.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 02, 2012 03:35 AM (GoIUi)
I thought your previous nic was practically perfect! And I was more than a little jealous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 03:36 AM (nEUpB)
Now for some good news:
Wayne Allyn Root – Las Vegas Odds Maker Predicts Historic Romney Landslide
Wayne Allyn Root is an entrepreneur and a successful Las Vegas odds maker. He was a classmate of Barack Obama at Columbia University, both studying political science and pre-law. Root was on the 2008 Libertarian vice-presidential ticket with former Congressman Bob Barr. He is predicting a Romney landslide in November.
Read the whole thing:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7e3bqq7
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 03:36 AM (7+pP9)
And those temperatures were recorded in much more accurate ways.
No thermometers on the tops of buildings among the A/C compressors, or in the middle of an asphalt parking lot!
It was probably much hotter than the past few weeks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 03:39 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2012 03:39 AM (eavT+)
I am told by hubby(who works w/o AC) you get used to it. I hope I never have to.
Posted by: Lizabth at July 02, 2012 03:40 AM (JZBti)
Roofing on a sunny 70 degree day sucks. Gotta respect a group of guys that really earn their money. And at a 100 degrees they will be doing just that.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 02, 2012 03:42 AM (tf9Ne)
http://tinyurl.com/7fxy3em
Downside, Mexico goes straight into the shitter.
Upside, the cartel's patrons are back in power so maybe the violence subsides. Now if we can keep the Obama Administration from shipping any more guns down that way...
Posted by: Robert at July 02, 2012 03:43 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 02, 2012 03:43 AM (2pG7H)
Posted by: In Exile at July 02, 2012 03:44 AM (xher0)
My husband suffered greatly, though, as he would be in an air-conditioned office all day and then come home to a hot house.
Like you, however, I prefer to NOT get used to doing without it.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 02, 2012 03:44 AM (GoIUi)
Update:
Fort Bragg soldier who shot commander dies
A soldier who shot and killed his superior officer at Fort Bragg and then turned the gun on himself is also dead, military officials said Sunday.
The Army said in a news release that 27-year-old Spc. Ricky G. Elder of Hutchinson, Kan., died Friday after undergoing treatment at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C.
The statement from Fort Bragg said Elder, an infantryman, had been charged recently with larceny of a toolkit valued at $1,700 and had been awaiting court martial at the time of the shootings. His trial had not been scheduled.
Meanwhile, Elder also was also facing legal troubles in his home town at the time of his death. The Hutchinson News reported that Elder had been scheduled to appear before a Reno County district judge on Friday to be sentenced for aggravated battery. The charge stemmed from a 2010 incident in which a woman was punched in the face at a local sports bar, the newspaper reported.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/82xdz7e
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 03:44 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Gran at July 02, 2012 03:44 AM (p8FXV)
Posted by: Case at July 02, 2012 03:44 AM (GxTMf)
Posted by: Lizabth at July 02, 2012 03:46 AM (JZBti)
That's where the real crimes take place.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 02, 2012 03:47 AM (CP+yl)
Posted by: pep at July 02, 2012 07:16 AM (YXmuI)
There you go again, pep, thinking like a rational conservative.
A liberal can easily hold two (or more) completely contradictory positions simultaneously, and be able to access the correct set of talking points required to further the progressive agenda without impairing his/her mental health.
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 02, 2012 03:47 AM (i3+c5)
I wanna agree, but my bullshit detector is screaming.
The guy has his way of looking at the stats but, like fellow poll maniac Poppin' Fresh over at Tepid Air, his mental filtering process may need some serious adjustment.
Anyone can pull numbers out of their ass. That's what's at work here, I'm afraid.
While my heart is calling for Romney in a 40-state landslide, my gut tells me Bark Obama wins, after receiving 100% of the illegal-alien and dead-voter constituencies. And probably 92% of the black vote, too.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 02, 2012 03:48 AM (MQc8e)
Pasadena is discontinuing its red-light camera program
Back to raping you with our infamous overnight parking tickets. Oh, did you also forget to curb your wheels on an "incline"? Bwah haw haw!
Posted by: The Pasadena Police
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 02, 2012 03:50 AM (kdS6q)
Lizabeth,they would probably appreciate a cooler full of ice water,(I know I do)and yes,if they have been doing this for any amount of time they should know thier limits.
Now I'm off to do my own roofing(its only suppose to be in the mid 80's here(NH)so if the humidity is'nt too bad it will be a great day.
Posted by: vae victus at July 02, 2012 03:51 AM (cpMdE)
Posted by: Case at July 02, 2012 07:44 AM (GxTMf)
Because STFU that's why!
