1 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Monday, September 17, 2012.  Today is Constitution Day.  On this day in 1787 the Constitution was completed and signed by the majority of the delegates to the convention in Philadelphia. This holiday has been around “unofficially” for a long time but was not made an official federal holiday until 2004. It was inserted into a budget bill by Senate Robert “Sheets” Byrd.  It is important that we recognize this day because th forces of big government began undermining the Constitution almost from the onset. When the progressive movement struck in the late 1800s those forces accelerated the movement.  Now we have a President who ignores it and willfully violates it at every opportunity. A President who openly stated in the run for the White House that he did not like this document and that it did not have redistribution of wealth in it. (Which we have been doing since the 30s anyway).  53% of the people voted this worthless cockholster in anyway.

2 yay FIRST

3 AWW

4 Netanyahu: US must draw a 'red line' with Iran over nuclear weapons

Sure to piss of the asshole ‘n chief.

http://is.gd/N1uLkP

5 U.S. “Ambassador” to the U.N. calls the riots in the Muzzie East and the destruction of embassies “spontaneous” due to the “magic video”.  I knew she was a stupid AA scrunt when she was appointed, but in this case, she most likely is getting marching orders from Hillary and OÂ’Turdhead.

http://is.gd/RH6sXB

6 The Chicago teachers union decided Sunday to continue its weeklong strike, extending an acrimonious standoff with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over teacher evaluations and job security provisions central to the debate over the future of public education across the United States.

Emanuel said he would seek a court order to end the strike, which he said is illegal under state law.

If it wzs illegal under State law why didnÂ’t he take them to court on day 1?  Why hasnÂ’t he fired every damn one of them?  Why?  Because he is a Democrat and no RR.

http://is.gd/irFxWa

7 Morning Vic. I love your morning news dump

8 4 more U.S. soldiers died this weekend when a police trainee shot them. This is the work of the Taliban to drive the US out.  With the asshole ‘n chief in power we should have left 2 years ago after he determined there was no strategy, there was no goal, and they were there just to satisfy political convenience to cover his ass.  There are no words to describe my loathing for this traitorous SOB.

http://is.gd/O7EIZz

9 Egyptian Prime Minister says some of the “protestors” were paid.  I said that as well because this is the norm among the barbarian goat fuckers. But I guess those payments were “spontaneous” due to a magic video.

http://is.gd/bREmcN

10 Brit Hume (Oh how I miss him on the 6 pm news) TÂ’s off on the MFM over Romney attacks.

http://is.gd/08p5rZ

11 George Neocon-RINO Will says fed is on its way to becoming 4th branch of government.  Where have you been you swishy creased pants turd?  It has been that way since it was created.  When FDR went in office it became a branch of the executive department and became 3rd branch prime.

http://is.gd/00fUAo

12 Hahahhahahaha; stupid goatfucker dies from inhaling smoke of burning US flags.  They are probably using cheap synthetic materials that produce phosgene gas when burned. But 6th century barbarians don't know about that shit.

http://is.gd/2voB7y

13 Black preachers are telling parishioners to sit this one out because of Obama support of gay marriage.  Now I love this bit of “irony” but it is yet another example of black churches heavily involved in politics using church assets.  

http://is.gd/kh1z4F

14 USA Today still pushing the Bull Shit salt meme.  This time its “do it for the kids” crap.

http://is.gd/tOy8Pt

15 Not all of Whorrywood are flaming assholes.  Gary Sinise was in NC this weekend doing a benefit for wounded vets.  So we know we have him and Clint. (and there are others)

http://is.gd/LpiQ66

16 Remember the good old days when budgets were low and defense spending was ¾ of the budget?  Well look at HeritageÂ’s “chart of the week”.

http://is.gd/WKB5dh

17 12. ironic. nothing more can be said

18 Obamanites want the networks to push Obamacare propaganda in their plots for TV shows.

http://is.gd/tri2e9

19 Kindle Daily Deal:

Secrets of the Cold War

Focusing on a dark period of a silent conflict, this history offers a new perspective on the Cold War. The author, formerly a counterintelligence expert in US Army Europe, weaves together exciting true accounts of allies collecting enemy information in the East and fighting spies and terrorists in the West.

20 And thatÂ’s it for this Monday.  A little more out there today than the normal slow Monday.  I have a DrÂ’s appointment this morning at 10 so I will be leaving some time before then.

21 18. they aren't doing that already?

