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July 02, 2012

Weekly Jobless Claims On The Rise, Pointing Towards Bad June Jobs Number
— Ace

Will this week, the week ended June 16, get revised higher next week? We literally cannot remember the last time it wasnÂ’t. So itÂ’s a good guess than when allÂ’s said and done, last week, the week ended June 16, will probably be around 390,000 or so.
For one thing, thatÂ’s just terrible, close enough to 400,000 Â— a level that is broadly speaking a demarcation line between job growth and job losses Â— to keep the Obama Reelection Committee members up at night. This week is also key because itÂ’s whatÂ’s called the survey week, or the reference week, the week that the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses as the baseline for its monthly jobs report.

I didn't know what that meant, so I looked it up: Apparently, while we speak of the "June jobs report," the survey for unemployment occurs in the last week of the month.

Unemployed persons [are defined as...]: Persons aged 16 years and older who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.

So, if I understand this right, the actual monthly unemployment figure is based on a one-week snapshot, and that week was a bad one.

Which is another way of saying that it will somehow tick down by 0.1%. No matter how many people are unemployed, somehow it's almost always falling by 0.1%.

Thanks to CDRM.

Posted by: Ace at 11:22 AM | Comments (229)
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1
the so-called demarcation line used to be 375K

that was before Obama, though

Posted by: soothsayer at July 02, 2012 11:23 AM (9Q7Nu)

2 It's news like this that makes me thankful that I have this shitty job.

Posted by: © Sponge at July 02, 2012 11:24 AM (UK9cE)

3 You have to trend the number of people working. You can not trust these unemployment numbers.

Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2012 11:24 AM (YdQQY)

4 I'm sorry, I've made other plans. I won't be able to attend.

Posted by: Summer of Recovery at July 02, 2012 11:25 AM (w4zXf)

5 If they ever expect it, it will be unexpectedly expected. Know what I mean?

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 11:25 AM (KXm42)

6 Gloom, despair ,and agony on me.
Deep dark depression excessive misery.
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.
Gloom, despair, and agony on me

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 02, 2012 11:25 AM (Hx5uv)

7 Oh, fuck this.

Posted by: Chip Diller at July 02, 2012 11:26 AM (3SvjA)

8
If only we could tax people for not working, job growth would explode!

Posted by: Baracus Obamacus- John Roberts approved at July 02, 2012 11:26 AM (gppu7)

9 Unemployment should be taxed.

Posted by: John Roberts at July 02, 2012 11:26 AM (MMC8r)

10 Tax companies for not hiring! Brill!

Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 02, 2012 11:26 AM (J6kXj)

11 >>>No matter how many people are unemployed, somehow it's almost always falling by 0.1%.

This feature is known as the reverse inverted hockey stick model.

Posted by: Fritz at July 02, 2012 11:26 AM (/ZZCn)

Hey, I've discovered a new way to suddenly hit my ideal weight! I just won't count all those pounds over there ------> since they've been on my ass so long that they are no longer eligible for "oh I'll work that off after the holidays". Bingo bango, I've dropped 50 pounds!

If it's good enough for the government, it's good enough for me.

Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 11:26 AM (VtjlW)

So, once we get beyond the SCOTUS recriminations, we can re-focus on the real reason why we need to get rid of Lord God Zero.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at July 02, 2012 11:27 AM (YmPwQ)

14 >>>Which is another way of saying that it will somehow tick down by 0.1%. No matter how many people are unemployed, somehow it's almost always falling by 0.1%. Because they are using the non racist math now.

Posted by: Dave C at July 02, 2012 11:27 AM (1iLMh)

15 I'm sure that companies with more than 49 employees are leading the hiring frenzy.

Posted by: Obama's Left Nut at July 02, 2012 11:27 AM (w4zXf)

16 Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition or bad economics numbers during the Obama era.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 02, 2012 11:27 AM (Hx5uv)

17 7 Oh, fuck this.

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Agreed.... lets get the crash and burn over with and move on to living in Thunderdome.

Posted by: fixerupper at July 02, 2012 11:27 AM (C8hzL)

18 I'd like to tax all foreigners living abroad.

Posted by: Guy from a Pyton sketch at July 02, 2012 11:28 AM (YmPwQ)

19 Who didn't see this coming

Posted by: hooray for me fuck you dick in the ass indie voter at July 02, 2012 11:28 AM (Qr9Rc)

20 Welcome to the eurosocialist economy.

Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 11:28 AM (OlN4e)

21 If you like your job, you screwed up - you trusted me!

Posted by: Barack Insane Obama at July 02, 2012 11:28 AM (136wp)

lets get the crash and burn over with and move on to living in Thunderdome

But I don't want to live in Chicago!

Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 11:29 AM (VtjlW)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:29 AM (8y9MW)

24 Democrat \ˈde-mə-ˌkrat\: A person who is unfamiliar with basic statistics and elementary economics, and how shows no desire to learn.

"I would explain to Obama how the economy works, but he's a Democrat."

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 11:29 AM (sbV1u)

25 I'd like to tax politicians every time they say, "Let me make this clear..."

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:29 AM (136wp)

26 12Hey, I've discovered a new way to suddenly hit my ideal weight! I just won't count all those pounds over there ------> since they've been on my ass so long that they are no longer eligible for "oh I'll work that off after the holidays". Bingo bango, I've dropped 50 pounds!

If it's good enough for the government, it's good enough for me.

Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 03:26 PM (VtjlW)

I like this topic. Let's talk more about your ass.

Posted by: Obama's Left Nut at July 02, 2012 11:29 AM (w4zXf)

27 Obama: Focused like a (Death Star) Laser on the Economy.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:29 AM (8y9MW)

28 I, for one, am glad to have a JEF to manage our decline so competently. /s

Posted by: Lady in Black - ObamaTaxCare opponent - This means war, bitchez at July 02, 2012 11:30 AM (vOMX+)

29 Jobless claims on the rise, manufacturing contraction, I'm sure there is nothing I need be concerned about. My bettors have told me we are recovering. Actually it was more like "STFU Prole, you'll eat this recovery and like it"

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 02, 2012 11:30 AM (0q2P7)

30 Barack Obama, the man for the New America - which we like to call AmeriKKKa

Posted by: Washington Post at July 02, 2012 11:31 AM (136wp)

31 2612Hey, I've discovered a new way to suddenly hit my ideal weight! I just won't count all those pounds over there ------> since they've been on my ass so long that they are no longer eligible for "oh I'll work that off after the holidays". Bingo bango, I've dropped 50 pounds!