Besides graft, corruption, and cronyism are always baked in the Democrat cake (especially those baked in Chicago), and how else is an "honest" politician supposed to survive if he ever gets voted out of office?
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 02, 2012 03:51 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: BurtTC at July 02, 2012 03:52 AM (2pG7H)
Posted by: kelley in virginia at July 02, 2012 03:52 AM (p3a8+)
Lots of bottled water in an ice chest is a boon to anyone working in the direct sun!
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 02, 2012 03:52 AM (i3+c5)
Obama (pbuh) will get the Black vote -- nobody will argue that point. he will also get the usual suspects; the progs, the greens, the socialists, the hard-core unionists. But he got them in 2008, so there is no change. What has changed is the excitement among those groups. I will be shocked if the turnout among his supporters is not depressed by several %. In addition, the typical detachment and malaise in the college student ranks will return with a vengeance. Add the 3% of Americans who were working in 2008, but aren't today, and you discover a lovely margin for Romney.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 03:53 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Case at July 02, 2012 03:53 AM (GxTMf)
Color me unsurprised:
CAIR Official Becomes Advisor to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a press release on June 29 announcing that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President ObamaÂ’s former Chief of Staff, has announced an Office of New Americans Advisory Committee that includes the Executive-Director of CAIR-Chicago, Ahmed Rehab.
The committee’s goal is to “generate recommendations, develop strategies, and present an overall vision to promote the City’s economic vitality and ensure global competiveness, by becoming the most immigrant friendly city in the world.”
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6mglfrj
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 03:53 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Gran at July 02, 2012 03:54 AM (p8FXV)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 02, 2012 03:56 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: In Exile at July 02, 2012 03:56 AM (xher0)
A MOST inconvenient distraction from Holder's Fast and Furious, and the unconstitutional ObamacareTAX this week. How firm is the DeMint "die-hard conservatism" in Washington to do their duty?
Obama resembles Moses' nemesis, extravagant with so many domestic subterfuges and foreign wars. Pharaoh's plagues preceded THE exodus. So what came of the threatened utility union strike? Now even our nation's capital is left without power with no relief in sight. 9/11 happened on a clear day with no energy hitches. Decline is bad enough. But mandated destruction is far worse.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2012 03:59 AM (BAnPT)
Saw this factoid in a report on the Mexico election:
"Mexico's unemployment remains at roughly 4.5%..."
Yeah, that must suck.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 02, 2012 03:59 AM (kdS6q)
From what I've read, the main cause of Garfield's death wasn't the gunshot wound but all of the stuff the doctors did to treat it. Garfield might have survived if given far less 'care.'
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gar.htm
Posted by: epobirs at July 02, 2012 04:00 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: In Exile at July 02, 2012 04:00 AM (xher0)
Posted by: Nighthawk at July 02, 2012 04:01 AM (Ezq3m)
I am not hopeful about November--because they're going to come up with amazing ways to steal votes, the Media will not call them on it, etc.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 02, 2012 04:03 AM (i0App)
I'm hoping another big loss of votes for Obama will be due to the lack of novelty. It isn't historic this time, just an incumbent. Much of our future may hinge on voter apathy the second time around.
Posted by: epobirs at July 02, 2012 04:04 AM (kcfmt)
My uncle was born in January of that year. When we'd complain about the heat (1983 was also dry and brutal in Iowa), Grandma would tell us about covering him in cornstarch and letting him go diaperless outside in the shade because he was just covered with heat rash. My uncle would pretend to remember it.
I can't remember if they had electricity on the farm by then, I'm not sure what era the "and we only had one 12" fan" stories came from.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 02, 2012 04:06 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 07:53 AM (nEUpB)
This. The Libtards and some minority groups will always break hard for Obastard, but they've seen their little dream die. Some are waking up to the fact that they will NEVER get what they want through the electoral process. It's going to be harder, a lot harder, to get them to the polls in the numbers they enjoyed last cycle. College students are probably getting a healthy dose of self-interest about now, and are no longer so worried about killing Gaia as they are about going/staying broke.
Plus, we've not had the convention yet. Mitt will get a surge then. And now is a good time to work on message crafting and behind the scenes work - save the big budget ads and such until the final stretch where things are building up to a fever pitch. The final push will see the SCOAMF off the cliff to electoral doom.
Posted by: Reactionary at July 02, 2012 04:06 AM (xUM1Q)
The war on coal continues:
Senate kills effort to block EPA regulations on coal-powered plants
Legislation to defeat an EPA emissions rule that critics say would kill thousands of jobs and raise electricity rates for consumers was killed in the Senate Wednesday.
