August 07, 2013
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 04:53 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Titanium at August 07, 2013 04:53 PM (yRHSQ)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 07, 2013 04:55 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at August 07, 2013 04:55 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Texas T at August 07, 2013 04:56 PM (WOIT0)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at August 07, 2013 04:56 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: caustic at August 07, 2013 04:56 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 07, 2013 04:56 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 07, 2013 04:57 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 07, 2013 04:58 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 07, 2013 04:58 PM (VlXYw)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at August 07, 2013 08:56 PM (KCvsd)
Perhaps a malfunction in computer software? Or one of those things from the sun the conspiracy sites are so afraid of?
San Francisco had no power last night per tons of angry people on their phones on twitter and there "was no apparent reason" for the no power which made them angrier.
Posted by: caustic at August 07, 2013 04:58 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at August 07, 2013 04:58 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Lady in Black, in a dead thread talking to myself at August 07, 2013 04:58 PM (LFvB+)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 04:58 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at August 07, 2013 04:59 PM (odrSa)
*throwing down an epic Donald Duck tantrum, what lasts for five minutes or so*
*gasping for a while*
*Ahem*
Totally not surprised. Enraged? Yes. But not surprised. At. All.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 07, 2013 04:59 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Jen at August 07, 2013 04:59 PM (wh+9d)
Posted by: Chris Matthews at August 07, 2013 04:59 PM (vi8H+)
He's very funny. Somehow I think he's a moron.
Posted by: caustic at August 07, 2013 05:00 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:00 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 07, 2013 08:55 PM (Aif/5)
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I'm no Nancy Pelosi but by gosh I'm gonna be pissed if I have to give up mine. I don't know exactly what Cadillac means exactly but I do have good insurance and so help me if I have to start paying taxes on it I'm gonna come unglued.
Posted by: Molly k. at August 07, 2013 05:01 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 05:01 PM (YAGV/)
Same way large swaths of San Fran mysteriously lost power last night?
Posted by: Country Singer at August 07, 2013 05:01 PM (5ae6g)
Posted by: Meanwhile...A summary of the times at August 07, 2013 05:01 PM (U8P+T)
Posted by: Major _____ de Coverly at August 07, 2013 05:01 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at August 07, 2013 05:02 PM (Pr6hk)
/yes, I do have an active imagination, thank you for noticing!
Posted by: Shibumi at August 07, 2013 05:02 PM (25HWz)
FORTUNE -- New Jersey senatorial candidate Cory Booker was "not involved at all" in the addition of Andrew Zucker to the advisory board of a tech startup that Booker co-founded, according to a company spokesperson. And now it may not much matter, as the 15 year-old has resigned from the board -- effective as of earlier this afternoon.
Zucker is the son of CNN president Jeff Zucker, and his arrangement with Booker's venture was viewed in some quarters as being inappropriate.
The company is Waywire, a digital video curation site that has raised venture capital funding from such folks as Oprah Winfrey and Google...Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 07, 2013 05:02 PM (qM18f)
Posted by: L, elle at August 07, 2013 05:03 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at August 07, 2013 05:04 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: zsasz at August 07, 2013 05:04 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 05:05 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2013 05:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 05:05 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: Meanwhile...A summary of the times at August 07, 2013 05:05 PM (U8P+T)
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 05:05 PM (3VBXw)
40% tax on my cadillac health care amounts to $4200 a year. Right now I pay $200 a month. Does that make my premium $6400 a year. This monstrosity has got to go! DEFUND IT NOW!!!1!1!1
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at August 07, 2013 05:05 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:06 PM (HsTG8)
38 In my fantasy world
In my fantasy world.......... I cant type it
ace will ban me and T will hurt me in places that don't heal
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 05:07 PM (V75zy)
back on topic, ocare is for us prolls silly
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 09:02 PM (V75zy)
--I heard a cornerback of theirs went down for the season with a torn hamstring. I can't recall a pre-season with so many casualties.
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 05:08 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 05:09 PM (YAGV/)
In my fantasy world.......... I cant type it
ace will ban me and T will hurt me in places that don't heal
xx
I am very interested in your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Posted by: Bob Filner at August 07, 2013 05:09 PM (25HWz)
My husband is struggling with trying to figure out how to deal with a 56% increase in health insurance costs, and continuing to cover his employees.