22 19. ooh a kindle daily deal that isn't chick porn

23 My WTO suit has nothing to do with Romney's ads. //Barky Choom

24 Have any of you ever watched way to much of one television program and started thinking in different "voices" because you didn't here yourself speak as much as said characters?

25 Posted by: Alex Stephens at September 17, 2012 06:53 AM (aPAIU)


Good Morning.  Glad to be of service.

26 they aren't doing that already?

Posted by: Alex Stephens at September 17, 2012 06:57 AM (aPAIU)

My recollection from about 10 years ago is that they push all the liberal memes.  (haven't watched any network TV and TV in general for over 10 years.)

I gather from this they want Oamacare specifically pushed.

27 From my Twitter feed, it looks like CAC successfully tied the knot. Congrats to him and the missus.

28 Yes, most of the DD's are chick books.  But as Old Monty used to say, 80% of all book purchases now are done by women.

We get some every now and then.

29 http://tinyurl.com/8tst9zc

Ralph Peters calls out Obama as a SCOAMF on ME policy

30 "The President is addicted to apologies."

//R Peters

31 Hank Williams Sr birthday

32 Sun is coming up and should put up the flag today but it looks like rain and they are predicting rain all day today.


OK Morons, what is flag etiquette for rain?

33 http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2012/09/14/even-qe3-best-case-scenario-wont-thrill/

QE3 sucks

34 Obamanites want the networks to push Obamacare propaganda in their plots for TV shows.

Mooch puts Honey Boo Boo on a strict arugula and shame diet, bullying her until she finally hangs herself?

Plucky 16-year-old character gets her abortion paid for by her Catholic school?

Plucky 30-something main character's insurance won't pay for her mammogram because she isn't 50 yet, so her breast cancer goes undetected until it's too late?

Always-partying Latino kid gets into med school to meet quota, while his sober and smarter white neighbor gets denied?

35 32 Vic,

Flag should be inside during Rain unless it is a Capitol Building or Military installation in which case you use the weather hardened flag and illumination.

36 It has been pretty widely panned. All reputable economists say it is BAD.  The only so-called economist supporting it is Krugman. 

37 A topless rally for equality... what an absurd notion.  First, have the guys take off their shirts.  Then the ladies.  Is that equality?  Second, have THAT gal take off her shirt.  Then THAT one.  Nope, no equality there... some are fabulous, some are just ok, and some are hideous.

Try something else, ladies. 

On second thought.....

38 Have any of you ever watched way to much of one television program and started thinking in different "voices" because you didn't here yourself speak as much as said characters? Posted by: Alex Stephens..
.............
ummm.. no!

39 Good morning,  Vic and morons.

I have nothing to report,  but appreciate the links.

40 Always-partying Latino kid gets into med school to meet quota, while his sober and smarter white neighbor gets denied?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at September 17, 2012 07:08 AM (hO8IJ)


Ha, they'll never show that

41 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Flag_Code

Ordinarily it should be displayed only between sunrise and sunset, although the Flag Code permits night time display "when a patriotic effect is desired." Similarly, the flag should be displayed only when the weather is fair, except when an all weather flag is displayed. (By presidential proclamation and law, the flag is displayed continuously at certain honored locations such as the United States Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington and Lexington Green.)

42 Well, I guess I'll leave the flag in today.

43 http://tinyurl.com/9rwfw2g

Larry McDonald says economy is on the tick tock course

44 Heh, Hezb's Sheik Nasrallah says a bad movie (that nobody has seen) is worse than Rushdie or the Dane cartoons (which got wide spread exposure).

The Obama claims that nothing was orchestrated are starting to stink like a dead fish sitting in the sun for 3 days.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19619646

45 From AP:

BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into one of the gates of Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone on Monday, killing eight people including three security officers, Iraqi officials said.


http://tinyurl.com/9tv89xf





For some strange reason, I've become an isolationist.......

46 http://tinyurl.com/8f33ysb

FoxBiz on SS passing a Grim Milestone

It was easy enough to miss the press release. Goodness knows there was a lot to pay attention to this week. If you missed it, the government announced its payouts to social security and disability payments had hit annual records, even though there was still a month left in the budget year.

47 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/one-chart-explain-real-effect-qe3

QE3 in One Chart...

48 After the last few days, I'm not sure it's a good idea for an airport to employ goatherds.

http://is.gd/vJ0UMK

Sheep, goats — it could be any grazing animal. We don’t discriminate,” said Amy Malick, an Aviation Department official.

Well, that's a relief.