If it's good enough for the government, it's good enough for me.Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 03:26 PM (VtjlW)
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I like this topic. Let's talk more about your ass. edit: It doesn't even make any sense without the correct sock puppet.

Posted by: B.J. Clinton at July 02, 2012 11:31 AM (w4zXf)

32 I expect the Spanish Inquisition.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 11:31 AM (KXm42)

33 I had this thought over the weekend -- we are just about where Italy was in the late 80s. I remember my young adult and not-so-young adult cousins having to live with their parents . . . into perpetuity. Still plenty of road left if we keep going this way . . . the connected people and their kids will do fine . . . Some say recessions and depressions have to end . . . but they don't really have to. Decline happens too. And that can be centuries.

Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 02, 2012 11:31 AM (J6kXj)

34 I like this topic. Let's talk more about your ass.
Posted by: Obama's Left Nut at July 02, 2012 03:29 PM (w4zXf)

Wouldn't you rather keep discussing the possibility of getting Reggie Love and Anderson Cooper into that 3some you've been dreaming of?

Posted by: © Sponge at July 02, 2012 11:32 AM (UK9cE)

35 I expect the Spanish Inquisition.

Can I get the Papal Inquisition instead?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:32 AM (8y9MW)

Manufacturing is the key to a country's wealth generation. Welcome to third world status. Not today, but soon. Very soon.

Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 11:32 AM (OlN4e)

37 For one thing, thatÂ’s just terrible, close enough to 400,000 Got a hint for ya, the real number is over 400,000...

Posted by: cajun carrot, down for some SMOD at July 02, 2012 11:32 AM (UZQM8)

38 "STFU Prole, you'll eat this recovery and like it"

The chocolate ration went up again?!

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 11:33 AM (KXm42)

39 22 lets get the crash and burn over with and move on to living in Thunderdome But I don't want to live in Chicago! Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 03:29 PM (VtjlW) They will take you to Detroit!!!!

Posted by: cajun carrot, down for some SMOD at July 02, 2012 11:33 AM (UZQM8)

"If only we could tax people for not working, job growth would explode!"

You still have the option to be unemployed, but you no longer have the ability to avoid being taxed for your non-income.

Posted by: Chief Justice Rainman at July 02, 2012 11:33 AM (kZVsz)

This was so hard to foresee; the Obama economy; double dip. Double dip, it's what's for dinner! Those two brown scoops - not chocolate. The "cream" and "nuts" on top? Not what you think. But what the hey -

mmm mmm mmm

Posted by: MDr at July 02, 2012 11:33 AM (WZT1d)

42 "Please, sir, I want some more. gruel."

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 02, 2012 11:33 AM (Hx5uv)

43 31 So, the job market is crappy. That is just about as shocking as Anderson Cooper is gay and the Washington Post is biased. Is this state the obvious Monday? Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 02, 2012 03:31 PM (OWjjx) Did you also know that Joe Biden has the same IQ as a sea cucumber?

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:33 AM (136wp)

44 It doesn't even make any sense without the correct sock puppet. Yeah I was wondering why his left nut somehow wasn't gay!

Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 02, 2012 11:33 AM (J6kXj)

I like this topic. Let's talk more about your ass.

I think the Horde has more information than it ever needed about my ass.

Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 11:34 AM (VtjlW)

46
But I don't want to live in Chicago!

Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 03:29 PM

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Meh.... we ALL live in Chicago now.....

Posted by: fixerupper at July 02, 2012 11:34 AM (C8hzL)

47 Just watch the MSM / WH (BIRM) make these numbers effin' *dance*. It'll be magnificent!

Posted by: Jaws at July 02, 2012 11:34 AM (4I3Uo)

48 Ugh, given that the alternative was McCain, had he bothered to run, we would've been fucked by him 6 ways to Sunday(i.e.. cap and trade crapola) But- We would've had a functioning economy and no O-care. Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, it might have been. Time to fight the best way we can- help Romney and the Reps win. Stop feeling sorry and act. Come January 2013 I don't want to have to think about what might have been.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 02, 2012 11:34 AM (54vf8)

49 The economy was recovering from the flu, but it got AIDS in a blood transfusion that was administered by Obama.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 02, 2012 11:34 AM (61yvg)

50 Did you also know that Joe Biden has the same IQ as a sea cucumber?

That's insulting to all sea cucumbers.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:34 AM (8y9MW)

51 46 I like this topic. Let's talk more about your ass. I think the Horde has more information than it ever needed about my ass. Posted by: alexthechick - help us SMOD you're our only hope at July 02, 2012 03:34 PM (VtjlW) We beg to respectfully disagree.

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:34 AM (136wp)

"lets get the crash and burn over with and move on to living in Thunderdome "

Just what we need. Another hero.

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 11:35 AM (kZVsz)

Did you also know that Joe Biden has the same IQ as a sea cucumber?

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 03:33 PM (136wp)

Hey now.... thats downright insultin!

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 11:35 AM (lZBBB)

54 What might have been?!?!? What might have been?!?! After last week I wish GORE had freaking won! We'd all be better off! Now THAT is a sad realization.

Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 02, 2012 11:35 AM (J6kXj)

55 If I cannot make enough to pay myself, which I don't, I just make enough to get my business buy month to month, then I sure am not going to be able to afford all of the costs in hiring people. This is a nightmare. Thanks Democrats, you and your idiotic laws really do help the little guy get ahead!

Posted by: ArcadeHero at July 02, 2012 11:35 AM (zt7SE)

56 They will take you to Detroit!!!!
Posted by: cajun carrot, down for some SMOD at July 02, 2012 03:33 PM (UZQM

But, Detroit is BACK!!!! They keep telling me so.....

Posted by: © Sponge at July 02, 2012 11:36 AM (UK9cE)

Did you also know that Joe Biden has the same IQ as a sea cucumber?

You will be hearing from our lawyers. Did we mention our lawyers are krakens?