Even if he stops their coverage and they have to go to exchanges, our company Coventry, here in GA, is leaving the exchanges. Who knows what they'll end up with.
Also, our family healthcare for the two of us will be through the roof.
Dammit, dammit, dammit.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:09 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Meanwhile...A summary of the times at August 07, 2013 05:09 PM (U8P+T)
if they're all routed thru the same jesus device
or a fiber cut
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 05:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: mb at August 07, 2013 05:10 PM (entLs)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:10 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2013 05:11 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Gingy at August 07, 2013 05:11 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 07, 2013 05:12 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 07, 2013 05:12 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Big Zesty at August 07, 2013 05:13 PM (K1zj1)
Well...on the plus side, I see that the Pentagon has decided to extend spousal privileges (Commissary, Medical, Housing, etc) to same sex couples.
Legally married same sex couples.
Not shacking up couples, no matter how much they promise that they really are a committed couple.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 07, 2013 05:14 PM (c8tlE)
Any law congress passes they exempt themselves, or the president does, I won't be following.
I'm already planning to drop my health insurance coverage next year.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 07, 2013 05:14 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 07, 2013 05:14 PM (UOjzE)
--Who is the troll here? I don't see one.
Posted by: logprof at August 07, 2013 05:15 PM (3VBXw)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at August 07, 2013 05:15 PM (KCvsd)
So, I assume our Republican members and their staffs will refuse this exemption, because the average citizen isn't getting it.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 07, 2013 05:16 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at August 07, 2013 05:16 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 07, 2013 05:16 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: wtfl at August 07, 2013 05:17 PM (tgvJj)
Posted by: Meanwhile...A summary of the times at August 07, 2013 05:17 PM (U8P+T)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 07, 2013 05:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Ruling class, baby. All are the same once they go to DC. I hope a rude awakening of the peasants await their return from their August recess.
Declaration of Dame Christy, Seventh August Twenty-Thirteen Eleventy
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Scandalous Redneck Queen and train detective at August 07, 2013 05:17 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 07, 2013 05:18 PM (teaad)
Posted by: no good deed at August 07, 2013 05:18 PM (WmLrU)
to combat these abuses, we need term limits and a law that says Congress is subject to every law it passes--
of course, we would need the Congress to pass these laws---
so, screwed
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 05:18 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:19 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:19 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: Big Zesty at August 07, 2013 05:20 PM (K1zj1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:20 PM (HsTG8)
OT: Bear down Da BEARS!!!!!!!!
back on topic, ocare is for us prolls silly
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 07, 2013 09:02 PM (V75zy)
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Ahhh there you are! I remember you from football season last year. Is Jay Cutler still your QB? If so best of luck my friend 
Of course I can say this and giggle as a Broncos fan.
Posted by: Molly k. at August 07, 2013 05:20 PM (4ygzS)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 05:20 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Big Zesty at August 07, 2013 09:13 PM (K1zj1)
American with Disabilities Act.
Insider Trading Laws.
Security Clearances.... ( where they do NOT get investigated... just given a clearance)...
Should I continue? I can...
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 07, 2013 05:20 PM (teaad)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 07, 2013 05:21 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 07, 2013 09:16 PM (6rcHp)
Ours is extremely generous, only $27.00 every two weeks; the bosses pay the lion's share of the premiums and deductibles. I doubt that approach will remain tenable going into next year's open enrollment.
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 07, 2013 05:21 PM (UOjzE)
*rubs face*
*leans back*
I just don't know what to do now. Yell at my liberal Democrat Congressman? Yell at my two liberal Democrat Senators? Yell at my hippie Governor? Sign petitions? Call the switchboard?
Nothing fucking works.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, sudenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 05:21 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: The Middle Class at August 07, 2013 05:22 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: no good deed at August 07, 2013 09:18 PM (WmLrU)
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You are too nice. I personally think it should result in tar and feathers and eviction from the USA. ( null and void in conjunction with my idea of course)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 07, 2013 05:22 PM (4ygzS)
My healthcare premiums are gonna be low because I am gonna lie through my teeth and get subsidies. I do not care, there is no law in this country.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 07, 2013 05:23 PM (qM18f)
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 07, 2013 09:18 PM (teaad)
I lol'd.