49 http://tinyurl.com/9ea3asr



Zero Hedge-Chinese Kill Japanese Ambassador

50 http://youtu.be/MvMlDtDDgps

Calling out Helicopter Ben's lies on QE3

51 I thought about getting a goat to keep my vacant lot and the scrub trees on it clear but I am not allowed to have "farm" animals in my area despite the fact that it is not inside the city limits.

Also too damn many free roaming dogs.

52 http://tinyurl.com/9ynlzja

FoxNews-Iron Ballerina says See You In Court CTU MooCow

53 Sven, most of us here don't put too much faith in Zero Hedge.  Also it is one of the cat person's favorite sites.

54
Awake and ready to go bonkers with whomever shows up from Willamina's Massage Therapy.  I asked for the cutie Masako, a petite Japanese girl from Yokohama, but sometimes they send a liberal white chick who's on food stamps. 


You'd think a girl could make enough money massaging Little Abe to live well, but no, she insists on driving a Chevrolet Volt and eating steak.  She's probably voting for Osama Osama Obama, and that's a big fail. 

55 Visitors to Mr. Vernon can see Washington's copy of the Constitution with his hand written notes:

http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/?p=10394

And at the National Archives the fifth page of the Constitution is on display for the first time. Hurry, though, today is the last day.

56 http://tinyurl.com/9mcj8xv

Rasmussen 47% expect higher interest rates in next 12 months

highlighting the idiocy of the American people not punishing Barack Obama for his Shopping Spree Economics if they believe that

57 Posted by: Retread at September 17, 2012 07:23 AM (zxitI)


We really got into that copy last year when it was auctioned off at Southerby's in NYC.  I asked the Morons to buy it for me but there were no takers.


What's $10M among the Moron Hoard?

58 53 Vic,

You sometimes find the diamond ring the kitty swallowed in the litter box, ZH's actual Cobloggers and Owner have decent articles don't read the comments without a Hazmat suit heh

59 @45 I will be when we get the death ray satellites up. (Some of the despots can do more than annoy.) Push-button convenience from middle America!

60 http://tinyurl.com/94dlcoz

Cavuto Calls Choom out on Diplomacy Idiocy

61 24 Have any of you ever watched way to much of one television program and started thinking in different "voices" because you didn't here yourself speak as much as said characters?

Posted by: Alex Stephens at September 17, 2012 06:59 AM

 

Yeah, it's a slippery slope of shit. If you don't watch it, you can slide right over the shit cliff and drown in the waves of shit.

62 http://tinyurl.com/8g2cwyu

Nike Cuts Price of LeBron James Sneakers to $270

63 How the West is losing the cognitive war with Islamism and its death cults

http://is.gd/o2Feex

At the heart of the drama stands a President of the US, who plays win-win checkers against enemies who play I-win-you-lose three-dimensional chess; and at the same time a Western news media which rushes to publish as news, the poisoned meat of lethal narratives.

64 THE END OF MEN. A book that would never go if the genders were reversed.

65 Chinese protestors burned/looted a Japanese department store in Hunan province.  The smoke was visible for miles...

http://tinyurl.com/9cmds4d

Lots of good protest/chaos pics at that site. 

66 And your feel-good story of the day:

Pakistani Islamist Dies From Inhaling Fumes Of Burning American Flags

http://t.co/uzMoIvCr

67 65. And the game of chess has started, after way too many years of faux peace

68 http://tinyurl.com/24ccbzt

Ras-15% rate economy as Good or Excellent-Damn you President Romney Bush!

69 First link at wired.com didn't work for me.

And I'm wondering about this story because the news said last night we were attacked by Afghan security forces.

70 and that's the news you can use

71 Posted by: Jeanne at September 17, 2012 07:32 AM (n6MGy)


Try the one at #8

72 bye everybody, this moron has to go to school.

73
The liberal press went bat shit crazy when Fox News and specifically Glenn Beck Show used a precious metals firm to advertise the purchase of gold coins with NY spot around $800/oz. 


Poor investment choice and a big ripoff was the cry of the day.  Larry O'Donnell targeted Beck and called for a Justice Department investigation into Fox News allowing this scam to be perpetrated.


Today, the liberal naysayer's are strangely silent?  Not only was the timing prescient, and gold has moved to $1700/oz.  With inflation building a big head of steam, $2200 could be the model by year end? 


Liberals know what's best for you and your family!

74 School?

75 Posted by: Jeanne at September 17, 2012 07:32 AM (n6MGy)

Never trust an adherent of a religion that has written directions on how to properly have sex with animals!