A handful of Republicans sided with Democrats to block the measure on a procedural vote of 46 yeas to 53 nays, including Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, and Susan Collins and Olympia Snow of Maine.
Democrats who crossed over to vote with Republicans included Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Mark Warner and Jim Webb of Virginia.
Republicans say the mercury emission rules for coal-fired plants are the centerpiece of President Barack ObamaÂ’s war on coal.
“This effectively kills coal in America,” said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), author of the measure.
Republicans said the regulations are the most expensive rules ever created by the EPA, and will cost consumers $10 billion a year in addition to killing 50,000 jobs.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cnx9jzd
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 04:06 AM (7+pP9)
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Considering reviewing? More stalwart protection of taxpayer funds, I see. Nice that they're considering it....
Posted by: Lady in Black - ObamaTaxCare opponent - This means war, bitchez at July 02, 2012 04:07 AM (vOMX+)
One bright side of this is that I have seen no Japanese beetles. I think the hard ground trapped the emerging beetles and they never made it to the surface. Hence they cannot lay eggs for next year. This is a definite good thing.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 02, 2012 04:14 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Spicy Meatball at July 02, 2012 04:15 AM (mxnUd)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 02, 2012 04:16 AM (wtvvX)
A handful of Republicans sided with Democrats to block the measure on a procedural vote of 46 yeas to 53 nays, including Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, and Susan Collins and Olympia Snow of Maine.
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 08:06 AM (7+pP9)
You know what's worse than an enemy? A false friend. I hate nothing more than I hate this kind of treason. May those responsible, those who chose to destroy yet more of our domestic economy, get exactly what they deserve.
So, remind me again - how has Scott Brown been helping our side? Sure - it was nice to use him to poke the Dems in the eye, but has he been useful for ANYTHING yet?
Posted by: Reactionary at July 02, 2012 04:16 AM (xUM1Q)
"It is time that we limit the executive branch of government once and for all. The ONLY way we will do that is to have a properly functioning Congress. That does NOT mean a Congress full of men and women who bare the sacred “R”. That means, whatever their letter designation, they are sold out, 100% dedicated to the Constitution and the principle of LIBERTY FIRST!"
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7q3z8dj
I would add that the states need to take back the powers that they were granted.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 02, 2012 04:17 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 04:21 AM (8y9MW)
I would add that the states need to take back the powers that they were granted. Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 02, 2012 08:17 AM (tf9Ne)
Your addendum is WAY more realistic than her dream of politicians committed to the Constitution and Liberty. States asserting their rights and daring the federal government to do something about it is the surest way to get some progress. The Pols never will be liberty lovers, but you can divide them against each other and win some battles that way.
Posted by: Reactionary at July 02, 2012 04:21 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: Spicy Meatball at July 02, 2012 04:24 AM (mxnUd)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/737swpo
More proof that our betters think that electricity is some kind of magic. And that the providers have some reason not to just turn it back on.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 02, 2012 04:27 AM (tf9Ne)
I will be bringing in the news one at a time.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 04:27 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Daybrother at July 02, 2012 04:28 AM (HHXXi)
Write your State Governments, folks, because this is correct.
The problem with anyone elected to national office is that they wanted to be elected to national office. The answer is the States. They must assert their authority, and they must stringently oppose this usurpation of their powers.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 04:29 AM (8y9MW)
So lets reconvene the Supreme Court, BION, Congress can do that.
http://is.gd/oSd1XE
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 04:29 AM (YdQQY)
Article V convention is the only way now.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 04:30 AM (YdQQY)
Greg Krikorian, the Republican candidate in the California 43rd Assembly District who has touted himself as a “business conservative” extinguished more than $49,000 in credit card debt after he and his wife emerged from Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, court records show.
The Krikorian household, which owed about $47,000 to three creditors — Bank of America, Capital One and Citibank — which filed claims between 2000 and 2004, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court records. The remaining debt was spread across several much smaller creditors.
Well, for California, that is relatively fiscally conservative.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 02, 2012 04:31 AM (kdS6q)
91 Buzz,
Do not worry, the same idiot politicians will ask why there are rolling blackouts next year after 15,000 MW of coal powered electricity is retired. see #80 above
Posted by: rd at July 02, 2012 04:34 AM (9sUlj)
It must be a tax.
http://is.gd/yKFFys
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 04:35 AM (YdQQY)
Excellent point.
National office seekers are, by definition, anti-freedom.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 04:35 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Scobface at July 02, 2012 04:36 AM (IoNBC)
It's all in the details.
That also just mentions "credit card debt," but was that the only kind of debt he had? Or did he have multiple mortgages, personal loans, business loans, and so forth?