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 07, 2013 05:23 PM (UOjzE)
My father died a few hours after falling on his bedroom floor and hitting his head. By the time my mother got him in an ambulance and to the hospital, and he had surgery, we was brain-dead from a subdural hematoma.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:23 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 05:23 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: #rich white conservative living in a mansion at August 07, 2013 05:23 PM (ppNDn)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 07, 2013 09:23 PM (qM18f)
Curious, are those deductibles only good for plans bought on the exchanges?
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 07, 2013 05:24 PM (UOjzE)
Posted by: Beasts of England at August 07, 2013 05:24 PM (9c66v)
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 07, 2013 09:18 PM (teaad)
I lol'd.
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 07, 2013 09:23 PM (UOjzE)
Wrong quote. Meant for the joke about Drudge granting a waiver.
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 07, 2013 05:25 PM (UOjzE)
Oh, quel surprise:
at least some of Republicans conceded the president did the right thing in making sure they and their staff wouldnÂ’t lose their health care subsidies under the law.
“There’s no question it was the right thing to do,” said freshmen Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah. “Not just for me, but for my staff. Heavens, I have staff who don’t make much money. This would be a really big bite for them.”
Another Republican congressman described the White House’s intervention as a “relief,” as one aide in his office made around just $30,000 a year and had a child with many health issues. The member wanted to remain anonymous in sensitivity to his staffer’s privacy. “I don’t know what she would have done,” he said.
“They would have been demanding some pay raises and those kind of things to take care of that,” Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., acknowledged. But he still blasted the decision as one carved out an exception and said the Affordable Care Act should instead be repealed for everyone.
When asked if he would have been able to raise his staffers’ pay to help offset the cost of insurance on the new exchanges, Huelskamp said, “I haven’t thought that far about what we could do. … It would have been an interesting question.”
Rollcall
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 07, 2013 05:25 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, sudenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 05:25 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 05:26 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:26 PM (lVPtV)
Romeo13 - You don't have to. Like a lot of people, we've been aware of this kind of thing for a long time. And like a lot of people we've had enough. The republicans might not have a hill to die on, but I have several and this is one of them. I won't be forced by the government to buy something whether I need it or not.
The other is guns, of which I have none due to an unfortunate boating accident. Dammit.
Posted by: Big Zesty at August 07, 2013 05:26 PM (K1zj1)
Posted by: Low Information Voter at August 07, 2013 05:26 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 05:27 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 05:27 PM (dKV5k)
Our insurance rates, even with employer, have gone up by half since the Prancing Pretender became emperor. Now, due to costs and yada, we are changing from UnitedHealthCare to Cigna. I see a world of hurt ahead for us all.
Oh, and re: cell blackout in Boston: it is a test. It is all a test until mayday, when we won't know it is the real enchilada because we can't communicate except by smoke signals. Oh, and USAF just sent a Delta rocket into orbit. I heard a long and rolling rumble, way longer than space shuttle...so, based on rumble NASA scientist Christy thinks it was a humdinger spy machine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Scandalous Redneck Queen and train detective at August 07, 2013 05:27 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:27 PM (lVPtV)
Such things will be dealt with and flat out prohibited in the post-collapse reformation's new constitution.
There will likely be a bunch of "can't ever be amended out, ever" bedrock principles to head off all the trickery we've seen over the years.
This exemption shit is one.
Legislatures voting themselves pay hikes is another. Want a pay hike? Fine, but it won't kick in unless approved by the electorate as a nationwide referendum item in the 2nd national election cycle after its passage. Any attempts to stackup and pipeline pay hikes resets the 4-cycle clock and voids all earlier pay hikes.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:27 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at August 07, 2013 05:28 PM (+o3el)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 05:28 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 07, 2013 05:28 PM (WmLrU)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 05:28 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 05:28 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: GatorGirl at August 07, 2013 05:29 PM (sIYKC)
Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2013 09:28 PM (dKV5k)
Hannity's on. I can't stand the puffy-haired fucker, but if anyone will bring up Preezy Choom's "gaffe" it will be him.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:30 PM (lVPtV)
Have no idea, but I am gonna start figuring out what all the FSA knows.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 07, 2013 05:30 PM (qM18f)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at August 07, 2013 09:28 PM (+o3el)
Constitution? Never heard of it...