76 36 It has been pretty widely panned. All reputable economists say it is BAD. The only so-called ecommunist supporting it is Krugman. Posted by: Vic at September 17, 2012 07:09 AM (YdQQY) FIFY Vic.

77 What's $10M among the Moron Hoard?
Posted by: Vic

Heh. I remember that now. Much as you are esteemed here, Vic, it's nice it went to Mt. Vernon.

Besides, you can get a free copy on Kindle, and it's handy to have a searchable copy for arguing with the lefty trolls.

78 State Department: We can talk about Libya anymore. You need to refer all questions... wait for it... Eric Holder.  http://tinyurl.com/9szvv6u

79 What's $10M among the Moron Hoard? Let me check under the couch cushions.

80

can't ><

 

81 See ya, Alex.. Boy, I remember (barely) school... you think you've got it hard until you graduate and real life steps up and bites you in the ass..  Enjoy it while you can, Alex!

82 Besides, you can get a free copy on Kindle, and it's handy to have a searchable copy for arguing with the lefty trolls.

Posted by: Retread at September 17, 2012 07:37 AM (zxitI)

Is that the G. Washington copy available?

83 and who happened to be deputy minister for disaster reconstruction when the Fukushima disaster struck. The same Japan which for over a year has been calming the world that all is well regarding the deadliest nuclear disater since Chernobyl. Did I miss the radiation deaths at Fukushima?

84 Posted by: @PurpAv at September 17, 2012 07:29 AM

Wait! Aren't the Chicoms our tight BFFs? I was sure Nixon said so, and I seem to recall Osama Obama bowing to them publicly. Not to mention the times he has bent over for them in private....

Who are these "Japanese," anyway?

85 Apropro Constitution Day:

I would have liked it if the Republican Convention had announced that the Republican Platform WAS the US Constitution!

86 66 And your feel-good story of the day:

Pakistani Islamist Dies From Inhaling Fumes Of Burning American Flags


Now that they're made in China from recycled mining cyanide,
it's best not to burn them.

87 Didn't he bow to the Japanses?

Whatever.. he bows so much it's hard to keep track.

88 Japanese.. not Japanses

89
Beto @ 88:

Now that they're made in China from recycled mining cyanide,
it's best not to burn them.

Actually, we should ship a lot more over there. Sell them real cheap, offer special deals, (Buy ten U.S. flags, get a free disposable lighter, and can of lighter fluid!).

90 Posted by: Beefy Meatball at September 17, 2012 07:37 AM (mxnUd)

Yes, our crack FBI forensic teams need to investigate that pristine overseas crime scene to tell us US citizens were murdered.  They'll take fingerprints and DNA just like on TV before concluding that an internet video was the proximate cause. 

The animal DNA might cause a problem, though.

91 BTW, isn't the VP of China MIA? for two weeks....

92 and who happened to be deputy minister for disaster reconstruction when the Fukushima disaster struck. The same Japan which for over a year has been calming the world that all is well regarding the deadliest nuclear disater since Chernobyl.

Did I miss the radiation deaths at Fukushima?

Posted by: toby928© at September 17, 2012 07:41 AM (QupBk)

Hah, I missed that post.  It is physically impossible to have a worse nuclear accident than Chernobyl.  It demonstrates the absolute worse case for everything. 

1. Shitty design of a large core

2. Shitty safety and control systems

3. Disregard of procedures

4. Disregard of Operator protests for that disregard

5. Failure to warn public due to "secrecy".

6. No containment building

All led to total destruction and release of core in a column of fire.

93 12Hahahhahahaha; stupid goatfucker dies from inhaling smoke of burning US flags. They are probably using cheap synthetic materials that produce phosgene gas when burned. But 6th century barbarians don't know about that shit.

http://is.gd/2voB7y

Posted by: Vic

 

 

The flag fights back.

94 Not the Geo. Washington copy, but here's a list from Amazon.

http://tinyurl.com/9fgwnt9

I found the Constitution and D of I as one file months ago but can't get it to come up on the search now.

95 So Gabe posts about boobs, and all you people want to talk about is... not-boobs. 

Did someone declare this to be opposite day, and didn't tell me?

If so, I guess I better start being nice to people. 

96 The Chinese are still a little irked about the whole WWII thing.  I don't blame them.  They bore the brunt of the Japanese aggression and atrocities for years before the US got involved.