Posted by: Sea Cucumber Anti-Defamation League at July 02, 2012 11:36 AM (VtjlW)

58 Group think? Us? Never.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:36 AM (8y9MW)

59 http://www.whitehousedossier.com "President Obama appears to be mostly taking the week off, making a rare sojourn at Camp David through Tuesday before celebrating the Fourth of July and then heading out on the campaign trail" Bumbles taking a vacation - how will he keep up with his golf game?

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:36 AM (136wp)

60 Did you also know that Joe Biden has the same IQ as a sea cucumber? I just have three words for you, pally. Fuck. You.

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 11:36 AM (54vf8)

61 Damn, those ATM's are insidious. But, you'd think with the power being out throughout the east coast, the influence of ATM's (and not enough firefighters, natch) would be subdued.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at July 02, 2012 11:37 AM (QxSug)

For one thing, thatÂ’s just terrible, close enough to 400,000 Â— a level that is broadly speaking a demarcation line between job growth and job losses Â— to keep the Obama Reelection Committee members up at night.

I LOLed. Things are progressing according to plan. Nobody is losing sleep over this.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 11:37 AM (d0Tfm)

Just what we need. Another hero.

Tina Turner has reliably informed me that we don't need another hero.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 11:37 AM (VtjlW)

64 how many of us are going to comment that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden?

And now many of us are going to comment about all of us commenting that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:37 AM (8y9MW)

65 Wow, Camp David. slumming it.

Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 02, 2012 11:37 AM (J6kXj)

66 I LOLed. Things are progressing according to plan. Nobody is losing sleep over this. Correct. Not a failure. SUCCESS

Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 02, 2012 11:38 AM (J6kXj)

67 Zero lives on vacation. Be advised, when he is on vacation he fucks up the country less. I wish the jug eared fuck a permanent vacation come Novenber.

Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 11:38 AM (OlN4e)

68 67 how many of us are going to comment that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden? And now many of us are going to comment about all of us commenting that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden? Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 03:37 PM (8y9MW) If you don't stop you'll get the blog caught in a recursive commenting loop...

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:38 AM (136wp)

"I think the Horde has more information than it ever needed about my ass. "

Really? Did we get a picture?

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 11:39 AM (kZVsz)

70 Tina Turner has reliably informed me that we don't need another hero.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 03:37 PM (VtjlW) <<<<<<<

Got room for another angry voice?

Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 11:39 AM (OlN4e)

71 Hey I resent that cucumber bashing business. You can't make pickles without cucmbers you know.

But they probably are really stupid though.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 11:39 AM (KXm42)

72 But, Detroit is BACK!!!! They keep telling me so.....Posted by: Â© Sponge

It is.
Back of the line of leftie fail-shitties.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 02, 2012 11:39 AM (famk3)

73
Just what we need. Another hero.

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 03:35 PM (kZVsz)

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hey buster.... that's MY schtick....

Posted by: Tina Turner at July 02, 2012 11:39 AM (C8hzL)

I think the Horde has more information than it ever needed about my ass.

Pics, etc

Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2012 11:39 AM (3SvjA)

75 After last week I wish GORE had freaking won!

--

The only thing I can say to that is we would've had to deal with this commie prick (Barky) at some point. He was waiting in the wings...whether to be crowned in '08 or sometime in our future. We would've had to deal with the shithead as president someday. The msm and his anti-America cohorts would've had it no other way. This blight was in our future. Just that our future is now our present.

Posted by: Lady in Black - ObamaTaxCare opponent - This means war, bitchez at July 02, 2012 11:40 AM (vOMX+)

76 Seriously though, if only we had enough firefighters, there'd be job growth galore as cities could finally put out the fires that are continually destroying jobs. And let's no get started on the "crumbling infrastructure" with which, most of us fall off cliffs and bridges onthe way to work, thereby keeping us from getting back to work.

Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at July 02, 2012 11:40 AM (QxSug)

77 I declare a tax on anyone not talking about Joe Biden's IQ vs. that of a Sea Cucumber.

Posted by: John 'Who gives a fuck about the law' Roberts at July 02, 2012 11:41 AM (x7g7t)

78 82 Is this the old meme reunion tour? Posted by: Shinebox and Sammich at July 02, 2012 03:40 PM (OWjjx) I bet it's sold out.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 02, 2012 11:41 AM (9TTOe)

79 AllenG- finally, a clean and articulate moron!

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 11:41 AM (54vf8)

80 82 Is this the old meme reunion tour? Posted by: Shinebox and Sammich at July 02, 2012 03:40 PM (OWjjx) A meme is a terrible thing to waste...

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:41 AM (136wp)

81 America's shedding jobs like bugs off a Wookie

Posted by: Cricket at July 02, 2012 11:41 AM (DrC22)

82 >>Thanks Democrats, you and your idiotic laws really do help the little guy get ahead!

All those people you don't hire can pursue their creative dreams. And get food stamps.

And you expect them to work? Pshaw.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 02, 2012 11:41 AM (/kI1Q)

83
Bumbles taking a vacation - how will he keep up with his golf game?

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E. A. Sports. Its in the game.

Posted by: The XBOTUS - XBox of the United States at July 02, 2012 11:41 AM (C8hzL)

And now many of us are going to comment about all of us commenting that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden?

So that is how Obvious Monday dies, not a bang, but a feedback loop.

Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2012 11:42 AM (3SvjA)

85 I don't think down means down like you are trying to say it means. I'll have to check with Ms. Pelosi and get back to you.

Posted by: Frank Lautenberg at July 02, 2012 11:42 AM (mka2b)

86 But, Detroit is BACK!!!! They keep telling me so.....Posted by: Â© Sponge

A Super Bowl commercial does not reality make.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 11:42 AM (sbV1u)

87 87 America's shedding jobs like bugs off a Wookie Posted by: Cricket at July 02, 2012 03:41 PM (DrC22) I'm not surprised Moochelle has bugs. Do they tax them, too?

Posted by: John 'Who gives a fuck about the law' Roberts at July 02, 2012 11:42 AM (x7g7t)

And now many of us are going to comment about all of us commenting that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden

Hopefully fewer than mention an interest in hearing more about alexthechick's ass. Otherwise, bunch of homos.

Posted by: buzzion at July 02, 2012 11:42 AM (GULKT)

89 @83 - Did anyone get it through that stupid troll's head (a couple of threads ago) regarding the difference between taxing an affirmative choice (purchasing gasoline) and a negative choice (not purchasing health insurance)?