Posted by: Some MSM commentators at August 07, 2013 05:31 PM (teaad)
Posted by: evil libertarian at August 07, 2013 05:31 PM (Xcb5k)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:31 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Talking like a man with a paper asshole at August 07, 2013 05:32 PM (x4mcj)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama at August 07, 2013 05:32 PM (9c66v)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 07, 2013 09:25 PM (kdS6q)
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That's the last straw, now I'm fracking pissed. I'm done. I'm moving to Scotland and buying a pub. I know they are a socialist country but that's key point. I KNOW they are and submitting willingly. Not like here where I have this shit forced on me against my will. Hell, after my inappropriate dream the other night about Vladimir Putin I may even consider Russia. ( ok that's plan B. I'm still a little freaked out about it)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 07, 2013 05:32 PM (4ygzS)
Torch & Pitchfork Time.
Posted by: GatorGirl at August 07, 2013 09:29 PM (sIYKC)
Tumbrels and Pikes
Second look at iron maidens?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:33 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at August 07, 2013 05:33 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: CMU VET at August 07, 2013 05:33 PM (ejB0r)
Note to "single-payer" supporters: Given that single-payer would be Obamacare on steroids, Congress will do the same fucking thing if single-payer ever became law.
Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at August 07, 2013 05:33 PM (L5JPP)
Number of members of Congress who were released after being pulled over for drunken driving in 1998 by claiming Congressional immunity: 84
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 05:33 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 05:34 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: rickl at August 07, 2013 05:34 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama at August 07, 2013 05:34 PM (9c66v)
Posted by: no good deed at August 07, 2013 05:34 PM (WmLrU)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee at August 07, 2013 05:35 PM (sCsUf)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 05:35 PM (uUXp6)
My military veteran dad and my mom roll in their graves. Of course, she broke their hearts long before they died.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:35 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Your Betters In D.C. at August 07, 2013 05:35 PM (FsqHK)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 05:35 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:36 PM (lVPtV)
1. You can get EBT cards without much questioning.
2. You can pick up staples at various church food pantries, since churches do not ask many questions. (Miss Marple works at one and notices the expensive tattoos and piercings on some clients. Others are truly in need, so I bite my tongue.)
3. You can sell stuff you get at Food pantries.
4. You can eat free at various church places who are offering free pancake breakfasts or spaghetti dinners.
5. You can get help for utilities through the utility companies and certain church agencies.
6. Your kids can eat free breakfast and lunch at school. In the summer they can eat free lunch at various schools.
With a little creativity and Section 8 housing, you can live pretty well on welfare. You cannot accumulate much in a savings account, but you can buy jewelry or silver flatware and store it and the government won't know.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 07, 2013 05:36 PM (GoIUi)
now, now people quit paying attention to the "random" outages of infrastructure like power, water, phone lines. Also, please to ignore the "random" outage of the SABRE reservation system. And the "random" outage of the flight boards at DIA. And, surely all of those train crashes, chemical plant fires, and other industrial accidents, well, we all know accidents happen.
Look, I get Occam's Razor, really I do, but come on.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 05:36 PM (RZ8pf)
I like space stuff- it's one of the few things this country does right
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 05:36 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Meanwhile...A summary of the times at August 07, 2013 05:36 PM (U8P+T)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 05:37 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: CrazyIdiotsAllAround at August 07, 2013 05:37 PM (wcb4h)
The Gulf of Not Mexico Atlantic? We here in Savannah want to know.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 05:38 PM (lVPtV)
This guy ubama is not an American. Why should he know anything about America geography? Especially rednecky racist hillbilly rebel geography?
Posted by: EROWMER at August 07, 2013 05:38 PM (OONaw)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 09:36 PM (RZ8pf)
this country is made up of many people, some of them quite stupid, who work on sensitive projects
never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity, incompetence, inattention, or laziness
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 05:39 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 05:39 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee at August 07, 2013 05:39 PM (sCsUf)
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I haven't looked it up, but it must be getting crowded up there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 07, 2013 05:39 PM (aDwsi)
That's the last straw
Posted by: Molly k.
It is?
Well then, time for some straw subsidies to help people buy straw, pilot programs to develop straw-like substitutes -- and maybe some loans for students with majors in Straw Technology.
Posted by: Congress
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 07, 2013 05:40 PM (kdS6q)
Ah, that's my curtain call!