97 Damn Pixy

98 Not the Geo. Washington copy, but here's a list from Amazon.


OK, I have multiple copies already, one is annotated with court cases.

99 "The hate of liberty and freedom" ... nothing nuanced about the audacity of tyranny. Le mal du pays? Get past the read and weep stage. Speak Out Now.

---

"This is what tyranny looks like." 
a jacksonian @ Dumb Looks Still Free:
http://tinyurl.com/y679fu

The film of Mr. Nakoula had been on youtube for quite some time before these events, and the citation of it by those who have done the rioting and assassination is nothing more than pretext, excuse and yet another finger to point at the West not because we are inciting them but because they hate our liberties and freedom.  Like the freedom to speak one's mind about religion and to even criticize other religions and not be taken in and tried on blasphemy charges for such criticism.  The 'questioning' of Mr. Nakoula is done as a cover for the real reason: that he is inconvenient to the regime of current Administration and a handy scapegoat, a mere Goldstein to excuse tyrannical action.

First they came for the bad film makers and I said nothing as I did not make bad films...

Screw THAT.

I do protest.

Because I know that at the end of the long list, I will be included in that ever expanding enemy's list, just as normal people have been every time that the list of handy scapegoats had to be increased to excuse incompetence, lack of oversight or just plain old horror by those seeking tyranny.  This is about the freedom of each of us to say as we feel we must say to inform our fellow citizens, and if it is done with bad art then SO BE IT.  Censorship in the face of terrorism is appeasement and walking away from support of human rights AT HOME.  This must stop NOW or the result is a horror beyond imagining and rivers of blood under your feet and mine for not speaking out TODAY.

I do speak out as that is my job as a Citizen of the Republic of the United States of America.

ajacksonian

100
"Osama and Stevens are dead, GM is alive."

-Joe al Biden

101 Here's some sensible writing on the recent difficulties in north Africa.  Found at Tarek Fatah's Facebook page:  http://is.gd/0xhQFs

102 @48 Point of Information: sheep are grazers; goats are browsers.

103 Annotated copy here

http://is.gd/9zidiT

104

And it's the start of another crappy week (sorry about that, 'rons and 'ronettes.  The usual Monday blues).  Four bucks a gallon for the cheapest stuff here in Taxachusetts and I'm surrounded by idiots who still think TFG is the best thing since sliced bread.

 

Anyway, letÂ’s finish our Fatty Arbuckle series. . .

 

It took three trials, but Arbuckle was finally acquitted of any charges in the death of Virginia Rappe.  The third jury even took the step of issuing a public apology to the comedian, declaring that there had never been any evidence or even suggestion that Arbuckle had done anything wrong.

 

It didnÂ’t matter.  Public opinion, inflamed by Hearst-owned newspapers, had horribly damaged ArbuckleÂ’s popularity.  Will Hays, head of the Motion Pictures Producrs and Distributors of America, declared that Arbuckle was emblematic of the filth infesting Hollywood and issued an order that he could never work in movies again.  Not only that, but all of his films were to be confiscated from distributors and all scheduled screenings cancelled.  Hays would change his mind later in the year, but it didnÂ’t do any good.  Arbuckle was finished.

 

A few friends – notably Buster Keaton – stood by Arbuckle, and eventually he was able to find some small work directing pictures under the alias of “William B. Goodrich.”  Finally, in 1932, Warner Brothers decided to take a chance on the rotund comedian and signed him for a series of two-reel talking comedies which, to almost everyoneÂ’s surprise (especially Arbuckle), were very successful. 

 

He finished the last of them on June 28, 1933.  On June 29, he signed a contract with Warner for a full-length movie.  That night, he died of a massive heart attack at the age of 46.

 

If you remember, in part 1 I noted that there were some suspicious circumstances surrounding the whole Arbuckle-Rappe encounter.  The author Andy Edmonds, in her book Frame-Up!, advances a theory which can never be proven, but seems to fit all the available evidence:

 

In 1918, Arbuckle had signed a $3,000,000 contract with Paramount for a series of 18 full-length movies over three years.  Adolph Zukor, Paramount chief, was said to be very incensed at ArbuckleÂ’s high cost and was looking for ways to strip down his renumeration.  Zukor was also said to hold a grudge against Arbuckle because the comedian – citing his heavy workload – refused to appear at certain Paramount publicity events.

 

Fast-forward to September 1921.  While concluding the last of his contracted shorts, Arbuckle accidentally sat down on an acid-soaked rag, receiving a very painful burn on his ass.  He thought of canceling his planned party, but cameraman Fred Fischbach – remember him? – was absolutely insistent the party go on.