I mean, I sincerely doubt it, but it's nice to have confirmation.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:42 AM (8y9MW)

90 Sea Cucumbers are a big fuckin deal!

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 11:42 AM (54vf8)

"If you don't stop you'll get the blog caught in a recursive commenting loop..."

By continuing to talk about this, you're only making it worse! Stop!

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 11:43 AM (kZVsz)

92 You misunderstood. What they meant was Detroit is an ass.

Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 11:43 AM (OlN4e)

Meanwhile, as huge swaths of the east coast sizzle in a heat wave with no power, and while Coloradans continue to suffer the effects of the awful wildfires of last week, and while the economy malingers like a mange-ridden dog with one leg begging for scraps at the back door of a New York deli... Obama's taking a break at Camp David.

FOCUSED. LIKE. A. LASER, folks.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 02, 2012 11:43 AM (4df7R)

94 Form of an 'Actual SCOTUS Chief Justice'

Posted by: blindside at July 02, 2012 11:43 AM (x7g7t)

95 I think the Horde has more information than it ever needed about my ass.

I'm a little late to the game.

Can you just recap the highlights about your ass?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 11:43 AM (sbV1u)

96 http://denver.cbslocal.com "A local couple who claim to be Satanists believe theyÂ’re a victim of a hate crime and were targeted because of their religious beliefs. Someone cut down a political poster stating, Â“VOTE SATANÂ” from their front porch"

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:44 AM (136wp)

A Super Bowl commercial does not reality make.

No shit?

Posted by: pets.com at July 02, 2012 11:44 AM (3SvjA)

98 You have nothing to fear from Senator Obama!

Posted by: John McCain - sooper genius at July 02, 2012 11:44 AM (zsgo8)

99 @89: Someone should submit a FOIA request for "any and all video footage of President Obama playing Kinect". The world may not be able to stand that much inadvertent comedy though.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 02, 2012 11:44 AM (tqwMN)

100 Zero lives on vacation. Be advised, when he is on vacation he fucks up the country less. I wish the jug eared fuck a permanent vacation come Novenber.Posted by: maddogg

No, that just means that Valerie Jarrett has free range in the White House and doesn't wear any pants IYKWIM.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 02, 2012 11:44 AM (famk3)

101 This isn't a double dip this is a new recession. Bush's fault.

Posted by: Crashpanic at July 02, 2012 11:44 AM (9SN2s)

102 Zero lives on vacation. Be advised, when he is on vacation he fucks up the country less. I wish the jug eared fuck a permanent vacation come Novenber.
Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 03:38 PM (OlN4e)

That's not really true. He's only really Presidented for about 30 minutes. Look what damage he's done.......

What we really need is him in protective custody. THEN, we'll be safe.

Posted by: © Sponge at July 02, 2012 11:44 AM (UK9cE)

103

Good Grief! Ace's Double-Posting Disease has now infected all of the commenters!

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 11:45 AM (kZVsz)

104 Soon

Posted by: November 6th at July 02, 2012 11:45 AM (PEwU1)

105 "77 But, Detroit is BACK!!!! They keep telling me so.....Posted by: Â© Sponge" Huh? Is Representative Conyers scumbag wife out of prison or something? The republican governor of Michigan is trying to force Detroit to fix itself. There is a lawsuit over it. Because some of these imbeciles who have been screwing up that city for decades still won't face up to the fact that they need someone from the outside to clean up their mess.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 02, 2012 11:45 AM (d9ErJ)

106 I vote we have a thread devoted to Alexthechick's ass, and it's relative biteability. Just a thought.....

Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 11:45 AM (OlN4e)

107 Posted by: November 6th at July 02, 2012 03:45 PM (PEwU1)

Not soon enough.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:45 AM (8y9MW)

108 An increase in unemployment can reasonably be construed as a drop in the unemployment rate, provided the Left promises not to howl at me in outrage.

Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (/AHDz)

109 Posted by: Scotty, Chief Engineer, USS AOSHQ, The Blogasphere, the Final Frontier at July 02, 2012 03:44 PM (OWjjx)

It's the dilithium crystals!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (nEUpB)

110 Alex highlights her ass? I didn't know you could do that.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (KXm42)

111 It's not unemployment, it's a tax on savings. Haters.

Posted by: John 'Semen Slurping' Roberts at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (ccXZP)

112

Someone cut down a political poster stating, Â“VOTE SATANÂ” from their front porch"

Didn't we already do that?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (d0Tfm)

113 No, that just means that Valerie Jarrett has free range in the White House and doesn't wear any pants IYKWIM. Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 02, 2012 03:44 PM (famk3) There's an image I don't even want...ewwww

Posted by: blindside at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (x7g7t)

114 ATC, Ever scrub your ass with a sea cucumber? It's like a loofa but 3.4% more intelligent than Joe Biden. Meme splicing accomplished....

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (54vf8)

115 I think the Horde has more information than it ever needed about my ass.

Pics, etc
Posted by: fluffy at July 02, 2012 03:39 PM (3SvjA)

Be careful here. Cat piss may show up and start posting her blubber porn again.....

Posted by: © Sponge at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (UK9cE)

116 A sea cucumber once saw alexthechick's ass, but then lost his job in June.

There, all threads tied to form a harmonious statement of falsity.

Posted by: Aaron at July 02, 2012 11:46 AM (Tlix5)

117 117 Alex highlights her ass? I didn't know you could do that. Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 03:46 PM (KXm42) Vagazzling...duh.

Posted by: blindside at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (x7g7t)

118 107 This isn't a double dip this is a new recession.

Bush's fault.

Posted by: Crashpanic at July 02, 2012 03:44 PM (9SN2s)

Neither double dip or recession , it's a continuing depression.

1929 repeat .

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (AWmfW)

119 "I vote we have a thread devoted to Alexthechick's ass, and it's relative biteability. Just a thought...."
=====

Pass.

Posted by: Anderson Pooper at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (/AHDz)

120
President Reagan's 2nd Qtr 1984
GDP: 5.0%
UE Rate: 7.5%

*UE Rate calculations changed in 1994, so these numbers are apples to compared to today's oranges. Obama's numbers are even higher if we used the same formula as in 1984.