Posted by: Low Information Voter at August 07, 2013 05:40 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama at August 07, 2013 05:40 PM (9c66v)
Posted by: Meanwhile...A summary of the times at August 07, 2013 05:41 PM (U8P+T)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 05:41 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee at August 07, 2013 05:41 PM (sCsUf)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 07, 2013 05:42 PM (uI9aZ)
Posted by: Beasts of England at August 07, 2013 05:42 PM (9c66v)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 07, 2013 05:42 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Airandee at August 07, 2013 05:42 PM (96/TO)
>>> Sorena Cirstea makes me think about laying in a stock of Gerber's
Like you don't already have that in your man cave.
Posted by: garrett at August 07, 2013 05:43 PM (fcWGP)
Posted by: CrazyIdiotsAllAround
I can only tell you what I think I have figured out at least on a national basis - most of the repubs and dems are the same party just pretending to oppose each other but always growing govt. and their power.
Yes there are exceptions, but even when you think you have found some (ahem, Rubio, Ryan) you get greatly disappointed.
I will no longer vote in federal elections, local only.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 07, 2013 05:43 PM (qM18f)
I believe this is the case.... over time, well-paid technicians retire and are replaced by lower-paid, lower-skilled button-pushers
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 05:43 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama at August 07, 2013 09:40 PM (9c66v)
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Hell yes! I'll bring my nine iron and when you and Reggie are playing grab ass in the sand trap I will ....well I suppose I better stop there before the secret service comes a knockin.
Posted by: Molly k. at August 07, 2013 05:44 PM (4ygzS)
Of course we will. To us, everything is permitted, for we are the first to raise the sword not to oppress races and reduce them to slavery, but to liberate humanity from its shackles.
Posted by: Your Betters In D.C. at August 07, 2013 05:44 PM (FsqHK)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 05:46 PM (YAGV/)
Sam Clovis to defeat Brally and replace the senile Harkin who lives in the Bahamas
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 05:48 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 05:48 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 07, 2013 05:48 PM (kxSZr)
We learned that al Qaeda has numerous massive attacks planned, and 19 ME embassies remain closed until at least Sunday.
...and Ogabe goes on The Tonight Show.
Meanwhile, Andrea Tantaros is teasing about big a story about where the Jug Eared Fuck was on 9/12/12
Posted by: Albie Damned at August 07, 2013 05:48 PM (Yhu4q)
got laid off in Dec '12. Employer offered to continue my health care coverage for about $1200 a month. A MONTH. I declined.
Subsequently I went shopping around for bare bones coverage. Just let me go to the doctor when I'm sick, the ER when I'm hurt, and the dentist when I'm in pain.
3 insurance providers have denied me so far.
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 05:49 PM (8sCoq)
an anecdote, to illustrate what is to come:
My wife's boss, years ago, went heli-skiing in British Columbia. He crashed hard, wrecking his left leg. He was flown to a hospital in Vancouver, laid on a gurney, pushed into the ER. He lay there for at least ten hours, no pain killers (aside from what the medevac guys gave him), ignored until a visiting surgeon from Kenya saw him and took care of things. I think this surgeon's diplomatic status greased the wheels, and my wife's boss is ambulatory now, although his heli-skiing days are long over.
I'm a wee bit pessimistic about things right now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 05:50 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Beasts of England at August 07, 2013 05:51 PM (9c66v)
That's the day the resistance's membership swells by about 360M...cuz it should piss off all the progressives too.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:51 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, suddenly thinking he ain't bought enough bourbon at August 07, 2013 05:52 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Filthy Filner and Reid the Pederast at August 07, 2013 05:53 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 05:55 PM (YAGV/)
When Trudeau was PM, he shipped his mom to south FL for heart surgery rather than have her cut on in Canada. One of my flying buddies, who was one of the country's premier vascular surgeons before he retired, did the work...
...and then Trudeau tried to stiff the bill, until my friend threatened to notify the Canadian press. He got a check the next day.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 05:55 PM (di+Lf)
Posted by: Brainiac Congress Avoiding Brain Drain at August 07, 2013 05:56 PM (+o3el)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 05:56 PM (SldZ2)
The guy said he "knew he could always count on the Catholics."
Our priest said, "Isn't it ood to belong to a church that people know will help them?"