 

Edmonds believed the appearance of Virginia Rappe at ArbuckleÂ’s party was part of a Zukor-orchestrated blackmail plan.  Remember, Maude Delmont, RappeÂ’s escort, was a known blackmailer, and before the women appeared, Fischbach had vanished from the party, returning only a few moments before the two entered.  Edmonds suggests that Zukor, in order to knock down ArbuckleÂ’s negotiating position and in petty revenge for his failing to toe the publicity line, had Fischbach arrange to have Arbuckle found in a compromising position with a woman.

 

What nobody knew, however, was that Rappe was a very sick woman and may have had another abortion shortly before her arrival at the St. Francis Hotel.  If there had been a little innocent horseplay at the party, Edmonds wrote, Arbuckle might have accidentally hit Rappe in the abdomen (which would account for her reported moans of “he did it” or “Roscoe hit me.”), mortally damaging her already frail internal organs (as RappeÂ’s ovaries and uterus vanished from the coronerÂ’s office, no one was ever able to follow up on this supposition).

 

Now faced with a manslaughter charge, Zukor then decided the best course of action was to hang Arbuckle out to dry, rather than be forced to admit his own culpability in RappeÂ’s death.  Evidence, too, of a bribe being paid by Paramount to DA Matthew Brady also supports the idea of a complete frame-up.

And there it is.  The sad end of one of the greatest comics of the silent era.  If you get a chance, check out some of his work, especially The Butcher Boy, a wonderful short that shows off Arbuckle's amazing dexterity, as well as being the first film appearance of Buster Keaton.

 

Hope you all have a wonderful day.

105

; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"> 87Didn't he bow to the Japanses?

Whatever.. he bows so much it's hard to keep track.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"> 

; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">What`s the difference between bowing and bending over ?    When bowing you are facing your sodomizer.

106 So Gabe posts about boobs, and all you people want to talk about is... not-boobs.

The women who persist under the delusion that giving women more government loot will make them the equivalent to men look more like Helen Thomas than Kate Upton.  Why would anyone want to see their boobs?

107 The link to the Taliban attack is bad. It has an extra ace.mu.nu in it.

This should be correct.

108 That Fatty Arbuckle was one of the great miscarriages of justice ever made.  It not only ruined him, but it cast Hollywood in bad light for nearly a century before they deserved it.


It also resulted in the bullshit Hayes code which destroyed movies for decades before it was finally abandoned in the 60s.

109 106 -

I suppose that might explain why there were no pictures accompanying the article.  Still, we have our imaginations.

110

>>>Yeah, it's a slippery slope of shit. If you don't watch it, you can slide right over the shit cliff and drown in the waves of shit.

 

Nice shit analogy.

111 Mornin' Brent.

112 "What do you do when everyone's known to be a liar?"

You assume that they will act in their self-interest.  Apparently it is in the Libyan president's self-interest to have AQ suppressed, and if he can get the Great Satan to do it for him well that's that much more of his assets that he can save for other things- like killing his other political rivals.

I have no doubt that the question of who actually carried out the attack is totally immaterial to the Libyan president's assertion of AQ involvement.

Good morning all!

113 new post up

114 108 -

Yes, thankfully the Hayes code is gone, so we can have movies like Showgirls.

115 QE3 in One Chart...

DOOM!

Doom! I say.

116 @ 103 Thanks, Vic. Very useful.

117 BB will be dangling from a lamp post before the collapse is is all over.

118

86

Now that they're made in China from recycled mining cyanide,
it's best not to burn them.

Ugh! We show warn Boy Scout troops? In our town, they burn the worn-out ones for us (there's a drop-off at the library).

 

119 @109: No imagination is necessary if you've seen any of Zombies photo reports from SF. Ewww.

120 Ugh! We show warn Boy Scout troops? In our town, they burn the worn-out ones for us (there's a drop-off at the library).

Posted by: Lynne at September 17, 2012 08:06 AM (+Uv5V)

They are only burning one at a time hopefully and outside well ventilated.  Also, the American made flags may be less toxic due to regulations.

But I would not count on that.  Anything made of plastic or plastic containing synthetic fibers releases toxic gasses when burning.  This is why you need to get out of any burning house immediately even if you think the smoke is light.

121 You know what would be hilarious...making flags out of nitro-cellulose so they'd just go poof like flash paper when some idiot tried to burn them.

Not hard, you just soak cotton in nitric acid to nitrate the cellulose.