Bankruptcy laws exist for a reason, and it's not always people who were irresponsible with their money who have to use them.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 04:37 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 02, 2012 04:38 AM (Ho2rs)
The committee’s goal is to “generate recommendations, develop strategies, and present an overall vision to promote the City’s economic vitality and ensure global competiveness, by becoming the most immigrant friendly city in the world.”
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6mglfrj
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 07:53 AM (7+pP9)
As if we don't have enough trouble, Rahm wants to add to them
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2012 04:40 AM (1Jaio)
Pasadena stops using the camera "revenue enhancement."
Why it's almost as if taxes never raise as much money as projected and a vibrant economy is the best way to ensure stable funding for essential services.
This is like finding the Higgs Boson.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 02, 2012 04:41 AM (B+qrE)
They also are the ones that bitch about sending jobs overseas while voting to make energy and other costs as high as possible here. I wonder how they missed out on the cause and effect training that life doles out to the rest of us?
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 02, 2012 04:41 AM (tf9Ne)
No need to worry about airlines, Obarky the MF will never go after them on any score.
http://is.gd/BOcoFS
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 04:41 AM (YdQQY)
They also are the ones that bitch about sending jobs overseas while voting to make energy and other costs as high as possible here.
You are obviously some sort of EVILE speculator.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 02, 2012 04:43 AM (B+qrE)
Maybe grates that pop up would be better.
Or snipers.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 02, 2012 04:45 AM (SUKHu)
I have a question for you Govevernor, How will you block the 20 taxes it puts into place, some of which are already being implemented in their slight of hand to make it look like it will not raise the deficit.
http://is.gd/Nu91UT
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 04:46 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 02, 2012 04:48 AM (aGX9l)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 02, 2012 04:51 AM (da5Wo)
AllenG
http://tinyurl.com/89588j5
tl'dr version. Ran up 50k on wife's credit cards, dodged their creditors for over a decade. Got a Chapter 7 discharge instead of a Chapter 13 payment plan because they squeezed in under the income threshold.
Fiscal conservatives are also upside down on their house.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 02, 2012 04:53 AM (kdS6q)
The FL Gov. is making a "symbolic gesture" here, Vic. Residents will still pay the new taxes, but won't get anything in return.
That'll show mean ol' Bark Obama.
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 02, 2012 04:54 AM (MQc8e)
Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday he had assigned two U.S. attorneys to lead investigations into the possible leaking of state secrets.
“The unauthorized disclosure of classified information can compromise the security of this country and all Americans, and it will not be tolerated,” he said in a statement.
Holder assigned U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald C. Machen Jr., a Democratic appointee, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein, a holdover GOP appointee, to lead the investigations.
Machen, who lives in Silver Spring, is expected to move to the District while he holds down the job.
Over the years, he has donated $4,350 to ObamaÂ’s campaigns. He gave $250 to ObamaÂ’s U.S. Senate campaign in 2003, a year before Obama, then an Illinois state senator, emerged on the nationÂ’s political radar, according to campaign finance records.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 02, 2012 04:54 AM (e8kgV)
http://is.gd/FrGvop
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 04:54 AM (YdQQY)
But you may be right; considering that it is "Caleefornya" that may be the best that can be expected.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 04:55 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 02, 2012 04:56 AM (aGX9l)
My sympathies to those without power. I endured 3 days without power ten years ago after a tornado took out power lines north of me. It is grueling to slog through the hot days without AC and maddening not to have computers or other simple conveniences.
Just pretend you're practicing for life under another Obama term.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 02, 2012 04:57 AM (bMLFV)
Posted by: DaveinNC at July 02, 2012 04:59 AM (boNGU)
Quit waiting for an objective Media. Quit expecting the SCOTUS or any Branch of Government or "conservative politician" to perform their constitutional duty. For you? No. DIY
Go figure. Retreat in forfeiture. All hell has broken loose. The sky is falling, chicken little. There is no hill worth preserving so eat, drink and be merry because nothing matters.
Or hold firm to your "Liberty" as once abandoned, much more so the loss. Do not accept unconstitutional dhimmmitard mandates. When those vested with certain authority abuse such, do not accept the abuse of enslavement. Stay organized AND cleanse our Constitutional Governance with the MOST unrelenting persistence.
Don't waste anything infighting to self destruction. It isn't as if we need to "reinvent" the wheel. Rather, cast off authoritarian shackles by virtue of natural rights and constitutional rights.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2012 04:59 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 02, 2012 05:01 AM (e8kgV)
As if the POLITICO asshole thinks it's right to attend church in the first place.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2012 05:03 AM (BAnPT)
“Some functions need to stay in the United States, but they don’t need to be in New York City or near the client,” Mr. Malick said. And with most investment giants facing anemic revenue and more stringent regulation that cuts into trading revenues, relocation is more tempting than it was before the financial crisis.