And it is true. I kknow people are gaming our food pantry somewhat, but there are so many people who are truly in need, that I just let it go. You might know it, but you can't prove it.
God know, however.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 07, 2013 05:57 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Matt DAMON at August 07, 2013 05:57 PM (xGDj+)
Primary all the bastrids, every stinkin, lyin, ass kissin, one of the filthy lyin thieves.
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 05:58 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: CarolT at August 07, 2013 05:59 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: SFGoth at August 07, 2013 06:00 PM (Rd5Zp)
Posted by: RS at August 07, 2013 06:00 PM (YAGV/)
When I think of all the dumbass white women who squealed and cried over her fat ass over the years.
Guess what, bitchez, she hates you and always has.
She said she was "on my mountain on Maui" when she was asked to be in The Butler.
How unkind life has been to you, Orca.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:00 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Meanwhile...A summary of the times at August 07, 2013 09:41 PM (U8P+T)
Pet peeve is people getting history wrong. It was 1520, which as everyone knows, was the same year the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 07, 2013 06:00 PM (GgPam)
Posted by: CMU VET at August 07, 2013 09:33 PM (ejB0r)
The Secterary shall...
(this is going to be an epic disaster).
Hey Beasts.
Posted by: rich@gmu at August 07, 2013 06:01 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 06:01 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 06:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: sneaky little five-eyes at August 07, 2013 06:01 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: wtfl at August 07, 2013 06:02 PM (tgvJj)
My doc had merged with the hospital last summer, so when I went in I found out that the hospital had me down for a cardiac cath and a by-pass, neither of which I have had.
No wonder the underwriter at anthem treated me like a criminal when I applied.
I am contemplating suing the hospital for 3 years of having to pay cash for everything.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 07, 2013 06:02 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 10:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Hopefully, their kids will learn something and eventually see that their parents are doofus assholes. So there's that.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 07, 2013 06:03 PM (lVPtV)
true- and a scant 100 years later the cowboys and the indians sat down for the first Thanksgiving
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 06:03 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 07, 2013 06:03 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Former Congressman Bob Filner at August 07, 2013 06:03 PM (K7xnX)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee at August 07, 2013 06:03 PM (sCsUf)
Here's the good news sir - you have a brain cancer that's gonna kill you in 9 months, but its operable. The bad news is there's a 2 year waiting list for the surgery...
That's a true story from the news a few years ago. The guy came to the US and had his life saving brain surgery done in a matter of weeks.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 07, 2013 06:04 PM (di+Lf)
I'm 55 and 'not skinny'. No one will sell me insurance.
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 06:04 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Rove, Karl at August 07, 2013 06:06 PM (z4WKX)
Check out his Facebook page and bio. Sam Clovis is the real deal, jet pilot, squadron commander, worked at Pentagon on Homeland security and was part of immigration reform bill during 90's NOT amnesty. No subsidies unless called for by national security interests.....food and energy.
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 06:07 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 10:03 PM (8sCoq)
I know, right? We get it, why can't others? Having a continental railroad helped the cowboys and Indians celebrate the first Thanksgiving in Nevada in 1620 just as Pancho Villa was settling Las Vegas where he opened the Sands Hotel and Casino in 1622.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 07, 2013 06:08 PM (GgPam)
My thinking on this is that I will get a doc when others won't, because they know they will get the full fee from me.
Also, those who are going on Medicare: it is very confusing because every insurance company in the country sends you information and applications. I am a graduate in geology, but could not make sense of it.
I went to a financial adviser who had studied all of this and could explain it to me. It wasn't that expensive, and was well worth the money.
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 07, 2013 06:09 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: CarolT at August 07, 2013 06:10 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Matt DAMON at August 07, 2013 06:11 PM (xGDj+)
Best docs money could buy and flew the customers in and out on upscale helicopters. No Congress critters or senate scum allowed unless they become shark food.