**FYI: An average of 340K jobs/mo were added from January to October in 1984. Wow.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (9Q7Nu)

121 Anyone want to venture a guess on how the Great East Coast Power Outage of 2012 will affect the economy? Barky just got another excuse to blame it all on.

Posted by: Crashpanic at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (9SN2s)

122

I'm so freaking depressed, I've almost completely downed an ENTIRE BAG of dark chocolate Hershey's kisses today. I can feel my hips expanding even as I type this. And you know what? I DON'T CARE.

*morosely gobbles another handful*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (4df7R)

123

96 Sea Cucumbers are a big fuckin deal!

I agree. I think I should do a special on this!

Posted by: Anderson Cooper, does a 180... at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (MbB0O)

124 Posted by: maddogg at July 02, 2012 03:45 PM (OlN4e)

Don't forget about her inordinate pride in her stompy-boots.

Nibbling an ass attached to stompy-boots may be hazardous to your health.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (nEUpB)

125
Scotty, Chief Engineer, USS AOSHQ, The Blogasphere, the Final Frontier at July 02, 2012 03:44 PM (OWjjx)

-----

Gawd.. your SUCH a drama queen. Inverse the flux capacitor to mediate the harmonic dampening of the di-lithium crystal plasma, adjust to 35 microparsecs, and take a chill pill you drunken Scotsmen.

Posted by: Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (C8hzL)

126 I've just applied for Stimulus money for a grant to study all the Ettes' asses (it will for be MY stimulus, of course). However, I will gladly publish the results here. Picks will be involved, along with numerous measurements. I for one, don't think we can ever have too much information about the Ettes' asses (alex's or otherwise).

Posted by: RightWingProf at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (IC6Er)

127 Alex highlights her ass? I didn't know you could do that.Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 03:46 PM (KXm42)

So THAT'S why drugstore.com is all out of anal bleach!

Alex!!! You got a lotta 'splainin' to do!

Posted by: Ricky Ricardo at July 02, 2012 11:47 AM (sbV1u)

128

how many of us are going to comment that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden?

And now many of us are going to comment about all of us commenting that sea cucumbers are smarter than Joe Biden?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 03:37 PM (8y9MW)

-------------------------------------------------------

Both of you just quit. Now......back to Joe Biden.......

Posted by: Dissed sea cucumbers at July 02, 2012 11:48 AM (Mtcin)

129 68 Wow, Camp David. slumming it. -------------------------------------- Moochelle HATES the woods! It's where she had to hide from the Klan as a little girl.

Posted by: It's Family Lore. So I Know It's True. at July 02, 2012 11:48 AM (QMRMM)

130 119 Someone cut down a political poster stating, Â“VOTE SATANÂ” from their front porch" Didn't we already do that? Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 03:46 PM (d0Tfm) I musta missed it, sorry, please ignore Satan

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:48 AM (136wp)

131

"Can you just recap the highlights about your ass?"

Dat flounder's rounder than a double quarter-pounder.

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 11:48 AM (kZVsz)

132 I'm not worried. Those of us who are 1/32 Cherokee can always get a job at Harvard.

Posted by: Little White Dove Warren at July 02, 2012 11:49 AM (mQMnK)

133 Bad economic news? Blame it on the weatherÂ…blame it on the obstructionist Republicans in CongressÂ…blame Bush.
Imagine the media coverage if Bush took the week off while millions suffered in the heat without power?

Posted by: elprez at July 02, 2012 11:49 AM (0F4hn)

134 Nibbling an ass attached to stompy-boots may be hazardous to your health.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 02, 2012 03:47 PM (nEUpB)

If it's wrong I don't wanna be right.

My Blue Cross card is in the left compartment of my wallet.

I'm goin' in!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 11:49 AM (sbV1u)

135
At this time in 1984, and I remember it well because it was the summer I got my first real job, the economy was red hot.

People had cash in their pockets, buying power, and they felt optimistic.

Today? Today feels no different from 2008 and 2009. A lot of uncertainty and despair.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 02, 2012 11:49 AM (9Q7Nu)

136 Anyone want to venture a guess on how the Great East Coast Power Outage of 2012 will affect the economy?

Barky just got another excuse to blame it all on.

Posted by: Crashpanic at July 02, 2012 03:47 PM (9SN2s)

-------------------------------------------

More headwinds.

Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2012 11:50 AM (Mtcin)

137 Isn't it amazing how three years of anti-business policy, reckless spending, new taxes and public statements hostile to private enterprise can kill employment growth? Someone should point out the correlation to JugEars McFuckstick.

Posted by: Cicero at July 02, 2012 11:50 AM (QKKT0)

138 It may be the heat, but I'm finding something rather hilarious in a Satan Worshipping couple complaining about hate crime.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 02, 2012 11:51 AM (PJefv)

139 139 Somewhere, Ace is reading this thread and is ssssooooo proud of us. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 02, 2012 03:49 PM (OWjjx) I always picture Ace (when he's not around) stalking the subways in a gilly suit with a canteen filled with Valu-rite vodka, a skinning knife and a shit-eating grin.

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 02, 2012 11:51 AM (136wp)

140

134Alex highlights her ass?

Is that like little boys lighting their farts? (o.k., I denounce myself)

Posted by: RightWingProf at July 02, 2012 11:51 AM (IC6Er)

141 Scotty, Chief Engineer, USS AOSHQ, The Blogasphere, the Final Frontier at July 02, 2012 03:44 PM (OWjjx)

-----

Gawd.. your SUCH a drama queen. Inverse the flux capacitor to mediate the harmonic dampening of the di-lithium crystal plasma, adjust to 35 microparsecs, and take a chill pill you drunken Scotsmen.

Yeah what he said. Plus Klingon Woman rage.

Posted by: B'Elanna Torres at July 02, 2012 11:51 AM (zt7SE)

142 Isn't Bambi spending the 4th in Fwance?

Posted by: Crashpanic at July 02, 2012 11:51 AM (9SN2s)

143

144 Anyone want to venture a guess on how the Great East Coast Power Outage of 2012 will affect the economy? Barky just got another excuse to blame it all on.