Low-level jobs have already migrated to call centers and back offices overseas, while top-end traders and bankers are secure in the New York area, experts say. Instead, services like accounting, trading and legal support, and human resources and compliance are being shifted to places like Salt Lake City, North Carolina and Jacksonville, Fla.
Yeah. They just gravitate toward higher taxes ... LOL
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 02, 2012 05:04 AM (e8kgV)
Obama touted himself the volunteerism potus "all about me, me, me..." Obama wants the serfs to buy his $30. rag to wear as if the mark of lamb's blood to be spared from the destroying angel. Btw, where is Obama's FEMA? On vacation? Out of energy? His unions holding out? No one answering the 3 a.m. calls.
Romney's fealty to his fellow Americans was instantaneous, not by ignoring real time disasters as a distraction from his campaign, nor by suspending his campaign, but by DEALING with citizens' needs via organized volunteerism within his campaign to distribute donated water and food NOT at tax payers' expense.
Setting aside its centralized massive propaganda machine, if there's one thing that Mormons execute well, it's efficient organization and united effort.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2012 05:05 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 05:06 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 02, 2012 05:08 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Y-not at July 02, 2012 05:08 AM (5H6zj)
"You know, young people today who go to medical school -- I don't know what to tell them. You couldn't pay me to go to medical school today. Some doctors are going to graduate with $500,000 in debt, and how are they going to make a living?
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 02, 2012 05:09 AM (e8kgV)
From the war on coal article I posted above:
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) criticized the coal industry for fighting the new regulations and said the business needs to face the real threats of aging plants, finite reserves, and the rise of natural gas as an alternative.
“The EPA alone is not going to make or break coal. There are many forces exerting pressure and that agency is just one of them,” Rockefeller said.
Right. Especially when governors are prohibiting one of the "many forces exerting pressure":
North CarolinaÂ’s Governor Vetoes Gas Exploration Bill
North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue on Sunday vetoed legislation that would have opened the door to shale gas exploration in that state.
For the second time in the last two years, Governor Purdue has stalled efforts by the Republican-led legislature to foster gas exploration in the tarheel state.
In a message about the veto, Perdue said that while she supports policies that create jobs, she doesnÂ’t want to act too quickly.
Some estimates of the size of the formation under North Carolina could power the state for at least five years and would certainly create a booming industry for North Carolina job-seekers.
This is the second time Purdue has put her political priorities ahead of job-creating legislation. In 2011 she vetoed a similar bill and has since failed to open the state to jobs and revenue that it badly needs.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6qjalgs
Posted by: Ed Anger Issues at July 02, 2012 05:10 AM (7+pP9)
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD:
Is Meritocracy A Sham?
“Gentry liberals believe that people who score high on SATs, do well in college, and get through the PhD process are, well, smarter than people who don’t do those things and that society will be better off if the dumb people get out of the way and let the smart ones make the important decisions. (And the unimportant ones too — like how big a Slurpee should be.) . . . Wealth and entitlement corrupts the meritocratic elite. Members of this elite can no longer see society easily from the perspective of ordinary people and so their decisions increasingly reflect their own interests rather than those of the people they are supposed to represent.”
Posted by: maverick muse at July 02, 2012 05:11 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Avi at July 02, 2012 05:12 AM (51xVX)
I disagree.
First off, by not implementing the State Level provisions of the law, he's taking an actual stand that says, "I don't care what SCOTUS says, we're sovereign within our own state borders."
Second, there are actual concrete steps that can be taken to prevent at least some of the atrocities in the law from affecting the people- Obamacare relies a great deal on the compliance of the States.
Along those lines: New Post up at my place.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 05:12 AM (8y9MW)
Yeah. ItÂ’s rigged to stay the same.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 02, 2012 05:13 AM (e8kgV)
Recently, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy joined black political leaders and community activists in a live radio forum, hosted by Clear Channel-owned WGCI-FM, to discuss ChicagoÂ’s violence epidemic and what - or who - is really to blame.
“It’s a big issue. It’s a long time coming. We’ve done a lot of things wrong in policing in this country. I’m willing to admit that,” said McCarthy. “But this goes back 200-300 years to the time when Pilgrims came here and things developed from that, the African American experience in this country.”
Yep, those damn Pilgrims who came came here between 1712 and 1812 are responsible for gang crime in Chicago. It all started with those Ye Olde Drive By Shootings.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2012 05:14 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 02, 2012 05:18 AM (UZQM8)
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé,
L'étendard sanglant est levé,
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes !
Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
Posted by: President Oui Oui at July 02, 2012 05:18 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: Avi at July 02, 2012 05:20 AM (51xVX)
Posted by: Reactionary at July 02, 2012 08:16 AM (xUM1Q)
THIS
Posted by: Dave C at July 02, 2012 05:23 AM (3GRfo)
Posted by: Avi at July 02, 2012 05:23 AM (51xVX)
Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2012 05:24 AM (Mpktm)
Of course, I've always been partial to:
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:His truth is marching on.
...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 05:24 AM (8y9MW)
Make a living? That's what food stamps are for, lol.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 02, 2012 05:25 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 02, 2012 08:48 AM (aGX9l)
Guess he never heard of ebooks.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 05:25 AM (6kWFm)
The problem with anyone elected to national office is that they wanted to be elected to national office.
This x1000.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 02, 2012 05:25 AM (zF6Iw)
In 2011 US exported 107,259 thousand short tons of coal. This was the highest level of coal exports since 1991. More impressive: exports recorded a more than 25% leap compared to the previous year, 2010.
No linky cuz they are a spazz leftie site, but they cite US gov figures. See you idjits at the DOE, energy itself is fungible. If we don't burn it here, there are plenty of other takers for this lowest cost form of BTUs.
All they've accomplished is to make our electricity more expensive, reducing our worldwide competitiveness.
Thanks f*ckers.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 02, 2012 05:26 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Gran at July 02, 2012 05:27 AM (p8FXV)
“But this goes back 200-300 years to the time when Pilgrims
came here and things developed from that, the African American
experience in this country.”
I must admit, I'm terrified that the concentrated whining and blame shifting in that statement may cause of singularity of stupid to open, swallowing us all. I much prefer SMOD.
Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 05:28 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Scobface at July 02, 2012 05:28 AM (IoNBC)
http://is.gd/lBJyv8
I'm getting really tired of explaining to idiots that buying insurance coverage is no guarantee you will receive medical care.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 02, 2012 05:28 AM (/kI1Q)
I didn't think "You have no Right to what someone else must provide" was that hard a concept.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 05:29 AM (8y9MW)
Papa Meanie back in the Chicago suburbs reports power lines down. Hopefully, it knocked out the red light cameras on North Ave.
If Illinois businesses are wondering why their revenues are down, maybe it's because everytime you leave your house to go pick up Wendy's or go buy a penis pump at Walgreen's, you risk a $100 fine for a rolling stop.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 02, 2012 05:30 AM (Ec6wH)
Because no one can cut down trees in Prince George County without a permit, who knows how many knocked over trees hit power lines. (in Maryland, at least)
And the crews have to go down the line at the start of the grid, turning it on block by block to make sure there isn't any other outages then move onto the next grid and/or block. There isn't an easy way to see what's down the line if the main feed is knocked out.
He may as well say that the ocean's tide is unacceptable because he wants to go to the beach and not want to move his towel.
Posted by: Dave C at July 02, 2012 05:31 AM (3GRfo)
Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 09:28 AM (VtjlW)
The stupid is particularly strong in Shitcago. In fact, it's a city run by complete f-ing PC idiots and most of the residents are much better
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2012 05:32 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2012 05:33 AM (Mpktm)
Posted by: Scobface at July 02, 2012 05:34 AM (IoNBC)
If Democrats didn’t write checks, Obama warned, such Republican PACs could permanently alter the political landscape. “The special interests that are financing my opponent’s campaign are just going to consolidate themselves,” he said. “They’re gonna run Congress and the White House.”
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 02, 2012 05:35 AM (e8kgV)
Yeah, that's a separate but equally difficult concept.
I was thinking more along the lines of supply and demand. Sure, your insurance will cover your "preventative procedure." But there's only one guy in the whole state still doing them...doesn't matter that it's "free", you're gonna have to win a lottery to get one.
Anyone remember the Beanie Baby bubble? Ty would make thousand of a particular model, and sell it for a price anyone could afford, but only a thousand people got them. Same shit. Only now it's our bodies, not a toy.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 02, 2012 05:35 AM (/kI1Q)
I'm just not sure how frustrated I'd be trying to do it. Or, for that matter, exactly what I'd need to do to get involved...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 05:35 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 02, 2012 05:35 AM (aGX9l)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 02, 2012 05:36 AM (/kI1Q)
"Conservative Anger Growing Over Obamacare Decision"
Yeah, I can honestly say that as time has crawled on, I've just gotten more and more pissed myself.
I've got a bad feeling that should Rombley win, I'm not really going to be given any reason to calm down.