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 06:11 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate!' at August 07, 2013 06:11 PM (A96MH)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 07, 2013 06:12 PM (GgPam)
Hearing Oprah lament that he only turned it down because Fox news would have gone on about it was pretty depressing too. I mean a sitting President making a cameo appearance in a movie is totally in keeping with the seriousness and dignity of the office. We are a few election cycles away from President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
Posted by: no good deed at August 07, 2013 06:13 PM (WmLrU)
he discovered penicillin on his first voyage to Japan
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 07, 2013 06:13 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 06:14 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: Orlandocon at August 07, 2013 06:15 PM (SldZ2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 07, 2013 06:16 PM (fNpC1)
Posted by: Dan at August 07, 2013 06:16 PM (bxp5Z)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee at August 07, 2013 06:16 PM (sCsUf)
Obama pulled a fast one. He does not have authority to do this. Yet Congress does not respond. If Obamacare is defunded and repealed this goes away also. If not then don't know what happens to this in particular.
Not defending Congress but Obama did this. And although they are undoubtedly thrilled with it this is not the end. Lots of phone calling etc.
.02
Posted by: gracepmc at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (rznx3)
Posted by: Her Mayoress, the Mob Lawyers Wife at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Matt DAMON at August 07, 2013 10:11 PM (xGDj+)
Leif Ericsson dated Ms. Garrison from the Facts of Life since his only goal was to have children. It is so well known Leif was Pancho's partner I thought it would be unnecessary to mention his contributions to the development of Las Vegas. An oversight I will not repeat any time soon.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at August 07, 2013 06:17 PM (GgPam)
Posted by: Albie Damned at August 07, 2013 09:48 PM (Yhu4q)
...passed out in his own vomit from an all night bender in a Vegas hotel room.
Posted by: rich@gmu at August 07, 2013 06:18 PM (ga+7c)
I need more guns and lots more ammo,,,,,the new gold!
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 06:25 PM (uUXp6)
Posted by: CarolT at August 07, 2013 06:27 PM (z4WKX)
variety of driving offenses ranging from speeding to DUI in 1999 due to
Congressional immunity: 217
Number of members of Congress who
were released after being pulled over for drunken driving in 1998 by
claiming Congressional immunity: 84
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at August 07, 2013 09:33 PM (uUXp6)
and they complain about us?
Posted by: DIPLOMATS at August 07, 2013 06:36 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: Matt DAMON at August 07, 2013 06:45 PM (xGDj+)
Posted by: F. Mulder at August 07, 2013 06:46 PM (yL0v8)
My favorite is: "the problem with political jokes is ...they get elected"
Posted by: caustic at August 07, 2013 07:00 PM (/b8+5)
Like you don't already have that in your man cave.
Greber's??? Really?Which one, the baby food or the knives?
Posted by: free tibet at August 07, 2013 07:42 PM (eYcLs)
Posted by: caustic at August 07, 2013 11:00 PM (/b8+5)
Gay porn don't click.
Posted by: buzzion at August 08, 2013 12:16 AM (LI48c)
You are such a fool.
Bill requires all Idaho kids to read ‘Atlas Shrugged’http://tinyurl.com/azfhq7e
Posted by: caustic at August 07, 2013 08:24 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: MTF at August 07, 2013 08:56 PM (ZuiHO)
Posted by: Terri at August 08, 2013 05:51 AM (HZIsY)
They got a waiver= preferential treatment because they didn't read the fucking bill they passed into law and the Resident in chief has given the American people the finger in regard to the legislative process.
The most unconstitutional piece of shit legislation I've ever read and the RIC has basically just proved he and all of the people who were elected to serve are the ruling class. The biggest fuck you I've ever seen from the President to his country. Let. it. burn.
Posted by: DefendUSA at August 08, 2013 06:13 AM (S0aj8)
I quote:"Under Obamacare, lawmakers and staff "must purchase plans on the exchanges for coverage," but the*** law did not allow*** for the federal government to subsidize the new insurance plans, as lawmakers wanted Congressmen and their aides to play by the same rules as their constituents. Lawmakers. though, feared aides would leave Congress because individuals and families would be forced to pay $5,500 and $11,000 more, respectively, for unsubsidized insurance on the government exchanges".
(You mean like me? Little old me, who is just an average American with a family of 7? Huh. Funny how that shit worked for me. Some pigs aren't as equal as others cause my premium went from 5k to 10k and I didn't get to keep my doc, or my health insurance and I ain't gettin' more for more.. What a fucking surprise. NOT.)
Posted by: DefendUSA at August 08, 2013 07:08 AM (S0aj8)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 07, 2013 04:53 PM (HVff2)