Posted by: Crashpanic at July 02, 2012 03:47 PM (9SN2s)

At last, he'll have something to take over for the Japanese tsunami.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (4df7R)

144 Dickens: "The law is an ass." Anderson Cooper: "I'm on that!"

Posted by: Cricket at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (DrC22)

145 Isn't it amazing how three years of anti-business policy, reckless spending, new taxes and public statements hostile to private enterprise can kill employment growth? Someone should point out the correlation to JugEars McFuckstick.

You left out killing energy among other things. But we'll always have Solyndra.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (KXm42)

146 Barky just got another excuse to blame it all on. Posted by: Crashpanic

'Cause if there's one thing voters love hearing it's excuses.

I hope he runs with that.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (famk3)

147

*morosely gobbles another handful*

There, there, my sweet. Just remember, as I noted above before inadvertently hurtling this thread way way way off track, according to governmental scoring, you don't have to count any of those pounds.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (VtjlW)

148 139 Somewhere, Ace is reading this thread and is ssssooooo proud of us. ---------------------------------- We ALL can't be economists. The world needs ditch diggers too ya know.

Posted by: A Man's GOT To Know His Limitations at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (QMRMM)

149 Anyone else remember zeros stimulus graph that said if we did nothing the unemployment rate would be lower today than it is now?

Posted by: Avi at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (LROPO)

150 140 ---" I'm not worried. Those of us who are 1/32 Cherokee can always get a job at Harvard." Or you could come pow-wow with me on SCOTUS!

Posted by: Heap Big Chief Justice at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (C8mVl)

151 Isn't it amazing how three years of anti-business policy, reckless spending, new taxes and public statements hostile to private enterprise can kill employment growth? Posted by: Cicero at July 02, 2012 03:50 PM (QKKT0)

What's amazing to me is that libs can't see the reality of that.

It blows my mind.

Why, it's almost like they want the country to fail.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (sbV1u)

152 Today feels no different from 2008 and 2009. A lot of uncertainty and despair.

I disagree. It feels worse. In 2008 it didn't feel bad until the end of the year. Even then, it felt like "well, this is going to suck," but that it would be over in 12 - 18 months. In 2009, we realized that those rosy predictions at the end of 2008 were wrong, but it felt like the Government was focusing (albeit naively) on the economy.

Now it mostly just feels like they're trying to find new and inventive ways to screw us over yet again.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:52 AM (8y9MW)

153 Here's a fun fact: My ass is also my mouth. Sea Cumber 1 ATC 0

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (54vf8)

154

"old meme reunion tour"

BRING IT!

Posted by: the grizzly bear raping Dennis Miller at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (kZVsz)

155

129 I'm so freaking depressed, I've almost completely downed an ENTIRE BAG of dark chocolate Hershey's kisses today. I can feel my hips expanding even as I type this. And you know what? I DON'T CARE.

This behavior will not be tolerated.

We have dispatched a Drone to your location.

It's for your own good.

Posted by: The Bureau of Healthy Lifestyle Enforcement... at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (MbB0O)

156 @145

And only 2 more years to go. Just wait until you see what we have in store for 2013

Hint : People's Toilet Paper Lottery!

Posted by: MInistry of Central Planning at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (zsgo8)

157 Um, I am unsurprisingly unfazed by unemployment unexpectedly undulating.

Posted by: Dang at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (Ky1+e)

158

Someone should point out the correlation to JugEars McFuckstick.

We'll get right on that...

Posted by: The MFM at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (d0Tfm)

159 157 Anyone else remember zeros stimulus graph that said if we did nothing the unemployment rate would be lower today than it is now? Posted by: Avi at July 02, 2012 03:52 PM (LROPO) uhm, what? I was busy watching a Kardashian

Posted by: TV Viewer at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (136wp)

160 It may be the heat, but I'm finding something rather hilarious in a Satan Worshipping couple complaining about hate crime.Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Irony aside, 50 squatch-loos says self-perp hoax.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (famk3)

161 The good news is that all of these stats only have to be manipulated until November, then the truth can come out.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 02, 2012 11:53 AM (JfxJx)

162 I'm goin' in!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 03:49 PM (sbV1u)

*taps foot* I do not hear any soft jazz.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 11:54 AM (VtjlW)

163
Funemployment is just foreplay on the way to a taxgasm

Posted by: IRS anal probe at July 02, 2012 11:54 AM (gppu7)

164

What else does Slo Joe and a sea cucumber have in common? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone?

They both eat sh*t.

Posted by: MDr at July 02, 2012 11:54 AM (WZT1d)

165 *taps foot* I do not hear any soft jazz.Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 03:54 PM (VtjlW)

The power is out. How about I hum a little Miles Davis tune?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 11:55 AM (sbV1u)

166

There, there, my sweet. Just remember, as I noted above before inadvertently hurtling this thread way way way off track, according to governmental scoring, you don't have to count any of those pounds.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 03:52 PM (VtjlW)

*sniffle* Cold comfort, but I'll take it.

*offers bag of Hershey's kisses* Anyone want some? I've got another bag nearby, so there's plenty to spare. I was saving it as a hedge against the inevitable chocolate rationing on the horizon, but at this point I say screw it. Binge.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 02, 2012 11:55 AM (4df7R)

167 161 Here's a fun fact:

My ass is also my mouth.

Sea Cumber 1
ATC 0

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 03:53 PM (54vf

Making ATC much more appealing to kiss.

Sea Cucumber -50

ATC 500

Posted by: buzzion at July 02, 2012 11:55 AM (GULKT)

168 Here's a fun fact:

My ass is also my mouth.

Posted by: Sea Cucumber at July 02, 2012 03:53 PM (54vf

-----

Ooooooh..... that is SOOOO hawt.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at July 02, 2012 11:55 AM (C8hzL)

169 Here's a fun fact:

My ass is also my mouth.

Hey, we're all alike just beneath the surface.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at July 02, 2012 11:55 AM (QKKT0)

170 I would not normally say 'no' to Hershy's Dark Chocolate, but I have banana bread (with chocolate chips) and molasses cookies waiting for me at home.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:56 AM (8y9MW)

171 Here's a fun fact:

My ass is also my mouth.

Join us.