These clueless bastards don't know who they're fucking around with: People who just want to go about their daily lives without getting being called "racist", "terrorist", "sexist", or having to work for the federal, state, county and city governments until about July every fucking year.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at July 02, 2012 05:36 AM (rX1N2)
Posted by: Gran at July 02, 2012 05:37 AM (p8FXV)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 02, 2012 05:37 AM (UZQM8)
I was thinking more along the lines of supply and demand.
Yeah, it's the law of supply and demand which enforces that Truth. If there's no supply, then you can't have something if you can't provide it yourself.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 05:37 AM (8y9MW)
You can get a penis pump at Walgreens?
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 02, 2012 09:35 AM (aGX9l)
It's like totally not mine, man.
Posted by: A. Powers at July 02, 2012 05:37 AM (MMC8r)
Some dumbass at Politico thinks it's a BFD that Romney brought an ipad to church.
Yeah, because you can't access a Bible or the Book of Mormon on one of those.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 02, 2012 05:39 AM (B+qrE)
Hah. A friend of mine got a North Av. camera ticket last year during a snowstorm when he couldn't stop in time. He's a small businessman there and is being taxed to death as well.
All hail ChicagoLand. I made my escape from there 17 years ago.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 02, 2012 05:39 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Eric Holder at July 02, 2012 05:39 AM (IoNBC)
Guess he never heard of ebooks.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 09:25 AM (6kWFm)
On my iPhone, I have the Bible and use my note pad for church.
Posted by: Dave C at July 02, 2012 05:41 AM (3GRfo)
"In this video essay, Bill reflects on the origins and lessons of Independence Day. We should remember, he says, that behind this Fourth of July holiday are human beings, like Thomas Jefferson, who were as flawed and conflicted as they were inspired, who espoused great humanistic ideals while behaving with reprehensible racial discrimination. That conflict — between what we know and how we live — is still a struggle in contemporary politics and society."
http://tinyurl.com/6npmpqv
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 02, 2012 05:41 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 02, 2012 05:42 AM (aGX9l)
That conflict — between what we know and how we live —
is still a struggle in contemporary politics and society.
Yeah, let's do that instead of reflecting on what actually makes America great.
Idiot.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 02, 2012 05:44 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2012 05:44 AM (Mpktm)
Oui veut dire oui!
Posted by: President Oui Oui at July 02, 2012 09:43 AM (/ZZCn)
There's also a mandate for buttplugs and leather chaps. Put in there by Barry himself
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2012 05:47 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2012 05:48 AM (Mpktm)
Weren't Jefferson's "great humanistic ideals" based on a recognition of individual greed and desire?
There you go with facts again.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 02, 2012 05:49 AM (B+qrE)
A lot of what is in the Declaration and the Constitution are based on those ideas. People are greedy and lazy. If you're wise, you'll use that greed and laziness to achieve the ends you want; if you're not, you'll "appeal to their better nature" and be constantly surprised when they disappoint you.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 05:50 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: San Antonio Rose at July 02, 2012 05:51 AM (hcUOM)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 05:52 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Dave C at July 02, 2012 09:41 AM (3GRfo)
I listen to it on mine, via the Bible Gateway app. A big time-saver!
My pastor won't allow reading devices in our church. There are enough issues with cell phones, etc. (if a cell phone goes off during the sermon, the offender is "cordially invited" to leave).
I think that the ban on readers will change soon, though. Ipads and Kindles, at least.
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 05:53 AM (6kWFm)
Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2012 05:54 AM (Mpktm)
Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2012 05:56 AM (Mpktm)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 02, 2012 05:56 AM (aGX9l)
Well maybe the idiot scrunt representative from L.A.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 05:58 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 05:59 AM (6kWFm)
The heck? I don't have to be "allowed" anything at church. Cell phone, e-reader, laptop, whatever.
And, no, we don't have a problem with people being disruptive or anything. I don't really get forbidding people from using modern technology. Heck, a lot of kids bring their Nintendo-DS or whatever and play games while the sermon is going on. They're quite, the people around them can pay attention, it's a win-win.
Of course, we also have about 50% concealed carry in the church- and they carry during services. Which says nothing about the electronics, but perhaps does say something about the general level of politeness.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 06:00 AM (8y9MW)
I didn't think "You have no Right to what someone else must provide" was that hard a concept.
Oh, yes, it is. We had a client in recently who kept stating that NC should do more to help people. My boss asked her how and what and she literally could not express what she meant, she just knew she wanted more. There are groups out there who quite seriously believe that if someone else has more, that person must give it up to others.
Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 06:02 AM (VtjlW)
CAIR Official Becomes Advisor
There's a midget abusing, bacon and no wahhabits joke around this somewhere.