122 Boobs.

123 Posted by: BurtTC
.............
You wouldn't be talking about boobies if you had seen the pics. 

Here ya go...

http://youtu.be/FujAARcJ-1I

124 Hey, Mr. Leahy - want a shopping cart?

125 |President Obama has filed a WTO trade complaint against China for subsidizing auto exports. The article notes that Obama's newfound spine when it comes to China has appeared just in time for Obama's campaign trip to Ohio this week.| Last night there was some discussion of the Politico/Business Insider articles about problems in the campaign among the staffers allegedly impacting the convention speech, at the very least. I recall an awful lot of known republican pundits arguing that romney had to get specific, put out his plans, draw a nice picture of what he's going to do. They were literally relentless with this meme. So, Romney did get specific with one thing. He said he was going to be tough with China. And, predictably, like happened with John McCain. it will appear that BO is again "me tooing" the good stuff from his opponent. Doesn't matter what the complaint says, no one is going to look at it or read it. What matters is that everyone thought romney's stance on China was great, so did BO. Lack of specifics, pundits is a good thing.

126 96 before the US got involved.
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before the US Government got involved.

There were already the established American Christian Missionaries and freelance journalists in China as witnesses, themselves wary of the combating factions within China, all being victimized by the Japanese. And of course, the private US Volunteers included those whom John Wayne's "Flying Tigers" movie dramatized.

Beyond the vying global investments behind the Chinese Revolution for Independence via communism, that the USA relied on the Chinese during WWII to aid our pilots is a story buried by the Cold UN Korean War.

That the Japanese Government refuses absolutely any apology ever to the People of China for the Rape of Nanking tells more than meets the eye, far more than Americans are willing to acknowledge, let alone to consciously evaluate.

/And I can already hear the radically violent responses, "Never Apologize!" aka No Apologies. Yeah, and love means never having to say you're sorry. pfft/ Today, rightfully, Americans want redress for the acts of war committed against our government's dignitaries abroad, tortured by barbaric, blood thirsty, conspiring assassin organizations that demand/spread the hate of liberty and freedom, aided by our own tax dollars no thanks to our corrupt government officials and their policies that don't even recognize the rights of US citizens. My point, we can appreciate the "righteous anger" that the Chinese yet bear vs. the Japanese. /It isn't as if China benefited globally by the outcome of WWII, or as if Western nations rebuilt China with US Dollars as occurred in Japan, and I'm acknowledging without listing all those other reasons too many to enumerate./

127 I can think of no finer way to celebrate the anniversary of OWS than for the NYPD to administer a vigorous regime of "lather, rinse, repeat" of free white ash shampoos to the celebrants

128 Interesting.  I've been seeing that Romney China ad for a few days and it was kind of meh for me.  I assumed it must be focus grouping well or they wouldn't run it.  If Obama is running to the WTO to try and shore this one up, the ad must be having an effect.

Who knew that all we needed to do to get Obama to do his job is run a few hundred million dollars in advertising?

129 Network shows have been using a lack of health insurance as crime motivation for years.

130 Have any of you ever watched way to much of one television program and

Indeed.

131 "Obama Is Advertising In Video Games — Today's Ad Brief" http://tinyurl.com/92uto6y

132 NEW YORK (AP) -- Occupy Wall Street began to disintegrate in rapid fashion last winter, when the weekly meetings in New York City devolved into a spectacle of fistfights and vicious arguments.

The trouble with Occupy Wall Street, a year after it bloomed in a granite park in lower Manhattan and spread across the globe, is that nobody really knows what it is anymore. To say whether Occupy was a success or a failure depends on how you define it.



Keep spinning AP!

133 Posted by: panzernashorn at September 17, 2012 08:38 AM (BAnPT) I'm not the best student of history or current events but I seem to recall that we've paid what might be considered reparations to some groups. But I guess we did that with no apologies? Kinda like the guys who settle but don't admit guilt as part of the settlement? I don't pay attention to that stuff or know that history so I think I'm looking for some learnin on this, I was surprised to see them suddenly get all up in japan's face, seemingly out of no where.

134 This morning on NPR:  In depth reporting on the details of how the Chinese government organized, scheduled, and paid for the protests at the Japanese embassy.  Followed immediately by a reiteration that the Benghazi attack was a spontaneous reaction to a movie.

My what an interesting reality they inhabit.