Posted by: The International Consipracy of ATMs at July 02, 2012 11:57 AM (QKKT0)

172 Binge like the wind!

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 11:57 AM (KXm42)

173 170 I'm goin' in!
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 03:49 PM (sbV1u)

*taps foot* I do not hear any soft jazz.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 03:54 PM (VtjlW)

Just use one of your "bibles"

Posted by: buzzion at July 02, 2012 11:57 AM (GULKT)

174 'Cause if there's one thing voters love hearing it's excuses.

----

And they fit in so well with Yes We Can!"

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 02, 2012 11:57 AM (Hx5uv)

175

This behavior will not be tolerated.

We have dispatched a Drone to your location.

It's for your own good.

Posted by: The Bureau of Healthy Lifestyle Enforcement... at July 02, 2012 03:53 PM (MbB0O)

But dark chocolate is supposed to be GOOD for you.

In reasonable quantities.

I admit I may be SLIGHTLY overdoing it.

But... well... See my last comment.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 02, 2012 11:57 AM (4df7R)

176 A lot of DOOM today but I feel safe in the knowledge that Anderson Cooper would toss my salad if neccesary.

Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2012 11:58 AM (eavT+)

177 Just wait until the July numbers come out..... Now companies will have REALLY calculate the costs of ObamaCare on there business..... No recovery until Obama is gone at least 4 years.... If ObamaCare in not repealed then it's right down the shitter for the US economy.... Then it's depression time folks.... Stock up on MRE's and ammo

Posted by: izoneguy at July 02, 2012 11:58 AM (hbRed)

178 All your Se Cumbers Are Belonging to US

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 02, 2012 11:58 AM (r2PLg)

179

"Somewhere, Ace is reading this thread and is ssssooooo proud of us. "

We do seem to vent our anger in more creative outlets these days...

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 11:58 AM (kZVsz)

180 179 I would not normally say 'no' to Hershy's Dark Chocolate, but I have banana bread (with chocolate chips) and molasses cookies waiting for me at home.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 03:56 PM (8y9MW)

I hope you have enough to share with the class!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 02, 2012 11:58 AM (4df7R)

181 I've got a slab of 92% Cacao Godiva Dark Chocolate sitting right next to me. That stuff is like heroin...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 11:58 AM (d0Tfm)

182
*sniffle* Cold comfort, but I'll take it.

*offers bag of Hershey's kisses* Anyone want some? I've got another bag nearby, so there's plenty to spare. I was saving it as a hedge against the inevitable chocolate rationing on the horizon, but at this point I say screw it. Binge.

----

Candy is like music. It's better without the rappers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 02, 2012 11:58 AM (Hx5uv)

183

The power is out. How about I hum a little Miles Davis tune?

That is acceptable. Hold on a sec, gotta adjust the corset.

I would not normally say 'no' to Hershy's Dark Chocolate, but I have banana bread (with chocolate chips) and molasses cookies waiting for me at home.

I would be jealous but I have mini chocolate cupcakes waiting for me. I think they will go lovely on top of that half gallon of cherry vanilla ice cream I plan on eating for dinner.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 11:59 AM (VtjlW)

184 Alas, no. They're for vacation with the family next week.

I believe I do have a gingerbread cheesecake to share, though.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 11:59 AM (8y9MW)

185 The XBOTUS - XBox of the United States Shall we play a game?

Posted by: Joshua at July 02, 2012 11:59 AM (UZQM8)

186

Posted by: April 12, 1861 at July 02, 2012 11:59 AM (IVoJS)

187 185 A lot of DOOM today but I feel safe in the knowledge that Anderson Cooper ~~would toss my salad~~ could blow me if neccesary.

Posted by: izoneguy at July 02, 2012 12:00 PM (hbRed)

188

But dark chocolate is supposed to be GOOD for you.

Getting zits at my age is hilarious.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 12:00 PM (d0Tfm)

189 I've got a slab of 92% Cacao Godiva Dark Chocolate sitting right next to me. That stuff is like heroin...Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 03:58 PM (d0Tfm)

Vosges Bacon Chocolate. For the true Moron connoisseur.

You'll thank me later. Link at nic.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 12:00 PM (sbV1u)

190 I've got a slab of 92% Cacao Godiva Dark Chocolate sitting right next to me. That stuff is like heroin...

OK...but don't bitch at us about how fat people are misunderstood on the next quarterly Low-Carb thread.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 12:01 PM (KXm42)

191 Sea cuecumber?? new troll? Catpiss lady? missed joke?

Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2012 12:01 PM (eavT+)

192 Well yeh, but wait until inflation kicks in.

Posted by: Ben Bernanke at July 02, 2012 12:01 PM (Qhz+d)

193 *offers bag of Hershey's kisses* Anyone want some? I've got another bag nearby, so there's plenty to spare. I was saving it as a hedge against the inevitable chocolate rationing on the horizon, but at this point I say screw it. Binge.

Thank you for bringing this public health threat to my attention.

Henceforth there will be a $5.00/bag tax on Hershey's Kisses, and furthermore they may not be consumed in public or sold in any establishment licensed by NYC.

Yes, you do need to thank me, and you're welcome.

Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at July 02, 2012 12:01 PM (SY2Kh)

194 That is acceptable. Hold on a sec, gotta adjust the corset. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 02, 2012 03:59 PM

Yeah, don't do the square knot this time will ya? That's a bitch to untie whilst I have ankles over my shoulders.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 02, 2012 12:02 PM (sbV1u)

195 Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2012 04:01 PM (eavT+)

At risk of restarting the whole recursive mess, someone remarked that Joe Biden has the same IQ as a sea cucumber. Many of us weighed in on the side of the sea cucumber.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 12:03 PM (8y9MW)

196 That's an insult to Sea Cucumbers somebodyhadtodoit.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 12:03 PM (KXm42)

197

"...to keep the Obama Reelection Committee members up at night. "

That's my job.

Posted by: Anderson Poofter at July 02, 2012 12:04 PM (wAQA5)

198 inadvertently hurtling this thread way way way off track

"Inadvertently"

Riiiiiiight.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 02, 2012 12:04 PM (TIIx5)

199 Cheese burgers & Pizza is my dark Chocolate. I'm so disgusted with myself. I hear myself getting fatter.

Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2012 12:04 PM (eavT+)

200 191 I've got a slab of 92% Cacao Godiva Dark Chocolate sitting right next to me. That stuff is like heroin...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 03:58 PM (d0Tfm)

*EYES YOU JEALOUSLY*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 02, 2012 12:04 PM (4df7R)

201

"At risk of restarting the whole recursive mess, someone remarked that Joe Biden has the same IQ as a sea cucumber. Many of us weighed in on the side of the sea cucumber."