Posted by: DaveA at July 02, 2012 06:02 AM (864A5)
DOI: We hold these truths to be self-evident......
VDOR: I. That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
These are words that we should all take to heart as we approach July 4.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 06:02 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 09:59 AM (6kWFm)
Freedom Just Around The Corner by Walter A. McDougall.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 06:04 AM (YdQQY)
Another other time.....that number, below 50 signals recession....
Posted by: stare decisis at July 02, 2012 06:06 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 06:07 AM (YdQQY)
The heck? I don't have to be "allowed" anything at church. Cell phone, e-reader, laptop, whatever. --AllenG
<p>Eh, it's not as though one cannot go to another church--or start one's own--if one doesn't like the situation. At least for now. I don't know of any church that doesn't have some sort of rules.</p>
<p>Personally I think it's rude and disrespectful to have one's cell or whatever, making noise in church; disrespectful to God, the pastor and the congregation. If someone disrupts services in some other manner--say a woman wearing a see-through top and no bra (just to keep things Moron-related)--what would be the appropriate remedy?</P>
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 06:10 AM (6kWFm)
"We have an entire generation being spoon fed that shit on a daily basis in our schools and universities. We're "the bad guys" for the remainder of our lives."
Call somebody that long enough and loud enough, eventually Mr. Bad Guy will stop politely disagreeing and simply decide to live up to the label. You may as well. It's not like they'll stop hating you for who you are.
Posted by: Jaws at July 02, 2012 06:11 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 10:10 AM (6kWFm)
You're welcome. They probably still have a copy at your local library (I would think I didn't get the last one in Orange County). Ours didn't which is why I had to order one from Amazon. Someone had recommended it on the Sunday book thread several weeks ago.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 06:14 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: baldilocks at July 02, 2012 06:15 AM (6kWFm)
See, that's kind of the point: we don't have that problem. Sure, kids play on their DS, or maybe an iPad or something, but the volume is off.
I guess I'm just flabbergasted that you need rules to the effect of "don't be a jerk."
We do occasionally remind people to mute their cell-phones, but that's about it.
Which brings us to your question: I seriously cannot imagine that happening in my congregation. And, if it did, I expect she would be offered a wrap or some other way to cover up, but that's a (legal) decency issue as much as it is a moral issue or manners.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 06:15 AM (8y9MW)
helping our side? Sure - it was nice to use him to poke the Dems in the
eye, but has he been useful for ANYTHING yet?
Posted by: Reactionary at July 02, 2012 08:16 AM (xUM1Q)
THIS
There isn't a Senator Ted Kennedy or Elizabeth Warren or their equivalent dreaming up new ways to screw up the country. If Scott Brown never did another thing, it would be worth having him there.
Posted by: pep at July 02, 2012 06:16 AM (YXmuI)
Too bad that document has been rendered worthless.
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 06:19 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 06:21 AM (YdQQY)
Allen, you mentioned that your well-armed church hasn't had a problem with people using modern tech in church. Ours has
Ours has but in a hilariously different way. Our church tries to be pretty high tech which leads to great things like the pastor's ipad locking up with his sermon on it right as he's starting to speak. Then there's the great brand new soundboard with the great brand new feedback. Plus Fun With Powerpoint when PP decides that nah the congregation doesn't need to see a slide for more than a few seconds.
Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 06:22 AM (VtjlW)
We bought some brand-new software to replace PP some months ago.
We're still using Powerpoint.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 06:29 AM (8y9MW)
Vic, Freedom Just Around the Corner is a great book. When you finish that, you should go on to the second volume, Throes of Democracy, which covers the years 1829-1877. I'm waiting for volume 3, which will cover to the present. I wonder what he'll have to say about the dog-eating SCOAMF.
Also, it came out in the early '90s, so is a bit out of date, but Jim Goad's The Redneck Manifesto has a chapter on white slavery and indentured servitude in early America. A warning, though - his language is definitely NSFW.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 02, 2012 06:59 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Craig at July 02, 2012 07:09 AM (0nzQX)
Some comments above concerned the issue of medical school students and how they'd survive. What will happen is this - domestic doctors will be a thing of the past. You'll need some kind of miracle to find a doctor who's name isn't Sanjay or Manishamalamadan. It's already getting difficult with things as they are.
Foreign countries put the bill for doctor ed. on their tax payers. Here, either we will import the ones too second-rate to make good bank in their own lands, or we'll be on the hook to subsidize medical education massively. These days, I assume most of the docs we import are reasonably OK, since they come here to make money. Once rationing and price controls are in place, that incentive will dry up.
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