135

Posted by: pray for peace at September 17, 2012 09:03 AM (oZfic

 

Good God you are the most pathetically idiotic skank in existence.  It figures that a worthless troll that believes the only people that remember 9/11 are from New York City would be so utterly clueless about some of the most commonly known things.

136 135 Posted by: pray for peace at September 17, 2012 09:03 AM (oZfic Good God you are the most pathetically idiotic skank in existence. It figures that a worthless troll that believes the only people that remember 9/11 are from New York City would be so utterly clueless about some of the most commonly known things. Posted by: buzzion at September 17, 2012 09:06 AM (GULKT) Are you a democrat? Cause you keep repeating the same tired old boring stuff. My point was that the rest of the country might have put 9/11 to the back of their minds, except NY and DC where it is always on your mind, every day, where ever you go. You guys took that as an insult. I was meaning it as a fact. Yet you keep repeating and spinning about it every opportunity you get. Hence you sound and behave just like a democrat. They take something said, take half the truth from it and stress the inaccurate part and then they repeat it and repeat it until you don't know what the true facts are anymore. That's how you are behaving. Bet Ax has a nice job for you. Your spin meister skills are excellent for sure.

137 Headline thread from that conspiracy site that takes God's name in vain. "ObamaÂ’s 3 a.m. call comes; he hits snooze button" http://tinyurl.com/8bk7swr Don't normally link to conspiracy sites but that's a funny title

138 "Mornin "rons & 'ettes... For those of you who still consider New York as a bastion of left wing everything, here's something to warm your hearts. Yesterday I say in our quaint little east-side-of-Buffalo suburb a simple yard sign, but professionally done. It said, simply, "2012: America vs. Obama". Yes, we get it here. Also, there is no group that loathes New York City more that the average New York Taxpayer. That is all...

139

Funny how the pathetic lying troll whore has to lie about what it said.  But pretty typical for someone that swears they never linked gay porn when they did exactly that.

140 "Shawna ArnoldÂ’s baby Katie gets 2 free tickets for life after being born in NASCAR parking lot"" http://tinyurl.com/8arnn46 Cute story.

141 Posted by: buzzion at September 17, 2012 09:25 AM (GULKT) Noticeably absent was your denial of being a democrat.

142 Finally something I can send around! Hyscience has this video: http://tinyurl.com/9ed5dd2

143 In history class in high school I learned that we are "responsible" for the defense of Japan. If the Chinese go after these Japanese islands are we then responsible for fighting China on behalf of Japan keeping their islands?

144 "72% Put Freedom of Speech Ahead of Not Offending Other Cultures "http://tinyurl.com/8b4fu5s via instapundit http://tinyurl.com/3pv58k3

145 Not just media bias but Hollywood bias in TV shows goes way back. I saw an example just this past weekend. I had been talking with a guy about an episode of the old Fox show 21 Jump Street and curious I went looking for it, found it on YouTube. A couple of things jumped out at me.

1) The episode was about runaway homeless kids (ever notice how homelessness is a "problem" that only ever appears during Republican administrations? In this economy, I am sure that there are plenty of new homeless out there, but we hear...nada) and it was called "Blinded by the Thousand Points of Light", a jab at Bush 41.

2) One of the cops pretending to be homeless took the name "Trump", mocking the Donald

3) The kids turned tricks to survive, and one john says he's rewarding himself because he signed a contract "To rep a big gun manufacturer".

4) The bad guy was a yuppie in a Beamer

There may be more, but these I noticed without trying, and that goes back 25 years. Some things never change.

146 Thanks for the Book of the Day tip Vic, downloaded now.

147 Regarding the "teachers":

"Union delegates said they felt uncomfortable approving the contract because they had seen it only in bits."

Why don't they just pass it to find out what's in it?

148 This is on buzz feed but it's too funny not to talk about: http://tinyurl.com/8b5txjt Should you want to go directly to this guys twitter feed and avoid buzz feed, here is the link: https://twitter.com/aeidinger "Adam Eidinger ‏@aeidinger Drone Lost in Skies Over Washington D.C. Neighborhood http://www.lawfareblog.com/2012/09/drone-lost-in-skies-over-washington-d-c-neighborhood/ "Â…

149 Posted by: Thorvald at September17,2012 07:51 AM(1V6Pv) And it makes more difference than people realize, especially if you actually *wanted* those rose or berry bushes.

150 "President Obama has filed a WTO trade complaint against China for subsidizing auto exports. " What the Hell does he think a bailout is?

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

152 Sheep are grazers. Goats are browsers. Learn the difference, O'Hare.