STOP TALKING ABOUT SEA CUCUMBERS!

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 12:06 PM (kZVsz)

202 Chocolate?

The HVAC is out in the stalag. Went from Hoth to the surface of Venus (still smells like Tauntaun, at least...). I'm eating all the chocolate in my desk before it melts.

I'll share with you morons, but not the assholes who keep re-releasing code minutes before the testing deadline. I'd rather it spoil.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 02, 2012 12:06 PM (/kI1Q)

203 Chocolate? That milk-sugar shit? Me, you taste here (taps back of skull).

Posted by: Heroin at July 02, 2012 12:06 PM (lNXlN)

204

You'll thank me later. Link at nic.

It's bookmarked...and they also have dark chocolate bacon bars.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 12:07 PM (d0Tfm)

205 STOP TALKING ABOUT SEA CUCUMBERS!

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 04:06 PM (kZVsz)

----------------------------------------------

We would, but then we'd be taxed.

Posted by: Soona at July 02, 2012 12:07 PM (Mtcin)

206 MFM:Bad jobs numbers are the fault of Bush, the Republicans in congress, Bain Capital, capitalism, and RACISM!!!! And they should be totally ignored and are totally irrelevant except when a Republican is in the White House

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 02, 2012 12:08 PM (1Jaio)

207

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 02, 2012 04:03 PM (8y9MW)

Oy...I see the level of loose shit thats going on around here today. I guess perusing the AC Cooper thread would be a huge mistake as well.

My money is on Slo-Joe, you can't get veneers and plugs like that w/o a few brain cells to rub together.

Posted by: dananjcon at July 02, 2012 12:08 PM (eavT+)

208 They just fixed the AC in my office, a broken belt. 97 was the high today. Better late than never. And what about Sea Cucumbers talking out their ass and still being smarter than Biden?

Posted by: Penfold at July 02, 2012 12:10 PM (1PeEC)

209 Obama: " I blew a billion dollars on two solar companies." Cooper: " I blew Rick Sanchez once.".

Posted by: This Is No Time For Dick Measuring! at July 02, 2012 12:11 PM (4yFKY)

210

OK...but don't bitch at us about how fat people are misunderstood on the next quarterly Low-Carb thread.

I studiously avoid those threads. Y'all can talk about healthy eatin' all y'all want. I'll keep on munching on dark chocolate and drinking my Guinnessess.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 02, 2012 12:11 PM (d0Tfm)

211

"We would, but then we'd be taxed."

You need to stop talking about it so that other people who can't talk about it will be able to have better access to talking about it.

Posted by: reason at July 02, 2012 12:11 PM (kZVsz)

212 There aren't any women handling those sea cucumbers, are there? I might have a problem with that.

Posted by: reason, making a WZ reference...you'll have to go there to get it at July 02, 2012 12:13 PM (kZVsz)

213 I wonder if Discovery Channel has ever done a show on Sea Cucumbers?

Posted by: I'm Fascinated Now at July 02, 2012 12:13 PM (4yFKY)

214 For Summer we have two new confections for your delectation: 1) Sea Cucumber Toffee Crunch 2) Strawberries Dipped in Sea Cucumber/Grand Marnier Chocolate Foam

Posted by: Godiva Chocolates at July 02, 2012 12:13 PM (54vf8)

215 Dark chocolate and Guinness *are* healthy eating.

The brains of squishy people fire differently than those of scrawny people. Self-righteous assholeyness does not make that untrue.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 02, 2012 12:13 PM (/kI1Q)

216

(However, she left her office unlocked after she left and I plundered her back stock...)

I CAME BACK FOR THOSE, DAMMIT!

Posted by: The Candy Keeper at July 02, 2012 12:15 PM (kZVsz)

217 Ask not what your country can do for you
but what it can tax you to do.

Posted by: Justass Roberts at July 02, 2012 12:16 PM (AWmfW)

218 Back to the thread topic: Unemployment rising in June, just in time for high school kids to go out looking for jobs.

Posted by: And the DOOM! just keeps on rolling along at July 02, 2012 12:16 PM (L2p1h)

219 High school children are currently learning a very valuable economic lesson today: working is hard, and probably not worth the effort. Sit back, let someone else take care of you, and watch Hogan's Heroes until your ears bleed.

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at July 02, 2012 12:19 PM (kZVsz)

220 I was being facetious Heather. I'm feeling daredevil today.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 12:19 PM (KXm42)

221 I'm freeeee...free falling...

Posted by: Tom Petty at July 02, 2012 12:19 PM (7IYab)

222 (However, she left her office unlocked after she left and I plundered her back stock...)

That's what she said.

Posted by: eleven at July 02, 2012 12:19 PM (KXm42)

223 SuperBoned.

Posted by: that guy that always thinks we're boned now thinks SuperBoned at July 02, 2012 12:26 PM (QupBk)

224 I have a new shitty job that's actually a bit less shitty. At least it has some fringe benefits that my previous duties did not. It's closer to my house and involves even less interaction with the lumpen homunculus in meat space.

Posted by: toby928© Misanthrope at July 02, 2012 12:32 PM (QupBk)

225 I can't see the cucumbers everyone is talking about!

Posted by: Joey Hairplugs at July 02, 2012 12:42 PM (O7Q1u)

226 Sea Cucumbers are my shock troops. Expendable and delicious.

Posted by: aquaman at July 02, 2012 12:46 PM (QupBk)

227

For those of you who are wondering the last time that the number wasn't revised upward was the week of February 19, 2011. I made a chart back in April, because I was curious as to just how many times the number was revised upward, and while it hasn't been updated since then the number has been revised upward every single week since.

http://tinyurl.com/6pe9f9g

Posted by: Colonel Pooteh at July 02, 2012 01:14 PM (nsT1z)

228 Odd. I just read this thread backward, and it said, "Paul is old."

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at July 02, 2012 02:13 PM (Tta86)

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

Posted by: steevy at July 02, 2012 02:26 PM (Xb3hu)

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